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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keennay:
You'd be surprised! I just did an Assumption of Liability transfer to pickup an old grandfathered unlimited 4G plan from another customer, and the lady on the Verizon line was really supportive to guarantee that I was in fact able to keep the unlimited plan.

I already know that if Verizon ever decides to cap their unlimited plan, then I'm jumping ship to T-Mobile. I still have my unlimited AT&T plan & I'm debating whether I should keep or sell it since service is still superb at my location.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Surge1223:
You guys probably already know this, but I wanted to give you a heads up. Vz does not release firmware updates for the dev editions, or atleast not the S4. I have a thread where we finally extracted the stock firmware after a hard search for anyone who had not modified their system.

So just so you know, before you do anything else after achieving root, you should extract all partitions and back them up to your sdcard or pc, and if possible if you can root the phone before the first boot, (before csc, cache and hidden.img.ext4 extract) you should extract the partitions then.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] SeanPlunk:
Congrats to those of you that got one! I was in training this morning and missed my chance unfortunately.

I have my name on the backorder list though, so hopefully something good will happen in the next week or two.

Did Beans happen to get one?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] bigwavedave25:
Your Valarie must sit next to my Sophie... :p

...

Well, at least I'll get an email when they are back in stock.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] BeansTown106:
3 things.

1. you have to understand that every other samsung device they made a developer edition for had been publicly unlocked by the xda community before they even started selling the dev editions. in which case we probably f'd over samsung pretty hard. considering no one bought them. id assume that is the reason for the limited amount of these. and doing a back order will show how many people are actually interested in the developer device.

basically we did it to ourselves by unlocking the s3/note2 so quickly they probably lost a decent amount of $ that way.

2. assuming the way the developer edition is made it probably has an efuse blown that signals it being a developer device. so ota's shouldnt break it(lock). but to be safe i wouldnt take ota's from verizon themselves i would only take updates through kies and make sure its for our model not the retail model.

i will personally go over each ota and find the safest way to update and will release stock roots odex/deodex and the needed firmware files that need to be flashed. i will also pull every partition on our device and make our own stock tar just in case.

3. let the fun begin my device has shipped and is scheduled to be here tomorrow
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TechBSwift:
So how does the phone get updated?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] SeanPlunk:
I'm so stoked you managed to get one. I hope they get a supply in relatively quickly for those of us that missed the initial allocation.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dooku77:
For those that have the retail version, will they also be able to flash one of your roms as long as they are rooted and ss?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
beans said previous he will port his roms over to ss
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] BeansTown106:
yes my roms will work with dev edition and safestrap there will be an option in aroma to ask which device you have dev edition or retail
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dooku77:
Does that man sleep at all?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] suzook:
Only problem...is us lowly retail owners still can't use ss to flash other Roms. Hopefully that changes soon.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
do i sleep at all or beans???
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dooku77:
You or beans. There's not enough hours in the day for the info you guys pass along and the work that gets done.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] MotorcycleMike:
Ordered mine while on the train on my way to work this morning. Got tracking number but no delivery date yet.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
ha i guess thanks? LOL and slow day in parts sales today so i read and learn all i can about phones/cars/etc etc. need to find a web based jobs for days like this!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidrev71:
Sleep? What's that?..lol this de thing had me up all night. Oneandroidnut was snoozing the night away. Call text, call text, call text, and text, text, text and finally! I get a response. Lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
haha i was out last night!! and it was like crazy i wake up at 5 am to pages of messages. i was like what the heck? OH SNAP developer edition is live laptop come me!?!?! haha more awake at 5 am this morning then now!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidrev71:
I'm so glad beans responded to my pm. I don't have his number to call. Lol

Hit the caffeine hard! It's almost quitting time.

Speaking of sleep..nap time! Fried!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
No caffeine just rain and darkness to stare at lol

SHHH fried chicken sounds good!!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
Mine was also shipped just past noon. So is the count 13 or 14?

via LG Spectrum (waiting for N3 DE) & tapatalk
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jmichaels1982:
Who will port recovery ?

