S7 Edge screen issue - Exynos version - Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion

I am sharing this concern for my Galaxy S7 Edge which is having screen issues in just over using it for a month or so. I had a very bad experience using Galaxy S4 in the past post which I decided not to buy any Samsung Phones.
After reading about very good battery back up and excellent camera capability of S7 Edge I thought things must have improved and hopefully I would not be disappointed going for a premium Samsung Flagship device. I was proved wrong.
Please check this link for the issue I am facing - http://dai.ly/x4941tp
I had kept my phone on ultra power saving mode at night to test battery back up stats this week, on switching back to the normal mode. Phone started to heat rapidly and battery draining super fast, the moment it fell below 66% screen started flickering and this purple static flashing frequently. I did a complete reset and the problem still continues.
I am going on a family holiday next week and was hoping to use the phone camera to capture some pleasant memories of the trip, all this hope came crashing down with the issue now I am facing with my phone, luckily I did not sell my old Asus Zenfone 2 which I have to now use as back up phone else I would have being left without a mobile device while going for my holidays.
This instance has seriously dented image of Samsung as a brand and I would surely not recommend this phone to anyone I know considering how pathetic their quality check procedure is for a phone which goes faulty within few days of usage. My case could be one off incident but my bad experience with Samsung brand stays as is.
I am visiting the service center now personally as they are taking their own sweet time to send the engineer to pick up the phone from my residence.

I realize you are dissappointed but how do you expect quality control to detect something that has yet to be broken? They can't see into the future. **** happens. It all depends on how you deal with it. A very select few people will always have these issues. Some are unfortunate enough for it to happen more than once. I'm on the lucky side of things.
Good luck though =)

I gave up on Samsung after the GS3 but took a plunge with the S7 edge.
Could not be happier and would highly recommend this phone.
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I also got response from Samsung executive team, so at least I know some one to whom I can reach out to
Service center called to inform they would replace my phone screen and check if it is working properly.
so they have ordered it and it would arrive on Monday and later they would again see if the issue is with the screen or something else.
I have given up hopes of my issue getting resolved on Monday and maybe I would have to leave my phone with service center while I am away on my holiday trip
Never buying another Samsung product at launch, guess I paid the price of being an early adopter
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Ok so here's the status of my ordeal with Samsung's customer care & apologies for sharing timeline of the events in detail -
Phone collected by service center technician from residence on 7th May → Service Center Places order for replacement screen on the same day → I was leaving for a family vacation trip on 10th May so on 9th May I was informed that replacement screen had not arrived → I Did not call for knowing status until 12th May
Service center staff informs me on 12th that replacement screen delivery was delayed as 'Phone is new in the market and parts are not easily available' so I should get my phone latest by 13th or max 14th May → on 14th May in afternoon I get a call from some outbound center in Noida/Gaziabad this guy tells me 'Replacement Screen has arrived at Pune 'Branch' but not at the 'Service Center' as it takes time to ship from Delhi or Noida... hmmm I agree it's longer than distance between Earth and Mars
Again he goes on to tell me phone would be repaired by 15th, I asked him to confirm again because service center is closed on Sunday, no callback or follow up from here on.
16th May - I call up customer care helpline to check again what is the status of my service request, they ramble their call centre script and apologize and request forwarded for callback.
16th May on Facebook - Someone spotted my post and a concerned soul asked my number or service request again promising callback
16th May at around 6 PM in the evening, OMG Moment - The sweet service center lady calls and informs me that the Replacement screen is finally going to arrive from another dimension or parallel universe so I should be getting my phone repaired by 17th or 18th May.
I am very excited to get my phone back hopefully this week or maybe if not then I can always act as a sage.
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Bad Experience from HTC Customer Service Centre

I don't know whether its my bad luck or whether this is the typical level of customer service people can expect from HTC but I wanted to share my experience so that people might be more careful when purchasing a device in the future.
On June 28th I purchased a sensation from Expansys. Within one week of purchase I realized that there was a problem with the speaker. I returned the unit to them and requested an exchange with a new device, as the unit was a few days old. In order to receive a replacement I needed to wait until the HTC service center examined the device. What I didn't know was that it would take about three weeks for this to happen. So on August 4 I got a replacement.
