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Should I return the phone ? hell yeah you should

Hello everyone.
Today I found a brand new SGS2 on a supermarket and I took it
So I was wondering if they can track me down by GPS or something like that, if they lock the phone what's the worst that can happen ?
By the way before you judge me I didn't steal anything, like I said I found it.

If I were you I would see a lawyer and discuss this. In Germany you wouldn't have stolen it but would've been guilty of "Fundunterschlagung" which is also a crime and can and will be punished.
Tracking a phone is not that hard, there's the IMEI for example. In the very moment you use a sim card your carrier will know the IMEI of your device. So if the owner of the device reports this the police definitely can track down this very phone.
In addition you should never forget that most supermarkets have cameras.
I guess I will save you and me a discussion about the moral implications of such a behaviour.

Yeah, you're right.
I will give it tomorrow to my carrier maybe they will find in which name it is registered and give it back to the owner.
Thanks.

The answer is yes. This was not abandoned property. imho, You have a moral obligation and perhaps a legal obligation to return the phone.
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You should have given it to the supermarket customer service or manager or even hand it into a police station, im assuming it wasn't on when you found it (otherwise the owner would no doubt try and call the phone to see if anyone had it)

This thread makes me sad...if i lost my phone id cry and hope that the person that found it would have the decency to answer my frantic calls or hand it in to have it returned to me. Do the decent thing.
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I happen to be an emplyee at the supermarket and since I never used a SGS2 I thought I would have some fun with it.
But i'll return it for sure, it is even unlocked for all the carriers gosh!
Anyways thanks for the advice guys & the thread tags also. lololol

Deloxic said:
Anyways thanks for the advice guys & the thread tags also. lololol
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You're welcome .

Deloxic said:
I happen to be an emplyee at the supermarket and since I never used a SGS2 I thought I would have some fun with it.
But i'll return it for sure, it is even unlocked for all the carriers gosh!
Anyways thanks for the advice guys & the thread tags also. lololol
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Good to hear you do the decent thing,i will sleep soundly with the knowledge that an innocent galaxy s2 owner will be reunited with their baby!
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I reckon he's gonna keep it!

Deloxic said:
Today I found a brand new SGS2 on a supermarket and I took it
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Deloxic said:
I happen to be an emplyee at the supermarket
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Seriously? If they find out you did that then you may well lose your job. As an employee your actions are not seen in the same light as a customer.
Look at the call log and call someone who's on there frequently. Tell them you have the phone and arrange to get it back to the owner. You'll make someone very happy and you'll save yourself a potentially large amount of trouble

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Deloxic said:
Hello everyone.
Today I found a brand new SGS2 on a supermarket and I took it
So I was wondering if they can track me down by GPS or something like that, if they lock the phone what's the worst that can happen ?
By the way before you judge me I didn't steal anything, like I said I found it.
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Hi guys.
It always makes me feeling sad when I read or hear such questions. Unfortunately we live in society where gadgets are more important than morality and conscience.
People - dont be so selfish.
Sorry for - off topic
Peter
hugeone.co.uk

Oh God!!What is happening to this world?You stole something and asking others in a public forum,how you can cover it up?
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JUSTICEFORALL said:
Oh God!!What is happening to this world?You stole something and asking others in a public forum,how you can cover it up?
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such a noob!
Google the difference between stealing and finding!
At least he is being decent enough to give it back!
Deloxic i know you have the best phone in hand right now and you dont feel like giving it back , but trust me the happiness and joy you'll get after seeing the owners face when he gets his 650$ phone is worthed more than this phone.
Return it and you'll feel so very good

You'll feel much better when you do the right thing rather than having the best phone in the world and thinking a person out there worked with their blood and sweat to buy that phone is missing his/her precious baby.. Conscience can really bother ya sometimes, wait, all the time.. I'm glad people today still do the right thing
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So the s2 found the dad...? Dad might be checking the app where is my droid....
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Keep it i say..Hug it, take it to bed with you and then once you are finished throw it out of the window...
Of course return it. Not only you feel good when you see the owner's face thanking you and being re united with their handset but also you might get a little reward...But that is not the point you should of just gave it to your supervisor as that would of been the decent thing to do...
Imagine if the supervisor said "ok i will return it" and kept it for himself
Either way glad you are doing the right thing

CWM 5 issue
Someone has problems with custom rom and CWM 5?

