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Engineering Sample???

I just picked up a Venue Pro and I noticed in the back of the battery there was an imprint on it stating it was an engineering sample, but the numbered code (starts with CN-) on it was different than on the device itself. Are they supposed to match? If it is an engineering sample device I could format a new microsd card, correct?
If it helps, hardware revision number: 112.576.2.0, radio hardware version: 8250

Where/when did you get the phone? There were some engineering batteries in the phones at Microsoft Stores for the WP7 launch, but I haven't heard of any since then.
What's the firmware revision?

just got it a week ago, used though. no idea when/where they got it.
firmware revision: 2250.1500.7004.029
its an 8gb, mostly curious b/c i wanna throw a 32gb card in it

That has to be a unit from the original launch at the Microsoft stores. I would make sure you do not have an WiFi issues since many of those units did have bugs. I had to return the one that I got on launch because of a fee issues. As far as I know the MS store units were the only ones thatbhad engineering sample batteries.
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What wifi issues am I looking for, I rarely use wifi. Does the engineering sample battery have anything to do with the phone though? I thought I read somewhere engineering samples are best for formatting the microsd cards, was wondering if that was going to reduce the risk of bricking it.
Can't test to much, still waiting on my simcard to be activated. They lag on dealer line activations.

davebu said:
What wifi issues am I looking for, I rarely use wifi. Does the engineering sample battery have anything to do with the phone though? I thought I read somewhere engineering samples are best for formatting the microsd cards, was wondering if that was going to reduce the risk of bricking it.
Can't test to much, still waiting on my simcard to be activated. They lag on dealer line activations.
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You should be OK. At the time of the launch in the MS stores, the battery for the phones had the "engineering sample" batteries. Dell and Microsoft informed people at the time that the batteries should function as regular production ones. Apparently the phones had these batteries put in by mistake. As for the phones themselves, they were not pre production phones, but production ones.
As for what gshocker said, there were a lot of Wi-Fi hanging issues that are separate from the battery issue. You might want to make sure it is not constantly hanging and freezing.

davebu said:
just got it a week ago, used though. no idea when/where they got it.
firmware revision: 2250.1500.7004.029
its an 8gb, mostly curious b/c i wanna throw a 32gb card in it
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That is most likely a device sold at a Microsoft Store for the WP7 launch. It probably cannot connect to secure (WPA, WEP) WiFi networks among other things.
Eventually Microsoft Store got updated devices with the same firmware as those sold through Dell, which is 2250.1500.7004.105. You may be able to get it exchanged at a MS store or through Dell for a newer device with updated firmware.

From what back alley dealer did your purchase your phone?

Arcarsenal said:
From what back alley dealer did your purchase your phone?
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Lol craigslist where I get all my phones. Risk/reward lol.
Still haven't been able to test the wifi freeze issue. I can connect to my secure home network just fine though. Tmobile is dragging on activating my lines.
Thanks for clearing up the engineering sample thing for me. Now to get a 32gb card.

Samsung Galaxy S III S3 GT-I9300 64GB @ebay

Remove me

Well the description does state it's a pre order and won't ship til May 27
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Anyone in the Toronto area (GTA) want to do a group buy of 3 or more for $600 a peice or less???
It says buy 3 at $1800 = $600. If we can get more people, we could get one for $500 each probably.
Let me know. Im down for 1.

buy from where / whom? which supplier?
i'll definitely want a 64GB version, but they are not due out until later this year

Sounds sketchier than draw something.
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Fake !
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...ories_MobilePhoneChargers&hash=item41614e52f0

It cant be that cheap,i think its fake.
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Just contacted the seller & received this reply :-
Hi,
Samsung will release the phone the expected date is May 29 but it may .
The Buy It Now price for 1 Samsung Galaxy I9300 SIII 64GB is 700.00 USD. The delivery is free and there are no customs taxes(i can send as a gift or put a low value i can even write that i send shoes or cloths).
- All my Phones are 100% original from Samsung , Brand New , Factory unlocked , in sealed boxes , with all standard accessories included .
- Each Phone have 1(one) year international Samsung warranty . The warranty is valid once you activate the phone.
- You can use the Phone with any sim card in any country.
- But for your information you should know that the all proces will be done thru eBay . Decided to buy ?
Thank you !
Elise
Just purchased one. Will let you guys know how I get on.

