yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
Inspect the handset thoroughly. Run it through some strenuous benchmarks like AnTuTu, CF-Bench, or Quadrant repeatedly; put it under load to see if it's stable and doesn't crash/reboot. Look for physical/water damage, hairline scratches and cracks. Go over the thing CSI style; and if you find no fault(s) and/or defect(s), I'd say keep it. Then again, if you've just got one of those feelings, you may be better off returning it. You may have gotten a refurbished handset or one that someone else returned, but it doesn't sound like you got a fake. Also, I have heard stories like yours too many times to count. It's always the same.

i.e. "I ordered a Samsung Galaxy such and such from Amazon last week. Today, when it finally came, I opened up the shipping package to discover that the product's box had already been opened and that the Samsung tamper seal had been broken. Did I get a fake and/or used phone, tablet, etc.?"

If it's any consolation, your experience seems to be the norm on Amazon. Also, when you're in the U.S. and order an international handset, sometimes the seller breaks the seal and opens the box to remove the European, or Asian, or whatever power adapter was in there and replace it with a North American power adapter. Did your GT-N7100 come with a North American A.C. power adapter?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Borteeo:
If you can prove it is fraud, i doubt your credit card would think twice about reversing charges.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minnkwonn:
It came with the American Adapter. also, I checked with Samsung on the IMEI and serial number. They don't seem to recognize the IMEI or the serial number. Do you think that this signifies anything?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noodile:
now that sounds realllll fishhy.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zkyevolved:
Write amazon and return it saying that Samsung doesn't recognize the devices serial number and that there was no seal on the box and you'd simply like to return it.

Did you get it from Amazon directly or from a seller dealer online selling through Amazon? I see the merchant program to be exactly like ebay. Suspicious in every way. I usually don't buy expensive electronics from eBay for that reason, you just never know. I leave screen protector and cases and other simple things to ebay and amazon direct for really important things. Or even stores ;) gotta support real stores too sometimes if they're similarly priced.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] desirer:
Every real note 2 should get 3/4 those stickers right?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avetny:
Where did u check your imei number ?

Samsung.com or samsung.com/uk or samsung.com/cn ?

If your phone from China check Samsung. com/cn

And other thing it can't be fake for $650. Sellers open boxs only to change wall charger. Im sure 60% of people will leave bad feedbacks because charger got another standard.

Regards.

Enjoy your phone man.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xpresotw:
Wow 05 is my country :eek:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hunter68uk:
Sounds a little iffy to me. :confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
That doesn't really mean much. It's an import, so Samsung US wouldn't have that info. Do an IMEI lookup online and see what info you get.

This'll tell you what model phone you have. Insert IMEI.

http://imei-number.com/imei-number-lookup/
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] promi:
I bought my note from official reseller in Poland and my 7 and 8 imei digits are 05.

Wysyłane z mojego GT-N7100 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharpeyedman:
Samsung USA has never officially released n7100/7105 in USA. North American models are different but there are many American users with international version Note 2s. The International version of Note 2s are acquired by indirect route or third party. So they do not have it in the Samsung USA database.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TooLow:
mine is also 05
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dav08094194:
Upload some pictures of it? people on here will be able to tell if its a fake or not, I had the same problem with ebay with the galaxy nexus. would tell me no sim is inserted and after a while i put in the manual apn setting and it finally registered that there was a sim in the phone. but that something completely different from your case. if it is fake hope you get a full refund as mine refused to refund me so i had to open a dispute and still never got a refund as id opened the box. good luck
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pakalrtb:
The open box does not necessarily mean it's a fake. But it may be a returned item. Did all the accessory come in their original packaging? As for the phone itself if it's a knock off of it will most probably not have JB. And as another user suggested a simple benchmark test will tell you if you have a genuine note. And if its a knock off with same performance of the original..... Well its a knock off you want to keep!!! Looool

Post a pic.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanDroidian:
It's real. Relax.
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] garyd9:
This area is currently experimental and was set up by the XDA Administrators for development discussion. The idea in this section is for developers (not only recognized developers, but all developers) to have a place for discussion threads to "talk shop." What kind of talk? Some topics (that I'm making up as I type this) might include (and are certainly not limited to):

