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[G2 and Desire Z General] :
Because the scam is to get a free or cheap phone from a provider then sell it, say it was stolen and get a new one with the insurance. (I'm not sure what tmobile's actual policies are, but people tried to do this on Rogers in canada) I personally would go so far as to call tmobile from the phone and get them to verify that they know you are buying it, not stealing it and the guy confirms that he is selling it. That way he can't call after you bought it and say it was stolen. Foodforthought.
[G2 and Desire Z General] spyderman33:
There may be something wrong with SIM card then because TMO doesnt block or blacklist IMEIs.. Trust me.. It doesnt happen ever... Either the SIM card is bad or your phone is broken...
[G2 and Desire Z General] spyderman33:
+1 on what he said...
[G2 and Desire Z General] ohgood:
+1 billion. i don't know how many different ways there are to say it until people understand, but TMO DOES NOT BLOCK PHONES, through imei, through wifi, through trojan horses, through smoke signals, or in any way shape or fashion.

the sim card is the one and only thing they will block.

one misinformed person creates so much bs.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ducehlmg:
there is nothin wrong with my sim... i put it in my mytouch 4g & it works perfectly fine then i put it in the g2 & it reads contacts from the sim but says no service

i called tmobile & they are the ones who told me it is blacklisted for one of two reasons... 1 phone stolen, 2 phone purchased thru upgrade and not completely paid for...

i was transferred to someone higher and they also told me the imei is blacklisted & cannot be taken off until it is settled with original owner

so i repeat, PHONE IS NOT BROKEN BC IT WORKS FINE WITH AN AT&T SIM AFTER UNLOCKING IT & MY SIM IS WORKING PERFECTLY FINE IN ALL MY OTHER PHONES (VIBRANT, HD2, MYTOUCH 4G, & a $20 prepaid tmobile phone from target)
[G2 and Desire Z General] ducehlmg:
im just repeating what i was told by 3 different tmobile reps after giving them my imei number

i didnt think tmobile blocked phones either but apparently they do even if they just started but it is what it is.. ive tested multiple sim cards & multiple phones..
[G2 and Desire Z General] PanCubano:
Set up a meeting with the person in a well lit, public area.

Test the phone in everyway once you get there

If you're satisfied, call t-mobile, provide them with the imei number and have them check it out if its clean

IF IT IS, HAVE THEM PUT A NOTE ON YOU'RE ACCOUNT THAT YOU WILL BE PURCHASING THIS PHONE OFF HAND FROM A PRIVATE SELLER AND THAT YOU PLAN TO USE THIS PHONE ON YOUR ACCOUNT. IF YOU HAVE TO, HAVE THEM SEND YOU A COPY OF THE NOTE VIA EMAIL TO CONFIRM

If the seller does decide to report it stolen, you have proof in your account with the note left by the rep.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xSunny:
Uhh t-mobile can not block your phone since it uses a sim verizon and sprint both dont use sims so the service comes from the phones esn which they can block idk who told u they blacklist they cant.. The imei number if reported lost or stolen can not be sent back to t-mobile for service or anything because it will be lost or stolen thats your only thing even if the person sells to you nd calls it in lost or stolen the only loss you will get out of that is your one year warranty from the manufacture just make sure the phones in physical working condition thats all =]!
[G2 and Desire Z General] ducehlmg:
who told me?

well i called tmobile because the phone would not get service

first the girl i talked to ask for my imei & i gave it to her, she did whatever on her end then said "its showing the imei as blocked... first time ive seen this, let me get a manager for u to see what to do"

next the manager gets on the phone, "sir its showing that that imei is blocked.." after asking if there is a way to unblock it he says he is gonna transfer me over to some tech suppport tier 2..

next the tier 2 tech supports asks for the imei and after i give it to him, he says "sir we're showing that that imei has been blacklisted and cannot be used on our network." after asking why would it be blacklisted, he says "while i cant specifically tell u the exact reason its blacklisted, i can tell u that its from either one of 2 likely reasons, this phone has been reported lost or stolen or it was purchased using an upgrade and not fully paid for."

i dont know why that is so hard to understand that TMobile obviously does blacklist imei's

I spoke to 3 different TMobile reps that all said it has been blacklisted by TMobile..

