Probably a bad idea, but i'm good at those. I'm trying to get a free phone under a factory warrenty because my speaker blew and screen is scratched up from a bad case i used. Thought about taking off the water sticker on the back and placing it in water then put the sticker back on before i sent it . But not sure that'll work. Anyone has any good idea's on how to go about that let me know.
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Probably a bad idea, but i'm good at those. I'm trying to get a free phone under a factory warrenty because my speaker blew and screen is scratched up from a bad case i used. Thought about taking off the water sticker on the back and placing it in water then put the sticker back on before i sent it . But not sure that'll work. Anyone has any good idea's on how to go about that let me know.
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Wait, so you want to make it appear as though your phone has suffered water damage?
No trying to make it look like it's a phone defect from factory. Not a damage
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No trying to make it look like it's a phone defect from factory. Not a damage
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You make no sense
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You make no sense
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To geta free phone from samsung instead of paying 200$ for another one. I need to make itlook like the phones messed up becaus of some factory defect in the phone for ex. Screen stopped working
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To geta free phone from samsung instead of paying 200$ for another one. I need to make itlook like the phones messed up becaus of some factory defect in the phone for ex. Screen stopped working
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BAD choice to try to submerse it in water. While there ARE visible tags that show water damage, there are others that you may (or may not) be aware of that you cannot normally see. My advice, DO NOT DO IT.
Why not inform them that the speaker no longer works correctly? Also sending in your phone to try to get a new one is a long shot, and you would do just as well to buy the same amount it would cost in lotto tickets that you would spend in shipping, then it would be that you would get a new phone with warranty beyond what you currently have left on yours.
What you would AT BEST end up with is a REMAN phone of the same model.
That's what i was afraid of. N i blew the speaker using the ReZound Mod And the manufactor has restrictions for speaker volumes. I already got a new phone from them so Idk if i can just take apart my old one and maybe pull the sodering off a transistor or unplug the screen. I pay for insurance but they wanted 200 for another replacement . n i'm not wanting to pay that for a reman
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To geta free phone from samsung instead of paying 200$ for another one. I need to make itlook like the phones messed up becaus of some factory defect in the phone for ex. Screen stopped working
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Putting it in water does not make it look like factory defect. It voids your warranty altogether.
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That's what i was afraid of. N i blew the speaker using the ReZound Mod And the manufactor has restrictions for speaker volumes. I already got a new phone from them so Idk if i can just take apart my old one and maybe pull the sodering off a transistor or unplug the screen. I pay for insurance but they wanted 200 for another replacement . n i'm not wanting to pay that for a reman
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Taking it apart would probably be a bad idea as well. Pulling the solder off 90% of the time leaves a bit of a scorch that they can see and can easily say it was user damaged purposefully.
Aside of an over volt either bite the bullet and pay the insurance, but remind them that the phone is NOW under a $200.00 cost and if they want to charge you the $200.00 that they should offer you a different device.
Or you could buy the screen & speaker parts and replace them your self. I've seen a new screen recently for under $50.00, and the speaker for right around $30.00
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Taking it apart would probably be a bad idea as well. Pulling the solder off 90% of the time leaves a bit of a scorch that they can see and can easily say it was user damaged purposefully.
Aside of an over volt either bite the bullet and pay the insurance, but remind them that the phone is NOW under a $200.00 cost and if they want to charge you the $200.00 that they should offer you a different device.
Or you could buy the screen & speaker parts and replace them your self. I've seen a new screen recently for under $50.00, and the speaker for right around $30.00
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Well i thought about it and if ican find a resistor or something in the phone, i can probably make it look like it had a surge? Haven't had time to take it apart and see the hardware yet. but Considering i've been with att for 7 years and pay 100$ a month plus insurance i haven't used ever. I think they owe me a phone after buying 3 at the 700$ price b/c i lose them all the time.
They don't owe you anything, just so you know. Being a good, longstanding customer rarely gains any points when it comes to replacement phones.
Mucking about in the internals of the phone is a bad idea. If they look in there, they will almost certainly know what you did, and you'd be on the hook for the full price (which they can and will bill you after the fact).
Depending on how badly the screen is scratched, I'd personally say just live with it.
