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2 days ago yy EVO 4G LTE had the black screen problem. I am not rooted and have a stock setup. My camera worked fine since I purchased the phone June 3rd. The next morning I checked the phone and the camera was again working. However it developed a horrendous image quality issue (which I blieve is different from the oversaturated colors issue reported by many). Other parts of the phone was acting weird like hanging and locking up so I did a hard reset. I wiped out everything clean and now the phone seems fine however the camera is still messed up. Even the viewfinder (pre-picture) looks wacked out. When I take the picture this is what I get below. The photos taken in good lighting look horrible. So something is obiously wrong with the camera on this phone since the hard reset didn't cure my problem.
Anyone seen this before?
That to me looks like you have one of the special effects turned on. Hot the round circle button and see if you have it see on "no effect".
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Sounds to me like you just have a bad phone. Man. Get that thing replaced if your having all these issues
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have you tried to restore default in camera setting
Granted, this was taken in different, but the red dots in the OP's remind me of the "posterize" setting I used to take this picture. I did notice, though, that once I backed out and back into the camera, the setting automatically restored to "no effect. "
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Looks like an issue with the camera module. Not sure how much luck you'll have doing this on the LTE, but the original Evo used to occasionally have similar issues, and it was because the camera module came loose form the board it was sitting on. You could just disassemble the phone and reseat the module. However, if you have the option of doing so, taking it in for a proper repair would definitely be the better option; disassembling the LTE looks like it's way more of a pain than its predecessor.
I had this happen on my old G1, looked EXACTLY like that. But that's how it came out of the box. It didn't happen all the time so I didn't take it back. But I would see if you could yours replaced?
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Check out the camera mod available here in the forums. Just search for camera mod and you will find it. After I flashed it, my camera was MUCH improved.
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michael.stollaire said:
Check out the camera mod available here in the forums. Just search for camera mod and you will find it. After I flashed it, my camera was MUCH improved.
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He's not having a software issue, that's a hardware problem. OP, take it back and get a new one.
Thanks for the replies. It's definitely a hardware issue. After the hard reset I went into the camera settings just to be sure and they were at default settings. I stopped by Best Buy last night where I purchased it. The agent check it out and confirmed he thought it was hardware related. Unfortunately for me I didn't buy the Best Buy protection plan so since it's been 60 days since purchase I had to contact HTC to get it repaired. So when I got home I called HTC and they were cool. They gave me an RMA to send it back to get it fixed/replaced. Unfortunately the turn around time is 2 weeks which means I'm without a Sprint phone in the meantime. I'll have to rely on my ****ty Verizon Blackberry Bold. I have an old LG optimus that I tried to reactivate temporarily but I got an online warning from Sprint that I will lose my SERO Premium 500. So considering how much of pain it was to get the EVO LTE on Sero it wasn't worth the risk.
Is it common for HTC to just replace the phone or will they tear it apart and fix the camera on the phone?
Yep, if all updates and improvement mods have no effect, definitely a hardware issue. Return it!
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blackwaterstout said:
Thanks for the replies. It's definitely a hardware issue. After the hard reset I went into the camera settings just to be sure and they were at default settings. I stopped by Best Buy last night where I purchased it. The agent check it out and confirmed he thought it was hardware related. Unfortunately for me I didn't buy the Best Buy protection plan so since it's been 60 days since purchase I had to contact HTC to get it repaired. So when I got home I called HTC and they were cool. They gave me an RMA to send it back to get it fixed/replaced. Unfortunately the turn around time is 2 weeks which means I'm without a Sprint phone in the meantime. I'll have to rely on my ****ty Verizon Blackberry Bold. I have an old LG optimus that I tried to reactivate temporarily but I got an online warning from Sprint that I will lose my SERO Premium 500. So considering how much of pain it was to get the EVO LTE on Sero it wasn't worth the risk.
Is it common for HTC to just replace the phone or will they tear it apart and fix the camera on the phone?
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It sounds like in this case you're getting a warranty replacement, which is normal. I haven't actually heard of HTC actually just repairing your existing device, that's what the service & repair shops from your carrier (Sprint) or vendor (Best Buy) are for.
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It sounds like in this case you're getting a warranty replacement, which is normal. I haven't actually heard of HTC actually just repairing your existing device, that's what the service & repair shops from your carrier (Sprint) or vendor (Best Buy) are for.
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Now I'm wondering if this is the case. I sent the phone out this morning following HTC's instructions. One of the instructions was to remove any batteries, battery cover, or micro SD card. Don't think they would do this if they were going to send a new phone would they? At least in terms of the battery cover. in my case with the EVO LTE I removed my 16GB sd card and removed the camera cover then sent the phone to HTC.
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Now I'm wondering if this is the case. I sent the phone out this morning following HTC's instructions. One of the instructions was to remove any batteries, battery cover, or micro SD card. Don't think they would do this if they were going to send a new phone would they? At least in terms of the battery cover. in my case with the EVO LTE I removed my 16GB sd card and removed the camera cover then sent the phone to HTC.
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Why didn't you just go to Sprint? They would've most likely replaced it on the spot for you. I've never sent any phone back to HTC if I had issues. I went right to Sprint and they 9 times out of 10 replaced the phone for me on the spot. If they didn't have the phone they sent it to my house and I got it 2 days later.
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I had to replace two phones within 2 days because of the crappy camera. I almost droped Sprint because of this issue. I still may if they don't start providing me with LTE service. I'm beginning to wonder why I paid so much for a phone that I can't full benefilt from. I downloaded a lot of photos to my computer and looked at them in Photo Shop. They were so far off in almost every area. I would love to be able to calibrate the screen on this unit. Does any one know if you can do this? Every screen I have seen from this phone has been different.
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Why didn't you just go to Sprint? They would've most likely replaced it on the spot for you. I've never sent any phone back to HTC if I had issues. I went right to Sprint and they 9 times out of 10 replaced the phone for me on the spot. If they didn't have the phone they sent it to my house and I got it 2 days later.
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Because I bought the phone at Best Buy. Not the Sprint store.
Boy am I pissed off. I truly regret buying this phone now. I mailed the phone back to HTC on August 6th. They told me I'd have it back in 2 weeks. I've been following the HTC status tracking and it's showed my phone as "In repair" for several days. Then today, 15 days after I sent the phone back, I get an email update from HTC. It states "This ticket has been placed on hold for material at our Repair Center. We are currently awaiting the following part(s): Main Board
Once we have the part(s), we will fix your phone as quickly as possible."
I've been without a phone for over 2 weeks. Can't they just replace it with a new phone and then sell my old phone as a refurb? It's not like I had the phone for a year and I'm trying to swindle them. I just want an operable phone. I'm done with HTC at this point. My next phone will not be an HTC.
Will Sprint give me a service credit since my phone hasn't even been connected to their network?
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Boy am I pissed off. I truly regret buying this phone now. I mailed the phone back to HTC on August 6th. They told me I'd have it back in 2 weeks. I've been following the HTC status tracking and it's showed my phone as "In repair" for several days. Then today, 15 days after I sent the phone back, I get an email update from HTC. It states "This ticket has been placed on hold for material at our Repair Center. We are currently awaiting the following part(s): Main Board
Once we have the part(s), we will fix your phone as quickly as possible."
I've been without a phone for over 2 weeks. Can't they just replace it with a new phone and then sell my old phone as a refurb? It's not like I had the phone for a year and I'm trying to swindle them. I just want an operable phone. I'm done with HTC at this point. My next phone will not be an HTC.
Will Sprint give me a service credit since my phone hasn't even been connected to their network?
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First off, good luck waiting for your parts from taiwan. I have been waiting for my phone, that I sent in for the camera on July 26th. Still no
Phone. Sprint says next time take it in, pay 35$, walk out with a replacement. And I bought it at best buy, but sprint said it don't matter.
Like I said, good luck.
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First off, good luck waiting for your parts from taiwan. I have been waiting for my phone, that I sent in for the camera on July 26th. Still no
Phone. Sprint says next time take it in, pay 35$, walk out with a replacement. And I bought it at best buy, but sprint said it don't matter.
