I just picked one up today at best buy today to scratch the itch that I've had for a while now. Idk if many like the idea but I'll give my initial impressions.
First off pro and con
* the band it comes with. Reason being is the one I got(which surprised me since I thought it would come with the rubber one) is metal and no one could get the links out. I am the definition of a skinny person. I had to buy the tool which arrives tomorrow.
Pros
* I like the screen size and being touch. (I was debating between the pebble also) looks good enough to satisfy.
* the notifications work better than I thought. The vibration when you get a text fb or any sort of notification is nice since I rarely feel it in my pocket.
*can control the play music app through the watch so I don't have to mess with the phone wile driving
Con's
* Facebook extension if you just choose the ppl you want it to show up doesn't seam to stay logged in.
*still skeptical since I was on the fence about getting one. Maybe a few days with it I'll start to enjoy it.
If you have questions I'll try to answer them for you
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So this is a smart watch that works with other phones not just Sony. Was just gonna start researching this. Love the galaxy gear but didn't want the note 3. So I got G2. Are there other manufacturers doing this.
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jmileti said:
So this is a smart watch that works with other phones not just Sony. Was just gonna start researching this. Love the galaxy gear but didn't want the note 3. So I got G2. Are there other manufacturers doing this.
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The galaxy gear works with other phone's if you root it, but the phone has to running 4.3+
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Jocelyn said:
The galaxy gear works with other phone's if you root it, but the phone has to running 4.3+
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Really. Didn't know it was possible yet. Kinda gave up once I decided I didn't want note 3. Gonna look into it. Thanks. Is there a forum here for it.
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Really. Didn't know it was possible yet. Kinda gave up once I decided I didn't want note 3. Gonna look into it. Thanks. Is there a forum here for it.
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Ehhhh I think it's more of a vanilla feel, meaning obviously no TouchWiz stuff. I'm trying to find direct xda links, but here you go for now...
http://theunlockr.com/2013/11/27/use-galaxy-gear-android-devices/
http://androidlegend.com/connect-samsung-galaxy-gear-to-any-phone/
http://androidlegend.com/how-to-root-and-install-twrp-recovery-samsung-galaxy-gear/
Edit - Sorry for not posting the original story links. I've had a long day, I'm tired, and I posted the first ones I could find lol.
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jmileti said:
So this is a smart watch that works with other phones not just Sony. Was just gonna start researching this. Love the galaxy gear but didn't want the note 3. So I got G2. Are there other manufacturers doing this.
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Yes this one work with all androids. I like the fact that I don't have to go to my pocket to check to see about a message. I don't always feel it when it vibrates since I don't like the sound. Its really easy to see it sun light just not in the dark with out turning on the back light
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Letting y'all know I'll be returning the smart watch just the few days I've had it the watches battery got better but my phones battery dropped from 5 hours of screen on to 1-1/12 hrs. I'm not around a charger that often. I can't have it die on me that quick. I loved it just thought it would help battery life since I wouldn't be turning the screen on that often
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I would imagine every new Note owner goes through a period where people comment on the size of the note. My daughter posted on Facebook, that "I'm out of control." My wife calls it a Pop Tart. I'd like to think they're all just a bit jealous that I can read ebooks and watch TV or movies without squinting.
Anyway, a few rookie questions if you wouldn't mind:
I'm running Only One on my ATT I717 and love it, but trying to learn about modems. Is there a tutorial?
Also, is there a good GPS progam? I had TomTom on my 3GS but doesn't look like it's offered for Android.
Thanks
I prefer Navigon for gps. Most feautures and best forming. 2 others to look at are Ndrive and Sygic. What do you need to know about modems? Not much to tell unless you are running the phone on T-mobile. Looks like you might be since you mentioned 3gs. If you do then this thread might get you started. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573568
Thanks. I had an IPhone 3GS with TomTom.
Is 4G the same as LTE on ATT.
There's a thread about boosting data speed and they refer to UCLE2, 5, etc. Does this apply to ATT, or only T-Mobile?
I've heard a bit about Navigon and it seems solid but the reviews it gets don't seem all that reassuring for me to spend that kind of money. Google's navigation app has worked great for me and does more than enough. I've also used Waze. It's got a clean interface and nice traffic info plus it's free!
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Thanks. I had an IPhone 3GS with TomTom.
Is 4G the same as LTE on ATT.
There's a thread about boosting data speed and they refer to UCLE2, 5, etc. Does this apply to ATT, or only T-Mobile?
