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[Bricked] Did the most stupid thing ever....

hey guys, you probably know me im not a noob but i honestly did the most stupid thing ever... i was having problems with my radio image, it was showing as unknown under settings/about phone so i had no signal at all. I went to fastboot and erased radio then flashed it again, rebooted and got the same... theen i thought it was spl related, so i went to fastboot again erased everything (fastboot erase system -w) then erased hboot (yeah i know im an idiot) and then erased/flashed radio (here comes the good part, laugh if you want) when it was done flashing radio I F*CKING TURNED THE PHONE OFF so now im bricked... i have no spl or recovery or fastboot or rom or anything... maybe radio xD.... and im sooo upsad, you have no idea guys... so i think thats it for me and android since i dont have money to buy a new phone right now. just keep the forum up, this is by far the best forum there is, the best devs, great comunnity and awesome support from everybody. maybe ill be steping by to see if i can help anyone, maybe they wont take my advice since i bricked my s**t but thats up to you n_n... im gonna go cry now peace..

Wow. Seen u on here a few times before. Familiar with the name. That sucks bro. Sorry. I won't laugh. What a shame
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Yes, you're an idiot, thanks for clogging up the development section with this...

AdrianK said:
Yes, you're an idiot, thanks for clogging up the development section with this...
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im just saying goodbye and thank you to the forum and everyone that i helped and helped me, people that are not rude for no reason... and just telling what happened... thats it. take care man, and respect other people.

ADrianK...... dont be an arse. "Clogging up" the dev section but you took the time to troll?
@Op, do some research you just might be able to find a way to unbrick it... someone has to know how i mean the hardware isnt made with these systems on them, or are they installed via magic wand? Cant hurt to try what can you do.... brick it again?
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EdTeach1680 said:
ADrianK...... dont be an arse. "Clogging up" the dev section but you took the time to troll?
@Op, do some research you just might be able to find a way to unbrick it... someone has to know how i mean the hardware isnt made with these systems on them, or are they installed via magic wand? Cant hurt to try what can you do.... brick it again?
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there is a way, is called JTAG but I dont feel like buying that adapter to go ahead and dissasemble the g1. I could end up with a bricked phone in pieces, $20 down and a useless JTAG adapter. I think im giving up if there not a way to do it with the usb cable or the sdcard via fastboot or adb or something, meaning ill wait till christmas using my old sony ericsson w610 for a few months... but thanks for the advice man.

etu_aty said:
there is a way, is called JTAG but I dont feel like buying that adapter to go ahead and dissasemble the g1. I could end up with a bricked phone in pieces, $20 down and a useless JTAG adapter. I think im giving up if there not a way to do it with the usb cable or the sdcard via fastboot or adb or something, meaning ill wait till christmas using my old sony ericsson w610 for a few months... but thanks for the advice man.
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hey man it sucks that you bricked it really
i know how you feel man.
i bricked something once in my life too.
it really feel sucks.
i really hope you will unbrick it !!!!!!!
may the unbrick live with you my friend !!!
//Nick

This is really sad. I bricked my phone ones too. i had death spl and new radio and happen to flash 1.5 cupcake rom with old radio and got bricked. I was lucky enough though coz i had a friend who totally smashed the display of his phone and was not willing to fix that. I got his phone dissasembled it, got the motherboard from his phone and hooked to mine. And its working good now.

peshal said:
This is really sad. I bricked my phone ones too. i had death spl and new radio and happen to flash 1.5 cupcake rom with old radio and got bricked. I was lucky enough though coz i had a friend who totally smashed the display of his phone and was not willing to fix that. I got his phone dissasembled it, got the motherboard from his phone and hooked to mine. And its working good now.
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thanks for the comments guys, but sadly this is the end for my g1. right now im looking around on ebay for a cheap but newer phone, maybe i can find something that fits my budget.... R.I.P my beloved g1...
maybe some moderator can close this thread

As long as the RADIO is there, it is still salvageable. JTAG hardware can be acquired for about $2.

etu_aty said:
im sooo upsad
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upsad. the most upset and sad feeling in the world.
etu_aty said:
laugh if you want
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BAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA

DontHate said:
upsad. the most upset and sad feeling in the world.
BAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
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typo, my bad xD

Yeah you should try JTAG rather than just letting it be since you've done so much and this is just 1 step further. Lol or you can wait for me to sell mine when I get my hands on G2
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Sorry about your phone... edit: I was going to ask what you intended to do after flashing the radio, but I thought about it a little harder.
You might be able to sell the phone as a JTAG project.
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paperheart said:
Yeah you should try JTAG rather than just letting it be since you've done so much and this is just 1 step further. Lol or you can wait for me to sell mine when I get my hands on G2
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thanks man but i dont think i would buy another g1.... and yes i did a lot to it, it a super bigass 2200 mAh battery, new battery cover of course, class 4 and class 6 sdcards.... i hava two because i was using one with a sense rom as nandroid and the class 4 was my daily one with whatever rom i flashed... screen protector, new charger, new usb cable... man.. but the only lost will be the battery cuase i can use the charger the usb and the memory cards in another phone n_n right now im thinking about getting a mytouch slide, i found a good price on ebay. If i get it ill let you know and maybe in the future if i get all sentimental about my g1 ill try to fix it

[Q] Samsung epic 4g completely locked out

Ok it might be on here already but.... i dont know how many times or different ways i can vary my words in hopes of a different response.
I have the 'epic' of course galaxyS 4g from sprint. Im completely locked out. I left i at a buddy's house and they got drunk and were playing with it. Worst of all i forgot my password so i'm in a bit of a bind here. I've tried each and every way to get to the bootloader i can think of and it's too the point i just want to break it in a trillion pieces but! i dont want to loose the money i spent on this aledged investment. Help please!!!!

Hopefully u have a recent nandroid or beat it out of your buddy
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If you don't want to save data, you can reset by 3 finger salute, volume down/camera (while holding those 2 down) now hit the power button, reset to factory...
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Just take it into a Sprint store. They will help you. Why haven't you called them yet? Of course they're going to verify that you own it, so if that's an issue, GOOD LUCK.....of course you should turn it in to sprint so they can return it to its owner.
Seems a little odd that a Sprint customer having such an issue with their phone wouldn't have tried them first. You have 2 posts, so one could deduce that you don't follow the forum.

oh cant we all just get along...................wait nevermind I know the answer to that one already............lol

NoSoMo said:
Just take it into a Sprint store. They will help you. Why haven't you called them yet? Of course they're going to verify that you own it, so if that's an issue, GOOD LUCK.....of course you should turn it in to sprint so they can return it to its owner.
Seems a little odd that a Sprint customer having such an issue with their phone wouldn't have tried them first. You have 2 posts, so one could deduce that you don't follow the forum.
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I never even thought to check post count DOH...
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Of course, we do thank you for understanding who the leader of smartphone forums are. And since you stated that you've asked the question several times previously, and only have 2 posts, I assume this isn't your first forum you've visited with such an issue.
I had someone once who couldn't 'remember' "their" laptops boot password, and based on the fact they had to ask, I didn't think for one second about not mentioning that wiping the bios would do it. The story then changed to 'oh I just bought it from a pawn shop', but having dealt with pawn shops before, one would already know that they're not going to take in a machine with even the OS password'd, let alone the BOOT!
mcdeeandhisepic said:
oh cant we all just get along...................wait nevermind I know the answer to that one already............lol
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WE? Yes! Unless Samsung is included into the We.....they hate us, even after we bought the most expensive Sprint phone to date. However this post isn't about us, we own Epics

i almost fell outta my chair laughing so F'in hard
you know just so your informed there zavien nexus ..... ( clears throat) HAS ITS OWN PAGE try there

mcdeeandhisepic said:
i almost fell outta my chair laughing so F'in hard
you know just so your informed there zavien nexus ..... ( clears throat) HAS ITS OWN PAGE try there
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See my sig

actually it just happened because i got it back today i posted this round 11pm yesterday now so the option i do have now is to take it back to sprint thnx though

fair enough will do next time although i'm unreasonably new to this stuff..... but i will learn and i will conquer i've down loaded and installed so much much it's a process....

zavien said:
fair enough will do next time although i'm unreasonably new to this stuff..... but i will learn and i will conquer i've down loaded and installed so much much it's a process....
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Lurking is good, but if you're going to be modding your phone, you really need to be part of the discussion as it goes on.
Who doesn't keep their phone locked anyway?

NoSoMo said:
See my sig
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thought you would like that lol
that is why i did it
i dont lock my phone what would be the purpose then i end up like this guy lol
no harm just humor

Its not that hard to do a factory reset but I was in the same position this guy was in when I first got the phone... my gf locked me out and I had no idea how to get into recovery mode until I saw the sprint rep do it....
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mcdeeandhisepic said:
thought you would like that lol
that is why i did it
i dont lock my phone what would be the purpose then i end up like this guy lol
no harm just humor
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Ha, NOT locking your phone makes you end up like this guy! If you have a lock, no matter how talented of a drunk one may be, they're not getting past your 'lock'.
Now an unlocked phone can have one put onto it, as stated by the OP

You might as well just reset the wipe the phone. That is exactly what Sprint will tell you to do. Or try to request your gmail password.

