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Was just in the store and with my plan, I was due for an upgrade.
So for a 100 i figured another galaxy S would be nice.
First had the 3g only, no forward cam and gps was jacked up.
Whats a good rom? I used to play with the gingerbread stuff but random no incoming calls and what not, I ditched it for zendroid.
Thelgow said:
Was just in the store and with my plan, I was due for an upgrade.
So for a 100 i figured another galaxy S would be nice.
First had the 3g only, no forward cam and gps was jacked up.
Whats a good rom? I used to play with the gingerbread stuff but random no incoming calls and what not, I ditched it for zendroid.
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Welcome to the SGS 4G,
I had a Vibrant too, but changed it for 4g, never going back .
New stuff? Not so much, but DONT USE ROM MANAGER, its the first rule.
Our development isnt so enourmous as the Vibrant's, but it is still very nice.
We have a BIBLE thread, where you can find everyting you need for the new phone.
We also have an official gingerbread release(its pretty damn good).
So, if you have questions, ask, someone will answer
The wife was using old sidekicks and throw away bberrys from work.
Got her one as well and I'm surprised hers has gingerbread already on it yet mine has froyo.
Vibrant didnt have any legit gingerbread, so this does?
Edit: Ahhhh! No more built in 16gb?
No wonder they hyped the free 8gb card.....
Thelgow said:
Was just in the store and with my plan, I was due for an upgrade.
So for a 100 i figured another galaxy S would be nice.
First had the 3g only, no forward cam and gps was jacked up.
Whats a good rom? I used to play with the gingerbread stuff but random no incoming calls and what not, I ditched it for zendroid.
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I came from owning a Vibrant also ( still do actually) and after reading all I could find about rooting and flashing custom Roms I started here
GB Ext4 Starter Pack.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765
Thelgow said:
The wife was using old sidekicks and throw away bberrys from work.
Got her one as well and I'm surprised hers has gingerbread already on it yet mine has froyo.
Vibrant didnt have any legit gingerbread, so this does?
Edit: Ahhhh! No more built in 16gb?
No wonder they hyped the free 8gb card.....
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Yes, this has official GB 2.3.6. You can use Kies Mini to download it that way, use RaverX3X's ODIN or CWM version of it, or one of the custom versions from the Dev section. Have fun with the new phone
Thelgow said:
Was just in the store and with my plan, I was due for an upgrade.
So for a 100 i figured another galaxy S would be nice.
First had the 3g only, no forward cam and gps was jacked up.
Whats a good rom? I used to play with the gingerbread stuff but random no incoming calls and what not, I ditched it for zendroid.
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Damn man. Staples had it for a cent last week.
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tehgyb said:
Damn man. Staples had it for a cent last week.
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Always after I get something.
Seems ok so far. Colors a bit more "vibrant" but I remember there being some color fixes on the vibrant. the lack of the internal memory really surprised me.
I connected the usb and saw only the one drive pop up and thought there was a problem.
Already did the kies and have the beta3 kernal on and cwm.
Debating which rom to go with. Thinking Valhalla final or black.
Whats the official ways to get into recovery and download modes?
I remember on vibrant when they added the gingerbread loaders volup+ power was one and voldown was the other.
Now it seems like the froyo and I have to hold all 3 w/o usb for recovery and all 3 and usb in for download.
Hold all three to get into recovery.
For download, hold the two volume buttons and plug in the usb.
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Damn they went cheap! When the sgs4g first came out it included a 16gb SD card. Got mine in April or May for $110 (was on sale at radio shack for $150 but they messed the price up in my favor).
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Edit: Ahhhh! No more built in 16gb?
No wonder they hyped the free 8gb card.....
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Damn they went cheap! When the sgs4g first came out it included a 16gb SD card. Got mine in April or May for $110 (was on sale at radio shack for $150 but they messed the price up in my favor).
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Exactly what I was thinking.
It came with the 16 onboard and then a 2gb, so 18gb~ total. Now it's here enjoy 8gb.
I already told my wife how I'll put a couple movies, tv shows, etc.
Then I had to tell her ehh just a handful.
Time to start looking into 16gb micros.
after I already bought a couple 8's.
I had an 8 in the vibrant but quite honestly barely used it. the on board usable 13 was fine for me.
