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[One (M7) General] simba2585:
I've been wondering if i should just keep the handset with a very tiny amount if light leak. .. it is only visible when the button lights come one and it's only about 2mm high where the seem is of the screen and front edge along the plane of the home button...

If i phone up for an exchange do I have to send my current one back or I can I send back the replacement if its worse ?
[One (M7) General] RyanDawson:
I've had my Black HTC One for 3 weeks now and the only two problems that i found were that the screen rises more in the top left but that doesn't bother me really.

The second fault was that the power button was recessed a bit making it harder to press. I thought that i would just live with it, but I can tell its going to get worse over the next 18 months so I've been advised to go in store so that someone can have a look at it. I hope they dont just laugh and tell me to go away as i really want this fixed and having the button laying lower means that i cant use a case.

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Usually they send a returns bag for the faulty handset, check it and then send a replacement. But sometimes they send you in-store for someone to take a look.
[One (M7) General] akhil8377:
I purchased it from Stratford today..
[One (M7) General] simba2585:
need some advice guys - in case i have missed some key details.

since my phone has light leak and im looking to replace it, if i request a replacement just now as i bought online i have to send the phone back first or i can go instore and start chasing stores for stock again.

so i was thinking, i can just buy another one online, and keep whichever is flawless and send the not so perfect one back using the distance selling rights.

am i missing any key facts or is this a silly idea?
[One (M7) General] h.han:
To replace the phone, you could do either of those you mentioned, send it back in a free post return package or ask p4u for in store swap. Either case, you need to call p4u first to get their approval of exchange, and discuss with them which option you would like to take.

You can definitely buy another one, if the new one is better, send the old one back for refund given you do this within 7 days of receiving the first phone, but you will need to have the fund in your account for both phones, and phone p4u first to arrange the refund also make sure the new phone is received before your 7 days cooling period of the first phone runs out.

I know EU has distance selling regulation saying 14 days cooling period, but I checked my T&C which came with my SIM free phone, it states 7 days for refund, so make sure you check with p4u on exactly how many days you have prior to doing anything.

If I were you, I would do exchange, it's easier and if in store swap, you get to inspect the new phone as well to make sure it's better.
[One (M7) General] onlinejobwork:
Can you post pics of light leak please so I might advice you what to do, I am on my 3rd HTC but still its better but not perfect
[One (M7) General] simba2585:
hi and thanks for taking time to reply - really appreciate it.

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um ok i will need to do it when i get home (6 hours) at work just now.

do you have light leak?
[One (M7) General] ste1164:
Best thing to do is, ring technical support. They will give you a code which you can take into a store. When you go to a store with stock you present your code and they will replace the phone for you. You are free to check/go through as many phones as you like.
[One (M7) General] mr_stoosh:
I'm on my third HTC One, this one has screen lift at the top and bottom, gap at the bottom of the phone and a rough bezel at the bottom right, with bits of the bezel stuck on the side of the screen.

Quite frankly I can live with the gaps but not the other faults, however I'm getting tired of exchanging the phone for another one where it displays the same fault or a new one. It's getting rather tiresome changing the HTC One over as much as I like the phone, it's an amazing phone but seriously let down by its build quality.

As much as I want to give the phone a 4th chance, I'm seriously contemplating moving away from it, I've already called P4U up and have asked for a refund, part of me wants to cancel sending the phone back and going for it a 4th time.

What should I do?
[One (M7) General] LenAsh:
Went through 4 Silver Ones in P4U in Leicester on Saturday and every single one had one or more visible build fault(s). No Sale.

PS: 3 of the boxes were not sealed so I guess someone else had done the same before me...
[One (M7) General] onlinejobwork:
I got this on left side of button but little less than your one and only visible in completely dark room, I advise not to replace this, new one might have more visible or serious problem than existing one
[One (M7) General] onlinejobwork:
I never seen how dust under the screen look like can you please post some pics if possible ? I'm on 3rd replacement from p4u

Send from HTC ONE
[One (M7) General] simba2585:
it will look like a dead pixel but not really appearing black. it will look like a faint grey dot. annoying if you know its there.

i dont have that handset anymore as its been returned.
[One (M7) General] simba2585:
I have got one reserved so hopefully next one Will be problem free.

