Well, to start off the new year right, my original G2x stopped sending/receiving SMS messages under any circumstances, whether it was on wifi, 4G, Edge, or GPRS. I unrooted it and got a new SIM card, still have the same issue (according to the person at the T-Mobile store, I had a "2G SIM card in a 4G phone.") They suggest a whole new phone, and I agree.
One day later with overnight shipping, I get my new G2x, and the first thing I notice is the LG branding in place of the T-Mobile branding. Ignoring that, I turn on the phone only to see dead pixels everywhere, I don't understand how they could have even sent this one out. I call up customer care and they make me go through the whole troubleshooting procedure, and they decided to send me another one. They also told me if this next one had problems, they'd send me a replacement phone of a different model.
So I'm getting a new G2x sent to me tomorrow. I hope this next one works just fine, or I'll have to get a new phone. Also, what replacement phones do they usually offer for the G2x?
I have been through this process, I'm on my third G2x and CC told me if I ha e anymore problems with my G2x then they will give me a different phone.e... When I asked what them replacement model would be the CC Rep told me they could only exchange it for the Sidekick 4G and I told them I would just deal with the G2x and any problems it my have
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Milton515 said:
I have been through this process, I'm on my third G2x and CC told me if I ha e anymore problems with my G2x then they will give me a different phone.e... When I asked what them replacement model would be the CC Rep told me they could only exchange it for the Sidekick 4G and I told them I would just deal with the G2x and any problems it my have
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yea they offer me a sidekick 4g as well, straight up told them no thanks lol, and also i got a replacement that only says "LG" in the front and not tmobile
Guess they got tired of people trading in just for the Sensation 4g.... disappointing.
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Well, to start off the new year right, my original G2x stopped sending/receiving SMS messages under any circumstances, whether it was on wifi, 4G, Edge, or GPRS. I unrooted it and got a new SIM card, still have the same issue (according to the person at the T-Mobile store, I had a "2G SIM card in a 4G phone.") They suggest a whole new phone, and I agree.
One day later with overnight shipping, I get my new G2x, and the first thing I notice is the LG branding in place of the T-Mobile branding. Ignoring that, I turn on the phone only to see dead pixels everywhere, I don't understand how they could have even sent this one out. I call up customer care and they make me go through the whole troubleshooting procedure, and they decided to send me another one. They also told me if this next one had problems, they'd send me a replacement phone of a different model.
So I'm getting a new G2x sent to me tomorrow. I hope this next one works just fine, or I'll have to get a new phone. Also, what replacement phones do they usually offer for the G2x?
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All of my warranty exchanges have been great! My most recent one had the LG Logo as well. I made a thread about it last month. No problems except a bit of screen bleed.
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Thought I'd follow up on my original post. Got my new G2x in the mail, and it's much better. The screen is flawless (no bleeding!), and it was obviously brand new, it still had the original plastic covering on the screen and buttons. Still has the LG branding, but I think I'll live. Overall, a good experience from T-Mobile.
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i hate tmobile first off i got my refurb g2x for 45 bucks and a gaurentee and lifetime warrenty that my sreen wouldnt break crack or fail. long story short my screen broke and the hassle began. tmobile said the insurance would replace it. insurance said it would be 140 to replace it. i love the phone hate the company second time i got robbed
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i hate tmobile first off i got my refurb g2x for 45 bucks and a gaurentee and lifetime warrenty that my sreen wouldnt break crack or fail. long story short my screen broke and the hassle began. tmobile said the insurance would replace it. insurance said it would be 140 to replace it. i love the phone hate the company second time i got robbed
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What kind of insurance did you have on the phone? I had premium handset protection.
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Are we even calling the same Tmobile CC?
FatalityBoyZahy said:
All of my warranty exchanges have been great! My most recent one had the LG Logo as well. I made a thread about it last month. No problems except a bit of screen bleed.
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Thought I'd follow up on my original post. Got my new G2x in the mail, and it's much better. The screen is flawless (no bleeding!), and it was obviously brand new, it still had the original plastic covering on the screen and buttons. Still has the LG branding, but I think I'll live. Overall, a good experience from T-Mobile.
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I warrantied my phone twice... long story short, I ended up returning both of the replacement phones. They ending up putting me on a tracking list and told me to call back within a few weeks. I called back today and they told me to call LG and let them deal with it. Are you calling another Tmobile customer service number that I don't know about?
Plz can anyone explain me in detail how to claim warranty.
I stay in india.I Brought it from USA (Dont have international warranty )Do i have to send back my phone to usa(my sis stays there) !
