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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Vcolassi:
OK here's the deal. I am currently phone-less being I sold my GS2 in wake of the note. Now I have two upgrades due in May. My GF also wants a Note and she said she is more than happy with waiting. Me, I tried but I can't lol. Being smart phone less sucks. Not fun bringing my new Transformer Prime around and hoping for wif lol. So here are my options.

One of the upgrades is deff going to my GF. So that leaves one. I figured I could buy the note today for $650 and instead if paying early upgrade price of $550 saving my May upgrade for future phones like a SG3 or whatever. Or better yet I could buy a Note for $300 "full upgrade price" in May and eBay it and make some profit. I have went to all local ATT stores asking to upgrade early, but no go. Even tried customer service. Last year I got my GF a iPhone 4 early 30 days early, but they say they are much more strict now.

Basically should I just pay the retail of $650 and pocket my upgrade for the future? Or pay $550 and extend ans save $100, which seems silly.

I already told my GF I'd sacrifice my PS Vita if I was able to get the Note. I'm dying g to get one!

I also know $650 seems expensive. But I look at it as a investment. Being I would be able to sell it down the road if needed or wanted for at least 60% of my money back. And I'm not signing a contract extension. And I believe not having to pay the $36 new activation fee.

Thanks, I've been reading these forums all day yesterday. So ready for my Note!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jamesd86:
Go to best buy they will price match at$t and you get rewards zone points, if you're a silver member they even have a 3x points coupon out now that's good through today.. 650 would get you 1950 points with coupon, equals almost 40 back in reward zone certificate.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Vcolassi:
Very good point. I am a silver premier member. Thanks for the double points heads up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] cpbeats:
I just ordered it from gosale.com for $149. I added a line and am selling my skyrocket. With the money from the skyrocket, i'm paying the cancellation fee. I gotta wait for after 30 days of course but who cares. I'll be getting my note on Wednesday. http://www.gosale.com/5792771/samsung-galaxy-note-4g?gclid=CMDc883cu64CFQxX7AodSkcwNQ
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Vcolassi:
Damn that's a good deal. I'd be all for that if I wasn't at 5 lines already in our family plan. 150 is a steal for the note! Lucky you :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] cpbeats:
Exactly. I just went to google and typed in Samsung Note for sale in US and that link came up. I thought it was bs but the live chat lady actually said its a great deal and she'd walk me through it to ensure I get the $150 discount. Can't wait. Bye-Bye Skyrocket.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] coretech:
Man I'm always missing the great deals! Maybe I should see if I can return my note and get this deal!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] cpbeats:
It's still up there. I mean $150 is still $150. That's beer money, game money, etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] carhigh:
I paid full price. Gonna get another new one in June when get full upgrade and give this one to the wife. By that time might be free upgrade. Then I can sell the international I just handed down to her.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Vcolassi:
Same here. I just got home and I got mine! Super happy, we had to stop at the grocery store and I was bumping into people playing with it lol.

I paid full price, gonna get my gf hers in may. And then save my other upgrade in case the galaxy s3 intrigues me. But I can't see it getting much better than the note, very happy with it thus far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] towncop1978:
I just purchased mine for 150... I will try at&t service and determine if i will keep it.. If I decide i don't like it I will cancel my service and buy out my contract... 325... That's a total of 475 for the phone itself... Now that's a deal compared to paying 650...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Vcolassi:
I hear ya man, today was the first time I laid out full price for a device. I usually go full upgrade or early I must really love the phone :D

But in my case my other two lines are due for upgrade in may so my gf gets one. And the other I can save for a future "me" device ;). Or get a note and sell it for $600 on the bay with my upgrade. Thus means I got mine for $300.

We utilize 3-4 of our lines between me and my gf. Id like to drop one off as well and save the $10 a month.The other we give to her parents in the mid west. Otherwise I would have done the $150 deal.

The ATT reps were totally unaware of the 50% off deal too, go figure lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] cpbeats:
Of course they were. They don't know of any of the deals I ask about.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sweetboy02125:
Pay full price. I've been selling almost 10 $500 per Note in Craigslist. Only $100 more from early upgrade
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Cyberguycpt:
Maybe try another store I just bought a phone back in November when I signed up for At&t. I called the store and said I wanted to buy the phone outright and the guy said why do that when you can do and early upgrade because they were not able to sell the phone off contract at the time. Do you live on Los Angeles? The store I go to is really customer focused.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] TechGoon954:
I paid $375

I just purchased one for $375, because my contract wasn't up until 08/12, so I had to do what they call an "exceptional upgrade". $300 for the phone and $75 for the early upgrade. I did it at one of those authorized AT&T stores, looks like the real store but they have their own price for early upgrades , compared to AT&T with their $175-250 fee. And now I see that premiere customers are eligible for 50% discount so I'll be calling them in the morning to try and get some kind of credit. Even though I really didn't spend any money because I sold my Skyrocket for $400!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Underground_XI:
sell me one lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lJesseCusterl:
I'll be buying mine outright. $100 difference between outright and extending my contract and losing out on my scheduled upgrade in July? Kind of a no-brainer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] love.lgv.tx:
I did an early upgrade and was expecting to pay $550. It rang up at $500. The rep didn't know why. My upgrade wasn't due until March of '13.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmachine2:
Hi everyone, this is my first post, and I'm completely baffled and think I may have bricked my phone. Here is exactly what happened.

I've been running syndicate rom with vision kernel on my samsung epic 4g on sprint for a very long time. I've been getting the upgrade notification for months, so I finally decided it was time to upgrade. Unfortunately, the way I decided to upgrade was to go back to stock, and then let it naturally upgrade. I followed the instructions at:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1052813

and, the first time I tried to odin, it was stuck at "setup connection", so after waiting a very long time, I unplugged, then re-started odin. because I used the instructions at the above link, I had re-partition, auto-reboot, and reset time checked. This time, odin was able to get past "setup connection", and was stuck on "datafs.rfs" in odin, and on the phone, it no longer showed a downloading logo and looked like it was just off. I unplugged again, and this time, I could not easily get the phone into download mode. I tried a few things with the battery in, with it out, and finally, somehow, got it into download mode again. Trying odin 1.61, I tried again, it got stuck on datafs.rfs again, and after waiting a very long time, I unplugged again.

Now, I believe my phone is bricked. The following is true of my phone right now:

it does not turn on

it does not have any lights when plugged in

if plugged in, it will not go into download mode

if on battery, i can take out the battery, then put it back in, then i can go into download mode, but when in this mode, windows reports an unrecognized usb device. if the battery is in from when it was plugged in, it will not go into download mode. the battery must be popped out and then put back in to go into download mode.

terrible timing too, as my wife is expecting, and she'll most likely need to get in touch with me in the next week or two. If anyone can help me get my phone working again, that would be amazing. Thanks in advance for your help.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Speedin07si:
Windows not recognizing a device means you don't have the proper drivers installed. I'd link them to you but I'm at work on my phone. Search google for samsung epic drivers. Or i believe you can even get them from samsung's website.

And Congratulations on the new baby.

Sent from a CM9 powered Epic.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ragnar:
the link you posted has all the best instructions. Do not skip a step or circumvent any. Use the file links he has provided. And use Odin 1.85.

Take the battery out of your phone let it sit for at least 20 minutes, leave the battery out plug it into computer and attempt to get it into download mode.

Very important your not using the Samsung stock charging cable to do this. You need a good USB cable, one like the Blackberry phones come with, which is designed for heavy data transfer

Good luck.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
The problem and the cause of your woes is a faulty cable. Get a heavy duty blackberry cable and try again. This time leave the battery out, using the cord as power put it into download mode with Odin already up on the computer and make sure to use the same port that it has been working in.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ragnar:
Hey I said the same exact thing....:thumbup:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I know...saw it after I posted...lol. Plus you included the best link..nice!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmachine2:
I actually tried a differnt cable because of the original link the first time, and that didn't work at all (used my wife's evo shift cable). But, I did find yet another micro usb cable in the house, and that one does seem to be working. Although, the odin flash does not seem to be, seems to be hanging (and the phone shows just blue across the entire screen), but that is progress =) Thanks for the tips everyone. I'll post my findings if I am successful in un-bricking. (or post where i get stuck next =P) Thanks again everyone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
When you get stuck again, Odin with the battery and sd card out.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmachine2:
Already took the SD card out. I can't go into download mode with just the cable though (already tried). Any recommendations? To get into download mode currently, I have to:

unplug everything

take out the battery

pop the battery back in

then, 1+power to download mode.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Sounds like either the cable still has issues or the USB port is not properly powered. If a desktop, use the USB ports in the rear right on the motherboard. I see you have had different results from different cables already, if you can just get ahold of a heavy duty Blackberry or Palm Pre cable.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmachine2:
How long should I wait before re-trying a new flash? It's been stuck on cache.rfs for the past 2 or 3 hours. I'll try the back usb port instead of front usb ports. I'll also try a palm cable, I think I have one lying around somewhere. Thanks for the tips.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Yeah, it is time to try again with those tips. 15 minutes is max.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmachine2:
SUCCESS!!

Following the original link, what I had to do was:

I plugged into rear usb

still wouldn't go into download mode, so unplugged, popped in battery, went into download mode, plugged in

started odin 1.61 (as in the trouble shooting part of the original link)

Used EC05 rom (as in the trouble shooting part of the original link)

my phone is back from the dead! Thanks for the help everyone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Congrats man!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazfanatic:
nice!

+10 char
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ragnar:
Just got back here and I also am glad you got it going. Congrats! These Epics are almost unbrickable...
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thestory101:
one things that was bordering me since CM7.1 stable is , I cann't change a wallpaper for "LOCK SCREEN". not a wallpaper in workspace.

After change wallpaper in "LOCK SCREEN" ; I always got a boot loop (boot until cm7 running logo) and always that.

** test many times, my solution is recovery and reinstall rom . T T

btw, set wallpaper for workspace is work fine.
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 103580marnix:
I have just rooted my samsung i5800 and it worked only when i turn it off it doesnt turn on again because its just stuck on the screen GT-i5800 samsung . thats all i see . and i cant even turn it off . i can only take the battery out
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M_247:
Try on and off for a few times...

If not work, time to go for data wipe or factory reset (if you have a Cwm kernel)

Or finally, time to reinstall the rom...
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artifex21:
Go in download mod,and reflash your ROM...
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lyriks:
Whitch ROM did you flash ?
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bscraze:
Off your phone, hold volume up+down and home key and power to boot into recovery and just factory reset from there.

Cheers:)

Sent from my GT-i9003 powered by MIUI:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] altamonte32:
Guys if you need a extended battery for your ET4G, try Gorilla gadgets.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cds0699:
How's the quality? How long have you had it?

I came across this video (its for the EVO 4G gorilla gadgets battery, but seeing it makes me concerned of the quality of their products).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] altamonte32:
I've been using this gorilla gadgets extended battery for about six weeks and I am very satisfied with the performance. I get about 12 hrs or more between charges with moderate use. And yes, I had htc evo with extended battery from the same company. That is how I found out about gorilla gadgets. Not to forget, the shipping is pretty fast!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] caseyatbt:
I used the Incredicell in my EVO 3D and it was great. I will probably get one when I get my E4GT. The door looks kinda ugly, but the battery is solid.

http://www.accessoryswamp.com/3500mah-extended-life-samsung-epic-4g-touch-battery.html?limit=20
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] altamonte32:
I too had a incredicell extended battery for my ET4G but few weeks later I was not happy with it's performance. So I checked gorilla gadgets and ordered one from them.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] altamonte32:
I would like to post picture of the batteries that I have but I am having problems posting it.. Any way this is the web site address .... gorillagadgets. com
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] altamonte32:
Hopefully this will help.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] altamonte32:
Finally I am able to add the picture. First one on the left bought it from Ebay, second is from incredicell. Third is from gorilla gadgets. Al in all gorilla gadgets extended battery out performed the other one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] caseyatbt:
How is the GG door. Is it slick or have some texture to it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JoeBruin32:
I have the same Ebay one. how much better is the gorilla over that one (I think the Ebay one is disappointing)?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] altamonte32:
@Caseyatbt, the cover is the same as the one from ebay it is kinda slick. I have bought a Trexcell thermoplastic TPU cover case for 10 bucks from Amazon. I am really happy with it, it fit really good. I have included some pictures.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] altamonte32:
@ JoeBruin32, GG extended battery's performance is way better compare to the one from ebay. Check gorillagadgets.com and read reviews about their products. You will be amazed. I had an htc evo a while ago with GG extended battery and I never had to worry about running out of battery. With GG extended battery I was able to unleashed the power of it.. Lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pbassjunk:
These are all the exact same batteries as what you would get on ebay, the only difference is the branding.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] altamonte32:
@ pbassjunk, yes they do look the same but the GG's last way longer than the one from Ebay.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JoeBruin32:
I do find it curious that the OP's first and only posts are about hailing GG products as awesome. Call me suspicious.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] altamonte32:
I never like to post things on the Internet, but being a member of this forum and gets plenty of good information. I thought.. why not share my finding here maybe I can help too.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] r2hudson:
what about a case for this with the extended battery? anyone have any options on cases for the epictouch with an extended battery. have the seido extended battery, not satisfied, will try this GG battery out. need some type of case tho
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] caseyatbt:
I have asked this before and hope someone has some suggestions.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] altamonte32:
This is the best case I found for ET4G with extended battery. I bought it at Amazon.com. It's aTrexcell thermoplastic tpu case for $10. I have posted it before.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] caseyatbt:
Does anyone have a Seidio and Gorilla gadgets extended battery so you can compare thickness. Wondering if the battery doors are interchangeable.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nickespi:
Well here its my 133rd post or what ever, Gorilla Gadgets Has Always out performed Seidio for multiple devices For me, and there are plenty of people who have shared the similar experience. and there customer service is by far better than Seidio and there turn around time as well!!

You pay for branding and a box With there logo at your door step and Packaging with seidio - So you really end up paying for a Big Advertisement expense for Seidio!!

Product Price Promotion Place -

Other than that What really matters is Quality control and if it meets those standards. If company can make its name known otherwise they have penetrated there market share with there promotion by word of mouth because they have quality products which make happy customer willing to Promote there products as great alternatives!! With out all of the extra Advertising expenses that bigger companies have!!

---------- Post added at 01:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:21 PM ----------

I would not Count on it FROM EXPERIENCE with my nexus S door i attempted to do the some thing and the gorilla gadgets was a lil thicker - But I also had better life with GG 3200 than Seidios 3500 too...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] frigidazzi:
Does anyone know of any car docks (not just mounts) that work with the extended batteries like these? I got one just as a backup battery, but I actually like the extra grip I have with the phone a lot. The only thing keeping me from using it full time is I love the samsung cardock so much. easy in/out and charge/music without plugging extra wires in.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] corygibbons:
Bump to this. Looking for the exact same thing... I love the Samsung dock so much I'm debating buying a universal one and sawing the bottom part of the Samsung one off!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bridic:
I was having the same issues and took a gamble on this holder: http://www.slotmount.com/

I was truly surprised how well it works.

Due to my CD sitting higher in the dash, I did have to bend it down slightly to achieve the view I wanted.

The phone not once has slipped off and when the sticky get dusty, just run it under water for a few seconds and your as good as new.

Good luck on your search.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] frigidazzi:
did you end up trying this? I can't find a good solution
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] itsallsubliminal:
Mine arrived in the mail today 10 minutes after i had left for work! On my way home now and very excited to try a gorilla gadgets product. I've been using seidio and meugen for years and decided to give gg a shot for the $27 price and the claims of outperforming seidio. Although i do feel the seidio back cover is high quality with a nice matte finish, i can't justify paying over double just for that. We will see how it goes, and I'll give first day impressions/results and also follow up in a couple weeks time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] caseyatbt:
I bought a Mugen style extended back for around $14 on ebay. It is perfect and $27+$14 is still cheaper than Seidio.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] itsallsubliminal:
This back cover by gg really isn't bad at all, just a finger print magnet. Looks much cheaper in the picture on their site.

So today, day 1, I've been on battery for 11hrs 10mins and am down to 35% but I've REALLY been trying to drain this thing. I have almost 5 hours of screen on time, the past 1.5 hours at 100% brightness using the phone non stop. And before that i streamed the entire Bulls game at 50% brightness for 2.5 hours. I'm gonna Netflix and mess around for a couple more hours to take it below 10% battery if i can, but man, if this is how the first day is i am very satisfied because in a couple weeks it'll be properly calibrated with even better life. Plus, my comfort level of brightness is 15-20%max.

And yeah, 100% brightness hurts the hell out of my eyes!

+1 for gorilla gadgets!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] yomiguy:
Hi people!! yesterday I had to reflash the minicm7 rom (2.1.9) again because I decided to partition my sd card and as soon as I had to format it I thought it would be better to do all the process from the beginning...

The fact is that always I have flashed this roms, market starts downloading the first apps (facebook, youtube...) in the previous version... But when all the first apps are installed, if I try to open the market again its the updated version automatically...

However this time not... I dont know what I did wrong... When I open market its the previous version which has less option than the new one (if you can remember this old one :p)

Does anyone know how can I upgrade my market without doing the whole process again, because its boring to restore all my settings and my apps with TB...

Thx to anyone who can help!!

Please have a look to the attach pic to see what I mean ;)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] DenyDarko:
Market..

Have fun. :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] yomiguy:
Thx!! buddy!! Im going to try right now!!;)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] yomiguy:
:D Thanksss!! man!! I didnt think it could be as easy as install the updated apk!! but thanks to you now I have it again!! dont worry, I'll have fun!! ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] unlockingsky:
i am a dangerous noob =(

i am trying to flash my skyrocket to [ROM][RADIO]UCLA3 2.3.6 STOCK ROM(NOciq)/UCLA3 Modem/FEB 24

i know how to boot to recovery mode so far...

i got the rom and radio downloaded....

can anyone suggest a good tutorial? i tried youtubing skyrocket custom rom installation and i see mostly s2 w/ the middle button that i don't have.

also, how to i not trip the flash counter as someone said it was very annoying to have that on the phone?

and yes this will be my first time flashing my phone. i don't want to have a expensive brick :p in the end
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Bender B. Rodgriguez:
As long as you don't flash via Odin you will not increment the counter. Flashing via clockworkmod recovery is safe.

The first post of the thread where u downloaded from has instructions on how to flash. Please read it again.

Sent via smoke signal