yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 4 General] MaxCarnage:
Creative. BS, but creative.
[Nexus 4 General] itznfb:
Hey look, it's the email and phone responses in xda post form. I wonder if someone from xda could work on verifying the account.

edit: haha... holy hell was that post slammed fast...
[Nexus 4 General] decepticon:
Well the promise of an email seems like the standard MO for them but still think troll
[Nexus 4 General] marnel47:
TROLL
[Nexus 4 General] sarcosis:
That's certainly true. I didn't recall that at the moment I was writing my post. I will take back my previous statement. Perhaps Google has something in mind and asked them all to hold?
[Nexus 4 General] [hfm]:
Yet another proof that it is defintiely not "order it was received" as I was at 12:52 EST and have gotten nothing but the confirmation of purchase about 1:10EST and then the BO email at 2:59 EST on 11/15.
[Nexus 4 General] Sturos:
Proof?
[Nexus 4 General] Unclean009:
I really hope that support guy is real.
[Nexus 4 General] SefEXE:
Jonathan = Thomas J? Lol.
[Nexus 4 General] TheFiveDots:
He spelled "support" wrong, so probably not.
[Nexus 4 General] Euler MD:
He isn't. Look at his account info.
[Nexus 4 General] cooperaaaron:
Well.....

this is how I feel, lol :
[Nexus 4 General] megapixle:
We've got a prankster in the house.
[Nexus 4 General] Plexicle:
Sure, I can add that for you. Looking great.
[Nexus 4 General] jrush4:
Does this apply to UK customers? I never received any info in an email about shipping being refunded or anything.

Thanks for this new info though!
[Nexus 4 General] angrymachines:
Haha, I noticed this too, if this person is going to troll, at least make sure the names jive :p
[Nexus 4 General] itznfb:
If a CSR posted in a thread like this I'm sure they'd be fired anyway.
[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Fahrenheit:
Adding to the Support guy. I just got this in the mail.

As stated in the previous email, the status of your device was put on back order, in regards to the information that you received for shipping we are anticipating sending out another batch of devices, please give the system 24 hours to update, and if you do not receive a tracking number please fee free to reply to my email and I would be glad to further assist you.

I'm guessing they might ship by tomorrow?

Either that or more bull****, but I do kinda see how their servers may have ****ed up. Right? Right?

Or am I just trying to justify this situation by any means I can?

Haha...
[Nexus 4 General] WhenBearsReign:
Empty?
[Nexus 4 General] catcher82611:
Here's the email I got, for those wondering
[Nexus 4 General] jrush4:
YOU LET ME DOWN JONATHAN! I feel betrayed, and a little idiotic.
[Nexus 4 General] itznfb:
Well, he did sign it J, Thomas
[Nexus 4 General] devcurious:
It's always tomorrow...
[Nexus 4 General] thekooliest:
Do you mind if I post a new thread as well, I think it might have a chance of getting some extra hits..
[Nexus 4 General] kcm117:
As if they would really give a public statement on here.......instead of their own website or an official Google account.

Get out, troll.
[Nexus 4 General] itznfb:
Don't get your hopes up. We aren't seeing anything anytime soon.
[Nexus 4 General] SefEXE:
I thought of that too, but I still don't like the look of it.
[Nexus 4 General] MaxCarnage:
C'mon, Google isn't going to officially post in a forum like that. It was a mostly well-done prank; a prank done in bad taste, but it's not real.
[Nexus 4 General] megapixle:
Great! No worries guys, the support guy said this will all be ironed out by tomorrow.
[Nexus 4 General] Plexicle:
I need a way to confirm you're actually Google and I will be happy to add the response to the OP. You understand why I need to be skeptical about any claim from a brand new account.
[Nexus 4 General] MaxCarnage:
I strongly recommend against that; let's keep this stuff in one thread before we get on the moderators' nerves.
[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Fahrenheit:
But I'm in denial!!!
[Nexus 4 General] skorpi0wn:
It looks like bragging about getting your phone ended up getting someone to drop you off you stranded in the woods somewhere, trying to find your way back. I hope you have signal on your phone! :laugh:
[Nexus 4 General] SefEXE:
Tomorrow's just a day away...

