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Should I return the TILT???
I was depending on this being an mp3 player/video player/phone/fun/office device. ALL IN ONE being key!!
This device has dissapointed me on the multimedia end for obvious reasons as I can't even drag and drop SD DIVX Shows!!
Is there a device that can do all this that I should get instead since I'm in my 30 days???? What would you do?
Thanks for any advice....
redsrule2500 said:
Should I return the TILT???
I was depending on this being an mp3 player/video player/phone/fun/office device. ALL IN ONE being key!!
This device has dissapointed me on the multimedia end for obvious reasons as I can't even drag and drop SD DIVX Shows!!
Is there a device that can do all this that I should get instead since I'm in my 30 days???? What would you do?
Thanks for any advice....
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I am also in the same boat. I was expecting more from it when it came to playing movies and just overall performance. Don't know if I should return it to newegg and void the att contract. Or if it would be better to keep the contract, sell the phone on ebay, and use that money to buy a different phone.
return them
I would return them, and buy Iphones.
Iphones have by far the best web browsing available short of having a pc, which is what I was hoping for out of my tilt. Now that i know my web browsing issues are because htc didnt provide drivers, i feel like im missing a huge part of what this phone should have been and it is very disappointing.
Take It Back
return it...
RETURN IT
why? well the more HTC get returned etc the quicker they will pull their finger out and correct things and not allow such stupid mistakes
Just make damn sure that when you return it; you tell them WHY.
Hmm... The new 8gb Nokia N95 has just come out... Looks rather nice too...
All of you whom own a Tilt / Tytn II, T-mobile or other clone distributed by carriers should return this piece of ****ty hardware when not satisfied with the video performance.
Indeed, AT&T certainly would not have counted on such a return (and loss ) and will raise this towards HTC as loss of business.
Just return the ****ty thing and buy something that does what it's supposed to do.
And, for your own good, never buy anything coming from HTC. They're crooks, hypocrites and arrogant bastards who think that their customers are of a low enough IQ to be mocked in their face and still want to feed HTC money (this is exactly what comes out from their official response to the driver issue).
ahson said:
I would return them, and buy Iphones.
Iphones have by far the best web browsing available short of having a pc, which is what I was hoping for out of my tilt. Now that i know my web browsing issues are because htc didnt provide drivers, i feel like im missing a huge part of what this phone should have been and it is very disappointing.
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It no iphone for me....no way. It has the same problems in limited capabilities as you have to convert everything and use itunes….no thanks!
Also, anyone have suggestions besides iphone??????
Nokia's new model of the N95 looks sweet. 8gb RAM, black, not HTC... Worth checking out.
FloatingFatMan said:
Nokia's new model of the N95 looks sweet. 8gb RAM, black, not HTC... Worth checking out.
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no 3g, small screen, no keyboard, GPS? ... all features i wanted
redsrule2500 said:
no 3g, small screen, no keyboard, GPS? ... all features i wanted
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Now to be fair, you didn't way what features you wanted!
FloatingFatMan said:
Now to be fair, you didn't way what features you wanted!
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Everything the tilt has...except it works!! I thought Tilt was my perfect device
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Everything the tilt has...except it works!! I thought Tilt was my perfect device
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Yup. I bought my tilt last week so I still have two weeks to decide. I would return it today if i could figure out a replacement that does everything the Tilt does but better. I would personally rather have the Tilt than an Iphone even with the problems, and that nokia isn't doing it for me.
If you don't mind losing the internal GPS and the extra ram you could downgrade to the 8525 (Hermes). Nice thing is that there price has dropped considerably since the Tilt came out. For awhile there AT&T was selling them for $99...so you could probably find another site out there somewhere that would give it to you even better than this.
I'll trade someone my 8525 for their Kaiser
ha, I can't believe what im reading here! are u guys really that bitter. I honestly feel that even when (if) htc releases the fix, MOST of us will not notice a big difference in our daily use. I compare it to a bluetooth keyboard I purchased. before I bought it, I was going crazy, thinking I needed one, etc. once I got it, I don't think I've ever used it.
don't get me wrong, I would love the drivers, but other than that I love my phone. great internet, great gps, full keyboard, etc. there is honestly no other phone id rather have.
