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So i flashed something that my phone doesnt agree with and now it gets stuck in boot. it gets to samsung screen then goes black and back to samsung over and over..
through clockwork i've wiped everything, tried to recover, tried to flash fresh roms, new kernels everything but i'm still stuck.. is this a situation to try odin? I don't have access to a pc so i just wanted to know if that is the next step cause its kinda of a pain in the ass to get a hold of one
illtema said:
So i flashed something that my phone doesnt agree with and now it gets stuck in boot. it gets to samsung screen then goes black and back to samsung over and over..
through clockwork i've wiped everything, tried to recover, tried to flash fresh roms, new kernels everything but i'm still stuck.. is this a situation to try odin? I don't have access to a pc so i just wanted to know if that is the next step cause its kinda of a pain in the ass to get a hold of one
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what exactly did you flash to your phone that it didnt agree with
i flashed geek's uv superfast test and then followed his links to enable the BLN.. i think i might have flashed a bln mod for another device by accident but i'm having trouble finding the links i clicked so i'm not positive.. all i know is after i flashed it my boot animation changed to i 9000 and then it got stuck and then it got stuck in boot lock
to be frank, i can't find what the **** i did so i'm starting to think i was in a diff device forum or something... i musta flashed something for another device
illtema said:
i flashed geek's uv superfast test and then followed his links to enable the BLN.. i think i might have flashed a bln mod for another device by accident but i'm having trouble finding the links i clicked so i'm not positive.. all i know is after i flashed it my boot animation changed to i 9000 and then it got stuck and then it got stuck in boot lock
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illtema said:
to be frank, i can't find what the **** i did so i'm starting to think i was in a diff device forum or something... i musta flashed something for another device
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yeah you are pretty much screwed
screwed as in i should go to verizon w/ a sob story or screwed as in try odin
Couldn't you use Odin to restore? Or have you already tried that?
yeah man just revert to stock via Odin . Youre fine , happens to everyone at some point . Get back on that Android horse and ride it haha .
Yes, use odin.
If flashing other kernels doesn't fix this, (ie you still get stuck after the Verizon logo with lit buttons) let me know. I've got a trick up my sleeve for this, but I've only seen it happen twice, it's pretty rare.
i'm not proud of myself but i went to verizon and they gave me a brand new device...
illtema said:
i'm not proud of myself but i went to verizon and they gave me a brand new device...
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if you plan to root/mod this device dont put other sgs firmware on it
illtema said:
i'm not proud of myself but i went to verizon and they gave me a brand new device...
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awwwww wheres the fun in that XD
OK I did the same thing last week. I fixed it by running voodoo uninstaller. Don't know why it worked or how but I was desperate after being without a phone for 2 days. Then that afternoon my replacement showed up via fedex
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hello all. so i have a rooted mytouch 4g that im loving but having issues with. i permarooted it with Visionary and everything works great but when i try to boot my phone in recovery, it goes to a black screen with an exclamation point and i have to pull the battery. I also tried it through Rom Manager to do a backup and it gets the same screen. any ideas would be of great help. thanks in advance!
Seems to be stock recovery, with rom manager flash clock work recovery
Some times rom manager doesn't like to flash recovery on our phone. Theres an option after you enable advanced features to delete recovery before flaashing. Use that. May help. If not, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=852905
^^ That should help.
thanks im gonna try that and see where it gets me! i did do my research before doing this and re read everything but i guess im still not quite too learned yet ha.
tried after enabling advanced mode and it didnt help so when i get home and have a computer available ill try the adb way and see if that helps. seems pointless to have a rooted phone if i cant flash a rom onto it haha. hopefully i can fix this!
cbach1987 said:
hello all. so i have a rooted mytouch 4g that im loving but having issues with. i permarooted it with Visionary and everything works great but when i try to boot my phone in recovery, it goes to a black screen with an exclamation point and i have to pull the battery. I also tried it through Rom Manager to do a backup and it gets the same screen. any ideas would be of great help. thanks in advance!
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Sounds like CW didn't install right. Many users have found that flashing CW twice or even 3 times seems to clear the issue up.
Try that.
so i got s-off and then tried installing CW 2 or 3 times like you said and hey it worked great! did and nandroid backup and all so im back in business! thanks so so so much for the help
cbach1987 said:
so i got s-off and then tried installing CW 2 or 3 times like you said and hey it worked great! did and nandroid backup and all so im back in business! thanks so so so much for the help
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Glad I was able to help. Seems CW needs to be flashed more than once in order to 'take' and install correctly on some devices. Anyway, glad you're up and runnin.
