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Wtf this will be my second phone epic piece of junk

First one I had screen went white flickering returned it
Now new one speakers died out of nowhere mid call now I have a phone w no sound **** you Samsung. Take froyo and shove it up your ****ing ass. ...........:\
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That's from the people who are on Epic #4 or higher. Thank you come again.

Seriously I guess it must be the invisible shield I put on my screen that protects my phone from me constant dropping it on the ground
or maybe I was just lucky and got a perfect unit

Did they give you a refurbished after your first one?

Same my phone looks NEW shine it 3x a day but just out of curiosity if i have the 7$ protection plan from sprint how can i get a new phone without having to pay the 100$ deductible?

No they always get you a refurbished one unless you are on your first 30 days of purchase with the phone

LOL...figures they're so stupid -_-

alexs5 said:
No they always get you a refurbished one unless you are on your first 30 days of purchase with the phone
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Yes, but its also possible for you to be within 30 days and some stores give you a refurbished and treat is as new...it happened before..
And yes after 30 days you get refurbished usually BUT there are those lucky who get a brand new one.

alexs5 said:
No they always get you a refurbished one unless you are on your first 30 days of purchase with the phone
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iSaint said:
LOL...figures they're so stupid -_-
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last I heard sprint doesnt have any refurb Epics yet and they are still giving out NEW Epics. Also if you go into a sprint repair store they do not charge you anything to replace it as long as you have insurance..

xTmDarren said:
last I heard sprint doesnt have any refurb Epics yet and they are still giving out NEW Epics. Also if you go into a sprint repair store they do not charge you anything to replace it as long as you have insurance..
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That is absolutely not true. I am on Sero Premium, which requires apparently some special activation process that my sprint store didn't know about. 3 TEP replacements in a week all with "non functional radios" (ie they didn't activate it correctly), all refurbs. Finally they figured it out and just replaced the screen on my original epic with parts cannibalized from one of my 3 TEP replacements.

My first replacement was new dunno Whuts gonna happen this time I. Don't want a broke down ****box LOL I honestly want to trade it for an evo
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4th epic..? dang im still on my 1st and my only issue has been a dead pixel (red right in center) but i only see it on a white screen if i really look for it.
perhaps it is is the Invisashield haha

I'm on my 3rd epic.

i had a hero for a full year and i didnt ever have any problems with except it was falling apart and the back wouldn't stay on
the epic is better any phone ive ever had in my eyes or its maybe just me

Talk to me when you've surpassed 7
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Talk to me when you've surpassed 7
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Other than possibly frying the nand memory with a bad odin flash, or running it over what do you guys do to your phones? I work in a computer shop/recycling center and I carry my phone in my pocket. I run into stuff, hit it with 37in crts, drop it in open computer cases out of my shirt pocket and the drop to the concete only nicked the corner otherwise its perfect.
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Talk to me when you've surpassed 7
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What was wrong with the phones you had??

Mine has been dropped, a lot, it's gotten more than one accidental boot heel, I've even dropped it in a puddle. This, as well as feverishly hacking it... and, as annoyed as I am regarding froyo.. I must say this phone has held up very very well.
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I kept my phone completle stock didn't do anything to it I "didn't want anything to happen to it" LOL that obiousky worked out well **** broke received on stock I will be going to a sprint store soon ilk keep pol posted if your interested in my day to day life LOL
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Mod Please delete Offensive Thread thanks!!

