AT&T Galaxy S3 Deals for the Holidays - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

If you want to buy the GS3 this season there are some deals for AT&T at RadioShack and BestBuy starting this Sunday, more details here: http://gs3central.com/content.php?r=161-Galaxy-S3-Holiday-Deals-Starts-this-Sunday-Dec-16

O wow this is great lol
Slickest-Nexus!

Well ill tell you right now att has the best deal giving away the skyrocket with the s3.. talk about a powerhouse bundle.
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Anyone know if the skyrocket is out right free or do you have to put it on another line?
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Is this legit? I was seriously minutes away from heading to att and getting my upgrade. Lol
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I was just at radio shack you have to add it to another line
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jjr3211 said:
I was just at radio shack you have to add it to another line
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You have to add the skyrocket to a new line in order for it to be free?
What if you just want the s3 its self?
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bdpyo said:
You have to add the skyrocket to a new line in order for it to be free?
What if you just want the s3 its self?
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Your better off just getting it from best buy then.

NexusPro said:
Your better off just getting it from best buy then.
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Yeah im gonna head there first thing tomorow
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JxWayne89 said:
Well ill tell you right now att has the best deal giving away the skyrocket with the s3.. talk about a powerhouse bundle.
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For the same price you can get 2 S3s from Best Buy.
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So at radio shack you need to add the s2 to another line?
I just ordered an S3 online refurb for $30 but will go buy this tomorrow and send the refurb back.
Should I get it from radio shack or best buy? Only looking to add the S3 to a 2yr upgrade

Waiting in line now, busy at this location and they only have a 16gb version left in blue or white for at&t
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I thought att only had the 16gb version
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If your in California they tax you on the full value of the phone, not the sales price. Ridiculous.

It took 4 hours to get mine. Paid 53.49$
I'll post what happened in a bit...
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2.5 hours to get the wifes at best buy. The worker did everything rite but only could make calls. He seen problems and called att. Got the run around from 4 people and tried 3 sims cards. Finally what went down was a better att rep on phone realized that att itself changed my wife's plan from grandfather unlimited to 3gig limited and tried saying it was always that plan. Well its fixed and still grandfathered in. Best buys paper work had everything rite on it. Att just was trying to kick my wife's plan out and force a diff plan.
But $63 got her the phone.
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Their "beast" system crashed , globally, while I was in there and was shut down for about 3 hours until the guy called att on his personal phone and did it that way, had to hand write my contract.
The beast system is their in-store upgrader which communicates with all major carriers but now I'm home playing with the phone it's a downgrade from the one I previously owned, the screen has a blue/ purpleish haze at the bottom of the screen.
I'm not happy at all with this one. I do plan on writing an email to best buy about their terrible service and considering the iPhone 5.
So much for saving $150..
Also after initially waiting in line for 40 minutes they told me I had no upgrade amid made me go to a att store close by and verified that I did then came back and waited another 3 hours till they figured this mess out
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bdpyo said:
Their "beast" system crashed , globally, while I was in there and was shut down for about 3 hours until the guy called att on his personal phone and did it that way, had to hand write my contract.
The beast system is their in-store upgrader which communicates with all major carriers but now I'm home playing with the phone it's a downgrade from the one I previously owned, the screen has a blue/ purpleish haze at the bottom of the screen.
I'm not happy at all with this one. I do plan on writing an email to best buy about their terrible service and considering the iPhone 5.
So much for saving $150..
Also after initially waiting in line for 40 minutes they told me I had no upgrade amid made me go to a att store close by and verified that I did then came back and waited another 3 hours till they figured this mess out
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Agh, that sounds ROUGH!
I've herd BB called worst buy a bunch of times already. And your experience puts it into perspective.
I ordered a blue ATT 16GB from their website for a line on my family account that wasn't on a 2 year.
You woud have got the upper hand on price cause I payed $58.53. But you had a long wait in line.. And they gave you problems.
What you experienced is why I avoid Black friday, and only go to the store if Absolutely necessary.
I must say, calling ATT or Best buy on a Sunday is the worst way to spend your day.
I wanted to verify with ATT that they knew what was going on, and to make the note on my account
And Just wanted to make sure that Best buy wasn't going to pre-activate the line, or send a text to the phone number. (its a gift)

So i was reading about the kies 4.1.1 jb update and I noticed all the diferentes in the camera filters.
No this current phone does not have those extra options where as the old s3 I had bought and returned a few months ago, and did have the extra options.
What gives??
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Wife's new one didn't have the jb update installed. Had to hook it to kies. Did u check that..?
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Related

Do you think Sprint will be getting the Black color GSIII?

