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Would you buy it again?

Ok guys, here's my "delimma". I have an upgrade available to me. I've been wanting a gs2 since it came out in Europe. I had every intention of getting this within the first week it came out on tmo. BUT, reading about all the issues with lines on the screen, resolution, etc, I'm skeptical. It's basically going to be this phone or I'll cancel my line (I'm on a family line). I havent had a chance to play with one in person yet. So, in the meantime, I'm trying to gather opinions on the phone.
With all that being said, if you had a chance to relive Wednesday or whatever day you bought the gs2, would you buy it again?
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jburnette87 said:
Ok guys, here's my "delimma". I have an upgrade available to me. I've been wanting a gs2 since it came out in Europe. I had every intention of getting this within the first week it came out on tmo. BUT, reading about all the issues with lines on the screen, resolution, etc, I'm skeptical. It's basically going to be this phone or I'll cancel my line (I'm on a family line). I havent had a chance to play with one in person yet. So, in the meantime, I'm trying to gather opinions on the phone.
With all that being said, if you had a chance to relive Wednesday or whatever day you bought the gs2, would you buy it again?
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My phone is flawless and works perfect. I got mine through one of my partnerships shipped for around $200 while Tmobile its asking for almost $300. Pm me
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Yes I would

i dont have the access to another carrier and this phone is the best tmobil has so of course i got the best and i love it!!

Yes i would .Coming from vibrant running cm7 . Love this Damn thing

Definitely. My Iphone 4 got stolen two days ago, and yesterday I picked up this phone. Didn't even consider a 4S. Done with Apple and ready to get back into xda and the root world Tmo's 4G is amazing too.

i try to buy Samsung phones only. Samsung phones are slim and lightweight!
the lighter the phone, the more comfortable holding in hand!
the others is (H)eavy (Thick) (Craps) !

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(H)eavy (Thick) (Craps) !
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Haha couldn't have said it better.
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yup! I love the phone. More so then the G2X.

I would for sure. I think it's the best phone on T-Mobile and T-Mobile is the cheapest out of the major wireless providers for me.

I am eligible for an upgrade to my iPhone 3GS from AT&T. Picked up a Galaxy S II and ported my number over to TMO. Almost everything about this phone is better than my old iPhone. Couldn't be happier. Oh, and I'm paying less for my plan, too!

Yep, I can relate to some. I tried the epic 4g touch version on sprint. If I could swap the internals with that it would be more awesome. As it stands though, once root is here and I can tether I'll be stoked. As of right now I'm happy with it. It feels solid and has a professional look and feel to it.
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j0hnZ said:
Yep, I can relate to some. I tried the epic 4g touch version on sprint. If I could swap the internals with that it would be more awesome. As it stands though, once root is here and I can tether I'll be stoked. As of right now I'm happy with it. It feels solid and has a professional look and feel to it.
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Why is everyone saying they cant tether? I was tethering today
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Thanks for the input so far guys. Makes me feel like it is a great phone, worthy of a 2yr contract. keep the opinions coming.
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kennyp987 said:
Why is everyone saying they cant tether? I was tethering today
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Probably because they can't...why does everyone keep thinking that because it doesn't happen to them that it doesn't exist?
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kennyp987 said:
Why is everyone saying they cant tether? I was tethering today
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How did you manage that? I tried tethering today and the T-Mobile page showed up saying I had to get a tethering plan.

jburnette87 said:
Ok guys, here's my "delimma". I have an upgrade available to me. I've been wanting a gs2 since it came out in Europe. I had every intention of getting this within the first week it came out on tmo. BUT, reading about all the issues with lines on the screen, resolution, etc, I'm skeptical. It's basically going to be this phone or I'll cancel my line (I'm on a family line). I havent had a chance to play with one in person yet. So, in the meantime, I'm trying to gather opinions on the phone.
With all that being said, if you had a chance to relive Wednesday or whatever day you bought the gs2, would you buy it again?
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I'm going to give it a try again. The SGS2 was the phone I wanted from the git go. Sounds like the ones with the least amount of problems are the 9/28 boxes.
I'm going to give it one more chance tomorrow after I get off of work and I'll keep it over the weekend. I honestly really want to love the SGS2.
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I just used easytether on the market and tethered.

