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I have a Desire and today saw a local Ad where a guy sells a Htc Desire Z stuck at boot after upgrading. Thats the only info provided.
Now, the price is around 160 euros or 222 us dollars.
I have lots of experience with root/s-off from the Desire and anything with that shouldn't be a problem.
My questions are:
Is there a way to brick this phone?
Can it be somehow unbricked?
If the guy tried to update the phone to the latest one, can i root it then or downgrade it perhaps and root then?
Thank you very much whoever answers this.
Well hopefully some brighter folks than I can ellucidate whether it is possible to get out of a bootloop.
What I can offer however is my opinion on the purchase overall. $222USD is a good chunk of change. If there's a chance that it is not recoverable, I don't think it would be worth the gamble. Now if it were the nearly unbrickable Vibrant or something, I'd say go for it.
I bought my G2 in near mint condition for $275.
It all depends, Is it S-off? Does he have a custom recovery installed? Can you boot into Hboot and then into recovery(Clockworkmod Recovery)? If so then you probably can install a rom on the sdcard and flash them from recovery.
If its in a boot loop with S-on I would not touch it.
Boot loop with S-ON means it still has Nand protection which means you can't do shiz with it. I do have a little story though.
Bought a G1 off craigslist and shortly after the screen started acting wonky so I said what the hell and called Tmo. Explained the problem and hoped theyd have some pointers since the G1 was new and resources like this didn't exist at the time. They ended up being able to look up the phone and determined it still had warranty time left on the device so they exchanged it for me. Sometimes warranty carries over with phones. I'd call Tmo before I bought though and have them go ahead and send me a refurb then go buy the bootlooped one and send it back.
Supposedly he tried to install a different ROM which implies that he's rooted.
That should be fixable then, right?
Or is s-off really necessary for the Z?
UPDATE:
he just lowered the price to around 100 euros.
hiko36 said:
Boot loop with S-ON means it still has Nand protection which means you can't do shiz with it. I do have a little story though.
Bought a G1 off craigslist and shortly after the screen started acting wonky so I said what the hell and called Tmo. Explained the problem and hoped theyd have some pointers since the G1 was new and resources like this didn't exist at the time. They ended up being able to look up the phone and determined it still had warranty time left on the device so they exchanged it for me. Sometimes warranty carries over with phones. I'd call Tmo before I bought though and have them go ahead and send me a refurb then go buy the bootlooped one and send it back.
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I actually just did something similar. I bought a used G2 that was in perfect physical working order but with physical blemishes etc. and was about 3months old. About a week later dust started to accumulate under the screen. Even though the phone was used and I was on a EM+ plan with no contract and I didnt purchase the phone from a T-mo store, they still replaced it for free. More of a statement about how great T-mo support is than anything, but I think its interesting that they will support the device even though its used.
Now anything more than this is quite borderline not very ethical depending on who you ask, but I wouldn't really feel like buying a bootlooped phone just to try and send it back to T-mo and claim you don't know what happened. If that was very possible then the guy that currently has the phone would probably have done that already...
Yeah, i bought it.
The problem is/are it won't boot or turn on at all.
I'll send it to the repair shop to see if anything can be done.
And guess what.
Do you remember when the HTC vision/g2/desire z got leaked?
This picture here
It turns out, it's the same phone
THE SAME PHONE, Look at the serial numberl
DanijelDesire said:
Yeah, i bought it.
The problem is/are it won't boot or turn on at all.
I'll send it to the repair shop to see if anything can be done.
And guess what.
Do you remember when the HTC vision/g2/desire z got leaked?
This picture here
It turns out, it's the same phone
THE SAME PHONE, Look at the serial numberl
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PLEASE tell me you kept that. That would be like getting that first iphone that homeboy lost in the bar.
Hello,
I have a HTC Desire HD that has just died on me, it just stopped detecting the SIM car. Everything else works just fine.
Gave it to HTC service here in India and they gave me a quote of 13000 INR ($260) to replace it. Since its out of warranty (15 days over) I'll have to bear the expense.
Now I got this phone for 25000 INR($500) it makes no sense to go for this replacement. Now my dilema here is what more can I do with this phone besides using it as a glorifed paper weight
I doubt root it would solve this issue. But would love to hear from you.
Kind regards
I'd just went out of the similar problem. One day my DHD turn off and... That's all ! It just turn of and never came back. I'd to send it to HTC support, they return it to me saying something like "we changed the motherboard".
