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I am a big fan of the Tattoo for it's compact size and recently came across the following:
http://buyer.madeinchina.com/MicBuyer/turbine/template/product,product.vm?itemcode=11440289
Has anyone played with one of these? If so, I'd love to hear your stories as I decided for a chrissie present to myself, I'd buy a knock off phone. Apparently it is in the post and if anyone is interested, I'll set up a blog with unboxing pics and a rundown of the beast that lies within.
From the spec sheet, the obvious omission is GPS but aside from that it is/claims to be almost identical to the Tattoo.
So, once again, if anyone is interested in my little experiment, let me know and i'll keep everyone up to date once/if it arrives
Could be nice to see picture when u get it how its really looks and how it works.
Got an original Tattoo now for 3 months and i like it...
But many friends says to me be aware for fake China models but in the pictures in the link it really looks the same..
Keep us posted
Oh, such sweet sorrow
So unfortunately my venture into the realm of dodgy chinese knock off goods didn't go to far. I bought the phone, got confirmation and an email saying it had been sent.
Then began the the bait and switch tactic:
Basically the "hot chinese girl" seller claimed the tattoo was very unstable at the moment and offered an "S1" HTC Touch. Effectively, this phone was just a knock off of the original HTC touch.
This where it got interesting. Because the seller had marked the item as sent, I could not just cancel the order. Another series of messages were flicked back and forth between the seller and myself asking him/her (sceptical about her hotness) asking to cancel and the seller stalling. So I raised a "dispute" ticket with the madeinchina guys and they refunded my money the very next day.
So lesson learnt but kind of disappointed i never got my dodgy knock off phone. So as i effectively never lost the original money, I have used this as justification to buy a real tattoo.
I'm sure i'll be back on here a fair bit asking about about the best apps, any tips and tricks but I hope someone finds this amusing to read, as the whole thing was a bit of fun.
Probably flashing this device with an htc rom, it will make it a tattoo easily... but most of the sellers in china are not aware of "flashing" techniques, since they are just the producers of the product... but i'm pretty sure that it is much of a bargain
MiSSigNNo said:
Probably flashing this device with an htc rom, it will make it a tattoo easily... but most of the sellers in china are not aware of "flashing" techniques, since they are just the producers of the product... but i'm pretty sure that it is much of a bargain
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China Phones Bargain? Yeah right... More like Rip off
Depend where you buy it from... it cost me >$200 my tattoo... maybe in other places cost a lil bit more.
I tryed one!
I had a chinese crap copy it had a meltdown actualy it went in to flames. so stay away for the fake ones.
I will never buy a chinese phone again.
Greetings Cya.
Yeah, looks like a real one, but it's actually a fake.
Interesting note, though at the bottom of the page there's a HTC S1... Says "windows .1" - What the heck? Windows v0.1?
Steer away from clones, they are rubbish.. There's a iPhone clone and the iPod clone app on it just makes the phone crash, apparently.
I bought a "cheap" Daxian I909 to play with and
it worked exactly as advertised.It did however have
a problem when I recieved it in that it appeared to
be off frequency on transmit.
After researching RTOS(real time operating system)
which most of the non Windows MTK processors
in Chinese knock offs use,I found out how to get
into the "engineer mode" and manually adjusted the
freqs to suit my area works great now.
Overall it,s a cheap fone but I am still using it
after 6 months.
Ok guys, I'm having a bit of trouble here.
Here's my situation. I'm currently on an orange 18 month contract, with 3 months left on my contract, so I can upgrade to something else in April, I've been told.
I rang Orange regarding the broken contacts on the volume rocker switch, which I think quite a few people have had problems with. They offered to send me a replacement phone which I agreed to. They then rang me back saying they were out of stock at the moment and I could wait 3 days or so for new stock for my replacement or they could send me a HTC Hero right away. I'd still have the option to upgrade my phone in April when my contract expires, allowing me to keep the Hero and choose a new phone, but I'd never be able to get the Touch HD again if the Hero ever had any problems.
So should I go for the HTC Hero or wait a couple of days for the Touch HD?
