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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] waleed300:
Buddy you got all the wrong information. I work for Best Buy Mobile, and we do all of that.

Buy any case upto 24.99 get a zaggshield HD or car charger for only $10. OR all 3 for just $50

Buy any case upto 34.99 get a Zaggsheild HD or car charger for only $10 Or all 3 for $60

We price match accessories to any online or store retailer, including the $50 Otterbox's for $25 that are on sale at Amazon. And most of the time if you ask if you can give a discount on a case or charger, mobile manager or sales leads can give you a "customer satisfaction" discount.

I don't think any carrier store spends as much time with a single customer as we do at BBYM. We do not work on commission and don't rush you out of the store to get to the next customer to make money off of them and rush them out. There have been times where I have had older customers come into the store and I've spend an hour with them just educating them about the technology, finding out what their needs are, what they plan on using the phones for, and all of the different pricing options, plans etc. then another hour setting the phones up for them, google, corporate email accounts, apps, showing them how to work it and etc.

True we can't do the $100 credit for new service/bringing your number from another carrier, but Our system we use does allow us to search for corporate discounts to apply to the customers account.

And we do have NSS access to Sales Support for issues that may come up, and trust me, Sprint is the one that usually has the most issues with phones not wanting to update and activate and prl and profile updates not going through, also we have our Sprint Account Manager just a phone call away if there are issues that need immediate attention that calling NSS can't resolve as far as phones not activating due to still being on another account or Bad ESN's that need to be taken care of to reactivate for the customer.

As far as our protection plan, the best in the industry, $9.99 a month (a dollar cheaper than Sprint) with $0 deductible and UNLIMITED Claims. Although we do not cover loss of theft, but then that's why we have zero deductible and unlimited claims. As long as you have your phone, whatever is wrong with it, (cracked, broken, dropped in toilet, charger, battery, charge port) we'll take care of it. As for Iphones go, we now even replace the glass In Store. And if you have our Geek Squad Protection you automatically get our Trade-In Plus for free, and that will give you an additional $50 on top the trade in value of the phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] plmiller0905:
Why is it logical to do it now? I will be porting my wife's number over from att
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GiantJay:
Lol okay. You sound like a Sprint employee for sure. Just speaking from my personal experience. I got $262.50 credit from Best Buy for my S3 Sprint was going to give me $106. I'm not going to argue but simply reiterate that Best Buy is a way better place to buy products, and insurance etc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Glitterloveglamour:
Buy Back everywhere is a joke... $245 for an iphone 5 I would be insulted.. they're what $600 at the store clearly it's 1/3 of the price right there..

my bf did that phone connect discount and he's going to end up paying more over all.... he doesn't even use his phone and hasn't even taken it out of the package...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kvan1707:
Sprint Guy... how can a new customer get a free s4?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Cytality:
I'm going on information I have on hand, where I live our Best Buy sucks and I've been told that by customers many times. People tell me it's just like RadioShack, where yea they'll sell you a phone and if you're lucky they'll transfer contacts for it, but that's it. And the reason is BECAUSE you don't work on commission... a LOT of salespeople have no motivation to go the extra mile. They make a base pay and that's it. If they deal with 20+ customers a day, each one ending with the same result, then where's the drive to be the best? If you can't LOSE money as a sales rep, then you shouldn't call yourself a salesman IMHO. In that case you're just a customer service guy.

People have commission all wrong and it cracks me up when I see the Best Buy commercials that say you guys don't work on commission. Commission is what motivates salesmen to do a good job. Say a customer comes in my store and buys 4 new phones and I make $100 off that single transaction... it's my JOB to make sure they're 100% satisfied, because if they're not they have every right to return those phones and then I lose the commission, so now I just wasted time AND lost money because I half ass job. A typical single line upgrade will last about 45 minutes with us. We don't rush, and if we have customers waiting we simply set the expectations, tell them how long we'll be, and invite them to come back later so they don't have to wait. We go over ever aching detail from contact, picture, video, email, ringtone transfers to customer education. Then afterwards, the customer gets a CSAT call where they get to rate us. If our CSAT score is too low, we lose even more money off our commission. So once again, the result is that if you're dealing with a salesman who's pay and lively hood is directly effected by your (the customer's) level of satisfaction, then why do people assume commission-based salesmen don't do their job? Makes no sense.

But I digress.. Don't get me wrong bud, I am certainly NOT saying you do a bad job. If your particular Best Buy is a good one, and you in particular do an awesome job in phone sales, then that's great. I'm simply saying ours is not a good store, and the people there don't really give a crap.

