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[Galaxy S III General] Venekor:
I would have pre ordered but no carriers are selling handsets only. I have to get one from a carrier like Three because if you get a faulty one (always seem to get one) then they send you a new one at the same time of picking up the old one. There is nothing worse than having to send your phone back and waiting for them to test it and it ends up taking weeks to get a new one.
[Galaxy S III General] yyhd:
meeh, i dont mind waiting, but some of us have more than 1 spare phone available. others dont. so in that case, i'm right there with ya.

but on the other hand, $10 AT&T medianet is a no-brainer for me.. :D I'll buy an iPhone or an AT&T HOX on AT&T upgrade/contract for $199 and sell it on XDA MP or Craigslist for $600. That's $400 profit. International SGS3 is $700, less the $400 for the sold AT&T HOX. That's $300 out of pocket for an international SGS3.

Then take AT&T's 3gb data plan of $30 per month, multiply that by 24 and I get $720. VERSUS AT&T's medianet unlimited data plan for $10 per month, multiply by 24 and I get $240.

$720 minus $240 is $480. Take $480 and apply that towards the $300 you have left on the SGS3 after i've sold my AT&T HOX. I'm still out on top $180 (unless i did my math wrong, which im prone to do often lol)

This is my rational for getting an international SGS3.
[Galaxy S III General] Venekor:
I don't think LTE is even worth it atm as the speeds people are reporting aren't any faster than what I get over here on Three (UK network) using HSPA+ and not to mention it wont have as good coverage. Besides with a 3GB limit you have, what is the point in LTE? You'd get through it within an hour, here Three gives unlimited data and free tethering and that is much more important to me.
[Galaxy S III General] yyhd:
yea, im fine with HSPA+ speeds. I'm running LTE on Verizon, so I don't care much for AT&T LTE.

I do know that AT&T LTE in my area is really crappy right now too.

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oh, btw, i just noticed there is 2 threads regarding the 9 million units preordered.
[Galaxy S III General] Venekor:
Does having an LTE phone mean it cannot work in countries without it?
[Galaxy S III General] Locky Loki:
Cheaper?

Is preordering cheaper? because there is no preordering in Hong Kong yet.
[Galaxy S III General] yyhd:
no. it can, it just wont get LTE. it'll remain on 3G bands.

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[Galaxy S III General] AllGamer:
i did pre-order :D
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
looking at the speed it seems s3 will break the record of s2 within very few days.
[Galaxy S III General] louis.b:
9 million sheep.
[Galaxy S III General] Lucasm93:
This phone will break records of sales, yes.

But I belive a considerable amount of those pre orders are the people that preordered in different stores, different models (White/blue, 32gb/64gb)

The real number should be a little lower.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
but all of them comes under the name tag "S3" right?
[Galaxy S III General] Venekor:
Not 9 million pre orders but 9 million shipped to stores.
[Galaxy S III General] MaesterB:
I'm not going to bother pre-ordering. Prices seems a little ridiculous to me.

But the more and more I think on wanting a 64GB device, I realize I don't need it with all the cloud storage I've got between Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, SugarSync, Skydrive PLUS I have all my music either on a 32GB microSD right now or accessible on google music.

I might just stick to a 16GB device. But $734 for one right now...seems kind of out there to me.
[Galaxy S III General] varunkumars:
I really want to see their faces.:D
[Galaxy S III General] Gnarfsan:
Also pre ordered. I hope this is going to make Samsung management realize that they will have to take their launches seriously. Imagine the pre orders they would have got if they had made all the tech journalists extatic :-)
[Galaxy S III General] bbgt2:
LMAO. U so cheap u wash ur pennies.
[Galaxy S III General] bbgt2:
Will post separate count of each color for you and the total will still be,......... Wait for it............. Still over 9 Million and I don't have to stand in line and be creative.
[Galaxy S III General] krabman:
Good thing that it has also been reported Samsung has already churned out 5 million of them and should be close to having every preoder covered by launch time. :)
[Galaxy S III General] <<Raj$>>:
Just Pre ordered one in Singapore as it was started only today. May be I am 1000001 :D

Here in Singapore for Pre orders it comes with freebies 2 flip covers, 1 charging dock, memory card totalling 240$ for the first 1000 customers.

