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[Galaxy S III General] ronaldo9_r9:
Hi Guys Need you advice.

I bought new samsung galaxy s3 from Gumtree guy sold it for £350. It was advertised that its unlocked on all networks. When I bought it of him it was working on Vodaphone. I rang orange to get microsim which arrived 3 days ago. I waited for text message for new sim but no message arrived after 24 hours so i rang orange asked why sim isnt active. Orange asked me for phone IMEI number which i provided found out that phone is blacklisted.

when i bought the phone guy said that he has reciept upon receiving the phone he said its at home but will give it tomorrow. So i took his pictures on Galaxy S2, made him sign the agreement and recorded him. I also took picture of gumtree ad and have his IMEI number. I rang the guy yesterday after orange telling me its blacklisted to say why did you sell me lost/stolen phone he said he will speak to vodaphone and see they can unblock it (strange). He rang after couple of minutes later said phone wont work on orange network only on vodaphone and offered me refund straightaway. At this point all i wanted was money back and then report him.

I got the refund now but asked him why he tried selling contract lost phone to me. He said he had previous phone stolen so they sent him new phone which he sold to me at point of sale he did not say he has on contract. I think he tried to scam me but i had all the proof to proof he sold me lost phone which he tried to do insurance scam.

I rang Vodafone to tell them what happened girl said all they can do is blacklist the phone (call center i rang was in Egypt) noting she can do. So i rang sales team who put me through to Customer services in uk i told them the same story but he said call in the morning system is playing up.

I have now bought sim free from carphonewarehouse today for £495

What do u guys suggest about this should i report him again and leave him to scam others (which i do not want) i dont want to go through hassell if its too much.

What would you guys do in this situation,.

Sorry about grammar and English
[Galaxy S III General] CuBz90:
First of all I would report him to Gumtree to stop him from scamming anyone else on there.
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Secondly if you can find the network that blocked the phone it might be worth asking them your options if any to remove block.

Seller has commited fraud unless you where informed phone was blocked.

jje
[Galaxy S III General] d4fseeker:
Thats bollocks.

The device IMEI is unique across all devices, including replacements for stolen devices. So if it is blacklisted, that (usually) means it got stolen and has been blocked due to a police-report by the victim.
[Galaxy S III General] fbloise:
Punch line: avoid gumtree. I had a similar situation in the past.
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
Could you post details of where you met up or what he looks like? I just had my S3 stolen yesterday and I think I may have a rough idea of several people it could have been who pick pocketed me. It's gutting, but I just want to get to the bottom of it now.

I'm going to have the IMEI blacklisted tomorrow, but ideally I wish I could just get the phone back. I'd even have been happy to buy it back off him but whoever took it has turned it off and I'm stuffed.

Any help would be much appreciated.
[Galaxy S III General] cyrexking:
The guy offered you a refund and apologies to you. Then he gave you the money and sort the problem! I think its an honest mistake which could happen to anyone (but the phone working on Vodafone does not seems to be blacklisted, otherwise it would not work on vodafone as well.) Just avoid buying these kind of things of gumtree in the future, or ask for a prof of purchase
[Galaxy S III General] MonkeyMage:
Totally agree, guy would not refund money if it was stolen..
[Galaxy S III General] d4fseeker:
Let's theorize that it was stolen. Two scenarios are possible:

a) he didn't know it was stolen and bought it from someone else too

b) he knew it was stolen but didn't want OP to go to the police so he just refunded the money. OP stated he had his voice and picture on record, so he might have panicked when he was confronted with the fact that the buyer knew it was stolen.
[Galaxy S III General] weeo:
Yeah I have my doubts too of Gumtree... However I did buy this new One X there for a little cheaper than the shops, but it was a sealed one... I don't buy opened phones...
[Galaxy S III General] esist:
Even if it was a scam, the intended victim wasn't you, or he wouldn't have refunded the money.

The victim in the this case is probably Vodafone or a third-party insurance company, and if they don't care enough to do anything about it... well then they have no one to blame but themselves.

