I would say this thread is a some-what continuation of the attendance thread located: here
**What is our device**
Our device in the US is the: ZE551ML as indicated on the ASUS website.
If you are attending the event tomorrow, please be sure to ask many questions.
It seems like clemsyn contacted ASUS support and ASUS support said our bootloader is LOCKED!
One question that we have to ask is when will we be expecting a bootloader unlock tool? As you know, we can't do much with a locked bootloader. It won't be possible to flash custom ROMS without an unlocked bootloader, so please be sure to ask that! I'll be attending the event, but the more people that ask the more ASUS knows that we want to support this device on this forum.
What is there to do once we receive the unlocked bootloader?
1) Obtain Pre-Root (Already achieved and can be located here)
2) Compile CWM/TWRP Recovery (Not sure, I've never tinkered with recoveries)
** The Lenovo K900 uses an Intel processor and Recovery has been compiled on their forum on XDA**
Maybe we can use their GITHUB as an example: https://github.com/lenovo-k900 & https://github.com/xxx-man?tab=repositories
3) ROMS
Once we receive the unlocked bootloader and somebody compiles the custom recovery needed, it should be smooth from there!
I've developed lightly versions of stock ROMs in the past which is great for performance and battery life and have ported themes over from one device to another device.
I used to be an recognized contributor when I used to develop all the time for devices that I've had, I've been invited to the event tomorrow personally by ASUS and look forward to seeing the device and getting it in my hands!
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Noble Series is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 5.0 (L), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.
And..... I do look forward to bringing my "Noble Series" to the Zenfone 2 in the near future once we have the recovery compiled for our device!
i have a gut feeling ours will be unlocked from asus at tommorows event, start off smooth so the ball gets rollin for them:silly:
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i have a gut feeling ours will be unlocked from asus at tommorows event, start off smooth so the ball gets rollin for them:silly:
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PM me on XDA man! I will definitely say hi at the event tomorrow
I can only wish ours will be unlocked at the event tomorrow
Direct link hello and here http://press.asus.com/events/
I asked the question about the boot loader on the launch here in the Philippines.. It seems some staff are not that knowledgeable.
MrKoji said:
I asked the question about the boot loader on the launch here in the Philippines.. It seems some staff are not that knowledgeable.
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I'll figure it out and see tomorrow when I attend the event.
I'm going to come back with as much information as possible, I'm already speaking to a developer and asking him to help us port a custom recovery.
Baby steps, baby steps
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I'll figure it out and see tomorrow when I attend the event.
I'm going to come back with as much information as possible, I'm already speaking to a developer and asking him to help us port a custom recovery.
Baby steps, baby steps
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Huhuhu, sounds quite promising indeed considering the amount of potential devs and supporting contributors here who are just aching to get started!
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to all goin to todays event, be safe and see you all there, i,ll be wearing a black and white skull do rag,lol,,steve
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to all goin to todays event, be safe and see you all there, i,ll be wearing a black and white skull do rag,lol,,steve
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I'll be attending, see you there! I'll be wearing slacks and a black polo t-shirt, haha.
Safe travels to all.
Finger crossed
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If you are here please say hi!
I'm wearing black slacks and a black polo t-shirt! Would love to meet some of you!
I'm here, hi!
NA got the 64GB 4GB Z00A which is the ZE551ML model.
Oh yeah and... bootloader is locked but in the near future they will be looking to unlock it..
I spoke to one of the Asus guys at the event. The bootloader is currently locked but he told me they were working with Intel to get a bootloader unlock. Apparently it's in Intel's court
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I spoke to one of the Asus guys at the event. The bootloader is currently locked but he told me they were working with Intel to get a bootloader unlock. Apparently it's in Intel's court
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I spoke to somebody as well and heard the same thing.
It'll probably be x weeks-x months to see if we receive a tool which sucks, I wanted to develop some cool things
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I spoke to somebody as well and heard the same thing.