Hi,
a few weeks ago I received my myTouch 4G.
Today it wont work any more.
What i did:
1. Perm Root
2. Backup
3. Try to flash it with iced glacier (didnt work)
4. Try to restore my System
Now I only can get into hboot.
Elseway the phone get stuck in boot loop.
Can anybody help me?
It would be really great!
Thanks
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19chris87 said:
Hi,
a few weeks ago I received my myTouch 4G.
Today it wont work any more.
What i did:
1. Perm Root
2. Backup
3. Try to flash it with iced glacier (didnt work)
4. Try to restore my System
Now I only can get into hboot.
Elseway the phone get stuck in boot loop.
Can anybody help me?
It would be really great!
Thanks
3.
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I take all of that back...
Did you turn s=off ? prior to doing any of those things you attempted to do?
and if you did
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=980011
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979362
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979366
It's a common problem when people pull the trigger before knowing what type of ammunition they are using.
Thank you!
And yes, S-off!
I try to get comfortable with the threats you posted, but it`s not very easy for me cause I am a german guy.
I hope that I can talk to you if I got further questions.
Thank you for your help!
19chris87 said:
Thank you!
And yes, S-off!
I try to get comfortable with the threats you posted, but it`s not very easy for me cause I am a german guy.
I hope that I can talk to you if I got further questions.
Thank you for your help!
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Which version of Recovery you have installed? Did you do full system wipe and then try to flash IG?
19chris87 said:
Thank you!
And yes, S-off!
I try to get comfortable with the threats you posted, but it`s not very easy for me cause I am a german guy.
I hope that I can talk to you if I got further questions.
Thank you for your help!
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That wasnt a threat. I PROMISE it wasnt. It a way of saying "jumped in prior to doing research"
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So, finally it worked, thanks!
I only copied CM7 onto my SD Card and flashed it via CWM 3.0.0.5 and it worked.
you were probably trying to flash a froyo rom on recovery 3.0.0.5. upgrade to 3.0.0.6 and you dont ever have to worry about what rom your flashing.
hey guys. im trying to be a good guy and help out a friend who is currently working on his phone. ok now lemme get in every detail as much as possible as you guys can fully understand what we're doing and what we've been done.
his phone is rooted. with s-off. now we tried flashing cm7 last night. did everything right. full wipe and all of that. so.. cm7 did finish the installation. it went thru the white mytouch4g screen, then onto the cm7 blue circle splash screen. after that it asked him all of his info to login to google. it was working for a good 2 hours. later that night, he told me he took out the battery to restart his phone. when he restarted.. white screen finished loading. but on the blue cm7 circle, it stayed there forever.
now im not sure what he did wrong since he told me he just wanted to restart his phone. we cant even go back since it gets stuck on the blue cm7 splash screen. i really really really need your help guys. maybe you guys can private message me or hit me up directly on my email. i would greatly appreciate all the help. i tried searching and searching and all i got was to go thru rom manager, but how are we gonna do that if we cant even get the phone to boot up correctly. thanks in advanced guys.
Sent you a pm
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Well 1st that question belongs in Q&A : )
Power dwn the phone & hold the power button & volume dwn button at the same time until it goes into the fastboot screen then scroll dwn to recovery & select it by pressin the power button,u should now be in clockwrk recovery,try to rewipe everythin & flash again.. Now if u try that & all u get is cnt mount data/cache errors,then ur Emmc chip went bad... At that point google search emmc chip for mytouch 4g & read... : )
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What's the point in searching for it it means you bricked
cmdmilitia13 said:
Well 1st that question belongs in Q&A : )
Power dwn the phone & hold the power button & volume dwn button at the same time until it goes into the fastboot screen then scroll dwn to recovery & select it by pressin the power button,u should now be in clockwrk recovery,try to rewipe everythin & flash again.. Now if u try that & all u get is cnt mount data/cache errors,then ur Emmc chip went bad... At that point google search emmc chip for mytouch 4g & read... : )
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tvotony said:
Sent you a pm
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ok i will try and see what he says. ill pm you back tony. thanks a lot.
