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[General Topics] detonation:
I've been buying and selling used phones for the last 2 years and never had an issue. I've don't buy off craigslist though, I stick to swappa or ebay where you have some protection via paypal. Yes you always run the risk of someone reporting the device lost/stolen after the sale, but that's why you only buy from reputable/rated sellers and skip on anything that looks too good to be true.

I'm sorry to hear you got screwed on your iphone, but I wouldn't consider your experience the norm. As for the warranty/insurance issue on your other phone, that's just how it is, do your research. The warranty only applies to the original buyer of the device (when bought through an authorized retailer). Same with insurance, you can only add it in a certain time frame when you've bought the phone from an authorized retailer.

However, some carries do have an "open enrollment" where you can add insurance to your device regardless of when/where you bought it. Verizon actually has it going on right now through Dec 2.
[General Topics] blackdoom77:
thank you for the story
[General Topics] xda23:
Can you change your imei no?I know its against the law but is it possible. Thanks!!!
[General Topics] Kawaisa:
yeah... swap the internals
[General Topics] rxzcums:
i think someone will like to buy used phone, and i agree with this, but i had never bought a used phone before!

will try some day i think.:o
[General Topics] Dnice25:
I buy used phones, depends on condition n pricing? As long as you make the next buyer aware of the terms you should be all set?
[General Topics] Techngro:
(This was posted in another thread a few days ago on this same topic)

Yeah, my last 5 phones were bought off Craigslist, but no more. Just way too many scams going on. A lot of them involved a straight up purchase where the phone worked fine at the time of purchase, but a week or two later and the phone was reported stolen and locked by the original owner. The original owner gets a replacement phone via insurance, plus the money from the sale, and the purchaser is @#$%ed and has absolutely no recourse. You still have a device, but it's basically just a small tablet now, cause it can't connect to any networks except wifi.

I hate scammers.

Even though i've never personally been burned, I always tell people to stay away from Craigslist. It's fine for if you need a used piece of Ikea furniture, but it's not worth it for a $300-$500 (yes, I bought a $500 phone off Craigslist) piece of tech.
[General Topics] Bionic_Merlin:
While your carrier's actions were perfectly legal, that was definitely shabby treatment. I'd consider another carrier once the contract runs out.
[General Topics] BladeRunner:
You made a pretty big assumption that Assurion, or whatever insurance the phone is covered by, would not care. Falsely filing an insurance claim is not taken too kindly by insurance companies, as the person that commits the fraud is stealing directly from the insurance company.

If there is ANY recourse in a situation like this it's pursue a fraud case through the insurance company.
[General Topics] 350Rocket:
My nexus 5 was new when through the carrier when I got it but I sold it and bought a nexus 4 on eBay (money reasons). I'd be more worried buying something newer that someone may have insurance on or a contract they quit paying for. With a phone that's around 2 years old or more I don't worry as much.
[General Topics] md1008:
One thing you can do is meet with the person at your carrier and find out if there is a balance due. If so tell them you won't purchase the phone unless the balance is paid in full. I recently sold my m8 to a guy on CL. I sold it to pay off the balance because I upgraded to the Nexus 6. I used the money he gave me for the m8 and paid off the balance in front of him. I educated the buyer of scammers that people will sell the phone than black list it.
[HTC One S] harukint:
Hi fellows,

I was using ONE CLICK TOOL to unlock my JellyBean TMO_US stock phone(S4). With TWRP2.5, I flashed

CM10_RC2 - keep rebooting at splash screen; so I flashed to

stable vertsion CM10.1 - though successful, it didn't boot into lock screen but stayed in splash screen.

I'm able to boot into fastbook.usb and recovery.

Please kindly help me get back to stock rom or CM, thank you.
[HTC One S] tivofool:
did you fastboot flash your boot.img?

How to fastboot:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
[HTC One S] harukint:
Thanks for the link, I've copied the boot.img from the CM10.1 zip and flashed it with the instruction from the link. Worked like a charm.

The One Click Tool needs this optional thread for newbies like me to really install roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Coderedpl:
Is it just me or is AOSP MUCH better on battery vs Touchwiz. It seems that when I run a aosp rom with a certain kernel, it lasts me throughout my whole work day of browsing and using the phone and I still have battery left over.

