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G1 Bricked? or not I think Yes...have you Solution for me
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G1 Bricked? or not I think Yes...have you Solution for Me?
no fastboot access
no recovery access
press home and power nothing
press camera and power nothing
logo t-mobile stay on the screen
when i press scroll and power blue led mode appear
i have flash my phone many times and no problem
to day big problem, after flash my radio 1.5 for a radio 1.0, because problem with wireless connection, and Now after the reboot my phone no respond
do you have any idee for my problem
perhaps: goldcard solution or.....???
Please thank's for help
Sorry but I think your phone is bricked =[ Try calling T-mobile and tell them you dropped your phone and broke it. (You might actually want to do this, lol) They'll send you a replacement if you still have the warranty
alritewhadeva said:
Sorry but I think your phone is bricked =[ Try calling T-mobile and tell them you dropped your phone and broke it. (You might actually want to do this, lol) They'll send you a replacement if you still have the warranty
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thanks you for your rapid ask, but i sure , exist a solution for the brick.
my phoneis not guaranteed because I bought it used
SNIFFF
There's no current solution for a brick. A brick is a brick and you're done. Sorry
I had the same issued as you are having i was also stuck on the t-mobile logo screen because of the radio update, and yes my phone got brick. but since i had insurance on the phone i took it to my local t-mobile made up some excuse that my phone stop working and they gave me a brand new one in store for free. gotta love the extra at 5 dollars you pay for insurance saved me from buying a new one lol.
Yup, you've got a brick. Most common brick actually, downgrading radio 9/10 times seems to leed to a brick. Currently there are no working fixes. There are rumors that either a serial->USB cable might help fix a brick or wiring up a jtag setup. There's info about both on the interwebs but neither has been proven to work on the dream yet afaik.
Here is my question. What were you doing before the brick happened? By chance did you install the special spl?
alritewhadeva said:
Sorry but I think your phone is bricked =[ Try calling T-mobile and tell them you dropped your phone and broke it. (You might actually want to do this, lol) They'll send you a replacement if you still have the warranty
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This is horeible advice you never want to tell them you droped the phone, that's not covered under warranty. Just tell them the phone won't boot. But yeah sound like your phone is fubar.
speoples20 said:
This is horeible advice you never want to tell them you droped the phone, that's not covered under warranty. Just tell them the phone won't boot. But yeah sound like your phone is fubar.
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How is it bad advice? Hardware problems are covered by warranty, software are not. the brick is a SOFTWARE problem. T-Mobile does not give replacement g1s that are screwed up because of something you installed that wasn't issued by T-Mobile themself. If you tell them you dropped it , its a HARDWARE problem and they provide replacements...
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How is it bad advice? Hardware problems are covered by warranty, software are not. the brick is a SOFTWARE problem. T-Mobile does not give replacement g1s that are screwed up because of something you installed that wasn't issued by T-Mobile themself. If you tell them you dropped it , its a HARDWARE problem and they provide replacements...
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Telling them you dropped the phone and it no longer boots is your problem and they will say so. "Was it working before you dropped it?" Yes it was "Then it soulds like when "YOU" dropped the phone you messed it up" Hope you have the phone insurance that's the only way you are most likely going to get a new one but it's going to cost you.
While it's a software problem if you drop the phone and break it they do not have to replace it.
cidica said:
Telling them you dropped the phone and it no longer boots is your problem and they will say so. "Was it working before you dropped it?" Yes it was "Then it soulds like when "YOU" dropped the phone you messed it up" Hope you have the phone insurance that's the only way you are most likely going to get a new one but it's going to cost you.
While it's a software problem if you drop the phone and break it they do not have to replace it.
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Oh god, fine then. You come up with a better story and post back I don't understand your last sentence...In the official tmobile g1 forums they state that they are not responsible for anything you do software wise to your phone ( root, ROMs, spl, brick, etc..)
alritewhadeva said:
Oh god, fine then. You come up with a better story and post back I don't understand your last sentence...In the official tmobile g1 forums they state that they are not responsible for anything you do software wise to your phone ( root, ROMs, spl, brick, etc..)
