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I've installed a few ROMs from this place onto it. I did not SuperCID (just used a HardSPL bypass) it nor SIM Unlock it.
Does this mean that I should be able to undo everything that has been done?
How do I remove HardSPL? Is that possible?
How can I install an original AT&T ROM on it? Where do I find those? I think I found one with Alex's Kitchen, but I'm not sure if that's a full version or what. And what about the AT&T bloat?
Sorry if this is a noob question. I glanced through the Tilt-specific Wiki and the Kaiser Wiki and I didn't see the answer to any of these questions in the FAQs.
see the wiki, there's a howto link for reverting your spl
Oh, awesome. I missed that. I think it was because I was mainly looking through the Tilt-specific Wiki. My mistake.
Here's the thread in case someone else happens accross this one in search of the same advice.
http://cleanimport.xda/index.php?threads/335568/
Just install the original AT&T Rom and you should be fine. I had to send mine in for a warranty exchange last Friday after the radio conked out on it, and got my new one on Monday of this week. Anway, I used the HardSPL too, and I just reflashed the AT&T Rom onto it, put it in the box, slapped the return label on it and sent it on it's merry way
Edit-Somebody on here said they don't check the SPL when they get the defective unit, just that it has the AT&T Rom on it. In fact, I bet they just chuck it in the recyling bin and write it off.
Yeah I'm pretty sure they half inspect the phones. They must get more exchanges than they could deal with. They possibly check the device thoroughly though because it's a high end (dollar) device. Who knows?
I worked in the service department at Best Buy for a while, and I know we didn't check anything when customers returned products. All we did was looked at the stickers on the outside of the products to make sure the serial number, model number, etcetera all matched up, and that was it. As long as those matched up, we could send the devices back to their manufacturers or out to our service centers.
I figured AT&T would operate the same way, but from what I've read on these forums, they do a pretty thorough check. I just wanted to make sure I covered all grounds. Better safe than sorry, y'know?
Yeah, that's true. The guy at the store looked my phone over, and even changed SIM's and agreed something was wrong with the phone's radio, so that's in the notes too.
I found the post I was talking about, it's the first on on the page-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=335568&page=23
"Just FYI; I recently returned my 8525 to ATT because it was not charging with the car charger.
I flashed back to the latest ATT ROM and then did a second hard reset. I heard last week from ATT the phone was accepted as a core with no problem.
I was told by a friend at ATT that they don't look at CID, but different splash screens will for sure trip up a return.
Just my experience; hope it helps someone."
Warranty issue?
The touchscreen of my phone is not working. Good thing is that i bought it just 8 months before so i guess its still under warranty? (is it?)
After looking around in the forum i get it reverted back to original locked state and now i want to get my warranty from ATT people. Can you please let me know how to proceed? And if anyone has already done this then what steps he followed? Do we need to send our phone back first and then get the newer phone? Or do they give us the newer phone and then we need to send them the older one back?
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The touchscreen of my phone is not working. Good thing is that i bought it just 8 months before so i guess its still under warranty? (is it?)
After looking around in the forum i get it reverted back to original locked state and now i want to get my warranty from ATT people. Can you please let me know how to proceed? And if anyone has already done this then what steps he followed? Do we need to send our phone back first and then get the newer phone? Or do they give us the newer phone and then we need to send them the older one back?
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Just call AT$T, they will check your account to see if you are within warranty. If your problem is within warranty guidelines, they will send you a new (refurb) tilt or if you press, a new (refurb) Fuze ( I would rather have the Tilt ) It usually arrives within five days. It comes with a pre paid return envelope. Take the battery and sim and back cover off the old phone, put them in the new phone. Drop the old one in the envelope. Drop it in the post and you are all set.
If you fail to send the old one back within the time allotted they will bill your account of the full value of the replacement phone. Quick and easy, my replacement phone is over a year old and has worked flawlessly.