Most stupid S2 owner ever?...

I just lost my second Galaxy S 2 at the weekend.
I lost my first one 3 days after receiving it... managed to get money for a replacement via house insurance and then lost my new one.. seriously... imagine how bad I feel.
Some git out there is running round with a £500 phone with a custom rom and all my apps....
Totally depressing.
Pretty sure I'm one of the only people in the world that has lost 2 Galaxy S 2s since release date.

Fmylife.com
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Sorry to hear that man. You gonna get another one?
3rd time lucky?

Use the lookout last resort app from web market. It'll push to your phone so at least you can take it out
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kickassdave said:
I just lost my second Galaxy S 2 at the weekend.
I lost my first one 3 days after receiving it... managed to get money for a replacement via house insurance and then lost my new one.. seriously... imagine how bad I feel.
Some git out there is running round with a £500 phone with a custom rom and all my apps....
Totally depressing.
Pretty sure I'm one of the only people in the world that has lost 2 Galaxy S 2s since release date.
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all that and u didnt install any anti theft software ?
ie getting the persons number and location

Maybe you should take more care of your things...?

Did you sign into your samsung mobile account? If yes, try http://www.samsungdive.com/ You can locate your phone with that service

i got home drunk and couldn't think coherently... think the phone was off as well as I tried to phone it right away.
Also... in a panic I changed my Gmail password and Facebook passwords to make sure when the device was back on even with a different SIM they weren't synching and accessing my accounts.
In other words... I'm totally f*****
sad times... and yes.. I like the phone so much.. I'll get another one.

Buy a cheap and cheerful phone for taking with you when you go out drinking.

jojo2peter said:
Did you sign into your samsung mobile account? If yes, try http://www.samsungdive.com/ You can locate your phone with that service
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trying this now... good shout. forgot about that one

Unlucky son
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buy another one and let me know your location next time your out drinking so I can come and pick one up too.

jojo2peter said:
Did you sign into your samsung mobile account? If yes, try http://www.samsungdive.com/ You can locate your phone with that service
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Is it better than Seek Droid?

Razer(x) said:
Is it better than Seek Droid?
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I only know, that it's already implemented into the Galaxy S II, so you can use both of them. I don't know, if samsung dive is relating to SIM or IMEI, IMEI would be very nice , then our thread opener will probably eventually find his device

Locster126 said:
buy another one and let me know your location next time your out drinking so I can come and pick one up too.
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rofl
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This most be one of your costly round of drinks for you .
Hope you locate it good luck on your 3rd one.

Locster126 said:
buy another one and let me know your location next time your out drinking so I can come and pick one up too.
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i want in on the action too...

Takes some courage to write here and admit you managed to lose two phones in such a short period of time. Good luck with the third one.

when i go out drinking etc.. i leave my main phone in the house and take out a cheaper.. but still good phone(taking pics n stuff).. so if i do lose it.. its no big deal.
I suggest you do the same knowing that you have already lost two of them.

Sorry to hear that man, that sucks.
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Unlocking bootloader X8

Hello
I have posted something similar in the thread where you told us not to unlock the bootloader if your phone is highier than 11W29. But unfortunately I didnt read that thread and I have now a dead phone and my phone´s date is 11W46 (I know I messed up big time here). So my question is: Can I do anything now? Should I look for help with ppl that have the JTAG/RIFF box to resurrect my dead phone or just go to the shop and ask for a new one?
The problem is that I am not sure if my warranty is lost this way and if they will give me a refund...
Please give me back the hope of brining my phone to life again :´´(

If you have tried to unlock the bootloader you have rooted your phone. If you have rooted it you have broken the warranty so im sorry about that.
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IHawkeyI said:
Hello
I have posted something similar in the thread where you told us not to unlock the bootloader if your phone is highier than 11W29. But unfortunately I didnt read that thread and I have now a dead phone and my phone´s date is 11W46 (I know I messed up big time here). So my question is: Can I do anything now? Should I look for help with ppl that have the JTAG/RIFF box to resurrect my dead phone or just go to the shop and ask for a new one?
The problem is that I am not sure if my warranty is lost this way and if they will give me a refund...
Please give me back the hope of brining my phone to life again :´´(
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Go to shop and say that phone was dead at normal use! If in repair center will find that you brick phone by yourself you will pay some money. I was bricked my daughters phone (11W35) and take it to nearest mobile phone workshop (not SE warranty), phone was be repaired in 1 day and that was cost 15 Euros.

