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Today, I just received what is supposed to be a "New" Samsung Galaxy SIII. However, the box looks a bit worn, it has the word UPDATED on it in the lower right corner and the top of the box says CERTIFIED. Also, on the phone itself, in the lower right hand corner, it has a label or sticker that says UPDATED. Can someone tell me what this is all about. Did I pay Verizon for a new phone but receive a Certified Pre-Owned phone.
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PinzPilot said:
Today, I just received what is supposed to be a "New" Samsung Galaxy SIII. However, the box looks a bit worn, it has the word UPDATED on it in the lower right corner and the top of the box says CERTIFIED. Also, on the phone itself, in the lower right hand corner, it has a label or sticker that says UPDATED. Can someone tell me what this is all about. Did I pay Verizon for a new phone but receive a Certified Pre-Owned phone.
Thanks for your help
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You don't get new replacement phones from Verizon, unless you're still in your 14 days, and go to a Verizon store.
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skater95 said:
You don't get new replacement phones from Verizon, unless you're still in your 14 days, and go to a Verizon store.
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No, you misunderstood. This is my first purchase of the Galaxy SIII. It is not a replacement. I am upgrading my old phone to the Galaxy. But, it has these labels on it. Could I have received a previously owned phone and not a new upgraded phone?
Certainly possible.
No you received a new phone with the updated radio. Baseband LG1. The phone original baseband is LF2
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PinzPilot said:
Today, I just received what is supposed to be a "New" Samsung Galaxy SIII. However, the box looks a bit worn, it has the word UPDATED on it in the lower right corner and the top of the box says CERTIFIED. Also, on the phone itself, in the lower right hand corner, it has a label or sticker that says UPDATED. Can someone tell me what this is all about. Did I pay Verizon for a new phone but receive a Certified Pre-Owned phone.
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Your phone is "updated" with the POS software update that takes away the ability to search local apps, contacts, and files.
As for certified that should be expected because they never warranty exchange old phones for new ones.
If you did get a certified pre owned it would have come wrapped in plastic, with no battery, and a sticker over the screen that said it was pre owned.
I can at least confirm that is how I got three different phones, of two different model types from verizon in the past year.
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stevenjcampbell said:
Your phone is "updated" with the POS software update that takes away the ability to search local apps, contacts, and files.
As for certified that should be expected because they never warranty exchange old phones for new ones.
If you did get a certified pre owned it would have come wrapped in plastic, with no battery, and a sticker over the screen that said it was pre owned.
I can at least confirm that is how I got three different phones, of two different model types from verizon in the past year.
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This is a completely accurate statement, I've been through my share of Verizon Thunderbolts and can attest that you got a new phone with the updated software/radio. I got the same one last week.
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therobzilla said:
This is a completely accurate statement, I've been through my share of Verizon Thunderbolts and can attest that you got a new phone with the updated software/radio. I got the same one last week.
Rob
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be sure to click thanks when people give completely accurate statements, my friend
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be sure to click thanks when people give completely accurate statements, my friend
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I certainly will. Been a very long time since I've been to this forum and everyone is always very helpful.
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Your phone is "updated" with the POS software update that takes away the ability to search local apps, contacts, and files.
As for certified that should be expected because they never warranty exchange old phones for new ones.
If you did get a certified pre owned it would have come wrapped in plastic, with no battery, and a sticker over the screen that said it was pre owned.
I can at least confirm that is how I got three different phones, of two different model types from verizon in the past year.
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I just spoke with Verizon technical support about this and they said "it was just an update to add a search bar on the home screen". Does that sound right? I don't understand all of this tech stuff, but I sure don't want to lose or even notice a loss of any kind on this new phone. My brother got his Galaxy two weeks ago and it didn't have all the UPDATED labels on it. Your comment, "takes away the ability to search local apps, contacts, and files" is concerning to me. Would you be able to explain that a little more? Thanks!
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I just spoke with Verizon technical support about this and they said "it was just an update to add a search bar on the home screen". Does that sound right? I don't understand all of this tech stuff, but I sure don't want to lose or even notice a loss of any kind on this new phone. My brother got his Galaxy two weeks ago and it didn't have all the UPDATED labels on it. Your comment, "takes away the ability to search local apps, contacts, and files" is concerning to me. Would you be able to explain that a little more? Thanks!
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It has to do with an apple lawsuit saying that a patent if theirs was violated having search be able to search phone contents like apps contacts and whatnot
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I just spoke with Verizon technical support about this and they said "it was just an update to add a search bar on the home screen". Does that sound right? I don't understand all of this tech stuff, but I sure don't want to lose or even notice a loss of any kind on this new phone. My brother got his Galaxy two weeks ago and it didn't have all the UPDATED labels on it. Your comment, "takes away the ability to search local apps, contacts, and files" is concerning to me. Would you be able to explain that a little more? Thanks!
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There is not much to say.
Because apple has a small penis, they are choosing to sue the heck out of Samsung and several others.
One such patent, which has not actually had any legal action yet which apple holds, is the ability to search local applications, contacts, data.
That is, lets say you have the app "mapmyrun" on your phone.
