My trackball is constantly going left and it has made text messaging impossible. It's slowing down games, making my launcher lag, and is basically ruining the phone for me. I have root and unplugging the phone occasionally helps but it's murder to have to unplug your phone to play a game, which drains battery.
Please, is there any way to just disable the trackball altogether?
lol..take it to verizon!!
I don't want to get a non-rootable phone from them...
just hold out untill the dorid x comes out and then see if they can upgrade you to that for just the 2 year contract price...
or just bring it in and if they give you a non-rootable phone then just say that it wasn't working either.
just hold out untill the dorid x comes out and then see if they can upgrade you to that for just the 2 year contract price...
or just bring it in and if they give you a non-rootable phone then just say that it wasn't working either.
I never found a fix for this. I took my phone back to Verizon and luckily they still had 2 Eris' with 1.5. You could get lucky like me, but if you'd rather not try have you tried cleaning the trackball with a q tip and alcoholl?
loki154 said:
I never found a fix for this. I took my phone back to Verizon and luckily they still had 2 Eris' with 1.5. You could get lucky like me, but if you'd rather not try have you tried cleaning the trackball with a q tip and alcoholl?
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That would void the warranty? Then I'd have no chance of returning.
I might stop off at Verizon store and ask if there's anyway I can get an upgrade for just the price of a contract...
I imagine you should be able to disable the trackball by unmapping it. I took a quick look through the keyboard file and didn't see anything, but I'll have to take another look tomorrow when I'm more awake.
I'm fairly sure I've read a topic on here about changing out the trackball (which are cheap from Ebay or something like that). Had a step by step, with pictures, detailed guide laid out.
Did a quick search and viola, here ya go-
Trackball transplant
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I'm fairly sure I've read a topic on here about changing out the trackball (which are cheap from Ebay or something like that). Had a step by step, with pictures, detailed guide laid out.
Did a quick search and viola, here ya go-
Trackball transplant
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doesnt fix the trackball. the sensors are on the motherboard, this only replaces the ball and the small plastic housing it's in.
the trackball going to one direction or another is a common in the eris (arguably why HTC has since switched to using optical pads). so far, only way to fix is to take it to verizon and get a replacement. there is finally a root for 1.49 (in most cases) so you should be good with any phone you get from them.
I guess I'll just have to replace it, oh well. I'll hold off for a while.
Related
are there any apps that I MUST have (aside from launcher pro and a new keyboard)
any roms that I should flash? (I am staying away from froyo because of lack of support for the headphone jack and no jit (afaik that's why froyo is so much faster than eclair) and im in no rush to get flash)
any other tips? (yes I looked at the tips post. so far i have installed that screenshot taking tool, gotten the adblocker and installed titanium backup)
thanks guys!
ps. what's the word on cyanogenmod 6? when is it slated to release?
again thanks for all your help, I'm loving my new vibrant.
-former g1 user.
The word on Cyanogen is it's in the works.
Link:
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/home/whats-up-with-cm
6.1 is the current work-in-progress and is coming together nicely. There’s a few new features like touch-to-focus in the camcorder, dismiss notifications by swiping, kernel updates for most devices, and improved performance. There will also be support for a few new devices- Acer Liquid, HTC Wildfire and Samsung Vibrant. My eye is also on the new HTC phones that are about to get released like the G2.
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one last question: are the lag fixes worth doing? what's the risk? and most roms tell you to uninstall them before flashing, how easy is this to do? and what roms can be "lagfixed?" what is the best way to do a lagfix?
Well, I suggest playing around with your phone. If you notice it's slow, and not as fast, go ahead and install it. Also, download Quadrant Standard. Test it. If your score is 1100-1500, go ahead and install the lagfix.
To install it, this is what I do. I am not quite sure if this is best way, but it works for me.
Remember, I am not responsible for what you do to your phone.
Step 1: Download RyanZA's lagfix from the market. (search "lagfix")
Step 2: Install EXT tools from the app.
Step 3: Apply Lagfix.
If you ever want to uninstall the lagfix, go to the app and do it from there.
ROMs that work with the lagfix as I know:
Vibrant Hybrid
Frankin-Twiz.
I also recommend installing the Captivates camera. It's a 1000x better. You can look that up in the tips thread.
I'm running the Voodoo lag fix on Bionix 1.3. The phone absolutely flies and the battery life is excellent. I'm also pretty sure that you can remove the lag fix by simply placing a named folder inside of the voodoo folder and rebooting, so it should be pretty easy.
