Slashzerø » problems http://www.slashzero.com Random and Useless Thoughts on Everything Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:58:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Problems with my Fascinate http://www.slashzero.com/2011/11/problems-with-squaretrade/ http://www.slashzero.com/2011/11/problems-with-squaretrade/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:16:41 +0000 abx21 http://www.slashzero.com/?p=193 Last year, I purchased a new Verizon fascinate to replace my aging first gen iPhone. Not having a lot of experience with Samsung hardware, I decided to purchase a warranty from Squaretrade.

A few months ago, I noticed my sch-i500 was starting to exhibit some odd behavior. The screen would randomly fill up with colored lines, or refuse to light up. The digitizer was still accepting input (ie I could unlock the phone by drawing the correct pattern on the messed up display), but the only way to get the display back was (shouldn’t be a surprise to the readers of this blog) tapping the phone on a hard surface.

So I filed a claim with squaretrade and sent my phone of to be repaired. Getting the claim generated was easy, and they provided pre paid next day air to and from the hardware repair depot they deal with in LA.

However, when I got my phone back, as soon as I turned it on, the screen immediately started to show the same ugly lines. They look like what you used to get on an old CRT monitor when the VGA connector on a PC was loose.

Curious, and aggravated, I took apart the phone and made sure the ribbon connector for the display/digitizer was correctly seated, to no avail.

I have noticed the problem is worse after the phone has been in my pocket for a while, perhaps its over heating.

Anyway, since I now voided the warranty, I installed cyanogen 7.1 on my fascinate and it has completely changed my phone experience for the better. Since I have 5 more months since my contract is up with verizon with a phone whose display comes and goes, I might as well enjoy a well put together rom, free of Verizon bloat and with the latest version on android.

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]]> http://www.slashzero.com/2011/11/problems-with-squaretrade/feed/ 1 My First issue with FIOS http://www.slashzero.com/2008/11/my-first-issue-with-fios/ http://www.slashzero.com/2008/11/my-first-issue-with-fios/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:56:54 +0000 abx21 http://www.slashzero.com/?p=100 Well, ok I am not 100% sure it has anything to do with FIOS specifically, but the timing sure is right.  Ever since I converted my old Verizon phone service to FIOS, my uncle in Italy cannot call me.  I think the call is routed all the way here to the US, but he hears the Verizon Lady telling him the number he has dialed is not in service.  To top things off he still gets charged for the call.  To Verizon’s credit they did raise this issue to their second level swithing support people who assured me that everytihng was fine on their end and this must be an issue with the Italian telco.  If that is the case why are they getting the Verizon lady?  This is a deal breaker for me, if I can’t get this to work I might have to take up Comcast’s offer to pay for my cancellation fee and go back to them with my tail between my legs.

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]]> http://www.slashzero.com/2008/11/my-first-issue-with-fios/feed/ 0 More iPhone problems http://www.slashzero.com/2008/08/more-iphone-problems/ http://www.slashzero.com/2008/08/more-iphone-problems/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:48:20 +0000 admin http://www.slashzero.com/2008/08/more-iphone-problems/ Another week, another iPhone problem. Suddenly I cannot launch the aim app. I get this error: “the application AIM cannot be opened”. So far restarting
the phone has not helped.

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