I bought an unlocked sim xperia play (This means I have to put in my own sim card right?)
1)unlocked the bootloader
2) Rooted with play_modded.img
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3)update with the SEUS == '.
4) becomes bricked
5) flashed with all kinds of ftf with the same result. -> Phone works fine but no radio and sim card couldn't be read. No fast boot ..
6) So went back to SEUS WITH the flashed ftf and updated it.
7) Now the radio works with everything else but cannot find my SIM card.
8) Oh and the fastboot won't work (where you hold down the search button when phone turned off and plugging into USB).
*update:
gave it into SE and they changed the motherboard..all free of charge. So it's more or less a completely new phone.
I've done some reading around the XDA forums and am happy with all the support the phone is getting. Thanks to all the developers who are trying to hard on fixing this brick XD. I understand how flashing the file will break the radio cause the code on it isn't fully fixed (or something along the lines), and so is the sim card reading isn't fixed? i think and also the fast boot?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085184
Blagus and other developers have been trying to work on a "sim locked" phone? does that apply to my device where I have to put in a sim card of my choice? or is a totally different situation?
Correct anything above....definition wise..
Hey man, I've had the same problem, I had unlocked the bootloader and flashed with custom image, but then after doing software update it has bricked my phone!!!
You mention flashing with 'ftf stuff'...what exactly do you mean by that?? Could you give me any pointers on where to start?
Thanks
There has been a million and one threads warning people not to update with seus with an unlocked bootloader as it will brick your phone! As it stands you are stuck with a semi bricked phone untill the devs get xrecovery working....
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Damn, can't believe I didn't know!!! I've got phone insurance so I may just send it ot them and get them to sort it / replace it. They might kick off about it being rooted, but if they will swap a phone for someone who has dropped it in a toilet then surely they will for someone who has rooted it / then updated the software!
Is there any knew on how the devs are doing with xrecovery?
dormisher said:
Damn, can't believe I didn't know!!! I've got phone insurance so I may just send it ot them and get them to sort it / replace it. They might kick off about it being rooted, but if they will swap a phone for someone who has dropped it in a toilet then surely they will for someone who has rooted it / then updated the software!
Is there any knew on how the devs are doing with xrecovery?
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Check the arc development section they have a version of xrecovery booting and in another thread they have a booting version of cm7, just tell insurance somthing happend during an update and it wont switch on, just play dumb ...... bootloader ..... whats one of thoes lol
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dormisher said:
Damn, can't believe I didn't know!!! I've got phone insurance so I may just send it ot them and get them to sort it / replace it. They might kick off about it being rooted, but if they will swap a phone for someone who has dropped it in a toilet then surely they will for someone who has rooted it / then updated the software!
Is there any knew on how the devs are doing with xrecovery?
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Just drop it in the toilet then they will never know it was rooted LOL
Mine has gone in for repair now, same issues.
unlocked bootloader etc.
Although, i you can flash the xperia play with the generic uk .ftf file which is floating around but you will lose radio.
Just reflash the phone through the SEUS after and the phone should be back to normal.
The problem with losing the radio seems to be because flashtools doesn't flash the simlock.ta file...
I'll keep you posted with what they say about my Play.
Best of luck.
right guys,
mine came back exchanged. the phone got outsourced to higher engineers. they still couldn't find the problem. kind of annoying as i know exactley what the problem is, just can't tell them or they would probably void my warrenty!
anyway, happy days!
best of luck to anyone else with issues due to the xperia play!
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Look here : http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/78719#78719
Sony was just blocked repairing of our phone i dont know why but its blocked it.
I doubt they've done it so we rooted users don't get our warranty back. What's the point?? Even unrooted users may face problems with their software so they must run SEUS or something. There must be a way.
We can flash original software thorugh Flashtool
And PCCompanion allows repairing.
OMG, the link in the first post here is a false alarm: the people who can't repair his phone was a littlebit unaware. I mean he pulled out his phone during updating, and then SEUS can't repair the software on the phone. So there is no talking about SE blocked repair! It's just messed up the ROM, and SEUS can't recognize it. End of story...
A couple of months ago I changed build.prop (for JiT). Phone works. After that I tried to restore the firmware via SEUS, but repair button was blocked.
Maybe need to use stock build.prop to repair phone?
@as-mario - you should be banned from xda...
is this true or not?
No it works, if you follow the instructions correctly, meaning DON'T UNPLUG YOUR PHONE WHILE UPDATING!
