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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Sorry I didn't answer your PM before. Wasn't ignoring you. Unfortunately your options are extremely limited.

You will have to pay for an unlock code online (see the last couple pages of the unlock thread), and then sell overseas. Just please be honest about it to whoever you sell it to in case they plan on bringing it to the states.

Personally, I'd also file a police report. May not come to anything, but if the guy gets arrested for anything else, or enough people file a report against him for similar stuff, you may then have some recourse against him. But he has twice committed fraud, or theft by deception (or something like that). First against T-Mobile, then against you.

Once unlocked, it might work on other carriers here, but not for long. I'm told all US carriers will be sharing the same blacklist by year's end. I've also heard it may also be shared with Canadian carriers as well.

Sorry to hear that happened to you. You're definitely not alone! This happens all the time, unfortunately.

Never buy used unless you make the transaction in person at a T-Mobile store where the seller can prove they have paid for the device in full and are allowed to sell it. Also, have a note made on both accounts (preferably by a manager) that the sale is made so they can't report it stolen a few weeks later.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrpickem:
I hear you, but it never goes down like that. I've bought and sold 30 or 40 smartphones. First time I've ever got burnt. I make small profit along, but this one is a stinger. I've had people want to meet me at Verizon, ATT and T-Mobile and every time I met them there all the store employees would say is if the sim card works it's ok.

Of course you could ask for a receipt...but what if it's a reseller like myself? I've had one receipt the whole time. Most of the time you can spot a fraud and steer clear. I check esn on swappa and/or Verizon site. I guess it's just a risky thing and I've been very lucky so far.

I did get a guy on ebay to unlock the phone for $10 last night. It works with a Lycamobile sim(T-Mobile reseller) and also works with a new LTE ATT Straight Talk sim...recieves LTE even. Maybe not for long...but it works fine now and it's been blacklisted about a month.

Guy on ebay unlocks clean phones for $5 & blacklisted for $10, he does remote into your pc to do it, but it only takes 2-3 minutes. He gave me the code, but it was never needed.

I'm a PagePlus dealer and I do alot of carrier flashing, not to beat blacklist, but to get more use from older 3G devices. Anytime I sell a phone I always give a 2 days return policy if they change their mind.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
The seller of the phone should be able to get some sort of confirmation off of his own account showing he is not currently making payments on it. If the employees are only saying to see if the SIM works, they are just being lazy or ignorant! With the owners permission they can look it up, or call support from the phone and have him ask them to verify on speaker so you can hear. I'm just trying to say there's other ways to get the info before buying.

I'd say that if you've bought that many you are pretty lucky. But for the blacklisted one that worked on other carriers...expect it not to on AT&T very soon and all other US carriers around the end of the year. Right now T-Mobile and AT&T share their lists, but don't use the same one, so it'll often take a few weeks to catch up. As I understand it, once the national list is in place, all carriers will be using the same one so it'll be more instant.

I have spoken to a few people who bought their phone used and all seemed good, but then nearly 2 months later it got blacklisted! Some people are apparently selling it, but then waiting a month or two to report it stolen!

I just hope that if one of your customers gets blacklisted a few weeks after buying from you, you will be willing to at least exchange it.

But before you try and sell this one, please consider that it's practically a given that it's not gonna work for very long.

Also, (and I'm not sure of the ramifications here) keep in mind that you are knowingly in possession of stolen property. That by itself is probably not a big deal for you, legally speaking, since it happens to so many people and hardly no one knows what they are buying when this happens to them. But if you sell it, you will be knowingly selling stolen goods. If one of your customers gets blacklisted, you could be the one held liable.

Don't take it wrong, I'm just trying to help!

And I'm just curious, what do you mean by "carrier flashing"?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrpickem:
I understand where you're coming from and I will not sell this phone except to one particular customer who takes them outside the country. My son is using it now on LycaMobile which is a UK based reseller using T-Molile towers. We will see how long it lasts...strange circumstance there since the provider is not from the US, will they also adhere to universal blacklist? I dunno...time will tell. At $30 per month they are cheapest unlimited I know of(Only 50MB 4G data, then 2G/3G).