bidboy said:
Just contacted the seller & received this reply :-
Hi,
Samsung will release the phone the expected date is May 29 but it may .
The Buy It Now price for 1 Samsung Galaxy I9300 SIII 64GB is 700.00 USD. The delivery is free and there are no customs taxes(i can send as a gift or put a low value i can even write that i send shoes or cloths).
- All my Phones are 100% original from Samsung , Brand New , Factory unlocked , in sealed boxes , with all standard accessories included .
- Each Phone have 1(one) year international Samsung warranty . The warranty is valid once you activate the phone.
- You can use the Phone with any sim card in any country.
- But for your information you should know that the all proces will be done thru eBay . Decided to buy ?
Thank you !
Elise
Just purchased one. Will let you guys know how I get on.
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Wow, good luck with that purchase. I'm definitely interested if you actually receive the real thing at that price--it seems too good to be true.

Confirmed by the ebay owner of the account says they had their account hijacked and has ended the listing.

Tulips said:
Confirmed by the ebay owner of the account says they had their account hijacked and has ended the listing.
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Had this happen to our account before with Iphone 4s's of all things
(would'nt have minded so much if they where hocking something Decent )

Will see what happens. Thankfully I am covered by Paypal.

I almost purchased 4 phones from THIS GUY at $600 a piece (at least 2 he said)... but I purchased more than 3 I would get "big discount" ....
So totals were $1,800.00 .. So I decided to make an IP trace. He is supposed to be in Texas, but it returned from yahoo servers in CA.
98.139.212.153
98.139.215.250
216.86.201.19
Item was shipping from the "UK"... yeah right. Im pretty sure this account is genuine, but got hacked and they are using it for this kindda sh*t.
Oh, something else,.. the email address he is using was apparently made may 9th... BEWARE!

Hi
I saw this same listing and enquired. I received the exact same reply from Elise (no taxes etc) and I followed up with some questions because it all seemed too good to be true and I didn't think the 64GB was even available until after the 16GB had been out a while. She replied saying her business partner who is also her brother works for Samsung, hence the bulk buying they are able to do. When I asked about the closed listing (it ended during our E-mail correspondence) she said she had to close the listing because she was receiving too many requests. She did say it'd all go through eBay still, so that buyer and seller were both protected. I had to reply with details of what I wanted (pebble blue or marble white) plus my address INCLUDING MY EBAY USERNAME. She claimed this was to check my feedback but I think it's so they can generate a convincing spoof E-mail from eBay.
She said I'd receive an invoice from eBay soon and to let her know when I did.
Sounds very fishy! Her English is poor too.
I'll let you know what the eBay E-mail looks like.
Cheers all
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Yes mate, I know how you feel. I got straight on to my credit card company this morning & told them to not pay out on this transaction, also contacted Paypal & they told me not to worry as even if the sale has gone through I can still get my money refunded from them. Just annoying, but I suppose its as they say, if the deal looks to good to be true it probably is. Still annoying though.

It's good to know PayPal will cover us in these situations. And it's also sickening to know there are so many ****s like this out there trying to rip people off.
Still no 'E-mail from eBay' to be seen though!
You're exactly right, I myself kept on thinking if it's too good to be true, it probably is, but when it revolves around a sweet piece of kit like the GSIII it's hard not to be intrigued!
And good work on the IP lookup Candanga!
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Just a warning to other members, these scammers are still trying :-
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNLOCKED-..._MobilePhonesCasesPouches&hash=item1c25ec8b24

And here too (under a different hacked eBay account)
BEWARE:
eBay item number 120895420519
(Sorry, can't post an external link as I'm a new XDA member)
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My payment was refunded.

Glad to hear it!
I received a pretty good attempt at a spoof E-mail.
Will look at settling for a 16GB handset from a legitimate seller!
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Identifying 8gb versus 16gb version?