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I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?uqhdzr
[Galaxy S III General] yyhd:
No I don't. Washing pennies requires water and detergent. I'm too cheap to pay for any of that. Hahahahaa.
[Galaxy S III General] yyhd:
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[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
do you think a lot of people have 500GBP to spare just for curiosity????
[Galaxy S III General] KapWorldDevp2:
Ya I am waiting for launching. 9m preorders WOW. The phone is attracting everyone. It has 8mp camera, quad core CPU, Notification LED, 1.9 Megapixel Front HD camera, design of the phone is so beautiful. I will seize when it launches. I have choosen white one, its my favourite colour. Whats your's?
[Galaxy S III General] yyhd:
pre-ordered the blue.

too many white phones at home.
[Galaxy S III General] BladeZero:
I think I am going to go for the blue, white gets dirty with dust ect.

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[Galaxy S III General] DreamWiz:
It's the carriers not the users

Its' the carriers and not the users that has pre ordered nine million but Samsung is trying to make it sound like it's the users. I don't like that kind of, in my mind, false advertising.

The phone's gonna sell like crazy if you compare to other android phones but if you compare it to the iPhone i don't think it's even gonna come close. And that is not all that surprising if you consider that Apple has 1 phone and Samsung has a lot of different models. Imho.
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
It's still 9mil. Yes the iPhone sells more but I think Sammy is doing very good. In fact they're doing better and better every year can't you just give them some credit?
[Galaxy S III General] Gazorra:
re

9 million is a great number either from carriers or users, its still a huge number and the galaxy is evolving from year to year.

and make that (9million and one) because i just pre ordered mine today.

Pebble blue
[Galaxy S III General] :
S2 sold great too. more than 20 milions in less than 1year and he needed 1 month to 9 milions sales after it came. in stores. and s3 isnt even in sale and 9 milions already!!!:eek:
[Galaxy S III General] MonkeyMage:
Troll.
[Galaxy S III General] 5.56nato:
you're just jealous coz htc isn't doin that great.
[Galaxy S III General] nebsif:
Dayum Im flying to Amsterdam a week after launch and was hoping to buy there tax free, hope they'll have some white's in stock..
[Galaxy S III General] leith51:
Most carriers will order enough to meet demand plus only a few thousand on top most stores will only carry around 30-50 on launch day as spares for those who want to see the phone first before buying

T-mobile only had 43 handsets in their main warehouse on launch day of one x

Local store had 20 spare ones

All rest will be pre orders

You will find the 9 million is false to user orders I would say its more along the lines of 6-8million user pre order and the rest is surplus stock for launch day, but saying that you will still find at least 1-2 million will be sold on the day without pre order

So all in all you could be looking at around 7-8million to be either delivered or sold on launch day with a further 1-2 million expected to sell within the first week which these figures would be more realistic than 9million pre orders on first day

But still mighty impressive to say the least

IMHO the one x was a complete flop I should know I gave mine up all 7 attempts to get a decent one and sat waiting for my pebble blue s3, just hoping the s3 doesn't do the same.

As for record sales maybe so for 2012 unless iPhone come out with the iphone 5 with min 4 inch screen and equal or higher specs to the s3 cause if they don't ppl are not gunna give up their 4 or 4s to get summat Wots only a little better than wot they got now

Money is tight and apples prices or high so it gotta be good to get ppl to spend on such an expensive phone.
[Galaxy S III General] wonsanim:
9,000,002 :D
[Galaxy S III General] Buddhainuk:
I don't have £500 but my credit card does :-P

And when I have sold an pc that I have that will pay for it as I have a gaming laptop now so don't need the pc.

Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191
[Galaxy S III General] Stevemann:
Pre-ordered mine from Three...unlimited data :-)
[Galaxy S III General] mertzi:
when I asked to change my HOX for an S3 the girl on three sweden support line said that I might have to wait a week longer after the release so I guess they've filled their quota of first delivery. I don't think it's unique for three.