I run a legitimate part time business and have rarely had phones returned, but always made the customer happy. Happy customers come back and most of my profit is selling refills and flashing/rooting/unlocking...not the actual phone sales.

Carrier flashing: Mainly I've flashed older Metro phones to work on PagePlus and GS3's from Sprint or Verizon must be flashed for pageplus because they don't yet allow 4G phones. I never do any ESN changes. I'm an old techie and I go way back to Nextel mods in mid 90's. lol

BTW I installed CM 10.1.2 RC2 right from the phone yesterday after originally flashing the CM10 linked in Doc's T999L thread. It flashed perfect right through CM update utility automatically and seems to run perfectly.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] CCallahan:
I did some multiwindow themes for the S4 and decided to start some for the Note 8 since MW is probably used more often on larger screen devices. These have been tested on a N5110 running CivZ-FLEX-BEAM 4.2.2 rom but should work on any stock based rom. **Confirmed working on the 5100 as well.**

As always make sure you have a backup before flashing. The user takes full responsibility for anything that may happen to his/her device.

**If anyone wants to incorporate these into your theme/rom package you may do so. Just please give credit w/link to this thread and shoot me a heads up on where theme is used. Please do not make changes to any images or post zip links.**

To install just wipe cache in favorite recovery and flash as normal. Please test and post your findings to help others. Let me know if there is anything found that might need to be corrected. More to follow. Enjoy.

**If you want to return back to stock N8 MW theme than flash this: Stock MW

GlassMinimal MW Theme

White MW Theme

Downloads: MW Themes
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] superman.namrepus:
Thank you very much! Will you take request?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] albertmurcia:
Working perfect in x-note rom build 3 mh2 5100

Thanks.

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[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] CCallahan:
Not taking requests right now. I just don't have the time to devote to it. More will be added but I work on them when I can and make them for the S4 as well. Thanks for the feedback though.

Good to know. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] ddavtian:
Your wallpapers are beautiful, may I ask to post them?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] CCallahan:
I can here in a bit however I got them all off of Zedge app which is probably easiest way to snag them. Can still post them if you want.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] ddavtian:
I installed Zedge, great collection, thanks!
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] mikerosa650:
error message

hello, i am new to the note 8.0, i have it rooted and cmw recovery installed, everything was fine until i tried to add this patch from you. now i just keep getting an error saying that my flash bar service has stopped...i tried everything, but i cant fix it, can you help please? thank you

update i can get it to stop by deleting the apk from the data/data/ folder, but when i try to reinstall the original or any color file from you i get the error again.

maybe if i update to 4.2.2 that will fix it lol =P
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] CCallahan:
Are you on the stock rom and if so what version? Might try extracting the apk and pushing to system/app and rebooting.

Otherwise, post some more info on your device setup.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] p107r0:
Could you tell which file should be modified to change only the MW mode indicator (attached pic), so I could try to make it is less obtrusive? Stock indicator covers too much screen, and your glass theme, while very nice, is tiny little bit too transparent for my ageing eyes. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] CCallahan:
Are you referring to the left handle pull (this is what I see in the pic)? If so just go into the zip and you will easily see them in drawable-xxhdpi.

Transparancy is what makes it minimal which was the intent. ;) When I get time will probably make a frosted glass one which might be easier to see. Also remember that you can hold the back button down to easily reveal or hide the tab.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] mikerosa650:
I have the gt n5110 versio on stock rom with latest update. I flashed the uk 4.2.2 update and the problem went away.but I am scared to try to install this again.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] CCallahan:
Then don't flash it. Not sure why it is so scary when you can do a nandroid and restore easily (which you should be doing anyways) but to each his own. Rename the original apk and push the modified one and reboot. If something doesn't work right (not sure why) then just rename orginal and reboot. A lot more flexibility with these because the framework is not touched.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] mikerosa650:
Well it worked this time around. Thank you
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] gabripranzo:
I like the transparent theme, but there's too much confusion when there are other icons in the background. Maybe the best solution would be a frosted theme or a 50% transparency.

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[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] CCallahan:
I personally like it and is what I am using. If you don't like it don't use it. Simple fix for you. Or, make your own.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] gabripranzo:
It was only a suggestion, as I said I like the transparent theme, but after having tried it I have found that in certain cases (depends on the background) it's difficult to understand what's in the MW bar and what's in the background.

I don't need a fix, I simply wish you could add a new theme with less transparency.

Anyway, thanks for sharing your work.

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[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] p107r0:
If anyone's interested, below is my attempt at having unobtrusive MW handles:

- closed handle: smaller and 66% transparent (see screenshot)

- closed-pressed handle: normal size and 50% transparent

- extended handle and everything else is unchanged (stock white)

Thanks to OP for inspiration and hints.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] gabripranzo:
Nice idea, I like the little handle. What about a bit of transparency for the extended handle too? Maybe 50% or 33%

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[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] p107r0:
I'm really sorry, but it will not happen, mainly b/c serious lack of any free time (but also due to my pathetic graphical soft skills). If you'd want to try it yourself, here's what needs to be done:

0. unzip the apk file

1. find the images you want to change (path to the right folder is inside the res.zip file in my previous post)

2. edit the images to achieve required looks

3. replace images within the apk file

4 replace the apk within the zip file

5. flash

Step 1 is time consuming as it may require putting numbers inside every image and flashing such mod just to identify which image shows when.

Step 2 requires basic working knowledge of graphical soft (GIMP, Photoshop etc.), not my strongest skill.

What I can do is zipping, but it's probably nothing to brag about here; nevertheless if you were willing to try playing with images by yourself, I could pack it and post here.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] vimi93:
nice

sir can you please share these wallpapers especially balls
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] casper66m:
white theme link not working!
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] CCallahan:
I don't currently have these downloaded but you can get them off of Zedge wallpaper app. This is where I got them.

If you try and still can't find them PM me and I will track them down for you.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Themes and Apps] CCallahan:
Sorry about that....DevHost is being stupid again. Re-uploading file now and should have link fixed shortly.

**Moved all files from DevHost to Rapidshare and dl links should be good now.**
[G2 General] Sushiglobster:
I'm asking purely for discussion because I'm interested in what such a community has to say about it. The LG G2 is a damn beast phone and I'm super curious to hear, from a dev's perspective, just how much more potential the G2 has left in it to be that more amazing.

Thoughts?
[G2 General] chrisexv6:
Fixes wise, maybe the pulsating screen at lower brightness and the camera's tendency to blow out whites.

Features wise Im actually pretty impressed by stock, but am spoiled by a few things available on ROMs for my Gnex:

custom LED colors for every app on the phone

transparent status bars all around

lock screen targets

nav bar button modifications (as many buttons as you want, any action available in the phone, etc)

color calibration

underclocking

stock Android browser (although I hear the AT&T variant has this, I wonder if it can be exported from there and loaded onto the VZW variant that I have)
[G2 General] tech_head:
Root tethering working.
[G2 General] Sushiglobster:
islands nstreme

I'm interested in the audio playback capabilities. The G2 can output 24/192 but only with certain audio files. At least from what I've read. I wonder if there is a way for it to dismiss what type of audio file is playing and automatically up-sample all audio. Unless I'm wrong about it. Listening to Google Music, I'm not sure I'm getting higher audio playback.

Just a thought.
[G2 General] robstunner:
Nexus 5 port :)
[G2 General] sublimejosh2000:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41540913
[G2 General] RashaYad:
Quick Launch Apps via Quick Window

If you could use the stock quick launch camera (hold down vol. down for 3 seconds) while keeping the quick window case closed (using the window as a viewfinder). That would make it better. Same for any app; you could set one of the buttons to pull up your calendar agenda, and quickly scan it without actually turning the phone on.
[G2 General] Jodiuh:
The back...oh goodness, that horrible back surface.

Like a previous poster said, that random dimming/brightening backlight bug is pretty annoying.

