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Insurance/Exhange Questions for Verizon. SOD has worn me down

I've been having the Sleep of Death for 2 months now it seems. It was a please press button to turn on backlight before on occasion, now its been the full blown SOD for the past month or more. I've tried so much and I'm through dealing with it. It's constant to the point its unusable now. I've given up.
Questions I have are:
1. Does anyone really check to see if I have official Verizon software when I go to the store? Can't I just load Mr. X's non SOD Verizon rom and fool them? It looks official to me. A month before I bought my phone noone even knew what a TP2 was at the AT&T store yet I knew about it for half a year before release.
2. Is there anyway I can get another phone? I can't deal with another Touch Pro 2(or windows mobile phone). The 9 months or so I've had it were fun though. It's just so sloooooow at times and dated now. Can I hope to get a refurb Droid Incredible? I have the 1.99 extended warranty if that helps one bit.
3.I bought it online does that make any difference?
4. I'd like to try tomorrow :\

BTW a friend I know from work had 3 separate issues with 3 Touch Pro 2s and on his third trip to the store he was able to snatch a Droid. So I know it can happen but I'm foggy on the details how

if you a having a problem with your phone and you believe it needs to be replaced under warranty, i recommend you tell them you lost the phone and need a replacement.
well that seems a bit dishonest doesn't it? the reason i say this is to prevent you from being screwed over. from my understanding, the tp2 has different moisture detectors on the device that are not accurate, by some accounts on this forum.
i would hate for my claim to be denied and have to pay for another phone when i know that i didn't get it wet...

Do you mean the little sticker inside above the battery? That says void on it :\ It's said that since day 3 or so and I've never gotten it wet. I knew that was fishy and I read about that on the forum. Wow...thanks for the great help.
That really threw everything off though. I get charged for the replacement dont I? Can I get that replacement at the store or do I have to wait to get one shipped?...so broke right now, and all I want is a working phone ...equal or better than mine lol

Yes verizon will probably check to see if you have official software. Also your rom is causing the SOD issue. I use the stock rom and never have any SOD issues. Your chance of a upgrade to incredible is like 2% since it isn't a comparable phone. Also Verizon require 3 replacements inside of 90 days before they offer you a new phone. Also insurance fraud is not very nice. Return the phone if you get a new one.

I think insurance fraud is a bad idea all around. Plus I don't like reading about it since technically I have to stop the conversation if I think that this is where the conversation is going.
I suggest you get the stock firmware back on your phone, re-lock if if at all possible, go to the store and explain the issue you've been having. As long as the water detection stickers haven't changed, they'll usually replace it without asking too many questions.
I don't think the SOD issue you're having is device-related though. I'm almost 100% positive that it's entirely firmware related and I strongly suggest you go back to the stock ROM/RADIO/SPL and see if the issue is resolved before attempting warranty replacement.
Final note - Try to avoid using the term "Insurance Fraud" from here on out. It's bad practice, violates the forum rules, can get the site in BIG trouble and can get you banned/your thread closed.
-DH

Dead Screen =(

I went on a vacation trip to Vegas, Nevada for the weekend (I'm from New Mexico)
while traveling through Arizona, I was texting and suddenly my screen went black. I've done almost everything I can think of to revive it and no luck, the bottom keys are all responsive and I still receive calls and texts so it's clearly a hardware issue. Sprint has been pretty much less then helpful, I visited a Sprint repair center in Nevada and they couldn't fix it, I didn't think they'd be able to anyways so I didn't bother telling them it had a custom rom on it, but I figured they'd at least replace it. Then they told me I'd have to wait until I got back to my hometown to get it replaced. I have officially been without a phone for a week now. Today, I took it to my local Sprint store (the only Sprint store in 100 miles) where they were out of stock and ordered me another and said it could take up to two weeks. WTF! are you kidding me! Why the hell couldn't they replace the Damn thing in Nevada in the first place! I'm f****n pissed right now with Sprint and that's not good considering I've only been with them for a month. I'm glad they're going to replace it, they don't know it's modded yet but the screens dead so they won't find out until it's out of my hands anyways. I guess the point of this post is, has anyone else had a similar issue with a dead screen? Have any of you experienced this much trouble with Sprint? Just so you know the phone was never dropped, had never seen a drip of water, was in a case since day 1, was running blazer 4.0 el29 rom with e26 modem on it.

