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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] airman410:
I bought my Epic 4g Touch at my local corporate sprint store. I have found that corporate stores usually have the ability to give you deals and exploit little loopholes that are sort of floating around in the sprint corporate system that non-corporate stores/contractors do not have access to.

Since switching to sprint I have had an Evo 4g, Nexus S 4g and currently the epic 4g touch. Despite being with sprint for less than 2 years I have paid below the rebate price for each of these phones. Each time I have gone into my local corporate store, I find the nerdiest guy in the store (basically, I look for someone like me) and then I nerd out with him over smart phones and tech stuff for a little while. I create some kind of basic connection with him and sell him on me as a customer, making him want to give me a good deal. To summarize, go to a corporate store, find an employee who you think will actually want to help you, and make yourself extremely likeable. I have received way more money back on my old phones as trade ins, exploited system loopholes and received discounts that I wasn't supposed to be eligible for.

-Greg
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stascom:
Amazon. 3 Epic 4Gs at 0.01$ a piece :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] schwab002:
Try newegg.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Will of fire:
Same here and they price match anywhere
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] babyboy8100:
Yup lets talk.com is the way to go got mine for $99 after replacing a weak ass nexus s 4g.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darklavalizard:
Sprint SERO Customer Service :D I think sadly SERO users cannot have their SERO contract renewed without going through SERO, otherwise I would have tried the $150 deal.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bbedward:
sprint because they seem to support the phone better if you buy it from them. And there's no terms like the phone has to be on the number it was activated for 3 months, etc etc
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Androidfreakz:
BestBuy mobile in the mall that even match wireflys price and ended up paying $55 for the phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Iczer:
Tempted to hop on the Walmart deal. They got it for $129.99 and you receive a $100 gift card to Walmart. Although it has to be used online, but that's still $100.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] airman410:
Does lets talk.com only have deals on upgrade/new line pricing? Or, do they also offer good prices on new phones without new contracts? Just looked around he site for about 15 minutes and was only able to find pricing on phones with new lines or upgrades.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Iczer:
delete...bad info
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jmejiaa:
I just switched to sprint and bought 3 epic 4g touch's for a penny each.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JahmeZZ:
wirefly.com & letstalk.com, remember these guys impose their own Early Termination Fee's if you cancel your contract with the respective carrier before six months.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jess813:
Craigslist got mine for $320 still wrapped
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] babyboy8100:
Umm, not really sure but i think they'll sell it full price. :(

Through sprint i would of paid taxes over $300 for 3 phones. Lets talk gave us 3 nexus s 4g for free zero charged but after 1 month n 8 days later they still changed 2 of our phones for 1 epic touch 4g $99 n 1 evo 3d for $99 (-$50 discount) plus a discount they gaves us for having 2 defective ns4g we paid $150 no tax no restocking fee free overnight delivery man i can complaint but letstalk.com gets my money from now on no hassle what so ever.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Husam2011:
I was wondering what will you guys do if att mergers, i just bought my Galaxy S2

for monthly4g and i hope i didn't throw $550 in the trash if the merger happens.

I read somewhere that our galaxy s2 can work on ATT's 3g bands, is that correct?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ThC23:
Yes, our phone will work on AT&T from what people have tested, but the merger aint gonna happen any time soon.

Powered by the SGSII....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] josemedina1983:
I don't know if 850 3g band works in California. I'm sure if the merger happens the judge will make AT&T give us a new phone with no contract included, and make AT&T honor our plan prices. Now I think AT&T will pull a fast one trying to make people upgrade to iphones & androids after a year of the merger and make people upgrade their plans so I'm ready to buy my phones full price.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
You would have a new phone by the time the merger happen and t-mobile is no more.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kenvan19:
Agreed. I'm fairly certain this deal isn't going to go through but I just hope that AT&T has to pay up that 5billion soon. If it turns out and I'm wrong, chances are I'll end up with Verizon. They have the best coverage in my area and have the best phones, its just their prices that are too high for me at the moment. However, if I'm faced with the choice between paying out to AT&T or Verizon, I'd rather do it to Verizon and at least get better 4G coverage.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] quest4fire:
Our sgs2 is a true world phone, which is rare nowadays
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iloveandroid16:
I hope the merger dont go through, im on monthly 4g and im pretty sure AT&T will cut it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Husam2011:
Me too, I'm getting 15mbs down on 4G in Michigan. Even faster than my $40/month ATT DSL. Well, if it takes 1++ year, then i'm pretty sure i won't get that mad, because the Gs2 will be old by that time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chriswaar:
I'm really enjoying the 4g speeds and coverage near me. Sounds like I'm not the only one who feels the same way.
[General Questions and Answers] Aphorism:
I hold against BBs the lack of Flash, but they are still the most reliable devices on the market. You can think of them as rocks. Functionality is like that of the stone age (pun intended), but unlikely to spontaneously self-combust.

Get the one which feels better. I do not think there is a worthwhile difference between them. You are going to be handling that phone every day for the next long while. Make sure you like it.
[General Questions and Answers] vnvman:
Personally i think that the Torch is the most useless phone among Blackberries. Imho Blackberries need to have a physical qwerty in order to make sense, otherwise there are much better devices out there, like for example the WP7 ones. The new Bold looks really boss, and is eventually one of the most classy phones i've ever seen. The keyboard on it is amazing, you have to try it yourself if you wanna know what i mean: i almost bought one a while ago just because of that. I really mean it, it's addictive...once you put your fingers on it you'll never look at the Torch back again.
[General Questions and Answers] Aphorism:
He was referring to the 9810 Torch, not the 9860 Torch.
[General Questions and Answers] Feeshie:
I prefer the torch because of the form factor as well..
[General Questions and Answers] Feeshie:
Well it really depends on what form factor or OS you want. I prefer blackberries over W7, but thats just me.
[General Questions and Answers] Feeshie:
I prefer the torch myself.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] BMWpokerAce:
Stock Calculator in Blue for Galaxy Note​

First of all u need to be Rooted and have CWM Recovery installed.

Make a CWM Full Backup before touching anything!!!

Installation:

Download the attached File

Copy the downloaded zip to your internal SD

Bring the phone to CWM Recovery Mode

(Shutdown the Phone, Vol Up + Home + Power)

In Recovery Mode choose: install zip from sdcard

Now choose: choose zip from sdcard

find the copied file * .zip

After flashing reboot your Phone

Here are some Preview Pics:

If you like my work, consider pushing my "Thank you Button" as a donation or Use the real Donation Button ;)​
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] pugsid:
Good Mod. Liked It.. Which is the status bar notification u are using.. Love it. f u could post the same here... Thanks for the Mod
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjskalet:
i just sold my phone and used odin to wipe my phone clean and bring touch wiz back to it. i wasnt brought to a gapps sign in page at the beginning like i normally would when restoring a new phone. Would my account information for gmail still be in the phone or would they have to sign in. i just wanted to make sure that not of my account information was in there. My dumb ass forgot to check too before i sold it smh.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skynet11:
They will have to sign in... You can breathe now *sighs in relief*

Has anyone seen John Connor?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjskalet:
Hahah thank you. That's really did make me feel relieved.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamklo:
Yeah, that can be spooky business!

Don't worry, I'm only 3 posts away.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] xAnimal5:
If anyone has...

Does it look grainy at all?

Does it attract fingerprints?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] RMXO:
I have the Ultra Fine & it's grainy but doesn't leave fingerprints marks behind.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] EarlZ:
I've used the Crystal,Oleo,Optics and Ultra Matte.

My favorite is the Oleo since its super clear but has absolutely no smudge protection, the Optics also offers a midway smudge protection with a tad bit blurring.

The Crystal is a smudge and glare magnet while the Ultra Matte is just blurry hell but has no smudges.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] Vulpix:
I have a UO one right now on my Note, but I am unhappy about the cutting. There's a gap at the top above the speakerphone. I don't remember SGP being this sloppy.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] eug:
I've been trying to get a UO for the note but it looks like they've stopped making them. Maybe to correct the cut problem?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] ym901s:
How's the quality of your Ultra Optics screen protector?

Does it affect the clarity and awesome SGN screen?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] Vulpix:
Quality's great, although it is hard to clean. No way to use a dry cloth for this, gotta be slightly damp.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] ym901s:
Thanks.

Btw any reason for choosing Ultra Optics over Ultra Oleo?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] Vulpix:
I just like the feel of the Ultra Optics. The Ultra Oleo isn't very finger friendly for games.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] propylene22:
Anyone using the Alpha lulz as a daily driver? If so what are your impressions and what was your upgrade path?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skynet11:
The SDK port IS Enyo's build - alphalulz is built from source code by jt

Has anyone seen John Connor?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidstyle:
Im running Ics alphalulz v3 right now and its full of Lulz!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloblaw1:
I'm running jts v3 build as well. Its pretty damn solid.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sendan:
Yeah it's full of quite a bit of lulz. Nice thread btw.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] propylene22:
Is the mass storage still not working?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidstyle:
works for me as mtp
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dj-Dubster_TN:
if your using an sdk build over source built... you should just leave
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] djarpit:
so suddenly my phone gave these errors saying application failed for everything that was installed

after restarting the phone i was getting the same erorr

when i tried using the backup and restore it said failed to mount SD card...what do i do??????
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Do u have a nandroid back up? If so restore a nandroid. If not ya need to do this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] djarpit:
I did have a backup, I tried backing up but it still fails that could not mount...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Odin the stock tar that should sort you out
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dorj1234:
Had a similar issue. Unlocked skyrocket kept freezing and while scanning the SD card it got stuck. The same SD card worked on my other samsung phone and a new one got the same thing

Both SD cards were at some point formatted by the skyrocket

Phone was returned because of this and other freezing issues

I live in Europe in case it is related

I hope you get your SD card issue fixed and then please post what happened

Thanks

JD
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] djarpit:
went to att store and got my phone replaced. gonna stay root free for a while. i was ****ting my pants when it didnt work
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xak944:
Has anyone successfully reformatted either /sdcard or /sdcard/external_sd/ /emmc as ext3? I'm not talking about an Apps2SD partition, I'm talking about reformatting the whole volume as one partition, transparent to apps. I do not use Windows so I do not need interoperability, I am fine with ext filesystems.

My goal is to be able to use symlinks (not to mention a more robust filesystem) to redirect certain hard-coded items to store on a different storage volume than it defaults to, but symlinks are not permitted on vfat (FAT32) filesystems.

Thanks! :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RickyGoldsmith:
Anything that I look an answer for, is just not answered. :-(

I am looking for the same information. Wonder why the native ext file systems are not allowed, given that its a Linux kernel running.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KCRic:
You could format it to ext3 and see how it works. Worst case scenario is your phone will tell that sdcard to fu*k off. Given that our phones can and do read the ext format I'm sure you can do it. I'm just not sure how well it will work as far as mounting and such.

On top of that, Windows can read ext formats. You just need a program to do it. I use it all the time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xak944:
Thanks for reviving this thread. Surely there must be someone out there who has tried this, and I was hoping to hear from them before I gave it a go, but looks like I'll just have to give it a shot myself.

When I find the time to backup & wipe my sdcard to try and reformat & mount it, I'll report back here. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] trevmar:
With my Galaxy Note N7000 I can format a USB Stick to EXT3, and the phone uses it perfectly well as USB Storage...

(rooted, w/w SpeedMod kernel)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hollal:
I have rooted my S2 with zergRush instead of CF-Root and as a result, all I have is root and no goodies. I would like to try out some ROMs but from what I can tell I need ClockWorkMod Recovery installed instead of the default recovery. The thing is, I can't get my head around how I go about doing that. I've seen something called ROM Manager which seems to offer what I want but I'm hesitant because I'm new to all this.

Is ROM Manager's "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" option the way forward?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcadam:
rom manager is no good on the i9100 search for cwm.apk. Install a rooting kernel, there are plenty, they will give you everything you need ie sandbox and clockwork.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4038153:
Hello again ;).

Since there's no CF-Root for your exact kernel, Chainfire's thread suggests using the closest match which would probably be CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEN_KJ3-v5.0-CWM5.zip from [07.11.2011][CF-Root 5.0] KE*, KF*, KG*, KH1/3/4, KI2/3/4/8, KJ1/2/3 - su+bb+CWM4/5.

There's a few ways you can get that onto your phone since you're already rooted, without increasing the custom binary counter. One option is Hellcat's kTool, which would require you to extract the zImage from the thread earlier to /sdcard/. Another choice would be Chainfire's [28.11.2011] Mobile ODIN v1.20 [ROOT]. Finally you could use the original method you used when you first soft-bricked your device, but using the above zImage instead of a Galaxy Note one ;).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hollal:
Oinky, I have gone the route of using kTool which I've already installed shortly after posting this thread. I'd read somewhere about backing up the EFS partition.

I now have CWM 5 on my device. I have done a complete backup, poked about in /system/media to change my boot animation using a few adb/shell commands and now I think I'll download Cyanogen :)

I don't know what's happened to the title of this thread because it seems to be empty, and my original reply to you seems to have disappeared :confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sxi200:
Just flash cf root for your firmware in Odin or from your phone using chainfire's 'mobile Odin lite' found on xda.

It will also install the cwm app for easy flashing.

Edit: After posting saw your post about getting it sorted. Wasn't there a minute ago but it shows time as over an hour earlier. And yeah, title was also there but not now. Should come back soon I think.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozone89:
Is there a music app able to read lyrics tag out of mp3 files?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silvergt2:
Power Amp is possible can get you the lyrics but not is if you can read them from the same mp3 file.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ecko.nineteen:
Seems I can't post external links because I'm a new member... search for 'MusicKN' in the market, by 'Kayan Nurav'. If I understood you correctly, that's what you need.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozone89:
Uhmmm...

PowerAmp bis trial, while MusicKN asks for odd permission (permanent broadcast, net access...)

Thanks anyway :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akshayf:
search ttpod in the market. Awesome music player. Can read embeddes lyrics as well as download timed karaoke style lyrics also.
[Kindle Fire General] Thelgow:
Ive noticed recently sometimes when using the softkey home, back or menu I sometimes need to press them 2 or more times.

For instance dolphin browser sometimes if you had scrolled down thn back button would just return where you were, so you would need 2 or more backs to actually go back a page.

With this softkey issues combined with dolphins inherent behavior i habe neess to press back 8 or more times to actually go back. I had to set up aswope left gssture in dolphin to force a previous page.
[Kindle Fire General] sl0ttedpig:
The touch screen can be either unresponsive, or too responsive in certain situations. It's a little frustrating sometimes, especially when I'm trying to show people how cool the device is, only to press something accidentally, or have to press something multiple times.

So, you're not alone in your pain! I think there are a few posts on here that mention the same thing.
[Kindle Fire General] daggy1985:
Ya I've noticed this as well especially when in a game app when trying to exit, I have to hit it several times, I think it is more of a software issue, hopefully Amazon will fix it in a future update, I've already sent some feedback to them about the issue. Perhaps if enough people send in some negative feedback, Amazon will respond.
[Kindle Fire General] Printerscape:
I've noticed this as well; it's very picky on how it wants to be pushed. You have to know how to push it's button to get it to do anything, much like a woman.
[Kindle Fire General] BobTheZealot:
Yep, same problem here.
[Kindle Fire General] BriDroid-74:
Same thing here. I'm glad I'm not the only one. My worst seems to be the back button, followed by the menu button. My home button almost always works.

Hopefully custom ROMs will fix this.
[Kindle Fire General] mewshi:
I've noticed that it mostly does this with amazon's own bits. Update would fix it.
[Kindle Fire General] Thelgow:
Ok so its not just me. I know my aim is good because at angle I see it highlighted then normal after I release. But yes back the most then menu. Home I think has worked first touch.

