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[Galaxy S II General] NZtechfreak:
That sounds kinda wrong. Just saying.

:p
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
nasgilani

from what I understood I need to call UPS today in a few hours and tomrrow it will be shipped to me...

the other thing is that DUBAI! wow.. NO FREAKING WONDER why you have to pay just 5%

YOUR COUNTRY IS RICHER THAN USA

LOL... ><

no hate or something but its true XD Dubai is a VERY rich country :)

I bet you guys see ferarris and bugatis every day.. O-o
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
Dubai use to be rich, but It is still amazing place for rich and alright place for poor.. All expats are here because of Tax free money, once there is tax.. all will leave..

There is still so much money in different people garages as we see all these multi million dollar cars every where...roughly every 10th car is from a top brand
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
Clove dispatched. Ordered 19 April
[Galaxy S II General] yanouch:
Same here : order dispatched, delivery expected 5 May on French Riviera :cool:

Ordered 7th april.
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
so I dont get it.. Dubai isnt rich anymore? ><
[Galaxy S II General] shabs52:
I got tracking number from Clove too... but DHL : ( i never got a fedex option... US doesn't either from what I could see, how weird. Oh well... it says 2-4 days. So anytime between tomorrow and... Monday? Or does DHL carry out deliveries on weekends too?
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
It is still rich comparing to many countries but not that rich it use to be :)
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
weird.. different from what I know... o.o

well its still has lots of wealth..

I have been told to call in a few hours.. to clear taxes and etc

tomrrow I'll get it...
[Galaxy S II General] otacon888:
So your phone has arrived in Israel?
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
yea.. right now it landed in Israel.. its in lod... where all the plains are.

are you an Israeli as well? because I saw another Israeli around here but im not quit sure what was his name..
[Galaxy S II General] hamdi1394:
That is strange, i placed my order on 10-April with clove and still not dispatched!!!
[Galaxy S II General] otacon888:
No, I am not Israeli.

I do recall another Israeli here that was supposed to get his SGS2 via his uncle from the UK.

How come you won't be getting it today?
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
because they have to do clearence and tax calculation and etc...

its always birokrat (have no freaking idea how to spell it XD )
[Galaxy S II General] Azra2k:
Ordered my phone on 18th April from Clove and paid extra for Fedex shipping. I confirmed by phone that it will take 1-2 days for shipping via Fedex ( to Romania ). Now the order has been dispached and fedex shows estimated arrival on 9th May :( The only reason I chose Fedex was because of the fast delivery ( will be out of the country next week ). Did not care about the extra delay in sending, but the wrong shipping info will really hurt me ( I confirmed by phone with them prior to making an order because I knew about my travel plans and was assured it will not take more than 2 days ).

My question is this: is it possible that Fedex simply choses a worst case scenario when showing 9th May as delivery, or do they simply take that long to ship it?
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
I suppose... I have been told on the web 8th may shipping

but called them and its actually should be 5th may..

but its UPS... still I believe it might be the same... CALL THEM.

if you dont nag, you will not have..

my life moto
[Galaxy S II General] madmack:
i'm not entirely sure but i thought i saw these yellow trucks on sat. here in boston. so yea, maybe only saturdays.
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
I asked Clove if they could deliver Saturday and they said they don't have that option.

Not sure if that applies to DHL here
[Galaxy S II General] calin75:
Just got my phone from Handtec. It was overnighted to Miami, Florida USA.
[Galaxy S II General] tublah:
Lucky! I had to call and send them a filled out FCC form...not sure why mine didn't have that already in it. :-|

Does AT&T 3G work correctly? HSPA+???
[Galaxy S II General] chizzwhizz:
I had a clearance delay in Memphis, TN so the phone will be arriving a few hours late I suppose...sigh
[Galaxy S II General] np231:
Does it do AT&T 3G? I'm excited now..
[Galaxy S II General] Raspster:
Mine is on the truck for delivery. I'm in NJ and on at&t so I will post an update as well with at&t 3g findings. Keeping fingers crossed but I beleive it will be fine. The only thing I am worrying about is the game hub, movie hub, etc... will that all work in the US..?
[Galaxy S II General] smartbot:
Same here. They still haven't changed the estimated delivery (5/4), so I hope I can still get the phone today...
[Galaxy S II General] shabs52:
How long do I need to wait to be able to track item via DHL? I was given tracking number by clove and all that, however, when I go to DHL to track it says 'item not found'.

