Is there something that i can flash that will make my phone do a boot loop but easily revert back to normal by doing a backup restore if so please help me out. Long story dont ask, i know its dumb but really need your help. Thanks
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Long story dont ask, i know its dumb but really need your help
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Sorry you said not to, but I have to ask why? Feel free to tell us this long story. We like reading!
This should be good. I've cam across a few roms that get the phone stuck at the samsung screen. Take odin to push. Im at work ill try to post them here tomorrow.
Lol. Making my spot for the show.
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I'll pop the popcorn
Great. I snuck in beer.
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I got the burritos. While we are waiting, any
guesses why this question?
Perhaps to demonstrate to a carrier representative that the phone is borked in an attempt to obtain a replacement, but maintaining the ability to recover the device in case the plan backfires? Not to be disrespectful to the OP, just the cynic in me I guess.
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My guess is that he is going to try for a free upgrade with the boot loop. Then, if it fails, then he can restore his phone.
If I am wrong, I am sorry. But, there is no other possible reason I can think of.
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My guess is that he is going to try for a free upgrade with the boot loop. Then, if it fails, then he can restore his phone.
If I am wrong, I am sorry. But, there is no other possible reason I can think of.
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Perhaps to demonstrate to a carrier representative that the phone is borked in an attempt to obtain a replacement, but maintaining the ability to recover the device in case the plan backfires? Not to be disrespectful to the OP, just the cynic in me I guess.
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Boot looping or soft brick will only get you in trouble. At&t will still able to get into recovery and see your flash counter raised. Then say bye bye to warranty!
Hahahahahahahahahaha anyone actually knowing what recovery is let alone a flash counter at a local store.... oh man. That made my day.
Btw flash counter is shown in download mode not recovery.
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I'm thinking more positive than you cynics. I think he wants to make sure he can recover from it in case of an Emergency. Like a practice for the big day. Or maybe to show off for his gal. "Look babe ... I can fix this" ... Or here in KY ... It's ... "hey hold my beer and watch this"
Who knows.
Yeah, that comment about a store rep booting into recovery and checking the flash counter was a good one. It was so funny I laughed so hard I sharted.
BubbaJoe, I'm staying positive too and saying I'm positive he wants to get another phone.
I think he wants to impress his girlfriend
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The long awaited Story!
Well First off thanks everyone for not helping me out at all lol! Seems the story is the only reason why you guys even bothered to reply to the question lol. Luckily for me I decided to just download a jellybean Rom and dirty flash and it sure did put me in a boot loop...not entirely what i was looking for because instead of being at the Samsung screen it was a Slimbean screen kept flashing. All that aside, at the end of the day it wasnt even necessary.
But the good part for you all!!! THE STORY!!
I have a Galaxy Note right...Well my sister in law's boyfriend said he had "found" one. She let me know that whenever she tried turning it on it would but 2-4 seconds afterwards it would just shut off. I told her to bring me the phone to check it out, when she brough it to me I tried turning it on and no luck. i tried my battery in their phone and no luck... So then i tried putting it into Recovery...it wouldnt it would just vibrate over and over with black screen. I even tried putting it into download mode to use odin...still no luck. I let her know there really was nothing i could do, what i could do was sell it for parts on ebay. or maybe sell it as is if price was good. she said ok. She was trying to sell it to me and have me fix it and keep it but as i saw i couldnt i refused offer and offered here to do so on ebay.
weeks passed and I never put it up for aution.... she let me know to give the phone back as her dude had a friend who wanted to buy it and he was giving him $100. I ignored it and a week passed by.
I was bored at home and said shoot might as well do some research and see whats really wrong with it or check if someone else has had this experience...and sure enough there was a thread on here. It seems that stupid power button on the phone was stuck. Another member asked the question in this thread and my man Bubbajoe40356 along with some other guys gave us the answered we wanted. After messing with the phone finally got it into download mode and also recovery with pulling out the battery each time after automatic shut off. Opened up the phone, cleaned out the power button and voila!!!
