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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clearday:
Sorry about the warranty bro. By the way, I've successfully returned items to sellers without problems even when it was only fulfilled by amazon. One instance was an order of 750gb seagate xt HD, to which I received a 60gb HD instead. Contacted the seller, got no response, contacted Amazon and I was immediately issued an RMA.

As far as requesting support from warranty, knock on wood, I haven't such experience yet with items purchased from amazon.

Good luck man, hopefully someone can help you in this forum.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cswithxda:
Thanks for the kind words man. If you have a note 2 just remember to update whenever it's possible and avoid ending up like me hah...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gordon.:
Hey cswithxda, I have the same situation. Bought a N7100 from Amazon a few months ago (around November) and everything was fine until this afternoon when it was just off. Tried turning it on but I'm just getting the dim red light that flashes slowly when I press the power button. Charging light is off and the phone appears absolutely dead.

A while ago I checked to see if I have a vulnerable chip, and it was positive.

Samsung's live chat said they don't support international products.

I might go to one of those repair places tomorrow to see if they can diagnose the phone. Then I might see if Samsung USA will even look at it, or else I might send it to UK or Korea?

What have you done since your phone suffered from the SDS?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cswithxda:
Sorry about your unlucky situation.

By repair places, do you mean Samsung support center or something? I talked to Samsung USA also and they wouldn't even talk to me if I tell them the model number (n7100). So I really don't know where I should go now. I contacted original seller and the help was minimal (telling me to contact Samsung).

I would like to send it to either UK or Korea, as long as it can be repaired, or even better, if it can be repaired under warranty.

Let me know what you find out with repair places.

Also, I did not know about SDS after my phone's dead. So I had been suffering from hangs/freezes but thought it was only software problem and was being lazy about re-flashing it. I wish I'd come here more often when the phone was in a good condition, not after it died... Anyway, after I got to know that it's been SDS'd, I contacted seller, SamUK, SamUSA without any luck. It is just amazing how much we are unsupported in this situation. As large as Samsung has become, how hard can it be for them to just provide global repair services (if not warranty services) :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bahtsiz_bedevi:
$150 for an emmc chip?

How much does whole motherboard itself cost :D
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gordon.:
I'm about to go to a phone repair place for a diagnostic test and see if they can do anything. I'll let you know what I find.

I was surprised to read that Samsung UK didn't wasn't helpful, since this phone is sold there. As a last-case scenario I was thinking of sending my phone to a friend over there and sending it in for repair.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gordon.:
Okay, as of today I sent the phone to a friend in the UK who was kind enough to let me use his address. It really sucks from having the best, most powerful phone to nothing, but I will likely pick up a Nexus 4 to use. I don't regret purchasing the phone since I wanted to have the best and it needed to be unlocked, but in the future I will be more cautious about buying one without local warranty.

I just hope the phone is 'dead' enough so the fact that I rooted it isn't detected.

What have you done with yours? I imagine it'll take ~2 weeks for my package to get shipped across the pond, and then I'll calculate 1.5 months for repair. I'll keep you posted on how it goes; maybe it's an option to get yours repaired there too?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cswithxda:
I bought a nexus 4 as well lol. I really needed a phone and it was cheap! :good: The experience has been as good as on N7100. 4.2.2 is even smoother now.

I have been caught up with school works and sth else in life, so I haven't really tried anything else yet. Samsung UK sent me an email that I cannot reply (automated email system), gave me a link to the list of Samsung regional supports (hell, they think I cannot find that on my own?!), and nothing more. Samsung USA just slammed the door in my face, basically saying "no, good luck" when I tried live support on their website. So now I am still trying to get my original seller into this and help me, but they haven't replied in the past 2 weeks.

I wish I had a friend in UK!

BTW, when you bought your phone thru Amazon, did you notice where the phone came from? I'm not sure where my came from now.. :eek: It has German, French, and Italian user guide in it, but on the warranty card, it seems to be written in German and Slovenian. And Samsung Electronics Austria GmbH is the only thing I can read (those long, long german words are giving me a headache :silly: ) It talked about three regions - Austria, Slovenia, and Switzerland (thanks to Google Translate). So it looks like this phone might come from Austria. I am not sure if it still can be sent to UK for repair. :eek:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gordon.:
Well my friend in the UK really only has to drop it in his mail and then accept it when it comes back. I'll let you know how it goes because he might be able to help you too. I'm pretty sure mine came from California (Amazon seller WorldWide Distributors). But the firmware version on the phone was from Brazil or Panama.

I made an account on Samsung UK's site and it accepted the model number, serial number and IMEI number so despite not being from the region, it should be good. Did you do anything to your phone just before it died? I think that installing MIUI with kernel 4.1.1 was the insult that triggered it all for me. I should've realized the vulnerability but assumed the newest version would have the SDS fix included.