Now I think "Whatdafuck is this phone whitch can die one day without any aparent reason !!". At it's next death I'll get a Motorola.
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I'd just went out of the similar problem. One day my DHD turn off and... That's all ! It just turn of and never came back. I'd to send it to HTC support, they return it to me saying something like "we changed the motherboard".
Now I think "Whatdafuck is this phone whitch can die one day without any aparent reason !!". At it's next death I'll get a Motorola.
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Atleast you were lucky that you device was under warranty. I am well and truly screwed.
cheers
Personally, I'd get it repaired, since you could easily get another years' use out of it (more, but other devices will start to make it look old).
That would then work out at $20/month, compared to say $40 ($500/12 months) for a new phone, even via an operator's subsidy.
I'd also let HTC do it so that they can respond directly, should anything go wrong.
Sorry I saw you replied.
If you pay the HTC support can repair your phone.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA
I would try to buy very cheap non working phone with broken digitizer or similar - many people (at least in europe) sell their phones when they are broken and get new ones. And I would change the mainboard myself. its not that difficult. Ive done it with my old htc topaz...
Suffering at the hands of HTC
Last week, my 1.5 years old Desire 816 was working absolutely flawlessly. 5 seconds later, I pick it up and it is dead! :crying:
The HTC Service Center guys are asking for Rs. 9,700 for changing the Motherboard and I am like WT*. I can buy a new phone at that price. A bit of research and find out that Motherboard issues are very common in HTC. This surely was my last HTC phone.
Now I have 2 questions:
1. Is there any way I can get this phone repaired in the open market?
2. I was using CDMA as my primary number. I am not finding any other reputed manufacturer who has CDMA smartphones. I am not willing to ditch CDMA as of now. Any suggestions for a good smartphone that is not HTC?
I thought that I would share my story about my HTC One X needing repair. Hopefully this might shed some positive light about the company (HTC) and good stuff like that.
I recently read articles indicating that HTC now recognizes issues with the WiFi dropping out with the international HTC One X (mine happens to be from Malaysia [x.xx.707.x]). I contacted HTC via email first and they recommended trying different WiFi Hotspots and doing a factory reset.
I first tried a factory reset (on 1.19.707.1 - shipped firmware) which did not fix the issue. I also updated to 1.29.707.11, but still have the problem. I then tried WiFi Hotspots at McDonalds, Starbucks, Work and a number of other houses (friends and family) and the dropout still occurred, even within 5 feet of the routers.
I just got off the phone with HTC Repairs (US?) and they said the next step is to send the phone in, which I will. They will diagnose and repair the phone that is still under warranty (Locked and Stock), but may need to send the phone to a Global Warranty shop due to being a non-US phone (for parts??, at a cost of $20).
All together, I hope to have this problem fixed and in the shortest timeframe, but the timeframe they gave me was about 2 weeks :crying:.
Hope this helps !!
I have the exact same revision as you (.707) and, although I do not think my phone suffers from the loose wifi issue, I'm curious to what you have to do. How far away do you have to ship your phone?
I bought mine in Thailand on vacation at full price...and I'm wondering if it ever has an issue what I can do about it.
Just email them. They will tell you several places for warranty.
HTC is awesome from manufacturing, design, and support.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
2 Weeks without a new toy would drive me insane!
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2 Weeks without a new toy would drive me insane!
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yes, especially i dont have a backup other then a feature phone with slider qwerty (a samsung something) for the time being. Although, I am thinking about buying my wife a HTC One V and using her HTC Explorer, we have other things to spend our money on right now :crying:
Update!!! 9/6/12
After a long procrastination because I didn't want to be without my beloved phone for to long, I finally sent my phone in. And let me tell you, this has been the WORST experience I have ever had.
The story begins on August 10th when I Fedex scanned my parcel as being shipped. At this time, I was using my Dads old iPhone 3g because it was the only smartphone in the entirety of my family that wasn't being used. Sure its old and it's defiantly not Android... but it has tethering over Bluetooth and I have my Nexus 7, so it wasn't all bad. My One X arrived in Texas, USA at the HTC repair center on August 17th. HTC's computers say that it was actually received on August 16th, but thats just splitting hairs. From there I waited a few days and as of August 22nd, the HTC "Track My Orders" page said that my phone was 'In Repairs'. GREAT SO FAR!!! But it doesn't say that way.
It was about August 29th when I first called HTC about the repair because the tracker still claimed my phone was in repairs. According to the HTC rep I spoke to, Malaysia is a country we don't do business easily with but that it normally takes about a week to get the parts. After that it would be a few more days. Ok I said.
