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HTC Shift for low price

hi all i recently found the htc shift gsm version for under $500 check out the site
lismarket.net/index.php?manufacturers_id=12&osCsid=2fd6d2bb24445d2ba66fd82f568f60f9

Let us know when you receive yours. I'm sure once we hear from you, others will jump on the bandwagon.

That's one hell of a good price...... I am going to try it! For that price, you can't lose.....if it's for real!
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FYI this is out indonesia. The units could be chinese. Maybe okay. Can't wait to see if it works out!

hacking4fun said:
FYI this is out indonesia. The units could be chinese. Maybe okay. Can't wait to see if it works out!
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I tried to order one, but they sent me an email saying that they will accept a bank transfer only for the payment.....Hmm. I am not too sure that this is not a scam. If someone actually gets theirs, let us know.
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fake fraud scam.the 3 words i learnt shopping online
http://www.tradeindia.com/fp156853/Mobile-Phone.html.
listed company in alibaba and tradeindia.
enough to say.

visu_torr said:
http://www.tradeindia.com/fp156853/Mobile-Phone.html.
listed company in alibaba and tradeindia.
enough to say.
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So do you mean that they are okay to buy from or not??? Everything that I have been able to find says that they are a legitimate business, but I really need to be sure on this one as I do not know anyone in Indonesia that can check it out for me!!
This is not my first rodeo, and I have been scammed (once) before...... I can not afford to be scammed again!
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hdbueller said:
So do you mean that they are okay to buy from or not??? Everything that I have been able to find says that they are a legitimate business, but I really need to be sure on this one as I do not know anyone in Indonesia that can check it out for me!!
This is not my first rodeo, and I have been scammed (once) before...... I can not afford to be scammed again!
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I personally would never order anything from here just by the way it looks/managed. osCommerce (free) isn't too hard of a shopping cart script to install. Also, when I order online I make sure there's a secured connection and I believe this site doesn't.
If you're looking for a safe bet, I would purchase an htc shift on ebay. Current cheapest price brand new with free shipping is $745.94.
I purchased one in March. Seller is legit.

Just ordered mine today. Got it from smggsm.com for 679.94 + S/H. I asked a pretty good amount of questions before I purchased and seems legit. I will let you know in two days when its delivered (or not). Site accepts paypal only so any disputes will be handled the paypal way.
Well as no suprise the unit is brand new and great. Only issue is that it is in Chinese which I cannot read. Anyone have any ideas on me navigating through it to try and get english on it? I would love to load up the english recovery partition ad such but can't see myself getting through the Chinese to get it done.

ricca1234 said:
Well as no suprise the unit is brand new and great. Only issue is that it is in Chinese which I cannot read. Anyone have any ideas on me navigating through it to try and get english on it? I would love to load up the english recovery partition ad such but can't see myself getting through the Chinese to get it done.
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Are the keys in chinese symbols as well?

No the keyboard is English UK verision wwith the £ symbol. After a lot of footwork I was able to use the Vista MUI Hacker to change the language and just flashed a custom ROM for snapvue. Still I believe the recovery partition is still in chinese. Is there any way to check?
On a side note all the manuals are spanish except the warranty card. Seems like a wierd mix.

Swedish Shift cheap
I can get my hands on some swedish Shifts with Swedish keyboard etc.
I have access to 10 of them
Only 512Eur / 453GPB
5500 Swedish Kronor
Shipping cost not included

Ricca, can you please post how you changed the language?

Please use Marketplace section for this porposes!

Sheepster,
Check out this link it helped me turn windows vista chinese to english. It will let you pick from whatever lang packs are installed.
http://www.vistarewired.com/2008/10...ui-language-packs-for-all-versions-of-windows

Vodafone HD2 - Change to stock ROM???

My Vodafone HD2 is set to arrive tomorrow, and I know that because of the way Vodafone are that it is going to be heavily branded (White and Red instead of the nice ice cold black theme).
Does anyone know if i can flash it with a standard WWE ROM.
Will let everyone know how it is tomorrow. Got the last one they had in stock today.

if you are getting a HD2 on Voda tomorrow (like me) it suggest you have bought a strapon contract from a site like mobilephones direct (like me) as Voda does not do the HD2 yet. These phones come with a stock HTC ROM and are not branded at all. I got a hd1 on such a contract which is how I know.

