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Hello all,
How about buying an SGS3 of tmo and than terminate the contract..
I don`t know if I am right but it would be $99 for the SGS3 on the web + $200 termination fee..
that is it??
Thanks!
Reckon the termination fee would be a lot more expensive than that.
You can get a second hand one for about 350 anyway
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There's no way that'll work out others would be purchasing all their phones that way. Check their terms of termination first.
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Terms of termination usually say you have to pay every bill within your fixed term. So if you're on a £34/month 24 month contract you have to pay it all up front when you terminate.
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Terms of termination usually say you have to pay every bill within your fixed term. So if you're on a £34/month 24 month contract you have to pay it all up front when you terminate.
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Yeah. Im on a 24 month contract. Works out ill be paying about a grand and a half by then.
No chance youll be able to terminate it for 200 quid.
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Hello all,
How about buying an SGS3 of tmo and than terminate the contract..
I don`t know if I am right but it would be $99 for the SGS3 on the web + $200 termination fee..
that is it??
Thanks!
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u cant just cancel when you want. If it s monthly term you will have to pay for the full period, e.g if you sign up for a 24 month £25/month contract and immediately cancel you will have to pay around £900 in total.
On occasion they will let you reduce your contract toward the end of the term or will waver the extra termination fees but you are always going to have to pay the monthly fees regardless of whether you have made calls or not.
Alternatively try building you're own SGS3 out of some old cornflake boxes and sea shells, it can be done, you will just need a special machine which enables the rearrangement of atoms on a quantum level
what if you don't like cornflakes?
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what if you don't like cornflakes?
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No go i'm afraid, cornflakes are the only breakfast item than can be manipulated on a quantum level at present, I tried with eggs but when installing Jelly Bean I kept getting "Cereal port not responding"
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No go i'm afraid, cornflakes are the only breakfast item than can be manipulated on a quantum level at present, I tried with eggs but when installing Jelly Bean I kept getting "Cereal port not responding"
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Popcorn works though, you can even keep the default kernel.
da.trute said:
No go i'm afraid, cornflakes are the only breakfast item than can be manipulated on a quantum level at present, I tried with eggs but when installing Jelly Bean I kept getting "Cereal port not responding"
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Shame, gluten intolerant here, hopefully you can fix the egg drivers and get it working, thanks for heads up
I don't know why uk posters are posting, the guy is clearly American who will have different policies than us.
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I don't know why uk posters are posting, the guy is clearly American who will have different policies than us.
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which begs the question "why post in this forum?"
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I don't know why uk posters are posting, the guy is clearly American who will have different policies than us.
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A contract is a contract regardless of the country. Even if he is in America there is no way they would have him take the phone for $300 after terminating the contract. That's why I said he should check the terms before any action is taken.
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No go i'm afraid, cornflakes are the only breakfast item than can be manipulated on a quantum level at present, I tried with eggs but when installing Jelly Bean I kept getting "Cereal port not responding"
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Your an absolute liar,
Only had rice crispies in so went and bought a box of corn flakes for £2. Then purchased an atom altering machine for £40 million and set about the job.
It pinged and with excitement I extracted the phone, to find a S3? No..... An iphone 5!!!! I feel cheated and misled on this forum, if your not going to post correct information don't post at all!
Now I'm off to put this iphone behind the door to keep it open.
P. S I don't hate iphone, just the idiots who shove them in my face and say " look at my excellent pbone" my Mrs has an iphone 4s and I dare not bad mouth it in fear of losing my precious bits!
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cocozin said:
Hello all,
How about buying an SGS3 of tmo and than terminate the contract..
I don`t know if I am right but it would be $99 for the SGS3 on the web + $200 termination fee + Kidney
that is it??
Thanks!
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cocozin said:
Hello all,
How about buying an SGS3 of tmo and than terminate the contract..
I don`t know if I am right but it would be $99 for the SGS3 on the web + $200 termination fee..
that is it??
Thanks!
