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Help me kill me Tattoo

Just as the thread title says.
I'm disatisfied with my Tattoo, it has already been to service 2 times. The motherboard was changed the second time, so it should be like a new phone. I still don't like it though, so I want you help to know what to do with it. In Sweden, (at least at Elgiganten, the shop where I bought it from) you'll get you money back the 3rd time it goes to service. My thought is bricking it, but I wonder if they'll go suspicious since the motherboard was changed the last time. I'll also need to come up with some kind of solid lie.
So, what should I do?

You could peel part of the plastic off the VOL DOWN button, under the cover, so the button won't work any more. I don't know if it's bad enough to get a full refund, but it's the only thing I can think of that won't make them too suspicious.
=) I wish I could do that... The Tattoo sucks -.- Bad.

Hmm, any other suggestions?

Maybe I should root it, then telnet and delete some camera dependent files. Then I'll just tell them the camera has stopped working

[Q] Need help motherboard crash:(

Hey guys ,
My motorola defy has stopped working .
The motherboard crashed.
Can any one tell me what will be cost of a new motherboard and where to find it.
and if i take it to serivce centre will they be able to tell if it was rooted or not.as it is still in warranty.

I dont have much of a idea about phones but there is a few things to consider, whether it would make a difference I am not sure as its rooted or not.
If you have altered the hardware IE overclocked the CPU or any part of the phone I say that if they found out its rooted and overclocked then its your fault.
If it is a hardware issue then just rooting a device (if this is all you done) should not affect the hardware or put extra strain on it. But I guess they can say the warranty is void from it, even if it did not contribute to the problem.
Are you really sure its the motherboard? As I say not to sure about phone but have built and repaired many PC's and laptops. Some times it is not what you think it could be something totally different.

i took my defy to service centre near me they were not able to make it run after trying every thing ..
So they said all they could do is to replace the motherboard as they were not authorised to change any thing on the motherboard but as a whole ..
so i have given to them for know but the question is that will they be able to access the internal memory now .
if yes then they might discover as i was overclocking it but only till 1 ghz .which never can crash defy's processor and motherboard(i guess)

Sainyam said:
i took my defy to service centre near me they were not able to make it run after trying every thing ..
So they said all they could do is to replace the motherboard as they were not authorised to change any thing on the motherboard but as a whole ..
so i have given to them for know but the question is that will they be able to access the internal memory now .
if yes then they might discover as i was overclocking it but only till 1 ghz .which never can crash defy's processor and motherboard(i guess)
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maybe MB crashed by overclocking, overclocking heated the MB.

i dont remember my defy getting heated up so badly that mb would crash so fast.
but as far as i remember last time the processor was working fine as i was able to run recoveries from there and only problem was with usb(which would allow the defy to charge but not detected by defy) and then some how the performance deteriorated so much that the processor even stopped working.
but what i am looking for is can they access my internal memory??

[Q] Camera not working and sensor!

Can someone help me, i went to a service center of phone's [not samsung service center]
i let them change my charging pin.
and when i go home my camera does not work anymore!
even the sensor does not work!
so i went back so the service center, they told me they will just text me if THEY got a new board.
they told me that they will replace the board for free.
question is how come my camera didn't work and sensor?

either
they broke a connection to the board
they replaced things with wrong parts
or
you are using wrong/buggy firmware/rom
if you have reflashed stock rom via odin then its a hardware fault

Probably a hardware fault coz messing up with hardware isn't easily fixable.Always go to your phone's manufacturer service center as they know much more than any of the local service centers out there.

thank's guys! i think this is a hardware problem. i reflashed stock rom and still nothing. i watched the tech guy changed my charging pin
the way he uses the heater is wrong, it is too close to the board, and i think the board got damaged.
problem is they are still not texting me
i can use my phone on daily basis, im not shooting any camera with this 2mp camera and sensor is only used for calling right?
hmm im planning to send my phone to samsung service center, should i take it there?

hurvee12 said:
thank's guys! i think this is a hardware problem. i reflashed stock rom and still nothing. i watched the tech guy changed my charging pin
the way he uses the heater is wrong, it is too close to the board, and i think the board got damaged.
problem is they are still not texting me
i can use my phone on daily basis, im not shooting any camera with this 2mp camera and sensor is only used for calling right?
hmm im planning to send my phone to samsung service center, should i take it there?
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sensors can also be used for things like gps and accelerometer to get the position of the phone
If they were any good, they should of done like I do with laptop/pc repairs, a full pre and post report so if something isnt working you know if it was working beforehand and who is to blame - sounds like this company will just take your money and not take responsibiility - If they have an office/shop go there and demand a refund although it maybe hard to prove responsibility after leaving the shop if they want to argue about it.
Best thing is to take it to a known trusted dealer

