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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dasfool:
Unprofessional

I also preordered from Radio Shack. When I preordered I was told the devices would be in on the 21st and asked when I would be in that day (I said "when the store opened"). I went in when the store opened on the 21st and the employee read me an email that she received that morning saying there would be a delay of at least one week and possibly two. What bothers me is that I got this info when I went to get my phone. What also bothers me is that best buy is fulfilling preorders already which makes me think that Best Buy is paying to have the phones quickly shipped to their stores where Radio Shack is not or Best buy is getting some sort of special treatment.

Honestly, if I had known this was going to occur I would have skipped Radio Shack. The lack of communication and, not to mention, product is pretty unprofessional and I will be trying to get a hold of someone who matters within Radio Shack to let them know that this has likely lost them some customers.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] anthonyramaru:
I emailed Radio Shack's corporate offices as well as left posts on their Twitter and Facebook accounts trying to get answers. This was done this morning and I have yet to receive a response from any of them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HotInEER:
My wifes white phone came in to Best Buy today. The phone is nothing short of amazing. Radio Shack responded to me on twitter after I bombarded them and Samsung. All they would say is they are working with Sprint, and their its a temporary shortage. Well...duh
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] anthonyramaru:
I think they are recycling the same message through all social forums. I just wish I could get a direct answer to when I can expect my phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] anthonyramaru:
Nothing yet...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HotInEER:
I agree. They should be more forthcoming with their answers. This stops people from complaining as much. As of this moment, I will never order anything from Radio Shack again. The experience has been awful.

I know they are not responsible for the shortage, but, the total lack of communication on their part is what has turned me against them. I have had to hunt them down to get the basic of answers.

I went to my local Sams's Club today, and he said their Sprint rep was in the store yesterday and told them they should have some available for them between Monday and Wednesday. I gave the guy my contact information to call me if they come in, if so, I'll buy mine from them. Sometimes Sams is $25 to $50 cheaper than everyone else.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] anthonyramaru:
That's awesome I hope you get the phone soon. I just wish I could get any kind of answer on when I can expect to get my phone. I will never deal with Radio Shack again as well and I hope I hear something soon so I know whether or not to make other arrangements on getting the phone elsewhere.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HotInEER:
Thanks, I hope you get yours soon also. For some reason, I have the strangest feeling that it will be in on Monday or Wednesday at the latest. I don't know why, I just do.

Until then, I'm having fun playing with my wifes S3. I kind of regret not ordering the white version now. I thought I would prefer the blue one, and it's possible I might, but from looking at all the amazing cases out for the S3, they all look better on the white version.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] anthonyramaru:
I hope it's Monday or Wednesday but I honestly have lost faith in getting it that soon. A few of the Radio Shack stores have said they have heard June 28th and July 7th at the latest. If that's the case I'm just going to try and purchase it somewhere else and just use the $50 gift card on something else. At this point we can only cross our fingers and hope for the best.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dtr145r:
I'll be calling radio shack on my lunch break to see if any came in.

I'm hoping for a voice mail saying it's there though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dtr145r:
All of radio shacks pre orders have be received at their dc and been shipped back out. We WILL be getting out phones no later than Friday. :-D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HotInEER:
I hope so. Where did this info come from?

---------- Post added at 04:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:28 PM ----------

I called mine and the girl who answered the phone said they have a shipment in the back and they will be going through it soon and will call and let me know. I have no faith that it's there. LOL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HotInEER:
I called Radio Shack again. They told me their Fed Ex delivery comes in at 2, to cal back around 3, they should have everything checked on by then.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] anthonyramaru:
If they get them in let us know.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HotInEER:
Will do.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] JLowe:
Does someone knows an equivalent LiIon universal charger like this which works with an EU-plugin

www.accessorypower.com/revive-unicharger-universal-charger-with-lcd-status-display-p-1905.html
[Galaxy S II Accessories] JLowe:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28861605
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 22sl22:
There's a Dock/External Charger from Amazon with EU plugin:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battery-Charger-Desktop-Charging-GT-I9100/dp/B005DY4KWM/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1344379547&sr=8-11
[Galaxy S II Accessories] JLowe:
There's is an official external battery recharger from Samsung? Where?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] sakalsk:
i personaly use this cheap charger and it works g8:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221087687495?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
[Galaxy S II Accessories] khaledibrahim:
Amazing !

I hope to buy it .

​
[Galaxy S II Accessories] elegyh:
There IS a genuine charger for i9100 :victory:

amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Battery-Charger-Stand-Galaxy/dp/B004Y3GUDU
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] generic.imitation:
I've changed ROMs, but the screen still doesn't shut off when I put my face against the phone. for the last two days, it's worked maybe once. Is there a setting, or program that could fix this? Currently using the latest gummy ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dr.m0x:
Hmmm ... Sounds like a faulty proximity sensor.

Sent from my GNex rocking Aokp
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Herman76:
There is an app called "proximity sensor finder" you can use to test your proximity sensor. Try that to check if it is a hardware error or not.

Swyped on my CM9 Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] justin94:
I have been searching for a week and found nothing. Whenever my wife sends me a video mms it only shows up as a tiny thumbnail pic. Even after I save it, it only shows up as a pic. This just started about 2 weeks ago. I have tried everything from stock rom to miui, aokp, cm9 and more. She had a thunderbolt and now the rezound and still the same problem. Any help would be much appreciated
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spjetrovic:
+1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] justin94:
Nice to see I'm not the only person with this issue. Now to solve it
[General Questions and Answers] attca2k:
I need some help, looking to root the ICS 4.0.3:

With the phone information below:

Baseband Version : I9100ZSLPG

Kernel Version : 3.0.15-I9100ZSLPG-CL348413

Build Number : IML74K.ZSLPG

What ROM do I use to root the device with and keep it close to stock?

Can Odin3 v3.06 work instead of using v1.85?

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] gillesguinet:
find the kernel that works with your rome and flash it with odin

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] flyinbird93:
I have not gotten my Galaxy s3 yet, but i am beginning to become a bit concerned with the number of reported dead pixel phones out there. I don't want to drop a giant chunk of change on a phone that may not have any dead pixels at first but quickly starts gaining them as soon as the phone drops out of warranty.

Does anyone know what has been causing these phones to ship with dead pixels already?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Chilled26:
The simple answer is: Super Amoled Technology
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] swehes:
Question to add to that. Planning on buying this phone. However want to make sure I don't have any dead pixels. Is there a program for it or do I just need to bring my magnifying glass to check the screen?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] caffeinated chris:
yes, if you dial *# 0 *#.

From there you can click on the color (choices are red, green, blue)

it will fill the screen with that color and from there you will see a dead pixel if there is one.

Just did this on my vibrant and it still has no dead pixels. phew
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] 1SiK1500:
there is an app called screen test..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] zonly1:
@ caffeinated chris I just love this!

"...yup. and now I owe over a hundred dollar fine for flashing a rom while driving"

I have not been caught....yet!
[Milestone 2 General] cosmy032:
I've tried all types of flashing and so, yet I get same black screen after rebooting my phone

not sure if any of my files are wrong, yet I don't think so

I've tried all I can think of, all custom roms and stuff, but no result

I can get to root my phone, install bootstraper then bootmenu, wiped all data and cache but while installing the mod, it loads the installation and after last reboot I get a blank screen with no options to get back in bootmenu or recovery

it's rather my fault or not, but I can't install it, not even with your fast help from post above

any tips left?
[Milestone 2 General] xtacb4:
Revert to stock and start over. dont panic.
[Milestone 2 General] cosmy032:
I'm to stock now...but I can instal custom rom..
[Milestone 2 General] JoseBerga:
What stock do you have? froyo or gingerbread one? and what rom do you want install?