cmdmilitia13 said:
Well 1st that question belongs in Q&A : )
Power dwn the phone & hold the power button & volume dwn button at the same time until it goes into the fastboot screen then scroll dwn to recovery & select it by pressin the power button,u should now be in clockwrk recovery,try to rewipe everythin & flash again.. Now if u try that & all u get is cnt mount data/cache errors,then ur Emmc chip went bad... At that point google search emmc chip for mytouch 4g & read... : )
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my bad i forgot to answer your question. ok we tried reflashing everything. nothing of that kind of error showed up. it just said complete. then when we tried booting up the phone.. it just got stuck on the blue circle thing.
tony, i sent you an email. anyone else willing to help?
i was thinking.. maybe the cm7 that we downloaded was corrupt? he said he has clockwork version 5.X.X.X
not sure if thats gonna make a difference but yeah. also since we cant go to the phone since it gets stuck on the blue circle, we tried flashing cm7. in the end, the last line says "installation aborted"
so right now, im completely clueless. i have searched everywhere and tried other methods to see what will work. my phone is rooted with royal ginger and everything is fine with it. i have already restarted maybe 10x the last couple of hours trying to help my friend.
Sounds like the sudden power lose from pulling the battery corrupted some system data. Boot into recovery and reflash the rom. Battery pulls can and have been known to corrupt system data making the rom unbootible.
I would start from stock and reflash the stock rom and start from a clean base
zelendel said:
Sounds like the sudden power lose from pulling the battery corrupted some system data. Boot into recovery and reflash the rom. Battery pulls can and have been known to corrupt system data making the rom unbootible.
I would start from stock and reflash the stock rom and start from a clean base
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no. im sure this is not the case. we finished rooting the phone around 10pm last night. from then on, everything went well. i even showed him some other ideas on what app to download and all that. he took out the battery probably 3 hours later and thats when it just got stuck at the blue circle cm7 splash screen.
beryenbeh said:
no. im sure this is not the case. we finished rooting the phone around 10pm last night. from then on, everything went well. i even showed him some other ideas on what app to download and all that. he took out the battery probably 3 hours later and thats when it just got stuck at the blue circle cm7 splash screen.
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Yes pulling the battery without allowing it to shut down properly will and has caused this, while not very common I have been in the same boot my self when I used to run a CM based rom.
zelendel said:
Yes pulling the battery without allowing it to shut down properly will and has caused this, while not very common I have been in the same boot my self when I used to run a CM based rom.
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ok nevermind that. he said, he restarted his phone. he didnt take out the battery. he just decided to restart it and thats when the blue circle got stuck.
beryenbeh said:
ok nevermind that. he said, he restarted his phone. he didnt take out the battery. he just decided to restart it and thats when the blue circle got stuck.
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Best bet would be to redownload the rom, boot into recovery and mount it so you can copy the new rom zip to the sd card. Do a full wipe and then reflash the rom. Other then that his only chance maybe going back to a stock rom and doing a clean rom flash just in case
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beryenbeh said:
ok nevermind that. he said, he restarted his phone. he didnt take out the battery. he just decided to restart it and thats when the blue circle got stuck.
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follow directions slowly and to the letter need not hurry when flashing or acheiving s=off..
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follow directions slowly and to the letter need not hurry when flashing or acheiving s=off..
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i followed everything correctly and accurately. i even had him double check what i was doing to make sure. we rooted perfectly and flashed cm7 without a problem. i am not sure what happened when he restarted his phone.
can any of you guys speak to me directly? maybe via aim or any kind of instant messenger? i really wanna help him fix this problem but im not sure what else to do.
how did you root the phone to begin with?
neidlinger said:
how did you root the phone to begin with?
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this way..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
tvotony said:
What's the point in searching for it it means you bricked
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Cause me & a couple other people were able to recover frm those errors with the pd15 zip file... Some people were lucky..
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beryenbeh said:
this way..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
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So honestly you may have a bad emmc, its a problem that has plagued the MT4G for quite some time now.
If you happen to read the bad emmc chip thread you will notice that some people that rooted with the gfree method, this one -->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996 bricked devices.
Please stand by and I will attempt to find the thread with the info on the bad emmc. I hope that your friend doesn't have a bad emmc.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081243&highlight=Bad+emmc+chip
I believe that is the one. I can't be 100% sure but if you do run into problems search in the main sections. i.e. where it says general, Q&A, acc, dev, etc. and just search bad emmc. Some stuff about the screens will come up, you can ignore those. I really hope this helped in your efforts to fix your friends phone.