I'd also like to see capacitive buttons instead of the on-screen ones. They get in the way, especially in games. The bezel size is exactly the same as the Note 2, so there was room. And the N2 gives you the option to have them off all the time, so all you see is screen.
[G2 General] o0adam0o:
Everyone is different. The cleaner/simpler the UI, the better it is for me. I don't need all these features that seem to be focused on business/work. My phone is mainly used to keep in touch/updated with friends via text, calls, emails and social media. Anything that requires serious office work or organization.. I pull out my Surface Pro. It's with me at all times during business hours. I also don't care about pics.. I have a DSLR for that and I've never been disappointed with any of my phones pictures. I mostly upload them to Facebook and Instagram anyways. The main thing i want about G2 is DAT BATTERY LIFE :) I'm a heavy user... The longer battery life the better.

I'm on Sprint so I don't have a G2 yet, but I'm decided on getting it. The first thing I'm going to do is hide the onscreen buttons. Then start researching clean/minimal ROMs.
[G2 General] deeznuts:
Sounds like u need the HTC Facebook phone then, lol. Why even get a smart phone if ur just gonna text and play on FB and nothing else? Cute screen?
[G2 General] TechSilver13:
I say the iPhone 5s is the next best thing to the LG G2.
[G2 General] Jodiuh:
If the display wasn't so narrow and tiny, I would switch.
[G2 General] IamPro:
Still doesn't make me waffles
[G2 General] o0adam0o:
The same reason why you are deciding to troll rather than give positive or constructive input. Because I can.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matzeroeck:
Hello,

My XZ (stock rom .244 deodexed + root + LB) crashes all the time when i install /update an app. It just reboot but the apps are installed. It reboots right after the notification "xxx installed" appeared.

Any help?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theprince1991:
Do you have a recovery installed? If so try to wipe Dalvik Cache.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matzeroeck:
i will try it, thanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] dk206:
New updated latest firmware.

If anyone wants to test let me know
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Did you get this as an OTA?
[Galaxy S 4 General] OrionBG:
MeMeMeMe :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] pinsb:
For cripes sake get this to Chainfire before wide distribution.
[Galaxy S 4 General] dadyal:
WOW :D but i have I9500 "
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
How do I flash onto my I9505G? Oh wait... I don't have to. Whoops.

OK sorry, that was a bit trollish but I couldn't resist! ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] ForcedInduction:
Is that 4.3 on Touchwiz!?!?:eek:
[Galaxy S 4 General] pinsb:
Just jealous you don't have TW or Knox.

Sammie rules! Sammie rules!

Ooops getting late, time for my tablets.

Sent from Stock I9505 running 4.2.2
[Galaxy S 4 General] MaKTaiL:
I want!!!! *-*
[Galaxy S 4 General] joecool666:
i test it
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
I actually went from a Nexus 4 to a Touchwiz I337/AT&T GS4 then sold that for a I9505G. I like Touchwiz and it definitely has stuff I wish Google would add to the stock interface. Alas, though, once you're used to stock Android, it's really hard to use anything else. In the end, the I9505G is the best of both worlds - stock Android on an awesome piece of hardware, plus SIM-unlocked and bootloader-unlockable.

Yeah, I lost a few cool features like air view, but the S-View cover still works with it and WatchOn can still use the IR blaster. Those are the most important things to me.

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread. Carry on. :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] Droid_Dustin:
Seems to be a fake... ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] dk206:
Fake? Why would I waste time...
[Galaxy S 4 General] joecool666:
can you post the file and i will give it ago thanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] pinsb:
That's a slightly weird SELinux status.

Seriously though PM chainfire before giving it to anyone else.

Whereabouts in London? I'm in Docklands.
[Galaxy S 4 General] joecool666:
why before anyone else?
[Galaxy S 4 General] jjpro45:
Sounds legitim
[Galaxy S 4 General] pinsb:
Because chainfire is working on the locked bootloader in 4.2.2 and I'm sure he'd like to compare the two.