if u want to check for urself, i will gladly PM the phone's IMEI to u so u can call TMobile & ask
[G2 and Desire Z General] ohgood:
if the phone is truely blacklisted, it won't hurt anything to post its imei here, without pm'ing it.

sounds like some bs
[G2 and Desire Z General] ducehlmg:
wow!!! its truely amazing how ppl continue to insist that im saying bull**** when im simply telling u what i was told by TMobile.. I seem to be the only one providing backbone to my statements.. its easy to say "TMobile does not blacklist" but wat is that based on? a hunch? wat u thought? i didnt think they did either but obviously they do...

i will call TMobile one more time and talk to ANOTHER rep before posting the imei..

once the 4th person tells me its blocked, i will post the imei
[G2 and Desire Z General] ratchetrizzo:
I read that tmobile blacklists phones that were bought on accounts that defaulted and weren't completely paid for.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ducehlmg:
no dont tell anyone that.. they will say its bull**** (even after tellin them exactly wat the tmobile reps say)
[G2 and Desire Z General] HotShotAzn:
ESN is the CDMA equivalent of IMEI for GSM. CDMA providers tie their accounts to the ESN while GSM carriers tie their accounts to SIMs. That being said, read below...

No offense guys, anyone that says TMobile will not blacklist is talking out their ass. There are rules and regulations (example) that GSM providers must follow. If I felt like, I'd google some FCC regs for you all.

The point is whether or not TMobile chooses to actually blacklist in that specific case. It's probably easier to place/release a hold on the SIM than it is to blacklist and then unblacklist an IMEI. Therefore, their preferred method would be to block the SIM (and unblock in the event the phone is recovered).

When I was younger (you kids' age :) ), I worked in the cell industry. And I don't mean in sales. Things may have changed since the dark ages of TDMA and 850mhz analog, but I would think that rules/regs have gotten tighter, not weaker since then.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xSunny:
Well im not talking out my ass because me and many of my friends before have done it with sidekicks which run on t-mobiles servers so it should be easy to blacklist but many many times have we claimed "we lost our phones" and payed the fee of 110 dollars and then the phone we had sold it or gave it to somebody else and that phone that we gave or sold worked perfectly fine so thats why im talking about that so if t-mobile blocks if lost or stolen then how come the 10-15 sidekicks me nd my friends all switched around in about a 2 year time never got blacklisted? And it wasnt one specific sidekick it was different sidekicks as well like the 3, slide, and LX so idk what your talking about blacklisting cuz it never happened to me.. T-mobile never blacklist numbers because i buy so many phones of craigslist i have a new one every month.. All android or blackberry i know damn well ive delt with somebody who robbed or stole or lied to t-mobile about a lost phone sold me a phone and guess what all my phones worked perfectly on t-mobile never blacklisted!
[G2 and Desire Z General] ducehlmg:
do u know how stupid u sound???

ok so what if yall switched out SIDEKICKS.. do u know how old sidekicks are

I just simply said i didnt think they did either but obviously they do even if they just started doing it

I even layed out the conversation i had while on the phone with TMobile where 3 DIFFERENT PPL tell me the imei is blacklisted and you're still tryin to say the dont blacklist

how dumb can u possibly get?
[G2 and Desire Z General] burtcom:
All right guys knock it off -- even if T-mobile didn't used to block imei, its entirely possible they are now.
[G2 and Desire Z General] HotShotAzn:
You do realize there's a difference between reporting a phone lost vs reporting a phone stolen, right? If you have insurance and report it stolen, TMobile (and every other carrier) require a police report. If you say you lost it, than they just go with that. I doubt they blacklist lost IMEI's.

