Hello everyone... I have a really weird question: How can I kill my phone without the chance that the company finds out?
I'm stuck with a crappy contract and they won't let me finish it with my phone working... So... What should I do? The idea is that I kill the phone but that's impossible to discover that I did it...
Any ideas?
Felipeaqg said:
Hello everyone... I have a really weird question: How can I kill my phone without the chance that the company finds out?
I'm stuck with a crappy contract and they won't let me finish it with my phone working... So... What should I do? The idea is that I kill the phone but that's impossible to discover that I did it...
Any ideas?
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Brick it and claim that it was an update that failed?
Remember to act like an idiot and that you don't understand any of the technical words.
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Brick it and claim that it was an update that failed?
Remember to act like an idiot and that you don't understand any of the technical words.
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Oh yeah, but bricking-it will not even cause the phone to be turned on? Or they still can know that I bricked it? And in what part of the update should I unplug it?
Put it in the microwave, that will kill it
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Set everything to stock via ruu, leave phone on apply hair dryer to phone until phone is off imitating over heating.
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Or just flash froyo radio.
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Felipeaqg said:
Oh yeah, but bricking-it will not even cause the phone to be turned on? Or they still can know that I bricked it? And in what part of the update should I unplug it?
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If you brick your phone they will most likely know that you messed something up. So best is to do what others suggested, hair dry or microwave
markj338 said:
Put it in the microwave, that will kill it
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I thought of that first too...
But I thought I was just crazy for even thinking that, so I didn't mention it
If you out it in the microwave they're gonna see the burn marks on the metal ...
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Can't you just update it, and pull the plug part way through? Maybe pull the battery during an update? I don't know if the phone would be recoverable from that.
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As long as the recovery image was there and bootloader able to boot and your phone can be recovered.
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My wife accidently dropped her Hero in a glass of milk. Now do I need to unroot it before filing an insurance claim thru Asurion?
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My wife accidently dropped her Hero in a glass of milk. Now do I need to unroot it before filing an insurance claim thru Asurion?
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If it will turn on, yes.
Yeah, it turns on, but I just get a continuous bootloop. I figured they probably wouldn't like it very well if they see the CM7 bootscreen.
boardindude said:
Yeah, it turns on, but I just get a continuous bootloop. I figured they probably wouldn't like it very well if they see the CM7 bootscreen.
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Well you could just say you lost it, it's a white lie, you lost the functionality of it.
Just ruu it, it it's in a bootloop you can ruu it still.
Shelnutt2 said:
Just ruu it, it it's in a bootloop you can ruu it still.
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Yeah, I can get into recovery. I'm downloading the latest RUU right now. They'll just see stock bootloop instead of CM7 bootload.
Either that or put it back into the milk until it won't boot at all.
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Either that or put it back into the milk until it won't boot at all.
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Actually I thought that Asurion didn't cover liquid damage, you better check that.
Put it in a bad of rice to dry out. You might not have to make an insurance claim.
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Believe it or not, I tried turning it on one more time before flashing the RUU n it started up just fine, been running ever since. So I might not even need insurance after all!
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My wife accidently dropped her Hero in a glass of milk. Now do I need to unroot it before filing an insurance claim thru Asurion?
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I would. Better to be safe and unroot than for your insurance claim to be denied
But first get it to boot.
Swyped from my Super Hero!
your battery probably just needed to dry out but yes i would deffinitly file a claime after u unroot
Ok, everything is working except the USB port. I tried unrooting with the HERCIMG.zip, but its not finding the file. What other way can I unroot?
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I am considering S-off, but could someone please tell me if there is a way this can be done without having to use a wire?
Thanks
nope not yet
Thanks ... I guess I will give it a try
No you can not. It seems sketchy, I know lol, but after I did it Im glad I did and its not as hard as it seems. Just have to get the double tap wire just right.
I would have to tamper with that area that has the Void sticker right?
TolaSkamp said:
I am considering S-off, but could someone please tell me if there is a way this can be done without having to use a wire?
Thanks
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You may check out these posts:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/unlock-virtually-any-htc-bootloader-without-voiding-warranty/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1578908
I never tried it because my phone was already s-off'ed but you may give it a read and try it out.
If you do let us know the results.
Unfortunately yes. My warranty sticker was already removed when I had the screen replaced so thats why I went ahead and did it. If you end up doing it, remember to use an sd card that you dont care loosing everything on it.
I also want to know the answer to this question, thanks for your reply.
Don't be afraid, the wire trick is very easy!!
I was going to do it but I cant see the pins, sucks getting old
The tip about using a sandwhich bag tie (metal wire twisty) was very helpful for me.