I really don't know what to do..opinions please!
Come on, guys, nobody's willing to give me their opinion on this?
I'm really surprised they'll send you a replacement so soon before the end of your contract!
Personally I'd either:
a) Accept a new phone (either one) and sell it on eBay for ~£200, then upgrade in April
or
b) Take the HTC Hero, to try out Android. If you don't like it, you can sell it in three months and upgrade to a HD2
Or if the HD2 (or another phone) is not to your liking, try out a new phone, get a new upgrade, sell them both, buy a HD, and still make a few hundred £££s in the meantime!
Thanks for the reply Smeddy, I see where you're coming from but that's quite a detached view. I'm looking for an opinion in terms of what a fellow HD Rom-flashing addict would do lol, as I'm sure I'm not the only one who's quite attached to this phone.
No more responses, guys?
vdude_1 said:
Come on, guys, nobody's willing to give me their opinion on this?
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Well its totally up to whether or not you want android or wm. If they are willing to still give you a free update in April and you want android, then it sounds like a good deal. But I'd get it in writing or at least take person on phones details and a reference number. If you want wm, then I'd wait a few days until a replacement HD is available
JM2C
I would wait for the HD.
At the moment Orange do not have any phones that I would "upgrade" to.
Come April that might change !
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Andrew
Umm I had heard that the Touch HD had been discontinued with Orange. The fact that they have said they will replace with a hero, does that mean you have Orange insurance?
I have to agree with Fallen Spartan.
Without written confirmation I'd wait for HD, with it I'd try Android...
I do have insurance, yup. I'll give them a call back in about 2 hrs to see if the offer's on the table and get it all written down and sent to me. I'm leaning towards the Hero for 3 months and then see what Orange has to offer then as an upgrade..I still think I'd probably be quite gutted about giving up my HD though, that's the only thing stopping me..
I think I've decided. Considering on the HD I can run both WM and Android (not fully stable yet, I know but it's still there), I think I'll stick with the HD for another three months and then look to see what I can get then. If I don't see anything on Orange by then that I want to upgrade to, I'll look elsewhere.
I hope I don't change my mind again lol
Thanks to everyone for their input, much appreciated
vdude_1 said:
I think I've decided. Considering on the HD I can run both WM and Android (not fully stable yet, I know but it's still there), I think I'll stick with the HD for another three months and then look to see what I can get then. If I don't see anything on Orange by then that I want to upgrade to, I'll look elsewhere.
I hope I don't change my mind again lol
Thanks to everyone for their input, much appreciated
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What made you change your mind again? Was this after talking to your provider again and them not giving guarantees etc?
Fallen Spartan said:
What made you change your mind again? Was this after talking to your provider again and them not giving guarantees etc?
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Not at all, I didn't call them up until about 5 minutes ago. I think I'm most probably going to go with an Android HTC in 3-6 months time anyway so I'd like to keep hold of the HD as I've spent a lot of time tinkering and playing with regarding ROMs etc and would like to see how the windows scene progresses, even when I'll have my future Android phone.
Just flashed back to standard Orange ROM and SPL, ready for pick-up after work tomorrow..wow, it looks strange!
Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to let you see how much I have learned. I sent my phone to WindowsHD.com and had them mod the phone for me. I received it back and started tweaking it myself. I want you to see what can be done after WindowsHD.com created an amazing phone that can be tweaked to the sky. I customized the entire theme that you will see. Hope you like it!! It is called the Chanel Ultimate Theme. Thanks XDA-Developers and PPCGeeks along with the crew at WindowsHD.com for starting me in the right direction.
P.S. This is not the Dusk Theme. It uses parts of it but the theme was custom made by me.
Jen
Sprint - HTC Touch Pro 2
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not at all amazing
Let me get this straight..... You sent in your phone so someone could transfer some theme files to it? Do you own a USB cable?
Why would I not just download any of the many themes that are already available on this site? You can customize them to achieve the same look with no cost and no wait while I send it in to a freakin' website. You = chump.