Shined a light? Maybe back light failed?, I mean c4 led light, sprint here replaces for me on the spot, "cant dial 911", or they gove a loaner.
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I feel your Sprint-related pain. If you want to check if it is just the display, try androidscreencast: http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/
You may want to flash the stock, un-rooted ROM before you actually exchange the phone as well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383678

tubasteve said:
Shined a light? Maybe back light failed?, I mean c4 led light, sprint here replaces for me on the spot, "cant dial 911", or they gove a loaner.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk
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Must be nice, none of the Sprint centers I've been to so far have offered me a loaner, or to replace it on the spot, they basically shot me and ran away. It's definitely a dead amoled though, guess I'm just unlucky

Mattheyu said:
I feel your Sprint-related pain. If you want to check if it is just the display, try androidscreencast: http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/
You may want to flash the stock, un-rooted ROM before you actually exchange the phone as well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383678
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thanks, couldn't find the stock rom though all this new stuff. Nice, Didn't know they're was a screen test, it's definitely a gonner though, guess I'll just wait for two weeks, in the meantime Imma go play in traffic.

Not sure why you don't just send it to Samsung, who said their turnaround time is six days, instead of waiting for Sprint.
1-800-726-7864 and they e-mail you a UPS label. Two days there, two days to work on it, two days back.

Mattheyu said:
Not sure why you don't just send it to Samsung, who said their turnaround time is six days, instead of waiting for Sprint.
1-800-726-7864 and they e-mail you a UPS label. Two days there, two days to work on it, two days back.
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I tried one time but I was waiting on the phone for a long time, maybe I'll try again and see if they'll work with me.

Hmmm. I called 1-888-987-4357, which is the number in the warranty book, and I had no wait time. Try that one instead.

I couldn't imagine getting swapped out on the spot! I find it hard to believe any sprint retail would keep refurb stock to swap out when someone was needing an exchange...him, perhaps it corporate? They have powers indirect could only dream of! Or, at least can see more than the last payment made in pre cash LOL
If they get the order in before 5, it should be there next day. If their on back order, it can take 7 to 10 business days, but usually takes 3 to 5.
Maybe its a regional thing

tubasteve said:
Shined a light? Maybe back light failed?, I mean c4 led light, sprint here replaces for me on the spot, "cant dial 911", or they gove a loaner.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk
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There is no backlight on an amoled display.

kurtiskobain said:
I couldn't imagine getting swapped out on the spot! I find it hard to believe any sprint retail would keep refurb stock to swap out when someone was needing an exchange...him, perhaps it corporate? They have powers indirect could only dream of! Or, at least can see more than the last payment made in pre cash LOL
If they get the order in before 5, it should be there next day. If their on back order, it can take 7 to 10 business days, but usually takes 3 to 5.
Maybe its a regional thing
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True but I've heard several people who bricked they're phone and took it to a sprint service center and said they swapped it for a new one because they couldn't fix it, they said they were completely out of new epic 4g touch's here so I'd have to wait which is fine but up to two weeks? that's bs, I called *2 for a rep and they said it should only be 3 to 5 but it varies by store.

My now pitiful experience with the M8

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.

Gatortribe said:
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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[Q] Backlight dead?

Hi,
I just get a e-980.
With no special reason, the screen stop working, I realized under the sunlight, that my LCD still working, but I have no more backlight.
I can barely see white color shapes.
Is it a ''normal'' issue with those phones?
- I've opened it, clean contacts from ribbon cables. - didn't work
- I've done a complete stock reflash with LgFlashTool - didn't work
If you guys have no clue, I'm scared that I'm dealing with a brick, and get back my old reliable desireZ
thank you

Guess first thing to do in such a situation is to check if there is some obvious glitch- maybe brightness turned down to zero, phone not waking up die to some mod etc.. If does not work, then next is factory reset.. Next is a tot flash and then visit to the service center

vivebatu said:
Guess first thing to do in such a situation is to check if there is some obvious glitch- maybe brightness turned down to zero, phone not waking up die to some mod etc.. If does not work, then next is factory reset.. Next is a tot flash and then visit to the service center
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yep. All done.
Like I said, I can receive calls/txt. I ear the unlock sound, etc. I can see LCD ON under bright sunlight.
Right now, I'm just thinking to throw it in the garbage, a 250$us phone that worked 2 days !!! Wow, people told me to never touch LG, I start to believe them.
Maybe some body here can sell me a functional LCD with broken digitizer??, mine is brand new.
I just dont want to dump more money in it, since the HTC is working strong, even for a 4 yo device
I'll try with LG warranty service, but it was a final sale

