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[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dneiding:
Has anyone ever been "caught" and denied a warranty return after s-off and\or root? You hear all of these horror stories of you warranty being void but I personally have never had a problem.

I rooted my original Incredible and got two warranty replacements in the first year. One was for a blown speaker and the other was because I bricked it. When I bricked it I called Verizon and played dumb and said 'I don't know what is going on with my phone but it won't boot up'. They asked me a few questions and then said something like 'wow, I have never seen that before we will send you a new one.'

On my Incredible 4G, I rooted and s-offed (via HTC DEV before they removed it from the list) and got a warranty replacement (I don't remember what the problem was that caused me to exchange it). In fact, when I got the replacement it was obviously s-on and no longer unlockable via HTC Dev so I called Verizon to complain (told them something about being a software developer so I needed a phone I could ROM and develop on) hoping they would give me a HTC One (M7). Of course they did not but my point is no one seems to care about s-off or root.

Each time I have done a warranty exchange I have done it via phone not in the store. They ship me a new phone next day and I send my old one back. I would find it hard to believe that they have someone sitting there opening returned phones, checking for root or s-off, comparing them to the call that originated the return and then following up. Instead, I am sure the process is more like: Get the returned phone, note the RMA and note on the account that the old phone was returned, check for physical damage, throw it in a pile with all of the other returned phones to be formatted, re-flashed, tested and sold as refurbished phones.

I exchanged my weaksauce rooted M8 to the store last Friday due to frequent reboots. The sales guy turned on the screen, set it down, and rang me up a new one. He didn't boot into HBoot to look for s-off, and didn't look for any root checker or rooting application.

My experience is that the 'you will void your warranty' line is a scare tactic and it doesn't worry me one bit. While I am sure s-off and rooting can cause physical harm to a phone (maybe by doing something like overclocking) but I do not believe that the big cell phone companies like Verizon have any process in place to catch this. They do thousands of returns a day and don't care to slow down their return exchange process to check for the 1 out of 1000 rooted\s-off phones they come through.

This is my opinion and experience I would be interested in yours.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] andybones:
There is always a risk, although I personally will send in phones S-OFF even, and never had an issue. (I don't suggest this)

From my understanding, they get so many devices to repair, really all they look at is for water damage and things of that nature.

It would take too long to go through every device they get returned for whatever reason to see if it has been rooted at on point.

I also am yet to know of anyone to get caught and having to pay for the device due to rooting.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Pauls57:
I've destroyed one phone (older Samsung 4G) by accidentally installing inappropriate software. It was about 3 days old, bricked it completely. Even the service guys couldn't reflash it. The folks at the store really didn't check anything or ask any questions, They just threw it in the return barrel and gave me a new one. Wouldn't worry too much, unless you return frequently, they shouldn't give you a hard time. After all, what do they care? :)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sitlet:
This made me think of a question. With this phone being an all-in-one construction, how would they tell if it has water damage?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] aguynamedjoe:
I'm guessing they're not too worried about water damage with these phones...

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[Verizon HTC One (M8)] bmerrill63:
They do pay attention in the retail stores though. My account was once flagged for having a rooted phone, galaxy nexus, when I took it in for some issue, I don't remember why. Yes, first mistake was allowing them to have my phone, lesson learned. Luckily I know people who work for Verizon and they had to go in and remove the note which stated my phone was rooted and warrantee was voided.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] kj13569:
I went in to return my M8 due to battery issues and the Verizon guy who had to call tech support stated that when they send the phones in if they've been rooted in the past that even if you unroot it and turn S-On they can tell that it's been rooted and that S was indeed On and turned Off. He stated they can tell how many times you do it and boom you get a $400 charge on your account for the price of the phone they gave you and you had a voided warranty.

As hard as that is to believe, I feel like there may be such a thing where they Devs can tell if the phone was rooted, when, and how many times... But i'm no Dev. Someone working for Verizon care to chime in?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dneiding:
Maybe they can tell but do they even look or care? My experience is that they don't care. In my case, three times, I have returned a s-off and rooted phone (not to the store, via mail). I didn't bother to try to go back to s-on or un-root. They wouldn't need black magic to tell my phones were tampered with - just turn it on. My point is they don't care and they don't look (at least when you deal with Verizon via phone).

