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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] leroybrute:
Lol. I would be lost without my card also.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eraursls1984:
Why would using a different material mean that it wouldn't have an microSD card or removable battery? All my metal phones had microSD cards, and most had removable batteries. I don't even care about a removable battery if it's 3000+ mah and an efficient chip, but I also need a microSD slot but having a phone made of metal has nothing to do with having one or not.

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I never had a problem with my Droid X battery cover, but my Note 2 cover pops off easily. I also only had one minor scratch from a major drop on my Droid X, but I had many minor scratches on my Note 2 within 2 weeks without being dropped at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DroidBabe:
Re: Off-topic other device and upgrading phone discussion

What does everyone think about the Iphone 5?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nrfitchett4:
wow, really thought verizon might have finally gotten their head out of the arse and gotten back to the same htc phone as everyone else. Glad I got the Note 2, but do prefer htc's build design over samsung, but samsung is winning with features (bigger removeable batteries, sd cards, spen).

Just ordered 2 extra batteries and docks with chargers from samsung. I could go the portable battery pack route, but why? This way, just swap batteries and keep going (1 is for the wife). I make it through 90% of my days on the one battery, but find myself wanting to charge for an hour usually in the middle of my shift. This way I can just swap if battery gets too low. Don't see replacing this phone for a while so batteries will get used (and had 50% off coupon).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] art0605:
http://allthingsd.com/20130318/dont...ead-on-twitter-verizon-is-so-getting-htc-one/

I don't know what to believe anymore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] SwiftLegend:
I have a feeling Verizon will have a One with a big ol' Droid logo and black/red paint job, treating it as an entirely new phone. And because of this, Verizon and HTC are trying to say there "won't" be a Verizon variant.

I mean just think about it. If you saw a simple HTC One commercial / display vs. a flashy, animated Verizon HTC Droid *pseudo-One-insertepicnamehere* commercial, which would you rather choose?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] krazzykiller:
galaxy exhibit 2.

Ok so I went to a T mobile store and got my little girl a galaxy exhibit 2.

I set it up on there unlimited 4g prepaid plan.

The girl at the store wanted to set it up for me. But I was like no I'll do

That later after I find a flash a rom on it lol.

I hit xda and found twrp for it and then I found a nice rom to put on it

It's an ok phone nothing special but not bad at all.great for an 11 year old.

I hade t mobile before and it didn't work almost anywhere. I hade the same

Set up with them that I have on verizon now. 3 phones and a mobile hor spot.

Ok now the service on this exhibit was pretty good. It works in the house. I wasn't

Sure if it was the phone or if the service had gotten better so I wanted to test and see what's up.

I did something that's questionable legally. To my gn2 and for testing purposes I

Was able to use my gn2 on the exhibits sim and number. Conforming

That T mobile service isn't any better but rather the little exhibit 2 has better

Radios then my gn2. It gets h+ and 3g in the house while my note onlly gets edge and if I

Put the note in the window I could get h and I could get 3g in places. But that exhibit 2 gets 3g through the whole house.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bradh024:
If I were to go back and choose again (between the note 2 and the htc one) Id still pick the note 2. Even though Im pretty partial to htc, I couldnt go without a removable battery and sd card. I cant tell you how many times pulling my battery because I was stuck in a bootloop saved my ass.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dannyada1988:
It is great but no big surprise. I have heard of the iPhone 5S will bring big surprise, I just wait for its releasing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Chocu1a:
So, over the weekend I dropped my Note 2 & shattered the screen. It will be a week before I can get it repaired , so in the meantime I picked up a second hand GS3 of CL. Wow, I can't believe how small the phone feels. I mean, it is still one of the largest screens by today's standards, at 4.8, but it feels like I am using an iPhone 4. Even my wife, who is tech illiterate, noticed the difference right away.

I cannot wait to go back to my beautiful monster sized screen.

On the other hand, it is nice to be able to comfortably use a phone with one hand, and I can't believe how snappy the GS3 still is.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jiwengang:
Is there any place we can raise forum moderation questions?

I think moving all other devices talk into one thread really reduced a lot of interesting topics in the forum. People never check combined topics at sticky place.

Like mine post that was closed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shill1986:
So I jail broke my girls 4s, she finally let me...what a junker that sht is! First off, any mod worth doing costs money, and there aren't alternatives or different ways. Second, there's not a whole lot you can do anyway.

I mean, I was just trying to theme it up for her, give her something different from everyone else, and they all cost 2.99. Can't even try it out to see if you like it or not.

