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Just got Official info on Verizon Galaxy Nexus (Date, Marketing, and accessories)!!

Went into a Verizon corporate store in NYC for an unrelated issue today (troubles with my Bionic) and while I was there I had a talk with one of the managers. I was able to convince him to sell me the official Verizon Galaxy Nexus Shell/Holster combo case early. He also showed me two other cases (one silicone and one high gloss) and said that there will also be screen protectors, batteries, and a dock although they don't have them in stock yet.
But more importantly I asked him for info about the release date after I purchased the case. He told me that literally a few minutes before I came in he received and was reading a notice from Verizon HQ that the official date has been set as of this morning and confirmed for December 8th. He stated that it will be available for purchase online and in all stores as of that date. He also went on to say that Verizon has planned a marketing campaign for the Galaxy Nexus starting this Friday (expect to see plenty of ads soon). I was also able to get confirmation from him that the phone will come with the My Verizon Mobile app and one other Verizon essential app preinstalled. Unfortunately, this is all he was allowed to disclose to me without "getting himself in trouble" but I would say that's pretty nice of him to confirm this. I hope you guys find this info useful. Here is a pic of the case below:
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We all knew this 2 days ago. But thanks
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so you overpaid for some Verizon accessories? Don't brag that hard.
good to get more confirmation of the December 8 launch tho.

martonikaj said:
so you overpaid for some Verizon accessories? Don't brag that hard.
good to get more confirmation of the December 8 launch tho.
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How do you know how much he Payed he didn't post the amount. No need to be a douchbag he is just sharing. You know since this is a community forum.
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BiGMERF said:
We all knew this 2 days ago. But thanks
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Well granted a lot of this is not new information but at least people can now relax that we have confirmation. That's kind of what most of the craziness has been about lately with all this mixed information floating around.
martonikaj said:
so you overpaid for some Verizon accessories? Don't brag that hard.
good to get more confirmation of the December 8 launch tho.
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Nope he sold it the same price it's going to retail for when it comes out. $29.99 before tax.

I'll be in Europe by December 5th, looks like I'll be getting the GSM Galaxy Nexus.

open1your1eyes0 said:
he sold it the same price it's going to retail for when it comes out. $29.99 before tax.
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ya. That was the joke, carriers overcharge for accessories lol.
good to get confirmation of the naming on Verizon tho

This forum has become overly aggressive. Everybody calm the hell down. Plenty of people are appreciative that this date can now be taken as confirmed.
His accessory comment wasn't bragging, it was just a comment in passing. He was telling a story.
Flame on.

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First, stop being a douchebag to everybody. Nobody laughs at it and it makes you look like an uneducated brute.
Secondly, thank you OP for filling in the forum. Whether it's true or not will still have to be seen, as many other Verizon employees still say they have no clue, but it's still nice of you to tell everyone what you know...especially with the hostility on this forum, as of late.
Guess this works out for me...my credit card cycle recycles on the 7th and I had to buy $1000 of tires and $1000 of Christmas gifts this month. Guess this is God's way of telling me to save some money!

I hope this is really the date, I heard this also, as many of you. If course it would be nice to have it sooner but, if not; it's nice to have an actual date.

hotleadsingerguy said:
First, stop being a douchebag to everybody. Nobody laughs at it and it makes you look like an uneducated brute.
Secondly, thank you OP for filling in the forum. Whether it's true or not will still have to be seen, as many other Verizon employees still say they have no clue, but it's still nice of you to tell everyone what you know...especially with the hostility on this forum, as of late.
Guess this works out for me...my credit card cycle recycles on the 7th and I had to buy $1000 of tires and $1000 of Christmas gifts this month. Guess this is God's way of telling me to save some money!
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+1.
And, $1000 worth of tires? Are you buying R-Compound, or what?