It'll probably be x weeks-x months to see if we receive a tool which sucks, I wanted to develop some cool things [emoji14]
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I know.. it's such a nice device. Much nicer than I imagined. I asked for a red one and they gave me one hehe
I know Dees Troy has one coming to him but until we get the bootloader unlocked we are down the creek without a paddle (I know the expression is up the creek without a paddle but always thought this was wrong..if you're up the creek water flows down so it would be easy..if you were down the creek trying to go upstream without a paddle then I think that's worse so I say down instead of up)
The ASUS guy did say they know it's important to get it unlocked. He told me to email him to check on the status. He actually came up to me to talk to me because I was wearing my xda shirt
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I know.. it's such a nice device. Much nicer than I imagined. I asked for a red one and they gave me one hehe
I know Dees Troy has one coming to him but until we get the bootloader unlocked we are down the creek without a paddle (I know the expression is up the creek without a paddle but always thought this was wrong..if you're up the creek water flows down so it would be easy..if you were down the creek trying to go upstream without a paddle then I think that's worse so I say down instead of up)
The ASUS guy did say they know it's important to get it unlocked. He told me to email him to check on the status. He actually came up to me to talk to me because I was wearing my xda shirt
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Hey, I was the dude who walked up to you and asked you if you are developing for this phone! Haha, I hope we could get the Bootloader unlocked soon! I'll be checking in every other week or so with an ASUS employee that I know. I will make sure our bootloader will be unlocked!
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Hey, I was the dude who walked up to you and asked you if you are developing for this phone! Haha, I hope we could get the Bootloader unlocked soon! I'll be checking in every other week or so with an ASUS employee that I know. I will make sure our bootloader will be unlocked!
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Haha yeah the guy outside! That's funny Haha
I think it's cool they gave it to us with a active sim to use right away. I think it's good for like 10 days or so (my friend checked his)
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Haha yeah the guy outside! That's funny Haha
I think it's cool they gave it to us with a active sim to use right away. I think it's good for like 10 days or so (my friend checked his)
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It's pretty awesome, oh yeah and the active sim is unlimited everything until the 28th I'm pretty sure which is 10 days
I went to T-Mobile and checked, hehe.
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It's pretty awesome, oh yeah and the active sim is unlimited everything until the 28th I'm pretty sure which is 10 days
I went to T-Mobile and checked, hehe.
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This phone is incredibly fast.. I'm shocked how fluid everything is. Scrolling in Chrome or even through Tapatalk is buttery smooth. Usually one of the first things I do on a phone is go into developer options and set animations to .5, I don't feel I need to do that on that device. It just flies
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So heres the story. i called google because my power button wouldnt work.. they checked my IMEI and said it wasnt on their database.. so they transfered me to HTC. The rep told me that I have what they call a holiday nexus. there were only a 1000 made and given to google employees for testing. he told me that it had a different bootloader and that it was a collectors item. He said its value is significantly more than a normal nexus. I dont see a difference between this phone and a normal nexus one. nothing seems different other than the bootloader being unlocked from the start. Anyone care to share their thoughts and tell me what makes this phone any different?
It has S=OFF, so you can re-lock the bootloader with 'fastboot oem lock'
Also you should have an Android waving a QR code flag on the battery cover.
hmm yeah S is OFF but i dont have the Android waving a QR code flag on the back.. very weird. i wonder if the guy who sold it to me worked at google..
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i dont have the Android waving a QR code flag on the back.
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I'd love this battery cover:
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OH..I have that cover!
Check if you have S=OFF in fastboot, you might be a lucky boy...
I have one of these phones too, QR back cover and all. I doubt I'd be able to get it fixed under warranty if I need to since it was a gift from Google, so I won't be needing to relock it anyway.
OMG!
