Guys, i want to install CM11 in my Galaxy SIII (GT-i9300) but i have affraid that in the future the phone may breaks and i need the warranty to repair it. So how much time do you think that i should wait before doing modifications to my phone. I bought my Galaxy SIII In the end of march 28 of march i think.
Please give me answers. I'm tired of this touchwizz crap being slow -.-
eskorpiao112 said:
Guys, i want to install CM11 in my Galaxy SIII (GT-i9300) but i have affraid that in the future the phone may breaks and i need the warranty to repair it. So how much time do you think that i should wait before doing modifications to my phone. I bought my Galaxy SIII In the end of march 28 of march i think.
Please give me answers. I'm tired of this touchwizz crap being slow -.-
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I think if you are confident enough to do the modifications you should do it, what can happen is a soft brick which can be fixed with Odin. Hardware bricks are rare. Though you should decide for yourself, the only thing I'm telling you is that there's no point to wait as long as you want to do it and you know what you're doing. If you need help you can ask me anytime
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I think if you are confident enough to do the modifications you should do it, what can happen is a soft brick which can be fixed with Odin. Hardware bricks are rare. Though you should decide for yourself, the only thing I'm telling you is that there's no point to wait as long as you want to do it and you know what you're doing. If you need help you can ask me anytime
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I have affraid of problems on hardware, like screen or touch that doesn't work or motherboard burned (sudden death problems for example)
Sudden death shouldn't be a problem with newer firmwares, but other hardware issues are relatively rare, so I'd go ahead my phone stayed stock for approximately 6 - 7 hours.
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ghostofcain said:
Sudden death shouldn't be a problem with newer firmwares, but other hardware issues are relatively rare, so I'd go ahead my phone stayed stock for approximately 6 - 7 hours.
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And your phone never had a problem with hardware?
No never. I had a SanDisk SD card fail on me, but that was replaced under warranty but nothing Samsung related.
But it's your warranty so bear in mind that they may reject any claim, although in the UK the fact that you've modified software does not give them the right to decline a hardware claim.
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ghostofcain said:
No never. I had a SanDisk SD card fail on me, but that was replaced under warranty but nothing Samsung related.
But it's your warranty so bear in mind that they may reject any claim, although in the UK the fact that you've modified software does not give them the right to decline a hardware claim.
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I am portuguese and i live in portugal. And i have affraid of losing the warrant and my phone brokes and i don't have warranty
eskorpiao112 said:
I am portuguese and i live in portugal. And i have affraid of losing the warrant and my phone brokes and i don't have warranty
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I don't think you should be that afraid of doing it. The chance of a fail is very low and the sudden death syndrome has been fixed long time ago. If you really want it, give it a shot... Personally I've never had any hardware related problems while flashing ROMs
And also the European buyer protection law is on your side
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I don't think you should be that afraid of doing it. The chance of a fail is very low and the sudden death syndrome has been fixed long time ago. If you really want it, give it a shot... Personally I've never had any hardware related problems while flashing ROMs
And also the European buyer protection law is on your side
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So you trust in that cyanogenmod installer?
eskorpiao112 said:
So you trust in that cyanogenmod installer?
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Actually I've never used it. I did the zip way xD
if you need help with that I can help you.
foggydisaster said:
Actually I've never used it. I did the zip way xD
if you need help with that I can help you.
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Thanks dude. I will think about doing that. I have many things to think and i have affraid of doing that :/
eskorpiao112 said:
Thanks dude. I will think about doing that. I have many things to think and i have affraid of doing that :/
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Just take your time in thinking... One can never think too much xD
foggydisaster said:
Just take your time in thinking... One can never think too much xD
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Ahah dude. I will wait more time for doing changes.
eskorpiao112 said:
Ahah dude. I will wait more time for doing changes.
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Sure, let me know what you decide
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Sure, let me know what you decide
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Okay dude. Thanks for the help!
foggydisaster said:
Actually I've never used it. I did the zip way xD
if you need help with that I can help you.
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I'm with you there, if you do it by hand you should have a better idea of what is going on, and imho if you don't have the time to learn what's involved then you should query whether you really want to go down the custom root
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I'm with you there, if you do it by hand you should have a better idea of what is going on, and imho if you don't have the time to learn what's involved then you should query whether you really want to go down the custom root
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I usually install custom roms on my phones but this phone was expensive and i dont want to lose the warranty
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eskorpiao112 said:
I usually install custom roms on my phones but this phone was expensive and i dont want to lose the warranty
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Then don't do it, although I went custom route from day 1 I was using stock based roms until recently, this is the first Android device I actually felt comfortable using stock even if it was a little flabby.
Stick a launcher on and look around here there is a lot you can do without even rooting your device, there really is no hurry to do anything.
