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[Q] LG repair costs

My phone is bootlooping and I can't access recovery. I can't restore the phone's stock software because I edited build.prop and it's not showing up as a Verizon phone. I decided to bite the bullet and just pay LG to reset it. However, when I contacted them to do this they told me I need to mail the phone in and they will tell me how much it costs after their tech looks at it. I'm worried if I do this that they'll charge me an exorbitant amount to fix it... Does anyone have any idea how much they usually charge to do this?

Sending the phone off to LG should be your last resort. It sounds like you've not tried everything!

Send it in to warranty. As long as there's no physical damage Verizon isn't going to give a rats a$$

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Send it in to warranty. As long as there's no physical damage Verizon isn't going to give a rats a$$
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Well, in another thread a Sprint tech said that LG did not give them a method to flash the stock software if the model check failed. I assumed this was the case for Verizon as well. I'll call them tomorrow and ask, I may have misunderstood what he wrote. I can't seem to find his post now. I'll update this post after work tomorrow if they can recover the phone.
theoneofgod, what is it that you think I haven't tried yet? If you have a suggestion which would save me the trouble of sending this phone in I would be super happy. To recap, here's what I've tried:
1. Using hard keys to factory reset (on TWRP 2.6.3.1 so it actually factory resets instead of booting into recovery)
2. Hitting "adb reboot recovery" over and over as TWRP loads and performs factory reset (this worked for people on 2.6.3.1 on AT&T but doesn't seem to be working on my Verizon phone for some reason. I've tried it dozens of times and even wrote a batch file which spams "adb reboot recovery" many, many times faster than I could type it)
3. Flashing the .tot file through download mode (Model check fails)
4. Flashing the .kdz file through download mode (Hangs at either 4% or 10% and asks me to restart. Never gets past 10%)
5. Entering my IMEI into the LG update tool, letting it download the software for the phone, and letting it try to flash the software (it fails)

What was the reason for bootloop? i also change my model name to make camera app show pics in menu, but it didn't help, and i returned to stock build.prop. So whats your story? Its good to know what i should NOT do with the phone.

Yea a good idea if you share what you've done so readers can be aware of it. Goodluck to your G2 pal and we're sorry for you..

marshygeek said:
Yea a good idea if you share what you've done so readers can be aware of it. Goodluck to your G2 pal and we're sorry for you..
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Np don't mind sharing, thanks for the sympathy this definitely sucks aha. I usually add in qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 to get rid of the software keys when I put a new ROM on. It worked the first time I did it on this phone, my best guess is that I mistyped something. I'm not 100% sure why this is making my phone not show up as a Verizon model during the model recovery check...someone more knowledgeable than me would have to explain that.
Melodycd, I think you should be fine doing that as long as you're careful. I was pretty careless and made a lot of mistakes to get in my position. As long as you don't do ALL of the following things you should be safe:
1. Not have the latest recovery
2. Not have USB debugging enabled
3. Mess up while editing a build.prop file so you bootloop

It doesn't matter what they can or can't do with the phone. They don't care what you did to it as long as it's not physically damaged or have water damage. Software issues can be fixed. If they couldn't flash new software they wouldn't have CLN devices to send out for warranty.
I've sent in several dozen phones that I left rooted (for legitimate defect concerns) and none were charged back. They don't need to know what happened to the phone when you call all they need to know is its not working and to send you out a device. They'll receive yours, flash it or send it back to LG to flash, then send it out to someone else as a warranty device.

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It doesn't matter what they can or can't do with the phone. They don't care what you did to it as long as it's not physically damaged or have water damage. Software issues can be fixed. If they couldn't flash new software they wouldn't have CLN devices to send out for warranty.
I've sent in several dozen phones that I left rooted (for legitimate defect concerns) and none were charged back. They don't need to know what happened to the phone when you call all they need to know is its not working and to send you out a device. They'll receive yours, flash it or send it back to LG to flash, then send it out to someone else as a warranty device.
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Okay I'll send it in tomorrow. Thanks man, I was just worried that since the phone says "rooted" in download mode they would flip out about it. Appreciate the reassurance.

ccmbr002 said:
Okay I'll send it in tomorrow. Thanks man, I was just worried that since the phone says "rooted" in download mode they would flip out about it. Appreciate the reassurance.
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I'm just sharing my experience. Over the past 5 years I've been rooting and returning. I can't guarantee anything but i can tell you my experiences and what I've been told by vzw people I know.