Side note ive also had issues sometimes when tapping an area to type in that after 3 or 4 letters the keyboard auto hides. Typing urls and google searches

Oh wow, google wasn't known word for default keyboard.
[General Questions and Answers] andrewxu:
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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] g4me0v3r:
I can't seem to figure out how to make the images a higher resolution within the XDA Premium App. Whenever I view any image on my phone the resolution is very low and pixelated. But if I am viewing the website on my computer everything is high res. Am I the only one with this problem of is that just how the app is?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] davidc23:
You're not the only one buddy (:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] g4me0v3r:
That's what I figured, I just wanted to confirm. I just find that it's unfortunate that we can't see the images at full quality.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] davidc23:
Sometimes when I exit the AP and come back it shows.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mship:
Speaking of the premium app. Do you see some color flickering in your app at times. I have a few other apps on my phone but this is the only one that causes the color to flicker.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] locoboi187:
no color flicker at all here...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
90% of he time my pic viewing on here is crisp and in HD but the other 10% of the time its oixalated and i cant read what the pics say
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Gene_Bailey:
I can't ever upload hi-res pics. Even screenshots which are quite tiny in size. No more than 50kb max. Makes me sad panda
[Nexus S General] XTRoRDiNAiRE:
After years of phone calls to cs and missed calls bad signal and message not sent errors I finally got sprint to send me an airave and wow! Full bars! Now I have blazing fast 3g speeds
[Nexus S General] borrowedchief:
Sweetness.
[Nexus S General] kijp15:
Sounds interesting, my 3g signal sucks where I live now. How much is the airave?
[Nexus S General] XTRoRDiNAiRE:
I think its like 45 bucks but I'm not sure cause I got it free:-)

Check my speeds
[Nexus S General] mustangboy88:
Why are you using 3G at home? And I thought the Airave only helped voice. I have one, but never considered it for 3G since I use Wi-Fi at home.

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] kijp15:
Dang, that looks pretty good for 3g speed. I'll check out sometime this weekend. Has it been shipped to you?
[Nexus S General] shabgard:
I got mine for free first time I called I don't know why they did that for you.
[Nexus S General] crump84:
I have an Airave also and it is mainly for voice but it will increase your 3G speeds. Although it's kind of pointless since you need an internet connection for the Airave to work.

Also to OP, it took you years to get one? I made one phone call (albeit 30 minutes long) and received mine within a week. If it wasn't for my Airave I would have to drop Sprint.

Here's at home (3G) speeds..but I'm always on wifi
[Nexus S General] kijp15:
That is cool, I need me one of these. I'm gonna check it out sometime next week. Thanks!
[Nexus S General] onemadrssn:
I also got one without any issues when I asked. Free.

One note: DO NOT USE IT AS YOUR ROUTER. The instructions had you set it up like this:

--->internets----modem----airave----wifi/router))))computer

The airave acts as the DHCP server using this set up... and it's terrible and slow. It was for me anyway. It's just a crappy at NAT and DHCP stuff.

Instead, it should be set up as follows:

--->internets----modem----wifi/router---airave

(and computer connected to the wifi/router, not the airave.)

Some manual configuration will be needed, and ports will have to be opened and forwarded on your router.
[Nexus S General] XTRoRDiNAiRE:
I have wifi but I've never been able to use 3g so pretty much I've been paying sprint for garbage service so I am now going to take advantage of unlimited data:)
[Nexus S General] big gulps huh?:
You know, you are using your own data right? As in your homes internet....
[Nexus S General] XTRoRDiNAiRE:
Lol yea
[Nexus S General] lynyrd65:
It probably has better range than the wifi router though.
[Nexus S General] crump84:
Meh, not really. For data your just as good being on WiFi.. But it does vastly improve cell signal, which means no dropped calls..
[Nexus S General] Esteway.619:
You'll start to have SMS issues. I did I finally got tired of that **** so I just unplugged the dam thing.