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Nexus Stolen...

Tonight at Golfland in Mesa AZ, my sons 10th birthday, set my phone down for a second to grab my 3 year old daughter. Less than a minute later I realized that my phone was gone, and immediately began scouring the area. There was a line of people waiting to ride the gocarts and because of the location I had my prime suspects. I asked everyone in line nicely once, looked around again, and then asked again not-so-nice. (I'm 6'8" and not skinny) No one fessed up, so I gave a report to the security guard and had a Golfland manager announce the lost phone across the PA. (yeah right, that was going to work...)
The manager found me 15 min later with my phone in her hand! It was found in the mens restroom (about 150 yards from where I knew I lost it). The cover was gone and it was stuck in the boot screen. I pulled the battery to reboot and noticed my sim and 16gb microSD were gone. I've got the a19 Desire rom. Is it normal that it won't boot without the the SD storage? I can still get into recovery, but without the storage I have nothing to recover. Also, I had an older ROM where I had registered with WaveSecure, but never logged in or activated with the current ROM. WaveSecure wouldn't have saved me this time would it?
I wonder if the thief realized that the phone could be tracked via GPS and that was the reason they dumped it. Kind of a crappy story with an alright ending, but I'm still out a SIM card and $50 for another microSD.

I don't think the desire rom has anything running on the sd card except appstosd which wouldn't effect how it boots up , try getting a 512 mb card or somthing and reflash the rom.
Thats kinda wierd too, usually people take the phone and leave the sim card not take the sim card and leave the phone. Call at&t or tmobile and tell them your sim was stolen and they can see if the guy makes any calls on it or inserts it into another phone.

Austin021296 said:
I don't think the desire rom has anything running on the sd card except appstosd which wouldn't effect how it boots up , try getting a 512 mb card or somthing and reflash the rom.
Thats kinda wierd too, usually people take the phone and leave the sim card not take the sim card and leave the phone.
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If he had been using App2SD it would boot loop if the SD card was removed.
OP:
Wavesecure probably wouldn't have done anything in that case since you hadn't signed back in. Wonder why they took your SIM and SD card, but left the phone? Maybe they saw the wavesecure app in the drawer, and got scared?

damn sorry to hear that if you install wave secure on it you could log on to the Wave secure site and disable your phone, and if you're like me you can leave them a message asking them to return it, this message would be displayed on the phone..
but only if you had wave secure installed...
Good luck man

If he stole that SIM you better cancel your sim or deactivate it.

The phone will not boot right now, but I'll get a new memory card in the morning and try reflashing. I'm not using app2sd so I was surprised the phone won't boot. I don't have t-mobile or ATT, but a local Carrier. I'll also report the SIM stolen in the morning.
The more I think about it, the more i'm convinced that I spoke with the guy who had my phone when it was missing. I think my angry demeanor and menacing size might have made him think twice (causing him to dump the SIM and the memory card) and then think thrice (just decided to dump the whole thing). Who knows...

aww man that would have been sooooo funny if you had wave secure. You're asking the guy if he has your phone, he says no, you activate the alarm and your phone starts screaming from his pockets, he pees his pants, you knock his lights out and get your phone back, justice is served

bobdude5 said:
aww man that would have been sooooo funny if you had wave secure. You're asking the guy if he has your phone, he says no, you activate the alarm and your phone starts screaming from his pockets, he pees his pants, you knock his lights out and get your phone back, justice is served
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Lmao I would pay money to see that.

Never leave a nice phone unattended! People suck. Put it in your pocket when you are done.
I unfortunately missed the deadline for free WaveSecure but I installed an alternative called Mobile Defense. It works well enough, I can log in and enable it to track with GPS and make it sound an alarm and or message. I even installed it as a system app so it has the authority to enable GPS if it is disabled.
I have never lost a phone before and I hope to keep it that way, but this gives some peace of mind.

