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[Q] DidI just brick

After upgrading to 2.3.3 on my captivate the three button fix was applied, is it hardbricked and needs to send to Samsung?

you didnt read instructions did you?
how do you go back to stock? ODIN ONE CLICK
THEN flash 3 button fix with odin3 flasher ONLY IF YOU NEED TO after 1 click (shouldnt need to)
WHY? well that was in the instructions too!
3button fix only has 1 of 2 original bootloaders.
is it hard bricked?... probab-****in-bly.... does it turn on? you tell us...
send back to samsung, yup but keep your mouth shut and play dumb (shouldnt be hard)
ALL YOU SAY: "it stopped working" and stick it to the back of a big speaker magnet for an hour. (take out your sim and sd card dummy!)
well that was an expensive lesson..

Haha yes you probably did brick. Is it really that hard to read instructions? I flash at least 3-4 times a week and have never even come close to bricking. If you do exactly what the devs tell you to do then its almost impossible to brick your phone. However you clearly didn't read. To answer your question, yes, you most likely did brick your phone.
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Its not brick I did the same stupid thing but I was able to fix it whit a jig
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if you mix bootloaders, you are screwed.

Well I did. And it won't work whit the jig until I pull the battery out many times and reinstall drives
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reinstalling drivers has nothing to do with you phone bricking, so.. please just stop there,
but im not willing to thow out a 400$ brick just to prove you wrong... so fine you win! mix bootloaders all you want.

TRusselo said:
reinstalling drivers has nothing to do with you phone bricking, so.. please just stop there,
but im not willing to thow out a 400$ brick just to prove you wrong... so fine you win! mix bootloaders all you want.
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lol backing up Tru here.. If you mess up with bootloaders, the ONLY way back is a JTAG.
If you can fix it with a JIG, your bootloaders are intact and have never been mixed/damaged.
There is no way around, that's just how it is..

J tag is no guarantee though, 99 % ya but it costs more than I paid for this phone...
And ya like I said no mixy de boot loaders

Locked?

I figured i ask here I bought a phone from a friend and he told me the phone is locked and the users gmail account option will not respond. Not sure what he did but its mine now and im not sure what to do. This is a known glitch ive heard but I just cannot get the work around it. Can someone help what steps do i need to take? He also told me "This is what my friend told me about this phone as i dont have it yet. "If you can get it out of the lock screen from the password yes it is fully functional. You can still get incoming calls and the display is damaged but does not mess with the function of the screen". My question is will factory restore help this? Or what would i need to do? I dont have the phone yet its being shipped. Is this fixable?

Once you get it, you can flash a stock rom and it will wipe everything on it, restoring to like new
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Thats grt can you send me a link to the stock rom? Also so if it is locked right now this stock rom would solve that problem? Also the password issue and gmail user account issue? I dont think its rooted does it need to be to flash the stock rom? Im new at all this with this type of phone. Since its already 2.2 does that help. And should it be 2.3.3 now?

Wait. Wait wait, before you go flashing things that could soft brick your phone. What's the build#
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I dont have it yet im not even sure i know my friend that had it i think its just the way it is out of box dont know. All i lknow is what he told me the gmail user password issue and being locked. But can get incoming calls and if password was unlocked it would be fully functional and display damaged but doesnt mess with the function of the screen what ever that means. I just would like to think i can get this to work when i get it. I dont care if i have to start over meaning whatever is it at now just reset the whole phone from boot i guess

cell2011 said:
I dont have it yet im not even sure i know my friend that had it i think its just the way it is out of box dont know. All i lknow is what he told me the gmail user password issue and being locked. But can get incoming calls and if password was unlocked it would be fully functional and display damaged but doesnt mess with the function of the screen what ever that means. I just would like to think i can get this to work when i get it. I dont care if i have to start over meaning whatever is it at now just reset the whole phone from boot i guess
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But it would soft brick your phone if your phone is not compatible.
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I dont have it yet i should Tues or Wed its being shipped its an ATT phone i just dont know much about it except for what he has told me. ill try to get more info. Can this be fixed either way?

cell2011 said:
Thats grt can you send me a link to the stock rom? Also so if it is locked right now this stock rom would solve that problem? Also the password issue and gmail user account issue? I dont think its rooted does it need to be to flash the stock rom? Im new at all this with this type of phone. Since its already 2.2 does that help. And should it be 2.3.3 now?
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b-eock said:
Wait. Wait wait, before you go flashing things that could soft brick your phone. What's the build#
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Before you start flashing, get yourself a JIG. It will fix a soft brick if it should happen. For the stock rom go into the development section and look for the KB2 thread. And make sure you read some of the stickies around here so you know the risks of flashing/modding your phone. Good luck.

