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PTrexitus posted:Change sold to told and add in "give me credit for" Pfft, if I tell them I am giving them credit, I give them the credit (with sup's permission)!
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Shed posted:Hey now, I'm not sales! Don't drag sales people into this (although that is most likely what happened).
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Duckman2008 posted:
I'm guessing when I press ##786# or whatever that combo is for the phone stats, under Reconditioned Status: No means that the phone is new, right?
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diospadre posted:I'm upgrading from a Hero to a 3D, and am currently on the $60 EPRP 500 plan. I went to Best Buy and was told I would need to upgrade to the $80 plan with premium data. I left and went on Sprint's site which is telling me the same thing. Do I actually need to upgrade my plan? I thought all Sprint plans had the $10 charge for data rolled in years ago. It was a hassle when I upgraded in a Sprint store to my evo 3d. The guy assured me that I needed to go to a $69.99 per month contract plus the $10 premium data fee. I held my ground on my $59.99 eprp plan and it magically showed up as an option in his system on the next step.
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Appachai posted:So what's the new rumored release date for the sgs2? The Conquer 4G, which has more in common with SGSI lineage is rumored to hit August 21st and the M930 (Transform successor?) October 2nd. But no word on the Epic or the (SGS2) Within. "August" was recently thrown around as the general time the SGSII would debut here. I imagine it would be a GSM/UMTS model first though.
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Free Nexus S through Best Buy for today (8/3) only. Also read today that the Within is going to be called the Epic Touch 4G.
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Aug 3, 2011 11:07
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slaphappynickname posted:Just FYI, my Evo 3D battery has been lasting longer than even my fuckall massive extended batteries I was using in my Evo 4G. My wife had bought me the 3D while I was on vacation, and I really expected it to be gimmicky and no better than the 4G, but it's amazing. The 3D camera is fun for loving around and people get a kick out of it when I show them. Other than that, the phone is a powerhouse of a phone and the battery life is pretty good (if you turn off 4g).
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Aug 3, 2011 14:17
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Duckman2008 posted:Don't drag sales people into this (although that is most likely what happened). I love my sales people. I only have a couple that are like the example. There are care people that completely mess things up too, usually when it comes to billing at least.
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Aug 3, 2011 14:39
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Tunafish posted:It was a hassle when I upgraded in a Sprint store to my evo 3d. The guy assured me that I needed to go to a $69.99 per month contract plus the $10 premium data fee. I held my ground on my $59.99 eprp plan and it magically showed up as an option in his system on the next step. Cool. We'll see how it goes when I get the phone and try activating it tomorrow.
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Aug 3, 2011 14:52
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ExcessBLarg! posted:On Sprint? "Delayed." Samsung Epic Touch launching September 2011. Subject to change at this point, but just about when the last Epic launched. Blackberry Style is officially discontinued and unavailable for me to order anymore. Not gonna miss it that much.
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Aug 3, 2011 18:08
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brc64 posted:I am starting a new job later this month. Sometime in the near future, they will be sending me for a training course in Canada for 3 weeks. Quoting this from the previous page. I see there's a $2.99/mo "Canada roaming" option that gives me a 20 cents/min rate from Canada. I guess that's better than whatever the normal rate is? It doesn't say. And is there no data roaming option?
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Aug 3, 2011 18:27
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brc64 posted:Quoting this from the previous page. I see there's a $2.99/mo "Canada roaming" option that gives me a 20 cents/min rate from Canada. I guess that's better than whatever the normal rate is? It doesn't say. And is there no data roaming option? What phone do you have? If it's not a world phone, I recommend getting a cheap unlocked GSM phone from Craigslist and get a prepaid Canadian SIM. It'll be much much cheaper than roaming with Sprint, even if you get the Canada roaming option.
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letsgoflyers81 posted:What phone do you have? If it's not a world phone, I recommend getting a cheap unlocked GSM phone from Craigslist and get a prepaid Canadian SIM. It'll be much much cheaper than roaming with Sprint, even if you get the Canada roaming option. It's an EVO 4G. And yeah, I was considering a prepay phone as an alternative option. Does Sprint charge extra to receive calls from Canada? If I get a prepay phone and call my wife, will she still get hit with international fees, or does that only apply to calls made to Canada? And what about text messages?
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brc64 posted:It's an EVO 4G. And yeah, I was considering a prepay phone as an alternative option. Does Sprint charge extra to receive calls from Canada? If I get a prepay phone and call my wife, will she still get hit with international fees, or does that only apply to calls made to Canada? I've traveled to Canada many times over the last seven years. Texts will work and don't cost extra. You will pay for international roaming for incoming calls, as well as international roaming AND international long distance for outgoing calls. The rates may have changed, but they used to be something like 50 cents for roaming and 65 cents for long distance, or vice versa. For a trip like you're talking about you definitely want to get a cheap phone and prepaid SIM. You can use the EVO for texting and data on WiFi, and the GSM phone for voice calls. It'll save you a lot of money over roaming with your EVO.
