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[bigdaddykane]

So I went to the local Verizon Store to replace my Omnia...screen would not calibrate for s*** so i got one coming in the mail...the rep told me to brick my omnia cause if they see it has the leaked rom they may charge me for it.... and a lil fyi the Verizon rep i was talking to told me he has not heard a lick about certain windows mobile phones getting their GPS chip unlocked.....but he did tell me all blackberry devices have functional gps now...RIM was not to happy about Verizon putting a "boot" on their merchandise... he too has the omnia with the leaked rom...lol and is also hoping for gps update...we exchanged numbers and he said as soon as he knows anything he'd let me know....any creative ideas on how to kill an omnia????

Edited by bigdaddykane, 16 May 2009 - 02:19 AM.

[Th3rmal]

Start doing a rom update, then pull the cord out half way.

[Natsirt]

drop a brick on it

[Foster318]

bigdaddykane, on May 14 2009, 01:51, said:

So I went to the local Verizon Store to replace my Omnia...screen would not calibrate for s*** so i got one coming in the mail...the rep told me to brick my omnia cause if they see it has the leaked rom they may charge me for it.... and a lil fyi the Verizon rep i was talking to told me he has not heard a lick about certain windows mobile phones getting their GPS chip unlocked.....but he did tell me all blackberry devices have functional gps now...RIM was not to happy about Verizon putting a "boot" on their merchandise... he too has the omnia with the leaked rom...lol and is also hoping for gps update...we exchanged numbers and he said as soon as he knows anything he'd let me know....any creative ideas on how to kill an omnia????

Good thing I haven'nt sent mine back yet then. I'll be watching for how to brick it then.

[TheJanitor]

Would they really accept that? I think my screen has some problems caused by pressure and this seems like an easy out.

[lastnikita]

maybe you could post in the i910 forum instead ? :-/

[Rooster Misfit]

plug it in to the wall and drop it in water.. fry the hell out if it... plug it in to the wall without the converter....... play hockey with it?

[ardvarkofdoom]

lastnikita, on May 14 2009, 03:10, said:

maybe you could post in the i910 forum instead ? :-/

I'm pretty sure you can brink either i900 or i910 the same way.....

Hell, speaking of which, just flash a i900 rom to it!

[lastnikita]

ardvarkofdoom, on May 14 2009, 10:04, said:

I'm pretty sure you can brink either i900 or i910 the same way.....

Hehe sure, then the title could be changed into "nothing interesting except for a few users, but hey you can help too !"

[AngusATAT]

lastnikita, on May 14 2009, 05:35, said:

Hehe sure, then the title could be changed into "nothing interesting except for a few users, but hey you can help too !"

The i910 forum is specifically for ROM discussion. Hence, this thread wouldn't belong there.

Edited by AngusATAT, 14 May 2009 - 01:27 PM.

[Tim-H]

lastnikita, on May 14 2009, 01:10, said:

maybe you could post in the i910 forum instead ? :-/

This is the i9x0 forum. Don't be a dick.

I know the original ROM is around here somewhere too, you could either flash back to it or do what the others are saying and pull the plug half way through. Just do it with the CC20, not the cooked ones because if you pull the plug on a cooked one it wont brick the phone, it will just cripple it.

[lastnikita]

AngusATAT, on May 14 2009, 14:27, said:

The i910 forum is specifically for ROM discussion. Hence, this thread wouldn't belong there.

Sorry, just realised that :-/

Tim-H, on May 14 2009, 14:37, said:

Don't be a dick

Very mature, clap-clap, you're today's winner !

[R10T]

Yank the battery during a Rom update would prolly work too.  Dropping it in water wouldn't be a good idea since they don't cover water damage.  Or play some music for a while..or something with high power demand..get it really warm then try to update the rom while its nice and toasty.

And if all else fails try updating it with a PC running ME....I know active sync prolly didn't exist then.  Ok its late I'm rambling and I need some rest......

[kav]

topic is very misguiding, lot of people seeing it are hoping for good news but then its all abt killing an omnia....
probably the topic of the thread should be changed to something else like: How to destroy ur omnia permanently  
or " Dont try this at home !!, alone or unsupervised! "   LOL

Edited by kav, 15 May 2009 - 03:14 PM.

[Draconius]

Like others are saying...yank the cord, or if you KNOW you have a USB 1.0 try flashing the CC20 onto it since this has been discovered to brick the phone.

[forelli]

Th3rmal, on May 14 2009, 05:55, said:

Start doing a rom update, then pull the cord out half way.

+1

[bigdaddykane]

kav, on May 15 2009, 10:13, said:

topic is very misguiding, lot of people seeing it are hoping for good news but then its all abt killing an omnia....
probably the topic of the thread should be changed to something else like: How to destroy ur omnia permanently  
or " Dont try this at home !!, alone or unsupervised! "   LOL

lol i like that

[kri900s]

haha.. or it is just the new title which makes ppl (me) have a look 


pull the cable while updating should help to kill your device unless u got a j-tag machine like the serviceprovider..

[Rooster Misfit]

lastnikita, on May 14 2009, 08:10, said:

maybe you could post in the i910 forum instead ? :-/

there is a forum foor the i910 specifically? thats kinda dumb since thiis one says i9x0 the x meanig any numkmber

[bpivk]

Rooster Misfit, on May 16 2009, 05:15, said:

there is a forum foor the i910 specifically? thats kinda dumb since thiis one says i9x0 the x meanig any numkmber

No. They don't have a seperate forum. But they do have a seperate rom section because it helps to prevent the clutter of different rom topics.

Edited by bpivk, 16 May 2009 - 09:51 AM.