yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gcodori:
Open the phone up - remove battery and cards.

disassemble according tot he videos on youtube. remove the screen from the motherboard (its just two cables.

Soak the motherboard in 98% isoproopyl alcohol. let it soak (it can't hurt) and try cleaning the water deposits with a soft brush. The alcohol will displace the water and it evaporates cleaner than water. Make sure the motherboard is out of the plastic frame of the phone when you do this.

Then put it all together and try charging.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nomad1600:
As a last resort u soul try taking to a nationwide chain called Cell Phone Repair (CPR). I took my Thunderbolt that got soaked in a heavy rainstorm and they took it apart, treated it with something (for all I know, it could have been rubbing alcohol as the previous poster suggested :) ) and returned it to me good as new for $100.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vetteguy112233:
This is exactly why I posted this question, I figured someone would have something I can try.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, I'll let you guys know if it works!!!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nomad1600:
No worries, btw, there are dis-assembly videos floating around. eg:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdPiT82gWKw

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywDkNUxULSQ&feature=fvst

It appears that if you (1) get something that helps you pry it apart (without damaging the phone) and (2) take your time and go step-by-step then taking the phone apart yourself is doable. That said, it might be worth it to have someone who has done a few tackle it if you aren't comfortable with the process shown in the videos. Good luck!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vetteguy112233:
Ok, so I got the phone today. I used my wifes Thunderbolt battery and the phone powered up (YAY!!!) however the touchscreen doesn't seem to work and as soon as the screen goes to sleep, I can't get it to turn on again without pulling the battery and restarting.

My question is...I've read that rooting the phone can cause this issue and noticed that there was a "clockworkmod" folder. Does this mean the phone was rooted?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vetteguy112233:
UPDATE - I just restarted the phone again and as soon as I saw the unlock rainbow thing (for lack of the right word) I was able to drag it down and unlock the phone and it immediately went to a screen asking me to pick my language, both English and French were selected and it seemed to be frozen and eventually the screen went to sleep. I've got the phone plugged into my computer because now it seems to want to charge it's own battery (YAY) and I noticed that the 4 buttons at the bottom of the screen were still illuminated after the screen went to sleep. Then I noticed that the lights at the bottom went out, so I pressed the power button and the phone came on and I was able to use it for about 4 seconds at which point it stropped responding to touch again.

Does this seem like a software issue or should I just replace the digitizer?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vetteguy112233:
I was able to get it to work long enough for me to enable usb debugging, so tomorrow I'll download a program that lets me use my pc as the phones screen. I figure if I can use the phone through the computer without it locking up, then I know for sure it's a digitizer issue rather than a software issue.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong or should try something else.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JPBeard21:
I would try reflashing a new ROM and go from there. Can u boot into recovery? If it is a touch recovery, u could test digitizer there.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vetteguy112233:
When I hold the "volume down" and "power" I get the following info:

LOCKED

MECHA XD SHIP S-ON (THIS MEANS IT'S NOT ROOTED...CORRECT???)

HBOOT-1.05.0000

MICROP-/

RADIO-1.49-00-0406w_1

Jul 19 2011, 14:51:08

HBOOT

VOL UP

VOL DOWN

POWER

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

FACTORY RESET

SIMLOCK

HBOOT USB

IMAGE CRC
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBarnett09:
No, its not rooted at all.

Delete the clockworkmod folder and ANY PG05IMG files from the root of the SD. In fact, I'd reformat the SD entirely.

---------- Post added at 11:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:37 AM ----------

Or might I add that because it says S-On doesn't mean that its not rooted. S-On just means the bootloader is locked; S-Off means the bootloader is unlocked. If you can, download root checker from the playstore and see if it gains root access... which I doubt it will, but you never know.

There are phones out there with S-On that are rooted.

If this is the case, you'll want to S-Off and install a custom ROM before the ICS OTA drops or you'll have a paper weight.

But I highly doubt this may be your case.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark Jedi:
Are you sure it has water damage and not a botched unrooting try? I ask this because you say it has a clockwork folder on the sd card that came with it.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vetteguy112233:
Thats my question..... I was told he got the phone wet and a few days later it wouldn't turn on, but when going throuth the SD card I noticed the clockworkmod folder and thought this was only created when the phone has been rooted and or flashed.

I did some research on the touchscreen not working and see that there are numerous threads stating that a bad rom/flash can cause this, so I'm wondering what my next step would be?

Should I try rooting the phone and just flashing a different rom or would connecting to the phone with a remote control program be a better option? It doesn't appear that the phone is frozen, because the time stays accurate, but sometimes the screen will not turn on after pressing the power button to wake it up, so I just sit it down and after a few minutes try it again, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't????
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBarnett09:
Delete/reformat the SD card entirely. Reset the phone to factory.