:silly:
[Nexus 4 General] thekooliest:
Added to email:

http://bit.ly/QU2RJk
[Nexus 4 General] [hfm]:
It almost looks like they are going into the woods to spark up..
[Nexus 4 General] itznfb:
Always and forever.
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
Ok, my status changed to the 19th just now and my credit card has the charge/authorization back on. Have we figured out what this date change means? Limbo level 3, time of purchase 3:41pm est.
[Nexus 4 General] thekooliest:
I figured as much, try sharing on G+ and Twitter for us:

http://bit.ly/QU2RJk
[Nexus 4 General] lionheart7282:
i am in Maryland too but i didn't get mine.:crying: i know it doesn't matter where you live.
[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Fahrenheit:
Hopefully we don't die before receiving our shipment.

Nothing lasts forever...
[Nexus 4 General] angrymachines:
He actually signed it Thomas J and unless his last name is Jonathan and that's what he goes by, that part doesn't add up.
[Nexus 4 General] [hfm]:
They've been promising people emails since Thursday.

1. Fake (use a screenshot next time)

2. I will believe it when I see at this point. Stories about Chicken Little and The Boy Who Cried Wolf come to mind.

EDIT: HAHAH DUH, I didn't bother to look at the user posting it. Thoiught it was a pasted email. FAKE FAKE FAKE sigh..
[Nexus 4 General] itznfb:
It means Google still hates you.

And everyone else in this thread.

But seriously it doesn't mean anything.
[Nexus 4 General] Plexicle:
You can do as you please, of course. It may or may not be locked.
[Nexus 4 General] kcm117:
It's not Google, not in a million years.
[Nexus 4 General] fresh_TD:
Somebody get me some baby powder so I can smack the sh!t out of Thomas J... motherfuker are you serious?? Get real

Sent from my GN 2... RLTW!!
[Nexus 4 General] Euler MD:
Does this mean that this great thread of 17,000+ posts will be closed?
[Nexus 4 General] lesbox:
Here's the link to the post in case anyone wants to read it, though there's not much to be gained from it...yet, anyway.

http://consumerist.com/2012/11/19/nexus-4-and-10-purchasers-just-want-to-know-where-their-devices-are/
[Nexus 4 General] Plexicle:
My inclination as well.
[Nexus 4 General] ATnTdude:
Well, it's already been 1 week. So, at worst, 1/3 of your wait is done. Me, I was only able to get in order in at 6PM CST, so I expect my Nexus to show up on around maybe a day before December, if not a couple days into it.
[Nexus 4 General] klin1344:
^ this.
[Nexus 4 General] pejamas:
**** quality picture, but you get the idea :)
[Nexus 4 General] klin1344:
So Google's servers are holding up so far?
[Nexus 4 General] Richieboy67:
Duh..it is the 13th PST..just because you guys reach the 13th first doesn't mean you are special..

Btw-A Google tech told me they would ship between 2 to 4 days after purchase. I asked 4 times if there was next day or second day options and I got no answer. I don't like these games..
[Nexus 4 General] TigerCourage:
Damn you Australians!! :P
[Nexus 4 General] richteralan:
pic of the confirmation email?

black out your private information of course.
[Nexus 4 General] chlehqls:
Wow, that SD thread better be joking about how it'll be sold out within 1 hour. This phone isn't meant for the mainstream market at all and hasn't been running commercials or put in any mainstream exposure. This phone won't be like an iPhone and I suspect it'll take at least a day before it's sold out.
[Nexus 4 General] Anouk69:
Attached.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22193740/n4-au.png

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22193740/n4-receipt.png
[Nexus 4 General] TeamAlpha:
Probably because the phone is made in China, so Australia is the easiest market to distribute to.
[Nexus 4 General] ET3RNA4:
Ahhhh anxiety!!!!
[Nexus 4 General] poid:
Purchased!

The N7 has been a 3 business day shipping time from Singapore. So with any luck we'll have it on Friday. Worst case early next week.
[Nexus 4 General] kcls:
Wtf! Why does Australia get to go first?

Edit: Not hating on Autralia, just don't know why it isn't a worldwide release.
[Nexus 4 General] GoreTan:
You never know. It doesn't take media exposure when ALOT of people know about this phone through the Internet.
[Nexus 4 General] Nucleotide:
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[Nexus 4 General] aly19:
Because it is already noon on the 13th over there
[Nexus 4 General] bozzykid:
Probably just ramping up the release one market at a time. It will not affect availability as it is on a per market basis.
[Nexus 4 General] psy:
ORDERED!

12.34PM Tue 13th November Melbourne, Australia.
[Nexus 4 General] wisey18:
Order receipt.
[Nexus 4 General] TeamAlpha:
UK is up!

