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I am posting regarding issues I've been haveing with my Nexus One units. Yes I have done swaps with HTC on three occasions and keep having the same issues.
One issue is a defect on the top left hand corner of the device where if there is a light shining on it at the right angle; a scuff mark appears. It is not rough to where you can feel it only to where it can be seen. It's an eye sore if you notice it.
Also is the dust under the screen. I know this problem will occur in most phones but is a nuisance to me. HTC is quick to swap out any phone with such problems.
And here on my third unit I'm getting screen flickering.
I would like to give info on how I treat my gadgets in general. I always take the greatest care for every tech I buy. My Nexus One has never hit the floor or been near water to cause any damage. Its always in the stock sleeve when its not being used.
I absolutely enjoy using my phone, but these replacements units are getting worse each time. Has anyone noticed any of the problems I'm speaking of, more so on the scuff mark and screen flickering?
Again this is not a slight towards the phone which I feel is great, but just to get a notion if this is going on to other owners or just localized with me.
Thank you for any response you give.
The only thing I can see under bright light on the top left is the light and proximity sensors. I don't have any of the issues you describe in fact, you must have been very unlucky.
Are you sure they actually swapped your phone (only applicable if you didn't got the advance replacement where they put a hold on your CC), worth noting your IMEI or serial number when replacing.
I had dust under the screen but have not had the problem since sending it in under warranty. Other than that the manufacture quality seems quite high given my limited sample set of 1.
I see the same scuff mark in the upper-left corner, but I only saw it after having dropped the phone once. Otherwise, I had the clicking screen corners, but a hairdryer took care of that. To date (~1.5 months of use), still no dust, and that's with regular use of the trackball and everything.
I did have an actual swap, replacement came in before I sent mine out. I tis unfortunate, but it seems out of the ordinary to have the same scuff mark on each replacement. I did check IMEI numbers on all devices.
I really enjoy this phone, Ive gone through countless phones ranging from Nokias to Samsungs to HTC. I never had this problem before with all of those.
The scuff mark appears on the body of the phone, not the screen. I understand where the sensors are and thankfully that has not been a problem I went through.
I just can't imagine this is all my luck of replacements.
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I did have an actual swap, replacement came in before I sent mine out. I tis unfortunate, but it seems out of the ordinary to have the same scuff mark on each replacement. I did check IMEI numbers on all devices.
I really enjoy this phone, Ive gone through countless phones ranging from Nokias to Samsungs to HTC. I never had this problem before with all of those.
The scuff mark appears on the body of the phone, not the screen. I understand where the sensors are and thankfully that has not been a problem I went through.
I just can't imagine this is all my luck of replacements.
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Post a picture of this scuff mark you're referring to. If you've had it on three different phones and the rest of us don't have it, then there's obviously a disconnect here.
from my talks with HTC when you send the phone in to be repaired instead of exchanged they fix all the issues 100% because they are repaired by hand. i was assured when i got mine back it would have 0 chance of having anymore dust issues. so we'll see how that goes.
didn't have any of the other issues you mentioned though.
I have tried to photograph said defect, but to no avail. I have tried over and over again to, but the camera I have is a piece of junk.
I assure you what I said about it. Its not me doing anything wrong. I had it on my original phone and thus checked every time I received a replacement.
I do not know if the technicians are actually following the advice I gave them to the HTC rep to angle the phone to find it.
Recently I sent out a message to Google directly pleading to receive a brand new unit, I will probably not get that knowing how businesses work. I'm an accountant/consultant.
The ways things have turned out tell me that there is a fault in the manufacturing process, maybe localized to a certain "chain" if you will. How I got three of the same problems amazes me. I know it has been fixed because I have two other friends that have this phone without the problem of the scuff mark. They purchased the phone a month after it came out meaning they received a phone from a different batch.
I will update this thread again when I receive another replacement after the current ticket is resolved. Thanks for the responses
I've been using this phone for around 14 months now. I've always thought about how LG managed to build a phone like this and sell it for 300 bucks. Well two days ago I got the answer. The lower part of my screen just stopped functioning, thus disabling my buttons. I searched for this problem and found a MASSIVE thread on google support forums about this. Basically the lower part of the digitizer just goes full retard. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. And when it doesn't work it makes the entire phone lag (on a custom rom)(it doesn't work 95% of the time).
To fix this i tried to make the navbar slightly bigger, but that resulted in a growth of the defected part. And using PIE or button saviour is just a pain for me.
