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Customs is sitting on my Note! Help me with this form.

My Note was supposed to be delivered this morning before 10:30am, but I noticed the tracking page showed a clearance delay, saying "Description provided is insufficient to classify commodity."
A FedEx woman called and said the FCC form is incomplete. They sent me one to fill out since Handtec is gone for the day and I'm clueless on some of the items on it. How should I answer? Below is the info the form requests. What I don't know:
Does the Note have an FCC ID? I'm assuming I'm the consignee; does that make Handtec the importer? What's the harmonized tariff number? How should I answer part II?
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Date of Entry:
Port of Entry:
Harmonized Tariff Number:
Quantity of Item:
Device Model/Type Name or #:
Trade Name:
FCC ID:
Description of Equipment:
Manufacturer's Name and Address:
Consignee's Name and Address:
Importer's Name and Address:
name and signature of consignee or importer
Then part II says With Regard to the Importation of the Described Radio Frequency Device(s), I DECLARE THAT: (check only one)
1. The FCC has issued a grant of equipment authorization for the FCC ID listed above.
2. An FCC grant of equipment authorization and an FCC ID are not required, but the equipment complies with FCC technical requirements.
3. The described equipment is being imported in limited quantities for testing and evaluation for compliance with technical requirements or marketing suitability. The equipment will not be offered for sale or otherwise marketed.
4. The described equipment is being imported in limited quantities for demonstration at industry trade shows and will not be offered for sale or otherwise marketed.
5. The described equipment is being imported solely for export. It will not be offered for sale or otherwise marketed in the US.
5(a). The described equipment is a non-US standard cellular phone that can only function outside of the US.
6. The described equipment is being imported solely for use by the US government.
7. Three or fewer radios, receivers, or other unintentional radiators as defined in part 15 of the FCC rules are being imported for an individual's personal use and are not intended for sale.
8. The described equipment is being imported for repair and will not be offered for sale or otherwise marketed.

This looks pretty complicated. If I were you, I would contact Handtec. It's better to wait an extra day, rather than taking a chance and messing up the form, potentially leading to further delay or extra duty(Handtec might be calling it a 'electronic item' instead of a cellphone to avoid high duty maybe, that's what they do when they export to India).

Just put this : "For gods sake this is the latest and greatest toy and I need it now! It is inhuman to separate man from his latest gadget!!!"

customs
I agree! !it's cruel and abusive treatment.

Just tell them it's a gift from your cousin Han D'tec.
Seriously, I hope you get it soon. You'll love it .

The fccid on my note is A3LGTI9220.

There are people in xda who have got this in the past.
Here is one such link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13468047&postcount=491
If that does not help, search this forum.. there are many who has taken the same path

My Gnote was also held in customs but different reason. I checked my tracking # and it said Clearance Delay, "Description provided is insufficient to classify commodity." I called FedEx and they asked me what is in the package, value and etc.. I gave all the info and the forward it to the Customs and hours later I got an email that it was released and will be delivered the next day. The problem was Handed put Electronic item for the description of the package, and that's why they wanted to know what is in the package. Finally got it this morning and was suppose to receive it yesterday. Good Luck.

Call the lady like she said. Told me if I had any questions to call her, so I did and she walked me through the entire thing.
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drgopoos said:
There are people in xda who have got this in the past.
Here is one such link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13468047&postcount=491
If that does not help, search this forum.. there are many who has taken the same path
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Thanks! The link helped a lot. I got the form filled out, signed, scanned, and sent back to the customs broker just before she left for the day. She sent me confirmation that she received and processed it, so now my fingers are crossed that I'll be woken up to the beautiful sound of our dogs barking at the FedEx guy at the front door!

It arrived and it's awesome! Thanks again for the help with the form! Here's how mine looked with my personal info removed (I didn't bother with a PDF markup program and just hand wrote it since I was going to have to sign it by hand anyways.) The broker said that I was both the consignee and the importer, so my name/address went there.
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maxh said:
Thanks! The link helped a lot. I got the form filled out, signed, scanned, and sent back to the customs broker just before she left for the day. She sent me confirmation that she received and processed it, so now my fingers are crossed that I'll be woken up to the beautiful sound of our dogs barking at the FedEx guy at the front door!
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What'd you put for the harmonized tariff number and FCC ID?

I just edited my post and attached the filled out form. Harmonized tariff number I got from that post drgopoos linked to, and it's 8517.12.0080 and the FCC ID I looked up online and put AL3GTI9220. At the time I wasn't 100% certain that was the correct number for the version I was being sent, but I've looked under the battery now that I have it and it is the correct number.

Awesome, will use the same info if I run into probs with customs. Thanks.

[tip] best way to get AT&T to give up a micro sim without asking too many questions

[tip] best way to get AT&T to give up a micro sim without asking too many questions
yeah, sorry to dedicate a whole post to this, its not such an important thing that it needs a thread of its own, but i think its something pretty important, and itll fall back to the later pages if others dont find it important enough to comment on, so i guess no worries.
if youre coming from pretty much any other phone youll have a normal SIM card. but if youre getting an SGSIII youll need a Micro SIM. now the tricky part is getting AT&T to give it up, without asking too many questions, and trying to get you to change plans (cause nobody wants to give up their $10/month unlimited data for a $30 limited, right?).
heres what worked for me
well speaking from experience, i tossed a few ideas around in my head, till i came up with one i decided to use, and without a hitch, AT&T gave up the microsim for my phone on a Media Net data plan.
1 first off, go into a store in person, dont order over the phone. AT&T call centers have a lot more pull over what goes on than an in store salesman.
AT&T authorized retailers have the least pull of all, since theyre only licensed to sell phones, they dont work for AT&T directly, and are least likely to care about corporate affairs. how can you tell the difference between a corporate store, and an authorized retailer? well authorized retailers normally dont have real display phones, but rather plastic models. however calling the AT&T store and asking them if theyre a corporate store or not will be the best and easiest way to save you a drive.
2 what i did, was explain to them that i bought a sim to micro sim adapter, so that i can more easily travel abroad, and use foreign simcards, because in japan, microsims are the new standard, and that for now i want to use get a micro sim, so i can keep my adapter inside the phone. i brought in a flip phone, and they checked the IMEI number, and gave me a brand new Micro Sim!!
its important to note theyre allowed to charge $30 dollars for a sim replacement, but if youre nice and friendly, theyll usually give it up for free, at least the times ive gone in they have.
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I guess I don't follow.... we're pre-ordered, we'll get a Micro SIM for the phone when it arrives, they're not going to let us walk out without one to use in the phone, right? Furthermore, I think you forgot a step 3, which is to activate it over the phone with Customer Care or in store once the SGSIII arrives

Or you could just have a sim cutter shipped to your door for 5 bucks and not have to go out of your way at all.

The OP's statements were in regards to the international version, not the variants like your preorder.

Man... Sim cutters online are like 3 dollars...
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Man... Sim cutters online are like 3 dollars...
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Man......Sim cards are free @ an AT&T store
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ronj1986 said:
Man......Sim cards are free @ an AT&T store
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I've walked in Att store saying I need one and they Just hand it over to me without any questions.
I've bought a sim cutter now though. As easy as anything.
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I just walked in and said I want a micro sim. She asked to see my phone. She said micro sim won't work in it. I said i have this adapter. She said ok, scanned new sim, and gave it to me. I popped it in and was good to go. Ready for my S3.

Where do u live? Lol I've done this 100 times. They don't charge ****. And u don't have to say all that bs u just say I NEED A MICRO SIM CARD. Lol done. No charge. U have to go to a corporate store that's it
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Yeah, you really don't have to jump through any hoops to get a microSIM card. Just go in and tell them you need one.

Thank you for this information. I plan to do just that to try and get a new micro sim card for my upcoming purchase of a Samsung Note 2. AT&T thinks I am using an old flip phone right now with unlimited data and I sure don't want them ot switch me over to a new plan.
Like some poeple said it may not be necessary to have a 'story' ready but thanks for providing a good one just in case.
soraxd said:
yeah, sorry to dedicate a whole post to this, its not such an important thing that it needs a thread of its own, but i think its something pretty important, and itll fall back to the later pages if others dont find it important enough to comment on, so i guess no worries.
if youre coming from pretty much any other phone youll have a normal SIM card. but if youre getting an SGSIII youll need a Micro SIM. now the tricky part is getting AT&T to give it up, without asking too many questions, and trying to get you to change plans (cause nobody wants to give up their $10/month unlimited data for a $30 limited, right?).
heres what worked for me
well speaking from experience, i tossed a few ideas around in my head, till i came up with one i decided to use, and without a hitch, AT&T gave up the microsim for my phone on a Media Net data plan.
1 first off, go into a store in person, dont order over the phone. AT&T call centers have a lot more pull over what goes on than an in store salesman.
AT&T authorized retailers have the least pull of all, since theyre only licensed to sell phones, they dont work for AT&T directly, and are least likely to care about corporate affairs. how can you tell the difference between a corporate store, and an authorized retailer? well authorized retailers normally dont have real display phones, but rather plastic models. however calling the AT&T store and asking them if theyre a corporate store or not will be the best and easiest way to save you a drive.
2 what i did, was explain to them that i bought a sim to micro sim adapter, so that i can more easily travel abroad, and use foreign simcards, because in japan, microsims are the new standard, and that for now i want to use get a micro sim, so i can keep my adapter inside the phone. i brought in a flip phone, and they checked the IMEI number, and gave me a brand new Micro Sim!!
its important to note theyre allowed to charge $30 dollars for a sim replacement, but if youre nice and friendly, theyll usually give it up for free, at least the times ive gone in they have.
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How to buy Nexus 4 (or whatever) from Google Play Store *Outside* US

