T-mobile GS3 Warranty Replacements on Backorder - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

So Sunday my GS3 died out the blue. It was fine, then suddenly it turned itself off and then wouldn't go pass the boot screen. I call T-mobile and they say the phone is on backorder so I'll have to wait to get another one. Today I get a text message saying "The replacement device for your warranty exchange order is out of stock. A complete kit with a similar device or better value is being sent in its place. Your delivery may be delayed up to 48 hours".
Does that mean they are sending me a brand new gs3 or a completely different phone? I doubt they'd upgrade me to a gs4 right? I'm only worried because the last time I had issues with a warranty replacement from T-mobile, their idea of a equal value was to replace my Blackberry with a Nokia, which I refused.

You may be getting a LTE version of the s3, did u have the t999 or t999L?
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milehighh said:
You may be getting a LTE version of the s3, did u have the t999 or t999L?
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I had the regular t999

Shonrisse said:
I had the regular t999
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Hope for the best OP, the worse thing that can happen is you decline the new device and make them give you another one. Sacrifice a few more days without a phone, but yeah. :highfive:

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I had the regular t999
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I doubt they will send you a piece of crap. There is no real alternate device that tmobile carries for the gs3, its more than likely lte version. The back order for the blue is longer than the white, so it may just be white. Either way nothing to worry about.
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Shonrisse said:
So Sunday my GS3 died out the blue. It was fine, then suddenly it turned itself off and then wouldn't go pass the boot screen. I call T-mobile and they say the phone is on backorder so I'll have to wait to get another one. Today I get a text message saying "The replacement device for your warranty exchange order is out of stock. A complete kit with a similar device or better value is being sent in its place. Your delivery may be delayed up to 48 hours".
Does that mean they are sending me a brand new gs3 or a completely different phone? I doubt they'd upgrade me to a gs4 right? I'm only worried because the last time I had issues with a warranty replacement from T-mobile, their idea of a equal value was to replace my Blackberry with a Nokia, which I refused.
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So what did they sent you OP? Just curious
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I had to order one on Friday (20 Sept 2013): flaky USB port. They sent me a SGH-T999. It arrived on Monday (23 Sept) afternoon as expected.

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So what did they sent you OP? Just curious
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They sent me the basic GS3...it was just a white one. My original phone was blue. I'm already doing another warranty exchange because this one has major battery charging issues. It was supposedly brand new but I doubt it now.

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They sent me the basic GS3...it was just a white one. My original phone was blue. I'm already doing another warranty exchange because this one has major battery charging issues. It was supposedly brand new but I doubt it now.
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They never send you brand new phone. It's always a refurbished phone. I had to sent back 3 warranty exchange phones because they just kept messing up.
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I can confirm it will be the LTE version since i got a replacement too on Tuesday
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TechGuy334 said:
They never send you brand new phone. It's always a refurbished phone. I had to sent back 3 warranty exchange phones because they just kept messing up.
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Well originally they were on back order so I got a message saying they were sending me a brand new in box phone. It came with all the accessories and everything that a new phone has. But it acted like a refurb. Didn't charge correctly. First thought it was the battery but they sent me a new one and that didnt help so they sent me another phone. This one came like the refurbs do..with just the phone, no battery or back.

I just had to use my extended warranty from t-mobile (Asurion is the company I made the claim with) last week. I received a brand new T-999L to replace my T999. I'm loving the speed of the LTE and did root using odin to the stock rom. I'm not too keen on going further though after reading how all the roms on here don't fully support the t99L, reading how they might work or require patching but may not work at LTE speeds is reason enough to just keep the phone as is for now.

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I just had to use my extended warranty from t-mobile (Asurion is the company I made the claim with) last week. I received a brand new T-999L to replace my T999. I'm loving the speed of the LTE and did root using odin to the stock rom. I'm not too keen on going further though after reading how all the roms on here don't fully support the t99L, reading how they might work or require patching but may not work at LTE speeds is reason enough to just keep the phone as is for now.
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LET will still work. It just may not say LTE in the statusbar.
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LET will still work. It just may not say LTE in the statusbar.
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I also have the T999L and was wondering if the rooting methods for T999 will work on my phone. It was sent to me to replace a nexus 4 from TMO. I had no other choice..it was all they offering. Anywho, this is one of my concerns..will my LTE still work? Have you rooted and ran ROMS and your LTE still works? I want to jump in the game but don't want to mess up a good thing.