For the speaker, buy the parts and replace it yourself if you want to, leave it on vibrate all the time if you don't. I would not count on getting a free device.
Flash a rom from different phone model. Go in say you were upgrading to official ics
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Flash a rom from different phone model. Go in say you were upgrading to official ics
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I was going to say the same thing, just flash stock ICS with Odin and pull the plug
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Well i thought about it and if ican find a resistor or something in the phone, i can probably make it look like it had a surge? Haven't had time to take it apart and see the hardware yet. but Considering i've been with att for 7 years and pay 100$ a month plus insurance i haven't used ever. I think they owe me a phone after buying 3 at the 700$ price b/c i lose them all the time.
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lol
As others have said, if you're intent on getting a refurb, restore to stock GB, then pull the plug during the Kies update to stock ICS. They're not going to give you a new phone, and AT&T owes you nothing. At best, they'd give you a credit towards a new phone if you don't want another Rocket. At best.
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Flash a rom from different phone model. Go in say you were upgrading to official ics
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What do you mean? like flash one for HTC? or Flash it back to stock gingerbread then when i go to upgrade though kies to ICS pull the plug?
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What do you mean? like flash one for HTC? or Flash it back to stock gingerbread then when i go to upgrade though kies to ICS pull the plug?
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Either way will work. Flashing a Rom for a different phone will brick you for sure
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I am on T-Mobile USA HTC One S and after a few removals of the SIM cover it is loose now somewhat. I was wondering how I could get a replacement one or where to purchase one.
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Found this from ebay for $35 shipped.
Let me know if you find any other places that sell them for cheaper.
just call htc they send you one for free.
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just call htc they send you one for free.
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Really?
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I actually lost my sim card cover and I cannot find one anywhere else, I tried to call HTC but they said that the phone is too new and they couldn't replace it. If anyone knows of a site that sells OEM parts hook me up
It says on the ebay link a few posts above that this is needed for your phone to work. That is a lie, I have removed mine and still kept all signal / wifi and even had a call without it..
i find that price a bit extortionate for a little piece of plastic.
Edit: A quick google search found this http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=233112&phone=229850 it works out about £5 cheaper, So surely if you look about some more you will find one with a reasonable price tag
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Found this from ebay for $35 shipped.
Let me know if you find any other places that sell them for cheaper.
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quite a ripoff for a small piece of plastic.
Sim Cover
I just called them yesterday for the same reason. No problem. It should be here with in a week. Just call back.
Josh-
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I just called them yesterday for the same reason. No problem. It should be here with in a week. Just call back.
Josh-
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Hey... I need a replacement cause I think there is an issue with the little mechanism that controls the power button. Can you PM me the number to HTC so I can get a replacement?
Thanks.
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Hey... I need a replacement cause I think there is an issue with the little mechanism that controls the power button. Can you PM me the number to HTC so I can get a replacement?
Thanks.
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The ultimate in spoonfeeding ? Can't be bothered to look up a phone number on google ?
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It says on the ebay link a few posts above that this is needed for your phone to work. That is a lie, I have removed mine and still kept all signal / wifi and even had a call without it..
i find that price a bit extortionate for a little piece of plastic.
Edit: A quick google search found this http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=233112&phone=229850 it works out about £5 cheaper, So surely if you look about some more you will find one with a reasonable price tag
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That cover must do something.
Looks like antennas to me
GPS Antenna
Now we have found where to buy the sim cover, Does anyone know where to buy the speaker cover ?
I removed it last night out of curiosity and now it wont go back on properly, I believe i broke one of the tiny plastic clips which hold it in place
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Now we have found where to buy the sim cover, Does anyone know where to buy the speaker cover ?
I removed it last night out of curiosity and now it wont go back on properly, I believe i broke one of the tiny plastic clips which hold it in place
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call htc... make up some excuse... they will gladly send u a replacement... seriously dont worry... no one should pay 35 dollars for a sim cover... thats BOGUS! just call htc they will mail u one free of charge! seriously... =)
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call htc... make up some excuse... they will gladly send u a replacement... seriously dont worry... no one should pay 35 dollars for a sim cover... thats BOGUS! just call htc they will mail u one free of charge! seriously... =)
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Thanks, Ill give that a try, Il just say its started to come loose and isnt flush with the device.