You also have "maps" and a contact for someone called "mary"
By typing "ma" only you will see results for all three until you narrow it down.
But since apple is suing the world now, samsung pushed an update a few weeks ago that disabled the ability to do what I just described above.
When you start to get say, 100s of contacts, dozens of apps, this begins to be a very useful feature to you...
Its annoying, and it really makes me reject apple which is sad because I used to love their products and nearly follow the cult of mac.
Here is an article on it:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18980115
We're going on 2 months since other countries and markets received updates addressing the "screen on time" and "lack of weather updates". What gives Samsung??? Why are you ignoring the SM-R732 R732XXU2AOJ3 models??? :crying:
R730TUVU1AOL3... I got that from T mobile 3-4 weeks ago. Do you have a Great s2 or Gear s2 3g?
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We're going on 2 months since other countries and markets received updates addressing the "screen on time" and "lack of weather updates". What gives Samsung??? Why are you ignoring the SM-R732 R732XXU2AOJ3 models??? :crying:
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Maybe they have not yet updated the SM-R732's (non-3g) in the U.S. because they are simply a huge bureaucratic global corporation where one part doesn't know what the other parts are doing. But the U.S. is also one of the few markets that have been offering the 3G versions at all, so it could be that they need (or want) to roll out specific updates for the S2s tied to carriers (Verizon, AT&T, etc.) that fix issues peculiar to the 3G versions (e.g., battery life) before they roll out the update for the non-3Gs.
Another possibility is that they're about to release the Samsung Pay update that enables the NFC capabilities, and so those of us in the U.S. will leapfrog the modest update that people started getting back in November. One can hope.
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R730TUVU1AOL3... I got that from T mobile 3-4 weeks ago. Do you have a Great s2 or Gear s2 3g?
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I have the Gear S2, you know, the one that came out BEFORE your T-Mobile 3G. Nice of Samsung to update the carrier models and completely ignore the early adopters that didn't want 3G.
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Maybe they have not yet updated the SM-R732's (non-3g) in the U.S. because they are simply a huge bureaucratic global corporation where one part doesn't know what the other parts are doing. But the U.S. is also one of the few markets that have been offering the 3G versions at all, so it could be that they need (or want) to roll out specific updates for the S2s tied to carriers (Verizon, AT&T, etc.) that fix issues peculiar to the 3G versions (e.g., battery life) before they roll out the update for the non-3Gs.
Another possibility is that they're about to release the Samsung Pay update that enables the NFC capabilities, and so those of us in the U.S. will leapfrog the modest update that people started getting back in November. One can hope.
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One things for sure - Samsung is ignoring their S2 customer base in the US. No update, no discussion, no acknowledgement at all. I will reconsider my next Samsun purchase if this is their customer service standard.
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cyko said:
We're going on 2 months since other countries and markets received updates addressing the "screen on time" and "lack of weather updates". What gives Samsung??? Why are you ignoring the SM-R732 R732XXU2AOJ3 models??? :crying:
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I got the weather update to work by using the stock weather on my Note 4. Now it updates as it should. If you don't have a Samsung phone or if you've rooted I don't know if it'll work. I had to delete all the other weather apps though and I liked Transparent Weather. But if I'm using the Gear to get weather then I don't really need my phone that much.
I wonder if it is possible to "hide" a phone behind European proxy and try to update watch? Maybe sim card needs to be removed in case phone checking for location even with wifi on.
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One things for sure - Samsung is ignoring their S2 customer base in the US. No update, no discussion, no acknowledgement at all. I will reconsider my next Samsun purchase if this is their customer service standard.
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I got the weather update to work by using the stock weather on my Note 4. Now it updates as it should. If you don't have a Samsung phone or if you've rooted I don't know if it'll work. I had to delete all the other weather apps though and I liked Transparent Weather. But if I'm using the Gear to get weather then I don't really need my phone that much.
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Well, back to not updating. How weird is that? Gotta get this fixed, Samsung. Assuming, of course, there actually IS an update out there. Somewhere. Maybe.
Just got all excited! Had an update for my S2 and did the install. Nope. Still the same old AOJ system on the watch. I"m hatin' me some Samsung right now. Anyone else get that today? Any idea what it is??
AND I lost all but 2 of my watch faces even though I backed them up. This sort of poor coordination and customer support is unacceptable.
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Just got all excited! Had an update for my S2 and did the install. Nope. Still the same old AOJ system on the watch. I"m hatin' me some Samsung right now. Anyone else get that today? Any idea what it is??
AND I lost all but 2 of my watch faces even though I backed them up. This sort of poor coordination and customer support is unacceptable.
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It is an update to the app itself (Gear Manager, Plugin) and not the software update. This is what we've been getting since the devices launched.
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It is an update to the app itself (Gear Manager, Plugin) and not the software update. This is what we've been getting since the devices launched.
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I figured. I got one a couple months ago too. Any idea what it does? Besides delete my existing stuff?
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I figured. I got one a couple months ago too. Any idea what it does? Besides delete my existing stuff?
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It just shows you the battery left on your S2 in the app. It is present under software update menu.
