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***Official Galaxy Nexus Pre-Release speculation thread**

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Thank you everyone for making this wait tolerable. I was able to walk into my local corporate Verizon, charge my phone to my account (only $160 due to $50 NE2 and 3G-4G $100 discounts), and walk out in less than 20 minutes. I love the phone and it will be unlocked and rooted by the end of the day thanks to the help of AF.

Have a great Christmas holiday and enjoy your family, friends, and Nexi.
 
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I tried and tried to get my upgrade date moved to no avail. I just went online and opened a second line. Yes I will be losing my unlimited data but I got the 4 Gigs for the same price and the most I have ever used was 3. I am usually in a Wifi area.

Now when I came back to VZW 8 months ago they wanted a $400 deposit!!! I have never had that before but I paid it. Today they did not need a deposit. Long story short I have a new number and not unlimited but good enough data.

I will cancel my old line when the Nexus comes tomorrow and they can keep some of that deposit as an ETF since it goes down every month you stay. Or maybe I will go to a store and switch lines and then cancel the new account and pay the ETF next month because in April I will get the $400 deposit credited to my old account.

Any suggestions?
 
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Corp store wouldn't honor $100 promo. I called CSR back and they told me I wasn't eligible, and was misinformed by previous CSR. They did however give me a $50 credit along with $50 NE2. Final price $199.99 with free overnight shipping. I pretty happy, can't wait for the mail to arrive tomorrow. Thanks every one, it has been a blast. Happy Nexusing to all.:)
 
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Ladies and gentlemen, I just wanted to let you know our flight today WILL be departing on time. Welcome aboard flight Galaxy Nexus!

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Got mine @ the corp store in Salem, NH at the mall.

Paid full retail price, asked about any discounts and there were none available. I figure worst case I'll call corporate and get the $100 credit on my account if I can convince them I am eligible (Obviously northeast, and was on 3G).

The 4GB data deal was still going on, I definitely verified that with the CSR.

Only problem i have is that I had to go to a customer site, and on my way there I lost all data signal. Didn't have 4G at all (don't think there's NH coverage yet) and 3G won't kick in either. Checked the settings and it's set to LTE/CDMA, but still nada. I did an OTA update to 4.0.2, and it worked after but then suddenly just dropped out. Had great signal here yesterday with my Palm Pixi on 3G. That has me worried. I've rebooted since but still nothing. Hope nothing is broken, that would be just my luck.

Either way, it's amazing so far besides my data woes!

Gonna miss checking in with this thread, it's been amazing to talk to you all in the limited capacity I have, and even better reading all the great posts from the frequent posters.

Signing off of this thread officially,
Valyrian - AKA The guy who started that morning of Haiku. :)
 
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Fellow Nexlings:

As you know, I am probably the craziest, most bipolar poster here, and you guys all made me feel like that was normal. Thank you!

I know that I’ve often been up and down, in and out (no ick intended), and at times have been called the “barometer of the thread”. I take that as a compliment. I’ve never been afraid to say what I’m thinking, and although that’s gotten me a few spankings, I hope that it’s at least provided you guys with entertainment and occasional insights. With me, what you see is what you get (which is why many of you feel sorry for my wife and Cheetara ).

I just want to take this moment to thank, first of all, the Mods here. Steven, you’ve been so frakking patient, I have no idea how you do it. But you’ve been the rudder of our crazy boat, and you deserve that free Nexus more than anyone here. I’m so glad we could do that for you.

OTD, it’s always cool to have a hot chick who is also a geek at heart. Your posts have always been entertaining and helpful, and I know this thread would’ve been borderline sucky without you in it.

EarlyMon, everyone here knows that we’ve had our occasional spat, but after I came back, I was pleasantly shocked to see what a humble, awesome guy you are. Your insights (and there are many, from the technical side to the weird info side) have always been extremely helpful and this thread would have been much less without you.

And to the rest of the posters, you guys have been AWESOME! You’ve all left such a huge thumbprint on the whole Nexus experience for me.

Chief, with your wacky sense of time,
BB, with your inappropriate yet absorbing avatars and multi-quote walls,
Dawnierae, with your hilarious PM’s and mutual love for Dexter,
Nexusprimepls, for your loyalty and kindness,
Scott, for your unreasonable optimism that made us all smile,
MmcCraryNJ, for practically forcing me to not get the HTC device when I had the chance,
IndecisiveElle, for being such a kind soul towards my favorite beings on the planet (dogs),
TheRoosevelt, for the funniest and best post in the whole frakking thread (Hitler),
Grandma, for your sense of humor and occasional expressions of fearing death,
Zedster, for being the resident hacker (still waiting on BB’s webcam access),
Dreadnatty08, for twitter bombing the crap out of me to come back,
MrLink, for providing the post that convinced me to return,
Namrak, for always making me laugh with his chimp face even when he was being serious,
The Love Tunnel, for keeping us from getting too low and for really caring about our emotions,
My stupid boss for not firing me (yet),
Cheetara, for being my sister and putting up with me for 31 years,
PrincessLeia, for marrying me and for being almost patient during these hectic months,

and so many more that I can’t possibly think of at this time but really appreciate. You guys made this frakking thread what it is, and it’s epic.

I think I’ve invested a bit too much emotion into this phone and forum over the past few months, but that’s just the way I am. My wife and Cheetara say I’m an extremist, and they’re not wrong. But I am so happy that I got to be obsessed over this thing with similarly crazy and deranged people.

I love you guys!

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I did a sort of farewell post a while back, so I'll just say thanks for all the fun guys! Don't forget to PM me so I can add you to my circles. And I'll see ya around the lounge and forums!!

It's been a great ride, but I'm so glad the wait has come to an end... my fruit loving bf is looking at the Gnex with lust in his eyes, so hopefully he will join us soon too ;)
 
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Unlike everyone else who feigned sickness and imaginary dentist appointments, I played nicely and went into work early opting to work a half day and leave at lunch to finally get my part of the Nexus goodness. Sure hope they ordered enough in Charlotte to have one leftover for me this afternoon. My 4-year old daughter is in her first dance recital this evening and I hope to test the camera on my new Nexus then.

Thanks for sharing all the shenanigans of this longer-than-expected journey in this thread, and I'm glad I'll be in the company of friends for all the tweaks, mods, and updates over the next several months. You guys have been great -- I'll see you at the water cooler!
 
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SMALL VICTORY (sort of)

I tried and tried to get my upgrade date moved to no avail. I just went online and opened a second line. Yes I will be losing my unlimited data but I got the 4 Gigs for the same price and the most I have ever used was 3. I am usually in a Wifi area.

Now when I came back to VZW 8 months ago they wanted a $400 deposit!!! I have never had that before but I paid it. Today they did not need a deposit. Long story short I have a new number and not unlimited but good enough data.

I will cancel my old line when the Nexus comes tomorrow and they can keep some of that deposit as an ETF since it goes down every month you stay. Or maybe I will go to a store and switch lines and then cancel the new account and pay the ETF next month because in April I will get the $400 deposit credited to my old account.

Any suggestions?

Try this - it totally worked for me to get unlimited data (used method a week or so ago...)

Get unlimited data on Verizon Wireless ymmv - Slickdeals.net
 
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got my phone a couple of hours ago and been playing with it since. I love love love it so far!!!

Even though I was mostly a lurker and only posted a handful of times, I just wanted to thank everyone for making the wait a fun journey. Though all the delays were certainly frustrating you guys made the wait quite the memorable experience. All the best!
 
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Just got off the phone with my very helpful CSR who I actually got to know throughout the waiting process. I went ahead and ordered through him (although it was tough), and he gave me free overnight shipping. I'll have my little fella sitting comfortably at home for me when I go home for lunch tomorrow!! :D

On a SIDE NOTE: those of you who ordered from TPU-Cases, how long did shipment take? I ordered yesterday and live in Ohio. Not sure if anyone else was in the same area who did this...

Again, in the midst of the mad dash of people posting thank you's, I want to thank everyone who regularly posts AND lurks here for making this thread amazing! I learned a bunch, as I am somewhere between an android novice and pro. This site is the absolute best place to go if you own an android device. As steven says in his sig...ask questions and you will learn a lot! Thanks to all who helped me out...

Looking forward to the ole watering hole...

and I know that's what she said.
 
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