I don't think this hype is all positive, it might force samsung to rush the production and compromise the QC like HTC obviously did with the One X.
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
thank you for that.

at least you're not in denial.
[Galaxy S III General] augustorm:
Ummm...I'm with t-mobile....they don't have 1x

Peace
[Galaxy S III General] xxlram:
Anyone see it confirmed for Tmobile US yet?
[Galaxy S III General] krabman:
Tmo folks might want to take a gander at this.... http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/05/sa...tt-and-t-mobile-spotted-at-the-bluetooth-sig/
[Galaxy S III General] Locky Loki:
Preorder starts tomorrow in Hong Kong, recommended retail price HK $5,598.
[Galaxy S III General] CoNsPiRiSiZe:
9 million and 1 :) officially pre ordered mine I guess

Keep it Classy, Cali.
[Galaxy S III General] leith51:
What you on about they don't have one x??? I got mine from them on day of release

http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/pay-monthly/htc-one-x/mobile-tariffs/
[Galaxy S III General] Stevemann:
Checked with Three....NO delivery date for the cool blue S3 so I have asked to try a white one. ETA is this Wednesday!
[Galaxy S III General] mwatson:
When you say "try a white one" do you mean with a view of returning it for some reason?

I only ask because 3 don't accept returns if the phone has been powered on. I'm not sure how that fits with the distant sellers act, but its how they roll...

Just so you know....
[Galaxy S III General] Stevemann:
According to Customer Services they will accept returns if you have powered on but not used the sim - so no calls.
[Member-Found Deals] ifalldownalot:
http://toys.dailysteals.com/?utm_so...012_Friday_5_Deals_5_17_2012&utm_medium=email

plus $5 shipping, I believe.

buy me one, please. :]

meow.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mharckk:
hi i want to know how to reboot into recovery ive rooted my phone and i want to install doomlord's kernel but i dont know how :)

is there anyone that can help me? :)

and also it says that i need to download the update.zip but the file is S-DooMKernel-v03a is it the same? do i need to extract?

and also if i install a rom can i still update to ICS once its out?

edit: nevermind i just flash the advanced stock recovery :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] joaonds:
To install DoomLord Kernel, you need FastBoot Mode, and Prompt Comand and execute the code.

FastBoot Mode = read this --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1526866

DoomLord Kernel = http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1557452

[ how to install my kernel ] (v01 or LOWER) {OLD}

download the kernel.elf & wifi modules update.zip

save the kernel.elf in the folder with fastboot binaries (fastboot.exe files)

save the wifi modules update.zip to sdcard (on phone)

power down device

start device in fastboot mode

use the following command to flash the kernel.elf

Code:

fastboot flash boot kernel.elf

OR

Code:

fastboot -i 0x0fce flash boot kernel.elf

reboot phone and enter recovery

flash the wifi modules update.zip for my kernel

reboot phone and enjoy the kernel !

PS: To Prompt Command, press shift in folder with kernel.elf and fastboot.exe, and right click, "open command here."
[HTC One S] dlshadow:
Yey just got my One S and my first question is:

Can anyone help me get rid of spell correction. I tend to write in two languages in the same message some times and once i press the space bar the words change to that stupid prediction/correction.

I need some help with that
[HTC Sensation] LPChris47:
Please help me :(

I'm 100% stock, and downloaded/installed the OTA yesterday.

The phone was acting funny, so I did a full factory reset, and all was well for the remaining of yesterday and for today.

When I got back from work today, I decided to put all of my music back onto my phone. 3GB's of music later, and HTC Sense 3.6 CONSTANTLY REFRESHES/RELOADS every single time I'm in an app and press the "home" button.

It's driving me freakin insane. I'm ready to throw my phone into a wall :D

I know the amount of music should have nothing to do with HTC Sense's problem, but that's what triggered it on my phone.

Any suggestions on how to stop these Sense refreshes?

Pretty please? :)
[HTC Sensation] kinki:
I have the same problem

Downloaded the lastest upgrade of HTC Sense on my Chacha last week and now I get the same reloading everytime I jump to the home page. Tried removing apps like stock but don't know how...

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Downloaded the lastest upgrade of HTC Sense on my Chacha last week and now I get the same reloading everytime I jump to the home page. Tried removing apps like Stocks and Videos but don't know how...
[HTC Sensation] kgs1992:
This is a known issue with Sense 3.x

This usually happens after you start a RAM intensive process and then go back home, Sense restarts. This is because the launcher hogs RAM and there is probably no fix except moving to a different launcher or using a custom ROM.
[HTC Sensation] sshede:
The Sense launcher is usually closed because there is not a lot of free ram. Music shouldn't have anything to do with that since it's on an SD card. Factory resetting should have removed every app that could be utilizing too much ram and stealing it from Sense. The usual fix is to use Titanium Backup to remove unwanted portions of Sense to keep ram use down, but I have no idea what to do here.