As the phone turned on I saw it was some ones phone i knew (not friend but i knew her) it was actually my sister in laws friend... So i told her i dont think your dude found this phone he JACKED it from your friend...her response was "LMFAO he probably did"... So i figured i dont know the girl and this dude f***ed her over so im going to do the same to him.
I told him I had already sold it on ebay and only got $60 for it and i needed to ship it.
(now the part that this whole thread was created for)
If he was to ask for the phone back and say no F that than he would get a Bootlooping phone and make it seem like phone was still messed up. If he didnt and went along with my plan then he would say ok give me the money and i could revert easily...
Long story short, he took the money and im left with a perfectly fine working note. Im guessing it was already stolen prior as it was running on tmobile since it was already rooted and blaze 4g modem was flashed on it. But I will call Att and make sure and see whats the deal. My plan is to sell it and make money off his stealing ass!
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Yeah, that comment about a store rep booting into recovery and checking the flash counter was a good one. It was so funny I laughed so hard I sharted.
BubbaJoe, I'm staying positive too and saying I'm positive he wants to get another phone.
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LMAO WOW man you almost made me shart hahahahahahahaha!:laugh::crying::laugh:
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I think he wants to impress his girlfriend
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hahahaha she actually hates when i mess with phones... I learned what little i know on mine and hers lol hers was a headache back then. rainbow screens and everything lol she wasnt too impressed and is less now.
First ... Glad we could help diagnose and help fix it ... Even if it was inadvertently..your sister in law and her boy friend sound like peopl I would distance myself from .. As she probably knew all along.
It was a good story well worth the wait. But I personally hate the ending. My rewrite would be to have contacted the rightful owner and return the phone. Also giving her the name of the person you got it from.
My house was broken into years ago and a few things stolen. One thing was a 45 automatic. After 5 years the police in the next town called me in and to my surprise ... returned it to me. I would have been happy to reward the person returning it ...but it was recovered in a drug bust. So they got their reward.
Not sure what will happen when you call att...but personally ... I would never keep it.
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:-( If there was even a slight hint of hope regarding custom kernels and full bootloader unlock (without losing 4G), I know the devs would have already said so. Come September 16th, I'm getting the SGSII and my MoPho will be handed down to my son. Still a GREAT phone but development for it is still much to be desired. Want to flame? Go ahead, feel free. Still won't change the grim reality.
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I agree with you!!!!
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LOL! Just for fun. I hope you are wrong, but I think you might be right.
I came from the 3-d and wow, your right not much going on here. I am going to stick it out a while longer though and see if anything starts to burst.
Sadly...
I am starting to think that this may be as good as it gets.
Just run launcher 7 and pretend you're actually running wp7; thats why i do
This phone stock is the best experience ive EVER had on a stock phone. Im happy!
Ok thanks?
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i warned yall that once teh sgs2 drops it will get even slower around these parts, shame too cuz this is a really nice phone.. just piss poor timing on sprints part.. not a huge surprise really coming from them. hell they had announced teh epic and sent it out to everyone and it wasnt until reviews came out that they threw up an ad having it alongside the evo
After owning the EVO all of last year I got over needing to flash a new ROM every few days. Stock is running so well for me I don't really care. We will get AOSP ported it will just be a matter of time. I would be tickled if MIUI got ported thereafter.
Once android.git.kernel.org comes back online I'm going to start porting CyanogenMod lol... I can't do any development if I can't get source code. And I'm not paying $200 for a new phone when the MoPho was only $100 and has >= specs.
Shut the hell up with all this complaining will get you know were in life. Suck it up and learn to be patient.. they will come..
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Do we even know who os working on anything? Is jugs or calkin still working on stuff?
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I agree... patiences. IMO This phone rocks just on stock. But I trust aaht once things settle we will see more action here with dev. Better to have stable roms than things pouring out just because.
If not im happy.
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:-( If there was even a slight hint of hope regarding custom kernels and full bootloader unlock (without losing 4G), I know the devs would have already said so. Come September 16th, I'm getting the SGSII and my MoPho will be handed down to my son. Still a GREAT phone but development for it is still much to be desired. Want to flame? Go ahead, feel free. Still won't change the grim reality.