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4G and LTE are totally different. 4G is an improved version of 3G. LTE is another technology. Not all areas have LTE.
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I've heard a bit about Navigon and it seems solid but the reviews it gets don't seem all that reassuring for me to spend that kind of money. Google's navigation app has worked great for me and does more than enough. I've also used Waze. It's got a clean interface and nice traffic info plus it's free!
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If you have a data connection the Google is great. Waze looks ok but it needs data also and has all that social integration. Guessing this app is hard on the Note's battery. How does it run for you? If you want an offline gps app then you need to fork out the dough. No app is perfect for everyone and reviews are tough on paid gps apps. Navigon gets it done especially when you are in an area with no data.
I use Map Quest for gps works great and it's free.
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4G and LTE are totally different. 4G is an improved version of 3G. LTE is another technology. Not all areas have LTE.
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If you have a data connection the Google is great. Waze looks ok but it needs data also and has all that social integration. Guessing this app is hard on the Note's battery. How does it run for you? If you want an offline gps app then you need to fork out the dough. No app is perfect for everyone and reviews are tough on paid gps apps. Navigon gets it done especially when you are in an area with no data.
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Waze hasn't taxed my battery too bad but I can see how it would become a bit of a hog. True, I could do without the social integration as well but it isn't too bad. I've since resorted soley on the Google navigation app. I hear you about the offline capabilities, Navigon would be nice to have when data isn't available. I rarely don't have access to data so that hasn't posed much of a problem for me with gps. You're right, the choice definitely depends on the person.
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Your wife and daughter are trolling you
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Your wife and daughter are trolling you
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Or in other words...iPhone users
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
-iOS = inspiring Outdated Software
Tomtoms coming to android next month and try MapQuest works great.
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Pop tart..... I never heard that.... I like that..... I usually ask them do there little phone comes with a free trip to the eye doctor.... cause there gonna go blind... lol... the iPhone users dont bother me... its the evo users or the Droid users or the galaxy s2 users.... there for some reason there phones are pretty big too but the look at mines and think I'm crazy..... I'm only telling them that in a year they are gonna have the same size phone... I'm ahead of time.... and look what's around the corner and gonna sell like no tomorrow.... the galaxy s3.... that phone is damn near the same size.... a tad smaller. Bet the go after that.... look its all good to have the second biggest phone.... nobody wants the biggest.... that are nuts. Like bet the get this size phone as soon as a bigger one comes out ... so this becomes the second..... hate those kinda losers that don't think out side the box. . I always went for the number one spot .. never the second.... or s2...lol
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How to watch tv? ????
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I use time Warner's live TV app. Works great
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I use time Warner's live TV app. Works great
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I'm rooted. So the dumb app doesn't support it. Any way around it?
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I'm rooted. So the dumb app doesn't support it. Any way around it?
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Try this
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=root+keeper
Oh yeah look in the apps and theme section here on xda note section there's a modified versions
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jghidalgo307 said:
I'm rooted. So the dumb app doesn't support it. Any way around it?
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Try here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605247
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Where ever I am around ppl I don't know or friends that havent seen my phone yet whenever I get it out the immediately ask if its a tablet or a phone...I'm kinda starting to get annoyed lol.
I was using Google maps walking navigation today...first time on this phone...on Rodeo Dr. in Beverly Hills. I know the accurancy is great (for whatever reason ICS is taking longer to get a lock), but I was stunned that the arrow was precisely where I was walking but the compass is crazy sensitive, looked like I was walking sideways at times.
So yea that's my little non helpful blurb on the subject...I should probably go to sleep since its 3am and I'm ranting...
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My wife calls it my Kindle.
Google maps is getting offline capabilities soon. At that point there won't be any need for another app.
I was just wondering how much time everyone spends using or playing with Galaxy Note2 per day average? I spend about 5~6 hours and I can't control it.
If im not working, Usually ~8-9 hours sometimes longer. Ive had it alnost 2 months and still can hardly put it down
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On the phone for work a lot so probably 9+.
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If im not working, Usually ~8-9 hours sometimes longer. Ive had it alnost 2 months and still can hardly put it down
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On the phone for work a lot so probably 9+.
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May I ask, what kind of work you do?
I would say, being the geek I am, 4-5 hours of on screen time is logged in per day. That's been the rough average since I've had this phone for only a week.
During the week, 2-3 hours at most. Weekends, anywhere from 2-10, depending on what I'm doing that day.
