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[Nexus One General] djmcnz:
Legal Opinion

Here you go guys, I was intrigued so I asked a colleague of mine who is a lawyer in the land of opportunity. He didn't provide council but some interesting insights (provided in absolutes for brevity).

The phone is probably stolen, but as far as we know NOT from the original owner

The customer who found the phone did not own the title to the phone, or the right to transfer the title.

The "seller" can not form a contract to sell the phone

The OP therefore can not be the owner of the phone

And here's where it gets complicated...

The OP was acting as an agent of T-Mobile when he received the phone (doesn't matter in what capacity)

Because the "seller" could not sell the phone, the act of receiving the phone (because the OP was acting as an agent) did not involve transfer of ownership but rather custodial rights.

The custodial rights passed to T-Mobile, not their employee. (T-Mobile has policies and procedures to deal with this).

The OP did not(?) advise his employer of the handing in of the phone. (And may have therefore exposed T-Mobile because they are in "possession" of the phone and may have other legal obligations.)

Therefore... it is possible the the OP is responsible not for common theft but for theft as a servant (which is actually worse in the eyes of the law because it involves a breach of trust as well).

And what about the $200 that the OP paid for the phone? Well, since he couldn't have ownership transferred to him AND because he knew (ignorance is no exception and all that) the person in position did not have title or transfer rights (he was explicitly advised) then he just gave the customer a personal reward for returning the phone. Unless he can make an expense claim to T-Mobile of course...

The person who handed the phone in? We'll, if they're not an idiot, they disavow knowledge of a conversation of a sale and say they just left the store damn happy that they could return a phone to a helpful staff member and get a reward to boot...

Interesting angle I thought.
[Nexus One General] codesplice:
There are also people stressing about the horrible multitouch this phone has. And people stressing about whether or not they'll be able to do an OTA update to the official Froyo release since they're on a test release now.

None of this is relevant to this thread, which should be the priority (and deciding factor) for people posting in this thread.

Thanks for the input though!
[Nexus One General] ironcrotch:
I can't deny that I've never bought anything shady, in fact, I think half of craigslist is shady.

What bothers me is that you work for T-Mobile and you were AT WORK at the time. As an owner of two relatively expensive TMO phones I pray to god that if ever my phone is ever 'lost' and turned in to a T-Mobile store, there would at least be some due diligence to return it to me.

anyway, congrats on the good deal.
[Nexus One General] altarity:
Since the OP decided to post the story about this transaction, wouldn't it be best to contact Google and tell them you have a phone that belongs to them? Since this one was dog food, isn't there a pretty good chance that someone at Google would know who had this phone? I really don't know what the chances of this getting reported are, but there are a number of google employees who are regulars on the forum. If you realize now that maybe you got some stolen property, what you do with that knowledge now could make your life easier down the road. I would rather be out $200 than have a felony on my record.

You have to know that nobody loses a wiped phone with no SIM card. My nexus was stolen a couple months ago at a mini-golf place and the very first thing the thief did was to remove my SIM card. Luckily I had WaveSecure installed and the warning message must of freaked them out after they popped in their own. They dumped it in the bathroom and a little kid turned it into lost and found. (at that moment I felt like the luckiest android user in the world)
[Nexus One General] attn1:
If you "find" something that's not yours and you keep it when there are ways of returning it, then you are stealing it.

Was T-Mobile contacted to see if the IMEI number was currently registered?

Were the local police contacted to see if one was reported missing or stolen?

Two pretty simple steps could have easily returned something pretty valuable to it's rightful owner. To make no effort to return something of value found and keep it is theft.

+1. There are laws regarding receipt of stolen goods. Saying "I bought it" is not a defense.
[Nexus One General] peliROJO:
I think what's obvious here is that the OP is an AT&T employee trolling the boards.

