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What trials and tribulations did you have to go through? What was your end result and were you happy with that end result? Here's a brief outline of what i went through.
I recently bricked my phone and had to spend almost 2hrs at an ATT store making arrangements to get it replaced under warranty. Since i bought my Tilt on Amazon (got a deal w/a new line of service for $50 usd.) Amazon told me to talk to ATT, ATT said talk to Amazon, ATT told me to go talk to the local repair shop. They were closed, and i had no phone cept the paperweight that was my Tilt. Since all this was on a Sunday everything closed early and i ended up buying a cheapo "Go" phone to use.
Called ATT warranty support from work, they said they never even saw the Tilt on my plan but they did see that damn Go phone. Thats when i was told to go to the store and show some ID and what not. Everyone was really helpfull at the store and after waiting on the phone at the store, we eventually got to the people that can replace the phone.
The only thing that sucks now is that i'm getting a refurb as a replacement, but beggars can't be choosers.
I do have a few questions now though. Right now the phone doesn't start up at all, should i worry about ATT spotting what i did wrong? If so should i find a large and powerful magnet in the hopes of corrupting or erasing the data on the phone? I'm just curious what other's went through having to replace their phones and am only partially kidding in regards to magnet thing.
I'd also like to stress that i'm not asking for any criminal malfiesence, just the story you have and how hard/easy was it for you to get your phone replaced. It doesn't have to be an ATT phone either.
I also bought my Tilt through Amazon on their $50 deal last month, and mine experienced the Red Light of Death RLOD within 2 weeks. Took it to the local ATT store, they said I needed to deal with Amazon since the phone was less than 30 days old.
Went to Amazon.com, filled out the forms to return/exchange the device and within two days, I had a new Tilt. I can't believe how easy it was. During those two days, I went back to my old Symbian powered Nokia 6670.
Before I packed up the old Tilt in the box to return, I tested it with the new battery, and it booted up (which allowed me to reset the device)....so for grins, inserted the old battery into the new Tilt and experienced the RLOD, so in my case, my dead Tilt was due to a defective battery.
Lessons that I learned...1. if my new Tilt dies, make sure the guys at the ATT store give me a new battery to try. 2. Keep a spare charged GSM phone in my cars in case if my Tilt dies while I'm out (I was a T-Mobile/Voicestream customer for 10 years before switching so I have a box full of GSM phones). 3. Amazon.com is really easy to deal with.
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-snip- I recently bricked my phone -snip-
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And because you broke it, it's AT&T's responsibility to replace it?
That being said, when I first got my 8525 after my Wizard died, I bought it from ebay and it developed a problem. Call up AT&T on the hardware line and tell them that your Tilt won't turn on anymore. If they give you static, ask for a supervisor. You'd be very surprised how well the "supervisor game" works is all situations.
I bought mine from NewEgg & around 30 days in "up" on the d-pad stopped working 90% of the time. I took it to an AT&T store, showed a rep the problem & he gave me the number for the warranty exchange. I called them up, explained the issue & 2 days later I had my newly refurbished phone (verified with ~1 hour inbound & outbound usage each). The new one seems to be working without issue so far.
Overall I'm satisfied with the AT&T support on this considering they don't offer any paid extended coverage on the phone anymore.
It's the first time I am posting this kind of thread... But I would like to avoid others to run into the same problems as I did
Since I live in Asia I thought that for repair/replacement issues I'd better order my phone in the region. I picked Expansys HK since they seemed to have a good reputation
The original purchase went well, I got delivered quite quickly and was very happy about the service (Sending email when goods are shipped, etc, etc...)
The problem is after only 2.5 months of usage my HTC Touch Pro 2 failed on me: the screen was scrambled (white,red and blue dots all over the screen). This without any particular reason (I treat my phone correctly). The phone was still working, but definitely the graphic output was dead. I could receive calls though and output to an external screen
After only 2.5 months of use, without any bad treatment of the phone you just think "**** happens, just bad luck, I'll ship it and should get back quickly another unit or a quick repair"
I waited 2 months. I had to call and email several times to push and get feedback. I the understood the phone was shipped from Expansys HK to Expansys UK. Then Expansys UK snet it to HTC UK. Where the phone was probably shipped back to China... (This I dont know, just personal speculation). I cant believe it takes 2 full months to fix a phone. Maybe expansys let it rot somewhere and only woke up after several complains. Maybe it actually needed 2 months of manpower to fix (In which case I'd say that HTC had better give me a new one)
Anyway terrible management of the issue. Bad communication with the customer with no care at all (btw what I am supposed to do for 2 months without a phone...). I received my phone today with not even a short letter of apology for teh 2 months delay, or explanation of what went wrong with the phone (I guess I deserve this at least. I paid 800 USD a few months earlier for taht phone no ? Just the phone simply put in a tiny bubble bag. My screen protector is torn at several angles, I'll need to buy a new one. Expansys didn't even think as a "present" to put one to replace the one that was scrapped (By them ? By HTC ?). HTC happily upgraded to Win 6.5. Cool ! But all my contacts, emails, settings, etc... were erased
What to say ? Nothing... Just don't buy from there or if you do cross fingers your phone won't break. Maybe I am too harsh, maybe you get the same experience with other shops... I just know my next purchase wont be from there (My previous phone was an HTC Hermes bought in Japan, I had issues once, it took 1 week to fix. Night and day...)
thank god you got it back, in india we are not so lucky at times.
corepda said:
thank god you got it back, in india we are not so lucky at times.
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Reslly ?? Waoh !! From Indian shops or whenever you order abroad ?
I bought my TyTN in Switzerland (not Expansys), after one month my cam had problems so I sent it for repairs. I had to wait for one month untill they sent it back. As far as I could see, device was sent to England for repair and then sent back.
Cheers
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I bought my TyTN in Switzerland (not Expansys), after one month my cam had problems so I sent it for repairs. I had to wait for one month untill they sent it back. As far as I could see, device was sent to England for repair and then sent back.
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You're lucky... More than 2 times faster than for me !
hi~
thanks for reporting on us the expansys, but it make me WILL buy one from them.
Now it's 2020, I wanna a redmi note 9 pro (india) aka redmi note 9 s (global), codename curtana.
In hong kong we only have joyeuse. in which it's less popular in XDA, as curtana is sell in india and outside india,
yet joyeuse is someplaces + not in india.
expansys is almost the only way I can buy a curtana, with some qurantee.
1. you quranteed expansys ships good product AT first at least. Hope it's sealed, look brand new and not touched
by others
2. you quranteed they provide repair service.
For the duration, it's reasonable,
I live in hongkong which is 1 hr far from china,
but at one time I sent a US 100 tablet to another dealer and send back to China,
it DID take a WHOLE MONTH.
it's the speed for repair.
two months for you is reasonable, as you see 1hr from china need 1month period.
It's a little bit overpriced for me however.
in HK the joyeuse cost usd200, with 1 yr warranty.
expansys curtana cost usd200 but only 6mo warranty, they charge u usd30 more for a total of 1yr warranty.
anyway thx for the report on expansys
Alcibiade said:
It's the first time I am posting this kind of thread... But I would like to avoid others to run into the same problems as I did
Since I live in Asia I thought that for repair/replacement issues I'd better order my phone in the region. I picked Expansys HK since they seemed to have a good reputation
The original purchase went well, I got delivered quite quickly and was very happy about the service (Sending email when goods are shipped, etc, etc...)
The problem is after only 2.5 months of usage my HTC Touch Pro 2 failed on me: the screen was scrambled (white,red and blue dots all over the screen). This without any particular reason (I treat my phone correctly). The phone was still working, but definitely the graphic output was dead. I could receive calls though and output to an external screen
After only 2.5 months of use, without any bad treatment of the phone you just think "**** happens, just bad luck, I'll ship it and should get back quickly another unit or a quick repair"
I waited 2 months. I had to call and email several times to push and get feedback. I the understood the phone was shipped from Expansys HK to Expansys UK. Then Expansys UK snet it to HTC UK. Where the phone was probably shipped back to China... (This I dont know, just personal speculation). I cant believe it takes 2 full months to fix a phone. Maybe expansys let it rot somewhere and only woke up after several complains. Maybe it actually needed 2 months of manpower to fix (In which case I'd say that HTC had better give me a new one)
Anyway terrible management of the issue. Bad communication with the customer with no care at all (btw what I am supposed to do for 2 months without a phone...). I received my phone today with not even a short letter of apology for teh 2 months delay, or explanation of what went wrong with the phone (I guess I deserve this at least. I paid 800 USD a few months earlier for taht phone no ? Just the phone simply put in a tiny bubble bag. My screen protector is torn at several angles, I'll need to buy a new one. Expansys didn't even think as a "present" to put one to replace the one that was scrapped (By them ? By HTC ?). HTC happily upgraded to Win 6.5. Cool ! But all my contacts, emails, settings, etc... were erased
What to say ? Nothing... Just don't buy from there or if you do cross fingers your phone won't break. Maybe I am too harsh, maybe you get the same experience with other shops... I just know my next purchase wont be from there (My previous phone was an HTC Hermes bought in Japan, I had issues once, it took 1 week to fix. Night and day...)
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Well it's been 11 years... I have no clue how they currently perform.
I live in HK too and there are now a lot of other convenient shops here anyway. Also international shipping has become cheaper and much more convenient so lots of options these days to order a phone or a tablet.
ccchan234 said:
hi~
thanks for reporting on us the expansys, but it make me WILL buy one from them.
Now it's 2020, I wanna a redmi note 9 pro (india) aka redmi note 9 s (global), codename curtana.
In hong kong we only have joyeuse. in which it's less popular in XDA, as curtana is sell in india and outside india,
yet joyeuse is someplaces + not in india.
expansys is almost the only way I can buy a curtana, with some qurantee.
1. you quranteed expansys ships good product AT first at least. Hope it's sealed, look brand new and not touched
by others
2. you quranteed they provide repair service.
For the duration, it's reasonable,
I live in hongkong which is 1 hr far from china,
but at one time I sent a US 100 tablet to another dealer and send back to China,
it DID take a WHOLE MONTH.
it's the speed for repair.
two months for you is reasonable, as you see 1hr from china need 1month period.
It's a little bit overpriced for me however.
in HK the joyeuse cost usd200, with 1 yr warranty.
expansys curtana cost usd200 but only 6mo warranty, they charge u usd30 more for a total of 1yr warranty.
anyway thx for the report on expansys
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Maybe I'm just being paranoid but I ordered an Nexus One engraved today morning at around 1am. I wake and I find out that it has been shipped and will arrive tomorrow. Is engraving really that fast (They do mention that it will ship within 72 hours)?
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Maybe I'm just being paranoid but I ordered an Nexus One engraved today morning at around 1am. I wake and I find out that it has been shipped and will arrive tomorrow. Is engraving really that fast (They do mention that it will ship within 72 hours)?
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It should take 1-2 days longer. I would call google.
1) No, it does NOT take 1-2 days longer. They still ship out the same day almost all the time
2) It's because it's not engraved on the back. It's "silk-screened" on (printed on, not engraved in)
I ordered mine on Thursday and got it Monday with the engraving.
Bad news though...even if you have a defective phone and need to return it, its an additional $45 According to HTC anyway. I wanted to send mine back for a replacement (3g issues, of course) but decided it wasnt worth $45 plus shipping plus loosing my customizing over the chance that another would be better. Its really a no-win situation they put you in.
Thanks for the information.
gospeed.racer: I did not know that HTC would charge you a fee to fix/replace a defective phone if it's engraved. That really sucks because the warranty should cover it regardless of it being engraved. I just hope mine does not have any issues.
I am sure if you fought hard enough they would help you, but I was pretty pissed when I was talking to them and they were standing firm. I can understand that the replacement would not be engraved, but the phone was (at that time) less than 24 hours old and had (has) issues. I was very close to calling mastercard and inquiring about a chargeback.
Well... I received mine yesterday and it was engraved. That was quick.
As far as I can see I have not come across any issues. Still messing around with it.
hmm, i dont think that information is correct. i had mine engraved and had it replaced because of dust issues under 14 days and was not charged anything however i was sent a brand new unit and lost my engraving. not to mention. the new unit has the same issue of dust but i can live with it. i miss my engraving though
Same case here......
I ordered my phone ytd nite but when I woke up,I received the "order shipped" email!!
Are they that "efficient"???
I ordered mine engraved but got it normal
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Same case here......
I ordered my phone ytd nite but when I woke up,I received the "order shipped" email!!
Are they that "efficient"???
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As already stated in this thread, yes, that is normal.
This has been posted like 3 different times before. This is normal. I had to return my old T-Mobile nexus one and I didn't get the engraving back, but I personally didn't like it. Now I have an att nexus one and its literally perfect.
I bought a nexus one today from someone locally, and at first I didn't noticed any dust under the screen, but when i got it back to work and looked at it more, i noticed a little bit. The N1 person told me that they wouldn't be able to send me a new one because it had the engraving of the other person that had bought it. So this thread gives me hope that they might just send me a new one!! I really hope they do, haha The screen has a few more dings in it than i noticed when first looking at it. I got it for 400 bucks, tho, so hopefully that was a good deal.
Hi Guys
I am about to do a warranty exchange today for my galaxy s8 plus, i had a issue where i was not able to charge the phone because it kept saying moisture detected when there was no moisture in the port (i cleaned out the charging port and usb c cable as well). I have also been having a few issues with the phone freezing here and there so i am going to do a warranty exchange.
Before i do though, does anyone know if the warranty phones that T-Mobile is sending are new or refurbished? My phones not THAT wanky where i would want to take a risk with a refurbished phone.
I just want to know if any of you guys have done the warranty exchange, and if yes when? and did you receive a new or refurbished device.
Thank You!
**Update: got the warranty phone yesterday, definitely refurbished. Whats worse is that the phone has 2 scuffs on the top left and bottom left and a nick on the top right. Its not horribly noticeable but the phone i turned in was in perfect condition and why do i get a dropped abused phone?
Going to haggle T-Mobile about it and see what they will do, most likely ship me out another refurbished device...
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Hi Guys
I am about to do a warranty exchange today for my galaxy s8 plus, i had a issue where i was not able to charge the phone because it kept saying moisture detected when there was no moisture in the port (i cleaned out the charging port and usb c cable as well). I have also been having a few issues with the phone freezing here and there so i am going to do a warranty exchange.
Before i do though, does anyone know if the warranty phones that T-Mobile is sending are new or refurbished? My phones not THAT wanky where i would want to take a risk with a refurbished phone.
I just want to know if any of you guys have done the warranty exchange, and if yes when? and did you receive a new or refurbished device.
Thank You!
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Mine is s8. And bought it brand new when bogo offers. Also exchanged it for warranty exchanged because of a red dead pixel. Went to T-Mobile store yesterday m Monday and they told me warranty exchanged always replaced with a refurbished units. Wtf! And they said hopefully i.might get brand new cause the phones is only just months old. But she said its not guaranteed though until T-Mobile will shipped the phone. Will update when i get it. Hopefully by end of the week.
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When I did mine I got a new phone. I did it through T-Mobile about 2 weeks after I got the phone.
Most cases they send you a refurbished phone. It usually comes with out accessories and no original packaging.
I think the only problem with refurb units it the aesthetics, I wouldnt want an $800 device to LOOK like **** however, I am ALL PRO repair and fully believe in hardware repair, as long as it is done by a competent person..... The internals / logic board circuits are all the same in refurb and in new, it would be nice if refurb units get to have improvements but highly unlikely due to schematics..... anywho, I whouldnt worry too much about receiving a refurbished unit as long as the exterior looks to your standards.... inspect it before walking out of the tmobile store, I dont know if youre able to do a store pickup, if not then it would be a bit more difficult to make your case with them......
just my 2 cents
When i send my mobile in for repair and they send me a scuffed used looking phone back, i would raise all hell on them.
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caloyzki said:
Mine is s8. And bought it brand new when bogo offers. Also exchanged it for warranty exchanged because of a red dead pixel. Went to T-Mobile store yesterday m Monday and they told me warranty exchanged always replaced with a refurbished units. Wtf! And they said hopefully i.might get brand new cause the phones is only just months old. But she said its not guaranteed though until T-Mobile will shipped the phone. Will update when i get it. Hopefully by end of the week.
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Update.
My s8 exchanged already delivered to one of my nearest T-Mobile store. Can't pick it up today, i call the store and asked if its braned new and she told me it's a refurbished! Will go tom and check the unit.
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caloyzki said:
Update.
My s8 exchanged already delivered to one of my nearest T-Mobile store. Can't pick it up today, i call the store and asked if its braned new and she told me it's a refurbished! Will go tom and check the unit.
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Unfortunately you are hearing the truth. T-Mobile offers a timely exchanged device (Next Day if you have insurance, 3-5 without) at the cost of it being refurbished. Usually if an instance occurs within the first month of device launch you'll get a new one but past that there's no guarantee.
You can check to see once you arrive at the store. If the box inside the packaging is a slim T-Mobile box, then it's refurbished. If it's in the official box, it's brand new. If it's refurbished, you can refuse the order and it will be shipped back to T-Mobile at no cost to you.
You can go through Samsung. They cannot guarantee they will not use refurbished parts or device, but there is a chance unlike with T-Mobile. I went through them direct for a dead pixel on my S7E. Was without my phone for 19 days, but I got my same model back.
Best of luck.
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caloyzki said:
Update.
My s8 exchanged already delivered to one of my nearest T-Mobile store. Can't pick it up today, i call the store and asked if its braned new and she told me it's a refurbished! Will go tom and check the unit.
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Update:
Got my s8 exchanged this morning. Phone comes with T-Mobile packaging. And he said it is a refurbished unit. When i checked the unit it looks brand new. All stickers are still with the phone except from the front screens. No dings, no scratches or anything. And as soon as i turn it on. I already got firmware updates 3 times until May patched. So happy with my exchanged unit.
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It's my understanding that they (TMO) will attempt 3 refurb warranty exchanges before giving you a brand new device. I would be super picky, and return as many as you can that aren't 100% perfect.
I had the s7 edge that had the bottom right edge with completely dead pixels and it took 2 exchanges before I settled on a refurb - which just came back to haunt me Friday as I dropped my phone and it messed up the digitizer. No visible damage, and I had the famous unicorn beetle pro + TGSP combo and never had a bad drop until Friday. Had that refurb for 11 months and couldn't do anything with it. So here I am with the s8 now (the + was too dang big lol).
If I had to guess based on the s7 unit I got, it had a screen replaced and was done with poor quality parts. My wife drops her s7 edge on concrete what seems like every day and has had no issues.
tl;dr: keep sending them back until they agree to send you a new unit.
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Unfortunately you are hearing the truth. T-Mobile offers a timely exchanged device (Next Day if you have insurance, 3-5 without) at the cost of it being refurbished. Usually if an instance occurs within the first month of device launch you'll get a new one but past that there's no guarantee.
You can check to see once you arrive at the store. If the box inside the packaging is a slim T-Mobile box, then it's refurbished. If it's in the official box, it's brand new. If it's refurbished, you can refuse the order and it will be shipped back to T-Mobile at no cost to you.
You can go through Samsung. They cannot guarantee they will not use refurbished parts or device, but there is a chance unlike with T-Mobile. I went through them direct for a dead pixel on my S7E. Was without my phone for 19 days, but I got my same model back.
Best of luck.
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Yeah Samsung takes time lol but I make sure I have insurance with my phones so I can get new ones,not used ones
Hello, im thinking of purchasing my first Android in awhile. im able to get a Nexus 6 64gb sealed for $200. any other options that do not surpass $350 or im i getting a good deal. Any help will be nice.
Don't get those sealed new boxes on eBay. Every single one of them are fake. I bought two and returned both. They are ALL used, refurbished items packaged very meticulously using the clone packaging red paper wrap.
Here is what I did. Looked up on Amazon for deals from Amazon warehouse. That's the only partially more dependable place you can look into for peace of mind. If anyone says, BRAND NEW, simply ignore. Use common sense.
I bought a Like New Cloud White from aforementioned place for 202. Came exactly as advertised. It was stuck on 5.1 from May of 2015. Absolutely unused. I contacted Motorola to see the warranty status. It expired in Feb of last year.
I updated it to the 7.1.1 yesterday and have been happy with my experience of purchasing. Best part? I have 30 days to return this. I'm still in talks with Motorola to give me some sort of warranty on possible future issues ( since I bought it like new from Amazon). Long shot but still...
Stay away from the eBay deals.
In many ways, the Nexus 6 is still a good phone. At a good price, I recommend getting a used one. Of course, you need to like the screen size, and do without a fingerprint scanner.
You will probably need to replace the battery soon. Not expensive, and not too difficult to do yourself if you are careful.
Also, the N6 is 32 bit. Not a problem today, but a few years from now, it may mean that not all new apps can run on the phone.
The Nexus 6 was unveiled on October 2014. Do not believe that after > 3 years there are unused Nexus 6 devices.
I just bought....
I just bought a Nexus 6 in 2018.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/391877228362
Coming from Hong Kong but the seller assured me it will be sealed.
Reasons why I bought it
Stock Android 7.1
High specs
Awesome display
Cheap from this person, ($90 cheaper than Amazon)
sounds good dude make sure its not a china copied one tho sumone on ebay is selling one for a 100 quid
I picked up a certified refurbished off of amazon a few months back for $150. Money well spent!
Swappa or Ebay, used but mint is good enough for $150 for 32gb, IMHO
As much as I love my Nexus 6 it is getting a little long in the tooth. I'm not planning on upgrading until the 2018 pixels come out (if they put Qi back in)
I'd buy a refurb replacement to get me through to October but I have a spare right now so, barring two calamities in the next 9 months, I should be OK.
I bought one from a private seller on fb marketplace for 120$./mint condition, unlocked clean imei three weeks ago. I love it. Running 8.1 nitrogen OS.do it! So much potential!
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Don't get those sealed new boxes on eBay. Every single one of them are fake. I bought two and returned both. They are ALL used, refurbished items packaged very meticulously using the clone packaging red paper wrap.
Here is what I did. Looked up on Amazon for deals from Amazon warehouse. That's the only partially more dependable place you can look into for peace of mind. If anyone says, BRAND NEW, simply ignore. Use common sense.
I bought a Like New Cloud White from aforementioned place for 202. Came exactly as advertised. It was stuck on 5.1 from May of 2015. Absolutely unused. I contacted Motorola to see the warranty status. It expired in Feb of last year.
I updated it to the 7.1.1 yesterday and have been happy with my experience of purchasing. Best part? I have 30 days to return this. I'm still in talks with Motorola to give me some sort of warranty on possible future issues ( since I bought it like new from Amazon). Long shot but still...
Stay away from the eBay deals.
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What! I just bought a new Nexus 6 from ebay for 200 bucks 32gb. So your saying it's fake, and the device is refurbished? Is there anyway I can tell when I get the device if it's been used? Will the imei tell me if it's been used? Im very Glade I stumbled upon this thread!
I bought a new Shamu from someone on the letgo app. I paid $175. In front of the guy I opened the unopened new box, cutting the tape. Put my sim card and it works. Phone, charger everything was wrapped and new. I brought it home unlocked bootloader, twrp, and now running 8.1 I believe I got a sweet deal. I've known never to use eBay. Amazon is sweet for it's return policy on used stuff. but buying from other people is cheaper and you can meet at a public spot and test phone before you buy. With the same app I sold my oneplus 5t for $450 prior to buying this Shamu today. I've had this phone and I just had to come back to it for the right price. Well I live in Chicago so there's someone hustling stuff. Just shoot an offer, low ball and you might get a decent price. Yeah, buying this phone in 2018 is still good.
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I bought a new Shamu from someone on the letgo app. I paid $175. In front of the guy I opened the unopened new box, cutting the tape....
