I'm thinking of buying a faulty Xperia Z from eBay. There's a few on there, many of which suffering from a single flashing red light, or a red light that flashes 3 times. I guess this isn't the easiest of questions to answer, but what do you think my chances of getting one of these to work again via flash tool? Mostly they are £200 cheaper than a new phone, and I'm wondering if it's worth the risk.
Cheers.
Buying a faulty phone is not a risk I would ever take. Be smart and get a new, or at least working, phone.
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It boils town to the question if one with 1 x red LED or 3 x red LED is a likely candidate to be salvaged.
I have had the 3 red lights on my t I fixed it by leaving it to charge for 24 hours then I could finally enter flashmode and fixed it. But I would not buy a broken phone
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It seems that the problem you can repair by reflash ROM easy to fix and save a lot of money. I think it's worth the risk. If it was a hardware problem, so LED does not blink at all necessary.
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It seems that the problem you can repair by reflash ROM easy to fix and save a lot of money. I think it's worth the risk. If it was a hardware problem, so LED does not blink at all necessary.
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I agree. So, what are the LED flashing conditions to have a good chance for flashing a happy 2014 back to device?
I doubt that it will be that easy to get such a device working..
Just imagine, the previous owner might have just the experience that we have, yet still he couldn't get the phone to work again.. So, if you're not really really good at unbricking you should not buy such a phone.. In my opinion ^^
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A warning to anyone considering this phone... I spent $600+ on this phone unlocked and had it for about a week. It is now completely dead. New battery didn't work, either. Wont charge, power on ...nothing.
HTC has failed me once again. I'm done with them. Done.
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why dont you get a replacement then?
And you're the first such case.
That's when the warranty comes in handy
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erhm if this is for real, and since u aint sending it back to htc....
can ive it? xD
Are you trolling ?
Never heard of guarantee ?
Please don't fed the troll and let the thread die.
To the OP, all electronics have faliures, I bought a Dyson that was DOA, hasn't made me swear alegance to Hoover. Take it back and get a replacement, like you would anything else that broke within a week
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A warning to anyone considering this phone... I spent $600+ on this phone unlocked and had it for about a week. It is now completely dead. New battery didn't work, either. Wont charge, power on ...nothing.
HTC has failed me once again. I'm done with them. Done.
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based on the "bolded" words..I think he tried to unlock his phone using xtc..but failed and bricked it?
if that's the case thats your own fault.
verizon sells it for $440.. $600 ouch..
Much happier with my Nexus S.
And no, I didn't try to modify or root my IS in any way. It was just a pos.
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It's electronics. Doesn't matter what manufacturer you run the risk of getting a dud. Coming from someone who sells phones. I've seen many blackberries, galaxy s's, iphones, and phones from every manufacturer come back with issues. Or just simply not turn on out of the box. Quit being a drama queen
That's what warranties are for.
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Ive got a wierd problem with my dad's GS1 running cm10.1
Its got wierd horizontal lines which make it difficult to use. Some of the lines kind of "merge" together if i leave the display on for a minute but its still hard to use and returns back to the lines after i relock/unlock
Ive tried rebooting and taking the battery out but it doesnt help
Is it anything other than a faulty display because its out of warrenty now!
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When did they appear?
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When did they appear?
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Hes had it for almost two years but the only appeared a couple of days ago.
For some reason my dad doesnt seem to mind it but it drives me insane!
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I'm sure it's a hardware fault - might be dead/stuck pixels or a bad connection. If there's some place where you can repair your phone or Samsung repair centre - don't wait, just ask them how much it'd cost. If it's bad conection - i think it won't cost more than 20$ and if it's screen, you should either try to live with it or buy a new/used phone, because screens are expensive.
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I'm sure it's a hardware fault - might be dead/stuck pixels or a bad connection. If there's some place where you can repair your phone or Samsung repair centre - don't wait, just ask them how much it'd cost. If it's bad conection - i think it won't cost more than 20$ and if it's screen, you should either try to live with it or buy a new/used phone, because screens are expensive.
