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Ok so I am aware that as of now there is no rollback from the leaked 2.1 to the original 1.5...I haven't seen anyone ask and I'm sorry if this is in the wrong section of the forum...my question is, is there anyway to just completely wipe the phone and reinstall with an image of 1.5. At this point my problems with 2.1 outweigh my want to retain my apps and what not. To reiterate I do not care about losing the information on my phone I just want 1.5 back, is there anyway at all to do this??? I can always reactivate and get my apps back.
if you're on a leak.. you already answered you own question. NO
if you're on OTA 2.1, yes you should be able to roll back to 1.5, I was.
your suggested method is a rollback
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I am pretty sure that this has been tried before... In fact Jemezelle (is that the right spelling?) has been trying everything they can think of to fix the issue at hand, and has had no avail.
The issue is that the bootloader was updated when you installed the leak, and that is what is preventing you from rolling back or reinstalling the 1.5 image or the root image.
What they are trying to do is reload the old bootloader to set everyone who has leak up for rooting or rolling back the phone.
how about this. im sure this is impossible but could we somehow wipe EVERTHING including Android os and the bootloader and start over again from scratch?
Nikolai2.1 said:
how about this. im sure this is impossible but could we somehow wipe EVERTHING including Android os and the bootloader and start over again from scratch?
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No, this is not possible.... if it were everyone on leak would have root at this point.
Ok so I know that this phone had to be blank at one point in time. As in there was no software on it at all. There has to be a way to return it to that state to reload any software you want on it. Maybe it would be an HTC internal program. Because they wipe them and reflash them all the time to refurbish them.
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Ok so I know that this phone had to be blank at one point in time. As in there was no software on it at all. There has to be a way to return it to that state to reload any software you want on it. Maybe it would be an HTC internal program. Because they wipe them and reflash them all the time to refurbish them.
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Exactly. any HTC people among us willing to be awesome?
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I used to have the leaked 2.1 on my Eris. I had the 3rd leak and went to the Verizon store after the 2.1 OTA came out and complained because I didn't have any audio output from my handset or speaker. They just gave me a replacement with 1.5 on it cause I told them that the OTA update to 2.1 was what caused the problem. I suggest trying to do that. Good luck.
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I used to have the leaked 2.1 on my Eris. I had the 3rd leak and went to the Verizon store after the 2.1 OTA came out and complained because I didn't have any audio output from my handset or speaker. They just gave me a replacement with 1.5 on it cause I told them that the OTA update to 2.1 was what caused the problem. I suggest trying to do that. Good luck.
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Totally. Fraud is cool. ...perfect user name by the way.
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Totally. Fraud is cool. ...perfect user name by the way.
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I can't say that I haven't done something like that myself. I figure, as long as the phone is in good condition, then that is the big deal, they can still sell it, and I have a phone that I can actually work with. Not only that, he might have actually had audio problems.. Which would normally be covered under the warranty.
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Totally. Fraud is cool. ...perfect user name by the way.
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It wasn't fraud. The 3rd leak is supposedly the same as the OTA. And my audio wouldn't work. Couldn't listen to music through the 3.5mm jack or the speaker, and I didn't get any sound when in calls. I had to reboot my phone every time I wanted to make a call.
is there a way i could cough short out cough my 3.5 mm jack so i could get a new phone?
1. Get an extension cord.
2. Cut cord in half, exposing bare wires.
3. Plug cord into electrical outlet.
4. While holding your phone, insert energized bare wires into phone's audio lack.
5. Profit!!
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petec920 said:
is there a way i could cough short out cough my 3.5 mm jack so i could get a new phone?
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that is fraud man , u really shouldnt post **** like that here , people get real pissed off
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1. Get an extension cord.
2. Cut cord in half, exposing bare wires.
3. Plug cord into electrical outlet.
4. While holding your phone, insert energized bare wires into phone's audio lack.
5. Profit!!
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Sir, that there, sir, is fraud. should not be posted in these forums, against the law, and against forum policy.
