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Just bought this phone, should I root?

Hi guys, so I can pretty much do anything, I've been rooting for a long time. So should I root now? If so, which Rom would be best? Thanks in advance
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Best way to find out what's the best rom is to try them out people can say one thing about a rom and you can think something else,
Root and rom away, and welcome
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funziebear said:
Best way to find out what's the best rom is to try them out people can say one thing about a rom and you can think something else,
Root and rom away, and welcome
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Thanks! Does T-Mobile have some sort of 30 day warranty or something? Lol my mom says I should wait just in case
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I think its 14 day but I'm not to sure, make a list if your gonna root most people get a bit to happy and forget to back up after they root and start flashing like crazy (guilty) so I started making a checkoff for my first root and flash haha
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funziebear said:
I think its 14 day but I'm not to sure, make a list if your gonna root most people get a bit to happy and forget to back up after they root and start flashing like crazy (guilty) so I started making a checkoff for my first root and flash haha
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Lol thanks for opinion!
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I rooted on second hour after I got my phone .
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eggydrums said:
Hi guys, so I can pretty much do anything, I've been rooting for a long time. So should I root now? If so, which Rom would be best? Thanks in advance
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I remember you from the amaze forums!!!! Lol I have a galaxy nexus and buying a galaxy s3 next week!! I love toys!!!
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fuego77 said:
I remember you from the amaze forums!!!! Lol I have a galaxy nexus and buying a galaxy s3 next week!! I love toys!!!
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Yeah you should root it. Pondered it myself a few days. Then I just had to get ri d of some bloat.
Been wanting a nexus for a while and google store has new for 349
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fuego77 said:
I remember you from the amaze forums!!!! Lol I have a galaxy nexus and buying a galaxy s3 next week!! I love toys!!!
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Heyyy, me too bro nice to see you here! I will root this week also, can't wait
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mike102871 said:
Yeah you should root it. Pondered it myself a few days. Then I just had to get ri d of some bloat.
Been wanting a nexus for a while and google store has new for 349
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galaxy nexus is better than the s3 IMO. but I'm getting it for a decent price so I couldn't turn it down. I will look like such a nerd with aokp galaxy nexus and a galaxy s3!!!
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eggydrums said:
Heyyy, me too bro nice to see you here! I will root this week also, can't wait
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Awesome! Let me know how difficult it is to do! Lol
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You should back up your IMEI first before doing anything

mjhay19 said:
You should back up your IMEI first before doing anything
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Imei is in my box, don't know if that's the one, I plan on keeping the box cuz it's awesome
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mjhay19 said:
You should back up your IMEI first before doing anything
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This.
Save yourself from any future headaches and head on over to Peoplearmy and GeeK's threads and back up your IMEI with both methods just in case.
I ran with stock rooted for a good week after getting my GS3 just to make sure there weren't any defects (since stock is the most stable).

Pardon my ignorance, I know what imei is, but if things go wrong, how will imei be involved?
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Some people where having issues and there imei was lost, there's a tool to back it up in development section just back it up you shouldn't have issues I haven't seen people inquiring about lost imeis lately,
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eggydrums said:
Pardon my ignorance, I know what imei is, but if things go wrong, how will imei be involved?
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For some odd reason, people have been reporting that their IMEI information on the phone was wiped while flashing ROMs through recovery. That information isn't supposed to be touched, but nobody has really found out the reason why that data gets wiped during the flashing process for some users.
When this happens, the phone loses its ability to connect to your mobile network (because it has no IMEI information to present to the network), so it's essentially an iPod. Last week I randomly lost my IMEI from restoring a nandroid backup from CWM (luckily I backed up my IMEI information and was able to restore it within minutes), but I've heard people saying that it happens on TWRP as well.
I'm not saying that it will happen to you whenever you flash a new ROM, but when it comes to these things it's always better to be safe than sorry.
Also, welcome to the SGS3 forums . Leaving the childish drama behind in the Amaze forum alone was worth the upgrade for me.

eggydrums said:
Hi guys, so I can pretty much do anything, I've been rooting for a long time. So should I root now? If so, which Rom would be best? Thanks in advance
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Really up to you... me personally i always root my phones :cyclops:

I did it!! Got imei and got slimbean with ktoonez kernel so awesome
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eggydrums said:
I did it!! Got imei and got slimbean with ktoonez kernel so awesome
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How'd it go bro? Was it difficult???
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Trial and error always the best course with roms. I would root mine was rooted a few hours after I pulled it out the box.
Very easy to do and with our development section well worth it.
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ISIS coming soon..

http://www.tmonews.com/2012/10/t-mobile-isis-mobile-wallet-pilot-launching-october-22nd/

Looks like its not for our phone Maybe a dev or two can get around that and that pesky, "must not be rooted" thing.
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Looks like its not for our phone Maybe a dev or two can get around that and that pesky, "must not be rooted" thing.
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If you look at the picture it clearly says Galaxy S2 (the author put 2 galaxy s3s for some reason).
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Now if there were only places to use it

How many ways do you need to pay for Flesh Light sleeves?
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algorhythm said:
If you look at the picture it clearly says Galaxy S2 (the author put 2 galaxy s3s for some reason).
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That picture is not exactly clear, but I do see it now. I was going only off the article. What I said about the devs finding a way around the rooted phone block still stands.
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anyone want to pull the apk?

winner00 said:
anyone want to pull the apk?
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When it comes out on the 22nd, I'm sure someone will.
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Don't forget this seems to be limited to Texas and SLC.

