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My MDA Compact III - DEAD to the WORLD :(

Hi All,
I have been reading through as always trying to give the kiss of life to the recently (1month) upgraded MDA Compact III. I have upgraded it from WM5 to Touch Flu WM6. It has been working great till last night it just died on me and now I can’t even turn it on... It comes on if i leave the battery out for a 10mins and then put it back in, but it will only go far as the boot screen and as soon as it comes to the password prompt it dies
SO I can’t get in to the bootloader...
Any help will be much appreciated
Thanks all
Kind regards,
DS

sanath121 said:
Hi All,
I have been reading through as always trying to give the kiss of life to the recently (1month) upgraded MDA Compact III. I have upgraded it from WM5 to Touch Flu WM6. It has been working great till last night it just died on me and now I can’t even turn it on... It comes on if i leave the battery out for a 10mins and then put it back in, but it will only go far as the boot screen and as soon as it comes to the password prompt it dies
SO I can’t get in to the bootloader...
Any help will be much appreciated
Thanks all
Kind regards,
DS
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Just to clarify, if you do the sequence to put it in bootloader mode, it still wont come on? What if you have it connected to the computer, still no power?

I had that same problem
Well not to be the messenger of doom but it may eventually die for good, i dunno what causes this but the same thing happened to my xda orbit recently. I had it for about 7 months the 3 weeks ago i had that problem to fix it i would leave a battery out for about an hour, also it seems the more programs u have it seems the more crashes it has, not saying hard reseting fixes it just when i installed the touch 3.01 rom and installed as few programs as possible it didn't crash for a week but, last Thursdays picked it up turned it on started listening to music then it just crashed and wouldn't even turn on at all when i plug in the charger the light didn't turn on or anything taking it to the o2 shop tomorrow.

shawndh said:
Just to clarify, if you do the sequence to put it in bootloader mode, it still wont come on? What if you have it connected to the computer, still no power?
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This is correct... I leave the battery out and then after about 20mins i ut it back in then it will come on for a bit, but then it will go dark screena nd nothing will happen... very strange...

Infuruno said:
Well not to be the messenger of doom but it may eventually die for good, i dunno what causes this but the same thing happened to my xda orbit recently. I had it for about 7 months the 3 weeks ago i had that problem to fix it i would leave a battery out for about an hour, also it seems the more programs u have it seems the more crashes it has, not saying hard reseting fixes it just when i installed the touch 3.01 rom and installed as few programs as possible it didn't crash for a week but, last Thursdays picked it up turned it on started listening to music then it just crashed and wouldn't even turn on at all when i plug in the charger the light didn't turn on or anything taking it to the o2 shop tomorrow.
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Ohhhh man... i think i have to take my one to the t-mobile shop and get it repaired
This suxzzz
Hope you get your one all sorted...

I have tried everything... this is now DEAD!!! I have managed to even upload the BB4.2 to it but after about 10mins it dies and never come alive again... wired...
if anyone have a solution other than taking it back to the supplier please let me know
thanks

sanath121 said:
I have tried everything... this is now DEAD!!! I have managed to even upload the BB4.2 to it but after about 10mins it dies and never come alive again... wired...
if anyone have a solution other than taking it back to the supplier please let me know
thanks
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I would think if u were to claim u may still be able to claim from the warranty if flashing it doesn't void it i sure hope not but i also insured mine so if the warranty is void i still have a life line.

i also have the same problem... i have upgraded to wm 6, first day was OK. i put my arte in my back pocket... when i took it out, it was shut down.... first i thought that it was because i sat on it... but it didnt open after that... when i plug charger it doesnt charge... however i managed to charge the battery fully... if i take the battery for a period of time.. it seems to work but crashes again, slowly going in black screen with a green vertical line in the center...
what should i do? please help me... unfortunately there's no htc shop here in turkey...