I would kill for one of those! jajaja
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So heres the story. i called google because my power button wouldnt work.. they checked my IMEI and said it wasnt on their database.. so they transfered me to HTC. The rep told me that I have what they call a holiday nexus. there were only a 1000 made and given to google employees for testing. he told me that it had a different bootloader and that it was a collectors item. He said its value is significantly more than a normal nexus. I dont see a difference between this phone and a normal nexus one. nothing seems different other than the bootloader being unlocked from the start. Anyone care to share their thoughts and tell me what makes this phone any different?
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I'm curious; did you purchase this on google.com/phone?
If not, where did you get it?
Maybe you can switch phones with cyanogen and he can play around with the bootloader to see if he can find out how the relocking of the bootloader goes. Maybe he might find something and can release something so people can relock their bootloaders. Just a thought.
If memory serves, it's not so simple & the holiday bootloader is 250kb too big for a retail phone.
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If memory serves, it's not so simple & the holiday bootloader is 250kb too big for a retail phone.
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CM is greatness. You just have to believe. haha.
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If memory serves, it's not so simple & the holiday bootloader is 250kb too big for a retail phone.
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I'm sure if Cyanogen get his hands on this phone, he'd find a way to tackle this...
faraz1992 said:
I'm sure if Cyanogen get his hands on this phone, he'd find a way to tackle this...
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agreed for the good of humanity you should trade/sell/give to someone smarter than me so we can all benift from it ;-)
Not to rain on the parade, but this has already been looked at length by the developers, and the phone is of no use.
i dont have the Android waving a QR code flag on the back.
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So there absolutely has to be a place where we can buy this cover
It's just a normal one
I also have a holiday nexus one with the QR code cover (btw this links to android.com/holidays but only on a Nexus One), which I rooted a few months ago. It seems to be completely normal before unlocking, with no superuser access and apparently a locked bootloader as well. The fastboot mode shows this text (after using fastboot oem unlock and Amon Ra recovery):
*** UNLOCKED ***
NEXUSONE PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.33.2012 (PB9910000)
MICROP-0a15
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0102
RADIO-4.03.00.21_2
[date]
Is this the same as a normal Nexus?
No. You can relock your bootloader.
Since the only real purpose of relocking the bootloader would be to have the phone officially covered by warranty, why is this really even useful on the "holiday" nexus if that is not covered under warranty at all anyhow?
It seems the only advantage is the battery cover then, which doesn't seem like too big of a deal.
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I'm curious; did you purchase this on google.com/phone?
If not, where did you get it?
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i got this phone off craigslist. traded my iphone 3g and 150 bucks for it. it was in perfect shape, didnt come with anything other than the phone. the guy i bought it off was very weird. he said like 5 words throughout the whole transaction. when i first got the phone, it did not have a rom installed on it. i could go into fastboot and a weird recovery. it had Hello World floating across the page when you rebooted into recovery. i just flashed the CM recovery put CM on it and its been working fine since.
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The "when the carrier allows it" statement looks like a backdoor for Motorola.
What the heck has the carrier to care about unlocking my device? The only thing i can imagine is the fear of removing simlock,but is there actually any simlocked device?
There are simlocked Milestones elsewhere i think.. some dude told me he got a Simlocked MS2.. but thats not the problem goddam it.. my Phone is Bought WITHOUT contract and WITHOUT Provider.. thats the good thing about Europe.. we have Sim Cards.. so we can use this phone with every provider.. the point is.. it doesnt get protected of any provider means their Backdoor WOULD NOT WORK on my device.. so i wanna see what they do now.. these idiots..
Been reading this - the motorola europe team have a serious lack of support for consumers who actually use the open-sourceness of a phone...
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Been reading this - the motorola europe team have a serious lack of support for consumers who actually use the open-sourceness of a phone...
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We'll i actually cant find a reason to not unlock it.. its so frustating... annoying motorola.. wish this conversations and all the hate would go strait to the American TV lol.. atleast they would get the message from us then
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We'll i actually cant find a reason to not unlock it.. its so frustating... annoying motorola.. wish this conversations and all the hate would go strait to the American TV lol.. atleast they would get the message from us then
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You could sue Moto or get a refund? In the UK the law is if you buy a product with an incorrect description you my get a refund if you apply for a refund within I think 6 years of purchase. I bought mine in March and it said 'latest version of android' and at the time of purchase it bloody well wasn't and isn't
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You could sue Moto or get a refund? In the UK the law is if you buy a product with an incorrect description you my get a refund if you apply for a refund within I think 6 years of purchase. I bought mine in March and it said 'latest version of android' and at the time of purchase it bloody well wasn't and isn't
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Im not sure about that law in germany.. but if it exists.. it cant be under 2 years.. and in that timeline motorolas "date" will happen..so i wait until 2012... (also i have some pay contract.. wich ends 2012) so lets see if they put a Diamond lock on it.. or a paper lock so that we can easily cut the paper with a scissor.. (hope you get my stupid metaphor)
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Im not sure about that law in germany.. but if it exists.. it cant be under 2 years.. and in that timeline motorolas "date" will happen..so i wait until 2012... (also i have some pay contract.. wich ends 2012) so lets see if they put a Diamond lock on it.. or a paper lock so that we can easily cut the paper with a scissor.. (hope you get my stupid metaphor)
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I understand -.-
Motorola are really bad when it comes to customer service outside of America. Me and 2 of my friends have the Milestone 2 (I only got one because I couldn't be bothered waiting for a LGO2X and they physical keyboard) and they aren't happy either. I know people with Gingerbread on their phones and they can install ROMs as they pick and choose; Motorola are just trying to cut corners tbh and their excuses don't work. Probably 80% of the MS2s were released SIM Unlocked so to say 'depends on carrier' is pathetic. Talk about negligence
I get your point regarding the law.
But no court in Europe or elswhere could get Moto to unlock their bootloader. Maybe you could get your money back, but who really wants to go to the court for this...?
I don't know if it's just me, but I read out of it that there actually IS unlocking. I mean they said regarding unlocking bootloaders: this feature will be enabled in future software releases (later in 2011). That's a good thing isn't it.
Have you got the link to the conversation?
....only if the carriers agree. which seems like a backdoor for doing something to me.....
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I don't know if it's just me, but I read out of it that there actually IS unlocking. I mean they said regarding unlocking bootloaders: this feature will be enabled in future software releases (later in 2011). That's a good thing isn't it.
Have you got the link to the conversation?
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http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150245095025499.367729.121867580498
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I meant the original one on Facebook
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I meant the original one on Facebook
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Read carefully... its the first link
I wonder the bootloader unlock issue is applying to which regions? Is it for all moto device around the world?
My milestone 2 is bought without any carriers, but the support of moto in Asia is much poorer than in Europe. Imagine at late 2011, moto bullshiting to Asian users that our devices "cannot" be unlocked, or simply ignore us =.=
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I wonder the bootloader unlock issue is applying to which regions? Is it for all moto device around the world?
My milestone 2 is bought without any carriers, but the support of moto in Asia is much poorer than in Europe. Imagine at late 2011, moto bullshiting to Asian users that our devices "cannot" be unlocked, or simply ignore us =.=
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You can always flash a foreing recovery/SBF.
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It depends on how moto would unlock our device.
Like sony ericsson, they offer bootloader unlock service that need to register the phone (IMEI I think), so that the phone will loss warranty.
Flashing a foreign sbf would not change the IMEI code, so if moto restrict the unlocking region.......
Let's see how it goes then xd
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You can always flash a foreing recovery/SBF.
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what takes them so long?
sony ericsson used a month from announcing to unlock the bootloaders to actually provide the service.
