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Thinking About Getting a G2x

So Someone localy is gonna sell me there 3 month old G2x thats in good shape for 100 dollars.. I currently Have AT&T. I know it says it doesnt support AT&T`s 3G bands. But I also read somewhere that it is possible. I dont know what the posting date for that was. But Would there be any way as of now? or is it still A no go.
And Would it be worth buying for the 100 to resale it maybe?
Also what would be the process of unlocking it? cause with my galaxy S2 I downloaded an app. Could I call up tmobile asking for it since I dont have a tmobile account? or how much would it cost for me to get it unlocked? (The cheapist site) Thanks

Buy it for $100.
Resell on ebay $220-260 depending on the condition

hyelton said:
So Someone localy is gonna sell me there 3 month old G2x thats in good shape for 100 dollars.. I currently Have AT&T. I know it says it doesnt support AT&T`s 3G bands. But I also read somewhere that it is possible. I dont know what the posting date for that was. But Would there be any way as of now? or is it still A no go.
And Would it be worth buying for the 100 to resale it maybe?
Also what would be the process of unlocking it? cause with my galaxy S2 I downloaded an app. Could I call up tmobile asking for it since I dont have a tmobile account? or how much would it cost for me to get it unlocked? (The cheapist site) Thanks
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There is no way of getting it to work on att 3g. So if you can't handle edge then yeah flip the bit##
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well im gonna get it tonight or tommrow. Whats a good place online and cheap and rep that I could get an unlock code maybe quick after I get the phone?

The first question you should be asking is why is he only selling it for $100? He could easily get double that. Just because the phone is only 3 months old doesn't mean nothing is wrong with it. I buy and sell phones on craigslist quite frequently and I'm always wary of the deal that seems too good to be true. Remember, often times, if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is....I'd exercise extreme caution.

mysterioustko said:
The first question you should be asking is why is he only selling it for $100? He could easily get double that. Just because the phone is only 3 months old doesn't mean nothing is wrong with it. I buy and sell phones on craigslist quite frequently and I'm always wary of the deal that seems too good to be true. Remember, often times, if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is....I'd exercise extreme caution.
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Well where I live is small so it wasn't found on craigslist. it was on a LOCAL Facebook page and I have a few mutual friends (Family Friends) with them. and they orginaly asked 150 and I got them down to 100. Where I live ppl dont have a good knowledge on tech stuff. I dont even uses cragslist much cause the closest city is about an hour away

Got it. Great shape too just needs cleaning.
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hyelton said:
Got it. Great shape too just needs cleaning.
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Definitely looks good enough to sell on eBay for DOUBLE what you paid for it. Until then, download some games and play around with it.
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Wow! You got lucky! I paid $200 for mine, on contract back in June! (It was worth it)
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hyelton said:
well im gonna get it tonight or tommrow. Whats a good place online and cheap and rep that I could get an unlock code maybe quick after I get the phone?
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Check jboxer's signature you can get it for around 3 dollars, less if your a member in xda, which you are.
Hopefully it's still there...
P.S. 100th post wooh!!!
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googleme1 said:
Check jboxer's signature you can get it for around 3 dollars, less if your a member in xda, which you are.
Hopefully it's still there...
P.S. 100th post wooh!!!
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Some ahole complained and I had to remove the link from my signature. Some jerk-off from the AT&T Nitro HD thread. PM me for my website for unlock code. Thanks for thinking of me.
BTW, $100 for a G2X is a steal, whether you get 3G service or not. If you want to spend more money look for the new Lg Nitro HD for AT&T. 1.5Ghz dual core Qualcomm cpu and larger screen and on AT&T you get 3G and LTE.