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LOOL No mate people already thought about that they have it covered, You will end up paying the 200 ONLY for the contract termination fee then you have to pay for the mobile handset which is extra fee BELEIVE me you will be out of pocket $200 More then buying the phone outright from the shop. Say the phone is $600 You will end up paying $900.
I already looked into that they are tricky and if you dont pay, Your name gets ruined. Everytime you want to get a loan, house, mobile contract, anything with a credit check. = FAIL
jayc1980 said:
Your an absolute liar,
Only had rice crispies in so went and bought a box of corn flakes for £2. Then purchased an atom altering machine for £40 million and set about the job.
It pinged and with excitement I extracted the phone, to find a S3? No..... An iphone 5!!!! I feel cheated and misled on this forum, if your not going to post correct information don't post at all!
Now I'm off to put this iphone behind the door to keep it open.
P. S I don't hate iphone, just the idiots who shove them in my face and say " look at my excellent pbone" my Mrs has an iphone 4s and I dare not bad mouth it in fear of losing my precious bits!
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I am very sorry to hear you had problems with the process which I outlined earlier, however I am sure you are aware of Werner Heisenberg's Principle of Indeterminacy.
I made a call to my old friend Jean Luc Picard and he told me he will replicate a Galaxy S4 and send it back in time for me. Seems I aren't affected by the temporal prime directive.
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I made a call to my old friend Jean Luc Picard and he told me he will replicate a Galaxy S4 and send it back in time for me. Seems I aren't affected by the temporal prime directive.
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Hmm, so the last Galaxy Phone was the S4, wonder if anyone can hazzard a guess as to why Samsung never made an S5?
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I don't know why uk posters are posting, the guy is clearly American who will have different policies than us.
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Maybe so but they still ain't going to have a lame arse temination policy of $200 dollars considering that its a $600 dollar phone are they!!! If they did then ever mother and his brother would have done this, properly 50 times over and then sell on the phones via the bay for a profit..
Regardless of being us or uk - as suggested the OP should read and double check the termination policy... at best guess if it is a $200 fee then it would be on condition of the phone being returned as in new condition or charged for the phone cost on top
I want to know and have searched everywhere and blew up a ton of mainboard pics without a answer. Im going to have a local electronics expert get eather a 64 or a 128gb flash memory. Hopeing the new generation of the super fast ones. And clone my 16gb stock one and solder it into my main board. I know its overkill. But I would have a maxed out note 2. I just dont wana rip mine apart just to get the number. Im hoping some has it already. Thanks
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I am very eager to do this as well as upgrade other hardware components (camera, speakers, lte antenna, etc). I hope you are successful in the memory swap. I will let you know if I have any luck.
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I want to know and have searched everywhere and blew up a ton of mainboard pics without a answer. Im going to have a local electronics expert get eather a 64 or a 128gb flash memory. Hopeing the new generation of the super fast ones. And clone my 16gb stock one and solder it into my main board. I know its overkill. But I would have a maxed out note 2. I just dont wana rip mine apart just to get the number. Im hoping some has it already. Thanks
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Very interested in this. Please keep us updated on how this works out if you go ahead and get it working
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nicko42004200 said:
I want to know and have searched everywhere and blew up a ton of mainboard pics without a answer. Im going to have a local electronics expert get eather a 64 or a 128gb flash memory. Hopeing the new generation of the super fast ones. And clone my 16gb stock one and solder it into my main board. I know its overkill. But I would have a maxed out note 2. I just dont wana rip mine apart just to get the number. Im hoping some has it already. Thanks
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The 16GB is part of the NAND. Replacing the whole thing might not be too hard. Getting it working again will be.
Yea ill see once I get a 64 or 128 chip. Again after I find out the pinout of the stock one. And find a flashing jig to clone the 16's memory onto it. Ill keep you guys informed but I still need the numbers. Thers a electronic store about 20 miles from me thats loaded to the brim with anything you could dream of and the owner has a lot of jigs and he told me he could clone if / when I find the oe number and if he has it.
