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Leaving for the S3+$80

Now that I've been successful, thought I'd share:
So I just came up for an upgrade on T-Mobile, and BestBuy.com had the GS3 T-Mobile upgrade for $179.99, so I decided "Why not sell this phone on Ebay while it's still semi-popular and get a S3?"
I called T-Mobile, got an unlock code, reverted to stock ICS, and sold my phone on Ebay for $350. After taxes, ebay+paypal fees, phone purchase+activation fee, I netted about an $80 profit after everything was said and done.
Thanks to all of the developers here for your hard work developing for the ugly stepchild of the SII line! I hope you all do well.

zander21510 said:
the ugly stepchild of the SII line!
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Now you have the ugly stepchild of the SIII line
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I'm waiting for the newest nexus to be announced.

MrKnitty said:
I'm waiting for the newest nexus to be announced.
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I heard theres going to be a bunch of them! Im waiting for that to or the Lumia 920!

Rekzer said:
I heard theres going to be a bunch of them! Im waiting for that to or the Lumia 920!
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Nokia has some pretty sweet looking phones! I was trying one out and I actually have really like windows phone! I'm just scared to commit to one! I'm afraid I'd miss android
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Totally agree... s2 design is so much better

eisoh said:
Totally agree... s2 design is so much better
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I don't think that's what they were talking about... :-/
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MrKnitty said:
I'm waiting for the newest nexus to be announced.
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according to some leaked news about the next Samsung and HTC are both making each their own flavour of Nexus 5 phones
the model from Samsung it's going to be slightly inferior to the S3, but slightly better than the S2, and they finally put back the SD card, 4.8" display, slightly faster CPU as the previous Galaxy Nexus, the rest is vanilla
HTC is going to release a 5" version with supposedly 1080 display, instead of 720
it'll be interesting the kind of mess and confusion we'll see when both hits the market

Hey I think after selling my phone outright on eBay for that much I would of just found someone on Craigslist and purchased SIII outright and kept my upgrade intact. That's how you flip 'em.... Good job though and congrats
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playya said:
Hey I think after selling my phone outright on eBay for that much I would of just found someone on Craigslist and purchased SIII outright and kept my upgrade intact. That's how you flip 'em.... Good job though and congrats
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I somewhat agree with this i did the same. Sold my s2 for $320, was going to be $340, but i was a no show because of urgent matters and i gave the guy $20 discount for his troubles. Anyways bought the s3 for $400. So i paid $80 for an upgrade.
Now if you guys haven't heard. T-Mobile and asurion is cracking down on insurance fraud especially for s3. It doesn't matter if it's lost or stolen. From 1 week to 3 months, the s3 will be blacklisted if it was filed for insurance claims.
How did i reassure my purchase, I actually bought mine from the guy's house, he is actually buying the note to help him transition to the note 2. He was a really stand up guy. I asked him to hold the phone for me, and he did for 2 days. Other buyers were inquiring about it constantly but kept his word (note: the average price for s3 around my area is $450, so it's cheaply priced). He was the one who brought up insurance fraud and stuff, and he was saying how people ask him about that and he told me that's just dumb that people do that just for some quick cash. Told me not to worry that i have his number and knows where he lives so just give him a call or anything is wrong with the phone. Really cool guy, i can tell he's a phone junkie like the rest of us.
Tl:dr; insurance is blacklisting s3. If buying from CL get the guy's ID, address etc, you can judge his character, if it's sketchy, don't bother.
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Teo032 said:
I somewhat agree with this i did the same. Sold my s2 for $320, was going to be $340, but i was a no show because of urgent matters and i gave the guy $20 discount for his troubles. Anyways bought the s3 for $400. So i paid $80 for an upgrade.
Now if you guys haven't heard. T-Mobile and asurion is cracking down on insurance fraud especially for s3. It doesn't matter if it's lost or stolen. From 1 week to 3 months, the s3 will be blacklisted if it was filed for insurance claims.
How did i reassure my purchase, I actually bought mine from the guy's house, he is actually buying the note to help him transition to the note 2. He was a really stand up guy. I asked him to hold the phone for me, and he did for 2 days. Other buyers were inquiring about it constantly but kept his word (note: the average price for s3 around my area is $450, so it's cheaply priced). He was the one who brought up insurance fraud and stuff, and he was saying how people ask him about that and he told me that's just dumb that people do that just for some quick cash. Told me not to worry that i have his number and knows where he lives so just give him a call or anything is wrong with the phone. Really cool guy, i can tell he's a phone junkie like the rest of us.
Tl:dr; insurance is blacklisting s3. If buying from CL get the guy's ID, address etc, you can judge his character, if it's sketchy, don't bother.
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Good to know but if you can stay away from that then selling at $325-$350 and purchasing for $450 and still keeping an upgrade is a beautiful thing

