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[Galaxy Note II General] chnzshyguy:
My local Best Buy in Mountain View said that they will carry Sprint's Note 2 on launch day, but it's first come first serve basis.
[Galaxy Note II General] -viperboy-:
As some friendly advice, have a backup plan just in case. When I worked there, sometimes we didn't get phones for a few weeks. Happened frequently with Verizon. They want exclusivity for a week or two.
[Galaxy Note II General] clemson91:
I'm in the same boat, but make sure you do BestBuy's price match thing because for example the Galaxy S3 from Verizon retail store is $599 while Bestbuy's price is $699. Also at some point closer to the holiday season BestBuy is suppose to match Amazon and other online retailers instead of just local retailers. Good luck
[Galaxy Note II General] cincyelite22:
They match amazon now.
[Galaxy Note II General] clemson91:
Oh nice I wasn't sure whether they had started yet. Now if they'd just match Ebay prices, BestBuy could be my one stop shop for electronics.
[Galaxy Note II General] cincyelite22:
Lol. Yeah they match amazon and not third dealers on amazon if that makes sense.
[Galaxy Note II General] bjg020683:
Is it only online for price match?
[Galaxy Note II General] chnzshyguy:
Walmart said that they won't be carrying the Sprint Note 2.
[Galaxy Note II General] blazinazn:
Well, the note 2 is at least listed on the best buy website but it looks like they are already sold out. Gonna call best buy when they open to see if they them in stock on a whim.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...p=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960
[Galaxy Note II General] simplelife:
Tmo official sale only 649$ and they offer low monthly payment with little down . Tmobile update there link with price & order

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones...ll-phone=Samsung-Galaxy-Note-II-Titanium-Gray
[Galaxy Note II General] blazinazn:
T-mo won't let you buy the phone outright on the website :(

You have to select a plan before it will let you check out.
[Galaxy Note II General] simplelife:
You have to call them , that what I did
[Galaxy Note II General] Slap-Yourself :):
What if you sign in?
[Galaxy Note II General] blazinazn:
I'm not currently a tmob customer and you need an acct to sign in.
[Galaxy Note II General] simplelife:
Only 7am central time Tmo out of stock...:silly:. Too late now, maybe you should wait for store open.
[Galaxy Note II General] mr mystery:
Lol, sold out already? Guess its going to sell well.
[Galaxy Note II General] donniegood:
All the best buys I have called have no clue what I am talking about if they will have it or not for sprint
[Galaxy Note II General] DarkPhoenix:
I just got off of the phone with the Mt. Juliet, TN Best Buy (a suburb of Nashville) and they said that they will be selling them tomorrow the 25th. He said they are hoping to have the shipment tonight.
[Galaxy Note II General] monkey3ddd:
All the best buys I've called have said the same thing, yet just a week ago they said they'd have it tomorrow.
[Galaxy Note II General] blazinazn:
When I called best buy this morning they said they don't carry contract phones for T-mobile in the store. They only sell them online ::shrugs::

Called my tmo store and they had 1 reserved and1 TG left. I went and snatched it up cause I didn't wanna wait. Since I'm not a current T-mobile, they wouldn't sell me the phone without activating. So I had to pay an extra $10 to get a pre-paid sim.

I have my micro sim that I will be using coming in today so I can port my number over from sprint.