Wouldn't be cool if Google added a tab to Gmail that allowed you to input your Android phones and track them via GPS etc?
Man, that would be awesome. Get on it Google!

about stolen nexous one
I know that WaveSecure does not let you have 3g our will not let you connect data without a password. Even if you don't sign up for it when someone else puts there sim in your phone it tells you on boot up that this phone is not your and its this persons number (our something like that lol lol )
I now because i bought my friends nexous one because he has att and could not get 3g and i had tmobile and wanted to sell my mytouch and buy his nexous
and he bought the new att nexous
Everything worked great when i bought the phone off him but i went from cyanogens rom to modaco r19 and it said that the sim card is not the owner of this phone. so i had to call him and he did not set up a code with wavesecure so we had to email them and do a reset and they email me back the code to reset it..
that is what saved your phone the punk put his sim in your phone and it would not work our told him its your phone.You should have kick someones A***
i hope you get it all fixed

sorry to hear about what happened... Golfland always has sketchy people floating around there at night so I cannot say I am surprised...

if u catch the thief wot would u do? kill him init lol?
let him eat your cooked rom lol

Bummer...to bad WaveSecure wasn't there to shut it down.

Hmm, Reasons why the phone wouldn't boot may be because he/she probably tried to flash any rom you had without wiping or tried wiping the phone and did something wrong. So its safe to say the person tried to do some type of wipe.
That means he/she must have had some previous knowledge on how to do so. Now go find the person you think has that knowledge....

Finally got home with a new microSD card and did a wipe and reflashed. It took a couple minutes but it finally came up. I'll be getting a new SIM tomorrow. I booted with no SIM, and there was a message waiting from WaveSecure: "This phone may be lost or stolen." in bold type. I'm guessing the thief booted the phone with no SIM and saw the same message and dumped it.
Yeah, I think who ever snagged it had half a clue what they had, otherwise they might have kept it.
For someone who loves gadgets, as corny as it sounds, I feel like I've got a second chance of sorts. I probably wouldn't have bought another Nexus, at least not for a few months. I guess I just appreciate it more now that I nearly lost it. I want to hack it some more to do more cool crap.

minogue said:
Hmm, Reasons why the phone wouldn't boot may be because he/she probably tried to flash any rom you had without wiping or tried wiping the phone and did something wrong. So its safe to say the person tried to do some type of wipe.
That means he/she must have had some previous knowledge on how to do so. Now go find the person you think has that knowledge....
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There were litterally dozens of people I didn't know at a place 140 miles from home. The guy I suspected the most did look slightly computer dorky in a white trash sort of way. (probably how people would describe me as well, lol) Anyhow, I'll just taking the experience as a lesson learned...

altarity said:
Also, I had an older ROM where I had registered with WaveSecure, but never logged in or activated with the current ROM. WaveSecure wouldn't have saved me this time would it?
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altarity said:
For someone who loves gadgets, as corny as it sounds, I feel like I've got a second chance of sorts. I probably wouldn't have bought another Nexus, at least not for a few months. I guess I just appreciate it more now that I nearly lost it. I want to hack it some more to do more cool crap.
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This is your sign (and everyone reading) to install and activate both WaveSecure AND Mobile Defense.
Both of them! Do it now! Yes, right now!
Do it!

yea... that's why I don't hang out in Mesa at night ;-)
Stick to Scottsdale ;-)
I am glad you got your phone back though. I am suprised someone in the line didn't finger the person for you.

