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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SwiftLeeO:
As much as I want the Nexus 5, I don't think I'm going to do it. I went in there today and everything was okay up until the point where he started talking about how much we were going to get for our (may I remind you perfect looking and perfectly functioning phones) phones. He said we could get 130 for my mothers black Galaxy S4 (which considering the retail price is 600ish and they could easily sell it on swappa or ebay for around 400+, is ridiculous.). Wait, theres more: $90 for a brand new Moto X with Original Box and Charger. I told myself well they do have to make some money to pay for the ETF and everything, so whatever I'll do it ). Then the rep started yelling at me (literally yelling... everyone could hear this guy. He was just trying way too hard but that is besides the point) about "I know why your getting this phone and let me just say one thing: Do NOT Root this phone (repeat twice and question whether I want that particular phone about 3 more times). Of course, I could give a flying something about warranty so I was going to root it the second I walked out the door. Then I said I wanted to do the Unl Txt + Unl Call + 500mb. Originally he was trying to get us to get unlimited data which is understandable, but considering the 2 lines on our plan atm don't even use more than 250mbs per month, I just wanted to get the 500mb plan and upgrade later on if necessary. Basically if we went through and listened to him we'd be paying the same exact price we pay now, and considering I was trying to save money (which I emphasized quite a bit about that), he was just pushing too hard. All in all, it's not a complete loss for T-Mobile. I'm still considering switching... But I really don't feel like giving up 2 phones worth atleast 500 together (thats cutting both the retail prices in half) for 220 dollars. Then I still need a case and everything. I mean I really want the Nexus 5 but to do all that for a phone, to me, is just not worth it. I may be going with t-mobile, but next time I'm doing it online. Also, this guy said something about T-Mobile being able to tell if I root my phone and reset it to factory to send it back. I didn't believe him, think he was just trying to scare us or something. Is it true or what? If it is, then I probably won't even bother because the reason I wanted it in the first place is because of all the different roms and stuff :P
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ummduh:
Holy crap. Find a different store to go to. I'd have walked out.

IMO you're over thinking about your phones' worth, though. Unless you think you can sell them for enough to pay off your ETF's, PLUS what they're giving you for them. They're potentially giving you $350+ what they offer for the phone. And they DGAF about the boxes and accessories. I had all of mine still in factory wrapping and they didn't want them. Said it didn't matter at all. We left them the $5 ebay batteries and we kept the mSD cards too.

I don't know what they do with the phones afterwards and I didn't care. It worked out VERY well for me. Yes I may have been able to get more for the phones outright, but as the total package, I came out well ahead. My ETF's are around $700, plus the ~$250 for the phones I traded. The $46 they offered for the iphone felt a little insulting at first, but then you need to take into account the ETF.

I wouldn't step foot into that particular store again, though. I'd possibly shoot them an email about their employee too.

BTW my store also waived the activations fees in exchange for buying cases, that we weren't originally going to buy.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SwiftLeeO:
Well I'm thinking about doing it but I think I'll give it a few more days thought. I mean all in all its more bang for the buck, but I'm not sure about it. Glad it worked out for you though :) And I did take into account the ETF and everything. Just figured they could squeeze about 150 each but I mean eh, maybe its worth it to get out of my contract.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hormosapiens:
I just did it. from att to tmo. traded an iphone 5 and a SGS3 + a lg flip phone. iphone gave me 210 and gs3 was 60$ for lg dumb phone they gave me nothing. so in all I invested 270$ toward my new 3 devices for 3 lines. 2 nexus 5 and a nokia lumia 521.

yeah sure the guy tried to put me on more data and unlimited plans. but I insisted id to stay with unlm talk+ text +500 mb.

pros: no contract anymore, got out of att 600+$ ETF's, better and faster coverage everywhere I live, ported my numbers, now my granny have a smartphone, and finally the house is completed with full interoperability chromecast +nexus5 and pc's + apple tv 2 with XBMC of course.

cons: dont buy from the store. they open the boxes there, i did not like that. He gave me nexus 5 from the first batch. lose volume button and power button + smaller grill speaker and mic. little more expansive than buying from google play.

something that I am noticing now, I cant believe that out of the box a nexus 5 gives you the same **** that ios experience was before IOS7. you got to go on settings to turn on/off so many services.

