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[X Style (Pure) General] sk8223:
:'( So my and a bunch of other people's orders got canceled due to a price error. I'm stuck with this phone yet (am I cursed or is the phone cursed?). Still looking for a replacement phone. ??
[X Style (Pure) General] ShadyUnicorn:
Oneplus 3 can be found on eBay for very good prices. Nothing dramatically wrong with the device, 3t's barely an upgrade as well. I think it'd be an amazing choice.
[X Style (Pure) General] acejavelin:
3T has a 15%-20% improvement in battery life, and in some cases more.

The 14% bigger battery and more efficient CPU do make a difference.
[X Style (Pure) General] ShadyUnicorn:
And that difference is really worth the extra $50? The phone charges 1/10 quicker to make up for it. And the 821 is just an overclocked 820. Not a massive difference like for the 835.
[X Style (Pure) General] aybarrap1:
I would not use the word cursed. It is a good phone IMO. The battery life is really the only negative hit but with turbo charging and a portable battery charger I can deal with it. The exceptional delay for Nougat is something I half expected as this is the industry standard for non Nexus/Pixel devices so I don't count this.
[X Style (Pure) General] acejavelin:
Is it worth an extra $50? Maybe, to some people it would be, also the device is likely 6 months newer.

But mint condition OP3's are running ~$300 and the 3T's are about $360 (on Swappa), I'd still probably go OP3 right now. I am surprised how much they dropped after the OP5 announcement, they were running $400 and $475 prior to that but after the 3T was sold out.

The SD821 is a little more than just an overclocked SD820 too, but not a big difference... https://www.gizmotimes.com/comparison/snapdragon-821-vs-snapdragon-820/16403
[X Style (Pure) General] ShadyUnicorn:
If you want a phone for a good price, you have compromises compared to others. If you don't want these compromises go for the oneplus 5. But im pretty sure all of you want a better price than the OP5's tag.
[X Style (Pure) General] acejavelin:
Really? Because the HTC, Samsungs, and ZTE Axon devices in my house all got Nougat, some several months ago, but I am still waiting here. I would say Moto is a bit behind the "industry standard" especially since they claimed to be able to provide fast updates. :/
[X Style (Pure) General] acejavelin:
Actually, I have a budget... I know what I want to pay and what features I want, and how much those are worth to me vs what I have now (which changes slowly as this device gets older). I am patient, and I will wait... the right device at the right price will come.
[X Style (Pure) General] ShadyUnicorn:
If you're looking for a phone coming out later, why does this thread exist?
[X Style (Pure) General] acejavelin:
That's not what I said... I am ready to switch now, for the right phone, the money is not an issue but the right device is... I am not one of those just looking to jump ship, but more to make a graceful transition.

The thread is to cause discussion, which it indeed has, 17+ pages worth of discussion. :)
[X Style (Pure) General] ShadyUnicorn:
I am too, but the OP3 has just blown everything else away for the value. Give me one massive point against it.
[X Style (Pure) General] acejavelin:
Can't really... Well one, if it matters to you; it will get dropped from new OS versions now. OnePlus only provides upgrades until a new device comes out (not sure how they will handle the 3T though), so the OP3 is done now. Will probably get a few more security updates, but OnePlus has been pretty consistent with this since OPO.

Does that really matter with it's developer support? Probably not... I bet many people just root/rom this device anyway.
[X Style (Pure) General] ShadyUnicorn:
I have faith they'll get android O for the OP3. If they don't, as you said, developer support means that won't bother me. If the 3t gets it, so will the 3, oneplus made that promise.
[X Style (Pure) General] Hemidrosis:
CEO confirmed the the 3/3T will get O. Likely the last major OS update it will receive. However, things can change. See: OP2 & OP X

Moto / Lenovo may be late to the party with Nougat (officially) on the X Pure. But they delivered.
[X Style (Pure) General] Curlyfry2121:
Just got the LG g5 and man I'm loving this phone. It's the unlocked variant so I can't really get custom ROMs just yet until I make my own. But for 300 dollars at Best buy with the specs and amazing camera this is the best in my opinion for the price and vs the Moto x pure it's basically better in every way except the media experience.

I got it because the Moto x got too hot whole charging and doing just daily tasks even with a case off.
[X Style (Pure) General] BackDaws:
LG G6 is looking good in UK £300 64gb SIM free, slap linage os on it and it will be even better.
[X Style (Pure) General] tech_infinity:
Good for you :)

I was also looking to buy an imported lg g5 from ebay india. Prices had come down to a reasonable 22000-23000 rupees(350 dollars). I was hoping to snag one for under 20k. But then suddenly prices increased to 30000 rupees and it doesn't make sense to buy it at that price.

I'll probably skip the oneplus 3t and oneplus 5 because they're a little expensive. I was hoping for a price cut on oneplus 3t after the oneplus 5 launched, but doesn't look like that's gonna happen.

I am waiting for xiaomi mi6 to officially launch in India, would buy it if it's priced under 25000.
[X Style (Pure) General] ismithx:
yes, but the US only has 300 Million people. The world has 7 billion people, think about china, india, latin america, europe, the US is only one country. It may not make that sense to put in a feature like that for a fraction of the global market
[X Style (Pure) General] lmulli:
A door wedge? Probably has the same uses, perhaps more!

[IMG="Door Wedge"]http://homebase.scene7.com/is/image/homebase/698178_R_Z001?$TMB$&wid=420&hei=420[/IMG]
[X Style (Pure) General] aybarrap1:
That in itself is the issue. It costs for phone manufacturers to add CDMA support for a global device. That is one main reason why Verizon and Sprint for the longest had very limited options for phones to the point where one's options was to buy only carrier branded devices. Luckily for US users the ecosystem is finally starting to shift as LTE shifts to becoming the defacto network standard. It is still since time away, but it is promising.
[X Style (Pure) General] BackDaws:
I don't think I can live without Moto features, ffs they need to make an updated Moto X style similar to ours with same stereo speakers, a bigger battery and 1080p amoled screen. I'm not interested in these Moto mods.
[X Style (Pure) General] aybarrap1:
I would take the 2K resolution if the rest was met. Even a modern 6xx processor would do.
[X Style (Pure) General] Bill720:
A Case for CDMA

Don't forget that many of those 300 million customers are willing to spend a lot of money on a device that will work for them (as you've seen in this thread). No need to alienate a good chunk of them, especially if you're marketing and selling there.
[X Style (Pure) General] sk8223:
Got my Asus Zenfone 3 4GB/64GB today!

It's as big as my Moto X. It's thin and light but I hate the glass back. Slippery and not grippy at all. I prefer the Moto X's build quality. At least the Moto X feels firm in your hand and you don't feel like you're going to drop it. I don't have a case for it yet and I'm worried to take it outside with me.

The Moto X's display is also better (obviously). I used to think the Moto's display was too cold but after playing around with the Zenfone's display settings I like it a bit more. I can saturate the Zenfone's screen as much as I want. For now I miss the Moto X's crisp and sharp screen. Also, the Moto X seems to have some sort of nice oleophobic coating or something making the screen a pleasure to touch. The Zenfone feels like a standard screen. I don't know why I feel this. Maybe I'm hallucinating and both screens are the same after all. But I do feel a difference.

ZenUI sucks. It really does. It's ugly, the icons are ugly, the notification shade is ugly, and there are too many useless features. I miss stock already. At least you can disable Moto Display (though it's a very useful feature). You can't disable even half of ASUS's bloatware. I decided to use Nova Launcher and things are better. However, 4GB RAM + the 625 means this thing flies, even when gaming. No more heat! 64 gigs of internal storage + SD card slot means I'll never have storage worries again. Compare that to the measly 5 gigs of storage out of 9 gigs out of 16 gigs on my Moto X... *shiver*.

