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I can get my upgrade for a new sgs2 for 199$ or get a refurbished one for a penny. I would like a brand new one but would like to save the money too? What would you do? How long would you think til it goes down in price? I need opinions please.
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I would avoid refurbished. It will be 199 till the new flagship phone is launched. Probably another Samsung device.
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Look around at other retailers, radio shack, best buy,newegg,etc. They can seta let price than att.
Would I still have a warranty? I saw target has it for 99.
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Look around at other retailers, radio shack, best buy,newegg,etc. They can seta let price than att.
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Well, def have Samsung warranty. I would think the initial 90 warranty would be from the retailer where you bought it. I think. Call them up and see. What's the worst that happens, you pay $199?
I generally have a lot of faith in factory refurbished products. Generally, they have been used minimally. They were returned due to a defect, or simply because someone wanted something else.
Typically, they will be completed tested by the factory. If there are any defects that caused the return, they will be addressed . I generally look for refurbished and have always had extremely good luck in doing so. My current Captivate is refurbished. I bought it for $18.00. It is the greatest phone I have ever owned and the warranty is intact as if you bought a brand new phone.
Refurbished all the way!
I'd like to think refurbished would be like new but I too have a refurbished captivate after bricking my new old one. Everything runs fine but the usb door doesn't stay closed & is loose and the vibration doesn't feel/sound right like my girlfriend's new one. This is why I'm asking, just trying to weigh out my decision. I'm almost content enough to keep my cappy for a while but I'd really like to see how much better it is & why waste a perfectly good upgrade.
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From my experience buying new or factory refurbished is a lottery. You can get a brand new one and have issues on it as well as a refurbished and have a issues. But I can't say refurbished = more chance for issues. But thats just my 2 cents. I've had 2 captivates (new and refurb) and had no issues what so ever (except new had the sleep death).
I have a refurbished Cappy from ATT that has 0 issues (knock on wood). Got it for $10 last year.
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you get ATT warranty, even if u buy it from other retailers. I got my cappy from Amazonwireless.com last year and got replaced 4 times by ATT...
My wife and i both got refurb captivates about a year ago for free, with our upgrade. My phone has had no problems and I've flashed the crap out of it. Hers Has been returned once for the shutdown problem, but the problem showed back up after the w warranty (90 days) expired. Just putting it out there, so you know.
I think I'm gonna get one at target. After I figure out what is the easiest way to root it are there any precautions I need to take using tibu to restore my apps? I know don't do system settings but can I do my contacts & bookmarks?
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I got mine a week ago today. I had BestBuy match the SamsClub price. Got my AT&T Galaxy S II (i777) for $98.88.
Galaxy S III
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I think I'm on this bandwagon, too. After seeing the battery and signal issues with the Vexus, I have no intention of jumping to Verizon. By the time the Galaxy Nexus is available on AT&T, Samsung will probably have announced the SGS3 (looks like MWC this February). If it's not too long a wait, I'll hold out for it.
Will I be able to transfer all the stuff I need to the sgs2 using tibu without any problems?
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I would assume so. But like always only user apps and no data to be sure.
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Will I be able to transfer all the stuff I need to the sgs2 using tibu without any problems?
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Should be fine. The one problem that seems to pop up every once in a while is that after you transfer the apps to your new phone, you may notice that all the market links are busted. TiBu can repair them, but they still might not appear to work.
They are actually fixed, but need a little help to take effect. If the market links are still broken after you try to restore them in TiBu, just clear your Market data (settings/applications/manage applications/market and click the clear data button) and reboot the phone. The market links should be back to normal.
qhsusb_dload is all I get. Buttons no work. Doesn't vibe or anything. Soft reset doesn't work. Any help or am I screwed. I flashed overcome 8.9 wiped prior and wiped dalvik after the reboot and black screen since.
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I'm really sorry but your device is done. The skyrocket people haven't been able to fix this yet by using a jig or qualcomm tools.
Reading and researching is really important. You can't flash any p73xx rom to the i957, it will brick.
This is exactly why I have tried to get a separate forum for the i957, but that hasn't worked yet.
Hope you are under warranty or that is an expensive mistake.
