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Streak dead?

I bought a used streak from a guy off amazon. Upon turning it on it appeared to work so i turned it off put my sim card in and the thing has not turned back on since. Anyone else have this issue? Any ideas?
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Sure its charged? Maybe the battery isn't holding a charge?
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I had the same problem as you. I tried the following:
(1) I took the battery out and then plugged it into the mains and tried to turn it on. It came to life with an image of a battery with a question mark in it? (2) I then put the battery back in, and it told me to (3) push the power on button after (4) replacing the back cover (very smart!). It was fine after that. (5) Then give it a good charge, min. 1 hour. So if your Streak appears completely dead, don't panic like I did, just follow steps 1 to 5 above.

nthknd said:
I bought a used streak from a guy off amazon. Upon turning it on it appeared to work so i turned it off put my sim card in and the thing has not turned back on since. Anyone else have this issue? Any ideas?
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On stock ROM the back cover must be on to make it work.

Oh. I didn't even think he didn't put the back cover on. That was too implied. Forget that you just got it.
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Thanks i did all of that and nothing i even went to best buy and they couldnt get it to work. Luckly the guy i bought it from was great and he refunded me my money and i sent it back to him. I was going to buy another from a member here on xda but my wife supriswd me wirh a tracking number where she bought me a replacemnt. Im a blessed guy.
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nthknd said:
Thanks i did all of that and nothing i even went to best buy and they couldnt get it to work. Luckly the guy i bought it from was great and he refunded me my money and i sent it back to him. I was going to buy another from a member here on xda but my wife supriswd me wirh a tracking number where she bought me a replacemnt. Im a blessed guy.
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And you give your better-half one big hug, that was so thoughtful of her! The Dell Streak is so awesome its almost " replaced" my better half.

Well she works for dell (they have a finacial side) ancv ive been eyeing this since xmas i even got one for xmas but returned it cuz it seemed the update would never have come. The col part is it was order tuesday and it should be here friday.
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HD2 no more :-(

Today I got home and found out my phone wont charge anymore I don't know how but I guess something inside the USB port died Idk.. but I love this phone I'm writing this with my last bit of battery I finally got it how I wanted it I just got the sense like miui rom ugh :'(
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relldroid said:
Today I got home and found out my phone wont charge anymore I don't know how but I guess something inside the USB port died Idk.. but I love this phone I'm writing this with my last bit of battery I finally got it how I wanted it I just got the sense like miui rom ugh :'(
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My condolences But you could just replace the USB port. You can find one very cheap on ebay.

This has happened to me . The usb in the phone has come loose and won't charge.
I thought of fixing it myself but didn't want to **** my phone up. So I found some mains battery chargers from eBay and they are working really well . Charges my batterys well and had no problems in a month now .
The chargers were only 4 pound . So not to bad and you can get a battery with them too but pay a little more .
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10507 said:
My condolences But you could just replace the USB port. You can find one very cheap on ebay.
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Thank u, im using this horrible sidekick 4g now, if its possible I will get it replaced by a profession I love that phone leos are perfect
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It's better to replies the usb port. Always to replies the batteries is bad.

Sprint Epic4g repair/replace

You guys know how much Sprint replacing our Epic4Gs for w/ insurance these days? $100?
Also, you think they'd let me switch phones instead? I'm trying to wait out thus galaxy S3 but my severely cracked screen is bothering me.
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Yep replacement will be 100
And its a maybe depending on your rep... but most likely no.
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Gotta love bestbuy. Free replacements all day.
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I dont get how you end out paying that much. Ive only had to pay $35 for a replacement and i didnt have a warranty or anything.
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|| Acer || said:
I dont get how you end out paying that much. Ive only had to pay $35 for a replacement and i didnt have a warranty or anything.
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OP has a cracked screen - that and water damage takes deductible to $100 with asurion. If the phone (ie a replacement) is still under its 1 year warranty, and doesn't have one of the above 2 issues then Asurion will swap it for free.

My space bar is split down the middle (still works just annoying), my battery won't hold a charge, every now and then while charging several battery widgets showed the batter charged but loosing power, one of those 3 triangle things (where the battery is, the part that touches the gold squares on the batter) is bent.
Will I have to pay $100 or can I get a new epic free? I had this phone since February 2011 (or 2010 I forget but it was the february after the phone came out)
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Take a pick and press in on one of the ext antenna port. This will kill you signal and they will say hardware and replace it for $35. If you have water or broken screen, no luckat all. Simple.
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XtaC318 said:
Gotta love bestbuy. Free replacements all day.
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They wouldn't replace mine when I lost it. Signed up for Sprint insurance and now it's only $100.

Its a waste of a $100. Hopefully the Nexus comes out at a good price.

Quicksand Jesus said:
They wouldn't replace mine when I lost it. Signed up for Sprint insurance and now it's only $100.
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They don't replace lost phones that's why we never used bestbuy
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Fire n mage said:
They don't replace lost phones that's why we never used bestbuy
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Or that's why you be responsible and don't misplace your phone.
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Just dropped my phone and cracked the screen. Should I file for a replacement or get one off of eBay?

younggangsta_s said:
Just dropped my phone and cracked the screen. Should I file for a replacement or get one off of eBay?
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Almost the same money in all ways. If you didnt brake the screen and just the glass, youll prob break it trying to replace it. Also it wont feed the same after you get it that far apart. I would say Ebay and switch the board out. Insurance if you got it. Like I said tho, about the same money. Global Direct is the best place for parts. A few bucks higher than ebay but 100% genuine and will have the adhesive made for it. PM me if you need a price, they hide them.
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Bought a nexus 7 and still on the fence

So I bought a nexus 7 from office depot. It is unopened because after reading all the threads on here Im a little worried about the problems it will have. Im wondering if anyone has had any experience returning the device through office depot? Im also on the fence after hearing all the problems with the device it sounds like a huge headache. Looking to get some other users inputs on the nexus 7 device and if anyone's dealt with returning theirs at office depot. Also If you think I should purchase it from another store.