UserWith-A-Cupcake said:
If you have tried to unlock the bootloader you have rooted your phone. If you have rooted it you have broken the warranty so im sorry about that.
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there isnt a way to find out if the phone is rooted as long as it doesnt open and there isnt a way to open it(they will change the motherboard or replace your phone), so it doesnt matter

@stamatis16
Great news for me . Thank you for sharing that. I could go to the shop then and just tell em the phone died. Thank you guys a lot for the optimism I ll do my best to bring it to life again

Just take it to the shop and say that you put your phone to charge and since than it cant start
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Its funny to read something like this from a croatian.

Hello again...
after 3 -4 weeks I finally got a call from the shop and they told me that the phone is ready to be taken. So I did. Never had to pay for anything .. they just told me the mother board was switched. Such great news.
now
I am thinking of putting the GingerDX ROM on my phone .. Why shouldnt I do it ? Are there any problems I should know about it? Anything to tell me?
P.S.
Sorry for double post

IHawkeyI said:
Hello again...
after 3 -4 weeks I finally got a call from the shop and they told me that the phone is ready to be taken. So I did. Never had to pay for anything .. they just told me the mother board was switched. Such great news.
now
I am thinking of putting the GingerDX ROM on my phone .. Why shouldnt I do it ? Are there any problems I should know about it? Anything to tell me?
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Sorry for double post
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go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1168738 or easy way is...just go nearest phone shop & ask them to upggrade urs to froyo or GB(with a little paying,of course).doesnt matter which roms,u can change to dx later.

You just have to say that you haven't rooted it.

zmuhammx said:
go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1168738 or easy way is...just go nearest phone shop & ask them to upggrade urs to froyo or GB(with a little paying,of course).doesnt matter which roms,u can change to dx later.
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No this is too old, go here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518803
Or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921637
You can send me pm if you want any detail.
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stamatis16 said:
No this is to old go here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518803
Or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921637
You can send me pm if you want any detail.
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Aiyaya... I dint noticed the link is dead in there.Thanks man.BTW u know what i mean by easy way

zmuhammx said:
Aiyaya... I dint noticed the link is dead in there.Thanks man.BTW u know what i mean by easy way
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The true is that I am not sure if I get it,with the easy way you mean to buy a new phone?
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stamatis16 said:
The true is that I am not sure if I get it,with the easy way you mean to buy a new phone?
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Easy for him,just ask some guy in phoneshop than do it himself.Maybe for some of us its "piece of cake" but in certain case,who knowns?sometime we also confused which one is our right & left hand.Me just didnt want this guy crawling back in here with such title as"Guys,I messed up when bla...bla..bla.."

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Easy for him,just ask some guy in phoneshop than do it himself.Maybe for some of us its "piece of cake" but in certain case,who knowns?sometime we also confused which one is our right & left hand.Me just didnt want this guy crawling back in here with such title as"Guys,I messed up when bla...bla..bla.."
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Yes,yes you are right! But seriously are there phoneshops that help people with custom roms?! In my town I'm sure they don't know even what root is...
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stamatis16 said:
Yes,yes you are right! But seriously are there phoneshops that help people with custom roms?! In my town I'm sure they don't know even what root is...
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If that so, lucky u.If i were u, i will open a phoneshop which is provide a rooting service & ask me to work with u.In my place, its good side income for phoneshop worker & they will take responsiblity if anything goes ugly.I mean,these guys has practicing a hundred times so the chance of bricking is nearly zero.

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If that so, lucky u.If i were u, i will open a phoneshop which is provide a rooting service & ask me to work with u.In my place, its good side income for phoneshop worker & they will take responsiblity if anything goes ugly.I mean,these guys has practicing a hundred times so the chance of bricking is nearly zero.
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Oh man, this is awesome and convenient!
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sent back!

just sent back my s3, cracking phone but went to orange from 3 ( who i have been with for about 7 years problem free) & there customer service is shocking , cant get the sat nav swappable , vioce command keeps saying network error & i cant call orange to talk to anyone as they put you on hold for ages, took me 3 days to get through , just glad im still in the cooling off period & rreturning it now, saved a 2 year contract , might just get it off 3 now

ven2112 said:
just sent back my s3, cracking phone but went to orange from 3 ( who i have been with for about 7 years problem free) & there customer service is shocking , cant get the sat nav swappable , vioce command keeps saying network error & i cant call orange to talk to anyone as they put you on hold for ages, took me 3 days to get through , just glad im still in the cooling off period & rreturning it now, saved a 2 year contract , might just get it off 3 now
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What does this mean? What are you saying?

