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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tekjester:
There's 2 Loopholes:

Best Buy Method: Buy Phone EDIT: Online in store[/Srike]. The phone will come with SIM in it. Destroy that SIM and put in your old one. I can't believe this still works, but people are reporting success.

4ever Method (AKA Alternate Upgrade): You need at least one UDP and one TDP line. Transfer Upgrade from UDP to TDP. Activate phone on TDP Line. Remove the line from the plan, reactivate TDP's normal phone. You now have a free-floating Verizon phone. You can sell it (without the SIM), or use it on the UDP line. Either way, the UDP line gets the contract.

My contract date is now 10/30/2017 and I bought a new, subsidized phone.

Thanks droidguy22 for correcting me. I'm correcting my post in case anyone reads just mine, but not droidguy's correction below!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] droidguy22:
Correcting Best Buy method: Buy phone online and ship it to your address and when you get the phone - do not power it, open the sim slot and destroy the sim which came with the phone and put your old sim in the new phone. I did this last week and everything worked fine.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] lightyear22:
Please let me know if this is correct for transferring upgrade to lock contract. 1. I am on UDP and my wife is on TDP, I transfer my upgrade to my wife and she gets a LG G4. 2. My wife continues to use her iPhone 6+ and I use my sim in the LG G4. Is that too blatant that the phone was for me? 3. That locks me into a contract for 2 years and I continue to pay 29.99. Is it best to do this online? When is the cut off for a move like this, I have heard Nov 15 is the day of effect. Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tekjester:
You just need to activate the phone on her line after you get it. Once you activate it, put the iPhone back on (you will need the SIM number handy for the iPhone), and your phone and the G4 is free to move lines.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] phibo:
Is it too late to get myself lock in a year contract to keep my unlimited price at 29.99?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] lightyear22:
I am going to get another phone tomorrow to get me locked into a 2 year contract. When I spoke to Verizon I was told that Nov. 15 is the date it takes effect. I was also told that I will inherit my wife's upgrade date which is 1.5 years, she just got her iphone 6 months ago. Now the big question. What phone do I buy to be able to root and it be a semi new release. I was thinking the G4, now I am reading that the Moto X Pure has an unlockable bootloader. What else is on Big Red's lineup that is open for clean rooting?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] firereverie:
Upgrade question

So if I'm taking an upgrade to extend my contract but want to stick with my Note 4 Dev after the activation, do all the VZW phones use the same size SIM?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] snowrider0985:
No they dont. All the new iphones and note 5 and galaxy s6 use the nano sims. The note 4 takes the Micro Sim.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] firereverie:
Good to know... New step to my plan... Go to VZW store, tell them I'm borrowing a friends spare HTC One M9, but need a nano-sim, then go BB and pull upgrade trick.

Does anybody know, if you buy it online whether it makes a difference if you pick it up in a store or have it shipped? I'd rather not pay $20 for expedited shipping, but I'm guessing the contract change doesn't take effect until the new device comes online.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] snowrider0985:
If you pick it up in-store you run the risk of making them activate it for you. You can always go to a third party retailer Authorized Verizon Retailer like the ones inside of costco. They have extra sims and a lot of the time they wont charge you for them.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] firereverie:
I should have been more clear, I would buy through bestbuy online then pick it up at the store rather than wait for shipping. It should just be a matter of grabbing it at the customer service desk? Or would they try to activate it before I got out of best buy?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] anrichardson:
You have to have it shipped to your home, Best Buy will make sure it is activated before you leave the store.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] phibo:
What's a good phone to get these days for resale value? I have a note 4 DE and I'm not planning to upgrade soon but in order get myself on contract I'll have to get something
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] snowrider0985:
I think the iphone 6s is always a good choice for resale.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] maksimreder:
Ok, im still confused, bare with me. I have the unlimited data plan and easily exceed 50GB a month. my wife has the 2gb and is under contract. What happens next? Never done something like this. I go to verizon store and use my upgrade on my wifes line, doesn't that kick me out of the unlimited data and sign a new 2 year contract? im lost.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] FMXP:
I just locked in another 2 years of Unlimited Data. Used the Slickdeals method and I'm now under contract until November 2017. Hopefully in 2 years T-Mobile has gotten their network in shape or Google Fi is everywhere and I can ditch Big Red.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] phibo:
You'll have to find a Verizon store that willing to renew your contract without touching your old plan. Also do not activating the phone under your line. I just have mines renew. They just gave me the phone to walk out with.

