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[Sprint] Interesting problem

Rxpert83

Rxpert83

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So I waited in my lobby today for the UPS guy to come by so I could get my package before Monday.

This phone has a known issue where they couldnt delete anything off of the device, and by golly they were right.

Tried a factory reset(from device and from stock recovery), tried unlocking the bootloader...but it says unlocked and then is locked on next reboot :confused:, tried uninstalling apps, even tried just changing the wallpaper.... each time the phone boots up everything that I had changed is back the way it was.

Tried fastboot flashing TWRP recovery, but when I boot into it its the normal triangle with !..


Interesting problem. Next step is going to be to try to reinstall the factory image:rolleyes:



The thing that stumps me the most is that bootloader. I will unlock it, it will say its unlocked, and then if i restart the bootloader its locked again

Is this a known issue you guys have come across before?

Is there a way to boot into recovery from bootloader without the device restarting?
 
Problem still unresolved. Now my drivers are screwed up and not recognized anymore.

Even took it into sprint for 2 hours and let them have their way with it. They tried flashing about 10 different things to it, each with no result.


Looks like this is going to have to go back :o
 
Only thing I can think of is to try to Odin flash an image if fastboot doesn't work. Granted finding Odin images for the gnex is quite difficult
 
+1 on trying Odin.

It's unfortunate that you're having to go through this, especially on this device. I soooo wanted you to have a stellar experience with it out the gate.
 
Contacted Samsung since the ebay seller is fighting me tooth and nail...


Phone is still under the 1 year warranty. :party:

Everything else about this phone is in awesome condition (no scratches/dents ect)... so I may just send it off to Samsung for a few weeks.
 
Rxpert83 said:
Contacted Samsung since the ebay seller is fighting me tooth and nail...


Phone is still under the 1 year warranty. :party:

Everything else about this phone is in awesome condition (no scratches/dents ect)... so I may just send it off to Samsung for a few weeks.
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Guess you for lucky with the warranty. Hope they can fix it for you.
 
I haven't heard of this problem before. Then again I haven't really looked. Hopefully Samsung will handle it and you'll be able to enjoy all the goodness of the gnex.

As for the drivers, did you use the PDA.net ones? I think urge posted them in the write up.
 
AARONONE said:
I haven't heard of this problem before. Then again I haven't really looked. Hopefully Samsung will handle it and you'll be able to enjoy all the goodness of the gnex.

As for the drivers, did you use the PDA.net ones? I think urge posted them in the write up.
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I eventually got the drivers working again.

Its the weirdest issue. The dudes at Sprint were stumped. They were looking all over XDA for solutions :rolleyes:

I even went as far as reinstalling all of the stock partitions through fastboot. Strangest thing.

Oh well. I'm printing off my shipping stuff to ship it to Sammy. I got really lucky with that being under warranty. Sammys website shows it at being manufactured in 6/12 so its a fairly recently made one.
 
Rxpert83 said:
I eventually got the drivers working again.

Its the weirdest issue. The dudes at Sprint were stumped. They were looking all over XDA for solutions :rolleyes:

I even went as far as reinstalling all of the stock partitions through fastboot. Strangest thing.

Oh well. I'm printing off my shipping stuff to ship it to Sammy. I got really lucky with that being under warranty. Sammys website shows it at being manufactured in 6/12 so its a fairly recently made one.
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Must be something broken hard drive. If you deleted a partition, but didn't flash something over it, would it bootloop because there's nothing there, or would it boot up properly as if nothing had been done?
 
I filed a claim with Ebay and they went from telling me good luck with my paperweight to offering a full refund within about 20 minutes.

I'm thinking I'm still going to keep it and send it to Sammy. Assuming they don't say its a result of physical damage (shouldnt be, everything else is pristine), I know I'll get back a fully functional product.
 
Rxpert83 said:
I filed a claim with Ebay and they went from telling me good luck with my paperweight to offering a full refund within about 20 minutes.

I'm thinking I'm still going to keep it and send it to Sammy. Assuming they don't say its a result of physical damage (shouldnt be, everything else is pristine), I know I'll get back a fully functional product.
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So you don't have to return the device to the seller and you get your money back. Mega Win.
 
jhawkkw said:
So you don't have to return the device to the seller and you get your money back. Mega Win.
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I would have to send back to them to get the refund. And I'd have to pay for shipping. Sending it to Pappa Sammy just sounds like the better choice.

I got super lucky on the warranty though. Samsung is starting to grow on me ;) Customer support was awesome and fast.
 
Rxpert83 said:
I would have to send back to them to get the refund. And I'd have to pay for shipping. Sending it to Pappa Sammy just sounds like the better choice.

I got super lucky on the warranty though. Samsung is starting to grow on me ;) Customer support was awesome and fast.
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Ahh, still a decent outcome though. I had a original feeling was a "too good to be true" scenario. I know my warranty is expired, so all that's left is my insurance on mine. But seeing that the Verizon version has been EOL'd, I better not break mine or else I'm going to get stuck with some locked down device.
 
So I called Samsung today to check on the warranty repair.

The lady at the repair facility apparently has down that I sent in a Note 2 for service

This could get interesting (once again)
 
Rxpert83 said:
So I called Samsung today to check on the warranty repair.

The lady at the repair facility apparently has down that I sent in a Note 2 for service

This could get interesting (once again)
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That could be very cool. Talk about an upgrade. I just sent a nexus s in. Hope I get something better in confusion.;)
 
So today I called sammy to follow up with my girl's nexus s repair. The operated said the repairs are done; however, that they have mailed back a GS II? Not sure what happened.

Rxpert, what happened with yours?
 
I'll be receiving it later today when I get out of class.

You know I'll keep you guys posted ;). I'm expecting the nexus, but I'd be excited to play with just about anything shiny.
 
Pretty neat phone. So many great rom/kernel options. Once you've settled, I would like to hear your impressions.
 
I'm running cm10.1 right now, because thats what I'm used to.

I flashed the sourcery ROM, but was kind of turned off by it at first. I'm sure ill give it another flash in the next few days but I wanted to get setup with a nandroid I was used to.

Running Lean Kernel as well
 
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