Ok, as I promised, here it is! A full and complete, auto-explanatory thread, that will give you all directions how to buy anything from Google Play Store, even if you'll not located on US :laugh!!! :laugh:
First, a little common Q&A:
1 - Q: Is that that possible?
A: Yes, not just possible but very usual and operative.
2 - Q: Is that easy?
A: Double easy, just some steps.
3 - Q: Is that safe?
A: Relativity, yes. Living is not safe at all.
4 - Q: Will I need to move to US?
A: Of course not. Neither asking someone from there for buying that for you.
5 - Q: Does it needs an US credit card?
A: No.
6 - Q: Does it needs an International credit card?
A: Yes.
7 - Q: Will Google ship my device outside US?
A: No, sorry. If you dont know someone that can take and deliver it to you, you'll need some forwarding service as US BOX, etc.
8 - Q: Is that Legal?
A: I never had trouble with that, but I have to be honest here: No. Let me explain: Google Terms and Services which is found on http://play.google.com/intl/en-US/about/terms.html , read item 3.1. ; Also, you might read on http://play.google.com/intl/en-US/about/music-terms.html , item 5.2. But if you live outside US and have an Google Music account, Google Voice or whatever Google service that is only provided on US, you already stepped on these terms. However, you may want to create a new Google Account for doing this, avoiding any risks.
Well, have to advise you're the only responsible for your acts from here. You're aware of that..
Lets begin!
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This method consists on faking you're living on US. For doing that, we'll need an International credit card for purchasing the product, an Google Account + Google Wallet account for accessing Play Store, and a tool which will fake an US environment. On purpose of adding security layers, you may need some additional tools and steps.
1 - Assuming you're already registered on Play Store and Google Wallet, log on at wallet.google.com and click on "Payment methods".
Click "Add Card" or Account (add new credit or debit card)
Fill all fields with your card info, except "Address", which will attribute special attention.
On "Adress", you will need to set an US valid address. Google doesnt checks if is it US credit card - they cannot does that because many people that born on their countries, have accounts on theirs countries, jobs on US. Doesnt have US credit card or credit count, but have an US Address.That in mind, Google checks billing address.
Ok, that was the first step. Done? Great!
Now, because since Google released Music Store, their's security system "checks" your IP location for only agreeing to give access for US residents, we'll need to pretend there we are. Google will check this condition on some cases while you're logged on restrictive services as Music, Device Stores, etc, e.g when you will click to purchase something, or paying something, etc. That said, we'll need to keep logged as US resident until we get finished with what we're purposed to do.
Also, there are several way for doing that step (VPN, Proxies, etc) but I'll teach only one here - the one I think is most balanced between safe and easy to use.
EDIT: You can use Unotelly also. Its easier to configure. www.unotelly.com
The way is TOR. If you dont know TOR, pls research about it. You'll need to know some tips for running this the way we want, but basically, you'll need an US secure fingerprint. I recommend you chose an server thats is running on secure ports as 443 HTTPS, but despite all TOR data is cryptography, keep in mind that its not a guarantee that you're are safe, as you're still vulnerable to attacks techniques such as man-in-the-middle.
Also, you can read this for doing that http://www.guptamayank.com/how-to/change-ip-address-to-any-country-specific-ip-address-tor Otherwise, you'll need to be clicking on "Use new identity" every time 'till you find an US identity.
If you arent comfortable to use TOR, I'll have to advice you that its the safer free way, in my opinion, since you know well the fingerprint you're using. You also may want to pay some VPN service, or ask someone that lives on US for providing its computers as proxy for you, whatever.
Also, you may want to use Tails, which is the most complete and safe solution for that. Free. You'll need to download and burn it, so boot from it.
2 - Download and configure (or keep switching identities) TOR : https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en
Launch TOR. Be sure you're using an US fingerprint and access play.google.com
3 - Now you can test if you're able to purchase something on US Google Play Store. You can do that by adding some free music. Free songs are counted and listed as *US$0.00* on Wallet. It will prove that you done.
Now that you notice you can purchase any books, songs, movies, on Play Store, you'll such as able to purchase devices as well.
As I said early, Google doesnt ships devices outside US. Find some forwarding service or ask someone on US to take it for you. No doubt that asking some friend for doing that is the cheaper choice, as you'll may need to pay taxes when device arrives in your country. But some forwarding services are very skilled on avoiding these taxes when product gets the customs.
4 - Have a nice shopping!
:victory:

Someone said it doesn't work for buying devices... I will give a try...
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Won't the payment be blocked when the fake US address associated with the credit card isn't the same of the CC registrant?

ludalex07 said:
Won't the payment be blocked when the fake US address associated with the credit card isn't the same of the CC registrant?
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Yup......they state this specifically when it comes to purchasing of devices.
http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2411816&topic=2451685&ctx=topic
Also, at this time, the country of your credit card must match the the country to which you're shipping.
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Won't the payment be blocked when the fake US address associated with the credit card isn't the same of the CC registrant?
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I dont think so. The Google Statement which can be found here http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2411816&topic=2451685&ctx=topic says:
A Virtual Credit Card (VCC) cannot be used with your purchase in the device store. Also, at this time, the country of your credit card must match the the country to which you're shipping.
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Its clear for me. I am asking to ships to US. My billing address is US. Whats up?
Then, http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2505684&topic=2451685&ctx=topic, item 4, quotes:
Confirm the billing address listed in your Google Wallet account matches the billing address that appears on your credit/debit card statement
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Well, here we would have a problem, but, notice that is same statement that rules the Music Store, and you're able to purchase songs. So, I dont expect any further issue on doing that.

I know many people did this way for purchasing Nexus 7, Google always check the billing address country with the billing address in the file of your card, if not identical then canceled your order, hold your account in Google wallet and sent email to ask you for some verification papers like your passport or driving licence and copy of your card statement , after 2 days they send other email to tell you that your account now again active , then you can make device order again and every thing going smooth . Thats happened to about 99% from people which make this way, only one or two lucky persons there order goes without verification process.
The two disadvantage for this way that you will lose some days and may be stock will be finished and have to wait some other times, second that your first order money will reserve for sometime in your card account and mostly will have to use other money for 2nd order.

Shouldn't the thread be re-named to a countries not listed in the google play store?

cpaixao said:
I dont think so. The Google Statement which can be found here http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2411816&topic=2451685&ctx=topic says:
Its clear for me. I am asking to ships to US. My billing address is US. Whats up?
Then, http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2505684&topic=2451685&ctx=topic, item 4, quotes:
Well, here we would have a problem, but, notice that is same statement that rules the Music Store, and you're able to purchase songs. So, I dont expect any further issue on doing that.
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But the credit card we are using, the country doesn't match the US address we have faked. So it still works? Only the shipping and billing address are faked as US, but they know the credit card used isn't from US.
The main thing is, many have tried and have their orders rejected because their credit cards ain't issued with US address. Your method doesn't seem to work around that. Have you actually tried and found it working in the Play Store for devices? Afaik they are more lenient with other Play Store purchases, but damn anal about the devices section.

kenkiller said:
But the credit card we are using, the country doesn't match the US address we have faked. So it still works? Only the shipping and billing address are faked as US, but they know the credit card used isn't from US.
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Well, unless I had missed it, can't remember had read on whatever Google statement or rule that they'll only accept US credit cards. If they did so, pls mentioning that line for us will be very helpful!

owenmurr said:
Shouldn't the thread be re-named to a countries not listed in the google play store?
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There are countries listed on Play Store that still cannot purchase some products or services.

cpaixao said:
Well, unless I had missed it, can't remember had read on whatever Google statement or rule that they'll only accept US credit cards. If they did so, pls mentioning that line for us will be very helpful!
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Yeah, but doesn't this line means that at the minimum the country listed as shipping to has to be the same issuing country of the CC used?
Also, at this time, the country of your credit card must match the the country to which you're shipping.
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Your example only gives a US shipping address, which doesn't match CC used. How to work around that with the steps you've listed so far?

kenkiller said:
Yeah, but doesn't this line means that at the minimum the country listed as shipping to has to be the same issuing country of the CC used?
Your example only gives a US shipping address, which doesn't match CC used. How to work around that with the steps you've listed so far?
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This never hampered me from purchasing music and movies on US Play Store, why should this block for now, said that is the same statement which rules both Music and Devices store?
However, you may be right, and on that case, we'll have another strategy hiring some service to buy it for you, as shipto, myusa, sq-liquidations (the best one for me), and you'll have to add about 10% more to final price.

This thread confuses me. I'm not in the US. I'm in Canada. I can buy apps from the play store just fine with my CDN CC. The Nexus 4 is listed in Canadian prices for me when I look it up on the Play Store ($359 CDN for 16GB). Are you saying that despite all that, I still won't be able to buy the Nexus 4?

I have set up TOR and was able to get to the nexus page. However when i tried to do a checkout at the cart, the page just loads forever
Any idea what went wrong?

Hi,
I am from Czech Republic and my friend is going to travel to USA after a few days. Is there any way, he can buy me NEXUS 4 even he doesn't have US credit card and his card isn't registrated to US address?
thanks

LLCoolLS said:
This thread confuses me. I'm not in the US. I'm in Canada. I can buy apps from the play store just fine with my CDN CC. The Nexus 4 is listed in Canadian prices for me when I look it up on the Play Store ($359 CDN for 16GB). Are you saying that despite all that, I still won't be able to buy the Nexus 4?
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There is Google Store for Devices in Canada, so you will have no problems with purchasing Nexus 4.

Akopop said:
Hi,
I am from Czech Republic and my friend is going to travel to USA after a few days. Is there any way, he can buy me NEXUS 4 even he doesn't have US credit card and his card isn't registrated to US address?
thanks
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I think it will only be sold online, even if you'll be at US.

Leion said:
I have set up TOR and was able to get to the nexus page. However when i tried to do a checkout at the cart, the page just loads forever
Any idea what went wrong?
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Check your fingerprints.

cpaixao,
I can't figure out if your method works for devices or multimedia only? Can someone confirm?
I live in Croatia and have friend visiting Atlanta in early December. I'm trying to figure out if it is possible to make order from Croatia and have it shipped to his hotel address in Atlanta. Credit card is also issued in Croatia.

meljuga said:
cpaixao,
I can't figure out if your method works for devices or multimedia only? Can someone confirm?
I live in Croatia and have friend visiting Atlanta in early December. I'm trying to figure out if it is possible to make order from Croatia and have it shipped to his hotel address in Atlanta. Credit card is also issued in Croatia.
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I dont want to be rude, but, read the title of the thread again...

Free Netflix for Note4/S5/Tab S - Starting Jan 4 - 2015

According to Sammobile.com
Someone who can understand these rules better let us know...
-> https://samsungpromotions.com/netflix/en-us/Rules
Do we all get it as long as we can provide proof?
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Samsung Promotions Link:
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http://samsungpromotions.com/
On the image it also says something about Milk Subscription... Netflix I think is for 1 year? unless I'm wrong!
Question is do we "WHO already Have note4" are good for this promo!? I really hope so it would be amazing!
SOmeone who knows more about this let us know!

It's only available if you make a new purchase.
From the terms:
"The Qualifying Purchase item must have been purchased during the Offer Period, and any receipt submitted must have a transaction date within the Offer Period. Limit one (1) Offer per household. Offer requests in excess of the foregoing limitation will not be honored or acknowledged."
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Thrill3d said:
It's only available if you make a new purchase.
From the terms:
"The Qualifying Purchase item must have been purchased during the Offer Period, and any receipt submitted must have a transaction date within the Offer Period. Limit one (1) Offer per household. Offer requests in excess of the foregoing limitation will not be honored or acknowledged."
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Meh I got excited for a sec lol.. Samsung always comes up with those random dates :/ no love for others lol.

patt2k said:
Meh I got excited for a sec lol.. Samsung always comes up with those random dates :/ no love for others lol.
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well, i mean, they did do that whole "$200 off" deal for trading in a phone worth $10.....

jayochs said:
well, i mean, they did do that whole "$200 off" deal for trading in a phone worth $10.....
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Yea I got my phone 1 day too late lucky me right?

