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Got ripped off.. bought a blacklisted n4..

Need help.. what are my options?
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Contact the seller and tell him to give you a refund. If you can't get in touch with him you're stuck.
I don't think there's anything else you can do besides that.
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Bought from where? Cash or cc? Where do you live?
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Maybe he got it from craigslist? Never buy anything from Craig's list. You were better off buying your nexus 4 from Google play.

abesgs2 said:
Need help.. what are my options?
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It all depends on how you bought it. If you paid cash, you might be out of luck. If you used a credit or debit card, then perhaps your provider offers some kind of refund policy. If it was PayPal, then you can likely get the refund.

Bummer...hope you used PayPal.

galaxys said:
Bummer...hope you used PayPal.
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Lol sorry guys i probably shouldve added more details..
Ok.. Heres the story... Transaction took place on Craigslist..
So I had a blue color galaxy S3 and didnt like the color, traded it for a new nexus 4.. Nexus 4 was fine, and I was really wanting a titanium S3.. Found the S3 and bought it.. Sold the nexus 4 to a guy for 310.. The nexus 4 was working great until yesterday.. Guy calls me up thinking i sold him a stolen phone.. As far as I knew it was a good phone, i check the imei and it says its been reported stolen, so i offer to give the guy back his money.. Now im stuck with a blacklisted N4.. Need help. Anywhere I can go to revive the phone? Or anywhere I can sell it to? What are my options? Is it possible to flash a ROM or do something when rooted to change the Imei..? At least make it useable because the guy i originally traded with decided to change his number and now im out $310.. whats the best thing to do? I cant go to the cops, they will tell me im associated with the theft, asked tmobile they want to fill out a bull**** report..
is there a way to flash a Rom or something to maybe hide the Imei or something? Use a different carrier? unlock it even though its unlocked?
Or should i get my mini screw drivers and start to disassemble it to sell for parts? Man i feel ****ty doing this.. I mean im so against stolen things and i just hate to deal with it ugh

abesgs2 said:
Lol sorry guys i probably shouldve added more details..
Ok.. Heres the story... Transaction took place on Craigslist..
So I had a blue color galaxy S3 and didnt like the color, traded it for a new nexus 4.. Nexus 4 was fine, and I was really wanting a titanium S3.. Found the S3 and bought it.. Sold the nexus 4 to a guy for 310.. The nexus 4 was working great until yesterday.. Guy calls me up thinking i sold him a stolen phone.. As far as I knew it was a good phone, i check the imei and it says its been reported stolen, so i offer to give the guy back his money.. Now im stuck with a blacklisted N4.. Need help. Anywhere I can go to revive the phone? Or anywhere I can sell it to? What are my options? Is it possible to flash a ROM or do something when rooted to change the Imei..? At least make it useable because the guy i originally traded with decided to change his number and now im out $310.. whats the best thing to do? I cant go to the cops, they will tell me im associated with the theft, asked tmobile they want to fill out a bull**** report..
is there a way to flash a Rom or something to maybe hide the Imei or something? Use a different carrier? unlock it even though its unlocked?
Or should i get my mini screw drivers and start to disassemble it to sell for parts? Man i feel ****ty doing this.. I mean im so against stolen things and i just hate to deal with it ugh
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That's unfortunate

Buy an N4 with broken screen for cheap and replace the mainboard. Installing other roms won't help you. Or replace the screen with your phones screen. Do wat is the easiest to replace.
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Buy an N4 with broken screen for cheap and replace the mainboard. Installing other roms won't help you. Or replace the screen with your phones screen. Do wat is the easiest to replace.
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Cool, ive pulled apart phones before so im familiar.. So I can replace the motherboard with a good one and should be good? Ill give that a go
thanks cowboy

