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Getting through to O2 and then speaking with someone who actually can help is rather like trying to obtain an audience with the Pope - the latter would probably be much easier!
Question - do I have to have O2 mobile web activated on my SIM by one of those 'ever so helpful' people at O2?
I have tried just about everything to connect to GPRS without a glimmer of success and am now searching my medicine cabinet for the answer.
I knew I was wrong in getting rid of my trusty Sagem MC920!
Best Regards
Ian G
Ian,
Yup, O2 need to activate it on their side before you can GPRS. Give them a buzz, I'm sure they will be as helpful to you as they were to me. It only took me a few weeks to get setup. :twisted:
Regards
Keith Burke
Try e-mailing them. Often I phone thinking it will be quicker, but they are so difficult to get through to, e-mail is usually much easier and cheaper (50p per minute on theyr phone line ).
Surur
Ok, thanks for your help - It's very probably me being impatient!
Regards
Ian G
Are you with O2 online?
If not, I may be able to help. PM me your mobile no. and I’ll have it checked out for you.
No Andrew, I'm with BT
Thanks anyway!
I'm sure it's all down to my acute lack of patience - O2 say they will call me so I will wait - something I hate doing!
Regards
Ian G
PM Me your no. then. I work for O2 and can tell you in a couple of minutes whether or not your no. is GPRS enabled. I can probably enable it for you if it isn’t.
You’ve probably been speaking to some customer services person. Believe it or not, they are always incredibly busy.
Hey - I got GPRS!!
Many many thanks for your input Andy
Erm do you own O2???
Best Regards
Ian G
Heh heh! I wish!
Nope, I just work for them. I've been here long enough though to develop a weird sort of loyalty. If I see a customer in trouble, I race to the rescue!
My faith is restored
Good Man!
Certainly gave me faith in O2 - I can watch the match in peace now.
Thanks again Andy
Regards
Ian G
Andrew is a fantastic bloke, he help me get my problem sorted
I WANT UNLOCK MY O2 XDA EXEC BUT I DONT KNOW HOW? I WILL PAY IF SOME ONE CAN UNLOCK MY O2 XDA EXEC. IM LIVE IN USA I DONT HAVE ANY ACCES TO O2 COMPANY IN UK. PLEASE PLEASE I WILL PAY IF SOME ONE CAN UNLOCK MY O2 XDA EXEC OR PROVIDE ME A WEBSITE TO UNLOCK MY XDA.
IT IS UNLOCKED. STOP SHOUTING.
Gosh, I don't understand you buy such an advanced phone and don't even know how to test if a phone is locked or unlocked ???
I don't intend to be rude...
BUT - have u actually received an O2 Exec, THEN tested it with anoother SIM and it proved to be locked;
OR are you just trying to 'pre-empt' such a situation?
As far as I know from reading this site and others, to-date no body has actually received a locked xda-Exec.... so you might be the first!! (ergo my aparent scepticism).
in any case Good Luck
If only congenital stupidity was a capitol crime.
..... I'd probably not be here anyway.
If only snide rhetoric was equally punishable.
Cut the guy some slack. Yes, he should have searched, but just give him a break before going for his throat. Sheesh.
See here in Europe we ridicule, ostracize and mutilate our idiots. It encourages them to stick with Jesus and leave Pocket PC ownership to the digerati. Your lot it seems, elect them. Muahaha.
Don't feel obliged to resort to snide rhetoric.
Although it would be more fun than, say, stealing someone elses country.
Damn , I managed to get Jesus and Bush AND illegal foreign war into that one.
I'll be having a cerebral haemorrhage in the near future, no doubt.
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Your lot it seems, elect them. Muahaha.
Although it would be more fun than, say, stealing someone elses country.
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Oh my! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black: We aren't the only ones electing idiots to the highest office in the land.
Enough said.
lmao gubbs :lol: :lol:
unlock universal
imei-check.com have found a solution to our needs but it is not cheap
and it involvs sending the phone to them....
Alexis
Hi guys ive currently got a site, which is all about PSP's, i've kinda got bored with that subject now. I'd like to start a site specifically about the xda EXEC, but i need some help.
Also just wondered if anyone would like to give me a hand and they would be publicised in doing so. If interested email me at d.raspe at btinternet.com OR god at day66.com
(obviously replace the "at" with "@")
Cheers Damien
Damien - what's your psp site? I've just bought one from ebay, so hopefully I can start figuring out dax and ziso and all of that stuff. Who knows, I might even do some programming on it... one day.
Does the world need another Universal website?
What would be your "angle"?
V
RE: Site proposal
Well, i started off with psp's a while ago, set up a site Hxxp://www.day66.com but never really got around to finish it, and the lack of knowledge of .php held me back a bit!
I'd like to set-up this site, because it will be nice to have a site, just for the exec, pro, universal. So people who have these phones can come to one place and download programs etc.
What do you think?
Did you say you had just brought a PSP?
Damien
Yeah, just bought a psp off ebay, should arrive tomorrow. If it doesn't come with a free Nigerian Scammer in the box, I'm going to be downgrading and hacking this time tomorrow... Mrs Vijay555's red hot poker willing (I haven't broken the news to her about the PSP. Let's not mention the 2gb Memory card. And the Bluetooth headphones for my Mio...)
If you've got any useful tips, feel free to PM me
Regarding the exec - well, hopefully the Wiki here is a good way to tie information together. I've got no problems with every member setting up his own website, but I think it just becomes a duplication of efforts, which is why I'm here all the time! My own website lies neglected, withering away like the now useless legs of my God Emporer body. But my new website will hopefully be a bit sexier
V
Hi there, I have been a member for a while now but never posted before!
I have followed many of the hints, tips and suggestions on this forum and have had a great time with my O2 XDA mini s but now find myself needing more help !
In fixing my mini s stylus issue I voided the warranty. A couple of weeks ago a colleague managed to knock a screwdriver into the empty battery compartment. I was swapping the sim card but got called away. The screwdriver pierced the sticker giving the IMEI number and damaged the electrical component under it. The component is labelled 3R3.
After calming down and restarting the mini s, all was ok apart from the backlight which would not work at all. I took my phone to a local phone repair shop who had it for a week then said they could not fix it as it needs a new mainboard - typical !
I have spoken with O2 who will charge me £17.50 to send my phone off to a company called A Novo who (I was told) will then send it back unrepaired as the warranty is voided. Totally pointless.
Does anyone know where I might be able to get my mini s repaired or has anyone got a broken mini s with a good mainboard they are willing to sell me ?
thanks
If you send it to Anovo they can quote you for a non warranty repair, this way you will know whether its worth while paying for the repair. BTW Anove are based in Norwich. I believe there is a link form the o2 xda web site that has a contact number.
Hope that helps
LB
LB,
thanks for the reply.
I have had a hunt through the o2 XDA site but cannot seem to find any reference to Anove. I have even googled them and not found anything like.
A-Novo Radiophone
Vulcan Road North
Norwich
Norfolk
NR6 6AQ
England
TEL +44 (0) 1603 269906
FAX +44 (0) 1603 269911
AlanJC,
thanks - i'll get straight on to them.
Has anyone else used them? If so what are they like ?
Cheers
These people seem ok.
I did not actually need to use them in the end so I can't tell you what they are like, but give them a try.
They are authorised repairers for HTC models.
If you contact them and explain the fault, they will give you a quote before they carry out the work.
http://www.apexlaptops.co.uk
0871 789 0379
[email protected]
Good Luck!
If nothing works out for you, I've got a almost like new main board lying right here on my desk! I purchased a damaged wizard to grab a part out of it i needed for mine but the main board is still in perfect shape. I could sell it to you with or without the camera, your choice. PM me if interested.
Markee said:
These people seem ok.
I did not actually need to use them in the end so I can't tell you what they are like, but give them a try.
They are authorised repairers for HTC models.
If you contact them and explain the fault, they will give you a quote before they carry out the work.
http://www.apexlaptops.co.uk
Good Luck!
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Apex laptops are overpriced and most definatley NOT HTC authorised - most of their 'parts' come salvaged from broken units. Check their website. Then go elsewhere...!
Richard
Thanks for all your replies.
I am following up all the options. I'll let you know what I find - if you're interested!
cheers
b19dmj said:
Thanks for all your replies.
I am following up all the options. I'll let you know what I find - if you're interested!
cheers
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Depending on where you are in Yorkshire, you could take your device to Bulmers second hand shop in York on a wednesday or saturday and ask for 'Dave' - big guy with glasses. He does board level repairs on xda's but is usually quite busy.
Richard
Apex laptop
Apex laptops do not use parts from broken pda's. They come direct from factory. I bought a new XDA II case and it is perfect!
i would highly recomend them.
they are not overpriced either. they say if you find a price cheaper elsewhere they will beat that!
check it out http://www.apexlaptops.co.uk/HTCspares.htm
hope this helps someone.
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munkeemajic said:
Apex laptops do not use parts from broken pda's. They come direct from factory. I bought a new XDA II case and it is perfect!
i would highly recomend them.
they are not overpriced either. they say if you find a price cheaper elsewhere they will beat that!
check it out http://www.apexlaptops.co.uk/HTCspares.htm
hope this helps someone.
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Ok, then why do they have Qtek 2020 boards listed - if they came direct from HTC they would have no reseller rom flashed to them. Trust me, I know. They alos charge £295 for this board! MORE THAN A COMPLETE DEVICE.
They also list the housing at £25 and the front bezel at £30, battery cover at £15 and aeriel cover at £15 = £85.
I sell the complete housings on ebay for the himalayas / alpine for £25....and they are the entire housing inc the battery cover!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130015502288
So you don't think that much of a massive markup is overpricing? £85 from them or £25 from me. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm............
So, I state again, they are OVERPRICED.
Richard
edit - second HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=28146&highlight=
munkeemajic said:
Hi folks,
Allow me to intoduce myself.
I am the Service Manager for a UK based laptop and PDA repair company, Apex Laptops. With regards to the PDA repair side of our company, we specialise in mainly iPAQ PDA's but are finding a large number of people wanting HTC repairs.
We have tried many sources to obtain parts, the most unhelpful being 02's actual XDA repair center, ANOVA.
We are trying to find a company or people who would like to give / sell their broken / unwanted HTC's to us. Working or not, we do not mind.
If you know or have any information which may be of use to us, we will certainly be most grateful.
Thanks for your time and hopefully look forward to speaking to you soon.
Mr P.Marlow
Service Manager
APEX LAPTOPS
Tel : 08450 95 55 35
Web : www.apexlaptops.co.uk
Email : [email protected]
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So the 'highly recommended' in the above posts for apexlaptops - comes from APEXLAPTOPS. And they want to buy up your broken PDA's for parts.....
Apex Laptops
I tried Apex Laptops with no success. I emailed them with the details and received an email back saying someone would be in touch soon. Several days later I received another email asking for a little more detail. I sent the reply and have heard nothing since. I even emailed them with prompt for my estimate! Just nothing from them.
On the other hand, fluffcat1 and Dave in York have been more than helpful. I can recommend them both
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b19dmj said:
On the other hand, fluffcat1 and Dave in York have been more than helpful. I can recommend them both
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Dave says it's all working now as well - I've dropped the rear casing bits off today - was trying for last sat but was busy, sorry, my fault.
Bet he's a lot cheaper than Apex 'we need to replace the entire mainboard' laptops as well :wink: who incidently have deleted the thread I quoted from above but not the other posts they previously made - go on, have a search!...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?search_author=munkeemajic
Richard
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Munkeemajic wants to sue me everybody...
..free speech means nothing obviously!
munkeemajic said:
Fluffcat I urge you to stop posting comments about our company.
Accusations such as these will not be tolerated.
For the last time please remove all comments made against our company Apex Laptops.
We will proceed with legal matters if your comments such as Apex "we need to replace the entire mainboard" Laptops are not removed within 24 hours as of 09:00 16 August 2006.
We find these comments damaging to our companies reputation and unfair. As such you may be sued for any damages.
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Bear this in mind when considering Apex Laptops for parts or repairs! And also that they recommend their own company ( see above ) without full disclosure of their position within said company. Me, I'm bricking it now, honest....
Richard
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fluffcat1 said:
Munkeemajic wants to sue me everybody...
..free speech means nothing obviously!
Bear this in mind when considering Apex Laptops for parts or repairs! And also that they recommend their own company ( see above ) without full disclosure of their position within said company. Me, I'm bricking it now, honest....
Richard
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LMAO!
Obviously making no comment about a specific company here, but as a general statment...
Should a person, say, a Service Mananger, for a company visit a forum, not disclose that they work for said company, while making comments about them, you would think "hey, that's immoral". You could well be right.
Should that person LIE about the company, say for example, making a false claim that they are a customer of said company and give glowing FALSE praise, you'd probably be inclined to wonder about just what kind of a business it is. You'd be right to think that. That hypothetical situation would be incredibly shady, outright immoral, and quite possibly an illegal business practise.
A little flag should also be waving in your head saying "hey why does this hypothetical person need to pretend to be a satisfied customer? surely if they are an honest and trustworthy company they will have actual satisfied customers, and have no need to lie and decieve."
Shold said manager at the company in one thread be calling for people to send them broken phone parts for use as spare parts, yet in another vigourously (while lying and pretending to be a customer!!!) deny that they use parts from broken phones... you'd just be thinking "WTF! Why aren't these people being invesigated by the local coppers?" That'd be a fair question.
In this hypothetical situation, I would advise people to seek the advice of the local trading standards or police, to determin the legality and correctness of this deciet.
Of couse, as I've stated, this is all hypothetical and unrelated to this thread. No idea why I've posted it here, sorry. We have NO such immoral persons falsely claiming to be satisfied customers.
I apologige profusely for this post that is unrelated to the thread and the posted comments within.
b19dmj, does your part looks like attached? Part size is about 3*3 mm.
Hi, yes it looks like that but has 3R3 stamped on it.
I would just like to thank everybody on the forum who posted info to help me.
I am happy to report my Mini s is now back in my clumsy paws and is as good as new! - Special thanks to Dave - the Phone man at Bulmers in York (a real hero !) and to Fluffcat1 who pointed me in the right direction and helped out with any parts needed. I recommend both these gents.
b19dmj said:
Hi, yes it looks like that but has 3R3 stamped on it.
I would just like to thank everybody on the forum who posted info to help me.
I am happy to report my Mini s is now back in my clumsy paws and is as good as new! - Special thanks to Dave - the Phone man at Bulmers in York (a real hero !) and to Fluffcat1 who pointed me in the right direction and helped out with any parts needed. I recommend both these gents.
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S'cool, glad it's sorted and you didn't 'need a new board'...
Richard
repair centre
b19dmj said:
I tried Apex Laptops with no success. I emailed them with the details and received an email back saying someone would be in touch soon. Several days later I received another email asking for a little more detail. I sent the reply and have heard nothing since. I even emailed them with prompt for my estimate! Just nothing from them.
On the other hand, fluffcat1 and Dave in York have been more than helpful. I
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Hi friend, can you recommend me how to contact the repair center that had been helpful to repair my xda mini s?
Please advise their contact information
Best REgards
Hendrick
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There is a possibility that a member in xda "Semur" will try to contact you. Here is his -fake- facebook account: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002462824795 .
Here is what he sent me
"Originally Posted by Semur:
hello, i am new to this forum, and i see that you have been the member of this forum for a long time. Here we have an online store selling some electronic products, and we are having a review activity, if you can help us to make a post about our products and let the members here kbow the link, then we will give you an Android-related product in our store for free. If you are interested in this, please feel free to let me know. thanks"
The store is: http://www.dinodirect.com and is the most terrible store on the internet....
I just informed you. They are scammers. You can see reviews of this store all over the internet! You can lose your money and they will never send you the product....
P.S: Their products are awefull...
P.S2: You can check some users reviews here.
Have a nice day,
Kyrillos
thank you for sharing this information...many members may benefit from this
Thanks kryillos, and I bet that the website wouldn't even give you a free device.
Shame. I would've so wanted that useful phone holder (which is a box where you can lay your phone) for 18 dollars
I once bought a thing from them via their ebay store and they delivered.
It was like 6 months back i guess. Dunno exactly.
Sad to hear they have turned scammers now.
well, i am also sad to hear this. But i did have many purchases from Dinodirect, and there were no problems on all my orders. Products are good and delivery is fast. Maybe they want to let more people know them here, so they want to find some members for marketing.But whether it is good or not, you can have a try for yourself.
Sunny 2012 said:
well, i am also sad to hear this. But i did have many purchases from Dinodirect, and there were no problems on all my orders. Products are good and delivery is fast. Maybe they want to let more people know them here, so they want to find some members for marketing.But whether it is good or not, you can have a try for yourself.
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you can barely be trusted as you joined this month and this is your first post!
This was just a warning from fellow dev kyrillos to warn us and save our card numbers.
thanks for info
offerany is good site for shopping online
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offerany said:
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*sighs*
removed.
Thanx kyrillos!
I just searched Semur's profile. He made 5 posts(total post count) in 4 different forums in xda