Any ideas how long it takes for it to come up on their system?
[Galaxy S II General] madmack:
i received the email from clove 30 minutes ago and now I'm able to track it with DHL.com. So I guess it should be almost immediate or something.
[Galaxy S II General] Raspster:
Just got mine... HSPA on AT&T is a go!! Will send a pic up here in a few! Happy day folks!
[Galaxy S II General] calin75:
I can confirm that this phone works with at&t. I have H+ working with speeds of 7.2 mbs down and 1.5 mbs up. This is so freaking sweet.
[Galaxy S II General] shabs52:
Thanks ^^ Now I see it. Took a little over an hour lol.
[Galaxy S II General] Pulverizer:
Does i9100 gs2 perfectly support att 850/1900?

Im very very wonder it. :)
[Galaxy S II General] tetris15:
I ordered mine in april 25th from Clove, got this mail today at around 13h:

"We are pleased to inform you that your order has been dispatched"

Checked the tracking number on the fedex site:

Ship date:May 4, 2011

Estimated delivery:May 5, 2011 by 12:00 PM

That's pretty fast from Bournemouth,UK to Budapest,Hungary :D

I'm happy now :)
[Galaxy S II General] Pulverizer:
I just got tracking number email from clove!!!

Hehehe!!!
[Galaxy S II General] calin75:
You guys are going to love this, hot spot is up and running in the SGS 2. Just tethered my ASUS Transformer and got speeds of 3587 down and 1277 up. A dream come true folks.

I am on at&t by the way.
[Galaxy S II General] madmack:
Are you in south korea ?

if so, i'm curious to know why you would order it from the UK ?
[Galaxy S II General] Foxdraed:
Received the e-mail from Clove that my device has been shipped :D Yaaaay!! :D
[Galaxy S II General] madmack:
thanks for the tease and keeping us updated man !

can you open up the dialer and type: *#*#0011#*#*

It should display which band you're currently on. Either 1900 or 850. Let us know what it tells you :)
[Galaxy S II General] chizzwhizz:
Really hoping its already out of Memphis and they just haven't updated it yet. I'm having mine sent to my workplace and it'd be a real shame if I were to leave for the day and phone has to stay here overnight...
[Galaxy S II General] Pulverizer:
Yes i lived in south korea.

Our galaxy 2 korea model has only wcdma 2100,gsm 900/1800/1900.

Yes very poor frequencies support. And carrier bloatware too many installed. So i choose eu galaxy2. I think i9100 is very very standard model. Its very pure then korea galaxy s2 except nfc.
[Galaxy S II General] calin75:
This is what I got.
[Galaxy S II General] virussnake:
your phone will have massive jet lag :D
[Galaxy S II General] madmack:
FRIGGIN AWESOME !!!!

Thanks man. You know what that means right ? we'll share all roms/modems with the international community this time around because all devices have the same specs/modems and come with both 850Mhz and 1900Mhz frequencies for us north americans.

I think this is the only Android device that I'm aware that does quadband 3G/+
[Galaxy S II General] jimbiye:
That's good to know. I am also on AT&T. Waiting for mine to arrive tomorrow.
[Galaxy S II General] Raspster:
Yo guys are gonna love this! The HSPA speeds at my house are not the greatest but you can see they are there. The main thing is the HSUPA is working 100%.
[Galaxy S II General] vro25:
Ordered last night, shipped today

I ordered from Handtec last night and I've already got a FedEx tracking number. It was picked up and they estimate I'll get it by Noon tomorrow.

Now I just need to sell my Atrix :-)

-V
[Galaxy S II General] MAJED.y:
12Hours since i got my tracking number from clove, and still no update!

sent via FedEx.

Is this normal ?!
[Galaxy S II General] tetris15:
Not really, mine was in the system when I checked 1hr after I received the Clove mail...
[Galaxy S II General] MAJED.y:
Check ur PM :)
[Galaxy S II General] VJKotts:
Mine is shipping from clove; Initially stated it would be here by late Friday.

Now it says shipment on hold at London-Heathrow UK. What does this mean?
[Galaxy S II General] shabs52:
same with mine, probably means its at airport waiting to by flown out. i believe london-heathrow or whatever is the airport
[Galaxy S II General] VJKotts:
Hope we get it before Friday. I don't think they deliver on the weekend.
[Galaxy S II General] shabs52:
ah i hope so.. someone in this thread said they saw a dhl truck in boston on a saturday so who knows.
[Galaxy S II General] madmack:
correction: somebody said they "think" they saw a truck. lol. it could be my wishful thinking after all.

i'm glad I'm not the only one on-hold. hope these packages get dispatched tonight from Heathrow.
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
Mine as well (as of 21:33). I googled this and two possibilities:

1. It just missed the flight. Not sure how often the flights are

2. It's being inspected by customs which may levy tax and other fees.

I sure hope it's the first one.

