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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] seh6183:
This is exactly what you're going to do:

Call and tell them you would like one of your lines to be upgraded early, tell them you've been a loyal customer since XXXX and you need it early. I literally upgrade every year by this method no questions asked. LOL. Asked for the "retention" or "customer loyalty department". They will place the notes on your account for you to be upgraded. After that hang up.

Call back a few hours later and tell the next rep that you would like them to price match Amazon's price for the phone of 174.99 (they have no tax and shipping as well so be sure to mention that), the rep should then charge you for full price of the phone (199.99) but credit your account back like 70 bucks for the additional savings you would have got from using Amazon.

There you have it. You essentially got a one X for 174.99. No upgrade fees, no tax, phone at a great price. Don't have to wait until August either.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Lostwarriorram:
Well if you already own an external charger for sgs2, I would put this money on a tablet.

I love my X L but I love it more using it on the run.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
good point with 8 lines he should have some pull. I only have 3 and they don't treat me as well
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Antitribu:
You would think so but I got no where one the phone this morning. They acted like the 250 early upgrade fee was doing me a favor. I am going to give it a shot with customer retention.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kleeman7:
It's 119.98 for a new line might be able to trick at&t into it. Plus the requesting an upgrade early has worked for a friend of mine worth a shot.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
how long has the SGS II been out is it over a year?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] seh6183:
I only have 3 but I think its because I have a business account that they treat me like god haha

They literally schedule follow up phone calls to check on me and my new phones and ask if they can do anything for me LOL My above strategy will still work though as I used to use it all the time on T-Mobile. One time I called to cancel with T-Mobile and they gave me unlimited minutes, texting and data, lowered my bill by $10, and upgraded my phone LOL I couldn't leave that place for the life of me. Unmatched customer retention.

---------- Post added at 02:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:14 PM ----------

The 119 pricing is only for new AT&T customers, but if the rep doesn't know this and just checks the Amazon site, they may be fooled and do it.

---------- Post added at 02:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:17 PM ----------

I don't know but isn't it crazy how ancient the sgs2 seems next to our one x? I laugh at that phone whenever I see it. My buddy still has the one I sold him. Ick!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kleeman7:
That's what I was thinking, some reps don't pay attention.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
I paid $600 for my One X. Very happy with my purchase.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
me too. Thankfully I still sold my iphone for a profit :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rquinn19:
Definitely don't use an upgrade if you're paying $400 anyways. Head over to the marketplace...hell I have a One X I'll sell you.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
Yeah, I sold my iPhone 4S on craigslist for $550 :) So in reality I only had to shell out $50 for the HOX.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Antitribu:
Thanks for the tips gents!

I called and went to the phone prompts to cancellations. Once I had a rep on the line and went through the account auth bs. I simply asked if she could calculate what my ETFs would be today if I transferred my 8 lines to VZW. After the 7 or 8 minutes it took her to come up with the 1025 number she asked why.

I explained that I had a dead phone and that both sales reps in the store and the main sales line had told me I was not eligible for an upgrade and would have to replace the Phone at full cost. I also stated that an ind dealer would match my etf in credit towards new devices.

With out missing a beat she asked me to hold on to see if there was anything she could do and what phone was I looking at.

Long story short she is priority shipping a HOXL white to me for 119 bux flat.

Thanks for saving me some bux all!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
Great news. Congrats!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] seh6183:
Wow. Rather than being happy for you, I'm actually jealous LOL I could only get them down to the 174.99 price! Oh well! Still better than 199.99 plus tax :)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Alcoholic:
Call and talk to their loyalty department. If they don't budge till them to transfer you to the cancellation department. You're taking all 8 lines to Verizon.

They should treat you like royalty if you have 8 lines.

edit: have you considering buying a galaxy nexus for 400? This way you still have your upgrades left for the successor to one x.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
Somebody doesn't like to read the whole thread before posting... :P
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] fluxgfx:
I spent $729 right off the bat just to get this amazing phone the same day it came out. Full retail price as I'm not in the habit of locking myself in a contract
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] droidiac13:
Sweet!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kleeman7:
Congrats, glad it worked out.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] PeartFan40:
Wrong Section. Please keep all question related threads in the Q&A section. Thank You.

Thread Moved.

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"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"~Rush
[HTC Desire S] Skanob:
With all the fuss about new roms, especially ICS and kernels, etc. It seems everyone has alreasy forgotten the dreaded Wi-Fi death-grip that most Desire S, including mine, is suffering.

So I guess I'm trying to call out those, who still experience it. And also maybe, who thinks they've fixed theirs. May it be with the use of hardware modding or simply software.

I don't know about you guys, but for me this issue still bugs me.

P.S.

Do not recommend on buying a new phone as I dont have the money. As I've said on my previous post that I've made, I've recently got robbed.
[HTC Desire S] uqadwe:
I know(maybe wrong but less probably) that the death grip issue is hardware related.

So i doubt we can do something about it, but for me the new radio is a good upgrade. I have a more better reception with it.
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
+1

This is definitely hardware related no matter what hacks we make, it's a fact that the Desire S has poor signal...

My solution was to move the WiFi router closer to my room!

So now I don't have as much problems, but the signal still isn't as strong as other devices..
[HTC Desire S] uqadwe:
I know that we aren't talking about the same device but, a friend of mine (big Samsung fan) used for a month a Htc Incredible S

He said to me that the WiFi signal was the best he had on any device owned by him(previous Samsung Galaxy S+, after Nexus)
[HTC Desire S] mikeyd85:
I have a fix.

Hold your phone lower. :p
[HTC Desire S] ammenRA:
Tested by wrapping a pillow to see if there's a signal drop but the signal is still full.

The same with battery pull. The 1st time i heard about the emmc problem, i pulled my battery countless of times. I remember i got a sticker somewhere that said HTC....rev2.
[HTC Desire S] rain987:
is there a wifi range issue? i can detect the wifi from the my room upstairs. can't connect to my neighbor's wifi though. what is the suppose wifi range? my previous nokia(s) have about the same range.
[HTC Desire S] dmatik:
I don't have any WiFi problem. Have full recception at home and at work. On the other hand my girlfriend has a WiFi problem on her SGS with every ROM I flashed on her phone. And I recently changed the router, still the same, my DS has full reception everywhere while her SGS has bad reception. So I don't know what you are talking about. I had exacly the same reception with my old Desire phone.
[HTC Desire S] uqadwe:
Keep your hand in the left upper corner, you will notice the problem
[HTC Desire S] Skanob:
So anyone here who have ventured and have done hardware modding to fix the problem?
[HTC Desire S] Skanob:
P.S.

I got a great hunch that the problem is just the camera back cover. Any way that we can improve it?
[HTC Desire S] Steinhund:
With the new radio update from the leaked RUU WiFi becomes much stronger. I can even get a signal where my laptop fails. So far so good. I have to mention that those of you who are HTCdev unlocked cannot flash this via fastboot.

The so called "wifi death grip" is as mentioned before hardware related and there is nothing we can do softwarewise. The only thing possible is to hack the cam cover where the antenna is suited and make it longer. That may help but only if you know what you are doing (a specific length is needed) There are dome vids on YouTube about it but since I know "how to hold it" there is no need for me to do that.

The problem occurs especially in landscape when you cover the antenna with you hand. That's it.

Gesendet von meinem HTC Desire S mit Tapatalk
[HTC Desire S] anchemis:
I think the deathgrip issue is mainly hardware.