My Warranty ends tomorrow. I think im just going to keep the damn thing. Sure the video converting sucks. but, I got the Camera to work (thanks to Navadi), and I havnt watched a movie on my mobile in awhile. At least the reception is flawless. I have better reception than most of my friends and family. with the same provider, AT&T.
In my house NO ONE gets reception. and I can have a full conversation inside my house perfectly.
My brother who owns the Iphone. He has to walk outside in order to talk on his phone.
Oh and yeah the full keyboard is much better than the Iphone at Texting.
Oh and dont get me wrong I am disappointed with HTC with the way they are handling this situation. Atleast be helpful, rather than leaving us with a "F**k you, we got your money, you got what you paid for." what they did was false advertise.
The problem is, in the U.S. The phone is still better than majority of all the other phones out there. OBviously not in Europe. but here. Yeah.
I've had both the iPhone (Returned it) and now I have the TILT...i prefer the tilt.
I know the video situation sucks but I think the phone is still good overall
In your opinions, I have enough money for the N1, but is it worth paying $530 for it? Are you guys who payed for it completely satisfied with your purchase? No remorse?
Thanks.
There are lesser android phones/phones in general that cost more than $530. I am more than satisfied with my phone.
Thats good! I'm leaning on my desk thinking about pushing the "Buy" button, and I think (...Know...) I have my answer.
Worth every penny.
Where do you live? How's T-mobile's 3G saturation where you live? If you definitely want to stay with T-mobile, then go for it. Otherwise, I'd wait.
I'm with AT&T, so I have to pay $530 for the unlocked model. My friend tried their 3G and Edge coverage with TMO, and in San Francisco, it isn't anything specially, AT&T has better here.
wait,
I didnt think that the nexus one could get AT&T 3G...
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I didnt think that the nexus one could get AT&T 3G...
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it only works on EDGE on AT&T ... but as for now t-mobile is a faster network.. HSDPA soon to be HSDPA+ at least here in NYC / LI .. other than that.. this is BY FAR the best phone ive ever even seen... always get comments on it.. and that display is just gorgeous
couple things to assess here from my point of view...
who is your carrier and how is their service in your area? Since you have ATT you will not have 3g, if you will have access to wifi most of the time i would say this balances it out, but N1 on edge seems pointless to me... i would say thats a "dont buy point"
what is your current phone? in my situation, i upgraded from the HTC Excalibur (the Tmobile Dash) so 530 dollars gave me a night and day difference... if you are going from a comparable level phone i would say its not worth full price... unless is one of this icky iphones...
what else can you do with 530 bux? it is a good chunk of money that you can do a number of other things with, so it really is a matter of how bad do you want the phone... for me i worked myself up to buy the thing until i finally cracked and broke the credit card out ...
for me, it was an excellent buy... i went from an old school windows mobile phone to a top of the line android phone so it was literally a night and day difference and I can do so much more with my N1 that i ever dreamed possible... it was worth every penny to me, but will it be for you? I had no idea really what i was buying, i had no experience with android, hell i had to figure out how the OS worked when i got the phone lol
i was real resistant to buy this phone, as i have plenty of things i need to spend 500 on, before the phone.
anyway, last week i got mine, and coming from the moded g1's, even with the awesome mods n such, this phone kills any of them.
its nice to have a phone respond, and do what its told,when clicked.
500$ was worth every mila-second i dont have to wait, ever again.
especially when my ride just left, as i walked out the door, and my
phone has a locked screen, or other random issue, causing me to
panicly push too many buttons, thus freezing the phone more, and
causing a reboot... giving my ride even more time, to get far enough
away, to be assholes and not wanna turn around and pick me up.
see how far that 500$ got me? worth every penny.
Zing.
docsparks said:
i was real resistant to buy this phone, as i have plenty of things i need to spend 500 on, before the phone.
anyway, last week i got mine, and coming from the moded g1's, even with the awesome mods n such, this phone kills any of them.
its nice to have a phone respond, and do what its told,when clicked.
500$ was worth every mila-second i dont have to wait, ever again.
especially when my ride just left, as i walked out the door, and my
phone has a locked screen, or other random issue, causing me to
panicly push too many buttons, thus freezing the phone more, and
causing a reboot... giving my ride even more time, to get far enough
away, to be assholes and not wanna turn around and pick me up.
see how far that 500$ got me? worth every penny.