Also, our accessory deals are pretty good. We do almost the same thing as you... buy any case for $29.99 or less and we'll bundle screen protectors and a car charger for a flat $40. We simply don't offer Zagg's because we don't believe in wet application screen protectors. OtterBox's are a big seller for us, and if you buy a Defender you don't need a Zagg anyway. We can't really match Amazon pricing for OtterBox because we're a preferred retailer, but we'll take a Defender down to $39.99 if we have too and still make a bundle deal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Cytality:
NEW customer?

If you port your number to Sprint from a different carrier you will get $100 in-store credit. If you sign up for the Home Phone Connect on top of that you'll get another $100 in-store credit. That means you can get an S4 for only $50 in store, but then you get a $50 mail-in rebate. So after everything is said and done, you get a free GS4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] 00mred00:
The current offer is get $100 off when porting in, I assume you did this on your Att port in 2 days ago. This offer expires the day before the new offer starts. Just do that now for her line as it nets the same total cost as the bogo.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kvan1707:
If Only, I am on a family plan in someone else's name with sprint right now, I going to break off get two lines, add my subway discount and pay about $154 a month. Need to build my credit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] plmiller0905:
Gotcha..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tones160:
Idk about that Ryan. I paid $280 for my phone >:( at a BestBuy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] laufine:
Good to know. Just wait costco or bestbuy match the deal. Want to upgrade to S4 for a long time and just wait for the good price.

Thanks OP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GiantJay:
Best buy just ended their sale for $150 for the S4 and a $50 gift card at purchase. Right now they have a awesome deal on the HTC One.

---------- Post added at 10:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:15 PM ----------

You don't know about what? It is helpful to use quotes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bayniner:
Personally I love best buy mobile the only place I upgrade, got me and the wife each an s4 a month ago which best buy price matched amazon for 149.99 and they each came with a 50 dollar gift card which we were aloud to use towards phones making them 99.99 each, and I had previously signed up our lines for their phone freedom promotion which gave u a $50 gift card when you upgrade, so payed 49.99 for each s4 and the manager hooked us up with 2 original sview cases for 50 bucks, sprint on the other hand wanted me to pay 249.99 for each and to make things worse new customers pay less while loyal long time customer pays more
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tones160:
Just saying. When the S4 was first released did Sprint had the mail-rebate offer for the $100 back? I have always felt uncomfortable upgrading phones through my own carrier.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GiantJay:
No they didn't. My brother got it the day it came out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GalaxyS5:
Wish I would have read about this earlier!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] titans1187:
The port-in offer voids the mail in rebate, at least in corporate stores. I assume 3rd parties would have the same rule. Its even mentioned on our price tag.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] 00mred00:
Really? Lol I never even noticed it haha!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] HunterNIU:
Ok, do I have a problem? I just ordered two S4's from amazon for $140 ea. Like literally 2 days ago.. They will be here today.

Should I be sending these back, or going to a sprint store and using some kind of 30 day guarantee? I'm signing up as new customer. Thoughts? Recommendations?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] 00mred00:
You would have to send them back through Amazon. Sprint in itself is a retailer, Amazon another, Best Buy, etc

You can't buy from one and return at another.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] HunterNIU:
Thanks for reply. Okay, Kinda thought so. But I also can't be without a phone for 3 or 4 days. I guess my main question was from an account perspective. Does anyone know if the fact that I bought phones will screw me since I now technically have a Sprint account? Or will I be able to cancel that on some kind of 30 day program when I send phones back to Amazon in order to get my "new" account through a Sprint store for the BOGO?

EDIT:

Went to sprint today. It would have been no problem to get the BOGO by cancelling my Amazon order... BUT, sprint raises the price from $150 to $250 for the phone. So for most people that is great. 2 GS4 for $250 instead of 2 for $300. For me (since I paid $140 ea and get $50 kickback ea) I stayed with my original order. Thanks for this thread and the heads up on the market!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] 00mred00:
Sprint's price has always been $250 ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GiantJay:
Exactly. This is why you don't buy from Sprint. Even their sales aren't good enough to compete from other stores. Best Buy had it for $150 and you got a $50 gift card. Plus Sprint has a lot of "fees" they like to charge that runs the cost up. When you get a bogo deal you pay the tax from the full price of the phone as far as i know.Sprint is a joke to buy phones from. I wonder how much it would be to get this deal and activate them and after tax through Sprint. I wouldn't be surprised if it was $400 or more.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] someguyatx:
New business customers will have a better offer. Bogo2 for $199 and $100 port credit per line. Pm me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] neonsector:
I got 100 credit on my son's line from verizon, and he got the rebate as well

Tucson corporate store on east Broadway
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] 00mred00:
Paying tax on full retail is a California thing...there are no hidden "fees" associated with buying a phone from Sprint lol.

