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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Neverendingxsin:
Well then you have to shell out a little more, sadly thats the truth.

:(

Believe me i wish verizon had just unlocked these from the get go or would just allow us to unlock them and change our warranty. But unless the dev's crack the bootloader this will be the only option for long term roms and modding on this phone because there's only so much you can do with a locked bootloader.

Myself, since i had to buy the phone off contract anyways this is easy for me, well the decision to wait is easy but waiting itself won't be since ive waited long enough for verizon to release the damn thing. So if samsung releases this soon (within a month) then ill get it otherwise im not waiting until the end of the year.

But please people give samsung a break, at least they are trying to fix the problem, if verizon doesn't want to sell you an unlocked phone and deal with people breaking it and then claiming "it just stopped working" then thats there choice. This way you can get an unlocked phone and samsung can deal with the "it just stopped working" claims. Its not the best solution, but at least we have a choice.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nosympathy:
Love having a 60 day return at best buy per rewardzone silver as I can wait and see how things unfold 60 days from tomorrow and if it goes nowhere return and do something else.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] megaphreak:
dropbox?

Will the Dropbox 50gb apply to this "dev" edition? That would be pretty sweet. :laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
It would but I doubt that will carry over in this instance too.

There sure is a lot of backlash about this news. I wonder if this could put pressure on Samsung to release a bootloader unlock tool.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
So how does one lose $250 by selling a phone worth $600 and using it to buy a $600 unlocked version?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] demarcmj:
Because you won't get $600 for the used one
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mean Bro Greene:
You're missing a couple key points here. The device from Verizon costs money. $250 to be exact. Let me break this down for you.

250+600 for the developer version=850

Now 850 is the total investment

850-600(overestimated eBay value)=$250 LOSS
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mean Bro Greene:
Accidental double post
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] androholic:
Man, I really feel for you guys, no BS:-(. It seems your best bet isn't necessarily the the developer edition, but rather selling your GS3, and then use the $500 to pay an early termination fee & find a new carrier. I know Verizon has the best coverage area, but once your on gsm where you can swap phones whenever you like, own unlocked international devices, and you get a smaller bill every month, you'll probably be much happier. Do some research on what type of service Tmo or Att get in your areas. I personally rarely travel besides a vacation here and there, and I'm fortunate enough that Tmo gets excellent coverage and great data speeds all over my area,. This may not be the case for all of you, but perhaps Att is the best alternative for some of you? Verizon has been doing this for a long time & I don't see them changing things, so if your someone who's really into development then this might be your best option. On the other hand, if your someone who can live without flashing roms, and your more interested in the largest spectrum then vzw is & their and their policies are something you'll just have to deal with unfortunately :-(.

Another thing to consider is how much development the developer version will actually get? I would guess that it probably won't have as much as all of the other US variants. I may be wrong and there may be some very hard working devs that get this version and make some nice roms, and also do a lot of porting, but for the die hard flash-a-holic the safer side of the street might be on another carrier. The best part about gsm for myself is the ability to use unlocked devices and being able to use any one of my phones at any given time with a swap of my sim.

I really hope all of you find an alternative that'll work for you, and that your not stuck for two years because of the misleading marketing pressure that Verizon pulled on alot of you when they seemingly "threatened" your grandfathered data if you did not pre order :-(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] demarcmj:
It's only $250 loss in the sense that you would otherwise be expecting to get this for free. When we say how much you're going to "lose," we're not talking about how much you originally bought your phone for. We're talking about how much will be lost when trying to sell it to buy the dev edition. If you could sell your device for the exact amount that they're charging at Samsung for the dev edition, then you're not "losing" any money... It's an even exchange.

If someone bought their locked one at full price, and then was able to perform this even exchange, you wouldn't say they "lost" $600 in the deal... that's just how much they paid for the phone.

The $250 loss people are talking about is saying that, regardless of however much you paid for the first phone, you're going to end up spending about $250 more on the new one. The reason is that (a) you're not going to get the full $600 when you sell your phone and (b) you'll probably have to pay tax on the new phone.

It may not end up being $250, that's just a number someone threw out there. But it definitely wont be an even exchange.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mean Bro Greene:
Point taken. Its still impossible to break even, however. Devices are on eBay now for less than $500. Sigh.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] macdroid01:
No no no people don't return it for a developer phone!!! We will all be left out to dry with the consumer S III. Just as I feared. God i hate Verizon. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] demarcmj:
Yea, nobody is going to be able to break even on this exchange unless they somehow manage to find a sucker who's willing to pay way more than they should for their phone.

If the phone is used, you're not getting $600 for it.

If the phone is new and opened, you'll obviously get more than used, but you won't get full price.

