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Goodbye Captivate!

Sigh, just as things were getting really hot in the dev section, my beloved cappy got stolen and its time to move on.. really a good phone hope you all still have fun with your cappys!!

Have you tried using an app to find it? There are some for that exact purpose that you can remotely download and use to track your phone
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korockinout13 said:
Have you tried using an app to find it? There are some for that exact purpose that you can remotely download and use to track your phone
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I was too late.. by the time i got to a pc to install plan b, the thief had already swapped sim card. And considering i had just flashed weui, i didn't have the time to restore all my apps prior to it getting stolen.

suresh13 said:
Sigh, just as things were getting really hot in the dev section, my beloved cappy got stolen and its time to move on.. really a good phone hope you all still have fun with your cappys!!
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My condolences
It is amazing how great this phone is.. still kickin..
Any idea where you may go from here? if you have an upgrade you have quite a few nice options at least.

same thing happened to me...but then I just bought another cappy

My suggestion is - backup and keep simple 9-dot lock.
Also I don't keep any financial info on the phone. NFC will fail.

I can't bring myself to ditch the Captivate just yet, though the new HTC One X looks pretty awesome. The windshield mount and desktop stand are one of the best I have ever used thats why I can't tear myself away just yet.

After rooting my Captivate and installing a new ROM (Slim ICS), it's like a new phone.
The One X does look cool, but I'm surprised there's no SD slot. Still, probably no issue for most people.
We'll see how soon the shiny wears off, but ICS on my Captivate is fast, functional and just really nice. So I can wait for a more optimal-for-me phone.

dropped my captivate a couple weeks ago... cracked the screeen...kinda want the nexus =p

Too bad
I don't dare to image it will happen to my cappy

That's terrible man :/....I've had my cappy for a while now and I have fallen back in love with it...first had it and I didn't like it then I got into rooting and stuff and then found how to flash roms and stuff and now I don't need an upgrade I love ittttt
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I think they are like 240$ something on amazon unlocked.......http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Capti...QNJS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335719427&sr=8-1

Craigslist usually has them for about $100-150. Sometimes you can find one that's boot looped someone wants to sell, thinking its permanently borked.

Make sure you report it stolen with the phone company. They will mark the imei number as stolen.
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That's horrible! You have all our hopes behind you. As said a couple posts up they can be found relatively cheap on Craigslist. Sometimes cheaper than $100 if you're really lucky or they looped it.
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Wezz0 said:
dropped my captivate a couple weeks ago... cracked the screeen...kinda want the nexus =p
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I just kill my cappy last night after flash the 3 button fix. Do you want to send your broken cappy to me to help the poor?
Thanks

Wow, that sucks. After reading this I'm going to be extra paranoid about not losing my phone for a while.

ngocrebel said:
I just kill my cappy last night after flash the 3 button fix. Do you want to send your broken cappy to me to help the poor?
Thanks
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Why not send it in for a JTAG?
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My buddy just upgraded the note I got him to sell me the captivate for 40 bucks
sorry some piece of crap got yours

I feel your pain man! Mine was stolen a little over a year ago too... I know the hoe-bag that stole it too, but couldn't prove it :-( I have since gotten another one of course, but thinking about it still pisses me off!
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Phone works, but is completely screwed...

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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...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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ilovesoad said:
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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Upgrading on AT&T without consent

Alright this is more of the questions for the AT&T network not really the Samsung Infuse. Anyway, I want to upgrade my phone later on I will get the Galaxy Note 2 . Now, I'd like to upgrade but my parents do not want to allow it. I do however, have a store near me. Couldn't I just go to the store with my phone number or do I need any other information to help me upgrade ? Any advice is helpful thank you. I should probably also say that I don't have an upgrade available both my parents do, but i think i could use one of theirs. Im under 18, would that stop me either? (I got my tablet from walmart lol, i was fine on that.)
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I believe they will require authorization from the one in charge of the account (one of your parents I suppose).
And not so sure about the upgrades, but I believe each one is specific to a phone line.
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Is your present phone a 4g? If it is, you can go on line with ATT and upgrade one of your parents phones. When the phone arrives, all you have to do is switch out your sim card.....all your number info and all that stuff is on the sim card.
If you go into the store and you are not the account holder, they won't even talk to you.

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Is your present phone a 4g? If it is, you can go on line with ATT and upgrade one of your parents phones. When the phone arrives, all you have to do is switch out your sim card.....all your number info and all that stuff is on the sim card.
If you go into the store and you are not the account holder, they won't even talk to you.
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Thanks, i know a friend who i could ship it to if i did that.
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I'm thinking this is a great way to get yourself into hot water pretty quick.
A better idea would be to work out something with your parents.
Try this link

Upgrading will extend your parent's contract another 2 years.
I'm sure they'll definitely notice that.

To qkster, I'll try again lol when the time comes. I've got a lot of money that I've earned/gotten, and they won't let me use any of it! It sits there (in a safe place, easily access able to me), finally gave up and spent some of it on my tab 2. I love that, and my phone but the gnote 2 could make things a lot easier, use less devices.
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Upgrading will extend your parent's contract another 2 years.
I'm sure they'll definitely notice that.
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I'm sure they would not know, my mom lost a 7 year old flip phone with no plan to get her another soon, and my dad has a 5 year old flip phone too. They do not care about tech. At all, I'm lucky to have a decent laptop to do heavy hw, I use my tab and phone for the quick typing/notes. It seems for me to work well, and no matter what I do they think its terrible (because they can't figure it out! Haha)
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You'll need your parents information. Most important is the last four of the social security number for the account holder
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You'll need your parents information. Most important is the last four of the social security number for the account holder
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Definitely. Idk if I'm going to do it now, I think I'll just keep on asking lol.
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That is definitely your best bet
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Likely that since your parents are not tech savvy you can log into the att online portal using a username and password combo that they would normally use. From there you can add yourself as an authorized user and go into a store and wreak havoc. But honesty is the best policy.
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And just think, if something were to happen and they had to switch off of at&t or wanted to go somewhere else for service it would require them to pay roughly 800 bucks to terminate the contract. Not to mention the mandatory data charge for upgrading to a smart phone. They'd probably notice the extra 15 to 30 bucks a month.
As a parent myself who until this question thought I was still 'cool' (I'm slowly turning into a grumpy old man and its pissing me off) I'd most likely kill my kids of they tried what you are asking.
(I'm old now!!!!!!)
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I am already seeing the S3 on Craiglist for under $400.00, the Note will probably be more. But you wouldn't have to screw with your parents account.

How many replacements ?

How many replacements have you guys have been given? I just got my 8th for reception and battery issues and now it doesn't even connect to anything (btw i got it on wednesday).
Am i the only one that needs to get replacements all the time for the same issues?

still on my 1st one, only had it a month though. No problems that I have noticed.

I'm still on my 1st one that I pre-ordered in June. Haven't had any issues with it.
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On my first one. Got it on October 20. No reception issues at all.
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On my first one still, thought it has a yellow tint.

I guess i have all the bad luck then ):

Also had mine since July 10th. No issues I just wish the gps was as good as my old iPhone
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i think i might have to go back to a iPhone ,:c

on my third. First one had that screen gap issue, except it was heavily noticeable (1-2mm on the bottom). Second one had signal issues. Current one is OK, but is kind of crap in 3g areas. I can handle it though due to the fact im mostly around 4g.

On my first one that I preordered in June. Only issue I had was with Wi-Fi failing to connect 6/10 tries however JB has completely resolved my prior Wi-Fi connectivity issues.
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My next phone will be either the s4 or iPhone 5s (for sure if untethered jailbreak comes out). I just love Torrenting movies on my s3 and tethering to my nexus 7 I already pay verizon enough I might as well use the data as I want
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CovXX, dont worry...its not just you. I came from a Gnex then got upgraded for free to this phone. I had to get 23 replacements in less than 2 months. More than half didn't even turn on out of the box. After the 4th replacement, I opened the phone at a Verizon store itself so that they knew I wasn't lying. After that many, I tried a different store, and they offered to give me a GS3 for no cost and no contract extension. Awesome right? In my experience the replacements are pure crap. I think they just get other people's phones, and send them right back out again. One even had someones contacts on them...its a bit maddening.
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CovXX said:
i think i might have to go back to a iPhone ,:c
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yeah....dont do that.

Im on my 3rd, only 1 was a faulty phone. The other 2 were from me bricking it iirc lol

If you had battery issues for all 8 replacments, I have a feeling its yoyr battery not the phone. Try going to the verizon store ask for a new battery.
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Chuckleb0ne said:
On my first one. Got it on October 20. No reception issues at all.
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Really? Because I swear you were claiming reception issues in the thread when everyone was trying for Note 2s.
OP, it took me two replacements before I was offered alternate replacements. If that's what you want, just ask for it. The antenna in the sg3 is sub optimal in certain circumstances, it's more than likely not something you can fix with a replacement sg3.

I went through 4 gnexii before I demanded a different phone and got the s3. Used that for an hour before the screen backlight basically died and refused to come on. 2nd s3 seems to be doing good so far.
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I've tried to get a n2 or something else but they keep denying me. I gotta fight with them on this one, i can't even use my phone right now as a phone its basically a tablet. I've had different battery's as well but nothing seems to fix my issues. To the guy who said no to the iPhone; even though its not as powerful or free i'd love to have to deal with apple more then vzw and sammy; i was upgraded from a 3GS to a 4 for no cost by them at my 5 replacment. Samsung wants me to send my phone out for 2 weeks which isn't happening. So i guess i have to fight with vzw for hours or something? Anyone want to give me some tips on how to get them to slide with me?

CovXX said:
I've tried to get a n2 or something else but they keep denying me. I gotta fight with them on this one, i can't even use my phone right now as a phone its basically a tablet. I've had different battery's as well but nothing seems to fix my issues. To the guy who said no to the iPhone; even though its not as powerful or free i'd love to have to deal with apple more then vzw and sammy; i was upgraded from a 3GS to a 4 for no cost by them at my 5 replacment. Samsung wants me to send my phone out for 2 weeks which isn't happening. So i guess i have to fight with vzw for hours or something? Anyone want to give me some tips on how to get them to slide with me?
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I'm on my 4th replacement for my s3. I was told and noted in my account that one of the tech2 supervisor that I was approved for a Razr Maxx HD. So, all I was waiting for was my replacements to get back to Verizon. Called back up about week later, one of them came in. The customer service rep then transfered me to tier 2 tech. Then, it all just went downhill from there. He is saying, that his supervisor can't approve me for my razr Maxx HD which I was already approved for by someone else. I called back the next day and it's the same thing. So, I just gave up. The only issue I am having with my s3 is the wifi. If my s3 is connected to my wifi it will sometimes take down my whole wifi network. And what's also strange is that whenever the phone is idle and I go to pick up the phone and use the Internet on my wifi while it's connected. It takes the phone 30secs-1min for me to connect to the Internet. It's not my router cause I never had any issues with any of my other phones that I previously had.
All I can say is good luck on them trying to get you to switch to another phone. They wanted to offer me a gnex or Rezound as a replacement for this s3. Like Verizon wanted me to downgrade my phone. Screw them.
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im on #3
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Wow that's crazy. I'm going to try my hardest and if not get the bbb on my side
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AT&T $100 Trade-in Promotion Starting

I just wanted to post this for all of you considering getting a new phone on AT&T, such as the One, S4, Blackberry, etc. According to what I have read, it looks like AT&T is starting a promotion tomorrow that will give an instant $100 or more credit toward a new phone of your choice when you trade in your old working smart phone, ( 3 years old or less). This may help in the decision making process for many people.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57582180-85/at-t-trade-in-drops-galaxy-s4-htc-one-others-to-$99/

not sure if its worth returning the gs4 and re-buying it again using a trade in.... when i could sell the trade in phone for 200 on CL and making my phone free....

I do have a old captivate... I wonder what condition does it have to be in?
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I got $160 for my og note. The Sales Rep kept doing something on her tablet and my phone keypad til she got $160. paid like 86 bucks for my s4.
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It is true. It starts tomorrow May 1st. Bring in any smartphone 3 years and newer in working condition, no cracked screens, etc. and receive $100 towards the purchase of a smartphone $199 or more.
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I'm starting to hate AT&T even more. I recently tried to get an early upgrade (60 days away) & was turned down over the phone. It really pissed me off since I've been a long time customer in good standing. Pissed me off so much, I've been considering going to TMO & now they do this to me. Hopefully this last for more than 30 days since they won't budge unless im within 30 days or less.

Can you trade in a rooted and unlocked phone that has been flashed?
I want the S4 pretty badly and I want to trade in my 1 year old HTC One X but I unlocked, rooted and flashed this thing.

deblas66 said:
Can you trade in a rooted and unlocked phone that has been flashed?
I want the S4 pretty badly and I want to trade in my 1 year old HTC One X but I unlocked, rooted and flashed this thing.
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So re-lock and unroot it?

You can probably sell the phone for way more on eBay or some other places. It's not worth giving it to att.

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Took in my 2 year old gs2 and picked up 100 off the s4. Just reverted to stock from aokp. Dont think it was worth the hassle of selling on ebay.
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does anyone know how extensively they check the phone at the store? My phone works perfectly except that for some reason I can't get any service on it. I've tried fixing and troubleshooting for a while but have given up so I'm looking to get back some money for it. So does anyone know if they will check the phone for reception?

bacon_n_icecream said:
does anyone know how extensively they check the phone at the store? My phone works perfectly except that for some reason I can't get any service on it. I've tried fixing and troubleshooting for a while but have given up so I'm looking to get back some money for it. So does anyone know if they will check the phone for reception?
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I removed the sim from mine and it was at the setup screen (touch the android) and that was it. It was only checked to be sure it would power on and nothing further.

bacon_n_icecream said:
does anyone know how extensively they check the phone at the store? My phone works perfectly except that for some reason I can't get any service on it. I've tried fixing and troubleshooting for a while but have given up so I'm looking to get back some money for it. So does anyone know if they will check the phone for reception?
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Yeah you should be fine.
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AllTheWay said:
Yeah you should be fine.
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phjnky said:
I removed the sim from mine and it was at the setup screen (touch the android) and that was it. It was only checked to be sure it would power on and nothing further.
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Thanks for the quick responses, I really appreciate it and am glad I'll be able to at least get something for it. Thanks again

Do i need to revert to stock to trade in?
What if I have CM10 running on my GS2? Honestly, they should give me more money for that (because it is more than functional)

switters1 said:
Do i need to revert to stock to trade in?
What if I have CM10 running on my GS2? Honestly, they should give me more money for that (because it is more than functional)
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I wouldn't think its necessary based on my experience this morning. They just checked to see if it lit up when turned on.

Does anyone know if they would accept a CDMA version of iPhone 4?? I have one sitting around collecting dust. Great condition.
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dray said:
Does anyone know if they would accept a CDMA version of iPhone 4?? I have one sitting around collecting dust. Great condition.
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They check the imei/serial number on them. You can check on the website and see if it will work.
https://tradein-program.att.com/home.php5#top