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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
Next do:

fastboot oem lock

Then your bootloader should be locked

Reboot and run the RUU exe file.

I know it's been said but do not run a 3.18 ruu or update to 3.18 after until you have achieved S-OFF

After the RUU finishes you should be able to start from the beginning to root your phone.

You'll have to use the exploit to re-superCID, then unlock the bootloader from HTCdev.com then flash twrp then flash a rooted rom or su if you want to stay stock with root.

If you have any other questions, just post here again.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] RollTribe:
Oh yeah, I forgot that you have to relock bootloader, but looks like exad and company got you all worked out.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
You get used to the freedoms of S-OFF :P
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] RollTribe:
Haha, indeed you do. Remember that ugly red text on the boot splash we used to have? BLEH.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
LoL I still have it :P
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] RollTribe:
:eek: oh man you gotta get ridda that s*** lol. Also, everytime I boot into bootloader and it says "evita swag" I giggle to myself.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
I still have it too, I kinda wear it as a badge of honour lol.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] RollTribe:
My "badge" is my broken back button light lol. That's what I get for trying to replace the battery.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] frankthebunny:
Ok so I want to go ahead and root my phone now that I got it all back up and running. If I could get a link to a tut or a recommendation on what Rom to choose that would be great. I looked at the viper xl I think it was and that seems to be what I'm looking for but I was warned about upgrading earlier inn this thread and I'm really not wanting to end up in a boot loop again bwahahaha. Any help will be appreciated....
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
Flashing a ROM based on 3.18/3.17 will not brick you. It's the firmware update within the RUU or OTA process that bricks the phone.

I have found that Roms based on 3.17/3.18 or based on AOSP 4.2.2 tend to work best with the latest firmware/hboot version (Some people report that everything runs fine on older hboot/firmware but not many). So how can you RUU up to 3.18 without bricking? With S-OFF.

S-OFF is a security flag setting that tells the phone to let you flash to ANY PARTITION regardless of your CID, Software Version, etc. so it is not safe for those who are unsure of what they are flashing or do not make sure things are safe to flash prior to flashing. So S-OFF is both good and bad. Tread carefully. Hopefully I've explained things clearly enough. If you understand the risks, You can start with Hassoon's tool to obtain SuperCID, unlock the bootloader through HTCDEV and flash TWRP 2.6. Then flash su or a custom rom and then S-OFF and then RUU to 3.18 and then Flash TWRP and flash a custom rom.

For a guy with my experience, all those steps would take close to an hour as I am quite thorough and Check MD5 for everything etc. So be sure to give yourself enough time:

Hassoon's toolkit: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1952426 This has been updated for S-OFF as well. Provides links to the necessary files also. Bear in mind that any files you are downloading to use to alter your phone NEED TO BE IN THE SAME FOLDER AS ADB and FASTBOOT. Many people don't realize this eventhough, if you're rooting, this should be common sense.

If you have any other questions, let me know.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] frankthebunny:
ok so i didnt realize that anyone had posted on here and ive since rooted my phone via a tutorial i found. i have superSU my bootloader is unlocked and i have custom recovery running twrp v2.3.1.0 now my questions are howw do i know if im compatible with this rom. from what ive read it seems to me that all i need to do is drag the zip file and drop it to the root of my phone then install it from twrp... is this correct? or do i need to flash the boot img that comes with it first then install or is there no need to flash a boot img at all.

again sorry for my ignorance. just trying to avoid another catastrophe is all
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] RollTribe:
You can put it anywhere on your SD card, but as long as your s-off you can flash it without boot.img

Sent from my evita
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
I went to the Sprint Store today to ask that they look into the GPS issues I have been having, after trying multiple supposed fixes here, I haven't been able to get GPS to work well.

When I initially went in, the lady that handled me was just odd, telling me that it could be a software problem from me downloading music online, etc. Honestly, I was taken a back by this, first off, I don't see how that is any way related. Then when I told her that these phones have GPS problems she started claiming "I have dealt with this phone for months, and I have never heard of any GPS problems". Now, I have been in this store every three months, because I have a friend that works there, and for one reason or another things get broken (Chargers specifically). She literally kept blaming the software and was ready to instantly wipe the phone because it was rooted. I told her to have at it, but I don't think the issue was with the device being root'ed or any form of software problem.

Anyways, I come back an hour later, she has the phone disassembled, and points to water damage being the indicating cause of all of my problems. So here is where I need some help with this because I am damn sure this phone doesn't have water damage.