The second unit run well until the end of October, where a dead pixel appeared. I contacted HTC Cyprus, fearing that the problem might increase over time. They confirmed that it was indeed a problem covered by warranty, but they would need to ship my device to Greece and that it would take approximately 7 - 10 days to have it fixed. After almost a month of waiting and several calls/complains to HTC Cyprus I got my unit back on Friday 2nd December in the afternoon. What appeared strange was that not only did they change the LCD but also a large number of other components which also changed the units IMEI. When I went back home I fully charged the unit and attempted the OTA update. During the update the phone turned off and could not be turned on again! Total brick.
Early the next morning I took the unit back to HTC Cyprus and was told that they would get it sorted by Monday afternoon as it was merely a software issue. On Monday, their technician advised me that the motherboard needed to be replace and hence, the unit would need to be shipped back to Greece. I complained and asked for a replacement and even offered to pay a small amount to have it replaced but I was told that this was not possible and that the only solution was to ship it back to Greece for fixing.
Today, I tried contacting HTC Europe in a desperate attempt to get a replacement. After an hour over internet chat, the best response I got was:
"Jon: We are HTC UK, but do deal with other European countries. Currently it is not possible to replace the handset. If the device is still faulty when returned from repair, then we may be able to replace the device."
Apparently the fact that over a five month period the phone was in service centers for over 2 months was completely irrelevant!
I don't know whether this is the typical customer experience customer should expect when purchasing an HTC unit, but be warned. It can happen to you too, and apart from complaining on forums there is not much you can do!
Yea HTC is nothing like APPLE who in my opinion has the best customer service ever. My sensation had touch screen issues so instead of getting a replacement they fixed it at their repair center took 4 weeks, but I had to pay for it too cause somehow the void seal was broken!!!!! rage!!! If you took a broken iphone to apple store, they would be like :
apple technician: Yeah this phone is like i donno, I dont really know whats going on. Just have a NEW ONE!!!
this is extremely poor service imo. serious complaining required I feel
good luck OP
Sorry to hear about your bad experience. I had a great experience when my 2 month old g2 broke. I called they gave me an RMA number. I sent it out on a Monday got it back the next Monday.
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Sorry to hear about your bad experience. I had a great experience when my 2 month old g2 broke. I called they gave me an RMA number. I sent it out on a Monday got it back the next Monday.
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Same experience I had with my G2.
Hey petros did u finaly end up with a working sensation? I wish i had read your post before bying my sensation xe. Do u or did u experience any problems with losing audio during calls?

Have you been cheated by Samsung warranty service? Escalation procedure?

Just for some perspective, I have been in the electronics business for nearly a decade. Working with microelectronics is something I do on a daily basis.
So, imagine my disappointment when I sent a phone to Samsung for warranty service, only to have them return it with reported water damage! This is remarkable, considering the phone has never come into contact with liquid water.
Since my warranty was voided, I took apart my phone and found...no signs of water intrusion! You can find details in a document I sent off to Samsung for review at dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73830636/noteii.htm
What concerns me is that when I contacted them for assistance, all I received was an apology and request that I contact their voice support, which is notorious for being unhelpful and having no escalation procedure.
Is there a way of escalating my claim through Samsung? I would love to have this matter resolved, but I am concerned with their warranty policy.
I'm willing to bet that there are many others like me who have had phones returned with "water damage" but have actually fallen victim to Samsung trying to save a few bucks because they know that people don't have the technical expertise to dispute their claims.
If you have a story similar to mine, I'd like to hear from you. I have a feeling that this happens fairly often, and we would benefit as consumers if we can gather this information into a common knowledge base and raise the issue to Samsung directly.
My brother got that with his one week old, supposedly waterproof phone.
I'll let the irony of that sink in.
It does seem to happen often, did you check the water mark inside? It can get activated by any kind of everyday moisture really and isn't valid.
Anyway, he stood on his claim (and rightly so) and had a new phone in no time, but has to be said we're Norwegians. The laws here protect the consumer, not the corporation.
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Hr Kristian said:
My brother got that with his one week old, supposedly waterproof phone.
