Hi,
Today I've just noticed that somehow i have cracked the screen on my XDA Exec I have no idea how this has happened, the phone has been in its Leather pouch, in clamshell mode with the screen inwards, in my pocket all day :?:
Just wondering what the warrenty would be like for a thing like this?? Im very pissed off as nothing of major force has touched it, i havent knocked on anything :?: And surely the whole idea of the clamshell & leather pouch is to protect it from things like this?? There are no marks on anything, im very puzzled as to how its happened
Anybody got any info about the warrenty please let me know
Thanks
Matty
many many people have this problem. I myself had it 2 months ago. I was always very careful with my device, but some day I took it out of my pocket and the screen was broken.
I had to pay to T-mobile NL in order to receive a new one, 130 euro, and was forced to extend my contract with another year.
Good luck!
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Hi
Search as there are various posts about o2 and their replacement under warranty. Here's one thread I contributed to for starters
Broken screen
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I too had it happen to mine. The screen is too flexible and all it takes is sitting down wrong with it in your front pocket. Mine was even in a Piel frama leather reinforced case. Nice case but doesnt really do much to protect the unit.
I had mine repaired by pocketpctechs for $259.
I have since gotten the aluminum case and had no prblems since. I have even dropped my MDA on concrete and the road about 3 times with no effects tahnks to the aluminum case.
MattyPW said:
Hi,
Today I've just noticed that somehow i have cracked the screen on my XDA Exec I have no idea how this has happened, the phone has been in its Leather pouch, in clamshell mode with the screen inwards, in my pocket all day :?:
Just wondering what the warrenty would be like for a thing like this?? Im very pissed off as nothing of major force has touched it, i havent knocked on anything :?: And surely the whole idea of the clamshell & leather pouch is to protect it from things like this?? There are no marks on anything, im very puzzled as to how its happened
Anybody got any info about the warrenty please let me know
Thanks
Matty
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Do you get the option to purchase insurance for the phone in the UK through your carrier? I pay an additional $6 to t-mobile but it covers accidental damage etc...
Hi,
many people have this problem. Seems more and more like a production problem
good luck
a
I bought the phone off eBay, as my contract is on Orange and i was bored of my last handset! As such i cant get the insurance to get me a new phone!
Im currently trying to get in touch with the person i got the phone from on eBay to send me down a receipt in the chance of getting an O2 shop to send it away for me!
Same problem here! Feck!!!
I claimed under my house insurance and i got it Yippy. Now which is the best place to get it repaired?? noticed a few topics saying different places. But is any better than the other etc..
Thanks
B
Same problem here! Feck!!!
I claimed under my house insurance and i got it Yippy. Now which is the best place to get it repaired?? noticed a few topics saying different places. But is any better than the other etc..
Thanks
B
I dont know what to do with mine! I've gone back to my old phone now (Orange C600), i'm thinking just get the XDA fixed when i have the cash, as it is a cracking PDA. Besides, im going to loose LOADS of money on it if i sell it as it is
Will give the games developers some time to make some decent games for WM5 i suppose :lol:
mine cracked just few days ago.
rang O2 today and they are sending a replacement which will arrive tomorrow. £5 a month for insurance... cant be bad
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Hi All,
I have had the XDA2 since launch and have noticed a rough patch appearing where I scribble using the stylus.
It is now a visably scratched area....
SHould this be expected? Have others got it? Did others get it on the XDA1 and get anything from O2 about it?
Cheers - Rich
I went to the BT store in my town and asked to buy a screen protector, the girl and the guy said they had never heard of such a thing, not one phone shop sold them either, I got one off ebay eventually, a reusable type. I think O2 do not supply a very vital addition to the phone because it brings business for them in the shape of new digitizers etc. They will not fix this kind of damage under warranty as it is caused by the user. However if your xda2 should suddenly become faulty under warranty you would get a nice new one.
Well, it happened, took my unit out of my pocket and was dismayed to see the screen smashed. I always keep my xda2i in my jeans front left pocket, have done so for like the last 18 or so months since having Xda units. Today I've been busy in the garden clearing stuff etc and so I thnk something hit my pocket and caused the smash.
What to do next?
1. Just go out and buy another unit?
2. Send away for repair?
3. wait for the xda 4?!
Anyone know where in the UK I need to send this unit off to for replacement and it's cost? Is it something I could attempt myself? (not too bad of a 'electronic' hand here!)