Jsparta26 said:
Maybe he got it from craigslist? Never buy anything from Craig's list. You were better off buying your nexus 4 from Google play.
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You can buy stuff off of CL, but you have to be smart. I've bought dozens of phones off CL (and sold) and was only burned once. I bought an Atrix 4G with a wonky touch screen. Actually, I bought an EVO 4G with a wonky touch screen too but that was just my fault, I showed up to meet the guy a little intoxicated lol. Anyway, when I bought my Nexus 4 (new) I had the guy bring the receipt from Google Play and give it to me. I also asked a lot of questions....
abesgs2 said:
Lol sorry guys i probably shouldve added more details..
Ok.. Heres the story... Transaction took place on Craigslist..
So I had a blue color galaxy S3 and didnt like the color, traded it for a new nexus 4.. Nexus 4 was fine, and I was really wanting a titanium S3.. Found the S3 and bought it.. Sold the nexus 4 to a guy for 310.. The nexus 4 was working great until yesterday.. Guy calls me up thinking i sold him a stolen phone.. As far as I knew it was a good phone, i check the imei and it says its been reported stolen, so i offer to give the guy back his money.. Now im stuck with a blacklisted N4.. Need help. Anywhere I can go to revive the phone? Or anywhere I can sell it to? What are my options? Is it possible to flash a ROM or do something when rooted to change the Imei..? At least make it useable because the guy i originally traded with decided to change his number and now im out $310.. whats the best thing to do? I cant go to the cops, they will tell me im associated with the theft, asked tmobile they want to fill out a bull**** report..
is there a way to flash a Rom or something to maybe hide the Imei or something? Use a different carrier? unlock it even though its unlocked?
Or should i get my mini screw drivers and start to disassemble it to sell for parts? Man i feel ****ty doing this.. I mean im so against stolen things and i just hate to deal with it ugh
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At least you have good karma for giving the guy his money back....

If it doesn't work u replace the screen and u should have a working phone too.
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Sorry to hear OP, I bought my N4 off CL and lucked out thankfully.

abesgs2 said:
I cant go to the cops, they will tell me im associated with the theft, asked tmobile they want to fill out a bull**** report..
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Those are both rather silly remarks.
You're a victim, why would the police be anything but sympathetic to you? And it's not a bs report, it's a report detailing the crime. Maybe they can track the original scammer down with that report. Maybe your insurance co will reimburse you with that report. Don't lose whatever small chance you have by being too lazy to fill out some paperwork.
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You sure the dude just didn't "buy" the nexus 4 and then give you back a non working Nexus 4 and you give him his money back. Did the nexus you get back match up with the one you gave to him. Like serials and stuff
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If this helps... I'm from Belgium and I bought my phone off someone from England.
Got a pretty good deal too (as it was new)
The catch was that it was blacklisted too...he sent me the reportcard and apparantly that stated that it was only blocked by 2 providers. None of which I am using.
So maybe switching providers could work OR since Belgium has no (or nearly no) providers linked to the phones as they don't come in deals the phone just works, blacklisted or not. So try selling it abroad and buy buy yourself a new one.
I doubt that you can unblock it.

Is it blacklisted by T-mobile or Google? If it is blacklisted by T-mobile it should work on AT&T and it will definitely work overseas.

lowandbehold said:
Is it blacklisted by T-mobile or Google? If it is blacklisted by T-mobile it should work on AT&T and it will definitely work overseas.
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No it won't as all the major US carriers started reporting to a national blacklist database as of October of 2012.

kzoodroid said:
No it won't as all the major US carriers started reporting to a national blacklist database as of October of 2012.
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The database is launched, but the carriers are not sharing IMEI's yet. Bad ESN Verizon phones work on other carriers and blocked T-mobile or AT&T phones will still work on the others network. The thing is, not only does the IMEI have to be entered into the database, but the carrier manually has to apply that to their own database to effectively block it from their network.
And, a blacklisted phone will most definitely work overseas.

abesgs2 said:
... i feel ****ty doing this.. I mean im so against stolen things and i just hate to deal with it ugh
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do the report... you may be able to have the phone you traded blacklisted after all the person you dealt with is the one that has committed a crime not you
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Buy a new AT&T S4 today, will it come with MF3?

I am going to buy a new S4 for AT&T today, will it come with MF3? And is there a way to tell without powering it on as I'm not sure the store will allow?

The outside of the box shows the firmware that's on the phone. Just get one that's in the box and tell them to look for one which had mdb or mdl firmware.
Then read all the stickies in the general and q&a forums before you do anything to the phone. Make sure you know how to disable the mf3 upgrade the phone is going to put on all by itself before you put the sim in and activate the phone. Tell them at the store you'll activate it later.

