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Quick Question

Apparently someone was messing with my phone yesterday while it was charging and messed up the usb connector on the bottom. (My kids) My question is if I buy a TILT outright, can I swap the bad one with the good one and return it?

I know in australia that you have to provide ID when returning products for any reason, it safe guards against exactly what you are trying to achieve.
You don't have insurance that could cover the replacement?

The IMEI & Serial numbers are all over the sale. Receipt, Box, Device, Sale, etc...

I guess I will put it on my homeowners policy. I figured the IMEI and serials would be the catch but thought I would ask. Thanks for the help.

grizzlymint said:
I guess I will put it on my homeowners policy. I figured the IMEI and serials would be the catch but thought I would ask. Thanks for the help.
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swap the motherboards!! well it works with linksys wrt54g models. Im sure they dont check that microscopic void sticker on the screws

[Q] Opinions: Broken Seal On "New" Galaxy Note Box

Hi guys, I just received a brand new Galaxy Note this morning from a 3rd party seller on Amazon. I have a quick question though. I'm kinda picky about getting factory sealed devices, and this was supposedly a new Note. But when I opened the UPS package and took out the box, there were seals on the top and bottom. Everything looked OK, but upon further inspection the top seal had actually been broken (and the box opened, I assume), and then a second seal was placed over the broken first one to give the appearance of a factory sealed device.
I called the seller, and he claimed that the distributor whom he got the Note from opened the box for whatever reason (I'm still unclear as to why) and then resealed it with a second sticker placed over the first. Personally, I've never heard of this being done to a factory sealed device, but then again, what do I know?
The Note does appear new, but the guy's story just seemed kinda weird to me. Does his explanation hold water with you guys?
Thanks in advance, and take care.

I would be suspicious...but that's my nature. Be sure the IMEI under the battery matches that on the box. If there's a talk time indicator that can't be reset, be sure the phone hasn't been used. It could be a previous customer return, etc. Who is the 3rd party seller? You may want to mention it to Amazon. "Legit" reason or not for opening it, new in box means new in box, not opened between Samsung and your house.

Call up the distributor and ask him........
Or get it replaced if you can........A sealed device should come sealed and there is no reason whatsoever for the distributor/seller to open the device.
Btw, I can relate to being picky about sealed devices......When I had went to the mobile shop to go get a Droid Razr , the guy told me the shop only had the display model available for sale - rest were all sold out.I got the Note-which came sealed , thankfully !

Beethoven9th said:
Hi guys, I just received a brand new Galaxy Note this morning from a 3rd party seller on Amazon. I have a quick question though. I'm kinda picky about getting factory sealed devices, and this was supposedly a new Note. But when I opened the UPS package and took out the box, there were seals on the top and bottom. Everything looked OK, but upon further inspection the top seal had actually been broken (and the box opened, I assume), and then a second seal was placed over the broken first one to give the appearance of a factory sealed device.
I called the seller, and he claimed that the distributor whom he got the Note from opened the box for whatever reason (I'm still unclear as to why) and then resealed it with a second sticker placed over the first. Personally, I've never heard of this being done to a factory sealed device, but then again, what do I know?
The Note does appear new, but the guy's story just seemed kinda weird to me. Does his explanation hold water with you guys?
Thanks in advance, and take care.
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nothing picky man. u spent money to buy a product and u deserve a right as a customer to be the first one to have ur hands on it, not someone who would replace the seal. check the talk time as the advice given above, and if you don't feel good abt it, get it replaced.

+1 on getting it replaced. You bought a new unopened device. The seal means just that. Return at expense of the company for not complying. its assumed you'd get a new device for the price.
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What kind of charger did it come with? Is it U.S.? (Your profile doesn't show your location...) If so, they may have opened it to put the charger in, as no Notes come with U.S. chargers since it hasn't been released here.

OP I ordered from amazon from oem shop and my phone box had the samsung seal already opened, however there was another orange seal on top of it. So it looks like they were opened at some point and then the reseller put another seal sticker on top of the original one.
I have no issues with my note so I'm not worried about it.

Same with mine. Done to check out product to ensure all pieces are there and work etc. No big deal imo but to each his own
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inurb said:
OP I ordered from amazon from oem shop and my phone box had the samsung seal already opened, however there was another orange seal on top of it. So it looks like they were opened at some point and then the reseller put another seal sticker on top of the original one.
I have no issues with my note so I'm not worried about it.
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same here the orange seal still shows a samung seal and when the orange top layer on the seal is disturbed or removed a watermark showing VOID appears i believe they do this as to place the converter for the euro charger to american in the box but mines workin fine cept for heating up a bit

Got mine from "Global Mobiles" (Prime shipping overnight) and my seals were both in-tact.