Everyone needs to get a life and stop jumping to conclusions about what a person types into a forum. He actually found the phone. I was standing with the guy, his wife and two children, and their dog. It's a cute dog, and truth be told, it was the dog that found the phone. Dogs can't steal, it's not in their nature. The dog found the phone on the side of the road. The OP didn't mention the scratches all over the case. They might be dog bites but it looks more like road rash. Road rash is all over the phone and it was found by a dog at the side of the road. The Guy, his wife and two kids, then go to the T-Mob AT&T store and sell the phone for a good price. End of story.

For the love of Jesus, Allah, and all major football teams, stop feeding the AT&T troll.
[Omnia II General] philipina:
Hello,

I try to update my Samsung Omnia addict player I900 with "Phone Software Update" application. The problem is that this application is not able to see that my PDA is connected to the PC. I'm using windows Vista and "Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1.xx". Windows Mobile Device center shows my device as "Connected".

I already tried to unplug and re-plug the usb cable but it didn't solve the problem. "Phone Software Update" still don't see my PDA?

Does anyone of you already had this problem?

If yes, did you managed to solve it?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Alain
[Omnia II General] yamm:
Hi,

download "new pc studio" (NPC) from Samsung home page. After installing it let the program update itself first. Then connect your PDA via "USB" (it takes quite a long time over bluetooth to have your phone updated). Select "update" then it will try to find an update for your phone. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Thks
[Omnia II General] marinette500:
You can also try with "KIES"
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] frosty383:
Hey I have a little problem here.

I installed the Xmod HD Manila thing, everything is fine but i dont like it that much AND i cant remove it.

I want back the original :( please help
[Omnia II General] philipina:
Hello,

These last days I had a lot of problems to align the screen of my Samsung Omni Addict player I900. The problem is that the touch screen is not centered anymore and it does not react when I press something on the screen.

To solve the problem I wanted to make a hard reset by using the following key combination "*2767*3855#‏".

My biggest problem is that, by mistake, I did lock the screen and keys of the phone and then when I press any key, my phone ask me to press the "Unlock" option on the screen, but I cannot do it as the touch screen does not react correctly.

I'm wondering if there is any possibility to edit the register to be able to unlock it. :confused:

Any other ideas are welcome. I'm blocked on this problem for two days now :(

Thanks in advance for your help,

Alain
[Omnia II General] Vostradamus:
Maybe I'm missing something but... can't you just soft reset it? I don't think it will boot up screen-locked....
[Omnia II General] philipina:
Soft reset didn't help but after multiple tries I managed to do an hard reset which did solve the problem.

The problem I'm facing to now is that I cannot align the screen. As recommanded in different posts in this forum I have changed the CalibrationData value in the registery but still, after following the "align screen" procedure the screen does not react correctly. To be able to move forward I would like to be able to activate the mouse cursor. Do you know how could I activate it by changing a value in the registery?

If not I will create a new post with this question.

Thanks in advance.

Alain.
[Omnia II General] Vostradamus:
I'm sorry, haven't had an i900 in my hands for a while now, I don't remember which reg key you need :(
[Off-topic] Cavor:
NBA video hits. Fans go on a search. I need a DVD burner that can download, convert and burn the videos together without any third-party downloader or converter. Is there one?
[Off-topic] Cavor:
no reply?

any replies? :(
[HD2 General] castlevanian:
I got a HD2 from eBay and got ripped by getting one that has sound disabled; LED disabled and so as vibration. The buyer ran away so you know how it goes...

Here the symptom, the HD2 is functioning like normal other than:

- No sound what so ever: even when pressing the volume up/down button it does not trigger the volume menu

- LED never turns on: both green and orange

- No vibration: tried to play with all possible settings and it never vibrates

- When on the phone, the other end can hear me but I can never hear a thing.

Researched through all forums and I couldn't find anything helpful at all. Any help is appreciated!
[HD2 General] greg1fraser:
try reflashing a stock ROM could be something with the registry keys or manilla files hope this kind helps
[HD2 General] castlevanian:
I had flashed it with the latest TMO US HD2 ROM as I found out it was a demo TMO US HD2. It is Version 2.13.531.1. And the problem persists.