After being without my phone for almost a month, September 4th (this past Tuesday), I called HTC again to inquire what was going on. The HTC rep said that they were waiting for materials and that it might be a few more days to get them. I pushed to try to get another answer, one that might give a bit more hope as to when I might get my phone back, but the best I got was a long drawn out explanation about the process that they go threw in getting materials. After insisting to have a timeframe, I was put on hold for about 10 minutes... and this is where the real trouble starts.
My repair was "escalated to a Tier Two" group that would try to find out more info about timeframes and would be calling me back later that morning. I never received a phone call. I went to bed, because I work nights, and when I woke up I decided to find out more information about the WiFi problems with the Tegra3 versions of the phone. Guess what I found.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688538. Not only how to test the problem, but how to fix it yourself!!! Armed with this info, I called HTC again that same day to request my repair order be canceled and my phone be sent back to me. But That can't happen.
Once your repair gets escalated to Tier Two, it is held until they get around to it. It's a first come first serve deal. After 30 minutes on the phone with HTC... Again, because the Tier Two was closed by this point... A note was left on my repair to send the device back. As I was happy with that, and that I would be getting a call "soon" to talk about the order, I left ended the conversation nicely.
I have yet to hear from the Tier Two, and there is no word on my phone.
I have attached photos of my Fedex Tracking and HTC Repair Tracker so I am more credible and not just a customer out for revenge.
This has been my experience, and yours may differ. But my advice is fix it yourself... if you can.
sorry to hear it's been such a bad experience for you.
unfortunately this isn't that uncommon. at least from my experience anyway, which was similar.
I can promise you (from my experience) that you won't ever get a call back from the tier two, to be honest it's like they don't exist! I'm technically still awaiting 3 or more callbacks from them...
I had to send it to them 3 times to get it repaired. First 2 times they sent it back after reflashing the software (even though the problems were blatantly hardware and a child could have realised that - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10438181/speaker.JPG the pic is just one of the problems i had)
FINALLY i have it sorted, 4 months done the line (bought the phone on launch and been trying to get it sorted ever since)
If i were you, I know it's hard and sure is a pain in the ass, but keep persisting with them every day, even several times a day, until you get what you need, being either a repair, or just returned to you. (even though they'll probably send it unrepaired anyways lol)
I would go for them repairing it. They should replace the mainboard, and add in the poly carbonate parts to strengthen the casing to stop it happening again. Problem with the 'fix it yourself' methods, is that the problem will likely come back after time, and there has been some speculation on whether these fixes may cause further damage to the antenna.
Also - IF you repair yourself, and even if they repair it, don't try testing it with the squeeze test. This squeezing, is what causes the problem in the first place (ironic huh?)
As final thoughts, though I will post a 'Final Outcome", my HTC ONE X has been lost. No one in Tier 1, Tier 2 or RNA can tell me where my phone is. Be best they can do is tell me that "its ready to be packaged" - but not if its in the bay to be packaged, in line to be packaged, packaged but waiting for Fedex... and according to the guy I just got off the phone with, it could be any one of them, or none of them. As proof as they dont have any info on my device, I have attached an updated Order Tracking screenshot... This might amuse some people because it looks like HTC has wiped my device from their system... There is no record of it according to this screen
This guy also said that if I don't get a Fedex tracking number in 24 hours, it will be another 24 to find out why - as the shipping process takes 3 days and 72 hours have expired since Thursday (and they dont work weekends) - and it takes them 24 hours to physically find things in their warehouse.
I also found out the HTC Repair Center in Tx, USA doesn't have a phone. All communications are done via email and there is a dedicated lackey to sit and watch for new emails.
It has been over a month since I sent my phone to HTC, and 51 days since I initiated the repair ticket. Why did I wait so long to send in my phone? I was affraid that this would happen... A month would go by and I wouldn't have my phone back, which is exactly what has happend.
At this point, if I get my device back I will have a HTC One X to sell because I'm going out and getting a GS3 (Yay LTE, SD slot and potentially Jellybean by months end.... Oh, and Kies for Mac OSX which is a syncing program, another thing HTC couldn't do).
My advice, fix the thing yourself or sell it if you have problems... because HTC CANT FIX THE PROBLEM inside one months time!
