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Got my SGS2 one day ago and I am pretty sure i will be asking for a replacement tomorrow.
BACK KEY does not respond properly. I need to insist sometimes touching it over 20 times before it can notice it. The touch screen and the button on the left work perfectly.
I also found that the metal strip over the SIM card slot had fingerprints on it, which i think should not be the case since workers at the factory use gloves.
Another detail. Even though the box of the phone was sealed, the girl at the shop insisted on open it to make sure everything was in...
I am buying from the biggest mobile phone retailer in my country. I will be reporting further later on. I am afraid this is gonna be a long story for me .
who did you buy it off? make sure you get a replacement off samsung.
blickmanic said:
who did you buy it off? make sure you get a replacement off samsung.
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I will try to get more evidence of their wrongdoing, when things are more clear then I will say out the name of the retailer to alert other consumers
The problem is that the Back Key responds fine during long periods. I have not yet found the circumstances that trigger the unresponsiveness.
So this is gonna be tricky to show at the shop, if I m lucky they will see immediately.
But, I keep on wondering whether it is acceptable or not that the phone had fingerprints in the SIM card slot.
The seal say "do not accept if seal is broken". it was not broken, because it was put there by the retailer
maeman said:
Got my SGS2 one day ago and I am pretty sure i will be asking for a replacement tomorrow.
BACK KEY does not respond properly. I need to insist sometimes touching it over 20 times before it can notice it. The touch screen and the button on the left work perfectly.
I also found that the metal strip over the SIM card slot had fingerprints on it, which i think should not be the case since workers at the factory use gloves.
Another detail. Even though the box of the phone was sealed, the girl at the shop insisted on open it to make sure everything was in...
I am buying from the biggest mobile phone retailer in my country. I will be reporting further later on. I am afraid this is gonna be a long story for me .
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A "big retailer" has no business in providing dodgy second-hand phones.
At worst it's likely you got a phone someone had opened and tinkered with in the shop. Beyond that, the assistant could even have picked up a device which was returned by someone and by mistake assumed it was a new phone.
I also had an issue where I didn't have the microSD card in the box. Now, considering the box is sealed with the black security sticker, it would be pretty hard to get the microSD card out. I didn't check the security sticker because I was too desperate to get the phone out and start using it.
You don't have distance selling rights in this case so you have a hard task ahead of you - because you could have just returned it within 14 days had you bought it online or over the phone, now it's just your word against the retailers.
It seems that the issue comes after the screen has been on for a while. Initially i thought it only came when using the camera, or in settings, but I just now it's happened when i was browsing sms.
This is the 1st time I use samsung or Android. Is this kind of thing common?
I have contacted Samsung... the girls told me to go back to the shop (because i got the phone only 2 days ago) and that it is not normal that the phone had fingerprints in the sim card slot.
maeman said:
This is the 1st time I use samsung or Android. Is this kind of thing common?
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Absolutely not.
maeman said:
I have contacted Samsung... the girls told me to go back to the shop (because i got the phone only 2 days ago) and that it is not normal that the phone had fingerprints in the sim card slot.
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Totally correct. If you only just got it and it doesn't work, take it back to the shop and just be polite but firm. They have to replace it if you say there's a fault.
Thanks all for ur replies
Because I have never used Android before I was thinking that maybe the Back Key has a different behavior than the left key in order to prevent accidental touch.
Otherwise the phone is fine. It has the infamous yellowish left side defect, but I can live with it.
At the operator, i was told that it is common practice to open the box to check everything is in, at least for this retailer... is it really common that factory workers forget to put all the stuff in
I keep on testing and getting mad at this, before going to the shop
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A "big retailer" has no business in providing dodgy second-hand phones.
At worst it's likely you got a phone someone had opened and tinkered with in the shop. Beyond that, the assistant could even have picked up a device which was returned by someone and by mistake assumed it was a new phone.
I also had an issue where I didn't have the microSD card in the box. Now, considering the box is sealed with the black security sticker, it would be pretty hard to get the microSD card out. I didn't check the security sticker because I was too desperate to get the phone out and start using it.
You don't have distance selling rights in this case so you have a hard task ahead of you - because you could have just returned it within 14 days had you bought it online or over the phone, now it's just your word against the retailers.
