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Please confirm this :
when the little orange light on the upper right side of the screen doesn't light up anymore when the phone is plugged into the outlet, and the power button doesn't do anything including pushing vol down+ power and or pwr+trackball this means my phone is BRICKED i assume ?
I did a nandrroid backup, full wipe , flash from zip, restart , got a android out of the box , tried to flash again without wipe.. and thats it . i knew it right away when the phone wouldn't boot to recovery this is the end of my nexus one ????
i was trying to flash to the FRF50 going from cm5 i had an older recover RA 1.6.0
I have come to accept that i bricked my phone and now have to pay tmobile cancellation fee's and Google early termination fee
FOR SALE:
I have a
1)bricked nexus one.
2)brand new car dock
3) seidio battery
4) seidio case
sprint and HTC EVO 4g here i come!!!!
unless someone can save the day
which froyo rom did u try to flash? one with or without the radio included?
from sounds of it, prob the radio one since u saw the android out of box. Did you turn your device off while the android out of box was showing or did u allow for it to reboot it self?
surmanm said:
I have come to accept that i bricked my phone and now have to pay tmobile cancellation fee's and Google early termination fee
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why not just get HTC to fix it and pay their charges (~$150)
send it to HTC and see what they can do about it...
Take the battery out and leave it out for a minute. Hold down power for about 15 seconds and keep holding it while putting the battery in. Keep right on holding it for about 15 more seconds. The android out of the box was the radio flashing, it can take a few minutes and if you interupted that your in trouble. It would be cheaper to send it in to get it fixed and remember the lesson learned for next time.
If you interrupted it when the android arrow image was being displayed, you might have bricked. Always wait at least 5 minutes before interrupting during a flash.
Oh, and I'll probably take your car dock if you're selling it. Hope you can fix the phone though. It would probably be much cheaper to pay HTC to replace the mother board on it than to pay all those fees..
If your gonna pay those etf fees, why not just buty another phone to use on the t-mobile network?
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It would probably be much cheaper to pay HTC to replace the mother board on it than to pay all those fees..
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If it's really bricked, this is the most sound advice.
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got a android out of the box , tried to flash again
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Means you interrupt the radio flash, Android out of the box in the middle is the time where they are flashing the radio.
Any intteruption when flashing the radio means bricking the phone.
** I did interrupt it last time when I 1st flash the ROM with radio due to my impatient. The phone is brick and no way to get it back. The only way is send back to HTC for repairment (I assuming is replacement as I get back different unit where the IMEI code is totally different), if you are lucky enough you may get a free replacement. (I get mine but that is an old story, that time it seems I am the 1st bricking it)
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which froyo rom did u try to flash? one with or without the radio included?
from sounds of it, prob the radio one since u saw the android out of box. Did you turn your device off while the android out of box was showing or did u allow for it to reboot it self?
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im pretty sure its the one with the radio the one Paul had first posted, i think its the radio as well because after the install when i went to reboot if im not mistaken it said writing radio then it rebooted and i saw the android out of the box after that i was still able to get to the recovery and i tried to flash again the same rom. and after that it died i couldn't go to the fastboot / recovery when phone is plugged into the charger led doesn't go on with or without the battery i swapped batteries let the phone sit for a few hours nothing.
maybe wait for the OTA to release and just say you goofed on the installation?
tmobile is so bad in new york it sucks data is horrible honestly i just wanna leave tmoible and go with spring evo 4g i figure i can sell on ebay my bricked phone maybe someone can use it for parts and the rest of my accessory's to make up the difference somewhat eta is like 150 for tmoible and google charges i think another 125 i just dont want to pay again honestly for another nexus one (i loved the phone) only to stay with ****ty tmoible service .. i guess its worth it to send to htc and see what they say
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Means you interrupt the radio flash, Android out of the box in the middle is the time where they are flashing the radio.
Any intteruption when flashing the radio means bricking the phone.
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This.