As was said before, our dev community is not as big as the vibrant, but we are making progress towards cm7 and 9, new kernels are on the way, and a new bootloader (which is also planned for other 'galaxy s' type phones besides the sgs4g).
The 'Galaxy S 4G' (aka VibrantPlus - SGH-T959V) is technically more like the Epic4G and Facinate, and less like the Vibrant.
There is also another variant of the SGH-T959V is the SGH-T959P, which is the Telus version of the SGH-T959V.
So I went to rooted stock herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366041an d everything's just been screwed up every since, but I've been to busy to deal with it... now I'm sending it in for a warranty replacement and it's stuck...nothing will flash on cwm,I only get an error, Odin won't even detect it.. how can I get this back to stock? I need to send it soon cause I don't want to end up paying for 2 phones... thanks!
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Aaustinnn said:
...nothing will flash on cwm,I only get an error, Odin won't even detect it...
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What error is it giving you in CWM? What version of CWM? In reference to Odin - do you have the drivers installed, usb debugging checked, etc.? Have you tried different usb cords/ports/computers?
I'm not at my phone right now but the cwm error was somethin bout a file missing from /data... I literally just rooted and flashed tweaked to the refurbed one they sent me and all is well, the old one won't be detected in any way by my computer tho n it's been doing funny **** every since I left eclipse.. I know it's not the computer or hardware, but any attempt to flash on cwm OR Odin results in failure.. should I even worry since it looks like stock anyway? Lol idk if they really check at Verizon..
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Aaustinnn said:
I'm not at my phone right now but the cwm error was somethin bout a file missing from /data... I literally just rooted and flashed tweaked to the refurbed one they sent me and all is well, the old one won't be detected in any way by my computer tho n it's been doing funny **** every since I left eclipse.. I know it's not the computer or hardware, but any attempt to flash on cwm OR Odin results in failure.. should I even worry since it looks like stock anyway? Lol idk if they really check at Verizon..
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Uh yes they check. Dont you think that if you know how to do this then their techs would too. I can tell you that is the first thing they look for. If they determine your phone is rooted you WILL receive a bill for full retail price.
While I would agree is there proof of it happening irl? I personally would raise hell if they did to me. I bought the charge at full price because of the possibility of loosing unlimited. It went from flagship phone to abandoned before my contract was done. Luckily I had an upgrade to burn and got a S3 but even then they pulled the locked bootloader ****. I know why, to keep people buying devices but they really like to treat their customers like ****
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While I would agree is there proof of it happening irl? I personally would raise hell if they did to me. I bought the charge at full price because of the possibility of loosing unlimited. It went from flagship phone to abandoned before my contract was done. Luckily I had an upgrade to burn and got a S3 but even then they pulled the locked bootloader ****. I know why, to keep people buying devices but they really like to treat their customers like ****
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Dude, development is exploding as I type. They have working cm10. Lil buggy but come on 2 weeks? Bootloader is no issue to those devs. Not even irl. It's cracked.
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bairste said:
Uh yes they check. Dont you think that if you know how to do this then their techs would too. I can tell you that is the first thing they look for. If they determine your phone is rooted you WILL receive a bill for full retail price.
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They don't check every device.
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They don't check every device.
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Yeah, that's what I understood. I just didn't want to take the chance to. Btw, I finally figured out to busy do a restore(which I'd never done before) and it was detected good as new, flashed ep4d or p stock with the pit and everything seems good.. anything left to do now before I send it in?
Thanks everyone :]
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Hi I am hoping someone can help me, can anyone confirm that the correct model number for the 32GB version of the Verizon Galaxy S3 is SCHI535MBV?
And also that the 32GB is indeed on board and in addition to the SD card slot memory?
I am running around with my insurance company trying to get my phone replaced and they are saying that the 32GB version of the phone is 16GB on board and 16GB sd card which I am pretty sure is NOT correct.
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its 32gb internal and will support a 64gb external formatted to fat32....meaning this device will support 96gb of storage internal & external combined.
While i don't know about the model number the 32gb should all be onboard memory. Otherwise it is just a 16gb with a memory card which isn't the same thing.
Joe is your insurance company by chance backed by Global Warranty Group?... if so I'm having the same issue.. they keep sending me 16 gb versions with 16gb class 4 cards in them..