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I did the exact same thing you did. It is very confusing (Well not really, I just did'nt take my time to read). I was exhausted because I was very happy to have my new skyrocket and new lte tab. I researched and researched. I rooted, installed custom rom and kernel on my skyrocket. I then rooted my tablet and it was great. I then installed a custom rom for a 7300 on my i957 and Boom, gone. Luckily I was within my 30 day return policy. Everything in my home is either jailbroken, rooted, homebrewed, w/e. so I have somewhat experience.
But the combination of tiredness, excitedness, and what ever else comes along with getting new gadgets, I didn't pay attention and blew up my tablet.
Even with my experience and never bricking anything before, I bricked my tablet. I took it back to the store and making believe I never even heard about rooting, jailbreaking, homebrewing; the sales people tried starting it up and eventually they couldn't get it to start up. I got a new tablet, I told them I left the tablet charging overnight and left it charging when I went to work, because I forgot to disconnect it. When I got home from work it just didn't turn on.
Eventually they gave me a new tablet and said do not charge it for more than 8 hours. They said I was the first customer to ever return this tablet because it was defective (This tablet is a beast). I told them sure I learned my lesson.
When I went home, I rooted it lol and installed the oc kernel. Remember there are no roms for the 4g model.
Before I went back to the store where I purchased my phone&tablet, I found that there is a youtube store that fixes bricked phones and tablets (He has videos of him fixing them) but when I emailed him, he said their program does not support in unbricking the lte tablet. This was about a month ago so you can check to see if they support it now. I think to unbrick phones it was like 50-100 dollars (I forgot)
You are not alone, I made the same dumb mistake. Never do important stuff when you are tired or excited or anxious. Sorry man, good luck.
I may have put this in the wrong area it was late last night and I was frustrated. I tried putting a 7300 ROM on a 7300. I didn't try anything fancy lol. But I appreciate the responsses. You think I'll be able to take it back and see what they can do? Maybe they'll exchange it as if it was a defect? I'll take it there today. See if they will exchange.lesson learned for me. Lesson being wait for updates from Samsung. As slow as they are. Lol thanks for the input if anyone has the capability to fix this
Hit me up.
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A 7300 rom on a 7300 should only soft brick. Can you get into download or recovery?
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If you try to turn on your tablet and your screen turns on you can try to install the stock rom through odin again and it will work. There is a thread in this forums that explains how. If it is off and you turn it on and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING happens and it just stays with the black screen, no vibration or anything then it is hard bricked.
If it is hard bricked you can try to take it back and act dumb, not sure how long ago you purchased the tablet. If you are still within the 30 days you should be good because the sales people I took my tablet to did not have the machine to see how many times my device was flashed. If you are outside the 30 days they will tell you to send it to a samsung repair dealer (which I think they will see how many times the device has been flashed). Once you rooted your tablet it voids the warranty and they either do not have to fix it or will charge you an amount equal to your tablet. I did hear of cases where people with rooted tablets just returned it and they fixed it for free. I guess it dpeneds on anything else in life (How lucky are you?)
Yes you did put your question on the right place since this is for all the 8.9 tablets. (Thats the problem I came across with, I wish they make two forums for both tablets because they are in fact different.
Posting from my mobile so I didn't read your post again.
It is extremely rare but sometimes this can happen. Did you have repartition checked in Odin? If so that's bad.
There is something called qpst - qualcomm product support tools - that people are trying to get to work to fix hard bricks.
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No prob man. I'll look that up. I'm gonna seems it in to Samsung see if they can fix it. It's under warranty. Anyone done this before?
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mobiletechvideos now has support for hard bricked tabs! finally! just sent the payment today and i will send out my tab once i get home from work. ill keep yall posted on how it goes.
here is the link: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-8-9-jtag-brick-repair/
Thanks for updating us.
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I've had it with the nexus one. I got the phone over 2 months ago and the amount of problems I have had with it are endless. To list a few
1.The screen goes dead all of a sudden
2. Cannot take calls, I cant listen to the dial tone when I make calls. Its only on speaker can I listen to the other caller
3. The battery back up is awful, I have to charge it for 5-6 hours straight
4.The music player gets stuck, the music player on the n1 sucks. Every time half way through the playlist it gets stuck and I get the wait,forceclose or report option
5. The on screen keypad is awful. I was glad to get hold of few apps that helped solve this
6. Updating of the OS, I have tried every method that has been posted in the internet to update my n1 from the outdated 2.2.1 to froyo or gingerbread. None of them have worked maybe because the files are outdated as every post or video I came across was almost 2 years old.
