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Hopefully this isn't against the forum rules.
I'm looking for someone, I bought a T-Mobile Galaxy S2 from you off Craigslist yesterday. We were supposed to meet up today so I could pick up the box and accessories but I realized now that you don't have a phone anymore, I don't know how to reach you. You gave me your XDA username in case I needed to reach you but I'm an idiot and forgot it.
If you see this, could you PM me so I could get the box, the case piece, the receipt, charger, and extra battery from you?
Thanks
LOL and good luck.
If he sold you the phone I doubt he's in these forums any more.
Hercules Hercules!!
Do a search for his name...lawl missed that you lost his name.
this is literally the good'ol "looking for a needle in a haystack"
good luck buddy
i hope you haven't pay him yet
Yep, hope you didn't pay yet. Sounds like you hv the phone already though?
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Lol this is hilarious.
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Finally figured out his user name after a bunch of trial and error. Now hopefully he responds.
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Helllllll no! You're in deep now, boy! You keep us updated on this smart decision you made.
Now give us his username so we can all flood his inbox, lol.
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mettleh3d said:
Yep, hope you didn't pay yet. Sounds like you hv the phone already though?
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Lol, well, I paid him already.
But I do already have the phone, and the case, and the extra screen protector.
The box/receipt/extra part for the case/USB charger/extra battery seems like a weird thing to rip someone off over.
Heh, maybe I'll wait until tomorrow before I go nuts. From his XDA user name I found his Twitter and Google Plus accounts and contacted him on all of them. He's pretty active on XDA.
On the downside, he did mention when I met him yesterday he was leaving the country on Saturday....
On the other downside, he did mention on his Twitter dropping his phone and it slipping under the wheel of a car right before I bought it from him....
Lol. You're kidding right?
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Lol, well, I paid him already.
But I do already have the phone, and the case, and the extra screen protector.
The box/receipt/extra part for the case/USB charger/extra battery seems like a weird thing to rip someone off over.
Heh, maybe I'll wait until tomorrow before I go nuts. From his XDA user name I found his Twitter and Google Plus accounts and contacted him on all of them. He's pretty active on XDA.
On the downside, he did mention when I met him yesterday he was leaving the country on Saturday....
On the other downside, he did mention on his Twitter dropping his phone and it slipping under the wheel of a car right before I bought it from him....
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Lol. You're kidding right?
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If there's one silver lining to my situation, I suppose it's that it seems to be bringing joy to the people of this thread.
Sadly, everything I stated is true.
Wow, this story just gets better and better. Lucky for you, you can always do a warranty exchange if something is wrong with the phone.
Good luck!
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On the other downside, he did mention on his Twitter dropping his phone and it slipping under the wheel of a car right before I bought it from him....
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me think, me gonna faint
LMAO! This is too much! Schadenfreude overload...
Ok ok... Sorry... But that's just epic.
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Lol this guy is still a retard, why would he give his xda account
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Lol this guy is still a retard, why would he give his xda account
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+ 1 that's hilariously stupid
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Helllllll no! You're in deep now, boy! You keep us updated on this smart decision you made.
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ahaha classic man! >.< well atleast all is well then. XD
Even though he sold you his phone, didn't he keep his sim card? his number should be unchanged...... unless he just totally went off the radar and decided he didn't need a cell phone anymore or switched providers without porting the number.
I recently had a friend call me in a panic. He tried rooting his phone and installing roms and all but bricked the device. This is the type of guy who does this on the reg. He gets knee deep in a tech project that he has no business in. When he screws everything up, I pick up the pieces.
Well he bought the ATT 777 Galaxy S2, I'm sure you heard of it. Anyways, I can't talk him through it over skype because there is so much he did wrong that I need the phone in my hands to research every issue.
I get the phone, and completely am amazed at how it isn't bricked. It only enters download mode, the USB connector is wonky so you have to hold it a certain way to connect, the battery wont stay charged for more than 10 minutes... I am just angry that it has come to this.
So he leaves and I run through the phone looking for other signs of life. I get it to DL Mode and by the grace of the flying spaghetti monster, figure out how to keep it connected to the wonky USB port. Problem is it requires a two hand operation.
So there is a one-click unroot.root program for the i777. I hold both the phone and cable, then... SMASH THE MOUSE WITH MY HEAD to click the button. I missed twice, so after a headache I finally hit it.
It is now unrooted...
ONE MORE SMASH
rooted...
I install roms with more smashes of my face to mouse.
CWM-- SMASH!
rom- SMASH!
wiper - SMASH!
Everything installs, boots up nicely...
I unhook the volcun death grip and start wondering around the phone. The screen on that phone sucks. The feel of it is cheap and the same apps I have do not run nearly as good.
the t-989 is a way better phone. period.
