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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Given you've already replaced the USB port (I presume you changed the flex cable ?) in the first instance, it's probably the associated circuitry. I imagine they'd probably replace the MB rather than fiddle around with individual components.

You could do that I guess (get one from a 'donor' phone). I doubt you've got any comeback if they say water damage, you could spend money getting your own reports/opinions saying its not, but that's going to cost you a lot more than $120. It should boil down to what the cheapest option is. At this stage, replacing the board yourself is cheapest, then not arguing/paying them to do it, followed by arguing the point with them & trying to get them to do it for free (which they won't).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i360*:
Is the shape of the Sapphire Black S3 different than others? The screen is definetly different as my screen protector won't fit

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2136104
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcly:
Why start another thread on the same question?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i360*:
It's not the same question?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nintari:
es.. I'm a n00b...

I recently bought (extremely cheap) a Samsung Galaxy s3 that someone said they had sent off to have flashed to work on nTelos. What I want to do I can't seem to find any information on... I want to reset everything to go back to Verizon (since I already am on Verizon for work).

Since the person had all their accounts on the phone I first did a factory wipe... which then wanted me to activate the phone

So I went to Verizon worked with the rep there and they had no luck getting the phone activated (duh), but they did give me a sim card to use for when I get things back to normal on the phone.

I then have been researching all this morning to try and figure this all out. I followed the steps outlined here in section 5:

http://xdaforums.com/show...94&postcount=1

Right now the phone is sitting on a screen that says "Please wait while your phone connects to Verizon Wireless and automatically activates" Over the phone speaker however I can hear a recording saying "to make a collect call to a Mobile phone or land line phone press 1, to purchase a prepaid pin with your credit card press 2, for free directory assistance from a live operator and a chance to win a $100 Wal-Mart gift card dial 411" so on and so forth lol

I pulled the SIM card out and selected use Wi-Fi Only for now and can now get in to the menus so see information

Phone info:

Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3

SCH-I535

12.09 535V 16GB

Android version 4.1.1

Baseband version I535VRBLK3

Kernel version

3.0.31-381038

se.infra@SEP-112 #1

SMP PREEMPT Fri Nov 30 15:52:16 KST

2012

Build Number

JRO03L.I535VRBLK3

Hardware Version

I535.10

Under the Status Window there is quite a bit of information.. not sure what anyone would need from it, the IMEI number does match if that makes a difference. Baseband version was confirmed correct by Verizon as I535VRBLK3

Even with the above done verizon seems to be clueless on why it won't activate

Other options would be:

screw it not use it on verizon, mod for straighttalk if possible give to fiancee

sell it and make money off of it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nintari:
ok some oddities...

just for s&g I took an AT&T sim (from my sons iPhone 4s) put it in the phone and switched to GSM / UMTS and was able to place a call and send text messages out...????

I have since put it back to LTE / CDMA and still have no luck with this damned verizon sim.

I've been looking around all day & night trying to figure out what could possibly be causing this phone to be blocked on Verizon and haven't found a thing :(

oddly looking at the status screen (with the sim out) it has a phone number embedded in it and a MIN number that also looks like a local phone number here.

for now I am giving up the search and going to sleep :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] djteotancolis:
Is Ntelos a GSM provider or CDMA?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nintari:
CDMA

I actually just for the heck of it dialed 611 on the phone and sure enough it is flashed for nTelos as the automated system came up on the phone as nTelos.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nintari:
as I said my main thing is just getting it flashed back to Verizon... what a pain lol

I can find info all day long on different builds of android and rooting and etc... but nothing for carrier switches (for the verizon version at least)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nintari:
just an update:

I received the replacement glass in last night and replaced it, wanted to make sure I didn't ruin the phone further before I switched it over fully lol.

in the mean time I have rooted and done a ton of stuff to the phone and have most of the methods down pretty well.... I'm going in to the Verizon store today to try and see if they can take a working SIM and put it in the phone to test with and then from there try to get an active SIM for my phone going since they cant seem to activate over the air.

one note however is I'm disappointed because in the process of rooting I lost the Best Face Feature on the camera app lol... that was a really great feature and I need to try working on getting it back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nintari:
Tried to use a known working Verizon sim today with no luck :( there is something deeper in this phone preventing it from getting off ntelos on to Verizon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] djteotancolis:
If its flashed to Ntelos and its CDMA, you will have to get it flashed back to verizon to get it to work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nintari:
I know, that's what I have been trying to do lol

I downloaded some cdma tools program and was trying to find a way to do this and seen a couple of tutorials but everything was going to another network not to Verizon. The original settings didn't get shown in some of the tutorials I seen.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jarredw:
Try to see if tbis thread helps any

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2091043
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nintari:
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

The key to this however is to have a working SIM, I fashioned a nano SIM to mini SIM adapter and got the info on to the phone then my phone could finally be activated however the nano SIM I used got tied to my phone and couldn't be put back to the iPhone 5 it came from lmao... so I had to run to the Verizon store to get my co-workers phone re-activated.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] louruiz1989:
Trying to find a way to unlock my phone. It was bought in Mexico - Telcel. I tried the steps found in the Samsung galaxy mini 2 forum. Even thought it says network lock off. When i insert another sim card it asks for network lock control key. Any help with this anyone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SysAdmNj:
to battery life, storage, other reasons?

Other general questions so there are roms with soft nav buttons built in and customizable? I find that pretty cool.

Of course battery life must be great compared to the nexus 4.

Would you still recommend picking one of these up when the note 3 is near or maybe not so near?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] blackviper71:
Funny topic for me cause I just traded my iPhone 5 for this. Was going to sell my iPhone since I just received my nexus 4 but did not care for the nexus 4 battery life. I'll be returning the nexus and keeping the note 2.

And to think I traded my original note 2 back in December for the iPhone 5. Lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SysAdmNj:
So you came from the Note 2 before, what makes you think you'll like it better this time around? :laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] blackviper71:
I'm a phone whore, therefore I'll enjoy it till the next best thing comes out. :D

Close to 40 smartphones over the past seven years.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SysAdmNj:
Phone whore, thats a new one lol. Have you tried some of the custom roms as far as the soft nav buttons like the nexus 4 has? If so , how does it work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] suntzu:
Out of curiosity, how bad was the Nexus 4 battery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Daniel Dumile:
Not bad at all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] htc fan89:
I had the nexus 4 and the battery is not good at all..other hand note 2's battery is a beast
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] suntzu:
So what's "not bad" & what's "bad"? lol

I realize usage, setup, connection, etc are all different. Would you consider your use light/moderate/heavy? And would it last a full work day?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ScooterG:
I have both the N4 and Note2. The N4 will have me reaching for the charger at 6:00...after about 10 hours. Exact same apps (minus TW/Samsung stuff) on the Note2 puts me at 60-65% at the same time. I love the N4 and vanilla Android, but the battery and S Pen make the Note2 my go to daily driver.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottyb0721:
Sound like me. Since mid November I have went Galaxy Nexus, iPhone 5, Galaxy Nexus, Note 2, HTC One X+, iPhone 5, Nexus 4(ordered but refused UPS shipment before ever opening it), and finally Note 2 again. After having all those phones it was clear to me this was by far my favorite so I traded my 5 in and bought phone outright. I will be happy until the next best thing comes out :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] inspron:
I might jump ship due to the lack of a SPELL CHECKER on the Note 2!

WTH is Samsung thinking removing a the freaken spell checking function. I am talking about the red underline for misspell words not the text predict function.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SysAdmNj:
I believe your question was answered and while its not bad at all for some, I dont think it can compare to the note 2's battery life.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] scottyb0721:
Change keyboards. U lose some stylus tricks but u lose that changing phones anyways. Favorite is swiftkey personally.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZarathustraXX:
The Note 3 is probably Fall 2013. This Note 2 is the best phone I ever had. LOVE the battery life. I was pleased you can swap the battery out with a fresh one when I originally got it, but it turns out I haven't needed to use that feature.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wase4711:
its the best phone out now for a variety of reasons; no one should have any questions about whether to buy one now or not..