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I have all the new part numbers from samsung. Have the owner ready to do it. Would anybody be willing to donate a doner phone or somw funds for a phone and some chips. I dont wana decommission my phone. I need it fir everyday stuff and for work. So if people wana get a fund going and if it works out all donaters would get priority on this hard mod. What do you guys think?
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Never mind. It would be better to have something to show before asking for a 500 phone.
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No I have one. And dont realy wana brake mine . If no one wants in thats fine. I may go forward I may not. Idk
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And I was more thinking of if someone lost and then found there phone after they got anew one. Or thers got broken screen and got a hole phone as a replacement kinda thing.
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Hey dude just ignore me. All I was saying is hard to get a device for recognized developers who is going to produce a product. It may be hard to get one to a new member with an experimental idea, but your never know. It would be awesome if it worked!
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Someone could also donate 600 bucks to me and I'll play the lottery...IF the tickets win the donators will get priority of the winnings.
Well if I get it going ill update on progress. It would change tha game if I can get it to work . But I do need to comeup with the funding eather myself or with help. But gota love s.a. remarks. I guess I no who will not get any if it works.
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But how it would work. Is have people send me there mainboard. I have/do the upgrade. Flash/clone there old memory and send it back. It would be like your phones the same with just extra sd0 card space.
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Like do you guys remember the ddwrt mods for the wrt54's where you upgraded the flash memory to a bigger chip to get mega ddwrt on one that could only run the minis or not flashable at all. Its just an idea. I dont like being held back by verizon and samsung to only 16gb. I need help is why I started this tread. Yea could use coin. But more for info from people that are good at flashing/programming experience. And info on the stock chip. Just stufd to see if or make this happen. That is all.
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People on XDA get skittish when people want money for work unseen or high risk jobs. It is compounded by your unknown status in the community.
You will have to build a reputation with the community or show evidence that you can actually do this (I don't actually think you can). Until then, you will have to put up with the smart ass remarks.
I no im new regestered wise but I have been along for years just never realy signed up or made posts. But yea I hear what yall are saying . If it works it worka if not o well. But samy charges 100 to go from 16 to 32. Or 200 to 64. Say the chips costed 30 and I paid someone labor to do soldering an ad flashing say 50. I and a bunch of others would jump on the opertunity. But yea trial and error for now. But a 128gb note 2 and a 64 sd would be money!
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Hey kintofan why dont u think it will work? Im looking for info like I said . If you know something please share.
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nicko42004200 said:
Hey kintofan why dont u think it will work? Im looking for info like I said . If you know something please share.
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Adryn said he didn't think it would work. I don't think I said that. However I actually don't think it will because I would imagine there is kind of major software mods that would need to be done. Kind of like how phones have limits on the size of sd cards they can use. But I'm no developer so I could be completely off, if it did work though it would be sick to have 64gb internal!
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Yea I just saw you didnt post it I saw the thanks on his post . I think software thing maybee on the 128 nut they made a 64 international one on or around launch day. Idk
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nicko42004200 said:
Yea I just saw you didnt post it I saw the thanks on his post . I think software thing maybee on the 128 nut they made a 64 international one on or around launch day. Idk
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Ya I was thanking him for clarifying what I was trying to say. It may work, but he is a dev and doesn't think it will maybe some kernel changes will be needed or use the international kernel. ...I wouldn't really know
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Hello
So I found a massive list of secret codes for the galaxy s3 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098642
I want to know which of these I can use to most effectively brick my mobile. Do not ask why. If you could look through and let me know, which would be most effective that would be great!
Intentionally brick your device? You do know that's insurance fraud, right?
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Hello
So I found a massive list of secret codes for the galaxy s3 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098642
I want to know which of these I can use to most effectively brick my mobile. Do not ask why. If you could look through and let me know, which would be most effective that would be great!
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FRAUD sooner we get rid of this crook the better
Smashing your phone to the ground seems to be a very effective method.