It's also no secret that just about any product can be found cheaper on sale through online specials and sales, be it comparing brick and morter phone retailers or bbq grills haha.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Yup I had to pay like $50 in taxes all e when I got my s4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CtDMonet:
If sprint is starting the bogo tomorrow, and Best Buy just ended the $150/$50GC promotion -- is Best Buy going to have a new promotion? I am eligible for an upgrade on August 1st, and want to have my ducks in a row when the time comes....(my wife has been eligible for a couple months).

Are there any new phones on the horizon that will change all this? Is Sprint getting a version of the S4 Active?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GiantJay:
Right now at Best Buy the deal is on the HTC One. $99 on contract and you trade in your old phone which you get trade in credit for and you get a $50 gift card. This deal goes until July 20th and after that it will be some other deal. I don't know about the S4 active. Some phones that will be coming soon are the Moto X, LG G2, Note 3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] M3wThr33:
Except for some reason the Costco wireless site didn't calculate tax properly. I saved a ton of money.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ReFiLL:
@ Cytality, I'm guessing you work at a store and hope you can help me understand something.

I saw this deal on Sprint.com this morning and added 2 phones (out of 5 eligable lines) to my cart. Get to checkout, and they want to charge me an activation/upgrade fee? $36 each line? Really? I was on the phone with my friend at the time, later in the day he called Sprint, and was informed there is no upgrade/activation fee. Maybe you can shed some light on this for me.

This may be over your head, but i want to throw it out there for anyone as well.

My estimated Taxes were at about 10% for my zipcode. The local tax is 6.5%, and as far as I know there is no internet sales tax in FL (yet). Are there additonal taxes (fees) sprint is charging people? Are the taxes based on some other rate? There was no accounting for taxes on the "Free" device, So I cant assume the taxes are based on the retail price vs. sales price of one or both phones.

Thanks for anyone who has some insight to this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Cytality:
Yes there is a $36 upgrade or activation fee for each line. Everyone gets charged this, even people who purchase phones in store. Except if you do it in store they bill that fee to your account. If you buy online you pay it up front.

And I can't speak on the taxes, it is what it is. I'm sure there are other fees involved, like FCC fees. BOGO on the S4 is a good deal anyway you slice it. So I'd take advantage of it now before it's too late.

Sprint is never going to wave those activation fees for you, so it's pointless to complain about. With enough complaining they might credit $25 to your account after the fact, but that's if your lucky.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] isaac2k10:
went to go this, but we have to wait til 1st of august. My daughter's been up for an upgrade since march, but no one else is up for an upgrade except my wife on the 1st of august. So we have to wait, because they told us both lines have to be eligible for an upgrade or add a new line of service to get the BOGO
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vegasmach1:
Took the plunge and bought 2 SGS4's on this offer. Not too bad for $275 incl tax. I guess. Replacing an Epic 4G that is having issues with the touch screen and my SGS II which I still like but it's time for something newer and hopefully better. Moding appears to have stabilized so I give that a try once I get them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Finleyville:
I'm thinking of doing this myself and my wife. Hmmmmm.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CtDMonet:
So the BOGO sale has started at Sprint, and the HTC One deal is over -- what's the new promotion? In other words, why should I go to BestBuy instead of Sprint on August 1st when my upgrade (and my wife's) is live?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vegasmach1:
Got the 2-phones in my hand in less than 24-hours ordering from Sprint. For me this was a great deal as I usually buy phones when they debut and pay top dollar. Can't wait to begin playing these beauties.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] plmiller0905:
I ordered my wife and mines Monday and had them Tuesday afternoon. I thought something was wrong when I woke up and saw the delivery date for Tuesday.

Way to go Sprint :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ReFiLL:
Got the White and the Black here too. Let the Flashing Begin.

As for the "Upgrade Fee" I got a service credit after speaking (Nicely) with a few reps. It didn't cover the whole fee, but it's fair for everyone involved. All in all 2 top notch phones for less than 300. I was ready to pay for 2, so this deal is a winner in my book.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GiantJay:
You will have to wait and see around that date for the sale from Best Buy they change weekly usually.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CNexus:
Purple S4 coming on August 16th

Sent from my buttered S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] pyrotiger:
I had traded in my old Droid Razr HD and Droid Razr HD MAXX for 2 Samsung Galaxy S4's and two otterbox defender cases at a Sprint store. It trickled down to a total cost of 15 bucks out of pocket to get those 2 new phones cases. I was so done with Verizon with their crappy customer service and non existent quality control. So far my wife and I are uber happy with our new S4s and Sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CtDMonet:
GJ - does BestBuy price-match the BOGO promotion, so, combined with the new $50 Gift Card promotion (trade in) - you would walk away with $200 for 2 GS4s, $100 in GC?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
They don't price match phones on contract, any item bundles, or free items.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CtDMonet:
I know that is a general policy, however thewre is a promotional policy (last link on the low price FAQ) that could be interpreted to mean that in store pricing on phones (BOGO at the Sprint Store) would be matched. I just want to know if it can be done...:confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
Look at you finding loop holes. I'd say go to a store (or call) and try it or find out. Definitely couldn't hurt to try you know. I'd also have the little article on hand to show them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CtDMonet:
(I think) GiantJay works for BestBuy -- I just figured he would know if the loophole worked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GiantJay:
Best Buy is kind of figuring this out right now and they probably will have an official policy that allows it soon. I can't say much more than that, NDA agreements we sign. It kind of depends on the phone, but if possible they price match anything because they want your business. If they ever say no to a price match have them ask the mobile/tablets/computers manager or GM. It's not really a loophole, it's Best Buy has the best customer service hands down.

This messsege brought to you by Sprint and the letters GS and the number 4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CtDMonet:
It worked. I traded two old (working) phones, a palm pre, and an HTC Touch. They allowed me to use the gift cards towards the purchase of the phones -- so walked out of Best Buy with two S4s for $100 plus tax. They did "trick" me into spending the normal $100 I spend every time I go into Best Buy, but all-in-all it was an awesome deal.:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GiantJay:
Sweet. I hope you got the Geek Squad Protection. It is well worth the $10 a month.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Snaackz:
Traded in my Galaxy S3 and picked up a shiny new S4 with this deal!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
Nice. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CtDMonet:
I did find out that the "50 trade" for any phone ended on 8/3. A friend tried to do the same on 8/4 and was shut down....(they still matched the BOGO).
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] The_real_dj:
Hello, im new here ive been browsing around for a while but never posted!

Ive recently got myself an O2 XDA 2s really happy with it bar from the niggle with the sometimes silient calls and one other strange problem:

Whenever i try to take a pic with my camer the screen comes up fine and i can see the moving image on the screen but when i press the button to take the pic i get the coloured rotating thingy for a few secs then i get the message "unable to save the captured image 36001:500:10 Unable to get data from the camera device".

I have tried a hard reset and this has made no differance!!!

It did work when i origionally got the phone as well!!

Thanks in advance for any help!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] jljones:
Odd. The storage memory isn't full is it?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] The_real_dj:
nope :( evan done a hard reset on it with no programs there!! :(

would it be worth running the compleate flash thingy that can be downloaded from o2's website?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ShannonPricePhoto:
A few months ago I had paranoid rom that was great on batt life. 3% loss from midnight till 6am.

I was blown away that I could use this phone so much and it hardly ever drain batt.

Kept telling me there was an update so I did and battery life went to hell...

Tried some others, Aokp and now liquid smooth. LOVE the Liquid smooth, but 25% over night is un-acceptable. this thing on the last few roms is constantly needing charged.

I tried restoring that one version of paranoid, but just wasnt the same.

so curious on suggestions on a better ROM or something.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cupfulloflol:
There is no answer to this question. Different people have different preferences and experiences. If there was a ROM that was clearly better than the others, almost everyone would likely be running it.

Your best bet is to find out why your battery is draining. Use something like Better Battery Stats to figure out what apps may be draining your battery. Perhaps it is an app or two that is synchronizing a lot. Perhaps there are wakelocks.

Alternatively, it could also be hardware. Perhaps the battery is dying. Perhaps the USB port is having issues, and it wakes the device/screen up from time to time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ShannonPricePhoto:
thanks cup... i just wiped and put that old one back on... will check it tonight. then ill put that better batts stats on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] awerner68:
You may want to start with trying a different kernel and see if that helps.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2115590
[General Questions and Answers] ycon:
Hi,

I just upgraded this phone from 2.x to 4.0 via Huawai's official website. I downloaded the firmware> extracted it > went to storage/upgrade via SD card. In that section I clicked "backup" my device, and it said it saved all my data.

However, after upgrading to 4.0, it did not restore any of the backed up data! I selected to restore at start up. Where can I find the backup files? The only backup i need back is the text messages. Normally I would use nandroid, but didn't this time. ..

Please help. Thanks
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gFrenken97:
I used to use DoomKernel to overclock to 1.8/9GHz but I don't think that one works on CM10.1, are there any good overclocking kernels for the Xperia Z on CM10.1? I can't find any good ones.

Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glukasil:
Joining request.....i was said it is possible overclock, undervolt, but I could not find any info how.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gFrenken97:
Anyone .. ?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fish droid:
Better

The best of both worlds :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2208249
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Orb.P:
Just curious if all AOSP roms are still experiencing the screen on/ off delay? And if so, are there any known fixes?

I've seen in come up in a few threads but there doesn't seem to be a huge amount in relation to it.

Really the only thing preventing me from switching to AOSP at this stage.