[HD2 General] Boradan:
Have a little story to tell about being wary of ebay purchases.....

Bought myself an HD2 from ebay. A faulty phone (stuck on windows loading screen), and advertised as such.

The owner advertised it as a software problem he hadnt gotten round to getting fixed after flashing an upgrade directly from HTC, so I figured 'What the hell' may as well give it a go and see if I could get Android running on it.

Paid £160 for it.....

As SOON as the phone arrived (recorded delivery, so the delivery was timed with my signature), I unboxed it and took off the battery cover to pop in the battery.

As soon as I took it off, I noticed that the 'Water damage' sticker AND the 'void' sticker were gone off the 2 screw heads where they normally sit - EU version has a water sticker covering one of the screws and not just under the camera lens where the TMOUS version has one.

Had a closer look at the phone and noticed a few scrapes around the screen edges. Then had a closer look at the screws and noticed that they HAD been removed, and then marked with a felt tip marker to hide the fact that some of the black colour had been worn off through removing. Not ony that, but one of the screws was actually INSIDE the back cover and not accessible from the outside. This thing had DEFINITELY been taken apart.....

Off to paypal I went and filed an action against the seller and linked some pictures I had taken - these were datyed and showed that I had taken them within 15 minutes of signing for the phone. I demanded either a refund and I would return the phone, or a partial refund of £60 and I would keep it.

Within 15 minutes, the seller responded and refunded me £60.... so... faulty phone bought for £100. Now to see if I could fix it......

HSPL 2.0.8, Task 29 and ROM flash later... still the same problem with booting. Popped on MAGLDR, CWM and an Android rom. STILL the same problem. Phone refused to go past the loading screen in windows or the android setup initial screen. Damn :(

Time to go one step further. Took the phone apart (just popped out the screen and mainboard, didnt bother strripping it right down. Noticed that one of the cables was loose and also that the screw that had been 'under' the case was actually a silver one that was too small and had slid through the hole...... Popped back the loose cable and took out the screw and put the whole thing back together again.

Still the same boot problem. Damn. Seems to be a fault in the phone storage, OR a problem with quickly over heating :(

Looks like it was going back on ebay to be resold as a faulty phone.

THEN I decided to look for a few other items... found a sheet of 'Void' stickers, and a sheet of 'water damage' stickers off ebay for about £6 delivered, so phoned HTC and discovered that the phone was still under warranty :D

Waited 2 weeks for the stickers to arrive from Hong Kong.

Popped the stickers on the screws (and replaced the silver screw with a correct one), sent the phone back to HTC and 8 days later received a nicely working HD2.... Warranty replacement.....

The Moral of this story.....

People should be CAREFUL with the purchases they make on Ebay. (and businesses should be careful about what people can get their hands on from ebay)

Hope thats a nice bedtime story for y'all