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Root Just bought two used Dincs, here's my situation

raderator

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Jan 23, 2012
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Got them from the Cow people, a grade 6 for $70 and a grade 7 for $60. I made the mistake of updating the grade 6 to 2.3.4 so can't easily root. The grade 7 looks like new and still has 2.2 but the camera doesn't work, I just get a black screen. I did a factory reset and took the battery out for a minute, no luck.

I really think I need to root these cuz I will be putting them on Page Plus where data is very expensive. I'd like to use Droidwall.

Anyway, is there any chance the camera would work if I upgraded or is it likely a hardware problem? I've rooted a couple of cheap tabs but this looks complicated. Do I risk not being able to return these to the Cow people?
 
Sent the one with the bad camera back. Put Cyanogen on it and cam still didn't work. Restored the factory rom.

I got the other one rooted and Clockwork on it. Droidwall runs fine. From what I saw of Cyanogen, it looks pretty ugly. Anyway, I'll probably do the rest of the procedure and try some other roms. I really need to get the phone to work horizontally with my new windshield mount, which is pretty cool, BTW. Only $8.88 from Wally World.

Unfortunately, I just found out these phone won't work horizontally with polarized sunglasses!
 
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