Anything else I can try? This seems to be a software issue as the functions that aren't working are pretty much within the same category.
[HD2 General] mihals1:
Hi there?

is it possible to have more events on the lock screen than one?

having the MS Exchange active and many events every day, would be great to see on the main LockScreen.

I didn't find any in the HD2 Tips & Tweaks :(

Thanks for any info :)
[HD2 General] elburna:
Its really unbelievable that there are still people who havent heard of "Co0kies Hometab 1.7.1" ... :)
[HD2 General] mihals1:
maybe I haven't heard of it because I do not use Sense ;)

All I need is more events on the LockScreen :)

but thank you for your contribution anyway :)
[HD2 General] elburna:
Arrgh my fault, didnt read properly and thought you meant the homescreen. On the WM-LS its not possible yet ... Many people before you tried this. Dont know, but maybe you want to try a third party lockscreen like s2u2 or pocketshield (though i dont think so as you are not even using sense :) )

Greets
[HD2 General] mihals1:
well AFAIK S2U2 can not show upcoming events - I used it for a while but got back to standart WM Lock Screen.

Gotta try the pockedshield yet :)

Thanks elburna.

But the question persists: is there any tweak to show more events in LockScreen? :)
[HD2 General] elburna:
S2U2 can show as many upcoming events, tasks, appointments as you want. U can even watch the details of every event by tapping it while in lockscreen.

Cheers
[HD2 General] troed:
What Sense makes HD2 without Sense ? ;):confused::D
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
no, not on the winmo lock screen.
[HD2 General] de Wolfe:
You could have a look at the Manila-like Lockscreen http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=618989

This one is included within CHT, but if you don't use Manila, you can install this as a standalone lockscreen. Should work also without Sense (dunno tho...).
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
still only shows one appointment.....
[HD2 General] mihals1:
okay, now I have options to chose. :D

thank you very much guys, much appreciated!!! :)
[HD2 General] de Wolfe:
*DONE* Delete this post, plz.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
I had this problem before with OS 2.1 and now it's back with Froyo,I set my screen to shut off after 30sec but if I don't do it manually the screen will keep lighted up (though with 20% brigthness).

What's the damn problem????

Is it an app,the intersect kernel or a hardware bug??
[HD2 General] Shaamaan:
I don't think this is a HD2-only issue (seems it could happen on any WinMo phone), but it's annoying. :mad:

I recently got a new SIM card, and after starting the phone, a new link appears in the Start menu. I can delete it, but it will show up again and again, even if I move it to a different folder.

Is there any way to prevent this from happening?
[HD2 General] bobbified:
U can usually go to File Explorer then:

My Device > Windows > Start Menu > Programs

And then from there, move the shortcuts around or into different folders or even delete them completely...

Edit: Oh sorry.. . just realised you've already tried deleting it! lol
[HD2 General] Rosetti:
He already said that you cant really delete it because after reboot it appears again!

But this problem is solved! I was reading about that over here in the forums i think.

Just search for it and you will find it or someone will post it again.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] kikkegek:
I have this strange problem connecting to the internet:

My situation.

I have a HTC TYTNII that connects to the internet using Vodaphone in the Netherlands.

Its my business phone and we have special settings for our phones internet connection.

- connection is trough "Cellular line (GPRS, G3)" and an accespoint "business.blabla"

then

- we have proxy settings, but only for "HTTP" in which we have to set our username and password

The strage thing is that some programs connects with no problem while others seem to activate the 3G connection, but then dont connect for some reason.

programs that do connect:

- Internet explorer

- outlook email

programs that dont connect:

- QuickGPS

- SeaSGEE.exe (quick position for GPS)

- Opera mobile and mini

please help. Anybody know what the problem could be?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1-evolve:
So I finally am getting a Nexus sometime this week. ^_^ I am so so so so so so so so SO excited. I had a couple question of course I am a BIG XDA head so I read a lot of stuff. But I was wondering from experience..

1: What is the BEST rom out? I am looking for

- Stability

- Good Battery life

- Little to no bugs.

(I imagine Froyo still being buggy and stuff?, idk give me more info on this I would like a FROYO rom.)