Reroot the phone, get S-off, flash a recovery, and then flash a ROM.

May as well try it out.

It won't hurt anything.

Just a note to get a clean ROM flash:

Clear data/factory reset 3x, clear cache, clear dalvik, and then flash the ROM.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JPBeard21:
I would also suggest to format system. I usually always include system but one morning after too many sleepless nights and trying to rush things, I formatted sdcard, not system, as they are one after the other in the list in CWM and both begin with 's'. So now I double check and switched to 4EXT.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
In 4ext you can just use the format all except sd card and get the same result as a superwipe. Works everytime for me.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark Jedi:
I would try and load 4ext and get rid of CWM. Seen to many people have issues with that recovery. Then wipe everything but your sd card. In your case I would wipe that to. Then just install a new rom. He might have gotten the phone wet but if none of the moisture stickers are triggered then most likely the water didnt reach the internals. So if that does work you just made a hell of a deal. I wouldnt tell the person that you got the phone working as he could call verizon and say his phone was lost or stolen and then the phone would be useless to you and might as well have water damage.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmyco2008:
That lying son of a *****!

Oh well, that's craigslist for ya, besides the 32GB SD card is worth it.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark Jedi:
What happened?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danisariandi:
Hi guys, I flashed Xperia T Visualizer app 4 days ago. Suddenly, It get FC now. What should I do ?:(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
have you uninstall and reinstall the visualiser apk?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danisariandi:
Reinstall but I flashed via cwm
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danisariandi:
Now I deleted first so I waited for 9 minutes then I flashed again and finally I get totally works :)
[HTC Sensation] xxxcnhxxx:
Hi. I have a HTC sensation 4g through tmobile. I am s-on and I had the blitz Rom running.

I tried to diff with juopunutbear and I tried the wire trick but didn't work many times.

So I went into clock work and tries to re flash blitz because I could not get passed the juopunutbear screen.

No it just stays on the white HTC screen.

I tried different roms. The RUU gives me an error. I can't get my phone to work please some one help.

Hboot 1.27 by the way.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Flash the boot.img seperately from phone connected to pc in bootloader...

After flashing the rom

fastboot flash boot boot.img

To be more precise... In sensation general section... Do extra 1 step from

.. "Flashing roms with SON guide " by asskickar
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WhySoSerious_058:
Okay, question here about 4G and 4GLTE, I bought an S3 as an upgrade and enjoy the phone but the 3G only sucks (until LTE rolls out here) so I switched back to my S2 which has 4G. My question is when LTE rolls out here, (been pushed back again and again) will I receive a notification so I will know to switch back, also when LTE goes live what do I have to do to my phone for it to start working on the LTE network? PRL?

Thanks from the Sprint Nashville market
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 1970mueller:
Bookmark this site and check often....I'm seeing major updates for Austin daily... nothing official though.

http://www.sensorly.com/fullscreen/map/4G/US/USA/Sprint/lte_310sprint
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vettz500:
LTE for Sprint was projected to be in Orlando Florida by now but it was pushed back until the end of the year :( makes me sad.

LTE is the only thing I miss about Verizon. Speeds are just amazing!

As soon as Sprint really kicks their LTE Roll out into high gear they will be one rocking company! Unlimited Data FTW!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] spoonydx:
Sigh...nothing even close to the LA area...although WiMAX never made it to where I live anyway, so I'm not holding my breath that LTE will...but still ...hopeful
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] QBANBOY407:
Tell my boss that! We both got a gs3 but im on boost mobile and my 3g is fastee than his lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jswearingen:
LTE didn't quite work...

LTE was supposed to roll out in Waco, TX, and Sprint's map claims it's there, but my GS3 wouldnt pick it up... :/ Any ideas why?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NeoMatrixJR:
Did you turn on the LTE radio? Mine was disabled by default. I haven't turned it on yet since I expect we won't get it for a while here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cdubbs684:
If I am running Blazer ROM or any of the other customs, do I have to go back to stock to do PRL or Profile updates in order for LTE to work?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DC_MTP:
Nope. you can update both without any problems. I'm on Blazer ROM as well.

also... make sure that under *Menu >>More Settings >>Mobile networks >>Network Mode >> you have it set to LTE/CDMA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WhySoSerious_058:
Thanks for the helpful site, gonna check often as I have been promised "by the end of the year"?!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tinpaul:
Wondering if Vegas will get LTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SenateDC:
thanks for the link
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] t3lancer2007:
Thanks for the link for sensorly
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerbubba:
I'm one of those whose testing created some of Austin's Sensorly tracks. I think there are several things going on:

1) The number of live LTE towers in Austin and Round Rock is still extremely small and the coverage is thin. Even some of the tracks I recorded, I cannot always replicate later.

