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[Q] Anybody have experience with ATT Warranty Center?

Today I went to the AT&T store to complain about the GPS issues on the Captivate. The associate (after looking the device over), gave me a flier/form and told me to take the phone to the local AT&T warranty center. The flier seems to indicate that the warranty center folks would either fix the issue or replace the device if they agree that my phone has an issue and is not (water) damaged etc.
Anybody have any experience with this?

I don't have any experience while owning a Captivate and going to the Warranty Center...
But when I had my Samsung Impression, and the phone display (it was a touchscreen with a slideout keyboard) completely stopped working, it wouldn't register any touch at all, I took it to them, they turned it on, tested that it truly didn't work, and they gave me a new phone (might have been refurbished) on the spot. Walked out with a smile on my face and went on with my day.

Same experience with two LG Xenons with bubbles under the screen. On the spot replacement within 10 minutes after they verified that the moisture sensor was clear.
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Refurbished phones are the replacement. Very easy to deal with.

I had the same thing with my wife's Bold - warranty center didn't really try to fix it, just did the replacement. You have to make sure to do the data wipe before the exchange, and they can't do much in terms of data transfer. Process itself is very quick and straight-forward.
For my captivate GPS I just did a mail replacement. Gives me the time to swap everything at home with no pressure.

Funny you should ask. I'm currently dealing with a warranty exchange via phone and mail. I called customer support and told them about the random shutdown issue. They transferred me to the "Android" department. The Android department has heard about this so-called random shutdown issue so they sent me a replacement (refurb) phone after asking me questions like "Has your phone ever been dropped?" "Are there any damages to the screen?" "There is a square sticker right next to the 3 golden battery connector prongs. What color is it?" (FYI. If your phone gets wet, that white square will turn to a different color! Mine is still white. Never been in water. Anyway...)
They sent me the phone yesterday and today I turned it on. There was a new problem. It randomly takes me back to the Home screen when I'm just casually browsing the web, flipping through my apps, etc. It doesn't force close the app or system that I'm on. I just boots me out of whatever I'm doing and shows me the Home screen. So, I called to tell them about this problem. It is now in a box that it originally came in and it's waiting to be shipped out. They will give me another Captivate in the mail by Friday.

jaykishora said:
Today I went to the AT&T store to complain about the GPS issues on the Captivate. The associate (after looking the device over), gave me a flier/form and told me to take the phone to the local AT&T warranty center. The flier seems to indicate that the warranty center folks would either fix the issue or replace the device if they agree that my phone has an issue and is not (water) damaged etc.
Anybody have any experience with this?
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The Warranty Repair Center in my town doesn't stock Captivates. They'll take a look at the phone to see if it was damaged or submerged, then tell you to call the 800 number. Or, you can skip driving in to a warranty center and just call the 800 number. The people there will talk you through some basic troubleshooting, then ship you a replacement (ground is standard, you can pay for an upgrade to overnight). You have 10 days after that to return your phone.
As for your GPS problems.... if you've upgraded to JH7 and can get a solid lock out in the open under a clear sky, well... Sorry to disappoint, but your replacement phone is probably going to have just as many problems with the GPS. I do (and I'm on my 4th Captivate), so do 7 of my friends and coworkers who have Captivates, and so do about 90% or more of the people reporting on the forums.
According to AT&T and Samsung, the JH7 update 'addressed the GPS issues'. And it did make it better... Before, it would just about never lock on. Now I can usually get a lock within 10~20 seconds and it'll show me where I should be.... until I go for a drive.
The test is this: install My Tracks and go for a drive around town. Once you're done, take a look at your track.
If you've got a softtop convertable or a fiberglass roof, you're good.
If you've got the phone far forward on the dash and have a large, steeply raked windshield, you're good.
If you've got a large sunroof, you might be good.
Otherwise, you're stuck with a measured 50m~100m accuracy (it reports 15m~30m, but don't believe it) if you can even maintain lock.
Good luck!

RexEscape said:
Funny you should ask. I'm currently dealing with a warranty exchange via phone and mail. I called customer support and told them about the random shutdown issue. They transferred me to the "Android" department. The Android department has heard about this so-called random shutdown issue so they sent me a replacement (refurb) phone after asking me questions like "Has your phone ever been dropped?" "Are there any damages to the screen?" "There is a square sticker right next to the 3 golden battery connector prongs. What color is it?" (FYI. If your phone gets wet, that white square will turn to a different color! Mine is still white. Never been in water. Anyway...)
They sent me the phone yesterday and today I turned it on. There was a new problem. It randomly takes me back to the Home screen when I'm just casually browsing the web, flipping through my apps, etc. It doesn't force close the app or system that I'm on. I just boots me out of whatever I'm doing and shows me the Home screen. So, I called to tell them about this problem. It is now in a box that it originally came in and it's waiting to be shipped out. They will give me another Captivate in the mail by Friday.
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Mine was doing this too. I disabled plugins and a problematic page would render. Might be something to try just for the heck of it.
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Very easy to deal with IMO. I am on my 3rd captivate.
1st one experienced random shutdowns, 2 days later received second one in mail and wouldn't get any network signal, 2 days later my 3rd and hopefully last captivate was on my doorstep.
All you have to do is send in your old unit. I was satisfied with the android people over at ATT.