Vodafone got the HD2 from today. My X1 came with very minimal Vodafone branding, so I'm guessing you might be ok.

@ Stoolzo - No my HD2 is from Vodafone themselves. They had it on their website for about 2 days and have now removed it (probably cause i got their last one,he,he). Their contract is really good on it also.
£40 a month, 900 mins, Unlimited text, landline calls & internet, and the best part, the phone is FREE!!!!!

gaiden0000 said:
@ Stoolzo - No my HD2 is from Vodafone themselves. They had it on their website for about 2 days and have now removed it (probably cause i got their last one,he,he). Their contract is really good on it also.
£40 a month, 900 mins, Unlimited text, landline calls & internet, and the best part, the phone is FREE!!!!!
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I'm not sure if it will be heavily branded. There was some comment about it in the Vodafone forums, someone asking if the black theme that the HD2 uses would come to the Touch Pro 2. The guy didn't say that the HD2 would be red and white.
My last two phones from Vodafone weren't too heavily branded, so I think we might be ok. I hope so at least. Otherwise I will wait to Hard-SPL and flash the normal HTC stock ROM.

According to our corporate account manager at HTC, Vodafone have done no branding of the HD2 at all. It's the main reason why they have been able to come to market before any of the other operators. From what I'm told, the Vodafone HD2's will also be unlocked.
It's the supposed lack of branding that persuaded me to go with Vodafone, rather than waiting for O2. I hope the HTC chap is right.
Bagpuss.

@ Bagpuss... He,he now i can finally go to sleep alright tonight and stop searching the net to find out. I know I'm getting the phone tomorrow, but wanted to be ready to try and get any vodafone stuff off of it so i have a nice clean ROM.
Thanks so much for the info, will let you know how things turn out tomorrow.

magic mind reader
i predict you wont get the HD2,
I predict you will get a txt saying:
"Your vodafone order has been delayed and won't be delivered as planned. We will send you another message with a new delivery date when your order is dispatched from our warehouse. If you have any questions call 08700700191 quoting order rference <yourorderreferencenumberhere>. please accept our sincere apologies for the delay.

Bagpuss said:
According to our corporate account manager at HTC, Vodafone have done no branding of the HD2 at all. It's the main reason why they have been able to come to market before any of the other operators. From what I'm told, the Vodafone HD2's will also be unlocked.
It's the supposed lack of branding that persuaded me to go with Vodafone, rather than waiting for O2. I hope the HTC chap is right.
Bagpuss.
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I spoke to Vodafone last night, and the guy I spoke to also said that as far as he knew, it wasn't branded.
Rock on getting my phone...whenever that is.

gaiden0000 said:
@ Bagpuss... He,he now i can finally go to sleep alright tonight and stop searching the net to find out. I know I'm getting the phone tomorrow, but wanted to be ready to try and get any vodafone stuff off of it so i have a nice clean ROM.
Thanks so much for the info, will let you know how things turn out tomorrow.
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Hi, doesn't gaiden mean F*ck in farsi?

Dam, just got the message that my phone won't be delivered till Monday now, i am so so pissed about it.
Was looking forward to spending the weekend configuring it and testing it out.

UK Nexus

Hi quick question,
I just managed to sell my htc hd2 for £390 so am about to order my nexus one! (im in the UK) other UK buyers can you tell me how much its all coming to roughly, i understand its about £340 on the credit card from google then probably about another £60 from DHL once they invoice you?
Also I heard that if we're importing a nexus to uk rather than waiting another month or so to get uk version sim free (i guess from google.co.uk?) that the updates/rom etc will be the US versions and we may not get certain benefits/updates/default functionality etc that a UK/european bought nexus will get - what these are I don't know thou!anyone know?
What i was mainly concerned with was that I did hear this may effect gps/maps and sat nav for uk users and that we may not be able to use turn by turn in uk? This may not be true, its just something i remmber reading on another forum?
any thoughts would be appreciated
cheers

Well I believe the UK Nexus will have multi-touch.
I have my Nexus already running Google Nav as it works as per the old method for Hero/Dream.
It depends if you're planning on rooting it or not, if you are then you'll be putting a custom ROM on anyway, which will probably have multi-touch..etc (Cyan is already working on it).
Also the UK will more than likely have a T-mobile brading...etc.
Your Choice.
I have had my DHL bill as yet but it was a tad shy of £355 I think (depends on the exchange rate at the time).

yeah i think by all sounds rooting seems to be the way to go once peeps have had time to iron it out. havent had android phone before but like all i hear, i had the htc hd2 for about 4 hours before i was convinced winmo was a pile of ****! i think i may take the plunge and go for it -my GF keeps saying why dont i just get an Iphone! i think i need this phone to show her why!

