yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M7) General] NxNW:
got it - will do

Well, whatever I may or may not "realize", that summation does not represent what I'm trying to "imply". I did read up on Wikipedia's many interesting articles on Country of Origin, Rules of Origin, Made in China and Made in Taiwan. Good stuff. Regardless, my view has not changed: I believe *in this case* "Made in Taiwan" says more about where HTC is headquartered than what country's workers were the last ones to touch the phone in the box. You are free to believe what you will.

I only came here to ask 'where is the authoritative source of the link between FA codes and the Argentina plant' and I'm still of the opinion the "Made in Taiwan" legend on the box is not related to that question.
[One (M7) General] SSS Desire:
Mine is SH34J and got the sticker "Made in China" on the box. On the plastic strip on the left side of the phone there's a small sticker "Made by HTC Corporation" (I just peeled it off though...hehehh)
[One (M7) General] NxNW:
Good point- the "Made In.." wording is on the same sticker as the serial number itself, so maybe they *can* easily put the correct "country of origin" on the box somehow?

I'll happily eat crow if we have good evidence that shoots down my earlier assumptions.

Ok so if SH phones come with labels that do say "Made in China" and FA codes come with labels that say "Made in Taiwan" (or more specifically do *not* say "Made in Argentina") there is either something inconsistent about this (quite possible) or FA really does stand for some other plant in Taiwan.

I am sure this has already been answered somewhere. I really did try to Google it, honest!
[One (M7) General] gusto5:
My FA is made in Taiwan according to the box sticker
[One (M7) General] SEX-1:
Received Htc One today in Finland. SH34E code. Shangai, China, April, 14. Very good patch. Sim card slot is deeper than side of the phone nothing else really. Very very happy :D
[One (M7) General] NZtechfreak:
FA32MW

Mine is S-Off too.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
where did you get this one, its a February build, pre-production (hence SOFF)
[One (M7) General] NZtechfreak:
Ebay, where else?!
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
how is the build on this one
[One (M7) General] NZtechfreak:
Slightest gap at the top, otherwise seems pristine.
[One (M7) General] t4ure4n:
Mine says Made in Taiwaan on the Box

Serial - FA34CWxxxxxx
CID - ORANG001
Firmware - 1.28.61.7

In terms of build quality I haven't found any major gaps or issues with raised screen or grill. There is only a microscopic gap close to the power button (the front side of metal is raised but it doesn't move when squeezed)
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
I see, thanks for the info

I assume since your unit is SOFF you can flash the Developer Edition RUU over it? or any other RUU for that matter?
[One (M7) General] NZtechfreak:
Only got it yesterday, but I understand that should be the case.
[One (M7) General] gemini002:
so I returned my Fa345w due to gaps on top being noticeable and yesterday i could not turn it on had to plug it into cpu and enter recovery weird any how that unit gave me good battery life about 5 hours with the screen on and 15 hrs overall..I got a new one that is ht34p which is 23 of april right??First thing I noticed was the screen was sharper and the whites where more blue the other was more yellow,the fa one I returned was a tad bit brighter but colours where not as accurate.This new one has same software 129.631.4 booo no .12 ........Another thing I noticed is that by default the new one is zoomed in more on pics from fb (disregard it was because i had old facebook not new one) I had the old and new one in the store and was comparing..This new one has a slight gap on top and the button is more flush with the body but for sure this one has a sharper image gunna test and report back!!! we will see the difference from argentina built and taiwan
[One (M7) General] ianpugh:
Maybe some kind of short attention span linked with obsessive-compulsiveness going on?
[One (M7) General] rschauby:
My US T-Mobile is FA34DW

No gaps or overhangs; pretty much flawless.
[One (M7) General] NxNW:
why do you say argentina?

(i'm just going to keep pushing this til someone settles the matter once and for all..)
[One (M7) General] KMadine:
HT334W. Broken lense
[One (M7) General] gemini002:
Fuego Argentina

http://www.htcphones.net/htc-to-build-manufacturing-plant-in-argentina/
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
Maybe they are saying made in Taiwan/China so not to confuse buyers?

