Hard bricked phone - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

Hi everybody. I have hard bricked my phone. I have a warranty with best buy. Can I bring it to them or they will know that I root it
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I'd check your warranty to see if it's still under warranty since you rooted it. If it doesn't turn on it'll be hard to see anything.

Mine also hard bricked. Sent it back to samsung for repair, no issues other then the almost 4 week turnaround.
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So you got your phone back with no issues?
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No issues at all. They placed my pcm board I think it was
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AT&T Device Support Center will just swap out the phone.

I will bring it back for warranty
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I would try an get the one you have running, will it even get into d/l mode? Reason I say this, you are taking a chance on getting a MF3 version replacement, and then, you may get a device that is bootlocked until a fix is created.
lets try and fix what you have.
Thanks

Why I buy accidental damage warranties on phones: if all else fails, break the screen and get a replacement.
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Delakit said:
Why I buy accidental damage warranties on phones: if all else fails, break the screen and get a replacement.
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Can you say, insurance fraud. I wouldn't be posting this here.

jd1639 said:
Can you say, insurance fraud. I wouldn't be posting this here.
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Well this whole thread is kind of about warranty fraud....
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jd1639 said:
Can you say, insurance fraud. I wouldn't be posting this here.
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Using an Accidental Insurance claim for an Accident? Sounds like a real problem. Can you say, "oops, my bad." I wouldn't be posting that here either.
derek210 said:
Well this whole thread is kind of about warranty fraud....
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Warranty

I called google and that wanna put a hold on account for the price of the tablet for me to get a replacement. Is there any other way I can get a replacement. Like where I ship my tablet first or something because google said couldn't ship first unless they put hold on my account which I dont have 500 for them to hold.
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Not really the only place you can get a replacement with warranty is where you bought it. Just give them a creditcard number.
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I can try with Samsung right
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what s wrong with the tablet ?
i m sorry to hear that ...
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htcbrazilian said:
I can try with Samsung right
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You can. I wouldn't expect a quick turnaround though, but this may be common with most warranty services really.
espionage724 said:
You can. I wouldn't expect a quick turnaround though, but this may be common with most warranty services really.
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I called samsung they said with them I can ship first no need to hold nothing it will take a little longer but no other way so gonna send it to them
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samwheat said:
what s wrong with the tablet ?
i m sorry to hear that ...
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Hdmi port came broken
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[Q]how much is the deductible if "lost"

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You are a scumbag. Just saying. All of us as customers of Sprint pay for dirtbags like you to steal from our phone company. :thumbdown:
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GiantJay said:
You are a scumbag. Just saying. All of us as customers of Sprint pay for dirtbags like you to steal from our phone company. :thumbdown:
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+1. Reported
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And of course they flag the phone with a bad esn.
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GiantJay said:
You are a scumbag. Just saying. All of us as customers of Sprint pay for airbags like you to steal from our phone company. :thumbdown:
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Lol how's that?airbags?I will be paying a deductible how is any1 but me paying for this???I just wanna do this to hold me down till the note 3 comes out then I'll jump on a contract
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epic559 said:
Lol how's that?airbags?I will be paying a deductible how is any1 but me paying for this???I just wanna do this to hold me down till the note 3 comes out then I'll jump on a contract
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You want to take a $600 phone say it was "stolen or lost" keep the phone and take it to another carrier and get a replacement phone for $150. And you see nothing wrong with that. :banghead:
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Law enforcement or Sprint has a name for this theft and fraud.
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GiantJay said:
And of course they flag the phone with a bad esn.
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O I herd they don't cuz she'll be saying its lost and not stolen but whatever....damn mybad for even asking
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jd1639 said:
+1. Reported
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Ouch that's a 1st :\ very sorry for even thinking of this let alone asking on xda
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epic559 said:
Ouch that's a 1st :\ very sorry for even thinking of this let alone asking on xda
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You have to understand where I am coming from. And it is kind of sad I had to explain this all and you thought it was okay. I did not mean to flame you just to get the point across that this is straight up fraud and theft. You would be making a claim with a insurance company about a lost phone so you could use it on another carrier. That is insurance fraud. I hope you get the point this is wrong. You can get this phone for $599 off contract though. I traded my S3 to Best Buy and had them price match Amazon for $599 and paid $385 off contract. Just save your money if you can't afford it right this second.
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O I herd they don't cuz she'll be saying its lost and not stolen but whatever....damn mybad for even asking
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You definitely heard wrong. Sprint isn't THAT stupid. Speaking of stupid... you seriously posted this?
epic559 said:
Ouch that's a 1st :\ very sorry for even thinking of this let alone asking on xda
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At least you apologize.
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Delakit said:
You definitely heard wrong. Sprint isn't THAT stupid. Speaking of stupid... you seriously posted this?
At least you apologize.
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I do apologize big time
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epic559 said:
Ouch that's a 1st :\ very sorry for even thinking of this let alone asking on xda
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Apology accepted. Now get down and give me 50 motivated I'm Sorry pushups. :thumbup::beer:
oohaylima said:
Apology accepted. Now get down and give me 50 motivated I'm Sorry pushups. :thumbup::beer:
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PUSHUPS! GO!!! LOL:good:
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[Q]LG-LS980 (Sprint) unrooting indicator