And no offense, but your credibility is a little shaky after you admit to pulling a scheme like that 10-15 times.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ohgood:
don't take offense friend, i'm refering to tmobile bs'ing -you-. if they have had trouble with a phone, they may refuse to service it (allow access to their towers).

i had a g1 that had problems over and over again, not responding to towers etc and tmo replace it. it was not a phone i purchased from them , but through craigslist. they would rather keep a customer and replace a phone (free) than lose a customer because they can't figure out why a phone doesn't work. they didn't mention anything about blacklisting a phone, or blocking it, or any such reference when I pushed the rep about it. this was 2nd or 3rd tier tech support, not a store salesperson.

really, i wasn't bashing you, not in the least. sorry, it's diffictul to question a situation or problem on forums without someone taking offense. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] ctraywick1:
Well if you seem to think the phone is unuseable I'll buy it off you lol I work for T-Mobile tech support and NO WE DO NOT BLOCK ANYTHING.. I'll buy it off you for 150 and have it working the same day

*Sniff* *Sniff* Is that Ginger Bread I smell on my G2? Delicious!!! (^¥^)y
[G2 and Desire Z General] HotShotAzn:
No offense (really), but this doesn't carry much weight on the internet.

One person says they heard it from tech support. Another person claims to be tech support. Who know's who is telling the truth (or was told the truth).

That, and I also know there are certain rules that people must play by when you post in an internet forum and claim to work for a company. (e.g. "The views expressed by myself in this forum is of my own standpoint and are in no way related to blah blah blah"). I had to sign one for every major company I worked for (and TMobile is probably bigger than all of them combined).
[General Questions and Answers] njoy3219:
hi i installed Darkedge theme over my BB 0.5 and everything worked perfectly, except for the metamorph part. Ive tried about 5 times to theme my apps with metamorph and it hasnt worked, when it done, the app/s are off of my phone and not themed at all, i have to redownload them after i try it. Could anyone point me in the right direction becuz i love this theme and i want to be able to use my gmail/facebook/handcent
[Captivate General] revrenhex:
So I flashed Tayutama Themed JPM Rom with JPM modem, I9000 reoriented kernel & working HSUPA (10-20-10) and all works well. I then wanted to flash back to Cog 8.1, and flash was successful, only cannot access the network, I get a "not registered on network" error. I tried ODIN one click 2.2, ODIN 2.1 one click. ODIN cog 8 all with no luck. I flashed back to Tayutama rom, and radio works. Any idea what im doing wrong?

Thanks!
[Captivate General] revrenhex:
Fixed it! flashed a new modem to the phone and it works again.
[Nexus One Android Development] ohgood:
This is a request for any button (trackball would be ideal) to wake the phone, AND launch the camera application. Lets assume it will sleep again after x amount of time, just like normal.

Maybe this could be in cyanogenmod settings ?

Maybe this could be a combination, say TRACKBALLTRACKBALLTRACKBALL or something ?

thank you
[Nexus One Android Development] ctbear:
I think it will be just as easy as

1. Trackball wake

2. Trackball unlock

3. Press camera shortcut

Just make sure the camera is on the home screen...
[Nexus One Android Development] overground:
Just get Widget Locker. Trackball Wake > Camera.
[Nexus One Android Development] ohgood:
i'm going to try this now. thanks to both of you. also, would it be possible to keep the phone 'locked' while doing this, so you could have a child/friend use it as a camera, but not have the phone and other applications accesible without entering the unlock pin/pattern ?

thanks again !
[Nexus One Android Development] elmerendeiro:
Like it! I would love this:

Short press - unlock or screen on

Keep pressed - unlock directly into camera
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yagahrhm:
I tryed to upgrade the rom in my htc hd2

I followed the instraction

first I did (HSPL3_PKG) to remove the security

then I cleaned the rom by (Tsk29 provided by doloop)

then It release (ruu)

after that the device stop working (wait for long time) no respond

then I Tends battery to turn the device off

then put the battery back and long press on the red botton to turn on the device

it boot for short uptell white screen and stop booting

I did the final step many times but no responding any more

when I connect the device to my labtop it gives an erorr (260) connection

could any one help my to fix my device

thank you
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaarry:
Hold the volume down and power button at the same time. Take a picture and show us what is looks like.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stringbeans:
How do I update my stock samsung apps that came with the phone? For example, google maps is installed on the phone by default but when I go to the market I don't have the option to update it.. I have to search for the app and then it only gives me the option to install it
[G2 and Desire Z General] thizzin909:
I've been with TM for about 4 years and currently have 2 lines on our account. From what I've been told by my local sales rep, a data plan is required and if I try to take it off, I'll be subjected to an ETF. I am currently using a G1 and my sister is using an unlocked 3GS. I visited my local sales rep and was given a price of $150 after a $50 mail-in rebate. I was thinking of getting two G2s question and reselling the extra one (my sister is happy with her 3gs).