My Tilt is maybe 8 months old and decided to stop charging the other night. Unfortunately, I installed a Manila 2D ROM on it some time ago and because it will not recognize the USB cable, I can't roll it back. I'm going to call AT&T today and see about having a replacement shipped to me. I don't think it'll be a problem since it won't turn on and it'll probably be a mail replacement like you described. I'm going to press to get a Fuze, when I ordered the Tilt I paid good money to get it new instead of refurbished and it still stopped working after well under a year of use. If I'm getting a refurbished replacement I'd like the newest model.
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My Tilt is maybe 8 months old and decided to stop charging the other night. Unfortunately, I installed a Manila 2D ROM on it some time ago and because it will not recognize the USB cable, I can't roll it back. I'm going to call AT&T today and see about having a replacement shipped to me. I don't think it'll be a problem since it won't turn on and it'll probably be a mail replacement like you described. I'm going to press to get a Fuze, when I ordered the Tilt I paid good money to get it new instead of refurbished and it still stopped working after well under a year of use. If I'm getting a refurbished replacement I'd like the newest model.
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Unless of course it is a battery issue, and they put in a new battery, see that you have used unapproved software and mark your S/N as immediately out of warranty,.....................I'm just sayin................................
You think that's an issue even exchanging it through the mail?
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You think that's an issue even exchanging it through the mail?
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Do you think they stay in business by by just mailing a new phone to anyone who says, " this is broken, give me anew fuze ?'
I just exchanged my tilt today. My screen broke (the colors became all white and inversed and weird) so I called ATT and they told me to go to this special service warranty store. They looked it over quickly and gave me a new tilt no problem... just make sure you flash the original ATT rom back on it. (They didnt notice I broke the VOID sticker in the screwhole hehe)
PS. I got my tilt last April, and I'm not sure how long the warranty lasts. The guy said I have 90 extra days on this new phone.
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<snip> If your problem is within warranty guidelines, they will send you a new (refurb) tilt or if you press, a new (refurb) Fuze ( I would rather have the Tilt ) </snip>
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Just out of curiosity, why would you rather have the tilt? I've been thinking of upgrading from the tilt to the fuze...
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Just out of curiosity, why would you rather have the tilt? I've been thinking of upgrading from the tilt to the fuze...
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Basically , you can have a brand new Fuze the way AT$T and M$ want it, or you can have a Tilt the way you want it. At present there are three times as many custom roms, more ways to customize it and I absolutely will not give up my Tilt screen. After a year of customizing my Tilt to perfection on this site, there is absolutely nothing about the Fuze that interests me.
I'm thinking about sending my Tilt back. It's bricked for some reason. I bought a new (OEM) battery because I thought I had battery problems, still nothing. If AT&T gets a phone that won't even power up what happens, I have hard spl and a flashed rom?
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If AT&T gets a phone that won't even power up what happens, I have hard spl and a flashed rom?
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If they manage to resusitate it or even read the flash memory contents (if it's possible to hotwire a car, who knows what can be done with a TyTN II and both of these would be possible), then when they see it's not running an approved ROM/SPL they may act like a bull and charge!
Anyone who runs a custom ROM on a phone thats still under warranty runs that risk should a problem occur that makes it difficult to flash back to original spec.
denco7 I agree entirely with your comments re the importance of a tilting screen but now HTC have developed the Touch Pro 2 (which has a tilting screen) there may soon be a real successor for the Kaiser released to the market. I don't know which providers will pick it up or where it'll be sold though.
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If they manage to resusitate it or even read the flash memory contents (if it's possible to hotwire a car, who knows what can be done with a TyTN II and both of these would be possible), then when they see it's not running an approved ROM/SPL they may act like a bull and charge!
Anyone who runs a custom ROM on a phone thats still under warranty runs that risk should a problem occur that makes it difficult to flash back to original spec.
Does the same thing apply if it's not under warranty but has insurance from at&t on it?