Dealing with AT&T is MUCH more pleasant then dealing with Samsung for your warranty support. They're quick, they're nice, and they get you in and out in about 30 minutes.

z28james said:
Mine was doing this too. I disabled plugins and a problematic page would render. Might be something to try just for the heck of it.
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Yeah, I don't think it's that. It wasn't just on the Browser. It was also doing it while I was just flipping through the apps or reading an email using the stock email, or SMS, or looking at Settings. Anything I was on, it booted me out and took me to the Home screen. I returned it. I'm getting my 5th Cap today.

Thanks for all the replies. I'll post my experience if it turns out to be any special or interesting.
One other question. My phone is currently rooted. Should I spend effort unrooting it or it should be fine?

Unroot it and/or flash it back to original JF6 using ODIN One-click. If you've installed Froyo, do a Master Reset so it'll delete traces of 2.2 folders and whatnot. Backup first!

Pleasant experience
I went to the AT&T warranty center last weekend and was in and out of the store in less than 10 minutes with a new Captivate in hand. It was an extremely pleasant experience.
Just want to say that this replacement device (new and not refurbished) locks the GPS in about 10 sec inside the car and even faster under the sky and remains spot on. This leads me to believe that it may be some batches of device with buggy hardware with GPS issues.
Thanks

100% of the phones you get at the device support centers are refurbished sport. I'm a manager at one. If they told you it was new you have been whamboozled
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RexEscape said:
Unroot it and/or flash it back to original JF6 using ODIN One-click. If you've installed Froyo, do a Master Reset so it'll delete traces of 2.2 folders and whatnot. Backup first!
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I'm a manager at one of the at&t device support centers. Odin one click flash to original software is the only way to pass our inspections. We're not dumb. We can see if you've monkeyed with it in exactly 3 clicks
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Walked in, gave them a Captivate that refused to charge, boot, or respond in any way, walked out with one that works.
Took maybe 30 minutes tops.

danalo1979 said:
100% of the phones you get at the device support centers are refurbished sport. I'm a manager at one. If they told you it was new you have been whamboozled
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When I asked specifically whether the device was refurbished, I was told that it was new unit, as the refurb units have some red sticker on the device (when you take the battery out). Either way it does not matter to me as this unit works perfectly including the GPS.

jaykishora said:
When I asked specifically whether the device was refurbished, I was told that it was new unit, as the refurb units have some red sticker on the device (when you take the battery out). Either way it does not matter to me as this unit works perfectly including the GPS.
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Looks like you were lied to.
Unless if you were still under your 30 days, which would put you under the buyer's remorse program [completely apart from Warranty], then you'd be receiving a new model.
+ most Warranty Captivates are affected by the random shutdown issue, as they aren't scrapped if they're under the affected IMEI range.
You're using a refurbished Captivate, all in all.

My first phone was rooted and then the random crashes started. It got so bad I couldnt turn the phone on unless I did a battery pull then with the charger plugged in and finger banging and milking a cow at the same time.
I finally got it into download mode and went back to stock. I went to the tech center explained what happened and she replaced it right on the spot and gave me a NEW phone, battery and charger. BUT she gave me my old battery cover. :-(
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[Q] Nexus 6 - Device constantly crashing/Powering Off

Had my Nexus 6 for 4 months now - originally had it on stock for a couple of months, it would constantly power off, usually when battery was less than 20% or when trying to access the stock camera or random apps.
So to try and resolve the issue I rooted the device and have now tried practically every ROM available and still have the same problem
Currently running SaberMod 5.1 with Vindicator kernel and the problem still happens.
Tried PA, CM12, PAC, Vanir, Chroma, Euphoria, LiquidSmooth, Terminus....you name it I've tried it.
Will probably be returning it to supplier but before I do would like to know if anyone has had similar issues - is this because of a bad batch of Nexus 6 phones? I guess it's hardware/battery related - but wondered if any software fixes were available?

I have started to face the same problem, mine shuts off usually below 10% but it's only a month old, so disappointed with nexus 6,not only was it effing expensive, it's not the premium device that Google boasted about with so many bugs, which include the speaker crackles and random shutdowns

Totally agree, why pay for a premium device to be plagued with problems?
I was going to try and find if there was a fix but might just return the device.
Really disappointed I expected a lot better for such a high end device.

FWIW, I've had the 6 since November 26th and don't have any issues. I'm sorry you've had issues but that doesn't mean the whole lot is bad. RMA and get a new one. There are issues with every device after it's launched, go to any forum and you'll see what I mean. You can't label the whole line defective just because of a few isolated problems.

