yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Zeke757:
oh ok. I couldn't play the customer card either because I was a brand spanking new customer. I told best buy mobile that I spoke to AT&T and that they would waive the activation fee and they agreed to take that off of the price of the phone to offset the activation fee that AT&T themselves would charge. When I spoke to AT&T I told them that a rep over the phone told me that they would waive the activation fee for each line. (which wasn't a lie) They took about 30 seconds and waived it for me on their end again.

#winnerwinnerchickendinner

P.S. Call AT&T first and try to get them to agree to waive it and then call your local BB Mobile and see if they can match it by taking it off of the price of the phone. Make sure you speak to the manager because the reps certainly do not have that power.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lunercrab:
Yeah so back in July I called and the lady credited me 50 bucks for the phone and made a note in her system to call me back on Aug 11 to refund me the 36 upgrade fee. So she called me yesterday and is like I'm calling to credit u the 50 dollars I promised. LOL didn't argue with her. So with the 58 credit I got this month and the one I got last month the phone probably cost me like 90 bucks :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AceTrader:
Lucky guy!

Does this means that they can't see how many times they gave the credit? :P

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If we call AT&T and do a credit check and get approved, will BB do the credit check again?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Zeke757:
Yes BB has to pull your credit again since they are technically a 3rd party dealer. But it goes through the same AT&T system that you would be approved through if you called the 800 number. So if you are approved once you should def get approved again. Keep in mind that AT&T may approve you but that is only good for 1 week. Hope this helps.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AceTrader:
Very bad experience for me.

I called AT&T sales few times and at last one rep agreed to give the phone for 99$. So all the processing was done. He even asked which color do you want from Blue, white and Red. I said White. After couple of hours also i didn't get the email confirmation. So i called again to get the order number and the status.

Then she was telling me like you ordered Galaxy S2 Skyrocket.

The first rep played all along with me and ordered a S2 and told me its S3. Now they are telling that they cant cancel as its already being shipped.

Any ideas what to do now?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mystax:
do not accept the package and demand a refund. That some shady stuff.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] werked:
+1

Yup, that's what you should do.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AceTrader:
I called Sales support. Got a nice guy. He said right now they cant do anything. But to call back when you get the phone so that they can work on the exchange.

He put the entire thing in the note on my account so that next time when i call they can work out things.

I donno whether to believe him entirely or not. :confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dmbrown81:
I was able to get the red gs3 today for $99. AT&T some how jacked up my upgrade eligibility when I tried to get one from best buy so I called and complained and they processed the upgrade for me and matched the best buy price because I had $100 worth of gift cards to use.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MasEo9:
Called today and kept getting the fact that they don't price match going to go to a store and see what I can do.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheScaryOne:
I lucked out and got mine for $130. I'm totally thrilled with the phone. Mine's the red one from ATT. I keep bouncing between Rooted Stock and CM9. Debating CM10.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] abenn26:
Got mine today for a total of $115 thanks to this thread. Was disheartened cause the first CSR said he couldn't but the next guy I got was all about it. His first offer was ~$330 then I got him down to $199 and then finally down to $99. Thanks bro you saved me $100.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DirknJirkn13:
$330 for an upgrade? Confused...