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Micro SD card supplied with the GS2?
greigster said:
Micro SD card supplied with the GS2?
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That's down to the supplier. That's why you'll get a phone from provider A with a 8GB card, or from provider B with a 16GB card (for example).
dkl_uk said:
A "big retailer" has no business in providing dodgy second-hand phones.
I also had an issue where I didn't have the microSD card in the box. Now, considering the box is sealed with the black security sticker, it would be pretty hard to get the microSD card out. I didn't check the security sticker because I was too desperate to get the phone out and start using it.
Not all come with a separate micro sd card did you buy a model with a sd card .
jje
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That's down to the supplier. That's why you'll get a phone from provider A with a 8GB card, or from provider B with a 16GB card (for example).
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Oh I see, Thought I had been short changed as I didn't get a micro sd with mine from O2
I have since bought a 16gb class 10 but to be honest I am not sure that it is being used as everything goes on to the internal sd storage with plenty of space to spare.
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Oh I see, Thought I had been short changed as I didn't get a micro sd with mine from O2
I have since bought a 16gb class 10 but to be honest I am not sure that it is being used as everything goes on to the internal sd storage with plenty of space to spare.
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Yeah, I used to think it was down to the manufacturer, but when I got the HD2 I got a sleeve with it, but lots of people on xda were a bit miffed because they didn't have one. Also, SD cards ranged from 2GB to 16GB (possibly 32GB - can't remember), depending on who you got it from.
I didn't get an SD card with my SGS2 either, so I just sold my HD2 with the 2GB one that I got with it and kept the 16GB one for myself.
Mwah-ah-ah-ahhhh!
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That's down to the supplier. That's why you'll get a phone from provider A with a 8GB card, or from provider B with a 16GB card (for example).
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Would a supplier open the phone for inserting a SIM card?
This one came without microsd. I asked the girl if the phone come with one while she was inspecting the box, and because she did not know she was going to open the phone, but i told her I preferred to check by myself.
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Oh I see, Thought I had been short changed as I didn't get a micro sd with mine from O2
I have since bought a 16gb class 10 but to be honest I am not sure that it is being used as everything goes on to the internal sd storage with plenty of space to spare.
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It wont be used unless you put stuff like videos and music on it .It will just sit there its not part of the phone memory or workspace its an external sd card .
jje
JJEgan said:
It wont be used unless you put stuff like videos and music on it .It will just sit there its not part of the phone memory or workspace its an external sd card .
O2 where selling 16GB SGS 2 no extra memory card .
jje
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Just back from the shop. Their attention was excellent. The phone will be replaced as soon as they get more units.
The thing is that 2.5 weeks ago they told me sgs2 are sold out. 10 days ago in another shop of the same retailer I paid for one to pick up 10 days later (i thought because they were waiting for the new batch). But the supply of sgs2 has not yet arrived. So the phone was one of the last sgs2 they had in the whole city. This usually means more probability that the phone has some problem.
The guy at the shop told me that it is not normal that the phone had fingerprints.
Frankly, i thought this would be much more troublesome and i am now convinced that this retailer is not doing things wrong. I think I will change the name of the thread if possible to something like"when u dont get what u expected from a big retailer".
My suspicions are the product of one bad experience with their technical support. Also, I am paranoid ever since I was offered an 8gb Nokia N8 from a operator (never seen other than 16gb).
Hopefully the next batch will also come with amoled screens and samsung's renderer chip.
Try this next time if it happens again...
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then update the firmware (Bottom button)
But I did both anyway..
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Try this next time if it happens again...
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then update the firmware (Bottom button)
But I did both anyway..
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This code doesn't work on my phone
UPDATE
No one knows when the next batch of sgs2 will come to this EU city where they are sold out since few weeks ago.
In the meanwhile I have been using the phone and for few days I thought the problem was gone as the back key was working fine (responding as well as the left key), but then I charged the phone and for first time used it while charging. Very soon after plugging the charger, the back key was almost not responding at all.
If unresponsiveness only happened during the first minutes of the charging process, I could take it. However I first noticed the issue while in normal use.
Lately my screen is taking nearly 90% of the battery consumption (just browsing use), which could explain why the issue did not appear. But now I have just found a way to copy files to the internal card of the phone and I will be testing with hr movies.
