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System partition not booting up?

I'll try to keep this one explained simple
- Was running have boot loader unlocked and am rooted, was trickdroid
- Decided to try what else was out there for ROMS, switched to Renovate rom, was a downgrade from trickdroid in my eyes
- Decided to switch to one more rom before making the jump back to trickdroid, accidentally wiped internal storage data along with everything else
- After wasting most of my day messing with this crap, I finally got everything back to somewhat operational again
- My internal memory and Cache at one point were unmountable and read 0MB, had to do a factory reset via boot loader then a full wipe using TWRP
- Finally have trickdroid installed and its semi operational, aside from the fact that when I load it, it instantly has no service, no internet, nothing. It sends me to the launcher portion and there are no apps on there either. Shortly after it starts it will restart the device.
-After doing several restarts into recovery I have confirmed that the system partition consistently unchecks itself and I have already attempted fixing permissions several times and doing a system wipe and full ROM install again.. same issue to no avail.
- Last night I actually managed to pull up icons and programs, somehow, but again there was no system being loaded up
A little help please? I am in a state of a soft brick at this point, which is not bad considering I had a SUPER HARD brick earlier.
Help me, please. I just want to get this phone back to a functioning state!

Armygoat05 said:
- Finally have trickdroid installed and its semi operational, aside from the fact that when I load it, it instantly has no service, no internet, nothing. It sends me to the launcher portion and there are no apps on there either. Shortly after it starts it will restart the device.
-After doing several restarts into recovery I have confirmed that the system partition consistently unchecks itself and I have already attempted fixing permissions several times and doing a system wipe and full ROM install again.. same issue to no avail.
- Last night I actually managed to pull up icons and programs, somehow, but again there was no system being loaded up
A little help please? I am in a state of a soft brick at this point, which is not bad considering I had a SUPER HARD brick earlier.
Help me, please. I just want to get this phone back to a functioning state!
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A hard brick is unrecoverable. It means your phone is literally as responsive as a brick. I would say your phone is pretty functional if the actual OS loads.
Anyway, have you tried RUU? That usually brings everything back to normal. Be sure to use the correct one, and note that you will lose EVERYTHING. Even root.
EDIT: Try this.

sauprankul said:
A hard brick is unrecoverable. It means your phone is literally as responsive as a brick. I would say your phone is pretty functional if the actual OS loads.
Anyway, have you tried RUU? That usually brings everything back to normal. Be sure to use the correct one, and note that you will lose EVERYTHING. Even root.
EDIT: Try this.
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So I did try using this link and downloaded the full zip file and unzipped as per instructions of QBKing77 off of youtube, then clicked setup.exe within the folder which was unzipped, but after it ran through its setup process, nothing else popped up? I tried doing it as well through hasoons all in one toolkit but while that worked, it didn't work as expected and it just stayed at the black htc screen. I'm lost at the moment.

Trickdroid works on the Sprint variant?
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sounds to me like you flashed an international rom and messed up your partitions
run an RUU

flex360 said:
sounds to me like you flashed an international rom and messed up your partitions
run an RUU
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That's what I was thinking too.
Sent from my HTCONE using xda premium

We should add to the Q/A sticky the names of ROMs NOT to flash like Android revolution, trickdroid, etc.
P.S. He tried RUU, he's having trouble.

sauprankul said:
We should add to the Q/A sticky the names of ROMs NOT to flash like Android revolution, trickdroid, etc.
P.S. He tried RUU, he's having trouble.
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I'll add it right now
Done Q21

bigdaddy619 said:
I'll add it right now
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Sweet, will save a lot of noobs a lot of trouble.

sauprankul said:
Sweet, will save a lot of noobs a lot of trouble.
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Maybe if they actually read it haha

bigdaddy619 said:
Maybe if they actually read it haha
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It wouldn't be as bad if the Int'l forum was marked so. If I were new, I would assume all HTC Ones are the same too.

sauprankul said:
It wouldn't be as bad if the Int'l forum was marked so. If I were new, I would assume all HTC Ones are the same too.
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Very true there are HTC One forums for:
International
Sprint
AT&T
T-Mobile
So it could be confusing to some

Hello from my finally unbricked one! Turns out I was having issues with the computer itself launching installshield so it wouldn't keep the factory RUU running. I did it from a different computer and it did it in stride.. I'm so happy to have this thing back. So on a sidenote I had to rwlock bootloader and then I had to reload the factory RUU.