Try to flash KI2 the latest gingerbread leak for the captivate!
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How do i flash something without being rooted what if clockwork is not there? Ive done these before roms and flashing kernels all that with Hero and Droid on here. If its the same thing im sure ill get you to this development. Is the K2 the beginning right?

cell2011 said:
How do i flash something without being rooted what if clockwork is not there? Ive done these before roms and flashing kernels all that with Hero and Droid on here. If its the same thing im sure ill get you to this development. Is the K2 the beginning right?
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Have to know. How to use odin
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This is the latest i have heard about the phone. "You can get it unlocked. I got it to where I needed to get it unlocked by using the calling technique then going to notepad but every time I got there I messed up the steps. Is this an easy fix? Dont know build # yet but im working on trying to get that too.

Ok yes its sounds like when for hero or droid we use RSD lite and the phones drivers. Im sure i can pick up on this to get it to recovery.

No recovery just download mode.
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I will help you.
Just let me get out my my computer so it will be easier.
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Can we try this later this week ill PM you when i have my phone ok. I should have it by Tues Wed next week. Im just trying to get some input on what to do and link to what rom would be best for me and battery life i heard Mosiac was good and some others and Serendipity was too much battery usage. Ill learn im sure. Ill be on tommrrow

You can put the phone in DL mode with the help of volume and power buttons.
Press both volume and plug in usb= DL mode.
Just check what build is your phone and what current rom you have on it. Post more details

Instructions!
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BRICKING OF YOUR DEVICE OR ANY OTHER UNRELATED EVENT!!!!!
IF YOU ACCEPT, GO ON AND DO THIS GUIDE!!!!
Files needed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129821
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17966615&postcount=214 (this is to get CWM on a stock kernel with init.d support)
http://fugumod.org/Samsung_galaxys/zImage-root.tar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282369
http://www.multiupload.com/8O9NYS8DE7
With phone off and not connected to the computer
Open odin KF1 ATT GB bootloaders as ADMINISTRATOR and B4 you connect phone(VERY important)
While holding volume + and - plug in USB that is connected to back of computer. That will get you download mode.
Hit start on Odin KF1 BL flasher. Let it finish and reboot you. (will boot into samsung recovery)then delete all user data.
Pull battery and disconnect phone. Close Odin BL flasher.
Open Odin3 v1.85 and place the KI2 tar.md5 in the PDA slot.(which is in a .rar file and the password is sampro.pl You have to extract it to flash with odin.) Start and wait. Let reboot and boot all the way up.
Let me know when its done and I will help you with root, cuz this post is way too long.

Ok ty yes i know the thread is long here is the latest ive heard maybe this might help a little bit. My friend told me after asking about the build #. "You can not get to that menu as the phone is locked on the password screen. Gmail will not kick it out of the screen as it is suppose to". Does this help ?

Wait till you get the phone.
Build number is inside the battery compartment, usually on a white label. It should be 4 digits, which interpret as yymm, the year and month of the time the phone was made by Samsung. Older builds came with Android 2.1 Eclair, referred to sometimes as JF6 software from Samsung. J is 2010, F is June, 6 is the 6th complete compile of the ROM.
After February, 2011, Captivates were upgraded to Android 2.2 Froyo, typically software build KB1, or KB2, 2011 February.
In May, Releases of Gingerbread, specifically for Captivate started being leaked by Samsung, nothing is official yet.
KEx is Gingerbread 2.3.3
KHx is Gingerbread 2.3.4
KIx is Gingerbread 2.3.5
Newer phones seem not to like going to older releases of Android for some reason.
Be careful, take out the SIM card and any SD card before you do anything like flashing.
Pick one of the stock ROM's first, and try to reset the phone with that. In the DEV section there are threads for each of the above. Be careful if the thread mentions flashing bootloaders, and read the directions.

LG thrill unbrick with KDZ

I dont know if people already know this,
but i bricked my phone this morning flashing clockwork with the app instead of the flash adb tool that was made. dont know what i was thinking.
Anyways i was unaware that i could flash the KDZ with the phone completely off with no battery. just let it finish and put the battery back in and its good!
Sorry in advance if everyone knew that

I think I may have done the same thing
I also put clockwork on my thrill today and ended up bricked... but I can't find kdz for the thrill. There's tons of broken links out there for them. Where did you get yours?
And did you flash with KDZ_FW_UPD? what settings did you use?