I would by it again times 10. It's an awesome phone.

Happy to say I took back the amaze and looked.at two 9/28's in a back room watching a dark movie off the SD with the lights off. no lines at all even with zero brightness
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[Q] Will Verizon have holiday deals?

Maybe the razr or nexus with free accessories, our 50 dollar price drop,I mean something has to go down right?
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Maybe on black friday? If not Verizon, I'm sure someone will have a deal. Other than that, I'm guessing the prices will remain the same throughout the first month. Costco always gives away free accessories and discounts, but I don't know if you have a membership.

The thing is that I have to upgrade through Verizon.there the only ones that do the 1 year early upgrades
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The double data is the black friday/ holiday deal. Up to 10g u get double with purchase of a 4g device...I have unlimited with at&t but might switch for 20gigs of data...I use at the most 16gig in a month...
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juanzr1 said:
The thing is that I have to upgrade through Verizon.there the only ones that do the 1 year early upgrades
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Might want to double check that... my understanding of their new plans is they got rid of New Every 2 back in January, and in April-ish got rid of 1 year contracts. It's either 2 year subsidized price, or full retail.
Tapatalk Pro Sig. Yep, boring.

Nope I still have my early upgrade waiting, Verizon rep told me and it says it on my Verizon.
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Galaxy nexus sprint

He'llo, I got a Samsung Epic 4G Touch, not a even a month yet. (on sprint) (on contract)
And I was just wondering if their is any way if I can return the phone and then get a phone on sprint off contract (a cheapo dumb phone) till the galaxy nexus comes out. Is that possible or anything like that?

Depends on how long Sprint's return policy is.

1 month
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If they give you your upgrade back, I don't see why not.
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1 month. I loved my EpicTouch4G for the record, but the GN blows it away.

Yeah I don't see why not you would just have to buy the temp phone off contract or go back to using the one you were before. Just make sure you get your upgrade back

hate to tell you guys this but sprint changed their return policy on 9/16 now its 14 days
http://www.sprint.com/landings/returns/

T-Mobile SIII for $99

SIII 16 GB for $99 and 32 GB for $149 with mail in rebate on T Mobile website
http://galaxy-s.t-mobile.com/samsung-galaxy-s3
Go grab it guys.

shadabt said:
SIII 16 GB for $99 and 32 GB for $149 with mail in rebate on T Mobile website
http://galaxy-s.t-mobile.com/samsung-galaxy-s3
Go grab it guys.
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Wth.. I just bought it 3 weeks ago for $330 (with included $50 mail in rebate) *sighs*

Upgrade not included, right?
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I think the $99 is for those on value plan and they get that money back via rebate but they still pay 20 a month for the phone for 2 yrs
Edit: never mind looks like the deal is also for classic plan if ur new customer, anyone know if it applies for upgrade as well?
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otariq said:
I think the $99 is for those on value plan and they get that money back via rebate but they still pay 20 a month for the phone for 2 yrs
Edit: never mind looks like the deal is also for classic plan if ur new customer, anyone know if it applies for upgrade as well?
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I spoke to two CSRs today. This is only available to those adding a new line of service. Bummer...

I tried on Fri. Its only for new customers or adding line but since I ve been with thtm for 4 years I got it for the 279+50 rebate plus they cancelled my next month bill so I got a free month of service:
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That's one thing that frustrates me about T-Mobile. They're ALWAYS doing amazing deals for new customers but never do much of anything for existing customers. I want to upgrade my wife's line and I can get a cheap standard flip phone for free or pay $100 for an old outdated MyTouch Q (which seems like an absolute waste of using an upgrade) or pay ~$300 for a SGS3 for her.

