please, I need help.. if you could give a photo of your HD7 with the picture attached opened in full screen, I would really appreciate it.. I'd even pay for this!
basically, I just need a photo of HD7 with this Windows Live activation screen.. yes, you must've guessed.. I'm an HD2 owner that want a WP7 Live service.. and the customer service that I called asked me for that photo..
any help would be appreciated!
Why would anyone help you lie and cheat to get a WP7 device. Go buy an HD7. They'll be free Friday and Saturday...
Go to eBay. Search for an HD7. Use one of those pictures.
N8ter said:
Why would anyone help you lie and cheat to get a WP7 device. Go buy an HD7. They'll be free Friday and Saturday...
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Probably not in Indonesia. Why are you here at xda-dev's? Have you ever used a custom ROM? If so, you have stolen and cheated as much as anyone using WP7 on HD2.
N8ter said:
Why would anyone help you lie and cheat to get a WP7 device. Go buy an HD7. They'll be free Friday and Saturday...
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it's expensive for me.. I'm just a college student who wants to feel the glamor of WP7.. I even bought my HD2 from ebay, that is cheaper from those in my country..
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Go to eBay. Search for an HD7. Use one of those pictures.
Probably not in Indonesia. Why are you here at xda-dev's? Have you ever used a custom ROM? If so, you have stolen and cheated as much as anyone using WP7 on HD2.
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perhaps I'll try photoshop it.. I hope they're not as clever as I think to check the metadata of the file.. lol
I was thinking I could get some activation code by just giving them an IMEI code of HTC HD7..
My question for you all is, can I buy a Windows Phone 7 phone, and simply connect to the market and xbox live through wifi? I would essentially like to keep my EVO and keep paying for the monthly service on it, but also have a WP7 device that I can use for the games and the achievements, but not have to pay a monthly phone bill for it. Is this doable/possible?
Ive looked for an answer to this, something I expected other gamers to be asking, but havent found any threads or sites that address this question.
Not sure if this helps but if i switch my HD7 to flight mode then switch the WiFi on I can get to Xbox Live and Marketplace with no issues at all.
Zune service and Live services are not carrier related. As long as you have network connection they will work.
enderet said:
My question for you all is, can I buy a Windows Phone 7 phone, and simply connect to the market and xbox live through wifi? I would essentially like to keep my EVO and keep paying for the monthly service on it, but also have a WP7 device that I can use for the games and the achievements, but not have to pay a monthly phone bill for it. Is this doable/possible?
Ive looked for an answer to this, something I expected other gamers to be asking, but havent found any threads or sites that address this question.
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yes it will work.
Maybe others are not asking because of the price of an unsubsidized phone.
I picked up my Focus off contract for $300, and it maintains 100% of the function, minus phone calls.
thanks a lot guys! I think its time to hunt one of these babies down
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yes it will work.
Maybe others are not asking because of the price of an unsubsidized phone.
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Yes it will work...
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Hai..
I have a GS2, which is my first android device. Now I'm woundering, is it possible to purchase apps and pay with the phone bill?
Since I dont have a credit card
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The last time I checked it is entirely possible. Just buy the app in the pc version of the app market and when you click purchase, I think it gives you options. At least it worked once for me, not sure if it still does.
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It might only be for app's specified by your carrier though, not quite sure.
KyleBryant said:
The last time I checked it is entirely possible. Just buy the app in the pc version of the app market and when you click purchase, I think it gives you options. At least it worked once for me, not sure if it still does.
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It might only be for app's specified by your carrier though, not quite sure.
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Hmm.. When I sign in on my account, and tries to purchase the game, clicks Continue and then nothing happens!
bruflot said:
Hmm.. When I sign in on my account, and tries to purchase the game, clicks Continue and then nothing happens!
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In the US ( I noticed your not from the US, but I can only base my answer on the US, since I live here/there) T-Mobile US will only allow you to purchase apps that are in US currency. If an app is paid for in another currency the Carrier option won't work. Check that the app you want to purchase is in your currency and/or call your carrier to ask their policy. (FYI just because an app displays the price in your currency doesn't mean it isn't processed in a different one. Use Titanium Backup as an example, it says in the app description that it uses Swiss Francs)
HI N5 community!
So I want to get one of these since my S4 is broken and pretty much done for. Now I just have one issue.
My dad is willing to buy the Nexus 5, but he lives in Oman and I live in Canada. So I tried sending him the link for the Nexus 5 on the Google Play Store, but it said it was not available in his country. He is just paying for it, and it will be sent to Canada which I'm sure Google has available in. Can anyone help me? He is paying by credit card if that helps and he wants to buy it but the site won't let him. Does anyone know ways to maybe trick Google into thinking he's in Canada so he can purchase it, or maybe even an alternative site to buy a 32GB Black Nexus 5? Thanks all!
AmmVid said:
HI N5 community!
So I want to get one of these since my S4 is broken and pretty much done for. Now I just have one issue.
My dad is willing to buy the Nexus 5, but he lives in Oman and I live in Canada. So I tried sending him the link for the Nexus 5 on the Google Play Store, but it said it was not available in his country. He is just paying for it, and it will be sent to Canada which I'm sure Google has available in. Can anyone help me? He is paying by credit card if that helps and he wants to buy it but the site won't let him. Does anyone know ways to maybe trick Google into thinking he's in Canada so he can purchase it, or maybe even an alternative site to buy a 32GB Black Nexus 5? Thanks all!
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Ask him to give you the credit card information then you order it - or alternatively he could try proxy browsing on a .ca proxy if he knows enough about PC's to set it up (and if Google can be fooled by this method)
radicalisto said:
Ask him to give you the credit card information then you order it - or alternatively he could try proxy browsing on a .ca proxy if he knows enough about PC's to set it up (and if Google can be fooled by this method)
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Well I don't think he wants to give the information over the internet, so that is a definite no-no. Do you know any proxy's that might work? Thanks for the reply!!
AmmVid said:
Well I don't think he wants to give the information over the internet, so that is a definite no-no. Do you know any proxy's that might work? Thanks for the reply!!
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Well you can ask him to stagger the information in various ways, one section by Email another by Text and rest by call etc -
Not to up to date with proxy stuff recently so not sure I'm afraid
AmmVid said:
Well I don't think he wants to give the information over the internet, so that is a definite no-no. Do you know any proxy's that might work? Thanks for the reply!!
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N5 is available in Oman in many mobile shops (out of google play store)
@AmmVid, it might make sense for you yourself to purchase the phone in Canada either from a store or online. It is not because a phone bought in Oman won't work in Canada, but, rather, because it will be easier to obtain a warranty and, if need be, to have the device serviced or replaced. The funds easily could be sent to you by your father using PayPal.
Use hotspot shield app, it worked for me and I could access the nexus 5 page on the play store from UAE where it isn't available officially.
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Will be buying from a Chinese store when I go to China, what do I need to know first?
ie;
How would I get Google Play Store, I read somewhere HiStore (Huawei's app store has a download for it)?
How would I remove bloat?
When the international version is released would it be worthwhile "installing" the international OS version onto the phone?
What else have I missed that I should know or will need to do?
Thanks for all your help,
ItsMunday.
my fave method to remove bloat is root and titanium backup
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ItsMunday said:
Will be buying from a Chinese store when I go to China, what do I need to know first?
ie;
How would I get Google Play Store, I read somewhere HiStore (Huawei's app store has a download for it)?
How would I remove bloat?
When the international version is released would it be worthwhile "installing" the international OS version onto the phone?
What else have I missed that I should know or will need to do?
Thanks for all your help,
ItsMunday.
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You can get the Google Play app from HiStore, just search for google.. Most of the bloat can be uninstalled or disabled.. Hopefully the N/A or International rom can be installed to overwrite some of the system apps..
buying from retailing store in China will be marked up for RMB$400-500
will be more if you are not local and can't communicate in their language
if you have friends / anyone who can help locally in China, suggest to buy from huawei official online retail store (Vmall).
with official price and official receipts which provides you the rights on claiming 100% refund within 15 days from you received the device.
Just, you need a local address in china for delivery, and scheduled shipment is within 15 days after payment.....
All ver Mate 8 is open for sale in vmall today with 3 session
10:08, 16:00 and 20:00 (China local time GMT+8)
popcity said:
You can get the Google Play app from HiStore, just search for google.. Most of the bloat can be uninstalled or disabled.. Hopefully the N/A or International rom can be installed to overwrite some of the Korean system apps..
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That's a relief on the Google Play Store.
Also with the bloat. I've heard GPS has apps for (rooted devices) removing bloat, do you have any recommendations?
Chinese not Korean but regardless when you say hopefully does this mean it may not be possible? What would lead you to believe it wont be possible?
LarSing said:
buying from retailing store in China will be marked up for RMB$400-500
will be more if you are not local and can't communicate in their language
if you have friends / anyone who can help locally in China, suggest to buy from huawei official online retail store (Vmall).
with official price and official receipts which provides you the rights on claiming 100% refund within 15 days from you received the device.
Just, you need a local address in china for delivery, and scheduled shipment is within 15 days after payment.....
All ver Mate 8 is open for sale in vmall today with 3 session
10:08, 16:00 and 20:00 (China local time GMT+8)
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Much appreciation, I do indeed have a contact in China who will buy it from their official store for me and deliver to his house.
jbmc83 said:
my fave method to remove bloat is root and titanium backup
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Forgive me if I am wrong, but I thought Titanium Backup did just that and backed up, how does this remove bloat?
You really need someone or a friend here in China to help to get the phone and then ship it to you. I bought mine from Huawei online shopping mall the Vmall but it took two attemps before I managed to get one as it only open for sale on certain days and times and usually sold out in minutes. It will cost little bit more from retail store.
ItsMunday said:
Forgive me if I am wrong, but I thought Titanium Backup did just that and backed up, how does this remove bloat?
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well root gives u full functionality with titanium backup and that in turn gives u low level direct access to ALL apps and processes installed on your phone. even bloatware signed as system apps that cant normally be removed can be deleted then via titanium backup u should check it out, that app has tons of features and functions aside from just backups
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Got mine today
It's brillent - going from a one plus to this - it is so fast.
I had a bit of a wobble about contact sync and calender sync
At first they don't work
Then I found a thread in here saying you needed to
hard reset your phone
install the calendar sync and contact sync from the chinese market
Change the permissions giving the sync app the correct perms
Then reboot the phone again.
I have spent 3 hours installing and setting up the apps so a hard reset was not appealing
So I installed a 3rd party contact tool - which syncd the contacts but to a different db
I decided it was permissions
Played with then for a bit - nothing worked
Until I looked at the reset thread again
The line about - Then restart you phone caught my eye....
So I reset the permissions again restarted the phone and contacts sync
The only other problem Ive had is the default home location in the calendar is china (you can change it)
The uk dictionary is a little sparse too
Martyn
niceday222 said:
You really need someone or a friend here in China to help to get the phone and then ship it to you. I bought mine from Huawei online shopping mall the Vmall but it took two attemps before I managed to get one as it only open for sale on certain days and times and usually sold out in minutes. It will cost little bit more from retail store.
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Yeah, I'm doing that, thanks.
The main point of this was what to do after you get the phone, but all help is appreciated.
Martynhsmith said:
It's brillent - going from a one plus to this - it is so fast.
I had a bit of a wobble about contact sync and calender sync
At first they don't work
Then I found a thread in here saying you needed to
hard reset your phone
install the calendar sync and contact sync from the chinese market
Change the permissions giving the sync app the correct perms
Then reboot the phone again.
I have spent 3 hours installing and setting up the apps so a hard reset was not appealing
So I installed a 3rd party contact tool - which syncd the contacts but to a different db
I decided it was permissions
Played with then for a bit - nothing worked
Until I looked at the reset thread again
The line about - Then restart you phone caught my eye....
So I reset the permissions again restarted the phone and contacts sync
The only other problem Ive had is the default home location in the calendar is china (you can change it)
The uk dictionary is a little sparse too
Martyn
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Firstly, MASSIVE thanks for this Martyn.
I want to start off by saying this will be my first android phone so my comments may seem a bit stupid to you, but please be patient, I try my best.
Now lets go through your comment so I can help understand some more about this.
"I had a bit of a wobble about contact sync and calender sync"
What are these two things and why would I need them?
"I found a thread"
Can I get a link to it please?
"default home location in the calendar"
What is this? How did you end up changing it to your home country?
Also what other setting up of apps and everything else did you do?
Are there any threads you think I should look at?
Once again massive thanks for all your tips and help.
ItsMunday.
jbmc83 said:
well root gives u full functionality with titanium backup and that in turn gives u low level direct access to ALL apps and processes installed on your phone. even bloatware signed as system apps that cant normally be removed can be deleted then via titanium backup u should check it out, that app has tons of features and functions aside from just backups
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This will be one of the first things I do, I'll probably check it out before I even get the phone!
Thanks for the advice.
Living in China for many years now, the first thing I will tell you about buying from an online store is DON'T DO IT...unless you somehow consider it to be very reputable and/or it has excellent word of mouth from people you trust. Even then I would be cautious, although official Huawei store should be no problem. Generally speaking though, even the Chinese themselves are commonly weary about various online purchasing. (For that matter, they're often worried about buying common household items online from the biggest e-retailers here for fear that they may be fake.) I read a report a few months back that some ridiculous percentage (i.e., vast vast majority) of mobile phones sold online in China are counterfeit using counterfeit components. So I would tend to agree that the best method is to have a friend in China buy it for you through an official channel or highly trusted brick and mortar store (i.e., a place they can go to for recourse) and just have them ship it to you (although I just re-read and realized that you said you were planning to come to China, so that would solve the need to re-ship). Note, that in typical Chinese fashion, if you buy from an actual store (still, one you trust), you should be able to negotiate. I did. And even if they don't want to give much up on price then you can ask them what gifts they will include. For me, they offered to throw in some gifts, which added up, probably retailed for about RMB200-300. Since I didn't want the gifts though, I told them that and asked again to just take some money off, so they ultimately agreed. When all was said and done, I was rather happy with the price I got (given it was from such a well-known reputable place) and think it was even significantly less than the price I saw on some of the big name e-retailers here (e.g., Amazon China, JD.com, etc.). So remember (and your contact probably knows this if he/she lives here or is a local), shops here expect to negotiate, or at least be asked. If they offer gifts, try telling them to just keep the gifts and reduce they price, but even if they ultimately refuse, oftentimes the gifts are okay too. Even if they will only give gifts, you may be able to negotiate about which gifts too.
I just bought one a few days ago (xmas gift for a family member here, although will probably pick one up for myself) from a very reputable long-time international store and walked through with them exactly what they would be doing with the phone upon purchase (they said they were required by their company and Huawei for warranty purposes to open the package and perform a review with me and some initial set-up and information taking). Even after they broke open the package with me, made sure it worked, showed me the on-phone system stats and components (i.e., "About the phone") and the warranty info--taking the phone's details to activate warranty from their end--I probably even again asked if the phone was real. By then I was already confident it was (and it was already bought and paid for anyway), but you just get so used to the belt-and-suspenders approach to things here that I couldn't help myself. Not to stereotype an entire country, but it's a land filled with scammers, liars and cheaters, so you absolutely must do what you can to protect yourself, and even then, something might still happen that wasn't anticipated. Anyway, not to get too deep into any cultural statements here and to bring it back to the original question, just err on the side of caution.
About the rooting and Titanium, I would agree with this (Titanium Pro has much more functionality than just backing up, although it does an excellent job of that too), except that there's recently been some questions about rooting the Mate 8, which I've been digging deeper into as well (I consider rooting to be essential, but this is a completely personal opinion). As it turns out, Huawei locks the bootloader of its phones, and you must actually contact Huawei either via email or by going onto their Huawei Club website and setting up a free account, then under the Downloads tab, apply for a bootloader unlock key with your phone's specific information. I'm just going through this process myself now, which I've been discussing with some others on one of the other Mate 8 forums (the "FAQs" forum). Once this bootloader unlock key is provided, then presumably it should be possible to root (e.g., through standard rooting methods), but I have yet to see anyone say they've actually gone through this process successfully with the Mate 8 yet (but am eagerly awaiting it, and seems to be a proven process with prior models). Of course, if there is some other proven/confirmed way to root the Mate 8, I and I'm sure many others would love to hear about it.
Good luck! :good:
CitizenM said:
Living in China for many years now, the first thing I will tell you about buying from an online store is DON'T DO IT...unless you somehow consider it to be very reputable and/or it has excellent word of mouth from people you trust. Even then I would be cautious, although official Huawei store should be no problem. Generally speaking though, even the Chinese themselves are commonly weary about various online purchasing. (For that matter, they're often worried about buying common household items online from the biggest e-retailers here for fear that they may be fake.) I read a report a few months back that some ridiculous percentage (i.e., vast vast majority) of mobile phones sold online in China are counterfeit using counterfeit components. So I would tend to agree that the best method is to have a friend in China buy it for you through an official channel or highly trusted brick and mortar store (i.e., a place they can go to for recourse) and just have them ship it to you (although I just re-read and realized that you said you were planning to come to China, so that would solve the need to re-ship). Note, that in typical Chinese fashion, if you buy from an actual store (still, one you trust), you should be able to negotiate. I did. And even if they don't want to give much up on price then you can ask them what gifts they will include. For me, they offered to throw in some gifts, which added up, probably retailed for about RMB200-300. Since I didn't want the gifts though, I told them that and asked again to just take some money off, so they ultimately agreed. When all was said and done, I was rather happy with the price I got (given it was from such a well-known reputable place) and think it was even significantly less than the price I saw on some of the big name e-retailers here (e.g., Amazon China, JD.com, etc.). So remember (and your contact probably knows this if he/she lives here or is a local), shops here expect to negotiate, or at least be asked. If they offer gifts, try telling them to just keep the gifts and reduce they price, but even if they ultimately refuse, oftentimes the gifts are okay too. Even if they will only give gifts, you may be able to negotiate about which gifts too.
I just bought one a few days ago (xmas gift for a family member here, although will probably pick one up for myself) from a very reputable long-time international store and walked through with them exactly what they would be doing with the phone upon purchase (they said they were required by their company and Huawei for warranty purposes to open the package and perform a review with me and some initial set-up and information taking). Even after they broke open the package with me, made sure it worked, showed me the on-phone system stats and components (i.e., "About the phone") and the warranty info--taking the phone's details to activate warranty from their end--I probably even again asked if the phone was real. By then I was already confident it was (and it was already bought and paid for anyway), but you just get so used to the belt-and-suspenders approach to things here that I couldn't help myself. Not to stereotype an entire country, but it's a land filled with scammers, liars and cheaters, so you absolutely must do what you can to protect yourself, and even then, something might still happen that wasn't anticipated. Anyway, not to get too deep into any cultural statements here and to bring it back to the original question, just err on the side of caution.
About the rooting and Titanium, I would agree with this (Titanium Pro has much more functionality than just backing up, although it does an excellent job of that too), except that there's recently been some questions about rooting the Mate 8, which I've been digging deeper into as well (I consider rooting to be essential, but this is a completely personal opinion). As it turns out, Huawei locks the bootloader of its phones, and you must actually contact Huawei either via email or by going onto their Huawei Club website and setting up a free account, then under the Downloads tab, apply for a bootloader unlock key with your phone's specific information. I'm just going through this process myself now, which I've been discussing with some others on one of the other Mate 8 forums (the "FAQs" forum). Once this bootloader unlock key is provided, then presumably it should be possible to root (e.g., through standard rooting methods), but I have yet to see anyone say they've actually gone through this process successfully with the Mate 8 yet (but am eagerly awaiting it, and seems to be a proven process with prior models). Of course, if there is some other proven/confirmed way to root the Mate 8, I and I'm sure many others would love to hear about it.
Good luck! :good:
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Thanks for taking the time to write this for me.
I didn't realise about being able to negotiate with the stores but I will see what they can do for me. Hope they can do something good, fingers crossed.
I am probably going to get the phone through the official huawei online store or retail store, which ever is easiest at the time, so fingers crossed I don't fall into the trap of getting a fake, ill do my best to make sure its real. Which is often hard I know, these damn scammers are getting bloody good.
I was under the impression all huawei phones needed that key to be requested and such, do you know what email you send it to and what kind of thing you would include in the message, also does english work or must it be in Chinese. I am hoping for root as I know it will be great to remove bloat and even flash the international ROM when that is released.
Please report back with how your rooting process goes!
Thanks again,
ItsMunday.
ItsMunday said:
Thanks for taking the time to write this for me.
I didn't realise about being able to negotiate with the stores but I will see what they can do for me. Hope they can do something good, fingers crossed.
I am probably going to get the phone through the official huawei online store or retail store, which ever is easiest at the time, so fingers crossed I don't fall into the trap of getting a fake, ill do my best to make sure its real. Which is often hard I know, these damn scammers are getting bloody good.
I was under the impression all huawei phones needed that key to be requested and such, do you know what email you send it to and what kind of thing you would include in the message, also does english work or must it be in Chinese. I am hoping for root as I know it will be great to remove bloat and even flash the international ROM when that is released.
Please report back with how your rooting process goes!
Thanks again,
ItsMunday.
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I personally haven't seen a physical Huawei store location here, but maybe I just haven't been looking. If there is one though I wouldn't expect to be able to negotiate there...more so at third party retailers (again though, choose a reputable one if going down that route). I don't think it's necessary to MUST buy directly from Huawei if you're actually coming to China yourself and can shop around to get a feel for things, but ultimately if you are most comfortable going direct through Huawei, I won't fault you for that. I did notice that Huawei doesn't even show the Mate 8 on its online store right now...strange, but probably due to availability I imagine.
See link I included for requesting bootloader unlock key on the other thread where you posted about asking how to get a Huawei account.