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I used the same thing as well. The paperclips I used to S-OFF a few Rezounds were too thick and made contact with the other pins. Thank goodness for sandwitch bag zip-ties.
I did it also n you can buy the stickers on eBay I know that cause I did it also n further more what the wire trick does in theory it power cycles the nand just like with the dhd aka inspire to allow the custom eng bootloader . HTC took out the loophole to allow the unlock tools to cause just the nand to reboot to allow this exploit on the phones firmware within the nand.
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I did it also n you can buy the stickers on eBay I know that cause I did it also n further more what the wire trick does in theory it power cycles the nand just like with the dhd aka inspire to allow the custom eng bootloader . HTC took out the loophole to allow the unlock tools to cause just the nand to reboot to allow this exploit on the phones firmware within the nand.
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English. Do you speak it? Also, using fraudulent stickers like that it's somewhat frowned upon in these parts by a lot of people. Please refrain from any further discussion about it.
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TolaSkamp said:
I would have to tamper with that area that has the Void sticker right?
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Dude its super easy I peeled my sticket off perfectly and was able to put it back on with it looking tampered took me less than 10mins
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It really is that easy . I used a sandwich bag tie,did 4 vivids no prob
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But does it have to be done in the area that has the "Void" sticker?
Just take your time .just slide the sticker off you can stick it back on.
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Yep
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Well I was just saying that's what I did.. n also correction to my post its not the nand its the emmc sorry if my English wasn't correct I know how these phones work n I understand how the exploit works with our phones. Hmm last thought I was not telling anyone to do that with the stickers I frankly don't care about att n there warrenties if u think about it when u used htcdev.com to unlock your phone they do report ur serial number of your phone back to HTC for any hardware related warrenty its in the fine print. I don't want to start a flame war at all I just want to make sure anyone knows what happens n certain ways around it
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Hey guys my vivid is looking like is dead. It has power because I can feel it vibrating but the screen is blank. It is cracked the glass so I am hoping replacing it will fix it or is it a deeper problem?
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clago87 said:
Hey guys my vivid is looking like is dead. It has power because I can feel it vibrating but the screen is blank. It is cracked the glass so I am hoping replacing it will fix it or is it a deeper problem?
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Hopefully replacing it will fix it. If you happened to set up a VNCviewer on your phone you could check by accessing the screen from the computer, but I'm guessing that is unlikely.
Or get a mhl adapter and hook it to ur tv and see if that works .
So yes when I got home I was able to get boot loader on and I tried factory reset so it wasn't my screen I am guessing but when trying to get into recovery or trying to reboot its only on the HTC screen. This came out of nowhere so know I am a Little lost. What could of happened?
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clago87 said:
So yes when I got home I was able to get boot loader on and I tried factory reset so it wasn't my screen I am guessing but when trying to get into recovery or trying to reboot its only on the HTC screen. This came out of nowhere so know I am a Little lost. What could of happened?
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if your bootloader is still locked run the stock ruu file and it will put you on a stock Rom and fix any errors
clago87 said:
So yes when I got home I was able to get boot loader on and I tried factory reset so it wasn't my screen I am guessing but when trying to get into recovery or trying to reboot its only on the HTC screen. This came out of nowhere so know I am a Little lost. What could of happened?
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if your bootloader is still locked run the stock ruu file and it will put you on a stock Rom and fix any errors
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And if its unlocked...just relock it then run a ruu...*hint* you can relock a bootloader using the vivid toolkit which is stickies in th vivid dev section
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Alright will do when I get back home. My battery seems to be low though. Any tricks to get it to charge. I don't think its charging and yes I am unlocked with the toolkit so I will try relocking I guess see if it does the trick. Really at a loss as t what happen. Last thing I remember was talking g a picture of the sunset at the beach and then to having a dead phone
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big scare you guys the phone powered up and turned on by itself now. I am guessing it has something to do with the screen so I am not going to mess with it until I exchange it. Hopefully this week thanks for the help
Seems like I spoke to soon its happening again. I am getting a power light but no boot up. The home keys will vibrate but the screen stays blank. I am know wondering whether it's the screen or the battery or maybe both..... One thing I do see when I am able to boot up to bootloader is that its telling me the battery has low voltage. Could that mean there is not enough voltage going to the phone from the battery.
night,, i had my htc one bricked after flashing "ELEGEN***" custom rom, before i flash this customrom, usually i can flash another custom rom like (MAXI**SHD, VI**RROM, etc) and it works on everyday use. after flashing this rom, i can go to inside, after a few minutes my phone hanging/stuck, and i immedietely turn it off by pushing the power button for 5 sec. when i want to turn it on again, my htc one wont boot, then i try go to bootloader by pressing the power button and volume down, but that no works, it doesnt want to boot at all. then i try to connect to charger, but the led notification charging doesnt appear, and when i connect it to my pc, it just appear a driver notification that named "QHSUSB_DLOAD". btw please help meeeee... T_T does anyone have a solution??? helpppp T_T
Its Dead.
