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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] gubbs:
Well in my case it would appear they have blacklisted me or something for demanding a new unit instead of a refurbished one.

They put me through the grill to ensure they got their phone back then toold me flatly it was out of stock with noe ETA on arrival.

ie. problem customer, **** him off he'll go away?

Is it usual for a mobile company to be unable to tell you when someone is going to be back in stock? If so, why dont they just order you one from a store that has them or something? Is it just a load of **** - as I am suspecting?

I mean ffs .. you pay for something in good faith and they try and palm you off with used goods. If you did this with almost ANY other retail industry going you would have class actions filed.

Pharmacuticals, groceries, clothing, cars??? I mean wtf are they playing at ...

In retail I always thought if it was not brand new it had to be marked as such or something acceptable, such as: 'refurbished' or 'sold as seen'.

I work for a major consumer electronics outlet and they are simply not legally allowed to sell you something that isnt brand new without you being aware of it. From what I gather its illegal!

The 14 day return rule is yet another example of the companies retardedness. If they dont want people to return expensive handsets, why dont they structure it so you either pay up front or pay a non-refundable depost??

Oh and the sales of goods act stipulates, clearly, a period of 28 days from purchase during which time if the goods are not fit for the purpose for which they were sold .. the merchant MUST replace or refund the items.

So where do they get 14 days from? Thats nicely halving your statutary rights .. the ones afforded by law .. not company execs.

I'm guessing its 14 days for the contract and 28 for the hardware? Then there is the 1 year manu warranty?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] DaleReeck:
Don't compain too hard. I paid over £600 for my JasJar :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] ross360:
I agree with what has been said, I know what i'm looking for but some people will be unknowingly palmed off with a used handset. now that is just wrong. I knew straight away because the plastic cover was missing off the screen.

Keep your eyes open!!!!!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] TAY:
Funny ... that was the response I got when I upgraded to an XDA IIs, saying that it was better than the response my wife got when she approached her provider and suggested she wasnted to upgrade to the equivalent model.

She was asked why she wanted one, and then was told in no uncertain terms that she would not be able to utilise the full potential of the hardware.

My wife's response????

[click] [brrrrrr] - Hello is that O2? Can I have an XDA please? I can!! Thank you, I'll take it right away!!!

My conclusion is that all providers suck, some more than others, but they all still suck!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] numanoids:
I'm now trying to figure out whats the best deal for getting a Universal but without paying through the nose with line rentals but still manage to get the handset for a decent price.

Where I am just now, 3G isnt available with either T-Mobile or O2 but i'm hoping it'll be soon.

Anyone got any thoughts?

Ta
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jah:
Guys (+ gals ;) )

The Exec is not available online and a few people here say that they have been told there are no stocks for telephone shopping/upgrades. Get to your local O2 store as many have stocks. I fear O2 may follow Vodafone & Orange and increase the price of the Exec - it does seem very cheap at the moment (students were able to buy for £125 + £19 per month).
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] TraumaTiger:
I placed an order yesterday for the o2 exec, paid extra £3.99 for next day delivery. Rang today to confirm it had been despatched (I trust nobody), and was told it was out of stock until the 17th November. Tuh. I cancelled immediately and told them I hate being lied to, why take extra money for next day delivery when they know it's not in stock.

Looks like I'm waiting to see what Orange offer in 3 days when I can request my PAC Code, but if current posts are anything to go by then I'm not holding by breath.

I ordered the exec now as they give you 30 days to transfer your number after purchasing.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Zathras:
I thought that it was 1gb/month for the first three months only? Could you provide further details like a link?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] veletron:
Hi ordered one on data200. They sent me a sim card, charged me 149.99 on my credit card for the device and then never bothered to send the device.

Took 3 weeks of arguing with the idiots to get the 149.99 refunded. They then sent me a bill for the data200 contract - £25+VAT, when the sim card had been returned already. They were informed that sim card had been returned and that I owed them no money. I suspect they will mess up the contract termination as well.

All the above occured after the idiots managed to perform 15 credit checks on me in error. Its taken 4 weeks thus far to get these removed and the struggle is ongoing.

I tried to re-order the phone, and failed the credit check cause they believe (from their stupid records) that I have already had 15 phones off of them.

Customer support is cr@p. O2 employees are just a bunch of useless thickos - who would rather pass your call onto another chap rather than deal with it themselves.

