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Sidekick II has been out for a while...
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Posted by: Ago Vino Verita

What do you guys think about the quality\workmanship of the Sidekick II?

I have heard some horror stories, however I would like to hear what you guys have to say. Ratio wise the SK1 had a bad rep regarding its quality. How is the II doing?

Posted by: phaserx

I haven't had any problems with mine *knocks on wood*...

Two of my friends recently picked up sidekicks from amazon.. One of them had a scroll wheel problem instantly and had to have it replaced, and the other one was just completely bunk. It worked for about 20 minutes and then locked up only to never turn on again.

Of course, those were shipped via UPS from amazon.com, and we all know how UPS likes to play football with our packages..

Posted by: Gaunt911

there is a well known camera freeze problem
take a pic and if it freezes, hard reset fixes that.

otherwise, some people accidentally sit on their skII
have to cite $70 repair fee and customer damage (tmobile)

one guy, the swivel on the screen was stuck....
and another one, the left half of the LCD was blank.
again still don't know if warranty problem or customer issue..

Posted by: geoboy88

Well, I had my SideKick 2 for about a month now and just today started seeing problems with the backlight not automatically coming on. I now have to manually turn it on!

Moreover the free downloadable Yahoo! Messenger app doesn't ALWAYS work! I'm unable to logon or stay logged on for very long. I called T-Mobile about this problem (about half a dozen times) and they tell me the same thing over and over that Yahoo! and Danger are aware of the problem, no ETA. I'm still waiting for a fix, guys!!! I feel like they (T-Mobile, Yahoo! and Danger) don't take me seriously! I wish I had returned this phone before my 14 days were up.

Overall I'm really disappointed because 75% of the reason why I bought this phone was so that I could get connected with my buddies online using the Messenger. The other was for Internet browsing. The browser is not bad except it doesn't support JavaScript.

Another thing I find annoying is that I can't remove preinstalled apps like AOL IM. I don't have an AOL account and never will!

I hope I don't find any more problems with this phone or I'll be updating my post again.

Hope this helps!

Posted by: Ago Vino Verita

Yes, I see. Hopefully we won't get many complains. However the SKII forum is supposed to have lots of people complaining about the SKII quality control. Or lack of.

Posted by: badass bunny

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Originally posted by Ago Vino Verita
Yes, I see. Hopefully we won't get many complains. However the SKII forum is supposed to have lots of people complaining about the SKII quality control. Or lack of.

what sk2 forum? this one? i have no problems here