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letsgoflyers81 posted:I've traveled to Canada many times over the last seven years. Texts will work and don't cost extra. You will pay for international roaming for incoming calls, as well as international roaming AND international long distance for outgoing calls. The rates may have changed, but they used to be something like 50 cents for roaming and 65 cents for long distance, or vice versa. For a trip like you're talking about you definitely want to get a cheap phone and prepaid SIM. You can use the EVO for texting and data on WiFi, and the GSM phone for voice calls. It'll save you a lot of money over roaming with your EVO. Just to clarify, are you charged international rates to receive a call from Canada, if you are in the states? I'm in Canada with a GSM phone and I call my wife in Texas with her Sprint phone. Does that just go against her usual bucket of minutes, or does she get charged extra for receiving a call from Canada?
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brc64 posted:Does Sprint charge extra to receive calls from Canada? I think this thread covers most of it, and it seems to mesh with my brief travel experience. Basically, there's two fees: roaming and long distance, but the way it works out is that only one of the fees applies at a time, to one of the parties, in most circumstances. So, you pay roaming fees whenever making or receiving a call on a Sprint phone while in Canada. You pay long distance fees while calling a Canadian number from a Sprint phone, except if you're already roaming in Canada. If someone in the US calls your Sprint phone, while you're roaming in Canada, you pay the roaming fee but it does not incur them any fee. I'm not sure what happens if someone on a Canadian provider calls you though, I'm guessing they pay a long distance fee and you pay roaming. brc64 posted:And what about text messages? As already noted, the Canadian roaming plan is $2.99/mo for a voice minute rate reduction from 59¢ to 20¢, so it pays for itself if you use more than 8 voice minutes a month. Frankly, it's worth hedging your bets with even if you go with a prepaid plan-A option for voice. Edit: I personally can't confirm that you don't pay both roaming and long distance while calling a Canadian number while in Canada. The above link contractdicts letsgoflyers81's experience, and I think I only received calls from Canadian numbers. But it's irrelevant if you go prepaid for domestic calling. ExcessBLarg! fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Aug 3, 2011 |
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I'm attempting to watch some 3D videos on Youtube (or at least those with the little "3D" icon next to them on the video) and I think something must be wrong with the way it's being rendered on my Evo 3D. The picture quality is sharp and clear for most of them, but it's definitely not 3D, or if it is, not nearly the same effect as the 3D videos I've recorded myself using my phone. Is there a toggle I need to hit to turn on the 3D display? Why would 3D-labeled content...not render in 3D?
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Aug 3, 2011 20:51
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Duckman2008 posted:Samsung Epic Touch launching September 2011. Subject to change at this point, but just about when the last Epic launched. They are calling it the Epic Touch because it doesn't have a slider keyboard correct? Because if they put a slider of that phone.... Also another example of stupid naming.
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a shameful boehner posted:I'm attempting to watch some 3D videos on Youtube (or at least those with the little "3D" icon next to them on the video) and I think something must be wrong with the way it's being rendered on my Evo 3D. The picture quality is sharp and clear for most of them, but it's definitely not 3D, or if it is, not nearly the same effect as the 3D videos I've recorded myself using my phone. Some of the user-uploaded 3D videos are terrible. Try searching for GoPro 3D
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brc64 posted:Just to clarify, are you charged international rates to receive a call from Canada, if you are in the states? You only pay when you're in Canada. If you call your wife from a GSM phone in Canada and she's in Texas she'll just have a regular incoming call. However you'll be paying extra for any calls made or received to your phone while you're there. How much your calls cost per minute has to do with whether you make or receive them, and where you call.
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brc64 posted:Quoting this from the previous page. I see there's a $2.99/mo "Canada roaming" option that gives me a 20 cents/min rate from Canada. I guess that's better than whatever the normal rate is? It doesn't say. And is there no data roaming option? International Sprint Data Roaming: 38,869 = $77.74 (so around $2/MB) Sprint 3G Data Roaming 45,622 = $0 International Roaming 44 = $25.96 (59 cents a minute) There were no international call charges for calling America (to an AT&T subscriber) for me or the receiving party. There were only 4 calls though, total of 27 minutes. I was billed international roaming for both incoming and outgoing calls. So yeah, get a burner and stay off data. Also make sure you have a proper visa if you're there for work or else you'll have a very unfun experience like I did.
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^^ - I'm going to Canada tomorrow, so essentially I should keep my phone on airplane mode unless I'm connected to WiFi?Alman posted:Some of the user-uploaded 3D videos are terrible. Try searching for GoPro 3D Yep, that's actually the video I watched, but there's...no 3D effect?  It's a high quality video and very sharp, but I don't get the same image "pop" as I do when I snap a 3D photo or record a 3D video, if that makes sense.edit: Never mind, weird. I tasked out of youtube, came back, and now they are rendering properly in 3D. ex post facho fucked around with this message at 23:21 on Aug 3, 2011 |
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a shameful boehner posted:^^ - I'm going to Canada tomorrow, so essentially I should keep my phone on airplane mode unless I'm connected to WiFi? I turned on all the roam guards and data and I was fine. This way the phone rings so you can take a call if need be and texting is free. Just make sure you don't allow data roaming or you'll get raped.
