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ok my track ball wont go down... im past 30 days but i guess i have a 1 year warrenty that comes with it. since my ball wont go down i cant properly use my recovery menu. or half my apps -.-"... well my main question is if im at 2.1root can i return it like that or will they notice ive been playing with it and ill be stuck.. please reply my dad planned on taking me for tomarrow n i need to know if i should downgrade or whatever
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Palmbxr said:
ok my track ball wont go down... im past 30 days but i guess i have a 1 year warrenty that comes with it. since my ball wont go down i cant properly use my recovery menu. or half my apps -.-"... well my main question is if im at 2.1root can i return it like that or will they notice ive been playing with it and ill be stuck.. please reply my dad planned on taking me for tomarrow n i need to know if i should downgrade or whatever
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There is a chance that they would notice, but if it's simply the trackball that's problematic, I doubt they'll go into your system info that much.
Option A.) Downgrade and don't risk it (your getting a new phone most likely anyway if it is truly broken.
Option B.) Take the new weather/clock widget and other stuff that is obviously from 2.1 off your home screen(s), and try to use the ones that look like they are from 1.5. That would be enough to trick a random person who doesn't have any experience with an eris I would think...
I would recommend calling customer support. They don't ask that many questions. Just, if its rooted, restore to 1.5 using jcase's method.
thanks alot so its possable to downgrade without needing my trackball to go down?? lmao
hmm... does anyone know if this is a problem with 2.1 in general? I'm still on 2.1leak (dont want to upgrade to anything else in fear that leak will be able to root before whatever i upgrade to) and my ball wont go down.
I was going to go into verizon tomorrow to get it replaced so i could go root instead... but if anyone thinks that's a bad idea let me know.
ur track ball won't go down either?
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yep, I just went to the verizon store, a new unit is being sent to me in a couple days.
but,back on topic. I'm fairly certain 2.1 voided the warranty over the air. When i went to go in to get a replacement unit, they couldn't figure out why my phone was out of warranty when i just got it back in november/december.
Is there anyway that updating to 2.1 verizon pinged the phone or the phone pinged verizon and they marked it out of warranty?
the representatives there just did some work around in the computer to give me my warranty, thankfully they weren't too smart to look at the firmware number (it was locked even if they tried).
(one representative just had a can of compressed air blowing directly on the trackball for like 2 minutes... i couldn't believe he even tried that :/ )
think ill be ok if I don't go back to stock 1.5? reply ASAP in leaving in an hour
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Of course you'll be fine, think about how much money they get from your account with this type of phone, they dont want to loose you as a customer...
thanks on my way now... ill repost when (if) I get my new Eris
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ok I went to Verizon and I showed the guy my broken phones trackball. nothing else is wrong it goes down n everyting. he typed on the computer for a seccond n then he said ur new Eris will be delivered to ur house by Friday latest. so all he did was send an order out and I get a brand new out of the box Eris! and I keep my old one!!! can't get any better now I have 2 erises to play with with another 8th SD card!
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ok I went to Verizon and I showed the guy my broken phones trackball. nothing else is wrong it goes down n everyting. he typed on the computer for a seccond n then he said ur new Eris will be delivered to ur house by Friday latest. so all he did was send an order out and I get a brand new out of the box Eris! and I keep my old one!!! can't get any better now I have 2 erises to play with with another 8th SD card!
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Lucky.... now you have one you can brick
verizon doesn't make you send back your old phone? sweet! i'm getting a new one sent to me as well. I'll love having this extra one around to practice changing the trackball and development and stuff.
also, does the replacement unit still come with the 8gb sd card? that's a freaking deal right there.
I have received many (many!) replacements from big red and they have always required that I send the "bad" device back. You are given 10 days from the time you receive the replacement, then the old one goes back or you pay The only way you may be able to keep the old one is via insurance claim, not sure on this.
When you get a referb form VZW it will be bare bones device without battery, back cover, SD. Nothing but the phone (again insurance claim may be different).
otoh. I opened it when I got home... hope I don't have to send back
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Yes, you have 10 days to return your old device on a warranty claim, or you are charged the retail price of the phone.
question i have though... what happens when they get my old phone and see firstly a nexus one boot screen, and secondly, it's 2.1?
they probably won't care its too late
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So i had a Vibrant using 2.1 and i updated to 2.2 using kies mini. Phone went thru with the upgrade but never booted back. Phone will not turn on at all. Tried to push it into download mode but tht wont work either. Is there still a way to recover the phone?
p.s already went thru the FIX AND RESCUE YOUR VIBRICK Guide.
