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Hi,
has anyone had any dealings with this joke of a company?
i send my phone back to them the other day since their site said it was still under warranty (when it was 10 days over a year old, so presumed that they had some kind of leyway for slightly over a year old stuff)
after being on hold to them this morning for 45 mins i was told that it had been booked in as "out of warranty". now i've not had any contact about this. i was told to email some manager guy there but have had no response about it.
i've now been on hold for nearly an hour and dont seem to be getting anywhere. i just feel rather concerned that i've sent 500quids worth of phone to them to have them ignore my calls/emails and not even tell me about the findings of looking at my phone.
anyone? someone must have
Hi,
I actually had a problem with my Jasjar as well. I actually rotated the flip on the wrong side .
I have been advised by Clubimate to send it to SBE in the UK. I contacted them via their websystem, had my phone collected the next day by TNT.
After a couple of days, I received an email confirming they received it and another one with the price I had to pay to get it fixed.
I called them, paid by credit card and I finally received my phone back 3 days after.
I am quite disguted with the amount I had to pay, but, hey, that was my mistake...
My experience was obvisouly not happy but not as much as you described....
Did you get it fixed now?
Did you ever get your phone back and how much did they charge?
Hi, I had my Nexus One for about 4 weeks when I discovered dust under the screen. I rang the service centre who said because my phone was over 2 weeks old I couldn’t have a replacement only a repair. I sent it in for repair and it came back a week later.
I checked the phone over and it looked fine. Then 3 days later I noticed that the dust had come back again. Naturally I was very unhappy as the repair was obviously not carried out correctly or there was a fault with phone.
I then contacted the service department again to tell them I was very unhappy with the repair and what could I do to escalate the issue. I was told by Lee after he had spoken to an escalations manager that I could have a doorstep exchange. That was supposed to happen on the Wednesday.
I waited in all day for the replacement and it never arrived. I rang the service department again to ask where my phone was and was told that a doorstep exchange was not available in the UK and should not have been promised to me. They said that I had to send the phone in again for repair. I explained to them that I was not happy with the service I was getting and that I wanted to take it further. All they could offer was to have the phone looked at again and see if they could replace it.
So I sent it in again for repair and after they had had it for 4 days I rang to see what was happening as I had heard nothing. I was told that I could have a brand new replacement phone and I would receive it Friday. It came Friday and I was happier now I had a phone without dust under the screen. That was until I used it when the lighting in the room was low. I then noticed that the soft key lights were not illuminating. I really could not believe this from a supposedly brand new phone.
So yet again I rang the service department explained my problem to Sebastian and he said that the service I had received was not good enough and he would pass it onto his escalations manager and that he would ring me Monday morning which is today. He didn’t ring Dominic did and said that my phone would have to go for repair again.
At this stage I am now that fed up with the whole thing I could not be bothered arguing anymore, as over the weekend the phone had got dust under the screen just like my last one had. So today I am sending my phone in again. It also means that the service centre has had the phone longer in their possession than I have had since owning it.
I like the phone just not the quality of the build of it and also the outcome of service from the service centre.
I would like someone to contact me and explain why I have had so many problems and also insurance that I will have a working phone eventually.
johnboywilson said:
Hi, i had my Nexus One for about 4 weeks when i discovered dust under the screen. I rang the service centre who said because my phone was over 2 weeks old i couldnt have a replacement only a repair. I sent it in for repair and it came back a week later. I checked the phone over and it looked fine. Then 3 days later i noticed that the dust had come back again. Naturally i was very unhappy as the repair was obviously not carried out correctly or there was a fault with phone. I then contacted the service department again to tell them i was very unhappy with the repair and what could i do to escalate the issue. I was told by Lee after he had spoken to an esculations manager that i could have a doorstep exchange. That was supposed to happen on the Wednesday. I waited in all day for the replacement and it never arrived. I rang the service department again to ask where my phone was and was told that a doorstep exchange was not available in the UK and should not have been promised to me. They said that i had to send the phone in again for repair. I explained to them that i was not happy with the service i was getting and that i wanted to take it furthur. All they could offer was to have the phone looked at again and see if they could replace it. So i sent it in again for repair and after they had had it for 4 days i rang to see what was happening as i had heard nothing. I was told that i could have a brand new replacement phone and i would receive it Friday. It came Friday and i was happier now i had a phone without dust under the screen. That was until i used it when the lighting in the room was low. I then noticed that the soft key lights were not illuminating. I really could not believe this from a supposedley brand new phone. So yet again i rang the service department explained my problem to Sebastian and he said that the service i had received was not good enough and he would pass it onto his escalations manager and that he would ring me Monday morning which is today. He didnt ring Dominic did and said that my phone would have to go for repair again. At this stage i am now that fed up with the whole thing i could not be bothered arguing anymore, as over the weekend the phone had got dust under the screen just like my last one had. So today i am sending my phone in again. It also means that the service centre has had the phone longer in their possession than i have had since owning it.