Can we had one more phone to the "phone bricked by people messing around with ROMs when they don't even now what the f... they are doing" please?
heheheh
I'm with Arcana...if you've been doing it "without a problem," then what happened here?
rule #1 when flashing a radio...DON'T LOSE POWER!
no one deserves to lose a $500+ investment...but come on, man. if you don't fulling understand what you're doing, don't do it.
and surely you didn't think you'd be able to come here and post about your mishap and not have someone criticize you for it?
nexous one
i flashed froyo with RA 1.6
and it worked perfect you just have to wait in tell if finished
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tmobile is so bad in new york it sucks data is horrible honestly i just wanna leave tmoible and go with spring evo 4g i figure i can sell on ebay my bricked phone maybe someone can use it for parts and the rest of my accessory's to make up the difference somewhat eta is like 150 for tmoible and google charges i think another 125 i just dont want to pay again honestly for another nexus one (i loved the phone) only to stay with ****ty tmoible service .. i guess its worth it to send to htc and see what they say
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Worst case, HTC will charge you about $200.00 USD to replace your system board. You will get back stock phone.
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Worst case, HTC will charge you about $200.00 USD to replace your system board. You will get back stock phone.
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yeah true but $200 and im still stuck with crappy tmobile service i guess i can have it fixed and then sell the phone. 200 bucks is alot i feel id rather take the loss for cancellation sell what i have and get the EVO 4g .. i just thought someone might know some magic solution to fix my phone
HAHAHAHAH and i get 55 hours of nexus battery life.
If that is for real tho, make her pay. She shouldnt touch **** that you dont allow her to.
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HAHAHAHAH and i get 55 hours of nexus battery life.
If that is for real tho, make her pay. She shouldnt touch **** that you dont allow her to.
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yeahhh what can i say **** happens what i should have done is flashed the phone with the power cable plugged in and not in the middle of the night on the couch, i should have been concentrating on her lol instead of being an uber geek and flashing my phone... im not gonna make her pay for it shes got no money anyway ! but she is a way cool rocker chick who's in a band.. maybe ill see if she can repay me in a different way.. she doenst even realize what she did
I don't believe you..but good luck. Get it fixed, then sell it. It'll be cheaper than trying to sell a phone that no one well want to buy.
I have a Bell Galaxy S that froze last night and then restarted itself. It now will not boot into the OS, it freezes after the swirly galaxy s animation.
I have not rooted/hacked/unlocked or done anything of the sort.
Best Buy have said the will exchange it but all the stores here are currently sold out.. so I am waiting.
The three button mode will not work, I have tried every single combination, usb plugged in, not plugged in, pulling battery etc. No luck.
I cannot use ADB as it does not see the phone. USB was not set to 'debugging'.
Is there anything else I can do?
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I have a Bell Galaxy S that froze last night and then restarted itself. It now will not boot into the OS, it freezes after the swirly galaxy s animation.
I have not rooted/hacked/unlocked or done anything of the sort.
Best Buy have said the will exchange it but all the stores here are currently sold out.. so I am waiting.
The three button mode will not work, I have tried every single combination, usb plugged in, not plugged in, pulling battery etc. No luck.
I cannot use ADB as it does not see the phone. USB was not set to 'debugging'.
Is there anything else I can do?
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Maybe this will be your golden ticket to getting a 3 button working phone.
You should not have to exchange at Best Buy... go into any Bell store? At least i assume...
brunes said:
Maybe this will be your golden ticket to getting a 3 button working phone.
You should not have to exchange at Best Buy... go into any Bell store? At least i assume...
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I phoned Bell who said they would do this. (first guy). When I phoned the closest "corporate" Bell store they said they would not exchange it as its was bought at Best Buy. After speaking to Best Buy again, they agreed to exchange it, I have 5 days left till I reach 30 days. However they are sold out. They basically told me if they don't get any before my 30 days are up they will no longer exchange it. Nice eh.
I was about to give up and return the phone, cancel the contract with Bell.... They agreed to let me do this as I was under the allowed min etc. Was on my way to Best Buy after work.. figured I would stop in at the Bell store at the mall close by and see what happens. I explained what was going on, the woman (very attractive I may add) said she could send it for repair and would give me a loaner and wave the fee. I really like this phone and don't want any other phone right now so I gave in. Phone is off for repair and I have a very used loaner Nokia N97, its not bad and will do for a while, but damn do resistive screens suck ass.. Can't wait to get my Galaxy S back.
One thing I will say is everyone I talked to at Bell was extremely understanding and actually listened to me, this is rare today. I have heard Bell has very good customer service and I now believe it. Saved me as a customer today. Most of my anger is direct at Best Buy who are a bunch of grade a assholes as far as I am concerned. I will never purchase a phone from them again no matter how good the deal.
Tomorrow I am phoning Bell again and giving all the names of those I have spoken to on the phone and in person to make sure they know what great customer service they provide.