Exactly same issue with me too
I bought my LG OPTIMUS G PRO a few days back refurbished, it worked flawlessly for around a week. A few days ago its screen went blank even though it was possible to use screen blank like answering calls etc, i thought humidity has affected it and buried it in rice for one day and it worked again but after 2 days it again went blank and this time burying it didn't help. I am without luck now and looking for some workaround. Please someone help us if anyone knows how to fix it?
Awaiting eagerly for some suggestions.:crying:

Mmm seem to be a LG problem...
Event on optimus G forums people seems to have this trouble.
You just remind me something, went the screen go off, it was 90% rel humidity here, good point.
I tried to put it under high heat and the freezer. no luck.
All I want to know it's if it's the main board problem or screen.
Last time with LG pos, my brother had the LG 3D, wow, pos as well, nexus aren't the best phone as well.
HTC ftw, but the latest models are so no-user friendly on the hardware, seems like they try to copy apple.
My moto milestone 500mhz (2009) still working better than this, lol.

If you don't have a warranty, I'd open it up then clean and reseat the screen dongle connector.

This happened to my optimus g. Suddenly the screen went dark. I opened it up reseated everything and it didn't help. Thinking of buying a mee lcd when I find one cheap enough
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bigdaddytrayn said:
This happened to my optimus g. Suddenly the screen went dark. I opened it up reseated everything and it didn't help. Thinking of buying a mee lcd when I find one cheap enough
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yeah, but how you'll be sure that problem wont came back in a year?
The last time I heard about backlight stop working/burn, it was on compaq laptop with pentiumII processor.
1 1/2 year old phone, that's not normal.
any way, I put the phone in a bag of rice for the night, powered up, and the back light came on for 3 seconds.
-- 5 days and still have NO supports from LG.

This is just a thought. I had something similar happen in one of two ways, either the screen turning all red or dark. It was an issue with a night reading program, Twilight. After I managed to turn that off the problem went away.
If you have programs like Lux or Twilight running or anything that can control the screen try and turn them off.

Update.
I didn't touch the phone for days, leaving the battery out. Then I put it back just to be ready to retry a clean flash.
Screen all black.
I had something to do, I leave it on my desk for few hours, and when I came back to play with it, the screen light up. It's been a day , no issue, but some times the screen flicker.
It will probably let me down soon.
Strange issue : the home button led light doesn't work anymore.
Is it because I flashed the telcel stock rom on the e980 at&t?

DOES SOMEONE know HOW to get service FROM THIS company????
- 3 email
- 2 calls
- 2 chats
They just don't care, the moment I said that I bought this phone to the US and use it on a Canada carrier (Rogers / At&T , dont need to unlock the phone! ) , they flush me .
WTF???????????
Seriously people, don't deal with them.
So far, what I learn is that more this device is getting old ( wtf? a year or so isn't old) they have observed this issue.
Be careful pals, don't over use it

IF you buy a LG product, do not expect customer support. My e980 had a failed battery at 10months, LG basically told me to go screw my self. (Wanted me to pay to ship the phone, which would cost more then a new battery, and why do they need the phone when the battery is faulty, i gave up, bought myself a new battery, and have been good since. ) other then that, i like their hardware, ive had a G2X and now the G pro.

oVeRdOsE. said:
Right now, I'm just thinking to throw it in the garbage, a 250$us phone that worked 2 days !!! Wow, people told me to never touch LG, I start to believe them.
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I see a lot of people try to blame manufacturer for the issues of their phone. LG, HTC, Samsung, Apple.
Remember, they all offer one year warranty. So if your phone is still under warranty, go RMA. I already got two HTC and one Samsung exchanged.
If your phone is not under warranty, did you buy it used ? Then you should blame the previous owner or yourself. Why did this happen to your phone ONLY while ten's of thousands of users here are fine?Did you do something that may cause the issue?
This is not personal. I just try to say something fair when I see people said "Never touch LG/Samsung/HTC.."
It won't help your phone come back. And it did mislead other users

ivoh95 said:
IF you buy a LG product, do not expect customer support. My e980 had a failed battery at 10months, LG basically told me to go screw my self. (Wanted me to pay to ship the phone, which would cost more then a new battery, and why do they need the phone when the battery is faulty, i gave up, bought myself a new battery, and have been good since. ) other then that, i like their hardware, ive had a G2X and now the G pro.
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It doesn't sound like they told you to "go screw yourself" exactly. It actually makes quite a bit of sense that a manufacturer would want all of a faulty device to arrive rather than that their customer just send them the parts they assessed as faulty. If they had to send you a new device, they would probably want the old one intact.