jboxer said:
Some ahole complained and I had to remove the link from my signature. Some jerk-off from the AT&T Nitro HD thread. PM me for my website for unlock code. Thanks for thinking of me.
BTW, $100 for a G2X is a steal, whether you get 3G service or not. If you want to spend more money look for the new Lg Nitro HD for AT&T. 1.5Ghz dual core Qualcomm cpu and larger screen and on AT&T you get 3G and LTE.
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Sucks that it got closed, even the mod didn't want to close it because you had good intentions. Btw I paid 420 for my phone 2 weeks after it came out.
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googleme1 said:
Check jboxer's signature you can get it for around 3 dollars, less if your a member in xda, which you are.
Hopefully it's still there...
P.S. 100th post wooh!!!
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argghhhhh i paid around 20$ for mine a while back

I stole my g2x from someone who softbricked it for a trade... my mt4g, i did like my glacier but wanted the g2x really bad. My speaker was going out anyways on that phone, oops forgot to mention that to the g2x owner previously lol
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Yea I got it, it was NICE!!!! Sold it for 200. and used that toward my purchues of which I have now the LG Nitro

htc dev response about locked bootloader

a few days ago i contacted htc dev about the locked bootloader
ive finally recieved a response and thought id share it
the blacked out parts are my personal info.
i know its not a ton of info, but its pretty much the only official direct response ive seen so far
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so what im taking from this is: it'll ship locked, and well unlock it eventually
if anyone else get any legitimate response pm me and i can make this a thread for that kind of info
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Ah, very nice. Sounds like they will add support for out phones "eventually". I give it a month from the 6th.

Red5 said:
Ah, very nice. Sounds like they will add support for out phones "eventually". I give it a month from the 6th.
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I wouldn't jump to that conclusion. I do eCare for a cable/internet/phone provider in Canada and we can be crafty with our words when we need to.
The way I'm interpreting things is that they ship locked devices and can add support later for certain carriers. He did NOT however specify that they WOULD add support for AT&T. If he were able to, he would have tried clarifying that definitively as to satisfy the customer's question and close contact.
Carriers have many confidential agreements and contingencies. I would imagine that support for unlocking AT&T devices would be contingent on the terms that they've agreed upon with HTC. And unless AT&T specifically requests unlocking support, I do not think it would be added. It would be bad for HTC to ship unlocked devices or simply add unlocking support without a carriers explicit consent.
That's the way I see things at least. Although I have a Rogers device I want to hear AT&T comment on this with a definitive response. They need to be accountable and transparent with their plans. We shouldn't need to find the answer from the vendor or another third party.

This is a better response than the other ones.
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At bongd
I would say it's definitely inferred, especially with the vivid reference
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Here's my interpretation:
If they knew that they were 100% going to unlock it, I believe that they would say so. There is no point to not doing so, especially after feeling all of the pressure about it.
They can/want to unlock it, thus keeping their word. However are waiting for the "OK" from AT&T to do so.
Before I saw this post, I sent them a message asking about the unlock as well. Let's see what sort of response I get :-/

The_Zodiac said:
At bongd
I would say it's definitely inferred, especially with the vivid reference
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Then why would he apologize for not being able to give you a definitive response?
Their goal should be to answer your question and kill any further questions. That wouldn't quell my concerns if I had asked the question. I would have followed up and specifically asked if that means my carrier is DEFINITELY on board with this or if there were other contingencies.
I sincerely hope I'm wrong though. I hate locked bootloaders!

bongd said:
Then why would he apologize for not being able to give you a definitive response?
Their goal should be to answer your question and kill any further questions. That wouldn't quell my concerns if I had asked the question. I would have followed up and specifically asked if that means my carrier is DEFINITELY on board with this or if there were other contingencies.
I sincerely hope I'm wrong though. I hate locked bootloaders!
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Because they have a confidentially agreement with att or because it hasn't been released yet
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Just like conoies, they don't release future information. ie. Game details or updates lol. Sorry we have no information time give you but when we do we will let you know. typical response but at least it's not a automated one
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Because they have a confidentially agreement with att or because it hasn't been released yet
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The easiest way to communicate that would be to apologize for not being able to divulge those details as they are part of their confidential terms and conditions with AT&T.
I've sent dozens of thousands of emails and have done the same amount of chats with customers and we are a lot more clear than that. I asked some colleagues (and fellow Android geeks) what they make of it and they said it sounds like a cop out. I hate to admit it, but someone's we get asked tough and direct questions such as "When will your PVR support XXX feature that YYY carrier has activated", and all we can answer is with something ambiguous because we know there's problems or that it's a long ways away, etc.
Maybe I'm thinking too much into things. I just read it completely differently though. I wonder how long it will take AT&T to make a public statement. All the other Android sites are starting to cover the same issue.