I hope as hell it comes by Friday too. It would be one sucky weekend for sure.
[Galaxy S II General] VJKotts:
If it does go past through Heathrow, do we get an update on the tracking page that the package is on the plane? I have not shipped a lot of things from other countries, so I don't know.
[Galaxy S II General] madmack:
your guess is as good as mine. :confused:

i keep refreshing that damn page like 6 times a min. lol
[Galaxy S II General] tetris15:
My package history so far:

picked up 4th may, 1:34pm at POOLE GB -> 6:45pm arrived FELTHAM GB -> 10:12pm arrived STANSTED GB -> 5th may, 12:13am arrived PARIS FR.

That's it so far.

Estimated delivery: 5th may, 12:00pm to Budapest, Hungary. :)

*update* already left Paris FR...Fedex is fast, damn...
[Galaxy S II General] jimbiye:
You are correct.

I called DHL since mine is showing the exact same status (same time too :) )

Actually it's the flight that got delayed because the plane was not on time...or so they told me on the phone.

Should be sent first flight in the morning and they still expect to make it tomorrow by end of day.

We'll see...
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
Do you actually mean delivered by end of day tomorrow? Regardless of location?

Clove said they estimated 2-3 days. But, hey, I'm not complaining!
[Galaxy S II General] Pinkthesink:
This stinks, I pre-ordered from clove on 4/15/11, emailed them my license and they said I was all set to go. I still haven't got a tracking number or email from them. Why would they ship pre-orders to those who order later?
[Galaxy S II General] VJKotts:
I ordered mine on 4/20 and got my tracking number today. I think I got it because I complained in an email!
[Galaxy S II General] Pinkthesink:
I might have to do that. It would appear that they are shipping orders by means of a lottery. what ever happened to FIFO.
[Galaxy S II General] jimbiye:
That is what they told me on the phone, though I am not holding my breath.

The UK is about 5/6 hours ahead of the US Eastern Time, so it's not impossible for them to make it to States on the East coast, depending on how early the first flight leaves the UK.

I pretty much expect to get it on Friday. If they make it tomorrow, even better :)
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
I'm going to JFK airport first thing in the morning with a chauffeur outfit and a sign reading, "Mr Galaxy S II"
[Galaxy S II General] jimbiye:
Lol, good one.

Pick up mine too while you are at it. :D
[Galaxy S II General] intruda119:
I wonder why mine never updated past stansted gb. It reached that point at 9:15pm. Really hope I recieve it tomorrow.
[Galaxy S II General] VJKotts:
Now it says processed in East Midlands, UK
[Galaxy S II General] shabs52:
same... enough with the processing! on with the delivering!
[Galaxy S II General] madmack:
I think all our north american deliveries are leaving on the same flight. lol. and yea, we pretty much missed yesterday's.

my status page says that it is at the midlands as well.
[Galaxy S II General] jimbiye:
I think you are right. East Midlands here as well...

Hope they can catch an early flight from there :)

It's a bit odd, though, given that they were already at Heathrow, which is an international airport.

I kinda expected them to just take the next available flight right from there...:confused:

Oh well...
[Galaxy S II General] dsgfh:
So I'm glad to see my handset has shipped (& sitting in Heathrow waiting for the morning flight I hope), but I don't think clove was completely up front with when they started shipping. From the clove blog:

"The Samsung Galaxy S II is now in stock and shipping." - Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 at 7:30 am

"it was then due to arrive yesterday morning but did not arrive until late yesterday" - Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 10:43 am

So the phones didn't actually arrive until late Tuesday after they said they were shipping? I tried to ask on the blog but the post was not unexpectedly moderated out.

It's a shame given I & no doubt others went with clove because they were communicating well & regularly leading up to shipping day, keeping us up to date with changes. Better to say nothing & wait until they had them, or let us know they were late from sammy IMO. It's no wonder we were all left wondering if they had the phones why no-one was getting shipping numbers.

Edit: I should say that up until that point clove had been very responsive to emails during the ordering process... they just stumbled at the line

Still, the impatient waiting continues, but best case it looks like Monday delivery here in Aus.
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
Departure scan. the package has reach the UPS facility responsible for the final delivery.