I had my g2 repaired when it was rooted. My camera wasn't working atall would just show up black when i opened the app. I sent it in rooted w CWM recovery as i stupidly forgot to remove it. And i had a replacement within 5 days no questions asked.
Not sure if this is because i am in UK or not, but they didn't blink an eye.

Swanseatom said:
I had my g2 repaired when it was rooted. My camera wasn't working atall would just show up black when i opened the app. I sent it in rooted w CWM recovery as i stupidly forgot to remove it. And i had a replacement within 5 days no questions asked.
Not sure if this is because i am in UK or not, but they didn't blink an eye.
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Yep I was just worried because the Verizon phone explicitly states that it is rooted. Just to follow up for those who are on Verizon and are stuck bootlooping and with no way to flash the stock ROM, what 06stang said held true for me (so far). The Verizon rep on the phone couldn't help me (she said she needed me to put my SIM card in my G2 when I was calling her from my old phone) so I took it to a Verizon store. The dude checked it for physical damage, tried to turn it on, and when he saw it bootloop he put in an order to get me a replacement phone. I'll report back in a week or two after I send in my rooted phone and let people know what happens, it seems like they won't charge me as of right now though.

[Q] Accidently installed rom for AT&T on D802. HELP!

Hey,
I've had my phone for a month or so, and I was changing the rom, and accidently installed the AEON v3 on my D208.
Now my phone is stuck on fastboot everytime I boot my phone, I've looked around and tried everything
The Back to stock thread doesnt work me for, I keep getting stuck at 49% and LG Support tool shows L02E
I've downloaded the latest, and the 3.9.1 drivers, all install except for LGE Phone Software.
I'm very frustrated and need help fast. I have no backup of the phone (which i forgot to take)
Can this be fixed? any ideas? - and or is it possible to push a new rom into my D802 from fastboot or through twrp.
I can access download mode and twrp.
Thank you.

alatewolf said:
Hey,
I've had my phone for a month or so, and I was changing the rom, and accidently installed the AEON v3 on my D208.
Now my phone is stuck on fastboot everytime I boot my phone, I've looked around and tried everything
The Back to stock thread doesnt work me for, I keep getting stuck at 49% and LG Support tool shows L02E
I've downloaded the latest, and the 3.9.1 drivers, all install except for LGE Phone Software.
I'm very frustrated and need help fast. I have no backup of the phone (which i forgot to take)
Can this be fixed? any ideas? - and or is it possible to push a new rom into my D802 from fastboot or through twrp.
I can access download mode and twrp.
Thank you.
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Use this method to flash back to stock. DW phones are hard to fully brick now days.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Edit: sorry didnt fully read your post xD Before trying to wipe in lg flashtools. Go into twrp and wipe everything! data, system etc. Then try the tool again, i had the same issue as you. OR you can simply flash a new rom for the D802 inn TWRP.

MalignantQuechnitlan said:
Use this method to flash back to stock. DW phones are hard to fully brick now days.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Edit: sorry didnt fully read your post xD Before trying to wipe in lg flashtools. Go into twrp and wipe everything! data, system etc. Then try the tool again, i had the same issue as you. OR you can simply flash a new rom for the D802 inn TWRP.
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Dw, I fixed it, I tired the Emergency mode, and it randomly just started working, Thanks for your help

