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Here's the link for it:
http://deals.t-mobile.com/fathers-day?cm_mmc_o=VqCjC-czywEwllCjCdzftwylpzYwMwEfCjCVy5ywzEEBAEgwFwEf
Apparently from the 15-16th Tmobile is making ALL 4G phones free.
The catch is that it's free after MIR though.
So in the end it's free but in the beginning you pay out of pocket.
Anyway just thought I'd share this for anyone that might have friends and family that might switch now.
Or for anyone that wants to add a line to their current plan.
Cheers!
Haven't seen you post here in a while. Welcome back! lol
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Haven't seen you post here in a while. Welcome back! lol
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Hey hasoon! Yeah it's been about...5 or 6 months I'd say.
I had to sell my Amaze back in Jan/Feb due to some money issue but recently my sister (who also got an Amaze) took her ex boyfriend's phone back and gave it to me, for free!
So now I have an Amaze and I'm back on the forums!
Unlocked and rooted using your tool by the way.
Thanks a lot for that bro.
Made it so easy for me lol.
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Hey hasoon! Yeah it's been about...5 or 6 months I'd say.
I had to sell my Amaze back in Jan/Feb due to some money issue but recently my sister (who also got an Amaze) took her ex boyfriend's phone back and gave it to me, for free!
So now I have an Amaze and I'm back on the forums!
Unlocked and rooted using your tool by the way.
Thanks a lot for that bro.
Made it so easy for me lol.
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Great to see you back! You missed a lot of the action that happened in our wicked and weird community lol. But it's nice to see you like my tool =D
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Great to see you back! You missed a lot of the action that happened in our wicked and weird community lol. But it's nice to see you like my tool =D
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Yeah apparently I did miss a lot.
Couple of things I noticed with X and Binary...not going to ask though since I wasn't there don't see a reason to dig up old news.
It's just nice to see how far we've come though since the beginning.
And now we even have S-Off. It's AMAZE-ing.
nguyendqh said:
Yeah apparently I did miss a lot.
Couple of things I noticed with X and Binary...not going to ask though since I wasn't there don't see a reason to dig up old news.
It's just nice to see how far we've come though since the beginning.
And now we even have S-Off. It's AMAZE-ing.
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Long story with them.
We had the ICS Leak for a while. ICS Leak and S-off came within days apart. Over the same weekend if I am not mistaken. I am a Recognized Dev from all of my toolkits.
Sadly, we still don't have much ROMs
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Long story with them.
We had the ICS Leak for a while. ICS Leak and S-off came within days apart. Over the same weekend if I am not mistaken. I am a Recognized Dev from all of my toolkits.
Sadly, we still don't have much ROMs
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Honestly I'm ok with stock at the moment, although I would like to remove all this TMobile bloatware.
On your Toolkit video I saw a link to remove bloatware, however when I downloaded the tool. I didn't see it anymore.
These Tmobile apps are annoying me just seeing them in my app drawer.
Anyway I'm thinking about giving Energy ROM a try because I've been reading some pretty good things about it.
OK I am receiving a di4g today to replace my stratosphere which whent belly up. it is like new replacement
so I am confused. I see roms but i see things in the forum like "NO ROOT YET" so which is it.
I chose this over the nexus because I wanted a global phone and the repo told me it would be a global phone.
so I assume that it will have the update "yes?"
is that why there is no root yet.. ie the old one had a root the update does not.
can someone explain in nutshell the 'state of the phone'
Had root. Root go away. Root coming back soon.
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Had root. Root go away. Root coming back soon.
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Aptly put.
Also, the newest update allows our phone to be a used globally, but it didn't take away root, Verizon stopped allowing our phone to be unlocked via HTCDev a week after it came out. We're about to have S-OFF, which will re-enable root.
The first few weeks htc dev site allowed people to unlock their phones and install a recovery and roms. After that it was disabled and the reason is up for debate still. Recently an exploit has been found and root was achieved. Now people are just waiting on the tool to be released by that dev team that allows s off and root.
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ok so to whom do I donate to get the tool 'appreciated'
when I orders the phone i saw that it was rooted. an unrooted phone seems just awful. but i can us it that way for a while.
if it too long I will send it back and get a galaxy nexus, and forgo global and the ability to use my sd card
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ok so to whom do I donate to get the tool 'appreciated'
when I orders the phone i saw that it was rooted. an unrooted phone seems just awful. but i can us it that way for a while.
if it too long I will send it back and get a galaxy nexus, and forgo global and the ability to use my sd card
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to get the tool appreciated?
