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So who might switch to the Note 3 after seeing it and it's features?

I personally will not because it's just wayyyy to ridiculously big in my opinion lol. The new features look pretty damn sick though not gonna lie!
Multitasking on the Note 3
Scrapbook on the Note
S-Finder on the Note 3
Gamepad on the Note 3
I highly recommend watching the new multitasking, I PRAYYY that we get that, looks pretty damn cool!!

Agreed, just far too big to consider for a phone I'd be willing to carry around. Nice features, and I'm sure it's a great device. But I'm not into Phablets.

If I was due for an upgrade would for sure consider it just because of hardware/functionality. Think I would get used to the size as long as the screen looks nice. However, with the S4 and Note 8 I would not be gaining much if anything.

Not me. While I would love to own one, I don't hate money enough to pay full price for a relatively marginal upgrade three months after getting a phone I am very happy with.

My upgrade date is in December. I'll probably sell the S4 and get a Note 3 then. I think it looks amazing, expecially the multitasking features, not to mention the Snapdragon 800 and 3 gigs of ram. I don't mind the size at all.
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Videos made me want it more. I must have it. Give it to me now.

I'm extremely happy with my S4 but will definitely take a look at the Note 3. It's a bit big but the features that they have shown in their promo video seems like something I could use.

I'm on that beast the day it's released. The Note 3 is more powerful than most laptops. Love everything about it and finally Samsung increased the internal storage along with everything on the phone. After market accessories will be a plenty. Thank You Samsung.
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I'm with ya. I'm trying to sell my phone and accessories in preparation for the release.

I personally wont be getting it but my wifey and mom will be picking them up. The size doesn't really matter for them since they carry their phones inside their purses.
As for me, I'm gonna wait for the redesigned S5.

Gonnna wait for samsung galaxy s5.. or nokia if they ever come out on the sprint carrier
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Well I have 3 lines and I get all the upgrades so my s4 will be off to my gf and I be getting the note 3 . I might have to wait til christmas to get it because the xbox one will consume much of my play money.
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I'll stay with my S4 it does everything I need it too already. Multitask already have a app for that, Gamepad I use ps3 controller with the sixaxis app, etc etc...

It looks like a a pretty sweet ride, but for what I need my phone for it's just way too big.
The s4 is borderline too big to carry in the environment I work in!
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I'll probably be switching to Note 3 when Note 4 is released

I was already at two and a half years on the Epic 4G Touch, patiently awaiting an upgrade to the note 3. Well two weeks ago I got the blue light of death (hard bricked) on my old 4G Touch. So I had to go for another phone and thought I would be very happy with the s4. Well wouldn't you know it two days after I have my s4 reading on XDA of all the awesome customizations and tweak apps I can install on the phone I was very happy that is until the Note 3 specs came out. The rep that sold me the S4 extended my exchange time by 15 days until the 25th of September. He said to contact him or come in before that date and he would extend it again then when the note 3 comes out around October 1st or 2nd he will exchange me into that phone at no charge and swap all accessories I have already purchased for the s4. I really want to note 3 but it is a huge beast to carry around in a working environment and play environment also but I think I'm going to go for it.
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It's a very nice device. Nice looks and feel. A Samsung rep brought one into to my work, Best buy a couple days ago. The back feels like leather and the front has kind of a wood grain or brushed look and the one he had, black was actually a dark black not like the S4.
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pcmanager said:
I was already at two and a half years on the Epic 4G Touch, patiently awaiting an upgrade to the note 3. Well two weeks ago I got the blue light of death (hard bricked) on my old 4G Touch. So I had to go for another phone and thought I would be very happy with the s4. Well wouldn't you know it two days after I have my s4 reading on XDA of all the awesome customizations and tweak apps I can install on the phone I was very happy that is until the Note 3 specs came out. The rep that sold me the S4 extended my exchange time by 15 days until the 25th of September. He said to contact him or come in before that date and he would extend it again then when the note 3 comes out around October 1st or 2nd he will exchange me into that phone at no charge and swap all accessories I have already purchased for the s4. I really want to note 3 but it is a huge beast to carry around in a working environment and play environment also but I think I'm going to go for it.
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I hope you have that in writing. Sprint is notorious for lying.
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I hope you have that in writing. Sprint is notorious for lying.
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Seems we think alike, I ask the rep if he was going to put that in writing, he printed out a receipt with the new Exchange date, and I've been taking notes to keep them honest. I'll post an update in this thread after a successful exchange to the note 3.
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DAMN this phone looks cool as hell... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t14-tjTcdsU#t=362

S5 vs Note 3

I have a guy that wants to trade me his note 3 for my s5. What do you guys think?