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Wow the Photon source code just got released last week on 8/30 and you are complaining about not having development done on the Photon? You must not have done development before because it takes lots of time and effort to test out all bugs. Also I would say 95% of the devs that do this are not doing this full time for a living but rather on their free time. Also the Photon has made huge progress without the source code in its first month including 1) root with docking station 2) root without docking station 3) unlocked bootloader when the stock bootloader is locked. What more do you expect right now.
Just be patient and wait a couple more weeks for things to come up. If you want to get the SGSII because you think all of a sudden there will be more support then be my guest. There is no secret that the devs need the source code before they can modify anything. With the SGSII coming out it'll be a while before the source code is released. You'll see how foolish this is.
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Once android.git.kernel.org comes back online I'm going to start porting CyanogenMod lol... I can't do any development if I can't get source code. And I'm not paying $200 for a new phone when the MoPho was only $100 and has >= specs.
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I remember when you attempted to port webos to hero lol. I ran your roms on my heroc; you're a great dev man!! I hope you can do what you did on my heroc to the photon...
Every time I get a new phone, the first thing I do is install GoSMS, GoLauncher, and GoDialer. With this phone the only non blur app I use is GoLauncher. And the only reason I use it is because I like my app drawer organized into folders, and a 5x6 grid layout. This phone is as close to perfect out of the box as I thought was possible. And everything I don't like, they have an app to change. Just my 2 cents.
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Coming from the Evo-shift... this is blazing fast. I'm having trouble keeping up. We didn't get root for at least a full month.
We better settle for enjoying the stock experience.
This phone will be the red headed stepchild. I like the stock experience, sans the bugs. We should accept it or get something else.
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:-( If there was even a slight hint of hope regarding custom kernels and full bootloader unlock (without losing 4G), I know the devs would have already said so. Come September 16th, I'm getting the SGSII and my MoPho will be handed down to my son. Still a GREAT phone but development for it is still much to be desired. Want to flame? Go ahead, feel free. Still won't change the grim reality.
People like you are going to chase development away. They do this for a hobby. Not to please you. Who wants to work hard in their free time just to be complained about, rushed for eta's. Help out, not sit there and rush people so you can leach off there hard work. I hope you get your epic touch..... Good riddance.
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HondaCop said:
:-( If there was even a slight hint of hope regarding custom kernels and full bootloader unlock (without losing 4G), I know the devs would have already said so. Come September 16th, I'm getting the SGSII and my MoPho will be handed down to my son. Still a GREAT phone but development for it is still much to be desired. Want to flame? Go ahead, feel free. Still won't change the grim reality.
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You pay a lot of money for your phone plan (as do we all) so you should have a device you are happy with. If that is the SGS2, than go for it.
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After owning the EVO all of last year I got over needing to flash a new ROM every few days. Stock is running so well for me I don't really care. We will get AOSP ported it will just be a matter of time. I would be tickled if MIUI got ported thereafter.
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+1 My thoughts exactly.
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Do we even know who os working on anything? Is jugs or calkin still working on stuff?
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Would be nice to know. Wish peeps would just check in from time to time just to let us know they are still around.
now i know this is the photon section (my photon is still running like the beast it is) but i just ordered a kyocera echo!! (thanks ebay) now i wanted this phone cause 1. it's the most unique phone on the market, 2. it's discounted, so now i have a rare phone that is VERY hard to find 3. it's a new toy to play with until i go back to my photon
so here's my point to all this, do you guys have any opinions of the echo? or have you guys even heard of such a device??? lol, leave your comments, i'm interested
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Sorry dude, but every one I ever sold got returned. It's a pile. Slow and buggy, the touch screen is awful. I hope you like it though
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Sorry dude, but every one I ever sold got returned. It's a pile. Slow and buggy, the touch screen is awful. I hope you like it though
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B, ours didn't get returned. The south siders loved it. Some payed full price for it lol
It does suck though
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B, ours didn't get returned. The south siders loved it. Some payed full price for it lol
It does suck though
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Sorry dude, but every one I ever sold got returned. It's a pile. Slow and buggy, the touch screen is awful. I hope you like it though
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oh i know it's not the best, but when i use to work at my local sprint store, after the 2.3 update, it was a lot smoother, but i guess i'll see how it is when i get it, it's just something different i think, and it's a phone a lot of people don't have, so it'll turn heads to a point,lol, and for the price, i got this thing for $80, no bad i'd say for a mid ranged android phone with 2 screens, but i'll have this, my evo3d, THE MOPHO!!! still got my crap pre, and a moment
I played with it at my local sprint store and it seemed very...sluggish its a neat concept but that's about it with the pluses lol
Don't remember when it came out or when the update came out but it was a few months before the photon when I messed with it.