So earlier this week I received my pre-order Nexus 7 from Google Play, but shortly thereafter realized that the device only had 5.9gb of available storage -- a bad sign, since I had ordered the 16gb version.
I've been in Google customer service limbo for the last week; they're supposedly going to contact me to arrange for a replacement, but I'll believe that when it happens. Anyway, in the interim I've been wondering -- could this actually be a 16gb unit that was mis-partitioned? Every label in the shipment appears to say it's a 16gb unit -- I never would have known otherwise if I hadn't stopped to check the free storage before spending my Play credit.
So is there any way to determine what the actual storage capacity of the unit is? Do the device numbers take particular formats for the 2 versions? Is there some way through ADB to get the total storage size (regardless of whether they partitioned it as an 8gb)?

The box has 8GB or 16GB on it in the barcode area. That is the only thing I know as I ordered both and that was the only way to tell them apart.

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The box has 8GB or 16GB on it in the barcode area. That is the only thing I know as I ordered both and that was the only way to tell them apart.
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Yes, that's my problem. My order on Google Play, the slip in my packing materials, the barcode on the box -- all say 16GB. But when I fired up the device and went to the storage settings, it said I only had 5.92 gigs of storage available.
So either there was a massive logistical screw up, it really is an 8gb unit and the box got mislabeled (it seems to have the right device number, though), or the docs are all correct -- it really is a 16gb and the device was misconfigured at the factory. If it's the second situation I could presumably fix it myself using the binaries Google made available, and avoid the return process entirely. But I'd rather not go down that route if it's not really a 16gb model because I'd like to avoid any further headaches with the return process.

You can also compare the serial number on your device with the one on the box and see if they match.
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jjjsong said:
You can also compare the serial number on your device with the one on the box and see if they match.
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Yup. Checked that. The serial number reported in Settings matches the CSSN on the barcodes on the box. Everything appears to be consistent between the packaging and the device, except for the amount of storage.

equivariant said:
Yup. Checked that. The serial number reported in Settings matches the CSSN on the barcodes on the box. Everything appears to be consistent between the packaging and the device, except for the amount of storage.
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Then it sounds like they made a mistake.. get an exchange I guess.
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$325- Google Nexus 4 16GB Brand New?!? Google disabled phone?? Help??

Hello fellow forums users. After getting a bad screen nexus 4, and later selling it. I decided to give the Nexus 4 another chance. I just found a great deal on Ebay for a nexus 4 16GB from a seller that has 64 100% positive feedback. But... there seems to be an issue with the phones imei, the seller says that google disabled the phones. I tried looking on google on anything on the matter but I came up short. Here is a copy of the items description on Ebay... What do you think? is there any way that Google can DISABLE phones like that?? ive never heard of that before with unlocked cell phones.... any help would be greatly apreciated.
Original Ebay item description:
The listing is for BAD ESN Nexus 4 16GB BRAND NEW SEALED IN BOX. I ordered it straight from Google and the package went missing. Google gave me refund right away but the package arrived a few weeks later. I did not want the phones so i wanted to send it back to Google but I was told to keep them since they are disabled anyway. I am thinking the phone is disabled by BAD ESN or IMEI. The phone is still sealed in box and never been opened. I am selling these phones AS IS. ALL SALE IS FINAL and NO RETURN WILL BE ACCEPTED. SHIPPING WORLDWIDE

Yes Google can disable the phone remotely. That phone will not turn on. Spend the extra 25 dollars and buy it from Google play store.

neotekz said:
Yes Google can disable the phone remotely. That phone will not turn on. Spend the extra 25 dollars and buy it from Google play store.
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Well you learn something new everyday. I didnt even think that was possible! Thanks!

I don`t know what you`re up to for sure but these kind of threads are not allowed. If you are a potential buyer DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE, if you`re fencing hot phones GTFO.