hotleadsingerguy said:
First, stop being a douchebag to everybody. Nobody laughs at it and it makes you look like an uneducated brute.
Secondly, thank you OP for filling in the forum. Whether it's true or not will still have to be seen, as many other Verizon employees still say they have no clue, but it's still nice of you to tell everyone what you know...especially with the hostility on this forum, as of late.
Guess this works out for me...my credit card cycle recycles on the 7th and I had to buy $1000 of tires and $1000 of Christmas gifts this month. Guess this is God's way of telling me to save some money!
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THIS ... all the way

BiGMERF said:
We all knew this 2 days ago. But thanks
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LOL wow I take back saying you should stop being rude. In reality, I should have said you should stop being a hypocrite. I saw your post on androidandme.com:
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I was in a verizon store with my buddy like 2 hours ago.. The manager told me he wa reading his notes around 4pm and he read that it will be officially announced tomorrow and that there is an agressive promo program in store also. Dont know if he was bullsh#[email protected]%g me but when i saw this post i figured id mention it
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You are such a prick. An hour ago you make fun of somebody for giving information that he learned from the Verizon store, then on another site you tell everybody you heard some information while you were at a Verizon store 2 hours ago? In addition, you gave the same information that you, most assuredly, learned from this very topic.
I hope your mom still spanks you.

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LOL wow I take back saying you should stop being rude. In reality, I should have said you should stop being a hypocrite. I saw your post on androidandme.com:
You are such a prick. An hour ago you make fun of somebody for giving information that he learned from the Verizon store, then on another site you tell everybody you heard some information while you were at a Verizon store 2 hours ago? In addition, you gave the same information that you, most assuredly, learned from this very topic.
I hope your mom still spanks you.
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Sir you are on fire tonight >:}

keatre said:
+1.
And, $1000 worth of tires? Are you buying R-Compound, or what?
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My car's brand new but I need winter performance tires (they come with summer-only performance) which came out to around $250 a piece. 235x40 are kind of expensive.
Gonna need to buy summer wheels in the spring too =P another $1500 down the drain, but worth it so I don't have to change over the tires every other season and re-balance. Much easier just to change the wheels myself.

hotleadsingerguy said:
My car's brand new but I need winter performance tires (they come with summer-only performance) which came out to around $250 a piece. 235x40 are kind of expensive.
Gonna need to buy summer wheels in the spring too =P another $1500 down the drain, but worth it so I don't have to change over the tires every other season and re-balance. Much easier just to change the wheels myself.
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I feel your pain... Between my track tires, summer performance, and all-season... No me gusta for the wallet.

keatre said:
I feel your pain... Between my track tires, summer performance, and all-season... No me gusta for the wallet.
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me gusta ಠ_ಠ

Dmw017 said:
Sir you are on fire tonight >:}
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ha I was having a bit of trouble getting the Star Wars - The Old Republic beta downloaded and working correctly so I had time to browse the forums =P usually a majority of my XDA browsing is done at work...so being on this late is a new experience for me.
Guess I should plan another vacation day on December 8th...or I'll be out of the office for a few hours in the morning
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keatre said:
I feel your pain... Between my track tires, summer performance, and all-season... No me gusta for the wallet.
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Ya, these weren't even amazing. They're Michelin Pilot Alpin PA3. I was going to go with the new Dunlop Winter Sport 3Ds, but I got a $70 rebate on these Michelins lol so couldn't pass them up. Only one more purchase and I'll be set on wheels/tires for the next few years. The car's only 6 months old, so still have a few "new-car" purchases that must be made.
Strange thing, though, with the way 4G LTE works. I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE that sits on my desk at work. I get 2-3 bars of 4G service with it (connection speeds varies between 16/2Mbps up to around 30/12Mbps) sitting there on my desk. Another guy on my team bought the Rezound today and, standing right in front of my desk, it had no 4G and only 2 bars of 3G. I'm hoping that the Nexus has a better signal reach than the Rezound.
Then again, he admitted he already installed Juice Defender and there's a possibility it turned off 4G. He didn't look closely, but he didn't remember setting anything specifically for it. Maybe he had it off! Who knows. Just hoping I retain a 4G signal there at my desk. The company wifi is a bit tricky in certain places in the building, so being able to fall back on faster 4G is pretty nice (I don't even have my Galaxy Tab hooked up to the wifi anymore).

jivemaster said:
This forum has become overly aggressive. Everybody calm the hell down. Plenty of people are appreciative that this date can now be taken as confirmed.
His accessory comment wasn't bragging, it was just a comment in passing. He was telling a story.
Flame on.
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+1!
People are going to be afraid of posting much less opening a thread with some of the outright rude and childish comments. It's the Internet people but you can still respect one another.