I made this thread to let people know that this problem exists. If the next Nexus phone is made by LG, I'm buying something else.
This is an open discussion, so anyone with a similar problem/fix can post.
I really dont know, what you guys actually do with your phones. I am using my nexus 4 for about 1 and a half year now, has been dropped twice with two scratches on the edges - no screen broken, no bootloop ever, no nothing. I can say of myself that I am not the friend of bumpers or screen protectors or any of those ugly things. I also flash a lot, try out a lot of apps - my nexus 4 has seen it all.
But not only the nexus 4, also my previous phones are fine and they still work (a nokia 5130 xpress music and a sony ericsson u10i). Thats why I thing a phone is just as good/stable/great as the user do. Of course there are a lot of issues out there but I think they dont appear from nowhere.
4 nexus 4's in the family most almost 2 years old......never a problem. This kind of crap reminds me of the " my back glass just exploded on its own" thread. Let's not make blanket statements.....digitizers on phones malfunction all the time....on all brands, probably due to your mistreatment.
I do not understand the point of blaming it on the user though. Yeah, many phones from different brand have digitizer issues. Yeah, digitizers fail. But if a lot (and I mean a lot) of users are complaining on the same exact issue there is a manufacturing problem for sure. And it's pretty clear that you did not bother checking the related thread at google's support forum, otherwise you would notice how many "mistreating", as you say, users are all having the same digitizer issues in exactly the same part of the screen. Now, does that mean that every nexus 4 sold will have the digitizer fail at some point or another? absolutely not. Maybe its' only one every 100, or even 1.000 or 10.000. Maybe it was a defect of a relatively small batch of screens (seems legit since the issue always occurs after a certain amount of months), that were sold in a period where you didn't buy the your four statistically (ir)relevant devices.
when will you guys understand that just because your phone does not have the issue, doesn't mean that NO phone has that issue??
(and even if it's not one but 5, 10 phones, how much relevance do you think it has compared to the hundreds of thousands of shipped devices?)
for what matters to the actual thread, anyway, I read LG replaces the defective devices under warranty without fuss. If the device is out of warranty, a diy repair is pretty easy to people savvy with tools.
Anyway, there is a couple threads here that talk about the issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/q-t2810588
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/screen-touch-test-results-t2822075
This isn't the users' fault. Take a look at this: https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/nexus/7SNIT8xPYzc
The repair costs in Sweden are so high, I might aswell get a new phone. I didn't even get this phone for 350$, LG sells it for 500$ in non-google play countries. And btw, half of my screen is not working now.
Or maybe you spent the last year keeping your phone in your pocket instead of a belt case and damaged it, or dropped it, or got water on it, or any of the other 10 million things that could damage an LCD/ digi. While I understand you have a problem and are looking for someone to blame....99% of these issues are due to physically caused damage and not defects. I have 2 teenagers.....I know how they treat their phones and I spend a lot of time repairing them after " I didn't do anything"
Same here
I'm having the exact same digitizer problem with my Nexus 4. First, a band of 8mm at the bottom of my screen became unresponsive, then a week later, the band grew to about 14mm.
I've had my N4 for 15 months. Bar two hairline cracks on the back panel (around the rear camera and speaker) my phone is mint. Barely a scratch on the digitizer front panel, and yet, it's failing. The weirdest part is, the otherwise lifeless zone at bottom of my screen occasionally springs into action with erratic ghost touches on my nav bar. I'm working around the problem at the moment, however, if the dead zone gets any higher, my phone will become unusable.
Reddit, YouTube and Google support are full of similar occurrences, and still not a peep from Google or LG.
My wife and I both have been using nexus 4 phones since it launched nearly two years ago. Hers started doing this 3 months ago and is practically unusable now. Mine started doing it last month and is getting worse too. I always thought of it as a great device and thought highly of LG's build quality but its hard to have those feelings now. Seems related to age + heat. Will be trying a different manufacturer next time since her phone has always been in a case and is flawless. Mine is banged up bad without a case but lasted longer.
Also my 16 monts old N4 two weeks ago after a run in hot humid weater followed by a very long phone call started to show problems at the bottom of the screen (no swipe up to activate Google Now) and in a couple of days all the lower portion of the touch became unresposive as clearly showed activating the pointer position under the developer options menu. Does anybody know exactly where is the problem? Digitizer connector, synaptics chip, cable? At present I'm trying to convince Google UK to issue an RMA in Italy where I'm now and would appreciate hints how to achieve that as it seems they offer RMA only to a country where the Nexus 4 was originally available on the local Play Store.