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Ok, so i managed to loose my phone over the weekend at V in Staffordshire. So there are 2 outcomes to this.
1) The phone got killed as it fell out of my pocket, and then probably got stamped on a few times by people not knowing its there.
2) Someone has found it but not turned it over to lost property. They arent gonna be able to do much with it as it has a flat battery and has now been IMEI blacklisted and the SIM locked.
Thank god for insurance that what I say! However, I wish i had configured RTConfig properly and then I would have atleast got some info from the device if anyone swaps out the sim.
What tends to happen to these phones even though they are IMEI blocked?
Some police forces will recover your phone when the IMEI is blacklisted by triangulating the position.
I have heard about this in the UK on some show and here in romania i know they recover stolen phones because one of my friends got his N95 back.
So how i dont think the police are going to raid a house just to get the phone back.
When you unlock these things so that you can put custom roms on them, does this sim unlock the phone?
I know there are methods available now to sim unlock, but i wasnt sure if the hardspl thing did it as well?
Some little blighter has got all my contacts and calender events, along with some cracking photos of V! That is if the phone wasnt destroyed in the mosh pit.
password on
hope you had that switched on
mine come on at 5 mins
Nope, i dont tend to have the password on otherwise i cant invoke a call from my bluetooth headset, unless that has changed.
or they might find a way to change the imei.
Well if they manage to do that, then kudos to the criminal activity. That or it gets flogged to some terrorist.
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Some police forces will recover your phone when the IMEI is blacklisted by triangulating the position.
I have heard about this in the UK on some show and here in romania i know they recover stolen phones because one of my friends got his N95 back.
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Get real my friend .... no police force will recover the phone...by triangulation.
Yes , triangulation can be done, but for sure no police man will ever hunt down the user of the stolen phone.
By now the pohne has alredy been sold to un unsuspecting user...
did you also wear your best clothes to V as well
phone insurrance? how is that ? i mean, do they give you another phone or the ammount of money youn spent on the phone ?
have to look around too for something like this cause a phone this expensive is not worth loosing over an accident like yours
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did you also wear your best clothes to V as well
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Haha, nope, luckily! Got right muddy though! I wouldnt be suprised if the phone got killed by all the mud that would have been stamped into it! lol
iliescu902 said:
phone insurrance? how is that ? i mean, do they give you another phone or the ammount of money youn spent on the phone ?
have to look around too for something like this cause a phone this expensive is not worth loosing over an accident like yours
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Yep, I get phone insurance with my bank account. I have to pay £30 excess though when I make a sucessful claim. The new Sim from T-Mob cost me £10 however that can be claimed back as well. They then send you the same phone back (probably a refurb) or a same spec/better phone if they can't get like for like. That one should be interesting as I will be sure to print the specs of for the Diamond and make sure its either the same or better.
iliescu902 said:
phone insurrance? how is that ? i mean, do they give you another phone or the ammount of money youn spent on the phone ?
have to look around too for something like this cause a phone this expensive is not worth loosing over an accident like yours
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Mine is covered by Orange Care anywhere in the world for £5 per month for loss, damage etc, I think now they charge an admin fee .
As for IMEI ~ these can be changed but is against the law, if not changed then the phone is only IMEI blocked in this country (AFAIK) unless agreements have been arranged with other conutries by now?
Shame about your loss of phone though
I know your pain, mine was stolen a few weeks ago. Bought a new one, but I didn't have insurance. I've bought Sprite Terminator now, gave my girlfriend the phone and told her to go shopping or something.
She was surprised when she found me waiting for her .
Great tracking software .
What the! Ok, the insurance company told me they cant get hold of a compact iv so they have offered me the unbranded version. I want the original one as tmob has nice rounded corners!
Gash!
Hi guys.
I'm interested in buying a Kaiser.
I'd flash the rom with Tir v10k, seems working good.
What do you think of this smartphone?