Thanks for posting this confirmation! There has been a lot of speculation that the release date is the 8th but its nice to hear others that hear it also!

[Q] Is anyone else having problems with the Android Market this morning?

I woke up this morning and tried to buy the slew of 10 cent apps, but I cannot purchase anything and most of the pages just don't load. Every time I try to buy something it tells me there is an error processing my purchase. Just wondering if anyone else is having the same issue or if it's just my new G Nexus thats acting up.

It's not the phone. Even if you try to buy from market.android.com from a computer it is saying the same thing.

Guess these problems have likely to do with the millions of users who want to download all the cheapos.

DanVanDamn said:
Guess these problems have likely to do with the millions of users who want to download all the cheapos.
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Pretty much what I'm thinking too many people hammering the servers . Figured google would handle this better but perhaps they weren't excepting it to be this demanding. I was able to purchase Need for Speed Shift and install, it but Spirit HD says this: You have already purchased this item and the order is still being processed. If you'd like, you can check your order status at anytime. :/(EDIT: just went through woo)
and when i go to check it (goes to google wallet) it doesn't show anything woo lol.. oh well the day isn't over yet guess just try to make your purchases and eventually they will go through
And I made the purchased on the site, android market app was giving me those error processing errors too.

Most of them are throwing a dollar app these days.
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Something like this but even worse happened to some guy in a German forum. He purchased SwiftKey and they refused his order five hours later and now the price is up to normal again. :-D
As all interesting apps are already have been bought earlier I can deal with these market issues pretty good.
Hope there'll come out some more breakers in the next days.

Yea Market is misbehaving. I'm trying to buy some of those $.10 apps on sale today and it keeps erroring out. I did manage to buy one, but it won't download. Tried on my Transformer and market.android.com

I managed to buy 5-6 of them, but now I'm having the same issues... even on the computer won't work

If it is an issue with authorizing/processing purchases, that would be a Google Checkout/Google Wallet issue, not a Market issue.

Had issues, but it seems to work for me now.

I thought I was alone...

I won the microsoft challenge! with the gs2

Been MIA because I had to go back to stock for the past 2 weeks, ohh how I miss custom roms and ROOT privileges lol.
Anyways, just won $1000 gift card by beating them at the challenge
Post a status update to both facebook and twitter.
I got so lucky for getting this challenge! Even iPhones can win this! lol. There are many apps that allows us to do this, but damn it felt great to win.
let me just start off that the microsoft workers are really cool guys, they weren't trying to deny my win or anything, but were congratulating me with it.
But yeah came in, the greeter told the manager that i'm here to do the challenge. The greeter was really nice about everything telling me how someone just won earlier that day and told me what kind of challenges are asked. He actually helped confirmed that the app I used is fairly well known because the challenger never even heard of it lol.
But yeah the challenger comes out, asked me a couple questions, went through with telling me how things should be done. Restarted my phone, picked a card out of 6, got the said challenge and agreed to post "Hello". Turned on the phone, he told us to connect to store's wifi (you can actually use this time to set up anything just in case ahem ahem)..
put the phone down. He told us he'll count to 3 and we'll unlock the phones and do the challenge. that's when the manager was approaching. As soon as the manager got there, "3!" my phone lagged like a second more to unlock! UGH, but thank god I use swype. "Hello" DONE!. the guys were dumbfounded. the challenger only just entered the app, and only managed to type "h" when I actually waited for my thing to finished updating before yelling out done.. just precautionary measure in case they try to cheat by saying.. you can't say done when it didn't finish uploading lol. But yeah, it took no longer than 2 seconds after the manager got to us.
He asked me to show him what I did, and asked me if it posts to both accounts, and I'm like yeah, this app is actually used on computers too. He was like oh that's cool, he then said "I'm gonna have to check if widgets are allowed, I'm sure it is, but I just have to check to make sure."
He comes back, "yep, there is nothing against widgets, here's your giftcard, come over here so I can set everything up and get your info"
he announced the world that I won through his microphone... I asked to be escorted out because of that announcement. jk.. i didn't ask for escorts lol. But a couple girls approached me and asked what I'm doing afterwards .
no jk again... sigh...