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The outside of the box shows the firmware that's on the phone. Just get one that's in the box and tell them to look for one which had mdb or mdl firmware.
Then read all the stickies in the general and q&a forums before you do anything to the phone. Make sure you know how to disable the mf3 upgrade the phone is going to put on all by itself before you put the sim in and activate the phone. Tell them at the store you'll activate it later.
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Second this , This is exactly what I did myself when I got mine . Although she did power it up in the store but she didnt run a software update on it . I quickly got out of there after setting the phone up and got to my truck and pulled the battery so now OTA would try to get through till I got home . I had already downloaded the software for rooting so the computer was basically waiting for it . Rooted it and havent looked back since . Bare in mind though in my situation they only had a black 32GB S4 in stock with the MDL software . I was lucky though she discounted the price for me LOL

jasunto said:
I am going to buy a new S4 for AT&T today, will it come with MF3? And is there a way to tell without powering it on as I'm not sure the store will allow?
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Like they say look on the box.

I've been getting my phones from Costco because it's much cheaper over there.
My first galaxy s4 was MDL but I accidentally OTA to MF3, so about 3 weeks later I went back and exchanged it out for another galaxy s4. My excuse was the WiFi had some kind of issue and they kindly exchanged my S4 without any questions.
It costed $149.99 at Costco (tax $170.49) but when I exchanged it, because it was within 30 days I got $20 back, the price dropped to $139.99 (tax $150.49).
Plus Costco has a 90 day money back guarantee so if you have any problems then you can just return it.
Anyway, just look on the box and it should tell you what software version is on the phone.

~wolverine~ said:
Like they say look on the box.
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I do hope that isn't a photo of your IMEI and such

toxicpaulution said:
I do hope that isn't a photo of your IMEI and such
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No, I wouldn't have done that. I found the pic on the internet. I just put the arrow and stuff on it. :good:

~wolverine~ said:
No, I wouldn't have done that. I found the pic on the internet. I just put the arrow and stuff on it. :good:
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Good :3 I knew some people who were doing it when it first came out haha can't ever be too sure or safe.
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Rent a center locked galaxy note 4

Hi guys!
I have a galaxy note 4 that is locked by rent a center. I'm pretty new to flashing roms and such so I wanted to get the opinion of someone more skilled than me. My note 4 is on the straight talk network, I need to get the lock off and also need to know if it's possible to switch this phone to boost mobile from straight talk thanks in advance for timely responses

Williamsrm87 said:
Hi guys!
I have a galaxy note 4 that is locked by rent a center. I'm pretty new to flashing roms and such so I wanted to get the opinion of someone more skilled than me. My note 4 is on the straight talk network, I need to get the lock off and also need to know if it's possible to switch this phone to boost mobile from straight talk thanks in advance for timely responses
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and pay to rent-a-center, is not a possibility?

Rajada said:
and pay to rent-a-center, is not a possibility?
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No not possible I bought the phone from someone else not knowing it was from Rent a center. They locked me out about 2 or 3 weeks ago. I called rent a center and they won't do anything for me.

Williamsrm87 said:
No not possible I bought the phone from someone else not knowing it was from Rent a center. They locked me out about 2 or 3 weeks ago. I called rent a center and they won't do anything for me.
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buy a stolen phone is always a risk.

Rajada said:
buy a stolen phone is always a risk.
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Didn't know it was stolen when I bought it, but tough break I guess

The phone is toast as far as it being used as a cell.
The imei is blacklisted which means no matter what network you use it on (sim unlocked) it won't register. As-is right now, there's only one solution, and you are not going to find it on here as it's illegal (that's the only hint I'll give out)

off topic, why would you even go through rent-a-center, besides the obvious monthly payments?

[Q] Got stuck with a blacklisted S7 Edge.. help please!

Ok so I didn't read up on the T-Mobile s7 edge or I may not have opted to buy it due to be screwed over many times on different websites and getting blacklisted eip phones but usually I use <REMOVED> well I went and bought the s7edge the other day and unlocked it used it with straighttalk come find out straighttalk blacklist my sim and now my phone is pretty much useless... Is there anyway around the imei blacklist on the s7edge I seen a website called <REMOVED>. But I don't know about them as I have only used <REMOVED> and the fact they say no root or imei change require has me a lil iffy .. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Dewaynelives said:
Ok so I didn't read up on the T-Mobile s7 edge or I may not have opted to buy it due to be screwed over many times on different websites and getting blacklisted eip phones but usually I use <REMOVED> well I went and bought the s7edge the other day and unlocked it used it with straighttalk come find out straighttalk blacklist my sim and now my phone is pretty much useless... Is there anyway around the imei blacklist on the s7edge I seen a website called <REMOVED>. But I don't know about them as I have only used <REMOVED> and the fact they say no root or imei change require has me a lil iffy .. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Sounds fishy. At best it's someone on the inside with control over "the list" and at worse it's a scam.