It's clearly the Argentina factory made to reduce shipping costs to the USA
[One (M7) General] JoeNeckbone:
Just got back from switching phone...Huge difference....virtually no gaps top or bottom....it's really hard for me to see any kind of gap but its their barely...smaller than a hair...bottom of screen is perfectly flush with speaker....top of screen is much better flushed with speaker than last model but it has that feeling as if screen protector is on, but MUCH better than last phone. Haven't used it at all yet.....Can't tell any difference with brightness or color....Put on the OEM sprint protector on this time....capacitive buttons aren't covered, hopefully there won't be any issues with capacitive or phantom touches on screen..

Old: FA349S

New: FA34JS
[One (M7) General] NxNW:
...plus it's in a "special economic zone", ie a duty-free zone.

So I get that the plant exists and that there's unique benefits to making phones there.

But I haven't seen the authoritative connection between "FA" and Argentina yet. Sorry the post above yours doesn't count. It makes perfect sense and is quite possibly true, but unless gemini002 is connected with HTC somehow, it just looks like a hunch.

Call me a crank, but what is this thread for if it's not to share accurate information about serial codes and how to interpret them?
[One (M7) General] gemini002:
Rolling eyes dude it's pretty simple to decode either china,Taiwan or argentina how much more proof do u need?
[One (M7) General] Bonely:
Had a dev edition replacement come in the other day which I shipped back to them due to crappy screen (again).

FA34P

used the samsung screen CPU bin 2
[One (M7) General] NxNW:
More than that I guess, lol.

My take on the matter is, I just hoped for some verifiable facts, and rather than anyone providing such facts, multiple people said instead, this is silly, there's a plant in Argentina, *therefore* "FA" must mean Argentina, QED

We are not running a newspaper here let alone publishing a scientific journal, so I guess I'll let it drop. But just be aware this level of fact-checking isn't considered adequate in many circles.

I'm over it. I need friends more than I need to be right. Cmon everyone- Group Hug?
[One (M7) General] gemini002:
Ah man lol I'll give ya a fist pump ..I here ya there was a link somewhere in the forums here where u can put the serial in and find out ,dig I did see it :D
[One (M7) General] TRiBaL1981:
http://219.80.249.25/IMEIQuery/IMEIQuery.aspx?ct=zh-CN
[One (M7) General] mmathiou:
I have just put mine and there is the result:

Fresh...
[One (M7) General] TRiBaL1981:
We have got the same! Smells FRESHHHHH.

Built quality 10/10 :cool:
[One (M7) General] gtg465x:
Damn, it says mine was built on 4/17, in Taiwan. It arrived at my house in the US on 4/22.
[One (M7) General] gemini002:
mine says factory Date: 2013/04/25 wow just got replacement yesterday this is fresh out the oven:laugh:
[One (M7) General] NxNW:
Yeah, I actually started looking around for a site like that based on gemini's remarks and found

http://sndeep.info/en

I put in my FAxxx serial number and got.. wait for it..

Taiwan.

But I don't have any way of knowing how that site decides that, and besides I promised I wouldn't beat this horse any more. Just had to share the link.
[One (M7) General] nivlack:
Capacitive button light color?

Has anyone else noticed the color of the capacitive buttons when they light up? They seem to vary between models.

The left is a HT345W with a a blue/purple light and the right is a HT348W with a milky white light. It's hard to tell from the picture, but the buttons for the right one are definitely lit up. The one on the right belongs to my friend, and I definitely prefer the way his lights up compared to mine...in the dark the milky white color looks much more natural. What color are you guys getting?
[One (M7) General] gtg465x:
Is his screen also cooler than yours? I have the unlocked US edition and mine are like the one on the right.
[One (M7) General] nivlack:
I've noticed his screen is cooler than mine, and both of ours are not the unlocked edition because we dont live in the US. What is your serial code? If they started making them this color for the next batches, I might go and exchange mine.
[One (M7) General] gemini002:
I have done a full day of testing and there is a difference between the 2 phones.my old phone was fa346 my new is ht34p...so my new one is about a week from the factory so latest batch.

The new phone had more Rogers software which I could remove without Root:eek: This phones screen is not as warm as the first one nor as bright by default auto brightness does not work the same, if I crank it up looks the same.Second phone has sharper display also noticed that this unit had better bluetooth connectivity had more bass(I use it in car) what I think is happening is different plants different programing hence same screens different displays the good news is fw can fix that!!

