Hi so yesterday i bought a G1 off craigslist for only $100 and guess it was too good to be true.. i came home and tried putting my sim card into it and it wouldn't read the sim card. It says no sim card in the phone. I also tried a few other people's sim cards and same thing. Any help please?
It might just be the phone, but did the seller tell you if anything was wrong with the phone at all?
est b4 u buy, only advise: grab a loaded hunting rifle and track down the **** meat that sold you the fone and put the barrel in his mouth and make him either cash u back or fix the phone
Well they did say that the battery exploded a few months ago , so the battery slot is kinda messy.
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Some days ago my charmer fall from the desk and no it doesn't accept any storage card! I've tried several former working cards an i've done soft and hard resets but nothing's working...so i got a small light and looked into the slot...some of the contacts aren't there anylonger...the card, which flew out while crashing to the floor must have make them disappear...is there a chance to get a new sd-Card slot soldert to the PCB? does anybody kniw a shop which could propably do that? an european shop would be nice though shipping it around the world will be more expensive than buying a new one...
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I dropped it on my pants on top of carpet and now after I set it down it says no sim. . Could the connector be bad? Could the sim have broken? I looked nad there is NO visible damage to anything, not even the sim. . .
What should I do? I am not sure if I have rubbing alcohol to clean the sim up so what else?
Play stupid, go to the local corp store and have them test your SIM, even replace it to se if that's the problem.
Then if you have to call Warranty Replacement (assuming the phone is over 30 days old) you have a back-up story and they will see the SIM change on your account!
Oc course if the phone is within the 30 days then bring your box & receipt with you so the store can replace it!
Cool, thanks. One problem though. I got this in a trade from a guy and I don't know when he bought it.
If you have an AT&T-branded Tilt, then you are within your warranty period. The Tilt did not come out until early October 2007, and you have a 1 year warranty.
NotATreoFan said:
If you have an AT&T-branded Tilt, then you are within your warranty period. The Tilt did not come out until early October 2007, and you have a 1 year warranty.
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Maybe, the connector is just loose? Try putting some padding to make the contact tighter.
What if I have an unlocked AT&T branded Tilt... can I still get warranty?
I have the at&t tilt. So I will see what I can do tomorrow.
Try forcing the connector up more, Ive had plenty of problems where I had to put in an old sim to transfer contacts, and when I put my new sim in, it didnt detect it, rebooted etc.
But then I realized it goes *click* *click* to lock all the way.
Maybe the drop loosened the second click or something.
I will try, it wont read my moms sim and its a at&t wireless one, it didnt say invalid sim or anything, I don't want to break it. . .
I will try, if not warranty. What would I do and how since I am not the original purchaser.
WHOOOOHOOO! I was calm when this happened just so I don't over react, but I pushed it harder and its only one click but the click sounded louder than after it happened and vuala, service!
Thanks guys, but just in case . How would I go around doing it?
Call AT&T @ 1-800-801-1101 and follow the prompts. They will ask for your IMEI number to verify warranty status, and then they will ship you a new (err, refurbished) phone.
so I kinda gave it all away in the title.... but I just dropped my phone and now it seems like it wont read the sd card.. not the first time I drop the phone I had just dropped it some days ago.. now first I thought that maybe it just erased the sd card ... some time back it erased a few files some mp3s and some pix vids just random stuff..
It actually doesn't boot but considering I have a hero rom I didn't think it can be for any other reason than it just doesn't read the sd....
so has anyone out there seen this b4?
pm please if you have an answer.
pS. will my tmo insurance cover it??
Obvious question coming up.....have the taken the card out and put it back in? If that doesn't work then it's a hardware fault.
If you have a contract with tmo, then brick it by flashing the old radio via fastboot and explain that that's what happened after you updated...
tried that
that was the first thing I did....
