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[Droid 2 General] komputerfreek:
So... my girlfriend decided to spill water on my Droid 2 and thank god It did not have a battery in. I let it dry for a couple days and everything works perfectly fine but it seems that some liquid seeped into the glass screen and when it dried it left blotches that are covering the screen and annoying.

What I want to know and do is how to permanently brick my droid 2 and if my thought process is right.

Brick the phone, call VZW, get a next day air replacement, send the brick phone back. Everything ok?
[Droid 2 General] kwheel596:
Uh, you're thought process is very wrong. And technically that is fraud.
[Droid 2 General] NiceGuysFinishLast:
You're a real idiot to post this on a public forum. Especially one as well regarded as XDA developers.
[Droid 2 General] timur525:
1.) Slap dat hoe you call your girlfriend.

2.) Think about what you're trying to do(does it seem unfair, retarded, or just downright illegal?).

3.) Get the **** off of XDA.

Frauding cheapo.
[Droid 2 General] orkillakilla:
What you are talking about IS considered fraud (as stated above), and XDA does not condone fraud. Please seek advice elsewhere. Thank you.

Besides, they can still tell there was water damage. There is a little dot near the sdcard that should be white with red x's. When it comes in contact with water, it turns completely red. If it does, your warrenty is completely void, even if the phone is bricked.
[Droid 2 General] komputerfreek:
Your might be right damn. Guess I should change my name from komputer freek so it does not match my bill when I call them...Wait. They won't know it's me.

Phone still works perfectly fine. Just a blotched screen. Touch screen is 100 percent effective and nothing else is wrong. A cosmetic issue. Your right, hmm paying full retail for a phone does make me cheap.

Installing rom's voids your wArranty too huh? But anyway, never got to the dot that shows water damage.

So when people brick there phones and send it back like the countless topics have told them on this forum, where is this outlash calling fraud?
[Droid 2 General] botnryan:
did you not have insurance on it?
[Droid 2 General] komputerfreek:
In 10 years of owning a cell phone I have never lost, broken or spilled anything on it. So in my case, insurance for the most part would have been a waste. Also, insurance, unless it covers loss, is a fraud within itself.

My friends have never purchased insurance and have just strolled into the stores (VZW) and exchanged for a refurbished make.

But, yes, I should have gotten insurance.

Also, to the people who are claiming fraud, don't throw stones if you live in a glass house.

This is for all other purpose a phone modding/hacking forum. For god sakes there are stickies saying how to activate wireless tether for free.

Now to the butthurt people above me, I sure hope you are not using any of those patches or tether apps because "THAT IS FRAUD".

Examples :

Illegal. You should pay VZW to provide you with the 3G hotspot tether app or wifi tethering. But yet you are telling people to use the free one, huh?

Hmmm, so when you posted that in another topic, to the original poster, there was no problem to you, with him getting free wifi from his phone without paying?
[Droid 2 General] rusty815:
I don't see why you're trying to defend yourself, what you're doing is commiting fraud, regardless of what you do you will be caught because of the cosmetic issue, now stop coming through the forum acting all high and mighty when you're doing something illegal, we don't want your kind here.

Oh, and voiding your warranty is not the same as commiting fraud, ones illegal, one isnt, now gtfo
[Droid 2 General] oTToToTenTanz:
Have you tried a hammer?
[Droid 2 General] event121:
Try getting a replacement. See how u get charged. Then u too can see the light flashing bright yellow to use caution when leaving ur phone in anyplace where liquid may come in contact with it.

Be glad it still works...
[Droid 2 General] orkillakilla:
Look buddy, you can try to justify yourself however you want. The fact is, what your doing is fraud, and you shouldn't be asking people how to brick your device to get a new one. Plan and simple.

About the wireless tethering. I'm almost positive Verizon knows about these forums. They would be stupid if they didn't. Therefor I'm sure they know about the wireless tethering apps out there, THAT ARE ON THE MARKET NO LESS, and yet they don't try to get it shut down so they obviously aren't that worried about it. And don't you think if the wireless tether app was so illegal google would have taken it off the market? The way I look at it, I'm paying for UNLIMITED DATA, why should it matter if I share some with a computer.