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4 nexus 4's in the family most almost 2 years old......never a problem. This kind of crap reminds me of the " my back glass just exploded on its own" thread. Let's not make blanket statements.....digitizers on phones malfunction all the time....on all brands, probably due to your mistreatment.
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back glass does crack on some phones when there is sudden change in temperature ,it happened on xperia z as well dont be so naive , the probability of mistreatment has nothing to do with factory defects
My digitizer works fine until the batter gets to about 80% .... then the screen freaks out and the phone turns off.... fun stuff!
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back glass does crack on some phones when there is sudden change in temperature ,it happened on xperia z as well dont be so naive , the probability of mistreatment has nothing to do with factory defects
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Ya right....ignorance......
This is actual real problem. My Nexus 4 works fine. But replaced the digitizer on my brother's after the bottom half died. Just go on eBay and buy the panel for around 50 bucks. About an hour of work
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repaired my screen
i replaced the screen after just 1yr 7 days. I live in India so phones available are quite cheap and the screen replacement cost was cost of an average smartphone but still i replaced it . I just want to know whether the replacement screen will have a digitizer problem after 1yr. I also had to replace the battery.
4 Screens replaced, the last 2 had bad digitizers?
I've replaced cracked screens 4 times now... the 3rd developed issues with the touchscreen going unresponsive every once in a while (I would tear down the phone again and again and finally the touchscreen would inexplicably begin working again.) I Finally cracked that one and now the new one has the same issue. I installed the new screen/digitizer, again with some difficulty , After a few reboots for whatever reason, suddenly unresponsive. Reboot 4 more times and it's back. Initially I'd thought I just bought a bad replacement screen but two in a row is pointing me towards .. well, something else...
Looking closely at the new component I'm a bit concerned as the text on the ribbon cable from the digitizer is labeled "Snaptics" rather than "Synaptics" though the chip itself is labeled correctly...
Sigh...
In any event, I was hoping someone could possibly shed some light onto this. 4 screens later I'm a bit sentimental and would hate to have to retire my N4.
I almost replaced my screen assembly because I had the dreaded dead band in the middle of my screen. It was present in TWRP so I figured the digitizer was bad. Then I started to get screen jitters and ghost touches. I tried wiping everything, new ROM's, etc. I final flashed the last PA KitKat beta and the 4.4 Gapps. Problem solved. I re-flashed the PA 5.0.2 Alpha 2 and there are no problems anymore. I was convinced it was a hardware problem because the problem mirrored every N4 digitizer problem thread that I saw.
Who here has sent in their phone to LG or have had to exchange their phone due to build quality issues? I am expecting mine back from LG soon. I had GPS issues, charging port issues, and the paint finish was bubbling along the bottom module.
So, here are a few things I feel are important things to look at when receiving your device. If you have sent in your phone and received it already could you share some info based off these questions?
What differences do you notice build quality wise?
Any HW differences?
How does the phone's battery life differ from before?
Did they repair the specific issue or does the device appear to have been replaced entirely?
Turn around time?
Some manufacturers have specific markers on serial numbers that indicate when they were manufactured which makes it pretty easy to figure out when it was made. I am gonna compare mine and see if I can find a difference, if there is something like that could you provide the small info needed to figure it out?
Here is what my device looks like after receiving it back from LG. Luckily(unlucky) they didn't actually fix the original issues I had and sent it back. I don't have a picture of the yellowing LCD yet. The reflective finish kind of makes the bubbling hard to see, but in person its pretty noticable.
I just replaced my G5 through AT&T, and it seems to be fine so far. My old G5 had camera issues after the last software update, it also had some screen burn in already. The "new" G5 seems to have similar battery life, and it took the update with no issues. I didn't have build issues with the old G5 and the new one seems even better built. I am.satisfied so far.
I had to send mine off for repair as the OIS was broken.
They decided to replace it as it was going to take longer than 7 days to fix it.. Funny thing is it took them more than 7 days to get a new one to me as they had no stock! I gave it to O2 on Monday 5th September, I just got the replacement this afternoon.
What differences do you notice build quality wise?
Better. The chin fits better on this replacement.
Any HW differences?