Yes I flashed it with that. Look around some Guy has a torrent with all the stuff needed. Its Roger kdz.
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akwhite23 said:
I dont know if people already know this,
but i bricked my phone this morning flashing clockwork with the app instead of the flash adb tool that was made. dont know what i was thinking.
Anyways i was unaware that i could flash the KDZ with the phone completely off with no battery. just let it finish and put the battery back in and its good!
Sorry in advance if everyone knew that
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OH. Please do not do that. Flash it WITH the battery. If even a slight power disruption is made, your phone will be a permanent brick.
akwhite23 said:
Yes I flashed it with that. Look around some Guy has a torrent with all the stuff needed. Its Roger kdz.
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The torrent file is WAY too big just for that.
1.8GB for flashing tools?
430 MB for just the file to flash and root?
All you need to do is follow this guide.
SEE POST
Every downloadable option in the post along with your .kdz file is approx. 442MB. Give or take on the .kdz file size.
It has all the flashing tools needed. It is 4 times smaller than the 1.8GB torrent.

Thanks stat. I def agree on on doing it with the battery. But that's the only way I could get connection seeing how it was stuck at the LG. And wipes wouldn't work to get me out of it.
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Bricked

Can't get into recovery or anything can someone help or point me into the right place to fix this just need to get the phone up and running the rest i can do root ect,,,,,

mobgod said:
Can't get into recovery or anything can someone help or point me into the right place to fix this just need to get the phone up and running the rest i can do root ect,,,,,
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Does your phone turn on at all?

i can get into fastboot but thats about it

mobgod said:
i can get into fastboot but thats about it
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maybe the correct files to flash or what i can do to just get the phone back to stock

mobgod said:
i can get into fastboot but thats about it
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You will have to use RSD and fxz you phone back to stock. I was in you situation once tried using the bootstrap built for the razor. As long as you can access fast boot mode your alright. Here's the link where you can find the file you need. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=132810
Get the. 902 fastboot file.

nobe1976 said:
You will have to use RSD and fxz you phone back to stock. I was in you situation once tried using the bootstrap built for the razor. As long as you can access fast boot mode your alright. Here's the link where you can find the file you need. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=132810
Get the. 902 fastboot file.
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I've tried that keeps failing with rsd step 6 I believe the first time I got to step 20 than all hell broke lose I believe it was something about web top. Should I just try 902 again is what your telling me ? Also big question is how can I charge the battery I'm getting low battery in fastboot ??
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mobgod said:
I've tried that keeps failing with rsd step 6 I believe the first time I got to step 20 than all hell broke lose I believe it was something about web top. Should I just try 902 again is what your telling me ? Also big question is how can I charge the battery I'm getting low battery in fastboot ??
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You might have bad partitions. That might be pretty hard to fix with only rsd light you might have to make your own fxz flashable zip to repartition your phone. That would take some good coding skills.

androidifyme said:
You might have bad partitions. That might be pretty hard to fix with only rsd light you might have to make your own fxz flashable zip to repartition your phone. That would take some good coding skills.
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you RSDd over safestrap didnt you..

nitephlight said:
you RSDd over safestrap didnt you..
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Not sure trying to fix my buddy's phone but I think the battery is to dead now how can I charge it ??
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mobgod said:
Not sure trying to fix my buddy's phone but I think the battery is to dead now how can I charge it ??
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goto radio shack and buy one of those chargers that works for most batteries like phones and cameras or you can try the usb cable hack.
once charged you will need to FXZ through RSDLite.
RSDLite 5.7
http://d-h.st/Wja
FXZ 905 - Please read the README.txt for more info
http://d-h.st/W6A
Motorola Device Manager (up-to-date USB drivers for Windows)
http://www.adrive.com/public/ABQ6M2/MotorolaDeviceManager_2.2.26.exe