[Q] HELPPP Accidental internal storage wipe

ok, so i was trying to root my sprint htc one, and everything was going, ok. i unlocked the bootloader simple enough. then i wanted to back up the data, before i tried putting roms on it. well twrp kept saying i only had about 34 mb of space which made no sense since i had formatted it, and only brought back things like contacts and texts. when i checked my phone it said that i had 24gbs. so i couldnt find an answer to this anywhere so while looking through twrp i saw the wipe function. not having seen anything about it, i said, maybe if i reformat it again, itl clear up. so i hit wipe all. well after it was done it only said i had 1.2 gbs, so still confused i went to load my normal os, well i cant. because wiping everything meant the system data the os is on. i spend hours trying to find a fix, as im only able to go between the bootloader and twrp, and i see a sideload option, and after following the steps, i attempt to sideload. everything is going well. Viper looks like its about to install, until at the last second it says install fail. but now i cant even access the recovery menu. literally stuck in the boot loader option. all my contacts and pictures and stuff are backed up, so i have no problem formatting my phone to scratch if it means fixing this, but can anyone point me in the right direction???? i cant find anything on this, ive been searching through this site, and some people with similar issues solve it by sheer luck, but i have no rom back up(since i was trying to do that when i got into this problem) please please help!!!
**edit** i was able to get into twrp by using the recovery steps, though im just back to square 1. is there a guarenteed reliable sideloader that can work?

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Try the latest RUU first if it does not work follow the guide from the beginning it will get you fixed up.

raynefr said:
ok, so i was trying to root my sprint htc one, and everything was going, ok. i unlocked the bootloader simple enough. then i wanted to back up the data, before i tried putting roms on it. well twrp kept saying i only had about 34 mb of space which made no sense since i had formatted it, and only brought back things like contacts and texts. when i checked my phone it said that i had 24gbs. so i couldnt find an answer to this anywhere so while looking through twrp i saw the wipe function. not having seen anything about it, i said, maybe if i reformat it again, itl clear up. so i hit wipe all. well after it was done it only said i had 1.2 gbs, so still confused i went to load my normal os, well i cant. because wiping everything meant the system data the os is on. i spend hours trying to find a fix, as im only able to go between the bootloader and twrp, and i see a sideload option, and after following the steps, i attempt to sideload. everything is going well. Viper looks like its about to install, until at the last second it says install fail. but now i cant even access the recovery menu. literally stuck in the boot loader option. all my contacts and pictures and stuff are backed up, so i have no problem formatting my phone to scratch if it means fixing this, but can anyone point me in the right direction???? i cant find anything on this, ive been searching through this site, and some people with similar issues solve it by sheer luck, but i have no rom back up(since i was trying to do that when i got into this problem) please please help!!!
**edit** i was able to get into twrp by using the recovery steps, though im just back to square 1. is there a guarenteed reliable sideloader that can work?
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Do you still have the memory issue? If so, try running a RUU, and see if that fixes your problem.
If not, just use adb sideload to sideload a ROM. Then wipe everything except internal storage and install the ROM normally.
EDIT: Looks like @BD619 ninja'd me XD

BTW sideload very rarely works when you wipe your sdcard.

BD619 said:
Look HERE
Try the latest RUU first if it does not work follow the guide from the beginning it will get you fixed up.
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hey thanks for the reply. i followed the guide and after some effort, everything seemed good, but when i was trying to load 5.03 sense 6 rom, i got to the htc start up, then it defaulted back to the bootloader..i went with the deodex version of the download, should i try the odex? or a different version all together?

and now it doesnt want to boot into recovery mode either! going to try redoing the steps, but i just cant figure out what the problem is
**edit* i cant fix twrp. the title loads, but thats it. endless loop

ok i got it to seemingly work. restoring content now. sat in fron of my pc for 15 hours...not even sure where imat or if i got any closer to rooting..smh..thank you everyone who helped. if anyone comes across this
to get out of the endless cycle of recover/loading screen.. delete your twrp, or whatevs your using. even if you have the latest, just redownload it. worked for me. i guess there is a huge difference between the odex and the deodex.i had figured deodex was a more refined version, but maybe it had more complicated software. in any case, if you are at a point where you dont have a base os, and you make it this far, go with odex, it worked for me. htc is big on back up, so i was more worried about having to scrap my phone then i was regaining data, especially with most of my stuff backed up to google drive. hopefully you guys are careful.
now...about this backup issue i had in the first place. how can i fix the storage issue? i have a 32 gb phone minus partition leaves me with over 24gb..why is it going based off the separate phonememory slot? why cant i change it?