I usually use Nokia with Symbian, just wanted that for trying it.
Is it the same if I get a V1615, Mda Vario III, P4550, Htc Tytn II, Xda Stellar? Or not?
I'm trying to buy it on Ebay, sometimes you can get a good price, I don't want to pay it more than 200€.
I found the utility for unlocking it, in case of device locked to some operator: it's not difficult the operation, right?
Tell me what you think.
Thanks
I also used to use nokia symbian phones but beleive me bro once i got a tytn2 and started flashing roms and "buying" programs for it i wil NEVER go back to a symbian phone the wm phone are so much more versatile than symbian.
The unlocking process is very simple its just like installing a game to you pc as long as you follow the instructions you cant go wrong (well most cant).
Would highly recommend a kaiser/tynt2 also opposed to buying one off e-bay there is a site selling them brand new for around £260 maybe £240 cant remember have a google,would be better if you cant get it new for warranty purposes.
Enjoy your phone when you get it,i am due an upgrade now but regardless of getting a new phone i am not going to sell my tytn 2.
Also i have just posted about anyone who has bricked there kaiser/tytn2 because i didnt take very good care of my housing and am looking to buy a second hand good condition housing,so USE the pouch it comes with because it will chip easily if you drop it, i just paid £25.88 just for a battery cover for it so be warned.
Thanks so much for fast reply.
Can you give some examples of useful sofwares for Windows Mobile?
I cannot find the site you're talking about for taking a new one. Do you think they have many problems that I should need warranty? I don't want a phone for bringing it to assistance every month. Is warranty European on these products?
Thanks
superpax said:
Thanks so much for fast reply.
Can you give some examples of useful sofwares for Windows Mobile?
I cannot find the site you're talking about for taking a new one. Do you think they have many problems that I should need warranty? I don't want a phone for bringing it to assistance every month. Is warranty European on these products?
Thanks
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The softwares that are usefull all depend on what you are going to be using the phone for...there are many different UI (User Interfaces) available to download like htc home,manilla 2d/3d, spb mobile shell just to mention a few it all depends on what you want on your home screen.
The warranty is the manafacturers warranty which means that if theres is a manafacturers fault with the device you can send it back for upto one year,some phones will allways be sent out with a fault that got past the manafacturers tests but not very often but it does sometimes happen and if your the unlucky person that gets that one in ten thousand phone you will want to send it back.
I personally have had no problem with my tytn2,there is so much software out there for all walks of life.
I wil try and find that site for you...
Heres one...
http://www.superetrader.co.uk/produ...2710&gad=CMDIu8kDEgg-s_Nh2Zr1URiY3OT-AyCY9p4z
Not quite £260 but close
And another:
http://digitaltechmart.com/product_info.php?currency=GBP&ref=252&products_id=11398
Hey guys i have never used xperia devices before . Coming from gnote 2 .
I am from india i have ordered my xperia z1 and got delivered yesterday at 11pm yesterday.
Today i have been to a mall lost that somewhere iam sure someone stole that. As the mall staff said that mine is 12th phone lost in just a week.
And i have activated android device manager and just in 20min after losing that my z1 is unavaliable via android device manager.
I have contacted sny customer care they said they can't trace the device via imei and iam sure the imei is 100% correct.
My question is could some change the imei number please help :'(
Nikhilmendu said:
Hey guys i have never used xperia devices before . Coming from gnote 2 .
I am from india i have ordered my xperia z1 and got delivered yesterday at 11pm yesterday.
Today i have been to a mall lost that somewhere iam sure someone stole that. As the mall staff said that mine is 12th phone lost in just a week.
And i have activated android device manager and just in 20min after losing that my z1 is unavaliable via android device manager.
I have contacted sny customer care they said they can't trace the device via imei and iam sure the imei is 100% correct.
My question is could some change the imei number please help :'(
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that can only be changed if motherboard is replaced.