Note is 32gb s5 ?

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I have a guy that wants to trade me his note 3 for my s5. What do you guys think?
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If you'd rather have the S5, then I think you should do the trade.

I have the note 3. Wife has s5. Both are great phones. The size is the thing that I have not been able to leave the note series behind. Love the screen size and I use the pen and apps for work.
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I think S5 is more valuable unless you need to digitizer pen. I find the pen pretty useful on Note3, but all this AT&T crap and no root / bootloader lockdown is making me look elsewhere. I will never buy AT&T branded phone again.

Bought the S5 a week ago and took it back two days ago for the Note 3 and I love the difference between the two. If you like the pen then the Note 3 is for you. If you don't like the pen, then you should get the S5. Two awesome devices
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I'd call them near even. If we ever get kernel flashing ability I believe the note will have a longer life span due to an extra gig of ram.
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Bought an s5 last week, really nice phone. I loved image quality of the screen on it. However decided to try a note 3 out and I like it more. The s5 imo looks more aesthetically pleasing and the screen looks better to me. However I didn't like the size of the phone. I only realized this after using the note 3. The s5 is a size for me where one handed sucked and two handing still was kind of strange. I wanted a smaller phone for one handed use. Then after having the note 3, I realized I can two hand type really well and comfortably on the note vs the s5 which was uncomfortable both one or two handed for me. It's weird. Anyway I think both are nice phones however the main thing that pushed me over was having root and roms. The bloatware pissed me off and even the note 3 had a ton of **** and popups before I could root it. Luckily I found someone selling still on 4.3.
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Note 4 regrets

Even though, there is no root for the device yet.. Does anyone regret purchasing their note 4?

If we never get root I might....

I've never rooted an android so I really don't know what it's capable of. But I'm very happy with my Note 4

None here!
Love the screen and fast charging - ive got unlimited and hotspot though and I dont pay for the phone or plan, so I'm kind of a shoe-in for being perfectly happy.

I'm neutral. My note 3 was worth $360 when I sold it. I paid full retail, minus $7360, minus the incoming $200 rebate, thus I'm out $200 after taxes and what not. However, I could sell this Note 4 tomorrow for $600, thus I'm holding $400, a $40 increase. So with my math, the phone was free.
Due to that, I don't regret it yet, but I sure do miss root.

if I don't get root, I'll regret and either sell this to downgrade to an s5, or downgrade to an international. both downgrades will cost me a lot out of pocket..

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if I don't get root, I'll regret and either sell this to downgrade to an s5, or downgrade to an international. both downgrades will cost me a lot out of pocket..
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Why not just get the dev version?

I'm starting to regret my note 4 purchase, in fact I'm taking it back Friday, probably gonna go with the LG g3 that's what I was gonna get but was talked out of it. I like the note 4 but why all of this Knox crap. To much security for me, screw you verizon! Smart phones are fun but there actually a tool so be carefull.

A bit, only because of not having root. Having come from a T-Mobile note 2, Really annoyed at how locked down Verizon is.

I just switched from tmobile to Verizon, that was a good move cause verizon coverage and reliability is so much better. When I switched I was planning to buy the note 3 cause it was rootable but no one had it in Stock so I bought the note 4. No regrets at all but I will most likely sell the retail version to get the developer edition if root is not achieved soon.

Only a couple things that bother me because of lack of root, not being able to use Titanium and not being able to replace the God awful current version of Google Maps with version 6. The latter was remedied with the discovery of Waze so for now I am good on that front.
Other than that, nope, I LOVE the Note 4 and am good to go for a while.

I have not even used mine much yet. I got it on launch day, but with no root it's just collecting dust right now.
I'm still on my Note 3 with Jasmine rom most of the time. I'm starting to seriously think of selling off my Note 4 and getting the dev edition.

mwebb34 said:
I'm starting to regret my note 4 purchase, in fact I'm taking it back Friday, probably gonna go with the LG g3 that's what I was gonna get but was talked out of it. I like the note 4 but why all of this Knox crap. To much security for me, screw you verizon! Smart phones are fun but there actually a tool so be carefull.
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I want the lg g3 also but I hear the battery won't get a full day idk if I would like that at all.

timmyd463229 said:
I want the lg g3 also but I hear the battery won't get a full day idk if I would like that at all.
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Coming from a previous g3 owner don't do it, g3 is a good phone but I'm telling you you'll miss your note.

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Coming from a previous g3 owner don't do it, g3 is a good phone but I'm telling you you'll miss your note.
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I don't have the note yet but am considering it. Well I have the note 2 and am looking for something that will make me not miss my rooted note 2.

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I don't have the note yet but am considering it. Well I have the note 2 and am looking for something that will make me not miss my rooted note 2.
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Well if you're really into custom roms which the note 4 obviously doesn't have then you may have a problem. But i had the g3.. The screen just wasn't up to par, extremely poor brightness (try using it in a well lit room or worst outside) the lag caused by the thermal throttling to keep the display from overheating the phone, it may sound like I'm bashing the g3 I'm not but it's just note good as the note in my opinion. It does have root though so Hey that might be the better choice for you.

Are there any even dev units available??

masri1987 said:
Are there any even dev units available??
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No and they way they limit them I doubt there will be any more when the note 3 dev got back ordered like the note 4 one is now it never came back

vmod32 said:
I have not even used mine much yet. I got it on launch day, but with no root it's just collecting dust right now.
I'm still on my Note 3 with Jasmine rom most of the time. I'm starting to seriously think of selling off my Note 4 and getting the dev edition.
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Aren't you afraid that you'll open it and it will end up being defective? After 14 days, you're stuck with it. I already had to return one defective phone.

By still having unlimited data makes me want root really badly, but I am sure it will be here sooner or later. One thing I do have a thing about is the home button. Call me OCD, but man... it feels like I am double clicking all the time when I am pressing it. Anyone else having the same problem?

Who's going to jump the note 7 boat?

Looks like all carriers are accepting replacement Note 7s. I see sprint will exchange it for another phone, but what about a full refund instead? I guess we will see how this turns out. At this point, I am ready to return the phone and get my note 5 out to be used. Will you be staying with the Note 7?

I'm like you. Waiting to see how it turns out. I still have my Note 5 too. I don't need a replacement phone. Just a refund if that turns out to be the case. I think I'll wait for the 'next big thing' before I get another 7. We'll see.

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I'm like you. Waiting to see how it turns out. I still have my Note 5 too. I don't need a replacement phone. Just a refund if that turns out to be the case. I think I'll wait for the 'next big thing' before I get another 7. We'll see.
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Ya, one of my biggest concerns in staying with note 7, even after 2nd recall, is the resale value.

Hi I love my note 7. my bluetooth is weird every once in while but ninety five percent time the phone is perfect
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Does anyone know how long we have to go and replace the note 7?
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Does anyone know how long we have to go and replace the note 7?
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As for me that is not what i care about. What i care about is there is NOTHING to jump to. I will be stuck just going back to my note 4 cause there is no other phone than the note 7 with 5.7 inch screen s pen and mst payment capability. THIS FRIGGON SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS
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As for me that is not what i care about. What i care about is there is NOTHING to jump to. I will be stuck just going back to my note 4 cause there is no other phone than the note 7 with 5.7 inch screen s pen and mst payment capability. THIS FRIGGON SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS
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Note 5 has all that, but after a few days of use, the note 5 feels a bit slower and sluggish compared to the Note 7.

stas333 said:
Note 5 has all that, but after a few days of use, the note 5 feels a bit slower and sluggish compared to the Note 7.
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Maybe but for me the problem with the note 5 is no expandable storage. While the s7 and s7e has no spen.

brownchm said:
Maybe but for me the problem with the note 5 is no expandable storage. While the s7 and s7e has no spen.
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same here.
Anyways, Samsung has announced to all owners advising them to shut off their Note 7s.
I hope the decision of refunds comes next.

stas333 said:
same here.
Anyways, Samsung has announced to all owners advising them to shut off their Note 7s.
I hope the decision of refunds comes next.
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the decision of refunds has already been made.
http://www.samsung.com/us/note7recall/

