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Need help asap

So here's the deal, a few days back water was spilled on top of my phone with no apparent damage. initially it turned on, but started to slowly act up.

what warrenty do you have? lol, if you pay that extra 5 bucks you can bring it in and replace it for free for any self damage. dont worry so much.

navdroid said:
what warrenty do you have? lol, if you pay that extra 5 bucks you can bring it in and replace it for free for any self damage. dont worry so much.
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uhm the detuctable for an insurance claim is $130 there bud.

mallen3000 said:
So here's the deal, a few days back water was spilled on top of my phone with no apparent damage. initially it turned on, but started to slowly act up.
the water damage indicator is fine. but here's the problem...
my little brother lives for this website and found a way to customize my phone so that some images pop up when i turn the phone on. that's great and all, but now that i'm returning the phone for a new one, i need to get all of that off of there so they know that the phone wasn't messed with as far as the warranty goes. the issue we're having is getting past the point of the images in order to reset the phone. when i put his g1 battery into my g1 it works only up to the point of the second image.
can someone, anyone please help me with this?
do i install something and just crash the phone?
do i take out to my driveway and run it over so it doesn't turn on?
basically, i need help getting this custom feature off my phone so that i'm able to have a phone sent back to me.
thank you.
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is the water damage sticker red or white?
red means water damage.
whatever the color is, when you call tmo, tell them it's white.
the charge you'll get in the end will be cheaper than initially saying it's red.

on some phones, there are more water damage indicators on the inside of the phone as well as behind the battery.

find the .nbh file in the rooting thread and flash that to your phone, if you are in us it's the RC29 file and in UK it's the RC7 i think

mrcrs said:
is the water damage sticker red or white?
red means water damage.
whatever the color is, when you call tmo, tell them it's white.
the charge you'll get in the end will be cheaper than initially saying it's red.
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Listen to this man. Out of warranty fee is $100. Insurance deductable is $130.

mallen3000 said:
So here's the deal, a few days back water was spilled on top of my phone with no apparent damage. initially it turned on, but started to slowly act up.
the water damage indicator is fine. but here's the problem...
my little brother lives for this website and found a way to customize my phone so that some images pop up when i turn the phone on. that's great and all, but now that i'm returning the phone for a new one, i need to get all of that off of there so they know that the phone wasn't messed with as far as the warranty goes. the issue we're having is getting past the point of the images in order to reset the phone. when i put his g1 battery into my g1 it works only up to the point of the second image.
can someone, anyone please help me with this?
do i install something and just crash the phone?
do i take out to my driveway and run it over so it doesn't turn on?
basically, i need help getting this custom feature off my phone so that i'm able to have a phone sent back to me.
thank you.
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Do what the guy said above by putting dreaming.nbh on your phone, it actually sounds like your phone is stuck in a boot loop and might have nothing to do with water. If downgrading to RC29 does not work, you will have to reflash the stock boot.img and you can find that information under themes and wallpapers>custom boot images.
two ways you can do that through adb, or through terminal emulator. terminal emulator might be easier for you, should all be in the link posted below.
I actually think it would be funny to send a custom boot screen back to tmo or htc but thats besides the point.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467693
you can also do what i did and told tmobile that the wifi doesn't work and its covered under htc warranty.
good luck.

Help.. Bricked G1 (HTC Dream)

ok, to make it easier to explain, I made a video. Sorry for talking so low.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypQBEARaw9E
I recorded that with my G1, the "broken" G1 is my brothers.
We have a serious problem, we cannot exchange it, we bought it last week and since we bought it has been having problems. We were going to take it to the store and then yesterday morning, it was like that, it was working "fine" at night. The problem is that we took it to the store, and the "dot" behind the battery is red, which "means" it got wet... but it didn't, I'm not going to lie, it didn't get wet my brother has taken care of that phone more than anything, it still has all the plastic protectors, even if the phone was acting really weird...
Ok ok, to the point. It doesn't do anything, as you saw in the video, when you press the power button the buttons flash until I depress it, and then they just stay on. The same happens when I try going into recovery, or bootloader modes, nothing... I decided to leave it like that for a few hours, nothing.
Either the device is bricked, the screen is damaged, or the whole device is screwed.... What do you guys think??
Thanks in advance.

