yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] Mr Paul:
Take the phone apart yourself, print the photos out they sent you, go into shop and say oi, NO! LOOK! Looks nothing like the photos.

However the only problem with this is that you'd void your warranty if you open the phone case yourself.

Could you take to a third party shop and get it fixed?
[HTC EVO 3D] loscassapalle:
i cuold take it to the shop where i bought it only in the first week. i didin't took my phone there because i thought that it would be faster with the service center

i cuold have hundreds of surveys of engineer (for free), but the problem is, as you sais, the warranty.

if i can't convince the customer care, i'll try with a consumers' association
[HTC EVO 3D] loscassapalle:
customer care called me, but he said that i can't prove that.

i called consumers' association. our legislation said that i have to go to the shop where i bought it and they have to replace it to me. if they don't, i have to go to the small claims court and they said that i should win.

EDIT: i have the proof: the water damage sticker on the back is white! i called htc, but always the same...they'll never change it
[HTC EVO 3D] loscassapalle:
it came back from the service center for the second time.

also with the water damage sticker withe, they said the same thing. the registered office of the shop trusts htc.

the small claims court in rome needs at least one year, date where i hope i will be in another country...so i have a new brick in the drawer.

EDIT: at the end, the shop paid for a new phone...but htc can forget my money for the future
[HTC EVO 3D] cruise350:
Sounds like the store you bought it from ripped you off. They must have repackaged a returned phone and passed it off to you as new. It's pretty easy to reseal a box to make it look new.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aclays:
My wife and I use our phones more for the smart phone functions, and maybe use 300-500 minutes, 500 texts a month. The ting mobile plans would save us $1000 a year, the problem is that you have to buy phones straight from them.

According to the Ting support, some of their customers have gotten around this problem by purchasing one of their cheap phones, and then cloning the ESN to their better sprint / verizon phone. Ting encourages this, but I need to figure out how to do it.

Any ideas? Thanks!

I tried to post the link to the ting support staff statement, but apparently I haven't posted on XDA enough yet. So to find the forum post, just highlight this (including the quotation marks) and google it:

"Is it possible to activate ex-Verizon or ex-Sprint smartphone on Ting?"
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
This is possible I'm sorry I don't have a how to but I'm here to give you some encouragement. This has been done on numerous different wireless carriers so if you figure out how it would be as simple as 1,2,3...

I think flashing to alternative carriers doesn't differ so if you look at the how to flash boost mobile or cricket here on xda and ask them :D ill link them to ya ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473141

Sent From My Thugnificent SPH-D700 because its more than Magnificent
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K3VlN:
This is something i would like to know too been trying to find a way to get my GF att phone to work with Verizon but everything ive found says it cant be done because Verizon is CDMA and att is GSM and the 2 technologies arent compatible
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjben:
Pretty sure you guys are going to get flamed for this discussion or worse.

Isn't messing with esn illegal?

sent from my secret underground bunker
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
Yeah your not going to get anything working there two completly different radio frequecies there bud

Sent From My Thugnificent SPH-D700 because its more than Magnificent
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
Yes but this is flashing to an alternative carrier with an esn they have bought and paid for what your referring to is a ghost esn not esn swapping :D

Sent From My Thugnificent SPH-D700 because its more than Magnificent
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K3VlN:
yeah thats what i gathered just trying to find out if there was a way to get around that with out taking the phone apart...i told her to just sell it on swappa i already rooted it so she should get a lil chunk of change for it
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
Really man... you haven't seen the threads on how to do this for boost, virgin, and cricket? Those threads have been here since before I was a member... you're just not allowed to go into significant detail about it... as long as nobody explains how to do the esn switch you all should be alright... (btw there are TONS of guides on how to do this.... its basically the same for every carrier with minor changes here and there...) not hard to do and takes less than 20 minutes once you get it down... also if you would rather metro pcs or have one in your area most of their stores have a rep there that will do this for you... just don't pay them until they get data working!!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjben:
Ah, OK. Thanks for the clarity. I've seen other folks threads get quite beaten up over that sort of thing.

