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Friday night...out drinking with the lads in London.
It was about 1am, me and my friend were talking. He wanted to have a quick look at my phone, so i passed it too him. Somehow...between me putting it into his hands and he grasping it. The phone slipped away....straight into a full pint of Stella.
We paused for about 3 seconds...just looking at it (we were quite drunk), I saw he screen go off so straight away i just sighed and thought ''he better buy me a new one''.
Anyway once i realised what'd happened, i grabbed the phone out of the glass (without spilling any beer), quickly took the battery, sim car and sd card out. places all components into pocket and continued the night...wasn't too bothered as my friend knew it was his fault and told me that if it didn't work, he'll get me a new one.
Hot back home a few hours later, remembered what'd happened...straight to the bathroom...got the hair dryer and started drying....5 minutes later...moment of truth.
WOHOO everything was fine.
I was kind of hoping it was broken, because i've already dropped it on the floor numerous amounts of times and it has a small crack in the screen bottom right.
But alas, everything was fine...
so....HTC Desire...is actually stella-proof as well.....They should stick that on the box!
Even after dropping it in a pint...the battery still hasn't improved though. Can't get a day out of the battery yet. needed to get a battery pack for the damn thing..
roll on Iphone 4 with that great looking battery life
F*cking awesome
Great to hear, now I am not that scared if I drop it into something
benko286 said:
F*cking awesome
Great to hear, now I am not that scared if I drop it into something
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You better be
You should tell your mate its ****ed anyway. You'll have now warranty on it now, the water damage stickers will have change colour!
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I'm due an upgrade in August, so not too bothered about the Warranty. It should last until then. I don't expect any phone to last over 9 months these days.
All the stories I read about people dropping their phones on the ground and in drinks... I even know at least three people who've dropped their phones in the toilet.
I don't get it, even when I had a ****ty Nokia 5100 I don't think I even once dropped it!
Although I did drop-kick it across a garden once to test the shock-absorbent cover. Held up pretty well!
i treated my desire like royalty
i made extra sure never to drop it, scratch it, throw it etc
i put my phone in my pocket with my keys for literally half a minute and the screen is covered in scratches, unbelievable
Desire is almost Tia Maria and coke proof. Managed to fix it all but about 2 months later my trackpad has died. Otherwise all good.
ephumuris said:
Desire is almost Tia Maria and coke proof. Managed to fix it all but about 2 months later my trackpad has died. Otherwise all good.
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you mean you actually use the trackpad?
I don't think i've used it once since i got it in April. It's pointless, the screen does everything that's needed
Barff1984 said:
you mean you actually use the trackpad?
I don't think i've used it once since i got it in April. It's pointless, the screen does everything that's needed
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Recovery menus...
Im scared ropping it on the floor as this big screen and build quality doesnt seems so good. Even in my full body silicone cases where only the screen is free. I even protected the keys lol.
Yoir friend must have been really drunk to offer to buy you a new phone. Sounded like it was your fault to me.
What's the worst damage anyone here has done to there phone? I want to feel better about the dirty great scratch on top of my phone.
I dropped mine from a metre up onto a wooden floor and smashed the screen. £130 to fix it and they still havent returned it to me and thats nearly 2 weeks ago
Contemplating getting a iPhone 4 as i am severely pissed off with HTC's slowness and the build quality of the phone ...
mercianary said:
Yoir friend must have been really drunk to offer to buy you a new phone. Sounded like it was your fault to me.
What's the worst damage anyone here has done to there phone? I want to feel better about the dirty great scratch on top of my phone.
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I was thinking this!! LOL! dammed if I would be buying a mate a new phone after he was passing it to me drunk in a pub! I though only iPhone users got their phones out in pubs?
Desire has been in silicone case and screen protector since new... I kicked a Nokia down the road after it kept dropping calls... that was pretty much its life over... hundreds of bits. My Touch HD was key chipped but the paint was a problem on them.
congrats on getting the phone out the glass, without spilling any beer
I've dropped mine loads of times, got a nice scratch going down the centre of the screen due to keys in the pocket. lots of scratches on the paint work on the sides. a lovely big scuff on the back corner, a 10mm crack, bottom right side of screen.
And it wasn't my fault, he wanted to see it, took hold of it, i let go, he had it for a second, then it dropped in his pint.
The phones only £380, why wouldn't he have bought me a new one.
Only £380?
Thats a lot of money... for most people.
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Only £380?
Thats a lot of money... for most people.
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No...the new iphone 4g simfree is a lot of money.....on contract is even more
Still getting one though. They look great
Barff1984 said:
No...the new iphone 4g simfree is a lot of money.....on contract is even more
Still getting one though. They look great
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No - they dont
Wet Legend
My 15yo son managed to submerge his 3 week old Legend in a river - allegedly it was in his pal's backpack that was knocked into the water! He switched it on to see if it still worked before I had chance to dry it. Anyway it's part of my account and the phone is knacked luckily house contents covered it or he wasn't getting a new one.
Moral = Legends don't like rivers and being switched on before drying
So, some One X owners got thoose yellow spots, at some devices they disapear after some time, for you, too? If yes please tell us how long it takes for you.
I started with 2 spots and now, 5 days and around 10hr screen time later, one has disappeared. The other one is still visible so I'm thinking of returning the phone for a new One X
Just noticed that min yellow spot on the bottom (in place of the whole dock bar) starts to disapear. Seems really to be the glue (like Organofunctional Silane Z-6011) on iPhones. I will watch and reprot if it totaly goes away
I had one in the top left corner. After 10hours or so it's completely gone
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I had a couple of yellow spots on my phone from day one (had it a few days now), most are not noticeable anymore (bottom right of the screen for example). However the one on the bottom left doesnt seam to be fading at all to me.
http://vm1.drefsab.co.uk/phone/IMAG0101.jpg
http://vm1.drefsab.co.uk/phone/IMAG0102.jpg
Is this normal and should it still fade or do you guys think I should be asking three for a replacement (want to do it in the 14 days returns policy if I have to do it to make things simple).
(I've emailed three the pictures asking them about getting it replaced).
Drefsab said:
I had a couple of yellow spots on my phone from day one (had it a few days now), most are not noticeable anymore (bottom right of the screen for example). However the one on the bottom left doesnt seam to be fading at all to me.
http://vm1.drefsab.co.uk/phone/IMAG0101.jpg
http://vm1.drefsab.co.uk/phone/IMAG0102.jpg
Is this normal and should it still fade or do you guys think I should be asking three for a replacement (want to do it in the 14 days returns policy if I have to do it to make things simple).
(I've emailed three the pictures asking them about getting it replaced).
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Get it replaced mate, I've got two yellow,more like swipe marks than spots, on the bottom right of my screen as I look at it and they are really obvious. I've rang o2 and I'm getting a doorstep exchange on Tuesday,which will be a week to the day I got the phone, and there is no sign of them fading. I ordered online hence the exchange. It's pot luck for me whether I get one without the yellow spots but I'll keep exchanging until I do coz I love the phone otherwise.
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yup its the same for me I will just pester them and keep asking for exchanges until I get a good one. I was hoping it would fade and its been really annoying because I want to unlock the bootloader etc but didnt until they faded just incase. As I bought online it should be ok to swap hopefully, im wondering if they will let me take it to a store as then I can stay in the shop until they find a good one.
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yup its the same for me I will just pester them and keep asking for exchanges until I get a good one. I was hoping it would fade and its been really annoying because I want to unlock the bootloader etc but didnt until they faded just incase. As I bought online it should be ok to swap hopefully, im wondering if they will let me take it to a store as then I can stay in the shop until they find a good one.
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O2 told me I couldn't do that because I didn't purchase it from the shop,but it won't do any harm to try.
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I have a yellow spot on the bottom left. After 1 day's use it's already significantly less obvious.
I wouldn't bother exchanging handsets until at least a week or so, as the chances are the spots go away on their own.
I hope they do just fade away!
I've had this one since thursday day, and used it a lot since I got it the others on the screen faded but this hasnt changed at all.
Mine are almost completely gone after only a few hours. I had a really bad one in the bottom left, and then another in the bottom right and top right.
I may have sped up the process by having the backlight on 100% for a while when I was doing screen tests.
I can just about see when the brightest one was now, but I have to be looking for it, on a uniform white screen. Otherwise they have gone.
Acknowledgement from HTC
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aeco&TNo=&ID=201204180041
Sent it off for repair because it had screen fitment problems out of the box (screen was loose but didn't ripple, no yellow spots), the casing was perfect and not damaged. When I got the device back from repair, screen was replaced and tightened, but it now ripples on normal touch, has 1 dead pixel, light bleed around the bezel (can be seen in the video, top part of the screen, also around capacitive touch buttons), yellow spot in lower right corner when the phone gets warm AND the casing was damaged in several places.
I'm sending this video to HTC and will demand either my money back or a new device, it is unlocked, but this cannot be caused by software, so they should accept the warranty. Video:
Did they tell you which repair center they sent it to?
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My screen is like yours out of the box... They don't repair...
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In my opinion this is the repair shop faults.
Either way this is unacceptable. Very sloppy work.
I am very curious how HTC will resolve this.
