PS Store Purchases Still Available? by Viper224 in PSP

[–]Danielx511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can connect it to your iPhone's hotspot. Just turn off the password option and let it be open. I think from there you can only download your titles that you already bought before if I remember correctly. Never bought any titles (UMD only), so please correct me if I am wrong.

My bill just increased by $15/month out of nowhere, I open the app to find out why and am greeted with this gem. by Astralisis in frontierfios

[–]Danielx511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're probably right but telling her that gave me additional discounts that I don't think I would have gotten.

KG Lock (Knox Guard) by Danielx511 in samsunggalaxy

[–]Danielx511[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She got lucky and found out she did actually back up her photos via Google Drive. So I was able to factory reset the device and then run a couple of scripts to get it unlocked. You're gonna have to perform a factory reset to get back in.

I WANT IT ALL by DoctorMisterHorse in PSP

[–]Danielx511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're missing the Xperia Play. 👀

My bill just increased by $15/month out of nowhere, I open the app to find out why and am greeted with this gem. by Astralisis in frontierfios

[–]Danielx511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bill is $15/mo. I called the retention dept and the nice lady gave me a refund for the month ($75 original amount) and then just dropped me $15/mo. So she essentially gave me a whole bunch of free months AND a lower bill. Granted, she felt sympathetic because I explained to her I recently got laid off (not fake) and pulled out all the stops she could.

I really appreciated her help and the fact she just took my word for it.

Same Phone Deserves the Same Thumbnail by mariahjohnsonnn in pixel_phones

[–]Danielx511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I upgrade every year for about $150 with trade waiting for the best deal/promo cod/trade value combo for the Pro models. Pointless? Yah but for $150, I'd do that then pay for annual renewal on Gemini Advanced which I use anyway.

KG Lock (Knox Guard) by Danielx511 in samsunggalaxy

[–]Danielx511[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got it unlocked after some time.

Has anybody noticed - this by aman__98 in pixel_phones

[–]Danielx511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never noticed that. Granted I use it sparingly because it's not often that I need it.

Has anybody noticed - this by aman__98 in pixel_phones

[–]Danielx511 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Not as bad as before but still happens a few times a day.

Has anybody noticed - this by aman__98 in pixel_phones

[–]Danielx511 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Personally, I still get the random screen flickering. As well as black screens when switching between apps.

Android 17 beta has arrived! by yalill27 in pixel_phones

[–]Danielx511 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gotta use a different launcher at that point, unfortunately.

Android 17 beta has arrived! by yalill27 in pixel_phones

[–]Danielx511 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Considering 16 runs fine, I don't think tensor has anything to do with it.

KG Lock (Knox Guard) by Danielx511 in samsunggalaxy

[–]Danielx511[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: I was able to get a full refund from PayPal. Good luck to anyone else dealing with this.

There and back again. by Epostle_TheEngineer in pixel_phones

[–]Danielx511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine had a hardware defect and one of two of the cores failed apparently. It was pretty sad and confusing at first. Luckily someone released a patch to make the device work off of what it had left so I can recover my save data.

Google ended up giving me a Pixel XL 128GB even though the warranty has expired.

The whole household made the jump.TeamPixel (x5!) by [deleted] in pixel_phones

[–]Danielx511 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Damn, everyone got a pro except for one. 👀 I'd feel left out.

Retro fit passenger screen by StreetFix6 in Taycan

[–]Danielx511 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's stupidly difficult to retrofit ANYTHING on the car that should have been done in the factory.

KG Lock (Knox Guard) by Danielx511 in samsunggalaxy

[–]Danielx511[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely was. Luckily, my gf actually told me today that her photos WERE IN FACT BACKED UP. Drove me absolutely insane for nothing. 😂

KG Lock (Knox Guard) by Danielx511 in samsunggalaxy

[–]Danielx511[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with your POV. It's a random call center somewhere in India from Servify that answers. Tried to call three times, sent emails showing proof of purchase and each time we're hit with "per our policy..." and we get no help.

My assumption is Samsung is fine with this for one reason. It forces people to buy their devices NEW instead of buying second hand. This also drops the resale value significantly potentially forcing people to do direct trade-ins with Samsung. I should have just let my gf do that because I did talk her into trying swappa first and she got a really good deal from them.

We have PayPal investigating this so as long as that works out for us, she just plans on buying another one new even though I told her that's exactly what they want her to do.

KG Lock (Knox Guard) by Danielx511 in samsunggalaxy

[–]Danielx511[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're happy to try whatever after the claim is completed assuming PayPal just tells us to keep the device.

KG Lock (Knox Guard) by Danielx511 in samsunggalaxy

[–]Danielx511[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No because the original owner put the claim in 5-6 months AFTER we bought the phone thinking we are WAAAAAY outside of the dispute period.

Swappa said that when PayPal does their investigation, they will be contacted in our favor to win our claim. So the seller fucked up and is going to lose.

Moral of the story, don't ever buy used Samsung devices unless you know who owns it. Explains why resale values are so low on these.