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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] littlenick:
My miniUSB socket has been a little dodgy for the past week then today i pulled the charger out and the socket came out with it. This wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't for the fact i've updated the firmware to the new QTEC. Is there any way of changing the firmware over bluetooth or infrared?

I'm a bit stuck because the only way to get it fixed is either to go to t-mobile with the correct firmware on or to open it up and try and solder the miniUSB back.

I'm guessing that updating the firmware to a non-tmobile will void it? Even though this problem could never be caused by the change of firmware.

Any ideas would be really helpful (i'm pretty desperate!).

Cheers,

Nick
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] davidbessler:
I would just send it in and hope they don't check/care that you have changed your ROM. BTW, I just had the same problem with the mini USB plug except mine got pushed INTO the phone. Luckily, I had the new Tmobile ROM installed (but I had done all SORTS of warranty-voiding stuff with it in the past) sorry dude.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] SIMONG:
T-mobile trying it on.

Well got the same problem my 11 month old MDA Vario's (STD T-mobile rom) socket fell into the phone when I plugged it in to recharge in mid December....

Took it into my T-mobile shop and they sent it for repair...

Now back from Christmas holiday just been in to get it and been told that its "out for quotation", phoned t-mobile direct and have been informed that their repair centre is viewing it as damage rather than warrantiable and a quotation is on its way to me....

Totally unacceptable of course, its a design or build problem, was very angry when I came off the phone to T-mobile...

And now I read that T-mobile on both sides of the atlantic are accepting this fault as warrantiable.

Would be interested in the details of anyone who has had this problem and had it repaired by t-mobile (particularly in the UK)...

Will be talking to the Consumer Direct (part of UK Gov's Office of Fair Trading) on Monday and hopefully getting them to investigate....

Any help advise or experiences more than welcomed Thanks...

Oh and sorry for semi shanghaing the thread!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mdatadef:
I have had this issue twice . both were warrantable exchanges . no hassle from tmobile . 1 of the csr reps even told it happened to her twice so she already knew what the situation was and set up the warranty exchange no questions asked. fyi I'm in america nyc to be exact. hopefully I never experience it again. but hey I'm still under warranty and with 3 day shipping I wasn't down more then 1 and a half business days (broke and ordered replacement on a monday night, replacement arrive by ups on wed early afternoon. well worth the $15 shipping charge)

p.s. the 1st one I exchanged I flashed a cooked rom on it and cid and sim unlocked it . I just did a hard reset and hoped they never caught it. lol that was almost a year a go never been charged for it. also the worst that will happen (atleast tmo usa) if tmo determines your damage to be out of warranty is they'll charge you a $100 out of warranty fee. likey 2 phone bills later but you get ya replacement 3-5 days later. well worth taking the "gamble" of warranty exchange
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] akashastrega:
just happened to me...it pretty much fell out. tmo just exchanged it. it had been a warranty exchange phone that the usb fell out on. the one they sent me had a bad speaker, so i got yet another warranty exchange (2 in less than a week)...these are refurbs that they use for warranty exchanges, so test them out pretty well when you first get them. this one from yesterday so far is really nice. the silo is tight, the slider is very tight (both issues with the broken usb one) the sound is great...so i am in the process of making all my rom mods now.

the tmo rep had heard about the usb issue before, so apparently, it is not uncommon!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] SIMONG:
Thanks for your replies, so it looks like Tmobile US accept its warrantiable and Tmobile UK dont......

Any positive UK responses ????

Thanks again

Simon
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] SIMONG:
T-Mobile not budging

Well have just given T-Mobile UK customer service one last try and got the same response...

"if their engineers say its not warrantiable, its not warrantiable", no need to give a reason why, no reason to take into account the presedence of cases where this very fault has been repaired under warranty.

I have spoken to the UK Governments Consumer Direct team and will be writting a letter to T-mobile giving them notice that I plan to pursue legal action under the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982....

As the goods supplied were not of satisfactory quality and have not lasted a satisfactory period of time (the length of the 18 month contract would have been a good start)

Anyway any more experiences of this problem and how T-mobile responded???
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Andy@Contacta:
Good move on this, please keep me updated, I'm a UK T-mobile customer also.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] SIMONG:
OK so while I wait for T-mobiles response ot my warning of legal action letter, have set up this email addie....

mymdavariobroke@gmail.com

If anyones had the socket breaking problem, could the email me a few details of who they are what their network is and what happened....

pretty sure as an early adopter with the problem, that this may be the tip of the forthcoming iceberg...

obviously no information you give will be used for anything other than my discussion with t-mobile!!!!

thanks

Simon
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] SIMONG:
Success!!!!!!

OK so the long and the short of it, I am now in possession of a nearly new MDA vario replacement unit from T-mobile UK.