LoopDoGG79 said:
When it comes out on the 22nd, I'm sure someone will.
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It already out on the play store.

winner00 said:
anyone want to pull the apk?
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Here is the Isis apk
http://db.tt/L5edZq2U
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blackangst said:
Now if there were only places to use it
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Right??
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When I install and open it yells at me about being rooted
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style154 said:
When I install and open it yells at me about being rooted
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The article states the app will not fully run if you are rooted. Hope a dev can find a work around.
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LoopDoGG79 said:
The article states the app will not fully run if you are rooted. Hope a dev can find a work around.
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We also need ISIS SIM cards.

I'm in Salt Lake and isis has a list of available retail stores:
http://www.paywithisis.com/where-to-use.xhtml
I'm rooted of course with 4.1.2. This might be worth going back to stock to see if it's any good.
Hopefully I'll have something to update on the 22nd!

my question is, when are the isis ready sims available for the users outside of houston and SLC? do we have to wait until the end of the year to get them?

Hardly seems worth it. I'll wait till this technology gets out of the gimmick stage till I'm in.
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Maybe I read one of the articles wrong; but my understanding was if you didn't have a device with NFC, then you would need the new sim card to take advantage of ISIS. I need to see if I can find that article again, but that being said, I would never go back to stock to use ISIS.
What I really want is Google Wallet, and not have my carrier dictate to me which mobile wallet I can use.
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algorhythm said:
We also need ISIS SIM cards.
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Yea this
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No firmware

Hey guys well I bought this galaxy s2 off cl and popped in my tmo monthly 4g sim and the phone was working flawles. Now 4 days later I tried to use the ff camera and it
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fue camera just fcs. Then I go to update system and it says no firmware!! Now my phone won't connect to my network. Anybody have a clue what to do?
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sexcytyme said:
Hey guys well I bought this galaxy s2 off cl and popped in my tmo monthly 4g sim and the phone was working flawles. Now 4 days later I tried to use the ff camera and it
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And it!?!? The suspense is killing me!!
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sexcytyme said:
fue camera just fcs. Then I go to update system and it says no firmware!! Now my phone won't connect to my network. Anybody have a clue what to do?
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It said no firmware because there is no OTA firmware update at the time. Nothing to worry about. Let's see what's on your phone. Can you screenshot a pic of your build number, like this.
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Thanks for the response.here are my screen shots I still can't connect to the network. The Sim worked in my other phone right away this one won't connect tho.
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Hmm out of service, I'll double check if your IMEI has not been blacklisted. Hopefully guy didn't sell you a stolen or lost phone. If you are willing to flash a custom ROM, could help to.
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I haven't rooted yet if I do and flash a custom ROM would that work. The phone has been working for the past 4 days with no problems till today.
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Hmm out of service, I'll double check if your IMEI has not been blacklisted. Hopefully guy didn't sell you a stolen or lost phone. If you are willing to flash a custom ROM, could help to.
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Maybe of topic but I read what ur trying to do...let's say I wanna buy a used phone how do I check if its been reported stolen or lost? (T-Mobile)
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Galaxysm said:
Maybe of topic but I read what ur trying to do...let's say I wanna buy a used phone how do I check if its been reported stolen or lost? (T-Mobile)
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Yes, call T-Mobile
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Yes, call T-Mobile
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And i just give them the IMEI in settings right?
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Galaxysm said:
And i just give them the IMEI in settings right?
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Yes
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Galaxysm said:
Maybe of topic but I read what ur trying to do...let's say I wanna buy a used phone how do I check if its been reported stolen or lost? (T-Mobile)
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""" by the way, can i ask about waty specific website can i check f the IMEI is not stolen or blaclisted???? i have same problem too with Samsung SGH-T959..... i had olridi explore many websites but still no help i'd found...

Phone stolen...

Phone stolen today.
I've suspended the service and tried to use plan b with no success.
I have insurance with tmo.
Is there any way I can locate it+how much will it be to replace via insurance claim?
:crying:

If you have insurance it shouldn't cost more than $40 to get a replacement.
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richardlibeau said:
If you have insurance it shouldn't cost more than $40 to get a replacement.
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Insurance claims are more like $130. Lost my phone before.

sinfulgray said:
Insurance claims are more like $130. Lost my phone before.
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Damn didn"t know that. Had two phones replaced before on my contract and only paid 40 each time for new one.
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There is an app called (plan b) in the play store.. It's made by lookout it can be installed remotely and help to locate your phone
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sinfulgray said:
Insurance claims are more like $130. Lost my phone before.
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Well damn...

rymanh said:
There is an app called (plan b) in the play store.. It's made by lookout it can be installed remotely and help to locate your phone
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This app works bit ur service must still be on. I have used it before and works great

My favorite is Cerberus. Been using it since my D1 days....although its a little late now but I would recommend using it on your replacement.
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Do you guys think it's worth the 130$?
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JaZart said:
Do you guys think it's worth the 130$?
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For a new one yes all day long if you got it.
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richardlibeau said:
For a new one yes all day long if you got it.
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+1. Considering they still sell for more than $200 used on CL

Ok why do that when I can just ask the cops to trace your phone lol
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don728871 said:
Ok why do that when I can just ask the cops to trace your phone lol
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Yeah good luck with that.

don728871 said:
Ok why do that when I can just ask the cops to trace your phone lol
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Cops won't waste the resources for a phone that is not worth it.

Report it to T-Mobile and they will put the IMEI on a black list that it can never be used again...

I got a replacement via asurion
I'm not sure whether my stolen phone was imei blacklisted but they said it's now deactivated.
Actually pretty happy because my phone had tons of lines and a few scrapes+ scratched
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Omg they sent me a galaxy s blaze WTF?
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JaZart said:
Omg they sent me a galaxy s blaze WTF?
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Lol oh they snuffed you. I get to calling them right now and flip.

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Lol oh they snuffed you. I get to calling them right now and flip.
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That's precisely what I did and now..I'm getting a WHITE SII :victory::victory::victory:
They sent me a Blaze because apparently they didn't have any black s2 left...pretty dumb of them.

I think no apps can match 'find my iPhone' if in this situation ad i also have all version of iPhone.. once i try to locate n yes i found it back....
Samsung should have one of those..
Anyway, they shouldn't replaced to you the blaze i think... :banghead:
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New firmware for Bell Galaxy note 2?

I just got ny note back from Samsung I had to send it for repairs and I got it bqck with this nice surprise. Multitasking... it was not there when I sent it in and from the posts I've read the firmware is different. Take a look at the screenshot and let me know.
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Another pic
Just to clarify. I'm with Bell Canada.
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Verry nice!!!!!!! In borat voice
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You definitely got an early Christmas gift from Samsung! With any luck maybe this means that we'll see an OTA soon (or Samsung will see a sudden influx of people sending their phones in for repair after reading this thread haha)

Same for me on my Rogers note 2... sent it in for screen repair and it came back with same updated rom
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Thats great so wait they just holding the updates then wonder if they holding at&t update and not putting it out there
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mizz lia said:
Thats great so wait they just holding the updates then wonder if they holding at&t update and not putting it out there
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Can someone confirm this by updating their stock note 2¿

Ill cheak my gfs
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Nope no update....I suspect jan 19 ish
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Is it possible to pull the firmware straight from the phone and maybe sending it to a developer whos interested in it?
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Yes! Called a system dump I think....idk dont quote me on this but I think its done with odin
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I'd be willing to so that and help a dev out PM me instructions
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I dont think it would be helping a dev out ,, more the people that would want stock multiveiw
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elnovato said:
I just got ny note back from Samsung I had to send it for repairs and I got it bqck with this nice surprise. Multitasking... it was not there when I sent it in and from the posts I've read the firmware is different. Take a look at the screenshot and let me know.
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Elnovato when you got your phone back was it the same one or a different one that was a refurbished?
I'm curious because I need to send mine in for the battery as it's mildly warped and causes the phone to reboot when jostled, but it's lame as Samsung wants me to send the whole phone in rather then just the battery. I don't want to if they give a refurbished one back.
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I dont think it would be helping a dev out ,, more the people that would want stock multiveiw
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But wouldnt it be better to have a rom based off of an i317 instead of an international version?
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It was the same phone, though I had to set eveything back up as the devised was flashed with the new software.
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Elnovato when you got your phone back was it the same one or a different one that was a refurbished?
I'm curious because I need to send mine in for the battery as it's mildly warped and causes the phone to reboot when jostled, but it's lame as Samsung wants me to send the whole phone in rather then just the battery. I don't want to if they give a refurbished one back.
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jyazzie110 said:
But wouldnt it be better to have a rom based off of an i317 instead of an international version?
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Somone will do it ....maybe try that guy who made clean rom.. scott I think....he did the last stock rom for rogers thanks to turilos system dump
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elnovato said:
It was the same phone, though I had to set eveything back up as the devised was flashed with the new software.
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Thank you.
Can't wait to get mine back from Samsung repair center to hopefully see the same update if not a newer one!.
If it comes loaded with a December 4.1.2 firmware I will be doing a system dump on it for sure!. ^_^
Oh btw how long was it until you got it back in the mail? The tech guy on the phone said I will be it back in 2 weeks tops, I hope sooner though I miss my Note II so bad!. However I'm using an S2 as a back up lol.