I've had a recurring problem with my prophet losing sound. It has been repaired under warranty once but now HTC Europe want to charge me £50 for the repair! The unit is still under warranty (verified by HTC BEFORE I sent it to them), the symptoms the same but instead of a faulty speaker HTC are blaming a the USB connector (and saying it's not covered by the warranty). Despite continual phone and e-mail attempts for an explanation I've had no luck. Can anybody assist with regards to making a formal complaint about HTC Service (or lack of it in this case)? I need some advice about escalating this.
Thanks
Dave.
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Hi,
No doubt as many others have, I managed to drop my XDAII one too many times (they are a bit to light and smooth).
I think the speaker is no a bit duff as sometimes it stops working and I can't hear the other person. If I press on the circular bevel on the case that hides the speaker it starts to work, sometimes tapping the bevel also brings the speaker back to life.
I wanted to know, could this be a simple problem like the speaker connection coming loose or something more serious where a solder fix will have to be applied?
I think the device is still under warranty so I might be able to RMA it but I wanted to know how easy or hard is to fix this, can it be fixed by me or should I send it in to be repaired?
Cheers,
Taz
I would send it in for repair, once you break the security seal you will invalidate warranty and then you will be in trouble if another hardware failure occurs. It is probably a simple connection problem.
its just likely to be the spring connectors from the board to the speaker which is fixable (details can be found in the forums HERE).
However, the O2 XDAII has a 24 month warranty which i found out in November as i had exactly the same problem and decided to take it to my local O2 shop to have it repaired. It took them 1 week to get it back to me but they told me my unit was irreparable and gave me a reconditioned unit as a replacement. I was not very happy as the case was scratched all over etc and my unit was as new. I complained and asked them to give me a new unit. After a further 2 weeks and 2 more instances of sending it back to the repair centre i eventually got a brand new fully boxed XDAII (second battery, second case, second cradle etc etc) from the O2 shop but not until i kicked off with the manager stating how unprofessional O2 was in repairing/replacing a unit that was under warranty.
NB. New XDAII screens are no where near as good as the original screens when looking at it from an angle. They look fine straight on but colours fade/change when viewed from below or from the left.
Hope some of that helps.
Cheers mate,
I think I still have about a year on the warranty but I heard that the XDAII are no longer in production so I am a bit worried that I may not be able to get it repaired however a pal reckons they should upgrade me to the XDAIIs (I had one, didn't like it).
I will visit my local O2 shop in a few days and kick it off with the manager as well... to get some results of course
Cheers,
Godz
So I got my TyTN via import back in August and I am experiencing several problems a few months later: the keys on the front intermittently cease working, the handset speaker makes small buzzing sounds when connected to a GSM network, and sometimes the screen washes out white.
1) I'd like to contact HTC USA for support options, does anybody have the number?
2) Also, does anybody know if they have an advanced exchnage option where they send you a refurb (after you give them a credit card number) and don't charge the card as long as they receive the defective unit back in two weeks or so?
The US HTC can not help you, I've already contacted them. You have to send the device to Europe HTC and have the repair done there. They have 2 HTC offices here in Houston TX one is a repair shop and they said they do not have the knowledge or parts to repair the TyTN that I would have to send it to the country from which the phone was purchased. I think this is complete bull. They could get the parts easly and repair or replace my phone, they are just making it harder to get the TyTN fixed hoping you won't bother them. I am having the screen alignment issue and my phone locking ALL THE TIME!!!! but I have not sent it in becuase I can't handle not having my phone for 2 weeks. I sent an email to HTC Europe asking how long and if I could get a replacement since I have been having so many problems and they never responded.
As far as I know they have no lowner or replacemnet program. I suggest you buy a cheap GSM phone and keep it as your back up.
any luck getting your repairs? I am having soe problems and my imei is definitely from UK.
I bought mine from MadMonkeyBoys gadgets and he has been very responsive in providing support. Although I had to wait until I had a new unit to sustain me during tyTN's repair (now I have a Cheetah), David from MMB quickly got me a repair order and I shall send the unit out tomorrow
Hi guys I was just wondering if I could get some advice? I sent htc an email complaining about the sms problem as well as problems in the build quality such as areas of the screen bezel that are not flush and loose battery cover.
My response was that he was surprised to hear about these problems (i can't believe he hasn't come across the sms problem!) Any way, he said if I've had it less than 30 days I can send it back as DOA otherwise I will have to go via their repair service. well I'm just within the 30 day mark but he never actually explained what the DOA procedure entailed: do I get a repair (though I don't think that will solve the sms problem) or will I get a new handset?
thanks for your help and advice.
Hello guys,
I can't believe in my ears and I would like to discuss this with you.
My HD2 has the usual "touch screen not responding" problem.
When I sent it back, htc told me that my touch screen needs to be changed and that this is part of the warranty that they will cover but there is an extra cost (actually bigger than buying the phone) for changing the main board which cannot be covered by htc because "plugging and unplugging the device in power has destroyed it".
Is this even possible or are they trying to just void my warranty?
I should tell you that my usb connector cable was working fine when I sent it to warranty!
Did you sent it with the battery included?
If so, then if the battery had a charge on it, then that would surely indicated that it had been charged via the USB.
Now if the USB went faulty at the same time as the touchscreen, then it must be a fault with the motherboard. Since they have admitted that they would fix the touchscreen problem as part of the warranty, then the motherboard must be fixed.
They designed the phone to use the microUSB connector to charge the phone and knew that the phone would have to be charged almost every day. So it is their fault, unless they can prove that you were extremely harsh at inserting and removing the cable.
no the battery was not sent with the phone.
They didn't tell me that the usb is defective. They just told me that the mainboard needs replacement for the new touch screen to work because the connector of the touch screen on the mainboard is destroyed because of the usb unplugging which is even more outraging!!
I have watched the disassemble of the hd2 and I can't seem to find out how the usb charging could screw the connector of the touch screen on the mainboard. I think they are not even close!
Are they playing me?
I don't know how the display and the micro usb connectors are placed, but, because what you're saying, I would definitively say that they're trying to cheat you, I don't know where you live, but I would try to reach the HTC service center in your country or zone (in case you didn't), their representatives tend to be not very "correct" with the customers, I sent my HD2 to repair in warranty (wifi plus uneven display retro-illumination) and it returned jusk like new, I taked to one of their representatives, but they send it to HTC's main offices here, I contacted HTC first and they told me excatly what to do and how to do it.
The workshop where I took my phone to be sent to HTC is well known to be not very "honest" and most of the people who take a phone, pda or whatever there, finish angry and deluded.
good luck then.
From what I've seen and read in recent threads, broken USB connectors don't affect the touch screen in any way.
I will talk to the representatives today in my country and inform you. I really think they are playing me. I can't seem to find any reason how the usb connector and the touch screen are linked
Ok I just talked to the representatives here in Greece and they seem to be the rudest I have ever met. So I called the global HTC service. The guys there were more than helpful. I decided to send the phone to United Kingdom.
So let's say that the phone comes back from HTC's service in the UK without charge and I have an official answer from HTC's service in Greece that this cost is not covered by warranty what can I do to let HTC know that the service here in Greece works awful?
Write down an email explainig in detail what happened and send it to HTC's main support with the UK support and the Greece support in CC and see what happen.
Cheers
Hello,
I fell in the not-so-rare problem of the broken microUSB female plug on the motherboard of my HD2: the phone won't charge or sync at all.
After searching around, I found that quite a few people have gone into my same trouble, because the sync plug is directly soldered on the mainboard and is also the phone part that gets most of mechanic stress during the device's lifecycle.
In a few words: seems that almost all phones will eventually break.