If the Function that checks the signatures is gone, we can do what we want.. no matter what they do.. we could put every Android OS on it..... even other operating systems.. thats not the problem.. also they should use the Nexus way.. a button in the bootloader to unlock it.. if you unlock it, it will show some text everytime you turn on the phone wich says "You lost your warranty by turning off the bootloader-lock" wich would be fine.. who cares if you want CM7 .. unlock it and loose your warranty.. its your own choose.. like on the Nexus.. and i would definately unlock it in the first second i got the Update lol
Nowadays, even Apple have their *ancient* versions of Mac OS to download in the institutional website - developers can download those 4MB ROMs and emulate it anywhere... Even I did it in my Nintendo DS once.
OK. That was a terrible, extreme and pessimist example... But, maybe one year after the ML2 went out of the stores ~ Motorola might play "cool" and release an unlockABLE bootloader.
aw yeah... that would be great - if only all of us were not with some brand-new "free to fly with CM and whatever" smartphones then (sometimes life teaches you the lessons the harder way). =/
well... at least in a far far away future our mothers may have their herited Milestones 2 with an awsome Custom ROM. \o/
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here is the pic i was talking to them and she told me that they can do this on the phone with no cost its 3:33am were i am at when it gets 6:00am i will call them and see if they will do it like she told me the wood so this may be a free way to get this done but if you miss up your phone then verizon will not fix it if you have them unlock it thats what she also told me but see what you guys think about this and i am redy to buy replacement parts for my play so if i was to miss it up!!! so i was just thinking i will let you guys know this
ok i called them the girl on the chat was way off and we can not get it done that way so its not going to happen for free sorry for this post guys looks like every post i put up on this page just gets a lot of you guys hopes up sorry and if a mod will like to remove this post then do it.... this is embarrassing on how my posts are looking
Why not ?!
BUt the normaly way to unlock the bootloader is easier i think it takes 2 minutes and zack bootloader iss unlocked
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Why not ?!
BUt the normaly way to unlock the bootloader is easier i think it takes 2 minutes and zack bootloader iss unlocked
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yep guss im paying to unlock my bootloader now but its still all good i will have my bootloader unlocked in one week any ways so i can not wait for it to get done!!!!!
i understand right?! you have to wait one week??
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i understand right?! you have to wait one week??
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Read the entire OP. He's going to wait a week before he pays to get his bootloader unlocked, most likely through Alejandrissimo.
Yep you got it! And i got off the phone with verizon and they told me that there are no more updates comeing to the play and that i need to be happy with the update i did get so looks like no more uodates for the play guys will thats what they told me i hope they were lieing to me.
Unlocked bootloader here i come!
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let us know how their unlocking goes. i'm still on the fence about it as i am holding out hope for a ics release...dreams
Excuse my ignorance but why does it cost money to have the verizon xplay unlocked? Does it require some special piece of hardware? Or is it that the people who know how, won't tell anybody how?
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Yep you got it! And i got off the phone with verizon and they told me that there are no more updates comeing to the play and that i need to be happy with the update i did get so looks like no more uodates for the play guys will thats what they told me i hope they were lieing to me.
Unlocked bootloader here i come!
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Future reference : Dont believe everything Verizon tells you over the phone or at the store.
Edit : Or in a chat for that matter
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Excuse my ignorance but why does it cost money to have the verizon xplay unlocked? Does it require some special piece of hardware? Or is it that the people who know how, won't tell anybody how?
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Because the testpoint unlock method requires the person doing it to buy credits to unlock devices...
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buy credits? what do these credits do and who supplies them?
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buy credits? what do these credits do and who supplies them?
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What i've posted before (over in the android development forum)
Because credits are needed to unlock the phone... (IMO) The software is most likely suppose to be bought by a minor carrier (like boost, us cellular, etc.) So they either can unlock phones after a persons contract is up and they want to switch carriers, or so that extra phones from big carriers can be unlocked, rebranded and sold through a third party. It just so happens that we have users who bought the program and people who get a test point unlock pay right around cost to get their phone unlocked...
These credits (about $24 worth) allow an end user to unlock the sim lock/bootloader (see above)
I don't remember which company supplies them, but it's the same company that makes the program to unlock phones.
