yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] pjm77:
Hehe, I happen to be quite familiar with the experience of getting my money back from VISA in UK. It IS the law and you WILL get this money back but that's about it. When you finally get it you realize that if you had spent the time you had to invest just working you'd be way better off. Never again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kodbel:
I booked one when it was 449. Payment pending- and it seems like they only accept bank transfer! (dodgy)

Will call them tomorrow morning to check their authenticity and then decide what to do....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] padlad:
Looks like the price has come down since the weekend: 525.00 EUR = 451.56 GBP

I am just waiting for the Post Office credit card to turn up in a couple of days so I can save the extra 15 quid you get charged for currency conversion (you do not get charged for buying anything in a foreign currency with the card) plus with the £50 cash back I'll get back for getting the credit card, it's looking A LOT cheaper than buying it from the UK! :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] drelle:
Padlad,

Sorry for asking, but what cash back is that?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] padlad:
This is it: http://www.quidco.com/user/279120/219029/post-office-credit-cards

(if you decide to get one through that link I get £2.50 for 'referring')
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Widget21:
or try your luck at this competition to win a Note...

http://www.handtec.co.uk/blog/2011/10/wht-u-saying-win-samsung-galaxy-note/
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jUsT2eXy:
Hey. I just did the maths :p .. yeah was boring lol... but I had to find out what was cheaper :cool: and if the £13-15 / 2.75% banks charge you to use credit/debit cards did matter... I found in essence they did...but not significantly...marginally...

As you can see, in Euros it costs 538.62

If you want to pay in £ then Amazon converts this for you using there own exchange rate. This is called dynamic currency exchange and means the shop does the conversion,

usually at a worse rate than your own card.

So I checked to see if it was better to:

1. Buy a Post Office Travel Money Plus card, load it with 538.62 Euros

2. Buy it using my Natwest Debit Card in Euros

3. Buy it from Amazon.de using my Natwest Debit Card in £'s.

Natwest charge debit card users 2.75% + £1.25 on top of that. So use a credit card instead.

1. Post Office says 538.62 Euros =

£474.30

(They round 538.62 to 239). They give you a rate of 1.1364

2. Natwest charge Credit Card users a 2.75% Exchange rate transaction fee.

So 538.62 Euros = £475.57. They give you a rate of around 1.1325

3. Amazon work out 538.62 Euros to be £479.60. They give you a rate of around 1.1230

From the above scenario, scenario 1 and 2 are better.

If you’re paying on a credit or debit card and an overseas retailer offers to let you pay in pounds, reject it.

It is better to pay the 2.75% charge which equates to £13.08 because it saves you £4.03 than if you let Amazon change Euros to pounds.

Also, the Post Office will only save you £1.27 if its between purchasing a prepaid card loaded with Euros or using your Visa debit to purchase the phone in Euros. (Unless you go for the Post Office Credit card and get £50 cash back...)

Even if you find a better prepaid card and loaded Euros onto it such as Caxton Cards (1.1380), Ice Preapid (1.1419), Fairfx (1.1425) the best you will get the phone for is £471.44... a £4.10 saving over using your Visa Debit.

But most prepaid cards have monthly/annual charges... so yeah make your own mind up as to what's best but I will be using my Natwest Credit Card :) BUT I will keep an eye on the exchange rate. It was 1.16 before and the phone was cheap.. now price has increased by £10 due to exchange rate falling... damn the Italian politicians! lol.

Please let me know if my maths is wrong etc

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] koniakki:
I don't know if this relevant or anything, but I got the Note from Amazon.de for 516.18euros, even when the advertised price is 526.99(was 524.99 couple days ago).

And I got it Amazon.de not only because is cheaper but because I don't appreciate the 2.95% Visa charges me and also there's the conversion rate(GBP, USD etc) as my currency is the Euro. Add to that the Bank's fee(very minor).

I know it's business but I could care less about their business. I will look after my pocket first and then theirs. :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jUsT2eXy:
How did you get it for 516.18euros, even when the advertised price is 526.99?

:confused:

:eek:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ukdutypaid:
What's amazing is that there's a lady in one of the other threads who reports a site in HK that is charging about the same 475 UKP or so and from Germany they're looking as if they're the same. So home come in rip off Britain they're 100 pounds, pluse dearer? Oh sorry, it's because we use a three pin plug isn't it. Ahhh, it's all clear and justified now..

525 Euro (451.08 UKP) +22 Euro (18.87 UKP) delivery, on Ebay.. New, from Germany. topcashback.co.uk 40% of sellers payable comms?.... That bit's an unknown, but I regularly get a bit of cash back on Ebay through this.

547.9 EUR is equal to:

470.516 that's according to the FT.com (not Ebay's number, although to be fair there's is the same including p+p)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] 5150Joker:
Any Americans ordering from Amazon.de? It wouldn't let me order, said they don't ship to my address. :confused:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] koniakki:
:D I don't care and to be honest I don't want to know! :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tdodd:
Delivery address is Cyprus, which has a lower VAT rate (15%) than Germany (19%) and UK (20%).

So the price drops by approx 4% of 527 Euros, giving 506 Euros (Website says 509) + delivery, compared to the price listed for Germany.

No mystery at all.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ukdutypaid:
There's an as new return (Amazon warehouse) on Amazon, for EUR 474,29, if anybody wants it.

Won't ship to the UK though.. bums!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] koniakki:
No! You ruined it for me! I thought I was special for getting it cheaper! jk :D

Mystery solved. Thank you tdodd for pointing out. Will keep that in mind. :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tdodd:
Sorry to spoil your fun. It took me a while to figure out why the price rose by around 5 Euros every time I added the phone to my basket. There was no explanation, just a mysterious price increase. It was that extra 1% VAT we have to pay in the UK.

To do the maths accurately for your purchase first divide 526.99 by 1.19 to get the VAT free price of 442.85 Euros. Then multiply by 1.15 to get the VAT inclusive price for Cyprus. Lo and behold - 509.28 Euros. Then add delivery.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ukdutypaid:
Cheers, T Tod... I was wondering about that extra creepy, uppy as well...

Looks like prices have settled now. 470+ it is...

It's either buy one now, buy one on contract or wait for any returns (why would there be?) and then the secondary market. It just doesn't feel as good though does it, unless it's ages down the line as it has been with my HD2s...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] theloginwithnoname:
Delivery times (7-21 days) not looking great either! OWCH
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jUsT2eXy:
7-21 days?

oMg! Is that with amazon.de or from somewhere else?

I am planning to place my order tonight or tomorrow morning via amazon.de

I need the phone by Wednesday next week approximately.

:eek:

EDIT:

never mind.. I found my answer...that's the shipping to Cyprus.

Phew! UK should be a few days yay
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] theloginwithnoname:
hopefully getting mine tom *pops tongue back in mouth* :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Bengaz:
These say they have stock: -

http://www.unlocked-mobiles.com

Anyone ordered theirs from there?

Also, is the UK spec one out yet?

Thanks...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] koniakki:
Oh I forgot that. Yeah, don't worry about that. I don't even pay attention to that any more.

I ordered before from Amazon.de and it took the most 6-7(can't remember) business days to arrive and another 1-2 for the post office to notify me..

I guess it must be a standard policy to say 7-21 so they are covered or something if it gets delayed or anything.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lsquare:
Anyone here know where to purchase this for the lowest price in North America?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Bengaz:
Ordered yesterday and its coming sat morning.

£458 plus VAT.

Seems good to me...:D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ukdutypaid:
Yea, but it's the plus VAT bit isn't it and the fact that it's about 100 quid dearer than they are outside the UK, in the first place. 471 give or take, inc delivery. It's a p*ss take that we're paying for a 3 pin plug!

Even on their site it says

"Samsung Galaxy Note (16GB) EU + UK Adaptor"

Granted though, at 550.00 it might yet be the cheapest retail UK one witnessed, so far...

Argggg Flash is dead, as another announcement. Now what do we think about its shelf life.. Seamless accommodation of HTML5?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tdodd:
If you come across an obstacle don't beat your head against it. Work round it or climb over it. It's 99p delivered for an adapter.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal...ssories_RL&hash=item3362a9ccde#ht_2970wt_1163

£1.15 delivered from Amazon Marketplace - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Travel-Adap...FIUM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320966393&sr=8-1.

You can get a replacement 3 pin charger for not much more.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Bengaz:
I know what your saying. If I wasn't VAT registered maybe this would be too dear for me:(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] carhigh:
what the heck is VAT???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tdodd:
Value Added Tax - Sales Tax if you prefer. It's 19% in Germany, 20% in the UK.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] carhigh:
So if i buy from Handtec, i get the without vat price because im in the US?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tdodd:
That's my understanding. Then add shipping charges across the pond plus whatever sales/import taxes you have to pay at your end when your customs boys get their hands on it. Then you've got currency conversion fees to include somewhere along the line. I wouldn't have a clue what your final bill would end up as. I'm sure others can help though.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lsquare:
It's basically the equivalent of a state sales tax in the US. Believe me, it's brutal in Europe. In the UK it's 20% and that's not even the highest rate in Europe. I spent 4 months in the UK this year and man, I wonder how much tax I paid into their socialist system.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dman777:
Everysince I upgraded to CM 7.1(awsome rom by the way), it resets the screen orientation to vertical. Alot of times I wish it to stay horizontal(like when it is on my desk). How can it be made where the home button won't reset the screen orientation?
[LG Revolution] Techluv:
Hi everyone..

Just received an update to my widget locker and now it features new lock screen themes of Honeycomb and ICS! For those of you running the ICS mod.....this could be a nice addition. I'm digging this update!
[LG Revolution] KaneOfMars:
OMG! That's friggin awesome!

Sent from my ICS'd Revolt Bryce Device
[LG Revolution] Techluv:
Sorry for not posting any screen shots ... Not sure how you do that from the phone..still really new to all this!
[LG Revolution] KaneOfMars:
I just updated, looks awesome!

Sent from my ICS'd Revolt Bryce Device
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Lijop:
Does a2sd work on stock GB ? if yess can anyone post a link ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] consegregate:
Cf root. Please search.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Dj-Dubster_TN:
Well since I don't see anyone else posting it I will,I think that it would be great if someone would start on an ice cream sandwich theme,probably for tsm ressurection and pwgb or whatever rom,I just think the ice cream sandwhich os looks amazing
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] mkuehl06:
Someone has ported an ICS launcher. Can't find the link off hand, specially since I'm on the app and not on the website

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] minimeat:
xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1310925

CM7
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] mkuehl06:
Thanks mini for posting the url

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] AmanteNJ:
nice one ...
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] chopper the dog:
I made one for the Pool Party rom. You just need to find someone to port it for ya.

http://rootzwiki.com/files/category/260-fascinate/

good day.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Dj-Dubster_TN:
sweet i just flashed pool party :) looks like I'll be grabbing your theme, thanks chopper
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Dj-Dubster_TN:
search team syndicate in the market, they have an amazing ics launcher clone
[General Questions and Answers] mightyillidan:
dear forum members iam about getting a new Samsung galaxy W

has any of u got it what do u think of it compared to its price

any suggestion about it

i read some reviews and they say it s good

what about support i dont mean sammys support i mean devs support does this has any future in terms of support thx in advance

and if any member who has this one can he comment on battery life espcially when web brwosing and music thx
[General Questions and Answers] amy822:
Generally this phone is great, but the battery is not so satisfying. Well, most of the android phones' batteries are not satisfying.:rolleyes:
[General Questions and Answers] mightyillidan:
man do u own the phone ur slef i nw own a nk 5800 will this be a good update will the phone get ics what do u think pf it tottally
[General Questions and Answers] mightyillidan:
guyz any help any suggestions iam buying the phone soon any suggestions plz
[General Questions and Answers] topbasework:
i prefer samsung galaxy S.....look great and fast
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dlazz:
Hello,

my problem with xLoud that i have to set it on every reboot. I'm on 283 firmware and rooted. It worked good on 368 and 377! But now its not applied after starting the phone. And when i apply it, sometimes it worked and sometimes only after tapping that option a few times on and off....

Anybody with the same problem or a solution??
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] a-k-t-w:
Why are you using 283?
[Galaxy 3 General] ak700:
Hello Everyone.

First of all my Props- Kyrillos' Rom 8.1; G3MOD Kerenel OC; Partioned Sd blh blah...

Sometime ago i used marcell's Cyanogenmod port. I loved the feature to remove the AM/Pm sign from the notification bar eventhough have 12 hours clock enabled. I have switched back to froyo and now miss that feature. Can this be done in froyo???

Thanks

BTW- Happy Diwali to all of You!! :)
[Galaxy 3 General] i_rnb:
Ya.. Sure.. Check date & time in settings menu..
[Galaxy 3 General] Smonic:
Not possible since if you want to remove AM/PM you have to change the time to 24 hours but you want 12 hours.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] LegionTHEFecalExcretion:
GAMELOFT WAP SHOP LINK
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] antispiral:
Is it xperia play optimized?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] qxiaoyu:
Is it "xperia play optimized"? Anyone tried it?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] phantazizta:
thankyou for news
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] qxiaoyu:
OK,I bought it,it's xperiaplay optimized!Good!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CrimsonKnight13:
So this is another one of Gameloft's "copies". Looks like a mobile version of Uncharted (which is already being worked on for the PSP Vita by Naughty Dog)... I'm not sure how I feel about their duplication of major games.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
Yes sir, it most certainly is another Gameloft copy. That's what they do; copy popular stuff.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
And uncharted is a rip off of any number of other games. End of the day by 1985 every single genre had already been covered. Do you think all these xbox/ps3 games are new? The spectrum/amstrad/amiga did all that in the 80's
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
Exactly! I was playing Pitfall on my Atari 2600 it was the same thing!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] IE-coRe:
So how are the controls? As perfect as on 9mm or ****ty like on other games?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] narflynn619:
gameloft may be good copiers, but they do it right.. except for the controls.. :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CrimsonKnight13:
Aye, that's true but when it looks like a clone it deserves a true facepalm...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
Don't get me wrong it is a blatent rip off :D a comment i saw on youtube sums them up best. All they put was "Gameloft: the kings of copy and paste" :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] IE-coRe:
Didnt i ask here how the contols are? Damn thank you all now i buyed it and the contral are damn horrorble. There are like an BC2....this wannabe analog stick. Damn i hate that. 3 euros pulled out of the window. If moderb combat 3 will get this ****ty controls to i will personaly kill the one who made that damn nasty desission.

Das schwöre ich, sonst soll mich der Biltz beim scheißen treffen.

Sorry for the bad words, i am angry :@
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] eros78:
Confirmed. Another Gameloft dud.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mastertiti2000:
I've downloaded it via Gameloft site but when i try to install, he says (1 or 2 seconds after launch) that there's a error wile download. I select retry and he ask me again. Anyone have this problem?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
Damn Gameloft is sucking at this whole shooter aiming thing.

I can understand being imperfect, but how are they screwing up things they got right before? This isn't even up to N.O.V.A. 2's standards.

... it's not absolutely unplayable like Splinter Cell Conviction (FTR, I was able to complete the first 2 levels with moderate control rage), but you'd think they would've mastered this by now.

EA did great in their first Xperia PLAY shooter (Bad Company 2) then by Dead Space, they'd created a perfect scheme.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
Dead space should be the standard that devs aim for with 1st/3rd person controls. It's a pleasure to play that game :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] IE-coRe:
Jes but gameloft also showed that they can do it. 9mm is also very nice to play with the conrols. And in my opinion rlainbow six is also okay.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] brochador:
I was about to buy this, thanks for the feedback about the controls..:D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] :
its not the best, but its certainly not unplayable either
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
I got this in the 99 cent sale! The graphics are pretty good, however GL has put out better than this before. The controls are alright but a little imprecise, and the targeting kinda sucks as well.

However overall it captures the basic Uncharted feel, and it is pretty fun. Play it on the Harder setting though, its not very hard, and I would imagine easy to be a joke.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] netizenmt:
My graphics break up during key moments like the gun battle in the beginning of the game. Half the time I'm shooting blind. Could this be due to having it moved to SD? Any other ideas? It's almost unplayable as it is now.

And IMHO, those analog game pads suck canal water no matter what game you play.
[General Questions and Answers] cuplzz:
Hello,I want to launch a app via adb but I don't know the activityname of this app. The androidmanifest i open with notopad is like this

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How can i launch this app via adb successfully? Thaks
[General Questions and Answers] cuplzz:
IS the activeityname is IFirmwareUpdateSdaccessSrv?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twinclouds:
I have the g-tab with C-C v7. It works fine. Actually, the Skype video support is very good. However, when I tried to install apps (Google pinyin and/or Sogo) for Chinese input I could not make it work. Mainly, I cannot enable either one to work in the Settings/Language & Keyboard menu. Does anyone have any experience/successful examples? Thanks in advance.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pattang:
Are you using the stock rom or the rooted ones? Pls elaborate.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsukaza:
The gtab have to be rooted, you have to use root explorer and move the apk from /data/app to /system/app, change the permission to rw r r. Reboot and now you can enable it from settings.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iml2860:
I'm on the same Rom and have been using QQ Chinese (Handwrite and Pinyin) Input without any problem.

Please refer to the download link to try it yourself.

http://www.bkill.com/d/dl.php?n=1&server=url_1&id=2845::1274770227
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twinclouds:
Are you using Calkulin+Clemsyn v7? It is Floyo (2.2)。 The QQ input is for 2.3. Will it also work fine for 2.2?

Edit： I installed it but cannot enable it either.

I have no problem to enable Soguo on my HTC incredible. On G-Tab with VEGenTAB 7.10, it also works. It appears a Calkulin+Clemsyn v7 problem.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twinclouds:
I don't have have root explorer. Is there any free program can do the same thing?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iml2860:
I'm on Calkulin+Clemsyn v7, 1.5Ghz Rom for BL1.1 running Froyo. All I had to do is the go to setting to activate QQ input. Once done, I can long press on any input field to bring up the "input method" option and choose QQ input.

I did not need to copy the QQ input apk file to \system\apk like when I installed Swype.

Good luck.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spazmogen:
Just install one of the Malata T2 firmware on the Gtab. It is in Chinese until it is changed to something else. I played with 3 or 4 of them for a while. I like them, but the lacked the Honeycomb feel...

There's a link either here or on Slatedroid for the Malata firmware.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twinclouds:
That was exactly I have but I just cannot activate the QQ input. The check sigh was never on.

BTW, C&C v7 is supposed on bl1.2. Are you saying it can also installed on bl1.1?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roddy972:
Hi all,

I encounter a strange problem...

On my galaxy S2, I can't read videos from my DLNA device : NAS Buffalo Linkstation. I see the device, I can read MP3 or photos but video doesn't work.

The allshare application generates lots of files XXXXXX.tmp on sdcard partition.:confused:

At the same time, on my galaxy S (i9000), i can read the same videos without problems!:confused::confused:

I made lots of search on the net regarding this problem but I haven't found any solution...

Can you please help me ? :(

Thanks you in advance for your help

Regards

Rodrigue
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intrancer:
What format are the videos
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roddy972:
It seems to be all format video file.

Curiously, with my Galaxy S, it works from fine for all files from the Buffalo Linkstation NAS.

I also tried to stream video files via DLNA stored on the Galaxy S on my Galaxy S2 and this work's well !! :confused:

IS there any changes from the allshare on GS to allshare on GS2 ?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hpnotiqdaze:
So I may be totally out of the loop or just getting old. I am running a rooted froyo and want to bump it to Gingerbread. The new release seems exciting... but I can't find any guides to go from froyo to GB... Can anyone help me out or is it a lot simpler than I think... I know I have to flash the radio maybe and then the Rom?