The same thing just happened to my phone. The bell stores are closed tomorrow, I'm freaking out over here!!!
Do not woory about the download mode. Samsung Canada has announced that they will provide a 'fix' for it.
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Do not woory about the download mode. Samsung Canada has announced that they will provide a 'fix' for it.
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Doesn't do much good now when your phone dies...
My power button has been going out the past few months, sometimes taking up to 5 times to turn it on. I'm guessing it will probably die soon enough. It probably would have died long before now if it weren't for me using trackball wake from CyanogenMod (but I still use the power button every so often such as when my hands are closer to the power button than the trackball).
Anyway, I called HTC recently and I'm going to do a swap. My warranty ends in just a few days, so I thought I'd get it fixed before then.
For those of us who bought the Nexus last January, the warranty is about to expire. Anyone else doing any service this week (or month) before it expires?
Motivated by you, I called HTC too about my power button issues. They told me swap option is not available to me (no idea why).
Since I have a few scratches on my screen too, I was looking forward to the swap option
My phone is unlocked so I did not request a repair on power button yet (I have 2 more months in warranty). I might wait and watch if the problem gets any worse.
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Motivated by you, I called HTC too about my power button issues. They told me swap option is not available to me (no idea why).
Since I have a few scratches on my screen too, I was looking forward to the swap option
My phone is unlocked so I did not request a repair on power button yet (I have 2 more months in warranty). I might wait and watch if the problem gets any worse.
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They actually told me I was out of warranty (no idea why since I bought my phone mid-January). So he said he would put a note on it explaining that it has been less than 1 year so there's no reason why I'd be out of warranty.
Maybe call back and get someone else. If you bought it less than 1 year ago, the swap should be available. Or ask why they're saying it's not an option.
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They actually told me I was out of warranty (no idea why since I bought my phone mid-January). So he said he would put a note on it explaining that it has been less than 1 year so there's no reason why I'd be out of warranty.
Maybe call back and get someone else. If you bought it less than 1 year ago, the swap should be available. Or ask why they're saying it's not an option.
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Aaah, thanks for that info. I called again and the reason they gave me that replacement is not possible because Canada charges HTC custom tax on the shipped phone which is why they are only doing replacement for Canadian phones.
However, he said that if I have a US address (which I do) then they can ship a replacement device to that address. Now I'm contemplating if I should go forward with this.
The two things that worry me are:
1) I have some scratches on my screen which are not covered under warranty
and
2) My bootloader is unlocked
Will these 2 things cause my phone to be out of warranty causing HTC to charge $500 on my credit card for the replacement device they send me?
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They actually told me I was out of warranty (no idea why since I bought my phone mid-January). So he said he would put a note on it explaining that it has been less than 1 year so there's no reason why I'd be out of warranty.
Maybe call back and get someone else. If you bought it less than 1 year ago, the swap should be available. Or ask why they're saying it's not an option.
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Swap is not available to him 'cuz he lives in Canada (like me ).
bluezz said:
Motivated by you, I called HTC too about my power button issues. They told me swap option is not available to me (no idea why).
Since I have a few scratches on my screen too, I was looking forward to the swap option
My phone is unlocked so I did not request a repair on power button yet (I have 2 more months in warranty). I might wait and watch if the problem gets any worse.
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I did a swap by using a friends address. HTC reps didn't care, and were actually the ones who suggested it to me. So if you can, have it sent to a friend/family member in the US and go pick it up from them if possible. At worst they'll have to ship it to you, but you'll also have to ship your phone to them so they can ship it back to HTC to complete the swap. HTC will only send you a shipping label good for within the US if doing the swap.
Is there really a hardware issue with the power button? I ask because I do sometimes have trouble getting my N1 to acknowledge a power button press and wake up but have never had a problem when I push the power button to put the phone to sleep. Wouldn't it have a problem both turning on and off? Whenever I have the problem it seems like the phone is busy, usually something to do with the radio switching between WiFi and cellular. Or do I have a different problem?
I'd guess swap isn't available for AT&T N1's
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Aaah, thanks for that info. I called again and the reason they gave me that replacement is not possible because Canada charges HTC custom tax on the shipped phone which is why they are only doing replacement for Canadian phones.
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Ah, that makes sense. I didn't realize you were in Canada.
I didn't say anything about my unlocked bootloader Many people have posted and said HTC swapped their unlocked device without issue, so /shrug. Maybe they ding me, maybe they don't.
