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Ok, so after loading "RUU_Kaiser_ATT_WWE_1.60.502.3_22.45.88._07_1.27.14.09_Ship.exe" for a couple days, tweaking a few things and adding a few software packages...
Yesterday, after leaving my desk for a while with the phone on the desk and unplugged after recent sync with desktop....
I come back and find my Tilt is really hot and totally dead!
Later in the day, last night and today...I noticed that on some email notifications, the vibrate latches in and won't stop until I wake up the screen!
Anyone else seen this? Need to decide whether to restore to factory condition, retest etc...or send back as defective.
Cheers and THANKS!
this has happened to me several times, I finally went off and set email alerts off which is annoying. This also happened on my other HTC phone 8125
This has happened a couple of times for me too on the totally stock ATT ROM.
Annoying but, since it's always with me, it's never gotten worse than "annoying".
Same problem here, since I don't want to disable the vibrating alert I just send a mail to HTC asking for a solution.
Hope they'll anwser.
I'll keep you posted.
Percentages...
Hmm, with these numbers (already)...it is difficult to determine if this is a quality control issue with a small percentage failure. Need some more replies and a comment from HTC!
I'm already inclined to tell AT&T to send me another one, especially since this issue has been experienced with the ship ROM, and it is less than 2-weeks old.
Also original rom and I had the problem from day one.
It's night over here in Belgium, but I won't wait from an answer from HTC. First thing tomorrow I'll call the shop where I've got it.
I've had this a couple of times on my UK Vario 3. It actually happened today.
The problem seems to span different roms and batches.
pjam
I've also have this problem so like most people I disabled the vibrate notification which isn't a fix but better than having it none stop vibrate. Hope they fix this for the Vario III as well as Kaiser
solution from a HTC dealer
I just called the shop where I purchased mine, and first thing the guy asks, "do you really need the vibrating warning? can't you just use a sound alert or something?"
After explaining that I really want it to work as mentioned, he went to ask.
When he came back he tried to convince me that it's normal with WM6. It's a feature. When asked wheter it's normal it sometimes works "correctly" en sometimes it keeps vibrating, he answered it's strange but normal.
Explaining that the battery gets really hot and so didn't help either. He was convinced it's normal. But he gave me a number of HTC. Not a Belgian nr so I'll first wait for an anwer via email till this afternoon.
Anwser from HTC
I just called to HTC Europe, and the woman on the phone said "oh that's not good".
But a solution? I'll have to send it in for repair.
Still waiting for an answer on my email I send to HTC. And if I'll send it in for repair I'll first call again for a better anwser than "that's not good".
But sorry no real solution yet!
seems like this is getting worse and worse for us. I am experiencing the same issue. I have had the phone for about a 3 weeks now. The first week everything was fine. Then this sporadic occurance of the steady vibrate with new text and email messages. It seems like the first 2 vibrating pulses go through fine but it gets hung up on the last one. Full stock att ship rom here as well.
I'll get after AT&T for a replacement tomorrow (GMT -5) and post their response.
Well, not much to report except AT&T gave no fuss and new Tilt is "in the mail". I would suggest even those who are outside the "return for new one" window, get after HTC and/or their provider to replace any units with this "defect"...
Maybe threaten class action... Good luck to all.
I called back to HTC support, explained the problem again. Also said that I'm not the only one but they are not aware of the problem. I'll have to send it in for repair.
So I called the repaircenter, and it would take 2 or 3 weeks.
Don't want to send him in for so long, so for now I'll try to live with it. Still hoping for a bugfix one day.
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Well, not much to report except AT&T gave no fuss and new Tilt is "in the mail". I would suggest even those who are outside the "return for new one" window, get after HTC and/or their provider to replace any units with this "defect"...
Maybe threaten class action... Good luck to all.
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did u walk into an att store? or make a phone call to customer support? In either case how did you go about proving this was infact an issue?
