Got my OG 2 weeks ago and found a light leak about 1/3 in on the top on both sides, so i exchanged it for a different phone and now this one also had the same problem, but more severe. Is anyone else having this issue? Planning on swapping it out again, but could a bad batch have shipped to the Best Buy I bought it from?
Thanks in advanced!
Mine has the same. I don't notice it most of the time so I may not worry about swapping it out. Same thing happened with the G2x, but worse.
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laydros said:
Mine has the same. I don't notice it most of the time so I may not worry about swapping it out. Same thing happened with the G2x, but worse.
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Thanks for the help, but I will probably swap it just incase. Do you know if all OGs suffer from this? And can I win swap roulette so that I won't have any light leak?
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Thanks for the help, but I will probably swap it just incase. Do you know if all OGs suffer from this? And can I win swap roulette so that I won't have any light leak?
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Doubt it. My Captivate has it, my Nexus 7 has it, my Samsung GTab has it.
I'm a noob. What is light leak?
If by light leak, you mean there are bright spots at various places around the edge when the screen is supposed to be black, then I have those too, with the brightest one being at the top of the screen right of center.
they all have it. swap wont get you much more than slightly less.
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I have around 4 stuck pixels. They show up on grey screens as little light dots. Gets kind of annoying watching movies when and such. Tried the jscreen fix from the market but no luck.
Is this pretty normal? What's Sprint/htc policy? Just wondering if every phone has a few. Thanks in advance?
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Take it back, tell them you want an exchange due to screen defect. If it's one lone pixel I can see it being dismissible but a cluster is not good.
In the general market they usually have a dual standard.
up to X amount of pixels bad is considered within tolerance however if the pixels are adjacent then the threshold is lower so it would fail quality control.
If they give you grief just ask for a refund and rebuy it
Take it back. Its defective. They will replace it
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i turned on camera in dark room and i see like 3 pixels blue/green
has anyone tried that?
i tried my friends , turning on camera in completely dark room and didnt see any pixel issues
I have found from all these devices it is pretty common to see a stuck pixel here and there. I think you have to decide how bad it is or isn't. Sure you can exchange it but then you have to keep worrying if the next one will be worse and it will then become a never ending cycle!
this is true
i am trying
http://www.appbrain.com/app/jscreenfix/com.jscreenfix.android2
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http://www.appbrain.com/app/dead-pixel-test/net.ujacha.deadpixel
to get issue resolved ... if not i might just live with it
iTouch24 said:
this is true
i am trying
http://www.appbrain.com/app/jscreenfix/com.jscreenfix.android2
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http://www.appbrain.com/app/dead-pixel-test/net.ujacha.deadpixel
to get issue resolved ... if not i might just live with it
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Curious what you re going to do? I have 1 tiny one on the side of the phone that is only noticeable in a dark room on a black background. On the fence on what to do....I went through this with my TP2 and went through 4 phones and ended up keeping the best one of all of them but still had a stuck one. Just wasn't as bad as the other 3.
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Curious what you re going to do? I have 1 tiny one on the side of the phone that is only noticeable in a dark room on a black background. On the fence on what to do....I went through this with my TP2 and went through 4 phones and ended up keeping the best one of all of them but still had a stuck one. Just wasn't as bad as the other 3.
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That program didn't fix my issue and with the other program I noticed a total of 4 all generally in the center of the screen. I am going to have Sprint exchange and see what happens on the next one. Since yours is in the corner I would let it slide.
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That program didn't fix my issue and with the other program I noticed a total of 4 all generally in the center of the screen. I am going to have Sprint exchange and see what happens on the next one. Since yours is in the corner I would let it slide.
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I had to do this yesterday and they gave me so much trouble about having a dead pixel. Yeah, it is pretty particular to complain about but didn't we buy a brand new phone?!
I bought mine online, so I am not even going to deal with the store.
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I bought mine online, so I am not even going to deal with the store.
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Good idea. I stopped by the store today and they just about laughed me and my 5 stuck pixels out of the building.....tossers.
They ran a "test" and said everything was fine and a few stuck pixels were fairly normal. I called sprint and they offered a new phone that should be here Monday. Kudos to sprint!
Hopefully the new one doesn't have the same problem.
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ozzie1p said:
Good idea. I stopped by the store today and they just about laughed me and my 5 stuck pixels out of the building.....tossers.
They ran a "test" and said everything was fine and a few stuck pixels were fairly normal. I called sprint and they offered a new phone that should be here Monday. Kudos to sprint!
Hopefully the new one doesn't have the same problem.
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keep us posted, good luck
I needed a replacement device due to heating and finally my third device is spot on except it had pink keys... grrrrrr.. what's the general consensus, should I deal with it or ask for yet another one?
Took me three tries this week. They also have warranty replacements that are new. They get them from htc to build stock when phone initialy released. It's not new in a box but its new. Way to tell is ##778# call, then press view then display. Look at life counter, it never resets even after ruu, wipe, etc.
First two I got had 100+ hrs usage, my third was a new one. No usage perfect keys
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Took me three tries this week. They also have warranty replacements that are new. They get them from htc to build stock when phone initialy released. It's not new in a box but its new. Way to tell is ##778# call, then press view then display. Look at life counter, it never resets even after ruu, wipe, etc.
First two I got had 100+ hrs usage, my third was a new one. No usage perfect keys
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Both of the replacements are new but the one with perfect keys overheats batteries on a dangerous level. This one just has fugly keys... like really really pink, almost white pink. Think it's worth harassing them again? I'm slightly worried they will stop sending me phones.
They won't stop sending you phones (I've never reached that point) I went through 4 Rezounds for dead pixels. My keys were a bit pink, and I didn't want to deal with it again. Just think of it as you're not afraid to show your feminine side . Seriously if the phone isn't over heating at all, just deal with it. if it bothers you that much you can open the phone and use a red sharpie on the leds. Or if you know how to do it, you can remove the white leds and add red ones. Just search it and the thread will pop up.
Personally for the money I'd bug em until I get one that works. Mine is red with no temp issues so they do exist.
Eventually they will start offering other phones. Many have gone from the rezound to the gnex or vice.versa that way.
I would be completely happy with a great piece of hardware that had slightly pinkish buttons. As android hobbyists, we require better hardware for a few reasons. One reason is because we know enough to notice imperfections. The other is we are pushing them harder to utilize such powerful hardware. If you have a perfectly running phone that you're happy with performance wise, I would rather keep that than trade in the device for something with a bigger imperfection such as overheating.
As a sidenote I noticed the capacitive buttons were extremely bright. When I changed the capacitive button lighting from bright mode to dim mode they didn't only look better when turned down, they looked very red and lost the slight pinkish tone.
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I don't get why anyone cares about pink keys. It's such a non-issue that I didn't really understand what people were talking about when they said they were sending their phones back for it.
i really think you people are ridiculous for sending a phone in just bc the buttons are pink...
I don't. I would absolutely tell them your keys are pink and you bought a phone that's supposed to have red ones... If the keys are defective. I wonder what else would be.
I paid full price for mine... My first was (i thought was messed up and so did the reps) good, this one is the 2nd I've had and its perfect (it was also brand new).
I was in the store and over heard them telling someone that they might be charged for a defect because they had sent in two before (not this phone, I think it was the nex). I just thought to myself. I'd send a million in until they get it right for the price I paid for this thing. It's ridiculous for anyone to think they have to accept defective devices they spent 800 dollars on. Now if it was given to me i wouldn't care in the slightest.
Maybe HTC will make the next one better because they get so many exchanges.
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Id ask for a new rezound, not refurbished. It just depends on what rep you speak to. They actually are offering me a razr maxx becuase of the battery issues ive been having. My first rezound too. Just be firm but polite as well.
I've gone from fascinate to droid charge to rezound by just asking for a different device after the 3rd refurb. You should be able to get anything but a razr maxx.
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I've gone from fascinate to droid charge to rezound by just asking for a different device after the 3rd refurb. You should be able to get anything but a razr maxx.
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they most certainly will offer you a gnexus or a razr maxx as they did for me tonight. don't know if im going to take it but still.
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they most certainly will offer you a gnexus or a razr maxx as they did for me tonight. don't know if im going to take it but still.
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I'm going to wait for official ics to see if it corrects some of the issues. If not I'm probably going to the nexus no matter how much I'll regret it.
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I'm going to wait for official ics to see if it corrects some of the issues. If not I'm probably going to the nexus no matter how much I'll regret it.
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yeah verizon corp is sending me a gnexus as a replacement for my rezound, they didn't say if it's the 32gb or 16gb model. they offered me a maxx but i passed because of the locked bootloader and no removable battery.
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i really think you people are ridiculous for sending a phone in just bc the buttons are pink...
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I'd have to agree.
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I've gone from fascinate to droid charge to rezound by just asking for a different device after the 3rd refurb. You should be able to get anything but a razr maxx.
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That's my exact track as well lol. Keep getting refurbs leading to new devices. I'm not sure if I would want anything else honestly, I meant the galaxy nexus has MIUI and CM9 but the hardware on the rezound is so much nicer >.< Also it ended up having a bad front speaker and I couldn't make phone calls. New device is here with a life of 316 and time of 16 hours lol. I couldn't live with a lesser camera after being spoiled by this one.
I really like this phone. The battery just sucks though. It's the only thing I can really complain about.
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I really like this phone. The battery just sucks though. It's the only thing I can really complain about.
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Same here.
Andro X said:
I really like this phone. The battery just sucks though. It's the only thing I can really complain about.
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Yeah... I didn't think anything could get worse than my Droid charge.... I was proven wrong.
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If your battery life is that bad, you are doing something wrong
i just got my S3 and i m so worried and so sad people!
i got the pebble blue s3. i have issues with my screen. i ran the screen test and found the same dark spots on my screen when screen is black. there are lots of them. i dont have nice camera to take pic of those dots. they are really annoying because i surf the internet a lot and these dots are very visible specially in the dark!
the other issue is something with the viewing angle. when i hold the device right next to my eyes (as we all do most of the times) the screen seems to be more yellowish and the colors seem to be alot washed away! but when i change the viewing angle like just a little, i mean when i tilt the device just a little the colors get normal the way they should be!
the next thing is the pink tint. in the browser the white pages are EXTREMELY PINK! yes EXTREMELY PINK! that happens at the automatic brightness!
when viewing the black color on the sceen, when the capacitive touch buttons are on the light of the menu button seems to leave its light on the screen. and the blacks are NOT AT ALL BLACK!!!
people i am so tensed and worried! can someone help me out of these problems? i have read that the white S3 does not have any of this problem is it true? i have also read that the dark spots are because of the glu used and those would go away with time, but i dont believe in that! should i send the device to claim warranty and get it repaired? pls pls pls some one help me! i have spent all my money i had saved for the past 4 months for this set and i even sold my Galaxy Note for this! i am so much tensed! pls help me guys!
well jumping off a bridge will ease ur pain
You got a defective unit it happens. So send it back or get it repaired / exchanged. You spent a lot of money you should get a product that works as intended without defects. The sooner the better you'll be much happier. Best advice I can give you. All without the need to jumping off a bridge or if you do hope that you that you land on kyan to break your fall.
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well jumping off a bridge will ease ur pain
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Now that's un called for, yes these are all known issues and have been discussed at length, however that doesn't justify your comment.
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The block splotches are absolutely not indicative of a bad display.
They are present on virtually every OLED screen, ranging from the Nexus One's, to the PlayStation Vita's, to the Samsung Galaxy S3's.
I can't speak for your other issues, but people need to understand the splotches are common on pretty much any OLED. Some can see them easily, some seem to be unable to, but it does not mean the panel is defective.
Why are you on here? I see you just joined the site recently. How about you learn to be polite and if you can't, then leave.
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well jumping off a bridge will ease ur pain
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The block splotches are absolutely not indicative of a bad display.
They are present on virtually every OLED screen, ranging from the Nexus One's, to the PlayStation Vita's, to the Samsung Galaxy S3's.
I can't speak for your other issues, but people need to understand the splotches are common on pretty much any OLED. Some can see them easily, some seem to be unable to, but it does not mean the panel is defective.
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no thats not right! i have a Samsung Wave for the last 1.5 years! i have never ever seen any spots on the screen! and u know that was the world's first ever super amoled screen mobile! i had galaxy note, JUST PERFECT! i literally am so disappointed for selling out my Note for this **** S3! i hate Samsung now! this is my last handset from samsung!
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While a little uncalled for, I did find the response pretty funny at first...If I had gotten a unit that bothered me that much I'd have it exchanged.
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You got a defective unit it happens. So send it back or get it repaired / exchanged. You spent a lot of money you should get a product that works as intended without defects. The sooner the better you'll be much happier. Best advice I can give you. All without the need to jumping off a bridge or if you do hope that you that you land on kyan to break your fall.
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yeah u r right. i guess my set is faulty. but i thought this might be something that would get ok with time. but that does does not make any sense. if those dots were something related to the glue, those should have been vanished by now as the set is old now. i mean it should have been produced at least like 1 or 2 months ago.
man i am ruined! i feel really so so bad! i just got up its 7 here in the morning and i am so badly hurt! and great news is that today is complete shutter down strike here in my city Karachi. so all the market and whole of the city is shut down. so i cant go to the store and return the device! HELL TODAY IS ONE OF THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE!
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well jumping off a bridge will ease ur pain
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Seriously? If you're not going to help, then don't post.
---Jay--- From the AOKP'd Nexus
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Now that's un called for, yes these are all known issues and have been discussed at length, however that doesn't justify your comment.
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You have to admit though that it was funny
I use an app called dead pixel test, and it allows you to cycle through several different solid coloured screns, like all white, all black, red blue etc. No probelms with my screen, but I have a screen protector on it now.
Does yours have a screen protector that could be affecting it? Otherwise just return it as faulty.
I also have the pebble blue and screen is amazing. No issues here. Did notice the marks on a completely black screen in a dark room once but it hasn't showed since. Didn't really bother me.
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HELL TODAY IS ONE OF THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE!
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Good grief. You must have lived in Utopia if a defective phone blights your life so much. Stop with the self-absorption already.
Just tested my phone for the dark patches and the screen is full of them. So far it hasn't ruined my life. Or indeed a millisecond of my life.
You got a duff phone. Unlucky. What do you want us to do about it?
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yeah u r right. i guess my set is faulty. but i thought this might be something that would get ok with time. but that does does not make any sense. if those dots were something related to the glue, those should have been vanished by now as the set is old now. i mean it should have been produced at least like 1 or 2 months ago.
man i am ruined! i feel really so so bad! i just got up its 7 here in the morning and i am so badly hurt! and great news is that today is complete shutter down strike here in my city Karachi. so all the market and whole of the city is shut down. so i cant go to the store and return the device! HELL TODAY IS ONE OF THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE!
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If today is the worst day of your life... your a sad sad person. Its a phone for goodness sake! .
Get over it and get it exchanged if your not happy, but seriously whining like the above makes you look very silly as your acting like an 8 year old with a tantrum.
My s3 has faults too, like the front facing speaker isnt flat and sits at an angle... but you dont hear me whining....
These are a mass produced product and there will always be faulty units... so dont fret and go and get another one
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no thats not right! i have a Samsung Wave for the last 1.5 years! i have never ever seen any spots on the screen! and u know that was the world's first ever super amoled screen mobile! i had galaxy note, JUST PERFECT! i literally am so disappointed for selling out my Note for this **** S3! i hate Samsung now! this is my last handset from samsung!
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I had to cycle through 5 different Galaxy Nexii(?) before i found a perfect display. Ever since then, im sticking to it till it dies. Of course...after seeing the HTC One X, every display out there is crap.
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i literally am so disappointed for selling out my Note for this **** S3! i hate Samsung now! this is my last handset from samsung!
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man i am ruined! i feel really so so bad! i just got up its 7 here in the morning and i am so badly hurt! and great news is that today is complete shutter down strike here in my city Karachi. so all the market and whole of the city is shut down. so i cant go to the store and return the device! HELL TODAY IS ONE OF THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE!
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Wow, you need to get over yourself. It's a phone, stop whining on the internet and move on with your life.
As many have suggested, just return the phone and get it exchanged.
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Seriously? If you're not going to help, then don't post.
---Jay--- From the AOKP'd Nexus
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Like you helped a lot with this post
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no thats not right! i have a Samsung Wave for the last 1.5 years! i have never ever seen any spots on the screen! and u know that was the world's first ever super amoled screen mobile! i had galaxy note, JUST PERFECT! i literally am so disappointed for selling out my Note for this **** S3! i hate Samsung now! this is my last handset from samsung!
