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[XPERIA X1 General] noTHINGface:
I also want people to see this! I'm gonna post a link to this thread, annoys the snot out of me when companies do this sort of thing. Of course, it's their forum and their rules but it still bugs me :-)
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
UPDATE: the phone they gave to me today - the screen doesnt work - so i had to ring them by not being able to see the screen using the keyboard - they said they are deffinatley sending a new one tomorrow - she spoke to the warehouse and said that it will be in brand new packaging and it will be either "Brand new" or "brand new but returned because it didnt get delivered" - she actually seemed for real so hopefully everything will be okay after tomorrow
[XPERIA X1 General] artesea:
I doubt the phone will be NEW as Vodafone haven't had stock of the X1 for several months now.
[XPERIA X1 General] Shadowdh:
Good god... and good luck... let us know...!!
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
Goodluck, I hate when people give you used stuff.
[XPERIA X1 General] safdl:
Hate you upset you even more BUT..........wait for it...........

there is no such thing as email complaints. You have to actually write in!! trust me on that, to the best of my knowledge not a single provider has email complaints. Its all written correspondence.
[XPERIA X1 General] safdl:
Also the X1 is discontinued on voda!! im pretty sure on that, so i dont know where the new phone is coming from
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
Well they only f*cked up even more - the man delivered two packages today - both in the red box- both of them not new - neither of them in the blue original xperia box that i was promised - FFS how long can this go on!
[XPERIA X1 General] stormlv:
This might seem like a stupid question, but why do you keep on asking for deliveries, etc...bla bla

I'd go in person to an authorized Vodaphone dealer, or to the store I got the phone from and demand a new one, and not leave until they have replaced it.

All this calling, emailing **** seems frivolous. Just money and time wasted.

It's obvious they're just messing with you and have no intent of really delivering.
[XPERIA X1 General] ratchetnclank:
Go smash down one of their radio masts. That'll get their attention.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
i've had even more problems in the store before - phone broke and took them 6 weeks to get it back.... until one day i got sick of it went into the shop said give me a new one now blah blah blah they said "we havent got any in stock we have none to give you" so i made more of a fuss untiul they finally said "oh wait there is one in stock" they are just as bad

grrr no 1 can help me - ima get through to the person who organized this for me and give her a piece of my mind - being aggressive is the only way to get what you want otherwise they will keep ripping and conning u off
[XPERIA X1 General] stormlv:
:(

Man that sucks...People/Companies like them just take all the fun out of what should be an enjoyable experience.

Anyway, I think you're right. Being aggressive is the way to go unfortunately, especially when they keep doing this to you.

I feel for you man!
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
The new x1 - the top of the screen dont respond to touch - grr - on phone now to someome - sounds like he might actually be able to help me but im not getting my hopes up - spent so much time on the phone now at least like 2-3 houres a day - getting ridiclious
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
On phone again to the woman she is rly sorry and shes gunna send a definate brand new one out asap - she said to me that their system is bugged and its been deleting stuff or something - thats so poor for such a big company
[XPERIA X1 General] Shadowdh:
Carphonewarehouse (which is not strictly a provider I know but still) has email complaints. Worked quite well for me...
[XPERIA X1 General] Shadowdh:
Believe it when you see it mate... I have a friend who is with vodamoan and he has had someone try to get an upgrade on his account a few times and each time vodaphoney has sworn black and blue to fix it but still has not... he is needless to say pissed and is cancelling his contract with them...
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
I only used vodafone because they were the first ones to have the X1 in stock as well - but what will writing in and complaining do? someone yesterday offered £10 as compensation when i made a big fuss - i'd rather have not spent so much time dealing with this then have £10..... still - i'll keep in contact with the woman and hopefully she will actually get it sorted cause she said she is doing it through a different system.
[XPERIA X1 General] fards:
Put it in writing to VF that you want the entire issue resolved within 7 days.