Be a bit hard to check for light bleed in store.
[One (M7) General] godofwar424:
Hold it under a table and check??
[One (M7) General] simba2585:
Well I never got it changed when I went .

When I called this morning I made sure to ask that it was a sealed new box but when I got there it was an open box and the handset covered with fingerprints .

They told me it was just to show customers .

Will be going to a different store!
[One (M7) General] RyanDawson:
Ive been in store and spoke to people online and no where has Black HTC One stock until 30th April so i'm gonna have to wait until then to get an exchange
[One (M7) General] h.han:
There is black One in p4u's warehouse, I got my black One 5 days ago while the online CS told me there was no stock 2 days before I received the phone. So I think either they gave me wrong info or they get new stock in every day.

But your case is exchange, they may reserve the stock for new customer while keep you wait for a bit.
[One (M7) General] RyanDawson:
The reason i want an exchange is because the power button is a bit recessed and i would live with it, but that means most cases which cover the button make it hard to wake the phone up (I dont use the IR much) and also theres a risk of it just going further in, and as it would be after the 28 days have passed, i would have to pay to get it fixed. I'm gonna go back in-store tomorrow as they will extend the 28 days because i have brought up the issue before the cut off date :)
[One (M7) General] simba2585:
Got it replaced today. Seems perfect.
[One (M7) General] luqythewise:
Same, cant knock the customer service, it was flawless
[One (M7) General] simba2585:
Very true .
[One (M7) General] simba2585:
can you take out the p4u mobile insurance for a sim free purchase?

its £5.99 a month and looks to be decent. anyone advise if its worth it/ got any experience?
[One (M7) General] h.han:
Cannot comment on whether you can get it on SIM free phone, but I compared their insurance with others, it's cheaper and better cos you get instant replacement rather than long waiting for repair from some insurance provider.
[One (M7) General] RyanDawson:
I thought the customer service was great until i went in store to ask about what they can do about the power button laying low into the phone. They said the button still works but I said yes it does but it's hard to press. And I don't want to get 2 months down the line and the button to be even further down, to which they replied "you're just predicting a fault".

They didn't even want to get another phone out to compare my phone with one in stock and the two CS people were smirking at each other and basically laughing in my face.

They just told me if I don't have insurance then they can't do ewt. They made me feel like a right nob. All I wanted them to do is take a look and compare it. And on top of that some other person of staff came over and started looking thru my phone :S
[One (M7) General] h.han:
Yes, some staff are pretty rude, just go to another store. Did you call p4u to explain what the problem?
[One (M7) General] seanicca:
you cant just go into store and exchange, you need to email CS who will then tell you to ring tech support (0844 871 2233) they will then run through a few things ask what the problem is and if they think it's a fault give you a fault code, also phone must be in the 28 day period. You go into any store with your fault code and they will check and exchange there and then. I have done this with my ONE for unresponsive buttons and when I had my XPS 4 times with no problems at all. I did get a dopey tech guy when I rang last week about the buttons though, first he tried telling there was no reset option in settings which there was and then tried telling me that 4.2.2 was out but even though I bought sim free I will only get the update when Orange release it, I just laughed and asked for the code, rang store and exchanged next day
[One (M7) General] RyanDawson:
Yeah i was told to go into the store. I've called the CS twice and both times they told me i had to go into the store first. I might as well just leave it now tbh :l cba going into the other store and made to look like a nob again.
[One (M7) General] h.han:
Just a side topic, after you have exchanged yours, does the unresponsive back and home button still exist? I thought that's a software issue and is fixed in 1.29 update. I have the unresponsive button issue and my power button is a bit recessed but I don't really mind. May do the exchange though.
[One (M7) General] RyanDawson:
I also have the issue where the Home/Back button becomes un-responsive and to fix it all i need to do is press the power button and they would usually work again is that the same with your phones?

