Overheating screen failures - Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Lately when below 60% battery I have been experiencing screen failures or that the screen freezes: Details here: http://goo.gl/1i50x4 and example of failure during rebooting after a screen failure: http://goo.gl/UQ1pwT

hallergard said:
Lately when below 60% battery I have been experiencing screen failures or that the screen freezes: Details here: http://goo.gl/1i50x4 and example of failure during rebooting after a screen failure: http://goo.gl/UQ1pwT
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This happened to my first Nexus 9 and I had it replaced. Nexus 9's that have been successful repaired for this issue have had a new motherboard installed by HTC. Mine happened after only 4 months of use, but my new N9 has been about 9-10 months without issue. In my opinion this is a hardware defect that should be recalled outside of warranty by HTC. If the same thing has happened to many N9's, which it has, necessitating a replacement of the motherboard, this is not warranty work. This is a manufacturing error on behalf of HTC. Is it our fault if the ticking time bomb goes off after 12 months? Any I swear HTC's tech service is told to play dumb. If you call and ask them about the issue, they've never heard of it. Yeah, like **** you never heard of it. I love my N9, but I will never give HTC my money again.

+GibsonSGJ Thanks. Bought direct from Google, and yes its out-of-warranty. Nevertheless, will have a go at Google on Monday

So many bad things about Nexus 9, N9 just don't lived up to expectations. This is why I didn't buy the Pixel C when it was released.
Anyway, I do have a temporary solution for fixing the issue.
Disclaimer and Advice: Take your own responsibility. Think twice before you follow my method.
Steps:
1. Prepare a Mattress.
2. Play with your Nexus 9 and wait until the notorious issue to happen again.
3. When that annoying things show itself, grab your N9 and smash the Back of N9 toward the Mattress over and over again.
4. Keep Repeating the cycle until N9 reboot system itself. And stop smashing when you see your beautiful wallpaper.
5. N9 should be working normally for a few days. For my own experience, it works normally for at least 3 days and 7 days top.
Remember, it's just a Temporary solution. The notorious issue would happen again later. And by that time, do it again. Ah, If the rumor is true, I will keep using my Nexus 5 rather than buy an HTC Nexus phone.
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No, it is not out-of-warranty, it is two years warranty. Talked to Google - they will give me a free refurbished replacement device

hallergard said:
No, it is not out-of-warranty, it is two years warranty. Talked to Google - they will give me a free refurbished replacement device
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The Nexus 9 always had a one year warranty. I'm unable to find anything online regarding the warranty being extended to two years. Is this something Google is doing for Nexus 9's that were purchased from the play store? I got mine from Best Buy and I'm pretty sure if I call HTC they are going to tell me it has a one year warranty.

Cannot find the warranty document, but who am I to complain about getting two years warranty. You may be right that they are doing this for direct Google customers. The replacement N9 feels like new (maybe it is)?

The replacement refurbished N9 works very well, but it does get hot (>40C).

hallergard said:
The replacement refurbished N9 works very well, but it does get hot (>40C).
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They all get hot around the processor with most games and chrome. However, I can watch downloaded MKV's or MP4's on MX or I can run SNES 9X EX+ all day with my bluetooth SNES30 gamepad, and the thing barely breaks a sweat!

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Screen blobs

Hey guys, has anyone experienced issues with spots on the screen? Mine has developed 4 or 5 small spots on the screen, noticeable on white screens. The spots are super bright, almost like the back light in those spots is just at 100 all the time and are oh I'd say probably 2mm in diameter each. My unit is unlocked, I need to hear from someone at Asus on this if possible, this unit has already been back once for wifi/bt issues.
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Mine has those developed those too, after a toddler sat on it.
Mine has it... no toddler. In fact I use a case. Kinda sucky
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Yes, I have. A few bright on the left and right a few less bright.
It sucks!
Could this be a reason (would they accept this?) to exchange prime even though he is rooted.
Gr. Walter
Its generally called mura. If younare not unlocked they will RMA for this. I'm unlocked and they won't do anything for me. Good luck!
I have one on my screen, it has been there since I got my tablet but I didn't want RMA the device for that since it hasn't grown yet and it is fairly small. Plus I don't want to RMA and end up having more issues.
You know that kind of thing, where they won't RMA something which is clearly not caused by anything to do with unlocking or rooting really annoys me. I defended this tablet for a long time, but I've gotten sick of it and honestly I can't bring myself to ever buy anything Asus again, this one product speaks volumes about them as a company.
Hopefully I can sell this thing and get a real tablet which I actually enjoy using. The wifi is still weak, the colors on my screen are washed out, I have the blobs and just to add insult to injury the IO problems which make this thing run like $hit. My Galaxy Nexus with dual core and 1GHz stock speed runs better than my quad core ov to 1.6. Figure that out
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Gersonian said:
Its generally called mura. If younare not unlocked they will RMA for this. I'm unlocked and they won't do anything for me. Good luck!
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You are incorrect. I am unlocked and have a ROM on my TF201 and I sent it in due to mura in 3 spots on my screen. They replaced my screen and I/O board and it is on way back to me now. And let me say it was a 2 week process, and I was left in the dark as their site shows no history of my RMA. Yesterday I got the email stating what was replaced and that it has been shipped back to me.
I simply said in the letter you must include with RMA that support and effort ASUS has put into this product is unacceptable and I want mine fixed to 100% perfect state. So I put a sticky note on the screen pointing to affected areas and that was it.
I have no idea why you just assume being unlocked means the end of help from ASUS, many users here are unlocked and had successful RMA cases.
And just for all you who will try to say I am wrong here is proof:
(BTW: It has androwook 2.1 ROM on it)
If you were not given a quote,then your unit was repaired under warranty. It looks like we replaced your LCD screen due to the dead pixels on the screen. And we also replaced your I/O Board for you touch pad. You will have a 90 day manufactures warranty on the parts that have been replaced.
Thank you for your patience!
Jolene L.
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Honestly I haven't really had an bad experience with asus in the past I had a few DOA motherboards from them that were replaced and I was also able to get a replacement chip for one of my motherboards when a bios flash failed.
I also really don't RMA anything unless it is completely broke, for the reason that it may come back worse or with the same problem with a message saying nothing wrong, and I wouldn't be able to use my device during the time it is being "repaired". If the problem isn't critical then I don't want to waste my time doing something when the outcome may become worse.
I have had worse experiences with Microsoft and so has my co-workers, my boss has sent in his Gears of War xbox back to microsoft 5 times because they can't seem to get it working right. And with all the time it has been taking he might as well just bought another xbox the first time he sent it in. He has had a long history of microsoft not properly fixing his xbox when they red ring or the wireless controller chip fails.
Although I am also annoyed the the galaxy nexus out performs the prime, I just got the phone a few weeks ago and everything just works like it should. If every android device preformed as advertised then that would really help out androids image and if they also updated in a timely manner.

Google/Samsung Repair Information

My Nexus 10 has light bleed, which seems to be common among the users here at XDA. It also has a "dim patch", and multi-touch doesn't work properly. So i've decided to have the device replaced/repaired.
I contacted Google 2 days ago and explained my situation, they said that the only options they would have would be a remorse return (i'm already out of my 15 day window), or replacement. As many of you know, in order to have a replacement done it is required for Google to place a ~$400 hold on your card associated with your Google Play account then a new device is sent. I don't have a credit card and I cannot have $400 tied up for 2+ weeks, so i'm not able to use that option either. At that time they directed me to Samsung for further assistance with a warranty repair. I don't have an issue sending the device in, so I call Samsung.
A Samsung rep stated that "we just make the thing, we don't provide any service" and directed me back to Google for assistance. I brought up the warranty information included in the box with the unit itself, and he quickly denied any ability to file a repair order for a Nexus tablet.
So I call Google...
The first rep indicated that ASUS is their "go-to" repair partner, and I should have contacted them. He agreed that Samsung made the tablet, as well as confirmed the prior information about the replacement policy. Amused, I called back and requested a Supervisor. The "Floor Supervisor" in that particular call center stated the following: "*sigh* We've been getting this all day long, sorry for any misinformation you were provided. The only option to have the Nexus 10 replaced or repaired under warranty is under our replacement. We will replace your tablet for the warranty period only, provided there is no physical damage to the device from the user. Samsung will not respond to any inquiries about the Nexus 10 tablet, and does not offer any services for warranty repair. Your only option is to replace it with Google. Do you have any further questions?"
I decided to call Samsung again, because I couldn't believe that was the case. Within 5 minutes I had an e-mail with shipping labels to have my device repaired. The agent was a nice guy, and apparently frequents XDA. We had a conversation about the tablet itself and the entire Nexus launch process, talked about specs and whatnot and disconnected the call.
At this point i'm annoyed and offended with the whole Google experience.
I've had a pretty good experience so far with getting my Nexus 10 replaced.
So my tablet stopped working completely a few days after getting the 4.2.1 OTA update (had the busted base firmware) so I called up the devices support on Google Play, explained the situation to the guy on the phone and he emailed me a form that told me what I needed to do. Used the provided link to organise a pickup time/location and used a special link to order a new tablet (with the money being held until it's verified as covered by warranty).
I have my new tablet with the old one being picked up last week. Hopefully it doesn't take long to verify the tablet broke from no fault of my own and they release my money. The only strange thing is the form for the device pickup was about the Nexus 7 so hopefully it gets to the right place (And if it doesn't then it's not my fault because the guy I talked to knew it was a Nexus 10 and and the special play store link was for a nexus 10).
On the other hand I've been trying to get a refund for my Samsung monitor for a few months and I haven't heard anything from them.
Scared27 said:
I've had a pretty good experience so far with getting my Nexus 10 replaced.
So my tablet stopped working completely a few days after getting the 4.2.1 OTA update (had the busted base firmware) so I called up the devices support on Google Play, explained the situation to the guy on the phone and he emailed me a form that told me what I needed to do. Used the provided link to organise a pickup time/location and used a special link to order a new tablet (with the money being held until it's verified as covered by warranty).
I have my new tablet with the old one being picked up last week. Hopefully it doesn't take long to verify the tablet broke from no fault of my own and they release my money. The only strange thing is the form for the device pickup was about the Nexus 7 so hopefully it gets to the right place (And if it doesn't then it's not my fault because the guy I talked to knew it was a Nexus 10 and and the special play store link was for a nexus 10).
On the other hand I've been trying to get a refund for my Samsung monitor for a few months and I haven't heard anything from them.
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They have been holding my money since nov 16. At this point I am somewhat worried. Perhaps I should call them.
tcb4 said:
They have been holding my money since nov 16. At this point I am somewhat worried. Perhaps I should call them.
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haha yes. I would have called them after 2 weeks (and if I don't get my money by the end of this week I will be calling them).
edit: I just checked my bank account and I no longer have a pending payment from Google. huzzah!
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At this point i'm annoyed and offended with the whole Google experience.
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Yep. It's truly dreadful. Did Samsung indicate how long it would take for the repairs to be carried out? Are they covering the shipping costs too?
boominski said:
Yep. It's truly dreadful. Did Samsung indicate how long it would take for the repairs to be carried out? Are they covering the shipping costs too?
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They said 1-2 weeks before the device is at my door. They emailed the shipping label to me also. I included a small note with a list of device issues, just in case.