In summation, iPhone is still crappy, and there's no way to make it better. No news there, though. I guess it doesn't help in so familiar with the Android system and really don't know my way around an iPhone or what to even mod, but still.

Sent from my VZW Galaxy Note II, hyper powered via MeanBean - ICE 1.0

- Hyperion 6,200MAh Extended Battery

- Modded Otterbox to fit battery

- An S-Pen (deal with it)
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shill1986:
I think it's a good idea, however, I wish it was given its own forum within the VZW Note ll forum. Not that it really is, but if it were a little busier in here, it would be tough to talk to one another about individual topics brought up.

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- Hyperion 6,200MAh Extended Battery

- Modded Otterbox to fit battery

- An S-Pen (deal with it)
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tonipepperoni77:
iphones are amazing only when you jailbreak them though. releases the full power of the phone with all of the customizing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gr33nRa1n:
As and apple fan that has recently converted to android I want to say you are missing nothing. I phone 5 is a great phone, if it were released three years ago. Android offers alot more with better specs!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Noobism:
Agreed, I've owned 1 iphone. While it was a nice phone with some spot on details, it just wasn't an Android.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] universexda:
Only Android has Widgets. And the small iPhone screen stinks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gr33nRa1n:
I converted to a note 2 a while back, yesterday I was taking a look at my friends iphone5. I honestly dont understand how I was productive with that screen. Its just so small lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bizack:
Need a good laugh? read thread below...

http://forums.crackberry.com/blackberry-z10-f254/root-z10-789848/

It is funny how people roll through life drinking the Kool-Aid... :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eBoody:
well just in case you guys didnt get the memo; Verizon is getting the HTC One. Frankly it was predictable. I dont know where all the confident talk about them not getting it came from. But I digress.

Up until recently i was very confident the only phone to pry my cold dead fingers off of the note 2 was the note 3.

While im still fairly confident about that feeling, i have to admit I am intrigued by the idea of a 6" HTC One (T6). Isnt anyone else? There are a ton of rumors about it (among which is the T6 having a stylus [how original]), but the only thing im sure HTC will do will be to at least have a removable SD Card slot. In which case at least one of the HTC One's problems are alleviated. I dont understand why front facing speakers is exclusive to the One.

anyone else thinking about the T6?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] *.jpg:
I've come to realize that the iPhone is the Rain Man of the mobile world. It does a few things gobsmackingly well and is otherwise fatally crippled elsewhere vs. Android.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] IamPro:
Thoughts on future-proofing my phone by switching to the S4? I lose SPen, bigger screen and little bit of money (short-term). I gain a phone that will work on Verizon's next gen network, better res, prob hold value better, able to control TV etc

Just something I am considering. Also if I ever wanted to leave Verizon, I could prob sell the S4 easier then Note 2 down the road (2 months?).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BennyJr:
Heh I feel bad for all the s4 guys complaining about heat, saying its because the phone is so powerful. Lulz.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NeoDarkKnight:
I had the DNA for some months, solidly believing I made the correct choice over the Note II at the time. Then my DNA ha several problems with the SIM disconnecting, and even after the OTA update to "fix," the bug didn't work, I got fed up and bought a Note II, Though the comparison are night and day, I do miss some aspects of the DNA. Its a great device and if someone isn't willing to send out the extra $100, I highly recommend the DNA to anyone looking for a 5+ inch display!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshm.1219:
The T6 definitely looks awesome, the front-facing dual speakers are one thing I think would make the note perfect. Of course, the new CPU architecture is a significant plus as well. I just don't know if I can let go of having a removable battery. I'd hate to have to start plugging my phone in again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eBoody:
Agreed..although Samsung doesn't display a propensity for change. Usually with big companies like that they adopt the ever popular philosophy derived from the saying 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.

The truth is however that while I have a spare battery and an external battery charger, using it is purely luxury. And I use my phone pretty heavily. The only fear I have about the t6 and its non removable battery is that the battery will degrade and you won't be able to replace it. At the very least they could implement a similar style to how iPhones batteries are removable. I'm at odds of whether a battery that size, in my case, needs to be removable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kalanyon:
Buy back from usell.com says that the note 2 holds its value better.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] akotlar:
I love the Note 2. Great device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BennyJr:
Well dang. I didn't think it would! I wonder why.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ed270:
Not very happy with Best buy right now. I went to add a line and get my daughter an S3 as Amazon had them for .01 they refused to price match seems they will no longer price match on mobile phones or plans unless you are buying unsubsidized. I guess I will go back to " Show-rooming" at Best buy

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hawkerpilot05:
To bad as back in March Best Buy matched Sam's Club for $99 2 weeks after I bought it for the Amazon match of $199.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ed270:
Apparently after talking with BB mgmt they will not price match on contract phones period. I also stopped by Radio Shack as their website had the S3 for $29 but they refused to match their own website

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JeramyEggs:
Depends on the best buy. It all depends on who you get. May try another.