That's awesome congratulations dude.
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Yeah now I need to sell my giftcard somewhere lol. a lot of resellers don't accept microsoft sighh lol

Teo032 said:
Yeah now I need to sell my giftcard somewhere lol. a lot of resellers don't accept microsoft sighh lol
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Cool Story Bro.

Well done! I wish I could do the Microsoft Challenge. But no shops in UK
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Teo032 said:
Yeah now I need to sell my giftcard somewhere lol. a lot of resellers don't accept microsoft sighh lol
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ebay or craigslist. nice job on the win
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Cool Story Bro.
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FTFY
and would you like me to tell it again?
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ebay or craigslist. nice job on the win
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lol thanks jordan, turns out I didn't need any of the other apps I scoured the interwebs for, but yeah gonna try my luck with ebay and CL. I'm gonna have to split the gift card to smaller amounts because I doubt many people want to spend 8-900 on a gc -__-

Where are you at that they are still doing the challenge? I thought that ended a couple of weeks ago. The reason I ask is because I missed it lol and want to give it a whirl.
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Towle said:
Where are you at that they are still doing the challenge? I thought that ended a couple of weeks ago. The reason I ask is because I missed it lol and want to give it a whirl.
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Oh they still do the challenge at every microsoft store throughout the country lol.
The challenge is different though. This is actually the 2nd extension of the original challenge so it is considered "ROUND 3."
You can no longer swap phones if you lose, instead, you get a $25gift card.
You no longer win the hunger games laptop, instead you win a $1000 gc, which I think is better.
tomorrow is the last day! So if you want to try it out then you best do it tomorrow!
maybe they will extend the challenge again! but who knows.

What! Man I'm always out of the loop then find out at the end lol. Did you have to unroot for the challenge? And what challenges do they do? Did you find any apps to be useful? I know you only had to do the status update, but I read that you were doing your homework on this stuff lol.
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There are 6 challenges:
1. take a picture, tag it, post on fb
2. send a message to a friend on fb and text the same person
3. check movie showtimes at the closest theater
4. check the status of your SO or close friend and text that person
5a/b. translation foreign language to english or english to foreign
6. status update to fb and twitter (the one i got woot)
1. Don't think our phone can win this, couldn't find a good app for it. Talked to the microsoft people and apparently their phone actually autotags it, a feature we don't have. I actually think only HTC's sense and their fb integration has a chance at this. (we'll lose this one)
2. gosms + gosms facebook chat, you can make a group text with this
3. cinemadroid is the best one, it downloads the movietimes for you and caches it, You might have trouble downloading movie showtimes in certain cities.. it takes forever... but it eventually gets it... alternative use flixter and click the movie theater not the movie they ask for because clicking on the theater automatically shows all showtimes
4. contapps, you need to fiddle with it
5. google goggles (we'll lose this one)
6. tweetdeck's widget, remember you need to click on/enable fb when you use the widget, it is design to automatically enable twitter but not fb (you'll see what I mean).
however some stores don't go by using cards and actually chooses the challenge themselves (cheap)
We basically have automatic wins at 2,3, and 6 if you don't fumble. cinemadroid is one click and you're done that is our for sure win
4. this one is a little tougher to do..
5. you'll be going against their bing translator which is similar to our google goggles but they have it precached -_- rigged
technically we have about 58% chance of winning considering #4 to be 50/50
I would say if you can't do any of the challenges within 3-4 secs, consider it a loss.