If the euro Nexus does have multitouch there's nothing to stop Google updating those US phones sold to UK users - the hardware will be identical.

How do I test multi touch as I thought Eclair supports it out the box? I tried multi touch paint from market and it seems to work fine.

Use Dolphin Browser, this supports multitouch.
We KNOW the phones support it, its just Google couldn't release to US handsets for some reason to do with Apple and copyright??? not entirely sure.

The UK Nexus One ordered from google.com/phone (currently the only place to order the device) does not have multi touch support in the preinstalled apps. The device itself has support, the built in apps do not (ie the built in Gallery app does not zoom when you pinch) That's why installing multitouch supported apps from the Market work.
You will need to install a custom version of Maps for Google Maps Navigation to work outside the US. Keep in mind there are some limitations. Search for the thread in the Dream Android Development forum to read how to install and what the limitations are.

yamanote said:
The UK Nexus One ordered from google.com/phone (currently the only place to order the device) does not have multi touch support in the preinstalled apps. The device itself has support, the built in apps do not (ie the built in Gallery app does not zoom when you pinch) That's why installing multitouch supported apps from the Market work.
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Exactly what I thought. I prefer the double tap

There is, afaik, no "UK Nexus" and "US Nexus".
They're the same.
If the preinstalled apps in the version sold to US citizens don't have multitouch, the ones sold to Brits won't either.
Same hardware and software, only if you're having it sent to UK, you get the option of getting an adapter for you charger separately.
It's explained on the official support page, which I'm not allowed to link to.

Be very careful about importing any phone into different regions. All kinds of problems can result, including NOT GETTING 3G COVERAGE! If things don't work for you, can you return the phone without trouble? That's a lot of money to spend on a phone that has problems!

John Cipolletti said:
Be very careful about importing any phone into different regions. All kinds of problems can result, including NOT GETTING 3G COVERAGE! If things don't work for you, can you return the phone without trouble? That's a lot of money to spend on a phone that has problems!
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The Neuxs One is a phone made for the whole world, so importing it will not result in problems with coverage as it supports the mostly used 3g bands around the world.
Also noone is importing the Nexus One to the UK since Google is specifically targetting UK residents and must of course provide customer service to them.
As for other countries which google is not really selling the phone to I don't know, but I assume that the warranty is world wide and you should not have trouble returning it.

fryarch said:
Hi quick question,
Also I heard that if we're importing a nexus to uk rather than waiting another month or so to get uk version sim free (i guess from google.co.uk?) that the updates/rom etc will be the US versions and we may not get certain benefits/updates/default functionality etc that a UK/european bought nexus will get - what these are I don't know thou!anyone know?
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I got mine from Google in the US and it;s a UK edition. How do i know? The Amazon app is Amazon UK and navigation doesn't work.
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ScaredyCat said:
I got mine from Google in the US and it;s a UK edition. How do i know? The Amazon app is Amazon UK and navigation doesn't work.
SC
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It does obvious detect the network of the sim inserted, time and location of where you are automatically. Therefore updating the system and apps accordingly.

m00moo said:
It does obvious detect the network of the sim inserted, time and location of where you are automatically. Therefore updating the system and apps accordingly.
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Really? How did it update these apps exactly? I had no 3g/edge/gprs or wifi when I set up. Are you suggesting that OTB there are multiple app versions? Are you saying that if you happend to be in the US and used a UK sim you'd get UK apps? I doubt that very very much, particularly as a SIM is not even required to setup.
SC