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Just van update if anyone cares/has the same problem.
A quick Google search for Galaxy s and Blue Screen brings up a whole bunch of results that look similar to my problem - there doesn't seem to be any fix though.
In the end I bust brought it to a local repair guy who charged £25 for fitting a new screen with 12 months warranty, which I'm happy with!
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To preface this, the phone is completely stock and unlocked. I've been using the phone now for about 3 weeks with absolutely zero problems. I plug it in to charge over night, wake up the next morning and it's completely unresponsive.
Won't turn on.
No LED notification light (Green or Amber)
Isn't recognised by my laptop as a disc drive either.
Any ideas, tips or suggestions as to how I can get it working again, short of calling the supplier and getting a replacement?
Thank guys.
With adb or fastboot you pc will recognize your phone?
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With adb or fastboot you pc will recognize your phone?
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It might do but I have no idea how to do it.
Mine just did the same thing today, it discharged very quickly this morning and now it won't even charge at all. Not sure what to do....
My god. This has also happened to me. A few others have also had this problem. Contact HTC and file for a repair/replacement. I did today. Seriously sucks because its a solid phone otherwise.
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My god. This has also happened to me. A few others have also had this problem. Contact HTC and file for a repair/replacement. I did today. Seriously sucks because its a solid phone otherwise.
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This is a worrying trend.. So there are no other alternatives just request a repair/replacement?
It really is. I've already contacted my brother, whom is pretty high up in att, about the matter. I'd consider myself a veteran of android and I have had no progress on the fix, it seems only to be hardware. In layman terms, yes you'll have to get it replaced.
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My god. This has also happened to me. A few others have also had this problem. Contact HTC and file for a repair/replacement. I did today. Seriously sucks because its a solid phone otherwise.
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How long would the repair take? And would they send you a replacement first, because now I have no phone.....
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I'd say about 2 weeks at most. But no, they'll repair or replace the phone depending on the issue. Likely replace.
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I'd say about 2 weeks at most. But no, they'll repair or replace the phone depending on the issue. Likely replace.
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I have the T-Mobile version would I be able to go into a store and request a replacement ?
Only asking because I have never had an issue like this with any of my phones.
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drop ship
When speaking to the HTC rep., try tossing around the phrase "can you drop ship a replacement phone?" Ask for a manager if its existence is denied. Once you find someone with enough power to "drop ship" the replacement phone, they'll take your credit card, then immediately send you the replacement phone and a box to ship back the defective phone. If you don't return the bad device, they'll charge your card.
happened to me twice - try holding power button for like 1min - it should turn on then
I opened a thread about this problem, but seems only some people have this defect.
I've had this problem too, it's currently with HTC (UK) to repair or replace. It arrived on Tuesday, still awaiting to hear back.
If I hold down the power button it turns on....it happens when u charge and turn it on while stll plugged into the charger...happened to all 3 of my ones..this is a software thing nothing wrong with phone imo just don't turn phone on after full charge while plugged in
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If I hold down the power button it turns on....it happens when u charge and turn it on while stll plugged into the charger...happened to all 3 of my ones..this is a software thing nothing wrong with phone imo just don't turn phone on after full charge while plugged in
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It seems that my phone isn't dead after all. Holding the power button down does seem to work... It's a strange bug..
I don't get why people turn the phone OFF in the first place? I never turn my phone OFF at all. I sometimes restart the phone but that is it.
Hello,
my S3 I9305 LTE 16GB just died and now i'm investigating the reason. First of all, does the SDS occur on my device? i can't check for eMMC or
FW rev and in the topics about the sudden death issue i didn't read anything about the I9305. Could it be the Sudden death bug?
So what happened to my device:
I run CM 10.1 since June 2013 without any issues. About 3 weeks ago i updated to the newest 10.2 nightly build (don't remember the exact build)
Since than the device started to turn of randomly. In the beginning 1-2 times during the day. The frequency increased, sometime it turn off 3 times in a row, if the battery get removed. Today I accidentally took the battery out during the bootscreen (cm loading screen). Since than the device don't show any reaction to any of the boot modes, while charging nor full battery. It seems the device has no power (No light while charging). Since it's dead i tried several times to turn the device on, once there was a infrequently red light blinking (infrequently in blinking and intensity). But it happened only once. Now it has no life signs.