You must make it clear :

That they entered into a contractual agreement with you for both provision of service and for insurance and that they have broken those terms..

Make It absolutely clear that you will not accept a reconditioned second hand x1 as that isn't what the insurance is sold as.. and that's all you've been offered.

highlight that you've been mislead, and have recorded phone calls to service operatives (I hope you highlighted that you were recording the call, maybe you just so happened to say it when you were put on hold ;P )

make sure it is sent recorded delivery..

then Go and speak to your trading standards office at your local authority..

You have to give VF "reasonable timeframe" to respond, hence the 7 days..

but after that Trading standards should take over for you.. They are usually very good, and most of the guys working in the departments love playing "with the bigboys"...

I wouldn't trust any claims "that the systems been deleting stuff"

For the record I've found business customer support pretty good at VF, except I keep getting locked out of my web account.. which is annoying

and they still dont want to know about the crap coverage at home, even though it says I should get good coverage on their website.

Ive just got two free 3 payg sims, tempted to bung a top up on them occassionally and use it for £10 p/m netaccess as I got full HSPDA reception as soon as I tried it..

sometimes (when I've had a call drop because I've lost signal in the house) I'm tempted to buy my way out of VF contract altogether and just use a payasyougo 3 sim..
[XPERIA X1 General] stormlv:
Btw...I don't think the fact that you have recorded phone calls will help very much, since you should have informed them first that you were recording the calls, or have a court order letting you do an "undercover up".

But, yea definitely put everything in writing!
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
They dont have the X1 in stock.

the x1 page has been removed from their website......

have they discontinued it? im starting to think so but the woman on the phone says she doesnt think so - got another refurbished one today (yay) covered in fluff and crap - she is going to ring me when the X1 comes in stock if it ever does if it doesnt then i can choose a new phone from a similar range.... since the x1 is the only windows mobile phone they have it doesnt look like im going to be doing that - the only other option is the HTC Magic.....

i'll wait though - hopefully it WILL come in stock and i will be sent a brand new one - but my hopes arent high since it has been deleted from their website......

so if it doesnt come in stock ima have to make do with a dam refurbished one which makes my whole battle against them pointless or get a different one (no other win mob ones tho)

Grrr :(
[XPERIA X1 General] safdl:
Hi mate,

As i said earlier in my posts, the X1 is discontinued. VF wont have any stock of that handset.

They are a **** company!! personally the only way to get their attention is post on their support forum. Those guys will respond and will try to get your issue sorted asap as its in the public domain.
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
surely this is not the end of the road :(

Have you considered asking them to do a replacement from a store that does have some in stock? Sureley a voda store near you will have one even if the depo doesnt

You should push this and see if they can do it.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
Yea - i'll contact her again and ask her if she can arrange that for me - otherwise - im stuck no?

unless i get them to cancell the contract and go over to 02
[XPERIA X1 General] donpepe23:
@comeradealexi:

"Mein Kampf...." hope it doesn't end up like this... But for Vodaphone it is "ends over means" ... you have a contract, you spend money, everything is "fine"
[XPERIA X1 General] theoverseer:
Let me get this straight, your phone insurance is with Vodafone?

If I where you mate, I'd find another phone insurer. I've got mine with my bank account (LloydsTSB), when I've claimed on my last 2 phones I got a cash refund on the first (more than what the phone was worth, lol) and a new replacement on the other.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
really?

wow how much do you pay for that per month?
[XPERIA X1 General] sdemon:
Strange that Voda does not carry the X1 anymore. Here in the Netherlands all voda shops still have the X1 in stock....
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
Barclays can do that with me for £14 pm also include a lot of other deals like holiday insurance and gadget cover for the same amount all included in £14 pm

sure other banks will do deals
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
sweet! might cancell mine with vodafone then!