2: I bought the handset from a someone online, so do you think I can still get warranty if I call google?

3: What do you guys like best about the Nexus? I had a G1, MT3G, and now soon a Nexus One. :] I am so excited to hear what you guys think about it, and I am hoping the battery is better then the G1/MT3G? Of course I know with multitasking/ and rooting the kernal drains battery and such but whats your experience? :D
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1-evolve:
o_o

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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miketlo:
1. most roms are already stable. just search or while youre reading around look at sigs to see what people have flashed.

2. the warantee is connected with the original buyer and when you call they ask for the google checkout account that bought it. But Ive read a few people getting lucky and got replacements.

3. SPEED. insane speed compared to other phones/OSes. With root you can do anything you want and apple isnt around to lock down porn apps and flash. IMO battery life is mostly to do with usage. some people claim insane battery life and call themselves heavy users but I surely dont get close to what they get :\ but it will definitely last you through a day once you stop playing with it too much.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1-evolve:
Nice, anyone else with inputs on there experience? :D I think I will go with the latest Cyanogen ROM.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blueman101:
Welcome to XDA and the android family, however if you replace the ROM, it will void any warranty you might have.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miketlo:
well once you do have root you can test all 3 roms in about an hour. all you need to do is run nandroid and have titantium/mybackup pro. it will move your apps and keep their data. you might not get all the system data moved because the roms are a little different but switching roms doesnt take too much effort

i would try the desire rom for lolz, cm to see the hype, and maybe another like enom to see what others are doing.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1-evolve:
Im not new to XDA or android I know hot to root and all that just to clear up.. lol. I hate SENSE so that is out of the way, I know what Cyanogen can do.. I just wish benbuchacher could have a N1 so he can make his kernal.. Er... I just will have CM though.
[General Topics] Don.:
If so, what is it?

Im currently using kwbr topix 3.5.10 and its really slow.

Most menu selections take ages to appear.

Im looking for a speedier ROM, Id be happy downgrading to 6.1 if that would speed things up...

Any suggestions?
[General Topics] accountabc:
the you're using is running Sense 2.5, which was made for th HD2. It's true that it isn't running very smoothly. You could try flashing a WM 6.5 rom with Sense 2.1 or even Touchflo 3D. For example, try this rom if you don't care about Sense but do like WM 6.5. It is supposed to be the on of the fastest wm6.5 roms with Touchflo
[General Topics] orb3000:
I´m quite happy with mine (see signature for details)
[General Topics] Speactra:
I'm very happy with mine at last. I downgraded to winmo 6.1 using the Kenia BlackNew III Rom. It's using Sense 2.5 and is still very fast and stable. :) It haven't been this fast since I bought it :p
[General Topics] Don.:
accountabc, thanks for the reply.

I'll try downgrading to Sense 2.1.

Someone also suggested that I use Task 29 the next time I flash...

Thanks.
[General Topics] Don.:
Excellent suggestion.

I've had this Rom for about a day now and its brilliant.

Its really fast in comparison to my previous Topix 6.5 Sense 2.5

Thanks.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] thebulletfromhell:
Hi guys,

Why don't we make an android booting rom. This will be a minimal 6.1/6.5/6.5.x ROM and come with the 1.71 radio and Gen Y DualBoot. This will provide noobs with a ready made ROM for droid booting. OR we can include the radio with the droid nbh(but it will make it bigger)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] mnjm9b:
the problem with combining a winmo rom that includes an android rom is that the android roms are evolving at blistering speeds.

while a minimal winmo is ideal. it is probably better to just flash winmo seperatly. and update android as needed.

although I do like the idea of a full android OS nbh that doesn't require separate installing. fully packaged with splash, radio, OS etc...

I am sure this will happen to android builds in the near future.

just look at how far it has come in just the last year.

the main holdups I am sure are the inconsistencies between different devices.

even inconsistencies within the same device (like panel types)

as well as the update process.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] thebulletfromhell:
I was thinking like the ROM would have virtually nothing(except manila or titanium) and Gen Y Dual Boot. Then the user download an android package and put it in the sdcard and it will boot it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] zenity:
I actually use this sort of system on my blackstone, when I can be bothered to actually use it, lol.