Luckiest Android User Ever

So I was helping a customer today (I'm a Tmo Employee) with their rate plans and then started talking to him about some phones. Well he pulls out a Nexus One out of one of the stock N1 pouches and told me he FOUND this (who the hell finds free stuff like this?!) and wanted to check if it was a Tmo or ATT version because his internet wasn't working. I verified it was a Tmo version and it wasn't working for him because he had the Blackberry internet on his plan. When I asked if he wanted to change it he was like oh no I like my Blackberry. Then here is how the next part went.
Guy: Do you know anybody that would want to buy this?
Me: As a matter of fact, I'll be glad to take it.
Guy: How about $200?
Me: How about I go to the ATM next door RIGHT NOW!
So now I'm the owner of another N1 so this one goes to my GF. Buuuuuut the best part is, it isn't just the normal one. This one has the picture of the Android waving a flag on the back with no HTC branding. Hmmmmmmm...
Just had to share this. Was too excited about it not to! lol

Just bought your self a brand new stolen ('found' is an alternative word for stolen) N1 Concrats! It's the best device with Android!

so let me translate for you.
This guy steals an N1 and brings it in to your store and asks if you'll pay him $200 for it and you say yes.
Got it...

You sound like a goddamned thief to me.
Disgusting.

could easily track down the original owner in minutes...
but my question is, why is there an android flag and no htc branding? Is it a special phone?

Alclub said:
could easily track down the original owner in minutes...
but my question is, why is there an android flag and no htc branding? Is it a special phone?
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...Search and you shall receive...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=680179&highlight=android+flag

Alclub said:
could easily track down the original owner in minutes...
but my question is, why is there an android flag and no htc branding? Is it a special phone?
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I'm thinking it could be a Beta phone or something? Looks like one of the ones that Google employees were given and were not supposed to "sell" BUT I have heard of some that have been "lost" from employees and were bought from people. But the phone had no SIM card and looked wiped when I got it. Was at the stock 2.1 home screen.
The guy didn't "look" like he stole it. Nice guy, wife, 2 young kids. I'm pretty sure the guy found it somewhere.

Grats on buying stolen goods. Not the smartest thing to brag about, either.

Or possibly you've just met a Google worker that was quietly getting rid of his phone

i would have bought it too shiiiiit lol

The guy said the other guy found it. How the hell are you guys jumping to the conclusion that it's stolen?
The word "found" is similar to the word "stolen"?
So when my car stereo was missing out of my car one day, someone just found it and it actually wasn't stolen? Maybe this, I found 20 bucks on the street once but I must've stolen it right?
BTW, congrats on getting a awesome deal. Ignore the haters and you and your girlfriend enjoy the phone.

Damn you are really LUCKY android user. 200$ it's nothing for that phone

'The word "found" is similar to the word "stolen"?'
Maybe i said it wrong but i meant in this sentence it's an other word for found... And i'm not a hater just know how people are, they don't come in and say "i just stole the phone want to buy for 200 bucks?" That would be stupid! it's pretty clear it's stolen but i wouldn't care about it I'm Happy for the new owner and wished one day someone comes to me for a cheap good as new phone for 1/3 of the origional price (i got my hero for 150 bucks @ releaseday, found by someone i know )

Grats on capitalising on someone elses misfortune.
I'd gladly buy your phone if it was found/stolen rather than try and track you down. (/not. it's very easy to track down the owner of a lost phone for which i have done multiple times).
Did you keep the guys contacts & messages on their or just go and delete them? so as not to spark your conscience. How about when you were deleting the owners google login details to put your own in its place? did that make you feel all light and giddy too?

You work for T-Mobile, someone brings in a T-Mobile version of the N1 and you buy it rather than trying to find the owner on your internal system?
Morally bankrupt
SC

If I worked in your store and someone brought in a "found" phone, then (a) it wouldn't have left the store again, and (b) I would NEVER, EVER, have offered to buy it. Totally reprehensible.
If you find something it doesn't automatically become yours. You're no better than a common thief. In fact, you're worse, because you knowingly paid money for it.
I'd expect the manager to back me up on (a) and help track the original owner down. I can assure you that if you worked for me and I found out about this, you'd be out of the door so quick you'd wonder what happened.

bumskins said:
Grats on capitalising on someone elses misfortune.
I'd gladly buy your phone if it was found/stolen rather than try and track you down. (/not. it's very easy to track down the owner of a lost phone for which i have done multiple times).
Did you keep the guys contacts & messages on their or just go and delete them? so as not to spark your conscience. How about when you were deleting the owners google login details to put your own in its place? did that make you feel all light and giddy too?
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There was no SIM card in the phone. No contacts. Nothing at all. To me it looked like it was wiped which I'm sure the dude didn't do cause he had no clue how to use this phone or his phone which I might add.