I like this one better I have 19hrs on 3 hrs 30 mins of on screen time but I streamed songza for a couple hours watched a bunch of you tube videos half of the day was on lte did bench tests on my second cycle this phone will get you through the day I had the screen at full brightness.this unit needs a few more battery cycles but off to a great start..Htc one Rocks:D
[One (M7) General] Tidbits:
FA34N The only problem I have is 1 dead pixel, and for some reason my voice and data don't work together.
[One (M7) General] niekie73:
FA34L arrived yesterday,
[One (M7) General] tjtenor4:
HT34F - ordered late afternoon 4/23, delivered & activated (with my ported # from VZW) on 4/26.
[One (M7) General] ext109:
Black FA34S arrived today, completely perfect. No gaps/overhang/dead pixels/light bleed
[One (M7) General] jmitr:
My Telus HT348 is flawless.

OT for this thread, but the first thing I went to do was disable the Telus bloat.....and to my pleasant surprise was actually able to uninstall all of it.....also no root.

First Android phone I have played with or owned that can do this out of the box.

Wish I owned a colour meter like some of you guys, but this display is outstanding compared to every phone I have had the opportunity to place it side by side. This includes all flagships from other companies and many jealous owners!

Hardware:

Awesome, inspected it out of the box, pristine build.

I did notice the SIM tray is not PERFECTLY flush, but you have to really look to notice. My power button is more flush than other phones I own, but there is more than enough play. Not once have U not been able to press it.

Software:

Sound is awesome, quiet yet loud. The vibration, ringtone, alarm, watching videos, YouTube, Netflix, playing music. At night with my beats solo on my Wife would say she could hear my One V at min volume, and the bass etc would be flat unless I turned it up. My One, night and day difference. It goes much lower (Wife doesn't complain) with rich range and bass. Bluetooth is awesome and rock solid. I drive to the grocery store, turn it off quickly while running into a store, use my phone in store, back in the car, play music, take a call, etc. My desire and One V would suffer software glitches turning Bluetooth on and off (luke dropping data etc. The One, nothing...it just works as intended. Oh, been abusing it since taking it out of the box.....last Monday, still rocking as fast as the first day I turned it on.

Just tried to cover things not in other reviews. I could write a dissertation on how much I Love this phone, but I'll settle with saying I am very happy with it.
[One (M7) General] vnguyen972:
Got my FA34M.... 2 days ago.. from US TMobile... check the site provided a few posts above and it was only 12 days since it was made from a manufacturer in Taiwan ...everything was perfect.. until today... one of the speaker (lower one) pops... now it made those pop sounds every time a sound is played (ringtone, key, or music...)....

Just requested an exchange from TMobile... it sucks that I'm unlucky
[One (M7) General] desiregeek:
Mine said made in Taiwan on the box but serial number is FA34PW90..

64GB Developers Edition if which will be returned due to poor QC in gaps and yellowish screen.
[One (M7) General] Hoax87:
FA34C

FA April,12 - 2013

(black model, bought at Amazon Germany, shipped at April, 29)

quote from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2202869

"Fabricated on 12th April 2013 at factory Tierra del Fuego Factory in Argentina (Serial: FA34CWxxxxxx, Panel ID JDI C2_2)"
[One (M7) General] UCFour:
heyy i just wanna know one thing

does ur htc one developer edition has warmer color tone too?

i am planning to buy one from the htc site..this yellowish tint thing is making me worry a lot?
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
so this is why the doom and gloom post on the main forum?

watch this review (which talks about gaps) clearly not many have your issue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF75-HPdUfY&feature=youtu.be
[One (M7) General] UCFour:
Warm color tones on htc one developer edition?

can anyone confirm me ..does all the developer editions & unlocked editions bought from us are of warmer color tones?
[One (M7) General] NxNW:
ACK! The guy who made that statement was making it based on assumptions that came out of *this* thread! This is circular logic.

It was exactly the post you quoted that caused me to shoot coffee out my nose and come running to this thread to say 'whoa there, we don't actually *know* that yet.'

This is how rumors take on a life of their own.

Ok ok I'll measure it this weekend.