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Is there really a hardware issue with the power button? I ask because I do sometimes have trouble getting my N1 to acknowledge a power button press and wake up but have never had a problem when I push the power button to put the phone to sleep. Wouldn't it have a problem both turning on and off? Whenever I have the problem it seems like the phone is busy, usually something to do with the radio switching between WiFi and cellular. Or do I have a different problem?
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Yeah, power button failure seems to be a common issue. Supposedly there is a little plastic piece in there that gets worn out.
You're right; I've only noticed the power button failure when attempting to turn ON the phone... Hmm.. Could be the way the contacts inside are wired, who knows?
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I'd guess swap isn't available for AT&T N1's
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Why?
They were sold from March until around late summer. The warranty is a year long either way.
I'll be in the same boat in a couple of months. I got the ATT version the first week it was sold and my power button is completely gone out for the second time. The first time, I sent it in with Cyanogen installed and they didn't care. I opted for repair, but the repair is to swap motherboards so, if the phone isn't scratched up, there's not much difference between repair and replace.
I was going to swap after Christmas but I've been using trackball wake and Invisible Lock Widget for about a month and don't miss the power button anymore. But I'll still probably get it fixed before the warranty is out, no reason not to.
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Why?
They were sold from March until around late summer. The warranty is a year long either way.
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right, but they quit selling the AT&T version after they shut the online store down. you could only get the TMobile from the Google Dev store, so I assume that HTC isn't sitting on a surplus of devices to swap.. just a guess, but I bet AT&T devices get repaired, not a new IMEI
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The first time, I sent it in with Cyanogen installed and they didn't care. I opted for repair, but the repair is to swap motherboards so, if the phone isn't scratched up, there's not much difference between repair and replace.
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Since my phone IS scratched up will HTC charge me for the replacement (scratches not covered in warranty) ?
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right, but they quit selling the AT&T version after they shut the online store down. you could only get the TMobile from the Google Dev store, so I assume that HTC isn't sitting on a surplus of devices to swap.. just a guess, but I bet AT&T devices get repaired, not a new IMEI
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Maybe they have some stocked up because after giving them my IMEI (which is that of the AT&T model), he said if I have an address in US then I can get my phone swapped (new IMEI).
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right, but they quit selling the AT&T version after they shut the online store down. you could only get the TMobile from the Google Dev store, so I assume that HTC isn't sitting on a surplus of devices to swap.. just a guess, but I bet AT&T devices get repaired, not a new IMEI
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It was a few months ago but I got two swaps of my AT&T phone. The first one had a goofy screen.
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Since my phone IS scratched up will HTC charge me for the replacement (scratches not covered in warranty) ?
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I don't know, I just know what they said and did in my own repair experience. I asked if swapping meant I would get a new one or a refurbished one and they said it would most likely be refurbished because they rarely had new ones. This was months ago. Also, with a repair where they switch the motherboard, I think you actually get a new IMEI. Mine had a new IMEI anyway. I thought they switched phones until I read that the fix for a bad power button was to swap the motherboard, so I assume the IMEI is in it.
I had several scratches on my screen, an unlocked bootloader and chunks missing from the bottom and top of the phone where it was dropped. I did the swap option and I wasn't charged. As long as the screen scratches don't look worse than normal wear and tear I would think you would be fine.
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My warranty wont be out for another year and a half I think, since Im in Austria, and European laws are some kind different. Anyway. My powerbutton hardly works and I would be very interested in anyone having experience with european htc. do they swap? do they charge? also could I send my phone to the us (friends) and get a replacement by the us htc since they seem kinda "nice". Im really not sure what to do. I get along with the lock screen widget and trackball wake but well a new phone doesnt sound bad either... so anyone knows anything about sending phones to the us from europe or replacing / repairing in the uk?
I was going to start a new thread about my experience with HTC customer service in regards to warranty but I suppose this will do just as good in here.
If you don't want to read my story a summary is at the bottom .
First I'll start of with my phone and the issues.
I bought my Nexus One AT&T version around June of 2010. Rooted it with without unlocking bootloader, ran a few different roms, then one day BAM vibration stopped working, but after a few screen on-offs or tapping my phone in my hand it would come back. After countless attempts to fix the issue such as master clears, flash back to original shipping, and finally in a last ditch effort UNLOCKED the bootloader so I had unrestricted access to rectify the problem. Nothing worked and finally had to accept the fact the little vibration motor had quit on me.
