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I've always had an HTC phone everything from the EVO shift (yee yeah), to the Inspire HD, then got a Vivid, now I'm using this One X AT&T. I've been spoiled by Sense, I can't imagine having to use a Samsung. It's nice, fast yada yada but geeez its bubbly icons kill it for me.
This OneX I can't understand why the All the softkeys or home keys have been changed. The back key is for left hand people, Why does the recent apps button even exist and then put it in the most convenient place? No battery? What I mean to say is no extra battery. Ive always bought an extra battery so that if I don't have a plug-in or charger I got it covered.
Can someone give me any reason why the charge port is on the side?
No SD storage... This is probably the main reason Im done with HTC. A factory reset from the bootloader erases everything on your phone including backups. EVERYTHING ON YOUR PHONE! Not the recovery though...
Is there any way of securing the data so this never happens?
Now my camera has went out. No camera.. Ive tried everything, I even called HTC support they tried and they say "need new hardware". I really hate to tear into this phone.
I never write these vent posts.. I would fight someone lastweek if they talked trash about HTC phones. Maybe I got lemon, it's just One thing after another.
Although it seems like I'm trashing this phone I really love it. I just can't store anything important on it or take pictures, video.. I've read so many posts on replacing the camera but I just hate to tear into it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I never knew how important it was..
No one can say anything bad about the screen on the One X. It's amazing..
Sound is great
Smooth running phone too..
I'm scared to spend money on another HTC product. Maybe there is a way to try out a phone for a couple days that would be great.
THOUGHTS?????
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Sense5 HTC OneXL
unlocked, rooted, S-off
TurboCharged
Tampered like a mother f....er
You have the right to voice your opinion but this isn't really the place to do it. You're just knocking the phone. It's not a perfect phone, but it's really good once you get it rooted and all that. Stay respectful, everyone!
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I'm wondering why you bought it on the first place.
Almost all of your complaints are hardware ones that you know about before buying the phone?
Personally I don't mind the hardware at all. External SD would be nice but not a big deal. And I like right side unlock buttons.
As far as the camera I think it was just bad luck or damage. Haven't heard about it happening much at all.
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My niggles:
They put pogo contacts on the phone... but couldn't be bothered to make anything that actually uses them.
9.xGB of storage when I was expecting the typical 14.xGB for a phone advertised with 16GB.
HUGE pain to get root early on, though partially att's fault.
The phone loses signal if I leave it face up. (really gotta find time to get that fixed...)
Other than that, it's been an awesome phone.
I think HTC could've improved more in the music department and camera, but I agree with RollTribe. It's not a perfect phone, and there will never be a perfect phone imo. For me it was the software and hardware (GPS works!!) that made me stay.
Overall I would consider the XL solid. I'm going to look past the HTC One, though, and wait for the next generation.
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I think the back button is in a perfect spot for right handed people, it is right in reach of my thumb when held in my right hand.
You complain about the recent app button, but I don't follow your complaint. It exists so you can multitask, you say it is in a convenient spot and I agree, easily accessed by the right thumb when held right handed.
Extra battery? I have never found myself wanting to buy extra batteries for any phone ever. I just charge mine when required. This phone lasts a full day easy if you are not playing games on it. I am a heavy phone user with maybe 30-50 calls every work day, sync an ics calendar every hour, use calendar, contacts, browser and email a whole bunch. The phone lasts the entire day. These days with my car dock I can play games all day without issue
Charge port on the side makes for easy landscape car docking, perfect for GPS. I slip mine into the car charger often these days, it is one of the easiest phones to get in and out of the dock as the charge port is on the side.
SD storage, again I use my phone for a whole bunch of things and have never gone close to using the full storage. I stream over Spotify via Bluetooth to my car head unit. I have about 20-30 user apps installed. I just can not fill the phone. I even have the 16GB model from Hong Kong while most around me who bought from Telstra have 32GB.
I have had my phone for 15 months now and the camera still works perfectly. My last phone(s) was a Nexus One and a Nokia E68(or something) I smashed the camera lens on the Nokia before 12 months, not sure how, but my One XL is fine.
Then the next user, Zodiac:
I like the unlock at the top, easy to reach with right index finger, but can not be accidentally pushed.
Then, antichamp:
pogo pin issues( I initially really wanted to use the pogo pins aswell just for the gimmick until I realized they only seem cool)
1)The pogo pins are used on the desk dock.
2)The USB port actually "locks" the phone in to the car dock, the car dock requires a locking mechanism unlike the desk dock.
3)The pogo pins would cause scratch marks along the back as the pins drag along the case as you slide the phone in and out of a car dock.
4)The pins on the dock would wear out because of #3
5)What is wrong with the USB port?
The phone is easy to get root on. All issues are AT&T, the phone in EVERY other region is a breeze to unlock.
My gripe is weird data issues, where you sometimes need to give the phone a kick (eg via airplane mode toggling) to reset data (3g, 4g or wifi).
