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Gingerbread Coming Very Soon

This, from T-Mobile's official twitter:
"TMobile: @thephilbert Gingerbread is coming to the G2x soon. You won't have to wait long."

How about a fix for battery. I have had to pull the damn cover and battery to get my phone to come back on.
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jeffreynew23 said:
How about a fix for battery. I have had to pull the damn cover and battery to get my phone to come back on.
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How about you go exchange your phone and stop crying. Have a backbone and learn how to tell someone **** your 2 yr contract.
How does someone buy a 500 dollar phone that doesn't work right and get screwed into keeping it?
Complain to tmo like you do here. I bet you get a new phone. But stop plugging every single thread with your BS.
Sometimes we like being able to discuss other things.
Without hearing why your mad you can't stick up for yourself to get what you paid for.
How about that?
.............
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How about a fix for battery. I have had to pull the damn cover and battery to get my phone to come back on.
Have had that happen to me twice since the 19. One of them this morning.
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mr.orange303 said:
How about you go exchange your phone and stop crying. Have a backbone and learn how to tell someone **** your 2 yr contract.
How does someone buy a 500 dollar phone that doesn't work right and get screwed into keeping it?
Complain to tmo like you do here. I bet you get a new phone. But stop plugging every single thread with your BS.
Sometimes we like being able to discuss other things.
Without hearing why your mad you can't stick up for yourself to get what you paid for.
How about that?
.............
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+1
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mr.orange303 said:
How about you go exchange your phone and stop crying. Have a backbone and learn how to tell someone **** your 2 yr contract.
How does someone buy a 500 dollar phone that doesn't work right and get screwed into keeping it?
Complain to tmo like you do here. I bet you get a new phone. But stop plugging every single thread with your BS.
Sometimes we like being able to discuss other things.
Without hearing why your mad you can't stick up for yourself to get what you paid for.
How about that?
.............
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Lol true....
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a month isn't soon...I'm guessing they're gonna make us wait a month.

rashad1 said:
a month isn't soon...I'm guessing they're gonna make us wait a month.
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And this renders the phone unusable, how?

Henchman said:
And this renders the phone unusable, how?
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Funny, I don't see the word unusable in my post.

rashad1 said:
a month isn't soon...I'm guessing they're gonna make us wait a month.
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In the world of phone updates a month is unheard of.

To me soon means between 1 day to a week, anyway I'm looking forward to cm7 more to get rid of all that bloatware crap

hanged_man said:
To me soon means between 1 day to a week, anyway I'm looking forward to cm7 more to get rid of all that bloatware crap
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Bloatware crap removal:
Root
Root Explorer
remove unwanted apps
There is a thread around here which I listed all the crapware I removed. I didn't make the thread because someone made it as I was testing, but I'm the second post with all the info.

instigator008 said:
In the world of phone updates a month is unheard of.
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To be fair they probably already had Gongerbread, but Froyo was 100% ready at the time so they released 2.2 on it. I'd bet LG had a Gingerbread build ready prior to the release of the phone but found some bugs and didnt want to delay the launch.
I would guess 4-8 weeks out.

mr.orange303 said:
How about you go exchange your phone and stop crying. Have a backbone and learn how to tell someone **** your 2 yr contract.
How does someone buy a 500 dollar phone that doesn't work right and get screwed into keeping it?
Complain to tmo like you do here. I bet you get a new phone. But stop plugging every single thread with your BS.
Sometimes we like being able to discuss other things.
Without hearing why your mad you can't stick up for yourself to get what you paid for.
How about that?
.............
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Some people will never learn...

mr.orange303 said:
How about you go exchange your phone and stop crying. Have a backbone and learn how to tell someone **** your 2 yr contract.
How does someone buy a 500 dollar phone that doesn't work right and get screwed into keeping it?
Complain to tmo like you do here. I bet you get a new phone. But stop plugging every single thread with your BS.
Sometimes we like being able to discuss other things.
Without hearing why your mad you can't stick up for yourself to get what you paid for.
How about that?
.............
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winning statement
sent from my G2X with no regrets

jeffreynew23 said:
How about a fix for battery. I have had to pull the damn cover and battery to get my phone to come back on.
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It's not the battery. LG's said they've identified a software bug on the O2X that causes reboots and freezing. It doesn't appear to be happening to 100% of the phones though. There's supposed to be a patch for the O2X coming out in the next few days to fix it. If they're hustling Gingerbread, I'm guessing they're going to skip patching the G2X and just (hopefully) incorporate fixes to the issues we're having in the Gingerbread release. Think of the fun we'll have dissecting a whole new batch of issues with the Gingerbread release.
And less than a month is light speed for a major phone update. I don't think any of the carriers can get something out the door in "days."

my thunderbolt and i

so im on vaca in ga lol and the kids wanted to go swimming so i was like sure lets do it its hot as hell out. so we went jumped in forgot to take our glasses off so we took them off and was in the water for like 3 mins or so then OOOOOHHHHHHH **** my phone is in my pocket took it out and threw it. so much for #2 tbolt maybe a 3rd one will be a charm but it might also be a referb i hope not but who knows but i got a get out of jail free card kinda cuz the first claim was through vz not the insurance company so it was a brand new phone but i probaly wont be that lucky to get a new one but i will have 3 batts and 96 gigs or microsd cards which will come in handy once i get my 4 15s in my car well 64 gigs thats one big flash drive not that this has anything to do with my tbolt just saying

Where in GA?
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Basically had the same thing happen to me a few weeks ago. Called and claimed it on insurance and was sent a new phone, not a referb.
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nowerlater said:
Basically had the same thing happen to me a few weeks ago. Called and claimed it on insurance and was sent a new phone, not a referb.
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Nice
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Rob_Storm said:
Where in GA?
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i was in columbus ga beautiful place

nowerlater said:
Basically had the same thing happen to me a few weeks ago. Called and claimed it on insurance and was sent a new phone, not a referb.
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yup got a new one and it was on 605.7 already also

skeet43169 your post reminds me of Jon Stewart's impression of the cocaine guy at a party (skip to 2:45)

skeet43169 said:
so im on vaca in ga lol and the kids wanted to go swimming so i was like sure lets do it its hot as hell out. so we went jumped in forgot to take our glasses off so we took them off and was in the water for like 3 mins or so then OOOOOHHHHHHH **** my phone is in my pocket took it out and threw it. so much for #2 tbolt maybe a 3rd one will be a charm but it might also be a referb i hope not but who knows but i got a get out of jail free card kinda cuz the first claim was through vz not the insurance company so it was a brand new phone but i probaly wont be that lucky to get a new one but i will have 3 batts and 96 gigs or microsd cards which will come in handy once i get my 4 15s in my car well 64 gigs thats one big flash drive not that this has anything to do with my tbolt just saying
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how far did you throw it?

dpham00 said:
how far did you throw it?
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about 8 feet or so it was in a case but still

sublimaze said:
skeet43169 your post reminds me of Jon Stewart's impression of the cocaine guy at a party (skip to 2:45)
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thats kinda funny but i didnt back you into a corner to tell you anything you didnt have to read it

skeet43169 said:
thats kinda funny but i didnt back you into a corner to tell you anything you didnt have to read it
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Of course I didn't have to read it, but I did and I thought it was funny. Sounds like something I would do. I was only drawing attention to your aversion to punctuation

I wasn't trying to sound rude or anything and I hardly ever punctuate
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Wow. Seriously?

I just thought this was worth sharing.
I own an MT4G. In my year of having it I have gone through 6 replacements.
None with the SO Type 2 Panel.
Tonight (actually 10 minutes ago) I just got back from buying my wife an MT4G.
It has a cracked digitizer but otherwise works just fine.
The touch screen is still responsive in every corner and every side.
Even where it's cracked. I got this phone for 30 bucks. 30....
My wife now has a MT4G with a superior screen. SO Type 2.
FML!
P.S. She won't switch with me even though she doesn't see the difference.
She just knows that I want it, she has it, I don't have it and that's the way she likes it.

nguyendqh said:
P.S. She won't switch with me even though she doesn't see the difference. She just knows that I want, she has it, I don't and that's the way she likes it.
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LOL typical couples..