Let me break it down for you.
The phone has a inbuilt GPS. When you turn your phone on the very first time regardless of your sim being inserted or not. The phone will set itself up accordingly to where you are. During the first start up the phone takes longer if you didnt notice.
TA DA

m00moo said:
Let me break it down for you.
The phone has a inbuilt GPS. When you turn your phone on the very first time regardless of your sim being inserted or not. The phone will set itself up accordingly to where you are. During the first start up the phone takes longer if you didnt notice.
TA DA
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LOL I seriously doubt that happens either. If it did it would have taken a week for mine to start up. I work in what is essentially a giant Faraday cage. I just can't get a GPS signal inside.
So rather than you just making stuff up, can we stick to the facts?
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ScaredyCat said:
LOL I seriously doubt that happens either. If it did it would have taken a week for mine to start up. I work in what is essentially a giant Faraday cage. I just can't get a GPS signal inside.
So rather than you just making stuff up, can we stick to the facts?
SC
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ok you should stick to your idea of google having 4 boxes of nexus ones. they have one for US, UK, Singapore and HK.
They shipped you a UK one since your navigation doesnt work and it had amazon UK installed

m00moo said:
ok you should stick to your idea of google having 4 boxes of nexus ones. they have one for US, UK, Singapore and HK.
They shipped you a UK one since your navigation doesnt work and it had amazon UK installed
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I'm also guessing that it didn;t to the laser etching as i signed in to gmail.
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I take it there's still no confirmation as to whether it will be available sim-free from an EU webstore when it is offered on Vodafone? In fact, unless things change, when it is subsidised by VF, it may be a case of signing up to a vodafone contract on google.com and still importing the handset. If there is some sort of google.co.uk offering, then presumably the price will reflect the VAT element.

i got one from ebay 470 free shipping..
Works fine so far, how do i get the maps working? whats the old hero method? Ive never had an hero lol

Build number below 1.126 will not get OTA update

Acer Thailand facebook page recently states that A500 with build number below 1.126 in Thailand will not get 3.1 OTA update from Acer. Unfortunately mine is 1.016.04 and never got ANY OTA update.
Anyone can confirm this is true in other country? I personally do not quite believe Acer Thailand support.

and why you not believe this
สำหรับการอัพเกรด Acer Iconia A500 เป็น 3.1 ตอนนี้เพื่อนๆ สามารถอัพเกรดผ่าน Over-The-Air (OTA) 3.1 (4.010.24) Official Update ได้ตั้งแต่ วันที่ 5 กรกฏาคมที่ผ่านมา แต่กรณีที่ไม่สามารถอัพเกรดได้ สำหรับเครื่อง A500 16Gb เนื่องจาก Firmware ต่ำกว่า 1.126 ซึ่งเท่าที่ทราบเป็น เวอร์ชั่น 1.016.04 และ ไม่ได้รับ การอัีพเกรด OTA เป็น 1.139.04 เมื่อต้นเดือน มิถุนายน ในกรณีนี้ ต้องอัพเกรดแบบ Manual นะครับ..
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don't worry you can get the update (but I don't get why they speak about the 16GB, is there anything different with the 32GB or they expect that the 32GB should already get the OTA 139.04)
call this
02-685-4311
02-685-4355
or
fax at
02-254-9763
ask them directly
chok dee

I just wonder why they did not mention about this at first place (I bought this for months). Just want to make sure that this is also the same for other country.

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I just wonder why they did not mention about this at first place (I bought this for months). Just want to make sure that this is also the same for other country.
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I wouldn't believe this news for second...

FloatingFatMan said:
I wouldn't believe this news for second...
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I think we don't ask you what you believe dude.
I just wonder why they did not mention about this at first place (I bought this for months). Just want to make sure that this is also the same for other country.
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Taiwan said same about the update OTA and version under 126.0x
Call our customer service with the number I gave you, Acer have good customer service in our country brother.

sanaell said:
I think we don't ask you what you believe dude.
Taiwan said same about the update OTA and version under 126.0x
Call our customer service with the number I gave you, Acer have good customer service in our country brother.
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nice to know this is an official news.
It's funny that I hit an update button million times for nothing.

atipon said:
nice to know this is an official news.
It's funny that I hit an update button million times for nothing.
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Unless it's posted on their official website, it's not official news. It's just something some guy on the internet said.
Oh, and op? If this IS true, then the last thing you can claim is that you get good customer service from Acer in your country, coz you don't.

FloatingFatMan said:
Oh, and op? If this IS true, then the last thing you can claim is that you get good customer service from Acer in your country, coz you don't.
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You're right. I'm so disappointed with their service. Now just wait them to release an update.zip for official 3.1. In the meantime, relax and enjoy xda rom, thanks xda guys!!