I like the stock camera. It's full of a bunch of interesting settings. It can do 1080p@60fps but not 720p@60fps, weirdly enough. Why do Android OEMs do that? Anyway, the Zenfone 3's flash works well unlike the Moto X's. With the Moto I've had so many times where I'll turn the flash on and the entire image will be washed out or complete white. Has yet to happen to me with this Zenfone. Low light performance sucks, though, just like the Moto X.

I have yet to use it for a full day. It's really tough to use this huge glass slab of a phone without a cover. If I set it down on my lap it starts sliding off. The glass back is so slippery that I have to grip it tight. I miss my Moto dimple too. :( I don't like rear fingerprint sensors and would've preferred not to have one since that's the case with this phone...

All in all, I like this phone. I'm just glad to get away from the heat fest that was my Moto X Style. Kind of wish I waited for the 630 or 660, but whatever.
[X Style (Pure) General] acejavelin:
[MENTION=4946370]sk8223[/MENTION] Nova Launcher... Trust me, it makes most UI's bearable although you sometimes lose the ability to use some widgets.

Or some other launcher... I guess...
[Sprint LG G5 Questions & Answers] mrw187:
i tried basic flasher and followed the instructions but that freezes and i dont get no code....
[Nokia 6 Questions & Answers] rian.w25:
please let me know
[Nokia 6 Questions & Answers] Silk Road:
I have been wrong, need ROOT to force the installation
[Blade General] danimr:
Hi, I need your help.

I have a ZTE A512 qualcomm snapdragon android 6.0.1.

I can not root in any way or unlock Bootloader.

I've tried a lot of tutorials I found around, but I'm sure MTK processors are good for me.

Nothing works. If you know of any solutions, please share.

(Sorry for English)
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] MP1_:
I currently have a custom-rom installed on top of a v24.231.19 (the first nougat release) OTA from RETEU. I now would like to go back to stock in order to apply the next OTA, but I would like to do so without loosing all my data. I have the stock nogat boot.img and recovery.img, but I'm missing the stock system.img (I thought I had it when doing a TWRP backup of the unmodified nougat system, but now realized TWRP backups are file-based and not image-based).

Long story short I would be very greatful if anyone could provide me with an unmodified system.img .
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] timster01:
You have to wipe the phone completely to go back to stock from a custom rom. There is no such thing as an "in-place downgrade" because your phone doesn't keep backups from a previous operating system.

download and extract addison_oem_user_7.0_NPN25.137-24-1_1_release-keys-cid50_oem.7z from https://xdaforums.com/moto-z-play/how-to/moto-z-play-reteu-firmware-otas-t3557917
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] MP1_:
Thanks for the link, I also found it in the meantime :) . I'm currently running 'Dedraks' Essential ROM', so I think a dirty flash of the stock fw should work (stock to custom worked without wipeing - at least it bootet fine before I wiped it for other reasons). I'm planning to go with stock + modde kernel + magisk for a while.

