yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] gazzaman2k:
yeah ive also looked around no monetion on touchscreen :| cant live without touchscreens now lol so XDA 2 it may be :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] gazzaman2k:
also if you want a xda 2 try get intocuh with this guy......

dunno if its legit or not ive been chatting to him via email hes from east yorkshire in hull he says it near leeds but hes selling XDA 2 for £160 delivered but he has no obligation of you going to pick up. i live to far away to see if its for real

his page on ebay is:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3357936944&category=3312

but he seems to be hesitating on his address :\

lmk if you get intouch and find anything out :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] domino138:
Hmmmm!

I suspect that these units are off the back of a lorry or something. It's just tooo cheap. :o

The guy's ID on eBay also has no rating, no feedback, and is not a verified user. You'd be MAD to buy from him without further info. I'm going to watch these bids closing out with interest...
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] gazzaman2k:
yeah but if you live not far away its worth a try :) the guy said he has had 100 units and now oly has 30left! not suprised at this price.

even if they weref rom back of a lorry who cares lol you didnt know they were nicked init ;)

even if it gets blocked £160 for a 400mhz bluetooth pda not bad

gaz
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] CarlnAdele:
The main problem is he has no rating on Ebay you may send money to his Paypal account and get nothing I've emailed him a number of times and got ... well lets just say odd replies.

I'd warn you all to be very careful indeed I've been had once before on Ebay and never recovered my money.

Having said that if one of you get one from him and its gen please contact me on my mobile number as I'll be away 07866 739331 and I'll get one too lol. (just realized I'm kind of saying you lot can take a chance SORRY) lol

Carl
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] cruisin-thru:
Can you tell me what you mean by "odd replies"?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] CarlnAdele:
Don't want to put anything down here I could be complained at for, but I do a lot of business on ebay and it just seems to good to be true.

Lets face it the o2 shops are only just getting these in and they want £350.00 on contract why would anyone have 100 (now 30) and be willing to sell them sim free for £160.00 delivered look at his other auctions too they are all top of the range phones.

Normally if it seems to be too good to be true it is.

Carl
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] xda-rocks:
I was offered several of these machines from this ebay seller and when I said that I worked in a nearby town and offered to call to collect the phones, the emails dried up and I've had no further contact since yesterday. I suspect this is a con.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] gazzaman2k:
i have a house phone number and his addy :| i just need someone to go check it out

hes from hull

ronald morgan his name is also there are 2 other peeps.

3 total are running it:

Carl Wilburn, Andy Lill and Ronald Morgan.

not had replies from the other guys but ron seems to be alrite but i dont se ehow he can do them that cheap :\

anyone want his info lmk and ill send you it so you can go investigate and if true lmk and ill be on my way down in an instant lol (about a 4hour drive:()
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] CPGOD:
With the name/address, you could look at the electoral role to verify....something like UKINFO 2003 or www.192.com might help....
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Landofnod:
Just for information, I have been in contact with this ebay seller today. I've reserved two of these machines. Hull is only a hour drive from where I am, I have suggested that I pick them up from him directly. Just awaiting his email back, will let you know what happens.

Regards,

Chris
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] gazzaman2k:
yeah he even said i could go pick them up too....

but its over 4hours drive away from where i am so its a no go

gaz :(
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] xda-rocks:
gazzaman - I'm in Hull right now please send me the address and I'll check it out.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] gazzaman2k:
pmed you it mate :) let us know the outcome if you can go :) just ask if he is selling them and if you could have alook at one or somthing :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] CarlnAdele:
Chris Would you collect one for me I'm on my way on my hols in an hour but I'd love one and can pay you online / bank transfer or collect from you @ £160.00.

You may not get me buy email as I'm off soon, could you ring me 07866 739331 or text me of course at that number?

Carl Boylin
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Landofnod:
At that price, if it all checks out I'm going to get two, but will get an extra one for you. I can sell it on ebay if anything happens, so wont lose out. What prices is he quoting everyone as he has quoted me £250, which is higher than posted earlier. If he emails me back will ask him about one of you guys been offered them for £160 and try and get that price.

Lets all cross our fingers :shock:

Regards,

Chris
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] CarlnAdele:
So far he has told everyone £160.00 it seems and thats the price I have agreed with him you can quote me when you meet him , if you ever do I'm still not convinced to be honest.

Anyway you have my number I'm off now on hols so pc is getting switched off.

Good luck everyone I hope we all get them.

Carl
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] phonefreak:
xda 2

i have just picked up my xda 2 for £350 and i did not have to take out a new contract..i just upgraded on my old contract even though i have only been on the contract for three months..i pay £15 per month. Check with your local o2 store. I believe the rule is that you can upgrade to an xda 2 within your twelve months for the upgrade fee of £350 although you do have to wait 12 months if you had upgraded to the old xda.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] gazzaman2k:
really! :| im gonna go to my o2 shop this weekend and see if they will upgrade my sisters phone to the xda for £350 :| especially if the contract stays the same.

ill give my sister £50 to pay a few months bills too for her hassle if they allow it :D

ill post up what happens :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] jaingram:
XDA2 Question

Pardon my ignorance, will the O2 XDA 2 have the capbilities to connect in the US via GSM1900 or will another model of the XDA 2 be made for the US..?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] gazzaman2k:
MDA is the usa version but XDA2 is triband so it works on 900/1800/1900mhz bands so it will work in the us too :)

only parts it wont work in are places with 850mhz

gaz
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] tenzin:
Re: XDA2 Question

XDA 2 is tri-band, so it works in Europe AND USA :wink: :lol:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] remlap:
What I cant get is hes willing to post via eBay but not direct hmm i wonder why, seems pretty silly to me normally its the other way round

Wishes I could get to Hull for that price, wonder if theres more floating about, I did get quoted 200 quid anyway so maybe this is the first shipmenta
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] remlap:
Look a few adds down at http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/noticeboard/ 600 quid blimey
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Landofnod:
Hi again,

Has anyone managed to get one of these devices of this person? As he has done what everyone else said and stopped replying to emails once I suggested paying in person.

Regards,

Chris
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] xda-rocks:
Was in the area yesterday - tried to call round in person - nobody home when I got there.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Landofnod:
I might try that too. I take it he gave you his address and telephone number?

I really want this to be real but haveing trouble believing it now. Just wish he'd email back.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] dangel:
Just rang my 02 shop.

Told me i couldn't upgrade unless i'd been with them for 12 months.

Fine, i said. So how much does the handset cost?

349 sir.

How much does the upgrade cost?

349 sir.

Me <blinks> So there's no point in waiting 12 months is there?

Er... no sir, i guess not.

I shall see whether this holds true when i pop in to buy one this week.

:roll:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] xdaohxda:
HERE IS MY EXPERIENCE

PLEASE THIS IS A SCAM

I emailed this Ron/Carl or whatever his name is many times yesterday. Answers were good and all was well. I was stupid and paid him some money to send out an XDA2 to me. Once he got the money all emails stopped. Please don't be stupid like me, this is a scam. How can he have an XDA2 so cheap? Where did he get them when they have not been announced?

I just pray that all of those auctions that are up on ebay that people will retract their bids ASAP. He has a 0 rating for ebay and he just created his ID.

Just to let you guys know. Wait until they are in the stores.

THINK ABOUT IT...
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Landofnod:
Thanks for your words of warning. I'm so glad I hesitated and insisted on paying cash. No wonder he didnt reply to my emails. Sorry to hear about your misfortune though, as its never nice to be scammed. I am now going to save up and buy one Sim free from a real company in the new year. Maybe ebay should be warned about him, when I get home from work today I will email the highest bidder on the auction and let them look at our discussions.

Just goes to prove team work wins.

Chris
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] CPGOD:
My local O2 shop is now prepared to let me have the handset (ahead of Saturday). However, as usual, the various O2 contractual restrictions prevent me getting one at a reasonable price.

Despite being a long term customer, Im disappointed to learn that:

1) Having upgraded to an XDA I within the last 12 months, I cant upgrade again.

2) By showing my commitment to O2 by taking out a line advance contract (pay 12 months upfront to get a small discount) I can no longer break this contract and restart a new one (keeping my number)

3. I was offered the opportunity to buy a 'sim-free' one for £450. On trying to run it through the till, the senior sales manager commented that its not possible, and O2 shouldnt have recommended that course of action.

4. The only way to get one now is to take out a brand new contract = £349 + 12x15 = £529.

Good old O2 - always looking after their existing customers!! :roll:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] cruisin-thru:
Ok, between us, we have a landline number, an ebay nickname, a "certified" membership at paypal and an address, surely the police can do something with this.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] xda-rocks:
I bought an XDAII yesterday for £349 from my local O2 store. Two local stores had them in stock and were willing to sell them ahead of Saturday - I also bought an O2 X1 also launched Saturday free on contract or £200 sim free. They said that if I went for a more expensive monthly contract I could have the XDAII for £299.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Landofnod:
I know this might be jumping the gun a little, but I really felt for the member who has lost out on this probable scam. So I have warned the winning bidder on ebay and also the highest bidders on his other 3 auctions. Also advised Ebay about this posible situation. I hope he is legit and everything works out, but think its a case of standing up for our rights as consumers.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] remlap:
Good man LOD, hope it turns out to be legit for them
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] daz:
If the winning bidder pays by paypal, is he\she not insured ????
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] remlap:
I know you insured up to 200 pounds on eBay im not sure about paypall though
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] CarlnAdele:
Abroad right now but had to have a read of the forum.

Well I hate to say it but "I told you so"

Sorry to hear about someone loosing money. I paid a 10er deposit via paypal, I´ll be emailing them to get that returned too and warning paypal he is a scammer. They should all be shot ..............

Maybe we all have to wait till ligit peeps start selling on Ebay it will happen and at 350 in o2 shops they shouldn´t be to expensive.

Regards to all

Carl
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] hiddenvision:
Hi All.

Well I read things and am humored.

Come on are we all so nieve that we can believe that an XDA2 can be made , packaged, shipped and supported for that sort of price.

Forget about the fact that the old one sim free and new is more than the advertised price..

If the answer to that is yes.... well then bid away.

If you think it is NO then bid away if you think they are stolen units.

Remember one thing .. If the Guy has stolen these units or is handeling them then there is a fair chance he will steal your money too..

I remember seeing a crap load of Mac things for £1000 like loads of them . It may have even been the same bloke.

Personaly I think people like Ebay should be held responcible for these sorts of Fraud.

Tighter controls and all that.

Well a little .. We do still enjoy the Free world though at a cost.

Bla Bla Bla..

I still want an XDA II NOW . Sim free and no ties. Any country will do as long as the unit is in English.

If someone is traveling and can find one Duty free Let me know the price and where it was.

I wonder if we should all wait for the XDA III that will have all the things that people are already complaining about.

after all 400mhz is a bit of a dog these days. !

Marketing marketing... Why make a product that is good and has all the features that everyone wants when it can be made tommorow.

Did I mention that I want an XDA II.

Steve :-)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] domino138:
Any more news on this scam?

Guys - you've all gone quiet. Did anyone end up receiving anything from this guy? Someone said they've received a refund of their money - is this true?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Landofnod:
Well I havent heard anything from this. Time to save up for me. I did drop into a O2 shop and had a play with the real thing, very impressive device. Shame about the OS that O2 have bundled with it, much prefer WM2003.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] tabbycat:
Landofnod, bit confused by your last post.

The O2 Xda II most certainly has the latest available PPC2003 PE o/s and WMP9.

Perhaps you mistook the Active UI desktop?

Pleased to see you are impressed!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] gazzaman2k:
if i pass my biology mock axam this week then i shall go out and get me a xda2 if my older sister will let me upgrade her contract.

if i dont pass my bilogoy test i will be kicked out of biology and as im only doing 2 as levels ill be down to one as meaning its too late to choose another subject meaning ill have to quit school :\ then im ****ed :|

oh yeah i had my mate run a few checks on that house of the guy selling the xda 2's

Mr Roy B Akrill

30 Bannister Drive

Hull

HU9 1EJ

thats whos regestered to the addy so if yourve been ripped get the police involved simple as init.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Peter Poelman:
Re: XDA2 Question

XDA II is tri-band: 900/1800/1900.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] digger:
Went to O2 yesterday and was pleasantly suprised when they offered to price match on the XDA II and even better when I said I had seen it for £300 they unofficially told me that they had seen it for £250 and would match that if I went on O2 400 voice tariff (£30 /month, but you can change after 3 months to any lower tariff). Pretty impressed, especially since the nice chap was a real techie and very interested in the device!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ward-damas:
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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TakisR:
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i need flash file s3 mini 7100 for (.pac) Research Download
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gigabruno:
I need software (. pac) for the S9300. SPRD
[One (M7) General] Astridax93:
Now before some HTC fan boy shoots me down in flames for suggesting that HTC may have had less than honourable intentions for designing a phone with a fixed battery, please hear me out.

HTC, to stay afloat, require continued sales of the latest and greatest tech. It is quite possible that phone specs will start to plateau out now.

There isn't much use increasing the screen resolution. The ram amount is startinh to exceed laptop computers from a few years back and as for processor and gpu power, unless applications really advance on phones and we start doing things like 3d rendering/modelling or demand to run things like crisis xD, I'm not sure either of these are going to require a massive boost after a few iterations.

So theoretically very soon a great deal of users may be able to use their phones over two year, maybe even three to four if they look after them.

I'm sure HTC and Apple saw this coming and that maybe part of the reason they decided on a non removable battery.

I stress this is my opinion with regards to what might happen in the future of phone tech and HTC's current t business decisions.

My question is, what happens when we want to upgrade our devices? Often they are still more than merely useable!

I personally give all my old phones to my father. Now to give it a new lease of life, on older phones I could potentially have given it a new battery.

When I upgrade from something like the HTC one, and the battery has seen better days, given that li-ion batteries only have a limited amount of recharges, do you think HTC will replace the battery for a fee?
[One (M7) General] XDA mark:
I am actually also curious about this. I give my phone's to my girlfriend usually after 1 year. This year I'm giving her my S3 and have really recommended her to get a new/extended battery to fully enjoy her phone. A year ago I gave her my S2 with an extended battery from Samsung.

But next year, what do I do with the HTC One? I think the One will lose about 20% of it's battery capacity in a year like most phone's, so it would be nice to be able to get a fresh new battery in it next year. Does HTC do these kind of things for customers, and if yes, how much will it cost?
[One (M7) General] craftycarper1:
I would imagine you would be able to get the battery replaced for a fee, same as the One X, you may even be able to do it yourself, the same as the One X.

Even possibly replacing it with a bigger capacity one if there is one around of the same size, the same as the One X and the One X+ battery.
[One (M7) General] NiCk.JaY:
It's Li-Po battery... Their charges last longer than Li-Ion
[One (M7) General] jonstatt:
The main reason for Li-Po vs regular Li-Ion, is that you can shape the battery into any size/shape you want. According to Wikipedia however, per size, it actually holds less charge

I am sure when someone works out how to reliably open the phone, without damaging it, we will start to find ways to change it ourselves. But this is a throwaway society, and the general view is that when the battery has become useless, you throw away the phone. While it is certainly true that you do not see people sturggling to swap batteries on the fly on a phone like the S3 where you can change it....for those that may want to keep a phone more than two years, the One is less than ideal.
[One (M7) General] Basil3:
But really, what percentage of phone users change their batteries, even if they can? I would say not many.
[One (M7) General] Xperia23:
People used to open the N8 to change that battery. Is the HTC even more sealed, in terms of " It can not be opened, not even with a screwdriver " ?
[One (M7) General] Astridax93:
That's the point. I think the uni body constriction of the device kind of hampers this. From what I've seen of the case it looks like it goes right around the edges of the screen. I'm not entirely sure how they yet any of the components in. What makes it worse is by naming it the HTC One all you get in Google searches is results regarding the One X or S etc.