A lot of distributors does this.
Either to add stuff to the package, to upgrade software or add configuration / special firmware.
If you check your warranty and that shows the correct start date, I'd just ignore the sticker.
-KJ
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I'd send it back. New should be sealed.

Mine was sealed but had a USA adapter for the German plug in the amazon box (not in the sealed Note box).

Thanks to everyone!
Thanks to everyone who responded. I ended up sending my Note back at the seller's expense, and now I'm waiting for my refund once it's delivered. I had felt uncomfortable with the transaction because the seller kept giving me unusual answers to simple questions.
Anyway, it all worked out for the best (assuming my refund goes through) because I ended up getting a Note on eBay for $629!
Thanks again, guys, and Happy Holidays.

Upon reading this thread I rechecked my box, bought from OEM Shop, it indeed has a second seal, I guess to put in the wall plug converter. I'm not worried, since myphone works fine. It's probably smarter if they included the converter from the outside.
I even feel less secured buying from eBay since most of them are opened box unless explicitly stated as sealed.

Weird my box only had one seal period. the other side of the box didn't have a broken seal or a seal at all. Mine came from l2d2 and had the usa adapter in the box.
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I think that the first place to check if the device is really new or not is the battery connectors.
The battery side of those is often mate color and gets a bit shinier after insertion and rubbing with the main unit pins.
I guess this would be a good tell-tale of weither it s been turned on before or not.
I buy all my phones on the grey market here in China/Hong Kong, and this is the first place I check.
Also not sure about the note (will get one soon ), but the bottom of the SGS2, for example is shinny plastic that gets little scratches VERY easily, also could be a place to check
Hope this will help a little!

I bought my GNote from an Australian online seller after seeing a post on XDA about it being the worlds best price at $630 with post. Shopping Square. From Sydney it should take 2 days post (Aus Post is worlds fastest 80% of the time).
The site said it might take anything up to 10 days. It took 12 and came from Hong Kong with a German manual, european power supply and Australian converter plug.
The screen when loading the Market shows light and dark patches of gray. The box had both seals broken. I suspect its a used warranty return. If i had known then i would have kept my money to buy a definately new one for more or definately second hand for less. Aside from the suspicious uneven gray i cant see screen problems at any other times.
The site doesnt explicitely say the product is new. But phone shops selling new phones dont say that either. I will just have to love it how it is. Fast and getting faster when i fix software problems ;-)
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eksasol said:
Upon reading this thread I rechecked my box, bought from OEM Shop, it indeed has a second seal, I guess to put in the wall plug converter. I'm not worried, since myphone works fine. It's probably smarter if they included the converter from the outside.
I even feel less secured buying from eBay since most of them are opened box unless explicitly stated as sealed.
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OEM Shop seems like a good seller. I saw their listing and specifically asked them if the Note was factory sealed. They answered with an honest 'No' and stated that the seals are broken although the phones are still brand new, never been used. I appreciated the honest reply.
But the seller I ended up going through told me that their Note was indeed factory sealed, yet when I received it, the box had been opened (re: my original post). Chances are, the phone was probably OK, but I just don't like being told something that's less-than-true, especially when I'm throwing down this much money.
Anyway, I have since received my Note from the eBay seller, and I was happy to find that this Note was in fact factory sealed.

[Q] IMEI Is not the same as on the sticker.

Hi everyone,
maybe you could help me
I bought Samsung Galaxy Note from Ebay, I noticed that IMEI on the box and on the sticker behind the battery is not the same as on the phone itself.
The IMEI on the sticker behind the battery is the same as on the box.But if i check
*#06# on the phone it is not the same IMEI.
???????
The guy I bought it from, claimed the phone was brand new.

kluikis said:
Hi everyone,
maybe you could help me
I bought Samsung Galaxy Note from Ebay, I noticed that IMEI on the box and on the sticker behind the battery is not the same as on the phone itself.
The IMEI on the sticker behind the battery is the same as on the box.But if i check
*#06# on the phone it is not the same IMEI.
???????
The guy I bought it from, claimed the phone was brand new.
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It could be a innocent mistake, say the seller had checked the devices and mistakenly replaced them in the wrong box.
The ultimate question is how much you paid for it. If it was really cheap, then you have to ask the question why?
Maybe its a refurbished one, and somehow he has managed to get some boxes.
Me being the suspicious type, i would return it!
But hey, i could be wrong

original_ganjaman said:
It could be a innocent mistake, say the seller had checked the devices and mistakenly replaced them in the wrong box.
The ultimate question is how much you paid for it. If it was really cheap, then you have to ask the question why?
Maybe its a refurbished one, and somehow he has managed to get some boxes.
Me being the suspicious type, i would return it!
But hey, i could be wrong
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It wasnt that cheap.
if device was mistakenly replaced in the wrong box that really would not be the issue for me.
The problem is,
Sticker with IMEI under the battery is same as on the box, but not the same as on the phone if i put *#06#.