Dropped it off this morning, I'll report back with return time frame and what condition I get it back in.
To Samsung's credit, once I found someone who was knowledgeable it's been pretty smooth, we'll see what happens. Has anyone else done a warranty service for this device yet?
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Update: Received by Samsung on Thursday, spoke with someone at the repair center who said she is going to try to have it on its way back by Tuesday morning. Verified screen would be replaced and tested prior to return.
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Does this apply to the UK......
Please please let me know how this goes! I've yet to get a good one by Google but my original is the best of the lot. Everything other than the wonky notification light and screen are perfect and i don't want a worse one at the expense of the screen. If they just put a good panel in there it would totally be worth sending in for warranty work!
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Jayrod1980 said:
Please please let me know how this goes! I've yet to get a good one by Google but my original is the best of the lot. Everything other than the wonky notification light and screen are perfect and i don't want a worse one at the expense of the screen. If they just put a good panel in there it would totally be worth sending in for warranty work!
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Sure, I have every intention of keeping this thread updated when I know something. As far as i'm aware and from what the employees at Samsung Support/Samsung Repair Center have said, this is one of the first (if not the first) warranty service requests processed for this device.
We'll see how it goes..
All of Samsung's standard service and support services apply. It's on their site as the GT-P8110.
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/GT-P8110HAEXAR
Waiting with baited breath on the return of your device man. Tomorrow is Tuesday... hopefully they send you some kind of tracking tomorrow so you know it's back for sure. Would be sad if they put the new panel in, fired it up, actually looked at it, found that they have a real problem with the screen tech they put in this thing and had to go through a few to get a good one! I'm more afraid that they just check to see if you have one that powers up, take a 2 second look at it and send it back. I would honestly live with very minor light bleed at 80-100% brightness and NO DIMMING BAND. The band is what is distracting to look at. I honestly cannot see my light bleed anymore, even when I look for it. It is only one spot, and only visible (barely) when I first power up at max brightness. It's that awful half inch dimming that runs the entire camera side of the device... the LONNNNG edge.
I regret that I did not take a before picture, but I'll know if it's repaired. I hope it is flawless, but it's not something I'm expecting. No update today, hopefully some news tomorrow.
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Well whatever their resolution... It will let me know the limitations of what they can repair. If my replacement sucks badly... Ill send that one back as well. If your repair nets you a near perfect repair then Ill just send the original in to them. As I've stated many times before, minimal light bleed under extreme conditions is OK for me... The dimming is not.
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Jayrod1980 said:
... minimal light bleed under extreme conditions is OK for me... The dimming is not.
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I completely agree. I don't really expect to have a flawless unit in terms of light bleed, but I'll admit that I am disappointed with the amount of bleed on some of the units we've seen.
Update on Samsung: According to the tracking system, the tech replaced the LCD panel and QC'd it, then two other individuals also signed off that it passes their QC. I plan to call today to see if anything else is being done, or if they plan to ship it soon. With the upcoming holiday, UPS may take require some extra time to get it here.
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thank you for posting this question ...i tried the answer on the reply n3 but he doesn't work with me plz help me
Tracking number for shipment recieved. The email had some comments from a technician:
LCD dim/blank, SEG. lines/discoloration
RESOLUTION: LCD REPLACED, PRODUCT SHELL SECURED
I'm a little curious about the last line, what exactly would they have done to secure the shell?
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Biohazard0289 said:
Tracking number for shipment recieved. The email had some comments from a technician:
LCD dim/blank, SEG. lines/discoloration
RESOLUTION: LCD REPLACED, PRODUCT SHELL SECURED
I'm a little curious about the last line, what exactly would they have done to secure the shell?
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On one I returned the back cover had somehow become misaligned near the top where the snap on cover piece is, causing it to pop out occasionally.
Wonder if it might be something similar.
When is it scheduled to be received? Please post photos and detailed yadda yadda. when you get it back. My RMA replacement strived today. After work ilk know whether I need to go your route.
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When is it scheduled to be received? Please post photos and detailed yadda yadda. when you get it back. My RMA replacement strived today. After work ilk know whether I need to go your route.<br />
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It's scheduled to arrive Dec. 24th, hopefully that'll be a worthy Christmas present.
I'll make sure to include everything (good or bad) as soon as possible.
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[Q] Glitched screen

The issue is about screen getting glitched output. I don't think this is a software issue. There is some hardware issue because I tried flashing 5.0, 5.0.2, 5.1.1 still problem persists. Randomly at any time the glitched screen like seen in the pic is popped up in between from any app or just home screen. First i thought some app may be causing this but its not the issue. I deleted all the apps still this problem stays.
If you purchased off Google they'll repair or replace. 1 year you get.
adamberns said:
If you purchased off Google they'll repair or replace. 1 year you get.
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No, I got this from ebay. What else can I do?
Adarsh_nair said:
No, I got this from ebay. What else can I do?
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call HTC.. but other than that, you might be out of luck... since you got off ebay..
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call HTC.. but other than that, you might be out of luck... since you got off ebay..
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Hmm thanks
I've been spreading word in xda about the same issues. If you search the Q/A forum, you'd find too many people having this issue. This is due to a faulty GPU when the device heats up excessively. Recurrent issue in a Nvidia chip. If you bought it recently within 30 days on eBay, I'd suggest you return your device and claim your money back. Else I'm afraid you are screwed since neither HTC nor Google offer warranty if purchased through unofficial sources in India.
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I've been spreading word in xda about the same issues. If you search the Q/A forum, you'd find too many people having this issue. This is due to a faulty GPU when the device heats up excessively. Recurrent issue in a Nvidia chip. If you bought it recently within 30 days on eBay, I'd suggest you return your device and claim your money back. Else I'm afraid you are screwed since neither HTC nor Google offer warranty if purchased through unofficial sources in India.
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Now that what i feared. Let me see if they will take this back. Anyway thanks for the info that was really helpful
Unfortunately your Nexus 9 is toast. This happened to my first one and it got so bad it would happen during boot and I couldn't get any further. HTC was next to unless. Delt with them for 3 weeks trying to get an exchange. They are clueless. They wanted to try flashing stock image over and over. I'm like dude, I'm a Nexus owner. Don't you know your customer base? Anyways, best buy agreed to exchange it for a new one if I bought their premium protection plan, which I did gladly. But it is a hardware failure. There's no fixing it.
I just had my day one nexus replaced for the same issue last week. Had been getting worse for months. I called warranty service, told them about the screen corruption/noise/lockup issue needing a mainboard replacement. sent my tablet back and they overnited me a replacement that appears brand new (mine was mint condition as well). Still has lightbleed and so-so buttons but works great and I've put it through its paces. Only thing I had to tell them was the serial # but I was the original amazon purchaser.
Is it a newer build date than your original?
I had an experience similar to techiedj's. Got my old N9 replaced by Google a few weeks ago. Replacement looked brand new, but is actually an older built with slightly crappier buttons. Curious how long this one will last now...
These are the symptoms that I saw: At some point the screen started to flicker for a few seconds, then froze, and slowly turned black. After a few second I could turn on the display again. The area on the back next to the camera had become hot, but apps that read the sensor values did not really show high temperature (50 degrees or so). A good way to trigger it was to open Chrome and open multiple pages in a short time (opening different links in new tabs). Surprisingly, seemingly GPU intense games were less affected by this than Chrome. Factory reset did not help, even when I skipped the initial login/restore apps step.
Hopefully they aren't all doomed to this fait at some point. I have best buys replacement plan now, so this this can die early Jan 2017 and I'll get whatever the new Nexus is then.
Not really. HT4AJ I think it was, HT4AY on this one.
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techiedj said:
Not really. HT4AJ I think it was, HT4AY on this one.
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I went from an AE to an AF. Hard to believe best buy still had old stock, but I guess they didn't sell a lot of these. Buttons are nearly perfect on this one though. Way more tactile and the volume up isn't sunken in.