So far, I'll give this phone :good::good:
[Galaxy Note II General] DarkPhoenix:
Yes I should clarify that I had asked about the GN2 for Sprint.
[Galaxy Note II General] ps2gamer02:
As far as I know we won't have the sprint version on release date we have some stuff coming in tomorrow but I don't know if there's any note 2s
[Galaxy Note II General] cincyelite22:
My best buy is pretty in touch with everything and they haven't gotten any word yet. I would expect them to get it, but like I said I think best buys aren't going to know until tonight if a shipment comes in.
[Galaxy Note II General] ps2gamer02:
So I just heard from our sprint rep at bestbuy an we aren't getting the phone till November 11
[Galaxy Note II General] randy2:
I think hes lying to you, My best buy in Philly said they are coming in today shipment or tomorrow shipment and this was at 12:00pm, they might be there by now but they cant sell them till tomorrow anyway
[Galaxy Note II General] shook187:
My 2 Best Buy both said they getting some in.
[Galaxy Note II General] saberzaid:
Where they sell the international model?
[Galaxy Note II General] monkey3ddd:
This is weird, I called again tonight and the guy said early nov at best buy. Guess its sprint store for me tomorrow
[Galaxy Note II General] cincyelite22:
So can we confirm best buy won't have it tomorrow?
[Galaxy Note II General] monkey3ddd:
To quote "all signs point to yes", unless something strange happens. I specifically asked the guy about shipments and they only get them mon and wed.
[Galaxy Note II General] cincyelite22:
I will have some information to add in a little while. Possibly to confirm this or hopefully confirm it.
[Galaxy Note II General] monkey3ddd:
Well I hope you are confirming they are going to be in stock and my calls were made to bozos. :eek:
[Galaxy Note II General] cincyelite22:
Honestly I feel like "bozos"are probably right since multiple told you the same thing. But I'll check to see if I can get info regarding the november release for best buy.
[Galaxy Note II General] monkey3ddd:
I'm baffled its not even listed on sprints site for crying out loud..
[Galaxy Note II General] cincyelite22:
I know its like none of the carriers are making any announcements about releasing the device. Its strange.
[Galaxy Note II General] Geronimo.USMC:
WTF? My money is ready, and nobody knows ****. What's worse is that early today I took my friend to pick up his T mobile & held it in my hand. :confused: :mad:
[Galaxy Note II General] monkey3ddd:
My response to BB.
[Galaxy Note II General] Geronimo.USMC:
LMAO +10000000000000000.........etc, infinity

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Damn if your sig is your phone, you in for a rude awakening .....
[Galaxy Note II General] monkey3ddd:
Rude awakening in a good way?
[Galaxy Note II General] Geronimo.USMC:
Hell ya. I had the 3D when it came out. Soon as The Epic 4G Touch came out, I got it & never wanted a HTC device again, & I was all over HTC devices. Had them all, HTC. I missed some Sense widgets, but quickly found replacements on the market.
[Galaxy Note II General] monkey3ddd:
I give credit to the devs in the 3d section here, they have JB running on it. I slapped ics on it and it runs great.

Looking forward to rooting it but not flashing a custom rom. I'm happy with removing bloat ware manually. The only reason I might flash is to get active hot spot, and even then I would consider buying an app on the play store instead.
[Galaxy Note II General] Geronimo.USMC:
HTC DEVS = awesome!

I just want hotspot access, & some visual tweaks, like icons, transparencies etc. That's all. Maybe battery tweaks, but all signs point that it is a monster there.
[Galaxy Note II General] monkey3ddd:
Would a diff launcher get you what you need? I snagged nova prime and never looked back, love it!

Sorry if that came off a little school girlish...
[Galaxy Note II General] Geronimo.USMC:
LMAO. I snagged it too .25 cents. Can't wait to try it on the N2. I was using the lite version on my S3. So I guess hotspot root access is all I need.

I got that Photoshop & Sketchbook Pro too.
[Galaxy Note II General] monkey3ddd:
Literally days after I bought it it went on sale, oh well glad to support a dev with quality product.
[Galaxy Note II General] Geronimo.USMC:
Your right.
[Galaxy Note II General] loveshinesthru:
so no one knows if BB will have sprint?
[Galaxy Note II General] donniegood:
Negative so far all the stores I have called said not on the shipment today could be drop shipped but no confirmation call back in the morning. They open at 10 my sprit store opens at 10 my sprint store has 4 and they know I will be there at open
[Galaxy Note II General] DarkPhoenix:
I am waiting for my local store to open. I talked to them yesterday and they said that they were going to sell it today as long as they reviewed a shipment of them.
[Galaxy Note II General] cincyelite22:
My best buy is a no go. Nothing even in their systems about it this morning either.
[Galaxy Note II General] randy2:
not till monday