Please wait patiently...
others have been waiting for a while now, and not too mention this phone is basically Verizon's dead horse, so we are VERY lucky that I was able to even get the team to put in their free time to get the tool made.
They are making the tool. Root IS confirmed along with S-OFF.
ONCE the tool is SAFE, then they will release. THEN you can donate to their team, they specifically ask that you DO NOT donate until the tool IS released.
They are doing this on their free time for a phone they do not own.
I spent about 8+ hours total of my time as well with the team letting them remote access straight into the phone thanks to a root exploit found in the new 2.17xxx OTA update found by superdave, that I passed on to the team which they then were able to successfully attain S-OFF, on two Incredible 4G phones, one completely stock like yours, and one that was previously rooted by HTCDev unlock tool before that option got taken away.
The only thing you can do is to please wait patiently, and when the tool is released, please donate to them then. If you want to trade up for a Galaxy Nexus if the tool isn't released quick enough for you that's your choice, this is a great community though and we'd love to have you stay with us.
Thank you,
Andy.
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ok so to whom do I donate to get the tool 'appreciated'
when I orders the phone i saw that it was rooted. an unrooted phone seems just awful. but i can us it that way for a while.
if it too long I will send it back and get a galaxy nexus, and forgo global and the ability to use my sd card
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andybones needs credit for raising the funds for a test phone then working with the group that will deliver S-OFF, helping nitsuj17 with 2 amazing ROMs, and patiently responding to everyone's questions. i'm not saying that we shouldn't donate to the S-OFF group, but andybones doesn't take credit, but credit is due.
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andybones needs credit for raising the funds for a test phone then working with the group that will deliver S-OFF, helping nitsuj17 with 2 amazing ROMs, and patiently responding to everyone's questions. i'm not saying that we shouldn't donate to the S-OFF group, but andybones doesn't take credit, but credit is due.
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i second that!
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andybones needs credit for raising the funds for a test phone then working with the group that will deliver S-OFF, helping nitsuj17 with 2 amazing ROMs, and patiently responding to everyone's questions. i'm not saying that we shouldn't donate to the S-OFF group, but andybones doesn't take credit, but credit is due.
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i second that!
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"Sorry, you are limited to 8 thanks per day" = lol or I'd give a proper "thanks"
Very much appreciated guys!
I only helped Nit with 1 ROM though and he did the majority of the work, and 100% of the next update on the new base thus far (he is killin it! and is a true pleasure for me to be able to work with.) so I can't take too much credit there, but I do appreciated the acknowledgment, you guys donated just as much as I did, I just spent the time with the guys, having a community as awesome and understanding as this one is like a once in a decade kinda thing :good:
It's hurting me just as badly not having the S-OFF tool out, I can't wait for everyone to be able to use their phone the way it's intended to be used..
the way you want it to be!!
I'm also very thankful to superdave for recognizing that the new RUU has an old exploit and the unlimited.io team are simply amazing people, as soon as I mentioned the exploit I asked them if it's something they could work with or had the time to check out, and without a pause they replied to install the RUU, and come back tmw (since they are in wayy tiff diff zone than myself) and the next 4 days straight the worked with me and are such nice people to work with and all the hours made it worth it looking down to see S-OFF, and knowing that what could have been a failed phone be what it deserves to be.
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to get the tool appreciated?
Please wait patiently...
others have been waiting for a while now, and not too mention this phone is basically Verizon's dead horse, so we are VERY lucky that I was able to even get the team to put in their free time to get the tool made.
They are making the tool. Root IS confirmed along with S-OFF.
Andy.
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I think my tone was taken the wrong way. by appreciated I meant I want to donate because I appreciate the work of devs.
i am patient and not trying to rush. I know not to ask for eta's (inst that rule 1) rule 2 is donate, rule 3 is always supply a log cats
o and this is less of a red headed step child than the stratosphere. (can't even get a forum on xda)
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to get the tool appreciated?
Please wait patiently...Galaxy Nexus if the tool isn't released quick enough for you that's your choice, this is a great community though and we'd love to have you stay with us.
Thank you,
Andy.
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I have been on xda for a while now always helping when I could.
I actually think this phone is a better fit for me (global) , better camera and an removable storage and I am able to be patient. I was just confused when I saw roms and then saw posts saying no root yet. also I have not been pleased with my Samsung phone in the past. they feel cheap. i thought I would try the htc.
why can't all phone feel like the palm treos. nice small heavy
treo
dcooterfrog said:
I have been on xda for a while now always helping when I could.