I have an MDA Pro now. zero hassle, turned up day after ordered. Just a shame I cant get any 3G around here with them...

I should probably take them to court over this whole episode, but I cant be arsed with the hassle. Got offered *nothing* in compensation despite having been a long standing O2 customer beforehand.

Moral is that if you want a vaugly different contract to their standard offerings (i,e data rather than voice) then look elsewhere or prepare for a battle!

Nigel
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jah:
The good thing about buying from a shop is that the assistants do seem to want to help - perhaps seeing customers face-to-face makes a difference to their attitude?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] numanoids:
Nigel

What plan did you end up on?

I switched from T-Mobile to O2 a year ago but the way I'm seeing things, I'm considering switching back.

Cheers

Darren
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] veletron:
WebWalk200

149.99 for gadget, 18 month contract :-( but half price line rental (£16/mnth) for 12 months, £35 for the remaining 6mnths.

Not a bad deal. The MDA Pro does not look as good as the XDA Exec, and lacks MSN Messenger. It also fetches less than the exec on ebay if you want to flog it later!

Main negative with T-Mobile is the almost complete lack of 3G service outside large cities. Also, T-mobile do not do video calling although they claim that it is coming.

Main plus point for t-mobile is that they are the only provider to offer a data-centric tarriff suitable for these devices as a standard offering at a reasonable price point.

Nigel
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] sub69:
T-Mobile do have 3G calling, I've just used it....

You have to activate the option though (like roaming or whatever) by calling customer services to get them to flick a switch, or I logged in to "My T-Mobile" on their website, and activated it myself through there.

It's a free option, (obviously) and calls are 15ppm to other T-Mobile phones, or 50ppm to other networks.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] numanoids:
O2 have just offered me an upgrade at a cost of 150 quid - o2 500 tariff at 35 per month (which includes a discount) and a 5mb data allowance.

Think i might take them up on it as this appeared to be more like a proper deal to stay than when I phoned up the other day and was told "ah well if you want to leave then leave".
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] veletron:
Sounds good. It all depends who you get at O2's call centre. I have often just hung up when I realise that I am speaking to a numpty and re-dialed until I get someone with a brain. A bloke called Graham Rainer was the most helpfull chap I spoke to.

My issue with O2 and their consumer data bolt-ons (like data5) is that the run on is charged at £3/MB. Get the business version of data5 and the run-on is £1/MB - its all pretty mad. I suspect their consumer website is out of date. £3/MB seems like madness. If you phone and ask then you'll get 3 different answers from 3 different people ranging from 'data is free' to 'yeah, £3/MB is correct'.

Additionally, O2 charge £10/MB for data while abroad in western europe. T mobile aint much better, £7.50/MB !!

I think that data access on a phone will for sometime to come be a niche market, and we will be considered early adopters until it becomes less of a geek domain!

Nigel
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] TeflonTron:
That's my biggest issue: roaming costs. I'm going to be spending a LOT of time here in the US in the next year, and don't want to get nailed up the wazzoo by ridiculous fees. I've sent O2 a strong Email and hopefully that will break down some doors and get me some answers, and I'll keep on doing so until I get satisfaction from them. I'll start checking out other providers too though.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] numanoids:
Got mine today - 150 quid for a bog standard end of contract upgrade.

Best thing about it though was I took my old n-gage in with charger manual etc and am getting a cheque back for 50 quid.

Rather a decent deal I thought - although I'll see what happens when the cheque arrives.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] gubbs:
So you got your exec for £100?

Thats very good indeed.

Couldnt you have got more than £50 for the ngage on ebay tho?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] numanoids:
Possibly, just couldnt be bothered with posting it up and all that malarkey.

I'm happy with the deal I got.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] veletron:
Hi

Dont be doing too much GRPS in the US!! 20 quid (yes 20 quid) a ruddy MB - daylight robery!

You'll be lucky to get 3 compatible 3G signal in the states, so I think GPRS will be the best you can do.

When I was there earlier this yeah (armed with blue angel) i just wondered out the door and up the street until wififofum found an open access point. Beats £20/MB !! Made some skype calls back home using same said method! Need to be in a city to get a decent concentration of AP's tho of course!