I'll let the irony of that sink in.
It does seem to happen often, did you check the water mark inside? It can get activated by any kind of everyday moisture really and isn't valid.
Anyway, he stood on his claim (and rightly so) and had a new phone in no time, but has to be said we're Norwegians. The laws here protect the consumer, not the corporation.
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Unfortunately, I purchased the phone out-of-cycle through Amazon, so I don't believe I can go to the carrier for this (lesson learned). I'm sure there are folks here at XDA who have had to deal with Samsung customer service. If anyone has any pointers on how I can get through to someone who will listen to my complaint, I feel like I've been beating my head against a wall these past few days trying to get through to someone over there.
Thanks for the info.
I bought a new Samsung printer and after a few months it stopped working. They asked me to courier back free and :laugh:fixed it for me while it was still under warranty.
Maybe phone and printer servicing departments are different.
I have a slight different issue
I have purchased a Galaxy S4 on 10th August, 2013 and I was promised one time screen replacement offer by paying Rs. 500.
I have submitted a request in the customer care (Service Request No. 8461219090) for the replacement of my cracked screen. They verified my phone and promised me a screen replacement at any service centre under the said scheme.
I submitted my phone on 16th January, 2014 to the samsung service centre located at the 1st Floor, Africa House, Topiwala Lane, Grant Road (E), Mumbai - 400007. The representative took Rs. 500 and told me that he will have to verify with the customer care in order to change the screen under the offer. He did not provide me any invoice for the same. The Job Card Number for the request is 4167025423.
I called at the service centre on 23rd of January, 2014 where I had a talk with Mr. Srikant who informed me that my screen has been replaced and I can come and pick the phone from the service centre.
I went today morning at 10 am and they refused to deliver me the phone stating that some formalities are pending from Samsung Global.
This has caused me immense agony as I had to specially travel 40 kms for this. Also, my work has been hampered as I had to spare time from my office timings to carry out this activity. Further, even on my repeated request, I was not provided a formal invoice/receipt for the amount of Rs. 500 paid. The representative wrote a note on the job card stating the same which does not suffice as evidence.
Sorry but I closed this thread. xda is really not the place to work out customer service issues with Samsung.
Thanks!

White Spot on Screen

My Honor 8 has developed a white spot near the center of the screen.
It's only visible when the display is showing white such as the test message app or email app.
Anyone else experiencing this issue?
If your device is still within warranty, I would return it to Honor for repairs.
jonyrace said:
My Honor 8 has developed a white spot near the center of the screen.
It's only visible when the display is showing white such as the test message app or email app.
Anyone else experiencing this issue?
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Bring your phone to the service center.
Spoke with them yesterday and they've requested photos and proof of payment to confirm warranty.
Phone is less than 60 days old at this point.
I wasn't aware of a service center?
I have some kind of small 'scratches' under the screen too, the scratch marks causes the color to be lighter through it. Not great quality control for their screen.
I like to know how your warranty claim goes. I'm not fond of these Chinese companies that give customers a hardtime, which is why I stopped buying OnePlus.
So far so good. They requested photos of the issue and proof of payment.
They sent me an overnight UPS label. Phone shipped to them on Monday. Because UPS sucks sometimes, they didn't receive it until Wednesday.
Should have it back mid next week. I'll post more when received.
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jonyrace said:
So far so good. They requested photos of the issue and proof of payment.
They sent me an overnight UPS label. Phone shipped to them on Monday. Because UPS sucks sometimes, they didn't receive it until Wednesday.
Should have it back mid next week. I'll post more when received.
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Last time when I sent in the phone to replace my crashed screen (front screen and back cover), they only took two days after receiving it to ship it back to me using UPS. That is impressive compared to other companies and the past records of Huawei customer service!
Turned out great. They sent me a new device. Received it yesterday. Total time without the phone was less than 8 full days. Shipped it out last Monday evening and received the replacement yesterday around lunch.
Pretty darn easy. Being without my phone for a week sucked but all in all, couldn't ask for more.
Excellent service!

Experiences with HTC repairs?

