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Originally Posted by nidO View Post
The nearest nokia service center can take your phone and give you a quote to repair it out of warranty, it shouldn't be neccesary for you to send this off anywhere (nokia themselves won't directly take out-of-warranty repairs, thats what the service centres are for).
If your nearest service centre told you you need to return it to nokia, ask to speak to someone else in the shop who has a clue.
Reference quote from Nokia UK site:



Also, while it sucks, US-bought phones aren't covered under warranty in the EU. This is the same with practically any product, regardless of it's manufacturer. You need to return the device to the US for a warranty repair, or speak to someone more senior at nokia (they have indeed acknowledged that the usb-falling-out issue is a fault, and someone with a clue may be able to bend the rules a bit for you, but don't bank on it).
Thanks. I called three different care points and got the same response. Actually I called one a few weeks back and they said they do repairs and when I bring it in an engineer checks the problem and then gives a quote. At that time I did not mention it was N900 and faulty usb port. However, now I mentioned it and they say they do not repair. The care points are saying that with the N900 Nokia does not repair them they simply swap them. And of course Nokia is not going to willingly swap an N900 unless they absolutely have to.

Will see if I can get contact details for someon more senior at Nokia. I did not know companies in the EU do not honour warranties for devices bought outside the UK. However, to say they will not agree to fix even if you are paying well that is shocking.
 

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