I actually think this phone is a better fit for me (global) , better camera and an removable storage and I am able to be patient. I was just confused when I saw roms and then saw posts saying no root yet. also I have not been pleased with my Samsung phone in the past. they feel cheap. i thought I would try the htc.
why can't all phone feel like the palm treos. nice small heavy
treo
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hope I didn't come off as a **** or anything, very happy to have you here in the community! hopefully the tool is released sooner than later.
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hope I didn't come off as a **** or anything, very happy to have you here in the community! hopefully the tool is released sooner than later.
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you didn't I was worried I did. so thanks for the welcome to di4g
I will pay you $100 to help me root my phone. We will use Teamviewer and Teamspeak/Skype/Vent or any kind of VOIP program. I would like you to talk me through the steps. Who's up for it? I will even pay you 1st.
Do you have the new ota
DROID DNA 5
No I have the version 1. I defered the update.
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No I have the version 1. I defered the update.
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I'll do it for you right now I do these all the time.
Novakingwai said:
No I have the version 1. I defered the update.
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My advice to you is to watch the videos by Owen Beals in the dev thread... I'm saying this because you should have an idea what's going on so you don't have to pay for things easy enough to do them yourself.. There is instructions laid out there step by step. A man could lose a lot of money paying for each and every step to freeing their phone, root, unlock, and s- off.. When instructions are followed it's easy
DROID DNA 5
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I'll do it for you right now I do these all the time.
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Your the man, help this guy out..
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My advice to you is to watch the videos by Owen Beals in the dev thread... I'm saying this because you should have an idea what's going on so you don't have to pay for things easy enough to do them yourself.. There is instructions laid out there step by step. A man could lose a lot of money paying for each and every step to freeing their phone, root, unlock, and s- off.. When instructions are followed it's easy
DROID DNA 5
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I have tried watching videos. I usually enjoy figuring things out myself. The problem is that so many of these videos are months outdated, the links to download the files are dead, and they skip some basic steps assuming you've rooted before.
Charles
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I will pay you $100 to help me root my phone. We will use Teamviewer and Teamspeak/Skype/Vent or any kind of VOIP program. I would like you to talk me through the steps. Who's up for it? I will even pay you 1st.
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Charles has done MANY remote setups and troubleshootins for me and many others over the years
spent alot of late nights working on stuff that I messed up...he is a pit bull that dont give up until its done
and he follows up with ya after a bit to make sure its all perfect
besides that he's just a cool dude...he's kinda like the android yoda
ive said this to him many many times....and ill say it again......
THANK YOU
Rob
Wow, $100 for ~20 minutes worth of work? I don't know how I feel about someone making triple digits following a few instructions while the guys who made it all possible are just begging for donations...
Charlies The Man thanks so much! He did much more than just installed it for me. He walked me through it, helped me set up some things, and he offered his contact info for future help!
He didn't even want the whole $100. So I'm splitting 1/2 to him and 1/2 to the developers of the ROM, b/c so far the 10 minutes that I've played with it I'm so much happier than the stock Verizon crap.
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Charlies The Man thanks so much! He did much more than just installed it for me. He walked me through it, helped me set up some things, and he offered his contact info for future help!
He didn't even want the whole $100. So I'm splitting 1/2 to him and 1/2 to the developers of the ROM, b/c so far the 10 minutes that I've played with it I'm so much happier than the stock Verizon crap.
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And that's what XDA is all about. We were all a noob once, sometimes people forget this. When you become an elite developer hopefully you'll remember this thread
hi everyone! I am seeking your expertise as I came upon this forum trying to help my son fix his phone. He's only 11 years old- but as we call him at home our "tech guy". He got a brand new HTC One M8 yesterday and 3 hours later - the phone was "bricked" as I have been told. Apparently, (these are his words) he "unlocked the bootloader using HTCdev, then flashed twrp, then flashed supersu.zip.
I have no idea what any of that means but apparently he did something wrong because his phone is not working and we don't know how to fix it. If you have any compassion for a frustrated Mom who's trying not to be angry with her son -- I would appreciate any advice you can give on how to fix this.
I have attached a picture of what the phone looks like when we turn it on. Not sure how to get picture in post.
Thanks a bunch!!
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hi everyone! I am seeking your expertise as I came upon this forum trying to help my son fix his phone. He's only 11 years old- but as we call him at home our "tech guy". He got a brand new HTC One M8 yesterday and 3 hours later - the phone was "bricked" as I have been told. Apparently, (these are his words) he "unlocked the bootloader using HTCdev, then flashed twrp, then flashed supersu.zip.
I have no idea what any of that means but apparently he did something wrong because his phone is not working and we don't know how to fix it. If you have any compassion for a frustrated Mom who's trying not to be angry with her son -- I would appreciate any advice you can give on how to fix this.
