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[Available] Samsung Gear VR $199 !!!!!

It's ready to buy!! GO GO GO!
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/wearable-tech/SM-R320NPWSXAR

Ordered mine. Over night delivery. Hoping they ship today!

So I guess no package deal with a gamepad? I thought there was an official announcement that there would be a $250 package.
Anyone have any recommendations for a gamepad to go along with the gear vr?

skrubol said:
So I guess no package deal with a gamepad? I thought there was an official announcement that there would be a $250 package.
Anyone have any recommendations for a gamepad to go along with the gear vr?
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There is, add them both and use the promo code stavr1

LakersEB said:
There is, add them both and use the promo code stavr1
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Damnit, guess I pulled the trigger too soon. Thanks though.

Now I'm dying to see if we can get it to work with CM12. I'll be using CM12 as a daily driver and IF Gear VR works on CM12 then I might buy it. But if it doesn't work, it's not worth the $200 and forced use of TouchWiz. I'd also accept MultiROM if we could get it out our devices, but that also seems unlikely.
Anyway, glad to see Gear VR finally on the market! Hope y'all enjoy it.

Oculus APK
I have the google cardboard, does anyone know if the Oculus apk will be available to those who don't have the VR headset? I was just hoping to check it out before I bought the VR dev kit.

No Gear VR for me. I have glasses.

any VR news for canadians?

An FYI...
I was reading the description and it says that currently the Verizon Note4 model is not compatable....

ChickenWingSoup said:
An FYI...
I was reading the description and it says that currently the Verizon Note4 model is not compatable....
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Verizon... first the mic cutouts on cases, now this...

IBNobody said:
No Gear VR for me. I have glasses.
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It has focal adjustment which allows you to adjust the lenses if you're short sighted or long sighted
I'm waiting for it to come out on Amazon as I have some gift cards to use. At the moment they already have a skin protector kit but no actual headset

ChickenWingSoup said:
An FYI... I was reading the description and it says that currently the Verizon Note4 model is not compatable....
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neonsector said:
Verizon... first the mic cutouts on cases, now this...
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Shouldn't be surprised, that is their motto after all...
"Verizon - Screwing Customers Every Way Possible"

Just letting everyone know this is the Innovator Edition meaning you can buy it, but its really a technology release for early adapters of technology and developers. If the technology doesn't take off.... there's a chance they may just scratch this product. Just an FYI....

I didn't catch the incompatibility thing in the description. Is that in the official website?

Mine is sitting here waiting for the update... VZ told me the 18th. I have screen shots of the chat session. Hopefully that was a cautionary date and the rollout will begin today.

ergibson83 said:
Just letting everyone know this is the Innovator Edition meaning you can buy it, but its really a technology release for early adapters of technology and developers. If the technology doesn't take off.... there's a chance they may just scratch this product. Just an FYI....
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Yup totally ok with it! It's cheaper than a standalone pair of video goggles and can work just like one if all else fails.
Sent from my unlocked and rooted Verizon Galaxy Note 4 DE!

urmcgwy said:
I didn't catch the incompatibility thing in the description. Is that in the official website?
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It's on their website now, was not yesterday. I spoke with Samsung and they said they found out from Verizon this morning and added it to the site then.

I was just about to by this today, but something told me to hold off and wait and I'm glad that I did. I just seen an article on Android Central stating that it wasn't compatible with Verizon or Sprint variants of the Note 4 at this time, and that the updates will be pushed out by the carriers.
If I would have spent $236 for this device and overnight shipping only to have a temporary plastic paper weight, I would have been extremely pissed.

julz said:
It has focal adjustment which allows you to adjust the lenses if you're short sighted or long sighted
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Ahhh! Nice. I would definitely want to try these out first, though. Seeing is believing.
Also... A friend of mine asked me why Samsung chose to have the plastic overlay over the back of the phone. It blocks the camera. Did they not want people turning on the camera and stumbling around an augmented reality world or something?
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Hardknockz313 said:
I was just about to by this today, but something told me to hold off and wait and I'm glad that I did. I just seen an article on Android Central stating that it wasn't compatible with Verizon or Sprint variants of the Note 4 at this time, and that the updates will be pushed out by the carriers.
If I would have spent $236 for this device and overnight shipping only to have a temporary plastic paper weight, I would have been extremely pissed.
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If you had a rooted Sprint phone, you could probably steal the required app from a T-Mo device.

Samsung Pay on the Gear S2

Many of you probably don't watch Korean dramas but they tend to have LOTS of product placements in them. Here's a recent one with Samsung Pay being used on the Gear S2. Looks like it'll pay through NFC.

That's funny. you know which drama? My wife watches them but I just find them silly. They always got the product placements but they have to cover the brand name. So it will be so obvious everyone is using Galaxy Edges but they got to put tape on everyone's phones covering up the name Samsung.

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That's funny. you know which drama? My wife watches them but I just find them silly. They always got the product placements but they have to cover the brand name. So it will be so obvious everyone is using Galaxy Edges but they got to put tape on everyone's phones covering up the name Samsung.
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Speaking of Gear S2 and Samsung PAY. I'm I correct in thinking this will only work with NFC readers? Here in Los Angeles California area 95% of the places don't have NFC card reader or most of them are disabled by the vender to not accept NFC. I have been using Samsung PAY beta here for several weeks and I like it but wondering if the watch will have a limited Samsung pay only to be used with NFC vs. also having MST antenna in it.

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Speaking of Gear S2 and Samsung PAY. I'm I correct in thinking this will only work with NFC readers? Here in Los Angeles California area 95% of the places don't have NFC card reader or most of them are disabled by the vender to not accept NFC. I have been using Samsung PAY beta here for several weeks and I like it but wondering if the watch will have a limited Samsung pay only to be used with NFC vs. also having MST antenna in it.
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S2 needs to be paired to a Galaxy phone and used on an NFC terminal for Samsung Pay to work. The tech that uses the magnetic strip terminals is too big for a watch.

supersoulfly said:
S2 needs to be paired to a Galaxy phone and used on an NFC terminal for Samsung Pay to work. The tech that uses the magnetic strip terminals is too big for a watch.
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Yeah was afraid of that. Looks like I'll continue to use my phone for Samsung pay rather then watch. I'm going to guess that its 5% or less that I have even used NFC vs. MST. It's just not an option around here.

supersoulfly said:
That's funny. you know which drama? My wife watches them but I just find them silly. They always got the product placements but they have to cover the brand name. So it will be so obvious everyone is using Galaxy Edges but they got to put tape on everyone's phones covering up the name Samsung.
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The drama is called Yong Pal. The Gear S2 first shows up in episode 14
LOL all the of Samsung phones(S6, S6E/E+, Note5) in the drama have the logo on the front covered up. It was also very funny how everyone was using the S6 and S6E in the first 10ish episodes then suddenly they ALL have a Note 5.

Does anyone know how to get Samsung Pay to work on the Gear S2? I have had the beta for weeks and use it every day on my phone but I can't figure out how to get it on my watch. I frequent many stores that use NFC for payment. When I touch the watch on the terminal it beeps but doesn't do anything. I have no way of selecting a card.

TerryGecko said:
Does anyone know how to get Samsung Pay to work on the Gear S2? I have had the beta for weeks and use it every day on my phone but I can't figure out how to get it on my watch. I frequent many stores that use NFC for payment. When I touch the watch on the terminal it beeps but doesn't do anything. I have no way of selecting a card.
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(on watch) Settings > Connections > NFC > Tap and Pay
I believe Samsung Pay will be listed there, if installed. I can't confirm due to having my S6 Edge with Verizon.
Sent from my SM-G925V using XDA Free mobile app

Does that mean your phone has to have a working Samsung Pay (as in not rooted) for Pay on work on the Gear S2?

RMXO said:
Does that mean your phone has to have a working Samsung Pay (as in not rooted) for Pay on work on the Gear S2?
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Sad to say but yes... There isn't a way to set up Samsung Pay on the watch itself

I have the full Samsung Pay app installed on my Note 5, yet when I go to tap & pay, it says no app installed. I'm guessing that means I have to install the app from the Gear App store, which does not seem to have that app..... Anyone else get their tap & pay set up on their watch?

No luck for me either... I guess we'll have to wait a bit more....

