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[Touch HD General] CarpeNoctum:
FYI:

The official service in Greece (ACE Hellas) has communicated to its customers that has received an order from HTC to replace for free (under guarantee) all devices that have stripping problems on the black glossy finish. Of course the question is whether they will be willing to replace any devices with the same problem in one year in the guarantee but that remains to be seen.

So if you have any paint stripping marks that are not self inflicted go to your retailer or your country's official HTC service and request a free repair. If they ask for money explain them the situation. Since the Greek HTC service has the order to treat these issues for free, so should all other European HTC services.
[Touch HD General] schreda:
Woow i didn't thougt that most of this ppl here (or some ;-) ) have this problem.. but i really take care of my HD i have no scratces but now i have a little "hole" in the houseing
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
It has been a month since I used it, and it still look exactly the same as the day I received it. No special care needed. I just use a screen protector and silicon case for normal protection.
[Touch HD General] zoomee:
my paints come off 2 - thats after my little one got her grubby mitts on it and scraped it across a stone fireplace :eek: :mad::mad::mad:
[Touch HD General] RaymondScrott:
After 6 week of fairly careful handling just one slight scratch (may be a me) about 2mm long. Touched in a couple of days ago with a black CD/DVD type writer pen and it is barely visible - although you can still feel it.

Also just wondered whether anyone is going to strip all the paint off - is it a matt aluminium finish?
[Touch HD General] nikki-m:
I got mine the week it was released in the UK. I have taken the utmost care of it at all times, and it is always put away its the pouch when not in use.

I have just started having the paint chipping off on the LHS of the screen.

I am so disappointed with this, and have become the laughing stock of the Iphone owners in the office
[Touch HD General] hkfriends:
my HD is starting to paint-stripping... so I use a plastic ruler (or my finger nail) to scratch out all the paint, then using a cloth (for silver cleaning) to wipe it over and over... now something unbelievable, it got a shinny outlook - still in black color.

so don't worry about the paint, it just a coding for the "black" plastic case. you can wipe it out and still a beautiful balck plastic phone. :D
[Touch HD General] HTC Clone:
Mine didn't peel but i see hairline scratches on the glossy areas when i put it under light. I keep mine in a pouch and was very careful to ensure that i'm not wearing any kind of jewellery. bummer..
[Touch HD General] RaymondScrott:
@hkfriends. Interesting any chance of a photo?
[Touch HD General] sypher01:
they recognized the problem...

Yeah, they recognized the problem now; the indian or whatever race was teh guy that answered me read to me a note from htc where they were to get them back and repair under warranty.

this is for me in italy at least ...

so;

greece + 1

italy +1 ..

guess its true that its for at least all europe.

shipping it back as soon as i change the spl and rom back to normal ...
[Touch HD General] chak209:
UK not so accommodating!

After several emails and telephone conversations with HTC regarding the paint stripping issue, HTC agreed to look at the phone and give me a decision on if this will be covered via the warranty.

They have just got back to me and they want to charge £134 since the outer area is connected to the screen, so that would have to be replaced also.

I have told the UK office to escalate this, since I will pursue this at small claims court for the cost of the phone or the repair. I seriously doubt that the repair will resolve this, unless they have changed the paint / material.

I'll let you know. BBC's watchdog may be covering this, if it does not get sorted.
[Touch HD General] sleby:
mine is 849 and after 1 month of use still in perfect condition. i always carry it in included pouch.
[Touch HD General] Meza1:
I'm gutted, I've been treating mine so carefully in it's little pouch for a couple of months. Now I've just got a chunky scratch at the bottom of the bezel - must have got it when someone else put it in the charging cradle at the wrong angle. What a bad bit of design!

I'm so disappointed!
[Touch HD General] kao123:
Ok, it's happening again, I had the paint stripping issue on my HD, sent it to HTC and it was repaired under warranty, only had to pay for P&P, I got the HD back from them in late December (23rd I think) and today I have just noticed that the paint is once again starting to strip from it :mad:

I have been using this HTC case since day one:

http://www.expansys.com/zoompic.aspx?type=item&i=160657

I have to say it's starting to bug me now, has anyone else who has had theirs replaced or fixed experienced the same thing?

Btw, the paint is stripping in a different area compared to the first time it happened so it's not something I am doing all the time!
[Touch HD General] Geeba:
How have you got on???

I'm in the UK and doing the same... happy to help on the watchdog thing!