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simple The OTA got to you for cupcake and you went to install it when the phone rebooted it was stuck at the G1 screen. they will walk you through a few steps and confirm it's messed up. At that point they will send you out a replacement. You do not have to say anything about it being rooted. I just did this for my friends moms phone. He messed it up I called and got her a replacement sent. Now if you are not a T-mo customer you are out of luck though which sucks :/
Hell I had to do this for 2 phones. 1 G1 and 1 Shadow this past week (both phones were modded by me/friend) Shadow was a true hardware issue though and not the mods fault though.
just tell them your phone wont boot up if you cant get to recovery or android screen neither can they on your phone so they will never know what u did to it
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simple The OTA got to you for cupcake and you went to install it when the phone rebooted it was stuck at the G1 screen. they will walk you through a few steps and confirm it's messed up. At that point they will send you out a replacement. You do not have to say anything about it being rooted. I just did this for my friends moms phone. He messed it up I called and got her a replacement sent. Now if you are not a T-mo customer you are out of luck though which sucks :/
Hell I had to do this for 2 phones. 1 G1 and 1 Shadow this past week (both phones were modded by me/friend) Shadow was a true hardware issue though and not the mods fault though.
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Lol okay then. Still think that if you report a hardware issue like you broke it, T-Mobile will still replace it as long as you still have the 1 year warranty that came with it. Like Cyanogen's issue where his touchscreen was messedup. HARDWAREE issue and T-Mobile replaced it
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Lol okay then. Still think that if you report a hardware issue like you broke it, T-Mobile will still replace it as long as you still have the 1 year warranty that came with it. Like Cyanogen's issue where his touchscreen was messedup. HARDWAREE issue and T-Mobile replaced it
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I work for T-mobile and telling them you broke the hardware on the phone is NOT covered under warranty. The manufacture's warranty only covers phone defects not people dropping their phone. A touch screen going out is an example of hardware covered under warranty. Software is covered under warranty as well and all you have to say is the phone won't boot past the G1 screen. Thats all you have to say.
All right. I rest my case then O mighty T-Mobile worker. No sarcasm haha.
Yeah its true, you do have to be careful if you plan on using the warranty route if its not totally legit, but then I suppose it differs depending on region. Over here in the UK it covers quite a few things like accidental dropping of the mobile, water damage etc. Which reminds me, I need to add my mobile to my monthly insurance policy...
The insurance isn't really worth it =/ Even if you claim it you still have to pay 130$ here in NY
Blimey... I pay £6/m (thanks to my credit card policies) instead of the usual £9/m that covers the mobile phone over accidental damage, theft, water damage, software damage etc. However if I do make a claim I think its £30-£40 for a replacement G1.
HELP! Is my g1 bricked?
After reading a few other thread I believe my g1 is bricked.
I was trying to install Superhero G3. After installing the radio provided in this thread:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f56/official-hero-g3-build-rom-18471/
My phone hung at the T-Mobile g1 boot logo.
I can't get into recovery or anything.
I bought the phone from craigslist, so I don't have a warranty or anything. My parents would kill me if they found out I have to buy myself a new phone.
PLEASE I hope there is something I can do to fix this.
well my phone cant charge anymore since the usb port is all messed up.
im getting a replacement phone on tuesday. Im gonna have to send back the phone and i have it modded with cyanogens rom. im not having software issues. So i was wondering if i can send it in modded or will i have to unroot?
please help me i dont want to pay a $100 fee
also im exchanging so when i send my phone in im not getting it back
you need to unroot. if you don't have enough battery left then brick it. flash the old radio and then DangerSPL
Fingerlickin said:
you need to unroot. if you don't have enough battery left then brick it. flash the old radio and then DangerSPL
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i guess ima have to unroot since i never said i had software issues t-mo rep.
I was trying to get a new hero rom and it required a different radio so I flashed it and while it was installing it brang me into a screen with a white box and a yellow arrow pointing down to the phone..Its been there for over 20 minutes, I tried to take out the battery and putting it back in it still goes back to that screen!! What should I do!?
Encatsu said:
I was trying to get a new hero rom and it required a different radio so I flashed it and while it was installing it brang me into a screen with a white box and a yellow arrow pointing down to the phone..Its been there for over 20 minutes, I tried to take out the battery and putting it back in it still goes back to that screen!! What should I do!?
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Yeah if it's stuck on the screen.. you're skrewed.