"One small step for man, One giant leap for mankind" said anyone who has tried Moon Rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ed270:
Well I pulled this from their website

The Guarantee is limited to one price match per identical item, per guest and does not apply to: Contract mobile phone devices and plans, the online prices of retailers not listed, the online prices of third party vendors (Marketplace vendors) on designated major online retailers websites, post purchase price match requests to competitor's prices, Best Buy for Business™, offers that include financing, gift card offers, bundling of items, free items, pricing errors, mail-in offers, coupon offers, competitors' service prices, items that are advertised as limited-quantity, out of stock, open-box, clearance, refurbished/used items, our and our competitor's Deal of the Day, daily deals, special hour sale event items and credit card offers, BestBuy.com Clearance & More and Marketplace items, and items for sale Thanksgiving Day through the Monday after Thanksgiving.

I ended up getting her phone from Amazon. Looks like this new policy started the end of June :thumbdown:

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshm.1219:
Note 3 September 4th :)

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dkendrick:
Nexus phone on VZW

Do we ever think we will see a Nexus phone that gets updates directly from Google on VZW? They gave control on iPhones to Apple, why not Google?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tigertigerwoodsyall:
I don't think VzW will ever give anyone control over the updates, sadly. It would be great if they did, especially obviously to Google. I just don't see it happening. The beauty is we have XDA to be able run custome ROMS and defeat Big Red.

Along the lines of a new Nexus, did you guys see the rumor? I'm sure you all have but http://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/08/rumor-motorola-nexus-coming-in-q4/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] MunkinDrunky:
Glad this is off topic thread cause I clicked the link for the moto x and it sent me on a journey. Not the link itself but some how I ended up doing a lot of android phone googleing. In all I really would like to see newer devices with a main beast cpu with some complimentary low power cpu to handle the lower level tasks that always might be running. I like the camera always ready to go or maybe cool stuff I hadn't thought of to do with Tasker. But then I worry about how sleep is handled, if the phone would ever really go into deep sleep...hmm I need some sleep
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nrfitchett4:
but, does having the phone go into deep sleep actually save battery in the long run, esp with power users?

I always use mikey's no wake lag mod (which causes phone not to deep sleep) and I never noticed and decreased battery life from not using it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] MunkinDrunky:
Absolutely haveing or not having a deep sleep will depend on the user, because of apps installed and incoming signals data, & searching, from the outside world that would keep a phone in an awake state more frequently.

Also thought it would be really great to have a less powerful cpu handle having an nfc wallet app always running. You know im sure different users will have different groups of app they pretty much have running all the time anyway as part of their daily routine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mxdx:
For me personally, the Note 3 is going to have to offer some pretty big improvements over the Note 2 for me to justify extending the contract or paying full price. The jump from the Galaxy Nexus to the Note 2 was a no brainer for me with the quad core processor and amazing battery life and still having the ability to root and unlock. I do miss the google wallet feature though as I have yet to find a method that works for me to get it up and running on the Note 2. So far I haven't seen the WOW factor from the Note 3 though so I may be waiting for the next "next big thing"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RaptorMD:
For me the GN3 offers a big improvement over the GN2, 32GB storage (25GB of usable space) as the base minimum. I could never live with 16GB (9GB usable) and that is why I sold mine off. Tried hard to live with it, just couldn't make it happen. Plus 3GB RAM, 4.3, 1080p and bigger battery to compensate for 1080p drain. Still a solid device and a great upgrade for those who either had the GN(1) or skipped the GN2 or got rid of it due to space issues. By killing off the 16GB version Samsung is removing that choice from the US carriers and saving them from a lot of irritated users like they had with the 16GB GS4. I suspect the GS5 will also have 32GB out of the box.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshm.1219:
Storage isn't a concern to me since we have sd card slots and the next Samsung update includes apps2sd. Same thing with battery since I just keep an extra one on me. The battery won't be much bigger in the GN3, although I'm hoping zerolemon will be able to figure out how to get more capacity in there like they did with the s4 (2600mah stock vs 300mah zl).

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] miketoasty:
16 GB isn't a problem with a SD card which Samsung should have included with the phone (At least a 16GB card). No issues what so ever for me with multiple high end games and a ton of songs because of the SD card.

3GB of RAM would be useless. I seriously doubt phones come close to 2GB and can confirm that since Samsung includes a task monitor with their skin. I at most with a ton of programs open use 1.5 GB. Just added cost for nothing.

1080P is for the most part useless as well. You need to be starting hard at your screen on a 720P device to notice any pixels and I don't like the thought of added cost and stress on the CPU/GPU for again, an unnecessary component.

For me, I am done with the spec war. The Note 2 is as fast as any phone out there when it comes to every day tasks and the screen looks just as good, I would much rather see more innovation now than just lets see how close to a laptop we can get this thing!

All of this is just my opinion and I'm sure you disagree with most if not all of it and I'm okay with that. Just throwing my ideas out there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nrfitchett4:
completely disagree with storage. All phones should have minimum of 32gb of onboard storage. I am constantly running up against my storage limit on my note 2 with just a few large games and usual apps on it. I would much prefer 32gb of storage and no sd slot at this point.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshm.1219:
You could do an sd swap to offload the game data. Also like I said, for samsung phones storage being onboard or external wont matter soon. The s4 update includes apps2sd.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] MasterDBA:
Bite your tongue! LOL
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nrfitchett4:
not a big fan of sd card swapping, think onboard storage is more solid, and faster.

I never have more than 800-900mb of free storage on my internal storage which sucks when trying to download games...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JeramyEggs:
With the next update, we will have apps to sd though right? The tab 2 did with its update a couple of days ago. ..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshm.1219:
Yupp

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrlaigle:
Pre-order the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with the Samsung Galaxy Gear on Friday, September 6th at 9AM EST. --- VZW.com
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] crcpeach:
Yup! Pre-ordered today - sooo excited :) Getting a white version to match my white Note 8.0. I LOVE that S-Pen :victory:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Morkai Almandragon:
where did you pre-order at?

Edit: NM now it is up on the site, it most definitely was not at 09:30 EST :/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] neckbonest:
PRE Ordered mine today also, getting the black cause i had a white note2. one thing i will be happy about is there may not be verizon branded on the button.

it doesnt show it on the s4 ether when you look at them. i just hope development doesnt take to long:crying:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mac of York:
Good luck -- the Verizon Note 3 will be locked up tight.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] neckbonest:
im use to phones being locked up tight. ive owned many moto phones and those things are locked up tight.

but thanks for making me rethink my decision. i have faith in the community
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] universexda:
IR features of the S4

I wonder if the GN3 will have the IR features of the S4. I wonder what if any other S4 features the GN3 will have.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] neckbonest:
i know the GN3 has the IR blaster but what features are you referring to?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] RaptorMD:
I pre-ordered my GN3 & GG in black on the 6th as well. I fully expect root will be available pretty quickly after launch, the big question is will we be able to get the bootloader unlocked. While I want the bootloader done I can live with having just root given its becoming increasingly difficult to get around Verizon & ATT bootloaders.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshm.1219:
It's not the carriers it's qualcomm. I mean the carriers are the ones who want the bootloader locked, but the way qualcomm locks them, by blowing qfuses, is why a true unlock is 99% impossible. We got lucky this phone used exynos. The best we can hope for on any new phone in the states, since everyone uses qualcomm now, is a safe strap method.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nutpn:
just prordered mine

My note 3 is ordered, I have confidence in [MENTION=3682533]AdamOutler[/MENTION] and his sidekick on breaking into the lockedup bootloader...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshm.1219:
Sorry to tell you but AdamOutler does exynos processors not Qualcomm. The Note 3 bootloader will not be unlocked. Expect Hashcode to eventually implement a safestrap/kexec method that will allow custom ROM's and kernels. Although, it's taken 4 months for the S4 for safestrap to start to get underway and kexec hasn't even been started. I'd say by the same time table it'll be February when you'll be able to load a custom ROM. Who knows for kernels.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
Yeah, I heard that Adam guy talking mad trash about Samsung as well. It seems that he really doesn't like them much.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshm.1219:
Haha I didn't mean all that, but it was my understanding your work was on Exynos processors. This Qualcomm/blown qfuses thing is, by all accounts I've seen, pretty much locked down forever.

If I'm wrong, please tell me, I'll be the happiest guy in the world.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
No, you're right.... I don't work with Qualcomm and I've developed a hatred for Samsung in general.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshm.1219:
I don't hate Samsung, it's the carriers that make them lock the bootloaders.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AdamOutler:
And they are more than happy to sell the weapons of mass development destruction. So, forget them. I can't recommend "a Samsung" device anymore. I can't recommend "a galaxy S4" or "a note 3". As far as I can recommend to anyone.. Stay away from Samsung devices. They're disposable.