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Third G2X on the way

I have had my first g2x for a little over a week. I really liked the phone, but the screen bleed on the first one was pretty bad. If it was just a little bit of bleed I could of dealt with it. I had flashed over to bionix, and with the black status bar the bleed was horrid. It was hard to make out the status bar sometimes because they bleed was so bad. The phone did not have any random reboots that everyone else seems to have. I wish I could of kept it. I ended up calling t mobile and they shipped a new one.
Today I received my new replacement in the mail. It was a brand new phone. I opened up the box and installed the battery and went for initial boot. The first thing that I noticed was it had a cluster of dead pixels at the top of the screen. If it was one I might be able to deal with it. Although for having a new premium phone I don't necessarily expect it to be perfect, but this was unacceptable. Well then the phone booted and went to the little android that I needed to tap enter. I tapped him, then the phone had a bunch of forced closes and rebooted. I rebooted it and same thing happened 2 more times. By this time I had had enough. I called up t mobile to get another replacement.
They guy that I was talking too asked me since this was going to be my third one why didn't I wait for the htc sensation. I told him the reason I didn't want it was because it was too big, but the main thing is because of the locked boot loader. I asked if they had an actual date for release, but he did not have one. He said he has seen leaked documents on blogs giving a date. But we have all seen the same thing. I also sold my vibrant so I don't have another phone right now. I really like the g2x and want to keep it. I also like the idea of the tegra 2. I am a big fan of nvidia, and their support has always been top notch. I hope I get a good third phone, because I really want to keep the g2x.
On a side note, I re-upped my contract to get this phone at the upgrade price. I was told today that to get new phone and not a refurb I had to extend my contract so that the 2 years started from today. Not that 2 weeks of extension was that big of deal but to me that's kind of ridiculous. It's not my fault I received faulty phones, why should I have to re up my contract. I know its only 2 weeks, but that is just a stupid policy. Or maybe it was just the guy I was talking too. I am just tired of these big company's taking advantage of the little guy for things that are not even our fault. I should not have to re-sign my contract because of faulty equipment. I was half tempted to just return the phone right there and tell them to cancel my contract. Not that 2 weeks will kill me, but for the principal of the fact. Has that happened to anyone else that had to return their faulty g2s's?

Another sob story about this phone. This is bad. Why was this device released if it is such a pile. Where is and what happened to LG quality control????
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I went to tmobile website and this phone has so many good reviews. I don't understand because this is also my 3rd one, and I'm about to return it too. If not for light bleeding, then it is for all the rebooting and freezing for no reason. Could it be because all of my phones are shipped from the warehouse in KY...where are the good ones come from? Any idea?
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The manufacture date of my phone is only 5/9/2011 so its was not even made 2 weeks ago. It makes me think it cant be a warehouse thing because the phone only being manufactured 10 days ago could not of had that much time to sit on the shelf. I am actually surprised that it can make it from the factory in Korea to my doorstep in 10 days.

bobthq said:
I went to tmobile website and this phone has so many good reviews. I don't understand because this is also my 3rd one, and I'm about to return it too. If not for light bleeding, then it is for all the rebooting and freezing for no reason. Could it be because all of my phones are shipped from the warehouse in KY...where are the good ones come from? Any idea?
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Hi,
Mine shipped from KY and its great, production date 4/26. Screen bleed is very very minimal at the top and really isnt very noticeable unless you read these threads and look for it. I had one reboot but that was because I got the phone stuck when trying to stream music directly from the browser and it went a bit bazerk. But other than that this is a GREAT phone. My friend and his wife got one(from radio shack) with no problems whatsoever and so I would guess there is a bad batch around or something.

In regards to the good reviews about the g2x on Tmobile's site, I posted a negative one and it was removed after the first day. I think they clear out the bad comments.