Maybe i can use that as an excuse to get it fixed. The only problem is that the un-responsiveness is intermittent so i doubt they could do much
[One (M7) General] seanicca:
I also had to screen off/on and it would work again and mine was only intermittent

buttons are fine, but the first one was OK for the first 2 weeks then started playing up intermittently also haven't put a screen protector on this one yet read this might help. I read the update fixed it but I haven't had the update yet.
[One (M7) General] RyanDawson:
Just been back on to customer services and they have told me that i have to go back in store to resolve the issue. I'm not going back in to that shop ever again. Ill have to put up with it D:
[One (M7) General] simba2585:
the unresponsiveness of the back and home buttons is definately a software bug.

when i powered up my One for the first time i did a test and tap each button one after the other repetitively with vibrate on and not one press was undetected. As i configured my phone started using it installing apps playing games etc normal stuff, the buttons became unresponsive at times.

everyone has the issue.

just surprised if we all have the issue how come the reviewers dont.
[One (M7) General] surfer1000:
Anyone had any of this cashback yet for no headphones/ 4 free months due for dialaphone ?
[One (M7) General] h.han:
My cash back is given by p4u in one payment about 40 days after my contract started, so I will have to wait for another few days before it arrives or phone p4u demanding it.
[One (M7) General] nuno_oliveira:
Just ordered a black HTC One this morning, anyone knows what's the usual delivery time?

thx
[One (M7) General] h.han:
For me, it came through my door within 48 hours, ordered on Wednesday afternoon, got it from city link next day delivery on Friday morning. Very impressed. However it does depend on stock, but p4u normally has stock, so as long as your credit card check is passed, you should receive a dispatch email very soon.
[One (M7) General] Nokiacrazi:
Ordered the silver version SIM-Free just about 20 minutes ago online. Adviser said that it will probably arrive on friday, but await delivery email.
[One (M7) General] drspikes:
Ordered 10pm Tuesday. Delivered Thursday. Woot
[One (M7) General] Nokiacrazi:
Ordered 1024 (GMT+1) on 15/05 the Silver version online, delivered maybe 1230 (GMT+1) 16/05 today (one day later).

Phone is fantastic. Maybe the slightest of gaps on the bottom and left side otherwise flawless, seems to be a shanghai build.
[One (M7) General] Saltank:
Picked up my sim-free from CPWH yesterday. Love it indefinitely over my GS3. Seems to have a few build quality issues I'd like to look in to: uneven top left corner (slight gap?), uneven top left screen glass above the sim tray, possibly broken vibrate tech (makes odd noise).

Made in Taiwan. HTC One 801n.
[One (M7) General] Bilhouse:
I think the Phones4U staff think the company is magically going to pull out stock from its arse at this point! Ta da!
[One (M7) General] :
Yep seems that way. I fully believe there are none within the UK to sell. lol
[One (M7) General] scut:
Just revived a phone call from p4u head office confirming my order he asked if it was black or silver I said silver he said that's fine black is delayed he's said it should be sent on the 15th I said I was told it would arrive on the 15th he said it should they are waiting for stock to land .very intresting .
[One (M7) General] RCJ89:
This is really comical i am in a live chat to someone at phones 4 u and they say there is not stock yet, they are expecting them tomorrow for shipment same day. I am not expecting any stock of the phones this week tbh there is too many yeses and nos to know what to believe.
[One (M7) General] scotcruz:
prepare yourself for disappointment folks.. it wont get delivered on Fri
[One (M7) General] Palla71:
The more I read conversations with p4u staff, the more I get convinced about it...
[One (M7) General] Wh1techapel:
I think everybody but P4U knows there is no stock. Clever on their part though as the last company to announce lack of stock will be the one with most pre-orders. VERY sneaky. If they are delayed, I will be getting a refund immediately and ordering from elsewhere out of principal.:good:
[One (M7) General] sr1ks:
Looks like they are determined to keep people from cancelling as long as they can..
[One (M7) General] jonstatt:
But only those who ordered silver. They don't give a damn about people cancelling who ordered the black one! :P :)
[One (M7) General] Wh1techapel:
Racists. :p
[One (M7) General] scut:
Dose anybody think p4u monitor these sites and see the panic the are causing.
[One (M7) General] battletank:
A Cautionary Note

I just spoke to P4U, who confirmed what we already know: the black model has been delayed, they have plenty of stock of the silver model.