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I also have the T999L and was wondering if the rooting methods for T999 will work on my phone. It was sent to me to replace a nexus 4 from TMO. I had no other choice..it was all they offering. Anywho, this is one of my concerns..will my LTE still work? Have you rooted and ran ROMS and your LTE still works? I want to jump in the game but don't want to mess up a good thing.
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Go to the q&a thread and you'll find most of what you need to know there. Link is in my sig.
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Sprint replacement?

Ok sprint sent me a replacement because I was having speaker problems I wanted to know if could keep the battery from my old device?
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If Sprint sent you the replacement, I believe you need to send your old phone back to Sprint. If you do not send the battery, they will charge you the missing part. If you are lucky, it would not happen but Battery is a big noticeable part if it's not there.
Good Luck!
(Buying extra battery would be much cheaper from the market if Sprint charge you the cost of battery)
Darrien13 said:
Ok sprint sent me a replacement because I was having speaker problems I wanted to know if could keep the battery from my old device?
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DO NOT send your battery in. It says or use to say on the return packaging not to. I have never sent mine in.
bigtoysrock said:
DO NOT send your battery in. It says or use to say on the return packaging not to. I have never sent mine in.
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Really? Now I'm going to start breaking my speaker.
kobridge said:
Really? Now I'm going to start breaking my speaker.
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Yes if you get a refurb, you only get the phone even if its from sprint. I even got a new device from insurance and only sent phone, no battery or charger.
If they do not send the battery, the deal is over!
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DO NOT send your battery in. It says or use to say on the return packaging not to. I have never sent mine in.
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I have NEVER sent my battery in, and have NEVER had a problem. In Fact, I have about 6 for my old Mogul. Enjoy your Battery Surplus.
will they sent me a new device soit has everything in the box and on my instructions it tells me to have all accessories that came with the old device shipped work phone.
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Darrien13 said:
will they sent me a new device soit has everything in the box and on my instructions it tells me to have all accessories that came with the old device shipped work phone.
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If you get a new device it will have everything and a referb is phone only. When you get it it will have a return deal in it and that's where it says no battery. They are shipping this to you right?
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I replaced mine for a refurb at the store and I just kept my old battery so I'm assuming if they send it to you that it's the same for refurbs, new phones include everything. For the people who want more batteries, I simply called sprint and said my battery was getting horrible life and they sent me a new one at no cost and didn't even want the old one back. Now I have two

Discontinued Verizon Nexus what now?

So Verizon discontinued the Nexus today, and I was wondering what I would get if my phone was replaced by insurance through Verizon?
They might still have refurbished ones but ones those are dome they will offer u a different phone. No idea what.
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Well, I need $60 till I can buy a Nexus 4. Should have one in a couple weeks.
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Smokeey said:
Well, I need $60 till I can buy a Nexus 4. Should have one in a couple weeks.
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If they ever come back in stock for longer than an hour.
Since Verizon kick the gnex out, I wonder if Verizon is going to sweep your 4.2.1 update under the rug and act like they forgot about it.
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Esteway.619 said:
They might still have refurbished ones but ones those are dome they will offer u a different phone. No idea what.
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Heh, NOW you can REALLY forget about that android 4.2.x update for your GNEX....
That's what I was thinking too. Or we may not see for ungodly amount of time.
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Heh, NOW you can REALLY forget about that android 4.2.x update for your GNEX....
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I really don't care if Verizon release it or not. Ive had 4.2.1 since it came out. I don't care if its not official or not. Lol.
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Esteway.619 said:
I really don't care if Verizon release it or not. Ive had 4.2.1 since it came out. I don't care if its not official or not. Lol.
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exactly, it's not like verizons going to bring anything groundbreaking out with the official 4.2.1 release, so really, who cares? i feel bad for the people who aren't into messing with their gnexs being stuck on 4.1.1 because verizons being a bunch of douches. as far as i'm concerned, i'm keeping this phone till it dies, and i might even buy another gnex after this one, as long as development is still rolling with it.
About two weeks ago I got mine replaced by verizon due to my phone having charging issues. I went into the store, didn't call before hand.
I had flashed back to stock before i went in. Told the girl there that it wasnt charging right and i have multiple batteries and they all do the same. she went to look up on some database if others were reporting similar issues (there were none). after giving her my phone number and 5 minutes later she said a replacement is on the way and to mail my old one back in the same box (shipping was paid for)
I was very pleased by how quick and painless it all was. She never touched or looked at my phone at all and asked hardly any questions. my phone also had a chip in the screen (about 2 cm at the bottom right, no cracks though)
the replacement phone had a sticker saying "like new" replacement but it was absolutely pristine. absolutely 100% perfect cosmetically and works great as ever (screen colors seemed better than my original one imo).
As with my luck with CNL devices, I've had nothing but problems with them from Verizon,GNex included. Hope you got a good one.