I like the phone just not the quality of the build of it and also the outcome of service from the service centre.
I would like someone to contact me and explain why i have had so many problems and also an insurance that i will have a working phone eventually.
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HOLY SH!!!!!!
Ever heard of PARAGRAPHS?
Im sorry to hear this bro :-( that's sad how customer service was handled very poorly. That's one heck of a luck you got.
@Paul LOL you think after all this guy has been through, he cares bout paragraphs? I probably be typing with CAPS.
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HOLY SH!!!!!!
Ever heard of PARAGRAPHS?
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haha agreed... i had to follow along with a finger..
in any note.. my debacle is this... had everyone gotten the N1 for say the upgrade price of 179, would there be as much commotion over things. I think part of the unhappiness comes from spending so much on such a fine piece of tech. Dont get me wrong i agree with the OP 100% and would be just as ticked off, but I think that there comes a time when it is fine to say, screw this, just tell me what I need to do in order to make you guys work for my benefit.
let us know how the situation pans out.
you are not the only one here... i got dust, and sent to be replaced. then, the same one came back.. whats worse, the phone rattled. so, i sent it back for refund. heard nothing from them during the following 10 days after the delivery was made. i called back. they told me the phone was lost. FTW. the only solution they have now is ESCALATION...
Still waiting..
Hope you get a resolution soon.
Just out of info where are you returning the phone to? Are the service centres in the UK?
Sorry it was paragraphed in my original email. Had to copy and paste into note pad and forget to check it before posting.
I really only posted to see if anyone else had as many issues as i did.
Yes i could very nearly have typed it all in CAPITAL LETTERS!!! I was mad..
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Hope you get a resolution soon.
Just out of info where are you returning the phone to? Are the service centres in the UK?
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Yes UK Milton Keynes.
palosjr said:
haha agreed... i had to follow along with a finger..
in any note.. my debacle is this... had everyone gotten the N1 for say the upgrade price of 179, would there be as much commotion over things. I think part of the unhappiness comes from spending so much on such a fine piece of tech. Dont get me wrong i agree with the OP 100% and would be just as ticked off, but I think that there comes a time when it is fine to say, screw this, just tell me what I need to do in order to make you guys work for my benefit.
let us know how the situation pans out.
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Yes this is the first time i have bought a phone out of conract.
Maybe i have learnt a lesson!
w00yee said:
you are not the only one here... i got dust, and sent to be replaced. then, the same one came back.. whats worse, the phone rattled. so, i sent it back for refund. heard nothing from them during the following 10 days after the delivery was made. i called back. they told me the phone was lost. FTW. the only solution they have now is ESCALATION...
Still waiting..
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Oh crickey, i feel a little better now reading your post..
Do you by any chqnce have a picture of the dust under the screen? Id really like to see what this is all about
Check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=613115
johnboywilson said:
Hi, i had my Nexus One for about 4 weeks when i discovered dust under the screen....
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Holly sh..* I would start to hate this phone ..actually, after that I don´t even dare to search for any dust .....
JoshHart said:
Do you by any chqnce have a picture of the dust under the screen? Id really like to see what this is all about
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Its away for repair again!
w00yee said:
you are not the only one here... i got dust, and sent to be replaced. then, the same one came back.. whats worse, the phone rattled. so, i sent it back for refund. heard nothing from them during the following 10 days after the delivery was made. i called back. they told me the phone was lost. FTW. the only solution they have now is ESCALATION...
Still waiting..
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I'd be disputing the purchase charge with my card issuer if I were you!
I had a similar issue. i tried purchasing aNexus with my Paypal Card but since it was over $500, it was declined by paypal since i had some limitations!
then i used my bank accounts debit card and tried to purchase the phone again, the shopping cart showed me 1 Nexus one phone. very good, i went through with the purchase and a few hours later i receive an automatic email stating the first purchase has been re initiated since the card was changed.