Here you go try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2446385
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IINexusII said:
Its Dead.
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does there is no solution? T_T
offwiththeface said:
Here you go try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2446385
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which should i try? put it on charge for a few days or "try holding the power button and volume down buttons down, while holding the proximity sensor directly under a very bright light..." ? ._. i thinking to send it to HTC, but i still confused how to explain my htc one problem, does it really will cost for this kind of repair?
Try both maybe holding it u dear the light method first then try charging for a few days
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ha.. what happened?,. i think your not doing anything wrong,. i also do that kind of flashing but i never went to brick
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Try both maybe holding it u dear the light method first then try charging for a few days
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btw whats the meaning of "...holding the proximity sensor directly under a very bright light"? does i need to do that by holding the 2 circles at the left corner and do this under very bright light like under brightly sun? ._. sorry, i dont really perfect in english, hehe
QHSUSB_DLOAD is Qualcomm High Speed USB Download mode. It is how HTC puts software onto the phone. A few phones have came back from in with no explanation as to why, but most are hard bricked. There is no know fix other than sending it to HTC. They will replace the phones main board and reflash it. It is not a warranty repair, so you'll have to pay for it.
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CoryTallman said:
QHSUSB_DLOAD is Qualcomm High Speed USB Download mode. It is how HTC puts software onto the phone. A few phones have came back from in with no explanation as to why, but most are hard bricked. There is no know fix other than sending it to HTC. They will replace the phones main board and reflash it. It is not a warranty repair, so you'll have to pay for it.
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btw if i send it to HTC for repair how many it will cost? hmm, i just thinking, about giving another explanation to htc when i send it to him, if i say "it has bricked after a few minutes since i update from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2" does htc will trust that? if htc doesnt trust that, how htc know if my phone already unlocked and tampered? because the phone doesnt want to boot at all ._.
its hosed
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btw if i send it to HTC for repair how many it will cost? hmm, i just thinking, about giving another explanation to htc when i send it to him, if i say "it has bricked after a few minutes since i update from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2" does htc will trust that? if htc doesnt trust that, how htc know if my phone already unlocked and tampered? because the phone doesnt want to boot at all ._.
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There is a reason every developer includes a disclaimer with their software. You chose to unlock the bootloader, you chose to run modified software, and now it falls on you to accept responsibility for a bricked device. HTC may fall for that line, but I doubt it. The 4.2.2 updates been out for a while now and there have been no reports of it bricking phones, where as several devices running custom roms have had this happen. More than likely HTC will see through the bull**** story. But who am I to be your moral compass? Go ahead and give it a try. Let us know how it goes.
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CheesyNutz said:
its hosed
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"its hosed" ? what it's mean? ._.
CoryTallman said:
There is a reason every developer includes a disclaimer with their software. You chose to unlock the bootloader, you chose to run modified software, and now it falls on you to accept responsibility for a bricked device. HTC may fall for that line, but I doubt it. The 4.2.2 updates been out for a while now and there have been no reports of it bricking phones, where as several devices running custom roms have had this happen. More than likely HTC will see through the bull**** story. But who am I to be your moral compass? Go ahead and give it a try. Let us know how it goes.
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i think i wanna to try that, because if the repair cost over $50, i think i will be really confused to consider repair it nor not. btw if i buy JTAG, how much JTAG and other thing i need for it will be cost?
oh, btw if i send it to HTC and give a bull*** story, and he's not believe in that, then i need to cost for the repair, probably how much it will cost for the repair?
andrizmitnick said:
"its hosed" ? what it's mean? ._.
i think i wanna to try that, because if the repair cost over $50, i think i will be really confused to consider repair it nor not. btw if i buy JTAG, how much JTAG and other thing i need for it will be cost?
oh, btw if i send it to HTC and give a bull*** story, and he's not believe in that, then i need to cost for the repair, probably how much it will cost for the repair?
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I've heard different reports of the cost, but its always over $200 US.
I wouldn't recommend JTAG on the One. The body is almost impossible to get apart without damaging it.
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CoryTallman said:
I've heard different reports of the cost, but its always over $200 US.