This was been improved dramatically though the updates but is still a niggling issue that sometimes crops up.
Also originally I disliked not having a hardware menu key and being forced into the Android 3 dot menu thing. Ofcourse HTC listened and fixed that issue in an update.
When you say sound is great are we talking about the same phone? Can barely hear my phone speakers from the back seat of my car.
That and spotty service/data issues are my only gripes on this phone.
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cannonofcourse said:
Now my camera has went out. No camera.. Ive tried everything, I even called HTC support they tried and they say "need new hardware". I really hate to tear into this phone.
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I think I might be having the same issue as you. Does the camera app just freeze immediately and crash? Then says cannot connect to camera when you try to open it again. Happened to me on AOKP Milestone 2 (rohan said it was an issue in the mainline AOKP), but now I've run 3.18 RUU and flashed the latest CM10.1 nightly and had the same issue.
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cannonofcourse said:
A factory reset from the bootloader erases everything on your phone including backups. EVERYTHING ON YOUR PHONE! Not the recovery though...
Is there any way of securing the data so this never happens?
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This only occurs after you have modded the phone, so you can't blame HTC for this. Factory reset from bootloader works fine on stock phones.
The way to secure your data is very simple: Don't factory reset from bootloader. Its been mentioned in countless places. So if you wiped your backups, its your own fault for lack of proper research.
Research? Lets just try and read before quoting...
redpoint73 said:
This only occurs after you have modded the phone, so you can't blame HTC for this. Factory reset from bootloader works fine on stock phones.
The way to secure your data is very simple: Don't factory reset from bootloader. Its been mentioned in countless places. So if you wiped your backups, its your own fault for lack of proper research.
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I would expect this kind of blasphemy if I posted a dumb video on YouTube, but the fact that this is a dev site full of "professionals". I posted a comment against my better judgement to try and find answers or suggestions about my phone. The first response is that
"This isnt the place for that" And then 2nd response is
"Why did you buy the one x, you should have known about these things"
First of all I dont think its constructive to rip someone down for a post when clearly alot of people are having the same problem. And I wish I would have found an honest review of this phone before I bought it. I wish I could have read my post before buying this phone. But for some reason Im a black sheep (to a few) for giving my opinion on very important flaws that anyone should be concerned with. I love HTC and have 6 devices prior to this one.
Im not sure who (the 5th reply) twist....? works for and to make statements like never having a storage issue and dont mind the internal card.? I never said anything about the storage. I am commenting on the fact you cant remove the sd card just to make sure the data is secure. And I would love to have a number of how many people use a car dock or computer dock.?? Maybe this guy works for a manufacturer/...///??
I always carry an extra battery and Im not the only person who does. To act like that is unreasonable is just ridiculous.
Of course not all phones are perfect Of course! Why would anyone feel the need to say that...
I love my ONE X It just annoys me that I cant take pictures of my little girl with it. Or store any important data on it. Ive had at least 5 people contact me about the camera issue and are having the same problem.
This last reply to my review and concerns and wanted suggestions takes the cake.
The last comment clearly says that if "you want to secure your data then dont do a factory reset from the boot-loader. It only happens on Modded phones". I have 6 HTC phones and none of them wipe the complete phone to include the external sd. NONE... I wanted to know if it was possible to lock the sd storage or "trick" it to thinking it had an external sd and dont wipe that. If you dont know the answer then fine. I dont see how that is irrational. And I dont think anyone comes to this site because they want to get information on "never modding or rooting there phone." This site is kinda geared towards people who enjoy learning and doing cool, great and ingenious things to make everyone's life better. Or awesome. But to get completely ripped by senior members and the comments being about something other than what I or other members even said is UN professional. This site encourages members to post on General Forumns. I think its 10 before I can move to the big boy pages. But at this rate what could I possible have to gain by it. If I make mistakes or brick my phone then why should I feel like an idiot for wanting people to know why and how it happened to save them a headache? I dont see how typing anymore will stress how childish most of the replies to my posts have been, cannonofcourse out...
You need to calm down. Redpoint was right.
Sent from my Evita
Bottom line, you want perfect stability, Don't root.
cannonofcourse said:
The back key is for left hand people,
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I'm right handed and it really doesn't bother me. I can sympathize with having to get used to differences on devices. It always takes a while for me to get used to things.
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No battery? What I mean to say is no extra battery. Ive always bought an extra battery so that if I don't have a plug-in or charger I got it covered.
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I find that external battery packs are way more convenient. You can pick up a 10,000 mah Anker pack for under $50 and it'll charge your phone several times. And it works for any other devices that you might have that charge via USB. And it will work on the next phone that you buy.
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Can someone give me any reason why the charge port is on the side?
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No idea. It does however work very well with the iBolt car dock. Quick and easy to put the phone in and lock it.
