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So, about 3 months ago, I got scammed out of my T-mobile Galaxy Note 2 by someone on TomsHardware.com. I thought it was a lost cause, and he was supposed to send me a Galaxy S4 (no comments on the trade please). What he sent me instead was a LG G2X with a cracked screen and was password protected. So, now, after a hard reset, I got access to the phone. Guess what? The pictures are still intact, and there is plenty of pictures of a person, and a name. I looked on facebook, and lo and behold, found the guy.
My question is this: Should I give this information to the police? I filed the report months ago, but if this is the guy, maybe there is a minuscule chance I could get my phone back. Or should I just leave it alone, its too long ago?

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So, about 3 months ago, I got scammed out of my T-mobile Galaxy Note 2 by someone on TomsHardware.com. I thought it was a lost cause, and he was supposed to send me a Galaxy S4 (no comments on the trade please). What he sent me instead was a LG G2X with a cracked screen and was password protected. So, now, after a hard reset, I got access to the phone. Guess what? The pictures are still intact, and there is plenty of pictures of a person, and a name. I looked on facebook, and lo and behold, found the guy.
My question is this: Should I give this information to the police? I filed the report months ago, but if this is the guy, maybe there is a minuscule chance I could get my phone back. Or should I just leave it alone, its too long ago?
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If you already made a report, its best you follow through with the evidence as that is how you can achieve what you want. Police work on evidence, lack of it, they sleep. :fingers-crossed:
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Block your imei so he can't use the phone, eye for an eye
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Owch
That sucks...
I have been doing some thinking about this today actually. after reading a similar post like yours I got remote terminal to send a text to execute something like dd random data to drive in r/w. and maybe even corrupt the boot loader before that hehehe
But after nuking it I would block the IMIE too to render it useless. I bet he will just sell it some poor guy even if cant make calls though. Absolutely tell the popo maybe the pictures are of another guy who lost his phone
good luck

[Q] A Simcard Slot Problem?????

Sorry for my poor English first.
I am currently in New Zealand. I bought a Galaxy S4 from an online retailer two weeks ago. The phone was actually shipped from a provider in Hong Kong.
The first thing I did after I received the phone was checking the IMEI number. The IMEI number on the case was consistent with that on white label in battery cell. However, when I tapped *#06# it showed a strange IMEI which was 004999010640000. The phone kept showing "NOT REGISTERED ON NETWORK“ though it could find the network.
I've tried simcard of different companies.
I've tried to select network manually in both wcdma and gsm network.
NONE of these works.
To me it seems like a bug caused by damaged EFS file, but I DIDN'T FALSH ANY ROM OR FIRMWARE ON THIS NEW PHONE.
Then I returned my phone to the retailer. At first, they admitted their fault and promised to have me a brand new replacement. Then, they started to question me about if I had break the interior needle of SIM card slot which I had no idea what that was. The explanation they gave, which sounds none-sense to me, was because SIMCARD in AUS/NZ is thicker, that interior needle of SIM card slot was damage somehow by improper operation. In another words, I have to pay to fix this brand new phone.
My question is, how would such a simcard slot problem, if there is one, change the IMEI showing on my phone?

Bro your not supposed to show your ime no. To anyone
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Bro your not supposed to show your ime no. To anyone
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The 004999 number is the fake one displayed on my phone. Thanks for noticing anyway

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My question is, how would such a simcard slot problem, if there is one, change the IMEI showing on my phone?
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Yes, it will not change your IMEI, the reason you are not getting network, is because its a fake imei, read this and threaten to sue them by giving you a defective unit and further trying to con you that its due to a broken SIM pin. Better make a police report if they fail to change it.
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[Q] Your advice/help with a sticker on box stating "ME and AFRICA ONLY"

Hi guys.
Will appreciate your help on this - don't want to be scammed.
Being offered a new condition, open box, S6 EDGE for a good deal, but box says following.
Not me nor seller (seems honest) have a clue!
I specifically need the F version (which this is) since I spend some time in the states and some time in europe.
Please your advice?
THANK YOU!!!!
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Most phones in Samsung's Galaxy line come with a so-called "region lock". In this case, it means the phone can only be used with a SIM card from the ME-region. However, these region locks are not permanent. If the phone has already been used with an ME SIM at some point, and has had at least one phone conversation for a duration longer than 5 minutes, the lock is automatically removed (it is mainly there as a measure to prevent grey-imports). Though, if the phone has previously never been used, there is a risk you might not be able to activate it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/s6-s6-egde-regional-lock-t3076604/

I really appreciate your response. Very helpful and complete. Thank you!
Can't this be overcome via ADB? Some sort of a trick? This is XDA after all
I am actually even more perplexed now. By ME you mean Middle-East?
Phone was never used before according to seller. Claims he's the one who opened the box.
So basically the conclusion is that I should avoid this device? This phone cannot be activated in US? Can only be activated in the Middle East then? What constitutes ME though? I travel all the time so I actually might pull this off. Is there like a list of countries?
Why do they complicate the hell out of everything?!

