Sunday Rant/Rage (Dec 18 2016) - Your weekly complaint thread! |
- Sunday Rant/Rage (Dec 18 2016) - Your weekly complaint thread!
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| Sunday Rant/Rage (Dec 18 2016) - Your weekly complaint thread! Posted: 18 Dec 2016 03:07 AM PST Note 1. Join our Discord, IRC, and Telegram chat-rooms! Please see our wiki for instructions. This weekly Sunday thread is for you to let off some steam and speak out about whatever complaint you might have about:
Rules 1) Please do not target any individuals or try to name/shame any individual. If you hate Google/Samsung/HTC etc. for one thing that is fine, but do not be rude to an individual app developer. 2) If you have a suggestion to solve another user's issue, please leave a comment but be sure it's constructive! We do not want any flame-wars. 3) Be respectful of other's opinions. Even if you feel that somebody is "wrong" you don't have to go out of your way to prove them wrong. Disagree politely, and move on. [link] [comments]  | ||
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| Posted: 18 Dec 2016 05:44 AM PST Thread on Google Product Forums 4 Pixel XLs and my wifes standard Pixel, all have static distortion at the highest three levels of volumes. I would suggest checking to see if your device exhibits this issue and contact Google if such. Google needs to acknowledge and take care of this issue as it is unacceptable behavior for a $900 device. EDIT: Just loaded NMF26Q which is the second December update for the Pixel XL, the issue still exists. Edit 2: Created a Straw poll for anyone interested in seeing some numbers: StrawPoll.me [link] [comments]  | ||
| Nova Launcher on sale for $0.99 Posted: 17 Dec 2016 10:04 PM PST
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| SultanXDA found that if the OnePlus 3T SD 821 runs at high frequenties it will force reboot! Posted: 18 Dec 2016 01:40 PM PST | ||
| Interesting magsafe like charger for Android Posted: 18 Dec 2016 02:46 PM PST
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| Evan Blass: LG Pad III 10.1 (a 16:10 Android tablet with kickstand) Posted: 18 Dec 2016 09:51 AM PST
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| Caution everyone, recently scammed for $300 from a phone I bought from Swappa. Posted: 18 Dec 2016 12:03 PM PST https://swappa.com/listing/VTE647/sale I bought this phone in late May. That was 6 months and 3 weeks ago. It is an LG V10 and was working great up until the point around October 15th, that it was reported stolen from the original owner and the device stopped working for me. It is a T-mobile version of the phone and I, stupidly, didn't test the phone for being stolen until last week. I thought the v10 was having some type of LG problem or hardware problem. So anyway, I've contacted Paypal and they say it is too long since the purchase was made. I contacted Swappa and they froze the user's account and I have contacted the user who is claiming that I am attempting to scam him. All in all this has been a shitty event and I have decided I will not ever purchase another used phone. Does anyone know of anything I can do to get either my money back or a working phone out of the situation? Below is a transcript between me and user King M. the scammer on Swappa. Also here is his profile on Swappa: https://swappa.com/user/CFI851/profile There's also a mix of swappa support staff making comments as well. King M. Seller - May 27, 2016 - 02:38 PM thanks for purchase your phone mailed out today, tracking is posted here on swappa and paypal thanks again and enjoy! Michael H. - Jun 01, 2016 - 02:20 PM Hi King. Thanks for shipping the phone but it seems like it is stuck or at least the shipping information hasn't updated in a while on USPS. It says the phone should be delivered on Tuesday but it still hasn't come in yet. The mail just ran again today. I know there isn't much you can do but any idea on what might be going on? I know you guys have had some bad weather. Thanks a lot man. Swappa Autobot Staff - Jun 02, 2016 - 03:10 PM Sale has been completed. Thank you both for using Swappa! Michael, thank you for providing seller feedback. Michael H. - Dec 15, 2016 - 05:56 PM I have to take back what I said about the original purchase. I basically just had $300 stolen from me. The phone was reported stolen in about September and I just realized when I checked with a T-mobile store just an hour ago that it wasn't because the phone was broken. So I lost $300 to "King M". I also plan to get on twitter and tell everyone about swappa and how I lost out of $300. Unless this can be fixed. Thanks a lot. Joshua Grady Staff - Dec 15, 2016 - 05:58 PM United States (US) We're very sorry to hear this, Michael, and we absolutely expect for the seller to address this problem! Please provide the IMEI