What do you mean?! I dont wanna lose my phone it cost so much damn money and I cant get another one for so long! Theres no way to fix this ;[!?
there are only 2 radios for the g1 at this time. one of them starts with a one, and the other is the 2.22.19.26I that is required to run the new spl. if there is a link to this rom, and it is the dream forum i would like too see it. if it is not in the dream forums then you should've known better than to flash something to your phone that was not made for it or tested for it. Twisted bricked one of his phones flashing a hero radio.
I hope you still have insurance
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...hero-roms-radios-in-update-zip-format/#entry0
Someone please help!!!!!!!!
Is my phone really broken? Like ill never ever be able to use it again? Is there any way to fix this? Someone told me to press Alt-L because the box with arrows pointing at the screen is the recovery mode screen but when I press Alt-L nothing happens
Those are combined radio and ROMs for the Hero, not Hero ported to the Dream. At the top in big red letters it says:
DO NOT FLASH THESE ON ANYTHING EXCEPT A HERO!
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So you flashed a radio not written for your device. Yes, it's a brick, you deserve a brick for completely ignoring the warnings...
I would say take it back to tmo, but as it's not a full brick, but a radio brick, they will know it's not an over the air update that caused it.
What do I tell t-mobile? I bought my phone on ebay..I dont even know if it has insurance or anything and I do not use a data-plan im using a t-mobile prepaid sim.. theres noway for me to fix this?
call HTC and talk to them, they will fix it on your dime. Basically you call them, they will tell you there is a "$29 or less triage fee", and give you an RMA number. Basically what they are saying is, without your approval, the charge to look at it will be less than $29. That includes shipping back to you. I would think a reflash would be a fairly cheap procedure. I have used HTC for repairs before and they really went over and above for me.
Encatsu said:
What do I tell t-mobile? I bought my phone on ebay..I dont even know if it has insurance or anything and I do not use a data-plan im using a t-mobile prepaid sim.. theres noway for me to fix this?
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Oh, you're not a tmo customer....then they won't replace it for you. Only if you bought it from them. Enjoy your brick.
Theres nothing that I can do to fix a radio brick!?
here is the contact info for HTC-Tmobile repairs
1-888-356-2375 [email protected]
this is getting a bit old, NO, there is no fix for what you did other than sending it in for repair. Nobody but HTC has the ability to fix your type of brick as of right now.
Ok..can you tell me what I should tell them? My phone is rooted, doesnt that mean they wont accept it?
Worst thing you can do is tell them the phone is rooted. If you've got a data plan and everything with T-Mobile, tell them that you installed an OTA update and that this problem happened.
Last time I had a brick, that's what I told HTC. They fixed it for free, all I had to pay for was the shipping.
I do not have a data plan though..thats the thing im used t-mobile prepaid, so your saying not to tell them that my phone is rooted? Wont they know though?
No, they can't tell. If you don't have a data plan with them, they won't help you. That's what they did to me since I just have a regular plan.
This is when you go to HTC. Find their support number on their website, and call them. They'll give you the address to send it to, and they'll repair it for 1-2 weeks. They pay for return shipping.
Also, tell them that there was an OTA update, you pressed "ok", and after that the phone would not reboot. DO NOT tell them anything related to you rooting it, flashing, etc.
Ok thanks... so since I dont have a data plan they wont help me fix it? I sent them an email anyways
No, but you can give them a call and see what they say.
I just know from experience that they've turned people down as well as myself in the past.
Encatsu said:
Theres nothing that I can do to fix a radio brick!?
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That's why they call it a brick
i bought a phone off a craigslist that wouldnt get signal and they replaced it with no problem just tell them youve nad it over two weeks
I think I briked my G1 and I need help
I want to root and updte the ROM of my RC29 G1.
I downloaded these;
Cyanogens Recovery Image 1.4
Radio Image (ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip)
SPL (spl-signep.zip)
JesusFreke 1.5 ADP
JACHero 2.7.3
DrizzyDrake 2.5
I downloaded root.apk to my phone from http://www.androidactivity.com/root/root.apk
I did the step1 in this apk (downloaded DREAIMG.nbh)
Than I fastboot by camera+power button.. It installed the update flawless.. I reboot and opened the root.apk and did the step 2.
so I did everything flawless (partition etc.. )till putting the spl-signed.zip to sd card.. as i did this it and rebooted in recovery mode the phone stucked at T-Mobile G1 screen.
Nothing happens.. I tried to fastboot again, I put the DREAIMG.nbh to sd card and push the cam+power.. the phone is not fastbooting also!
