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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] afbond03:
Those that are inquiring about this and getting actual buyout numbers would you please post how long you have left on your contract?

Might help the rest of us get an idea of what our buyout would be without calling. Like myself, I have 1 year left on my contract and will probably try to call tomorrow to see what my buyout would be. Will report back if I get the time to make the call.

For me my ETF is $240, I figure I could get $350 for my S3 currently and move to Verizon.

So

240+299=$539

$539-$350=$189 out of pocket

I am trying to tough it out with Sprint though because if I go to VZW that still leaves my wife with Sprint for another year or until I pay her ETF as well. Hoping for a decent buyout price and maybe a loyalty credit to sway me to stick around.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] loveshinesthru:
My brother bought out his upgrade in oct right before the note 2 came out. his upgrade was elegible in may and he paid 100. ( I did it for him, as he is on our account, so I know this to be accurate)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] chrischoi:
Your signature says retailer. So is that corporate or "retailer".

Your numbers may be a little off. Just wanted to point out what I've been seeing.

The UpgradeNOW program starts at $200. It would be foolish to start at $150. ETF for a smart phone is $350. No way they would let you. You have to be xx months in. If you go into the store, they can do it for you.

Loyalty Credit is at the reps discretion. Starts at $25 and they don't always require you to extend your contract. Why? Extend for 1 year, upgrade later on and poof! They just gave you money for nothing. They promise you $xx for xx months. They don't follow through and then tell you, you're not eligible for that offer. The offer has to show. Misleading reps. I even asked a "research" team to listen to the phone call where the rep promised to me and I confirmed that if I called back it would be available. Lies.

Buyback program is next to nothing in most cases. Original Epic and EVO's are $32-$38 or so. Easily sell for double that and get cash. Older phones are worth nothing. I wouldn't even bother. They have to work and can not have water damage.

Anyone that's ventured this far onto these forums are more than likely to resell on CL or in the Marketplace. Not trying to butt heads or say you're info it wrong, just pointing out some facts. Sprint has come around in their favor and waiting your 22 months is becoming a major option. They took away all the good loopholes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] loveshinesthru:
We had problems with my brothers upgrade, i kept checking on chat and both times they said yes he was eligible. When he went to go do it they told him no. I even called in to verify and they told me no. Luckily I had a copy of the chats and they honored it for him.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fryingpan0613:
I want eligible for upgrade until May, and it was $100 buy out. I told the Rep that that makes the phone $400 and that's a lot, so she gave me a $50 credit on my bill.

sent from my awesomely huge Note II
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] unpilot:
My Contract is up 04/01/2014 I am eligible for upgrade on 12/01/1013

I wonder if they track how many times you call to get upgrade? I plan on calling again soon to see if I can get a better deal.

As it is now I would pay 275 for buyup then 299 for phone they would buy my S2 for 98 leaving out of pocket for me of 476
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] evilgenyus:
I might have to give this a try again. I tried back when the s3 came out and they told me that there was nothing they could do. They wouldn't let me upgrade but would've rather me pay the 60 etf instead. I guess it's all in who you talk to.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrej201:
what is the cancellation fee
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Unknown_Hero:
Yes I have been working for Sprint for 6 years, no need to be a duesch bag. This thread was made to help people. I do this everyday and it works for me and my customers. Yes the numbers might be a little off depending on how many months you have left in contract but I was just giving you the overall picture. I work for a third party retailer not corporate, but we are a preferred retailer so we do almost everything up to corporate standards. All I know is this works for me all the time and makes customers appreciate me and their service. If you dont like that then grow up and dont troll this thread because you are a *****. The information in my thread is not "lol", I think I know how it works better than you, but yeah you're right it is funny how much of a tool you are :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Unknown_Hero:
And just to clarify you never have to do the buyback program if you do not want to. It is irrelevant to the buyup program.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] evilgenyus:
If this was for me my cancellation fee was only 70 dollars.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 49ml:
Got 80$ for loyalty credit :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] radrian92:
I currently sold my s3 for $350 :) and did the buyup program. First rep told me that I wasn't eligible even tho I was 18 months into my contract. said that the system picks which customers get the promotion. Called a few hours later and within 5mins I got my upgrade from 6/1/13 to 11/15/12 for $75. Gonna call tomorrow and see if they can add a loyalty credit to ease the amount.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Unknown_Hero:
Nice! Glad people are getting upgrades and credits ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] radrian92:
Well I gave account services a call today and first account services rep said there wasn't any credits for any of my 4 lines :o. Gonna call back later and see if I can get a nice chick of dude :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] MBM7881:
I'm due for my upgrade in January and I called retention yesterday and they charged $50 to my bill and moved up my upgrade! Now I can get the N2 sooner! Thanks for posting this thread. It definitely works
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] evilgenyus:
Couldn't get anywhere with sprint so I finally broke down and purchased the phone at retail. It wasn't to bad I was able to sell my s3 on Craigslist for 425. Loving the phone so far.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] xsueyy:
How to PM?