Beans are you planning on porting TWRP , or can we just odin the ones posted for other carriers?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Brandonrz:
Hashcode said he would
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keynith:
I believe its 13 now
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
just a heads up my ups tracking number is live now and says picked up at about 6 pm est and estimated delivery is indeed tomorrow!!! so stoked! :D
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cam1pbell:
?you suck . Just kidding I was to late. So I'm stuck with a stock one . But by far this is the best phone ever
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] xXJay_RXx:
Yup mine was picked up at 608pm and scheduled for tomorrow. I'm excited! Since we're the first few people with the dev edition, does that mean we're some type of pioneers? :eek::p;)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
sell your note 3 man and get ready for second batch of developer ones!!!

and yup cant wait!!! and i dont care what people call me im just happy to have got one of the 20 or less then 20!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Marvelicious75:
Mine shipped today as well. If they only made 20, it looks like almost everyone who got one is on this thread! I didn't go next day, so I'm scheduled to get it on the 12th. It's my birthday present to myself, so I guess I shouldn't open the box until the 14th...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
oh no dude you are going to open the day you get it lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Marvelicious75:
You didn't really think I was serious did you? Hah, I'm going to be stocking the UPS guy when he hits town!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] BeansTown106:
i slept for a cpl hours during last post and now lmao

ps-

Scheduled Delivery:

Thursday, 11/07/2013, by 3:00 P.M.(by end of day for residential deliveries)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
haha ok good glad you are going to hunt ups guy down!! :good:

same delivery time i got. i shipped to my work and they usually get there by mid morning or noon at the latest so i know with my luck i will be lucky if i see by 5 pm when i get off lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] defusEDtech:
I've got my shipping confirmation earlier today
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] arkshel:
Ive just being reading the posts up till now, I ordered last night and looks like I did so in the nick of time. I think they sold out in a few hours.

Mines on its way :)

Mesquite, TX, United States	11/06/2013	7:42 P.M.	Origin Scan

11/06/2013	6:08 P.M.	Pickup Scan

United States	11/06/2013	12:10 P.M.	Order Processed: Ready for UPS
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidrev71:
Mine hasn't been picked up yet.. ugh!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mjlewis0102:
Reading all these ups and tracking post. No I'm not jealous....not at all :rolleyes:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tgyberg:
Group buy for a pallet of red bull time. Who's with me?! :D
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keennay:
Hey folks,

I just read through this thread and here's a list of members I believe either said they ordered one successfully or received a tracking number in order of appearance:

1.	jmichaels1982

2.	TechSavvy2???

3.	droidrev71

4.	Marvelicious75

5.	beanstown106

6.	TSman74

7.	untouchablez

8.	js0uth

9.	keennay (me)

10.	stargzrr11

11.	xXJay_RXx

12.	oneandroidnut

13.	cveez11

14.	Caveman419

15.	keynith

16.	bodieism

17.	LillieBennett

18.	ainjobizz

19.	MotorcycleMike

20.	defusEDtech

21.	arkshel

TechSavvy2, did you get one? I couldn't tell through your post, but if not then 20 seems just about right.

Feel free to correct me if I missed anybody.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keynith:
That sounds about right. There has to be more than that. 21 is an odd number.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] js0uth:
same here man.... :(
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keynith:
Dont worry guys. It might take a bit to update
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidrev71:
In hate to say this but I'm glad to see someone else in my shoes. I can't imagine out of twenty orders they'd screw any of them up.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
Did you do regular shipping too?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
Mine got on a plane about an hour ago!!! :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] xXJay_RXx:
Maybe 30 were made? Maybe some people bought more than one or maybe some friends/family of someone who bought one also bought one. Or maybe none xda members who lurk these threads seen them. But ya 21 is an odd number
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] js0uth:
seems like deja vu no? just like waiting for the note 3 to drop all over again same time last month. almost exactly a month from today! instead of the eta on 10th its the 11th this time! LOL.

---------- Post added at 04:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:00 AM ----------

yea i got regular shipping. figured i can save 20 bucks and wait a few day till beans gets something out. but then he said he'll have something out the next day. then i was like :eek: lol. but i read that after i placed my order. its okay... woooosaaaaa....
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidrev71:
Definitely like deja vu. I'm not in a hurry for it. Just want it to get here safe and sound.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
Maybe just the regular shipping ones haven't shipped yet
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keynith:
Probably so. Oh well, at least its available. I didnt see a dev edition for AT&T...

---------- Post added at 08:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:28 PM ----------

Probably. If mine hadnt been shipped today, i woulda been mad cuz i paid for next day air and i ordered way before the cut-off time

---------- Post added at 08:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:29 PM ----------

Mine too!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
Ok man let me know lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Caveman419:
That would rock if you could point me in that direction!!! I can't wait to get a Beans ROM up and running on a Note 3!!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] NWNJ:
If I am understanding it correctly over in the bounty thread, someone may already have root access obtained.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
And recovery???
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] gcarterny:
Just a heads up for anyone returning your phone the 14 days starts on the purchase date not the 10th when u got it. In my case it's the 8th from a pre order.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dooku77:
Also to piggy back on this, best buy also uses a 3rd party company to track returns. I returned a few things there and they banned me from returning anything. Just FYI, the note 3 counts as a return against you. If they start asking for your drivers license for return that means they have flagged you. I just wanted to mention this for those of you that use them for your mobile devices.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
So starts when our cards were charged??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] gcarterny:
There should be an order date on top of your invoice mine is 10/8 and I pre ordered on 9/6. So probably when it was charged yes.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Despyse:
It does not count until you receive the phone... You cannot make a keep/return decision on a phone that you don't have.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] snowmaster20:
Is there a chance?

Do you guys think that this version, the note 3 active/limited edition be available worldwide? I'm from Kuwait and i'm not buying the note 3 because I don't want to regret it, I don't want to wait and see because i dont want to regret wasting time. xD
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidrev71:
We haz root!! Now this makes the decision a little more complex..lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] njfoses:
Root was never the question. The locked bootloader is still an issue.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
yeah I know :/

While I agree this phone is so smooth I might be ok running just stock rooted. Guess I will have to root today and see lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidrev71:
Root is definitely part of it for me. I'll explain in a bit when I wake up a bit.

Some people are just fine with root and may not jump to developer edition now. If there are only, let's say, 500 people that buy a developer edition (500 may be a high guess) the development maybe little to nothing. Plus, Sammy has advertised a developer edition s3 and never release it for sale (or may have been note 2). So I return my note 3 and no developer edition is released for sale and then Verizon releases an ota to block root. So we could get screwed that way too. So for me root does come into play.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
He was saying this device getting rooted was never questioned...and the next update could patch the root exploit. The Dev Edition is a fail safe worry free option knowing root and a unlocked bootloader will never be patched. I am still on the fence with what to go with, but I am still leaning towards a dev edition.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Flying_Hellfish:
I'm still on the fence. I think i can get by with just root as long as there isn't An ota that comes out that isn't the rooted. (I know I can avoid ota easily with root.) my gnex is just dying quickly and I'm anxious to upgrade.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidrev71:
I understand what was being said about root not being the issue. Now that's there's root less people may buy dev edition. I was saying, for me it makes my decision more difficult because of what I explained above. I'm also on the fence.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
I can see both sides. yes if we trade in note 3 now and developer edition never gets released and verizon sends ota to patch root exploit we are screwed. But also if the developer edition does come out we are golden but yet support might not me be there. look at s4 they sold those and i bet 500 is way on the high side. s4 had a dev edition and unlocked bootloader yet nothing happened right? so i can see both ways at it. im about to root mine and see what i think. Still want to get me a s-off htc one and try it! :laugh:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] NWNJ:
I held off on buying the note 3 because I wanted to see if root could be obtained, and if so, if the bootloader situation could be resolved. Root has now been acheived but what about the bootloader situation? If that is not acheived, is root really enough to make people happy? If I were to buy a developer edition if it does come out, is it still necessary to root the device? I just don't understand why people would not buy the developer edition if they could. Wouldn't it eliminate everyone's concerns about the bootloader and them doing an ota to patch the root issue? Also, since the developer edition has the same exact model number as the regular version, wouldn't it mean the same development would take place for both the regular version and the developer edition, or am I missing something. I don't want to get the developer edition and miss out on something if all the development ends up happening with the regular version of the phone. Right now it seems that the developer edition phone is the way to go by far. Am I missing something?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
Well those of us who have n3 in hand are in love and separation will be painful so I think we'll be deliberating until the last moment to return our phones! The DE is best, hands down.

Lillie's SM-N900V via Tapatalk now Free
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] toddnbrown:
I saw the S4 dev edition is on backorder as well on the Samsung site. Anybody know what the availability of those was like? You would think they would be in stock now unless they stopped making them altogether. I wonder if Verizon limits the amount of these that Samsung is even allowed to sell. Clearly Verizon doesn't want these in everyone's hands, otherwise they wouldn't have called it the "developer edition." Guess we'll see.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keennay:
Well I dunno if TechSavvy2 got one. If he didn't then that's 20 orders accounted for, in this thread alone, before they were sold out.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keynith:
I keep liking people's comments on accident. Oh well.

But yeah the rep said 20 when i asked. She could be wrong though.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keennay:
I'm just curious as to what company you guys listed when filling out the order form?

I used my company's website URL, though I haven't officially filed it as a LLC yet.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keynith:
I work at lowes so I put lowes haha

Everyone fudged that. BELIEVE me
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keennay:
Where abouts in Atlanta are you?

Depending on the shipping option you selected, ours could be on the same shipping truck tomorrow. :good:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keynith:
Im in Dekalb county. You know where that is?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keennay:
Yeah, I heard the police there are the most corrupt $%&s.......

Anyway, that's a bigass county but mine was sent to my office in Sandy Springs.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keynith:
Yeah man i read that when i applied for the department. Your not that far from me. I just getting it sent to the house. Im gunna be at the gym when it comes most likely so ill leave a note or something. I don't work until nighttime anyways
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] MissionImprobable:
Is this going to be worth scooping up? I definitely plan on flashing CM once it's ported, maybe giving a few other Roms ago. I don't do a ton of craziness to my device, but who knows what the future may bring when I have some free time. I'm paying full retail anyway to keep my unlimited, and now that the One Max has fallen short the decision is made.

Anyway, just looking to Rom a bit once development/porting is fully under way. Should I go ahead and order?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] xXJay_RXx:
If you want CM then yea it's worth it. With SafeStrap, it's been said it's gonna be very hard to get AOSP ROMs working. A kernel is needed to be flashed with AOSP ROMs which you can't do with SS
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
Yeah baby can't wait!!!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidrev71:
Mine is still sitting in Texas :(
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keynith:
Mine is on the truck too! Scheduled to come in 3 hours. Back to sleep!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
I'm work waiting for it. watching every truck as it goes by!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keynith:
I love having a night job haha.

Does anyone know if we have to sign for it? I didn't read that it was insured or anything so i assume not.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
im sure we would have to but never know
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] r1ndr3w:
We going to get hit with the VZW activation fee for these devices?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
do not
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] r1ndr3w:
Do not??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] xXJay_RXx:
Oh its so close
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
no activation fee from verizon just drop sim in it like switching around anything other phones
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] r1ndr3w:
Thanks. Wasn't quite sure about that. Have fun with your N3 today.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
yup hope it comes soon! :P
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alexp1289:
I'm so jealous of you guys that actually got to order one I hope they come in stock very soon because I just need to put it on my credit card and I want to get the damn phone. What happens when you get it how do you unlock the bootloader do you have to do it through a program or does it come unlocked already because I know that Motorola phones some of them you have to unlock manually even though they are developer editions. Maybe someone can post tutorials cause this is my very first development phone. What did you guys fill out with the information after you put it in your shopping cart I still am not sure what I should put there. What would I put there the only reason I want it is to flash roms and stuff like that I have no clue how to develop I just want to be able to do whatever I want with it sense there's no point in buying a retail version when I have to buy full price anyway so I might as well get the one that's unlocked LOL. Thanks for your help in advance :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] LillieBennett:
Just be sure to switch sim before powering up.

via LG Spectrum (waiting for N3 DE) & tapatalk
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
WHY? i will power mine up and not activate until tonight
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Brandonrz:
I think you'll need to factory reset then. You need it to boot up with it last time I remember... I probable wrong :confused:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cveez11:
My tracking still shows label created with a delivery date of today. Called Samsung and he said it left the warehouse yesterday at 4:00 and i should get it today. I called my buddy that works at the local UPS and asked him to check and see if they had it. He said that they do not have it. Called UPS to start a search for my package. UPS said i had to call Samsung for them to initiate the search. Called Samsung. She said she will talk to her supervisor and call me back. Looks like they lost my phone. I am so pissed!!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
i dont know is it different then other phones? should be able to just stick in sim in anytime right?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] untouchablez:
You can stick your sim card in at any time doesn't matter.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mrlaigle:
Yes it can be put in at any time. Before on the old droids it wouldn't go past the activation screen with out activating it but that is no longer the case.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] oneandroidnut:
i thought you could i was confused lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keennay:
Oh shoot, it's here! I'm gonna hang tight for a day or 2 and leave it powered off, as there are still a couple of things I need to do.

I still need to port my number from AT&T over to Verizon, confirm it's added to my grandfathered 4G LTE unlimited data plan, verify I still have a corporate discount applied to the Verizon line, then get a new SIM card from the Verizon store.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Marvelicious75:
Ah, your phone must be right next to mine in UPS purgatory. The label was created yesterday morning, but there have been no updates. I'm not really concerned yet, since I went standard shipping, but reading your post makes me wonder if they didn't lose mine as well. Funny, I never have a problem with UPS when it's some rusty old motorcycle part that's worth twenty bucks...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keynith:
And the drama starts again. Hopefully everything works out!