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lol
On dslreports forums there's a section called "No I won't fix your @#%! Computer!"...this would be a good addition lol. I feel your pain bro...being a network engineer i'm the go-to guy for everyone I know for anything tech when it fcks up.
Glad you got it fixed though!
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Hulk smash! I awesome story.
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Haha ya know I actually liked this story....cwm smash! Rom smash! Wiper smash! Lolz
It actually is a cool story lol
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lol...NICE! I would have used my foot/toes...but good job lol.
Everyone thinks I'm 1800GEEKSQUAD cause that's my job and I flip out on friends who think I'm a twenty for hour hotline.
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lol...NICE! I would have used my foot/toes...but good job lol.
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+1.. Would have used my toe before hulk smashing the keyboard with my forehead..... Unless the beer gut got too involved into not letting anything else connect..... Then its just time to understand that salads taste good too..
You sir, made my day! Lol
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By far the best unbricking story I have ever read. Good job Dr. Banner. The Avengers have a Hulk now Android has a Hulk
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lol...NICE! I would have used my foot/toes...but good job lol.
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That would not have made a funny story or created a comical picture. Unless you have 8 toes.
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xsteven77x said:
Everyone thinks I'm 1800GEEKSQUAD cause that's my job and I flip out on friends who think I'm a twenty for hour hotline.
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PROTIP: Start charging money.
Had a friend that would get a computer virus every other week and she would always ask me to fix it (because I did the work for free.) Started asking her for $20 a pop and well...either she became tech savvy or she found a new geek. Either way
glad you guys liked this. I never even got a case-o-beer for my headache.
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glad you guys liked this. I never even got a case-o-beer for my headache.
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That's why, unless it's for a good friend, I demand beers up front lol
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Jus got me a Samsung s2 but cant do anything till I get the USB port fixed
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Cool.
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That's what happens kids when you buy a used.one
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didnt buy it i traded my other phone for it, shouldnt be that hard to replace the usb port ill have it by thursday or sooner
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That's what happens kids when you buy a used.one
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Great...go ahead and show him what a bunch of pricks we are here...seriously...its like you people get off by talking **** behind a screen...
Lots of people (including me) buy used phones because they are not up for an upgrade and dont want to pay the ridiculous full price...I fail to see WTF is wrong with that...I do agree that u should make sure its fully funtional before buying it but that aint the way of telling them that
....sorry....it just pisses me off seeing that every new person looking for help here gets talked **** to by the 3rd post.
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didnt buy it i traded my other phone for it, shouldnt be that hard to replace the usb port ill have it by thursday or sooner
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...anyways...welcome homie.
If ur a vet then u know whats up once u get it fixed...if ur a noob then u got a lot of reading to do b4 u get ur phone hooked up with a new ROM.
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didnt buy it i traded my other phone for it, shouldnt be that hard to replace the usb port ill have it by thursday or sooner
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it should still be under manufacturer's warranty and maybe t-mobile's if it somehow transferred.. sometimes it doesn't.
Lol at the ppl talking smack... maybe he knew USB port was non functional?, and got a great deal knowing he could fix it.
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That's what happens kids when you buy a used.one
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Like u never had problems before
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don728871 said:
That's what happens kids when you buy a used.one
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Don't listen to this guy, he's the one who was asking if face unlock could be done on our phone now that we have Ics.. *facepalm* Obviously he never looked at the settings of his phone.
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elflip88 said:
Don't listen to this guy, he's the one who was asking if face unlock could be done on our phone now that we have Ics.. *facepalm* Obviously he never looked at the settings of his phone.
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haha thanks everyone and no they didnt offend me at all cause im not a noob but im also not a developer, i just cant get my phone into download mode because of the usb port malfunction i actually didnt know it was bad at the the time only because it still charged and what not but i traded an HD2 for it and was done messing with it, i wanted something new and its going to be new to me also installing this usb port haha so wish me luck i also bought one of those usb jigs off ebay to hopefully get me into download mode, everytime i use my cable it goes straight into stock recovery if it wasnt for that i would be flashing away! ive tried everything getting it into DL mode, also ive tried getting it warrantied but tmboile says ive had too many exchanges ha so im SOL on that one, i had the g2x before the hd2 and suppovsevly according to them its my fault they kept sending me POS phones esp since the g2x has been EOLed i mean cmon. they knew that phone had nothing but problems why still send it to people
elflip88 said:
Don't listen to this guy, he's the one who was asking if face unlock could be done on our phone now that we have Ics.. *facepalm* Obviously he never looked at the settings of his phone.