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Then don't do it, although I went custom route from day 1 I was using stock based roms until recently, this is the first Android device I actually felt comfortable using stock even if it was a little flabby.
Stick a launcher on and look around here there is a lot you can do without even rooting your device, there really is no hurry to do anything.
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Yes. And with the update cancelled i will wait for some update.
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when u are ready to root and flash custom rom, flash a custom recovery like cwm too. NANDROID BACK UP straight away after flashing custom recovery. The cyanogenmod installer is safe to use. I have personally used it and it was smooth. Back up ur efs too. If u dun know wat is efs, go read on it. Good luck rooting and flashing. It is safe unless u dun follow instructions or read carefully.
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My International Siii got the Sudden Death thing but after playing around with it i got to get it to the download mode tried to flash a rom using odin but it did not take it i tried doing it again and again and i have used lots of roms including one with pit but it did not work
any thing i can do to fix this sudden death with a twist ?? oh and i cant get to the recovery and i have really tried
Thanks
screener72 said:
My International Siii got the Sudden Death thing but after playing around with it i got to get it to the download mode tried to flash a rom using odin but it did not take it i tried doing it again and again and i have used lots of roms including one with pit but it did not work
any thing i can do to fix this sudden death with a twist ?? oh and i cant get to the recovery and i have really tried
Thanks
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If you can get into recovery mode try the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488 you might be able to install a stock rom.
colint3 said:
If you can get into recovery mode try the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488 you might be able to install a stock rom.
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He wrote he can't get into recovery? ...
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screener72 said:
My International Siii got the Sudden Death thing but after playing around with it i got to get it to the download mode tried to flash a rom using odin but it did not take it i tried doing it again and again and i have used lots of roms including one with pit but it did not work
any thing i can do to fix this sudden death with a twist ?? oh and i cant get to the recovery and i have really tried
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I had the same as you mate.
There is nothing you can do at the moment.
There are several guys with this problem.
When you try to flash a rom,odin gives you a pit file error,right.
The battery is not charging,right.
You can't pass the first screen,right.
I brought mine to a repair center and they say the whole screen must be replaced,WTF.
Cost:216 euros.
I wait for a solution here on xda.
Perhaps JTAG helps
painterceessie said:
I had the same as you mate.
There is nothing you can do at the moment.
There are several guys with this problem.
When you try to flash a rom,odin gives you a pit file error,right.
The battery is not charging,right.
You can't pass the first screen,right.
I brought mine to a repair center and they say the whole screen must be replaced,WTF.
Cost:216 euros.
I wait for a solution here on xda.
Perhaps JTAG helps
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This is exactly what I have . . . And it happen to lots of people I know they had to change the motherboard
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Went today to to lots of shops and one of them was Samsung official repair center and wow wow wow the price to fix it is 335$ if I add 15$ more I can get the nexus 4
Is that normal ?
Really there no cheaper way to fix it I'm ok with 150$ but not at a price of a new phone
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screener72 said:
Went today to to lots of shops and one of them was Samsung official repair center and wow wow wow the price to fix it is 335$ if I add 15$ more I can get the nexus 4
Is that normal ?
Really there no cheaper way to fix it I'm ok with 150$ but not at a price of a new phone
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What did they tell you,screen or motherboard.
In my case they say the screen.
Warranty sucks by samsung.
I was not rooted,just stock.
Sorry mate to hear that bad news,we can shake hands.
F..k samsung.
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Warranty sucks by samsung.
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Isn't it a 2 year warranty in NL? How does that "suck"?
painterceessie they told me that it was most probably the motherboard but after talking with the very big tech person there he told me even if it was a boot-loader problem they have to change the board for me as my device is not from the the same country coz they cant write a new boot-loader "samsung rules"
and after checking my IMEI number he told me they will have to get an approval from samsung something office anyway and after asking and asking and asking if it was stolen or something like that he told me no . . . thank god he really scared me
to clear things up i got this unit as a gift from someone in samsung "friend of a friend' before the official market date
im looking for someone that has JTAG to try and fix this
but for your unit i dont think it would be the screen if you can go into download mode and see it then the screen would be ok . . . i think
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painterceessie they told me that it was most probably the motherboard but after talking with the very big tech person there he told me even if it was a boot-loader problem they have to change the board for me as my device is not from the the same country coz they cant write a new boot-loader "samsung rules"
and after checking my IMEI number he told me they will have to get an approval from samsung something office anyway and after asking and asking and asking if it was stolen or something like that he told me no . . . thank god he really scared me
to clear things up i got this unit as a gift from someone in samsung "friend of a friend' before the official market date
im looking for someone that has JTAG to try and fix this
but for your unit i dont think it would be the screen if you can go into download mode and see it then the screen would be ok . . . i think
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Thanks mate.
I known now I have the brick bug.