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No SD storage... This is probably the main reason Im done with HTC. A factory reset from the bootloader erases everything on your phone including backups. EVERYTHING ON YOUR PHONE! Not the recovery though...
Is there any way of securing the data so this never happens?
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I found this out the hard way as well, but anything on my phone exists other places. I don't consider my phone to be a place to store unrecoverable files. My photos are automatically backed up to G+, contacts and email are on Google, anything else doesn't really matter.
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Now my camera has went out. No camera.. Ive tried everything, I even called HTC support they tried and they say "need new hardware". I really hate to tear into this phone.
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That just sucks. I had to get a warranty replacement at one point due to a bad SIM slot, but the AT&T service center swapped it out no questions asked, didn't even notice that the bootloader was unlocked.
With all of that said, I really do think that people here are trying to help.
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I would expect this kind of blasphemy if I posted a dumb video on YouTube, but the fact that this is a dev site full of "professionals".
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So if anybody disagrees with you, its "blasphemy"??? Nobody here is a professional. Professionals get paid. If you mean courteous and polite, I don't see any responses to the contrary. Yes, several of us have disagreed with you. But not in any way that can remotely be considered a flame, personal attack, etc.
I was simply pointing out a FACT that the factory reset from bootloader bug exists due to the phone being hacked. HTC could have not have predicted every way user-implemented mods could harm the phone. You have some legitimate criticisms of HTC and the phone. But the factory reset issue isn't one of them.
You asked for our thoughts. We gave them. Or maybe you just wanted to hear from people that agreed with you?
I'm done with HTC as well if motorola steps up its game with the X but frankly i'll support anyone except samsung. I just want to see android evolve to more than just 1 oem (samsung).
I don't hold the past against any oem. If i like the new phone, i'll buy it.
twistedddx said:
Then, antichamp:
pogo pin issues( I initially really wanted to use the pogo pins aswell just for the gimmick until I realized they only seem cool)
1)The pogo pins are used on the desk dock.
2)The USB port actually "locks" the phone in to the car dock, the car dock requires a locking mechanism unlike the desk dock.
3)The pogo pins would cause scratch marks along the back as the pins drag along the case as you slide the phone in and out of a car dock.
4)The pins on the dock would wear out because of #3
5)What is wrong with the USB port?
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There is no desk dock for this phone...
For the international version there is, regardless of it's mediocre reviews.
I recently discovered the unfortunate truth of your 2nd point (I'm trying to make my own car dock).
On three and four, wouldn't that indicate a poor design of the phone? (blame the user ala apple's "you're holding it wrong")
There's nothing wrong with the usb port, I just think it would be convienient to both charge the phone and get analog audio out without connecting both the usb and 3.5mm jack.
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I had to get a warranty replacement at one point due to a bad SIM slot, but the AT&T service center swapped it out no questions asked, didn't even notice that the bootloader was unlocked.
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Hmmm, bad sim slot you say?
If I don't leave my phone face down it loses service. I have to restart it upside down and shake it before it will come back.
Think I could have the same problem?
It's possible. Or it could just be the SIM carrier.
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Well....
fleabeard said:
I'm right handed and it really doesn't bother me. I can sympathize with having to get used to differences on devices. It always takes a while for me to get used to things.
I find that external battery packs are way more convenient. You can pick up a 10,000 mah Anker pack for under $50 and it'll charge your phone several times. And it works for any other devices that you might have that charge via USB. And it will work on the next phone that you buy.
Actually I bought one of the "power on the go" packs from radio shack and broke it apart, replaced the battery with a 3600mah I ordered for my evo on accident. It cost about 8 dollars (plus the cost of the extra battery 12 bucks I think) and it charges my phone incredibly fast and about 3 times before I have to charge it back.up. Nothing worse than hearing that beep noise when your trying to get something done.
No idea. It does however work very well with the iBolt car dock. Quick and easy to put the phone in and lock it.
I found this out the hard way as well, but anything on my phone exists other places. I don't consider my phone to be a place to store unrecoverable files. My photos are automatically backed up to G+, contacts and email are on Google, anything else doesn't really matter.
I do try to back up everything to the cloud, via Google drive or I have a media server but it always seems like the one thing I needed is gone forever. I just found out the hard way that a reset from the bootloader took out my whole phone. It just sucks not being able to pull the card out and hold it.
That just sucks. I had to get a warranty replacement at one point due to a bad SIM slot, but the AT&T service center swapped it out no questions asked, didn't even notice that the bootloader was unlocked.
It seems like a certain set of serial numbers are having a hardware issue. I hate to go without my phone to get it fixed but I guess thats what I have to do. Thats the price we pay to have it all wrapped up in one little cool device.
With all of that said, I really do think that people here are trying to help.
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I know there are plenty of people that do a fantastic superhuman job. Just hours of searching to find out if someone has or is working on a fix or if I can provide info to contribute seems like so many people just lashing out for no reason.. But maybe Im being defensive.
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Unfortunately I highly doubt the issues you've brought up can be "fixed".
