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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
Once you are in download mode and it finds your phone (a yellow box with a COM port lights up and you'll see "Added!" in the log box) just click Start and wait until the bigger box to the left of the yellow one says "PASS!" If it looks like it's hanging at the Modem, just wait - process takes about 10 minutes regardless if you have a power system or not.

(I'm exaggerating on the time but you'll get the point.)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] A30laa:
Cus this has happened to me about

10 times since messing with androids lol cant be mad if i dont read every little thing like im suppose to
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] A30laa:
Thanks everybody hes alive again lol so my question is now after flashing el26 to get milestone what kernel should i get then to make sure i dont lose my custom recovery ?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
Hey OP I hope you get it up and running but with all the threads about what to do in every situation if your phone takes a dump... I am not sure why you posted this and scaring more people but ok do you!

Next time try odin , try Google, try JTag, try Sprint and last but not least try your TEP. Those are the true steps to getting another phone or your phone up and running(notice none of the steps say make a new post about bricking). I know to some it may seem like this was useless but for those that get it... well Good luck OP

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see you got it up and running ..... LOL enjoy and glad to see you got a sense of humor as well
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shiftr182:
There is no custom recovery for ICS roms until the source is released.....custom recovery on ICS causes bricks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MeWarning:
Ya without the custom recovery you're safest option is going to be to Odin back to EL26 with CWM5 any time you want to switch to something else. It's an extra step but the one pretty much surefire way not to get a brick. And use Calk's Format All instead of doing all the wiping manually.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roboticienfr:
Hello everybody

I would like to know if the presented news apps of the new galaxy s3 will be available on our galaxy note? I'm thinking about S voice especially and the new photo functions!!

Thank you for your answers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coolkriss:
U just stole my word... Those are just functionaly which i think should be portable to Note .. Just waiting for one of our Developers to get their hands on that unit to start moving the apps ;-) ...

Image me watching a WebEx session on half screen and watching movie on the other half .. lol.. that had be fun ...
[Streak 5 General] Alahdal:
It was a very successful experience with you mates and Dell Streak. But it is the time to go. I have decided to replace my Dell Streak with Galaxy note. My most important key is the screen and there is no huge difference. However, there are other features force me to go with GN i.e. LTE, S-Pen, CPU and extra 0.3" :).

I have note contributed in this forum as other do. Thanks a lot for the support.

C ya around.
[Streak 5 General] jitin02:
Can you please l list some benefits as I am also planning to move
[Streak 5 General] sturmavik:
Benefits - much better screen and resolution, much faster cpu, bigger user base so there are more roms and developers.

Only thing better about the Streak is the build quality. The Note feels like you could break it if you held it wrong.

Oh yeah biggest plus for Note: CyanogenMod 9 !

Sent from my Commodore 64
[Streak 5 General] Chirunavvutho:
I switched to HTC Titan II over the weekend. Streak is wifi tablet and Kindle reader at the moment.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] alpenglow:
Call and ms just fine. No data connection. Phone information shows phone number unknown and network unknown.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] projektorboy:
I'm curious as to which ICS ROM you're using, as the GSM hack does not appear to play nice with Team Gummy's ICS. Going to network settings causes force-closes for phone.

Also, it's recommended to go to the Dialer, dial *#*#4636#*#* and ensure that the network setting is for 'WCDMA Preferred'.

Other than that, I have nothing else to offer.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] brandogg:
PagePlus is a Verizon reseller - CDMA, not GSM/WCDMA.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Descalzo:
I got it to work with voice and sms but since I don't care about data I never checked that. Sorry man.

I was going to fiddle with QPST and stuff but you can't do BPtools with SafeStrap, so I gave up. Like I said, I didn't care enough.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] alpenglow:
Right. If we can't enter BPtools, then there is no way to upload PRL and some modifications through QPST or CDMA Workshop.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] akhobbes:
I heard that the an ICS update has been leaked.

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/06/22/motorola-droid-bionic-ice-cream-sandwich-update-leaks-again/

Any word on whether it's safe for us PPC users?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jbgtenn:
Im bumping this Im also interested in flashing this rom but Im on PagePlus also and

wasn't able to get 3g going at all on the other roms that has been out woindering if this one will work?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] alpenglow:
In the same boat
[Motorola Droid Bionic] fastpakr:
You can use the same FXZ files to move around as the regular Verizon users, right? If so, just make a nandroid backup and then try out ICS. If you can make it work, great! If not, just FXZ back and restore the nandroid.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jbgtenn:
Well I Finally installed Ics leak on phone cause I was tired GB. I have been reading around other places that they were unable to get 3g but at first I was unable to get it either, when I flashed it last night. So I FXZ back to GB. This morning I said what the hell and did a esn reset on my phone and pulled my keys again and reflashed the phone back to ICS and was able to get 3g working so it is possible to have 3g on PagePlus with ICS leak. Im on 233.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] psin2005:
Can you provide a step by step?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] alpenglow:
If there is procedure step by step, that would be great.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] psin2005:
here is a step by step

http://www.howardforum.com/showthre...anual-activation-talk-text-mms-3g-all-working
[Motorola Droid Bionic] wirelessdimensionsnc:
I have done several bionics on ICS leak and they work fine. I have also done several on .905 and 3g is not as spotty for me as some others have posted. Maybe I'm just lucky.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] artiemon:
I'm currently running raider03's ICS Smoothie with Apex launcher. The only thing I don't like is that the screen wakes up when a SMS message is received. I can't seem to find a setting to prevent the screen from waking. Anyone know of a way?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] phillybits:
I don't know about that

but I'd also like to see a way to block notifications while listening to Google Music.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sur2eaL:
I use gosms and there is an option for "Screen Turn On" normally it's checked, but I uncheck it and my screen stays off when getting any text messages. I think it helps save battery life slightly as well
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
This ^^^. The man is correct, my phone is setup the same way
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] roughneckboren:
Ive completely stopped using stock sms and use gosms. It it sooooo much better. +2 to the previous comments
[Galaxy S III General] snowwhite007:
This is a place holder for all the best uk deals so everyone has a chance to grab a bargain
[Galaxy S III General] DomCowell:
Carphone Warehouse: First 1000 orders get a Samsung Galaxy Tab.

Haven't seen anything else yet!
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
I'm no fan of the Carphone Warehouse but have to say this is a superb offer, cant see anything to pre order (as in buy outright)though unless im missing something

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/news/coming-soon/samsung-s3
[Galaxy S III General] Havok316uk:
Not too bad.

Heres a damn good offer from Three UK incl FREE phone

The One plan

24 month contract.

All-you-can-eat-data

2,000 minutes

5,000 Three-to-Three minutes

5,000 texts

£34 p/m
[Galaxy S III General] Isadora:
Only if you buy with a contract though... Sim-free doesn't get you the tab (unfortunately!)
[Galaxy S III General] DomCowell:
Indeed, it wouldn't make financial sense for then otherwise!
[Galaxy S III General] antipesto93:
If you just want the phone on its own, o2 will be the cheapest when they finally put it up on the site!
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
Bastards i didn't know that :mad: you would think if someone was to spend £500 on a phone they would give away the Tab as well.

Maybe ill take out a contract and just not pay :eek::D
[Galaxy S III General] DomCowell:
I assume you are trying to be funny... Why would they make the effective price about £100 to £200 haha
[Galaxy S III General] snowwhite007:
Some nice deals already
[Galaxy S III General] gianfrancovialli10:
Vodafone, Three and O2

Vodafone has it for £41

O2 for a ridiculous £46

and

Three for £34, which seems to be the best deal up until now.

I'm not allowed post links though
[Galaxy S III General] Droidcarp:
I'm waiting for the t-mobile full monty package, had an initial email, just waiting on the pricing....

Unlimited Internet

Unlimited text

Unlimited t-mobile calls

2000 any other mins to other networks

DC
[Galaxy S III General] JupiterdroidXDA:
Guys,

Honestly do not pre-order, you will always get your phone quicker from the actual shops, found that out through experience;)

JD
[Galaxy S III General] Meemo23:
Not really i pre ordered my HTC Desire and LG Optimus 3d and it came to my house 9am on the day both phones were released...
[Galaxy S III General] riso123:
Carphone warehouse on Vodafone £31 per month for 24 months, 32 gig in blue free.

800 minutes any network

Unlimited texts

500 meg data

O2 gave me such a fu©king run around with promising to match that deal, then 2 days later saying they couldn't that I decided to go to Vodafone after 11 years with O2.

Yesterday O2 send me a mail saying my order was being processed for £250 handset at £75 a month for 24 months... I was proper peeved. Sorted now, but put me off O2 a hell of a lot.

this deal is the cheapest I seen so far I think.

Edit: Carphone Warehouse also recon I'll get the handset on release day or day later... not sure I believe that, but we'll see I guess.
[Galaxy S III General] The-Kevster:
Ordered mine from phones 4 U. Free phone, £46 per month on a 12 month contract with vodafone. Free 16gb card and case. 900 minutes, unlimited text, 500mb internet.

Total contract price over 12 months £552!

Should be delivered on the 30th. Highly recommended!
[Galaxy S III General] riso123:
That's a VERY decent deal!
[Galaxy S III General] JupiterdroidXDA:
Really!!!

There was lots of people that ordered the Desire HD and SGS2 only for it to be released 5 days earlier exclusively to P4U...

My mate ordered 1 month previous to this and I had my SGS2 a full week before him;)

JD:eek:
[Galaxy S III General] Meemo23:
I personally have ordered many contracts for my whole family we always pre order a phone we like..

Meaning we always have the latest mobiles blah blah.. Anyway i have ordered a tonne of phones from Phones 4 U and Carphone Warehouse. We have always received our phones either on the day of release or a day earlier...
[Galaxy S III General] JupiterdroidXDA:
Your very lucky then because in my experience (all the way back to nexus one days) pre-ordering is kinda worthless... Will look forward to be proved wrong this time though;)

Still will prefer to walk in CPW on release day and purchase the good stuff..

JD
[Galaxy S III General] bluebobx:
That was my idea too - as far as I can see a SIM-only plan has a heck lot more flexibility than a normal SIM+phone one. Typically a S-o plan is 12 months, so if your carrier turns out to be a load of rubbish (like, cough, cough, Three has been for me) then it's dead easy to ditch those deadbeats! Or you can downsize easily - carriers just love an upsell, but don't seem too happy for you to reduce costs - for some reason... ;)

I did some research at Christmas time and I figured on saving £120 at that time on an SII and separate plan v's an SII with a plan.

People keep talking about "loyalty rewards" from the carriers on forums, but I've yet to hear from anyone I know who's received one of those "rewards".

Me, I'm planning on putting in a pre-order on a white SGSIII with Amazon and getting quadruple Nectar points.
[Galaxy S III General] nikzDHD:
Yes, I was on Giffgaff and multiple times got payback which pays for my goodybags. So win win situation.

It's good buying sim free for us freaks who chop and change phones, I'm on my 4th phone from 2011! So sim free plus sim only win win situation for me.
[Galaxy S III General] NorthernNoel:
Giffgaff has been great for me. Payback is more than paying for my S3 and I've got no contract to be tied to. Coverage is equal to O2, sounds like that O2 'advisor' didn't want to lose another customer :D
[Galaxy S III General] leith51:
Not everyone can afford to buy sim free and have no choice but to go contract just to get a new device

Just remember that when posting

Thank you
[Galaxy S III General] nikzDHD:
That's why contracts are useful. But the fact that being tied to a 24 month contract is not nice. People do face changes in jobs, redundancies etc and even then paying £30+ a month can prove to be hard.

As consumers we have choice and it's better to wait a few months then purchase to enjoy a reduced price then paying premium for day 1 purchase.
[Galaxy S III General] MaNIaCv1:
Here's the deal I've gone for to upgrade my current Vodafone contract.

http://www.mobiles.co.uk/vodafone-samsung-galaxy-s3-blue-upgrades.html

1GB Data 600Mins Unlimited Texts = £36.00

11 Months half price so effective cost over 24 months is £27.75 per month

13 * £36.00 = £468.00

11 * £18.00 = £198.00

Total 24 Month cost = £666.00

May get quidco as well if it tracks, plus I'll get about £100 for my spotless Galaxy S1.

I tried to get an upgrade on the same contract direct from Vodafone, they wanted £36 per month + £29 for the phone costing £893.00 over 24 months.

MaNIaC
[Galaxy S III General] timking:
http://www.topcashback.co.uk/play/
[Galaxy S III General] hboos:
This payback thing that people are harping on about....for giffgaff

Is this like a pyramid scheme? but one where everyone wins (somehow...?)

how many people do you have to bring into giffgaff for it to be worthwhile?
[Galaxy S III General] timking:
Did I see somewhere that Play.com will ship so it's with me on the 30th if I order with them? Also, will they take payment straight away or only when it's shipped?