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why we cant unlock our phones, we buy them, its like buying a lcd that you only can use it in one tv signal
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persano said:
why we cant unlock our phones, we buy them, its like buying a lcd that you only can use it in one tv signal
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Im not doing it for fraud or to get a new phone or anything, and I dont have insurance or a contract.
XDA does not condone fraud in any shape, form, fashion or code. If you wanted to legitimately brick your device for reason that would benefit the community, first you would have to be an extremely experienced and well known user, not have a registration date of Today and finally not post the same thing in 3 different boards that I am a MOD in.
April 1 or not, I have something for you and it isn't a Joke.
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Hello once again audience,
I have a question and basically the title says it. The repair shop is going to replace my phone's motherboard, so what does this mean? Does the motherboard come with new core components like the CPU and GPU? Because my phone was water damaged, and I would prefer all the key components replaced along with the motherboard so it wouldn't corrode over time. And of course the CPU might have been worn out? I hope my phone's performance would be as good as new...
Thanks
You might as well buy a new phone if he is replacing everything,most likely it will cost more than a new phone if he is to replace everything and there would be no warranty.
Get a new phone. Cheaper and more reliable option. The motherboard IS the whole brain of the phone. You can get an s3 or s4 for basically the same price
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Mobo is about 150 bucks.
But well, you didn't say if warranty/insurance covered your device.
If so, yes, performance will be the same as new.
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nexusloki said:
Get a new phone. Cheaper and more reliable option. The motherboard IS the whole brain of the phone. You can get an s3 or s4 for basically the same price
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No not same price without contract still $600 cheaper
gastonw said:
Mobo is about 150 bucks.
But well, you didn't say if warranty/insurance covered your device.
If so, yes, performance will be the same as new.
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Yes it is really snappy now I just got its for about SGD$300
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There is some very strange advice in this thread.
There are several other components that maybe need changing as well as the mb.
If it was me;Id sell it as water damaged on ebay.
And if s4's are the same price as s2's motherboards....Ill take 20.
theunderling said:
There is some very strange advice in this thread.
There are several other components that maybe need changing as well as the mb.
If it was me;Id sell it as water damaged on ebay.
And if s4's are the same price as s2's motherboards....Ill take 20.
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Ikr... S4 so cheap? -.- BTW in my situation there are limitations to my choices since my parents are in charge and all that..
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theunderling said:
There is some very strange advice in this thread.
There are several other components that maybe need changing as well as the mb.
If it was me;Id sell it as water damaged on ebay.
And if s4's are the same price as s2's motherboards....Ill take 20.
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Lol, as he said if S4's cost the same as S2's motherboard Samsung might have shipped 100 million devices instead of the 10 million. (and I am using only a rate of 10x instead of the underlings 20x).
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king_below_my_lord said:
Lol, as he said if S4's cost the same as S2's motherboard Samsung might have shipped 100 million devices instead of the 10 million. (and I am using only a rate of 10x instead of the underlings 20x).
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Thats not what he said,reread post 3 again.Dont attempt again to quote me and try to change what someone said.
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Thats not what he said,reread post 3 again.Dont attempt again to quote me and try to change what someone said.
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I reread it and he states that the OP can get an S3 or an S4 for basically the same price as the S2's motherboard?? Wtf? here an S2's motherboard is 8k rupees and and an S3 costs 29k and S4 costs 42k I was just stating that it's not like that at all now, and I quoted you because you said something what I was thinking, and what the hell do you mean I was attempting to change what somebody said, I was saying if the S4 costs that less, the sales would go over the roof.
Edit :The sarcasm was meant for the third poster if that's the problem, when I said "like he said" I was actually referring to your statement "if S4 cost same as S2's motherboard, give me 20" which I thought was a good joke.
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theunderling said:
Thats not what he said,reread post 3 again.Dont attempt again to quote me and try to change what someone said.
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Lols he agrees with you ==
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Right ok.The OP doesnt need clowns like that guy in post 3 saying a s2 mb is the same price as an s4 phone,this is why I posted originally.
Also I wouldnt bother keeping a water damaged phone;as said earlier maybe just about everything may need replaced.
