[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] GeneralSky2004:
Alright... So there I was, walking through the wilderness, all alone.. When all of the sudden..

Just kidding. Okay, so I was running AOKP for a few days (Awesome ICS rom by the way, for those looking). I was trying to figure out why my MMS.apk was cutting me off at 160, instead of going to page 2. I asked about it and a lovely gentlemen told me that I needed to flash the Mirror'd link because it supported SMS split (or something along those lines). Okay, awesome. I downloaded it to my SD card, boot into Rogue Recovery and flash it. I was watching something on TV (can't remember what it was). About 3 minutes go by and there was no real sign of progress from the phone. Me, being distracted by the TV and not thinking, decided to restart it and try to flash it again. I held down the volume down and power, and attempted to reboot recovery in the middle of a flash. OPPS.

Phone shut off. I tried to turn it back on, and all I got was a pretty blue light from the LED. There was no sign of anything on the screen, at all. No button combination worked. Download mode, recovery, nada. I pulled the battery (duh) and it still did nothing. I researched how to fix brick's and found a tutorial by another wonderful gentlemen explaining a USB Jig (I hadn't heard of such a device). He walked through how to make one. I accepted the challenge. Tore apart a phone charger I had, soldered 300k oHm resistors in a series from 4-5, and crossed my fingers. Pulled the battery, plugged in my home-made Jig AND... Nothing. Actually, that's a lie, it made the pretty blue light come back on. Not quite the outcome I was hoping for, but still pretty cool, right? Whether I made the Jig incorrectly or not is debatable, I hadn't made one before, so it's possible I did something wrong, but the phone did recognize something being plugged into it, so that's kind of cool.

Anyways, phone still wouldn't do anything. I called the Sprint store and they closed at 8:00pm, it was 7:45. Got in the car, 110mph on the highway and walked in the door at 7:57. I figured he would be completely unhelpful since I walked in RIGHT before he closed, but he was actually really cool. He was a new guy too, which helped tremendously. I handed him my GS2 and told him that it was "Not working anymore". I told him that "The screen won't come on. The only thing that works is that LED at the top, which as awesome as that is, doesn't help with the whole 'phone' aspect." He asked when it started doing it. I told him that "It started earlier this morning. I thought maybe it would straighten itself out. I'm new to this whole 'smart phone thing'." He laughed at me and asked if I had downloaded any new apps or if the phone had updated. I said, "No sir. I woke up this morning, was running late for something. Jumped in the shower and when I got out I pulled my phone off the charger. That blue light always came on when the phone was fully charged, so I didn't suspect anything. I walked out to my car and tried to turn the screen on and it wouldn't do anything. I have no idea what caused it to do that. Maybe it over heated?..." He said "Man, that's strange. These are really good phones, I haven't ever heard of one doing that before." Then, the words that I wanted to here.. "Here's what's going to happen Mr. Kuhns. I'm going to do an Advanced Exchange. You have insurance, so that's covered. Can you sign *here* and *here* please."

My new phone will be here on Friday. If not Friday, then it will ship to the store on Monday. I ordered a USB Jig from Ebay for $5 and it will be here around the same time, so if this happens again, maybe I can save myself the hassle.

I know this is a REALLY long and drawn out story, but I wanted to share in case some of you had a similar situation, or wanted to know what I said in order to talk him into getting me the new phone. I thought about trying to pull the "Can I have a white one..?" card, but didn't want to push my luck. I may bring it up when I go in Friday. Oh, and in the mean time, I have to use an old Black Berry 8703e. It's not AWFUL, but it's pretty ****ing close. Only a few more days and I'll have my baby back.

Also, I was serious about AOKP. Those of you looking for an ICS rom that is customizable and smooth, you aren't going to find one right now that can do better than AOKP. There are plenty of customizations, and the rom runs super smooth. I can't really tell you about battery life. I run a 3800mAh battery, so I don't really pay attention, but it really is an awesome ROM. Check it out if you're into the ICS game.

Here's a shot of the BB I'm currently on. Pitiful. :mad: