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[Touch Pro CDMA] thacounty:
If it is activated just go ahead and get insurance. You can add it anytime. They will charge deductible normally, but instead of telling them its because of scratches tell them you are experiencing poor battery life and that you can't hear anything in the speaker because it sounds like a tin can.

Oh, you never purchased a phone when you switched. I was confused. Thanks for clarification.

Look for those seams, almost every TP has them and they will switch for free without TEP. They are hard to notice but mine has em and I am going to switch soon.

They have screwed me repeatedly and I would be doing the same thing. Haha, I wasn't trying to preach in my post before.
[Touch Pro CDMA] cd85233:
Is there a grace period to get it? I thought it was like 30 days. Yea, I can lie to them, no problem. Though my bat life is amazing. play with it all day and never has died on me.

Can you direct me to a link to where this seams thingy is being discussed, or where the sources where u got this is at. I want to read some on it. Or maybe some pics, I didn't really know where to look.

Yea, well, they decided to renew my contract, and it said they had returned my deposit...I'm definitely going to use that against them.

To be honest, they have messed up so many times, I have only paid my full bill about 2 times.
[Touch Pro CDMA] ramiss:
I Heard my Sprint Rep. say that the insurance can only be added within the first 30 days.

So here is the rub....How do they know when you purchased it? Unfortunately logic would say that the insurance only applies to devices purchased directly from the carrier, but I hope I am wrong.
[Touch Pro CDMA] smotrs:
Unless they changed the policy, that's not true. I had a phone for 6 months before I added the insurance online through the My Account feature.

But it's possible that has been changed and no longer do able.
[Touch Pro CDMA] cd85233:
Guys Thanks for all your responses, they are very informative.

So Basically here, I am leaning towards trying to see if I can get insurance added. I don't know how hard of a task this will be, but I hope that they can be persuaded into helping me out.

If not, I will just get a cheap phone and sell it.

Again, I am aware of the ethical lines being crossed, but wit sprint, those lines seem almost unreal.
[Touch Pro CDMA] cd85233:
update (Sorry about the double post):

So to my surprise srpint sent this in an email:
[Touch Pro CDMA] justincredible:
its 30 days from the day you activate the phone...so you can go to a sprint store or call customer service and add insurance

as a tech in a sprint affiliate store i WOULD NOT swap you out for free because of cosmetic damage. So you are looking at paying 50 through Asurion(the insurance company)
[Touch Pro CDMA] justincredible:
they are full of crap lol

you cant return a phone you never purchased from a sprint store lol
[Touch Pro CDMA] cd85233:
Well, well see. I am going to request a return kit from them, as they said that they would do. If not, then what ever.

BTW, the phone doesn't look like its been dropped or has any cracks. The excuse, "Its been in my pocket with my keys," would fly without a hitch.

We shall see what happens.
[Touch Pro CDMA] thacounty:
Sorry man, haven't been around the Computer. I had insurance on my touch I bought off of ebay. I had ins on my phone before and when I activated the phone it just went ahead and switched it over to my touch. So you should be fine adding it.

You can probably send it to them, but what are they going to give you back? You paid them $0 for the phone, so be careful, that may be what they give you.

Here is the site you requested talking about the chrome seams.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=44217&highlight=cracked+chrome
[Touch Pro CDMA] cd85233:
Yea, as I thought, I don't have that problem on my phone.

So if I understand your correctly, you bought a phone from Ebay, and added insurance to it?
[Touch Pro CDMA] cd85233:
Sorry about double post. I just added TEP, took it in. Told them about some errors, no lies. Just some stuff that happens with the phone. Of course I know its normal, but they didn't know that. They gave me a brand new TP, and let me keep the old battery.
[OnePlus Nord N20 5G] micheal2445:
I got the cph2459 model to explicitly avoid T-Mobile's lock however I am now in my second bootloop, and finding CPH2459 is a needle in a haystack where GN2200 is all over the place. ;/ I went to OnePlus customer support and they said ill hear back from them within 24 hours, but i luckily broke my backup device two days prior and am locked out of 2FA on most of my accounts. I tried flashing older firmware , and it at first refused to allow any critical partitions to flash killing my ability to use networking, and it then proceeded to bootloop for two or so days now, and at this point my main concern is my attempts at fixing this push the issue beyond recovery.
[OnePlus Nord N20 5G] micheal2445:
Still searching for a full image of cph2459
[OnePlus Nord N20 5G] micheal2445:
I used fastboot enhanced https://xdaforums.com/t/tool-windows-fastboot-enhance-payload-dumper-image-flasher.4310553/

To flash to a lower stock using a OTA payload.bin I would be happy to upload that as well however I messed up my IMEI and the IMEI fix using diag mode has not fixed that issue as of yet View attachment 5819719View attachment 5819719
[OnePlus Nord N20 5G] micheal2445:
Once on a lower firmware I let it normally update to the c.10 update and flashed N20 5G [CPH2459] - Unlock/Root/Safetynet (Step-by-Step)

These img to get root and made a full backup I'd be happy to share at no cost.
[OnePlus Nord N20 5G] micheal2445:
I have tried correcting my IMEI with two tools now with no luck ive tried reflashing my nhlos core's modem's and I may have to go directly to OnePlus as I switched to the unlocked CPH2459 and returned my GN2200.
[OnePlus Nord N20 5G] micheal2445:
I flashed modem backups now trying to flash modemst1 & st2 along with fsg, fsc, and a few other partitions linked to the efs like the efs, efs1, efs2, and efs3 partitions im making a flash script for those partitions and hoping to avoid getting a box to fix. It will be substantially easier once TWRP is completely operational. I will look later today at where it is, and if it needs anything I can contribute to it I will try to add it on, and I also will post my full CPH2459 partitions once EFS is operational so I dont submit partitions that may just give someone else this issue if I cant fix my IMEI ill use a box (NOTE: if you attempt the same it is illegal to change your IMEI in anyway other than restoring the exact IMEI related specifically to your device my posts regarding methods I use to repair my own is EXPLICITLY advice on fixing any baseband or IMEI corruption and not meant to be used for illegal purposes.) I will keep posting any progress in fixing my IMEI and baseband issues and what I had to do to restore my IMEI to its original value from the back of the box.
[OnePlus Nord N20 5G] micheal2445:
From my reading into other QUALCOMM and snapdragon issues that mimic my issue it seems the QCN becomes either corrupt, or deleted and has to be fixed, or your EFS or Persist data is deleted, or corrupted and flashing firmware can on rare occasions lead to this issue, and I am going to try various fixes and report back what works in the event anyone else needs to REPAIR an IMEI issue (AGAIN imei changes other then fixing a device to it's actual original imei is in most regions a crime and this information going forward is in no way nor should in anyway be used as advice changing your imei from it's original imei located on the back of the box you received the device in.
[OnePlus Nord N20 5G] micheal2445:
MTK devices are far easier in regards to repairing the issue so what luck we have a Qualcomm device -_-
[OnePlus Nord N20 5G] micheal2445:
I used a box, but that information will be really helpful moving forward lol. GSM SHIELD.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CardMasterLive:
So, I was handed a Fire Stick that was basically deemed dead. As the title suggests, Its a 2nd Gen that gets to the Amazon Logo and then seemingly freezes. Not sure how this occurred but hey, Things happen. What I'd like to know is if its possible for me to fix this. I've tried booting into Safe Mode but to no avail. I thought about using ADB to push an ISO image to it to try and get it to boot into some sort of operating system since it seems like its lost its, But I dont think ADB was enabled when this was still functioning.

Model Number: LY73PR

What can I do?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Finnzz:
You can unlock it, to boot into TWRP so that you can reflash the firmware

[UNLOCK][ROOT][TWRP][UNBRICK] Fire TV Stick 2nd gen (tank)

Read this whole guide before starting. This is for the 2nd gen Fire TV Stick (tank) Current relase: amonet-tank-v1.2.2.zip NOTE: Recent reports indicate a change that disables brom DL-mode The change seems to have been introduced with devices...

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DarZz_II:
Hello its been now a few hours i try to change my boot animation but i feel a bit stuck thats why im asking for help here.

I tryed a lot of things

and i am at the point where i tryed 4 or 5 root explorers all not working

and now i am trying with adb

i remount / as rw and when i am deleting or renaming bootanimation.zip it renames or deletes for a few sec than comes back as corrupted
[General Topics] Stephanizgo:
So I have been getting this error:

device/samsung/grandneove3g/AndroidProducts.mk:23: error: missing separator

22:09:02 dumpvars failed with: exit status 1

What can I do and what are separators. I don't understand programming
[General Questions and Answers] Tormeister:
Status: Touch still works but the screen is completely dead.

I dropped my Pixel 6 and there was a tiny crack on the upper left corner. After some weeks black spots started to slowly fade in, then over a couple days the entire screen became fully black and died.

Access: Phone is always unlocked; USB debugging authorization is enabled to my computer; I can access and control the phone through scrcpy.

During the ongoing dying process I backed up my data and tried to leave the phone as unlocked and accessible as I could.

Now I have a screen-less working Pixel 6. I can find some uses for it as it is a very capable device but many of them would require root access. That's where the issue comes up: I did not unlock its bootloader and rooted the device, it's a fully stock Pixel 6.

I have rooted other devices before but will avoid the hassle of trying to do it "in the dark" by going slow and guess-tapping where I should tap on the screen by following a video. There's a substantial risk of unexpected behavior getting in the way of completing the steps and totally losing access to the phone.

Is there any rooting method with minimal screen interaction available nowadays?

Also, how to proceed to grant USB debugging authorization after a factory reset in this case? Can it be done in fastboot or recovery mode?

If not I'll probably end up just fixing the screen and selling it, as I replaced it with another phone already 🤦‍♂️
[General Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
Replace the display. Don't compound the mess.

Always use a good case in the future. $aves time and data.
[General Questions and Answers] HoangPhucx7:
Xd
[General Questions and Answers] ChrząszczBrzmiWTrzcinie:
Just replace the display. :/
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
What is your goal with this? To continue using the device? To retrieve data? There are adb/adb shell commands that can simulate input to whatever part of the screen you want to simalte touching. And there are adb/adb shell commands to start/stop whatever app or process you want.
[G1 General] Ssantos6981:
Has this happened to anyone else?

The songs on my comp play great. But there are times that I transfer songs and the song will play well up until a certain point and all of a sudden a completely different song begins playing (while the original song and info and slider continues scrolling) and after 5-10 seconds of that other song, the original song will continue.

Multiple songs, all transferred at the same time. Not all the songs have the issue though. If I delete and re-transfer they are ok.

Just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this.
[G1 General] djind:
I dont have the G1 YET! But this has happened to me before working with usb-sticks or my old mp3 player (long time ago). Like two songs merged together, or some kind of offspring. It was weird.
[General Questions and Answers] MonsterMMORPG:
What is the easiest and highest quality way of doing it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarZz_II:
Hello its been now a few hours i try to change my boot animation but i feel a bit stuck thats why im asking for help here.

I tryed a lot of things

and i am at the point where i tryed 4 or 5 root explorers all not working

and now i am trying with adb

i remount / as rw and when i am deleting or renaming bootanimation.zip it renames or deletes for a few sec than comes back as corrupted

KONROW SOFT5P

OS = android go 11
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarZz_II:
Needs to disbable verity by flashing vbmeta.img this way :

fastboot flash vbmeta --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta.img
[Nothing Phone 1] wwwryan:
I received by nothing phone 1 via beta membership (I'm in the US) and for some reason it refuses to communicate with Google servers. Whether during initial setup, trying to add a Google account, or trying to access the Play Store I am always faced with the error: There was a problem communicating with Google servers. Please try again later. I also am unable to check for updates. I get the error message: Updates are temporarily unavailable. Try again later.

I've tried two different SIMs/carriers, and three different known working WiFi networks. I did notice my phone is running Spacewar-S1.1-220813-1608EEA which implies is it's running the European firmware. Could this be what is causing the issue? Do I need to cross flash? I checked downdetector and Google doesn't appear to be having server issues at the moment. Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks!
[Nothing Phone 1] Who-Lep:
For some reason when the sim card is inserted, it cannot connect to Google Update servers.

These are the steps I took to get my beta version working:

1. Removed sim card, factory reset, and followed the startup instructions with wi-fi only !important!.

2. After start up is complete check for updates and you should be able to connect to Google Servers/play store and download/update.

3. Then, after updates, you can shut down and insert your sim, and turn on. You can still access the Google Play store as normal, but the OS updates are still buggy.

I still have to figure out how to update with a new release is out.
[Nothing Phone 1] wwwryan:
Thank you for your reply. I did just manually update to 1.1.1 via sideload. If on device OTA updates are buggy that is not a big deal. I don't mind manually updating as this phone is mostly just a test/play device and not my daily driver.

I will attempt the steps you mentioned and setup with WiFi only with no SIM card installed and see if that helps. Thanks again!

Random side question: Are you running 1.1.x latest or 1.5.x? If 1.5.x, is it worth upgrading for Android 13 or is it more buggy? Thanks!
[Nothing Phone 1] wwwryan:
@Who-Lep thank you so much, that indeed fixed the issue. Once I factory reset and completed all setup without any SIM card inserted communicating with Google servers worked correctly. Much appreciated!
[Nothing Phone 1] Who-Lep:
Awesome, no problem, glad it worked out!

I went straight through all the updates to the latest beta 1.5.1 Beta 2, so I can't really compare but, no major bugs on newest release, only had to reboot once because of UI glitch and hasn't happen again.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Questions & Answers] rferryman:
I have some questions about device security running with an unlocked bootloader.

I am somewhat experienced and comfortable with flashing custom ROMs, mostly LineageOS,

and flashing back the original stock ROMs for Pixel and Samsung devices.

I have recently experimented with running LineageOS 20 (Android 13) on a Samsung Galaxy

Tab S5e with Magisk (and a few Magisk modules). Within several of the XDA forums, and also at

other web sites, it's recommended with custom ROMs the bootloader not be re-locked since

this can create problems.

I use my S5e for steaming videos, basic web browsing and other things. I don't do banking or

have anything I would consider a huge security risk. My intent is to understand what risks

exist with an unlocked bootloader so I can make more informed decisions what I should/should

not install.

With later versions of Android, including 13, the built in storage is encrypted by default.

If the device is powered off filesystems are at rest in an encrypted state so is it possible

for someone else to gain access to my data if they power on the device or flash

their own recovery and/or custom OS? If someone boots into recovery mode encrypted

filesystems should not be mounted and remain unavailable. I'm wanting to understand where

there are weaknesses that could be exploited to access data.

If the device is powered on and the OS has been screen unlocked the first time after boot

(so encrypted filesystems are mounted and available) is access to my data at increased risk,

assuming USB debugging is disabled?

Can apps be sideloaded in recovery mode that an attacker could use to gain access to data

in other ways even if encrypted filesystems have not been mounted.

Any other security issues to be aware of?

If risks I haven't considered are too great I can also go back to stock ROM, but would consider

ways of mitigating or reducing any risks with a custom ROM and unlocked bootloader.

Please let me know if there is a more appropriate place for this posting.

Thanks,

Rodney
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Questions & Answers] alecxs:
Samsung encryption not supported in TWRP recovery, but I have seen Samsung device running LineageOS on AOSP encryption.

of course on unlocked bootloader attacker can enable adb, inject scripts and gain root access easy. however, still it requires lock screen credentials for decrypting, so your personal data remains secured.

for some devices it's possible to set user-settable root of trust, this would allow to compile LineageOS with avb/dm-verity and re-lock bootloader.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Questions & Answers] rferryman:
Thanks for the reply, would be great to figure out a way to be able to lock the bootloader with LineageOS.

I do notice the "OEM Unlocking" option does not exist in Developer Settings in LineageOS 20.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Questions & Answers] alecxs:
lol have fun! :LOL:

How to properly ENABLE dm-verity and FEC for /system on Motorola X4 with LineageOS 17.1?
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] BMHater12:
Is there a list of custom AOSP ROMs that have the MIUI/Leica cam preinstalled? Would love to see it
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] NOSS8:
Already very few OSP roms have managed to carry the Xiaomi camera and still with missing options so Miui camera Leica seems difficult..
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Austinredstoner:
A ROM named Project 404 Tokui has leica camera and there's a XDA thread for this ROM.

The link to the XDA thread is here

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-13-0-pr...tin-leica-cam-included.4542093/#post-88010577
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Laptapper:
No list available

Los20 has leica
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] aleMarvel:
mhhh... you want really working rom with camera leica working ?

because all roms a13 i tried with leica not working good or rom is not good...

spark have leica working but deep sleep always zero

superior too

cheris too

lineage rom work but camera have tint blue in night mode

rice unofficial by jim camera work but have some problems with dialer and terrible drain

404 not good rom, missing all
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] KTr1sk:
Project Xtended XT v3.5 [AOSP]​

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-13-offi...d-xt-v3-5-aosp-oss-stable-14-12-2022.4530097/

have also MIUI camera and works great on Note 10 pro sweet device
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Barker88:
You seem to have tried out a lot of Roms. What rom are you using yourself? I want to flash a rom that is stable with very few bugs. I've got a little baby boy now and I don't have the time I used to have for testing different roms. I'm willing to use Android 11, 12, or 13. No gaming. Just need stability. What would you recommend?
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] fobtob387:
Thanks, will try this out :)
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Elinx:
In that case I strongly advice you to stay stock.

Every rom have his plus and minus, but for everyone this will be another experience. This could be by the different hardware or the different personal taste. So always you need some experimenting.

With flashing you always have a risk that something goes wrong and it could be very time consuming to resolve that.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] fobtob387:
Honestly you can just flash LOS and a recent kernel and call it a day, I haven't had a single issue with LOS 19.1
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] aleMarvel:
i flash for hobby, i tried very many roms ;)

now im on in last unofficial lineage + kewl kernel (with fast charge)

is not a special rom because missing some customization.. for example missing day of week near date in status bar... or missing luminostity bar always visibile.. or close all botton recents in bottom position.. and it has bug night camera tint (but i found a fix, you must select "leica autentic" and it works)

but not other bugs, all work and battery seems decent (as usually 7-8h sot)

deep sleep for now works
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] BMHater12:
Huh, didn't know you need to use "Leica Authentic" in order to fix the night mode tint bug
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] jnsson:
Where can I find LOS? Can't find it at LOS website for this phone.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Elinx:
LOS19

LOS20

You can't find it, because it is an unofficial version with Gapps
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] fobtob387:
LineageOS builds for Sweet can be found here: https://t.me/s/RedmiNote10ProChannel
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] jnsson:
Right, unofficial.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] fobtob387:
Official/unofficial = no difference to the end user.
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] aleMarvel:
yes me too, i discovered yesterday !!
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] KTr1sk:
SuperiorOS

Superior OS - Browse /sweet at SourceForge.net

SuperiorOS is a AOSP based ROM works on android Operating System . We trying to fullfil the demands of users regarding features , Stability & perfermance

sourceforge.net

Device: Redmi Note 10 pro

Device Codename : sweet, sweetin

Device maintainer: Unsatifsed27

DATE - 08/01/2023

=================

- Build Gms & Vanilla

- Back Vantom kernel default

- Leica Camera Default

- Import media_codecs_vendor.xml from sweet

- Added Op Dolby

- Rebase tree from @Aryannn999
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Laptapper:
Pls write your experience with this ROM.....screenshots.... battery backup....

Thanks
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] KTr1sk:
Another rom with Miui Leica camera

BananaDroid sweet​

BananaDroid sweet

BananaDroid for Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro

www.pling.com

Redmi Note 10 Pro​

@DjamptJanuary 14, 2023

• Added Op Dolby Atmos

• Leica Camera Default

• Improves LZ4 compression for ramdisks

• Update gps: merge LA.UM.9.1.r1-12300-SMxxx0.0

• Added Kprofile on Batere Settings

• Default Kernel Sleepy

Credit :

Aryan, itsshashank, mr.fox for source tree, leica and kernel

@elaipo for testing
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] BMHater12:
I tried that, good customization options, but the systemui will outright crash itself sometimes, and selfie video stutters on the MIUI camera
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] KTr1sk:
PIXELOS

PixelOS - Browse /thirteen/sweet at SourceForge.net

PixelOS is an AOSP based ROM, with all the Pixel goodies.

sourceforge.net

Notes:

• Sevtinge's Leica MIUICamera 4.5.001180.0 is included

• VantomKernel is the default kernel

• The latest MIUI 13 firmware for your region is recommended

• Read this (https://t.me/aryanschat/66634) to understand the EROFS changes and this (https://t.me/aryanschat/66636) for the F2FS compression changes.

• The recommended recoveries can be found here (https://t.me/aryanschat/80507).

they say...there will be an update soon ;)