I got the unit a few days old from a private seller who said his wife didn't like it after getting it as an upgrade from O2. I don't have phone insurance, and I don't think the warrantly covers breakage of the screen like this.
Whattyer reckon I should do?
Cheers! Dennis! West London UK!
I have dropped my XDA exec (very lightly) and the damn screen has broke. I am surprised at how delicate the damn thing is, when i had my XDA2s i threw that about and nothing!!
The part that is damaged is the LCD section
Anybody got any numbers for repair centres? I have rang o2 but they want £185.00 on 01603269927
Try HTC, but I remeber it being cheaper to buy a C500 (sim free) than get it repaired!
http://www.htceurope.com/
I tried to get my Exec repaired by HTC Europe. Sent it to them as well. They sent it back saying they could not as it was different from the Orange and T-Mo versions.
See this http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=38822
How about SBE? They do Jasjar repairs, not sure about other models though.
SBE 0871 2000 995
Thanks so far. it costs £379 for a new XDA exec from o2, im going to give ema call and see what the other comapnies say.
i have noticed that there is a BIG void in PDA repairs, maybe a new business venture
My screen cracked also when dropped from only 18 inches onto a soft linolium floor. I couldn't believe it. I have never seen a screen that was so fragile.
I bought a junk JASJAR from Ebay and swapped screens myself. I am a pretty good technican. It works fine now.
I have a broken JASJAR for sale for $200 US. It has a broken screen and a bad motherboard. Everything looks physically good though.
I cracked my wizard two weeks ago or something like that, i have had alot of pda phones but haven't cracked a display yet on them and they have been with me on alot of wierd partys.... So said that you can't use warranty on that, we should do something about this
If i crack my Qtek 9000 im gonna start crying
This is scary. I'm thinking maybe I should superglue mine to my hand. I've grown pretty attached to it anyway. :wink:
HTC Europe 0871 223 0217- all you get is a damn answering machine - crap
SBE 0871 2000 995 - they said that they do not touch o2 PDAs for some odd reason!!
any suggestions or will i have to fork out £185.00 HELP!!!
I have know some other people who have had the PDA screens damaged on exec, i dropped my old XDA2s on the road at least 3 times, no screen damage, and i drop the damn EXEC on my CAR HANDBRAKE - lightly, and the screen damages
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luck of the draw
i think it is just luck whether you get a good one or not. when I bought mine the screen broke after one day. it cracked round the corners when i turned the screen. i knew how dodgy the hinges and lcds were as well so i was being extra gentle with it as well. since having it replaced the new one has taken a bit of a beating and is still ok. touch wood. i think my hinge will go though, or at least something other than the screen just to rub it in.
where did u get yours fixed from? and how much?
Ahh sack it, paid £265.00 for a new xda mini S
Well only had it for 5 day and my misfortune played in, I was sitting in a chair when it slipped out less than 2 feet, thing on my mind was scratches on the body I picked up just looking at body and to my surprise there were no scratches on the body at all, here I was thinking a miracle and turned it around only to find the horror, it must have landed on the screen. Man you would think for $800 bucks the screen would be little stronger, and who would take it out of the pockets every time they sit, riding a subway or bus , it’s like every time you sit ooo let me get my phone out and hold it, this really suck I really like the phone and now to fix it is hell. I called US HTC repair and they said they don’t have the unit in their system so they will call me. Gave me a time frame of 6 to 8 weeks. Well Karma I guess.
Did they give you a price for the replacement screen Magus?
Beards
**** Dude, that really sucks!!
I am so sorry man. Hope they fix it for you ASAP.
No price, as they don’t have the item on their list, I even called UK repair center 16 min hold and rep said no price list either
Well guys a Miracle, just found some OEM Touch Screen Digitizer for HD online they are selling for $85, should I get it, and if yes how hard would it be to do it myself, I have good deal of experience with assembling computers, but worst case I could get the part and walk to a local phone repair shop and ask a pro to change the screen. So should I give this a go? Please advise thanks
Man it’s like I just jumped in time capsule and went back a few day to the time when I got the phone, I’m all so excited now
I am so sorry.
Sorry for your phone.
Because of these things happening, i bought a Belt-clip thingy and put my HD there. Yes i hate keeping my phone in belt, but havng payed as you say $800 for it i might aswell live with a small annoyance.
Agreed that at at this price, screen shoould be more stronger.
