Like, from software side or hardware?Is there a way to kill an android phone?
One way would be to flash a boot.img from a different phone model...like for example flashing a boot.img from a Canadian Galaxy S4 on a international Galaxy S4To kill the phone itself. A way that would leave no trace. It's a loooong story, but I want it dead, and my(soon) ex carrier to give me a replacement
Flash a wrong Recovery or ROM -Is there a way to kill an android phone?
Google wouldn't be as nice as you are :-)Flash a wrong Recovery or ROM -
Boot into recovery and flash a ROM which is not for your phone. Most probably this will break things. For maximum damage do it via adb. Connect to a PC and boot into recovery using adb reboot recovery . Then go ahead and flash a custom recovery which is not supported by your phone.
Or if you have a custom recovery like CWM, boot into it and delete /data, /cache, /factory, /system, /boot, /sbl, /xloader and /recovery.
Another way is using adb or the Android Degub Bridge via connecting to a PC- execute the following commands via adb.
This will wipe out all critical system data and ensures your phone will never work again.
- adb shell
- su
- mount -o remount, rw /system
- mount -o remount, rw /data
- rm -rf /data/*
- rm -rf /system/*
- reboot
Another way - try it from the terminal emulator or adb
Do these at your risk and only if you are very sure that you do not want a working phone anymore.
- su
- dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 or /dev/mmcblk0
Next time google your question.
yes you need root permission and do what i says all method should works.Google wouldn't be as nice as you are :-)
Do I need root permission for this?
The reason I want to do this is: new phone, broke 2 months after I bought it, sceeen died, undee warranty, replaced it, 2 days after I got it, again, speed up to present, 4 times! 4 times they "repaired it". So I'm sick of it, they are supposed to give me a new phone, but nah, fluck me around.
Ps can this method be traced?
Most probably is, since it will leave the system without any of it's system filesGoogle wouldn't be as nice as you are :-)
Do I need root permission for this?
The reason I want to do this is: new phone, broke 2 months after I bought it, sceeen died, undee warranty, replaced it, 2 days after I got it, again, speed up to present, 4 times! 4 times they "repaired it". So I'm sick of it, they are supposed to give me a new phone, but nah, fluck me around.
Ps can this method be traced?