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[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] adrianr514:
The throttle wasn't directed to you, it was to the member who specifically said he was throttled after 12 gb's.

Here's the truth with sprint and i know first hand because I was a store manager until January of this year.

Yes it sucked for a long time and still sucks in some places, but thats only because we had a CEO for years who didnt give a ****. Hell here in phoenix one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and we just started getting LTE a little over 8 months now.

Marcelo is really trying to make sprint the best company/network posible but he can't do that over night. He first has to fix all the fuxkery that hesse created and go from there.

Areas where we do have LTE/Spark rolled out we completely tower over ATT and Verizon in service and speed. And i understand how frustrating it is first hand especially selling phones where 3G was all we had that maxed out at 2MB if we were lucky while everyone else had LTE but now for instance I get 1 bar of service at home but pull 15mbps down enough for me to game online with my ps4, stream netflix, and really do anything i need without having to pay for an internet provider as well. And it's only getting better.

Good things take time. And i strongly believe that in a couple of years once Marcelo has had the time needed, that sprint will be on top then everyone will we coming back or happy they stayed and have grandfathered unlimited.

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Also everyone complaining that Sammy is committing suicide with the N5 because its a weaker device blah blah obviously knows nothing about marketing/sales/demographics. We here on XDA are probably not even 1% of their customer base.

The 99% they are reaching for are just standard normal users who dont root, who dont do anything more than web search,text,instagram, and facebook. They don't care about anything else. All they care about as consumers is status, oh i have the newest Note 5 your 4 is old because it came out last year. This is the demographic they are selling to, people who want the newest device. Why else is apple so successful? They sell the same phone for 2 years in a row, at least Samsung has body refreshes 4 & 4s identical, 5 $ 5s identical, 6 and what will be the 6s will probably be the same thing, but comsumers keep buying because of the status that comes from their peers for having the latest and "greatest"

Samsung is finally making the right decisions as a corporation. So what you can't find a note 4 because they've stopped production because now they want you to buy the 5, boo hoo they don't care if you jump ship. The amount of new customers they will get pails in comparison to having a handful jump ship.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] DaggettBeaver:
I'm so glad someone else sees this. I'm perfectly happy with my Note 4 and don't plan to upgrade. If I had money to burn, I'd get a Note 5, but even if I wasn't happy with it, I still recognize Samsung is doing the right thing as a corporation. Time will tell, anyway. We'll see how the numbers look in 6 months or so.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] t4d73:
Whoa. People are entitled to they're own opinions. I think everyone is just a little in shock because this is the 1st time a device has gone on the shelf not even a year later. Yes I agree Sammy wants you to buy the latest and greatest and like I said I probably will and so won't millions of others. This whole note 5 news isn't just a handful of a few people on our little forum either though. It's spread like wildfire across the whole world wide web. On Facebook, Twitter and all sorts of networks. And there too people are just stating OPINIONS. That's all it is and people always will. What I don't agree with is Samsung taking the choice of what the consumer wants or doesn't want just to fill their pockets with more money. But hey, that's just my opinion.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Barkleyfan:
Yeah I really can't find one. Even best buy is depleted of Sprint note 4's.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] DaggettBeaver:
Best Buy is still selling Note 4 on Sprint on their website. I have no idea if they have any in stores.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Godfall47:
You will have no luck getting the note 4 anywhere. Even if they have it the phone is no longer in sprints system. The only way to get a note 4 is to purchase the whole phone then have them activate it. Spent a week going back and forth with sprint trying to upgrade to the note 4 only to find out at the best buy mobile that they couldn't do it. Took 3 hours at the store before sprint told us why. Ended up with a 64gb note 5 with the wireless charger and a case for a fraction of the cost because of their colossal screw up.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] toenail_flicker:
I found one last week. Had to drive two hours. By this time I doubt it. And, fortunately for me, it's so old it's KK4.4.4. I can upgrade and downgrade again. I think folks didn't want the older version and they sold out of the LP versions. I'm so glad no one wanted this one. Box looked like it had been on the shelf since day one and handled by millions. Device was/is untouched, new, and beautiful.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] diagoro:
I appreciate the inside info on what Sprint are doing to improve, but I never saw it. In fact, the customer service is STILL horrid. It basically matches what you said above. They do nothing for existing customers, but bend over backwards for new ones. Only, and ONLY if you know who to get in touch with (starting with tier 2), you might get somewhere. Otherwise you get directed to "retention services" how basically say "let me know if you want to cancel, and I'll process your request".
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Yoshi1221:
Sprint is trying, used their service for 9 years, but I agree, they do nothing for existing customers other than say we are "Loyal Customers." But as one person said, it won't change overnight, but that doesn't stop me from moving to T-Mobile, which actually gives me a full discount, not just on the data, but the whole plan. Plus with all the benefits with their unlimited plan, I'd be spending over $100.00 with Sprint

Unlimited talk, text, data (60 with sprint, 80 with T-Mobile)

Canada and Mexico text data (free on both, or similar on Sprint)

7GB mobile hotspot (Sprint only offers 5GB, at $50)

International text and data, both in and out of U.S ($10 for international text, data free at 2G or 1GB 3G free)

Music streaming (useless for unlimited plans)

In flight texting (think it was $10 when I checked on my last trip)

There was a great corporate guy who was helping me out with Sprint, if every representative was like him sprint would be a better corporation. But for now I believe T-Mobile has all the better deals, and better customer service.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] diagoro:
Agree. I came across two particular people that really tried to help.........the rest basically lie and hit the dump button repeatedly.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] cruckus:
With the SERO accounts you can go in they change your plan and then you call customer care immediately and they change it back, or just call from another phone with customer care on the line while you upgrade. It can be done. I work at an employee store so I know how it works. I have helped many people in that same way when they wanted best buy deals but thought they couldn't go there.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ryanalan82:
Not sure if I should keep the Sprint insurance or not. There is no point in keeping it if I can't get a replacement note 4 if needed. Been thinkin if getting rid of it anyways, as I never drop my phone or let anyone handle it.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Rsmin:
That's what I did and phone is perfect.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BigMosley:
I just checked out the Note 5 at a local sprint. Not a bad design but still wish they didn't remove the obvious. So I enabled Developer options and changed all the animation and duration scales to 10x. Enjoy ?✊
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] toenail_flicker:
:good::laugh:

When I looked at it at BB they kept wanting to tell me about it and demonstrate. I was really only there to make sure the (now my) Note 4 was as awesome as I kept hearing. Side-by-side, it was obvious which one I needed and wanted. Completely happy here. ;)
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] cruckus:
They can still be ordered you just can't buy them. $79 and some change without insurance.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Yoshi1221:
Have another thought, don't know if it will happen, but when I switched to T-Mobile, they gave me the SM-P910T3 version instead of the SM-P910T. Only difference I have noticed is the T3 version has 5.1.1 Lollipop on stock, while the T version is still waiting for 5.1.1. Could sprint be making a new Note 4 to be capable with their new LTE aggregation?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] NamelessFragger:
As absurd as that sounds, I'm already recalling the SPH-L710T variant of the S3 that was triband/Spark-enabled, and due to its later release, had practically no dev support compared to the older non-Spark L710. There's already a precedent for hardware changes like that.