Last Friday I had a call from their email customer services department (and then a call today from their letter customer services department more of this later but worth noting that they are different teams apparently working independantly of each other and both far more qualified to help with real problems than the 150 service... infact the email customer services rep todl me to email instead of phone in future....).

After half an hour with the lady repeating the T-mobile party line, which included the fact that having spoken to the engineers and the T-mobile legal team, she could confirm that the UK Supply of goods and services Act 1982 on covered phones for 6 months.... an interesting "fact" completely against the letter of that law and against the understanding of the office of fair trading's understanding..

And having finally moved her onto the more interesting if its damage why does T-mobile US fix it under warranty.....

We concluded with her advising me that the T-mobile engineers wouldnt touch the phone under warranty and that she would talk to my local company store and call me back in 10 minutes.

I assumed thats the last I would hear of her, but give her due respect, 30 minutes later she phoned back and told me she had talked to the shop was more aware of the total situation and.....

Would be sending me out the replacement phone over night by next day recorded delivery!!!!

She also offered me some compensation for my T-rouble (1 months contract fee refunded) which I didnt expect but willingly accepted!!!

Best of all next morning when the phone arrived it was a complete set, so spare battery charger, case, backplate (with rubber still in shock horror!!!) and a couple of styluses!!!!!

So my faith is once more restored int T-mobile, hopefully this was a jink in the generally excellent service I have had from them... (here's hoping!!!)

Anyway today the registered letter must have landed as I had a call from their letter based customer service department (an even more helpful person still!!)... checking to make sure I was happy.. thought it might be a crossed wire but no she knew about the replacement phone!!

This lady listened to my full story again, including mentioning my "new" email address as above and the posts on this site... she advised that she will be looking into the issue further and seemed very interested in the number of responses I had had from my previous post......

Supposedly I will be getting her email address (not got it yet!!) so that I can send her contact details of those UK t-mobile customers with the problem that have contacted me (obviously will be asking your permissions first!!!)...

So not promising anything (cos I cant) but if you are a UK T-mobile customer with this problem let me know on the email address above, guess it cant hurt!!!

Simon

p.s. thanks for all the help and support and stories of success!!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] wrightbyname:
Congratulations!

As my phone had taken a bath at one stage and I'd opened it to clean it up, I guessed that I would have no luck with a warranty claim for my broken USB socket. I just got it back this morning from being repaired by a bloke at the market - £35 for a new socket to be soldered on. It charges and ActiveSync worked initially but then disconnected after a few minutes - so I need to decide whether to do without it again for a few days while they have another go, or just use USB to charge, and sync over GPRS.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] SIMONG:
ok got the email address and apologies to eileen but she sent it before my last post, must have got caught up in gmail somewhere....

will compile any stuff received over the next week or so and send it to her.

cheers simon
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mikeynothappy:
hmmm

simon i have been reading the post's and im also in the position you was in. i am at this moment in time having issues with t-mobile on fixing my mda (usb port) i have just got off the phone to HTC europe who make the phones and they are not prepared ton fix the phone if t-mobile dont ppick up the tab HMMMM! im at a loose end here banging my head at a brick wall. can anyone help.

many thanx

mikey
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] SIMONG:
OK OK so I guess I spoke to soon......

6 months on and guess what.........

Unplugged the usb cable from my vario last night and "pop" the socket moved forward with the cable.

Not having the patience to go through all the loops.. I pulled up the last contact details I had from my previous problems and called the internal number given...

This gave me an 0845 number for the customer complaints team as apposed to customer service).

Gave that a call and was picked up by a T-mobile staff member called Carmen... who's surname appears to be "....no my name is just Carmen...." and amongst being told that not having a current case I shouldnt be using the number, I went back through the normal high quality T-mobile hoop.

This being the one that starts at Disdain and cynicism and endeds up at dismissal and a shouting Customer Service Rep (Do they really not train their staff at T-Mobile...). Actually the conversation ended with her tell me she couldnt deal with me anymore and that I had to phone 015!!!!

Anyway long and the short of it.....

My contract is up in three week so the implication was that I was just after a free upgrade... Explained that no I wanted a working phone so that I could continue my contract until the Kaiser came out and then negotiate a new contract with them.

Told that I could have an early upgrade but definitely not a repair or replacement, now at this point just to be clear they have offered me a Vario II at £240..... Obviously not an option.

Also gave me the T-mobile party line that they only supply the Network service not the phone as its a freebie.... As explained before this means it is not covered under the Sale of Goods act.... But unfortunately for T-mo it is definitely irrefutably covered under the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982.

So here we are valued premium customer or so they tell me, to close to the end of their contract to have their phone repaired or replaced, but only able to "upgrade" at £250 or a significant downgrade.

Consumer rights be damned..

Anyway another letter in to them, threatening small claims court... got a feeling that this time I may just have to get my suit out and dusted down.

