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I see increasing posts for selling new or used XDA devices. This could be an interesting new forum.
Dear XDA developers ... can you creat new forum for XDA, accessories and spare parts tradings. This would be like a small specialized E-Bay. I would suggest it should be for only offers while the bids can be through private e-mails.
To make it in a democratic way, I added a simple poll 8)
I will be waiting
Yes, but...
It's not a bad idea...
One thing though. What can we do here to make sure it's safe to sell/buy here...
I know ebay (or at least ebays in some countries) requires the seller to register with credit card info and this ensures a certain level "trust" from the seller. If something goes wrong, ebay can follow that up.
since i'm from Romania probably only few of them will sell directly to me.
one method is to use bidpay.com(which implies no risk from the seller but maximum risk on the buyer) or paypal (but for example romania is not accepted in the system).
i've bought using my cc on ebay,bidpay,amazon, various online stores and had no problem.
it can be only an offer zone and the transactions to be processed on ebay.com (probably this can be it)
decebal
simple fact it wont work simply coz theres too many tossers who have internet acess who will rip people off like god knows what.
Dear All ..
Thanks to whoever showed interest . One thing to clarify tho, I didn't mean it to be REALLY like eBay which requires lots of logistics and security, but I just saw many posts across many forums here about selling/buying, and passed my mind the idea of having this separate forum (especially for spare parts and broken devices which most propably won't be found on eBay alikes).
The idea is to get the people connected to each others and let them to decide how to exchange items. No responsibility or laiability should be put on this site (XDA-developers.com).
Anyway, it's nice to see this spirit and discussions ... keep it
Edit: Closed per OP request. ~TheRomMistress
Hi,
I purchased the TG01 in February and I have lost my temper with it because it's so horrible, but I know there are a few developers out there looking for a real device to work with, so I thought I'd sell it.
I'm looking for anything over £65, It's in good working order with a few scratches on the screen and it's generally in OK condition, but the speaker is quite quiet.
If you're interested please reply to this thread.
Thanks
PS, I will consider swapping phones if you want
tjcooper17 said:
Hi,
I purchased the TG01 in February and I have lost my temper with it because it's so horrible, but I know there are a few developers out there looking for a real device to work with, so I thought I'd sell it.
I'm looking for anything over £65, It's in good working order with a few scratches on the screen and it's generally in OK condition, but the speaker is quite quiet.
If you're interested please reply to this thread.
Thanks
PS, I will consider swapping phones if you want
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Hold that thought, we might be able to buy it from you for the Android project if we can raise the money. £65 shouldnt be too difficult to raise!
Please dont sell it before speaking to us about it.
I'm in Blackburn Lancashire, whereabouts are you?
bally3 said:
Hold that thought, we might be able to buy it from you for the Android project if we can raise the money. £65 shouldnt be too difficult to raise!
Please dont sell it before speaking to us about it.
I'm in Blackburn Lancashire, whereabouts are you?
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.. is there an Android TG-01 developer fund - I'll contribute if you're able to buy a cheap TG-01
i'll contribuite too..
I have posted in the Android discussion thread and Alex has kindly offered to hold the donations:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=672234&page=25
decide between yourselves if you will and start a donations thread and get the money rolling. Someone needs to pm tjcooper17 to ask him if hes still got it and whether he's happy to wait until the money is raised.
I'll ask dzo (or any developer users recommend with a track record for Android development) once we have confirmation that the purchase is going to happen.
Best of luck
tjcooper17 can you post some pics of the device since you say it has some scratches and also what comes with the phone, is the box, charger and everything with it and lastly is it sim locked to orange or unlocked?
Hi guys,
I'm in Shaftesbury, Dorset. The device is locked to Orange, I'll post some pictures in just a minute and I'll send it with everything I got in the box:
Phone
Charger
Manuals
USB to PC Lead
CD Drivers
I should be able to get you the device including delivery for £70 if that's OK.
Pictures in just a second
I'm having real trouble uploading the pictures at the moment, is there an email address i can send them to?
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I'm having real trouble uploading the pictures at the moment, is there an email address i can send them to?
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why you need to upload pictures ?
endrix said:
why you need to upload pictures ?
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I think he wants to show us the phone.
Well, I believe him anyways
@tjcooper17:
What about making the pictures smaller?
Than you could place them here at xda as an attachment on your next post.
