Avoid Bricking

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thinking about going with the international note! I live in the US so there is no warranty for us here so i wanted some users honest opinion.. how hard is it to brick? and what should i definitely avoid especially after watching so many users brick with just that one kernal

Originally Posted by samtruongg

thinking about going with the international note! I live in the US so there is no warranty for us here so i wanted some users honest opinion.. how hard is it to brick? and what should i definitely avoid especially after watching so many users brick with just that one kernal

what kernel?

Angelom? i think it was where it fried many users motherboards

hmm problem is a lot overclock their phones or undervolt it without testing it gradually and finding the sweet spot...flashing the kernels (custom) dont brick phones, mostly its the users (who dont bother to read and just do it)...if you are afraid to brick i guess you have to stick to stock...

Just avoid ICS until it is official. Then give a little time for custom ROMs to pop up based on the official version. You might even consider, as hard as it may be, not updating to the official ICS directly after it shows up. Give those with warranties enough time to try it out first and report stability.

great idea really appreciate it! any clue as to what is the best, stable gingerbread based rom is?

Originally Posted by beestee

Just avoid ICS until it is official. Then give a little time for custom ROMs to pop up based on the official version. You might even consider, as hard as it may be, not updating to the official ICS directly after it shows up. Give those with warranties enough time to try it out first and report stability.

indeed...ive seen the posts...theres no ics kernel yet that is stable or proper for the note as of the moment as there is no kernel source release yet...and flashing into wrong phone versions will almost do the same

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You can always consider getting a 3rd party insurance plan from Squaretrade or Ensquared. Some of the forum members with International Notes on here have either of those insurance plans. I'm looking into getting it myself (1 year plan) when I receive my Note from the 1saleaday.com promotion. Still hasn't shipped out as of the time of this posting . I figure 1 year insurance would be OK since I'm putting the phone on Straight Talk prepaid (thus saving roughly $50/month) instead of getting on AT&T's plan, which comes out to saving $600 in one year. After one year of insurance the phone breaks, dies, etc., the money I saved by going prepaid, I can use it to buy the same phone (can probably get a used Note at a cheap price after a year) or another phone, and by then the Galaxy Note 2 should be out.

Not meant to be a prick but 1daysales is pretty shaddy seller. Friend ordered some.gadget from them last year took him a month to get it just to find out it was a refurb

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ICS does not cause any problems with actual bricking of the device. The only actual bricks I have found of this phone have come from flashing a touch version of the newest CWM...I was hit hard by this myself...and since I live in the US as well, I was forced to by an entirely new phone.