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As final thoughts, though I will post a 'Final Outcome", my HTC ONE X has been lost. No one in Tier 1, Tier 2 or RNA can tell me where my phone is. Be best they can do is tell me that "its ready to be packaged" - but not if its in the bay to be packaged, in line to be packaged, packaged but waiting for Fedex... and according to the guy I just got off the phone with, it could be any one of them, or none of them. As proof as they dont have any info on my device, I have attached an updated Order Tracking screenshot... This might amuse some people because it looks like HTC has wiped my device from their system... There is no record of it according to this screen
This guy also said that if I don't get a Fedex tracking number in 24 hours, it will be another 24 to find out why - as the shipping process takes 3 days and 72 hours have expired since Thursday (and they dont work weekends) - and it takes them 24 hours to physically find things in their warehouse.
I also found out the HTC Repair Center in Tx, USA doesn't have a phone. All communications are done via email and there is a dedicated lackey to sit and watch for new emails.
It has been over a month since I sent my phone to HTC, and 51 days since I initiated the repair ticket. Why did I wait so long to send in my phone? I was affraid that this would happen... A month would go by and I wouldn't have my phone back, which is exactly what has happend.
At this point, if I get my device back I will have a HTC One X to sell because I'm going out and getting a GS3 (Yay LTE, SD slot and potentially Jellybean by months end.... Oh, and Kies for Mac OSX which is a syncing program, another thing HTC couldn't do).
My advice, fix the thing yourself or sell it if you have problems... because HTC CANT FIX THE PROBLEM inside one months time!
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useless ****ing idiots. its this sort of service that gives them an even worser name.
toonhead85 said:
My advice, fix the thing yourself or sell it if you have problems... because HTC CANT FIX THE PROBLEM inside one months time!
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If mine comes back not fixed properly (or rejected due to unlocked bootloader), I will do the fixing myself.
My HTC One X developed a charging fault around the start of August I contacted HTC who collected it and returned it to me 15 days later with a different fault.I again contacted HTC who arranged a second repair and I received the phone back 6 days later all seemed good.After 2 days a yellow spot appeared on my screen and this time HTC have agreed to replace the handset with a new mobile this has been collected today. I have been advised this should be with me in 3-5 days.Continually contact HTC for updates is the only way to get the repairs speeded up.
How dare you all complain about HTC !!! HTC is the BEST!!! Much better than Samsung and Apple or anything else ok ! They are the best !!
Just being sarcastic. (Hope I dont get a ban for not being critical of Apple instead). Good luck for all of you who have a faulty handset. Stories like this made me steer clear from the HOX and not recommend it for anyone.
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How dare you all complain about HTC !!! HTC is the BEST!!! Much better than Samsung and Apple or anything else ok ! They are the best !!
Just being sarcastic. (Hope I dont get a ban for not being critical of Apple instead). Good luck for all of you who have a faulty handset. Stories like this made me steer clear from the HOX and not recommend it for anyone.
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Nice trolling...u know what...nobody cares ..hox rulz everywhere...and all trolls are welcome here, in our forum,so u can learn about modding, kernel, stuff that u don't have in ur forum...that's why ur are trolling here.
It s funny to see girlz crying in our forum...we just keep pushing hox forum...and no matter what...it s the best phone in earth.
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Nice trolling...u know what...nobody cares ..hox rulz everywhere...and all trolls are welcome here, in our forum,so u can learn about modding, kernel, stuff that u don't have in ur forum...that's why ur are trolling here.
It s funny to see girlz crying in our forum...we just keep pushing hox forum...and no matter what...it s the best phone in earth.
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Well I followed the HOX when it was just announced at MWC and this phone is the one I've been dying to get since then and could have got it instead of the SXS. But months following this forum and see how the issues emerged and evolved just lost my confidence in this product and HTC. Why am I still here? Cuz I still care and Im still a fan of HTC and still want them to do better. But that doesnt mean I need to be a sheep and insult everyone for complaining about the legit issues.
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Well I followed the HOX when it was just announced at MWC and this phone is the one I've been dying to get since then and could have got it instead of the SXS. But months following this forum and see how the issues emerged and evolved just lost my confidence in this product and HTC. Why am I still here? Cuz I still care and Im still a fan of HTC and still want them to do better. But that doesnt mean I need to be a sheep and insult everyone for complaining about the legit issues.
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That s nice, i m not a fan. And u dont need to say that u r not a sheep when everybody here know that u r a cheap plastic sheep. U can keep trolling everywhere in our forum... But we now u r a c h e a p p l a s t i c s h e e p.
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I just sent my Evo LTE in for issues with dropped calls, and they kept my phone for a month! Once they slowly figured out what the problem was, they had to order a part which took a week. And now that a month has passed they ship it FedEx Ground which takes another week! So a total of 5 weeks without the brand new phone. Not a good showing at all.