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What! Man I'm always out of the loop then find out at the end lol. Did you have to unroot for the challenge? And what challenges do they do? Did you find any apps to be useful? I know you only had to do the status update, but I read that you were doing your homework on this stuff lol.
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lol i was in the middle of posting my tips for you when you already replied, but yeah that's the best I can do. for contapps there is a tab to look at your contacts recent fb status post. choose the STATUS POST (not sure on actual term) not their fb page you'll see when you play with the app. they have you READ aloud your friend's status, so my tip for this is to just remember what your friend said, and click on that tab real quick and switch to the text tab within the same app and text him whatever you guys agree upon.
edit: oh you must link it with your social hub's facebook. so contact sync your social hub's facebook or something like that.
oh and yeah I unrooted because modified OS is against the rules... in reality, i went back to stock, removed some bloatware and deleted superuser. just don't remove all bloatware, leave some t-mobile stuff on there. The microsoft employees don't know the difference, but in case they do, it's best to remove superuser.

Thanks, I am going to give it a try tomorrow! Just one more idea, with FriendCaster Pro you can sync your contacts facebook statuses with your contact list
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Thanks, I am going to give it a try tomorrow! Just one more idea, with FriendCaster Pro you can sync your contacts facebook statuses with your contact list
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crap, I meant the challenge is over today!
the friendcaster pro status sync is way too slow and you want to text the person too.
contapps have them both built in and they're instant. there is no load period. I'm telling you, if you can't check the status and send him a text message in like 3 secs you'll lose because their widget uhh "deeplinks" does that from their homescreen

Do they check if your phone is rooted?

grimmjaw said:
Do they check if your phone is rooted?
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It says that rooted phones are not allowed, but I suppose it will depend on each individual employee as to if they actually check or not. You could download a launcher that allows you to hide apps from the app drawer and hide su. Couldn't really see them checking for anything else.
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Do they check if your phone is rooted?
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example of people not bothering to read a 1.5 page thread... in fact, it is stated 3 posts above his

Google Wallet on Fringe

Huge product placement in tonight's fringe for Android/Google Wallet
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one of those threads that could really use a link...

Jelly Bean was released?

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Huge product placement in tonight's fringe for Android/Google Wallet
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I saw it as well then wondered how many people that watch tv think it was fake lol
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Jelly Bean was released?
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Why you have to be a like that I thought it was great product placement
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Same to you...
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Can't really link to my DVR... I did Google "google wallet on fringe" and nothing obvious came up but the episode had just aired
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Can't really link to my DVR... I did Google "google wallet on fringe" and nothing obvious came up but the episode had just aired
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So, they've spent a few thousand dollars to promote their extremely limited service? What's that going to do? I'll bet that a good chunk of the people who are able to officially use Google Wallet are probably already using it. Instead of doing promotions, work harder on removing the damn limitations, aye Google? This service will never take off until Google puts all of its energy into removing the many barriers to use of Wallet.
Not to mention that they can't even get their product placement right - what kind of fake version of Google Wallet is that?

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So, they've spent a few thousand dollars to promote their extremely limited service? What's that going to do? I'll bet that a good chunk of the people who are able to officially use Google Wallet are probably already using it. Instead of doing promotions, work harder on removing the damn limitations, aye Google? This service will never take off until Google puts all of its energy into removing the many barriers to use of Wallet.
Not to mention that they can't even get their product placement right - what kind of fake version of Google Wallet is that?
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I got an email for Google saying that it had been expanded to five devices
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BrianDigital said:
I got an email for Google saying that it had been expanded to five devices
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That expansion includes the Nexus that's sold in the Play Store and Sprint's Nexus, so it's almost like the same device. The other two are some LG devices that seem otherwise uninteresting.
Even if it were really expanded to five devices, that wouldn't be enough. The service is still only available in the USA where even chip and pin hasn't taken off. The UK, and Europe in general, would be much more accepting of Google Wallet. Networks aren't as involved in what is on a phone over here, and we're open to all sorts of new payment methods.
Not to mention that the Olympics will be here in London in two months time - a perfect opportunity to show the capability of Google Wallet on a truly global scale.