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How old are you? Calm down man, sometimes **** happens. Just change it in for a new one... Considering it's the worst day of your life because you can't go to town and change it.. You are somewhere around 9 years old
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Good grief. You must have lived in Utopia if a defective phone blights your life so much. Stop with the self-absorption already.
Just tested my phone for the dark patches and the screen is full of them. So far it hasn't ruined my life. Or indeed a millisecond of my life.
You got a duff phone. Unlucky. What do you want us to do about it?
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i wanted to just ask everyone if anyone else had those issues and got them resolved by any means other than returning the phone. and i dont want u to do anything about this man! why are u even looking at my post if u dont want to help
Hello, i just bought my i9300 a few weeks ago. All seemed normal when i noticed that when i was viewing a gray screen ( e.g. a game loading ) or anything that wasnt completely black, there were some spots in my screen. I thought at first that it was some graphics or glitch from the game, but then tried loading another game with a similar gray screen and they were still there. They arent scratches or anything like that ,it seems that its from inside the digitalizer. I dont know if i can even put a photo of that, because its not easily visible. My phone obviously has its warrany voided due to some rooting. If i flash the stock firmware, unroot it and run triangleaway, do you think i would be able to swap it for a brand new?
Hey mate, I have the exact same problem I keep thinking it's my eyes or something but I guess if your seeing it as well maybe its a problem with the device?
Do you also see the screen sort of flickering at certain points?
Well documented problem with many handsets..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1658601
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This is a byproduct of the screen technology. It is normal.
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This is a byproduct of the screen technology. It is normal.
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Eww. I dont like it Its like when u have the perfect girlfriend and you only notice a tiny little mark under her belly button you have never knew it existed. I cannot stop looking at it now! Ewwww! ill try to swap it or at least get a refund.
Its like when u have the perfect girlfriend and you only notice a tiny little mark under her belly button you have never knew it existed. I cannot stop looking at it now! Ewwww! ill try to swap it or at least get a refund.
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Sorry, parents don't give a refund on their children.
Swapping sometimes works but usually you're stuck with a worse model and can't go back due to technical issues with boyfriend 2.0
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Sorry, parents don't give a refund on their children.
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Huh? I hope you are talking about Samsung and her Baby i9300 ?
Does anyone that either works for AT&T or has been with them for a while know if they will allow u to exchange a device if the one your turning in has a few nicks on it? I have the white Galaxy Note and was thinking about paying the restocking fee and exchanging it this Friday for the Galaxy S 3 before my 30 days is up. The grey border or whatever that goes around the outside edges of the phone has a couple nicks in the top left corner. Other than that it's flawless and just wondering if anyone knew if they allow exchanges even if the phone has a couple nicks on it. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Hi Tiff!!
Why the hell would you go DOWN in phone awesome ness by downgrading to an S3 from the most awe sum Note?
BTW, I have not read any complaints about ATT giving someone a hard time about returning a note within the first 30 days, but you'll never know until you try it..
Hope you reconsider, since you will miss the screen size, tablet mode, and the s-pen.:laugh:
Hi Tiff!!
Why the hell would you go DOWN in phone awesome ness by downgrading to an S3 from the most awe sum Note?
BTW, I have not read any complaints about ATT giving someone a hard time about returning a note within the first 30 days, but you'll never know until you try it..
Hope you reconsider, since you will miss the screen size, tablet mode, and the s-pen.:laugh:
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Don't get me wrong. I love the big screen and the s-pen but I just think when it comes to hardware the s3 is a better device. Also, I haven't heard of AT&T giving anyone problems trying to return a phone within the first 30 days but I was just wondering if anyone has ever had any problems returning a phone with a few nicks.
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Light Cosmetic damage isn't an issue. The phone will be sent back to Samsung to be refurbished anyway. Thats what the restock fee is for.
[email protected] employee btw.
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Light Cosmetic damage isn't an issue. The phone will be sent back to Samsung to be refurbished anyway. Thats what the restock fee is for.
[email protected] employee btw.
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Awesome. Exactly the person I was hoping would respond(AT&T Employee). Thank you very much.