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[Galaxy Note II General] Techngro:
Here's my $.02. I am buying the Note II unlocked, probably for around $500 (I always get my phones from Craigslist cause I can get the best deal). I use T-Mobile's $30 Walmart plan (no contract of course). It gives me 100 minutes, unlimited text/mms and Unlimited (i.e. 5GB) of 4G (I live in NYC and consistently get ~14 Mbps down, ~3 Mbps up). That is perfect for me, because I hardly talk on the phone.

So you might want to consider that plan if you can swing not talking that much. I think you said you live in Jersey, so you shouldn't have any problem getting good 4G speeds there. I spend a lot of time in Newark and I never have any problems with T-mos network there.
[Galaxy Note II General] achusaysblessyou:
I dunno, for $150 more I'd go with an actual warranty + less risk of a blocked IMEI (people buy phones on contract just to sell it then they never pay their bills, so your phone might work for a month or two, but then T-Mobile will block the IMEI rendering the phone useless).

I mean if you're going to spend this much on a phone... why not buy it new anyways. Not that I'm against buying from Craigslist, I've gotten all my previous phones off Craigslist, N900, myTouch 4G Slide, G2x, Sensation, etc. It's just that those phones cost ~$200-$300 so the risk was lower than $500...
[Galaxy Note II General] SchusterIX:
Yeah, if you are covered and don't travel, at all, T-Mobile is fine. But I think that I'd really want at least 3g while traveling, whether it's from cincinnati to chicago or from cin to montreal, i'd like my data. I do I could go to T-mobile, atm I have no signal in my apartment...hoping this phone will have it though.
[Galaxy Note II General] Techngro:
I never knew about the IMEI blocking issue. I have been buying phones on CL for years without having any problems. I guess I was lucky. I think i'll still get mine from there, but i'll be more cautious and make sure I meet in a T-Mobile store so they can tell me which plan they have and if the phone could possibly be blocked in the future.

Thanks for the info.
[Galaxy Note II General] achusaysblessyou:
Any phone can be blocked sadly, and even if you meet in a T-Mobile store to check out the IMEI, if the person doesn't pay their plan etc, then it could be blocked in the future. It's never happened to me, but it usually happens when the phone is new (so the person can make a quick sell for as much money as possible). I guess just use your best judgement, maybe ask them why they're selling the phone, no pain no gain right? :)
[Galaxy Note II General] Techngro:
Right on.

As for the OP, have you made any progress in deciding which carrier to go with? I have realized lately (since I broke my phone and haven't had one for about two weeks now) that I could really get by with just a data only plan. I only use like 20 minutes per month and use Google Voice for all of my texts, which is how I communicate mostly anyway. I wonder why there aren't any data only plans yet.
[Galaxy Note II General] achusaysblessyou:
You sound like the perfect candidate for the $30 pre-paid plan from T-Mobile that gives you 100 minutes, unlimited texts, and unlimited data (throttle to EDGE after 5GB).

http://slickdeals.net/f/3377172-T-M...-5GB-Data-100-Voice-Mins-New-Activation-Only?
[Galaxy Note II General] fwhomeboy:
OK, I have Verizon and I use just over 2 gigs a month so my question is... Does Verizon throttle like T-Mobile after 5 Gigs ? I never noticed that issue yet. And, BTW, Anyone here use straight talk with the verizon hook-up ? I might look into that deal.
[Galaxy Note II General] Tidbits:
3G devices sort off. 4G devices no(block C rules). That's if you have unlimited. Thought June 29, 2014 could be the end of all Verizon unlimited plans.
[Galaxy Note II General] mrej201:
to tell you the truth i wanna get tmobie because i wanna get warranty if not just buy the phone from wirefly and get phone covare with then
[Galaxy Note II General] achusaysblessyou:
As far as i know, no. Verizon has tiered data plans so once you hit 2GB. They shut off your data for the rest of the month, then I think you can buy liek 1GB for like $15 or something (not sure). Same for AT&T only T-Mobile has this type of "unlimited" data plan where you technically get unlimited data, but the 4G data is limited to 2GB/5GB. Or you can always pay $20 on a value plan for unlimited data 4G data or $30 on a classic plan for the same unlimited data (tmobile of course).
[Galaxy Note II General] E90 Commie:
If I am getting the Note II (which depends especially on the presence of Paranoid Android), it will be the GT-N7100 for sure. I don't want any kind of carrier branding or any interference by such a company - if there is a problem I prefer to deal directly with the manufacturer.