tomorrow here is what im going to do - ring vodafone - try to get an x1 from a local store brand new if they dont have any in stock then i will try and get them to order one specifically for me - if cant do that i will make them cancell my contact because the only reason i started my phone contact with them was to get the x1.... so without that it defeats the purpose
[XPERIA X1 General] artesea:
but under your insurance terms you are not entitled to a new handset. Yes you should expect a full working one and have a right to complain if a reconditioned phone is faulty/badly scratched, and if they don't have a supply of the model you can expect to get a phone of a similar value, but your contract with Vodafone is for airtime only, not to use an X1.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
i really got no choice then - there is 1 scratch on this 1 on the back - i think i will have to make do with this one - otherwise this will never end and i could end up with an even worse phone!
[XPERIA X1 General] Shadowdh:
Soooo how did it go then, or did you stop at the scratched phone?
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
Yep :(

noticed the battery a bit funny so they said they'd send me a new 1 out - gunna make do with a few scratches - its the best they had - either way im never going to be able to get a new one from them since they dont sell it any more - got two reasons for that too:

"There were so many problems with the phone and so many were sent back it was not viable to keep selling it"

other reason

"Sony Ericsson no longer make this phone so we cant sell it"

Either way im not gunna get a new x1 - still - at least i got one :) Didnt turn out how i wanted to but it could have gone on and on for ages and i just couldnt be bothered to spend hours on end waiting on hold with their dam annoying phone calls - i think in total about 6 different people still owe me calls back all of which were managers.....
[XPERIA X1 General] RatCatcher:
Weird, I rang up Voda this afternoon and they're sending me a returned model. I'm assured it will be no more than 14 days old and checked to be in good condition. As long as it's fully functional and not in lousy condition, I'm quite happy. Can't wait to start playing!
[XPERIA X1 General] meeporox:
they are offering htc touch pro2 for business customers now. May be you can try to ask them to offer you htc touch pro 2 as a replacement. ;)
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
That really sucks, why dont you just get a full refund and save money for the X2?

Yeah sure X2 is not as good looking on the keyboard and on the battery cover, but it looks way more functional.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
X1 is the only WM Device they sell / dont sell!

Im on contract so i am not sure if they will let me - although i did pay £150 when i first got my contract for the phone so i will ring them up and see what they say - if the offer me £500 (which i doubt they will) not sure if i should take it because i'd have no phone till the x2 is released!
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
On the bright side i got my new battery today and they didnt take the old one back so now i have two :)
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
so where do you stand now?

Any conclusion to all this?
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
end result:

Vodafone dont sell or have any new x1's

i have to keep the refurbished one in "decent" condition and got sent a spare battery because the one that came with it seemed to drain quickly.

so i didnt end up getting a new phone :(
[XPERIA X1 General] mtechfan:
Wow, I see I am not alone in experiencing the SE trained liar squad.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4895802#post4895802
[Mogul, XV6800 General] mchav23:
Hi I tried downloading the new Rom and was not able to flash properly. the alltel page was not coming up, now my phone is in bootloader mode can anyone help me restore my phone please:(
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] chester-lad-2009:
Hi all ive got a xda mini s and its unlocked (i think) when i put 02 sim in it works ok sends textes and rings in and out

but when i put a orange sim card it rings in and out but wont let me send texts?

says phone not ready wait 15 seconds and try again

its running windows 6.1 .

thanks in advance
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] chester-lad-2009:
i have looked around and found that my radio rom maybe the fault the current one is 02.07.10 ?

does any one agree with me or am i going down the wrong path?

also if its the radio rom what do i upgrade to

thanks in advance
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] chester-lad-2009:
Ive fixed it now ive upgraded the radio rom to 3.02.11 working good so far .
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Zero|Cool:
Hello everybody. I bought a used as new vodafone v1605 on ebay, I have just received it and everything seems to be working fine except for the camera. When I press the button it says something about wrong shortcut (and I already wnet to the buttons and changed to camera again). When I go to the camera through the menus and select the camera aplication it doesn't open! I tried with both WM 5 from vodafone and WM6.5 and the same situation happens. What can I do?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Nitrius:
Would this be possible to get in a .cab or something? Using a English rom, but i would really like a software keyboard with the Norwegian letters like æøå.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 1337_V1k1n6:
me too.. me too!!