I just wish there were more places I could use google wallet. As of now I'm limited to wawa and 7-11
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I just wish I could USE google wallet again. Stupid "secure element" garbage always pops up

I love Fringe!

I saw it too...
And while it's available on 5 devices now it's not going to really take off until people can link their existing credit/debit cards to the system. I've found that I can use it quite often at checkout but until they allow more credit/debit cards I'm dealing with the PITA prepaid stuff... hate that. Now when I can use my AmEx with Google Wallet... I'll be happy.
Google really does need to get off their duffs here. ISIS can be seen on the horizon and if Apple includes it in the iPhone 5 they'll be redefining the standard.

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And while it's available on 5 devices now it's not going to really take off until people can link their existing credit/debit cards to the system. I've found that I can use it quite often at checkout but until they allow more credit/debit cards I'm dealing with the PITA prepaid stuff... hate that. Now when I can use my AmEx with Google Wallet... I'll be happy.
Google really does need to get off their duffs here. ISIS can be seen on the horizon and if Apple includes it in the iPhone 5 they'll be redefining the standard.
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If Apple chooses to introduce NFC payments with the iPhone 5, then the game is pretty much over for Google Wallet.
Apple supposedly have 250 million users who have entered their card details into iTunes. Any new iPhone model is pretty much guaranteed to sell 20 million units in its first quarter on sale. If 5% of that uses Apple's NFC solution, it will surely be much more than what Google currently have, due to their horribly limited user requirements.
Worst of all, Apple has huge amounts of capital. Huge amounts. What if they decided to use some sort of proprietary NFC solution? They could very well offer the new proprietary terminals for free to retailers around the world.
I'm worried for Google Wallet. It's a great product, but Google's painfully slow development suggests that the future isn't bright for it.

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I'm worried for Google Wallet. It's a great product, but Google's painfully slow development suggests that the future isn't bright for it.
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Really the only thing Google truly cares about is if you continue to search Google from their devices, and ad placements. Google wallet is just something they are playing around with.

mr mystery said:
Really the only thing Google truly cares about is if you continue to search Google from their devices, and ad placements. Google wallet is just something they are playing around with.
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For now, yes. The vast majority of Google's revenue still comes from search adverts apparently. But they know that they need multiple revenue streams, and Google Wallet would be a great way to increase advert sales, as they'd be able to see what we buy and deliver relevant deals from retailers.
Perhaps it seems impossible now, but Google might not be the kings of search forever. Nokia once had around 70% global smartphone marketshare. They've proven that even giants can fall in just a few years.

There are quite a few places around here that have PayPass (just outside of Cincinnati ).
CVS, Walgreens, some Shell's, MacDonald's, Home Depot.
Biggest thing stopping me from using it more is not being able to attach it to my existing CC or Check Card. I'm not going to get a citibank card just for Google Wallet.
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mr mystery said:
Really the only thing Google truly cares about is if you continue to search Google from their devices, and ad placements. Google wallet is just something they are playing around with.
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You don't think that all that transactional detail isn't important? This could be a good thing for google to have access to search results and purchasing habits when serving up ads and offers.
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Dmtalon said:
There are quite a few places around here that have PayPass (just outside of Cincinnati ).
CVS, Walgreens, some Shell's, MacDonald's, Home Depot.
Biggest thing stopping me from using it more is not being able to attach it to my existing CC or Check Card. I'm not going to get a citibank card just for Google Wallet.
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For me it's Jack in the Box, Home Depot, CVS, Rite Aid, McDonalds, Whole Foods, 7-11, American Eagle, Macy's and a few gas stations by the freeway. There's a Mastercard PayPass locator in the Play Store... I've found it to be fairly useful for finding nearby businesses.