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Aug 3, 2011 23:21
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Gotta admit, I did not see this one coming.. http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/03/clearwire-adding-lte-advanced-ready-technology-to-its-holdings/
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brc64 posted:Gotta admit, I did not see this one coming.. http://www.intomobile.com/2010/10/20/clearwire-lte-testing-sees-90mbps-downloads/
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brc64 posted:Gotta admit, I did not see this one coming.. Didn't we all see that coming?
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Does anyone have google voice set up for their work and personal phone? I'm a little confused on how I would go about doing this without carrying around two phones, yet keeping them sort of separated as far as text messages and the caller ID number when I dial out. Is that possible?
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poxin posted:Does anyone have google voice set up for their work and personal phone? I'm a little confused on how I would go about doing this without carrying around two phones, yet keeping them sort of separated as far as text messages and the caller ID number when I dial out. Is that possible? Short answer: it's possible, with a couple a caveats, but otherwise works well. I'll type a more thorough reply when I'm not typing on my phone, if somebody doesn't beat me to it before I get home.
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poxin posted:Does anyone have google voice set up for their work and personal phone? I'm a little confused on how I would go about doing this without carrying around two phones, yet keeping them sort of separated as far as text messages and the caller ID number when I dial out. Is that possible? I've run into this a little bit as there are limits on caller ID. We'll use me as an example: I have a 484 PA number that is my Sprint number, and a 615 TN number that is my GVoice number. Text messaging: -484 goes to messaging app. Outgoing uses the messaging app - this does suck if you want to use GVoice features like online texting, far as I know you basically can't -615 goes to GVoice app. Outgoing uses the GVoice app. I have forward text messages and voicemails to text turned off in GVoice settings. Calling out: I currently only use GVoice, so i have it set to call using my GVoice number. You can set it to ask each time, so that would work fine. Receiving Calls: This is where I run into a big limitation: you have 2 settings: -Display caller's number -Display my Google Voice number Neither is perfect for me. Currently I use my GVoice for work and personal, and I have it set to display caller's number. Otherwise I would basically kill my caller ID. You could use your Sprint # for personal and GVoice for work and go with display google voice number, but unfortunately that still kills caller ID for work. I've mentioned recently I have been debating getting a 2nd phone, and this issue is one of the main reasons why. It is starting to drive me absolutely nuts. I'm waiting to see where I next end up work wise, but am very close to just saying "gently caress it" and getting a 2nd phone. Edit: beaten, looks like I am offering a long answer
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a shameful boehner posted:^^ - I'm going to Canada tomorrow, so essentially I should keep my phone on airplane mode unless I'm connected to WiFi?
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I don't understand how you blew through 40MB of data in airplane mode?
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Luminous posted:I don't understand how you blew through 40MB of data in airplane mode? If you don't want data charges the data roam guard should be sufficient. You can also switch off "Data network mode" or whatever, but you can still get calls and texts.
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Unlocked my 3d and it went to the white HTC screen before slowly remounting the sd card(?). Also how can I disable voice calling/search, it's driving me nuts how it keeps popping up when I hold the phone in landscape.
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Also I'm really stupid, I couldn't figure out why all my pictures were coming out blurry, until I realized that it was because of the physical camera button. Pressing down on it made me shake the phone, and when I tried with the onscreen button they came out much clearer. Durrr. I know how much you guys love the 2-click button but I can't be the only one having this problem.
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dphi posted:Free Nexus S through Best Buy for today (8/3) only. I'm current still on the $30 sero plan. I currently have an htc vogue with android on it which is great, but my screen is pretty much shot. Can I do this upgrade through best buy, or will my plan be really hosed up? I Just don't want to miss out on the savings and it's really the only thing holding me back at this point. Also, if I can get this, do I also get the 2 year contract renewal credit for $150?
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Is it possible to upgrade your phone online while you're on the EPRP plan and not lose the EPRP plan?
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Harminoff posted:I'm current still on the $30 sero plan. I currently have an htc vogue with android on it which is great, but my screen is pretty much shot. Best Buy cannot touch sero nor do they have an incentive to keep you on sero (they don't get credit even if they sell you the phone). My opinon is still don't risk losing your plan just for a one time $100. that one guy posted:Is it possible to upgrade your phone online while you're on the EPRP plan and not lose the EPRP plan? Absolutely, that is actually the easiest and safest way to upgrade.
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Duckman2008 posted:Absolutely, that is actually the easiest and safest way to upgrade.
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Yep, in fact I just did this a couple weeks ago. Upgraded from a Pre to an EVO 3D, all the plan options were at EPRP prices. In case you want to switch to a Family Plan or something. edit: just keep in mind that your monthly bill will go up $10 because of the smartphone fee. Q_res fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Aug 4, 2011 |
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