HTC blames AT&T for One X bootloader lock: http://www.slashgear.com/htc-blames-att-for-one-x-bootloader-lock-05226366/
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I'm pretty sure HTC will unlock the bootloader for the AT&T One X. It's a beast phone and tons of people are getting it. If not, I'm sure our crafty devs will come up with a solution.

dimgl said:
I'm pretty sure HTC will unlock the bootloader for the AT&T One X. It's a beast phone and tons of people are getting it. If not, I'm sure our crafty devs will come up with a solution.
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There's already 1 possible method that might work. We'll see soon. It involves temp rooting and then unlocking the BL after. it's an idea jcase has but we'll see what happens.
It will be unlocked. We just don't know when

^^^YESSSSSS!!!!!!1111
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I was all set to walk in tomorrow and get mine. Now im debating on just paying the 100 bucks extra for the unlocked international version. Can someone please tell me what id be missing if I just went ahead and got the international one and also confirm that itll work with my existing sim card? Im so ticked.
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news from htc
Just got this from Dev team at HTC...maybe there is hope after all.

Can't see anything sir...what's it say?

Artimus009 said:
Can't see anything sir...what's it say?
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sorry you should be able to c now

Crappyvate said:
sorry you should be able to c now
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thanks amaud... This is really cementing that I bought a great phone!

Crappyvate said:
Just got this from Dev team at HTC...maybe there is hope after all.
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If that's real I guess I should be happy.

One of many request for ICS status to the HTC FB page

I've had previous requests for ICS status for the TBolt and never have had a direct answer. So now, I demanded one
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Will update on the response.

Nicelying done
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+1 Nice done, I am the one also not going buy any HTC devices in future.

Is it htc or vzw who is to blame? I rather suspect vzw.

recDNA said:
Is it htc or vzw who is to blame? I rather suspect vzw.
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I suspect vzw also. And i wont buy anything other than htc for build quality alone. You can have those flimsy other phones with easy dev and updates, but htc makes great phones. I was sold when my dinc got submerged in water yet continued to work great for a year.
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recDNA said:
Is it htc or vzw who is to blame? I rather suspect vzw.
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Well, from the looks of that post... They are saying that they are trying to get more information regarding the progress of the update from the "inside". Which, to me, that implies their development team. I could be wrong, but it's speculation. No word back after that last post I made...
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I just noticed that the message was cut off from HTC. Here is the full reply they made regarding my comment.
We fully understand that this situation is less than ideal. We are waiting on a status update internally and as soon as we hear more from them we will pass it along here. We're just as eager to learn more as you. We apologize and we can assure you that we're doing as much as we can to get you the answers that everyone here is asking for.
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How bout just giving us a good kernal and let the devs on this site take it from there!

What would lead you to believe the flunky who posts on facebook for htc knows anything or.even anyone to ask? He is told what to say and he says it. Asking him a question tells you no more.than asking a vzw store salesman anything. We probably know more about.it.than either of those "company reps "

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What would lead you to believe the flunky who posts on facebook for htc knows anything or.even anyone to ask? He is told what to say and he says it.
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I love the part about "you work at HTC" so go ask.... How many people work at HTC ? Haha !!! Someone has no clue about big companies.

I know other see it differently but the way I see it... that is a very corporate way of saying "go f*** yourself". I think they're just hoping we will forget so they don't have to push an update. Sadly enough the Photon 4G the first 4G Tegra phone for Sprint got that very sad news recently. I just don't think that HTC will balls up and tell us. /negativity
I'm feeling a Facebook protest page for this lack of service.