It works great when combined with the Gen Y Dual Boot, and is usually not to hard to upgrade. However most devices that use Gen Y are non-nand, non-install builds, that is they don't use the same install method that our more mature builds use, in fact most still use .sqsh files etc. I can see it working, but it might need some tweaking for kaiser.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] thebulletfromhell:
You can actually use the GYDB with nomorootfs. Here is the SD Card Structure:

/andboot/androidinstall.tar

/andboot/ androidupdate.tar

haret.exe

zimage

initrid.gz

etc..
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] joshuaboyde:
Question: how do I remove the "Settings Tab" from the Home Screen Tab Slider?

I can get to the Settings by pressing the Windows-Logo physical button at the bottom of the phone and then choosing Settings... hence I don't need the Settings Tab on the slider. In Settings > Personalize > Home Screen Tabs ... can un-tick all but Home and Settings ... I want to do the equivalent of un-ticking Settings.

tried searching but get lots of results on how to get rid of everything else but the settings tab.

ANSWER: found it

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > HTC > Manila > Configuration > # (where # is a number from 0 to 16 based on where you have the Settings Tab in the Home Screen Tabs slider order)

Name-----------Data

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

Enable..............1

PageName.........Manila://settings.page

Title.................Settings

Change the Enable to a 0 (00000000)

WARNING: will need to re-enable this flag to add and remove tabs to the Home Screen Tabs slider ... but good way to stop someone from playing with my phone and adding the twitter addition.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] elburna:
You cant get rid of it (and it makes sense). Tell me p.ex. how you would access the windows-settings without the tab (unless you didnt activate "show normal settings in startmenu" via BSBTweaks or similar). Thats the reason why HTC made in untickable.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Phantoms:
Couldn't you just click start and select Settings, even with a stock HD2?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] skymelvin:
Hi there.. How do we make the icons under Settings screen to be in alphabatic order..?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] hugojungle:
Ooops

I thought I have a smart idea...

The hint with removing the settings tab in the slider brought me to an other point.

I was always annoyed be the Home-Tab. I dont need it, since I can reach the home screen with the Home key (hardware key). So it is redundant. At lease I thought so.

I removed the Home-Tab - it worked immediately! And from that moment on the I couldn't reach the homescreen anymore.

Conclusio: Good Tweak - with unexpected result.

At least I am no longer annoyed by the home tab.

Hugo the JungleDyret
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] ElGrande:
Hello,

is there a possibility to use the Hardkeys in Android?

the lower 4 (WinKey, IE Key, Mail, "OK") are used, what about the other four (call,hang up, left, right)?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] loserskater:
Not sure what you're asking, but they are used as follows: the call (green) button brings up the phone, the left and right softkeys are volume down and up respectively, and the end (red) button hangs up when in a call and turns off the screen when not.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] jasonyump:
i found the packages online.

it required partitioning my SD card with a fat32 partition an ext2 partition and a small swap partition

its booted so far but its VERY SLOW as far as performance goes, seems like it will take some serious work to get it working well.

network isnt working as of yet and havent tested out anything other then locking it and unlcoking in and browsing around. gonna work on it tonight.

this is the same as the one i found online-http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=689223
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] aeronex:
Nice find! I guess I'll wait for the wifi chip to work first before plunging into that.. Froyo is supposed to be much more optimized than its predecessors, does this ROM reflect that?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] jasonyump:
this build is VERY SLOW sometimes, and early in development, but it works. i havent had time to work with it yet other then booting into it and opening apps. so far things ive noticed, data connection wasnt working(although i didnt try adding apn settings), i didnt have any crashes with it its just laggy, didnt try wifi, it woke from sleep quickly, battery meter was fine(well not perfect but better then just jumping all over the place),but it runs slow. ill see if i can get any more progress with it but i probably wont get time to really play with it until this weekend.

ill upload the packages a bit later in the day.