PLEASE HELP ME, IM SO SCARED I'M USING ALL CAPS

[SanJoseSharks]

PLEASE, I bought a LG G2 F320S off eBay and as soon as I got it I knew something was up, first of all, the onscreen buttons were nowhere to be found and when I went into settings to enable them the front touch buttons was nowhere to be found. As I use the phone more and more I'm starting to think the damn thing is fake.

 

The things that are suspicious

1. The phone came rooted (the store on eBay supposedly sells "phones used as display phones in retail stores" those sure as hell won't be rooted.

2. It has the Lamhaong ROM flashed on to it even though I was assured the phone was being shipped in original retail condition

3.THERE'S NO DAMN DISPLAY BUTTONS, or an option in settings (for those of you who don't know, the LG G2 doesn't have any capacitive touch buttons, only system buttons, a quick google search of the G2 will show you that.)

4.There's no way to add the display buttons, when I open an app I have to restart the phone just to exit the app because I have no home, or back buttons.

5.There are several themes already loaded on to it 3 in fact, "LG" "zlhlmios" and "Blue" and these actually change the look of the apps etc. 

6.the phone is kind of laggy for a phone on the first day

7.It didn't come with any Korean Telecom bloatware

 

Now, I didn't come here just to warn you guys about buying from eBay. I actually came to get help. I'm going to confront the seller but I need concrete evidence before I proceed. I was hoping someone could prescribe me an app that can actually go deep and give me a list of the hardware in the phone, I'm assuming if it's a knockoff it won't actually have a snapdragon 800 cpu or an Adreno 330 graphics chip in it, so that would really help my case. And any other ideas on how to prove it's fake so I can compile together a case to make to eBay's legal team. (such as things to check in the software etc, or how to remove a ROM and return to the original if that's possible)

 

Thanks boys and girls

 

PS: If you have any questions that might help you better help me PLEASE ASK!

[ADZ_123_!"£]

PLEASE, I bought a LG G2 F320S off eBay and as soon as I got it I knew something was up, first of all, the onscreen buttons were nowhere to be found and when I went into settings to enable them the front touch buttons was nowhere to be found. As I use the phone more and more I'm starting to think the damn thing is fake.

 

The things that are suspicious

1. The phone came rooted (the store on eBay supposedly sells "phones used as display phones in retail stores" those sure as hell won't be rooted.

2. It has the Lamhaong ROM flashed on to it even though I was assured the phone was being shipped in original retail condition

3.THERE'S NO DAMN DISPLAY BUTTONS, or an option in settings (for those of you who don't know, the LG G2 doesn't have any capacitive touch buttons, only system buttons, a quick google search of the G2 will show you that.)

4.There's no way to add the display buttons, when I open an app I have to restart the phone just to exit the app because I have no home, or back buttons.

5.There are several themes already loaded on to it 3 in fact, "LG" "zlhlmios" and "Blue" and these actually change the look of the apps etc. 

6.the phone is kind of laggy for a phone on the first day

7.It didn't come with any Korean Telecom bloatware

 

Now, I didn't come here just to warn you guys about buying from eBay. I actually came to get help. I'm going to confront the seller but I need concrete evidence before I proceed. I was hoping someone could prescribe me an app that can actually go deep and give me a list of the hardware in the phone, I'm assuming if it's a knockoff it won't actually have a snapdragon 800 cpu or an Adreno 330 graphics chip in it, so that would really help my case. And any other ideas on how to prove it's fake so I can compile together a case to make to eBay's legal team. (such as things to check in the software etc, or how to remove a ROM and return to the original if that's possible)

 

Thanks boys and girls

 

PS: If you have any questions that might help you better help me PLEASE ASK!

It sure as hell sounds like it's a fake unfortunately. :wacko:

[shirokado]

CPU-Z? You can download it on play store, it shows you the specs of the whole phone, CPU, GPU, Ram, Storage, Battery, Screen(size,resolution, ppi), android version, model number, etc.

[RedSphyxis]

It might be fake but it also might be the real deal it's just a bricked phone.

 

I though of that once to sell my old s3 that just got bricked but I'm a good person so no.

 

Might be fake but most likely bricked.

[trued_2]

If you can, try and download a custom android launcher (when i installed nova launcher i had to add the app drawer ), that way you should be able to get at least some form of system buttons to show up. here are some recommended by tech radar http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/operating-systems/10-best-android-launchers-amazing-ways-to-supercharge-your-phone-1231553

[SanJoseSharks]

Can anyone help me with anymore advice?

[G33k 4 L1F3]

CPUZ can show what specs is in the phone. If it is real, then simply pulling up the specs online, then running the app, both should give the same info, or match. If they don't, it's fake.

[G33k 4 L1F3]

Can anyone help me with anymore advice?

Do not do anything to the phone, like download anything, try and reset it, or anything. He can use that against you just so he can keep his money. Also, i suggested something above.

P.S. by download anything, I mean custom launchers, rootkit removers, games, etc. The need things like CPUZ, and stuff you should.

[SanJoseSharks]

The phone has stopped responding, it does not turn on anymore. The notification light blinks red. Any other advice? I took a lot of photos before the phone died, I also have every email the seller ever sent to me.

[G33k 4 L1F3]

The phone has stopped responding, it does not turn on anymore. The notification light blinks red. Any other advice? I took a lot of photos before the phone died, I also have every email the seller ever sent to me.

It needs charged. Charge it, then do what I suggested. See you in 4 hours (thats how long it will take)

[SanJoseSharks]

so after several hours of charging, I turn the phone on and it has less than 5% battery. Any ideas on why that happened?

[watts300]

so after several hours of charging, I turn the phone on and it has less than 5% battery. Any ideas on why that happened?

How much did you pay for it?

I'm interested in seeing the eBay description.

[TDP_Equinox]

so after several hours of charging, I turn the phone on and it has less than 5% battery. Any ideas on why that happened?

You can get your money back on that alone; The battery is dead. 

CPUz will tell you if it's real, but my guess is that it's either fake, or someone fucked it up.

 

[SanJoseSharks]

Some friends told me to open a paypal dispute any advice on if that's a smart decision?

[dragoon20005]

Some friends told me to open a paypal dispute any advice on if that's a smart decision?

yes Paypal will refund your the amount you paid

 

Paypal will chase at the seller for the refund.

[TDP_Equinox]

Some friends told me to open a paypal dispute any advice on if that's a smart decision?

Yes. Very smart.