I stand by my claim that it is a scare tactic and they don't even look.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Abe21599:
i tried to take a phone in recently for a warranty return. the sales guy at the corporate store takes my phone to the back to test it and comes back a few minutes later to tell me my phone was rooted and the warranty was void. he was nice enough to tell me his manager told him to flag my account, but he didn't. he just said to undo the process and bring it back in.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dneiding:
That's why I say deal with 1-800 Verizon not a store. You get a replacement the next day so long as you can be without the replacement for a day that is the way to go.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] richii0207:
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[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Abe21599:
i wish i would have known that before bothering going into the store. would have saved me an hour. good to know.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blestsol:
Yeah I never go to a store. Complain on the phone then have them ship me a new one. Swap and done.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] rudyolph:
I'm assuming you guys all have insurance then right? Otherwise why are your carriers to easily swapping you new phones?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] o-o:
Warranty claims they will easily swap. I called about a Rezound that would get incredibly hot while charging. They sent me a new phone that arrived the next day. I sent back the old phone with S-Off, rooted, and a custom rom installed. From what I've read all they check is that the phone will power on.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] majormcbain:
I'll find out soon. Enough just sent an M8 back to BIG RED Monday. I'll update when it shows received and there are no extra charges added to my account.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] rudyolph:
I have a replacement on the way myself. Hopefully we have no issues. The phone aesthetically is in perfect condition.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jake.99x3:
I claimed my warranty the other week from a cracked screen and I just flashed a modified hboot before sending it off so that it said locked and s-on
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Jordan.Deck:
Upgrading my phone at Verizon took me hours to do. While the time passed I talked to the Verizon associate about how I've rooted every smart phone I've ever owned and he didn't seem to mind a bit that those were all their phones, and actually seemed quite intrigued about doing so himself. Anyway my microphone piece won't work during calls, so I'm going to replace mine through Verizon's warrantee claims phone number. I'll post with results.

Unlocked, s-off, rooted with modified hboot that shows status locked and s-on.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] majormcbain:
Just an update. All seems good no extra charges or calls asking WTF?? Just a message saying thanks for returning the phone and my next bill came. Which is normal.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] suparokr:
Do you mind updating us on what happend? I'm considering getting a warranty on my m8. I was able to lock and s-on again, but can't unroot it.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] rudyolph:
Update: I sent mine in unlocked, S-on, and with a non-stock ROM on it. Zero physical damage to the phone and had no issues. I got the replacement and a few days after sending in the old phone I got the same thank you message. All seems good here too.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] grtgbln:
My experience

I accidentally bricked my HTC One m8 after about a month having it. Blamed it on the battery, said it wouldn't charge, even though quickly plugging it in would show that the battery worked great. In the process now of getting another replacement, this time because the screen failed (not my fault), but a little worried because it's S-OFF, rooted and Custom Recovery, reflashed to stock and trying to run set-up process (at least I think, can't see anything on the screen).
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
If the buttons still work I bet we could figure out how to get it 100% stock using cmd line.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] grtgbln:
I know I could... if USB Debugging was turned on...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Actually. Blindly we could probably get to fastboot. Flash twrp. Lock boot loader in it using adb which doesn't need enabled. Reboot to boot loader via adb. Fact reset using fastboot and flash the ruu. Turn s-on before reboot. The hardest part would be entering fastboot and blindly entering twrp.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] grtgbln:
Yeah, I already flashed an RUU, and so it's in the "Welcome to Verizon" setup area (I can tell because no haptic feedback where mutlitask button should be, so that's disabled.) I tried bringing it into a store and, after an awkward conversation with a Verizon guy trying to guess if I was a Samsung or iPhone guy (hate both), I held my phone side by side with the demo and tried to mirror touches to turn on USB Debugging settings. Plugged it into my computer in the car, no luck.

Basically, the phone is reset, but the bootloader is still unlocked and S-Off. Not sure if RUU replaces custom recovery with stock (anyone know?). So, if they were to put a working screen on my phone, they would see an unlocked bootloader and void my warranty...

Chances of that happening?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
We can probably still fix it. Want to try using twrp?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] grtgbln:
worth a shot
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Lemme know when you want to do a team viewer session
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] grtgbln:
If you have/know where I can get all the files I need, I'm down for it all day today.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Just install team viewer on your pc and I will be free in about 2 hours. Pm me the details.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filthygoat223996:
So my friend sent in her s4 for repairs and Samsung sent her a galaxy nexus. She dropped it this morning and the screen cracked. Since its a temporary phone, what is the procedure for this? Does anyone have any experience
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pepdavies:
You might get some answers in a Samsung forum. Hopefully their insurance will cover it.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsgraphicart:
For starters, that girl needs to keep a case on all her phones if she's just breaking them left and right. lol. But the insurance thing is something I doubt anyone here will be able to answer. She needs to talk with Samsung
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
I think their expectation is going to be that they get the temporary phone back in the same condition as it was when they sent it. So your friend is going to be liable for some damages.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mortenmhp:
You can't really say that without knowing the conditions she probably signed when getting the phone. Samsung might as well have insurance covering such cases.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
I can always say "l think..." I hope your right for the op's sake

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikeman513:
I worked in wireless for 3 years. I can tell you that she will have to pay for the damages. That's why most companies don't do loaners anymore. When she got the temporary, she agreed to return the phone is the same condition as received.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filthygoat223996:
Would Samsung care if she replaces the screen? I'm guessing that's cheaper than whatever Samsung would charge
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikeman513:
The screen has a digitizer that would take not only technical know how to replace, but is very pricey. It's your call though. Might cost you more in the end if you try and fail at doing it.
[GiONEE Elife E7] hackvier1:
Hey guys, I leave here the update that appeared to me today, I will not let me install it, I suppose that having the Chinese recovery, that you think?

https://mega.co.nz/#!pgVRDTbI!rV698mW3uD9_jAgHWeidaeBmLC3CEB7N_iEGPYgBmIc

Desde mi Gionee E7, saludos!!!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Djuro89:
Sony Mobile statement on Android 4.4 KitKat sound bug

“Sony Mobile Communications would like to provide an update in response to reports around abnormal audio functionality and quality; that some users may be experiencing on their Xperia Z1, Xperia Z Ultra and Xperia Z1 Compact devices after upgrading to Android 4.4 KitKat. We have identified this issue on some units of these models, and measures have been taken to swiftly deliver a solution for our users. A fix for the issues will be included in a new software release that will start rolling out from next week (w/c 7/04), with exact availability and timing varying by operator and market.”
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Wrong section

Also, read your own quote,

Week Commencing

means it can start to be rolled out any time in that week, AND rollouts are never simultaneous, they take up to 2 months depending on your region and carrier....
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akusokuzan:
w/c means week commencing. They have until Friday before you guys should pull out the pitchforks :P
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Actually until sunday 23:59:59 ;)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eclyptos:
Sound issue only? It was the only issue reported to Sony? I can not believe..:eek:
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unome1277:
sony will release next month

i don't think sony will release sound bug fix in april because sony release every thing late when it comes to phone business.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nexu$:
Did anyone see a YEAR after the date? I didn't. Hold your horses and chill, as 2015 is almost a year away
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
I have never seen Sony miss a deadline yet, and their release has already started to roll out, in time
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] augie7107:
No disrespect intended but Sony, as well as other manufacturers, has missed plenty of deadlines. I'm probably much older and have seen Sony (Ericsson) from the start of their foray into the mobile market.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Drzfr3shboialex:
I'd like to know this. That is only possible with the snapdragon 800+, so considering the HTC one m8 has the 801 it should, right?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] @rbiter:
Not sure. They also have built in amp. But if they utilized the DSP properly then it may get more with the bigger battery. Just the amp thing and other factors can alter that.

sent from my sm-9005.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drsaidalavi:
Hello,

I have LG G2 D802 brought from UAE. I accidentally upgraded to KitKat 4.2.2 after I brick my phone when trying to install trwp recovery in my 4.2.2 firmware. As I was eager to root it, I saw a method using IOroot25. It went very well and speruser and busybox are installed. But the recovery was horrible as it is not recognising my internal memory at all, when I tried to flash zip files it is not showing in the sd card and no option for back up also. So I tried to use the trwp manger, after that now when I tried to boot into recovery, only error message comes saying that " certificate error", Otherwise the phone is working very well. I tried to unroot using the flash tools, failed, also tried to downgrade firmwae to 4.2.2. using flash tools, failed. No neww rooting method also appering in any of the LG g2 forum. Kindly anybody can help me to solve this problem.

Thanking You

Dr.saidalavi
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faithraze:
Downgrade worked for me twice. Just after downgrade, you must perform a factory reset.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drsaidalavi:
Downgrade failed

Thanks for the reply,

I tried downgrade using the Xda thread. When I start upgrade, it goes to LG site and says you have the latest firmware, and it stops there. Can you please send me the details how you downgraded. Remember my 4.4.2 shows it is rooted, I tried to unroot using this thread thttp://lionking853.blogspot.ae/2013/10/how-to-root-and-unroot-lg-g2-all.html.

