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This gif image will either crash or restart your SE phone. Found about it in youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKO_km6UQKI and then I tested the image on my W710 and it restarted my phone just by highlighting it. The guy on youtube, solidsnake204 tested it on his K510 and V630(with W660 software) and it crashed both but did not bricked his phone. It seems to affect only SE phones. It may or may not brick your phone so try @ your own risk. Here's the image file
http://www.freewebs.com/ss204-flash/virus.gif just copy and paste it in your phone then highlight or view it.
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Posted: 2008-03-19 16:57:34
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W880i - crashed.
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Posted: 2008-03-19 17:11:14
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This is damn scary!!!
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Posted: 2008-03-19 17:17:15
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^^^Did it restart your W880 or WSOD?
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Posted: 2008-03-19 17:17:52
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i'm not going to try it
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Posted: 2008-03-19 17:20:33
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The risk in viewing the image on your SE phone is that it could WSOD and permanently brick your phone. The image can just restart your phone, crash it with WSOD but can be restored by turning off phone or taking battery out, or it could permanently brick your phone. Try @ your own risk. I was nervous when I tried it minutes ago but was relieved that it only restarted my phone. i have the latest W710 firmware installed.
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Posted: 2008-03-19 17:21:41
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hey,does anyone know why does it happen?
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Posted: 2008-03-19 17:24:21
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Crashed in "It went black and restarted without PIN". Could delete it as I opened "More" faster than the animation went through. I think it's a faulty end of file or something like that which SE phones couldn't cope with.
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Posted: 2008-03-19 17:24:42
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Just tried on my P1 and I can see the gif, it is not restarting. I've saved it and went to see it again. It started slowly as it was caching it, but can be seen as any other.
Probably slow platforms are restarting cause it is too demanding
[ This Message was edited by: kenoby on 2008-03-19 16:35 ]
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Posted: 2008-03-19 17:28:00
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I deleted the file by connecting my phone to my computer then delete the file in the memory card. I am puzzled because a poster in the youtube video said that it didn't crash his ROKR E6. I'm going to try it some time in a Nokia 6233 and Samsung E250 to see if those phones can display it.
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Posted: 2008-03-19 17:29:17
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