Zing.
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amen, even when I have like 30 apps running in Modaco's Desire ROM it all works perfectly. My boy who has an iPhone 3GS saw my phone, played around with it and his first words were "Holy F%CK this is fast" I then grabbed the phone and checked ATM and I had 27 tasks running and only 69mb's left of RAM and everything was super responsive....granted he wasn't too impressed when I loaded up the the Cyan ROM (which visually compared to Desire is lacking) but still, he will be buying a Nexus One
and docsparks...you should change ur sig, I just changed mine from G1 to Nexus.
People don't buy this phone for it's superior sound quality, nor excellent coverage 3G/H/etc.
$530 is cheap. Maybe you aren't used to buying unlocked phones, but around the world an unlocked 3GS costs in the region of $750-800, and it's a far, far inferior phone that's nearly a year old. Taken a look at the prices of unlocked Sony Satio, Nokia X6 or N97 lately? They're all pieces of **** with garbage hardware, abso-****ing-lutely terrible software (Symbian!), inferior everything. They're all priced at $640-727 respectively. How about the LG Chocolate BL40? Retails at over $700, and it's a goddamn feature phone.
$530 is nothing.
Look at it this way, the N1 sells for HIGHER than the $530 pricetag on eBay. There's currently no other phone out there with comparable hardware specs.
Buy the thing now, if you decide you don't like it (within the 15 days), you can return it to Google for refund (without the fee). If you decide you don't like it after that, throw it on eBay and sell it for at least what you paid.
...For me, I love my N1.
No wai!
Don't listen to all these guys.
It's totally NOT worth it!
The N1 is terrible.
Get the iPhone. MUCH better device.
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What kind of responses were you expecting to find here? lol
it cost me $250 and that's the most i'd personally pay for a phone. My phone is rooted and all that goodness but all in all - the only reason i gave up my G1 is because of the speed. (or lack of). I'm a conservative person but i like having nice things so i bit the bullet and found 1 on Craigslist for $400, then i sold my G1 for $150 = $250 total out of pocket. Love the N1, but would never pay $530 for a phone. That's nearly the price of a 42inch TV you can find nowadays, or a PS3 and a XBOX360, or like 2 1/2 car payments...all for a phone?!?!
To put it in perspective, i paid 700 for N1 to get it in toronto. I only have edge but i still love the phone and think it was worth every penny.
I genuinely have no complaints about the phone.
For me it was worth the $530. I am on deployment right now, so when we pulled into port in Thailand we were offered local SIM cards if we wanted. To be able to pop the card in, buy basically 300 minutes for $7 and be able to talk to my family while I was there was so worth it.
Knowing that when I go back to Japan for the rest of this det I can do the same thing, worth it.
Knowing that I can learn to develop my own apps without having to buy a mac or pay $100 developers fee, worth it.
I have TMo service at home and have been happy with it, in AZ only Verizon offers 3g so I don't miss that. I had an unlocked 1stgen iPhone and edge was fast enough for the browsing that I did so no loss there. Plus when I travel I can still get 3g if they have it. So for me it was completely worth the $530. Now I just have to wait for manufacturers to give us some nice cases.
docsparks said:
i was real resistant to buy this phone, as i have plenty of things i need to spend 500 on, before the phone.
anyway, last week i got mine, and coming from the moded g1's, even with the awesome mods n such, this phone kills any of them.
its nice to have a phone respond, and do what its told,when clicked.
500$ was worth every mila-second i dont have to wait, ever again.
especially when my ride just left, as i walked out the door, and my
phone has a locked screen, or other random issue, causing me to
panicly push too many buttons, thus freezing the phone more, and
causing a reboot... giving my ride even more time, to get far enough
away, to be assholes and not wanna turn around and pick me up.
see how far that 500$ got me? worth every penny.
Zing.