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http://www.lg.com/us/mobile-phones/g4/trial
I did. I do not expect to be selected, I never win stuff like this, but I figured it was no harm no foul since I did not have to - just to enter - do 5 stupid things on social media for a chance to be picked. You really only have to give a name and email.
But the downside to this is that this may not bode well for USA release time. If this is signing up for a trial run, and it just got posted this week, and they do not say when people will be picked, it is kind of hard to imagine they would do all of this and scramble to get the phones into people's hands for what 1-2 weeks of "testing" before a true USA launch. My point is, I think this would have been done earlier than just now IF we are still hoping for a June USA release.
IF YOU GET PICKED and are an XDA user, post up here. I'd be curious if anyone here gets in on the test drive.
The site you posted is different from what my invitation linked. Its said clearly I am selected being a loyal customer Xd. The first 276 invites who signed up will get a LG G4 WiFi which cost $325. Maybe yours is a different promotion.
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i signed up today. hope i get picked i feel OP, i think its kind of late because there about to release the phone to everyone. but not harm no foul
rogconnect said:
The site you posted is different from what my invitation linked. Its said clearly I am selected being a loyal customer Xd. The first 276 invites who signed up will get a LG G4 WiFi which cost $325. Maybe yours is a different promotion.
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You got a direct invitation sent to you? As what you show is not what is on the general public facing entry page. I suspect you have other LG products? So I bet you got an automatic invite & selection. Lucky you.
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You got a direct invitation sent to you? As what you show is not what is on the general public facing entry page. I suspect you have other LG products? So I bet you got an automatic invite & selection. Lucky you.
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I just clicked on the sign me up link from my Inbox, led yo me to :
And I did signed up immediately when i received that Invites. xD. And yes....I got many LGs products and registered on their site. G2, G3, Gpad ,tone+, tone ultra, tone infinim, g watch and other home appliances. 4k TV, fridge , washing machine etc. They better send me a New G4. xD
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rogconnect said:
And I did signed up immediately when i received that Invites. xD. And yes....I got many LGs products and registered on their site. G2, G3, Gpad ,tone+, tone ultra, tone infinim, g watch and other home appliances. 4k TV, fridge , washing machine etc. They better send me a New G4. xD
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Yeah ok.. so you are an LG pro I have zero LG products. Congrats. You got put in the faslane!
rogconnect said:
I just clicked on the sign me up link from my Inbox, led yo me to :
And I did signed up immediately when i received that Invites. xD. And yes....I got many LGs products and registered on their site. G2, G3, Gpad ,tone+, tone ultra, tone infinim, g watch and other home appliances. 4k TV, fridge , washing machine etc. They better send me a New G4. xD
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That's because it ended at midnight yesterday.
I registered a couple days ago but I too don't expect to be selected. I don't usually win those things.
I signed up when I saw the Pocketnow posting a post about this event, but like everyone has mentioned, the chances of ACTUALLY getting selected are pretty slim. Would be sweet to be one of the chosen ones though.
This probably sounds dumb, but I honestly dunno. For those who get selected, can you actually keep the device then use it with your carrier? It seems obvious that you'd be able to keep it, but still, would be nice to be sure.
FluxionFluff said:
I signed up when I saw the Pocketnow posting a post about this event, but like everyone has mentioned, the chances of ACTUALLY getting selected are pretty slim. Would be sweet to be one of the chosen ones though.
This probably sounds dumb, but I honestly dunno. For those who get selected, can you actually keep the device then use it with your carrier? It seems obvious that you'd be able to keep it, but still, would be nice to be sure.
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It's WiFi only and you have to return it. (I think. The return part might just be for the UK demo thing.)
xetaray said:
It's WiFi only and you have to return it. (I think. The return part might just be for the UK demo thing.)
