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[Q] Purchasing Galaxy Nexus

I will be purchasing a galaxy nexus from a friend in a few days.He told me that he has not paid the etf fee for the phone, I was curious if the phone would work if I had a lte sim card or if I signed up for new service. Thanks for the help in advance.

You'll have to call Verizon and see what they can do if anything, they might not let you activate it.
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The phone will be blacklisted from ever connecting to Verizon's network until your friend pays the money he owes to Verizon. Tell him to stop being a cheap ass and pay his bill.
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cvv1984 said:
I will be purchasing a galaxy nexus from a friend in a few days.He told me that he has not paid the etf fee for the phone, I was curious if the phone would work if I had a lte sim card or if I signed up for new service. Thanks for the help in advance.
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I would suggest that you pass on this "gift".

Verizon usually doesn't usually budge on unblacklisting phones so you might be screwed.
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cvv1984 said:
I will be purchasing a galaxy nexus from a friend in a few days.He told me that he has not paid the etf fee for the phone, I was curious if the phone would work if I had a lte sim card or if I signed up for new service. Thanks for the help in advance.
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Just buy the nexus from Verizon for the 150 it's running at right now. And tell your friend to stop being retarded and pay his bill.
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tehgyb said:
Just buy the nexus from Verizon for the 150 it's running at right now. And tell your friend to stop being retarded and pay his bill.
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Even better, buy it from Amazon for something like $0.01. Or if he's off contract there are plenty of non-blacklisted phones for sale on Craigslist, eBay, XDA marketplace, etc..
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How much does a Verizon gnexus with bad ESN sell for

I know its only good for a 4" tablet/MP3 player I was thinking I can get $200 for it seeing that I played almost $700 for it but what do you think its worth
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I see them going for about $170ish on ebay including shipping

DertyDOH said:
I see them going for about $170ish on ebay including shipping
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OK then I think I can get at lest $200 for it then if not close to it I can use the money to buy a gsm galaxy nexus
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Why is the ESN bad in the first place.
Just curious.

Mach3.2 said:
Why is the ESN bad in the first place.
Just curious.
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Second this. Bad ESN's never happen from good things.
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It will be bad on the 1st because I can not pay $489.00 a mouth on my bill it keeps going up every mouth and I don't know y this mouth its going to be $499.00 and I am not behind on the bill at all but the cost just keeps going up so I'm not going to pah the bill so I'm going to sell it because of the bad ESN and so I can buy a gsm nexus
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leerpsp said:
It will be bad on the 1st because I can not pay $489.00 a mouth on my bill it keeps going up every mouth and I don't know y this mouth its going to be $499.00 and I am not behind on the bill at all but the cost just keeps going up so I'm not going to pah the bill so I'm going to sell it because of the bad ESN and so I can buy a gsm nexus
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I guess you could give Verizon a ring and ask what the heck is going on.

Verizon marks phones for unpaid bills and other stupid ****. They black listed my Droid Incredible because I terminated my contract for the Nexus. DINC is literally a brick now.

Smokeey said:
Verizon marks phones for unpaid bills and other stupid ****. They black listed my Droid Incredible because I terminated my contract for the Nexus. DINC is literally a brick now.
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That's unreasonable..

I thought 4g phones couldn't be blacklisted? I got a bad esn gnex on cl for 100 and tried to activate it and it worked...,
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Yep even if you buy your phone out right if you don't pay your bill they will black list it
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leerpsp said:
Yep even if you buy your phone out right if you don't pay your bill they will black list it
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Wtf. GSM all the way.
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wilsonlam97 said:
Wtf. GSM all the way.
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Yep gsm all they way for me as well after all this with Verizon they have me turned off on all CDMA phones will the CDMA droid 3 even with a bad ESN you can flash a new radio with unlock code and it will work on gem so I'm going to have a droid 3 on at&t come the 1st till I can get a gsm galaxy nexus
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Smokeey said:
Verizon marks phones for unpaid bills and other stupid ****. They black listed my Droid Incredible because I terminated my contract for the Nexus. DINC is literally a brick now.
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That DINC can be used on alternate networks like cricket or metropcs that accept foreign esns... it not really hard to flash/reprogram them if you look a little bit.. that's the reason they are sold on craigslist all the time.
Before I took the plunge and bought a new GSM GNex for the $30 tmobile plan, that's I'll I did is buy bad esn phones off of ebay and reprogram them for my cricket account

pdxtechdoctor said:
That DINC can be used on alternate networks like cricket or metropcs that accept foreign esns... it not really hard to flash/reprogram them if you look a little bit.. that's the reason they are sold on craigslist all the time.
Before I took the plunge and bought a new GSM GNex for the $30 tmobile plan, that's I'll I did is buy bad esn phones off of ebay and reprogram them for my cricket account
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I wood do that but the only phone company's in Dawson springs NY is t- mobile edge at&t 2g in straight talk sprit does not work were we Are at and the company's you named i looked them up and we do not have them around here so I will just sell it or trade it for a gsm android phone
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32 GB Model outside of Sprint?