I dont fancy paying for it either lol, I have a TPU case on the phone so you cant tell. But i can
personally i hate putting cases on my phones... i only use one for the gym.... worst case i drop it... i get a brand new one from tmobile... i already dropped this device like 3 times... not a scratch!!!!!!! got to loveee this thing... i fear the galaxy s3 is going to have a REALLLLLLLLY ****astic build quality...n honestly... htc realllllly put their heart into the design of the ONE line up... i reallly would have loved the one x... but this one is just fine... honestly....
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personally i hate putting cases on my phones... i only use one for the gym.... worst case i drop it... i get a brand new one from tmobile... i already dropped this device like 3 times... not a scratch!!!!!!! got to loveee this thing... i fear the galaxy s3 is going to have a REALLLLLLLLY ****astic build quality...n honestly... htc realllllly put their heart into the design of the ONE line up... i reallly would have loved the one x... but this one is just fine... honestly....
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I totally agree....the s3 is gonna be like their other ****ty build devices....something that at least feels like its metallic. Remember the hd2 back...I mean HTC makes better looking and feeling phones. Hardware specs is debatable but I love this phone with the exception of the memeory card and battery deals. But no cases for me either....they take away from how great and unique the phone looks
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Now we have found where to buy the sim cover, Does anyone know where to buy the speaker cover ?
I removed it last night out of curiosity and now it wont go back on properly, I believe i broke one of the tiny plastic clips which hold it in place
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Pretty much positive that the speaker cover isn't supposed to be removed. You probably did break something in the process. Bust out the glue buddy.
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Pretty much positive that the speaker cover isn't supposed to be removed. You probably did break something in the process. Bust out the glue buddy.
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Haha, Turns out its just a speaker and another antenna under it !
Anyway HTC are sending me out a new one Free of charge too !
Requested one today but the status says this: Shipment On-Hold Due to Backorder
Hey Guys, had the skyrocket for almost a year now, first time to drop it and the screen is now cracked. Fully functional though. Is there any way to just replace the glass and not the lcd/digitizer? I paid 150 for the phone and the only replacement screen I can find is 200+. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Hey Guys, had the skyrocket for almost a year now, first time to drop it and the screen is now cracked. Fully functional though. Is there any way to just replace the glass and not the lcd/digitizer? I paid 150 for the phone and the only replacement screen I can find is 200+. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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E-bay selling them every day for $50. maybe less. Very easy to replace
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E-bay selling them every day for $50. maybe less. Very easy to replace
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I searched Google and eBay and could never find just the screen. First person to give a valid link for the screen under 75 bucks will get a 5 dollar donation! Thanks
Edit: After searching a lot, it turns out the glass screen, aka digitizer, is what I need. However, I cannot find it online without including the lcd. Anyone?
I stand corrected. I do apologize. Ones for the skyrocket are much more expensive than i thought. The s2 I'd the one i had in mind.
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Okay, does anyone know if the skyrocket screen/shape are EXACTLY the same as the t989? I think the speaker slot may be a little larger, but if it still works here is this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-S2-t989-Digitizer-Touch-Screen-Lens-Glass-/280842930971?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41638b0b1b
Im not looking for a donation but i found just the glass lens on ebay for $20
Took about 1min to find...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Front-Glass...097?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d1958b69
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Took about 1min to find...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Front-Glass...097?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d1958b69
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They must have put that up in the last day, I scourged ebay for a long while... Now I hear to separate the led from the glass/digitizer is near impossible.
any updates on replacing only the glass and not the lcd? I need this done on my phone
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From what I've read its almost impossible to separate the two without damage. Some have tried heat guns but usually end up breaking something. Seems the two are glued pretty tightly together.
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From what I've read its almost impossible to separate the two without damage. Some have tried heat guns but usually end up breaking something. Seems the two are glued pretty tightly together.
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Nope, its much easier than impossible :laugh:
There are several videos on youtube demonstrating. I'm about to do one on a skyrocket in a few days. Check this one out of a guy doing a glass swap on an s3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Gx5fLy0NQ
Please post the steps you take after your replacement. It'll help a lot of people here. Thanks
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Nope, its much easier than impossible :laugh:
There are several videos on youtube demonstrating. I'm about to do one on a skyrocket in a few days. Check this one out of a guy doing a glass swap on an s3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Gx5fLy0NQ
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cool! definitely, please take a video or photo shoot for the steps !
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I had a S II Skyrocket fall flat on the screen and the glass cracked. I searched the internet for options to replace the glass, but none were really encouraging, specially if you are like me not really into opening up the phone and un gluing the glass from the LCD. And any spare part to replace the LCD and glass was costing no less than $150. In short what i wanted to let everyone know is, i went to a AT&T Device Support/Service center not the regular retail store, just to check if they had any spare parts which could be less than $150. And lucky me!!! they replaced the entire phone for me for $100 + taxes. And just to let everyone know, this phone was a $10 refurbished phone brought from AT&T about 8-9 months back, so no warranty or anything. A plain $100 charge and i was with a new phone. I gave in my old phone with a cracked screen and got a completely new phone and the back plate and sd card from my old phone. So anyone who is ready to spend upto a 100 dollars for fixing up the screen, you might as well try this at a AT&T service center.
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And just to let everyone know, this phone was a $10 refurbished phone brought from AT&T about 8-9 months back, so no warranty or anything.
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That's wrong. ATT warranties there refurbs for 30 days and Samsung warranties them for a year. Glad ATT hooked you up though.
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That's wrong. ATT warranties there refurbs for 30 days and Samsung warranties them for a year. Glad ATT hooked you up though.
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Maybe i worded it wrong. The point i wanted to put forth was, this $100 option is for anyone who has a cracked glass on S II skyrocket taken to the AT&T Product Service center. I surely did not have the AT&T warranty which is 90 days for refurbished models, and this damage would surely not be part of the Samsung warranty.
The title says it all. I swam with one a week after I bought it. It has been in rice for a month and dry air conditioned air before that. No joy.
Does it have any value?
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The title says it all. I swam with one a week after I bought it. It has been in rice for a month and dry air conditioned air before that. No joy.
Does it have any value?
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erm... i dont think so lol. unless some people would like to salvage some parts from it. does it still turn on?
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The title says it all. I swam with one a week after I bought it. It has been in rice for a month and dry air conditioned air before that. No joy.
Does it have any value?
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$50 shipped to this guy's door
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This may be a long shot but you might be make to go into an AT&T and sat it won't turn on and they will do a warranty swap. In my experience they almost never check the water strips; I don't believe the HTC One X has strips due to its unibody closed design. Just to be safe shine a flashlight down the 3.5mm jack and the micro USB port and make sure there isn't any red or pink, yellow is ok.
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This may be a long shot but you might be make to go into an AT&T and sat it won't turn on and they will do a warranty swap. In my experience they almost never check the water strips; I don't believe the HTC One X has strips due to its unibody closed design. Just to be safe shine a flashlight down the 3.5mm jack and the micro USB port and make sure there isn't any red or pink, yellow is ok.
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All the AT&T stores I went into in the past ALWAYS check the water strips 100% of the time. Even with the phone like HOX or Nokia L900, there are water strips inside. I know for Nokia L900, it is located inside the micro SIM slot.
It's in the micro sim slot.
Man, that sucks. The real question now is, how much is a paperweight worth?
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put some bleach on that water marker and it will be good as new
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Irish Enigma said:
This may be a long shot but you might be make to go into an AT&T and sat it won't turn on and they will do a warranty swap. In my experience they almost never check the water strips; I don't believe the HTC One X has strips due to its unibody closed design. Just to be safe shine a flashlight down the 3.5mm jack and the micro USB port and make sure there isn't any red or pink, yellow is ok.
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no way. may be a SLIGHT chance if it was within 30 days. outside of the 30days you would have to send it in or take it to the the DSC and of course they will check the strip.
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The title says it all. I swam with one a week after I bought it. It has been in rice for a month and dry air conditioned air before that. No joy.
Does it have any value?
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I'll pay the postage, how's that?
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no way. may be a SLIGHT chance if it was within 30 days. outside of the 30days you would have to send it in or take it to the the DSC and of course they will check the strip.
