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[Galaxy Note II General] maverick1103:
Agreed. I haven't brought a phone from Phones4U since they messed me around years ago. I did buy my HTC One X from DialaPhone last year which is their sister company only to get a better deal, other than that I wouldn't step foot in any of their stores!
[Galaxy Note II General] simbr:
I bought the N7100 on T-Mobile from P4U last week. They did correctly tell me that they could only sell me the non-LTE version.

What they did assure me was that tethering was allowed - something I could not confirm on the T-Mobile site at the time since it was broken. So far it seems to be working but I am worried based on web searches saying it is no longer available (I had been on my way to the Three store, but I popped into P4U as the first phone shop in the street just to look at the handsets and got cornered)
[Galaxy Note II General] E_Goldstein:
Right first of all P4U are full of crap they sell both variants, because vodafone now stocks the LTE version, secondly DO NOT let them push you around because I can guarantee you now that the sales staff will lie through there teeth to make you keep that device, there are ccrafty as hell, get back to that store asap, they make not make refunds but that doesnt mean you dont have rights, the major problem your going to have is they will say to you "is it on your contract you can have 4g" at that point stand your ground and do not be intimidated by them because they are twats (i have worked in there stores before) try and do a bit of research on your rights before you go in, small claims courts CAB etc they soon get worried when you know what your talking about, stand your ground be firm but not aggressive, and if you get nowere with sales staff demand the store manager and do not leave until you get somewere.

oh yeah got my tracking code my phone will be here tomorrow wahooooo lte note 2 from three thanks to maverick
[Galaxy Note II General] skinnymat72:
Here is a live chat with P4U which states the phone is 4g compatable which is Incorrect!!! Waiting to hear back from them tomorrow abut what they are going to do.

James G says:

How has the phone been missold to you Mat?

Mat says:

He said it would be 4g compatable when the network was available in my area and I would have to pay 5 per month extra

Mat says:

Reading up last night about it and if is not so I am not happy

James G says:

The Note 2 is 4G compatible. I would strongly recommend that you go back in store and get all the information regarding the contract and the 4G coverage.

Mat says:

Are you sure? Can you email me something that says it is 4 g compatible please

Mat says:

Could someone please contact me by phone to discuss this
[Galaxy Note II General] Pat.:
One other thing, obviously if you bought in store you don't get the min 7 days distance selling protection which entitles you to a full refund.

BUT few people make use of a sweet little thing you can still do if you paid in store but with plastic ... say a Visa card, you can tell P4U that you consider the transaction didn't give you what you were lead to believe & you will reverse the transaction via your bank (chargeback) & return the goods.

But give them a chance to refund first & then if not just casually explain you will simply instruct your bank to proceed with a chargeback ... that should give you the leverage for a result.

Its alot harder if you handed over cash.
[Galaxy Note II General] E_Goldstein:
this is exactly the same thing that three will tell you about the N7100, print that chat off and take it with you, gives you more back up

17:58 and still no delivery WTF
[Galaxy Note II General] E_Goldstein:
Double post i know but woooop
[Galaxy Note II General] timmyk101:
Update. Got my call back from three. After re explaining complaint. (4th time) I Got told by Indian complaints manager that it's lte ready so it will Surely connect to the slower dc hspa+. And lte is better and it will connect to that. When I asked him if three had a lte network in UK he said no. But it would of if they had and what was My problem?

Instead of the continuous banging of my head against the proverbial piss and fecal matter splattered toilet wall I settled for call back from review team in 48hrs. I can't do it again. Foreign call centres do me in

I'm ringing Scotland at 9am.

Will keep posting.
[Galaxy Note II General] maverick1103:
Nice! :D
[Galaxy Note II General] timmyk101:
Got my call back from India complaints. offered new n7105. But no money off bill for time screen protector etc.

Scotland due to ring me in within 7 days. I will be ringing them first tomorrow.

Good result but not the yet.

