Just went by best buy to pick up a neo and they were out. I was told by the guy working at the samsung kiosk that they were discontinued. Anybody know if there is any truth to that.
Can't say it wasn't coming. All the buzz is for android wear right now and Samsung is killing off tizen(remember bada anyone?). I like my g2n watch even after using the grear live for a little while. Something about a physical button. Kinda wish there was support for porting wear to the neo as I don't want to talk to S-Voice all the time.
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I would wait for some kind of real confirmation. Dude couldve been going off a rumor or something.
With Gear S coming next month I can see this coming but as of now i would wait for something said by Samsung
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But the gear 2 neo uses Tizen...android wear Is **** compared to tizen as far as available uses..
Luckily I stopped by sams yesterday and they had a few neos left so I picked one up. I was looking online to see if it was discontinued and I saw one other person also say they heard it was discontinued and strangely they were told that by someone from best buy. I know the guy at my best buy said he was surprised when they pulled them off the shelf because they were fairly new and still sold really well.
I cam not sure I agree with tizen being killed off. Wear is nice and I might have gotten a moto 360 of the battery would even last a day, but samsung is about to launch gear s with tizen and they are getting ready to launch tizen phones.
No way is samsung killing off tizan they are just hedging there bets and backing android as well and tizan. Remember the watches from samsung have been released about every 6 months so stock of the gear 2 should now be depleted ready for the gear s to take its place.
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No way is samsung killing off tizan they are just hedging there bets and backing android as well and tizan. Remember the watches from samsung have been released about every 6 months so stock of the gear 2 should now be depleted ready for the gear s to take its place.
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Correct, also the new Gear S is Tizen as well
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Greatness83 said:
Correct, also the new Gear S is Tizan as well
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It's spelled Tizen
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It's spelled Tizen
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WOW thanks for your first post to be one to correct me, hahaha
Don't feed the trolls!
I didn't know the Gear S wasn't Android Wear. That's a bit comforting and gives me hope that our watch will still get updates. My speculation was based off blogs reporting on Samsung doing away w/ it's OS for Android.
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I've got one that I'll sell. Bought in august
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Don't feed the trolls!
I didn't know the Gear S wasn't Android Wear. That's a bit comforting and gives me hope that our watch will still get updates. My speculation was based off blogs reporting on Samsung doing away w/ it's OS for Android.
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Well hopefully they fix whatever they messed up in the last update. Not only do i not receive notifications on my Neo but the battery only lasts a day now compared to the 3 i usually get
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My Neo died. Had geek squad protection, so I threw down a few extra bucks for a moto360, as they had no Neo in stock.
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WOW thanks for your first post to be one to correct me, hahaha
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Lol i was just messing with you. I have been around here for years. Something happened to my account. They have been discontinued at best buy for sure. My best friend works for samsung and even he is shocked
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I've had the N7 for less than a day and I'm head over heels in love with it. My next phone will be a Nexus for sure.
Useless thread but I just had to share the love.
If everyone bought Nexus devices because of the prompt updates, it would kick other manufacturers into investing in larger software development teams to deliver updates ontime.
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I've had the N7 for less than a day and I'm head over heels in love with it. My next phone will be a Nexus for sure.
Useless thread but I just had to share the love.
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As long as there is a choice I will always go for a Nexus, can't be bothered with manufacturers' customisations and carrier restrictions. Whether the Nexus or similar concept will go on indefinitely is another matter.
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Whether the Nexus or similar concept will go on indefinitely is another matter.
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Any reason why it wouldn't? Aren't they supposed to come out with multiple Nexus phones sometime at the end of this year?
Many people have felt this way for a while now. Welcome to the club! I laugh at people when i get asked "are you getting the galaxy s3?" I did make the mistake of getting the Verizon nexus, but i paid the etf and bought the gsm unlocked nexus. Now I'm back to our Google and my n7 is on its way. Google shipped it yesterday!