I don't always complain, but when I do, I #BlameWes
Oh, also, here's another tip:
If your battery is horrible, let it drain ALL THE WAY, make sure it turns off. Then charge it to 100%. This restarts the cycle, I do this twice a month.
thanks!!!!!
You've got choices...
I'm also running 1.3 Bionix, but with the KingKlick kernel and no lag fix. It might not "fly" like the voodoo lag fix version, but it is quick enough and the battery life is amazing. Been using the phone unplugged for about 8 hours with some calls, texts, and work-related emails and I still have 79% of battery.
Tried all of the 2.1 Roms so far and played with them for a few days each, but have finally settled in with the above.
Whatever you do, give it a few days of regular use before you turn to the next one. And be careful to read the OP's instructions or you'll end up getting all crazy and wanting to throw your phone against a wall cause it bricked...
it bricked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8296995#post8296995
Man, I didn't mean to jinx you...
gonintendo said:
it bricked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8296995#post8296995
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-alright friend. Keep at it and follow the thread on using Odin to get it back. I've gone back to Odin at least 3-4 times and I know a bunch of folks here have visited it more times than they care to admit.
If you can do it after a good nights sleep, it's probably best cause otherwise you get easily frustrated and really do want to throw it against a wall -- but don't.
You'll recover it - just keep at it. Good luck and hope to hear back that you got it going.
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-alright friend. Keep at it and follow the thread on using Odin to get it back. I've gone back to Odin at least 3-4 times and I know a bunch of folks here have visited it more times than they care to admit.
If you can do it after a good nights sleep, it's probably best cause otherwise you get easily frustrated and really do want to throw it against a wall -- but don't.
You'll recover it - just keep at it. Good luck and hope to hear back that you got it going.
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thanks man. i can't even get to the download screen. it ether goes to the battery screen or the vibrant screen depending on which method i use.
my cousin has the same phone, but she bought it through tmobile (not ebay like me) and has a warranty and insurance. should i ask her to get it replace? or will i be able to unbrick?
i should add i can't even get adb going.
would i be able to buy one off contract and return it? wheres a good place to do this?
these phones are almost unbrickable, if you get the vibrant screen you should be able to unbrick it....also the phone is less then a year old so it should have a warranty if it comes down to that.
Keep at it, try these few ideas
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thanks man. i can't even get to the download screen. it ether goes to the battery screen or the vibrant screen depending on which method i use.
my cousin has the same phone, but she bought it through tmobile (not ebay like me) and has a warranty and insurance. should i ask her to get it replace? or will i be able to unbrick?
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--If you got it from eBay, try and see if either the seller is willing to fix or look into Square Trade Warranties. I have a couple of their warranties on phones and ipods and they have always come through for me when the items I get need repair. Also, check into Craigslist locally and see if there is anyone that does phone repair. I have a guy in CA, near where I live that has fixed my electronics before and I found him on Craigslist.
-keep trying man. don't give up.
it's all been sorted out. i have a friend at costco who does returns
thanks for all the help though. I'll make sure read instructions more clearly (although it wasn't entirely my fault, the instructions said don't do a nadroid backup, not don't do a nandroid restore, which is what i did. and guess what? my new vibrant isn't locked! i can get into recovery using the buttons)
i dont know what to do, is there any way to get a new phone. The trackball issue has shown up on my phone and it has made it impossible to text and other things because my phone auto scrolls by its self now and i cant scroll down. But the problem is i know im past the 12 month warrenty and i am not due for a upgrade yet, so is there any way around this?
unless you bought extra warranty then im sorry but you are out of luck :/
your best bet would be to buy another eris off ebay or swappa if your trackball problem keeps occurring
however.. do try cleaning the trackball first if that remedies it a little
I had this problem occur to me as well but only when it was plugged in and my trackball problem only occurred when i was using HTC Sense stock. When using a ROM my trackball problem didn't happen so often so maybe you can try that
You can get an Eris from Cowboom.com and add on a 1 year replacement plan for $5 or so.
It won't hurt to call Verizon to see if they will let you upgrade your contract now. It used to be that they would allow it after 13 months for some contracts, and they famously changed that a couple of months ago, but those policies are supposed to go into effect after your next contract change. Try calling to see if they will let you upgrade.
If not, then I guess buy a used phone.