2) These sites are still officially in development, so they may go offline sometimes. The tracks you see on Sensorly are not random, but reflect testing deliberately performed by geek enthusiasts to discover the unofficial LTE signals.

3) Sensorly does not record signal strength, only points where it detected any LTE at all. So these tracks may be minimal strength. And the points get extrapolated to fuzzy blobs in the Sensorly map display, which are even worse when zoomed out at all on the website. If your home is inside one of the blobs, that is an overgeneralized anomaly. But somebody probably detected LTE one time on a nearby street.

4) The GS3, even when running the latest LI3 firmware with all the fixes, still has trouble reconnecting to LTE again after it loses the signal. Sometimes I have to stop and toggle the data radio to force it to reacquire 4G.

So overall, GS3 users should not look at today's Sensorly maps of the area and expect them to describe routine LTE service yet.

p.s. If you are serious about tracking the Sprint LTE rollout, don't expect much information in this generalized forum. Go to S4GRU.com.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] axel4401:
Recently got a text and Letter from AT&T stating that I've been caught tethering on my unlimited (grandfathered in) data plan. I called and the said this was my last warning before they turn my unlimited plan off for good and switch me to the 5GB plan.

Has anyone else had this happen to them? Should I be worried - concerned if I still want to tether?

I currently use the most up to date version of AOKP JB - and have been since i got the SGS 3.

Thoughts?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nakedninja42:
Are you tethering a laptop, desktop? I haven't seen a message yet (knocks on wood!) but I only tether my tablet.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drock212:
I would suggest you stop or they will switch you off unlimited. I tethered once for about 50mb worth of data and I got a letter in the mail from them.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tgtoys:
With tmobile we can switch our apn settings to get around them knowing about tethering. Not sure if there's anything like that for ATT, but figured I'd mention it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Voicebox:
Considering you can never get that plan back if they switch it, you should decide how much that's worth to you. If you'll never go over with just the phone, then it won't be that big a loss. If it were me, I'd stop tethering, and keep the unlimited data since the data costs keep bumping up in $5 or $10 increments.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Swiftks:
If it were me, I'd call and talk only to a supervisor. Ask them how they can prove you're thethering. If they give you crap about having xx # of gigs used of data, be like, yeah, i stream movies every night; i didn't think that would be a problem, since i have "unlimited data"!!!!!! How would i be tethering without a tether plan anyway!?!?!? Etc, etc. Make sure to get their name, extension, etc.

Also, tell them if they change your plan, the terms of your contract no longer apply, and you will be dropping said plan in favor of a new carrier, and will not be paying early termination fees.

Sent from my SGS III
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xEVILFREDx:
Agreed with Swiftks !!!! Pretty much they are changing the TOC. So now you can do whatever you want and walk without paying an early termination fee. Hence , if things got even more complicated where they took the stance and remove your grandfather and not let you go.... BBB.ORG is your friend. Trust me. I did it for something else and I walk with a brand new iPhone 4.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] elementaldragon:
Yea.... i'm pretty sure there'd be a flaw to that way of thinking.

A) You are aware of the data package you purchased, that you have unlimited data but are not permitted to tether on that plan, and they still send out a letter/text notifying you as such

B) You might NOT be aware of your inability to tether on the unlimited plan, and since this is not a part of the plan you've selected under contract, a letter and text message is sent out notifying you of this, and warning you that further use would result in your plan being changed to a plan that supports tethering.

C) They switch your plan after your continued tethering use, after providing fair warning about the changes to be made.

Them breaching your contract by changing something around without your knowing beforehand (can't even really think of an example... sorry), i could see the idea of claiming a breach of the terms of your contract being valid and allowing you to terminate the contract fee-free. However, i'm fairly certain the advanced notification of such action being a result of something you are doing would be less breach of contract by the carrier and more misuse of contracted services by the user.... so you'd probably be SoL from a legal standpoint.

And the BBB? HA! They don't do jack sh*t. I tried that to get a company to follow through on the contract that i signed for a wheel & tire warranty, and they kept circling through the same few excuses that they used when i was simply e-mailing them to try to get them to comply. I had documented proof basically disproving every reason they gave for denying my claim, they were denying my claim based on stuff they said was in the contract that i signed that WASN'T in the contract i signed, and the BBB can't do a damn thing either way. So i'm f*cked out of two rims costing like $625 a piece. They even hired an independent appraiser to inspect my rims to see if they were indeed no longer able to hold a seal with the tire (which would warrant replacement if not able to be repaired), and the guy "wasn't able to find any evidence pointing to this". A little air pressure and a splash of water and you could hear air leaking out from 20 feet away.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Swiftks:
Yeah, but the burden of proof is on them... How can they prove you are tethering? Simply stating that you are in the top 5% or whatever is not sufficient IMO.