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also if i could like your reply i would cause thats pretty funny, everyone should know face unlock comes with ics especially if you flashing roms and stuff also hes a senior member and is asking about faceunlock on ics? hmm
No problem, also welcome to the community. Hope you are able to fix that usb.
One last thing though, now don't quote me on this, but I remember reading that using the usb cord from a g2x or I think any lg phone would get you into download mode. Not exactly sure how it worked, but I think you turned off the phone, connected the usb to the phone, then to the computer. And then power on the phone and it would take you to dl mode. Not 100% sure but you might want to look into that
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No problem, also welcome to the community. Hope you are able to fix that usb.
One last thing though, now don't quote me on this, but I remember reading that using the usb cord from a g2x or I think any lg phone would get you into download mode. Not exactly sure how it worked, but I think you turned off the phone, connected the usb to the phone, then to the computer. And then power on the phone and it would take you to dl mode. Not 100% sure but you might want to look into that
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I remember something like that too lol.
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Teo032 said:
I remember something like that too lol.
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pretty sure it did also but i was dumb and gave the lg cord away yesterday with my g2x when i traded it thinking my samsung cord would do it when i finally found that and now im stuck ha so now i gotta wait for the usb jig or my usb port which ever comes first, either way im going to have to replace the usb port has troule charging now too i think but heck i got the usb port for 6 bucks off ebay so i cant beat that when i gotta 460 dollar phone that tmobile wants since im not due for upgrade yet
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pretty sure it did also but i was dumb and gave the lg cord away yesterday with my g2x when i traded it thinking my samsung cord would do it when i finally found that and now im stuck ha so now i gotta wait for the usb jig or my usb port which ever comes first, either way im going to have to replace the usb port has troule charging now too i think but heck i got the usb port for 6 bucks off ebay so i cant beat that when i gotta 460 dollar phone that tmobile wants since im not due for upgrade yet
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im going to try again later today after i get up and maybe wiggle the cord around and clean the usb port out, its a little dirty, its amazing that some people dont take care of their 600 dollar phones, i was prolly dumb for trading but if i get this usb port fixed im golden also a place down the street will fix it for 30 bucks if i cant
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im going to try again later today after i get up and maybe wiggle the cord around and clean the usb port out, its a little dirty, its amazing that some people dont take care of their 600 dollar phones, i was prolly dumb for trading but if i get this usb port fixed im golden also a place down the street will fix it for 30 bucks if i cant
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elp everything was a no go luckily its still covered under the samsungs manufactures warrnty sending it in tomorrow, :laugh:
Cool! Hope you enjoy your galaxy S 2 if you root your phone flash it to darkside v8 custom rom. Just a tip if you are looking forward to flash a custom rom
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elflip88 said:
Don't listen to this guy, he's the one who was asking if face unlock could be done on our phone now that we have Ics.. *facepalm* Obviously he never looked at the settings of his phone.
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LOL!
To the OP, best of luck and let us know how it goes. There are DIY tutorials a well for usb port repairs.
And as for buying used phones, we must be careful. But otherwise, I say go for it. My SGS2 was purchased used via Craigslist and it's been running great with zero problems. I suggest everyone considering a used purchase visit the xda forum associated with the phone and see what kinds of problems/defects have been common with the phone so you will know what things to look for when you make the buy.
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thakrew317 said:
elp everything was a no go luckily its still covered under the samsungs manufactures warrnty sending it in tomorrow, :laugh:
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Nice, most gs2 should still be under warranty until November
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I came to the forum last night to look around. .. And Google Chrome kicked me out screaming about malware....
This is the first time it happened last night. ...
Any one else ever get this?
I was on my desktop pc about 130 am or so..
Yep got the same message last night, I ran a scan last night after logging off, nothing found though.
Hmmmm. I wonder if they added an upgrade to the servers or if it had bad advertising on the site
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More than likely just a bad ad, this happens to me occasionally from time to time on other forums as well and that's always been the case.
Happened to me as well.. Something going on within this xda site off internet browsers..chrome kicked me out saying malware alert..from site....
I had to go into settings and advance settings..and click off enable malware phishing setting ..which ibdint want to leave off.. What's going on with xda now?
Me too. I got so pissed I deleted Google chrome .I was in the middle of several things.And all is well now. I'm not going to fool with chrome anymore any way its too heavy to me .
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jeremyandroid said:
Me too. I got so pissed I deleted Google chrome .I was in the middle of several things.And all is well now. I'm not going to fool with chrome anymore any way its too heavy to me .
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What browser could you possibly be comparing it to? Opera mini, for gods sake. Lol! Chrome is by far the lightest and fastest
Ok this is not a di€k swinging contest. ..my question is. ... Why did the site spew a malware warning?
