I recently bought a galaxy s2, so I'm going to be selling my captivate soon. I plan on selling it on ebay and was wondering the best way to get get the most value out of it. Should I flash back to stock or put an good rom on it? should I have it rooted? I know there a way better roms than stock but I wonder if some people will prefer a stock phone rather than one that has been modified. Any suggestions?
brentett said:
I recently bought a galaxy s2, so I'm going to be selling my captivate soon. I plan on selling it on ebay and was wondering the best way to get get the most value out of it. Should I flash back to stock or put an good rom on it? should I have it rooted? I know there a way better roms than stock but I wonder if some people will prefer a stock phone rather than one that has been modified. Any suggestions?
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I know it's not the same situation, but I recently sold a nook color rooted with CM7 (on Craigslist). I got multiple responds within an hour of posting. Everyone who contacted me was looking specifically for rooted and the ability to do custom ROMs. I would imagine there are plenty of people who are looking for rooted and custom rom phones.
However, be careful on how you word your item. I know both eBay and Craigslist will remove your posting if they can detect that you're selling a device with custom ROMs on it. My first posting on Craigslist was removed and I had to reword it.
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Broaden your customer base by Sim Unlocking it. That way not just AT&T users can buy it.
Hey, brentett, please update the thread once you've sold with how it went I've also got an GS2 i777 on its way and am thinking about selling my cappy
MaxRabbit said:
Hey, brentett, please update the thread once you've sold with how it went I've also got an GS2 i777 on its way and am thinking about selling my cappy
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Same here.. I had posted my cappy on craigslist the day i got my gs2, noted that it had 4.0.3 on it... no replies in a week. so i removed the listing, and flashed it back to stock and stuck it in the gs2 box (got it out to flash official gingerbread, then put it back in box)
nbell13 said:
Same here.. I had posted my cappy on craigslist the day i got my gs2, noted that it had 4.0.3 on it... no replies in a week. so i removed the listing, and flashed it back to stock and stuck it in the gs2 box (got it out to flash official gingerbread, then put it back in box)
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I'm not really following what exactly you did?
Go back to stock....and as stated, sim unlock it. That gives you the widest audience.
I posted mine on CL and offered to return to stock or flash any ROM.
Sold it a few months ago for around $160.
I listed mine on CL with ics and had a buyer with in a day at $150.
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I posted this last night, but I think I put it in the wrong sub-forum. I can't find a way to delete that post, but I'll keep trying
I had a rooted Aria on AT&T, but it got stolen yesterday. I've already got my insurance replacement on the way.
From what I've read, there's a good chance that my replacement will have the AT&T 2.2 update which prevents it from being rooted. I'm pretty much addicted to using Swype and a couple of other non-market apps, so that's a big problem.
So, since it might be unrootable and because of the small screen size, I'm considering selling my replacement and buying something else. I have to stay with AT&T, so I've glanced at the Captivate and the Inspire.
How would your rate these phones vs the Aria for:
1. Rooting
2. Screen visibility
3. Battery life/speed/performance
Any other thoughts are also welcome.
Also - I had one or two purchased apps on my phone. Is there any way to get those back?
Just called tmobile, they offer me an exchange,under the condition that I have to pay the $20 exchange fee. So I took the offer(I'm not even the orignial owner of this phone, bought it when it first came out on CL, kinda surprised me that they offer me the exchange deal).
Anyway, I just have one question to ask. Before I flashed the update through lgtool, I'm pretty sure I already unrooted and flash back to orginial rom and firmwire, So now all I have to do it's to flash stock recovery back on the phone then I'm good to go right?
Thanks in advances.
jdaclutch said:
Just called tmobile, they offer me an exchange,under the condition that I have to pay the $20 exchange fee. So I took the offer(I'm not even the orignial owner of this phone, bought it when it first came out on CL, kinda surprised me that they offer me the exchange deal).
Anyway, I just have one question to ask. Before I flashed the update through lgtool, I'm pretty sure I already unrooted and flash back to orginial rom and firmwire, So now all I have to do it's to flash stock recovery back on the phone then I'm good to go right?
Thanks in advances.
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If you bricked it, it probably doesn't matter, since they can't turn it on and most companies don't check further than that. With stock recovery you should be fine, but that's more of a just in case.
I mean, if it doesn't work even with stock recovery, then it legitimately has to be LG's fault
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I'm thinking the same thing. Thanks for your reply
So I'm asking for opinions here.
I just bought moved from sprint to ATT, and since I loved my evo LTE on sprint, I picked up the HOX on ATT. Literally bought the phone, came home, and immediately pulled up XDA to see how to root it, only to be severely disappointed after reading about the 2.20 news.
So I have 14 days to take it back and exchange it for another one. I don't mind waiting a few months for root if that's what it'll be, but if it'll never be rooted, I don't want to be stuck with it.
So what are your opinions? Should I return it for something else? or wait it out?
Nobody knows. Opinions are opinions. I'd return it and try to get an older one somewhere else.