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That's a bingo [movie reference]
It came out to $579 with tax and the best $579 I have ever spent. It's definitely worth every bit of it. I think it is definitely the best phone out. I never buy a phone unless I think it's superior to any other phone on the market. Rooted or Not Rooted you're going to love it. There is absolutely no waiting on anything. The only thing that has to "load" is Google Navigation because it's loading a lot of information. Even then, we're talking 5 seconds at most. I do remember using my G1 and MyTouch and getting in a rush and freezing the phone. Most irritating thing in the world. An example of the N1 speed: When I receive an SMS I pull down the notification and click the message. Before the notification bar has time to return the message has already appeared underneath it.
It mostly depends on what you want. If you like using your phone for more than making calls then I would say go for it. I've had up to 49 apps running at once with zero lag. One thing I can tell you before you get one is to read the link in my signature about getting a Task Killer and DON'T get one
Because I live in Norway, I "had" to pay about $820-830 for it. I would do it again.
It is the best phone I have had or tried.
I heard that Virgin Mobile is going to come out with the Optimus V which is going to be priced at $150? Truth?
If so, I may consider it for sure! I really like the series and very good for Android.
qipengart said:
I heard that Virgin Mobile is going to come out with the Optimus V which is going to be priced at $150? Truth?
If so, I may consider it for sure! I really like the series and very good for Android.
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I got it on Friday from Target $149.00, activated it and it is great. Great phone a huge upgrade from my Samsung Intercept.
I agree.. Just picked one up yesterday and it blows the intercept out of the water!! What a joke that phone was.. And $100 more? You gotta be joking me Get the LG!
Yeah I just got one from Target. If you don't see one give the DPCI for it because it doesn't show up on the system otherwise.
Very nice and inexpensive. I was thinking about the Intercept before I heard of this because it was $170 at Best Buy. Based on what I read this is the better buy, even for someone like me who NEEDS a physical keyboard. Gotta break out of the comfort zone if you want the bread, eh
I just got mine today. Have the $25 dollar package and love it. Left Cricket's unreliable network where I was using a flashed HTC Eris. Couldn't get 3G no matter what tutorials I followed on this and other forums. I'm really glad I made that change.
I made the switch from an AT&T Captivate. Fed up with paying 130.00+ monthly for bad coverage and a phone that will never see froyo. Porting took less than 2 hours and I have working NAV! I was a little apprehensive about switching to pre-pay, but so far the coverage has been 110% better, and the VM reps are great! I didn't sit on hold even once in the 4 calls I made to them after buying the phone. If you are on the fence about buying this phone, please allow me to nudge you in the right direction!
Just got one at Best Buy last weekend for $129. Great phone. Love the dedicated camera button. Coming from an Evo this things screen is small but the phone is still quick and is the perfect for factor for pocket-ability.
as the title asks... what are you doing with your Schubert now that WP8 is available for purchase? or will be shortly.
will you be upgrading to WP8 and tossing your Schubert into a drawer?
will you be holding onto your Schubert?
just curious what everybody is going to do.
I love my Schubert it's an awesome device...best, no baddest @$$ phone I've ever had and I just got a brand new replacement through insurance.
With WP8 launching and my contract up in Jan, I'm due for an upgrade and I'm with T-Mobile, so I will be getting a HTC WP8X device.
Hopefully (fingers crossed) by Jan there will be some level of development on the 8X... Seems like HTC devices have the easiest bootloaders to unlock, but with WP8 and all the new security measures that MS is taking who knows. Maybe with the new leaked WP8 roms devs can get a better feel for how it works and get a jump on it.
For my Shcubert though... My wife has an Android device and I want to migrate her from that and into my HD7. She would be far better off with that device than her buggy and always crashing Android. Plus it would be nice to see it get used and by someone who would appreciate it and T-Mobile is doing the unlimited talk, text and web off contract now for $50 a month it makes it a great and affordable device for her.
I've only had this for a short while,and will keep using it until it packs in. And when it eventually dies I'll be looking a Lumia 920 or an 8X,and hopefully by that time there'll be a good second hand market for a WP8 device.
xdrc45 said:
I love my Schubert it's an awesome device...best, no baddest @$$ phone I've ever had and I just got a brand new replacement through insurance.
With WP8 launching and my contract up in Jan, I'm due for an upgrade and I'm with T-Mobile, so I will be getting a HTC WP8X device.