Not that I have noticed
How does the phone's battery life differ from before?
Not had it long enough to say
Did they repair the specific issue or does the device appear to have been replaced entirely?
Replaced
Turn around time?
9 Days
Some manufacturers have specific markers on serial numbers that indicate when they were manufactured which makes it pretty easy to figure out when it was made. I am gonna compare mine and see if I can find a difference, if there is something like that could you provide the small info needed to figure it out?
I cant find any numbers or marks that indicate manufacture date. Maybe Its in software?
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Mine, purchased at bestbuy, att, (2 months old) wifi and bluetooth stopped working. sent in to LG. came back with work order stating "gps test fail" Solution "update software"
Same phone came back with couple nicks in same places as before. i thought maybe they would send a new one or fix the parts chipped, but nooooooo. Thanks for NOTHING.
SOLD THE PHONE after i made sure it worked correctly.
Went with wife to att and got a new G5 for free when i finally talked her onto switching off samsungs boat
So far new phones are great. ill report back if this changes
My g5 had gps issues, sent it to LG for warranty repair. The phone returned scratched and couldnt detect sim card. I returned it to repair, they replaced screen because light leak, the back cover, and fixed the sim tray... LG in israel has a policy of not giving new devices , only do warranty repairs. At least its been 2 month and everything ok.
I have olso to mention that in israel LG has repair service that the repair guy will come to your house to fix your phone for free..
I just received my phone. They did not fix the issues I had sent it in for.
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Sim tray ejection hole looks like they just shoved a big paper clip in there and damaged the hole, and my battery eject button now feels funny. The LCD is yellowing along the top right as well... This is seriously ****ty. I will upload pictures soon.
Pics are up. So disappointed with LG right now.
You sent your phone in service via courier service? Have you tried to take your "repaired" phone in an LG service center and try to have it replaced? I have never sent my previous phones in service with a courier so i have no experience with this situation but those few times I took my phone to service center for a repair, after it was fixed, i carefully check it for bad handling before taking it back. Was there no way you could refuse the "repaired" device on the "bad handling" reason?
Here in the US LG requires cell phone warranty repairs to be shipped in. We can't open packages to check if the decice is okay or not either because we have to accept them first. Don't get me started on calling in customer support... Luckily they have a web portal to generate ship in warranty requests and they give you a label.
The G5 is back in LG's hands for a second time. Hopefully they right the wrongs here...
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The G5 is back in LG's hands for a second time. Hopefully they right the wrongs here...
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Hopefully,semms like you've been through hell with it.
Surprise surprise it came back with the same issues. I've attached a more recent shot of the bubbling. My phone now has minor scuff marks on the back of the frame too. Sim tray hole looks like trash. The LCD does not yellow anymore, but the physical issues remain.
Edit: I am just going to buy the rear frame. I am wasting too much time with this crap. One thing is for certain, I can never count on LG having good build quality ever again.
Looks like my G5 is debloated. That's the one good thing I got out of this ordeal lol.
Edit: Build version screenshot uploaded. It also does not boot with the sprint logo. It looks and runs like an unlocked device. Once I get the new housing I guess this will be fine. GPS seems to be fixed, LCD looks normal.
EDIT2: The bloatware loads upon activation... GREAT. lol
Anybody got a trouble with the speaker mine start to glitch at ihigh level this morning. My g5 is 2 month old...
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Anybody got a trouble with the speaker mine start to glitch at ihigh level this morning. My g5 is 2 month old...
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Waranty or remove the cloth cover inside the chin
Had my phone sent 4 times to LG to fix because burning screen, after 4 times I got my phone e with same problem bad signal reception and my screen keep shadowing ... I just gave up and they didn't don't replace the device me... I'm trying check with them for the last time. If they didn't fix it then this is my last LG phone. By the way I used to have LG G3 and had the black screen issue too
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Waranty or remove the cloth cover inside the chin
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Do you have a picture of what cloth cover do you remove i dont see what you talking about
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Do you have a picture of what cloth cover do you remove i dont see what you talking about
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I dont i didnt take one when i did mine. Its down on the 3 holes on the chin where the speaker is. Its a protective cover
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I dont i didnt take one when i did mine. Its down on the 3 holes on the chin where the speaker is. Its a protective cover
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You remove that by the hole or?
So there's been ALOT of talk about the bootlooping issues and phones dying at percentages over 10%, and I want to fix it.
Short bio: I work at a cellphone repair shop in the Bay Area called MD Wireless, and have been for over 8 years. I have seen lots and lots of phones and fixed maybe 99% of them (enough to know how terrible of phone Huawei phones are, but that's not what I am here to talk about that).
I am here to fix your issue.
Now I am willing to take 3 phones (possibly more depending on the demand) and work on them at cost (You pay for shipping here, shipping back, and $15 for an OEM Huawei Battery[or you can supply the battery])
Now I know this is XDA and kind of an area to DIY and further development, but this research would really help me figure out what's going on with these phones. I know that LG has issues with the solder they use on their processors, memory chips, etc, but I believe that the 6P is just Huawei using a cheap battery and not fully testing it.
Feel free to ignore this, but I want to figure this out and solve peoples issues.
If you have any questions, feel free to PM me, and I will post if I learn any news. Unfortunately, the only 6P's that come into our store have broken screens on them, so it doesn't solve my issue.
EDIT: Now the obvious needs to be stated, I will not be liable for any issues that happen during or after repair. This should be pretty obvious, I can't just give you a phone for doing the labor for free. Also, I had a customer with an LG G4 with the bootloop issue come in our store on Friday and was actually able to fix it to get the information out of the device. It required fixing the solder on the memory or processor chip (can't remember which, but it worked.)
For mods; if this violates any rules, let me know, so we can work on a way for this project to work out.
I have 2 phones that have a bootloop issue right now that I would send to you if you can fix them.
FWIW I'm stuck in the boot loop of death without the option to enter into recovery. I've replaced a few digitizers on my 6p previously, so was unafraid to remove the casing. I did as such and removed the battery entirely, then connected the usb-c power cord to it and tried booting. Still no luck. You're probably correct in assuming that crap batteries have been used. I'm curious who manufactures the motherboard. Also, could be something in the software which is causing too much heat. I have a request in at Huawei to go through the RMA process but as per usual they're about as efficient and swift as a congressman on the way to a fat pension, so if I don't end up getting this sorted out I will gladly offer mine up.
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Also, could be something in the software which is causing too much heat.
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Am also wondering the same, seems like this is also a factor.
I'm pretty sure the issue with the boot loop of death on the 6P is caused by a similar problem as the LG phones--bad solder that can't take the heat the phone generates over time--and that it has nothing whatsoever to do with bad batteries. In the past people have mentioned changing the battery or removing the battery and hooking the phone up directly to a power source and neither has brought the phones out of the boot loop state. When Huawei has fixed phones with the BOD they changed out the motherboards not the batteries.
Nexus 6P Bootloop after Update OTA Android 7.1.1
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I have 2 phones that have a bootloop issue right now that I would send to you if you can fix them.
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Feel free to PM me when you can.
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Nexus 6P Bootloop after Update OTA Android 7.1.1
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NEVER OTA UPDATE! That's what heats up the processor and other chips that possible weaken the solder. It is a little difficult to update via computer though. Again, PM me, but this might be the processor or memory chip, etc.
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FWIW I'm stuck in the boot loop of death without the option to enter into recovery. I've replaced a few digitizers on my 6p previously, so was unafraid to remove the casing. I did as such and removed the battery entirely, then connected the usb-c power cord to it and tried booting. Still no luck. You're probably correct in assuming that crap batteries have been used. I'm curious who manufactures the motherboard. Also, could be something in the software which is causing too much heat. I have a request in at Huawei to go through the RMA process but as per usual they're about as efficient and swift as a congressman on the way to a fat pension, so if I don't end up getting this sorted out I will gladly offer mine up.
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So it still could be the battery, but might need to be soldered or reworked, which the latter I can do. PM if you're interested.
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I'm pretty sure the issue with the boot loop of death on the 6P is caused by a similar problem as the LG phones--bad solder that can't take the heat the phone generates over time--and that it has nothing whatsoever to do with bad batteries. In the past people have mentioned changing the battery or removing the battery and hooking the phone up directly to a power source and neither has brought the phones out of the boot loop state. When Huawei has fixed phones with the BOD they changed out the motherboards not the batteries.
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I have had a handfull of bootlooping iPhones, LG G3, LG G4, Samsung Note 4, and Samsung Note 5's fixed by changing the battery out. It is very true that bad solder could also be the issue, but I would like to see if I can get it working without soldering/heating first.
Hello,
So yesterday I went on Neurofunk/Drum & Bass event in my town where Muzzy from Monstercat label performed. I started making a lot of 1080p 60fps videos of performance.
So after returning from an event I went to sleep and after waking up in the morning I opened my gallery to look at the videos I made last night. I noticed weird dust particle like spots on my videos. I immediately tried to see what is up with my camera and tried cleaning it. So I opened camera app to see what is up and saw small purple spots all over the image. I understood that something might have happened to my image sensor after long videos I took at the event.
So after research I realised that laser projectors at the event caused damage to my image sensor, because at first videos I took, image didn't have any dead pixel spots, but by the end more and more dead pixels started appearing.
The next day I also looked through my friends iPhone 7 Plus camera and he had same issue, but with only couple dead pixel spots, because he only made couple videos of the event.
So my question is: Will warranty do anything to fix my OnePlus 5 camera or will I have to replace my camera by myself? Thankfully replacement should be easy and cheap, because I found OnePlus 5 cameras for only 8 dollars at Ebay and camera replacement just requires to take off the screen.
Tip: DON'T take videos at the event with big light exposures such as laser projectors.
I also linked some sample pictures here for you to see how lasers affected my image sensor.
Event Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brILKIYNUP4
Contact oneplus, you have warranty so use it
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Contact oneplus, you have warranty so use it
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Yeah already done. Waiting for reply. I am just not sure if this counts as a problem that warranty can fix.
Isn't there any warranty documents we can read? I don't remember having any in my package.
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Isn't there any warranty documents we can read? I don't remember having any in my package.
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OnePlus just replied and apparently I will not be able to get warranty fix for this camera, only paid fix. I will be buying and replacing it by myself.
Did you tell them the reason for the issue? If so, that's where you screwed up. Should of played dumb and stated it just happened out of nowhere.
And don't agree with the people above, it's always best to remain sincere, to tell the truth.
As far as I know, you'll lose warranty if you open it up. I would inform how much it costs to let oneplus replace it first. And ask them if doing it by yourself will void your warranty.
But this does not concern me the most, if lasers are able to damage the camera, there could even be a possibility they cause permanent eye damage. Lasers are nasty things if used in the wrong way (I own a couple)
I would certainly contact the event manager.
At least inform him about it, and you could even try to make them pay the repairs:
- if they knew about the risk, there should've been warnings not to film. If they weren't there, they are at fault.
- if they did not know about it, they are still at fault, they should've known they risks and inform the audience.
I doubt the event organizers would admit they are at fault.
Same thing was common during the eclipse. Warranties don't usually cover user errors.
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And don't agree with the people above, it's always best to remain sincere, to tell the truth.
As far as I know, you'll lose warranty if you open it up. I would inform how much it costs to let oneplus replace it first. And ask them if doing it by yourself will void your warranty.
But this does not concern me the most, if lasers are able to damage the camera, there could even be a possibility they cause permanent eye damage. Lasers are nasty things if used in the wrong way (I own a couple)
I would certainly contact the event manager.
At least inform him about it, and you could even try to make them pay the repairs:
- if they knew about the risk, there should've been warnings not to film. If they weren't there, they are at fault.
- if they did not know about it, they are still at fault, they should've known they risks and inform the audience.
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Yes I will do just that. I asked what would be the paid repair price and will my warranty be voided if I replace camera by myself. Although I don't think I can be bothered enough to start accusations towards event manager. I will repair my device and move on. You know, it just would be way too much hassle to get my repair money from them. Not worth it.
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Yes I will do just that. I asked what would be the paid repair price and will my warranty be voided if I replace camera by myself. Although I don't think I can be bothered enough to start accusations towards event manager. I will repair my device and move on. You know, it just would be way too much hassle to get my repair money from them. Not worth it.
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It's however you like bro.
But know this, if this happened in the US they'll break in no time, people are way too afraid of lawsuits there
Here is an update on my situation. I bought new camera and replaced it by myself. Works flawlessly. Feels like refreshed phone.
Light(regardless of type/spectrum) that can cause this to a non defective camera sensor would cause major eye problems too. Imo might not even be related. Warranty has to replace it!
As a partyphotographer i can say that this is a commonly known thing, happens even with expensive dslr cameras if they geht exposed directly to a laser beam, so please! Always avoid the beam directly hitting the camera.
There are numerous examples in YouTube ...
Thanks dude for the heads up. I never knew this before.