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Well guys a Miracle, just found some OEM Touch Screen Digitizer for HD online they are selling for $85, should I get it, and if yes how hard would it be to do it myself, I have good deal of experience with assembling computers, but worst case I could get the part and walk to a local phone repair shop and ask a pro to change the screen. So should I give this a go? Please advise thanks
Man it’s like I just jumped in time capsule and went back a few day to the time when I got the phone, I’m all so excited now
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But you would loose any guarantee, wouldn't you?
This makes me feel pretty lucky. Dropped mine 5 feet onto concrete and got away with a slightly dented metal corner.
Magus_doc said:
just found some OEM Touch Screen Digitizer for HD online they are selling for $85
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Sorry for you man. I had same problem with my Trinity once, nightmare!
Have you got that new screen for $85? Looks like a very good deal. Could you give contacts of seller please?
Yes the warranty will be gone, but I guess none of my PPC or phones ever gave up on me with in the 2 year period so I’ll have to take a chance.
Well the seller is on EBay from Hong Kong. No I have not purchased this item. I was going through some service info so it seems that the manufacture intended the whole bezel/lcd/digitizer all to be changed as a unit, and the guy on eBay is selling just the Digitizer, I’m not sure how this replacement will work out, I guess the touch diamond screen replacement was meant to be the same Bezel/ lcd/digi all together but seems like a lot of people are doing the digitizer only replacement. I could try this out as it seem that the digi is attached to the LCD with glue, so technically I should be able to pull it out and put the new digi in place, or could wait for HTC repair people to work with it but it will be lot more expensive like $360 dollars(got this price from nother member who contacted the HTC repair).
If you guys have any suggestion please let me know. I’m in a dilemma
Drop mine about 4 feet, my little nephew knocks it right out of my hand sending it flying towards a tiled floor, not a single scratch. Then the next day as I pulled up my pants it fell out of my pockets again hitting a tiled floor without a scratch, I try to be more carefull and haven't dropped it since.
Have you tried to get it fixed under warranty, here in the netherland there is this idiot proof warranty which you pay extra to insure your phone from damage done by yourself, like dropping it in the toilet or on a concrete floor, looking at your screen and my track record it might not be such a bad deal on second thought
Has anybody had experience removing a screen scratch from their hd2?
i've only had mine for 5 days and its got a massive scratch on the screen, don't even know how it happened, i always keep my phones in a glasses baggy, my iphone is still mint after 18 months but today i was watching some youtube clips on my break and the screen was perfect, then put it on charge at work and when i came back to it it was really badly scratched, not sure if someone decided to have a look at it and dropped it while i wasn't there but needless to say i'm gutted, i was thinking of sending it back to o2 coz it has a few problems, random letters on typing and stuck messages, not sure if they'll accept it back even as faulty with this big scratch, any advice as to what o2 do with faulty phones? do they check them, bin them or fix them? it was bought over the phone btw, will they just write it off and send a new one because of the problems?
please help
I think you will struggle to get it replaced under warranty with a fat scratch, even if it didn't work at all, let alone a few issues that are (apparently) solved by updates.
Do you have any cctv at work? I'd be spitting mad and hunting for the culprit!
there is cctv but not in my department, and lots of people come in and out,
worst case scenario if o2 won't accept it back as faulty they'll just send it back as it is,
and if i'm lucky i'll get a replacement?
just been giving the screen a rub with some t cut and it seems to be helping with most of the scratch, there is just a 5 mm part that is deeper than the rest, do you think that would affect an exchange?
Maybe, you`ve got nothing to lose.....
Gotta be worth a try. Chances are they're only going to flash a new rom and ship it back anyway. Course, if you have insurance it COULD go missing....
insurance is what my work mate said, any recomendations for someone cheap but with full cover?
Just for the record, the random letters on typing and stuck messages thing probably won't be enough to get you a new device. These flaws are all over the place. HTC will tell you the 1.66 rom will solve those problems. And the 'not quite aligned screen' is also a thing that pops up here on a regular basis.
Hope you succeed.
Hello guys, sorry for hijacking this thread, but I have a very similar problem except without the scratched screen. The details are over here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=627374
Basically, I sent it to HTC and it came back much worse than it was when I sent it to them. What can I do now? Send it back to HTC again or would O2 be better? Is there a way I can get a new phone?
Thx.
If you return it to O2, they'll courier out a new one and pick the "faulty" one up at the same time, so you would get a new phone straight away - they did this with my first HD2 which didn't recognise SIM cards.