I called AT&T premier phone support from a shopping mall while waiting for my better half to shop...it took about 1 minute to explain the issue.
Basically, I told them my phone needed to be replaced because it was defective and explained the manifestation (sometimes when email alerts are set to vibrate, the vibration does not stop and if I let it keep going, it kills the battery fast and overheats the unit).
I further explained that I researched the problem online and that is appears a small percentage of users are affected by the issue so that it is likely a manufaturing QA issue.
I also suggested that they send me a new unit versus a refurbished one, at least the first time around. They responded, "Oh, of course we will be sending you a new unit".
It took another two or three minutes on hold for the order to be setup, and I had an email in my Tilt inbox before we disconnected.
Overall the experience was excellent.
Same problem here. Mine is a Hong Kong unit that is HTC branded. Using it here in Canada with Rogers.
Note: I have installed Blackberry Connect 4 as well for connection to my corporate email.
If an message comes in, it will sit there and vibrate like mad until I wake it up. For now, I've disabled vibrate.
Rom Version: 1.81.707.0 WWE
Rom Date: 09/05/07
Radio Version: 1.27.12.11
Protocol Version: 22.45.88.07H
Jens- said:
I just called the shop where I purchased mine, and first thing the guy asks, "do you really need the vibrating warning? can't you just use a sound alert or something?"
After explaining that I really want it to work as mentioned, he went to ask.
When he came back he tried to convince me that it's normal with WM6. It's a feature. When asked wheter it's normal it sometimes works "correctly" en sometimes it keeps vibrating, he answered it's strange but normal.
Explaining that the battery gets really hot and so didn't help either. He was convinced it's normal. But he gave me a number of HTC. Not a Belgian nr so I'll first wait for an anwer via email till this afternoon.
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sounds very much like the typical idiot you find in such places
is it just email notifications that are affected, or does it happen on all types of notification, ie sms message?
Good question...
Right now I'm running Dutty's Tilt Beta 2 w/ touch and all is good actually. It turns out that the phone ring uses only one vibration (long) and is followed by sound, where as my email uses 3 short vibrations only.
I'm more inclined to reach and answer the phone, than I am to reach to read an email, plus the email gets 3 chances to improperly latch the vibrate.
So, I don't know if it really is only email, or if email manifests itself as the culprit only because it happens more often.
Others may be able to confirm this.
I will say though, I'v had Dutty's running for 24 hours, and although the weekend email volume is much lower for me, I would have expected it to happen again by now.
The whole thing is crazy, sometimes it bothers the hell out of me, and other days it just gets forgotten or I assume it is a glitch.
All in all, I like the phone enough to keep it in the end, even with this problem. However, I still think the numbers on this forum are low enough that I have a decent chance of not experiencing this "bug" with my new phone when it arrives.
The sticker opened way too easily and..
the phone had fingertips on the back cover and on the touch buttons on the front...
Is this normal? I'm getting really pissed off....
Maybe they just opened it to chek it out. Chek the time on the calls. Thats a definate to see if they actually used it
No thats not really normal. Specialy the finger prints
....
Can they not delete the calls / info / any tracks ?
Also is it normal to just have the phone inside the box without any protection at all on the front? It was just the box cover and then I could see the phone straight away, not a single paper / plastic , u know sth for basic protection.
When you open the box the phone is right there. Normally a sheet of plastic (a really ugly screenprotector) is protecting the phone. Seems your phone has been used before. Maybe in the shop the show people some features, maybe by someone who didn't like it and returned the package..
Where did you get it from?
Vnp, a normal (real ) shop in Athens Greece.
Milenco, now that u mentioned the ugly screenprotector, it does have it - my bad.
Well...
according to this video, mebbe there is nothing wrong?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpLWF2HRTO4
I switched it on and it says
"Preparing the device for first use. Please wait... bla bla"
So, all is cool??