It also failed

So kindly help me

I want to downgrade urgently

Thanking You

Dr.saidalavi
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LenAsh:
You need to d/l the kdz and then do this offline method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faithraze:
No unroot will work. Only flash back to stock which was as replied above. Do not use the official lg tool. Use the one in the thread above.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jnicaragua:
Guys, do anyone here knows about a mod that let me "grab" a number in a sms, what i mean is that the only thing of the stock that i really miss is the underline numbers. For example: my boss send me a sms/whatsapp/viber.... with "joel, call 888888888 and ask for...." in the stock that number will be underlined and in blue and you actually can copy or call directly, in carbon / cm / anyother ... is not aviable. :confused:

again the question is, do anyone know about a mod that let me do that? ( and i really think this is an option that have to be in every rom xD )
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] tj80:
I've been using my T-Mobile MDA Vario (latest T-Mobile ROM) for a while now and it intermittently loses sound! By that I mean the screen tap clicks, the beep when you change the volume using the slider and most importantly - incoming call ringer! A soft reset fixes it for a while, and sometimes changing the volume one notch up or down fixes it (but not always). Anyone come across this before?

TIA!

Tim
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Bubisch:
I had this problem with wisbar advanced lite - do you use it? After using the phone, there was no sound until i performed a soft reset - after i unisntaled it, the problem never came up again...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] tj80:
Nope...here's everything I have installed

Thanks for the reply. No, the only third party software I have installed is:

Smartskeys

Omapclock

TomTom5

ADBWeather Plus

MemMaid

Total Commander

GPSdash2

PocketUAE

TCPMP

Virtual Earth Mobile

Haven't touched the ROMs or anything else.

Cheers,

Tim
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RainbowLaw:
​

REQUIREMENTS

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Rooted phone

Android 4.0(ICS)

TESTED

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Pocket Plus/GT-S5301

Pocket Plus Duos/GT-S5303

[HIGHLIGHT]WARNING!!! This solution provided as is (with no warranty of any kind). Be careful because the described operations rather dangerous and possibly can brick your device. Author is not responsible for your device damage.[/HIGHLIGHT]

Why you need Engines

?

[SIZE="+1"]First lets start from the beginning mobiles generally have decent hardware and software but its not utilized well by the manufacturer. Certainly bloatware is an issue. But lets face even without bloatware our phone still runs goddamn slow. Stock ROM 99% of the time sucks (its lack of customization options) only if u aren't a geek or u don't want to get to trouble then ur better of with Stock ROM.

ENGINES are used to increase [Highlight]performance[/Highlight] & add [Highlight]tweaks[/Highlight] to make ur phone better when demand arise. Were not presenting a fancy looking theme for ur visuals but this is for ur inside of ur phone. Most of what im going to present is from Team Hurricane but since they deleted every mod or dev im going to share it with u guyz.[/SIZE]

Credits go to

:

Thanks to Team Hurricane members

JaysonGalbin(JynAlek)

Pedro Nishiyama

Elison Style

Victor Thales

Peter Lucas
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RainbowLaw:
FIXES AVAILABLE

[FIX]FIXED THE BUG OF WIFI POWER ENGINE

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[FIX] Fix the Wi-Fi Power of Engine (So for those who bugs)

Hey guys I did an engine, then I realized it was a bug ... when passing a bit of time without using the wi-fi stops working it's here to fix it

FIRST wipe in date

AFTER wipe cache in

Now go to Install zip from sdcard

Then choose zip from sdcard

Select the Fix

Then wait for the installation and reboot system now

Ready!

now restart

Click here to download the FIX

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[DEV]BLUETOOTH V1.2 FIX DASH-ROM

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Hello blog readers im bringing this bluetooth fix for the dash rom made ​​by Peter Nishiyama

Bluetooth Fix Dash Rom - 9mb

Bluetooth Fix FC Dash Rom - 784KB

installation:

After downloading the zip's, Put it in the root for Memory Card (standard method), switch off your phone, Enter the mod Recovery (Combo "Volume +", "Home" and "Power"), Select "Install zip from sdcard "then" Choose zip from sdcard "and select the first Zip" DR-BluetoothF.zip "expect complete the installation, then immediately install zip" DashRomBluetoothFix.zip "Reboot phone and wait.

Necessary to install CWM

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[Miscellaneous Android Development] titotomy:
when i use the power engine after that i must used the wifi fix ?

wipe my data and partition ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Beso1:
must wipe data

must wipe data or its optional ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RainbowLaw:
you dont have to just flash it after it afterwards
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Beso1:
Only for samsun galaxy pocket plus gt-s5301

Tranceparent status bar on lockscreen

All xposed modules make the status bar tranceparent but on lockscreen still black

So i modified a jar file to make it that awesome :)

If you notice the carrier provider name is shown now :)

How to :-

1- the rom must be deodexed

2-The status bar should be tranceparent before with xposed module like tweakbox

3-copy the attatched jar file to /system/framework/ and overwrite

4-reboot and wait about 5m

Download:- http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/26945532/file.html

That is My first mod
[Miscellaneous Android Development] gkanozo:
Broken link

please upgrade the link

thank