I'm new to this. I have several questions and want to PM you but I don't know how! Would you please first send me a message or email?simplyxsue89@gmail.com. thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] skinneejay:
Thank you for this awesome information. Quick question. After I do this can I go to best buy to purchase the phone. I've got a boatload of gift cards from there. Thanks again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] yankees45us:
I think you can. Since you already paid sprint to cover the rest of your contract you can upgrade anywhere you want.

Sent from my Amazing Galaxy Note 2!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ill1:
i can attest to the buy back. I had an upgrade Jan. 1st, so I traded in my craptastic transformer prime and got the note 2 for 118.00.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] skinneejay:
I just want to say thank you again. I called right up and bam 50. I'm ready to upgrade to the note2.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
On my Galaxy Note 2, if I display a pure black screen in a completely dark room, I can see that first of all, the "black" is not really black, but somewhat pinkish. And second of all, there are "really black" dots and lines across what is supposed to be "pure black" but is somewhat pinkish (like i said). Also, this effect, of having a darker line, can also been seen with say, dark blue on screen in a completely dark room.

This effect is not noticeable when white or other colours are on screen. I'm really sorry but I can't show you a picture of this because obviously a screenshot captures the digital signal and not the physical output and I don't have a good enough camera to take pictures of what I'm saying in complete darkness.

Is this a defect or just an unavoidable "feature" of Samung AMOLED screens?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TML1504:
you did not use the search function: i personally wrote a huge amount of posts regarding this, also in the note1 section!

search for "black blotches" or take a look at my posts. really lots of them are about this!

in short:

its manufacturing dependant and its luck of the draw to get a "good" screen!

samsung lives with this as not many customers complain(ed) about it, as most of them do not even notice it!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dpk1:
Mine is pure back at full brightness when seen in a dark room (no pinkish hue or any line that you mention). And Note 2 screen doesn't even have the infamous black clipping/crushing issue like its predecessors! Blue colour also good, no issues for me.

No, it is definitely not an AMOLED feature or drawback (never seen it on any other AMOLEDs either)! Of all other aspects samsung SAMOLED screens are known to have the deepest blacks (with best contrast ratio). Sure, it sounds like you have a defective screen, and my suggestion would be to get it checked up at SC for replacement.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fake_japanese_guy:
i also have a similar issue on my note 2. a black screen is not completely black, but a brownish black. And i can see 3 (or more) dots which are completely black.. i can see this only in a dark room, so normally this is not an issue. But when i read kindle in my bed with dark background, this really bothers me. initially i thought this was some smudge on the screen. im sad to hear that other people are also having this issue.. :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrufokid:
I had the black dots on my galaxy s2 ... but not my note ... The screen on my note has none of that sooooooo happy about that it really is just luck of the draw ....
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gnarfsan:
Same issue here. But it does not bother me that much, and if I get it replaced, the next one might have worse issues.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fake_japanese_guy:
im only worried if it will grow in time. like a dead pixel in an LCD screen, if this phenomenon spreads to the neighboring pixels over time, then its a very bad thing... otherwise, i am not bothered at all..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rj3005:
We need this thread each time there is a new phone which amoled screen? ..

The sgs2 has this as well as the sgs3 the note 1 etc.

it's not a defect, it's a limitation of amoled screen production.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TML1504:
Sorry, what you say here its not possible! EVERY amoled 'suffers' from this ('cause it CANNOT display 100% blacks, due to it's active matrix)! If you won't see it it's because of a wrong method or your eyes!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] alken2626:
i download latest synergy rom leak so far every thing work except gallery i don't see my photo how can i fix this problem
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nlanter95:
Try clearing the data for Gallery under application management; it worked for me!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] franky_402:
ok guys so i wanted to post this because ive been sitting here for two days trying to regain root on my prime after doing a factory reset to speed it up! It was pretty damn slow so i bit the bullet and its much faster now but unfortunately no root :( I tried to use the debugfs root method and it wasnt working multiple errors and still no root. Now a few things first i had used voodoo in the past to protect root, it sorta worked, voodoo stated my device had root but no program could actually get root. Also like i said the debugfs method was a no go and a few other options i tried. Im currently locked and rooted with full permissions. These are not my instructions but they solved my problem way too easily so i had to share. I found this over in the tf300 forums at this thread Nooktablets tf300 rooting thread i dont know if this will work if u have never rooted or never once backed up.. But i was having problems with errors in other methods so try it out and let me know how it works..

directions:

1) Download the unsure su from here and put it somewhere on your C Drive. It will be used in the following push step (Assuming windows) (This is a WIDE OPEN su without any controls). (sparky root i believe?)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jcpilpgoeta516e/tCB-Ep-3YQ

2) start a CMD window and logon to adb

3) su -

4) verify you have root:

id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root)........