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And the new AT&T warranty exchange policy states that if they found the returned phone is not warrantable, i.e. water damage, you get charged full retail price of the phone.
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And the new AT&T warranty exchange policy states that if they found the returned phone is not warrantable, i.e. water damage, you get charged full retail price of the phone.
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Bwaha... Good. Freeloaders suck.
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does it turn on ??
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does it turn on ??
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I am not expecting it to. However, it is still in rice. I am having a hard time bringing myself to put it back together and trying to turn it on. I have enough disappointment for the moment. If it does, I will sell it as working, revived.
Must say though, HTC did one hell of a job with the packaging. It's robust but you can take it apart with your hands and a thumb nail.
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I am not expecting it to. However, it is still in rice. I am having a hard time bringing myself to put it back together and trying to turn it on. I have enough disappointment for the moment. If it does, I will sell it as working, revived.
Must say though, HTC did one hell of a job with the packaging. It's robust but you can take it apart with your hands and a thumb nail.
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Ok. So today I decided to try it. It has sat in rice since I first posted. I charged it and turned it on. It works perfectly! I transferred the microSIM from my Rogers HOX and it works perfectly. So I have an unmarked, almost brand-new AT&T HOX for sale! Rooted and with 1.85.
I think I should buy a lottery ticke!!
Congrats dude. Haha, I would still buy the water damaged one for 50 though wish I had the funds for a backup One X.
Maybe I should sell that Atrix
It seems as though I have problems after problems. After replacing my cracked screen I accidentally ripped the internal antenna now I can not get any reception what so ever. I looked everywhere for an replacement but no luck. Please help!!
Wish you lick finding one...honestly at this point I would try to scrounge together the 90-100 bucks it would cost to just buy another g2x
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In the absence of a valid argument, 2+1=3 may be used to explain why the g2x did not get the ICS update!
ANTENNA!!
Hi;
Was reading your post; and feel your pain!
You can get a replacement, if you go on EBAY
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makross said:
It seems as though I have problems after problems. After replacing my cracked screen I accidentally ripped the internal antenna now I can not get any reception what so ever. I looked everywhere for an replacement but no luck. Please help!!
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Parts can be expensive, then if you're doing the repair yourself, that's another risk factor.
If you can get some more money, get another phone altogether (be it another G2X or something else).
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Parts can be expensive, then if you're doing the repair yourself, that's another risk factor.
If you can get some more money, get another phone altogether (be it another G2X or something else).
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I found the internal antenna from Digi-Key! Haven't had a chance to install it thought but it is the right size and length.
A friend has HTC m8 for exactly 11 months somewhere around that. About maybe 2 weeks ago he started seeing "slow charging no matter what charger/cable was plugged in"
Here is what we did so far :
#1 bought high quality USB Cables
#2 bought Fast charger so he could enjoy fast charging as well.
#3 did factory reset
He does have insurance with Asurion but I am not sure if Asurion will take it for USB port unless something more physical happens or it's claimed as damaged USB port which can be seen.
What else is worth trying to see if the usb port/charging is really broken?
Any advice is apperciated! thanks!
if needed its $100 for insurance.
But, blow some air into the port (air compressor or anything like that) for a second or two and that'll clear out some dirt inside of it, it worked for me and saved me $100
And asurion will take anything for the most part if they have the $100 deductible
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But, blow some air into the port (air compressor or anything like that) for a second or two and that'll clear out some dirt inside of it, it worked for me and saved me $100
And asurion will take anything for the most part if they have the $100 deductible
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Advice passed onto him! will report results thanks for your time!
As far as the insurance goes would have been better off losing his phone than having it messing up like that, as if he lost it they would just send him another one with the $100 deductible.
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But, blow some air into the port (air compressor or anything like that) for a second or two and that'll clear out some dirt inside of it, it worked for me and saved me $100
And asurion will take anything for the most part if they have the $100 deductible
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No way man it helped.. who would have thought thanks very much for the advice. 100$ saved.
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I am having a similar problem, all of a sudden my M8 will not charge at a normal speed unless i reboot right before charge it. i'm at the point where a factory reset might be the only option left.. compressed air may be worth a go though.