My 3rd was a refurbished..and I've never owned one past 14 days. And I got in from a Rep.
Still after never getting a NEWphone that worked they tried to send me a refurbished phone.
That just really hit me in a bad way.
Unfortunately from the sound of customers who came to tmo from other carriers tmo is better.
That sucks.
I'm going to the sensation. The Rep did not deny the sensation would be here in a few weeks.
Just said they can't confirm until an official date is given.
My g1 was the best phone I swear.
I'm learning to trust HTC for a well made and tested phone.
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mr.orange303 said:
I'm learning to trust HTC for a well made and tested phone.
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Except for battery life. Htc phones and battery life just plain suck and get nowhere near what they claim
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tackleberry said:
Except for battery life. Htc phones and battery life just plain suck and get nowhere near what they claim
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Yeah my g1 was a twice a day charger.
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mr.orange303 said:
Yeah my g1 was a twice a day charger.
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somehow i got a whole "work day" out of my G1....which was from 3am to 3pm. granted i would be in the 15% range at the end of the work day but it did last most work days all day. slower work days like mid week i would carry my car charger just incase, but on weekends when it was busy i would actually be at 30% area of remaining battery at end of same hours due to less use. the G1 was a decent slab of hardware. i sold it to my friend that just moved on to a G2 2 months ago, and said it still worked perfect. I got the G1 about 2 weeks after its retail release.

at&t GAVE me a skyrocket...

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!

anup111 said:
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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KingVekxin said:
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.

Axiomkid said:
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?

shooter5635 said:
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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tmease1 said:
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.

Axiomkid said:
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.

shooter5635 said:
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.

Replacement to mt4g by T-mobile?

Hey all,
I've been a long time lurker on these forums and I've noticed quite a few people upgrading to the Sensation. From what I can tell, there's a way to get a FREE Sensation by sending your mt4g to T-Mobile for repairs since HTC no longer makes the mt4g. Is this correct? I asked a T-mo customer service rep and she said it isn't true. Of course, she could have been told to tell customers that so we don't all suddenly break our phones and have a new more expensive phone given to us.
If this is true, how can I return a phone after I've rooted it? I've seen various guides on how to return to stock and put s-on back. Would this be enough to get passed the voided warranty issue of a rooted phone?
What if my mt4g is actually in 100% working condition? Is there a safe way to damage it just enough to warrant a replacement?
Thanks, all! Sorry if this was posted in the wrong area.

Becareful because sometimes they send you the Mytouch.. LG version

Yeah, I read about that too. I would tell them up front that I will not accept a downgrade but require a phone of equal or greater value. I'm used to crappy service from these big companies and have found that if you make a big deal out of something, they'll do anything they can to shut you up.

only a few lucky people have gotten the Sensation as a replacement... :/
it kinda depends on whether you get a good rep or not... if you get a bad one.. well good luck with that... lol
as far as bricking... i guess you could always flash a Radio or some system file not made for this device... but be careful with that

Thanks for the reply, S, but I never mentioned bricking in my post lol.
So it looks like the only two devices that are given as replacements are the Sensation and the LG mt4g, right?
Now to my final question; how do you purposely cause your phone to malfunction so T-mo will have to replace it while not voiding your warranty? My guess is to press one of the hardware keys hard enough so it gets stuck. Probably the track pad since I've read reports of people getting theirs stuck. Worst case scenario here is that your phone has no track pad, but who uses that on their mt4g anyway?

Novarox said:
Thanks for the reply, S, but I never mentioned bricking in my post lol.
So it looks like the only two devices that are given as replacements are the Sensation and the LG mt4g, right?
Now to my final question; how do you purposely cause your phone to malfunction so T-mo will have to replace it while not voiding your warranty? My guess is to press one of the hardware keys hard enough so it gets stuck. Probably the track pad since I've read reports of people getting theirs stuck. Worst case scenario here is that your phone has no track pad, but who uses that on their mt4g anyway?
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Uuuh, that's what saranhai was referring to. Reread his post.

be careful, I think in your situation it would be best to report it lost. Personally, my wife lost her phone and they were going to send us an LG phone, but I said no way. It is the MT4G or a better phone. I also told them that my contract is up in a few months and will leave if i get an LG. They said they will call me back today.

estallings15 said:
Uuuh, that's what saranhai was referring to. Reread his post.
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He suggested I brick my phone which would imply I rooted my phone which would in turn void my warranty.
oak25 said:
be careful, I think in your situation it would be best to report it lost. Personally, my wife lost her phone and they were going to send us an LG phone, but I said no way. It is the MT4G or a better phone. I also told them that my contract is up in a few months and will leave if i get an LG. They said they will call me back today.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you get charged a little over $100 if you report your phone as lost or stolen?

