I think I've been driving everyone crazy with my questions about concerning my streaks restart loop.
I have tried everything I can think of to fix it and it's not working so I'm thinking maybe I should call in the warranty.
I of course have rooted my streak as I upgraded it to 2.1 then 2.2 then 2.2.2 then streakdroid then gingerstreak then back to 2.2. Does that mean I can't use the warranty?
I did purchase a squaretrade warranty as well and that's an option. I think they have a 50 dollar deductible though.
What says the mighty XDA community?
You have posted before you can get very small periods of normal operation. Try getting it back to stock (for AT&T either 340 or 353), if you get there turn it off, call Dell technical support and walk them through your issues. Most likely will get a refurb unit. Was pretty painless for me, 20 - 30 minutes talking to them and two days later FEDEX is dropping off refurb unit. I have one already due to power switch and wife because 30 pin went bad, and from looks of it going to call them again about the wife's. Anyway point being, get to official stock and RMA your Streak. Good Luck.
PS. Don't do your co-pay unless you really have too, Dell will replace free of charge as long as you are under warranty.
vanemburghj said:
You have posted before you can get very small periods of normal operation. Try getting it back to stock (for AT&T either 340 or 353), if you get there turn it off, call Dell technical support and walk them through your issues.
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I think I have it back to stock, but I recall tethering and wifi hotspot being in the build which means it couldn't be stock, right??
Good question am on 1.9.1, won't be home to later to look at wife's stock ROM to answer. Hopefully another user can answer shortly, if not I will make point to answer.
I agree with vanemburghj. Call dell and troubleshoot for a bit, then they will send you a replacement. I bought mine off craigslist in November and it had an overheating problem. Dell replaced it with a NEW unit and my name was not even in there system. I have always had great service from Dell.
Peeps99 said:
I agree with vanemburghj. Call dell and troubleshoot for a bit, then they will send you a replacement. I bought mine off craigslist in November and it had an overheating problem. Dell replaced it with a NEW unit and my name was not even in there system. I have always had great service from Dell.
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I have always been happy with Dell. I deal with them a lot at work. The Streak support seems to be spotty, but you also have to know how to talk with Dell support.
How did your overheating problem manifest itself?
htcjikelly said:
I have always been happy with Dell. I deal with them a lot at work. The Streak support seems to be spotty, but you also have to know how to talk with Dell support.
How did your overheating problem manifest itself?
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It started when I took my phone fishing and it was in direct sunlight for a few hours at 90 degrees. It restarted then kept boot looping. That is the only thing I can think of.
Peeps99 said:
It started when I took my phone fishing and it was in direct sunlight for a few hours at 90 degrees. It restarted then kept boot looping. That is the only thing I can think of.
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Hrm, mine got really hot one day sitting in the sunlight out by the pool. I wonder if that's what has happened to my streak.
Dell handled mine perfectly. All they care about is your Service Tag # and IMEI# if those don't turn up stolen or with any other issues you're golden. Oh and the manufactured date which goes by your IMEI.
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I think I have it back to stock, but I recall tethering and wifi hotspot being in the build which means it couldn't be stock, right??
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No tethering or hotspot on wife's 353 baseband, if you RMA make sure you get it back to stock.
Dell is sending me a replacement Streak!!!
That is good news, 3 times I have dealt with Dell for replacement unit, have been painless. Only issue was returned one for problems with 30 pin connector on phone, just to receive replacement with same issue.
When should you receive your replacement?
vanemburghj said:
That is good news, 3 times I have dealt with Dell for replacement unit, have been painless. Only issue was returned one for problems with 30 pin connector on phone, just to receive replacement with same issue.
When should you receive your replacement?
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I got the replacement yesterday and just preped the old one for return to Dell thanks to your post on the QDL tool.
I thought I had a problem getting into recovery until I realized I just needed to be pressing the volume up and down buttons.
I put the streak on 340 for the return.
Glad to hear it worked out for you, sure Dell has their issues but every RMA I did went off without a hitch.
I discovered last night that the referb unit has the exact same SIM card in restart loop problem.
I called Dell and the rep wanted to just send me a new Streak but they show as unavailible. So she said they could send another refurb. I'm going to ask if I can wait for a new one.
does anyone know if Dell charge for diagnostics, if they find the problem is not a defect? thanks.
Today the digitizer on my phone went out. The glass is fine, no cracks or anything, but the screen is black and white tie dyed looking. So it's hard to go from streakdroid 1.9 to stock when you can't see what you are doing! Will Dell replace with streakdroid on it?
Excellent. That means there will be one more in the refurb pile for someone else to purchase. The refurbs are becoming plentiful and at great prices.
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Dell is sending me a replacement Streak!!!