I have attached a picture of what the phone looks like when we turn it on. Not sure how to get picture in post.
Thanks a bunch!!
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I'm going to venture to guess that the process will be entirely too long and tedious for someone not well versed to follow and could potential end in disaster. The phone isn't bricked since the main recovery menu pops up. I'd suggest looking on craigslist for someone locally to help you guys out. Unless someone here can offer a quick fix, i'd much rather you find someone that has experience to fix this in person. Sorry if that's not the answer you were looking for but that would probably be your best bet
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hi everyone! I am seeking your expertise as I came upon this forum trying to help my son fix his phone. He's only 11 years old- but as we call him at home our "tech guy". He got a brand new HTC One M8 yesterday and 3 hours later - the phone was "bricked" as I have been told. Apparently, (these are his words) he "unlocked the bootloader using HTCdev, then flashed twrp, then flashed supersu.zip.
I have no idea what any of that means but apparently he did something wrong because his phone is not working and we don't know how to fix it. If you have any compassion for a frustrated Mom who's trying not to be angry with her son -- I would appreciate any advice you can give on how to fix this.
I have attached a picture of what the phone looks like when we turn it on. Not sure how to get picture in post.
Thanks a bunch!!
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Check your pm
UPDATE
Thank you for your responses! Much appreciated. Believe it or not - this kid fixed it all by himself. Basically (remember I am not technical) he unlocked the boot loader then flashed a ROM onto an SD card and was able to load. Don't think I worded correctly - but it's fixed and working fine. WHEW!!
I will certainly keep the info to this forum handy because something tells me that I will be visiting again with this child..................
Have a great evening!!
p.s. I typed the wrong key -- he's 12 not 11
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Thank you for your responses! Much appreciated. Believe it or not - this kid fixed it all by himself. Basically (remember I am not technical) he unlocked the boot loader then flashed a ROM onto an SD card and was able to load. Don't think I worded correctly - but it's fixed and working fine. WHEW!!
I will certainly keep the info to this forum handy because something tells me that I will be visiting again with this child..................
Have a great evening!!
p.s. I typed the wrong key -- he's 12 not 11
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I started getting into ROMs your sons age. I am 15 now. I have hard bricked a Motorola Atrix 2, meaning it won't turn on at all. That's cool your son is a tech wizard too, it will do him a lot of good and a lot of bad. You should educate him about Ubuntu and let him screw with that on a PC. Much safer messing with a computer than a phone. Anyways, glad he got it working. ?
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I started getting into ROMs your sons age. I am 15 now. I have hard bricked a Motorola Atrix 2, meaning it won't turn on at all. That's cool your son is a tech wizard too, it will do him a lot of good and a lot of bad. You should educate him about Ubuntu and let him screw with that on a PC. Much safer messing with a computer than a phone. Anyways, glad he got it working. ?
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Me too! Im 14 now.
The M8 is my first android phone and custom roms seem to get better and better.
The phone was not "bricked", and you are using the term improperly. Your son simply did something to make the phone unable to boot into the Android operating system. This state is usually easy to recover from, as long as the proper steps are known. So that is not a brick.
Itis of course your choice whether to let your kid modify (mod) your phone in such ways. And part of the modding process is always going to involve some hiccups (for even the most experienced users) and figuring out how to fix them. So I'm glad your son figured it out.
On the other hand, both you and he should be fully aware (if not already) that modding the phone may void the warranty, and also permanent damage (a true "brick") is possible if he doesn't fully understand what he is doing. Such damage is not covered by warranty.
To the OP (original poster), please do not create multiple thread asking the same question.
Its against forum rules, and makes it super confusing for those trying to help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2750602
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hi everyone! I am seeking your expertise as I came upon this forum trying to help my son fix his phone. He's only 11 years old- but as we call him at home our "tech guy". He got a brand new HTC One M8 yesterday and 3 hours later - the phone was "bricked" as I have been told. Apparently, (these are his words) he "unlocked the bootloader using HTCdev, then flashed twrp, then flashed supersu.zip.
I have no idea what any of that means but apparently he did something wrong because his phone is not working and we don't know how to fix it. If you have any compassion for a frustrated Mom who's trying not to be angry with her son -- I would appreciate any advice you can give on how to fix this.
I have attached a picture of what the phone looks like when we turn it on. Not sure how to get picture in post.
Thanks a bunch!!
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You got your 11-year-old a $700 smartphone. What did you think would happen? Why in the world does a kid that young even need a smartphone?
