Huawei G300 £65 from Tesco

MillicentBystander

I can't find my post now but a while ago I wrote I was experiencing a proximity sensor issue in that everytime I made a call and put the phone to my ear the screen (quite rightly) went blank but the problem was when I removed the phone from my ear the screen remained permanently blank. Very very frustrating. Anyway, I forgot to report back but I eventually solved it (courtesy of a post on Modaco) by getting the Dyson on the speaker grille on the front of the phone (the proximity sensor is to the right of the speaker). Voila! Problem solved. It's apparently all to do with dust gathering in the tiny proximity sensor and stopping it working properly.

Just thought I'd post this for anyone who experiences this problem in the future (from reading Modaco it appears to be a very common problem with the phone and some people have actually taken the phone back to Vodafone for repair!).


HTH.

PS My wife reckons it will mostly be blokes who experience this problem as they tend to just shove their phone in their pocket. Clever woman (well she married me didn't she? )

quish

Hi all, I have just bought one of these phones from Vodafone £70 these are handsets returned within 7 days so will be interesting to see what it's like when it arrives. anyone have a link to someone who can unlock the phone for me cheers
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sillygoose

quish wrote: »

Hi all, I have just bought one of these phones from Vodafone £70 these are handsets returned within 7 days so will be interesting to see what it's like when it arrives. anyone have a link to someone who can unlock the phone for me cheers
Q

Most people have just one of the several on Ebay, as long as their feedback rating is good then ones as good as another. As its 'virtual goods' you are protected by paying by Paypal as if they don't supply the codes you can get a refund automatically as there would be no 'tracked proof of delivery' of anything 'solid'.

Here is one for £4 looks reasonable.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HUAWEI-MOBILE-SIMBLOCK-UNLOCK-CODE-for-ASCEND-VODAFONE-ALL-U8815-G300-858-U8800-/160975259967

quish

My phone has Just arrived,looks good BUT there is no Battery with it so I have had to do the dance with Vodafone, I have to re-order they send me a bag to send this one back,when they receive this one they will then credit my account, I thought it would be too easy just to send the battery

I must say the phone was perfect and appeared unlocked there was no Vodafone logo when I turned it on,or is that normal?

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sillygoose

quish wrote: »

My phone has Just arrived,looks good BUT there is no Battery with it so I have had to do the dance with Vodafone, I have to re-order they send me a bag to send this one back,when they receive this one they will then credit my account, I thought it would be too easy just to send the battery

I must say the phone was perfect and appeared unlocked there was no Vodafone logo when I turned it on,or is that normal?

Q

Don't say much for their check and refurbishment promise does it? couldn't even have turned it on!!! Sorry can't remember what Vodafone stuff was on it, I had reflashed the ROM in mine within minutes of getting it!

Daz2009

quish wrote: »

My phone has Just arrived,looks good BUT there is no Battery with it so I have had to do the dance with Vodafone, I have to re-order they send me a bag to send this one back,when they receive this one they will then credit my account, I thought it would be too easy just to send the battery

I must say the phone was perfect and appeared unlocked there was no Vodafone logo when I turned it on,or is that normal?

Q

If there was no battery how did you turn it on ?

quish

Daz2009 wrote: »

If there was no battery how did you turn it on ?

When I got the phone I plugged the charger in and the screen came on, on screen it said to plug in the charger :huh: so I took the back off to check and there was no battery in, I hope this gets sorted quick

rwalton159

What ROM are members using please?

I'm on Stock+ R6 with Launcher8 but it seems a but laggy

Kite2010

Which is the best app to "reset" my battery.

Put my G300 on charge and it will say "charged", unplug it and check the battery monitor and it's only charged to 90%, so I think it needs a reset/re-calibration

quish

I use "Battery Calibration" seems to work good on my G300