And now I have to set up the screen.
my bet is that one of the reps at the store had opened it to check it out or show a client. i work at telus and customers usually want to see the phone, so this would explain what happened with yours
Call history is blank, so I guess all is ok.
Thanks for the help guys
1st impression of the screen is "WOW"
And touch Flo 3d seems pretty responsive
CALL DURATION @ device - settings-call duration SHOWS:
Incoming: 2hr 36 min 17 sec
Outgoing 2hr 29min. 15 sec.
Should I get REALLY pissed off??
the phone was used and then a hard reset was done.
this results in the message "...for the first use".
time to do a nice chat with the vendor.
I just called him, he seemed surprise of course.
I'm going there tomorrow to get a new one.
.....How nice...
Nice, as I was told in another forum,
the @#! SOLD AN ASIAN PHONE AS EUROPEAN ONE...
Garret said:
Nice, as I was told in another forum,
the @#! SOLD AN ASIAN PHONE AS EUROPEAN ONE...
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Then you may be in trouble if you need to take advantage of the guarantee and all. Are you sure the store is going to support it - because ACE Hellas certainly won't!
It's perfectly legal to import it themselves instead of going through the official distributor. However, I think there is a EU law that states that parallel imports have to be from the same area*...
Why buy it from that shop anyway? Was it cheap at least?
Hi, everytime i turn on my diamond, it just shows white noise. Does that mean it's bricked ? Sometimes i might get lucky and it'll run normally but then restart itself and show noise again. I tried entering bootloader and reflashing spl and ROM, and it all goes well but it never flashes on. It'll get stuck at 0% and on the computer, it'll say that there was an error. I need to reflash the original spl and rom before i send it in so the warranty doesn't get voided.
Hi, I have had a major problem with my diamond for the last 2 months now...
Basically, my problem has the same symptoms as your phone, (I.E. the screen may freeze on bootup, showing a snowy effect), as well as freezing consistently for no apparent reason....
Anyway, the problem that I am having is heat related...
(I know, I know... Please read on for more information)...
When I say heat related, I dont mean that my Diamond is too hot to hold...
My Diamond only works when the ambient temperature is around 10*C or below 15*C...
Any temperature above that (room temperature), and the phone will work for a minute or so.....
HTC Support in Australia has acknowledged that there is a problem with the phone, and have told me that the phone was shipped from Turkey, and that I should contact them for warranty service...
However HTC Turkey have been close to useless when replying to my problem.
I suggest you check to see if the symptoms are the same as mine, and if so, get on to the HTC Customer Dont Care hotline for your country, and see if they are a little bit more helpful when it comes to this problem, than HTC Turkey have been with me !
(2 months and still waiting for an address to send my HTC Diamond for warranty repair)....
For those of you wondering what symptoms, and what I have tried to fix the problem... Read On.....
To flash your phone to its original ROM, try cooling the phone down (Place it in the fridge for 10 minutes or so, then attempt to reflash)....
It took me 15 attempts before I got it to flash 100% (The thing would warm up, then crash)...
Please note : reflashing the ROM did nothing to fix my phone.
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Here is one of the emails that I sent to HTC Australia Support (HTC Australia was very very helpful, and I sincerely thank them for trying to help me out)...
Hi Amr, (HTC Australia)
Thankyou for your advice in regards to the HTC Diamond Phone.
Ill try and describe the symptoms a bit better so as you may have more of an idea about the problem that I am experiencing.
At the moment, if I do a memory clear, at room temperature, (25*C) the phone will display the following
1) The Touch Diamond Boot Screen
Roughly 30 seconds later....
2) The Green Windows Mobile Preparing your device for first use. Screen
This screen will be displayed for about 45 seconds... At this point the device will do either of the following
a) It will reset, vibrate, and then show the Touch Diamond Boot Screen Again, though sometimes the screen is garbled (Has lines and/or a snow effect through it)
or
b) The device will hang, typically with the screen being garbled much like above.