Re-factory reset and hope for the best?
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
Mine was doing the same thing when I was stock. Drove me crazy! I rooted got a custom ROM and its NEVER happened again! :D I'm so happy I don't have to deal with that happening anymore! Honestly some custom ROMS are MORE stable than stock! I'm so greatful to the genius developers for giving us options!
[HTC Sensation] forzanetti:
same with me here.. was on stock ICS. at the beginning, it only happened when I opened heavy games, but after a week or so,tapping the home button after seeing gallery gave me a sense reboot.

I've been trying to stay stock for the past 7 months, fearing that I will brick my device installing custom ROM. But that was the last straw for me. Spent a whole Sunday afternoon reading about custom ROM and stuff, decided to flash ARHD, and has never looked back since!!
[HTC Sensation] LPChris47:
I went through my apps list and disabled some preinstalled apps that I never use. That seems to be a temporary remedy for now.
[Motorola Droid 4] Rick#2:
*** SOLUTION ***

Thank cellzealot for reiterating how to bypass the initial device/account setup wizard, as well as his and a few others' findings with the RadioComm tweaking.

All I had to do was pop my homemade Bell microSIM I cut out from my old fullsize one in, complete the steps outlined for the RadioComm patch and the four corner touch trick to bypass the setup wizard.

(Starting in the upper left corner, simply touch all four corners of the visible screen in a clockwise rotation, ie: upper left, upper right, lower right then lower left).

*** SOLUTION ***

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Hey all, just got my D4 in the mail today and have been trying to get the GSM functionality working for a few hours. I live in Canada, bought it used from eBay and so I don't have a Verizon account, nor do I have access to anyone with one.

I had no trouble at all using RadioComm to change the 8-byte string as per the threads on this and a few other forums, but I'm still getting the "This SIM card is from an unknown source" pop-up when I click the Android to begin the initial setup of the phone... and there is no way I can find around it.

I can see the signal bars now that I have a micro SIM that I've activated with my carrier (Bell Mobility) inserted into the microSIM slot in the back of the phone, but it still doesn't want to let me boot up. The only options in the pop-up telling me about the Unknown SIM are either Emergency Call or Power Off.

Anybody have any ideas? I've tried flashing up to the 219 fastboot as well with no luck, and of course applied the RadioComm edit immediately afterwards. I have a feeling that the phone only needs to be initially setup and then I'd be able to boot it up, because as I mentioned I can see that it's getting a signal but doesn't want to let me get into the initial user setup.

(And no, I'm not a n00b. Check the Droid 3 forum... :P )
[Motorola Droid 4] Rick#2:
Forgot to mention that the eBay seller didn't include their SIM so I don't have a Verizon micro SIM card, unfortunately for me. I have a ****ty feeling that I need to have one in just for the initial device setup then I'd be able to swap it out.

Argh!
[Motorola Droid 4] Die Bruine:
You don't need a SIM to go through the setup process. Try it without a SIM. When you've completed the process reboot with the SIM and try to change the network manually. The SIM is unknown pop-up won't go away, I can tell you that much. When I was on 215, 219 and even AOSP/AOKP the pop-up came as soon as I entered my PIN. So don't worry about that. Sometimes it took a few minutes to get a signal. Recheck with RadioComm.

I had Safestrap on my system and that worked immediately. But the non safe system would not connect. Only after a couple of days. I can't remember if this is because I modified my build.prop.

If you're willing, you could try the ICS leak. I applied it and am very happy with it. It has settings for CDMA/GSM/World. Worked right away (had to setup APN). As you may have read, updating COULD take you off the official update path. But for me it was worth it.
[Motorola Droid 4] Rick#2:
It won't go anywhere but the screen that says "SIM Unknown"; the only two options it provides are two buttons on the bottom of the gray screen with the aforementioned message to either go into Emergency Dialer or Power Off. It's really frustrating! If I could just get past the setup part, I know this will work.

I can see the signal bars and can receive calls and receive texts (as well as reply to them, but I can't initiate them).

It also says Bell in the notification bar.