Novarox said:
He suggested I brick my phone which would imply I rooted my phone which would in turn void my warranty.
Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you get charged a little over $100 if you report your phone as lost or stolen?
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Yes $130. Oh, if it is a malfunction you do not pay right?

Novarox said:
He suggested I brick my phone which would imply I rooted my phone which would in turn void my warranty.
Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you get charged a little over $100 if you report your phone as lost or stolen?
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Flashing a PD15IMG.zip from another device doesn't require root access...
Plus I turned in a dead phone that was rooted. They never found out or if they did... they didn't care.
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Lol. Assuming always gets me too.
Hypothetically, you could TRY getting, say, a radio from a different HTC device and renaming it PD15IMG.zip and placing it on the root of your sd card. Boot into bootloader and it will check for the file and ask if you want to flash it. Flashing the wrong radio will totally screw your phone over. No root needed. However, I can't condone insurance fraud. That's highly illegal

Id imagine they'd send you an HTC mytouch 4g seeing as it is still sold on there website so no use In destroying your phone unless you have a bad emmc/screen
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Unless they're in a good mood or something they'll send a sidekick 4G (A pink one at that) and I've gone as far as demanding to speak to a supervisor to no avail and then I see 3-4 guys getting sensations, ugh. Hahah but yes flashing a radio doesn't require root neither does pulling the battery a few times while doing that.
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This entire thread is an awful idea.

Snakecharmed said:
This entire thread is an awful idea.
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You are correct, and this is the reason phones and plans cost so much! I'd the phone is fine then why duck it up and become a criminal because you want a new phone! I wish I knew your name and number so I could call and report you!
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I agree with you man.
Honestly, i don't understand why you want a new phone in the first place, the MT4G is a great phone and probably performs as well as the sensation anyway...
And Nic, you're right, they offered my a sidekick 4g and then they got upset that i didn't want a downgrade lol....
I have the bad emmc but good screen (which makes it all better)

I would like to see a "good " screen, because I've owned 4 "bad" ones, & they have all been brilliant. In fact, I can't see it getting any better...
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irrelephant said:
You are correct, and this is the reason phones and plans cost so much! I'd the phone is fine then why duck it up and become a criminal because you want a new phone! I wish I knew your name and number so I could call and report you!
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Am i?
I've never done this, and I had the same view as you expressed here. But after reading of so many people thinking of doing this, and no one expressly trying to stop this, I figured why not join the bandwagon.
If you can't beat em, join em, especially if there's no opposition. Anyway, relax. This was mostly theoretical and I've decided to wait on the HTC One for my upgrade. Or maybe even something even better that may or may not spring up by then.

I doubt they'll send you a sensation...
A couple of months ago I got a replacement phone sent because the proximity sensor on my old mt4g would cause the screen to go black during a call and I would not be able to get it to turn back on unless I turned the phone off. So I sent off my old phone and got a replacement mt4g.
I'm pretty sure they still have them in their warehouses.

Novarox said:
Am i?
I've never done this, and I had the same view as you expressed here. But after reading of so many people thinking of doing this, and no one expressly trying to stop this, I figured why not join the bandwagon.
If you can't beat em, join em, especially if there's no opposition. Anyway, relax. This was mostly theoretical and I've decided to wait on the HTC One for my upgrade. Or maybe even something even better that may or may not spring up by then.
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So because I live in an area where there are dope dealers I should sell dope too? I guess keeping good values when other dont is just too much for some people... I refuse to let myself be brought down to,that level. I find it more gratifying to work my ass off and save a little to get the thing I want/need, rather than lie cheat and steal! Its not a shot at you, but at all the people that have been doing it. As this make everything worse on all of us!
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At&t warranty replacement discussion thread

I've created this thread so anyone (like me) that has gotten a warranty replacement for there hox through at&t can discuss there experiences with them good or bad, as well as what software it came with and things of that nature.
with that being said, i myself am waiting on my third replacement from them as of now. the first being sent back because of frequent signal loss and a (what sounded like) a blown speaker phone. the second one i have now is going back because the colors are darker than the should be and the whites are horrible looking tan and kind of pinkish on different screen. only fix was to turn the brightness all the way up and kill my battery faster than i should have to. also, as of now, both replacements have came with 2.20 installed on them. maybe three times a charm on a decent replacement as well as a different software version. if anything i can live with 2.20 as long as the phone lives up to the $150 i paid the first time.

reserved for update when replacement arrives. replacement has arrived and ive posted a reply in the thread about it instead of here.

I got my first One X on 9/10 as a refurb with 1.85. I had a GS II and received a replacement with issues followed by 2 DOA replacements, so they gave me a One X (long story involving over a month of calls and "troubleshooting" ). It was a full kit with charger and SIM, and whoever put the SIM in mangled the hole for the tool. It also has some sort of crack or blemish in the screen under the glass. It looks like stuck pixels, but it changes color by angle. I got a replacement on 9/17 with 2.20 installed. The screen was already scratched, and the screen protector had been removed and reapplied crooked and bubbly. I sent that one back and am still using the first one so I can root. I'll try again for a replacement in a few weeks if I can't get used to this screen issue or if 2.20 is rooted. Or I may just take the offer for early upgrade and discounted GS III.
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I was going to thread crap, but what the hell..
My refurb replacement was cosmetically perfect, but the volume rocker is a tiny bit loose, and I get some creaks from the screen, but I only notice them when I'm cleaning it, wiping it down. I'm not enough of douche to complain about these things.
[Reserved for snarky thread crap comment in.near future]

I'm not really a proponent of calling people out, but I seriously question peoples' OCD when it comes to these stories of "this is my 9th replacement device" and so on. (edit: didn't necessarily mean the previous sentence to apply to anyone in this thread; I just know how these replacement complaints can go) If you convince yourself enough times that you have a hardware or software issue, that issue will begin to appear. It's called FEAR. False Evidence Appearing Real. Been there, done that with a Blackberry and I'm not going down that road ever again. It's simply not worth the anxiety.
I've had one issue with this phone and it had to do with the SIM card error. It could have been the card, could have been the phone, but since I was within my 30 days the rep just exchanged it out to be certain.

this thread is for good or bad discussion on your replacement. and if your calling someone a douche for complaining or not on here then remove your post, cause as much as you would like to not believe it you just complained in your own way the things you obviously dislike about your replacement. and i reserved a spot for hopefully nothing but good things to say about my coming replacement. its thread trolls like you that keep people from xda anymore. its you dont like a thread go read a different one, i didnt make you spend time coming to mine or reading through it.

Mine is solid so far, got it yesterday... only problem is that it came with 2.20

rob219 said:
this thread is for good or bad discussion on your replacement. and if your calling someone a douche for complaining or not on here then remove your post, cause as much as you would like to not believe it you just complained in your own way the things you obviously dislike about your replacement. and i reserved a spot for hopefully nothing but good things to say about my coming replacement. its thread trolls like you that keep people from xda anymore. its you dont like a thread go read a different one, i didnt make you spend time coming to mine or reading through it.
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Easy there, defensive.
I was pointing out how some people get with these replacements. I thought I made that clear when I outlined my experience. I hope you get a good phone!

cfn87 said:
Easy there, defensive.
I was pointing out how some people get with these replacements. I thought I made that clear when I outlined my experience. I hope you get a good phone!
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thank you, i hope so to. and also i should have quoted who i was talking to. it was actually the comment below yours that got me going. but anyway....moving on to what this thread is all about i say. i should have my new one in a few days and im guessing this ones gonna be great even if on 2.20. i work two jobs now so little time to play with my one x but i love me some root as well. also how are people getting the gs3 as a replacement? i was mad about my second replacement being faulty and ask if i could switch phones but the lady in the warranty department said no.

rob219 said:
thank you, i hope so to. and also i should have quoted who i was talking to. it was actually the comment below yours that got me going. but anyway....moving on to what this thread is all about i say. i should have my new one in a few days and im guessing this ones gonna be great even if on 2.20. i work two jobs now so little time to play with my one x but i love me some root as well. also how are people getting the gs3 as a replacement? i was mad about my second replacement being faulty and ask if i could switch phones but the lady in the warranty department said no.
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They sell their old phone and buy a new one.
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rob219 said:
thank you, i hope so to. and also i should have quoted who i was talking to. it was actually the comment below yours that got me going. but anyway....moving on to what this thread is all about i say. i should have my new one in a few days and im guessing this ones gonna be great even if on 2.20. i work two jobs now so little time to play with my one x but i love me some root as well. also how are people getting the gs3 as a replacement? i was mad about my second replacement being faulty and ask if i could switch phones but the lady in the warranty department said no.
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You want to flip out at the warranty dept and demand the customer retention dept. They are the people that can make it all happen. I had an atrix that was having issues. After my 3rd replacement the gave me a 250$ credit, let me upgrade early and I was able to keep the atrix and sell it.
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thanks i'll keep that in mind. but i pretty much guess i wont have any problems with this one. it'll be crazy to get three bad replacements, but i guess it could happen. they are refurbished

rob219 said:
thank you, i hope so to. and also i should have quoted who i was talking to. it was actually the comment below yours that got me going. but anyway....moving on to what this thread is all about i say. i should have my new one in a few days and im guessing this ones gonna be great even if on 2.20. i work two jobs now so little time to play with my one x but i love me some root as well. also how are people getting the gs3 as a replacement? i was mad about my second replacement being faulty and ask if i could switch phones but the lady in the warranty department said no.
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If you have a certain amount of faulty devices they will usually ask if you want to switch to a different model (they give you a couple of options).
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Here is my full story of how I went from the Galaxy S II to the One X for free.
On 8/15 I called AT&T about my Galaxy S II with an issue. They were back ordered so I was offered a Skyrocket. The Skyrocket is slow, sluggish, and poor battery compared to the Galaxy S II, so I refused and called a service center daily until they had one. That one had a different issue. I called and politely asked for a different phone. After talking to retention, warranty, and resolution I was denied everywhere (resolution offered early upgrade, but not until October, an offer I may still take them up on). They had the Galaxy S II back in stock so they sent me one of those. It came with screen burn in and black splotches on the screen, so they sent me another one, and it was the same. All the phones had date codes in 8/2011. At that point they wanted to troubleshoot the second one some more. It was randomly shutting down, and they had me try factory resets, new battery (they actually sent 2) and a new SIM. After a month of calling several times a week, I was finally offered the One X. I would have taken anything that wasn't the Skyrocket. I was actually hoping for Atrix HD because I wanted dedicated HDMI and MicroSD. But, I wasn't given options, just a One X or try another Galaxy S II. I have worked in a call center long enough to know being nice is far more effective at getting what you want vs yelling. I received a refurb with charger, and I had to send back my Galaxy S II. But, my contract was not extended so I still qualify in May 2013.
I haven't decided yet if I want to get a GS III in October, or wait for the GS IV next year. Either way my wife will probably get this One X to replace her iPhone 4 (she qualifies in July 2013).
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well, i got my new one x today. gotta say i love it like my first one. ive got all my stuff on it, set it up how i wanted, and tested everything. its my third replacement because the last two had problems. its perfect and now im just waiting for root to come to 2.20 because it seems every phone at&t is sending out it updated to 2.20 before shipping. i think they do this because of the new root patching it does. well anyways, i got it and i love it!! goodtimes!!!!