no best buy is getting it until monday at the earliest cant say how I know (believe what you want) and trust me I wanted it very bad I just have to wait like everyone else
[Galaxy Note II General] bjg020683:
My best buy said they should receive some later 2day. I'm getting mismatch results from every best buy close to me unfortunately. I don't know who to believe.
[Galaxy Note II General] monkey3ddd:
I was at my local sprint store when they opened, had 2 white, 2 grey. Now they have 1 grey.
[Galaxy Note II General] DarkPhoenix:
I just got off of the phone with 2 local Best Buys and the 800 number for customer service and no one could tell me when it would be available. Heck the person with customer support didn't even know it had been released yet. The store closest to me said that they might have them Friday but she didn't sound too sure. :confused:
[Galaxy Note II General] DarkPhoenix:
Ok so I've called every Best Buy in middle Tennessee (8 total) and none of them have it. I was told that they are on stacked order which is like back order so it could be anywhere from 7-30 days before they get them. The local Sprint store (not corporate) and they are hoping to get them by the middle of next week. The corporate store has 4 available (2 white and 2 grey all 16gb).
[Galaxy Note II General] striker777:
I visited a Best Buy Mobile location in Memphis, TN at 10am today and they didn't have a clue about the Sprint version. They knew the T-Mobile one just launched but they could only order T-mobile products at this location. The manager said he checked employee news, company emails, called his manager and even searched the system for the Sprint version and found nothing.

I went to the Best Buy retail store down the street and they did know about both the T-Mobile and Sprint versions but didn't have either one and also didn't have an SKU or could find it in their inventory system. The mobile manager then said he hadn't tried to see if he could do a "preorder" and that it was a different system.

He found only the white 16GB Sprint version in the phone reservation system and I was able to put a $50 deposit on a Best Buy gift card! So if you want to go reserve this color the SKU is 6930804 but it apparently will only come up in their preorder/phone reservation system. The Best Buy website doesn't like the SKU either nor can I use it to trick the online inventory system.

They still have no idea when the phone might show up but at least I don't have to keep checking in with them.
[Galaxy Note II General] nubsors:
Was told by a Best Buy rep today that they would not get the Note 2 for Sprint until the 10th or 11th.
[Galaxy Note II General] mr mystery:
Best Buy in US doesn't take preorders? I preordered mine a week ago, they'll call me Tuesday to come pick it up. I'm in Canada.
[Galaxy Note II General] Geronimo.USMC:
I broke down and got it from the Sprint store next to BB.
[Galaxy Note II General] bjg020683:
Lucky you my lady will get upset if I get it for 650 dollars retail price. I have a 200 dollar gift card at best buy so I'm going to have wait.
[Galaxy Note II General] venture51:
I called a few Best Buy's around the Dallas/Fort Worth area - none of them have it - and none know when it's coming in. As with other folks in the thread - found the same thing - nothing in inventory for Sprint Galaxy Note II - and no indication on date.
[Galaxy Note II General] drtysouf21:
Best Buy has it on there web site but I have been unable to actually order it. Tried posting the links but xda won't let me. Search "galaxy note II" and it should bring up 5 devices 2 for sprint 2 for t-mobile and 1 for at&t
[Galaxy Note II General] barry99705:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960&st=galaxy+note+2

Taaa Daaaa! :D
[Galaxy Note II General] nuwayman:
Why is the best buy so much more then the actual cell phone retailers. Att and tmobile is 650. Would best buy price match them after buying it from them?
[Galaxy Note II General] :
Note 2 at bestbuy $ 800 dls

I saw on the web of bestbuy the note and it is in 800 dls t-mobile

i sugest that u buy it at t-mobile the price there is $650 dls
[Galaxy Note II General] Dariste:
There's still no word on when they will actually get their stock? The website just says pre-order and the pickup time is soon.
[Galaxy Note II General] cincyelite22:
Well its Friday. Has anyone had a bestbuy tell them that they might come in today?
[Galaxy Note II General] venture51:
Called a couple of Best Buy's around DFW again today. One of them repeated the November 10th/11th date that another poster mentioned earlier. The other Best Buy couldn't comment - said their system was down - and they couldn't check.
[Galaxy Note II General] DarkPhoenix:
I called my local store and was told that they has a few in stock, of course once I got there they said that customer service told me wrong. :mad: Another store told me to call back after 1:00 today because the whole preorder situation is really a mystery to them. They are going to talk with the manager to try to get a solid answer as to when we can expect this phone. I will post an update as soon as I know something.
[Galaxy Note II General] Itchiee:
They like to discourage people from buying phones outright, they make percentage on renewals i'm guessing.

And you may get a price check if the person cares enough, or if you become a problem (more of a nuisance)....
[Galaxy Note II General] venture51:
Not exactly all enlightening - but hey, it's something. Here's my chat today with Best Buy's Online Chat:

Connected to C, Nicholas

ME: hi

REP: My name is Nicholas, how may I help you?