Nikhilmendu said:
Hey guys i have never used xperia devices before . Coming from gnote 2 .
I am from india i have ordered my xperia z1 and got delivered yesterday at 11pm yesterday.
Today i have been to a mall lost that somewhere iam sure someone stole that. As the mall staff said that mine is 12th phone lost in just a week.
And i have activated android device manager and just in 20min after losing that my z1 is unavaliable via android device manager.
I have contacted sny customer care they said they can't trace the device via imei and iam sure the imei is 100% correct.
My question is could some change the imei number please help :'(
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Sorry to say bt yes now its pretty easy to change imei no... I dont know about sony phone bt my frnd using a stolen samsung phone and change its imei no with jelp of some samsung service centre member in just 600 rs....
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that can only be changed if motherboard is replaced.
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I have lost my imei while tweaking my note 2 . But this is my first sony device :'(
And my friend has also lost/ changed his imei number in sony xperia L
Nikhilmendu said:
I have lost my imei while tweaking my note 2 . But this is my first sony device :'(
And my friend has also lost/ changed his imei number in sony xperia L
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well i don't know about that...why would anyone want to change imei intentionally
file a FIR in police that's best you can do...or track if that SIM is used again
ImAnurag said:
well i don't know about that...why would anyone want to change imei intentionally
file a FIR in police that's best you can do...or track if that SIM is used again
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Filed an fir already and i have asked sony customer care and they said they can't track the phone via imei :crying:
I would keep trying Android Device Manager. it's location may pop up when they switch it on or something.
sorry for you - but 20 hours of pleasure.
TheCraig said:
I would keep trying Android Device Manager. it's location may pop up when they switch it on or something.
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been trying but no luck theguy have factory resetted or flashed a new rom :crying:
Nikhilmendu said:
been trying but no luck theguy have factory resetted or flashed a new rom :crying:
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Ahh, I hope you find it, I hate it when you think you lose your phone then you can't feel it in your pocket and then your heart sinks but then you realize its in the other one lol, just losing a phone scares me
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Ahh, I hope you find it, I hate it when you think you lose your phone then you can't feel it in your pocket and then your heart sinks but then you realize its in the other one lol, just losing a phone scares me
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But that's not in my case some cunning professional theives are around in the mall
WTF mine is 12th phone lost in the same mall in less than a week.
Lost all hopes nothing left now :crying:
Sorry for your loss, maybe you can help others to be more careful.
Nikhilmendu said:
Today i have been to a mall lost that somewhere iam sure someone stole that. As the mall staff said that mine is 12th phone lost in just a week.
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Describe how you were carrying your phone, pants pocket (front or back?) or top shirt pocket ?
Did you take it out and place it on a table somewhere and found it disappeared or did it disappear by pick pocket.
Try to think hard about this, if the same gang operates there, go back and hang out at that mall, chances are the same characters will be there again. Were you in a crowd at any time, with people close to you. waiting in a line with people really close. These are the places these guys can strike.
Had read how somebody lost his phone, picked out of his top shirt pocket, whilst waiting for a food order to arrive. So there is a crowd of people with hands going up and over your shoulder, gentle pushing & shoving. This is a great way to pull a phone out especially if you happen to be under 5 foot 10. It just takes a tap on the opposite shoulder to distract and the crook has lifted your phone already
For this to work it matters where you are facing, if you are looking away from your top shirt or pant pocket then its easy otherwise it won't work. These guys know this and pick their marks carefully.
Nikhilmendu said:
Filed an fir already and i have asked sony customer care and they said they can't track the phone via imei :crying:
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They won't track it using the IMEI, but they can easily block the IMEI so it'll be a useless brick, and the thieves won't be able to use it on an Indian network (and possibly other foreign networks)
LordManhattan said:
They won't track it using the IMEI, but they can easily block the IMEI so it'll be a useless brick, and the thieves won't be able to use it on an Indian network (and possibly other foreign networks)
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Yeah i do know but the thing is even they are having trouble blocking imei too i have been at service center for more than 3 hours simply useless they tried a lot but useless
Meh! I miss the good old nokia days... Where whatever you do(flash new firmware, factory reset, reformat) the security code just persists and won't let you use the phone until you key it in.