Nexus 9 Freeze with image blurry

My tablet has random freeze with blurry image. I need to force power off. i do factory reset and in the setup freeze again. I attach the image. if someone experiment the same symptoms and can fix please let me know.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3143309
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3067672
I'm not sure if your conditions are as bad as these posts have reported.. BUT my first N9 had the screen freeze, pixelated display; and became progressively worse, and in addition to the system freezing, my tablet would emit a loud screech sound when the event happened. Tablet was ~4-5 months used. I sent the 1st tablet(purchased November 2014) to htc and they replaced the mainboard (so they claim), 2-3 months later the same problem began happening again. I'm still within 1 year warranty, and HTC sent me a replacement this time, manufactured November 2014... hopefully this was the initial batch of hardware with problems..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3143309
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3067672
I'm not sure if your conditions are as bad as these posts have reported.. BUT my first N9 had the screen freeze, pixelated display; and became progressively worse, and in addition to the system freezing, my tablet would emit a loud screech sound when the event happened. Tablet was ~4-5 months used. I sent the 1st tablet(purchased November 2014) to htc and they replaced the mainboard (so they claim), 2-3 months later the same problem began happening again. I'm still within 1 year warranty, and HTC sent me a replacement this time, manufactured November 2014... hopefully this was the initial batch of hardware with problems..
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Thanks i will report
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3143309
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3067672
I'm not sure if your conditions are as bad as these posts have reported.. BUT my first N9 had the screen freeze, pixelated display; and became progressively worse, and in addition to the system freezing, my tablet would emit a loud screech sound when the event happened. Tablet was ~4-5 months used. I sent the 1st tablet(purchased November 2014) to htc and they replaced the mainboard (so they claim), 2-3 months later the same problem began happening again. I'm still within 1 year warranty, and HTC sent me a replacement this time, manufactured November 2014... hopefully this was the initial batch of hardware with problems..
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This happened to mine after 4-5 months as well and I just wanted it replaced, had a hell of a time with HTC, but I have a new one now. So far so good, but there is a growing post of users on Google + all experiencing this issue. HTC/Google needs to openly communicate if this is a known hardware fault with the first batch. As far as I'm concerned it should be illegal for any company not to. What happens if it doesn't fail until just after the warranty period. They are going to say we're SOL for something they knew was a ticking time bomb? I've only seen one company get a situation like this right and that was Microsoft with the red ring of death on the original Xbox 360. Extended the warranty to 3 years with all shipping included. You called an 800 number, a new 360 arrived and the old one went back in the box.
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This happened to mine after 4-5 months as well and I just wanted it replaced, had a hell of a time with HTC, but I have a new one now. So far so good, but there is a growing post of users on Google + all experiencing this issue. HTC/Google needs to openly communicate if this is a known hardware fault with the first batch. As far as I'm concerned it should be illegal for any company not to. What happens if it doesn't fail until just after the warranty period. They are going to say we're SOL for something they knew was a ticking time bomb? I've only seen one company get a situation like this right and that was Microsoft with the red ring of death on the original Xbox 360. Extended the warranty to 3 years with all shipping included. You called an 800 number, a new 360 arrived and the old one went back in the box.
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I call HTC. The first time was a waste of time (factory reset, boot into safe mode). The third time they asked me to send it for repair. I bought it on ebay last December. It is October batch.
edgardo_0691 said:
I call HTC. The first time was a waste of time (factory reset, boot into safe mode). The third time they asked me to send it for repair. I bought it on ebay last December. It is October batch.
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Best Buy was nice enough to exchange mine if I agreed to purchase the 2 year premium replacement plan from them, which I honestly wouldn't own this tablet without at this point. I can drop and smash it and they will replace it no questions asked until end of Jan 2017
HTC send me the new one but do not has warranty. I worry that after 5 or 6 month of use the problem happens again. Maybe i will sell the tablet. I lost the confidence of the HTC Nexus 9
GibsonSGJ said:
This happened to mine after 4-5 months as well and I just wanted it replaced, had a hell of a time with HTC, but I have a new one now. So far so good, but there is a growing post of users on Google + all experiencing this issue. HTC/Google needs to openly communicate if this is a known hardware fault with the first batch. As far as I'm concerned it should be illegal for any company not to. What happens if it doesn't fail until just after the warranty period. They are going to say we're SOL for something they knew was a ticking time bomb? I've only seen one company get a situation like this right and that was Microsoft with the red ring of death on the original Xbox 360. Extended the warranty to 3 years with all shipping included. You called an 800 number, a new 360 arrived and the old one went back in the box.
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can you post a link to the google+ threads ?
ayoraider07 said:
can you post a link to the google+ threads ?
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Post in Google plus nexus 9 https://plus.google.com/communities/116163250152077236334
Today received my new one. New model from HT4A to HT4C.

Express my dissatisfaction with Google and Huawei

I'm not sure if this is even allowed here but, I can't use the phone for phone calls AND 1 other "over the air service" such as GPS or WIFI hotspot or even wifi - if I do the calls get broken up with the poor audio routing of the blue tooth adapter--it's almost like the phone doesn't have enough resources to run cell phone call AND GPS or cell phone call AND blue tooth music or cell phone call AND wifi/hotspot service....any eon one service used at one time works flawlessly but with a cell phone you want to use ALL the wireless services at once and have them work.
AND, the phone shuts itself off when it's in my pocket and charge to 95-100%?? I miss phone calls from work all the time, I am constantly checking the phone to make sure it is still turn on. What a pain the behind.
I call Google - so sorry it's Huawei's problem, I call Huawei - so sorry its Googles problem. In the meantime I bought this phone from google and it worked well for 1.5(purchased 06-16-2016) years (besides the shutdown issue) then poof gone - it is now a piece of crap - 3 months outside of the one year warranty and I need a new phone!
So, my question to these two companies ( and I know they have lurkers in these forums all the time - that's why I am posting this here after speaking with BOTH of them) is: How in all honesty can you expect me and every single person I talk to about this to ever purchase another phone from either one of you?
Because I do talk, to everyone who will listen, about this; I see a LOT of people everyday, different jobs sites all over eastern Ontario. I tell them that as a technician for the past 30 years and knowing how technology works and also knowing that BOTH of these companies are probably to blame each in their own way and that NEITHER of these companies are thinking about their customers on this issue and only about their own bottom line I couldn't possibly recommend either one of them for anything.
Without exception these people I meet ask me which brand they think I SHOULD buy. I tell them this: "If you want a phone that just works and you aren't a customizer get an iPhone. If you are a customizer get a Razer Phone, an LG if you want cheap or a Samsung, Samsung being my preferred choice - but whatever you do, DO NOT buy a google phone or any phone made by Huawei because BOTH of these companies have proven to not be trust worthy, over this debacle, to their customers and if this is the case now then why would you think any future incidents of this nature would be any different?
Good bye to Google and Huawei, hello to Samsung again.
Thanks for letting me rant/rage here.
I have to say, I'm also disappointed on my nexus 6p. One day it just went nuts, shutdown itself and then bam! bootloop occurred and from that day on I can't install roms including stock, yes including stock, without applying a 4-core mod (forces my device to use only 4-cores to work and boot). Some say it's a hardware failure or something, idk. And even before that i have been having issues with my battery, i only get 4h sot average. I cant believe i spent so much for this crap. Dont get me wrong though, i love this camera very much and the stock google experience (and custom roms) but everything else is sh*t. So yeah, +1 for this "dissatisfaction"
aserate said:
I have to say, I'm also disappointed on my nexus 6p. One day it just went nuts, shutdown itself and then bam! bootloop occurred and from that day on I can't install roms including stock, yes including stock, without applying a 4-core mod (forces my device to use only 4-cores to work and boot). Some say it's a hardware failure or something, idk. And even before that i have been having issues with my battery, i only get 4h sot average. I cant believe i spent so much for this crap. Dont get me wrong though, i love this camera very much and the stock google experience (and custom roms) but everything else is sh*t. So yeah, +1 for this "dissatisfaction"
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Well I have no idea what carrier you use but if I was you I'd "accidentally drop" or "lose" my phone and file an insurance claim- I know Verizon told me if I end up breaking or losing my 6p they would either give me a Pixel 2 or 2XL so maybe that's something to look into?
