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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mij1525:
Do you have to pay GST on top of that $600? Might be better off buying it from a UK shop and shipping it in-playing the current exchange rates.

I've had good experiences with Handtec.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sirgoob:
Even if you told them you had already sold the phone, it would probably make it look like you stole the phone. I agree, you did the right thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 2manycells:
Thanks for sharing the story. Live n' learn.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dwallersv:
As it should be. While the OP was a mostly innocent party in this, and has my deep sympathy, the only completely innocent party is the original owner the goods were stolen from.

The OP's culpability is exceedingly minor -- not taking care with who he was doing business with. However there really isn't any ethical argument for making him whole in this situation, and screwing the original owner. "They're a big company" doesn't cut it. In fact such argument demonstrates even greater moral bankruptcy.

"Caveat emptor" is not just a quaint latin phrase.

All that said, if anyone starts a fund to help this guy out, I'm in for US$5... Like I said, he has my deepest sympathy for his ordeal.

No.

They would have to prove he knew the goods were stolen. Otherwise, he's innocent under the law -- both Canadian and American.

Since he didn't know, they're not going to be able to prove a fiction. Regardless, in a consumer case like this it's virtually impossible to prove anyway.

The Big Brother Totalitarian State creeps closer and closer every day, but thankfully were not yet to the point of having to prove one's innocence in N. America... the burden still falls on the state to prove guilt.

As abused and stretched as that principle is, it's still the standard.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] masully84:
F the police
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MFD00M:
Took the words outta my mouth. I would have hung up
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
I'll donate $15.

OP: post a PayPal link.

EXT LTE Galaxy Nexus - 4.0.4

Asus Transformer - ICS
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] covers:
i cant believe bell actually went through the trouble to track your imei.

Then again i heard its not possible to track a phone by its imei, all they can do is blacklist it.

If they do track i heard its through triangulation through your sim not your imei.

so if this were indeed true how did the police get your number to begin with? your imei shouldnt be able to expose that information.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] heo_con184:
NOT in North America. YES in Europe.

I have a friend whose iPhone 4 was stolen. Called to Fido to ask for listing phone's IMEI in blacklist but Fido said there's nothing they can do.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
I don't see that they have a legitimate claim to your phone. The first thing you need to do is ask them what evidence they have that your device is stolen. If they fail to provide you with that they CANNOT make you hand over something you've purchased.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] howetechnical:
Yeah, because the police can't simply get a warrant for his carrier to send data to them on the device he's using on their network. Then he's actually in trouble with the police, not aiding the recovery of the device.

Horrible advice.

Sorry to the OP, that really sucks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
IMEI that's all they need, and it's likely that's how they found him.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
Yep, I understand that but it's very possible that they never actually obtained that information legally (i.e through warrant) and so if they can't provide the OP with that information he is not obliged to return the alleged stolen item.

On the other hand if they can provide him with legitimate evidence he has no choice. The best he can hope do to is (1) file a property insurance claim or (2) petition for compensation from the police department

I haven't read the whole thread so I'm not up to date but if the phone was purchased through Kijiji is there not an email record of the transaction? Opening a case with the police and providing them with that information might at least allow the OP to file a claims suit against the seller with compensation for legal fees, time spent and the device itself.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Purely conjecture, but I'm sure the seller is long gone. The OP is on to another phone however. I may be being apathetic, but I'm not sure I'd pursue any of the options above, whether they can be made reality or not, I think it would likely take more than $600 of my time to make them happen. I often take stands on some issues to make things difficult for someone, or to prove a point, but I'm not sure I'd do that in this case.

Ironically it was only about a week ago I was looking at GN's on Kijiji, most BNIB ones were ~600 vs 650 in store. I elected to pay the extra 50 for piece of mind.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
Yup I know what you mean and most people would probably feel the same way. However you should keep in mind that you can also sue for legal fees time spent and opportunity cost (i.e missing work)

Just looking over some of the op's posts though it looks like he has absolutely no intention of doing any of that. Personally I wouldnt rest until I saw justice done but that's just me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] covers:
Out of curiosity what exactly could one see by having access to an individuals imei?