But just for the record, even a noticeable color tint wouldn't prevent me from enjoying this jewel of a phone, especially when it can be fixed in software. My phone looks normal to me, that's all I can say. And I'm not trying to boast when I say I've spent hundreds of hours sitting in the dark calibrating displays. If I measure it and the white point its off a little, I wouldn't be shocked. But I certainly wouldn't expend any energy trying to locate some mythical phone that had the perfect D65 white point.

Phones are not supposed to be broadcast quality reference monitors. I think it's entirely fitting and proper that phone manufacturers allow themselves a little tolerance in the range of display accuracies they want to stay within.

Less tolerance = more cost. Do we really want this phone to cost *more* than US$650 so *everyone's* whites are perfectly neutral?
[One (M7) General] dannyb2100:
Hum....interesting!

Thanks dude. Not found anything wrong with mine yet though! Fingers crossed!
[One (M7) General] wapz:
Netherlands, SH34D here :)
[One (M7) General] desiregeek:
The ones I saw on display here in Taipei at the Telecom shops for sale did not have these gaps. I think there a few people out there that just were not lucky and got a few that had bad QC control.

Possible as mine is the Developers Edition and has the warmer tones.
[One (M7) General] graffixnyc:
HT34VW
[One (M7) General] miniterror:
And im going for my third htc one.

First one had heating problems(1st batch holland received) and now i have a black thing in my camera lens, look at the tip of the pen.

This one is a sh34dw, wich also has a gapp on top and a overhang on the left speaker grill part.

I could live with the gapp and slight overhanf but not the camera error wich came up:thumbdown:
[One (M7) General] WolfDale7:
HT34P

Hsinchu, Taiwan, April 23rd, 2013

Got it just yesterday as I had to get my first One exchanged due to QA issues. That one was HT345 (5th April, 2013 @ Hsinchu, Taiwan)

Slight overhang in the top left but it's so minuscule I don't really care.

Processor is binned as 5 (out of 0,1,2,3,4,5,6). So I'm happy.

Think I'm going to definitely be keeping this one. No need to fish for a higher processor bin #...
[One (M7) General] MallardDuck:
My serial seems to have a diff set up, Sitting here with FA34NS.

Rather than:

Mine looks like:

FA##CCBBBBBB

Should mention it's on sprint, so that may be a factor; as i noticed there's a seperate HTC subform for sprint? Is the hadware different much at all, I haven't seen anything explaining that yet.

EDIT: I didnt' realize there were so many pages to this post, i couldnt' see the page nav on this PC at first; i'll read thru and see if i can find my answeres.
[One (M7) General] WolfDale7:
Could be:

The D could be a letter representing the day since the numbers only go up to 9 before switching to the alphabet.

Mind posting ur first 5 letters/digits of ur S/N?

*edit*

But the Sprint varient is actually quite different from the AT&T and other variants. No idea if this just applies development-wise, but maybe even the S/N (although I highly doubt that)
[One (M7) General] TRiBaL1981:
Can anyone read what's the serial here? Trying to buy one from e-bay but seller does not cooperate out of fear for some kind of fraud. :eek:
[One (M7) General] SeriesOfTubes:
FA34ES here. Do not have any problems to report. The Manufacturing label says Made in Taiwan and there is a circle logo with the letters BC inside the circle.
[One (M7) General] WolfDale7:
Didn't realize you updated your post to include your serial code.

You've got:

FA(Argentina? Still not sure about this), 2013, April 21st.

No idea if you wanted this decoded or not, but again:

FA(Argentina?), 2013, April 14th.

Nahh, too blurry to make anything out of the S/N....

He won't tell you it? If not, don't buy it. Fakes aren't worth it (unless you roll that way, up to you).
[One (M7) General] rambo12345:
Mine is SH34MW. Zero gaps. Its perfect:laugh:

on HTC site: http://219.80.249.25/IMEIQuery/IMEIQuery.aspx?ct=zh-CN

model: HTC One

of sale: Dutch

factory Date: 2013/04/22

http://sndeep.info/en

Factory: SH - Shanghai, China

Date of manufacture: 04/21/2013

Age: 14 days

A little bit confused now. Which manufacture date is the right one?

not that it matters much but just fyi
[One (M7) General] mrpickem:
HT33R

Bought at Costco yesterday. Small gap bottom right and volume buttons seem a little loose with small gap. May return...not sure yet.
[One (M7) General] prasadKnew:
Mine: FA34MW

32GB Unlocked from US

From HTC:

Model: M7 # UL-I17

Of sale: USA

Factory Date: 2013/04/24
[One (M7) General] gemini002:
Ht34r this is my replacement no gaps on bottom ,screen is perfect ...on top rubber is cut just a little long I can live with it ..made in Taiwan April 24
[One (M7) General] DiZzyBonne:
How do you find out what your processor's bin number is?
[One (M7) General] gianton:
Here mate.
[One (M7) General] DiZzyBonne:
I was just trying to find my post to edit it, because I finally found it after figuring out the proper term to search for is binning lol.