ven2112 said:
just sent back my s3, cracking phone but went to orange from 3 ( who i have been with for about 7 years problem free) & there customer service is shocking , cant get the sat nav swappable , vioce command keeps saying network error & i cant call orange to talk to anyone as they put you on hold for ages, took me 3 days to get through , just glad im still in the cooling off period & rreturning it now, saved a 2 year contract , might just get it off 3 now
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Yeah....what is your point?? I think your argument is with the UK networks, which in that instance, has no place here
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Just a Noob, probs just doesn't realise that this kind of issue should be in the XDA general section and not in any particular phone section, be gentle

done12many2 said:
What does this mean? What are you saying?
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& this off someone who creams over a screen protector :laugh::laugh::laugh: knacker http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28119583#post28119583

ven2112 said:
& this off someone who creams over a screen protector :laugh::laugh::laugh: knacker http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28119583#post28119583
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Ha ha, not often you see the word knacker used on xda
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Orange are crap I agree they are the best at screwing up phones with there bloatware, I've been with them for over 10 years but on a business tariff so I now get through straight away.
Beware if you got with three I was going too until I found out as of the end of may three don't do phone insurance anymore.
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ven2112 said:
& this off someone who creams over a screen protector :laugh::laugh::laugh: knacker http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28119583#post28119583
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Really? After reading all 14 of your posts, I realize that I can't seem to dumb myself up enough to understand your poorly written thoughts. I have taken the liberty of quoting my absolute favorite of all your well thought out posts below. I think the use of "sound so stupid" within it is priceless.
You're definitely proof that reproduction has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence! How else would you have grandchildren?
Do the forum and yourself a favor and spare us your remarks so as to not "sound so stupid !!!"
Do your grandkids a favor and never attempt to read them a bedtime story!
ven2112 said:
hi, firstly may i say im sorry for asking these questions as to you guys they will sound so stupid !!! after giving up my trusty se k800i after many years & pressure of the grandkids to move with the times i now have a htc wildfire ( didnt even know who htc were untill now !) although i seem to be getting to grips with it ( well kinda lol ) i am quite dissapointed that there wasnt a better instruction manual in the pack, i only got a quick start guide, so these are the things i would like to know
text message- how do i forward a recieved message? i cant find the option anywhere ?
is there a option to get up all the text boxes? ie: sent box, recieved,drefts etc..
locked- is there any other way to wake the phone up apart from the on/off button at the top? i have problems with this now as i bought a gel cover & its makes it harder to use with 1 hand !
glowing buttons- is there anyway to have the 4 buttons (home,menu etc ) on the bottom glow when the phone is in use? these are impossible to see in low light & i am sick of hitting the wrong 1 !!
apps- is there a app for viewing tv on the wildfire? bbc i player , catch up tv etc, i looked on the net & skyfire seems to be the app but when i search the market its not there ?
anyway , that will do for now lol, im sure i will be back with more stupid questions soon lol, i quite like the feel of this phone although i was very dissapointed that it will not do video calls as this is a feature i used quite a lot on my old phone as i work away & chatted to the grandkids & they showed me stuff they had made at school etc, its my own fault for not checking i suppose, i just assumed, if old phones can do it surely the cutting edge phones can, i was wrong lol, anyway thanks for letting me drone on !!!
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speedyjay said:
Yeah....what is your point?? I think your argument is with the UK networks, which in that instance, has no place here
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Just search through previous posts and your realize why this was posted here. Developed thought is not a strong point for Ven2112.
da.trute said:
Just a Noob, probs just doesn't realise that this kind of issue should be in the XDA general section and not in any particular phone section, be gentle
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they were just questions about a new phone i had purchased, i don't do gizmos & thought i would just ask on here as there were a lot of people on who knew what they were talking about, after all i thought that was the idea of these forums to pass on knowledge & if you don't ask you don't learn, obviously i was wrong as there's people like you who know it all, anyway i see from your profile that your a usa marine, i worked along side them many years ago when i was a engineer in the royal navy & if i remember correctly when i said “good morning “ to them they were stuck for a answer! so i fully understand why you get excited over a new screen protector, anyway thanks for your invaluable help & i think i will just leave it there! :laugh: