yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
im semi fortunate at my sprint store 3 of the CSRs are rooted so they know a little about the phones, but as whole they know crap.. and i know some of them have xda so they may read this.. but the last 2 phones that i purchased there (3d for myself and shift for another line) i knew more than they did about the phone.. they are cool enough, but its like they are trying to be cool with it.. one guy was so intently trying to show me CM7 on his orig EVO, after i had said that i had it on my previous phone.. he kept telling me all the benefits of rooting, like i didnt know, after he saw me boot up my old phone with a custom splash screen, boot screen, and i had told him that it was rooted up front..

but then again he also told me that he didnt know what adb really was.. that he did everything he could to stay away from it.. that he only wanted one click root methods..

but i am fortunate to have 3 rooted fellows there, so i dont catch grief for being rooted.. and they are friendly, just not the most knowledgable..

EDIT: i just let them think they are right if they try to debate me, its not worth it.. they get paid and i dont, so i usually let it drop fairly quickly..
[HTC EVO 3D] daneurysm:
Now, ultimately, as a life long geek I know my specs and have everything pretty much hammered down when I go in there. It's merely a matter of availability, price, upgrade statuses, promotion eligibility, etc, with a light smattering of haggling and charm for maximum effect. Aside from them being slow, which is only slightly annoying, their complete ignorance of their own product line and accessories is merely annoying...

...but what riles me up is when somebody who isn't as knowledgeable and prepared as myself walks in there and I hear one of these clueless hucksters fire up the bull**** machine and start telling people things they want to hear which aren't true or things people don't want to hear (which also aren't true) in an effort to up-sell them on a more expensive phone or service...and in either scenario it seems it isn't them being shady so much as truly uninformed...and then they pass off that lack of information onto someone else with a heftier price tag and perhaps pointless monthly service fee both predicated on the customer relying on the expertise of the CSR who is nearly as ignorant.

...yes, it grinds my gears...
[HTC EVO 3D] gthing:
My guy told me that I had to get it because of the type of phone I was buying it and I would only have the option to cancel it after 30 days. I wasn't having it so he reluctantly dropped it off.
[HTC EVO 3D] Quis89:
Pains me to read threads like these...

Being someone who works at a Sprint store I know just as much if not more than some of the people who frequent the forums just because I'm on both sides of the fence. In that guys defense...he DOES work on commission. And he makes more on selling you accessories than he did by selling you the phone. Just the way it is...so obviously he's going to try and upsell. We have bills to pay just like you do and thats how we pay them. Some customers buy more...some dont. You're one who doesnt obviously.

As far as knowledge goes...I hate the fact that some of these guys dont know jack from sh*t. It gives the rest of us a bad name. When helping a customer...I give it to them straight. If I dont know and it hasnt been communicated directly from Sprint...thats what I tell them. I'm not going to lie, make something up or cover anything. I feel a customer will respect the fact that they might be asking something that Sprint just hasnt provided an answer for. If they cant then screw them.

It sounds like you all just need to find "that guy" in your local Sprint stores. I would assume every store has one. I'm not a pushy salesman...I'm a real one. I'm going to tell it like it is. I'm going to try and upsell but I wont push you into a purchase. If you decline a case...then go outside and drop your phone...thats on you. But dont come to me when you're screen is cracked and you declined both the insurance AND the case. I told you so....
[HTC EVO 3D] ydoucare:
I would, as long as there are no other customers around. If they can't be properly trained, then i'll gladly give them some free training and jab to the ego. If you throw it back at them with proof, then maybe it'll get them to do some research and stop them from misinforming the next person.
[HTC EVO 3D] daneurysm:
You are the guy I look for whenever I go into any store with sales associates. Typically every store has at least one.

I started out my first real job at 16 at a computer shop (that I would years later run, for the most part). I got the job because I had technical skills. Well, at a small shop you also have to answer phones and be a salesman. I learned early on the hard way. Shoot straight, give people options and try to do it on a level that they understand and is relavent to their life...but the biggest and hardest lesson was being in a technical position and learning how to confidently say "I don't know", come to find out that appears to be the single most difficult thing for almost anyone on the planet to do, especially at work, triply so if they work at a job that has any technical element to it.

There is no shame in not knowing, there is shame in bullshitting. Getting called out on it a few times you would figure would be enough for anyone to learn that lesson. Sadly that's not the case.

You rock on being "that guy", cuz you are the guy I look for when I go somewhere to buy something...you can help a technical guy like me because you have information beyond mere specs. You can help a non-technical person, because you can translate specs into real-language that makes sense to each customer and most of all you can say "I don't know, let me find that out for you." Where most people would be afraid to say "I don't know" for fear of looking uninformed to the customer YOU know that the customer will feel reassured to hear "let me find that out for you."
[HTC EVO 3D] avalst:
Can I move to wherever you work? The people at the local store don't know much.
[HTC EVO 3D] A.Priori:
try to remember, being a salesman in sprint store is not a technical job that requires degrees. Dont hold them to unfair expectations
[HTC EVO 3D] spencer88:
Are you being sarcastic? You don't need to have degrees to know any kind of technical stuff about cell phones.

Hell, you don't need degrees in any IT job.
[HTC EVO 3D] nate420:
Agreed

I've been a salesmen for about 4 years and the first thing they teach in any training class is KNOW your products inside and out to avoid confusing the customer or false information and to educate to the customers features they may not know about....

Second is to know your customers needs and wants... Obviously ties into the first one but some of the sprint reps I talk to try to upsell will no good points other than "it helps you"

I'm not going to list everything I learned in the last 4 years because I'd be here for a few hours and no one wants to read it... But I think sprint needs to do some "fall cleaning". At my local stores....

3D > iClone
[HTC EVO 3D] phatmanxxl:
I was trying to get a job at a corporate Tmo or sprint store for the longest time. I get mad when I come in and have to deal with a moron who they hired that calls the evos "the Droid phones" or has no knowledge about the phones but what the little features sheet next to dummy phone says.:mad:

Sounds like the OP got one of those employees.
[HTC EVO 3D] ninoriff:
Mannnn.. the sprint store near me is simply amazing... no need to worry about phone knowledge, price plans or anything else ... just focus on the 8 latina sprint cheerleaders with there tight clothes and short tops and trust me you will not be asking anything about the phone when you are done ... Man I just want an excuse to back there ... LMAO!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] ydoucare:
lol, expecting them to do their job is unfair? Wow.
[HTC EVO 3D] daneurysm:
That would be a very acceptable trade-off. Alas, my store lacks such a perk.
[HTC EVO 3D] mangohorse:
My local Sprint store has gone above and beyond to help me with any and all problems I've had. I purposely spend the extra money to buy chargers, cases, etc. from them for this very reason. I migrated 9 phones from Cellular 1 to Sprint, and have not looked back since. Cellular 1 had 5 year old phones as flagships, and had developed the worst customer service in the industry. My signal is just slightly worse with Sprint, but its barely noticable. And, if u do a little of ur own research, and do run into an employee who isn't knowledgable on ur device, u can brush it off and move on. Case in point, I dropped a phone in the toilet, and when I wanted a replacement the girls at C1 argued with me for a half hour about wasting 50 bucks, rather I could store it in rice in the freezer for a week, I said, just give me the farkin phone and worry about urself. She said I guess if some people are dumb enough and have the money to blow, under her breath, needless to say i kinda blew up at that point. I for one have had all good experiences since my migration, and no more blow-ups due to dealing with snotty fresh out of high school girls who have no clue and make in a 6 months what I make a week.

I know this may kinda come across as I'm an ass, but i assure u, I'm a total nice guy... :)
[HTC EVO 3D] skelotic:
Luckily the Sprint store near me has never been a problem. Though I have yet to buy an EVO 3D (waiting to hear more on the bootloader), I have talked at length to the sales manager there and he has always seemed very knowledgeable on the devices. He did mention that almost every day someone asks whether you can turn the 3D feature off.
[HTC EVO 3D] daneurysm:
...took me a while to parse that...somtimes commas work wonders.
[HTC EVO 3D] skelotic:
Sorry, typed on my iPod keyboard (I don't like the small screen). Rewrote it for clarity.
[HTC EVO 3D] overclockxp:
My Sprint store is absolutely useless. Okay, there's one guy but the rest are a bunch of eye dee ten tees. This one chic, Mary, straight told me that the 3vo was delayed. I don't like her. And that wasn't my first encounter with her poor salemanship.

Anyways, back on topic...

There's a thread in the Accessories forum about MHL adapters. T-Mobile has them for $20 for the Sensation. If you google Tmobile coupon you can find a 50% off coupon for one accessory in the store. The tough thing is finding them in the store. I had to call the one by my house several times before they had one in stock. I still need to test it out to make sure it works.
[HTC EVO 3D] hydrogenman:
mine's useless

I specifically told him I did NOT WANT the protection plan, hell, I work for Asurion and really know they're a rip off...I've also never broken a phone in 5 years

asshole added it anyways
[HTC EVO 3D] CuzinBucksBx:
It seem all sprint store are retarded. First week of July I had to return a 3D. They didn't want to accept the phone. I call the customer department and the rep ask for a store rep. Funny thing is they were both going at it right in front of me. At the end they both reported each other and I got a 100 dollar credit for the trouble.
[HTC EVO 3D] felacio:
Dude. I would have picked up the phone and started recording them and then popped the SD out and swap it with your replacements. Then posted that on youtube. Lol
[HTC EVO 3D] CuzinBucksBx:
I wish!! But the store rep had both phones!!! I was shock when the store rep and the customer rep (call center) was going at it. Then the manager show up and seem to know what the C.Rep was saying and they accepted my 3D. Then the ****er ( Manager tried to charge me a restock fee , I told the rep and she told me to tell him if you charge me I will report you. Honestly I had so much credit on that day it seem I paid my 3D for free lol
[HTC EVO 3D] scotbot:
my sprint stores aren't that bad. but don't get me started on best buy. I love this ad..

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[HTC EVO 3D] HiredGUN.45:
Fortunately the 2 L.A. stores that I go to has been friendly and knowledgeable.
[Galaxy S II General] avetny:
Let the pictures posting begin!!!!!!:D:D:D:D
[Galaxy S II General] avetny:
my room :D
[Galaxy S II General] winwiz:
New car delivery this morning ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] avetny:
ooh dude I love it !!!

I didn't see this this model in USA
[Galaxy S II General] winwiz:
thanks man, new Audi A6, 3.0 TDI V6
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
There is already a few similar threads already but how and ever here are 1 or 2 snaps i took today in Dublin City Centre, just on the normal settings ill play around and use other settings in time.

A real Indian guy busking :)

O Connell Street
[Galaxy S II General] avetny:
hahaha cool
[Galaxy S II General] bruflot:
There is already a thread like this, we don't need two.
[Galaxy S II General] bigfdaddy:
Last night to go with first pic
[Galaxy S II General] avetny:
faaaake dude lol
[Galaxy S II General] motodude:
Is the xda search not working properly this forum has more than 1 thread for each and every topic.... Wtf messy too messy
[Galaxy S II General] lynxboy:
Please keep to the open thread!

With some issues, multiple threads are not really too much of a problem, but if there are numerous 'photo' threads, then no doubt we will lose quality photos to the depths of the forum never to be seen again.

Many users place the photography quality high on their list when choosing a phone, so let's make it easy for them to see what a great job Samsung did with the camera.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] skimminstones:
Wow, you seem to have posted that pic on a lot of sites :rolleyes:

http://www.tineye.com/search/c3359e63d4590130a3bc5d0d7a2e82efc8110408/?pluginver=firefox-1.1
[Galaxy S II General] d3l1:
lol, BUSTED! :p
[Galaxy S II General] _ads_:
Taken using Camera360 App
[Galaxy S II General] ThaiM:
Can someone post an unedited and unresized image taken using this device? Looking to see it's true quality. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] _ads_:
Here you go:

Camera Maker: samsung

Camera Model: GT-I9100

Image Date: 2011-07-16 19:18:55 (no TZ)

Focal Length: 4.0mm

Aperture: f/2.6

Exposure Time: 0.020 s (1/50)

ISO equiv: 50

Exposure Bias: none

Metering Mode: Center Weight

Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

White Balance: Auto

Flash Fired: No (enforced)

Orientation: Normal

GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
[Galaxy S II General] ThaiM:
Thanks! I'm undecided between this phone or the HTC EVO 3D. Photo quality, looks like the S2 wins.

But oh how I want 3D....
[Galaxy S II General] bigfdaddy:
Naa not busted I did take it from my phone to here haha... 1st pic is the water runng up to my door almost while im at an intersection...2nd pic I think I made a wrong turn...
[Galaxy S II General] Anarchist310000:
My favourite pics taken with me SGSII

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[Galaxy S II General] AUAnonymous:
Let's see if anyone recognizes this place (I'd be surprised) :p

Full size images: http://i.imgur.com/zcU74.jpg, http://i.imgur.com/Od4yW.jpg
[Galaxy S II General] androidkid311:
Fuuuuuck me! Thats a beauty!! A real woman right there lol

Sent from my porn shoot using GT-I9100.
[Galaxy S II General] YaPaY:
Istanbul

from my Galaxy, effects from Picasa
[Galaxy S II General] jj03:
sent from my galaxy S2.
[Galaxy S II General] Pume:
Here's a picture of an outside fireplace I took at our summer cottage (@ Sorsakoski, Finland)
[Galaxy S II General] surfbabe:
First time uploading pic hope it works!
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
Picked from our garden the other day.Biggest courgette I've seen!
[Galaxy S II General] 052:
Birthday present
[Galaxy S II General] Roman5:
Here's a picture of a thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1139591&highlight=photo
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
Heres one took of my new season and last seasons shirts...

Only edit is a height crop...
[Galaxy S II General] ikwerner:
Some pics taken today

In the right conditions you can make really great pics with this phone.
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
Good old arsenal. Good match?

sent from t'internet
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Yes it was. The first half was tight as we found it difficult to breakdown the Rugby team. Chamakh and Theo were poor but as soon as Kaptain Vantastic came on the tempo changed and we started to boss it. Arshavin came on for Theo and then we opened them up like a packet of crisps for the 3. Gervinho had a great game, 1 goal and two assist and Van Persie bagged 2 coming off the bench. It ended 3 - 1 to the football team.:p
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
So you an Arsenal fan? Nice.

I certainly had a great day today :D
[Galaxy S II General] pcboyy:
Just came back from Interlaken. SGS II is really a good camera. My wife used the 'real camera' while I just preferred to use my sweet Galaxy S 2
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Yep, TILL I DIE!

We need to sort out the tea though, the water was not very hot and the teabag was of questionable quality. The food and lager was good though. Oh yeah, Rosario Dawson was there today as well. :p
[Galaxy S II General] jj03:
city of blood...

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[Galaxy S II General] Thndrkiss:
Pcboyy, Thats beautiful city, where its taken ?
[Galaxy S II General] skimminstones:
do we need two of these threads? cant it be merged with the other one
[Galaxy S II General] john291:
My cat
[Galaxy S II General] Gnarfsan:
I took this picture at the vehicle semetary in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

There were some radioactive tanks there, that they had used to clean up the mess.
[Galaxy S II General] thefaun:
Taken when I was in Barbados a couple of weeks ago. The camera on this phone was so good I stopped bringing my actual camera out with me!

(This was taken with bog-standard settings in the normal camera app)
[Galaxy S II General] tucavezas:
My ride
[Galaxy S II General] mihaicp:
Cannot upload image...it says i need to be logged in...although i am
[Galaxy S II General] mihaicp:
Finally uploaded by browser....
[Galaxy S II General] scott.eden:
My Tree :)
[Galaxy S II General] pacoguevara:
My pet

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] jj03:
that is a beautiful picture. well done sir....

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[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
Mt Fiji view from Oyama
[Galaxy S II General] calexus1182:
Vacation in Romania
[Galaxy S II General] FirstNoobToBrickHisPhone:
ew mine looks horrible.

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II General] micrographics:
Above image taken last month at Delhi Airport in foggy conditions.
[Galaxy S II General] trixnix:
Yeah

TAPATALKED
[Galaxy S II General] skimminstones:
shouldnt this thread be merged with the other photo one? No point having two of them

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1139591
[Galaxy S II General] DannyDrama:
Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] lynxboy:
Yeh what happened to the other thread? Some fantastic photographs in there, I'll be damned if it's consigned to the depths of the forum!

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
Taking a picture of what you are using ;)
[Galaxy S II General] mihaicp:
My friend eating dry goji fruits...
[Galaxy S II General] skimminstones:
its a sticky in the theme section.

God knows why its there though
[Galaxy S II General] jiricrispeyn:
It's in the themes section.
[Galaxy S II General] RMonst3r:
Nothing amazing here, just bored in the car.

Everything is on default and the flash was off, with lots of sun beating in.
[Galaxy S II General] s2kalam:
Sunset

Taken by my SGS II.
[Galaxy S II General] Taimur Akmal:
Dude! ... The hell you got such detail! Settings?
[Galaxy S II General] mariosraptor:
This is surely not from an SGS2
[Galaxy S II General] Makrilli:
Dude, you have awesome room
[Galaxy S II General] MrGubby:
Castlerigg Stone Circle (UK) at dawn :)
[Galaxy S II General] Razer(x):
Oh gosh! a satanic tree! :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] ciccio83q:
madrid in a sunny day
[Galaxy S II General] mad2fly:
A bit grainy because of the light but I like it.
[Galaxy S II General] sprengsatz:
Using hdr camera+
[Galaxy S II General] simone201:
Taken with my GS2

Sunset in Lecco's Lake, Italy

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] die_Leuchte:
I was even able to take a picture of a ghost! No tricks, no photoshoping, no smoke from a cigarette or else. I just took out my S2 and took this pick from the stairs to the basement of a friend of mine's house. At home I had a look on the picture and suddenly saw the fog and the face in the fog... Scary isn't it?
[Galaxy S II General] TheReverend210:
Taken with full 4x digital zoom.
[Galaxy S II General] ghenschel:
Here's a photo from my SGS2
[Galaxy S II General] jj03:
nice indoor pic
[Galaxy S II General] Dexonja:
Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] drelite08:
My baby daughter :)
[Galaxy S II General] :
2004/05 STi?
[Galaxy S II General] drelite08:
Lazy cat!
[Galaxy S II General] karthik.shreeram:
Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] tfn:
Taken and edited on the SGS2
[Galaxy S II General] rederik79:
My dog and a ice landscape
[Galaxy S II General] celerysoft:
Beautiful car, i love it.
[Galaxy S II General] jj03:
The dude abides....
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
Snow!!

sent from t'internet
[Galaxy S II General] alferret:
What I spend my days doing!
[Galaxy S II General] reudyfam:
This was the view from work's car park last week.
[Galaxy S II General] Azax:
From the garden

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] rottunix:
Where is this?
[Galaxy S II General] rudolf895:
wow, where did you buy all those androids?
[Galaxy S II General] salmanslick:
Video and audio recorded @1080p with i9100 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNnNj5q-X_g&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] sendhiloo7:
Mine

My HCL Cricket Team
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
Snow!

sent from t'internet
[Galaxy S II General] vulcanescu35:
Taken with my SGS II in Bucharest.
[Galaxy S II General] vulcanescu35:
Takwen with my SGS II, night in Bucharest
[Galaxy S II General] srivas95:
Awesome pic
[Galaxy S II General] kyle1b1:
A few using macro setting.
[Galaxy S II General] rassha:
macro of some dried fruits - sold as souvenir.

Taken in Budapest
[Galaxy S II General] SaticICE:
The road I live on. Taken today with Samsung ICS Build

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[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
Some great photos folks :)

Picture of my son after building a snowman today :)
[Galaxy S II General] pcboyy:
is it snowing in dublin? nice pic tho
[Galaxy S II General] :
Awesome; dynamic, framed, great subject, I dig it. Thanks.

I used to be into photog when I had time, a trip to the mountains was a photography trip with the side effect of a hike, etc... Should mess around with my phone to see what it's capable of. I've reverted back to point/shoot/don't care the past few years.
[Galaxy S II General] Northern-Loop:
Thank you :)

Here is the Exif Data as well

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[Galaxy S II General] :
Here are a couple of underwhelming pics from my performance ice driving school on the weekend. Of course no pictures of the cars since I was too busy driving. A Carrera S, a pair of Ralliarts, a pair of STI's, WRX, R32, a couple of caged Corolla rally cars, a caged and stripped Miata time attack car, and some other random cars.

Bubbles in the ice; Ice was ~50cm thick, but it was 12 C outside.
[Galaxy S II General] bigsho:
Taken last weekend after a snowfall that melted less than 8 hours later
[Galaxy S II General] DummyPLUG:
coffee time
[Galaxy S II General] RMonst3r:
le cheese cake
[Galaxy S II General] gintsgints:
New thread just to get 10 post threshold??

Is it not like way just to overcome 10 post threshold?
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
No that was taken in England the weekend just gone.
[Galaxy S II General] Valkern:
Boss's dog staring at me everyday. He just wants to play!