I was thinking about bringing it to a cell phone repair place for diagnosis, but it didn't have water damage or broken screen so I doubt they could have helped.

Being optimistic, not having a good cell phone is really allowing me to focus on my final USMLE studies!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cswithxda:
WOW good luck with the exam, i used to do premed but changed my major my GPA wasn't good enough :eek:

Anyway, that's for sure a better news. It looks like Samsung UK does not screen off phone bought outside of UK support region (if yours was from Mid/latin america.

Please definitely update this, if this works out I'll follow your path. Thanks for being the first in this case and helping the rest of us!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clearday:
How did you check for vulnerable chip?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cswithxda:
Oh btw, I don't think anything triggered the issue, it was just there from the beginning :( I didn't even install anything new for at least 2 months before the phone died. Just normal daily use - web browsing, call, SMS, mobile IM, etc. I did start experiencing random freezes about 2 weeks before the phone died, and it became much more frequent towards the end of its life.

Search "SDS xda" on google, and you'll find a ton of info. I didn't know about this issue before my phone died, so I never bothered to check if the chip in my phone was defective hehe..
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joe Waschl:
Hi all,

I have a small problem :( with my Xperia Z

I've rooted and installed CWM recovery, where everything worked, ran

and problem going on.

but then I wanted to install FXP213, contrary to the intall manual (shame on me), I have elected to install CWM from sdcard, and installed.

The unit was on the date:

- rooted

- Bootloader unlock allowed no

- CWM recovery installed

now it will not boot, when pressing the power button, it vibrates once briefly

when pressing the power button + volume up, it vibrates briefly and then three times in succession

on pc it is not recognized

there's a possibility the unit to reset this or is only the attempt to ask it to send in for warranty?

thanks in advance

greeting Joe
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LitoNi:
Flash a ftf file with flashtool
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joe Waschl:
device in the flash tool is not recognized :(
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gm007:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2216974
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joe Waschl:
100k thanks, have downloaded the update software from sony down and just install the stock rom again, hope it works out :)

edit: thanks again, everything worked out, gets running again :) :good:
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hportas:
I just got my Razr I (2 weeks) and just started today, when i'm talking in a call all the sound from the earpiece just sounds like static or crackling I almost don't understand what people are saying but if I put to loudspeaker the sound is normal, any Idea what that could be?
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gigamatze:
...had the same

Hi hportas,

I had the same with my first device.

When I first started to do a call I heard that noise.

I could even hear something when I shook it, like something is loose.

I suspected that the earpiece speaker was not mounted inside correctly, or something was loose and jumping around on the earpiece.

I went to the providers shop, showed the problem, and they directly replaced it with a new phone.

You might do the same.

It's most probably a hardware issue.

Good luck,

Matt
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Morscht:
Hi experts,

I'm new and i need some help. I unlock t the boodloader of my Sony X10 mini sucessfully. Then i flash t the Kernel E10_2.6.32.60-nAa-05.ftf (Seams correctly with flash tool). Starting my device comes the kernel screan animation, then the screan is black for a moment and then is the same kernel logo and in fond is written CWM based recovery ... bud i cant get in to Clockworkmenu. I try t to hold volume- on start. But it dos not work.

I before used original Sony ROM and now i need a new Kernel and Rom to enable tethering on my X10 mini.

Can someone please help me?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
What do you think CWM means?

And the way to get into it is repeatedly pressing the back-button, not the volume button.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Morscht:
I m new,but i read alot in this forum. Cwm is the clockworkmenu, of course. On my tablet it works fine, but on my smartphon i cant enter. I first tryt the back butto, but i cant acess the cwm. When exactly i have to press the back button? After starting the device i presst the button again and again, but i got no effect.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
Flash the kernel again maybe.

Did you just get the words CWM based recovery, without any of the options underneath it?

It is a text-based menu, you need to navigate through it with the volume-buttons and select the items with the home-button. Use the back-button to get back to a previous menu.

Press the back-button repeatedly (about 3 times a second or so) as soon as the back-light comes on and keep doing that until CWM actually appears.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Morscht:
I flasht the kernel 3times, i also tryt an older version, same result. This evening i ll try again pressing the back button faster.

I read, that comming from an other custom kernel, you have to klear /system ... first. I come from the original Sony Rom, so it doesn t mether to me? The content of the sd card has no effect of the cernel!? I have not format it before.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
Try a factory reset before you flash the kernel, don't know if you can get the original kernel back on? And no, the sd-card does not need to be formatted or anything like that, it does not stop the kernel from working.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Morscht:
First i reinstalled the original Sony ROM by Sony Update Service. Then i flash t again the 2.6.32.60-nAa Kernel, but no chance to get in to the CWM. Then i try t an other custom Kernel, and i get immediately access of the CWM. There i claret the System and the cache. Then i flash t again the 2.6.32.60-nAa Kernel and now i came in the CWM. From there i installed my brand new ROM and it looks very COOL :laugh:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] a.bassiri:
hi:

i am having problem unlocking my xda2 ,anyone can help me?

i have followed the instruction shown below:

Code:

XDA Developers XDA2UNLOCK tool

This program will extract the unlock code from your XDA II.

