Is there some sort of seal on the Galaxy s 2 that will allow samsung to notice if the phone has been opened, disassembled? If there is can you tell me where is it?
On my phone bought here in hong kong, there is a rectangular sticker on the top left corner, next to the screw.
At least I think that us what it is.
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I've taken mine apart completely, and meticulously, no seals, first phone I've ever seen without one! There is a water-mark seal on the mainboard to see about moisture damage, but unless the phone went to Samsung directly, I highly doubt any technician would even know it's there, or bother with a full dissasembly to find it (It's under the screen of all places)
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Hey all, I have a Streak I bought last Christmas and ended up dropping and breaking the screen. It is still under warranty, aside from the sticker being missing on the one torx screw. Its still in mint condition physically with no scratches. All of a sudden the cameras quit working the other day. It wont connect to them, and I know its software and not a hardware issue caused by me repairing the screen. I cannot remember which screw had the sticker on it an would like to replace the phone through warranty. Can anyone tell me which screw the sticker was located on? Any other information would be helpful too, as in the type of sticker or diameter. I know it was pretty thin and white, as the torx driver when right through it with no effort. Or how hard are they to take off and put back on? Could I get the new phone and take it off fairly easily and throw it on the old one before I send it in?
u mean screw under the home plate or under the earpiece plate? if yes thn thr is no warranty sticker i just check mine.
Really? Mine had one under the home place I believe. Cant remember which screw it was exactly, think there is three. But if yours didnt have a sticker at all I wonder if Ill be alright sending it in as is?
I've replaced my screen a few times and I had no warranty stickers on the screws
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Charging my phone earlier, nothing unusual or different, basically just using the usb wall charger like i always do. Finished charging so i unplugged it from the phone only i noticed a little piece of plastic had fallen out of the charging slot.
On inspection it looks like the plastic covers the pins, id have to assume its to protect them from being bent. The top pins still have the plastic piece there as i cant see the pins but the bottom pins are now visible, i've never seen those pins before so its definately where the plastic has come from.
I can actually put the plastic back in there but its very loose and could fall out with ease. It also pops out again if i insert the charger and unplug it ...
Question is, should i worry about this and is it fixable, i have thought about super glueing it. At the moment im extremely worried if i try to charge the phone that those pins will bend as theres nothing to really protect them now.
Also i do own the phone, bought it earlier this year from Tesco's around January time so its not even over 12 months. With that in mind i could probably walk into tesco's and get a refund or replacement. This might be my best option but i dont think tesco stock the phones anymore.
What should i do, try and fix it, ignore it, or send it back to tesco's ?
a replacement is an option, but tesco thats smooth its like someone in america getting the phone from walmart lol, If you don't wanna take it back superglue the end but DO NOT PUT IT IN YOUR PHONE TILL THE GLUE HAS DRIED, sorry thought that was needed, superglue is not conductive so wont cause any issues. good luck though.
You forgot one option, and probably the best one in your situation: contact the manufacturer. If the place you bought it from doesn't have it anymore, then you still have the manufacturer warranty and should be using that.
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a replacement is an option, but tesco thats smooth its like someone in america getting the phone from walmart lol, If you don't wanna take it back superglue the end but DO NOT PUT IT IN YOUR PHONE TILL THE GLUE HAS DRIED, sorry thought that was needed, superglue is not conductive so wont cause any issues. good luck though.
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After some thought im thinking returning to tesco is my best option, if i went down the superglue method and it didnt work id be stuck as i couldnt return it then. Even if they dont have any replacements which is likely as it was only on offer for a short period i can get my refund and go off and buy another streak elsewhere.
Thanks for the superglue tip, i'll have to remember that for any future glueing projects . Super advice that.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
You forgot one option, and probably the best one in your situation: contact the manufacturer. If the place you bought it from doesn't have it anymore, then you still have the manufacturer warranty and should be using that.
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This is always an option but from past experience dell are terrible, you usually end up with a replacement thats scratched and dirty. Either that or they refuse to honour the warranty and blame you forcing you to pay for the repair, i had a really tough time with them over a laptop a few years ago. Never again if i can help it.
I have had a pretty good experience with Dell exchanging my phone, but the first replacement unit was also defective. Very clean, however ;-)
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Same thing happened to me and many others. It is not covered by Dell warranty, so hopefully your store will replace.
I was told by the Dell rep at their support outlet that it is a common issue, which is why Dell has moved to mini-usb. However Screen and Charge Port issues are not covered under warranty so they would not replace.
I said to the guy, so am I to throw away a 3 month old phone???
I lodged a complaint with Dell Asia and US but was shot down both times.
In the end I had to pay for an electronics guy to solder a new PDMI port (hence voiding the remaining 9 months warranty).
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Long story short, a while ago I broke my screen, so I took it to a local phone shop (not vodafone, a small company) who did repairs. They charged £50 for the screen and to fit it etc. But since they've "repaired" it, the screen no longer sits flush in the body of the phone. The top let hand corner or the screen hangs about 3/4mm out of the body and is "squishy" (best way I can describe it really, I can push it in to where it should be, but it doesn't sit there, it comes out (as if it is being bent around something)). Due to this, dust seems to have gotten inbetween the screen and the digitizer? I can see the dust, can't remove it or touch it though... The case doesn't appear to be bent or out of shape in any way either. The mesh covering the speaker is mullered though, the technician at the shop reckons that it was neccessary during removal and replacement of the screen (true?). They also say that the reason the screen won't stay stuck in (all 3 other corners fit flush and do not move). Just wondering seeing as they aren't exactly much help if there is anything I can do to fix this. I am willing to take it apart myself and attempt to deal with it that way, as a last resort though. Screen works fine, no problems what so ever apart from the squidy corner and dust under the screen.
Have looked but haven't found this problem anywhere else and was wondering is it a physical fault or have they just put it together wrong? I'm seriously lost for what to do here... And on another note, phone won't connect to the computer as disc drive, but is fine for charging (although during mains charging it registers as "Charging (USB)" and sometimes doesn't register fully charged until it's soft reset which it then says it's completely full (although this isn't persistent, only some mornings...)
Sorry if this has been asked before and I haven't seen it or if I'm in the wrong area, didn't see a tech section.
Many thanks,
Joe
When I saw a guide a while ago to disassemble the legend, there are two retaining screws at the top under the black rubber bit, sounds to me like they either forgot to put them back or lost them. If your brave enough remove the black rubber cover on the top back, and have a look. Not sure what what the best method is to remove it though.
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When I saw a guide a while ago to disassemble the legend ...
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here is a good guide -> formymobile.co.uk/htclegenddisassembly.php
Sorry, i have no permission to post links now.
Thanks for the link to that Guide.
That is the same one I found ages ago, some thing to print out on hard copy for later reference.(in case website gets removed)
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Having another look at the mesh on the top, noticing its only mashed on the left side (with the problems) and on the right there seems to be a slight gap between the screen and the mesh, in the right, there doesn't... and could it be a retaining screw problem? Am I better off buying a new phone 2nd hand and saving the hassle of dissassembly and possible bricking? Then have a go once new phone arrived and selling it on?
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I don't see how you can brick your phone doing that.
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Apologies if this has been answered before. I recently dropped my sgs2 and chipped the "metal" bezel and really want to repair this if possible. I have seen full housing replacements on eBay but they don't have the screen or digitiser included. How easy is it to replace the bezel?
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LCD+Digitizer Screen+Housing Bezel for SAMSUNG Galaxy S 2 i9100
They are not that hard to find on ebay..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-G...062?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cb9ff0e4e
PS: theres also other links for the above items. how to remove and replaced has been covered here before...
The replacement housing is only £10 so thought it may be worth it to get rid of the little chip but over £100 is too much which is why I was wanting to know if its possible to remove the bezel from the screen and replace just that part
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Apologies if this has been answered before. I recently dropped my sgs2 and chipped the "metal" bezel and really want to repair this if possible. I have seen full housing replacements on eBay but they don't have the screen or digitiser included. How easy is it to replace the bezel?
Thanks
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Got the same problem mate... also dropped it once while I was at a club (stupid alcohol lol). Everyday, I see that bottom right corner of my phone that's a little damaged and think.. WHY ;__;
Mines bottom right too LOL. Such a small chip but enough to bug me
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Mines bottom right too LOL. Such a small chip but enough to bug me
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What are the chances hahaha. Maybe we should report to Samsung, we have a little research here what part of the phone gets damaged during avarage drop on the ground xD
But yeah, such a small damaged corner can bug a human pretty much. I try to avoid the lightning to fall in a certain way on the phone so it's not noticable \0/
Had my phone in my pocket, there most of been some sand or crap in there and there is a small nick the size of a grain of sand on the bezel right above the speaker. Tilt my phone back and I can see it, other than that I can forget about it.
With the insurance I have on my phone a £50 excess on a broken phone gets me a brand spanking new one
I had heard months ago of some people having cracks in their SIII casing on the metallic side trim.
Back then i checked and couldnt find any but now ive can see one on each corner of the phone. Im presuming this may be the way they are manufactured and I had just missed them before?
However I now have a crack in the same trim on the usb port.
This is frustrating ad its never been dropped and always been in a case.
Anyone sent had same prob and had Samsung repair free of charge?
Im in the UK and bought the SIII at launch SIM Free.
The 'cracks' on the four corners are actually joints/mould marks - it's not metallic but polycarbonate.
I've read (search xda) that the thin bezel around the edge of the phone is known to crack at the thinnest parts on early models and were repaired under warranty. Best contact Samsung to arrange a repair, as long as the casing has no damage marks I don't see why they won't do yours.