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i dont know what to do, is there any way to get a new phone. The trackball issue has shown up on my phone and it has made it impossible to text and other things because my phone auto scrolls by its self now and i cant scroll down. But the problem is i know im past the 12 month warrenty and i am not due for a upgrade yet, so is there any way around this?
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WARNING: Do not hold it against me if this causes your trackball to stop working at all, or to stop working partially, or any other harm to your phone.
Try this.
Press the trackball HARD (don't try to push it all the way through the back of the case, though), and while pressing so hard, roll it around in all directions. Do this for at least 15 seconds, although you can try longer if you want or need to.
See if it'll behave for a while.
Note also that scary alien makes a version of the Eris recovery (you didn't say if you're rooted or not) that doesn't require the trackball. Luckily for me, doogald just posted the link to help someone else in another thread: http://androidforums.com/eris-all-t...2-custom-recovery-trackball-not-required.html
Yeah I am rooted and I have been using his alternative recovery that don't need track ball so It don't matter if I can't scroll down . The iissue is the random scroll makes impossible to text run maps and alot of other things, im just going to upgrade to the thunderbolt I was just wanting to get a warranty so I can hold out and wait for the bionic or the incredible 2
Hi,
I searched this topic and got a couple of hits but I have a couple of specific questions about this.
My phone is rooted and S-OFF (and everthing else it says in my sig) I been having problems for quite some time now and I'm so fed up with this phone (and losing faith in HTC just because of it) that I even considered melting it with my oxiacetilene torch.
So before having another one of those episodes I think I'd like to try to send it to HTC to see if they can repair it.
I bought it from Negri Electronics and I'm using it in central america so I don't think I have any waranty cover.
My question is do I need to revert it to stock before I send it or they would look at it if I send it as is now?
Is there any type of warranty for me?
What should I do? (Just in case, my phone suffers of a severe black screen issue that it does not go away even with stock RUU)
Sometimes I need to press the power button like 20 times to get the screen on ( this is the thread on my problem) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2067514&highlight=black+screen
I'm pretty sure it has to be HW related because it used to work ok but one day started acting out (got corrupted after a complete battery drain) and since that day it never worked well again. I tried different roms and none of them make it go away not even in stock ruu.
Thanks for any info
Jose (the developer of some of the aokp and cm roms) has added a flash able for allowing the camera button to wake the screen.. Try that first.. Read up..
Also tmobile ics wakes on camera press
Sig:
What do you mean I can't say that??!!.. It's the fkin Internet!
Thanks, the NRG rom does that too but I get the same result just capacitive lights coming on (and only half of them the other half have gone bad)
I think I'll revert to stock and give them a call to see what they say and if they can give me a quote for the repair.
Finally today my screen died completely.
The phone works but the screen is dead, I sent an email to HTC we'll see if they can quote me for the repair and if it's worth the trouble.
The only problem is that my phone is S-Off and unlocked so I don't know if they will repair it.:fingers-crossed:
After talking with CS they told me that changing the screen would cost $145 but if they need to change the whole MB it would go up to $340 so I just decided not to do it and risk buying one in fleabay, we'll see how this one works out.
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After talking with CS they told me that changing the screen would cost $145 but if they need to change the whole MB it would go up to $340 so I just decided not to do it and risk buying one in fleabay, we'll see how this one works out.
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if you're fed up with htc, why are you considering a M7
I think you must re-read my post ...
and I'm so fed up with this phone (and losing faith in HTC just because of it
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but anyway to answer your question I put that in my signature sometime ago (even before they started calling it HTC ONE when it was just a rumor of a phone), at that time I thought my problem was software related and not the screen agonizing, and anyway it seems like HTC seems to be the lesser of two evils.
I've had HTC phones for the last 6 years or so and I don't know where to go, I keep reading about Samsungs and the new experias but I always come back to what I know.
That's the reason I got this second cheap Amaze to hopefully last me another year and by then have a more clear view of how things moved with HTC and the market in general before I puke another $800+ in a phone.
I was waiting for the S4 anouncement but I'm not impressed with the specs, lots of nice gadgets but they are not good for what I'm looking in a phone.
Sony Experia... I know nothing of Sony phones, I'm reading as much as I can to learn about them, development availability and other factors
WOOHOO!!!!! I'm back online!!!!!
After the death of my Amaze I bought another one on the bay (cheaper than sending mine to HTC to get it repaired) and I just got it.
After going through the whole unlocking/rooting s-off, and other tweaks Ifinally got a phone again.