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Any reason why it wouldn't? Aren't they supposed to come out with multiple Nexus phones sometime at the end of this year?
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If profits at Google fall at some point they may take resources away from the hardware side and concentrate on the software side. Wouldn't like to see that happen but can't be discounted.
If, as seems likely, the Nexus 7 becomes the top-selling Android tablet other manufacturers may decide to withdraw from the sector as they can't compete against a company using consumable sales profits in the Play Store to effectively subsidise their manufacturing costs. Alternatively there could be some form of unfair competition or monopoly complaint. Hope not but wouldn't rule it out.
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I've had the N7 for less than a day and I'm head over heels in love with it. My next phone will be a Nexus for sure.
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seriously.. you really make me envy.. i hope i could have it soon enough..
That it runs stock standard un-bastardised Android is almost at the top of my list of benefits beaten only by screen quality and weight.
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I've had the N7 for less than a day and I'm head over heels in love with it. My next phone will be a Nexus for sure.
Useless thread but I just had to share the love.
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Lol I love this little device solo much that I bought a Mifi and am gonna try to use this as my phone replacement along with Google voice
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Same here I'll never get another android phone besides the next nexus... I bought a Galaxy Note and it took Samsung almost 5months to get ICS which to me is still buggy as hell. I'm Glad I kept my Galaxy
Nexus... I took my gnex out of the box just because of jelly bean, the thing is like a brand new phone! So I had no choice to get the matching tablet!
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I feel the same way now. I'd like to get one that works with my VZW account but I don't trust buying one through VZW.
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That it runs stock standard un-bastardised Android is almost at the top of my list of benefits beaten only by screen quality and weight.
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Amen to that brotha. I'm loving the nexus7 stock android, and the next phone will be a Gnex.
this kind of posts kinda urges me to buy m7 immediately even more..
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Lol I love this little device solo much that I bought a Mifi and am gonna try to use this as my phone replacement along with Google voice
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So... You are gonna use a 7 inch device as a phone? Kinda extreme
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My first super phone was the Atrix 4g waited forever for gingerbread.... was super extra pissed ! Flushed it down the toilet purchased a gsm nexus now life is goooooooooood!
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I've had the N7 for less than a day and I'm head over heels in love with it. My next phone will be a Nexus for sure.
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Seriously, thank you for this.
I was worried when I first came on the Nexus sub-forum, that there was a lot of negativity and issues. And granted there are bad experiences with every first run of any product.... but this is the first phone/media device purchase that I have actually been fairly content with it out of the box. My phone (Samsung Vibrant) I have gotten tired the last few months of flashing it weekly since I bought it.
Of course, I am bound to run into things, but I felt the same way clankfu
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Many people have felt this way for a while now. Welcome to the club! I laugh at people when i get asked "are you getting the galaxy s3?" I did make the mistake of getting the Verizon nexus, but i paid the etf and bought the gsm unlocked nexus. Now I'm back to our Google and my n7 is on its way. Google shipped it yesterday!
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Housry! Sup buddy? Haven't seen you since the Evo 3D days (or cm7 nightmares). I had the Verizon Nexus and loved the hell out of it. I have the GSIII now and also love it. Got my N7 yesterday and love that too lol.
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The solution for the OEMS is to keep stock jellybean! To differentiate, include new or different hardware or form factor etc. Then put exclusive apps or features that don't require a change of the system. You could have the play store check for something unique to allow the product download or something. That way there would be no problem keeping it current.
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The solution for the OEMS is to keep stock jellybean! To differentiate, include new or different hardware or form factor etc. Then put exclusive apps or features that don't require a change of the system. You could have the play store check for something unique to allow the product download or something. That way there would be no problem keeping it current.
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I don't see why HTC couldn't do that with their HTC Sense. It's essentially a launcher.
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_suggested_to_release_the_galaxy_s5_in_january-news-6955.php
yes we all read that earlier
your a slow rss
Wild guesses thats all ... plus releasing a phone just after holiday season ... nah you don't need to be an expert to understand that this is a wrong move ... especially for flagship phone ...
Might as well give our s4's away not even a year before the new gs5 comes out. What load of crap! Goodbye Samsung support for the gs4
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This is 100% NOT going to happen.
Stupid rumors.
End of story.
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This is 100% NOT going to happen.
Stupid rumors.
End of story.
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Sony has released the successor of Xperia Z...in a 7 months period.
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Sony has released the successor of Xperia Z...in a 7 months period.
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That's Sony. HTC is doing same, but not Samsung.
I mean would be completely stupid to do so, like someone else said , after new year? c'mon, worst time ever.
Plus they would kill the S4 and Note 3 sales completely.
Might be true. I might be even interested, if they plan to do a decent exchange offer for the S4. Frak, I spent 600 bucks just couple of months ago....!
Lol and then S4 will be abandoned (?)
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Lol, i wonder if samsung could be that stupid
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Makes perfect sense. S4 sales are not meeting Samsung's expectations. So they want to introduce new phone.
Also isn't S4 was announced 10 months after S3. And same thing happening here. They are announcing S5 ten months after S4.
S3 was announced in May 2012 and S4 was announced in March 2013. Which makes S5 announcement near January 2014.
Samsung going to mess again... with its SoC Lol
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If they do abandon it, let's say completely, don't forget the level of talent and the amazing work that is being done and will be done here on XDA! Let's not be hysterical here yet.
They need to step up their customer support but we need to be level headed and cool about things also.
We'll have kitkat, and who knows what happens after that!
And remember, even if samsung vanished overnight, you'll still have a lovely phone with a beautiful screen and lots of great apps to use!
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So if that's the case, looks like we will see S5 and S6 both in same year.
This is bull$hit
Samsung is going on the wrong way...
I was really excited about the new sgs5.. but I think I will sell my s4 to get the Nexus 5.
Too many headaches recently
I do not know what this stupid policy, but Samsung from bad to worse. Samsung company that wants only money
how come? the S4 really sucks, i mean the battery life etc., i think samsung need a saver to beat rivals
Dean-xXx said:
This is 100% NOT going to happen.
Stupid rumors.
End of story.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334012
Please if possible, Use this thread ^ ^ .
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Wrong forum, wrong sub forum, wrong everything really..
Do u reckon im too young for the gear
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Not if you or your parents can afford it and you have a compatible samsung phone.
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My son is 10 years old, and he is SURE that he is ready for the gear watch..
But more seriously - if You can afford it, and if You generally care about things - to keep it in the good shape - why not
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My son is 10 years old, and he is SURE that he is ready for the gear watch..
But more seriously - if You can afford it, and if You generally care about things - to keep it in the good shape - why not
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On a 10 year old son, I would rather save that money in this economy for a necessity and not a Gear watch.
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Mr Ian B said:
On a 10 year old son, I would rather save that money in this economy for a necessity and not a Gear watch.
Ian B
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It's not the age, it's the mentality. Some 10 yr olds are ready for something like that. As technology grows, so do we. Heck, I had a Casio watch when I was young, it was the new hotness at the time. The Gear is no different. If the kid is able to have a compatible phone, he's able to have the Gear.
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It's not the age, it's the mentality. Some 10 yr olds are ready for something like that. As technology grows, so do we. Heck, I had a Casio watch when I was young, it was the new hotness at the time. The Gear is no different. If the kid is able to have a compatible phone, he's able to have the Gear.
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I see your point but, all I am saying is that just cause you can does not mean you should. Again, in this economy unless you have plenty of expendable cash, I would not recommended.
It's all about parenting and since it's someone else's child, they should make the decision and not be asking in this forum if they should or not.
Either way, good luck.
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Do u reckon im too young for the gear
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As the others said. If you can get it, if you have a compatible phone, and if you feel like you can take good care of it - go for it.
I'm 16 myself, but damn, the way I treat my Casio G-Shock watch, I don't think the Gear is the right thing for me. Just make sure if you get it, you take good care of it... The Gear isn't a shock-resistant G-shock.