Not to sound like an idiot but searching for a simple answer as I already assume by the writing - fine print that I don't qualify.
- Already been a Netflix Subscriber for several years and currently paying per month on their service.
- Bought my Verizon Galaxy Note 4 back in October/2014 upon release date already.
I assume the later disqualifies me. Just looking for confirmation that I am reading this correctly

lazer9 said:
Not to sound like an idiot but searching for a simple answer as I already assume by the writing - fine print that I don't qualify.
- Already been a Netflix Subscriber for several years and currently paying per month on their service.
- Bought my Verizon Galaxy Note 4 back in October/2014 upon release date already.
I assume the later disqualifies me. Just looking for confirmation that I am reading this correctly
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You are correct, you would need to purchase the device between January 4 and 17 to be eligible.
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Whats sad about this.. If people wanted to be a real ass and stoop to low levels. Like most deals they go back during return times so people who just purchased are not short changed, well what happens is they could go back and do return and new purchase. This is why most deals like this go back past weeks to avoid store return periods. It would be dumb for people to do but yet some people would do it for spite to get a neyflix deal.

It seems prizelogic is running this promotion.
Good luck!

Where there is a will, there is a way.
Enjoying my free year of Netflix now. They sent me the approved email this morning and the code for Netflix. I assume the, "+MilkMusic" is just the regular free one as there was no mention of it in the approval email.

What about Dev Edition?
Has anyone tried to register with the Dev Edition? When you register it asks for IMEI and Wireless MAC. I bought a couple of them and neither IMEIs are working. Comes back as invalid IMEI.

lazer9 said:
Not to sound like an idiot but searching for a simple answer as I already assume by the writing - fine print that I don't qualify.
- Already been a Netflix Subscriber for several years and currently paying per month on their service.
- Bought my Verizon Galaxy Note 4 back in October/2014 upon release date already.
I assume the later disqualifies me. Just looking for confirmation that I am reading this correctly
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Photoshop the receipt and your golden

Ding, ding, ding. We got a winner!
BTW- The promo started a week ago and it's only a limited number of promos that will be offered, even if they run out before the end date.

ljv said:
Has anyone tried to register with the Dev Edition? When you register it asks for IMEI and Wireless MAC. I bought a couple of them and neither IMEIs are working. Comes back as invalid IMEI.
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I tried with the DE (bought on the 8th), same result as you, invalid IMEI

bbeelzebub said:
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Enjoying my free year of Netflix now. They sent me the approved email this morning and the code for Netflix. I assume the, "+MilkMusic" is just the regular free one as there was no mention of it in the approval email.
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So how did you get them to approve you

Got a VZW Note4 on 1/4/15 and submitted it that night. On the 9th, I got an email saying they received my submission. Have not received the activation code yet though. The fine details at registration said it may take up to 3 weeks.

Finally got the Dev edition to register. It still said invalid. After getting this email response, I did as stated and it went through.
Thank you for your interest in the Netflix Gift With Purchase. If you are receiving an Invalid IMEI/ Serial Number message, please return to the site and enter your information again. If the error pops up and you believe your claim is valid, please close the error message, make sure your receipt is still in the uploaded field, and hit submit again. The next screen will tell you to verify your image. Select continue and your claim will be submitted. A confirmation screen and email will follow.
Thank you,
PrizeLogic Support

transportguy said:
Got a VZW Note4 on 1/4/15 and submitted it that night. On the 9th, I got an email saying they received my submission. Have not received the activation code yet though. The fine details at registration said it may take up to 3 weeks.
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I submitted the same day and got mine this past Monday.

ljv said:
Finally got the Dev edition to register. It still said invalid. After getting this email response, I did as stated and it went through.
Thank you for your interest in the Netflix Gift With Purchase. If you are receiving an Invalid IMEI/ Serial Number message, please return to the site and enter your information again. If the error pops up and you believe your claim is valid, please close the error message, make sure your receipt is still in the uploaded field, and hit submit again. The next screen will tell you to verify your image. Select continue and your claim will be submitted. A confirmation screen and email will follow.
Thank you,
PrizeLogic Support
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Just wonder what are you using as the receipt? The conformation email?

I just scanned the receipt that came in the box.