jbreeze228 said:
Wth.. I just bought it 3 weeks ago for $330 (with included $50 mail in rebate) *sighs*
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Same here. -.-
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uoY_redruM said:
That's one thing that frustrates me about T-Mobile. They're ALWAYS doing amazing deals for new customers but never do much of anything for existing customers. I want to upgrade my wife's line and I can get a cheap standard flip phone for free or pay $100 for an old outdated MyTouch Q (which seems like an absolute waste of using an upgrade) or pay ~$300 for a SGS3 for her.
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I've been with T-Mobile for 10 years and they have been fantastic. They offered me the 10gb data plan with mobile hotspot for $30 a month today. I'm still thinking about it, I have the new truly unlimited for $30 a month right now. I'm 10 days outside the 14 days you have to get the insurance and the customer service representative told me that today but still gave me the insurance for being a premium customer.
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jbreeze228 said:
I've been with T-Mobile for 10 years and they have been fantastic. They offered me the 10gb data plan with mobile hotspot for $30 a month today. I'm still thinking about it, I have the new truly unlimited for $30 a month right now. I'm 10 days outside the 14 days you have to get the insurance and the customer service representative told me that today but still gave me the insurance for being a premium customer.
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I've been with them since the beginning too and I have to say they take care of their long term customers. I took that same deal your talking about, worth it trust me. I never go over the 10gbs and I get what they promise.
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Orical said:
I've been with them since the beginning too and I have to say they take care of their long term customers. I took that same deal your talking about, worth it trust me. I never go over the 10gbs and I get what they promise.
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I'm soo thinking about calling them back about that deal. They said there only offering it for a short amount of time for premium customers. I hit 7gb last month. I just like knowing that I have unlimited data. Can we not tether like we could with the S II? I member all I did was delete tethering provision and it worked. But they did say with the truly unlimited plan tethering is not allowed.
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jbreeze228 said:
Wth.. I just bought it 3 weeks ago for $330 (with included $50 mail in rebate) *sighs*
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me too man... Oh well, I LOVE THIS PHONE :good:

I just added a second line to my account last Wed, and i got the S3. Friday i see the deal online and am pretty pissed that i just paid $348 for the phone and not 2 days later its $99. I call them and get tossed around all weekend and no help on being compensated for the difference. The only thing they said i could do was to send it back wait for the return process to go through, then buy a third line for that price. Complete Bull**** that they cant just credit me the difference(not including the rebate). The return process itself would take a week i was told, so i would be without a phone for 1-2 weeks. I am just shocked at their process for this. I love the S3 that i have, but come on.

jbreeze228 said:
I'm soo thinking about calling them back about that deal. They said there only offering it for a short amount of time for premium customers. I hit 7gb last month. I just like knowing that I have unlimited data. Can we not tether like we could with the S II? I member all I did was delete tethering provision and it worked. But they did say with the truly unlimited plan tethering is not allowed.
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The main monitoring occurs on the network not the device level. Essentially they are monitoring the user agent of the outgoing traffic.
One easy way to circumvent their tethering blockage is to use a 3rd party tethering app and change your user agent on your internet browser to android or iPad/iPhone. Both Chrome and Firefox have extensions that easily let you change your user agent.
Confirmed working for me on the unlimited 4G plan using Chrome and WiFi tether.

179.99
It's worth noting for those who don't know that Bestbuy sells an upgrade to t-mobile customers for $179.99

Djapatos said:
I tried on Fri. Its only for new customers or adding line but since I ve been with thtm for 4 years I got it for the 279+50 rebate plus they cancelled my next month bill so I got a free month of service:
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Friday? Doesn't T-mobile run the same sales nationwide? I went in Friday and got the 16GB for $149 and got a $149 mail in rebate. Have to pay $40 tax(they tac the full price of the phone) but that's still just $40 for it.

I am pretty sure its only an online deal only... cause when I found out I couldnt get the 99 deal on mytmobile.com i called them and that's when I got the loyalty deal
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Just ordered a white 32gb for my sister shieet 150$ you cannot beat that deal with a spiked bat.
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Sucks so much anus.....paid 371 with 50 mail in rebate. Not even 3 weeks ago....
Oh well, wish happens.
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Just got my s3 today. Original csr I spoke with tried to sell me it for 329 with 50 rebate I asked to speak to the loyalty department(I been with them 10+ years) the ended up giving it to me for 179.99 with the 50 rebate and a 200 account credit, took 15 off my monthly bill and included unlimited data plan!
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Using an original Iphone to get Unlimited data through Itunes - still work?

Just wondering whether that trick was still around or not.

No, i don't think it does

That loophole closed a looooooooong time ago. That's how I got my unlimited back. Atrix days. miss that bad boy.
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No, I tried it last month. But after a few hours on the phone with AT&T got 100$ credit to my account.