If I have Touchwiz, I have to connect it to the charger before I'm done with my shift.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] prstorero:
Maybe you have some touchwiz features turned on, adding to the drain.

prshosting.org
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hexitnow:
I get great battery life on tw. There was also a bit of gaming, netflix, and posting here.

Hit thanks if I helped you out. Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way. Sent via tapatalk.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mlin:
Funny you posted this. I experience exactly the opposite! I have all the TW gimmicks turned off and I consistently get much better battery with TW.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Metallice:
I tried aosp. Much smoother, even when using ondemand like stock touchwiz. Unfortunately the battery compared to touchwiz with most gimmicks off was not great. Not significantly worse... But noticable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mlin:
Yeah, I like AOSP much more but battery life is typically worse. However, ocsn usually make it through whole day on either so it's not s huge deal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] clapper66:
Well for me with my ZeroLemon 7500 mAh battery I usually get 3 to 5 days on AOSP :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] iLuvMudkips:
So I'm running CM 10.2 now. I have noticed a slight drop in battery but I was able to make it through the day, even staying up later than normal, without a problem. I'll have to give it a few days but the difference is easily noticeable. I'm just not sure it's a problem. I'll report back in a few days.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mlin:
Now if only I wanted to carry around a 5 pound battery... :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] clapper66:
Umm... Yea say what you want. :cool: would you rather carry stock and by the end of the day have to worry about saving battery or be able to your phone all day and not worry about battery...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mlin:
Umm... Like I said, I can easily make it through a day on either TW or AOSP. With TW ROMs I typically have greater than 50% left at the end of the day, AOSP is closer to 35%. Now, until I need my phone to last more than 2 days, I'd rather not carry around a giant battery that more than doubles the thickness and weight of my phone. To each their own, I'd rather have a charger in my backpack than that thing in my pocket.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] clapper66:
OK it may be big but let's say your going somewhere for the weekend and can't reach a plug to charge what are u going to do then? :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] prstorero:
Borrow one or charge in a car :P haha

prshosting.org
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Metallice:
Swap in my spare battery. Overall - 2x the battery, 1x the thickness.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] spc_hicks09:
Not to mention the lack of cases that will fit his extended battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PSBJ:
I haven't used TW in a couple of months but from what I remember, I don't notice much of a difference.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jakeneal22:
What aosp ROM are you guys referring to?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] spc_hicks09:
I for one have flashed about all of them and none of them compare to the battery life on stock TW.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mlin:
That's been my experience as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] muyiwafly:
them irlset

I get exactly the same battery and with tw and aosp.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] xs11e:
I'm running CyanogenMod 10.2 and flashing each nightly as it comes along.

My battery life is adequate. By that I mean every night I charge my battery and it always lasts until I go to bed and place it on the charger again. It's usually above 30% when I go to bed.

Some observations:

1. I have a charging dock that allows me to charge a spare battery so I can always slip the spare into pocket if I think I might need it, I carry a car charger in my car and I carry the charging dock and spare battery in my suitcase when I travel so I never worry about the battery.

2. I've run two TW ROMs on occasion, BoneStock and Hyperdrive, I've set both up with exactly the same apps as CM 10.2 and use both almost exactly the same, I notice little difference in battery life with either EXCEPT when I change ROMs. For some reason my battery takes a HUGE hit when I install a new ROM from scratch and almost as big a hit if I restore either of the TW ROMs, don't know why? But either installing from scratch (full wipe!) or restoring a saved ROM usually results in costing me about 25% of my battery! The day after installing or restoring a ROM battery life seems back to normal.

3. NOTE! None of the above may be true for your phone! I learned that all phones are different, what works on your S4 may or may not work on my S4, what's true on mine may be completely wrong on yours.