I called up HTC in December about the week before christmas and told them the problem which they agreed was a hardware issue. Not once did they ask if my bootloader was unlocked nor did I offer up that information. They offered me the two options of either a swap or send in my unit for repair. I choose the swap option for fear that they would get my phone, run tests, and not reproduce the issue since it was intermittent for me. Here is the scary part to do the swap they needed a hold on my credit card for $528.00 , risky to say the least since my bootloader was unlocked but seeing as it was hardware failure I was willing to risk it and hope the charge would drop off once they received the phone. In preparation to send my phone back I flashed back to completely stock removing root.
The next day the phone arrived FedEx . First thing I noticed was that my battery cover fit much more snug with no gaps and did not stick out just slightly above the top. Next the power button and volume buttons were much firmer. And of course the vibration was strong as an ox . Also to note it shipped with 2.2.1 (not D) and had the 5.08 radio, Hboot 35 and the AMOLED screen NOT SLCD. All in all the replacement seemed much better than my original, lol.
Now seeing as christmas was so close I wasn't able to FedEx it back to them (they provided the label) for almost a week. But once I sent it off it was overnighted to them and received without issue. Plus the hold on my credit card was also dropped!
So to sum it up I had an AT&T Nexus one with Bootloader Unlocked, bad vibration motor, got it swapped out under warranty, was not charged a dime, and am now even more of an HTC fan and happy to have a fully functional Nexus One.
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I was going to start a new thread about my experience with HTC customer service in regards to warranty but I suppose this will do just as good in here.
If you don't want to read my story a summary is at the bottom .
First I'll start of with my phone and the issues.
I bought my Nexus One AT&T version around June of 2010. Rooted it with without unlocking bootloader, ran a few different roms, then one day BAM vibration stopped working, but after a few screen on-offs or tapping my phone in my hand it would come back. After countless attempts to fix the issue such as master clears, flash back to original shipping, and finally in a last ditch effort UNLOCKED the bootloader so I had unrestricted access to rectify the problem. Nothing worked and finally had to accept the fact the little vibration motor had quit on me.
I called up HTC in December about the week before christmas and told them the problem which they agreed was a hardware issue. Not once did they ask if my bootloader was unlocked nor did I offer up that information. They offered me the two options of either a swap or send in my unit for repair. I choose the swap option for fear that they would get my phone, run tests, and not reproduce the issue since it was intermittent for me. Here is the scary part to do the swap they needed a hold on my credit card for $528.00 , risky to say the least since my bootloader was unlocked but seeing as it was hardware failure I was willing to risk it and hope the charge would drop off once they received the phone. In preparation to send my phone back I flashed back to completely stock removing root.
The next day the phone arrived FedEx . First thing I noticed was that my battery cover fit much more snug with no gaps and did not stick out just slightly above the top. Next the power button and volume buttons were much firmer. And of course the vibration was strong as an ox . Also to note it shipped with 2.2.1 (not D) and had the 5.08 radio, Hboot 35 and the AMOLED screen NOT SLCD. All in all the replacement seemed much better than my original, lol.
Now seeing as christmas was so close I wasn't able to FedEx it back to them (they provided the label) for almost a week. But once I sent it off it was overnighted to them and received without issue. Plus the hold on my credit card was also dropped!
So to sum it up I had an AT&T Nexus one with Bootloader Unlocked, bad vibration motor, got it swapped out under warranty, was not charged a dime, and am now even more of an HTC fan and happy to have a fully functional Nexus One.
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That is great news. Thanks for posting.
I'm worried now because my power button isn't *totally* dead but the email they sent has the issue listed as "defective power button". So I hope they don't just press it once, see that it works, and call me a liar. I did tell the rep I spoke to that it was intermittent. Anyway, I hope my case works out like yours.
Mine is coming back from repair on Tuesday
I live in the UK and mine was piked up on the 30th Dec (phoned on the 29th) as my power button is dying slowly for the second time (first repair was in Sept '10 so not long ago!) and I was concerned that as I bought mine on the release date (5th Jan) I would be screwed if I left it any longer with only days left. That was until the lady at HTC UK told me that my warranty runs out on the 25th Dec 2011. Seems as an earlier poster mentioned that EU warranties are 2yrs which is nice for me.