I was getting sick of the Moto razr V3 I was using.
My girlfriend liked my HTC Amaze and bugged me until I bought her one. It was a used Amaze I found on Craigslist. It has worked fine for almost a year. She's been having some really weird problems with it and I was planning to dig into fixing it for her. HOWEVER, night before last she dropped the dang phone in a cup of soda. She did get it out almost immediately and took it apart and dried everything off. I'm not too sure she let the phone dry very long, I wasn't there.
Now the phone boots just fine and all the apps appear to work. However, it gets NO BARS. It doesn't matter where we are. I can have 5 bars and 4G connection and her phone shows nadda. So we took the phone in to T-Mobile for some help. The guy was a lot of help and spend a lot of time working with the phone. He even switched sim cards. But eventually he discovered that the phone has been rooted. DANG!!!! So that got dropped quick. Now I have to figure this out for myself.
I really need some suggestions. Obviously the antenna has been affected, right? I have done my research and have learned that the phone actually connects to the back cover to obtain a connection. So I will be double checking that as soon as I get my hands on the phone again. What else should I do?
The android version is now v2.?. We've been trying to update it to v4 and it never would download. Now we know why. I want to restore the phone back to the stock configuration and upgrade the OS but there's no use in that unless I can take care of the connection problem.
Please, please, please someone help me. Otherwise I'll have to go out and buy a new Galaxy III for her. I can't afford that right now.
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My girlfriend liked my HTC Amaze and bugged me until I bought her one. It was a used Amaze I found on Craigslist. It has worked fine for almost a year. She's been having some really weird problems with it and I was planning to dig into fixing it for her. HOWEVER, night before last she dropped the dang phone in a cup of soda. She did get it out almost immediately and took it apart and dried everything off. I'm not too sure she let the phone dry very long, I wasn't there.
Now the phone boots just fine and all the apps appear to work. However, it gets NO BARS. It doesn't matter where we are. I can have 5 bars and 4G connection and her phone shows nadda. So we took the phone in to T-Mobile for some help. The guy was a lot of help and spend a lot of time working with the phone. He even switched sim cards. But eventually he discovered that the phone has been rooted. DANG!!!! So that got dropped quick. Now I have to figure this out for myself.
I really need some suggestions. Obviously the antenna has been affected, right? I have done my research and have learned that the phone actually connects to the back cover to obtain a connection. So I will be double checking that as soon as I get my hands on the phone again. What else should I do?
The android version is now v2.?. We've been trying to update it to v4 and it never would download. Now we know why. I want to restore the phone back to the stock configuration and upgrade the OS but there's no use in that unless I can take care of the connection problem.
Please, please, please someone help me. Otherwise I'll have to go out and buy a new Galaxy III for her. I can't afford that right now.
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lol your title sounds a lil hahaha anyway all the signal antenna's are in the back door so try a new backdoor?? mite work ther're plenty in ebay
You can try a new back cover, but tbh, my guess is that it's probably not the problem. When it got wet it probably shorted something out or something. You have to take the battery out immediately, every .01 seconds count. And i wouldnt put the battery back in for like 2 days. Whenever mine gets wet I take out the battery then I try and suck out all of the water or whatever liquid out of the device as I can. Then ill let it sit in the sun for a while. I always waut at least 24 hourse before putting it back I
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You can try a new back cover, but tbh, my guess is that it's probably not the problem. When it got wet it probably shorted something out or something. You have to take the battery out immediately, every .01 seconds count. And i wouldnt put the battery back in for like 2 days. Whenever mine gets wet I take out the battery then I try and suck out all of the water or whatever liquid out of the device as I can. Then ill let it sit in the sun for a while. I always wait at least 24 hourse before putting it back I
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Yeah, that's certainly what I would have done. Unfortunately I wasn't there when it happened. She claims she immediately got it out. But she was falling asleep when it fell in so I really don't know. She did immediately take it apart and dry it off. But I don't think she was so anxious about it she put it back together to see if it would work. That probably did more damage than getting it wet in the first place.
We both have the same phone. I took the back off my Amaze and still have a good signal. It may have dropped one bar but not completely. It may get a boost on the signal from the back cover but it still works without. So I agree it probably is not going to be fixed by simply replacing the back cover. I'm going to stick my back cover on it this evening just to see what happens, but I think I know.
I am going to research the possibility of replacing the antenna completely. It seems the next logical option. I may also go ahead and take it further apart just to give it the opportunity to dry out. We'll see.