1) Does this phone have indicator strips?

2) Where is the GPS chip located - I was looking through two pictures: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Epic+4G+Touch+Teardown/6481/2#s28010 and couldn't pinpoint the GPS chip from the descriptions.

3) She stated that there was a toothpaste like coloring, but when she handed me the PCB, I couldn't locate this. I infact couldn't locate anything about discoloring on the PCB so I am not sure how she came to that conclusion. This was located on the Step 12 image in the above link, which from the looks of it, everything on that side of the PCB would be storage or cellular issues (not saying that it couldn't be related, but I would have noticed a more immediate problem with the storage capacity on the phone if there was in fact water damage on that side which there is not).

4) Immediately, without almost any other word, she brought up insurance and wanted me to pay the hundred dollars to get it fixed. I declined obviously

I was wondering if anyone has had a similar issue with going to the Sprint store and talking about this. I may text my friend that works there and have her look at it this next time, but, I was wondering if they keep notes about water damage on the backend on things like this.

I just don't see any parts of where water damage might have occured.

EDIT: I should have probably mentioned where she said this occured, this is in the picture in step 12, right above the outlined orange, and to the right of the black chip.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
Take it apart yourself. Clean it. Bring it to another store. I have brought my phone in before. I babied the heck out of that thing. Thet said water damaged. I called bs. They couldnt show me a sticker because when I checked it myself it hadnt went off. I looked at the board and no corrosion.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
Considering I have never taken the device apart before, is it all that difficult?

I mean, even reading ifixit's guide doesn't tell me how much of a chore it may or may not be.

EDIT: also, what would be the best way to clean it off/up?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
Its not hard. But you have to be careful with the ribbons for your buttons. Follow a guide or a youtube video it will make it easier. To clean it get a small brush and IPA aka isopropyl alcohol.

---------- Post added at 05:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:09 PM ----------

Also make sure there is damage first. Look for a white almost powdered looking substance on the board. Make sure your dont get alcohol on the litmus paper. I am pretty sure the alcohol would set it off (if its not set off already)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
Would the litmus paper be the paper with X's going all over it, or would it be something else (perhaps a sticker on one of the chips)? I don't see anything that would give away there is water damage. I see what looks like the material they use when they want to attach a chip to a PCB ( I have seen it on refurbished motherboards before).

I am trying to get a decent picture, but unfortunately, I don't really have a good camera to do this with, and my only other cameras battery is dead so I am waiting on that to charge.

Original - Larger Links:

http://i.imgur.com/bWgTNGk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nygptYv.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/lpUiAF1.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/83sjtGI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7jKrXVg.jpg
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
I think I see what you are talking about, I believe that is lighting, I didn't see it when it isn't underneath the desk lamp I was using to take the pictures.

EDIT, i modified the sentence, because i don't have the phone in front of me i changed the wording, i can look at it again when i have it dismantled

EDIT2: Yeah, just took it apart again, I don't see the red spot that you are talking about (http://i.imgur.com/bWgTNGk.jpg) in that picture. It was lighting.

I will also say, this is a refurb phone as my first phone was giving me all sorts of problems as well, then I got this as a replacement.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
If it's clean just put it back together and take it to a different store.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
Looks clean from here other than the lighting showing that red spot. The litmus paper looks good. Only other question is how is the litmus on the battery itself? If that one has triggered I could see them trying to say it was water damaged. Take the phone to another store. If they too come back and say its water damaged ask them to show you where the corrosion is. Because I dont see it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
Well, I tried taking it to another store to have it looked at. Apparently the woman flagged it as water corrosion/ dnr they said something about dstb (some code, can't remember it). So I am basically SOL which is dumb. The stickers aren't tripped, they have blue X's on them, which according to squshy 7 means that they haven't been tripped yet.

So... basically looks like I am going to have to wait for an upgrade, because I am not willing to pay insurance for something like this when I know it isn't an issue.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
Did they show you were the water damage was?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
The original store, or the new store? They literally wouldn't touch it.

The first store did, when I was up there, but like I said, I didn't see it at all.

This second one just didn't touch it. I think I have one other repair store in my area, but after that I am just going to wait it out till an upgrade.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
When you take it demand to see were the water damage is. If they don't show you then imho there really is no water damage. The second store didn't inspect it but said water damage. How is that possible.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
The second store wouldn't inspect it because their ticket tracker says that there is water corrosion on the device, which means they aren't able to touch the phone.