Samsumg Pay 2.5.02 installed and working!! :)

So after side loading 2.4 a little while ago in a previous post I got a pop up lately that said I had to update Samsung Pay but it wouldn't let me update (assuming because I have the Note 7), and if I didn't update it, it would close. so I looked for the latest version: 2.5.02 apk found here:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...ease/samsung-pay-2-5-02-android-apk-download/
When I installed Samsung Pay it was acting up, my phone kept vibrating as if the credit card was trying to "come out". It kept doing it and Samung Pay wouldn't open. I didn't see an option to rollback the updates on my T-mobile version otherwise I'd try to get one before 2.4. However, I deleted the cache and data for both the Samsung Pay and Samsung Pay Framework, crossed my fingers and......VOILA! Samsung Pay 2.5.02 works!! lol I was able to load 2 credit cards back on. I tested the process of unlocking the card to use and there were no problems. Just need to try it at the store but its good to go/safe to try. I will add that when I first started up the app, it mentioned a notice regarding the Note 7 recall. It works though.
A note I will add regarding points from your credit card. I am a preferred customer at bank of america and they give me an extra 75% points. So instead of earning 4 points I earn 7. I noticed on my rewards page which (shows in real time regarding points earned/pending) when I use Samsung Pay, I did not earn the bonus points. Thats a biggie to miss out on. Money talks so I will probably just use Samsung Pay sparingly, as a backup and when I forget or don't have my cc. I still love Samsung Pay and its a top favorite feature on the Samsung phones for me. Something to keep in mind though if you get bonus points on top of the regular points from your credit card issuer.

Dude you are awesome thank so much for your post

It works but Samsung also screwed us - Note 7 is no longer a "qualifying device" and therefore cannot be used to redeem reward points.
EDIT: Actually, looks like redeeming points does work in the app.

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It works but Samsung also screwed us - Note 7 is no longer a "qualifying device" and therefore cannot be used to redeem reward points.
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Yes you can still redeem points, see screen shots below
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Yes you can still redeem points, see screen shots below
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I don't understand what you are showing. There appears to be no actual screen of successful use of points...

Ugh I didn't want to use my points but here this help:
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corvette72778 said:
So after side loading 2.4 a little while ago in a previous post I got a pop up lately that said I had to update Samsung Pay but it wouldn't let me update (assuming because I have the Note 7)
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Something weirder happened to me yesterday.
I got a notify that there was a Samsung Pay update so I tapped it.
The update ran (apparently) succesfully, but then the device immediately locked the UI (almost no more interaction with it) and a strange heartbit-like vibration started.
The only thing I could do was the access to the Power menu and nothing else.
Thanks God after rebooting I was quick enough to run Package Disabler and succesfully disable Samsung Pay.
After having uninstalled everything and installed manually latest framework & APK the issue was gone.
The most freaky issue I ever had...

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Ugh I didn't want to use my points but here this help:
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Thanks. I'll probably try to get 1200 points by buying 30 things in the next couple days and try to redeem something physical though.
I bet if a Note 7 owner were to win something substantial, Samsung would shut it down since we are all technically ineligible for reward points.

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Thanks. I'll probably try to get 1200 points by buying 30 things in the next couple days and try to redeem something physical though.
I bet if a Note 7 owner were to win something substantial, Samsung would shut it down since we are all technically ineligible for reward points.
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Ya that I could see happening unfortunately ?.
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Sorry for the numpty question, but why does Samsung Pay exist, when we already have Android Pay? I use Android pay with my Note7 and it works perfectly. Why would I need Samsung Pay?

Chippy_boy said:
Sorry for the numpty question, but why does Samsung Pay exist, when we already have Android Pay? I use Android pay with my Note7 and it works perfectly. Why would I need Samsung Pay?
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Android Pay, or any other "pay," doesn't have MST technology. http://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00043865/
In other words, Samsung Pay works in the US while the rest of pays don't.

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Android Pay, or any other "pay," doesn't have MST technology. http://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00043865/
In other words, Samsung Pay works in the US while the rest of pays don't.
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Yep, that Loop Pay acquisition and tech pay-ing off.
Up next? The Viv acquisition and tech in the S8, S8+ and N8. It will put Siri to shame just like Loop Pay tech put Apple pay to shame.

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Android Pay, or any other "pay," doesn't have MST technology. http://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00043865/
In other words, Samsung Pay works in the US while the rest of pays don't.
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Thanks. That sounds really cool.
But you do have contactless payment (NFC) in the US, right? Or maybe not, I don't know?

Chippy_boy said:
Thanks. That sounds really cool.
But you do have contactless payment (NFC) in the US, right? Or maybe not, I don't know?
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We are slow to adapt NFC terminals. Not every business has them.

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We are slow to adapt NFC terminals. Not every business has them.
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Same in the UK. In a way it's bizarre, but the smaller retailers tend to have them, whereas some of the big players have been much slower. I guess if you are a small shop, buying a couple of new card readers is small change, but if you are Tesco and have 100,000 devices to replace, it's a bigger challenge.

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Thanks. That sounds really cool.
But you do have contactless payment (NFC) in the US, right? Or maybe not, I don't know?
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Yes, but as the other poster said it's very slow. What surprises me the most is the number of people who still don't know about Samsung Pay. I have it happen fairly often when I'm shopping where the cashier will try and stop me and say "oh we don't have that here" to which I reply yes you do. Then I complete the transaction and they either ask what it is or just look at me a little surprised. It cracks me up every time, my big thing is waiting for the time that I accidentally leave my wallet at home. I always have my phone on me so I know I will always have access to my credit or debit cards. That's one of the reasons why Samsung pay is so awesome in my opinion ?.
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Yes, but as the other poster said it's very slow. What surprises me the most is the number of people who still don't know about Samsung Pay. I have it happen fairly often when I'm shopping where the cashier will try and stop me and say "oh we don't have that here" to which I reply yes you do. Then I complete the transaction and they either ask what it is or just look at me a little surprised. It cracks me up every time, my big thing is waiting for the time that I accidentally leave my wallet at home. I always have my phone on me so I know I will always have access to my credit or debit cards. That's one of the reasons why Samsung pay is so awesome in my opinion .
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how would i know where samsung pay is accepted?
you all got me excited now i want to get one, plus im one of those people who would leave home to go to get some groceries, put the items all in the basket only to find out at the cashier that i forgot my wallet. My phone.. well my phone is even in the washroom with me. cant forget that. laugh.
I would have to get CIBC visa tho, since thats the only bank that works with Samsung pay right now.

shanda5303 said:
Yes, but as the other poster said it's very slow. What surprises me the most is the number of people who still don't know about Samsung Pay. I have it happen fairly often when I'm shopping where the cashier will try and stop me and say "oh we don't have that here" to which I reply yes you do. Then I complete the transaction and they either ask what it is or just look at me a little surprised. It cracks me up every time, my big thing is waiting for the time that I accidentally leave my wallet at home. I always have my phone on me so I know I will always have access to my credit or debit cards. That's one of the reasons why Samsung pay is so awesome in my opinion .
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It's not available in the UK unfortunately. I don't know why.
Also, I wonder if Android Pay will eventually support MST? It would seem a lot easier to add MST support to Android Pay than to replace millions of card readers out there. Surely Google must be looking at it?

Chippy_boy said:
Sorry for the numpty question, but why does Samsung Pay exist, when we already have Android Pay? I use Android pay with my Note7 and it works perfectly. Why would I need Samsung Pay?
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Not all terminals support nfc, so using the magnetic strip works on Samsung Pay.
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Bellmont said:
Not all terminals support nfc, so using the magnetic strip works on Samsung Pay.
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So I gather - thanks.