I had issues with my backlight becoming intermittent. It would go out and required flexing the phone to get it back on. It was probably a loose connection on the backlight. I was running a custom Rom with super CID. The techs at the store and the repair center failed to notice. It shouldn't have made a difference anyway because the problem was hardware. I had a launch HT23 and received a HT25 refurbished replacement with 2.20 installed.
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well here is my story
my hox came with 2.20 i got the phone 2weeks ago exactly. i found out while in the store that they are manually updating the phones to 2.20 i thought to myself ok thats odd. then i later found out no root for 2.20 as of yet. so i started having issues with wifi dropping off for no reason then it would come back. that didn't brother me to badly until i started to experience a very odd issue with the back button would say 40% of the time it would turn on the vibrate function n wouldn't turn off until i hit the back button again that got me pissed 2 weeks old n i have to deal with this i ended go back to the store they told me nothing they could do nothing for me except to return the phone n refund me the money i spent minus restocking fee i got pissed and walked out. i got a hold of customer service because i am a business customer they bent over backwards and sent me a NEW one i informed them i know of the issues with the refurbs my friends have been thru this so she and her supervisor allowed it to send me a brand new White one but here is the kicker they told me to keep my Current one X i thought that was odd so i call back they also informed me to keep it so i guess ill find out what software version i get and also if i have to send this one back at some point if an audit catches it and then i will complain more..lol
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What did say to get them to send you a new replacement? I'm also a business customer, though not the owner of the account. Just curious how you played that angle. I'm debating whether to get my phone replaced, but have concerns about refurbished units, many of which confirmed in this thread. Thanks.
jfellon said:
well here is my story
my hox came with 2.20 i got the phone 2weeks ago exactly. i found out while in the store that they are manually updating the phones to 2.20 i thought to myself ok thats odd. then i later found out no root for 2.20 as of yet. so i started having issues with wifi dropping off for no reason then it would come back. that didn't brother me to badly until i started to experience a very odd issue with the back button would say 40% of the time it would turn on the vibrate function n wouldn't turn off until i hit the back button again that got me pissed 2 weeks old n i have to deal with this i ended go back to the store they told me nothing they could do nothing for me except to return the phone n refund me the money i spent minus restocking fee i got pissed and walked out. i got a hold of customer service because i am a business customer they bent over backwards and sent me a NEW one i informed them i know of the issues with the refurbs my friends have been thru this so she and her supervisor allowed it to send me a brand new White one but here is the kicker they told me to keep my Current one X i thought that was odd so i call back they also informed me to keep it so i guess ill find out what software version i get and also if i have to send this one back at some point if an audit catches it and then i will complain more..lol
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joe23521 said:
What did say to get them to send you a new replacement? I'm also a business customer, though not the owner of the account. Just curious how you played that angle. I'm debating whether to get my phone replaced, but have concerns about refurbished units, many of which confirmed in this thread. Thanks.
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i think its because my phone is only 2 weeks old and i told them i would not accept a refurb unit due to issues i have read here and my friends have experienced i am also not the owner on the account but i am an authorized user its all how u talk to them dont demand anything kill them with kindness and talk to them as a human being and joke around with them n tell them u have already reset ur phone 2 twice and the problem still is there and blame the 2.20 update for causing software glitches and there are known hardware problems also the rep was nice enough to tell me that there was a recent bulletin about wifi and software issues related to the 2.20 update. also try to call back at a later time to get another rep and also remember this if you cannot make head way with 1 rep try again if the second one cant make it happen call back again n talk to a supervisor and inform them u know about issues with refurb one x's having issues.

Thanks for the info.
My phone has shut itself off overnight a couple of times in the past few weeks. Seemingly randomly. If it happens again, I'll give your idea a shot.
jfellon said:
i think its because my phone is only 2 weeks old and i told them i would not accept a refurb unit due to issues i have read here and my friends have experienced i am also not the owner on the account but i am an authorized user its all how u talk to them dont demand anything kill them with kindness and talk to them as a human being and joke around with them n tell them u have already reset ur phone 2 twice and the problem still is there and blame the 2.20 update for causing software glitches and there are known hardware problems also the rep was nice enough to tell me that there was a recent bulletin about wifi and software issues related to the 2.20 update. also try to call back at a later time to get another rep and also remember this if you cannot make head way with 1 rep try again if the second one cant make it happen call back again n talk to a supervisor and inform them u know about issues with refurb one x's having issues.
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What would you do?