-->Is it possible to claim warranty without producing the old phone (If this is possible than i dont need to send my phone back)?
I went through the warranty claim page of LG ,but im unable to figure it out what to do plz help me!
Reason for warranty claim :My Mobile stopped at 4% during update ! (I did all possible ways to get it back to normal stage , i was half successful as baseband was unknown )
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I warrantied my phone twice... long story short, I ended up returning both of the replacement phones. They ending up putting me on a tracking list and told me to call back within a few weeks. I called back today and they told me to call LG and let them deal with it. Are you calling another Tmobile customer service number that I don't know about?
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I'm calling 611.
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Got my replacement about a week ago and still having the same issues , phone picks up back round noise during a call more than my voice,so the other person cant understand what im saying . after about a 1hr with the rep, master reset(again) no market for 2 days and no memory card(he thinks this is the problem).... will see tomorrow when i call some one if its the same issue.
Do you guys restore the stock rom before you call?
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Do you guys restore the stock rom before you call?
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yes i do
really easy by doing this method
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryGIv8KQVIE
and dont forget to delete EVERYTHING from the internal memory
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yes i do
really easy by doing this method
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryGIv8KQVIE
and dont forget to delete EVERYTHING from the internal memory
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Ok cool, I will give it a try
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yes i do
really easy by doing this method
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and dont forget to delete EVERYTHING from the internal memory
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the stock rom is 2.2.2 is that ok?
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the stock rom is 2.2.2 is that ok?
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Yep, I sent mine back as 2.2 and they didn't say anything.
well im unrooted but after flashing back to stock with one click I cant boot into stock recovery. will that be a problem? lol
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well im unrooted but after flashing back to stock with one click I cant boot into stock recovery. will that be a problem? lol
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On the g2x if you hold the power and down button, it should just do a master reset, it's not like HTC where it takes you to recovery (correct me if I'm wrong) but just to make sure your unrooted try to download and use a app that requires root
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Thanks! so it doesn't boot into a stock recovery mode to master reset,that's weird I could have swore it had a blue boot screen maybe im thinking of my galaxy.
BTW a little ot but im wondering if you know about mobile security from asurion is it free?
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I want to tell you guys so bad but I have to wait 3 days. I don't want to **** up anything by a mass exodus of people calling T-Mobile and requesting the same thing. Stay tuned to this thread and be prepared to have your mind blown. Some of you will not believe it and I will think of a way to show proof over the next few days.
Aren't you one of those people who posts in every thread how you have no issues with your G2X? Also T-Mobile doesn't your username on a forum. Just saying you can post whatever you want
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I want to tell you guys so bad but I have to wait 3 days. I don't want to **** up anything by a mass exodus of people calling T-Mobile and requesting the same thing. Stay tuned to this thread and be prepared to have your mind blown. Some of you will not believe it and I will think of a way to show proof over the next few days.
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Damnit, why tell us if your not going to tell us!
I'll start the assumptions!
They sent you a broke G2x with a post-it note saying "ahahah".
They put out a finished version of Stock Gingerbread onto the phone.
They gave you 2 tickets to Disney on Ice in the box.
...I'm hoping it's Disney tickets...
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they gave you the sensation instead?
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Aren't you one of those people who posts in every thread how you have no issues with your G2X? Also T-Mobile doesn't your username on a forum. Just saying you can post whatever you want
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Yup..I don't have any problems with it. Runs great actually. I personally like the phone.
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they gave you the sensation instead?
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Close but not the whole story.
cant do that bro!! lol cmon tell us tmobile wont findout anyways, and why do u have to wait 3 days???
Oh poo, I thought it was some good news about the g2x=/
offering sensation or gingerbread update with g2x? like an option?
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Oh poo, I thought it was some good news about the g2x=/
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aaagh yea me too... sux
You got a 12th replacement G2x and this time, it had no screen bleed?
They're giving you a G2X with AT&T's bands unlocked and transferring your account to them thinking not having to support the G2X anymore works out cheaper in the long run.
Um they sending you another G2X? I called a few days ago and my phone will arrive this coming Tues. Called tech support once and had them walk me though the remove battery then insert back in, press volume down while pressing the power button "factory reset". A few hours later I was still getting a reboot so I called back and they are sending me a new one. WTH they are charging me $20 for a replacement fee? Will dispute that when it appears on my bill.
They are aware of the reboots, power off, and gps issues. At the same time, they know some G2X phones have no problemss at all.
OK, I just thought to myself that I'm not going to **** up my deal T-Mobile gave me due to my account having extenuating circumstances. Here goes....