So now i had purchased 2 phone after various emails and complains, the only solution they told me was to send one of them back without opening it. and so i did. a max of 14 days was expected for the refund.
i called Several times in between those days ad said the payment should be coming soon, 16 days passed and nothing so i called again and sent google and email and i received a refund of $521 and not the $560 i paid. i emailed google and told them that the item was never opened and they told me i would get charged for restocking fees either and that it was never my fault to have purchased 2 phones rather than one.........
2 weeks later i receive the remaining refund of $40. a total of 1 month to get everything settled and i AM NOT RICH TO HAVE $600 taken for that long of a time.....
Not to mention, the other phone which i kept had the dust issue too, sent it back and received a brand new one cuz it was under the 14 days. but it had the same dust issue too. i just decided to keep it and every once in a while i get a piece of computer paper or note cards and clean it with it! YUP! thats what i do. UGhhhhh
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I'd be disputing the purchase charge with my card issuer if I were you!
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Well thats another story which i dare not go into
minogue said:
I had a similar issue. i tried purchasing aNexus with my Paypal Card but since it was over $500, it was declined by paypal since i had some limitations!
then i used my bank accounts debit card and tried to purchase the phone again, the shopping cart showed me 1 Nexus one phone. very good, i went through with the purchase and a few hours later i receive an automatic email stating the first purchase has been re initiated since the card was changed.
So now i had purchased 2 phone after various emails and complains, the only solution they told me was to send one of them back without opening it. and so i did. a max of 14 days was expected for the refund.
i called Several times in between those days ad said the payment should be coming soon, 16 days passed and nothing so i called again and sent google and email and i received a refund of $521 and not the $560 i paid. i emailed google and told them that the item was never opened and they told me i would get charged for restocking fees either and that it was never my fault to have purchased 2 phones rather than one.........
2 weeks later i receive the remaining refund of $40. a total of 1 month to get everything settled and i AM NOT RICH TO HAVE $600 taken for that long of a time.....
Not to mention, the other phone which i kept had the dust issue too, sent it back and received a brand new one cuz it was under the 14 days. but it had the same dust issue too. i just decided to keep it and every once in a while i get a piece of computer paper or note cards and clean it with it! YUP! thats what i do. UGhhhhh
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Oh god im hearing some stories now ive posted this!
I have another story regarding the buying of it which is also a nightmare
Well I am still waiting on mine. I was told it would be 3 days and well its been a week.
After I called to get my tracking number I was told it was still pending so they were going to fill out a a recovery form to contact the warehouse to find out what the problem was and I should get an email after 24 hrs. I didnt. Called again was told that it usually take 72 hrs. No dice. Called again guy told me that they are having problems with the forms lately and its been taking 8 days... WTF!?I was also told that my order has been put in backorder status with no way of knowing when it would ship. But the guy didnt understand why the Vibrant wasnt on his backorder list. So we sent an email escalation to the warehouse which I am currently waiting on which he said would take 24 hrs.
This is just mind numbingly insane to me. Why cant they call the warehouse to figure this crap out. I have a phone sitting here that their update broke that I havent even finished paying off yet that Ive had for about a month and a half and they are telling me i have to wait to hear from them when it will be shipped. I left Sprint to get away from this kind of crap.
Call customer care back & say CANCEL. That will get you the customer retention dept. I filed my claim on the 14th after the OTA update bricked my phone & they couldn't get it to come back up. Expected it to take maybe 3 days. After the phone had not arrived Tuesday I was PO'd yesterday morning & called. They told me it was on backorder and I probably wouldn't have it until the 25th. Wrong answer. Got to customer retention and they took $20 off my bill for the inconvenience and supposedly overnighted a phone to me. We'll see if it arrives today.
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Call customer care back & say CANCEL. That will get you the customer retention dept. I filed my claim on the 14th after the OTA update bricked my phone & they couldn't get it to come back up. Expected it to take maybe 3 days. After the phone had not arrived Tuesday I was PO'd yesterday morning & called. They told me it was on backorder and I probably wouldn't have it until the 25th. Wrong answer. Got to customer retention and they took $20 off my bill for the inconvenience and supposedly overnighted a phone to me. We'll see if it arrives today.
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Ive been on the phone with CS multiple times and they have credited me back my shipping fee and my date usage for the month i will give them a call this afternoon again. I got an email address from the Live Chat person of soemone higher than them so hopefully I will hear back and let me know if you get your phone.