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U rekon i should get a g shock instead
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halaletarian said:
U rekon i should get a g shock instead
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That's a case of having either a smartwatch that works with your phone to bring notifications or having a normal watch that tells the time and does an alarm and a stopwatch.
If you want a watch just for telling time, it'd be a better idea buying a standard watch, ith batteries that can last for a good few years.
If you want the smart functions though, go for the Gear.
But seeing as this is the Gear vs a standard watch, its not really a comparison...
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Since you asked... for a 16 year old... I'd highly recommend the Casio Pathfinder Series ... besides looking over the top cool they last forever, provide a lot of functionality don't have to worry about breaking... Just a lot of style plus stuff like temperature, altimeter, satellite time setting, compass and solar charging... no plug in required.
Ha, u can tell I'm a big time g shock Pathfinder fan... And it doesn't need an attached smartphone.
The Gear is top notch quality (yes I actually owned one before returning it) and if you do get one you'd like it. Can't go wrong either way.
I returned my GEAR simply because I didn't think it was rugged enough for me. I love smart watches but was looking for something similar to my previous Motoactv watch which could do mp3s, gps, running, biking, and was great for golfing and even synced with my old s3.
Hopefully the next version of GEAR will be more rugged.
If I were sixteen I'd worry about damaging the Super sweet GEAR... Thus I'd recommend a rugged Pathfinder.
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Since you asked... for a 16 year old... I'd highly recommend the Casio Pathfinder Series ... besides looking over the top cool they last forever, provide a lot of functionality don't have to worry about breaking... Just a lot of style plus stuff like temperature, altimeter, satellite time setting, compass and solar charging... no plug in required.
Ha, u can tell I'm a big time g shock Pathfinder fan... And it doesn't need an attached smartphone.
The Gear is top notch quality (yes I actually owned one before returning it) and if you do get one you'd like it. Can't go wrong either way.
I returned my GEAR simply because I didn't think it was rugged enough for me. I love smart watches but was looking for something similar to my previous Motoactv watch which could do mp3s, gps, running, biking, and was great for golfing and even synced with my old s3.
Hopefully the next version of GEAR will be more rugged.
If I were sixteen I'd worry about damaging the Super sweet GEAR... Thus I'd recommend a rugged Pathfinder.
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I agree, I have a tough solar G-shock and I love that thing. It's my end of the world watch. But if you can afford it, I think the Gear is pretty great.
Well, I'm also sixteen and I never take my Gear off (wear it to school, at home, etc). I highly recommend it to those who seek interest in it, however, I'm a programmer and find more uses for it than just telling time. If you want it and will find it useful, get it!
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Well, I'm also sixteen and I never take my Gear off (wear it to school, at home, etc). I highly recommend it to those who seek interest in it, however, I'm a programmer and find more uses for it than just telling time. If you want it and will find it useful, get it!
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Im 15 and have the Gear watch. I love it and take rly good care of it. The only complaint I have is that its kinds big on my wrists (since Im female). Im def not a programmer but love the watch ne now! So... Mr. Developer if u have ne thing cool for my watch let me know!
So I was in bestbuy today checking out a few cases and the galaxy gear in the new samsung section that they have and the samsung rep was telling me that we are getting kitkat in 2 to 3 months. I honestly dont know if this is true or not but I wanted to post and ask if anyone else has heard anything like that.
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1) Never listen to any BestBuy Employee
2) KitKat 4.4 has been confirmed for the i-9500 [maybe i9505 same time] with a January time frame.
Warboy said:
1) Never listen to any BestBuy Employee
2) KitKat 4.4 has been confirmed for the i-9500 [maybe i9505 same time] with a January time frame.
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Well, being the end of November, January is only just more than a month away
Probably february..Right now stock rooted mja with wifi fix. Everything good..