ME: do you have any idea when the Samsung Galaxy Note II (Sprint) will be available in-store at Best Buy?

ME: SKU: 6930804

REP: 1-2 weeks. It is currently backordered.

REP: I do apologize.

ME: There is no information for when it will appear in store, other than 1-2 weeks?

REP: Correct, I do apologize for this.

ME: So it could be as early as November 2nd, and as late as November 9th?

REP: 1-2 weeks, yes.

ME: Is there any chance at all that it could come earlier? That is, should I continue checking back with local stores?

REP: You can check with local stores, but the only information we have is "coming soon" or 1-2 weeks.

ME: Ok - thanks.
[Galaxy Note II General] Dariste:
Any luck today?
[Galaxy Note II General] venture51:
Went by another Best Buy today...although the Sprint Note II is on the website, there is still nothing in their inventory system showing...although it does show up in their pre-order...with no date attributed to it...the BB Mobile reps haven't seen any marketing briefs, or other communications regarding the release....obviously Sprint and Samsung did not work closely with Best Buy on the launch...
[Galaxy Note II General] Dariste:
I just gave in and bought it online.
[Galaxy Note II General] DarkPhoenix:
I haven't bothered calling any of the stores today because they pretty much all said that they don't get shipments over the weekend.
[Galaxy Note II General] ktempleton:
Foxfi makes your phone a hot spot without rooting I had to get it from the web because att took it off the market
[Galaxy Note II General] DarkPhoenix:
Going to try my luck at the local spots again tomorrow. I will today everyone once I find something out.
[Galaxy Note II General] striker777:
Best Buy Note II In Store Inventory Stock Check

Well I was going to say save the gas and post the links to check the stores' inventory but I can't until I have 10 posts.

Link work around:

Sprint Note II - White

PUTBESTBUYDOMAINHERE/site/olstemplatemapper.jsp?id=pcat17006&type=page&sourceId=1218814986167&sourceType=product&skuId=6930804&productId=1218814986167&sp=-displaydate+skuid&nrp=15&iht=n&list=y&sc=abComputerSP&st=Fastlimitpgs_219&usc=abcat0500000&ks=960&pageid=pcat17080&listingType=listing&cp=1&qp=crootcategoryid~~cabcat0500000~~cabcat0503000~~nf397%7C%7C536c696e67204d65646961&pagetype=catego

Sprint Note II - Grey

PUTBESTBUYDOMAINHERE/site/olstemplatemapper.jsp?id=pcat17006&type=page&sourceId=1218816107801&sourceType=product&skuId=6941414&productId=1218816107801&sp=-displaydate+skuid&nrp=15&iht=n&list=y&sc=abComputerSP&st=Fastlimitpgs_219&usc=abcat0500000&ks=960&pageid=pcat17080&listingType=listing&
[Galaxy Note II General] DarkPhoenix:
Oh trust me I'm not stupid enough to drive to the store just to see if they have it. I will be calling the mobile department first. :p

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My problem with doing that if I have the by back option so it should pay for the new phone. If I buy it online I lose that.
[Galaxy Note II General] DarkPhoenix:
Ok so here's what I was able to find out. The first store i called said that was in the computer but not in stock could possibly come in tonights or Wednesdays shipment. The second store said that Sprint isn't going to release the phone till the 11th to which I replied they released it Thursday and she was like oh well that's weired. So I called the Reward Zone Premier Silver customer service and they weren't able to tell me exactly what I needed to know so I was transferred to .com support. This is what they said. The phone is available to order NOT PREORDER. Where it says "coming soon" that means it's coming soon in stores. When you add the phone to your cart you add all of your plan info and then pay for it. They said it ships in 5-7 days.

If this helps you please hit thanks!:cool:
[Galaxy Note II General] striker777:
I live by the X-Files mantra of "Trust No One" when it comes to these types of matters so I will point out that on the .com page if you click "Estimate Arrival Time" the "Availability" for .com orders is listed as "Pre-order."

You are right about being able to place an order though. The T-Mobile variant doesn't even let you do that and just says "Sold Out Online." Unfortunately, if you order online then you can't apply the $50 "Choose Phone Freedom" gift card towards the price of the phone. That $50 is the whole reason I don't have the phone right now.

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I forgot to ask if you went ahead with this route.