I doubt it is just a problem on my phone, so I would appreciate that someone reports how does his back key respond during the first minutes of the charging process
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Hi guys, I was wondering whether anyone had any problems when going from regular sim to microsim after upgrading your Orange contract with the Carphone Warehouse? I've just upgraded to the Sony Xperia S and it is being a nightmare to activate, been on the phone to Orange, then Carphone Warehouse and back to Orange again who say that it should take under 2 hours, although it has been about 8 now and still no activation. Turned it off and on again many a time, old phone with number I want to transfer has remained off, taken new sim out and then back in a few times...
Is it just taking a while due to Orange network being slow/them not activating correctly or is there something blatantly obvious I have been missing?
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Niko
I have the same problem, tragedy ah
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I wish someone would solve this problem as soon as possible, looking forward to it
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Cut your old sim down to to microsim size and use that untill it disconnections and then use your new sim
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Sorry, I initially was tossing up whether to post it in this sub-forum but I thought as it was predominately about an upgrade issue it would be better suited in General as it is not phone specific.
Thanks for the advice about cutting my old sim-card down, hadn't thought about that! Great shout.
No problem
I want to finish using my credit up on my pay and go sim before i use my contract sim so i had to cut mine to fit
I need to leave my phone on until 6.30 as that is when Orange are, once again, calling me back. Eehhh
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I need to leave my phone on until 6.30 as that is when Orange are, once again, calling me back. Eehhh
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I upgraded via phones4u, they rang Orange for me and put a 4 & half hour delay on it to give me time to finish shopping etc. it took just over that. I have found Orange customer service to be absolute sh!te in the past and have been forever having to ring back to check and double check things with them.
I feel your pain m8
Just A comment went into o2's shop this morning to pick up a micro sim they activated it for me in the shop and said it may take up to 24 hours to work.
My phone was up and running before I even got out the shop!
it's easier to cut your sim card and use it by the way. I did that for me and my friend's 4 year old sim card too, both worked flawlessly
Jealous! I wish I'd have done it in a shop, but I have to stick with Orange due to signal and Magic Numbers, and wanted this phone which Orange didn't stock directly...
And I am still awaiting a phone call from Orange (said 30 minutes ago) and if that does not resolve it, I definitely shall do that. Do have the slight fear of ruining it though...
I had already cut up my old sim card to fit the phone, but as it was an upgrade they also sent out a new micro-sim to take over from the old one. Unfortunately now they have deactivated the old sim card and I cannot get hold of them to activate the new one!
Cutting it up did it! Thanks guys, fingers crossed Orange become too incompetent and forget about me so it won't stop working. Ace, should have done that from the start.
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I had already cut up my old sim card to fit the phone, but as it was an upgrade they also sent out a new micro-sim to take over from the old one. Unfortunately now they have deactivated the old sim card and I cannot get hold of them to activate the new one!
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I have to say that after contacting Orange, with my new sim number and telling them my original phone number that I wanted to keep, it took about 2 hours after this post to be all up and running. I was surprised how easy it was in the end.
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Cutting it up did it! Thanks guys, fingers crossed Orange become too incompetent and forget about me so it won't stop working. Ace, should have done that from the start.
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Fingers crossed, but I have to say that it's pretty unlikely Enjoy the new phone while you can!
I too had cut the sim to micro but the phone is not detecting. When I bought the mobile from the amazon.com, the title said 'unlocked, international version'. But the GSM sim that I have is not working when I cut it and inserted into it.
What should I do now?
Edit: I cut the sim successfully and my mobile is good to go now.
My upgrade
I upgraded my to this phone a couple of days ago, I did it on my upgrade date. (went with phones4u as orange on-line didn't have any stock and there stores wanted £50 more, they actually recommended I went elsewhere when I showed them the on-line offer)
There computers initially accepted the upgrade and gave me a 10% discount! but when it came to activating the new sim they said they couldn't upgrade it today because today was my upgrade date and that it would take another day before the system would process it.
The phones4u people were really helpful on this front and instead of saying come back tomorrow and doing it all again they asked if it was ok if they put it through on my behalf in the morning.
Then they suggested if I wanted to use it straight away they had a tool for cutting my old sim up.
