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[Galaxy S III General] Negri Electronics:
We do not "try" to make anyone think our products are high quality. Our customers know they are, and that is why they continue to buy from us. the prices are high because the cost to acquire these devices is high. We have very aggressive pricing and provide unmatched Customer Care to all of our customers. If something is delayed we do have a reason for this; such as the Galaxy S III delay which originated from Samsung - and was well known throughout the world. Unlike Apple, we do not make a 38% profit on our products. (We have never dealt with an English company that was on strike. Maybe your research has lead you astray.)
[Galaxy S III General] locoboi187:
Ensquared is backed with the same insurance. Offers 60$ for a year and $75 deductible for a claim and accepts my retailer. Also a name I'm familiar with. So im gonna go here
[Galaxy S III General] Negri Electronics:
Make sure you are covered for lost and stolen - also ensure that you are offered a replacement and not a repair. Start to get familiar with our plans. They will be sweeping the nation very soon.
[Galaxy S III General] locoboi187:
They guarantee a replacement, a new replacement. And lost and stolen coverage. You get 90days to purchase the insurance. What makes Negri better? just wondering
[Galaxy S III General] Negri Electronics:
Unable to find that they "guarantee a replacement". Did notice that a repair is attempted prior to this replacement. And No where in their terms and conditions states that a new device will be shipped. Similar to ours, it is at the description of our partner, GWG, to send a refurbished or new device. The best part about our plans and devices - there aren't many refurbishment devices available as our devices are too new. Why is Negri better? We offer the replacement, and no down time to attempt a repair. We offer 24/7 assistance for your claim, an online claim center to check the status and we are adding more and more features to our plans, which will be offered to all previous customers. Some of these options include (but are not offered nor confirmed yet) are a buyback plan with guaranteed credit, road side assistance and a new program called "LocAid". A free service that can be used to locate your lost or stolen device - if you wish to utilize this feature. Again, these are in the final processes, but will be offered to all current and new customers ordering NegriCare Protection Plans. NegriCare plans are not the best...yet. But you will be covered once we are, even if you order now.

It's difficult to launch a new program like this, so there are many questions that you might have. We urge you to display your questions on our Customer Care site. http://negricare.negrielectronics.com/ We will get back to you with any question you might have. Generally more efficiently than leaving questions in an XDA thread.
[Galaxy S III General] locoboi187:
I was in a live chat with them and they said for our type of phones a new replacement is sent guaranteed at a deductible of $75. Also there are many free locator apps such as "where's my droid?". I still don't see any advantages with Negri. Sorry.
[Galaxy S III General] ficklecycler:
So is there any consencus around here? Where should your warranty come from if you are in the US and have a 9300?

Will squaretrade even cover us with an international phone?
[Galaxy S III General] locoboi187:
Yes square trade does cover us international users in the US. But look into ensquared IMO. Or even Negri
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
To be more specific you had to buy the phone from a US store.
[Galaxy S III General] Mike Blitz:
Getting insurance for lost or stolen is absolutely pointless.

Most home insurance will cover goods if you are mugged anyway.

The insurance here won't cover you unless you are violently attacked and robbed so might aswell use home insurance anyway, which will also cover breaks.

If you are pickpotted for instance, this insurance won't pay out because you haven't done enough ensure the security of your items apparently.

So the phone literally has to be with you 24/7 which if you knew that you would never lose it, so a lost phone will never be covered because to lose something it must be unattended at some point.

So if you use the train/bus you're using it on the train, then somehow lose it, it's your fault so no cover.

It's only good for breakages and theft by threat of violence.

Which home/contents insurance would cover and then you could contents outside the home if you need to for a little extra.

Imagine this, someone walking down the street asks for the time, you pull out your phone, he snatches it and runs, you wouldn't be covered so its a waste of time.
[Galaxy S III General] Negri Electronics:
If they promised you something like that via chat we recommend that you utilize their services. Thank you for your time.
[Galaxy S III General] Watanuki-Kun:
Any new updates about them or has anyone purchased/had experience with making a claim? I might be purchasing a Negricare plan with them if I can get some more information. Does their order form work for ordering a Negricare plan, I seem not be able to get a price quote.
[Galaxy S III General] graffixnyc:
Ok I had to file a claim and I think I'm having a nightmare.

On Friday Aug 25th I lost my phone, I called when i realized I lost it (after calling ATT and having them suspend my line) They told me I had to get a police report. Saturday morning I go file the report and call them back to process my claim.

On Monday Aug 27th I got an email saying my replacement phone has been ordered and they will send me another email when it shipped.