sent from my secret underground bunker
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brooksyx:
Should have no problem flashing the phone as long as both phones are cdma phones. Might be difficult getting mobile data and MMS working though. I am running an epic on virgin mobile and everything works except mms. I have gotten mms to send just can't receive it. As for the legality I made sure to zero out the esn on my old phone so both cant be active at same time. Might be a good idea to avoid the risk of being banned.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aclays:
Thanks everybody!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AerieAngel:
Entirely Possible

Yes, a Sprint phone on Ting would be easy to do. In your case, the Epic 4G phone by Samsung is incredibly easy to change the ESN on. All Samsung phones are really... especially on Verizon as their SPC codes are 000000. The standard Samsung SPC code unlock password though should work on Sprint Samsung phones. Google around for it.

The problem with all of this though is that you'll have to purchase a Ting phone in the first place. Now maybe you could purchase the feature phone that they have available and use that ESN, but using hundreds of megabytes on an ESN that is supposed to be a feature phone might be suspect in Ting's system. I'm not sure they would care though, but you would stick out like a sore thumb. Buying one of their smart phones seems to defeat the purpose of doing this as you would be left with a unusable smartphone that is probably better than your Epic 4G in the first place. You could take your Epic 4G to Boost. I admit, Ting rocks especially for more than one phone on a plan, but Boost isn't bad.

Don't go to Virgin Mobile. It is the same network as Sprint and Boost, but getting the phone on VM is difficult. You need the A-logins and Passwords that are difficult to get if you don't know what you are doing. Also, VM seems to more actively police their network for this type of use and if you don't have everything exactly copied from the donor phone you'll be noticed. No one really is sure what all needs to be copied over and after about 3 months or so the phone is usually noticed. It is kinda a mystery. I noticed that a person above said he has a phone on VM from another carrier. Might want to inquire with him though he said that he had several phones so maybe the little use of the VM phone is enabling him to skirt under the radar.

For the person looking for AT&T on Verizon... as already mentioned... not possible. I would look into using Red Pocket for AT&T's MVNO. You could also go to Simple Mobile, but would not get 3G data.

Let me know of anyone else has any questions...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shinydude100:
Virgin Mobile isn't hard to do.. I wrote up the guide for us, the only ones having issues are the few who don't use the phone written on the guide, and many who do not bother reading the guide. I have heard boost is actually more tedious.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] maopost:
hello everyone,

i am using htc hd7 and updated to 7720 a while ago (> 3 months). i have it unlocked and installed bunch homebrew app's.

recently, (since last Saturday) the phone is somehow automatically locked. the homebrew app is requested for uninstall : has been revoked by Microsoft, please uninstall it"

anyone has the same problem? i did not install/update/change anything of my phone. i know it can be automatically locked by microsoft during pre-NODO time (back to time that wp7 just came out ), but in a register unlock method, this should not happen again.

please help!

please.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Happened to me about a week ago - coincidentally, it happened on the exact day my Zune Pass subscription expired and was auto-renewed, and within two hours of when the email telling me so arrived (I didn't check exactly). Do you have Zune Pass? It may be that something about setting the phone up for Zune Pass resets the unlock state (which is silly, but there you go).

In the case of my phone, I only lost interop-unlock, not dev-unlock, because my phone is legitimately dev-unlocked using my AppHub account. It seems that it did overwrite the MaxUnsignedApp value, though - good thing my phone was still compatible with HTC Interop Unlock (old firmware)!

---------- Post added at 11:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:31 AM ----------

Also, this kind of thing is probably better suited to the Q&A sub-forum.
[Nook Color General] Locklear308:
Well... I know the nook tablet has better specs, but I am just doing this from a tinkering perspective. I heard the nook color can be easily rooted and changed to use cm7 and even ice cream sandwich. Those of you who have it, is it decent? like web browsing, youtube, UI navigating smoothly. Overclocked? Bluetooth?