tied to the device received from this sale, so that we can confirm this information and provide further steps. Thank you. Michael H. - Dec 16, 2016 - 09:10 AM Thanks so much for the help Joshua. My IMEI is 354017072102193. King M. Seller - Dec 16, 2016 - 08:41 PM Sorry to hear about the problem. swappa staff will be able to see, this is something that has not happened while i've been selling here. this is an isolated case. What makes this difficult is that in 10days it will be 7 months since the sale. Its past guarantee/warranty period. When I listed the phone it did show that I wasn't the original owner. From a legal perspective, Buyers need to be aware when buying anything used online from anywhere that risks are involved especially with phones. Unless the phone is used/refurbished being sold directly from the carrier, a buyer needs to make themselves aware that this type of incident can happen and that risk is accepted automatically when its purchased especially since swappa shows whether the seller is the original owner or not. Now during a set time if this had occurred something could be done, but I unfortunately can't guarantee a phone for lifetime that the buyer has it. Swappa staff, please clarify or confirm. Nate T. Staff - Dec 16, 2016 - 08:46 PM United States (US) Here is our policy in this situation: "If an item sold on Swappa becomes blacklisted, through no fault of the buyer, outside of PayPal's refund window the seller is expected to provide a reimbursement for the market value of the device or a comparable replacement device to the buyer." Michael H. - Dec 17, 2016 - 05:24 PM Thanks for your help Nate. I'm glad that at least he won't be able to do this to any other of your customers. I wonder if the other persons he has sold phones to over the past few months would mind knowing that at any time the original owner could report their phones stolen and render them useless. I would even urge you to unblock his account if he even offered to give me a phone in place of the $300 he stole from me. But considereing the circumstances we are in now I am afraid I will never purchase a used phone again with worry of another situation like this occurring. You live and you learn. Sincerely, The guy who had $300 stolen from him. King M. Seller - Dec 18, 2016 - 10:47 AM Ummm my account isn't banned so don't pat yourself on the shoulder just yet and why they won't. Because they know as i do that YOU could be scamming ME! It actually happens and here's how you could report the phone yourself as being stolen. You already said you got another phone! when you report it to your carrier , they don't take a month or 2 to block it, they do it immediately. So when Swappa or paypal check here or other sites to check blacklist status it will show up very shortly after but it will NOT tell them who made the report nor the exact status because they can't obtain info as to whether its lost stolen or financed because that info is private. then should you get a refund, you can take the phone back in a month or so and tell Tmobile "hey i found it" , they reactivate and you got the money and the phone! What makes this very possible is that I have a receipt from the pawnshop I bought it from dated 5/2/16 which means according to one of your stories, it took the King M. Seller - Dec 18, 2016 - 10:57 AM owner 5 to 6 months minimum to figure out is was stolen?? You also said you couldn't get the imei, why? when a phone is reported stolen its still 100% functional minus network access, you can still get to the settings or download one of a 1000 apps that shows imei. Tmobile reps don't tell you specifically that a phone is stolen, they cant because its a legal implication! if you called right now and gave them the imei they will ONLY tell you its lost, stolen or financed, 20 different reps will tell you the same thing (swappa you can call to test this out and see) but this rep told you specifically it was stolen? At no point and time nor here twice and in paypal once, did you ever mention return the phone as part of the solution ...just getting your money back. Your timeline you gave paypal differs from the one here. you also stated there you wanted $250 here you said $300. King M. Seller - Dec 18, 2016 - 11:15 AM its the holidays and now more so than other times people get desperate for money. So is my version of what I think is happening accurate?? sure but maybe not, however that is very much so a possibility, swappa knows this....now I assume that if a pattern existed or developed that their actions would go a certain way, but there isn't one. so you say I stole from you, im saying you're scamming me. But if your version is the right one then im sorry, but buying something used...regardless of what it is, house, car, phone..etc ALWAYS carries an extra level of RISK