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eep2378

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ppero196 said:
I would preorder my phone, but I am afraid of the border customs (cause I need to pay tax).
I was thinking of buying via a fellow RC from US. He orders it from Play Store and sends it to me.
But if the police finds out, my phone could end as public property :(
If I want to do legal way and pay the 400% tax then the phone will be mine, but expensive)
Also it would be too expensive if I want to buy it via my carrier

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As you advised before. Take a trip here, I'll buy one, you take it home when you leave ;) lol
 
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tinky1 said:
Please guys remember it's not OT. I do tolerate a bit of OT and a bit of banter, but as soon as it starts taking a page, it's over the top.
Just heads up. :)

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Okay.

Will delete my posts....

Wait a second..:banghead:

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ppero196 said:
I would preorder my phone, but I am afraid of the border customs (cause I need to pay tax).
I was thinking of buying via a fellow RC from US. He orders it from Play Store and sends it to me.
But if the police finds out, my phone could end as public property :(
If I want to do legal way and pay the 400% tax then the phone will be mine, but expensive)
Also it would be too expensive if I want to buy it via my carrier

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I called google play store customer service, I told them I live in Ontario, Canada etc. They said I only pay the tax and the shipping fee, NO BROKERAGE FEE. so if you buy the 8gb version, it will come to 370 with tax and shipping. :D I was worried about the brokerage fee too.
 
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moh230 said:
I called google play store customer service, I told them I live in Ontario, Canada etc. They said I only pay the tax and the shipping fee, NO BROKERAGE FEE. so if you buy the 8gb version, it will come to 370 with tax and shipping. :D I was worried about the brokerage fee too.
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I'm NOT from Canada ;)

I'm from Croatia, which is in Europe :D

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Has anyone seen a review (or know otherwise) whether the new Android version has native support for USB mass storage devices? The speculation I've seen is that you'd need to root and use something like Stickmount, but I haven't seen any definitive statement one way or the other.
 
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wmm said:
Has anyone seen a review (or know otherwise) whether the new Android version has native support for USB mass storage devices? The speculation I've seen is that you'd need to root and use something like Stickmount, but I haven't seen any definitive statement one way or the other.
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You mean OTG?

AFAIK yes

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Another noob here:

I have been reading a lot of reviews. I dont care about LTE or anything. From the verge, the guy dropped the phone (from kitchen table)
and the back of the phone got a big crack. Even 2 people at google, dropped and have a crack on their phone.

The phone has glass on both sides and glass do tend to break.
I am going to be buying a case that protects when I drop it.
Can you give me all the compnaies names that makes them.

also I think I read from xda abou thte build quality and it said that it doesnt have shock absorber (i guess
when you drop it, it will definiately get a crack).

Please recommend me good cases that will protect my phone when i drop it accidently. I live in canada.
 
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aDVnatgae said:
Another noob here:

I have been reading a lot of reviews. I dont care about LTE or anything. From the verge, the guy dropped the phone (from kitchen table)
and the back of the phone got a big crack. Even 2 people at google, dropped and have a crack on their phone.

The phone has glass on both sides and glass do tend to break.
I am going to be buying a case that protects when I drop it.
Can you give me all the compnaies names that makes them.

also I think I read from xda abou thte build quality and it said that it doesnt have shock absorber (i guess
when you drop it, it will definiately get a crack).

Please recommend me good cases that will protect my phone when i drop it accidently. I live in canada.
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You should wait to look at cases until the phone is actually released

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Oh. One more question. In my Galaxy 3 I had to flash a modem.bin from an Indian exclusive Samsung firmware because it the calls would drop, the internet would randomly disconnect. If I do face any such issue (will I, btw? Any chance at all?) on the Nexus 4, what do I do?
 
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Mohit12 said:
Oh. One more question. In my Galaxy 3 I had to flash a modem.bin from an Indian exclusive Samsung firmware because it the calls would drop, the internet would randomly disconnect. If I do face any such issue (will I, btw? Any chance at all?) on the Nexus 4, what do I do?
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Patience my young padwan.

Its not released yet, so no one knows.

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wmm said:
Has anyone seen a review (or know otherwise) whether the new Android version has native support for USB mass storage devices? The speculation I've seen is that you'd need to root and use something like Stickmount, but I haven't seen any definitive statement one way or the other.
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I believe it has different connectivity to usb mass storage. You will still be able to browse your files if you connect it to pc. The only downside is that you can't use it as usb stick, like if you used to listen to music in the car with songs being placed on the phones sd folder and connected to the car radio via usb.


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eep2378

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aDVnatgae said:
Another noob here:

I have been reading a lot of reviews. I dont care about LTE or anything. From the verge, the guy dropped the phone (from kitchen table)
and the back of the phone got a big crack. Even 2 people at google, dropped and have a crack on their phone.

The phone has glass on both sides and glass do tend to break.
I am going to be buying a case that protects when I drop it.
Can you give me all the compnaies names that makes them.

also I think I read from xda abou thte build quality and it said that it doesnt have shock absorber (i guess
when you drop it, it will definiately get a crack).

Please recommend me good cases that will protect my phone when i drop it accidently. I live in canada.
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You need to wait until the device is actually out. Otterbox very durable cases if your worried about drops. Also cruzerlite makes good one's too.


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undercover

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Ha, looks like refence post no2 is finally building up :good:

Don't forget to mention any guides, tuts, etc that deserve to be in there
 
mark8503

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This phone takes a micro sim, right?
I wanna get my sim before the phone so I can activate as soon as I unbox it and I just want to be sure. Thanks

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    Linaro is not only in the kernels, I believe it is a compiler and it's "hot" with new roms right now. There's a feature with Google Talk, if you use Talk as your voicemail, you're able to play the voicemail in the call log screen without going to Talk app. Linaro breaks it due to audio libs or something alike.

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