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Looking for recommendation on buying one of these

I keep seeing these things go for less than $50 on Ebay, all of them stuck in recovery or at the Acer logo, etc. I'm looking at snapping one up since it's praised soy well on here.
What do you guys think?
What are my chances of unbricking it?
Some are almost new condition.
I figure for $50 or less I can always take out and sell the digitizer, LCD, battery and get most of my money back. Or I could buy one of the cracked ones and get one good one still for under $100.
Any questions I should ask the seller?
Also any good recommendations for a keyboard and case in 1?
I'm pretty experienced with the whole rooting/ flashing scene, but I don't even try developing.
Thanks in advance, though I'll hit the thanks button too.
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Yep some of them can be unbricked but you'll probably need the cpuid for that... some of them could have dodgy chip issue, only a new mobo will fix those ones....
Might wanna have a good read thru the guides in my sig specially the first two - things are done quite differently on the Acer compared to other android devices.
Don't think u can go too wrong grabbing one or two of these tabs as long as you're fully aware of the pitfalls...someone was saying new mobos on eBay for 50$...u could go into Acer refurb bizzo...as far as I know there have been no other reports of hardware failure other than the chip issue
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A new MB on eBay will also be anywhere from $60-80, so for the initial $50 + new MB, you'll have a pretty decent 10.1" tablet for ~$125 + 20-30 minutes of elbow grease that will run JB, ICS, or a couple of flavors of Unix. I love it because it has a grown-up USB port for an external drive (I load movies on a 2.5" SATA drive and carry it in my briefcase).

mrlamo said:
I keep seeing these things go for less than $50 on Ebay, all of them stuck in recovery or at the Acer logo, etc. I'm looking at snapping one up since it's praised soy well on here.
What do you guys think?
What are my chances of unbricking it?
Some are almost new condition.
I figure for $50 or less I can always take out and sell the digitizer, LCD, battery and get most of my money back. Or I could buy one of the cracked ones and get one good one still for under $100.
Any questions I should ask the seller?
Also any good recommendations for a keyboard and case in 1?
I'm pretty experienced with the whole rooting/ flashing scene, but I don't even try developing.
Thanks in advance, though I'll hit the thanks button too.
Sent from my SGH-T679 using Tapatalk
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Man, wish I was in the States to pick up on some of these! Could un-brick them, then re-sell them on the Moscow Market for a couple hundred!!!!!!
The 500/501 is basically bullet-proof, unless you physically corrupt the internal memory. And that only happens in a small percentage.
The UID can be obtained via a linux environment. But with all unbricking methods, some work where others don't. And sometimes you have to have a little indepth knowledge of android and linux.
Once that's done, just a matter of finding the sweet spot.
MD

I have no knowledge to unbrick or repair one of these wonderful tablets. Had it not be that way I'd buy one without any doubt.
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Picked up a mint bricked A500 from a local cash converters for 20 quid (GBP) Took about 30 minutes to sort the problem. Now I am the happy owner of 2 A500's. One running Our man Civ's ICS, and the other running Thor JB.
Job done. :victory:

Bull3t_Or_Blade said:
Picked up a mint bricked A500 from a local cash converters for 20 quid (GBP) Took about 30 minutes to sort the problem. Now I am the happy owner of 2 A500's. One running Our man Civ's ICS, and the other running Thor JB.
Job done. :victory:
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Oh that's sweet....nice work:thumbup:
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dibb_nz said:
Oh that's sweet....nice work:thumbup:
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I keep looking, but never seem to find these deals...
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lugotfl said:
I keep looking, but never seem to find these deals...
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what part of the world are you in?
EDIT....I just checked out eBay m8 one for 24$?????

Things to do with a near useless OnePlus One?

What would you guys suggest one could do? My OPO lies on my desk collecting dust petty much. It has a faulty touchscreen and not even the latest touchscreen "firmware" remedies this.
Because of that annoying touch issue, I picked up another phone two weeks ago, a Galaxy S5.
I had in mind to just throw it into a brick wall but seeing as I don't like wasting money, that's not really an idea. Though it would be highly satisfying. I can't really sell it like this, can I? OP does not seem to respond to emails.
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I'm really sorry to hear that happened. How? Or did it just stop working?