I'm trying to decide, because at my work I can get a nook color for 180$ bucks. I did buy a nook tablet for 230 bucks. But I am just wondering, if it's easier to use the nook color, and easier to root it to mess around with it. Is it worth the extra money for the Nook tab?

What do you guys think?
[Nook Color General] bobstro:
I've got two NC and a single NT in the family. The NC is definitely more hackable. Solutions are coming for the NT, but there's nowhere near the selection yet. The NC is also almost unbrickable. It's a great device to make mistakes on.

Performance is very good. I won't say "buttery smooth" because things are definitely faster on the NT. Even browsing seems to benefit greatly from the dual cores. However, with my NC overclocked to 1.2 GHz, Netflix and video are perfectly watchable. Battery life is also pretty good, better than any other device I own.

I'm running B&N 1.4.1 rooted because I want the B&N content, but I would suggest CM 7.2 RC0 Mirage if you don't care about B&N stuff. ICS is also nearly viable for day-to-day use (depending on your day, of course.)

Bluetooth is hit-and-miss depending on what you want to do. I've read of people having success with BT keyboards and GPS, but I've only tried the latter myself. It worked well enough that I could have a GPS receiver up on the dash, but I haven't done much actual field testing with it. BT audio is definitely out on the NC, and from what I've read, the NT as well.

The NT does provide a mic, so that might be important.

I considered upgrading to the NT, but now I'm waiting for the $250 quad-core devices that are supposed to hit this year, so I'm keeping my NC and trying hard to save my money. At $180, the NC is a decent deal, but you might find refurbs for even less with a bit of looking. I'd suggest a NC.
[Nook Color General] psiphi:
When and where to dive in....

The answer today would be to use the Nook Color... You will get a decent device with a mature OS (CM7) and limited peer support for ICS (CM9)... In a month or 3, the Nook Tablet may be the better choice, but as of today it isn't . (There is a copy of CM7 running on it in alpha now tho.)

Both devices will disappoint if you are worried about ICS support, because some driver source is unreleased, and ICS versions of the drivers may never come out at all. (You might prefer to wait for the 7" ASUS in this case.)

Hope this helps...
[Nook Color General] smarcin:
I was trying to make the same decision back before Christmas. I asked my sons to get me a NC. I could still have returned it til the end of January, but decided to keep it. (Although I actually had to exchange it because the wifi had intermittent problems connecting.) The NC is way more hackable at this point. I agree with bobstro. For now, the NC does it for me. If the 7" Asus does come out with quad cores and is only $249, I'll probably jump on that.

As for what you can do with a NC, lots! Some people root, some don't. I didn't because I wanted some of the features you get with the native OS, like reading Nook ebooks in B & N stores. I made my own dual boot card from Racks' directions here. I really like the flexibility of booting into either the native Nook OS, MiRaGe (CM 7.2) or ICS (CM 9). Using some advice in the USB host threads here and here, I was able to kluge together a working headset and make calls through Skype last night.

I also made another SD card that has Miui 2.1.20 on it. You can find the files here. I used verygreen's instructions for a size-agnostic card here.

I'm using a SanDisk class 6 16GB uSD card from Costco for the dual boot card. I have Miui on a SanDisk class 4 8GB uSD card. If you decide to boot from uSD cards, read a little in the several threads about the cards. The faster class cards generally do not work well for booting an OS. And SanDisk cards seem to work better than others. The threads are here and here.

You can also find NC's on ebay from Barnes and Noble refurbished for around $149 shipped. They have the same one year warranty as the new ones...
[Nook Color General] MrColdbird:
Now I want to know exactly how you got Skype calls working...

I've been looking for a solution to this forever.

Gesendet von meinem NookColor mit Tapatalk
[Nook Color General] smarcin:
I'm about to leave, but will post my solution a bit later. Hopefully I can post a picture as well.
[Nook Color General] psiphi:
Skype

Please put it in its own thread.... (But I would like to see it too!) :D
[Nook Color General] koopakid08:
I am also interested on how you set this up.

Sent from space
[Nook Color General] nickcv:
They're both good. The custom ROMs based on GB for the NC have been around longer and are more stable. The ROMs for the NT aren't as refined, but the device is faster. Depends on if you want fast or stable.