The OP may get about £100 for it on ebay,and if its any help I could possibly sell him a s3 mini for £100.....so he ends up with a working phone with warranty.
I bought the phone for the wife at xmas unlocked for £300,and Ive given her cash to get an iphone5.
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Right ok.The OP doesnt need clowns like that guy in post 3 saying a s2 mb is the same price as an s4 phone,this is why I posted originally.
Also I wouldnt bother keeping a water damaged phone;as said earlier maybe just about everything may need replaced.
The OP may get about £100 for it on ebay,and if its any help I could possibly sell him a s3 mini for £100.....so he ends up with a working phone with warranty.
I bought the phone for the wife at xmas unlocked for £300,and Ive given her cash to get an iphone5.
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Again Completely agreed, sorry for causing the misunderstanding, I actually meant to support you. Well I did learn one thing though, never buy from eBay.
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Well I did learn one thing though, never buy from eBay.
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Lol:thumbup:
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There are genuine sellers on ebay like me,or my wife,but we only sell phones that are fully paid for when we buy them.
But if a seller(and theres loads of them) says hes selling because of "unwanted upgrade" then
1.WTF has he got it if its unwanted
2.Means to me hes still got to pay some sort of contract,and if he doesnt pay phone gets blacklisted.
Anyway,I would try a new usb port kit,and if its still faulty,then stick it on ebay.
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There are genuine sellers on ebay like me,or my wife,but we only sell phones that are fully paid for when we buy them.
But if a seller(and theres loads of them) says hes selling because of "unwanted upgrade" then
1.WTF has he got it if its unwanted
2.Means to me hes still got to pay some sort of contract,and if he doesnt pay phone gets blacklisted.
Anyway,I would try a new usb port kit,and if its still faulty,then stick it on ebay.
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Thanks for your help, but I already had the shop to fix my phone lol. I get a new phone when my contract ends
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Research + eBay + Patience = Save Money
I just replaced the motherboard of my S3 for essentially <$40. I bought an S3 on ebay with a broken screen but good motherboard (keywords like 'it charges', 'turns on', 'vibrates', and 'plays sound' come to mind) and swapped it into my S3 in about 20 minutes or so total with great success. The other super important thing is to verify a clean IMEI / ESN number because that lives on the motherboard too {However, I assume you could inject the 'good' IMEI from your old board into the new one with some pain and research. Not ideal.}
Anyway, yeah, the broken phone cost me a tiny but under $100 including shipping and I resold it just now on ebay for $66 including shipping. Big win, as the random tech guy in my town was going to charge me $220 and said it would almost definitely cost as much or close to as much as buying a new/refurb unit. My functionally and cosmetically perfect phone and the fact that my wallet is only ~$34/35 lighter determined that was a bold faced lie.
Disclosure: I do have electronics experience, but not with phones. And this fix was literally about 10 or so small screws and a few adorable itty bitty lil ribbon cable things. Easy day.
TL;DR-- Enter the Google Fu and observe your enemies upon the fields of eBay to fix things for cheap and/or at least know when it's good time to give up :good:
I was asking one of the best buy guys, and he seemed to think it would be on original software. I could always return it if it wasn't, but does anyone know off hand if new, unopened merchandise has been updated?
Very doubtful. But I read somewhere in here that the software version will be on a sticker on the bottom of the box. The one with the barcodes and such
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Neontc said:
Very doubtful. But I read somewhere in here that the software version will be on a sticker on the bottom of the box. The one with the barcodes and such
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Yes, the box has the revision level.
No, you won't likely get MDK, unless your local BB has been sitting on those phones for a very long time.
jackdubl said:
I was asking one of the best buy guys, and he seemed to think it would be on original software. I could always return it if it wasn't, but does anyone know off hand if new, unopened merchandise has been updated?
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Try swappa
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jackdubl said:
I was asking one of the best buy guys, and he seemed to think it would be on original software. I could always return it if it wasn't, but does anyone know off hand if new, unopened merchandise has been updated?
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Swappa. Buy Mine.