oVeRdOsE. said:
DOES SOMEONE know HOW to get service FROM THIS company????
- 3 email
- 2 calls
- 2 chats
They just don't care, the moment I said that I bought this phone to the US and use it on a Canada carrier (Rogers / At&T , dont need to unlock the phone! ) , they flush me .
WTF???????????
Seriously people, don't deal with them.
So far, what I learn is that more this device is getting old ( wtf? a year or so isn't old) they have observed this issue.
Be careful pals, don't over use it
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I called LG to exchange my Nexus 4 earlier this year. I call only once and they give me a shipping address( HTC also give address when I called ), asking to ship within 10 days or so .
They did NOT ask the carrier of my Nexus 4.( T-Mobile if you want to know ). They just check Imei and verified that the phone was under warranty.
I did not send the phone back to LG in the end. Someone bought it from me. The Nexus 4 has light yellow tint on display but hardly noticeable. The buyer don't care..
My point is, OP, I guess you did not told us that your phone might not be under warranty
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ivoh95 said:
IF you buy a LG product, do not expect customer support. My e980 had a failed battery at 10months, LG basically told me to go screw my self. (Wanted me to pay to ship the phone, which would cost more then a new battery, and why do they need the phone when the battery is faulty, i gave up, bought myself a new battery, and have been good since. ) other then that, i like their hardware, ive had a G2X and now the G pro.
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Asking you to shipping back to factory is Exactly what is called customer service.
All manufacturers do so!
They need to run full software and hardware check on your device, making sure that all parts are working when they return the phone to you.
You might care a few bucks shipping cost . But truth is that maybe battery was not just the faulty part. Something else MIGHT go wrong as well. They need to find out once you call in for RMA.
It is YOU don't know what customer service is, Not them.

Help with my M8

Hey guys!
On friday afternoon, i believe i killed my 3 month old baby. I got furious at something, and threw the phone onto my desk (I'm 190cm 6'3, desk is about 70cm above ground, you do the maths) and when i picked the phone up...
It looked fine.
I tried unlocking it, nothing would come up other than a black screen lighting up, but the sounds touch etc it works fine. Even the digitizer seems fine, odd enough.
So practically the inner LCD is dead, and unfortunately since i bought the device from US and went back to my homecountry, that screen replacement thing doesnt work out for me. Also unfortunately HTC is a complete asshat and for a reason no one knows, decided to not make any authorized services in the country, and i dont want to trust some dude downtown which can "fix my phone for 450tl" (thats a big deal of money where the minimum wage is 900tl per month) that doesnt even have a store but a stand.
Since then im using my old S3, which shared the same faith; furious throws ended up with inner lcd being cracked. Got it replaced from dealer, but ever since its 3G module does not work and oddly enough the guys there were like "your phone was rooted its out of warranty if anything relating mobo happens" before even accepting payment; 3 days later hte phone started acting up and 3G failed.
Anyway to the actual question, how hard are these screens to change? Also, any good sellers on fleabay? I talked with a few phone guys I know and they agreed to change it if i provide the screen, but honestly i dont know what to do, to sell this phone and get an iPhone (or a S5 because waterproof) or to somehow get this repaired? I'm fairly pissed off that i cant get a damn phone repaired which is also sold and imported into the country...
Also kinda unrelated but might anyone know why the 3G doesnt work? I've since then unrooted the phone and reverted back to stock rom but its still not working...

Maybe this will get you an idea: http://goo.gl/nBvaLz
Never done it myself tho with an m8. My DHD and OneX have been fully disassembled without problems tho to replace almost everything. [emoji41]