If you don't you can try these instead of 'su':

"/system/su-backup" or "/system/su_backup"

5) remount system as RW:

mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system

6) make a backup of current su just in case in adb

cat /system/bin/su > /system/bin/su1

7) open a new CMD window and push the su binary from step 1 to the sdcard using the path from where ever you put it.

adb push c:\<some path>\su /sdcard/

8) Then copy it to /system/bin from the adb session where you su'd.

cat /sdcard/su > /system/bin/su

9) Change permissions for SU

chmod 6755 /system/bin/su

10) download superuser (NOT SUPERSU) from play store if you do not have it already.

11) have superuser upgrade the su binary. It may fail to remount system as RO. Just rerun the update in superuser and it will work the 2nd time. You don't need to remount system as RO manually since superuser update of SU will do that for you.

12) congrats. your now rerooted.

13) remove the backup after you know your OKAY.

mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system

rm /system/bin/su1

mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Karsto:
This procedure worked for my TF201 with partial root after updating to 4.1.1. The only issue was step 11, the forced update of Superuser's su binary. The message was “Making sure new su works..." but the result after several minutes was still "Waiting....". Should I rerun the forced su update? Despite this Vodoo OTA Rootkeeper did restore root without problem and Root Checker says thumbs up.

At this point, is there anything to do like switching to SuperSU that would make the root more future-proof?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ashraf sharif:
Thank You! I have been trying to regain root after jellybean ota on my Motorola Atrix HD for the last week and a half. Finally success . I cant thank you enough!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ashraf sharif:
After I upgraded ota to jb. Su ceased to work entirely the binary would not update. and all root apps were no longer working. i did have a su-backup but was getting nowhere in my attempts to use the app. i was only able to invoke a root prompt. i looked all over the internet not just the xda forums. i tried mattigriffs root restore. i typed into a command prompt for several hours each day.. all i ever got was a root prompt in adb shell. no prompt on the phone emulator. this is the only page that has worked for me. i noticed right away that the code was written differently than any other that i tried. also the su used is different(it is described as wide open) any way because of this i felt that others who were /are in the same boat. no root. may be able to get root back. I hope that answers your question. have a great day! .
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Neroga:
You should be able to switch to a different root app. Never used this method but I have switched from superuser to supersu. Install superuser and run the binary update. Should tell you your binary is out of date with the name of the binary for the other root app. Update and reboot, then go back to superuser and check the binary update again. If it says it's up to date, uninstall the old root app and move superuser to /system/app. Reboot and you're good to go!

Sent from my Atrix HD MAXX
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ashraf sharif:
i think i tried that. istalling and uninstalling and subdstituting su and supersu. was not updating no matter what. also my adb push was not working so i copy pasted the su with my laptop while in adb shell. also updated su binary while in shell. it was already a system app from my previous attempts. anyway im good now
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fcortes626:
any one get it to work with no root/first time root? my prime wouldnt update via ota once on ics so i had to use the sd card update method to update. and from then on i never rooted again i then updated to jb and until 2 days ago i wanted to reroot but noticed there was no root method for jb yet. voodo root keeper just has super user app installed and ./system supports root protection both checked.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zeldeamipro:
I'm in the same situation as fcortes626, I had to upgrade via sdcard method, and voodoo root keeper didn't maintain the root. I can't find any su backup in my filesystem.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fcortes626:
I wonder if we can downgrade using the sd card update then root and go on from there........?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raxje:
So, I'm really interested in getting the LTE version but can't make a decision on where to get it from. Ideally I want to use the phone on Three or Giffgaff so I can make the most of HSDPA+ / DC-HSDPA. I'm not really fussed about LTE, but the non LTE version doesn't support DC-HSDPA and I guess I like the idea of being able to use it in future without having to get a new phone.

Seem to have the following options:

Orange PAYG: Apparently £450 in shop with a minimum £10 top up. This only gives you 100mb of data and the phone is locked to the network. Apparently (according to their terms) you need to have 3 months with them before they will unlock it.

Ebay: There are some for £515 unlocked from Hong Kong. Not sure if you have to pay any tax or import duties etc. Seems the best option but is more expensive and probably means no way to get it insured?

Where did you get your N7105? Any advise or help would be appreciated.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raxje:
sec. Finisti

So, I went into my local Orange store, which has now been re branded as EE, and was told they couldn't sell me the phone as PAYG. I got home and called back to double check this meant I couldn't get it on Orange either but it turned out they can.

Pricing quoted was £469 + £10 top up, so £479. Also need to factor in the price of getting it unlocked from fastgsm.com, which is currently working out at roughly £10.

So, £490 all in, or £515 on ebay pre-unlocked... Hmm.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dadoo370:
the price is now 499 £ + 10 £ top up

http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-lte-4g-pay-as-you-go
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sholsten:
I bought my Hong Kong N7015 on eBay from a seller in Houston Texas for $689 US dollars in late January.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] CaptainRewind:
Honorable mention goes to superdave for discovering the temproot method by Bin4ry works after the latest RUU.

This is no joke people and it shows what a lot of support from those who came before us, a little persistence to try a combination of things, and collaboration can accomplish.

I made a new friend today as well. NOW BRING ON THE CUSTOM ROMS!

I've now successfully flashed TWRP and SU binary and Superuser.apk. Here's how:

CM Recovery:

See this thread for details on the CWM Recovery.

TWRP:

THANKS TO ANDYBONES FOR THE UPDATED TWRP LINKS AND INSTRUCTIONS!

TWRP Download:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26383143/HTC Incredible 4G/TWRP2.2_recovery.img

TWRP Instructions:

adb reboot bootloader

Once in the bootloader:

fastboot flash recovery TWRP2.2_recovery.img

fastboot reboot

Once TWRP is flashed:

Download the Superuser apk and binaries from here:

http://androidsu.com/superuser/

Then, push them to your EXTERNAL SD:

adb push "Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip" /sdcard/ext_sd

Then, reboot into recovery:

adb reboot recovery

From the TWRP Recovery, use the "Install" feature to select and install the zip.

Reboot

YOU ARE NOW ROOTED!
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Linch89:
bad ass guys!! i knew somneone out in xda land could figure it out!!
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] brycekerr:
I flipping love you guys

So why don't we have cm10 yet? ;)

Sent from my ADR6410LVW using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] andybones:
now this is f***ing awesome!!

great job guys!
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jamminjon82:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnWf1sQkjY&sns=em
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Linch89:
i think we should wait for yall to finish whatever yall are doing before we (especially me) start asking boot questions about how to use this

---------- Post added at 07:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:42 PM ----------

But seriously what does this mean :p

, and cd to the stuff/ dir inside the zip
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] brycekerr:
So what do you recommend for a hex editor?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] andybones:
I use this one,

download.cnet.com/HxD-Hex-Editor/3000-2352_4-10891068.html

check out our ViperROM once rooted! :)

---------- Post added at 07:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:11 PM ----------

Should def do a shout out to

Bin4ry

in the OP.

without that exploit this wouldn't be possible
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] brycekerr:
Perfect, thanks! And that's why I wanted root lol, I ran that on my Rez

Error:

"while is not recognized as an internal/external command"

Is that the error we are supposed to ignore? and also I need a device encryption password to restore, anybody know what it is?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] CaptainRewind:
UltraEdit is a 30-day trial, download here: http://www.ultraedit.com/.

If you've used it before and are outside the 30-days, go OpenSource and use Frhed: http://frhed.sourceforge.net/en/

---------- Post added at 05:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:19 PM ----------

Jose is updating it... it just means after you unzip it and open terminal to CD to the c:\path\of\unzipped\file\stuff\ dir

---------- Post added at 05:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:22 PM ----------

Whoops, sorry that's my mistake... that needs to be run from adb shell. Hang on, Jose is fixing. Encryption password should be blank.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] brycekerr:
tried from adb shell, get a looping error

"link failed no such file or directory"
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] CaptainRewind:
You should get that, just ignore it and click restore the backup on the phone and those messages should go away.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jamminjon82:
Does this void the warranty through the htcdev unlock? Not a big deal just curious
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] superdave:
Works great , nice work guys!
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] brycekerr:
Upon reboot my phone starts to boot into the OS....I can see its connected to the network and stuff in the notification bar, but all I can see is the wallpaper and the screen is completely unresponsive

This is after adb reboot
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] CaptainRewind:
Yes
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
That is expected, the OP has been updated with that detail.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] brycekerr:
Edit: NVM

the file has no MOD on the end...should it just read mmcblk0p4?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] CaptainRewind:
you would need to cd to the directory where the MOD file (the one you altered with the hex editor) lives.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] CaptainRewind:
You mean get the latest zip? Yeah definitely...

Ppl having issues pls DL latest automated .zip and report issues. Thanks.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
is anyone having trouble booting into recovery, 1st time no problem, 2nd time i had to try 3 times to get to recovery??
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] CaptainRewind:
I said this in IRC this morning but for everyone here: fair warning that flashing recovery took a few tries. Once you're unlocked, though, the riskiest part is over, so reflashing recovery a few times is worth it. Reflash a few times until you can get in.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
I didnt know that, gotta remember this when i buy and root phone before i post issues on my teams thread ;)