On June 11th I called T-Mobile and told them I was on my 4th G2X and was having problems with it since I wanted to exchange it for a Sensation. The rep I talked to in customer retention told me there was no comparable devices to the G2X at the time but told me about a phone named the Sensation coming out on the 15th and that it would be a comparable exchange. He continued to notate my account and told me to call back after the 15th for the exchange. In between that time I went out and bought one with the intentions of seeing which phone I liked better before I exchanged my G2X. I decided I like the Sensation better so I gave it to my wife. Turns out she likes the Sensation better as well so when I called T-Mobile yesterday the person I talked to said there was no possible way for her to do the exchange but she did in fact see the notations on my account. She told me she would send an email to the guy who notated my account with "Exchange G2X for Sensation" and have him call me today. He never called so I just called T-Mobile and spoke with someone else. After explaining them the entire story he put me on hold for 10 minutes so he could speak with his supervisor. He came back and said something I wasn't expecting. He told me when I called on the 11th I was still within my buyers remorse period but the original representative I talked to failed to do the return and told me to wait until the 15th . I am now outside of my buyers remorse period so T-Mobile is eating the cost and sending me the Sensation. I asked the representative if I should return the G2X with all of it's accessories in it's original box and at this point he said the unthinkable. Nope, don't bother sending it back. There's really nothing we can do with it since the manufacturer wont take it back since it's past the 30 day period. So now I have 2 Sensations and one G2X. I am still trying to comprehend just how awesome T-Mobiles customer service is.
.....So no Disney tickets?
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Awesome deal for you, but customer service in my opinion is still so ****ty !
Shoot, I was hoping for something more exciting. T-Mobile customer service is so hit and miss. Some times retentions would tell you to go F- yourself while the brand new level one CSR would make huge concessions without even being pushed. It's terrific it worked out for you. Now put the G2X back together and sell it on eBay.
i'm pretty upset nothing's going on with the g2x and everyone's moving to the sensation, thought this phone would be used by so many
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i'm pretty upset nothing's going on with the g2x and everyone's moving to the sensation, thought this phone would be used by so many
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A lot of people left even before the Sensation. And since it's no longer being sold by T-Mobile there aren't as many new users. What happens next depends on how well the GB update goes and the marketing support T-Mobile puts behind it (vs. the Sensation) once it's re-introduced. Also the Hercules is supposed to be out in the Fall so there will be another dual-core option with good dev support. It's still not too late for the G2X to recover from its rocky start. People have very little short-term memory.
So I just got off the phone with three different tmo reps. I received today my THIRD phone, which had worse screen bleed than the one I have now so I put it right back into the back it came in to return. The first two reps told me they could offer a mytouch 4g, I said no, and that to just return the phone I received today since it was worse than what I already have.
The third rep, tech support, told me those are known issues and are NOT covered under warranty (this is an LG announcement to tmo). Screen bleed and data connection loss were the issues we discussed. They are known by LG and tmo and aren't under warranty so the store should not have warrantied it. She did say to just return the phone I received today. She also said that exchanging the phone over and over will not help anything because it's a software issue and the update would fix all issues, but no idea when that update would be coming.
Another interesting thing, she mentioned a batch of phones went out on exchange to customers WITH the update, but that those are all gone and the rest are the normal 2.2.2. Yeah, so I got off the phone just as confused as before I called.
That is bs.... screen bleed is a defect and it should be fixed... LG is taking the easy way out and saying it is not covered under warranty
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Just curious, have you gotten a refund for any of your replacements that you have sent back?
I did the same thing you did. I asked for a replacement and it turned out to be even worse than my original g2x. That was May 4th. I still haven't gotten a refund for the money I had to 'deposit' while I had both phones.
Every time I call they give me the runaround, saying that they just processed it or they just received it, or some other BS.
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That is bs.... screen bleed is a defect and it should be fixed... LG is taking the easy way out and saying it is not covered under warranty
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noooooooooooo screen bleed is a software issue and it will be fixed with the OTA
i say we go to tmo and lg corporate offices with pitchforks and torches and demand an update and fixes no more of this crap ok who's with me.
I did not have to deposit anything when I warrantied the phone(s). I just went to a store, told them I have problems, and they warrantied it without question. This, according to tech support, is not supposed to happen because of the service announcement that LG sent to tmo.
Yes, the tech support rep swears the update will fix the screen bleed and data connection issues. I asked about any recall, etc.. and she didn't know what I was talking about. The word "Sensation" never came up in any conversation either, only the MyTouch 4G, I said hell no.
I thought I had a near perfect phone but I just noticed that there is dust under my screen... and I don't want to risk a replacement but DAMN it's annoying me...
Maybe after they get new (fixed hardware) batches with the gb update on them I will ask for a replacement.
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How can screen bleed be software related?
If the phone came with a cracked screen don't worry... the update will fix it!
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If you want an exchange for the Sensation, go through corporate. I did and got mine shipped today. I should get it by Friday.
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What exactly did you say to corporate?
I'm getting a little nervous with all this recall talk...I really don't like any other phone tmo offers and my only other option would be to go back to the Iphone which I didn't want to do but oh well.
I'm also interested in knowing what was said for tmo to agree to swap out for the sensation. I've gone through 2 exchanges and I'll be damned if I will go through 2 more.
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What exactly did you say to corporate?
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Also would like to know.
After being treated like crap with customer service, I wrote a well worded letter and sent it to all the big wigs at TMobile corporate figuring I would finally get the sensation for free (if they valued my service). I asked for the sensation at no charge or for them to let me out of my contract since they continue to give me a faulty phone. An exec called me today and stated that they would accept the $50 upgrade but they would do no more. She also said they would not let me out of contract. When I mentioned filing a complaint with the BBB, she said she looks into all complaints from them and that she would not be calling me back and the offer would no longer be valid!!! Now that is guts. No wonder they have been slipping in service year after year......
Should I just pay the $50 for the sensation?
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If the phone came with a cracked screen don't worry... the update will fix it!
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Haha I like ur style
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What exactly did you say to corporate?
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I just told the guy that called me that I was very unhappy with the way that Tmo has addressed the situation. I told him that the Mytouch 4g wasn't comparable and that I felt offended by being offered that phone. After that he went on to tell me why customer service didn't exchange for the sensation and what was going on with LG and Tmo regarding this phone. He then asked me if I would like the Sensation. I replied yes that was the only comparable phone. He then told me he'd send it out with no charge and that was it.
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That is NOT how my experience went. You got lucky.
Obviously it boils down to the rep you end up with...as soon as you hear something you don't like, conveniently get "disconnected" and call back
so i called tmobile just right now. told them ive got issues with rebooting and my phone shutting down to the point where the only way to get my phone back on is to pull the battery out and put it back in (very annoying). i asked if they can just send me another g2x and maybe i wont have those issues (since i know not all g2x's have this issue) but anyways tmobile said LG told tmobile to not replace ANY g2x for another g2x or even another phone like the g2x (which is bull****) i know they were replacing the g2x for sensation 4gs before but i guess they stopped doing that cause of LG. LG said this is a known issue with all g2x's (duh or most) and they said they are figuring out what is the cause of this and there might be an update to fix it, maybe ics? lmao yeah right we arent that lucky but i hope we are. i guess we will find out on the 1st of dec to see what LG has to say. so i just had to vent how pissed i am at LG for being dicks and tmobile for not letting me get another phone at least. the rebooting is unacceptable. dont get me wrong the g2x is a fast devices compared to the sensation and other devices but what holds this phone back is the damn rebooting for me and the phone shutting down. well hopefully are kick ass developers can get ics running good on are g2x's to save the life of this phone and make it a kick ass device again. lol
oh i forgot to add. tmobile said if i called lg, they said they might replace my g2x for the new lg mytouch series phones. i about died lmfao. u got to be kidding me. g2x for a lg mytouch? please im not down grading my device. screw that.
Root, install custom ROM?
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Root, install custom ROM?
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i did and still didnt fix my issues. im rooted now, i was using EaglesBlood 2.3.7
CM7 nightlies, no more issues. GREAT phone!
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CM7 nightlies, no more issues. GREAT phone!
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yuuuuup!
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I had the same problems with my phone and installing Weapon G2x 3 solved the rebooting issues for me.
i will try other roms. i just added more info at the bottom of the OP as well.
You'd be able to get an exchange for a different problem, but yeah sometimes they do have such a policy. Back when I worked for TMO the big phone with this kind of issue was the original Samsung Behold (pre-Android). It randomly rebooted, shut off, all kinds of stuff. It was a known issue Samsung wouldn't fix. We had a written policy that on that particular phone, we would not exchange it for software freeze issues. Run customer through normal troubleshooting, state it was a known issue, move on. Usually if they got a supervisor they could eventually get it switched for a different phone if they were a long-time customer, etc, etc...
However, if you are having other problems, you will still be able to exchange your g2x...
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You'd be able to get an exchange for a different problem, but yeah sometimes they do have such a policy. Back when I worked for TMO the big phone with this kind of issue was the original Samsung Behold (pre-Android). It randomly rebooted, shut off, all kinds of stuff. It was a known issue Samsung wouldn't fix. We had a written policy that on that particular phone, we would not exchange it for software freeze issues. Run customer through normal troubleshooting, state it was a known issue, move on. Usually if they got a supervisor they could eventually get it switched for a different phone if they were a long-time customer, etc, etc...
However, if you are having other problems, you will still be able to exchange your g2x...
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oh ok. yeah they said they are not aloud to exchange any g2x's because lg told tmobile not to do it anymore and that they are trying to figure out what is causing the issue. so im thinking they are working on a update for are phones unless they are gonna replace everyones g2x lmao which i doubt that.
I guess I'm one of those few, because I have absolutely no problems with my g2x
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i have no problems and i love it .
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oh ok. yeah they said they are not aloud to exchange any g2x's because lg told tmobile not to do it anymore and that they are trying to figure out what is causing the issue. so im thinking they are working on a update for are phones unless they are gonna replace everyones g2x lmao which i doubt that.
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I have a hard time believing LG can dictate to Tmobile whether to exchange their customer's phones. Wouldn't it be up to T-Mobile, not LG, if T-Mobile wants to eat the cost of a replacement phone? I'd try another service rep. Stinks of BS to me.
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I have a hard time believing LG can dictate to Tmobile whether to exchange their customer's phones. Wouldn't it be up to T-Mobile, not LG, if T-Mobile wants to eat the cost of a replacement phone? I'd try another service rep. Stinks of BS to me.
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yeah i talked to, two technical support people and its noted in there system that they are not aloud to exchange any g2x devices because lg told them not to because its a known issue and getting another g2x isnt gonna fix the problem. so that tells me its probably a software issue. i even talked to the tmobile customer loyalty and they even said there is nothing they can do for me. so i guess im screwed. hopefully i dont keep having issues with my phone. the rebooting isnt as bad as the whole phone shutting down in my pocket and it not coming back on like it did to me the other day. i use my phone for my alarm clock for school so having it shut down and not boot back on unless u pull the battery out and put it back in is complete bull****. i wish i had the money to just go buy the gs2.
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I have a hard time believing LG can dictate to Tmobile whether to exchange their customer's phones. Wouldn't it be up to T-Mobile, not LG, if T-Mobile wants to eat the cost of a replacement phone? I'd try another service rep. Stinks of BS to me.
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I think he missed the point... As a former t-mobile t2 pda rep, I know how this works.... They have a webpage for that phone in the intranet (I am pretty sure of this, though I no longer work there) saying KNOWN ISSUES. On that memo is "Device Freezes/Reboots". Under that section it will go through basic t/s and then state: DO NOT EXCHANGE DEVICE.
That means, if you are having freezes/reboots, they will not exchange your phone.
It does NOT mean you cannot get an exchange for any other warranty related issues, for example, if your screen goes out, phone won't charge, volume buttons won't respond, etc. If they refused ALL warranty exchanges, they would have a class action suit very quickly and they know it as they ARE contractually obligated to cover the phone under warranty.
The manufacturer gets a financial “ding” when phones are returned. They get to have a say so in what is an appropriate exchange unfortunately. To me, if they have a fix for the issue and you don’t upgrade it would be your issue. But them saying we are losing too much money on this issue, we now declare that we will fix it (with no completion date in place) to prevent exchanges is deceitful. There really needs to be federal regulation that covers this. To me, these circumstances mean there should be a refund as opposed to an exchange if they want to take this approach. They have rendered the phone useless and have admitted that it is a design issue and not a hit or miss manufacturing issue. The problem is there is no down said to their declaration that they are working on a fix.
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The manufacturer gets a financial “ding” when phones are returned. They get to have a say so in what is an appropriate exchange unfortunately. To me, if they have a fix for the issue and you don’t upgrade it would be your issue. But them saying we are losing too much money on this issue, we now declare that we will fix it (with no completion date in place) to prevent exchanges is deceitful. There really needs to be federal regulation that covers this. To me, these circumstances mean there should be a refund as opposed to an exchange if they want to take this approach. They have rendered the phone useless and have admitted that it is a design issue and not a hit or miss manufacturing issue. The problem is there is no down said to their declaration that they are working on a fix.
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**** if there was an update to fix it i would jump all over it lmao. all i care about now is what lg is gonna say on the 1st of december. i hope they tell everyone that the g2x will get ics and that it will fix rebooting issues lmao
the only problem is i have screen bleeding everything else can be fixed with a custom rom but this screen is so ugly.. 5 bleeding spots on the corners...
