Oh that old £100 repair thing
We have on Google+ A guy that has done what Soupdragon has said and i think he was the first to completly Brick a phone
And with in Five days he had his phone back working
Underwarranty and No Charge
He was upfront and straight with them, after all the tut tut they said no problem
Most people are not aware there out there but they are
If you are posting send Registered Next day and aske them to do the same, Most will
You can track your phone as well with most and Samsung will no as well so if its a repeat problem after three times the whole handset is replaced
No the will not charge you as the firmware has a fault
They will only charge if you want it debranding i would let them take a look this seems to be getting comon
The reason why Kies will not let you is because it thinks the rom on your phone is a custom rom
heaven knows what rom is on there but The service centre can do the job write even put the Proper Vodafone firmware on and sort this mess out
Now you can do this your self as well folloing the Guide soup dragon did
Oh Carphone warhouses are not service centres !!!!!
@B_K_Brown
The easiest way is to follow these instructions
http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Samsung-Galaxy-S2/O
I took the phone to Manchester's Trafford Centre. In there they had a department that spend time flashing and updating their phones so I left it with them for an hour whilst I went off to eat at a restaurant with the wife.
Got ICS on the handset now so all is working well, shame you have to get these things manually done when Vodafone were the ones who cocked up the versions internally when it went in for 'repair'.