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Hmm, I looked at the official rules and it says that winners have to pay for the taxes and fees for the device. Doesn't say anything about returning it, so unless I read the rules wrong, you get to keep it.
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I received another email this morning. This time its a sweepstakes 40 winners of LG G4 WiFi begins on 05/09 and end on 05/11.
http://www.lg.com/us/mobile-phones/...=1524571948&linkid=REGISTER+FOR+TRIAL+PROGRAM
Good lucks
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I signed up again why not huh?
rogconnect said:
I received another email this morning. This time its a sweepstakes 40 winners of LG G4 WiFi begins on 05/09 and end on 05/11.
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I got this same email last night at midnight. Filled out and sent back at 12:01. Lol
I am curious about it being wifi only, without radios.
It would be fun to try their program though..
I'm registered the beginning of May and still waiting...
I did and they are coming to tampa lol. I live 20 minutes west of there
Today is the big day hopefully. Whoever wins sweepstakes, let us know.
For those of us not picked, LG and T-Mobile are having a tour where you can see and test it out. Dates & cities. I plan to try it in person if the location in my city is reasonable to get to.
https://explore.t-mobile.com/lg-g4....tter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=g4preview
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Today is the big day hopefully. Whoever wins sweepstakes, let us know.
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Hey man...what makes you think today is the big day? Just curious. I couldn't find anything about winner being notified in any of LG's documentation
tjbain said:
Hey man...what makes you think today is the big day? Just curious. I couldn't find anything about winner being notified in any of LG's documentation
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The sweepstakes entry's ended on the 11th and winners drawn on the 13th. It was in terms and conditions, which will not open for me now. But that's what I read
NVIDIA has announced a recall of its SHIELD tablets, sold between July 2014 and July 2015:
Information on how to obtain a replacement device: http://www.nvidia.com/support/tabletrecall
Official nVidia notice: http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/notice-for-nvidia-tablet-customers
This should be stickied - this is big news.
Actual Nvidia statement here:
http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/notice-for-nvidia-tablet-customers-nasdaq-nvda-2043927.htm
Coincidentally I'm just awaiting a replacement. My defective unit (not for overheating) reached them yesterday. Hoping they send me out an unaffected replacement by close of play today, though may be subject to delay now I guess.
Yeah new tablet for all \o/
also, double check this: http://tabletrecall.expertproductinquiry.com/registration/registration
how to check battery type on non-stock ROMs?
does anyone know how to check battery type on non-stock roms? I have CM12.1 currently installed and I would rather not need to go back to stock just to find out I have the non-recallable battery type.
does anyone know how to check battery type on non-stock roms? I have CM12.1 currently installed and I would rather not need to go back to stock just to find out I have the non-recallable battery type.
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Agreed, but not even the stock 4.4.2 rom has the option as far as I can tell.
clown_from_hell said:
does anyone know how to check battery type on non-stock roms? I have CM12.1 currently installed and I would rather not need to go back to stock just to find out I have the non-recallable battery type.
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Agreed, but not even the stock 4.4.2 rom has the option as far as I can tell.
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The battery type check was added in the latest OTA along with a recall app that is opened if you have the right battery type. You will probably have to flash the new stock build to check.
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does anyone know how to check battery type on non-stock roms? I have CM12.1 currently installed and I would rather not need to go back to stock just to find out I have the non-recallable battery type.
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Have a look at the faq: http://tabletrecall.expertproductinquiry.com/faq/6x1gnn
Q. How do I know if my tablet is affected?
A. The recall includes NVIDIA SHIELD tablets (both WIFI and LTE) sold between July 2014 and July 2015.
Model numbers P1761, P1761W and P1761WX and serial numbers 0410215901781 through 0425214604018 are included in this recall. The model and serial numbers are etched on the left side edge of the tablets and printed on the packaging.
Please go to www.nvidia.com/support/tabletrecall and follow the instructions. You will need to update your tablet with the latest software to determine if your tablet is affected.
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Alternatively call them and ask. Numbers are on faq page.
Thanks, that helps. My serial is in the range so I guess i'll figure out how to unroot and update. Thanks!
Anyone knows what to do as a EU consumer?
Also, damn it. I use my shield tablet during field work. This will be a hard blow for my work flow
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Have a look at the faq
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thanks, checked the serial number range there.
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Thanks, that helps. My serial is in the range so I guess i'll figure out how to unroot and update. Thanks!
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I'd like to figure it out too, so while we're here: do we have to re-virgin our tablets to ask for replacement? And if so, how can we unroot and wipe the heck out of it?
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I'd like to figure it out too, so while we're here: do we have to re-virgin our tablets to ask for replacement? And if so, how can we unroot and wipe the heck out of it?
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I'm not 100% sure. XDA has changed a bit and theres no sticky guides any more. I rooted it like 8 months ago and was happy where it was so I didn't follow any of the development on it
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Anyone knows what to do as a EU consumer?
Also, damn it. I use my shield tablet during field work. This will be a hard blow for my work flow
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Having literally gone through the RMA process myself for an unrelated issue, I'm assuming you complete that online form and they will send a replacement. You have to agree to a statement that your old affected device will be remotely wiped on receipt of your new one. I'm assuming they'll include a prepaid label for you to return it (goes to an address in the Netherlands).
Usual RMA process is you send the defective unit back and upon receipt they will send out the replacement. Has it been made clear what the process is for this recall? It looks to me, given that statement you consent to, they will forward a replacement right away. If so, that is pretty trusting.
I knew unrooting was not a problem, prolly a factory reset suffice but I'm not sure. The problem is the unlocked bootloader. That can't be undone afaik. In any case there is no word about the roms/root/bootloader type we flashed in the meanwhile on the nvidia official faq pages. This an hadrware defect and looks quite serious to them if they ask for a worldwide return, so I'm not even sure we need to worry about whatever software we flashed in
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Thanks Cris_c81. Ive to come home and use the reclamation process from the shield tablet.
And Im glad that Nvidia makes it smooth for us consumer to get a safe product now when the current one is proclaimed unsafe to use.
Also, is it ok to make a RMA and then unroot the tablet while I wait for a replacement?
Just did the whole process.
Yes you could call and check your serial number without restoring back to stock, however the RMA process has you using the app( built into the latest OTA) to retrieve RMA code to complete the online process. You do agree to the remote wipe once your replacement is turned on. It also says it will render the tablet in usable. (They likely has a kill switch in the latest OTA also). Just got the confirmation email and it looks to be here in 2-4 weeks. No where during the online process does it say of they want the old device back, however in the email it seems to imply they do. Only way to know for sure is if there is a return postage in the RMA box.
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I did the whole process as well for Romania and for some reason i have not received any emails yet -_-
Also i see that they want to return the tablet and i have no problem with that as long as they send any UPS/DHL/DPD courier to my door to pick it up and they pay for the transport since it's their stupid fault.
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I did the whole process as well for Romania and for some reason i have not received any emails yet -_-
Also i see that they want to return the tablet and i have no problem with that as long as they send any UPS/DHL/DPD courier to my door to pick it up and they pay for the transport since it's their stupid fault.
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See this is what I don't know. Because the standard RMA process they ask the customer to foot the cost of paying for FedEx or similar. Unless of course you complain to support and then they send you a prepaid FedEx label, which is what I did
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See this is what I don't know. Because the standard RMA process they ask the customer to foot the cost of paying for FedEx or similar. Unless of course you complain to support and then they send you a prepaid FedEx label, which is what I did
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Consider the ginormous screw-up that they did with the battery and reading the process on the page it would seem that they will send you a new tablet and when you open it, the other one will be rendered unusable which basically makes it a giant ball of turd or a brick
Not sure if they want it shipped back or not but by what i'm reading they won't. Even so i don't mind keeping the blank one for spare pieces.