I am pretty tempted to do what you suggested and was debating it earlier, but haven't been able to get a concrete answer: has anyone tried to flash back to .215/.219 after applying the leaked update?
[Motorola Droid 4] Die Bruine:
Yes and you will softbrick your phone! After updating to ICS the will phone run on a new kernel. Flashing SBF with an older kernel won't work.

The only thing I can think of is boot without SIM. Then edit your build.prop (you will need root). And hope now you can click "OK" at the bottom of the Unknown SIM pop-up.

Try chaning this in build.prop, reboot and check if you're able to click OK when the pop-up appears:

ro.default_usb_mode=2

persist.ril.modem.mode=2

ro.mot.phonemode.vzwglobalphone=1

ro.telephony.gsm-routes-us-smsc=0

These are the values I changed (apart from increase heap and wifi timing). Hopefully now you can click on OK so the screen goes away.
[Motorola Droid 4] Rick#2:
That's the problem, though, I can't edit any files or change anything because I can't get past the setup screen. I appreciate the help though!

I've tried without a SIM inserted and it just says it needs to have one, then prompts me to either Power Off or Emergency Dial, just like the other message about the Unknown SIM.

At any point in time did you ever have a Verizon SIM card inserted in your phone? I'm really perplexed about this one.

I don't think I'm going to try flashing the ICS leak just yet, just in case. Especially if it's not presently rootable.

I'm sure I'm not the only person this has or will happen to, I bought the phone from an American owner on eBay but I live in Canada and have inserted a Canadian GSM/UMTS carrier's SIM inside.

Nobody from Canada, either with Telus, Rogers or Bell with a D4 out there that managed to get it working?
[Motorola Droid 4] Rick#2:
Well, I plugged away at it long enough and finally managed to get past the initial setup screen, at least into the Settings menu so I could enable adb and installing unknown apps. That's all I needed... :)

Eventually a Smart Actions notification popped up and actually allowed me to set up a Smart Action without going through the setup, so I just made one that inevitably let me into the Settings menu and that was all she wrote.

Weird that this was happening though. I clearly have the GSM functions working as I can make and receive calls, but the phone is acting as if it is still locked and doesn't want to operate with a non-Verizon SIM.

I'm running .219, in case anyone was wondering.
[Motorola Droid 4] Die Bruine:
But now you're passed the screen right? So why not root and try editing the build.prop. Like I wrote, this is all I edited and was able to use the phone with and without a SIM in it.

I did have a Verizon SIM, but I took it out at some point, before I had GSM working! It took me some days to get GSM working on 215 and 219. Wouldn't work without the edited build.prop! If you're afraid of testing, install safeboot. Then flash 215, update to 219 and use that one for testing.
[Motorola Droid 4] cellzealot:
You can bypass the initial setup screen by touching the four corners of the screen going clockwise starting at the top left. That will allow you to use the phone normally after that, but the unknown SIM error will persist.
[Motorola Droid 4] Rick#2:
I knew I remember hearing that somewhere. You sir, are a lifesaver. My previously mentioned workaround was okay but this is significantly easier. Especially considering I bootlooped my phone tinkering with build.prop settings and wasn't able to luck out and get that Smart Actions popup while stuck at the initial setup screen.

Thanks a million for your help!

(You too, Die Bruine. Trust me, I'm not afraid of making build.prop tweaks, I've been at this game for a while... ;) )
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dbdynsty25:
So, I purchased two identical unlocked gsm nexus phones on separate occasions. The problem is, on my first one, I have upgraded to the latest 4.04 build (IMM76L) which was like 708kb...but the second...it will not complete that update. I constantly get the little android guy on his back with the red exclamation point. It will not finish the install. The phones bootloader was unlocked because I flashed to yakju back when I got it...but again, one phone works and updated fine but the second didn't. Maybe something else was already updated or something...but here are the other pieces of relevant info:

Phone 1 which updated correctly:

Baseband: I9250XXLA2

Kernel: 3.0.8-gda6252b

Build: IMM76L

Phone 2 which DIDN'T update:

Baseband: I9250XXKK6

Kernel: 3.0.8-g034fec9

Build: IMM76D

I guess my main question is how do I get Phone 2 updated successfully...the phone keeps telling me the update is available, yet it never completes, so I am constantly getting the pop up which is really annoying.

Any help would be much appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] diesel2k:
Flash the 4.0.4 IMM76I directly.

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images