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I just sent my Evo LTE in for issues with dropped calls, and they kept my phone for a month! Once they slowly figured out what the problem was, they had to order a part which took a week. And now that a month has passed they ship it FedEx Ground which takes another week! So a total of 5 weeks without the brand new phone. Not a good showing at all.
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I faced the same with a Motorola atrix, 35 days without the phone, then they gave a new one. But is carrier fault.
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The funny thing is that, my HTC One X has been bought one week after the release date and till now, there wasn't any problems with it, no flickering, no WiFi issues, nothing at all. It's either I'm lucky to have a flawless One X or that others have glitches.
I have posted previously on here about my faulty One X but last night my wifes phone another One X has begun to play up.The numeric keyboard(dialer)all the top numbers 1 2 3 none of them are responding,phone is stock unrooted tried factory reset but no joy,so another One X going back for repair.
How many phone manufactures in the world can guarantee that if they manufacturer a million phones all of them would be fault free or not develop any faults within the first 6 months?
Some comments posted here a baseless and lack any meaning or essence.
Hello,
So I have the wifi issue where the signal is pathetic, and is unfortunately barely usable nowadays. Having contacted HTC (and quoting their own admission that it is a hardware fault), I have been told that due to the phone being rooted it is out of warranty, and to have it fixed I will have to pay to get it "back in warranty" (so they want a bit more money).
Just wanted to know if anyone else has had this response, and if they went ahead with it what sort of fee they were charged?
Thanks.
DomCowell said:
Hello,
So I have the wifi issue where the signal is pathetic, and is unfortunately barely usable nowadays. Having contacted HTC (and quoting their own admission that it is a hardware fault), I have been told that due to the phone being rooted it is out of warranty, and to have it fixed I will have to pay to get it "back in warranty" (so they want a bit more money).
Just wanted to know if anyone else has had this response, and if they went ahead with it what sort of fee they were charged?
Thanks.
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I think it's time to move on mate...
Not that that is a reason to separate with the phone, but if that issue makes the phone unusable for you, i don't think it's worth repairing, since you can still sell it, as it is not a major fault and get something like the HTC ONE IF you liked the HOX.
You can even get S-OFF on it...
I have a HOX too and am thinking of switching to the ONE.
That is the standard response for bootloader unlocked devices so you are not alone...
If you don't have the money to upgrade and like your HOX then go ahead and get it fixed.
If it's really a hardware problem there is nothing you can do yourself.
You could try to install a custom rom and see whether it's really a hardware of a software problem...
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I think it's time to move on mate...
Not that that is a reason to separate with the phone, but if that issue makes the phone unusable for you, i don't think it's worth repairing, since you can still sell it, as it is not a major fault and get something like the HTC ONE IF you liked the HOX.
You can even get S-OFF on it...
I have a HOX too and am thinking of switching to the ONE.
That is the standard response for bootloader unlocked devices so you are not alone...
If you don't have the money to upgrade and like your HOX then go ahead and get it fixed.
If it's really a hardware problem there is nothing you can do yourself.
You could try to install a custom rom and see whether it's really a hardware of a software problem...
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Thanks for the response
I really wish I could move on! The contract is 24 month (ie. next April), however even if it wasn't I am going travelling in December, meaning it unfortunately wouldn't make financial sense to purchase a new device (which I would definitely do otherwise!) Certainly I have the money to upgrade, but by the time I am home there will probably be another flagship (with talk of the HTC M8+ or something :L).
Definitely not a software issue, I definitely enjoy custom ROMs! My One X ROMs of choice have been CyanogenMOD and Viper X. Just a shame companies refuse to repair Android phones due to them being rooted - particularly when they have previously admitted it is their problem!
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Thanks for the response
I really wish I could move on! The contract is 24 month (ie. next April), however even if it wasn't I am going travelling in December, meaning it unfortunately wouldn't make financial sense to purchase a new device (which I would definitely do otherwise!) Certainly I have the money to upgrade, but by the time I am home there will probably be another flagship (with talk of the HTC M8+ or something :L).
Definitely not a software issue, I definitely enjoy custom ROMs! My One X ROMs of choice have been CyanogenMOD and Viper X. Just a shame companies refuse to repair Android phones due to them being rooted - particularly when they have previously admitted it is their problem!
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The odds are good you have the regularly reported antenna issue that means the pins on the motherboard are not making proper contact with the antenna.