Shadow Death said:
I know other see it differently but the way I see it... that is a very corporate way of saying "go f*** yourself". I think they're just hoping we will forget so they don't have to push an update. Sadly enough the Photon 4G the first 4G Tegra phone for Sprint got that very sad news recently. I just don't think that HTC will balls up and tell us. /negativity
I'm feeling a Facebook protest page for this lack of service.
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I'm starting to believe you're right after Motorola did this to Atrix owners a few days ago. I know it's a stupid dream, but I like to imagine that, in the future, some company will introduce a phone that runs AOSP and has chips with open-source drivers. What a cool gadget that would be.

Someone should start an online petition and make HTC / VZW put the update out !

Make them? LMFAO! Good luck on making either company do anything.
Both are huge companies that are supporting several devices, with prime focus going to development for new tech. Think about it, the TB is an old cell, we were lucky to see the leak. How much money will HTC make by putting ICS on TB? Nothing.
IMO, we got one update and a leak for a 2nd... we should only hope for an update, if it comes.. cool. If not, either wait for a dev or move on.
Sometimes the sense of entitlement from some posters in this forum is mind blowing.
Make them... I'm still laughing about that.

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Sometimes the sense of entitlement from some posters in this forum is mind blowing.
Make them... I'm still laughing about that.
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And I'm laughing at people who can't detect sarcasm when it smacks them in the face... :good:

Ditto.
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There seems to be a lot of tension here, and people do need to understand that this is an old phone. We were the first to get 4g LTE, and we had to be the guinea pigs for the network so with some awkward hardware and a non-standard RIL. HTC still made an excellent piece of hardware that I carry without a case or even a screen protector, and I will admit, I've dropped it and it has no scratches and no chips in it. I'd buy a new HTC phone on Verizon if it wasn't for Verizon's new policies. Heck, I'd be open to buying a phone off contract so I get out at any time, but I'm not going to do it because I have to, and as a reasonable data consumer who does have unlimited I feel no reason to pay the same(actually, more in my case) for less. I use ~4gb per month on my own, which is certainly acceptable and is in no way excessive, and shared data will raise my bill. As soon as my contract runs out(or I finally get PO'd at verizon and pay the ETF) I'm switching to Sprint and I'll be purchasing the HTC Evo 4G LTE.
I am certain that Verizon wants people to get off unlimited, so they will deny any updates for the Thunderbolt, because the earliest buyers are conveniently eligible for early upgrades now. I know of somebody who went into the store to buy a new battery and they tried to sell him a new phone because his was supposedly still running GB(which is false, he had Liquid ICS installed, LOL) and it is an older version of Android.

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I love the part about "you work at HTC" so go ask.... How many people work at HTC ? Haha !!! Someone has no clue about big companies.
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I'm guessing your part of the 1% who sit around waiting to contribute lol post.

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There seems to be a lot of tension here, and people do need to understand that this is an old phone. We were the first to get 4g LTE, and we had to be the guinea pigs for the network so with some awkward hardware and a non-standard RIL. HTC still made an excellent piece of hardware that I carry without a case or even a screen protector, and I will admit, I've dropped it and it has no scratches and no chips in it. I'd buy a new HTC phone on Verizon if it wasn't for Verizon's new policies. Heck, I'd be open to buying a phone off contract so I get out at any time, but I'm not going to do it because I have to, and as a reasonable data consumer who does have unlimited I feel no reason to pay the same(actually, more in my case) for less. I use ~4gb per month on my own, which is certainly acceptable and is in no way excessive, and shared data will raise my bill. As soon as my contract runs out(or I finally get PO'd at verizon and pay the ETF) I'm switching to Sprint and I'll be purchasing the HTC Evo 4G LTE.
I am certain that Verizon wants people to get off unlimited, so they will deny any updates for the Thunderbolt, because the earliest buyers are conveniently eligible for early upgrades now. I know of somebody who went into the store to buy a new battery and they tried to sell him a new phone because his was supposedly still running GB(which is false, he had Liquid ICS installed, LOL) and it is an older version of Android.
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That makes sense. As far as the new policies go, they are dropping the unlimited data plan for anyone who upgrades to a phone? I know someone who upgraded about a year ago, as well as switched over his phone to someone elses family plan and retained his unlimited data

Plus you have to pay the phone upgrade charge now!