It seems the 32 GB models are only available directly from Sprint at full price. I was wondering if anyone has found them from Amazon or another dealer for cheaper? I can't seem to find them anywhere....

I was hoping to get the 32gb during the run to sprint sale on amazon.com but there was none... I will just wait for the 64gb model to drop in Titanium grey and get another.
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Wonder if you can buy it from the mvno ting and just active on Sprint. It's $579 as opposed to the $599 off contract on Sprint
https://ting.com/devices/Samsung-Galaxy-SIII-32GB
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579 as opposed to the $599 off contract on Sprint

stalonebrian said:
579 as opposed to the $599 off contract on Sprint
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That's what I said
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Mini thread necro here, I've been looking for an answer to the same question. It looks as if only Sprint sells the 32gb model, anyone else see it elsewhere? I know Radioshack sells the VZW 32gb, but not Sprint's.

As far as i know international galaxy s3 has a quad core
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Wow guess I got a deal then. I traded my GS2 +100 for a GS3 32gb like new in box.
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mad82109 said:
Wow guess I got a deal then. I traded my GS2 +100 for a GS3 32gb like new in box.
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You got one hell of a deal. I put out $300+ for mine
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Galaxy s3 international vs at&t s3

How come they have more development then we do....are our devices limited....they only thing I kno is the processor ?
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a lot more people in the world have the International version of the s3 (gt-i9300)

That is always the case when the international version uses a different cpu than domestic. That is why i am hoping Note 2 comes with Exynos in the US also.
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When u have a phone like ours (only canada and us) compared to one available in all of europe and some parts of asia as well as Australia and so on i believe theres gunna be more devs and what not....
im on my phone. expect terrible typos.

Noob question. Can an international version work on the at&t network here in the USA? Sorry about the Noob question.
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Zeke757 said:
Noob question. Can an international version work on the at&t network here in the USA? Sorry about the Noob question.
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yes but you wouldn't get LTE. and you would be paying an unsubsidized price so you wouldn't really get your moneys worth from a pricy at&t plan.

Thanks man.
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jefferson9 said:
yes but you wouldn't get LTE. and you would be paying an unsubsidized price so you wouldn't really get your moneys worth from a pricy at&t plan.
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I beg to differ on this statement. I have both Euro S3 and ATT S3, the only advantage of the ATT is the LTE. Aside from that the Euro is hands down better in every aspect.
Unsubsidized pricing is NOT that bad, the huge benefit to this is you are not tied to busted ass ATT for 2 years and are able to leave them at any moment.
And with my Euro I have gotten more than my monies worth. The only reason I have the ATT one is because I got a steal on it and I couldn't pass it up. But it honestly just sits on my couch most of the time.

And if you are not in a contract buying an unsubsidised unlocked phone actually saves you money rather than signing a contract with a carrier. My folks pay $100+ for what I get for $45 month. If you do the math, you pay full price 10 times over buying a subsidized phone.
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Pricing of the cell phone plan has nothing to do with if the phone is subsidized or not...
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Yaken said:
Pricing of the cell phone plan has nothing to do with if the phone is subsidized or not...
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That correct, on At&T the plans are not connected to the device, you only get a break on the price on the device if you agreed to keep your account for 24 months, what phone you have or what plan you have during that period doesn't change or affect the contact.

Correct but if you get a subsidized phone you signed a contract.. carriers plans are more than the prepaid or postpaid plans that offer the same benefits.. its a known fact that carriers get you in the door by offering phones subsidized while offering higher rates than prepaid but if you do the math buying the phone outright you save more money (a LOT MORE) going with Straight Talk over AT&T and essentially get the same service.
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You don't have to but the phone at a subsidized price you can buy it out right and not sign a 2 yr contract its your choice.
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What do you guys pay for AT&T? $90 a month per line or so? $60?.. $50?.. Straight Talk is exactly the same at $45, they are also on the verge of allowing lte.. the minutes for dollars scam the carriers have been using is very outdated and coming to an end.
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Postpaid service is better on every Carrier than prepaid in my opinion.
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ahenderson223 said:
Postpaid service is better on every Carrier than prepaid in my opinion.
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I agree. That's why I use straight talk. Its post paid.
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Well if your going with one of the most costly carriers buying the us version from at&t over the unlocked version saves you 20% the cost of the phone + a 2 year plan. Obviously you would save money from using the unlocked version on a crappy carrier / plan without LTE..