I was used to SGS3 with AOKP or CM actually. all I needed was on the drop down menu toggles.

and I dont get it why the camera protective glass is so big and prone to scratches specially now that I am waiting for my case.

overall its fast,bright, good to handle, 2 days of battery, and its a Nexus 5. :)

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I just did it. from att to tmo. traded an iphone 5 and a SGS3 + a lg flip phone. iphone gave me 210 and gs3 was 60$ for lg dumb phone they gave me nothing. so in all I invested 270$ toward my new 3 devices for 3 lines. 2 nexus 5 and a nokia lumia 521.

yeah sure the guy tried to put me on more data and unlimited plans. but I insisted id to stay with unlm talk+ text +500 mb.

pros: no contract anymore, got out of att 600+$ ETF's, better and faster coverage everywhere I live, ported my numbers, now my granny have a smartphone, and finally the house is completed with full interoperability chromecast +nexus5 and pc's + apple tv 2 with XBMC of course.

cons: dont buy from the store. they open the boxes there, i did not like that. He gave me nexus 5 from the first batch. lose volume button and power button + smaller grill speaker and mic. little more expansive than buying from google play.

something that I am noticing now, I cant believe that out of the box a nexus 5 gives you the same **** that ios experience was before IOS7. you got to go on settings to turn on/off so many services.

I was used to SGS3 with AOKP or CM actually. all I needed was on the drop down menu toggles.

and I dont get it why the camera protective glass is so big and prone to scratches specially now that I am waiting for my case.

overall its fast,bright, good to handle, 2 days of battery, and its a Nexus 5. :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SwiftLeeO:
Yeah I have a Moto X right now so it wouldn't be too far from the Nexus 5 in terms of settings and what not (thats what I think anyway). The main reason I want a Nexus 5 is so that I can put custom roms on it (like most people who get the nexus 5). Then the guy starts getting all worked up about me not rooting and I'm like... Dude, I've rooted 4+ phones now. I already know my warranty is crap, and I do not plan to get insurance on it, so bug off. Anyways besides that, I wasn't too bothered by the fact that the guy kept talking about unlimited data, because it's more bang for your buck, but personally I'm switching to save some money, not spend more. Anyways they wanted us to pay 60 down for each, 70 in activation (might just have to order them online), and sim toolkit was 20. We almost did it but at that point we just walked out because of the activation fee. I mean, I knew there was going to be some kind of down payment because the credit isnt amazing, and I knew about the Sim toolkit, and maybe 5-6 for tax. If that were the case, I would of spent 146, and still had around 70 dollars left to atleast buy a crappy plastic case to protect it until I can shell out 40 bucks for an otterbox or something). Mainly it was just the guy trying to sell us stuff. He kept trying to get us to buy the Sony phones ( not to mention that they are 200 more, surprising eh? ), and we said no twice, but he was persistent. So once we said we wanted the Nexus, he says "your sure? you dont get wifi calling". I said no about 3 times. So yeah, definitely not there.

On a side note, Can you actually buy the Nexus from the playstore with the ETF deal? If that's the case I would definitely be open to that idea because I want a 32g anyway. It says that you can only buy them from tmobile which is why I was curious.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farangutan:
I live in Brandon near Tampa and work three jobs, one in Riverview, Lutz, and south Tampa. I ditched Verizon with grandfathered unlimited data when the nexus 4 came out and never looked back and never needed too. I get poor reception when driving through alligator alley, some parts of rural lakeland. Not a whole lot of areas to worry about and I've been all over Florida since.

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I would just sell the phone on eBay. I always have luck getting a decent price for it towards a new one.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evylrzu:
Google edition + no contract prepaid service provider is the way to go.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SwiftLeeO:
Not really an option atm due to monetary constraints, thats why I was thinking of doing t-mobile so I can pay the phone by the month rather than all at once. I mean T-Mobile isn't giving me a contract technically, but its stillcontract prices. If I do get it ill most likely go for the 500m plan because I have bright house in FL, and there are wifi hotspots pretty much everywhere that are free to use with the service, thus I do not need a huge data plan. I could see if I was streaming movies while i'm on a road trip or something but if that's the case, i'll just throw them on my Meenova Sim Card Reader (since the Nexus 5 has no removable storage). I really wouldn't mind paying for the 32gb full price, but I need T-Mobile to count that as buying a phone from them and they won't so I may have to go with the 16gig for now and just use the little gadget for any removable storage.

Also, I mentioned this in a post above but: If you root the Nexus 5 on T-mo, can they really tell that you rooted it if you do a hard reset (flash a stock system image ), or was the guy trying to scare me? I mean I'm pretty skeptical about most things, but I would like to know for sure if anyone has rooted a Nexus and sent it back unrooted. Thanks :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edd247:
Buy cheap Blackberrys on eBay, Craigslist, swappa and get $200 credit from t-mobile for each with their current promotion. Then sell your gs4/moto on swappa, eBay, Craigslist.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monkeypaws:
Exactly. When I was over at Tmobile getting my n5 they were helping someone trying to move from art. They said giving up their phones is optional. It can be any phone. aNY phone!! So if you want you can still sell yours for more on cl and bring some cheap ones and trade them in.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SwiftLeeO:
You're a savior. I never would of thought of that. I think I'll go with Swappa as I haven't had any issues buying or selling phones on there. Going to get this done on tuesday hopefully. No money out of pocket, sell the S4 for 450 and the Moto X Dev for 350 and pay off the phones in full :)

Just bought 2 black berry bold's for 190 total... Yeah its a bit more than I might of been able to do on craigslist, but atleast if the device comes not as advertised, swappa will give me a refund. Hope this all works out good. I have to wait a few more days than I'd like ( as in I'd do it this second if I could ), but it saves money and I'll be able to pay off the devices within 2 weeks :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanvido:
I have rooted my phone and I'm using SuperSu. I noticed that every time I open an app that requires root, I get a little notification at the bottom of the screen that says root access granted. This happens anytime I open an app that requires root. Is it possible to disable these annoying notifications?

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nemuritor:
Every time you give root to a app there should be the option to remember your choice forever, so it won't ask you again.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanvido:
Found the setting.

For anyone else wondering how to turn of notifications. Simply open the SuperSU app and select an app from the apps tab. After selecting, you should see a popup with different options, one of these options will say notifications. Click the notifications setting and a drop down will appear, from here you can choose to disable notifications.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] redsurfbus:
Hi,

I have started using a note 10.1 as a teaching aid, although I dont think I have been doing it the right way round.

I was using it to control my desktop so I could move slides on the interactive whiteboard, this became tedious as it was too slow and just a glorified mousepad.

In the new term I want to pair it up with a allshare cast hub, after using it at home a lot most of the tool I have on the whiteboard are already on the note, but better on the note. My intention is to sit with the students rather than stand at the front, I do this for most of the lesson anyway.

Recently I went on the Google Certified Teacher course and it has changed my teaching a fair bit, I use Google drive to upload all my lessons and the students can move at their own pace as they ALL have chromebooks (apart from the ones who have used said chromebooks to hit others round the head with on the bus on the way home.....they are still waiting for screen repairs).

My question is does anyone else do this? I did notice a couple of people post in other threads that they use them for teaching. I think this really is the way forward in the classroom. Most of the other teachers think I am mad for refusing an ipad - most also dont know much about using technology and wouldnt know an apk from an xls. I teach maths, any advice or discussion on how we can use these really well in the classroom would be great.

Thanks BTW for all the great info on here, I may even root my note 2 soon as its now out of warranty, I have no intention of replacing this though as think its pretty much the pinnacle of phones in their current design, maybe the note 4 will tempt me but doubt it. I have used this type of kit since the psion, then the XDA (htc) with win mobile, then the dark side for a short interlude, so glad I have control of my tech again :good:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] pierrekid:
How could it be out of warranty? You have a year unless you have voided it some how
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] redsurfbus:
Because I have had it over a year, I was referring to my note 2, hence the comment "I may even root my note 2".
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] compumasta:
While there appears to be a couple of people here that use these for teaching, I would be fairly certain that you are definitely a trailblazer of sorts on this extensive of use in the classroom. I love the idea and will definitely keep an eye out for what you are able to accomplish. My mother is a first grade teacher and is constantly having me set up more things that allow her to better utilize the tools at her disposal. This will be a thread that I want to watch for sure.

That said, sorry that I cannot be of more help.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] redsurfbus:
I will give you an idea of what I do at present.

When I set a lesson up it is aimed at the level of the class, which is generally more specific than a topic in a text book. I know what the students (majority!) are missing in terms of skills for a particular topic, and where I want to get them. This is often different to what is written in the text book. Text books do not cover misconceptions very well, I like to set certain questions up knowing exactly the wrong answers that will be given, purposely setting traps in a way.

So I set up my lesson using the 'interactive' books and other resources I have designed myself. Specifically cutting and pasting what I want, and shifting round into an order that I want. This then is exported from the interactive whiteboard software to pdf, then uploaded into the class shared google drive folder. Ultimately I want to start the class off at the front, some will race away and be pages ahead of others, some will be slower than the majority so both of these groups have their chromebooks to follow the lesson at their pace. The majority follows me at, or rather I judge the pace of the majority and work to it so perhaps I follow them,

The note comes into play when I am moving around the room, I can demo misconceptions as they crop up, show worked examples and get students to write these up on the board without getting out of their seats. One thing that I do miss is the equation editing function in Snote, this would have been perfect for the higher grades to see equations balancing and to play with themselves. I can of course still use my phone to do this as well, but the students tell me off for getting my phone out as they are not allowed......I tell them its not a phone, its a tablerone.....or a phablet.....you choose ;)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] mikejones13:
Ok so a little background on my job. I currently work for the ONLY school in the world (confirmed by Samsung South Korea) that is at a full 1:1 ratio with the Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8013 and I am the admin running everything behind the scenes. We currently have 800+ Galaxy note 10.1 in our student and staff's hands. EVERYONE in our building has a tablet including TA's, ILC TA's, Kitchen Staff, Before and After School staff and our building engineer. We use the tablets 75%-90% of the day. It just depends on what grade level you are talking about (K-5). The tablets have been used for the last year and a half and they are used in EVERY subject, the students also take the tablets home everyday. On top of that we are also running a Samsung School Demo http://www.samsung.com/global/business/mobile/solution/education/samsungschool Now with this demo we have a 75-inch and 65-inch touchscreen TV and 55 students with 3 teachers running the demo. This tool is AMAZING for our students, they keep the students engaged and that was one of the points. We also have Promethean boards in every classroom.... With an Allshare Cast Dongle and ATV Pro VGA to HDMI converter we use all of our basic VGA projectors to mirror the devices on the board and with a PC hooked up to Computer 2 VGA input we are able to run the interactive whiteboard samsung provides. Our goal is to be TOTALLY wireless this next school year. And the school district I work in is an APPLE district they ONLY offer the iPad for school purchases, so I know the feeling even our district CIO was like WTF are you doing. When we gave him a galaxy note 10.1 he quickly shut up and was like OH WOW this thing is powerfull :) we are actually working on a deal with Samsung to replace or drop the price for the 2014 edition and we trade in the 2012 edition..... so far things are looking very good. I am actually traveling to the US HQ in New Jersey this summer to get some certified training and higher level talks about support. PM me if you have any questions that way we aren't taking up to many resources on the actual forum.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] redsurfbus:
Thanks for the input Mike. We are the worlds first 1:1 chromebook school, like yourselves the students take these home. I think they are too fragile but they are changing the way the students learn although not too many teachers are yet fully realising the resources available. I teach 11-18, mainly focussed at 15/16 year olds taking their GCSE in the UK.

I think the discussion should be public on the forum so others can join in.

How are the devices linked to the promethean boards? Mine is a cambridge/starboard. I tried to use Teamviewer but the transfer of data would turn a circle drawn on the tablet into a polygon on the board. Also the input on the note would only input to the cursor position on the software on the pc (hope you understand what I mean).

I did not try with the allshare cast fully, it was a demo from Samsung where I had about a week to try it, with a full teaching timetable and mock exams to mark I didnt make the most of it, but I did go out shortly after Christmas to buy this note as I much preferred it to an ipad - this is my own and not the schools though.

Is there software for the note that we can use through the allshare or are apps like ezpdf / snote / lecture notes suitable?

Ultimately I dont think the hardware is a concern, whether it is a chromebook or a note (the note is the better option) or an ipad. It is the use of the resources. Recently I have forced myself to start with cloud computing a lot more and where I used to think it was a step backwards using google sheets I now realise its a leap forward when you bring scripts into the mix, especially with forms for collecting results and setting questions.

I can see a massive market in apps for education, very simple topic based apps for revision, if any devs are interested I have the maths expertise and pedagogy but no time to develop at the moment......

It would be nice to see Samsung produce a full educational tool (discounted, or perhaps marketed with select advertising), not a mass market tablet/chromebook etc. Whichever company manages this first will take over the market I think.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Duly.noted:
What is the whiteboard app you use? I am going to be teaching english in china next year and think I could use the note as a great teaching tool.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] redsurfbus:
You can use whatever you need. Snote, lecture notes etc.

I tend to import my older smartboard docs to PDF, then use these to write over.

The key to all of this is google drive, using the forms, and sheets on here.

Have a look at the forms on google drive, you can set up question sheets with ease, self marking or multiple choice, all answers go straight into a spreadsheet for data. As a teacher in the UK I spend more time inputting data now than I do planning lessons (which is wrong!!!), google forms allows me to plan the lesson and get the data automatically. Designing the form is part of lesson planning. Once done of course they are reusable unlike photocopied worksheets.

All of this requires students to have access to a device, many school now allow a 'bring you own device' concept so a lot can access this stuff on their smartphones. The school I work at (http://www.ipaca.uk.com/) has 1:1 chromebooks that the students take home.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Duly.noted:
Hmmm thats pretty cool. I've been contemplating methods for teaching while over there. They put a huge emphasis on the rules of the language. Grammatically I doubt I can keep up with some of them. Where they tend to fall short is the actual conversational application of the language. Took 4 months to teach a foreign girl the concept of sarcasm. I was thinking that writing semtences on the fly that they could read off of a board and guiding them through the nuances of the language would be more help than yet another class teaching just the rules.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] redsurfbus:
Haha, it has taken me so far 7 years to get my GF who is Polish to understand sarcasm. It is a nuance that is lost on many, and offensive to others yet often the sharpest form of wit ;)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Duly.noted:
I think that english humor is severely lost on most other people. But, it's beneficial for someone looking to operate in an international business environment, hence china's huge import of native enlglish teachers. What really amazes me is that these schools don't require you to speak any chinese!!