Has anyone ever sent in their HTC device (mores specifically a newly released flagship) directly to HTC for repair? If so, can you share you're experiences as far as cost and quality of repair? Decided to do a water test on my brand new U11 and yes you guessed it... WATER DAMAGE! and didn't help that I dropped it and the back cracked right after! Thanks in advanced
No idea. Mine just arrived in Texas awaiting a repair after being exposed to water for 5 seconds. Curious, what color is your U11? I have a feeling that they were rushing out the Solar Red's because there's no way mine should have failed so easily. It might as well have no water resistance rating.
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No idea. Mine just arrived in Texas awaiting a repair after being exposed to water for 5 seconds. Curious, what color is your U11? I have a feeling that they were rushing out the Solar Red's because there's no way mine should have failed so easily. It might as well have no water resistance rating.
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I got the amazing silver. But yeah I agree! IP67 rated? Doesn't seem like it to me. Keep me updated when you get your repair quote please man. I want to get an idea whether it's worth sending mine in or just cut my losses and buy something else. I read review after review of how horrible HTC repair service is as far as turn around time and repair quality. Though many of those reviews seem to be from overseas I hope we have better service here.
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No idea. Mine just arrived in Texas awaiting a repair after being exposed to water for 5 seconds. Curious, what color is your U11? I have a feeling that they were rushing out the Solar Red's because there's no way mine should have failed so easily. It might as well have no water resistance rating.
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Any updates on cost of repair? sorry to bug I'm trying to get an idea cuz I have someone ready to buy my device.
Where do you live?
I have experience with HTC EU and I know staffs from HTC Taiwan. But if outside these 2 areas, I can't help...
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Any updates on cost of repair? sorry to bug I'm trying to get an idea cuz I have someone ready to buy my device.
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They haven't got back to me yet. I'm also a little miffed that they announced the 6GB variant today. HTC really needs to redeem themselves, because i'm about to throw my hands up and just buy a OP5.
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They haven't got back to me yet. I'm also a little miffed that they announced the 6GB variant today. HTC really needs to redeem themselves, because i'm about to throw my hands up and just buy a OP5.
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Yeah I'm on the same boat man. I'm just scared to get an OP5 with Jelly scrolling issue and tbh U11 failed to wow me that's the reason I'm debating so much on a repair or drop $800 the 6GB version. It's a solid device but I just wasn't super impressed.
So a little feedback from Germany maybe. My U11 has been send to repair 3.5 weeks ago. I first contacted HTC to tell them that my unit has a gap between frame and display along the top and that AI guess it wouldn't be water resistant that way. 30 minutes later I got a call back to confirm the issue and 5 mother minutes later an email with a free shipping translucent. They informed me that repairs in general could take up to 14 working day that would be Monday to Friday here in Germany. But they also told me that it might need longer regarding the new flagship, as spare parts haven't been distributed as of yet.
Spare parts finally arrived last Thursday - 14 days after the device arrived at the HTC repair service. It won't cost anything for me as it is a 'defective unit'due to the manufacturing process. Don't have it back as if yet. But the brilliant thing is: HTC is keeping me up with latest information every two or three days and in addition put my device onto the priority list of the workshop. So let's sesle. Meanwhile I'm using its predecessor the HTC 10
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Alpert3 said:
Where do you live?
I have experience with HTC EU and I know staffs from HTC Taiwan. But if outside these 2 areas, I can't help...
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I live in the states so I know my devuce would also be going to Texas for repair. Just in general, good or bad feedback from what you know?
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So a little feedback from Germany maybe. My U11 has been send to repair 3.5 weeks ago. I first contacted HTC to tell them that my unit has a gap between frame and display along the top and that AI guess it wouldn't be water resistant that way. 30 minutes later I got a call back to confirm the issue and 5 mother minutes later an email with a free shipping translucent. They informed me that repairs in general could take up to 14 working day that would be Monday to Friday here in Germany. But they also told me that it might need longer regarding the new flagship, as spare parts haven't been distributed as of yet.