BTW I don't know if it's true but the sales rep told me if I'm planning to use the phone. It's better to sell the phone and then buy another one. Due to the fact that Verizon might able to track back to the imei #. I know a lot of ppl here just swap sim card. I hope someone can confirm on that.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] FMXP:
If you don't care about the phone and just want to lock in the price of Unlimited Data for another 2 years, Best Buy has the Galaxy S6 on sale for $1 with a 2 year contract.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] buhohitr:
OK, I will make it simple, only ONE RULE to remember:

NEVER upgrade your device which has UDP. You will lose UDP

1) If your device with UDP has an upgrade - transfer this to your other phone (none UDP line). When you received the phone, do not power on, just swap the sim from your UDP device to the new device. Power on and Done. No activation charge from VZ either. (save $35).

2) If your regular line has an upgrade. Just purchase the upgrade and when received the device, do not power on, just swap the sim from your UDP to the new device. Now the new device is UDP and no activation charge.

Bestbuy just closed one loop hole, where, when you purchase a new phone, they allowed you to transfer upgrade from one device to another which is very convenience, but no more. The best way to buy a new phone is through Bestbuy online only. Do not buy direct from VZ. (too much risk of losing UDP). Finally yes, VZ is raising price (20$ per month) for who ever owned UDP when the contract ended. You will be charge if you renew the contract or not.

Another tips is all new Galaxy like Note5 and S6, they are now using Nano SIM which is smaller than S5 or Note4 or anything older. In order to swap sim, all you have to do is cut your existing sim down to the new size. That's it. You don't need to go to VZ for a new sim.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] snowrider0985:
I actually don't think you can physically cut the sim down. I know they make Sim cutters that say work. But if you compare the two Sim cards side by side, you actually have to cut through the metal contact. My understanding is you only have a 50 percent chance of it working
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jayochs:
sim cutting works fine. cut my micro down to a nano to work in my Moto X Pure, and then i just stick it back inside the old piece I cut it out from and put it in my note 4 and it works fine.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 4
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] aabraham:
ok. now I'm worried after reading some posts in here... So I used the upgrade from my wife's TDP and got the note 5. It was from Sams Club so they activated it. I was waiting for the case until I started using it. My wife went back to her note 4, activating her old sim at VZW website. Will i have any problem using the note 5 now? Also i was thinking of activating the nano sim with my number from the website. should i rather cut my micro sim?

thanks. any help is appreciated!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] buhohitr:
You are 100% wrong bro. You can easily cut the sim with a scissor, with 100% success rate unless you cut it wrong. It is very simple cut, no skill required. Recently I did 3 for my s6 from note2 and 2 S4. Even a kid can do this. Please don't make a statement if you never done it before.

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Ok, let make it clear, you activated the note 5 (new sim) with your wife TDP phone number?, then she re-activate her old sim with here TDP phone number? If both questions are true, you can just take the sim out of your UDP phone, cut the sim and put it in the Note 5, you should be good to go. The only mistake you made is performed activation where VZ will charge you for activation fee.

EDIT: tip for cutting the sim: don't cut the top and don't cut the side where the copper is very close to the edge. ONLY CUT THE bottom (you will cut into copper, but you have plenty of room here), and the side where you have a lot of extra plastic. Never use the tip of the scissor, when cut, put the sim all the way in like 3/4 from the tip of the scissor and squeeze it slowly. You be surprise as you could trim as little as 1/2 of a millimeter if needed for the fine cut.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] aabraham:
Yes. your questions are correct..now I'm glad i can go ahead and use the phone.

Also, when you say my mistake, are you saying I should have used my wife's original sim to activate the note 5? I dont know if Sams would have let me just take the phone w/o activating it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] buhohitr:
Yes, you should but if you purchase in person either Costco,Sam or Bestbuy, they will do the activation, before give you the phone, that's why I recommend do it through online only. Not a big deal, you just have to pay the activation fee ($35) from VZ.

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] drewcam888:
By using an existing UDP sim and throwing the new phones one away. Aren't we avoiding the activation fee?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] aabraham:
thanks for the reply dude...1 last question. if i mess up cutting the sim, will I have a problem if i activate the nano sim in my number. (the sim that came with the phone).
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] buhohitr:
No, because the device upgrade belong to your wife. If you afraid , put your new sim on top of the old sim, tape them together, draw a line around then cut. It's pretty simple...

I would not use the sim that came with the phone, just go to any VW store and ask for a new sim then activate. The simple is free.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] snowrider0985:
can anyone confirm if the price actually did go up?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] buhohitr:
You are correct! VZ only can charge us if we activate using the new sim came with the phone. If we used our existing sim, no activation charge.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] DroidMoose:
My unlimited bill went up. Just got the bill email notification yesterday.

I have been buying my past 2 phones at full retail to keep unlimited data plan and now d'oh!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] BoilerDroid:
Spoke to my local VZW store rep yesterday...

I have 2 lines with UDP and 2 tiered 2GB with a 1400 family share voice/text.

My bill went up $40/mo for the 2 UDP lines. I thought that it was only if your entire account was out of contract, but it's actually based off of each line.

I also found out that VZW did this universally; so, even their own employees got hit with a flat rate increase (no discount for them either).
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] buhohitr:
yes, you are correct! $20 per UDP line. When the contract ended, you will see the addon $20 and doesn't matter if you renew or not.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] aabraham:
does anyone know whether if you activate a subsidized phone from another account, either on your UDP or your TDP (later change to UDP), will your UDP be in trouble?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Telemachus:
It sure won't.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] xdathekilljoy:
This is horse sh!t. They are doing every dirty trick they can think of to force people off. All for money. They want you on tdp because they charge such ridiculous and outrageous prices for such tiny amounts
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] cam1pbell:
I'm so pissed well time to jump ship. I've been with Verizon for 20yrs. Who would have thought paying 300.00 bucks a month for cell phone service. Ridiculous. Tmobile isn't locked down either.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popos1:
Hello,

I was flashed my galaxy tab 2 3g 8gb p3100 but i have issue:

Firmware upgrade encourtered an issue. Please select recovery mode ...

(i don't have a kies)

So i think i need to flash with re-partition but odin denny my pit file

[IMG="pit denied"]http://obrazki.elektroda.pl/5342570200_1446490038.jpg[/IMG]

And this is on any rom 4.1-4.2

Can anyone help me?
[General Questions and Answers] pam2262:
Since I updated my Samsung Note 4 my emoticons won't work in my text messages. Please tell me how to correct this.
[P3600 ROM Development] izeman:
hi ppl

i installed bepe's 0.73 rom (great work!!) to my trinity.

connection to my home wifi network works w/o problems. i get an ip-address, gateway address and dns-server (with the correct values of course ;)).

my problem is: i can't even ping the gateway (therefore of course also no browsing the web). under "einstellungen - netzwerkkarten", the wifi-adapter's setting is "internet" (and not work).

so any ideas how to solve that? any more info you would need for debugging?

thanks in advance, ize|man
[P3600 ROM Development] izeman:
so let me change my question: is there NOONE out there who has ever got problems with wifi? does anyone have a link to a trouble shooting faq?

pls .... i spent over 5 hours no without any solution

thanks ize|man
[P3600 ROM Development] dta1974:
Hi.

I used to have that kind of issue with the wifi and most of the time I had to wait and wait for the wifi to get hooked up to the router,and like I said it was WAIT.

Everything seemed to be perfect,open wifi,WEP,WPA TKIP/AES,this used to happen with the first and second rom from HTC.So what I did was take a look at the router´s firmware and get and update,I also updated the rom of the phone and started with the cooked roms.

Waht you can do is,restart/reset the wifi ap or router it helps,make sure there´s no MAC filter,though it should work with the default settings.

I hope I can help you.
[P3600 ROM Development] izeman:
@dta1974

thanks for the help. i change from wpa to wpa2 and i worked. don't ask me why. my laptop did work with wpa w/o any problems.

so: problem solved :)
[P3600 ROM Development] aburman:
I have a similar problem but in my case it seems to be the power saving options for wifi. Have to turn em off completely to get it to work at all even though signal strength is 100%. Tried all types of encryption but same problem.
[P3600 ROM Development] atcach:
Heyy Solved my prblem too

I had the same problem (got ip from AP, but couldn't ping the device, nor navigate, etc).

Solved changing the power save mode !
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dre4merOn:
Hi. How Can I remove all Asus Zenfone 2 Laser ze500kl apps? Is ther any clear Rom for Asus Zenfone 2 ze500kl?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 96DANGER96:
You can root your phone and remove apps with Titanium Backup!
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmendonc2:
I always suggest freezing apps with TI instead of uninstalling them :D
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gustapo:
I was able to uninstall many of them like clean master, omletter, dr. safety etc. I disabled some of the apps which did not had uninstall button.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dre4merOn:
Is there a super zen for ze500kl?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidriz:
what is flashable bootloader?

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/development/rom-jdx-1-0-t3121053

why is it not neccessary for other rom (CHROMA)

please m new to this device
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhizzat:
An unlocked bootloader is necessary to flash any custom ROM.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
its a bootloader that has to be flashed. the new m bootloader needs to be flashed to run m roms. why not chroma? maybe its not pure marshmallow.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I don't think you need the M bootloader if you have a 5.1 bootloader. I just think you can't boot M if you have the 5.0 bootloader.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidriz:
so i am on pure official 6.0 i can unlock bl and flash croma right?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yes
[Sony Xperia E1] germanman2:
Hello!

I was deleting some system apps I thought I did not need, but now the device does not boot properly.

It tries to boot but before the boot-process normally would end it reboots and that repeats forever.

I know it is my fault and all but please help me, I do not want to be without my phone too long, lets say I would like to have a running android system on my device before the end of this week.

Stock Android would be okay with me, but a nice custom rom would be very nice. :)

I know there are guides out there for anything I will need, but my question is, what will I have to do? Flash it?

It would be best if there was a method to do the process on linux (cause I do not have Windows or MacOSX) but if necessary I could acces a Windows PC.

Regards, germanman2 :)
[Sony Xperia E1] stillchimp:
Hi, I know little about this, but have researched a bit about debloating and custom roms... however, you can see a couple of good links in my thread here : http://xdaforums.com/xperia-e1/help/basic-questions-rooting-debloating-t3238730 and the first response mentions XperiFirm which I gather should be sufficient to get back to a working device.

Hope this helps!
[Sony Xperia E1] germanman2:
Thanks for the answer, found a rom for me :)
[Sony Xperia E1] stillchimp:
Hi germanman2, yes I saw on your other thread there were 3 roms mentioned. Out of interest which did you choose, have you already installed it?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockThatBodyGER:
Hey xda members,

since a while I got a problem with my Nexus 5, I cant use the camera anymore.

I already did a lot of research and found out that for most people a wipe of the google camera app followed by a reboot works. For some a factory reset made it.

For me neither of those 2 options seem to work. I already tried it with 5.1.1 LMY48M and 6.0 Stock and xTraSmooth Rom. With every one of them it shows "Unable to connect to camera"

On all of these versions i had no other apps installed, just the stock google package, no other camera app or flashlight app.

