Hi everybody!
I'm not new to flashing and Rooting Android devices but I'm new to TMobile-Warranty-Jump programs.
I want to know:
1) If I buy a HTC ONE with TMO USA, can I ROOT [Basically for Titanium BackUp] and in 6 months flash STOCK again and wont have problem when returning?
2) Does HTC have a "flash counter" or something that TMO can verify for Jump Program purposes?
Thanks in advance
No counter but you would have to make sure you go completely stock
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I am good with a few corporate store reps, and they have heard nothing about rejecting modified phones. One even had me downgrade, s-off, and fully convert his htc one for him. I drink beers with these guys and girls often, so I am sure when / if they are trained more or hear something, I will know as well.
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Thanks everyone for taking your time and reply.
I'm planning to get into the JUMP program soon and root... After 6 months I'll try to leave everything as Stock
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Hello everyone,
It's been awhile since I was last here on the forum. I would appreciate it if anyone could help me out. I purchased a Sprint Touch Pro a year ago and was able to successfully convert it over to Verizon (loved the extra RAM). But I've moved on to another phone (and provider) and was looking to reset the phone to its original Sprint condition to sell on eBay.
So the question is this... what is the easiest way to convert my phone back to its original Sprint radio and firmware? I can't lie, I've forgotten most of what I did when I originally converted the phone. The only thing I see on the Sprint website is a link to the HTC website which gives you a maintenance release to the existing software. I'm guessing that's a no-go as I don't have the original firmware on the Touch Pro. I did some searching on the forum and wasn't coming up with much. I know this has been done before, but I guess I'm not pulling the correct terms.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Steve
SteveNYC said:
Hello everyone,
It's been awhile since I was last here on the forum. I would appreciate it if anyone could help me out. I purchased a Sprint Touch Pro a year ago and was able to successfully convert it over to Verizon (loved the extra RAM). But I've moved on to another phone (and provider) and was looking to reset the phone to its original Sprint condition to sell on eBay.
So the question is this... what is the easiest way to convert my phone back to its original Sprint radio and firmware? I can't lie, I've forgotten most of what I did when I originally converted the phone. The only thing I see on the Sprint website is a link to the HTC website which gives you a maintenance release to the existing software. I'm guessing that's a no-go as I don't have the original firmware on the Touch Pro. I did some searching on the forum and wasn't coming up with much. I know this has been done before, but I guess I'm not pulling the correct terms.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Steve
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Simply unlock it and flash back the Sprint stock rom. Tutorial on my signature.
I had given up on trying to do the same thing with my old touch pro when I read that I'd need some original keys that I had never written down. Is that not necessary? I'd hate to re-sell it to someone who would have to jump through special hoops to get it activated on sprint.
A little help... possibly?
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I had given up on trying to do the same thing with my old touch pro when I read that I'd need some original keys that I had never written down. Is that not necessary? I'd hate to re-sell it to someone who would have to jump through special hoops to get it activated on sprint.
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Ive never had to flash to another carrier, however, I believe that the #'s you are speaking of will be updated with the Radio... Soooooo.... Unlock the phone via the unlocker, then flash the stock sprint rom (which you should find in the stickies) and the rom should flash the radio, if you prefer, you can then go in and flash your radio also.
Hope this helps.
Hey guys, I know next to nothing about how the software works with mobile phones but here it goes:
I bought my HTC Hero from Telus in February, unlocked it, and am on a Bell plan. I'd like to upgrade to Android 2.1.
Can someone show how and where I can do it?
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Hey guys, I know next to nothing about how the software works with mobile phones but here it goes:
I bought my HTC Hero from Telus in February, unlocked it, and am on a Bell plan. I'd like to upgrade to Android 2.1.
Can someone show how and where I can do it?
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You're probably best to install the official update if one is available from Telus, or wait until one is available.
Unless you want to install a custom ROM or upgrade to 2.2. In which case take a look at rooting your phone in the dev forum.
Have a look at BTDAGs guide linked in my signature if you want to go the custom ROM route.