[Q] Warranty

If T-Mobile stopped caring the Galaxy S3 Pebble Blue 16 GB and replaced it with the Titanium Grey version; and a manager said the warranty replacement is on backorder; and the Pebble Blue hasn't been in stock for at least 2 months, does that mean I will still get a Pebble Blue one since it was my original phone?
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If T-Mobile stopped caring the Galaxy S3 Pebble Blue 16 GB and replaced it with the Titanium Grey version; and a manager said the warranty replacement is on backorder; and the Pebble Blue hasn't been in stock for at least 2 months, does that mean I will still get a Pebble Blue one since it was my original phone?
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If they don't have it in stock they will send you the titanium gray. Login to your my T-Mobile account and look under orders to see what they ordered for you.
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My bet is you will still end up with blue. Maybe out of stock for new but I'm sure there are plenty of rebuilt ones for warranty replacement. Usually when you return a phone it goes to a rebuild factory and get a few things replaced like charger port and power button and things like that. and than they use those for replacement. Of cause I'm not talking about "recent purchase" but warranty replacement. Keep us posted.
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My bet is you will still end up with blue. Maybe out of stock for new but I'm sure there are plenty of rebuilt ones for warranty replacement. Usually when you return a phone it goes to a rebuild factory and get a few things replaced like charger port and power button and things like that. and than they use those for replacement. Of cause I'm not talking about "recent purchase" but warranty replacement. Keep us posted.
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He was told that they are out of stock on refurbished blue s3's. They don't give new phones for warranty replacements so they wouldn't have told him their inventory on them. This happened to me with my s2. They were out of refurbished black ones so they sent me a brand new white one. It depends on how long it is going to take for them to get you the original color/how far backordered they are.
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I just hot off the phone with t Mobile. Not real happy. They are out of stock on s3. They are back ordered with no eta. I asked is there a different color or something else they can do? She was no help. Ill be leaving town Monday and looks like ill have to dig up an old RAZR i have somewhere. Very disappointed in Tmobile. Pay warranty and insurance month after Month after Month. Need a replacement one time and this is the service they deliver. Shame on you rmobile. Pi$$ poor.
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I actually just talked to them today to replace my white one. After issues I had with a waaranty replacement they offered me a brand new one but since they are completely out of the white one they offered me the titanium. I don't care about the color its the same phone. I didn't care for the blue ...so . but they lady told me as far as she knew the white was out of stock and they only had the gray or blue but blue was backordered. I must have gotten the. Last titanium . . Maybe they are getting rid of the. For the lte version.
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I begged would they send whatever color they had. Ill be gone Monday for 2weeks and need a phone with net. Now I'm stuck with my old centennial wireless moto flip phone from about 8yrs ago.
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Maybe they are getting rid of the. For the lte version.
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Dang, but the silver lining might be that you get a T999L model as warranty replacement due to their inability to provide a T999 model. Just have to wait until April to receive your replacement phone.
SeaFractor said:
Dang, but the silver lining might be that you get a T999L model as warranty replacement due to their inability to provide a T999 model. Just have to wait until April to receive your replacement phone.
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Well for me actually they overnighted it. So I'm getting my replacement new phone Friday 22. It'll be a new phone not refurb. Huge conflict spending three days with customer care and loyalty dept.
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I called Tuesday got a blue one on Friday......
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Called last Friday and got my issuance replacement Tuesday. They ran out of the s2 so I got and upgrade to the white s3 . Lucky me, though it's a refurbished Chinese one
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Still waiting for mine to be shipped. Ridiculous service for 799 insurance
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Got my titanium yesterday earlier than expected and it looks way awesome compared to the white. Also got credited back the full price of thebphone and what I spent shipping back my n4. 0pretty good day for me. Almost 5 calls to tmobile in less than 3 days. But glad that mess is over.
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I'm getting absolutely livid. Still no phone shipped. Ill be leaving town now with out a phone I'm paying for.
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mike102871 said:
I'm getting absolutely livid. Still no phone shipped. Ill be leaving town now with out a phone I'm paying for.
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They sent my phone to me on the 21st. I got a bad IMEI and I still cannot get it unblocked. They told me 48 hrs on 3/21, 24 hrs on 3/23, and then 24 hrs on 3/25. Sounds like they cannot do jack for me. I have to wait till like 6pm ET tomorrow if not, call and get them to send me another phone and I sent this POS back to T-Mobile. My parents are pissed that T-Mobile is treating my like crap. $400 for an S3 that I paid out of pocket from work during the summer down the drain. Bad luck for the college student, smh.