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A new phone needs to be charged before it can be used.
@NLBeev: A new device will come with a partially charged battery, roughly 40 to 50%. He'll want to top off the battery of course, which I think is what you meant to say, but there would be sufficient energy in the battery - even after two years - to power up the device.
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A new phone needs to be charged before it can be used.
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Your right, We had to plug it up and wait a few minutes before the screen would power up. I didn't want to go into detail of everything I did...
When I bought my taimen phone last year new in box from Google it arrived and it had a 41% when I powered it on (my fav #). And the OnePlus 5t came with charge also from oneplus. Some newer phones have charge on battery.
With the Shamu I wasn't expecting it to be charged nor have juice to power up.
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Hello, im thinking of purchasing my first Android in awhile. im able to get a Nexus 6 64gb sealed for $200. any other options that do not surpass $350 or im i getting a good deal. Any help will be nice.
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Seems like a bad idea. for that much money, you could get a new phone.
The shamu is great, but with my SOT being 3 hours or less, I am beginning to hate it. Cant replace battery, which leaves me to hate sealed battery phones even more.
Probably going to get a phone with a replaceable battery, even if it is a dumb phone. I am tired of planned obsolecence. My biggest issue is screen decay. My phone has horrible burn in.
Sure you can replace the battery! I can fix anything that
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Seems like a bad idea. for that much money, you could get a new phone.
The shamu is great, but with my SOT being 3 hours or less, I am beginning to hate it. Cant replace battery, which leaves me to hate sealed battery phones even more.
Probably going to get a phone with a replaceable battery, even if it is a dumb phone. I am tired of planned obsolecence. My biggest issue is screen decay. My phone has horrible burn in.
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Sure you can replace the battery! I can fix anything that has to do with the nexus 6. I have owned 4 over the course of 4 years, and I just bought number 5 today. I always leave the N6 for awhile but I always come back to it. I like them because they are very easy to work on. I have had every nexus 6 phone iv owned took completely apart. One of the N6 I owned was midnight blue, well after about 6 months of looking at the same color I decided to change it up a little. So I bought a cloud white back battery cover and midframe assembly, and changed the blue to white, I guess I was wanting a knew phone and by doing that it made it feel new again. If you have a nexus 6 and want to make it awesome looking let me know and I will help you to change its appearance. When it comes to changing parts out of the N6 I'm good at it, don't mean to brag either. It's just something I really like to do. I bet if you change the battery it'll help with your SOT and if you wanna get the most out of your nexus 6, bootloader unlock it and root it, and install a custom kernel or find a good rom. Then download kernel auditor and tweak the CPU. If you wanna change your battery or anything else let me know and I'll help!
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The nexus 6 I bought came from eBay, I paid 204 its 32g brand new! But before I bought the device I asked the seller if the device was in fact brand new, and if it came with the manufacturer warranty. He assured me that it was brand new and it did come with the manufacturer warranty, plus It came with a 30 day money back guarantee can't beat that. It's always good if your buying a smartphone to ask them these questions, because that let's them know that you know a thing or two about devices. Most people wouldn't think to ask a seller if a device that they are advertising is new when the description says its new. Just because someone tells you that something is brand new doesn't always mean it is new. You have to do your research and ask questions. I bought a Xiaomi Mi Mix on eBay awhile back. The seller of the mix told me that it was brand new.... Well at the time I didn't think to ask him if it was new or not, it said new in the description so that was good enough for me. When the mix arrived the first thing I was gonna do was unlock the bootloader, but I didn't have to because it was already unlocked, so that tells me that the mix wasn't new it was probably refurbished or something. To make a long story short. I called the seller and told him about the bootloader being unlocked, and if it were new it would be locked. I didn't give the seller to much hassle but I let him know that I wasn't stupid either, I believe he got the message.. I really didn't carw if it was new or not because the device didn't have a scratch on it, if there had of been any signs of use, just one little flaw then I would have shipped it right back to him. I was gonna unlock and root it anyways, just made my job a lot easier. The seller offered me a refund but I refused. I just don't like a liar, be honest with me that's all I ask, but some people just wanna make a dishonest buck.