I've had no issues with the two I purchased from Staples. I wouldn't buy a pencil at Office Depot, the stores/people here SUCK!

I bought mine at Futureshop (here in Canada) and I was pretty hesitant as well in opening it after seeing all these threads about the issues people were having with theirs. But to my relief it was a good model. No visible defects with it.

Staples has a 14 day return policy on electronics. Keep that in mind when buying in store.

This is what all these negative threads are doing. Just open and start using, it's a great device.
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I bought it at ABT in Glenview, IL. I had a problem with mine and ABT did not have any issue to exchange it for me.
I have not shopped at office depot for a while but when I did, i never had any problem return/exchange.
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Office Depot has the same policy but once it's open only store credit. What's Google plays return policy?
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kangxi said:
This is what all these negative threads are doing. Just open and start using, it's a great device.
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I know right, it's like he wants either permission to use it, or just wants to let everyone know he's got one. &?
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You can return for a full refund at Staples if there is a problem with the device, even though it's been opened.

blade30p said:
I know right, it's like he wants either permission to use it, or just wants to let everyone know he's got one. &?
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more like i dont want to get burned again I had a Samsung droid charge worst smartphone I have ever used. I just want to make sure that all these complaints are not as widespread as they are made out to be.

You're not gonna see everyone praising it on forums, they are here to resolve issues and report problems. My 7 is flawless.
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You bought it already. Just open it and find out. It's completely worth it if it's got a good display. And if it's defective, you can get it exchanged.
And I'm saying this as a person that has gotten two defective Nexus 7s and am currently waiting on number 3 (from Google Play). At least with your retail store purchase, you can exchange it the same day (if they have stock) if it's defective.

I got mine from Staples a week ago tomorrow. An absolutely flawless unit as far as I can tell. It was the only Nexus they had in stock, but it has no issues.
If there are in fact problems with it, I am obviously less observant/picky than other owners. I am yet to notice anything wrong

I wish people would stop saying the same exact thing in each of these threads....
nexus 7 is a fast and great little device.
go buy it now if you get a bad one take it back until your happy

Nexus7 is awesome. I have no problems with it. I purchased mine at staples.
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Best device I own. Mine is flawless.
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Stop being a b.i.t.c.h. and open it! For crying out loud. Come on people!
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The first batch of Nexus 7s seem to be a little faulty, but that's expected with any brand new product. I just got mine from Staples on Sunday and it's perfect. They said their previous shipment was defective and had to send it back and mine was from the new batch that had just come in the previous day. If it's defective, return it and get another one. Easy enough.

Got mine from Office Depot a week ago and it is flawless. None of the problems people here are reporting.
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You know damn well you opened it as soon as you left the store!
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Fried Epic

I know this is unfixable but I want to see if you guys could know why this happened. A few months ago in winter 2012 my sister epic 4G got rained on and her battery is now pink. But nothing happened .now yesterday while she was charging her phone the charger blew and her micro USB port was broke. Just when you think it couldn't get worse when I let her use my battery I turn her phone on and it was bootlooping like crazy. When it finally booted It was stuck in safe mode and when you unlocked the phone it would reboot. I then went into recovery to wipe and it was frozen in recovery. Then when I reboot it (Battery Pull) kept rebooting into recovery. Then I kicked it out of recovery with the home button but the volume keys weren't working in recovery so I couldn't wipe. I think she has major bad luck. I never experienced something like this EVER. She in contract until July 2013 so she can't easily switch. She still in college so she needs her phone. Why do you think all this happened? She is also stock FC09 not rooted.
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Water damage doesn't immediately "show itself" sometimes... probably a delayed reaction to the water damage...

It is also possible the USB port is shorting which caused the charger to blow and the strange behavior. Try with the battery out, clean the phone port with 91% alcohol using a toothbrush. Let it dry for a half hour. Then see if you can get it into download mode and reflash stock FC09 through odin.

Ahh its done no responce with USB At all . Its officially Dead. When I wiggled the USB after cleaning the port like you said to get Odin to see it. No responce. I don't know what to tell her. She's gonna have to find an old sprint phone 1 Less Epic 4G .
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It's sad when an Epic goes down.
Moment of silence.
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If I wasn't still on contract with mine I'd be willing to send it; maybe someone will be more generous than me...
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czechpunk said:
If I wasn't still on contract with mine I'd be willing to send it; maybe someone will be more generous than me...
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Actually, I have successfully unbricked my other epic, so now I have two.... I have 2 peoplee who have dibs right now,, but if they don't contact me by Monday, it yours (or your sisters, lol)... the only thing I ask is you cover the shipping... let me know...

Still available... doesn't look like the other 2 will be contacting me... pm me if interested...

If your epic 4g is sprint and you aren't sending it in for a replacement, I'm still looking to get my hands on a dead 4g for shipping costs. Let me know if you are interested.
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I still have my old epic in mint condition with Clean GB still on it sittin in my night stand.
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Im sorry for not repling as i havent been on the forum much. She was told by a sprint rep to buy insurance and pay a deductable to get it replaced she did that.
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I'll go more in dept. She said the guy at sprint looked at her phone. Didn't even check the battery and said it looks like the phone has water damage. And to get it replace she has to buy insurance then file a claim.
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