Not happy at all with this... I have a good mind to stop my contract with Orange and drag it throuh a court... my phone barely gets used and the paint is jumping off it like rats on a sinkin ship!!! :mad:
[Touch HD General] chak209:
After reiterating my plans regarding small claims and watchdog, they have now agreed to repair the unit within warranty. His words were "we don't want you to go to small claims court", and passed it for escalation - they got the green light to repair it in warranty by the end of the day - presumably from HTC's head office (or a manager)

He also claimed that in all instances they have not had any re-occurrence of this problem after it was repaired. However it would seem that this is not always the case after reading Kao123's post.

I've ordered a silicone case, I'm not taking anymore chances with the unit, but as I stated they say this issue is now resolved.

The fact that they initially said it was my fault, was conveniently forgotten by them.

However in your case I suspect you will have to deal with orange, I bought my phone sim free from a retailer, hence my direct dealings with HTC.
[Touch HD General] Geeba:
Orange are being useless! :mad: they say its wear and tear and if I have any problems I have to take it up with HTC directly.
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
I have the chance to look at two iphones of my friends just recently and noticed that the aluminium cases at the back are badly scratched in both of them. One of my friends explained that he got the scratch before started using the silicon case to completely cover the phone. The point I'm making is, without proper protection, no device can stay new looking.

Many of you may be using pouches, etc, but that leaves the unit vulnerable to wear and tear while holding it, while putting it down on tables, etc. Therefore, you might want to consider stop using this approach.

So I think a better way is to use silicon skin case to completely protect the unit EVEN while using it. Of course, we still have to be careful when inserting USB cable to the unit, making sure we don't fumble around and scratch the paint around the USB port in the process (which was what happened to my Athena, as I frequently tried to insert the charger in the dark before going to sleep).

Mine is a month and a half now and the paintwork is 100% perfect still. I attribute it mainly to having put on the screen protector in front and silicon case for the rest of the phone.

This is what I use

http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Touch-HD-Si...toQQcmdZViewItem?refid=store#ebayphotohosting

Hope this helps.
[Touch HD General] Geeba:
Mines been in silicone skin since the first week I had it... screen protector too, but the paint is still coming off it... this is not my main phone ether.. I have a company phone so it barely gets used, I have a Nokia that got slung everywhere from the dash of my car to coat pokets and travel bags.... 5 years barely a mark.... although the chips on mine are maybe only 2-3mm long and theres only 5 of them (3 round the screen and USB - stylus area) its starting to look very shabby.
[Touch HD General] afhstingray:
mines 852 , so not a very early production model i guess, but there are two tiny paint flakes. i dont mind for now, since they are very tiny and not noticable unless i look for it. it looks almost like the paint bubbled off :|

i hope it dosent get worse
[Touch HD General] chak209:
I understand what you are saying, however as Geeba has mentioned, I have had several phones over the years and none have displayed this problem. With the HD the paint literally starts to peel off usually starting in a small area and deteriorating after "normal" use - as in taking calls etc.

I have also not had any issues with the back of the phone since most of it is not the black gloss paint, granted the backs of phones can be damaged easily if not cared for, but this is around the screen area generally, which gets very little exposure apart from normal handling.

The fact that we have to protect the phone from extra careful handling is ludicrous, the material should be at least normal usage friendly - which it clearly is not, and it seems that HTC is slowly coming to realise that, otherwise they would not be repairing these "damaged" units in warranty.
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Hmm.. so your damage is around the screen area? I assume it is at the edge of the screen protector, right?

Well, if you use the Silicon case, that part of the phone is completely hidden by the case... so I think the problem due to knocking against hard object etc should not happen with such protection.

The only places that I think scratches could take place is only the USB area and the stylus area by the USB and stylus itself.

I know eveyone is different, but I don't find using a silicon case to be "extra careful handling" at all. I pretty much put it on and use the phone in a fairly rough way. Only thing I try to remember is not to put coins and keys or other hard objects into the same pocket.
[Touch HD General] Geeba:
It will... thats how mine started... a flake.. looked like a bit of dirt... it was only when I wiped it off I noticed it was paint... I now have three round the top screen edge of the bezel... you could easily scrap more of it off with nothing more than a finger nail.....
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Geeba,

Are you able to post some photos on the damage? I'm curious as to how it could still happen with silicon case protection since those areas are completely hidden from the element. Although if we push a hard obect against the edge, the silicon could slide away and expose those parts.
[Touch HD General] chak209:
A speck of paint came off on my hand (finger) when I switched the unit on, and it got progressively worse after that. It was certainly not subject to any "knocking against hard object", it happened on day two of owning the device.

I should not need a silicone case to protect it against my finger turning the unit on. Granted it may not have happened with a silicon case, but it would mean that everyone who owns one of these units would have to get a case just to protect it from normal use. It's crazy.