Lost storage space on phone 64gb

My 64GB Nexus is now saying it has 23gb of total storage and 21gb available. I had to reflash the stock ROM after a failed twrp flash. Is there anyway to fix this? I have already tried reflashing and wiping the phone 2 times but the storage decreases each time.

Use a factory image and start over.

ericsignals said:
Use a factory image and start over.
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I've already done that twice

Pilz said:
I've already done that twice
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Double check and make sure you have the latest SDK and/or just download the latest regardless. N5 folks have been having similar issues since the Lollipop release.

jhax01 said:
Double check and make sure you have the latest SDK and/or just download the latest regardless. N5 folks have been having similar issues since the Lollipop release.
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I can try to redownload the SDK, but my question is what does the SDK have to do with losing space on my phone?

I don't pretend to know what the cause is behind it but when the 5.0 factory images were released, people who flashed it with an older version of fastboot were losing storage on the Nexus 5.
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I fixed it after doing a factory reset then flashing it again. I double checked and I already had the latest SDK. Its really weird how it took flashing 3 times to work.

Pilz said:
I fixed it after doing a factory reset then flashing it again. I double checked and I already had the latest SDK. Its really weird how it took flashing 3 times to work.
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I am in the same boat. Even did a factory reset and flashed the factory image but still stuck with 23GB on my 64GB. What exactly did you do to fix this?

the.emilio said:
I am in the same boat. Even did a factory reset and flashed the factory image but still stuck with 23GB on my 64GB. What exactly did you do to fix this?
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I re-downloaded the latest SDK and then reflashed the images again. It took a few times before it reset. I also used fastboot erase system if I remember correctly.

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I re-downloaded the latest SDK and then reflashed the images again. It took a few times before it reset. I also used fastboot erase system if I remember correctly.
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Did you flash each image individually since the flash all gives that no system.img error? Just want to make sure I can duplicate what you did.

the.emilio said:
Did you flash each image individually since the flash all gives that no system.img error? Just want to make sure I can duplicate what you did.
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I flashed each one manually. The bat file doesn't work so that's the only way to do it. I don't remember the order I flashed everything in, but I remember that I used fastboot to wipe the phone before flashing. I kept trying different things until it showed the right storage then I decrypted it and flashed TWRP and used CF auto root. One of my mistakes was rooting before checking because it was a waste of time if I had to flash it again.
I may have done a factory reset st one point but I don't remember because it was late and I was watching TV with my wife whole doing this.

Pilz said:
I flashed each one manually. The bat file doesn't work so that's the only way to do it. I don't remember the order I flashed everything in, but I remember that I used fastboot to wipe the phone before flashing. I kept trying different things until it showed the right storage then I decrypted it and flashed TWRP and used CF auto root. One of my mistakes was rooting before checking because it was a waste of time if I had to flash it again.
I may have done a factory reset st one point but I don't remember because it was late and I was watching TV with my wife whole doing this.
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Figured. I will keep trying. Thanks!
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After about 10 attempts it turns out all i had to do was fastboot format cache then fastboot format userdata. Reboot and boom restored to normal. LMAO! Wasted 4 hours tonight just for that. Live and learn!

Just do a factory reset in recovery WITHOUT reflashing and the problem is taken care of.
Seems a like a bug in the factory images that can cause of wrong partition sizes.
Worked on my N9 (which I already sent back to Google due to excessive lightbleed lol)

I had the same issue after trying to root the phone showed 23 GB.
I was able to get back to 53 GB after wipine cache and formatting user data, but that still seems like I'm missing something . I did not check how much storage was available before I started.
Can any one tell me what the storage numbers should be on like on a stock device with nothing installed please?

I remember hearing about this same issue with the Nexus 5. Don't recall the cause though. Sorry folks I know this post is useless I'm just excited to be getting my Nexus 6 so I perusing the forums.