I'm using my gnote2 all the time. Whenever my hands are free, my phone is in them. Its a lot of phone to learn as stock but now that its rooted I got double the stuff to play with on this bad boy. I quickly got used to the size and now every other phone is tiny and mine is normal. I honestly feel my hands have gotten bigger. Lol. I love this thing
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Im not totally sure but my wife thinks im having an affair with my phone. So much to to so little time
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May I ask, what kind of work you do?
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Primary client account manager for a managed IT service provider.
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Way too much time. Think I'm addicted. Used to come home and then use my nexus 7 but now that I've got my Note 2, i rarely use my tablet anymore (or my home computer). This phone does practically everything i want. A major time killer
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Until this weekend about 2-5. Now that I got the MOGA and MC4 I've been playing about 7-9 hours at least.
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Just curious what everyone thinks about their galaxy note 2? Anything you really like about it, really don't like about it? I just got it && i love it! Touchwiz isnt that bad to me. May try aosp but i dont know yet.
I'll never go aosp on this phone due to the superior features of touchwiz. Multi Window alone is worth keeping touchwiz for.
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I agree with Mac. There are too many features in touch wiz that I wouldn't want to loss by going to AOSP. multiwindow and s note are things I have integrated into my normal day.
That said, I still think this phone on touch wiz is better than my old galaxy S3 on AOSP. The battery life alone was worth the upgrade.
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Hate it. Worst phone I have ever owned.
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This phone is the baby jesus of phones... For the time being.
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Hate it. Worst phone I have ever owned.
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Second this! I almost traded it for a iphone 4 yeste....I can't even type it with a straight face.
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I love it, I still can't believe I have it
Came from droid x, droid charge, galaxy nexus,s3. Battery life itself makes it the top smartphone at the moment imo
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I absolutely love this phone. I came from the droid x2 so any current phone would be a large upgrade but to come to this phone is mind blowing. It's like I went from a dumb phone to a smart phone. The only thing that I found that's an issue is the heat sometimes.
I came from the Droid Charge...the difference is almost indescribable. I have pretty much stopped looking at battery life. I get a day and a half regardless of how much I use it. In a word..fantastic.
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I love *almost* everything about it, I just wish it was LCD. I hate AMOLED, and that fact alone almost made me get a DNA. I'm glad I got this one instead, and the screen tuning in Perseus makes the screen look much better, but I admit that I still have some concerns over the longevity of RGB-stripe AMOLED. We'll see in time. I don't usually keep a phone more than a year anyway, so I'll probably have a new phone before any long term problems crop up.
I'm happy with the note 2 (with cleanrom); I woudln't mind it being a bit narrower and thinner and having an external sd slot (like the razr) and hdmi out (I know it has mhl) but otherwise it is fine and dandy. I would not have purchased it if the bootloader had not been broken as I really dislike verizon 'enhancements' to the device (if you call breaking things an enhancement).
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Kind of wish the blue one was available when I made the purchase but otherwise white is fine and dandy.
Aggie12 said:
I absolutely love this phone. I came from the droid x2 so any current phone would be a large upgrade but to come to this phone is mind blowing. It's like I went from a dumb phone to a smart phone. The only thing that I found that's an issue is the heat sometimes.
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Heat? What heat? Coming from a rezound that simmered around 120 while on 4g,this phone barely hits 100. Might have a hardware defect if its getting too hot.
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First phone that I have owned since the OG droid that I am perfectly happy with. I have owned-OG droid, droid eris, droid incredible, droid charge, rezound and this. I have found that root is all that is necessary (for me) and I am now a recovering flash a holic. Thank you Samsung!
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I just got mine yesterday, came from a Galaxy Nexus. I absolutely love it. The bigger screen is awesome. And the battery life is SO SO SO much better. The GNex would drop 70% in my pocket while at school, and I could never get more than 2 hours of screen on time. Whereas with this, on one charge, I'm at 4 hours of screen on time, I've flashed 3 ROMs, and did an hour and a half of driving with bluetooth audio playing music, and my phone just hit 5%. Plus, the GNex was starting to feel slow and choppy, and this is the exact opposite.
Only thing it is missing is the blacked out screen and on screen buttons from the galaxy nexus. Great phone!
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The blutooth in call volume is too low on my Galaxy note 2, I wish Beans create a fix for this in Beans Room 11.
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Came from the hd2....I love the battery life, speed and etc
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F$cking love it!!!