I had ordered the black model, but really didn't care much so asked to change. They advised me that they couldn't switch my order, but could cancel my order, and I could reorder on the website. I asked them to reconfirm that they had plenty of stock of the silver model; I had preordered back in February, so wasn't comfortable being bumped down the queue. once again, they confirmed that there was plenty of stock.

I went ahead and placed a new order - it is only on going back and comparing orders that I've noticed the price has increased by £30, so they've refunded my £459.99 black HTC One, and I've been forced to pay £489.99 for a silver model.

I'm fairly pissed off.
[One (M7) General] RyanDawson:
Thats quite strange because i was just on a call to P4U and i was put through to a manager on the order side of things and they told me that the Black model is currently unavailable until the 2nd April which is the one that i ordered so i asked if they could do me a straight swap i.e swap my Black order for a Silver one and she did that for me and i also got to keep the Free case and headphones. She then told me that they are "Aiming" to send my order out by 15th March but if it didnt arrive on that day then it would be with me within 3-5 days later as Royal Mail are the courier service that they use.
[One (M7) General] battletank:
I have rung back, and I think the problem is because my order was for a sim-free phone. I'll let everyone know if/when it is resolved.

(new info) lucky I called back... the original order hadn't been cancelled. They have refused to refund the £30 difference, but, as a "gesture of goodwill", they've given me a £25 voucher for accessories.

Terrible customer service!
[One (M7) General] scotcruz:
lol...

I would have believed them if they didn't charge your card.. sneaky :p
[One (M7) General] Shasarak:
My apologies if this has been posted before, but I don't think it has. This is a post from the "Announcements" forum in the Support section of Phones4u's website. The author is identified as "Chris B, Support forum moderator". The timestamp on the message is today (March 13th) at 12.40pm.

Link: http://support.phones4u.co.uk/pe/ac...D=10425065&channelID=10&portalPageId=10256075

(You may need to register).
[One (M7) General] riz157:
I ordered sim free but email is relating to shoes being delivered. Lol
[One (M7) General] Scrowlerfly:
Does the black one even exist?!?!?!

By the response everyone seems to have got from HTC and p4u it begs the question....Have they even made one black handset?
[One (M7) General] Palla71:
Only dummies...
[One (M7) General] riz157:
You obviously ordered on contract that's why u could do straight swap and the other chap ordered sim free thus unable to do straight swap. I was in the same situation had to cancel and reorder silver.

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I got the same treatment earlier this morning. P4u accessories are pretty crap and a rip of however if I get my phone by Friday then all is forgotten.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
Has anyone else had a problem with their gallery/camera rotating the image 90° when uploading to apps such as Twitter, Google+, tapatalk, and even messaging! Running dandroid 2.6
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] diablo009:
Yes yes yes!!!! It does!!! Guess those apps consider every pic taken as taken by rear camera and tend to rotate. Can't be sure though.
[Droid Pro General] negro_acdc:
A brief history of what I've been through before this issue:

My Pro came with 2.2 Froyo from verizon, then flashed Vanilla's CM7 v8 (which is the absolute best ROM I've tested for this phone); no wifi mac address problem here. Then I messed up by installing another recovery, semi-bricked, and forced to SBF to stock Verizon 2.3.3 gingerbread. Then rooted with Pete's Motorola Root Tools, flashed recovery, kernel, wiped, and once again to Vanilla's CM7 v8.

After all this mess, my Wi-Fi MAC address is changing every time wifi goes off/on or reboot, and this is pretty inconvinient for me since both my workplace and home networks have MAC address filter, and changing the router configuration every time I'm forced to reboot my phone is not an option.

YES, I've flashed the Kernel that the developer provides with the ROM.

YES, I've tried reflashing both the rom and the kernel the way the diveloper suggests, doing system/data/cache wipes in between.

NO, this was not happening the first time I've flashed this ROM.

Any suggestions?

Please help!!