EDIT: Not working for me anymore..
[Nexus 4 General] Roxy:
You aussies are lucky. There's still 6 hours and 25 minutes to go for the rest of us.
[Nexus 4 General] apolloms:
what about those of us that ordered before everyone else that already has their phones, and ordered before all the people that have had their dates updated? WE STILL HAVE NOT HAD OUR ORDERS TOUCHED.
[Nexus 4 General] DroidDavi:
Lmao he needs to smack himself

I want to believe that so bad
[Nexus 4 General] itznfb:
As I said before... thank xda for allowing us to keep venting in this thread. You can be fairly positive any other threads on this topic will be locked though.
[Nexus 4 General] nyyankees3511:
they should obviously be getting new shipments every week, now they need to figure out how to manage the orders lol.
[Nexus 4 General] skorpi0wn:
Google...Now's your chance to partner with someone like Amazon to handle this process. Obviously, you are the leader in search and maps, but fail miserably when it comes to tangible goods fulfillment.
[Nexus 4 General] WhenBearsReign:
Limbo 3, ordered at 12:09 CST, BO email received and continually being told different stories from each CSR like the rest of you. Still showing Nov 13 for order date and Nov 15th for shipping estimate. Google's pending charge no longer on bank statement.

I'll just lurk with the dozens of other folk and wait for someone to hear something, maybe call CSR a few more times and update everyone with some funny experiences, hopefully to bring joy to this tragedy.
[Nexus 4 General] Exel:
Ask a staff member to verify his IP isn't a duplicate for another account, or somehow verify the legitimacy of the user.
[Nexus 4 General] Plexicle:
This thread exists for a reason. It's a catch-all to help prevent the front page of the forum filling up with endless posts about this debacle.
[Nexus 4 General] parelem:
i lol'd
[Nexus 4 General] Solutions Etcetera:
We ask for oficial information, they finally give it to us and this is your response?

And you wonder why they weren't here sooner?
[Nexus 4 General] SefEXE:
They aren't here.

Alternatively:

These aren't the droids you're looking for.
[Nexus 4 General] thekooliest:
Upvote for me if you have a Reddit account?

http://www.reddit.com/r/nexus4/comments/13h0ey/email_to_send_to_tech_sites/
[Nexus 4 General] megapixle:
They could also consider partnering with my 6 year old who also could have done a better job.
[Nexus 4 General] AIovanna:
People..people...again Google Play Support is contracted to third party companies...even if this was real it was not from Google...at the very least it is their way of chiming in to shut us up....fight the powers that be!
[Nexus 4 General] MaxCarnage:
Hook...Line...Sinker!
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
Official information? You're believing that post????
[Nexus 4 General] the_r2d2:
similar to below... ordered at 12:01 PM EST, but order date changed to Nov 19 and the pending charge was dropped today.
[Nexus 4 General] raycpe:
Did anyone think that maybe this is google reaching out to the board, due to all the noise that we have made about these orders. And this guys name coule be Thomas Jonathan ________ and he just likes to go by Jonathan. The date change statement would make since, and this does correspond with somethings that we have been hearing for CSRs.
[Nexus 4 General] megapixle:
So a random forum post from a brand new user is "oficial information"?
[Nexus 4 General] MaxCarnage:
That's even more evidence against it being real; a third-party support company isn't going to use Google's name to post something on a web forum unsanctioned by the company. Let it go; it was BS and should be ignored.
[Nexus 4 General] apolloms:
which all could be picked up from reading posts in this thread.
[Nexus 4 General] Euler MD:
I HIGHLY doubt that this guy is legit.
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
let's not get nasty with J from Google Support and get the thread closed.
[Nexus 4 General] megapixle:
They can reach out by making a verified statement on their own site.
[Nexus 4 General] WhenBearsReign:
You know, this whole Limbo thing wouldn't be so bad for me if my Nexus S weren't so damn slow these days. Swear to god, opening ANYTHING takes a year. Running CM10.
[Nexus 4 General] MaxCarnage:
Yes, some people thought that. Suckers, for instance. Desperate people who will cling to anything in the hopes of getting real information. Folks who think everything on the internet is real.

It's really Google's fault for leaving such a huge vacuum of information that some dumbass could create such a post and have people believing it.
[Nexus 4 General] SefEXE:
Then he could have used Jonathan at the bottom.

Thomas J is vague enough.
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
My date changed to the 19th just now, I consider myself having ordered very late, 3:41 pm est....if that theory is correct, how is it I would be getting any further along in this process than the 100's who ordered hours before me who haven't heard so much as peep since the 13th? And free bumpers? There isn't any bumpers, those are back ordered too. I don't know, the letter doesn't make sense. Wish it was, hope it is, true.
[Nexus 4 General] Exel:
Like I said before, ask a staff member to verify the IP doesn't trip another user account so we know no one here just made that account randomly.