Is there anything i can do? It's still in warranty, but i can't flash the stockrom... will customer service make any trouble? i never had to sent a phone to the customer service.
thank you for any advice and sorry if this is the wrong place to ask
Looks like a job for customer service.
That happened to me on cm 10.1 and i just quickly loaded another rom before it booted again took a while though .even in cwm it kept rebooting rom had been fine for two weeks
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Is there anything i can do? It's still in warranty, but i can't flash the stockrom... will customer service make any trouble? i never had to sent a phone to the customer service.
it has a custom rom / root so warranty is void .
But if the phone does not boot it may not be relevant .
Just be prepared for a rejection of warranty or a repair charge .
I normally dont go through customer service i go through a phone repair shop and they charge 50 Aussie $ to flash new firmware no questions asked.if they cant fix like when i wiped efs they returned fully to stock so it could go back under warranty as they have advanced tools unavailable to the rest of us.samsung would still detect current custom rom even if it wont boot .
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If they aren't able to go into download mode, you can be calm, they won't be able to see if your phone was rooted or installed any custom rom, so they will fix it.
Yes true but you have to wait along time without your phone if it gets shipped off.repair shop does it same day.
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Sorry i just read lol i thought you could still get in to cwm and it was just randomly rebooting still like mine
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been thinking the minute they fix and get it to boot the flash counter will not be reset.
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Is I9305 concerned by SDS?
Hi there,
I intend to buy a new phone, i would like the I9305 16Gb. I had before a I9300 16Gb with an insane chip which i sold fearing the SDS.
is this model that i want to buy at risk? Does it come with the same insane chip? Is there a colour i could buy to minimise he risk of ending up with the same emmc? I could choose between grey, brown, or white. Honestly i don't care about the colour, i want a good phone.
Thank you all for your answers, i hope that with your help i will make the right choice!
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Hi there,
I intend to buy a new phone, i would like the I9305 16Gb. I had before a I9300 16Gb with an insane chip which i sold fearing the SDS.
is this model that i want to buy at risk? Does it come with the same insane chip? Is there a colour i could buy to minimise he risk of ending up with the same emmc? I could choose between grey, brown, or white. Honestly i don't care about the colour, i want a good phone.
Thank you all for your answers, i hope that with your help i will make the right choice!
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I9305 does not suffer this problem i read it was fixed
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I got into the house today, after a long day at work. Decided I'll put my phone on charge. I'm that type of guy that likes his phone to always be towardsthe 90% when it comes battery, barely happens though . So I left it on charge whilst I went into the shower. I came out, and I tried entering my password, which was the "pattern lock." I would press the power button to do so, and a few times, the screen turned around. So I tried entering it, and it wouldn't take no feedback. So, I locked it again, by the use of the silver power button, and this time it came up the right way round, thankfully. When I entered my pin again, it took the feedback but didn't progress. I recently got this phone, and it's been a few weeks since I've made the purchase. As it clearly seems, it wouldn't unlock, so I decided to switch my phone on and off. Guess what?
The phone was fricking on the "Please wait, Shutting Down" notification. So I waited and waited till I got fed up. It lasted around an hour. I was really furious, and was about to call my carrier service (Orange/EE) when it was pointed out to me they'll end up giving you a refurbished model rather than a brand new one. I looked up on the internet, and it wasn't anywhere. At this point I tried the solutions of PRESSING THE RED BUTTON NEXT TO THE SIM CARD TRAY or PRESSING THE VOLUME DOWN AND POWER BUTTON TOGETHER. Those simply didn;'t work. I couldn't even boot into safe mode on my phone. So I went on the PC in order to Restore my phone. Maybe that was the last hope. As soon as I plugged the phone into the PC, via the cable, the phone finally reboots and works.