Yes, I noticed it too, that sometimes you need the original buld.prop to repair phone. Maybe something writes some line in it and SEUS can't do anything.
I didnt brick my phone but what noob will done if he cant repair trought pc comp and seus does not have repair option
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as-mario said:
I didnt brick my phone but what noob will done if he cant repair trought pc comp and seus does not have repair option
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He gets X10 flash tool and flashes original software, thats what an n00b should do if he cant use SEUS
OMG! Repair option is actually BLOCKED!!!! SEUS now is capable of recognizing whether the phone is rooted or has installed a custom ROM!
Check this out:
http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/79099#79099
OMG, please guys! Read some! Repairing hasn't been blocked! Only thing is you need an original build.prop file for your phone in some cases! That's all. END.
Asycid said:
OMG, please guys! Read some! Repairing hasn't been blocked! Only thing is you need an original build.prop file for your phone in some cases! That's all. END.
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how do i get an original build prop if i screw it up?
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how do i get an original build prop if i screw it up?
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I don't know. I can find myself an original build.prop on hungarian forums, but I think these files are only working with hungarian X8s. So I suggest you to save the original .prop file before you make any changes on your phone, OR If you can restore orig. ROM with SEUS, then do it, and save prop, if you can't then I don't know. Maybe ask a build.prop from your country: friends/ family members, etc.
Dont use pc companion,use phone upadate software,search in se website for phone update software
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the thread creator, is the most useless person on our forums, he just complains, tells bull**** like mui rom, and gives us wrong details like this, and complains about other developers works like the modified roms
please admins give him a proper warning
OrangeAssassin said:
the thread creator, is the most useless person on our forums, he just complains, tells bull**** like mui rom, and gives us wrong details like this, and complains about other developers works like the modified roms
please admins give him a proper warning
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+100000
I said this about 1000 times.
This thread should be DELETED. It's just confusing people.
Same as "Google will update us, not sony" - i mean - LOL!
hi guys im noob here..
i flashed custom rom gingerfroyo recently, im facing the same problem,.. i tried flashing back stock using xrecovery, then used seus n pc companion same error repeated...
If you pulled the phone while updating, then you have an expensive paperweight!
Don't people read instructions?
Ok, so I've been trying to examine what I've done but i don't know. The problem is, I unlocked my phone to all networks for free, how, I don't know, I only rooted it and installed/restored 3-4 ROM's. I didn't mess with digging on system files etc. I tryed to do this on the same friend's X8 and it didn't work. So, have I burned something or what? Very interesting, huh..
P.S. I buyed it new and it wasn't unlocked.
Are your phone and your friend's phone the same model? If not, that's the answer. Not all phones can be unlocked by flashing a new ROM. For example, my dad's phone worked for that effect. (A ZTE Blade) But my phone (A Sony Ericsson Xperia X8) doesn't work for that effect.
If I helped you, press the "THANKS" button!
Quite interesting.
Gonna try this with my x8.
Well according to other user,the SIM lock is included in the bootloader or the kernel I don't know exactly so something must have happend to them.
Also are you 100% sure that your phone was locked to a single carrier?
i dont think that its possible to unlock a phone through installing custom roms, unless the phone that the custom rom was developed on was unlocked? :S
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SIM-lock info is stored in TA. It's hashed.
Baseband/radio reads this info. Radio handles SIM-card. It's hashed too (amss.sin/fota.sin).
Nothing can be done from within Android system to bypass this.
Yes, my friend's phone & mine are exactly the same. We even buyed it in the same store. One guy told me that unlocking with ROM is imposible and that's truth but in the other way he said that I burned radio controller or something like that.
@pandza94 Yes, I'm 100% sure, I tried with another SIM card and it didn't work (when i buyed the phone)
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Yes, my friend's phone & mine are exactly the same. We even buyed it in the same store. One guy told me that unlocking with ROM is imposible and that's truth but in the other way he said that I burned radio controller or something like that.
@pandza94 Yes, I'm 100% sure, I tried with another SIM card and it didn't work (when i buyed the phone)
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It's bought not buyed.
And this is impossible. You cant burn anything when flashing rom.
Please, stop spamming.
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Ok, firstly sorry for my bad english and secondly I'm not trying to spam, I just asked how can it be possible to unlock phone with doing those steps. Sorry for asking..
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Ok, firstly sorry for my bad english and secondly I'm not trying to spam, I just asked how can it be possible to unlock phone with doing those steps. Sorry for asking..