playya said:
Good to know but if you can stay away from that then selling at $325-$350 and purchasing for $450 and still keeping an upgrade is a beautiful thing
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Lol it is, the s2 is generally selling for about 250-280 on average around my parts. So it's even better that i can sell mine for above average and buy something below market price lol.
The benefits of keeping your phone in good condition with all the box and accessories. Plus matching imei number and under warranty until february by samsung. Not sure if it carries over on T-Mobile though.
See you over on the s3 side soon lol.
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Towle said:
Now you have the ugly stepchild of the SIII line
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I'm assuming you're kidding the s3 is fairly identical on all the major carries (besides lte capabilities). I definitely miss my Hercules but thankfully it didn't go far my girlfriend and have our upgrades staggered so I always get the new phone and she gets the hand me down. Now I just might have to sell her t989 give her the SIII and boom hello note 2!!

I was thinking of getting the note 2 or the s3 ...in Ghana here the note 2 is 1,590 cedis and the s3 1,450 cedis, so with the current exchange rate of 1$= 2¢edis that will be 725$ for the s3 and 795$ for the note.. but am still not sure as to which one to buy...its not really about the money but which one will be good. In Ghana its very difficult to buy things on eBay, cos you have to pay too much to get a credit card here and still wait forever for you item to be shipped in....have any of you tried one of these?...can you help me select...
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Getting this device?

Who will be getting this device? I'll be selling my current device and getting this.
Just seen a video of it on YouTube and it looks amazing!

Selling my S3 tonight for 435$ and ordering it as soon as it's available. Amazing price, I expected 450$-500$.

Yep Im buying the 16GB version. Pricing is amazing.

redthunda69 said:
Selling my S3 tonight for 435$ and ordering it as soon as it's available. Amazing price, I expected 450$-500$.
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Selling my S3 as well to get this, I'll wait a little longer to sell it though.
Where did you sell it for that huge price?!

No LTE is a dealbreaker.

Reviewers said:
Selling my S3 as well to get this, I'll wait a little longer to sell it though.
Where did you sell it for that huge price?!
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Craigslist! I have a case, car dock, and extra back cover. I thought it was a decent deal for us both.

I only have the phone, charger and box.
How much do you think I'm selling mine for? I think $350 but not sure.

bostonirishguy13 said:
No LTE is a dealbreaker.
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Looks like I will probably go with the Optimus G, same phone with LTE. I can always run custom roms to get a near stock experience.

Reviewers said:
I only have the phone, charger and box.
How much do you think I'm selling mine for? I think $350 but not sure.
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I think that'd be a super quick sale, but I feel it's a little low. I'd AT LEAST bump to 375$.

Yeah, finally. I'm waiting for it since I heared the first rumors.
I still would prefer a 32GB version, but I can life with 16GB.
The price is unbelievable, and I'm going to order one as soon as possible.
nmoline said:
I can always run custom roms to get a near stock experience.
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No you can't. Locked bootloader

Selling my G2x so I can purchase this. Can't wait.

Hidden92 said:
Yeah, finally. I'm waiting for it since I heared the first rumors.
I still would prefer a 32GB version, but I can life with 16GB.
The price is unbelievable, and I'm going to order one as soon as possible.
No you can't. Locked bootloader
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Haha they got em!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=66-4uMQqerA#!
Seriously watch this video when you have the free time. If you are not a fan of the new Nexus 4 phone or new Tablet, you are just not a tech nerd. Go get a flip phone.
The Nexus 4 is the sh!t LOL I am such a Nexus dork

I'm planning on getting the 8 Gb version as a Christmas gift for my wife. She's been stuck on a Samsung Captivate for way too long.
With the ultra low price tag for the 4 the used market for the Gnex is going to drop like a rock so I might pick up a used one

Yep! At the price I'll be ripping Googles arm off.

Anyone know when they are going to start taking preorders?

Oh man, I'm just waiting for some place to buy it from here in Poland. Probably gonna have to import it from UK, but who cares!

Size?
Phone looks good. Anybody know what actual dimensions are? (NOt just looking for screen size, that's 4.7").