Women are evil like that. Vaginas need to come with disclaimers.
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rei165 said:
Women are evil like that. Vaginas need to come with disclaimers.
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Haha indeed.

Lol dude that's funny.
Just buy a new digitizer to replace that broken one. Then fix your wife's phone.
Then do the magical switcharoo. She won't tell the difference, lol.

mackster248 said:
Lol dude that's funny.
Just buy a new digitizer to replace that broken one. Then fix your wife's phone.
Then do the magical switcharoo. She won't tell the difference, lol.
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Yeah I'm trying to find one now for it. Been watching some videos trying to get a handle on it.

How do you know if you have the superior screen?

Metaleckz said:
How do you know if you have the superior screen?
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There's a thread under "General" that shows you how to find out.
A rooted way and an unrooted way.
Search "bad display" in the "General" forum.
Are you rooted or unrooted?

Rooted . Ill look into it

Metaleckz said:
Rooted . Ill look into it
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All you gotta do is turn off the phone (make sure fastboot is off)
then boot in to bootloader.
Hold volume down and press the power button. Hold it until you see the bootloader screen.
Go down to system info and look for something along the lines of SH-C2 or SO-C2.
SO is superior, SH is not.
Good luck.

I got the lcd so c2 lol now I know mine is good

Metaleckz said:
I got the lcd so c2 lol now I know mine is good
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Awesome. But wait til you see the difference then you'll REALLY know.
I swear even with a broken digitizer on my wife's phone my phone can't even compare.

My lady would do the same exact thing.
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i have the SH version, honestly i cant see anything wrong with my screen. iv compared it to other android phones and it is brighter and more defined, (evo g2, varius others) so idk maybe i need to really compare the two, btw my lady would trade with me

Yea I have the good screen and one of my family members got the phone, and I immediately noticed that they had got the bad screen. I was like...... . Seriously the difference is great
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Infrared28 said:
Yea I have the good screen and one of my family members got the phone, and I immediately noticed that they had got the bad screen. I was like...... . Seriously the difference is great
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Saturation? Color? Contrast?

30 bucks... can it be any cheaper?

The screen is just seriously washed out in comparison. I don't want to use any terms incorrectly, so im just gonna keep it at that.
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I went through several bad screens before getting a good one, and wife still has the bad one. I was checking out my friend's Sensation and immediately noticed that he has the bad screen. Apparently HTC is still shipping both screens even on their latest models. Will definitely be cautious if I go with another HTC phone after this.

I'm expecting my 2nd MT to arrive tomorrow.
If I haven't seen the bad screen, would I even know something is off? Like if my first phone had a bad screen and the new one does to, would I even guess that there's a problem?
I mean do you have to see a good and bad one side by side to know the difference?
Or is it like watching HDTV for years then trying to watch a show on an old 1920's black and white?

G2X went for a swim with me on the 4th.....

My phone decided it wanted to go for a swim on the 4th and is dead. Tried bag of rice to no avail. I have the insurance and was given the choice of the HTC Sensation or Galaxy S2. Went with the Galaxy.
Anyway, I just want to say thanks to everyone on this forum for the awesome ROM work and support over the last year or so. It's too bad we can't get the display drivers API from LG so we can get some ICS with working video love, but oh well.
Again, just want to thank everybody. I will now be hanging in the Galaxy S2 forums until my full discount comes into effect in February and I can get the S3.
Greg

Enjoy the GS2...

Quick question about this? How much did you have to pay? My phone its a little on the Fritz I was gonna call in a bit to get a replacement
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juny51 said:
Quick question about this? How much did you have to pay? My phone its a little on the Fritz I was gonna call in a bit to get a replacement
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It's $130, just called. My phone has been shutting off and going crazy when off the charger. Selected GS2 as well. Have to send the G2X back within 15 days.

How did you get the option to decide which one you wanted?
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G2xer said:
How did you get the option to decide which one you wanted?
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Also wanted to ask this. I needed a replacement and called. But they didn't give me the option they just said they will send me another g2x
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G2xer said:
How did you get the option to decide which one you wanted?
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I called in and asked them what the replacement was. They said that the G2x is discontinued and not available as a replacement, so they gave me the option to choose between the SG2 and the HTC Sensation. When I said the SG2, they even gave me the option to choose between Black or White. I chose black.

gscavezze said:
I called in and asked them what the replacement was. They said that the G2x is discontinued and not available as a replacement, so they gave me the option to choose between the SG2 and the HTC Sensation. When I said the SG2, they even gave me the option to choose between Black or White. I chose black.
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Similar situation here. They apologized that the g2x wasn't available and offered me a Sensation. I played it off as I hadn't heard of that phone before and asked if she'd mind waiting a minute while I looked at the phone online. She said sure and that I should check out the GS2 as well, that was another alternative. I said I was familiar with that and chose it, opted for white

Well as I stated in other post I was needing a replacement so I called in. But they didn't offer me a different phone. They shipped out the same one. Its cool with me but weird how "its not available" but I got one
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Lol exact same thing happenes to me on the same day! Luckily the phone works still, the lcd is kind of weird and i dont have insurance
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twism50 said:
Similar situation here. They apologized that the g2x wasn't available and offered me a Sensation. I played it off as I hadn't heard of that phone before and asked if she'd mind waiting a minute while I looked at the phone online. She said sure and that I should check out the GS2 as well, that was another alternative. I said I was familiar with that and chose it, opted for white
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Wait, so i can just call in and get a new phone as a replacement?
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zoppp said:
Wait, so i can just call in and get a new phone as a replacement?
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No. Your got water damage so they gonna make you pay. If it was something else like your charger port or speaker they replace for free
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juny51 said:
No. Your got water damage so they gonna make you pay. If it was something else like your charger port or speaker they replace for free
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But the OP says his phone went for a swim and is dead (water damage), but he still got a replacement.
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zoppp said:
But the OP says his phone went for a swim and is dead (water damage), but he still got a replacement.
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Yea and he more then likely had to pay. That's just how T-Mobile does. Anything aside from hardware defaults you have to pay about 100-130 not sure exact price
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juny51 said:
Yea and he more then likely had to pay. That's just how T-Mobile does. Anything aside from hardware defaults you have to pay about 100-130 not sure exact price
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So basically if I paid $100ish, I could get a gs2
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zoppp said:
So basically if I paid $100ish, I could get a gs2
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If you have insurance call them up tell them what happened and they will either offer you a different phone like gs2 or the same for that 100ish. I needed a new phone but they didn't offer me the gs2 they just sent me the same. But then again it was a free exchange so who knows
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No. Your got water damage so they gonna make you pay. If it was something else like your charger port or speaker they replace for free
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I had to pay too, said the phone was acting up, battery dropping quickly, had to pull battery constantly. I also told them that I stooped at my TMobile store and they suggested I call them.
I've had to pay in the past too, fire a charging port issue. I believe you always have to pay, no matter what happened. I received a refurbished phone, perfect condition.
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zoppp said:
So basically if I paid $100ish, I could get a gs2
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It was $130, and worth it. Stable Ics ROM, larger screen which is beautiful and works great outdoors.
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juny51 said:
If you have insurance call them up tell them what happened and they will either offer you a different phone like gs2 or the same for that 100ish. I needed a new phone but they didn't offer me the gs2 they just sent me the same. But then again it was a free exchange so who knows
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How long ago was this?
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G2xer said:
How long ago was this?
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I called Thursday And my phone got here friday
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Touchscreen issues.

Hello xda. Let me get straight to the point. My mom, step sister, brother and cousin all have the EVO shift. My cousin is on his 6th. My bros on his 3rd. Sisters on her 3rd and now my mom is getting her second. All do to touchscreen malfunction. I attached some pictures of the dead spot on the phone. Not only can I not touch there but sometimes when the phones just sitting there it'll touch random spots. Is there a fix to this? Maybe running an RUU?
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I've had the same problem in the same spot since I got my phone. Sprint and Wirefly screwed me out of insurance... So I just work around it by rotating the screen.
Changing the build.prop helps. Change windowsmgr.maxevents to 240. If you're not rooted you are outta luck tho, no update is gonna fix that.

bilgerryan said:
I've had the same problem in the same spot since I got my phone. Sprint and Wirefly screwed me out of insurance... So I just work around it by rotating the screen.
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The phones did work good for a while but then after time the touch just starts dying. Almost a total of 12 phones have had the same problem. Although phone with keyboards tend to malfunction more than bar phones.
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Yeah that is usually the flex cable but mine had a small dead line across the screen and progressively got worse. My wife's does too but hers happened after getting dropped in a drink lol. I'll just say I have done a lot with Android and I can't fix this problem, it is a hardware issue, no software will fix it.

That's what had happened to a few of the shifts. The cable started to crease and that shorted the screen to a point where it was unusable.
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It's defiantly a Hardware issue. Usually the Flex Cable. I've had them bought to me for repair acting just like yours. Usually end up replacing the Digitizer also. Because people tend to bang on the Screen harder, thinking that that will make it work. Which does nothing but cause more damage. If you have TEP, take it in. Just make sure to RUU before you take it in.

prboy1969 said:
It's defiantly a Hardware issue. Usually the Flex Cable. I've had them bought to me for repair acting just like yours. Usually end up replacing the Digitizer also. Because people tend to bang on the Screen harder, thinking that that will make it work. Which does nothing but cause more damage. If you have TEP, take it in. Just make sure to RUU before you take it in.
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Called sprint talked for a bit. They're sending a refurb. But last one sent here was broken upon arrival so let's see how this ones going to act. Hopefully it'll solve the problem.
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how do i get to that setting to find my dead spots,im using the aokp speedy milestone 6.3.1 rom,thank any help appreciated.
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bstangs1 said:
how do i get to that setting to find my dead spots,im using the aokp speedy milestone 6.3.1 rom,thank any help appreciated.
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It is not a setting, it is an app. Search "touch screen test" on Play Store.

bstangs1 said:
how do i get to that setting to find my dead spots,im using the aokp speedy milestone 6.3.1 rom,thank any help appreciated.
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After the third time for the same issue you can request a NEW one. They may not be to happy to oblige, but if you stay on them they should do it. Also after the third time for the same issue, you can request a different device. It would be without a penalty. Meaning you should not have to use your Upgrade.

Either im really lucky or really careful, because nothing has gone bad on my shift except the battery. And that's after two years.
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JESUSARIUS REX said:
Either im really lucky or really careful, because nothing has gone bad on my shift except the battery. And that's after two years.
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I didnt have any shift problems till my shift died around May of this year with screen...and now my refurb started having issues so I had to take it in...

Mine was awesome. Until I killed it :crying::crying::crying:

So sorry man.

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Mine was awesome. Until I killed it :crying::crying::crying:
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Ebay has a lot of shifts lol
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jesuscash said:
Ebay has a lot of shifts lol
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Yeah I'd like to buy one from there, but the thing is how reliable their reports of the phone state is :silly:
Maybe I'm just paranoid but if the person selling doesnt say what all the little problems are, then those could turn into bigger problems for me
At least with Sprint theres the guarantee that I can always pull the unhappy paying customer card

jesuscash said:
Ebay has a lot of shifts lol
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I already upgraded to the SGS3. But I still have my tester
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CNexus said:
Yeah I'd like to buy one from there, but the thing is how reliable their reports of the phone state is :silly:
Maybe I'm just paranoid but if the person selling doesnt say what all the little problems are, then those could turn into bigger problems for me
At least with Sprint theres the guarantee that I can always pull the unhappy paying customer card
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Meh, they're not that expensive and most products have that eBay protection thing.
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I already upgraded to the SGS3. But I still have my tester
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If I don't get the note two I'm getting the gs3. My friend had it and I've used it but only for a minute. He's reall protective about his phone. So I haven't really used it but I know its a beast. Not getting an iPhone ever. Haha. Or maybe..just maybe another HTC. I don't want to but the one x looks preety awesome. Maybe even the EVO 4glte? I don't know. Well ill see in 30 days . And happy new year everyone!!!!
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Another quesiton,
So wait, to fix this problem do you need to buy the digitizer or flex cable? or both? because i have the exact same issue right on that same spot.