He wouldn't have let you see his face if he was going to scam you: even someone who doesn't understand what blacklisting is, would just assume the phone was defective and attempt to get a refund anyway.
[Galaxy S III General] CuBz90:
When I buy a phone off Gumtree, I test everything before I hand over any money. I always do a IMEI check as well to make sure it is not blacklisted and I find out who's name the phone is registered in. These are the steps everyone should make when buying a pre owned phone.
[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
I agree with others, if he wasintending to scam you, you would never got a refund that's how scammers work. I believe it was either an honest mistake or an insurance scam, not an intention to scam you.
[Galaxy S III General] ronaldo9_r9:
He clearly tried to scam me but I took his picture, got him recorded, voice recording of him talking to me about the phone. He only refunded me because I had evidence that he sold me the phone.
[Galaxy S III General] Peeely:
I'm surprised by how many S3's are for sale on Gumtree, many state that they are sealed in the box ?

is there another scam or something that they maybe selling stolen from shops warehouses etc that would allow this ?

ie they may work for a while but then are blacklisted and become useless ?
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
First post in a dead thread ?????WHY ???

jje
[Galaxy S III General] baileyjr:
Gumtree is fine but you need to do the deal "in prerson" so you can test devices out first etc.
[Galaxy S III General] Peeely:
Sorry ...........................is there a law against that ? :crying:

I just found the topic when doing a search on Galaxy S3 ads on Gumtree as I am in the process of trying to purchase one and they seem to be a lot cheaper on there than say Ebay, and thought that you guys might have the answers to why ?
[Galaxy S III General] CuBz90:
There's nothing wrong with that.
[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
I would agree with the other person, do the deal in person Then you can test the phone before you buy it.
[Galaxy S III General] Peeely:
Thanks, I do intend to see the phone up close before I part with any cash !

I thought of checking the 'lock status' on the phone and then checking the IMEI number out by typing in the relevant codes into the phones keyboard, would this be sufficient ? .............anything else I could do ?
[Galaxy S III General] wins90:
Or, the seller can sell you the phone and claim the insurance later, the IMEI can still be blacklisted. Don't buy phones off gumtree, so many scam.
[Galaxy S III General] Peeely:
Great ! :rolleyes:

I thought that maybe the case, so the only way really is Ebay and through Paypal, or to be sure someone you know with one ?

thanks anyway !
[Galaxy S III General] RorixRebel:
even without pictures or recordings he offered a refund and apologized....don't know the guy and never heard of him before

but sounds like he was trying to scam his carrier/insurance company, not you.
[Galaxy S III General] CuBz90:
If you insist on buying a phone off Gumtree, then when you agree to buy the phone let the owner know that upon meeting him/her you will want him to ring the carrier and tell them that they are selling the phone, while you listen it.

It's a long shot but it's the only way if you want to be on the safe side.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] tarpon6:
Where to B
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skywalker134:
For some reason my baseband version just changed on its own today...it is now I9020XXKF1. I need to find a I9020AUCKJ1 radio so I can flash it. Does anyone have a link to this radio?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skywalker134:
Nevermind, I figured it out!!!
[HTC Sensation] baric88:
I cracked my screen and i need to get a insurance phone so i can get a fresh one

So i have s-off with my CID 11111111, i can get to recovery phone works but i demolished my screen to the point im using my nexus s instead (witch sucks compaired to the htc:crying:

what i need is a stock ruu/rom with s-on again its for htc sensation

I have looked everywere on this fourm cant find it

Can someone point me in the right direction please:laugh:
[HTC Sensation] chrisund123:
I'm in the process of doing similar with a friend's phone. Boot into bootloader first:

"fastboot oem write cid xxxxxxxx" where xxxxxxxx is the correct cid the phone came with.

Download and run a suitable shipped Rom from the link above.