FloatingFatMan said:
Unless it's posted on their official website, it's not official news. It's just something some guy on the internet said.
Oh, and op? If this IS true, then the last thing you can claim is that you get good customer service from Acer in your country, coz you don't.
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first it's official news from ACER Thailand so don't speak about what you doesn't know.
secondly the custormer service of acer is really good and care in thailand, maybe not in england so please, you come in thailand, you go to customer service and you will be able to compare or judge
thirdly what the hell are you answering like this?
Atipon, did you call them ? if you are free go on saturday to pantip plaza pratunam, second or third floor (if you come from the bridge you arrive directly on the good floor) then you told them. they will help you as they helped me out.
read the private message box, I send you a message with more information you will see about trust

no update!
Hi,
I live in France and I bought the tablet to England via the Internet on June 3 .When I used for the first time, it offered an updated version ,Acer_A500_1.126.03_com3_gen1 and nothing since. I think I have a Chinese version because I have done a factory restore and was in Chinese.
Is it possible to change the version to have a French version? and why I did not update OTA version 3.1?
Thank you for the answers.
Excuse my bad english.

sanaell said:
secondly the customer service of acer is really good and care in thailand, maybe not in england so please, you come in thailand, you go to customer service and you will be able to compare or judge
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The customer service in England is very good, the problem is you phone up and get a call centre in India !!! Once you get past the Indian call centre and talk to someone in England you do get results.
With updates not happening to tablets I am told that the UUID number must be on the database, if it is not then you need to get it added, this means phoning up Acer.
I am also told that if you have "rooted" (aka hacked) your Iconia tablet then you are no longer covered under warranty so be warned !

tontonjicy said:
Hi,
I live in France and I bought the tablet to England via the Internet on June 3 .When I used for the first time, it offered an updated version ,Acer_A500_1.126.03_com3_gen1 and nothing since. I think I have a Chinese version because I have done a factory restore and was in Chinese.
Is it possible to change the version to have a French version? and why I did not update OTA version 3.1?
Thank you for the answers.
Excuse my bad english.
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There is a new release of operating system for the Android Iconia Tablet, I know of two versions so far, the original a lot were shipped with and the month old or so updated version. I shall get the numbers of the versions tomorrow and post them so you can compare.

There is a new release of operating system for the Android Iconia Tablet, I know of two versions so far, the original a lot were shipped with and the month old or so updated version. I shall get the numbers of the versions tomorrow and post them so you can compare.
Thank you.
I'm waiting tomorrow

Wow.....that's so great.......I call up acer customer care here in india and they say they don't know anything about the update.....they say it might take a month for indian users to get 3.1....those idiots don't know that the indian users already got the update.......they know nothing about a500.........even the online chat service is rubbish......I have to go to the us site chat online....explain them everything why I contacted them instead of the us site and then ask my questions!
Sent from my XT720 using XDA App

android version 3.01
Kernel version 2.6.36.3
Build number acer_a500_1.1309.05_com_gen1
Installed and updated, that's whats in the UK.

so we are really lucky in thailand because we can go to the customer care center directly, and we not get an indian call center... since we speak thai that will be crazy.
and better root a device will not broke our warranty that i know because it is the customer service acer care told me in person.

How many days left to activate the n7?

How many days left. Heard only 10 days left in france to get the 20€.
Is it Same thing in usa because I got a n7 in usa and came back to europe.. Thinking to go back to USA in 2 weeks and activate my n7 once there.

swisstourist said:
How many days left. Heard only 10 days left in france to get the 20€.
Is it Same thing in usa because I got a n7 in usa and came back to europe.. Thinking to go back to USA in 2 weeks and activate my n7 once there.
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You can't claim the Free credit after the 30th of September.
Any of this credit that has already been claimed, remains active until 30th September 2013!!
Also be sure that you only claim the credit, in the country you are going to spend it in. As for example, if you claimed it in UK and then went to USA, the credit wouldn't be spendable in the USA, as it was claimed in the UK.
Hope this help

Can I activate it in europe. I bought my Nexus in usa but came back to europe and didn't have time to open the box.
Will go to usa soon.
Advices?

Guide for receiving 25$ credit from non US countries

swisstourist said:
Can I activate it in europe. I bought my Nexus in usa but came back to europe and didn't have time to open the box.
Will go to usa soon.
Advices?
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If I were you, I'd wait until your at your "Home" country, then activate it.
Also ensure if your from the UK like me, you don't leave it on "English (United States) as this will mess everything up.
There is a choice "English (United Kingdom) which is the one you need if your from UK.
Like I said, activate it in your home country !