I wasn't suggested all Nexus 6 devices were faulty, I was querying whether or not there is a faulty batch, as this is definitely an issue and seems others are havin g it too.
Seems as if the battery dies at certain times and when using apps such as the camera.
Will definitely be returning it now

thx1971 said:
I wasn't suggested all Nexus 6 devices were faulty, I was querying whether or not there is a faulty batch, as this is definitely an issue and seems others are havin g it too.
Seems as if the battery dies at certain times and when using apps such as the camera.
Will definitely be returning it now
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I had the same problem as well (especially when I used the camera), and I believe that there was a batch of phones made in December and early January that had a bad batch of batteries. I am only speculating this because when I called into Motorola support, they asked me when I bought my phone (I bought it at the end of December and received it the first week of January), and then they asked me if I had a bulging back issue as well. If you search around this forum and other places on the internet, quite a few people who bought the N6 in December had issues relating to power or the physical battery in one way or another.
Motorola and Google acknowledge that there is an issue with the batteries in some of the Nexus 6 phones, and when I sent my device back to Motorola, they sent me a replacement device without issue once they looked the phone over.

Diocat said:
I had the same problem as well (especially when I used the camera), and I believe that there was a batch of phones made in December and early January that had a bad batch of batteries. I am only speculating this because when I called into Motorola support, they asked me when I bought my phone (I bought it at the end of December and received it the first week of January), and then they asked me if I had a bulging back issue as well. If you search around this forum and other places on the internet, quite a few people who bought the N6 in December had issues relating to power or the physical battery in one way or another.
Motorola and Google acknowledge that there is an issue with the batteries in some of the Nexus 6 phones, and when I sent my device back to Motorola, they sent me a replacement device without issue once they looked the phone over.
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Thanks for getting back to me with this - I guessed there was an issue but didn't want to return the phone unless I was totally sure, so thank you again for clarifying this.
I am not happy to be returning it but looks like this is my only option.

I have the very same problem with my N6 bought in December 2014. Have tried factory reset multiple times without luck. I just gave it for service. The guy there said they would try reflashing the firmware and if that doesn't work I'll be given a replacement. I'm from India btw.

I'm having a similar problem.. I could have 100% charge, take a picture and the phone will shut off and tell me it's dead when trying to turn it back on. After waiting about 2 minutes, it will attempt to boot. It goes through the whole "Optimizing apps 1/xxx" thing, then goes to "Finishing boot" and shuts off again, and repeat. The phone will not fully boot until it's plugged in. Also the phone is acting sluggish. This started on Euphoria ROM, but I since have flashed stock 5.0.1 and locked the bootloader, then accepted the OTA to 5.1. The issue still persists with stock, and factory resetting a few times after the fact.
I also noticed the back cover is lifting away from the frame of the phone, so the battery is probably swelling.
On a bright note, I've contacted Motorola and described this issue, plus a couple of more I'm experiencing (burn-in, odd sounds when the phone vibrates) and I'm now waiting on my replacement phone with no questions asked.
Here's a screenshot of the battery issue (36 minutes of Screen-on time)

drkboze said:
I'm having a similar problem.. I could have 100% charge, take a picture and the phone will shut off and tell me it's dead when trying to turn it back on. After waiting about 2 minutes, it will attempt to boot. It goes through the whole "Optimizing apps 1/xxx" thing, then goes to "Finishing boot" and shuts off again, and repeat. The phone will not fully boot until it's plugged in. Also the phone is acting sluggish. This started on Euphoria ROM, but I since have flashed stock 5.0.1 and locked the bootloader, then accepted the OTA to 5.1. The issue still persists with stock, and factory resetting a few times after the fact.
I also noticed the back cover is lifting away from the frame of the phone, so the battery is probably swelling.
On a bright note, I've contacted Motorola and described this issue, plus a couple of more I'm experiencing (burn-in, odd sounds when the phone vibrates) and I'm now waiting on my replacement phone with no questions asked.
Here's a screenshot of the battery issue (36 minutes of Screen-on time)
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Almost exactly what happened to mine: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/refused-repair-moto-uk-device-rooted-t3077271/page2
TL;DR:
Dear xxx,
Thank you for contacting Motorola.
I have now heard back regarding your Nexus 6 unit. After carrying out the initial repair the engineers at our repair centre then discovered a more serious fault with the battery on the phone as it started to swell during their testing.
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So if your phone is randomly shutting down when their is plenty of battery, and/or does the optimising 0/xxx apps at start up - get ready to RMA because you don't want a swelling battery and a possible explosion/fire...

I've submitted the device to their service centre and awaiting replacement.
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My device has been returned and will be replaced, no questions asked, as it is a recognised faulty phone.
So to re-iterate, all I was wanting to clarify was if there was a bad batch of Nexus 6 phones and whether or not mine could be one of them - and it looks like that seems to be the case.
I wasn't in any way saying the whole line of phones are bad but it's good to clarify that there is a bad batch out there and the suppliers are willing to replace them