My current CID is 32 - is this property stored in the system partition? I.e. is there a difference between what I initially had on my phone after the nougat update and the cid50 factory image in the link?
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] cat4443:
Well the G5 plus indian varient dosent ship the Google Assistant we have to sign it up by google beta my question is simple is it possible to unlock the screen when it is off (not charging) if no any fix??
[Samsung Gear S2] ryanb8741:
What does that mean and how do I claim said rewards?
[Samsung Gear S2] voidindigo:
If you ever find out, please post! I just got one... and I'm baffled too. :|
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TechBSwift:
I'm trying to register my devices (s8 & S8+) for the Samsung Promotions but I keep getting IMEI or Mac-Address not found... I have tmobile phones, anyone else have success in registering their phones?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] NeutronBomb:
Might have to wait until Friday which is technically the release date. The Lg promotions for the g6 had the same issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] bishmaster5000:
Yeah mine isn't working either. I'll wait until Friday or Saturday and try again.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ggrant3876:
Got mine done with no issues but when I hit the order button for the vr, headphones and sdcard it said my cart was empty. Called samsung via home phone and on hold for 25 minutes. She said she would straighten it out, got a call back in 15 minutes and she took my credit card information via phone, received an email stating the order went through. Asked her when she thought they would ship and she said after the 20th.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] M9x3mos:
I would highly recommend doing it from the phone rather than their web site. Mine went through okay but I wanted the headphones bundle. Even though I had that selected, it processed it as vr only it looks like. Still stuck waiting for them on the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Dvin211:
wtf.. You may want to check your email. I tried and kept getting errors. I wanted to pay the extra $99. I get an email that says my submission was approved. It was approved for just the headset. On the website it wouldn't take my im/wifi mac on Samsung pay it kept saying socket errors. Somehow it went through for the just the headset. I'm on the phone now...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ronx162:
no issues registering for, and then ordering, the full immersion package through the Shop Samsung app. Just got the confirmation email that my order is being processed and I will get another email when it ships via 2-day air. One strange quirk, though... after I initially registered for the $99 promo option, I got an email saying that they had received my promo request and it could take up to 2 weeks to be processed, at which time I would receive another email with next steps on how to complete the order. That was yesterday. Today, I went back into the Shop Samsung app and saw the order option in the promo tab and it worked like a charm.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Th3rdBorn:
What are you all using for proof of purchase in the shop samsung app?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] theprfct10:
I thought this promotion was supposed to be free! What's this $99 all about?!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Yashraj:
$99 is for getting AKG headphone and 256GB MicroSD card which apparently have a combined retail value of $300-$400 something. Also this is in addition to the VR bundle you anyways get for free
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Carl12319:
Submitted through app, said I was under review, just checked through the website and it says approved.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] gurinder073:
Mine is worked fine. I used samsung shop app
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] idksomuch:
The app says I've been approved but no where does it give me the option to buy it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] The Root:
Same
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Wonderstruck80:
Also had success in the samsung shop app after a failed attempt on the website.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ujellyx:
I really wish they'd do this kind of promotions in europe... :(
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] babyshanks:
Applied 30 minutes ago, went with the upgraded package, did it on the comp, instant approval, went to click the buy button, and the page didn't load with no way to get back to it. 10 minutes later I get an email confirming the approval and a link to buy the upgraded package. Clicked the link and it added it to my cart. Interesting thing is it seems that you can order more than 1 (or at least change the quantity), only ordered 1 though so don't know if you can actually get more. Checked out and got an order confirmation. Says it's expected to ship in 2-3 days with expedited shipping.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Termynat0r:
Someone who doesn't want their vr? In Europe we get nothing :(
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] spongar141:
Thanks dude didn't, thing about ordering threw the app. I did the first part on the website and thought I would have to wait the two weeks for the immersive bundle. Props
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ggrant3876:
The pdf document from the T-Mobile site, your eip agreement.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] M9x3mos:
How did you get them on the phone? Their system keeps either hanging up on me after an hour and half of wait or I get transferred to a non working number.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] akvtiger:
I submitted via the app and received your registration is approved but under product and status it is blank.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TheLoneRaven:
Exactly the same situation for me. I was a bit concerned that the product and status was blank, but I think I'll need to exercise at least 1-2 days worth of patience to make sure things aren't wonky.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] akvtiger:
Does yours show up if you check status on the website? Mine does not.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TheLoneRaven:
No it will not, it says to wait 24 hours.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] andunn:
I submitted via the app last night from my S8 since I was getting IMEI and WiFi not recognized. I signed up for the Fully immersive VR promo (with memory card and headphones) and have a screen shot from my phone saying my registration is approved, but says in my screen shot for status: Review in process.

However, I did not pay the $99 and it didn't give me an option to. When trying to check the status it also doesn't come up. The only thing that comes up is my Galaxy S7 VR headset promo from black friday of last year.

Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] cmay119:
I ordered last night through the Shop Samsung app on my phone. Validated quickly in the app and I paid for the bundle right after. No issues with it recognizing the MAC or IMEI.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Th3Bill:
Had same issue. Do it on Samsung Shop on phone. Worked here.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] jitterjuga:
I've been waiting to talk to Samsung about this for the last 45 minutes. I got my phone yesterday and used the app to register. I selected the Immersive bundle, and everything went ok. However, after it said my registration went through, that's it. No option to pay, no emails or anything. My status on the app still says its under review. Additionally, as I ordered on T-Mobiles website, I asked T-Mobile what to use as POP. They told me to use the email they sent me, which I did. However, now I'm worried I should have submitted the EIP agreement instead. What a freaking mess.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ggrant3876:
It was around 4:30 CST, just lucky I guess.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] nique0201:
I didn't even have to enter my imei or anything. I used the Samsung shop app. Just entered my email my name and address and a picture of my jump on drman receipt. I got a email 2 seconds after submitting saying it was approved and would be shipped to the address in 4-6 weeks
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] andunn:
Same situation as you, except I ordered from the store and UPS delivered yesterday. App to regsiter, I attached a .jpg picture of my order receipt from the T-mobile website. Been on hold for 1hr 10min now as of this post. Got past the first person and I'm on hold to talk with someone in promotions now.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] jitterjuga:
Yup. That's what happened to me. Talked to someone, then they transferred me to promotions. The woman in promotions told me not to worry. That eventually I would get an email to purchase, that it takes 24 hours to go through to them. She also told me nobody has gotten those emails yet, which based on this thread is completely untrue. She said that the email would be fine. Guess I'm just going to have to exercise patience, wait and see, and hope it all goes through ok.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] The Root:
I show approved but no email. Should I stay on hold? I want to buy the bundle.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] nicholb:
If you are having problems on the web registration with it saying IMEI and WiFi MAC not recognized, try using capital letters when entering the WiFi MAC. I got the same error using lowercase, tried again with caps and it went through.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] nappent:
I have the same issues. I think you need to make sure the phone is properly registered prior to starting. I noticed my was registered as a US Cellular rather then a T-mobile device. The only way to fix it was via the web not the shop samsung app. That said the promo still is screwed up on my phone.

I can confirm with my wife's S8 the $99 promo went through just fine and have a purchase receipt.

**Update** - I was on hold for 30min via phone, but got someone via the online chat. They assured me the approval email to make the $99 payment should come through within 24 hours. I guess just wait and see.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] BornAgainAndroid:
I did mine through the webpage and when I go through the app it shows approved, but for the Gear VR and not the bundle that I selected.

---------- Post added at 09:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:19 PM ----------

Speak of the devil, I just got an email with the buy now link. Only took decades compared to everyone else lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Semantics:
I registered for the bundle on the app. Got an email last night saying wait two weeks. About 10 mins ago when I checked the app it said approved and the button to buy came up. Said 2 day shipping was 10.62 but was 0.00 at checkout. 108 bucks to NY with Tax. So check your app! I never got an approval email like they stated.

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I did it from my phone with no SIM just my Wi-Fi connection from home. I haven't swapped out my S7E yet because my freaking screen protector got lost in transit and I'm waiting for it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] gotfolk:
Just to add myself to this list.

630pm est on 4-19-17, signed into Samsung website using Chrome, went through the registration and the website froze on entering payment info. Have not received an email confirmation yet.

I called Samsung last night and had them setup a case number for me to lock me in their queue just in case. I have received a few emails from them today asking me to try to re-register which does not work.

Just like someone said above the App shows that "Your registration is approved" but without getting the confirmation email and not paying yet, this has been a little concerned.

I guess we will just have to see what happens... But clearly they were not prepared for this amount of people.....
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Semantics:
My app had a buy now button show up about 24 hours after I registered.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] AllsL0st:
I got the same thing and was told to wait and i should be getting the link shortly which i did

I was able to pay for it, woke up this morning to find out everything went through and samsung has already shipped my exclusive vr bundle

So if you guys/gals were able to submit your order but it only shows the registration date Just be patient and wait 24 hours for the order to be sent to your email. :good: