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[Q] Should I take this trade?

I currently have a Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket with AT&T. I also have an Acer Iconia A500 10" tablet. Both are rooted running custom ROMS. The tablet is actually running a leaked ICS. I have been proposed this offer. A guy has an upgrade available. He wants to buy me a brand new white galaxy note in exchange for these two devices.
If it were you would you accept the trade?

i'm not saying the Note isn't worth it, but my gut feeling is that you could do a bit better in that deal

rooted/custom roms mean nothing with price. sell them individually and buy new
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Sorry!
I meant to post this in the Note for AT&T forum. Sorry!
Thanks for the reply leppo and intruda119!
Can a MOD please delete this thread? Thanks!

You're missing one important thing in your thread. What are the actual state of your note and tablet? Are they almost new? Really old?
If they all are almost new, then you might better sell them individually. If old, then the deal seems good enough for me (brand new Note)
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intruda119 said:
rooted/custom roms mean nothing with price. sell them individually and buy new
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thisguy2431 said:
I meant to post this in the Note for AT&T forum. Sorry!
Thanks for the reply leppo and intruda119!
Can a MOD please delete this thread? Thanks!
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S3 owner..new to nexus

Hello. I currently own an s3 i love it but my fiancee didnt want to spend the dough and buy one... I recently purchased a Galaxy Nexus from Wirefly.com $50 dollars for a renewal upgrade figured it was an awesome deal..used a prmo code for a free bluetooth... anyways the wifey need a new phone (still using a samsung epic) and it worked out.. I was Very suprised to see 32gb internal no sd card but great for her and games lol
anybody have a recommendation on the best rom for her to use (bug free)? I know theres always a handful to choose from I was just hoping one might have a preference. . thanks
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RPerry435 said:
Hello. I currently own an s3 i love it but my fiancee didnt want to spend the dough and buy one... I recently purchased a Galaxy Nexus from Wirefly.com $50 dollars for a renewal upgrade figured it was an awesome deal..used a prmo code for a free bluetooth... anyways the wifey need a new phone (still using a samsung epic) and it worked out.. I was Very suprised to see 32gb internal no sd card but great for her and games lol
anybody have a recommendation on the best rom for her to use (bug free)? I know theres always a handful to choose from I was just hoping one might have a preference. . thanks
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This is the Nexus "S" forums. You should take a look in the GNexus area.

My bad I just saw nexus in the forum list on tapatalk. Anyway a moderator could switch it for me?
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RPerry435 said:
My bad I just saw nexus in the forum list on tapatalk. Anyway a moderator could switch it for me?
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I'm sure they probably will when they see it. It's a common mistake really. Sorry I couldn't be of help. I'm actually holding out till to see what the 1st of the year holds for us in the land of Android.

There are roms that are available for both the ns and the gnex...
I am using black bean which is inverted and similar to aokp!
Slim Rom is also pretty good if she likes stock-ish roms!

4I-I said:
There are roms that are available for both the ns and the gnex...
I am using black bean which is inverted and similar to aokp!
Slim Rom is also pretty good if she likes stock-ish roms!
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Slim Bean is far from "stock-ish".

mdean1981 said:
Slim Bean is far from "stock-ish".
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Regardless, it is the awesomest in book.

eksasol said:
Regardless, it is the awesomest in book.
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Never said it wasn't. It is my daily driver.

Nexus 4 queations

1) what happens if you need to perform a battery pull?
2)How is the speaker on this compared to Galaxy Nexus?
3)Biggest gripe minus LTE?
Thank you for the responses very much. So much on the fence to this phone or not.
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To question 1: hold down power for 10 seconds. Reboots. Works every time.

Sweet I was wondering about due to no removable battery door.
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2. speaker is great.
3. biggest gripe? probably finding one in stock to buy!

zephiK said:
3. biggest gripe? probably finding one in stock to buy!
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I almost said that!
Really though, if you can get your hands on one, you'll be happy.

1. Answered above
2. Never owned a galaxy nexus, but yes speaker is loud and clear
3. battery life. A custom kernel should fix this, but I haven't gone around to root it yet. Maybe a software update would help
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estallings15 said:
I almost said that!
Really though, if you can get your hands on one, you'll be happy.
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It's what happened to me when I wanted to order one. I decided i wanted one and BAM it went sold out.
Then luckily a hour later, Google Play Store says its not sold out and orders resumed

Right on guys thanks for some responses. I'm at a Christmas party playing rob your neighbor. I think I'm going to get it or s3 I just hate that F N button on S3
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Grizzly420 said:
Right on guys thanks for some responses. I'm at a Christmas party playing rob your neighbor. I think I'm going to get it or s3 I just hate that F N button on S3
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Yeah, that button is as ugly as sin.

estallings15 said:
Yeah, that button is as ugly as sin.
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Especially the Menu button

I think the specs are great. If I can get 3-5megs I think I can be totally happy on at&t. It will work at my property and that means a lot. I've been at Verizon for a very long time makes me nervous leaving. Even though I know GSM is the way to go
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Biggest issue with this phone is I can't stop playing with it. There is a heap of development already and it's only been out a short time.
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Thread moved. Questions belong in here in Q&A.
Thanks
AvRS

So it's almost the end of the journey

Alright guys,
I'll be due for upgrade in next month. I wanted to discuss it with you.
Which phone are you going for after this adorable phone. Being honest will easily and comfortably serve another year.
I would be enticed to get the s4 but the lack of full sources from Samsung seems going to repeat itself again.
I dropped this thread hear as people will biased towards their phones in the respected forums.
Many thanks
Tell me what u think guys.
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I'd wait for at least the next Nexus it's not really worth "upgrading". Whatever you're gonna "upgrade" to except Nexus or Samsung, you'll wait forever for the next Android version, unlike the S3 users.
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This year ill stick to s3.. Prob will put it on aosp..Best android experience is stock nexus one..
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I'm going the s4 but waiting for the 32 gig one is out in Australia as I normally buy my phone outright ....
i think allot of the gimmicks we find at we first we start to use like smart stay ect on the s3. I like TW (shock horror) and in general enjoy the innovation that Samsung has developed since the original i9000 anyway good luck with your choice . better the devil you know as they say lol
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TigerCourage said:
I'd wait for at least the next Nexus it's not really worth "upgrading". Whatever you're gonna "upgrade" to except Nexus or Samsung, you'll wait forever for the next Android version, unlike the S3 users.
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Well the S3 is no speed demon with updates(still faster than the rest)
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Sticking with S3 for awhile. I'll upgrade a generation later than S4.
I'd say S3 still got a lot of potential for tweaks.

colang said:
I'm going the s4 but waiting for the 32 gig one is out in Australia as I normally buy my phone outright ....
i think allot of the gimmicks we find at we first we start to use like smart stay ect on the s3. I like TW (shock horror) and in general enjoy the innovation that Samsung has developed since the original i9000 anyway good luck with your choice . better the devil you know as they say lol
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Read the S4 forums in detail, there are a couple of dealbreakers for me, at the moment.
Screen seems to have issues, smearing and red pixels not turning completely off on black images. Hopefully they are software related (wouldn't surprise anyone) but they could be defects.
It seems the S4 is a greatly rushed product, what a shame...

Thank you guys for your replies, people seems to mention the s4 only. What about the new handsome HTC ONE guys?
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CHEVYbarracuda1 said:
This year ill stick to s3.. Prob will put it on aosp..Best android experience is stock nexus one..
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My phone functions and behaves with AOSP only , I've been on it for months do I advise to do so
The only down side is the camera !!
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colang said:
I'm going the s4 but waiting for the 32 gig one is out in Australia as I normally buy my phone outright ....
i think allot of the gimmicks we find at we first we start to use like smart stay ect on the s3. I like TW (shock horror) and in general enjoy the innovation that Samsung has developed since the original i9000 anyway good luck with your choice . better the devil you know as they say lol
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Same here, will wait till the 32gb version, if they release one.. But fear we will never see one..
Didn't Sammy promise a 32gb S3..?
I might just wait otherwise until the S5, the S3 is still a great phone and I'm tied for another year on contract.
Once the ports come for 4.2 and eventually 5.0 this will make my phone seem like a new one anyway..

I don't know what are you talking about, i have 32GB S3 model for almost 8 months... o.0

johnk1973 said:
Same here, will wait till the 32gb version, if they release one.. But fear we will never see one..
Didn't Sammy promise a 32gb S3..?
I might just wait otherwise until the S5, the S3 is still a great phone and I'm tied for another year on contract.
Once the ports come for 4.2 and eventually 5.0 this will make my phone seem like a new one anyway..
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and why would you want to wait rather buying an sd card on the top of the 16g model?
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drreality said:
and why would you want to wait rather buying an sd card on the top of the 16g model?
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I already have a 64gb mem card thanks.. but all programs get installed to the internal memory and I have some bigs games and i'm getting fed up of making space.. Also you only get to use 11gb, not 16gb
Because I need my mem card to be formatted FAT32 so my laptop can read it I can't save files bigger than 4gb on it, therefore no HD films which i have to download to internal mem, which as that stands I don't have a 4gb spare anyway..