89 bucks you can't beat that though plus you could always Clist it for 100 if you ever need some cash lol
Its the same og evo engine now powering two screens. Slowness is expected.
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Its the same og evo engine now powering two screens. Slowness is expected.
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1st person to actually say that,lol, but hopefully after i root it, someone out there made an overclocking kernal, i think 1.2Ghz would make the echo run smooth as butter
It's a great big steaming plie of crap
Slow and clunky.
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Sorry dude, but every one I ever sold got returned. It's a pile. Slow and buggy, the touch screen is awful. I hope you like it though
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Wow spirnt sold more then 2 ?
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I'd like to pick one up as well. It'll never replace the Photon, but I always wanted one off contract...$80 you say? Hmm...could be fun at that price.
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Wow spirnt sold more then 2 ?
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You dont know how bad my stomach hurts about now!!!! I actually forgot about this POS. Do they still sell them?
dorelse said:
I'd like to pick one up as well. It'll never replace the Photon, but I always wanted one off contract...$80 you say? Hmm...could be fun at that price.
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see, i think that's how alot of people wanted one, i would have never been stuck for 2 years with the echo,lol, and this is the guy i buy all my used phones from, but you have to be on your toes and lucky to get good prices http://stores.ebay.com/GreenTrade-Electronics?_rdc=1
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You dont know how bad my stomach hurts about now!!!! I actually forgot about this POS. Do they still sell them?
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nope discontinued along with the EVO4g i'm afraid (my 1st smart phone) that's kinda why i'm happy to have one now just to fool around with seeing as it may be considered a "rare" phone now, even ebay barely has them listed
I've never truly understood ebay. How can someone auto max bid me out I want a ET4G :OOOO:
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I've never truly understood ebay. How can someone auto max bid me out I want a ET4G :OOOO:
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okay, hopefully i can explain this, say someone posted an item starting at $0.99
you make your 1st bid $90, up until it reaches $90 you are safe as the highest bidder
so it goes like this
Item $0.99
you bid $90
until someone else bids, you could possibly win the item for $0.99, but you have a $90 cushion
so someone bids $20
the highest bid is now $20, I.E. your cushioned bid and your still the highest bidder
someone bids $90.01, they are now the highest bidder because you only bid up to $90 (and yes, sometimes that penny difference could mean a lost bid!!!)
like with my echo, started at $0.99, i bid $70.01 (to make it an even $80 with shipping) 5 other people bided on the phone but no one went higher then $70.01 so i won it at $70.01, but if someone went just one penny higher, i would have lost
hope i explained it clearly happy bidding
i would love to have one, just to muck around with.
but yea qsd 8650 was a massive battery hog to begin with, adding a second screen... the best thing they ever did for that phone was make it 3g only.
hows cm7 on it?
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i would love to have one, just to muck around with.
but yea qsd 8650 was a massive battery hog to begin with, adding a second screen... the best thing they ever did for that phone was make it 3g only.
hows cm7 on it?
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doesn't seem like there's much development for it, i barely found how to root the darn thing, but if i ever find cm7, i'll try it out, and when they updated to gingerbread, they optimized the phone so much for less battery drain
Lol I honestly don't understand how you can be excited to own one when you already have the Photon.
If it were your first smartphone purchase it would be understandable, but just because it's cheap and "rare" does not make it any better.
If you have young kids or a niece or a cousin, you should let them have it. I'm sure they'd be excited by it
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Lol I honestly don't understand how you can be excited to own one when you already have the Photon.