Spare parts finally arrived last Thursday - 14 days after the device arrived at the HTC repair service. It won't cost anything for me as it is a 'defective unit'due to the manufacturing process. Don't have it back as if yet. But the brilliant thing is: HTC is keeping me up with latest information every two or three days and in addition put my device onto the priority list of the workshop. So let's sesle. Meanwhile I'm using its predecessor the HTC 10
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Many of the bad reviews I found were from EU more specifically the UK. So maybe just really crappy service in the uk? Lets hope so! Either way keep us updated :good: and hopefully all goes smooth with your repair man. My potential buyer backed out so I have the phone for probably a few more days to decide on possible repair. For now I went out and got my self GS7 Edge, not a Samsung guy but its a solid device.
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I live in the states so I know my devuce would also be going to Texas for repair. Just in general, good or bad feedback from what you know?
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I don't know about the states, but in most regions, HTC let a 3rd party repair center to do the job for them. Unlike Apple, HTC as well other companies doesn't have the resources to build repair center in each country. That's why in EU and the UK the feedback of repair experience is pretty awful: you report problem to HTC, HTC report your case to 3rd party repair center, then come back to you and tell you to send the device, etc. The process is complicated and relatively long, that creates mistakes, misunderstandings, as well some other problems.
In EU I believe it's a company called Gordon Electronic who's in charge of the repair. Sony, Asus Acer as well as many companies trust it. But their reputation is not so good.
I sent my HTC 10 to repair the camera module, I sent it twice and at the second time I asked for an expert analysis, and after nearly 3 weeks from the initial report, my phone finally got repaired. It costed me 20€ of shipping fee, and that's it. The result is good, but the process is painful.
Not sure about repair, but I'm having a nightmare of a time with my return of the U11. 3+ weeks and counting on the refund that their website says 5-7 days...
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Not sure about repair, but I'm having a nightmare of a time with my return of the U11. 3+ weeks and counting on the refund that their website says 5-7 days...
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Give the tracking number to your credit card company and dispute the charge.
That's the next try. Thanks
The credit card avenue worked. Thanks. Unreal how HTC can make a decent phone, but have absolutely one of the worst customer service departments I've ever dealt with. Whether over the phone, email, or Facebook, every single person I talked to read from the same exact script about "escalations department" and I'd have the refund within 48 hours or the end of the week. Will never buy another HTC again as much as I loved the EVO, M7, M9.... the U11 was just too big for me and didn't have all the LTE bands, but it was a great phone. Thinking the Pixel 2 even though HTC is rumored to make it, hopefully customer service of Google isn't near as terrible.
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The credit card avenue worked. Thanks. Unreal how HTC can make a decent phone, but have absolutely one of the worst customer service departments I've ever dealt with. Whether over the phone, email, or Facebook, every single person I talked to read from the same exact script about "escalations department" and I'd have the refund within 48 hours or the end of the week. Will never buy another HTC again as much as I loved the EVO, M7, M9.... the U11 was just too big for me and didn't have all the LTE bands, but it was a great phone. Thinking the Pixel 2 even though HTC is rumored to make it, hopefully customer service of Google isn't near as terrible.
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Glad to hear you got your $ back finally. I too will be jumping ship. I was die-hard HTC from the G1 (dream) - M8 then eventually stpped buying HTC because they refused to make flagships w anything bigger than 5.2" screen. I was so excited for the u11 even though I was still skeptical .... Skip forward 1 month and here I am today w liquid damage from about 10s water exposure, a cracked back from one of the most gentle drops ever (because I actually broke the phone's fall w my foot and not only that. The impact w the ground was moke like it just slid from my foot, no hard landing at all) and finally a potential expensive nightmare if I opt to send it in for repair. No thank you. I will too be waiting for Pixel xl 2 or maybe a newer version of the OP5.