Sending it back to T-Mobile
I just called T-Mobile and have to send it off to the repair centre. Apparently i have a 24moth warrantee on this phone... Let’s hope they replace the phone

sanath121 said:
I just called T-Mobile and have to send it off to the repair centre. Apparently i have a 24moth warrantee on this phone... Let’s hope they replace the phone
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I am affraid that you lose the warranty because u flashed (updated) your orginal ROM.
Mayby damaged is only storage of ROM - memory chip

i didn't lose my warranty on mine maybe because they couldn't turn the phone on to check it out properly, i just got it back yesterday with the official o2 rom and no questions asked. b4 u take it back if u can flash the official T-Mobile rom then their shouldn't be any problem i would think.

I have same problem can someone point me in the right direction for the rom please same phone

[Q] Desire Dead - Oxygen RC7 - Anything I can do?

2 Questions:
Can my phone be revived?
If no, is there anyway HTC will be able to tell that it has been rooted thus voiding my warranty?
Apologies if this has already come up and been answered but I did search the Q&A and dev forums first.
Background:
Today my Desire died. I am running Oxygen RC7 (have done for a couple of weeks now)
At the weekend I had trouble unlocking my phone. I pressed the button but the screen stayed black. This was resolved by removing and re-inserting the battery. However, today, when the same thing happened, the battery trick didn't work. Tried leaving the Desire batteryless for an hour or so but still no joy.
Connected the phone to my computer by USB and no activity (no light on phone, no recognition on PC).
I would really appreciate any suggestions.

Oh and while I remember, I cannot even get into boot mode by pressing the top button and volume down.

Sounds like phone is dead DEAD!
jtag riffbox might fix or using android developer ask adb commands

serialkillazzs said:
Sounds like phone is dead DEAD!
jtag riffbox might fix or using android developer ask adb commands
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Thanks, I'll look into these options tonight. Any thoughts re warranty? Will HTC know it was rooted?

Have you tried leaving it plugged into the charger for at least 10 minutes to see if you get any life?
Have you tried with the battery off, and just the charger plugged in to see if the LED lights up?

rolfd said:
Have you tried leaving it plugged into the charger for at least 10 minutes to see if you get any life?
Have you tried with the battery off, and just the charger plugged in to see if the LED lights up?
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No I haven't tried these yet. Will try when I get home. I did try with two batteries though (1 fully charged, 1 about 90% charged).

It didn't appear a problem on software anyway, it appears a issue on hardware (if it was a problem on software, your phone would at least boot HBOOT).
Answering your question, yeah, they will probably discover that you rooted your phone. Don't know if they will void your warranty for this, but probably yes. Anyway, you can try at least.

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It didn't appear a problem on software anyway, it appears a issue on hardware (if it was a problem on software, your phone would at least boot HBOOT).
Answering your question, yeah, they will probably discover that you rooted your phone. Don't know if they will void your warranty for this, but probably yes. Anyway, you can try at least.
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Yeah, guess I have no choice! I'll try looking at some of the options talked about in this post but looks like I'll just have to chance it with HTC. Wish me luck!

My phone was rooted and I had CM6.1.1 on it, my phone died like yours so I sent it off to HTC and they didn't realise it was rooted. If you think about it if the phone is completely dead and doesn't even turn on there is no way for them to find out. Simples

bortak said:
My phone was rooted and I had CM6.1.1 on it, my phone died like yours so I sent it off to HTC and they didn't realise it was rooted. If you think about it if the phone is completely dead and doesn't even turn on there is no way for them to find out. Simples
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Ooooh, that sounds promising. HTC are collecting my phone on Wednesday so fingers crossed!

[Q] HTC Desire won't boot or charge

Hi! My first post here and, sadly, not a pleasant one for me.
Today I, while charging my rooted Desire (Ginger Villain 2.8, if that matters), launched an app and it crashed (black screen but with status bar still showing). Since none of the buttons were responding, I took out the battery and then put it back in and tried to boot it. I went as far as the GingerVillain logo screen but then stopped the process. Since I was impatient (and dumb...), I pulled the battery out again. On the next boot process it halted at the white HTC screen. But now on the 3rd try it refuses to boot at all. No response what so ever when I press the Power button. Charge LED doesn't light up if I connect the USB cable.
What could I have messed up? Any solutions? I sure hope I haven't bricked it or something... Any help is appreciated!