Same exact symptoms
100% charged phone. Start doing something...anything...and it just blanks off. No warning. On startup, it does the app optimization, all the wifi passwords are reset, and unless it is plugged in, it will probably restart before optimization completes.
I had the google nexus case with stand, and didn't notice anything, but after removing the case, the base is noticeably bulging in the center but not at the top and bottom.
For $800, my even with a repaired phone which I hope rectifies the issue, my expectations are higher for a flagship google phone that I paid full price for. This is indeed either a design or manufacturing defect of the piece part or he assembly if it has to do with the charging process...IMO

rocket808 said:
100% charged phone. Start doing something...anything...and it just blanks off. No warning. On startup, it does the app optimization, all the wifi passwords are reset, and unless it is plugged in, it will probably restart before optimization completes.
I had the google nexus case with stand, and didn't notice anything, but after removing the case, the base is noticeably bulging in the center but not at the top and bottom.
For $800, my even with a repaired phone which I hope rectifies the issue, my expectations are higher for a flagship google phone that I paid full price for. This is indeed either a design or manufacturing defect of the piece part or he assembly if it has to do with the charging process...IMO
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Yes on all points there. The random turn off when doing anything, app optimisation (very long) wifi passwords gone (very annoying) and restart again while optimising. And the resultant swelling battery..
It seems very few of us have experienced this, thankfully, but very worrying, I certainly wouldn't get another moto device after this.

Sounds like the very common battery calibration problem, which can be reset by following a set of instructions in the bootloader. Look around for them.

Bumping this as I think I've found the root cause of this problem. Are you guys using Google Fit? The replacement that I got was working fine till two days ago when I initialized/started using Google Fit. Device turned off twice. Then I disabled the app and the shutdown hasn't happened till now. If you guys are using Google Fit, try disabling the app and monitor it for a couple of days.

Well I managed to get a replacement phone from GiffGaff and guess what - same issue again!
Battery overheats, crashes on Camera App, resets WiFi, random app crashes
Have tried several ROMS including Android M to see if there is an improvement but unfortunately not - will try disabling Google Fit now and see if that helps but so far I'm really disappointed.
This device is supposed to be top of the range flagship Google model but for me it is a resounding fail.

I have got the same problem , but i cracked the top of my screen when i had the phone after a month , when i called Motorola they said they could take to repair but would cost £120 to fix screen as they cant send back with screen damage. Really frustrating as i know the screen isn't the fault. Anyone got any ideas ?

I know this is an old thread but I've had my nexus for quite a while and it just started doing this when I flashed a 7.1.2 rom. Went back to complete stock and still have the issue. I noticed on the 7.1.2 roms that the battery wouldn't read correctly on the indicator and now back on stock it reads correctly but still crashes. I think the battery may be dying or be damaged after almost 2 years.

goinovr said:
I know this is an old thread but I've had my nexus for quite a while and it just started doing this when I flashed a 7.1.2 rom. Went back to complete stock and still have the issue. I noticed on the 7.1.2 roms that the battery wouldn't read correctly on the indicator and now back on stock it reads correctly but still crashes. I think the battery may be dying or be damaged after almost 2 years.
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Boot into fastboot, find bootloader logs and hold power for ~10seconds (till it resets by itself), best done on full battery, may help, if not you can try to calibrate the battery (requires root tho). If all this fails only thing left is to change the battery. Takes about 20mins and costs like 20-25usd (easy to do by yourself

Constant Crashing and Screen Freezing Issues

Hi guys.
I'll get to the point and say that I got this phone towards the middle of July to replace my failing Optimus G and it's already having a multitude of issues.
The phone worked great through heavy usage on a week period at the beginning of the month while I was travelling. Two days ago the right side of the screen began to freeze, either showing colored static or what was previously loaded. I note that the screen still works fine even inside of a different app, pressing buttons, etc. but continues to freeze and load what is actually going on a moment later. Happens on both the recovery mode screen as well as the lock screen.
Now, the phone also began to have crashing issues some time last week. I was playing Fallout Shelter when the device suddenly crashed. This hadn't happened with Fallout Shelter or any other (heavier) games at all since getting the phone. I rebooted and later was playing WWE Immortals when the phone crashed when going through the logo and copyright screens. After this crash, however, the phone went from around 50% battery to 0% and needed a charge.
I thought this was a fluke last week until it did it again yesterday... multiple times.
Last night the WWE Immortals crash happened again but the phone remained at 100%, where it was since it had been charging, instead of dropping to 0%. It powered on after popping the battery and pressing the button. Later on in the night, I was checking my email when the phone crashed out of nowhere. I once again popped the battery and it booted. However, this time, it would not load past the Sprint screens after the LG/Powered by Android one. It just hanged on the Sprint logo. It sat there for ten minutes until I took the battery out. I tried again and it wouldn't get past the LG screen.
I attempted Recovery Mode, which works of course, and cleared the cache and rebooted the phone. Once again, it crashed on the LG screen. I gave up for the night and tried again today. Same thing happened a few more times until the phone finally booted. I get in and try uninstalling apps to clear space to bring the phone to 11 of 32 GB free. I go to check what other "misc." data is eating up storage when the phone crashes again and I haven't successfully gotten it to boot again.
Should I attempt a factory reset? The closest Sprint store is miles away (I live in downtown Indianapolis and there isn't one nearby without taking a long walk or bike ride or bounce across bus lines, whatever) and the last time I got help from was just a new phone (replaced a phone because it's screen was broken, yeah, right. I went somewhere else to get a replacement the second time it happened). I feel like this a big hardware issue a reset wouldn't fix but, who knows.
I guess I should also note that, within the past week, my camera apps (be it the stock camera app or Snapchat) crash when using the front camera and it never loads a preview before crashing and the phone has been oddly hot (be it when I was cleaning up apps, idle, or just when attempting to boot) the last day. Also, as I was typing, I've been attempting restarts and cache clears and Recovery Mode, during one of the tries, never even loaded the options and a power button press restarted the device.
...At this point I'm just curious what exactly could mess with a phone this much. I refuse to believe it's any kind of virus since nothing was ever picked up and I know my way around the internet. I like LG phones, I loved my last one (other than it didn't have an SD card slot, but, eh, cloud storage!) and I like the cameras.
Phone is an LS991, unrooted.