Hopefully (fingers crossed) by Jan there will be some level of development on the 8X... Seems like HTC devices have the easiest bootloaders to unlock, but with WP8 and all the new security measures that MS is taking who knows. Maybe with the new leaked WP8 roms devs can get a better feel for how it works and get a jump on it.
For my Shcubert though... My wife has an Android device and I want to migrate her from that and into my HD7. She would be far better off with that device than her buggy and always crashing Android. Plus it would be nice to see it get used and by someone who would appreciate it and T-Mobile is doing the unlimited talk, text and web off contract now for $50 a month it makes it a great and affordable device for her.
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glad to hear you were able to get your replacement device. wish my HD7 was under warrantly; my HD7 is slowly going... i wouldn't hold your breath for a breakthrough in WP8 for a long while, yet.
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I've only had this for a short while,and will keep using it until it packs in. And when it eventually dies I'll be looking a Lumia 920 or an 8X,and hopefully by that time there'll be a good second hand market for a WP8 device.
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unsure what "packs in" means... i, too, won't be making the move until the second hand market for WP8 devices is cheap enough. though, on ebay, the Windows Phone 8X by HTC is nicely priced.
...cut short on time, to be more descriptive, etc with my response...
'Packs in' means breaks. Had a look on EBay there, the 8X is far to expensive for me at the minute (avg. £450),so will wait the 5-6 months I think it'll take for the second had price to be around the £200 mark.
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glad to hear you were able to get your replacement device. wish my HD7 was under warrantly; my HD7 is slowly going... i wouldn't hold your breath for a breakthrough in WP8 for a long while, yet.
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Yeah I was lucky on getting my replacement. Sorry to hear about yours though, such a good device too!
Now that the WP8 devices are out and in the stores and I've had a chance to look at them in person... I'm leaning more towards the Nokia Lumia 810. In person the screen on the 810 looks better than the 8X and the 810 has a removable battery and you can upgrade the storage, it can take up to a 64gb SD card and possibly larger, we'll have to wait and see on that though. Plus I really like the Nokia Drive and City Lens apps, which I use frequently on my HD7. I can get a better deal on the 810 than the 8X, $99 compared to $199.
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Yeah I was lucky on getting my replacement. Sorry to hear about yours though, such a good device too!
Now that the WP8 devices are out and in the stores and I've had a chance to look at them in person... I'm leaning more towards the Nokia Lumia 810. In person the screen on the 810 looks better than the 8X and the 810 has a removable battery and you can upgrade the storage, it can take up to a 64gb SD card and possibly larger, we'll have to wait and see on that though. Plus I really like the Nokia Drive and City Lens apps, which I use frequently on my HD7. I can get a better deal on the 810 than the 8X, $99 compared to $199.
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i just ordered a replacement battery for my HD7. hopefully that helps...
noticed a ribbon cable or something now covers the 3.5mm jack. haven't bothered with it, though; I don't use it.
i like the Lumia 810 compared to the Lumia 820, but i must say, that phone is huge; bigger than the HD7.
i like the Windows Phone 8X, but its lack of replace-able battery puts me off. also, lack of microSD slot is a bummer.
also, i buy my phones off-contract. my carrier doesn't need to know what device i have, plus the overall cost is lower in the long run.
Hopefully that will help!
Funny that you mention that... On my old HD7 I had noticed a strip of a ribbon protruding into the 3.5mm jack too, although I have 2000 + songs on mine and connect it to my car stereo quite frequently. Haven't noticed it yet on the new device though.
I'm a HTC fan but the non-removable battery and no microSD card slot was a real deal breaker on the 8X for me. I think HTC dropped the ball on that one... All WP8 devices should have a microSD card slot and I'm not sure what they were thinking with the non-removal battery, other than a short life span of the device, which means buy a new one.
Both the 8X and 810 are pretty large devices, but the 8X is definitely lighter. At least the 810 doesn't feel like a brick in your hand like the 920.