I wouldn't recommend JTAG on the One. The body is almost impossible to get apart without damaging it.
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what??? T_T $200 US ? how can that be so expensive? T_T
andrizmitnick said:
what??? T_T $200 US ? how can that be so expensive? T_T
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The phone retails for what? $600? $800?
$200 to bring it back from a hard brick is not surprising, especially since HTC seems to be the only ones capable of this....
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CoryTallman said:
The phone retails for what? $600? $800?
$200 to bring it back from a hard brick is not surprising, especially since HTC seems to be the only ones capable of this....
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hmm,, does the htc cost that for replacing some part of the phone? like PCB or maybe something like that? ._. i just an shs student, need to think again for that cost, and i just have $400 in my pocket
btw just an example, if i explaining some bull**** story to HTC, and make my htc one granted, how do u think i goes? does HTC will noticed that the phone is already unlocked and tampered? ._.
andrizmitnick said:
hmm,, does the htc cost that for replacing some part of the phone? like PCB or maybe something like that? ._. i just an shs student, need to think again for that cost, and i just have $400 in my pocket
btw just an example, if i explaining some bull**** story to HTC, and make my htc one granted, how do u think i goes? does HTC will noticed that the phone is already unlocked and tampered? ._.
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I have no idea, luckily I've never had to send a phone to HTC. Like I said, all you can do is send it in and see what happens.
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I have no idea, luckily I've never had to send a phone to HTC. Like I said, all you can do is send it in and see what happens.
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5 days ago, ive just sent it my htc to htc care, and then i telling him my story, thats fine, after a few day i leave it there, he call me that my htc one need to change the motherboard, thats need 2 months for recieve the part from taiwan he say, thats not cost anything, he say it goes to the warranty, but i think that was too long, does i should trust it or take it back my htc again? ._.
andrizmitnick said:
5 days ago, ive just sent it my htc to htc care, and then i telling him my story, thats fine, after a few day i leave it there, he call me that my htc one need to change the motherboard, thats need 2 months for recieve the part from taiwan he say, thats not cost anything, he say it goes to the warranty, but i think that was too long, does i should trust it or take it back my htc again? ._.
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Well your One is basically a fancy paperweight the way it is, and if they'll do it under warranty great. Two months is a long time, but at least its not $200.
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So I am on mj5 and I want to brick it so I can do warranty exchange... If I odin to mi5 will it brick it so if I take it to att support shop they will replace it? Will they give you a new phone or a refurb phone?
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jlim0930 said:
So I am on mj5 and I want to brick it so I can do warranty exchange... If I odin to mi5 will it brick it so if I take it to att support shop they will replace it? Will they give you a new phone or a refurb phone?
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different reps will handle the same situation differently, one may replace it with less fuss than the other depending on what they know and what state you bring it back in.
why are you exchanging it, is it really bricked? is there something else wrong with the phone? is it rooted? these things will help determine what state you may want to leave your phone in when you walk through the door.
It's currently rooted with kingo but I think you can unroot it and it will get rid of the custom padlock ... I dropped it once at home but the silver rim is starting to chip off
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jlim0930 said:
It's currently rooted with kingo but I think you can unroot it and it will get rid of the custom padlock ... I dropped it once at home but the silver rim is starting to chip off
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Sooooo here are the options. IF you can get rid of the custom Padlock screen and remove root you can either Bootloop Soft brick ( though soft bricks are hard bricks for us right now ) or you can Brake the firmware and leave it in a Firmware has Encountered an Error screen. whichever one you feel more comfy explaining on your end as to how this occurred for the warranty claim.
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Sooooo here are the options. IF you can get rid of the custom Padlock screen and remove root you can either Bootloop Soft brick ( though soft bricks are hard bricks for us right now ) or you can Brake the firmware and leave it in a Firmware has Encountered an Error screen. whichever one you feel more comfy explaining on your end as to how this occurred for the warranty claim.
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Quick question for u or any one that is boot looping on att running mj5 if u connect ur phone to a pc will it read it. Like if u wanted to put something on the internal sd card could you?
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chrisn91 said:
Quick question for u or any one that is boot looping on att running mj5 if u connect ur phone to a pc will it read it. Like if u wanted to put something on the internal sd card could you?
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I could not, it would recognize the device but never connect to transfer files.
I'll be pleased if they deny your claim and cite the accidental damage as the cause. Buy a case or insurance next time.
I do have insurance and case and screen protector since day 1
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You can go here to help development. Good chance of getting a brick.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554411
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Bricking for warranty claims...a classic..
Thanks for making our next devices cost even more...
It's called fraud by the way....g
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