Then back into bootloader and do:

"fastboot oem write secureflag 3"

Should do the trick :D
[HTC Sensation] baric88:
Thanks u guys that all u needed
[LG Optimus 2x] bennie208:
im using owains kang ics cm9 based but when i start my phone it says system ui stopped but i didnt change anything how can i fixe that

also i cant find my notifcations bar how can i get i back

i would like all help
[LG Optimus 2x] heavencanwait:
Well first boot into recovery and wipe data and cache. Also wipe dalvik cache. Reboot and see if it's ok. Then report here for further help if needed. :)
[LG Optimus 2x] bennie208:
thanks im gonna try that

i report later
[LG Optimus 2x] bennie208:
I wiped cache , data and also dalvic cache but it still gives system ui has stopped

What to do
[LG Optimus 2x] darenb4:
Re download the rom u may have a bad download .. then wipe and install from scratch .. also be wary of titanium back up.. if u xo use it only restore is user apps no system apps or data
[LG Optimus 2x] bennie208:
Thanks im gonnna try it where can i find it again that its good
[HTC Amaze 4G] dadogintown:
Hi guys i been running 4th bar ics S-on for a few months now and today i decided to change roms.

im used to running DS full wipe scripts in between flashing anything new, but for some reason this time i get error and aborting messages same with flashing kernels and radios.

I relocked bootloader and followed unlocking procedure all over again, tried TWRP and 4ext recoveries with no luck, re partitioned my sd card and still no luck.

Anyhow this is the error i keep getting hopefully someone might be able to interpret it for me. thanks in advance

Mounting '/emmc'

I:Mounting /sdcard using: 'mount /emmc /sdcard'

Error flashing zip '/sdcard/darkside-wipe-cache-only.zip'

I:Set page: 'flash_done'

I:Set page: 'main'

I:Set page: 'clear_vars'

I:Set page: 'main2'

I:Set page: 'install'

I:Set page: 'flash_confirm'

I:Set page: 'flash_zip'

I:Set page: 'flash_zip'

I:Mounting '/emmc'

I:Mounting /sdcard using: 'mount /emmc /sdcard'

-- Verify md5 for /sdcard/darkside-wipe-cache-only.zip

-- No md5 file found, ignoring

-- Install /sdcard/darkside-wipe-cache-only.zip ...

I:Mounting '/emmc'

I:Mounting /sdcard using: 'mount /emmc /sdcard'

I:Unmounting /sdcard (dual storage path code)

Finding update package...

I:Update location: /tmp/sideload/package.zip

Opening update package...

Installing update...

[*] Running DARKSIDE.SUPER.WIPE on /cache only...

> Erasing & Formatting CACHE Partition

about to run program [/sbin/umount] with 2 args

umount: can't umount /cache: Invalid argument

run_program: child exited with status 1

about to run program [/sbin/erase_image] with 2 args

Creating filesystem with parameters:

Size: 4194304

Block size: 4096

Blocks per group: 32768

Inodes per group: 256

Inode size: 256

Journal blocks: 1024

Label:

Blocks: 1024

Block groups: 1

Reserved block group size: 7

error: do_inode_allocate_extents: Failed to allocate 1025 blocks

E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip

(Status 1)

* Verifying filesystems...

I:=> Let's update filesystem types via verifyFst aka blkid.

* Verifying partition sizes...

E:Unable to mount /data
[HTC Amaze 4G] ahmedreaz17:
Try ruu and reflash 4ext
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
If I remember correctly, DarkSide wipe is only designed for Samsung Galaxy SII. It probably fails due to different partition structures. The tool may be attempting to wipe the wrong partitions, which leads to errors. There is an option in 4Ext recovery that allows you to do a full wipe, and it is recommended to use that option compared to using superwipe scripts, as such scripts are usually only designed for one device.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbjhon:
My nook has been stuck on the cyanoboot bootloader for quite some time. I've tried playing with the menu options, wiping data, flashing a new rom entirely. All to no avail. The number in the top left of the screen stays at E 0 (if that helps anyone). Does anyone know of a solution? I would think that I'd just have to flash a normal bootloader. If so, does anyone know where I can find a file? All help appreciated.