Using directory bind there is absolutely no need for bigger internal space
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drreality said:
Thank you guys for your replies, people seems to mention the s4 only. What about the new handsome HTC ONE guys?
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It looks nice, but the camera isn't great, battery life is hit and miss, I hate the button layout (why put the power button on the top left, yuck) and no room for extra memory.

none of the gpu s out there is enough for 1080p atm so ill stick with s3 better game performance than new phones and really very little difference on browser performance doesnt worth for upgrading atm.

HTC one also has no removable back cover/battery, so there's another negative. I don't like the trend towards 'apple'-fying new phones, having expandable memory & removable battery are very important for me!

I will keep my S3 32GB GT-9300I at least until S5, and who knows maybe untill S6 if i don't have problems with it.
it's perfect for me.

andy55 said:
HTC one also has no removable back cover/battery, so there's another negative. I don't like the trend towards 'apple'-fying new phones, having expandable memory & removable battery are very important for me!
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Hell yes!!! If I wanted an Apple iphone I'd buy one, not an I-clone from a company who's credibilty just went down 1000 points because it jumped on the Apple bandwagon....
Leave us our expandible memory and removable battery...

tmac31 said:
none of the gpu s out there is enough for 1080p atm so ill stick with s3 better game performance than new phones and really very little difference on browser performance doesnt worth for upgrading atm.
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Better game performance than other phones? Is this true?
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Galaxy S II Plus getting Android 4.2.2 update in Germany, build I9105PXXUBMG8

Seriously? So touchwiz has problems on the note 2 but a now ancientish phone is recieving this update now? Thats it final straw. Bye bye note 2. Im getting a nexus!
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If you like the nexus more than the awesome note 2 you should do that. I love my note even if i have to wait for the update to 4.2.2
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If you like the nexus why don't you just put stock android on then... omg you have 4.2.2 like the nexus which has 4.3 atm but at least you'll have the second latest rom. I rather wait than get rid of such a brilliant phone.
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Thank you for the extremely useful and important information. This topic was just what we all needed!
Oh, wait, I thought we were in the SII Plus forums.

It's hard to believe that he has been lurking in the forums for 4 years and still posts something so craplike.
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Who said about any problems with Touchwizard, it's only release schedule, new Android for Note 2 will be released about 2 months after Note 3 premiere. And will most probably be 4.3 and not 4.2.2.

mat9v said:
It's hard to believe that he has been lurking in the forums for 4 years and still posts something so craplike.
One answer to you Goodbye, Auf Wiedersehen, до свидания, Arrivederci - don't let the doors hit you on your back
Who said about any problems with Touchwizard, it's only release schedule, new Android for Note 2 will be released about 2 months after Note 3 premiere. And will most probably be 4.3 and not 4.2.2.
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Yea alright keep your hair on. If you dont like the subject dont comment. So what if I have been lurking I may not be a technical genius or a developer but I have helped a couple of people out while ive been here. Isnt that what this forum is about? Learn and share?
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While we are here let's put even more metaphorical wood to the proverbial fire ... even the Galaxy Tab 2 is now getting android 4.2.2.
This is so going to anger people more for no good reason. ( rub hands and smile in an evil way ... )
So much hate for the only other manufacturer that actually does update their hardware for a decent number of Android versions if you exclude the Nexus devices.
Sure they are slow but come on what if you bought an LG or HTC , you would be lucky if your device got a single version upgrade.

we samsung customers are lucky enough compared to other brands that rarely provide updates to their phones. don't worry I'm pretty sure we'll get one sooner or later. if not I'll be selling this and my S4 and get a new one that deserves a love. nevertheless i love this note2. and my S4 but i love this note more
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op, why can you use facebook/twitter/g+ for this kind of "thread", be mature..
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thedadio said:
Yea alright keep your hair on. If you dont like the subject dont comment. So what if I have been lurking I may not be a technical genius or a developer but I have helped a couple of people out while ive been here. Isnt that what this forum is about? Learn and share?
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If your only purpose in creating the thread was to say "nyah nyah I'm getting a Nexus" what response were you expecting?
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apallohadas said:
If your only purpose in creating the thread was to say "nyah nyah I'm getting a Nexus" what response were you expecting?
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@Apallohaddas how about we troll before this thread got lock
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apallohadas said:
If your only purpose in creating the thread was to say "nyah nyah I'm getting a Nexus" what response were you expecting?
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LOL precisely. Go on and get a Nexus FFS. I'm just waiting 4.2.2/4.3 for touchwiz features. Otherwise I might as well flash Cyanogenmod and get it over with meh. All the incessant whining here is just getting annoying. As if lot of other carriers are rolling out updates readily for their older (relatively) flagships.

Thread closed as is frankly useless.