Is there a sure way to change the imei on Android Oreo beta 8.1 on this phone. I cracked my screen and want to replace my phone but for some odd reason the insurance company I have has a different imei for my phone and will not pay for me to get a new phone unless they match up. Please help. My phone is getting worse. I could deal with the cracks but now my phone is having this weird spaz out moments. If I could call it anything it's like the screen is vibrating up and down.
this is not the way to fix your problem, what's the imei on your box?
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Lets say I am sick and tired of my 8525 turning off on it's on randomly during the day and I have loaded 10 different roms all the way back to the stock one, I have ran it with NO aftermarket programs, I have replaced the battery, and I have added support to the sim card to make sure it isn't losing contact and still the phone turns off randomly on it's on.
Sometimes I have noticed that it will turn itself off if I slide the keyboard out (maybe 3 times out of 100 turn offs), but 97% of the time it will do it on it's on sitting on the desk untouched.
If I was going to take my phone apart, is there any ideas or general consensus to what parts might be causing the phone to turn itself off? Should I get a new sim card maybe?
Really sick and tired of my buddy with an Iphone throwing this bug in my face telling me what crap HTC is as well as missing calls.
If the phone is turning all the way off, over and over, then send it in for a replacement. If you mean the screen is just turing off after a certain amount of time, you can adjust that under: "Settings->System (tab)->Power->Advanced->then uncheck Turn off device if not used for x minutes. See if that helps, or maybe its just ur phone and you need a replacement. I sent mine in to ATT and got one back after my screen stopped turning on"white screen of death", heh. So it could just be a hardware issue that you cannot really solve urself...
The phone is turning all the way off on it's on. I have to boot it back up like I had just installed a battery or something.
I am out of warranty and do not want to pay for a refurbished phone since this is my third phone from them during the warranty already (and this ones been the best till now). I would rather someone tell me the board/part and I take it apart and fix it myself. I have the tools, the instruction manual in PDF someone posted a while back, a website with almost every internal part for sale, and experience taking small devices apart (ipods and such) and replacing items, I just want to know if anyone knew of which part could most likely be the part causing something like this before I start replacing things blindly. I plan to go ahead and take it apart and check ribbon cables since I want to replace the whole housing anyway.
Unfortunately, my D900 has the same problem with yours, it turned off when i just sending messages or just touching the screen, and my replacement battery is already on the flight, when i get it, i will test it again. Hopeful, i can get a sweat result~~
Mine doesn't seem to do it when it is in use. I have had to get in the habbit of looking at the LED on the phone to make sure it is still turned on. Gets real annoying trying to say the Iphone isn't all that people think, but then have this little problem and the fact I am on my third HTC product in the year time frame. But the others died within 30 days, this one has lasted 10 months thats why I want to keep it.
Well I think I figured it out. I took it apart and it looks like the black box that has the battery connectors to it and is soldered to the main board has broken loose. I am trying to fix it, but does anyone know how much the main board is if I need to replace it?
Hello,
before anyone asks, i did try searching the forum, maybe i am not typing the correct search criteria.. but i haven't been able to find anything anywhere about this issue i am having.
I have the T=mobile G1 with JFK 1.5 ADP, and a few widgets, now the phone in itself is great, the OS if working, no crashes etc.
This is my dilemma:: whenever i have the phone in my pocket and i bend down, or run or anything, the phone turns off. when i am talking on it, put it to my shoulder and put pressure on it to hold it in place, it turns off... if i have it sitting on my desk and push too hard on the screen or the thin edges around the lcd, it will turn off. in some cases it reboots and comes back, but 75% of the time its just off.. now this is a problem, because when i have it in my pocket, and it doesnt come back on, i dont know that it is off till i look at it.
anyone have any thoughts on what this could be?? bad digitizer, bad LCD, etc? i am also in the processes of contacting HTC about this, seeing what they say. but i figure it wont hurt to ask, maybe someone else has ideas
Thanks, any help would be appreciated.
Rafal
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Hello,
before anyone asks, i did try searching the forum, maybe i am not typing the correct search criteria.. but i haven't been able to find anything anywhere about this issue i am having.
I have the T=mobile G1 with JFK 1.5 ADP, and a few widgets, now the phone in itself is great, the OS if working, no crashes etc.
This is my dilemma:: whenever i have the phone in my pocket and i bend down, or run or anything, the phone turns off. when i am talking on it, put it to my shoulder and put pressure on it to hold it in place, it turns off... if i have it sitting on my desk and push too hard on the screen or the thin edges around the lcd, it will turn off. in some cases it reboots and comes back, but 75% of the time its just off.. now this is a problem, because when i have it in my pocket, and it doesnt come back on, i dont know that it is off till i look at it.
anyone have any thoughts on what this could be?? bad digitizer, bad LCD, etc? i am also in the processes of contacting HTC about this, seeing what they say. but i figure it wont hurt to ask, maybe someone else has ideas
Thanks, any help would be appreciated.
Rafal
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Sounds like a physical problem with the battery losing contacts. I suggest a replacement.
Thanks, its on its way back to HTC.. we'll see what they say about it...
ive been having the same problem... let me know what happens... do you by chance have one of the skins on (ie best skins or invisishield)?
This is the dumbest problem with the easiest solution... take the back cover off, remove the battery, clean the contacts (both battery and phone), put back together. Fixed.
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lbcoder said:
This is the dumbest problem with the easiest solution... take the back cover off, remove the battery, clean the contacts (both battery and phone), put back together. Fixed.
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there is not need to be an A*****e about it. trust me, that is the first thing i did, don't assume you are smarter then everyone else.... its a defect they had in a few models. i dont see why you need to jump up and start pretending like you know everything about everything.
as an update to the status, the main board is broken but HTC is refusing to fix it, since they are telling me i have a broken warranty sticker. currently if i wanted it fixed i would have to pay $378.51. That is the amount for the repair. so for now i have filed a dispute with their Repain dept. since there is no point in fixing it when a new phone is 30 bucks more.
sorry for not updating sooner, i was in the tri state area the last week.
will keep you posted on this. but if yours is doing the same thing, call T-mobile if you have thme, for a replacement, or HTC for the repair.
Hey guys i searched these forums and i searched on google, couldn't find any information. I dropped my phone today from less than 1 foot and it turned off and when i tried turning it on my entire screen was white except for the top which had black lines and you could tell the phone was responsive because of the way the lines moved. What do you guys suggest i do? I can't figure out a way to make my screen work normally.
Your screen is broken, simple as that. Time to get a replacement!
Where exactly do i get one? And what is the part called which i need to replace? My phone doesnt even barely have scratches and my screen stopped working -.-. I hate my life.
FuMMoD said:
Where exactly do i get one? And what is the part called which i need to replace? My phone doesnt even barely have scratches and my screen stopped working -.-. I hate my life.
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Ummm... T-mobile would be a great place to start... Just tell them it stopped working. Unless you bought it off warranty or without insurance, then you can buy it or any part for it where ever you can find it.
Yeah, no warrenty on it. What is the part called though i have no idea what the screen part is called so i can order the part.
bump. anyone?
You might need an LCD replacement part for the G1 if it is damaged... Other possibles could be the ribbon cable somehow got dislodged/damaged so you're not getting an image. Can you still make calls from it?
Yes it receives calls, its just the screen. would this be the replacement? http://cgi.ebay.com/OEM-LCD-Screen-...ries?hash=item43994d9bc5&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
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ok,so tmobile is sending me a replacement phone and i know i have to unroot back to stock and everything..but some of the problems i told them about with the phone was about the loose hinge problem on the keyboard, calls being sent to missed call as soon as the phone rings. They said that if there isnt any major problems with the phone when they receive it, that they would charge me a fee of 107$ what can i install on the phone to make it completely replaceable? or am i fine? should i intentionally brick the phone?
There isn't any physical damage internally ? The speakers work, camera works etc ?
A master reset/wipe should take care of the call problems. Sounds like a software issue... id imagine they charge you for this one.
I'm on my third in a month, and its great again finally.
1st: pinked out screen/ribbon with lost pixels
2nd: canera lens cover had a defect on the inside, couldn't take clear pictures.
I have exchanged 3 g2s now. Process is smooth and easy as described. Intentionally bricking the phone is wrong, immoral.
even if they dont find a major problem they cant force you to give the money...u can tell them to send it back and you send theirs back...no harm no foul...but i cant condone anyone of intentionally bricking a phone for this purpose...who knows they might find out u bricked it purposely and charge u anyway (just hypothetical for argument sake)
I have a Desire Z (bell) that i got off the forums to use with AT&T.. everything went great, i love the phone.. about 3 weeks ago i went to check the phone after leaving it on the charger while i slept and the screen was grey with black lines. all the lights work, and i could even answer phone calls by judging where the slider was. pressing on the screen gets haptic feedback. The phone did not fall while i was asleep. I actually havent dropped it once since i got it (around april)
So i called HTC and the phone is within its 1 year warranty but they said since its a canadian phone i will have to call that carrier, so i called bell and they said "call HTC. If you dont live in canada we wont help!"
So when i call HTC back they tell me to call futuretel and they will fix it. I call futuretel and they say no because im in america.
So i call HTC back again and tell them it is ridiculous that the phone is still under 1 year warranty FROM THEM and they wont fix it. they are supposed to be getting in touch with futuretel for an exception or something but i am tried of waiting.
Attached are pictures of the phone in its current state. It is running cm7 and i had not flashed anything on it for atleast a month before it messed up.
Has anyone else had this problem or have any ideas over what has caused it? I've looked online to find images of another screen doing this and haven't been able to.
i forgot to mention that i offered to pay for the repairs from HTC since i was not the original buyer. They still said they won't work on it. It's not that i dont want to pay for the repair, I cant find anyone to do it!!
You need to fix the screen, mine broke two times:
-Dropped once, the screen was OK, then broke in my pants
-Dropped it again on the floor and my screen broke a second times
Seriously, repair your screen by yourself, you will save about 100$ just because you don't pay for the technician.
Just follow this tutorial, it's pretty easy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-dR8CHEGjY
Then you may want to buy the screen on ebay with the tools for the phone:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Replacement...&_dmpt=PDA_Accessories&_trksid=p3286.c0.m1538
Good luck!
thanks. i wanted to get a good idea of what needed replaced to see if i could fix it myself. i didn't know if it was the LCD, or the cable ribbon thing or something else. thank you
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thanks. i wanted to get a good idea of what needed replaced to see if i could fix it myself. i didn't know if it was the LCD, or the cable ribbon thing or something else. thank you
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I cannot garantee it's the LCD, but both times I got those kind of white screen + black lines it was the LCD for me.