Wow ECLIPSE3 you got like no sense of humor. I would have to guess that was a joke. What idiot would run 110 volts of current through their phone. You need to lighten up Mr. High and mighty. And anyone that would try that make sure you got some good health insurance cause your going to get fried. But also I heard it works real good if you stand in a tub full of water when you do it. LMFAO
but really don't damage your phone to try to get a new one. It's an Eris give it time it will brick on its own. Ha
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Wow ECLIPSE3 you got like no sense of humor. I would have to guess that was a joke. What idiot would run 110 volts of current through their phone. You need to lighten up Mr. High and mighty. And anyone that would try that make sure you got some good health insurance cause your going to get fried. But also I heard it works real good if you stand in a tub full of water when you do it. LMFAO
but really don't damage your phone to try to get a new one. It's an Eris give it time it will brick on its own. Ha
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I think Eclipse was being sarcastic. FFS...
actually, i was being blunt. that is fraud to knowingly do that to a company or person. it actually is against the law. and talking about fraud is actually against forum policy.
I run a fine line between against the law, and walking the line. talk to me outside of the forums, and i will tell you all about it. talk to me in here, and i will follow the law, and forum policy, because it is what it is.
i do like a nice joke now and then, but when the user doesnt know when your joking about how to get a new phone, and actually giving him instructions, then that brings up a lot of questions. if you said something like "dont actually do this, as it could hurt yourself, and is against the law to defraud a company." that i would be find with that.
Thanks, and have a great day!
I've just become aware of the new replacement program for problem Fascinates. I've been reading the forums but it wasn't completely clear EXACTLY what i need to do in order to be offered a replacement. I bought my Fascinate on eBay like 3 months ago (pre-rooted with a Blackhole ROM i believe) and while i do like it, it does have it's share of issues. i get the phantom button press a lot, GPS is VERY slow to lock at times, i occasionally get random voicemails from calls i didn't know i missed, my screen timeout setting is constantly changing back to 15 secs when i set it to 2 minutes, and MMS rarely works.
so yea, from what i've read so far, it seems like i'm prime for a replacement. but i need to know first off, do i need to flash a stock rom or will it not matter? will i need to take it in and prove it's not working because it only has these issues sometimes and i may not be able to replicate on the spot? also what exactly do i need to say (and who do i call) in order to prompt them to offer me a new device? thanks in advance for the help and i apologize if this is explained somewhere already. i've looked and it just seems to mostly be people talking about their new phones and not how they actually got them.
1. Go to Walmart.
2. Buy knee pads and lip gloss.
3. Go to Verizon.
4. Put on knee pads and a good amount of lip gloss.
5. By now you should know where this is going.
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1. Go to Walmart.
2. Buy knee pads and lip gloss.
3. Go to Verizon.
4. Put on knee pads and a good amount of lip gloss.
5. By now you should know where this is going.
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seriously, i would like to know how to get this free upgrade.
Just act stupid and say your phone doesnt work right and yes u should change everythin to stock couz root voids your warranty. But sometimes they still replace even if i did it. But change back to be safe
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You may have a problem because you didn't get the phone directly from vzw & they can find that out. Also, they're getting hammered right now with people trying everything to get this deal whether they need it or not. Seems like they're becoming a little more stringent with their criteria. But I think the real problem for you is where you got the phone.
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seriously, i would like to know how to get this free upgrade.
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Ugh! I hope you get nothing. vzw knows YOU didn't buy the phone from them.
good day.
I wish I could tell you good news, but I've been down this road before. My hub bought a phone off ebay and found out something was wrong with it that same day it came in the mail. He went to Verizon and asked them if they could do anything and they said since he bought it from ebay they can't do anything. They are going to look into your account and know that you didn't get it from them, so I don't think you have any hopes at all getting it replaced.
You could however flash it back to stock and try...if you don't succeed...keep it stock and put it back on ebay. The fassy's are still selling for quite a bit and use that to purchase new phone.
well thanks for all the help. some people seem really offended but the only reason i even asked is because people on other forums said they traded in their eBay Fascinates and got the deal. i don't know if the warranty is transferable or not, but it's still been out less than a year and should be covered. also, there is no way they can tell i bought it on eBay either. the most they should be able to see is when i activated it and maybe track the ESN back to the original owner, still doesn't say i bought it on eBay. i didn't buy it directly from Verizon but the guy i bought it from did. people were even having success with phones bought from Best Buy.
You don't understand.... It's people like you taking advantage that makes it harder than it needs to be for people actually having problems and honestly want to return the phone...
It's people like you also who everyone thinks badly of in there heads and in the IRC xD
And you really don't think they can't tell where you bought it?