Will keep you all updated......

p.s. mymdavariobroke@gmail.com is active again..... if any of you want to add to my little list of affected customers!!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] dominicanodcora:
i have the same problem. but i am using cingular since the mda came out way b4 the 8125. anyhow how can i get tmobile to fix it?? can i?? my brother have tmobile.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yopmania:
Hi guys, i wanna partely debloat my stock rom to make it lighter, but keep some samsung apps.

I found 'root app delete' in playstore, is it a good idea, or better to make manually via TB?

Any advice is welcome, any list of stuff to trash either.

Thanks for ur help
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkAndroid.UK:
I use Titanium to freeze things first before uninstalling and make backups before removing. I found the best way to debloat was to start from scratch; backup apps+data, flash a minimal ROM, minimal gapps, and just install stuff as and when I actually needed to - I have very little running or available that doesn't get used and tons of memory free to use when needed. No Samsung apps to be seen at all.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razvan:
Stock ROM have GApps included, so you can't flash custom GApps only if you want to root and flash custom ROM.

Powered by CM11 M9 snapshot
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkAndroid.UK:
I prefer SlimKAT to others at the moment and I have no issues with it at all. (I have a Slim version 7.4 that is not available generally at the moment - just testing it. The latest 7.2.1 has no reported issues). That is not to say you will like it or that everything will work ok for you, but its fun trying out these things. Most people use other gapps such as PA or BaNkS I think but the Slim gapps I use currently are from the SlimROM web site here.

Just to clarify, SlimKAT has no gapps included at all. It has a basic Nova launcher but very little else in the way of applications.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yopmania:
thanks mate, iam running slimkat for a few days and seems to be very battery friendly.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Browner1975:
Guys, I have unrooted my phone which is a HTC one M8. Somehow i have these files remaining

/system/bin/su

/system/xbin/su

/system/app/Superuser.apk

They seem like they are undeleteable. I can't even drag the icon for supersu installer to uninstall. even using es explorer i locate these files and select them but again won't delete?

Am i doing something wrong? Can anyone Advise.

Thanking you in advance. While these traces remain certain banking apps still think phone is rooted.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wase4711:
unfortunately, you cant remove system files if you are not rooted...
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
Don't do any double posts please!!!!

I'm already trying to help you out in this thread. Impatience will not help you to solve this problem at all.

He can run the unsupersu.zip using a TWRP install. But I think I've already explained to him what to do in the above mentioned thread. JKust don't understand why he's double posting this question.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wase4711:
yeah, I thought he had already restored recovery to stock
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
Yes he did. Helping him in his other thread to get it solved ;)
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burner50:
I have a Sprint T217s with the latest OTA update. Is there anyone who has developed a root for this yet?

I attempted to downgrade to a previous stock firmware, but it broke my wifi.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pilz:
I currently have 2 G3's and I've noticed that my F460S has a more yellow screen than my D850 which is more blue. Is there a good way to adjust the tone to match my D850? The whites on it looked much better, and I would like to change whatever is needed to match it the best that I can. I'll upload some pictures later tonight.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] njd911:
I am about to sell my xperia z2, which is currently running Cyanogenmod 11. Do you think that this will impact the amount I get for the phone in a negative or positive way? Would you recommend I flash the stock sony ROM prior to selling?

thanks
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
Personally if I where selling it I'd offer the buyer the option if selling it privately, or if it's going to a commercial operation stock is probably best.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Bus From Speed:
Many people will outright refuse purchasing custom devices for fear of voided warranty, even if there is no warranty or it is already void.

I'd recommend flashing stock regardless of where you're selling it, or to whom.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _delice_doluca_:
I would make it original as much as possible but if the DRM keys are gone (considering the bootloader is unlocked) I would properly announce that too.

99% stock could crate the perception of 100% stock if not checked enough and that's the responsibility of the buyer to warn about that 1% as many people do care about DRM keys.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xo.en:
Did you try to flash russian "repair rom" with odin? It makes repart in semi-hopeless situations..it differs from newer odin roms, that is.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grundio:
Thank you for your reply.

Never heard of it. I'll give it a try after work.

As far as I can understand, my partition is messed up, my emmc seems to be OK, but I can't flash any rom ( custom or original ), or any recovery...

p.s. Which one is the "russian rom" ? Is it stock SER rom, or some kind of MODDED Rom?

Is it MG2 ?

I tried MB4 - Passed in Odin, but without any change. Still on bootloop, still with CWM recovery.

Next is MG2... Same.

I'll try to downgrade to GB, it's the last thing I can think of.

Any help is much appreciated.

p.p.s TWRP instal with ODIN- no change, still on CW
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xo.en:
Sir, here's the thing(i hope, that link's providing proper rom I am talking about..):

http://d-h.st/AZN

(resumable source)

If this will not work, i'd be worried.

You need to carefully add EVERYTHING to odin.

If it works, you need to - flash any jb you want, then update.zip(temp cwm) and do what you want, you are saved.

I did many stupid things with my machine, and this rom was always an lantern in the dark.

Thing is, that "russian rom" has unique set of files, that seem to heal any ace2 issues after problematic flashes.

Imho, every ace2 user should keep this rom on HDD(day, when it's gone is closer, and closer...keep it on your laptops/desktops, guys).
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grundio:
Downloading... I tried couple of LK6's (one with 1 file, and one with the CODE, PIT and CSC files).

Odin 1.85 states "pass" , while 3.09 stays on RESET!.

It's like the phone rejects anything I'm trying to flash.

I'm going to try with ODIN 1.85;1.86 and 3.09.

Edit: Still on bootloop. :( .

Any other ideas, guys ?

In desperate move, I can try to change the size of the partitions with adb...

p.s. I have trouble finding stock recovery.img to push with adb... Can anyone help ?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xo.en:
So, you did not use my advice? Ok, have a luck.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grundio:
No, I think I did exactly as you told me.

I downloaded the LK6 ROM from the link you gave (3 file rom- pit, csc and code).

I selected them in corresponding way in ODIN, and flashed. IT PASSED.

When the phone restarts, it's still on samsung logo ( left it for about half an hour, just to be sure).

I tried the same procedure with my other Odin versions too... Still on bootloop.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tofueatsbread:
Wipe data in recovery..

E: oh i didn't see 3 part. But still try :/
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grundio:
I can wipe only /boot in recovery. Wipe data;cache;system;partition commands results in error or just with "Formatting.." and blank progress bar.

I am searching recovery.img to flash with adb. If i try to flash recovery in CWM, the screen blinks couple of times and nothing happens.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xo.en:
Now, this is weird...you may try to manually mess with partitions

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2596521

then flash sth with odin(it will repart machine again, so it may fix your problem then).

Btw, it does not matter, if russian rom is not starting, flash newer one after flashing russian.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grundio:
Thanks for your reply. I've looked at the same thread in your link and I'll try it.

I'll try with flashing newer rom after the LK6 too. It's that corrupted CWM recovery that's stuck in the memory that grinds my gears.

I'm still trying to figure out why this happened... I'll post results in couple of days.

Ok, I'm currently trying to repartition the Ace 2...

In the process I get the following error:

print

Error: /dev/block/mmcblk0: unrecognised disk label

The same error with "rm" command...

I think I'm starting to give up on my Ace 2... Everything I tried is a deadend.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grundio:
Hm-m.. That's strange...

I can install Temp CWM 6.0.2.8 (the screen blinks couple of times and it loads). The problem is I still can't mount anything. But it's working smoother than 6.0.4.8 (which I want to get rid of).

Now, I'm searching for .zip TWRP recovery (or even stock recovery .zip) to flash. I tried several types of kernels, but with no luck (the screen freezes/is loading on "Installing zip..." and nothing happens), it still can't mount/format anything in the menu.

Any thoughts ?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grundio:
Dead...

Well, my Ace 2 is completely dead now (no signs of life at all) - no dw/recovery mode, the battery is not charging.

I feel bad for the phone, I really liked it.

Thank's for the help, guys. I appreciate it :good:
[G3 General] samakos:
Hello mates, i was wondering if lg g3 has any factory screen protector like sony z1-z2 because i have its like one week and now without doing anything it has a small scratch on screen, any1 knows anything??
[G3 General] leomd333:
No it doesn't, im running mine naked and have no scratches so far (fingers crossed)
[G3 General] ere1nion:
Mine have one. Maybe not the best one but until I get my nillkin glass one it gonna do the job. And got one with my melkco tpu case. On the top, right side there is a small tab to remove it.
[G3 General] bogdan1980:
Keys destroy any screen

Note 3 rooted knox 1, my last Samsuck crap. I want freedom. Stay away from Samsuck!
[G3 General] gpap2004:
My screen protector is ok but I think I missed some feeling in functionality

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[G3 General] GTCC:
I think the OP is asking if the G3 comes from the factory with a screen protector on it like the anti shatter protector on the Sony Z and Z1

To the OP, no it doesn't come with one from factory.
[G3 General] mathsmart:
Mine came with a screen protector from canada

From Lg G3 "the beast"
[G3 General] Cr4z33:
The device is provided with a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 glass protection.

If you scratched it although that protection you better had then to apply a tempered glass like i.e iCarez or Ultimate Shield instead!

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1
[G3 General] GTCC:
Was it new or second hand because the G3 shouldn't come with one.
[G3 General] trent999:
I installed the iCarez 0.2mm tempered glass protector on mine. Cannot tell its there. The Verizon shipping plastic was getting rather chewed up.