Because if you have Gingerbread base you cannot install miui or cm for froyo kernel..

but you have a Cm gb kernel based..

sorry for my English :D
[Milestone 2 General] cosmy032:
I have Gingerbread (2.3.4) and I want to instal CM7 (http://temp.anonymouz.eu/cm72-111215.1631-NIGHTLY-Milestone2-GB-v1.3.zip) or else...but I cannot instal anything..the screen remains black after apply update.zip.. and to startup phone again only after I flash SBF...

Sorry for my English..but i really need help :(
[Milestone 2 General] yuriebc:
you have to downgrade your kernel.

just folow instructions in this topic:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1497263

try this!
[Milestone 2 General] Caesarivs:
There's a sbf-fix for that issue on the CM7 thread, for GB kernel you need to apply update.zip, wipe data/cache/dalvik, reboot and you get a blank screen, then you flash the sbf-fix via RSDLite and now you can boot :)

You can also try CM9 which is based on European GB :D
[Milestone 2 General] cosmy032:
wow it works, thank you all for all :X
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcustodio:
Hi

I have an unlocked SGSII and everything is fine, I love the phone, but now I have a strange problem...

A few days ago I was in an foreign country and the phone entered in roaming. Everything went ok, I was able to use the phone normally but when I come back home my carrier name didn't change. I mean, I'm using my carrier network (not in roaming anymore) but the name didn't change!!!!

It doesn't affects the phone use but is annoying to see the wrong name of the carrier :D

Does anybody has a suggestion to solve this? Factory reset?

Thanks

JC
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fekken:
Have you tried going into Settings > Mobile Networks > Network Operators ?

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcustodio:
Yes, I did Fekken. Manual and automatic search!!! I can't my carrier's name :)

JC
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Garfield1970:
In the same boat

Hello,

Allthough I cannot help you , i just wanted to let you know that you are not alone ....

I own a HTC One S, which yesterday since the roaming yesterday is stuck on the foreign operator name too :(

I can confirm that i am actually no longer roaming as my numeric Operator ID is back to "27001" which is LUXGSM , but the Operator name is still listed as "Orange F"

To make things worse , ( maybe you can check if it's the same on your phone ) if I go to manual Network selection , my starred ( Home ) Network is listed as "Orange F" , so it looks as if the phone has completely replaced the name :(

Everything is working , but it is certainly quite annoying to see the wrong name everywhere

Cheers,

Claude
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcustodio:
Hi Garlfield

That's exactly what is happening with my SGS II. My real carrier is TMN (I know that because everything is working, like Internet and other services of the carrier) the name is Orange.

By the way, where did you find your Operator ID, just to be sure... :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erlanderterv:
I would try tur5ning off and removing the battery for a few minutes.

If that doesn't work I would wipe the cache.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcustodio:
Hi

Thanks for the tip. Just removed the battery, in a few minutes I'll came back to tell if that worked ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcustodio:
Well, the battery thing didn't work... To do wipe the cache I need to do a factory reset? My phone isn't rooted, so I don't have CWM.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erlanderterv:
Turn off. Then go into recovery mode (Home+Volume Up+Power) Select Wipe cache by moving the highlight up and down with the volume keys and press power to select.

Then select Reboot.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcustodio:
Thanks Erlanderterv, but that didn't work either. Still wrong carrier name after a cache wipe.

I guess I'm going to try the factory reset now...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iXanza:
Download a carrier name app and type in your carrier name?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcustodio:
Hi iXanza

That's an option, but it really doesn't solve the problem, just hide's it ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Garfield1970:
Hi,

I'm running "Traffic Monitor" from RadioOpt , that app has a device tab where you can see a lot of info about your device , one of which is the Network ID

27001 is in fact LUXGSM , but shown by the phone as Orange F ....