Link: http://samsung.hdblog.it/2016/01/25/Nuovo-aggiornamento-per-Samsung-Gear-Manager/
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It just shows you the battery left on your S2 in the app. It is present under software update menu.
Link: http://samsung.hdblog.it/2016/01/25/Nuovo-aggiornamento-per-Samsung-Gear-Manager/
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Great. Cuz I really needed that. Oh well. I'll keep waiting.
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One things for sure - Samsung is ignoring their S2 customer base in the US.
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You're in for a rude awakening if you think the Gear S2 is going to receive regular or frequent updates in the U.S. or anywhere else. The Gear S on AT&T never received an update the rest of the world received months earlier and only got one stability update from its original launch s/w.
Samsung typically gets their watches stable and leaves them there moving on to the next watch for any additional features. All Gear S2's will probably receive two or three updates then die there. Carrier versions may get fewer depending on each carrier's mood. We'll get Samsung Pay and that might require an OS update on the watch but if history repeats itself that'll be it. The Gear S3 will be out a year-ish after the S2 and will have features and enhancements that won't be passed down. That's just the way it is.
P.S. - I knew this coming from two previous Gear's and bought it anyway.
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You're in for a rude awakening if you think the Gear S2 is going to receive regular or frequent updates in the U.S. or anywhere else. The Gear S on AT&T never received an update the rest of the world received months earlier and only got one stability update from its original launch s/w.
Samsung typically gets their watches stable and leaves them there moving on to the next watch for any additional features. All Gear S2's will probably receive two or three updates then die there. Carrier versions may get fewer depending on each carrier's mood. We'll get Samsung Pay and that might require an OS update on the watch but if history repeats itself that'll be it. The Gear S3 will be out a year-ish after the S2 and will have features and enhancements that won't be passed down. That's just the way it is.
P.S. - I knew this coming from two previous Gear's and bought it anyway.
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No doubt. Luckily I like the watch, even with one or two things off. What I don't like is being ignored so when I do buy again I'll probably go Moto and HTC.
BarryH_GEG said:
You're in for a rude awakening if you think the Gear S2 is going to receive regular or frequent updates in the U.S. or anywhere else. The Gear S on AT&T never received an update the rest of the world received months earlier and only got one stability update from its original launch s/w.
Samsung typically gets their watches stable and leaves them there moving on to the next watch for any additional features. All Gear S2's will probably receive two or three updates then die there. Carrier versions may get fewer depending on each carrier's mood. We'll get Samsung Pay and that might require an OS update on the watch but if history repeats itself that'll be it. The Gear S3 will be out a year-ish after the S2 and will have features and enhancements that won't be passed down. That's just the way it is.
P.S. - I knew this coming from two previous Gear's and bought it anyway.
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Well - the rest of the world has received TWO UPDATES to their S2 and the Carriers have at least received one update since I got mine in December. I don't necessarily expect frequent updates, but when the rest of the world gets 2 updates and I've YET to receive 1 of them, it gets EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. Between this and almost NO APPS, can't say I'll think about the S3!!
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Well - the rest of the world has received TWO UPDATES to their S2 and the Carriers have at least received one update since I got mine in December. I don't necessarily expect frequent updates, but when the rest of the world gets 2 updates and I've YET to receive 1 of them, it gets EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. Between this and almost NO APPS, can't say I'll think about the S3!!
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You must not have done a lot of research. You buy a Gear for its advanced capabilities when paired with a late model Samsung phone. Third party apps have always been thin and that'll most likely continue. The core apps are strong. All smartwatches, especially those that need to be tethered, are a solution looking for a problem. At least the S2 is comfortable and stylish at doing what it does.
Just updated my Huawei to AW 1.4 (Marshmallow), and now have calling capabilities on my wrist. For me, this is a high-value feature, and the reason I put the AW watch back in the drawer after 6 weeks with it and went back to Gear, buying a Sport 3G. I've since upgraded to a Classic 3G (Verizon, always hated the swatchy sport) to have calling features again (I've been on Gears since the first one).
No standalone 3G may still send me back to Gear S2 in the next days or week or two, but we'll see. Everything else on the AW platform is so superior (with a few exceptions), and of course "OK Google" -- the functionality, accuracy, etc. of this feature alone is almost enough to keep me from going back. May turn out to be enough.
It's sad. Samsung, IMO, has made a huge strategic error in failing to make S-Voice a higher priority. The customer base has been complaining from the beginning with the first Gear, years ago. Back then, "OK Google" was far more rudimentary, error-prone, etc. In that time, Google has invested enormous resources in making this "personal assistant" actually useful rather than annoying. Something you actually think about invoking to do something, because, like flipping a lightswitch, it "just works".
I think these voice-activated, hands-free "assistant" features are going to become the sine qua non of "wearables" in very short order. Samsung, with their neglect of S-voice are going to find themselves stuck in an uncompetitive posture regardless of how innovative their hardware and UI inventions are. The rotating bezel is cool, and it is a better way to do things than swiping around; however, simply telling your watch what to do while your hands are occupied (like driving) is far, far more useful.
