BrokenFloppy

Nokia support rocks! They shipped me a replacement phone with overnight shipping!! The thing that sucks is that they sent it on Friday the 14th and it came to Maryland today, the 15th, but it will be out for delivery on the 17th, when I will be back at College Park. I will not get to play with it until the 25th, but it will make a sweet Thanksgiving gift. I am just hoping that they remembered to ship back my memory card.

Thanks Nokia for the quick service! I shall continue my loyalty to your kick-ass phones.

The phone is in Nokia’s Repair Center. I have yet to hear from them. Here is what their site says:

Your Nokia N82-1 device, serial number 358985*********, was received for repair on
November 13, 2008 and is currently in the queue to be evaluated for repair.

Turnaround time for in-warranty repairs is approximately 7-10 business days.

You will be contacted if the required repairs are not covered under warranty.

Please note that in some circumstances turnaround timeframe may be longer (quote approval needed, parts on order, device transferred etc.)

Please check back for the latest status information.

Repair History:

This information is provided as a courtesy. The online information reflects the latest status update provided by the repair center for customers and is the same information available to the Nokia Care Contact Center.

I hope they fix it soon!

The phone has been received and signed for by “Murphy” as of 9:13AM. I hope Murphy can fix it!

Just a quick update, the phone has made it’s way to DORAVILLE, GA,  US. It arrived 2:34PM and left at 11:26PM. It should arrive at Huntsville tomorrow.

iPhone headphone suck on the metro. Granted, the N82’s headphones wouldn’t be much better, but at least it has a normal 3.5mm jack. Non-noise cancelling headphones do not mix well with the sound of the metro/subway.

The phone is on it’s way to Alabama as per the UPS tracking number. It left Laurel, MD, at 4:08 A.M. EST and it should arrive in Alabama on Thursday the 13th.

iPhone still sort of sucks…Had to charge it a few times during the day to keep it going.

I also learned today that I was 1000 sms over my limit of 1500 messages. Due to the outrageous sms prices, that would have been over $100 for sms. Luckily I was able to upgrade to unlimited texting, back dating to the beginning of the month, so all should be fine.

Last night, my beloved Nokia N82 refused reading any memory cards! I tried 3 different ones, 2 2GB cards and 1 8GB card. All to no avail.  This morning I received my new 8GB card in the mail (had ordered it a few days ago) and it also did not work in the N82. Numerous times I reset the phone using the *#7370# code…no dice. I called Nokia Customer Support and after a few minutes was told to ship my phone in ( I dreaded the sound of that).

Getting together all the paperwork to prove when I purchased the phone, I ran to the local MailBoxes Etc. on campus and shipped the phone to Placo for the outrageous price of $22.89 via UPS. I hope that it gets to Alabama on time and that they are able to fix/repair the phone or send me a new one (free of charge would be nice).

I am now using my backup phone, a 2G iPhone, which i just upgraded to 2.1 and jailbroke. Hopefully it will be good and work until I get my real phone back. So far I am missing all my music from my N82, my downloaded podcasts, the keypad, and most of all MMS capabilities.

I will keep the blog updated daily until I receive my N82 back, in case others have to go through this, to let them know what happens.