Tbh, due to the design of current phones (where they put the antenna near the case), any phone has deathgrip issues, just some more than others.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JDunc:
I was curious to see how ICS worked so I finally gave in and flashed Black Widow ROM. I followed this exact instructions:

Requirements:

•Android Version 2.3.6 (6.12.17x - 6.12.181)

•Safestrap 1.09 or Bootstrap v2 (safestrap 1.07 will not work)

•Download and move zip/s to sdcard-ext

•Reboot into Recovery

•Create a Backup! (dont say i didnt warn you)

•YOU MUST Wipe Data/Factory Reset

•Wipe Cache partition

•(in Advanced) Wipe Dalvik cache

•(in Mounts and Storages) Format System

•Install zip from sdcard

•Flash ROM (do not flash Gapps or DarkGapps)

•Reboot System now

This isn't my first time using Bootstrap. I flashed many ROMs using it on my D2. It installed and then I rebooted. Now it sits on the screen with Motorola symbol with Dual Core Technogoly. I did make a backup but I'd really like to use this ROM before reverting back. Any suggestions?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
If it's stuck at the M logo you'll probably have to RSDLite back to GB. Remember, that M logo can be there for up to 5 to 6 minutes on the first boot, if that's not applicable then fastboot that bad larry back! (I got to be VERY proficient at flashing back, let me know if you need help)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JDunc:
Is there anyway I can get my phone in working order without having to RSD back to GB? I don't understand why it didn't work when I follow the instructions and I have experience in flashing.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
I haven't really messed with Safestrap or bootstrap that much, I tend to just run one OS. The problem is that you can't even get to the start up screen for those. Simple when you think about it, right now (if i understand correctly) you're stuck at the M, which leaves you only 1 possible way out of that screen and that's to send it to recovery which will only wipe or RSD your phone.

Anyone else think of any other options that he has or experience with this ROM??
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JDunc:
Yea I went to stock recovery to wipe data/cache just to see what happened. Of course that didn't do anything. In order to RSD, what screen do I need to be on? I assume the screen its frozen on will not be the screen I need.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
You'll need to hold down both Vol buttons when you power it up then go to AP Fastboot. Do you need a link to the tutorial? You can YouTube RSDLite DROID RAZR and should get plenty. Let me know if you need any additional info.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JDunc:
I think I can figure the rest out. That's all I really needed to know. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
Also MAKE SURE you're at at least 50% battery!!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JDunc:
Not sure how I can check this....phone was on 66% before ROM install but screen is stuck on and I don't know how to power off phone. Battery is draining but more than likely slowly.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
This was a previous post on another thread and from what I understand it works:

"Try following Steps:

Boot in AP Fastboot > Connect your Wall Charger > Press Power

If you're a lucky your RazR will pass the red M and jump into the Battery Screen.

If your system is broken, you have to order an Factory Cable. With this you can flash the correct system signed or use the modded Utility for CDMA Leaks, to get your Phone back to life."
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JDunc:
When they say "Factory Cable" is this not just a USB cable?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
Nope. Its different from what i understand. Thanks for reminding me to get one on eBay before all the ICS madness starts. Lol.

I mean you can risk it but I've never had to mess with it as I'm almost always above 70% so I'm kinda out of the loop on that problem.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JDunc:
I tried what you said...Went to AP Fastboot and it only goes back to the Motorola screen. So am I completely screwed here? Thought I need that screen to RSD?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
You just need to get to the AP fastboot screen then flash it. I think you'll be okay to flash. I've seen people do it with 40%. Just make sure as soon as it boots you put that puppy on the charger.

Should take about 15-20 mins. If you're gonna do it, best to do it sooner rather than later.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JDunc:
I don't even know if I can get to that AP Fastboot screen. When I try it, it does nothing and goes back to my Motorola screen. I'm about to be off work so I can see what happens when I have a laptop around.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
Yeah you're gonna need the laptop. Also, when you select AP fastboot you'll want to hit the vol+ button to select it. Hitting the power button just restarts the phone. Vol+ = Enter. That's probably what you did the first time.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JDunc:
Indeed it is. Maybe I can try the charger now.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
Yeah, its like learning a foreign language sometimes but with only 3 physical buttons they have to make do. Lol!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] BytecodeMe:
Hold the power button and volume down to force a hardware reboot.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JDunc:
It's actually Power button + volume up and down and yes I've done this.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
Not trying to sound like you don't know anything. Just covering all the bases lol.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
You might try these steps. They worked great for me: http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/2732-guide-gb2ics-fastbootable-ics-leaks-4-all-gb-users/
[Android Apps and Games] jo15765:
I have my phone rooted, and everything set up as needed. The problem that I am having is that once I use VNC to VNC my phone, I am unable to control my phone. All I can do is "View" not control. Can someone help me with how I control my phone from the VNC?
[Xoom General] extremetempz:
i made a video showing the different benchmarks between HC AND ICSon the xoom i no the quality is really bad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEiqNJfFW9M&feature=youtu.be
[Xoom General] rubio90:
Hi!!

Are you sure about that? :eek:

This is my score in quadrant benchmark:

My device is a motorola xoom 3G with ICS 4.0.4 :cyclops:
[Xoom General] XxLordxX:
I did 4086! How can you do only that?!

Edit: I'm talking to the OPm not you rubio... Your score is pretty good too :D
[Xoom General] extremetempz:
that was a stock rom now i got team eos and im getting 4200+
[Xoom General] XxLordxX:
Oh, OK then... That's pretty cool ;)... sorry for the incovenience
[Xoom General] rubber guard:
how come my quadtrant score is roughly half? (1958, 2018, etc)
[Xoom General] rubio90:
Now with Jelly Bean 4.1.1
[Xoom General] Hainswof:
ICS was far better in terms of speed IMO.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] numb92:
I was wondering if it was possible to install e.g. CWM or 4ext Recovery without actually S-OFF'ing the Desire?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] belliash:
AFAIK impossible
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] numb92:
Even with htc-dev unlock?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muellersmattes:
Unrevoked can do it, though you'll be stuck on a really old cwm. So better just s-off and install 4ext after.

Gesendet von meinem HTC Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] belliash:
I dont know what are you thinking about. Having S-ON is like a pain in the *** tbh.

By doing S-OFF you only gain - this removes every limit HTC imposed on your phone. I know this takes some risk, but if you done this, you will get more control over phone and it will be more secure as you will be able to use your favourite recovery as well as fastboot.

I'm not worried anymore until i have S-OFF'ed my phone. Flashed hboot, radio, recovery, boot partitions many times via fastboot and once it even saved my phone as i couldnt boot into android and i was using broken recovery. Due to S-OFF i could flash new recovery, then copy to sd and flash new android via it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] backfromthestorm:
why do people reply when they don't know or can't help??

Yes you can.

Run unrevoked, in options select custom recovery, then you can use 4ext, amon ra etc. clockwork is fine but a bit usb brick prone. It'll flash the recovery in the process. To be honest you may as well soff.

4ext is the best really.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kotag82:
Thank God... finally one who knows
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] numb92:
It might be me who has misunderstood, but isn't it correct that with s-on, it is always possible to recover a brick, while with s-off, in some cases it would be impossible?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stankyou:
When you screw up your phone for some reason, having s-off is more of an advantage in getting it fixed...

via xda app
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] backfromthestorm:
Actually thank research, xda, me, maybe even Alan Turing, but thanking a non existent celestial dictator is a wasted thank you. ;-)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] numb92:
Okay, so I now have CWM with S-ON, if I decided I would like S-OFF at a later point, how would I go about doing this? :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] backfromthestorm:
alpharev. google that.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BU7CH4:
don't know why you are all so eager for S-OFF.

i use CWM, sandvolds ICS and a 2GB ext4 partition - all with S-ON and i have not a single reason to complain.

until now i have not experienced an error due to S-ON.

it might have some advantages, but for me it's fine that way.

just wanted to let you know it's very possible.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] backfromthestorm:
Until you have to flash an ruu that's not for your cid because the correct one isn't available.. Or get an lcd brick, or want to change hboot, etc etc.. being s-off can mean the difference between a phone and a paper weight.

Hence why devs spend so much time and energy seeking exploits to enable it on just about every HTC.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BU7CH4:
yeah, sure. it has its advantages, but points you just mentioned don't apply to me.

i'm planning to stick with this rom i currently use. it runs perfect in every way.

so i thought like "never change a running system".

i know, that quote is very inappropriate here at xda :D

but i'm just kind of afraid that i will only make things worse, when i s-off now.

all i've been tryin to say is that s-off is not absolutely neccessary.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twisted_forever:
Then you will not realize the potential that your phone holds. Being S-OFF is not aBsolutely necessary for the people who don't wish to know their phone.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CooLoserTech:
I was reading about android 4.1 jellybean and saw a bunch of images and im looking if anyone can give me a link to a full HD link to the wallpaper shown in this image. Thanks

http://cdn.androidcommunity.com/wp-...en-Shot-2012-06-21-at-12.29.45-PM-540x268.png
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CooLoserTech:
Is anybody home
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IINexusII:
wait 2 days. it will come with Jellybean
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] circleofomega:
I hate to wait...just like u....

img32.imageshack.us/img32/6196/jellybean.png
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polobunny:
Jelly Bean wallpaper in it's original format:

https://www.box.com/s/724be309c35cf1049793

The banding and artifacts are from Google, this is a dump from the SDK. Seems like they didn't learn from their ICS wallpaper releases.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] circleofomega:
OK I love u too...here u go...

http://samsung-updates.com/JellyBean_4_1_Wallpapers.tar

Sent from my RaZr NeXus.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polobunny:
Thanks a lot for the link.

Here's a mirror on my box.net account for future references, in case Samsung brings these down at some point. :)

Jelly Bean wallpapers pack
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] circleofomega:
And thank u for that! Now waiting for system dump and the porting to begin...

Sent from my RaZr NeXus.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] circleofomega:
Need this...any help...? The welcome screen wallpaper..

Sent from my RaZr NeXus.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_phekt:
Here ya go... Nabbed it from the Nexus 7 system dump.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc287/d_phekt/WelcomewallpaperN7.png
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
Just phoned up my phone provider as my second nexus is still causing awful.problems with signal and reception issues. Anyway, they cannot issue me with a 3rd nexus as they have withdrawn it from sale due to too many customer complaints! Bonus as I will only pay £40 and stay on current contract which ends in 14 months. Don't know much about s3 as didn't want to look as I knew I couldn't get one! Anyone gone from a nexus to s3, what's the main advantages/disadvantages? I'm in the UK.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Disadvantages:

Prepare to have 4.0.4 as the last OS update you see for a very long time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nutsonfire:
And worst of all TW...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] miketoasty:
You will have a faster phone but as others said, say goodbye to updates.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
Only had 2 updates in last 7 months and they were both crap anyway!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
That is one opinion anyway. If 4.0.4 is crap for you now, what makes it less crappy when on another device for the next 4-6 months? ;)

Actually there have been more than two releases, fwiw.

ITL41D 4.0.1

ITL41F 4.0.1

ICL53F 4.02

IML74K 4.0.3 (AOSP or Nexus S only)

IMM76D 4.04

IMM76I 4.0.4

IMM76K 4.0.4

I omitted the tablet specific updates of IML77 4.0.3 and IMM76L 4.0.4. I also omitted leaks such as IMM30B and IMM48.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kevinjgray88:
Probably get better input posting this in the s3 forum because if they went from nexus to s3 they will probably be in the s3 one not here.

I would sell some blood or a kidney and just buy another nexus off here. Its totally worth it, plus a sweet story to boot
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KennyG123:
Please continue in the new phone discussion in the stickies

Thanks

FNM
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] brewsbro:
Anyone's WIFI keep turning itself on after a reboot?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] jdelano:
sprint optimizer will find and use wifi when it can to help with battery life.

turn it off if you want to control that.

Settings -> more settings -> mobile networks -> automatic connections
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] brewsbro:
thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] jdelano:
you're most welcome, glad to help :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] gr33nd3vil:
Ii had this issue today but not gonna complain had amazing battery!