If the phone is new and unopened... just return it to the store, don't try to sell it online. Nobody is going to pay full price for a phone from some random when they could get it from the official source for the same price and have warranty support.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bukithd:
I just hope that 85% or more of the VZW sgsIII owners won't decide to do anything dev wise since they'll have locked versions. That really hurt the rezound until the htcdev tool got released and s-off was figured out. It seems like I will wait till the dev edition comes out and buy it outright and hold onto my upgrade. Maybe a new nexus will come out at the end of the year and I can have an SIII and a new Nexus. Nerdgasm ahoy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chakra:
right, but who says that verizon will get the next nexus? I think its a bit doubtful.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
So I actually did some looking and you can easily get around $600 for the phone we have. So there isn't a $250 loss. You get your $250 back out of it when you sell it. At the end of the day you get nearly $600 for something you paid $250 for so the dev phone would cost little to nothing out of pocket.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chakra:
OK but how long do we have to wait for the devoleprs edition? and I hope it comes in blue 32 gig.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eL_777:
Sold my new but opened one (16gb) on eBay for right below $600.. I might be out $50 due to taxes and whatnot after getting the dev phone. Question now is... when will we see this thing available???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
Especially right now while availability is still low.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Old MuckenMire:
Yeah I've got $600 bucks burning a hole, Samsung needs to get on the ball and make this dev version available asap.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chakra:
watch it be three months or something
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eL_777:
They at least need to give us some idea cuz it's driving me crazy. I miss the one I sold so much already. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mean Bro Greene:
Prices will go down soon as more people get the device. Availability isn't what I would call low. Picked up 2 at Verizon this morning, they had 6 of each color/size on hand and I live in a pretty small town
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mad96:
Verizon will make this very simple if they push the ota I've be hearing about to kill root access. All or nothing apparently.

M.yA.nD.droidS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
What are you talking about? Keep your subsidized phone, sell on eBay or similar site, buy developer edition. You will not lose your unlimited for activating phones you own
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Neverendingxsin:
If there going to announce something like this it would be nice to give a date that it'll be available
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mad96:
This is what I'm talking about for all the people that don't want to or just can't afford the option of buying the dev version. I myself would get it but the possibility of using the stock image off the dev version to flash to ours is a real possibility as this link will provide info in more depth. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1757169

M.yA.nD.droidS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
When I posted that the phone was not yet released and nobody I have met even knew it was coming out, but those that did know and we're missing out on keeping UNL data because their upgrade date would be more than glad to pay $600 for a new GSIII
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
And now they're unlocking it. What an annoying turn of events.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
It's all good. Either way.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vinuneuro:
delete
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jaxboomstick:
I'm trying to determine what the developer community is going to do relating to the GSIII. My goal is to be running a Jelly Bean rom on the GSIII, but with the locked bootloader, I suspect I'll have to wait a year for that to happen because Verizon updates are so slow.. So with 7 days left before I cannot return my GSIII to Verizon, I'm trying to make the decision whether to purchase the GSIII developer edition or stick with the Verizon GSIII.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlueCross:
You can install custom ROMs on the locked phone. It's just not the standard way we're used to doing it.

Sent from my GS III on 4G LTE
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcbjoe:
Even though this is a old thread i just had a question ..

Did they ever release the dev sgs3 ? if so can you guys find code or find something to help unlock the boot loader for everyone else without a dev edition i.e. us that are on NC1 ML1 NE1

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
yes it was released but chances are the newer firmware never made it to the developer phone or at the very least the bootloader was never updated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] old&slow:
Yeah, I've got a S4 Dev Edition and it hasn't received a single update so I can almost guarantee that the S3 didn't.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcbjoe:
So what that means is that Dev versions of anything just don't have updates .. they probably purposely when they get shipped don't have the SDM.apk or the update in them

Thanks everyone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] old&slow:
Actually they do still have all of the required apks needed for updates but vzw doesn't recognize it as an updatable device. That's by means of kies or ota. It's like the imei is blacklisted for updates but not for use on their network.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RyanThaDude:
Why would you want to update it with the VZW OTA files anyways? Wouldn't that lock, or worse yet, brick the phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] old&slow:
Trust me, I'm not complaining. I'm just pissed that samsung doesn't offer any means of upgrading to the next os. I mean, they'll sell you a phone today with the most current os. Least they could do is provide a tar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RyanThaDude:
You do have a point there, that Samsung should offer updates for these phones. It can't be all that difficult to provide updates, even manual, since they do it already prior to sending the files to VZW to, um, "upgrade", then push to devices.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] astonmartin214:
YES if you want the S3 Dev Edition here you go

$650

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SCH-I535MBCVZW

Carriers don't carry dev edition handsets
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stryke_the_Orc:
Cleaned, let's keep this on topic and friendly.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] stven:
Just want to share a good thread on http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1665742. I have been using it on AOKP and Teamhacksung ICS ROM. You can flash it to init.d with cwm or you can run the script with your favorite script manager. I use gscript lite and usually run it before i want to restore app and data from Titanium Backup and run it again after all app and data has been restore. The script only move libs dir to /data partition and left the other on /datadata partition.

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] scarfman4:
Which do you use for THS or AOKP? The Data or SData version?
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] sendan:
Use SData if you use Glitch, Skunkworks, or Devil kernel.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] stven:
I use data fix script from that thread because its improvement from sdata script that has been included on ths and aokp. Its doesn't matter what rom are you using as long as its use mtd file system. Cmiiw

Dont forget to check the symlink setting on Titanium Backup if you dont want invalid backup file

Sent from my SCH-I500
[G2 and Desire Z General] rbryant1983:
I have a g2 that spent most of its life in a case. its has some minor scratches to the bezel and has always had a screen protector on it.

The ribbon was replaced on it. But it has never been rooted, or had the bootloader unlocked. it was my backup device.

I was curious what I should list it at price wise.

Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z General] matijaerceg:
150ish, maybe
[G2 and Desire Z General] austriker27:
Just got mine for 110 (shipped) and I'd say its in a little better condition than yours. Check ebay for completed sales too
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bilalakhtar:
It's official. The GSM Galaxy Nexus Jelly Bean FINAL OTA has officially started rolling out. Final release, folks! We ain't talkin' previews here.

Build version number seems to be JRO03C, rollouts for takju and yakju on maguro devices have been confirmed, no other concrete info yet on any other builds/versions.

Changes? Seems to be pretty much the same as JRN84D, probably with stability fixes, etc. But when comparing with ICS, there are many new features obviously.

OTA update links:

takju 4.1 JRN84D to final 4.1.1 (JRO03C) : Download official ZIP (thanks CocoCopernicus and mbirth!)

takju 4.0.4 IMM76I to final 4.1.1 (JRO03C) : Download official ZIP (thanks a lot lostinbeta!)

Yakju 4.0.4 IMM76I to 4.1.1 final JRO03C: Download official ZIP (Thanks a lot jellymelly)

Instructions on how to flash the update links, are on Efrant's thread here. Note that you need to be on 100% stock to be able to flash the zips. That means, your radio, bootloader, kernel, boot, system, etc should be completely stock. Rooting is fine though, the update should flash fine on rooted devices but you might have to restore root later on.

Update: Search functionality is NOT being removed with this update, as per this quote from The Verge's post:

Sources: Official Post on Google+, The Verge, Android Central
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] IINexusII:
damn i was about to post this too :P

Official news source from Google+

https://plus.google.com/112773496741623034196/posts/QLETQNekJ6D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrBigFeathers:
I really wish the VZW Nexus I bought was the Nexus I thought I was getting.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Memnoch30:
I just posted it as well! Argh let me see if I can delete mine since I didn't include a link.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bilalakhtar:
Wow, that was quick. You posted exactly a minute after I did (my post went live at 7:18 ET, yours 7:19 ET). Either way, it's great news!

"Check Now" button spamming has started.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] badersama:
Great news!, Ill be rolling back to stock then so I can get the OTA.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Why? ... expect a stock image for 4.1.1 to be available soon.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] X-Ter:
What was that trick you could use to update to 4.0.4? It had something to do with clearing data somewhere. Will that still work?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aldo37:
It was clearing the data for the Google Services Framework app.

I just did it and did not get the update when I hit Check Now. I guess there is a line or something.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coldrazor:
Yeah, i can`t wait lol! im pressed check now button like a crazy man
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Stephen289:
Is this the 8.5mb OTA from Jellybean? 4.1.1?

I can't flash yet because I'm still on CWM
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mrcojocaru:
lol me too. YAY!

I am excite
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hwaiting:
D'ah, get us a link! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PlanetRaptoR:
Any chance you could put out the OTA URL for the 4.1 -> 4.1.1 OTA?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] El Daddy:
Yep. Get the link.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] badersama:
coz then ill have to wipe, Going from cooked 4.0.4 to stock without a wipe works for me sometimes xD, then ill take it from there to 4.1.1, or atleast that's my plan.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Stephen289:
How would I do that kind sir?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Run alogcat before you install, and look for a file name ending in .zip.

Or, install it, root, and then open the log files in /cache in a text editor and look in there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hwaiting:
I was just about to say someone page efrant! LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eviloar:
No link, but here's the .zip for the OTA from the I/O build.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6157483/update.zip
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ismar23:
i'm using Franco kernel, rooted and 4.1 I/O, so i need return the stock rom 4.0.4 for receive the jelly bean official update?

Thanks for all!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Snoemannen:
Yeah that's true, just answered what you had to do if you wanted to use the stock recovery for the update and was going to edit but then didnt since people had posted about using cwm earlier in the thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] angelossssss:
thx dude. after the extraction i just have to install the apk manually and everything will be set?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matt08642:
I believe there are new radios, yes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
From 4.1? No, its the same radio. From 4.0.4, yes you'll get the XXLF1 radio.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwerp_:
radio stays at XXLF1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xyzulu:
I'm wondering.. the JB 4.1 that some of us have installed doesn't appear to contain a recovery image. Perhaps that means we actually need to have the 4.0.4 factory image recovery installed...

Someone agree with my thinking?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 2xbass:
I had 4.1 which I originally installed using this method. I then also had installed CWM recovery via ROM manager. I then simply installed the OTA above using CWM and it works great. One thing I immediately notice is that in Google Now, then option to say "Google" to initiate voice search is now gone. Seems to me that must be something to do with addressing the patent issue.

One thing I am not clear about is how to tell if I'm actually setup to receive OTA updates. The reason i am not sure is that in ROM Manager it says my ROM is not setup to receive OTA updates.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Either stock 4.0.4 or stock 4.1.

---------- Post added at 06:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:21 PM ----------

Well you've changed a setting, because I can say "Google" and wake it up just fine.

You have to be 100% stock system files, radio, and recovery to receive and auto-install an OTA.

---------- Post added at 06:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:23 PM ----------

Not sure what you mean. If you completely installed the 4.1 image, you had a recovery. I know because I booted into it to then boot CWM and flash this update.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NeoMagus:
I have noticed on the JRN84D build toggling "Accessibility" (I have to do this to get light flow working if it bugs out) or switching my keyboard from stock Android to Swype will kill hotword detection in Now. Switching back to the stock keyboard & rebooting afterword brings it back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 2xbass:
I applied the 4.1 to 4.11 OTA posted earlier in the thread and the option to say "Google" is now gone from Google Now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwerp_:
i still have mine.

make sure you have it selected under settings?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theearthisflat:
did the google framework clear data / force close trick a few times. now updating via OTA

am on stock non rooted stock recovery unlocked bootloader 4.0.4 takju
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xyzulu:
Well.. I flashed the JB 4.1 firmware again.. then I was able to install 4.1.1 OTA update from CWM. Now I've lost permanent CWM.. but that is how it should be.. all good.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cyberguycpt:
I'm new to The galaxy Nexus so I'm wondering if I will be able to get the update. View attachment 1190280
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oldblue910:
You will but it's going to fail because you're running the wrong radio. You need to be running I9250XXLA2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
I still have the option. They didn't remove it.

That's the point. Unless you modify it, the update is going to re-write the stock recovery. You can flash CWM again if you want to root.

If you're takju/yakju and have a stock recovery and system, then yes you'll receive the OTA.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kent_Davis:
Link?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s0ulstdb:
here on takju 4.0.4 IMM76I no OTA yet...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kent_Davis:
Yes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozzykid:
Did you get the url?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] inspiron41:
Updated from 4.1 to 4.1.1 on Yakju built using fast boot method. Easy as pie!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zengster6474:
Wait so right now only takju devices are getting the OTA, and not yakju?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joseg3340:
I am stock non-rooted with that radio. But to still haven't got the update
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Uploading now. Jeez, Dev-Host is slow...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozzykid:
And? It is rolling out. Not everyone is authorized at once. You can clear the Google Services Framework if you want to try to speed up the process. But it could take weeks unless you manually update.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 8BitVoxel:
reflash jb-takju.zip the flash the ota update

I'll sum it up for anyone having the reported issue of a failed update etc, as did I

[NOTE THIS IS FOR USERS ON JB4.1]

Go get the original jb-takju.zip if you don't have it, from just a few pages back.

Get the OTA update from the beginning of the thread. Put them on your device.

Boot to CWM recovery eg. (fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.0.2-maguro.img)

Clear cache and Davlik , DON'T factory reset.

Install jb-takju.zip from sdcard

Install the OTA update from sdcard

install SuperSU from sdcard

reboot

You'll have working 100% stock plus root JB 4.1.1 - JRO03C
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bilalakhtar:
Same for yakju 4.0.4 IMM76I. I guess we'll have to wait till tomorrow at the earliest. Let's hope JBQ uploads factory images tomorrow too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bioyuki:
takju 4.0.4 IMM76I...tried clearing Google Services Framework a few times, still no OTA
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lostinbeta:
Just got the update, this was the URL in my logcat... is this correct?

http://android.clients.google.com/p....signed-takju-JRO03C-from-IMM76I.5c416e9c.zip
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pupsin:
My system info is attached. I am rooted. Will I be able to get the OTA? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xyzulu:
Winner!

The 4.0.4 people will love you :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oldblue910:
THANK YOU!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joseg3340:
How can you tell if your on takju or yakju