Well, do ya?
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I don't think so. Get a black case. I almost looks black then.
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I guess I'm going to have to get one...they have some pretty good deals at cruzerlite, perhaps I'll get one of those
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They can't afford more colors
They didn't all their money bringing iPhones to their network
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They can't afford more colors
They didn't all their money bringing iPhones to their network
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Sad, but probably true. Can't help you on the front housing, but you can buy back covers on eBay for cheap...in just about any color you want. Lol
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What about the 64gb one? I was waiting but not sure I want to wait much longer
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Would be nice if they offered some other colors. I got to play with a co-worker's white SGS III yesterday and I actually liked it. Still trying to decide if I want the SGS III or the EVO LTE
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Well if they come out with one...I hope its within 30 days of my purchase, so I can take advantage of that return/exchange policy
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Well if they come out with one...I hope its within 30 days of my purchase, so I can take advantage of that return/exchange policy
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14 days, not 30
stock unrooted gs3
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14 days, not 30
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I'm in California, its law to have a 30 day return policy. Unless they post (in writing) at each entrance and cash register, while clearly explaining such after each purchase. Last time I went to Sprint....I didn't see any signs.
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Sprint has signs at the front of all corporate retail locations that state the return policy. Also the contract clearly states the return period and it is given verbally by the sales personnel at the time of purchase. Sprint is well aware of California laws but remember that authorized retailers such as best buy have a 30 day return policy that is only for the device itself. The contract expiration is 14 days no matter where you buy the device from and regardless of what you decide to do with the device itself. (keep it, sell it, return it for refund, throw it in the river, etc) So technically you can return the device after the 14 day contract period for a full refund but you will still be held in contract without the new device active on your line of service. So do all of your evaluations within the first 14 days no matter where you decide to buy your new phone. Just making this clear to some who find this a bit confusing.
Eventually it will
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Well, do ya?
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I don't think so .. but I seen a friend with a green gs3 from sprint no case
I haven't even seen green advertised anywhere
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Depends, I guess. Has anyone heard of plans for any hardware revisions? Maybe later on there will be different colors for different editions. To me, this "pubic blew" looks close enough to charcoalish-black that I'm satisfied. I'm putting an ugly otterbox on it anyway.

Sprint buy out program

Does any one know if i can still buy out my upgrade?
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I did it in August. Has anyone else done it more recently?
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My parents did it a couple weeks ago. They came to visit me, saw my phone, and decided to get their first smartphones. I created texting/google talk/email monsters.
Depending on how months/days you have left til your upgrade.. i had about a month left and it would have costed me $50.. i waited..
im sure the longer you have left the more it'll cost..
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go into a sprint store and have them get you on the phone with retentions.
I've seen them allowing buyups on stuff as far out as june...
What are the details of this buyout program?
Did a Google search, and it seems as though they are always changing the rules of the program..
I just did this last week its a 50$ buy out plus your phone trade in you get credit for you phone I got around 80$ for the gs2 so it wiped out the 50$ plus took about 30$ off the 199$ price to upgrade to the gs3
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dumping the s3 for a note 2