So a little feedback on my end regarding my defective device. I sent it in to the repair at 28th of June being about 7 weeks back. HTC support has been great in regard of information. As the U11 has just been released when I sent it in, the workshop received it at the 5th of July and HTC actively informed me that there was a problem regarding the spare parts. Those would be sent from Taiwan an need about two or three weeks to arrive at the workshop in Poland. Well not what I wished but can be accepted. The spare parts arrived at 18th of July with some delays due to TNT not delivering as planned. Well then, now the 10 - 14 day period mentioned for the actual repair after receiving the parts started and waiting did as well for me. I got a little bit impatient as I didn't here any news until the 3rd of August when 12 of the 14 days had already past. So I decided to contact HTC. Prior to this and for the last time on the 19th of July I've been contacted and informed of the current status by HTC nearly every two days, which is really really great. But let's go on: after contacting them they promised to check on the next day and answered my question on Friday the 4th of Augustthat my device is repaired and packed for dispatch at the same evening. The notification with a UPS tracking number came about an hour after that information. And now UPS was the one to fail. They really needed until Monday evening, 7th of Augustto pick it up and another day - yesterday - for the delivery. So finally I got my U11 back. Repairs look really well done and all is working fine and as wished for. No fees as all repairs were covered by the warranty.
Overall I'm very happy and pleased with the service. Only drawbacks are the long time of delivery of the spare parts and finally UPS causing another 1 maybe 2 day delay.
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Please allow me to share my story.
Bought/PreOrdered my HTC U11 from Sprint on 5/31/2017, received it on 6/7/2017. Used, enjoyed and loved the device for about a month when on July 3rd the device got a cracked screen. It was beside me in the couch while I played Fifa 17. Bad combination. My wedding ring did the damage.
I Contacted HTC Support the next day and was told that no parts were available to fix my device and that I should call back in 2 weeks. My phone was still usable and I did use it for 2 weeks.
On July 17 I contacted HTC Support Chat and was told that I could send in the device. I specifically asked about parts/screen availability and I was assured that I would be fixed in 5 - 8 days and "most of that time will be in shipping". A case was created and I was given a ticket which instructions on how and where to ship to.
I wrapped up my device and attached a letter appealing that they fixed it for free because this was my 4th HTC (EVO, M7, M9, U11) and I never used Uh Oh on my previous phones and hoped they could make a concession.... etc.
USPS confirmation shows the phone arrived at the repair facility on 7/20/2017. I did not receive and have not yet received any automated response from the repair facility informing me that the phone was received, being processed, no parts are available or anything. I have been calling HTC Support asking for updates using the Ticket # however that has been unfruitful.
HTC support has "escalated" my case but there is a huge disconnect between them and the repair center, they have no clue whats going on over there. Today is 8/17/2017 and I still have no phone, no ETA, no hope. I've been calling every Thursday and the response is always the same. "I have escalated your case and you will get a callback withing 24 - 48 hours". I received a callback once and it was to say "When I hear something, I'll let you know".
I am rambling because I don't have my phone and I have no clue as to when I am going to get it back. I am back to using the old M9 and I'm not happy, I haven't even reinstall all my applications because I thought the repair would have been relatively quick.
I don't know what else to do ...
Any suggestions?
I'm going to asking for a new replacement phone since mine light bleed issues out of the box. If that is not something they can do then they can have this phone back. With the V30 and Essential phone coming out soon the U11 looks like more and more of a disappointment in my eyes. I have had HTC phone since the Tilt with the exception of the V10 but I can see how as a brand they have gone downhill.
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Please allow me to share my story.
Bought/PreOrdered my HTC U11 from Sprint on 5/31/2017, received it on 6/7/2017. Used, enjoyed and loved the device for about a month when on July 3rd the device got a cracked screen. It was beside me in the couch while I played Fifa 17. Bad combination. My wedding ring did the damage.
I Contacted HTC Support the next day and was told that no parts were available to fix my device and that I should call back in 2 weeks. My phone was still usable and I did use it for 2 weeks.
On July 17 I contacted HTC Support Chat and was told that I could send in the device. I specifically asked about parts/screen availability and I was assured that I would be fixed in 5 - 8 days and "most of that time will be in shipping". A case was created and I was given a ticket which instructions on how and where to ship to.
I wrapped up my device and attached a letter appealing that they fixed it for free because this was my 4th HTC (EVO, M7, M9, U11) and I never used Uh Oh on my previous phones and hoped they could make a concession.... etc.
USPS confirmation shows the phone arrived at the repair facility on 7/20/2017. I did not receive and have not yet received any automated response from the repair facility informing me that the phone was received, being processed, no parts are available or anything. I have been calling HTC Support asking for updates using the Ticket # however that has been unfruitful.
