Release Time & Backup Question.

[killxswitch]

Well after much whining and weeping and gnashing of teeth it appears I've finally completed an order for a 16GB N4. I got the confirmation email and it shows as pending in Wallet. I had to set up the Check 4 Changes extension in Firefox, I wish I'd done that this morning. It made things a lot easier. Hopefully they ship quickly.

This was just before 2:30 EST. Good luck to the rest of you, keep trying and let your browser do the heavy lifting if you can.

 

[hstroph]

How do you check? I was able to check my order status but I'm not sure how to look in my wallet.

https://wallet.google.com/manage/#transactions:

 

[Bob Loblaw1]

Yeah shows pending

 

[Farru503]

ORDER PLACED!!!
Order date: Nov 13, 2012 2:47:24 PM EST

after trying so many times! finally!
note:if u still having problems use internet explorer for better results! I don't what the browser has to do with this but it worked

 

[adi19956]

How come the US didn't sell out like every other country then?

 

[Banished Angel]

How come the US didn't sell out like every other country then?

Not sure. I finally got my order through after 5 minutes of continuously hitting f5. It kept saying Coming Soon, but finally I got the screen to say Add to Cart. 16GB version is ordered and estimated delivery date is 11/15. I got my order through about 10 minutes ago.

If you can't order it, just mash f5.

 

[adi19956]

Not sure. I finally got my order through after 5 minutes of continuously hitting f5. It kept saying Coming Soon, but finally I got the screen to say Add to Cart. 16GB version is ordered and estimated delivery date is 11/15. I got my order through about 10 minutes ago.

If you can't order it, just mash f5.

Since I got home at 6pm the tab has been on auto reload every 2 minutes with an alarm set if "Coming soon" disappears. I'm on this.

Unfortunately nothing yet

 

[g_patrick15]

For those still trying to order, try the play store again and hit F5 a few times. After a few refreshes the "Add to Cart" option reappeared. I was able to add the 16gb to my cart, but I didn't try to push the order through since mines went through earlier. May be worth a shot

 

[CodeMonkey]

Not sure how much faith to put into this, but:

tl, dr = restock in 3 days

Full disclosure: Of course I'm going to keep refreshing like everyone else...

 

[adi19956]

For some reason I can't see the F5 trick working in the UK

 

[musolff92]

For those still trying to order, try the play store agin and hit F5 a few times. After a few refreshes the "Add to Cart" option reappeared. I was able to add the 16gb to my cart, but I didn't try to push the order through since mines went through earlier. May be worth a shot

I can confirm this. It was just available one of the times. I completed my order in literally seconds.

 

[killxswitch]

For some reason I can't see the F5 trick working in the UK

Unfortunately it looks like Australia and the UK really did sell out.

 

[caneaddict]

https://plus.google.com/+Nexus/posts/Bxd3fySCe28

they're saying it will be available again in "the coming weeks"?

https://plus.google.com/106515095432315677569/posts/fAA6PNbUxCK

this guy claims 3 days. this sucks.

i went to lunch, came back and found out people were able to get the phone but it's gone again. i shouldn't have to work this hard to buy a phone

 

[Bob Loblaw1]

fwiw it looks like the same deal with the bumper. I hit f5 like 10 times in a row and finally the "Add To Cart" option showed up. My work won't let me update my browser though so it got hung up during the check out process.

On a side note, I told my Galaxy Note 2 to open the link for the Bumper page using Google Play but it throws me in to the market for Apps and Music and crap. Anyone know how I can tell it to open that link using a web browser instead?

 

[dunjamon]

I don't understand why they don't allow pre-orders...it will prevent their servers from getting battered and keep their customers happy.

 

[lunatic59]

I don't understand why they don't allow pre-orders...it will prevent their servers from getting battered and keep their customers happy.

And miss the chance to get some free release-day frenzy in the press? What do customers matter?

 

[adi19956]

I don't understand why they don't allow pre-orders...it will prevent their servers from getting battered and keep their customers happy.

To avoid the N7 fiasco of people pre-ordering and just not getting them when Google said they would because they didn't have them yet.

Did it fix the original problem? Yes
Was it any better? Probably not