Edit: Did not notice post with similar question. This thread should be deleted.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leapinlar:
The E in the E0 means that it is booting from the emmc bootloader rather than an SD bootloader. And the 0 means it has no failed boots since the last time it booted. Look in my tips thread linked in my signature for ideas how to fix your problem.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbjhon:
Thank you. It was a recovery flag problem. It's been solved.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] TheJanitor07:
I just recently tried to download the new Dark Knight Rises game from the play store and it says that my device (GS3) is not compatible. I find it very odd that they would not include the GS3 with the launch of this game, it shows that some of my older devices actually are compatible, like my GS2 and HTC Sensation. Does anyone know why our phones are not compatible or included? And if it will be in the future? I was really looking forward to playing this game.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ftmaniac948:
Not compatible for my Vzw GS3 either, or for that matter my asus infinity. Weird
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Halmo:
I see a comment that says constantly crashes for my GS3, so they probably took it off the market for the GS3 until they come out with an update.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] hayabusa1300cc:
Plays really well for me, Sprint
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ftmaniac948:
Yep its compatible now, Damn its big but so sweet guys worth a look
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] TheJanitor07:
Which carrier are you on? And did you download it off the play store? It still says my device is not compatible.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] incubus26jc:
i got a hold of 1.0.5 and it crashes after launching.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] sabre31:
This is what upsets me about android how can this game not support the newer phones I couldn't wait so I bought it for my ipad and weird thing is ipad version is less then 1gb in size.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bagbug:
you have to wake up and understand that there are more than one company who makes Android phones.

Tons of different specs like resolution of the display and different CPU/GPU.

Lots of games running on Windows still have problems related to GPU. Just read any driver's change log from ATI or Nvidia and you will understand.

And who really cares if you cant get the game the first week ??? Seriously...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Hulk0069:
I think it'll come out soon, when spiderman first came out,I tried to buy it ,said my device wasn't compatible, then after couple days I checked and it was available. I'm on the verizon network also.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] heyoh:
Anyone got the circle battery mod working on the Nexus 7 yet? I'm miss knowing my battery % at all times.

Thanks!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] ianm:
Have you tried this widget app?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.hubalek.android.reborn.beta

No need to flash mods and face the associated risks etc, it just runs and displays the battery percentage in your notification bar at the top.

An additional nice touch is that you get a notification in the drop down with also allows you to use the JB notification drag feature to show a battery usage graph.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] altrikdout21:
Simi widget does the job nicely IMO.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] murse:
I use Power Controls from the market and you can have its notification icon show as a circle battery. This doesn't replace the standard icon, though.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dawgpoundfan:
I tried to change it using ROM Toolbox and completely hosed up system had to use tutorial on getting back to stock , redo unlock and root....scared to try another although it was kinda fun jackimg it up bad and trying out the tutorial... hehe
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] BuddhaTB:
Same app I use and like it a lot. Easy to use and displays lots of info.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Gunthermic:
There are several ROM's out that have done this already. Plus all the widgets users are saying.

But i am guessign you are wanting the Circle with stock rooted. .lol
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] fishingfon:
I am going to try and make a % battery mod tomorrow.

Cheers

Corey
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] balkanboy:
Thanks going to give this a go!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Psipherious:
I tried with ROM Toolbox as well, same problem, ended up doing a nandroid restore of a backup I had taken hours earlier which worked just fine to bring back stock icon.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] dawgpoundfan:
It was like 2:00 am and I not backed up yet just trying to get a quick tweak out like I do on my phone did not even think about backing up before that baby crashed hard...lesson learned.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Psipherious:
We should email JRummy, maybe he can fix the code so it doesn't bugger it all up, would be really nice to have the circular icon with individual percentage numbers up there.

EDIT: I infact just sent him an e-mail about it. We'll see what he comes back with.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] fishingfon:
I have made a circle battery mod for the n7, but I keep getting status 0 error when u try and flash it :(

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1797227
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Psipherious:
Got a replay from JRummy, he says I'm stupid (okay, he didn't say that, he didn't even say anything even remotely close to derogatory) but basically explained that to use the modding function in his ROM Toolbox (for the battery icons) we should have a deodexed ROM.

I had to go look that up cause I don't know anything about odexing/deodexing.