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Dra$tiK said:
Joe is your insurance company by chance backed by Global Warranty Group?... if so I'm having the same issue.. they keep sending me 16 gb versions with 16gb class 4 cards in them..
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That's messed up... is this your own personal insurance, or insurance you got through VZW?
If someone could check their GSIII box, it should say the specific "i535..." over top of the bar code. I have a 16gb so I can't verify that model number. Also, I did online searches and that number may correspond to a specific size/color of the GSIII. I think there's a different number after "i535" for both gb sizes in blue and both gb sizes in white, therefore there are four in total model numbers.
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Wow, sounds like some one is running a scam. A 16 GB S3 with a 16GB SD card is most certantly NOT equal to a 32 GB S3. I would never accept that as replacement.
Of course I probably wouldn't use a sketchy 3rd party insurance company either, outside of Assurion.
Good luck getting that sorted out, don't let em screw you.
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Joe is your insurance company by chance backed by Global Warranty Group?... if so I'm having the same issue.. they keep sending me 16 gb versions with 16gb class 4 cards in them..
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Yes indeed it is Global Warranty Group. I purchased it through ensquared.com who I found out just outsource it to globalwarrantygroup.com to handle.
I have been going back and forth since 8/19/2012 now and have 2 16GB models sitting on my desk.
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its 32gb internal and will support a 64gb external formatted to fat32....meaning this device will support 96gb of storage internal & external combined.
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The 64gig card does not have to be FAT32, I left mine with the default format so I can copy files over 4 gigs to it & it works just fine.
Same here... mine got escalated to Antigone.. I guess she's the escalation department manger.. Next time I'm going to ask them to cut me a check and I'll go buy it from Vzw directly. I sent one back and now I have my broken one and the new one..plus my original claim was made on 8/17/12.. hopefully they get this figured out soon. You can look at my other posts to see the rest of my ordeal.. I'm vlogging as well as recording the phone calls.
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jmorton10 said:
The 64gig card does not have to be FAT32, I left mine with the default format so I can copy files over 4 gigs to it & it works just fine.
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in order for cwm recovery to see the card then it needs formatted to fat32
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in order for cwm recovery to see the card then it needs formatted to fat32
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That's true, but CWM works just fine to the internal memory so that's how I use it.
Then, I copy those backups to my PC occasionally.
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Same here... mine got escalated to Antigone.. I guess she's the escalation department manger.. Next time I'm going to ask them to cut me a check and I'll go buy it from Vzw directly. I sent one back and now I have my broken one and the new one..plus my original claim was made on 8/17/12.. hopefully they get this figured out soon. You can look at my other posts to see the rest of my ordeal.. I'm vlogging as well as recording the phone calls.
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Recording the phone calls won't do you any good unless you clearly inform the person on the other end that you are recording them. If you haven't been then they can only be used as personal reference for you, not for any lawsuit/court needs. You do realize that correct?
joesolano said:
Yes indeed it is Global Warranty Group. I purchased it through ensquared.com who I found out just outsource it to globalwarrantygroup.com to handle.
I have been going back and forth since 8/19/2012 now and have 2 16GB models sitting on my desk.
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Why did you go 3rd party insurance as opposed to just using Verizons?? I use Verizons and would like to know if there is something lacking with it.
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That's true, but CWM works just fine to the internal memory so that's how I use it.
Then, I copy those backups to my PC occasionally.
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i also like my pictures and vids to automatically save to extsd from camera/gallery...thats another reason for using fat32.
In my state I can record them.. and yes the difference is no refurbished phones.. brand new ones cheaper deductible also..
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In my state I can record them.. and yes the difference is no refurbished phones.. brand new ones cheaper deductible also..
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Yes, but is the person you're talking to in the same state? FCC steps in on interstate calls and says it's illegal without prior written or verbal consent. I see that you're in Oregon while the company is based in NY. So unless they outsourced their call center to a company in Oregon, you're SOL.
Far as the 3rd party insurance, how much is it compared to verizons?
Brian Gove said:
Yes, but is the person you're talking to in the same state? FCC steps in on interstate calls and says it's illegal without prior written or verbal consent. I see that you're in Oregon while the company is based in NY. So unless they outsourced their call center to a company in Oregon, you're SOL.
Far as the 3rd party insurance, how much is it compared to verizons?
