I am thinking about purchasing a "China" phone on ebay. I have not been able to find out who the Manufacturer of this phone is. But I was wanting to know if it would be difficult to upgrade this phone to the latest version of android. I have never owned an android phone before, but I have owned a WM 6.1 phone where I had to update the phone via rom files. I am also listing the phone to see if anyone has purchased one of these before and to see what your thoughts are on it.
The phone I am looking at is Ebay #: 110618416325.
Thanks,
Johnathan
Hi Johnathan,
Upgrading a rom can be done most times, but in this case I recommend contacting the reseller before you purchase this model. Reseller's often have contact with the manufacturers, so you can ask them to contact them to answer your question. Personally I just would take a more common device but that's up to you. Good luck.
Thanks for the reply, but I decided to purchase the HTC Aria.
And Asus 'doesn't provide support' for unlocking, even before the actual process is done. The unlocker hasn't worked since I bought it in June (network error message,) and I'm running ICS. The bootloader needs to be unlocked in order to utilize the I/O fix, something one would have assumed would be fixed considering it plagued the TF300T, but wasn't. I was going to try registering the tablet, but oh look, even Asus' member registration servers don't work. What should I do with this ~$900 paperweight?
Also: "To prevent spam to the forums, new users must wait five minutes between posts." Editing a message isn't a post.
Edit: Correction, the registration servers are up now, but it tells me my tablet is already registered. So not only do I not hold my own device's registration, but it obviously doesn't matter anyway. A quick look reveals that the S/N on the sticker is different than the S/N in the device settings. Is there a way to change the S/N? I doubt that's the problem, but I'm out of ideas besides selling it as a used item, at a loss.
Definitely won't be buying Asus again.
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And Asus 'doesn't provide support' for unlocking, even before the actual process is done. The unlocker hasn't worked since I bought it in June (network error message,) and I'm running ICS. The bootloader needs to be unlocked in order to utilize the I/O fix, something one would have assumed would be fixed considering it plagued the TF300T, but wasn't. I was going to try registering the tablet, but oh look, even Asus' member registration servers don't work. What should I do with this ~$900 paperweight?
Also: "To prevent spam to the forums, new users must wait five minutes between posts." Editing a message isn't a post.
Edit: Correction, the registration servers are up now, but it tells me my tablet is already registered. So not only do I not hold my own device's registration, but it obviously doesn't matter anyway. A quick look reveals that the S/N on the sticker is different than the S/N in the device settings. Is there a way to change the S/N? I doubt that's the problem, but I'm out of ideas besides selling it as a used item, at a loss.
Definitely won't be buying Asus again.
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You need to RMA back to Asus. Thread here can help you or you can ask the person for more details how to RMA: It's a MAC address issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1795156&page=33
buhohitr said:
You need to RMA back to Asus. Thread here can help you or you can ask the person for more details how to RMA: It's a MAC address issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1795156&page=33
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Although buhohitr is absolutely correct in stating that ASUS ins the only entity able to help you out with this, I just wanted to chime in as well to remark that many, if not all units that have come back from ASUS' RMA process have been unable to get unlocked at all.
Although I find it a bit harsh to call the stock 700 a paperweight (just as if it is worthless on its original merits -- which, subjectively speaking, to me is hardly the case -- unlocking and flashing a custom ROM does alleviate at least some of the niggles. Try and drop Gary Key a line -- he might be able to do something for you.
Nope. They say they've never heard of this issue before.
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Nope. They say they've never heard of this issue before.
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That's funny, because there have been several mentions of this problem (even across forums worldwide).
Well... If the support department retract its head into its turtle armor, I guess there's no alternative to sending it back to ASUS. Can you get OTAs? Normally, the devices that are unable to unlock are also unable to receive updates over-the-air, and that might be a valid concern, thus providing a reason to send it in.
I just sent mine back in for this issue... But I haven't actually heard of anyone getting one back unlockable yet. Maybe one guy, but it's the last 'proper' way to deal with an improper company. When I sent mine in I marked No to the permission to recover o/s and they did it anyways, and that was to fix something they broke during the previous rma. They told me they didn't and only replaced the cover, like I'm some idiot who can't tell if the device is te-locked after sending it in. We'll, there's two people who asked me what to buy and Asus has lost at least two sales now. Maybe they'll figure it out someday if you screw others you'll have it come back around.
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I too cannot unlock my tablet but am able to receive OTA. I'm hoping the servers are just temporally down.
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Other Options?
Hopefully there is a developer out there who has a lot more knowledge than myself who might be able to answer this for me. Why do we need to run an unlock from Asus? Why should they know that we have unlocked our devices and keep tabs on our devices?
I own an Acer A500 Tablet also. This tablets comes shipped with a locked boot loader, however Acer do not provide an option of unlocking.
The Acer devs run a routine called 'ItsMagic' to bypass the locked bootloader. Here is a link to the XDA thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121543
Is this an option for our TF700T?
P.S I will start this reply as a separate thread so I do not Hijack this thread. Sorry to the OP.
Hey all - just wanted to update the thread. I had a tab go back for RMA that was unlocked, came back locked and couldn't unlock d/t 'network error'. Well, sent it back in again and it was able to unlock. The RMA sheet showed 'SSN show unknown' under the problem catagory. I know the tf300 guys have a lot of this problem too, but thought it sounded like the same problem some of us who sent their devices in for RMA work.