After all you'd be quite pi**ed if you found you'd flashed it, it had problems and you couldn't go back wouldn't you?
[Galaxy S 4 General] joecool666:
my device is ready to go let the flashing start/ i know the risks.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Ausboy 2011:
Send to CF and post :))
[Galaxy S 4 General] joecool666:
i agree
[Galaxy S 4 General] Audioboxer:
Why would people on XDA not want to test the latest firmware for a device?

Sorry, but I never understand ego stroking over something like this. If you have a newer firmware than what has been posted so far, and can post (no NDA or something), then post it and be thanked. Why spend the time asking if anyone wants it, and then post a picture here and there?
[Galaxy S 4 General] YOSEFE:
dk206,

would you kindly post the firmware? We would like to test it and widen the bug report base, if any.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S 4 General] omvir:
Bull****. How could he get his hands on the firmware? From his previous posts and topics he seems like a regular flasher. Not a developer of any sort.
[Galaxy S 4 General] wiuf:
But yeah - let Chainfire handle the 4.3 - perhaps its your dev s - whoms do a better job than sam & goog
[Galaxy S 4 General] joecool666:
i like to try and help and i would really like to help test this new update . please DK206 post the update thanks man.
[Galaxy S 4 General] YOSEFE:
Don't give thank yous yet. Wait for the post.
[Galaxy S 4 General] joecool666:
whats the holdup
[Galaxy S 4 General] YOSEFE:
Very "unXDA-DEVELOPERS" spirit.
[Galaxy S 4 General] joecool666:
true or maybe he is uploading .lets see lol
[Galaxy S 4 General] YOSEFE:
In which case I do apologise for coming over the way I did.
[Galaxy S 4 General] joecool666:
he posted 10.10pm and its now 01.38. DK206 are we going to see this update or is it all fake. can you please update us with whats going on here thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 General] drakexpl:
Guys, it's impossible, go sleep

Wysłane z mojego GT-I9505 przy użyciu Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S 4 General] joecool666:
where would he get the update from? no info anywhere.
[Galaxy S 4 General] negrobembon:
I don't want to accuse anybody but i have this weird feeling about this thread
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Yeah I pretty much call bull**** on this thread at this stage.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Obagleyfreer:
If Samsung had released an official or even beta 4.3 it would be all over Sammobile. And there would probably be a download there for it.

I think OP is having you guys on lol
[Galaxy S 4 General] joecool666:
yeah i have just had a look on sammobile and there is not a thing about any leak.
[Galaxy S 4 General] chickentuna:
No download link? Nothing to do here gentlemen. Moving on..
[Galaxy S 4 General] MaKTaiL:
Something similar happened when I had the Galaxy S2. Some random guy appeared with a 4.1.2 leak. Everybody called it fake but he later uploaded for everyone. Let's just wait a few more hours so the guy can prove himself. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] xHausx:
[MENTION=3031327]dk206[/MENTION] Please let me know when you are ready to post a download link so I can reopen this for you.

Thread Closed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Norcalz71:
Anyone else experiencing this issue on their S4? The newest version of google maps (with the new layout) is painfully slow in locking my location, often taking 30 seconds to 1 min or more. Other apps that use location data (uber, gasbuddy, yelp, etc) lock very fast with a-gps (i usually have gps turned off), typically in 1-3 seconds. Google maps though, the most crucial one, takes forever. Often I will open the app, and it always default opens to the last location I was zoomed in on. I will then manually move the map to look at something else, and 45 seconds later it finally locks on to my position and zips away from what I was looking at and to my physical location. Really annoying, and since the other programs seem to work just fine, I am assuming this is an issue with the maps app itself and not the gps or a-gps capability in the phone.

Anyone experiencing the same issue?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] hitman9696:
Not really. When I have GPS issues on Maps, I clear its data/cache, and reset my GPS data in "GPS Status" app. Usually that fixes things. But each case is different. Start from there, see how things progress.

My main issue since day one has been the orientation of the marker on Maps. On my old S2 with the old Maps, the map oriented towards the direction that I'm driving. Not in the S4/New Maps combo. I click on the "compass" icon, doesn't orient it properly. I've calibrated my compass. Still the same. Annoying. Not an issue in Navigation, only in standard Maps.