I got an email from Best Buy a short time ago that said my reserved order would be ready for pick-up tomorrow! AND THEN I realized it was talking about Assassin's Creed 3. I'm a sad panda.
[Galaxy Note II General] DarkPhoenix:
No I didn't go this route because like you I want to use the 50 gift card plus I purchased the buy back option so that should cover the cost of my new phone and you can't do it online. I definitely agree that you should trust no one.I have called the same store several times since Thursday and get a different answer every time.
[Galaxy Note II General] ceabbott2:
White Variant in stock at local Best Buy

Well they have the fing white one in my local Best Buy! I pre-ordered the grey one back on 10/27/12 and Best Buy just sent me an email saying if they didn't receive the grey GN2 by 11/10/12 they were going to cancel the pre-order! WTF?! Like many the only reason I haven't bailed and purchased the grey one at the Sprint Store was due to the $50 Phone Freedom! Good grief Best Buy! Either get the freaking phone or go away! The point behind this tirade is they have plenty of white GN2's at my local Best Buy store God knows if they will ever get a ANY of the grey ones.:( Oh yeah I already picked up a grey flip case at the sprint store. Good thing I did it was the last one! Thanks for the info about the screen saver I'll take the non stock screen protectors back and get the full face shields from Amazon. :)

Charles
[Galaxy Note II General] striker777:
Sorry to hear they haven't received the color you wanted but thanks a lot for posting this news! I confirmed with my inventory links I posted earlier that your local stores do in fact have the white ones. I also see that "most" of my local stores do as well, including the one I reserved a white one at. Would you have been able to purchase a white one today if you wanted? I didn't get a call today saying I could pick mine up so that bugs me unless they are going to play the "special release day" game. I know where I'm going to be tomorrow morning.
[Galaxy Note II General] ceabbott2:
special release day games?

I could have purchased the white one and almost did....but I really want the gray. What is the "special release day games" you were talking about? It is really going to suck balls...two time if Best Buy cancels the pre-order.

Thanks for the reply,

Charles
[Galaxy Note II General] DarkPhoenix:
Just spoke with my local store and they confirmed that they have it UN stock but can't sell it till the 11th.
[Galaxy Note II General] striker777:
What I mean is that they have the phones right now and won't sell them until the 11th. This matches up with what Best Buy did with a previous Sprint phone, the EVO 4G LTE. Here is the leaked information for how Best Buy released that phone: http://phandroid.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/BB-EVO-LTE-preorder.jpg

I'm curious if there was also a special one day opportunity for those of us with preorders to get the phone and we were never contacted so they didn't have to worry about it.

Also, from other Best Buy employee news leaks the stock that comes in is sometimes only to fulfill reservations and that means people that just show up would be out of luck unless an untrained employee breaks policy. Reference: http://obamapacman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Best-Buy-iPad-2-Inventory-Hold.jpg

Release date games I tell you! More like it has to do with contracts with Sprint and/or Samsung.
[HTC One X] viizx:
Hi

I have a little problem, I droped my HOX and now it has a little scratch on bottom, you cant even see it, but I know it is there. So did someone ever replaced whole back cover? And another reason for that is that I kinda want white HOX and i have black :) Can you give me the link where to buy it and is it hard to replace it?
[HTC One X] sbdags:
Yep did mine from a shop on eBay - just search.

Took 10 mins to change. It was surprisingly easy. I went from grey to white. Hardest part is remembering to move the speaker circuit. ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] kiwiiwik28:
Have searched the forums but i can't find what I'm looking for.

I would like apk for the stock buy Note video player. I used to watch movies i have downloaded via BitTorrent on my pc on my note, using ES file explorer. Now that i am on CNA black rom, i can't use the stock video o player as it isn't in gapps ?!?

Every other video player I've tried lags when watching high quality videos via ES file explorer via wifi.

Please help.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] CONTACTMC:
I dont think what you are asking for is possible, u need the samsung codecs, but as official jelly bean for the note is not out yet you cant do it. This is one of the many reason I have gone back to Rocket rom Ics, it may be older firmware but it plays all movie formats with no problems.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] kiwiiwik28:
Dammit. Yes , this is possibly time for me to go back to ICS again. Once black cna came out with pressure sensitivity on the s pen i decided it was time to stay on JB for a while. Alas.

Tell me, would ICS player work? Has anybody a copy of the apk for me to try? Or are the codecs not stored in the apk file?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] kiwiiwik28:
Would ics video player apk work? Can you extract and post a copy so i can try?