[Q] Any experience with refurb Samsungs? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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Longstreet said:
I'm coming from an HTC Inspire. It's been a great phone, but I don't like the direction HTC is going with their phones. I upgrade in March, and have about decided on Samsung. ATT has refurb GS3s for 30.00. My last 2 HTCs have been refurb, and they've been no trouble at all. Being new to Samsung, I'm wondering if there's any thing I should be concerned about with a refurb S3.
Any one out there have one? Any trouble with it?
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For AT&T S3, ask here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1713

Glebun said:
questions go in the questions section
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Yes, I went there first. Looking through the thread, and reading the "Must do info guide for Beginners" sticky posted at the top, it appeared to be a place for more technical questions. Thank you for your help.

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Rule 15 will help more than looking through the list of questions. The only exception would be Polls and philosophical questions. Either way no Qs.

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New sub forum. :)

Thank you Mskip for adding this new sub forum for the HD2, and for taking the time to move and sort out all the Q/A posts from the Themes and apps thread.
It will be OH SO NICE to see a clean themes forum.
Cheers
Wolfee
OMG! I posted this in the themes and apps forum fist by mistake.
erm confused why couldn't these just be moved to the general section seen as its full of crap anyway ?
Demon_man said:
erm confused why couldn't these just be moved to the general section seen as its full of crap anyway ?
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I agree! Generally I don't fancy the Q&A sub forums. I think that a question should be posted in the same thread as the related subjects, or in a new thread in one of the sub forums that encompasses the subject.
If I have a question regarding a specific ROM, should i post it in Q&A or in the ROM thread?
If I have a question regarding, say a car holder, should the question go in the Q&A or the accessories sub forum?
What distinguishes General from Q&A?
I don't really see a purpose to this subforum as the questions asked pretty much can be categorized under the general subforum...
I was having a look through just now and i figured out what this board is for but it may require it be renamed. The board seems to be filled with questions already asked atleast 10 times (if not 100) before. So we could rename this board the "I can't be bothered to google anything unless it's porn. Please, please hurt and embarrass me" board and then we would have a place for the senior members to vent their frustrations at the people that cause them.
The only rule would be the OP's have no right of reply unless they really can show respect, willingness and gratitude. In fact i think all new members should be locked into only being able to post to this new board and only allowed to make one new post a day. Every attempt to post after that would present them with a search box and the words "Use this Dumbass"
Hmm seems i got a little carried away there but TBH it's a nice idea considering it started out as a joke and i rambled on it a little bit.

got an iconia, looking at flyer

First what's the status of honeycomb coming to the flyer? What's your take on how Sense works? How do the native apps flow with regards to performance and productivity? For the price do you feel this is a solid 7 inch tab or an oversized phone that doesn't make calls? Honestly what's your overall take on the product?
Thanks guys and I'm looking forward to your input.
Peace and keep it up.
George
Get your answers here!
Completely wrong forum. This is for development and posting of ROMs, kernels, and similar tools. Why did you post this here? This should be in the "General" subforum. Are there are already several threads very similar to this, that will answer your questions.
redpoint73 said:
Completely wrong forum. This is for development and posting of ROMs, kernels, and similar tools. Why did you post this here? This should be in the "General" subforum. Are there are already several threads very similar to this, that will answer your questions.
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I am a noob. Just got chewed out on another device forum right after I posted this. Sorry. Didn't quite understand the difference in where to put my posts. Won't happen again. Anyone feel free to close this thread.
Peace

Thinking about selling- return to stock or keep custom rom?

I don't use the G-tablet as much as I expected, so I'm considering putting it up for sale.
My question is, do you guys think it would be more desirable to a buyer if I left the custom rom (calkulin + clemsys froyo), or should I return it to stock first?
In the past, I've noticed cell phones for sale went for more when they were unmodified versus ones that advertised "rooted + Cyanogenmod!", etc. I guess because some buyers don't like thinking that the previous owner was mucking about in ways that could have bricked it or voided the warranty or something. But with the G-tablet, the stock rom was so limiting I think people might prefer something that gives access to the market and a decent launcher.
I dunno- advice, suggestions?
Most threads I've seen describe the current ROM but also offer to wipe and return to stock before shipping. It depends on the buyer. But I don't think it will affect the value one way or the other.
Just my opinion but you really should flash back to stock. That way you can rest assured any personal information is removed. The new user can do with it whatever they wish.
skeeterpro said:
Just my opinion but you really should flash back to stock. That way you can rest assured any personal information is removed. The new user can do with it whatever they wish.
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You can format it as well and load a custom ROM.
Stickies clearly state not to post Q&A in General:
NOT A Q&A FORUM - Please post in the correct location!]
Moving this thread to the correct location
jerdog said:
Stickies clearly state not to post Q&A in General:
NOT A Q&A FORUM - Please post in the correct location!]
Moving this thread to the correct location
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Thanks.
In the future, this could be avoided if you guys had a better definition of what Q&A was versus what General is supposed to be for.
If it was a question like, "How do I root my device", that's clearly Q&A. From the name of it, I picture Q&A being more FAQ type discussions. Its a question with only a minor variance in possible answers, with a clear right vs wrong.
If the thread were something like "Does anyone miss the camera on HoneyComb builds?", its more of a discussion- encouraging a conversation on the matter with no clear answer of right or wrong. Wouldn't that be more appropriate under general?
I suppose what I was asking here is more like advice, which I think would more easily fit under "general" than Q&A.
But it begs the question- if the purpose of this moderation is help organize information and make it easier for others to find in the future, is this helping? I wouldn't check the Q&A section for information like this first, because I don't think the average user would assume it would be found there. I would check general.
Just saying- I've moderated forums before, so just trying to be helpful.
Well let's look at it this way.... Is this a Question about the gTablet? It goes in gTablet Q&A. Is this general discussion about the gTablet? It goes in General.
jerdog said:
Well let's look at it this way.... Is this a Question about the gTablet? It goes in gTablet Q&A. Is this general discussion about the gTablet? It goes in General.
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Well, lets look at it this way- the content does not necessarily have to be in the form of a question.
It very well could have been:
"The merits of selling a stock G-tablet versus one with a custom rom" and then shared my thoughts, while encouraging others to discuss. I phrased it in the form of a question because I find that people are more interested in joining a discussion if it isn't just some dude's angry rant.
That being the case, I would like to argue that this belongs in General. And that the definitions need to be a lot less vague to avoid this in the future. I see that you have that sticky post saying you had to move over 200 threads.
Did you wonder perhaps if there was a greater reason so many are "misplaced" to your definition?
Not trying to make a scene or anything, but I think there is room for improvement here.
EDIT: A quick follow up. More than half of the threads in "general" appear to be questions, and not discussion starters like mine, but REAL questions, like help fixing something or how to do something specific. Those, I would say, belong in a section like Q&A. Although I would still argue that the definitions need to be less vague here if you want your job to get any easier anytime soon.
First off you are speaking about something from over 8 months ago. Secondly, you feel so strongly about it being in General? Then edit your post accordingly and it'll be moved.
As a moderator we do this out of our love for XDA and for no monetary gain. We do not, nor can we, read each and every post in each and every thread. Most of the time we action things when they are reported.
jerdog said:
First off you are speaking about something from over 8 months ago. Secondly, you feel so strongly about it being in General? Then edit your post accordingly and it'll be moved.
As a moderator we do this out of our love for XDA and for no monetary gain. We do not, nor can we, read each and every post in each and every thread. Most of the time we action things when they are reported.
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this is one of the reasons why people left xda to rootzwiki... mods need to chill the hell out.

[Q] CodecRom Black 10.5.2 Settings

Hello guys,
A couple of days ago I rooted my galaxy s3 and today I installed the ROM mentioned in the title. When I go to the ROM Control setting the screen goes black and I get the message CodecROM has stopped working. Does anyone know what I have to do?
I'm new to this forum and rooting so my apologies if this question has been answered already.
Thank you for your help.
ILoveGS
Drop a line about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016796
Next time, search please. At least try to make an effort.
Theshawty said:
Drop a line about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016796
Next time, search please. At least try to make an effort.
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Thank you for your reaction. Next time I'll search better before opening a thread.
ILoveGS said:
Thank you for your reaction. Next time I'll search better before opening a thread.
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Good, that's what you're supposed to.
I guess I can come off a little mean and I'm sorry for it, it's just that we get millions of these threads every day.
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[Q] Names not resolved in received SMS

I recently bought a I9300, DUO, and see that :
1) On incoming calls I had to copy contacts from SIM to PHONE in order to resolve numbers and see the actual name that is calling
2) On incoming SMS, names never appear.
Anyone has a hint?
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Glebun said:
[Q]s go into Q&A
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If I had found what I was looking for, I would not be posting a question
Can you bother to be more specific?
lamoreira said:
If I had found what I was looking for, I would not be posting a question
Can you bother to be more specific?
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Calm down treacle!
More specifically... QUESTIONS (like what you asked) go the sub forum entitled Q&A, not the general sub forum.
I would try and answer your QUESTION but you might have a go at me too.
krs360 said:
Calm down treacle!
More specifically... QUESTIONS (like what you asked) go the sub forum entitled Q&A, not the general sub forum.
I would try and answer your QUESTION but you might have a go at me too.
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Thanks
This is a reply, or at least a hint, as requested BTW
The previous one was neither, dry, short, and not that polite
I will post this on the Q&A forum, as you explain.
If in the meantime you have any direction you can point me to, it would be greatly appreciated
Luis
don't post it in the Q&A. A mod will move this thread.
lamoreira said:
Thanks
This is a reply, or at least a hint, as requested BTW
The previous one was neither, dry, short, and not that polite
I will post this on the Q&A forum, as you explain.
If in the meantime you have any direction you can point me to, it would be greatly appreciated
Luis
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Really? I was trying to be as rude as you were to Glebun.. I thought his reply was quite polite compared to mine!
Still can't be arsed to try and help an aggressive creep.

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