Did you try the taking battery, vol up down, plug usb then put back battery one? If yes and still a no go try a jig, you can get one from ebay or mobiletechvideos. If still a no go on that i guess just take it back to t-mo. Good luck.
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Did you try the taking battery, vol up down, plug usb then put back battery one? If yes and still a no go try a jig, you can get one from ebay or mobiletechvideos. If still a no go on that i guess just take it back to t-mo. Good luck.
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This. If Kies Mini bricked it, then it will be fixed by using the download mode method he states, you shouldn't need a JIG.
I hope Odin picks it up! Tmo wont honor the warranty as i bought the phone from a 3rd party..I already tried tht.
The Jig didnt work for me! Since i bought this phone from craigslist Tmobile said they cant give me a replacement since the warranty is not under my name? Is there anyway i could go thru Samsung to get a replacement? Or will they require some sort of documentation in the form of a sales receipt? Can someone who has gotten a replacement thru Samsung help me please. Any help will be appreciated
Find a local repair shop and if they have a jtag and the proper software/firmware they should be able to bring it back to life in the event the boot loader was damaged. Again, depends on what the problem is, if it's fried........ sorry!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
Check out the Odin part. It will help you flash back to 2.1. You can try updating again with clean 2.1. I messed up updating to 2.2 once, so I used Odin to go back to 2.1 and re-update.
Only if the phone powered on could i use Odin...
Long-time reader, first time post..
Same thing happened to me. T-mobile replaced it. Luckily I had wiped it clean and was unrooted before I updated.
I replaced it through samsung, as long as you didn't root it then you should be ok, or as long as it is on stock without root. Just tell them that your calling to see if you have warranty. Then they will ask you what your imei number, which is located on the back. Then read it to them and they will tell you if it has warranty or not. To convince them to take it in, just make up something. Don't tell them that you dropped it or something, just tell them that it won't turn on and that you don't know why or something, hope this helps.
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So i had a Vibrant using 2.1 and i updated to 2.2 using kies mini. Phone went thru with the upgrade but never booted back. Phone will not turn on at all. Tried to push it into download mode but tht wont work either. Is there still a way to recover the phone?
p.s already went thru the FIX AND RESCUE YOUR VIBRICK Guide.
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Talk to Samsung support. You don't have to make up a story since it happened while upgrading from 2.1 to 2.2 through Kies. Tell them that and you should be covered.
My friend broke his i777 when trying to update to the newest AOKP (he used rom manager) I wasn't home to help him fix it and he accidentally used some vibrant tool to fix it instead of normal Odin.
So it is hard bricked, he got a jig and that's not working either. Any ideas?
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If it is a hard brick and the jig does not work then i think you need to buy a new phone
If it's truely hard bricked, then the only option is jtag recovery. Mobile Tech Videos is a reputable vendor who can do that.
If there is absolutely no sign of life, then that is your only option. If there is any sign of life at all, then you possibly might recover the phone without that.
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If it is a hard brick and the jig does not work then i think you need to buy a new phone
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Negative. There is plenty of JTAG brick repairs. Google: mobile tech videos
Edit: sorry creepy, didn't see your post
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MTV repaired my captivate when i hard bricked it. Odin hanged on me during a boot-loader revert and it was toast. The guy that does the repair must have some special tools cause you'd never even know my phone had been opened up just by looking at it.
He flashed a vibrant rom with bootloaders?, that's the only way to hard brick a galaxy s2 from what I've read. Did you try connecting to computer and pressing volume up and down to enter in download mode?
Provide more information.
I don't know what vibrant thing he used it could have had boot loaders he doesn't know also yes I tried all those combinations
Also I am looking into JTAG repair now thanks for the help
Edit: are we sure this will work 50$ is allot (although not too much if it works) also where can I find this MTV guy?
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I don't know what vibrant thing he used it could have had boot loaders he doesn't know also yes I tried all those combinations
Also I am looking into JTAG repair now thanks for the help
Edit: are we sure this will work 50$ is allot (although not too much if it works) also where can I find this MTV guy?
