already got a reply from Clove. they asked me to contact the local authorized service center first. i sent them another question regarding the warranty. currently waiting for them to answer that.

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Added on December 21, 2010, 1:29 pmaccording to motorola website, yes the phone is under warranty. but under the malaysia terms n conditions, only phones bought within malaysia can use the warranty.

This post has been edited by sanosizo: Dec 21 2010, 01:29 PM

not just malaysia, singapore also

i never expect the defy would have this critical problem... haih...

Hopefully the earpiece problem does not affect malaysia set

Either repair it here or send it back for repair/replacement.

Yeah it is cheaper to repair here, and of course only the tiny earpiece need to be replaced but who knows how much moto service center will charge for that little thing... I didn't have time to visit them yet.

its the one at sunway mentari, opposite sunway piramid area. in the link below look at the bottom of his post

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f...0#entry30167682

how did u manage to scratch it?

the defy earpiece looks similar to the one used in iphone and current nokia models. hmmm, very tempted to buy and fix it myself...

better wait and see first, just in case if the problem affect our local set as well.

use key of course no problem, it will scratch if u have dirt or small bit of sand trapped between the screen and something that can press the particle deep into the screen protective layer...

be careful or u might end up with more scratches... or better yet, just leave it as it is

yeah i read that too, but currently there is no update for uk set yet. it says my system is up to date.

u need to download the marketaccess or marketenabler app, fake your telco provider to t-mobile usa then open the market again. this time you will see google maps in the list

u guys bought malaysia set without motoblur is it?

btw, defy can now use clockwork recovery and nandroid backup. we now have motoblur and non-motoblur service flash so if u like or dont like motoblur u can change anytime u like by flashing those sbf.

non-motoblur defy is much snappier because the social networking apps and other blur-ish feeds which reside in the background are no longer there.

btw, nice 2 see u again, e398 friend

yup, i was talking about the central europe version and i'm currently on it. yes it has some of the blur stuff but most of the resource wasters are gone.

unfortunately 2.51 is the latest and moto has put something in it that make all current root method unsuccessful and u cannot flash to other firmware lower than that so u have to stay on it at the moment. good news is, the work on rooting 2.51 already in progress by the hackers. btw, i'm currently on 2.34.

another e398 sifu??

wait until February, just to be on the safe side

the earpiece issue normally occured between 2-4 weeks but thats what happened to early batch of uk sets and i'm one of the unfortunate owners

i believe singapore & malaysia sets are newer batches so the problem may have been solved but like i said, to be on the safe side, wait for a month first.

seems like u took the same route as me, but from e398 i go from e2 to e6 then a1200.

defy is a great phone, the size is just nice for the palm, not too bulky and quite light. its just that damn earpiece issue that can drag it down. anyway, i probably have to pay rm60 for the earpiece repair