What shoudl I do? Is there any way to resolve this problem?
Thanks
if you cannot get into recovery (home and power) or bootloader (camera and power) then you have a brick, no if's and's or but's. i hope you have a warranty and a good lie. if you can get into either recovery or bootloader then wipe and flash a rom or use fastboot to restore a nandroid. tell your provider that you got an your phone said something about an update and you hit ok and that it would not get past the g1 (or whatever your start up screen is). try and sound as dumb as possible, i.e. no mention of xda, brick, root, anything even remotely technical.
spl-signed.zip sounds a lot like the 1.33.2005 spl or "doom bringer" that is what bricked your phone, if it is bricked. did you flash the radio (2.22.19.26I) first? if not, then that is definitely what bricked your phone. if you already had the radio, then your phone is a just a cruel play of statistics.
Seems so.. I put the radio first.. in tutorial it says;
"Now that you partioned your card, place SPL file on your SD card, go into recovery mode and hit the option to apple any update. Let it complete and reboot. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO get pass the G1 screen at this point. Pull the battery, delete the update on your SD card and NOW place the sd in a card reader and put the hero rom on it."
I exactly did this.. and it's still stucked on G1 screen.. I'm living in Turkey so no hope to bring the phone to a retailer or to service..
Just like david said if you can't get into recovery (home + power) or bootloader (cam + power) then you have a brick. Just make sure you are holding in home + power long enough to get into recovery. Did you check if you phone was able to have the "danger" spl installed?
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What's "danger SPL"? .. I'm sure I'm holding the camera + power long enough..
Thanks for the reply
The "danger" spl is 1.33.2005, which just like me and david think is what you loaded on your phone. Not all phones are allowed to have that spl and will brick your phone. If you flash the "danger" spl before the radio it will brick your phone. If you interupt the flash while loading the "danger" spl you will get a brick. Once you flash the spl you have to reflash another rom cause it overwrites the existing. The only time you need that spl is if you are going to load a hero rom. But if your not able to get into recovery or bootloader then your phone is a brick. I would immediatly call HTC and have them repair it for you considering the phone is not quite a year old yet and still under warranty, I know the phone came out sometime last October. Just don't say anything about bricks, spl, roms, xda, or anything like that.
thanks for the info.. I did exactly what you say.. The issue is I live in Turkey, the phone is second hand.. no receipt, no warranty docs, nothing.. so I think HTC will not repair it or change it. HTC Android phones are not in the market officially yet in Turkey..
I bought a brand new unused HTC Hero insteaed 15 minutes ago.. It's a shame that I want to install Hero Rom.. at the end I came up with a new HTC Hero The most expensive rom in the history I guess..
Thanks for your help anyway.. I will sell the bricked G1 on an auction site. May be someone will buy for it's parts..
jasonflemyng said:
thanks for the info.. I did exactly what you say.. The issue is I live in Turkey, the phone is second hand.. no receipt, no warranty docs, nothing.. so I think HTC will not repair it or change it. HTC Android phones are not in the market officially yet in Turkey..
I bought a brand new unused HTC Hero insteaed 15 minutes ago.. It's a shame that I want to install Hero Rom.. at the end I came up with a new HTC Hero The most expensive rom in the history I guess..
Thanks for your help anyway.. I will sell the bricked G1 on an auction site. May be someone will buy for it's parts..
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Well thats cool you got a hero. But if I were you I would still atempt to contact HTC to see if they will repair it, then you could sell it and recoup some money for the hero. There have been numerous people on here that bought there phone second hand just like you and were still able to have HTC help them. It's always worth a shot, it doesn't hurt to try.
supremeteam256 said:
Well thats cool you got a hero. But if I were you I would still atempt to contact HTC to see if they will repair it, then you could sell it and recoup some money for the hero. There have been numerous people on here that bought there phone second hand just like you and were still able to have HTC help them. It's always worth a shot, it doesn't hurt to try.
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well i just talked to tmobile myself and told them my g1 wouldnt power up after a tmobile update..and they said warranty might not cover since they consider tmobile 3rd party...and to fix it it costs 155-360
Nismo300zx said:
well i just talked to tmobile myself and told them my g1 wouldnt power up after a tmobile update..and they said warranty might not cover since they consider tmobile 3rd party...and to fix it it costs 155-360
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Are you sure you typed that right. Or did you mean you called HTC. I've known several people that I personally known that has done this. Maybe you might need to call back and talk to someone else. Codani had just sent his off to HTC for just $30.