I saw a few reviews that stated it will be a separate app made specifically for the Gear S2 and will come in November. So it looks like now we wait.

goobyjr9 said:
Many of you probably don't watch Korean dramas but they tend to have LOTS of product placements in them. Here's a recent one with Samsung Pay being used on the Gear S2. Looks like it'll pay through NFC.
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Is that a cum drop on the second picture? BTW interesting info about Korean soap operas

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I saw a few reviews that stated it will be a separate app made specifically for the Gear S2 and will come in November. So it looks like now we wait.
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Anyone got this working?
I unable to get mine working too, its saying app isn't installed but i do have the Samsung pay installed and working on the phone with no issues and searching the Gear S2 apps store - there is no any payment app. currently to install.

Its not available till first quarter next year per Samsungs twitter page. Which sucks!

I hope they've miniaturized the looppay device so it can be used in the Gear S2.

I Got my unexpected note 5, Should I root it?

Hi friends, a guy was selling a brand new note 5 64 GB for 450 and I gave him the money right away. Still I did't root it yet for 2 reasons. 1- because there's no pretty much any roms available for it, and the 2nd reason is that my Samsung pay might not work if I root it... any ideas? Thanks a lot.

Samsung Pay wont be available if you root it. No question about that.
Also, it is still worth it to get Freezas Kernel because it is extremely fast and you can Root and have the phone already setup for when a fully custom ROM is released.

$450 for a 64gb note 5? You better make it has a clean IMEI number.

K.0.0.L. said:
$450 for a 64gb note 5? You better make it has a clean IMEI number.
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Thanks, I did make sure it was clean, in fact we did the deal at the store. The seller got a free phone from Microsoft so he doesn't need an additional phone as he claimed. He originally bought the device from best buy without a contract. He gave me the receipt, all accessories and the box and basically everything. And also screen protector, beautiful case. I still can't believe it, thanks God I didn't have money to buy this beast phone even though I had my note 4:angel:

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Thanks, I did make sure it was clean, in fact we did the deal at the store. The seller got a free phone from Microsoft so he doesn't need an additional phone as he claimed. He originally bought the device from best buy without a contract. He gave me the receipt, all accessories and the box and basically everything. And also screen protector, beautiful case. I still can't believe it, thanks God I didn't have money to buy this beast phone even though I had my note 4:angel:
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That's good.

SlaterMLG said:
Samsung Pay wont be available if you root it. No question about that.
Also, it is still worth it to get Freezas Kernel because it is extremely fast and you can Root and have the phone already setup for when a fully custom ROM is released.
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Oh, man. I wait then. I really want this Samsung pay, it's an awesome feature. Better than both android and Apple pays.

That'sa gold deal you got. And yes don't root until we have a root that will not trip Knox Samsung Pay is cool and did you get your free charger or flip case from Samsung through Samsung Pay?

Uniquebarbee said:
That'sa gold deal you got. And yes don't root until we have a root that will not trip Knox Samsung Pay is cool and did you get your free charger or flip case from Samsung through Samsung Pay?
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Thank you so much friend, I didn't even know the Samsung promo but I after you reminded me I requested my free Wireless charger and yes my order has been made. It'll hopefully arrive in a week or so... thanks a lot Uniquebarbee.......

bishaarcc said:
Thank you so much friend, I didn't even know the Samsung promo but I after you reminded me I requested my free Wireless charger and yes my order has been made. It'll hopefully arrive in a week or so... thanks a lot Uniquebarbee.......
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No problem Enjoy

android pay on gear 3 ?

im in the uk with a gear 3 frontier and s8 plus ,I'm confused re samsung pay or android pay
can i get android pay on my watch ?
is samsung pay available in uk?
many thanks

In short, no and no.
There is no android pay app for the S3 and the latest rumours are that Samsung pay will launch some where around 16th May but that is purely that, a rumour. It will come at some point this year so it's a waiting game for us Brits at the moment.

Samsung pay UK just installed on my s3 frontier today

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neils31 said:
Samsung pay UK just installed on my s3 frontier today
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Until the actual banks support it, it's just another waste of memory on your phone/ watch :/

mccreath said:
Until the actual banks support it, it's just another app :/
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My bank does, so happy days

neils31 said:
My bank does, so happy days
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Then you're clearly not another grumpy RBS/ NatWorst customer (like me).
We had to wait MONTHS for Android Pay and there's no commitment for them to support SamPay...

mccreath said:
Then you're clearly not another grumpy RBS/ NatWorst customer (like me).
We had to wait MONTHS for Android Pay and there's no commitment for them to support SamPay...
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I am with the nationwide, you can always switch

Question Preorders

Anyone able to preorder? The preorder screen is blank for me..

S22 Ultra, 1TB, Phantom Black preordered during the presentation. Ordered on the website (Canada) from my phone while viewing the presentation on my laptop.

There's not trade in selection for a google pixel 6 pro... Waiting on chat to see what's up there.
Edit: What's a good place to sell it? I'd like to get close to what I paid for it.
Edit 2: Verizon will give me $1000 for trade in. Same as what I paid. I'd prefer an unlocked phone, but that may be the best deal I can get.

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There's not trade in selection for a google pixel 6 pro... Waiting on chat to see what's up there.
Edit: What's a good place to sell it? I'd like to get close to what I paid for it.
Edit 2: Verizon will give me $1000 for trade in. Same as what I paid. I'd prefer an unlocked phone, but that may be the best deal I can get.
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How many GBs is your pixel 6 pro?

I cant get it to take an order. One minute the trade in was there and then it was gone. And the $50 preregister offer didn't come up anywhere.

lucky_strike33 said:
How many GBs is your pixel 6 pro?
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256

Mine went through, 1TB in red. So happy they finally added back the 1TB option and offered the larger storage amount in other colours besides black! Wasnt goigoingto buy one because i went fold 3 but once i saw that...had to pull the trigger lol

I ordered through Verizon, and holy sheet, what a nightmare!!! It took an hour in a chat to get the phone ordered, but now it won't let me check all the agreement boxes, so now I'm on the phone with verizon, and the online agreement isn't working either. Sitting on with an agent now. FFS

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I ordered through Verizon, and holy sheet, what a nightmare!!! It took an hour in a chat to get the phone ordered, but now it won't let me check all the agreement boxes, so now I'm on the phone with verizon, and the online agreement isn't working either. Sitting on with an agent now. FFS
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Took me a little while as well. I ordered about 2 hours ago. The site was already suffering.

FINALLY got my fixed. They had to cancel the original order, then order again. Blasted Samsung for not accepting the pixel 6 pro as a trade in! I'm sure I'll get mine a week after those that ordered from Samsung..

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i got the same gbs and they quoted me for $400...how did you get $1,000?

lucky_strike33 said:
i got the same gbs and they quoted me for $400...how did you get $1,000?
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I was having the same problem with the site. I just chatted w/ sales via the widget on the bottom right and they got me squared away. You do need to switch to a proper plan if you aren't on one already though.

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i got the same gbs and they quoted me for $400...how did you get $1,000?
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It's $1000 but there's something wrong with their system. Get on a chat, they fix it for you.

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I was having the same problem with the site. I just chatted w/ sales via the widget on the bottom right and they got me squared away. You do need to switch to a proper plan if you aren't on one already though.
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I got it with $1,000. but samsung site has better deal

lucky_strike33 said:
I got it with $1,000. but samsung site has better deal
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Probably, but I'd rather have it come out monthly on my VZW account. Plus I don't want a lot of the accessories anyhow.

I managed to pre-order before the presentation was over un the UK. There was a queue system on each checkout step lol I pre-ordered the S22 Ultra 512GB in Graphite. Trading in my wife's P40 Pro, and at least in the UK you get the Buds Pro as a gift for pre-ordering.

after 8 frickin hours of trying off and on, I was able to get one pre-ordered here in the States, green unlocked 512gb, wanted the red one but the green was my next choice and was able to get that ordered, so that`s what I got lol, I was curious so I tried a preorder again and there site is still having issues at 4 am in the states WTF samsung.

My wife was trying all day yesterday. she finally got a checkout button and she checked out and it removed the watch from her cart without letting her make changes and she lost her 250 samsung credit. She is so mad. she has benn trying to call them since midnight est time. I am not even sure she slept.

I placed an "upgrade programme" order last night ok ... website in uk seemed bugged and only allowed burgendy colour
But cancelled the order for now instead anyway -- waiting until we get some real performance metrics from the device ... "leaked" figured / testing have been all over the place so nothing trusted yet.
Need to see things like stress tests etc on Exynos before i commit again.

Just preordered mine, Burgundy 256GB, got a $100 discount and trade in value for my iphone 13 pro max of $900