My last resort is to send my HOX or any other future devices back to their so called repair or service centers. Your major problems will be resolved but additional cosmetic problems will surface such as this gentleman's screen. My first and only experience is purchasing an EVO 3D gsm version from a local yahoo auctions seller in HK. I didnt want to nitpick but the screen had leaks of light when viewing in datkness and it wasnt aligned properly. So i thought what the heck..send it in for repair or servicing...got it back in a week with less light bleed but some of my capacitive lights werent lighting up completely. As if they never checked after other problems were resolved. I ended up selling it for a good 150 dollar loss since i am extremely picky with these screens. Just last week i got the HOX and the darn thing seems to be perfect from the factory but guess what..that small yellow spot pops up when the phone heys to 36 or 37 degrees... Much more annoying than a single dead pixel. I am having an EXCHANGE for another unit but i doubt they will be perfect. For some people stating they have no problems at all...they arent looking hard enough. There is always something imperfect with all the htc phones i have bought. Since the hd2. But whatever...their outter appearance are simply the best looking and i just couldnt pass it up.
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@Tw1tchy I just know it was serviced by HTC Germany.
I think I'll get this one replaced, and when I get the replacement, I will just going to sell it and be done with this One X story, too much risk and I don't want to send my phone 1000 km from Croatia to Germany every time I find a problem.
c4Lvin said:
My last resort is to send my HOX or any other future devices back to their so called repair or service centers. Your major problems will be resolved but additional cosmetic problems will surface such as this gentleman's screen. My first and only experience is purchasing an EVO 3D gsm version from a local yahoo auctions seller in HK. I didnt want to nitpick but the screen had leaks of light when viewing in datkness and it wasnt aligned properly. So i thought what the heck..send it in for repair or servicing...got it back in a week with less light bleed but some of my capacitive lights werent lighting up completely. As if they never checked after other problems were resolved. I ended up selling it for a good 150 dollar loss since i am extremely picky with these screens. Just last week i got the HOX and the darn thing seems to be perfect from the factory but guess what..that small yellow spot pops up when the phone heys to 36 or 37 degrees... Much more annoying than a single dead pixel. I am having an EXCHANGE for another unit but i doubt they will be perfect. For some people stating they have no problems at all...they arent looking hard enough. There is always something imperfect with all the htc phones i have bought. Since the hd2. But whatever...their outter appearance are simply the best looking and i just couldnt pass it up.
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My first HOX was like that, small yellow spot when the phone got hotter it was even worst, i send it in for a replacement and i got a truly perfect HOX no yellow spots, dead pixels, dust or whatever! Really happy with HTC right now!
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My first HOX was like that, small yellow spot when the phone got hotter it was even worst, i send it in for a replacement and i got a truly perfect HOX no yellow spots, dead pixels, dust or whatever! Really happy with HTC right now!
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really? I change 6 or 7 in a store... replaced twice brande new phones in HTC assistance...and this one have a new battery, but screen sucks... i give up!!! I can live with this!!! its just a phone...
or i'm just waiting JB to send it to repair again
Seriosly guys...what do you think they do with those opened ones? I guess they just sell it to those other not as picky as us customers eh? since they arent factory sealed like the Samsungs. I personally would never accept one that was opened up and fiddled around with. Just bad!
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So, long story short.
I received my device which had screen flex and PUSHED the sevice senter to replace the LCD.
Got back the device today. The LCD Module (LCM) has been changed. But, they made some pinch on side of polycarbonate body, while replacing the LCD.
Also, the screen is more flexible in both left and right edges with loosely fixed screen on left center. Hope it becomes hard after some use and heat.
Just for information, i have replaced 3 devices and sent the fourth one to service center three times till now.
I have given up now & keeping the device. After owning HTC from HTC Hermes times, this is the first device i have seen this much quality control issues.
Earlier, I was confident enough to order HD2 and EVO3D from UK (Iam living in Dubai) when they release those.
Now, i lost that confidence with HTC. I still didn't unlock the device for the same reason. My first time with any HTC device without modding the ROM. HTC should be proud of themselves
I have light bleeding on my one x as well. Its quite annoying but you have to get used to it. I'm not risking sending my one away after I have already been without it for a month
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Good day dear xda-developers community,
I have a very strange problem, searching the net did not bring any results so I thought I'd ask the guys here, perhaps somebody has had a similar problem as well.
A couple of months ago my video card broke, I could start up my phone but had a lot of artefacts so I brought it to the store I bought it at and they sent it out for repairs under warranty conditions. I got the phone back and I had no artefacts anymore so I was more than happy.
A couple of days after that I noticed a scratch on the screen, a small one but still quiet noticeable. The phone was never dropped and always carried in the pocket, so I thought to my self "ohh well, I guess this could happen".
Now though, a couple of weeks using the phone I have a strange feeling that the screen that was put on my phone after replacement isn't Gorilla Glass at all, it feels weird when you touch it, not as smooth and there is A LOT of grease that stays on the phone, never really noticed any in a whole year using the phone before, plus the proximity sensor doesn't always work, when I bring the phone to my ear I have to do it a couple of times before it goes out.