But...
I'm pretty sure you can change the location of the back button on certain aosp ROMs though.
Using battery case should mitigate the need for a removable battery.
The fact that doing a factory reset from bootloader wipes your phone can't be changed, but a little research on here warns of that in numerous places. And I don't think that's necessarily HTC's fault. It's up to us to educate ourselves about the risks we face when altering our devices.
For instance: TWRP 2.6 has an advanced wipe feature which makes it very easy to wipe your sd card while wiping the usual system and caches. I did that myself just recently, accidentally checked the wrong box and wiped my sd. I lost everything. Without a backup. So many photos of my kids gone for good. But I don't blame TWRP for making it easy to do that. I blame myself for working too fast and not being careful enough.
Sent from my Evita
cannonofcourse said:
I know there are plenty of people that do a fantastic superhuman job. Just hours of searching to find out if someone has or is working on a fix or if I can provide info to contribute seems like so many people just lashing out for no reason.. But maybe Im being defensive.
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Did the factory reset thrrough bootloader cause your problems??
If so, all yous gotta do is plug yer phone right into your computer and let windows detect it. Once it finds it, it will send you a window that says something along the lines of having an error with the sd card, from there click the button that says fix errors, and your all set. This happened to me before and I couldnt play music, store or access anything, or use the camera. But now it works perfectly.
And as for the extra battery, the portable chargers provide more battery life with less money. It makes more sense to buy a portable charger even if we did have removable batteries. :good::good::good::good:
Ok, I've been having some network issues, some of you may know. My service cuts off randomly and im quite sick of it. I've tried everything, nothing will fix it. I dont have an extra $400 laying around to RMA it. So, I am at the last resort. Its been fun, its a good phone, but at this point it really doesnt matter to me if i break it. I can get a moto g for $120 thqt will work like it was ment to. I really thunk its something wrong with the phone, I've never had this problem on tmobile before.
Anyway, im ready to crack this thing open and see if i cant fix it on my own. Maybe a connection is lose or something. I've watched a few videos, looks easy, ive popped my N72013 open so i im not worried.
Now, would anyone have any ideas what it could be? It acts like its a grounding issue, i can do just about anything, but when i download a rom, app, stream a video, anything that maxes out my internet, the service just completely drops, and says "no service" but usually comes back on after a few seconds. Sometimes the whole phone reboots. But, if is use 3g i never have any problems
So, any ideas on what to look for inside the phone? I was gonna unplug the wire for 4G and 3G, inspect maybe dust it off, and plug it back in.
If anyone has any ideas please fill me in. Thanks for your time.
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Ok, I've been having some network issues, some of you may know. My service cuts off randomly and im quite sick of it. I've tried everything, nothing will fix it. I dont have an extra $400 laying around to RMA it. So, I am at the last resort. Its been fun, its a good phone, but at this point it really doesnt matter to me if i break it. I can get a moto g for $120 thqt will work like it was ment to. I really thunk its something wrong with the phone, I've never had this problem on tmobile before.
Anyway, im ready to crack this thing open and see if i cant fix it on my own. Maybe a connection is lose or something. I've watched a few videos, looks easy, ive popped my N72013 open so i im not worried.
Now, would anyone have any ideas what it could be? It acts like its a grounding issue, i can do just about anything, but when i download a rom, app, stream a video, anything that maxes out my internet, the service just completely drops, and says "no service" but usually comes back on after a few seconds. Sometimes the whole phone reboots. But, if is use 3g i never have any problems
So, any ideas on what to look for inside the phone? I was gonna unplug the wire for 4G and 3G, inspect maybe dust it off, and plug it back in.
If anyone has any ideas please fill me in. Thanks for your time.
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They don't cash the 400 bucks, they just put a hold on it, I did it recently via a credit card, and the charge was quickly reversed.
I'd recommend replacing it, if you still don't want to do it (because of money), go directly through LG they'll have you send in the device and they'll fix it for you.
What you're suggesting is a last resort when you're out of warranty
Andromendous said:
Ok, I've been having some network issues, some of you may know. My service cuts off randomly and im quite sick of it. I've tried everything, nothing will fix it. I dont have an extra $400 laying around to RMA it. So, I am at the last resort. Its been fun, its a good phone, but at this point it really doesnt matter to me if i break it. I can get a moto g for $120 thqt will work like it was ment to. I really thunk its something wrong with the phone, I've never had this problem on tmobile before.
Anyway, im ready to crack this thing open and see if i cant fix it on my own. Maybe a connection is lose or something. I've watched a few videos, looks easy, ive popped my N72013 open so i im not worried.
Now, would anyone have any ideas what it could be? It acts like its a grounding issue, i can do just about anything, but when i download a rom, app, stream a video, anything that maxes out my internet, the service just completely drops, and says "no service" but usually comes back on after a few seconds. Sometimes the whole phone reboots. But, if is use 3g i never have any problems
So, any ideas on what to look for inside the phone? I was gonna unplug the wire for 4G and 3G, inspect maybe dust it off, and plug it back in.
If anyone has any ideas please fill me in. Thanks for your time.
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Looks like u are not running stock kernel ? Dose that kernel run westwood or googles default cubic for TCP congestion ? And have u tried restore factory IMG and test ?
drawde40599 said:
Looks like u are not running stock kernel ? Dose that kernel run westwood or googles default cubic for TCP congestion ? And have u tried restore factory IMG and test ?
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Yes, I've fastboot flashed stock 4.4.4, 4.4.3, 4.4.2, 4.4, tried different kernels, roms, called tmobile numerous times, changed sim cards, gone to different areas in town, you name it, I've probably tried it.
I had a similar problem with my nexus 5 it would be on LTE most of the time but after a few minutes of watching YouTube it would switch to h/h+/3g I did RMA through T-Mobile and this new one hasn't done it if you don't have a warranty your only choice is to replace the antenna or the radio hardware
So you are willing to buy a Moto G but not deal with Google RMA? RMA is free, a hold on your credit card is just that, nothing is charged unless you plan on skipping town with the 2nd Nexus.
Google support is one of the best in the business.They do everything they can possibly do to make your RMA as quick and painless as possible by cross shipping you the replacement device. If you have an issue with Google's RMA then you must have never been forced to RMA something before.
Its not that i have an issue with rma, its just, by the time i save up $400 and they ship me the new one, this phone will be obsolete anyway. The battery life isnt that good, its starting to get lcd bleed, ive read many people go through 5+ device and have the same issues. Im not saying its a bad phone, its the best phone ive ever had and ive had many good android phones im just saying, at this point it doesnt seem worth the time and effort, its like a 50/50 shot that ill get a good one.
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Its not that i have an issue with rma, its just, by the time i save up $400 and they ship me the new one, this phone will be obsolete anyway. The battery life isnt that good, its starting to get lcd bleed, ive read many people go through 5+ device and have the same issues. Im not saying its a bad phone, its the best phone ive ever had and ive had many good android phones im just saying, at this point it doesnt seem worth the time and effort, its like a 50/50 shot that ill get a good one.
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It's like you're not listening...
It's a hold, not a charge.
ALSO.
LG (directly) will FIX / REPLACE FOR FREE. NO HOLDS YOU JUST SEND IT IN FIRST.
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It's like you're not listening...
It's a hold, not a charge.
ALSO.
LG (directly) will FIX / REPLACE FOR FREE. NO HOLDS YOU JUST SEND IT IN FIRST.
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..::FACE PALM::..
Nope... not even going to try anymore
Please dont. You obviously dont get the point of my post.
Not sure if I know the point of your post either, but another option is sending your N5 for RMA first (that way there's no hold on your account at all) and wait for them to send you a new one. You can even buy a moto g use it for the week or two you won't have a phone and return it or something.
I understand that you're trying to see if anyone knows what's wrong but to me it's like a needle in a haystack. You're going to be opening up the device to look for a loose connection, but it could be something completely different. Maybe it's a hardware part that is malfunctioning in which case you would need to track down a replacement. This is why everyone is suggesting you just RMA because, speaking from experience, it really isn't a bad experience at all. If you really want to try and fix it yourself of course you're free to do as you wish since it is your device, but I highly doubt anyone on the forum will be able to say for sure what the problem is.
Sounds like you're in a fringe 4g area like me. A few blocks away I get full 4g. On my block, I get almost nothing. I constantly drops 4g, then picks it back up again.
I get a full lte signal nearly everywhere i go, it doesnt just drop 4g, it drops all service completely
Does anyone experiencing echo when making phone calls. The echo is from the caller side and I dont hear it from my phone. Whenever someone is calling me they say that they are hearing them selves whenever they say something. So I tried calling myself from my wife's phone and I can hear it aswell.
I have the exynos version
I am experiencing the same issue on my new S8 Plus, SM-G955F Exynos version also . Did you figure out a way to fix it?
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I am experiencing the same issue on my new S8 Plus, SM-G955F Exynos version also . Did you figure out a way to fix it?
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Not yet. I am taking mine to Samsung service tomorrow
Its crazy how I paid more than $800 on a smartphone that it fails to do one of the simplest task a smartphone can do which is making phone calls without any issues
I have the same issue...any solution so far from SAMSUNG..???
My new Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus is just a week old now but getting severe Echo on the other end when made or received calls!!! I am with EE in the UK.
When someone calls me or I get call from someone party at the other end is complaining that he/she get their voice echo'd badly, but at the Galaxy end no issues perfect sound. I tried calls with speaker phone ON/headset connected, both cases no echo at the other end!!! Only other reference to this entry.
As I said when headset or speaker phone ON on Galaxy, no echo at the other end. Also i could see when Speaker phone is switched off Echo gradually goes down though first 30 sec after speaker off echo is maximum.