I tried with HTC repair but they refused to repair it both under warranty and under paid repair.
I don't want to throw away my phone after I spent 550€ for it!!! I would like to find a way to revive it!
I currently have two options:
Replace motherboard by myself or with the help of an expert technician
Buy a Powermat charger to charge the phone again
Third option could be buying a Chinese external charger I found somewhere supplied with 3 spare batteries, doing cold swap of each battery when one discharges: not a smart option.
I can't currently find a motherboard for replacement, since the only one on eBay that the seller doesn't refuse to ship to Italy is software-bricked, and I don't have the tools needed to unbrick it.
Option 2 allows me to avoid opening the phone and avoid potential disasters, but it won't allow me to sync the phone via USB. Not even to HSPL it (I love running Android dual boot sometimes when I need to run a certain program unavailable for WP6.5/7).
So, since I really need to synchronize the phone with my computer's Outlook for Calendar and Contacts, and after telling you about my current options, what do you suggest me to do?
Do you think it's possible to sync to WMDC using Bluetooth? (I read that wifi is not an option)
Or, do you know how could I unbrick a motherboard without buying expensive devices? I can travel easily around my country.
I'm open to almost any idea, thank you!!Buying a new phone at its brand-new price is not an option
what reason did HTC give for refusing to repair it?
If you didn't drop it or spill water on it how can they refuse warranty on it?
Warranty refused because they say the defect is unrepairable.
Initially, when they refused warranty repair I thought "OK, it could be wear..." but when I saw the photos of how the plug is soldered to the mobo, I found it's a design disaster!!!! Even I know that the plug accumulates so much mechanical energy during lifetime that if it's not strengthened properly that energy will make the very small solderings crash. This is also why keys are not physically embedded on the mobo!!! You know you could break the keyboard because of wear
HTC then asked me to send the phone for paid repair but again the repair lab refused for unrepairable damage!! Incredible!!!
this is bull****.
If it's "unrepairable" they need to send you a new phone...
I'd call back, that's why there's a warranty, for stuff like this.
I've been "calling back" since April... we are now in July and nothing yet happened
Also, I just found that plugging the battery again and doing a hard reset shown that the touchscreen is not working anymore!!!!
I couldn't even sell the phone for spare parts once the digitizer is broken (by the way, not even a single broken pixel ever!!)
They sent me a mail today, "we are investigating"
djechelon said:
I've been "calling back" since April... we are now in July and nothing yet happened
Also, I just found that plugging the battery again and doing a hard reset shown that the touchscreen is not working anymore!!!!
I couldn't even sell the phone for spare parts once the digitizer is broken (by the way, not even a single broken pixel ever!!)
They sent me a mail today, "we are investigating"
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Ya HTC can be so stupid about that sometimes. It's funny on Sprint they would have switched out the phone no questions asked, but with GSM they don't want to do anything for you.
whatever that means I hope they do the right thing.
djechelon said:
I've been "calling back" since April... we are now in July and nothing yet happened
Also, I just found that plugging the battery again and doing a hard reset shown that the touchscreen is not working anymore!!!!
I couldn't even sell the phone for spare parts once the digitizer is broken (by the way, not even a single broken pixel ever!!)
They sent me a mail today, "we are investigating"
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Man it sounds like HTC is giving you a load of crap, sucks to hear stories such as yours. HTC should just exchange your HD2 for you in m,y opinion.
You asked about how to get a main board debricked, I just sent you a PM with some information on that.
Oh and "we are investigating", just what is it to investigate. Your HD2 is malfunctioning because of a hardware issue and is still under warranty, they should replace it.
I like your avatar pic too it is cool.
Just to tell you what it finished like.
HTC ultimately replied me "this device won't ever be accepter for repair".
I called a lawyer for that, because I just found that when I powered the phone on, the touchscreen was gone, and I have proof that the touchscreen was still working when I gave them the phone
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