Like I said, good luck.
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Wish I would've known that. I'd have paid $35 no problem to get a replacement.
I called HTC and asked if they had more info on how long this would take. Their answer was "No". They admitted the parts were coming rom Tiawan. I was nice to her but she could tell I was pissed. Next time I will go to the Sprint store first
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First off, good luck waiting for your parts from taiwan. I have been waiting for my phone, that I sent in for the camera on July 26th. Still no
Phone. Sprint says next time take it in, pay 35$, walk out with a replacement. And I bought it at best buy, but sprint said it don't matter.
Like I said, good luck.
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Any luck getting your phone back?
Hello,
Just wanted to share my experience with my Evo. First I love this phone. I sit next to an apple guy all day and just laugh and laugh and laugh. But the phone is only amazing when it actually turns on. Starting last Saturday - I experienced power issues, where my phone would just turn off - and would only turn back on if I introduced a power source, AC or USB didn't matter. Then after about 4 of these episodes, my phone just stopped wanting to turn on at all, with our without a power source. Walked into a Sprint retail shop - basically was called a retard for not buying insurance, and was told I was out of luck. I told them that's crap - I've been a sprint customer for 10 years, blabalabla do something or I walk next door to Verizon. So he called his buddy at a Sprint service store. I was informed of a known issue that involved our phones - but no details on what that issue was, either they didn't know or didn't want to say. Anyway, I was told I could RMA my phone for $35 and then add insurance afterwards. Next day - new phone - done. No one knew at sprint, or was willing to admit what the issue actually was.
1. Anyone know what the issue actually is? Sprint claimed "Software", not accepting updates, basically all software. IMO, you need power before your software loads, so how could it be a software issue?
2. If it is indeed a battery discharge issue - I would imagine stripping the phone and replacing the battery should fix it? Is it solved in certain hardware versions?
Never heard of this issue. My EVO 3D was replaced within the first week I had it because the battery died and wouldn't turn back on again being charged or anything. Turned out to be an issue with all of them. Took it into a Sprint store (mind you I have TEP and it was a week old phone) and they just gave me a new one.
I call all my customers retards regardless if they have TEP or not.
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tuscani1821 said:
I call all my customers retards regardless if they have TEP or not.
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I call the representatives in the stores retards. For whatever reason, every store that I've been to in Central Florida have people working there that know absolutely nothing about their phones. I made a sale for a representative one time while I was killing some time looking at the phones that were out. All I had to do was amaze the customer with the features of the phone, that's all.
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I call the representatives in the stores retards. For whatever reason, every store that I've been to in Central Florida have people working there that know absolutely nothing about their phones. I made a sale for a representative one time while I was killing some time looking at the phones that were out. All I had to do was amaze the customer with the features of the phone, that's all.
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That is true. I have to say that most sales representatives don't know squat about phones.
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I also just RMA'ed my first day release EVO 4G LTE due to light leakage from the home button. When I originally brought the phone in to a service store on July 18, the Sprint service tech said it was clearly defective, but I would still have to pay the $35 admin fee for Sprint to process the RMA. I wouldn't have to pay anything if I did it directly through HTC, but it would take up to 2 weeks to get a replacement. So last week I decided to just pay the $35 and have Sprint send me a replacement with the return envelope. However, this time, the tech said that the light leakage was a "cosmetic defect" that doesn't affect the phone performance and he refused to create an rma. I said that was retarded and asked for the manager, who promptly approved the e-ticket to rma the device.
The Sprint store customer service experience at the Greenfield, WI location can be so frustrating. We've been with Sprint forever, so I don't know if it is any better at AT&T or Verizon. But it makes me consider switching.
One of the Evo's in my family was defective upon opening the brand new phone (dead line in the digitizer grid) and they wanted $35 to replace it--absolutely absurd! Sprint's customer service is going down the drain, fast.
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One of the Evo's in my family was defective upon opening the brand new phone (dead line in the digitizer grid) and they wanted $35 to replace it--absolutely absurd! Sprint's customer service is going down the drain, fast.
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As in it was not outside of the 14 return period?
It always amuses me to see people who don't get insurance get upset at having to pay for a replacement device....
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Sprint shouldn't be charging for hardware defects. If you bought it through sprint, you should inform the rep that it is sprints responsibility to replace hardware components that fail. Rep's at stores are night the brightest, they just have to meet their quota per week. I wouldn't go through them. I almost always go through retentions. They are the ones who know what they are doing, and have the power to credit money or perks to your account.
Whenever you have a problem with your phone, be it hardware failure, loss in service, want to upgrade early, replace with a similar model, call retentions first. The number can be found be looking online.
For those who have already paid the $35, you could call retentions and be credited that amount towards your next bill. Just tell them what happened, what you want, and they most likely will be able to help you.
p.s, retentions may ask you to take your phone to a store to have a sales rep look at it and determine if it's damaged from a hardware defect. This usually happens for claims like "my phone is bending" (happened to me). Theyre reasoning is that they want to make sure it's a defect before offering a free replacement. If the sales rep tries to tell you that you have to pay the $35, just tell explain the situation, "retentions just needs someone to determine if its defective, and then they'll replace it for free", and be on your way.
Hope this helps
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xanthra said:
Hello,
Just wanted to share my experience with my Evo. First I love this phone. I sit next to an apple guy all day and just laugh and laugh and laugh. But the phone is only amazing when it actually turns on. Starting last Saturday - I experienced power issues, where my phone would just turn off - and would only turn back on if I introduced a power source, AC or USB didn't matter. Then after about 4 of these episodes, my phone just stopped wanting to turn on at all, with our without a power source. Walked into a Sprint retail shop - basically was called a retard for not buying insurance, and was told I was out of luck. I told them that's crap - I've been a sprint customer for 10 years, blabalabla do something or I walk next door to Verizon. So he called his buddy at a Sprint service store. I was informed of a known issue that involved our phones - but no details on what that issue was, either they didn't know or didn't want to say. Anyway, I was told I could RMA my phone for $35 and then add insurance afterwards. Next day - new phone - done. No one knew at sprint, or was willing to admit what the issue actually was.
1. Anyone know what the issue actually is? Sprint claimed "Software", not accepting updates, basically all software. IMO, you need power before your software loads, so how could it be a software issue?
2. If it is indeed a battery discharge issue - I would imagine stripping the phone and replacing the battery should fix it? Is it solved in certain hardware versions?
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That sounds a lot like what happened to my phone. I plugged it into my computer via USB and it basically went totally dead. Difference is, when I took it to a Sprint store, they told me it was a known issue and gave me a new phone.
Wait why the hell is sprint charging for hardware defects? I thought without TEP all hardware defects are supposed to be a free replacement for the first year? This is how it was done for me for the first year without insurance on my OG EVO and touch pro 1.
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neoshi said:
Wait why the hell is sprint charging for hardware defects? I thought without TEP all hardware defects are supposed to be a free replacement for the first year? This is how it was done for me for the first year without insurance on my OG EVO and touch pro 1.
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its likely just sales reps taking advantage of people
I had to pay 35 without insurance also for a screen defect , had the month for 2 months
I love this. The phone has a one year warranty with sprint. End of story. I'm on EVO number 5 since June and each time I walk in, the sprint nerd says they hope I bought the insurance..I did but quickly remind them there warranty is free and is for one year. After that they talk to there manager , they order me a replacment phone. The last time the manager gave me a new one. Never paid a penny.
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The amount of incorrect information in this thread makes it pitiful to call my self a Sprint customer. Without insurance you have to pay the $35 fee to get a phone replaced and fixed if it uses a part. It's not "RMA"ing it either, Sprint has their own in house service and repair program. If you have a hardware defect and you don't want to pay, send it to HTC because that is where your one year warranty is. With HTC. Not Sprint. They are a business, not a soup kitchen. And no, they won't replace your phone for cosmetic defects. Not a soup kitchen. If you have any issues with your phone out of the box, you have that 14 day return and exchange period to get it resolved without cost.
This thread is mostly about people taking responsibility for their own products and realizing everything isn't a handout. $35 for an entire replacement phone, which retails at over $500 is a hell of a deal. In fact, its usually cheaper than actually having the insurance, which is now $11 a month.
The way it has always been done for me with hardware defects with no damage caused by me in the first year (e.g. touch pro slide out keyboard flimsy keyboard ribbon cable, faulty screen on OG EVO) was that I walk into a sprint repair center, they see the problem, request a replacement device, no charge. They always tell me not to worry about fees since they just send it back to manufacturer and it's neither my problem nor Sprint's. I've been doing it like since 07 up until my last case in early 2011. Other folks around xda have been doing it the same exact way, so I'm guessing something has changed recently... which sucks.
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xanthra said:
Hello,
Just wanted to share my experience with my Evo. First I love this phone. I sit next to an apple guy all day and just laugh and laugh and laugh. But the phone is only amazing when it actually turns on. Starting last Saturday - I experienced power issues, where my phone would just turn off - and would only turn back on if I introduced a power source, AC or USB didn't matter. Then after about 4 of these episodes, my phone just stopped wanting to turn on at all, with our without a power source. Walked into a Sprint retail shop - basically was called a retard for not buying insurance, and was told I was out of luck. I told them that's crap - I've been a sprint customer for 10 years, blabalabla do something or I walk next door to Verizon. So he called his buddy at a Sprint service store. I was informed of a known issue that involved our phones - but no details on what that issue was, either they didn't know or didn't want to say. Anyway, I was told I could RMA my phone for $35 and then add insurance afterwards. Next day - new phone - done. No one knew at sprint, or was willing to admit what the issue actually was.
1. Anyone know what the issue actually is? Sprint claimed "Software", not accepting updates, basically all software. IMO, you need power before your software loads, so how could it be a software issue?
2. If it is indeed a battery discharge issue - I would imagine stripping the phone and replacing the battery should fix it? Is it solved in certain hardware versions?
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This is exactly what happened to my first Evo LTE about a month after I got it. I ended up getting a replacement from best buy.
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For what its worth, I'm on my 4th EVO lte... I do pay the very cheap like 7 or 8 bucks for tep.
First LTE, was bent after a week, called 611, they said go to store, I said no (i repair phones and laptops and TVs) the techs are idiots, and you guys don't have any parts yet.. got new phone via mail 2 days later.
2nd lte, had bleeding light on bottom near home button, same deal when I called 611, same deal, got new phone in 3days.
3rd LTE, bottom left of screen rippled with slight movement, also speaker phone was borked. Again, told 611 their guys were morons and even called to see if they stocked replacement screen and speaker, so same thing, called 611, got new one, this time they on back order.. got sprint replacement in about week and half..
4th is ok, no issues, cept for hboot 1.19 which unless ur incompetent, is no biggie, wow, one simple command line to flash what ever..
Now I did have to argue a bit with phone support , they advised me to call asurion, I said no, its a hardware defect yada yada.. when ever they wernt working with me on phone, I asked what my early termination fee was, then I was shipped a phone..
U just gotta be Stern, not unreasonable with those guys
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neoshi said:
Wait why the hell is sprint charging for hardware defects? I thought without TEP all hardware defects are supposed to be a free replacement for the first year? This is how it was done for me for the first year without insurance on my OG EVO and touch pro 1.
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Well - in defense of Sprint - I did not buy the phone there. But regardless any retailer should be able to RMA something with a defect - sort of like how car dealerships work. At least they offered the add on insurance since I "activated" a new phone. Now that I think about it - whats the activation cost of new phones lol ... like something around 35...
Nick
They only have the white one available for pre-order. Is it possible Best Buy won't get the grey version? Normally I'd get it from Verizon but I'd really like to use the Geek Squad.
hmm not sure why you'd want Geek Squad. They don't know anything about devices. I had a laptop under accidental warranty that wouldn't boot (even POST) and they tried to tell me it was software and not covered. Software isn't even loaded before the motherboard starts up. It took a month of going there and arguing to get them to fix it, then they shipped it off to have each individual component replaced one at a time, only for it to stop working within 10 minutes each time, if it even did. Ended up getting a new computer, but it took about 6 months to get it. They had the 3 strikes policy on fixing it but said it didn't count as a strike if they misdiagnose what component is broken.