I removed cases and screen protector and tried same issue. Also tried with Voice over Wifi Off - No difference. BTW I am in an area with lower signal strength. But @ Galaxy end everything is perfect, No issue at all!!!
Any suggestions..?? Not keen to return phone as it might take weeks to get a replacement and again had to copy all data etc.
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P***d of S8+ User
any news at all on this issue..???
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any news at all on this issue..???
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I just received my phone from service and they said they changed the mother board of the phone. I tried making a call and the same issue is there. I am fed up with Samsung and I will return the phone
This is crazy..$£800 paid for very GOOD LOOKING phone - But not good for making or receiving calls!!!
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This is crazy..$£800 paid for very GOOD LOOKING phone - But not good for making or receiving calls!!!
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Exactly! Did you return your phone?
I am told I will get replacement in next few days...fingers crossed!!
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UPS (in UK) will collect old one and deliver new..
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I'm having the exact same problem. Heard it might have something to do with the 4G call improvement. Anyone tried turning this off?
I have the echo quality on everything, GPS, movies, music, phone calls..ect. also have problem with my speaker cutting out, anyone else? Solutions? I've gotten no help through support. FRUSTRATING!
I also have this issue, on AT&T S8 plus. Turned off "Enhanced LTE Services" under phone setting using nova activities and still does the same thing. Guess i'll try a factory data reset. Anyone posted above figure out what the issue was?
Having same issue , even after changing buttom Mic.
When use speaker the upper Mic is used and the echo gone.
No solution yet
Download and replace this file in your system/etc folder. You will obviously need root. I've been back and forth with the service provider but decided to fix the problem myself. The only change I've made from the original file is to turn down your second mic gain which doesn't actually get used during a standard call anyway. I've left it untouched for all other modes.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByqbvrtYRACPUGFNSVY0RU1GcTA
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Download and replace this file in your system/etc folder. You will obviously need root. I've been back and forth with the service provider but decided to fix the problem myself. The only change I've made from the original file is to turn down your second mic gain which doesn't actually get used during a standard call anyway. I've left it untouched for all other modes.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByqbvrtYRACPUGFNSVY0RU1GcTA
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And your trick fixed the problem?
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It doesnt work for me
Try this. Made another change. Should be fine. Just remember to set permission to rw-r-r once replaced and restart your phone. Else it won't work.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByqbvrtYRACPdEdDcjRkd2FSa0U/view?usp=drivesdk
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Cesar Cao said:
It doesnt work for me
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Try this. Made another change. Should be fine. Just remember to set permission to rw-r-r once replaced and restart your phone. Else it won't work.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByqbvrtYRACPdEdDcjRkd2FSa0U/view?usp=drivesdk
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Cesar Cao said:
It doesnt work for me
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Try this. Made another change. Should be fine. Just remember to set permission to rw-r-r once replaced and restart your phone. Else it won't work.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByqbvrtYRACPdEdDcjRkd2FSa0U/view?usp=drivesdk
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[/COLOR]Try this. Made another change. Should be fine. Just remember to set permission to rw-r-r once replaced and restart your phone. Else it won't work.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByqbvrtYRACPdEdDcjRkd2FSa0U/view?usp=drivesdk
solved for me
Hello, I had this problem after a return of services for a simple button , he came back New but my interlocutors complained of an unbearable echo of their voices during the calls, but that in their senses, me on my side I had no echoes. Short end after some research and not wanting to send him back to service for a week and having to give me a huawei, I decided to do it myself, so there are two seals at the microphones, they can to be defective or badly put. Need to know that it is the noise reduction microphone that is problematic so that from above. For my part I have not been to look at the seals, I opened the phone and all the screws of the phone was too tight I loosened and test before going further and close the tel. And for me it worked! To close the phone it is necessary to change the adhesive which is stuck on the hull, this moment is very difficult because it is necessary to remove the old one and it is well glued! And for the waterproofness I do not advise you to go
to bathe with after that.
I had a problem - The person I was calling, could hear his own voice (echo) so, Samsung Store (Vancouver) send my phone for the repairs in Toronto, later appeared another problem – the phone could not recognise any sim card. Then they send it again to Toronto. After I received, în a few days Echo problem returned back so they send it again to Toronto to fix. In total my phone was sent 4 times to Toronto for repairs – every time leaving me with no phone for weeks and a lot of waste of time and so much stress.
Guys believe me I have spend so, so many hours for the past 9 months over the phone, live chatting on computer and emails with their customer service teling me : “This issue was escalated in top priority and discussed with higher management” Everybody knew me already in their offices I guess. By the end I was speaking over the phone with the general manager of the upper department, you know what he said- I can hear this disturbing noise of the echo, but I can not do anything as our policy is to do what our computer test are giving, our computer test declared your phone is working good as per manufacturer’s specifications, so please use your phone as it is…
Can you imagine that???