Haha sweet and no problem :good:
Sent from my LG-G2 using Tapatalk

MalignantQuechnitlan said:
Haha sweet and no problem :good:
Sent from my LG-G2 using Tapatalk
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Hey I kinda have another problem, I cant get any service, everytime I try to connect to a service operator I get the error,
"Unable to connect to this network at this time android, Try again later" I've changed sim, I've changed apn settings and all sorts, nothing works, the sim works fine on another phone tho. Also same problem when tried with another network simcard, Any ideas?

alatewolf said:
Hey I kinda have another problem, I cant get any service, everytime I try to connect to a service operator I get the error,
"Unable to connect to this network at this time android, Try again later" I've changed sim, I've changed apn settings and all sorts, nothing works, the sim works fine on another phone tho. Also same problem when tried with another network simcard, Any ideas?
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It seems like you have wiped your baseband/modem. Go into settings and look at the baseband version. if it says unknown then its been wiped and you will need to flash back to stock or you may be able to flash a new modem.

MalignantQuechnitlan said:
It seems like you have wiped your baseband/modem. Go into settings and look at the baseband version. if it says unknown then its been wiped and you will need to flash back to stock or you may be able to flash a new modem.
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Nope, Baseband shows as M8974A-AAAANAZM-1.0.190036,
Also I flashed back to stock earlier and it made no difference, sometimes I also get a popup saying "phone not authorized. turn off and restart your phone. if network is unavailable, contact customer service"
My phone recognises I'm on talkmobile, and same with other different sims, also in network info it shows "In Service" but Mobile network state is disconnected. I cannot pick a network operator as said, and I've tried many roms, reseting my phone, and wiping the whole system and such while I was having the fastboot problem.
I'm really confused and afraid I've turned my phone into a hella expensive mp3. Is there anything I can do, or maybe I can show you so you could help? that would be really appreciated if you can.

alatewolf said:
Nope, Baseband shows as M8974A-AAAANAZM-1.0.190036,
Also I flashed back to stock earlier and it made no difference, sometimes I also get a popup saying "phone not authorized. turn off and restart your phone. if network is unavailable, contact customer service"
My phone recognises I'm on talkmobile, and same with other different sims, also in network info it shows "In Service" but Mobile network state is disconnected. I cannot pick a network operator as said, and I've tried many roms, reseting my phone, and wiping the whole system and such while I was having the fastboot problem.
I'm really confused and afraid I've turned my phone into a hella expensive mp3. Is there anything I can do, or maybe I can show you so you could help? that would be really appreciated if you can.
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Eh sorry to ask but is your phone from a carrier or ebay or something? If ebay or amazon...i may know why its messing up D:

MalignantQuechnitlan said:
Eh sorry to ask but is your phone from a carrier or ebay or something? If ebay or amazon...i may know why its messing up D:
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I bought it from ebay, Its the international version and it was working for a couple of days and then one day it randomly went off

alatewolf said:
I bought it from ebay, Its the international version and it was working for a couple of days and then one day it randomly went off
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Ahh i thought that. Some other guy posted the same sorta thing as you about signal completely dying He bought his online too. It turns out his device was reported stolen, so the carrier blocked it, the same way yours is (no signal) but don't worry it might not be that, ill go check the post and you can ask the guy how he found out.
EDIT: his post - "Well would you believe it. After much messing around, flashing modems, going back to stock, flashing with different recoveries etc, I took the plunge and paid for a checkmend.com report. It turns out that the device I bought on ebay 2 weeks ago has been reported as stolen and is barred on mobile networks in the UK. Paypal claim already done...
So just in case anyone else has a sudden problem with no signal, it might not be a bad flash!"
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@j0ff help this guy out

MalignantQuechnitlan said:
Ahh i thought that. Some other guy posted the same sorta thing as you about signal completely dying He bought his online too. It turns out his device was reported stolen, so the carrier blocked it, the same way yours is (no signal) but don't worry it might not be that, ill go check the post and you can ask the guy how he found out.
EDIT: his post - "Well would you believe it. After much messing around, flashing modems, going back to stock, flashing with different recoveries etc, I took the plunge and paid for a checkmend.com report. It turns out that the device I bought on ebay 2 weeks ago has been reported as stolen and is barred on mobile networks in the UK. Paypal claim already done...
So just in case anyone else has a sudden problem with no signal, it might not be a bad flash!"
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@j0ff help this guy out
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Is the website safe? Is there no other way of finding out? and if it is a stolen phone, what do I actually do, like do i call the police and report it or?