This seems to be a major privacy issue here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jdbower:
If you're an individual, not much. If Bell reported the IMEI stolen there are likely mechanisms to allow them or the police to query other network providers to see if that IMEI is active and, if so, which account owns it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] veloslave:
Someone that has never heard of an ESN... or has no clue how the cops found the OP in the first place.

ROFL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wonshikee:
Maybe they called every Bell subscriber and asked nicely :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] android01:
Op , any good hearted Canadian boy knows " ---- happens" and regardless of all the discussion here. You actually made my day. You represented Our country and our morals. That's worth a lot more than 600 bucks. I used to fight fires as a volunteer. And that kind of integrity is rare in a man. You took your beating like a champ. You reminded me what the blood of this country is. You reminded me why I shouldn't have stopped rescuing people. You put up a PayPal and I'll buy you a guiness , ****ing champ heart. Beating or not, champions are few.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Luxferro:
Seems kinda odd to me for police to get involved for something as little as a $600 item (retail cost). Unless it was a cops phone I don't see them wasting their time unless the person who lost it said Joe smoe' stole my phone.

My car was stolen once... police didn't even look around for it. 5 minutes after they wrote up a report and left we found it block down on my own road ... running with lights on and trunk and doors open. They stole the radio amps subs and CD changer. That was like 16 years ago lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cablemike01:
I would make sure it comes back to them all busted up if I'm losing 600 bucks . I bought mine used from kajiji and nobody's taking this ffom me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] veloslave:
What a sipdhit...

Punish the guy it was stolen from in the first place... yeah, he is the bad guy.

Use your head moron :confused:

BTW... props to the OP, you're taking it like a man. Mistake made, lesson learned. sorry about the loss Bro. BTW II... can't paypal help you out?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cablemike01:
Sorry dude but I had so many things stolen from me that I have no sympathy for others with that anymore. And in my eyes he's the guy who got robbed of 600 dollars. Do you really believe that 90 percent of the stuff on kajiji isn't stolen. unfortunately this is the society we live in and I guess it's made me a little bitter so I take it as a dog eat dog world. For example I've had at least 2000 dollars worth of tools stolen from me in the last 5 years at work so now if I find a tool lying around and no one is there to claim it it goes in my truck to replenish my stolen tools. Do I feel guilty, hell no.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EP2008:
Way to live for the moment.

I wonder what riches your next life will bring you. Perhaps being reborn as a factory farmed pig might help pay down some of your negative karma?

With all the sincerity I can offer, I hope you can change your ways.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cablemike01:
I guess your life seems to work out well for you. Mine on the other hand has not worked so well so I learned to live for the moment.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thebobp:
It's too bad; had they come to take it a few months later, you would've had the pick of the litter.

If you're really lucky, someone will release something during MWC, I guess, but meh.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EP2008:
My friend, I haven't been able to leave the house in three months due to chronic illness. I've lived on my bed or sofa for three years.

I have a lot to feel bitter about, but cheating others isn't going to make anyone's life any better.

Sometimes, our misfortune turns to reward sometime later in life or in the next life.