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I started getting into ROMs your sons age. I am 15 now. I have hard bricked a Motorola Atrix 2, meaning it won't turn on at all. That's cool your son is a tech wizard too, it will do him a lot of good and a lot of bad. You should educate him about Ubuntu and let him screw with that on a PC. Much safer messing with a computer than a phone. Anyways, glad he got it working. ?
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I agree about his technical skills being alot of good and bad! We've had our share with him-- I won't bore you with the lists. My husband is the tech guy (of course he was away on business when this happened) and he understands his quest for knowledge and how much he loves this stuff - -says it's how he learns. Hubby has given him some old laptops and ipods and he sure has fun with those!
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You got your 11-year-old a $700 smartphone. What did you think would happen? Why in the world does a kid that young even need a smartphone?
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I'm glad you are so concerned with my wallet! Where did you even come up with that figure of $700!? Try again!!
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I'm glad you are so concerned with my wallet! Where did you even come up with that figure of $700!? Try again!!
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Oh, I'm sorry. Are you counting the on contract price? Okay. Well, throw it on the ground or drop it in a pool or give it to a child to ruin. Now go back to the store to get a replacement and see how much it costs. You also signed a contract and took on an extra monthly data plan... For a child. The fact that you have no clue how much the phone actually costs explains a lot, actually.
I'm not concerned about your wallet. You clearly have more money than sense, so rather than crying here, just go buy a replacement phone for him to ruin. While you're at it, go ahead and get him an espresso machine.
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Oh, I'm sorry. Are you counting the on contract price? Okay. Well, throw it on the ground or drop it in a pool or give it to a child to ruin. Now go back to the store to get a replacement and see how much it costs. You also signed a contract and took on an extra monthly data plan... For a child. The fact that you have no clue how much the phone actually costs explains a lot, actually.
I'm not concerned about your wallet. You clearly have more money than sense, so rather than crying here, just go buy a replacement phone for him to ruin. While you're at it, go ahead and get him an espresso machine.
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Seems like she asked a question to a problem and it was answered. I'm not sure how taking a personal shot at a newcomer to the forum accomplishes anything. Her decision to buy her son anything is hers and hers alone, why inject your opinion into it, much less insinuate that she has no sense. It comes off as aloof and petty. This doesn't seem to be in the spirit of this forum. Flame away.
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Seems like she asked a question to a problem and it was answered. I'm not sure how taking a personal shot at a newcomer to the forum accomplishes anything. Her decision to buy her son anything is hers and hers alone, why inject your opinion into it, much less insinuate that she has no sense. It comes off as aloof and petty. This doesn't seem to be in the spirit of this forum. Flame away.
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Thanks a bunch for your support and from all of those who responded. I've visited various forums in my life and am well aware that there are always those few who just like to be mean and find power on these boards. I didn't come here asking for anyone's opinion on what I allow my children to do or how they spend their allowance - just needed some advice. Sincerely appreciate the great input that I have received.
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I'm glad you are so concerned with my wallet! Where did you even come up with that figure of $700!? Try again!!
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The actual retail cost of the device is $639; which would also be the replacement cost of this device. The on-contract price of $199 is just a subsidized cost, which the carrier basically spreads over the length of your 2-year contract.
At this point when i am writing this, i am holding two different phones in front of me, the G2 and a new OP3. I must say that i feel pretty sad. Weird tho, when i'm just changing to a new phone, but still my g2 have been a real champ.
I bought my d802 in 2013 about right when it came to market. I loved it and never had any better mobile phone. I bragged to my friends who used apple products p) and so on. I have cracked the screen... twice, the headphone jack stopped working for a while, i got it in to a bootloop and brick stages like no phone ever many times. But still it never had any lag, except some hiccups from bad flashing as i just mentioned .
So my journey with my g2 is coming to an end. I have been reading the xda forums for about two and a half years now (right when i rooted and started flashing), and i must say that i give all respect to modders and developers.
You have been making my journey enjoyable and easy, by making these awesome software and giving instructions that even i could follow when first ever doing rooting and flashing etc. I don't want to start mentioning any names, because i'm sure that i would miss some. But still, Thank you.
And also many thanks to all who has been part of this great helping community.
Currently i am changing the address for my xda bookmark, so it takes me to a different mobile phone, rather than g2.
Peace to you all, maybe i will some day misclick my way into here again, but till that day bye you all and many thanks again. :highfive:
I hear you! If my g2's screen never broke I'd still be using it today.
Gonna be moving on from the G3 soon but don't plan on getting rid of the G2.
Perhaps you can keep the G2 as your backup phone???