Look for disassembly videos online and order a new screen\digitizer assembly form ebay (dont attempt to separate the glass from the screen).
It takes patience and some steady hands, but it is possible to change the assembly.
http://goo.gl/GJU6VV

barkinos98 said:
Hey guys!
On friday afternoon, i believe i killed my 3 month old baby. I got furious at something, and threw the phone onto my desk (I'm 190cm 6'3, desk is about 70cm above ground, you do the maths) and when i picked the phone up...
It looked fine.
I tried unlocking it, nothing would come up other than a black screen lighting up, but the sounds touch etc it works fine. Even the digitizer seems fine, odd enough.
So practically the inner LCD is dead, and unfortunately since i bought the device from US and went back to my homecountry, that screen replacement thing doesnt work out for me. Also unfortunately HTC is a complete asshat and for a reason no one knows, decided to not make any authorized services in the country, and i dont want to trust some dude downtown which can "fix my phone for 450tl" (thats a big deal of money where the minimum wage is 900tl per month) that doesnt even have a store but a stand.
Since then im using my old S3, which shared the same faith; furious throws ended up with inner lcd being cracked. Got it replaced from dealer, but ever since its 3G module does not work and oddly enough the guys there were like "your phone was rooted its out of warranty if anything relating mobo happens" before even accepting payment; 3 days later hte phone started acting up and 3G failed.
Anyway to the actual question, how hard are these screens to change? Also, any good sellers on fleabay? I talked with a few phone guys I know and they agreed to change it if i provide the screen, but honestly i dont know what to do, to sell this phone and get an iPhone (or a S5 because waterproof) or to somehow get this repaired? I'm fairly pissed off that i cant get a damn phone repaired which is also sold and imported into the country...
Also kinda unrelated but might anyone know why the 3G doesnt work? I've since then unrooted the phone and reverted back to stock rom but its still not working...
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MarckX said:
Maybe this will get you an idea: http://goo.gl/nBvaLz
Never done it myself tho with an m8. My DHD and OneX have been fully disassembled without problems tho to replace almost everything. [emoji41]
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opticus44 said:
Look for disassembly videos online and order a new screen\digitizer assembly form ebay (dont attempt to separate the glass from the screen).
It takes patience and some steady hands, but it is possible to change the assembly.
http://goo.gl/GJU6VV
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The M8 has a repairability score of 2/10. I bent my back cover, and many cell repair shops refused to replace it.
You don't want to take this on by yourself. Check out the tear down at ifixit.com.

Just did the work on a M7, it should not be all that different. Though, I have not tried it myself on my M8.
http://youtu.be/KFiVKMkvwCc

xunholyx said:
The M8 has a repairability score of 2/10. I bent my back cover, and many cell repair shops refused to replace it.
You don't want to take this on by yourself. Check out the tear down at ifixit.com.
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Lol, you can leave it be and just buy a new one as well, yeah. The easy way....
imo 2/10 means it's repairable (my glass is half full). I would look for a cheap dead-mobo or a hard-bricked phone (with a working screen , that is)

^This guy
As long as you cant use it, why not try?

barkinos98 said:
Hey guys!
On friday afternoon, i believe i killed my 3 month old baby. I got furious at something, and threw the phone onto my desk (I'm 190cm 6'3, desk is about 70cm above ground, you do the maths) and when i picked the phone up...
It looked fine.
I tried unlocking it, nothing would come up other than a black screen lighting up, but the sounds touch etc it works fine. Even the digitizer seems fine, odd enough.
So practically the inner LCD is dead, and unfortunately since i bought the device from US and went back to my homecountry, that screen replacement thing doesnt work out for me. Also unfortunately HTC is a complete asshat and for a reason no one knows, decided to not make any authorized services in the country, and i dont want to trust some dude downtown which can "fix my phone for 450tl" (thats a big deal of money where the minimum wage is 900tl per month) that doesnt even have a store but a stand.
Since then im using my old S3, which shared the same faith; furious throws ended up with inner lcd being cracked. Got it replaced from dealer, but ever since its 3G module does not work and oddly enough the guys there were like "your phone was rooted its out of warranty if anything relating mobo happens" before even accepting payment; 3 days later hte phone started acting up and 3G failed.
Anyway to the actual question, how hard are these screens to change? Also, any good sellers on fleabay? I talked with a few phone guys I know and they agreed to change it if i provide the screen, but honestly i dont know what to do, to sell this phone and get an iPhone (or a S5 because waterproof) or to somehow get this repaired? I'm fairly pissed off that i cant get a damn phone repaired which is also sold and imported into the country...
Also kinda unrelated but might anyone know why the 3G doesnt work? I've since then unrooted the phone and reverted back to stock rom but its still not working...
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And the next time a girl breaks up with you - don't take it out at you phone, just hit a pillow.

I'm going to make the hotspot stay open 24/7, because S3 doesnt have mobile network, and since I'm paying why not actually use it?
Also, odd enough one service quoted me 330TL while another said 450TL (both in far away cities) when one in my city asked 400TL...