[Q] Constantly reboots to blank/black desktop

My friend recently gave me her old HTC One, and I've been trying to fix it, but I can't quite figure it out.
She said it started bootlooping randomly after she plugged it in to charge. When I first received it I plugged it in and mashed the power button until it turned on. Booted up just fine. But now it's in a stupid bootloop that takes me to a blank desktop with no dock or wallpaper,and then reboots after a few minutes.
Can a battery issue cause this? A complete factory reset from recovery is not an option because I'm trying to save her photos. I don't know how I can get 11gb worth of them off when it's not booting properly.. Any ideas for fixing this or getting the photos off?

Have you tried to wipe data factory reset from recovery ?
That doesn't erase photos

Oh really? I thought it did. This is a stock recovery btw. No root or anything. And it's on 4.1.

rha_december said:
Oh really? I thought it did. This is a stock recovery btw. No root or anything. And it's on 4.1.
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in stock recovery try and erase cache .. Don't factory reset ... everything would be gone

Ughh,... A bit too late. Lost everything and it didn't even fix my problem. Ah well. I think I need to replace the battery anyway. That, and my computer doesn't even detect the phone when I plug it in.

rha_december said:
Oh really? I thought it did. This is a stock recovery btw. No root or anything. And it's on 4.1.
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Oh I'm sorry , i didn't know it was stock recovery.
I assumed custom recovery.

rahulsethi said:
Oh I'm sorry , i didn't know it was stock recovery.
I assumed custom recovery.
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It's fine. I jumped the gun. Losing some photos had never killed anybody haha..
I should have remembered.. But I haven't done anything with Android for so long because I had been stuck with a locked S4 for a while..
Anyway, I'll replace the battery and see if that helps.

rha_december said:
It's fine. I jumped the gun. Losing some photos had never killed anybody haha..
I should have remembered.. But I haven't done anything with Android for so long because I had been stuck with a locked S4 for a while..
Anyway, I'll replace the battery and see if that helps.
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you realize the One is a 9 out of 10 on difficulty to disassemble

clsA said:
you realize the One is a 9 out of 10 on difficulty to disassemble
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Yeah, but I've disassembled phones before and I have faith in my hands haha.

Can't turn off wifi toggle

has any one been having any trouble with their wifi on their nexus 6, randomly the wifi toggle will stop working the toggle will be off and it still says "Turning Wi-Fi on..." i've booted into recovery and cleared cache and rebooted the phone and it worked the first time and it's been acting up again and this time clearing the cache isn't working does anyone else have any ideas without doing a factory reset.

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has any one been having any trouble with their wifi on their nexus 6, randomly the wifi toggle will stop working the toggle will be off and it still says "Turning Wi-Fi on..." i've booted into recovery and cleared cache and rebooted the phone and it worked the first time and it's been acting up again and this time clearing the cache isn't working does anyone else have any ideas without doing a factory reset.
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maybe try just flashing the system img, then wipe cache's again before booting. if that doesnt work, its may be time for the dreaded fdr.

I've never been into flashing system img & fdr? It's just sad because I had the same issue before also losing signal with my device. Til I got a replacement and the replacement device is starting to act up also.
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bweN diorD said:
maybe try just flashing the system img, then wipe cache's again before booting. if that doesnt work, its may be time for the dreaded fdr.
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okay so put the phone in recovery and did cache wipe and reset it from recovery also and got everything set up again and still it shows Wi-Fi toggled off and saying turning on Wi-Fi im not sure what todo at this point.
https://goo.gl/photos/bdHB8Nw2tbH71LMj6

humpty123 said:
okay so put the phone in recovery and did cache wipe and reset it from recovery also and got everything set up again and still it shows Wi-Fi toggled off and saying turning on Wi-Fi im not sure what todo at this point.
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my only other suggestion would be to re-flash. you could try just the system partition, but if it were me i would just go all in for full clean flash.
im sure Simms will get on me for saying so, but you can just grab wugs toolkit and be done in 20min or so.

bweN diorD said:
my only other suggestion would be to re-flash. you could try just the system partition, but if it were me i would just go all in for full clean flash.
im sure Simms will get on me for saying so, but you can just grab wugs toolkit and be done in 20min or so.
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I've never flashed before i know from what i hear its really easy for Nexus devices. but i'm just curious what would of caused this like from my first N6 since December and it acts up now in Sept and having the replacement N6 acting up the same way.