Keep you all posted
[Galaxy Note II General] E_Goldstein:
yeah they wouldnt offer me any money either i just happy enough to take the phone.
[Galaxy Note II General] maverick1103:
Ditto, they didn't offer me anything either....as I complained in Feb I had to switch to a different phone, Xperia Z as the LTE Note 2 wasn't out.
[Galaxy Note II General] securespark:
I have been following this thread and others like it. I am interested in buying a 7105 and started on the net. My starting point was to Google N7105 and that brought up a load of Chinese knock-offs, which although visually smart and price-attractive, can be a PIA, plus there's an issue with customer service...

Next, I scoured the high street for months.

My starting point was the Samsung shop in the Westfield Centre so I excitedly phoned them. If anyone in the UK could sell me an unlocked 7105, it would be Samsung themselves, surely??

I rang and spoke to a bloke who told me yes, I could be sold a 7105, but he would have to put me through to their in-store branch of P4U and it would be locked to T Mobile. Price? £509.99.

Now, the one and only time I went to P4U was when I was shopping around for a deal for my Missus for Christmas. All I wanted was a price. I went in, told them the latest offer and asked if they could beat it. A green girl wrote a few figures down on a bit of paper (for me, I thought), then took it away. As I got up to leave, her colleague approached me with the paper and asked if I'd sign it on the dotted line (???) "just to say that I'd been served". I asked why he wanted me to sign anything when all I wanted was a verbal price on a handset and SIM only deal, got rather annoyed, refused and walked out. As someone mentioned earlier in the thread, I will never part with a penny in there.

BTW, I went on the P4U website this am and it seems they are selling the 7100 for 509.99, but the 7105 they are only doing on contract with EE.

LINK REMOVED COS I AM A NEWBIE....:(

The Q&A say this is just the 3G version up for sale at 509.99. They give links to the 4G one, but they're the Pay Monthly handsets on contract with EE....:confused:

So next, logically, I went to EE, seeing as they have the 4G contract at the moment. They have two shops in my home town, but neither stock the 7105. It is, apparently, available on-line, but I have looked and can only find it on Pay Monthly.

With T Mobile you can get a 7105 on a 3G contract, but not handset only or PAYG.

3 are my current favourite, despite the reams of forum blurb knocking them something rotten. They have promised 4G for the same price when it rolls out. My town is on the list of 50 that was upgraded last month to DC-HSDPA. They way I'm thinking is that if I'm going to invest a few hundred in a smartphone, I may as well try and make it as future-proof as I can. They sell the 7105 at 509.99 and will unlock it for £15 without having to wait. Other carriers make you wait a minimum period before allowing you to unlock.

I know technology moves at the speed of sound (or is that just me getting old?;) ), but I'd like to try & get the most for my money and at lest be compatible with the next gen technology.

I may be wrong with availability of the 7105, but from my experience today, I just can't find it anywhere except at 3 (or the Westfield Centre at P4U!!):eek:
[Galaxy Note II General] E_Goldstein:
Thats strange as my local P4U stores say they dont stock it EE has them but wont sell them without a contract, and three definitely have them in stock round here. (Grimsby)
[Galaxy Note II General] maverick1103:
I believe EE are to blame for not being able to but the N7105 SIM free they must have a deal with Samsung or something. As I work for CPW and we can sell the N7100 on Pay as u go, Pay Monthly and SIM free. Though we can only sell the N7105 on Pay Monthly with EE!

Though we have stopped being able to sell the N7100 on 3 now, they have instructed us not to, I believe this is because they are only stocking the N7105 model themselves so it stops 3rd party companies misselling etc, though it's a shame we can't sell it SIM free....it's very frustrating!
[Galaxy Note II General] securespark:
Yeah. I wanted a 7105 SIM free, but was told I could not have one!

I've bought all my mobiles (apart from one) from CPW since my first in 1997.

I can buy a 7100 from my local CPW SIM free and bung a 3 SIM in it...

When 4G rolls out to the other carriers, CPW surely will start selling the 7105 on other networks?

I guess you can't give us any inside knowledge...
[Galaxy Note II General] scote:
I got my 7105 without contract from p4u just before Christmas. EE would only do it along with a very expensive contract. The shop assistant was a bit put out when I pointed out how much money I'd save by getting a sim free one from p4u
[Galaxy Note II General] maverick1103:
Yes they will, but probably not until all networks have 4G, though that is only speculation.