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at this point. i would return it. until after the jb release on hox or until the hox+ comes out.
if you could get one with 1.85 on it i would take it though.
If you can, return it and try again. But it won't be unrootable, it will get rooted eventually.
Hey guys I'm new to swappa. I just upgraded from my gs3 to htc one and I want to sell my gs3. It's in near perfect condition.
Currently I restored the factory firmware before I upgraded with at&t and relocked the bootloader and unrooted. Is it ok to sell in this state?
I saw some phones being sold with cm10.1 installed. Just curious if I should unlock the bootloader or anything before I posted it.
Thanks!
I guess @stratatak7 could possibly answer on this.
Heisenberg420 said:
Hey guys I'm new to swappa. I just upgraded from my gs3 to htc one and I want to sell my gs3. It's in near perfect condition.
Currently I restored the factory firmware before I upgraded with at&t and relocked the bootloader and unrooted. Is it ok to sell in this state?
I saw some phones being sold with cm10.1 installed. Just curious if I should unlock the bootloader or anything before I posted it.
Thanks!
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most people that use xda very actively would want it unlocked and with cyangenmod clean flashed onto it. i think it having root/unlocked would increase the value but most everyday people wouldnt want it rooted. so like modified for more money but less amount of people would want to buy it, unmodified more buyers for less money.
Trozzul said:
most people that use xda very actively would want it unlocked and with cyangenmod clean flashed onto it. i think it having root/unlocked would increase the value but most everyday people wouldnt want it rooted. so like modified for more money but less amount of people would want to buy it, unmodified more buyers for less money.
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I'm sure if the buyer is active on xda they would have no problem unlocking and rooting it, maybe I'll say in the ad will unlock/root upon request.
Heisenberg420 said:
Hey guys I'm new to swappa. I just upgraded from my gs3 to htc one and I want to sell my gs3. It's in near perfect condition.
Currently I restored the factory firmware before I upgraded with at&t and relocked the bootloader and unrooted. Is it ok to sell in this state?
I saw some phones being sold with cm10.1 installed. Just curious if I should unlock the bootloader or anything before I posted it.
Thanks!
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You can sell the phone however you want as long as it's in working, stable condition and there are no chips in the glass. Any ROM you choose, just make sure you state it in your listing. Feel free to quote me and ask more questions if you have any!
stratatak7 said:
You can sell the phone however you want as long as it's in working, stable condition and there are no chips in the glass. Any ROM you choose, just make sure you state it in your listing. Feel free to quote me and ask more questions if you have any!
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Cool thanks for the reply!
Might me a dumb question but my old sim card should be removed when selling correct?
Heisenberg420 said:
Cool thanks for the reply!
Might me a dumb question but my old sim card should be removed when selling correct?
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It is definitely a good idea to remove the old SIM card. There could be retrievable data on there.
I've searched around, but I can't seem to confirm the answer to this question. I've recently been hit by the locked bootloader issue after buying a used Verizon S3 that was already upgraded to 4.4.2. I would like to pay someone to do the JTAG bootloader downgrade, but I'm not having much luck finding help with that at this point.
My question is: did this phone ever ship from Verizon with 4.3 or 4.4.2 already installed? In other words, if I buy a new old stock Verizon S3, am I safe, or is there a chance it will have the locked bootloader too?
harrisonts said:
I've searched around, but I can't seem to confirm the answer to this question. I've recently been hit by the locked bootloader issue after buying a used Verizon S3 that was already upgraded to 4.4.2. I would like to pay someone to do the JTAG bootloader downgrade, but I'm not having much luck finding help with that at this point.
My question is: did this phone ever ship from Verizon with 4.3 or 4.4.2 already installed? In other words, if I buy a new old stock Verizon S3, am I safe, or is there a chance it will have the locked bootloader too?
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More than likely if you find a VZW S3 in the wild it will more than likely have a locked bootloader. When the device first was available I got it with 4.1.2 on it but that was quite a long time ago. Your best bet may be someone selling it on swappa
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ShapesBlue said:
More than likely if you find a VZW S3 in the wild it will more than likely have a locked bootloader. When the device first was available I got it with 4.1.2 on it but that was quite a long time ago. Your best bet may be someone selling it on swappa
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Thanks, ShapesBlue. That's kind of what I assumed, and of course, it happened with the one I picked up.
My hope, still, was that I could find one new in the box (there are a few on eBay right now) that shipped with and had never been updated from 4.1.2. I'll certainly shop around a bit more or maybe see if there's a custom rom one on Swappa.
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Thanks, ShapesBlue. That's kind of what I assumed, and of course, it happened with the one I picked up.
My hope, still, was that I could find one new in the box (there are a few on eBay right now) that shipped with and had never been updated from 4.1.2. I'll certainly shop around a bit more or maybe see if there's a custom rom one on Swappa.
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Definitely recommend. I bought my Nexus 5 from swappa and almost bought my N6 from there but found a better deal on amazon. I still have the S3 laying around, I'll probably never get rid of mine
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