Right now, I'm worried, that this may occur in the future. I hope it doesn't because maybe next time this fix may not work. That's the worry. So, could someone kindly explain to me what exactly happened? Please?
-Haleem.
I honestly have no idea what exactly happend to your phone, and I doubt anyone does. From my experience the current Z1 firmware isn't the most stable though. I've had a few times where my phone would randomly freeze while I was using the phone. What always worked for me was get a paperclip out and press & HOLD the red button next to the sim tray until you feel a few vibrations. (3 iirc) Then I turn the phone on and everything is fine again.
It's no workaround but if I were you I wouldn't worry too much. Just wait until Sony brings out the 4.3 or 4.4 update and hope they fixed the problems. Until then, keep a paperclip in your pocket.
Always press the red button, i call it emergency button or redboot, whatever...when it comes to that matter.haha! B1nny is right maybe it's about the firmware...firmware mulfunction sometimes..
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Volume up and power does the same thing without the need for a paperclip to be on hand
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Haleem98 said:
... I was really furious, and was about to call my carrier service (Orange/EE) when it was pointed out to me they'll end up giving you a refurbished model rather than a brand new one...
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I know Sony's international policy states that they could replace your phone under warranty with a refurbished one or that they could use second hand materials to repair your phone, but in my country that kind of policy is forbidden. The law in my country says that all the repairs must be done using new materials or the device must be replaced with a brand new one.
p.s. - also, the legal warranty term in my country is 2 years, though Sony's policy states 1 year warranty.
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I know Sony's international policy states that they could replace your phone under warranty with a refurbished one or that they could use second hand materials to repair your phone, but in my country that kind of policy is forbidden. The law in my country says that all the repairs must be done using new materials or the device must be replaced with a brand new one.
p.s. - also, the legal warranty term in my country is 2 years, though Sony's policy states 1 year warranty.
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I honestly have no idea what exactly happend to your phone, and I doubt anyone does. From my experience the current Z1 firmware isn't the most stable though. I've had a few times where my phone would randomly freeze while I was using the phone. What always worked for me was get a paperclip out and press & HOLD the red button next to the sim tray until you feel a few vibrations. (3 iirc) Then I turn the phone on and everything is fine again.
It's no workaround but if I were you I wouldn't worry too much. Just wait until Sony brings out the 4.3 or 4.4 update and hope they fixed the problems. Until then, keep a paperclip in your pocket.
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Thanks for the advice. And thanks to everyone else too. 4.3 should bre released this month, if everything goes well, for the Z, Z ULTRA and Z1. Not sure about other devices, however in January we should see the release of KitKat, which I'm looking forward to seeing.#
PS. With the Red Button, I pressed it but nothing happened. I probably didn't push it all the way, or didn't hold it down long enough. I just pressed it once, and then left it.
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I know Sony's international policy states that they could replace your phone under warranty with a refurbished one or that they could use second hand materials to repair your phone, but in my country that kind of policy is forbidden. The law in my country says that all the repairs must be done using new materials or the device must be replaced with a brand new one.
p.s. - also, the legal warranty term in my country is 2 years, though Sony's policy states 1 year warranty.
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That's good to know! Here, I'm not sure what materials they use to fix the phone, however I do know for sure they don't give you a brand new phone. That sucks. Where you from btw?
What makes you say January for kit kat, Sony have said no such thing, just that kit kat had been promised with no eta
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Yeah, it wouldn't make much sense at all to release kitkat in January and 4.3 in December. It's just 4 weeks in between and if everybody knew that 4.4 is coming so soon, hardly anyone would go through the hassle of updating and then again. At least I wouldn't and wait until 4.4.
Therefore, Sony will either release 4.4. straight away or later and skip 4.3 or release 4.3 in December and 4.4. in March or something. I assume the latter will be the case.
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That's good to know! Here, I'm not sure what materials they use to fix the phone, however I do know for sure they don't give you a brand new phone. That sucks. Where you from btw?
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I live in Romania (Eastern Europe).
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