So the S4 get releases on the 24th for T-mobile. Restore S3 to factory?

I just got this phone monday and heard about the new today. I'll be trading it in for the S4 but want to make sure to return the phone fully stock. I am aware on how to odin the phone back to official firmware but what about the recovery?
When u Odin back to stock it reinstalls stock recovery
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When u Odin back to stock it reinstalls stock recovery
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Thanks!
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Thanks!
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You have to make sure that after you Odin you factory reset. It also resets the status from modified to normal.
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I got an email saying it was gonna be on the first of may
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It releases on 1st of May for T-Mobile. Some carriers are doing a pre-order special where if you pre-order you get it on 24th of April, but T-Mobile isn't one of the carriers I don't think.
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Lets hope that we can take other carriers versions and flash them to T-Mobile since they're all the same... Why? Because I'm not paying 640 bucks for a phone. Sprint phones almost always end up on eBay much cheaper than retail.
If you have a GS3 there isn't really much of a point of upgrading to the GS4... I'd wait for the 3Q and 4Q devices to drop. This beast still has plenty of oomph in it...
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Lets hope that we can take other carriers versions and flash them to T-Mobile since they're all the same... Why? Because I'm not paying 640 bucks for a phone. Sprint phones almost always end up on eBay much cheaper than retail.
If you have a GS3 there isn't really much of a point of upgrading to the GS4... I'd wait for the 3Q and 4Q devices to drop. This beast still has plenty of oomph in it...
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Agreed at this point I rather get a nexus 4 than a s4.
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daxecutioner24 said:
Agreed at this point I rather get a nexus 4 than a s4.
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Why? (asking legitimate question)
I thought the S3 and Nexus 4 were pretty much the same spec wise?
I had an LG phone before and had a terrible experience... And LG doesn't give a crap about customers with problems. In fact they (lg) went out of the way to erase Facebook complaints comments, etc... I seriously doubt I'd buy another LG device.
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S4 is available online and select stores on April 24th.
Android Central: T-Mobile launching the Samsung Galaxy S4 from April 24. http://goo.gl/mag/2iTH2rd
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I'll be waiting to see what the Motorola X and what nexus devices launch. Also rumor or the Sony xperia line coming to Tmobile so I'm gonna check that out as well. No point in upgrading from s3 to s4.
I've seen the s4 in person since I work in a store and the Samsung rep brought it to us and it is a beautiful phone. The screen on it rivals that of my 42" Samsung TV as far as quality of picture. For anyone not already on an s3, it is a wonderful upgrade but I Dont see the point in going from s3 to s4 especially with s3 rooted on 4.2.2
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I, too, have heard rumors about the Xperia line coming to T-Mobile and I am quite interested.
As for the Nexus 4, don't do it... The build quality is terrible... Just go play with one at a store... And as was said, LG makes terrible devices. The G2x was the biggest fail of a device I've seen in a long time - which really sucked given its potential. A lot of people really hate the Nexus 4. If you DO get one, make sure you get a super case for it.
I had an LG Optimus 3D. Suffered from Ghost calls and Ghost text. People would call, the line would ring on their side but the phone wouldn't make a peep. Same for text, they would send, but they would never get delivered to the phone. LG swept it under the rug. Erased the Facebook comments complaints. And to my knowledge never acknowledged the flaw or offered a solution. It's well documented in the lg forums right here on XDA.
After that I said I wouldn't buy another LG if I could avoid it. (never say Never... LOL)
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Guize so i already put the phone back to stock completely. Now here's the thing, I just go to tmobile to return the phone and tell them i'll be buying the s4 online on the 24th? Will i be able to use my old phone meanwhile i get the other one?
whytechapel_x said:
Guize so i already put the phone back to stock completely. Now here's the thing, I just go to tmobile to return the phone and tell them i'll be buying the s4 online on the 24th? Will i be able to use my old phone meanwhile i get the other one?
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Did you use triangle away to set your flash counter back to zero also check your device status so it says normal too, Not sure if you did all this just a heads up. By old phone you mean a different device besides your sg3
Then yes you can use a old phone
Dano79 said:
Did you use triangle away to set your flash counter back to zero also check your device status so it says normal too, Not sure if you did all this just a heads up. By old phone you mean a different device besides your sg3
Then yes you can use a old phone
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Yeah already used triangle away. By old phone I mean my S2.
whytechapel_x said:
Yeah already used triangle away. By old phone I mean my S2.
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You'll have to go back to a normal sim and then back to micro with the new phone if I'm right.. Maybe there's an adapter?
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not sure how that is going to work since you just got the S3. i know they are doing new pricing plans, but i just got my daughter the iphone5 but since i was not up for a full upgrade i paid $200 down, but only pay $12 a month for it instead of $99 and $20 like advertised. you may have to lay out a lot of money to get the S4 now. it shows $149 down and $20 a month, but that is usually for new customers or those of us who have a full upgrade available
i could be wrong though
I dont see a point in upgrading from s3 to s4. but from s3 to note 3 that should be worth it. Well who knows the wife just got the new HT C ONE and its a good phone in my opinion but I had bad experience with the Amaze before. I think that if you are interested in roms Samsung is the way to go with. with its unlock bootloader out of the box and easy to dev with. When HTC you have to wait for S-OFF etc
Release for online just got pushed back to April 29th.
Smh!
Might as well wait till May 1st and get it at a store instead of dealing with shipping.
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[Q] Brightspot Samsung GS-3 on T-Mobile network