From what I have been gathering(and this is all hearsay!) is that the first batch of these phones have serious hardware problems that might be related to the CPU. The best option would to try and get LG to replace the phone as they are less likely to have a phone in stock still that was part of the bad batch. If you can't get them to do it then try a Sprint repair store and see if they will swap it out. Be clear that this a warranty issue and not issuance issue. As a last resort you have to claim insurance on it.

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From what I have been gathering(and this is all hearsay!) is that the first batch of these phones have serious hardware problems that might be related to the CPU. The best option would to try and get LG to replace the phone as they are less likely to have a phone in stock still that was part of the bad batch. If you can't get them to do it then try a Sprint repair store and see if they will swap it out. Be clear that this a warranty issue and not issuance issue. As a last resort you have to claim insurance on it.
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Well, that's somewhat depressing to figure out that they messed up part of the batch but that always happens if it's true.
Guess I'll have to check with LG or get someone to drag me to Sprint to see what they say. I'm not one for getting insurance on tech (and given I got the phone for cheap, being due for the upgrade and all) but hopefully warranty can help me out. Thanks for the heads up!

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Well, that's somewhat depressing to figure out that they messed up part of the batch but that always happens if it's true.
Guess I'll have to check with LG or get someone to drag me to Sprint to see what they say. I'm not one for getting insurance on tech (and given I got the phone for cheap, being due for the upgrade and all) but hopefully warranty can help me out. Thanks for the heads up!
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Spoke with LG last night and the customer service rep was pretty clear that LG does not replace phones they only "fix" them. I would not trust LG to give you a new phone at this point as they will most likely just re-flash the phone and send it back to you. Unless anyone else who has dealt with LG repair in the past can say otherwise I wouldn't go the LG route. Now, if someone bricked their phone that might be a good thing to try since Sprint repair can't flash phones but if you need a new phone it looks like Sprint is the way to go. Just make sure you are clear that this is a warranty issue and not insurance. I bought my phone at Best Buy so this will be interesting for me as they probably will want nothing to do with me since I don't have TEP. I will report back on if they give me the shaft or not because I am sure others might be in the same situation as me.

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Spoke with LG last night and the customer service rep was pretty clear that LG does not replace phones they only "fix" them. I would not trust LG to give you a new phone at this point as they will most likely just re-flash the phone and send it back to you. Unless anyone else who has dealt with LG repair in the past can say otherwise I wouldn't go the LG route. Now, if someone bricked their phone that might be a good thing to try since Sprint repair can't flash phones but if you need a new phone it looks like Sprint is the way to go. Just make sure you are clear that this is a warranty issue and not insurance. I bought my phone at Best Buy so this will be interesting for me as they probably will want nothing to do with me since I don't have TEP. I will report back on if they give me the shaft or not because I am sure others might be in the same situation as me.
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Late reply is late, whoops.
That's interesting. Never really intended on the LG route since I've never had issues with Sprint replacing a device in the past so I'd go to them before anyone else (which we are, when my mom comes down to help me out with this since the closest store is just too far away and it's her cell plan).
And man, I wouldn't be able to stand buying from BestBuy but that's my personal qualms with them, hah. Hope you had good luck with them.

Hi. We have c got the same phone. Got 4 of them and 3 working great but my husband's is doing the exact same thing as yours and like you we have no insurance and had same reply from lg. And best buy was no help at all. Wondering if you figured out how to fix it or not
Forgot to mention we are verizon not Sprint. Not sure if that matters.

Just got my G4 replaced with a brand new one at Sprint. I have TEP, and they said they'd normally order a refurbished one. But, I got lucky since there are no refurbished ones (they're on backorder, probably due to these issues), so they just gave me a new one.
Lets hope this one one wasn't a lemon like the first one...fingers crossed because I love this phone...

We called verizon and they are over nighting a new phone. Thank you for the reply tho

This happened to me as well. It crashed maybe twice a day and now I can't get it on because it is crashing 1000 times. Its stuck in a crashing loop. Sprint is giving me a completely different g4 when their next batch comes in. It has been 2 weeks and I still don't have a new phone. I am hoping that I don't get this problem again or I am getting an iphone 6.

Woke up to G4 stuck in a bootloop!