Be a nice guy and just try to track down the owner. Just check which Google account the phone syncs with and fire up an email.
If you've switched your own SIM into the phone, it's very likely the phone has sent a text message to a number the owner set up the moment you fired it back up. It's also fairly easy to track the phone via GPS, check call logs and wipe the phone remotely. The service provider can also track IMEI numbers on phones registered on their network.
More importantly, make the real owners day and let the poor guy have his precious phone back!

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Someone has problems with custom rom and CWM 5?
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seriously?

S4 got stolen...

hello there, i bought a new galaxy s4 and it got stolen today...
im really upset and i need your help.
i still have the box and i think that the serial is still on it.
can i track the serial and hopelly find it?
i remeber that if i could enter the iphone imei into an website it would tell me what network is he connected to.
my sim is closed and i bought it contract free so its unlocked.
i live in israel and the police is not so helpful...
can i do something? please i need this help.
Thanks in advance!

Did you try to track it with Samsung Dive (you need to have a Samsung account and enabled this feature)?
http://findmymobile.samsung.com/login.do
asafhaim147 said:
hello there, i bought a new galaxy s4 and it got stolen today...
im really upset and i need your help.
i still have the box and i think that the serial is still on it.
can i track the serial and hopelly find it?
i remeber that if i could enter the iphone imei into an website it would tell me what network is he connected to.
my sim is closed and i bought it contract free so its unlocked.
i live in israel and the police is not so helpful...
can i do something? please i need this help.
Thanks in advance!
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Have you entered Samsung account to the phone and setup ' Find my mobile ' Thing in settings?

LegendJo said:
Have you entered Samsung account to the phone and setup ' Find my mobile ' Thing in settings?
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i guess i did because its working but the man took out my sim card and the phone is off... im going to catch him when he will connect to the wifi.
maybe tomorrow... never lose hope!
maybe other options?

Human always smarter than machine. Samsung got a disadvantage which is included built in recovery. He can just simply boot in and factory reset everything. Or just remove all accounts that in your s4. Let's pray for the stealer is stupid.
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asafhaim147 said:
i guess i did because its working but the man took out my sim card and the phone is off... im going to catch him when he will connect to the wifi.
maybe tomorrow... never lose hope!
maybe other options?
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You will be lucky if the thief has not factory reset the phone. Especially if you set pin to unlock, he will surely factory reset the phone.
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asafhaim147 said:
i guess i did because its working but the man took out my sim card and the phone is off... im going to catch him when he will connect to the wifi.
maybe tomorrow... never lose hope!
maybe other options?
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Hope you find it
If you find it (or get another mobile) install Cerberus . In can be set to hidden and is able to send a message if SIM is removed :good:

Mittaa said:
Hope you find it
If you find it (or get another mobile) install In can be set to hidden and is able to send a message if SIM is removed :good:
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he was online for a couple of minutes but i couldnt track him... did he get a message that i tried?
anyway he looked stupid because i think i saw him but im not sure.
in israel there is a new thing that called Arsim (ערסים) you can google that.
if it was him then hes more stupid than my dog, that loves to bang his head in windows and chairs.
more option people?
thank you all for trying! makes me fell a little better.

asafhaim147 said:
he was online for a couple of minutes but i couldnt track him... did he get a message that i tried?
anyway he looked stupid because i think i saw him but im not sure.
in israel there is a new thing that called Arsim (ערסים) you can google that.
if it was him then hes more stupid than my dog, that loves to bang his head in windows and chairs.
more option people?
thank you all for trying! makes me fell a little better.
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Yes I this there is a notification telling that device "is found" ... but you can't prevent anybody from flashing a new firmware.
On your box there should be an IMEI number (or on your receipt) and IMEI is a bit more difficult to change so maybe you have a chance to trace it in some other way.