Binary100100 said:
Sounds fishy. At best it's someone on the inside with control over "the list" and at worse it's a scam.
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What I was thinking also I don't know what to do

CC charge back or PayPal SNAD claim
Dewaynelives said:
Ok so I didn't read up on the T-Mobile s7 edge or I may not have opted to buy it due to be screwed over many times on different websites and getting blacklisted eip phones but usually I use <REMOVED> well I went and bought the s7edge the other day and unlocked it used it with straighttalk come find out straighttalk blacklist my sim and now my phone is pretty much useless... Is there anyway around the imei blacklist on the s7edge I seen a website called <REMOVED>. But I don't know about them as I have only used <REMOVED> and the fact they say no root or imei change require has me a lil iffy .. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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tofu- said:
CC charge back or PayPal SNAD claim
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??? What

What site did you get it from? The phone may have been leased and maybe its unlockable for another network while under lease

Damn bro why not file a claim? And why did the phone become blacklisted?
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dldennis88 said:
What site did you get it from? The phone may have been leased and maybe its unlockable for another network while under lease
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eBay it's financed but T-Mobile said they couldn't allow me to pay it off ... I have bought other phones and just changed the imei tha was financed i.

PHP:
dldennis88 said:
What site did you get it from? The phone may have been leased and maybe its unlockable for another network while under lease
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I'd really just rather unlock it I paid 400 for it so it is what is. Ya know lol I'm just pissed I thought I'd be able to change the imei like I have done many other times with financed devices the seller didn't post it was blacklisted they said they just changed networks ... I had it happen one time and I sent the phone back for the refunds and I lost refund and money then one time I filed a paypal claim on chargeback and lost all my money

Dewaynelives said:
PHP:
I'd really just rather unlock it I paid 400 for it so it is what is. Ya know lol I'm just pissed I thought I'd be able to change the imei like I have done many other times with financed devices the seller didn't post it was blacklisted they said they just changed networks ... I had it happen one time and I sent the phone back for the refunds and I lost refund and money then one time I filed a paypal claim on chargeback and lost all my money
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Bro, I would of learned my lesson the FIRST time this happened to me. I don't even buy phones on Craigslist no more unless they are willing to meet up at the store to confirm it is paid off. I've read so many stories like this. And really you should of known better. An s7 edge for $400? Thats an instant red mark.
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nano303 said:
Bro, I would of learned my lesson the FIRST time this happened to me. I don't even buy phones on Craigslist no more unless they are willing to meet up at the store to confirm it is paid off. I've read so many stories like this. And really you should of known better. An s7 edge for $400? Thats an instant red mark.
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Thing is you can change imei on blacklisted note5 and so on but yeah I just learnt my lesson these new one in selling this one I'll get my money back and I'm get a note 5

Dewaynelives said:
Thing is you can change imei on blacklisted note5 and so on but yeah I just learnt my lesson these new one in selling this one I'll get my money back and I'm get a note 5
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I've never heard of successfully connecting a blacklisted device Anywhere. I've heard people only get calls and text but no data. The IMEI is what makes you phone. IT. Without it the phone doesn't exist. It's like loosing EFS
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nano303 said:
I've never heard of successfully connecting a blacklisted device Anywhere. I've heard people only get calls and text but no data. The IMEI is what makes you phone. IT. Without it the phone doesn't exist. It's like loosing EFS
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Done it many times imeifix.com
They change the imei over the Internet using different tools they mod the ends and write it

Dewaynelives said:
Done it many times imeifix.com
They change the imei over the Internet using different tools they mod the ends and write it
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Cool, you learn something new every day lol
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nano303 said:
Cool, you learn something new every day lol
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Yeah man they are great I had a problem one time and they refunded me the money immediately but I have used them like 15 times only had a problem one time cause I accidentally deleted my backup but the refunded me my money even tho it was my fault and fix my phone

