Buying an Amaze off of CL. Anything to check for?

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Hello, I am finally making the jump from my Inspire to an Amaze and was wondering if there is anything that I should look for. I know to check the water damage sensors (1 on battery, 1 behind battery, anywhere else?), void sticker (is there just 1?) and to make sure that all buttons work but is there anything else that I should check?

Thanks so much. Can't wait to become a part of the community!

Originally Posted by StockDC2

Hello, I am finally making the jump from my Inspire to an Amaze and was wondering if there is anything that I should look for. I know to check the water damage sensors (1 on battery, 1 behind battery, anywhere else?), void sticker (is there just 1?) and to make sure that all buttons work but is there anything else that I should check?

Thanks so much. Can't wait to become a part of the community!

What you should really be careful about is I've seen a few people post about buying phones on craigslist and in particular this phone that have bought and and when they use it they get the message bad imei which means it was reported stolen and you can't use it.

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Meet at a Tmobile's store and make sure that it is not reported stolen.

Over 10000!!! You bet I am.

Former T-Mo Rep. I'll tell you EXACTLY what to look for.

As Xndabox said, meet at a local T-Mo store.
As Ickedmel said, have them check the IMEI to make sure it is not blacklisted.

Make sure it is not water damaged, make a test call/message. have someone call you to test the speakers out. put it on loudspeaker.

Pop out the battery and put it in. After you do so, hold the volume down and power button together. See if it says ***Locked*** or ***Unlocked*** or ***Relocked***

If it says ***Locked***, he never unlocked the bootloader.

If it says ***Unlocked***, he unlocked the bootloader. (Voids warranty)

If it says ***Relocked***, he unlocked the bootloader and relocked it. (Voids warranty)

Make sure it reads a memory card.

Test out all parts of the touchscreen. Make sure it works.

That's all I can think of lol.

All Amazing (see what I did there?) responses, especially the one from hasoon2000.

Can someone quickly check their phone and tell me how many water damage indicators there are and their locations? Also, how many "void" stickers there are (and their locations) would be super helpful as well.

If the phone is blacklisted, will I be able to make a call? Unfortunately, I don't live near a T-Mobile store. I was planning on calling 611 if the seller is patient enough .

Call customer care (611) and ask them to run an IMEI check on the Amaze. I would check the liquid damage indicator, but my phone is in my car and I'm playing xbox =D

Originally Posted by hasoon2000

Call customer care (611) and ask them to run an IMEI check on the Amaze. I would check the liquid damage indicator, but my phone is in my car and I'm playing xbox =D

what do you play on xbox?

you could always borrow someones tmobile simcard and use it to test the phone...

hasoon, do you play battlefield 3?

Originally Posted by ziggy46

you could always borrow someones tmobile simcard and use it to test the phone...

hasoon, do you play battlefield 3?

Not necessarily. Sometimes it can take a while for it to be blacklisted, but it will show up in the system if it was reported stolen/lost.

I don't actually. I'm playing on Deus Ex right now. It's so fun! I play Black Ops though on live.

Originally Posted by StockDC2

Hello, I am finally making the jump from my Inspire to an Amaze and was wondering if there is anything that I should look for. I know to check the water damage sensors (1 on battery, 1 behind battery, anywhere else?), void sticker (is there just 1?) and to make sure that all buttons work but is there anything else that I should check?

Thanks so much. Can't wait to become a part of the community!

How much are you buying it for? I got mine a while back(January) off of CL for around 275 I think - it should be cheaper than that by now, but if the price is too good to be true.. be skeptical(unless you can tell they are just an idiot).
If they have the box and original accessories it is probably pretty safe to say they didn't steal it(unless they work at tmobile) - before you even meet them ask if they have that stuff and can include it.
If you can't meet at tmobile, ask why they are selling it - if they said they bought a new phone ask if you can use their simcard to test it - if they say they don't have a t-mobile sim card(and they didn't mention switching carriers before) - be skeptical.

As long as it boots and everything appears to be working the only thing you need to watch out for is a stolen phone- but some questions and common sense(and maybe a phone call to tmobile) should be able to avoid buying a stolen phone. Whether the bootloader is locked, relocked or any of that really doesn't matter, you aren't going to have any warranty except on the parts of the phone anyways.. as long as it boots and you can get to the bootloader you're golden for anything you want to do