There is PLENTY you can do to sort this yourself, but it does involve opening your phone.
There is an absolute TON of video guides on doing this on YouTube. Check it out and decide if you want to go that route.
Look for one that DOES NOT involve soldering any wires. You just use a couple of small bits of tin foil and your signal should be fixed right up.
I love this phone. It's sexy, fast, and did I say sexy? But I'm on my second one now. The first had five stuck pixels and the top was pealing off. This one has none of that, but the touch screen is bugged. If I touch the backspace key on the Google Keyboard, I'll hit P somehow then it will select something random on the screen. If I'm scrolling through the homescreen, an app will open out of nowhere. If I press the back button, it will register it as a slide all the way up the screen and open Google now. I don't know if this is software, but so far it looks like I'm going to have to get another M8. If that one has problems, I'm going to the S5, no matter how ugly and bloatware ridden it is. I can't believe I've gotten two lemons in a row.
On that note, does T-Mobile offer replacements 14 days after getting the replacement, or is it only 14 days after getting the original device? I unlocked the bootloader so I don't want to send it in to HTC.
Get that info from your carrier. Go within these 14 days to a tmobile shop or just call them.
We are not tmobile here
Mr Hofs said:
Get that info from your carrier. Go within these 14 days to a tmobile shop or just call them.
We are not tmobile here
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I realize that, I was just seeing if somebody may have had a similar experience, and hoping this was a bug I'm experiencing now, like how my old GNex couldn't detect corners of the screen.
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I realize that, I was just seeing if somebody may have had a similar experience, and hoping this was a bug I'm experiencing now, like how my old GNex couldn't detect corners of the screen.
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I had the phantom in the keyboard after installing insert coin 2.10 but after updating to 2.3.2 its all good, now the only thing that pisses me off is the whelp message on firewater s off lol :good::good:
Sometimes it makes me happy to live in "technology backwards Australia" (relatively). A year and a bit ago, my 1 year old son thought my HTC ONE X would look better in a bucket of water, maybe he was trying to make a boat.. It had been around 6 months since I had it, I don't get "insurance", IMHO, a scam for most cases over here. Drying it out with silca + rice, I got it going again except it wouldn't read the SIM card. I took it in one of the local carrier shops (Vodafone), we're discussing the possible costs, and she sees my "very colourful" ViperROM, naturally no Vodafone look or apps (LOL).
The girl says it will be "a cost involved" if I want HTC to examine + repair and/or replace phone yada yada. Memory says she said it was $50 to get HTC to look at the phone to let me know if it was repairable etc.. So, I say thanks, go home, look for Vodafone RUU. Go back to stock, go to the other shop, I talk about the phone not working, playing dumb. The attendant guy says "Ok, let see what I can do for you". He goes to a cupboard, finds a refurbished HTC ONE X, and swaps it over on the spot.. Yay for people who don't "dig deeper", as all the phone stuff was less than a day old, that kinda looks suss, unless factory reset would make the files have similar timestamps etc..
But meh, I got a new phone replacement basically, well I didn't have the POGO pins working so my cheap ebay powered case wasn't worth getting extra time, but that was ok, ROM improvements plus my own 10plus hours a day helping out some ROM + kernel devs suss out the battery, we were getting a "pretty good" daily use per charge as opposed to the start, plus I owned 2 or 3 Nexus 7s by then... heh.
And it was somewhat mind blowing walking past the phone shops with the wife+ kids seeing the M8 on release day, no "fanfare" or trying to show off the M8 as a great flagship, it was on display next to an iPhone 4 and a Note (2 or 3).. And then the S5 on it's release did get the little bit of extra 'showing off', but overall, to most ignorant people (non insult), they were just other phones there, well besides how most people know someone or have had a galaxy themselves so therefore may be drawn to that.
And I spent a bit of time at the carrier shops recently as my wife (plus myself) were able to get a new phone, which my wife did, I mainly was inquiring about cheaper or better plans of similar cost since I was happy with my G2. I get a date personally that I have to wait to get a new plan as Vodafone want to intice people to get new phones so they can finish their plans earlier than 'just' getting out of contract to another sim plan.
True to Murphey's law, my G2 got hosed that night, HAHA. Had one 'big death' like that, did the stuff needed to reload the phone with a tot file etc, but the EFS partiton was truly hosed. Baseband, simcard, wifi was truly dead on stock JB, Kitkat and various custom roms I installed that night. Next day, M8 baby!
I got a perfect unit.
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