.. and t9 if possible :)

EDIT: (Found it)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=426281&highlight=norwegian+keyboard
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 1337_V1k1n6:
Does anyone know where I can find this for 6.5 roms? Ezinput does not seem to work.
[Touch 3G General] godlim98:
Hi,

I wonder if anyone experience the same problem like me where the 3G icon sometimes look smaller and nice looking, but sometimes look bigger and ugly.

I have flash my rom with the latest shipped rom which i downloaded from HTC official website, and this problem still unsolved..

I have spb shell v3.0.1 installed in my jade.

Can anyone advise me please...

Thanks in advance.

Vincent
[Touch 3G General] Qabooz:
i think what you mean is this:

the icon 3g can change into a larger 3g- a G only- or an E. This happens according to the signal strength you recieve from your network (or so).

However, it is nothing bad. It happens automatically.
[Touch 3G General] godlim98:
Hi Qabooz,

Thanks for your advise.

Cheers.
[Touch 3G General] azahidi:
Actually sometimes, 3G can change to 3G of different graphics, especially when you customise the phcanoverbmp.dll. To understand where the graphics come from, follow this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=441829
[Touch 3G General] godlim98:
Hi Azahidi,

Thanks a lot for your advice!

Vincent
[G1 General] elvences:
Ok let me see if I can explain my problem right. I got an android locked to t-mobile USA I am planning to but an unlock code for this phone but the problem that I encountered before buying the code is this this phone come with an application that when it start up it asks you to to set up your gmail account but I am in mexico I am not interested in having a gmail account how can I delete this application or stop it or skip it otherwise I am not going to be able to use the phone what can I do I like this phone but it is useless in the state that it is help
[G1 General] Dharkaron:
Not having a gmail account means you wont be able to use the market, your contacts wont sync, the included calendar app wont work very well. There may be other issues as well.

Do you hate google or what? A gmail account is free.
[G1 General] elvences:
no thats not the reason I dont hate google it is just that at the moment when my android turns on it start up with this message

Setting up your T-Mobile G1 I tried to register but it wont register and I can not even use the phone functions the android stays on trying to register this what I do

i try to register then a message comes up that says that it may take up to five minutes but after a while another message show up and it says

there is a problem comunicating with google servers

this could be a temporary problem or your sim card may not be provioned for data services. If it continues call customer service

well the bottom line I really want to use this phone but how can I get pass this registering bull

here in mexico we run into this problems all the time our cell carriers suck basically i just want to be able to use the phone functions only if anyone can help I will apreciate it.
[G1 General] breaultm:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=452316

You may need to downgrade to RC29 depending on what version your phone is currently running.

Also, I'm not sure if your carrier, or any at all, block by IMEI if a phone is reported stolen. I'm not accusing you of stealing, but, you know...
[G1 General] skri11a:
Ok... Long story short:

The G1 is a "google" phone and is dependant on data services and a google account to operate. That being said, the only way you can work around this without having a solid data connection (through your cell provider) is to go the process to root your phone and use one of the builds that allows you to skip google registration. I know TheDude's build lets you, I'm not sure which other builds do. By skipping the sign-in process you would still be able to use wireless internet to get your phone to sync with google once you turn on wifi.

Of course, your phone will have to be unlocked if it's not already.