I go online to check the claim status and saw they ordered the wrong phone. They ordered an i747 32gb not a i9300 32gb(which was mine). I call up the insurance company and tell them they ordered the wrong phone. They apologized and said they would "escalate" it and get the correct phone ordered but since it was a holiday the following week I most likely wouldnt get it until the following week (this week). I looked the next day and it showed the correct model. On 8/27 they claimed they ordered the correct one

So the UPS guy comes yesterday and I'm excited because I didnt even know they had shipped it (they never updated the claim status) I open the box and what do I see? an ATT branded i747 and it's a 16gb model!!!1 So I call them up thinking maybe they sent me the i747 they first ordered by mistake. Nope, turns out even after they ordered the wrong phone and I called them to get it corrected they STILL sent the wrong phone. At least the first i747 they were going to send was 32gb not 16gb. So It's not 9/5 my claim first started on 8/25 and I STILL do not have my phone and I have to wait for them to order another one and have to send this one back, Although I refuse to send this one back until I have the right one in my hands..

So bottom line is yes, the coverage is good and the deductible was only 75 bucks but its now a week and a half later and I still dont have my phone.. I wouldnt recommend Negricare after this ordeal I have been through.

So I would recommend that people stay away from it for the simple fact that even after they screwed up the order and I called to have it corrected, they still sent out the wrong phone
[Galaxy S III General] Negri Electronics:
Thank you for your message. NegriCare is our customer support program. NegriCare also sponsors our Protection Plans. However for any claims you would deal with the company that backs our plans, called Global Warranty Group. We are completely unaware of any issues that you had, until now, so it's impossible for us to rectify the situation at this time. Had we known of the issue at the time we could have stepped in. It's not uncommon to only relate messages after the damage is done, however we are a very open and honest company and you could have come to us an any time to help step in and make sure that this was handled properly. We apologize you had a bad experience and are prepared to assist you now and in the future - however, instead of leaving unkind remarks of our service, due to an obvious mistake, please let us know what we can do to help you feel better about what this service is all about, and the benefits it has for you. Please let us assist you before you continue to tell others not to use our service, as your message stated.

Please email us at NegriCare@negrielectronics.com so that we can further assist you.
[Galaxy S III General] graffixnyc:
I wouldnt tell people not to purchase phones and other things from you. However, based on my experience I wouldnt recommend people purchase the Negricare plan. How could I after the ordeal I have been through? I couldn't with a clear conscience recommend it to someone. Granted it is a 3rd party insurance company but this thread was about buying coverage through you. The last poster before my post asked if anyone had filed a claim and how it went and I more or less was responding to that I experienced. I'm sorry but after what I have been through I really would recommend people go with a different plan backed by a different insurance company.

I mean I can understand the first time they messed up by ordering the i747 32gb since the only difference was the model number. I wasnt happy about them screwing up because it delayed things but still, it was an understandable mistake due to the different GS3 models. But to still send the incorrect phone after I caught their mistake and informed them about and and them saying they corrected it only for it to still be the wrong model and minus 16gb on top of that is not acceptable.
[Galaxy S III General] Negri Electronics:
Mistakes happen all the time. It's how they are corrected is what sets companies apart. You did purchase this through us, however the company that you called was a different company. We are not trying to evade responsibility, however we had no idea of your issues or we could have stepped in. Your only message to us was your dissatisfaction of threats of reports to the BBB. This is not a cry for help. It was to warn others that your dealings were not perfect, however we wish to correct this before you file your reports and tell others of our failures, and make sure it's known that it was an isolated event, and that we are working with GWG to assist you further.
[Galaxy S III General] ed10000:
I'm planning to purchase the NegriCare Protection Plan for a Nexus 4 (which I'm still deciding whether to pre-order from Negri themselves or directly from the US Play Store when it is restocked). So, I'm curious to know, what happened later? Did graffixnyc get a 32GB I9300 that he was covered for?

Also, a question to Negri - seeing how you didn't respond to a comment in the previous page, am I right to assume that coverage is only for forcefully stolen phones and not lost/misplaced ones?

I'm from India, btw. I know you said the plan is valid internationally, but is it still valid if I purchase the phone from US Play Store through Borderlinx?
[Galaxy S III General] Negri Electronics:
Did we miss a question? Sorry. This does cover lost and stolen devices. A police report is required to prove such occurrences. You are covered internationally, however shipping costs will be the responsibility of the customer.
[Galaxy S III General] Negri Electronics:
Yes, he did get the right device.
[Galaxy S III General] heavyharmonies:
Lest anyone make the same mistake I did and purchase a Negricare plan:

Whatever you do, do NOT purchase a Negricare warranty. Not that there's a problem with Negri Electronics, but rather that the company they have providing the service, "Global Warranty", is either completely incompetent, or (and I hate to use the reactionary word) a bunch of scammers.

On October 24, my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 would not start up in the morning. Going through the normal debugging (check battery charge, swap battery, etc.) it appears to have the symptoms of SDS, so it's basically toast. I called Global Warranty that day, provided them with proof (original Newegg purchase receipt) that it was an unlocked GN2, agreed to (1) the $75 deductible and (2) the $300 hold on my credit card until my old phone was returned.

I was told I would be emailed tracking information and have my replacement phone in 1-3 business days.

On October 29, I called Global back for a status update and was told "you're phone will be delivered today" (even though they could not give me any tracking information).

On October 31, I called in again, only to be told that my phone had been ordered but not shipped.

I called Negricare at this point, since they were the ones who sold me the coverage to begin with. I was told the only thing they could do was email Global Warranty, but that I should call Global and ask to speak with a supervisor, since they have all the information at their fingertips, which normal call reps do not.

Fast forward to today, November 5. Still no phone. No tracking information. Nothing.

I call Global and speak with "Jack" a floor supervisor. He looks up my claim, can't figure out what's going on, why I haven't been sent a replacement phone, but that he will "research this" and get back to me.

At this point I am stuck in limbo without cell service (which is also my home phone). Buying Negricare as a phone warranty was a ginormous mistake. One which I will NOT be making again.

Avoid like the plague.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] JawjaBill:
I needed something until the Kraken is released or I decide to pull the trigger on the Seidio Active Case Combo. Stopped by TMo and picked this up to tide me over. Nice tight fit and the cover feels like sueded newborn baby butt. The ability to lay it face down exists but just barely so.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ronin4740:
I bought one when I picked up the Galaxy III from the T-Mobile store and it seems to me to be a nice case. Will certainly do for me until the Otterbox Commuter comes out.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] deeznutz1977:
I bought one, its good so far Not to bulky yet adds a little something to grasp
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishankpadiyar:
Hii guys,,

We all know about the Google music, Google books, Google movies and want to try them all.. But we cant as its restricted to few countries only..!

But there is a solution for this now.. and you can access these features irrespective of which country you are in.;)

Well what you need is rooted phone and Play store 3.7.11 or 3.7.13.. you can download it here

Firstly, Download Market Enabler(You can download it Here) and install it.., and download DROIDvpn from play store and signup for an account.

Now, go to App manager and delete play store data and cache.

Then Open market enabler and choose any us carrier... like Tmobile, but anything should work.. for choosing, tap and hold on the carrier name and select 'fake this provider now'..

Now open DROID vpn, login and press start..

If you need TUN.ko get it from Here

Open Google play store and you must now be able to access Google music, Google books etc through Play Store and download everything..;)

Press Thanks if it worked for you..:good:

Enjoy n cheers..:laugh:

Screenshots
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] HQRaja:
MarketEnabler

Here is MarketEnabler's APK for those who need it but can't find it elsewhere (or are too lazy). Also linking to this file in the portal post for this thread.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishankpadiyar:
thnx.. updated OP with the link..;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] naveenkumarph:
Is it only for ics or even for GB ROM also
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishankpadiyar:
its for any ROM with Play store 3.7.11..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] snapilica2003:
What role does DroidVPN have in all this?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Mr.Oug:
vpn acts like a proxy it changed your service provider ip address to an us location ip address
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] iKocka11:
tun.ko

I hav eone problem, when i press start an error shows, Tun module is not loaded!

Put Your tun.ko /sdcard/tun.do or /system/lib/modules/tun.ko before connecting DroidVPN....

Please help ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Vasishta Reddy:
Oops now this thread is on the portal. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishankpadiyar:
ok keep aside the DroidVPN.. just open market enabler and select the required fake network..

clear app data and cache of play store..

open play store and see..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Raqun:
It would be great if you could actualy you know, buy stuff with a foreign card:) it gives me an error when i try to purchase. Nevertheless nice to try out how the play store actualy looks like in full.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishankpadiyar:
i know it would be great.. and it actually is possible.. Already have tried purchasing stuffs from Play store without problems..

See that you have enabled DroidVPN.., it changes your IP address to the required IP addess of the fake network..

everything should work fine..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] derochs0:
I followed the instructions but my Play store ends up "Loading" without any results...

Any ideas?

Edit:

Restarted the phone, Fired up Market enabler, set to [US] Verizon (It does't matter), started up DroidVPN.

It's working for me now but it's very slow....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishankpadiyar:
> are you on the latest version of play store.?

> have you cleared app data and cache of play store..?

> have you selected the fake network properly..?

Check for these..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Raqun:
I have Droidvpn configured and active, but it still doesn't let me buy anything. When i tap "buy for -$" it seems to take a long while preparing the purchase and then displays the "not avalible in your country" error.

SGS i9000, CM9 Nightly, Slovenia, Mastercard
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishankpadiyar:
Seem to work fine for me..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] derochs0:
Yeah, it's working fine for me now, also without DroidVPN running in the background...

I uninstalled DroidVPN and MarketEnabler but the market seems to be still working with Movies n' stuff.

I hope it will stay like that.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Blackboyx:
so what if i want to go back to the original one? like the region or country that was default for us?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishankpadiyar:
Once you restart your play store will come to normal, like how it was previously, Without market enabler.. Hence droidvpn is not necessary, but market enabler its need..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] udimars30:
will this work on play store 3.7.13
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Siddhant Shankpal:
Clear cache of play store app & try.

Sent from my GT-I9003.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jesterpaul:
Tried that. No joy
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Siddhant Shankpal:
Just Google for latest version of play store & install it.

Hope it'll work..

Sent from my GT-I9003.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jesterpaul:
I did what you suggested but turned out I had latest one already.

I ended up restoring a nandroid backup of a different ROM altogether and then I could for it. Definitely seems ROM related issue.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] DanDroidian:
Are you ABSOLUTELY sure you don't use the app called "screen filter"?

For some strange reason, you can't press the INSTALL button when it's running....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jesterpaul:
Nope, I do not have that app installed
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] cortesca:
Thanks,
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] luffyys:
Awesome

Works like charm...thanx..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jakar99:
i have ROM aokp VJ v2.2 running android 4.2.2 i followed these steps but conection times out only on play store net is working ok. does anyone have any ideas why it doest work?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] silversurfer11:
I don't know if is just me guys but I was able to access the global play store without having to connect to the VPN, just straight with market enabler, however this Saturday Google send me back to the "local" play store.. Even if I log into my PC with a VPN IP address inside the US the Play Store on my browser is showing me the "local" store.. I think google just change something.. not sure what it is yet
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] belhauss:
Thanks for the solution

:angel:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] neFAST:
Is this broken since september 2013?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Arjunaz78:
This not works with current Play Store version (5.0.31 or 5.0.32) right?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kemistry01:
Then restore it through market enabler.

Actually this method works..i just dont about the issue of buying apps since i dont buy just find the apps in google :p i and after ive done this method i uninstalled droidvpn and it is still working so i think we dont need droid vpn. The only problem is that i see dollar signs for paid apps and not our currency here which is peso sign..but it is not a big deal since i dont really buy paid apps.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishankpadiyar:
Disable Droidvpn, uninstall market enabler, delete apo data n cache in play store and restart..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishankpadiyar:
Yes..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Blackboyx:
I see thanks. Also if I were to not use VPN would I be able to use the US play store?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Svashtar:
I have a connection timeout on market and can't access it when using VPNDroid. Otherwise it can connect, but doesn't really help much.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kemistry01:
Yeah. I am on play store 3.7.13 and i followed the instructions. After that i uninstalled the droidvpn. And it still works. Just dont clear play store cache and data again.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] udimars30:
but it's not working

i have done everything and when i open play store every time it shows connection timed out even when connected to wifi or 3g

i am using galaxy s3 stock firmware
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Hakimy:
same thing here :(
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] cdesai:
Wiping data of an app (Google Play Store in this case) wipes it's cache as well.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mr_hello:
error

i tried too but does not work :(
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] greyphil:
Can't buy anything, my cards are not accepted. Just has the option to add a new card. Too bad....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sachinkumar1312:
It works but not really want to buy anything. Where are the free thingies?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Anachronizer:
I think the Amazon Appstore can also be accessed using this same method. Will give it a shot and report back. Thanks for sharing this method..didn't know about DroidVPN
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] freesoul27:
It is working, but i cannot buy anything, i receive error: "Connection timed out" or "Sorry, purchases are not enabled in your country at this time"
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sachinkumar1312:
I removed DroidVPN and playstore reverted back to normal. I think DroidVPN is required all the time.

I did not even realize when my market updated to ver 3.7.13. And now my play store isn't showing those categories - Magazines, Movies, etc. It worked only once.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] -Alaa-:
now that google play store 3.7.13 has been released i think this way doesnt work anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sachinkumar1312:
Sad
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rigo3t:
All I needed

Thanks man!!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] slonn:
Same here - don't think it works with version 3.7.13.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] BlackBull85:
Same here in Germany
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sachinkumar1312:
Is there a way to stop market from getting updated?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ruimoura:
It's fun to browse through all the stuff on play store but you can't buy anything bacause the credit card has nothing to do with the vpn trick. If the credit card is registered outside the US you can never buy movies or magazines or whatever. Sad.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Terranalon:
I uninstalled the updates to go back to 3.7.11 (also tried by installing the apk), followed the steps and it always gives me the "connection timed out" error.. damn.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishankpadiyar:
Okay, for people who are getting connection errors.. disable DroidVpn and try..

And regarding the purchase issue, I found it working (as tried by my friend).. Not really sure what the problem is for others..