HTC support has "escalated" my case but there is a huge disconnect between them and the repair center, they have no clue whats going on over there. Today is 8/17/2017 and I still have no phone, no ETA, no hope. I've been calling every Thursday and the response is always the same. "I have escalated your case and you will get a callback withing 24 - 48 hours". I received a callback once and it was to say "When I hear something, I'll let you know".
I am rambling because I don't have my phone and I have no clue as to when I am going to get it back. I am back to using the old M9 and I'm not happy, I haven't even reinstall all my applications because I thought the repair would have been relatively quick.
I don't know what else to do ...
Any suggestions?
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**UPDATE**
8/18/2017 - Missed and returned a call from HTC Support. The Agent in-charge of my case (since it is escalated) advised me that there is an update and that I have a quotation for the repair. Looking back on the call i never got a solid figure but i was told for being so patient they have discounted the repair to circa $92.00 USD. I still have no emails stating this and the tracking website still shows the same status. I was told that I will be contacted either later today or early next week to make the payment over the phone once they apply the discount to my account. Apparently this has to happen first. So I wait.

Samsung repair centre have only gone and lost my S9+

So, on Fri 23 March I dropped my 6 day old S9+ and smashed the screen.
I immediately call Samsung customer care who say to go to my local Experience Store where they can repair my device on the same day.
I call my local (39 miles away) experience store who state that they can carry out the repair tomorrow morning if I get there first thing.
I then ring the store back to ask how much it would cost me and they state it will be £270.00 to completely repair my device and I also asked again if they are able to repair the following day to which they say that they can.
The following day I travelled to my "local" store and arrive before they open. When looking through the shutter, I see a member of staff, so I ask them if I am at the right place just in case there was another store I had to go to. The staff member asked what I was getting repaired as he might be able to book it in early and when I told him it was my S9+ screen to be replaced he quickly ran to the back to talk to the engineers and came back and apologised that I had been misinformed and that they are unable to do any S9/S9+ repairs at present and they are just swapping the devices over for a new single sim version which I did not want as mine was a Hybrid version. He then suggested I come back when the manager is in in about an hrs time.
I returned back to the store to be told by the same staff member that the current situation is that no stores are able to repair the S9/S9+ devices at present as no had been trained on the process, plus the machines they use to separate the devices have not been calibrated for the new S9/S9+ devices and it may be a month or so before they are ready to accept repairs.
I was then advised to contact customer care tech support who said I need to speak to online sales as my device was a hybrid version who then said they couldn't help and passed me back to tech support where I spoke with a decent agent who actually listened to the situation and immediately booked my device to be picked up by UPS and taken to their repair centre in Norwich. After researching, I found this to be a company called A Novo which has so many bad reviews spanning years, which did not feel me with joy.
On Mon 26 my device was picked up my UPS and tracking showed it was received the following day at A Novo at 06:59am.
Later on Tues 27 I check my online Samsung repair tracking which status has updated to "Device received and booked in and is awaiting repair" which I thought great, progress!!.....well that is what I thought!!
I allow for the Easter weekend to disappear and on Tues 3 April I ring Samsung for an update as the online system had not changed since the previous week. The Customer care adviser contacts A Novo and comes back to me 15mins later apologising for keeping me on hold for so long but there appears to be an issue as A Novo (repair centre) are stating they have not received my device to which both the Samsung adviser an myself found strange as all tracking shows it has arrived at A Novo as my online status shows that and this can only be achieved by scanning the barcode inside the packaging. I was then told to allow for 48hrs so A Novo can locate my device.
I rang Samsung back yesterday (6 Apr) for an update and was still told that my device had 'apparently' not been received. Again both the adviser and myself found that funny so she went to speak with a Manager and came back saying that they are raising a 'Lost in Transit' claim and not to worry as all tracking shows it arrived at the repair centre.
I now have to wait 3-5 working days for the claim to process and I should have a new device just after.
So i'm guessing some toe-rag has pinched my device at the repair centre as it most probably be one of the first S9+'s to come in at their centre.
I'd be livid and extremely upset had that happened to me, I really hope you get this resolved.
Did they ever find your phone?
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