One Twelve said:
Sorry for your loss, maybe you can help others to be more careful.
Describe how you were carrying your phone, pants pocket (front or back?) or top shirt pocket ?
Did you take it out and place it on a table somewhere and found it disappeared or did it disappear by pick pocket.
Try to think hard about this, if the same gang operates there, go back and hang out at that mall, chances are the same characters will be there again. Were you in a crowd at any time, with people close to you. waiting in a line with people really close. These are the places these guys can strike.
Had read how somebody lost his phone, picked out of his top shirt pocket, whilst waiting for a food order to arrive. So there is a crowd of people with hands going up and over your shoulder, gentle pushing & shoving. This is a great way to pull a phone out especially if you happen to be under 5 foot 10. It just takes a tap on the opposite shoulder to distract and the crook has lifted your phone already
For this to work it matters where you are facing, if you are looking away from your top shirt or pant pocket then its easy otherwise it won't work. These guys know this and pick their marks carefully.
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good questions, why is op ignoring this post...
plz help me
+Nikhilmendu how did your friend change his imei on his xperia L because I lost my imei on my Xperia l.Plz help nikhil
These apps, like android device manager etc are almost useless (useful only if the thief is a rookie) coz they will be desynced as soon as the email id is removed from mobile (via flash or any other way)
Regarding imei, try contacting all the network providers, i dont know if it will be easy task to do considering there are many providers plus you may need a strong source or reference to convince them, but when any mobile is connected to a network(and things like sms or call are sent from that mobile), its imei is sent to the database of the network to keep record...
hi guys, so im on my 3rd or fourth LG G4 and its going out. i have backed up all my data i want just in case. i have 2 options before this goes and need some guidance .
option 1. wait for it to completely dies and have to go to geek squad to wait 2-3 more days for a new phone and cross my fingers there is no "service fee" (since my replacement was older than exchange the warranty is no longer unless "I" deal with LG)
option 2. buy this used G4 for 20 bucks that has just a cracked screen, if i go that route i would like to change or get changed the IMEI and related data (i ask what would that be, related data)so i can avoid a activation fee of the the new G4.
i think im getting screwed (replacement phone warranty is expired even though i have had it 6 months) thats why i ask about getting the number changed to dying phone so there is no activation fee, that would work correct? is there any repercussions to this?
is this something i personally can do without root? i can go to the phone shop and get it done but i like to learn new things, any pointers or legit tut's? see a lot thru google but seem all shady.
thanX in advance
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hi guys, so im on my 3rd or fourth LG G4 and its going out. i have backed up all my data i want just in case. i have 2 options before this goes and need some guidance .
option 1. wait for it to completely dies and have to go to geek squad to wait 2-3 more days for a new phone and cross my fingers there is no "service fee" (since my replacement was older than exchange the warranty is no longer unless "I" deal with LG)
option 2. buy this used G4 for 20 bucks that has just a cracked screen, if i go that route i would like to change or get changed the IMEI and related data (i ask what would that be, related data)so i can avoid a activation fee of the the new G4.
i think im getting screwed (replacement phone warranty is expired even though i have had it 6 months) thats why i ask about getting the number changed to dying phone so there is no activation fee, that would work correct? is there any repercussions to this?
is this something i personally can do without root? i can go to the phone shop and get it done but i like to learn new things, any pointers or legit tut's? see a lot thru google but seem all shady.
thanX in advance
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Unfort no one on xda will help u with imei swapping its a black topic here. I use full edition cdma workshop to do mine.
my bad, i was reading and i guess its illegal in the states.
thanX anyways