If you have burn in that'll cost ya around 130 bucks for a new lcd digitizer.. It would probably be cheaper just to go ahead and buy another phone.
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What! I just bought a new Nexus 6 from ebay for 200 bucks 32gb. So your saying it's fake, and the device is refurbished? Is there anyway I can tell when I get the device if it's been used? Will the imei tell me if it's been used? Im very Glade I stumbled upon this thread!
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Any of these NEW items is not new. Think about it. 2014 device brand new and sealed, no one opened or touched it, flew through scores of virtual and physical space untouched and landed in your lap 4 years later??? yea, pigs fly. I asked Motorola to share the IMEI associated warranty of mine. It said the warranty expired 2017 Feb. I haggled with them about buying it new from Amazon. With some back and forth, I was able to get one year warranty provided I kept the receipt.
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STAY away from new items of Nexus 6 on Ebay. They are not new. If the price--199--is too good to be true, it is. HongKong ones are even worse...right from the den of counterfeit items.
I went back to N6 because of front facing stereo, HUGE screen (not the fancy 16:9), quad HD, awesome battery, and above all, Pure Android. I am not a narcissist, so I can live with a 2MP selfie camera on this one. Good luck finding all these in one device (unless you are super duper rich and can afford to shell out $920 out of pocket for an unlocked Pixel 2 XL)
Well, today either my usb cable broke, which I doubt, or the charging port of my nexus is dead.
While I could fix both the battery and charging port, in the mean time, I just ordered a Lenovo Moto G5 and a bunch of charging cables. The G5 isnt meant for me, but might aswell get one for myself. Why such a budget phone you ask? It has a removable battery.
The problem isnt the technical skills(Bunch of youtube videos say very precisely how to fix stuff), I lack parts.
Appart from aliexpress and ebay, I know not of any other place to get parts. Im in central europe btw.
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Any of these NEW items is not new. Think about it. 2014 device brand new and sealed, no one opened or touched it, flew through scores of virtual and physical space untouched and landed in your lap 4 years later??? yea, pigs fly. I asked Motorola to share the IMEI associated warranty of mine. It said the warranty expired 2017 Feb. I haggled with them about buying it new from Amazon. With some back and forth, I was able to get one year warranty provided I kept the receipt.
So, in short
STAY away from new items of Nexus 6 on Ebay. They are not new. If the price--199--is too good to be true, it is. HongKong ones are even worse...right from the den of counterfeit items.
I went back to N6 because of front facing stereo, HUGE screen (not the fancy 16:9), quad HD, awesome battery, and above all, Pure Android. I am not a narcissist, so I can live with a 2MP selfie camera on this one. Good luck finding all these in one device (unless you are super duper rich and can afford to shell out $920 out of pocket for an unlocked Pixel 2 XL)
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Understood! However I did buy a nexus 6 from eBay for 204. I had a good talk with the seller about what kind of warranty I would be getting,and I took screen shots of the messages we had so I could have them for future,if any issues arises. I did get a 1yr warranty. This is what the seller told me. The first 3 months was free repair or a full refund, and he would pay for the shipping. The remaining 9 months covers any kind of damage cracked screen damaged digitizer,dings and dents all covered but no refund offered for the remaining 9 months,and he would still pay to have the device shipped. I love the nexus 6 I have owned several. I also like how easy they are to work on. I had a few midnight blue devices, well I got tired of looking at the blue so I changed the back battery cover and mid-frame assembly to cloud white, I have used the back battery cover from the moto x pure ed 2015 also just to change up the overall look of my N6. I also like the front facing speakers the speaker grills are also replaceable I usually take them out from time to time and clean around the area were the grill snaps in. The device is also very good on battery life, if 7a know how to root and unlock the bootloader. I believe I'll be happy with the device as long as I get what I was promised. My dream device is either the international s8+ or the note 8,but I'm just like you I can't afford spend noore than about 200 ta 250 bucks. I want the international variants because unlock the bootloaders and rooting is a priority for me. Thanks for the reply, have a good one!