Comcast Xfinity sent me a defective phone?

Hi again all. Sorry to spam the forums with my posts (I think this is my third in three days), but…

Anyway, after having recently discovered that my Comcast Xfinity service comes with mobile included, I decided to switch over to that from TracFone. I ordered a Motorola Moto e5 Play (I know that’s an entry-level phone, but it’s still better than what I had).

It arrived yesterday, but I couldn’t finish setting it up. At first it seemed like it didn’t want to boot up at all, but then finally I got to the setup screen and got as far as entering my Google credentials. After that, no matter what I did, the screen showed nothing at all, blank, nada, zip. (I let it charge for a good hour before I tried turning it on. For the brief period when the screen *was* working, I saw the battery indicator at 100%)

But what’s funny is, I think the phone is actually turning on, but it’s the *screen* that’s the problem. Because I can hear it say “Hello Moto!” (apparently this is something that the Moto phones do, and there are threads on how to turn that off), but the screen shows nothing.

So after doing some research, I found out that it’s possible for the backlight to go bad on a phone. So I guess what I wanted to ask you guys is, have you ever been shipped a phone with a problem like this out of the box? Or any other major issue where you had to return it immediately?

Regardless, I called support and they’re shipping me a replacement.

I was just bummed, because I thought I’d be spending last night setting it up and playing with it.

Conversation 1 comments

  • Lauren Glenn

    25 October, 2018 - 3:18 pm

    <p>Honestly, I usually just buy older used phones on eBay because there are often less problems with them and they're generally better than the free phones a carrier gives you. But I think Comcast uses Verizon so I suspect this isn't as much of a solution for you. If you got something out of the box, I believe you'd be covered under a lemon law of some kind. Take it down to Comcast and get a new one … I assume you can take it to a local Comcast center if there is one… or a Verizon one, I suppose. From what I know, I think you usually get 30 days (sometimes 14) to get a full refund on new services added. Comcast did this once to me when they couldn't get a cable card activated on my Tivo within 30 days so I got installation refunded for free and paid nothing.</p>

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