Can you access hboot or fastboot? If yes, use the last one flash ruu. If not, use the search. There is a thread with nearly the same problem like yours and when I remember correctly, it got solved.

Power + Volume down doesn't work.
The other thread that seemed to be about this problem also involved some physical damage. My phone hasn't been dropped or soaked though.
I will try to get a hold of a charged battery and see what happens. Don't know why would it crash and burn like this considering that I wasn't installing anything. :/

Also some people suggested a while ago, to take out the battery and leave the phone alone for a few minutes, then try to boot again.

davebugyi said:
Also some people suggested a while ago, to take out the battery and leave the phone alone for a few minutes, then try to boot again.
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Had it sitting for approx. 4h with the battery removed. Put it back in and still no response what so ever. Power button doesn't do anything nor does plugging in a charger. Wasn't able to put in a charged battery because no one I know has this phone.
Not happy about this. And I'm pretty sure the tech support will just end up blaming the root...

Well, try to hold down the power button for at least 30 seconds while the battery is off. It works with notebooks. Other than that, no idea.

i guess mobo is dead, with roor you loose your warranty as well, so if mobo is realy dead you need to buy new phone, or try look on Ebay, but first sent it to htc just for diagnostic, we need to know what realy happend to your phone and after that look for advice

AssassinSvK said:
i guess mobo is dead, with roor you loose your warranty as well, so if mobo is realy dead you need to buy new phone, or try look on Ebay, but first sent it to htc just for diagnostic, we need to know what realy happend to your phone and after that look for advice
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eehh..no.... if the motherboard is dead - so is the root, they won't know, so you still have your warranty.
My phone also randomly died on me once, it was rooted and S-OFF'd, sent it to htc and they repaired it for me. Don't worry about it just send it off. If it's dead it's dead.

in that case you are right, if mobo is realy dead so the root is dead too, yeah
sent it to htc and you will see

Heh encouraging replies.
Anyway, I don't have an official subsidiary of HTC in my country so I'll just bring it to the shop I bought it from. Not sure if they do diagnostics and repairs themselves or just forward it to HTC.
Since I've never gave a phone for repairs, what are your suggestions regarding the SD card? I assume it's fine if I just remove it and bring in just the phone itself. Most of my apps are installed on the card, but I guess I can kiss them goodbye at this point, right?

.gkl said:
Heh encouraging replies.
Anyway, I don't have an official subsidiary of HTC in my country so I'll just bring it to the shop I bought it from. Not sure if they do diagnostics and repairs themselves or just forward it to HTC.
Since I've never gave a phone for repairs, what are your suggestions regarding the SD card? I assume it's fine if I just remove it and bring in just the phone itself. Most of my apps are installed on the card, but I guess I can kiss them goodbye at this point, right?
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no, all HTC as that you give them is your phone and your battery. No SIM card, no SD, no charger/ cables. Just the phone itself.

they dont need your sdcard, you should give them just phone, battery and thats all, everything else leave home, i just sent my phone with battery to repair, simple

Bumping this thread in case somebody finds it and wants to know the outcome. I gave the phone for repairs and the conclusion was a broken motherboard which they simply replaced.
I have to admit, I was ready to buy a new phone and now that I have my old one back, it's a kinda weird feeling. I definitely do want to upgrade to Galaxy S II but it's still bloody expensive. I guess I'll just wait till the end of my warranty (April next year) for even better phones to hit the market and upgrade then...

[Q] Htc desire dead

Hi to all!
I've got a big big problem here..I've already read another post,where a guy sayed that his desire is dead..but I want to ask for some help anyway..so..my desire was working good..no problems..aokp rom,rooted,s-off,latest radio exc exc..everything was working fine until tonight,when I,as usually as anybody does,push the power button to wake up the phone,'cause I needed to send a message..and I discovered that the desire was off..battery was 95% the last time that I checked..and I know that soft reboot and anything else could occur..so,I tried to switch it on with the power button..but no response..linked with the charger,no orange charging led..Tried to remove the battery,and put it in again..no response..what can I do?please help,'cause I haven't got money to buy another phone now!