Sent from my SGS III
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Nexii:
I got that notice from AT&T.... I tethered for months, my laptop, my tablet, my ipod, ****, i think i even tethered my roku to it once. Took them a few months for them to noticed, then i got the email, the text, and the letter in the mail.

So I called, and they told me what was going on, so i made up abull**** story about how my nephew plays with my phone and maybe he was enabling the internet. I asked her to if she could put a block on tethering on my account and she said sure, because i didn't want it to occur again, she assured me that my phone will not be able to tether with the block and i said thats awesome, i also asked her to make note on my account of what she was assuring me and she did.

i kept on tethering and i still do to this day. no problems so far.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] elementaldragon:
As many have said in other threads relating to tethering and getting caught, it can probably quite easily be tracked in the packet data transmitted through the network. There's more than likely something different about the way the data is handled that basically throws up a red flag that the data is not intended for the network device.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] axel4401:
I think I'm just going to go with this one. This kind of sucks though.

I don't even think the word tethering was in the original contract. Oh well, thanks for all the input.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Sir_Brizz:
Every packet is sent with something like a TTL (I don't think this is exactly right, I'm having a brain fart and google searches are fruitless for me right now). Basically they have a number of acceptable hops. On a cell phone, this number is typically pretty low, on a desktop it's often extremely high. This is why people tethering other mobile devices likely don't get noticed. You can also set that value on a desktop/laptop to one higher than the default on your mobile device and the traffic will appear to have originated from your device.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] annulation:
I'm just wondering, how much data did you use in the month(s) before they sent the message?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bud951:
I am on AT&T and rarely tether but I was wondering if there are apps or a hack to mask this and make the data packets look as if a smartphone device is actually using the data. I have heard of this but I am not sure of what and which carriers it works with. Does anyone know?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] axel4401:
Apparently between 2-4 GB. But this whole month, I've been under 1GB - which is funny since this is the month they "caught" me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] demandarin:
This is the key, only tether when you have to. That's the only time I do. When I'm away from my home network and no other possible connection around. The people getting caught are ones who are tethering constantly. Of course they going to see a huge spike in data usage. Spread it out. Especially now with 4g tethering speeds, they will be keeping a close eye. I've found out that I can successfully tether my 4g speeds to my note 10.1 tablet using Foxfi. Neither my SG3 or note 10.1 is rooted or anything. No mods needed to get it to work. I ran speedtests on tethered tablet to sg3 and saw I was getting 4g speeds. Will definitely come in handy when I need it. My data usage normally high anyways with my phone since I have unlimited. So a spike every now and then is nothing..I constantly surf web and sync stuff on my mobile phone. So my data usage is up there on a regular basis.

I think now with faster 4g speeds, more people will get caught because alot more data is flowing. Only tether when you have to. If you tethering on a daily basis as your only means of internet connection(use to be me before I got high speed wireless), they will eventually notice
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigb252:
I got the notice last week - and I haven't tethered since I first got the phone in the beginning of July. It wasn't anything serious, just about 10 minutes of tethering to check emails.

There was about a 2 week period where I didn't have Internet at home since the last tropical storm blew through, so I used my unlimited data to stream Netflix all day and night(on the phone) . I've been under 5gb every month so far, except in July where I used 11gb.

Just know that if they touch my unlimited data I'm taking all 5 of my lines elsewhere...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] richb500:
They look at browser headers (User Agent) to determine if you are tethering (probably among other things). I was NOT tethering and not using over 2gb, but I had my Dolphin browser User Agent set to make my browser look like Windows Firefox to force websites to give me desktop, not mobile versions.

I got nasty threats from ATT to stop tethering. I suspected it was the browser and I made several phone calls to explain. I got nowhere. I stopped using Dolphin and haven't been accused since.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rboone18:
I am always at 5gbs a month then they slow me down once in a while I tether for surf with chrome but its rare , I am supposedly top 5% my ass , before I was on 3rd party employee line using 7-10gbs month.

PS. Solved slow down problem once u hit 5gbs but its pain in the ass to do
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] axel4401:
Now, this is an interesting thought... Possibly use that.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dLo GSR:
it's NOT based on the amount of data you use. they have a method of knowing. AT&T can tell the number of "hops" your data goes through to its destination. meaning if you request it on your tethered desktop browser, the data packets hop once through the phone, setting a counter, and then the next hop to the browser increases the counter by one. this is how they can see that you're not using an app on your phone.

the user agent can also be a method but i haven't run into that problem. i got the notice back in May after about a week of tethering due to no wifi in a hotel. only used a few hundred MBs over a week.