SOLVED READ BELOW!
[Droid Pro General] negro_acdc:
Fix found

Here's the MAC address fix for your Pros running CM7. If you have had an issue connecting to wifi, it's probably because each time the device's wifi is restarted, a new MAC address is generated which will clog up your router as you can easily run out of IP addresses to lease to each and every new MAC address that's generated each time your device's wifi is restarted. The link can be downloaded here. The instructions are simple:

1. Flash CM7MAC.zip (attached) in clockwork no need to wipe anything

2. "Activate it" by going into the terminal emulator app, typing "su" (without the quotes) then typing "mac-address-fix.sh" (without the quotes). A bunch of weird symbols should come up, but that's normal.

What this does is it auto-generates and writes your permanent MAC address to a file called called nvs_map.bin under /data/misc/wifi/nvs_map.bin. It will remain there and your MAC address will remain the same unless you wipe your /data whereas you will simply have to redo it

Note: if you get an error message in the terminal after doing the fix, make sure your Wi-Fi is turned on and you're connected to a network

For CM7, download -->
[Droid Pro General] petw:
hi!

my phone does the same, each time WIFI is turned on it generates a temporary MAC address, but the file you mentioned (nvs_map.bin) can't be found in /data/misc/wifi...

could you help me please how the map_gen file is generated? i don't have CWM so i can't flash the zip file, but i have a terminal and two hands :D

thx
[Droid Pro General] enjoycool:
Do we have anything for Android 4.2?
[Droid Pro General] Jabbacks:
Note: if you get an error message in the terminal after doing the fix, make sure your Wi-Fi is turned on and you're connected to a network

** How can I turn on Wi-Fi when there's no mac-address? No mac-address, no network! **​
[Droid Pro General] aiamuzz:
Hi,

I tried running this shell script but seems like its not executed successfully ... reason i believe so is ...

1. i dont see any wierd symbols coming up ... just a pause for a couple of seconds.

2. i dont see the "/data/misc/wifi/nvs_map.bin' file in the said location.

Please help.

thnx
[Droid Pro General] raaztanveer@gmail.com:
Mac addrs and imei problm

Hi, in my gionee ctrl v4s the problem is two types, i have seen after i was updated lollipop , one problem is tht, whn i reboot my phn thn my mac address automatically changed everytime.. And 2nt problem is tht my imei also erased whn i updated lollipop so plz help me...
[Droid Pro General] dedalos91:
this is the best solution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ejnFB5i5o8
[Droid Pro General] sweetopiamiggy:
Is there a solution for this in Marshmallow?
[Droid Pro General] falcon164:
yes this is the best solution

Thanks. This process worked well on my lenovo s650 cyanogenmod 13 custom rom. But could someone explain what is really happening through this solution?
[Droid Pro General] aasifnasim:
my oppo f1s 64gb, it was dead, recovered working fine, but each restart it changes mac id, and remove all wifi stored connections

is there any solutions?
[Droid Pro General] theintel:
Seems its pretty common for MediaTek chipsets.

Thanks for the video link!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orochikw:
I bought this smart phone Model: G22 follows the link

shopbot.com.br/ps-mini-g22-3-5-inch-android-2-3-3g-smart-phone-with-dual-sim-wcdmagsm-wifi-capacitive-touch-screen-66188472.html

ahappydeal.com/product-88753.html

and do not get the root already tried all methods (all methods same)

and none solved my problem you xda professionals'm sure naum will let me down please if someone already managed to root of this smartphone

please help me ps: already tried all methods all methods even
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] c0d_fish:
I noticed that my ATT LTE APN will uncheck itself causing me to not have data. I'm using Liquid Smooth rom so I'm wondering if this is a ASOP/CM thing. Seems to happen fairly frequently and definitely after I come off of WIFI. Any ideas why it does this?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] galonso:
Just upgraded manually to JB and am very pleased but find that:

1. Long press on search brings up googled now, butt not for voice input

2. When voice input is enabled it takes several long seconds to initialize... Sometimes never completing initialization.

3. Google Now never replies using voice.

Does anyone know what settings or actions i could take to change snag improve Google Now behavior?

Thanks!

Greg
[Motorola Droid RAZR] prstorero:
I just opened mine and said "Google" and it was ready in about 2 seconds for speaking. Maybe try uninstalling it and downloading it fresh again

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