I called up a CS Rep and spoke to one of the supervisors, she told me the notes say that there is corrosion on the bottom left of the device (if the phone is screen down), which is highly improbably since that part of the phone is purely plastic, there is no PCB/metal that it could occur on, and then on the top right, which again, from the pictures, I don't see anything in the top right corner. I see the re-flux (I believe that is what it is called) which as I posted earlier, I see that on motherboards too, so that can't be it.

She told me to just keep trying at stores, so, I really don't have any other option, I will try the other repair store in my area and then after that. I guess a BBB report might work, but that is way over the top to just get the mark taken off the phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
How can there be water damage on plastic:confused: I think they just don't want anything to do with it. Do you see any water damage? Try the last store don't tell them you've taken the phone to other stores. If they also say water damage ask to see were the water damage is.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
(Reflow is what I was thinking of, not reflux)

There can't be water damage on plastic, it isn't a corrosive surface. Even the CS Supervisor I talked to understood that basic fact.

Unfortunately, I just don't have it in me to go to another store right now, so I will probably go tomorrow. I mean, I have spent the last 5 hours trying to figure this thing out.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
Sorry, I guess I missed this post somehow.

The litmus paper on the battery (as far as I can tell) is fine. When I called the CS Rep, they said that if the phone had been triggered with water damage on the battery, it wouldn't be white. My battery itself is fine. I have two, they look identical in every way.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
Just wanted to make sure. I have many batteries for my s2. Some have the paper triggered. Not from being in the phone. Probably from being in my pocket or something. But was given a hard time on that. You are taking them to a corporate store right?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] graydiggy:
Plastic is only corrosive to salt water. There is a possibility of mineral deposits on plastic, but I personally think they are full of sh*t. They are trained to lie to you about anything they can. What you can do is tell them you will cancel your contract if they do not have that flag removed and have a few more looks at it. They will normally try to do anything they can to keep a customer. You will have to be stern with them.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
Yes

Unfortunately, I am not the account holder, it is a family plan account. So I don't have a lot of runway with that. The worst thinig I can do is talk to a store manager, or file a BBB complaint, or deal with the phone lines.

If it fails tomorrow as in they won't at least take the note off the account, it will be a BBB complaint, and I will be sure that they at least open it up, search for water damage, and if they can't find any, I am going to bring a camera along with me.

EDIT:

At this point, I am just trying to figure out what I am going to say. If I tell them straight up the whole story and fib a bit by saying that they wouldn't show me where the water damage was, or I just want a second opinion of another stores claim, or if I just don't mention it at all, and when it is brought up then I start talking about.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
I wouldn't tell them about the water damage. Just explain what's wrong with the phone. Don't tell them you've taken the phone to other stores.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
Just got back, and unfortunately, no luck.

They said their hands were tied because of the note. He inspected it, found very very trace amounts but none that should have resulted in the note on my phone (coincidentally, these were in a completely different area then they originally said they were).

So I guess, at this point, it is going to be a BBB complaint, because that is my only option.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
Then I say it's bull. How is one store saying one thing and another a different thing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
I agree it's bull, but, I mean, they can't override that in their system. If they can, they either 1) don't want to, 2) will get in trouble, 3) don't give a ****.

Thats why I am saying my only option at this point is a BBB complaint.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
I say all 3. They either want you to deal with it or buy a new phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Yell0wSmileY:
Same thing happened to me last year when I went in for repair. I immediately asked for a manager and went off on them because I know I never had water damage. They looked at my account and saw i was a customer for over 10 years without any account issues and the manager was cool and they fixed it for me. So I guess it all depends on how willing the manager is willing to work with you and how long you've been with them.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] graydiggy:
They can remove the flag just as easily as it was entered. They are just being stubborn because that is how they are trained. But they are also trained to keep customers. If you threatened to deactivate that line or the whole account, they will normally work with you. Even of you are not the primary holder of the account.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
Was sorta surprised, but they did indeed actually call me back. They said they would credit the 100 dollar asurion fee on the account and replace the phone.