Samsung Device Insights

Hello everyone, sorry if I'm posting in the wrong area as this is my first time posting. But this morning I received an email from Samsung and looks like they're starting to send out emails for their insights program and sending out free GS8/+ phones and I tried searching other forums and see if anybody else got it but looks like no ones posted yet. Here's the email I got from them if anybody wants to take a look for themselves. Filled out the survey already and prioritized the coral blue color as I already have a midnight black GS8+ on the way from T-Mobile! Also please let me know if I'm not posting in the correct place and I'll make sure to take note for future reference.
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Yeah got the email as well..I tried to get in program with the s6, but never got a response back..

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Yeah got the email as well..I tried to get in program with the s6, but never got a response back..
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I tried to get in with the S7 and they never got back to me after the survey either. Haven't heard since..

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Hello everyone, sorry if I'm posting in the wrong area as this is my first time posting. But this morning I received an email from Samsung and looks like they're starting to send out emails for their insights program and sending out free GS8/+ phones and I tried searching other forums and see if anybody else got it but looks like no ones posted yet. Here's the email I got from them if anybody wants to take a look for themselves. Filled out the survey already and prioritized the coral blue color as I already have a midnight black GS8+ on the way from T-Mobile! Also please let me know if I'm not posting in the correct place and I'll make sure to take note for future reference.
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How did you get into the program?

Can you please share the email address. I tried sending email and get mail delivery failure. Please help I was part of the S7and s5 program too

saurabhrupji said:
Can you please share the email address. I tried sending email and get mail delivery failure. Please help I was part of the S7and s5 program too
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If this was true, you'd have the email to contact them. The email listed on the Play Store fails but the email they sent to contact you for surveys works fine. Stop lying.

Why should I lie. Please see the attached screenshot i received

saurabhrupji said:
Why should I lie. Please see the attached screenshot i received
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Seems like a scam. Clearly says the mail server is not existing

Guys I called Samsung insights about the program and they told me that the program has been discontinued since march 2017. Does anyone else have any other information. I don't know how you guys are getting surveys.

saurabhrupji said:
Guys I called Samsung insights about the program and they told me that the program has been discontinued since march 2017. Does anyone else have any other information. I don't know how you guys are getting surveys.
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That's not true .. one of my coworkers just got an email from them a couple weeks ago.

I hope you guys are not thinking that I am bluffing. I have attached the number on the screenshot. Anyways I am trying my luck if indeed the program is on.

I so got an email from them about a week and a half ago. Maybe two weeks. Did the survey but have not heard anything back. I know it said survey ended the 18th and could take a few weeks for the selection process.
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I'm writing this reply on my s8+ that was sent to me by Samsung as part of the insights program. I've called Samsung and they told me it was discontinued as well, when I had a question about the insights app. Not sure if it was discontinued after they sent me this phone or if some of their reps don't know it's still going. But I got the phone and the GearVR as well. Has anyone else actually gotten one besides me?

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I'm writing this reply on my s8+ that was sent to me by Samsung as part of the insights program. I've called Samsung and they told me it was discontinued as well, when I had a question about the insights app. Not sure if it was discontinued after they sent me this phone or if some of their reps don't know it's still going. But I got the phone and the GearVR as well. Has anyone else actually gotten one besides me?
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Yes, I also got a S8+ from the insights program. I would bet that the program is run and managed by a different division, which sales reps and support may not totally be aware of. Emailing them is more likely the best way to communicate with them.