I'm waiting on an iFixit article about it. As for the li-po batteries, thanks for that info. I've never heard of them and I always like learning something new!
[One (M7) General] drspikes:
Yep, roll on iFixit
[One (M7) General] Brillormen:
I wrote to HTC support and asked them. They said that they will replace the battery against a fee, so there won't be a problem to change it if one should want to keep the phone longer than two years. (They change it for free during the first two years.)
[One (M7) General] drspikes:
Just had a thought. I'm still on Galaxy S2 (20months old). To be honest I want to replace it because of unequal screen burn and an increasing yellow tinge to the screen. Phones with AMOLED do not last past battery replacement date.
[One (M7) General] mikbe:
This is rubbish. 3-year-old Desire which I gave to my wife year ago has flawless display. The whole phone is in fact still like new.
[One (M7) General] ste1164:
I have had an s2 s3 note 2 and gnex. Each less than a year and all have had burn in on the screen of some degree.
[One (M7) General] Riyal:
It's amoled and it's organic. It's just natural that it burns.

Amoleds are cheap & Environment friendly types of displays that's why samsung prefer them over LCD. 96% of the people using mobile phones don't care about that anyways.
[One (M7) General] jo3yp:
Try searching like this

:)
[One (M7) General] backfromthestorm:
Awesome, now I'll never have to see another Justin Bieber link ever again!
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yunito53:
Hi Boys

I going to install Ace-i-Sure, but in post, BRIJESH said: Installed kernels from CWM. But in Hell_Lock post, the author said: Installed Kernel with ODIN. What have i do?

P.D: Im Spanish, sorry if i write wrong or i commit some mistakes. For my learning can you show my mistakes?

Regards
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-fany:
Yes, you have to flash hell_fusion from ODIN, after flashing the ROM.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yunito53:
After? What's happens if I flash hell_fusion before?

P.D: If I Flash a ROM and lose some coverage, What have i do?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-fany:
AW: [Q] Ace-i-Sure ROM

If you flash it before the kernel gets overriten (I think)

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[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamareebjamal:
You can install it from mobile too

Check rio. thread in Galaxy Y section
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-fany:
AW: [Q] Ace-i-Sure ROM

Yep, but flashing it through ODIN is still the best. I would recommend it if you can go to your PC.

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[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yunito53:
Ah, thanks for all!

Question resolved!
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MOHAMMED AMAN:
hey, is this rom good...............i am thinking of flashing this rom.....................

can you plz post some screenshots.....if you had installed this rom.....
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Atomod_Ace-i:
RE :

Some Screenshot are in show screen section in Ace-i-sure V.9.0.0 post
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] itsmefabulous:
Hello, I rooted my phone and installed CWM and file manager. It says that after reboot I should push volume button and I tried 5 times and the phone just turns on normally, what am I doing wrong? I have very little experience so please noob-friendly help :)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] neo45215:
Step 1. Install the Recovery properly (assumed done)

Step 2. Reboot Phone

Step 3. When the bottom LED flashes purple, before the bootanimation, press 'Vol -' repeatedly untill the LED turns blue.

Step 4. Enjoy:D
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worker99:
Hi i have the z and installed cm10.1 fxp211. It installs fine but when i go to the rom, i have no reception. I go to the about screen and it shows no imei number at all. can anyone help me on why this happens? i have tried taking the sim out going into aeroplane mode and rebooting the phone putting sim in and it still dont work. any help is appreciated.