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falcon786 said:
Yeah sounds like a fair choice to be warranty/freedom lol you choose.


Cant have both sorry.Jobs said so.
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Just talking to a guy now who hard-bricked his new Galaxy Note updating to Jelly Bean rom. He also can't have freedom/warranty it seems.
 
sand_man said:
Then neither will Apple.
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Or so we hope....bit risky then.....

cerebus said:
Just talking to a guy now who hard-bricked his new Galaxy Note updating to Jelly Bean rom. He also can't have freedom/warranty it seems.
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Really from an official rom?I'm pretty sure the manufacturer will cover it if it was an official rom.
 
cerebus said:
Just talking to a guy now who hard-bricked his new Galaxy Note updating to Jelly Bean rom. He also can't have freedom/warranty it seems.
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How did he do that, honestly I have never heard of hard brick while flashing a rom?

BOOT maybe but a ROM, nope.
 
falcon786 said:
Really from an official rom?I'm pretty sure the manufacturer will cover it if it was an official rom.
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So you can only have the latest Android update if it's an official rom, and that equals freedom?

How did he do that, honestly I have never heard of hard brick while flashing a rom?

BOOT maybe but a ROM, nope.
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Man I'm also not sure he's a noob. I've come close to bricking but always been able to recover it. I find Android to be fairly bulletproof.
 
cerebus said:
Man I'm also not sure he's a noob. I've come close to bricking but always been able to recover it. I find Android to be fairly bulletproof.
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Then I am pretty sure he is talking ****. As I have yet to see you Hard-brick a phone on rom flashing.

On a side note. Microsoft does it the best "Unlocking" your device via a charge, ie: official channels. No need to wait for some hack group to find a vulnerability in the latest OS. Just a once off payment and you are sorted.

Edit: Oops, I may have had the wrong information, or not entirely complete anyway, here is something a Google search spit out:

Types of unlocking

Windows Phone Hacker defines jailbreaking as "developer unlocking a device unofficially". This aside, the following levels of unlocking are possible:

Developer Unlock: This allows third-party (homebrew) applications to be sideloaded onto the device. Max 10

Interop Unlock: This allows better access to the device, including areas Microsoft has locked down. Registry editors, file explorers, etc., require this.

Rooting: This allows higher privileges to be granted to applications. This is possible on devices with custom ROMs, or interop unlock. Dynamic Background and Lock Widgets require this.

Full Unlock: This allows native EXEs to be run on the device. This includes things such as the DFT Bluetooth file transfer application.

Custom ROMS typically result in one of the above three.
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http://windowsphonehacker.com/artic...jailbreaking_windows_phone_7_and_7.5-09-24-11
 
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cerebus said:
So you can only have the latest Android update if it's an official rom, and that equals freedom?
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That isn't an Android restriction, its a manufacturer restriction...

Anyway- seeing as your friend has a Note, there was an issue with some of the ROM's hard bricking the eMMC chip. He should take this up with Samsung, as they are aware of the faulty chips.
 
Third Blue From the Sun said:
That isn't an Android restriction, its a manufacturer restriction...

Anyway- seeing as your friend has a Note, there was an issue with some of the ROM's hard bricking the eMMC chip. He should take this up with Samsung, as they are aware of the faulty chips.
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It's a 'this is the bloody phone I bought why can't I get my Android updates' problem.

And yea you could be onto something there, thanks :)
 
Which is why I keep saying you should compare iOS6 with Gingerbread...to compare actual man-on-the-street user experience. :D

Only 25% of Android users upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean.And over half are still using Gingerbread.

by Florence Ion - Oct 2 2012, 7:20pm SAST
ANDROID MOBILE COMPUTING TABLETS

Adoption rates for Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean have been slow to rise, according to a distribution report made available today at the Android Developer Forum. Only 23.7 percent of Android users have upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich, with Jelly Bean trailing behind at a snail's pace at 1.8 percent.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012...rs-upgraded-to-ice-cream-sandwich-jelly-bean/
 
Fudzy said:
How on earth did they get so much battery life out of an S3?
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The S3 has got a beefy battery, 2000 mAh, if I'm not mistaken?

But that huge screen does take its toll on the battery life....as they said in the article, they used rundown tests, instead of switching the screen off and just letting the music play.
 
kingrob said:
The S3 has got a beefy battery, 2000 mAh, if I'm not mistaken?

But that huge screen does take its toll on the battery life....as they said in the article, they used rundown tests, instead of switching the screen off and just letting the music play.
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Close. 2100mAh. :)

I am looking at upgrading to a 2500mAh battery now. It is not an official battery so a little weary. Must mull it over for a bit.
 
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