Faulty emmc chip,JTAG doesn't help,you must change the motherboard
And yes I can get into download mode,not recovery.
I will call samsung today here in the netherlands.
painterceessie said:
Thanks mate.
I known now I have the brick bug.
Faulty emmc chip,JTAG doesn't help,you must change the motherboard
And yes I can get into download mode,not recovery.
I will call samsung today here in the netherlands.
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I have JTAG, but like you said, it will not help. There are very little chances to repair the boot and write the emmc. And you don't realy nead an JTAG box to try to repair it. But it can't be done at home also .
painterceessie said:
Thanks mate.
I known now I have the brick bug.
Faulty emmc chip,JTAG doesn't help,you must change the motherboard
And yes I can get into download mode,not recovery.
I will call samsung today here in the netherlands.
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You have warranty so that would not be a problem unless your binary counter shows that you have installed something on it
Good luck and all the best
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ZiDanRO said:
I have JTAG, but like you said, it will not help. There are very little chances to repair the boot and write the emmc. And you don't realy nead an JTAG box to try to repair it. But it can't be done at home also .
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Thanks man
I did not know that but after going around today I know that it would not work
I'm going to change the motherboard
I found one for 150$ . . . I think I'm going to go for it
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i have the same problem peeps, however i can get inside cwm recovery , i can charge, if i pass the first screen, it reaches samsung blue logo animation but freezes at it, i tried flashing stock rom still cant boot , when i am inside cwm, i cant mount /sdcard nor /data.. any idea ??
nullkuhl said:
i have the same problem peeps, however i can get inside cwm recovery , i can charge, if i pass the first screen, it reaches samsung blue logo animation but freezes at it, i tried flashing stock rom still cant boot , when i am inside cwm, i cant mount /sdcard nor /data.. any idea ??
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I'm no expert but if we take the worst case scenario it would be that your memory is dead
I would try to flash a Rom with 4 files and see what happens
What kind of S3 do you have international or US ?
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screener72 said:
I'm no expert but if we take the worst case scenario it would be that your memory is dead
I would try to flash a Rom with 4 files and see what happens
What kind of S3 do you have international or US ?
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I have international S3, but i cant find a rom with 4 files.
screener72 said:
You have warranty so that would not be a problem unless your binary counter shows that you have installed something on it
Good luck and all the best
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I found a main board for 100 euros.
I try this,if it doesn't work I go to a high building and let it smash upon the ground.
You to good luck.
nullkuhl said:
I have international S3, but i cant find a rom with 4 files.
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I will try to find one
I had one . . . But I really don't know where I placed it
Try to format the phone from recovery clear cash and then try to boot
painterceessie said:
I found a main board for 100 euros.
I try this,if it doesn't work I go to a high building and let it smash upon the ground.
You to good luck.
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If you change the motherboard the phone has to work . . . There are only 2 things in the phone the motherboard and the screen that's it
Best of luck to you
I'm just thinking if I do change the motherboard and this thing happens again . . . I would really hate Samsung
screener72 said:
I will try to find one
I had one . . . But I really don't know where I placed it
Try to format the phone from recovery clear cash and then try to boot
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tried that already, but the problem is i cant mount /data or /sdcard in recovery, so i cant format them either..
i tried clearing both caches but still same results..
Mods...please delete
What real difference is there to you? Technically no you cant yet return to actual stock, but for all purposes i can think of deleting the root from the rooted images is the same thing, what does it actually matter to you?
LordRalh3 said:
What real difference is there to you? Technically no you cant yet return to actual stock, but for all purposes i can think of deleting the root from the rooted images is the same thing, what does it actually matter to you?
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wow Dude..lay off the coffee....Usually you CAN return to complete stock IE moto phones i have had. i was just "wondering"
Gees
Never say never
It will be possible in the near future to return to 100% stock.
adrynalyne said:
Never say never
It will be possible in the near future to return to 100% stock.
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Thanks Adrynalyne! You da Man
dvigue said:
Thanks Adrynalyne! You da Man
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Not me. Someone else is
ahh...ok, well you are still da man.. coming soon you think?
dvigue said:
ahh...ok, well you are still da man.. coming soon you think?
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Yeah. I don't know exactly when, but I feel confident it will be soon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040264
Told ya
Not sure what you mean about lay off... I honestly want to know what difference it made to you... Why not having an "official" stock would make you not want a ROM or a rooted image, and yes i know they are usually available i come from moto myself and have sbf'd back to actual stock many many times
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Not sure what you mean about lay off... I honestly want to know what difference it made to you... Why not having an "official" stock would make you not want a ROM or a rooted image, and yes i know they are usually available i come from moto myself and have sbf'd back to actual stock many many times
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When your EFS is missing, its a big freaking difference
Which is a very real issue in one of the development threads.
since the past 4-5 days my i9300 ha sstarted to hang very badly and i cnt do anything about it. only way 2 restart it is by doing a battery pull-up. kindly help me.
even after i reset my mem card n cell still problem persists..
