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Is there any reason not to buy a new, sealed and supposedly factory unlocked HTC One from ebay? Seller (UK based) has seemingly good rep and mentions warranty is valid. Just cautious as it's £80 cheaper than any other one. Never bought from the bay so a bit sceptical.
No good reason no, just be prepared to fight your corner if you have to in case things go wrong.
Pay by a credit card via paypal to max out your chances to claim off someone else if needs be. Make sure you keep a record of any items posted, messages sent etc.
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I have big love for the OpenVPN client in Android and http://www.iVPN.net
No good for app permissions, but very good for privacy when on open wifi and to prevent your mobile operator seeing what you're doing.
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yeah I'm using Private Internet Access http://www.privateinternetaccess.com and it works perfectly. Found they have the best speeds from US -> UK. I also have Witopia incase I'm stuck in India again
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Is there any reason not to buy a new, sealed and supposedly factory unlocked HTC One from ebay? Seller (UK based) has seemingly good rep and mentions warranty is valid. Just cautious as it's £80 cheaper than any other one. Never bought from the bay so a bit sceptical.
HTC Sense may be a reason
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OK so I think I'm going to root my S2 tonight.
What roms would you guys recommend? I'm thinking of Cynogen then maybe some root access battery saver app.
Anything else?
i ran Slim on my S2 for a year.
you won't need a battery saver.
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I have big love for the OpenVPN client in Android and http://www.iVPN.net
No good for app permissions, but very good for privacy when on open wifi and to prevent your mobile operator seeing what you're doing.
I know nothing about phone VPNs. Is there an app I could use existing Cisco VPN profiles with? What about Windows VPN connections - can I just enter the URLs and it'll work?
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Installed Paranoid Android on my Nexus 4. It's good, but not sure how much better it is.
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I know nothing about phone VPNs. Is there an app I could use existing Cisco VPN profiles with? What about Windows VPN connections - can I just enter the URLs and it'll work?
With iVPN and the OpenVPN client, basically you install the client on the phone.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.blinkt.openvpn&hl=en
And then you download a profile from iVPN and import it into the OpenVPN client.
It uses UDP for communication, and you will achieve around 70-80% of whatever your connection speed.
When enabled, it's totally invisible to you. You won't have to use any special browser or browser plugin, all internet traffic will go over the VPN. Whether it's GMail using IMAP, Dolphin using https, or even an SSH session.
Everything gets encrypted invisibly, and you can pick whatever endpoint you want to us, to make it appear that you have a US, EU or UK connection, etc.
And if you want to get paranoid you can double-hop... sending the traffic to the US before routing back to the UK.
The whole thing is invisible to you after setup, and you only need connect every once in a while (if you've gone without reception for a while... then you may have to reconnect manually).
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I chose them because they obsess over privacy, protecting journalists, activists and the like rather than focusing on bit torrent and piracy.
If you're looking for piracy, just consider a seedbox from someone like https://whatbox.ca/ or www.feralhosting.com
But I, value privacy, value free speech, and went for a provider that really does shoot for that more than anything.
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Is there any reason not to buy a new, sealed and supposedly factory unlocked HTC One from ebay? Seller (UK based) has seemingly good rep and mentions warranty is valid. Just cautious as it's £80 cheaper than any other one. Never bought from the bay so a bit sceptical.