Any further comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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lol your title sounds a lil hahaha anyway all the signal antenna's are in the back door so try a new backdoor?? mite work ther're plenty in ebay
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You are absolutely right!! LOL.. If it weren't for the cost of replacing the danged thing I would still be laughing. Why is it she wants ME to replace it and hasn't even suggested that SHE should be the one to replace it THIS TIME?????? She is on one of those pay as you go accounts. We were ready to set her up with a 2-year deal just to find they don't exist at T-Mobile any more. You pay full price for any phone now regardless of what sort of account you set up. I don't see doing that for quite a while.
I may be searching eBay for a replacement phone. But I'd like to try a few options with this one first.
Clean the contacts
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You are absolutely right!! LOL.. If it weren't for the cost of replacing the danged thing I would still be laughing. Why is it she wants ME to replace it and hasn't even suggested that SHE should be the one to replace it THIS TIME?????? She is on one of those pay as you go accounts. We were ready to set her up with a 2-year deal just to find they don't exist at T-Mobile any more. You pay full price for any phone now regardless of what sort of account you set up. I don't see doing that for quite a while.
I may be searching eBay for a replacement phone. But I'd like to try a few options with this one first.
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if she dropped it in soda, get some rubbing alcohol and a q-tip. clean the contacts very thoroughly. the soda is sticky and can prevent proper contact,
also clean the SIM card contacts on both the card and the phone.
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I cleaned the back of the phone and the cover this morning with rubbing alcohol then stuck my SIM and SD cards in the phone this morning and turned it on. To my amazement it is now working. What a great sigh of relief!!!!! I have heard nothing but moaning and groaning over this cheap phone I bought my girl until I could resolve this.
So it's off to phase 2 of this adventure. According to the T-Mobile store this phone has been rooted. I've read about it but I know close to nothing about rooting phones. There seems to be as many DIY pages describing how to root or restore a cell phone I am a bit reluctant to get started.
What do I need to look for in restoring this phone? Do I have to find the restore file that matches the Android version on the phone or can I just get the absolute latest one? Which one of these abundance of instructional should I be looking for? What is this about S-On/S-Off? It seems to be important. How do I actually check to verify that this phone has been rooted? I'm just going by someone's comments here.
I'd like to get this completed today. I'm expecting SIGNIFICANT appreciation this evening if I can hand her a working smart phone!!!!
My most enthusiastic and humble appreciation to those who responded. :good:
Been doing some investigations. The phone has super user installed in the aps. It also has 4ext installed. I let the phone download the latest ICS but the install failed.
According to "most" off the forums I have read all I have to do is place the stock image on the root of the external SD card and reboot. Is there anything else I need to worry about?
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Been doing some investigations. The phone has super user installed in the aps. It also has 4ext installed. I let the phone download the latest ICS but the install failed.
According to "most" off the forums I have read all I have to do is place the stock image on the root of the external SD card and reboot. Is there anything else I need to worry about?
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If your s off just run a ruu and latest firmware then 4ext and flash supersu then you'll have a stable phone
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using xda premium
Ok so, I'm bumped and this morning my screen cracked, and became unresponsive to touch, but was acting as if I was making selections. (as in Pandora started playing on its own because I had the widget on my homescreen and I couldn't get it to stop without a battery pull). I have insurance on the phone so I can get a replacement, but its on backorder.
Now before I send it in for a replacement, I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas as to how to remove the bumped TWRP, and go back to stock recovery, without a touchscreen lol. I can't even unlock my phone on my own...sometimes it will do it itself, but that's only if I'm lucky :/ I think right now as it is, I'm stuck. But I'd really like to send it back without it being bumped, in case of voided warranty purposes and me not getting a phone, or even worse, them finding the method to achieve the bumped unlock, and then them end up patching it!!
What do you guys think? Any ideas or feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
You're going to have to try and do this blind, but how about tot city to reflash everything to stock?
Here's a link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/development/tot-vs985-10b-share-t2832488
There are instructions on how to go into download mode on the flash tool by using your volume & power key. The flash tool will probably tell you when/if you have a connection. Just make sure you have the lg drivers installed and you should be able to flash the tot file and get your phone back to stock. Good luck
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You're going to have to try and do this blind, but how about tot city to reflash everything to stock?