I have learned one thing- nowadays all the phone are practical identical, our human eye hardly will see the difference- photos/speed etc. What you are really buying is the company you will deal with later. What you will do if your phone got broke??? Samsung has the WORST customer service from them all, you can find tons of people like me on the net, Samsung will replace 99% of your phone hardware but will never replace you with a new phone.
Usually I am not writing reviews, but this case got me supermad, I have spend about 1400$ for the phone and wirelescharger and I keep it in my drawer now. I was huge fan of the Samsung, as I have many appliances în my house from Samsung, but this phone was the last one for sure. I remained loyal even after they were blowing batteries în people's hands with the Note 7 and I believed in them and I bought this S8+, but I regret so much.
Do not make my mistake. There are so many good phones like Iphone, Google Phone etc. with a great customer service- just ask your friends.
Let me preface by saying I have read the 4 page thread & nothing there seems to help.
I bought a Pixel late last year as gift for my mother as a Christmas present. Unfortunately, after resetting the device, I found that the phone had microphone issues - working for about an hour after the phone had been booted, then cutting out, taking the loud speaker, vibration motor and auxilary jack with. Much more recently, I have noticed that the loud speaker will now work, but the phone will not pick up an auxiliary input anymore, nor will the microphone work at all or the vibration motor.
From what I've read on here, Google seems to have fixed this issue in all phones built from January 2017 onwards but I am unable to find anyone selling the latest revision of this board online - I'm currently contemplating taking this into a Carphone Warehouse store to send it off (as they are an official Google repair centre), but I don't want to pay over the odds for something I know only takes 10 minutes to do.
My question is: has anyone had similar issues & fixed them? Was the problem the charging port PCB, or was it something on the main motherboard?
Also, does anyone know of anywhere that has stock of post-Jan 2017 boards, or even have a working spare themselves that they are willing to sell? I'm wearing pretty thin with this at the moment & would love some advice.
Thanks!
What is your phone serial number? Mine starts from FA6CL... No problem's here... at the moment.
rtimoff said:
What is your phone serial number? Mine starts from FA6CL... No problem's here... at the moment.
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It starts with FA6AB - knowing my luck that's probably one of the first devices created
I have the same issue and got fixed by replacing something on the motherboard. the engineer said is something from Qualcomm. I guess it is Qualcomm WCD9335.
The total cost is around $30
here in China.
bush911 said:
I have the same issue and got fixed by replacing something on the motherboard. the engineer said is something from Qualcomm. I guess it is Qualcomm WCD9335.
The total cost is around $30
here in China.
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Does the engineer do mail-in repairs?
Yes he does. will pm you his taobao store link and his cell phone number soon. he is at Shenzhen, China.
DanielF50 said:
Does the engineer do mail-in repairs?
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bush911 said:
I have the same issue and got fixed by replacing something on the motherboard. the engineer said is something from Qualcomm. I guess it is Qualcomm WCD9335.
The total cost is around $30
here in China.
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Hey buddy, why don't you just call him, or send a letter about what exactly he repairs?
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Yes he does. will pm you his taobao store link and his cell phone number soon. he is at Shenzhen, China.
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Please send me his contact info as well, as I need to repair mine.
Thanks
guys sorry to hijack the thread, but anone here knows if the wifi chip is on that board and if so can it be fixed I also got a pixel that came with issues, when it wants to connect to the wifi it says: connecting , then saved, but never connects nor it gives a wifi hotspot so I think it's a hardware issue... please advice.
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Yes he does. will pm you his taobao store link and his cell phone number soon. he is at Shenzhen, China.
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Thank you, I will attempt to contact him soon.
chuby007 said:
guys sorry to hijack the thread, but anone here knows if the wifi chip is on that board and if so can it be fixed I also got a pixel that came with issues, when it wants to connect to the wifi it says: connecting , then saved, but never connects nor it gives a wifi hotspot so I think it's a hardware issue... please advice.
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Have you disassembled the phone yet? One of the antenna cables could have come loose, they're pretty fiddly and pop out sometimes when the phone is dropped.
I'm pretty sure the antenna for both WiFi & cellular is on the daughter board as both the antenna cables connect from the daughter board to the motherboard so I would assume a loose connection would be the issue, but if neither side of the cable are loose, then it's probably going to be damage to the daughter board or a software issue - I'd attempt a software wipe first, just in case.
Thanks buddy
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Could I have the info as well. This phone is driving me mad.
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DanielF50 said:
Let me preface by saying I have read the 4 page thread & nothing there seems to help.
I bought a Pixel with a broken screen late last year & my intentions were to replace the screen and gift the phone to my mother as a Christmas present. Unfortunately, after replacing the screen and resetting the device, I found that the phone had microphone issues so I opened it up again, replaced the lower PCB with a spare I had lying around... same issue, only this time the microphone works if there's no pressure on the screen (eg. it's connected, but not stuck down?). Both these boards were built on the same day, within 2 minutes of each other (June 2016) so I can only assume that both boards have the common microphone issue of pre-2017 built OG Pixels.