If anyone can help me in putting an end to this misery that would be the most helpful.
did you try super one click to root?
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if you need help updating your phone make use of this guide http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Nexus_One:_Full_Update_Guide i have followed the instructions that were there and i have fully upgraded my nexus one to GB and ICS
Like said, Root the device the correct way. And if possible, use a custom ROM, preferably CM7.
if incase all your rooting method fails. u still can unlock ur bootloader and can flash cm rom
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Thanks for the reply. I was thinking of not rooting my phone so that I can make use of the warranty. I might actually have to get a new N1 given the issues I had with this one. Do i absolutely have to root?
@omglol23: Where did you buy the phone? Should return for a repair if it is still under warranty.
I got it from the states, bestbuy to be even mor precise. But is there no way to update it without rooting the phone. This seems like an impossibility. Is there a customer care for nexus one? I get redirected to the samsung nexus s.
I tried updating to frg83d from frg83 which also failed still stuck with android 2.1, feel like crying
Dude i seriously doubt that you r having a vodafone n1....i was going through the same situation as you....for vodafone n1..follow this guide carefully
ossadmin.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/goodbye-vodafone-uk-nexus-one-rom/
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Since you don't want to root your phone coz of the warranty, I suggest have it check try contacting HTC and see if they can repair your phone. Possibly they might be able to update it for you once they repaired it.
Hi. My galaxy tab Verizon is running cyanogenmod 9 Rc1. My battery has been jumping from 30 percent to 3 percent for the last week or so. Today I recalibrated it. It now goes from 17 to 3. It was fully charged when I did it. I did it again. Same result. Is my tab dying? Should I replace it or take it to Verizon?
i really need help
Its a commn fault in galaxy tab.i tried every means bt nothing works except open your tab back cover n remove battery connector for a min then then reconect it.ur galaxy tab battery will be like new again.i dont know how it works bt it do magic to my tab every time.
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I have to do it like once in a month because after a month my tablet again start showing fake battery status.
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Do you overcharge?????
this problem is on most sgt p1000.......
sometimes when i used to keep it to charge overnight and when i would get up in the morning battery stats would fall instantly from 100 to 1%...i used to reboot my tab and everything would be back on track...
try rebooting...
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Its a commn fault in galaxy tab.i tried every means bt nothing works except open your tab back cover n remove battery connector for a min then then reconect it.ur galaxy tab battery will be like new again.i dont know how it works bt it do magic to my tab every time.
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im not really a fan of opening up my tab though
im not really a fan of opening up my tab though
Nor i were.infact mine was in warranty.i even show this problem to samsung service center they change somthng called IFC.it become normal for a month or two then again show same problem.actual problem wasnt IFC, bt in its changing procedure even they disconnect n reconnect battry connector which solve problem for some time.
I read somewhere its a battery issue.bt who cares now i have a method to overcome it.
its worth opening ur tab.check out videos on youtube nt a difficult task n now i need less then five mins to revive my battery again.
however i am curious why it works.
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Reboot works only for a couple of min then again battery show sudden fall on continous usage.i was sick of that.
Bt with this way u dont hv to care about ur sgt battery nymore thats for sure.
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Well maybe it's a battery stats problem........
I had this problem but never got stressed.....but when the battery stats stuck on a certain % ,I panicked big time.
well I have posted a thread with solutions for this problem.....and that cured both battery stats stuck and the battery draining instantaneously.....worked for me.....never had this problem after that
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Hi. My galaxy tab Verizon is running cyanogenmod 9 Rc1. My battery has been jumping from 30 percent to 3 percent for the last week or so. Today I recalibrated it. It now goes from 17 to 3. It was fully charged when I did it. I did it again. Same result. Is my tab dying? Should I replace it or take it to Verizon?
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I had same problem six months ago and I had tried everything. But every time, the problem came back again after a short period of time. Finally I had to buy a battery on eBay two months ago. After replaced the battery, the problem has never shown up again.
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I had same problem six months ago and I had tried everything. But every time, the problem came back again after a short period of time. Finally I had to buy a battery on eBay two months ago. After replaced the battery, the problem has never shown up again.
