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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jugger naut:
Verizon is indeed blocking reviews, beyond shady it is illegal I'm not sure how their legal department is weaseling there way around that one.

The first link to Amazon review has been buried by Amazon (I'm sure Verizon had something to do with this as well) if you search Samsung galaxy s3.....no matter how you spell it or what combo of words you use it will not display this product (it has one star and six reviews) Amazon pulled the old switcheroo and then buried the bad reviews so they don't show up in a search!!!!!!???? That may be legal but it is definitely shady.

There is another phone exact color memory size ect that comes up first on a search (I have since switched it out in my original post so all reviews will be directed to the new phone listing) we should rate that one. We are certainly pissing them off that was only 6 reviews if everyone who read this got off their ass and posted a review it would be priceless!

Here is the link

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/B008HTJLF6/o=Create?ref_=cm_cr_aw_redirect

The Verizon totally blocking reviews has me scratching my head that should be brought to light in a XDA article I would love to here their feeble excuse if they reply at all.

Pour it on guys if we the community were only half as tenacious as our excellent Devs we would drive Verizon execs batty. The dodging and shady doings just go to show how underhanded they are as well as the fact that we are getting to them and as I said before this should be brought to light by the media...anyone have connections?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnilsson:
I don't see how they could block a review. You pay for there service and paid for the phone which gives you a option to write a review. Im going to ask for my money back I'm not getting the full shabang.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jugger naut:
Post a review on the Amazon link, you can make a difference, I'm sorry to see you go best wishes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnilsson:
I won't leave just threaten. I love my s3 and I love Verizon service.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Beemer533:
Out of curiousity, what apps are you trying to install or are refering to specifically? I haven't run into this issue yet (that I know of) other than Google Wallet.

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
Nice job guys. I just left a one star review too.

Good bye HTC Rezound, hello Galaxy S3!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jugger naut:
The reveiws are for the non techies who wouldn't know ASOP from CM10 an App from a ROM. Simply dumbing it up I'm not trying to get across to to power users they already know Verizon is a jerk. trying to get accross to the average user they are the majority. I touched on it in an earlier post on this thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sentient By Proxy:
Not to be condescending, or anything but this idea is ridiculous. They can just delete the reviews... They aren't forced to uphold free speech on their website. Anyways, I'm going to just follow the root methods that bypass the locked bootloader. I love the phone and enjoy the amount of service I get. If they do it again with the next phone I buy, I will evaluate their service a. Do if I feel the need, I will switch carriers. Plus there's no point in trying to be a vocal minority. If our business is worth it that much, another carrier will take advantage of their folley, and they will be forced to make reparations if they want our service back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jugger naut:
You are a new member with only one post and this subject is what you choose to post .....how long have you been working for Verizon Lol

Some choose to be victims some choose to fight who is who to say what is right.

P.S. Post on the amazon link this will be seen by a lot more people and they will post it unlike Verizon ...bunch of jerks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] adoublearonn:
The Best Buy website wants some of our reviews too
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sentient By Proxy:
I chuckled. I registered my account yesterday but the confirmation email never came. I recently it this morning and I needed a thread to test if I could post.

If I were in Verizon shoes, I would make reparations to those who had bought the phone and did not know the bootloader wS locked. I'm sure that in the contract they are allowed to lock the bootloader. It's childish to attack their website because you didn't read it and found that it was locked.

When my year and a half contract is up, I will make sure that I know if it's locked or not.

Like I said, there are workarounds. I prefer them as a carrier and don't wish to change phones.

We can only hope that Verizon recognized its mistake and at least offers a way to unlock it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] niv3d:
http://wireless.amazon.com/Samsung-...=INDIVIDUAL_NEW&sr=1-4-entd&qid=1343862178128

Uhh?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
everyone needs to vote the negatives must-helpful so there seen first
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jugger naut:
Don't mind me I'm retarded....also sorry if anyone who is retarded is offended by being compared to me :laugh:

try this link I'll change it in the other posts

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/B008HTJLF6/o=Create?ref_=cm_cr_aw_redirect

Let me know if this link works...thanks guys
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
i cant tell if you were try to be helpful :confused:

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jugger naut:
Thought he was alluding to it being a dead link? Well anyway the new one takes you directly to Amazon login and as soon as soon as you login it should send you directly to the Verizon Galaxy S3 review page just fill in the blanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jaben2:
Anyone else notice that on that link for amazon. It states that it is compatible with Google Wallet. I thought Verizon was still blocking that. I am not on a stock rom right now but I know that the one I am on, doesn't allow it without sideloading. Just figured another thing to mention in reviews beings the ad is misleading.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
yea no wallet for verizon, i mentioned it in my review cause thats something the gen user will understand " Verizon blocks apps"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] antawnm26:
How do you file an FCC complaint about the locked bootloader?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zombieplanalpha:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/it-is-illegal-for-verizon-to-lock-some-bootloaders/

Read this to be sure you know what to say and don't be rude or immature, also note that Verizon has a semi- valid defense to this but I am sure they will get tired of the FCC eventually. These tactics worked when Verizon tried to restrict marker from showing tether programs also.

Sent from my Verizon S3 with locked bootloader but I would love to change my signature.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TechSavvy2:
Now Verizon can look at all the bad reviews and say "worst rated device, yet STILL the top selling device on our network. Well, I guess we'll just keep on keepin' on...."

Plus this could also be counter productive. Bad reviews leads to less sales by your standards. Less sales leads to smaller community, which leads to way less development.......hmmm......

And I sometimes wonder if later on when bootloader has been cracked, if anyone's even gonna give two sh*ts at that point that it came locked to begin with.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jkat797:
I dont know if this has been tried but maybe we can get the whole sgs3 community to tweet at verizon saying something like "Learn from other carries. its our device and we want the boot loader unlocked. unlock our boot loader or I'm not buying the phone"(even though you already have the phone) or something like that. we did this with the transformer prime and got Asus to unlock it for us. I mean, its just a thought!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
big failure, Apathy Breeds Tyranny

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1799090
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TechSavvy2:
You really think that's why our TPrimes got unlocked? Or should I say "unlocked"? Lol.....guess again.......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jugger naut:
No company wants bad press reguardless of sales.

When the bootloader is cracked thanks to our awesome devs I will still care because the next phone I get to keep my unlimited data will most likely be locked or unlocked and dated. History has been known to repeat itself

Some choose to be victims some choose to fight who is who to say what is right.*

Just my two cents if you don't agree with the one star revolt there are plenty of other avenues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
Well Said! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDiabolicaL1:
I've got my fingers crossed for the cracking of the boot-loader but my hopes aren't high.

I'm subscribed to that thread. It's been quiet lately. People are busy in real life and steam has been lost but the heavy hitters in there are strangely absent. I hope they're polishing up the program they're creating to crack this mother****er, but the cynical side of me insists steam has been lost. I am from the DroidX-X2 camp though. Guess I showed Verizon the other cheek.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jugger naut:
Pull down your pants and show Verizon both your cheeks :p

I wish I could help with the dev work but all I'm good at is locking up phones. From what I have read it is no small feat.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDiabolicaL1:
I'm with you- those guys in there are brilliant on a whole other level. I can barely wrap my brain around what they're doing. Sounds forensic almost. I hope they're being paid well for their knowledge. I sure would love to see them crack it so we can give VZW the finger.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AlexDeGruven:
Umm... They're both telling you the same thing?

What Eric is telling you is that you could burn the August 18th upgrade on the other line and transfer the phone to your line. But, when your current date is ready and you want to upgrade his phone, you'll have to burn your upgrade, pushing you to a tiered/shared plan.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] beeholtz:
well damn. it sucks either way because id have to go to tiered and i will have a locked bootloader haha. i will still probably get the phone despite all of its issues and just root it. ive had issues with my thunderbolt from day 1 and i ended up jsut rooting it to take care of 99% of them
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AlexDeGruven:
Just buy it 'retail'. Just don't buy it direct from the store.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
so how did that have anything to do with bootloader
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GSBJackson:
Burning entire villages in locked churches helped turn the tide as well !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cshort0982:
IF YOU WANT ANYTHING ADDED JUST PM ME AND I WILL ADD IT AND GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. THANKS!

This will remove that annoying little Wifi Reminder. I have tested this on my phone with 0 issues.

•You will need root

•You will a SQLite editor

1.Open Settings Storage > db > secure

2.Search for “wifi_networks_available_notification_on” (different providers will be different line numbers)

3.Edit that record to read a value of 0 < (that's a ZERO)

4.Reboot your phone

How to remove WIFI Popup Notification:

Open anycut.

Click 'new shortcut'

Click 'activity'

Click 'HiddenMenuWifiOffload'

use new home screen shortcut to turn it off

Thanks to tillithz
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tprouty:
for some reason this did not work for me...

I am testing a kernel so that could be the cause. my phone booted kinda wired restarted like 3 times. one of those into the recovery.

after it came back up i went into the market and i got that dumb notice that wifi is available.

so I checked the settings, and it still said 0...

but again i think is cause of the custom kernel so that this with a grain of salt.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xgunther:
Only the "Any Cut" shortcut workaround works for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] M4gicM@:
You may want to add a link to the free SQLite Editor here http://code.google.com/p/xdroidx/downloads/detail?name=SQLite Editor-9.apk

Also Update your post to say this only takes care of the notification not the WiFi pop-up. To eliminate the WiFi pop-up when opening apps you need to use any cut or similar to create a link to " hiddenmenuwifioffloading" and then disable it.

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That is because that eliminates the pop-up!

The op is talking about the constant notification under "ongoing" in the notification pull down. They are two separate things and require two method to eliminate.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dmbatson:
Thanks mate, was driving me bonkers having that pop up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SCato:
thank you so much!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ExodusC:
I'm not sure if this belongs in Development or in Q&A, but regardless, this tutorial needs to be somewhere, as everyone asks about this constantly.

Also, OP, I would suggest updating your post to have the methods of removing both the ongoing notification and the pop-up, so we can help people get rid of Verizon's nonsense.

I'm all for responsible use of data, but spamming us with a pop-up on every app launch is not the way to handle things.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SCato:
Can we get a walk through on how to disable the popup notification? the anycut method
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ExodusC:
In your launcher, add a shortcut via the standard long-press method. For the shortcut's target, select Any Cut.

From here you will have four options. Select "Activity". From here, scroll down to the "H" area (they're alphabetized) until you find a value called "HiddenMenuWifiOffload" and select it.

Then, open your new shortcut from your launcher. Select "Disable" and press "Okay" at the bottom, then you can use Back or Home to exit out.

You may need to restart for this to take effect (not sure), but this should disable the pop-up when launching apps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
Open anycut.

Click 'new shortcut'

Click 'activity'

Click 'HiddenMenuWifiOffload'

use new home screen shortcut to turn it off
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Also, anycut is no longer available in the play store. I've attached the apk for anyone who needs it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SCato:
Thanks guys!

anything else I can hack on this thing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ExodusC:
The ongoing notification when you have a headset attached can be disabled as well, by freezing the ContextAware application. I froze mine with Titanium Backup, but it's possible you could do it with the stock ICS method.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] minmongoblin:
Thanks for the fixes guys!

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SCato:
How about removing the keyboard notification when you are typing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ExodusC:
That one I am not sure on.

I actually like that one being there, as if I have a need to switch input methods, I can do it very easily with it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mikejr83:
Ya, that may not be the best idea. AFAIK that is the way in the stock ROM to switch input methods. After I did a factory reset I tried the press and hold on a textbox to get the input selection popup to show and it never would. I figured out whenever I had a cursor in the textbox and the keyboard open that clicking that icon is the same thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lowg:
Just wanted to report that this does not work unfortunately. I disabled the option via the activity above and restarted, and still get the Wifi notification.

Looks like you really need root for this, and need to update the field in the db per OP.

Edit: sorry just reread and this for pop up not notification sorry for the confusion
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stam2000:
Anyway to kill off the GPS crosshairs? Unless GPS is enabled?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdubau55:
I thought that was the NFC icon?

Also I was hoping this was a real hack. My understanding is that these just disable the popups. What I hate to think about is that there's processes being used to scan for wifi even when wifi is turned "off". Wifi isn't turned off is the phone pops up telling you wifi is close. This uses battery. No Verizon I don't want to use wifi. I want to use my unlimited data plan you keep f*****g me in the ass to keep. That's the only reason I let you f**k my ass.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] swordphsh:
Not sure if this is related, but in the "system" table in the SQLite editor, there's something called wifi_offload_monitor which was set to 0 after I changed the first option.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mikejr83:
Slightly off topic, once I've removed the nag from the modifications dropdown is there a way to add Wi-Fi on/off to the top goggles? Ideally I would like to have that toggle right next to Bluetooth.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skiddingus:
That would be awesome. I followed the directions from the OP and it worked like a charm. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ilkevinli:
I used anycut and I still get the popup. Not all the time but I do still have it pop-up sometimes. Just an FYI.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ylexot:
+1 right now I just have a toggle widget on my home screen.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joebob296:
Once I use AnyCut to disable the stupid notification can AnyCUt be removed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BungeBash:
I came across this SQlite edit that could disable the pop up on another thread.

"As for using SQLite to turn off the popup, looks like it may be under the record wifi_use_intelligent_mode (#1333 under system on mine). Changing it to 0 seems to disable the popup. Anycut is still an option for non-rooted users though. "

I'm going to test my phone now with that edit and see what happens.

Edit: Not seeing this option on my Verizon phone. Perhaps it is on other devices?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josegt:
you are the man!!! that was pissing me off!!! LMAO
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Yes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] preusstang:
Please. Its annoying the hell out of me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BungeBash:
UAttempt to solve WIFI POPUP PROMPT:

Open an app that will cause prompt to appear. In my case I kill the web browser and reopen it. Then select always use WiFi (unsure of exact phrasing).

Now go to SQLite Editor and go to settings storage - storage.db - services. All the way at the bottom should view appear "wifi_connect_seemlessly" change value from 1 to 0 and reboot. No more popup?

Edit: stopped working after a couple reboots

Edit 2:

Looking at the any cut method it appears it just adds 2 lines under services. One is set to 0 for wifi_use_intelligent_mode. The other is wifi_offload_monitoring and it is set to one. It appears you could just create these, though the any cut method is easier and then can be uninstalled once ran once.

I would think we could just share the shortcut rather than the link to any cut. Also I think we could add an extra line to fix both issues at once. Anyone able to confirm or deny
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hypnosis4U2NV:
Would also love to see a way to remove the e911 icon on the taskbar..

Sent from my Commodore 64..

READY.

load"*", 8,1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tillithz:
Wow so many posts in on day. I posted this a week ago in general section, never thought so many people missed this how to
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] burkett375:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1759529
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hypnosis4U2NV:
Yea, but it still causes it to take up blank space on the taskbar.. Thanks for the heads up though..

Sent from my Commodore 64..

READY.

load"*", 8,1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kls629:
i do not have wifi_offload_monitoring in my setting.db\system

line 389 shows wifi_offload_network_notify value 0, but i never changed that and already have wifi_networks_available_notification_on valued at 0

but i now seem to be getting the wifi notification, any help?

edit: went back into wi-fi settings and

checked

notify me. went back into sql editor and found wifi_offload_network_notify value at 1, changed back to 0 and now seems the pop up is gone, might be a fix to some people's problem...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lamontqsanford:
Easier solution?

I seem to have gotten rid of mine by going to Settings, Wi-Fi, and unchecking the "Notify me" option. Wi-Fi must be turned on to see this selection. Since I've toggled it, I haven't seen any pop-ups.

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Never Mind, I think I just got the pop-up the OP was referring to, I thought it was the pop-up that showed available networks, but you guys must be referring to the one that asks you to turn on Wi-Fi even when it's manually turned off.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcurley:
Kinda of on the same topic, go to SQL>settings storage>setting db>system #100 date format.....this controls the date in your notification pull down.

I cannot believe it was day/month/year, So I changed it to the standard, MM/dd/yyyy then reboot. All fixed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] griffis:
Credit where due

Yes you did and so did lots of others .... But the author of this thread wants the credit! Stroking egos.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wiz561:
I've rooted the phone, changed the 'wifi_networks_available_notification_on' to 0 (zero), changed the 'wifi_offload_network_notify' to 0, and I'm still getting this damn pop up. Just to be sure, it's the one that says "Known Wi-Fi network available. Connect?".

I've also attempted to uncheck the wifi notification in the settings, but it's still coming with the popup. From what it sounds, I shouldn't have to install the anyconnect app for a rooted phone....right?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tillithz:
anycut is what I found to work. I did this before touching sqlite or anything else. just did a little poking around. When anycut method worked on others phones I posted it here. Suggestion: if it works, use what works.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ylexot:
The original post is about the ongoing notification about Wi-Fi. The pop up is a different issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kls629:
my method did not work, still getting the stupid "known wi-fi network notification"....

also i am not able to find wifi_offload_monitoring under settings storage > settings.db > system, any help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tillithz:
use anycut
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jlokos:
Thanks; I used Any Cut and it worked like a charm.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wiz561:
I used anycut and I think that did the trick. Like many people have already mentioned, it would be nice to turn this 'feature' off instead of suppressing the messages. I'm starting to get annoyed with verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
For those who wanted a WiFi toggle in the Notification drawer! Confirmed working on VZW. Its a flashable zip.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1775235
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] idelgado782:
Thank for noticing and sharing the fix. I updated that line and it shows the date as it should now.

I successfully removed the prompt from the notification bar, disabled the pop up using any cut, and also installed the mod to have WiFi toggle placed in the notification pull down. Loving this phone more and more as hacks and tweaks come out!

Sent from sexy a** Galaxy S III
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] preusstang:
no need to download anycut

hey guys,

to those who wish to remove the wifi popup, NO NEED TO DOWNLOAD ANYCUT!

simply open the dialer and enter the following code:

*#6335623#

this will open "HiddenMenuWifiOffload" menu.

select "Disable WifiOffloading"

press OK

DONE! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tillithz:
that works too (at least if your rooted) has this been tried on stock non rooted?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] preusstang:
you don't need to be rooted to enter service codes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cortland1998:
Is this carrier specific? I tried this on my Verizon phone and no menu came up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XRSTOY1:
I got the menu and switched it off, but I'm not able to try it out till I get home this evening..