Overriding the power widget in the notification dropdown

Considerations of using gcc versions other than 4.4.3 for compiling the kernel

Exynos: discussion on working around the SOC wake from sleep delay

This isn't a Q&A forum. However, developers might kick off discussions with a question. The difference? This belongs in Q&A: "My phone wakes up slow, will it go faster if I take my sdcard out?" On the other hand, the following might belong in this new section: "Has anyone tried adjusting the mmc detection timeouts to see if there's an impact on the SOC wakeup delays?" The assumption here is that the person asking the latter question actually knows what a mmc detection timeout is, how they'd change it, and has started to play around with it before posting the question.

As well, this section is not for posting finished products or "advertising" of kernels, apps, etc. This section is to discuss the process, not for the end result.

The hope (at least my own hope) is that developers can discuss things here instead of resorting the various other methods of communication we've used. At the same time, newer developers and even non-developers can LEARN from the conversations and eventually participate.

Depending on the reception (and difficulty moderating, probably) this experiment will either be expanded for other device types, completely shut down as a failure, or adjusted. Obviously, if we developers don't use it, it might be considered a waste of time and dissolved.

This section will be very closely moderated by moderators who are also developers and non-development discussion will be harshly dealt with.

I REALLY hope this will encourage more devs to spend time with open communication. This is XDA-Developers. Let's do development.

Edit (Jan 8th, 2013):

Clarifying "finished products" above: The threads in this section will likely spawn off or involve distinct programs/kernels/firmwares , and once a distinct product results, a separate thread

outside of this section should be created for supporting that distinct product. A link to that thread is welcome in the source thread here, but this section shouldn't be used to contain support or release posts.

Take care

Gary
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] toxicthunder:
Thanks a lot for this. Had requested this for N7000 forums, but oh well :)

But I still feel we could benefit from such a thread there as well..
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] garyd9:
The N7000 is very similar to the N7100 - just lacking a pair of cores, but still the same processor arch and I think the n7000 is getting JB with the same TW layer as the n7100, isn't it?

It seems to be that most of "note II" dev level discussion would be very similar to the original note (as well as the SGS3) so I wouldn't complain if it was done here. Of course, the real moderators might disagree with me, so it might help if Someone Important would chime in.

Take care

Gary
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] toxicthunder:
doesnt matter. We keep moving across both forums anyways. :)
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] AndreiLux:
Actually they're still quite different to each other on the low hardware level even if they use the same IP blocks on the SoC, the SoC itself is basically built anew from what I understand. The non-existent 4212 is what you're describing there.

If you would have categorized these development forums I would have rather have them grouped on a per platform basis, and in that regard, as you know with my work, they are basically identical as they're based on this same "Midas" platform. This includes the S3 and all its variants, the Note 2 and all its variants, and the Galaxy Camera.
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] garyd9:
I agree on some of the SGS3 variants, but NOT the qualcomm variants of the SGS3. The sgs3 (exynos) also has a very similar version of TW as well now. I have no idea about the camera...

There's a chance that the i9300 device might eventually link to here... Keep in mind that it's still an experimental section, and while there's no leeway for non-dev posts, there's surely of leeway for non-Note II dev stuff (at least when it's similar to the Note2)
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] garyd9:
Added to the OP:

Clarifying "finished products" above: The threads in this section will likely spawn off or involve distinct programs/kernels/firmwares , and once a distinct product results, a separate thread outside of this section should be created for supporting that distinct product. A link to that thread is welcome in the source thread here, but this section shouldn't be used to contain support or release posts.
[HTC Droid DNA] Memnoch73:
So I have come across a few apps that say they are not-compatible in the store. Anyone else find any?? Is this a JB thing or a phone just came out thing?

So far I have found: 1weather and Tumblr
[HTC Droid DNA] Zalatorisaurus:
Tumblr is killing me. They always take forever to update.