SUMMARY: YMMV!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swordmastr54:
Very interesting can anybody else verify this from my past experience with roms it depends more on the rom and the apps on the phone I personally love my s4 as far as battery life and overall phone wasnt sure about 5in screen but its the exact same size phone as my old one just the screen is bigger on this just my thoughts here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] o-o:
I notice better battery with TW but have no complaints with either
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brizey:
Frankly, battery life is so good on this device it doesn't make much difference either way. I have yet to run the battery down before I had a chance to charge it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] elliwigy:
this is common.. when flashing n e rom the phone needs time to settle in.. normally it takes more than a day and a few cycles for the phone to settle and you can really test the life of a full charge.. there has been ppl who feel wiping battery stats in a certain way (let phone get really low, charge to 100% without using it, wipe stats, let die, full charge, wipe one more time and let it settle and do things normally) but this is a placebo effect in my opinion.. it also helps to not let phone go all the way to 0% as well as letting it fully charge without using it.. also, the kernel/rom and all the settings has a big difference if adjusted properly..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kusaiashi:
Not a chance. TW is so horrible. I run the Eclipse GE rom and it gets at least 20% better battery life. I have tested both leaving GPS/Google's Location services/Wifi/4gLTE data all on and I consistently get much better battery life with the GE rom. Even with the TW gimmicks turned off, it is just a much less efficient rom that is not optimized to run with Google services as well as a GE rom.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] ppower:
Hi buddies , lets make a list of our devices basic tips and tricks in order to use it in best/handy way.

Experts first :wink:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] ppower:
reach 100 wievs and still no reply :evil:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] vijay555:
Try looking here for some ideas

http://www.ppcsg.com/mobile/index.php/f20.html

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] chipis:
I had searched every where and could find any volume tweaks for AOSP Roms Just for TW Roms. Is there any twaeks?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
re: Volume Boosting

You can use DSP Manager for volume boosting on any rom.

Here are the instructions and the download link:

Note:This Zip Will Delete MusicFX.apk And Replaces It With DSPManager.apk

Confirmed and tested working:

CM 10.2

Slimbean 4.3

ParanoidAndroid

Stock Roms

Nexus 4

Galaxy Nexus

Nexus 7

Nexus 7 (2013)

Galaxy S4

Galaxy S3

Galaxy S2

Aosp/Aokp

It should also work for 4.3 Roms

Instructions:

1. Download Attached File http://xdaforums.com/atta...1&d=1375933426

2. Copy Into Your Phones SdCard

3. Reboot/Boot Into Recovery (CWM/TWRP)

4. Flash DSP.zip

5. Wipe Cache, Davik Cache and Fix Permission

6. Reboot

DSP Manager v2.0

Universal Flash

Good luck!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] marcoxx626:
Dsp manager is good and all but I much prefer viper4android. Search for their xda thread and make sure to do the build prop changes shown in the installation steps, it'll affect your entire system sound including Pandora, music player and even YouTube.
[HTC One S] gannicus84:
can anyone help me getting the latest radio working in a custom rom?

thank you
[HTC One S] El_Svanto:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1998270

Sent from my Nokia 5800 Android edition
[HTC One S] gannicus84:
Which one for cm10.1.3 ?
[LG Optimus 3D] jorrddan:
Hi, sorry for noob question, but I have a issue with my SU760.

In top of lockscreen I have a dualclock widget(Pic 1).

The first clock show My location time, but second shows Seoul time.

I dont need to know time in Seoul, but I cant remove or change this widget.

I flashed stock rom again, I make hard reset, trying to change from Lock screen settings in menu, but this clock stay hard on my lock screen.

Please help me!

Pic 1:

I try to change with every other variant

Thank's
[LG Optimus 3D] krija:
Try delete data of the lockscreen settings app in the settings/apps/all menu.
[LG Optimus 3D] jorrddan:
Thanks, but is not resolve the issue. I delete data and restart the phone, but reset only wallpaper and shortcuts.

Dual clock is there.
[LG Optimus 3D] OptimusRs:
Deodex the Stock LockScreen3.apk and than Decompile it than Go To :

res / values Than Edit The bools.xml With Notepad++ Or any Other Editor

Change :

<bool name="config_feature_dualclock">true</bool>

To:

<bool name="config_feature_dualclock">false</bool>

Compile the Apk and Odex it than push it to system/app

Done.
[LG Optimus 3D] jorrddan:
Thank's, I think I must root my phone first and than do this.