The device cut the sim up so well that with a bit of sticky tape it could go back to being a full sim (if I needed to move contacts etc)
end of the story is old sim went into the new phone for 18 hours, it cut out I switched the sims over and it worked straight away.
Orange remembered about me, so it switched over eventually, but luckily I kept the new sim in my wallet and plonking it in worked without problem. Hurrah and hurray, and all that.
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I bough what it looks like a brand new i717 on craigslist at @ $200. It is in pristine condition, boxed with all the accessories including a genuine flip case... everything fresh and still smelling like new. It has a bad IMEI though.
The seller said it was a display unit on an AT&T store and that they block the IMEIs of the phones that are removed from the display counter. The guy even had an AT&T t-shirt... Truth or lie? I don't know, it still seemed a great deal to me and I bought it anyway since I've seen them on ebay selling well above $300 in "used" (all scratched up) condition.
So, I have two questions:
-Is it true that a blocked IMEI will work overseas? (I also took the risk on buying it because I will move overseas in a few months)
-Is there anything I can do to use it now with my T-Mobile account?
Thanks
Not sure about it working overseas. No experience.
But you could also sell it to somebody who wants to use it on T-Mobile USA since a bad AT&T IMEI doesnt matter on T-Mo
Looks like you are screwed unless you can find stuff to manage stolen phones... I'd take our as a lesson of "if it looks too good to be true..."
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melcali said:
Not sure about it working overseas. No experience.
But you could also sell it to somebody who wants to use it on T-Mobile USA since a bad AT&T IMEI doesnt matter on T-Mo
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Really? I thought AT&T and T-mobile shared a blacklisted IMEI database. Can anyone confirm if it will work with T-mobile?
If you unlocked it, it can work overseas and if you root it and flash t mobile blaze ics modem you can use it on T-Mobile like what I'm doing now getting hspa speed
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jacky37 said:
If you unlocked it, it can work overseas and if you root it and flash t mobile blaze ics modem you can use it on T-Mobile like what I'm doing now getting hspa speed
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yeah they have an alliance that will track imei numbers as of 12/1/12...
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Hello
I bough what it looks like a brand new i717 on craigslist at @ $200. It is in pristine condition, boxed with all the accessories including a genuine flip case... everything fresh and still smelling like new. It has a bad IMEI though.
The seller said it was a display unit on an AT&T store and that they block the IMEIs of the phones that are removed from the display counter. The guy even had an AT&T t-shirt... Truth or lie? I don't know, it still seemed a great deal to me and I bought it anyway since I've seen them on ebay selling well above $300 in "used" (all scratched up) condition.
So, I have two questions:
-Is it true that a blocked IMEI will work overseas? (I also took the risk on buying it because I will move overseas in a few months)
-Is there anything I can do to use it now with my T-Mobile account?
Thanks
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I have two questions, are you trying to call at&t and have them turn the phone on or are you just putting a sim card in and its not working? And if you did put a working at&t sim in without calling what did it say or do on the phone?
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Not sure about it working overseas. No experience.
But you could also sell it to somebody who wants to use it on T-Mobile USA since a bad AT&T IMEI doesnt matter on T-Mo
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I have two questions, are you trying to call at&t and have them turn the phone on or are you just putting a sim card in and its not working? And if you did put a working at&t sim in without calling what did it say or do on the phone?
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No, I haven't called At&t at all... I don't think I'm going to have any luck asking them to fix the imei of a blacklisted phone that I boought on Craiglist... I do have a T-mobile sim but I haven't inserted it yet. Why? because I have read many times that if you insert a sim on a phone with a blocked imei they will block the sim card automatically...
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Oh that sucks. I will unlock it and take it with me overseas... I guess I shouldn't have any problems using it there (Lima, Peru).
Ok this sucks even more. A friend grabbed the phone and inserted his own AT&T sim card just to "see what happens"... his line got automatically suspended. It didn't even work when inserted the sim back to his own phone. Of course this has just happened a few minutes ago (Saturday night when customer service is closed).
I will call customer care tomorrow. Do any of you guys know what are the steps to restore the line? Is it just a simple call or does he need to buy a new sim?
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whoa that sucks. i didnt know they are that quick to take action.
That is a great way to screw with people that try to steal phones...