jev3gs said:
That is always the case when the international version uses a different cpu than domestic. That is why i am hoping Note 2 comes with Exynos in the US also.
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The Note 2 is coming with the Exynos quad core and it will support LTE. Check out Briefmobile.com, they have an article about it. Definitely getting it.
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thegregulator said:
The Note 2 is coming with the Exynos quad core and it will support LTE. Check out Briefmobile.com, they have an article about it. Definitely getting it.
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Why? The next gen Exynos is around the corner. And it's dual core, now what does that say about quad core
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daddymatt said:
What do you guys pay for AT&T? $90 a month per line or so? $60?.. $50?.. Straight Talk is exactly the same at $45, they are also on the verge of allowing lte.. the minutes for dollars scam the carriers have been using is very outdated and coming to an end.
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we pay $10 per line line plus $30 for unlimited data and $20 total text unlimited text on 4 lines. granted it is grandfathered, so it is 100% with it for us to stay on our plan.
straight talk limits your data to 2gb and they don't offer LTE. i also have yet to see anything indicating they will or could. to each his own, though.
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Nexus 5 is out! Grab it while you can!!!

HURRY UP!!!
Just ordered my 32GB. Total came to $444.91 with 2 Business day shipping.

babymatteo said:
HURRY UP!!!
Just ordered my 32GB. Total came to $444.91 with 2 Business day shipping.
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I dont want a Nexus 5....
I did think about upgrading, but honestly Im still totally happy with my OG. If anything though I'd get an LG G2.

mistermidas said:
I dont want a Nexus 5....
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Then why did you reply?

babymatteo said:
Then why did you reply?
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Same reason you started a Nexus 5 thread in the LG Optimus G forum...because I can.

mistermidas said:
Same reason you started a Nexus 5 thread in the LG Optimus G forum...because I can.
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Well said sir.....
Oh and to the OP calm down... Nexus 5 is pretty much a G2 sibling like the 4 and OG are.... Nothing really groundbreaking
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bought 1 for myself and a couple to flip. It if doesnt ship in time to resell I can always cancel the order

Just found out I can buy unlocked from the play store and activate on sprint. Might not be on my OG much longer.
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Greatness83 said:
Well said sir.....
Oh and to the OP calm down... Nexus 5 is pretty much a G2 sibling like the 4 and OG are.... Nothing really groundbreaking
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7 band LTE is what im buying it for. I have both Sprint and Tmobile service. So the Nexus 5 is perfect for me. And thats something that no other phone in the market has. I wont have to carry two phones anymore.
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babymatteo said:
7 band LTE
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What is that exactly?

oohaylima said:
What is that exactly?
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Supports these following LTE Bands: 1, 2, 4, 5, 17, 19, 25, 26 and 41
Sprint uses 25,26, and 41.
At the moment, among Sprint's phones, only the G2 has support for 25,26, and 41 (Tri-Band LTE). The next phone in Sprints lineup will be the Htc One Max.
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Man, that sounds heavy duty.

Interesting... I didn't think you could buy from Google play and unlock on Sprint... Is that because this is the first Nexus that is multi-band LTE capable ?
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vnv01 said:
Interesting... I didn't think you could buy from Google play and unlock on Sprint... Is that because this is the first Nexus that is multi-band LTE capable ?
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Its the only Nexus phone ever made with both CDMA & GSM support and 7 Band LTE. Sprint is actually going to carry it as well on Nov 8. But out of contract price is $449 for the 16GB.
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babymatteo said:
Its the only Nexus phone ever made with both CDMA & GSM support and 7 Band LTE. Sprint is actually going to carry it as well on Nov 8. But out of contract price is $449 for the 16GB.
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Although I'll be buying mine from the play store, $449 unlocked is still almost half the price of the competition. Good job on their part.
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babymatteo said:
7 band LTE is what im buying it for. I have both Sprint and Tmobile service. So the Nexus 5 is perfect for me. And thats something that no other phone in the market has. I wont have to carry two phones anymore.
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As cool as this is, why would you have 2 cell services?

droidmk said:
As cool as this is, why would you have 2 cell services?
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Its so you can buy a box of Sims and jump around prepaid services and get the best deal that month
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Its so you can buy a box of Sims and jump around prepaid services and get the best deal that month
Edit: I'm thinking of doing this and just selling my OG to help pay for my etf fee. Sprint doesn't and likely won't have LTE in my market for sometime.... Denver area is pretty spotty. Its kinda crappy paying a lot for really bad 3g for 4ish years with promises of better network only to get worse network.
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So if you buy it from google unlocked you can get it put on sprint

juave said:
So if you buy it from google unlocked you can get it put on sprint
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Yes
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