I do agree it's definitely cheaper to buy one out right or slightly used and be off contact in the long run. This has been my first fully contract device and it's had it's ups and downs. The monthly bill sucks, but I'm at the end of my contract and I just got a brand new HD7, that i will pass onto my wife and I can activate it on T-Mobile monthly with unlimited talk, text and web for $50. That's not bad, I almost ended my 2yr contract to switch over to that but I wanted to get a deal on a new WP8 device, which I will. I just got a letter in the mail a couple weeks ago from T-Mobile stating that they will be merging with MetroPCS in the 1st quarter of 2013 and are now encouraging the "Bring in your own phone" from other carriers for the unlimited plan for $50 a month, I think their trying to get the iPhone crowd to use their service. I though that was interesting!
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Hopefully that will help!
Funny that you mention that... On my old HD7 I had noticed a strip of a ribbon protruding into the 3.5mm jack too, although I have 2000 + songs on mine and connect it to my car stereo quite frequently. Haven't noticed it yet on the new device though.QUOTE]
about the ribbon strip covering the headphone jack... it fell out by itself, without any negative effects.
also, I am no longer the owner of an HD7. one day, I hope to own an HD7S.
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xdrc45 said:
Hopefully that will help!
Funny that you mention that... On my old HD7 I had noticed a strip of a ribbon protruding into the 3.5mm jack too, although I have 2000 + songs on mine and connect it to my car stereo quite frequently. Haven't noticed it yet on the new device though.QUOTE]
about the ribbon strip covering the headphone jack... it fell out by itself, without any negative effects.
also, I am no longer the owner of an HD7. one day, I hope to own an HD7S.
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I bought mine at ebay for $199, it's an AT&T HD7S... NEW unopened factory unlocked...
I hope you buy the HD7S, I'm happy with mine...
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I bought mine at ebay for $199, it's an AT&T HD7S... NEW unopened factory unlocked...
I hope you buy the HD7S, I'm happy with mine...
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I am familiar with both HD7 and HD7S. and I actually was looking at a new HD7S on eBay, but I can't justify spending the money.
HD7 is the best device I ever had, really happy with it, so until some over inspired developer/hacker brings us a full unlocked rom for wp8 device I will keep and take care of it! And really I don't mind if it takes a year or more...Long Life to the HD7!!!
i getting one soon for fun & cheap too ... but it has problem. Camera don't work/open. Message don't work but phone and internet work.. im guessing software/rom? so i'll be around asking questions. The last time im using window phone is SE Xperia x1 running WP 6.5. whats ur prediction on the htc hd7 im getting soon? hardware or software?
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HD7 is the best device I ever had, really happy with it, so until some over inspired developer/hacker brings us a full unlocked rom for wp8 device I will keep and take care of it! And really I don't mind if it takes a year or more...Long Life to the HD7!!!
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I recently got the Lumia 810, for WP8 dev, but have been using the Mozart, as my daily. I do miss the HD7. I love the size of the Mozart, but the screen is too small; I keep pressing something I don't intend too.
Forged said:
i getting one soon for fun & cheap too ... but it has problem. Camera don't work/open. Message don't work but phone and internet work.. im guessing software/rom? so i'll be around asking questions. The last time im using window phone is SE Xperia x1 running WP 6.5. whats ur prediction on the htc hd7 im getting soon? hardware or software?
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Camera not working could be a software issue, but most likely a hardware issue.
what of the messaging isn't working? SMS? MMS? phone calls work?
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Camera not working could be a software issue, but most likely a hardware issue. what of the messaging isn't working? SMS? MMS? phone calls work?
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I really hope its a software issue otherwise im wasting money ( isnt that what most boy do). Camera app wont open. Messaging app wont receive message - sms. Phone call work. Data work.
1st thing i plan to do is to restore it. 2nd, diy a Y usb cable.
Forged said:
I really hope its a software issue otherwise im wasting money ( isnt that what most boy do). Camera app wont open. Messaging app wont receive message - sms. Phone call work. Data work.
1st thing i plan to do is to restore it. 2nd, diy a Y usb cable.
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probably software issues, then.
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probably software issues, then.
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ok i finally had the the hd7 on my hand. it looking pretty good in person
the camera work. so no hardware issue. but still got the sms issue, i cant seem to send and receive any kind of message.
Things that make me mad is that it has no mmc. wtf!. oh well its cheap alright. so i need info of what kind of micro sd does it use and how many gb it support. i ready about class 4 and 2. but how about 8gb micro sd? would it also require class 2 and 4? im only aiming for 8gb.
and can i restore it using the "volume up + down - Power button" without mmc in place?
edit: Story of my process last night.
So I got my phone in the morning, and opened it up to find the screen was swirled and scratched and looked really bad in any light. Luckily my mom preordered the S6 (I have the S6 Edge) so I went over to her house to compare phones or to see if she had any scratches on hers. Her phone was absolutely perfect and was a good side by side of what my phone should have looked like. So I went into the AT&T store to activate and talk about getting a replacement or something.
I told AT&T about my concerns about the swirling and scratching and the worker that was helping me looked at it and then tried to justify it. He told me that it looked like a "geometric pattern" so clearly it wasn't from shipping and it was clearly from manufacturing. I think he was trying to comment on the concentric circling of the scratches, so I got what he was saying, but regardless of where the damage came from I felt like they should be responsible for it since they are the ones selling the phone.
Well, I asked what my options are. He told me that I couldn't activate the phone because then I wouldn't be able to return it to an AT&T store to get it replaced. He then told me that it was Samsungs problem and that I should contact their support to get it fixed, since it was a preorder he claimed the phone came straight from Samsung and not AT&T so they aren't responsible. A manager walked over to see how everything was going and when I mentioned my issues, he basically just told me that it sucked. He then walked away. On my way out I told another manager (I am assuming they were both managers. They had dress coats on that said Manager and had the AT&T logo on it.) The other manager said basically the same thing.... "Bummer." And that was it. I walked out with no options from AT&T.
I contacted Samsung and their support told me that I need to talk to AT&T about it since Samsung only manufactures the phones and AT&T sells them, so it's AT&Ts problem since they are the ones actually selling the device. So I got the official run around.
My only bet is to go back to AT&T on the 10th... which I'm supposed to be out of town, so I'm not sure what I'm going to do.
Going to try to contact AT&T today and see what they say.
Like T-Mobile people were complaining about, the screen is swirled straight out of the box. It looks really bad.
I can try and get pictures if people want. Just figured I'd get a thread started to see if anyone else has the problem.
Edit: Picture here. I'll take more tonight.
http://imgur.com/HEyLpUa
Some closeup pictures please. I was checking with someone else on other thread who received his AT&T device. No scratches on his. And maybe you should update the existing scratches thread.
yoman258 said:
Like T-Mobile people were complaining about, the screen is swirled straight out of the box. It looks really bad.
I can try and get pictures if people want. Just figured I'd get a thread started to see if anyone else has the problem.
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Place of manufacturing? Vietnam?
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I tried getting a picture, but I only have my phone and it won't focus on the screen.
Um, I'm not sure the place of manufacture, I'd assume vietnam.
I went to the att store and they basically said I have to talk to samsung about it.
yoman258 said:
I tried getting a picture, but I only have my phone and it won't focus on the screen.
Um, I'm not sure the place of manufacture, I'd assume vietnam.
I went to the att store and they basically said I have to talk to samsung about it.
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Yeah, F that. They sold you the scratched up device and now they don't want to take responsibility for it.
Welp... it continues. Guess I'll call AT&T while I'm opening mine tomorrow just to make sure I have a replacement on the way before I even have time to be disappointed lol.
gravi2 said:
Some closeup pictures please. I was checking with someone else on other thread who received his AT&T device. No scratches on his. And maybe you should update the existing scratches thread.
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http://imgur.com/HEyLpUa
That's all I could get with just my cell phone, I will take some better pictures tonight when I get home.
Is it the same swirly pattern? I can semi see it.
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Is it the same swirly pattern? I can semi see it.
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It's the same exact swirl pattern that people on the T-Mobile forums are talking about. It looks like an old cars paint in the sun.
Sorry to see you have this problem. Both the phones that I've received, mine and my girlfriend's, seem to be scratch free. I tried to scrutinize with the brightest light I could find, the sun etc, but I couldn't see a blemish. The battery life is crap, but that's another story.
Hope you get this resolved.
ForgottenGuardian said:
Sorry to see you have this problem. Both the phones that I've received, mine and my girlfriend's, seem to be scratch free. I tried to scrutinize with the brightest light I could find, the sun etc, but I couldn't see a blemish. The battery life is crap, but that's another story.
Hope you get this resolved.
