Help! Kyocera 2255 Screen Blanking out

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Eric wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My old Kyocera 2255 (which I just reactivated yesterday because I can't
> afford existing customer prices on phones) has developed a problem as of
> late. The screen will blank out periodicallyand I have to do a hard
> reset (i.e. take the battery off and replace) to get it to turn back on.
>
> Has anyone experienced this kind of problem before with this model of
> phone and what can I do about it?
>
> Eric
>

thats typical for that model, except sprint denys that this is a known
issue. i personally know about 5 people that had the same problem with
that phone.
i took mine to the store, along with a little bit of "research" that i
did on the web about it, and they gave me a new samsung phone. that was
over a year ago though.
they'll probably try to "fix" it- and it will work, but only for about a
week, so don't let them BS you.
if you don't get anywhere with sprint, go to the hardware store and buy
yourself a t6 driver. unscrew the two screws under the battery cover,
take apart the phone- put it back together, and it will work for a
while. (thats what the tech in the store will do and then tell you it's
"fixed" )
-greg

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caperenewal@webtv.net (Eric) wrote in message news:<12012-40802D92-111@storefull-3232.bay.webtv.net>...
> Hello,
>
> My old Kyocera 2255 (which I just reactivated yesterday because I can't
> afford existing customer prices on phones) has developed a problem as of
> late. The screen will blank out periodicallyand I have to do a hard
> reset (i.e. take the battery off and replace) to get it to turn back on.
>
> Has anyone experienced this kind of problem before with this model of
> phone and what can I do about it?
>
> Eric


I never had that problem with my Kyocera 2255 (which I thought was a
great phone). Kyocera did release a software update that supposedly
fixed the screen problem but it was also a physical problem with the
phone.

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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:51:15 -0500, GREGORY MITCHELL
<GREGORYMITCHELL849843@NOSPAM.COM> wrote:

>Eric wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> My old Kyocera 2255 (which I just reactivated yesterday because I can't
>> afford existing customer prices on phones) has developed a problem as of
>> late. The screen will blank out periodicallyand I have to do a hard
>> reset (i.e. take the battery off and replace) to get it to turn back on.
>>
>> Has anyone experienced this kind of problem before with this model of
>> phone and what can I do about it?
>>
>> Eric
>>
>
>thats typical for that model, except sprint denys that this is a known
>issue. i personally know about 5 people that had the same problem with
>that phone.
>i took mine to the store, along with a little bit of "research" that i
>did on the web about it, and they gave me a new samsung phone. that was
>over a year ago though.
>they'll probably try to "fix" it- and it will work, but only for about a
>week, so don't let them BS you.
>if you don't get anywhere with sprint, go to the hardware store and buy
>yourself a t6 driver. unscrew the two screws under the battery cover,
>take apart the phone- put it back together, and it will work for a
>while. (thats what the tech in the store will do and then tell you it's
>"fixed" )
>-greg

That's not the experience I had with a bad 2255. I took it to the
Sprint store. The tech took one look at it and said "You need a new
phone. Your phone is defective". They overnighted me a new (refurb)
one. No charge.