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Unconfirmed leaks on other sites have it pegged for carrier release in January. Plus time for them to add their BS and we're looking at late February at the earliest.
But don't get too excited about it. The devices that have received it are all missing various features. Some don't have the transparent navigation bar, nobody's getting the Experience Launcher, etc. Makes it sound more like an incremental update than anything groundbreaking.
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Expect a wait as always for updates, but you never really know an exact date this early on :/
Yea I would rather the update come at a later date and be packed with kitkat goodies rather than thrown together and not get the true kitkat experience
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mderuelle said:
Yea I would rather the update come at a later date and be packed with kitkat goodies rather than thrown together and not get the true kitkat experience
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You do realize it's not gonna be a "true KitKat experience" because we don't have a Nexus device, and Samsung will throw their "stuff" over pure vanilla Android (KitKat).
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You do realize it's not gonna be a "true KitKat experience" because we don't have a Nexus device, and Samsung will throw their "stuff" over pure vanilla Android (KitKat).
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This is what has me excited. Pure vanilla Android is ugly and devoid of features. Adding Samsung's features is what makes Android at this point. Looking at KiKat on a nexus has me patiently waiting for KitKat to drop on my S4 with all the Samsung additives. Thanks God for the additives.
And Samsung reps are not BestBuy employees. At least that's how I understand it. They do not work for BestBuy but Samsung.
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And Samsung reps are not BestBuy employees. At least that's how I understand it. They do not work for BestBuy but Samsung.
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That may be true. But the chances of them knowing their ass from a hole in the wall are still zero.
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I am a Low Voltage Technician and Merchandising Specialist (during downtimes from remodels) for Best Buy, came from Computers and Wireless/BBY Mobile. I use a cheat sheet, but I can tell my ass from a hole in the wall.
Oh, I've also never had a problem staying up to date on current device and technology offerings. Though I'm not sure of the correlation.
Samsung Specialists do, indeed, work for Samsung, they are not ours. Similar to Apple Solutions Consultants.
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I am a Low Voltage Technician and Merchandising Specialist (during downtimes from remodels) for Best Buy, came from Computers and Wireless/BBY Mobile. I use a cheat sheet, but I can tell my ass from a hole in the wall.
Oh, I've also never had a problem staying up to date on current device and technology offerings. Though I'm not sure of the correlation.
Samsung Specialists do, indeed, work for Samsung, they are not ours. Similar to Apple Solutions Consultants.
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An excellent comeback sir :good:
This is a good sign.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/5...oogle-playedition-android44-kitkat-update.htm
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This is a good sign.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/5...oogle-playedition-android44-kitkat-update.htm
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Not really. GPe editions have nothing to do with carrier phones. Be nice if we could flash a GPe rom on our phones though.
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That may be true. But the chances of them knowing their ass from a hole in the wall are still zero.
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I could say the same for 90% of the people on these forums. A hand full of people actually know how to use the phone and the rest just ride the "struggle bus"™ all day.
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I could say the same for 90% of the people on these forums. A hand full of people actually know how to use the phone and the rest just ride the "struggle bus"™ all day.
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True. But the vast majority of users here don't get paid to sell electronics. Too many Sprint, Samsung, Verizon, Best Buy, Radio Shack, etc, etc "reps" don't know much about the products they sell.
Ever go to one of those places and know more about their products than they do? Most frustrating thing ever. If they don't know about their own products, how the heck are they going to know about OTA dates?
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Ever go to one of those places and know more about their products than they do? Most frustrating thing ever. If they don't know about their own products, how the heck are they going to know about OTA dates?
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It's more like, have you ever gone into one of those places and not known more than they do? I've yet to find any best buy or sprint store employee that knew more than me.
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Good on ya!
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I am a Low Voltage Technician and Merchandising Specialist (during downtimes from remodels) for Best Buy, came from Computers and Wireless/BBY Mobile. I use a cheat sheet, but I can tell my ass from a hole in the wall.
Oh, I've also never had a problem staying up to date on current device and technology offerings. Though I'm not sure of the correlation.