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I just want to use the phone. I was so excited to use it, but I can't activate it because then AT&T apparently won't let me exchange it...
I wouldn't mind the scratches if I was allowed to use the phone until a new, scratch free one got here... but whatever. Stuck with my S4 while everyone else gets to enjoy their new stuff.
In all honesty man, I'd try another ATT store. I think they are just trying to shirk responsibility. Or call them and have them overnight you one. It is their product, their responsibility.
ForgottenGuardian said:
In all honesty man, I'd try another ATT store. I think they are just trying to shirk responsibility. Or call them and have them overnight you one. It is their product, their responsibility.
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Yeah, talking with AT&T support now.
Is anyone getting Edge's that aren't scratched?
My 128gb Black Sapphire Edge should be here tomorrow. Think I'll be taking it to my local AT&T next to my work to unbox it so there is no discrepancies incase the display is scratched.
fsupartyboy850 said:
My 128gb Black Sapphire Edge should be here tomorrow. Think I'll be taking it to my local AT&T next to my work to unbox it so there is no discrepancies incase the display is scratched.
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I called ATT support and they are sending me a new one out.
Sucks because I got the phone on Monday, but I probably won't get to actually use one until the end of the week. Which is fine, just excited.
However, I am going to assume this new one getting sent out is going to be scratched too.
The 128GB models have been fine I think, mostly 32GB models are scratched. Which makes me feel dumb for buying the 32GB model now... Should have just gotten the bigger version.
I used to work in an AT&T store, basically replacing the phones in store is the managers discretion and they never want that on their audit because it somehow looks bad for them, or at least that is the impression our manager gave us. So our store handled those situations the same way, we just kind of keep passing off the blame and hope it will carry the customer out of the store (no longer our problem).
The only way to get something done through AT&T is to call into support as you did, sometimes support will even notate on the account that the store has to replace the device. This kind of forces the store to do so, because there is a trail and the regional manager would get pissed when they discover the store keeps passing off issues. We had a customer do that once and our manager still refused to replace it, so the customer kept calling into support until the regional manager was notified and took a look at the account and then they see notes for weeks that the customer has attempted going into a store for help and been fighting with the store manager.
yoman258 said:
The 128GB models have been fine I think, mostly 32GB models are scratched. Which makes me feel dumb for buying the 32GB model now... Should have just gotten the bigger version.
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How sure are you about this?
The reason I ask is that I hadn't really noticed many people posting which specific model they had that was scratched, but there could be some credibility to it, and a bit of shady dealings on Samsung's part if this is actually the case.
Should have my 128GB in a few hours here.
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My 128gb Black Sapphire Edge should be here tomorrow. Think I'll be taking it to my local AT&T next to my work to unbox it so there is no discrepancies incase the display is scratched.
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Poetique said:
How sure are you about this?
The reason I ask is that I hadn't really noticed many people posting which specific model they had that was scratched, but there could be some credibility to it, and a bit of shady dealings on Samsung's part if this is actually the case.
Should have my 128GB in a few hours here.
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I've only seen maybe one person complain about 128GB version, everyone else with 128GB versions have been fine.
However, everyone with 32GB versions seem to be having the issue. It could be coincidence and have to do with popularity of the 32GB over the 128GB.
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I called ATT support and they are sending me a new one out.
Sucks because I got the phone on Monday, but I probably won't get to actually use one until the end of the week. Which is fine, just excited.
However, I am going to assume this new one getting sent out is going to be scratched too.
The 128GB models have been fine I think, mostly 32GB models are scratched. Which makes me feel dumb for buying the 32GB model now... Should have just gotten the bigger version.
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So exactly how'd this process go for you?
They gave me so much run around I've got half a mind to go to every AT&T store I can just to curse out random employees until I feel better.
The short of the line of crap they gave me is that the shipper (FedEx) is to blame and that a case will have to be opened with them before -anything- else occurs. This of course leaves me with no device until they and FedEx discuss whatever they need to in order to deal with this bullcrap.
What I'm going to do for now is see if I can wait until the local retail store gets their units in to just do an exchange. If that doesn't work, I don't know... maybe I'll be an ass and let my lawyer give them a call. Frankly I'm just that irritated at this point.