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Are you sure you typed that right. Or did you mean you called HTC. I've known several people that I personally known that has done this. Maybe you might need to call back and talk to someone else. Codani had just sent his off to HTC for just $30.
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yea i typed that right...see i have a tmobile g1 right...so i told em it messed up during some ota update..they said 9 out of 10 times the customer has to pay to fix the phone...if you choose not to fix the phone they say its 28$ to send it back...so idk what to do..i really dont have the money to get a new phone
Nismo300zx said:
yea i typed that right...see i have a tmobile g1 right...so i told em it messed up during some ota update..they said 9 out of 10 times the customer has to pay to fix the phone...if you choose not to fix the phone they say its 28$ to send it back...so idk what to do..i really dont have the money to get a new phone
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If thats the case then they have no idea what they are talking about because tmobile is the ones that issue the OTA updates, it's no 3rd party. I would suggest calling back and talking to someone else, maybe it was just the person you were talking to. In my experience I dropped my phone a few months back and it wouldn't turn back on. So I called one store to see if they would replace it in the store and I told them I dropped it and they said since it's physical damage I would have to send it to asus (insurance) to have it fixed. So I called the next store up and told them I got an update and the phone wouldn't turn on after that and they said come in and we'll replace it. So I had a new phone about an hour after it broke. That might help for you, but I would really call back and see if you get a different response. I've never heard anyone say anything like the experience you just got.
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If thats the case then they have no idea what they are talking about because tmobile is the ones that issue the OTA updates, it's no 3rd party. I would suggest calling back and talking to someone else, maybe it was just the person you were talking to. In my experience I dropped my phone a few months back and it wouldn't turn back on. So I called one store to see if they would replace it in the store and I told them I dropped it and they said since it's physical damage I would have to send it to asus (insurance) to have it fixed. So I called the next store up and told them I got an update and the phone wouldn't turn on after that and they said come in and we'll replace it. So I had a new phone about an hour after it broke. That might help for you, but I would really call back and see if you get a different response. I've never heard anyone say anything like the experience you just got.
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yea i found it weird too..i dont have my accout with tmobile so htc is my last hope..imma give em another call later today or tomorrow..they said that htc doesnt support the tmobile update so if a tmo update messes up your phone then u most likely have to pay for the repair
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yea i found it weird too..i dont have my accout with tmobile so htc is my last hope..imma give em another call later today or tomorrow..they said that htc doesnt support the tmobile update so if a tmo update messes up your phone then u most likely have to pay for the repair
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Sounds like they keep givin you the run around. This time when you call just be pissed off and don't take no for an answer. Say you want a supervisor or something, but yea that's f'd up.
Good day,
This is just a warning to all Touch pro 2 owners. I bought my unit August last year. Shipped it back to HTC because the touch screen had stopped responding. The phone booted up fine but you couldnt use the touch screen.
Im from the Caribbean so I had to pay for the shipping back to the states.
This is the email I got for HTC :
Dear Valued Customer,
This is documentation to provide suggested action repairs and quotation for
each service rendered.
Diagnosis:
System hanging, device has been hacked.
Suggested Repair:
Replace Main Board
Total Repair Price:
With shipping $359.64
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I paid $700 bucks for the phone off amazon.
I installed the bootloader and an Original windows mobile European Rom 6.5 months ago.
Here are my questions :
If the motherboard is bad or "hacked" why did the system work perfectly for 6 months.
Obviously HTC thinks I am an *** to shell out $360. Im going to tell them go to hell. This WAS my first ever HTC phone. I had respect for the company. But not the way they treat their customers. Im just going to tell them keep the phone because I dont want a paperwieght. This is alot of BS. Its obviously a hardware problem and they are trying to blame it on me.
So Im out $700 and no phone. ---- HTC they have lost a customer for life.
Im sure someone here will have a problem with their phone. But just be warned. HTC thinks we are all chumps. Im going to get a droid or something when I save up enough money.
I hope no one has to live through this nightmare like I had.
Thanks for nothing HTC. ---
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ok first of all, dont curse, its just gonna make you look childish,
where im at HTC doesnt really have bad customer service, you just gotta make sure you talked to the right guy from HTC, but since your touch screen doesnt work, its just an LCD problem something to do with the digitizer, not soo sure, but did you even try a hard reset or flashed a different ROM?
and what you installed a bootloader
you didnt jtag it have you?
but im sure u mean to say HardSPL, but was it the original HardSPL? that couldve triggered them to say its been hacked if it wasnt the stock SPL
I bet for that price you could pay someone to do the work locally.
Well you really can't blame HTC for your mistake..The mistake of not restoring for factory ROM and SPL prior to sending it back. There are instructions for doing that just for this situation when you need to make a warranty exchange..Flashing a custom SPL & ROM will void any warranty on the phone..If its only the touch screen that is bad you can pick one up off ebay and do the repairs yourself...google and you will find detailed instructions...
Sounds like you need a new digitizer........Ebay has them for around $30 (U.S.)
Purchase a small Torx driver set, and replace it......
I meant to say Hard SPL
Yup I meant to say Hard SPL.
This is just wrong the way they say it was the mainboard. Im sure it has something to do with the touch screen.
It is sad they had to resort to this. I mean I dont think Im THAT stupid. Hard Spl or not I think they should just fix it. Its not software related. The phone works perfectly. Just no touch input.
With that kind of money I could get another TP 2 off ebay. So its just wrong. Its a sham to get people to shell out 360 bucks for nothing.
This has thought me a very important lesson. Dont let these companies push you around.
try to attempt at asking it back without the repairs? i havent seen no one do it before, but its worth a try, im pretty sure they'll give it back cuz they "claim" you cant fix it and will be stuck with it, but in reality u have digitizers sitting around ebay
worth a shot mate
but then yet again, how much is shipping? :x
Clearly stated in the Hard-SPL thread:
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[SIZE=+3]Hard-SPL Release Time!!!![/SIZE]
NOTE 2: this is unsigned Hard-SPL. no limitations on flashing ROMs (except of course some Radio roms). also, this has overwrite protection against HTC RUU's overwriting HSPL with a stock one, so if someone needs to revert to stock SPL for warranty reasons, a stock SPL downgrade package is posted here below. use this relocker *only* if you need to return the phone for warranty, and only use it as last step - after reflashing stock OS and radio. see steps at the end of this post about how to reflash stock SPL.
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Simply downgrading to the stock SPL could have avoided this.
Yes downgrading could have avoided this but they lied !!
What bothers me the most is that they lied about the diagnostic. Its just very misleading and to me its extortion. How could the mainboard be bad? Or is it they simply think that people with smartphones dont know how they work. I will update you on the situation as time progresses. One thing I know is im not paying that "fee" for having it repaired. Shipping might cost me $70. So im already out alot.
sounds like a digitizer as already mentioned. very cheap.
i bought my phone off ebay. and seller said it was RAN OVER lol. still works great despite the scratches, chips,e tc and battery looks like it went to hell and back.. cells almost exposed in some areas
They probably have a policy where if the phone has been hardSPL'd (hacked) they simply replace the mobo. I can understand they wouldnt wont to train their staffs in every known hack etc they would want the phones to be in original condition.
Just tell them to post it back (you will have to pay the postage) then either set it back to standard and then try to get it fixed again or best option as others have said, buy a digitizer off eGay and fix it yourself or get a local boffin to fix it for you.
You need to accept the fact that if you hack your phone you will not be treated as a 'normal' customer. You get a lot of benefits from hard SPL but 'factory' HTC service wont be one of them.
First off, you are truly stupid for even paying $700 for a cell phone off amazon. That is outrageous and you know it. Besides, most carriers sell these for $150 - $200 with a new 2 year contract. Second, I agree with the others. If you would have called and had them warranty exchange it, you wouldn't be in this situation. hTC is a great phone manufacturer and their phones are top quality (price reflects). You have had one issue with the company because of something you did and/or failed to do with ONE of their phones. Don't go blaming them for your mistakes. Sorry if anyone is upset at this, i just can't tolerate someone coming on here and bashing the manufacturer that makes our phones
I can only foresee this thread degenerating more than it already has so I just closed it. ROM development is the wrong forum to post this anyway. As to the original OP... it comes down to the fact that you didn't put the stock SPL back on before you sent it to them. It seems logical they would use that as an excuse to get out of repairing your device for free. HTC or not, they exist to make money.