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Radimus said:
That is a great way to screw with people that try to steal phones...
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I agree. He called ATT this morning and his line was suspended as "lost or stolen". The rep never said anything about using the sim on a blacklisted device or anything similar. They restored his service right away,
Anyway... my i717 is now stored and I won't mess with it until I move overseas. Beware of inserting your sim on an blacklisted device!
Not to hijack your thread, but a "friend" of mine just stole a brand new note from best buy and wants me to help him unlock and root it. Not that I really care about best buy (and I really don't care that he stole it) but I'm thinking on refusing on general principle just because his actions raise the prices of phones and service for the rest of us. What would you do?
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I'd tell your friend, that if he was clever enough to steal it, then he should be clever enough to get a job and buy one... the thieving little socialist.
In the principle of helping anyone root their phone, I'd not do it for them. I would help them read and learn how to do it, as that helps general understanding of what they are doing and may eliminate future help calls.
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Not to hijack your thread, but a "friend" of mine just stole a brand new note from best buy and wants me to help him unlock and root it. Not that I really care about best buy (and I really don't care that he stole it) but I'm thinking on refusing on general principle just because his actions raise the prices of phones and service for the rest of us. What would you do?
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Have you tried using it on Straight Talk? Its att so it probably wouldn't work. Just an idea.
Want to sell it? I'll buy it from you. Mine has a dead pixel and while its annoying it's not bad enough for me to buy a new $220 screen.
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Not to hijack your thread, but a "friend" of mine just stole a brand new note from best buy and wants me to help him unlock and root it. Not that I really care about best buy (and I really don't care that he stole it) but I'm thinking on refusing on general principle just because his actions raise the prices of phones and service for the rest of us. What would you do?
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I wouldn't have a friend like this. Can't stand a f'n thief. I'm an anti-cop kind of person but I've been ripped off and it sucks. Tell him to kiss your as#. I hope he gets busted when he puts a sim in it.
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Have you tried using it on Straight Talk? Its att so it probably wouldn't work. Just an idea.
I wouldn't have a friend like this. Can't stand a f'n thief. I'm an anti-cop kind of person but I've been ripped off and it sucks. Tell him to kiss your as#. I hope he gets busted when he puts a sim in it.
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XDA is no longer worth my time.
Cell Spa sales stolen phones
Unfortunately I bought a Galaxy S2 in September from a cell phone store (" Cell Spa" in Sugar Land Texas) that sales stolen Phones. I was able to call AT&T and told them to release my SIM card and they did. They told me the IMEI on the phone was linked to a stolen phone so basically there was nothing I could do. They are not concerned about returning the phone to the original person who claimed the theft so I'm stuck with a blacklisted phone????:crying:
What was that line from Forrest Gump? Oh yeah, "stupid is as stupid does". Anyone that buys or sells stolen phones, gets what they deserve. Remember....it was stolen from someone that actually paid money for it!
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Hello my tech gurus! I'm in need of some serious help!Monday I received a call from a buddy and I was about 5 mins into the conversation when suddenly the call dropped... I looked at the phone and saw one bar or signal reception then it then to the no reception symbol. I thought that ok network must be down... but 5 hours later it dint return so I started going through my settings and stumbled across the info page that says - imei: unknown, imei sv: unknown, baseband version unknown... I know from seeing these fields a few times before that they were always populated!
i have tried wipe data factory reset, i have tried changing roms (4 different roms from ginger bread to ics from sense 3.5 - 3.6 - 4.0) roms include Android_Revolution_HD-Amaze_4G_3.0.1, nightmare rom Rebirth 1.0, nightmare sense 1.1/1.6... same issue
Air plane mode once turned on it never turns off the radio takes up 80% of the battery regardless of it being in air plane mode or not.
my device is a T-mobile HTC Amaze 4g, 8 gig class 4 sd card, ext touch recovery currently running nightmare sense 1.6, it is s-off and unlocked
and assistance will be greatly appreciated!
It seems as though you may have a stolen phone. Even if you bought it on eBay or Craigalist as a legit sale they might have reported it as lost or stolen because they probably wanted an upgrade.. S3 maybe. Good luck.
