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Anyone get their Epic yet? Post here!!

I'm going to pick mine up right now. I had to pay an old debt to sprint and they told me if they run my credit twice within 60 days it'll get flagged for fraud, so I'm hoping that doesn't happen. I don't know if they ran my credit when I payed that debt or not.
Let us know how you like yours!!

I have it since 8:10. I'm transferring the information from my Evo to it. I bought a really cool case with it.

Going to get mine at lunch time. Sprint store is about 6minutes away, hopefully they dont take the other 54min to get me paid and activated.

Yeah. Got mine and rooted it already. Waiting for a nandroid capable recovery and nand unlock. Cases at sprint were not that great. I might stop by bb today or tomorrow and get a screen pro put on it and see if they have better cases. Sprint had a neat dock but obviously you can't dock if you have a case.

herbthehammer said:
Yeah. Got mine and rooted it already. Waiting for a nandroid capable recovery and nand unlock. Cases at sprint were not that great. I might stop by bb today or tomorrow and get a screen pro put on it and see if they have better cases. Sprint had a neat dock but obviously you can't dock if you have a case.
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They had one at Sprint that I really liked. It was back and hard rubberized. And for 15 bucks. Who could argue? I put it on and it feels REALLY awesome.

How's the battery life?
Can you make it two days without a charge?
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Congrats to you early adopters! Good luck with it and looking forward to ALL the mini-reviews.
....contract is almost up for my Sprint credit..can't wait!

kidstechno said:
Going to get mine at lunch time. Sprint store is about 6minutes away, hopefully they dont take the other 54min to get me paid and activated.
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Don't forget 6 min to drive back to work

I have to wait til after work tonight. I hope there is still stock. Going to the Sprint store first to get my wife to see if she likes it. Then to Best Buy to get the instant rebate. If she likes it I have to wait til November. If not then I will swap devices asap!

just picked mine up in the store, i got there at 8:15 thought there would be a line, but there wasnt I was the only one in the store

REDFOCZ said:
just picked mine up in the store, i got there at 8:15 thought there would be a line, but there wasnt I was the only one in the store
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Same here. Another person was there picking up the Epic, but other than that, we were alone in the store.

Initial Impressions
Very quick impressions...
Capacative buttons work absolutely FINE.
Going through the menu setting up various things the phone flies.
Email setup is much more of a pain the BB but I expected that and went through the same thing with the EVO
The phone has less of a 3G signal in my office thatn the EVO did but at least it's a solid one bar whereas my 9650 Bold would drop every call. Sprint sent me an Airwave yesterday to use in the office so once I get that up and running I'll be good to go. I have a strong 4g signal at home so I'll try that out this evening.
Absolutely love the screen. If you don't have an EVO sitting next to it for comparison, the screen is plenty big enough.
Keyboard is excellent
I'm guessing it's tyhe rounded corners...the phone is much more comfortable in the hand than the EVO was and for perhaps the same reason, fits much better in the pocket.
Looks great...I sense no "cheapness" factor to it at all.
I'll have more input after I get a chance to really work with it as the day progresses but I'm very happy with the decision to go with this device.
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Further Updates on Call / Sound Quality and GPS:
Having spent the morning on the phone now, I have to say...for someone who wears hearing aids (me), the call quality both on the earpiece in the front and the rear speaker is simply the best I've ever experienced with wither BB or my previous EVO.
Totally impressed and that alone makes this phone worth it to me.
Interestingly, while the EPIC shows only one bar whereas the EVO used to show 2-3 here in my office, the EVO would drop about every third call and the connection was obviously poor. At one bar, the EPIC sounds darn solid.
GPS locked on in seconds from within my office and put me right where I am.
Fired up Sprint Nav, put my house in for a destination and much more quickly than my BB 9650 ever did, it had me on the way home...even though it's not time to go home

Picked mine up at around 8:15
So far loving the keyboard amd how smooth verything seems to be. Sprin had a really cool case with a ruberized back that I decided to buy and so did te other guy getting a epic.
I miss the big screen of the evo. But the samoled screen is definitely an improvement
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Picked mine up about an hour ago. I was third in line when the Sprint store opened at 8AM. By the time I left about 20 minutes later, there where at least 6 other people there all wanting the Epic. Purchased all of the available accessories including the Media Dock.

Picked mine up at 8am sharp. Wasn't $350 upfront rather $250 like BB & RS are offering. Asked rep if I had to charge the battery when I got home and said no. Powered it up and it was only 50% charged. Tested GPS with google maps, cold locked right in after I turned on locate in settings. No 4g so far and I live between baltimore and richmond 4g areas, rep said I would have it but I know he was just blowing smoke up my arse about those things. He also kindly advised me that I would be receiving an automated survey call tomorrow and to give their store a 5 out of 1 scoring. I'll think about it.
All in all, pretty pleased with the smothness, minor lag when loading up xda page. Asphalt 5(demo) ran smooth, hardware keyboard has a great feel and good key spacing, and backlit keys are a major plus.
Let the custom ROMS begin!

Just got mine about an hour ago. The only downside is the layout on it but I'm sure some custom ROMS will come soon and I can't root so the wireless tether feature is not there. Overall very nice screen and the touch screen is great. I've only played with it for a half hour so I can't say a whole lot more about it.

ghostrid3r said:
Picked mine up at 8am sharp. Wasn't $350 upfront rather $250 like BB & RS are offering. Asked rep if I had to charge the battery when I got home and said no. Powered it up and it was only 50% charged. Tested GPS with google maps, cold locked right in after I turned on locate in settings. No 4g so far and I live between baltimore and richmond 4g areas, rep said I would have it but I know he was just blowing smoke up my arse about those things. He also kindly advised me that I would be receiving an automated survey call tomorrow and to give their store a 5 out of 1 scoring. I'll think about it.
All in all, pretty pleased with the smothness, minor lag when loading up xda page. Asphalt 5(demo) ran smooth, hardware keyboard has a great feel and good key spacing, and backlit keys are a major plus.
Let the custom ROMS begin!
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it was 250 in a corporate store or a 3rd party store?

kidstechno said:
Going to get mine at lunch time. Sprint store is about 6minutes away, hopefully they dont take the other 54min to get me paid and activated.
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It's a guarantee they will, it took 15 minutes for me to buy a car charger the other day.

It took me all of 16 minutes to return the Bold 9650, have them activate the EPIC, check that it worked, buy a case and get out of the store.
I didn't bother to have them set up my email accounts as I'll do it myself.

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it was 250 in a corporate store or a 3rd party store?
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Corp store on new contract $260+. Dunno if he was trying to hook me up or if corp is trying to compete with BB/RS pricing. I did mention "that's what BB across the plaza is selling it for" and he just mumbled LOL.

Dang! My upgrade iss due tomorrow and I call sprint because I havee reserved a phone from sprint and BB, but sprint doesn't wanna give me the instand rebate and sprint doesn't wanna transfer the upgrade day to today, so I'm screw. F U Sprint!!!!
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Wrong Note Received!!!

After drooling over the Note via virtually by watching a ton of youtube videos as well as reading up on everything about it I could find, I finally was ready to buy it (after had borrowing the money to get it). I knew I wanted the GT-N7000 version over the US AT&T model, mainly because of the better processor and I really like that Video Maker app, as well as a bunch of other things. I ordered my International Note through Amazon, with Prime Shipping! I placed the order for it last Wednesday afternoon, but it was not scheduled to arrive until Today, Monday. Woke up early, just to make sure I was handed the package and it wasn't thrown to my front door, ... I immediately felt something was wrong when I saw the box. It was in a longer than needed rectangular box, with both sides pushed in, to where you could actually reach in and pull the phone out of the box.
When I opened the box, too look at what was in there, first thing I noticed was that the phone box was not plastic wrapped, second thing, the AT&T logo on the box!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wasn't really upset as I should of been, but the feeling of waiting over the weekend for Monday to come started back up again, as I knew I was going to have to return this phone, and wait for it to go through the process of mailing it back, waiting for the refund to go through, then reordering it from someone else, and waiting for it to arrive again.
The dealer I bought it from was MasterDeals Inc on Amazon. I will definitely not be buying anything from them in the future.
What a huge letdown this was, after having that NOTE FEVER for several weeks, then for it to end this way was a big disappointment. I hope the next one that gets shipped to me is the correct model.
I got to hold it for but a brief instance, my baby and I will meet again soon.

Sorry to hear that, it should all get sorted out as the product you purchased was a N-7000 and not the ATT Note.

