How to break the phone completely

WStealth · Apr 10, 2012

I have a fried eMMC chip. But the phone is on 6.98.0000 boot loader.
I would like to break the phone completely, to hide that the phone was S-OFF.

How can I do that?

Unfortunately, all of the software methods (adb, fastboot) doesn't work for me.

I'm interesting in hardware actions.

SimonTS · Apr 10, 2012

Drop it in a bowl of water?

Stick in in the oven with your pizza?

Microwave it like a gremlin?

Run over it with an Abrahms tank?

Need I go on?

WStealth · Apr 10, 2012

Simon.TS.HTC said:
Drop it in a bowl of water?

Stick in in the oven with your pizza?

Microwave it like a gremlin?

Run over it with an Abrahms tank?

Need I go on?

Oh. I'm serious.

Are there any ways to do that?

SimonTS · Apr 10, 2012

I am serious as well. There is nothing you could do (AFAIK) to break the hardware that wouldn't be massively obvious to the guys at HTC when you returned the phone for warranty repair.

Are you 100% certain it is a fried eMMC? Have you checked this thread;-
GUIDE Possible FIX for the infamous eMMC problem..

WStealth · Apr 10, 2012

Simon.TS.HTC said:
Are you 100% certain it is a fried eMMC? Have you checked this thread;-
GUIDE Possible FIX for the infamous eMMC problem..

Yes. I've tried everything.

WStealth · Apr 10, 2012

How is it possible that guys from the HTC support, will not recognize that the phone was in microwave oven?

SimonTS · Apr 10, 2012

They might well do. I was trying to make a point to you - you may just be out of luck with this one unless you find somebody at HTC who is very incompetent or very kind.

WStealth · Apr 10, 2012

Thank you.

So, as I understand - I will pay 180 euro for the HTC issue. (I done S-OFF on November and everything works fine for 5 months until I removed the battery).

I think it's the last my HTC phone.

olyloh6696 · Apr 10, 2012

I think your best chance is to dump it in a bowl of water like Simon said.

Its the least obvious way to induce visible physical damage to the phone. Open up the battery compartment, take out the battery/similar/SD card etc then just dunk it in!

Leave it for about 5 minutes. Then after that dry it. Make sure its dried very well.

Not sure how you might prevent this, but try not to get water on the inside if the screen.

Maybe a better I idea is to get a cup of water, open the battery compartment, can pour tiny drops over the internal components, in hope of successfully damaging them.

Then maybe it won't get to the screen.

Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium

SimonTS · Apr 10, 2012

WStealth said:
So, as I understand - I will pay 180 euro for the HTC issue. (I done S-OFF on November and everything works fine for 5 months until I removed the battery).

I think it's the last my HTC phone.

I'm not entirely sure that blaming HTC for this is exactly fair. Yes, the eMMC issue does catch a few people - but not many as a percentage. However, you chose to root your phone, despite all the very clear warnings that it would invalidate the warranty if anything went wrong.

I, and I suspect many others here, also made that choice - knowing that the benefits of rooting were huge and that the risks were worth it. I was one of the very first to root as I bought an XTC Clip before there was any software way of achieving S-Off - so I knew damn well that if I screwed up I had lost everything. If I had done then I wouldn't have dreamed of blaming HTC for what I had done.

ben_pyett · Apr 10, 2012

I wouldn't consider any method involving water, as the phone has at least one moisture detection strip inside it

Just cross your fingers and then Send it back and hope they fix it

unless you want a lump of flaming plastic avoid the microwave

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WStealth · Apr 10, 2012

Simon.TS.HTC said:
I'm not entirely sure that blaming HTC for this is exactly fair. Yes, the eMMC issue does catch a few people - but not many as a percentage. However, you chose to root your phone, despite all the very clear warnings that it would invalidate the warranty if anything went wrong.

I, and I suspect many others here, also made that choice - knowing that the benefits of rooting were huge and that the risks were worth it. I was one of the very first to root as I bought an XTC Clip before there was any software way of achieving S-Off - so I knew damn well that if I screwed up I had lost everything. If I had done then I wouldn't have dreamed of blaming HTC for what I had done.

I'm totally agree with you.

mynameisnafe · Apr 10, 2012

MICROWAVE IT LIKE A GREMLIN LOL

Sent from my LT18i using XDA

shaggyskunk · Apr 10, 2012

I'd imagine that if someone got a usb charging cable... Cut the insulation off part of the cable.... Plugged it into a phone.. & electric outlet... Pour some (VERY LITTLE) water on the broken cable... The short should fry the phone... DON'T DO THIS! DON'T BE IN BARE FEET! WEAR RUBBER SOLE SHOES!

Sent From my Two Tin Cans & String Device on The Wookie Network

djisgod · Apr 10, 2012

shaggyskunk said:
I'd imagine that if someone got a usb charging cable... Cut the insulation off part of the cable.... Plugged it into a phone.. & electric outlet... Pour some (VERY LITTLE) water on the broken cable... The short should fry the phone... DON'T DO THIS! DON'T BE IN BARE FEET! WEAR RUBBER SOLE SHOES!

Sent From my Two Tin Cans & String Device on The Wookie Network

your advising him to pour water on a live exposed wire? yeah thats not a good idea if you like being alive.

shaggyskunk · Apr 10, 2012

djisgod said:
your advising him to pour water on a live exposed wire? yeah thats not a good idea if you like being alive.

I'm NOT advising anyone to do anything!

I'm just imagining what might happen to a phone ... If that happened.
Obviously, no one would be standing in the water.. And if the outlet has GFCI, like most bathroom outlets, the person would be protected...
Ever see a microwave explode... Gee, that's safe??!

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djsubtronic · Apr 10, 2012

shaggyskunk said:
I'm NOT advising anyone to do anything!

I'm just imagining what might happen to a phone ... If that happened.
Obviously, no one would be standing in the water.. And if the outlet has GFCI, like most bathroom outlets, the person would be protected...
Ever see a microwave explode... Gee, that's safe??!

Sent From my Two Tin Cans & String Device on The Wookie Network

Nothing would happen. The amount of current going through the USB cable is very minimal. Assuming that the water would even short it to begin with, nothing would happen to the phone at all since the short would cause the current to go back into the adapter, it won't even reach the phone. The adapter would most likely cut out the power supply going into the USB upon experiencing a short and go into safety mode until it is unplugged for a minute or so.

mouzzza · Apr 10, 2012

If you have the time to wait, do not send your device untill HTC is giving out update to ICS. There they will get back more devices bricked throug updating (Problem with syncing more than one app at once in market, ...)!

dan-fish · Apr 10, 2012

I've sent mine back and it came back fully repaired. No costs, water or microwaves necessary.

Just make sure not to send the battery or sd card.

Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk 2 Beta-6

djisgod · Apr 10, 2012

dan-fish said:
I've sent mine back and it came back fully repaired. No costs, water or microwaves necessary.

Just make sure not to send the battery or sd card.

Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk 2 Beta-6

the best advice in this thread,why people are offering such idiotic advice is beyond me.

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