I knew this would happen when EE launched LTE too many variants out there. We might know the difference between but many sales advisors don't, not their fault just the network/companies for not training them!

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You were lucky then as I don't believe they sell it SIM free any longer...
[Galaxy Note II General] securespark:
They might not know the difference between them, but they must know there is a difference...if I were a salesperson, even if I were not trained, I would realise (as I have) that there is a difference between an SIII and an SIII LTE and a Note II and a Note II LTE. I would then (as a salesperson) want to know what that additional LTE meant.

That is my experience: I can't find it anywhere at P4U.

Are 3 still due to roll out in September? What about the others?

Mind you, before then, the Note 3 is due and possibly the codenamed S Mega range. They may, according to some reports, even be one and the same: the rumoured 6.3" Galaxy Mega has been given the model number 9200.
[Galaxy Note II General] Pat.:
N7105 is what you get if you buy payg or contract Note 2 from Orange/TMobile.

Its about £1 to unlock it via eBay or free is you use the unlock method on here.
[Galaxy Note II General] securespark:
Yeah, I looked the other night and could only find 7105 on contract with EE not PAYG. T Mobile I could find the 7105 on a contract with a 3G SIM.

Could you post links please? Thanks.:)
[Galaxy Note II General] E_Goldstein:
N7105 on payg on Orange £510 because of a top up required,

http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-lte-4g-pay-as-you-go

cant find the note 2 any variant on t-mobile on payg,

cant find it on payg on EE either.
[Galaxy Note II General] securespark:
Thanks, EG!:)
[Galaxy Note II General] Pat.:
Ok I see I got beat to it with a link. .. Well I put "Orange/T-Mobile" because they are kinda the same company ...for Example .. I bought a contract 7105 on T-Mobile via the ORANGE sales team early this year :D

But the point is, if you buy a Note 2 from Orange/T-Mobile on a 4G EE deal or just a normal 3G deal it will be a 7105 because thats the only Note2 they do.

Also, a friend recently bought a Note 2 on contract from O2 & it turned out that its an LTE 7105 when he received it.
[Galaxy Note II General] securespark:
Understand that Orange & T-Mobile & EE are all in the same pot.

Found that out from an EE store...

Interesting. Obviously, they are issuing 4G-ready handsets now, unlike Voda who will upgrade folk to 7105's later in the year.
[Galaxy Note II General] maverick1103:
3 are also issuing the LTE version since beginning of April.
[Galaxy Note II General] securespark:
I went in in very early March and they had just been issued a price, although they were not out on display...

I'm tempted with 3, what with the U/L data and no-cost upgrade to 4G when it happens, but are they as bad as folk make out earlier in the thread?

IE, customer service poor, coverage bad?

AFAICT, the CS is based in Scotland (the accent is tricky, but not as difficult as a heavy Mumbai accent!) and coverage according to their website is good in my area, Stockport. Plus, they've just rolled out Ultrafast here, too.

Are you with 3, Maverick?
[Galaxy Note II General] maverick1103:
Yes I'm with 3 switched to them in November after being with Orange for about 7 years, because since Orange changed to EE their signal at my house has been pants so I got out of my contract early.

Since being with them I'm generally happy, their CS isn't based in Scotland, their Executive Customer Services are though, I believe it's India for the normal going by their accent. Apart from being given wrong information many times, see earlier in the thread, I've been happy.

I get unlimited internet which is great, last month it came in handy as I had no broadband at home for a month so I used my phone for bits of tethering and used 5Gb, so it's nice to know 4G will be no extra as I will no doubt smash 5Gb lol!

At my mate's a mile from mine I can get 12Mbps download which is decent if u ask me! Also my house is old and signal with 3 isn't best, so 3 gave me a Home Signal box for free which plugs into my router and now gives me full signal in my home :)

So there I'm happy and I can see myself upgrading with them in 18months time, even though as I work for CPW I get 40% discount on my Line Rental I just won't go back to EE until they sort their signal and their ridiculous 4G tariffs out!!
[Galaxy Note II General] securespark:
Thanks, maverick.

Worth knowing. How do they work?

Don't you mean

RIDICULOUS

?;)

Top whack £76???

And the lowest tariff has 500MB data which, at 4G speeds, you'll no doubt rip through in no time...:confused:

They've really done their homework there.

[Somewhere in EE's planning offices]

"I know, let's launch the country's first 4G service. Let's make a big point about it being mega-quick and then offer pathetic data allowances on most tariffs. Let's compound this by only offering moderate data packages on the high-end tariffs. And let's put the icing on the cake by making our most expensive tariff THE most expensive tariff in the UK. Yeah, that should do it."

"Well, done Jones. Have a promotion."
[Galaxy Note II General] maverick1103:
Its a small box that connects to your router via Ethernet cable and turns into a mini mast inside your home. Note it has to be a 3 number otherwise it won't work as I had to register my number with them, you can have upto 10 numbers I believe. I've noticed there is a SIM inside the device also.

Lol yes sorry I do mean RIDICULOUS!!!!

Whoever decided on the tariff is a complete tool, one of the reasons I left. EE money grabbing!
[Galaxy Note II General] timmyk101:
UPDATE

Scotland rang today

I settled for: a new note2 lte. Delivered to work address. apologies. £30 credit on bill to cover cost of new screen protector.

I should have tried for more credit, if I knew about signal boosters I would have got one of them as well.

I never had to send the two recordings I got Pryor to opening phone box.

Big love to the xda members who started this thread
[Galaxy Note II General] securespark:
When I first got a mobile, I was with one-2-one. Unfortunately, their coverage was the same - I could be sitting in the car looking at the mobile and then the next second the voicemail alert would go off. Lo and behold the message would be timed that very minute!

So I swapped to Orange. They also kept my excellent 121 deal (free evening & weekend calls). When I quit self-employment, I hardly used my mobile by comparison, so I rang them to swap from contract to PAYG.

OCS: "Why do you want to change?"

Me: "I don't want to tell you that. I just want to change to PAYG."

OCS "Well, I'm sorry. If you are not prepared to give me a reason why, I will not swap you to PAYG."

Now, I can understand companies wanting to know reasons why customers want to leave, but I only wanted to swap from contract to PAYG, not leave altogether. I think they didn't want to swap the free calls deal over to PAYG but weren't prepared to say so.

I was disgusted. I mean, in my case, the reason wasn't bad, but imagine if you had been made bankrupt and needed to move over to PAYG - you wouldn't want to tell them that!

Anyhow, I moved to Virgin, who at that time had the cheapest per call/ text billing. Sad I know, but I'm now with Asda!!

I Pay around a tenner a month, averaged out over a year.

Excellent news!

I've always been an advocate of complaining about poor service. It's a bit of a headache, but if you don't ask, you don't get.

Hip Hip Hurray to all the regulars!
[Galaxy Note II General] maverick1103:
Good stuff, I'm glad you got a resolution :) You can get a Home Signal box pretty easily btw, all you need to do is ring up 3 technical team and say your signal has suddenly gone from decent to hardly any signal at home, they will do some basic test (bear with them, they are basic) then they will push your issue to the next level. That specialized team should ring you back in a day or two ask more questions and do more tests, at the end if you keep making out your signal isn't any better then they will send you a Home Signal box for free.....that's what happened to me! :) Though I do actually have a poor signal at home! This HS box has helped loads, I now have no problems with losing signal etc anymore :victory:

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Couldn't agree more, you get nothing for free these days....
[Galaxy Note II General] runamonk99:
They have to do something to pay for Kevin Bacon (:
[Galaxy Note II General] securespark:
Oh, EE, you mean! I was thinking of 3 for a minute there...!
[Galaxy Note II General] Cloudane:
Not bothered here, I doubt our town will be getting LTE any time soon (definitely not within the 2 year contract for this phone) so I don't mind that I'm paying at least £100 less for the N7100 :) Besides, on HSPA+ it's actually faster than my landline. Says it all about how lazy and complacent the fixed line ISPs have been in recent years.
[Galaxy Note II General] securespark:
OOI, whereabouts are you?

I've not seen a price differential that big between the two models, usually it's around £50 or less.
[Galaxy Note II General] Cloudane:
Really? I was looking online and whilst I could get the N7100 for £26/month I could only find the N7105 for £36+ (over 24 months that's £240 difference!)

I guess buying outright might be less of a difference.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spiderd:
Hi i was replacing LED lights and ear piece of my galaxy S2 and when I finish the only thing that happend was the LED lights came on but the screen didnt not even the galaxy s2 logo I can also feel at the back of the phone it gets hot around when the screen connects to the motherboard and the CPU. The only thing that happend now is the LED comes on some times and i can hear all the normal sounds when the phone boots normally also the phone vibrates.

Any help plz.

Ali
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gszabi:
You did a nice short circuit in your phone. What leds you changed? Try to clean the flex cable connectors or simply go to the near repair center.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venekor:
All the footage I've seen recorded from it has been really low framerate like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IZIG-YnLhE

Just wondering if the actual hardware inside is limited?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LaviLoki:
Relax

Calm down, you're bashing the device before it's even been released. Just wait another 5 days, and if the video is still has choppy as it was in that video, then you can start saying SONY is crap. But for now, don't judge a pre-release device.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert_W:
I was a little concerned after watching that video as well. But i'm sure that will not be the final consumer software. I can't imaging my GS1 would end up with a smoother video than this beast.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctowne:
Supposedly the framerate for 720p video is 60Hz and the 1080p is somewhere around 30, don't remember exactly
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxStatiX:
Relax man!

Did you see the boost in Benchmarks of the N4? when everyone was *****ing about the earlier ones?

So wait :p
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adidas007:
True that :D It had the worst benchmarks :P
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacklebott:
Lol when it was put in a freezer
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] espionage724:
I thought flash video's just played in 30 FPS, regardless of what the source FPS was? (as in a 60 FPS video uploaded, will only playback as 30 FPS on YouTube)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ste1164:
The ones uploaded are recording at 22.5fps at 1080p. The sensor supports 30fps at 1080p
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venekor:
I don't get why they're 22fps tho?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samcrocr:
Because all the reviewed devices are pre release
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tennisjunkie:
Looking for someone to either teach me how to theme the xda app the same blue as used in the Jellybean Domination rom or that wants to theme it. Thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] macroman8807:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1227179. I read this a few days ago I haven't had a chance to use it but perhaps it will help

sent from my Awesome MotoMaxx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tennisjunkie:
Thank you. I will check it out now
[HTC Rezound] ghostt021:
OK so for reasons beyond me, I can't flash any sense 4.0 roms due to constant boot up as if kernel is not installing, even tho sense 3.6 kernels and roms install just fine. Also I can lock and unlock bootloader thru ADB and well and flash recovery, but if I try flashing bootimg I get an error "device not found" message??? I am s-on, on global firmware and prior to this problem was running cm9. I've RUUed back to stock several times with the problem still continuing. ALL, and I do all help is appreciated.
[HTC Rezound] Squirrel1620:
You try adb devices?

Did you try to fastboot flash boot nameofimage.img?
[HTC Rezound] cslingerland:
You cant do it in adb. You must be in fastboot. Make sure the device is seen by typing "fastboot devices" while in fastboot. Then flash the boot.img with "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
[HTC Rezound] ghostt021:
I'll try that and report back. Still what could have cause the problem I wonder
[HTC Rezound] cslingerland:
Not sure... boot your phone to bootloader by using "adb reboot bootloader" then see if it shows up when you type "fastboot devices". if it does then you should be good to go
[HTC Rezound] ghostt021:
Got " fastboot devices" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
[HTC Rezound] cslingerland:
You have to download it seperately... I cant look right now but a quick google search on rezound fastboot should do it. It isnt included with adb

Edit: got a chance to look it up. here you go. put the boot.img file in the same directory that this is installed and then do the previously mentioned steps.

http://www.mediafire.com/?4dx982z93w8z7wk