I'm not sure what happened, but when I woke up today my G4 was stuck on the LG logo. If I pull the battery and put it back in, it will start booting by then freeze on the yellow Sprint logo, and then start rebooting again. The second time it doesn't leave the screen the LG logo. I've not changed anything on the device (rooted, ZV5). It's been rock stable until this mysterious event.
Any ideas, comments?
I'm going to see about trying to reflash stock (maybe I'll go past ZV5 now).

Oh, crud. This sounds exactly like my problem, and my serial starts with 505.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/lg-g4-stuck-bootloop-t3268734

Yes I also had the same symptoms, but it happened while I was at a Sushi restaurant and my phone was safely in my pocket. It turns out it's the dreaded bad motherboard, and the only solution is to initiate a repair through LG directly (if you prefer to keep your existing phone), or if you have the repair warranty, you can try your carrier but that risks getting a refurb unit that may have other problems.
Some people report temporary success by either freezing the phone, or even baking the phone. But these are temporary only, just to give you enough time to retrieve any important data before the phone resumes the bootloop problem due to bad soldering on the motherboard.

KingFatty said:
It turns out it's the dreaded bad motherboard, and the only solution is to initiate a repair through LG directly (if you prefer to keep your existing phone), or if you have the repair warranty, you can try your carrier but that risks getting a refurb unit that may have other problems.
Some people report temporary success by either freezing the phone, or even baking the phone. But these are temporary only, just to give you enough time to retrieve any important data before the phone resumes the bootloop problem due to bad soldering on the motherboard.
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Thanks!
Sprint has in fact ordered me a replacement that I can pick up today. Does LG really just replace the mainboard with a new one, or do they give out refurbs, too? If Sprint only has a refurb for me (which I suspect), I wonder if I should decline that and ship it off to LG instead.
FWIW, I tried freezing the phone, but it had no effect on the problem. I see in the other thread most people had no luck with cold, but lots of luck with baking it. I don't really want to try that, though. My backup is 2 months old so I'll just have to live with kicking myself for not doing my monthly backup on schedule.

In my situation, I got back the same phone from LG with a new motherboard. I had noticeable markings on the outer frame that were right in the same spots on the returned phone, so confirmed it was the same frame. The label under the battery was the same too.
One thing I noticed was a new single piece of dust under the camera screen, so that again confirms they are disassembling. I plan to open my phone to add heatsink pads, and will remove the dust at that time (It doesn't affect the pictures noticeably, and I wouldn't have seen it if I didn't closely examine my phone to see if it was the same phone).
Anyway I personally had a bad experience with an old refurb phone years ago, so I preferred to go through LG service, not Sprint.

What ROM did you phone come back with, and how long ago did you send it in? I'm hoping they are not sending out ZVB (yet), because then I'd be stuck on Marshmallow without root.
I'm about to head out to the Sprint store tonight; if it's a refurb and on ZVB I will definitely not let them replace it, and will instead roll the dice again and RMA it with LG. If it's just a refurb but ZVA or earlier (which allows me to rollback to ZV6 and get root), I'm not yet sure what I'll do.
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The replacement I got from sprint is a refurb with ZBA.

Oh, as for what ROM, at the time I think they had just released ZVA. My phone was on the earlier ROM, but they returned the phone with the latest ZVA (at the time), so if I were to guess, I think you will get the latest ROM, which right now is ZVB.

KingFatty said:
Oh, as for what ROM, at the time I think they had just released ZVA. My phone was on the earlier ROM, but they returned the phone with the latest ZVA (at the time), so if I were to guess, I think you will get the latest ROM, which right now is ZVB.
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Thankfully I got ZVA, so I'm about to downgrade it to ZV6 (which is safe: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g4/development/howto-downgrade-to-zv6-upgrade-to-t3265976)

Pixel 4xl stuck on 50% . Switches off randomly and has a battery symbol with a (?).

Hi All.
Battery stuck on 50% won't change even when charge or discharge. Today it randomly shutdown in my pocket. and then had a battery symbol with a ?. The phone eventually turned on, I've tried turning off location, rebooting still having issues. Sometimes the battery saving mode stops working, i.e. it cannot be turned on. As I can see the problem concerns a large group of users and nobody knows what this problem is related to. Google is silent as usual. Is this a problem with the software or components ?! I am in a bad situation because I have no warranty for the device and I do not know where to send the phone in Poland because no one knows what is the cause of the problem. Help me please.
https://support.google.com/pixelphon...25796722?hl=en
https://support.google.com/pixelphon...22385581?hl=en

Had this.
This is going to sound dumb:
Shut your phone off.
Now squeeze the phone around the G logo on the back (like you're trying to compress it).
Now turn it back on and charge normally.
This is potentially only a temporary fix as I have no idea how this would be software related.

If you can enter bootloader mode, you still have chance to save your phone by yourself :
(1)Make sure there is fastboot&ADB tool in your computer
If you don't have it, please download from here(https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools). To click the one depends on which one of OS you have and then install in your computer
(2)Download google factory image file from here(https://developers.google.com/android/images). To choose the model of your phone and download it then extract file.
(3)Reboot your phone to bootloader mode. Then use USB cable and make phone connected to your computer USB port. Then execute the window commend mode. key in
fastboot devices ===> make sure your phone being catched by your computer
flash-all ===> To build up a whole new pixel OS in your phone.
Good luck !
Kris

Shayded said:
Had this.
This is going to sound dumb:
Shut your phone off.
Now squeeze the phone around the G logo on the back (like you're trying to compress it).
Now turn it back on and charge normally.
This is potentially only a temporary fix as I have no idea how this would be software related.
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Unfortunately, this is only temporary. After one day the problem happened again!

