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Dear fellow xda-devs,
After some discussion with mikechannon in our diagnosis thread, we came to a conclusion that my Hermes camera is actually broken. I can't live without it on my phone as I'm a guy who loves spontaneous photography. I can shoot on practically anything, anytime. A standalone camera is too expensive for me. I'm just a student and my Hermes practically used up my savings.
So here I am, appealing to all Hermes users who have a bricked/faulty/extra/spare/not-in-use to donate/spare/sell me their Hermes camera at a bargain.
Thanks in advance.
P.S - I live in Malaysia
abubakar said:
Dear fellow xda-devs,
After some discussion with mikechannon in our diagnosis thread, we came to a conclusion that my Hermes camera is actually broken. I can't live without it on my phone as I'm a guy who loves spontaneous photography. I can shoot on practically anything, anytime. A standalone camera is too expensive for me. I'm just a student and my Hermes practically used up my savings.
So here I am, appealing to all Hermes users who have a bricked/faulty/extra/spare/not-in-use to donate/spare/sell me their Hermes camera at a bargain.
Thanks in advance.
P.S - I live in Malaysia
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Hi
As it happens I have one I could donate, BUT the postage costs might be expensive from UK to Malaysia.
Perhaps wait to see if someone closer has one for you.
Mike
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Hi
As it happens I have one I could donate, BUT the postage costs might be expensive from UK to Malaysia.
Perhaps wait to see if someone closer has one for you.
Mike
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Hi again,
wow. You're my true hero. Like daylight batman. lol. We'll wait and see...
Any kind souls?
Puhleease?
Hmm, maybe cause this thread is in the Hermes accessories section. Not enough exposure. Lol
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Check at lelong.com.my u might get sumtin from there..
maybe buy this just posted one for spare parts...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=415788
good luck
hey there.
nah, ive checked lelong. every other day i'll browse lelong n ebay to kill time. thanks for your response.
hey hey,
yeah i saw that post too. there are tons of faulty devices out the that i can make use of, but money has always been the culprit stopping me from doing so..
lol
btw mike, i was wondering how much will the shipping be from Uk to Malaysia for small packets? Cause last week, i bought a pair of stylus and the shipping is only a couple of pounds. I was thinking that if you were to donate, i think it is only fair that i cover your shipping cost
mike might not see this post, so u may want to PM him
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mike might not see this post, so u may want to PM him
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i did. thanks
I just happen to have got some kind of problem with my camera, and taking it out has fixed the battery drain issues and stuff, I live in the Uk and if you don't send it off to abubakar, would you be willing to let me knows? I would like to fix my phone too but unsure where to get the part for it.
Cheers
eyupwolf said:
I just happen to have got some kind of problem with my camera, and taking it out has fixed the battery drain issues and stuff, I live in the Uk and if you don't send it off to abubakar, would you be willing to let me knows? I would like to fix my phone too but unsure where to get the part for it.
Cheers
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Sorry, posted to him today. There have been a couple of threads parting out TyTns though.
Mike
mikechannon said:
Sorry, posted to him today. There have been a couple of threads parting out TyTns though.
Mike
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Oks, thanks for replying, I'll keep an eye open.
I'v ordered my SGS3 from Play because of the £20 cashback from Topcashback. I am still wondering if I have done the right thing. With Amazon I have never had a problem returning something which I thought was defective. They have always refunded me immediately and I am sure they have never bothered to check if it was really defective. I am worried if there is, for example, one dead pixel on the phone when I get it. If I try to return it to Play will they take time to check it and then try and say it is within manufacturing tolerances?
Basically what I am asking is what experiences people have of returning things to Play. Or should I just go with Amazon and forget the £20 cashback?
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I'v ordered my SGS3 from Play because of the £20 cashback from Topcashback. I am still wondering if I have done the right thing. With Amazon I have never had a problem returning something which I thought was defective. They have always refunded me immediately and I am sure they have never bothered to check if it was really defective. I am worried if there is, for example, one dead pixel on the phone when I get it. If I try to return it to Play will they take time to check it and then try and say it is within manufacturing tolerances?
Basically what I am asking is what experiences people have of returning things to Play. Or should I just go with Amazon and forget the £20 cashback?
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play.com are excellent
dont worry
winwiz said:
play.com are excellent
dont worry
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Thanks but are they excellent on returns as well? How long do they take before they give a refund?
norm2002 said:
Thanks but are they excellent on returns as well? How long do they take before they give a refund?
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You'd find a lot more answers if you searched this on google, on xda you may get the opinions of merely a few people, while google will find all of the horror stories (if any) that you're trying to protect yourself against.
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Thanks but are they excellent on returns as well? How long do they take before they give a refund?
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yeah fine, ordered a GNEX from there are they took it back no problems. cant remember on the refund, no more than a week if i remember correctly
I was planning on bring my SGS2 to the repair center, since its been giving me so much trouble lately, unfortunatley i dropped it in water before i could get there
As far as i can see there are 2 water indicators on the phone - on the phone itself to the right of the battery, and also one on the battery.
I actually used a Q-tip and bleach and both are no longer red, but are there any more anywhere else on the phone? And are there any other ways they will be able to tell it has water damage?
Are you really asking the forum for help in scamming AT&T for you? Take responsibility for yourself.
Wow....
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There are more than you can see. Just fess up and get another one
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Are you really asking the forum for help in scamming AT&T for you? Take responsibility for yourself.
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O god forbid someone scam ATT!!!!!!:crying: We should all be so careful to treat this honest and ethical company with nothing but respect. They get what they give after all.
Ive been paying for insurance for 2 or 3 years now, have never made a claim, and they raise the deductible for a claim to 200 dollars? Screw you ATT. The phone was faulty before it got water in it. Im saving someone else the trouble of getting this device refurbed, because you know ATT would just repackage this phone and give it to some poor SOB.
Whether AT&T is an evil company or not is not the issue. This is not the forum to be asking for help to scam them or anyone else.
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Whether AT&T is an evil company or not is not the issue. This is not the forum to be asking for help to scam them or anyone else.
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hmmmm so im guessing you have a problem with the threads entitled: how to put your phone back to stock for warranty replacement. You clearly voided the warranty when you rooted your phone, so by flashing back, you are scamming samsung and ATT.
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hmmmm so im guessing you have a problem with the threads entitled: how to put your phone back to stock for warranty replacement. You clearly voided the warranty when you rooted your phone, so by flashing back, you are scamming samsung and ATT.
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Hey genius, it's only a scam if by flashing a ROM you mess the phone up and then try to get AT$T to replace it. What you are trying to do is get AT$T to pay for your clumsiness. Fine, go right ahead and try, but trying to enlist people in here to be your accomplice in that scam is against the forum rules. This thread is destined to be closed.
Don't even try it. They check more than the indicators. The check corrosion on solder points etc......... they will know.
Reminds me of money over.......
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Hey genius, it's only a scam if by flashing a ROM you mess the phone up and then try to get AT$T to replace it. What you are trying to do is get AT$T to pay for your clumsiness. Fine, go right ahead and try, but trying to enlist people in here to be your accomplice in that scam is against the forum rules. This thread is destined to be closed.
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You voided warranty, end of story. By flashing back you are faking that the phone was never rooted.
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Don't even try it. They check more than the indicators. The check corrosion on solder points etc......... they will know.
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I dont know, I doubt they will even bother to check anything besides the obvious. They make so much money on these phones, the amount it would cost to pay someone to analyze what happened to a phone wouldnt pay off.
You don't deserve help. Scamming is not supported here, a mod will most likely shut this down...so inb4lock?
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hmmmm so im guessing you have a problem with the threads entitled: how to put your phone back to stock for warranty replacement. You clearly voided the warranty when you rooted your phone, so by flashing back, you are scamming samsung and ATT.
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There is a distinct and significant difference between returning software to stock to enable a user to return the phone for hardware defects that were not caused by the user (failed usb ports, power buttons, etc.) and trying to return a device that was physically damaged by careless use/abuse. The reason deductibles go up is because of this type of behavior.
I'm sorry don't mind me but you guys are so funny!!! Takecare...
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dandrumheller said:
There is a distinct and significant difference between returning software to stock to enable a user to return the phone for hardware defects that were not caused by the user (failed usb ports, power buttons, etc.) and trying to return a device that was physically damaged by careless use/abuse. The reason deductibles go up is because of this type of behavior.
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like i said the phone was failing before it got water damaged. Disagree with you on the second reason. the deductible went up because of ATT's greed. I can outright buy this phone off contract for not much more than their deductible, plus what i pay every month - it doesnt make any sense.
killman2659 said:
Reminds me of money over.......
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Hopefully he joins him...soon.
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Hopefully he joins him...soon.
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I'm actually surprised he hasn't tried defending the OP. It was pretty funny when he had his brother try to defend him in a thread exactly like this, trying to scam AT&T.
killman2659 said:
I'm actually surprised he hasn't tried defending the OP. It was pretty funny when he had his brother try to defend him in a thread exactly like this, trying to scam AT&T.
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Yeah, that was funny. I love these threads simply because my Thanks go up about 20 points each time.:laugh:
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Yeah, that was funny. I love these threads simply because my Thanks go up about 20 points each time.:laugh:
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Haha thanks is all that counts here eh?
Miami_Son said:
Yeah, that was funny. I love these threads simply because my Thanks go up about 20 points each time.:laugh:
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Hi people, need some help with my motherboard on my Galaxy S2 and thought you might be able to help.
Initially I took the advice of a website to use a paper clip in the aerial connection on the back to increase signal... it worked, however, it never gathered signal again without this addition.
After a while the aerial connector broke, but I was able to solder a wire to the open contact on the PCB.
Today the contact broke free from the PCB which left me with nothing to solder to.
I found a page on anandtech.com at the location /print/4686 which shows all the PCB in a nice detail.
Below the sentence 'Moving right is the Infineon Smarti UE2 RF transciever...' there is a chip with 1EH 117 .1.3 which is on the opposite side of where the aerial connector was. Does anyone know what this chip does?
To sum up, does anyone know if any of these connector pins on the chip leads to the aerial connector?
I doubt I would be able to find a schematic of the wiring, and a new motherboard will cost about £150+. So I figure if I can solder a wire to something a bit more solid I could save myself some money.
Any help welcome.
Thanks
replace main board probably cheaper than repairing + u can make it a g(nfc)
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replace main board probably cheaper than repairing + u can make it a g(nfc)
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Nope this person is good with H/W I guess, this forum mostly deal with software issues, as most of us are apparently application developers, and only some of the best and those who are knowledgeable do tinkering with hardware, so you better contact someone who works on creating roms like CM as they will have some amount of hardware understanding.
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I thank those who give helpful comments
I expect the same from others.
Unless you're experienced at working with microelectronics, don't try and fix it yourself. A millimetre the wrong way with the soldering iron & you'll completely trash the phone.
Pay someone who knows what they're doing to replace the MB/fix it, and consider the 150 quid an expensive lesson in not messing around with things you don't fully understand/can't fix if you bork it (sticking a paperclip in the aerial connection; not something I'd do with a $700 piece of electronics).
Where can I buy a motherboard ?
I'll test another battery tomorrow, but I'm sure the MB is fried
Will You Please Start with the Problem, i mean i dont understand what problem you are facing
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It looks like my i9100 main board is dead. I don't know how or why because I was simply reading when it shut off. I had the EMMC bug, or maybe it is because it took some water a year ago.. I don't know.
Anyway I'm out of warranty and have to repair it myself, but I cant find a main board seller for the SGS2 on internet (tried ebay, amazon etc), I'm stuck.
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Will You Please Start with the Problem, i mean i dont understand what problem you are facing
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Goto samsung care
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I live in Albania
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Goto samsung care
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And that makes a magical fix appear how exactly ? The fix is the same whether you live in Albania, Australia or on the Moon; replace the motherboard. How you get one (off a 'donor' 2nd hand phone or pay Samsung to replace it) is up to you.
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I live in Albania
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Albania means no Samsung care, and that's why I'm talking about a seller in internet.
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And that makes a magical fix appear how exactly ? The fix is the same whether you live in Albania, Australia or on the Moon; replace the motherboard. How you get one (off a 'donor' 2nd hand phone or pay Samsung to replace it) is up to you.
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Albania means no Samsung care, and that's why I'm talking about a seller in internet.
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No samsung care?
Do u live on Mars?
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Seriously, you think I'd be asking here if I could go to a Samsung store and order it
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No samsung care?
Do u live on Mars?
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And you can't post it to Samsung/authorised repairer in whatever country they have same closest to Albania why; you do have a postal service in Albania I presume ?
One isn't going to magically appear on eBay because you've posted on XDA that you can't find one. There's nothing more anyone here can say to you. Monitor eBay constantly for as long as it takes & you'll get one eventually (if you're quick). Once you have a busted phone, take it to a local mobile repair shop, and ask them to take the motherboard out of the broken phone, and put it in your phone.
Done.
If I understand it right, you don't have anything to say because you can't imagine anything different from your world.
This is the kind of answer I was expecting : http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s-ii-main-board-with-program/
And as I specified above, I can replace the part myself, no need for a repairing shop or sending it anywhere.
MistahBungle said:
And you can't post it to Samsung/authorised repairer in whatever country they have same closest to Albania why; you do have a postal service in Albania I presume ?
One isn't going to magically appear on eBay because you've posted on XDA that you can't find one. There's nothing more anyone here can say to you. Monitor eBay constantly for as long as it takes & you'll get one eventually (if you're quick). Once you have a busted phone, take it to a local mobile repair shop, and ask them to take the motherboard out of the broken phone, and put it in your phone.