Since I am using Straight Talk with my N7000 I will just cut the SIM to micro size and move over.

I don't have any interest in a carrier branded Note II, it should be completely unlocked and clean. My experience with branding is very negative and that basically eliminate the US versions completely (since the only choice is between bloatware and bloatware or between being vendor locked-in with CDMA or following a more open approach with GSM/UMTS/LTE but with bloatware).

It is unfortunate that the N7100 seems to lack pentaband, otherwise T-Mobiles prepaid plan could be interesting. I am not going to get a T-Mobile branded device just in order to use that plan (and pay an elevated "full retail" price, that's for sure.;)

If I finally decides to get the N7100, I will try to buy a 32 GB or 64 GB version when I visit Sweden.

Perhaps the N7105 if it is available can be on my list - I can then use LTE when I visit Europe. I am not interested in US LTE at all since I don't see any reason to pay $100 per month for a contract with horrible 2 GB of data when I know that Swedish carriers offers 10 GB for $50. Yes, that's right. 10 GB of data and 3000 free texts - and you can use the $50 for calls.

The whole contract ends at $50. No taxes and fees on top of that. Just $50 including the 3000 texts, 10 GB of data and the minute rate means approximately 1000-1200 minutes included. Compare it with the US contracts........

This mean that I find the US prices totally unacceptable to me - LTE with 2 GB of data is what I consider pathetic. Useless simply put. It is like having a car that offers a normal speed of 150 mph with a range of 10 miles. Nice to run quickly for 10 miles but still completely useless.

LTE is normally for streaming etc and 2 GB is simply inadequate. 10 GB of data on a US carrier is horrendous. Verizon charges $100 for it plus $40 for the smartphone. Excluding taxes and fees. That is approximately 3 times more expensive.

It is funny to see the carriers promote Netflix - I don't dare to think about the cost for streaming 10 full-length movies in SD quality - even less HD quality.

So my interest for having LTE in the US is absolutely zero as long as the prices for data is outrageous.

Getting the N7100 and put Straight Talk or Net10 (they offers BYOD now) is a no-brainer to me.

Edit: A question to those that mention LTE as an important factor in the US:

What are you doing with the device? Are you streaming videos from Netflix? Spotify in high quality?

I used the Verizon data calculator and put in normal multimedia use of those services paired with web browsing, uploading of pictures with Dropbox etc: 30 GB. That's right. 30 GB per month for LTE-optimized use.

I don't see any reason to pay premium for LTE when the data caps and limits are so low that proper use is blocked.
[Galaxy Note II General] achusaysblessyou:
I'm getting mines on T-Mobile for $20 a month on the Value plan I get truly unlimited data and in my area HSPA+ gets me 19 mbps down and 9 up... and not to mention since it's future proof with LTE, I'll be able to use that when it comes out (unlike the S3).

Just my 2 cents. I wouldn't mind an international one if I could get Wifi Calling on it (make calls/send texts over wifi when you have no bars... great for international travel actually :p)
[Galaxy Note II General] sway40:
Verizon doesn't shut your data off after you reach your limit, wtf. They bill you for everything you go over just like minutes and it's not cheap.

tappin from the aokp running Nexus
[Galaxy Note II General] mrej201:
can some one ex[lain how this work/ does it have insurance. do i need to buy the chip alone or what or the phone idk
[Galaxy Note II General] achusaysblessyou:
What do you mean? Buying a phone off-contract? Simple, just walk into a T-Mobile store on the release day (I'd call ahead to make sure they have them in stock) and then pay the off-contract retail price ($600-$700).

If you already have a microSIM (or a regular SIM that's cut to microSIM size), just insert the SIM and you're good to go! (have fun!)