Worse comes to worse, try and get tmo to replace it, dont mention root and if they said you voided your warranty, throw it against the wall and claim it for the 130 dollars. BNIBs are going for close to 300 and ULN are going for 200-250 from where I am from.
Please look at the Glacier Wiki, Troubleshooting section. Link in my signature.
thanks a lot. hopefully his emmc isnt the problem. i checked his hboot and it says 0.86.0000 not sure if that rings a bell to any of you guys. ill keep reading more information and a possible solution. i read one that says to update the PDIMG file or whatever.. and then re-flash RG3.0. will try this one, hope itll work. once again, thanks for all the help guys. really appreciate it.
Rillusion08 said:
So honestly you may have a bad emmc, its a problem that has plagued the MT4G for quite some time now.
If you happen to read the bad emmc chip thread you will notice that some people that rooted with the gfree method, this one -->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996 bricked devices.
Please stand by and I will attempt to find the thread with the info on the bad emmc. I hope that your friend doesn't have a bad emmc.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081243&highlight=Bad+emmc+chip
I believe that is the one. I can't be 100% sure but if you do run into problems search in the main sections. i.e. where it says general, Q&A, acc, dev, etc. and just search bad emmc. Some stuff about the screens will come up, you can ignore those. I really hope this helped in your efforts to fix your friends phone.
Worse comes to worse, try and get tmo to replace it, dont mention root and if they said you voided your warranty, throw it against the wall and claim it for the 130 dollars. BNIBs are going for close to 300 and ULN are going for 200-250 from where I am from.
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I was running virtuous primodonna. i wasnt doing anything, but my phone randomly illuminated with a black screen. i pulled the batter and when i rebooted it stayed at splash screen, then the screen showed random screwed up lines and all this. then it rebooted by itself and went to recovery. I've wiped my data and cache and dalvik but nothing works. i've tried restoring backups but it says that its failing to recover the system. please someone help
If no one knows. can someone please provide me with a rom that will brick my phone so it WONT BOOT UP WHATSOEVER. that way i can go to the tmo store for replacement? so they cant go into recovery and figure out i've rooted it. PLEASE someone
tradejak66 said:
I was running virtuous primodonna. i wasnt doing anything, but my phone randomly illuminated with a black screen. i pulled the batter and when i rebooted it stayed at splash screen, then the screen showed random screwed up lines and all this. then it rebooted by itself and went to recovery. I've wiped my data and cache and dalvik but nothing works. i've tried restoring backups but it says that its failing to recover the system. please someone help
If no one knows. can someone please provide me with a rom that will brick my phone so it WONT BOOT UP WHATSOEVER. that way i can go to the tmo store for replacement? so they cant go into recovery and figure out i've rooted it. PLEASE someone
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Let's not brick your phone intentionally just yet! Try getting hold of a PD15IMG.zip (2.2.1 or 2.3.4, either works unless you want to root again, then go for 2.2.1). Boot into bootloader with the PD15IMG on the root of your SD, then let it update. If it doesn't and says Fail-PU, then you are bricked and could send it back to T-Mobile. Or you could try flashing another ROM. Hope this helps!
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Let's not brick your phone intentionally just yet! Try getting hold of a PD15IMG.zip (2.2.1 or 2.3.4, either works unless you want to root again, then go for 2.2.1). Boot into bootloader with the PD15IMG on the root of your SD, then let it update. If it doesn't and says Fail-PU, then you are bricked and could send it back to T-Mobile. Or you could try flashing another ROM. Hope this helps!
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tried that too..... and i dont want to send it back to t-mobile since they can still look and see its rooted. so yes thats why i need to brick it lol. please.
tradejak66 said:
tried that too..... and i dont want to send it back to t-mobile since they can still look and see its rooted. so yes thats why i need to brick it lol. please.
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OK since that did not work, place the PD15IMG on your SD, and when it is updating, pull the battery. That will brick it for sure (I think..). Press thanks if I helped.
invasion2 said:
OK since that did not work, place the PD15IMG on your SD, and when it is updating, pull the battery. That will brick it for sure (I think..). Press thanks if I helped.