kluikis said:
It wasnt that cheap.
if device was mistakenly replaced in the wrong box that really would not be the issue for me.
The problem is,
Sticker with IMEI under the battery is same as on the box, but not the same as on the phone if i put *#06#.
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It sounds fishy to me. Someone could have changed the phone imei
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*Replaced nv_data.bin maybe. I dont know whether its possible.
*Does the *#06# IMEI begin with 35 ?
It might be the default Samsung IMEI showing up as a result of a corrupt efs partition.

kluikis said:
Hi everyone,
maybe you could help me
I bought Samsung Galaxy Note from Ebay, I noticed that IMEI on the box and on the sticker behind the battery is not the same as on the phone itself.
The IMEI on the sticker behind the battery is the same as on the box.But if i check
*#06# on the phone it is not the same IMEI.
???????
The guy I bought it from, claimed the phone was brand new.
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I would complain, return and buy from somebody else.
All three numbers should match on a brand new phone. If the sticker doesn't match the read out, then somebody messed with low level software or hardware, e.g. taking the case from one phone and sticking into it the hardware from another...
Just my two cents..

kluikis said:
It wasnt that cheap.
if device was mistakenly replaced in the wrong box that really would not be the issue for me.
The problem is,
Sticker with IMEI under the battery is same as on the box, but not the same as on the phone if i put *#06#.
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Defiantly return it. I cant think of any legitimate reason for it to be like that.

Refurbished unit? Maybe!!!

That means someone has been doing something with this phone for sure.
Anyone could tell me where I should be looking for warranty void sticker on my Galaxy Note as I suspect that one is missing too.

Most likely you won't find that sticker - it's often inside the phone, between two parts of the phone case. Not knowing what you are doing when taring apart, you just rip the sticker in two pieces and Samsung techs will notice.
Besides - Return it. ^^ (could be stolen)

kluikis said:
Hi everyone,
maybe you could help me
I bought Samsung Galaxy Note from Ebay, I noticed that IMEI on the box and on the sticker behind the battery is not the same as on the phone itself.
The IMEI on the sticker behind the battery is the same as on the box.But if i check
*#06# on the phone it is not the same IMEI.
???????
The guy I bought it from, claimed the phone was brand new.
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Hello.. please I have the same issue with Infinix smart 5, the wired things is that when I use IMEI gotten through *#06# to verify the phone on IMEI.Info. the results show empty. But the imel on the stickers on battery cover bring out full results of the phone. Am really confused

[Q] The IMEI number doesn't match the number on the sticker!! How can I change it??

Hello
I just realized that after I got my N7000 back from repair the IMEI number doesn't match the number on the sticker underneath the battery anymore
The reason I even noticed it was because when trying to install Cerberus on my phone it was already registered!! I suspect that my phone was repaired using a used motherboard (maybe from a phone with a broken screen or something).
So the question is... how can I change the IMEI number to match the number on the sticker??
Brgds... /Tubgirl

They replace it with used motherboard?? Dude you should go back and tell them to replace your device with the new note or you will sue them using used product for repairing!!
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brangko said:
They replace it with used motherboard?? Dude you should go back and tell them to replace your device with the new note or you will sue them using used product for repairing!!
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I agree that's what I should do. I'm just hesitant to be away from my Note several weeks AGAIN!!
Brgds... /Tubgirl

It's either you got a refurb unit (with the original sticker pasted back on it) or Sammy repair's center in your region has some serious f*cked repairing service.
It's not right first of all that you get a handed down used motherboard... you need to demand your consumer rights to those repair guys or talk to their supervisor on how you have been inefficiently given a poor service.
I think IMEI is hard coded on the phone itself.. There is no way you can ever reverse or change it.