You could send it to me instead of throwing into the wall. Donations are tax deductible ! Its a win win !

itsdacj said:
I'm really sorry to hear that happened. How? Or did it just stop working?
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Malfunctioning from the start. I first thought that it was a software issue but now I'm sure it's a hardware fault.
kolyan said:
You could send it to me instead of throwing into the wall. Donations are tax deductible ! Its a win win !
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You'd like that, wouldn't ya?
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If it's broken and you can't fix it, send it to a developer lol

bend it ?

Why not warranty replace it? I'm sure enjoying mine.

Sell it for $100 on ebay or craigslist.

unlock it, and install Franco kernel.
If it doesn't fix, RMA it

JeffDC said:
Why not warranty replace it? I'm sure enjoying mine.
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I've already contacted OP about a replacement but no answer as of yet.
souljaboy said:
Sell it for $100 on ebay or craigslist.
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Not really interested in selling it. I don't need the money.
ilgimmy said:
unlock it, and install Franco kernel.
If it doesn't fix, RMA it
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Unlocked and rooted since day one. I've had this since the beginning of September. I run Franco r29 on top of cm11s 38r but the touch is still bad. Better, but still bad.
I requested an RMA a while ago but they haven't replied to my email.
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ilgimmy said:
unlock it, and install Franco kernel.
If it doesn't fix, RMA it
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I'm sure a member with 15 000+ posts has not thought about this...

Teio said:
If it's broken and you can't fix it, send it to a developer lol
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Broken as in faulty touch from the start. It's usable, sure, but I can't overlook that issue so personally it has no use. Maybe I'll keep it to test vanilla L on it.
Relayers said:
bend it ?
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I might not be strong enough.
Cholerabob said:
I'm sure a member with 15 000+ posts has not thought about this...
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Precisely. Franco.Kernel is the best custom kernel there is. Ran it on my old Galaxy Nexus.
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use it with a chromecast for netflix

vifocal . com/lcd-display-with-touch-screen-digitizer-for-oneplus-one-a0001-64gb-16gb-replacement.html
www .Ifixit .com/Teardown/OnePlus One Teardown/26484
Just get a new screen and fix it if they won't warrenty it.
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Spitfire said:
use it with a chromecast for netflix
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Don't have a TV in my room nor a Netflix subscription.
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mine dogecoins

Use it as a display for car backup camera I do that Hehe.
Use it to control Robots that you build with Arduino/Raspberry Pi.
Use it as a TV remote (Oh, I think you said you dont have a TV).
Use it as a smart home controller.
Use it to play music when you open your refrigerator.
Use it as a spare Google Voice phone
Use it as a Health Tracker, Bike / Car GPS (with offline navigation), car handsfree etc
HUD for your car
use it to control a qudracopter that has GoPro attached and take close up photos of flying birds
Can anyone think of anything more unique or interesting? I'm also interested in this!

Theshawty said:
I've already contacted OP about a replacement but no answer as of yet.
Not really interested in selling it. I don't need the money.
Unlocked and rooted since day one. I've had this since the beginning of September. I run Franco r29 on top of cm11s 38r but the touch is still bad. Better, but still bad.
I requested an RMA a while ago but they haven't replied to my email.
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It may be more than it's worth... unless 'principal' is the most high for you.
If you don't get a response from OnePlus folks, walk over to small claims at your local court house and file a small claim against the company. You'll win.. its a PITA, but sometime when the principal (law Law on your side) is worth it... do it.
It sometimes help mold a companies responsiveness and ethics for the better.

Theshawty said:
What would you guys suggest one could do? My OPO lies on my desk collecting dust petty much. It has a faulty touchscreen and not even the latest touchscreen "firmware" remedies this.
Because of that annoying touch issue, I picked up another phone two weeks ago, a Galaxy S5.
I had in mind to just throw it into a brick wall but seeing as I don't like wasting money, that's not really an idea. Though it would be highly satisfying. I can't really sell it like this, can I? OP does not seem to respond to emails.
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Send it to DorimanX. He made a fantastic kernel for the LG G2. Will benefit the whole OnePlus community.

Theshawty said:
What would you guys suggest one could do? My OPO lies on my desk collecting dust petty much. It has a faulty touchscreen and not even the latest touchscreen "firmware" remedies this.
Because of that annoying touch issue, I picked up another phone two weeks ago, a Galaxy S5.
I had in mind to just throw it into a brick wall but seeing as I don't like wasting money, that's not really an idea. Though it would be highly satisfying. I can't really sell it like this, can I? OP does not seem to respond to emails.
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Request a refund via paypal. Explain that you have tried to make contact but have heard nothng. I think it must be hardware as mine is spot on. The only thing I can find wrong with mine is dim capacitive buttons. U from the UK?
http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/problem/my-mobile-phone-is-faulty-what-can-i-do
Paypal know this, and if you let them know you do you'll get a refund.

Safe way of getting a 6P outside of the US ?

Hey,
Okay, so I've been using the Galaxy S2 for god knows how long and I really need to move on.. and also the fact that its battery is dying for the third time... that helped me to take the decision to go with the 6P.
There's just a major problem, I'm neither from US nor Europe... and I don't wanna pay 200$ or 300$ extra just to get it.. because the only reason i'm buying it is it has a great value in its current price..
I have seen a few nice forwarding sites, like fishisfast and usgobuy and they do look promising... I can buy from the Google Store and ship to my country and that would only cost me about 50 bucks more.. which is great...
My only concern is defective units... I've seen so many complaints on the forums here about defective units starting from the slight pink screen to speakers and the list goes on... and I'm afraid that If I receive a defective unit i won't be able to get a replacement...
is there's any safe way of getting the 6P without compromising warranty or paying like 200 extra bucks

I'm not sure about your situation but wanted to tell you if you reply to your own post with the word bump it will get moved to the top and people will see it. You don't have to keep starting threads. Just a friendly FYI.

Gizmoe said:
I'm not sure about your situation but wanted to tell you if you reply to your own post with the word bump it will get moved to the top and people will see it. You don't have to keep starting threads. Just a friendly FYI.
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Keep Starting threads !?
I guess you might be confusing me with someone else !?
this my first and only thread here on XDA

biascoblix said:
Keep Starting threads !?
I guess you might be confusing me with someone else !?
this my first and only thread here on XDA
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Sry. Yeah I did lol. My app was doubling some of the threads. My bad.

Gizmoe said:
Sry. Yeah I did lol. My app was doubling some of the threads. My bad.
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no problem, so any recommendation or ideas how to get that thing ?
I've never thought i'd struggle that much to get a phone before...

Where are you from in the first place?

bradputt said:
Where are you from in the first place?
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a country far far away, Egypt...

Got mine out of HK, no issues...
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jabbermacy said:
Got mine out of HK, no issues...
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HK ?

I got mine via a company that ships from the USA and I'm all the way in Zambia, why now try expansys.com they shipped to Zambia before so i don't see why they wouldn't to Eygpt

neoian1277 said:
I got mine via a company that ships from the USA and I'm all the way in Zambia, why now try expansys.com they shipped to Zambia before so i don't see why they wouldn't to Eygpt
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Yea, I was totally gonna do that... I'm just afraid to get a defective unit somehow...
If that happens, I don't think you can return it, right ?

Okay, I'm going with a forwarding service.. which one is better to order from, Huawei or the Google Store ?

biascoblix said:
Okay, I'm going with a forwarding service.. which one is better to order from, Huawei or the Google Store ?
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From a returns standpoint I'd easily prefer the Google Store. However, I'm not sure how that applies (or doesn't) to your current situation & questions.

ohlin5 said:
From a returns standpoint I'd easily prefer the Google Store. However, I'm not sure how that applies (or doesn't) to your current situation & questions.
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Ugh, I'm sick of this, I've always wanted to buy a Nexus.. Starting from the Nexus 4, to the 5 and then 6P... and I never did.. Why google makes them that damn hard to get anywhere else on the world !!
I think I'm gonna wait till Amazon start selling them officially.. That's probably gonna be the best in returns standpoint..
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Okay, No Nexus for me then... I am buying the HTC M8.. It does have a pretty active dev community.... Definitely not as good as the 6P.. But it's currently for half its price...

7.1.1 a2017g

Hmm, Here we go again, Chinese model has the update, US model had it, and the EU..........ahh yes the EU, who are they again?

Much title. Such constructive. Many rant. So use.

rolfey83 said:
Hmm, Here we go again, Chinese model has the update, US model had it, and the EU..........ahh yes the EU, who are they again?
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We don't care about you. Go somewhere else to cry.

XblackdemonX said:
We don't care about you. Go somewhere else to cry.
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You must be a US user lol...
Chill out mate, its OK to say the EU is always last on the list. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not true.
ZTE UK in particular Is appealing, they don't give a crap, from the sales, to support, and I'm entitled to my opinion as are you.
I'm not directing this at you personally, so you don't have to react as if I was.
Mike

Mike, you're exactly right re zte UK. A total none event. Such a shame great phone. Appalling marketing and after sales support. I have up in the end and imported from china. Just got 7.1.1 seems fine so far

front firing speakers said:
Mike, you're exactly right re zte UK. A total none event. Such a shame great phone. Appalling marketing and after sales support. I have up in the end and imported from china. Just got 7.1.1 seems fine so far
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The chinese variant doesn't have raw or daydream features xD

What no Google daydream!!!! Really
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Google assistant please

front firing speakers said:
Mike, you're exactly right re zte UK. A total none event. Such a shame great phone. Appalling marketing and after sales support. I have up in the end and imported from china. Just got 7.1.1 seems fine so far
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Well I managed to get mine of Amazon UK in the end, I called ZTE, tweeted them for literally months, and had like an auto response, the sort you would expect to hear on an answer phone "The Axon 7 isn't available in the UK yet, we will keep you updated on a release date".
Yeah right....
Although I love the phone I'll not buy ZTE again, its a shame they are this bad when it comes to EU marketing and sales.
I'll update to 7.1.1 when its got a stable release, probably on the German ZTE site, as I doubt the OTA update will work......its not so far.
Mike

Yep I know the feeling. Next time for axon 8, go Chinese. Got the 128gb for 320 squid

front firing speakers said:
Yep I know the feeling. Next time for axon 8, go Chinese. Got the 128gb for 320 squid
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What about the warranty ? A2017G users have a 3-year-warranty even if water gets inside, and 6 month of warranty on the screen.

Mmmm, I've never got a response on that from ZTE. I was assuming I still get the passport warranty. As usual though when you ask zte a question they go to ground. Answer is as of right now I'm not sure

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What about the warranty ? A2017G users have a 3-year-warranty even if water gets inside, and 6 month of warranty on the screen.
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Hmm, that's a good question, I have got the warranty, but was under impression it was useless in the UK and I wasn't covered.
I'll have to study it and see what it says.
Mike

rolfey83 said:
Hmm, that's a good question, I have got the warranty, but was under impression it was useless in the UK and I wasn't covered.
I'll have to study it and see what it says.
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Idk why you think that in UK it is useless. I have the G model also bought on December. 3 days ago I received random mail from ZTE (probably they have my e-mail from Google account associated with phone.

I don't think I received an email, the reason I assumed it wasn't any good was because I purchased off Amazon in the end.
Even though the phone was a legit UK model with UK power supply, the supplier was a third party through Amazon, however I still have the warranty, so perhaps its all good.
Mike

did someone download the leaked 7.1.1 for A2017G before the Moderator deleted the download link? If so, can someone provide another download with a proper hoster?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/how-to/leaked-7-1-1-a2017g-t3574272

Downloading with 50kBps... 9 hours left... But I still have the link

Be great to know how beta looking it really is, and what it has inside, raw mode, daydream..
Mike

Zte Germany just anounced 7.1.1 at the latest for the 31.03.
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7.1.1 for A2017G within 2 weeks!
Translation from ZTE Mobile German forum:
Good afternoon to all Axon 7 friends!
After our last piece of nougat has not tasted so well, we have put ourselves on the mixing bowl and will provide a new flavor for your Axon 7 by 31.03!
-Farnishing direction: Nougat 7.1.1
-State of security update: March 2017
-Google Daydream certified
-Distribution will be done via FOTA
We will inform you as soon as we start distribution!
America first, Germany second!

Finished downloading the leaked beta... I'll try it. Can someone recommend a file hoster so i can upload it for you?

one plus 5 quality question

So i purchased the one plus 5, just received it and have a question i need help with to get my mind off it. I have seem some people say they are unsure of how long the phone itself will last. Does anyone think i will have to worry about a borked phone in like 8 months? Or is one plus quality control actually really good cause i need it to last. thanks guys

any input is appreciated

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Will the phone be dead in 8 months? Highly unlikely but then it depends on how you treat it.
It won't die any quicker than any other current flagship.
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Nah...it wil last you 2 years minimum I you're thay concerned spend extra bucks and get extended warranty
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