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bonez537 said:
Ok this is not a di€k swinging contest. ..my question is. ... Why did the site spew a malware warning?
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not sure either but taking off Chrome worked for me also. Maybe it was a type of conflict with the site...
I want an app I can use to text off of my nexus 7 that uses the Bluetooth feature. I don't have WiFi so I can't use an app that uses a WiFi network sync and I don't wanna buy tablet talk. Any other apps like that?
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spitfire2425 said:
I've tried, I couldn't find any cracked versions and using lucky patcher didn't work.
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Really you can't spend $1 on an awesome app I did , that you have to steal it .. support the dev also I'm pretty sure talking about or anything related to pirating is against xda rules ..
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soulysephiroth said:
Just get Tablet Talk through other means. Its not hard to do.
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No. Go away if you want to rip off awesome devs. This is what hurts android.
Seriously, it is a great app that is worth 10x the price. Stop being cheap and buy the damn thing.
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I can't "buy the damn thing" I'm 17 and have no way of getting money on the play store.
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Nospin said:
No. Go away if you want to rip off awesome devs. This is what hurts android.
Seriously, it is a great app that is worth 10x the price. Stop being cheap and buy the damn thing.
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Agreed, I bought it the moment I tried it out and never looked back. Totally worth it.
Go buy a visa gift card or open a PayPal through your bank account. You're 17 so get out of the habit of excuses quickly.
Good luck
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Dinamotxt jheez guys if some of you can't answer the question then just don't reply??
OP do a search next time since you're not the only one asking this question
ace9988 said:
Dinamotxt jheez guys if some of you can't answer the question then just don't reply??
OP do a search next time since you're not the only one asking this question
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Actually their anti piracy replies were quite on point. How would you feel if you were the developer of the app and everybody just stole it from you instead of paying for your hard work? Bottom line piracy is WRONG.
Back on topic, does anybody know of a free Bluetooth alternative to tablet talk?
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jersonf said:
Back on topic, does anybody know of a free Bluetooth alternative to tablet talk?
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What's wrong with the dinamotxt that ace9988 linked? Its free
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Actually their anti piracy replies were quite on point. How would you feel if you were the developer of the app and everybody just stole it from you instead of paying for your hard work? Bottom line piracy is WRONG.
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the rules aren't the problem....first the suggestion to actually go pirate an app (WTF are you thinking even saying that on xda)
then the arguing about "can't afford to pay" "visa card" etc etc....it applies to everyone at the end of the day not just people arguing the right point...but also the person suggesting that idea out loud over the forum
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I can't "buy the damn thing" I'm 17 and have no way of getting money on the play store.
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They sell Google play gift cards at Walmart and you won't get hacked and will get updates
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I can't "buy the damn thing" I'm 17 and have no way of getting money on the play store.
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Gamestop , Walmart get 10 bucks and get a android gift card ...boom problem solved even a 17 yr old can get $10
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Peeps want to put their 2 feet in, the OP has the answer now job done, every bodies circumstances are different, mentioning how easy it is to get a gift card, top up credit card or whatever is relevant only to the person that suggests it.
Some countries don't accept payment, some won't allow you to buy, and for the record....I pay my way, but if I never had any money and need something, I'll blatantly take it. Don't have a problem mentioning that, but apps are 2 a penny, if there is a free alternative get one with ads.
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What's wrong with the dinamotxt that ace9988 linked? Its free
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My bad, thought it was a users name, also I wanted to get back on topic because we all know where this is going, thread is solved with dinamotxt which uses Bluetooth.
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N900 ~ usb broken off.
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SMS Text Messaging by Mighty Text! I use this and it is completely free. Does not require bluetooth or WiFi to be enabled. It's pretty awesome.
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SMS Text Messaging by Mighty Text! I use this and it is completely free. Does not require bluetooth or WiFi to be enabled. It's pretty awesome.
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I'm pretty sure it use WiFi... how else wold it send the message from your tablet (or pc) to your phone? Magic?
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I'm pretty sure it use WiFi... how else wold it send the message from your tablet (or pc) to your phone? Magic?
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Well i thought it was obvious that he meant the phone
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Cloud SMS kicks ass. And stealing apps is bull****.
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ace9988 said:
Dinamotxt jheez guys if some of you can't answer the question then just don't reply??
OP do a search next time since you're not the only one asking this question
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Thank you for the link and not saying something that wasn't needed. I don't get how this went from a question to talking about piracy and me not buying an app that I literally can't buy at the moment.
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Well i thought it was obvious that he meant the phone
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I thought so too. I guess not
Yes, I was referring to the fact that the phone did not have to be connected via WiFi for it to work.