I do have a contract with them it has been a yr since the purchase of this phone... ill try the fastboot I didnt think bout that thanx! i might just go back to rc29 and just call tmo and tell them the sd wont read and see what they say
I had this exact thing happen to me after dropping my phone. You don't really need to brick the phone to get a replacement. Check out this thread where I pretty much talked to myself and ended up comming up with a solution that left the phone in stock condition with a bad reader that T-Mobile did infact warranty
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=560254
So I carelessly dropped my phone and cracked the AMOLED display underneath the touchscreen glass. I took it to have repaired, and called the place on the way there to confirm my arrival. I could barely make out the screen enough to place the call, but the screen was bleeding badly and almost unreadable.
Two hours later, I get the phone back good as new, but now the phone won't read the SIM card. The same SIM I took out of the phone two hours before that moment. I thought perhaps my SIM card had finally bought the farm, as it was old, but the Tmobile store replaced the SIM and the phone still wouldn't recognize it. I even placed an AT&T SIM in it (as the N1 is unlocked, of course) and that also didn't work.
Did the repair facility break another part of my phone as they were fixing my screen?
Why do people ask questions that nobody can possibly answer over the internet?
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Take it back to them and stop waisting your time on the interweb.
piggie916 said:
Why do people ask questions that nobody can possibly answer over the internet?
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More than likely
Take it back to them and stop waisting your time on the interweb.
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I agree. If youve tested it already and it doesnt work what do you what us to tell you? You clearly already know where to get it repaired and how. Why dont you just call them and ask the repairman first?
LOL op failed.
As someone who has 1) taken apart and rebuilt cellphones and 2) dealt with hundreds of malfunctioning phones that didn't read SIM's, I'll give you some ACTUAL help.
1) remove the SIM and check for any missing pins in the slot. You can only see the first row of pins on the N1, but that's all you can see without taking the thing apart again. You should see 4 pins, but the one closest to the notched corner of the SIM doesn't really do anything.
2) If everything looks okay, reinsert the SIM, along with a couple pieces of paper. The idea is to press the SIM into the contacts in case the fit isn't as tight as before.
If you either see damaged pins in step 1 or step 2 didn't work, take it back to the repair guy. He broke it, he's obligated to fix it.
About 3 weeks ago I forgot my One was in my pocket and went at the water park after about 5 minutes I realized it was in my pocket and quickly took it out and kept it out in the sun to the best of my ability and put it in rice right away and kept it there for 5 days. After charging it and turning it back on, thankfully it was working perfectly. When I went to Verizon to get a new sim card, it would not recognize the sim card. So, the only problem with the phone was that the sim card reader was damaged. After looking at all my repair options I decided to send my phone to HTC for repair (mall repair guys said $90 dollars to replace the sim reader and so did HTC). So, now HTC got the phone and looked into it and the quote comes out to be $300 since they don't fix anything halfway and want to replace the screen casing and the motherboard. Later I contact customer support to make sense of the ridiculous quote and they escalate the issue. After talking to the escalation team they are only willing to lower the price to $150. My budget to get it fixed is $100
So, my question is is this a good deal? or can I get them to lower it more (if so how?) or are there any other options I can try? Thanks for your help.
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About 3 weeks ago I forgot my One was in my pocket and went at the water park after about 5 minutes I realized it was in my pocket and quickly took it out and kept it out in the sun to the best of my ability and put it in rice right away and kept it there for 5 days. After charging it and turning it back on, thankfully it was working perfectly. When I went to Verizon to get a new sim card, it would not recognize the sim card. So, the only problem with the phone was that the sim card reader was damaged. After looking at all my repair options I decided to send my phone to HTC for repair (mall repair guys said $90 dollars to replace the sim reader and so did HTC). So, now HTC got the phone and looked into it and the quote comes out to be $300 since they don't fix anything halfway and want to replace the screen casing and the motherboard. Later I contact customer support to make sense of the ridiculous quote and they escalate the issue. After talking to the escalation team they are only willing to lower the price to $150. My budget to get it fixed is $100
So, my question is is this a good deal? or can I get them to lower it more (if so how?) or are there any other options I can try? Thanks for your help.
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$150 sounds like a great deal to repair a water damaged phone to me
I second that. Sounds very reasonable