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I don't want to risk breaking my tab by opening it up
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I don't want to risk breaking my tab by opening it up
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if you follow the instruction carefully you won't break it. It's actually very simple. after unscrew, just use an expired credit card to pry it open. Don't use any metals.
follow the fixit or directfix instruction. They are the best!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urGUKerJOhg&feature=player_detailpage
Indeed its a battery fault bt despite showing fake status there isnt any problem in charging or backup.
thats y i didnt bother to buy new one n will stretch this one by disconnecting method.
Start opening it from bottom corner after removing screws.
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I use my tablet instead of my netbook for traveling right now. The tablet is so portable and have all the functions that I need for traveling. I couldn't stand the battery problem any more as it was so frustrating that I couldn't use it while I needed it the most. I didn't send it back for warranty repair because I already rooted and installed the Overcome. The battery is only $16 to $24. It took a little bit guts and dexterity to take out the cover. The back cover is actually quite sturdy and is not that easy to break. I even drilled out the screw heads because I don't have a special screw driver. But I am happy after replaced the battery. My tab is much dependable and reliable.
Hello,
my S3 I9305 LTE 16GB just died and now i'm investigating the reason. First of all, does the SDS occur on my device? i can't check for eMMC or
FW rev and in the topics about the sudden death issue i didn't read anything about the I9305. Could it be the Sudden death bug?
So what happened to my device:
I run CM 10.1 since June 2013 without any issues. About 3 weeks ago i updated to the newest 10.2 nightly build (don't remember the exact build)
Since than the device started to turn of randomly. In the beginning 1-2 times during the day. The frequency increased, sometime it turn off 3 times in a row, if the battery get removed. Today I accidentally took the battery out during the bootscreen (cm loading screen). Since than the device don't show any reaction to any of the boot modes, while charging nor full battery. It seems the device has no power (No light while charging). Since it's dead i tried several times to turn the device on, once there was a infrequently red light blinking (infrequently in blinking and intensity). But it happened only once. Now it has no life signs.
Is there anything i can do? It's still in warranty, but i can't flash the stockrom... will customer service make any trouble? i never had to sent a phone to the customer service.
thank you for any advice and sorry if this is the wrong place to ask
Looks like a job for customer service.
That happened to me on cm 10.1 and i just quickly loaded another rom before it booted again took a while though .even in cwm it kept rebooting rom had been fine for two weeks
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Is there anything i can do? It's still in warranty, but i can't flash the stockrom... will customer service make any trouble? i never had to sent a phone to the customer service.
it has a custom rom / root so warranty is void .
But if the phone does not boot it may not be relevant .
Just be prepared for a rejection of warranty or a repair charge .
I normally dont go through customer service i go through a phone repair shop and they charge 50 Aussie $ to flash new firmware no questions asked.if they cant fix like when i wiped efs they returned fully to stock so it could go back under warranty as they have advanced tools unavailable to the rest of us.samsung would still detect current custom rom even if it wont boot .
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If they aren't able to go into download mode, you can be calm, they won't be able to see if your phone was rooted or installed any custom rom, so they will fix it.
Yes true but you have to wait along time without your phone if it gets shipped off.repair shop does it same day.
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Sorry i just read lol i thought you could still get in to cwm and it was just randomly rebooting still like mine
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been thinking the minute they fix and get it to boot the flash counter will not be reset.
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Is I9305 concerned by SDS?
Hi there,
I intend to buy a new phone, i would like the I9305 16Gb. I had before a I9300 16Gb with an insane chip which i sold fearing the SDS.
is this model that i want to buy at risk? Does it come with the same insane chip? Is there a colour i could buy to minimise he risk of ending up with the same emmc? I could choose between grey, brown, or white. Honestly i don't care about the colour, i want a good phone.
Thank you all for your answers, i hope that with your help i will make the right choice!
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Hi there,
I intend to buy a new phone, i would like the I9305 16Gb. I had before a I9300 16Gb with an insane chip which i sold fearing the SDS.
is this model that i want to buy at risk? Does it come with the same insane chip? Is there a colour i could buy to minimise he risk of ending up with the same emmc? I could choose between grey, brown, or white. Honestly i don't care about the colour, i want a good phone.
Thank you all for your answers, i hope that with your help i will make the right choice!
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I9305 does not suffer this problem i read it was fixed
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