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Extended warranty question

Ok I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right place but I just got my Droid incredible about 2 months ago. I bought the extended warranty and now that there not selling it anymore can I still get the same phone if something happened to it a few months down the road? Or do I have to get a cheap phone I don't waNt or like?
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I believe they're replacing incredibles with moto x, d2, and Samsung fascinate. All a downgrade IMO..
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k_nivesout said:
I believe they're replacing incredibles with moto x, d2, and Samsung fascinate. All a downgrade IMO..
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Yea, that's my opinion also. well thanks for the info
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k_nivesout said:
I believe they're replacing incredibles with moto x, d2, and Samsung fascinate. All a downgrade IMO..
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Incredibles are still being replaced with Incredibles, same as before.

najaboy said:
Incredibles are still being replaced with Incredibles, same as before.
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Yes right now they are we were talking about like months down the road
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davidw2k4 said:
Yes right now they are we were talking about like months down the road
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The thing is, the stream of CLNRs in the warranty channel is self-perpetuating and isn't going to dry up anytime soon.

Really depends on if they have any in-stock or not. If they still have them in stock, then you'll get the same one back. Otherwise, like the others said, you're going to get a different phone that's "supposedly" equal value.

Need someone who got an OG < 14 days ago and wouldn't mind a potential brick for CM

Need someone who got an OG < 14 days ago and wouldn't mind a potential brick for CM
If you got an OG less than 14 days ago (which means you could exchange it for free if you brick) and wouldn't mind bricking, I have something kind of risky for you to try. This could potentially make us able to run nexus 4 kernels, which would make the road to CM exponentially shorter. If you are interested, please PM me or post here and I will send you the necessary files. If possible, I would like someone who knows how to use fastboot. This is completely voluntary, so do not get mad at me if your phone bricks. Sorry to ask this of you, but my 14 days ended. My idea is to flash the RPM partition from the Canadian E973, which has CM and can run n4 kernels. The nexus 4 RPM led to a brick unless someone flashed their partition map (in which case, it worked and accomplished the intended goal), since the OG's and N4's partition maps are very different, but the Canadian OG's is mostly the same, which leads me to believe it could work.

I got an OG off of craigslist last week, just to mess around with it, and maybe replace my GS3 with it, when AOSP ROMs started showing up.
I don't WANT to brick it... but it wouldn't be the biggest deal in the world if I did.
Plus, I've been leaching off XDA since my HTC Vogue. I think I owe the community.
I can offer my OG up to science. Let me know what you need from me. I've got a free day, for the most part, and I can follow directions.

tizonly1 said:
I got an OG off of craigslist last week, just to mess around with it, and maybe replace my GS3 with it, when AOSP ROMs started showing up.
I don't WANT to brick it... but it wouldn't be the biggest deal in the world if I did.
Plus, I've been leaching off XDA since my HTC Vogue. I think I owe the community.
I can offer my OG up to science. Let me know what you need from me. I've got a free day, for the most part, and I can follow directions.
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Thank you very much for the potential sacrifice. PM'd you with the instructions. Good luck.

Wow! This is/could be awesome! Good luck to both of you.
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Im in
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uncle_seuss said:
Im in
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tizonly1 has already volunteered and I don't want to brick more people than I need to. Thank you for offering though.

xboxfanj said:
If you got an OG less than 14 days ago (which means you could exchange it for free if you brick) and wouldn't mind bricking, I have something kind of risky for you to try. This could potentially make us able to run nexus 4 kernels, which would make the road to CM exponentially shorter. If you are interested, please PM me or post here and I will send you the necessary files. If possible, I would like someone who knows how to use fastboot. This is completely voluntary, so do not get mad at me if your phone bricks. Sorry to ask this of you, but my 14 days ended. My idea is to flash the RPM partition from the Canadian E973, which has CM and can run n4 kernels. The nexus 4 RPM led to a brick unless someone flashed their partition map (in which case, it worked and accomplished the intended goal), since the OG's and N4's partition maps are very different, but the Canadian OG's is mostly the same, which leads me to believe it could work.
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I can get my phone replaced for bc of where I work so I'm always in
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ks2332 said:
I can get my phone replaced for bc of where I work so I'm always in
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I will keep you in mind for future tests. Thank you.

tizonly1 said:
I got an OG off of craigslist last week, just to mess around with it, and maybe replace my GS3 with it, when AOSP ROMs started showing up.
I don't WANT to brick it... but it wouldn't be the biggest deal in the world if I did.
Plus, I've been leaching off XDA since my HTC Vogue. I think I owe the community.
I can offer my OG up to science. Let me know what you need from me. I've got a free day, for the most part, and I can follow directions.
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You sir are a true team player. I wish you good luck
I would have offered but got device 16 days ago.

Just curious...but did the phone survive?
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tizonly1 said:
I got an OG off of craigslist last week, just to mess around with it, and maybe replace my GS3 with it, when AOSP ROMs started showing up.
I don't WANT to brick it... but it wouldn't be the biggest deal in the world if I did.
Plus, I've been leaching off XDA since my HTC Vogue. I think I owe the community.
I can offer my OG up to science. Let me know what you need from me. I've got a free day, for the most part, and I can follow directions.
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Team player. .. i salute you sir

engine95 said:
Just curious...but did the phone survive?
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I'm curious to know as well.
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I'm down for testing. I'm a technician at a sprint store so I can replace mine if I need to.
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Thanks for the sacrifice.

Unfortunately, no. Luckilly, before tizonly1 could test, I got a sprint employee who has a decent supply of OG's to test.

Hope it works

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Unfortunately, no. Luckilly, before tizonly1 could test, I got a sprint employee who has a decent supply of OG's to test.
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Oh good. Guess that saved you both.
Thanks Sprint store person. aka kc....or mt...?
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engine95 said:
Oh good. Guess that saved you both.
Thanks Sprint store person. aka kc....or mt...?
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That would be me and your welcome
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Wow getting a n4 rom on this phone seems to be a bigger headache than I thought it was going to be. Is it going to take a work around or a huge hack to get 4.2 on this phone?

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That would be me and your welcome
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Just curious tech or rep?
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What will T-Mobile do if they find out if I'm rooted?

I need to take my phone up there because the phone is having problems with the battery and I've done everything I can. I have insurance on the phone and also have Android JB 4.1.2 and I'm rooted. Is there anyway to hide it or should I even care?
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ThaGreatest said:
I need to take my phone up there because the phone is having problems with the battery and I've done everything I can. I have insurance on the phone and also have Android JB 4.1.2 and I'm rooted. Is there anyway to hide it or should I even care?
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TriangleAway then Odin stock and factory reset if you can.

Do as said above by Aerowinder if possible, if not just play stupid.
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What will happen if I show up without doing that? I really just need input on what's wrong and what I can do to fix it unless they'll give a new one since my phone looks completely brand new.
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Aerowinder said:
TriangleAway then Odin stock and factory reset if you can.
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TheLastSidekick said:
Do as said above by Aerowinder if possible, if not just play stupid.
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Do you guys think they'll give me a new phone or anything because my phone is in mint condition. There's not a speck of damage on it.
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ThaGreatest said:
Do you guys think they'll give me a new phone or anything because my phone is in mint condition. There's not a speck of damage on it.
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I wouldn't know what happens if you're going through T-Mobile but I assume you'll be fine if you're polite and explain you don't know what's going on, insist you've been with T-Mobile because of their excellent support if they make a big deal about it. Asurion the insurance company working with T-Mobile will take it anyways because they just fix it and that's it and resell it. And because you pay a monthly bill they're making money off of you regardless and you still have to pay a deductible.
But you SHOULD really return to stock.
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If they see that the phone is rooted, they'll just simply do nothing for you. That's why people say "your warranty is now void".
Do what is mentioned above or take your chances and hope the T-Mobile rep that is assisting you doesn't check to see if the phone is rooted or check the flash counter.
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I most likely just try to extract some info from them so maybe I could fix it myself. I really don't want to pay them money for something not my fault.
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I was hoping not to do that being that I just had to do factory reset like 2 weeks ago and I hate reinstalling everything but I guess I have to do it. I get the stock version from DocHolidays thread, right?
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I get it from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687 right?
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That should do the trick. And if you're on a stock build now, you may not have to factory reset, backup anyway.
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DocHoliday77 said:
That should do the trick. And if you're on a stock build now, you may not have to factory reset, backup anyway.
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I'm on the root66 version
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Oh, simple enough then! Just go to SuperSU and unroot.
You could even try to temp unroot if you think that's all you'd need to do to hide it.
Befire you unroot though, do you have a custom recovery or kernel installed? If not, then run triangle away, then unroot. If you do, reflash root66, then use TA and unroot.
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ThaGreatest said:
I need to take my phone up there because the phone is having problems with the battery and I've done everything I can. I have insurance on the phone and also have Android JB 4.1.2 and I'm rooted. Is there anyway to hide it or should I even care?
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What's the problem with the battery?

I like the features I get with my stock build, but I'm considering a root for better control over my apps, (Greenify, permission control) so this thread seems like a relevant question.
Is Triangle Away and unrooting all it takes to make it appear that I haven't done anything?
The warranty issue is the only thing stopping me, it's saved me a bunch in the past...
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OutlawV said:
I like the features I get with my stock build, but I'm considering a root for better control over my apps, (Greenify, permission control) so this thread seems like a relevant question.
Is Triangle Away and unrooting all it takes to make it appear that I haven't done anything?
The warranty issue is the only thing stopping me, it's saved me a bunch in the past...
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If done in the correct order with no custom recovery or custom kernel, yes that should be all you have to do.
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I rooted my phone once, but I will never do it again after what happened. Last year I rooted my GS3 and about a week later, my local T-Mobile store called my phone unexpectedly. The guy on the other end told me I was due for a price drop, but I would have to come into the T-Mobile store to sign the paperwork before it would take effect. 2 days later I stopped in to get the discount on my monthly payment. The T-Mobile employee said he would have to look at my phone just to verify that it was the correct serial number. He went into the back room and said he would be back in a few minutes. 10 minutes later, a police officer walks in the store and asks my name. I'm totally freaked out wondering what the deal is. He asks me to turn around a puts hand cuffs on me. The officer told me I was under arrested and being charged with "rooting a mobile device". I was booked and released, but I would watch what you do to your phone. Good luck.
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LOL!!!
I'm not even sure how to react to that!
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Just be careful... The terms of my probation are to never visit XDA, so I'm really just telling what can happen.
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dave2metz said:
I rooted my phone once, but I will never do it again after what happened. Last year I rooted my GS3 and about a week later, my local T-Mobile store called my phone unexpectedly. The guy on the other end told me I was due for a price drop, but I would have to come into the T-Mobile store to sign the paperwork before it would take effect. 2 days later I stopped in to get the discount on my monthly payment. The T-Mobile employee said he would have to look at my phone just to verify that it was the correct serial number. He went into the back room and said he would be back in a few minutes. 10 minutes later, a police officer walks in the store and asks my name. I'm totally freaked out wondering what the deal is. He asks me to turn around a puts hand cuffs on me. The officer told me I was under arrested and being charged with "rooting a mobile device". I was booked and released, but I would watch what you do to your phone. Good luck.
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Rooting a device isn't illegal. They can kiss my ring. Think about it, if it was illegal why are root apps allowed on Google Play? And also, why is XDA not been shut down?
Methinks something else happened there. Maybe you voided their warranty and tried getting a discount which may be against the rules. Or something. But I know for a fact this is legal. Unlocking is a different story however.
So my advice, root on my brothers it's the only damn freedom we have left here in America.
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Was unlocked, did an exchange, now no more unlocking

Basically, made an idiot move by unlocking early and then exchanging my phone for reasons too complicated and boring to explain. Now, no more unlock. I guess my unlock.bin file from first phone is useless?
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sgreenwood99 said:
Basically, made an idiot move by unlocking early and then exchanging my phone for reasons too complicated and boring to explain. Now, no more unlock. I guess my unlock.bin file from first phone is useless?
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Yes, basically. You are now, unfortunately, locked until someone finds us a way to unlock. Or you could pay to have your phone s-off, via Sonic's thread. He purchased a javacard and is charging a fee, which I find to be very decently priced, to s-off peoples phone. You will have to send your phone to him, though, so unless you have a backup phone, you'll be without a phone for a few days.

Wow. Hope you had a good reason to lose an unlocked device.
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let me guess, OCD and that little gap up top was too much, or that one little scratch in the trim, or 1 dead pixel...
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I had to make an exchange due to bad radios and lost my unlock also. A functional phone comes before unlock.

If your unlock token worked on your new phone it would work for all phones.
sorry you lost unlock.

And... Nrfitchett nails it. OCD resulting from crack flashing over years. Then Karma catches up.
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Wait.... I'll just call 1800 Verizon, explain I want my unlocked phone back and they will probably just go get it out of the warehouse for me. Should have thought of that sooner.
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sgreenwood99 said:
Wait.... I'll just call 1800 Verizon, explain I want my unlocked phone back and they will probably just go get it out of the warehouse for me. Should have thought of that sooner.
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doesn't that kind of make it look like fraud? idk since you never said why you exchanged it.
what did you say was originally wrong with your first phone
and I HIGHLY doubt this will happen
unless I'm missing the sarcasm.

It was sarcasm.
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Something tells me he was joking lol
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Buy the S-Off for $30 and call it a day. Drive your car around a little less this month, or eat out a little less and it'll be like nothing ever happened.

Root for the htc one

Hey guys I just came from HTC one sprint to Verizon because the service sucks . My question is is there a way you can root this phone or no
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scotthall1515 said:
Hey guys I just came from HTC one sprint to Verizon because the service sucks . My question is is there a way you can root this phone or no
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Not without unlock currently. Which, if you were unlocked i would assume you'd have already rooted. Sad to say there isn't anything for those that didn't get the unlock while it was available on day 1.

Not at the moment unfortunately.
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scotthall1515 said:
Hey guys I just came from HTC one sprint to Verizon because the service sucks . My question is is there a way you can root this phone or no
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as of right now, no. but you can send it to sonic to have it s-off for 20 to 30 bucks. root for this phone will come soon i have faith in the community

What will s-off do if it's not unlocked I just miss my viper 4 android mod and my inverted roms,just my luck reminds me of my nook tablet days man this sucks
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scotthall1515 said:
What will s-off do if it's not unlocked I just miss my viper 4 android mod and my inverted roms,just my luck reminds me of my nook tablet days man this sucks
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maybe you can trade it for a note 2. Note 2 has plenty of modding going on.

scotthall1515 said:
What will s-off do if it's not unlocked I just miss my viper 4 android mod and my inverted roms,just my luck reminds me of my nook tablet days man this sucks
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dont buy a phone you wouldnt want to run stock. Most people see that as a difficult idea to grasp, but whatever. if you ABSOLUTELY NEED ROOT TO FUNCTION, this is not the phone for you right now

crazyg0od33 said:
dont buy a phone you wouldnt want to run stock. Most people see that as a difficult idea to grasp, but whatever. if you ABSOLUTELY NEED ROOT TO FUNCTION, this is not the phone for you right now
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I say the same thing all the time.
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crazyg0od33 said:
dont buy a phone you wouldnt want to run stock. Most people see that as a difficult idea to grasp, but whatever. if you ABSOLUTELY NEED ROOT TO FUNCTION, this is not the phone for you right now
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No don't get me wrong I love the phone because if I didnt I wouldn't went from sprint to Verizon and got the same phone . Even people at the Verizon store said you must love that phone ,but if you haven't tried viper4android on these it's truely a treat
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scotthall1515 said:
No don't get me wrong I love the phone because if I didnt I wouldn't went from sprint to Verizon and got the same phone . Even people at the Verizon store said you must love that phone ,but if you haven't tried viper4android on these it's truely a treat
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and I totally understand. But there are like 8 threads about root, and they all have the same answer right now, and theres even a donations thread and someone who you can pay to s-off your phone.
It's getting a little nuts with these new root threads when the answer is - no, you can't root (well, bootloader unlock) right now. I mean it's literally on the front pages of the forum for this device.
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Sorry.

crazyg0od33 said:
and I totally understand. But there are like 8 threads about root, and they all have the same answer right now, and theres even a donations thread and someone who you can pay to s-off your phone.
It's getting a little nuts with these new root threads when the answer is - no, you can't root (well, bootloader unlock) right now. I mean it's literally on the front pages of the forum for this device.
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Sorry.
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It's cool the one is a great device I think it's the best phone out just not marketed right so that being said thanks for all your help I'll just be patient and like my device
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scotthall1515 said:
It's cool the one is a great device I think it's the best phone out just not marketed right so that being said thanks for all your help I'll just be patient and like my device
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ugh i just hope we get root soon ... i want/need to hotspot :/

asimoalex said:
ugh i just hope we get root soon ... i want/need to hotspot :/
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Just torrent the FoxFi app full version. You need to install a certificate which means you have to enable the lockscreen on your phone...but whatevs. Works for me.

Idk how i did it....but i use foxfi hotspot without lock screen pattern...which i remember it required me to have 0_o

CrazyJek said:
Just torrent the FoxFi app full version. You need to install a certificate which means you have to enable the lockscreen on your phone...but whatevs. Works for me.
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You get fox fi from where
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If you can live without your phone for a few days, send it to Sonic and he'll give you s-off... costs about $30. I did it, worth the money.
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dspcap said:
If you can live without your phone for a few days, send it to Sonic and he'll give you s-off... costs about $30. I did it, worth the money.
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What can you do with s-off with a locked bootloader
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scotthall1515 said:
What can you do with s-off with a locked bootloader
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Once you have s-off, you can unlock your bootloader and also get root.
Check out the thread, it's well worth the time.

crazyg0od33 said:
dont buy a phone you wouldnt want to run stock. Most people see that as a difficult idea to grasp, but whatever. if you ABSOLUTELY NEED ROOT TO FUNCTION, this is not the phone for you right now
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With a view like that, CyanogenMod wouldn't exist Nor would any type of custom ROM/Kernel/Recovery

ZackehSoul said:
With a view like that, CyanogenMod wouldn't exist Nor would any type of custom ROM/Kernel/Recovery
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no, with a view like this, I'm happy using a phone that doesnt have root yet, instead of mindlessly saying 'durrrr I hate sense, but I bought this phone anyway'