What about plan b from the play store?
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Mittaa said:
Hope you find it
If you find it (or get another mobile) install Cerberus . In can be set to hidden and is able to send a message if SIM is removed :good:
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You can set sim change alerts in the standard s4 settings aswell. I only found out the other day and it can be set to text a friend or family member.
Hope you manage yo yrack and get the phone back, too many low lifes in the world needing to steal someone elses hard earned money/phone etc. Is there no way of having the imei blacklisted? Keep that as a last resort if it can be done, as far as I know soon as its blacklisted you wont be able to track it at all
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Bradden1 said:
What about plan b from the play store?
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Plan B only works with 2.0 - 2.3 versions of Android

Mittaa said:
Plan B only works with 2.0 - 2.3 versions of Android
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Thanks..I didn't know that
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You can have the imei blacklisted so the phone will essentially be useless. You arent getting it back anyway. Might as wll keep the thief from having it.
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Skipjacks said:
You can have the imei blacklisted so the phone will essentially be useless. You arent getting it back anyway. Might as wll keep the thief from having it.
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Yeah but he'll still have a very powerful gaming machine.

lambstone said:
Yeah but he'll still have a very powerful gaming machine.
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... and a bad taste in his mouth

Mittaa said:
... and a bad taste in his mouth
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Not to mention seething disappointment.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.

this is where the Avast anti theft comes into play. It comes back even after a reset. I have tried it on my galasy S3 and it works.... but too late for the Op... hope fully you catch the thief...

nm8 said:
this is where the Avast anti theft comes into play. It comes back even after a reset. I have tried it on my galasy S3 and it works.... but too late for the Op... hope fully you catch the thief...
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first of all, he stole it from my bag.
second of all, if he flashes a new firmware or disconnect from my samsung account ( or even a factory reset )
can i know it? or it will just stay offline for ever?

asafhaim147 said:
first of all, he stole it from my bag.
second of all, if he flashes a new firmware or disconnect from my samsung account ( or even a factory reset )
can i know it? or it will just stay offline for ever?
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If he just reset (factory reset), wipe data or flash a new firmware, IMEI may survive.
So IMEI tracking is your last chance.
I don't know this company http://www.trackimei.com/ but maybe worth a try?
Some other info HERE ... and HERE
BTW I could imagine that he sell it to some innocent person ... knowing it's a bit to hot to keep for him self

[Q] Note 3 locked nv items...

ok im looking for a way to write certain nv items to fix me phone.. when i write said items or item it does not take..
any ideas? im really stumped..
all i can think is that there is a secret file some people may have that allows them to write certain NV Item and have them take..
well again any help would be AWESOME..

Sorry to say that but your request is either joke (don't expect) or just completely useless. What is your issue? What is your ROM,........
Android - flash, root a enjoy

Kuratko said:
Sorry to say that but your request is either joke (don't expect) or just completely useless. What is your issue? What is your ROM,........
Android - flash, root a enjoy
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why would it have to be a joke.. dont let the account fool you.. I couldn't gain access to my other one which is older than this one..
I have a very specific reason for asking this and im positive there are people on here that understand what i am asking..

sounds like you want to change the IMEI?

Estoroth said:
sounds like you want to change the IMEI?
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Which is illegal.
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Estoroth said:
sounds like you want to change the IMEI?
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nope never said that.. but its awesome this forum has members that automatically assume these things..

stoney73 said:
Which is illegal.
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Hi stoney.. maybe in the future before you jump on the bandwagon you stop and ask me why i might want to write to protected nv items..
or heck maybe i want to hack the bootloader? maybe i got a phone sitting here that i would love to experiment on.. be the guinea pig for some Dev that need to try stuff on a phone.. maybe i just want to mess with my phone..

wishinew said:
ok im looking for a way to write certain nv items to fix me phone.. when i write said items or item it does not take..
any ideas? im really stumped..
all i can think is that there is a secret file some people may have that allows them to write certain NV Item and have them take..
well again any help would be AWESOME..
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wishinew said:
Hi stoney.. maybe in the future before you jump on the bandwagon you stop and ask me why i might want to write to protected nv items..
or heck maybe i want to hack the bootloader? maybe i got a phone sitting here that i would love to experiment on.. be the guinea pig for some Dev that need to try stuff on a phone.. maybe i just want to mess with my phone..
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If so, Then you would have just said so in your opening post, instead of being so obtuse. Maybe in the future, be more specific, and less dodgy and ppl wouldnt jump to more than likely correct assumptions.
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stoney73 said:
If so, Then you would have just said so in your opening post, instead of being so obtuse. Maybe in the future, be more specific, and less dodgy and ppl wouldnt jump to more than likely correct assumptions.
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obtuse? dodgy? how the heck do you figure that.. and regardless of what YOU think my motives are or any one else for that matter I was plain with my topic title on my opening post..
is it now illigal to want to bypass locked nv items? and since we are on the subject of locked nv items..and imeis.. your going to sit here and tell me that the imei is the only locked down nv item? yea okay..
In the future.. when addressing a post.. why not try to come off a bit nicer..
seems people here tend to treat the (new guys to certain subject) or new posters with rudeness and harsh replies..
I took a leave of absence from this forum due to joining the military and now i have a little free time on my hands and wanted to explore this phone a little bit ..learn about it.. and one of the first damn questions i ask gets met with assumptions and thats illegal.. wow.