I am wondering if any of you are considering moving to the Note2 .
Nope, but I think I'll get it for my wife.
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Yup me getting it of course
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Wish I could buy dint have any upgrades till next year -_-
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does anyone know if you have an upgrade on your account must you use it under the phone number that has the upgrade or can anyone on the account use it?
I upgraded to the GS three just a few months ago but would like to get the note 2 and give my wife the GS three
You can use another lines upgrade
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Big ass phone, just got a s3, no
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samsungUS tweeted me saying that they might have a plan for trading your SIII for the Note2. i wonder how that works
XxSilent.NightmarexX said:
samsungUS tweeted me saying that they might have a plan for trading your SIII for the Note2. i wonder how that works
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that would be interesting if i like the phone , i would have to go into sprint tomorrow and see how it feels in my hands, if it's to big than ill stay with my s3,
No i plan on getting the iPhone
Jk jk
The s3 is perfectly fine
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Has anybody seen the branding on the Verizon version? They actually put the Verizon logo on the home button and the logos on the back are huge. If sprint does this I won't get it, Verizon managed to make a great looking phone into crap. I really don't mind the back, but really on the home button?
But there is no carrier logo on the sprint version
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But there is no carrier logo on the sprint version
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Haven't seen it yet, I'll get it if there isn't any. Love that sprint is doing so well now, first to get jellybean and start rolling out 4G faster. Happy I stayed
I am in December. That's when I'm paying my ETF and switching to either ATT on contract(I actually might buy the phone outright from them) or t-mobile prepaid, where I'd still have to buy it outright. I'm just fed up with Sprint.
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sprint's been doing good with 4g rollout and 3g speeds in san antonio, so i may pick it up. 5.5" is huge though!! (that's not what she said)
Bigger screen with the same resolution as the S3, pass.
Bigger screen is nice in bed watching youtube and movies, but you could have a tablet instead, and keep a phone for calling and stuff.
Phone has nice specs but with S3 and a 7" tablet w/pen functions I don't need it. I can see how a device like this could really catch on in the business community though. Wish I could put it in the hands of all my field techs but the cost of data plans is still too high.
I want to see what the lower dpi screens about. Also probably won't get cm10 for note 2 and even if we do probably won't get the s-pen working. I might pass and keep the s3.
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I am wondering if any of you are considering moving to the Note2 .
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Nahh.. seems to big for me. I mean the S3 is already bug enough and they're essentially the same phone

Trading in S3

Well, its been a fun ride here with all of you. But its time to kick it up a step and get the S4.
My trade in value is 220.00. I have the 32g S3. So I couldn't pass it up.
I want to say thanks to everyone who has helped me here. Thank you!!!
All of ya take care...hope to see yall in the S4 forums
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What do you mean the trade in value? T-Mobile takes trades? What was the condition of your s3? If its that easy I'm going in tomorrow to get my new phone lol.
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It was in mint condition. Been in a Outterbox from day one.
Also depends in memory size.
New promo: no money down, 25 a month. And yep they take trade ins
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alloycowboy said:
It was in mint condition. Been in a Outterbox from day one.
Also depends in memory size.
New promo: no money down, 25 a month. And yep they take trade ins
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We're you previously in a no contract or did you somehow get the migration fee waived?
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We're you previously in a no contract or did you somehow get the migration fee waived?
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Im in a contract. This promotion is for everyone.
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So I can upgrade even if I'm still on a 2 year contract??
Mine isn't in mint condition and has a couple chips on a couple corners. So maybe I'll go the Craigslist route lol. Good to know though, I'll poke my head in a store tomorrow and see what they say. I'll post the results I come up with.
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I know my daughter traded in a Verizon Iphone thru Tmobile and got 147
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So I can upgrade even if I'm still on a 2 year contract??
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Yes
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Call 611 and get the details. Ask about the zero down promotion
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If you are in the 2 year contract and have upgraded in the last 18 months, they won't waive your migration fee. Trust me, I tried.
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I had a upgrade bout 9 months ago...I wasn't charged a fee...just the taxes on the S4. But I have been with Tmobile for 12 years also.
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alloycowboy said:
But I have been with Tmobile for 12 years also.
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That's why. If you've been with them for 8+ years, they make exception.
Friend of mine has a connection at T-Mobile and he tried to get it taken care of for me when customer service said no. First thing he asked was if I've been with them at least 8 years.
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That's how I got my Galaxy Note 2 today. I only had my Galaxy S3 for 13 months but I still got the Note 2 for free. The catch was I had to increase my plan by $26 for 24 months. I also enrolled in the jump program. So I ended up spending around $60 today and I kept my GS3. They offered me $190 for it.
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Snook321 said:
That's how I got my Galaxy Note 2 today. I only had my Galaxy S3 for 13 months but I still got the Note 2 for free. The catch was I had to increase my plan by $26 for 24 months. I also enrolled in the jump program. So I ended up spending around $60 today and I kept my GS3. They offered me $190 for it.
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wait i thought with the JUMP! program, you had to trade in your old device?
Honestly, T-Mobile always sells phones a bit more expensive then they actually retail for.
If I had seriously wanted the S4 I'd root my S3 that's in flawless condition with a Balistick SG Maxx case, have it prerooted stock 4.1.2 and sell it for 350$. Then go on eBay turn around and buy the international unlocked version of the S4 for like 250$ more. It's more expensive out right, but much cheaper in the long run.
Been on my mother's T-Mobile phone line since I was a kid and had a Motorola RAZR v3. So more than 12 years for sure when she started using T-Mobile. Somewhere in 1999 I fink.
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TheLastSidekick said:
Honestly, T-Mobile always sells phones a bit more expensive then they actually retail for.
If I had seriously wanted the S4 I'd root my S3 that's in flawless condition with a Balistick SG Maxx case, have it prerooted stock 4.1.2 and sell it for 350$. Then go on eBay turn around and buy the international unlocked version of the S4 for like 250$ more. It's more expensive out right, but much cheaper in the long run.
Been on my mother's T-Mobile phone line since I was a kid and had a Motorola RAZR v3. So more than 12 years for sure when she started using T-Mobile. Somewhere in 1999 I fink.
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Am I right in thinking that the international version does not / cannot use wifi calling?
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Am I right in thinking that the international version does not / cannot use wifi calling?
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Correct as this is only a T-Mobile feature also only on Touchwiz ROMs.
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Just got migrated over to the new rate plans with the fees waived
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Just got migrated over to the new rate plans with the fees waived
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So were you able to get a new phone?
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To those who were terminated from Sprint (part 2)