Good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] covers:
it just doesnt make any sense to me how the police were able to get your number. unless they caught the thief and somehow phone records led to you, other than that the resources involved in locating someone through imei for one stolen phone seems a little far fetched.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Could be a matter of scale; a case of phones turned up missing or alike.
[Motorola Droid 3] Jay_8698:
So I been trying to root my phone for about an hour now. I rooted, un-rooted then rooted again, and it seems to have work (obviously you can't tell when your phone is rooted, but oh well). I'm kind of a noob in the Droid 3 section, but then I went to the Market place and downloaded the "ROM Manager", downloaded the CM9 recovery, and had the app boot into recovery but to my surprise, it doesn't work for some reason. I don't under what else I can do, am I rooted? Do I need to manually install CM9 recovery? I just want ICS on my phone, and this is driving me crazy.
[Motorola Droid 3] Dri94:
Do you have Super User app on your phone ?
[Motorola Droid 3] Jay_8698:
Yup. I do, I have no idea where it came from though.
[Motorola Droid 3] Dri94:
Does it open? Look up the thread for boot two roms at once in the genreal section. Follow that and you will have ICS. You should wait tho, as a new build will be up tonight for ics.
[Motorola Droid 3] Jay_8698:
Yup, it opens and shows the applications that I allow, does this mean that I'm rooted for sure? I'll definitely wait for the new ICS rom tonight, just want to make sure if I can boot into recovery. I tried using the "X" and power button but it just gives me the triangle with the "!" logo inside.
[Motorola Droid 3] ChristianPreachr:
I believe in the droid 3...you hold the Power + M for recovery. Not the X.
[Motorola Droid 3] Cheezhead19:
Root checker is an app that will tell you if you are rooted. You need to either install the droid 3 bootstrap or safestrap to get cwm recovery.
[Motorola Droid 3] droidian1441:
Its kind of either or.

You can hold Power + M, and use the volume keys to select recovery, or you can hold Power + X and it will go to recovery as well.
[Motorola Droid 3] droidian1441:
It gave ya the right screen. But that takes you to the stock recovery. To install roms you will need Clockworkmod Recovery or Safestrap Recovery.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
Go with safestrap. Especially if you're new to this.
[Motorola Droid 3] gierso:
Well for me from manager doesn't work.. the recovery it installs does not start from app... never tried other way . Uninstaled RM and installed only hashcode's safestrap so you don't need to start in recovery.: it will give you the option to open the cwm menu from boot by pressing menu button when prompted and if nothing done then start normally..

:in hashcode's blog are: instructions for flashing cm9 with safestrap

Good look

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[Motorola Droid 3] gierso:
Ditto

In hashcode blog are instructions for safestrap and cm9 installing

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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazzzdelux:
Hi I'm using supernova xtreme gingerbread . Since I installed it after the first couple of days I've had to do a battery pull atleast once a day because its freezing .

I have kept the stock radio and am using a class 4 16gb SD . I have read that a good quality SD is imbportant . I hot mine off eBay £13 . Is that likely to be the problem . And if sp what SD is best to get , and where from ?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proz0r:
The SD is probably the issue. One important thing about SD cards are their classes, which indicate write speed (in MB/s). Cards can be of class 2, 4, 6, or 10. The number indicating the card's class is written on most cards with classes of 4 and above. Most of the ones that don't have anything on them are class 2. ROMs which use D2EXT scripts require fast cards, class 6 and above. The manufacturer is also an important thing to note, I recommend Kingston and SanDisk, though I'm not really an expert on the matter. They have worked good for me, though. You can get them on eBay or Amazon, as far as I'm aware of.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazzzdelux:
I'm sure for this Rom it says class 4- 6 . Mine is a sandisk
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
The desire was designed with class 4 in mind. So class 4-6 yield the best results. Some class 10s work, such sd adata I believe..other class 10s act like class 6, eg Kingston....
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazzzdelux:
So if the SD card is not the cause what is ?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazzzdelux:
I've noticed it happens a lot more ( but not exclusively ) when using mobile internet . I've had to pull my battery 5 time just to post this .
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazzzdelux:
To be sure I'm going to buy a new SD . How can I ensure I get a 16gb that's compatible ? Shall I just get Any 16gb class 6 sandisk ?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazzzdelux:
Bought a 16gb class 6 transcend SD and I'm still getting freezes and now random things are popping up with force closes . Any help ?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bertrand13:
Triy to bend the SD card slot and the sim slot

It worked for me

Many many freeze and once I bended those no more freze

more details on the "bending" process here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22302386&postcount=96

Hope this help....
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tehTerminator:
SuperNova Extreme is a superb Rom even I tried it but after 24 hours of flashing when more and more apps are installed it starts freezing , droidzone stated this was because of slow sd card I am already using Samsung class 6 . Any way I found runny Rom v 5.xx a lot better with cm7r2 hboot it got just enough free internal memory and is very smooth . Currently I have 200 mb free.
[General Questions and Answers] Kerosine:
What would YOU do in my shoes? I recently bought a Sensation XE and I'm pondering on two options - Root now and go for an ICS-based ROM or wait for the official upgrade OTA together with Sense 4.0? What would you do and why?