Brightspot just launched a couple of days ago, and I see a good price for S3 off-contract - the full name of this phone is "Brightspot Samsung Galaxy SIII Cell Phone - White (T999L)". I'm thinking about buying this device and use it with my T-Mobile sim, but was curious to find out if anyone did the same thing and was successful? Do I have to unlock it... would the data work with my T-Mobile sim...? The reps at Target don't seem to know, or they are not willing to tell me the truth
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Brightspot just launched a couple of days ago, and I see a good price for S3 off-contract - the full name of this phone is "Brightspot Samsung Galaxy SIII Cell Phone - White (T999L)". I'm thinking about buying this device and use it with my T-Mobile sim, but was curious to find out if anyone did the same thing and was successful? Do I have to unlock it... would the data work with my T-Mobile sim...? The reps at Target don't seem to know, or they are not willing to tell me the truth
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If it's a t999l it should work straight out the box. If not just unlock
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It's just a guess, but if it's a T999L, it should be identical to T-Mobile's in every way, including its firmware. Anytime a carrier wants different firmware, they usually give it a different model number.
For example, Metro PCS has the T999N. It is a T999L, only the firmware is different, and doesn't have T-Mobile apps/bloat, but this got it its own model number.
Basically I'm saying it should work with T-Mobile's SIM with nothing done. But, like I said, I am guessing here. If you do need to unlock there are online services as little as $5 out there.
Do you have a link to where you saw it? How much were they asking?
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thanks!
well, i cannot post any links yet, but the phone can be found on target's website, under electronics...cell phones...prepaid (no contract). it's 399.99, no contract.
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just found out that can i can buy the T999N at the same price from metropcs, but i would rather go with T999L from brightspot because i may not have to change the firmware.
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Do you have a link to where you saw it? How much were they asking?
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Just so you know, you can't flash the T999L firmware to the T999N or vice versa. Roms, kernels, recoveries and modems ok. Firmware no.
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Achileas said:
thanks!
well, i cannot post any links yet, but the phone can be found on target's website, under electronics...cell phones...prepaid (no contract). it's 399.99, no contract.
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just found out that can i can buy the T999N at the same price from metropcs, but i would rather go with T999L from brightspot because i may not have to change the firmware.
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$399.99? I would reconsider buying it, especially with the nexus 5 coming out soon. Only downside is no removable battery and no micro SD card slot.
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$399.99? I would reconsider buying it, especially with the nexus 5 coming out soon. Only downside is no removable battery and no micro SD card slot.
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Those are both deal breakers for me. It's just another way the manufacturers can try to dictate how you use hardware you purchased. And to ensure you'll be back to spend more money when the battery dies or you run out of storage.
Anyway, those were both at the top of my list when deciding if I should ditch HTC for this S3.
Sorry for OT, just thought I'd throw that out there!