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The RMA sheet showed 'SSN show unknown' under the problem catagory.
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SSN is the serial number. Do you remember if the serial number on the "about tablet" page matched the sticker on the tablet that was not unlockable?
_that said:
SSN is the serial number. Do you remember if the serial number on the "about tablet" page matched the sticker on the tablet that was not unlockable?
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Yes, IIRC. I checked that when I first had problems. I've read about others having some issue with their MAC address though, but I don't know what that was before and after the RMA. I don't think I've read of anyone else actually getting this issue resolved when they sent it in though.
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I've read about others having some issue with their MAC address though
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Might even be the same issue - I think the unlock tool sends the MAC address to the unlock server, and the database on the server should contain a matching record with your CPU key and maybe serial number. If not, you can't unlock.
Hola
I will be buying the N5 through another person. It will be unopened and all. My question is what would be the process to get warranty (hopefully wouldn't have to worry about this) from Google?
Do we register the phone serial number / imei when lodging a service ticket or do they only recognize the initial buyer?
Any additional info is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
"So what you want me to do 'bout that?"
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Hola
I will be buying the N5 through another person. It will be unopened and all. My question is what would be the process to get warranty (hopefully wouldn't have to worry about this) from Google?
Do we register the phone serial number / imei when lodging a service ticket or do they only recognize the initial buyer?
Any additional info is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
"So what you want me to do 'bout that?"
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I've done this many times. They don't need receipts. You can call Play Store, say you have a gifted Nexus 4/5 and ask for warranty expiration date. The IMEI and serial number (please write and save them in a safe place/ email) will be used to track it no matter how many times the phone changes hands.
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This is great info. Many thanks.
Not true. Only primary owner can claim warranty though google. The others go through lg. Unless you want to go through google and they ship the rma device to the address on file of the primary owner.
caribouxda said:
Not true. Only primary owner can claim warranty though google. The others go through lg. Unless you want to go through google and they ship the rma device to the address on file of the primary owner.
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Anyone other than first owner has to go through LG. Same applies if you bought it from anywhere other than GP.
Hi Everyone!
I've recently received an email from the person who sold me my N5 requesting the IMEI.
When I asked why he said Google is requesting it for security reasons.
I then asked him to ask Google to contact me directly, but he said that couldn't happen because the phone was originally bought under his Google account.
I'm not too sure if I should provide him with it, can anyone give me any advice on this??
Thank you heaps!
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The phone was bought from a private sale over Trade Me, basically the eBay of New Zealand.
Phone was advertised as brand new but was opened at the custom for checks. When I received it, it didn't have the protective layer over the screen.
Later found defect on the device, and with the seller's assist I had it sent back to LG America and got an replacement.
Google already has your IMEI so I'd say to not send it to this person.
Yea they can use it to report it lost or stolen and get the device shut down
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Yea they can use it to report it lost or stolen and get the device shut down
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This was my first thought.
Which means they can probably get a crime number which their insurance will want before sending them a replacement
Only bad things can come from giving someone your IMEI...
Sent from my Nexus 5 with the N5X LRX22C ROM
As mentioned, it sounds like the seller wants to scam you and get the phone replaced and blacklist the one you have
EddyOS said:
As mentioned, it sounds like the seller wants to scam you and get the phone replaced and blacklist the one you have
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I'm pretty sure that's what happened when I got my Moto X.
Sent from my Nexus 5 with the N5X LRX22C ROM
CloakedUltraling said:
Hi Everyone!
I've recently received an email from the person who sold me my N5 requesting the IMEI.
When I asked why he said Google is requesting it for security reasons.
I then asked him to ask Google to contact me directly, but he said that couldn't happen because the phone was originally bought under his Google account.
I'm not too sure if I should provide him with it, can anyone give me any advice on this??
Thank you heaps!
Additional info:
The phone was bought from a private sale over Trade Me, basically the eBay of New Zealand.
Phone was advertised as brand new but was opened at the custom for checks. When I received it, it didn't have the protective layer over the screen.
Later found defect on the device, and with the seller's assist I had it sent back to LG America and got an replacement.
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Google (or other legit businesses) do not call people for their Imei number, you`re a fool if you just hand it to anyone. Do NOT give this number to ANYONE mate
thanks for all the replies everyone!
Appreciated!
so,....bought a 'AAA+' refurbished phone off ebay - HTC one m9 - made the idiot mistake of not checking where its coming from.
only realised after its from China.
Paid £219 vs what they are currently going for on amazon - £285+.
So now i'm worried. When i went to malaysia on holiday last year, there were plenty of fake phones everywhere.
is there any way i can check at all that the phone i've bought is genuine, born in a HTC factory - and that the Glass + especially the camera is genuine?
For the screen, is there any way to check that its the genuine glass that comes originally on the phone?
as for the camera - maybe i can check the manufacturer name in android somewhere?
would a serial number somewhere let me know? maybe i could send that serial number to HTC and ask them to check?
what do you reckon?
the seller has plenty of positive feedback but most people are idiots and probably think their phone is real when its a fake one anyway - how would the experts on here approach this?
thanks
You need to check IMEI and serial number. Either contact HTC support or use IMEI checking site.