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Go to mobiletechvideos.com. $50 is worth it and he can fix it. And for whatever reason, they can't get it working , they refund your money. But they're a trusted site. They unbricked my captivate
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Before you send it in for jtag repair...
If you havn't tried it already, try putting the phone into download mode by first removing the battery, then holding down Vol+ and vol- (but not power) while you plug in the usb cable connected to your pc. The key here is to have the battery out. If this puts you into download mode, then go to the Download Repository and flash the I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries including bootloaders.
Re: jtag. From what I have read, you can trust mobile tech videos. $50.00 is a bit less than replacing the phone. The XDA developer Adam Outler also has done some jtag repair for folks on the captivate, and may also do the sgsII. I havn't heard lately, but some time ago he was a little cheaper than MTV.
Yes Mobile Tech videos will work perfectly for getting it fixed. I have also spoken to him on the phone many of times and he is a really cool person and very knowledgeable. He fixed my cappy back in the day and he got it to work with our sgs2s back when they first came out. Also you may see if he can apply the unbreakable mod for you while he is at it. Makes it darn near impossible to ever brick it again with bad flashes of even wrong/bad boot loaders. And $50 is way cheaper than a new phone or even insurance if you now decide to accident run it over with your car before calling att.
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I bricked my mother-inlaws captivate a while back and sent it to MTV. Had it back in 8 days, he also keeps you updated of the process. Seeing the "your phone has been resurrected " e-mail arrive was a sigh of relief. Didn't feel like hearing the wife or mom-inlaws grief
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I bricked my mother-inlaws captivate a while back and sent it to MTV. Had it back in 8 days, he also keeps you updated of the process. Seeing the "your phone has been resurrected " e-mail arrive was a sigh of relief. Didn't feel like hearing the wife or mom-inlaws grief
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Erhmm, if it's not broken, don't fix it. Should've thought of that before you flashed her device lol
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Thanks guys I guess I'll have him do that
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Hey, Is that problem solved? I did not flash the wrong ROM but was flashing CM9 nightly on top of LD3.
Now my phone wont turn on.
I don't have JIG so if you say your problem got resolved, then I will send it to MobileTechVideo.com
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Hey, Is that problem solved? I did not flash the wrong ROM but was flashing CM9 nightly on top of LD3.
Now my phone wont turn on.
I don't have JIG so if you say your problem got resolved, then I will send it to MobileTechVideo.com
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Hi,
Pretty much the same problem here,tried to update hydrogen rom,wiped cache/dalvik through CWM. Installation was hanging for 10-15 minutes,i pressed power button and phone died.Doesnt respond to any button and action.
I am awaiting jig to arrive today ,and will post back if it worked,i doubt though...
2 months later...
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Jig couldnt bring it to life. Probably only thing that helps is jtag...
I felt twice with my I777..I 'played" different options, and use SuperOneClick and Odin. I did know how, but Unroot, install Stock Kernel, reinstal CWMR 5.0.5.4 and enter in Download Mode and later ..uuulaaa.....Dont ask me how...In my desesperation test all I can imagine and had a good look to save my phone.
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Yes Mobile Tech videos will work perfectly for getting it fixed. I have also spoken to him on the phone many of times and he is a really cool person and very knowledgeable. He fixed my cappy back in the day and he got it to work with our sgs2s back when they first came out. Also you may see if he can apply the unbreakable mod for you while he is at it. Makes it darn near impossible to ever brick it again with bad flashes of even wrong/bad boot loaders. And $50 is way cheaper than a new phone or even insurance if you now decide to accident run it over with your car before calling att.
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I am wondering if AT&T would go to this level of trouble to determine if a ROM was uploaded to a phone or not to determine whether or not the warranty was voided? My phone froze under normal usage under one of the more popular ROMs. I wrote about it elsewhere so I won't write about it here again.. but it said something about encryption when rebooting and never came back from black.
My only concern is when sending it in under warranty at&t will reject and stick me for replacement bill..
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jcomana said:
I felt twice with my I777..I 'played" different options, and use SuperOneClick and Odin. I did know how, but Unroot, install Stock Kernel, reinstal CWMR 5.0.5.4 and enter in Download Mode and later ..uuulaaa.....Dont ask me how...In my desesperation test all I can imagine and had a good look to save my phone.