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I have a hard time believing LG can dictate to Tmobile whether to exchange their customer's phones. Wouldn't it be up to T-Mobile, not LG, if T-Mobile wants to eat the cost of a replacement phone? I'd try another service rep. Stinks of BS to me.
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yes sounds like BS, about the only thing I am sure that LG told T-Mobile is that the customers that are returning 10 phones for a screen bleed issue. LG would basically be saying, you are having customers abuse the warranty.
This guy seem to have messed up his phone by not knowing how to root his phone, flashing the over the air ROM, through the LG provided program might help.
He might need to have the his dad the account holder call up T-Mobile, he should at least try the stock phone and remove the EB rom, or try BAKA ot Tengi
I think he is part of the OccupyLG .... power to the techno-noobs
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**** if there was an update to fix it i would jump all over it lmao. all i care about now is what lg is gonna say on the 1st of december. i hope they tell everyone that the g2x will get ics and that it will fix rebooting issues lmao
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Need to reread the Facebook post. It states December but no date. The way LG works it could be the end of the month if at all before they let anyone know about the update.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/lg-m...40-ice-cream-sandwich-upgrade/316431148368212
I just went through the warranty exchange dance with T-Mobile. While I was able to get a sensation the only phone they offered my wife's g2x replacement was a sidekick 4g....totally not a fair replacement! Single core and 3mp camera....crap. so I took the g2x and rooted it and fixed it myself.
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Alright so before you get to caught up in the title, let me explain myself. I have been doing some research on which phones that at&t and sammy would upgrade to ICS, the infuse was not one of them. The Galaxy S II Skyrocket however was one. I promptly looked up the cities that have at&t LTE, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw my city there. I remembered back to when I owned the awful Motorola Backflip. I hated it so much I used the warranty department at at&t to switch the Backflip out three times before being sent an HTC Aria the fourth time. I decided to try this with the infuse and this time the phone they were willing to supply me with was the Galaxy S II Skyrocket. I thought that sharing this may help some of you who want a phone that will definitely receive ICS. If your Infuse is still under warranty, call up at&t give them crap till they send you an infuse (repeat 3 times) and enjoy your skyrocket the 4th time!
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Alright so before you get to caught up in the title, let me explain myself. I have been doing some research on which phones that at&t and sammy would upgrade to ICS, the infuse was not one of them. The Galaxy S II Skyrocket however was one. I promptly looked up the cities that have at&t LTE, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw my city there. I remembered back to when I owned the awful Motorola Backflip. I hated it so much I used the warranty department at at&t to switch the Backflip out three times before being sent an HTC Aria the fourth time. I decided to try this with the infuse and this time the phone they were willing to supply me with was the Galaxy S II Skyrocket. I thought that sharing this may help some of you who want a phone that will definitely receive ICS. If your Infuse is still under warranty, call up at&t give them crap till they send you an infuse (repeat 3 times) and enjoy your skyrocket the 4th time!
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Haha nice. I've been thinking about doing this but as I am not the main account holder, it probably will not work.
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On a side note....there is no reason why this phone should not be upgraded to ICS. My has it...so she probably won't care, but I will!
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I only had to do this one time. I bought a captivate for $1 back in aug 2011. I got bored with it. In Oct I decided to call att and tell them i had all kinds of problems with the captivate and that i did not want another one and asked them what they could do for me besides me cancel my service. She offered me an Atrix or a infuse. I got the infuse and didn't pay anything for it. I just sent my captivate back in once i received my infuse. You don't have to do multiple warranty exchanges, you have to be a good talker.
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ive been having some connection troubles big time the past few days .. data just dropping for no reason and have to go in to airplane mode to reconnect
theROMinator said:
Haha nice. I've been thinking about doing this but as I am not the main account holder, it probably will not work.
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You don't have to be the main account holder.
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CheesyNutz said:
ive been having some connection troubles big time the past few days .. data just dropping for no reason and have to go in to airplane mode to reconnect
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Volume button is sticking too, isn't it.
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CheesyNutz said:
ive been having some connection troubles big time the past few days .. data just dropping for no reason and have to go in to airplane mode to reconnect
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Well Odin already! Stop clogging the forums!
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Normally, I would frown upon this but with as much as I absolutely HATE AT&T...Have Fun!
I wish i could do this, but I'm not the main account holder and they as for the MAH last 4 digits of their SSN when talking to them.
Under warranty is the 90 day thing right?
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Under warranty is the 90 day thing right?
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The phone is under a 1 year warranty no matter what.
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The warranty department figures it's easier to deal with lying by just giving in sometimes.
Pretty slick lol
So I called them and told them I was having touchscreen issues which is True I have been. They sent me over to At&t warranty to verify my issue, told them I've done a master reset, I've done recovery and everything, They then stated I was in warranty for a replacement so here comes another infuse. lol
Edit: You DO NOT need the account holders last SSC numbers to get a replacement. Tell them you have a question and they'll say sure I can help you with that, tell them your problem and they'll have to deal with helping you. I advice before you do this, you put stock firmware back on your phone, factory reset it before sending it back as well, Don't bother if your phone has physical damage or water damage as there Warranty exchange seems to be very serious and they will charge you $399 which is the total cost of the phone.
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So I called them and told them I was having touchscreen issues which is True I have been. They sent me over to At&t warranty to verify my issue, told them I've done a master reset, I've done recovery and everything, They then stated I was in warranty for a replacement so here comes another infuse. lol
Edit: You DO NOT need the account holders last SSC numbers to get a replacement. Tell them you have a question and they'll say sure I can help you with that, tell them your problem and they'll have to deal with helping you. I advice before you do this, you put stock firmware back on your phone, factory reset it before sending it back as well, Don't bother if your phone has physical damage or water damage as there Warranty exchange seems to be very serious and they will charge you $399 which is the total cost of the phone.
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They must have changed the whole SSC number deal then, because the last time I filed a warranty claim, mind you this was 4 years ago, they were very persistent about getting that number before they would help me with anything.
*Edit* Is it a refurbished? or new?
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They must have changed the whole SSC number deal then, because the last time I filed a warranty claim, mind you this was 4 years ago, they were very persistent about getting that number before they would help me with anything.
*Edit* Is it a refurbished? or new?
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Reconditioned, assuming it's refurbished.
He just got lucky. Every time i call i have to give the ssn, name on the account, ect.
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He just got lucky. Every time i call i have to give the ssn, name on the account, ect.
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They have asked me before I even asked the question, I just told them I don't know the last digits of the SSC but I just have a question and told them the problem I was having and they took care of it.
Edit: To save them time and yourself time, Tell them you have tried a factory reset and tried the recovery option built into the phone to try and fix your issue, They'll take you right to At&t Warranty Dept to see your options on getting another phone.
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They have asked me before I even asked the question, I just told them I don't know the last digits of the SSC but I just have a question and told them the problem I was having and they took care of it.
Edit: To save them time and yourself time, Tell them you have tried a factory reset and tried the recovery option built into the phone to try and fix your issue, They'll take you right to At&t Warranty Dept to see your options on getting another phone.
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OK, sounds good.
I'm seriously considering trying to get a different phone. I love the infuse, but the support base for roms seems to be dropping off quickly.
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OK, sounds good.
I'm seriously considering trying to get a different phone. I love the infuse, but the support base for roms seems to be dropping off quickly.
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Once we get an official expect to see better roms, Only a couple weeks till we see it.
Edit: I've been thru this process many times with T-Mobile and getting another phone, Refurbished phones are nothing compared to what you got now thats been used for months, Refurbished phones are phones used 30 days or less from purchase and when there brought back they cannot be sold as "New" anymore. Every refurbished phone I've ever gotten was in the upmost perfect condition.
Since I was having problems with my phone, and it was still under their warranty, I requested a replacement, and when it was sent to me I was careful (or so I thought) to restore the stock recovery as well as the stock rom. After some time I realized that the "stock" ROM to which I had restore the phone I sent to T-Mobile was a modified Froyo build, rooted, with ROM Manager installed. So now I am worried that they may charge me some ridiculous fee because I sent back a device that was not fully stock. From logic or past experience, is TMO going to take any action?
I've sent in a g2x with cm7, didn't get billed or I don't even know if they found out. Could be different for you but that's my experience
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honestly, most of the time the phone is never powered on again before its disassembled and refurbished.
and even if it is, nobody working on the floor is going to care either way.
most of the time, as long as the phone gets past the rep in the store, your fine.
I think the worst they could do if they found out, was just return it to you and say they're sorry. I don't think they'll just charge you without your approval. When I brought in my phone to check a problem with my data, the first thing the guy there did was check my phone's info like software and stuff to see if it's stock, otherwise they can't help you if it's a rooted phone.
Let us know what happens.
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When I first got my g2x I returned it rooted and running a custom rom. They didn't even power it on they just checked it for water damage. You should be cool. No worries.
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My phone short circuited while rooted and wouldn't turn on so I sent it in and am crossing my fingers lol
Success.
I got an email a couple of days ago saying T-Mobile had received my return. I called customer support under the pretense that my phone was acting weird and got her to check my warranty and it was fine. So as per what most people were saying, sending tmo a rooted phone will not root any warranties or incur any action from their part. Can't say much about phones sent directly to the manufacturer or the "premium handset insurance" people, which apparently managed through a third party company that states "any false information given will be processed accordingly."
On a side note, if you check tmo's support website, for most of their recent phones they attached a note explicitly stating an update to 4.0 in the future. For our beloved g2x, however, they wrote a long note stating how the recently leaked 21y update will be available starting may 14th, without any allusion to ICS. To me that just reinforces the notion that the only company that's more pathetic than a LG and nvidia combo is T-mobile and their haphazard and lethargic approach and contributions to today's smartphone community.
Not to say the update is completely useless, however; from my own experience it makes a tremendous improvement in battery life and wifi calling. Not to mention the fact that my phone does not shut down randomly in the middle of the night like it used to at times.
Here's the link to Tmo's announcement
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2362
and the HTC sensation's (for cross reference)
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2392
I bought my G2X on craigslist. It was already rooted and running CM7. I was getting a SIM error (later to be learned it was caused by ICS) I told TMo I bought it on craigslist already rooted. They still sent me a replacement at no cost.
I was charged a $20 warranty replacement fee, wtf! Anyone else? Are they pulling my leg here?
samsizzle said:
I was charged a $20 warranty replacement fee, wtf! Anyone else? Are they pulling my leg here?
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Do you have Premium Handset Protection on your plan?
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luperez said:
I got an email a couple of days ago saying T-Mobile had received my return. I called customer support under the pretense that my phone was acting weird and got her to check my warranty and it was fine. So as per what most people were saying, sending tmo a rooted phone will not root any warranties or incur any action from their part. Can't say much about phones sent directly to the manufacturer or the "premium handset insurance" people, which apparently managed through a third party company that states "any false information given will be processed accordingly."
On a side note, if you check tmo's support website, for most of their recent phones they attached a note explicitly stating an update to 4.0 in the future. For our beloved g2x, however, they wrote a long note stating how the recently leaked 21y update will be available starting may 14th, without any allusion to ICS. To me that just reinforces the notion that the only company that's more pathetic than a LG and nvidia combo is T-mobile and their haphazard and lethargic approach and contributions to today's smartphone community.
Not to say the update is completely useless, however; from my own experience it makes a tremendous improvement in battery life and wifi calling. Not to mention the fact that my phone does not shut down randomly in the middle of the night like it used to at times.
Here's the link to Tmo's announcement
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2362
and the HTC sensation's (for cross reference)
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2392
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Where do you see the G2X ICS notes? o-o
samsizzle said:
I was charged a $20 warranty replacement fee, wtf! Anyone else? Are they pulling my leg here?
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I was going through warranty replacement proceedings (cuz of screen bleeding, 3rd time) over the phone with a tmo rep and when he said there would be a $5 charge i flipped out (it's the principal, if they would send me a properly manufactured device i wouldn't need to keep returning their ****) he instantly volunteered to waive the fee. I'm about to call and get ANOTHER replacement. Eventually i will get them to replace it with a sensation.
vishousv said:
I bought my G2X on craigslist. It was already rooted and running CM7. I was getting a SIM error (later to be learned it was caused by ICS) I told TMo I bought it on craigslist already rooted. They still sent me a replacement at no cost.
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Wtf?! Really?! But you didnt even buy it feom them... why theyhelp you out like that???
My friend told me whatever phone the SIM card is in is covered by the insurance. That's the only thing I've heard. I didn't ask them (T-Mobile) any more questions.
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My friend told me whatever phone the SIM card is in is covered by the insurance. That's the only thing I've heard. I didn't ask them (T-Mobile) any more questions.
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Sweeet! Kudos for playing that one smart. I have sent back a few phones for warranty replacement to T-mo. My 1st was a modded HD2 that registered on their system (so they said) as running android. (it was running android, lol). 2nd was a G2x which was rooted and had a custom ROM. I know for sure they have no way of knowing without you volunteering the information yourself because they ask you have you modded the phone. If you say yes they may use that to deny you flat out but if not they probably will never be notified of such. Devices typically are wiped clean before ever being powered on.
*bump* yea I'm looking to send in my HTC one s for battery life issues and Im wondering fogs sane thing seeibg that I'm rooted and custom viper Rom installed.
had my phone off th3 charger for 50mins now and I'm at 82% Battery wtff