Why I chose Samsung Pay over Android Pay

I thought I would share my experience with both products and why I chose to go with Samsung Pay as my digital wallet. Let me know your thoughts if you have used them both.
https://youtu.be/GNN2lOKAlEA

The last 4 numbers on the card within the app have to be the actual numbers of your card, because if you have multiple cards from the same bank, you would never be able to know which is which.
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That's what I thought about as well at first. At Least with bank of america and citi cards are all different colors. I don't have two blue, red or black. I did an informal survey of friends and they pulled their cards out and didnt seem to have two visa, mastercard or amex. Just one of each. hmmm

harlenm said:
The last 4 numbers on the card within the app have to be the actual numbers of your card, because if you have multiple cards from the same bank, you would never be able to know which is which.
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Exactly... With one of my banks I have 3 Visas (2 are debit cards) and they all look identical other than the numbers.
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ebpman said:
That's what I thought about as well at first. At Least with bank of america and citi cards are all different colors. I don't have two blue, red or black. I did an informal survey of friends and they pulled their cards out and didnt seem to have two visa, mastercard or amex. Just one of each. hmmm
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I have 2 visas that are identical.
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It's kind of a no brainer for those with the choice...
Wallet's a clunky mess. If I use it at Walgreen's I have to: enter or bypass my loyalty number, choose credit or debit, and confirm the amount. Softcard, Apple Pay, and Samsung Pay all are/were "tap and go." Maybe Android Pay's improved but I'm not married to Google and I trust Samsung more then them not to monotize me.
Android Pay requires you to use a lockscreen PIN so no fingerprints. Fail.
My US Bank cards arrive next week so I can start using it personally. But from comments and videos Samsung Pay sure looks quick and easy to use.
What difference does which you choose make? They all do the same thing and Samsung's lock on using legacy magnetic stripe machines is kind of a big differentiator.
Am I missing something? Does anyone here have positives for using Android Pay?

So I went to Staples today and noticed they had the new card readers that say Android Pay and Apple Pay on them so I was like cool I'll try android pay for the first time...and it failed with a error so I quickly switched over to Samsung Pay and it worked without a hitch so needless to say that Samsung Pay is the clear winner. Even if Android Pay did work Samsung Pay is still the king!

BarryH_GEG said:
It's kind of a no brainer for those with the choice...
Android Pay requires you to use a lockscreen PIN so no fingerprints. Fail.
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Android Pay requires a lockscreen period. It doesn't care if it's a pin or fingerprints. I am using Android Pay on my Note 5 and have my lockscreen set to the fingerprint reader.

I would never use a phone with no lock screen, so that requirement doesn't impact me.
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BarryH_GEG said:
It's kind of a no brainer for those with the choice...
Wallet's a clunky mess. If I use it at Walgreen's I have to: enter or bypass my loyalty number, choose credit or debit, and confirm the amount. Softcard, Apple Pay, and Samsung Pay all are/were "tap and go." Maybe Android Pay's improved but I'm not married to Google and I trust Samsung more then them not to monotize me.
Android Pay requires you to use a lockscreen PIN so no fingerprints. Fail.
My US Bank cards arrive next week so I can start using it personally. But from comments and videos Samsung Pay sure looks quick and easy to use.
What difference does which you choose make? They all do the same thing and Samsung's lock on using legacy magnetic stripe machines is kind of a big differentiator.
Am I missing something? Does anyone here have positives for using Android Pay?
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What are you talking about? Wallet is tap and forget. Open app, put in pin, tap device on reader. That's all you ever have to do
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Will Verizon folks get Samsung pay?
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BarryH_GEG said:
Am I missing something? Does anyone here have positives for using Android Pay?
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Ya, the fact that Android Pay supports my credit union and that I can't use Samsung Pay at all.