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when they sent you the replacement phone, did they include the battery cover as well?
thanks
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Dell recently sent me a replacement streak for an issue I was having. They sent me a full retail box replacement. Unfortunatly, I cannot find the synch cable and AC charger.
If I send the old one back without a charger and cable will I get "charged"?
No, they only want you to send back the phone, you can keep the rest.........I talked to a couple of Dell reps about this. You don't even need to send the battery or the SD card if they sent you ones with the new phone.
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No, they only want you to send back the phone, you can keep the rest.........I talked to a couple of Dell reps about this. You don't even need to send the battery or the SD card if they sent you ones with the new phone.
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Damn, sweet deal.
The second rep I spoke with @ Dell was absolutely incredible. She was fantastic.
The First rep was horrible. Unhelpfull, nasty hillbilly twang and she kept tring to convince me that saving contact info to the SIM save address, birthdays, info, ect. . I tried to explain to her how data was kept on a SIM but I guess that was far above her paygrade...
NEways, thanks for the info dig-
Did you get a return shipping label? I got a replacement streak a while ago, but there was no return shipping label. I've still got my old one. I had emailed dell, but they never replied.
I am too hoping to get my replacement Streak in next week.
Is it required to return the old streak to dell at all, do they charge if I won't.
Mine screen broken such that I cannot even hard reset it before sending it back to Dell.
Dell has sent me a full retail replacement as well... and without a return shipping label!! Had the replacement for nearly a month now (untouched) and heard nothing from dell yet. Is it safe to say tht I am now the owner of two fully functional streaks? (o:
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troybklyn said:
Dell has sent me a full retail replacement as well... and without a return shipping label!! Had the replacement for nearly a month now (untouched) and heard nothing from dell yet. Is it safe to say tht I am now the owner of two fully functional streaks? (o:
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I need to call a get my free Streak then.
I just got my second replacement and its been dropped all over earth. I send a cratchless one in and got one that doesnt say fully chraged, so they just sent me another and its a peice of **** ........... im calling for a third son of a ............... ugh im pissed
Not free Streak
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I need to call a get my free Streak then.
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Just got my replacement Streak today, no return label, but I can't say it is free, the replacement order status is still in processing, will check on Monday if it changes. If it goes to complete/delivered I will get charged for $250
Dell will send the return label by mail - I received mine yesterday! )0:
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I recently bricked my phone beyond my capabilities of fixing it and have talked to verizon about sending it in for replacement (I'm under 1 year warrantee). I just told them the phone wont boot past the android skateboad splash screen. The problem is, the flashboot logo is in the top left. What happens when they get my phone back and try to boot up and see that?
Any advise?
In theory, they could charge you for the full retail price of the replacement. I'm not saying they would, just that they could. I just recently got a replacement, but mine had a bad trackball...almost couldn't flash it back to stock! But I also had insurance on the phone, so if I couldn't flash it back, it would have fallen off a boat while I was fishing!
It's an Eris...I'm not sure that they would care anymore.
I've heard mixed results on this. At this point I doubt they would care all that much but you never know.
Best of luck to you.
The Eris is dead to them. I doubt they even attempt to boot it.
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next time don't use clockwork on an Eris
I am on the forth eris. all messed up with CM on it. Never had an issue. they dont care. the phone goes to a refurb company who makes it right and then send back to verizon.
I figured this would be the relevant thread for this question.
I'm getting the trackball issue, I got this phone earlier this year just before they retired it, but opted out of the extended warranty. Will they replace the phone or am I screwed? Should I take it into the Verizon corporate store, call, or do nothing and just deal with the issue?
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I figured this would be the relevant thread for this question.
I'm getting the trackball issue, I got this phone earlier this year just before they retired it, but opted out of the extended warranty. Will they replace the phone or am I screwed? Should I take it into the Verizon corporate store, call, or do nothing and just deal with the issue?
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It should still have a one year warranty so SOMEONE should have to replace it.
dalladubb said:
I figured this would be the relevant thread for this question.
I'm getting the trackball issue, I got this phone earlier this year just before they retired it, but opted out of the extended warranty. Will they replace the phone or am I screwed? Should I take it into the Verizon corporate store, call, or do nothing and just deal with the issue?
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Call verizon at 611 and act irritated, tell them you know the trackball is a common issue and don't want another since you know it will break when out of warentee. DO be very polite to the service rep. With luck they will offer you an early upgrade to an Incredible... which costs 250-100 rebate - 132 trade in value for eris (a separate thing) = nearly free incredible. Worked for me.
I don't have the money for the upgrade off hand, maybe I can talk them into just doing it for free to keep me from going to ATT. I doubt it, I probably get a refurb Eris.