Sorry to butt in on this thread! We have a donation thread for TG01 Android development :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=804051
.. and a direct link to PayPal :
https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/w...63663d3faee8dc60d77e6184470d51976060a4ab6ee74
.. so far, £15 has been donated
Regards,
Alex.
OK I've compressed them quite a bit, didn't realise how big they were.
thanks for the pics.
The thread for the donations has been closed down by mods.. I'll pm the mod on how we can do this without collecting money on here. The only other way I can think of is if enough people pledge to put money towards the phone, then we donate to you directly.
Leave it with me.
TG01 donations thread closure
Pilot:
"the best thing to do is pledge a certain amount and keep a list
then when you have the funds needed then start gathering the pledges amending the list saying who has followed through"
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It appears that the word donations is contentious.
So if we want to do this, the best thing is everyone PLEDGES what they are willing to put towards a device on this thread, once we have enough money and a developer who wants to help, we can pay tjcooper17 someway and get him to send the device to the developer.
Sorry about the mess, I guess these things are there to protect xda users from fraudulent transactions so its probably wise not to ignore them.
On that note, I will say if anyone has any suggestions how this can be done without hickups, please feel free to put your ideas forwards.
Lastly, Endrix is the lead developer here, I have been asked why I am not accepting the device myself, it is simply because I do not possess the reverse engineering skills to take this project forward and neither do I have the time to learn to do so.
I am quite happy to help out where I can and look forward to purchasing a tg01 if android is successfully ported to it which I look forward to being a part of.
It would seem reasonable that you could buy a replacement power supply for a current product from the manufacturer wouldn't it? Start on Viewsonic's web site. Try using the store - ha-ha. Now call the number. Get referred to another number. Call that number - get referred to another number. rinse and repeat. Go to their website to the gtablet page. Read call this number 866-501-6405 for anything you need. Get referred to another number call that number - get referred to another number - rinse and repeat. Get frustrated - call their corporate headquarters in Wlanut, CA. Ask for the name of the president so you can send a letter. Get told they can't give it to you for security reasons - but it is on the web. Get hung up on. Sadly, I really like my g-tablet but this is an awful company to deal with. I wonder what will happen if I need a replacement battery - will I be told to go to Radio Shack to find something that fits (like I was told to do for the power supply)? I'm really enjoying the g-tab but I can tell you that when it comes time to replace it, it won't be with another Viewsonic product. Anyone can sell you something - it is how they support it that separates the good companies from the bad. I feel better posting this and maybe someone has had a better experience but looking at the struggles here to get power supplies and docking stations, I'm going to guess that no one has much good to say about dealing with Viewsonic. Surprise me!
Unfortunately I will have to agree. Since day one the support has been far less than you would expect. There have even been times when they have referred to XDA to help out. Basically US Merchants buys from China, Viewsonic buys from US Merchants, and no one really know who's supposed to support it. I will have to say that's the beauty of open source and some of the people that are here. More times than not you can get support right here if you don't mind doing a little digging. I've only been playing with android's for about 8 months now and know more than I ever needed or wanted to all because of XDA.
But honestly, isn't that the way we've become accustomed to support? No one ever calls Microsoft anymore, we use Google.
It's truly a shame that you can't get a straight forward answer when trying to replace something so simple. I apologies on behalf of the business owners that still give a s**t.
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But honestly, isn't that the way we've become accustomed to support? No one ever calls Microsoft anymore, we use Google.
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That is because half the tech notes for MS are "Can not be found" when it comes to errors and such
Google search allows you to reach out to users who no these things first hand. That is why I always make a point if I can not find an answer to a question, even on line and I finally figure it out myself to post it somewhere so someone else can be helped by it.
I did that here on XDA and getting ADB to work on my win 7 64bit system. All the help was on 32b this and that. I finally figured it our myself and wrote a tutorial for others that "will" need it.
Viewsonic is a very big company that is dabbling in android based tablets that at least with thegtab did not design. I would also argue that the cost/price is such they don't really know where this is going.
same with all the other tab makers save on, the apple. Think about apple's model with iTunes, what I call a consumption model. They can actually give away the ipad at cost because they can get it from the model.
now in order for company's like viewsonic to compete they need to provide all accessories and have a hook. We know from the official viewsonic Rep that they are thinking about some kind of development site, makes no money and meanwhile Steve has to bring in accessories because viewsonic dropped the ball. So yes, basically unsupported. A lot cheaper for the hardware though.
I don't see another development site as a good thing. Viewsonic needs to spend its energies on marketing the apple way or just stick with monitors. Maybe they look at the gtab as a monitor. But we know that can't be because the screen is not in usual viewsonic quality. I'm sure they saw the ztab as quick entry and OEM'd, it.
I've got to agree..
I've been trying to find a source for the mini-vga cable for the ViewPad 10. Support told me to go to Best Buy. When I pressed them on exactly what to purchase they admitted they did not know and that Besy Buy probably did not carry them. Support handed me off to the parts dept.
Parts pointed me to a cable designed for the Viewpad 100, which was a product released in 2001. When I asked if he was sure if they cable would work, he said "probably". When I noted the website said the product was 'out of stock' he said "order it anyway, that will tell us we need more". Since the conversation did not exactly instill my confidence in the parts dept I did not order the $20 cable.
I'm still looking for a mini-vga cable for the ViewPad 10 if anyone can point me in the right direction.
Craig
does the registration process check on your location/IP address such that if you're outside the US, you're unable to register & eventually use the NT?
i read somewhere here that even on a rooted NT, you can't bypass the registration process w/ B&N to start using (& eventually rooting) it. i've been keeping tabs on these NT forums with plans of buying one for use outside of the US. (courtesy of the root exploit, of course).
TIA for any merciful god/s out there!
also, this might be a good thread for all general concerns on using the NT, rooted or otherwise, internationally
just like NC, it should have no problems.
so, you could easily register from anywhere in the world with no hassle?
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so, you could easily register from anywhere in the world with no hassle?
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yes, i've registered mine from Italy 2 days ago and no problems.
of course the services that works only in us will not work but... for the whole rest tablet is working sooooo good!
I heard from one of the B&N booksellers in person that you can register but you will not be able to purchase anything from B&N outside of US.
But the same B&N account can be used to register up to 5 devices. I am in US now and I will be gifting a NT to my niece in India registered with my account. So whatever I purchase here, she will be able to download and read there without any issue.
ASIQ said:
Hi,
My name is Mohamed Asiq, I from India. I have a nook tablet, but have not registered it yet. So please I kindly request you to allow me to use your nook account. I ensure that I will not misuse it or purchase or use it, besides in India the account will not work. Please consider my request. Please.....
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Why don't you enter any U.S. adress, for example the adress of a Barnes and Noble store? The adress you enter to register your device should not matter, considering you will not buy anything directly from B&N anyway.
And by the way, stop spamming threads with your request.
and there are many consumer shipping forwarders which offer a us shipping address for free. like shipitto, comgateway, etc...
thank you
Balzard said:
Why don't you enter any U.S. adress, for example the adress of a Barnes and Noble store? The adress you enter to register your device should not matter, considering you will not buy anything directly from B&N anyway.
And by the way, stop spamming threads with your request.
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thank you very much for your reply. By the way I am no spammer. . i think you know how you will feel when you bought a device at an extra $60 and it does not run. i bought the nook in India from a third-party with no bill or warranty.
i would consider your solution, but will not the B&N server want a proper credit card address. Guys i am not forcing anyone to share their account, there may be other possibilities that i do not know, so please help me with any advice not just your account.
Would this work?
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Factory_Mode/Skip_Out_of_Box_Experience
ASIQ said:
thank you very much for your reply. By the way I am no spammer. . i think you know how you will feel when you bought a device at an extra $60 and it does not run. i bought the nook in India from a third-party with no bill or warranty.
i would consider your solution, but will not the B&N server want a proper credit card address. Guys i am not forcing anyone to share their account, there may be other possibilities that i do not know, so please help me with any advice not just your account.
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YOU ARE A SPAMMER - You're littering your pleas all over the place.
We understand your frustration that not able to use a device that you paid a lot of money for. But that doesn't deprive us of our right to enjoy a enjoyable forum experience.
Seriously, XDA does not have the most behaving forum - Lots of noob and useless posts and that. But your spams are on another level!
This is not a playground that you can come and shout around. Well, even at a playground I guess you have to behave yourself.
I will give you the benefit of doubt that you're new to this thing called Internet forums, maybe things are little bit different over there in India or the forums you used to be, but stop doing it or I'm sure the mods will ban your account very soon.
No one in his right sense of mind will give you, someone we don't know at all, his bn.com account with the credit card information. This is soooooo stupid to ask in the first place and so I believe you have no malicious purpose.
But we still won't.
PS To avoid us being labelled racists or discriminate against Indians, lots of us are *not* from the US nor Europe.
see if this helps too http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/NOOK-Technical-Support/No-credit-card-for-nook/td-p/787914
maybe this helps too http://bugmenot.com/view/bn1.com
[OT] VPN
Sorry for OT, but can anyone suggest VPN service which help me to log in BN store and buy books. I'm not in US.
there you go
www.google.com/search?q=us+vpn
Apology
hey andyrubin,
sorry man if i have hurt anyone's feelings. Well just as you said i am new to internet forums. Sorry if i misbehaved. I know its stupid enough to ask anyone about their account, i just did since i was exhausted with my tablet. Anyway sorry guys if i was posting unwanted things.
Thanks once again for your support guys.
gett said:
Sorry for OT, but can anyone suggest VPN service which help me to log in BN store and buy books. I'm not in US.
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I don't think you need a VPN. You need a credit card with a US address, the physical location of the tablet shouldn't matter.
ASIQ said:
hey andyrubin,
sorry man if i have hurt anyone's feelings. Well just as you said i am new to internet forums. Sorry if i misbehaved. I know its stupid enough to ask anyone about their account, i just did since i was exhausted with my tablet. Anyway sorry guys if i was posting unwanted things.
Thanks once again for your support guys.
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You don't even need a credit card to register your device. I registered mine without inputting my credit card information. You can register with B&N without a card, they just won't let you download anything from their app store. Load the Android market on instead and you'll have access to everything.
so everything is okay now, right?
Im Hoping that this is the right place to post this if not please let me know and I will gladly move.
I will just start with some background info on how the idea formed. I bought a new laptop and after spending $1000, I wanted a case to protect it. I spent 3 days searching laptop cases and each time I found a case I thought I liked, I wanted to read the reviews from people who have already purchased and used it.
Well, one site that sold that case had no reviews, 2nd site (same case) had one review, 3rd site had 4-5 reviews. Then there are company's who review the cases as well, but Im not sure if I should trust those because they might or probably are being paid to say good things about it.
After 3 days of going site to site to read reviews on multiple different cases, I was frustrated. But I realized that the process is the same no matter what item Im looking for.
So my idea is to create an app, when opened, a person can type in the name of the item that they are looking for then post a review of it, or read through the reviews that other people may have posted, if no reviews have been posted the person can either post one themselves if they have the item during which they could post pictures of the item to accompany their review, or they can post a request for reviews of the item they are searching, which people can see at the bottom of the initial page below the search which requests scroll through. and above the search would be a scroll of recently reviewed items.
So its basically an app for consumers to post and/or read reviews of items they have or are interested in purchasing.
This idea now being spelled out, the only other thing I have is a name for it, and thats it. So... how would I go about to creating such a monstrosity. I have no knowledge on coding, so please use layman words.
Im willing to do the work and learn but I don't even know where to start, do I need software, hardware? I have not the faintest idea.. Please any help would be appreciated. Thank you
uhwhat said:
Im Hoping that this is the right place to post this if not please let me know and I will gladly move.
I will just start with some background info on how the idea formed. I bought a new laptop and after spending $1000, I wanted a case to protect it. I spent 3 days searching laptop cases and each time I found a case I thought I liked, I wanted to read the reviews from people who have already purchased and used it.
Well, one site that sold that case had no reviews, 2nd site (same case) had one review, 3rd site had 4-5 reviews. Then there are company's who review the cases as well, but Im not sure if I should trust those because they might or probably are being paid to say good things about it.
After 3 days of going site to site to read reviews on multiple different cases, I was frustrated. But I realized that the process is the same no matter what item Im looking for.
So my idea is to create an app, when opened, a person can type in the name of the item that they are looking for then post a review of it, or read through the reviews that other people may have posted, if no reviews have been posted the person can either post one themselves if they have the item during which they could post pictures of the item to accompany their review, or they can post a request for reviews of the item they are searching, which people can see at the bottom of the initial page below the search which requests scroll through. and above the search would be a scroll of recently reviewed items.
So its basically an app for consumers to post and/or read reviews of items they have or are interested in purchasing.
This idea now being spelled out, the only other thing I have is a name for it, and thats it. So... how would I go about to creating such a monstrosity. I have no knowledge on coding, so please use layman words.
Im willing to do the work and learn but I don't even know where to start, do I need software, hardware? I have not the faintest idea.. Please any help would be appreciated. Thank you
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You need to learn Android Studio and Java Programming Language.
Android Studio is a software for developing android apps.
As to learning Java, I recommend that you use SoloLearn android app.
It contains tutorials for learning programming languages.