Also howd you get a date out of them they just keep telling me they have no idea.
That sucks, mine bricked with the OTA and they said it would be 7 days to get my phone, well it showed on the 18th (I must of called on the 8th)...
What is dumb is they sent text messages to the bricked phone letting me know (HA, I ODIN'ed back to stock and applied the update and my phone worked fine).
So now I have a replacement phone and my original phone - I need to goto the store or something and return the replacement phone, right? Or will they charge me $100 bucks for the replacement and if they do, and I keep it - am I able to get another replacement if it breaks?
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That sucks, mine bricked with the OTA and they said it would be 7 days to get my phone, well it showed on the 18th (I must of called on the 8th)...
What is dumb is they sent text messages to the bricked phone letting me know (HA, I ODIN'ed back to stock and applied the update and my phone worked fine).
So now I have a replacement phone and my original phone - I need to goto the store or something and return the replacement phone, right? Or will they charge me $100 bucks for the replacement and if they do, and I keep it - am I able to get another replacement if it breaks?
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You should send it back I dont know if they would let you keep it they may charge you.
same here they credited me my data for the month, but still i want my phone back...i was thinking of odin back and recover but if they're sending me another phone i dont want to send them back a good phone...i guess ill just wait
CS is different from Customer Retention and you have to say cancel to get to them. Their job is to keep you as a subscriber. My guess is they have their own stock to pull from. The stupidest part of all this is there's a corporate store blocks from my house with a bunch of Vibrants in stock. Why Tmo won't give me one of those phones & replenish their stock is beyond me.
Send your phone back or they'll be sending you a bill for the retail price of the phone. When you got the replacement it should have included details on how to send the other back. If not, call.
I actually sent an email to the CEO with my complaints and they are assigning someone to my case. Waiting to hear back. But I will be calling when I get home.
I had to replace mine due to overheating, shutdown thermometer icon, said 7 days, came on 7the. Day. Call 611 ask for customer loyalty.
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Same sinking boat...
I am actually in the same boat...I ordered an exchange back on 10/14 after my Vibrant went belly up after the update, ordered 3 day express shipping which should have arrived no later than Tuesday 10/19 and when I called to check the status they said it was on backordered status even though it wasn't officially backordered...until today that it. Samsung Vibrants for exchange have been backordered for replacements ordered 10/13 or after, and this information was just made known today...1 week after the fact! Submitting research requests will have no further luck as the shipment date is to be determined. It will simply arrives, when it arrives. Needless to say, I got the shipping charges refunded!
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I am actually in the same boat...I ordered an exchange back on 10/14 after my Vibrant went belly up after the update, ordered 3 day express shipping which should have arrived no later than Tuesday 10/19 and when I called to check the status they said it was on backordered status even though it wasn't officially backordered...until today that it. Samsung Vibrants for exchange have been backordered for replacements ordered 10/13 or after, and this information was just made known today...1 week after the fact! Submitting research requests will have no further luck as the shipment date is to be determined. It will simply arrives, when it arrives. Needless to say, I got the shipping charges refunded!
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My stock vibrant went belly up after the OTA update on Oct 12. I asked for an expedited replacement. I was actually given the expedition for free.
Oct 12 - OTA kills my stock Vibrant. I ordered a new replacement phone at the store, and expedited shipping was free.
Oct 15 - phone was supposed to arrive. It didn't, so I called and asked whats up. I was told Oct 16 was the new date.
Oct 16 - Phone didnt arrive. I asked what's up. I was told Oct 21
Oct 21 - phone didnt arrive today. I called and was told Oct 25. I asked for some kind of credit to my account. Since I'm vibrantless for 13 days, they credited me 13 days of service. Definitely call customer service, ask for a supervisor, and explain you've been inconvenienced by not having a smartphone. they will credit you for the days you've been dicked over.
Oct 25 - we'll see what happens.
If I get a refurbished phone, I'm going to get that replaced too.
It took 9 days - including weekend - to get my replacement.
There is no way to know if you get a refurbished. And if you call in and say you dont want redurbished they will just tell you they have requested a new one for you but they cant control it. I am unsure if mine is refurbished or not. The plastic cover that came with it made it look like a refurb but it was manufactured in 10/10 and the sliding door.at top feelings like no one has uses it before.