fchowd0696 said:
Ya, the fact that Android Pay supports my credit union and that I can't use Samsung Pay at all.
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That one's kind of a given.
Anyway, Wallet updated itself to Android Pay a couple of days ago so I got to play with it. Did anyone here use ISIS/Softcard? Compared to the old Wallet it worked great and was literally "tap and go" so you didn't have to deal with picking debit or credit and answering "enter rewards number?' and "is amount OK?" That's the way Apple Pay works. I was hoping with the Softcard purchase things would have improved but they haven't. The only improvement in A-Pay I noticed is not having to launch the app to use it. If the device is alive and unlocked it'll work. Any other big enhancements I missed?
I've been in the S-Pay beta since it launched but I haven't been able to use it because none of my cards were eligible. I hated my bank so moved everything over to US Bank and all my "stuff" came in Thrusday including a Visa check card and credit card. Some S-Pay observations...
Not related to S-Pay, but US Bank really wants to make sure it's you using your "stuff." My check card came Thursday but you can't activate it without signing up for online banking. Fine, but you need your bank assigned PIN to do that. It ships separately so I had to wait until Friday when it arrived to access anything or put my card(s) in S-Pay. US Bank has a three step verification process: user designated User ID, followed by a user selected picture with audio (the dog picture barks) with a user assigned field naming the picture which has to be entered at each verification, and then a password. If someone hacks my account and can get past all that they deserve what's in it.
Adding the cards wasn't smooth sailing either. The credit card went in fine but at the end it listed options to validate the card for use with S-Pay. The only option was to call US Bank. I thought with a techish product like mobile payment being required to pick-up the phone was a bit old school. It may be a US Bank vs. an S-Pay thing. The debit card kept failing when I tried to put it in because with all the ID's I had to create I forgot to sign in to mobile banking and answer a half dozen questions to officially activate the card. It was fine after that and I got a different US Bank number to call to get permission to add the card.
App-wise S-Pay feels so much more logical and complete than A-Pay. In the example above where I had to call the bank their was a dialer icon to make the call from within the verification page I was on. The cards you enter are all swipeable and the last card used becomes the default until you use a different card. If you tap the card all your activity is shown and at the bottom there's a "customer service" expandable field with actionable links to the banks website and phone number. There's also a button that allows you to directly open your bank's app, use it, and when done you're returned to where you were in S-Pay. Once you enter your fingerprint at the sales terminal to make a payment there's a count down bar that shows S-Pay's reading so you know when it's ready and active. Little stuff but it makes S-Pay feel complete.
You can set how you want to access S-Pay for making payments in any combination - directly from the lock screen, directly from any home screen, or even when the screen's off. The last one's cool and works like taking a note on the display with S Pen when the phone's off. All are invoked by swiping from the bottom of the display. Leaving the above "off" requires you to launch the app yourself to make a payment. Pretty cool stuff.
So I had fun using it today for errands. I hit three magnetic terminals at Home Depot, Walmart, and Circle K. All three worked well and in one shot. The Walmart terminal was ancient and was literally held to its dock with duct tape. I was counseled by Walmart and Circle K staff that I can't use my phone to pay just as the register completed the sale. Priceless. I used it via NFC at Walgreens and it worked like Apple Pay and Softcard with no post recognition interrogation - just tap, pay, and done. Happy.
Needless to say because I have a choice I disabled Wallet/A-Pay. On AT&T you can't delete it because it's a pre-installed app. I'm not sorry to see it go and going back to it from Softcard was painful. Samsung's set a pretty high ease-of-use bar for Google to match. When I was setting up S-Pay a system pop-up asked if I wanted to replace A-Pay as my mobile payment choice. So people that want to use both will have to go in to settings to toggle between them.
Sorry for the long post. Mobile payments are going to be huge and I find this stuff interesting. Hope some others do to.

You don't have to toggle anything to go between apps. You set android pay as the default, and choose prioritize forward application. That way, when spay is open, it is used to pay. If it's closed, android pay is used. As of now, android pay supports Amex and s-pay doesn't. It also stores loyalty cards and brings them up automatically when near a store.
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harlenm said:
What are you talking about? Wallet is tap and forget. Open app, put in pin, tap device on reader. That's all you ever have to do
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You actually don't even have to open the app. You just tap the terminal and because you set your default Tap-to-Pay method in the settings it knows what app to use and because Android Pay allows you to set a default card it knows which card to use. I just tap, scan fingerprint and it payment goes through.

bigboi3021 said:
You actually don't even have to open the app. You just tap the terminal and because you set your default Tap-to-Pay method in the settings it knows what app to use and because Android Pay allows you to set a default card it knows which card to use. I just tap, scan fingerprint and it payment goes through.
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Yeah, I know that is how it works now with Android pay. But with wallet you needed to enter your pin to make a purchase.

I haven't used any of these yet or even read up on it. last night was the first time i've seen any of this in action when my brother used Android Pay to make a payment. but, is internet access required? or does it work like how you could just tap your card on certain terminals (like what I used to do with my bank card)?
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tallazzPilipino said:
I haven't used any of these yet or even read up on it. last night was the first time i've seen any of this in action when my brother used Android Pay to make a payment. but, is internet access required? or does it work like how you could just tap your card on certain terminals (like what I used to do with my bank card)?
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I don't think it needs Internet. Google wallet payments did, but I don't think android pay or Samsung Pay does. Not 100% on that though.

harlenm said:
I don't think it needs Internet. Google wallet payments did, but I don't think android pay or Samsung Pay does. Not 100% on that though.
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hopefully not. at many grocery stores, I can barely hang on to any signal. i'll probably play around with them this weekend.
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tallazzPilipino said:
hopefully not. at many grocery stores, I can barely hang on to any signal. i'll probably play around with them this weekend.
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Apparently you can do a few transactions without a data connection on Android pay.