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Personal experience is the complete opposite. Phone was nearly 2 years old (1 year warranty in the UK) and started shutting down. Online chat with Google and confirmed I had done the basic fault fixes like factory reset and they immediately send out a refurb to replace it.
They had no legal requirement to do so but also did this for a lot of people who bought their phone through the play store. Its more complex if it was bought through a carrier as the warranty / contract is then with the carrier or Huawei and those experiences appear to be less straight forward.
Everyone has different experiences, I wouldn't touch Samsung with a barge pole due to personal problems I had with them and the number of faults our organisation has with their phones. Had an LG phone that had the reboot issue and they wouldn't do anything as it was outside of the 12 month warranty.
Warranties have an end date that you sign up to, they may give a goodwill gesture outside of this, or you can fight them to say the fault was inherent.
What have you done to diagnose the issue on your phone?
It could be as simple as the battery needs replacing. It can have all sorts of symptoms including shutting down or failing services when there is high demand and a power spike which the dying battery can't provide. Have you run something like Accubattery to check the battery state?
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Personal experience is the complete opposite. Phone was nearly 2 years old (1 year warranty in the UK) and started shutting down. Online chat with Google and confirmed I had done the basic fault fixes like factory reset and they immediately send out a refurb to replace it.
They had no legal requirement to do so but also did this for a lot of people who bought their phone through the play store. Its more complex if it was bought through a carrier as the warranty / contract is then with the carrier or Huawei and those experiences appear to be less straight forward.
Everyone has different experiences, I wouldn't touch Samsung with a barge pole due to personal problems I had with them and the number of faults our organisation has with their phones. Had an LG phone that had the reboot issue and they wouldn't do anything as it was outside of the 12 month warranty.
Warranties have an end date that you sign up to, they may give a goodwill gesture outside of this, or you can fight them to say the fault was inherent.
What have you done to diagnose the issue on your phone?
It could be as simple as the battery needs replacing. It can have all sorts of symptoms including shutting down or failing services when there is high demand and a power spike which the dying battery can't provide. Have you run something like Accubattery to check the battery state?
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I'm in the UK. I bought mine from Playstore but the warranty card states the handset had a 2 year warranty?
I agree with you on LG though. I bought two LG G4's. One had the well documented bootloop within warranty and they repaired it. The second started to bootloop two weeks out of warranty...LG didn't want to know.
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Had the same issue. The phone was practically useless for calls due to its secondary mic issue. The battery aged really well for me, though
When I contacted Google - they were pretty responsive. I really appreciate Google for this. After a year they had no obligation to even entertain me. But that's about it - they gave me standard replies like factory reset - to which I laughed. Rooting and disabling the secondary mic would have probably solved the issue but then the payment options would'nt have worked for me. Google had acknowledged the mic and the battery issue in North America but here in India they went the factory reset route. I shared the bug id as well. Nothing helped. They asked me to visit the Huawei service center. They changed mic - issue still persisted - asked me to contact Google.
I eventually got myself a Samsung N8. Had been with Google for 3 generations. The Pixel 2 XL couldn't convince me this time. Customer lost.

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