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T68 vibrate has mind of it's own |
powertoburn
Joined: Jan 29, 2002
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Anyone run into their T68 vibrator having a mind of it's own?
Sometimes mine will vibrate on incoming calls other times it will not, this is on normal profile, vibrate on. (charger not plugged in)
In the vibrate service test, when I press the keys, it will vibrate most of the time, then sometimes it won't, but if I hold the phone up to my ear I can hear something turning inside, then keep pressing the keys then eventually vibrate will come to live.
Vibrate is pretty useless on the T68 so I should not be fretting but anyhow this phone is pretty expensive and I expect all features to work.
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Eamonn
Joined: Nov 30, 2001
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this is definateley a HW problem. take it to a  service centre.
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powertoburn
Joined: Jan 29, 2002
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I wish it was that easy but I am in the USA  I called Ericsson USA and was told they never heard of this problem. |
arroyootje
Joined: Feb 01, 2002
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From: UK-Belgium-Azerbaijan
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The Service Tests are made to TEST your phone, if you say that it doesn't work all the time, then you already have your answer...
Got to service center and complain and ask for a new one! My vibrate works perfectly and I haven't had ANY problems with it... 
Good luck
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arroyootje
Joined: Feb 01, 2002
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From: UK-Belgium-Azerbaijan
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On 2002-02-14 10:51, powertoburn wrote:
I wish it was that easy but I am in the USA I called Ericsson USA and was told they never heard of this problem.
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You just tell them that you don't care if THEY haven't heard of the problem, YOU have it! And they should take your phone, send it to the magical center where they check things and fix it!
Good luck again! |
powertoburn
Joined: Jan 29, 2002
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Just curious, how easy you guys in Europe get your phones fixed? How long does it take? Ericsson USA after I mail it to them, normally take 7-30 working days. |
arroyootje
Joined: Feb 01, 2002
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From: UK-Belgium-Azerbaijan
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Service center is round my corner, takes about 4 minutes to get there, wait about 15-20 if i'm lucky and that's it...
(for a software update...)
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powertoburn
Joined: Jan 29, 2002
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well, normally I send my phone away to a person that does firmware upgrade 3000 miles away, I send the phone overnight on Monday, and the phone comes back Wednesday before noon. Just got the R2B firmware |
krusel
Joined: Jan 22, 2002
Posts: 60
From: Germany - USA
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powertoburn
welcome in the ericsson usa club....
dont you love this guys there ?
7 to 30 workdays....how nice...
they need there but kicked...you have no idea how many dealers here in the states give me the same answer to my standard question....go in a cellular phone store and ask which ericsson they have....
answer...
ohh just this and this...we took ericsson out of the program because of the problems with there customer service...it takes forever to fix things and we can`t do this to our customers what ericsson (here in the states)does to theres
and what pisses me of at most about all this...you can`t do anything about it
i wished ericsson would kick some but here |
hampe
Joined: Feb 23, 2002
Posts: 152
From: Sweden
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I´ve got the exact same problem with the vibrator of my T68, as powertoburn has with his.
[ This Message was edited by: hampe on 2002-03-24 21:59 ] |
Cytech
Joined: Feb 19, 2002
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From: Stockholm, Sweden
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a wild guess the contact between
the vibrator and the circuit board is not that good...
this because of the two tin-plates on the vibrator which probably has been pinched out of place with the contact plate on the circuit board...
maybe not such a wild guess after all  it's quite a common fault... both with the vibrator and the microphone... |
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Posted: 2002-02-14 10:44