ScaredyCat said:
You work for T-Mobile, someone brings in a T-Mobile version of the N1 and you buy it rather than trying to find the owner on your internal system?
Morally bankrupt
SC
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No way to track down people from IMEI's :-/

I'll give OP the benefit of the doubt based on his story of how the events went down.
People lose phones all the time... that's why applications like WaveSecure exist. Without having any such application on the phone, it gets to be rather difficult to find the owner - especially if all data has been wiped from the device. Without a SIM card, there's not really anything to tie the device to its previous owner.
It is kinda sketch, but I don't think the OP is in the wrong here.

I give it a week before its IMEI blocked

[Q] HTC desire hd lost&found

hello guys, I just found a HTC desire hd in the bar where I work, its been 2 weeks since the guy lost it, what should I do, I know that this phone might be traced by internet or gps, or maybe I dont know, maybe I'm wrong...now I just want to keep it. any danger?
thanks

It probably can be if he's set it up right, but you can use that to help return it to him (assuming that's what you're intending). As far as I know it does use GPS.

li70 said:
hello guys, I just found a HTC desire hd in the bar where I work, its been 2 weeks since the guy lost it, what should I do, I know that this phone might be traced by internet or gps, or maybe I dont know, maybe I'm wrong...I just want to keep it. any danger?
thanks
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The right thing to do is find out who's phone it is and return it , its pretty easy with the data kept on phones "now a days".. The HTC online service can used to lock the phone , wipe data , track phone etc. But this feature is useless if the phone is off or the sense account is deleted or changed on the phone.
Correct me if I'm wrong !
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Previous post is completely correct. I'd just return it save you the trouble. I mean put yourself in their shoes, how would you feel if you lost you phone?
Do the right thing. Return it.

Hand it in to your local police station, make sure they log it and give you a reference number. Then after a set period of time, possibly 4 weeks, if the owner has not claimed it you can legally claim it.
However, the owner has probably reported it as lost and had it network barred. Not sure if you can then get it removed, but that is the right thing to do.

you'r right dude thanks

zidane2k3 said:
Previous post is completely correct. I'd just return it save you the trouble. I mean put yourself in their shoes, how would you feel if you lost you phone?
Do the right thing. Return it.
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yeah man I got your point ty

I found some guys phone once, read his msgs and txt a few people to let them know I had found it. He rang me up on it and asked me to meet him at a certain place and time, I told him I was working at that time so would have to meet him an hour or so later, he went mad at me over the phone saying I should meet him when he said! I just laughed at him and told him Id be there later. After meeting up with the guy he showed no appreciation for what I had done to get his phone back to him, some people huh?

Wow miclair. That is just sad. You have much more class than I do. Still showing up and giving them the phone after they get.mad when you were trying to.do the right thing. I commend you for that.
Its maddening when you see the ugly side of humanity. Luckily along my way. I have met some remarkable people to still keep some faith alive in the goodness of people
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When I lost my htc hd 2 year ago, I was so anxious and hopeful the person will return it. Given the situation I lost the phone, at following situation
1 am,
Empty land car park,
Poor light,
Less than 10 minutes from suspect lost spot
I was rushing my son for 24 hr clinic.

maybe hes gonna use Phone Finder app.