Tsm831 said:
Ok here it goes... So I’m a n00b excuse my unorthodox way of putting this.
I have an HTC Evo 4G had the issues with drained batter not coming back to life with froyo, so I returned it back to a service center I have TEP/ESRP 2 days later I got a new phone whooptie doo!! At any rate so the same thing happened ironically and well I got a 2nd new phone no questions asked, here’s the winner so I s-off my phone rooted it and accidentally scratched the hell out of my phone yep as a n00b I panicked because I didn’t know how to s-on and unroot at the time (n00b again) so I took a micro SD cable spliced it and yes folks threaded it into a good old fashion brown 2 prong extension cord ( you know you've had one) and fed it 120volts of power. It short circuit the hell out of the phone (battery and memory card out of course) smelled real good too afterwards. I let the phone vent for a few hours took it to the sprint store and magically got a new phone... Here’s the Kicker I’ve done this 7 times throughout my 1 year 7months into contract and still no questions asked I even got offered a nexus S hahah no thanks but if your ever in a rut or your phone looking ugly scratched up dinged up. Short circuit the hell out of it and tell them your phone was charging then it died and won’t turn back on (mega Lame!) 3 days later you'll have a new reconditioned phone and if you’re lucky and your model is discontinued you’ll get the next avail suitable upgrade...
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Ur the ultimate douchebag. Ur the reason phones cost so much to begin with and why companies have to increase prices across the board. Thanks alot and feel free to leave xda cause its a better place without u

Papa Smurf151 said:
Ur the ultimate douchebag. Ur the reason phones cost so much to begin with and why companies have to increase prices across the board. Thanks alot and feel free to leave xda cause its a better place without u
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+1 Agreed!!

BAWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!....dooood sorry but your gonna get flamed...i'd delete the thread if i were you, but, screen protectors and cases go along ways.
and turning s-off to s-on is rather a simple task, one action thats much safer than what you performed.
godspeed and wear welding gloves. lulz...

Papa Smurf151 said:
Ur the ultimate douchebag. Ur the reason phones cost so much to begin with and why companies have to increase prices across the board. Thanks alot and feel free to leave xda cause its a better place without u
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+1 Quoted for truth
Sent from my Vanilla Ice Cream Evo2.3.3 *ROOTED*

Tsm831 said:
Ok here it goes... So I’m a n00b excuse my unorthodox way of putting this.
I have an HTC Evo 4G had the issues with drained batter not coming back to life with froyo, so I returned it back to a service center I have TEP/ESRP 2 days later I got a new phone whooptie doo!! At any rate so the same thing happened ironically and well I got a 2nd new phone no questions asked, here’s the winner so I s-off my phone rooted it and accidentally scratched the hell out of my phone yep as a n00b I panicked because I didn’t know how to s-on and unroot at the time (n00b again) so I took a micro SD cable spliced it and yes folks threaded it into a good old fashion brown 2 prong extension cord ( you know you've had one) and fed it 120volts of power. It short circuit the hell out of the phone (battery and memory card out of course) smelled real good too afterwards. I let the phone vent for a few hours took it to the sprint store and magically got a new phone... Here’s the Kicker I’ve done this 7 times throughout my 1 year 7months into contract and still no questions asked I even got offered a nexus S hahah no thanks but if your ever in a rut or your phone looking ugly scratched up dinged up. Short circuit the hell out of it and tell them your phone was charging then it died and won’t turn back on (mega Lame!) 3 days later you'll have a new reconditioned phone and if you’re lucky and your model is discontinued you’ll get the next avail suitable upgrade...
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Btw...Great way to let people know your broke and ghetto jackass
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Ultra lamo, thanks for nothing
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Seriously....who does that? Every time you decide you want a new phone, you cost us more.....Thanks. I'm with Smurf...I'd rather not hear from you again.

So you fried your phone to get a new one because you scratch it?
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We're comin from a pure power source.

metalfan78 said:
So you fried your phone to get a new one because you scratch it?
We're comin from a pure power source.
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Ahahahaha that pic is classic lol
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Tsm831 said:
Mod Please delete Offensive Thread thanks!!
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How about they just ban you for being the biggest tool.
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metalfan78 said:
So you fried your phone to get a new one because you scratch it?
We're comin from a pure power source.
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That pic just made my day! Hahaha
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What is wrong with people?

mattykinsx said:
What is wrong with people?
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R u directing this at op for his original statement or his bashing he took for it

Papa Smurf151 said:
R u directing this at op for his original statement or his bashing he took for it
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Definitely the OP.

mattykinsx said:
Definitely the OP.
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Wow this might just be the first time we actually agree on something

For once, I have to agree with Evo "usual suspects" on this one
But thread is now closed.