I did some testing , as i live quite close to the belgian border :-)

1) got to manually select network ( Here I do NOT see LUXGSM , but Orange F )

2) register on a Belgian network manually , I see the "R" popping up for roaming , and the Carrier name is properly displayed as "BEL Proximus"

3) go back to manually set network ( This time I see LUXGSM , and i thought already YESSS )

4) register on LUXGSM , the "R" disappears and the carrier name is "Orange F" again

Aaaaarrgh

I don't really want to factory reset, unless that's last option , so i'll continue searching ;-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcustodio:
Hi Garfield1970

Thanks for the app. I just confirmed that my carrier's numeric code (TMN Portugal 268 06) is the one that phone is using. Now I'm absolutely sure that I'm not in roaming :D

Here, even if I do a manual search I never see my carrier's name, only 2 "Orange", the one from Spain and the one that's a false Orange.

I was trying to avoid the factory reset too, but I think I'm going to do it to see if it works...

JC
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcustodio:
Hi Claude

I'm glad you did it, but that is too much for me :D

I decided to root my phone and install a custom rom on it and everything is ok now, my carrier name my real carrier. I went to Spain again and when I was back to Portugal the carrier and his name changed correctly.

JC
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damjang:
Hi to all!

I have the same problem like explained above, but I have Samsung Galaxy S2 with GB 2.3.5 and I don't have the listed files in /data/property. So I try to find what files in my system (I have rooted phone) have the wrong carrier name. I find that the file with wrong carrier is

/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/optable.db

So I try to delete the file (to be honest I rename the file) and reboot the phone. The optable.db file is recreated and now all is ok and work ok with correct carrier names :good:.

Regards

Damjan G.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pchowla:
I was very happy to read this post at first, as I thought I had finally solved this issue that had been bugging me for months. But alas This fix didn't work for me. I have a Galaxy W (i 8150). Also on gingerbread 2.3.x. I've had the wrong carrier name stuck since I went to the USA in the spring. I always get " Virgin" showing even though there is no such network here in the UK. I Can see i'm connected to my providers preferred network - EE. (formerly T-Mobile).

I've rooted my phone using the 'recovery mode method' and using a super-user shell gone in and deleted the optable.db file. No luck. Still says "Virgin". I checked for the other method described above and like Damjang didn't have those files. I've tried using various file explorers to search for "Virgin" but I can't find it anywhere.

Does anyone else have any thoughts or as to how to fix this pretty annoying but ultimately unimportant bug?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pchowla:
Update - even factory reset won't work

OK so I kept playing with it, demoving databases in the com.androis.providers.telephony directory etc. And all did a cache clearance. Ultimately I moved too many things around at once and it hosed the operating system somehow. May have been a bad unroot...

Anyway I did a factory reset. And then a restore using the backup I had made with Kies. Before I did the restore the carrier name was displaying properly for once! So I thought yay, despite the annoyance of the reset at least I solve the problem. No luck again... After the restore it reverted to saying "Virgin".

So I thought I better try to do it without the full restore but only a partial restore. So I factory reset again, and then did a restore on just contacts, messages, email etc. Nothing with settings. Damned "Virgin" still came back after a bit!

So I am thinking something wrong with the i8150 system that Samsung created. I noticed that when I did reset in the set up process I got a settings question asked with the title "SIM services" and the options of either "T-Mobile" or "Virgin". Naturally I selected T-Mobile since I have a T-Mobile SIM. I can only guess that somehow that setting selection failed to be programmed properly and that the phone defaults back to "Virgin". Must be that the handset was destined for both North American or British markets and that the system set up was just not done right. Unless I am jump;ing to wrong conclusions.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damjang:
Hi to all! Today I have again the operator wrong name (after being in roaming). But I must say that now I have no more GB, but JB 4.1.2 NeatRom light 4.3 (on my SGII) and the trick to delete the /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/optable.db and reboot for me work also in JB. I'm very disappointed that old bugs from GB is also present in JB :crying:

BTW: is there some trick to set the roaming operator priority, if I want to instruct the phone to use the roaming operator XY if possible?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kianouch:
Thanks ! This trick worked on my Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 :good:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gnarlynick:
I don't remember this when I first got the phone but the charger seems to be barely 'seated' inside the charging port when it is plugged in. I am using the charger cable from my EVO 4G and I experience the same issue with the new (shorter) charger cable from my new EVO LTE.

I push the cable as far as it will go into the charging port and it seems to wobble from side-to-side and if I pick the phone up at the right angle the cable pulls out with ease. Not a major problem but I would have noticed this when I first got it, I've noticed this last night when I plugged it in and the cable fell out when I moved the phone a little bit. Is it possible something got worn out from use and it is now loose? Is anybody else noticing this? I first assumed my new Spigen clip-on case was to blame for it and was going to fix the issue with a Dremel first thing today when I got off work but I took the case off and it is doing the same thing naked as it was cased.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regalpimpin:
My new cord is still very tight. Basically no movement at all in any direction.

When I use my OG evo cord, or a blackberry charger. There is a slight side to side wiggle. But still not much and definitely wouldn't fall out. Hopefully it's your cords, and not the port on the phone. But sounds like one of them has worn.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shook187:
I had this problem with other phones and every time it was the cable . Try a different cable.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gnarlynick:
Alright it was not a worn port or charger cable. It was in fact the case. I took a Dremel to it and shaved about a millimeter off the charger cut-out and everything works fine now.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Cheezeman78:
Can anyone get s voice to work? It perfectly recognizes what I am saying but doesnt respond, even the open commands. It just comes back with say hi galaxy to wake me up.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] planoman:
I tried to use it a few times but no real success. Disabled the double button press on the home button until they get it working. I can search the web on my own.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] TheSoberRussian:
It sort of works for me, but it's not perfect on recognizing my voice. I said "Tell me a joke", it picked up "Tell me agenda"
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Cheezeman78:
It picks mine up fine however it just doesnt respond. After it translates it to text it ignore it
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] maladju:
I texted once using S-Voice last night, but it didn't get my message right. Today, it transcribes what I say, but then ignores it and brings up the say Hi Galaxy bit.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Cheezeman78:
that is what it does to me also. I wonder why?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] stan.s:
I was trying out my BT headset and opened the mike up and there was SVoice... After a number of I agree to docs, I asked for the weather, navigation, the population of a few cities, and it seems to work well. However, it kept my mike open all the time waiting for me to say Hi Galaxy, that's bad. It also stopped speaking and I do know where its mute button is.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] grkmaster:
At work with WIFI on S voice get saying Network Error. Turned on Wifi and S Voice worked... anyone with a similar issue?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] alexx675:
everytime i ask S voice something it just give me the stupid say hi galxay to wake me up bull but it recognizes what i say so its weird it doesnt work
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Draelith:
Clear S-Voice

Ran into this same problem with S Voice. It wasn't responding at all and started giving me the silent treatment (like my wife who said I was talking to the phone more than her).

Here's what did the trick to get the phone working again, hope this helps someone:

Go to Settings > Application Manager > All.

Scroll down to S Voice then select it and press the Clear Data.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] alexx675:
dude that actually worked for me thank you so much!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Cheezeman78:
Wow it worked, thanks!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Liferules:
While it is not that accurate, S Voice works well for setting alarms, tasks/reminders, and "record voice" memos...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cproaudio:
How does the SVoice compare to SpeakToIt? Can it pass the woodchuck test?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] divinewisdom:
so whats the other method you use to get the wife to start responding?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] pakxelaos:
I asked " What is the best phone "

She replied " Opinion vary but I think Samsung Galaxy is the best of them all " :victory:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] faulkton:
it just keeps telling me "i didnt get that. please try again" ... not impressed

edit: figured out i cant have bluetooth on and use svoice? wtf?