bpopilek said:
I'm writing this reply on my s8+ that was sent to me by Samsung as part of the insights program. I've called Samsung and they told me it was discontinued as well, when I had a question about the insights app. Not sure if it was discontinued after they sent me this phone or if some of their reps don't know it's still going. But I got the phone and the GearVR as well. Has anyone else actually gotten one besides me?
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I've recieved a Galaxy S8+ Via the Samsung Device Insights program (using it right now). Also got the Gear VR. Have you read through the couple of pages of terms and conditions? I'm only a couple months in (Got it in June) and I'm already thinking this device isn't that much of an upgrade to my rooted Note Edge. So I re-read the T&C (Putting aluminum foil hat on) and noticed where it says through the application they don't view your specific activities in each app, and they don't monitor anything concerning phone calls, but the do collect EVERYTHING Else including GPS location data and "other necessary data" or something like that (I'm paraphrasing). (Aluminum foil hat off) Does any of this give anyone concerns or gives you reason to consider leaving the program early? I mean a $900 phone is a $900 phone (though it probably cost Samsung more like $380) but is it worth this amount of valuable and private personal data?

Best way to join the insights program? Does anyone have a referral?

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I've recieved a Galaxy S8+ Via the Samsung Device Insights program (using it right now). Also got the Gear VR. Have you read through the couple of pages of terms and conditions? I'm only a couple months in (Got it in June) and I'm already thinking this device isn't that much of an upgrade to my rooted Note Edge. So I re-read the T&C (Putting aluminum foil hat on) and noticed where it says through the application they don't view your specific activities in each app, and they don't monitor anything concerning phone calls, but the do collect EVERYTHING Else including GPS location data and "other necessary data" or something like that (I'm paraphrasing). (Aluminum foil hat off) Does any of this give anyone concerns or gives you reason to consider leaving the program early? I mean a $900 phone is a $900 phone (though it probably cost Samsung more like $380) but is it worth this amount of valuable and private personal data?
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Hey, quick question! I've been searching literally everywhere, sending emails to the Samsung Insights team using the correct, most recent email, etc, but I still have zero clue about how to get into the program. I know that it's invite only, but there has to be something you can do to get their attention so they invite you. If you don't mind me asking, do you know what you did to get in the program? I already have the S8 so I'm not worried about testing that or the Note 8 out, but I would like to know what I need to do before the S9 comes out so I can get an invite. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I won't go spreading any of that information around, I can assure you! And if the information is confidential, I completely understand. I've done enough beta testing/product testing to know that companies don't want some information spread around. Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long post!

In 2015, I had an iPhone for a few months to attempt using iOS, during fall/winter 2015 samsung had a promotion for iPhone users called the "Ultimate Test Drive" which, for a $0.99 credit card fee, allowed me the use of a note 5 for a month. During the summer 2016 I received an email inviting me to the SDI program due to participation in the SUTD program. However, only a couple months ago I was notified that I could recommend 3 people to the program through a survey, and at this point all 3 have received Note 8 smartphones on their respective carriers. All I can say is wait and try to ask for a reccomendation, I honestly don't know any other way.

Does anyone have an invite they can send me for the program? If yes please PM. Thanks

Question I got support.google/pixelphone to carrier unlock my 7 pro from T-Mobile while I owe for the phone.

Wtfff how in the world is this possible Google carrier unlocked my TMobile branded phone. I am flagged to never be unlocked with tmo again and so I tried and am I the luckiest?
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abbbennett12353 said:
Wtfff how in the world is this possible Google carrier unlocked my TMobile branded phone. I am flagged to never be unlocked with tmo again and so I tried and am I the luckiest?
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Pleaseeee tell me howe lmaoo I just got mines a few days ago and I desperately want to unlock it ! I came from the pixel 4 and she is unlocked but stilllll . Tell me your ways haha maybe I'll get lucky

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There's nothing wrong with this thread. It might help others who can't OEM unlock their TMo Pixel devices.