Possibly the worse phone ever

So I got this machine and thought it was the bee's testes, turns out it isnt
I cant rely on it to re-boot without loosing the contents of the internal memory. last night for seemingly no reason it shut it self down and when I discoverd this I re-booted it, and it took and age to restart, then when I checked the internal memory pfffft gone, everything, all gone.
What a crock of cack, this happens every 3rd or 4th time it reboots, looses the entire lot.
Phone is stock, un-rooted, has had a factory reset and reformat of the internal AND external memory.
Frankly this is the last time I buy a Motorola phone, going back to my trusty Hero for the remained of this contract (22 months) that thing has had salt water baths, drops bangs, knocks, rooting and tooting and still wont die, Atrix, cant even take a reboot with out dieing.
/rant off

Get it replaced
I've never heard of that happening
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deech said:
So I got this machine and thought it was the bee's testes, turns out it isnt
I cant rely on it to re-boot without loosing the contents of the internal memory. last night for seemingly no reason it shut it self down and when I discoverd this I re-booted it, and it took and age to restart, then when I checked the internal memory pfffft gone, everything, all gone.
What a crock of cack, this happens every 3rd or 4th time it reboots, looses the entire lot.
Phone is stock, un-rooted, has had a factory reset and reformat of the internal AND external memory.
Frankly this is the last time I buy a Motorola phone, going back to my trusty Hero for the remained of this contract (22 months) that thing has had salt water baths, drops bangs, knocks, rooting and tooting and still wont die, Atrix, cant even take a reboot with out dieing.
/rant off
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Seriously dude change your phone .. never heard any thing like this in the forums. Maybe faulty hardware. Myself using AT&T version of ATRIX.
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Yeah I thought of that, Orange are being difficult though (now why arent I surprised?)
I am wondering if using gingerbreak all those months ago had anything to do with it, but since then I've had the OTA update from orange (the pre-pre update they pushed months ago) that wiped out the root / gingerbreak.
The worse of it is that I never know when it'll happen, seems to be random, not every reboot causes the internal wipe, so damn frustrating, think I may have a look at CM7 as it left Beta last night I wasnt going to hack about with this phone but seems I am being pushed that way
Oh well if anyone has any ideas it'd be appreciated

It's probably just the phone itself. I've never had or heard of any Atrix owner having those problems before. It is technology so there's going to be faulty devices somewhere along the line, unfortunately.

In an unexpected turn of events, a second call to CS Dept, has decided that indeed the phone is Terminally Ill so new HS coming tomorrow, so factory reset tonight to clear everything off
But it is an odd one, random reboots and internal memory wipes...
Ach well

deech said:
In an unexpected turn of events, a second call to CS Dept, has decided that indeed the phone is Terminally Ill so new HS coming tomorrow, so factory reset tonight to clear everything off
But it is an odd one, random reboots and internal memory wipes...
Ach well
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Glad to hear you went the proper route of having it warrantied other than trying to polish a turd. If I run into trouble CS reps I always wait a day and call back. A new person on the other end usually helps the situation a lot.
I had run into a similar issue here at my work with a device. You can troubleshoot it all you want but on mobiles it either works or doesnt.
At the end of the day, save yourself some headache and call it in for RMA.

This happens to me sometimes. Not hardware fault. Motorola can't make a phone.

ONE WORD BRO, WARRANTY, 800-801-1101 for att

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Possibly the worst thread ever.

i personally own a atrix on orange and i have never experienced any of these issues and ive rooted, unlocked bootloader and put a beta version of cm7 on it, so i think that you should contact motorola directy and deal with them through that

Can we please lock this thread up?...
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Possibly the worst thread ever.
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I'd like to buy you a beer sir.
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My Shift broke my fall today and still works perfectly [pics inside]

I was crossing the street this morning still half asleep and was looking at my phone when I tripped over the curb and landed on my shift.
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According to newkidd Sprint should be able to repair it for free without replacing it since the screen and the phone itself works perfectly and I have TEP.
****ty pics taken by my touchpad.