You may be better served buying neither and getting an HP TouchPad on Craigslist. I just bought one the other day. There isn't a stable version of CM for it, but you can dual-boot the alpha builds with WebOS.
[Nook Color General] acollinsjr:
The Nook Color All the Way...

I would suggest buying the Nook Color, as everyone else before me stated. Roms are stable as hell and it can be overclocked to move pretty damn fast and smooth. While the Nook Tablets specs are superior, there doesn't seem to be much available for it as yet. In time though, I'm sure there will be!

Current Devices

HTC Vision/G2-Virtuous Quattro beta8

Samsung Vibrant-ICS Passion v10.5

HTC Espresso/MyTouch 3G Slide-Cyanogenmod 7.1.0

Motorola Cliq/DEXT-Cyanogenmod 7.1.0

HTC Dream/G1-Super Froyo v8.4

Barnes & Noble Nook Color/Encore-Phiremod v7.1
[Nook Color General] Samiam303:
For what it's worth, the $180 nook color isn't necessarily the best deal, as you can get refurbished ones from B&N on Ebay for $150.

Edit: and nook tablets for 200 apparently.
[Nook Color General] Ranger666:
I opted for the NT

I got the NT for $199 from the B&N Store on ebay. I should have it in a couple of days. Like everyone says, it is faster and stuff is becoming more readily available as time passes by.
[Nook Color General] Chinpokomon:
CM7 is stable for the TouchPad. CM9 Alpha2 was just released, and despite the Alpha branding, it is incredibly stable as well. The only real complaint for using it as a daily device is that the front-facing camera isn't supported, but then again, the front-facing camera was pretty low resolution to begin with. It'd be nice to see it working for video conferencing, but that is hardly a deal breaker, and you wouldn't get that on the Nook Color anyway.

Having both a Nook Color and a TouchPad, and despite the device being unpocketable, the TouchPad has easily replaced my Nook Color. The Nook Color has been a great device for me. As has been mentioned it is extremely hacker friendly and nearly impossible to brick, but it has a limited future for me. The Nook Tablet seems like it would be a nice improvement over the Nook Color, but as has also been mentioned, it isn't as flexible as the Nook Color right now.

If you can find the TouchPad for the ~$99 price (arguably anything less than the Nook Color), and/or if having a smaller and more portable device is more important to you, those are the considerations I'd make. With either choice, you should be very happy.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] jonke11:
Hello guys!

I saw in youtube ALPHA ICS ON XPERIA ARC S, that men showed everything about ics, but i saw beautiful setting panel with many functions.

Anybody know where can i get it?

Or can i help anyone to make it, becouse i realy want it.

Thanks!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Aarush:
Just unlock ur bootloader n download the ics alpha rom! But u cant use it for daily purposes as the networks are disabled.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] jonke11:
That is the point, i need use ,,all day, all night,, my phone, becouse iam asking you, how to make it :-)

Or, if anyone have ics alpha rom, post here that settings apk :-)

Thank you!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] ThilinaC:
Wait another 1-2 months,Sony will give you a fully working ICS
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] jonke11:
I cant wait anymore, i want ics for ages, since i bought NEO ;-)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Dice1212:
you can't just take settings.apk from ics system folder and paste it to your gb roms system folder and hope it will work...you born yesterday or what it will never work and nobody will backport it too cuz it's really hard...so just wait for an official ics build...be patient.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] ThilinaC:
This is not how the modding scene works men,patience should be the no.1 thing in modding ;) .And wait dude.I don't think anyone will back port this for you bcos this is simply pointless and a waste of time and energy.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] kormatoes:
Just flash the ice Rom butt if that's all you want best wait
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] jonke11:
Thanks guys, i should wait :-)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] GhillieDhu:
Hi All, I originally had a SGSII and then sold it and changed to the Galaxy Nexus just before Christmas. Now the one thing I absolutely miss is the brilliant Stock Alarm clock, which had the options to do pre-alarms and other stuff and basically just worked and even managed to wake me up which most dont seem to do that well.