Yes, unfortunately, if the phone has never been used before, you would actually need to insert a SIM from an ME (Middle-East) carrier and make a call to "unlock" it. If not, the phone will simply reject your SIM. From what I've read, this is supposedly to stop "foreign resellers", though many of these can now unlock the phone on request before shipping =/
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Can't this be overcome via ADB? Some sort of a trick? This is XDA after all
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Sadly, it seems to be embedded into the SoC firmware, so there's no trivial workaround for it as I know of.

Thank you once again. Do you happen to know what countries are considered ME? I know this definition varies.

Hm, can't seem to find a formal list on Samsung's site, but I would guess all countries listed under ME (http://www.samsung.com/countries), plus those under "Africa" redirecting to Samsung NA/EG (Morocco, Tunisia, Algiers, Libya & Egypt), as the phone should accept SIM cards from NA carriers as well.

Phenomenal link! Thank you. Quite helpful actually since their definition is somewhat different than what one might think.
If there's no way around this while in Europe or US, I think it's a no-deal ):
Too bad, I was offered a really good price on it. Bummer.

There's always a chance you could get an ME SIM somewhere online though. That said, there's no guarantee it will actually activate the phone when not connected to the carrier's own network. Might indeed be best to skip this deal, just to be on the safe side

Indeed.
I was thinking to myself - "what? Pshh, no problem, i'll XDA this in no time, easy peasy".

User account showing someone's phone number

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Can anybody explain how someone else's phone number appeared as the owner (admin) of my phone? I could still use it fine and had no notifications or indications anything had been changed or tampered with...
I called the number and somebody answered (I hung up as i didnt think anyone would actually answer) they didn't realise it was me so I guess they didn't know their number was displayed. I've since factory reset and changed all passwords but really at a loss how they could have done that (and as to what they were doing)

its possible that they borrowed your phone for something and needed to sign in but didnt realise what they were doing and accidentally did this.

Jeffy187 said:
View attachment 5711787Can anybody explain how someone else's phone number appeared as the owner (admin) of my phone? I could still use it fine and had no notifications or indications anything had been changed or tampered with...
I called the number and somebody answered (I hung up as i didnt think anyone would actually answer) they didn't realise it was me so I guess they didn't know their number was displayed. I've since factory reset and changed all passwords but really at a loss how they could have done that (and as to what they were doing)
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It's usually my Gmail account not a phone number, nothing suspicious on any google security page it's like they swapped my user info without me noticing. Plus I could still use everything, so strange.

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its possible that they borrowed your phone for something and needed to sign in but didnt realise what they were doing and accidentally did this.
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Hi thanks for the reply, no nobody borrowed my phone and logged in. I haven't clicked on any dodgy links in texts or emails nor have I used any unsecured wi fi networks. I'm totally at a loss of the methodology or functionality of how they did this (or how long it was like it for before I noticed)

My phone's not been out of my possession so it must have been done remotely but how could someone else be the owner (admin) of my phone instead and me still be able to use everything as normal without noticing anything? I've been using emails and google services absolutely fine. It's freaking me out to be honest, I don't know if this meant they had access to my entire handset or just google services?

Is this an android issue if its the sign in for the device?

Question Corrupted firmware software

Purchased a sm-s908u 1tb model from Facebook marketplace earlier and on getting it home noticed it was very sluggish
Factory reset and hardware reset and noticed that non of the Samsung one ui settings were available in settings.
Then realised that there was no one ui elements at all! Seems to be badly running a vanilla android!
What are my options?
My first thought was to download firmware from samknows and hope that it fixes this very odd issue!
The phones still under warranty so I could always go down that route.
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What phone is that supposed to be? Looks like a clone

It's not supposed to have rounded corners, you've been scammed

Nah its legit, the IMEI codes on the phone match with the box

I'm sorry it's fake it's not even the proper settings menu or anything

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Nah its legit, the IMEI codes on the phone match with the box
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Scammer know how to do that. It’s all stolen, or faked. You have been scammed. Unless you can return it, your money is gone. if you try to use the warrant, you will be told the same thing.
another way I know it’s fake is a lot of these screens are clearly fake, not something Samsung would create, very ugly too. Look at the updator. Obviously fake. The toast in the second update picture has a grammer mistake too. And so does everyhtig in the updator. Read it again. And Google the real Samsung update screen. And real Samsung start up screen.

Can you get into recovery? What does it look like? If it really is legitimate, you might be able to load an official firmware, but who knows. What provider are you using? Are you using an e-sim? Says you are using slot 2.
The screen on a real S22U will be edge to edge, so I am afraid the others may be right.

100% fake.
Sorry mate

Don't order things like that from Facebook marketplace bro, that looks so fake

The welcome screen looks like Note 4 or 5. I'm sorry this happened. I don't know why people buy cell phones off Market

"The current version is the latest, not found the new version!" is the kind of broken English you would find in a fake phone.
And the SM-S908U only has one physical SIM, the other is eSIM.

Facebook is not your friend. Bad people reside there.

hello friend odin recognizes your cell phone if it is not false

Dial these two codes and see what happens
*#1234#
*#0*#