Samsung Specialists do, indeed, work for Samsung, they are not ours. Similar to Apple Solutions Consultants.
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Bravo!! Clearly you received the revised cheat sheet.
Do you have a link on how to root sprint version with 4.3 official ota
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kegar said:
Do you have a link on how to root sprint version with 4.3 official ota
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Here you go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47100455
Reminder a little search will get you what you need..
GS4 Stock Rooted MJA 4.3,Philz Touch CWM,HotSpot Mod,Transparent Weather Widget...
It will probably take longer for vzw versions, but at least we know the order it is being released as well as approximate time.
Wonderful, us VZW guys aren't even on the list. Thanks Obama
I guess there is no love for the Galaxy Note Pro. At least my S6 Edge is getting it.
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I guess there is no love for the Galaxy Note Pro. At least my S6 Edge is getting it.
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I feel ya, I have a Galaxy Tab S 10.5.
Is the UK the same?
Sooooooo any updates on this?
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Sooooooo any updates on this?
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I haven't seen anything further. But I did install the free Marshmallow theme from the theme store.
One of my friends received Android 6.0 on his Boost Mobile LG Stylo today. Not bad for a $179 phone!
i see marshmallow has been out for a bit now for the s6 edge. how is there no tar for those of us who would like to try it out?
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It has not been released by Verizon yet.
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i see marshmallow has been out for a bit now for the s6 edge. how is there no tar for those of us who would like to try it out?
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Google does the update and then sends it to Samsung for testing. IF Samsung decides the update is worthy and fits into their business plan for the life of the phone, they will test the update and correct things that are specific to the S6. IF that is completed then they send the update to Verizon, who in turn, decides if it fits in their business plan and the planned end of life for the product. If Verizon decides to pass it along then they update the code with their specifics and then they release it to the phones.
All of that has to go good before we knaves might see an update.
Unfortunately Android updates and timeline does not fit into the end of life plans for phones by the carriers. That is why we usually only get one or two updates.
Just saw this while searching online tonight.
http://www.mobipicker.com/galaxy-s6-s6-edge-s6-edge-s5-note5-note-4-android-marshmallow-update/
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It is no February 1st no Marshmellow
You guys know it's Marshmallow... with an A, not an E... right? Seems like something spell check should have warned you of...
Don't suppose anyone's heard anything for us VZW guys in terms of getting any updates, have they? About to list my phone on swappa and try to get something else... Not having root access or the ability to even really play with my phone is making this phone kinda boring to me. That and i'm not as much of a fan of the edge screen as I thought i'd be
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Don't suppose anyone's heard anything for us VZW guys in terms of getting any updates, have they? About to list my phone on swappa and try to get something else... Not having root access or the ability to even really play with my phone is making this phone kinda boring to me. That and i'm not as much of a fan of the edge screen as I thought i'd be
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If you do get a new phone I strongly suggest you get the Nexus 6. A bunch of support and you can unlock the boot loader and get any ROM you want it's awesome. I've been loving mine!
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If you do get a new phone I strongly suggest you get the Nexus 6. A bunch of support and you can unlock the boot loader and get any ROM you want it's awesome. I've been loving mine!
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Yeah it's a catch between the nexus 6 and the turbo 2 if I decide to move away. The turbo 2 in terms of hardware is slightly superior, but unfortunately it seems like it's suffering the same fate as my current phone
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spadz93 said:
Yeah it's a catch between the nexus 6 and the turbo 2 if I decide to move away. The turbo 2 in terms of hardware is slightly superior, but unfortunately it seems like it's suffering the same fate as my current phone
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Yeah so I've heard. Definitely would recommend the Nexus 6 as I'm using it right now and its amazing but its your choice. Price wise its pretty cheap too. Got mine for $225 on swappa
Starting to roll out from Samsung. Verizon will likely take forever to send it out though....
Another bit of a tease http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/16/samsung_starts_marshmallow_upgrades/