Anyway, I'll post again in a week or so to reflect my plusses/minuses going back... I have a feeling I'll put the S2 back on my wrist, just because of the 3G -- I've come to really depend on that luxury, forgetting my phone somewhat regularly (or deliberately leaving it behind). I created a Tasker task that sends me a notification when the watch disconnects from BT to remind me to forward calls. Works great if I forget my phone. Once the 3/4G AW watches hit the street, I'm gone from Gear. Samsung clearly isn't going to improve S-voice.
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There are already 4G AW watches.
I am torn, AW is a larger ecosystem, but Tizen is a more robust system, it has actual apps that run independent of the phone (though not as many as I'd like). It's different, but honestly each are good in there own way, it's an opinion as to which is best.
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There are already 4G AW watches.
I am torn, AW is a larger ecosystem, but Tizen is a more robust system, it has actual apps that run independent of the phone (though not as many as I'd like). It's different, but honestly each are good in there own way, it's an opinion as to which is best.
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I tried the LG urbane 2 LTE. And it's awful. The gear has much better thought out 3g implementation. Even with Ok google, I returned the LG and went back to my s2.
Well, that didn't take long. One day.
The phone implementation is buggy, and the UI awkward.
I missed the Gear's much more sensible, usable UI for SMS/MMS immediately, the general notification mechanism and UI, and many more usage aspects that are routine every day with a smartwatch.
Then there was the 3G... my Huawei doesn't have a cell radio, so I couldn't compare apples/apples, and unteather. Still, that narrow feature/capability wouldn't be any different -- i.e. being away from the phone. The calling UI operates the same regardless, and that's what I found annoying.
Of course, the digital assistant ("OK Google") was brilliant, almost enough to make me suffer with the other problems. For now, I'll stay with the S2, and see how AW bakes over the next six months. Those damn cards are one of the most annoying "features" of all.
Very interested in the Tasker app you described above. Would you mind sharing the details please?
Pinmac said:
Very interested in the Tasker app you described above. Would you mind sharing the details please?
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Yeah, I mentioned this in another thread, and was asked to share.
I need to polish one piece of it before I share (the automatic notification when you're back in BT range to remind you about the Forward All), then I'll zip up the profile and tasks and post it.
Not at the top of my list, though, so don't expect anything for a few days, maybe a week.
That's great, thanks. No tearing hurry, I'm using the Brrr app which does a pretty good job but am interested in other options.
Heard from standalone apps in wear at Google io this week.
It's the same for me. I had aw from the beginning and switched to gear s2 in autumn last year. There are pros and cons in both systems. After a few month now with the gear I feel the urge to go back to wear after the new features where announced this week. I'm probably going to wait till fall when the updates actually hit. And maybe hope to see similar feature like the bezel navigation. I absolutely love this. But also miss the hands free navigation from aw.
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donky kong 017 said:
Heard from standalone apps in wear at Google io this week.
It's the same for me. I had aw from the beginning and switched to gear s2 in autumn last year. There are pros and cons in both systems. After a few month now with the gear I feel the urge to go back to wear after the new features where announced this week. I'm probably going to wait till fall when the updates actually hit. And maybe hope to see similar feature like the bezel navigation. I absolutely love this. But also miss the hands free navigation from aw.
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I'm waiting for the new Qualcomm wear chip in a device with cellular connectivity. I'm intrigued by the stand-alone apps and I do miss setting timers with Google voice (I have kids and enjoy cooking so those are 2 times timers come in handy lol).
If Samsung gave us SamsungPay on the watch I'd be more reluctant to switch to AW though.
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I'm waiting for the new Qualcomm wear chip in a device with cellular connectivity. I'm intrigued by the stand-alone apps and I do miss setting timers with Google voice (I have kids and enjoy cooking so those are 2 times timers come in handy lol).
If Samsung gave us SamsungPay on the watch I'd be more reluctant to switch to AW though.
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Yeah the voice controls were excellent on aw that's true even in German it worked very good.
The pay options are not available neither from Sammy nor from Android here. So thats not important. Although I would love to have those options
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The pay options are not available neither from Sammy nor from Android here. So thats not important. Although I would love to have those options
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Aye, neither here in the US, if either had it in would be using that system lol.
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Aye, neither here in the US, if either had it in would be using that system lol.
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in the u.s. its a little better though. in foreign counties one have to wait for ages for some Services (e.g. no podcasts in gpm) or we won't get them at all. Voice control and assistance is a bad topic all the time.
sometimes i think all the fancy gadgets i buy are just worth half the money cause i can use just half the features.
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in the u.s. its a little better though. in foreign counties one have to wait for ages for some Services (e.g. no podcasts in gpm) or we won't get them at all. Voice control and assistance is a bad topic all the time.
sometimes i think all the fancy gadgets i buy are just worth half the money cause i can use just half the features.
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I feel your pain. I travel for 6-8 out of months every 18. A lot of things don't work even for Americans while outside the US. I was paying for Google play music (should be getting youtube red) but youtube red only worked in the US, felt like I was not getting what I paid for.
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It's utterly ridiculous that completely innocuous "internet things" don't simply work anywhere one has an (unrestricted -- think China) internet connection.
It's all about mandarins. They must have control over you simply to have control.
About the timer: There is a rather nice timer app on the watch, and it can easily be invoked via S-Voice. Just say, "set timer 15 minutes", and it will set and start the timer app for 15 minutes.
I use it all the time. No meaningful difference from AW, other than S-Voice is, of course, not as reliable in reading your voice in the first place.
I'm not trying to launch nuclear missiles or solve the national debt from my watch. I want a face that looks like i want it to, the data I need, battery that lasts at least one waking day, and that's about it. And the GS2 does that. Does another? Maybe, but I HAVE the GS2. I've found that the more whistles and bells on anything and the less reliable it is.
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It's sad. Samsung, IMO, has made a huge strategic error in failing to make S-Voice a higher priority.
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I don't get why they can't see that a well functioning S-Voice will make or break wearables for the company. Its that simple.
There are parts of my Motorola 360 I miss however the battery life on the GS2 is absolutely phenomenal. I have had it on since 730 this morning. It's now nearly 2200 and it's only at 80%.
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There are parts of my Motorola 360 I miss however the battery life on the GS2 is absolutely phenomenal. I have had it on since 730 this morning. It's now nearly 2200 and it's only at 80%.
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S-Voice has never worked for me, it always just says "please try again later"
For those of you who have a 3G version of the Gear S2 and don't want to fuss with manually call forwarding anymore, allow me to recommend an option many seem to have forgotten over the last couple of years: Google Voice
I've been using GV for years as the VM on my phone. Now, I have added the Gear S2 3G as another phone on my GV account. This gives two great benefits:
1. Calls automatically forward from phone-to-watch OR watch-to-phone if I don't answer on the originally called device, eliminating the need to enable and disable call forwarding phone-to-watch manually and giving a two-way solution if I leave the watch at home for a change.
2. Gives one unified voicemail box for both my phone and watch numbers. While only a few important people have my watch number for emergency purposes, I don't want people to have to remember multiple numbers to call or worry they are leaving a VM in the "box I rarely check."
To forward the watch's calls, just follow Google Voice's instructions with the manual call forwarding dial codes for your carrier and dial them on your watch AFTER you set the number up in your GV account. And, of course, this is only going to work for those who live in a country GV services (US & Canada, I believe). If you are outside the US & Canada, I'm sorry that I have no similar alternative to offer you.
Hey all, Just got my LTE variant and have been fiddling around with it and have discovered some things. Wanted to post here and let people know what I've come across.
So far I have discovered:
-Gear works with Rooted Devices (at least with my Note 4)
-Samsung Pay from Gear works with Rooted Devices (Can't add my Discover Card yet, planned support for hopefully end of year)
-You DON'T have to use the default texting app in order to send/receive/reply to messages from the S3. So far, the apps I've found that support this are Google Hangouts, ChompSMS, Textra, and Google Messenger. It does have a few hangups though. This thread states the methods I used to achieve this and the hangups observed by doing this.
-You can control phone music from the s3, but cannot stream to it...yet.
-Gear seems to auto lock when removed from wrist. Unable to tell if it's based on the lack of heart beat or sense of movement. Not an issue, just making aware.
-Gear supports AOD (Always On Display). The type of display given is based on the watch face currently in use, so it would appear your watch face must have support for it otherwise it will default to a stock face (needs testing). Using AOD will shift pixels around to prevent burn in every time you go to wake the watch. Have lightly tested and can verify it shifts. Will be testing on my next charge cycle to test battery life and burn in potential (trying to test as much as I can within my 14 day period of which to exchange for another device (lemon law)
So far that's all I've come across and will update this page accordingly with more information. Please feel free to add yourself anything you have discovered so we can let the rest of our Gear toting brothers and sisters know these tips and tricks.
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Hey all, Just got my LTE variant and have been fiddling around with it and have discovered some things. Wanted to post here and let people know what I've come across.
So far I have discovered:
-Gear works with Rooted Devices (at least with my Note 4)
-Samsung Pay from Gear works with Rooted Devices (Can't add my Discover Card yet, but still investigating that)
-You DON'T have to use the default texting app in order to send/receive/reply to messages from the S3 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/gea...horrendous-t3507842/post69808820#post69808820) It does have a few hangups though. The thread I Zelda'd explains how I got it working and what those issues are.
-You can control phone music from the s3, but cannot stream to it yet. (Spotify is planned for mid-december though)
-Gear seems to auto lock when removed from wrist. Unable to tell if it's based on the lack of heart beat or sense of movement. Not an issue, just making aware.
-Gear supports AOD (Always On Display). It is quoted to shift pixels around to prevent burn in. Have not tested to verify.
So far that's all I've come across and will update this page accordingly with more information. Please feel free to add yourself anything you have discovered so we can let the rest of our Gear toting brothers and sisters know these tips and tricks.
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You cant add Discover yet b/c it's not a supported bank yet.
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Naturesretard; said:
Hey all, Just got my LTE variant and have been fiddling around with it and have discovered some things. Wanted to post here and let people know what I've come across.