Mine had the damn bootloader locked unlike my original so I had to do all this fevered reading about adb that I didn't have to do first time around, then BING, OTA and unlocked sbl,rerooted and back in the ballgame. I'm getting a refund for lost service and that cockamamie mobile TV charge which I never used.
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I got mine, and it was not a refurb. I don't think there were enough defect returns because the phones on been on the mass market a few months. I got mine from a guy off of cl and I still got a new warranty replacement from samsung via tmo. It even had a manufacture date more recent than the date I bought the original! Just slapped my batt in and snapped my old cover and I was good to go.
Oh and btw, it does take them a week or two to get the replacement approval processed.
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ensonnosne said:
I got mine, and it was not a refurb. I don't think there were enough defect returns because the phones on been on the mass market a few months. I got mine from a guy off of cl and I still got a new warranty replacement from samsung via tmo. It even had a manufacture date more recent than the date I bought the original! Just slapped my batt in and snapped my old cover and I was good to go.
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Did it come in the original packaging with all the accessories or just the phone itself? I ask this because I've never had an exchange before. Thanks
(they told me mine would just be the phone and to keep my sd card, battery and all the accessories)
No is just the phone with out the cover or batt.
I think they only give you the whole box if you report it stolen.
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Okay. Thanks for your (quick) response. Much appreciated!
ensonnosne said:
I got mine, and it was not a refurb. I don't think there were enough defect returns because the phones on been on the mass market a few months. I got mine from a guy off of cl and I still got a new warranty replacement from samsung via tmo. It even had a manufacture date more recent than the date I bought the original! Just slapped my batt in and snapped my old cover and I was good to go.
Oh and btw, it does take them a week or two to get the replacement approval processed.
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T-mobile is giving me hell about my phone since it was giving to me as a gift and the OTA screwed my phone up. They say my phone doesn't have a manufacturers warranty.
I paid for overnight on a sunday I had to cal back thursday and threaten a company switch, phone arrived next day at 1:40.
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Hey!
The camera on my Nexus One has stopped working, and its clearly a hardware error.
The thing is; I live in Norway. I bought this phone in the states, since its not available in Norway.
So I contacted the HTC support in Norway, and they transfeered me to HTC UK. After talking to the guy, I will recieve an adress, where I have to send the phone, at my expense. Once they recieve it, they will send me a bill for the return cost. After that is payed, they will fix and send back my phone.
Is it worth it? How do I know that they will cover it from the warrenty, and how long will this take?
Any input, is appreciated
EDIT: The HBOOT thing is unlocked.
Is it worth it depends in the cost of the shipping. They tell you shortly after they receive it whether it's covered or not, they're pretty quick.
Shipping the phone to them is about 30 GBP. and the HBOOT is unlocked :/
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Is it worth it depends in the cost of the shipping. They tell you shortly after they receive it whether it's covered or not, they're pretty quick.
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Sorry to hijack the thread but do they charge out the arse for having parts fixed? I'm weighing up fixing my power button myself or sending it to them. (Previously opened so I doubt i'll get it fixed under warranty).
unlocked or not.. i had my nexus one power button broken. sent it to them unlocked and rooted and they sent me replacement. I had no problems from htc at all. the only thing i had to pay for was the camera, it was cracked by me, they charged me $60.00 us.
I think I will send it in. Worst case, I will lose £60, and get the phone back with a non working camera. (Ofcourse, that is if it doesnt get lost in the mail)
Should I go back to stock room, or do anything else before i send it in? And should I use the original box the phone came with?
My N1 had random restart/overheating issues and I sent it in with clockworkmod clearly installed, though I did install stock + factory reset before I sent it. I had no issues with the process and didn't have to pay a dime.
whether it's worthwhile is up to you, at worst they will charge you 200 USD to replace the main board but I doubt that will happen.
They were very reasonable when I cracked my screen. $55 including shipping is all it cost me.
Just called HTC again, because they got the wrong contact information on me. This time they told me that they will pick up the phone from my home, instead of me paying for the shipment. Very impressed so far
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Hey!
The camera on my Nexus One has stopped working, and its clearly a hardware error.
The thing is; I live in Norway. I bought this phone in the states, since its not available in Norway.
So I contacted the HTC support in Norway, and they transfeered me to HTC UK. After talking to the guy, I will recieve an adress, where I have to send the phone, at my expense. Once they recieve it, they will send me a bill for the return cost. After that is payed, they will fix and send back my phone.