My question is if I reported to TM that I "lost" my G2, would I still be required to pay for data or subject to an ETF? Any input would be appreciated :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] connnn:
Would still require web. Even if you report it lost. Also be careful reporting it lost because you might get that phones imei blocked. Then who ever you sold the phone too might be pissed off. Ha. A way that you can get the web off... Buy the two g2s. Then purchase a cheap phone on the line you don't want web (nokia 2330) and they have to take the web off. Because you basically "upgraded" to Phone that doesn't require web ;)

Sent from my SGH-T959
[G2 and Desire Z General] myclock187:
The only way to take off a REQ web feature is to do an upgrade on that line to a phone that doesn't require the web feature... however, after you upgrade with the G2, you cannot do another upgrade of any kind until you have 12 months upgrade tenure.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RambJoe:
I heard if you buy an Android phone through a third party reseller you only get 1GB throttled internet instead of 3GB. But I read you can make a call to convince them to change it.

Anyone ever done this and got any tips?

From what I heard they put you on the unlimited internet booster, which is only 1GB, and not web and walk plus (3GB) if you order through a reseller.

Well, I ordered it from E2 save.

I can't link or post images yet: i.imgur.com/Ku7aX.png

Notice they give you the option to add "Unlimited Web Booster" for £5 a month? Could I use that to convince them?

Thanks. :)

edit: It also says unlimited on their site: e2save.com/mobile-phone/contract/samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S.html?tariffcode=D25TEAPR09

edit2: T-Mobiles FUP:

Can you order over the phone on e2save? :P

eidt3: I actually did join them over the phone, as the phone is why I joined them. See what I mean?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RambJoe:
Anyone know? :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RambJoe:
I heard saying people on the forums managed to get upgraded for free works. Guess it makes the employee think his friends are letting them have it so he should too.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Nicolopolus:
When I signed up for Sim only £15 month plan they put me on web + walk plus automatically, even though phone was from another seller. Didn't believe it at first, but sure enough it showed up there on my bill. Tbh, I think the girl I spoke to got confused - I've not queried it since!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] <stu>:
I got mine upgraded, but then again I was already a customer before they changed the wording on the fup back in July 2010.

However, they didn't want to upgrade me at first, and the best tactic I found may well work for you too:

Basically, you have to complain bitterly that the internet access is extremely slow and laggy, and that you have tested it and it seems that even tho your phone shows you have a hsdpa connection, you are only getting 3G speeds (~350kpbs) at best and it seems you are being throttled.

Then tell them that you have read all their t&c's and there is no mention AT ALL that the 1GB FUP is throttled, so therefore they need to rectify this situation, as the hsdpa device you got with your contract is being crippled without good reason - tell them that you accept that there is a 1GB FUP, but you feel you should be allowed to download that 1GB as quickly as your device is capable of.

Keep pushing and escalate to their line manager if necessary. Worked for me and at least one other person.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RambJoe:
Thanks I'll try that. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] stateit:
I'm on unlimited internet booster, but get HSDPA speeds - 1900kbps down, 530kbps up...

For my first month (Jul-Aug) I was on web'n'walk because of a ****-up, then back to normal 'internet booster'. Noticed no difference in quality of service.

And I only just about scrape the 1GB limit. But then I've got wi-fi at home. Mind you, now I've got 2.2 on my phone and Flash 10.1, who knows ;)

I bought from a reseller as well.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RambJoe:
Oh yeah when you people managed to upgrade to 3GB, did you get to choose another booster as well?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tehpriest:
How do you test your speed?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MattSkeet:
cust.rel@t-mobile.co.uk

Send email explaining that you have slow hsdpa speeds and you have read on terms and conditions that every android should have 3gb fup.

Give them your phone number to contact you (say that you would like to speak with them) in 24hrs they should call you back with everything on as it should be.

In response to post above. No I didn't get the booster but I'll probably ask for it in few weeks. ;)

Pointing that I've read on internet that people when ordering this offer could have a booster as well with 3gb fup :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RambJoe:
Thanks, does that still work though?