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Hey everyone. I rooted my friends phone using the HTC unlock method two months ago and put a custom ROM on his phone. His phone is freezing up and his bottom navigation buttons don't work. I tried using a stock rooted ROM and he's still having the issue. How do I unroot his phone and put it back to stock so he can take it to Sprint for a replacement. Please help me ASAP I'll really appreciate it
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Have you searched the other threads? There's a few that explain this already. Here you go http://lmgtfy.com/?q=unroot+hboot+1.50
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Look under general thread sticky with links to unroot.
when i go to stock, the bootloader will say relocked...will sprint replace the phone because none of the 4 bottom buttons work
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when i go to stock, the bootloader will say relocked...will sprint replace the phone because none of the 4 bottom buttons work
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They should. That is normal for it to say that if you rooted with HTC method. Let me know how it goes.
They should definately fix the phone if its harware is not operating properly as long as you have a protection plan. If they have to replace it, they may try and charge a deductable.
I'm pretty sure Sprint doesn't care if you have rooted your phone if you have the TEP. You will have to pay a deductable if they deem it 'bricked,' though. I've had damaged phones with root worked on before, and I've had Sprint staff tell me that it doesn't matter anymore.
I haven't seen it in any official document, but the employees I have spoken with told me in person.
You might as well just go down to a Sprint store near you and ask them if it matters, it could save you some trouble.
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They should definately fix the phone if its harware is not operating properly as long as you have a protection plan. If they have to replace it, they may try and charge a deductable.
I'm pretty sure Sprint doesn't care if you have rooted your phone if you have the TEP. You will have to pay a deductable if they deem it 'bricked,' though. I've had damaged phones with root worked on before, and I've had Sprint staff tell me that it doesn't matter anymore.
I haven't seen it in any official document, but the employees I have spoken with told me in person.
You might as well just go down to a Sprint store near you and ask them if it matters, it could save you some trouble.
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I have talked with the techs at the sprint store there all rooted some of the non tecs could be a ass but I doubt it there cool with root . They will even show you there phone with the ROM there using sometimes.
Also just make sure you don't have that hacked WiFi app on ur phone tho lol.
Sprint changed their policies on rooted phones awhile ago. If the in store person gives you grief then move to another one that's not as dumb.
Thanks everyone, I tried unrooting and it nothing would work, I flashed a stock rooted ROM and deleted the super user app. My friend is getting a replacement Monday
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Hello everyone!
I'll get this out of the way now, I'm a noob and I'm finally bursting the cherry of posting on here even though I've referenced this site for several years now for different phones, roms and rooting. In other words, please be patient with me if this post is somewhere else and I missed it.
Anyways, as the post topic asks, did anyone order the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 developer edition? If so, did you guys get it? What do you all think of it?
I thankfully ordered mine at 6:30 pm the day it came out before it went on back order, so either samsung wasn't planning on so many ordering and didn't make many or its a really popular phone. I'm waiting on the UPS guy to show up here with my phone today and I'm getting antsy.
Ordering from samsung and checking on its status yesterday was a nightmare because so many departments couldn't find my order number and I almost told them to cancel the order. Glad I didn't.
Does anyone know if you can take it to the store and get insurance on it or where to get mobile insurance on it? This is the first time I ever bought off of contract and do not want to waste my $715.49 investment should something happen to it. (Mom of a 9 month old, anything can and will happen.)
Thanks for the help and happy experiences with the new phones!
I don't think the Google Edition S4 will work on Verizon. Like other Google phones, it's GSM unlocked but I don't believe it has the proper bands to function on Verizon. You may want to research and/or possibly cancel your oder if you plan to use it on a CDMA network.
That said, anyone get a dump of the rom yet? I'm sure it's just a matter of time before someone ports it for our phones (assuming partitions are the same - they should be).
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I don't think the Google Edition S4 will work on Verizon. Like other Google phones, it's GSM unlocked but I don't believe it has the proper bands to function on Verizon. You may want to research and/or possibly cancel your oder if you plan to use it on a CDMA network.
That said, anyone get a dump of the rom yet? I'm sure it's just a matter of time before someone ports it for our phones (assuming partitions are the same - they should be).
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Huh? I didn't buy a google edition S4, I bought the developer version. It will work fo verizon.
My mistake. The GE S4 and One became available on the Play Store yesterday. I thought you were talking about that. Which another thread in this forum raises some interest that the GE may work on Verizon.
Sorry for the thread de-rail.