Sent from my HTC DNA
[HTC Droid DNA] adrynalyne:
Horn installs and crashes on launch.

Good times.
[HTC Droid DNA] oxpoison:
ChompSMS says that it's not compatible, but if you go to chompsms.com you can just install it from there. It's been working perfectly for me
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] graycow9:
This is new to me 0.0 I know there are big issues with the Rom Manager version of CWM. Did you use that recovery image??? Just a pre-question. Or do you have a Voodoo Recovery?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ecuajosh:
i used CWM (orange). i change the mount orders as it's always it's been suggested for when flashing different ROM but i get the same message. I will try a different sd card just in case.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] graycow9:
That's a good idea. Never know sometimes with SD cards.

What I mean't by which recovery though, was which version is it? Because there are 2 versions:

-the one uploaded for download on Rom Manager is broken, it does not work correctly, and will not(likely) ever. The bad copy is version [4.0.0.2]

-Then there is the one made by Krylon360, and is the version 3.0.2.8 I believe? Did you use this one?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ecuajosh:
i couldn't find another sd. i'll probably get one tomorrow, and yeah the vesion i have is 4.0.0.2. i'll odin and start from scratch, thanks tho i didn't know 4.0.0.2 was a bad update
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ecuajosh:
what had happen was i had bumped in to a script that roots and install cwm somewhere here, and it installs 4.0.0.2.

well finally got it to work hours of reading and more reading leading to dead links and more dead links to file.

so the steps are 1)odin to get a stock rom, 2) root with oneclick, 3) use the script and click run.bat to get the cwm 3.0.2.8 (since that recovery file isn't available) and VOILA!.

thanks guys
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] graycow9:
That's great :D I had a feeling that was the problem, Rom Manager has a messed up file to distribute. Pretty useless.

And I apologize for not getting back sooner, I had to get going somewhere yesterday. But still I'm glad to help :) by the way, I have the recovery file if you'd like it. Or actually, I think I know where there is a link.

Try this and you can have a backup of it now :) (this was OP by user "Kediil") ---> http://db.androidspin.com/Developer_Display.asp?DeveloperID=248

**EDIT** Look a little towards the bottom and the files should be available ^-^
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] orange808:
Now that you have recovery, get Bali or Platypus Egg and put an end to the silliness.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Oskogs:
I recently upgraded to jellybean on my galaxy tab gt-p1000. And now i cant get a connection between the pc and the tab. I have read that this could be fixed by switching from modem to pda mode in a hidden menu, so i tried punching (literally) in *#7284# **7284 and **87284 but nothing happens. Windows just tells me that it cant find drivers for "7 CDCs".

Can anyone help? This is really starting to annoy me severely.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tchn0013:
Flashed a CM7 nightly and trinity kernel and now I have call audio only through bluetooth. I was running a stable cm7 with trinity kernel before and it was working fine. Tried to go back to stable cm7 but still no audio. Bluetooth works fine... am I overlooking something?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] turkishroyal1453:
Now i have been trying to get my free hotspot to work like i had on my Samsung galaxy s 2 but so far i have not ran into any tutorials or anything that i was able to put together. If anyone has any help with this issue it will be highly appreciated, Im on t mobile running stock rom with multiwindow enabled rom.I have been asking zedomax for the help however i have not gotten any help from him, there is nothing on the web about it, and im sure im not the only one that would love their hotspot to work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] teshgnex:
lots of threads in the development forum - from apn management to full roms which have the capability, do some looking in the development forum, you'll see them
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] turkishroyal1453:
thanx for the response , however i cannot find the threat you are talking about in the development section, there must be a easy way to do it, If you do say that you have seen threds as such, please post me a link so i can actually get this thing over with. i love my phone but they have made it so difficult to hotspot!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ionic7:
Use search you will find it dude
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] turkishroyal1453:
i found it fox fi, it works awesome man thanx much!
[HTC One X+] SysAdmNj:
Its starting to bug me, especially the wifi while screen is off being disabled when I have not selected that anywhere. Also definitely feels spotty and doesnt load all my data right away when I turn screen on, like its slow. No way I should have to use keepalive app for wifi to remedy this. Bluetooth audio in my car sounds pretty bad. It cant just be my device as others have reported similar findings.