Here's a link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/development/tot-vs985-10b-share-t2832488
There are instructions on how to go into download mode on the flash tool by using your volume & power key. The flash tool will probably tell you when/if you have a connection. Just make sure you have the lg drivers installed and you should be able to flash the tot file and get your phone back to stock. Good luck
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Thank you so much for that suggestion! I'll be sure to give that a shot in a bit and see how it goes! No screen selections will have to be made in the process, other than signing in once its up and running, correct?
Yes. It should just flash once you get it connected and hit a button on the flash tool.
Take a look at this link as well just in case the other link doesn't help. It has good visuals to help you out some more:
http://www.androidrootz.com/2014/07/how-to-unroot-lg-g3-all-variants.html
FYI- at step 2, hold your vol up button for @ 5 sec and then plug in your USB - it should vibrate when it connects... I believe. Doing it blind sucks but I'm sure you'll get it.
startswithPendswithOOH said:
Yes. It should just flash once you get it connected and hit a button on the flash tool.
Take a look at this link as well just in case the other link doesn't help. It has good visuals to help you out some more:
http://www.androidrootz.com/2014/07/how-to-unroot-lg-g3-all-variants.html
FYI- at step 2, hold your vol up button for @ 5 sec and then plug in your USB - it should vibrate when it connects... I believe. Doing it blind sucks but I'm sure you'll get it.
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Man thanks again for that suggestion!!! I knew about it but figured since I had an unresponsive screen, that I wouldn't be able to complete the process and because I've never had to reset this particular phone before, I just wasn't 100% sure it would work. Thankfully to your suggestion it did and is now sitting on the starting screen. Just what I needed.:good::good::highfive::victory:
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Ok so, I'm bumped and this morning my screen cracked, and became unresponsive to touch, but was acting as if I was making selections. (as in Pandora started playing on its own because I had the widget on my homescreen and I couldn't get it to stop without a battery pull). I have insurance on the phone so I can get a replacement, but its on backorder.
Now before I send it in for a replacement, I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas as to how to remove the bumped TWRP, and go back to stock recovery, without a touchscreen lol. I can't even unlock my phone on my own...sometimes it will do it itself, but that's only if I'm lucky :/ I think right now as it is, I'm stuck. But I'd really like to send it back without it being bumped, in case of voided warranty purposes and me not getting a phone, or even worse, them finding the method to achieve the bumped unlock, and then them end up patching it!!
What do you guys think? Any ideas or feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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If you have insurance then your G3 being bump'd should not make a bit of difference. I have returned several unlocked and rooted phones to Asurion with no problem. You're paying for insurance mainly for physical damage. Your screen is obviously cracked and damaged due to that so there should be no worries. Also, if your insurance provider wanted to try and figure out how the Bump method works they could easily get their own G3 and Bump it. Having your Bump'd phone is not going to give them any more of an inside look into Bump than if they got their own device and did what everyone else has done.
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If you have insurance then your G3 being bump'd should not make a bit of difference. I have returned several unlocked and rooted phones to Asurion with no problem. You're paying for insurance mainly for physical damage. Your screen is obviously cracked and damaged due to that so there should be no worries. Also, if your insurance provider wanted to try and figure out how the Bump method works they could easily get their own G3 and Bump it. Having your Bump'd phone is not going to give them any more of an inside look into Bump than if they got their own device and did what everyone else has done.
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Ahhh thank you for that bit of info that would have been great to know earlier (for my own sanity's sake lol) but at the very least, I have wiped all my data clean which I would have preferred to do anyways before sending it back
I've returned 3 Samsung captivate phones to att that still had Cyanogenmod or MIUI on them, same with the 7 or 8 Samsung Galaxy S 3 phones I brought back on my insurance plan with Best Buy Mobile. They request it be stock, but if the screens broke they can't check it until the screen is fixed, at which point they will just flash it anyway.
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Doesn't the insurance cover it, if it's lost or stolen? Sounds to me like you lost it.
It's good to know that they accept devices with 3rd party/modified software. I was never sure if the insurance companies did or not. If you send it to a factory service center they'll tell you your warranty is void for sure. Its all about finding a way to charge you $.
But I do think it's wise to wipe your device if you can. I used to do phone repairs for a large anonymous Korean company and I've seen a lot of amateur porn, credit card info, social security #'s and other personal info that really shouldn't be out there. People forget what is on their phones a lot of the time. Definitely take the time to wipe your device before you send it somewhere. Its ok to be a little paranoid sometimes