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k hold up let me try
tradejak66 said:
I was running virtuous primodonna. i wasnt doing anything, but my phone randomly illuminated with a black screen. i pulled the batter and when i rebooted it stayed at splash screen, then the screen showed random screwed up lines and all this. then it rebooted by itself and went to recovery. I've wiped my data and cache and dalvik but nothing works. i've tried restoring backups but it says that its failing to recover the system. please someone help
If no one knows. can someone please provide me with a rom that will brick my phone so it WONT BOOT UP WHATSOEVER. that way i can go to the tmo store for replacement? so they cant go into recovery and figure out i've rooted it. PLEASE someone
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do this: wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache
wipe dalvik
flash the original ROM (the one you have a backup of, but not the actual back up)
THEN restore the backup, it shouldnt get stuck at system anymore
i had a similar problem and this helped. hopefully it works for you
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OK since that did not work, place the PD15IMG on your SD, and when it is updating, pull the battery. That will brick it for sure (I think..). Press thanks if I helped.
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I've tried twice and it still boots :0
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I've tried twice and it still boots :0
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Whoops. I think it's flashing a new radio then. Flash the radio just like you did with the PD15IMG and take the battery out during the process. If it still boots, I'll look into how to brick it lol!
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Whoops. I think it's flashing a new radio then. Flash the radio just like you did with the PD15IMG and take the battery out during the process. If it still boots, I'll look into how to brick it lol!
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lol. start looking now just in case.
invasion2 said:
Whoops. I think it's flashing a new radio then. Flash the radio just like you did with the PD15IMG and take the battery out during the process. If it still boots, I'll look into how to brick it lol!
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I can't even access the recovery anymore. i have the PD15image thing pop up everytime so i cant get to the sd card whatsoever. i took out my sdcard then tried to access the recovery but it doesnt work
Actually, I think we've done a pretty successful job, because, they can't access the recovery, the PD15img keeps saying Fail-PU. the only thing left is S-Off, which i hope they dont notice >.>
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Actually, I think we've done a pretty successful job, because, they can't access the recovery, the PD15img keeps saying Fail-PU. the only thing left is S-Off, which i hope they dont notice >.>
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I think you're fine honestly. Good luck matey!
Get a 12v power supply, cut the end off and strip the wires. Take the battery out and touch the wires to the phones battery contacts a couple times. Replace battery try to power on. If it doesn't turn on your done, if it does try again. Tell them it was on the charger and shut off when you unplugged it and wouldn't turn on.
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tradejak66 said:
I can't even access the recovery anymore. i have the PD15image thing pop up everytime so i cant get to the sd card whatsoever. i took out my sdcard then tried to access the recovery but it doesnt work
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I had a similar problem when the splash screen got stuck last night flashing a new radio. I took the sdcard and plugged it in the netbook, accessed the root rolder and renamed the PD15IMG.zip so the HBOOT wouldn't read the file. It stopped the HBOOT from reading the file so I could access Recovery then reflashed my recovery file. I forgot to do the data wipe/dalvik before I flashed the radio lol.
This is an AWESOME how to brick your phone on purpose guide good job guys
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OH GOD tmobile is out of MT4g's and i had to order one from HTC. they specificly stated they will make sure its not rooted and all that >.> I asked the woman what rooting was if that helped but obviously i dont think it will. Im pissed my pants when i heard that sentence. HTC is obviously more prone to finding root then T-mobile who will just throw the phone away 0_0
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OH GOD tmobile is out of MT4g's and i had to order one from HTC. they specificly stated they will make sure its not rooted and all that >.> I asked the woman what rooting was if that helped but obviously i dont think it will. Im pissed my pants when i heard that sentence. HTC is obviously more prone to finding root then T-mobile who will just throw the phone away 0_0
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and then youre gonna be waiting another 2 months to recieve the replaced/repaired/refurbished phone..
you could have just made it work instead of completely bricking it
its an HTC android.. very, VERY hard to perma-brick
grimey01 said:
and then youre gonna be waiting another 2 months to recieve the replaced/repaired/refurbished phone..
you could have just made it work instead of completely bricking it
its an HTC android.. very, VERY hard to perma-brick
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Where there's a will (and a hammer) there's a way.
grimey01 said:
and then youre gonna be waiting another 2 months to recieve the replaced/repaired/refurbished phone..
you could have just made it work instead of completely bricking it
its an HTC android.. very, VERY hard to perma-brick
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Yea its hard to permabrick unless you don't want to brick it from what I hear...
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grimey01 said:
and then youre gonna be waiting another 2 months to recieve the replaced/repaired/refurbished phone..
you could have just made it work instead of completely bricking it
its an HTC android.. very, VERY hard to perma-brick
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your assuming that it was software that broke >.> it was most likely hardware since it broke in this manner and no flashing, resets, anything helped. and its 2 weeks btw lol.