Not eligible for a upgrade until late 2013
But if I upgrade I lose unlimited 4g with Verizon
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Samsung Galaxy Note II (new flagship Android phone from Samsung)
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Not eligible for a upgrade until late 2013
But if I upgrade I lose unlimited 4g with Verizon
whatsinaname
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You are stuck then, sorry.
With any good smart phone, you are looking at about $600 (less cost of old phone) while upgrading mid cycle. With this being a slightly more expensive phone and you trying to keep your unlimited 4g, I don't see too many other options.
OK. I haven't rooted it *yet* but I will. I just wanted to see if there were some open alternatives. Thanks for the info!
Yeah, that's what's holding me back from Apex. Plugging in some headphones and going to Google Music is god-tier
When you plug in some head..whatever, this screen slides into view with the most used apps (and it changes depending on usage)
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Buy the phone outright rather than get tied into anything, take good care of it, and play the market game by selling next year when the Note3 arrives, or when a better colour Note 2 pops up.
Galaxy S3's and Note 1's seemed to have been pretty good at retaining their prices.
Galaxy S3's and Note 1's seemed to have been pretty good at retaining their prices.
Unknown Soldier
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That's the Page Buddy. Those are just ordinary widgets, you can replace the Samsung apps with whatever music player app you use for example!
Unknown Soldier
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For those of us on the world's most advanced network, Verizon 4G LTE, I would advise you to point your browsers to XDA Developers on Wednesday for a very important announcement on XDA TV.
Verizon
Verizon
got pwned
As someone thinking about getting the Note 2 and switching to Verizon to do so is this a good thing? I'm assuming it's the bootloader being cracked wide open, but is there anything I need to worry about in terms of choosing Verizon over ATT, for example (I have T-Mobile now, but their customer service has annoyed me and their coverage sucks in my area)?
Thanks!
The Faceless Master
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yeah, the Voicemail app is a Sprint thing. all the Carrier voicemail apps are lame like that.
Google Wallet can be hacked on, but i would wait.
as for 4 icons, there's always 3rd party launchers.
no idea what i'm gonna do with all that space in 5x5
you can upgrade their line, switch the phone to your line and switch their dumbphone back to their line and turn off the data plan on their line. any Verizon store rep should be able to do it for you.
not a launcher, but if you want to automatically go to Google Music...
Tasker!
does anyone know where the Sprint logo is on their Galaxy Note II???
Unknown Soldier
Member
If I had Sprint, I would try to hide it too. Whereas I don't mind people knowing I have Verizon, I just run the Speedtest.net app while they watch and they know which network is the strongest.
You'll probably have to worry about how Verizon has 4G LTE over 75% of the current US population and how they plan to have their entire 3G network footprint overlaid with LTE by mid-2013. You're going to hit your data cap so fast if you sit there and download 1 GB Note II ROM images over the data connection. This is a serious concern, I grabbed a couple of ROM images yesterday in order to flash odex - deodex and back and forgot I was on LTE and not WiFi and burned through 2 GB in literally 10-15 minutes. I have unlimited data so I am not worried when I derp like this but you might be if you switch to Verizon now and get onto a capped plan. It feels just like landline Internet and if you aren't paying attention you'll start using it just like that and then hello overages!
The Faceless Master
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i just show them my monthly bill.
Unknown Soldier
Member
I'm more than happy to compare bills with you. Come at me bro!
Thanks. That sounds pretty manageable as I have wi-fi both at work and at home, so I'll just make sure to do the heavy data lifting in those locations rather than when I'm out and about.
I can't wait to have good coverage again.
The Faceless Master
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Let's go bro
Unknown Soldier
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Oh God you're gonna make me do this on my phone?
Unknown Soldier
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Okay, this actually bears some explaining since you can't see everything on the tiny window.
What I actually have is a family plan with 2 other people. They only have dumbphones. So that's actually $80 for 700 minutes and unlimited texting for 3 lines. I have the $30 unlimited data plan. So after taxes and 22% corporate discount from my employer it's actually about $120 a month for 3 people, of which only I have a smartphone.
If I wanted to move my entire family to smartphones, I doubt Verizon would have better pricing for me than Sprint unless I moved to Share Everything and gave up my unlimited data. Fortunately this is really unlikely to happen, as my parents can barely figure out how to work their laptop.
The Faceless Master
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Unknown Soldier
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Hardly. My situation is completely different from yours. And my data is Verizon 4G LTE, not Sprint 3G which I hear is slightly slower than molasses on a cold day.