MOD EDIT - Removed advertising link
Re: Chanel Theme
Hi,
I sent the phone to WindowsHD.com because I did not know how to unlock it. The phone was locked along with the sim card. I tried a few things that I found online and messed-up the phone..so off it went. WindowsHD.com fixed my phone, unlocked it, flashed it and customized it and sent it back to me unlocked. I then started to experiment as everyone does on XDA with different mods. I used different parts from different theme packages and put together what I call "The Ultimate Chanel Theme". I have not seen one custom theme on any BB's that even come close to mine. My theme is clean, classy and it shines. It is the "best" $24.95 I have ever spent. The same phone at T-Mobile unlocked is selling for almost $600 and they are trying to call it the HTC HD. My phone blows away the T-Mobile HTC HD and it only cost me $24.95. I received the phone for free from Sprint. Also, for XDA-Developers along with the people at PPCGeeks, I cannot thank the teams enough for the great BB's they host for everyone that likes to learn how to mod a phone, like myself. So thank you for your positive remarks. I love reading positive feedback. Jen
Yeah, this is just someone trying to get you to look into WindowsHD. They're probably a scam website that'll take your phone and your money and you'll never hear from them again.
Just sayin, you boys need to avoid this one.
Re: WindowsHD.com
Hi,
I would love to see what your phone theme looks like. You have many negative comments with only 74 posts in a year. If you think you know it all, put up or shut up! XDA-Developers and PPCGeeks are BB's for people to learn how to mod phones. I messed-up when I tried to flash my phone. WindowsHD.com fixed my phone for me. When people drop-off computers at places like Best Buy to be fixed, do you also say the same thing about the guys who work there? Watch out, they may steal your data? You need to take a chill pill and use these BB's as a learning tool instead of making fun of someone who just started out learning about all this mobile phone stuff. If you cannot post anything positive, don't post at all. WindowsHD.com did not steal my phone! They are a reputable website. Jen
JensHTC said:
The same phone at T-Mobile unlocked is selling for almost $600 and they are trying to call it the HTC HD.
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You are either referring to the HD2 or the Touch Pro 2 (this is a TP2 board). Either way, neither phone costs $600 even you bought it unsubsidized (no contract). Please do your research before spouting such claims.
HD2 MSRP $449.99 and TP2 MSRP $399.99
Strike one.
JensHTC said:
My phone blows away the T-Mobile HTC HD and it only cost me $24.95.
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And...
JensHTC said:
I messed-up when I tried to flash my phone. WindowsHD.com fixed my phone for me.
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The HD2 has 512MB of RAM and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor. The Touch Pro 2 has 256MB of RAM and a 528MHz Qualcomm processor. Spec-wise, the HD2 blows the TP2 out of the water. The capacitive screen on the HD2 is a pleasure to use, although I do prefer the speed of the TP2's physical keyboard.
Secondly, the phone was already capable of doing what your phone is doing now. WindowsHD.com did nothing that you could not do on your own. If you have the RUU for Sprint's Touch Pro 2, it will bring your phone back to it's original factory settings and it can be found online. All you need is ActiveSync and the RUU, both of which are free.
Strike two.
JensHTC said:
When people drop-off computers at places like Best Buy to be fixed, do you also say the same thing about the guys who work there? Watch out, they may steal your data?
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News flash! They do steal your data.
Consumerist catches Geek Squad stealing porn from customer's computer
STRIKE THREE! YOU'RE OUTTA HERE!
freakingwilly said:
You are either referring to the HD2 or the Touch Pro 2 (this is a TP2 board). Either way, neither phone costs $600 even you bought it unsubsidized (no contract). Please do your research before spouting such claims.
HD2 MSRP $449.99 and TP2 MSRP $399.99
Strike one.
And...The HD2 has 512MB of RAM and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor. The Touch Pro 2 has 256MB of RAM and a 528MHz Qualcomm processor. Spec-wise, the HD2 blows the TP2 out of the water. The capacitive screen on the HD2 is a pleasure to use, although I do prefer the speed of the TP2's physical keyboard.
Secondly, the phone was already capable of doing what your phone is doing now. WindowsHD.com did nothing that you could not do on your own. If you have the RUU for Sprint's Touch Pro 2, it will bring your phone back to it's original factory settings and it can be found online. All you need is ActiveSync and the RUU, both of which are free.
Strike two.
News flash! They do steal your data.
Consumerist catches Geek Squad stealing porn from customer's computer
STRIKE THREE! YOU'RE OUTTA HERE!
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Well said Freakingwilly.
Re: Touch Pro 2 - Overclocked to 1GHz
Hi,
Just to let you know, you are wrong. The price of an unlocked TP2 goes off between $300 and $600 online. Strike 1....Now, you think you know it all, 72 posts in one year, Mr. I know it all. You have nothing at all to contribute to this board accept for negative posts. Strike 2....As for the HD blowing away the HTC TP 2, think again, if you install the right apps and rom, you will get the same performance out of the HTC TP 2...Strike 3...You are stupid...
JensHTC said:
Hi,
Just to let you know, you are wrong. The price of an unlocked TP2 goes off between $300 and $600 online. Strike 1....Now, you think you know it all, 72 posts in one year, Mr. I know it all. You have nothing at all to contribute to this board accept for negative posts. Strike 2....As for the HD blowing away the HTC TP 2, think again, if you install the right apps and rom, you will get the same performance out of the HTC TP 2...Strike 3...You are stupid...
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Is there an age limit to post?........JensHTC, your home screen looks good but i`ve seen plenty here that looks like yours.Some even better.I`m not a "know it all",but i do alot of lurking around.You could have done everything yourself.You say you searched the forum but IMHO,i don`t think you did alot of it.Again,you home screen looks good.Just not all that special.
JensHTC said:
Hi,
Just to let you know, you are wrong. The price of an unlocked TP2 goes off between $300 and $600 online. Strike 1....Now, you think you know it all, 72 posts in one year, Mr. I know it all. You have nothing at all to contribute to this board accept for negative posts. Strike 2....As for the HD blowing away the HTC TP 2, think again, if you install the right apps and rom, you will get the same performance out of the HTC TP 2...Strike 3...You are stupid...
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I could very well be wrong but I dont think its possible to overclock the Touch Pro 2 to run at 1 gig... Someone else can chime in but I think it maxes out at 7oo and change. Also by running it at that speed you can damage your phone, again.. someone who knows about overclocking can chime in and comment if I'm wrong.
Sooo yeah, no the touch pro 2's performance will NEVER be as good as the HTC HD2, bigger screen, better specs. The only thing the Touch Pro 2 has going for it right now is the physical keyboard. Which I'm certain once someone has a phone with a full keyboard they would be hard pressed to go to one without one.
I wouldnt go saying this person was coming off as a "know it all at all" In fact they were mearly just stating facts. Everthing you paid this company to do you can do yourself. Although I do understand people who are too nervous to do stuff themselves wanting to send it away. You could have likely found a cell phone booth in your mall that would have unlocked your phone for you... or you can just get companies to unlock it via email (they give you the code etc etc)
You have to of known that by saying "Look what I got... and only for 24 dollars too" was likely going to get you flamed just a bit. There are thousands of people who do what they did to your phone on this forum doing it themselves so, you're bound to run into a few who think you got the short end of the stick.
What they were saying wasn't meant to be negative I dont think. You clearly took it as such because you feel you got a great deal for what they did to your phone. Others might feel they were ripped off because they were charged 24 dollars to have someone flash a rom to their phone and install a few other cabs. All of which we can do our selves. If you feel good about your purchase. Good for you and thank you for sharing your thoughts on the company.
Now, regarding your prices there. I'm going to have to disgree with you on that, sorry. When the Touch pro 2 was originally released yes, it was going for 600 dollars off contract..... Now, yeah not so much. Anyone who is going to buy a phone like this is going to do their research and they'll know they can get it for a few hundred dollars. Someone who pays the same "retail" price from when it was originally released is an idiot and I just feel bad for them
You also said an unlocked phone can go from $300-$600??? Don't you think that price range is a little ridiculous considering the phones would all be the SAME. Hey here's an unlocked phone for 300... No no by mine its the exact same but it's $600. Hmmmm which one are people going to choose.
Good luck with your phone. Like I said, I'm glad you like your device and enjoy learning more tweaks and hacks..
Keep coming back!
Ps: If your phone is overclocked I would do some serious reading about it to see if it's going to kill the phone. I know at bare minimum it lessons the life of the phone when you push it into the red.
JensHTC said:
Hi,
Just to let you know, you are wrong. The price of an unlocked TP2 goes off between $300 and $600 online. Strike 1....Now, you think you know it all, 72 posts in one year, Mr. I know it all. You have nothing at all to contribute to this board accept for negative posts. Strike 2....As for the HD blowing away the HTC TP 2, think again, if you install the right apps and rom, you will get the same performance out of the HTC TP 2...Strike 3...You are stupid...
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I think that with the same ROM, the HD2 will indeed outpace the TP2 - it has twice the processor, twice the ROM (storage memory) and twice the RAM (and RAM is the biggest issue with the TP2).
I'm pretty sure someone else advertised about that website before...they are most likely working for the company
My apologies if you're not...but like others said, all the graphics and fixes you have can be obtained for free and they are not even hard to work with. I'm glad you like your purchases but I would rather spend $25 on something more worth it
JensHTC said:
Just to let you know, you are wrong. The price of an unlocked TP2 goes off between $300 and $600 online.
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You really are quite the piece of work. You sit there and claim that the phone sells for $300 to $600 online when you show absolutely NO definitive proof. If you weren't so lazy, you would have clicked the links I provided earlier to see that the T-Mobile version of the phone (which you were referring to) sells OUT OF CONTRACT for less than $450.
Fail.
JensHTC said:
Now, you think you know it all, 72 posts in one year, Mr. I know it all. You have nothing at all to contribute to this board accept for negative posts. Strike 2
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I never said I know it all, so don't go putting words in other people's posts. Secondly, I've been a member of the forum for nearly 3 years, even if I only have 72 posts. I just lurk more than I post. Thirdly, you haven't even seen any of my posts so don't tell me that all I have to say is negative things. I refuse to allow good, honest members of this forum get scammed by people advertising a site that looks like it was designed by a 5th grader using DreamWeaver. Lastly, WindowsHD.com hides it's "Contact Us" link at the very bottom of the page and the only option you get is an e-mail link to [email protected]. I'm sorry, but I cannot trust a company where I cannot call and reach a LIVE HUMAN BEING.
Super fail.
JensHTC said:
As for the HD blowing away the HTC TP 2, think again, if you install the right apps and rom, you will get the same performance out of the HTC TP 2...Strike 3...You are stupid...
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Although it is true that some custom ROMs will make the phone more responsive and better at handling memory by removing bloatware, having more RAM and a faster processor will make a far greater difference than any custom ROM. Believe me, if the TP2 had the specs of the HD2 (minus the 4.3" screen, the TP2 is big enough already), the phone would sell like hot cakes! Honestly, what kind of phone would you rather have?
528MHz processor and 256MB of RAM
or
1GHz processor and 512MB of RAM
Oh yeah, name calling really helped you win this argument.
EDIT: Just for fun, I took a look at their products. Listen to this.
WindowsHD.com said:
Notice: All ROMs are free. You are paying for our time to unlock and customize your mobile phone. We do not charge for any software. You are paying a one time, very cheap service charge. Each ROM upgrade can take 6 to 8 hours after free software is installed. MS Office is included with all upgrades. We try and make each mobile phone upgrade unique so no other person has the same look.
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I've done ROM upgrades on my Wing (201MHz processor and 64MB of RAM) and it took all of 10 minutes to flash the ROM. The Wing had less than half of the processor and a FRACTION of the RAM that the TP2 has and I had the phone up and running in less than 1 hour. Also, MS Office comes with all Windows Mobile phones.
i'm not going to flame you but i will offer some advice. The next time you get a shiny new HTC device come to XDA and look around first (search is your best friend here) if you want to mod it. if you can't find what you're looking for request it, the people here are more than willing to help you out. there are plenty of tutorials and instructions here so that you won't screw up your device if you follow them.
If you're happy with what you paid for thats great!
Bottom line:
1. Never trust anyone with a weak handshake.
2. Don't eat the worm in a tequila bottle.
3. Never give out your IMEI number.
4. NEVER, NEVER Pay for something that is available for free.
(unless you want to donate for people's hard work here)
Just here for all the Australian Owners of the S3.
I have officially ordered/upgraded through Optus for the 16GB Pebble Blue.
Sadly these are not in stock (due to the faulty battery covers)
Didn't expect to see this thread so fast! I rushed to my optus store (I ambled actually), they put one aside for me and came back at 12 to pick it up. I worked through the crush of people and managed to be the first one in the store to get one (actually, I was the only person in the store apart from all the staff who'd just been briefed on how to deal with the 'rush' of people ).
Now to find a solution to the standard swype beta which opens as about a third smaller in height than the normal keyboards.
You don't need it ' swype is already on the S3. Just not enabled by default
Sent from my Xoom using XDA
there was already an Australian thread lol
requested them to be merged
Dupe dupe dupe, and merging threads is messy and makes mods cry, use this thread
Cheers.
So we all know about the cracked edges issue, and you've probably also heard that even the "new batch" and the LTE model are still prone to cracking.
Yesterday I posted a petition on the geforce forum to bring attention to the issue and to demand a statement from NVIDIA regarding what their plan is to rectify the issue. Today I was shadowbanned, which means that nothing informed me that I was banned, but all my posts and threads are not visible to anyone else. So now the petition is down a black hole. I have NO IDEA why I was banned, but it was likely an attempt to erase the petition, as I didn't do anything inflammatory in the past couple days, and this is not a normal account suspension (those let you know you're temp banned). This is a shady shadowban where they don't want anyone to know that I'm banned. They just want to silently erase every post and thread I've ever made.
Here's where I need your help. Nvidia is obviously trying to sweep the continuing cracked edge saga under the rug. I would appreciate it if anyone who also frequents the nvidia community could make a new topic to start a new petition to demand a response about the cracked edges, and also to let people know what happened to me.
We shouldn't let them get away with this. Thanks.
seattletruth said:
So we all know about the cracked edges issue, and you've probably also heard that even the "new batch" and the LTE model are still prone to cracking.
Yesterday I posted a petition on the geforce forum to bring attention to the issue and to demand a statement from NVIDIA regarding what their plan is to rectify the issue. Today I was shadowbanned, which means that nothing informed me that I was banned, but all my posts and threads are not visible to anyone else. So now the petition is down a black hole. I have NO IDEA why I was banned, but it was likely an attempt to erase the petition, as I didn't do anything inflammatory in the past couple days, and this is not a normal account suspension (those let you know you're temp banned). This is a shady shadowban where they don't want anyone to know that I'm banned. They just want to silently erase every post and thread I've ever made.
Here's where I need your help. Nvidia is obviously trying to sweep the continuing cracked edge saga under the rug. I would appreciate it if anyone who also frequents the nvidia community could make a new topic to start a new petition to demand a response about the cracked edges, and also to let people know what happened to me.
We shouldn't let them get away with this. Thanks.
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Yes I saw that this morning. Quite disgraceful. I see they deleted your thread on Gamergate too some days ago.
If this is the way that Nvidia conducts both its Android device business and its customer support forums then it has lost me completely as a potential customer. This action is the last straw for me, my decision is made to totally avoid Nvidia, I shall delete my GeForce forum bookmarks and not visit there anymore. I do not wish to be part of that debacle any longer.
All in all it is a shabby state of affairs.
ps I have seen you over on FreakTab, I am considering PiPO as the way for me to go next.
I hear yea' man, this isn't cool.
My device burnt me and must of been near combustion, and is now finally after two months crumbling at the corners.
When speaking to support, they were LYING TO ME and just running me through a loop.
"The issue has been resolved in the new replacements"
"Uhh, I was just on YOUR forums reading the opposite... "
Like, they didn't even have to lie to me...
I would of been civil and tried to work something out.
But instead they just want to keep sending out disfunctional and DANGEROUS items and tell me it's okay now?
No, it's not. I have a daughter about to be born and I'd rather not have a fire / choking hazard around.
I sort of wanted to like use the thing to help teach my daughter things through a touch interface, but you know.
I'm scared it'll kill her.
What a freakin' shame.
And to be shadow banning is beyond corrupt now.
Do they think we're all complete idiots who can't communicate if we're blocked somewhere?
That the issue will go away?
Give me back my money and apologizing for wasting my time, lying to us.
Criminal.
Decided to go green for GPU's this year (I sell prebuilds on the side).
WELL, that was a short ride.
PS 4k Downsampling has always been possible on any modern gpu, don't let Nvidia fool you into thinking it's a 900 series feature.
Another thing you likely won't hear make the news articles.
ShortwaveTech said:
I hear yea' man, this isn't cool.
My device burnt me and must of been near combustion, and is now finally after two months crumbling at the corners.
When speaking to support, they were LYING TO ME and just running me through a loop.
"The issue has been resolved in the new replacements"
"Uhh, I was just on YOUR forums reading the opposite... "
Like, they didn't even have to lie to me...
I would of been civil and tried to work something out.
But instead they just want to keep sending out disfunctional and DANGEROUS items and tell me it's okay now?
No, it's not. I have a daughter about to be born and I'd rather not have a fire / choking hazard around.
I sort of wanted to like use the thing to help teach my daughter things through a touch interface, but you know.
I'm scared it'll kill her.
What a freakin' shame.
And to be shadow banning is beyond corrupt now.
Do they think we're all complete idiots who can't communicate if we're blocked somewhere?
That the issue will go away?
Give me back my money and apologizing for wasting my time, lying to us.
Criminal.
Decided to go green for GPU's this year (I sell prebuilds on the side).
WELL, that was a short ride.
PS 4k Downsampling has always been possible on any modern gpu, don't let Nvidia fool you into thinking it's a 900 series feature.
Another thing you likely won't hear make the news articles.
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I don't know if you have an account on geforce forum, but please post the same thing there. we need to voice our opinion on this and be more proactive. warn others if nvidia doesnt respond. it is ridiculous.
Your posts are back on the forum, and it shows you are now suspended.
Does it tell you for how long?
John6670 said:
Your posts are back on the forum, and it shows you are now suspended.
Does it tell you for how long?
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HHAAAA. Maybe they were like...
"Oh **** these really hardcore techies (the only people who would use their forums) are on to us just trying to make them vanish and it's making us look like even bigger assholes!"
Uh, yea. I will head over there tomorrow... Gunna' wait for them to ship the new one.. I was going to sell it since they won't refund but then again I wouldn't feel right selling it to anyone.
Had to tell some kids in the gaming section to hold off on buying it, then showed them mine. They were ranting about it and how they can't wait till' they can get one. HA.
"Yoooou guys might wanna' hold off on that one.." They were so confused something like this even made it to market, even as kids. Not idiots.
---------- Post added at 10:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:51 PM ----------
"Hey everyone,
Thanks again for hanging in there with us. As some of you have noticed we have started replacing faulty units as quickly as we can.
As a token of our appreciation, 200 random customer tablets will be replaced with a SHIELD Tablet 32 GB LTE tablet. This is totally random and once they are gone that's it.
Enjoy,
--Peter"
It's funny because AFTER that I had a rep tell me that wasn't true..
I asked "Is it true you guys are giving people the upgraded version to try to make up for all of this hassle?"
"No".
"Oh, okay."
OP is too right.
I received my replacement quite a while ago, all packaged up nicely with bubbles and tampering tape. Little did I know this was the same model that I had had before. A crack appeared the week after. I had since already returned my tablet to the retailer and now have a cracked RMA'd tablet in my hands.
cosmicsanity said:
OP is too right.