Is it rooted with mods or completely stock? If stock, try deleting the saved wireless networks..

danarama said:
Is it rooted with mods or completely stock? If stock, try deleting the saved wireless networks..
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100% stock I can't get access to any saved networks at all
https://goo.gl/photos/34veZPQvW3pLiB5YA

humpty123 said:
I've never flashed before i know from what i hear its really easy for Nexus devices. but i'm just curious what would of caused this like from my first N6 since December and it acts up now in Sept and having the replacement N6 acting up the same way.
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these random issues usually come from a corrupt file, either by an update or some other means. its hard to impossible to pinpoint the cause usually.
if you never flashed before, its best to read up on it a bit first. wugs walks you through the steps, from downloading the files, and drivers, to the flashing. its not foolproof, but if you follow the lead of the script, its not hard to figure out.

bweN diorD said:
these random issues usually come from a corrupt file, either by an update or some other means. its hard to impossible to pinpoint the cause usually.
if you never flashed before, its best to read up on it a bit first. wugs walks you through the steps, from downloading the files, and drivers, to the flashing. its not foolproof, but if you follow the lead of the script, its not hard to figure out.
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well i have before but that was so long ago and that was for my MyTouch and HTC Sensation but that was years ago. Now I know things are easier but I've never really been into flashing and the only reason I did back then was for updates and different version of Sense UI but since I've been using Nexus Devices I didn't have a need or desire to actually flash. Pretty much I'm a NOOB! :laugh:
but I don't see why wouldn't a factory reset fix it. even if it was temp.

humpty123 said:
well i have before but that was so long ago and that was for my MyTouch and HTC Sensation but that was years ago. Now I know things are easier but I've never really been into flashing and the only reason I did back then was for updates and different version of Sense UI but since I've been using Nexus Devices I didn't have a need or desire to actually flash. Pretty much I'm a NOOB! :laugh:
but I don't see why wouldn't a factory reset fix it. even if it was temp.
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a factory reset only deletes data, it does not restore any of the file system to its original state.

bweN diorD said:
a factory reset only deletes data, it does not restore any of the file system to its original state.
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oh... so when I called Motorola they told me to wipe cache how did that help the first time ?

humpty123 said:
oh... so when I called Motorola they told me to wipe cache how did that help the first time ?
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clearing the cache is always a good idea, i think i suggested that earlier.
i dont know how to explain well what cache is exactly, its not part of the file system, its more like temp data storage i believe.

bweN diorD said:
clearing the cache is always a good idea, i think i suggested that earlier.
i dont know how to explain well what cache is exactly, its not part of the file system, its more like temp data storage i believe.
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yeah i tried that a few times today and it did nothing... i'm about to give up since i don't have a PC anymore i use a Chromebook

humpty123 said:
yeah i tried that a few times today and it did nothing... i'm about to give up since i don't have a PC anymore i use a Chromebook
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def of cache from google
"In cell phones and networks, a cache usually refers to a memory storage area in the phone or network that stores copies of information that is likely to be needed in the near future, so it can be accessed faster."
i dont know how to flash with a chrome book, if possible. sorry

bweN diorD said:
def of cache from google
"In cell phones and networks, a cache usually refers to a memory storage area in the phone or network that stores copies of information that is likely to be needed in the near future, so it can be accessed faster."
i dont know how to flash with a chrome book, if possible. sorry
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all i know it happened a day after i got the last update from T-Mobile. i should them back and tell them i'm having the same issues with my phone have them replace it for me again.

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all i know it happened a day after i got the last update from T-Mobile. i should them back and tell them i'm having the same issues with my phone have them replace it for me again.
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thats pretty consistent with what i said earlier. these type of issues frequently arise after updates. files dont update exactly right and something gets corrupted.

bweN diorD said:
thats pretty consistent with what i said earlier. these type of issues frequently arise after updates. files dont update exactly right and something gets corrupted.
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i decided to call T-Moblie and talk to them they told me to take it to a store and get it dianogsed and they will call to get it replaced since it is the 64GB and stores don't have it.... I just want the Wi-Fi to work even though i don't use it all the time but still.