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Allright, but you got lucky - if its true
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You are not the only one that unlocked x8 on that way.
I bought xperia x8 in tele2 and it was locked. I tryed other operators sim card but it didnt work.
But after flashing rom (instaling custom rom) I got my phone unlocked. Dont know how I do it but I do it ( I didnt know that I can do that, I just wanted to install custom rom)
@r4z0ry I bought it in bonbon option, but they have same delivery as tele2. I'm not so smart about android developing etc. but maybe ROM can acces those amss.sin/fota.sin files and unlock them? Sorry if I asked a stupid question
I dont know
I just bought form tele2 and I tryed to insert bonbon (tmobile) sim card but it wasnt accepted, but after rooting (or rooting and flashing) I tryed to insert bonbon sim and it worked, so I know that I unlocked x8 but dont know how
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@r4z0ry I bought it in bonbon option, but they have same delivery as tele2. I'm not so smart about android developing etc. but maybe ROM can acces those amss.sin/fota.sin files and unlock them? Sorry if I asked a stupid question
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Not possible to do this way currently.
Here's my story:-
So I unlocked the bootloader and while rooting I bricked my play, so i got it back by installing flash tool and modding with UK generic.ftf file.
Now after using this firmware everything was fine until I clicked on software update(about phone-->softwareupdate) on mobile itself thru 3g.
So it downloaded a 51mb file and it was updating wen it swithed on, i thought thats normal but it didnt come back on for 30-40 mins and then i switched it on but nothing happened, so i took off the battery and restarted and nothing happened.
Now here's that I did and I know:-
Flashed almost 3-4 times with uk.ftf nothing....
opened the uk.ftf flashed only the loader.sin.....nothing...
flashed with the new firmware(I guess the US version with 2.3.3)....nothing...
.....My fone's start button is acting strange, wen i press that button for switching it on a green lite blinks and the fone vibrates and then again a green lite blinks but the fone wudnt start, you can keep pressing the start button on top but it wud do the same keep vibrating after every 3-4sec....nothing happens.
So I guess as I was using the UK.ftf and updated my fone here(I stay in India so obviously my fone would have had asain firmware and I was now using the uk firmware) so that mite have locked/dead/bricked my play....or is there any way out.....?
I took the fone to Sony service centre, they caught it with EMMA that this fone has a modified software and got puzzled, so i was trying to fool them until one of them called the head office and confirmed...
Any help is greatly appreciated.
----I know I can ask this somewhere else too on a diff thread----
but it dint allow me
You cant update the play via software update if you have unlocked the bootloader! It bricks the phone and as of now there is no fix, well, not that I know of!
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There was a million warnings all over the place about this happening.
So I know of the warnings, but just forgot that I updated my play with a diff firmware, anyways this wouldnt help.
But thanks to you both for the prompt response, how abou if im sending the play to sony service centre they would charge me money for it coz its outta warranty, but they would just upload it with the asain firmware, correct?
If that happens, il try to make an dump outta it so that others cud benefit...
or maybe an asia bootloader if I cud find 1, I guess by doing so I can still get the fone to switch thru loader and then flash another ftf, sounds crazy tho..dont know yet?
There is a fix to the point of restoring it without the phone part, which sounds like it is going to get fixed soon. keep your fingers crossed. for the fix look at the other bricked threads.
ncaissie said:
There is a fix to the point of restoring it without the phone part, which sounds like it is going to get fixed soon. keep your fingers crossed. for the fix look at the other bricked threads.
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Thanks for the info....hope so...but im selling off the play once its switched on lol
just bought myself samsung s2 galaxy...way fast..
Tho i had a dream for play, i finished it, sad tho for bricking it...
btw , can you point me to which thread are you referring to?
Thanks
Someone really needs to put a big fat warning at the top and bottom of those rooting/bootloader guides that doing an update after unlocking the bootloader will brick the phone.
I've put up a warning thread about that subject a few says ago in the dev section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112868
Regards Dousan...
and that's why when u bring it to the shop, ur legally an idiot who doesn't know what happened to the phone while saying..."wtf is bootloader and root? never heard..??."
lofike said:
and that's why when u bring it to the shop, ur legally an idiot who doesn't know what happened to the phone while saying..."wtf is bootloader and root? never heard..??."
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Dude idiotic wud be wen u dint know anything, anyways i was trying to fool that Sony cetre guy until he called the H.O...but never mind I will be going tomm to give the device to them, tho when enquired, he just gave a statment with a hint, they will lock the bootloader>repair it(s/f etc loading)>unlock it again...
So justifying!! yes, there is way to lock it again, we just dont know it how for now.
Il try bribing him wont work but need my fone back asap.
Also, I dont now where I read or heard that if u cud change ur fone's IMEI number , one part of bootloader gets locked tho bcoz EMMA wont recognize that ....i dont know if thats possible lolz, but for the sake its illegal changing ur IMEI...I cud do that ( ireturned 2 dead on arrival plays before i got this 3rd one, mayb 3 was a bad number)
I would stick to my story and say it died when you tried an update.
Keep your
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I would stick to my story and say it died when you tried an update.
Keep your
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^ agreed with that
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^ agreed with that
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I agree that...wish i never did it
Hi everybody, this what happened:
I tried to flash my atrix with Atrix 1.26 Retail SBF through RSDLite.
After that it shut down and when i try to turn it on it says :"Failed to boot 0X1000" then it shuts down again. It doesn't even give me any option.
For the record, my phone was up to date (i got that wifi only system update by att). Also, this phone is unlocked and I have no warranty with any carrier.
I hope I didn't brick it.
Please give me simple solutions if there is any. Your help will b very much appreciated.
Thank you so much.
i'll let others break down the news to you..
Sorry bud, but I believe you now have a nice set of glass upon to look at.
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Can't believe people are still doing this with all the warnings in the forums.
You tried to SBF back to 4.1.26 (Froyo) on a bootloader unlocked phone. You now have a very expensive reflective beer coaster!
I think Nottach recover "failed to boot 0x1000"
also take look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1165154
klobass said:
I think Nottach recover "failed to boot 0x1000"
also take look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1165154
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Sorry man, like the others said, it's bricked...
I have tried this before on 3 different bricked phones and it didn't work... I wish it did though...
klobass said:
I think Nottach recover "failed to boot 0x1000"
also take look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1165154
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This error also comes up with soft bricks which you can fix as you gave options to choose from and can recover. This guy has no options.
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Alaq said:
Sorry man, like the others said, it's bricked...
I have tried this before on 3 different bricked phones and it didn't work... I wish it did though...
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Mashina khaye, there must b smthn to do about it!
Aerie fel website hayda! Everybody's being so negative!
Come on guys. I really need help.
For those who think i was doing it 4 fun, i need it for work and i just wanted to fix it asap that's why i screwed up.
7oucem said:
Come on guys. I really need help.
For those who think i was doing it 4 fun, i need it for work and i just wanted to fix it asap that's why i screwed up.
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People are being helpful...by telling you sorry. If you need it for work, you'll probably just need to go buy a new phone ASAP. Like others have said, there are plenty of warnings and instructions on what/what not to do on your phone. Unfortunately, you missed those. Hope you can find another phone for cheap...
You have a hard brick, never try to downgrade. Nottach was able to fix his because he got a brick by upgrading, and he was lucky enough to figure it out. Downgrading on the other hand ruins your device, every time
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7oucem said:
Come on guys. I really need help.
For those who think i was doing it 4 fun, i need it for work and i just wanted to fix it asap that's why i screwed up.
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We are helping you, by telling you that there's nothing that you can do. Your phone is hard bricked. There is absolutely no way to recover from a hard brick, period. You need to replace the phone. That is the reality, and there is no getting around it.
I was running CM9 on my Atrix when my digitizer went bad and I got a dead spot. I submitted it for warranty and before I sent it I tried to put it back to normal. I did something wrong I guess and ended up with a different boot error (didn't even give me an error code the screen was black unless I plugged it in I just got the NV flash thing). Anyways, I sent it in and the same phone came back completely working with a fixed screen. I think when they get it they hook it up with a factory cable and flash it back to stock with the SBK, which we don't even have access too. Just send it in for warranty saying it has software problems, and I can almost guarantee you it will come back working.
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Just send it in for warranty saying it has software problems, and I can almost guarantee you it will come back working.
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He has no warranty.
CaelanT said:
He has no warranty.
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Possible he does with motorola. OP there is a tool on motorola website to see if its under warranty. Maybe give that a shot.
