Unlocked tf201 with asus unlock tool. Rebooted, accidentally selected wipe data, left to run for over 1 day (plugged in), no changes. Had to force reboot but now suck on asus logo + unlocked device text in top left corner. APX only, and I have a microsd if that helps. $200 reward if solution found before September 17th 2013 +/- 1 day.
(Replaced motherboard, offer no longer valid)
Try this mate
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12
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Try this mate
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12
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He would still need to be able to get to fast boot which it looks like he can't.
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He would still need to be able to get to fast boot which it looks like he can't.
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Ah good point. Sorry OP that link won't help. If you only have a working APX and no nvflash files backuped I think your only choice is to get Asus to fix it which will cost your around $200 - $300
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Ah good point. Sorry OP that link won't help. If you only have a working APX and no nvflash files backuped I think your only choice is to get Asus to fix it which will cost your around $200 - $300
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Yep, only apx and no nvflash (had upgraded to the new JB). Just some monetary incentive to find a fix if at all possible. Otherwise I'm getting a new tablet.
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Yep, only apx and no nvflash (had upgraded to the new JB). Just some monetary incentive to find a fix if at all possible. Otherwise I'm getting a new tablet.
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Instead of offering a $200 reward why not buy something like this. Ebay Link and swap out the motherboard.
Of try to find another one with a smashed screen or something you can get the motherboard out of.
flumpster said:
Instead of offering a $200 reward why not buy something like this. Ebay Link and swap out the motherboard.
Of try to find another one with a smashed screen or something you can get the motherboard out of.
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Flumpster, I'm trying to find an answer, if I just get a MB that is labeled as ""NEW" from a source like ebay, is it ready to go when I swap it out? meaning software is already on it. Plug and Play so to speak? I have mine open and ready to purchase a MB, just do not want to get stuck with a surprise.
Thanks
flumpster said:
Instead of offering a $200 reward why not buy something like this. --- and swap out the motherboard.
Of try to find another one with a smashed screen or something you can get the motherboard out of.
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The problem with this is that its extremely difficult to open the tf201 up without causing obvious cosmetic damage.
llynx said:
The problem with this is that its extremely difficult to open the tf201 up without causing obvious cosmetic damage.
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Well purchased a new MB for 100$ and replaced the old one (used good tools to make sure no cosmetic damage was done). Easier than I expected it to be.
llynx said:
Well purchased a new MB for 100$ and replaced the old one (used good tools to make sure no cosmetic damage was done). Easier than I expected it to be.
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So do i get the extra 100 dollar reward? Lol
Glad you got it sorted mate. :good:
APX mode only/stuck on ASUS screen
Got the same problem.
Is there really no other way to fix it , than replacing the motherboard?! -.-
No way to flash or sth out of apx mode without previously having enabled nvflash?
You better pay €200 for replacing the motherboard, they did mine for free.
Just made up a little white lie
they really did yours for free , even though u unlocked it and therefore lost the guarantee??
I highly doubt they will do it for free....
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I wanted to ask the community to see if my experience is unique, or of other people have had this problem. I've been loving my G-Tab since I recieved it off woot, the only problem is that the device started to stop charging while plugged in a week or so ago. At first I could move the plug a little and the device would start charging again. After a few days of this, the unit stopped charging altogether, and I found out that the 1.7v receptor on the tablet had broken free from the circuit board. I called viewsonic G-Tablet support so that I could have my unit repaired or replaced. I called the first day, and gave them my info, they said they would call me back. I called 5 hours later, and got the same song and dance, no one called me back. I submitted an email to viewsonic to see if they could just ship me a box so I can send the tablet in for repair. I got call saying that I would be contacted the following buisiness day. The following day came and went, and I have not been contacted.
Has anyone else had to put up with this kind of bull**** from viewsonic before? Thier phone support has been god awful, and I find it completely unexcuasable that I have to wait 72 hours before I can even start the process of getting my tablet replaced/repaired.
Something happened over the weekend - the CS center completely changed and now they seem to be severely understaffed and, imo, not trained. This is US Merchants btw, not Viewsonic (that's public knowledge tmk, I asked the CS rep over the phone yesterday who they worked for and he told me).
That makes it all the more likely that any update tomorrow is 3588.
lsu205 said:
That makes it all the more likely that any update tomorrow is 3588.
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They updated their web site, earlier this evening (ET) -- no new update until May.
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They updated their web site, earlier this evening (ET) -- no new update until May.
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As in the 3991 update we've all been waiting for? This is good news, no?
gojeda said:
As in the 3991 update we've all been waiting for? This is good news, no?
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Depends on who you talk to.
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Depends on who you talk to.
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On their site May is for the Flash update--which most of us are already using anyway. If there's no real update today as promised yesterday, I'm beginning tothink they thought the 3991 was ready to roll--until all your testing proved otherwise. Now they are back to square one. If it took until mid April to update the flash January note, I don't hold out much hope.
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Depends on who you talk to.
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I See that viewsonic gtablet support has a different # (310) 228-4000. I call this number and it is coming to some U.S Merchants. Not sure if this is the support for Viewsonic support.. Has anyone contacted this number and found out that this is the true number for viewsonic.
cd112 said:
I See that viewsonic gtablet support has a different # (310) 228-4000. I call this number and it is coming to some U.S Merchants. Not sure if this is the support for Viewsonic support.. Has anyone contacted this number and found out that this is the true number for viewsonic.
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It's US Merchants. Even the old number was (I believe) US Merchants and not Viewsonic. But they must have made an organizational change in-house, last weekend. I think the current setup is much worse than what they had, at least so far.
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It's US Merchants. Even the old number was (I believe) US Merchants and not Viewsonic. But they must have made an organizational change in-house, last weekend. I think the current setup is much worse than what they had, at least so far.
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Yea i agree Roebeet.. Is there a website where the Stock firmware is located and stuff just like the viewpad. I am thinking about bringing it back to stock and returning it but not sure if it should wait or not. What do you guys think.
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Yea i agree Roebeet.. Is there a website where the Stock firmware is located and stuff just like the viewpad. I am thinking about bringing it back to stock and returning it but not sure if it should wait or not. What do you guys think.
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bring it back to stock before your battery dies, LoL.
cd112 said:
Yea i agree Roebeet.. Is there a website where the Stock firmware is located and stuff just like the viewpad. I am thinking about bringing it back to stock and returning it but not sure if it should wait or not. What do you guys think.
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im in the same boat as you.. i love the tablet but seriously thinking about returning because theres no future
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bring it back to stock before your battery dies, LoL.
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Can you please lead me the right direction as to where i can get details to bring back to stock.. I have CWmod 8 so i would need to get rid of that as well so not sure which route is the best. If i can get the stock firmware and just load it via CWm or NVflash. Also if i do Nvflash and experience reboots how can i get out of that.
Thanks again.
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im in the same boat as you.. i love the tablet but seriously thinking about returning because theres no future
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Well, that's not entirely true. CM7 is already on the device so that statement is out the window to start with.
What it does mean though is that the device loses some functionality with the lost support. Video playback is pretty limited beyond Froyo 2.2.
You have to look at the device now. Does it do what you want? If your entire purchase was based not on what it does currently but what it 'may' be able to do then it does lose some value.
For the $284 I paid for the device it still does 99% of what I want it to do. There are less than 100 tablet oriented apps on the market anyway. I don't expect that number to grow exponentially either given the cost of entry for a Honeycomb device and the seriously limited audience. That means that almost all of the software that exists on the market will work on your device now and by the time the tablet software section gets more attractive you'd probably be looking for a new device anyway.
my 2c anyway.
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Can you please lead me the right direction as to where i can get details to bring back to stock.. I have CWmod 8 so i would need to get rid of that as well so not sure which route is the best. If i can get the stock firmware and just load it via CWm or NVflash. Also if i do Nvflash and experience reboots how can i get out of that.
Thanks again.
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Check out this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842000
You shouldn't need nvflash - but you do want to do a data wipe, regardless (clears out all your user data).
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Check out this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842000
You shouldn't need nvflash - but you do want to do a data wipe, regardless (clears out all your user data).
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Thanks Roebeet,
I went to that post and i noticed that there were couple users having issues with the CWmod not able to correctly run it and removing one line worked for them. Will this remove CWmod as well or will i need NVflash for this.
i just bought a g-tablet - do you recommend returning and getting the asus?
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Thanks Roebeet,
I went to that post and i noticed that there were couple users having issues with the CWmod not able to correctly run it and removing one line worked for them. Will this remove CWmod as well or will i need NVflash for this.
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I believe that cwm gets removed, at least via my own testing. Worst case, you can use nvflash to wipe it.
sundar2012 said:
i just bought a g-tablet - do you recommend returning and getting the asus?
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Oh boy, how to answer that?
Here's my honest answer, regardless of my own bias against Viewsonic at this particular moment. Your device probably cost you ~$300, I assume? You have the device in hand now, and it's still at least $100 less than the ASUS. If the device does what you need it to do, I would still consider keeping it.
The big pros on the ASUS, imo, is the IPS screen and the obvious "newness" giving it the edge from a support standpoint. Plus, you don't need to hack it for the Market. But it is $100 more and we don't know when it will be released in the States yet. And you don't get a USB port without the dock, keep in mind.
The pros on the GTAB is that you have it in your hand right now, there is a major development effort and mods galore, and it is easily hackable (the ASUS is still TBD). But there's issue of vendor support that we are all concerned about.
I don't like my GTAB because of the screen angles, and it's the reason why it ended up being relegated to a dev unit. But, besides that, I still think it's decent bang for the buck if it does what you need it to do. For me, I am probably getting an ASUS for the IPS screen, but again that's because I need good screen angles and the best screen within my price range.
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I believe that cwm gets removed, at least via my own testing. Worst case, you can use nvflash to wipe it.
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Thanks Roebeet.. Ill try this out..
Do you think i should hang on to my gtab or return it.. I am going to give a call to the Viewsonic number and find out what the case is as well about the update servers and if we are getting anymore updates. I have until 4/28 to return this unit to TD.
Ok then - i could get both. but then how do i convince my girlfriend to use the g-tablet and not the asus...
I'm gonna go crazy here, I can't even begin to explain how much lack of respect I have for this asus organization. So I got my new prime after a month of my old one being rma'ed. That was painful enough, but now I unbox my new C3 model and it comes with Nothing. No charger accessories warranty card etc.
Anyways that's not even my real issue. I power it up after charging it only to find out these new models are on .14?? Seriously??! So now I have the same damn Dmclient force close error as I did my FIRST prime originally. So I basically can't do OTA worth sh$t.
Really? This can't be happening
Oh and for the record I've already tried clearing the cache and data of dmclient
why did you get your first prime RMA'd?
I haven't heard a single person on here have a success story of returning their Prime to ASUS for RMA. Most seem to report them getting a TFP in worse condition than their first.
That sucks ass mate.
I would pm gary and tell him. What a joke.
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why did you get your first prime RMA'd?
I haven't heard a single person on here have a success story of returning their Prime to ASUS for RMA. Most seem to report them getting a TFP in worse condition than their first.
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It bricked itself that's how the first one died. Turned out to be the motherboard.
I did PM Gary on March 1st, havnt' heard from him once. Why would I attempt to PM him again? Pointless
I ended up getting the .21 to work manually...but now I have screen bleed on the new C3 Series. WOw what a disaster ASUS
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I'm gonna go crazy here, I can't even begin to explain how much lack of respect I have for this asus organization. So I got my new prime after a month of my old one being rma'ed. That was painful enough, but now I unbox my new C3 model and it comes with Nothing. No charger accessories warranty card etc.
Anyways that's not even my real issue. I power it up after charging it only to find out these new models are on .14?? Seriously??! So now I have the same damn Dmclient force close error as I did my FIRST prime originally. So I basically can't do OTA worth sh$t.
Really? This can't be happening
Oh and for the record I've already tried clearing the cache and data of dmclient
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Kind of sounds like maybe you got a returned unit... Or maybe I'm confused: was the C3 directly from ASUS or one you bought at retail? If it was a replacement for your RMA'd unit, maybe they assumed you kept the power adapter and cable when you sent your other one in?
Just trying to understand what happened here...
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Kind of sounds like maybe you got a returned unit... Or maybe I'm confused: was the C3 directly from ASUS or one you bought at retail? If it was a replacement for your RMA'd unit, maybe they assumed you kept the power adapter and cable when you sent your other one in?
Just trying to understand what happened here...
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Direct replacement for my rma. I did keep theadapter but thats not the point. It should come with the rest if the crap at least.
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Direct replacement for my rma. I did keep theadapter but thats not the point. It should come with the rest if the crap at least.
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that's not usually always the case with replacements.
I know personally doing laser printer return exchanges with Lexmark that they don't include any of the peripheral components. They instruct you to send just the laser printer and to remove the paper, power cables, toner, photoconductor kit, and trays.
ASUS probably operates in the same fashion.
I know Best Buy also will only warranty exchange the parts you bring in and will open your replacement and take out the parts you didn't provide for the return exchange.
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Direct replacement for my rma. I did keep theadapter but thats not the point. It should come with the rest if the crap at least.
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Why?
If they ask you to send in just the tablet then all you should get back is a repaired/replacement tablet!
Or are you saying they should give you a whole new set of peripherals every time an item is replaced?
ANdy
What I'm saying is, give me my god dam cloth back and warranty information. Yes it's trivial but i sent it back to them in the first place. So give it back, it's not frankly that hard.
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What I'm saying is, give me my god dam cloth back and warranty information. Yes it's trivial but i sent it back to them in the first place. So give it back, it's not frankly that hard.
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I know this is besides the point that they forgot to return things, but why did you send in the cleaning cloth? Were there not enough microfibers or something?
Dude go to Walmart and pickup the microfiber cloth in the electronics section sold from GE. It's like 5x the size of the cloth that comes with the Prime, it's thicker and it comes with liquid foam spray for only $9.99. You'll forget about that miniscule old cloth in no time.
Hello all! I was wondering if anyone had any clue where batteries compatible with this device are available? My device got wet and won't turn on, out of curiosity I swapped out the battery inside with a friend's and it booted right up!
I already tried Samsung's customer service and because it's not covered by warranty it'll cost me $40 plus the cost of the replacement battery ($51) Also the battery is on back order.
I really don't want to pay half the cost of a new player just to mine working again.
Thank you for your time.
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Hello all! I was wondering if anyone had any clue where batteries compatible with this device are available? My device got wet and won't turn on, out of curiosity I swapped out the battery inside with a friend's and it booted right up!
I already tried Samsung's customer service and because it's not covered by warranty it'll cost me $40 plus the cost of the replacement battery ($51) Also the battery is on back order.
I really don't want to pay half the cost of a new player just to mine working again.
Thank you for your time.
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Hmm... since these batteries are not supposed to be user serviceable, I am not sure what other choice you would have. Maybe ask around here and see if anyone has a busted player for cleap.
Good luck.
MontyKensicle said:
Hello all! I was wondering if anyone had any clue where batteries compatible with this device are available? My device got wet and won't turn on, out of curiosity I swapped out the battery inside with a friend's and it booted right up!
I already tried Samsung's customer service and because it's not covered by warranty it'll cost me $40 plus the cost of the replacement battery ($51) Also the battery is on back order.
I really don't want to pay half the cost of a new player just to mine working again.
Thank you for your time.
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try this link maybe ull find something worth pursuing in their
http://www.samsungparts.com/Products/Parts_and_Accessories/PID-GM43-01010A.aspx?model=YPG70CW
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try this link maybe ull find something worth pursuing in their
http://www.samsungparts.com/Products/Parts_and_Accessories/PID-GM43-01010A.aspx?model=YPG70CW
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Tried the link but they don't send overseas. Any other place I can find replacement batteries??
blacklightning said:
Tried the link but they don't send overseas. Any other place I can find replacement batteries??
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Maybe this could be what you're looking for?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Sa..._Cell_Phone_PDA_Batteries&hash=item417366d1b8
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Sa..._Cell_Phone_PDA_Batteries&hash=item35cf3214cb
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Maybe this could be what you're looking for?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Sa..._Cell_Phone_PDA_Batteries&hash=item417366d1b8
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Sa..._Cell_Phone_PDA_Batteries&hash=item35cf3214cb
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Thank you very much, I totally forgot to search on ebay . I'm on vacation right now, I will order the replacement batteries ASAP. Thank you again for your help.
hi i have atrix like over a year, and last week i had some little bugs with the touchscreen. there is some places in the touch screeen that dont respond so good and i heard there is a patch that fix that bug or there some trick. i looked in google and i didnt found them
i have recently changed my rom to epinter ics 10 and the rom work great and even i got some little improvment on the touch screen but it still work Every now and then bad so if you can link me a guide or something i will be glad
This sounds to me like a digitizer issue. I have an atrix, but only use it as a spare issue, however ive had several phones with similar issues and they were all resolved by replacing the digitizer.
cloudraker said:
This sounds to me like a digitizer issue. I have an atrix, but only use it as a spare issue, however ive had several phones with similar issues and they were all resolved by replacing the digitizer.
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I agree with cloudraker. I've had 3 atrix phones, and the digitizers are a weak spot. I would check and see if you are still under warranty. Motorola is very good about this and replaces the phone usually. I had one that was not in warranty, and they replaced that as well. Good luck.
Careful though. Motorola is indeed usually generous about this, but there's a price to pay - you will more than likely end up with a non-unlockable bootloader.
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Careful though. Motorola is indeed usually generous about this, but there's a price to pay - you will more than likely end up with a non-unlockable bootloader.
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That is a possibility, however I sent in two, and got back two that i was able to unlock. Don't know what the chances are, but that is my experience.
Kind of like Russian roulette......... lol
i am now in brazil and my warranty is off . any of you know if its expensive to give it to lab or its easy to do it myself?
or anything that i can do to avoid thos thing
igalc87 said:
i am now in brazil and my warranty is off . any of you know if its expensive to give it to lab or its easy to do it myself?
or anything that i can do to avoid thos thing
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I haven't done the digitizer, but I have done a number of other parts. The atrix is a very easy phone to tear down. I'm sure there is a YouTube video for digitizer replacement. That would certainly be the cheaper way to go......
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I haven't done the digitizer, but I have done a number of other parts. The atrix is a very easy phone to tear down. I'm sure there is a YouTube video for digitizer replacement. That would certainly be the cheaper way to go......
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where can i buy it ? and +- how much it cost?
and what about that
motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/GB-EN/Mobile%20Phones/MB860/Orange/Atrix_4.1.31_4.4.20_Orange_GB_Upgrade_Release_Notes_GB.htm
can i use it or its a waste of time?
and if i can use ir how do i install with my courrently rom
On eBay they start at around $25, and go up from there.
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On eBay they start at around $25, and go up from there.
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and about that link ? you now something about it?
So i dropped my s3 today... well the day i dont have the otter box i drop it, and the screen crack making the phone not responsive and then the screen turned all blue
and so i found this store that replaces all of that for 190$ worth?
Do the screens become laggy, and should i just stick it out with my bb 9900 for the time being (im a student) and wait for the s4 to get lower and just pick one up
I picked up my s3 in march for 325$
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thank you, sorry i wasnt alowed to post in Q&A
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So i dropped my s3 today... well the day i dont have the otter box i drop it, and the screen crack making the phone not responsive and then the screen turned all blue
and so i found this store that replaces all of that for 190$ worth?
Do the screens become laggy, and should i just stick it out with my bb 9900 for the time being (im a student) and wait for the s4 to get lower and just pick one up
I picked up my s3 in march for 325$
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thank you, sorry i wasnt alowed to post in Q&A
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Weird that you weren't allowed to post on the Q&A section cause you're already a senior member. But anyway since you got it on March then isn't it covered by warranty? Replacement screens on the internet are sometimes bogus unless your really know how to criticized the item being sold. I suggest that you bring it to Samsung for repair.
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Weird that you weren't allowed to post on the Q&A section cause you're already are a senior member. But anyway since you got it on March then isn't it covered by warranty? Rep
lacement screens on the internet are sometimes bogus unless your really know how to criticized the item being sold. I suggest that you bring it to Samsung for repair.
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How much do you think the repairs at the Samsung centers are? I got. My. Phone off someone on kijiji and he got it from Hong Kong for dirt cheap and then I found out the pho was from France pretty sure from Orange. I'm not really the type of person that wants armatures to replace my screen... But the phone is like 300$ now and I do love my phone because no one else I know has the Grey one and I can't sell it on eBay because I have personal things in it, or should I just keep it as a decoration and buy a s4 when it's lower....
I don't know what to do... Is it really worth 200$ to fix a phone that I can get for 300$ but I wonder if they'd fix everything else because I've been having signal problems
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Weird that you weren't allowed to post on the Q&A section cause you're already are a senior member. But anyway since you got it on March then isn't it covered by warranty? Replacement screens on the internet are sometimes bogus unless your really know how to criticized the item being sold. I suggest that you bring it to Samsung for repair.
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How much do you think the repairs at the Samsung centers are? I got. My. Phone off someone on kijiji and he got it from Hong Kong for dirt cheap and then I found out the pho was from France pretty sure from Orange. I'm not really the type of person that wants armatures to replace my screen... But the phone is like 300$ now and I do love my phone because no one else I know has the Grey one and I can't sell it on eBay because I have personal things in it, or should I just keep it as a decoration and buy a s4 when it's lower....
I don't know what to do... Is it really worth 200$ to fix a phone that I can get for 300$ but I wonder if they'd fix everything else because I've been having signal problems
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Do you know If thy replace the housing too because tucking concrete scratched it
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Do you know If thy replace the housing too because tucking concrete scratched it
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Better go and ask them about it as I haven't really encountered bringing in a phone for repair. And if you ask me if it's really worth it to repair a phone for almost half the price when you bought it... well... I think i'll pass and just get a new one because you'll encounter more issues afterwards. Of course it's a different issue when you send it Samsung for warranty issues.
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Better go and ask them about it as I haven't really encountered bringing in a phone for repair. And if you ask me if it's really worth it to repair a phone for almost half the price when you bought it... well... I think i'll pass and just get a new one because you'll encounter more issues afterwards. Of course it's a different issue when you send it Samsung for warranty issues.
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Oh so it is true there are problems when screens are installed (besdies samsung) guess i won't be on the forums anymore till the s4 get its price cut
What if i actually have warranty on the phone how would i check? cause i bought it from a guy or does that mean it just doesn't have warranty?
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Oh so it is true there are problems when screens are installed (besdies samsung) guess i won't be on the forums anymore till the s4 get its price cut
What if i actually have warranty on the phone how would i check? cause i bought it from a guy or does that mean it just doesn't have warranty?
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If you take it to a Samsung supported repair shop they will know its under warranty by the imei and serial number.You wont even need to have the reciept if you got it from someone else.Same happened to me once.If you want to replace the screen yourself then buy one on ebay for 140 bucks and do it yourself with a video tutorial from youtube.Its not that hard mate.
Ive changed a few screens for friends with ones from ebay and they are perfectly good and dont have any problems at all.Run perfectly and you save heaps too.
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Better go and ask them about it as I haven't really encountered bringing in a phone for repair. And if you ask me if it's really worth it to repair a phone for almost half the price when you bought it... well... I think i'll pass and just get a new one because you'll encounter more issues afterwards. Of course it's a different issue when you send it Samsung for warranty issues.
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cooza said:
If you take it to a Samsung supported repair shop they will know its under warranty by the imei and serial number.You wont even need to have the reciept if you got it from someone else.Same happened to me once.If you want to replace the screen yourself then buy one on ebay for 140 bucks and do it yourself with a video tutorial from youtube.Its not that hard mate.
Ive changed a few screens for friends with ones from ebay and they are perfectly good and dont have any problems at all.Run perfectly and you save heaps too.
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Hm... do screen repairs ever get cheap from samsung? or are they around 200$ :l might as well save for a s4 with the 200
anthonyly said:
Hm... do screen repairs ever get cheap from samsung? or are they around 200$ :l might as well save for a s4 with the 200
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If its under waranty it should be free.Otherwise get a screen from ebay for 140 and fix it yourself and then try and sell the phone for 250.
250 + the 60 you saved will be 310 to go to an S4 at least mate.Id see if its covered first and then you will have a working phone to sell + 200 bucks.
cooza said:
If its under waranty it should be free.Otherwise get a screen from ebay for 140 and fix it yourself and then try and sell the phone for 250.
250 + the 60 you saved will be 310 to go to an S4 at least mate.Id see if its covered first and then you will have a working phone to sell + 200 bucks.
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haha its a blank screen now since all the ink, wait what if its just manufacturer warranty should it still be free.... guess i'll be making a trip to the samsung center. was planning on keeping the phone till my contract end
anthonyly said:
haha its a blank screen now since all the ink, wait what if its just manufacturer warranty should it still be free.... guess i'll be making a trip to the samsung center. was planning on keeping the phone till my contract end
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Yeah mate all warranty coverage is free if its something like a hardware issue.If you drop it and they can tell then its up to them but if you dont have any marks on the side that makes it look like it has been dropped then just say that it wont start for some reason.
The bad thing is if it has been rooted and flashed and you havent reset the binary counter.Then if they see that they will most likely send you a letter asking you to pay cos that will mean you have lost the warranty.
anthonyly said:
How much do you think the repairs at the Samsung centers are? I got. My. Phone off someone on kijiji and he got it from Hong Kong for dirt cheap and then I found out the pho was from France pretty sure from Orange. I'm not really the type of person that wants armatures to replace my screen... But the phone is like 300$ now and I do love my phone because no one else I know has the Grey one and I can't sell it on eBay because I have personal things in it, or should I just keep it as a decoration and buy a s4 when it's lower....
I don't know what to do... Is it really worth 200$ to fix a phone that I can get for 300$ but I wonder if they'd fix everything else because I've been having signal problems
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Dont repair it as it will cause some touchscreen issues.
Only get it repaird from samsung use the warranty and reset the binary counter
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ADDICT.ANK said:
Dont repair it as it will cause some touchscreen issues.
Only get it repaird from samsung use the warranty and reset the binary counter
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Replacing the screen wont do anything to the touch at all.Ive changed screens on the S2,S3,Note2 and iphone4S with ones Ive got from ebay to save money by not paying store labour rates and none of them have any problems or screen issues.
cooza said:
Replacing the screen wont do anything to the touch at all.Ive changed screens on the S2,S3,Note2 and iphone4S with ones Ive got from ebay to save money by not paying store labour rates and none of them have any problems or screen issues.
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Well then its great I guess these issues used to persist earlier..
If there's nt much problem then use the warranty damn its useful.
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Well then its great I guess these issues used to persist earlier..
If there's nt much problem then use the warranty damn its useful.
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sadly apparently warranty isn't covered by any damages only manufacturer issues
anthonyly said:
sadly apparently warranty isn't covered by any damages only manufacturer issues
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Try a different service centre.
Whats the cost for the repairs.they would hv told u about it.
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anthonyly said:
sadly apparently warranty isn't covered by any damages only manufacturer issues
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Of course. That's what warranty means. Manufacturing defects....
You need insurance for loss or damage
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anthonyly said:
sadly apparently warranty isn't covered by any damages only manufacturer issues
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Yeah mate if they know its the screen from an accident then they wont fix it.If you want to purposely brick your phone and say it has SDS (sudden desth syndrome) thats up to you but you may want to just fix it yourself if you cant find a non-samsung store that will do it for cheap..meaning screen + labour maybe 200 bucks.
Better to start looking at youtube videos.