So far I have discovered:
-Gear works with Rooted Devices (at least with my Note 4)
-Samsung Pay from Gear works with Rooted Devices (Can't add my Discover Card yet, planned support for hopefully end of year)
-You DON'T have to use the default texting app in order to send/receive/reply to messages from the S3. So far, the apps I've found that support this are Google Hangouts, ChompSMS, Textra, and Google Messenger. It does have a few hangups though. This thread states the methods I used to achieve this and the hangups observed by doing this.
-You can control phone music from the s3, but cannot stream to it...yet.
-Gear seems to auto lock when removed from wrist. Unable to tell if it's based on the lack of heart beat or sense of movement. Not an issue, just making aware.
-Gear supports AOD (Always On Display). The type of display given is based on the watch face currently in use, so it would appear your watch face must have support for it otherwise it will default to a stock face (needs testing). Using AOD will shift pixels around to prevent burn in every time you go to wake the watch. Have lightly tested and can verify it shifts. Will be testing on my next charge cycle to test battery life and burn in potential (trying to test as much as I can within my 14 day period of which to exchange for another device (lemon law)
So far that's all I've come across and will update this page accordingly with more information. Please feel free to add yourself anything you have discovered so we can let the rest of our Gear toting brothers and sisters know these tips and tricks.
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You CAN stream SoundCloud. It is terrible though.
spencewesttx said:
You CAN stream SoundCloud. It is terrible though.
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How?
Naturesretard; said:
How?
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There is an app called "SoundCloudPro" in the Galaxy Store
Samsung Pay from Gear works with Rooted Devices (Can't add my Discover Card yet, but still investigating that)
How is that possible? Can't even install samsung pay on a rooted phone.
MobileUnlockBase said:
Samsung Pay from Gear works with Rooted Devices (Can't add my Discover Card yet, but still investigating that)
How is that possible? Can't even install samsung pay on a rooted phone.
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The Samsung Pay you use is a baked in app that is part of the Samsung Gear app. I have in installed on my rooted Nougat port on my HTC 10 and it works perfect. You don't need the official Samsung Pay app installed on the device at all. It seems as of now, that Samsung thinks the security on the watch is enough to allow you to use it side by side with a rooted phone. I hope it stays that way, because I have never been able to use Android pay because of the Root issue.
MobileUnlockBase said:
Samsung Pay from Gear works with Rooted Devices (Can't add my Discover Card yet, but still investigating that)
How is that possible? Can't even install samsung pay on a rooted phone.
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Thank you. I just bought my watch a couple of hours ago.
Its not supported
MobileUnlockBase said:
Samsung Pay from Gear works with Rooted Devices (Can't add my Discover Card yet, but still investigating that)
How is that possible? Can't even install samsung pay on a rooted phone.
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Samsung pay not support discover card you can check at this link http://www.samsung.com/us/samsung-pay/compatible-cards/
Thanks Naturesretard , interesting
Did you keep the watch @Naturesretard?
I have bought the Gear s3 and would like to connect with my Samsung A9 Pro (sm-A9100), however, when I checked the passkey for both sides, the s3 and a9 pro keep connecting but no further....
Does anyone has such situation? and what can I do....
ps. My A9 pro was rooted and some defaulted samsung app were forzened before.
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Did you keep the watch @Naturesretard?
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Yes I did. However have been very busy since getting it and have not had time to update the thread. I've tested a few additional features and even a skin from Skinomi to protect the watch. When I have time tonight I will try to update what I can.
What I can say now, the watch feels a little lackluster, but since it's my first wearable, and it works for what I bought it for (messaging/calling, Samsung pay) it works great. But there are time I worry I'm not using it to its potential or it's just in its baby phases and doesn't have many apps yet.
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Yes I did. However have been very busy since getting it and have not had time to update the thread. I've tested a few additional features and even a skin from Skinomi to protect the watch. When I have time tonight I will try to update what I can.
What I can say now, the watch feels a little lackluster, but since it's my first wearable, and it works for what I bought it for (messaging/calling, Samsung pay) it works great. But there are time I worry I'm not using it to its potential or it's just in its baby phases and doesn't have many apps yet.
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I just picked mine up a few days ago a and that sums up my feelings also. It's my first smartwatch and I've been wondering if I'm using it's full potential. I haven't been thrilled with the battery life but I have been playing around with it a lot and have only charged it a couple of times. Hopefully that will improve when I finally decide on a watch face that I can live with, I think I've changed the face a couple of hundred times.
Samsung Pay is available on S3, the only difference is that if you bought the BT version, it'll requires that you have the phone nearby for the 4GLTE to make the payment or such. If you have the LTE model and uses that, then you should be fine.
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Samsung Pay is available on S3, the only difference is that if you bought the BT version, it'll requires that you have the phone nearby for the 4GLTE to make the payment or such. If you have the LTE model and uses that, then you should be fine.
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Correction, BT version can do 10 transactions without the phone nearby for Samsung Pay. After that, you need to sync with the phone to get another 10.
gpmg762 said:
Correction, BT version can do 10 transactions without the phone nearby for Samsung Pay. After that, you need to sync with the phone to get another 10.
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Really? Thank you for that information
can provide guide about use Uber in Gear S3?
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themobileupdates said:
can provide guide about use Uber in Gear S3?
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Just download the companion app but the original Uber app needs to be installed as well
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FIRST: This is my own opinion. You may disagree with it!
My Reasons:
I have Huawei P9. Looking at their Update policy I am not happy with it. P8 is not going to get a Nougat update which is SHAME! Not even 2 years of OS support... What a joke. This means My P9 most likely will not updated to a newer version after Nougat... Which means I will never again pay so much money for something that won't get at least 2 new OS updates (whole version).
Next: Nougat update. It's a complete JOKE. What's new? Split screen, App drawer (lol what innovation here!), couple redesign small things... Take a look at Samsung. They are actually adding new stuff... New apps that are useful: Password manager which makes a bigger use of the fingerprint scanner. Note app. New other stuff. And to be honest their Skin looks so much better. Colors are better. Did you see the ugly Black and Dark Blue colors on the Quick toggles on Huawei Nougat? Damn the guy who came with this idea should be fired as soon as possible! No Double tap to wake up, no raise to wake up... But hey they have Knuckle gestures.. Never used them? What a sick person will knock on his phone.. So dumb... Everytime I want to check my screen I have to look for the fingerprint or power button, chick with case makes a little harder to press everytime the power button, in the dark it's super annoying when you mistake it with Volume down... It's just annoying. Give me something easier. Wave to wake up, raise, double tap... Give me all of them and let me choose...
Next: Icons with app drawer are ridiculously BIG! I guess Huawei designers know nothing about aesthetics or don't care...
Next: Notes app doesn't sync with Gmail. I had iPhone and Samsung phones in the past. I really like Stock apps for notes, they are Free, no ads and easy to use.. And they sync with a Google account... This is not the case here.. There is just half baked app, made for 10 minutes while most likely the dude what on the WC...
So many stock Bloat but no Reminders app... Again! Did you try to set simple reminder without using Google Now? I did.. You need to go to Calendar, make Event, turn 100 option some ON, some OFF... Just give me a simple App like on iOS to make a Reminder in 10 secs.. Is this so hard? I guess it's so much easier than making 10 apps that no one is using...
Next: Nothing about Daydream... I guess it won't work with P9...
Next: Again Updates: Sammy released 4 BETA updates, iOS releases many Betas to make sure everything is OK when the final is released to the public.. Huawei still on 1st beta!!!! And most likely this will be the last... We will get Official release full of bugs and will have to wait months for a fix! Thank you Huawei!!!
Next: Huawei is one of the last OEMs that still hasn't uploaded their Stock apps on the Play Store. And we need to wait Months if there is a problem with some of the stock apps! Did you use the stock Huawei keyboard? Did you see how outdated it is? Doesn't have even all the emojis... Not talking about he look from 2008....
Next: Video recording software. Pixel uses software stabilization too, but it's so much better. Video recording quality is ridiculous for a phone at this price... Again I think someone did the coding while was doing his work on the WC... If Pixel can have a lot better recording with software stabilization why we should settle with suck a Joke?
This is why I won't buy another phone from Huawei. Too much negatives for me. And feeling sorry I didn't get the S7... The metal build was more important for me, but i did a mistake.. Should have taken the Glass.. Obviously other OEMs are doing a lot better job...
P.S: Biggest deal breaker: Updates... !
What's the problem if we're currently using Nougat Public Beta? I don't see any fallback. The official will be rolled out sooner or later.
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Hi Martin, thanks for sharing your opinion, which you're very much entitled to of course.
I'm not too worried about the update. It'll come. It's my experience that almost ALL OEMs are slow at updating to the latest version (Samsung, LG, Oneplus). And when the update comes it's either full of bugs (Oneplus) or makes your phone come to a screeching halt (Samsung).
Notes app... I haven't found anything better than Google Keep for that and it syncs across my devices. Reminders I usually set via the calendar which isn't really an issue for me, but I'm sure there are reminders apps in the Playstore.
Granted, Huawei does have quite a bit of bloat on it, BUT... It doesn't seem to have an impact on either battery life or speed of the phone for me. For me my P9 is my first phone which even after a good 5 months usage is still just as swift and fluid as the first day I got it. And everything just works.
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Hi Martin, thanks for sharing your opinion, which you're very much entitled to of course.
I'm not too worried about the update. It'll come. It's my experience that almost ALL OEMs are slow at updating to the latest version (Samsung, LG, Oneplus). And when the update comes it's either full of bugs (Oneplus) or makes your phone come to a screeching halt (Samsung).
Notes app... I haven't found anything better than Google Keep for that and it syncs across my devices. Reminders I usually set via the calendar which isn't really an issue for me, but I'm sure there are reminders apps in the Playstore.
Granted, Huawei does have quite a bit of bloat on it, BUT... It doesn't seem to have an impact on either battery life or speed of the phone for me. For me my P9 is my first phone which even after a good 5 months usage is still just as swift and fluid as the first day I got it. And everything just works.
