Recently my w550i came from a repairing centre...

i had a water logged problem....

http://forums.se-nse.net/index.php?showtop...mp;#entry342745

so he changed the PCB and dunno wat else he did...? charged me $50 for the reapir ..

now my cell works fine.. the only new thing i noticed is wen i put my cell in charge ..

it says charging alien battery...

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any suggestions ??

It means it's not a offical battery.

No !!

i had 2 Battery [1 came with the box pack and other from a genuine ] ..

and the first one is 2 years old and the 2nd one is 1 year old..
and i didnt get any of these before the repair ...

maby u need a reflash

i already did tat ....

same problem ..

after the repair i noticed something new in SEtool lite log...

MY IMEI no is changed... and now i am having a blue flash light , which was a white one in previous..

listen can any1 tell me wat are the red lines indicate. from the folowing log ??


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any suggestion ??

Did you repair you phone in an authentic Service Centre? It seems to be like those guys tipped you off for an older piece of hardware that (coincidentally, maybe) conformed to work with your W550. Chances are that this was a R&D EROM, but the log doesn't say brown, it says old! old EROM??!)

Or another possible explaination is that the make of that EROM is older than that of your phone. So the rest of the hardware thinks its some younger sibling or something! Same thing with the 'alien battery': the make if the battery was made after the rest of the hardware.

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i had 2 Battery [1 came with the box pack and other from a genuine ] ..

and the first one is 2 years old and the 2nd one is 1 year old..

Though isn't it furiating that they're using hardware older than 2 years to fix phones?
(Guess they were done with the R&D using the

thanks for the information...

i gave it back to the repair guy...

is der any wasy i get a new board..??

any software to do tat ??

PCB cost $50???

i had the same problem.
thanks to mumbai 26x7 (for me it was 26x8-05) tregedy...

but they took $10 frm me... and its working fine after that...

i think, its too much...
$50=2500rs around??
i will prefer a new phone

then after a year.
my phone got WSOD as i smashed it against wall.
and i sent it to authorised service centre.. i aint told them what i did with my phone.

they gave me 10 days, after that they told me that they are not able to recognise my problem. and they have sent it to korea for further repair..

after a month, they gave me a new phone without body panel. they said that they lost mine during shipment

so i have a new phone, red erom now..

he might have changed the board and change the imei to your old with cruiser box

may be.. he just gave him a old phone with messed imei.

hes getting a new imei.

did changing the board changes the imei...??

in wat imei is stored..?? is it the flash chip ??

Oh my is the guy who repaired your phone is authorized SE repair center?

GOTTA scammed, i think. :b

nope...
in authorized SE repair center they didnt said clearly about the problem and how much time will it take..??
so i gave outside. ??


is der any other brand PCB which fits in w550i??

I have the same problem with my Cingular issued W600i. I think the board or maybe the flex needs changing but SE Philippines, where I am right now, refuses to fix it because it is a US issued phone. I took it to outside cell-repair shops and just like in ram_123456789's case, they gave me unreasonably high repair cost estimates.

So, now, I'm stuck with a defective W600i (but at least, the walkman player works) , until I find a shop that can fix it at a reasonable price.

@ram_123456789

you can try searching a new or used but functioning PCB on ebay. I've been searching for parts there (for my phone in case I'll need it) and found a few. You might find the one you need there.

i altready solved as i charged the repair guy for giving me a faulty PCB... and finally he changed and now i dont have any problems..

okay, heres what i think has happened with regards to the IMEI. You got a circuit board outta different phone, surely the IMEI is stored on the GDFS on the circuit board? so if you have a different circuit board you have a different IMEI????

I had the alien battery problem with a K700i a few years back. It was a genuine battery (it worked in another K700) and the battery charged, it just didnt stop and the battery readout lied to you afterwards so I never had any idea how much charge was left. I traded it in for a W800 since my contract was up and have never heard of such a problem again....

i think its all happens due to the PCB..its not a genuine SE board..
and i am damn sure about it also..