ferrojasaguilar said:
Hello fellow forums users. After getting a bad screen nexus 4, and later selling it. I decided to give the Nexus 4 another chance. I just found a great deal on Ebay for a nexus 4 16GB from a seller that has 64 100% positive feedback. But... there seems to be an issue with the phones imei, the seller says that google disabled the phones. I tried looking on google on anything on the matter but I came up short. Here is a copy of the items description on Ebay... What do you think? is there any way that Google can DISABLE phones like that?? ive never heard of that before with unlocked cell phones.... any help would be greatly apreciated.
Original Ebay item description:
The listing is for BAD ESN Nexus 4 16GB BRAND NEW SEALED IN BOX. I ordered it straight from Google and the package went missing. Google gave me refund right away but the package arrived a few weeks later. I did not want the phones so i wanted to send it back to Google but I was told to keep them since they are disabled anyway. I am thinking the phone is disabled by BAD ESN or IMEI. The phone is still sealed in box and never been opened. I am selling these phones AS IS. ALL SALE IS FINAL and NO RETURN WILL BE ACCEPTED. SHIPPING WORLDWIDE
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If you buy phone from playstore. They can remotely disable everything. Nexus 4,7,10. As long as you bought it from playstore, don't worry. they
can disable the device in just one second. I would suggest you don't buy it unless google willing to activate the phone. I doubt it.

gee2012 said:
I don`t know what you`re up to for sure but these kind of threads are not allowed. If you are a potential buyer DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE, if you`re fencing hot phones GTFO.
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Hey chill, im not fencing anything. I found the listing on Ebay and since ive never heard of remote disabling I came here to ask as I dont want to throw my $325- away.

Yes Google can disable it and no there is no way anyone can enable it. Its worthless paying that much money. I would suggest to pay a little extra and buy it from Google.

sounds like a tmobile nexus 4 phone ans the account or line is past due or they stopped paying the bill making the phone listed under tmobile as blocked/bad imei
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gee2012 said:
I don`t know what you`re up to for sure but these kind of threads are not allowed. If you are a potential buyer DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE, if you`re fencing hot phones GTFO.
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Did you even read his post. He's not selling anything let alone a stolen phone. He was simply looking for information on a disabled phone. Why don't you GTFO.
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Thanks for your help, i was looking into the matter and all I could find where apps that let you remotely wipe your personal information on the device, but not actually BRICKING it. I went to google's play homepage, and in the returns/refund section I read that when you ask for a replacement phone, the remotely DISABLE the phone buts thats what I dont get. How do they do that? How does that work? will the phone not power on at all? do they block the imei number worldwide? any ideas?

ferrojasaguilar said:
Thanks for your help, i was looking into the matter and all I could find where apps that let you remotely wipe your personal information on the device, but not actually BRICKING it. I went to google's play homepage, and in the returns/refund section I read that when you ask for a replacement phone, the remotely DISABLE the phone buts thats what I dont get. How do they do that? How does that work? will the phone not power on at all? do they block the imei number worldwide? any ideas?
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Google has a well known back door into phones and they can pretty much do as they please but have limited their efforts so far to just removing malicious apps from peoples phones.
I would stay away from this phone for if the IMEI is blacklisted as stolen, which is pretty much a worldwide blacklist now, then it cannot be recovered as no carrier anywhere will activate it.

They won't remotely brick it... They'll just have the IMEI blacklisted. It will likely turn on, you just can't activate it anywhere.
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joshnichols189 said:
They won't remotely brick it... They'll just have the IMEI blacklisted. It will likely turn on, you just can't activate it anywhere.
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they do brick it, when you turn it on you will get the red led and nothing else.

neotekz said:
they do brick it, when you turn it on you will get the red led and nothing else.
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I guess the question is whether that's Google bricking it or whether it's just a defective phone. I'd venture to say that it's a bad phone. If Google disables your phone, it's by adding your IMEI as stolen.

Samsung Officially Announces Plan to Sell Refurbished Note7s

Samsung issued a Press Release yesterday outlining their plan to re-release refurbished Note7's.
Maybe now, those of us too stubborn to part with our N7, will see some device support from samsung!

Yea right... I read only selling in india..

I just got back from a verizon store. The guy there, who is suuuper smart and a Note 7 fan said that once Verizon starts selling the referbbed models (April 29th) they won't be able to determine if the IMEI is from a referb model or not...so after that, we should be able to use our N7s again.

sudermatt said:
I just got back from a verizon store. The guy there, who is suuuper smart and a Note 7 fan said that once Verizon starts selling the referbbed models (April 29th) they won't be able to determine if the IMEI is from a referb model or not...so after that, we should be able to use our N7s again.
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How won't they be able to determine it? They have their list and know which came out when. If they release updates for the new ones though you can just flash it, I would think.