No real need for it, but a massive want to have this on the 30th!
[Galaxy S III General] Aitch:
Damn! I was thinking of switching to Three with their 12 month Sim600 plan for £15 a month.

Quidco give over £80 cashback so 600 minutes with unlimited data = 12 x £15 = £180 - £80 = £100 for a whole year of use!

Is Three really that bad?

Also would they match Quidco pricing in-store?

Been with T-mobile since they were One2One! Have tried to get a good deal for renewal but was offered just what they have on their website! No discounts or freebies at all! :mad:

What do the Nectar points get you?
[Galaxy S III General] bluebobx:
Actually no, Three still has - imho - the BEST selection of plans for the data-heavy user. IMHO, (again), they make Orange,O2,Voda look pretty miserly.

Downside of Three is, and always has been, customer service (very poor). I should have been tipped off when I said when buying my phone that I'd take a technical issue up with customer support and salesguy almost fell over laughing and said "don't bother, they're f***ing useless" - and that was the store manager! He was being slightly unfair - on basic things (like if you inadvertently lock yourself out of your phone - oops!) they're pretty good. But if you go "off script" then you're screwed.

Data rates are pretty good with Three too, but coverage isn't. Round here only O2 has worse.

I'm on a 24 month contract (finishes beginning of July) and EVERY MONTH I've got a text saying that I've run out of credit (how? I'm on a freaking contract!), and when I took this up with customer support I got NO help. I also can't phone any freephone or low-cost numbers - they're blocked - apparently I can remove that block, but then I'm liable for all fraudulent use of my phone, whereas at the moment it's only the first £200. I've also had terrible problems with sending text and picture messages to other networks - a lot of times they're either delayed (by up to a week) or just fail to arrive. Oh, and when I transferred banks, they screwed that up too - despite me giving them advanced warning and them confirming - IN WRITING - that they'd got the information and would make the change.

These might seem like petty things, but they're enough that I'm willing to go elsewhere, even if it means getting a "worse" deal. Actually I'm going to T-Mobile for that deal they have that includes 3GB of BT OpenZone access.

Hmm, difficult to say - take a printout and see if you can find a sales person who's low on their quota and you

might

be lucky. No harm in trying. Oh, and if you don't get it in the first store you try, then do another. Three stores seem to have a degree of independence.

According to the MoneySavingExpert forums this is the way it's going - Three especially used to be pretty aggressive in their "Retentions" department (according to MSE), but now it's a case of "what you see is what you get". :(

Money off - eventually. E.g. I've got 16,000+ points at the moment, which I'm planning to trade in for £80 worth of Amazon vouchers. I've got a Nectar card and credit card, so I'm collecting them just by doing what I normally do. If I buy the S3 with my Nectar credit card (1 point per £) and use the current Nectar "triple up" deal (3 points per £) with Amazon then I'm going to have enough points to get a free Kindle. :)

Actually, if you're on Three it makes a lot of sense to go with a bundle deal of theirs. I just checked and the S3 on Three's best package (The One Plan) is £816 for the two years, compare that with T-Mobile where it's £1212 for their top plan (The Full Monty). I've worked out that Three's only charging £216 for their S3 in that bundle, which is a cracking price in my book.
[Galaxy S III General] giotecno:
Guys deal I got was from Chitter Chatter on my Tmobile upgrade.

Current contract I was paying 35 a month for 900mins unlimited data and 500 text.

But Chitter Chatter offered me £36 a month 2000mins unlimited data + unlimited txt and free white SGS3. As an upgrade. Not sure if it matches to some of the ones already on these posts but I though it was good for me.
[Galaxy S III General] MarkieSA:
T-Mobile upgrade

I just sorted out my T-Mobile upgrade to a S3, 18 month contract at £37 a month, 900 minutes, 500 texts with unlimited Internet and £60 up front for the phone. I tried to get them to drop the £60 but they wouldn't have it. I didn't feel like going through the mess of moving to another supplier and I prefer an 18 month contract as I can upgrade much sooner.

I don't make a lot of phone calls and I don't txt a lot (I'm not cool like the kids :) ) I use my phone mostly for Internet so I'm happy with this deal. If I took the full Monty at £41 a month for 24 months = £987, my contract at £37 a month plus £60 up front = £726 over 18 months. It's much of a muchness if you work out my contract at 24 months, however as I said before I prefer 18 months over 24 months.

This is the first time I'm ordering a phone without waiting for a few months to see actual user reviews :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] drillyourownhole:
Quidco are offering £160 cash back on Threes One Plan for the next 4 days.

It's the cheapest free SIII deal I've found so far with a useful amount of data.

24 x £34 = £816

-£160

£656

Not sure it will track thro Quidco on pre orders or not tho?
[Galaxy S III General] hboos:
Wow, this is awesome.

I think I may be switching to Three.

I was waiting for Orange to give me prices for the upgrade but three seems to have better reception in London.

And I doubt Orange will be able to beat that price at all.

So far I was offered (from Phones4u) £38.50 per month for 18 month with free GS3, 600mins, 1GB data, 2 swappables (orange panther) with £85 cashback = £608
[Galaxy S III General] MrMrMr111:
That's the deal I saw, I emailed Quidco and they said thru could not confirm on pre-orders...
[Galaxy S III General] sjdean:
Anyone heard anything as to actual availability in the UK, whether we will get them on time, whether they'll be shipped a day early.

Must admit I ordered through Expansys, although the hassle I had every time I tried to buy a device from them in the past. But would just be nice to know some form of itinerary at the moment and find where my phone is in the supply chain.

The other half of me hopes sincerely that SAMSUNG READS THIS and understands it's my birthday on Monday and what I would give for one of their bods to get me a phone early :-)
[Galaxy S III General] stunno:
My Dialaphone preorder states that it will be delivered to my house on the 30th, and who am I to argue with that ;)
[Galaxy S III General] nikzDHD:
For every person that you refer and they activate and top up they get free £5 credit and you get 500 points, this is payable twice a year. You also get points by posting and helping on their forums.
[Galaxy S III General] drillyourownhole:
Cheers for checking that out. But shame they can't confirm.
[Galaxy S III General] giotecno:
I also forgot to mention they said they are also giving a Free Genuine Samsung Wireless Video Hub which connects your phone to HDMI wirelessly :) Its worth about £79.99 I think
[Galaxy S III General] timking:
Heading into town later to get this deal (mentioned before)

http://www.phones4u.co.uk/shop/shop...%E9%AB%CC%86%1A%A0u%C4%98o%C9%9B%CA%E1%04%CFq

Samsung Galaxy S3

12 MONTH CONTRACT

300 mins - 3000 texts - 500MB Data

12 x £36.00 = £432.00 + £189.00 = £621.00 (£556.00 less £65.00 TCB)

Plus - Free 32Gb Micro-SD memory card and Samsung Galaxy S III Case with every pre-order

Vodafone Data Test Drive offer (3 months all you can eat data)

The store in Birmingham also confirm that if stock is in as planned on the 29th then I can collect with no issues. Awesome :D Heading there tonight to place an order.
[Galaxy S III General] NeoVR:
But you won't get tcb/quidco if you get it from a store...

The same applies to the £160 cashback on three.. it doesn't apply for sim only contracts and you can't order the sgs3 on the site until 30th :(
[Galaxy S III General] brunopatterson:
Sorry mate, I think you have missed my point. Or maybe I wasn't clear enough in my first post :)

I don't want a phone for two years, I want a new phone annually. And becuase of this I would never calculate my TCO over 24months, but over 12 months.

My current 12 month contract with Voda = £41x12 = £492 +£79.99 I paid for the GS II = £571.99 TCO over 12 months.

Now for my GS III over 12 months it will be £499 - £20 cashback = £479.

-£220(selling last years investment my GSII) = £259.

+ Lets say £15x12 (£180) = £439 TCO for 12 months.

A £15 Giff Gaff monthly SIM gets you 400 mins, unlimited texts and unlimited data, so pretty damn good if you ask me, I haven't been over 250mins for in the last 6 months that I checked.

So next year, assuming the new phone I want is about the same price and I am able to sell my GSIII for a similar amount of money, it will cost me a similar amount.

I do realise that not all people can afford to buy sim free or want to change their phone so frequently, so yes a 24month contract is probably better suited for them.

But for us gadget geeks who must have the latest phone when it comes out going SIM free is the way to go. :D