Hi everyone!
A few days ago, as I had mentioned here, I had found faulty pixels in my screen.
I imediately contacted HTC Greece, in order to sent them my phone. I also informed them about the hiss noise issue, for which I had already sent them my DX a few months ago. Of course it wasn't fixed...
I asked them to either fix both of the problems, or replace my device.
The problem is that I just got my DX back.
According to the official HTC service in Greece, who found "no fault" in my device, "the device operates in accordance with the manufacturer's standards".
This means that NONE of problems is fixed. The screen still has lots of faulty pixels and the sound is still terrible.
This is totally ridiculous.
I have no intention to send them back my phone for a third (!!) time, because they don't know how to do their job.
I want to contact HTC's headquarter's but I don't know how.
In their site, I whenever I;m looking for a mail or trying to open a ticket, I'm asked for my country, which means that my issue will be forwarded to HTC Greece.
Any help??
panos_ts said:
Hi everyone!
A few days ago, as I had mentioned here, I had found faulty pixels in my screen.
I imediately contacted HTC Greece, in order to sent them my phone. I also informed them about the hiss noise issue, for which I had already sent them my DX a few months ago. Of course it wasn't fixed...
I asked them to either fix both of the problems, or replace my device.
The problem is that I just got my DX back.
According to the official HTC service in Greece, who found "no fault" in my device, "the device operates in accordance with the manufacturer's standards".
This means that NONE of problems is fixed. The screen still has lots of faulty pixels and the sound is still terrible.
This is totally ridiculous.
I have no intention to send them back my phone for a third (!!) time, because they don't know how to do their job.
I want to contact HTC's headquarter's but I don't know how.
In their site, I whenever I;m looking for a mail or trying to open a ticket, I'm asked for my country, which means that my issue will be forwarded to HTC Greece.
Any help??
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I use this one and they seem to be on the ball.
HTC Technical Support Team
http://www.htc.com
Today and after recontacting HTC Greece, I was told that since my screen has hundred of faulty pixels, then my device's warranty is void!!!!
I really don't know why I am treated that way.
@ORA 1
Any more specific link?
Again, I'm asked to choose my country, which means (I guess) that my mail will be forwarded to HTC Greece, which is pointless. All I want is to make sure that HTC's headquarters will get to know my case.
Are there any official HTC forums?
panos_ts said:
Today and after recontacting HTC Greece, I was told that since my screen has hundred of faulty pixels, then my device's warranty is void!!!!
I really don't know why I am treated that way.
@ORA 1
Any more specific link?
Again, I'm asked to choose my country, which means (I guess) that my mail will be forwarded to HTC Greece, which is pointless. All I want is to make sure that HTC's headquarters will get to know my case.
Are there any official HTC forums?
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Panos, hi.
This is how things with HTC normally work.
HTC will refer your complaint to HTC representative in Greece.
They will undertake the repair there.
Have you asked your service provider for info. Are you on a contract or pay as you go.
If it is a new phone a two year warranty is given by HTC.
If it is damaged, and not the fault of HTC, they will repair but charge for it.
Hi ORA and thanks for your reply!
To be honest, I'm not expecting to gain anything from contacting HTC's headquarters. All I want is to transfer them my experience from their Greek representative.
My device is not damaged. I change my smartphones every two or three years, so I treat them with respect and try to take care of them.
panos_ts said:
Hi ORA and thanks for your reply!
To be honest, I'm not expecting to gain anything from contacting HTC's headquarters. All I want is to transfer them my experience from their Greek representative.
My device is not damaged. I change my smartphones every two or three years, so I treat them with respect and try to take care of them.
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@ panos, please try this email address and explain your query to them.
I hope that you can get your issue sorted expediently
HTC Technical Support Team
http://www.htc.com
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Hello,
I had several problems with my HTC Amaze phone; freezes and the screen become unresponsive, works by itself (open apps, close them and zoom in/out on webpages without touching it) or suddenly resets.
I already sent the phone 3-4times for repair, I even had a video to prove my problem.
The problem is that even this latest repaired phone has same problems.
What can/should I do with HTC in order to fix my problem ? get a different model maybe (which they refused to do) ? as it looks they are unable and they are not willing to repair the issue.
BTW, I m from Canada.
Thnx
I don't know how the laws are in Canada, but in the U.S., after an electronic has the same issue 3 - 4 times, we call it a lemon. The company must replace it with a new device or a device with an equal or lower value. You can research about your lemon laws in Canada.
Thx,
I know all stores such as Best Buy do it for extended warranty, but I am not sure about manufacturer!
Cause when I called HTC today the CSR told me I have to keep sending it for repair until I get a good working phone, which is completely unacceptable.
That's why I said research about Canada's lemon laws. You can use it against them.
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Thx,
I know all stores such as Best Buy do it for extended warranty, but I am not sure about manufacturer!
Cause when I called HTC today the CSR told me I have to keep sending it for repair until I get a good working phone, which is completely unacceptable.
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If you send the device for repair and it comes back with the same issue, how was it repaired exactly?
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Does this happen with all stock applications? Nothing downloaded. No modifications. Is there a screen protector? Things of that nature should he eliminated first and tested again.
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I looked for Canada's lemon law, apparently it applies only to vehicle
I called my carrier, htc and PCD (their warranty authorized service provider), when I asked why I send my phone for repair and I still have problems, the csr told in Canada we just swap phones and they never repair them lol
basically, they swapped my phone with someone else. This is ridiculous!
I asked to talk with manager, I am waiting him/her to call me back ...
@Double0EK: Yes, after 2nd repair I got the screen ghosting on day 1. I don't have screen protector.
Use this. It may help you.
http://www.consumerinformation.ca/eic/site/032.nsf/eng/h_00085.html
Okay. So about a week ago, I got my GTS7500. On the first day, I successfully rooted it. The next day, I broke it in a incredibly careless way using the command line: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1744909
It is now completely unresponsive. Don't question me on that. I know.
I emailed Samsung with a fabricated story, trying to sort out a repair/replacement... 3 days later, nothing.
So after giving up with the email system, I finally phoned customer support yesterday.
I described everything that had happened (a version in which my phone just dies unexpectedly with no wrongdoing from myself...), and I was sent an email with all the information I need to send it to a repair centre.
So, it's all packed and ready to be sent to Norwich Samsung Repair Centre.
...I am quite anxious though.
I asked if I'd be getting a replacement, and I was told I would be getting the phone I sent but repaired. Well... if they DO repair the phone, they'll see that I've tampered with it.
Unlike what I thought, I won't be getting a replacement... but what if they can't repair it?
I'm nervous I'm going to get an email or a phone call from someone at the repair centre with bad news... or confronting me on my heinous crime.
Also, if they find something, they'll likely remember my phone and my details and have it blacklisted from being repaired in any repair centre.
To add to my worries, I finally got a reply from my email:
Unfortunately we are unable to replace your mobile phone as your warranty in accordance with your statutory rights within the first 28 days lies with your retailer, after this time has elapsed your warranty is a repair only, therefore if the retailer are refusing to exchange the unit for you, all that we can offer you is a repair.
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More and more seems like they won't be sending back a new shiny phone... which is a shame.
The virgin mobile branding really pisses me off.
Also, I have written a description of what happened to my phone which I must send with the phone to the repair centre. At the end of it I've added:
If it does turn out to be completely unrecoverable like I expect, I ask that you refurbish me with an unlocked phone. Unfortunately, the seller I bought this phone from claimed it was not locked to a provider, but it turned out to be locked with Virgin Mobile. In the time the phone was working, I had not yet changed providers/sims.
This would be much appreciated to save me the hassle of doing this.
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Is this a good idea? Will it do any good/harm? Given that it seems quite unlikely I will be receiving a new phone, should I ask them for an unlocked phone?
I'm not sure if it perhaps looks a little suspicious...
Should I even send it off??? If I go in person will it increase my chances? Could i walk away with a repaired/new phone in the same visit?
Please give me some answers quickly. If I'm sending it off I want to do it later today.
Many thanks.
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Please, I need some advice. If I send my phone later today and then find out on this thread that it was a bad idea, that's gonna really piss me off.
ask for a unlocked one
ajay8055, I'm trusting you... Because you're the only person who replied.
Let's see what happens.
Off to the post office now.
hedgehog90 said:
ajay8055, I'm trusting you... Because you're the only person who replied.
Let's see what happens.
Off to the post office now.
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It's always fuzzy to have carrier locked phones they end up with problems more often.... And dude before flashing a firmware ask someone of your carrier to see if it works or not.... Preventing is better than cure
So I've now sent it back.
But there was a slight problem, or seemingly so.
In the email, it said this:
You can send the handset off for repair by using one of the below address options:
‘FREEPOST SAMANREP’ (This is a freepost option)
(On the front of the envelope)’
OR
‘A NOVO COMMUNICATION HOUSE (This is a standard delivery option and will be chargeable)
SAMSUNG
VULCAN ROAD NORTH
NORWICH
NR6 6AQ’
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So, I did the above option, I just put FREEPOST SAMANREP on the envelope. This seemed strange to me at the time. When I took it to the post office, the lady behind the window looked at it and gave me a puzzled/concerned look, and I explained to her the reason behind it.
I sent it anyway.
Won't be too surprised though if it's sent to the return address in a couple days...
What's weirder is googling FREEPOST SAMANREP returns absolutely zero results. Try it yourself if you don't believe me.
What do you think? Weird?
Also, I'd like some reassurance about my return. I'm quite anxious that I'm gonna get in trouble.
I've just done the same thing - sent my phone back to "FREEEPOST SAMANREP" for repair, as instructed by Samsung and printed on their address label. I got alot of resistance from staff at the Post Office, who were convinced that it wasn't a valid address.
Was there a happy ending to your story?
Just wanted to share my ****ty experience with Sony support so thought of making a thread where all can share there's.
Apologize if its made by someone somewhere
So here's mine
1 month back send mail to Sony support when there was problem with signal drop and camera blue spot and I am still receiving mails for them saying to visit service center. Receive 3 mails from them saying same. They really suck. Though the problem was solved here on xda.
And if visit service center the technician sucks at knowledge and way of taking
Btw. Talking about Indian support
Where are you from :-/ !!
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After calling Sony several times, I finally spoke to a person that understood what I meant by unlock bootloader(Yes, most of them had no idea what I was talking about, I even used simple terms such as developer unlock phone officially from Sony website etc)
The person said that they will fix the yellow tint since its a hardware issue. What is NOT covered after unlock bootloader is phone internals such as CPU or motherboard damage. They said they have put me in queue to send my phone in for repairs.
It's been almost 2 months and I am still waiting for my turn to repair my phone.
I called them up 2months ago they said I couldn't send it in now as there was no stock of the screen.and the shipment would be arriving next week. A week later I called and they said still no stock, next shipment in 2 weeks. Well, it's already 2 months and I'm not sure if I will ever get a chance to even repair the tint.
Honestly, poor customer service. Phone technical support staff don't know what is bootloader and they can't get their schedule right on when is the freaking shipment coming in.
My original sxs had a hardware fault where while updating to ics via pcc the update stalled at around 25%. I never had access to the phone again, despite being able to successfully flash back to stock gb, bootloop. This was within a few hrs of receiving the phone.
I was initially advised by my carrier to call Sony support and doing so I was immediately put on to a guy who understood what I was on about, thankfully....however the local service centre wasn't actually Sony rather a decorated mobile phone repair company. Several phone calls later and I discovered that my phone wasn't officially supported on their website when filing my details to see them, or send the phone in. More phone calls later I was advised to just come in-store for the fix. By this stage I was exhausted with worry, frustration and disappointment...
Ended up calling my carrier and claiming a Early Life Failure. They sent me a satchel, I called courier, deemed irreparable, got new phone sent... All took about 3 weeks.
So I worry about Sony's support but I'm hoping this will improve over time. From Melbourne, Australia.
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In my experience HTC support has full knowledge. Even if it is Bootloader even if it is unlocking. Whatever. You name it and they are ducking there to help.
But htc sucks in UI and Sony rocks
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Does anyone know where I can get a copy of this. I tried searching.. but came up with Euro version only.
hasn't been released yet.
We've all been waiting for it...
cdejesus1119 said:
Does anyone know where I can get a copy of this. I tried searching.. but came up with Euro version only.
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Same here. Much help would be apprecaited.
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Same here. Much help would be apprecaited.
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It's a necessity for me. I'm not ready to go beyond stock-rooted until we have one available. Having one saved me more than once on every HTC I've ever had and I'm not ready to brick one yet!
Thank you for contacting us here at the HTC technical support department. I am very happy to see that you already have the HTC One and I am very sorry that this inconvenience has presented to you.
At the moment we are not providing the RUU for the new HTC One. If your device has been render inoperable, then I suggest that you contact your carrier as your contractual agreement may allow you to get to swap or replace your phone.
As an alternative, you could also contact our RMA division to get a repair set up. Call them at, 1-866-449-8358 from 8 AM to 1 AM , 7 days per week. Please, have the serial number of your phone handy when you contact them and our phone techs should be able to help get this repair set up.
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Thank you for contacting us here at the HTC technical support department. I am very happy to see that you already have the HTC One and I am very sorry that this inconvenience has presented to you.
At the moment we are not providing the RUU for the new HTC One. If your device has been render inoperable, then I suggest that you contact your carrier as your contractual agreement may allow you to get to swap or replace your phone.
As an alternative, you could also contact our RMA division to get a repair set up. Call them at, 1-866-449-8358 from 8 AM to 1 AM , 7 days per week. Please, have the serial number of your phone handy when you contact them and our phone techs should be able to help get this repair set up.
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Wow talk about service! I had no clue they would contact me here. But I'm still awaiting ATT to release the RUU
Ok so ive read alot from the pro devs and people on the forums that unlocking your bootloader most "likely" wont void your warrenty esp. if you just relock it by restoring your TA backup and your carefull and clean about it but i have two problems with believing this. They are as fellows.
cant the sony apps just check for root and send a message
the service app knows if its unlocked and since youve entered your imei number to get your key again coulddnt sony send a message with your imei number
isnt the accounts linked between sony and google shared in the least which means the above questions can be passed on with google to sony
according to sony even if it doesnt void the warrenty that you agree to pay an additional repair fee for modified software.
Lets not beat around the bush and just say it would more than likly void your warrenty or at least have some cost. sorry if ive missread items on the forums but if i have read correctly or others have missunderstood as i may have hipefully this clears the air. Cause after all sony is company to make money but to make money they have to keep us happy so i am more than happy to admit i dont have a clue where it lies but i was about to unlock my boot loader when there was all these disclaimers which kinda scared me. my phones already rooted though so i may have already broken those disclaimers. END RANT.
Rooting is fine, as to my knowledge. It's unlocking the bootloader that you lose your "DRM" keys and thus lose warranty. But from what I've read, very few service centers check for that anyway. If all goes downhill, play the ignorance card and pretend that you do not know a thing about that. I'm fairly new to the whole rooting/unlocking scene and still learning, just as you. Also, from what I've been told, you have little to worry about if you have rooted/unlocked your phone.
As far as I understand you only have to pay if your issue is a software fault aka your fault not sonys. A hardware fault is a hardware fault irrelevant of software
I remember someone posting a thread about sony refused to service his phone without a charge for a hardware fault because of the bootloader was unlocked. That's in Australia tho. Not sure how somewhere else is like.
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jeremy.shi said:
I remember someone posting a thread about sony refused to service his phone without a charge for a hardware fault because of the bootloader was unlocked. That's in Australia tho. Not sure how somewhere else is like.
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That's about right. Australia's not the most customer service friendliest country to be in (with literally less than a handful of exceptions, and this is across ALL industries, be it hospitality or electronics.)
The usual immediate reaction to most warranty claims are "you've done something with the phone to cause this," followed be "prove you haven't done this and we'll accept it, unless we can prove the opposite."
Happening with me and my current phone (samsung s3,) which is why I'm on this neck of the woods with the forum as I'm looking or a new phone.
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That's about right. Australia's not the most customer service friendliest country to be in (with literally less than a handful of exceptions, and this is across ALL industries, be it hospitality or electronics.)
The usual immediate reaction to most warranty claims are "you've done something with the phone to cause this," followed be "prove you haven't done this and we'll accept it, unless we can prove the opposite."
Happening with me and my current phone (samsung s3,) which is why I'm on this neck of the woods with the forum as I'm looking or a new phone.
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Well, I don't know. Maybe I'm just lucky. Shops in my suburb offer pretty good customer service. Those people over the phone from my bank, NAB, couldn't be friendlier...the time I had really bad customer service was with Vodafone, but they were not based in Australia. I guess that doesn't count.
Anyway, if after-sale service is what you are looking for, get a nexus from google play store. They are pretty much like Apple I heard. They send you a replacement if there's anything wrong and then you send your phone to them, but you have the get the phone from play store directly in order to get that kinda service. Otherwise, you will be stuck dealing with LG.
I have received really good customer service from Apple, but I guess most people here are mostly android fans.
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jeremy.shi said:
Well, I don't know. Maybe I'm just lucky. Shops in my suburb offer pretty good customer service. Those people over the phone from my bank, NAB, couldn't be friendlier...the time I had really bad customer service was with Vodafone, but they were not based in Australia. I guess that doesn't count.
Anyway, if after-sale service is what you are looking for, get a nexus from google play store. They are pretty much like Apple I heard. They send you a replacement if there's anything wrong and then you send your phone to them, but you have the get the phone from play store directly in order to get that kinda service. Otherwise, you will be stuck dealing with LG.
I have received really good customer service from Apple, but I guess most people here are mostly android fans.
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Well I definitely think that Apple has their warranty service down to a tee.
I also think that Telstra's doing this too. What they're doing is creating an extra layer, where they just pretty much "accept" any errors, send it to warranty department to sort out and let you know what the result is. None of this "well, I think you're trying to screw the system, etc etc" talk.
Makes it alot easier. I was at the samsung experience shop and was told by someone who had no tech idea (in the tech/warranty support section, mind you) that I've tampered with the phone and there is no way it will be fixed under warranty, in an attempt to make me feel bad and walk away from trying to get a hardware error (power button,) fixed under warranty. When I tried to explain to them how the bootloader works and how you can reset the counter, they took it as an act of aggression and told me flat "no, you can hand it in but we'll know. Your risk."
I mean, there's no need for that as the phone's going to repair centre to get looked at but they just need to get that swipe in definitely doesn't help add to the customer service experience. But that's pretty much how it is for customer service in Australia.
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Well I definitely think that Apple has their warranty service down to a tee.
I also think that Telstra's doing this too. What they're doing is creating an extra layer, where they just pretty much "accept" any errors, send it to warranty department to sort out and let you know what the result is. None of this "well, I think you're trying to screw the system, etc etc" talk.
Makes it alot easier. I was at the samsung experience shop and was told by someone who had no tech idea (in the tech/warranty support section, mind you) that I've tampered with the phone and there is no way it will be fixed under warranty, in an attempt to make me feel bad and walk away from trying to get a hardware error (power button,) fixed under warranty. When I tried to explain to them how the bootloader works and how you can reset the counter, they took it as an act of aggression and told me flat "no, you can hand it in but we'll know. Your risk."
I mean, there's no need for that as the phone's going to repair centre to get looked at but they just need to get that swipe in definitely doesn't help add to the customer service experience. But that's pretty much how it is for customer service in Australia.
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Saying about Telstra, just not long ago, a guy on WP posted something about their warranty policy. He said he was asked to sign a piece of paper to declare that if the fault was determined to be caused by the user, he would be charged for the service. I guess they just don't say it out loud to you. Instead, they ask you to sign a legal document that is pretty much an open cheque. However, I never had any personal experience with them. It's just what I read on the internet.
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Saying about Telstra, just not long ago, a guy on WP posted something about their warranty policy. He said he was asked to sign a piece of paper to declare that if the fault was determined to be caused by the user, he would be charged for the service. I guess they just don't say it out loud to you. Instead, they ask you to sign a legal document that is pretty much an open cheque. However, I never had any personal experience with them. It's just what I read on the internet.
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Sounds about right, and that's pretty standard tho'.
I think it's better that way because the techs make the decision based only on the phone they see, not the person who has it.
The only part I'd have a problem with is if they charge people automatically as opposed to giving them a quote first. But then again it stops people from "trying to get it fixed under warranty," if you know what I mean.
In any case, I was at the Samsung shop again today and they guy asked questions about the phone. At first the phone seemed like everything was working, which embarrassed me and had the guy asking if I got the phone wet, but then it started bootlooping, so they swapped it for another phone. I'm still looking at getting a z2 tho'.
hey thanks for the info but has anyone had any reports for hardfaults directly with sony becuase sonys websites say there may be a charge just for unlocking it but they arnt clear?
Why would one unlock the boot loader?
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Why would one unlock the boot loader?
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To install a custom ROM.
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Sounds about right, and that's pretty standard tho'.
I think it's better that way because the techs make the decision based only on the phone they see, not the person who has it.
The only part I'd have a problem with is if they charge people automatically as opposed to giving them a quote first. But then again it stops people from "trying to get it fixed under warranty," if you know what I mean.
In any case, I was at the Samsung shop again today and they guy asked questions about the phone. At first the phone seemed like everything was working, which embarrassed me and had the guy asking if I got the phone wet, but then it started bootlooping, so they swapped it for another phone. I'm still looking at getting a z2 tho'.
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I went to Telstra today to get my phone fixed as Sony advised me that the issue I had was likely to be a hardware problem. It went really well. He did play around with it a bit and verified the problem. He said I would get a brand new unit within a week and he didn't ask me to sign anything. Hopefully I can get my hands on a perfect one soon.
You didn't sign anything? So basically there's no official record of them taking your phone, hopefully all goes well but if not your screwed :-/
Hmm... did he even fill anything in on the computer systems?
Hopefully you remember the guy's name and when you came in if it goes awry.