When the device hangs, all the buttons (Except the reset button) no longer function.
Resetting the device using the reset button will reboot the device fine, but at this point it will always hang when the boot screen is displayed.
Removing the battery, waiting for say 30 seconds, then replacing the battery and trying again results in the device still hanging at the boot screen.
At this point, the temperature is not hot... I would honestly say the temperature is only 5*C more than room temperature.
Before I had this problem, the phone would get much hotter than this, but It never got to a temperature that I would call extremely hot....
The only reason why I "Think" it might be temperature related is that If I leave the device to cool down to room temperature, then I can repeat the steps above,
without the phone hanging at the boot screen...
Also, If I have the phone next to a fan, with the back off, I can usually get the phone to boot up, and I can calibrate the touch screen,
and the phone will proceed to customise itself.
To be honest though, it doesnt usually complete this last step successfully, and will hang during this proccess....
I havent been able to get the phone to the point where the phone has displayed the touchflo interface for over a week now, however the windows OS functions ok until the device hangs.
This is what I have tried so far...
A Clear Memory, as well as a clear memory and format using the Start->Settings->System-> Clear Software Function...
I have also tried to clear Memory, and Format moviNAND using the Volume Down, Enter, Reset - then Volume Down Method
Using these methods, the phone will clear its memory successfully, it will then reboot, and depending on how long the phone has been on for,
it may, or may not progress past the Touch Diamond Boot Screen...
Because I cannot get the phone to reliably boot up, I cannot establish an Active-sync connection, So I have not been able to try the ROM Upgrade Yet.
If the phone is faulty due to user negligence (I.E. There is something I am doing wrong software wise), then I will be more than happy to pay to get the problem rectified,
however, I can honestly say that I am stumped as to what could be causing this problem, let alone how to fix it....
The phone is in immaculate condition, is only 2 months, 2 weeks old now, has always been protected by a leather pouch, and also has a screen protector on it.
Understandably, the phone has been babied since I bought it new, and I am somewhat stressed at the prospect of it failing so early in its life cycle.
The Phones Serial Number is HT82GN55656
The phone was bought from a company in Hong Kong.
I contacted the company that sold me the phone and they had this to say
As the items were originally distributed abroad, therefore it does not come with the Australian warranty. However, sometimes the local service centre may still provide official warranty service if you provide them with our company invoice. In cases where, the local service center refuses to warranty the item, you may send the item back to the overseas supplier for a warranty service (12 months).
To be honest, this company has been less than helpful with any inquiries in regards to warranty.
If you could let me know how I should / could proceed with getting the phone repaired under warranty, I would greatly appreciate it !
Thank you again for your help in this matter
Kind Regards
Matti Jones
As I pointed out before, I stuck the phone in a fridge (Powered Down, no battery) for 15 minutes, which chilled the phone well below room temperature...
I then flashed the phone successfully with the latest Official HTC ROM.
(The flash process would take awhile around the 13% mark, but would progress smoothly after this point)...
I then chilled the phone again, and was able to calibrate the screen, and the phone was able to do its customization stuff that it does after the initial calibration and setup...
Finally, I chilled the phone again, and was able to boot it up into the touch flo interface, and open programs (However I couldnt test the phone function, because of the amount of time required to SIM unlock, and power up the phone functions).....
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Honestly, I am not impressed....
HTC Australia didnt confirm it, but it sounds like a few of these phone have this fault, but they cannot trace it back to a root cause.
The phone worked brilliantly for the first 2 months that I had it.
It just got worse and worse over a period of 2 days, to the point where I cannot use it unless I place it in a fridge for 15 minutes to power it up
i didn't know anybody else had the same exact symptoms. Everything you just stated matches exactly what has been going on with my phone. However, I have already sent it in to the Taiwan company from which i bought the phone. And i did not reflash the spl or ROM, so there is a very very very very near 100% chance that they will void the warranty...unless my dad can smooth talk them out of that =]. But as soon as i get any sort of news back, i will let you know. Perhaps because it isn't a software issue, it might not void the hardware part of the warranty (unless they're assholes).