Now go ahead and dispute this however you want (I know your going to), but you might as well go somewhere else cause you won't get much help here. Thanks :)
[Droid 2 General] komputerfreek:
OH I forgot that law that if someone knows you are doing something and they don't stop you it's OK. That's a new one, is that like the 15th amendment or something?

"Officer it's ok, I told my brother that I was going to rob this bank today at 12:30, he didn't stop me so you have no jurisdiction here".
[Droid 2 General] orkillakilla:
Yes well that's interesting logic. Anyways, I'm not going to waste my time here. Good luck with your fraud.

Sent from my ultra fast Liberated Droid 2
[Droid 2 General] miketoasty:
Stop talking about the people who root their phones and void their warranty that is bad yes, but completely software related. Has nothing to do with the appearence or the general ability of the phone to do all its tasks. As someone said above be glad it is not broken and live with it. Its your own fault it got "ruined".

Also, the market is run by google not verizon so anything posted their is out of Verizons hands. Still illegal and not saying its right but it is much more out of verizons hands.

And to answer your question there is no way to brick your phone to the point of it not working without Verizon noticing. Deal with it.
[Droid 2 General] mrkite38:
This thread is out of hand. Stop flaming. This topic probably doesn't break the forum rules, so if you think it's of questionable ethic, don't post, or report it and let the forum mod make the call.

EOF
[Droid 2 General] lizard1:
Speaking of" unlimited data", didn't that turn out to be a lie?
[Droid 2 General] timur525:
I'm running stock jf6. Nothing illegal about that. Get on 4chan.
[Droid 2 General] Vietnamwees:
Voiding Warranty and Fraud

There's nothing illegal or fraudulent about rooting your phone in and of itself, all it does is void the warranty. However, if someone was going to root their phone, then unroot it and send it back to the manufacturer under the warranty, THAT would technically be fraud, but that's completely irrelevant in this case.

Why do you even need to brick it anyway? The spots on your screen seem like enough of a reason to try and get a replacement.

What you tell them of how it actually happened is all on you though.
[Droid 2 General] lizard1:
What this forum needs is a wall of shame thread for posts like these.
[Droid 2 General] Dr.Kevorkian:
Show me the way to Droid City !

Hey guys very intriguing argument, it was also very entertaining but it seems the fella hasn't come to his senses or he was born ass backwards, that phone should have been sold to some shmuck who is able to purchase a new screen or a different type of shmuck which i like to call shmuck #2 such as myself who doesn't

^^^^^^^

know Jack about rooting or bricking but would love to get his feet wet !

^^^^^^

sort of ironic choosing the name Dr. Kevorkian "You Don't Know Jack" great documentary by the way ...

But I'm wondering if some one can walk me through rooting my Droid 2, I've read plenty of articles about the pros and cons and tutorials on how to do it but it seems like you guys got a grip on things so this is the table i would like to sit at .

This Guy wants to brick his phone thats the last thing i want to do even tho i got it for 50 bucks and i got an upgrade in July i would like for my phone to make it to July. I can follow instructions as told and i'm aware swim at your own risk.

So if anyone can help me out here it would be greatly appreciated !! thanks for the tangent!
[Droid 2 General] lol961:
i got an idea. throw a brick into the phone should brick it anytime soon ;)
[Droid 2 General] kwheel596:
When you want to purposefully brick the phone to trick the company into paying for a device (that they think they are fixing because of their own issues), yes thats fraud.

You basically messed it up. You should pay for it. Better yet, make your girlfriend pay for it. Or take it as a life lesson , take the phone apart and clean the damn screen.

But yes, its fraud.