Unfortunately, when he called, he couldn't get a hold of the company because he was having phone trouble.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] branden.lee:
Thought I'd put my two cents in on VM and Sprint I had the same problem with sprint finally I ended up buying a used phone. Then shortly after I switched to VM after about a year of having the e4gt it was slowing up and hardware issues were going on so I had it replaced. Here comes the fun part. They have sent me over 9 replacements one time I had a replacement sent to me where the screen did not work. I guess to sum all this up is phone companies are nothing but liars and thefts. There trained to lie. I once had a VM tech support floor manager tell me I was getting the s3 because of how many replacements ive been through I waited about a week and a half called VM to see why it wasn't delivered yet. And they had no idea what I was talking about. I know this is all off topic but don't let phone companies rule you always make sure to get a confirmation number also get the persons full name and if possible record the call.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] silver1882:
I'm not sure what phone you are talking about. But I have been having problems with my GPS on my galaxy s3. I took my own phone apart to see if I could find the problem. Every moisture paper in my phone has been tripped. I'm woundering if this could of happened when the phone are being shipped?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
Silver thats likely not the case. Something more reasonable would be the climate you live in. Or if you bring your phone in the bathroom when you shower. (Depending on the size of your bathroom and the temp of the water.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Do you bring your phone into the bathroom when you are showering? Or do you live in a very humid climate? The steam/humidity can cause minor water damage and over a period of time, it could get worse. You can change those indicators with enough moisture in the air.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
ninja'd
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
You must've been replying while I was still typing... Great minds really do think alike!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
Well, after a day, so far so good. At least they made the right move and replaces it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
I would still file a BBB complaint. It seems that they are pulling shady practices way too frequently nowadays.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pungo1212:
I have been a Sprint customer since the 80s when they were just a long distance company. I had them with my cell phones for ever, contracts and all. Now I will pay them off and move to a different company. Every time my phone or someone else's goes bad they blame it on water damage. I have seen many cases, a couple of times my own phones. I went to the store in Virginia Beach Boulevard in Va Beach and took my phone in which I just bought in October. They said it was water damage. I took it home, took it apart and compared what I saw with the pictures they gave me. They must have been from a different phone because mine looked nothing like that.

I bought a new battery (out of my pocket) and the phone now works. Ergo, they should have given me a battery. This is it for me. This is a SCAM with all capitals letters and they do it everytime to everyone. I have been more than carefull with this phone, I know I took good care of it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ShoePhone:
Yep, had the same experience with a brand new HTC One less than a month old that started having charging issues. One look in the headphone jack, "Water Damage" is the diagnosis. I stood in their store arguing with every Mgr they threw at me, until finally calling Sprint in front of store personnel and customers complaining about the piss poor customer service and trying to shaft their customers. Within 5 minutes another Mgr appears promising a replacement in 48 hrs. Just have to make it uncomfortable for them where they live....
[Motorola Droid RAZR] bottedumal:
Hi guys.

I really need your expert advice on my problem I've been trying to troubleshoot the last hours.

I recently changed the pattern to unlock my phone.

it's a droid razr with latest MIUI official (ICS)

Today I tried to unlock it and failed it. I was really almost sure about the code, it was composed of the 4 bottom squares, so not many possibilities. I tried all of them and nothing worked, so I suspect a bug, but ok I was tired and changed the code yesterday, so let's imagine I type the wrong code and used all my possibilities.. I was not really worried are I was sure there was way to go around this.

The problem is that it seems MIUI is buggy, as it should ask for my google username/password to unlock, but it just reboot when I try to unlock.

anyway my phone is not having internet connection so from what I saw it will not work.

also, the razr is not having any recovery, well I mean you need a specific application to go into it so I cannot launch it since I cannot acces to phone apps :(

so I really see no option to go back to my phone data. I think I could restore a official rom, but it would mean loose all my data. I'd really like to keep my sms especially the 5 last one I received today and cannot read. So if anybody has an interesting idea, i'd be more than happy to hear it.

thanks and hope you'll be inspired!

cheers
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EvoRocker:
I've always done it, but I'm feeling lazy this time around lol. Does anyone not flash to stock and return the phone(warranty issues) with whatever ROM they had on it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Delakit:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2313529
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EvoRocker:
I know how to restore stock image, I'm asking if anyone returns phones with custom ROMs and if Verizon did anything about it.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] 3.0LSVT:
i can activesync using wifi, i was wondering what the settings are so i can activesync using gprs. anyone have any idea?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] ctkraag:
I think you can only do it if you have exchange 2003 or SBS 2003. If that is the case you can fill in the specifics of your exchagne server in Activesync on your device and it will sync via internet