Done.
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So you were posting here purely to spam ? (Given you were obviously able to find what you were looking for/obviously lied about not being able to find same).
Edit -No, you clearly don't understand anything. At all. I said what I said because that is what I would do, I.E if I needed a motherboard replacement, I'd either get an authorised repairer to do it, or I'd get a donor board from a busted phone. It's really quite simple. You obviously have problems with that.
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If I understand it right, you don't have anything to say because you can't imagine anything different from your world.
This is the kind of answer I was expecting : http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s-ii-main-board-with-program/
And as I specified above, I can replace the part myself, no need for a repairing shop or sending it anywhere.
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Just found it, if you can imagine that possibility. Obviously I didn't enjoy this conversation (where instead of getting help, I got someones pedantic point of view, one who also calls me a lier)
Edit- Then next time read the question and answer simply that : "I go to an authorized repairer and don't know where you can find one"
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So you were posting here purely to spam ? (Given you were obviously able to find what you were looking for/obviously lied about not being able to find same).
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If I understand it right, you don't have anything to say because you can't imagine anything different from your world.
This is the kind of answer I was expecting : http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s-ii-main-board-with-program/
And as I specified above, I can replace the part myself, no need for a repairing shop or sending it anywhere.
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Well buy it then.
"noob ok...lazy noob not ok"
I was waiting for a Senior to approve. Thank you
theunderling said:
Well buy it then.
"noob ok...lazy noob not ok"
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theunderling said:
Well buy it then.
"noob ok...lazy noob not ok"
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Do we really need to tell him that buy it ?
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Hi I purchsed a galaxy note from ebay and the screen is dead on it. The phone has warranty on it. I bought the device from the seller and he told he has purchased this device in June 2012. Since I purchased this device, can I call samsung service and say the screen is dead. No water damage or flash. It has stock ROM. I am thinking this is a mother board issue. Will I be able to say this device is owned by me and get a free replacement?Do I need to produce the bill or any other information?Will samsung ask any other information?
Just call Samsung and tell them you are the second owner. The warranty is on the phone, not the owner.
Please don't post anything else on xda about this if you bought the phone with the goal of tricking Samsung (fraud).
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Just call Samsung and tell them you are the second owner. The warranty is on the phone, not the owner.
Please don't post anything else on xda about this if you bought the phone with the goal of tricking Samsung (fraud).
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I don't want to do any fraud. But want to know if samsung asks for any sales receipt or comparable proof of sale showing the original date of purchase.
I think you're pretty safe claiming the warranty, because this model isn't a year old yet. Just call Samsung repair center. You can google that. Several members have said it was quick and painless.
rangercaptain said:
Just call Samsung and tell them you are the second owner. The warranty is on the phone, not the owner.
XDA is no longer worth my time.
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TimOster said:
Where the hell do you see anything about him trying to defraud anyone. Pull in the reins there cowboy!
I think the moderators can do a fine job of policing without you calling people criminals.
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I don't see where rangercaptain called anybody a criminal. His post was helpful and polite with good advice, unlike your post.
TimOster said:
Where the hell do you see anything about him trying to defraud anyone. Pull in the reins there cowboy!
I think the moderators can do a fine job of policing without you calling people criminals.
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I can see where it might sound like he was accusing people of fraud, but
to me I think his point is valid in that he was being helpful but making sure everything was on the up and up. I did read the OP in such a way that it sounds like it was purchased knowing the screen was bad because if I had got a note with a dead screen from eBay, assuming it was unknown to me when I purchased it, I'd probably take it up with the seller. But if the OP bought it full well knowing the screen was bad in the hopes in getting Samsung to fix it, it could seem a little fishy. Just my take on it.
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I don't see where rangercaptain called anybody a criminal. His post was helpful and polite with good advice, unlike your post.
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Agreed, ranger did what most of us would have done.
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TimOster said:
Where the hell do you see anything about him trying to defraud anyone. Pull in the reins there cowboy!
I think the moderators can do a fine job of policing without you calling people criminals.
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Wow. I've seen some people go off half cocked before, but you need to get a grip. You are so off base with your accusation about what Ranger said that it is laughable. Take a look at all of this posts, and I mean all of them. He is uniformly polite and helpful and he has orders of magnitude more posts than you do to demonstrate his helpfulness.
I would suggest that you rein it in cowboy and perhaps drink less coffee or whatever stimulant you drank before posting.
The OP PM'd me for more discussion, so I'm sure I didn't offend him.
Good work ranger ...as always...g