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Did you have a continually black nonresponsive screen?
HP
heartspeace said:
I am wondering if AT&T would go to this level of trouble to determine if a ROM was uploaded to a phone or not to determine whether or not the warranty was voided? My phone froze under normal usage under one of the more popular ROMs. I wrote about it elsewhere so I won't write about it here again.. but it said something about encryption when rebooting and never came back from black.
My only concern is when sending it in under warranty at&t will reject and stick me for replacement bill..
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Did you have a continually black nonresponsive screen?
HP
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Hi guys, my phone is flashed so I guess that will make this whole process painful...
But here is the story, I have omega version 12.1 I think (maybe 11 or 13) it has been on my phone for 1 + months now, so I am fairly certain it isn't anything to do with firmware. Phone wont turn on, wont go into download mode or anything. I have tried taking the battery out and leaving it out for 5 minutes, still nothing.
It was working fine before I went to bed, had 10 percent battery and was just on home screen when I put it on charge, not in app or anything. Then seems to be hard bricked after waking up, so happened sometime overnight.
I am not with a carrier, brought it locally outright at my local consumers electronics store (JB-HI-FI)
Since it is hard bricked to the point it wont turn on in download mode does that mean there is no way for them to know it is flashed unless they fix it (in which all is ok)?
Never done a warranty return, do I just take it into store and they send it off? How long will this take?
On top of all this I cut my old sim doown using a cutting template, and it appeared to slide in fine, but after trying to remove it today the push eject isn't working, and tips to get this out, doesn't appear to be enough room to grip it with tweesers.
Thanks.
So as we keep on saying in all posts, the next step u have to make is try with an usb jig.
U know what is that?
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So as we keep on saying in all posts, the next step u have to make is try with an usb jig.
U know what is that?
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No, have never heard of one. Just talked to samsung live chat and they said to have a proper diagnostic to take it down to a service centre, would anyone recommend this, or try this jig thing first?
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No, have never heard of one. Just talked to samsung live chat and they said to have a proper diagnostic to take it down to a service centre, would anyone recommend this, or try this jig thing first?
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Since it's already harbricked, i'd say just turn it in and let Samsung fix it for you. It is under warranty, and last time i brought in my i9000 that I bricked, they just replaced the phone. the jig is ok only if you already know where to get one or how to make one, but if you have to go out of your way for it, just use the warranty.
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Since it's already harbricked, i'd say just turn it in and let Samsung fix it for you. It is under warranty, and last time i brought in my i9000 that I bricked, they just replaced the phone. the jig is ok only if you already know where to get one or how to make one, but if you have to go out of your way for it, just use the warranty.
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Ok, Think that is best, can't really go without phone for 2-3 weeks while waiting for a JIG to arrive.
Just a few questions about the service centre, do you think they will ask me if I have flashed the phone? Cause I'm afraid they will think the brick was caused by that (could be) but probably unlikely since it died during the night a month after its latest flash.
If they do get it working will they go in and check the flash counter? Then what happens?
And lastly, if they ask me if I have flashed it should I lie and say no?
Thanks for the help.
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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priyana said:
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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Nope brisbane here, thanks for the offer though. What would the chances be of a JIG fixing it though, cause I have a feeling the mainboard has died. Kinda wish I didn't turn off the red LED charging light, apparently some others who's phones hardbricked the light still turned on showing some sign of life.
Any suggestions on sorting out the micro sim card issue now, assume I have to get it our before taking it to service centre, or just leave it in for them to fix?
priyana said:
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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Does the jig work on s3? I have an old one from s2 and if I'm not wrong is not working on s3...
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Does the jig work on s3? I have an old one from s2 and if I'm not wrong is not working on s3...
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-it will force the S3 in download mode
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-it will not reset the flash counter like with S2
Got a little bit of good news, this might help other people out with jammed sim cards, NO damage and worked like a treat.
In the top of the sim card holder down the bottom left there is a little circle around one mill wide, got a sharp thumbtack and pushed it gentelly into the sim card, the just applied a little pressure and the sim card started to slide up, was very easy, had a great grip on the sim cad and no damage done trying to grab it with needle nose pliers like I read elsewhere, now to get the phone replaced or unbricked.