mobgod said:
Can't get into recovery or anything can someone help or point me into the right place to fix this just need to get the phone up and running the rest i can do root ect,,,,,
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mobgod said:
i can get into fastboot but thats about it
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mobgod said:
I've tried that keeps failing with rsd step 6 I believe the first time I got to step 20 than all hell broke lose I believe it was something about web top. Should I just try 902 again is what your telling me ? Also big question is how can I charge the battery I'm getting low battery in fastboot ??
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twinkyz1979 said:
goto radio shack and buy one of those chargers that works for most batteries like phones and cameras or you can try the usb cable hack.
once charged you will need to FXZ through RSDLite.
There is a program that SamuraiHL has posted called House of Bionic. It's on the droidforums web site and you should be able to search for it there. Either that or google House of Bionic. It should bring up the thread where you can download this program. It's definitely a lifesaver. I would post the link myself but I haven't posted here enough yet to do that.
Hope this helps you out!
Cindy
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cindylike24 said:
twinkyz1979 said:
goto radio shack and buy one of those chargers that works for most batteries like phones and cameras or you can try the usb cable hack.
once charged you will need to FXZ through RSDLite.
There is a program that SamuraiHL has posted called House of Bionic. It's on the droidforums web site and you should be able to search for it there. Either that or google House of Bionic. It should bring up the thread where you can download this program. It's definitely a lifesaver. I would post the link myself but I haven't posted here enough yet to do that.
Hope this helps you out!
Cindy
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Link to usb hack http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...-code-corrupt-battery-low-cannot-program.html
Link to House of Bionic. http://www.droidforums.net/forum/mo...wngrade-902-no-app-data-loss.html#post2173723
Make sure you download the latest drivers and the right rsd to be used. Link to find both http://www.droidhive.com/forums/ind...nks-in-op-updated-dailyformerly-whats-in-dev/
The reason for it error in out is because the phone doesn't have enough juice to do the fxz process. Make sure that battery has over 50% charge before attempting or do the usb hack with a cord that you will no longer be using.
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I had this same problem. I used my warranty and got a new bionic. I blame Verizon and Motorola for not giving us what we want with an unlocked bootloader. Personally, I feel they should support the rooting community and be able to reinstall the operating system when we mess up, similar to how we can reinstall windows on a computer. They can even charge $50 for the service and be able to do it in-store from a computer. Not only could they make more money, they wouldn't have to replace as many devices.
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smokedkill said:
I had this same problem. I used my warranty and got a new bionic. I blame Verizon and Motorola for not giving us what we want with an unlocked bootloader. Personally, I feel they should support the rooting community and be able to reinstall the operating system when we mess up, similar to how we can reinstall windows on a computer. They can even charge $50 for the service and be able to do it in-store from a computer. Not only could they make more money, they wouldn't have to replace as many devices.
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You blame Verizon because you voided the warranty and ****ed up your own phone? Blame yourself for buying a phone that was known to have a locked bootloader to begin with.

smokedkill said:
I had this same problem. I used my warranty and got a new bionic. I blame Verizon and Motorola for not giving us what we want with an unlocked bootloader. Personally, I feel they should support the rooting community and be able to reinstall the operating system when we mess up, similar to how we can reinstall windows on a computer. They can even charge $50 for the service and be able to do it in-store from a computer. Not only could they make more money, they wouldn't have to replace as many devices.
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I would have to say that this is the reason there will most likely never be an unlocked phone sold again for VZW. By doing this you are making everyone look bad! You break, void warranty, then you should have to buy another one. If you don't like my statement don't try something you apparently have no knowledge to do.

Relax guys don't jack the thread for people that need the info
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i hada bricked phone i installed ics 235 and tryed to reflash it after data failed from safestrap . first i used a script it failed bad to reflash stuck in fastflash. so i found house of bionic(hob) of course cell battery was dead before i found it. crap i found online u can stick usb cable after cuttinfg it open and use red(pos)+ n black(neg)- wires to battery sandwhich it in phone . and it work 15min later battery ok used hob to reflash 235 used update 235 on sd card bang its alive.
....this order is my back aka new rsd flash ....no worryes

Need help to Hard Brick my phone

Yes, you read correct, I want to hard brick my phone not unbrick it but at the same time not leave traces of evidence of tampering. An unusual request it may be, but I have tried everything but just cannot get the damn thing to brick. I wanted to brick it and then experiment on possible ways to unbrick it. And then if all failed, I was going to send it back to Samsung to see if they find any traces of deliberate tampering. Come on geniuses...I know you're out there somewhere

Rom manager flash the wong recovery fr other devce
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DeadSp1d3r said:
Rom manager flash the wong recovery fr other devce
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+10000000 it's so easy

Thanks. Just downloading a Rom for the S5830i to try out. Wouldn't you be able to re-flash the correct rom this way and get it to work again? Also if it does brick this way, would it leave traces when Sammy Techs investigate?

Gizmotech said:
Thanks. Just downloading a Rom for the S5830i to try out. Wouldn't you be able to re-flash the correct rom this way and get it to work again? Also if it does brick this way, would it leave traces when Sammy Techs investigate?
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if you use rom manager samsung will not find out anything
if you flash other devices rom like acei on ace then it might brick but not for 100% sure but there is lots and lots of change that it will brick since it uses other flash scripts and binarys

Gizmotech said:
Yes, you read correct, I want to hard brick my phone not unbrick it but at the same time not leave traces of evidence of tampering. An unusual request it may be, but I have tried everything but just cannot get the damn thing to brick. I wanted to brick it and then experiment on possible ways to unbrick it. And then if all failed, I was going to send it back to Samsung to see if they find any traces of deliberate tampering. Come on geniuses...I know you're out there somewhere
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Just download a galaxy s3 ROM and kernel...bricked right there.
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Ok Just tried to load up the firmware file for a Ace Plus on odin 4.38 but it wont accept it and comes back with "out of memory" error on the PC screen. Will try Rom Manager.