I bought my GSIII in store yesterday, and called CS today. Told them I paid $200 but know someone who paid $100. They credited me $100 back in just a few minutes, literally no questions asked. Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] toshik1:
Ok, i'm confused - Walmart, Best Buy, Target and AT&T all have it listed for $199 regardless of color. How do you guys manage to score it for less?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] werked:
Buy it at 199....then call att and try to get a credit.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Zeke757:
Or... Read back and see detailed instructions written by people here.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] toshik1:
Called ATT it seems like I'm not eligible for Galaxy III since I have "hot toy of 2011" - Infuse 4G a bit over a year :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] thebeardedchild:
I'm just confused about how we ask for a credit and why they'd give it? I haven't been to a store that sells it for less than $200 so there's no price to match.. do we just vaguely claim we "know someone" who got it for less?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] toshik1:
End of my story - called 611 and after about 1 hour of holding (it's ATT) they gave me the blue one for $150 plus tax shipped to home. No hassle or begging.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
Radio Shack has it for 149...best buy will price match it.. I like best buy because no restocking fee within 30 days and they have cell insurance that covers accidental damage for $1 more then att.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nuwayman:
I called for my wife about upgrade on iPhone. Afterwards I mentioned I recently got the gs3 and paid 200 and that I heard people getting it for 99.99. Said I am a long time customer and felt that I should get same deal. The rep didn't argue and put 100 dollars credit on my bill. No argue no hassle.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wolfc70:
Wait, so even though I pre ordered my phone, I can call att, and see if they will give me a $100 credit? Or is this for more recent purchases only?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] elementaldragon:
if it was a pre-order, you may be SoL, because i believe this has more to do with people having purchased it, and still being within those 30-days or so where they'd probably be more willing to comply. I could be wrong, though. You could try calling them. Wouldn't hurt, really. Most they could do is say that they can't do it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] knarfl1:
You are incorrect. I preordered on June 8th and got price diff ($149@Amazon) credit week before phone shipped.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] clipsruck:
I just called and asked about compensation because my friends were getting their phones cheaper. I got a $50 credit to my bill. All in all, I paid $100 plus tax for my S3. Thank you op and all other contributers.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] untilcomplete:
Just got my SGS3 for $99.99 plus tax. Just called, let the rep know I'm in my upgrade window and i heard of people getting the device for $99.99 and he helped me out.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iiApotheosis:
Took the advice from this thread, some how, some way ended up being credited $130. All I can say is THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I honestly have no idea how it was 130 at first they told me my new balance and they had taken 80 off then they told me $130 off. And i looked at my balance on att.com and it's 130$ off. My bill was 176 and now it's only 46.

Sent from my Garnet Red Samsung Galaxy S3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Driggity420:
Thank you for this thread. I bought a red one last week for $199 at At&t store. Just had my wife call and she told the rep that she had a friend who preordered one for $199 and later found out from another friend who got it for $99. So the "$199" friend called and got it for the same. So after, my wife said she just wanted the same deal as those two. The rep told her to hold for a minute and they came back after 10 minutes and told her they credited our account $110!!!! So it worked for me. Don't take no for an answer people ARE getting this deal. Don't sleeeeeeep. Thank you O.P.!!! :thumbup:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Sir_Brizz:
I gave this a try but no luck. The rep and her super were calling store all over the country trying to validate my "claims". They wanted someone else's account information to validate that someone had ever received this deal before. Why is everything with AT&T a horrible experience?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Zeke757:
Don't you dare give up man! I work with a guy who is 59 and I coached him through getting the phone for 99 bucks from AT&T over the phone. It just depends on the rep you get. If you get one that doesn't try to help you out, then keep on trying man. You can do it! :cowboy:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] elementaldragon:
were you trying online chat or calling? Pretty sure you might have better luck through chat. Just mention to them that other people have been getting it credited back to their account from a sale that Radio Shack had been having. Can also point out that now Amazon has it for sale for $99.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Zeke757:
Sir_Brizz - it is illegal for them to just access someone elses account without their authorization. (Someone correct me if I am wrong on this)

elementaldragon - You should do it over the phone not through chat. Read back a few pages... It all works man.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] elementaldragon:
Wait... you're right. I'm thinking of when i got my unlock code... THAT i did through the online chat. Got the credit over the phone. And yea, i'm pretty sure it is quite illegal for them to look into someone elses account with authorization.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Sir_Brizz:
I told them that and they were like "Well, three way call him in, then." This was some guy named "LaShawn" in Little Rock (he was the supervisor). If I ever call AT&T and get the Little Rock call center again, I'm asking to be transferred. The guy talked to me like I was a 2 year old that had never even heard of these new fangled "cellular telephones" before. I've never been more tempted to buy out my contract.

I don't know if I want to try calling back in. I got pretty pissed and elevated to the supervisor. I'm not sure how the notes for this are looking on my account right now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fuze4me:
no luck for me either. customer since cingular days, never a late payment. the customer serv. rep. told me she couldn't even match the AT&T website price.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisn91:
I've got the deal 4 times now. They say that the prices for the phone can't drop but they could hive me a 100 $ credit worked ever time
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
A little odd topic but figured it was worth mentioning..

I called att before I sold my sgs2 and asked for an unlock code.. They refused.. I asked nicely a few more times just to be denied...

The conversation went back and forth them saying I signed a contract etc and me saying I'm not canceling my contract just want to unlock it..

I asked politely to speak with a manager who said the system doesn't give them the option to unlock me.

I told her I didn't understand why and just wanted to be able to use my phone with another provider overseas on a trip..

Then the manager said sorry I can't help you out but I can credit your account 150 for tour troubles... Wtf.. Hell yeah!

The point though is I think att is starting to care more about keeping customers happy then before..

Take advantage of it if you can... They seem willing to credit accounts for almost any reason now.. Very cool...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ls240sx:
Thanks! Contract was up so i called in to see if i could get the deal and she hooked me up, 99+ tax for the phone and waived the upgrade fee.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] itsalexaye90:
That's a nice deal
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dratsablive:
Just tried getting an upgrade but guy on phone wasn't able to give me a lower price. Going to wait a few days and try again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] g54x2:
Yeah just called them...the lady talked to her supervisor and they said they could not bring down the price (from $199) because "it's a new phone" and that I could instead get the refurbished version for 99$...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Sir_Brizz:
I really doubt this. It seems to be more if you get lucky and get someone who just wants you off the phone rather than getting into an argument about such things. I went through the same thing when the unlimited data was taken off my account for no reason. I was told multiple times that I would be able to get it back, and every time people told me the system wouldn't let them do it.

This is the company line. Any time you call in and they don't want to do what you're asking for, suddenly the "system can't do it". I would leave AT&T except EVERY carrier is a bunch of freaking idiots that don't give two craps about their customers.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Digi59404:
Wasn't able to get the deal.. in store they wouldn't even budge. I also have a business premier account. Oh well, I got the 99$ refurb and w/ Business discount it became free?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] g54x2:
Hey Walmart (online only) has the S3's going for $89.99 upgrade and for new customers:

Because I can't post direct links:

Just got to Walmart.com and then Electronics -> Cell Phones (and then cellphones with plans)

Not sure how long this will last...

UPDATE: They want me to upgrade to 900 w/ Rollover in order to process the upgrade....instead this is what I see on my email confirmation: "Keep My Existing Plan" which was 450.

So yeah no wonder it was 89.99...and they don't even mention this on their site when you upgrade
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] no driver:
I've been looking for a deal on the GS3 too and also looked at Walmart. It never said that I would have to change my minutes etc, but it is making me change from the $15 200MB data plan to the $20 300MB data plan, and according to a guy I just spoke to at AT&T once I switch away from the $15 plan I can't switch back. I still might do it, but I'm trying to decide...

Anyone else know of a retailer or website with a good GS3 deal right now?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mysterio619:
guys today i gave my phone[under warranty] to service cebnter......they told that the board needs to be replaced so it will take 2 to 3 days.......now i am wondering whether they would replace an existing motherboard or new motherboard.........wat do u guys think??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun90:
will they would do so with which ever available at there end and only they can tell u the same ma8:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mysterio619:
i'm asking this because i'm not paying for the board since it is under warranty......so i am wondering whether under warranty service parts is replaced as new or old
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun90:
it should be replaced by a new one if the phone is still under warranty since thats the clause, any way u can always re-confirm the same with the SC people:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remorema:
wow, in my country to do the same thing they told me it will take 2 to 3 weeks. so consider yourself lucky ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mysterio619:
ufff thank god mine was under warranty when the phone bricked.........guess what samsung is charging 300$ for the s2 mainboard in my country.........from now on i am not going to flash any experimental builds or new firmware.....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mysterio619:
i hope they dont replace with the old board or that cheaper I9100G board
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun90:
well if they replace an old board which is of I9100 then its diff cult to say, but of they replace it with i9100g then u can check the same under systemsettings>about phone under Model number and see if its i9100g if so then u can tell them to replace it with i9100 rather
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jimbostrudel:
Hi all,

Attached is a CWM flashable zip containing the stock 3E recovery. Below is some background and a guide.

BACKGROUND

First post so please excuse any excusable noobness. Did my best to make sure there wasn't another like this for the I717.

I had a problem with my note and needed to return it. My flash counter was already well above 0, however, so I wanted to reset that first.

DISCLAIMER

I have tested this once. I see no reason why it shouldn't work more than once but YMMV. If this bricks your phone or your brain or you window, I am not responsible.

I believe this will probably work on more than AT&T I717 but I've never seen or touched the other phones so I don't know. This is not terribly complex and is only meant to be a convenience for the rest of the community when they're in a similar situation. My method was to take the TWRP zip, strip the TWRP recovery.img and replace it with the stock from the .tar, update the updater-script, and sign it. That's it.

GUIDE

First, flash stock in Odin. Your counter is now higher.

Next, flash CWM in Odin. Your counter is now even higher.

Next, flash the counter reset zip in CWM. Your counter is now a lie.

Now, flash the attached 3E recovery zip. Your phone now has stock recovery, system, and kernel and a counter that says 0.

Factory reset and exchange phone.

NOTE

The components used in the guide are what I had available at the time -- this is definitely not the only method, it's just pretty easy.

OFFLINE/BACKUP METHOD

Also, this procedure can be done from a stock nandroid backup as well if CWM is installed without needing a computer at all. Basically, restore backup in CWM, flash reset zip, then flash the recovery zip. Test the download counter before you remove CWM if you happen to be standing outside the AT&T store, though, and need to be sure it actually works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mtnichols04:
This is awesome, one question though, I cannot connect my phone via USB, My galaxy not is running 4.1.1 and I WANT TO restore to factory, but How can i flash back to stock recovery if not though odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kinghorsey:
Isn't there a problem in flashing cwn then 3e? Cwn is essentially root. Flashing the five file stock will not only wipe your flash counter but eliminate the need for further flashing for exchanges.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] simon2k10:
Thank you very much, this was very useful in order to bring the phone back to GB factory with 0 flash counter, and do a clean official ICS upgrade from there
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tigerknight:
I tried this method and ran into a couple problems:

1 - the odin I have (1.85) didn't want to recognize a zip file, so I unpacked it and made a tar file instead

2 - the tar file would crash odin, so I renamed it to be tar.md5

3 - Now it processes the file but failes because of a bad md5 hash - where do I verify my hash and set it?

<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid
<OSM> i717-stock-recovery.tar.md5 is invalid.
<OSM> End...

-edit-

I grabbed odin 3.07 and tried that too, no dice. same problems.

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What ended up working was ditching everything out of the zip (meta folder and etc), making a new simple tar file with the recovery.img only and flashing that. Sorry for the extra fuss, hopefully my folly will be helpful to some :]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rsfinsrq:
I think this 3e recovery is to be flashed from custom recovery (CWM, TWRP), not ODIN. The idea being restoring stock recovery without using ODIN or tripping the flash counter. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
Correct ...

The OP IS correct with the instructions...

The 3e recovery .zip is for flashing directly before the reset .zip....in CWM.....NOT ODIN...

This method works perfectly when the OP is followed...g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] texaswickedtoys:
I have an i717 and flashed stock tmo 4.0.4 and i got a notification for an update could i flash this recovery and get the ota update i got the notification for?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] stevessvt:
Why are there 2 TMo, ATT, VZW etc... developement forums?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Paging Dr B:
http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?f=1690
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] stevessvt:
Ahhhhhh...OK.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] igobloxxx:
I really despise the power button placement. The biggest issue is when sliding the keyboard out. I hit the button and lock the screen.

Anyway to disable this in registry or anything?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pradeep7986:
I installed XDA App.

It gets closed on pressing the back button. Also, when I reply to any thread, it gets crashed.

I am currently on CM9 nightly build ROM. ICS 4.0.4
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dave the Knave:
Are you tapping it, or holding it? You might have a setting checked for "Hold back to quit". That's all I can think of.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pradeep7986:
No, just clicking on the back button once.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wwcjr91:
Same thing still happens to me. Say if I go into a thread, and then want to go back to where I started, it seems like it will kill the application if it's more than two back. And no, it's not the "long press back kills app" function. Maybe there's a better easy to navigate than pushing back that I haven't discovered.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theaudioguy:
It happens to me too but in many different apps. It seems like it's am android thing. Even then I go to messaging, it'll open in my last message and then I hit back to view all messages and it closes.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leezrd:
There is a button in top left for back in messages that is why it exits out
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theaudioguy:
Yeah I know. But I usually don't remember it until I press the back capacitive button.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] papul:
Hi,

I have unlocked bootloader with ICS update installed. I want root access. I have read about one way to root phone. It involves downgrading to GB ftf. I don't want to do it. Is there any other way I can root my phone?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] juabhi:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1695514

See this tutorial it worked for me,,,
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] papul:
Read my post first. I said that I DO NOT want to flash gingerbread ftf. I want to know if there is a way to root my phone without doing that.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] xDeST:
try this prerooted kernel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ManthanRB:
Its easy bro you do not need to downgrade as your phones bootloader is unlocked:o

just flash the custom kernel with flashtool almost all custom kernel are per rooted:laugh:

Search for flashtool and custom kernel compatible with stock ICS

I suggest you Extended stock kernel it great.:good:

You can search in development section:D