Thinking about it more I think it is a hardware fault, cause I had flashed the correct version of omega for international S3, I havn't had any wrong signs like freezing or crashing, been working flawlessly for over a month, then out of the blue completely dead. So I think I will just go into the service centre and tell them I suspect the motherboard has died, or the charger port (didn't charge over night), dont have a spare battery to test with though).
http://lifehacker.com/5940308/save-a-bricked-phone-using-paper-clips-and-pencil-graphite
Just a post tyat i found today..not sure if it ll work or not.
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That video is pretty cool, don't have an old connector to try it, but seeing as my phone didn't hard brick from a flash going wrong while flashing or wrong firmware or anything I have a feeling a JIG or similar wont work. Would try it if I had the connector though.
How often do batterys and charger ports fail, cause that could be another reason I guess.
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Ok, Think that is best, can't really go without phone for 2-3 weeks while waiting for a JIG to arrive.
Just a few questions about the service centre, do you think they will ask me if I have flashed the phone? Cause I'm afraid they will think the brick was caused by that (could be) but probably unlikely since it died during the night a month after its latest flash.
If they do get it working will they go in and check the flash counter? Then what happens?
And lastly, if they ask me if I have flashed it should I lie and say no?
Thanks for the help.
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Exactly. There were no problems with the flashing part, i think ypu have a hardware issue.
They didn't ask me anything really, just asked what happened prior to the phone dying.
But i was ready to lie my ass off.. lol!
Dont say anything about flashing. They wont even bother trying to flash the phone if they dont get it into download mode.
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Exactly. There were no problems with the flashing part, i think ypu have a hardware issue.
They didn't ask me anything really, just asked what happened prior to the phone dying.
But i was ready to lie my ass off.. lol!
Dont say anything about flashing. They wont even bother trying to flash the phone if they dont get it into download mode.
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Ok, thanks for the info, I've tried everything besides a JIG to try get it into a download mode, so I doubt they will get it into download mode, Ive seen a couple of other cases where the S3 has had a mainboard issue, only other thing is in the last week I have been using the wall charger where as I normally use the computer and usb, so not sure if this could link to it though, might have got a power surge, but had no storms in months so unlikely and the fuse box is modern with pretty good protection. Ill just go in and tell them it was working one night, and dead when I woke up the next morning, which is the truth. And if they ask if its flashed, ill miss understand them and say, not the screen wasn't flashing/flickering when it died, I was asleep
Reality is though if they get the phone to a restored point to where they can see the flash counter, then I no longer need their help to fix it.
One more question. At the service centres do they try fix it while I'm there, or do they tell s to come back in a few hours, or do they ring a few days later. And if they can't get it in download mode do they normally give you a replacement there? Or do they ship it off to get parts replaced and then ship it back taking weeks/months?
Thanks
I'd give the jig a chance. Just imho.
Btw it is very likely that the jig would arrive in, like, 24-48 hours if you choose the right seller, while other users already told you it's probably gonna take more then a few days (probably from 2 weeks to a month) for samsung to "close the ticket". In my experience only with apple you'd be up and running in less then a week.
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One more question. At the service centres do they try fix it while I'm there, or do they tell s to come back in a few hours, or do they ring a few days later. And if they can't get it in download mode do they normally give you a replacement there? Or do they ship it off to get parts replaced and then ship it back taking weeks/months?
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I'm sure they will ask you to come back in a few days or even weeks. Don't think they will replace new unit for you. They will just replace the faulty part.
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I have the same issue so thought i would post here rather than starting a new thread.
Here's the story for mine. Working fine on current rom for about a month no issues at all. Today battery got to about 9% then switched off and i haven't been able to get it to turn on again, no download mode,no recovery, no charging led nothing at all.
I had to change my screen a couple of days ago, has been working fine with the broken screen for months, have i now voided my warranty?