I'm officially done with Samsung
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Maybe but for me the problem with the note 5 is no expandable storage. While the s7 and s7e has no spen.
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Plus i have a perfectly good note 4. Hard to rationalize paying
Soo much money for an old phone i am not happy. I love my note. I have owed notes since they started. I need the big screen.
Im sooo unhappy right now. Going to hold off on returning till we fibs out what is going on. Id rather use this till they fix the problem or offer me a note 8 or maybe an s8. Not paying nig nucks for an almost yr old phone in the s7
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Plus i have a perfectly good note 4. Hard to rationalize paying
Soo much money for an old phone i am not happy. I love my note. I have owed notes since they started. I need the big screen.
Im sooo unhappy right now. Going to hold off on returning till we fibs out what is going on. Id rather use this till they fix the problem or offer me a note 8 or maybe an s8. Not paying nig nucks for an almost yr old phone in the s7
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OMG as if this whole thing isn't bad enough they have disabled my gear vr on my note 7..
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War before they take my note 7 out of my hands! No other phones is better than note 7.

cherylbaker said:
Plus i have a perfectly good note 4. Hard to rationalize paying
Soo much money for an old phone i am not happy. I love my note. I have owed notes since they started. I need the big screen.
Im sooo unhappy right now. Going to hold off on returning till we fibs out what is going on. Id rather use this till they fix the problem or offer me a note 8 or maybe an s8. Not paying nig nucks for an almost yr old phone in the s7
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OMG as if this whole thing isn't bad enough they have disabled my gear vr on my note 7..
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How did they do that? Did you accept an update?
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How did they do that? Did you accept an update?
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coccus disabled support

Spoke to sprint earlier today. they are sending me a return kit (thermal box) and a full refund.

cherylbaker said:
OMG as if this whole thing isn't bad enough they have disabled my gear vr on my note 7..
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If you purchased the VR from sprint they will take it back and refund it.

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Ya, one of my biggest concerns in staying with note 7, even after 2nd recall, is the resale value.
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there is no resale value, it's illegal to sell it now that it's officially recalled.
keep it forever or trade it in to Sprint.

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Spoke to sprint earlier today. they are sending me a return kit (thermal box) and a full refund.
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They sending you full refund amount of $849 for the Note 7?

Chaz187 said:
I'm officially done with Samsung
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I'm with you sir. I've returned my Note 7 for full credit on my account. No more Samsung for me. They can keep their locked bootloaders, I don't feel like playing their cat and mouse game anymore. Going to take a good hard look at the v20 and Pixel. Let's hope they are more dev friendly!

Anyone looking forward to upgrading from S7E ?

Just curious what the feeling is on upgrades right now? I'm sure the S8 will be awesome, but will it be $1000 USD worth of an upgrade from the S7E especially now that Nougat is available and soon Google Assistant...? I was excited at first, but the more I think about it - I'm not sure... I think I'm going to hold off and see what the Note 8 will be like. Opinions????

I'm feeling ready to upgrade, I can jump and my s7e is on its 4th back glass (i don't do cases) and has a few scratches on the front... it's got plenty of horsepower but I just don't love it anymore.. I guess s8 is the way to go, I'll have to put a case on it i guess but I'm also worried it isn't much of an upgrade and the size is a bit odd. What other contenders in the Android world are really as nice?
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I just upgraded from the G5.

I'm ready to upgrade, but I just haven't found a phone worthy. A OnePlus 3t or Pixel XL would do, but aren't available on JUMP

I just read an article about the bench test speeds of the s8+ and it was only marginally better than the s7/S7E which is shocking. I think it was on bgr?
I own my S7E, so I want to be blown away by a new phone to get locked into another $1000 contract installment plan.... Of course I don't know how accurate any information is before actual release. Then add to that, I feel there needs to be some real world reviews (ie: note 7)...
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I'm waiting on the note 8....didn't really want the s7E to begin with
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I just read an article about the bench test speeds of the s8+ and it was only marginally better than the s7/S7E which is shocking. I think it was on bgr?
I own my S7E, so I want to be blown away by a new phone to get locked into another $1000 contract installment plan.... Of course I don't know how accurate any information is before actual release. Then add to that, I feel there needs to be some real world reviews (ie: note 7)...
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They should've gave it more then 4gb of ram IMO. hopefully the note 8 will have a little more

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I just upgraded from the G5.
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Same, I just traded my g5 and v20 in for 2 s7 edges.
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I'm feeling ready to upgrade, I can jump and my s7e is on its 4th back glass (i don't do cases) and has a few scratches on the front... it's got plenty of horsepower but I just don't love it anymore.. I guess s8 is the way to go, I'll have to put a case on it i guess but I'm also worried it isn't much of an upgrade and the size is a bit odd. What other contenders in the Android world are really as nice?
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835 is more about efficiency (same as kirin 960) than raw speed. That large of a jump in screen size will negate any extra sot though

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Same, I just traded my g5 and v20 in for 2 s7 edges.
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835 is more about efficiency (same as kirin 960) than raw speed. That large of a jump in screen size will negate any extra sot though
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You didn't like the LG v20? Man, I wanted the phone bad.... I was so upset I missed the 1 day sale on those for $360!
If you traded your v20 for S7E, maybe it was the best thing I didn't get it.... Lol ?