Found SGS 2 laying on Road

While there r so many threads here telling they lost their sexy phone , well i just got one . found laying on side of the road ( it is nice leather case so phone is in same condition )
Having evil ideas about the phone.
So tell me guys what to do.......
Btw i have already one

vikas776 said:
While there r so many threads here telling they lost their sexy phone , well i just got one . found laying on side of the road ( it is nice leather case so phone is in same condition )
Having evil ideas about the phone.
So tell me guys what to do.......
Btw i have already one
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Try and trace the owner or hand it in would be a good start.

Trace the owner, and if you cannot find them, hand it in to the nearest police station to where you found it.
Alternatively contact the carrier who can trace the sim number or mobile number of the phone and find the owner.

keep it, if you drop yours you have a spare one ,
unless the owner calls the phone. than you can give it back >.>

If you dont hand it in you will probably find the IMEI gets blocked by the carrier when it gets reported missing, so wont be of much use as a phone anyway.

Hand it in, if it was your phone I am sure you would wish for the same.

shouldn't be too hard to trace the owner, so do it.

If you can turn WiFi and gps on and leave the phone powered on (Samsung dive) else turn it in.

Step 1: Check the call log and call one of the numbers the person dials often. That's sure to be a friend/family member of the person.
Step 2: Tell them you found the phone and let them put you in touch with the owner.
Step 3: Return the phone to its rightful owner.
Step 4: Enjoy the boost in Karma.

The owner uses Samsung Dive and is tracking you right now. It's a guy, he's 6'4," 250lbs, and read this thread on XDA. Now what are you going to do

I don't understand the question. Is that just me?
There's only 1 thing to do, and that's ring someone (as suggested above) and return it to its rightful owner.
Edit: Alternatively, check the email address of the owner and get in touch with them that way.

BarryH_GEG said:
The owner uses Samsung Dive and is tracking you right now. It's a guy, he's 6'4," 250lbs, and read this thread on XDA. Now what are you going to do
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give me the phone and ill deal with this guy

What ever you do, never hand it to the police. it will end with them. This should be the last option If all the others don't work. Better it ends with the rightful owner as first option or you as last but one option.
What would you do if you found 5000 dollars on the floor? Hand it to the police? If you can't trace it, they can't.
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a67543210 said:
What ever you do, never hand it to the police. it will end with them. This should be the last option If all the others don't work. Better it ends with the rightful owner as first option or you as last but one option.
What would you do if you found 5000 dollars on the floor? Hand it to the police? If you can't trace it, they can't.
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i agree..
Handing it over to the cops should be your last option.

if u do anything but hand it in or try to find the owner you are a common thief.....why even ask the question,

Not really...
OrionCarl said:
if u do anything but hand it in or try to find the owner you are a common thief.....why even ask the question,
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I dont think you can call the guy a thief, he found the phone, did not steal it from anybody.
Now morally, thats a different matter.
I would try and trace the rightfull owner and return his phone.
ATB

OrionCarl said:
if u do anything but hand it in or try to find the owner you are a common thief.....why even ask the question,
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el.motar said:
I dont think you can call the guy a thief, he found the phone, did not steal it from anybody.
Now morally, thats a different matter.
I would try and trace the rightfull owner and return his phone.
ATB
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I agree with OrionCarl in this case. Just because you find something doesn't mean it doesn't belong to someone else. Keeping it when you know that it does is the equivalent of stealing it.

Cool story bro!

if you can access the phone check for a HOME number, alternatively check the phones own number and contact the provider and report it...

soraxd said:
pshhhh 1. change that imei and use it as a spare
2. sell it overseas where it wont be imei locked
3. sell it to mee!! i want to buy this phone for someone, and i wont use it as a phone, only as a wifi toy
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or sell it back to the person who lost it....