Bro do some reseatch that error message is a soft brick I believe I ran into a similar issue when I first roote it last year
Just thought I would weigh in that I received this same error code after an attempted SBF flash of zomgunlock-lite.sbf, and thought all hope was lost, but then I found this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27158667&postcount=153
The instructions there helped me un-brick my phone, and I'm a happy camper once again
Just got my play back frow warranty service. It had a borken or flex cable to the to screen so i could not see anything. Ofc i had a rom installed. So i went back to stock and took a relock bootloader ftf. Then i sent it away and woop got it back fixed So unlocking bootloader is fine if you relock it and then send it to warranty for hardware fixing. I'm not sure that this will work for all but they had also flashed the real original firmware before they sent it to me.
Have you guys been this lucky or is it common that they ignore bootloader history status when they fix hardware problems ?
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Just got my play back frow warranty service. It had a borken or flex cable to the to screen so i could not see anything. Ofc i had a rom installed. So i went back to stock and took a relock bootloader ftf. Then i sent it away and woop got it back fixed So unlocking bootloader is fine if you relock it and then send it to warranty for hardware fixing. I'm not sure that this will work for all but they had also flashed the real original firmware before they sent it to me.
Have you guys been this lucky or is it common that they ignore bootloader history status when they fix hardware problems ?
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If you go stock than you'll get it fixed.
I have just sent my Xplay for the same issues and have relocked my bootloader, I did not include the receipt of the phone or the charger however. I will let you know if my phone gets fixed.
can you pls give the link of thread or dowload link for R800i relock bootloader ftf...Thanks:fingers-crossed:
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can you pls give the link of thread or dowload link for R800i relock bootloader ftf...Thanks:fingers-crossed:
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EDIT: Link was broken
OK, it seems the lik is now dead, I will upload it here myself....
As promised, I thought I would update you on my phone that I had recently sent to Sony Repair Centre. The phone had a relocked bootloader, no receipt, no charger and it has STILL been repaired!
albanezi said:
As promised, I thought I would update you on my phone that I had recently sent to Sony Repair Centre. The phone had a relocked bootloader, no receipt, no charger and it has STILL been repaired!
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ORLY
Of course, if you relock it then they cant know.
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I had the same flex problem so I sent it to sony with a relocked bootloader.
Just arrived today, fixed, working like new and I unlocked the bootloader again.
I must say the repair service was pretty fast.
repair after re-lock
sfex3best said:
I had the same flex problem so I sent it to sony with a relocked bootloader.
Just arrived today, fixed, working like new and I unlocked the bootloader again.
I must say the repair service was pretty fast.
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My r800i's touch screen packed up after flashing it was ok for a while then it died, i tried other roms and kernels but no luck, probably incompatible software im not sure.
Anyway i flashed a stock rom but forgot to re-lock the bootloader then sent my phone to vodafone for repair, 2 weeks later i got it back with a letter stating that they could not repair it due to some tampering to the software.
I have since re-locked my bootloader with the link from this thread and then repaired my phone via seus,
I still have no response form my touchscreen though.:crying:
I have now sent my phone to sony for repair directly and I am just keeping my fingers crossed that vodafone did not contact sony about my fault when i previously sent it to them.
I will post the results in this thread
Why are you bumping old thread?
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Sorry, first time posting on these forums, I was just trying to dig further in to the relock repair situation, as obviously im worring about my phone, this is the only thread I found on the subject
benf84 said:
Sorry, first time posting on these forums, I was just trying to dig further in to the relock repair situation, as obviously im worring about my phone, this is the only thread I found on the subject
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Dont worry. He would have moaned at you for creating a new thread for this. You just can't win with some people
Good luck with the repair btw
thanks m8, i thought that was a bit of harsh welcome to the forums
Not to mention this thread's not even all that old
Jordanooo said:
Dont worry. He would have moaned at you for creating a new thread for this. You just can't win with some people
Good luck with the repair btw
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Not? Just asked thought, not hated.
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repair after re-lock
just got the phone back it took a week:
they repaired it:laugh:
switch cover adhesive replaced
and flex replaced
my phone looks like new there were scuffs to the casing and marks around the touchpads which are now gone?
im pretty sure its a new phone and they have just replaced the imei sticker
all good though thanks again for the re-lock link, now ive got to decide what rom to flash, i was using g2jellybean before, any suggestions?
is cm10 fully functioning on play yet?
after your have relocked the bootloader how can go back to stock.... isnt it by using the pc companion repair button?
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after your have relocked the bootloader how can go back to stock.... isnt it by using the pc companion repair button?
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it was either the update or repair button in pc companion