What are your thoughts, will you deal with this and just keep your device?

Have you possibly thought about another device?
[HTC One X+] nugzo:
This phone is new. 1st software release for our ATT phones. Report those bugs to HTC/ATT, they will address it. Fixes will come in future updates if the devs dont fix them first. All new phones have bugs, all. They normally get fixed :)
[HTC One X+] smok15:
It was also before but all started 2 years ago when they were fiddling with battery to last longer.

When you stream music WiFi to router and then amp when screen is off it can effect constant playback.

But you figured out what's caused it.

Even with mp3 not only heavy flacs.
[HTC One X+] willwalk93:
Yes my bluetooth call quality is bad. My earpiece call quality is fuzzy and buzzes. Am I the only one?

*EDIT* After unrooting, relocking the bootloader, factory reset, all that fun stuff, the call quality finally corrected. Then got worse again. I figured out that it was my Google account screwing around with settings because whether you set it to or not, it tries to restore your previous settings. After wiping out that account and rebooting, call quality is wonderful.
[HTC One X+] SysAdmNj:
Same in the car.
[HTC One X+] droidiac13:
Are you effing serious?? I can't believe it, but I'll try it!

Edit: this didn't make one bit of different for me.
[HTC One X+] willwalk93:
Yes I was getting ready to go to the AT&T store to swap for one with a non defective earpiece. But I wiped my primary Gmail account from the phone, rebooted, plugged it in to charge for a little while so I could do some schoolwork and call quality was fine. So I don't know if it pulled over bad settings from my old inspire or what. Try the call quality while there is no Google account signed in after the reboot.
[HTC One X+] droidiac13:
I tried it without any Google account set up. No luck for me. I even wiped my phone clean and did a factory reset just to test it out. Didn't work. Oh well.
[HTC One X+] mgymnop:
I have no problem with Wifi. Just to clarify: You have the AT&T version, you run the phone as it was shipped and you run no task killer? If the Wifi disconnects the symbol in the notification bar disappears?
[HTC One X+] deeznuts:
Lol, yes correct that how WiFi is suppose to work on devices. I have zero WiFi issues myself. When it's enabled and i connect to say my home wifi it appears on my device and stays connected all throughout my home. Flawless for me. When wifi is disconnected or turned off well of course it is no longer displayed on the notification bar, it's turned off or not connected, why would it still be displayed up there?
[HTC One X+] mgymnop:
I just wanted to make sure that the lack of push notification that some see is really due to a disconnect of wifi. If the wifi symbol is still there and they don't get push notifications it is probably something else...I saw many people complaining about hardware defects and in 50% of cases it was because they used task killers or battery "optimizers" that disabled sync and other important processes.
[HTC One X+] SysAdmNj:
I shall test this out with no battery saver mode or any battery saver app running and see.
[HTC One X+] mgymnop:
yes please and no task killer. Does it happen just sometimes or all the time?
[HTC One X+] willwalk93:
Well, I was serious. Then after an overnight charge the problem started again. Still fuzzy and buzzy on the earpiece. More a problem with volume than frequency. Its the same as the bluetooth call quality. Reminds me of when A/V pregain is set far higher than postgain for manual distortion control. I think the values for volume amplification are screwed up somewhere. I like the phone, I just don't wanna deal with crappy call quality forever. I could even deal with the bootloader locking if the other issues would get fixed (well. I already have my code.). Got five days to make a call on keep it or exchange before the no questions asked 14 day exchange window for AT&T closes.

UPDATE: Update on the earpiece. I was just about to swap it out but then during the call it stopped buzzing and became clear. It did this when I took it away from my face and did something onscreen during the call. If it was a hardware issue, it would do it every call and during the whole call in my opinion.
[HTC One X+] Dannydeez:
Just curious, have you checked the following settings: Click "Settings" > "Wi-Fi" > "Menu" > "Advanecd" > "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" > "Always"
[Nexus 4 General] khanh1289:
Optional: Go to Google Wallet and make sure all your credit card, billing, and shipping information is there.