What they do with the "faulty" one once it's couriered back is anyone's guess. You could be lucky and it just goes in a big faulty pile to be sent back to HTC. I would deny that it was scratched if they phone you up about it, but that's quite naughty.
Awesome, thanks elyl .
My phone isn't scratched in the first place. Hope it works out for the original poster too.
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If you return it to O2, they'll courier out a new one and pick the "faulty" one up at the same time, so you would get a new phone straight away - they did this with my first HD2 which didn't recognise SIM cards.
What they do with the "faulty" one once it's couriered back is anyone's guess. You could be lucky and it just goes in a big faulty pile to be sent back to HTC. I would deny that it was scratched if they phone you up about it, but that's quite naughty.
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what department at o2 did you use to get a courier exchange , what did you ask for and what problem did your phone have so that they exchanged it, cheers
sometimes the couriers themselves check out the goods if you are returning faulty handsets that have supposedly have no physical damage. ive had this happen to me a few times with my business units.
i would send it back to O2 anyway... if you have only had the handset for five days, explain that the screen is not "perfect". Its all about how you word it on the return form. Put down your other issues also.
This way when the courier turns up with your new handset and checks the goods and the return form (IF he has one) he will have no choice but to oblige.
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Has anybody had experience removing a screen scratch from their hd2?
i've only had mine for 5 days and its got a massive scratch on the screen, don't even know how it happened, i always keep my phones in a glasses baggy, my iphone is still mint after 18 months but today i was watching some youtube clips on my break and the screen was perfect, then put it on charge at work and when i came back to it it was really badly scratched, not sure if someone decided to have a look at it and dropped it while i wasn't there but needless to say i'm gutted, i was thinking of sending it back to o2 coz it has a few problems, random letters on typing and stuck messages, not sure if they'll accept it back even as faulty with this big scratch, any advice as to what o2 do with faulty phones? do they check them, bin them or fix them? it was bought over the phone btw, will they just write it off and send a new one because of the problems?
please help
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Before I divulge this story I don't endorse this sort of thing.
My mate got the HD2 on an upgrade through O2, he sat on it within 24hrs and got a smudge on the screen, called them up and claimed there was a fault with the screen; which they then sent a brand new replacement. This promptly arrived and then by shear idiocy he managed to put it the through the washing machine the next day!
The device turns on but the back light has shorted, so you can see the GUI but only under strong light and it is basically unreadable. He will get insurance via O2 then claim next month saying he lost it. However the insurance does cost 10 pound a month; but still cheaper than 500...
azahoth said:
Before I divulge this story I don't endorse this sort of thing.
My mate got the HD2 on an upgrade through O2, he sat on it within 24hrs and got a smudge on the screen, called them up and claimed there was a fault with the screen; which they then sent a brand new replacement. This promptly arrived and then by shear idiocy he managed to put it the through the washing machine the next day!
The device turns on but the back light has shorted, so you can see the GUI but only under strong light and it is basically unreadable. He will get insurance via O2 then claim next month saying he lost it. However the insurance does cost 10 pound a month; but still cheaper than 500...
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hmmmmm....
shady
but lol
Am I the only one who finds the people who break their phones and then try to weasel their way into a new, free handset annoying as hell?
My local HTC center used to offer courier exhanges for all HTC products, but not anymore. I called 'em up the other day to get my phone exchanged and they told me they no longer do it because people were abusing the service.
novaci said:
Am I the only one who finds the people who break their phones and then try to weasel their way into a new, free handset annoying as hell?
My local HTC center used to offer courier exhanges for all HTC products, but not anymore. I called 'em up the other day to get my phone exchanged and they told me they no longer do it because people were abusing the service.
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no... you are not the only one who finds unscrupulous antics extremely irritating.
however,... some of the stories i hear are so ridiculous that all you can do is laugh.
the irony of it is, that when i ordered the phone it went through ok and the money came off my card, then i got a text a few hours after the order, saying they were out of stock, i rang a few days later to see when they expected fresh stock and the girl i spoke to re ordered it for me, 2 days later 2 phones arrived at my house delivered as one shipment, i could have sold one phone but being honest i rang o2 and explained they'd made a mistake, i sent one phone back the next morning,
my phone also has the landscape/portrait problems in internet explorer and calender apps, where if i open in portrait and switch to landscape the screen flicks back and forth fast until i pull the battery, i planned to send it for an exchange anyway as my mate who has one at work has none of my phones problems, its just my luck it got scratched