Can you get into hboot?
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No,I can't..it still be dead

try a different battery if u can, if that dont work then its probably dead. Same happened to mine, my phone was charging and i dropped it then it never turned back on (it didnt brake from dropping it, overheated while charging)

i'll try the original one..'cause i bought a while ago a mugen power battery bigger than the stock one....but the mess is that i haven't done anything to the phone..it simply "suicided" himself!that's weird!

jmcclue said:
try a different battery if u can, if that dont work then its probably dead. Same happened to mine, my phone was charging and i dropped it then it never turned back on (it didnt brake from dropping it, overheated while charging)
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I used a different battery..but nothing to do..still dead...:crying:..anything else to do?

Your motherboard might be roasted.

I actually just came to make a thread, about the exact same problem I cant turn my desire on charging doesn't respond tried a new battery at a store. Prior to this happening I was at a beach and my phone took a dip for 10 seconds, phone never stopped working the led light was red from there on worked for at least a month or so after before this.
I was thinking it was connected to that but maybe not, I was wondering if maybe the phone some how bricked. It's a silly question but I shall ask any ways is there any possibility of restoring stock ruu via the computer? I'm no expert on that guess the phone wouldn't be detected tho.
The only thing I can make the phone do is occasionally when holding the power down the phones gets stuck vibrating till I pull the battery.

Demonic Wraith said:
I actually just came to make a thread, about the exact same problem I cant turn my desire on charging doesn't respond tried a new battery at a store. Prior to this happening I was at a beach and my phone took a dip for 10 seconds, phone never stopped working the led light was red from there on worked for at least a month or so after before this.
I was thinking it was connected to that but maybe not, I was wondering if maybe the phone some how bricked. It's a silly question but I shall ask any ways is there any possibility of restoring stock ruu via the computer? I'm no expert on that guess the phone wouldn't be detected tho.
The only thing I can make the phone do is occasionally when holding the power down the phones gets stuck vibrating till I pull the battery.
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You can't flash a RUU without the phone booting in hboot.

Oh well thanks, I wonder how common it is for phones to just die. My general thinking was so long as I didn't drop it or the beach lol it would last ages which it did, previously had a iphone 3g which apples updates killed the wifi then the battery died, now I'm torn between the LG Optimus 4X HD or a Ipod Touch 5th gen, actually this seems really good value for money BWC Thunderbolt Dual SIM which is available on mobicity.c0m.a-u It's kinda like dunno Chinese generic brand running Jellybean 4.1.2 only reason I probably wouldn't buy it probably wouldn't ever be rooted or updated by manufacturer otherwise I would get it

Demonic Wraith said:
Oh well thanks, I wonder how common it is for phones to just die. My general thinking was so long as I didn't drop it or the beach lol it would last ages which it did, previously had a iphone 3g which apples updates killed the wifi then the battery died, now I'm torn between the LG Optimus 4X HD or a Ipod Touch 5th gen, actually this seems really good value for money BWC Thunderbolt Dual SIM which is available on mobicity.c0m.a-u It's kinda like dunno Chinese generic brand running Jellybean 4.1.2 only reason I probably wouldn't buy it probably wouldn't ever be rooted or updated by manufacturer otherwise I would get it
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You wanna buy an iPod????????? Seriously?????????????