period! This is the buyers risk (provided the seller follows legal guidelines for whatever it is and in this case as all, I have proof i did) If your risk doesn't pan out, thats on you 100%. Its a gamble. Thats not the sellers fault nor should they have to pay for your risk. This is called a life lesson. King M. Seller - Dec 18, 2016 - 11:24 AM but in the end this is you saying its one thing and me saying its another...either way here are some images i took from the info sent to paypal. timeline of things happening is a bit different, the amount asking for is different and again, never mentioned returning the phone, just wants refund and it seems like he purposely left back feedback. On ebay this is known as "hostaging" feedback, using it to get what you want, in effect purposely holding it hostage, there thats a no no, but swappa who knows. Apparently 15 months later if a phone becomes defective, they can change their feedback here...didn't know that https://s28.postimg.org/twsyq40ql/paypal_note1.jpg https://s28.postimg.org/5uc4v8k3h/paypal_note2.jpg King M. Seller - Dec 18, 2016 - 11:25 AM meant to say ... purposely left negative feedback Michael H. - Dec 18, 2016 - 12:40 PM I never said I couldn't get the IMEI, not sure where you gathered that from. I'm also not a T-mobile customer so I don't have the ability to report the phone stolen. I use an MVNO called US Mobile that uses T-mobile towers. And if there's any information I can give forth to show that I didn't and haven't done anything and am the only one being scammed here I will. In fact, I am currently using a $39.99 prepaid ZTE phone when my phone went out sometime around October 12-15th. I gave the IMEI info to swappa and will to anyone else if asked. Also if you noticed I mention in one of my comments that getting a phone is okay with me although it's annoying to have to transfer all of my stuff over and worry about a phone that could break when my current phone is working perfectly other than the T-mobile rep in the store at 4161 Sycamore Dairy Rd, Fayetteville North Carolina, who told me that it was stolen. Furthermore I have over 150 positive feedback on ebay and member since 2002. Michael H. - Dec 18, 2016 - 12:46 PM I also believe I have acted reasonably, I'm the one who spent $300 and has a defective phone. If I knew how to do anything differently to have either a working phone or my money back I would. Hell, I could post pictures of me using it's Wifi so you know it's working. I could take pictures with my current SIM in my working phone vs the SIM in the reported stolen as per the T-mobile rep phone. It's now your burden to prove that you aren't scamming me. I don't care if you are the middle man in the deal. I'll even ship the not working phone back to you if I got a refund or a device in it's place. Also, I don't care if you leave me any negative feedback, like I said before I'm never buying another used phone from ebay or here because of the sour taste still in my mouth from losing this $300. I hope karma comes back to haunt you. Michael H. - Dec 18, 2016 - 01:50 PM One last thing, it isn't considered feedback hostage or whatever you call it when it's a legitimate complaint. If a major part of the deal is receiving a working phone and you violate that agreement you receive a negative feedback, if you make up for your short comings by replacing or offering some type of refund. I will edit the feedback again and give a full account of what's transpired. Seems to me if you don't like the risk of having a device fail shortly after a feedback is left and allowing the purchaser the chance to tell everyone else to beware, then maybe you should sell devices that can't later be used to scam the buyer out of money. Or sell elsewhere. I'm still waiting on you to tell me how I should have handled this situation in a way where I could have come out with a working device or my money back, since you seemed to suggest my way of trying to fix this situation wasn't the proper way. Any suggestions on a way to get this situation fixed or at least to get some of my money back or a working phone or anything would be great. Thanks anyone in advance for any help or suggestions. [link] [comments]  | ||
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| After Phones, Tablets, Cars, Watches, TV.... Where is the next best place for Android OS? Posted: 18 Dec 2016 06:41 AM PST VR Headsets? Refrigerators? Toasters? Washing machine? Pens? Mirrors? Light switches??..... Would love to hear your ideas. [link] [comments]  | ||
| There should be a way to open an app in split screen (if supported) from notification. Posted: 18 Dec 2016 09:18 AM PST This would be super convenient and honestly it would make split screen 10 times more useful. [link] [comments]  | ||
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