That sucks man, but at least it's just cosmetic. Hopefully Sprint gets it fixed up for you nice and quick.

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That sucks man, but at least it's just cosmetic. Hopefully Sprint gets it fixed up for you nice and quick.
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Yeah I'm not worried about. Still workin great!

Man, hope you get it fixed. I got mine stolen on monday, so I felt a similar pain. Just got my new one, and saw this. Hope you solve this.

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Man, hope you get it fixed. I got mine stolen on monday, so I felt a similar pain. Just got my new one, and saw this. Hope you solve this.
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I HATE THIEVES!! ARGH!
Do you have tep? There's a program for tep that will locate your phone.

VICODAN said:
I was crossing the street this morning still half asleep and was looking at my phone when I tripped over the curb and landed on my shift.
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Hey Vicodan - not satisfied with the standard benchmark tests you've been subjecting the phone to! Let the physical testing of the phone begin!!! - what's next - maybe leaving it next to the stove - hey - just kidding man- luckily you're ok- can really get messed up in a fall
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linuxman008 said:
Man, hope you get it fixed. I got mine stolen on monday, so I felt a similar pain. Just got my new one, and saw this. Hope you solve this.
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Glad your Shifty is still ok VICODAN . That truely pisses me off .
This is a post over on the MikMik by jadeboy7:
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In the future, there is an app made just for this type of situation called "Plan B". Here is a Lifehacker article about it and HERE is a success story linked from Engadget.
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VICODAN said:
I HATE THIEVES!! ARGH!
Do you have tep? There's a program for tep that will locate your phone.
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I do, but the app wasn't installed, so it doesn't work :'(
And I tried to install plan b, I read lifehackers post on it awhile ago, but these people were expert thieves, they changed the service to another phone, and tried to make a purchase with it almost immediatly. Luckily, the charge was canceled and I ended service for the phone, then they sent me the new phone I'm currently using.
I would have loved it to work, but alas, sad. My only concern now is if there is a way to deauthorize that phone from my google account. Other than that, as soon as I get around to rooting this thing, I'll be fine.

Ouch!! That looks painful.. Poor shift!

Walk much???
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Good reason to invest in a case
But good that you have TEP
Shifted from my EVO.

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I do, but the app wasn't installed, so it doesn't work :'(
And I tried to install plan b, I read lifehackers post on it awhile ago, but these people were expert thieves, they changed the service to another phone, and tried to make a purchase with it almost immediatly. Luckily, the charge was canceled and I ended service for the phone, then they sent me the new phone I'm currently using.
I would have loved it to work, but alas, sad. My only concern now is if there is a way to deauthorize that phone from my google account. Other than that, as soon as I get around to rooting this thing, I'll be fine.
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Turn on Google's 2 Step Verification.

I broke my screen digitizer a few weeks ago. Luckily I was able to buy one off ebay and replace it myself. The only thing that I did wrong was I didn't really reglue it down to the frame, so dust and dirt has been getting underneath the screen (which you can see behind bright backgrounds). BTW, if anyone breaks theirs, here's a great video on how to take apart the whole phone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QVll3ULwG8

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Hey Vicodan - not satisfied with the standard benchmark tests you've been subjecting the phone to! Let the physical testing of the phone begin!!! - what's next - maybe leaving it next to the stove - hey - just kidding man- luckily you're ok- can really get messed up in a fall
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LOLOLOL Well played. Thanks man.
Yeah I scraped my hand and my knee other than that I'm okay thanks to my shifty. <3

lol.. remember this thread? HTC got a kick out of it.

Thin Pink Line - LCD broken?