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chopper the dog said:
Ugh! I hope you get nothing. vzw knows YOU didn't buy the phone from them.
good day.
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Do you think it only has to be from an authorized retailer? I bought mine from Best Buy and they never even asked me where I got my phone. So maybe they can somehow tell if it was either bought from them OR an authorized dealer OR maybe the reps that I worked with didn't care.
They probably won't be doing swaps anymore because ED05 is official and ready.
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They probably won't be doing swaps anymore because ED05 is official and ready.
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For sure the swap ended yesterday due to the new ED05 update. Right now, they're only offering replacement Fassys. I was however, able to talk them to giving me an early upgrade for the trouble since I REALLY hate this phone. Better than nothing, and they were real cool.
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You don't understand.... It's people like you taking advantage that makes it harder than it needs to be for people actually having problems and honestly want to return the phone...
It's people like you also who everyone thinks badly of in there heads and in the IRC xD
And you really don't think they can't tell where you bought it?
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i understand perfectly. and don't you think your being a little extreme? it's not like my phone doesn't have issues. it WAS bought from Verizon and it has a warranty. so I didn't personally buy it from Verizon but what the hell difference does it make? if it's messing up and under warranty, they should fix it or give me a replacement. did you even read my original post? i said what was wrong with the phone so it's not like i'm making stuff up, i just wanted to know what they were listening for in order to qualify for the upgrade replacement since i have more than one issue. don't make me out to be the bad guy, read on other forums where people are just saying they have issues to get the upgrade when their phones work fine. i even saw one story where a store manager encouraged someone to say they were missing calls to get a Charge for free when the guy said he was saving money to replace his Fascinate. so it really falls on the reps to do their jobs anyway since they are supposed to actually check for issues, so isn't it their fault if they don't? i ended up not even calling anyway, so get off your high horse guy.
and no, i don't think they can tell where i bought it. they can most likely tell where it was originally purchased and see when and where it was activated and deactivated but how can they possibly know more than that? stop spreading propaganda.
call vzw and tell them the problem and theyll tell you if you are eligible for one
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call vzw and tell them the problem and theyll tell you if you are eligible for one
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i'll probably just wait for a new ROM based on the latest update now if that actually fixes the issues. sure the allure of a new device is intriguing (especially if it's free), but i don't dislike the phone, i just want it to work like it's supposed to.
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You don't understand.... It's people like you taking advantage that makes it harder than it needs to be for people actually having problems and honestly want to return the phone...
It's people like you also who everyone thinks badly of in there heads and in the IRC xD
And you really don't think they can't tell where you bought it?
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I love the holier than thou forum white knights. I swear you relative moralists leave no forum untouched with your auto-ego stroking.
Listen, everyone who owns a Fascinate and went through the OTA update process had the same issue with missed calls and texts. Furthermore, even custom ROMs (CM7 included) experienced this issue. Until now, there was no work around and not everyone is an XDA daily driver and knows that ED05 has been released. We all went through the exact same run around waiting for Froyo, I know I for one wasn't about to sit back and wait for this release to be pushed back 4-5 times. I took the free upgrade and I don't feel the least bit bad about it. I even posted the script that worked for me on the first try, because at the time ED05 had no firm release date and I feel like everyone pumping out $200 for a phone and $100+ a month deserves a product that won't cause them huge issues like the Fascinate caused for me. I lost thousands in sales because I missed calls and the Google Voice missed notification wouldn't show up for 15-20 minutes.
Bottom line is, don't try to crucify everyone that asks for help with this situation. Odds are they don't know about ED05 being released and they probably don't trust Samsung to get an update out on time because they never have. The only reason this one came so fast is because Verizon/Samsung were losing their asses on replacement costs.
TLDR: Don't be a ****.
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i'll probably just wait for a new ROM based on the latest update now if that actually fixes the issues. sure the allure of a new device is intriguing (especially if it's free), but i don't dislike the phone, i just want it to work like it's supposed to.
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+1 and I also would enjoy the better camera and front facing as well.
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Tell them you lost it somewhere where there is a high volume of people coming and going i.e the mall, hospital etc. if you have insurance on your phone you should be able to get a new one
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If you think you can call Verizon and say your phone is defective and expect them to send you something different then it wont happen.
1. You bought the phone off eBay, thus you no longer have a one year manufacture warranty.
2. Without the manufacture warranty they cant send you a replacement phone.
3. Your best option is to see if you have an upgrade or go through your insurance and see what kind of phone they will send you. You never know sometimes they send you UPGRADED phones!