I'm not programmer but I'll try.

Last time when I try to root this phone, I got brick.

I think it's better to install CWM and flash your rom.

Thank's again!

P.S.: If I have a chance to do this without root, please tell me how!
[LG Optimus 3D] troopii:
Pull it with adb. Make your changes and push it with adb. For adb commands google is your friend. Dont forget to Activate usb debugging. Also there was an adb explorer released on xda for drag and drop.
[LG Optimus 3D] Noxialis:
SQL Database Method

Sadly, it seems that rooting is a pre-requisite should you want to remove that dual clock.

Assuming that you've rooted your phone though...

Here's how I did mine:

1. Get an SQL Database Editor (hint: it's from the same guys who made "Root Explorer")

2. Using "Root Explorer" (or any other capable file manager app you have), go to this directory ->> /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases.

3. In there you'll find a file named "settings.db" This is what we'll be editing, so SAVE A BACKUP COPY of it somewhere in your phone.

4. Now, open that database using the SQL Editor, and go to: secure

4.1. Doing the above opens a list of things related to phone settings (in this case, secure settings). Look for the id number: 1069 / Its name should be: roaming_dualclock / And it's value should be: 1

4.2. Now change its value to: 0 / Save it, and exit.

4.3. Now go and lock the screen to check and see if it works. If it doesn't (as was my case when I did this), go back to 4.2 and change the value again to 1.

That's about it I suppose

I can't remember anything else besides these steps so there may be something missing. Should you find out anything, please let me know.
[LG Optimus 3D] Swamphound:
Thank a lot for this! I'm running Cloudyflex 2.0 on my VS980 and this was driving me crazy. This method worked great except that my value was 0 and I changed it to 1. Worked like a charm the first time.
[LG Optimus 3D] Noxialis:
You're welcome :good: Glad that this method worked for you and three others
[LG Optimus 3D] Kico. St:
works well on lg g pro 4.4.2 too :) thank you
[General Questions and Answers] sukkukikku:
I am using contract killer 2 game and my tab is rooted. Mod Edit: Some stuff deleted. Please don't post any questions or comments about Freedom.apk. It is considered warez and is totally against xda rules: Do not post warez: If a piece of software requires you to pay to use it, then pay for it. We do not accept warez nor do we permit any member to promote or describe ways in which Warez, cracks, serial codes or other means of avoiding payment, can be obtained. This is a site of developers, i.e. the sort of people who create such software. When you cheat a software developer, you cheat us as a community.
[G2 General] JustusIV:
Thats what i am thinking about doing what do you guys think?

It seems like there are a few concerns. first a slightly smaller screen.... But i might be ok with that. i have a nexus 7 LTE if i want a bigger screen.

No sd card.... its a concern but i never use that much space anyways.

None removable battery. Maybe my biggest issue. as i have a 6400 and a 9300 batter for my note 2. I dont use them all the time but they are nice to have.

My biggest reason to get a new phone is the better camara. i have a 19 month old at home and my favorite thing to do is take pictures. The cpu upgrade would be sweet also.

*EDIT*

if this patch locked the bootloader i am leaving verizon :)
[G2 General] Bxrider117:
This question may have been asked already but I made the exact change and I could not be happier. Don't get me wrong I loved the Note 2 and was waiting for the 3 and then this phone came out. It basically has similar internals except for the ram, removable battery and sd slot. All of which are for personal preference.

As far as real life this phone easily makes the day for me. To me the camera is great. It is already rooted. With the verizon coupon I got it for $140 over the Internet. You really can't go wrong. Just my 2 cents.
[G2 General] mike2518:
Since you had the note 2 like me, can u easily use the g2 one handed now?
[G2 General] Bxrider117:
I can use it with ease. My wife has the S4 and I did not want to get that. The G2 works great with one handed operation.
[G2 General] hoola20055:
Coming from a note 2 and lumia 928. Sold them both. The G2 (imo) destroys them both. (Imo) I dint have ANY of the issues I see must complaints about here on the boards. It keeps getting better every day.
[G2 General] gharris040604:
Coming from n2,s4,htc one, yes all at the same time and I don't miss them at all. Picked it up yesterday the battery so far is unreal not to mention the screen and camera. You can't go wrong
[G2 General] bryanhayn:
Ex-Note 2 and HTC One user here. Got the G2 and couldn't be happier. The only reason you should stick with the Note 2 (or get the Note 3) is if you use the stylus a lot. The G2's smaller screen is not an issue because it's a higher resolution and just looks awesome. It's 4:13PM right now...I streamed about 3 hours worth of music using LTE through Google Play to my bluetooth headphones, studied my PDF textbook for about 30 minutes, and did about 30 minutes of web browsing and my G2 is only down to 84%. Best battery life I've ever had in a phone :good:
[G2 General] sos_sifou:
I might be getting a G2 too :)