So after posting this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2399983
I decided a few days later to see what would happen if I added data roaming into the equation. I checked my sprint account and it showed ~380MB roaming data (12MB on sprint lol). Clearly not enough
I found myself a nice 1GB test file to download and was able to get it 3x the first night and 2x last night.
Woke up and go this text:
SprintFreeMsg: Please watch your mail for an important account notice. If your address has changed blah blah blah
I looked at my sprint account to see how much my roaming has went up and saw a much nicer 6.5GB! Not bad for 2 days of work!
I'm HOPING this is them parting ways with me, and I can finally go GSM (Nexus 4 probably).
Has anyone who has been terminated confirm this is the final straw or what?! :victory:
If they don't ETF you, I mean one thing is for certain, you're outta here!
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Well I know for a fact they can't ETF you if they are the one terminating the contract.
I honestly wouldn't even be in such a rush to get off Sprint but I cracked my screen and don't want to spend the $$ when I was planning on leaving Sprint when my contract is up in March 2014 anyway... sooner the better though lol
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Well I know for a fact they can't ETF you if they are the one terminating the contract.
I honestly wouldn't even be in such a rush to get off Sprint but I cracked my screen and don't want to spend the $$ when I was planning on leaving Sprint when my contract is up in March 2014 anyway... sooner the better though lol
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They did me, got a call from collection agency from when it happened years ago a couple of weeks ago...
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Well, if you broke whatever terms are in their contract and they terminate it, yeah they can charge you an ETF.
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They are sneaky though, said I had completely free roaming, didn't tell me if I went over X amount they would terminate me. I'm sure it was somewhere in that stack of papers.
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They are sneaky though, said I had completely free roaming, didn't tell me if I went over X amount they would terminate me. I'm sure it was somewhere in that stack of papers.
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That sucks. But, this would make you the first and only person i've ever heard of being charged an ETF when sprint ended the contract and not you. Maybe you caught the roaming department on a bad day or something.
Hey where can I get a good /updated verizan prl??or which one you using??
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Hey where can I get a good /updated verizan prl??or which one you using??
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893
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Any chance you know where I can get the sprint diag tool
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Any chance you know where I can get the sprint diag tool
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