Dewaynelives said:
Yeah man they are great I had a problem one time and they refunded me the money immediately but I have used them like 15 times only had a problem one time cause I accidentally deleted my backup but the refunded me my money even tho it was my fault and fix my phone
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Ahhh ok I see. Can't really justify if it failed one out of 15 times lol.
Hopefully you get this fixed man good luck to you. And please. Always stop and think. Look ahead and to the past, you'll be more aware next time[emoji14]
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nano303 said:
Cool, you learn something new every day lol
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nano303 said:
Ahhh ok I see. Can't really justify if it failed one out of 15 times lol.
Hopefully you get this fixed man good luck to you. And please. Always stop and think. Look ahead and to the past, you'll be more aware next time[emoji14]
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Lol imeifix is highly recommended on here so I gave it a shot and yeah buddy I surely will be doing some research from now on

Dewaynelives said:
Lol imeifix is highly recommended on here so I gave it a shot and yeah buddy I surely will be doing some research from now on
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I've had people do me dirtyy. Even my own family members. But guess what? It didn't go good for them, yet I still help them out lol... Karma is a B and that dude who sold you the phone will get what's coming to him. What sucks is having to go through all this.
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nano303 said:
I've had people do me dirtyy. Even my own family members. But guess what? It didn't go good for them, yet I still help them out lol... Karma is a B and that dude who sold you the phone will get what's coming to him. What sucks is having to go through all this.
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Yeah brother your telling me I ain't rich you know but I try to go through life as lessons learned cause in the end it is my fault I reported it T-Mobile but they ain't gonna do nothing they said the account owed 6k

Dewaynelives said:
Yeah brother your telling me I ain't rich you know but I try to go through life as lessons learned cause in the end it is my fault I reported it T-Mobile but they ain't gonna do nothing they said the account owed 6k
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Jesús, sounds like someone with good credit just screwed up for the rest of there are! 6K in dept is phewww ??? everyone has dept.. I'm glad I don't have no student loans or crap [emoji2] + I'm smart with money I make less than anyone in my job, yet I'm the one that it shows I make more lol. It's all about how you are with money, if you've went through depression and anxiety. It helps your mind. completely off topic lol
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VZW Note 4 - $280

Hey Everyone,
Bumped into this deal thought I would share ::
http://slickdeals.net/f/8682175-280...te-4-sm-n910v-white-only-32gb-ebay-daily-deal
$280 for unlocked VZW Note 4

Today I bought note 4 vzw 180$ and successfully bootunlock. Thanx XDA.

vIgGeN7 said:
Hey Everyone,
Bumped into this deal thought I would share ::
http://slickdeals.net/f/8682175-280...te-4-sm-n910v-white-only-32gb-ebay-daily-deal
$280 for unlocked VZW Note 4 - FOR ALL YOU DOUBTERS THAT SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE!!!
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The unlocked in that listing is for the carrier, not the bootloader, if that's what you were implying. You could still unlock it yourself, but it doesn't come that way.

~shez said:
Today I bought note 4 vzw 180$ and successfully bootunlock. Thanx XDA.
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Where did you get it? Used?

just4sc said:
Where did you get it? Used?
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yes in used but ow-some condition from Karachi, Pakistan

----- deal expired -----

Picked up mine for 250 on eBay, probably gonna get one for my girl, and a couple more as backups.

Deal is back. Brand new Note 4 now unlockable bootloader. I bought one during the previous deal.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-S...-Unlocked-32GB-Factory-Warranty-/172161250641

vIgGeN7 said:
Hey Everyone,
Bumped into this deal thought I would share ::
http://slickdeals.net/f/8682175-280...te-4-sm-n910v-white-only-32gb-ebay-daily-deal
$280 for unlocked VZW Note 4
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I got one of these, and I'm very happy with my purchase. Looks like mine was manufactured 2015.12.04 and it already had lollipop 5.0.1 on it.
Get the free "Phone INFO ★Samsung★" app from the Google Playstore to see info like ......... When the phone was manufactured? How frequently the phone was used? How many times it has been connected to the Charger? Do you want to know the Knox Warranty Void status without entering to the ODIN Download Mode?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo

Deal Back -- 175.00 Refurb
http://slickdeals.net/f/8867487-32g...ne-b-refurbished-175-free-shipping?src=sticky

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Deal Back -- 175.00 Refurb
http://slickdeals.net/f/8867487-32g...ne-b-refurbished-175-free-shipping?src=sticky
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Picked up this deal, I'll report back with the quality of the phone!