If you don't have a microSIM, most likely the phone itself (in its packaging) will have a microSIM card, if not, then purchase one from the store (should be $5-$20 not sure). Then either have them add it to your account, or go to t-mobile.com, sign into your account and register the new microSIM to your account. Then you're all set.

I think you mean warranty (vs. insurance) but yes, if you bought the phone you have at least the 1 year warranty mandated by law.

PM me if you have any questions.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Devtodi:
Has anyone tried a 64gb card in the sd slot? I forget the max capacity. Thanks.

From my Samsung Galaxy S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheManiac:
64 gb is the max!

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Rooted Evo dead.

Rooted Evo shift dead.

Rooted Galaxy s3 alive and well!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DrgnRebrn:
64GB is the max advertised, but it may be capable of more. My wife had a phone with 16 as the max, but she has a 32 in hers with the other issues.

Samsung Galaxy S3

OdexedBlue ROM

LI3 Stock Kernel

LIF Baseband

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheManiac:
But with that "issue" u could be creating false memory and saving stuff not on ur SD card. This phone does come with internal memory I believe 32 gb or 16gb so u could have a total of 96 gb in ur pocket!!! I only have 80gb haha ;)

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Rooted Evo dead.

Rooted Evo shift dead.

Rooted Galaxy s3 alive and well!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Practitioner:
Well, i can proudly say that im a holder of my new 64 gig plus SGS3 phone, well technically its a 64 gig, its actually packing a 16 gig internal memory, modication made thanks to the sd2internaltosdexternal. i was able to swap my 16 gig to my 64 gig, and made my phone think that its actually using a 64 gig internal memory, never looked back, im a happy camper. I got the 64 gig mobile ultra class 10 memory card, its actually runing faster and smoother then the internal one does, ive tested it with speeds of 13-17+ write, read 35+, it averages thought, so yeah ure phone can support upto 2 terrabytes thanks to the SDXC chip support ure phone has (SDXC is new technology thats able to pack large amount of data into one single device big or small without loss of memory maximum capacity of 2 terrabytes), so regardless if u can where to have a 2 terrabyte microsd card which prob wont happen until 5 years from now, ure phone should be able to read it on the exception u can actually get it to work by partitioning ure sd card either in fat32/or extfat.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] civicstyle01:
I had one... Then flashed cm10 and it corrupted it. Some roms don't format it so keep an eye out. Have a dead sd card now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
just pop the card out put it in a usb reader and reformat it in windows its VERY unlikely that a flashing could actually "break" a sd card.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Practitioner:
c

That is very much correct, flashing won't damage ure sdcard, it can corrupt the software to read it but easily fixed by reformatting through windows or third party format. Only time an sd card gets damaged and goes dead is when the sd card is unable to take excessive heat from ure phone, short circuits, or are fake sdcard which are lots of them out-there, all which will defect easily or through what I mentioned.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
well not entirely true. usually the sd card can "take" more heat than the phone can (they are tough little buggers) IT IS possible to software damage them. they have an electronic "bit flip" inside some of them to set read only state.

We have these wee little 808 spy camera's we use on airplanes and rockets. some sandisk cards particularly can have this bitflip occur if power is "interupted" violently to the SD card. the card enter permanent read only mode and no one has figured out a way to fix them short of sending them back to sandisk for warranty replacement. :)

but this is highly unlikely to happen in an android phone in fact we think this is particular to the the way the firmware in the camera "accesses" the cards ie its doing it goofy which results in that bitflip or whatever it is

just get a reader and reformat the card you should be fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Practitioner:
Again that's why I said that it's not likely that the phone will damage the sdcard if it's a lagit card..... Specially if it is a fake sdcard it will get damage easily under heat that the phone would be able to take.... Now flashing isn't known to damage sd cards but short circuits that a phone can make will.... It has enough to current to damage it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
again? again what? I said nothing to contradict anything you said (relevant parts) so again what?

and assuming you meant "legit" as in not "fake" sd cards thats not relevant no one was talking about fakes. once you enter "fake" territory all bets are off as to what might kill it :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Practitioner:
lolz ok, im out of it, its been a long day heh
[Android Apps and Games] peerdevicenet:
PeerDeviceNet connects your mobile devices (phones and tablets) through WI-FI or WI-FI Direct network to enable sharing across devices. It allows a group of devices share web pages, contact information, pictures, videos and other documentations.

Features:

1. Safe direct connections.

Your devices connect to each other in direct connections. Nobody can connect to your device without your permission or active participation. All connections are secured using TLS/SSL.

2. One click connection setup.

In most home WI-FI networks (which support multicast) or using WI-FI Direct, Simply pressing "Search and connect" buttons on all peer devices will connect them together. You can also connect devices by entering ip address.

3. Easy to use

PeerDeviceNet extends Android's standard "send and share" capability to remote devices. You go to apps which "own" the data you are interested (such Contact app for contact information, Gallery app for photos and videos), select or show the data and click "share" or "send" button. PeerDeviceNet will be among the list of targets thru which you can send data.

You can choose multiple data items to send, or a whole folder of photos to send at the same time.

You can choose to send data to one, a few or all connected devices.

4. Flexible multitasking.

All devices participating PeerDeviceNet can send data to each other simultaneously. It can safely run in background while you are running other apps. You can add new data to send at any time.

Support android 2.2 and up.

market link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xconns.free.peerdevicenet

PeerDeviceNet is also a framework. It provides reusable components and local services which can help developing connected mobile applications. You can use PeerDeviceNet connection manager to connect your devices, and reuse the secure connection features. Via PeerDeviceNet, your apps can send messages to peer devices using high level Android intents and messengers; or communicate thru IDL interfaces to gain fine grained control of messaging and device connection behaviours.

More details can be found at web site: http://www.peerdevicenet.net .

Comments and suggestions are welcome. Bug reports are highly appreciated.

Yigong

XCONNS LLC
[Android Apps and Games] meethere:
Promising

Will try now. What's different from Samsung kies?
[Android Apps and Games] ktetreault14:
You can use wifi direct also
[Android Apps and Games] peerdevicenet:
differences from kies

There are a few differences from Kies:

1. Kies depends on computer. you connect devices to computer thru USB or wi-fi, upload data and sync to other devices. Similar to cloud based sharing (iClooud, dropbox), you upload files to could and sync to other devices. PeerDeviceNet use peer-peer direct connections among devices to allow them share files and data directly, without computer or server in middle. You even donot need external wi-fi if devices are wi-fi direct enabled; you can connect the devices directly.

2. PeerDeviceNet is more for ad-hoc connection and sharing, not for "syncing". If you want to share some photos and videos with friends or document with teammate, you just need a simple "send" function, PeerDeviceNet is for that.

3. PeerDeviceNet is also a free runtime to enable connected mobile apps.You can use it write mulit-player GUI apps or multiplayer games. There are some sample projects and tutorials at web site: peerdevicenet.net

Thanks for comments.

Yigong

XCONNS LLC
[Android Apps and Games] peerdevicenet:
PeerDeviceNet did use WI-FI Direct as one way to connect devices. It adds flexibility of multitasking on top of plain vanilla wi-fi direct. You can send files and receive files simultaneously. If you are sending large video files, you can let it run in background, start others apps; and add new send sessions at any time.

Also majority of devices out there do not support wi-fi direct (from what i read, even new generation of kindle fire do not support). PeerDeviceNet allows you connect these devices thru wi-fi and share data with the ease of one-click connection similar to wi-fi direct.

best regards

Yigong

XCONNS LLC
[Android Apps and Games] Dhiraj:
Market link?
[Android Apps and Games] peerdevicenet:
i am too new to post an external link here. you can find all the links at my web site : peerdevicenet.net .

Regards.

Yigong

XCONNS LLC
[Android Apps and Games] peerdevicenet:
ok, finally i am able to post the link:

PeerDeviceNet (free edition)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xconns.free.peerdevicenet

Thanks

Yigong

XCONNS LLC
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fateownzyou3:
Been looking for one for 20 min. Someone help? Just wanting to clean my phone out
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] x1tyme:
you mean tar stock file??

http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Woody:
Here is LH2

Here is an Odin version of TWRP.

I used both tonight after doing a Fraken-Rom experiment that went horribly wrong.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Markeee:
I don't know if it just me but the volume on my G3 seems a bit on the low side when talking

Looking for a good app to let me jack up the volume
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gtuansdiamm:
Volume+
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Free app called equalizer isn't too bad.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ronny71:
Volume Plus...Really hear the difference...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fergie716:
If you're on a TW ROM, either ICS or JB, you can flash this

http://db.tt/1JpRStGz

Increases volume a decent amount
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SMARTPHONEPC:
Remember when AT&T chose to only carry the 16GB version of the S3, will US Carrier version availability of Note 2 be different?

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/10/samsung-confirms-october-24th-event-is-for-the-us-galaxy-note-ii/

I'm leaning toward 64GB Grey & can go to any carrier.. Verizon has LTE in my metro NY area but would fall back to 3G where it doesn't have LTE coverage while AT&T has LTE about 15 minutes away but usually only falls back to HSPA+ that is way faster than 3G not to mention would be ~$10/mo less (yet I'm on FIOS 75/35 Wi-Fi or other fast Wi-Fi most of the time anyway) so not sure which carrier to go with, advice on carrier options? -Thnx :cool:

Still have the EVO 4G on Sprint which does not have LTE yet in the area & its 3G is slow so the unlimited data differentiator is not too compelling as I'm mostly on Wi-Fi & when I'm not would rather not deal with slow 3G, prefer minimum HSPA+ speeds..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dachness:
AT&T Note 2 will most likely be unlocked while the Verizon version will most likely be locked. Seeing as you are on the XDA forums and you have fast wifi most of the time I would recommend the AT&T version. Being unlocked will allow you to run custom kernels and ROMs which allow you the ability to tweak your operating system and squeeze extra performance out of your device. AT&T recently added LTE in my city so that made it an easy choice for me along with all the benefits you mentioned of AT&T.

I would also like to get a 64GB model however I think its unlikely that will be released in the near future. Typically the higher GB models are released later.

Daniel
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SMARTPHONEPC:
Verizon & Sprint will likely carry at least 32GB versions, AT&T better not only offer the 16GB again..

Ideally I want Samsung Galaxy Note 2 128GB (64GB Marble White + 64GB MicroSDXC) on day1 :cool:
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jay6700:
Any time I try to flash any rom from recovery, it reboots in 4.0.1.0. However in 2.5.x and such I get something similar to this:

I grabbed the no assert recovery and it reboots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa-E1-tIdxo

Please tell me someone can help me. I've tried a hundred different recovery's and roms with no luck at all.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvmacd:
I flashed Devil kernel over my Paranoid Android 2.18 rom, and it booted into devil recovery, with lots of errors. It wouldn't let me flash my previous rom, so I restored a previous jb "boot" [recovery] from a nandroid [advanced restore], then it went into a bootloop.

I tried heimdall, flashing the cwm boot.img from the parandoid android rom [extracted from .zip], still got the recovery bootloop. Then I tried repartitioning with atlas2.2.pit, and thought I was out of the woods when it booted into cwm 6.x recovery.

Then I wiped data and flashed my PA rom again, and this time I had a black screen [yes I know it's hard to see a black screen on SAMOLED screens, but it was dark and I could see the screen coming on and off] bootloop. No SAMSUNG logo, just the screen turning off and on again.

Download mode didn't work until I took out the battery, so I'm gonna try Odin. only thing is I have to reboot into windows since I use linux, but I'm wondering if anyone knows what happened here?

lucky I have a recent TiBa..
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbrad:
If you booted into recovery you should have odined instead of trying too reflash cwm that's just gonna srew it more because its the kernel messing it up not the recovery. Any way get the full stock files for your device put them in Odin get the Atlas pit put it in there and check repartician and when its done flash it in Odin again with repartician not checked hope it works :D

Sent from my SCH-I500 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvmacd:
Yeah I got it fixed by odining eh03 then CWM and flashing jb ROM..

The problem was I didn't have access to Odin right away so I was trying to fix it with cwm.