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New phones .. no refurbished units.. cheaper deductible 75 vs 99 and you pay upfront for coverage.. I think mine was 100.00 for two years
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Dra$tiK said:
New phones .. no refurbished units.. cheaper deductible 75 vs 99 and you pay upfront for coverage.. I think mine was 100.00 for two years
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Yeah, that ends up being cheaper than Verizons too I think... I cant remember offhand but I think theirs is 7-8 bucks a month so for two years thats either $168 or $192 for two years.
BTW, I did a little more digging about the recording, I got curious. It looks as if I was somewhat wrong, both Oregon and NY are single party notification(meaning you) and the FCC laws are unclear about interstate now that I looked closer. When they say it's illegal they also refer to Telephone companies doing it. I couldn't find any info on the FCC website pertaining to individuals specifically. If the company did outsource their call center to one of the 12 states that require dual notification then you can be SOL. Other than that it's a little fuzzy but leans towards legal from what I can tell.
Dra$tiK said:
Joe is your insurance company by chance backed by Global Warranty Group?... if so I'm having the same issue.. they keep sending me 16 gb versions with 16gb class 4 cards in them..
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Brian Gove said:
Recording the phone calls won't do you any good unless you clearly inform the person on the other end that you are recording them. If you haven't been then they can only be used as personal reference for you, not for any lawsuit/court needs. You do realize that correct?
Why did you go 3rd party insurance as opposed to just using Verizons?? I use Verizons and would like to know if there is something lacking with it.
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The main reason I went with enSquared is cost. Since Verizon wasn't really Verizon and was outsourced to a third party, Asurion, it really didn't seem to matter to me about the 1st party/3rd party nature of it. Based on my math Asurion/Verizon would have cost about $366 for 2 claims vs enSquared $274. Both of these seemed to me to have similar coverages unlike someone like Square Trade who did not cover loss or theft.
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The main reason I went with enSquared is cost. Since Verizon wasn't really Verizon and was outsourced to a third party, Asurion, it really didn't seem to matter to me about the 1st party/3rd party nature of it. Based on my math Asurion/Verizon would have cost about $366 for 2 claims vs enSquared $274. Both of these seemed to me to have similar coverages unlike someone like Square Trade who did not cover loss or theft.
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So based on your experience so far with them, would you recommend signing up with them? And are the models they sent you refurbs or new? I didn't catch it if you've mentioned one way or another already.
I recently flashed a new CM10 kernel called LeanKernel. At least I tried to, it did not install all the way and after I rebooted my phone did not turn on did not respond to anything. If anyone can help me that would be great. I am not to sure whether to call this a soft or a hard brick. I can't get to CWM and/or download mode. Plugging it in to my computer doesn't help it spams my computer with a format message. I don't know what to do and I appreciate any help anyone can give me.
I also forgot to say that I tried to charge it but nothing shows up on screen i dont know if it even charges. But my battery was at 65% before me phone stopped booting.
Thanks in advance.
You flashed a kernel that was not for your phone. It's brick city. Read and understand what you're doing before flashing things.
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xcrazydx said:
You flashed a kernel that was not for your phone. It's brick city. Read and understand what you're doing before flashing things.
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Thanks for the reply. I accidentally flashed the wrong kernel on my computer. I feel pretty dumb doing that too. I was just hoping a possible way to fix but I think that's not really possible.
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Thanks for the reply. I accidentally flashed the wrong kernel on my computer. I feel pretty dumb doing that too. I was just hoping a possible way to fix but I think that's not really possible.
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Sure, jtag for $50 or send to Samsung and they will probably fix it free.
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xcrazydx said:
Sure, jtag for $50 or send to Samsung and they will probably fix it free.
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But its rooted so i don't know if they will fix it.
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But its rooted so i don't know if they will fix it.
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If it won't turn on they can't tell.
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But its rooted so i don't know if they will fix it.
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If it's hard-bricked (it is), they'll either force it into download mode and restore to stock from there, or just mail you a refurb. They'll never know.
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If it won't turn on they can't tell.
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T.J. Bender said:
If it's hard-bricked (it is), they'll either force it into download mode and restore to stock from there, or just mail you a refurb. They'll never know.