As I said HTC would not be repairing these units under warranty is this was not a fault, and it was normal wear and tear.

Do you really think that everyone here would be fighting this if it was a matter of us knocking the units about, then going though all this hassle to get the issue resolved, I simply could not be bothered, it's the fact that it cost me £500, two days later, the paint comes away on my hand when switching the unit on.

It's clearly not affecting everyone who owns one, but from what I have read here and elsewhere it's an increasing amount of users, who have all stated similar usage patterns and resulting paint problems.
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Sorry to hear that it happened just two days after owning it. I feel for you and it must be terribly upsetting.

I think HTC should have given the silicone case free in the standard package if you ask me. It is a cheap and effective protection against damage.
[Touch HD General] chak209:
Yes that would have been an answer. Interestingly, HTC are releasing their own silicon case at the end of Feb - I wonder why :P

Here's the details.... http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=176956 - Very expensive compared to third party ones.
[Touch HD General] hkfriends:
OK, I post two pic here, I'm still have a little around USB port not yet remove the paint, but you can see the difference later

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3201764#post3201764
[Touch HD General] ModernMuseum:
That second picture is CRAAAZY.

If someone has balls enough and is experienced in this area, they should attempt to paint the phone with plastic friendly paint upon initial receipt and see what kind of results they get. Hell, if I could get my hands on one, I'd probably try it myself.
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
You mean you actually deliberately scratch out the paint? Do you find the color even and attractive after that though? My guess is that you would not find it easy to remove everything without causing ugly scratches to the remaining surface, or may be I'm wrong.

Can you post another photo after you have completed scratching all the paint off?:D
[Touch HD General] ztealth:
Does anyone know which batch of Touch HD this problem affects the most?

I really want one, but am really concerned about paint scrapping off....I am very big on aesthetics.

Does the silicon case cover the frame?
[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
Yes, it does. It will overlap into the screen protector. Covers even the power button and volume rocker. Opening for the headphone jack, camera, back speaker, USB port and the stylus.

The most vulnerable area will be be IMO the USB port. As you know it is not always easy to insert in the USB port smoothly. The fiddling around could result in the sharp edges of USB port scrapping the paint off device.
[Touch HD General] grigsound:
Still no problems at all after more than 4 months:cool:. Using it every day without any protection, but the default screencover that came with it. By the way, if this is usefull to someone, the serial on my "stone" is HD844xxx.
[Touch HD General] Fallen Spartan:
Had mine for 6 months roughly and I have a few scratches around the phone, nothing thats gonna bug me though. My main concern is the bloody finger prints all over the screen!!:mad:
[Touch HD General] dboy998:
You got a link linkety link link for this fella ?

Been looking for a good side pouch and been struglling to be honest.
[Touch HD General] PeterGuru:
Mfg. Dates in Serial Numbers? Wrong!

I'm not sure where many of you people are getting your information regarding the serial number and the date of manufacture.

My HD has a serial number beginning with HT929. According to many of you, this would correspond to week 29 of 2009, which, of course, would be impossible.

Just my 2-cents worth.

P.S. I've had mine for about two months now, and absolutely NO marks anywhere. :):p
[Touch HD General] ch4v4l1f3:
To be honest i've had mine for a few months and it looks like my old nokia 5110, it has chunks missing everywhere and a few scuffs and scratches in the middle of the screen, not sure how ive done these but its the only htc ive had this problem with. I've now been blocked due to work going bust and killing my contract (yes the touch hd was bought by me... but they dont care) so i may just go back to my SE P1i :(
[Touch HD General] Mittaa:
Still no problems after > 2 months

Paint stripping was my biggest concern and nearly keept me from buying HTC HD.

Now after more than 2 month of intensive use ... no paint stripping and not a single scratch :)

Keep in my jeans pocket

without

keys, coins or whatever and use screenprotection from HTC.

Love this device
[Touch HD General] morgin187:
buy a screen protector

theyre cheap around a £1 for 2-3. they protect the screen and easy to replace. ive had mine for 4 months dropped it a few times kept it in my pocket with loose change, key etc... and it still looks new. when i replace the screen protector its looks brand gleeming new
[Huawei Watch GT 3] Ctoledo:
My Huawei watch GT3 performs perfectly in any external activities, but when I switch to Bicicle... it records time and pulse, but not distance, velocity, etc...

Is there any fix to that ?

Best regards.
[General Questions and Answers] bookworth:
removed - the reason - moderator is not able to understand sarcasm.
[Amazfit] Elton_ba:
I bought the Amazfit GTR 3 which worked fine for 3 days until I had a problem with the measurements. Oximeter, sleep, stress were some that stopped. Heartbeat works once in a lifetime when the clock is on. The sensor (green light) rarely lights up.

Unless I'm mistaken, only the step count and standing hours are working correctly.

Whenever I try to measure I get the message:

"Use the device correctly while measuring" Scrolling down, there's a mini tutorial telling you to keep watch on your wrist, wrists clean and blah blah blah. I do everything that is asked and I keep having problems.

It's too frustrating.

Has anyone had this problem?

Is there some sort of setting to adjust this?

Note: I have already reset the clock to factory defaults. I deleted Zepp and installed it again. I put some previous versions of Zepp and nothing. Measurements continue without happening and the error message appears again.View attachment 5627961
[Amazfit] Diginix:
If you tried all reset options and maybe test the measurement on another persons arm (e.g. with less hairs) without success, then i would say it is a hardware problem.
[Amazfit] Elton_ba:
I tested it on my wife's arm (no hair) and it didn't work.

I have already activated the warranty, but the support from Amazfit is terrible.

I've been waiting for an answer for 1 week and still nothing.
[Palm Treo Pro] givagyn:
my palm treo 680 dead

with batery, say screen PALM. loading . . . . .

after loading, phone freeze and scren and keys blinking white.

no conect with usb cable.

how to enter treo680 bootloader mode, how to repair. .. please help-me
[Palm Treo Pro] sschlesinger:
I have no Idea, but you are posting in the treo pro section in case you didn't know. Anyways hard reset is all i have to say. You might want to google what ever your trying to fix. or goto treocentral.com they should have a forum for your device. Click the link and it will take you to the 680 forums.

http://discussion.treocentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=87

Any mods out there that feel they should close or lock this post feel free too.
[Palm Treo Pro] givagyn:
problem resolved,, key volum - pess.hold
[Palm Treo Pro] justx24:
thanks works fine

Thanks man ...solution works fine

justx24
[Palm Treo Pro] biopig:
I have the same problem that my Treo 680 cannot boot, the booting screen sticks. Did you mean I should press and hold both the volume key while inserting battery? But it doesn't work at all. :confused::confused:Any detailed solution is appreciated!
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[POCO M4 Pro 5G, Redmi Note 11S (Opal), 11T (India)] AndroidBeaver:
Hey everyone, I have a problem. I hope someone can help me.

When I try to install some games from the Google play store, or I want to use Audible and get the same error, I get an error that this application requires SD storage. But I can't add any SD card as I use both sim slots.

(I do have free memory on my phone, 83 GB free)

Is there any option to solve it / bypass it?

My phone:

Poco M4 Pro 5G

MIUI Global 12.5.7
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LexonBlackzz:
I've been trying to find some information if the bootloader of it is unlocked, but I can't find that anywhere. Does anyone know if it is unlocked or do I have to unlock it?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ulumia:
On the Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 and S5830i Root rights are set from STOCK recovery

I don't think they have locked the bootloader on the Ace 2.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Questions & Answers] koliadazt:
hello guys, I managed to run ubuntu touch on redmi 8, but there are some problems (since I took boot.img from redmi 7 archives touchscreen dont work, but work rotation, and it reacts to pressing the volume and off buttons)
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Questions & Answers] fonzacus:
there was an attempt not too long ago. many issues were kernel side as the team decided to try using a new halium version. it might take me a while to actually find the link
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Prasanna_16:
Hi, I want to port oxygen OS 12 from Oneplus 8T for my Redmi note 10 pro. I've been using the already ported oxygen os 11 in my Redmi note 10 pro. I've been looking for oxygen os 12 port since Mi released MIUI 13. After I searched, I realized that only Oxygen os 11 is available currently. So, I was looking at how to port rom guides. But that doesn't help me as the oxygen os rom I downloaded doesn't have an updater-script file. I extracted the payload.bin file which contains boot.img file. I've even patched that file. But due to the updater-script file missing, I can't port the Rom. Can you kindly help me to port the oxygen os 12?

I am also a noob in porting. So, kindly help me.

I've searched for many guides but all are a bit outdated(maybe).

The oos 12 rom which I used was downloaded from here:

Oneplus 8T OOS12
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] faultydiode:
That Oxygen OS 11 is official or not, have you faced any issues. Is it okay to use on redmi note 10 pro?
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] LynxAli:
Did you find any guide Brother?
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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] matt_jackson:
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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] BassX:
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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] spiderdragon:
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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Krzysiec:
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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] hukje01:
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