Locked Out

Hi!
I need help bypassing the pattern Lock!
Short story:
ordert the phone from amazon. didn't arrive in time. one day after estimated delivery date the parcel lies opend in front of the door. phone with inserted battery is still in it. all the stuff like charging or earphones is missing.
went to police and so on. for the fun of it i started the phone to look if the thief maybe made some photos or sent some messages before "returning" it. problem: he enabled a pattern lock. now i see no possibility to look if he/she maybe did something stupid like writing a message or taking a photo. i want to get that stupid kid (has to be a neighbor) ...
so maybe someone can answer here or write a pm ...
i DO NOT want to do a factory reset. i want to get to the last calls and messages!!!
thx in advance and excuse my bad english

Strange story. I would contact the post office or company that delivered the phone. Not sure what country your from but in my country it's not legal for postal service to just leave a parcel at the doorstep.
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alreday went to the post office and the police. amazon didn't send t as a real parcel, more like a letter, therefore it wasnt insured. the posal service didn't leave it in front of the door. it was stolen out of a mailbag and then, a day later, returned to us ... we don't understand it ... we hope amazon will send us a new one, but i want to find out who did that!!!

bingoking said:
Strange story. I would contact the post office or company that delivered the phone. Not sure what country your from but in my country it's not legal for postal service to just leave a parcel at the doorstep.
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Strange story indeed. I think he just wants to find out if his GF is cheating on him
btw, my first post... greetings to everyone!

gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck said:
Strange story indeed. I think he just wants to find out if his GF is cheating on him
btw, my first post... greetings to everyone!
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my thoughts exactly - why should there even have been a sim card in the phone when it's sent from amazon

Who steal packages from the mailbag, take out the cheap stuff and deliver the most expensive piece to the recipient a day later?
I call BS.

ya +2 on tht ?lol leaving the phone an taking the ear phones sounds negative.....well the pattern locks r easy to open try all combination of 3x3x3 its simple , not thoughp like rubiks cube...

our only explanation:
neighbor kid stole it, parents found out, kid 'gave it back' or kid got scared ... no idea ...
it all just sucks ... i would wish to find out who was it to understand that stupid person ...

Sounds to me more like you 'found' someone else's phone and are trying to get into it. But giving you the benefit of the doubt ...
Hold the screen at an angle to a light source and look for a greasy finger streak where the lock pattern has been sketched.

if i would have found it, i think i would have had better stories
tried some of the bypasses i found on the web, seems that most of the security holes are fixed (gj samsung )
Amazon already answered that they send a new one.
Only reason why i want into it, is to find hints who stole it in the first place.
If i would have "found" it i would just make a hard reset.

People give the kid a break come on now, its not funny when UPS,TNT etc get lost on their delivery runs. The driver delivering this package got lost their satnav crashed their mobile fone went dead and you know what, they took their sim card out of their fone and opend this package placed their sim card in this SGS2 just to use the GOOGLE maps just so you could have you fone. Now thats service with a smile lol

Nyssa1104 said:
People give the kid a break come on now, its not funny when UPS,TNT etc get lost on their delivery runs. The driver delivering this package got lost their satnav crashed their mobile fone went dead and you know what, they took their sim card out of their fone and opend this package placed their sim card in this SGS2 just to use the GOOGLE maps just so you could have you fone. Now thats service with a smile lol
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lmao. what a funny thread.
To the OP, grab her itemised bill instead and save urself the hasle of trying to bypass the pattern lock. lol
If youre story is genuine on the other hand, just be happy ur getting a replacement. Sell the locked one to me, give you £100 for it.

Try this.
Put another sim in it. Call that number. Answer it. While still in the call press the back or home button. You should now be on the home screen. You should also be able to check call logs / messages etc.
I did this on a friends S1 when their kid locked them out of the phone due to too many pattern attempts.
Not sure if it will work on the S2 but worth a try.
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Nyssa1104 said:
People give the kid a break come on now, its not funny when UPS,TNT etc get lost on their delivery runs. The driver delivering this package got lost their satnav crashed their mobile fone went dead and you know what, they took their sim card out of their fone and opend this package placed their sim card in this SGS2 just to use the GOOGLE maps just so you could have you fone. Now thats service with a smile lol
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LOLd @ this ... cool story bro