My phone has developed a thin pink line running down the screen.
I have been on holiday on an island with no phone reception for a week so I didn't take the phone, so it's been at home without being touched.
Then I get back today, play around with it for only a few hours then this happens! It seemed to come on after a reboot.
At first I thought it was because I was playing with build.prop, but after restoring a backup it was still there. It's also there on the splash screen and in recovery, AND it's in the same position when I rotate my phone, so I'm pretty sure this is a hardware issue.
The point of the island story is because I was wondering if a rapid change in temperature could have something to do with it? The phone has been very cold for the week of no usage, but has been getting hot today obviously after charging and playing with it
Does anyone know what could have caused it?
And is there any way to fix it? Or should I just start looking at prices for the galaxy nexus...
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I am afraid you might have to send it to hTC for LCD repair.

nevermind, wrong section

Yup. This will have to go to HTC repairs.
I see you're rooted and have BlackIce ROM installed. I'd suggest flashing Stock RUU before sending it to them. (Warranty issues)
Cause of the problem : Maybe the temperature difference, although such problems are very hard to pinpoint. Even a minor speck or particle on the circuit board can wreck havoc at times.. I've had a PC monitor gone bad due to an ant crawling inside the system. :\

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I am afraid you might have to send it to hTC for LCD repair.
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Yup. This will have to go to HTC repairs.
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yeah, i was afraid of that. i guess deep down i always knew it would come to that
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I see you're rooted and have BlackIce ROM installed. I'd suggest flashing Stock RUU before sending it to them. (Warranty issues)
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thanks for that, i already have my exit strategy planned with all of the un-OFF'ing and RUU flashing i'll have to do. I'll wait to hear from HTC before i do that, i hate Sense!
if anyone else comes across this because they have a dead or stuck pixel i found this app in the market. it didn't work for me, but maybe someone else will find it useful

Just eBay a new digitizer/LCD for DHD comes as one unit for about 40 quid ! You tube has a video on how to strip down the DHD,not a lot too it. It saved me a small fortune, some phone shop was trying to charge me 120 pounds !!!!
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TheOnlyHyland said:
Just eBay a new digitizer/LCD for DHD comes as one unit for about 40 quid ! You tube has a video on how to strip down the DHD,not a lot too it. It saved me a small fortune, some phone shop was trying to charge me 120 pounds !!!!
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mate awesome idea, but i've had a look at a youtube video and it looks pretty full on. i'll have a think about it.
a phone repair place i called quoted me over $100 as well, but maybe it's worth it in case i completely screw something up!

Why even bother with repairing it yourself.
1. Why give yourself the hassle?
2. Why go to that expense?
All HTC phones have a 2 yr warranty get a stock rom on it, get it s on'd and get it sent back.
I've sent a few phones back to HTC and one of them was a HD2 with the same issue and the turn around and service was top notch

dwarf said:
Why even bother with repairing it yourself.
1. Why give yourself the hassle?
2. Why go to that expense?
All HTC phones have a 2 yr warranty get a stock rom on it, get it s on'd and get it sent back.
I've sent a few phones back to HTC and one of them was a HD2 with the same issue and the turn around and service was top notch
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I'm afraid that my phone only had a 1 year warranty, and this happened in the 13th month of it's life I had a long discussion with HTC about their responsibility to make sure their hardware survives for a reasonable length of time, and could they extend the warranty, but they weren't interested. So I took it to a 3rd party repair place and they fixed it up for me for $110. It's worth it in the end, the phone will sell for more than that when I upgrade to my next phone.
Thanks for all of the replies everyone!

maatsby said:
I'm afraid that my phone only had a 1 year warranty, and this happened in the 13th month of it's life I had a long discussion with HTC about their responsibility to make sure their hardware survives for a reasonable length of time, and could they extend the warranty, but they weren't interested. So I took it to a 3rd party repair place and they fixed it up for me for $110. It's worth it in the end, the phone will sell for more than that when I upgrade to my next phone.
Thanks for all of the replies everyone!
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Hi. Did it turn out to be a hardware issue or did it just need a new screen. I have the same problem on my i9505 and am intending on buying a new screen.
Thanks.

carbondeity said:
Hi. Did it turn out to be a hardware issue or did it just need a new screen. I have the same problem on my i9505 and am intending on buying a new screen.
Thanks.
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New screen fixed it
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New screen fixed it
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Thank you. Very much appreciated I will order one now.