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I am not saying it's a bad phone. It's a great phone, but the support is kinda poor. I am not rushing for the Nougat. I don't mind waiting if they will release a really stable version. Not happy that they are on the 1st beta and maybe this will be last and while most problems will be fixed, while they fix them most likely there will be a new one. And there is not a big improvement in Nougat. They could expand some things, make them better. It most of the time color change...
Don't mind the bloat too, I put all the stuff in a folder and forget they exist.
As I said the phone is great, but they could work a little better on the software.
The 3th beta got its firmware yesterday. You want to troll here, thats the point.
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The 3th beta got its firmware yesterday. You want to troll here, thats the point.
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Yeah. Have nothing else to do, decided to troll. Nowadays if you say something people disagree is trolling.
Here in Bulgaria - Beta 1. In the official beta thread no reports for another update, but you got 3.. Strange.
Well the P8 won't be updated due to the same reasons as the Xperia Z3 from Sony. The Kirin used in the sP8 simply is not compatible with Vulkan and therefore Googles Certification Process for Android 7. As this does not happen regularly, you should be able to see updates for your P9 for at least 2 years i guess.
MartinDimchev said:
FIRST: This is my own opinion. You may disagree with it!
My Reasons:
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P.S: Biggest deal breaker: Updates... !
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Thread Cleaned. Please stay on topic and respectful to each other. Else Thread will be closed.
Are you invited for beta test? If not, what is the cust for bulgaria?
Why more betas than stable?
Better is to modify 6.0 and make a backup, if 7.0 got bugs in first global releases, then u can go back.
Why we need the same like other manufacture? Its enough now.
For every stuff have their pros / cons no one the best just find the one that fit for you, Huawei do good progress (not the best) and I dint see any new in software in other phone all are same / running on native Android ,you can go for non OEM firmware phone if need more software modification , but Huawei phone I think thay made for standard / daily driver like Apple...
Sounds like the op should have gone to Samsung, you are basically criticising the huawei because its not a samsung.....
I came from samsung and most of the things you point out as negatives are positives to me.
Placement of fingerprint scanner is perfect, touchwiz is awful and filled to the brim with bloat and ugly icons.
You complain about updates, just buy a samsung and see how long before you end up rooting it just so you can get an update or remove bloatware.
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Some of these points are valid, however, the software is as it is because Huawei is a Chinese brand. Huawei is huge in china, and in china, this software is what sells. And if you don't like the stock apps, just download new ones. If you don't like the launcher, download a new one. That is the beauty of android. There are points of EMUI that I don't like either, but most of them I was able to fix by downloading apps and customizing what I could in the settings.
Has somebody forced you to buy the Huawei? If you have bought the phone without acquiring some information before is your fault.
You knew about the update, the software and the pro a d cons, why are you complaining?
If you thought that the samsung was better than the Huawei why you bought it? Take a s7 edge and be happy.
You could install a Rom anyway
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Has somebody forced you to buy the Huawei? If you have bought the phone without acquiring some information before is your fault.
You knew about the update, the software and the pro a d cons, why are you complaining?
If you thought that the samsung was better than the Huawei why you bought it? Take a s7 edge and be happy.
You could install a Rom anyway
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How do you know how bad is a phone without using it at least for a month? Do they write the Cons in your country? Because here they don't. Yeah I will install a garage rom to fix my phone...
If I knew how bad this phone will be I was going to get the S7 without thinking twice...
I don't get people like you... Why don't you keep your pointless opinion for yourself. What, do only people with positive experience should write here? I am sharing my experience with this phone. And hope it will help to people who are thinking about getting this phone, thinking it's a great deal and great phone... I don't want people the give their money like me for something that's not worth it... If they read this and still want the phone at least they know some of the flaws and problems they may see and know they can live it it..
And why you shouldn't too!
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Nah, my next phone will definitely be from Huawei. I love it.
Huawei P9/P9 Plus Surpass 10 Million Shipments
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/press/news/hw-u_033702.htm
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Huawei P9/P9 Plus Surpass 10 Million Shipments
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/press/news/hw-u_033702.htm
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In most European countries after you buy a phone and open the box, you can't give it back or exchange for another brand.
And it's Shipment, not SOLD... Still it's a great phone, for most people who are not too much into phones or know what other phones can do or how often they are updated, or don't care about updates they would be very happy with this phone. I am happy most of the time while using it. Small things are ruing my usage and this is the problem, they are small, fixable but no one is fixing them.
MartinDimchev said:
In most European countries after you buy a phone and open the box, you can't give it back or exchange for another brand.
And it's Shipment, not SOLD... Still it's a great phone, for most people who are not too much into phones or know what other phones can do or how often they are updated, or don't care about updates they would be very happy with this phone. I am happy most of the time while using it. Small things are ruing my usage and this is the problem, they are small, fixable but no one is fixing them.
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Dont cry man if you want updates buy a Pixel
Bye!!
safariking said:
Dont cry man if you want updates buy a Pixel
Bye!!
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Hey man, if you don't want reading someone complaining about something cut the internet cable.
Bye!!!
MartinDimchev said:
Hey man, if you don't want reading someone complaining about something cut the internet cable.
Bye!!!
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Internet cable doesn't fit in my phone so i cant cut it