new here. loved windows phone for a couple years now, but this is my first issue with one.
Bought a 520 from a coworker a few months ago, we both had it on H20s unlimited plan. worked great for both of us. i get the developer preview for 8.1. and then the folder tiles update. used it for a few weeks no issues right there. I finally get around to ordering a 1020, the phone i really wanted, and i sell the 520 to a coworker who was pretty interested in switching to the windows os. keep in mind that he is on a contract account with At&t. i set the phone up for him, everything worked fine, we both think its good. That very same night the phone automatically downloads and installs an update called demo mode. and ever since then it basically acts like a phone you would walk into at&t and it would be set up to just play with. It litterally cant do anything. i tried a factory reset and in place of the reset phone button is a button that says "check for demo updates". Tried hard reseting the phone still the same demo os. every time i plug it in to charge it does some crazy animation thing with different colored tiles and stuff. its basically just a showroom phone now. you get the idea
my question to you guys is if i replaced the motherboard would it be good to go? or would it retort back to this mode that is pretty useless becuase some stupid jerk sold a demo phone from craigslist and let the public get ahold of it.
Bought a 520 from a coworker a few months ago, we both had it on H20s unlimited plan. worked great for both of us. i get the developer preview for 8.1. and then the folder tiles update. used it for a few weeks no issues right there. I finally get around to ordering a 1020, the phone i really wanted, and i sell the 520 to a coworker who was pretty interested in switching to the windows os. keep in mind that he is on a contract account with At&t. i set the phone up for him, everything worked fine, we both think its good. That very same night the phone automatically downloads and installs an update called demo mode. and ever since then it basically acts like a phone you would walk into at&t and it would be set up to just play with. It litterally cant do anything. i tried a factory reset and in place of the reset phone button is a button that says "check for demo updates". Tried hard reseting the phone still the same demo os. every time i plug it in to charge it does some crazy animation thing with different colored tiles and stuff. its basically just a showroom phone now. you get the idea
my question to you guys is if i replaced the motherboard would it be good to go? or would it retort back to this mode that is pretty useless becuase some stupid jerk sold a demo phone from craigslist and let the public get ahold of it.
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