Better example with abuse of widgets:
That was my previous solution before the Note.
The Faceless Master
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yeah, funny story... there's no Verizon 4G LTE here. T-Mobile would win a speed test with their DC HSPA+ ... well, if you were in the right spot to get a signal ... the T-Mo coverage is like swiss cheese here.
i got SERO ($30/mo 500mins, free sprint to sprint, free nights & weekends, unlimited text, data, etc...) waaaay back in the day thanks to GAF and then a few years later, they offered SERO Premium which had a better phone selection and unlimited mobile to any mobile (not just Sprint to Sprint) for $50/mo ($40 + $10 Premium Data for Smartphones) and haven't looked back.
Unknown Soldier
Member
T-Mo coverage is like swiss cheese everywhere, except at the center of major cities. And there will be Verizon 4G LTE where you are by mid-2013, guaranteed. But your plan is good enough that I wouldn't blame you for not switching.
I remember back in the day when SERO was available. I actually thought about switching to Sprint back then. I had AT&T at the time and I was trying to get the hell out because they had just announced they were starting data capping. I ended up on Verizon because they still had unlimited data at the time so I got in on that before they started their data capping. I wouldn't give up Verizon for anything now, saving even $50 a month wouldn't be worth it to me to lose unlimited 4G LTE.
The Faceless Master
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in other news... i got an email from Amazon earlier, informing me that they cancelled my $41.99 64GB Micro SDXC order from Black Friday due to lack of availability... which i found to be amusing because just yesterday they were finally showing as being in-stock again.
the Amazon CS chat rep was informed of my displeasure post haste, to which their respose: order it again, pick standard shipping (yay, not super saver) and tell me the order number.
result: $36.99 64GB Micro SDXC including standard shipping.
the Amazon CS chat rep was informed of my displeasure post haste, to which their respose: order it again, pick standard shipping (yay, not super saver) and tell me the order number.
result: $36.99 64GB Micro SDXC including standard shipping.
Unknown Soldier
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What are you going to put on your 64 GB microSDXC?
Oh, I recommend one of these cases. One of my friends has the GSIII version of this case, it looks fab in whatever color you choose. I ordered a blue one, my friend has a lime green one.
Oh, I recommend one of these cases. One of my friends has the GSIII version of this case, it looks fab in whatever color you choose. I ordered a blue one, my friend has a lime green one.
The Faceless Master
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Got my grubby mitts on a best Grey best Galaxy Note 2 LTE down under. It's best glorious for all the reasons mentioned above. Now my 64 GB microSDXC card is filled with animu, mango, muzak and podcasts galore. S-Pen, GNow and Jellybean, MultiWindow are fantastico too.
Bliss coming from a 3GS, which fits easily in the screen of the Note 2.
Quick doodles are great too
And yes, a kickstand case is on the to-do list.
The Faceless Master
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now that's what i'm talkin' 'bout!!!
Page Buddy would be 33% nicer if it didn't waste a row telling you to enjoy using your device.
Unknown Soldier
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I agree with this. I can't use the 4x4 widget for Poweramp because of the wasted row.
400 kbps on a good day where I'm at.
The Faceless Master
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seriously, a few days with this phone and other phones just feel small and this feels just right.
Let's go bro
I tried to get that pricing, but failed. After all of Sprint's BS fees, I'm paying $90 a month.
can I do this with no termination fee, or other fees besides the 30$ activation fee, if she switches back to her old dumbphone and cancels her 29.99$ data package ? the same day ? but she keeps the contract for 2 years.
can the data plan be cancelled online ? and all I do is just slip my sim in it right ?
and I get the FUCKING NOTE II on verizon unlimited 4G for 299.99$ !!
thank god for your post... because I walked into the verizon store just 10 minutes ago Sweating with my 820$ and walked out empty handed...... but I've read this post afterwards..
Unknown Soldier
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That's what she...well, you know.
The Faceless Master
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The Faceless Master
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http://www.androidcentral.com/inter...-get-android-412-update-new-touchwiz-features
sounds good! i really don't need the brightness slider there 24/7/365...
patrickthehedgehog
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Yeah, I hated this too. Using SMS Popup app for now.
The Faceless Master
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
looks like i've got something to try out! still can't believe PS3 still doesn't support MTP!!@
If you hold the button and draw with the pen, it'll turn into draw/cut mode. If you hold the button on the pen, and press on the screen (without moving it), it should take a screenshot which you can then edit
Oh ok. Got it, thanks!