I too have had far too many phones in the last few years...this is the best there is right now in every meaningful way...battery, speed, smoothness, great sound from a tiny speaker..the list goes on and on.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SysAdmNj:
Any custom rom recommendations? I prefer something with the soft nav buttons
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Driggity420:
AOKP is where you want to be. I love the nav buttons.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] crawlgsx:
Battery life, glass back (slides off everything, was only a matter of time), rattles, and the screen with the on-screen keys is just way too small feeling for me. The camera was also pretty "meh" and I didn't care for the screen (colors, blacks. Had good brightness).

Battery life is easily double (and more) the N4 in my usage.

Note 3 is quite a ways off, if you want one I suggest doing it now and being happy until the N3 does come out :victory:

N4 didn't have the worst battery by any means, but it was far from great. I had a few days I didn't make it a full day and it wasn't due to real heavy usage. It was probably on par with some of my other 1-day phones. Playing any games on the N4 made the battery disappear something fierce. The Note II on the other hand is the first smart phone I have owned that I can mostly make it 40+ hours (from one morning until the next night) without plugging it in. I can even play a decent amount of games and such and still make it a full day.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] planoman:
I have both. I use the note 2 when working during the week and switch to the nexus 4 on Friday thru Sunday.

If I could only have one, it would be the note 2. On the weekends however I do not need as much battery life and storage. The nexus 4 did enable (force) me to enjoy the cloud with google play music and google drive. I have a 16GB model and only have about 70 or so apps on it so I still have plenty of storage. Box.com also gives you 50GB cloud storage if you log into the app from an lg phone.

I usually wear athletic shorts or sweat pants on the weekends and the note 2 (which I use with a seidio surface combo) was weighing my pants down because I do not wear a belt.

I usually get a full day on the N4 battery but I have used it on a workday and got about 10 hours with moderate usage. You would have to top off if you are a heavy user. I would say it is comparable to the SGSIII battery in terms of life.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] htc fan89:
I get more than 12hrs and that with moderate use. Gs3 was better than the nexus 4, but way low compared to the note 2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Manitobamonster:
I have the N2 but a Nexus 4 on the way main reason is for my travel phone I go to the US a lot storm chasing and liked the unlocked phone as well as I do like pure android. Now I realize I could have done both of these on my N2 but that would not give me a reason to get another phone LOL. Shhhh don't tell the wife lol. If I don't like it I will just sell it they are going to be $550 through the cell providers shortly so I could maybe make some $$ on this one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] g2tegg:
Wait, storm chasing!? You have my dream job!! Climbing 500 foot towers is losing its adrenaline rush and have always dreamed of storm chasing. Done it in my local area often enough but thunderstorms don't count in my opinion. To see a tornado right in from of me would be a dream come true.

I assume your Canadian?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Alaris:
Yeah I to have a note 2 and a nexus 4 on the way. Nexus was kind of an impulse buy. I do love my note 2 but fear that I will start getting annoyed with the lack of updates.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] AndreaCristiano:
I switched from the nexus 4 for those reasons and more and never looked back. In all honesty samsung has made android better than vanilla ever could be. The only plus vanilla has is updates other than that samsungs added features and usability trump vanilla android easily

sent from my NOTE 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] sabre31:
I have a nexus 4 and went back to my note 2. What killed it for me is:

Very poor battery life on nexus I mean 4 to 5 hours Max and you reaching for charger. On my note 2 I can do 15 hours with heavy usage.