Hi Guys,
Just windering if anyone is waiting for the Replacement Unit. I have been waiting for y Unit since January 18th,2011 and so far Dell Support have no idea to resolve the issue.
The have order the Exchange for more then 10 Times and when i call back to check the status their system shows its pending.
I just kind of shocking how Dell Support works, I work myself in the support and Customer Satisfaction is always first priority but i guess in Dell Books you buy something from them and you are on your own.
Is anyone out there having the same problem i do. Please share your thoughts and let me know if there is any tricks to get the Bloody Support send me a Device.
umar.ranjha said:
Hi Guys,
Just windering if anyone is waiting for the Replacement Unit. I have been waiting for y Unit since January 18th,2011 and so far Dell Support have no idea to resolve the issue.
The have order the Exchange for more then 10 Times and when i call back to check the status their system shows its pending.
I just kind of shocking how Dell Support works, I work myself in the support and Customer Satisfaction is always first priority but i guess in Dell Books you buy something from them and you are on your own.
Is anyone out there having the same problem i do. Please share your thoughts and let me know if there is any tricks to get the Bloody Support send me a Device.
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I take you already have an order #?
you can check your status online here
https://support.dell.com/support/order/GlobalOrderHome.aspx?c=ca&cs=cadhs1&l=en&s=dhs
What I will do next is call Dell mobility directly and ask to talk to a supervisor right away. Tell him/her that you've been waiting for your replacement unit for 3 months and you demand a next day shipping or you take them to a small court claim
Do you think i have not done that already??
In three months i was told several different case numbers and plenty of dispatch numbers. I guess my Issue will be the longest in the Dell Streak support when it comes to read and follow up.
One thing i dont understand about Dell Support is:
" Sir i know it's been Delayed and i apologized for the inconvinience"
Well screw you Mr. Manager put yourself in my pants and tell me how it feels.
Finally send it to unresolved customer support i am 100% sure they are not going to do ****. But lets wait and see......
umar.ranjha are you in the USA? Have to ask before I give my story, don't want to rub salt into your wound if you are not in the USA.
That sucks. Only thing I can recommend is keep calling, asking for different supervisors.... Eventually, someone will do something to help.
I had a great experience with dell in the us. My streak was completely useless and broken out of the box straight from dell. They overnighted me a replacement and that was that
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Strange. I am in the US, I called Dell Moblicity, was on the phone/hold for a total of under an hour. Got replacement phone and battery about a week later, shipped the other one back. This was about a month ago.
No problems.
Perhaps outside the US its not nearly as easy.
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umar.ranjha said:
Hi Guys,
Just windering if anyone is waiting for the Replacement Unit. I have been waiting for y Unit since January 18th,2011 and so far Dell Support have no idea to resolve the issue.
The have order the Exchange for more then 10 Times and when i call back to check the status their system shows its pending.
I just kind of shocking how Dell Support works, I work myself in the support and Customer Satisfaction is always first priority but i guess in Dell Books you buy something from them and you are on your own.
Is anyone out there having the same problem i do. Please share your thoughts and let me know if there is any tricks to get the Bloody Support send me a Device.
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Are u from India? I can help you out.
Guys,
I am not sure if this is good or bad news for me. I talked to Dell rep and said my screen was cracked when i got out of my car with tight jeans on and the phone in the pocket (but i actually dropped it from a foot high) i finally convinced him it is not physical damage.
So he is sending in a replacement on ONE CONDITION: If they find my phone physical damage, then the dell collection guys are going to call me and charge me 250 USD for replacement.
So my Question is:
1) I haven't gave them any credit card info. So how could they charge me as they have my broken phone with them and the replacement with me?
2) I brought it from Dell.com in APril so could they charge my credit card without my authorization for that price if i hesitate to pay?
They asked me to ship the old one back in 2 weeks, so if i delay by 4 weeks, are they going to charge me even if i have a excuse??
They approved my Streak Guys, but i dint want them to ship the replacement yet until i call them back for it. I am out of town so just wanted some bad help from the great GURU's here on XDA..
Any help greatly appreciated..
Thanks,
Raj
They have your credit card information from when you originally purchased the Streak. They will use that to bill you for the replacement Streak if they find physical damage. If you don't send the old Streak back in the time frame they specify, they will bill you for the replacement Streak.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
They have your credit card information from when you originally purchased the Streak. They will use that to bill you for the replacement Streak if they find physical damage. If you don't send the old Streak back in the time frame they specify, they will bill you for the replacement Streak.
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Ok, my streak 5 earpiece is also not working i cant hear anyone unless i am on a speakerphone or headphones. So with this, don't i hold enough water to fight it with my Amex card if they bill it unauthorized?
just looking at all the options and the worst case senario
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Raj
You can fight it, but if Dell determines that there is physical damage, you will lose. In agreeing to the exchange, you agreed to Dell's terms and conditions for the exchange. All Dell has to do is send their information to AMEX if you file a chargeback and AMEX will side with them.