alatewolf said:
Is the website safe? Is there no other way of finding out? and if it is a stolen phone, what do I actually do, like do i call the police and report it or?
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I've never used it, but he used it, so it must be haha and I'm really not sure man D:

MalignantQuechnitlan said:
I've never used it, but he used it, so it must be haha and I'm really not sure man D:
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Oh okay, I used the website and it shows the phone has been reported lost or stolen, I'll make a claim to paypal and open a case on ebay, Thank you for your help, You've honestly taken alot of stress off my shoulders, I've been trying to fix this for over 2 days non stop without sleep.

alatewolf said:
Oh okay, I used the website and it shows the phone has been reported lost or stolen, I'll make a claim to paypal and open a case on ebay, Thank you for your help, You've honestly taken alot of stress off my shoulders, I've been trying to fix this for over 2 days non stop without sleep.
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The sneaky bastards selling a stolen phone! At least you found out anyway, i hope you get your money back and no problem :good:

Might not have been stolen they may have sold it and then made an insurance claim on it to get a new one cheap. I have heard of people doing that to get a phone and money and screwing other people over. Either way pretty messed up to do that too people. Hopefully PayPal and eBay will help in resolving the issue
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Might not have been stolen they may have sold it and then made an insurance claim on it to get a new one cheap. I have heard of people doing that to get a phone and money and screwing other people over. Either way pretty messed up to do that too people. Hopefully PayPal and eBay will help in resolving the issue
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I know, I spent hours trying to fix it and got really worried and sick, I opened a case and requested a refund from paypal. hopefully I'll get it.
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The sneaky bastards selling a stolen phone! At least you found out anyway, i hope you get your money back and no problem :good:
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Thank you so much!

What I don't understand here is how can a stolen phone in a particular country can be blocked to be used all over the world. I see lot of ebay listings for BAD IMEI AT&T and T-Mobile phones being sold for international usage(outside US) & I know some people buy it for International usage and it should in a vice-versa situation. Is the OP from outside US & bought International version on ebay hence he can't used it in his country, because outside north-america, every country gets same model except for some Asian countries like South-Korea, Japan.

[Q] firmware

Hi, I got a videotron (canadian carrier) note 4. Unlock and using it on rogers network. I bought it second hand, and seller didn't told me about the root..... On sammobile site, for the firmware, all canadian carrier have model sm-n910w8 as model #. Is it safe to flash rogers firmware on it? And is there a way to see if knox (probably been tick off) how many time and anyway to reset it. Looking through google but a bit lost. Thanks for your help

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You can boot in download mode to check knox. If tripped it cannot be reset as of yet.

Thanks, that's what I was getting so, no biggies. Now, firmware side, beside sammobile, is that one look ok
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/unbri...alaxy-note-4-sm-n910w8-bell-rogers-telus-etc/
Mm might be for exynos chip note 4.... Not good I guess
Edit #2 http://samsung-updates.com/details/34574//SM-N910W8/BMC/N910W8VLU1ANIH.html
Seem better but not sure

I don't know much about north American models.
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/10/13...plained-by-region-connectivity-and-processor/

my guess is that any n910w8 firmware will work on any n910w8 phone, just different bloatware from carrier.

That's my guess also and as long as it is meant for Canada

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That's my guess also and as long as it is meant for Canada
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installed the one for rogers from sammobile, but upon flashing thought odin, videotron bloat is still there..... and have to contact seller, as I try to set cerberus and says that devices is linked to another account..... Grrrr and lost sellers #. Still have his address. Hope not a stollen devices.

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Followed that how to: http://youtu.be/WlHN7XPDvXQ go through all the prossess. Phone optimize the app.... How to get a return to stock, a full clean install. Any better walk through?

Any hint?

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Any hint?
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strike 2...

Just flash with Odin and then make a hard reset from recovery. Then download cereus. As of about the bloat you need root to remove anything that comes preinstalled

Cerberus is installed, just can't use it cause device is linked to another account...... Settler swear he bought it new... On kijiji.... Kind of funny I guess

It comes preinstalled on a Samsung official firmware? Never seen that

mariosraptor said:
It comes preinstalled on a Samsung official firmware? Never seen that
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Would be very surprise was pre-installed. someone else with a N4 could confirm. I know that you can make cerberus a system app if rooted, so a hard-reset, from the phone wouldn't erase it, but I flash through odin, should erase all and put new rom.... Seller don't seem 100% legit if can say, He told me that i could get another security app.... he think that it"s might be the place that have unlock the phone that have put it on it,... thinking asking for a refund

And quick info, capacitive buttons, when they light up, do they look like with thin lines over them (thin black lines) or there is no interruption all white with nothing over

ere1nion said:
And quick info, capacitive buttons, when they light up, do they look like with thin lines over them (thin black lines) or there is no interruption all white with nothing over
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lol. looks like you got a fake note 4. the HDC ones have the black lines.
does the button on the stylus work with the stylus moved away from the screen (not touching?).

zurkx said:
lol. looks like you got a fake note 4. the HDC ones have the black lines.
does the button on the stylus work with the stylus moved away from the screen (not touching?).
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Air command open when button on stylus is pressed, dot show on screen as soon as stylus is about a inch of screen, a cursor like a | show if there is text under and keep pressing the button. Kies see the phone, as a note 4. What HDC mean? Saw a few pic where the line shows on the net. But still trying to get a refund from seller, he told me he wasn't a store, than he told me to give him the phone, he would sell it and pay me after.... Imei on phone and box don't match, and the one on phone, you google it and get result.... At least not blacklisted on protectyourdata.ca and using the phone.

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Bricked/randomly shuts off

Hello everyone! So my problem aroused a few days ago when I noticed my phone would randomly reboot and get stuck on the boot screen. I would have to mess around and finally only to get a few minutes of usage. I had King Rom installed which I believe was the issue. Fortunately, while trying to use Odin to recovery to stock, it shuts off in the middle of recovery mode. Now I am getting the screen that says: an error has occurred while updating the device software. please use the emergency recovery function in the smart switch pc software. I have been up all night trying to fix this with no results. I am so upset because I rely on my phone for my job as I am a delivery driver. I can't afford a new phone right now and I don't know what to do. It seems like I am pretty much SOL. I am hoping someone will be able to help me! Thanks so much

Somehow I was actually able to restore it to stock successfully in Odin. But before it will finish the initiation process it reboots over and over and the issue persists. Could there be another factor as to why this has happened?

slimspittle said:
Somehow I was actually able to restore it to stock successfully in Odin. But before it will finish the initiation process it reboots over and over and the issue persists. Could there be another factor as to why this has happened?
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Well, if you're unlucky it might as well be a hardware related failure.
If you look through XDA, there are more and more people having the boot loop problem right now (me included).
Especially after the latest December FW update.
I would try to do a emergency restore through SmartSwitch, then factory reset.
That's the last thing I tried, although it didn't help me in the end and now my mobile is back at Samsung for repair.
If it still bootloops after these steps I think you're out of luck and have to contact a Samsung repair center.

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Arose is the word i think you were looking for!!

MisterKanister said:
Well, if you're unlucky it might as well be a hardware related failure.
If you look through XDA, there are more and more people having the boot loop problem right now (me included).
Especially after the latest December FW update.
I would try to do a emergency restore through SmartSwitch, then factory reset.
That's the last thing I tried, although it didn't help me in the end and now my mobile is back at Samsung for repair.
If it still bootloops after these steps I think you're out of luck and have to contact a Samsung repair center.
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Well my phone is the International from Kenya and I'm not sure if Samsung will honor the warranty. I am able to get to the point where you add your Google account. From that point, it gets stuck at ''just a sec''. From that point, it starts to freeze. I guess somehow the phone is still messed up. Think I should try flashing it again?

Do you have TWRP or any custom recovery, does it freeze when your in that menu? Do you have an external SD inside?

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Do you have TWRP or any custom recovery, does it freeze when your in that menu? Do you have an external SD inside?
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No I do not anymore and it freezes when the firmware has loaded and it says optimizing apps. And yes I do have a an SD Card

Long shot... have you tired booting up the phone without the card in? It's really sounding like a hardware problem, maybe GPU if it gets triggered reliably...

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Long shot... have you tired booting up the phone without the card in? It's really sounding like a hardware problem, maybe GPU if it gets triggered reliably...
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So this time I actually retried Odin with stock restored from a different website. Then bypassed adding a google account. From that point, I no longer got to the ''just a sec'' screen. I was actually able to fully set up the device. I am assuming it will still have issues occasionally. We will see though. I am very lucky because I go to work in a few hours and would miss out on so much tips! Thanks everyone for your support! If the phone still has problems after a restore how do you get a hold of Samsung if its an International phone. Do you have to send it back to the country of origin?

Samsung may decide that you need to contact the country of origin, I know for example Sony stopped supporting international phones in their repair centers last year... While you have the phone up and running try to get some diagnostic info on why its happening.

dude9946 said:
Samsung may decide that you need to contact the country of origin, I know for example Sony stopped supporting international phones in their repair centers last year... While you have the phone up and running try to get some diagnostic info on why its happening.
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How would I go about doing that?

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How would I go about doing that?
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you could get CPU-Z from the app store and take screenshots.
Although i dont thing that would help, just call the samsung support line and select to go to phones and explain whats happening. you wont have to send the phone back to the country of origin.

Cyber5hark said:
you could get CPU-Z from the app store and take screenshots.
Although i dont thing that would help, just call the samsung support line and select to go to phones and explain whats happening. you wont have to send the phone back to the country of origin.
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I agree you should call Samsung, However you might* still need to send it back to its Origin... It's totally up to Samsung's current policy on supporting international phones. Due to cost, a lot of repair centers really only keep parts/new phones for the ones locally available. However, It's also possible that they are able to contact their international warehouse for parts... So who knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Keep us updated though, other users in your situation would love to know what happens!

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I agree you should call Samsung, However you might* still need to send it back to its Origin... It's totally up to Samsung's current policy on supporting international phones. Due to cost, a lot of repair centers really only keep parts/new phones for the ones locally available. However, It's also possible that they are able to contact their international warehouse for parts... So who knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Keep us updated though, other users in your situation would love to know what happens!
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Okay so now it is stuck in a bootloop even after restoring to Odin again. I will try to get a hold of Samsung to see what they say. If not, I paid for my phone with my Wells Fargo Credit card and they have insurance. May get a replacement through them if Samsung won't help

So I just called them and they said to go into my local Samsung store within Best Buy to have them reflash the firmware lol. Going to take it their now to see what happens. Wish me luck

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So I just called them and they said to go into my local Samsung store within Best Buy to have them reflash the firmware lol. Going to take it their now to see what happens. Wish me luck
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Ha! did you tell them you already tried... good luck, keep us updated!

@slimspittle dont let us down, we need an update!

Okay so to send it in to Samsung(No charge for software issue as they said) they want a receipt with the IMEI on it. I bought the phone from Amazon and their is no IMEI on the receipt.

US996 Rent a center lock - USB debugging without access to phone

Hi everyone, I hope this is not ilegal or something... Well the thing is I got scammed on eBay buying and unlocked lg v20 us996, I already opened a dispute in PayPal but in the meantime I'm trying to fix this...
I've read some "solutions" but it's not at all explained so I've tried EVERYTHING and nothing works. My bootloader is locked and I don't have enabled OEM unlock nor USB debugging . So my question is, is there any way to activate these two other than in the phone itself ? (I can't do it the normal way since the RAC message blocks absolutely everything on the phone)
Could someone that has done this before walk me through this? I would extremely appreciate it!!!
Thanks in advance people.