As they added this:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MattSkeet:
Worth trying. I did it 2 months a go. Depending on when you activated your phone and when this rule went live if you hurry up you might actually speak with someone that does not know about it. Or you just bought the phone before this was announced...

Do it quick and let me know
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RambJoe:
My phone's coming tomorrow. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tehpriest:
O.K. Found an app called Xtremelabs Speedtest. It tells me that on GPS with H showing I have 287Kb/s download and upload of 22.9Kb/s.

Is this what it should be ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RambJoe:
HSDPA is meant to be 7.2Mb/s I think. Well up to that.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tehpriest:
So I am a bit down then :mad:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MattSkeet:
On tmobile you will get max 2mbit up and 600kbit down (confirmed with tmobile tech support).

I think o2 has got the fastest one and that is 7 mbit.

However, I also use giffgaff, its pay and go, or something like simplicity on o2 where you have to top up every month and quit any time.

The give you 4 mbit down and 2 mbit up and really unlimited broadband with no fup.

All that is because there isn't any customer service and everything you bed sorting out you do on forums....

(if you are going to try it as a reference please put firewire)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RambJoe:
Got my phone now. :) On speed test i got around 300Kb/s.

Noob question - how do I see how much data I'm allowed? lol

edit:19Kb/s up but I was running in the background.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RambJoe:
Thanks everyone it worked. :) Got my texts too. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] n1kon:
As i work for T-Mobile i should not say this but if you go into your local store and tell them you are getting a message saying you are at 80% of your download limit and you should be getting 3GB so why do you get this message? they should look at your account and see no wnw+ soc and just add it as they cant see where you got it.
[Desire General] mmk92:
there has been a recent breakthrough which lead to S-OFF, its being discussed alot and now can be done very easily, what r the advantages of doing it? what can it unlock? does it allow any diffrences feature or performance wise?

sorry for the tons of questions :P
[Desire General] StuMcBill:
It allows you to flash recoveries, hboots, radios via fastboot, which I think is classed as being safer than via recovery.

It also allows you write access to system while android is booted.

Sent from my Amiga 500 using Workbench
[Desire General] hatemenow:
Mtd partition, make phones internal memory larger
[Desire General] StuMcBill:
I tried to do this to my desire but couldn't get it to boot afterwards. Might try it again tomorrow.

Sent from my Amiga 500 using Workbench
[Desire General] firstin:
LOL ---- :D:Di use to have one of those in the day, :D:D
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vardig:
Hi Guys,

I'm having trouble trying to figure out the following.....

I go to the people hub, and then autos to "All" . . . . . The list shows all my contacts, however it shows ALL my HOTMAIL contacts and my Contacts from my SIM CARD.

All I want is the contacts on my sim card LISTED in the PEOPLE HUB, and dont want WP7 to alo use the HOTMAIL contacts list......

Any one know how to do this ???
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xma1e:
goto settings. open each of your hotmail accounts and you will find sync options. untick contacts
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vardig:
Hi,

I cant find what you mentioned. Could you write a step by step if you dont mind please, just incase anyone has the same issue ?

1 . Click on Settings Tile

2 . ......etc......

Thanks in advance !!!
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frontieruk:
settings

email and contacts

tap an email address

select which content you want to synchronize

there is one exception though, your primary Live account, you can only select to sync your mail or not, the contacts will always get sync'd, I kinda got the mess under control via syncing facebook and only showing contacts that matched in email / facebook.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poopilot:
Here's how it SHOULD work:

Swipe to app list

Settings

Swipe to 'applications' settings

select 'people'

swipe down to list of accounts

select the account you don't want contacts for

deselect 'people' from the 'content to synchronise' set of checkboxes.

Sadly, that isn't an option for my Live login, so I have weird random MSN contacts in my list of people alongside the Exchange contacts I actually want.

Annoying! Also, you can't delete the Live account.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vardig:
Done all of the above guys and a big thank you for taking time doing it !

So really we have an issue already...... L O L :eek:

Hopefully MICROSOFT WP7 team can fix this.....I'll think I'll send them a tweet, and it would be great if you guys could do the same if you use twitter ....

Thanks again guys !
[Epic 4G General] herzzreh:
My wife's Epic finds Contacts Cleanup but mine doesn't... what gives? The only difference is that her's isn't rooted and mine is. Does anyone have any insight into this?