OK here's the thing. My contract with EE is up for renewal in a few months. Originally I was going to request an N5 (or some money towards it) for my birthday and change to a SIM only deal and save some cash.
I have been without my One S for some time because I kept bricking it, trying to get it to do things HTC doesn't want us to do with it. Well f*&k HTC - I finally managed to re- S-Off it after three times failing, hard bricking and JTagging. I've finally got rid of all traces of HTC branding and software and installed CM11 and my One S is reborn, I mean its really flying. Its not perfect, but for my money its a much much better phone than when I got it early in 2012.
So this is my dilemma. Do I still get an N5 and use my One S to play around with, mod and flash and all the rest, or do I keep with my One S as my main phone, save all my money and get a life instead?
Seems to me that there is tons of life left in our phone. I'm not giving up on it just because HTC has.
What would you do?

ATSPerson said:
OK here's the thing. My contract with EE is up for renewal in a few months. Originally I was going to request an N5 (or some money towards it) for my birthday and change to a SIM only deal and save some cash.
I have been without my One S for some time because I kept bricking it, trying to get it to do things HTC doesn't want us to do with it. Well f*&k HTC - I finally managed to re- S-Off it after three times failing, hard bricking and JTagging. I've finally got rid of all traces of HTC branding and software and installed CM11 and my One S is reborn, I mean its really flying. Its not perfect, but for my money its a much much better phone than when I got it early in 2012.
So this is my dilemma. Do I still get an N5 and use my One S to play around with, mod and flash and all the rest, or do I keep with my One S as my main phone, save all my money and get a life instead?
Seems to me that there is tons of life left in our phone. I'm not giving up on it just because HTC has.
What would you do?
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Save all your money and get a life instead.

wognwarren said:
Save all your money and get a life instead.
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You are not wrong

ATSPerson said:
You are not wrong
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Phones are cool. Buying new one gives you the excitement.
But it's temporary, really. They keep on coming and one keeps on buying.
I'd say, save some cash and get a life, keep this phone until it dies. It will fulfill all your needs I'm sure.

man buy the nexus if you feel your HOS is old otherwise buy a new casing

if you happy with one s get the upgrade to most valuable phone on the market,sell it and keep the one s ,if not upgrade to phone you want and keep the one s as backup

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if you happy with one s get the upgrade to most valuable phone on the market,sell it and keep the one s ,if not upgrade to phone you want and keep the one s as backup
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yeah but the idea is to get out of contract I've probably already made my mind up. I'll just use this phone 'til if finally dies or at least until its not supported by any dev then buy the latest nexus at that time with the money I would have saved on the contract.

Or wait next year until Nexus 6 arrives and merry christmas to all xda members
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I had exactly the same decision to make.
What was the point for me: As long as there is an uptodate running CM for our phone I don`t need a new one.
Perhaps we also get Android 5.0, if not I will go with the Nexus 6

At the rate technology is going there is always something new and better right around the corner. If you're happy with the One S then stick with it until it dies- then buy the latest and greatest and the circle will start all over again.
If if was me I'd keep the One S on pride alone! Sounds like you killed the phone numerous times and figured out how to bring it back. You should be proud of that- many people would have given up long ago and moved on...

I would only buy a new one if I really needed a feature missing in the One S, like 4G. If you haven't decided yet, it means you don't really need a new one. Keep your "old" phone if it still works fine and save the planet Man I hate saying old for a device that is 2 years old, this system is so f***ed up

If if was me I'd keep the One S on pride alone! Sounds like you killed the phone numerous times and figured out how to bring it back. You should be proud of that- many people would have given up long ago and moved on...
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Exactly. A shed load of blood sweat and tears has gone into this phone (not to mention jtagging bills).
And I am proud of it well as much as you can be proud of a bunch of circuitry and LEDs. Mostly I'm proud of what I've learnt [email protected]&king it up.

Man I hate saying old for a device that is 2 years old, this system is so f***ed up
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+1 * 1000 to that. Even if I hadn't messed this phone up so I had to pay for it to be fixed a few times I reckon it has still cost me £500 as part of my contract. Paying £250 a year for phone is ridiculous whatever whizzbang thing it does. Well I'm not playing their game anymore.

It's not like this phone is feeling really slow yet compared to newer stuff. Might as well wait until there is a real noticeable difference.
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Good point, from what I gather manufacturers are going with 64 bit OS's this year... Might want to wait till then...
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