I received my replacement quite a while ago, all packaged up nicely with bubbles and tampering tape. Little did I know this was the same model that I had had before. A crack appeared the week after. I had since already returned my tablet to the retailer and now have a cracked RMA'd tablet in my hands.
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I really wanted this tablet to be good given it's price point and specifications but I'm not interested in the risk given all the complaints and issues. Keep it up! I'm glad the problems are noted in multiple places. I wouldn't rely on their official forums for unbiased comments anyways so keep up the conversation elsewhere where you can't be censored.
Brothers, the least you can do is go make a review on Amazon.com, which is the defacto website where I go to search up reviews before buying the product. This will save other people a lot of headaches. I already did, and you should too.
Thank God I came to XDA before pulling the trigger on one of these. No lie, I was dead set on getting one in the next 30 minutes.
I'm honestly not too surprised either.
Nvidia doesn't have a strong OEM track record either. Most of the time, if you've purchased a 'Nvidia GPU', you're purchasing a card developed by another OEM which uses Nvidia tech/chips. My understanding is that the Shield is Nvidia OEM- it's an Nvidia chip, on an Nvidia board, in an Nvidia-designed hardware unit. In the US, they only seem to sell Nvidia OEM cards at Best Buy (probably for good reason), so I've never seen Nvidia cards anywhere other than Best Buy, which admittedly, can be pretty spotty at times too.
I'm not sure where all these issues are coming from too- all mine has is weak wifi signal. When I'm in decent range of my AC/N router, the signal is great, but it degrades quickly beyond 4ft away. I've dropped this tablet all over the place, and used it for pretty heavy gaming with K1-optimized titles, and I still have no cracks after a month and a half; Can't say the same about my Nexus 7 though, which is in horrific shape.
rebski said:
Yes I saw that this morning. Quite disgraceful. I see they deleted your thread on Gamergate too some days ago.
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What the heck does gamergate have to do with an nvidia tablet? Easy to see why that was deleted.
Caelrie said:
What the heck does gamergate have to do with an nvidia tablet? Easy to see why that was deleted.
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How very interesting.
Is that really your best response to the topic?
It is a shame such a device has the manufacturing issues. I can say from my experience that Nvidia's support is top notch. I had the screen got out after about 6 months on my Shield Portable and they sent me a new one in just a couple of days. They also RMA'ed my Shield Tablet do to cracking with no issues.
I've just ordered one of these tonight, it's being delivered in the morning. After reading about it here which I should have done first, it will be going straight back unopened.
dressanderc said:
Thank God I came to XDA before pulling the trigger on one of these. No lie, I was dead set on getting one in the next 30 minutes.
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Thank heavens! Tell your parents, coworkers and your uncle.
Don't support a product that has the company deleting forum posts and ignoring issues altogether.
If you are still interested in one, it might be worth waiting a year or two, until (if) they hit deal sites as refurbs. I bought a Nexus 7 2013 at launch, and it had all sorts of build issues, but two of my team members got refurb models from Woot recently, and both are in a lot better condition than mine was at launch. >_>
Of course the truth differs greatly from the OP's statements.
He got banned for being an obsessive-compulsive and an outright obnoxious troll, not because of some great crackpot conspiracy regarding his petition or whatever. He also got - at least some of the less offensive - posts returned along with being unbanned, but these kind of facts would just ruin a nice story.
Made up stories are made up. Simple as that. There's a few of these cases on every forum and the Shield Tablet section on Nvidia's forum isn't an exception.
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He got banned for being an obsessive-compulsive and an outright obnoxious troll.
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Back up your facts with proof or get the **** out. Simple...
Diesel779 said:
I've just ordered one of these tonight, it's being delivered in the morning. After reading about it here which I should have done first, it will be going straight back unopened.
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It is an excellent tablet. If you have an issue they will replace it. Use the device and draw your own conclusions. Nvidia has a lot of devices out there and this is just one thread with one disgruntled customer. No company is perfect and in my case at least they have done what needed to be done for my issues.