Does anyone have the apk that they could point me to as would love to see if it works in my new phone.

Thanks in advance,

GD
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] GhillieDhu:
Just wondering if there is a way I can extract it if I download a copy of the stock ROM? I'll pop it up somewhere for others once I get it out since I've spotted a number of posts asking for the same apk.

Its good to share :)

GD
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] vpena:
Hello

I was searching for the exact same thing, cause i have the exact same problem! Did you find a way to do it?

I download one other alarm app but i dont like that solution, id rather have a native alarm clock with that integration, pehaps can't we notify android team to put it as a upgrade? Also, the app ive downloaded doesnt bring me the same experience i had with gs2's alarm... I have trouble trying to waking up but that alarm clock seems to resolve it..

Please keep us informed!

=]
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] GhillieDhu:
Hi vpena, glad its not just me :)

I've not had the chance yet to work out if there is a way to pull it from a stock rom, but will have time probably Friday to do the leg work. If I get anywhere I'll be sure to post it here for others to benefit from.

:) GD
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] xethor:
Here it is, ripped from the ICS leak. I bet it won't work on a GNexus, since it probably relies on the TW-Framework.

Don't install through ClockWorkMod or open the apk on your phone, the zip file contains an apk which you should push to the system/app folder. You should probably know that already though. :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] eseregin:
Sure it wount.

This need Samsung framework, no way to use it on pure Android
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] KukurikU:
Thank you!:) Using it on Spike's awesome ICS ROM: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1451346.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] GhillieDhu:
Thanks xethor, I'll give it a shot anyway as there is no harm in trying.... I looked at Gentle Alarm but it was just too much of a faff and over complicated for what I want....

Cheers, GD
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] GhillieDhu:
Unsurprisingly it didn't work, but do appreciate people getting involved and hopefully someone will benefit from having the apk.

Cheers, GD
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] manus ferrera:
Ok guys as shdw03 pointed out there is now a 2300 mah battery that fits the vibrant and galaxy s 4g made by a company andida and under the vibrant page there is a thread called battery question where a Guy takes pictures of the battery in his phone and a comparison and from what he is showing in his screenshots as well as other people saying this battery is amazing. Check.it. www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-S-I...da-2300mAh-Slim-Extended-Battery/280815179624.

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1445938&page=11
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] adobrakic:
Does it need an extended cover?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] manus ferrera:
No it doesn't. if u look at the vibrant thread there is pictures of a Guy comparing it to the stock battery and in his phone
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] HB66:
Any luck with these batteries? If it were true ~40% increase would be awesome!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] manus ferrera:
As it looks they are out if stock I'm pretty content with my 1800 so I don't think I'm gonna get it but the reviews seam promising.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] gorillaz1:
I feel like the 1800 is going to meet my needs coupled with the original S4G battery for emergencies.

But I can't picture a giant need for a 2300.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] shdw03:
my wife needs a new battery. Love my 1800 but figure I'll order one when its back in stock. I'll report when I get iy
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] shdw03:
ordered...... now just gotta wait for the slow boat from Canada to Hawaii.....says 2 weeks!!!! jeeze
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] perknite:
2800 mAh Battery!!!

If you're interested in a sturdy case to to go with that battery, you can order this one from Trident.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058RNHK0/ref=oh_o02_s00_i00_details

My bad... That's actually a 2800 mAh battery (so many threads about batteries, I'll just mention it here).:)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] shdw03:
yeah...reason for the post was that it fits the original cover
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] itzik2sh:
New post opened for that matter :

http://www.ebay.com/itm/280779099444#ht_4544wt_1396

One thing i don't understand.

If you choose in the model SGS i9000 (which is the same size as SGS 4G) you get maximum 1850 mAh - so why we should use Epic 4G D710 model and SGS i9000 users can't ?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] drywolf:
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[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Vlad_z:
Good information, thanks for sharing.

1650 * 1.21 = 2000

Well, they should advertize battery as 2000mAh...