As for the wireless issue, thats not fraud. Thats just breaking your terms and conditions with Verizon. If they find out, they have every right in the world to charge you for what you've done.
[Droid 2 General] jfriend33:
To the OP

Well god damn! This ain't howard forums!
[Droid 2 General] beyondyourscope:
darkonion has made everything into youtube videos also, but lots of guides and info here: http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=741

my D2 just got out of warranty last week, so last night I felt the itch and rooted for the first time, then did a backup with Koush's Bootstrapper, then installed Fission Rom Manager, and Fission 2.5.7 ROM, woke up this morning and there was 2.6 out, so on that now, and considering I'd never tried any of this before, was very easy and no issues at all
[Droid 2 General] Quacker:
Your sense of logic is quite fascinating. Rooting a phone is being compared to bank robbery? As everyone else mentioned: the former is legal, the latter is not. Even the free wireless tether app which circumvents the paid 3G Hotspot app is not illegal, nor does its use constitute "fraud", but rather a violation of Verizon's terms of service. Verizon won't be friendly if you admit to using the free app, but you're not a damn criminal for doing so.
[Droid 2 General] banksj17:
Have you tried dropping a brick on it? If you drop a brick on it, I feel like its safe to say the phone has been bricked
[Droid 2 General] lizard1:
Purposely,permanently. You're only making the prosecuting attorneys job easier. That is, IF fraud is a crime.
[Droid 2 General] rakig:
Well, i think you're going about it the wrong way. You have a 100% working phone with some moisture in the screen. Try taking it apart (since you're warranty is now void due to water) and cleaning it out. Then you have a working phone and no fraud.

If you want to permanently brick your phone, you could try putting it in more water :) That might defeat your point though.

You could read into flashing your phone, find any "DO NOT DO THIS" or "MAKE SURE YOU DON'T DO THIS OR YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE" sentences, then do exactly what they told you not to do. The best part of this, is even though your phone will be bricked, they'll still know you did it, and probably pick up on the moisture too. So you'll be SOL, but thats not really my concern.

Even better, you could find a way to brick it, pull your stunt, and still get caught from the moisture in the screen and have to pay for your replacement. Still worth it?

As for your comments about the tethering thing being illegal, it 'could' be similar. Both warranty and your cell agreement are governed by contract law. If your cell contract states that you can't use a third party tethering app or root your phone, then doing so is a violation of the contract.

However, many cell contracts that I am aware of simply provide a clause removing warranty and other support services if you modify of flash your phone, so doing that and/or using a tethering app is not in violation of the contract, but a term that voids the warranty clauses in the contract in a valid and assumed manner. This is completely legal (IANAL, so someone correct me if i'm wrong)

And criminal law != contract/civil law. Your bank robbery analogy is ****.
[Droid 2 General] luigi90210:
your the reason why manufactures lock NORMAL users who dont commit fraud out of our phones

what are you 13

if it bothers you so much just go out a BUY a new phone
[Droid 2 General] theimpaler747:
This questionable thread has been closed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kennethk92:
Hi all, hope I'm not repeating a past thread.. But I updated my Galaxy S to 2.2 and now my wifi doesnt work. It worked perfectly up until a couple of days ago, after I factory reset the phone (2/3 weeks after updating), I have checked several times and my password is correct. I searched this issue up, and it appears I'm not the only one who has this annoying problem. :mad:

If any one could help me out, I would greatly appreciate it! Would love a nice easy fix, bit of a noob :o

Ken
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bladerunner101:
might sound silly but try and re-boot router on your internet my belkin done the same to me or try 2.2.1 update too
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kennethk92:
re-booted router still no luck :mad: you'd think samsung would have fixed this by now :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bladerunner101:
and when your into your router and modem clear all logs that helps too
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bladerunner101:
try 2.2.1 update throw kies
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kennethk92:
how do I clear the logs on a cisco router? :confused:

thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bladerunner101:
Be brave and try another rom like darkys 8.1 if you dont like it you can always flash it back to stock with odin as long is your phone can get into download mode by press vol down+homekey+power button at same time if not theres a fix for that done it for my mate phone works like a treat, hes now rom happy lol
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bladerunner101:
try http://192.168.100.1/ to get in then just clear logs
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bladerunner101:
use to hack modems with Haxorware had 4 at 20meg going love virgin lol
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] upp3rd0g:
Apparently Android is not behaving correctly with respect to DHCP lease times. Sometimes my Galaxy is unable to connect (it tries to connect, but immediately gets disconnected). I either solve it by turning WIFI off/on or of that doesn't help: a reboot of the phone. After a reboot I can always connect to my wireless network.

These DHCP issues can be worked around if you use static ip-configuration.
[Streak 5 General] yasir_jan87:
Hey is there a way to find out what version of the streak I had?

I bought my second hand and already had 2.2 on it and it was unlocked. When I turn it on it has an O2 logo but when I go the dell website it says its a US phone.

The baseband is 319 US
[Streak 5 General] Spectre51:
Call Dell and give them the service tag to look up.

Sent from my Dell Streak
[Streak 5 General] besony:
if it has to be really simple

I think you can call up the person you bought it from, and ask!

Not funny, but practically fast!

Does the service tag have that information? I doubt so..

^(If the assumption is wrong, please do let me know.)

care,

Sony.
[Streak 5 General] yasir_jan87:
Got it off ebay and now that I left the person a good feedback already he wont respond. I will check the service tag later cuz if I take of the battery cover phone will turn off.
[Streak 5 General] neotarum:
Service tag is found also in Settings, about and it should be listed there along info such as imei number etc.
[Streak 5 General] besony:
Now now.. Dont be so negative before you try that!

Will just take a phone call! (worth the try, if you need the BB ASAP!)

I am really not sure about the Service tag info.

If you find, do let us know too.

care,

Sony.
[Streak 5 General] stoney73:
why not just go to settings/about phone/status and second from bottom will be your service tag.
[Legend General] mihnead:
Hi, I rooted my Legend over the weekend and installed the Cyanogen7 mod for 2.3. I didn't notice the lack of data connection because I was connected via wireless the whole time. I did plug in the information from my carrier in regards to the APN. The thing still won't work, won't connect to the internet at all, citing a lack of a data connection in all apps.

I looked all over the net for a fix, tried a number, nothing worked. Short of contacting my carrier and having them resend me the same APN details, is there any other fix?

Thanks!
[Legend General] rajasyaitan:
If you already put in the correct APN details. Check the Proxy settings. It can cause problem when turn on/off. I had the same problem with CM 6, turn off the proxy and everything is green again.
[Legend General] mihnead:
called the vodafone people and fixed it. the info they have up on their website is wrong, the apn was supposed to be .com, not .ro.

oh well..
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tribalartgod:
Ok, here it is! The "Black" Google Market, working on the G1! This APK was taken from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=916325

All credit goes to "XperiaX10iUser" for posting this.

This DOES work on the G1, and works flawlessly might I add. Push through ADB or your favorite Root File Explorer program, and reboot.

Method 1: Download the attached Vending.apk, and push to /system/app.

(This method will work for most of you. If not, please see method 2.)

Method 2: Download the attached Vending.apk and com.android.vending-1.apk. Push Vending.apk to /system/app and push com.android.vending-1.apk to /data/app.

Alternatively, you use the flashable zip files that "shadowch31" compiled in post number 10. Special thanks for this. :-)

Attached are 2 screenshots from my phone. As you can see, the bottom half of the market is translucent. Pretty nifty if you ask me. :-D

This is currently not working properly on:

-Enomther's TheOfficial D/S - v2.14.2

**Once a solution has been found, I will update. Please stay tuned, and don't give up.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] wilsonlam97:
Oh I thought it was a black market where all the apps were free/pirated. Just like installous on iphone.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tribalartgod:
Oh hell no! That is considered warez and is against forum rules. :-) ..Maybe I should change the title of the post??
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Bigt2003:
The apk works, but it's not themed for me. Just the green new market.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tribalartgod:
I just switched ROMS as you can now see in my sig. I have found it doesn't work on my current ROM. Yet... :-(

If you can please PM me or post here with what ROM you used it on, and is not working, so I can keep the OP updated, it would be greatly appreciated.

I'm gonna go snooping through my ROM tomorrow after work and find out what is keeping this APK from working properly. I have a feeling something is hidden that I'm not seeing yet. I will post my findings, and keep you all updated.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] shadowch31:
Works beautifully on EZTerry's ASOP, just remove Vending.apk AND Vending.odex before pushing to system.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tribalartgod:
Glad to see this is working for most of you. I have changed the OP to reflect a minor additional step that some may have to take to get this to work. It literally only takes about a minute or two. :-)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Bigt2003:
Ah, I found another problem in my rom... Market autoupdates. I'm running 2.2.11 now. It probably works, then gets overwritten by the new one.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tribalartgod:
You can safely remove the Market Updater if you wish. Then push this file again. Also, check the OP for the "EDIT" update. This is market 2.2.7... Lots of times, things will only be updated to "patch" stuff that others have done. I can't prove it, but I think this may be the case.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] shadowch31:
Flashable in recovery updates for both Method 1 & Method 2.

Method 1 - http://db.tt/cUbnDoH

Method 2 - http://db.tt/ZcJfyMB (Untested so if anyone hits a problem let me know)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tribalartgod:
Very awesome of you to do this. :-D ...My I add this to the OP, with credit to you of course?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Bigt2003:
Method2 says E: verification failed.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] shadowch31:
Resigned and Uploaded, let me know.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] shadowch31:
Of course you can :) Thanks for the nice find.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] mitsuu84:
Hello. I have T-Mobile G1 official rom emother 2.14.2. I do not know what to do because it does not work either method 1 or 2 . I either market will disappear completely and my voice is not installed application (method 2) or a method for fastening the market still remains green.zip and install (shadowch3) 1: at the first and nothing happens, 2: match error E: anything with the data In what could be wrong? Thank you for your advice
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] shadowch31:
Apologies but trying to understand your post is somewhat confusing, try this format.

Method 1 - Problem

Method 2 - Problem

Hopefully this will help me help you.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tribalartgod:
Try to use step 2 again, but try it manually. also, before you copy the two files, backup and remove "Market Updater". Let me know if this works. This method should work on Enomther's ROM. I have run this rom before with this market.

If you use the zip files provided by shadowch31, you will have to be very detailed in your explanation so that shadow may help you.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] mitsuu84:
Sorry for bad English (Google translate) and a puzzled question.

Method 1: Download the attached Vending.apk, and push / system / app: the market is still running a green theme

Method 2: Download the attached Vending.apk and com.android.vending-1.apk. Push Vending.apk to / system / app and push com.android.vending 1.apk in / data / app.: when you click on market reports that applications not installed.

zip Method 1: Flash in recovery and after moving the ROM and run the Market still has a green theme

zip Method 2: during the flash recovery throws an error: failure at line 5: copy_dir PACKAGE: Dates: / instalation aborted
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] mitsuu84:
I tried again Method 2: Method 2: Download the attached Vending.apk and com.android.vending-1.apk. Push Vending.apk to / system / app and push com.android.vending 1.apk in / data / app: a market does not work, voice: Applications Market (process com.android.vendig) service terminated unexpectedly. and writes that any attempt at market open :-( (after the restart and market reports that the application is not installed on your phone)I do not know where I'm wrong.

and Method 1: Method 1: Download the attached Vending.apk, and push / system / app: green theme still remains :-(
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tribalartgod:
Can you please provide me with the Radio/SPL combo you are using? As well as the exact version of Enomther's rom you are using. After work (10 hours from now), I will install on my phone and get a working solution for you.

FYI: I will be updating the files in the OP as well on Monday (1 week from today), with the newest version of the market, and themed in this exact same manner.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] mitsuu84:
Thank you for trying to help me and I apologize for possibly confusing questions..

DREAM PVT 32B ENG S-OFF

HBOOT: 2.22.28.25(DREA11000)

RADIO: 1.33.0013d

RA dream v1.7.0

[ROM] Enomther je TheOfficial Dream / Sapphire v2.14.2 - 12/28/2010+kernel ez-exp20110109-cm-2708port_S
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tribalartgod:
Perfect... I'll get this taken care of tonight after work. It is now 9:55am where I am. I should have a solution for you, as well as an updated OP to reflect this by 10pm tonight. :-)

EDIT: Sorry for the delay... I installed Enomther's ROM, and swapped the Vending.apk file out and removed MarketUpdater.apk from /system/app. I then rebooted the phone before trying to launch the market, and this worked. If this still doesn't work for you, can you send me a screenshot of your /data/app folder?