Either the device is bricked, the screen is damaged, or the whole device is screwed.... What do you guys think??
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It could very well be all 3. Did you guys get this from T-Mobile?

The dot in the battery compartment of my phone is red (well, orange I supposed) and my phone has never been wet and is working fine. I'd argue the case if I were you.
Regards,
Dave

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It could very well be all 3. Did you guys get this from T-Mobile?
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Yes we did get it directly from a (official) T-Mobile store (not a 3rd party retailer).. we went there and they complained about the phone "getting wet"... the phone looks perfect and never gotten wet.
foxmeister said:
The dot in the battery compartment of my phone is red (well, orange I supposed) and my phone has never been wet and is working fine. I'd argue the case if I were you.
Regards,
Dave
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I am going to argue, I already started arguing by calling tmobile directly but they *****ed about why didnt i take the phone within the 14-day warranty if it was giving me issues and waited for this to happen....... they couldn't do anything, whatever, I'm going to try to take this further because, just like you, I can assure you my phone hasn't gotten wet.
Can you help me an send me a picture of your phone? So I could have some proof, my own phone's dot is white, and some other phones from friends/family are also white...
Thanks!

I've heard stories of that indicator turning red/pink when people have left the phone in the bathroom while showering... supposedly a lot of steam can turn it red.

uansari1 said:
I've heard stories of that indicator turning red/pink when people have left the phone in the bathroom while showering... supposedly a lot of steam can turn it red.
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Yeah they told me about this, and I actually *****ed my brother about this but he doesn't do this, I do, and my phone is fine. Anyways, he told me he just leaves the phone charging in the room while he showers...

So I had to get a new one by claiming the insurance ($130 deductible.....) there was no win for me here...... the only thing was that I was able to keep the damaged phone.
I called HTC to try and figure out how much it would be to fix it. The lady that answered the phone said the symptoms were like those of a bad motherboard, and she said it'd cost me around $475 to fix it, wait, what??.....
So, know, idk what to do with this crap. I might try to repair it.
Thanks anyways guys!

crackertc said:
So I had to get a new one by claiming the insurance ($130 deductible.....) there was no win for me here...... the only thing was that I was able to keep the damaged phone.
I called HTC to try and figure out how much it would be to fix it. The lady that answered the phone said the symptoms were like those of a bad motherboard, and she said it'd cost me around $475 to fix it, wait, what??.....
So, know, idk what to do with this crap. I might try to repair it.
Thanks anyways guys!
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I need a cooked mainboard for circuit tracing, will result in it being turned into scrap, but should lead to/help in the process of solving the brick problem. PM me if interested.
Thanks.

I will have a true bricked board in a couple of days, the problem is i`m in Santo Domingo, DR, if you pay for the shipping i`ll be glad to Fedex it to you.
P.S. the H. SLP update brick my phone: T-Mobile screen, no response any key combinarion.
PM me

Cuore_alfa said:
I will have a true bricked board in a couple of days, the problem is i`m in Santo Domingo, DR, if you pay for the shipping i`ll be glad to Fedex it to you.
P.S. the H. SLP update brick my phone: T-Mobile screen, no response any key combinarion.
PM me
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Ah, right. Tell you what... since I'm volunteering my time to trace the circuit and my phone works perfectly, there is nothing for me to gain out of this, so I'm not the one to be asking for money.
If you can't afford it yourself, might be a community thing, but hold off for a while, there is someone else I've been communicating with privately who may be sending a bricked board, if it works out, then I won't need yours.

Ill volunteer a bricked board

crackertc said:
So I had to get a new one by claiming the insurance ($130 deductible.....) there was no win for me here...... the only thing was that I was able to keep the damaged phone.
I called HTC to try and figure out how much it would be to fix it. The lady that answered the phone said the symptoms were like those of a bad motherboard, and she said it'd cost me around $475 to fix it, wait, what??.....
So, know, idk what to do with this crap. I might try to repair it.
Thanks anyways guys!
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Find a broken G1 on eBay or CG and try repairing it yourself. Might run you under $100 to do this and it's probably a great learning experience...not to mention you could end up with another working G1.

uansari1 said:
Find a broken G1 on eBay or CG and try repairing it yourself. Might run you under $100 to do this and it's probably a great learning experience...not to mention you could end up with another working G1.
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Thanks, and yeah I was already looking into one, found one locally with a broken screen this guy might be giving it to me for like 30 bucks so that'd be great. I have the tools and everything, Ive fixed phones, including iPhones, and also HW unlock on iPhones when there was that moment were SW unlock was not possible and I did like 2 HW unlocks... ok too much talk
Thanks anyways to every one, If I can't fix this I'd definately consider sending the MB to lbcoder

My ebay board just arrive! i hope to fix my phone tomorrow.

Shoulda just swap the stickers and got the warranty replacement.

Need Parts for Nexus One

I cracked my screen so I decided to order a new one and fix it myself, while in the process I accidentally tore the top flex circuit board and now I can't find spare parts other than screens anywhere. Does anyone know where I can get some or have one that is broken I am willing to pay ...

Hate when **** like that happens. . . try to fix something and something doesn't go right.
Not sure where you can get the parts you're looking for, but wanted to give props to you for taking the initiative to try and fix it yourself. Alot of people will be like "that's what you get for not just sending it back to HTC and having them fix it." How're you going to appreciate the intricacies of something if you don't take the occasional risk like this?
Hope you find what you're looking for.
Ps. Have you looked at http://www.monoprice.com/home/index.asp to see if there's anything you could repurpose to work?

Ha yea, I am definitely a DIY-er. Unfortunately this is a risk I knew I was taking heading into it, wasn't too worried though because I have fixed a lot of cell phones in the past, just got a little too careless with prying open with a flat head screw driver, it slipped and cut right into the flex circuit board. Should have been a little more careful haha. New screen looks great though! Now only if I could get it to power on! Of course HTC tells me it will cost up to $300 to send it to them to fix it.

http://www.lunacommerce.com/154-nexus-one
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=7921c16b7b46096e&hl=en

Not sure exactly, but is this what you are looking for? http://cnn.cn/shop/google-nexus-digitizer-p-8252.html

Yea I tried that number and also that lunacommerce site is located in China, no prices on their website, no way to purchase anything other than contacting them first (which I have tried to no avail...). You would think some online store somewhere would have started selling spare refurbished parts. Whatever, guess I will have to pay HTC to fix it, kinda sucky.

If you find somewhere that can help you, please post back. I just had a similar experience, replaced the digitizer and the display wouldn't work afterwards. Figured I had damaged the AMOLED, so purchased another. Problem still persisted.
I've decided that I must have damaged the AMOLED connector on the logic board.
The upside is I can still use the phone when connected to a PC and using Android Screen Monitor.
So now I've ordered another Nexus One, I find it hard to get by without my daily Android.... it became an expensive drop of the phone.

Kman Gymrat said:
Not sure exactly, but is this what you are looking for? http://cnn.cn/shop/google-nexus-digitizer-p-8252.html
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No that is what I replaced in the first place. I am looking for the Logic Board. I will keep searching and update this thread if I ever figure it out. Going on 3 days without a phone and only being able to use Google Voice via my computer is starting to drive me insane!

[Q] ? How can I replace my XPERIA X1's touchscreen?

Hello xda members! The touchscreen from my XPERIA X1 won't respond to my touches anymore since I let it fall on the ground by accident >_<
And I don't have any receipt so that I can bring it back to the store because I didn't buy it (I found it on a parking lot when me, my dad, my mother and my sister entered the car after we ate at a pizzeria). So no receipt, no warranty.
Therefore I was thinking that maybe I could replace the screen (just the screen, found one on Marktplaats)
So could you guys give me some instructions on how to replace it?
Thanks!
Raymond

Sorry, you want help from us when you are not willing to help others? What you find in public is not yours. It belongs to someone else and with a bit of an effort can be returned to the rightful owner. Especially if its a smartphone that is very likely to contain some information about the owner. So it's up to you to decide what's right and what's wrong.
And by the way: Your story how you came into posession of the phone is generally weird. I don't want to accuse you of anything but you know those stories sound always the same Like it fell from a truck

Why am I not willing to help others? The police was notified of it and after 1.5 year nobody picked it up. After 1 year, you can keep it said the police.. And the story is real. It was my moms birthday, we ate at this pizzeria.. Walked back to the parking lot and as i walked to the door of the car my foot hit an object and when I looked i saw this leather case lying on the ground and I picked it up and found the mobile. But anyways can't you just even try to help me? You won't even help someone jeez weird ass forum >_<

OK. To to avoid beeing prejudiced against you I will try to help you. But keep in mind that I still find your story a bit weird
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535664&highlight=tutorial
Take a look at this tutorial. It's not about replacing the screen but at least it shows how to disassemble your Xperia. I hope it Helps.

Ah that's what I need! Thanks! I will have a look at this

I've ruined my device....is there anything that can be done?

Even worse, its a MDA Compact V.
Basically, I got the newton rings issue a few months ago and after reading threads on here, tried the duct tape trick which worked a treat....for about a month.
Then the issue came back of the screen not responding, so I continually used the tape to fix the screen. It got to the point where I had done it that many times, I was having to carry a roll of tape around with me, and the front of the front facia began to lift on the left hand side of the phone each time I did it.
It got to the point where I didnt need the tape anymore, I could just use my fingernail to pull the layers apart which would make the screen respond again.
However, recently I noticed a spec of dust under the screen. I put up with it for a while but last week I decided to try and get it out.
I stupidly lifted the layers apart and blew into the phone. This caused the touchscreen to behave very erratically and did not move the dust.
I was a bit tipsy at the time and actually lifted the whole of the front off the phone (thinking I could clean the screen and stick the front back down) but now the phone will not respond to touch no matter what I do.
I was thinking of trying to replace the front parts myself, but as mentioned its a Compact V not a D2, so the shape of the front of the handset is slightly different and I cannot seem to find anywhere that I can order the front facia.
I've got a lock on the phone, so I cant even flash it if I wanted to sell it as 'broken'
Can anyone think of ANYTHING that could help?
Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated!

You can flash your phone if you just put the Rom on a storage card and update it from there, and new digitizers are just 4 dollars, so just put a new one in ( or I can do it for you if you pay for the costs) I've replaced my digitizer about 3 times now... and im pretty good at it XD

i really hate to say it. but i think its just time to buy a new phone. I know money may be an issue. i dont have the cash to fork out for new phones either. but if this happened to me. i would do my best to back everything up. then just buy a cheap phone untill i saved up . i have an htc pure right now saving up for an evo 4g. I just upgraded my contract so i will have to pay full price for the evo 4g around $500.00 . unless ya can limp this one along . but from what it sounds like is its about time to bury that one ...
devices messing up does suck, im sorry..
Good Luck

Thanks guys.
Is it possible to flash from the SD card when the device is locked?

maxcherry said:
Thanks guys.
Is it possible to flash from the SD card when the device is locked?
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Yes it is possible. When flashing from SD you don't have to use your screen in any way. Have a look in the ROM-Threads, u will find the way to flash and some great "how-to"s.

Mar'Cel said:
Yes it is possible. When flashing from SD you don't have to use your screen in any way. Have a look in the ROM-Threads, u will find the way to flash and some great "how-to"s.
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Thanks Mar'Cel. I notice we both have the same device. Do you know anywhere online where I would be able to order replacement parts?
Thanks again, Max.

maxcherry said:
Thanks Mar'Cel. I notice we both have the same device. Do you know anywhere online where I would be able to order replacement parts?
Thanks again, Max.
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I believe if you search on screen replacement threads they have stated where they were purchsed.
Also, you can use Pocket Controller Pro or My Mobiler to access your screen from your PC.