No sd card

No lte _ you don't realize how bad not lte is until you have an lte phone. No lte on nexus and att is horrible unbearable to use in most locations for video or Internet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] twanskys204:
Can the nexus 4 do this ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wase4711:
show off!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Alaris:
That all stock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SysAdmNj:
I felt both with no cases and the samsung felt lighter but not sure if my senses were playing tricks on me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] twanskys204:
No im running jedi with sabre
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] andrawer:
This is a helpful thread.

I almost bought a Nexus 4 this week thinking I'd sell my N2. Why? I realize I always pull out my reading glasses anyway with the N4 and now have a ipad mini (will upgrade to the upcoming Samsung 8" tablet) so I didn't think I needed a PHABlet and TABlet.

I now realize swapping for a N4 would be a major mistake (thank goodness the googles play store wasn't working!)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zorachus:
Love reading the N4 forums, guys bragging on battery life for it, saying, wow I got 3h screen time, or another user showing off 25hrs battery, with 2h 45m screen time, and they all excited LOL

My Note 2, gets 6h screen time with ease, not even trying hard. I use my Note 2 as a phone which is a battery drainer on any device. Plus million texts, GPS navigation, tons of emails, web surfing, xda :) and I can go 14 hours with no charge. And that's using the phone non stop during work day, pretty much always on all day long.

The Nexus 4, couldn't dream of doing that, without begging for a charge.

Light days, on weekends, Note 2 can go 36 hours with no charge.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SysAdmNj:
@netsyd You're running both stock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] netsyd:
Basically yes - (rooted) stock odexed on both. I've switched to the Matrix kernel (v6.5) on the N4 mainly for undervolting and now color calibration. I also use Apex Pro as the launcher on both. I've not yet tried any kernels on the GN2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Alaris:
When do you switch off phones? Just curious because I have a note 2 and am trying to justify getting a nexus to hack and mod with.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] friend'scatdied:
I didn't have the Nexus 4 and Note 2 at the same time but from what I remember of the Nexus 4 for the 2 weeks I had it, I agree with these sentiments.

The Nexus 4 would have been perfect for me with slightly better battery performance and greater storage.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] robroy90:
I don't get it...

I think the N4 is a nice unit, but I can't for the life of me understand why it is so desired...

No LTE

No external storage

No removable battery

I can go on...

I just never even considered the N4. The Note2 has been more than I could have ever wanted in every respect. I actually miss my Nexus One from time to time, especially the trackball... but I just don't get the appeal of the N4 at all...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SysAdmNj:
Oh I see you mentioned as the nexus 4 being smoother than the sgn2 and I'll have to say my experience is different. Then again I tested cm10.1 nightlies on both and to me the sgn2 just does things faster. Whether it be in apps like TB and restoring backups or just loading up pictures in the gallery. Forget about quadrant scores which people claim are meaningless but in the Quadrant Standard app I easily score double than what I used to get on the nexus 4.

@robroy90 because it is the "pure" android experience, but most users end up custom rom'ing anyways. I believe google dropped the ball with the lg nexus 4 from the shortages to the hardware.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] friend'scatdied:
I've read that setting both to the same launcher (e.g. Nova) makes their responsiveness comparable. I have no interest in losing the features offered by TouchWiz though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] netsyd:
What features are you referring to from the touch wiz launcher that you can't get from other launchers?

I've found the touch wiz launcher to be a pain compared to Apex and it has less features like adjustable layout (up to 10x10) or configurable swipe actions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SmiLey497:
I don't know why people expect the Nexus 4 to have great battery life compared to the Note II . 2100 mAh vs 3100 mAh. That's like bragging about how your Mustang GT beat a Civic Ex.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nasseem:
I sold my nexus 4 to get the note 2 for battery life mostly and LTE
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] friend'scatdied:
S-Pen gestures.

The Note 2 in practice doubles the battery life achieved by the Nexus 4; its battery performance is typically beyond the proportional capacity difference.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] golfinggino:
Screen size and battery is why I switched, the nexus 4 is a great phone very fast but just too small for me, i was getting good battery life after doing some tweaks but nowhere near the battery life of the note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] planoman:
Good message! Not sure why everyone is comparing the two and it seems like ganging up on the N4. Two completely different devices in my view.

The Note 2 is my daily driver Monday through Thursday, then I switch to the N4 on Friday through Sunday. Netsyd explained it all very well. I am a sales manager who takes notes etc on my Note 2. I also travel a bit and like the full service feel of the Note 2. In Texas, we have a superb LTE network in just about all larger cities in the state. I love the speed, battery and function of the Note 2.

Come Friday, I home office. I wear shorts or sweat pants and I found myself not wanting to carry the Note 2 due to size and weight. Without a belt, I noticed the weight of the Note 2 a lot more. I had a SGSIII but was bored with it and sold it. In the meantime after Thanksgiving, I got a nexus 7 and really liked the simplicity of Nexus. I also got the Nexus 4 and I really like it. I like it for my three day weekends because I do not need exceptional battery life and the Nexus 4 easily makes it through a weekend day. I also do not need that much storage. After putting all the apps I would use on weekends etc, I had over 12GB left. I signed up for Google Drive, Google Play music, and Box.com's 50GB offer for LG phones. So yes, I am in the cloud which I never would have done without trying a Nexus. I miss LTE but can live with HSPA+ and wifi for a few days. Besides all of that it is just smaller and easier to handle than the Note 2.

So different phones for different needs or at least that is how I am using them. I also think we are all forgetting how frustrated and angry we will be when KLP come out and Samsung and or ATT keeps us waiting...My nexus 4 will be sporting it fairly soon after launch, I imagine.

Anyways I am glad I have them both but if I could only have one it would be the Note 2 but the Nexus 4 is a capable phone and fun to drive on the weekends!

---------- Post added at 05:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:16 PM ----------

I do not even get it...I sold my SGSIII because I was too lazy to switch out my SIM card for it from my Note 2 and with the Nexus 4, I switch it out Thursday night getting ready for Friday. Maybe my S3 was too much like my Note 2 but not as good? I do not really understand why I like my Nexus 4 so much...but I do.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] suntzu:
By any chance could you point me to the place where I can grab the Qi battery accessory for $15? And what wireless charger would you recommend? Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] netsyd:
The one I bought was from FastTech - but Amazon has them listed as well as eBay. Most come from China. Here's an example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Qi-wire...842935?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item25791eaaf7

Note recommending that seller - but that's what mine looks like.

I bought the Energizer QI charger. Works great:

http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-Sin...8&qid=1360594617&sr=8-2&keywords=energizer+QI
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rsalan:
How long does it take to charge from 0%?

Smaller screen and lack of LTE. That is why.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] netsyd:
Darn good question. I have no idea. I put my phone on there to charge overnight. Lowest I've been is about 15% and it was charged to 100% 7 hours later.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] slaydog:
He's right, S-pen gestures are much better on the Note 2 then the Nexus 4, lol :banghead:
[General Questions and Answers] JKan Co:
What i have to do if i want to lock my phone's recovery and download mode?????

One of my friends found a Galaxy S, and when he tries to det in recovery and download he could not!!!! He tried everything but nothing!!!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] Pennycake:
Is the phone hard-bricked?

If not, is he doing the procedure correctly?

Is this simply found or "found"?
[General Questions and Answers] JKan Co:
Its not bricked.. He turned it onand it asked him for lock code.

He did not steal it because he found the owner and gave it back!!!

But I can't find out why he could not achieve R and D mode...
[General Questions and Answers] bodh:
Maybe the owner reported it lost / stolen and the carrier locked it down, because recovery and download would allow a wipe and re-use by the finder.
[General Questions and Answers] Pennycake:
Maybe he just wasn't doing it correctly. Those things can be pretty picky and easy to mess up. Not sure if you can really "lock down" a hardware function like that, but maybe.
[General Questions and Answers] JKan Co:
Do you mean that he reported its imei and the carrier locked it down.????

My friend tried everything. He its not noon as he flashes ROMs to his i9100