If you'd go for a custom ROM now, which one's the best in your view for the Sensation XE?

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Jesushaxyou:
Honestly, I'd do the root and get an ICS based ROM then once ICS comes out, flash back to stock and get the OTA update for it.
[General Questions and Answers] PakAttack1994:
I'm not too familiar with the roms on the sensation XE but regardless of the phone I would root as soon as I could regardless...upgrade to ICS and take out your bloatware at the same time
[General Questions and Answers] Hasht4g:
I'd root, try some ICS Roms and if one works well enough stay with it, otherwise flash the stock Rom again. When the official ICS Rom comes try that one.
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
Get ics now stay away from sense
[General Questions and Answers] Laura Dunn:
I would recommend what everyone is saying. I am not too familiar with rooting and modifying my phone but I too desire to have ICS right now, especially since my best friend already has it and she loves it. I have a Bionic and since I'm not comfortable tampering with my phone I am going to just wait for the official update...which could be a while. But I know that if I had a friend who could do it for me I would definitely get it done right now.

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[General Questions and Answers] Kerosine:
Anyone familiar with Sensation ROMs? Any recommendations? Thanks for the feedback to all.
[General Questions and Answers] Zorigo:
Eastern dingsVer

I'm not too savvy on the best Senesation XE roms but i'd most definitelty root and grab a ROM.

theyre far more optimized compared to Manufacturers ROMS, faster, better harder, stronger. LOL im kidding about the daft punk reference, but they are faster, usually better optimized for RAM and storage etc, better battery life and rooting provides an unparalleled level of control on your phone which you will learn to love, very quickly.

And if youre really keen on Sense then download a launcher like GO Launcher EX and download a sense theme on top(GO is free and has a bazillion features, ADW is paid and Launcher Pro is free but resizing widgets is a paid upgrade feature that GO has for free. Im very happy with GO launcher EX, i can completely control my UI now as well as everything) or find a sense theme on XDA for your phone, and flash it via clockworkmod recovery (CWM).
[General Questions and Answers] fyablaz:
Root or wait

I would root now and try a custom rom, but bear in mind you should do a nandroid backup and maybe if when the ota version is released you wanna try it, then restore your original rom and do the ota upgrade.

Bootloader unlocking is done at htcdev.com
[General Questions and Answers] chocnroll:
That's what is fun with android !
[General Questions and Answers] xyrth:
Steps :

- Backup everything

- Root

- Unlock bootloader

- Nandroid Backup

- Install WTVR you want

- Play with it

- Hate it all, go back to stock

- Realize stock wasn't that great

- Find a ROM mostly decent, stick with it for all updates, nightlies, patches

- Cry when you have 20GB of nandroid backups

- Enjoy the hell out of the whole process

- Realize why Nexus phones are incredible

- Get new phone, rinse, repeat

oh, end of day, no reason to NOT root/unlock, you can always go back (unless it's on a transformer prime)
[General Questions and Answers] Kerosine:
Decided.

Again, thanks for everyone. I'll probably give this a go, backup the current configuration and try a custom ROM. When OTA updates is out, I'll revert to stock, update and back that up as well...then I'll have the option to either go for 2.3 original stock rom, stick with 4.0 stock rom (updated) or go back to a custom rom. Considering how I am (always changing) I'll probably alternate between stock and custom lol.

Thanks all. This helped!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
Anybody with a pristine ceramic white SGN want to trade it for a pristine carbon blue SGN?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] intruda119:
http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=476
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] k4dosh1:
Good evening friends.

I need a help from you. It is the following:

I used the tutorial to make a "flash_image" with a file I downloaded here (a5000.img). That occurs thereafter the recovery menu (started pressing ON + VOL.UP) does not meet the commands. Then I found another file which has the name "CLOCKWORDMOD BY DR1945 1.0 V" and this incia and accepts the basic commands, but not to perform the BACKUP. When I select the option "BACKUP AND RESTORE" is an error stating:

"E: CAN NOT FIND MISC:

E: CAN NOT MOUNT CACHE: RECOVERY / COMMAND "

ASK:

1 - Someone has the file recovery ORIGINAL STAR A5000 CAPACITIVE or a recovery that works backing up?

2 - Is there any way to make a NAND BACKUP this unit without a flash cable?

3 - If the above answer is YES programs would have someone to send? (all broken links on the net)

4 - When I run the command "FLASH_IMAGE RECOVERY / SDCARD/A5000.IMG" where is the original file will be replaced?

Thanks to everyone who submitted answers and even those who read this post.

Thank you!

STAR A5000, CAPACITIVE, CAMERA, TV, RÁDIO, GPS, CHIP MTK6516.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] k4dosh1:
HELP

nobody has the A5000 with capacitive screen to the original file? I appreciate any help!

:D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mkel91:
I could help you, which file is needed?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] k4dosh1:
Backup for test new rom

Good morning my friend.

I thank the willingness to help me.

I need the recovery file A5000 capacitive screen. Sobreescrevi the original and did not know how to back up. WANT THE ORIGINAL and you also have a recovery that would enable it to perform a NAND BACKUP found "mobileuncle.img" in Chinese and does not allow a Nand Backup.

Is there any way to make a NAND BACKUP this unit without a flash cable?

I really want is to have a BACKUP That You Can restore via recovery prompt (on-off button + Vol up) because I would like to test Other roms, rom uninstall some apps now, but if you happen to give any problem Can you restore to keep your phone to work. Is there any Possibility cable without using flash? If the possession Recovery Is Possible That Could send it?

Thank you.

Thank you for your attention.
[Motorola Photon 4G] yairku:
Hi everyone!

I am trying to flash cm9 with CWM v5.0.2.8, but the phone gets stuck while booting. Before flashing I wipe everything (dalvik cache, cache, data, battery stats), and format the system, and still I am getting stuck while booting again and again. I see a screen with a red circle with M inside it, the text under it is "dual core technology", and the text in the top - "unlocked". I can wait and wait but nothing happens. the only choice is to restore to the stock rom. My device is rooted and unlocked.

I Tried to use the previous version of CWM, but after I flash it with rom manager the recovery gets unreadable. I go into the recovery mode and see unreadable lines of text.

Please help me! I'm tired of unplugging and plugging the battery again and again..

Thank you!
[Motorola Photon 4G] yairku:
Forgot to say:

I tried to flash the file "beta-0.2.0-cm-9.0.0-RC0-Sunfire-KANG-signed.zip".

Should I have flashed any special kernel?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Cubanluke88:
Bold part is the problem. For some reason the newest version of CWM results in a stuck boot with CM9 for the photon. You need 5.0.2.7 (or below I'd assume).

Go here and grab the CWM that is posted and flash that.
[Motorola Photon 4G] yairku:
Thanks. How do I flash a recovery? RSD lite is good?

Edit: I tried to use bootstrap, but it doesn't boot into recovery but into android. So how do I flash the "old" version of CWM?
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Flash it through the version you have 5.0.2.8
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
OR use the moto-fastboot method which is simple too.
[Motorola Photon 4G] yairku:
Thanks for the help! I managed to flash the recovery, and then I successfully flashed the cm9! Thank you!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Cubanluke88:
I'll be honest this is why I don't like rom manager :P

Good practice should be to do everything as "manually" as possible first, then consider using apps like rom manager to speed up these tasks.
[Xperia Arc General] brian85:
How do I install it? I swear I've searched....I can't really find a thread that tells me how to unlock, install clockwork, and flash this rom. I've never had a problem finding this information with my old phone.

Any help would be appreciated.
[Xperia Arc General] augie7107:
This is a good start:

http://blogs.sonymobile.com/wp/2012...e-for-unlocked-2011-xperia-smartphone-models/