hurvee12 said:
thank's guys! i think this is a hardware problem. i reflashed stock rom and still nothing. i watched the tech guy changed my charging pin
the way he uses the heater is wrong, it is too close to the board, and i think the board got damaged.
problem is they are still not texting me
i can use my phone on daily basis, im not shooting any camera with this 2mp camera and sensor is only used for calling right?
hmm im planning to send my phone to samsung service center, should i take it there?
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i see! thanks man! you really helped me always on this device. even though im just reading about the latest rom's !
im gonna go and see what happened to that store. i think they forgot about my phone.
btw i payed about 500PHP about 11USD for changing the chargingpin
thank's!

Help with some Touch problem.

Hi everyone ! I just bought a galaxy s4 display ( not new ) and i'm encountering some problem with it. Since i can't refund it in any way as the seller vanished, i can only hope to repair it . The problem is that the down part of the screen ( from 30% to the bottom ) doesn't work, i mean, just the touch doesn't work. I'm asking myself if is not that chip who's the problem and if i can replace it. I'd like to repair it, that costed me like 100$. UNLESS Isn't that chip the real problem i would appreciate if you told me what to do, of course if there is something to do.
NOTE : The display came without the front chrome frame, and i was almost sure that these two can't be 'split' ( whatever i had another brand new frame and i can use it. )
Ah, and if it counts in any way ( i have no idea how ) i have 2 more Tocuh+display with different problem. [ I wanna give as many information as possible ]
Im a noob who got scammed, just take me easy.

Do you get any clue ? I couldn't find too much related to this chip, only that it's the touch controller and it sound like main part of the whole touch . BUT HEY ! I have a display+touch whose touch is working but display is green, i think it may be working. Just tell me what you think about changing that chip, OR if it possible? AND HOW because i'm a noob !

Galaxy s4 almost bricked

Hello. I want to start off and say that even tho i used a lot of phones Samsung fits me bets. With that in mind i want to tell the story of my broken s4 i9505. I bought it new and used it about 2 years until i got and iphone 5s. The phone remaind in a drawer with the intention of selling some time but forgot about it, then i used the phone once a week or so paired with moto 360 because iphone could not connect and used the watch only for time .(bluetooth worked fine remember this). Anyway i decided to sell it and i had all my apps and accounts in there so i thought the fastest way was to factory reset it and make it fresh so i can sell it (rom was not stock at the moment, i have no ideea what rom it was). I sold it to a friend that told me he wanted to pair something with it thru bluetooth and bluetooth didnt work...i sayd that it wasnt possible because all i did was a factory reset and that couldn't damage anything. Things got worse as the phone was charging very very slow and if it got over 90% baterry would not respond to anything (red led at 90% and got to green when full but still no response from phone) and the only thing to do is to remove battery. Then i took the phone back, got it a new battery but that didn't changed anything, took it to some repairs shops that didn't ever hear about this problem, i had it chance the software but that didn't do anything. The problem i suspect it is and i saw a few other posts online was the bluetooth module would stop working for some reason and do this to the phone. Currently i don't know what to do with it and i don't want to sell it just for part for 50 euros or so. Also i read that the bluetooth module can't really be changed as a spare part because it's part of the motherboard and that means almost all the phone. Phone is in mint condition, i didn't damage it before the sell , the buyer didn't damage it or messed with the rom...Another thing i noticed is that in settings under bluetooth address says unavailable. Can someone please help me ? I can provide more information about serials and stuff if needed. Also wi-fi doesn't work now.

Mine also show unavailable under Bluetooth address, but it works.
Are you currently on the stock rom?

Yes is stock. Android version 5.0.1 I9505XXUHOJ2. If i toggle bluetooth on says starting bluetooth then after 5 seconds it disables. I guess the problem is from hardware not software. So fast battery drain is not normal something is using a lot of energy.

As far as I know, the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules are in the same physical chip, therefore something might be physically broken. Here's a clip I came across while trying to fix my phone's Wi-Fi and I think it's exactly what might fix yours. (Should be very cheap to do too.) I think basically what he's doing is putting some flux on the board then reflowing it with the hot air gun.
Before taking that step, be sure to exhaust the possible software fixes. I'm not sure, but updating the bootloader and modem MIGHT fix it.

My wi-fi started working again it just took a while but the bluetooth does exactly the same as in the clip so maybe that's the problem. I don't understand why does so glue over it make it work...also for me it's hard to turn the phone off because the screen goes black but the blue led still stays on and the only way to turn it off completly is to take out battery. Maybe this will solve the battery problem aswell ?