If it were your first smartphone purchase it would be understandable, but just because it's cheap and "rare" does not make it any better.
If you have young kids or a niece or a cousin, you should let them have it. I'm sure they'd be excited by it
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Lol, not really, they all have Verizon and at&t, and I'm excited cause it's just something new, my photon is amazing, but I do get bored of it from time to time
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He has had a little buyers remorse but he's still overall happy with it
hi there, I unfortunately bricked my phone ( as in thise thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756242 ), the thing is that i can still use my warranty, but I changed the whole screen my self a few weeks ago, and the screws are a bit dommaged (see the picture below), I replace the official sticker that was under the battery so it looks like genuine, but i wonder if they will say something ?
do you think i should order new screw and replace the one dommaged?
Thanks you
PS: tell me if you want to see the screw in a better quality , i did the picture pretty fast ^^
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Yes-why take a £200 risk.
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Yes i should replace the screw, or yes they will notice it has been open?
IF they noticed that i will have to pay? if Yes how much?
Thanks friend
Yes they will notice it and yes you should buy new screws.Whether they will refuse warranty is up to them.You better hope they dont notice the different screen and the imei sticker has been off and on also.
A new board can cost up to £200
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IF they notice, i will just have to pay; won't I ?
Are there a lot of chances that they notice it?
If you take a rooted phone in any SC in india even sometimes they dont notice, happened woth me once...
But in your country Samsung’s Employees are Intelligent not bunch of crioks like here.. So the chances are they will identify it... But give a try and say the lie
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What do you want me to say.Only someone thats blind wouldnt notice some prick has been mucking about with the phone.And judging by the pricks "treatment" of the screws,then what else has the aforementioned prick wrecked inside the phone.
Seems like buying 7 screws maybe too much to pay for you.So dont bother,send the phone to Samsung as maybe someone like Stevie Wonder is working there.
I have the 7 [unbutchered] screws here,I would love to send them to you but I cant be arsed going to the post office.
Good luck
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What do you want me to say.Only someone thats blind wouldnt notice some prick has been mucking about with the phone.And judging by the pricks "treatment" of the screws,then what else has the aforementioned prick wrecked inside the phone.
Seems like buying 7 screws maybe too much to pay for you.So dont bother,send the phone to Samsung as maybe someone like Stevie Wonder is working there.
I have the 7 [unbutchered] screws here,I would love to send them to you but I cant be arsed going to the post office.
Good luck
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ahahahahah no I can totaly afford those screws!!! I'm asking the question with the new screw because inside i dit a pretty good job
actually i can even afford the 200$ they might charge me if they dont take it in the warranty, but it's better not to pay
I will buy news screws like that i hope they wont notice anything.
I bought those http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360447113846#ht_1521wt_907
Hello there, a few update, I just drop my phone to a samsung center next to me.
The guy was not very nice but in a way he was funny lol.
He "said hum there is some humidity etc did you put it in the water?" I said "no" ( it never went in the water )
Then he said that he wont do the repair himself because if it's off warranty then sammy dont pay him ( " i dont want to work for free grrr " lol )
So he said "do you really want me to send it to sammy?"( he said samsung lol ) "because if they said it 's off warranty then to get it back you pay 29€" i said "ok no problem" i asked him what he thinks about the damage he said that it's probably the motherboard he said it's more than 200€ i said "ok"
And if it's in warranty it's free ^^
I said that i used kies on the device and that was the cause.
There was some dirt under the battery cover, you know the usual one in the cell phone but nothing like big deal, do you think it's might pose a problem?
Since the phone never touched water, there is nt a chance that sammy will said that, is there?
Any way in two weeks he will call me back
And also i told him that the earphones wasnt working( it wasnt ) and that the camera is ****ty ( probably bad lens, i compared to my sister's one and it's like day and night ) do you think they will take a look?
Thanks you for you reading , i appreciate !
up, if anyone has somes answers , thanks
Hi there few update, they just send it back and I got it, for free! They didnt even notice that I changed the screen my self
maybe just maybe they noticed the screen change and swapped it for a older one which will go when your warrenty does run out. did the store man ask if you want ext. warrenty lol just a thought without causing a stirr ive heard of cases like this happening.
No he didnt propose me anything, I kind of recognize the screen i put , ( new etc ) and the place I gave my phone is just a center that send it directly to sammy so they dont do anything themself on the phone!
a bit off topic, but my sensitive input ( menu and back ) dont work very well, first they have less light than my sister one, and it seems you have to touch them "more" to do go back etc , is it a known problem? thanks
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No he didnt propose me anything, I kind of recognize the screen i put , ( new etc ) and the place I gave my phone is just a center that send it directly to sammy so they dont do anything themself on the phone!
a bit off topic, but my sensitive input ( menu and back ) dont work very well, first they have less light than my sister one, and it seems you have to touch them "more" to do go back etc , is it a known problem? thanks
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I think it is the screen mate, I changed my digitizer on a Galaxy Gio with a new lcd and the touch was so crap and wonky it drove me to get the S2 (which I am forever thankful for)
One thing I have learnt when it comes to these devices, never and I repeat never replace the screen yourself because guaranteed it is a cheaper knock off that is actually not the "original" as they all claim to be on ebay. Mine was "original" and it looked 99.9% like the old one but there were slight differences if you looked at it closely, here and there. And boy oh boy did it not work like the original and the screen was terrible, so I've decided that personally I will rather pay Sammy to have it fixed properly.
Of course if they want to charge me more than the phone was actually worth brand new than I would say stuff it and just get a new one.
Yes may be but apart this problem the screen is perfect so... it was 130€ delivery included so im OK with et.
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Wanted to share this with folks, as I know a lot of you would like an early upgrade to the Note 2.
First, we are a business customer; that is my wife works for a large corporation that allows us some nice discounts on our service. We have 3 phone lines in our family, so we are not that big of a account personally..
I called CS today, and asked about an early upgrade. We are only in month 10 of our agreement, so I didn't think I had much chance. The first guy I spoke to was trying to get me to change my plan, and add a line, and do all other stuff, so he could "justify" upgrading me for $299.
I told him no, I didn't want to add a line, or do anything silly like that, and asked to speak to retention.
After being transferred, I politely told the gentleman that I wanted a $199 upgrade to a Note 2; I mentioned that Sprint and T-Mobile had promos for that price, and, I could sell our 3 phones on ebay, and make more than enough to pay the cancellation fees, but, I wasn't threatening to leave, nor did I want to leave, nor did I want 3 upgrades; just one for me.
He came back and said he could do the upgrade for 299, plus he would give me a 30 dollar credit for the next 6 months, effectively making the price 119!! (299-180=119).
I asked him to waive the activation fee, and he said he would give me another 36 dollar credit to take care of that, and, also, throw in 2 day shipping for free!
So, I should have my phone by Friday, and am excited to move to the note 2, especially at THAT price!!
My point is, it appears that now that Xmas has passed, they are more receptive to doing early upgrades for those of us that don't really qualify; also, being very polite, and nice to the agent probably helped me as well!
Thanks to all the great friends, dev's, and mods that I have made in this thread, and, a lot of you have already moved to the Note 2, and I am sure a lot more of you will be there soon as well. Hopefully, you can be as successful as I was in getting an early upgrade if that is what you so desire...See you on the other side soon!!
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Sniff.....(wipes eyes)
There goes another satisfied customer....
Pretty soon...It'll be me, and the moderator.....(echo)...LOL....g
I know you will be over there soon too, man..
Not me, I figured how to get multi view and the fancy camera feature About Face. I'm set.
yeh wase,
Ranger and I have multi-window already...
but since your leaving, none for you....
put your glasses on right side up ranger, and he'll never know...LOL...g
rangercaptain said:
Not me, I figured how to get multi view and the fancy camera feature About Face. I'm set.
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Wait what? Multi window is all I need on this Note to be happy! Please share, please
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Wait what? Multi window is all I need on this Note to be happy! Please share, please
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I would hold out for world peace as my condition for happiness.
One phone feature isn't enough for me.
I've also got multi window... Lol. Gotta love being xposed
I would love to try this but with note 3 talk already out maybe I should wait.
Yes it will be a long wait but.....
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Hah, there's talk of the next phone the day one is released. I hear that 2020 Mustangs gonna be a bad ass mofo!
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Hah, there's talk of the next phone the day one is released. I hear that 2020 Mustangs gonna be a bad ass mofo!
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So true, man..If we always waited until the next "big thing" came out, we'd all still be using bag phones!!
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So true, man..If we always waited until the next "big thing" came out, we'd all still be using bag phones!!
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I think I will save my upgrade for the note 3.
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I really like the notepad feature. I can write easily, but the unit lacks portability.
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I think I will save my upgrade for the note 3.
I really like the notepad feature. I can write easily, but the unit lacks portability.
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I LOVE that 2 tone look....acoustic modems FTW!!
Its true that there will always be a next big thing. The flashaholic in me wants a note 2 but att extended my upgrade time to 1 1/2 yrs when I upgraded to the note and I didn't upgrade early. So wait until Oct or pay full price. I'm sure they would be happy to let me pay full (overpriced) retail.
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I count on the prices on Craigslist to drop. I have never used my upgrade, because I never want a contract.
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Not me, I figured how to get multi view and the fancy camera feature About Face. I'm set.
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Do tell!! I've been looking for a ROM with this capability for a while now. Still haven't found a solution.
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I count on the prices on Craigslist to drop. I have never used my upgrade, because I never want a contract.
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+1 I use the same strategy.
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Do tell!! I've been looking for a ROM with this capability for a while now. Still haven't found a solution.
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Sorry, buddy, I was just pulling a few legs. Its sort of an inside joke around here because there has been almost 15 threads started about this. Now you're inside.
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Sorry, buddy, I was just pulling a few legs. Its sort of an inside joke around here because there has been almost 15 threads started about this. Now you're inside.
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:crying: I've been googling for an hour now!! haha. Oh well. Hopefully it'll hit the boards at some point soon. I'm really looking forward to playing with that functionality.
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:crying: I've been googling for an hour now!! haha. Oh well. Hopefully it'll hit the boards at some point soon. I'm really looking forward to playing with that functionality.
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Have you guys not tried xposed frameworks and the multi window apk? Works on stock tw based ROMs.
How upset would you be?
So my DNA screen took dump not sure what caused it for sure but at one point my phone did get extremely hot when charging it. Soon after the screen blacked out and never came back. OK no biggie called VZW CC/Support. After a few mins, Rep suggested warranty replacement with over night shipping. Got the phone package the next day. Open it up. It was the Droid incredible. ??? Ok called VZW back. They said that's what we replace if you had the Thunderbolt. Well of course I corrected them. I told them that was what I had before the DNA, they said sorry. Just send the phone back and we will send you the DNA but sadly I would have to wait till Monday. NO PHONE FOR THE WEEKEND. I asked if I could use the DInc till I get my DNA. NOW mind you I was being very nice considering it was there mistake.
This Rep suggested I use the Dinc and try it out and if I liked it you can use it instead of them sending me a new DNA. I was a lost for words. Then 8 Million questions started to pour in to my brain. I took this one.... I said ok give me my 600 hundred dollars back that I paid for the DNA. She asked why would you pay $600 for your phone. I told her that was the price I had to pay to keep my Unlimited Data. Then the Rep switched on her Sales pitch and started to say.... well can I look at your account data usage maybe we can see if I can get you a better data package.: My anger level went from 2 to 2 million.
I stopped her. I told her with my very very nice voice. You need to get your supervisor or you are about to hear the worst foul language ever in your life time....
OK long story short ( too late) I talked to a the Rep Super. I will be getting my DNA Monday and I will be using the Dinc till I get my DNA replacement.
Thanks for letting me vent.
I wouldve tried to back hand her through the phone
The people working for verizon are idiots. I still have my unlimited data after paying the 200 to upgrade to the DNA hahaha. Im not complaining.
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You Lucky sob
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Very lucky sob I lost mines for it
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I know how you feel, this is what verizon had sent me to replace one of my devices
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Now how the **** is that "like new"?
Needless to say i have another one coming to me next day shipping to be here monday.
Don't worry when I work for Verizon I'll value my customers.I went BS when my droid x messed up. Terrible inspection,I seen better like news on eBay.
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a box of kittens said:
I wouldve tried to back hand her through the phone
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hahahaha. Yea, Verizon really just has a monopoly in United States...Verizon is the only carrier from which i can get 4g or good 3g in my area. Thus, i have no choice but to use Verizon for whatever price they ask and such...plus their customer support isn't too great i.e. your experience ...really sucks. At least you're getting your DNA replaced.
So why is vzw customer service always rated #1? Everyone has a bad experience now and again, but overall vzw is THE best in the biz. And if Verizon is all that works in your area how would you know how Verizon is comparatively if you javent tried the others.
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Always expect the worst anytime you deal with Verizon about any kind of issue. That way you will never be disappointed. Also plan to waste a lot of time.
In all fairness this was my first negative customer care Interactive. There is always that 1 bad apple.
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In all fairness this was my first negative customer care Interactive. There is always that 1 bad apple.
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Nearly every time I've had to call them I've been fed bs, attitudes, and rudeness. I've had like 2 people that were descent to deal with, one guy actually helped me. The other guy didn't do anything (so he was still useless) but at least he was pleasant. I just stopped dealing with it :-\
At least some people don't have bad luck with CSRs
Wow, no charging port cover.
That's not cool.
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I work at an indirect vzw store so I have to call customer care multiple times a day... It's really hit or miss with the reps... Some of them will bend over backwards to help and others will just blow you off... If you get a bad one just call back or ask to speak to a supervisor... Customer care can pretty much do whatever you want them too... You just have to get the rep that's not lazy.
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Ya don't say?
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Nearly every time I've had to call them I've been fed bs, attitudes, and rudeness. I've had like 2 people that were descent to deal with, one guy actually helped me. The other guy didn't do anything (so he was still useless) but at least he was pleasant. I just stopped dealing with it :-\
At least some people don't have bad luck with CSRs
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When you get people like that just call back.
I was having signal issues with my galaxy s3 and I had been through a few replacement devices. I finally asked to be moved to a different phone.
Tech guy I was taking too said it was impossible, that they would need to come to my area and do tests, I'd have to submit a service call.. Wait a few weeks, and then, only if they found a problem, they might consider it. But it would be a razor or something.
I said I wasn't happy with that, and I had been swapped devices in the post. He said no, this was their policy. (I wanted the dna).
I said thank you and hung up.
I called back 3 min later. Talked to another tech. Told her the same thing. Bad signal, 3rd replacement and she, on her own, not more than. 1 min into the call said "want me to send you a dna?"
She sent it overnight, entire call took less than 5 min, other guy had me on the line for 20.
Just goes to show you.. They Can do stuff for you, you just need to weed out the a-holes who lie and say "nope.. That's impossible sorry"
I've also noticed that the time you have been a customer seems to matter. Newer customers seem to get less in the way of good help. They have special policies for "tenured" customers which might explain some of the differences between personal experiences. I have been a customer for 10 years
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That's probably it, I've had Verizon before but it was quite a while ago. Only been with them now for about a year and a half. Seems silly to me that they do that but I guess people get phones then sell them or whatever pretty often. I'd imagine they don't like that. As long as their service stays the best I'll keep them, even if their CS is a joke... I just hope I never have to call them again lol.
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That's probably it, I've had Verizon before but it was quite a while ago. Only been with them now for about a year and a half. Seems silly to me that they do that but I guess people get phones then sell them or whatever pretty often. I'd imagine they don't like that. As long as their service stays the best I'll keep them, even if their CS is a joke... I just hope I never have to call them again lol.
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You guys gotta think about all the BS calls the reps get on a daily basis. For every person with a legitimate issue with their phone, there are probably 4 just calling in trying to get an early upgrade, or get their phone swapped because they did something to it. If they just allowed everyone to swap phones whenever they wanted then the whole subsidized system just goes out the window.