IMEI can be changed, but it's against xda rules (at least it was last time I asked) to talk about it. Apparently something about the obvious criminal application etc. There are forums that offer tools for that kind of thing, but they stay off the radar; you'll need to ask around.
Why don't you just peel the sticker off?
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Guess I'm going to have to send my fully functional Note back in for repair ONCE AGAIN!!
I hate this... %&%&#*#*$! <-- imagine very bad words!
Brgds... /Tubgirl

Tubgirl said:
Guess I'm going to have to send my fully functional Note back in for repair ONCE AGAIN!!
I hate this... %&%&#*#*$! <-- imagine very bad words!
Brgds... /Tubgirl
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Police checking your device <- imagine bad things happening to you.
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Braxos said:
Police checking your device <- imagine bad things happening to you.
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Cops can check your device in Germany ?
Lmao

my imei number does not match the one on the sticker and my phone is out of service..it says emergency calls only
samsung galaxy note 3 neo

Quick Q: Can I root it, then later stock flash it to get warranty back?

I'm thinking if it breaks in any other way than through bricking from flashing. I want to root it for reasons, but it's also very new (for me). I'll of course backup the original.
Or do they have some way of checking that?

Rooting shouldn't void your warranty (in Huawei's case) :
9. This Warranty does not cover defects and damage resulting from:
a) Normal wear and tear of the equipment or otherwise due to the normal aging of the equipment.
b) The Product being used other than in a normal and customary manner.
c) Any disassembly, repair, alteration or modifications carried out by anyone other than HUAWEI or an Authorised Service Center.
d) Misuse, abuse, negligence or an accident howsoever caused.
e) Improper testing, operation, maintenance, installation, or any alteration or modification of the Product.
f) Spillage of food or liquids, corrosion, rust or the use of wrong voltage.
g) Scratches or damage to plastic surfaces and all other externally exposed parts due to normal use.
h) Use outside of use permitted under the Product’s user manual.
10. This Warranty will not be available: a) if the serial number or warranty seal on the Product is illegible, has been defaced or removed; or, b) without any proof of purchase.
11. The Warranty applies to the Product as originally supplied. The Warranty does not apply to any software or other equipment owned by HUAWEI or third parties however, you should check the end-user license agreement, separate warranty/ guarantee statement(s) and/or any exclusions which are provided or intended to apply to such items.
http://consumer.huawei.com/uk/support/warranty-policy/index.htm​

What about unlocking bootloader?
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myclarity said:
Rooting shouldn't void your warranty (in Huawei's case) :]
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I assume this is common knowledge on this forum. Can someone else confirm?
Edit: Root page says you need bootloader to install root, soo....

Only on Marshmallow. On Lollipop root can be obtained without unlocking bootloader.

Gwozdem said:
Only on Marshmallow. On Lollipop root can be obtained without unlocking bootloader.
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And will ruin your system too.

myclarity said:
And will ruin your system too.
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Thanks, don't need any more info. Gonna buy some NFC sticker buttons instead of trying to remap my volume keys for listening to music.
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/CRER...g-Rescue-Call-Candid-Shot---Black-346214.html

Ree1981 said:
Thanks, don't need any more info. Gonna buy some NFC sticker buttons instead of trying to remap my volume keys for listening to music.
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/CRER...g-Rescue-Call-Candid-Shot---Black-346214.html
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I have really never heard of these NFC sticker buttons. Gonna get some too Thank you for bringing this up!

crashpoum99 said:
I have really never heard of these NFC sticker buttons. Gonna get some too Thank you for bringing this up!
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I have to warn you though. I checked the link for the software, and it was dead. You can use Google's... something or other NFC reprogramming stuff, but it's some work. I just ordered them to mess around with.

Ree1981 said:
I have to warn you though. I checked the link for the software, and it was dead. You can use Google's... something or other NFC reprogramming stuff, but it's some work. I just ordered them to mess around with.
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Oh of course. I am gonna fight this stuff from a shop inside my country. I just didn't know such things existed. The might prove to be useful

crashpoum99 said:
Oh of course. I am gonna fight this stuff from a shop inside my country. I just didn't know such things existed. The might prove to be useful
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Oh the only ones that exist today are http://dimple.io and these chinese knockoffs. I've searched. The two I've linked to are 2 of 3 I've found ANYWHERE ON EARTH after hours of searching XD

Ree1981 said:
Oh the only ones that exist today are http://dimple.io and these chinese knockoffs. I've searched. The two I've linked to are 2 of 3 I've found ANYWHERE ON EARTH after hours of searching XD
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Oh... I am gonna try ordering one of these then. I did find some chinese knockoffs but the reviews really are bad. I remember seeing one of these from Dimple on youtube, looked quite nice.