I've been searching the forums trying to find out if ill be able to take my device in to have it serviced once rooted. I know ill have to unroot it first, but will the people at sprint be able to tell if its been rooted like the verizon varient?
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I unrooted mine the other day and no they shouldn't be able to. unless mine was just a freak accident . I would wait and let someone else back me up on this.
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Mrclassified said:
I've been searching the forums trying to find out if ill be able to take my device in to have it serviced once rooted. I know ill have to unroot it first, but will the people at sprint be able to tell if its been rooted like the verizon varient?
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The good thing about Sprint is the majority of techs don't even care if it's rooted. I know I sure as hell don't! What are you bringing it in for?
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uToTMeH8 said:
The good thing about Sprint is the majority of techs don't even care if it's rooted. I know I sure as hell don't! What are you bringing it in for?
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The device is fine right now, this is just a precaution. I've had techs of both persuasions pro and anti rooting... Im coming from the E4GT on sprint and the only problems i had were hardware issues... No SD slot here so i see this breaking for a software issue? Am i wrong to think this?
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Downgrade option from kitkat

All is not lost if you want to go back to jellybean. As long as you are still under Samsung warranty you can go to a at&t with a service center and exchange it . Just make up any good reason and they will give you a new one. It is refurbished but it is a downgrade option.
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brentsalinas714 said:
All is not lost if you want to go back to jellybean. As long as you are still under Samsung warranty you can go to a at&t with a service center and exchange it . Just make up any good reason and they will give you a new one. It is refurbished but it is a downgrade option.
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I did this, but they didn't give me a refurbished one. The person told me that they get the replacements brand new from the factory.
They are ALL refurbished phones...
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Yes it is refurbished and no box = refubished
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brentsalinas714 said:
All is not lost if you want to go back to jellybean. As long as you are still under Samsung warranty you can go to a at&t with a service center and exchange it . Just make up any good reason and they will give you a new one. It is refurbished but it is a downgrade option.
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This is technically supporting and condoning warranty fraud.
Not allowed or condoned here at XDA.
What happened to cracking stuff open and doing it ourselves, now you want to screw a company just to downgrade...
It's sickening. Thread reported.
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Well, I certainly don't think it can be put any better than this ^.
And he's absolutely correct. Thread closed.

Bad display?

I'm seeing this on my screen today. Anyone know why? Everything still functional.
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Yep, it could be. Get a warranty replacement.
Would they honor it if I don't have the receipt?
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I would say to try out another ROM and check if its still happening before hand... And usually the warranty is based on imei (at least in Canada) they don't particularly care for receipts here....
Although if you are rooted you would have to go back to stock because they might invalidate your warranty because you tampered with the system...

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