Bingo! Bricked it. I take it there's no way that I can attempt to revive it? Also I hope there is no traces of CWM Rom Manager, Superuser or Busybox

I don't know about the traces. But the only way to revive it is JTAG or replacement motherboard.
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Next time, I'd rather make a backup in CWM and then restore it from another Recovery. What this does is delete the boot.img, so now your phone can't do anything and Samsung can't get any logs etc. from the device.
Also REMEMBER! Play dumb when taking it to the Samsung store! Don't mention Roms etc..

PulseDroid said:
Next time, I'd rather make a backup in CWM and then restore it from another Recovery. What this does is delete the boot.img, so now your phone can't do anything and Samsung can't get any logs etc. from the device.
Also REMEMBER! Play dumb when taking it to the Samsung store! Don't mention Roms etc..
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Or rename a text file to boot.img and flash it as a ROM. This gives a totally faulty ROM.
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Thanks guys, gonna give it in to service today and will keep you guys updated. I like the above method as it definitely would not leave traces of CWM, Superuser or Busybox. Duh, why didn't I think of that:silly: but too late now. maybe next time or someone else.

Gizmotech said:
Thanks guys, gonna give it in to service today and will keep you guys updated. I like the above method as it definitely would not leave traces of CWM, Superuser or Busybox. Duh, why didn't I think of that:silly: but too late now. maybe next time or someone else.
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Do you not ever think there is someone in samsung softwere development reading this...
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Best way to hardbrick your phone is to use rom manager
I got transformed into a potato while writing this post

athe_s said:
Do you not ever think there is someone in samsung softwere development reading this...
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I do. That's the good thing about having a screen-name

Updates!!!
Gizmotech said:
Thanks guys, gonna give it in to service today and will keep you guys updated.
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Any updates dude?

Wow. No wonder phone manufacturer doesn't honor warranty nowadays.
Seriously if u want to do such scam u should do it quietly without creating thread asking howto do so.

This is nice.... You can brick your phone in the last month of you year warranty and get a new phone/motherboard
Once my friends phone switched off suddenly... Non rooted stock
It happened suddenly and also out of warranty
She had to pay 5k to the Samsung people to get it repaired... And the plus point she got 14GB internal memory with the new motherboard
Her phone was the Samsung galaxy S i9000
it would've been done in free if she had warranty
So maybe you might get the GT S5830i.. The new version mother board or something
Best of luck

Gizmotech said:
Yes, you read correct, I want to hard brick my phone not unbrick it but at the same time not leave traces of evidence of tampering. An unusual request it may be, but I have tried everything but just cannot get the damn thing to brick. I wanted to brick it and then experiment on possible ways to unbrick it. And then if all failed, I was going to send it back to Samsung to see if they find any traces of deliberate tampering. Come on geniuses...I know you're out there somewhere
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ohh !!!! so easy !!! install rom manager... 100% sure samsung won't find out what went worng with your ace ...

ysrini said:
Any updates dude?
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Yes, the phone was repaired. They apparently replaced the motherboard.
an0nym0us_ said:
Wow. No wonder phone manufacturer doesn't honor warranty nowadays.
Seriously if u want to do such scam u should do it quietly without creating thread asking howto do so.
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I would have done it quietly if I didn't need the help. Duh! Besides, I doubt this is the reason why they don't honour warranty. I think it is more to do with that they are greedy corporate companies who would rather save at any cost irrespective of whose fault it is. I mean why should they penalise someone because of something someone else done? After all you are all paying customers. They scam people everyday and no one complains. I guess people only complain when it happens to them. You can buy a new phone and have it go faulty within 2 months. Do you think you can get a new phone under warranty from them? No it will be a refurbished one and doesn't mater how much you scream and shout for a new one, they don't care. A neither do I.
jumbobombo said:
So maybe you might get the GT S5830i.. The new version mother board or something
Best of luck
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No, I think it is the same motherboard. What I don't understand is, whether it is the same motherboard they repaired or a replacement one, as this phone was initially locked to the Three network. I had it unlocked. So a new motherboard would have meant that the phone would be locked again. But when I received it back, it would still accept any sims.