yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Thunderbolt General] itznfb:
There are various reasons why they let you keep your plan. How many years you've been with them, if you have other services through them and so on.

Also, most people aren't aware of this but many companies have an employee discount code with various companies. My entire family and most of my friends work for companies who offer Verizon Individual discounts. I get a 19% discount. But I also get the corporate individual plans to choose from instead of the private individual plans. All I had to do was fax in a copy of my ID badge from work. Check with your employer to see if they have such a program.

These are the choices I'm given when I log in (attached). Funny thing is Unlimited is the cheapest option.
[Thunderbolt General] KidJoe:
Why do you need to call? When switching between my TB and Bionic, I just move the SIM.

Now, maybe since the S3 uses micro SIM and the TB/Bionic use regular sized SIM you're calling to switch which SIM is active on your account? But that brings up the question... is VZW still disabling the "old SIM" when you activate a new SIM on your account like they used to? But activating a MicroSIM and using an adapter should get you around even having to switch which SIM is active.
[Thunderbolt General] treyatl2006:
You can just swap out the sims... You don't have to call Verizon.
[Thunderbolt General] DS36:
Just to let you guys know, I just tried PLAN C. I went to the verizon website and upgraded my plan to unlimited minutes, unlimited text and kept the unlimited data for $130 monthly. now i will most likely buy the galaxy note 2 at full price and pay what im paying after the contract is over in march, for how every long it takes to keep my data unlimited.
[Thunderbolt General] skeet43169:
$130 that's a lil much for one line
[Thunderbolt General] subwoofer81:
Verizon is fine. I've never gone over 2GB and I could go even lower if I use my wifi more often.

First post! Love this place already.
[Thunderbolt General] brandogg:
Yes that will de-activate your old SIM, but you don't even need an adapter. Just slide the SIM in over the pins and you'll be fine.

Edit - didn't realize I wasn't on the current page when replying...this was meant for the person talking about swapping between Thunderbolt/Bionic/S3.
[Thunderbolt General] aldeghij:
Yes but didn't Verizon's CEO say in an interview that eventually all unlimited plans will go away? I swear I read that somewhere.
[Thunderbolt General] rabnud:
Yes, he said that, I assume he was talking about attrition. Eventuality. My hope is that Google has success with their fiber efforts and then expands into being a cell provider.

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T
[Thunderbolt General] geoff5093:
I would love for that to happen, but don't expect it to happen anytime soon.
[Thunderbolt General] xs11e:
I don't think he meant attrition, I believe VZW (along with all other carriers) will eventually drop unlimited data for everyone, grandfathered or not.

It's something they just can't afford to continue.

NOTE: I don't see this happening for quite a few years but I'm sure it will happen unless attrition is sufficient to reduce unlimited data use down to a negligible amount of bandwidth.
[Thunderbolt General] itznfb:
Not something they could afford? They could afford to give all of their customers unlimited for nothing. They could survive on the licensing revenue they get from other carriers using their infrastructure alone.

Again... if you have a corporate account unlimited will always be available. For a long time anyway....
[Thunderbolt General] Turrz:
That'd be awesome...
[Thunderbolt General] zero26800:
Agreed
[Thunderbolt General] xs11e:
Disagree. VZW has bucks but UNLIMITED data plans with LIMITED bandwidth won't work forever and no amount of money can provide unlimited bandwidth.
[Thunderbolt General] heffe2001:
According to our Corporate rep, and someone in loss retention, unlimited accounts on 4g devices are going away, period. I was going to order a new phone today outright at work (to keep the unlimited internet), and was told flat out that even if I had a new phone in hand already, when it was activated they'd move me off the unlimited tier, and stick me on the tiered data plan. I was also told the unlimited accounts on all 4g phones will end up being moved over to shared data plans soon.

If it was just my rep, I'd say she was wrong, but loss retention (the people they send you to when you threaten to drop service) said pretty much the same thing, there's nothing they can do, unlimited is going away. So I guess I'll just wait and use my subsidized upgrade next month, and drop the extra on a 5gb plan, especially since work pays for it all anyway...
[Thunderbolt General] itznfb:
If VZW removed the unlimited option for corporate accounts they would lose millions of corporate accounts. I went to the VZW store this past weekend to look at the Razr M since my contract is up in November and they confirmed I wouldn't have any issue upgrading and retaining my unlimited data.
[Thunderbolt General] xs11e:
Only temporarily, ALL carriers will drop unlimited data eventually, they have to, there's not enough bandwidth to handle it.

It won't cost VZW any corporate accounts as there will be nowhere to go with unlimited data, again, EVERY CARRIER WILL DROP IT sooner or later.

Unlimited data, limited bandwidth, more and more customers, higher and higher data use by customers. See the problem? You're probably safe for two years, possibly 5 or more.
[Thunderbolt General] zeeza57:
This has happened before. 2 years ago I had an out dated plan. Got a phone at best buy and tried to put it on the same plan. 2 1/2 hours later with lots of phone calls between best buy and verizon, the phone got activated on the old plan. They can eventually stop you from changing an ESN # on your out dated contract. so with in the next year or two we will all be on the data plans. They plan to start phasing out 3G toward the end of 2013 for calls and texts. So that all will be on 4G data. And I just read today that theres something new 5G guess this is the price of progress. I never knew how much data I really used as I have been on a unlimited data plan they had with BlackBerrys years back. So when I saw what I actually use, I have been over paying for a long time. So there are two sides to the data delema. I did check and ATTs plans are a bit more expensive than Verizons and sprints service in my area stinks. So I guess like it or not I will stick with Verizon another couple years.
[Thunderbolt General] bob123aka:
I just did this to get the S3. Added a line and got the S3 on that line. Transfered over S3 to normal phone. Bought a complete non smart junk phone for $5 of ebay and set it up on the spare line. You keep your unlimited. You get to get the S3 for $149.99. You will have to pay $10 extra per month and since it is now a "family plan" the minutes will have to be a minimum of 700. A lot of work to keep unlimited
[Thunderbolt General] geoff5093:
So every 2 years you are going to add a line? How much did it cost to upgrade from 450 to 700 minutes? If you add that, as well as $10 for 24 months it would have been cheaper to pay retail.
[Thunderbolt General] heffe2001:
Has anyone with a corporate account bought a phone outright and activated it without loosing their unlimited in the last 2 or 3 days? If they've been able to, I may order a S3 today and get it done on my end as well. I think the reps are being told to tell EVERYONE that they are going to loose their unlimited, even if they really won't.

What pisses me off is after telling me for months that we wouldn't loose our unlimited if we upgrade, and assuring me that we'd be covered at upgrade time, when I'm about ready to upgrade, she says that's not the case, and every unlimited account will be changed, no matter how they get a new phone... Complete 180 over a period of a week.

If anybody's actually done the switch over in the past few days, I'd love to know how it went and if there were any problems keeping your unlimited..
[Thunderbolt General] plambda:
Lose. The word is lose.
[Thunderbolt General] itznfb:
We have hundreds of people renew their plans every day without issue. We have over 8,000 employees with unlimited data. I'll be upgrading mine on Nov 17
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] engpop:
i can't root and flashing CWM Fail every time i try on s 5830i

can you help me dudes ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jainkashish96:
ask on 5830i section!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SnowPluralism:
Look in here :) - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1552792
[Galaxy S III General] Galaid:
Isn't it great to live in Croatia? We can buy unlocked SGS3 for only $886 USD at the cheapest shop and for only $823 USD locked without contract. Anywhere in the world more expensive? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] danielps23:
You're welcome to Brazil and pay $1000...
[Galaxy S III General] LTame:
Brazil :P

Paid about $951 for my Pebble Blue with a 10% OFF coupon. Yes, it costs $1040 here :P
[Galaxy S III General] rsanjur:
Panama, Central America.

Panama, Central America. $695.50
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
You guys will create a thread for anything :p

A simple search for pricing and availability would have revealed an already existing thread on it.

However it is interesting to see these high prices in your countries.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] robogo1982:
Mine was around 670$. In Croatia.
[Galaxy S III General] croatia1:
Mine was about 500€. In Zadar
[Galaxy S III General] wobbe80:
Guayaquil Ecuador $749.99
[Galaxy S III General] JYJY:
Mine is around 660usd with 1 year contract.
[Galaxy S III General] terranoid:
525€ 32 gb with 2 year contract.
[Galaxy S III General] graffixnyc:
mine cost me $1 and a dream
[Galaxy S III General] nfsmw_gr:
510 euros here in greece! :D
[Galaxy S III General] Steelhog:
Will set you back over $1000 in New Zealand, tax capital of the world.
[Galaxy S III General] Mohanned85:
Dublin €599 locked or €700 sim free
[Galaxy S III General] fedealmendra:
$620 unlocked from ebay USA (with shipping) to Argentina
[Galaxy S III General] PR_Grim:
$520.00 USD. Locked plus $35.00 to unlock it.
[Galaxy S III General] scoffyburito:
I'm buying one 707 NZD new

:D
[Galaxy S III General] sermonth:
only 850$ in Turkey :)
[Galaxy S III General] kulisap:
$675 Philippines
[Galaxy S III General] omgabunny:
$560 unlocked and new(16gb white) here in the US :)
[Galaxy S III General] snyggerik:
If you pay cash here in Sweden it's 760 USD, I chose to pay 60 per month for two years though.
[Galaxy S III General] cammel:
$575 us dolars here in Argentina, locked (16gb) with 18 months contract!

(not so cheap I guess...)
[Galaxy S III General] haranbh:
My girlfriend's: U$ 470.00 with 1 year contract* paying U$ 66/month.

Mine: U$ 790.00 contract free.

* Claro

Brazil.
[Galaxy S III General] JackTheGreat:
Through Kogan store in Hong Kong it's about 610 USD for 32 gb pebble blue. Retail price here in Australia is about 773 AUD for 16 GB version
[Galaxy S III General] juliano_q:
Paid around $700 with 1 year subscription ($40/month) . Brazil, love it or leave it.

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[Galaxy S III General] MartinHC91:
I bought mine for 675 USD here in Paraguay!
[Galaxy S III General] projectsome:
mine was free, i pay £26 a month on a 2 year contract
[Galaxy S III General] bplogan:
You can buy mine off me here in Australia for 1,500 USD!
[Galaxy S III General] Deusdies:
75000 RSD in Serbia, which is about $750, which is about 570 EUR... or free on contract.
[Galaxy S III General] ultramag69:
The best price I saw was for a pre-order 16gb SGS3 on ebay Australia for $10000US.... Now THAT's a little expensive...

Better yet it had 4 sold on the site...:laugh::p

This is still available on ebay Oz - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/190722132532?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Still ouch for a 16gb SGS3...
[Galaxy S III General] donalgodon:
$659 US dollars in Panama. Unlocked, no contract.
[Galaxy S III General] a2r3f:
Free in Alaska from our local carrier GCI, +200 credit on my bill from switching over from AT&T.
[Galaxy S III General] Altair82:
Mine 450€ unlocked in Spain

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] scoffyburito:
I'm getting one for 580 USD in NZ :D
[Galaxy S III General] skivnit:
Damn its dropping fast I bought it at 640 lol. The iphone holds its price for a long time

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] mariosraptor:
Here you go guys. No need for another one;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1674301
[Galaxy S III General] Galaid:
Idea was to find most expensive country to offer it contract free. :)

I guess only Brazil and New Zealand beating us here..
[Galaxy S III General] JackTheGreat:
It can't be serious...
[Galaxy S III General] jayden2009:
Got mine second handed from a person who had a new contract but was happy with his old phone for 370 euro :D

Btw box was sealed :thumbup:

Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9300 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] Putzy:
Quite a few stores here are still selling for £500, which is about $811. Not far off the Croatian price actually. :p
[Galaxy S III General] andmaj:
Bought mine for about $760 here in Sweden. The red one was just released and Samsung has an $76 cash back right now when you buy an S3.

I already have an contract that gives me 10gb data plan and free calls/SMS for $50 a month.

I couldn't be more satisfied with this deal.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] barlerer:
LOL, in israel it cost 1150$ at a carrier.

In shops it cost's about 768$.
[Galaxy S III General] ThreeLionsRoar:
here in Switzerland its 810 $ for the 32gb version without contract.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] mitjag:
699€ in Slovenia without contract. 1€ and 2 years contract (23€ pred month)
[Galaxy S III General] mariachi202:
My Croatian brother from another mother, you're always welcome to buy the S3 in Macedonia, where it will cost you around 550€, contract free, zivio :)
[Galaxy S III General] memz180:
In australia paid $530 dollars no contract
[Galaxy S III General] ~ emad ~:
In saudi arabia 560$

It was 750
[Galaxy S III General] 1902:
685 usd in dubai 16gb pebble blue unlocked from samsung shop directly.
[Galaxy S III General] prank1:
In the UK, Carphonewarehouse sells the S3 for £500, which is $811 USD.

Although the cheapest brand new I found was £350, which is $567 USD

(All 16GB, Marble White)
[Galaxy S III General] tntgdh:
Paid 615 on mine, but i bought it in paraguai. My brother paid 1000 us on his here in brazil.
[Galaxy S III General] hero000:
If interested Buy mine only a month old 16 GB + 32 GB original Samsung class 10 memory for $600

:)
[Galaxy S III General] CHEVYbarracuda1:
Montenegro 720€ no contract 16gb
[Galaxy S III General] x.Orville.x:
I buy mine when releses on ebay for 700$$
[Galaxy S III General] Tricky103:
I retreated a deal for £350 ish
[Galaxy S III General] alwin006:
Welcome to the Caribbean where you can buy the 16GB for 799€ (1049$)

thankfully, ebay is my friend :D (got a brand new 32GB for 450€)
[Galaxy S III General] x.Orville.x:
What part of the caribbean ??
[Galaxy S III General] pipusquack:
Brasil $750 - 1 year contract - 100 callminutes - 750mb internet
[Galaxy S III General] kahraman11:
I am happy that I live in Holland. Here i paid in total 670 euros for a 2 years contract with 100 callminutes unlimited texting and 250 mb internet.
[Galaxy S III General] dwathey:
@alwin006 Not all of the Caribbean has it at that price. I bought mine in Sint Maarten for $715 USD a couple days after launch.
[Galaxy S III General] MartinHC91:
hahaha Ciudad del Este FTW! i bought mine from there as well, but since im paraguayan i have to pay taxes, wich is +10%
[Galaxy S III General] tntgdh:
Paraguay is the place man ! Cell phones there are cheaper than in the USA.

Some people say the quality is bad, but i disagree. I bought my netbook in Paraguay like 4 or 5 years ago and it is still working, that little bastard (my wife said i can only buy a new one after this dies ). The ones i bought in Miami are all dead after 1 1/2 year.

Paraguay forever dude !
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
That's on PAYG with Meteor,eMobile,etc can be picked up a lot cheaper though.

---------- Post added at 07:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:09 PM ----------

I had a disaster i initially paid €420 upfront with o2 Ireland on a 6 month €50 per month contract but i only had the phone a few days and never got around to insuring it and i was hammered drunk one night and i either lost it or what i suspect happened poxy Roma gypsies took it out of my pocket as 2 of them asked me for directions and with me being so drunk i only noticed about 30 minutes later,vermin :mad:

So i had to take out a 2 year contract with 3 Ireland €40.66 a month but got the phone for free, get 350 flexiunits and unlimited Internet.

---------- Post added at 07:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:14 PM ----------

shocking deal that is :o
[Galaxy S III General] alwin006:
i've seen it on some french islands at this price (Guadeloupe, Martinique...) ;)
[Galaxy S III General] Tilgi:
In total 432€ (18€ per month for 2 years), together with a contract i don't use (way too high costs per minute and SMS). In my opinion a really good deal :)
[TouchPad Development] -SGA-:
What is this?

Currently in the process of UPDATING this thread... Please be patient as things come together!

AOKP&CM9Remix is an UN-OFFICIAL update for AOKP, accomplished by porting in CM9 nightly build changes. This release is based on AOKP milestone 6, and CM9 nightly 12/02, and incorporates all the changes and stability you have come know and love about CM9!

What makes it different from all the others?

This ROM picks up where AOKP left us, and offers some nice tweaks as well!

-Great performance

-Good battery life

-Holo Launcher HD

-JB 4.2 Swype Keyboard

-Self /boot cleaning and Moboot default

-WebOS style recent App's; and, if you don't like WebOS style recents, you can grab the uninstaller below!

-Working Camera

Instructions:

Disclaimer applies! I am not responsible for any lost data or whatever may occur while flashing this.

In CWM or TWPR

-do a System wipe

-wipe the Dalvik cache

-flash ROM

-install GAPP's

-reboot system

-boot AOKP in Moboot

-enjoy!

Want to have AOKP as a default in Moboot? See the video in the second post... or flash the most recent build and it'll do it for you!

Problems:

-force close in Settings/About tablet/Status

-Tell me...

Links:

ROM's:

Likely the Final Release: http://goo.im/devs/SGA/AOKPCM9Remix_Dec0212.zip

NEWestER:AOKPCM9Remix_1102.zip

NEWest:AOKP&CM9Remix_1015WebAOKP.zip - 99.77 MB

NEW:AOKP&CM9Remix_924WebAOKP.zip - 94.84 MB

OLD:AOKP&CM9Remix_920WebAOKP.zip - 93.03 MB

OLDer:AOKP&CM9Remix_911WebAOKP.zip - 97.52 MB

Add-ons:

Flash Player-FlashPlayer.apk - 4.49 MB

WebOS style Opt-out-WebCM9-AOKPM6-Removal.zip - 5.40 MB

SManager:

SManager ads 2.5.3.1_77.apk - 954.34 KB

Scripts:

SuperCharger_Starter_Kit_RC12.zip - 1.09 MB

V6_SuperCharger_for_Android-Update9_RC11_Test_6.sh.pdf - 250.96 KB

KickAssKernelizer_Tweaks_Installer_Update_3_RC11_Test_1.sh.pdf - 27.72 KB

V6 Thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=991276

Thanks to:

AOKP and CyanogenMod, for the base

@tbob18, for the app switcher

@nickster1 and @webdroidmt, for their help in this forum

Special Thanks to Donators:

@Matteebee
[TouchPad Development] -SGA-:
[YOUTUBE]ZgN7te9H87U[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]WkXiv0gYqQM[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]EN-aht3ekqE[/YOUTUBE]

1)	Download SManager, and the three Scripts

2)	Extract SuperCharger_Starter_Kit_RC12.zip

3)	Install SManager, open it, and give it Root Permissions

4)	In SManager, navigate to your extracted folder for SuperCharger_Starter_Kit_RC12 and select StartMeUp.sh

5)	Give the Script SU Permissions by Clicking the SU button with the Skull, then click Run!

6)	Follow the Prompts and hit enter and “y” accordingly

This will get your system prepared to install the V6 Script, when done hit the back button

7)	Navigate to V6 Super Charger for Android Update 9 RC11 and select it

8)	Give the Script SU Permissions by Clicking the SU button with the Skull, then click Run!

9)	Follow the Prompts and hit enter and “y” accordingly

10)	Upon finishing, your TouchPad will Reboot

You have now installed the V6 Super Charger Script! If you want to install the KickAssKernelizer keep reading

11)	Open SManager and navigate to and select KickAssKernelizer_Tweaks_Installer_Update_3_RC11

12)	Give the Script SU Permissions by Clicking the SU button with the Skull, then click Run!

13)	Follow the Prompts and hit enter and “y” accordingly (when it comes time to select the stability of your Kernel choose “H”)

Reboot your TouchPad and feel the V6 Super Charger!
[TouchPad Development] nickster1:
Glad to see you in the development section SGA. :D

Great rom and I love the webos style cards. Thanks.
[TouchPad Development] x000x:
let me be the first to say congrats :D

edit: doh! beaten by 1 minute
[TouchPad Development] nikos5800:
The best faster and smoothest rom out there with the best launcher

Thank you
[TouchPad Development] toletum91zgz:
I'm looking forward to this! I'm going to flash it tomorrow.

Thanks for all! ;)
[TouchPad Development] nikeman513:
Good to see new developers/moders in the neighborhood!
[TouchPad Development] -SGA-:
Anyone who cannot seem to turn on Wifi, make sure you are booting AOKP in Moboot. If you are booting AOKP and you still cannot turn on WiFi, then flash the WiFi fix in the OP. This is not the same thing as the other Wifi fixes; it will re-install your boot.img to Moboot, which is the cause of the problem.
[TouchPad Development] Fidelator:
Do I HAVE to wipe data coming from the latest nightly? Good to see a new dev for our Touchpad

Could anyone make a video?
[TouchPad Development] -SGA-:
No, you shouldn't need to wipe data.

Wipe system and dalvik, make sure to boot AOKP in Moboot.
[TouchPad Development] jsgraphicart:
Ok, so I updated the latest version and so far I'm loving it. I'll probably keep this on my TouchPad instead of CM9. Thank you for this.
[TouchPad Development] -SGA-:
Video is now in the second post!
[TouchPad Development] Hälftebyte:
Thanks for this.. downloading now

Sent from my HTC HD2
[TouchPad Development] Y314K:
Thanks SGA... Saved me from AOKP withdraw on my TP...

Thanks SGA.... AOKP&CM9 looks very, very smooth on the vid... Dare I say... Buttery... This rom will tie me over till JB roms are the norm for the TP in a month or two....

AOKP is my favorite rom type since last year... But I was getting ready to move over to CM9 nightlies for the updates... Now I can have the best of both worlds..

Really appreciate u sharing this...

Guyz... Lets vote this news worthy... This needs to go on XDA's front portal page...:good:
[TouchPad Development] rayarny:
Awesome rom mate! Thank you! V well done! :D

And can you please tell us how to make aokp as default boot? :D

Thanks
[TouchPad Development] Y314K:
I think this is still the way....

Change default moboot option on the Touchpad

Even better with u'r newer vid...

[YOUTUBE]WkXiv0gYqQM[/YOUTUBE]

Thanks :cowboy:
[TouchPad Development] -SGA-:
Yup that is how to do it.

Root explorer

-boot

Mount R/W

Open in text editor -Moboot.default

Change to "AOKP"

Save and exit.

Yes, it is case sensitive. If you type Aopk, aokp, AoKP, or anything that is not exactly AOKP, you'll end up in WebOS.