A lot of faulty s3 i think... My s3 suddenly died last night. Battery is around 90+. Check the phone and it's not responding. Power button doesn't work. Doesn't even go to download mode or recovery mode. I'm running on stock ICS with root only. Sad part is I don't have any access for a jig right now. So can't test it. Bought this phone in SG and I'm in the Philippines right now. Warranty is good for SG only. Dec would be my next trip back to SG. By then no S3 as of now. For a phone I'm getting depressed LOL!
over the air jellybean brick my phone unrooted unflashed phone
BEWARE EVERYONE!! when updating to jellybean some do go very wrong! not all! but some do!! and it will brick your phone!! i updated over the air.. and for a few days. my phone kept on freezing! and locking up! one night i went to bed woke up and the phone was stuck on the boot screen! i thought thats weird took battery out, put back in, as ya do.. nothing took sim out and back in nothing... so only option was to reapair it through kies. put serial in and model number in it found the sortware. i downloaded it. told me to put phone in recovery mode.. so i did,kies said it was gonna install it to my phone.. but everytime it tryed to install it kept on saying it couldnt find my phone.. i tryed this all day long used different usb ports. different computers. to know avail, so my only option was to take it in for repair.. so i took it back to phones 4 u! they sent it away, i waited over 2 weeks! which was undiscrible it was like i lost my right arm with no phone! as you can imagine.. than the repair center turned round and said that the phone has been rooted! which it hadnt!! and they said this in order to brake the terms and conditions of my warentee so phones 4 u can get out of giving me a new handset. so they all save money!! i wouldnt do that to a 500 pound phone!! the phone does everything you could want from a phone! im launching a full investigation into this matter.. and have writen a formall complaint to phones 4 u headoffice, and will be contacting trading standards, ofcom, watchdog, and the ombudsman, and plaster it on all the forums ,social networking sights i can think of, to give them as much bad press as possible!! untill my problem is resolved and i will restore there name and clear it once they have done the right thing by me
I am afraid I can also report a bricked S3 here.
Rooted two weeks ago, but did not yet install a rom. Didn't Triangleaway yet aswell.
Same problem as described, I was browsing the net, and suddenly, screen went black (off). Could not get it powered on anymore. (nor in download/recovery mode)
So i brought it to the local telecom service center of my office, they could tell me the battery was fine and the buttons were working but they never saw one in this state.
So they are sending it to a samsung repair company.
This was two days ago, heard nothing yet, but I am very curious if I will get repaired or if I need to pay because of the rooting.
Will post the result if I know more.
Does anyone know if this problem also happens to people who did not root?
So last week my rooted note 2 suddenly died on me. I tried a few ways to get it back working (flashing to stock with Odin, ADB, different pcs, USB cables and ports etc) but my phone just couldn't communicate with any computer. So this morning I sent it to samsungs repair center. I'm just wondering what to expect. Will they see it's rooted and therefor it would be an out of warranty repair? Would that be the case if they only have to reflash the system ? Is it possible it's just needing a reflash or would this more likely be SDS and need a new Emmc chip/main board? Is it possible that the charging port went bad instead? What type of cost am I looking at? Anyone who's done a repair at samsung for this reason or similar. Thanks !
Some history: only could get into download mode and not recovery. When I power on it stays at the samsung text. When I try to charge it stays at the battery symbol and clear circle.
Let me know if you need any more info!
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What was the result?
What ended up happening?? My phone is in for repair,but a different issue. Just curious.
cnotes2019 said:
So last week my rooted note 2 suddenly died on me. I tried a few ways to get it back working (flashing to stock with Odin, ADB, different pcs, USB cables and ports etc) but my phone just couldn't communicate with any computer. So this morning I sent it to samsungs repair center. I'm just wondering what to expect. Will they see it's rooted and therefor it would be an out of warranty repair? Would that be the case if they only have to reflash the system ? Is it possible it's just needing a reflash or would this more likely be SDS and need a new Emmc chip/main board? Is it possible that the charging port went bad instead? What type of cost am I looking at? Anyone who's done a repair at samsung for this reason or similar. Thanks !
Some history: only could get into download mode and not recovery. When I power on it stays at the samsung text. When I try to charge it stays at the battery symbol and clear circle.
Let me know if you need any more info!
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talktosamson said:
What ended up happening?? My phone is in for repair,but a different issue. Just curious.
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They denied repair all together. First and last time I send any of my phones in. Will fix issue myself
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Damn that sucks man. They said they fixed mine, but I'm still having the same problem. 8 hour charge time from 3% to full. I'm going to buy a note 3 stock charger tomorrow from the store and if it doesn't work return it. I can't figure it out. I put a thread up about it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49408298
cnotes2019 said:
They denied repair all together. First and last time I send any of my phones in. Will fix issue myself
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