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My 5th android device (3rd phone) and the best yet. The larger size means I can leave my N7 at home more often AND I carry the N2 more often since it is more capable. I love the pull out the pen and a pop-up note appears feature.
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F$cking love it!!!
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THIS!
Link for the artical. Enjoy!
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/03/2...wesome-note-apks-pulled-from-galaxy-note-8-0/
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That's from the Note 8.0 not the S4.
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That's from the Note 8.0 not the S4.
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Yes they are but are awesome on the Note 2!
Cool thanks for the heads up. The special version of Flipboard with S Pen functionality is kick ass.
Downloading the Awesome Note HD now... but it looks, well, awesome!
Tried to install awesome note and said problems parsing package any one have any ideas
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Thats your connection
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Installed fine here
how is awesome note?
Little bit of a learning curve but so far it's pretty damn cool. Took me forever to figure out how to take a picture. Landscape mode is generally best. Otherwise things can be quite small. I'll need more time with it though because there is a lot going on in this app.
I have tried 3 times over wifi and with wifi off I give up
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App is robust.
There are however barely any options making this almost not usable for me. Unless I'm missing something completely? Tasks don't show up when I create them until the date they are due.
One big feature that this phone is missing that I wish it had in it is the always on voice recognition that the moto x has. Upon getting this phone I assumed that I would be forever without this feature. However, upon doing some research I discovered that the snapdragon 800 processor has a dedicated voice recognition core just like the moto x, the only difference being that nobody has taken advantage of it. So, since I'm not a developer by any means, I decided that I would turn to the amazing developers here at XDA to see what they could whip up.
Requirements:
-Must work on AOSP ROMs. (I use Houston's PA 4.0)
-Must actually use the voice recognition core as to not demolish battery life.
-Preferably in a flashable zip (although not required)
-must work on all variants of those who pitched into bounty.
I will kick off the bounty with $15 to whomever can get this working.
Running total: $45
Ghstudent: $15
Jeev_one: $15
Pools200: $10
Lotuse:$5
Proof: http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/800
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According to the developer of Open Mic+, Qualcomm is only willing to share the code to access the low power mode with manufacturers right now. I'm not saying it's impossible, just not especially likely right now
MyronJ906 said:
According to the developer of Open Mic+, Qualcomm is only willing to share the code to access the low power mode with manufacturers right now. I'm not saying it's impossible, just not especially likely right now
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Maybe that means that the 4.4 update from LG will allow this feature! *fingers crossed*
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So, nobody is going to take a shot at this? I really think this would be an amazing feature!
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Recommend you see armando Ferreira in you tube, you can do that With tasker +auto voice With Google now and will work better than moto x
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Moto x isn't using Google voice or Google now. It's using a third party voice recognition app.
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Recommend you see armando Ferreira in you tube, you can do that With tasker +auto voice With Google now and will work better than moto x
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But will that kill my battery is the question? If I wanted something that was gonna kill my battery I would just use the open mic+ app
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Ghstudent said:
But will that kill my battery is the question? If I wanted something that was gonna kill my battery I would just use the open mic+ app
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I think tasker is better, but any will cause battery drain.
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*Page bookmarked so can closely follow this conversation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI4bSMiO_xY&feature=c4-overview&list=UUXzySgo3V9KysSfELFLMAeA
see that!
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I think tasker is better, but any will cause battery drain.
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That's the point of this bounty, to utilize the snapdragon 800 always listening chip feature which has yet to be taken advantage of.
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I add my USD 15
I wonder how bounty works, but I pledge my USD 15 too.
My phone : LG G2
so if i install tasker it will turn things on and off??
jeev_one said:
I wonder how bounty works, but I pledge my USD 15 too.
My phone : LG G2
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When someone achieves whatever task is asked, you pay them via PayPal. I have updated the OP with your bounty! thanks!
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When someone achieves whatever task is asked, you pay them via PayPal. I have updated the OP with your bounty! thanks!
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u got my five dollah...lol sorry kinda broke but want this
Lotuse said:
u got my five dollah...lol sorry kinda broke but want this
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Every little bit helps! Thanks!
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Put me down for $10.
Put me down for $10.
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Put me down for $10.
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Got you in the OP, thanks! ?
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Well it might actually be up for grabs.
This guy may have figured it out.
https://plus.google.com/+GuillaumeLesniak/posts/H4CiUhBRghi
Wow thats amazing !!!!
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