For this to be possible, a few steps are necessary:

1. The XDA II needs to be put in bootloader mode.

NOTE: THIS WILL WIPE ALL YOUR DATA SO FIRST BACK-UP!

You enter the bootloader by holding the Power button and the Action button

while pressing the stylus in the reset hole on the bottom.

In the bootloader mode, the display will be gray and say Serial at the top.

2. Next put the device in the USB cradle. The display will now say USB

and the first time Windows will detect a new device.

3. Disable USB in Active Sync in 'File -> Connection Settings'

Now the device is ready to extract the unlock code.

Type YES when you have completed the above steps and want to continue: YES

once i type in yes the dos box dissapears and i can not go any further, i have tried it may times , and no joy, i use window ME ,please help.

:cry:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] W4XY:
I'm afraid it might not work on Windows ME, although I have had no opportunity to test it. It sounds like it can't open the USB device. It has only been tested successfully (as far as I know) on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] a.bassiri:
thank you ,i will try to unlock it on another computer using window xp
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MESA:
Hello i have XMP. I got a cheaper proposal to buy a LWW and i think to buy it becouse i don't feel the mini pro stable in my hand with that keyboard. I need opinions from some lww users. Is the display good? :)

edit: And also the phone is locked to a network provider. Is there any free way to unlock, if no what are the paid ways?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Lisac1606:
Keep the XMP, LWW has a horrible screen, and the phone is very slow. Currently there is no free unlock method, but you can try the paid ones.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mdfzhi:
Lol. Both xmp and lww got the exact same hardware, how could u said its 'slower' than xmp? That doesn't make sense.

Don't know about screen because never actually compared mine to other phone, but I guess its just OK.

But one thing for sure, no other phone can beat lww sound quality, with its dual stereo speaker its just awesome. Even the big boys nexus got crap slower sound.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] danielad200:
I am using wt19i I am recommand you to change to wt19i this model have 2. Strong speakers. And its comfortable to hold the phone in the hand one thing missing. Its the battery. For more information please send a private message good luck
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Trzepaczka:
I also recommend LWW. I've had it for a year now and I can't complain about anything in this smartphone. I installed CM9 on it and it was

surprisingly fast, now testing CM10.

Do you mean it's got a simlock or not allowed BL unlock?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MESA:
Simlock. If i cant unlock the bootloader i wont buy it.

I am reading alot of reviews. Everything seems to be good. Display, sound and on.. Does the bravia engine missing from the phone effects?

I think of buying a white for its better made of materials
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] andogeek10:
It depends on from where you buy the phone. When my mother bought LWW, it was not simlocked and could be unlocked. It dosen't have bravia engine, but you can easily flash a rom to get that feature and no it does not effect the quality much. The phone has got one of the best sound quality.

The colour choice depends on you, but white can easily get dirty.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MESA:
Ooh yeah. I will buy black. Well thanks for the advices guys. If someone have any other opinion please write
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] najodleglejszy:
I'm an XMP user and I can say that I wouldn't trade it for anything with the screen of similar size. I mean, it is quite comfortable to type with an on-screen keyboard when you're using Xperia keyboard in phonepad mode OR if you install Swiftkey, but sometimes I turn the rage mode on because of those tiny buttons. and then the hw keyboard saves the day. but if you think of it as a bloody nuisance and you don't use it AT ALL, then fair enough, go for it :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] UchihaDareNial:
Lol about the rage part,that's same with my situation lol
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MESA:
I dont use the keyboard very much. So i made a decidion - i will buy a black lww :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MESA:
Hello. Sorry for my secnod post :(

I want to ask if the phone have unlocked bootloader status - no. Is there any way that it can be unlocked and use my fastboot?

http://www.wotanserver.com/en/sony-ericsson/se/live-with-walkman-wt19/unlock-tool/debranding-flash This can do the trick? But what if the phone is not manufactured before 12W11 ? :)
[HTC Desire X] EasySR:
Lol
[HTC Desire X] w1040:
Damn lol you got me.