wishinew said:
obtuse? dodgy? how the heck do you figure that.. and regardless of what YOU think my motives are or any one else for that matter I was plain with my topic title on my opening post..
is it now illigal to want to bypass locked nv items? and since we are on the subject of locked nv items..and imeis.. your going to sit here and tell me that the imei is the only locked down nv item? yea okay..
In the future.. when addressing a post.. why not try to come off a bit nicer..
seems people here tend to treat the (new guys to certain subject) or new posters with rudeness and harsh replies..
I took a leave of absence from this forum due to joining the military and now i have a little free time on my hands and wanted to explore this phone a little bit ..learn about it.. and one of the first damn questions i ask gets met with assumptions and thats illegal.. wow.
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As previously said, why the vagueness in the opening post then? Well done on joining the military, but its got zip all to do with anything.
In the future, be clear as to which questions if any you are asking, why the deliberate vagueness? Of course it could be messing about with the bootloader, etc. But with the deliberate vagueness, I somehow doubt it.
Feel free to carry .
And if you could comprehend, I merely iterated that changing imei was illegal. You attacked me for no reason other than guilt.
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As previously said, why the vagueness in the opening post then? Well done on joining the military, but its got zip all to do with anything.
In the future, be clear as to which questions if any you are asking, why the deliberate vagueness? Why the 'you will know what I'm asking about' vagueness? Of course it could be messing about with the bootloader, etc. But with the deliberate vagueness, I somehow doubt it.
Feel free to carry on, but whining like a spoilt kid who's been found out doesn't help your case.
And if you could comprehend, I merely iterated that changing imei was illegal. You attacked me for no reason other than guilt.
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all right man you made me laugh.. yes the vagueness is there for a reason.. am i going to tell why.. nope.. will i when im done trying what im trying sure..
but ill give you this.. I have gone from 4.3 to 4.4 and back down ..bricked and recovered via a pin short on the board.. im not new but i am rusty.. but the fundamentals stay the same..
Its taxing trying to find out info on this new security when theres no info to be had.. or when the info is there people keeping it to them selfs because there making a buck on it..
Now.. I will say this.. the process for the note 3 is new to me.. and 85% of what ive done has been on accident and im recreating what i did..
So what do i need to mess with locked nv items for .. well any number of reasons.. and i guess thats the reason for the vagueness, I just want to see what i see and what i can do.. what i can hook onto and what i can exploit..

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all right man you made me laugh.. yes the vagueness is there for a reason.. am i going to tell why.. nope.. will i when im done trying what im trying sure..
but ill give you this.. I have gone from 4.3 to 4.4 and back down ..bricked and recovered via a pin short on the board.. im not new but i am rusty.. but the fundamentals stay the same..
Its taxing trying to find out info on this new security when theres no info to be had.. or when the info is there people keeping it to them selfs because there making a buck on it..
Now.. I will say this.. the process for the note 3 is new to me.. and 85% of what ive done has been on accident and im recreating what i did..
So what do i need to mess with locked nv items for .. well any number of reasons.. and i guess thats the reason for the vagueness, I just want to see what i see and what i can do.. what i can hook onto and what i can exploit..[/QUOTE]
Reading that, ok. You may be better off asking someone like ChainFire who knows the ins and outs of the bootloader? Perhaps the kernel devs in original development?
This Note 3 sure is an awkward beast.
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stoney73 said:
all right man you made me laugh.. yes the vagueness is there for a reason.. am i going to tell why.. nope.. will i when im done trying what im trying sure..
but ill give you this.. I have gone from 4.3 to 4.4 and back down ..bricked and recovered via a pin short on the board.. im not new but i am rusty.. but the fundamentals stay the same..
Its taxing trying to find out info on this new security when theres no info to be had.. or when the info is there people keeping it to them selfs because there making a buck on it..
Now.. I will say this.. the process for the note 3 is new to me.. and 85% of what ive done has been on accident and im recreating what i did..
So what do i need to mess with locked nv items for .. well any number of reasons.. and i guess thats the reason for the vagueness, I just want to see what i see and what i can do.. what i can hook onto and what i can exploit..
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Reading that, ok. You may be better off asking someone like ChainFire who knows the ins and outs of the bootloader? Perhaps the kernel devs in original development?
This Note 3 sure is an awkward beast.
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WELL HERE IS WHERE IM AT.. ive brought it out of a hard brick.. no jtag.. no sd card.. but im stuck at this point.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50966955#post50966955

I would like to change the imei of his phone for him although who brought up changing the imei in the first place? Whoever says such things MUST be the guilty party ! (as for me I am just sitting on the edge of my seat to do it so let me change it because as everybody alway knows I am now third party so if the baddies can't see you and you can't see them then maybe they are not their)

Nexus 6P google reactivation lock!

@all
I recently bought a slightly used huawei 6P phone online and after receiving it did a hard reset to wipe out all old data but!
ITS google account locked phone! and the customer who sold me too hardly remmembers the id or the password he used! and now its just lying with me since a week,
i tried looking and trying a lot of solutions from youtube, but none worked and now im afraid to try more as i dont want to spoil the phone! so i thought why not ask here if anybody faced any similar problems ?
is there any way to bypass this on the 6p?
pls share
WBR
ReyTech.

ReyTech said:
@all
I recently bought a slightly used huawei 6P phone online and after receiving it did a hard reset to wipe out all old data but!
ITS google account locked phone! and the customer who sold me too hardly remmembers the id or the password he used! and now its just lying with me since a week,
i tried looking and trying a lot of solutions from youtube, but none worked and now im afraid to try more as i dont want to spoil the phone! so i thought why not ask here if anybody faced any similar problems ?
is there any way to bypass this on the 6p?
pls share
WBR
ReyTech.
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Is OEM Unlocking enabled?
Try flashing TWRP in bootloader mode, using fastboot. It will confirm if OEM locking was enabled or not. If it is enabled

He doesnt remember his login info because he probably stole it.
Sorry, this is my standard response 100% of the time when I hear "I dont remember my google login"... Um, you bought a nexus, a GOOGLE PHONE, laoded w google apps and such... and you dont remember your login?
I feel bad for ya, that sucks. But odds are he doesnt know for a reason

Soulfly3 said:
He doesnt remember his login info because he probably stole it.
Sorry, this is my standard response 100% of the time when I hear "I dont remember my google login"... Um, you bought a nexus, a GOOGLE PHONE, laoded w google apps and such... and you dont remember your login?
I feel bad for ya, that sucks. But odds are he doesnt know for a reason
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Please don't judge so quickly. This will discourage the user, so let him convey his side of the story. He also mentioned that the person he bought it from, doesn't remember the details.
We are here to support the users. I hope you understand.

DJBhardwaj said:
Please don't judge so quickly. This will discourage the user, so let him convey his side of the story. He also mentioned that the person he bought it from, doesn't remember the details.
We are here to support the users. I hope you understand.
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No, I am supporting him. I hope he gets the issue fixed. But the old "I forgot my login" story, to me, is a lie 9 times out of 10.
I'm not knocking the user/OP here, Im knocking the person he bought it from.

Soulfly3 said:
No, I am supporting him. I hope he gets the issue fixed. But the old "I forgot my login" story, to me, is a lie 9 times out of 10.
I'm not knocking the user/OP here, Im knocking the person he bought it from.
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I agree with you on the "lie 9 times out of 10" point.

OP, return it to the seller for a full refund and/or log the sale with the appropriate authorities.
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kboya said:
OP, return it to the seller for a full refund and/or log the sale with the appropriate authorities.
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+1 on that eBay will back you up on this, as will PayPal, and also your credit card company. Once seller learns your intention to return/report he'll either get his s**t together and remember the user name and password for you or take the phone back.

PSA: USA Bootloaders WILL be LOCKED!!!

My DM with a T-Mobile rep.

Any chance you can ask them to list the actual bands the phone supports?