Many people have dealt with the same kind of thing.
They've been good to me. They replaced my Thunderbolt without hesitation (whether the software or hardware went wrong) and I managed to get a new one in 3 days. I'd like to hear how asurion is better, seeing as how I had to wait 2 weeks to get a replacement whenever I had it.
I pre ordered through Best Buy and wanted the Titanium but could only order white. They said they may not have the Titanium on launch day. Depending on Verizon stock I may just go to Verizon store and get the Titanium. Never had a white phone. Not sure if I would be able to live with it. Best buy said I could always exchange it later. I think I would have until Jan 24th.
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Lately my phone has been having what seems to be a hardware problem. The microphone barely works anymore. When talking on the phone, people are always telling me they can barely hear me, it sounds like I'm really far away, etc, even though I'm practically yelling into the phone. Sometimes it works fine and other times it won't pick up my voice at all. Also it cuts in and out in the middle of conversations.
To rule out the possibility of a software issue, I've tried the following:
Flash MeanROM, problem still persists
Flash CM10, problem still persists
Updated HBOOT to 1.19 (S-OFF) and RUU, problem still persits
Thus, I have concluded that it's a hardware issue with the microphone. The phone is only six months old, and the problem/defect has appeared through no fault of my own (always kept in case, never abused, never got wet). Yesterday, I took it to a local Sprint store to see if they would give me a replacement, and being that I do *not* have insurance on this phone, the employee wanted to charge me $35 to look at the phone and then maybe issue me a refurb if they did not find any sign of water damage, etc.
What experiences have others had regarding defective phones and no insurance? Threads on other forums suggest that some have gotten free replacements while others did not. What's Sprint's official policy on this? I do not think I should be held responsible for any fees considering it's a hardware defect. The employee said I can send the phone directly to HTC for the manufacturer warranty but it would take 15-20 days that I'd be phoneless, and my phone is S-OFF, so I'm a little hesitant about doing that. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
I think sprints "official" policy would be no insurance=no replacement. Since it is rooted I would imagine your bootloader is unlocked which means u voided your warranty with HTC. My suggestion is it doesn't hurt to try but don't get pissed at sprint if u don't get it.
One workaround would be to get another phone and activate it online chat and ask to get insurance on it. Once u do that wait a day or two and swap back to your evo. The insurance will stay on the line. Then u can take it in and get it looked at for free if it is a hardware defect u should het a free replacement
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You had the option for Warranty replacement but that could (not sure) very well be gone if you used their unlocking tool & S-OFF.
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Genjinaro said:
You had the option for Warranty replacement but that could (not sure) very well be gone if you used their unlocking tool & S-OFF.
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Can I make it S-ON again? I assume HTC would still be able to detect that I had done this, am I right?
That's a possibility, I'd make the effort to do so. Flash a fully stock Rom (RUU) before it goes back. If it fails, the worse that can happen is that they send it back.
Just be sure to photograph quality photos of the phone (front, back, sides & top) before packaging & sending it off when dealing with warranty exchanges.
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Theyll fix ur phone for 35$ if they detect wayer damage, but if they see your phone is rooted they wont fix it, and give ur phone back to you a.s.a.p
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Just flash it all back to stock, and take it in. Sprint provides the 1 year warranty. So they will check it out, if it fails for them you'll get a refurb. Don't need insurance for factory defect.
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Just flash it all back to stock, and take it in. Sprint provides the 1 year warranty. So they will check it out, if it fails for them you'll get a refurb. Don't need insurance for factory defect.
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Right now it is back to stock, but the bootloader is still unlocked. I used the utility to make the bootloader look "stock" though, as it says *** LOCKED *** and S-ON however it is really S-OFF. A Sprint employee may not notice this but an HTC tech certainly will. Anyways, the sprint employee must have been misinformed or something. They said I would need to go through the manufacturer for the warranty and not Sprint. I'm going to go back and try to talk to a different employee and see if I can get a different result. Thanks.
What your looking at is the $35 service fee that Sprint charges you. Its basically a convince fee to save you the time of not having to deal with the manufacturer.
Id take advantage of the "advanced exchange program" pay the 35 bucks and take a refurb device. I did this last month. My original unit had a very loose headset jack.
I paid the 35 bucks and got a replacement. 4 days into the replacement the RF died on it. No signal what so ever. Took it back and they immediately replaced that too. BUT i lucked out. They only had white refurbs in stock. I said Nope. mine is black i want black. So i got a new in box unit. That normally isnt the case but with the 35 dollar refurb units, they still warranty that for 30 days..
after that its back to another 35 bucks for a replacement. I think its fair, afterall your not returning a brand new phone to them. Its a device thats been used and in your case rooted and flashed a few times.
I also think there could be gunk or something in the mic port. Wonder if they checked that.
Did you try to use a wired headset to see if that corrected the issue. If so then its definitely a mic issue.
Anyway, the 35 bucks is for the convinces of not having to wait while HTC works on it..
I have a stock Sprint Evo 4G LTE (hardware 003) that I got from Amazon Wireless on Sept 1st. Never dropped or got it wet.
A couple weeks ago the phone wouldn't turn on after going to sleep. I was able to reset it holding the Power button down and the problem went away.
Then it happened again.
Yesterday, it went bad. I can reset it if I hold power button long enough, but then after a while it just dies again. I pulled SD card and did factory reset and turned off Fast Boot and Battery Saver, all to no avail. If I set it to never go to sleep (Display options) and never turn off display when charging, I can use it - sometimes for an hour or two, sometimes for ten minutes, but inevitably the screen turns black. Often it happens when I plug it in charger, although sometimes it just charges. Basically, the phone is unusable.
I think it started happening after one of the updates from HTC.
So, can someone help me. I do not have TEP and I need to know what my options are.
It really looks to me like some OS glitch. Is there a known fix for that ? I found a lot of people with this issue but no mention of cause or fix.
If I have to get it repaired, should I send it to HTC or try Sprint repair center ? Any ideas of the HTC warranty repair center trustworthiness ? I would hate to send the phone to them, wait for a couple of weeks and get a runaround in the end.
If I go to Sprint, what should I expect ? As I understand the minimum repair charge is around $35.
Thanks !
Take it to Sprint. They likely will replace it. Maybe charge 35$. Be leery of HTC repair. I have read they have really been jerking the int'l one X customers around, since those customers aren't tied to a carrier and can't return to a carrier.
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scottspa74 said:
Take it to Sprint. They likely will replace it. Maybe charge 35$. Be leery of HTC repair. I have read they have really been jerking the int'l one X customers around, since those customers aren't tied to a carrier and can't return to a carrier.
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Thanks. I will try that, I would rather pay $35 if the alternative is to be without a phone for two weeks. Is there any idea on what is causing the issue ?
Are you s-off?? Are you rooted?? What recovery are you running?? What all have you tried?? Have you tried running an ruu??
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Same here...
I'm having the same issue with my EVO LTE. I'd be curious to know if anyone has any idea what is happening. I've looked around online and it seems to have happened to a number of people.
I actually had to send my EVO back to HTC a couple months ago because I was getting pixel bleed on the screen. It took about a week and a half for them to fix and send it back. Unfortunately, it took another 3 weeks for them to register the ESN with Sprint, so I had to wait for that to actually be able to activate my phone. This was all accompanied by unbelievably bad customer service from Sprint in the interim. The only good that came out of it was that I eventually became so irate that they let me out of my contract.
So I'm leary of sending it back to HTC again. But I also don't feel I should have to pay Sprint to look at the phone and then replace it. Between the phone issues, the wimax and LTE that never came and the $10/month I paid to not have it, the awful 3G speeds, and the ditching of premier customers, I've pretty much reached the end of my rope with HTC and Sprint. And this is after being a loyal customer for 13 years.
Sorry for the rant, I can just empathize with your situation.