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I live in Austria - and my powerbutton was not working so i called the support and they told me that the repair is free as it is warranty and i only have to pay the mail to the UK - not the return.
haltemien said:
Is it worth it? How do I know that they will cover it from the warrenty, and how long will this take?
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In my case: I send the phone to UK on 18.November - they received it on 22.Nov, and until now its not returned! (but they told me that a wrong ticket on their side was the problem)... ;-)
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EDIT: The HBOOT thing is unlocked.
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My Phone was also unlocked...
I live in Sweden, my speaker was loos. I mailed HTC and got the ticket, paid for a recommended "bubble" envelope at the post office. Costed me 130 SEK(10 USD). Putted the phone without the battery, sim-card,SD-card and back case and the ticket around it. 10 days later i`ve got the phone back. New speaker and they even changed the receiver on it.
The phone was used when i`ve bought it so i got it without a recit and i`v got a Cyanogenmod on the phone. HTC putted the original rom back and locked it.
No questions asked.
HTC 4life!
I also had a good experience with HTC UK. My N1's power button stopped working and I had to sent it to UK because I bought it from USA instead of waiting for N1 launch in Spain with Vodafone.
It took 2 weeks: 3 days travelling to UK, 4 working days in HTC Repairing Center and 4 days travelling back to Spain (there were huge snows on it's way, it should have been faster because they sent it back with UPS -probably 2 days-).
Good luck,
PS: Don't send it in the original box, you might don't see it again!
Anyone got recent experience of the repair service in UK?
Have just send my HD to have the touch screen repaired only to find out that their repair center is not good.
Any experiences?
Rob.
I just recently sent mine back. They returned it with the same fault I sent it in for. All they did was a factory reset.
This sounds familiar, I sent my wife's desire back 3 times with speaker noise. Came back reset every time with the same problem. After many phone calls and a letter to the CEO we were contacted by a Regional Customer Care Manager who again was worse than useless. Stand your ground as HTC policy is to replace phones after 3 failed attempts to repair the same fault. Hope this is useful.
I quoted the sale of goods act to Phones4U that states the retailer is liable for repairs, etc... I got a replacement sent out in 3-4 days.
I have the number of the Written Complaints Team of Phones4U if anyone needs it. I didn't write to them.
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I just recently sent mine back. They returned it with the same fault I sent it in for. All they did was a factory reset.
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Same experience.
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Although IANAL as Andy states in the UK your contract is with the retailer not the manufacturer, so it's the retailer who is required to sort the problems out, they can ask you to deal with the manufacturer direct BUT you are not obliged to do so.
They all get sent to HTC anyway and because Carphone Warehouse are doubly useless I chose to send mine to HTC direct.
I got my phone back within 3 weeks. I have no idea if they fixed it or not because they neglected to return my battery. I have now been waiting for a week for HTC to get stock back in again.
Shambles.
I really feel for you fellers as I've been on the arse end of rubbish repair service with a SONY, NOKIA & Phones4U in the past. My son's wildfire just came back from the UK repair centre & I have been absolutely amazed atwith all of it. From the inital call to the return of the phone - for a non working screen - 3 days, 3 days! Received this AM & so far all seems as it ought to be. Maybe I got lucky (& I do hope this positive post doesn't snap back & bite me on the butt) but I can't complain at all.
(That's killed it, I just know I've opened a world of pain for meself now )
Oh & I hope all you experiencing bad service really do get your stuff sorted to your satisfaction asap.
My first Desire HD bricked itself doing an OTA update, so I sent it back. I say "sent"... here's a rough timeline:
Monday @ 9am approx. - Called HTC
Monday @ 2pm approx. - Phone was picked up by courier!
Thursday - Received email to say the phone was fixed and was on the way back.
Monday @ 12 approx. - Received phone back from courier.
Bear in mind the Friday and second Monday were public holidays, so on a normal week I would have had it back on the Friday I think. As for the repair, they replaced the mainboard, shell and battery were original. I checked the hardware IDs etc, but HTC also confirmed the board replace when I called them.
All in all, I was quite satisfied. The only improvement would be to offer while you wait service by travelling to Milton Keynes and being in person.
That's pretty good. Far better than I received, here's my timeline.
Wk1 - Friday @ 10AM - Contacted HTC (Vibration Motor Failure) - Advised of 20+ days turnaround time due to repair centre re-location.
Wk2 - Tuesday @ Daytime - Handset picked up.
Wk3 -
Wk4 -
Wk5 -
Wk6 - Thursday @ 4PM - Contacted HTC to see where my handset was. Advised they had it and an engineer will look at it ASAP.
Wk7 - Tuesday @ Daytime - Courier returns handset. No notice given, luckily I had the day off.
Wk7 - Tuesday @ Daytime +1 - Contacted HTC - No repair made, vibration motor still faulty. Firmware updated to 2.36.405.8 - Advised of 20+ days turnaround, etc...
Wk7 - Tuesday @ Daytime +2 - Contacted Phones4U - Explained situation, got nowhere, reminded them of their responsibility under the Sale of Goods Act. "they are liable for repair, repair made in a reasonable timeframe, etc...." passed to "Written Complaints Team" they agreed with shocking turnaround and arranged a replacement.
Wk7 - Friday @ 10AM - Courier delivered brand new Desire HD.
Wk8 - Wednesday @ 9AM - Courier picked up faulty Desire HD.
Wk9 - Wednesday @ Daytime - Cheque of £50 through the post as compensation for my troubles. (I did not ask for this).
Daz555 said:
They all get sent to HTC anyway and because Carphone Warehouse are doubly useless I chose to send mine to HTC direct.
I got my phone back within 3 weeks. I have no idea if they fixed it or not because they neglected to return my battery. I have now been waiting for a week for HTC to get stock back in again.
Shambles.
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Yes agreed, but you are absolving them of responsibility by going it alone, which may make life more difficult for you in the long run.
Here is the reason I'm getting worried:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/18/htc_failed_support/
The phone cost so much in the first place that I figured it best to get it sorted as soon as.
All the posts I logged about not being able to allow apps root etc, turns out it was the touch panel the whole time.
Since December when i got the phone I was thinking it was just me
I dropped it into a Vodafone Ireland shop so if it gets lost or comes back with the same fault, at least I will have someone to argue with.
Am back to using my old Omnia i900. Man is this thing a donkey. Hope my HD makes it back to me soon in one 100% working piece.
To those who have rooted their device and needed repair, do you need to unroot and S-on your device before sending?
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To those who have rooted their device and needed repair, do you need to unroot and S-on your device before sending?
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It wouldn't do you any harm, but in the UK at least they can't decline a hardware warranty claim because you've rooted
I just ran the stock RUU over mine before returning it.
11 days ago HTC emailed me to advise they had dispatched a new battery......guess what.......yep, nowt.
They were also delighted to inform me that they had dispatched an 8GB mSDHC card by way of compensation........genius. We had actually agreed on a 16GB card. Either way it has not arrived anyway.
Utter shambles from start to finish.
Just got a call from Vodafone to say my phone had come back from repair.
Going to head out and get it shortly. Will be interesting to see if its actually fixed.
I had a bad experience.. took them 45 days to sort out my phone.
It was sent in due to a camera blur, it blurred the right hand side. I got told it will be 5 working days... These days came and went, so I called them up, to be told it is on the priority list, which means it will be sent out asap (a couple of days). This time period came and went. Long story short, they kept telling me my phone will be sent out in the next couple of days, when really it was sat there waiting for a new camera to be delivered from Taiwan, which I found out about 30 days in.
In the end, I quote the sales and goods act, and pointed them to the direction of their terms and conditions, which state that in a delay, either party must notify the other, but they never notified me. And the Act which stated that a repair must be done in a reasonable time frame, else a replacement product must be issued.
After I sent them off a letter stating this, I had an email reply saying that my phone will be with me by next wednesday, which also came and went... on the Thirsday they rung me up, telling me a new, boxed HTC Desire HD will be sent out to me, I got that on the Friday. Makes me wonder why they didn't save time with all this messing around, read their own terms and conditions, plus check out the law before they built a repair centre!
Overall, I was glad I had a brand new phone, but annoyed with their level of service, and lack of answers. I even had Orange ringing them up requesting my phone be returned to be as they had broken the law.
Matt
Just been to collect the phone and just as well i tested it in store.
Still not fixed. All they did was reload the software!
So, its off for another repair now with alot more details added to the description.
Exactly what they did to mine, I don't understand the thought process of these "Engineers/Technicians". Repair notes state,
"Faulty Vibration Motor: Does not vibrate / distinct scratching noise when supposed to vibrate".
Somehow updating the software to 2.36.405.8 will fix an obvious hardware fault?