Use this app sounds like SDS, it'll check the chip and you know is it "SDS" straight away. If says "Insane" you're screwed
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djembey said:
Use this app sounds like SDS, it'll check the chip and you know is it "SDS" straight away. If says "Insane" you're screwed
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Hi djembey, and do you think that it might be the cause even if I have the ROM with Samsung patch installed? For SGS3 it is XXELLA. It started to freeze/stuck last Saturday, sometimes it restarts without my intervention, sometimes i had to do it myself.
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Frostik
You may have a look to this post. Hope it could help you.
BR.
Yes it does say insane chip. what do i do now. i have it within warranty. shall i get it replaced.
@leinad - my s3 isnt rooted..
leinad said:
You may have a look to this post. Hope it could help you.
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Hi leinad, I lagfixed the partitions, restarted, did a call and the phone stuck again - it did not even turned on the screen. Works again after restart (loooong press of Power button). I think I'll have to send it to repair center.
Best regards
Frostik
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rahuliyer said:
Yes it does say insane chip. what do i do now. i have it within warranty. shall i get it replaced.
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Yes, it says insane chip. Memory check passed without errors. I have the ROM that should have applied the Samsung patch for this chip, but I think it fixes only the hard dead. It stucks with both, rooted and unrooted ROMs, I did many Odin reinstalls during last few days. I tried even a very old 4.0.4 and it also did not work correctly. I think it froze even with pure install after factory reset, I have to back it up and try once again.
You're both very unlucky. Insane chip mean SDS sooner or later. I'll use warranty to get replacement. Samsung reckons that in new Kernel is fix for it but people still reporting dead S3's.
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Hi djembey,
I fixed it for now by factory reset and Titanium restore, but I think it will be better to send it to service.
Thank you
Frostik
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Hi djembey, and do you think that it might be the cause even if I have the ROM with Samsung patch installed? For SGS3 it is XXELLA. It started to freeze/stuck last Saturday, sometimes it restarts without my intervention, sometimes i had to do it myself.
Thanks
Frostik
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try full wiping your phone and install a new rom exclude XXELLA build because it's one the versions that cause hanging
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djembey said:
You're both very unlucky. Insane chip mean SDS sooner or later. I'll use warranty to get replacement. Samsung reckons that in new Kernel is fix for it but people still reporting dead S3's.
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I'm with the SDS model but it says sane chip. Does it mean it will turn insane sooner or later even with the kernel fix?
Useful information Im fowarding
http://www.techzene.com/how-to-disable-knox-service/1946/
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Thank you. AFAIK there is no KNOX app on I9200 & I9205 and it is not expected even in 4.4
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Thank you. AFAIK there is no KNOX app on I9200 & I9205 and it is not expected even in 4.4
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I hope sammy dont mess with that crap on 4.4 bcuz that would screw up everyones dreams...and future development of our MegaTron...
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Someone should jump on this development on our megatron.... I wish I knew how and had the proper equipment cause I'd do my best to crank out Roms cause I'm a flash a holiday.... It's killing me
2SHAYNE-MeGa
shayneflashindaily said:
Someone should jump on this development on our megatron.... I wish I knew how and had the proper equipment cause I'd do my best to crank out Roms cause I'm a flash a holiday.... It's killing me
2SHAYNE-MeGa
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Lol you don't say...
And Stuck with the Mega 'till next summer since I'm on a new policy of not changing phones every 3 month...
oh, the agony!
It appears after some research random hard bricking of 6P is a pandemic. Mine apparently died yesterday for no reason and it appears I am not alone.
Mine was 2 months out of warranty and huwawi want to distance themselves from this issue. I have tried in vein to recover my phone. However I have since learned a software glitch cooks the motherboard rendering it a write off. mine recently did a update 4 days before the failure.
Can people post there experience because I am not letting this go without a fight. I am tired of expensive substandard tech being pushed upon us.
Can your phone still boot into its bootloader? If it can then your 6P isn't dead yet: https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guide-fix-nexus-6p-bootloop-death-blod-t3640279
Go here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/howtos-debrick-nexus-6p-stuck-edl-9008-t3552838
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Go here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/howtos-debrick-nexus-6p-stuck-edl-9008-t3552838
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Phone is totally dead , no boot loader, nothing works
mintminty59 said:
Phone is totally dead , no boot loader, nothing works
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Of course that is why called brick [emoji847][emoji23]
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Of course that is why called brick [emoji847][emoji23]
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I understand that, but its a real problem im gathering evidence. its no coicedance its always after a patch or just outside warranty