However, I'm also reasonably sure they didn't just pull Galaxy S3 stock entirely during that transition and did it silently, which certainly isn't the case here. There also aren't threads on any other carrier's forums about out-of-stock Note 4s; it's only Sprint that's apparently being strong-armed by Samsung into no longer selling Note 4s.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] smarcin:
Just curious what your VZN plan is, and how much it's costing you.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Barkleyfan:
I do miss Verizon's map, but I averaged under 7m with them. I average 26m with Sprint. I drop data note often with Sprint, but calls switch to free roaming, where Verizon just dropped them.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] bonebeatz1234:
Lmao
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BubZX:
Talked to a girl yesterday that was having troubles with her Note 4, she took it into the sprint store to have it checked out and they couldn't fix it so they swapped it out for a Note 5 64 gig. Looks like thats may be whats gonna happen if u have to get a replacement.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] gdempsey1:
I lost my note4...turned it into assurion....got a new note4....1 day
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] t4d73:
Makes sense. Having none available in the store...
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] DaggettBeaver:
Hmmm... I wonder what I can do to break my Note 4... ;)

[no, not gonna happen]
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BigMosley:
I call bull on that. They always swap your current phone with a "like model" which usually means around the time period and price of your current device. I highly doubt they would give you a brand new phone (a 64gb model at that) which just came out little over a week ago.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BubZX:
She had a Note 5. Im just going off what she told me.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] cruckus:
To be honest my manager swapped out a ladys note 4 to a note 5 and I was helping a customer who had a note edge and customer care put notes on the account to let him switch to the note 4. Now that they don't sell it anymore he is getting a s6 edge plus. So it is believeable
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] t4d73:
I remember a while back I had lost my Evo 3d and got an s2 replacement. Not as much of an upgrade but it put me on the Sammy train.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BigMosley:
Too bad the 5 is a step down, or I would take advantage of this :rolleyes:
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] toenail_flicker:
Precisely.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] vegeta21232:
a friend of mine works at sprint and I was told the lack of sd cards made it impossible to sell the note 5 while the 4 was still around and that is why he thinks it was pulled. If he was right that means Samsung is not listening to their customers as well as they believe.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] toenail_flicker:
And it means I was right to stick/move to the Note 4. If they can't sell one because of the other it means the one they can't sell isn't as good IMO.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] jhill110:
I think they blew it. It will be interesting to see how the N5 sells after the "gotta have the newest crowd" Peters out.

Battery and expandable storage issue is a killer for me... Unfortunately it seems like the OEM's are all headed that direction.

I read an article about the "Moto X Pure" yesterday day and it sounded great but battery and storage issue is the same. ?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Geezio:
I sure hope this Email from sprint doesn't mean im going to get a N 5 replacement instead of my note 4 because on another part of the email it says my replacement is in back order [emoji15]
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] jhill110:
Maybe that's why they aren't selling N4's right now... They just don't have any?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ryanalan82:
Please keep us updated on this. If they are replacing with note 5 I'll drop my insurance. There is no way I'd take a note 5.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BigMosley:
How'd it break? Drop and break the screen?

I'll 2nd this, have always thought the $11/month is a bit much, but they do cover lost and theft so whatever.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Geezio:
No crazy battery drainage after a tech @ sprint hard reset because of some software issues i was having still get black screen when i try to wake it and have to restart it like 3 times a day to use
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] coolwater22:
I just came back from best buy about 30 mins ago and they still are carrying them for all major carriers. I'm glad I chose to upgrade to the note 4 and not the note 5 or shall we call it note 3 1/2. it is not an upgrade at all..smh Sammy
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] schlepprock:
Well this makes no sense bro. If your Note4 is to a point that it "needs" replacing you really have no choice. At least you're getting a new phone.. Right?

Sent from my Hybrid Note4
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ryanalan82:
Yeah it makes perfect sense. I want nothing to do with the POS note 5. I would buy a replacement note 4 somewhere else, and tell Sprint to kick rocks.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] feeway730:
Coming from a Note 3 (sprint), I just grabbed a Note 4 on Sprint from Radio Shack near me. They had the white & black ones in stock. Best buy, sprint corporate, & tele/net sales all tried to sell me a Note 5. Told em the phone is big enough without a power pack hanging off it or a sd card OTG :cool:
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BigMosley:
Any word if your getting a 4 or 5 from Asurion?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Geezio:
Not yet,looking out for the tracking information Email.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] gdempsey1:
Just got a replacement for my phone thru Asurion and they gave me another N4
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Geezio:
Oh no i hope my replacement will be a note 4 in another part of the email it says that it is on back order but on the phone the rep told me 2-5 days [emoji28]

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Ok so i am getting my N-4 replacement thank goodness confirmation email came through [emoji28]
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] smarcin:
How much is RS charging for the Note 4? BB wants $799! Thanks.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] xxSTARBUCKSxx:
I was ready to call BS.. but .wow.. Sprint 32GB Internal Note 4 Unactivated = 799.99, Sprint 32 GB Note 5 Unactivated 749.99.. Crazy sh!t right there.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Barkleyfan:
It is bull****. Wife wants one, and I can't find one that doesn't come with a side of rape.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] David.Dunbar:
I ordered my wife one from Best Buy.com on the 28th of August. It was $299.99 with a 2 year contract upgrade. I put it in the cart and then called around to local BB and Sprint stores, went back and had timed out. Tried again and it said not available. Used my other laptop and added it to the cart and made the purchase. Free shipping had it here Tuesday the 1st. I got it upgraded from Kit Kat 4.4 to Lollipop 5.1.1 without activating it. Tomorrow it will get tx_dbs_tx's Sprint_Hybrid_N910PVPU4COG5_Odexed Then I will upgrade my Note 4 to his Hybrid X 3.0 and rock this nation.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] kwazytazz:
Had to file a insurance claim and they was all out of white note 4...took the note 5
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] toenail_flicker:
Well that just sucks.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Geezio:
I just got my " brand new in box never been opened Samsung Galaxy Note 4 black" with new earbuds battery and charger and had to update it like about 4 times no more like three but anyway , restored all my data from kies so far so good only thing I'm not liking at the moment is I took off my glass screen protector from my old phone and put it on my new phone yeah it looks kind of tacky ,but I I'll order a new one here soon, oh and this was the insurance replacement!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BigMosley:
I can't front, if I could get the 5 from an insurance claim I would. Only sucky part is no SD card slot, but I'll get over it. Rather not pay the deductible cost tho, what is it $200?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Droid2drummer:
I would just grab the s6. Already have the better note. The 4...lol.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BigMosley:
If someone gets a 5 replacement and wanted the 4, I will trade and include all my cases/SD card/accessories/etc.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Inous:
I've been thinking about switching to Google Fi, are you interested in buying an excellent condition note 4 with a rooted stock Rom?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BigMosley:
Who are you asking?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Inous:
Sorry, I was asking the OP, but my offer is good to anyone. Looking to buy a Nexus 6 or trade for one...
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BigMosley:
I'm looking to trade my 4 with everything (and possibly my 128gb SD card) for the Note 5.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] t4d73:
Me? No I have a perfectly good note 4 and don't need one and definitely don't need or want a note 5 either lol. I just simply started this thread so people could be aware of what was happening with it that's all. Thanks though.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] t4d73:
Another thing people, rumors around the net look like the s7 could be a promising device. With SD support possible and much larger screen. I have to admit I hardly if ever use my SPEN. I really only buy the note series for the larger screen and beefed up specs but if the s7 does in fact come with SD support and a snapdragon 820 with at least a 5.7 in screen I would be all over that. Also with their new production technique as reported by samobile we could see it at the beginning of next year.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] feeway730:
Not sure. Took another contract. OT but note 4 related...AT&T has the note 4 free online with qualifying plan. **** those plans tho:banghead:
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] DaggettBeaver:
I wish I could do the same, but I still owe on my Note 4. I don't get the fascination with the microSD card. It sucks battery like a leech. I'm in the middle of a Titanium backup for modified data process. It dropped my battery from 71% to 65%. I can't imagine that the built-in UFS does that.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] t4d73:
Because some of us can't afford to pay extra for the fixed 64gb option. I know I can't. And what good is 32? Not to mention the 64gb card in my note 4 I've had since my s2 is pretty much useless if I get the note 5.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] gdempsey1:
OTG cable for usb thumb drive up to 128gb for extra storage and backups
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] DreamingWolf:
USB-OTG is great for backups and maybe movies, but that dangling drive is a pain in the butt for constant use in everyday tasks. IMHO. YMMV.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] gdempsey1:
True but with no extrrnal sd...not alot of options

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I personally would not get a note 5
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] DaggettBeaver:
Yeah, well, there's that. ;)

I couldn't afford the Note 5 anyway, even if it had a microSD slot.

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There are a number of wireless storage options that accept microSD cards, some with external batteries for charging your phone. I plan to get one eventually even though I have the microSD, mainly because multiple people can stream from it at the same time.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] t4d73:
Well I could get the note 5 in January which will be a yr later with the framily thing but I'm holding off to see what the s7 will bring. Supposedly has a 5.7 in screen and Sammy looks to be close to figuring out how to make the SD work with usf. We'll see. That with the reworked snapdragon 820 looks to be a winner. I'd get it quick too before they kill it all off with the note 6. Lol.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] schlepprock:
The screen on my wife's Note 4 accidentally got shattered. She filed a claim with asurion, when she got her confirmation email it said "Samsung Note532wht". So it looks like she's getting a 32 g Note5.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Barkleyfan:
Lol built in ufs makes TiBu pretty much obsolete, doesn't it? Wiping storage is wiping storage when you only have one storage option. You could back up to cloud or pc, but you can do that already, so...
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] DaggettBeaver:
I probably wouldn't even root on a Note 5. I'd just disable the apps I don't want. But if I did root, yes, I could back up to cloud or OTG. It's all academic until I can afford to upgrade anyway. By then, there will probably be a Note 6. ;)
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] DreamingWolf:
There is that…….. But it's still extra pieces to carry around with you. I get annoyed if I have to carry a charging cord ;)
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ryanalan82:
Is that everyone's answer to the note 5? How about Samsung shouldn't have moved on to ufs 2.0 until they came up with a controller for the sd.

No thanks, I'll keep my 160 gb note 4.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
Note 5 should have been 64 GB internal with additional 200 GB external max expansion. Note 6, possibly more if we see one. Wondering if sales and bringing back expandable memory would ring true on actual numbers, Note 5 vs oriental jump in Note 6 sales. Luckily, I was skipping this generation on 2 year contract anyway.

I held the Note 5. Nice display but feel is not noteworthy with the anti-theft deterrent hardware that honest people respect. Can't put that display pen in backwards either. I bumped the animation to 10x and briefly complained about the lag as the sales person showed up on queue. Horrid response; screen slowly faded to next screen. I set it back and showed her what I did as she offered to hard reset the phone, making typical excuses. 10x is killer lag fest, man; what is Samsung thinking with crazy pranks that can reflect badly back on them? Should be 1.5 max! Anything more and you reap what you sow. SMH, Samsung; shame on you. The joke is on you in the end.

If only Samsung read these criticisms...
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] jhill110:
Lol... My grandmother used to say "locks only keep honest people out" .

Thankfully we have devs putting in the work that will soon enough get ports right so we can hold up our N4's and say... Match this!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BigMosley:
Smart woman.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] mikejones13:
Started an insurance claim just to see if I would be able to get a black note 4 and the answer is NOPE! The page says the device isn't being produced anymore and my option is either a WHITE Note 5 or a BLACK Note 5. This pisses me off!!!!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BubZX:
The thing that would piss me off the most would be (other than not being able to get a Note 4) would be if i did have to filenan insurance claim would be getting replaced with a 32 gig Note 5. If we have a Note 4 with expandable storage we should at least be able to get the 64 gig. It's not our fault they pulled all the sweet Note 4's before a year was up on shelf life.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BigMosley:
EDIT, nevermind.