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Those are both deal breakers for me. It's just another way the manufacturers can try to dictate how you use hardware you purchased. And to ensure you'll be back to spend more money when the battery dies or you run out of storage.
Anyway, those were both at the top of my list when deciding if I should ditch HTC for this S3.
Sorry for OT, just thought I'd throw that out there!
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It is nice to have expandable storage and the option to change batteries. I had the option of the S3 or nexus 4, its obvious which phone I chose. The back of the nexus 4 being glass (fragile glass) was the deal breaker.
The S3 is nice and I've learned quite a few things since I've had it and its a tough phone, I've dropped it a few times and it doesn't have a single mark on it (guess I'm somewhat lucky).
Op if you decide to go with the S3, backup the imei before you start flashing ROMs. There's a few methods on how to do it, you should be able to find them easily.
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yes i am aware of that but i want my phone to have removable battery and microSD card. that means no nexus or apple for me or until they come to their senses... if that would ever happen.
Da Kine said:
$399.99? I would reconsider buying it, especially with the nexus 5 coming out soon. Only downside is no removable battery and no micro SD card slot.
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Achileas said:
yes i am aware of that but i want my phone to have removable battery and microSD card. that means no nexus or apple for me or until they come to their senses... if that would ever happen.
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Wee bit OT, but if you wanted any further push towards S3, Watch Cnet's Torture Test Video. Priceless.
@docholliday77 Check your PM.
Perseus71 said:
Wee bit OT, but if you wanted any further push towards S3, Watch Cnet's Torture Test Video. Priceless.
@docholliday77 Check your PM.
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Amazing! Thanks for sharing.
hahaha don't think i'll ever do that to my phone... i just want a good price on a good/decent phone (battery life, storage, and some official OS future upgrades). S3 comes closest to what i need, so right now i'm only looking for the right price
Perseus71 said:
Wee bit OT, but if you wanted any further push towards S3, Watch Cnet's Torture Test Video. Priceless.
@docholliday77 Check your PM.
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anyway. i just ordered it from target, so looks like soon i'll be able to answer my own question.
Cool. Congrats on your new toy! Verify its actually a T999L before you do anything to it though. If it's different, let me know and I can try to help.
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Did it work
I was thinking along the same lines. did it work on tmo? sim locked?
thanks,
DocHoliday77 said:
Cool. Congrats on your new toy! Verify its actually a T999L before you do anything to it though. If it's different, let me know and I can try to help.
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it Works !
Decided to give it a try, and the target T999L works on regular t-mobile!
js1tr3 said:
I was thinking along the same lines. did it work on tmo? sim locked?
thanks,
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sorry for the delay... guess you already found out - yes it works.
how's your wifi calling, by the way?
js1tr3 said:
I was thinking along the same lines. did it work on tmo? sim locked?
thanks,
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off topic: and for whoever may still be interested in this phone, it's going for $299.00 now at walmart (not brightspot, but t-mobile lte version)

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