SignumOne said:
Unfortunately, this is only temporary. After one day the problem happened again![/QUOTE
Ive had my pixel 4 xl since november and it just started automatically shutting off when in my pocket all by it self a few weeks ago , took cell phone to my sevice provider and they sent it in for repair ...received a new phone ...well refurbished p4 xl only to have if start happening again days later and have the 50% battery start happening also ....contacted google and they are in the process of sending me a new refurbished p4 xl , so this will be my 3 rd p4 xl ..lol
very frustrating to say the least ....ive had to hard reboot my phone at least 20 times a day or basically keep it out of any pockets , the is common issue apparently with pixels phones from what i've read in the link https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/22397169?hl=en
I've talked with loyalty department at my service provider and if it happens again with the pixel that google sends me , then they will allow me to void my contract and supply me with a new device from a different brand ...ie Samsung or apple or whatever else is available on the market right now on there website.
i'll be really bummed if i have to switch to a samsung or apple buuuuuut need a stable device ...lol
So to anyone having this issue that still has a basic warranty, there are at least 2 options ...rma device over and over till you get one that doesn't have this problem or contact service provider and explain your situation and most likely they will be understanding to the fact that you have purchased a 1200.00 phone that requires constant rma's and hopefully allow you to exchange for a different brand of phone that doesn't have this these problems
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Mr. Blanco said:
SignumOne said:
Unfortunately, this is only temporary. After one day the problem happened again![/QUOTE
Ive had my pixel 4 xl since november and it just started automatically shutting off when in my pocket all by it self a few weeks ago , took cell phone to my sevice provider and they sent it in for repair ...received a new phone ...well refurbished p4 xl only to have if start happening again days later and have the 50% battery start happening also ....contacted google and they are in the process of sending me a new refurbished p4 xl , so this will be my 3 rd p4 xl ..lol
very frustrating to say the least ....ive had to hard reboot my phone at least 20 times a day or basically keep it out of any pockets , the is common issue apparently with pixels phones from what i've read in the link https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/22397169?hl=en
I've talked with loyalty department at my service provider and if it happens again with the pixel that google sends me , then they will allow me to void my contract and supply me with a new device from a different brand ...ie Samsung or apple or whatever else is available on the market right now on there website.
i'll be really bummed if i have to switch to a samsung or apple buuuuuut need a stable device ...lol
So to anyone having this issue that still has a basic warranty, there are at least 2 options ...rma device over and over till you get one that doesn't have this problem or contact service provider and explain your situation and most likely they will be understanding to the fact that you have purchased a 1200.00 phone that requires constant rma's and hopefully allow you to exchange for a different brand of phone that doesn't have this these problems
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I fully understand you. I am in a worse position. As a loyal Google fan, I bought my pixel from someone who didn't have a proof of purchase. In Poland it was difficult to get it, and as it was 1.5 times more expensive than everywhere else. It seems that I can throw out the pixel and buy another phone for a lot of money. I am most annoyed by the company's attitude. It looks like they are xxxxx on us.
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Kris Chen said:
If you can enter bootloader mode, you still have chance to save your phone by yourself :
(1)Make sure there is fastboot&ADB tool in your computer
If you don't have it, please download from here(https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools). To click the one depends on which one of OS you have and then install in your computer
(2)Download google factory image file from here(https://developers.google.com/android/images). To choose the model of your phone and download it then extract file.
(3)Reboot your phone to bootloader mode. Then use USB cable and make phone connected to your computer USB port. Then execute the window commend mode. key in
fastboot devices ===> make sure your phone being catched by your computer
flash-all ===> To build up a whole new pixel OS in your phone.
Good luck !
Kris
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Have you checked if it works for you?

SignumOne said:
Have you checked if it works for you?
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i've flashed full stock images , custom roms and still have the same issue on both stock and custom rom

Had the same problem three weeks ago. Contacted Google Support und they send me a new phone as a replacement on warranty.

SignumOne said:
Hi All.
Battery stuck on 50% won't change even when charge or discharge. Today it randomly shutdown in my pocket. and then had a battery symbol with a ?. The phone eventually turned on, I've tried turning off location, rebooting still having issues. Sometimes the battery saving mode stops working, i.e. it cannot be turned on. As I can see the problem concerns a large group of users and nobody knows what this problem is related to. Google is silent as usual. Is this a problem with the software or components ?! I am in a bad situation because I have no warranty for the device and I do not know where to send the phone in Poland because no one knows what is the cause of the problem. Help me please.
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This is the "No Warranty Solution" : Flash a full factory image and allow it to completely wipe your phone. This is the second step Google support would give you (the first is doing a factory data reset from Recovery). If after flashing your phone, restoring it to the original "out of the box" state, you still have a battery issue, then the next step is to replace your battery. If you forgot to state in your OP that your bootloader is still locked (so you can't flash the image) then you need to do that first. Bottom line is you need to factory reset the phone to rule out a software issue. If the restored phone still has the same problem, then you need to focus on the hardware. Best of luck. :good:

Yes, it does !
SignumOne said:
Have you checked if it works for you?
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Same happened to me with 4 XL 64.
I've been able to "fix" with the turn off and squeeze but the problem has turned into the battery discharge displayed gets stuck at a percentage and it won't charge. I have to turn off & squeeze to get it back.
Finally called Google and they are making me send my phone in for repair. Now I assume for turnaround sake, they'll just send me a new refurb back. That also means I'm not confident the problem will be resolved as there are over 150 replies on the Google Support page identifying this problem.
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/25796722
Looks like some folks are getting a replacement before sending the problem phone back but others are required to send it in or drop off at repair facility.
Good for me? I have Preferred Care and I'll keep sending them back until I get one that works.
Bad for me? I'll have to keep sending them back + I splurged on the orange color so I doubt I'll ever see that again.

I've actually dealt with this. This is a hardware issue. I had the same problem. Covered by warranty, I took it to ubreakitifix after contacting Google and they took care of me. Trust me this isn't a issue where you can flash this or squeeze that. This is a hardware issue on Google's part. There's nothing you can do as a phone user about a defective battery in a 6+ month old $1000 phone

angus242 said:
Same happened to me with 4 XL 64.
I've been able to "fix" with the turn off and squeeze but the problem has turned into the battery discharge displayed gets stuck at a percentage and it won't charge. I have to turn off & squeeze to get it back.
Finally called Google and they are making me send my phone in for repair. Now I assume for turnaround sake, they'll just send me a new refurb back. That also means I'm not confident the problem will be resolved as there are over 150 replies on the Google Support page identifying this problem.
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/25796722
Looks like some folks are getting a replacement before sending the problem phone back but others are required to send it in or drop off at repair facility.
Good for me? I have Preferred Care and I'll keep sending them back until I get one that works.
Bad for me? I'll have to keep sending them back + I splurged on the orange color so I doubt I'll ever see that again.
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You might be able to convince them to send you a device before you ship it off, citing the current global situation and a need for a cell phone

OP lives in Poland and has no receipts or warranty. Poland is not a supported country so he is looking for "non-warranty" solutions.

Shayded said:
You might be able to convince them to send you a device before you ship it off, citing the current global situation and a need for a cell phone
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The return process was pretty great. I shipped my existing phone off on a Monday (Illinois to Texas) and by the following Monday, I received my exact phone back (has a screen protector on it). I was very satisfied with that. HOWEVER, the "repair" still has an issue where if I charge to 100%, the icon stays at 100% until I reboot and then it'll display the correct battery %.
The repair documentation was a bit vague and said they replaced the "charging port". I still believe there's a unannounced hardware issue. Can anyone say, class action????
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I wonder what the next step would be if I started another repair claim?

Holding the power button down for more than 3 consecutive seemed to solve a similar issue for me. My P4 was holding certain percentages for too long (even though the phone actually lost more).

Suavie103 said:
I've actually dealt with this. This is a hardware issue. I had the same problem. Covered by warranty, I took it to ubreakitifix after contacting Google and they took care of me. Trust me this isn't a issue where you can flash this or squeeze that. This is a hardware issue on Google's part. There's nothing you can do as a phone user about a defective battery in a 6+ month old $1000 phone
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This post seems to have been ignored. If it happens to me, I'll try that. But my carrier purchase didn't qualify for Google extended care add-on. Standard warranty only. Does that make a difference in what Google would do in this case?
I use Accubattery and monitor charge cycles for "battery wear". Even following "Battery College" recommendations, battery health has dropped from 99 to 95%; I've had the P4XL since November. I'm now slowing the charge, getting away from power delivery to see if that helps slow the wear. SOT varies greatly per charge.
I use a belt pouch for carrying phone while away from home. Rarely, I put it in my pocket but do so at home- front pocket only- never back pocket. May just be bad phone batteries from what I've read.
Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk

v12xke said:
OP lives in Poland and has no receipts or warranty. Poland is not a supported country so he is looking for "non-warranty" solutions.
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For 5 weeks my Pixel has been in the authorized repair center in Germany. They don't have parts to fix it. They told me that. It is not known how long this may take. I haven't had such a circus with a good smartphone. I love Google products, but I feel very disappointed because Pixel cost me a lot of money and this is definitely a factory defect.

SignumOne said:
For 5 weeks my Pixel has been in the authorized repair center in Germany. They don't have parts to fix it. They told me that. It is not known how long this may take. I haven't had such a circus with a good smartphone. I love Google products, but I feel very disappointed because Pixel cost me a lot of money and this is definitely a factory defect.
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Sorry to hear this, and surprising, as Germany is a supported country with many authorized repair centers. Did you send it to PSC? They claim to be Google-certified and have all factory parts? COVID-19 may also be delaying things. Hope things turn out well for you. :good: