Ok had my system from new. Tmobile uk.
A number of people have always commented on crap voice quality from my end so I rang Tmobile... they said take into shop.... since then have bought a bluetooth car setup and phone works great... so maybe mic problem?
I upgraded to froyo thinking it maybe software problem but still same issue.... rest of phone works really really well.
If I take back to shop will they refuse to look at phone with froyo on as Tmobile aint releasesd upgrade yet.
Can I restore back to original firmware.. if so which one and how?
Thank in advance.
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You need to flash back the original firmware or wait until the launch froyo.
You seems have a bad Mic. In some batch there are phones that is bad.
So they will fix it for you.
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can I use KIES and another reg hack to go back to original Tmobile firmware.... ?
conuk said:
can I use KIES and another reg hack to go back to original Tmobile firmware.... ?
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Anybody know how to hack this back?
Really need to take this back next week... doesnt look like Tmobile uk are releasing froyo for a while
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So I have a bell vibrant, however because of reasons not important here I got out of my 3 year contract with bell and I still have the phone. So I sign up with rogers, unlock the phone with a samsung app from the market, enter the APN settings and away I go. All is well for a few days. I try to use it and see it is frozen, i remove the battery and reboot. But it won't. Just says samsung and turns off. So I read and read here for several hours. I download what I believe to be the stock rom (labelled true stock) not caring if it is tmobile or bell or whoever as I will just change the settings (I'm more concerned with the phone working, figuring I can locate a better flash etc if required later) I use Odin, now the screen comes on says VIBRANT, samsung... and shuts off. I've tried EVERY button combo possible and cannot get the phone into download mode or ANY mode. Just that screen and off. Then I realize that the VIBRANT is different between bell and Tmobile. Awesome. Anyone have any ideas on how I can get this phone to do anything?
First....you didnt read enough!
Second...your SGS might be suffering from bad internal SD card! You will have to go to a Bell store and get it repaired.
Third...You should always make sure 3B recovery is working before flashing any ROM!!!
Your only solution is to return it to bell and hope they fix it...or try heating up your phone and see if you can get into download mode and flash JH2 firmware...then if it works, you got lucky...if not, return it to BELL!
I'm not under contract with Bell they won't fix it... and Rogers didn't provide the phone so they won't. Samsung will honor the warranty. I spoke to them today but they said I have to go through Rogers and gave me an issue number to reference. With all due respect.... I read plenty. Sometimes searches just don't give you everything you're looking for. With that said, honest mistake assuming software for a VIBRANT wasn't for Bells VIBRANT. The 3 button reset was working fine... up until the wrong vibrant software went on it.
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I'm not under contract with Bell they won't fix it... and Rogers didn't provide the phone so they won't. Samsung will honor the warranty. I spoke to them today but they said I have to go through Rogers and gave me an issue number to reference. With all due respect.... I read plenty. Sometimes searches just don't give you everything you're looking for. With that said, honest mistake assuming software for a VIBRANT wasn't for Bells VIBRANT. The 3 button reset was working fine... up until the wrong vibrant software went on it.
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It should be made more clear on this forum that VIBRANT's are not all the same...I agree!
I'm in the same boat, I bought my bell version off of craigslist and dont have a receipt and am using on Rogers.
Rogers is not going to do anything for you as they did not sell the phone to you. If you have a receipt from Bell or any other store, I would take it back to the store or a Bell corp store and tell them you use the phone as a PDA and are not using as a phone!
If you do not have a receipt like me, you are at samsungs mercy and you should tell them you dont have a receipt and they should direct you to a local samsung repair shop.
Let me know how it turns out.
Just an update... Bell sent the phone off for service even though I'm not currently a Bell customer... yes let that sink in. Hopefully they won't diagnose the issue and see incorrect software... hopefully they'll just fix it. I believe the issue is deeper than software anyway but still. I'll post results when I get the phone back. Cheers.
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Just an update... Bell sent the phone off for service even though I'm not currently a Bell customer... yes let that sink in. Hopefully they won't diagnose the issue and see incorrect software... hopefully they'll just fix it. I believe the issue is deeper than software anyway but still. I'll post results when I get the phone back. Cheers.
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Glad to hear it worked out. I may need to also go through Bell (I use Rogers). There's dust in my FFC and I read somewhere Warranty may/should cover it.
Got phone back last night... I'm pretty sure the internal card was pooched... which is what caused me to mess around in the first place. Came back, locked to bell, 2.1 update 1, all original like it was out of the box again. Unlocked and working with Rogers now.
Hi,
So my sgs was charging got entangled in some wires, and fell on the ground. Since then it doesn't vibrate any longer.
Any other solutions other than taking it for repair? I not on the rom that it came with and i'm pretty scared about flashing it back.
I'm on jpy 2.2.1 and the original rom was 2.2 from vodafone portugal (which i don't have).
Thanks for any help you can give me.
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if this only happened when the phone dropped, its most likely hardware problem.
is the JPY 2.2.1 you are running now stock ??
dont worry about getting the phone back to original firmware, as long as the phone has stock firmware you should be fine.
Have the same issue, dropped it ( from a very low height ) and the vibrator seems dead.
Taking it in for repairs tomorrow, hoping they'll do it under the warranty, otherwise I don't expect it to be too expensive, a quick checkup has vibrator units in 50 packs for $50 online.
Will post here once I get it back ( it'll take a week and a half, they say ) with feedback if I remember to.
Thanks for the reply,
and i didn't notice right away but seems to me that the fall was responsible.
I have the rom completely stock, but i rooted it with superoneclick.
The aplication has an unroot option, is it safe?
Also the CSC is KOR, i'm portuguese won't this raise any red flags?
It might seem stupid but this is the only good phone that i ever had and my dad would kill me if when i got to the store they wouldn't accept it for repair because i flashed the phone.
Thank you in advance.
Edit: bullzeye.za.
mine was from a low height as well. :s did you had the phone rooted or flashed a different rom on it?
I would really like the feedback, thank you
Have mine running 2.3.3 JVK
Flashing it to stock before it goes in, ofcourse.
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Undo root and delete root apps as root breaks warranty .
But it would be worth trying a factory reset first .
jje
thanks for the replies,
i'm going to prepare things for a flash to send the phone for repairs.
But before flashing i will do the factory reset suggested
TY
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Could someone tell me how to flash 2.2 rom on my phone? With all the details, i'm afraid of bricking my phone any insight?
And what precautions should i take?
thank you
Flash it to any 2.2 ROM with ODIN, try and find one with the base system files included, the ROM should be 250mb+ if it does.
THey're repairing mine under warranty, should have it back today or Thursday.
Done, returned it today.
Best of luck with yours, i hope everything works out for mine too.
Sorry for the late reply
Got my phone back on Thursday ( Wednesday was a public holiday ) so it was only 16 business hours that I was without my phone.
Working better than new now, the only think I worry about is that the vibrator seems to have an "echo" as if it's not secured completely.
Oh well, it just makes the vibrations easier to notice.
Well, i think it's all good.
The phone just got back from repairs, it's at the store, i'll pick it up tomorrow.
If i find anything strange i'll post a reply.
Thank you all for the help.
OK I know there are a lot of different opinions
But I just need some feed back because my soft keys were doing crazy things my Captivate was rooted recently it got even worse so I went through warranty (which I technically shouldn't have because I bought my captivate from eBay) but the day after I called warranty and they shipped a refurbished Captivate my phone started working correctly. I panicked and Odin one clicked my phone so they wouldn't know it was rooted then since it was working properly I did one click again but while it was restoring back to factory setting I disconnected the USB cable to say that it was bricked...it doesn't turn on the regular way and it will only go into download mode what happens now is my warranty voided cause if so they are talking about $339 processing fee
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As long as the phone is still under one year then it is still under warranty it doesn't matter where you bought it from, and you do need to flash back to stock but there is no need to brick the phone on purpose
Currently Pinnacle 1.2 and have never been happier
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OK I know there are a lot of different opinions
But I just need some feed back because my soft keys were doing crazy things my Captivate was rooted recently it got even worse so I went through warranty (which I technically shouldn't have because I bought my captivate from eBay) but the day after I called warranty and they shipped a refurbished Captivate my phone started working correctly. I panicked and Odin one clicked my phone so they wouldn't know it was rooted then since it was working properly I did one click again but while it was restoring back to factory setting I disconnected the USB cable to say that it was bricked...it doesn't turn on the regular way and it will only go into download mode what happens now is my warranty voided cause if so they are talking about $339 processing fee
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since you r willing to brick your phone may as just flash using oneclick since u were doing that initially and that will bring it back to the way u had it...
OK so as long as I use Odin I'm good even if its working properly?
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Here is my issue, my captivate was hard bricked and I was able to perform the unbrickable mod on my phone successfully. It worked the first time with no issues. I flashed a fresh ROM to my phone and all was well, it played all of the games that it always did, the screen looked just as good as it did when it was new. Then one day while playing a game, the screen changed and now it looks like it is in negative mode...(yellow is orange, white is almost purple) kind of like the colors are all reversed. Plus when even attempting to play a game it is a slow crawl. Is there anything I can try or has anyone else seen this issue? I have already used Odin and went back to 2.1 stock and did a master clear, but the issue still exists.
Can anyone help?
broken. if it is under 1 year old send back for warranty now that you flashed to stock. if not... bummer. try to order a new main board.
Yeah this is my original captivate that I bought in August of 2010...so it is way far out of warranty. I will do some searching to see how much a main board would cost me. If its more than $50, I will just sell it for parts. Thanks for the help though!
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Yeah this is my original captivate that I bought in August of 2010...so it is way far out of warranty. I will do some searching to see how much a main board would cost me. If its more than $50, I will just sell it for parts. Thanks for the help though!
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You might still wanna contact ATT/Samsung for a replacement. I remember that I was able to replace my old Samsung Impression (touchwiz, no android) even though it was way out of warranty (like 6 months out). ATT may not replace it, so definitely call Samsung...
Wouldn't warranty be voided with unbrickable mod?
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In thinking......yes.
Hi Community
I had a hard brick of my N7000. My repair shop in China got it up and running without changing the motherboard.
However, I am not sure, if I can update my phone via KIES. In Kies it finds my phone and tells me there is an update available and I should update it.
Unfortunately the guy, who did the repair, is not longer available (that's China....).
Does anyone have experiences with repaired memory and update.....?
Waiting for the Note 3 to come so I didn't want invest in a new motherboard.
But....as I am really happy with my phone I would like to keep it up to date and use it as long as possible as second phone with another SIM.
Any advise is appreciated........
thx
Wow nobody has any idea.
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