okay here is how it was done. also i have an update on the unlock. firstly i went in all bets were off. so, i treated it like it was the last chance ever. google support actually was not able to get the device unlocked purely for the fact that i am in a weird situation that i actually recieved a tmobile phone with a blocked imei. i can say it seems a very like a very legitimate option but i cannot promise it as i ended up taking a different route. no matter how you try they to do it google is gunna fight every single inch but so did i. BUT!!!, get this, I have a warranty replacement coming in the mail from google free of charge. so I'm giving them my T-Mobile branded phone for a refurbished unlocked variant. I didn't take no for an answer, I was kind and friendly to the the guy but wouldn't back down. it started with a few to many beers and some stupid ideas. I did some serious research into the warranty. in the warranty it states for anything it is up to the discretion of google to repair or replace the device. it does not specify how serious or simple. so, the goal is convince them to replace it. it also does not say anything about if you bought your device from a 3rd party. if you have the warranty listed in your settings you have it and can use it. he was obviously under the impression it was a stolen device or something because well i mean come on look at what i was trying to get done. so have your receipt for the device on hand listing name and imei. i also had to allow them into my phone but i had factory reset the device directly before contacting them. im not gunna go to far in on what is wrong with my device because that is case by case an mine is complicated as hell and impossible to easily articulate. the guy was trying to blow me off leave the chat. the thing is I'm pretty darn sure they can't end it until you say basically. i made the guy email me so i couldnt be ran off on. he tried to not ask for my email. so i sent it to him at the end. he tried to email me after we got off the chat. i told him now please. the thing is it is completely in my right based on the warranty to be asking for what i was and i knew that without any doubt. he was unable to give any fibs here or there to get away with not doing what i asked. i genuinely was kind and annoyed him but made him chuckle about it all in the end. the warranty is the key for anything. figure out how to explain that a warranty repair is needed on the unlock switch. the reason has to be absolutely bullet proof i also can talk my way to anything with working in sales. so a shy person who isnt vocal will probaby not make this happen. i read the warranty 20 times to be able to go in and hold him hostage by forcing the exchange through exploiting the **** out of the rules with complete confidence and no hesitation. now i suck at typing so sorry if this is confusing.

btw i think some social lubricant or too much is crucial to be able to make it through with the confidence needs. sooooo ONLY WORKS FOR PEOPLE 21+ lol

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I respect your opinion but it wasn't luck in can tell you that. I had been planning this doing research to try and guarantee it and it worked. Feel free to lock and delete. I'll just rewrite it and make sure it is more formal for you. So it isn't looked at as junk. When it was a big achievement and my last thread about unlocking had some really decent engagement. I figured a new one wouldn't hurt. Because it was a new situation

amandeepparmar said:
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Maybe you should mind your own business. Posting non-Irrelevant comments are not welcome.

Post screen shots or it did not happen. I can't imagine they just gave you a phone.

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Post screen shots or it did not happen. I can't imagine they just gave you a phone.
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I'll get you proof I dont have paperwork yet but should today

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Also they didn't just give it to me it is a normal warranty exchange they send phone I send my phone to them if I don't I pay for it

Alright so here is where we are me and google support are emailing back and forth they decided to try to go back on it and issue a device repair as they don't wanna help saying it was bought with TMobile but I 100 percent have a warranty they have even admitted it. So they are saying repair is what the limited warranty covers. No no it isn't all it covers firstly. So I sent them the warranty that i have with all the parts highlighted that's talked about replace and I have a unrepairable device with how ive laid it out. So I'm not to worried truthfully it's frustrating that they are postponing to just make it hard instead of sending off the exchange phone since they already took my card info to protect them

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Alright so here is where we are me and google support are emailing back and forth they decided to try to go back on it and issue a device repair as they don't wanna help saying it was bought with TMobile but I 100 percent have a warranty they have even admitted it. So they are saying repair is what the limited warranty covers. No no it isn't all it covers firstly. So I sent them the warranty that i have with all the parts highlighted that's talked about replace and I have a unrepairable device with how ive laid it out. So I'm not to worried truthfully it's frustrating that they are postponing to just make it hard instead of sending off the exchange phone since they already took my card info to protect them
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Whether you believe or not it'll be a great moment when I get the final email to post of for y'all

sorry it took so
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sorry it took so long but there ya go