Same Problem
Same problem with my diamond, I have sent it to Service center, and its 50 days now I have not got my phone back. They have not even done anything, they are waiting for some part to be replaced, which was not available there.
Lets hope it comes back with everything working fine.
Total 3 problems with my HTC touch diamond -
1. Freezing, finally not booting
2. Wifi did not work, this problem started with in a week I got my mobile\
3. Sound problem, when I am talking on phone, other person gets very little voice there.
It seems HTC is using cheap h/w parts, I don't think next time ever I am going to buy any mobile from HTC. Two mobiles I purchase from HTC, both of them were very bad in hardware quality.
Pissed at HTC Now
You think that's Bad !!!!!!
70 Days so far just trying to get HTC to tell me where the F*** I should send my phone for warranty repairs !!!!!!
Contact Warranty Service in Australia, they tell me to send it to the place of purchase (Hong Kong)...
I contact the place of purchase, and they tell me to go through HTC global warranty.....
Ok... I think to myself....
I contact Australia Tech Support (The ONLY helpful person I have spoken to from HTC), and exchange 10 or so emails, to discover that I must contact HTC Turkey for my warranty issue....
Deep breath from me now.....
I contact HTC Turkey, they reply asking for the Serial Number and symptoms.
I send them a copy of the 10 or so emails with HTC Australia, and receive no reply !
I send a couple of emails to the helpful HTC Australian tech support guy, politely asking if the issue could be escalated to upper management....
I get a reply saying HTC was trying to contact me on my mobile number (Yep, the mobile number which is my FAULTY Diamond Phone)...
Another week passes, and finally I start cracking the SH!TS with the helpful HTC Aus Guy...
Same Day, I get an email from HTC Global Warranty....
The Message, I must contact HTC Turkey for Warranty Repairs....
For [email protected]#$s sake.... Is HTC Global Warranty Service run by a bunch of [email protected]#$%wits ????????
So now I'm on Week 7 trying to contact HTC Turkey (Looks like another long winded, pointless and mind numbing international phone call again !)
I would be so p!$$ed but the phone only worked for 5 weeks before crapping out...
Short of going on a murderous rampage at HTC in Turkey, I have NFI what I should do next !!!!!!!!
HTC, if you are reading this, You can shove this Diamond up your @$$ !!!
Chill
Yep you are having a bad service.
If you can't use your phone that means it's not fit for the purpose for which it's been sold Do you have the equivalent of what we get in the UK your statutory consumer rights?
Consumer complaints comission or something similar?
mijxyphoid said:
You think that's Bad !!!!!!
70 Days so far just trying to get HTC to tell me where the F*** I should send my phone for warranty repairs !!!!!!
Contact Warranty Service in Australia, they tell me to send it to the place of purchase (Hong Kong)...
I contact the place of purchase, and they tell me to go through HTC global warranty.....
Ok... I think to myself....
I contact Australia Tech Support (The ONLY helpful person I have spoken to from HTC), and exchange 10 or so emails, to discover that I must contact HTC Turkey for my warranty issue....
Deep breath from me now.....
I contact HTC Turkey, they reply asking for the Serial Number and symptoms.
I send them a copy of the 10 or so emails with HTC Australia, and receive no reply !
I send a couple of emails to the helpful HTC Australian tech support guy, politely asking if the issue could be escalated to upper management....
I get a reply saying HTC was trying to contact me on my mobile number (Yep, the mobile number which is my FAULTY Diamond Phone)...
Another week passes, and finally I start cracking the SH!TS with the helpful HTC Aus Guy...
Same Day, I get an email from HTC Global Warranty....
The Message, I must contact HTC Turkey for Warranty Repairs....
For [email protected]#$s sake.... Is HTC Global Warranty Service run by a bunch of [email protected]#$%wits ????????
So now I'm on Week 7 trying to contact HTC Turkey (Looks like another long winded, pointless and mind numbing international phone call again !)
I would be so p!$$ed but the phone only worked for 5 weeks before crapping out...
Short of going on a murderous rampage at HTC in Turkey, I have NFI what I should do next !!!!!!!!
HTC, if you are reading this, You can shove this Diamond up your @$$ !!!
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I have a Touch Pro and fortunately I have had no such issues regarding the low temperatures you need to get it to boot up. Where did you actually purchase your phone? Did you get it through Vodafone or did you purchase it through a website or through overseas travel and as such not associated with Vodafone? I steer away from the latter as there is always the possibility of having to ship a phone overseas for warranty purposes. I had a TyTn II before this and when the touch screen failed and even (and this problem is not normally covered in warranty) the chrome interface peeling off I have had nothing but good experiences with HTC. I contacted them straight away though mentioning that I am a user of mobile phones for over 20 years and that I am very influential to many people including businesses who are looking for reliable good phones for which I would recommend them to purchase. This is all true and I must admit HTC were very efficient in getting the work required done as a top priority at the HTC repair centre PHONETEC in Nunawading, Victoria. That is where the work gets done to Australian spec HTC Phones which include Diamond and Pro.
I am sorry you aren't getting the results you are wanting but unfortunately there are differences in a few areas between phones shipped to Australia and phones shipped to other overseas markets and one reason I would expect this is because of the different climates ( some much colder than here in Aus) and I can see that there would be issues if you bought a phone that would normally be destined for a colder climate than one for Australia where temperatures can reach well into the 40's in some places including Melbourne (don't hear to much about 40's in Sydney haha Just had to include some weather interstate rivalry).
Anyway I wish you all the best getting it fixed. If you did not purchase through Vodafone or any of the other Australian telco providers I would hope that next time you would because their phones are fixed here when any problems occur and lets face it most things with technology in it do at some time and these phones being pocket PC's are more likely to have issues than a standard phone due to the complexity of our devices compared to your standard phones.
John
P.S if you want quick action another thing that doesnt hurt is to get threatening with the old consumer affairs drivel and media drivel if a satisfactory response is not recieved within 10 business days.
HTC is not to blame!
Ok, here´s the wise-a*# answer:
Now why did you buy your phone outside from the country you live in?
I quess because it was cheaper. You basically bought the pda on the grey market which is disliked by the manufacturer due to different reasaons. E.g. the differente warranties that have to be given according to the different laws of different countries. Sometimes the hardware and/or software packages differs from country to country. Also the wages for the support center employees differ, taxes differ and the rent for buildings or shop space differ between different countries. Those costs are included in any product sold worldwide and that´s why the pda costs less e.g. in Turkey. A global support usually only gives you advice on who the correct contact is, you can speak to.
So why should the HTC dependence in your country, which was absolutely not involved in your acquisition, do something for you? Because you tried to beat the system and save yourself some money?
The deal is to pay a bit more in a local store and get a fast and proper support or to buy it via internet on the other side of the world and spare some money.
If your device fails you have to return it to the destination, the device was primarly delivered to,in this case by HTC to Turkey. In Turkey the mindset is a compelete different, their language, their workings speed ...
Also taking legal action in foreign countries is quite difficult.
So in this case unfortunately you have to pay for saving.
I really don´t think that htc is to blame here and its shown why many people don´t import technical gadgets by themselfes.
Still hope things will work out for you.
bye,
Thilo
HTC is HTC anywhere in the world.
The only problem with taking to your local reseller for quaranty reasons is that he can't use any other WM version after the repair , other than that of the original device. So if it is a turkish rom and your phone is defective , even if they replace the board , you will still end up with a turkish rom and a board shipped from turkey.
INTERNATIONAL WWE guaranty , means just that!!!