I'm glad I'll be the recipient of the Exynos (unlocked) version. However i can get with the whole security aspect in regards to Google wallet & Samsung Pay/android pay. Like you mentioned though i NEVER and will EVER use this service, it gets disabled from the moment i get the phone (plus my bank doesn't support it anyway lol).
You pay a premium it should be up to the user as to what he does and yes what he/she risks.
I am very much against taking away the option of root and custom ROMs because of a service being forced upon us.
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Duncan1982 said:
I'm glad I'll be the recipient of the Exynos (unlocked) version. However i can get with the whole security aspect in regards to Google wallet & Samsung Pay/android pay. Like you mentioned though i NEVER and will EVER use this service, it gets disabled from the moment i get the phone (plus my bank doesn't support it anyway lol).
You pay a premium it should be up to the user as to what he does and yes what he/she risks.
I am very much against taking away the option of root and custom ROMs because of a service being forced upon us.
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I second being against them taking away root and ROMs and forcing services upon us. If there was less or no fragmentation in android with regards to updates, I could perhaps stay stock..

lightninbug said:
My DM with a T-Mobile rep.
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LOL! Sorry but, how old are you? I'm as disappointed as anyone, but you're acting like a child. You think that because YOU'VE been with T-Mobile "since VoiceStream" T-Mobile should change their decision? Ridiculous. The guy you were talking to can't help you, cannot make any executive decisions and sure as hell isn't passing along your "concerns" to Legere. He also doesn't give a damn that you're cancelling a whopping THREE (3!!!) device orders. Did you think he was going to crumble to his knees, beg you to keep your orders and run tell boss, "we must change our bootloader plans because Mr. VoiceStream is simply NOT having it?"
You were just whining to yourself while he typed, "I understand how you feel" and rubbed your shoulders a bit.

Agreed, complaining to a underpaid rep that probably hates listening to people complain all day everyday is not going to get bootloaders unlocked.

johnwayne27 said:
Agreed, complaining to a underpaid rep that probably hates listening to people complain all day everyday is not going to get bootloaders unlocked.
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Yet people still complain lol.
You know the bootloader is locked before you buy the device. Deal with it and move on.
Edit: not aimed towards you. Just saying in general of the complainers lol

Chainfire already finds a solution

aydinbahadir88 said:
Chainfire already finds a solution
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Source?

Z51 said:
Yet people still complain lol.
You know the bootloader is locked before you buy the device. Deal with it and move on.
Edit: not aimed towards you. Just saying in general of the complainers lol
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^ This.
I also love how the op states he is speaking for the users/devs on XDA.....errr, no you aint!! lol

aydinbahadir88 said:
Chainfire already finds a solution
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For realz???
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aydinbahadir88 said:
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LMAO...Yea, sure he did.

Useless thread. This is not a surprise and is something we already knew.

I ordered two from TMo and I'm sure that a root method will pop up soon after release.
Motorola had bootlocks on the Bionic and it was still able to be rooted. I bet within a month we'll be rooting with the rest of them.:good::good:

lightninbug said:
My DM with a T-Mobile rep.
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Samsung has officially lost by business. Been a samsung guy since the S3 and I've stuck with them in the years since. It's such a shame that they choose to do this. I don't need Samsung pay, as I have a wallet. Awful that they force these programs down our throats as they're nice to have but are completely unnecessary.
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jpeckinp said:
I ordered two from TMo and I'm sure that a root method will pop up soon after release.
Motorola had bootlocks on the Bionic and it was still able to be rooted. I bet within a month we'll be rooting with the rest of them.:good::good:
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The Galaxy S7 came out in March and it took three months to even figure out how to root it. We don't even have a bootloader unlock for the GS7, and it's been a year since it's release. Might want to lower your expectations as devs are moving away from locked down devices like the Galaxy series in the U.S.

Wow this is like posting water is wet.

I stopped rooting my phones, but I'm still against taking away the option. I just never could pull the trigger on losing Samsung Pay permanently.

cpufrost said:
Wow this is like posting water is wet.
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Hahaha how true [emoji106]
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*GASP!!* I'm glad you pointed that out....

sireniankyle said:
I stopped rooting my phones, but I'm still against taking away the option. I just never could pull the trigger on losing Samsung Pay permanently.
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I'm in the same boat as you. Unsure of what to do for the foreseeable future. Also KNOX. I actually do care about tripping it. The email app my company uses breaks if KNOX is tripped....