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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RebDovid:
Tuesday evening, my wife and I upgraded and extended our contracts. Or, we thought we did. As it happens, however, the T-Mobile representative put through the contract extension but not the new Galaxy S IIIs. (We were to pay $79.98 for each 16GB phone; get a $10 monthly loyalty discount; and keep our 14% AAA monthly discount. The phones were supposed to be delivered no later than tomorrow (Friday).)

When the phones did not come today (Thursday) and I did not find a record of the phone upgrades at myTMobile, I called. Long story short, and I was on the phone for over 50 minutes (both talking and on hold), I accepted the following offer:

1. Two 32GB S IIIs for $79.98 each.

2. Free express delivery, most likely next Monday.

3. One month free service.

4. A $50.00 credit.

5. The same $10.00 loyalty credit and 14% discount.

I spoke calmly and reasonably. The T-Mobile representative was friendly and helpful. I infer her supervisor, whom she consulted more than once, was equally helpful.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Damn, I wish I paid $79.98 for my S3 lol.

Good to see they handled your situation appropriately.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] iwillkillyou:
Haha who wouldn't. I paid 380$, let's trade haha.

That's good karma op, usually the person would have overreacted but like you pointed out you did it in a calmly fashion.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Kama45:
The 16 GB ones are going to be free with MIR starting tomorrow (Friday). Still a good deal.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RebDovid:
I was generally aware of "Magenta Days." The T-Mobile representative told me, perhaps incorrectly, that only the down-payment on the Value plans is being waived. The 16GB phones, therefore, would have cost $400 each.In any case, after factoring in the two discounts I would have lost by switching, it seemed to me I was being offered a fair, indeed possibly a superior, deal.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joederp:
I went through a similar situation, they upgrade the contract but then never do the phone, or they charge you full retail price. So then you have to call again and hope you get a good rep (they are about 1 in 5) who can help, most of the call center is clueless. So then they also need a manager to approve anything over $150 back to your acct. So, keep checking your mytmobile, you may end up seeing full retail price on there. Also check your data plan if you have grandfathered, they might mess that up too.

But I was honestly surprised, they appear to be fixing things as was originally agreed upon in the first place. So there are a few good people at the call center. (LOL, one exec brags about how he consolidated 14 customer support call centers down to just 2)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jackpearce:
What? The phones will be free tomorrow? I just got mine like 5 days ago and I paid $200 before Mir. I wonder if I can get them to credit me the difference since in still in the 14 day return window?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jaygajay:
Possibly but you can always return within 14 days and go to a different store and get the magenta days deal
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joederp:
There is some restocking fee when I asked before about getting something during father's day.

Is the Magenta sale only apply to Value plan? T-mo new policy is to call something "free" but they are only

talking about the downpayment. Their new scam is to relabel all phone pricing as downpayment and then

month installments.

So, yes the phone 20 monthly payments of $20 and a $150 down, you are getting $150 off, but still owe $400.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] psykhotic:
How long have you had that AAA discount? Is it grandfathered because that's not the AAA discount I got..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] huntman21014:
That is the AAA discount I get as well, I just got a 32GB GS3 for $179.99 with the 50MIR, I am on a grandfathered 1200minute myfave plan with 5GB data
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] psykhotic:
The AAA discount now is one free month and no activation fee. Wtf.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] huntman21014:
really? I did the AAA thing about 2 years ago so I am not sure when they changed it but right now its either a 14 or 16% discount off everything except taxes and fees
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] psykhotic:
I'll do a live chat tomorrow because that really blows lol.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RebDovid:
Since T-Mobile was Voicestream. What's your discount?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] psykhotic:
Waived activation/ 1 free month.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Djapatos:
Do you guys if those deals are available for upgrade too? cause I am currently eligible for an upgrade
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ibous:
Any news on this front?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dreammaker23:
Ok I know I'm not tripping but I know Android OS won't take up as much as 5GB of memory?

So my real question is why would they market this phone "16GB" if you only can use 9.93? Or am I tripping...

TAKE THE BLUE PiLL THE STORY ENDS, YOU WAKE UP IN YOUR BED AND CONTINUE ON WITH YOUR BORING LiFE. TAKE RED PiLL, YOU STAY IN WONDERLAND & I SHOW YOU HOW DEEP THE RABBiT HOLE GOES.

SENT FROM EVO - THE MATRIX
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] metalfan78:
Yes, the 5gb of storage is for anything system /rom related. It's marketed as '16 gb on board storage' because it has 16 gb of storage.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dreammaker23:
Cool, Thanks for the respond. It was logical it was a dum azz question. Lol..

TAKE THE BLUE PiLL THE STORY ENDS, YOU WAKE UP IN YOUR BED AND CONTINUE ON WITH YOUR BORING LiFE. TAKE RED PiLL, YOU STAY IN WONDERLAND & I SHOW YOU HOW DEEP THE RABBiT HOLE GOES.

SENT FROM EVO - THE MATRIX
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] metalfan78:
It wasn't a dumb question, that's why we have this forum, to get clarification on things we don't know.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex.ap.pacman:
So I came across and article a while back on another site that I frequent for tech related articles, I think it was How To Geek or some site like that, but I found an article about a full blown Android OS for PCs and how to install it.

I was curious - I mean I'm sure most of you here have already heard of this a long time ago, read about it, looked at it from all angles possible and even probably tried it - and with that, I was wondering for those of you who have tried this, how did it run? Was it good or just a slabbed together poor attempt at porting Android to a PC?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tauquirahmed93:
For me, Windows 7 is better for pc
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SunnyChrono6:
Why would you want Android on a pc?I mean,ok,it's a good operating system,but computers already have so many Linux distributions which are not only much more optimized,but have been around for much longer than Android,so they are better in every way.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex.ap.pacman:
That's exactly right, I understand that as well, the thing is I Don't want it on my pc I have Ubuntu 12.04LTS. I was just curious if people had actually ran it.

Sent from my LiquidSmooth ICS 1.5 Thunderbolt
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spunker88:
Your talking about Android x86. I don't see Android as a practical desktop OS, but I do run it inside of Virtualbox. Up until recently it had incompatibility with many apps since they weren't made to run on x86. But the ICS Android x86 contains source from Intel's Dalvik JIT allowing it to run many more apps. It runs faster than Google's SDK emulator since the processor doesn't have to be emulated only virtualized.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LORDFIRE00:
The android os for pc is still in premature stage. It will be awhile before its very stable. Google is i haven't the works to putting their own laptops on the market, but it wont be for probably a year before there is any good results showing for it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swapzz:
Hi All,

I recieved a new OTA from Samsung for my Galaxy Note.(INDIA). Was around 86mb seems to have improved the performance. Anyone else got it ???

I have added the screenshots of the firmware update.

Anyone knows what changed ?

Thanks

Swapnil
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeetu1981:
Yes, everyone got it, its LR9. Check general section, you will find 2-3 threads about it :)

Major changes-

New launcher, gallery, contact layout, and performance etc.

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sahilarora2003:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1882666
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
- new launcher (like the Galaxy S3)

- new gallery with fancy 3D effects

- new contact list

- new folder handling

- pop-up video can now be resized

- slightly changed contact list layout

- you can now save contacts in the S-Clound (like google contacts)

- performance improved!

- added camera motion for lockscreen - settings -> display (only works with wipe lockscreen)

- added S-Cloud (there is no dedicated App but after flashing you will be asked if you want to sycn all your settings with samsung)

- added new motion: call contact currently displayed if you raise the phone
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidbond:
Is my kernel version right cz i flashed the stock kernel over hydracore....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeetu1981:
Yes, it's the right kernel.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blklexluthor:
Sorry dudes/dudettes had to make a change and leave the 9 life mytouch 4g. Which one would you choose? Both cost $99 on windtab. (Aka contract). I went with the HTC one s I've only used it for a day and so far my impressions. Beats audio sound is excellent, cameras is quick and beautiful, quadrant scores of about 5200, speakerphone is loud, battery is pretty darn good. But software... Definitely needs a custom rom. Lol why bother with the question you ask? I pretty much chose the one s because spec wise it is superior to the nexus BUT software wise the nexus will have the latest and greatest from Google.... What would you have done?

Keep in mind I could still exchange it.... ;)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saranhai:
lol why don't you just root the One S and be up to date that way? :p

that's what i would do.

if it were me, i would probably end up getting the One S, but i would definitely think it over lol. the Galaxy Nexus has a removable battery and i find that very useful, something that the HTC One Series doesn't have for some strange reason. you should keep the One S lol :D
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Synthetic.Nightmare:
I wouldn't get the galaxy nexus but I'd wait for the next nexus. The latest and greatest aosp from Google 100% working out of the box... mmm
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THEindian:
If you have the money, ditch the contract man, it'll save you SO much money within 6 months, expecially if you buy the Nexus.

As for preference, i would have to go with the one s. I actually like sense so thats part of it (its freaking beautiful) but i like the size of it better. I don't need this massive brick of a phone lol. They are pretty much the same once your root them.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_hustleman:
I'd do the one s.

The galaxy nexus from a carrier m. I wouldn't trust it for speedy updates
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blklexluthor:
Ok good so the general feedback is the one s was the right choice.

I was thinking about waiting for the new nexus but just like the sgs3 I'm sure it won't be no $99 lol

Lol I've always been against contracts, but nowadays the price of phones has skyrocketed lol I was actually thinking about the sgs3 until I saw the price tag.....on contract lol

No worries tonight at work my only mission is to root this bad boy. Lol

I won't lie I miss the trackball and menu key from our mytouch though.

Thanks for the opinions people.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Synthetic.Nightmare:
Well either way. I'd say you didnt make a bad choice because if you end up liking the nexus, you can always sell the one s to help you out.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saranhai:
i'm sure Google is going to sell their new nexus devices at a fair price on Google Play like they did with the Galaxy Nexus.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blklexluthor:
Really?! Never heard of that....Something tells me it won't be available in Canada.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THEindian:
Its US only buy I doubt it would be that difficult to get one
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdog1202:
Gnex
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saranhai:
https://play.google.com/store/devices?feature=corpus_selector

not sure about Canada, but i think i heard a rumor saying they were gonna make it available in other countries too? not sure :confused:

but, like THEIndian said, it wouldn't be hard to get one.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alkemist80:
I originally posted this in another thread, but in case anyone else is interested, I got the ICS google talk installed on the kindle fire HD. I pulled 4.0.3 GoogleServicesFramework and talk from my Evo 3D and it installed on my rooted fire HD without a hitch. Gtalk works except a few minor things. Apparently the front camera is not supported, so anyone trying to contact you via camera or you trying to contact via camera will cause it to force close. Also voice chat is not functional and will force close. I've had the whole camera app crash out but a reboot brought it back. Regular text chat works with no problems.

My biggest issue is that Gtalk will seem to disconnect when the device is on sleep or out of the app for a period of time. I noticed that when I originally installed gingerbread talk on the kindle fire 1st gen, it had the same issue. I don't know if anyone has input on this on how to fix this issue, I haven't had much luck searching.

I noticed that my gmail app will not actively sync with my account (push mail) and am not sure if this is related to Gtalk losing connection. Everything else works fine, play store, maps, youtubeHD.

I threw in 4.0.3 GoogleLoginService for a complete set and have it installed myself.

I've had no problems but just a friendly reminder, everything done and installed is at your own risk.

If you install GoogleServicesFramework.apk, Talk.apk without a fully functional play store yet and can't log in, you will need to install the play store to sync your account first. Instructions can be found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1893410 Follow the instructions and download the provided apk's on the link page. AFTER google play is up and running, you can update to 4.0.3 Google services and install ICS talk.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alkemist80:
I was able to figure out my gmail sync/push problem. It's locked out by the amazon ecosystem but if you use AccountAndSyncSettings.apk, it can be unlocked and the gmail option in settings will allow you to use the stock android sync settings. I believe this is the gingerbread version but has been running on my ICS GoogleFramework. Gmail still has a slight delay over the stock fire HD email app but now if you want gmail fully functional, it works. I've had the notification bar temporarily disappear but appears to be due to a bug in Gmail app. I saw others mention something like this happening in another thread.

Downloaded Sync Settings from the play store for quick access, it allows you to choose between stock amazon settings and the android settings. This only works once you've installed AccountAndSyncSettings.apk

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.francesandmarky.android.syncsettings&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5mcmFuY2VzYW5kbWFya3kuYW5kcm9pZC5zeW5jc2V0dGluZ3MiXQ..

I have yet to figure out the gtalk disconnection issue. Any feedback will still be appreciated.

In the last picture, you can just use the sync settings app from the play store to access and manage your accounts. Mine goes in order of Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, Dropbox, Exchange and Gmail. Email addresses blocked out for privacy.

**** In order to fully activate google sync for the very first time, you need to turn on the sync settings through gmail first. Then you can use the sync settings shortcut app to get to the rest of your sync and manage from there. Again, this was done on a rooted 7.1.5 device with google play account active and done at your own risk.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alkemist80:
After working on this issue all day and reading various information, I may have found a workaround to keep Gtalk signed in while the device is asleep.

After testing, I had found that Gtalk would still receive messages on a few minutes delay with the screen off. The message will be there but when turning on the screen and going to Gtalk, the interface would still display as "signed off" yet to others, I would be seen as "idle" and I would still have to log back in.

There was a missing link somewhere but I couldn't pin point it. Hoping eventually the devs will look into this issue and fix everything, including camera and mic support.

Currently, the work-around I figured out was to install Google+ app and sync my account. The app will keep the link open and no more unwanted log outs. I can't say how this will affect battery life at this time but Google+ is a widely used android app.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alkemist80:
What seemed to work yesterday with my gtalk staying active decided to quit on me today, so back to square one. Still looking for any input on this matter.

Edit: right now this appears to be a slight bug in the gtalk program. The user is still signed in and shown as signed in to others on the gtalk list but the app on the kindle will need to re-login.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] JAG50:
Thank you so much for your posting. It was full of tips and information. I was able to install the Google sync app and now my Google Voice application works. Before, it wouldn't even log be in. Now I can text from my Kindle HD. Thanks to you. You rock man!.

Jeff
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alkemist80:
Glad it worked for you!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] timnan:
Thanks for your sharing.

I did as your instruction to install AccountAndSyncSettings.apk, then go to gmail to try to open a sync setting. But system does not let me choose a sync setting app, so I could not set gmail sync on anyway.

Any idea about this?

Except gmail syc problem, everything like gmaps, talk, play store, youtube works well.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alkemist80:
You need to go into gmail and enter the gmail settings. From there you can turn on sync.

Click on your email address there and the sync option to turn on will be in there.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] timnan:
I tried that way, but in my case not like the way in your picture, your system prompts an option so you can choose a sync setting app to change. When I touch my email address there, screen blinks then go back to gmail settings. Mine is 7.2.1.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alkemist80:
Were you able to install it? This was done prior to the patch and I don't have this device anymore. You can try moving the apk to system/app, permissions rw-r-r and try installing it there.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] timnan:
I was able to install it from google store and did try to move app to /system/app. Still not work. I even downloaded and tried to install 5 different accountsyncsettings.apk from somewhere else but none works.

I even use nookcolortool from which I should be able to open account sync setting but failed.

I would have to give up.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alkemist80:
From what I've been reading, amazon has been tightening things up with the patches. Without having the device to test myself, I can't say any longer if this will still install or if it's just your device. Sorry.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] storino03:
I can't get Google Voice to sign in to my gmail account. The latest update requires to to re-sign in and it just keeps staying on the "signing on" part. Any advice?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] timnan:
maybe you can try copy voice.apk to system/app , then install it from there.

From my trials these days, gapps always get some troubles. So far in my device, I did root, then copy 6apps including superuser.apk, googleframework.apk, talk.apk, vending.apk, networklocation.apk, googleloginservice.apk to system/app, and after that I do a factory reset to let system reinitiate. My strategy is different from all current discussion in the forum. This way you have all basic apps and you can always do factory reset in future without redo root.

Based on this basic system, I downloaded from other internet sources and installed gmaps, play store, gmail, voice in my fire hd. So far all of them work well, except gmail can not sync automatically. Also no way to put in contacts and calendar.

I now am looking forward to safestrap.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] somdave2005:
Word of warning: I installed this accountandsyncsettings.apk and the sync settings from these directions. But my Kindle Books were no longer sync and most of my books didn't show up on the Kindle HD anymore. I ended up doing a factory restore.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] ZilverZurfarn:
Got everything working - except Talk! It just closes down before even starting. Play, Google+, Plus Messenger, all is well. Ideas?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alkemist80:
Are you using the correct talk version with your Google services? The ones I posted is ICS, there are older services and talk files floating around that may cause incompatibility.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] johnnysnavely:
Lots of problems

I am hoping someone can help! I have a 8.9" Kindle Fire HD. It's rooted, the Play Store is installed and working OK, Maps works OK, and Google Voice works OK.

BUT - I can't get GMail to work. It says "Gmail Has Stopped". (Not, "Unfortunately, GMail has stopped.")

And, I cannot get the Sync Settings App that you mention to work either. Like GMail, it opens for a split second, then closes.

NEVER MIND...found the correct one. that fixed it
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] timnan:
My gmail can not sync as well.

The way I am using is to utilize Amazon email app. But when you go through setting, choose exchange rather than gmail. If you have iphone or ipad, that is the way apple has to do for gmail. I got gmail and contact sync working well with no problem.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Trahald:
I have a problem with Gmail and Talk. I have two accounts on Play Store. One address with gmail.com extension and other one has a different extension but it is configured on Google Apps services so it is based to Gmail. When I add this address to Gmail, Gmail stops working. If I only add to @gmail.com address Gmail app works. Is there any solution for that?

P.S. On my Galaxy SII, my both address works without any problem with any Google apps.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] tmthrash:
Have you tried installing another mail app. I have had issues with this before and usually solved with manually adjusting the input pout servers. Since it uses an different host name I believe its redirected thru a proxy on their servers.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] tnpapadakos:
why dont you just add the other account to your gmail account on the PC...gmail>settings>accounts and import
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Misfit77:
Well I re-rooted on 7.2.3 and have been unable to get Google chat to load. It always insta-crashes. I have tried all manner of combinations of installing from the system folder with no luck. Also, I can't even get accountsyncsettings.apk to install. Anyone having similar difficulties?