That could narrow down the legitimacy of the user.
[Nexus 4 General] onedude1:
Need to vent

I just found out that this is one of the most (if not THE most) active forum in regards to Nexus 4 debacle and I

either need to be insulted into sense or just hear everyone else's comments about it.

I just got off with CSR guy on the phone. What pisses me off the most is that they can't even track who

got the back order email or not. I initially spoke with a girl who I told I hadn't seen my status update and

she started telling me this BS on how they have extended the processing time and it might actually take

around 5 business days to process because of the high demand. As she kept going and going.. I slipped

in the fact that I had received the dreaded BO email and she instantly changed the canned response: "Ohh sir

I'm sorry but it will take UP TO (emphasis on the up-to) three weeks to get your phone out."

After a couple of hours I called back... and played the same trick. I dont know if the guys don't read their screens to actually

check the status or not, or the most likely option is that they don't even have that information available to the CSR.

Annoyed Limbo 3.... So I started looking at the Samsung G S3 / HTC One X+ / LG Optimus G. :mad:
[Nexus 4 General] Novi84:
Not much help at this point, but I just spoke with a CSR about my order (made 8.33, no updates). He said it's in a processing state, which is the same as backorder. So it is in a queue, but he cannot see where in the queue. Google are telling them that this means it might take up to 3 weeks.

He also said if it suddenly appears on my door, then yey for me, so they don't really know anything. The problem here is solely Google though - they are not feeding any certain information to neither the CSRs or us, making the responses be as many as there are CSRs.
[Nexus 4 General] gl_ix:
You think that's slow for a smartphone? Look up my Nokia C7, I can't open a second browser window without receiving an out of memory error.
[Nexus 4 General] nyyankees3511:
good to see a fellow northeaster!!
[Nexus 4 General] siberian85:
Yay got it
[Nexus 4 General] devcurious:
As one of those 100s, I would say that you have no reason to feel guilty because your order is moving along. You have no control over how these things are being processed.

I am angry and frustrated that I got my order in at 8:33PST and it hasn't been touched since I receive my confirmation at 8:36PST, but that still won't make me direct anger towards the people that are finally getting hope of leaving this hell created by Google.
[Nexus 4 General] MaxCarnage:
They don't know anything. People who ordered right off the bat haven't gotten any BO email nor have we gotten any phones, whereas some people who did get the email also got phones. Talk to a CSR and if you got the BO email you're boned, and if you didn't you are golden. It's all BS designed to manage call queues and keep those survey scores up.
[Nexus 4 General] dubt17:
It seems those who ordered around this time with a BO seem to have no updated with Google play (17th then 19th). I have been told by phone that I'm on back order, but did not receive the email, and I have been updated from 13 to 17 to 19. It seems to me like I'm not on back order and you are.

Ordered at 11:05 CST, Dallas Texas. No other emails than comfirmation.
[Nexus 4 General] miasma:
Maybe "Jonathan" is Jony Ive LHAO? Probably had to bite his tongue not to say alu-mini-um...
[Nexus 4 General] AIovanna:
I have an idea...everyone reroute their N4 to me that way they only have to ship them to one address making the process extremely easy and fast...then I'll drive them all to Vegas where we can all get **** faced and unbox together...
[Nexus 4 General] MrLeon:
Just an FYI for those who were going to send the email to androidpolice.com... they have already covered this, because some of the writers are experiencing the same.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...icating-nexus-4-will-ship-within-three-weeks/

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...nch-is-a-fantastic-sign-or-please-be-patient/

they didn't cover it in the same pissed off i am in limbo type of way but they did cover it.

Limbo level 3 here. Ordered 16gb 11:57 Est. Not using the refresh. Received confirmation within minutes. Ny, NY. Got the BO email. Order date still says 11/13, shipping still says 11/15.

Question, does UPS My Choice have to have an exact address match for them to email you? I have my packages delivered to my work address but UPS MY Choice wouldn't allow it because it was a commercial addres, so i had to add "Front Desk" to the second line. IF everything else matches up would i get an email?
[Nexus 4 General] DroidDavi:
Some guy in Vegas is selling a 8 GB for 500 and says he has 3 . If I wasn't a nice person I would f him up
[Nexus 4 General] onedude1:
Ha.. I believe I beat you.... Nokia 2320... only game available is a trial for "Collapse Chaos" and web browser can only access the wonderful world of mobile web AT&T

:D
[Nexus 4 General] One3OneKing:
Welcoming all theories but there probably really is absolutely no method to this madness. I ordered at 12:49 Eastern, got a backorder email and my order date changed form 13->17->19.
[Nexus 4 General] Acuity:
Whoever the troll is at least speaks good English, rather than the decrepit **** the rest of us speak. :good:
[Nexus 4 General] Solutions Etcetera:
I am not sure what to believe. Of course the idea of trolling occurred to me, but the content of the message was not suggestive of it, at least not to me. In any event, my comment was about the response.