I'm still wondering whats going to happen with this power button fiasco. The HTC agent wasn't aware of any known problem with them (not saying much really is it?) but said I could appeal the repair charges and some "arrangement" could be made (50% off or something to that effect). Anyway, that's just under a year away and I might start getting a bit pissed with them and start requesting that this isn't acceptable to keep sending my phone off every couple of months for 2 weeks at a time while a small part is replaced in my phone!
The first time it went back for the power button, (first time was in March for soft keys acivating when 1/3rd way down screen, got replaced for current unit with different touch screen revision) I had the phone unlocked with the infamous unlocked padlock symbol glaring at me every boot up. I sent it off and HTC just repaired the faulty button and flashed a locked 2.1 image, no questions (took almost a month to get back though!). Sweet! Now it was just a case of using one of the one-click root type apps and away I went.
Quick question guys: How likely is it that we'll get SLCD screens if we get a swap right now?
Hello guys , my phone is getting freezed after some time of using (45 min) , the Tech's said that this is overheating of the motherboard
So any idea from where can i get new one?
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You can find them usually on Ebay and Amazon. I would use what ever search provider (Google, Bing, Yahoo etc..) to do a search for "HTC HD2 motherboard". Pick out a site that has good site reviews if possible as well as good prices. A quick search yeilded dozens of sites that sold HD2 motherboards.
can somebody help me for my HD2?
two days befor it fall and after that my HD2 working with very low speed.
for example, it will take 10 minutes for boot from power on until sense completly load.
satinfo50 said:
can somebody help me for my HD2?
two days befor it fall and after that my HD2 working with very low speed.
for example, it will take 10 minutes for boot from power on until sense completly load.
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(two days befor it fall and after that my HD2 working with very low speed)
Are you saying you dropped the phone and now since its been dropped you have very slow load times?
Is you phone rooted with a custom sense rom?
Do you still have a warranty on the phone?
no the rom version is official and my phone warranty expired
So you noticed it after you dropped it?
Have you tried to turn off your phone and turn it back on? I know that seems kind of stupid but it does fix some small problems from time to time.
Sorry to say but there wouldn't be much you could do for it that i know of. The very best advice i could give you would be to open your own thread about your problem and put this infomation in there. This thread is about motherboards so you wont get as much help as of you opened your own. This way a lot more people will see this and with the more people that see's it maybe someone comes across it and has had that problem before and can offer a solution if one.
Thanks for your advice.
i will open a new topic.
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You can find them usually on Ebay and Amazon. I would use what ever search provider (Google, Bing, Yahoo etc..) to do a search for "HTC HD2 motherboard". Pick out a site that has good site reviews if possible as well as good prices. A quick search yeilded dozens of sites that sold HD2 motherboards.
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I'm not so sure. I can't find any myself, but it maybe a firewall problem or something. What I find is typically they are "Motherboard Flex Cable Ribbon". Can't find "motherboard" only. I've contacted some sites, but they say no motherboard/main board at all.
If you have come up with a "motherboard" only (at a reasonable price), please provide link. That would be very helpful as I'm after one as well.
You can find a HD2 from Amazon or Ebay that has a cracked screen or something along those lines thats still working and get the motherboard off that phone. when i did a search earlier i seen two sites but i'm unable to find them now. one site you had to be signed in so you might need an account but i'll try and find the other and report back.
Guys please provide me a link if you find a motherboard , i found one on
Gadgetsaving & Ebay
but i am afraid that when i get them i get another problem with them so please any advice ?
Thanks in advance...
$120 seems pretty high. As i said above, you can find a used model off ebay thats still working for the same price. Then you would have more parts you can use off that phone.
You really need to know what your doing during the install process though so if you dont, send it out to someone that does. I seen a phone with a cracked screen but that was
100% working order sell on ebay for $55 just yesterday. Plus if you have problems with the motherboard/phone you do buy off ebay you can always ask to return it. If they
wont accept a return you can then file a claim through ebay stating the phone/motherboard wasn't as described to have ebay force the seller to refund you the money once
you return it. In some cases you can even get a return shipping label emailed to you so you wont be charged the shipping back to the seller.
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$120 seems pretty high. As i said above, you can find a used model off ebay thats still working for the same price. Then you would have more parts you can use off that phone.