Well I'm not all to caught up in the one or the other boat all seem to get aboard on, I already brought a new phone average. I was looking to buy a ipod bare amount I was willing to spend just for getting on the net when out music games reading then figured 4.7 inch to 5 inch screens would be better for reading, and there's only one or two other options in that price range. Dunno if I will or wont now but I was recently looking at ubuntu for phones which may be out end of year or next year, seems interesting going to have to wait to see how that unfolds

Demonic Wraith said:
Well I'm not all to caught up in the one or the other boat all seem to get aboard on, I already brought a new phone average. I was looking to buy a ipod bare amount I was willing to spend just for getting on the net when out music games reading then figured 4.7 inch to 5 inch screens would be better for reading, and there's only one or two other options in that price range. Dunno if I will or wont now but I was recently looking at ubuntu for phones which may be out end of year or next year, seems interesting going to have to wait to see how that unfolds
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Sorry guys,but i have a news...i tried to connect the dead desire to the computer using the usb cable now...and you know what?the orange "in-charge" led turns on!so,what mean?the problem is that,when i push the power on button,the orange led turns off..any suggestion?

Cesk87 said:
Sorry guys,but i have a news...i tried to connect the dead desire to the computer using the usb cable now...and you know what?the orange "in-charge" led turns on!so,what mean?the problem is that,when i push the power on button,the orange led turns off..any suggestion?
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Still doesn't mean that your motherboard is not roasted.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Still doesn't mean that your motherboard is not roasted.
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Oh..ok...i still dreamed till the end that maybe the desire can resurrect from hell..

Does the led turn on when you plug in charger?
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Cesk87 said:
Sorry guys,but i have a news...i tried to connect the dead desire to the computer using the usb cable now...and you know what?the orange "in-charge" led turns on!so,what mean?the problem is that,when i push the power on button,the orange led turns off..any suggestion?
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TheRinseM said:
Does the led turn on when you plug in charger?
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using xda app-developers app
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Cesk87 said:
Oh..ok...i still dreamed till the end that maybe the desire can resurrect from hell..
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u know when u have it plugged into ur computer and the LED is on, then u press the power button, does it vibrate? if ur phone is off and its charging, the LED will be on and if u boot into bootloader (with the phone still plugged in) the LED turns off. so maybe ur screen is damaged and u cant see that its on. u get me?? lol. check if ur computer recognizes ur phone once uv pressed the power button

Nothing happens..the computer does not recognise the phone......ok so..someone have a nexus 4 to sell?

Cesk87 said:
Nothing happens..the computer does not recognise the phone......ok so..someone have a nexus 4 to sell?
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Your phone is D.E.D. MBO is fried.

Help pls
I have a HTC Desire A8181 ,
I have rooted it with revolutionary and superuser , and i have instaled the 4ext app on the phone , then i went into recovery mode and said to wipe all partitions (not the sd card) because 4 ext could not acces the system partition , but my sd with the backup was already formated becouse i tryed to partition the sd card in the hope of making more space , and now i can´t pass hboot or 4ext recovery , i can´t acces my HTC , please help

[Q] phone dead htc one x

i am currnetly using an htc one x, which i havent rooted or flashed yet, 2 days ago the phone just got hung, without me doin anything, i just turned on the phone and it was just........stuck.......then it switched off by itself and switched on again, it went to the htc logo, then switched off again, the same cycle repeated 4-5 times. The battery had abt 76% charge left. Then all of a sudden, it just refused to turn on. I couldnt charge it, the device manager couldnt detect it, and i tried nearly every possible combination of the volume-power buttons, still nothing. I saw somewhere that if u just charge for 1-2 days it'll turn on again, but still no luck.......no response from the comp wen i plug it in.......still running the stock os.........pls help, i have almost lost faith in technology

shabazisbatman said:
i am currnetly using an htc one x, which i havent rooted or flashed yet, 2 days ago the phone just got hung, without me doin anything, i just turned on the phone and it was just........stuck.......then it switched off by itself and switched on again, it went to the htc logo, then switched off again, the same cycle repeated 4-5 times. The battery had abt 76% charge left. Then all of a sudden, it just refused to turn on. I couldnt charge it, the device manager couldnt detect it, and i tried nearly every possible combination of the volume-power buttons, still nothing. I saw somewhere that if u just charge for 1-2 days it'll turn on again, but still no luck.......no response from the comp wen i plug it in.......still running the stock os.........pls help, i have almost lost faith in technology
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How log have you had it?
If you can get into the bootloader try a factory reset from there.