Now here's what I am wondering, is there any way to check whether the screen is Gorilla Glass or not, and that the company hasn't just put some cheap replacement glass on my phone to save up money?
Anybody got any idea what's up?
well the easiest thing to do it putting two HOX side by side and compare the two screens i guess
Go back to the shop and demand a detailed repair overview. Your entitled to one since its your phone !
Or let them take it in for another repair/research. Just dont take no for an answer.
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Anybody got any idea what's up?
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You might like to see my earlier posting, also my screen now is broke and some greasy stuff was on my screen as well...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314196&goto=newpost
Unetwork said:
You might like to see my earlier posting, also my screen now is broke and some greasy stuff was on my screen as well...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314196&goto=newpost
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I guess we were both duped and had some clone screen put into our phone instead of the original HOX screen, which really sucks, cause I don't even know how to prove that, also I noticed that I have 2 yellow spots on the left-top side of the screen, they are very well visible on the white background and they get even Yellower as the phone gets hotter.
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I guess we were both duped and had some clone screen put into our phone instead of the original HOX screen, which really sucks, cause I don't even know how to prove that, also I noticed that I have 2 yellow spots on the left-top side of the screen, they are very well visible on the white background and they get even Yellower as the phone gets hotter.
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Wauw thats what I had when I just got mine brand new..its a known issue with the One X
It has to do something with the glue..better get it replaced and ask for the old screen so you can check if its a clone.
Hope it will work out well for you bro, I took my loss as they will not give me a refund..
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Wauw thats what I had when I just got mine brand new..its a known issue with the One X
It has to do something with the glue..better get it replaced and ask for the old screen so you can check if its a clone.
Hope it will work out well for you bro, I took my loss as they will not give me a refund..
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They won't give you a refund, but did you try getting it fixed? is it covered by the warranty? The problem is that I bought it in the netherlands and I was just there a couple of weeks ago, had the phone done and went back to Belarus, where we don't the HTC service centres. I will have to wait till I go to the netherlands again to give the phone back into repairs.
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They won't give you a refund, but did you try getting it fixed? is it covered by the warranty? The problem is that I bought it in the netherlands and I was just there a couple of weeks ago, had the phone done and went back to Belarus, where we don't the HTC service centres. I will have to wait till I go to the netherlands again to give the phone back into repairs.
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No refund here in Macedonia, the service told me I dropped the phone which I did not...
I am trying to find a replacement screen with digitizer
I have about 5...does anyone else have this issue?
I have 2 dead pixels
Pristine and unblemished here. Sorry for your loss.
I've got one dead pixel. Not too worried about it though.
daijizai said:
Pristine and unblemished here. Sorry for your loss.
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Same here.
I got one :crying:...
I have another watch coming, I'm going to check that one and return the one with the most dead pixels.
One, but it just went away. Lucky me.
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Pristine and unblemished here. Sorry for your loss.
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Haha no loss here...just seeing if others had the same experience. Thanks though!
Just picked up mine, one dead pixel.. Apparently the first batch is mostly defective
None.
I have 1. Google Play is in the process of replacing the watch. I reported it to them the day I received it.
Really disappointing to see this issue be so common.
i received two silvers from motorola today... two stuck green pixels on both, same mid/upper left location.
I have about 4 dead pixels, best buy is going to replace it. They ordered me another one and I'll just return my current watch when it comes in.
Numerous dead or stuck pixels all over. Just got it today, contacted Motorola (bought it straight from them) and got a full refund, a return label, and a 10% promo code to purchase a new one.
I had one dead pixel. Just returned mine yesterday.
So, a buddy of mine ordered ours together and we both wound up with dead/stuck pixels: His had 2, mine had 5.
We don't want to be without them and potentially get stuck waiting for a couple weeks, since we got the silver ones and they seem to be in high demand, but I think we might just have to return/exchange them. It sucks because if his Best Buy wasn't closing down relatively soon, we could hold on to our current ones until the new ones came in but they have orders to the store disabled meaning we'd have to return them right away and ship the replacements to his place.
This is why I rarely, if ever, buy first gen/first batch electronics.
Hmmmmm I have one dead pixel barely noticeable but it's there.. Tempted to exchange it but don't want more dead pixel there.....
None here, pristine. I'd go insane if I had dead pixels. Dead pixels are the worst to me. My eye gravitates to them every time. I have a few on my work monitor and it drives me insane but they wont' buy me a new monitor and its out of warranty.
I traded 3 total.... Every one had 1 or 2 idea pixel..... I gave up.....
So, to see the dead or stuck pixels is everyone setting the brightness on 5 and going to a black screen (such as the about screen under settings)?
When I do this, I see a few pixels at the top of the screen and one in the lower left that appear to be stuck? However, without turning up brightness and being in a dark room on a black screen, I see none. I also can't see the stuck pixels on any other screen except for the boot up screen or this black about screen.