After being unsuccessful thus far, I went online purchased another board (with a 12 month warranty), fitted this & low and behold it's got the same issue. The new board was built in May 2016 and seems to be a completely different revision as it looks quite different to both of the other boards in my possession (no antenna clips, different smd's, different spring design & minus 1 spring).
From what I've read on here, Google seems to have fixed this issue in all phones built from January 2017 onwards but I am unable to find anyone selling the latest revision of this board online - I'm currently contemplating taking this into a Carphone Warehouse store to send it off (as they are an official Google repair centre), but I don't want to pay over the odds for something I know only takes 10 minutes to do.
My question is: has anyone had similar issues & fixed them? Was the problem the charging port PCB, or was it something on the main motherboard?
Also, does anyone know of anywhere that has stock of post-Jan 2017 boards, or even have a working spare themselves that they are willing to sell? I'm wearing pretty thin with this at the moment & would love some advice.
Thanks!
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Any updates? My country has no official service either. Right now I'm stuck with a phone that can't make or receive any phones. Camera won't record videos. Can't play back any videos and won't reproduce no sounds at at all... So basically a color Kindle ...I bet Kindles do more at this stage
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Could I have the info as well. This phone is driving me mad.
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Any updates? My country has no official service either. Right now I'm stuck with a phone that can't make or receive any phones. Camera won't record videos. Can't play back any videos and won't reproduce no sounds at at all... So basically a color Kindle ...I bet Kindles do more at this stage
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PM'd
Update: I contacted Google's authorised repairers.
Carphone Warehouse will fix the issue for the extortionate price of £169.99 (over half the price of a new one) & "SBE" have effectively said that they will not attempt repairs on devices that are outside of their warranty period, so basically, they won't fix Pixels at all (as they don't fix in-warranty devices).
Update #2:
After contacting Google again to say that their repairers wouldn't repair the device/repair it for a reasonable price, the support agent said the phone may still be in warranty & organised an RMA - the phone was returned to Google & replaced with a "refurbished" warranty version, which actually looks brand new! The even better news is that the phone isn't locked to EE, so a custom rom is being dumped on it as I type this!
bush911 said:
Yes he does. will pm you his taobao store link and his cell phone number soon. he is at Shenzhen, China.
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Hello, pixel user from Malaysia here.
May i acquire his contact details as well? With the taobao store link too.
This will definitely fix the microphone problem right?
Since this thread was started, a lot has happened in the Pixel world including a lawsuit over this very issue.
Can anyone else confirm that replacing the Audio Codec (Qualcomm WCD9335) will fix the microphone issue?
orangematter said:
Since this thread was started, a lot has happened in the Pixel world including a lawsuit over this very issue.
Can anyone else confirm that replacing the Audio Codec (Qualcomm WCD9335) will fix the microphone issue?
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I tried to replace the audio codec with a local phone repair shop, it resulted in the phone not powering at all, the guy told me that under the audio codec there is some other lines on the board that were effected during the replacement, since then I'm trying to buy a motherboard to get my phone working again. No luck tho, I bought another pixel already and lost that one, so be careful.
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I tried to replace the audio codec with a local phone repair shop, it resulted in the phone not powering at all, the guy told me that under the audio codec there is some other lines on the board that were effected during the replacement, since then I'm trying to buy a motherboard to get my phone working again. No luck tho, I bought another pixel already and lost that one, so be careful.
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Thanks for updating the thread with this information. I would prefer not to take a chance if it's not a straight forward repair and will hold out for a cheap and safe way to fix it I guess.
Me Too!
bush911 said:
Yes he does. will pm you his taobao store link and his cell phone number soon. he is at Shenzhen, China.
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Please may I also have his details - contemplating DIY repairs but for that price I'd rather ship to him
Is anyone having the issue where your phone freezes/crashes/reboots whenever you use the phone dialer app.
I found lots of forums on this but no solution
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G00GL3NEXUS said:
Is anyone having the issue where your phone freezes/crashes/reboots whenever you use the phone dialer app.
I found lots of forums on this but no solution
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This has been discussed almost everywhere. After lots of searching around, I think the only Fix is either Motherboard Replace or USB board replace. As USB board replace is cheaper, I ordered one (Will get it by end of this month). Should see whether it will make any difference :fingers-crossed:
If it doesn't,
Then either I will get a used cheap phone from 2017 and take out its motherboard or I will sell mine
Donz7733 said:
This has been discussed almost everywhere. After lots of searching around, I think the only Fix is either Motherboard Replace or USB board replace. As USB board replace is cheaper, I ordered one (Will get it by end of this month). Should see whether it will make any difference :fingers-crossed:
If it doesn't,
Then either I will get a used cheap phone from 2017 and take out its motherboard or I will sell mine
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Much Appreciated for the info!