Tigerlight said:
How log have you had it?
If you can get into the bootloader try a factory reset from there.
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i've had it for nearly 4 months and i tried to get into the bootloader, no luck

shabazisbatman said:
i've had it for nearly 4 months and i tried to get into the bootloader, no luck
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Dude, it seems that your battery is flat. I'd suggest charging the phone via a power outlet and not the PC usb. Once you connect the phone to the power outlet you should get a red charging led..
After it's fully recharged, try rebooting..if still the same problem, get into the bootloader and do a factory reset...if still the issue persists, go back to the retailer where you bought this from and get a replacement...

amirage said:
Dude, it seems that your battery is flat. I'd suggest charging the phone via a power outlet and not the PC usb. Once you connect the phone to the power outlet you should get a red charging led..
After it's fully recharged, try rebooting..if still the same problem, get into the bootloader and do a factory reset...if still the issue persists, go back to the retailer where you bought this from and get a replacement...
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its been charging for 2 and a half days, via the power outlet........no red l.e.d light, nothing at all......and i bought this from a different country, so my final option is to take it to a service center, but i dont hav the purchase bill (even though i hav an international warranty), so the guy over there is going to try and skin me.........just thought i wud try something myself before going there.......any other ideas?? oh and the battery level showed 78% wen the phone went dead

shabazisbatman said:
its been charging for 2 and a half days, via the power outlet........no red l.e.d light, nothing at all......and i bought this from a different country, so my final option is to take it to a service center, but i dont hav the purchase bill (even though i hav an international warranty), so the guy over there is going to try and skin me.........just thought i wud try something myself before going there.......any other ideas?? oh and the battery level showed 78% wen the phone went dead
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If you're not getting to bootloader and it won't start even after being plugged in so long...you don't have any choice but to seek repair.

Tigerlight said:
If you're not getting to bootloader and it won't start even after being plugged in so long...you don't have any choice but to seek repair.
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Yup, it seems you have faulty mainboard...get it repaired..I wouldn't suggest spending a lot of money on repairing a outdated phone. If the service center is asking for a few hundred $ then scrap it..it's not worth it as you won't get any warranties for the repairs done.....besides, HTC will be stopping support for the phone after the next update to 4.2.2 even though the rest of world is on the latest Android versions...so at best you'll have another 2 more months by when your phone will be really outdated both in terms of hardware and software....
u are better off buying Chinese rip-off phones that have equivalent configs as the One X....sorry to say this..

amirage said:
Yup, it seems you have faulty mainboard...get it repaired..I wouldn't suggest spending a lot of money on repairing a outdated phone. If the service center is asking for a few hundred $ then scrap it..it's not worth it as you won't get any warranties for the repairs done.....besides, HTC will be stopping support for the phone after the next update to 4.2.2 even though the rest of world is on the latest Android versions...so at best you'll have another 2 more months by when your phone will be really outdated both in terms of hardware and software....
u are better off buying Chinese rip-off phones that have equivalent configs as the One X....sorry to say this..
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yeah, just gave it in for servicing, they'll let me know the problem tomorrow, thanks for ur help guys

amirage said:
Yup, it seems you have faulty mainboard...get it repaired..I wouldn't suggest spending a lot of money on repairing a outdated phone. If the service center is asking for a few hundred $ then scrap it..it's not worth it as you won't get any warranties for the repairs done.....besides, HTC will be stopping support for the phone after the next update to 4.2.2 even though the rest of world is on the latest Android versions...so at best you'll have another 2 more months by when your phone will be really outdated both in terms of hardware and software....
u are better off buying Chinese rip-off phones that have equivalent configs as the One X....sorry to say this..
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There is so much wrong in this statement...
shabazisbatman said:
yeah, just gave it in for servicing, they'll let me know the problem tomorrow, thanks for ur help guys
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Hope it works out.

Tigerlight said:
There is so much wrong in this statement...
Hope it works out.
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I'd be really happy if you could prove me wrong on any of the statements I've made in my post.
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