I released the package from clearance yesterday

today the package will arrive! :DDDD
[Galaxy S II General] otacon888:
That's great! Did u end up paying taxes?
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
hell yea...

>__>

200 pound taxes...

not kidding.... Israel taxes are insane

how much is it for gas in your country?

well in Israel its 2.25$ per litre of 95.... >___>

the taxes and fees here are insane

cars fees>110%! we pay like 40K usd for a fking mazda 3... >___<
[Galaxy S II General] otacon888:
Wow...that's quite alot.

It would have probably been cheaper if you found a cheap flight to fly to the UK just to buy it.

Well, at least you got the phone super fast and it is one amazing phone.

Let us know when it is in your hands.
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
LOL that might be right... XD
[Galaxy S II General] Funkym0nkey:
Actually looks like they shipped some local UK orders on 3rd. Few people here received their tracking nos that day. International shipments and rest went out yesterday.

Looks like everyone has their tracking nos now. Mine is flying here as we speak :P should land here today and in my hands tomorrow :)

Mega GPS test comparison with Atrix, Nexus S, DHD, Streak, Optimus 2x, coming up over weekend drive trip :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] SLtAR:
clove by far are the worse

pre-ordered from 8th of april and still no tracking number

its my first and last time all my friends from handtec got tracking number 2 days ago

its pointless if i got my tracking number now because of the weekend, i will still have to wait more and more :P
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Sorry but you are wrong.... Clove started shipping on Tuesday afternoon. I know because I was in the first batch to have mine shipped that day and it arrived the following morning (yesterday 04th May) at 09:00AM.

Correct... I also look forward to hearing about the test. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Funkym0nkey:
Just shoot an email to them (preferably reply to the confirmation email you got from them as that has order ID in subject so its easier for them to respond ).

Almost all April preorders seems to have been shipped as people who ordered on 26-27 have the tracking numbers. Either something is wrong or they have sent out your order later for some other reason. They will open for business in couple of hours so better to write now.
[Galaxy S II General] dsgfh:
Really? What about being shipped Tuesday arvo makes me wrong? Perhaps you should read the blog posts yourself & understand the described timeline. I've just quoted clove themselves.

From their second post it seems stock came in Tuesday afternoon, and they started shipping immediately. I'm not suggesting they didn't ship as soon as they had stock, I'm sure they did, just that they didn't have the stock at 7:30am when they said they did in the original blog post.

Understand that I think in terms of shipping they've done the best that they could do. They just shouldn't have told us they were shipping when the didn't actually have the stock in their hands at that point in time. It's poor form in my books.
[Galaxy S II General] dsgfh:
Yup, I'd guess Tuesday afternoon once the stock had actually come in. That fits with the timeline they described later in the blog. I don't think we're disagreeing here.
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
I read the part where you mentioned ~ "it was then due to arrive yesterday morning but did not arrive until late yesterday" - Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 10:43 am".

In that I took it you were saying they did not ship until Wed 4th May.
[Galaxy S II General] Abra_Cadabra:
Something must be wrong. I ordered from Clove on the 27th of April and it was shipped yesterday. If it is any comfort, it won't make any difference if they ship today, DHL say it will not make it here (Dubai) till Sunday (Friday/Saturday weekend here) regardless. It was held up since last night for "Security Clearance" as per DHL at Heathrow and just got released.

Current tracking status:

5/5/2011 8:42 am	Processed at DHL Location.	London-heathrow, United Kingdom

5/4/2011 9:33 pm	Shipment on Hold.	London-heathrow, United Kingdom

9:33 pm	Transit through DHL facility	London-heathrow, United Kingdom

9:30 pm	Depart Facility	Southampton, United Kingdom

7:51 pm	Processed at DHL Location.	Southampton, United Kingdom

3:46 pm	Shipment picked up	Southampton, United Kingdom
[Galaxy S II General] dsgfh:
Ah, I see the confusion. No I was just observing that on Wednesday they said that the stock didn't arrive until late Tuesday after saying Tuesday morning they were in stock & shipping. I think they just got ahead of themselves which unfortunately got our hopes up for more phones to ship Tuesday (in line with handtec) than actually did.

Mines taken a tour around southern england, and is now back in Heathrow awaiting sorting. Looks like it's a Monday or Tuesday delivery for me.
[Galaxy S II General] otacon888:
My DHL shipment was held at Heathrow and now it is being held at East Midlands.
[Galaxy S II General] NZtechfreak:
Same for me. I called DHL and apparently its being 'security checked' (xrayed and suchlike), but that shouldn't hold things up long.
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Hope you get it soon NZtechfreak, I for one am looking forward to reading your review and comments.

btw... Off Topic so apologies but if you can remember to have a look at the built in App 'Calendar Storage', mine has been having a field day with the processor and in turn the battery.

I found out this morning my battery had dropped from 100% right down to 51% without being touched.... all in just over 1hr 30mins.

System Panel told me the culprit was 'Calendar Storage'. It had been busy constantly hitting the processor.

I am going to try and do a clear data later when I have finished theatre for the day.

As in:-

1. Press your device's < Home > button, then press < Menu >.

2. Select Settings and then Applications.

3. Select Manage applications.

4. Select Calendar Storage and then select Clear data. Answer OK when prompted.

5. Restart your device.

Your device will re-sync with the server after restarting (this may take several minutes).

.... and we are back on topic. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Chrisch-RT:
Hey, someone know how handtec handle the orders? i ordered yesterday morning a SGS2 as it was available but it wasn't shipped yesterday.

now i see that it isn't actually available, do they reserve phones from earlier orders or do i maybe need to wait longer?

Thanks

Chris
[Galaxy S II General] Foxdraed:
One question guys! I bought my phone from Clove and i selected the Fedex Int Courier (1-2 days). My device was dispatched yesterday in the morning. I live in Malta and I assumed that within two days i will receive my device. However when I use the tracking number the "Estimated Delivery" is May 9th.

I never used FedEx before, but is it possible that they made a mistake?
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
I would contact them immediately Chris to ascertain what is going on.....
[Galaxy S II General] otacon888:
Did you calling Fedex?

What do you see when you put in your tracking number asides from ETA?
[Galaxy S II General] Foxdraed:
No I haven't called them. Well I see the history of the delivery. There are lots of destinations mentioned and the last two were:

May 5, 2011 4:24 AM, At dest sort facility, POYLE GB

May 5, 2011 5:21 AM, In transit, POYLE GB

As far as I know there could be 10 more places to go before they actually ship the item to Malta xD

When I checked what "At dest sort facility" means, I found out that it is normally the last step before they actually ship the item. The thing is I don't know whether I should expect the item sooner than May 9th or not.
[Galaxy S II General] otacon888:
How many days is the shipping supposed to take according to clove?
[Galaxy S II General] hazem77:
UPS to UAE sucks.... recieved my tracking No. on monday night and the package is now Germany with status "Departure Scan" .... tomorrow is off in middle east so i wont get it before saturday...
[Galaxy S II General] Foxdraed:
This is the e-mail sent by clove when the item was dispatched:

Dear Mr Ellul

We are pleased to inform you that your order has been dispatched.

Your order was dispatched by Fedex Int Courier (1-2 Days).

So according to Clove, shipping should take 1 or 2 days.
[Galaxy S II General] Azra2k:
IT IS HEEEERRRREEEEE :) Got scared with the Estimated Delivery being 9th May, but got a call that my package will arrive in 30 mins and Fedex still shows 9th May Estimated Delivery :) Clove were true to their word after all ( at least in my case ) and I am a very happy customer :)

@Foxdraed - My phone is here and Fedex still shows Estimated Delivery to be 9th May... Think they post worst case scenario or something at the beginning and do not update it after that... Dispatched 4th May, Estimated Delivery 9th May, but I already got a phonecall saying my package has arrived.
[Galaxy S II General] Foxdraed:
Congratttttttts mate!!! :D That means the estimated delivery date might be wrong after all :D Thanks man! I can breathe normally now ;P And congratz for ur new device :)
[Galaxy S II General] w000w:
you can check again ,its in UAE now ;)
[Galaxy S II General] kitsVA:
I ordered from Handtec on May 4th around 2:00am EST and my phone is already out for delivery with Estimated Delivery before 10:30am. Wow UK to VA in 24 hours.

Will get to compare it with my Misty Silver Sony Ericsson Arc.
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
He is here

and he slided under my door!

Lol
[Galaxy S II General] iznee:
Hey guys, anyone ordered from clove around 1st or 2nd of may? Have u got anykind of email or feedback from clove? Ive sent an email to them but still no reply..
[Galaxy S II General] otacon888:
Congratulations!!!

Well??? How is the phone???