Kevinrdz91 said:
Hi everyone, I hope this is not ilegal or something... Well the thing is I got scammed on eBay buying and unlocked lg v20 us996, I already opened a dispute in PayPal but in the meantime I'm trying to fix this...
I've read some "solutions" but it's not at all explained so I've tried EVERYTHING and nothing works. My bootloader is locked and I don't have enabled OEM unlock nor USB debugging . So my question is, is there any way to activate these two other than in the phone itself ? (I can't do it the normal way since the RAC message blocks absolutely everything on the phone)
Could someone that has done this before walk me through this? I would extremely appreciate it!!!
Thanks in advance people.
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Are you able to disable the RAC APP system side, and then reboot to see if they were lazy and didn't disable the usb debugging as well.

HiddenKnight said:
Are you able to disable the RAC APP system side, and then reboot to see if they were lazy and didn't disable the usb debugging as well.
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What do you mean by disabling system side bro? If it's something I have to do inside the phone i absolutely can't since this RAC messages blocks the phone and I can't access it because it requests ab4 digit PIN

Kevinrdz91 said:
What do you mean by disabling system side bro? If it's something I have to do inside the phone i absolutely can't since this RAC messages blocks the phone and I can't access it because it requests ab4 digit PIN
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System side, by that, I mean to disable the app via Tha applications menu in settings.

HiddenKnight said:
System side, by that, I mean to disable the app via Tha applications menu in settings.
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No bro I cant do anything on the phone, So i need help to unlock the bootloader from adb or somethig...

I dont know if this trick works on LG but on Samsung when I had a S6 I posted a fix for this somewhere on XDA where you put the RAC fix on a external thimb drive and plug it into your usb port on your phone after factory resetting it and it will popup the file manager and aftwr you install the RAC apk which is just a shortcut to settings you tick OEM unlock in Dev Mode and then root the phone. Again I don't know if it works still but worth a try.

Kevinrdz91 said:
Hi everyone, I hope this is not ilegal or something... Well the thing is I got scammed on eBay buying and unlocked lg v20 us996, I already opened a dispute in PayPal but in the meantime I'm trying to fix this...
I've read some "solutions" but it's not at all explained so I've tried EVERYTHING and nothing works. My bootloader is locked and I don't have enabled OEM unlock nor USB debugging . So my question is, is there any way to activate these two other than in the phone itself ? (I can't do it the normal way since the RAC message blocks absolutely everything on the phone)
Could someone that has done this before walk me through this? I would extremely appreciate it!!!
Thanks in advance people.
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This is weird, I literally just went through this same exact situation. I contacted RAC using the number provided on the lock screen, I explained the situation and they asked for my IMEI, they looked it up and they confirmed it wasn't supposed to be sold to me, they then instructed me to bring it into my local RAC location where they would buy the phone back from me, after I did this I contacted ebay and explained everything that I had done, they said as long as I was able to provide proof that this incident happened and the phone was "stolen" (sold to me without authorization from the RAC it was being leased from) that they would fully refund me.
I went back and contacted the RAC that the phone belonged to and asked them to fax over (to my local RAC) information proving the phone was being leased from them and was not supposed to be sold to me, they were happy to do this for me. I provided the documentation as well as pictures of it next to the phone to ebay and got a full refund (on top of the buyback from RAC for the phone) I then bought a NEW unlocked v20 from Brandsmart USA for 399$ it was about what I paid on ebay (I actually came out ahead because I got a full refund from ebay + a 150$ buyback from RAC)
if you have any questions feel free to PM me, I'll gladly help in any way that I can, people who do this are scum

LG V20 rent a center
I have a Verizon v20 with rent a center lock, if anyone can give me the solution, I'm willing to pay. Please pm.