This guy seems to have made a deodexed version of JB 4.1.1 for our Nexus, pre-rooted and whatnot. I'm considering flashing that and then trying the ROM Toolbox thingy but I'm feeling super lazy at the moment so if someone beats me to it... please post your results. :)

Deodexed 4.1.1: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1802125

Oh and if you want to deodex your own Nexus 7, I'm assuming this guide will work? But seriously I just got off a 12 hour overnight shift and didn't read the thread completely so if you break your Nexus by trying this, don't blame me: http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-themes/4620-how-manually-deodex-your-phone.html

Here's another deodex guide on XDA for a Galaxy S2: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1208320

Aaaand one more (from XDA) - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1600805
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] RCCola85:
Funny thing, you did exactly what I did, even down to the 2:00am in the morning part. Normally I always backup my stuff but I thought "eh it's just a battery mod." Plus, I had backed up my systemui & framework-res using ROM Toolbox, not realizing that you need a damned menu button to restore them (obviously if you bork your systemui, there goes your menu button). I fixed it by flashing that deodexed ROM you guys are talking about.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] fishingfon:
I was running a deodexed stock rom, so I thought I would give it a try flashing a mod with rom toolbox.

I made a Cwm backup of my rom, backed up my system ui and framework apk.

Installed the mod, and system ui crashed.

Now I thought I would be able to restore my Cwm backup.

But then it turns out that my Cwm backup was corrupted, so I then had to reinstall the stock rom.

But I did not have any tb backups to restore my apps, so then I had to reinstall all my apps too.

So I am fully pissed off.

Has anyone got a circle battery mod working on the n7 with rom toolbox?

Cheers Corey
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] powerpoint45:
I know how to do it on jelly bean. I made a tut on it. I might make one for you guys.

Here is the tut:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1814441
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] FL0OD:
Battery Widget Reborn in the Play Store

n7 corrupted by trinity
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] powerpoint45:
I made one for glazed jellybean

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1816327
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] fishingfon:
Here you are

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1819550
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] zziggy:
Hello. Your thread is closed but a warning to others. That circle battery mod lost my navbar in landscape mode. So a game like minecraft has no way to exit.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] gamerwiz360:
Well i just tried the battery mod with rom tool box and it worked
[General Topics] MacTheRipperr:
You heard it right ladies and gentlemen. Samsung has officially sent out a save date email to all major tech websites and news networks to save the date August 15th for the announcement of "the next Samsung galaxy device" speculations? Comments?
[General Topics] lowandbehold:
Note 2...only thing that makes sense. Too early for the next Nexus, and anything else no one cares about.
[General Topics] kancherlapraneeth:
It could be note 10.1.. who knows ...
[General Topics] TJBunch1228:
Just because no one here cares about other phones doesn't mean that's not what it is... Lol
[General Topics] _Variable:
It could be one of those low end galaxy phones....
[General Topics] KayxGee1:
Check this out: The Answer
[General Topics] gagdude:
Fairly sure its the Note 2
[General Topics] Gorjess:
Honestly I'm eager to get the note 2 in exchange to my s2, but looks like I'm getting the next nexus instead..

Swyped from my GT-i9100
[General Topics] alpha-niner64:
I think it's the Tmobile QWERTY device (Samsung Galaxy S Blaze Q): the one labeled T699

Not a coincidence.
[General Topics] MissionImprobable:
That's a damn ugly slider. Killin' the QWERTY game one device at a time.
[General Topics] niknDE:
Galaxy Note 2. Or the Galaxy SIIII ;)
[General Topics] BCBO1991:
Maybe a midclass or Low-End Version. A new Note is also possible but i think the first two make more sense.
[General Topics] xpresotw:
Maybe it will be a "SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2" with the FLEXIBLE AMOLED DISPLAY
[General Topics] Div033:
Samsung Galaxy Glasses
[General Topics] I Am Marino:
I'm guessing on the Note 2 or maybe a different variant of the SGS3.
[General Topics] Ben Pendergast:
hoping a new galaxy tab to make apple even more upset! lol
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] tarpon6:
I would like buy an extra internal plastic cover. It is the one you can see when removing the battery cover that is held down by all the screws. I want to modify it and keep my original intact.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] theROMinator:
Housing is what you're looking for. It may not be available yet, http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=galaxy+s+iii+housing&_sacat=0
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jay_34120:
i am having problem in my nexus one. when i swit off my phone after that i again start my phone it doesen't start . it just spark one time light boom one time and sleep. again try to one my phone but it dosen't start. just spark one time and gone. so i want to know it is software fault or hardware ? please help me out.. :confused:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taodan:
You don't need to bold and increase your text size.