ex note 2 user here, my friend is asking me every day to sell it to him, i may let it down when the G2 hit our local stores.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ryanvan9:
I am running Jelly Beans 21, and my exchange email is black. I hate it.

I remember there was a fix for it. I can't find it.

There is a file somewhere I have to change some text on.

Can anyone help!/?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] yogi2010:
I think I recall seeing a 'toggle' for that in a file somewhere, altbough I've never run that ROM. Have you combed thru /system/csc/feature.xml? Sorry I'm not positive but toward the bottom of that file there is a section labeled 'email'.... if yours says 'black', maybe try changing it to 'white'?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ryanvan9:
Ok..thanks I will give that a try.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] yogi2010:
Actually I think I found it. Try changing false to true in that one line regarding email color, as desrcibed here, post #18: http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=3012972
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ryanvan9:
AWESOME! that worked. This is what I did.

I could NOT find a single setting alowing me to change background to white. I gave ES File Explorer superuser access, closed email app and cleared cache and data. Went into phone root/system/csc. Opened features.xml using a note text editor with super user access.

Sure enough down near the bottom I saw this:

<!-- Email -->

<CscFeature_Email_UseFixedBgColorAsWhite>false

</CscFeature_Email_UseFixedBgColorAsWhite>

I changed false to true. Saved file. Opened email app and walla its white.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milosmeda:
I had my i9505 rooted via cf autoroot and instaled omega rom. After that I have unrooted and instaled stock rom from sammobile,the same one that i had when I bought my phone with the whole procedure - reset counter,changed csc,reset the phone and installed the stock rom (samsung status is official now). Now new ota rom has arrived as for september,I saw it on sammobile but when I check via phone for software update it always says that I have latest updates installed, how is that possible?? It wont let me update the phone to newer rom,why and what should I do? Thanks for help in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milosmeda:
Also when I connect my phone to kies on laptop it can recognise the phone for sync but when I want to check for software update it cannot see the software version of the phone??!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
what is your product code (csc)?

*#1234# what it says?

do you have latest version of kies?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milosmeda:
Csc: I9505OXXBMF3,and I have the newest version of kies
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milosmeda:
Csc is telekom (TSR)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
i meant by product code the region code, DBT, BTU, XEO.......

you can know it when connecting to kies, the last 3 letters XXXXX(???)

EDIT: OK

---------- Post added at 10:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:54 PM ----------

does the pda is MF8? and are you sure you are now on TSR

because pda and csc and product code must match
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milosmeda:
AP and CP last three letters are MF8 and csc is MF3 when I type *#1234#. Also baseband or pda is MF8
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milosmeda:
I have booted into stock recovery now and somehow it says that csc is set to btu,I dont know how that happend because I am sure that I changed it to tsr. Is it even possible to change csc when I am not rooted??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
very good, you have also to verify that you are on TSR product code

if you can not check it with kies try this code *2767*4387264636# if no,

boot into recovery and see it under the command line (in yellow)

EDIT: that is the reason....

no you must be rooted to change product code with app.

and sometimes wiping data and cache after flashing the stock firmware will do the trick
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milosmeda:
Booted to stock recovery and it says its btu,I dont know how I am 100% sure that I changed it to tsr. Is it possible now to change csc when I am not rooted or...?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milosmeda:
There was a code something like #*272#imei or something like that or there is another way because I am not sure tjat from market samsung csc changer will work. Sorry my bad,I should double check the csc... :(