If this is/was real, it was pretty much what most asked for... but there is so much anger here we can't be civil (not even to each other it seems).

My order was received at 08:33 PST, so I have just as much a reason to be disappointed as the rest of you, I guess I just choose to handle it differently.
[Nexus 4 General] WhenBearsReign:
You win, sir. What makes this more painful is that I got an Ingress key over the weekend and I can barely run it on my Nexus S. FIRSTWORLDPROBLEMS!
[Nexus 4 General] megapixle:
Sorry, I don't accept the "Google sucks but it's a positive thing, really!" argument.
[Nexus 4 General] devcurious:
Not saying it was real, not saying it was fake...

However, the essence of trolling is believe-ability. If it sounds too ridiculous, people will know that it's fake. The key is to make it sound just plausible enough for people to think it "could" be true.
[Nexus 4 General] MauriceZ:
I got my invite to ingress also, however stuck on an iphone4 i cant "play" the game. :eek:
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
Ditto!
[Nexus 4 General] WhenBearsReign:
Chrome just posted something on G+ about how good their browser is (which I agree). Everyone freak out.

http://goo.gl/fqGnz
[Nexus 4 General] bizziet:
As the Google world turns. Ordered at 1149est 16gb got the initial confirmation email and nothing more. Date changed to 19th today and received a personal email saying I was affected by the back order from a cst rep and funds still pending in my bank account. Just got a new email from the initial cst manager I spoke with Thursday. I here it is not quite sure if I moved up to the new limboS or what. I I never receiveda the blanket BO email so here's the new one from 343est.

Hi Anthony,

Thank you for contacting Google Play Support.*It looks like there was a glitch in our system, and your order was involved. I have consulted your

case again with our shipping department and am trying to get your order pushed through. I am sorry for the delay.If you have any other questions please feel free to send me an email.

I just want to be hugged at this point :(

Sincerely,Jared *The Google*Play Support Team.
[Nexus 4 General] TheFiveDots:
Seems that they are not really all that interested in our pleas anyways:

https://twitter.com/ocentertainment/status/270633171203289088
[Nexus 4 General] locsplitter:
I just bought a $20 dumb phone from best buy (gophone) and plugged my sim in and havent been this happy in days! Imagine how happy I'll be when everyone gets their N4..

Sent from my Samsung Flip Phone in Limboland
[Nexus 4 General] Roxy:
And how does your post pertain to N4? -_-
[Nexus 4 General] pitchshifter:
+1 thats fanboi logic
[Nexus 4 General] megapixle:
Ouch. Shunned.
[Nexus 4 General] AmericanYakuza:
fwiw... my status changed to the 17th but not the 19th. Received the BO email like most others. Checked credit card statement and it's not even showing as pending anymore. I assume Google will put a hold on the funds when they are ready to ship again. I ordered the phone late... really late. Almost 7pm cst, so I was prepared for a long wait.
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
I'll forgive you that you're a stankees fan ;) Stay warm my friend!

GO PATS!!
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
Where b J ?

Nexus 4 back ordered , forced to use an iPhone 4S , blame Google
[Nexus 4 General] stumpyz9:
Mine arrived today
[Nexus 4 General] loomism2:
By that logic you would never believe anything, ever.
[Nexus 4 General] WhenBearsReign:
It doesn't, which is the point.
[Nexus 4 General] Clayfree:
I agree about chrome too I used it to refresh a single page over 10,000 time on November 13th :laugh:
[Nexus 4 General] Solutions Etcetera:
Granted... but this would not be the first time I have seen an actual official response from a newly registered account (created solely for that purpose) in reaction to forum comments going nuclear over a botched launch (i.e. uProMX and GolfWRX).
[Nexus 4 General] pitchshifter:
details?

did you getting a shipping notification?
[Nexus 4 General] Guster730:
Mine still says the 17th. Ordered at 8:33:23. No B/O email, got confirmation like 30 seconds after ordering it. Hopefully it's not a bad thing that it's still the 17th and not the 19th.