Dell's TOS overrides AMEX's TOS.
I broke my Streak 5 yesterday also
In my jeans pocket and I bumped into a table. Simple as that. First phone I have ever broken. Didn't crack the glass, just the LCD underneath.
I want a dual core phone, but the Note isn't out yet, the Prime is really too small for my tastes, the SII doesn't excite me... I don't know. I bought an LCD assembly online and going to try to replace myself. I have replaced several iPhone and HTC screens for clients, so shouldn't be a problem (I hope).
Of course after reading this post, I might want to call Dell mobility and see if they will just send me another.
It doesn't seem like they could tell if there was physical damage unless there is a built in shock sensor or something (I have heard that Apple is planning on putting one in iPhones soon), or if your little fall dented or dinged it. Even then, scuffs could be normal wear and tear I would think...
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I did end up calling Dell Mobility and they said the same. They will advance replace my Streak and only charge if they determine it is due to user abuse. I figure at that point I would have to either dispute it or ask for my broken Streak back and replace the screen myself.
If I have to give Dell another $250 for my Streak, I would want something for it, not a freaking refurb.
I've been dealing with Dell the last couple of days to get mine replaced, and had no problems, except they still show "Best Buy" as the official owner of my phone. Apparently there is a separate department that transfers ownership that is closed, and they keep telling me to call back tomorrow, which I do, only to find out that they are still closed...
The call center appears to be in India, and there are apparently some major holidays going on. I can live with that...
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Hey, which rom are you guys gonna flash back to before you send it back?
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They both should go back to carrier-branded stock ROMs. How current that ROM is should make no difference.
I think I'm gonna put 1.6 on it, just to play with it.
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My exchange went through, they are sending my new Streak. I just flashed the 353 rom for AT&T. No root, no nothing. No fun!
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prudviraj said:
Guys,
I am not sure if this is good or bad news for me. I talked to Dell rep and said my screen was cracked when i got out of my car with tight jeans on and the phone in the pocket (but i actually dropped it from a foot high) i finally convinced him it is not physical damage.
So he is sending in a replacement on ONE CONDITION: If they find my phone physical damage, then the dell collection guys are going to call me and charge me 250 USD for replacement.
So my Question is:
1) I haven't gave them any credit card info. So how could they charge me as they have my broken phone with them and the replacement with me?
2) I brought it from Dell.com in APril so could they charge my credit card without my authorization for that price if i hesitate to pay?
They asked me to ship the old one back in 2 weeks, so if i delay by 4 weeks, are they going to charge me even if i have a excuse??
They approved my Streak Guys, but i dint want them to ship the replacement yet until i call them back for it. I am out of town so just wanted some bad help from the great GURU's here on XDA..
Any help greatly appreciated..
Thanks,
Raj
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when you get the refurb take the broken screen off your phone put it on the refurb and send that back and keep the good screen on your phone.
Just call your credit card company and tell them you lost your card and would like it cancelled and a new one issued. If you're not poor, you have more than one way to access your money, and can live without a card for a week or two.
My Sprint Photon 4G's screen starting going weird for no apparent reason. It started with random flashing colors and eventually started to just look like an old tv that could not tune in a station (the touch screen still worked as it registered feedback and I was able to hook it up to my tv via hdmi).
Anyways I brought it in the Sprint repair today thinking it might be a loose cable. They stated that they tried to replace the touch screen and it did not help and chalked it up to a bad motherboard. I thought that was a bit odd to be looking at the touch screen, but figured they knew more than I. They ordered a replacement to be sent to my home address.
Anyways, I started to look closer at the phone they gave me back and I realize it is not the phone that I brought in. First off the kickstand on this new phone is perfect where my had scratches. The MEID, HEX and other ID numbers are all different from my Sprint Photon 4G's box. I find it weird that they would give me another non-working phone and not mention the swap. Is this a common practice. Granted they are to send me a replacement phone via the mail, I still find the situation odd. Any feedback would be great.
By the way, I fired up the new defective phone and the screen works great, the touch screen not at all.... Total reverse of my original problem.
I think I'd be more concerned about where my original phone with all my info is.
But no that isn't common practice.
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yes it is most of the third party shops don't fix anything. They order you refurb units and swap. the issue being that the refurb units are almost never properly inspected.
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jerjammin said:
but figured they knew more than I.
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Here is your problem! You could have gotten a kid at the local middle school to tell you this!
Asurion isn't the best co to insure with I think. If phone still has issues you gave a few days to report and send back. I think when I got my replacement photon it was worse than the one I sent back...
Joe
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