Thanks!
[One (M7) General] alphaod:
FA34NW, Made in Taiwan.

Very small gap on top, and slight screen overhang on top left. I wouldn't have noticed if I didn't read these threads.

Processor bin 4.
[One (M7) General] Snood:
I have FA34SW. Black 23GB. CPU Bin 3

Very slight bottom which is uniform, can barely tell it's there and wouldn't have if i hadn't been looking for it. The top left of the screen sits a little high above the top speaker grille but it not enough to annoy me. Overall
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
dont guys think its useful to also point out the origin of the device? if its a contract device or unlocked contract free?
[One (M7) General] onlinejobwork:
This website is not HTC official website and may steal your serial or IMEI? :confused:
[One (M7) General] NxNW:
Just make up a similar serial number. Nothing is forcing you to provide your *exact* serial number. It is only the first few digits you are interested in decoding. You could change the last digit or two and surely it would still be a valid number that came from the same production run as your real one.

A website doesn't really need you to fill out a form to be able to "steal" numbers. As the OP makes clear, these numbers follow very simple rules, and valid numbers can probably be guessed easily already. (By comparison, credit card numbers, and possibly IMEI numbers, contain check digits that are calculated based on neighboring digits according to a non-obvious algorithm. Just adding +1 to a valid number does not create another valid number).
[One (M7) General] onlinejobwork:
I got my 4th Replacement its says SH34JW what is means?, better than before, is it 18th April 2013?
[One (M7) General] hakstern:
Mine is ht34bw

Any idea where that is? Lol
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
[MENTION=2262596]jonas2295[/MENTION] can you please add the official detection website to your OP?

this will help users detect their units without the repeating questions ;)

---------- Post added at 10:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:50 AM ----------

So yesterday i have inspected three HT34P units, 15 days old

1 out of 3 was flawless, the covers are almost as gap free as the back, so it's clear they are trying to achieve full gapless but it's also clear there are still gapped ones slipping out

so use your right to exchange, like Dharkan noted the issue is acknowledged by HTC and they fully expect you to replace them

i am talking about a real gap defect however and not a hairline OCD non sense, you have to keep in mind the front covers are not molded with the rest so they will never be fully seamless, but they also should not have a wide gap or deformity, they should also be rigid completely and not loose in any way

It's sucks but it is what it is
[One (M7) General] ianpugh:
Another bad one

Hi,

My 3rd replacement from Vodafone UK arrived today. First 2 had big gaps and overhangs at bottom which you could cut cheese with. Left it 2 weeks by arrangement before ordering this latest one.

This time they've actually managed to misalign the screen both vertically and horizontally. So I have an overhang on both the bottom and left hand sides. As a result the volume rocker is completely exposed and as sharp as anything. There are still gaps both top and bottom but they're a bit smaller now.

Really really bored of this now. Had iPhone 4 and 4S previously and they were both perfect out of the box. Completely smooth and all the parts were in the right place. This latest one is SH34NW which puts it in the last week of April I think. How they can still be making the same mistakes after a month of people complaining is beyond me.

Sorry HTC but I think this was the last one for me. If this company wants to save itself from extinction then I would have expected build quality to be taken more seriously!

Cheers.
[One (M7) General] drakeymcmb:
Mine has absolutely no flaws

Ht34cw
[One (M7) General] ianpugh:
Just spoke to Vodafone where helpful chap arranged for my replacement iPhone 5 to be sent out. I expect that, from experience, to be absolutely flawless. As soon as I told him what the problem was he said that build quality complaints about the HTC One were very common and that comparing build quality between the HTC One and an iPhone was like comparing a Lada and a Ferrari.

I am sure that there a good number of flawless HTC Ones out there but I have given up waiting to find one.