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Would have bought if 32gb.
I ordered one yesterday. My DROID bionic has been flailing, and I want to keep unlimited data. I can't wait to start playing with it! This will be my first foray into playing with ROMs and such.
P.S. 64GB microSD cards are like half off on amazon, at least they were yesterday. Got one of those too since only comes with 16GB :/
Make sure you give the dev's the AOSP rom from it so that we can get the IR remote working on AOSP builds... SO [email protected]!!!
Wait, it doesn't come with touchwiz right?
I read it does come with TouchWiz on droid-life, just not all the verizon crap. I guess I'll find out Monday when it's supposed to show up.
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My mistake. The GE S4 and One became available on the Play Store yesterday. I thought you were talking about that. Which another thread in this forum raises some interest that the GE may work on Verizon.
Sorry for the thread de-rail.
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Hey no problem, so many phones going out at once, its easy to get confused.
Now all I need is that darn UPS guy here already and I'll let ya'll know what it does/doesn't have on it if someone doesn't beat me to it. And I still wish they would have done it as a 32 gig version, but I don't see that coming... at least to verizon anyways.
Mine is in transit; should be here Monday. From what I understand, it does come with VZ bloatware but once rooted, you can ROM away.
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So update here.
I just got the device, getting verizon to activate it was a pain because several techs kept saying "they don't support a developer device" but I finally got it taken care of.
Yes it has bloatware, will be taking care of that.
Also is not rooted, will be looking up ways to do that now to make sure I do this right.
Too bad there isn't a one click root for this thing, I'd really like to save some time than fighting doing it on a mac.
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So update here.
I just got the device, getting verizon to activate it was a pain because several techs kept saying "they don't support a developer device" but I finally got it taken care of.
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Thanks for the update and the warning about VZW and lack of knowledge. It amazes me this info is not flowed down to the carrier's support team, especially when it is made for that carrier and it was announced over a month ago.
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markwebb said:
cmmelton2 said:
So update here.
I just got the device, getting verizon to activate it was a pain because several techs kept saying "they don't support a developer device" but I finally got it taken care of.
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Thanks for the update and the warning about VZW and lack of knowledge. It amazes me this info is not flowed down to the carrier's support team, especially when it is made for that carrier and it was announced over a month ago.
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Hey no problem, I actually got one tech now going to put herself on the waitlist to get one because she didn't know it existed. I'm hoping that after the hour I spent on the phone they now know that its out there and to be ready. The phone does not come with a SIM card so if you can pick up a card early and have it ready it may save some driving time/hassle.
Does anyone know of a simple and fast root method that works? I'm curious to see how it works with an unlocked bootloader and very surprised that it didn't already have root access. Maybe that's the noob talking here, but I was hopeful.
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I have a Droid Bionic: is it the same size SIM card? Can I swap the Bionic for the Galaxy S4?
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I have a Droid Bionic: is it the same size SIM card? Can I swap the Bionic for the Galaxy S4?
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I don't know what size that card is. I had a samsung droid charge (horrible phone) and its card didn't fit in it. It needs a micro SIM. If you have time before yours comes in, I'd be safe and just get one free from verizon.
Oh one other thing I forgot, you can add insurance from verizon to protect your device. They will cover it!
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Oh one other thing I forgot, you can add insurance from verizon to protect your device. They will cover it!
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Thanks again. And..I just opened Bionic and it doesn't look like a micro SIM. It looks rather large to me so I will be visiting VZW asap. LOL They should not charge, correct? I have heard of customers getting charged.
cmmelton2 said:
So update here.
I just got the device, getting verizon to activate it was a pain because several techs kept saying "they don't support a developer device" but I finally got it taken care of.
Yes it has bloatware, will be taking care of that.
Also is not rooted, will be looking up ways to do that now to make sure I do this right.
Too bad there isn't a one click root for this thing, I'd really like to save some time than fighting doing it on a mac.
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Is that loaded with Pure Android Firmware or still TW-based rom?
ytwytw said:
Is that loaded with Pure Android Firmware or still TW-based rom?
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VZW Dev Edition = Touchwiz Unlocked
Google Edition = Pure Android
markwebb said:
VZW Dev Edition = Touchwiz Unlocked
Google Edition = Pure Android
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I see
Hope to see if someone can Unlock the Bootloader for our regular i545 :angel:
Hey all, just want some friendly advice.
My wireless charging stopped working (please don't make fun of me for this) and I considering going into Verizon to talk to a rep.
My phone is out of warranty, and rooted running cm11. I figure because I'm out of warranty, I probably won't get a new phone/refurb phone. But I'm considering trying, just might luck out, ya know?
My question is this, since I don't go to Verizon stores. Do they care about rooting/roms? I've read mixed reports, and don't want to go to the hassle of going back to stock, especially if I'm already SOL. And I have no idea how to get back to stock at this point. I've been running custom roms since I got the phone.
Thanks for the feedback!
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Hey all, just want some friendly advice.
My wireless charging stopped working (please don't make fun of me for this) and I considering going into Verizon to talk to a rep.
My phone is out of warranty, and rooted running cm11. I figure because I'm out of warranty, I probably won't get a new phone/refurb phone. But I'm considering trying, just might luck out, ya know?
My question is this, since I don't go to Verizon stores. Do they care about rooting/roms? I've read mixed reports, and don't want to go to the hassle of going back to stock, especially if I'm already SOL. And I have no idea how to get back to stock at this point. I've been running custom roms since I got the phone.
Thanks for the feedback!
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I would recommend making a backup
>flash a stock Rom that has reports of wireless charging working>check it if it still doesn't work. If it works I'd go thru trouble shooting in your Rom thread, If not I'd assume it's your hardware.(I'd make sure it's not your charger as well) And in that case return it to stock and return it to Verizon.
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Thanks for the feedback. I've tried both venom and cm11, so I guess I'll flash back to stock and make a trip to the store. Thanks again.
IMO Verizon associates are clueless. They can barely operate tablet they use to check you in the store. My speakerphone had blew out so I took my Rooted, unlocked, custom ROM phone in so they could see it. They didn't say anything. Worst case scenario they say your phone looks different... Just say its a icon pack theme you got off the play store. I've even taken my ladies phone to get looked at....they didn't notice anything. Hope you get your problem resolved!:thumbup:
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I would not walk into a VZW store with a rooted phone looking for a refurb. Even if the rep is clueless and replaces your phone with a refurb phone, the refurb facility that gets your old phone will know it is rooted and charge your account several hundreds of dollars for the refurb'd phone that you got in the store. Then it is up to you to prove that it wasn't and try to get your old phone back.
Best thing to do is to do a recovery backup on the existing phone, return to stock, get a replacement, root, s-off, and install recovery, and restore the backup.
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I would not walk into a VZW store with a rooted phone looking for a refurb. Even if the rep is clueless and replaces your phone with a refurb phone, the refurb facility that gets your old phone will know it is rooted and charge your account several hundreds of dollars for the refurb'd phone that you got in the store. Then it is up to you to prove that it wasn't and try to get your old phone back.
Best thing to do is to do a recovery backup on the existing phone, return to stock, get a replacement, root, s-off, and install recovery, and restore the backup.
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When a phone is received by the refurb facility, the phone is checked for three things and if its Rooted/Unlocked isn't one of them. They simply check to see if the box that the device was sent in is damaged, if the phone has any physical damage, and if it powers on. I have friends that are/have been phone techs at Verizon and Sprint. All they do anyways is just reflash the phone. This is just my 2 cents and what I know. Now of you send a rooted/unlocked phone that has major damage you will be charged.... Not for root/unlocked reasons.
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When a phone is received by the refurb facility, the phone is checked for three things and if its Rooted/Unlocked isn't one of them. They simply check to see if the box that the device was sent in is damaged, if the phone has any physical damage, and if it powers on. I have friends that are/have been phone techs at Verizon and Sprint. All they do anyways is just reflash the phone. This is just my 2 cents and what I know. Now of you send a rooted/unlocked phone that has major damage you will be charged.... Not for root/unlocked reasons.
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Thanks for the advice. Love your speed3. I used to have a 2007, right when it came out. Awesome car :good:
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Thanks for the advice. Love your speed3. I used to have a 2007, right when it came out. Awesome car :good:
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Haha Thanks man. It's my baby. Fully bolted tuned on e85! Its a beast!
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