1. Go to the Nexus order page and pick either the 8GB or 16GB and add to cart.

2. Once in cart, click Tab until the Proceed button is highlighted.

3. Hold down Enter key until payment information pops up. Be patient, only takes around 10 seconds or so.

4. ?!?

5. Profit :victory:
[Nexus 4 General] GriffenD:
Wow it worked....I think I love you haha :p
[Nexus 4 General] McDowski:
I did get the spinning thing, and then the tab that asks for the address.

But when I clicked “Buy” it says, “We couldn’t complete your purchase because of a technical issue.” followed by, “Sorry, we were unable to process this request. The order has been automatically cancelled and you will not be charged for the purchase. Please try again later.”

Happened to anyone else?
[Nexus 4 General] Sinfamy:
Worked for me! Should be shipped in "1-2 weeks" :D
[Nexus 4 General] blackout203:
Wow, that worked. Thanks!

My first order was backordered so I canceled but figured I'd give it another go:good:
[Nexus 4 General] murse:
Ha! It worked! We'll see what happens...thanks for the tip!
[Nexus 4 General] svengalis:
Are they not sold out? Don't complain when your order takes 4 weeks to ship.
[Nexus 4 General] Sparta507:
exactly what i did!! LOL finally pulled the trigger on the 16 GB version! I'm SOO excited for this phone! time to upgrade from this HTC Evo3D and out of sprint into this phone and money saving phone plans!!

(sorry i'm a little overly excited but no one around me is much into tech gadget as i am...)

---------- Post added at 07:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:32 PM ----------

perfect! it will be here in time for christmas!!
[Nexus 4 General] claud_face:
Omfg it worked. Five minutes ago I promised myself I'd never buy one because of all this and the second I read this lol I sprinted to computer.
[Nexus 4 General] khanh1289:
try it again. I just did and it still works.
[Nexus 4 General] SysAdmNj:
What are your shipping time estimates for the 16gb?
[Nexus 4 General] khanh1289:
Mine is 1-2 weeks; however, Google just changed it to 2-3 weeks. Keep in mind that even Google themselves are saying that the Nexus 4's are not sold out, they're having problems due to traffic. So the more people who successfully order using this, the faster the server frees up and runs again. I believe Google has adequate stock this time around.
[Nexus 4 General] tkalli:
Order 16GB using the Tab, Return Key method.

Shipping time was stated as 2 to 3 weeks.

Same shipping time was on my order confirmation email.​
[HTC One X] cletus8:
Hi!

I recently get the OTA for my indian HOX.

I have never rooted my phone before, but now i want to, so i can get rid of all the bloatware.

Is it already possible to root the JB HOX ? If so, how?

(i swear I searched in the forum and google before posting, but either the answers are complex (i need an easy guide) or they were for ICS).

Thanks!
[HTC One X] matt95:
the same way of ICS
[HTC One X] cletus8:
Do you have any easy howto / guide for doing this? (I never did it before, im very noob).

And, thanks a lot for your previous answer! ?:) :good:
[HTC One X] ArmedandDangerous:
Have a look here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1832891
[HTC One X] cletus8:
Thanks!

One last question:

Having my phone rooted (and therefore unlocked), will prevent me to receive ota updates in the future?

And also, could it make the phone slower or the battery drain faster or thats impossible to happen?

thanks!
[HTC One X] ArmedandDangerous:
Rooting will not stop you from getting OTAs as long as you have reflashed the STOCK RECOVERY. Battery does not drain faster cos of root.
[HTC One X] chaun1308:
If you've rooted and unlocked but on stock ROM , you still can receive OTA .

Nope that won't make your phone slower or battery drain more ...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkim3:
Hi there!

I am about to purchase a galaxy note 2 but it is only for AT&T, and my service is with tmobile.

I'd like to know if I can unlock the device for my tmobile service.

Thank you.