Size: 133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1mm
Weight: 139g

What to do. LTE seems like a killer. As much as I stream video and music from the cloud, it seems silly not to have LTE.

How can I change to the Nexus 6?

How can I change to the N6? I'm on T-Mobile and just bought the Note 4 1 week ago. I still have 1 more week to return it. And after that 1 week, there's still 10 more days until the Nexus 6 comes out on T-Mobile.
I could just return the Note 4 next Friday, get another phone, and return it the day the Nexus 6 comes out, but there's a $50 restock fee. So, what ideas do you guys have?
I already sold the phone I had before the Note 4.
I really like it, but TouchWiz ruins the phone for me. It slows the phone down so much it doesn't feel like a Snapdragon 805 and 3GB of RAM. With TouchWiz, less than 1GB of RAM is available WITHOUT any apps open. And I really don't want to trip Knox for when I return the phone.

Ask your store if you can have another few weeks with Note4 until you can order the Nexus6....

Pay the damn restock fee, like a man.
You knew what you were doing buying a Note4 before the N6 announcement, accept the consequences of your choices.

Skripka said:
Pay the damn restock fee, like a man.
You knew what you were doing buying a Note4 before the N6 announcement, accept the consequences of your choices.
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Or go to Craigslist and buy cheap t mobile phone and turn in note 4 and wait for nexus

nexus6R3plicant said:
Or go to Craigslist and buy cheap t mobile phone and turn in note 4 and wait for nexus
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This is probably what I would do. It's always good to have a backup phone anyways. At least IMO.

I got the answer. I'll return the phone on Friday and get the iPhone 5s test drive for a week until the N6 comes out.

XxKINGxX2580 said:
I got the answer. I'll return the phone on Friday and get the iPhone 5s test drive or a week until the N6 comes out.
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http://swappa.com/listing/BDA299/view

where to get

hey i had a question on where i could try and find a note 4 t-mobile without buying it. i normally just look for phones on craigslist and trade some cash and my current phone, are there any other places that work like that? and as a second question is the t-mobile model's bootloader locked or no.
thanks guys.
ps. sorry if i posted in the wrong place..

I'd like to know where I can find some Note 4's without buying them also... Anyone? Come on! I only need 20 or 30. BUT I don't want to buy them. What a novel idea! :angel:

Subflex8 said:
hey i had a question on where i could try and find a note 4 t-mobile without buying it. i normally just look for phones on craigslist and trade some cash and my current phone, are there any other places that work like that? and as a second question is the t-mobile model's bootloader locked or no.
thanks guys.
ps. sorry if i posted in the wrong place..
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I can't even.

What are you really try to accomplish? Nothing is for free, as far as Craigslist, that is just asking for trouble. Tmobile note4 is not locked!

i cant afford throwing out 700$ for a new phone so i normally trade for it, like i have a galaxy s5 att model and want the note 4 so i normally just trade someone my current phone along with like 300$ in cash so its not like im asking for a place to get them for free.. jeeze im 16 but im not retarded...
i just do a complete wipe of everything first of course. regardless, don't have to be so mean about it.

Subflex8 said:
i cant afford throwing out 700$ for a new phone so i normally trade for it, like i have a galaxy s5 att model and want the note 4 so i normally just trade someone my current phone along with like 300$ in cash so its not like im asking for a place to get them for free.. jeeze im 16 but im not retarded...
i just do a complete wipe of everything first of course. regardless, don't have to be so mean about it.
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I had an s5.
Sell your s5 for 450.
Buy your note for the difference.
Its really that simple.
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Subflex8 said:
hey i had a question on where i could try and find a note 4 t-mobile without buying it. i normally just look for phones on craigslist and trade some cash and my current phone, are there any other places that work like that? and as a second question is the t-mobile model's bootloader locked or no.
thanks guys.
ps. sorry if i posted in the wrong place..
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Go to Costco and just pay sales tax of the phone, than whatever you choose to pay a month+ the EIP.
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Just save your money until you can afford.......
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Wasn't being mean. Just didn't understand your question. The Note 4 is still relatively new. Not a lot of people are going to be swapping just yet. Give it some time.

Let's not be afraid of the search button and search on google. You be amazed in what you would find.
BAD ASS NOTE 4

I have yet to see anyone else with the galaxy note 4 on the bus or the streets. I seem to be the only one. Yet their sold out in all stores? Lol. I saved up for mine and I'm paying it off in a month so I can hop on the $50 plan.
Sent from another Galaxy! Note the difference!