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Thanks for the replies. Yeah i guess it makes sense to do that, but I talked to AT&T and I might have the chance to upgrade without having to pay for the early termination. I think I might pre-order the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. I don't know yet. What do you guys think, fix this phone or upgrade!
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Thanks for the replies. Yeah i guess it makes sense to do that, but I talked to AT&T and I might have the chance to upgrade without having to pay for the early termination. I think I might pre-order the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. I don't know yet. What do you guys think, fix this phone or upgrade!
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Either way, why not send it in for warranty repair/replacement? I've got the Note 2 on pre-order and am keeping my Skyrocket, because the Note 2 is an entirely different beast.
If you're going to keep the Skyrocket (whether you get the Note 2 or not), why not warranty it? If you're going to sell the Skyrocket, you'd probably want to make sure it works before you put it on eBay, right? If you're going to throw your $600, one-year-old Skyrocket in the trash without even trying to save it, go ahead and mail it to me instead! lol
T.J. Bender said:
Either way, why not send it in for warranty repair/replacement? I've got the Note 2 on pre-order and am keeping my Skyrocket, because the Note 2 is an entirely different beast.
If you're going to keep the Skyrocket (whether you get the Note 2 or not), why not warranty it? If you're going to sell the Skyrocket, you'd probably want to make sure it works before you put it on eBay, right? If you're going to throw your $600, one-year-old Skyrocket in the trash without even trying to save it, go ahead and mail it to me instead! lol
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I wouldn't ever throw something like that away. Especially since I know that its hard bricked, but nothing is wrong with the hardware. I will probably go through with the warranty, and use my old crappy iPhone :crying: until my Note II comes if I get it.
I guess this isn't new, but i can't even find the Samsung Apps on here anywhere so that we can go in and claim our "Galaxy Gifts."
50 gigs of dropbox space for 2 years was among them, and they're screwing us yet again. anyone else figure it out yeT?
jayochs said:
I guess this isn't new, but i can't even find the Samsung Apps on here anywhere so that we can go in and claim our "Galaxy Gifts."
50 gigs of dropbox space for 2 years was among them, and they're screwing us yet again. anyone else figure it out yeT?
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WAs dropbox pre-installed? If not, then there is no 50GB bonus.
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WAs dropbox pre-installed? If not, then there is no 50GB bonus.
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nope. not pre-installed. oh well. once we get root, i'm sure there will be a hack lol
jayochs said:
I guess this isn't new, but i can't even find the Samsung Apps on here anywhere so that we can go in and claim our "Galaxy Gifts."
50 gigs of dropbox space for 2 years was among them, and they're screwing us yet again. anyone else figure it out yeT?
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Besides the Dropbox space, what was the other gifts? And it's pretty sad that Verizon did that. The "gifts" don't hurt Verizon in any way do they?
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Besides the Dropbox space, what was the other gifts? And it's pretty sad that Verizon did that. The "gifts" don't hurt Verizon in any way do they?
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nope, but verizon sucks ass.
there's 50 gigs of box space for life, too. that would give me 100 gigs of box lol, as long as it works right...now i'm gonnat ry to figure out how to sign up for that one.
50 for life? Is that of Samsung deal or something different? If you figure it out, please share. lol
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i didn't get any space from Box either. seems as if these galaxy gifts aren't valid on verizon.
what a damn shame.
jayochs said:
i didn't get any space from Box either. seems as if these galaxy gifts aren't valid on verizon.
what a damn shame.
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t-mobile has always been the best for not hacking the crap out of a phone. I would stay with t-mobile but had to switch to verizon for work.
Have you tried this link http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys5/galaxygifts.html
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Have you tried this link http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys5/galaxygifts.html
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So it's just two years, not for life.
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So it's just two years, not for life.
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Correct, just two years, still not bad. The only issue I have is I purchased a Samsung tablet in 2012 and got the 50GB for 2 years then purhcased a new phone in 2013 which came with the 2 years and got SQUAT from DropBox, they should have extended it from 2014 to 2016 but nope. So now when I get a new phone again they likely still won't do it, but I bet they are getting paid by Samsung none the less.
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Have you tried this link http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys5/galaxygifts.html
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Awesome.. Here i see just galaxy gift item. I am very happy if i get this gift.. How will i got it ?
Going into galaxy gifts I don't see anything about dropbox
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