Nigel
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nlarge:
Cant use adaway without insecure... any easy wsy to get just a hosts file?
[Sony Xperia L] XenodromeZynosZ:
i take this oppurtunity to upload [ALL IN ONE]Xperia Z1 Boot,Superior Auto(+) Z1 white setting [PACK]

Download> http://www.mediafire.com/download/8...CK+by+Xenodrome_Credit+levered_abielzuliom.7z

[Requirement]

[*]FULL ROOT

[*]V3 Stock ROM Clean&Tweaked(Recomended) ;)

[*]CWM OR TWRP

Unlocked Bootloader

[installation] ###Backup your System Via CWM :) ## (optional)

1) Boot into Recovery

2)Pase the File to Internal Storage

3) Flash the 'Z1whitesetting_Superiorauto_ZUbootPACK' via CWM

4)Wipe Dalvik Cache

5)Reboot ;)

Note: Superior Auto>Hold he Homescreen>Press Widget and Select Camera Widget>Press the Frontvideo/Video icon

Credit:Levered,albielzuliom , Thx for this Awesome Mod ;)
[Sony Xperia L] talhah sabri:
Can i used it on CNT v2.1?
[Sony Xperia L] damian01211:
Will it work on stock ?
[Sony Xperia L] Levered:
please deleted/closed this thread...i dont want superior include this pack
[Sony Xperia L] Sparksys:
I hate these questions,, YES IT WILL WORK

---------- Post added at 03:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:42 AM ----------

Same
[Sony Xperia L] FantasticalX:
Add another Z1 stuffs bro! and for installation, i suggest you to using AROMA Installer ;)
[Sony Xperia L] XenodromeZynosZ:
Sorry man, ,it's really hard to upload the file.,,it takes like 5 hours because my internet speed is 11kb/s ,, so it really precious to me,,btw this is my first pack .. So once Again,,i am really,really sorry man,,sorry ;_;
[Sony Xperia L] ishanbhatnagr96:
Not Flashing!

Downloaded the file. It turned out to be in .7z format. So i converted it into .zip. It opened fine with the rar tool on desktop as well and phone.

When i went into CWM to flash, it aborted. Please upload .zip format file. Or tell us a way to flash it.

Manually placing it into system will take a lot of time and patience.

Regards,

Ishaan
[HTC EVO 3D] 1ackass:
This is the Android 4.3 Gallery(with Camera) app , with a twist for our evo 3D´s. It can view jps and mpo pictures in 3D!

I have modified it to have 3D mode and made it a standalone installable APK.

It should work on any android starting from ICS(although on ICS, Photo Editing doesn´t work).

It is based from https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Gallery/

And it is using HJ200´s 3D Library from here

Full source from here

Screenshots:

Download from here - https://github.com/1ackass/Gallery3D_EVO_3D/blob/master/Gallery3D.apk?raw=true

Bugs:

When rotating, the 3D Button might disappear(Press back button and reselect the image to fix it).

JPS images are showing both images/sides when viewing in 2D

You tell me.

To install it, just open the apk and install it. If it shows some error on installation, put it in System/app(Make sure you replace the original Gallery apk).

Credits:

Google

HJ200
[HTC EVO 3D] 1ackass:
Just in case :p
[HTC EVO 3D] alaminxp:
download link not working
[HTC EVO 3D] HJ200:
Very very nice! I'm currently working on a new 3D tools lib which can decode the 2D (left) image from jps and mpo files, you might need this lib to generate nice thumbs. I'll let you know when I'm done
[HTC EVO 3D] dreccon:
[MENTION=4591921]1ackass[/MENTION]

Nice work! It would be even better if you could mod this apk which also contains photosphere. On the other hand, I guess you need to build it from source and I don't think it's available. :(

Sent from the 3rd dimension! now Free
[HTC EVO 3D] 1ackass:
Unless there´s any source I can´t do anything with it :rolleyes:
[HTC EVO 3D] johnnyslt:
[MENTION=4591921]1ackass[/MENTION]: I managed to update the Gallery2 from cm-10.2 with your 3D code. It compiles but 3D images are not showing in 3D and I dont see any button.

Here's the repo: https://github.com/Ro-Team/android_...mmit/f887c3acde931847517dcef8fe937230948b65b9

Can you have a look maybe I missed something?

10x
[HTC EVO 3D] 1ackass:
Hmm... Weird. I copied the project to Eclipse, modified to make it work without the android dependencies, and it showed 3d pictures just fine :confused: But can you give pull the gallery apk, so I could test it?
[HTC EVO 3D] johnnyslt:
Its easier for you to work on a precompiled apk rather than on the source?

Here's the apk:
[HTC EVO 3D] 1ackass:
Nope source is better :p. But the weird thing is that your gallery apk works fine on ics with 3D mode. I am gonna go to jb and try again. (I might have something to fix this no 3D)
[HTC EVO 3D] HJ200:
Hi [MENTION=2941594]johnnyslt[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4591921]1ackass[/MENTION],

I just uploaded a new version of my Tools3D library, which should contain huge speed and performance boost. Please check it out and report back when having any problems :D
[HTC EVO 3D] brihuthogg:
this looks good :) thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] Wretched_Egg:
didnt work with pac rom
[HTC EVO 3D] 1ackass:
What didn't work? And what pac rom was it?
[HTC EVO 3D] Wretched_Egg:
its under cmda , but i just realized one reson it may have not worked is cause runs of of 4.2.2
[HTC EVO 3D] vako13:
CM11 tested

I've tested this gallery on EVO 3D CM11 mod ROM and no 3D button either. 3D images opened with his gallery shows only 2D.
[HTC EVO 3D] 1ackass:
The gallery detects 3D images by the file type (jps or mpo) and on some roms it doesn't detect those files. I know it is a bit hackish, but the aosp gallery is very hard to modify.
[HTC EVO 3D] bigsupersquid:
liquidsmooth cm11 handles some 3d.

this app, the jmz switcher, all of hj200's apps that I've tested, and a few market apps, all work in 3d.

The physical switch doesn't seem to be recognized is all.
[HTC EVO 3D] 1ackass:
The problem with the 3D switch is that aosp roms doesn't detect the state of it.
[HTC EVO 3D] bigsupersquid:
I wonder if it could be forced into the keymap? My optimus v had kernel triggers for all hard buttons, and some of them were missing from the keymap on early device folders. Like the headset button. Once they were mapped in, they worked fine. I'll do some dmesg and grep, and look for it.

//edit: funny, it's all in there, there's just nothing using it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chintan9:
Problem is as follows, i'm now seeing the OTA update for my GNexus i9250

but did not get jb 4.3

now i am living in india
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ashish0304:
Be clear in your post.

You are getting OTA and not getting update?

I am using AOKP latest nightly with franco kernel. It is android version 4.3.1.

Working smoothly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrgnex:
Fastboot ftw
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alrojas:
Just download the right image from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=es#takju, and exectute flash-all.bat. The phone must be in fastboot mode.

That's it.

Saludos,
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Posklapenzi:
Ok so I've been getting a lot of battery drain when my phone is supposed to be in a deep sleep state. I used betterbattery stats and it turns out connectivityservice is responsible for the partial wakelock 5 minutes out of my 1 h 28 min usage. Of course I have just installed this and the data isn't 100% accurate, BUT, I've seen my signal dip on 1 bar quite often since I flashed to CM 10.2.

So my question is should I attempt at flashing a radio as some suggested? Or do something else?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustArchi:
It won't help. Actually it'd be better if you take full BBS log with data/wi-fi turned off for a night, so we can get clearly what is causing wakelocks during the night.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Posklapenzi:
Very well. I'll do that tomorrow night since I'm almost out now. thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Posklapenzi:
Well at the current rate, looks like i couldn't make it to the night. I was at 100% this morning, and now I'm at 50, and I haven't really used the phone that much.

Here's the shots from battery stats:

if anyone could help me .. I'd appreciate it. By the way, I turned off all the key press sounds prior to this, but audio_out2 seems to still be at the top..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustArchi:
Please use [ HIDE ] for screenshots.

Also please provide full log in .txt format instead of screenshots, other pages are important as well.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Posklapenzi:
Sorry, I tried editing my post but it wouldnt work.. heres the link to the log:https://db.tt/17QgK3Gn

I appreciate your help!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustArchi:
There's a button for that ;).