Note 8 Download Mode

I purchased a T-Mobile Note 8 SM-N950 Android version 7.0 & want to use it for Verizon. I've been trying to flash the verizon firmware onto this note 8 but when i try to go into download mode this happens:
https://streamable.com/1h7xs
Don't know what to do from here... I've watched videos on going into download mode in the note 8 and no one seems to be having this issue.

Oh man.. Note8 is 7.1.1 btw.
And judging by that huge bottom bezel and MTK testing menu...
You bought a fake Note8..
I'm so sorry..

DejoN10 said:
I purchased a T-Mobile Note 8 SM-N950 Android version 7.0 & want to use it for Verizon. I've been trying to flash the verizon firmware onto this note 8 but when i try to go into download mode this happens:
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Don't know what to do from here... I've watched videos on going into download mode in the note 8 and no one seems to be having this issue.
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It's fake man
Try get your money back and contact seller.

The first clue should have been the bezels, the second clue note 8 come with 7.1.1, sorry for you

How much did you pay for it ? Craig's list?
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Limeybastard said:
How much did you pay for it ? Craig's list?
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Yep, $300. I had an iPhone for a while now and decided to switch back to android. I should've done my research. It says "SM-N930P" on the back of the phone.

DejoN10 said:
Yep, $300. I had an iPhone for a while now and decided to switch back to android. I should've done my research. It says "SM-N930P" on the back of the phone.
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Currently putting a kidney up for sale to buy the iPhone X lol...

DejoN10 said:
Currently putting a kidney up for sale to buy the iPhone X lol...
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How much for the kidney? You can use "swappa" to sell it .

You bought a fake note7.

DejoN10 said:
Yep, $300. I had an iPhone for a while now and decided to switch back to android. I should've done my research. It says "SM-N930P" on the back of the phone.
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A Note 8 selling for $300 didn't ring red flags to you? You won't find anywhere that cheap right now a legit one. If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is.
Craigslist? Oh your screwed on getting money back. There's fishy people on there. Stay away from craigslist.
FB, Offerup, Letgo, ebay, etc way better. Some knock offs can go for a decent amount. See how much your fake one going for. Post online and let people know its fake. Might be able to get a decent amount of your money back. Seller should of told you regardless.

I’ve accepted my loss lol, I was too naive. I figured if anything someone was going to straight up rob me, not sell me a fake phone. I saw a few of them selling between 300-400, they were all probably scams. It sells for like $90. This knockoff can be used on T-Mobiles network? Might just donate it to someone.

DejoN10 said:
I’ve accepted my loss lol, I was too naive. I figured if anything someone was going to straight up rob me, not sell me a fake phone. I saw a few of them selling between 300-400, they were all probably scams. It sells for like $90. This knockoff can be used on T-Mobiles network? Might just donate it to someone.
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Oh well, onwards and upwards. Just put it behind you as I'm sure your already sure you already have. Good luck.
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DejoN10 said:
I’ve accepted my loss lol, I was too naive. I figured if anything someone was going to straight up rob me, not sell me a fake phone. I saw a few of them selling between 300-400, they were all probably scams. It sells for like $90. This knockoff can be used on T-Mobiles network? Might just donate it to someone.
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Don't trust people ever online that you don't know. There's always wolfs out there. Don't be a sheep. Be smart. I literally put in my mind everybody is a thief. Although I would love for someone to try to rob me with force. I will help them to hell with my glock 45.
Once again stay far away from craigslist. Yeah donate it to women batter shelter. Claim on your taxes.
I can't tell you how many times I've heard bad things about craigslist. Fake money, robbery, broke products, fake stuff, scams, etc. That site full of scum bags. Delete app and never use again use.

Nick216ohio said:
Don't trust people ever online that you don't know. There's always wolfs out there. Don't be a sheep. Be smart. I literally put in my mind everybody is a thief. Although I would love for someone to try to rob me with force. I will help them to hell with my glock 45.
Once again stay far away from craigslist. Yeah donate it to women batter shelter. Claim on your taxes.
I can't tell you how many times I've heard bad things about craigslist. Fake money, robbery, broke products, fake stuff, scams, etc. That site full of scum bags. Delete app and never use again use.
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I got G22 RTF 2 , but wouldn't use it over a phone
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Limeybastard said:
I got G22 RTF 2 , but wouldn't use it over a phone
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Nice 40. Cal. You can't go wrong with glock. Such a great gun. Definitely most reliable semi pistol hands down.