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It seems as though you may have a stolen phone. Even if you bought it on eBay or Craigalist as a legit sale they might have reported it as lost or stolen because they probably wanted an upgrade.. S3 maybe. Good luck.
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This. Where did you buy it from? Call T-Mobile and asked what happened.
Double0EK said:
It seems as though you may have a stolen phone. Even if you bought it on eBay or Craigalist as a legit sale they might have reported it as lost or stolen because they probably wanted an upgrade.. S3 maybe. Good luck.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the imei get blocked instead of deleted like in his situation? If so, his imei should still be displayed, since the imei is hardware bound.
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It seems as though you may have a stolen phone. Even if you bought it on eBay or Craigalist as a legit sale they might have reported it as lost or stolen because they probably wanted an upgrade.. S3 maybe. Good luck.
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got it brand new from the store in my country (bmobile) its been running on the bmobile network for almost a year now... and the imei number isnt blocked.... its completely missing along with the baseband firmware ! it refuses to go into airp lane mode its just stuck on "air plane mode is turning on." and i cant interact with it cuz its greyed out.
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Call your carrier. Tell them your imei number isn't showing and they will try to send a signal to your phone. Not sure how bmobile does it tho.
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Call your carrier. Tell them your imei number isn't showing and they will try to send a signal to your phone. Not sure how bmobile does it tho.
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i have ... they said they have never heard of anything like it and cant help me ... plus there is no signal it just says out of service area and doesnt even see the sim card when its in the phone... no stored numbers.... nothing
can any one shine some light on this stressful situation?
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Good news my fellow amaze owners! I have gotten my sim to be recognised once more and have managed to get all the blank fields repopulated once again! I was actually about to toss it and scrounge up some money for a new one but the gods of tech have shined their blessings down on me :3!
Sadly I have to say it was quite simple really... It makes me feel stupid having not tried it sooner... All it took was to do exactly this... Turn off phone ... Pull out battery... Put in sim... Take out sd card... Put in battery ... Power on phone ... It started back up with full reception a d hspa signal... Then I simply put back in sd card with the phone still on and it has been working ever since... *knocks on wood*
Please anyone with this issue that just pops out of nowhere please find this and let it help u
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Good news my fellow amaze owners! I have gotten my sim to be recognised once more and have managed to get all the blank fields repopulated once again! I was actually about to toss it and scrounge up some money for a new one but the gods of tech have shined their blessings down on me :3!
Sadly I have to say it was quite simple really... It makes me feel stupid having not tried it sooner... All it took was to do exactly this... Turn off phone ... Pull out battery... Put in sim... Take out sd card... Put in battery ... Power on phone ... It started back up with full reception a d hspa signal... Then I simply put back in sd card with the phone still on and it has been working ever since... *knocks on wood*
Please anyone with this issue that just pops out of nowhere please find this and let it help u
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Great to see problems being solved
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Great to see problems being solved
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I hope it is still working .
My problem is a bit different, but figured I should post here as the thread already exists. My phone got run over by a car, so the screen smashed big time. This happened back in August, 2012.
Yesterday I got a new screen and put it in. Fingers crossed, waited for the battery to charge a bit. It worked, but only wifi. Camera is dead. Phone keep saying out of service area and IMEI/baseband are both set to unknown.
I haven't changed the back cover yet which was also pretty banged up so not sure if the antenna is making a contact or not.
Any ideas?
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Hello, im new here but I have seen over the years that this is the place to come to fix cell phone issues and the such. My issue is this, I have just received an ATT HTC ONE, I bought it off Ebay. The phone itself phisically is in mint condition, but the problem is whenever I put a sim card in it, it just wont read it. Im overseas, I have already bought the unlock code for the phone but I get no chance to enter it because the phone wont detect a sim no matter what I do. I have tries puting several different sim cards and no go, I even had a spare ATT sim card and no go. I have just tried the "tape fix" but the phone wont recognize my sim. Is there anything else that I can try or do? I have flashed phone software in the past (droid dna) so if thats what would take to fix this I would do it. Im overseas and returning this to ebay for a refund would not be an option for me. Any help would be greatly apreciated.
I had the same issue and it solved after they replaced the sim tray, but I bought the phone from ATT so I was under warranty.
You might try to get it repaired there, but they might charge you. Or try buying a replacement sim tray off ebay or amazon (I don't know if they sell it or not)
sa.guly10 said:
I had the same issue and it solved after they replaced the sim tray, but I bought the phone from ATT so I was under warranty.
You might try to get it repaired there, but they might charge you. Or try buying a replacement sim tray off ebay or amazon (I don't know if they sell it or not)
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thanks, the thing is any item i order from the US takes almost a month to arrive. I will try flashing a rom later tonight.
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I flashed clenrom last night and still no go. Thera has to be something that can be done so that phone reads the sim card....? plz help.
ferreds said:
I flashed clenrom last night and still no go. Thera has to be something that can be done so that phone reads the sim card....? plz help.
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Sim cards can go bad as well. I would go to an AT&T store and they will replace your sim card for free.
Thanks, I did try several sim cards that I had lying around and none of them worked. I have just gotten of the phone with HTC tech support and they are sending me a replacemente sim tray, hope that fixes the problem. Will have to wait 4 looooong weeks without a phone tough...
It happened to me last night. I restarted my phone and it worked normally. Haven't happened since.
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You can buy a new simtray for $2.30
They sell lots of other parts for the HTC One as well.
http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-htc-one-sim-card-tray-white.html
You might want to flash the stock RUU, might have a bad radio flash or something odd.
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Thanks, I did try several sim cards that I had lying around and none of them worked. I have just gotten of the phone with HTC tech support and they are sending me a replacemente sim tray, hope that fixes the problem. Will have to wait 4 looooong weeks without a phone tough...
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Hello Mate,
I also recieved the phone bought off ebay today and facing the 'no sim card' issue like u and cannot go to htc as I am overseas (in india).
Is ur issue fixed ? If yes, pl lemme know how asap.
well im still waiting for my simtray from HTC, i paid for express shipment so it should be here by friday, ill let you know if it works!
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ferreds said:
well im still waiting for my simtray from HTC, i paid for express shipment so it should be here by friday, ill let you know if it works!
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Oh..ok.. well I dont think new sim tray would be the solution.
I have two HTC One. And I tried putting the sim tray of working HTC ONE into this one and nothing happened.. same issue.
I have couple queries though : Was ur phone's software modified in any way when u recieved it ? I mean was the phone unlocked, rooted etc ?
If yes, did u tried flashing a RUU on it and see if it solves the issue
So I finally found the solution to my problem.. apparently its something related to sim not aligning properly in the socket.
Tape-fix didnt worked for me too and nor did the RUU. Then I tried something different.. I had my iphone 5's nano sim and put it in a plastic nano-to-micro sim adapter and put that in.. it snug in very tight and hurray, the sim got detected. Got the unlock code and its working now !!!!
With this experiment I think I also found out whats ur issue might be too. We often cut the sim using the sim-cutters which are often not perfectly sized but works with most phones. I suggest either try using my method if u can or get a retail micro-sim from a service provider and try that.. it should work.
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dev997 said:
So I finally found the solution to my problem.. apparently its something related to sim not aligning properly in the socket.
Tape-fix didnt worked for me too and nor did the RUU. Then I tried something different.. I had my iphone 5's nano sim and put it in a plastic nano-to-micro sim adapter and put that in.. it snug in very tight and hurray, the sim got detected. Got the unlock code and its working now !!!!
With this experiment I think I also found out whats ur issue might be too. We often cut the sim using the sim-cutters which are often not perfectly sized but works with most phones. I suggest either try using my method if u can or get a retail micro-sim from a service provider and try that.. it should work.
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Glad that worked for you!
my simcard tray is on its way
it should get on friday
I really hope this solution from HTC will make my one work, otherwise I dont know what else to try.
This shouldnt have happened in the first place
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This shouldnt have happened in the first place
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Agreed, but it does happen. The last batch of T-Mobile Nexus 4's my company purchased, 2 out of 16 had an issue where the SIM's weren't being read due to pin misalignment issues inside the slot. We were able to replace them.
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it should get on friday
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Did u gt the sim tray yet ?
One more thing - how did u managed to get service from HTC ? Did u paid or its covered under warranty ? As I already mentioned I am in exact same condition as u are and would like to have HTC take a look at this too
Waiting for your reply mate.. Pl do asap.