Man that really sucks I am planning on ordering another note from amazon for my wife and I want to make sure that doesn't happen to me. I just noticed the reseller who is selling through Amazon that I was planning on buying through has two different pictures one for att and one for international ill have to be careful. Good luck on your return I hope they get you all sorted quickly it really is an amazing device.
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When ordering online they don't specify which version it is? I'm sorry to hear that ... regardless, I'm sure it'll get straightened out.

UPDATE: 4/6/12
After what happened, which I posted above, I am glad to say I am now a VERY HAPPY GT-N7000 Note owner.
How it happened.
After opening the package which I had received on Monday 4/2/12, I immediately packaged it back up and sent it back, due to the fact that the seller had sent me the AT&T model, which I did not order.
Amazon's customer service emailed me the pre-paid UPS postage to include on the box, and I went to the nearest UPS drop off location and sent it. This was about 3:45 pm.
On Wednesday, at 12:00 PM, I had received a email from Amazon saying they had received the return, and were processing it and would email me back once the refund was submitted. That evening around 6:00 pm, I had received the email saying the amount I spent on the phone, $609.99, was being refunded back to the card I had used for the purchase. That was good enough for me.
3 Hours later or so, I reordered the Note from Yapper Wireless on Amazon. This was after receiving response emails from them that they were in fact selling the GT-N7000 model, so I placed the order around 9:00 pm that night.
Since I am a Amazon Prime member, I only had to pay $3.99 to have my order sent via 1 day shipping, which I did, as I wanted it before the weekend.
Thankfully, it did arrive this morning, Friday, at 11:00 am. Keeping my fingers crossed, I opened the box, and immediately seen that it was in fact the GT-N7000 WHITE model.
The phone box was not plastic wrapped, and after looking in the box, I noticed why, the seller took out the international plug adapter, and replaced it with the US Samsung one, which I was happy about.
Next I installed a screen protector, which I am not sure I will keep on, then installed my 32GB Samsung Class 10 Micro SD card, and installed my Straight Talk sim card. Followed the instructions on the Straight Talk website, activated the sim, picked the $45 a month Unlimited plan, and entered the APN settings that can be found on this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487293 Thanks to Hirudin for posting it.
I first tried a call, Worked.
Text message, Worked.
Took a pic and sent it (MMS), Worked.
Again, I was VERY HAPPY! It's feels good to have unlimited minutes again, after being SO limited as I was with my 300 minutes a month $35 Virgin Mobile plan.
Next step, downloaded Speed Test to test the network.
Turned off WiFi (of course), Began Test.
I noticed in the status bar, It was going from 3G to H+, but then stayed on H+, this test was taking inside my house.
Results:
3.1 MBPS Down
1.2 MBPS Up
I am located in Fremont, CA .. the Bay Area.
I again, VERY HAPPY with these speeds, I would be lucky to get 100 KBPS Down with Virgin Mobile, which of course runs off of Sprints network.
I then went to the Google Play store on my computer, signed in with the email associated with my phone, and went to Devices under account settings, I was once again VERY HAPPY to see that it shows my carrier as AT&T!
The phone is on the charger now, I haven't really got into it yet, but I can say that this is definitely the BEST phone I have ever owned, and yes I did once own and use the iPhone 4. I am so excited to FINALLY have my very own Note, and I can't wait to start using it and customizing it to my liking. I look forward to May 22, when Samsung announces the S III, and hopefully whatever specs this new phones has, hardware wise, will make it into the Note 2. Quad Core/2GB Ram/12-16 Megapixel Camera/etc. I just hope the Note 2 at least keeps the same size screen, if not go slightly bigger!
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to share my experience with everyone, and yes, the Note/Straight Talk combination works flawlessly! Highly recommended if you don't like spending $100+ on your phone bill.
Long Live the Note/Hail to the King Baby!

Gotta love those happy endings.
And don't worry about the phone being on 3G, mine does the same. It switches to H+ when it starts pulling data, and goes back to 3G when it's finished; i think it's a power saving measure.

Wow from disaster to awesome, all sorted within the week. Sounds like you and amazon worked really fast to fix the problem. Congrats on getting the right note and I could almost feel your optimism while reading through lol!
Too many times ppl get hung up on bad mouthing a company due to a problem and take ages to get it fixed. You on the other hand named and shamed vowing never to buy from again (same thing I would do) and then got on with getting your phone
There really is no going back to a smaller device for ppl who use their phone other than calls. Loved my Dell Streak for year and a half and now I love my note. 5" is the future.
Enjoy your device buddy wd.

TheRealCJ said:
Gotta love those happy endings.
And don't worry about the phone being on 3G, mine does the same. It switches to H+ when it starts pulling data, and goes back to 3G when it's finished; i think it's a power saving measure.
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Sounds cool, thanks for the heads up.

Koguchi9 said:
Wow from disaster to awesome, all sorted within the week. Sounds like you and amazon worked really fast to fix the problem. Congrats on getting the right note and I could almost feel your optimism while reading through lol!
Too many times ppl get hung up on bad mouthing a company due to a problem and take ages to get it fixed. You on the other hand named and shamed vowing never to buy from again (same thing I would do) and then got on with getting your phone
There really is no going back to a smaller device for ppl who use their phone other than calls. Loved my Dell Streak for year and a half and now I love my note. 5" is the future.
Enjoy your device buddy wd.
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Yeah, I am glad it all worked out in the end. I know what you mean about not going back to a smaller device, I don't think I could do it, or at least I know I wouldn't want to.

Actually it bounces back from H+ to 3G as soon as your phone is idle for a couple of seconds or your throughput is below a certain threshold. This is controlled by the network and not your phone. The wireless medium is shared between many users, this is done to free up the limited resources for the users actually needing H+ and throw back everyone who doesn't need it to 3G.
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Come on REALLY!! No one made a star wars joke!
This is not the Droid you are looking for...
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(Yeah its lame but it was 1st thing came in toy head when I saw the title of the post)

Another one joins the clan.

So, I bought a N4 since it's by far the best bang for the buck. Even though I have a feeling they're going to drop the 8 and intro a 32 (an assumption) just so they can compete... you just can't beat the phone price to feature ratio.
Anyhow, I was wondering how written in stone the shipping estimate was? I'm just anxious to get it...I'm on this ****ty iPhone 4 (work phone) and I can't wait. I've read some say that it could be a few days and some have waited the full length.

It really could be anywhere in that time frame. I know the waiting is tough but you'll be happy when you get it

Suppose to be two day shipping no? I got mines within 2-3 business days...
Also since I had one of the first batches and was super eager to get my hands on item...I went to ups online and asked them to hold the package for me to pick up instead of constantly missing the guy.
And one last thing...WELCOME!
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The shipping days should be based on the place you have lived.Maybe two days maybe a week, but whatever, it shouldn't take a long time if you have ordered the phone.

I ordered mine Sunday evening. Got a mail with an estimaetd delivery for friday. So 5 days. Tuesday morning: ding dong. So these infos are not very reliable

Hah, of course I post this and I wake up this morning to an email saying my order has been shipped. The order was placed Monday evening. I. Can't. Wait!!

Congratz... Your going to enjoy this awesome device!

*** Nexus 9 LTE Shipping Waiting Room ***

So i placed my order via T-Mobile Underground today, They are saying it will be delivered by 12/22/14, so the date of GPS shipping by the 12/19./14 seems to line up. I hope they fixed the light bleed, back cover situation, and power button/volume rocker issue. stay tuned.

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So i placed my order via T-Mobile Underground today, They are saying it will be delivered by 12/22/14, so the date of GPS shipping by the 12/19./14 seems to line up. I hope they fixed the light bleed, back cover situation, and power button/volume rocker issue. stay tuned.
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Ordered mine this morning as well with Saturday shipping. Talked to 5 people in customer care and no one had an idea of when it would ship. The last lady did call the shipping department and they said they have them in stock. We'll see I guess.

right so will the t mo version be as vanilla as the goog play version?
after the nex 6 fiasco with google i opted NOT to order through them.

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right so will the t mo version be as vanilla as the goog play version?
after the nex 6 fiasco with google i opted NOT to order through them.
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What exactly are you speaking about, the shipping delays....? I bought a 32gb MB nexus 6 on launch day (I have since returned it and ordered a MB 64GB version) from a T-Mobile store and it was as vanilla as could be.. Can you please elaborate..?