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You didn't like the LG v20? Man, I wanted the phone bad.... I was so upset I missed the 1 day sale on those for $360!
If you traded your v20 for S7E, maybe it was the best thing I didn't get it.... Lol ?
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It was a fine phone. I've had terrible luck with LG screens. Everyone i get is stupidly uneven with grey spots or bright spots and backlight bleed. My g5 had insane backlight bleed on the bottom right but I got it for $120 on the bestbuy.com deal so I didn't care. V20 had a large area of slightly darker screen on the middle right.
Traded my mate 9 for the v20 so there was no going back. The mate was a let down for me as well with insanely inconsistent battery life (compares to my mate 8 which was stellar)

Well I just rooted nougat on my S7E, which I've only had for about a month. I bought my S7E second hand... Before I bought it I didn't realize the usa variants couldn't be rooted in the traditional sense. Had I known that before hand, I may have passed on it? I dunno. It's a good phone, but rooting is what keeps me entertained. This engineering kernel method works, I guess I'll see how well it holds up.

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Well I just rooted nougat on my S7E, which I've only had for about a month. I bought my S7E second hand... Before I bought it I didn't realize the usa variants couldn't be rooted in the traditional sense. Had I known that before hand, I may have passed on it? I dunno. It's a good phone, but rooting is what keeps me entertained. This engineering kernel method works, I guess I'll see how well it holds up.
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I have a T-Mobile S7 Edge. I miss root myself. The entire time I had a G5 I had no access to a PC, now I have the S7 Edge and finally a pc but there's no real root for this phone. Browsing around here I see that new method you're referring to for nougat. Should I do it? What exactly is the benefit at this point?

Yup ill be upgrading. On tmo jump plan so ready now. Hoping the feel in hand of the s8+ is better than the s7edge.

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I have a T-Mobile S7 Edge. I miss root myself. The entire time I had a G5 I had no access to a PC, now I have the S7 Edge and finally a pc but there's no real root for this phone. Browsing around here I see that new method you're referring to for nougat. Should I do it? What exactly is the benefit at this point?
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That's a great question. I don't have a good answer.

Will be jumping to the Note 8 as soon as I can. Never wanted an S7e.

Same. Most of us were note 7 owners forced to get the s7e. I'll be waiting for the note 8.
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Agreed. But I have to admit if Samsung's new business model is to lock the usa variants bootloaders, I will either consider an international (F) model or another device completely.
Rooting is important to me, assuming there is development for the device. And the lack of traditional rooting on new Samsung's is a real let down. Bad Samsung! Very bad!
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Going to the Note 8

Araltd said:
Agreed. But I have to admit if Samsung's new business model is to lock the usa variants bootloaders, I will either consider an international (F) model or another device completely.
Rooting is important to me, assuming there is development for the device. And the lack of traditional rooting on new Samsung's is a real let down. Bad Samsung! Very bad!
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I upgraded to this phone from my G5 without even considering it. I got a PC at the same time which i hadn't had before so I guess I disregarded it because I couldn't root anyway. Now that I CAN I sorta wish I had thought about it more lol. There's a guy who wants to trade for a regular pixel, I'm not sure it's worth it though.

not me... I'll wait for the note 8 lol

For me, I hated the s7 edge, a lot. I had it for 8 months and finally got rid of it for the ZTE max pro, and yes the people at Tmo looked at me like I was some crazy person, nice phone by the way the Z max z pro. I got the s7 last week for $360 on the one week sale tmo had as I've always liked the flat one better. The palm rejection even with a case drove me almost insane on the edge. Great looking phone the edge is but just about unusable. I had the s7 but jumped it for the note 4 last year and now that I have it back paid in full I have no thoughts of getting the s8, I really like the size of the s7, it's what I missed and didn't even know it. My note is for work as I need the production aspect of it, and the s7 is great for gear VR.