Please help me :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockThatBodyGER:
i hope some of you got an answer...

well, hopefully tomorrow, good night :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockThatBodyGER:
am i allowed to push this thread? is almost on second site now... :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sl4sh3rPT:
Try this

I fixed that error when shut down "Trusted face" in Security settings.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockThatBodyGER:
still does not work after reboot :/

going to send it in for repair now. they gonna change out the camera for 30€.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ConorCX:
Probably is a hardware issue of some sort.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shri_chanakya:
If you did a flash all and your camera is not working then it's hardware issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] Telemachus:
As a proud Note fan boy, owner of every note since the Note 2, I am yet to see an exhaustive list of EVERYTHING the note 5 lacks.

Here is mine:

1 and 2) removable battery and SD, obviously.

3) Developer edition/root

4) IR blaster (seriously, why?)

5) MHL and video out (seriously, why??)

6) USB otg (Seriously, why???)

7) a fan base.

I actually have a note 5, so all of this is from personal experience. As for 6) USB-otg thumb drives tend to work but try a keyboard and mouse!

Don't get me wrong. It's a gorgeous phone and the display is brilliant... but what has become of the exceptional note series??

Is the V10 the next logical step?

I have not yet had a chance to try the audio latency, in regards to MIDI keyboards, guitars, and microphone effects. I am afraid to even do so...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] Daciple:
Not to sound stupid, but guessing you tried the Samsung MHL adapter

Sent from my Note 5

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Following up, i think i believe i tried and the adapter would not plug in now that i think of it!

Sent from my Note 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] Telemachus:
Doesn't fit since s6
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] DaRkL3AD3R:
Really freaking dumb how some of these things aren't staples anymore. Flagship phone is missing baseline features of devices for the last 3+ years? Come on Samsung, gotta be kidding me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] Mr. Toad:
The OCR function from smart select in the Note 4 is the biggest thing I miss.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] holla420:
Root is missing ?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andy_d0:
I know Qualcomm quick charging isn't supported but any harm in using the chargers. I don't expect it to be any quicker than a regular charger but I just want to be able to charge at work while I'm waiting on getting another charger
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoff5093:
You can use QuickCharge charges for any phone, even if it doesn't support QuickCharge, it will just charge at the normal rate.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andy_d0:
OK thanks! I forgot that I also have to get cables. The other included cable is way too short
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] Medhat Badawi:
The camera lens open and close several times by it self without any action from me :(
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] Mohamadalok:
me too

I by chance figure out that "Viber" needs to check the camera few times per day and it's really annoying and also few apps do the same...... all u have to do is install an old version of it, without the video call feature .. if u have it >>>> or checkout the apps may do that .... like Skype , it makes the camera open and close just for one time when u open it(every time u restart ur phone ) .... and for the "Viber" Yes ...it's a problem ... and the old version works fine ... but for "Skype" it's normal I think .....

hope this workout with u :D
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joho5:
Ive tried reinstalling driver, changing from mtp, etc...

It just keeps giving me the exclamation mark on adb driver.

fastboot works fine though.

what to do next?
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] brezzz:
ok so I have bricked my phone. Phone is stuck in a bootloop and wont boot. I have a rom in the dload folder but when i try force update, it wont go past 90% and sticks for hours. Can fastboot between stock and TWRP but thats it. Anything I can do?

Thanks

Brezzz
[General Questions and Answers] tela_azul:
Hey guys, so I'm having this problem with my SHV-E300S , even putting the wifi config to always in sleep mode and using the code #*0011 to set off the wifi power saving, it still not working, so after around 15 minutes idle i cannot receive any notifications from messangers apps or email, i will receive that just when i unlock the phone and wait for a few seconds.

I'm using not the kit kat 4.4.2, but i tried the official lolipop 5.0.1 with no progress, also tried to install the cyanogenmod but i received status 0 error from recovery when i tried to flash the rom so cannot say if it would solve the problem.

I would be very glad if someone could help with that, the cellphone is useless for me since i just use that for messenger.

thanks