64 GB versions of nexus 6 were not shipping in the way people ordered them.

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64 GB versions of nexus 6 were not shipping in the way people ordered them.
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THIS.
I was able to sneak in an order the first time the 64gbs went up on googs site. but the shipping delays and all that nonsense was just too much. im not used to that (normally on launch day i just walk into a store and get the phone) and im not going through that again.
i sincerely hope this nex 9 t mobile lte tablet will be pure vanilla like the nexus 6 is. we wiill see.
i called the t mo cs to ask if i could trade in my nexus 9 wifi (i just got a new RMS unit a week ago so this tab is pratically mint).wanted to know the max i can get before i just return it to goog or sale it on fleabay. its too new in the system to give a quote on so i have to walk into a t mo copr store. i am a sprint user and have never been on any other carrier since 1998 so lets hope t mo's store reps are helpful.

I might return my WiFi n9 if this will work on Verizon.
N9 I have has some issues with screen bleeds and the back cover . returnable to amazon till end of January

Mine has shipped... That was fast.
If my nexus 6 made it out tonight too that would rock.
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Got shipping confirmation also

ahhh received the track info from UPS also. im in LA so you cats make sure you post up your build date and how easy or hard it was to activate the sim as I will get mine much later than you guys.
As mentioned, I am a sprint user but picked up a data plan from TMO (5gb).

I already have 2 nano Sims that are in my ipads so I will just be swapping sims..
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In case anyone wants to know my tablet was an upgrade on a line and it shipped from Louisville Kentucky.
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Wow received mine this morning

Can you try Verizon Sim in it. How's the build quality too. Did you order from tmo or play store

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Wow received mine this morning
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How's the build quality..? Are the buttons more pronounced and tactile.? Any light bleed. ? Does the back cover still flex if you press on the center of it.?
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right, so tmo tell me they dont offer sat shipping, and that what i paid for was NEXT DAY (i.e. monday in this case) shipping. EVEN THOUGH on the order page it had an option for sat deliver and the invoice i received stated sat(today) deliver.
chatted up those cats at tmo and they will waive my shipping charge. homeboy wrote that they do not offer sat shipping ,only next day for 24.99. again, wrote to him that the webpage offered sat ship at 24.99.
whatevs..
i still have my nex9 wifi to hold me over until monday. :good::fingers-crossed:

I ordered my N9 LTE on Thursday, got my Ship info tonight, should have it by Tuesday
I ordered my N6 (64gb Midnight Blue) on Cyber Monday off the T-Mo site, backordered and was supposed to be delivered by this Tuesday, no ship info for it yet .
If I get my N9 on Tuesday, I'll update here, can't wait though

Build quality seems a lot better. Buttons slightly raised, no light bleed whatsoever. A tiny bit of flex but nowhere near like the previous WiFi models I had. Updated as soon as I turned on to 5.01. Build number LRX22C. Came installed with T-Mobile microsim. Haven't tested my att Sim yet. Still takes forever to charge.
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Thanks... Glad to hear all is well..
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Build quality seems a lot better. Buttons slightly raised, no light bleed whatsoever. A tiny bit of flex but nowhere near like the previous WiFi models I had. Updated as soon as I turned on to 5.01. Build number LRX22C. Came installed with T-Mobile microsim. Haven't tested my att Sim yet. Still takes forever to charge.
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Micro sim or Nano sim?

Verizon Customers (at least me) getting devices early

My phone(s) are on the truck to be delivered today. Can't wait to get ahold of this thing!

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My phone(s) are on the truck to be delivered today. Can't wait to get ahold of this thing!
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Wow, can't believe how long it's been since I've posted here. Back when I still had my Charge, lol.

Mine arrived yesterday. Battery life is ridiculously good

Got mine earlier today

Mine came yesterday. Too bad I had to go out last night. Played with it for about 2 hours. Fairly impressed so far.

Mine says on hold because of payment needing to be updated. I corrected that on Sunday and it still shows on hold. Verizon assures me everything is good. I pre-ordered on the 20th at 11:30pm AZ.

Just got an update on the tracking and I will have mine by end of day tomorrow. So excited!

After many calls to Verizon I got my tracking number today for my Ultra 512GB that I ordered through the Verizon app on 2/20/2020. Hallelujah

Mine showed up yesterday, got the phone set up and applied for the $200 credit. That was approved this morning and within an hour I had the email to claim it. Got the Buds+ and 45W charger and an OTG device. Why in the world do these phones not come with the OTG?