=========

Wakelocks

=========

PhoneApp (Phone): 10 m 10 s (610 s) Count:8 2.0%

AudioOut_2 (1013): 9 m 39 s (579 s) Count:27 1.9%

ConnectivityService (Android System): 1 m 53 s (113 s) Count:631 0.4%

================

Kernel Wakelocks

================

"deleted_wake_locks" (): 30 m 3 s (1803 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)233594/0/2541 5.9%

"PowerManagerService.WakeLocks" (): 18 m 47 s (1127 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)1479/0/0 3.7%

"PowerManagerService.Display" (): 10 m 29 s (629 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)40/0/0 2.1%

Normal wakelocks look pretty normal for me, nothing abnormal here. However kernel wakelocks don't look that nice. 30 minutes of "deleted_wake_locks" may be attached to WI-FI connection, but that could be literally anything so don't treat is as the only option. Same goes with following two. Personally I think that you may have a battery-drain app in the background or very poor wi-fi connection, being on whole the time. So with combination of this app you're having battery drain.

If you want to learn more give root access to BBS (in BBS options) and create next log, also with Alarms (needs root).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Posklapenzi:
Hello, thank you for your help! I have given root privelages to bbs but i cant find this 'alarms' app you've mentioned..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustArchi:
It's not an app. It's a tab, in BBS itself.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Posklapenzi:
Ah I see, well, I've given it root access but I can't see nothing on alarms tab.

Here's my log: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/92536272/BetterBatteryStats-2013-10-15_220927309.txt

This was a fairly active session though losing 80% battery over 6 hours (half of which I didn't use the phone) is really too much. This session was made with AOKP, the last one was with CM10.2, I was assuming it might be related to that but it's not. Perhaps it's the kernel? AFAIK they use the same one.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustArchi:
Could you perhaps try charging your battery to 100%, then flash ArchiDroid 2.X (currently 2.2), and after successfull boot open BBS (without root) and let it lie in deep sleep for at least a few (3+) hours? It's important to NOT log in to google, and even to not type wi-fi password. Full wipe is also required, and BBS is built-in my rom so you don't need to do anything else than flashing with full wipe.

This way you're getting only android itself, and if battery drain appears also on my clean build, without even anything changed by user (only launching BBS) then I think your battery may be bad. As you may know batteries lose their capacity over time.

However please firstly try my solution above if you want to get help. Based on your recent logs I can only say that you had wi-fi turned on (wlan wakelocks) and really nothing else...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Posklapenzi:
I really doubt it's the battery, I had no problems until I flashed. I always had wlan turned on all day long, phone would last a day and a half and some more even, if it's wlan wakelocks it might be UCCW perhaps? I have a clock widget with it that has a forecast on it.. ?

Or you still suggest to try your rom?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustArchi:
If you want to get my opinion please do so. Don't bloat it with anything, just flash, skip setup, turn BBS on and leave for at least a few hours in deep sleep.

Then I can tell you if it's bloat/app issues or your phone in general.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Posklapenzi:
Very well I will do so and leave it on for the night, though I don't think I ran a bloated rom (aokp) nor did I install more than 3-4 apps if I don't count gapps.

edit: it's installed. for the love of God please change the boot animation :P

Putting on BBS and heading to bed, take care, p.s. battery is only on 26%, didn't grant root access to BBS like you said :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Posklapenzi:
Ok I just woke up and realized Wifi is on by default, but I didn't connect to anything so it was on but with no data transfer.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/92536272/BetterBatteryStats-2013-10-16_113652942.txt

This pretty much is the state my S3 was in prior to root/flashing - only I WAS connected to my wifi. - If I left it on wifi during the night - 15%, if I turned wifi off during the night -7/8%.

So as you can see it's the first instance, I lost ~15% of my battery life (only I wasn't connected to my wifi).

What not? :P
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustArchi:
This time we have clear information why it happened.

+ FastDormancy. Check Q&A of my ROM for info how to disable it.

After you get rid of google synchronization (simply turn it off) and disable fast dormancy repeat test, this time starting from a bit higher power :p.

(And BTW you had a choice of bootanimation in aroma, but good you stayed with defaults as suggested).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Posklapenzi:
Hey thanks man, but I'm really puzzled about google sync? Do you mean my contacts etc. won't be synced any more? Could it be that my pictures of contact weren't all synced (I noticed if I open up my contact it forces a sync and download a hi-res image)?

I'll disable fast dormancy, I read about it now and I'm pretty sure my provider doesn't support it.