To the people WHO ACTUALLY GOT THERE PHONE THROUGH VERIZON. If you are within a year and your phone is "defective" then you can call them and make it clear that you have done a full factory reset and everything you try doesn't work. They will then send you a replacement, it might be the same phone or you might get lucky and get an upgraded phone.
I work for Verizon and I've had customers come in with a Droid and manufacture sent them a Droid Three.
Folks, my SGS2 which I bought off ebay has severe voice problems. I think its in the hardware. On bluetooth I am clear, on the wired handsfree I am clear, on speaker phone its ok, its just the mobile mic where other party mostly can't here me. Decided to go for warranty repair and they have agreed to have a look even if I can't produce a receipt.
Now the question; I have tried many ROMS on it and currently its running CyanogenMod (overclocked), I can put the old stock rom in this but would they know I have had different (unofficial) roms before thus invalidating the warranty?
I have heard there is a counter which keeps going up as you flash new rom and a jig can be used to reset it? Is this true? Is jig really required here?
I don't want to keep this phone now, if they accept warranty fault then they will give me replacement which I will ebay and go for new nexus
help will be appreciated.
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Folks, my SGS2 which I bought off ebay has severe voice problems. I think its in the hardware. On bluetooth I am clear, on the wired handsfree I am clear, on speaker phone its ok, its just the mobile mic where other party mostly can't here me. Decided to go for warranty repair and they have agreed to have a look even if I can't produce a receipt.
Now the question; I have tried many ROMS on it and currently its running CyanogenMod (overclocked), I can put the old stock rom in this but would they know I have had different (unofficial) roms before thus invalidating the warranty?
I have heard there is a counter which keeps going up as you flash new rom and a jig can be used to reset it? Is this true? Is jig really required here?
I don't want to keep this phone now, if they accept warranty fault then they will give me replacement which I will ebay and go for new nexus
help will be appreciated.
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Warranty void if custom rom installed . Custom rom counter can be on the phone for no other reason .
jje
Yeah a jig will reset the counter, there a couple of pound on ebay, id prefer the s2 over nexus especially when it gets the ics update. Our hardware is superior
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You might want to change your username on XDA before the spambots pick up your email address, too.
David Horn said:
You might want to change your username on XDA before the spambots pick up your email address, too.
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Can I change my username?
ricey1986 said:
Yeah a jig will reset the counter, there a couple of pound on ebay, id prefer the s2 over nexus especially when it gets the ics update. Our hardware is superior
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So once jigged and reset to 0, applied old firmware and updated to the latest whatever offered by Kies will be as good as a phone which never had any custom rom on it?
Its just the HD screen I am after. Nexus doesn't look to me but HD resolution in that small factor will be brilliant.
Yes as far as im aware it will also give you stock recovery
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But from what I read here in various other thread you don't need to reset the counter they don't bother to check
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But from what I read here in various other thread you don't need to reset the counter they don't bother to check
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Better to be safe than sorry
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But from what I read here in various other thread you don't need to reset the counter they don't bother to check
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Fine dont bother but its expensive if they charge you and once again let me repeat that Samsung sent a service bulletin out covering rooting and custom roms and the fact that they invalidate warranty . Since when a custom rom counter has been added .
Yes we already know some service guys have not bothered to check but we also have posts indicating that warranty was refused .
User choice really but anyone that claims it does not matter should be prepared to pay the OPs costs if indeed it does accrue a bill .
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JJEgan said:
Fine dont bother but its expensive if they charge you and once again let me repeat that Samsung sent a service bulletin out covering rooting and custom roms and the fact that they invalidate warranty . Since when a custom rom counter has been added .
Yes we already know some service guys have not bothered to check but we also have posts indicating that warranty was refused .
User choice really but anyone that claims it does not matter should be prepared to pay the OPs costs if indeed it does accrue a bill .
jje
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Very true. Not worth the risk in my opinion considering a jig is just a few pounds on ebay. Hope there is no trace left one counter reset to 0. btw. my problem is quite common. Its design flaw in the mic which causes muffled voice. What do they do in this case, fix it or replace it? If fix it, how?
I am sure I won't be the first one to go thru this process, many would have gone thru this before me. Would anyone share the experience. How long I need to part from my phone?
I just got my replacement digitizer and LCD screen. Installed everything according to the guide in our forum. Screen works fine except now I think something may be wrong with my mic. Does anyone know which connector is for our microphone. I just double checked all the connections and they seem to be in correctly. I dont know what else to do.
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I just got my replacement digitizer and LCD screen. Installed everything according to the guide in our forum. Screen works fine except now I think something may be wrong with my mic. Does anyone know which connector is for our microphone. I just double checked all the connections and they seem to be in correctly. I dont know what else to do.
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If your rooted, perform a full wipe and flash a different rom. If you are not rooted or have already tried that, call sprint and get another.
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Yea now that u replaced the digitized take it to Sprint they can't say there is cosmetic damage anymore have them fix it
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Yea now that u replaced the digitized take it to Sprint they can't say there is cosmetic damage anymore have them fix it
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Well, and what to do in this case when there is no Sprint in Europe ? How can this issue be fixed ? Thanx a lot.
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Well, and what to do in this case when there is no Sprint in Europe ? How can this issue be fixed ? Thanx a lot.
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Not sure if this is helpful or not - but this person on another forum was complaining that he took his phone to sprint and they replaced his digitizer. After he left the store he called people and they couldn't hear him talk - something about his mic not working after sprint repaired it.
He ended up getting a new phone from sprint which in your case doesn't help. However maybe while replacing the screen you accidentally hit the microphone or something? Maybe since sprint did it also, its an easy thing to do.
you just unplugged the wire to the mic. lol or the connection isn't solid. btw, THIS THREAD WAS FROM LAST YEAR! lmao! but good job on searching. hahaha. but open it up and look for the mic and plug it back in? OR DO WHAT I DO, USE BLUETOOTH! I personally have a SOUND ID 6 SERIES! IT WORKS GREAT! best on the market! well, kindof anyway! lol. they were stupid and only put 2.1 bluetooth on it instead of 3.0 or 4.0. they were playing stupid.
Hi, my headphone jack seems to be broken, I can only hear volume in one ear, or not at all, unless I hold it in a certain, strange angle.
I've tried with a few different headsets, and it's the same thing. Problem is my phone is rooted, does that mean I'm screwed, and I have to pay a crapload to get it fixed?
Thanks
Are u sure....
Kennay said:
Hi, my headphone jack seems to be broken, I can only hear volume in one ear, or not at all, unless I hold it in a certain, strange angle.
I've tried with a few different headsets, and it's the same thing. Problem is my phone is rooted, does that mean I'm screwed, and I have to pay a crapload to get it fixed?
Thanks
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Are you 100% sure that you audio jack is broken...and not the earphone?...try another pair of earbuds.
Yeah, I've tried 3 headsets. Including my beloved sennheiser, all work fine on my PC.
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Yeah, I've tried 3 headsets. Including my beloved sennheiser, all work fine on my PC.
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Hey,
Got the same issue here.
And it's my second phone already (first had an issue with a screen).
I've called Samsung already (in Poland) and the guy there told me that "they have never faced such an issue with smartphone" - right...
I'll bringing my phone to Samsung just after my vacations and hope it will not take them a long time to fix it.
Generally speaking I have a feeling that Samsung's quality control is very poor.
I had this exact same issue and it was from start, and Samsung refused to replace it. Had to buy a new one even though I didn't want to buy another Samsung after how they treated me for the first time.......
That's odd. I've had the same exact issues before but it was always the earphones/headphones fault
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well this is extremely inconvenient.. just got the phone a little over a week ago..
Kennay said:
well this is extremely inconvenient.. just got the phone a little over a week ago..
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Well this may be a long shot but try cleaning the jack with fine tip cotton bud moistened with cleaning alcohol. Make sure your phones switched off with battery out until it dries
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Hmm, worth trying.
Will inform if it worked.
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I returned mine under warranty for repair. No issues since.
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Well.. mine is rooted, so I guess that leaves that out for me, right?
Unroot it, that basically means following these steps:
- Take a CWM Nandroid backup of your phone for easy restore when getting it back
- Use the app 'Triangle Away' to reset the binary flash counter
- Go to samfirmware.com and download your official ROM, then flash it through Odin
- Go to Samsung's standard recovery and factory-reset the phone. (Warning: will delete your whole phone!)
- Make sure Device Status is not 'Modfied', and return it for warranty