I'm actually looking forward to the jb second build for desire x :(
[HTC Desire X] Leon:
Can I say f***k ? :D 2 f****in jokes that i read one day later :D :D and thats got me to lol!!!!! How I can belive on that xD
[HTC Desire X] jotha:
Thread closed

April fools day is over now. I will delete this thread during the day, so that not more ppl have to load that ridiculously large picture.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] MikeDroid:
With ICS I couldn't get even 1 4g BAR at work. Finally on JB and I have full strength at work . No wonder sprint waited so long. They were squeezing our bandwidth by device and OS.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] skullzaflare:
You know that on ics our 4G signal bar didn't work right?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] MikeDroid:
It's a actually much faster now. The difference is obvious
[Sprint LG Optimus G] cowfodder:
Funny, mine's slower now. Your signal level hasn't changed, just the way it's reported has.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] MikeDroid:
It took a while to load a Web page and would oscillate between 3g and 4g. Now it's stable and fast. My 3g seems more useful too whereas before 3g was equivalent to no data at all.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] xboxfanj:
The new radio is a lot better. I have considerably better speeds up to almost two megabits down on evdo. The statement that the os itself probably didn't change a ton except how the speeds are reported is true though.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] MikeDroid:
Seems like they would've addressed the inferior radios before JB. Makes me think it was a form of throttling.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] jdawglx01:
Took HTC and Sprint forever to address the lousy radio on the EVO3d when it was released. I was surprised when I went from a Transform to a 3d and was surprised by the slower loading webpages... Yeah not a fun experience to get a faster phone to be hobbled by the actual firmware.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] xboxfanj:
They probably try to do as few otas as possible, to minimize costs and technical errors. Perhaps Qualcomm released new stuff, but I doubt sprint, one of the slower networks, would want to throttle their devices.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] jamebarron88:
My 4g speeds are incredibly slow after JB. Not sure if it is the ROM I'm using or an error in the way o flashed.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] xboxfanj:
Radios can make your performance worse as well. Perhaps flash an old one from zv7,8, or 9
[Sprint LG Optimus G] peteyo:
Yes they can, my phone did not want to send text messages after the JB ota, and my 4g signal sucked too.

Does anyone have flashable radios from ICS that i can flash onto this ****ty jelly bean update?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] jamebarron88:
I'm sorry, but I can only find flashable zvb radio. Can you point me towards an older version please?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] xboxfanj:
Hmm there may not be any then. I hadn't seen any, but hoped perhaps you would. Unfortunately, I can't help. My PC is down so I can't unpack the tot. Either go in irc and have someone dump the IMG or perhaps you would want to lgnpst and then restore a backup in recovery.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] peteyo:
i have the ZV7 tot. file. Can you tell me what I have to do to extract the radio's and make it flashable? Thanks
[Sprint LG Optimus G] xboxfanj:
It's not really the easiest and the tool I have requires Linux. PM snowleopardjb and tell him I sent you. He can do it for ya with lgextract. Sorry I would but I shipped my PC out a couple days ago. It was dying on me.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] nobody00:
My old battery has broken, it has swallen and it lasted only 10 minutes

I bought a new one and everything is fine now.

My question is why it has broken? because i kept the phone in charge all night(a lot of nights)? or because i flashed too much roms?

Is bad to keep the smartphone in charge all night?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Izzieq:
Yes it's..

charging in a lot of time will make the battery over power..

and it will lose the Ampere power. I've experienced in my laptop's battery..

flashing too much ROMs is not the problem.. i guess.. :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] hacheema:
100% agreed: flashing too much ROMs has nothing to do with battery.

unless you flash a ROM which was not meant for your device :D
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] doctork:
Battery

Flashing should do nothing.

Overcharging was possible, lets say, till 5 years ago. Actual Notebooks and Mobiles (as the 5660) should automatically discharge when full till 98 % or so, at least not overcharged.

I suspect a defect from factory in your case. Maybe damaged when dropped to the floor.

Regards

K
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] abood101:
..........................................................................

I have same your proplem and dont know why ....and idont think its from charging all the night...
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] badagila:
I agrre too

Overcharging is the main cause of breaking the battery and also keep on charging while playing can also dead your battery too :cyclops:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Gaurav8651000:
Whats the easiest yet effective way to create an apk???

and what languages do i need to learn??

can i make an apk as a base use itz xml layouts and make my own apk??

thanks for answering a Noob!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Imranabbas22:
Prerequisites:

Android sdk

Eclipse juno/helios whatever

Java jdk 1.6

Knows Xml editing

Java language

Usable brain

If above requirements are fulfilled, then there is no problem in making an android app... Any questions, ask google! That guy is the guy I like to play with! You can see those search buttons, that tickles when you click... Or i meant to say poke. Tickle him and he gives you answers. :p
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] knutson:
Do you know any programming language? Java is the best choice, because Android OS API is in Java, but you can also use C++ (NDK) or C# (Mono, Unity).
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] deathnotice01:
Eclipse basic should be good,

and VTS for finalizing and editing
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techfanatic9:
Just wanted to do a quick poll on if your getting the Galaxy S4 Octa 5 Exynos or Quad Core Snapdragon 600.

If you have a reason for choosing one variant of the Galaxy S4 over the other be sure to comment below!