I guess since my G3 hangs at "HTC smart mobility" I have to buy a memory card, to flash from the BL
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let me share my complaint against AT&T.
here's a thumb-nail sketch of what happened:
I lost my phone, someone turned it in, then the store lost it, refused to admit they got it, wouldn't call the guy who turned it in (he was willing to go ID the guy). After i escalated to the "office of the president" the good Sam was invited in, they saw the security footage showing him turning it in, the Area Manager called and said he would send me a new HTC. Two weeks later i got My Old Phone in the mail from that store, with no memory card and it won't boot past the "HTC smart mobility" screen. Too funny, I was so pissed that night
The office of the President said they were willing to send me a new Pure with a memory card, I accepted, it's on the way. I still want to fix my Wizard - should be worth $50 or I'll re-purpose it, I haven't used it enough to justify the cost yet ($420 four or five years ago)
the store manager, Mr. Pedrazza, said, "I don't think we got the phone in at this store," and, "I don't think our company is responsible for your lost phone," and finally, about the good Samaritan, "I don't think he was lying, but I've never seen someone go so to such lengths to stir up trouble against my store (clerks)."
The Area Manager, Mr. Chierichetti, said he would call the good Samaritan after we spoke in September, but he didn't until i escallated to that special customer service department. He didn't return my calls in a timely fashion, and basically thought I should have gotten another phone on my own right away and the burden of proving it was theft was on me (they'd searched the building). until he met the good samaritan, then he changed his mind, (but why did he send me my bricked phone?)
I believe these guys Christmas Bonus should be a little light.
I don't know if it's bad to name names, but I've been deliberate to not say which store, or otherwise identify them, but I hope they see this someday and find it embarrassing (I know it's a mistake to think I'm going to reform anyone or make the world a better place with this little story, but I can ***** until it's entombed in the off-topic forum.
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Wizard (t-mob mda) hangs at "HTC smart mobility" screen.
what I had done previous to it's disappearance:
CID/SIM Unlocked (all the steps)
IPL/SPL 3.08
"CR86_THD_v6.5.0.0.6_BETA"
(bootloader shows IPL/SPL 3.08)
mbowden76 said:
I guess since my G3 hangs at "HTC smart mobility" I have to buy a memory card, to flash from the BL
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Can you get to the tri-color boot screen? Read the sticky threads if you don't know what that is. You should be able to re-flash if you can get to that boot screen. Sounds like enough strange stuff went on that you can't clearly point the finger at AT&T or Sam. Maybe Sam tried reflashing for fun, bricked it, then turned it in? Anyway, sorry you had problems, but search for word on the three color bootloader screen and how to reflash from there.
Hey there!
Recently I bought a Pixel 4 XL and I am loving it. However when it arrived, the 2X camera wouldn't work, and portrait mode neither. Luckily after disabling an app to get my SIM working on this AT&T Pixel, the 2X camera started working back. The problem is that today it stopped working again, and repeating the process of disabling the app didn't solve any problem. I know for sure the camera isn't broken as I took photos with it recently and I want to know how to get this working again.
Thanks in advance
I would force stop camera and gallery and wipe data on those two as well and reboot and see if anything was different. If not I would remove my accounts from the phone then factory reset.. Delete everything and maybe even do it two times just for the hell of it. I would use stock recovery and do this selecting "factory reset" with volumes keys and power button then reboot system afterwards. If nothing changed I'd sell it and I'd be honest online and explain my story and all. I'd pay the difference on a Google factory unlocked model Coral so that when I had any issues down the road I would be bootloader unlocked and I could then fastbood stock images and everything would be fine and dandy. I would also blast whoever sold me the AT&T 4XL that had a carrier encrypted bootloader lock on it on all social media networks, Ebay, Amazon and Swappa. Maybe then pee in a large bottle, like a 2 liter empty bottle and pop the top back on and keep going until it's full capacity screwing the lid on afterwards every time and leaving it some place where it could get maxium sunlight and decent heat like in a field by my house outside. Then I'd investigate them and try and find out anything and everything about them. All y'all need is a name and head over to Facebook and start searching and reading... When MY 2 LITER bottle wasfull I would GPS their address at some odd hour and try and figure out what vehicle belongs to them.. You could run vin and or license plates to see and make sure you have the correct vehicle. You definitely don't want to do this to an innocent person. Then once iz sure I had the proper vehicle I would dump the entire urine bottle in their vent where the defrost is, on outside of their front window where the dashboard is and walk away tossing the 2 liter either in the dumpster nearby or possibly in a trash bag and in a fire once I got home.
