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so... i work for tmobile at an authorized dealer. n the other day i buy a samsung vibrant from some guy for $40. the thing is... i guess be found the phone or something bc it had wavesecure n is locked. so i bought a paperweight.. is there any wayto remove wavesecure n be able to use this amazing phone..? will rooting help..?
maybe you should just return the phone to its rightful owner and tell them you paid a crack head 40$ for it and see if they give you your money back.
I know, I know, who would return $500 if they found it right? Wow, Maybe you should keep in mind that they can gps track the phone with wavesecure, and locate you. They can turn it on remotely, then when they say the phone is stolen, and possession is 9/10's of the law..........
Gr8gorilla said:
maybe you should just return the phone to its rightful owner and tell them you paid a crack head 40$ for it and see if they give you your money back.
I know, I know, who would return $500 if they found it right? Wow, Maybe you should keep in mind that they can gps track the phone with wavesecure, and locate you. They can turn it on remotely, then when they say the phone is stolen, and possession is 9/10's of the law..........
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Lol.
Buying someone's stolen phone, wtf is your problem? It's disturbing that you work at a tmobile store (assuming you're being truthful). How stupid are you?
damn! what did the guy actually walk into your "tmobile" store and really sell you the phone right there flat out? wow. i guess stupid is AS stupid does
I think that was also dumb but there's still a way to wipe the phone. Just boot into recovery and wipe the phone or install a stock ron.
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And let me guess..you're gonna sell it off to a customer with a contact and tell them it's brand new right?
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youneek said:
I think that was also dumb but there's still a way to wipe the phone. Just boot into recovery and wipe the phone or install a stock ron.
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I don't know if this guy is legit or not but I hate to see guys like this helped. The phone is more than likely stolen & could be yours or mine w/ personal & or business texts, emails, & pictures. Maybe it isn't stolen but I doubt an "Authorized Dealer" would (a.) buy a 1 week old phone for $40 (b.) Buy it before checking to see if it worked (c.)Would have no other escalation option other than XDA.
If I'm wrong fugg him and he should search a little, then ask for help. If I'm right well just plain old fugg him maybe he can steal the directions with the phone next time.
yeah an even better way to introduce yourself to the community... did you make this acct just to ask that question? so you dont have to look like a douche on your real name? Call customer care and see what they say you should do...
You knowingly purchased a stolen phone? Not to mention its $500. Depending on your state you could be looking at some jail time. The right thing to do is try and look up the rightful owner of the phone and return it to them. And the $40 is lost due to your own stupidity.
@youneek Why would you help a person who obviously purchased a stolen phone?
I hope you work under some guy cause you should be fired. and on wavesecure there should be the owners number on it. CALL HIM UP foo and return his phone.
I really hope the phone isn't rooted already and I also hope this guy can't figure out how to wipe the phone.........really I hope no one here helps this guy steal a phone!
A moderator should get his IP and hand it over to the cops...
Ugh... it's not hard to get around but dude, you probably bought a stolen phone. Why not call TMO and give them IMEI and let them help you track down the rightful owner? If you are indeed a TMO authorized reseller they shouldn't have a problem helping you do that. Call it your good deed for the day.
The only good to come from this thread is me realizing that I don't have a blackberry anymore and so need something like wavesecure, which apparently works in case some dumb piece of !&$# steals my phone. Hopefully no smart piece of !&$# ever steals it lol.
Shame on you, for purchasing a stolen phone. Hopeully,the owner will manage to get a lock in on your location and track you down.
citsym said:
Shame on you, for purchasing a stolen phone. Hopeully,the owner will manage to get a lock in on your location and track you down.
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First of all to the op, shame on you fit wanting to do this and learn to spell bypass before wanting to do illegal things.
Second, how is he gonna get a lock with our messed up gps :s
Edited: damn swype
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robavila721 said:
First of all to the op, shane on you fit wanting to do this and learn to spell bypass before wanting to do illegal things.
Second, how is he gonna get a lock with our messed up gps :s
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You spelled shame wrong in the same sentence telling him to learn to spell.. and typoed for... Proofreading is better than swyping...
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Umm, am I the only one seeing that this post is 3 weeks old. It was probably posted to drum up business for wavesecure, and it was revived by someone with wavesecure in his sig. Maybe I'm too cynical for my own good but..
Lol who would sell a $500 phone for $40? I really hope wavesecure works and you cannot figure out how to get around it.
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Lol who would sell a $500 phone for $40? I really hope wavesecure works and you cannot figure out how to get around it.
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a person that wants some crack hahah
I check the memory card click on thumbnails what do I find ? Aside from snapshots the employees took of each other another went too far and snapped pictures of his junk! I sterilized the crap out of my phone after that
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Really? I would have sent that **** back so fast and raised hell....
I will tomorrow its closed already just found them . They erased them from the gallery but not the thumbnail folder
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haha, i watched him break the seal on mine today when i got it. so i know nobody fooled with it before me
lmao! wow yeah, hope you didnt delete them so you can show it to them.. but yeah. i see a free phone and more in your future.. thats BS that they would do that.. mess with the store phone, not with one you would sell.
granted this happens with a lot of things.... when you buy a new car, chances are someone had a little fun with it... but yeah, it sucks
i dont blame the guy who took a pic of his junk... 1st thing i did when i got mine on wednesday lol
Depending on how much of an ass you are, that's a potential lawsuit right there man. If not I am sure you can get a bunch of free stuff to keep you quiet. If you want to go through all that.
Everybody should check there owns thumbs you could find some secrets photos there LOL
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back it up before taking it in, they may wipe it and then say there was nothing there
how would they do that? you bought a opened model?
When I called sprint to have my phone activated, the lady asked if the evo 3d came with glasses. How could someone who works at sprint not know that the phone is glasses free?
got mine from radioshack. I was the first preorder and they know me well, I walked in and they grabbed a evo 3d without even asking. and I watched her break the seal on mine. She did the ESN swap that was it. she didnt set the phone up in any way. There were 4 other people getting the e3d when I was in there, They updated the phone for them, set up gmail, facebook, twitter and all sorts of stuff. I guess thats nice but... not for me. I didnt get charged the $18 upgrade fee either. (or a activation fee at that) my RS store treats me right.
Escalate your claim NOW
OP,
Dude you gotta call cust care TOMORROW and ask what they think about this. You will get a big ass credit (pun intended) guaranteed.
Remember its not blackmail at ALL--its simply u asking for remuneration for the aboutt surprise your wife/gf/BOSS (boss is the best angle here) had to endure. This incident has caused you PROFESSIONAL HARM etc etc. Stay calm but firm and this could be very good for you.
Please please keep us posted****** Seriously back that **** up and then call in (by NO means go into ANY store)
Panamaniac
Hey guys.
I get a contract upgrade in about 2months, So i wanna claim on my insurance to get a brand new x10 to sell for some money on the side.
I get covered for everything, Water Damage,Malicious damage,Accidental Damage, All that Rarharharh Stuff,Theft,Loss
and im just wondering what would be the easiest way to get around it with out alot of questions..
I know gonnna sound cheap but what ever ive payed the insurance for 2 years.. im getting something out of it!
Drop it in a cup of water and say it fell out of your shirt pocket and into the toilet. Ha
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if u want real money, brake your car window and tell police it was Theft
now u have 2 x10 lol
Please please please double check that you are covered for water damage. A lot of places cover for everything except that.
Sounds a bit illegal but nm. Just say u lost it when drunk.
Or have fun smashing it up. Ppl like you are the reason phone insurance is so expensive in the first place!
shaunbu said:
Sounds a bit illegal but nm. Just say u lost it when drunk.
Or have fun smashing it up. Ppl like you are the reason phone insurance is so expensive in the first place!
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Yeah lol throw it around when you get angry take your anger out on the phone
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Another thing to remember is that smart phones aren't always covered under the normal deductible. MY gf's smart phone was $150 to replace with the insurance.
Just got my prime last night at best buy. I went to counter to ask if they had it and they laughed at me. Then a second later a guy walked up to the counter and said to another employee and said hey look we just got one of the prime things, wanna play with it? And im like uh no actually im buying it. Give it to me now. And I laughed at them and bought it. Haha. It was perfect. Perfect timing. Wow.
What a device! Just rooted this morning easily. I have found that the wifi has been weaker in spots where it is stronger on other devices such as my samsung infuse 4g and my dell laptop. Will try turning off gps as one suggested. Will try when I get home.
But overall....wow. this thing is badass. Feels good to be running pure ICS on a quadcore beast like this. Just hope I don't get no hot pixels. Lol.
Anyway ill be seein y'all around here.
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ryanbmw51 said:
Just got my prime last night at best buy. I went to counter to ask if they had it and they laughed at me. Then a second later a guy walked up to the counter and said to another employee and said hey look we just got one of the prime things, wanna play with it? And im like uh no actually im buying it. Give it to me now. And I laughed at them and bought it. Haha. It was perfect. Perfect timing. Wow.
What a device! Just rooted this morning easily. I have found that the wifi has been weaker in spots where it is stronger on other devices such as my samsung infuse 4g and my dell laptop. Will try turning off gps as one suggested. Will try when I get home.
But overall....wow. this thing is badass. Feels good to be running pure ICS on a quadcore beast like this. Just hope I don't get no hot pixels. Lol.
Anyway ill be seein y'all around here.
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It really is an amazing device. I wouldn't take any other tablet over this.
That being said...with the bugs it has and the less-than-expected performance, I'm not sure if it's really worth the $500 I paid for it. I'm personally thinking about returning it just because I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with it. Yes it does have a Tegra 3 and ICS, but those really haven't "flourished" yet in the market and I can't really use either one to it's max potential. The stuff I can do on this tablet is pretty much the same stuff I could do on a Xoom or a Tab (minus the amazing video camera that I use constantly for my youtube videos).
Don't expect the WiFi to just magically work great, but you might be lucky. If it does, feel lucky.
Congratulations !
Congrads on your new baby.
I've got mine last week.
I've updated firmware once already and this morning it wants update again and I pressed postpone for now because I didn't know what it will do to my rooting.
Anyway, have a fun fun fun.......
You think thats bad, the tech manager i had to wait for at staples was convinced his store didnt sell asus tablets after calling first to have them hold the last one. I had to confirm the store phone number and look up their own store item number for him to look in the back and find it. Dont know if he was trying to hold it for himself but it was pretty bad customer service.
The best part is I went in to buy a new asus platinum laptop. Thats all I was gonna buy. Did my research and knew what I wanted without a doubt.
So I end up walking out with a new router a mybook live 2tb and this beast of a tablet. My wife is like uh ... seriously you need help. Haha. So awesome.
Then I showed her the new pink ipad cover I bought for her she's like...oh....ok...thanks....
...women
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I had my phone for a lil over a month . its was in perfect condition i had it in a case with a screen protector since i day i got it. then i lost it . i will admit i was a lil drunk when i lost it and for the life of me couldnt find it. So I reported it lost and my insurance replaced it. Well last night my girlfriend comes over and tell me look what i found in back of the couch. So now I have 2 Notes . I want to know it the Note I lost is still good will it work? can i sell it and not get introuble. I know what the right thing to do is. I just want to know if there are any other options.
Unlock the IME# and see if it'll take a different SIM card. If so, then just sell it as an unlocked note. Should bring you decent cash.
On second thought... don't. Um... it's rubbish, just mail it to me. I'll um... take... care... of it.
Unlock it and sell it.
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Fk it, call customer service, tell them the situation. No harm in it?
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Be Honest...return it....you will feel better (m 0.2)
OP next please post with a poll so people can vote.
Im kinda new how do i put a poll on this thread
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OP next please post with a poll so people can vote.
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How do I make it a poll. That would be cool.
Thanks for the tip. I'll do the same. Lol
you have seen the articles about the carriers getting together to track, lost, and stolen phones, right? The IME number is like a fingerprint. You use that one, or sell it, and they will find out, and probably find you. Be smart, and tell your insurance, or be stupid, and get nailed for fraud.
Sell it for a quick 500 have the phones lost or stolen will take any aim card trust. I i have connected phones I found with no problem just called at& the and told them I purchased on ebay and they got it going
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C0BRA01 said:
you have seen the articles about the carriers getting together to track, lost, and stolen phones, right? The IME number is like a fingerprint. You use that one, or sell it, and they will find out, and probably find you. Be smart, and tell your insurance, or be stupid, and get nailed for fraud.
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That's paranoid. If they do find it, all they can do is track it to the person using it. Just sell it on craigslist at a random public meeting place and don't tell the buyer any personal info.
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djwascom33 said:
I had my phone for a lil over a month . its was in perfect condition i had it in a case with a screen protector since i day i got it. then i lost it . i will admit i was a lil drunk when i lost it and for the life of me couldnt find it. So I reported it lost and my insurance replaced it. Well last night my girlfriend comes over and tell me look what i found in back of the couch. So now I have 2 Notes . I want to know it the Note I lost is still good will it work? can i sell it and not get introuble. I know what the right thing to do is. I just want to know if there are any other options.
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You have 2 threads open about the same subjects:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598749
What gives man?
deeken said:
You have 2 threads open about the same subjects:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598749
What gives man?
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Sorry . I made this thread and then someone said i should made a poll so i made another . this is the first thread i ever made and i thought i could delet this one . but i guess i couldnt. i wont do it again
djwascom33 said:
Sorry . I made this thread and then someone said i should made a poll so i made another . this is the first thread i ever made and i thought i could delet this one . but i guess i couldnt. i wont do it again
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Perhaps you were again......lil drunk?
what exactly is "unlocked"?
thought you could throw any sim in the phone and it work
when you report lost/stolen they block imei #'s or something?
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what exactly is "unlocked"?
thought you could throw any sim in the phone and it work
when you report lost/stolen they block imei #'s or something?
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Unlocked means you can use any sim card. AT&T does not block the IMEI# for whatever reason. I was reading a article about [email protected] being investigated for activating phone that have been reported stolen. I have had phones that i bought for really cheap from people who where kinda shady and im sure they where stolen and t-mobile & AT&T hooked them up with no questions asked.
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By the terms of the insurance you are supposed to send it back to them. anything else if f faud and will not be dicussed here
not looking for a fight but wow there are some dishonest d*****bags on xda...
the easy way out is why the world is in the mess it is in...