I suggest you look at the development forum and start reading the links from the "round-up" sticky on the very top.
[G1 General] elvences:
Thank you everybody for your quick responses but it seems that i am still stuck in the setting your account bull.- i try to root my android but i can even get to format my m sd card as a follow instruction in how to root phone it says to wait until mount show up on my screen how am i suppose to do that when my phone wont get past the setting up account screen can i format m sd card with adapter and then load the rc29 and put it back on my android and follow the rest of the intructions will that work i dont want to try it just like that has anyone else done like this is this going to brick my android.
[G1 General] skri11a:
Yes, if you have a card reader you could put the dreaimg.nbh, update.zip and recovery on your sd card and never have to mount your phone to the pc.
[G1 General] SolemnWishing:
Or just use another device with a memory card reader or writer. Or even better, install ADB, go into the recovery window by pressing home+power and on your computer enter the ADB interface and type in

adb mount /sdcard/

adb push (location of firmware).nbh /sdcard/

and voila.
[G1 General] elvences:
Hey I downloaded android-sdk-windows-1.5_r2 isnt this file suppose to have everything I need to work in my android but it doesnt where is ADB at and I am suppose to have and update zip and restore it doesnt say anything about that in development. I am liking this but it seems difficult but thats why I like it just show me where this files are at and I promise that I will at least brick my android lol not really but I hope I get it working. Well this are the instructions in how to root.

Format your phone's SD card to FAT32 mode:

Hook your phone up to your computer using a USB cable and then wait for the notification to show up in your title bar of your phone.

Click the notification, and then click "Mount".

A new removable disk should show up on your computer. Right click it and select Format, and select FAT32 as the file system type.

Download and unzip the RC29 or RC7 image file. Copy the DREAMIMG.nbh file to the SD card. (RC29 for US, RC7 is for UK)

Turn the device power off.

Hold Camera button, and press Power button to entry bootloader mode. You should see a gray/white screen with instructions to flash your phone with the update on your SD card. If you don't see that, make sure you followed the instructions properly.

As per the on-screen instructions, press the Power button to start upgrade procedure. DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS.

After it is finished, perform the restart your phone.

see it doesnt say that I need and update zip and a recovery. But I might be wrong so where are this files at
[G1 General] t1n0m3n:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=442480

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=455860

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=502010

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=517874

I have cut to the chase and given you the direct links in the stickies that you were supposed to have already read if you were following the very good advice from skri11a.

After reading this, you should have all of the knowledge you need to make your phone work... If not, come back here and we can clarify any further questions.

If you continue to refuse to help yourself, there is a good chance that this thread will be locked, closed, fired, deleted, or shot into space.
[G1 General] elvences:
Well I am back after reading and trying all that I have to say and I am probably going to get this thread close is this. I can get adb to run I downloaded sdk copied to C installed drivers for my android and nothing happens. I also tried using a memory adapter and formated my sd to fat 32 and then copied DREAIMGRC29 and then tried to run it and nothing happen I am the dummest person in the world.
[G1 General] nolageek:
I don't think this is the phone for you. Just sayin.
[G1 General] hamshu:
Did you happen to rename/extract the DREAIMGRC29? It needs to be the DREAIMG.NBH. Also "Dumbest" not "Dummest".
[G1 General] mrcrs:
to unlock your g1......... CALL T-MOBILE!

it will be free, so don't go buying into those sites on the net.

also, go HERE

most or all of you modding, hacking, and basic information will be answer by reading that guide.
[G1 General] hamshu:
He can't, he is in Mexico.
[G1 General] mrcrs:
he still can call.

and i'll even list the number: 1-800-937-8997.

all they need is the IMEI number, then they give the correct unlock code contingent on that.

and it'll be obvious that he's in mexico and needs his g1 to be unlock, so i'm sure they'll supply that code for him.

granted he's been with tmo for 90 days or more.
[G1 General] elvences:
This is a great phone and it is for me aned I going to get to the bottom of this even if I end up bricking my phone.(I can not use it so if I brick it will have the same use)
[G1 General] elvences:
My man well since english is not my first language I apologize for any mistakes in my writing but you still got my point. And yes I did extract the file and its name is DREAIMG.NBH BUT WHEN I TRY TO RUN IT WONT.
[G1 General] corp769:
What do you mean? I have a quick question for you though, who is your carrier, and do you have the proper APN set up?