I had this done to me once by some punk neighbor in sone apartments I stayed in about twenty yrs ago and me and my gf had to sell her new high dollar sports car because regardless of what we did to do to eliminate the odor it didn't work. It was a goner, a TOTAL LOSS!!! Smelled like a truck stop urinal in the middle of nowhere that hasn't been cleaned in twenty years. I'm totally kidding. I wouldn't do this. Not at age 42. Now back in my teens and or twenties, idk, but not now. I would make sure it was known best I could. Write a few reviews on seller online. Shoot me the address I'll write one up for him to help you out.
While I'm not going to do such craziness this would be sufficient revenge I believe for selling me a carrier locked fairly new expensive Pixel and not telling me. The ole urine in the vent ruin the car maneuver. A one time thing that would cover almost anything anyone did wrong to you in about a minutes time max. Hopefully this made you laugh op and also anyone else who may read it. That is why I'm commenting it. Please don't ban me mods. Again I'm totally kidding. I'm too old for things like this now. Haha!!!I'd sure write reviews about him though online. Hook him up with some fantastic reviews from serval made up characters about how he lied and did this to me.
Hey,
fisrt sorry for tanking so long to answer. I did that but nothing. Sometimes both rear cameras stopp working and the only fix is factory reset, which only brings back the main camera, telephoto still doesn't work.
Yeah it wasn't great that he sold me a locked bootloader, but I mean I can live that and I pay really cheap, 170$ and phone is in perfect shape. Here in Europe the same phone is well over 350$, so I wasn't going to pay all that much for a 2 year old phone. Also I am researching a way to unlock it and I am confident. When I succed I may post a guide here on how to unlock.
However the seller was very kind, when I talk to him about the camera not working, as I know how to fix phones, I said to him if he could refound about 14$ to buy a new camera module. And surely after 5 minutes he refound 15$ to me, so I bought a new camera module and waiting for it to arrive.
Also very funny the history lol .
Hello all,
So I finally mange to find the issue.
As i didn't want to return the phone, I talk with the seller and he sent me 15$ to buy a new camera module and I would change them myself.
To open the phone is easy, at least for me. I saw a few videos online and followed the ifixit guide.
The funny part starts now, when I was going to disconnect the camera module(which have 2 conectors, 1 per camera) I found something interesting. One of the cables wasn't conected to the motherboard.
So when I connect it and test the phone, the camera started to work as it should.
I still don't know how this happened, the phone was never open before (I know because there is adhesive on some conectors, so if you remove them, when you glue them back they aren't perfect).
It would also be very strange for that to disconnect by it's own, because the cable is secure in place by a shield which don't allow the cable to move(or at least, that is what it should do).
Anyway, the problem now is fix. So if one of your cameras don't work, or work sometimes and them stop working, you should consider opening the phone and check the camera conector, It may have disconnected from the socket.
i got this problem too, portrait mode & zoom not working.
0xJ said:
i got this problem too, portrait mode & zoom not working.
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Download the bsg gcam mod go into your gcam settings on "photo modes session config" and set interface to pixel 3
rchad2423 said:
Download the bsg gcam mod go into your gcam settings on "photo modes session config" and set interface to pixel 3
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thanks for the reply, but I have been fixed it by disconnect the camera module and connect it again