You really need to know what your doing during the install process though so if you dont, send it out to someone that does. I seen a phone with a cracked screen but that was
100% working order sell on ebay for $55 just yesterday. Plus if you have problems with the motherboard/phone you do buy off ebay you can always ask to return it. If they
wont accept a return you can then file a claim through ebay stating the phone/motherboard wasn't as described to have ebay force the seller to refund you the money once
you return it. In some cases you can even get a return shipping label emailed to you so you wont be charged the shipping back to the seller.
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Thanks for the replay ...
i have this phone since June - 2010 , and i always change the Roms , it's not a big deal for me...
i also found Ebay expensive , i thing Gadgetsaving is better .....
Hiya,guys! Recently bought a g930f exynos or so i hoped. When checked,it said bootloader verizon and baseband version verizon. Suspicions arose when i saw in the menu verizon location agent. When restarting the phone,the verizon logo never comes up,just samsung one. And even the compass is accurate which on my verizon phone is all messed up. Some of the service codes work,too,like for checking imei,etc. But they do noy work on a verizon phone. However,the phone maybe feels a littlw bit laggier and it overheats like a lot. Feels almost too hot to handle sometimes.
So my 2 questions are these signs that he flashed the phone with g930f firmware somehow bcs bloatware is gone,only the location verizon agent. And the second one is which firmware is the most suitable to flash on a g930v bcs this phone lasted longer on sot but it did overheat more than mine.
Thanks a lot to everybody who joins the discussion.
Have a nice and sunny weekend!
Boot the phone into download mode, that is the true model and can not be faked like firmware etc
Never knew this,confirms that it is a g930v verizon.
Thank you,detection. So I might ask fir a partial or full refund,lol.
Btw,which rom is the most suitable to flash - is it just g930u fw cuz it is free of bloat and is qualcomm supported?
Yes I believe you can flash the G930U firmware to the V model S7, not sure what bloat if any it contains as I have the G930F
But if you were wanting to flash custom ROMs / recovery, you're gonna need the Exynos S7 (G930F or G930W8), all US model S7s with Snapdragon CPUs are bootloader locked
Thats why i wanted exynos and bcs it contains 0 bloatware and has longer battery life. Thank you very much for the useful information.
You're welcome, maybe you can use some legal jargon to force the seller into giving you the phone you paid for (G930F) if it was from a store
Good luck
Didnt wanna spam my topic but now how do i flash another rom on that phone? Will a hard reset from the button at the top of the phone set it to basic verizon branded firmware or no?
Ps : he says he didnt mess with the software of the phone (ebay seller with around 9k feedback), maximum partial refund 25 bux from 240$ that i paid.
pursuitforce said:
Didnt wanna spam my topic but now how do i flash another rom on that phone? Will a hard reset from the button at the top of the phone set it to basic verizon branded firmware or no?
Ps : he says he didnt mess with the software of the phone (ebay seller with around 9k feedback), maximum partial refund 25 bux from 240$ that i paid.
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Grab the ROM from updato.com or sammobile.com and flash with ODIN 3.12.3 or higher version
(Phone must be in download mode (Volume down & Home & Power) )
Flashing HOME_CSC will not reset, flashing CSC will
Once you have flashed new firmware, a reset will not take you back to a previous firmware, it is no longer on the phone, it will only reset the firmware you have flashed
Ebay always side with the buyer, so threaten him with opening a case against him with ebay and you'll probably have more luck with better refund amount
He advertised it as G930F, you have proof it is not as advertised, therefore he broke the terms of the contract and will lose the case, make sure he knows that and he believes you will open a case
But what can I do except threaten to return the item? He said return or 25$ refund,these are my options.
Threaten to open a eBay case saying that if I dont get my full refund/exchange, I will open a case with eBay due to false advertising. He will either a.) give a refund/exchange or b.) you will have to open a case.
Hopefully not though.
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But what can I do except threaten to return the item? He said return or 25$ refund,these are my options.
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Personally I would go for the full refund / return option, that's not the phone you thought you were buying and is limited because of the locked bootloader
But make sure you get the refund in full before sending anything back, and tell him you want him to pay for return delivery costs, you will win no matter what, don't let him bully you, ebay will side with you if you open a case and he knows it
I have won plenty of free items on ebay by threatening to open cases when the item was not as described, faked PS3 controller for example, I told the guy I was going to open a case if he didn't refund in full and pay for delivery for the return, he kicked up a fuss for a couple of messages, admitted defeat and I received an email saying I could keep the item and I was also refunded in full, done that a few times
They only do it because a lot of people don't know they will win the case, don't let scammers bully you, you've got the law on your side