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Kind of the inverse question of the SIM thing: I travel internationally for my work, can I use a local prepaid SIM card in my S4 to use my phone in Asia? Do I need to unlock my device or does the FCC have my back here? Will this gently caress with my unlimited data in any way?
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canoshiz posted:Kind of the inverse question of the SIM thing: I travel internationally for my work, can I use a local prepaid SIM card in my S4 to use my phone in Asia? Do I need to unlock my device or does the FCC have my back here? Will this gently caress with my unlimited data in any way? Verizon has done an oddly friendly thing with their phone variants in that they're unlocked for international use out of the box. You should be absolutely fine in just popping in the local prepaid SIM. You might have to manually set APN's to get data, but that's probably the only hurdle. Otherwise it'll be just text and voice. This cannot, and will not gently caress with your unlimited data. You're not using your Verizon plan whatsoever when you go buy a local prepaid SIM. That prepaid SIM doesn't give a gently caress about your Verizon account and vice versa.
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Sep 10, 2013 06:43
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My girlfriend and I are in a family plan that currently has unlimited data. If she upgrades her phone with a new contract and loses the unlimited data, am I screwed as well? (I was planning on paying full price for my next upgrade).
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Sep 11, 2013 01:01
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Watch Out Smarmy posted:Nope. You can do an Assumption of Liability at any time (unless you're on the new Edge program) if permission has been granted and documented on the account by an account owner or manager. You will assume liability for whatever is left of the contract. The new account holder has a 12 month contract or the remainder of the existing contract, whichever is longest. Don Lapre fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Sep 11, 2013 |
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Sep 11, 2013 01:07
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BIG HEADLINE posted:So I'm wondering if the reason EDGE exists now is because they know once they debut LTE-Advanced that people will realize it's faster than their terrestrial broadband by a factor of 2-10 times, and they're trying to get as many grandfathered Unlimited Data users to give it up as they can for the ability to access the newest phones? 100Mbit to 1Gbit isn't very attractive when it's got a 6-8 gigabyte ceiling on it. Many of the features that make LTE-Advanced faster than standard LTE aren't likely to be implemented. The core features are carrier aggregation, 8x8 MIMO, and 128 QAM. Why combine all your spectrum into one giant "carrier" to get faster speeds, but no added capacity, when you could keep the spectrum separate to increase capacity with the same speeds? Battery life is still an ongoing struggle with LTE phones, now double or quadruple the number of LTE transceivers in the phone. Maybe 8x8 MIMO could be used for air cards and jetpacks, though, since battery life is less of a concern for them. In the downlink LTE currently supports QPSK, 16 QAM and 64 QAM coding schemes. Each coding scheme is granted based on SNR. 64 QAM already requires good SNR to be granted, so 128 QAM will likely require nearly perfect RF conditions to be granted e.g. direct line of site of the tower and in the boresight of one of the antennas. Of course, Verizon could go all in for the fastest speeds bragging rights. In either case I doubt LTE-Advanced is a significant factor in the EDGE program. e: from a couple pages back: Binge posted:I'm looking for opinions on what to do about this. Service absolutely sucks in my neighborhood. There doesn't appear to be a reason for this, other than it just does. It's not just inside my house, it's anywhere. When you're indoors, its way worse, and you cannot have a conversation with someone for more than 5 minutes before the chance of the call dropping increases to near 100%. It's been this way for a long time, and I think I'm finally at my breaking point with it. Obviously we use wi-fi for data stuff, but since we have the Verizon Home phone thing, and 4 other VZW devices in the house, all of which never see more than a single bar on the weakest network I'm getting pissed about it. The techs probably parked in front of your house and took some signal measurements. If Rx power is greater than -95dBm, then by definition there is no "coverage" problem. Voice is pretty robust for the most part, assuming there are no signal quality issues. You should almost never drop a call while stationary if you have Rx power greater than -95dBm. Do note that from the signal range -45+dBm to -95dBm most phone manufacturers spread out 1-4 bars, or 1-5, or whatever they use these days, which isn't particularly useful for knowing if you can make a call or not. quote:Additional notes: The guy on the phone said there are 5 towers in my area, and I'm connecting to the best one. I think the one I connect to is very close by, and I've never gotten a real answer from a Verizon person on this, but I am assuming a tower broadcasts like an umbrella, outward, and we're underneath it or something. My town has full 4G support on paper, and if I drive 1-2 miles I do switch over to it, and finally start getting real data speeds. You're not underneath the umbrella, you're on the edge of several intersecting pancakes from the sounds of it. Quantity of towers in your area means nothing. What matters most is if you have direct line of sight to one of them. If buildings or hills get in the way of you and the cell tower signal thats coming from the horizion, your coverage is going to be bad, regardless if the tower is a quarter mile away or 10 miles away. Meat Mitts fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Sep 11, 2013 |
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First full day with the Droid Maxx and so far: - 4 hours screen on time - 13h20m unplugged - 50% battery left This was with one app running GPS most of the morning before I killed it so the numbers are probably a bit lower. Texted, emailed and browsed SA quite a bit today. I can't even stress enough how much you should go and get this phone if you're on the market for a new one. It just does so much poo poo better than my old Razr without feeling much different. The bloatware is overstated imo and isn't intrusive in any way. I really love the active notifications. Also, when I get picture messages and drag down the notifications bar I get a preview of the picture. Do all phones on 4.2 do this or is this something new? I really like that feature.
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Sep 11, 2013 04:00
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The 2yr contract for my Droid RAZR (first gen with the lovely battery life) ends at the end of Feb., and I want to upgrade to a 16GB iPhone 5S. Any ideas as to what Verizon will charge to renew my contract and do the upgrade? I'm guessing a leg and both testicles, in which case, so much for an iPhone.
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Sep 11, 2013 05:08
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You mean the activation fee? That's 30-35 dollars. Other than that the 16gb 5s's are 199 on contract. http://www.apple.com/iphone-5s/
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Sep 11, 2013 05:10
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JP Money posted:You mean the activation fee? That's 30-35 dollars. Other than that the 16gb 5s's are 199 on contract. Half a testicle may be doable for me, then. $99 is what I paid for the 32GB Droid RAZR with 2yr contract via Amazon in 2012.
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Sep 11, 2013 05:14
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CapMoron posted:My girlfriend and I are in a family plan that currently has unlimited data. If she upgrades her phone with a new contract and loses the unlimited data, am I screwed as well? When I upgraded from the Droid to the Galaxy Nexus a few months after they'd already ditched unlimited data, I was able to keep it. I don't think they can force you (yet) to give it up if you already have it. Don't let them talk you into the new EDGE plan - as it requires you to ditch unlimited.
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Sep 11, 2013 11:53
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DominusDeus posted:The 2yr contract for my Droid RAZR (first gen with the lovely battery life) ends at the end of Feb., and I want to upgrade to a 16GB iPhone 5S. Any ideas as to what Verizon will charge to renew my contract and do the upgrade? I'm guessing a leg and both testicles, in which case, so much for an iPhone.
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Sep 11, 2013 14:57
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Endless Mike posted:Right now or in February? If it's February, $199. If now, $649. Feb. 28th, so almost 6 months.
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Wait, are you trying to pay an ETF to get an upgrade? I don't think they will let you do that if you want to keep your number.
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Sep 11, 2013 16:09
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You can't end your contract early without paying early termination fees. Usually Verizon will let you upgrade a couple months before your actual contract is up. So if your contract ends in February, you might be able to upgrade with a new contract in December.
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Sep 11, 2013 16:19
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Where does this "usually" come from? I've never heard of Verizon allowing early upgrades except in the most extreme cases, and the upgrade cycle is every 24 months now.
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Sep 11, 2013 16:24
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It's always been that way for me. I last upgraded my phone in November 2011, I currently can upgrade my phone.
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Sep 11, 2013 16:31
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For a while Verizon let you upgrade at 20 months IIRC.
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Sep 11, 2013 16:40
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JP Money posted:For a while Verizon let you upgrade at 20 months IIRC. Yeah, this was changed during the summer. If your upgrade date was after September, you got bumped to the end of your contract.
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FordPRefectLL posted:Yeah, this was changed during the summer. If your upgrade date was after September, you got bumped to the end of your contract. Yeah that's what happened to me. Upgraded 3 months before contract end date, and the next upgrade date is 24 months on the dot.
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Sep 11, 2013 16:55
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ProjektorBoy posted:Verizon has done an oddly friendly thing with their phone variants in that they're unlocked for international use out of the box. You should be absolutely fine in just popping in the local prepaid SIM. You might have to manually set APN's to get data, but that's probably the only hurdle. Otherwise it'll be just text and voice. An oddly friendly thing they are required to do by the FCC's restrictions on the 700MHz spectrum block they use for LTE: http://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/24/verizon-leaving-iphone-5-sim-slots-unlocked-as-required-by-fcc-network-access-regulations/ Don't think they do this for non-LTE phones (willing to be corrected if I'm wrong)
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Endless Mike posted:Wait, are you trying to pay an ETF to get an upgrade? I don't think they will let you do that if you want to keep your number. No no, I want to upgrade when my contract expires.
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Then it will be $199/$299/$399.
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JP Money posted:First full day with the Droid Maxx and so far: Did you also get to look at the LG G2?
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Endless Mike posted:Then it will be $199/$299/$399. Fuckin' A, then. I'm getting 7 hours of overtime this week, which will nearly half pay for it.
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Endless Mike posted:Then it will be $199/$299/$399. +$30 upgrade fee
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SeaborneClink posted:+$30 upgrade fee +tax and AppleCare if you want.
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bam thwok posted:Did you also get to look at the LG G2? I don't find the whole back buttons thing appealing. Screen is reported to be nice and the camera looks awesome but I'm pretty happy with my choice. I think either one is probably a solid choice but the near stock OS on the Maxx and aesthetics win me over to be honest. The quad core looks to be pretty baller in the G2 though if CPU is something you care about.
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JP Money posted:First full day with the Droid Maxx and so far: I'm in the same boat as you. Just upgraded from a gnex so this is a while new world of battery life for me. Loving the near stock experience, only thing I'm missing is root. I just want to hook up my ps3 controller and abuse my unlimited with tethering to see how much battery abuse this can take.
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Congobongo posted:I'm in the same boat as you. Just upgraded from a gnex so this is a while new world of battery life for me. Loving the near stock experience, only thing I'm missing is root. I just want to hook up my ps3 controller and abuse my unlimited with tethering to see how much battery abuse this can take. http://phandroid.com/2013/09/11/verizon-moto-x-droid-root/ Someone mentioned this above. Keep your eyes open as I'm sure they'll figure out a way.
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JP Money posted:http://phandroid.com/2013/09/11/verizon-moto-x-droid-root/ Looks like jcase posted some images of a rooted Maxx on the XDA bounty thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2431005&page=14
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Falco posted:+tax and AppleCare if you want. And if you have unlimited data, kiss it goodbye.
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This has been described before in general but I wanted to get the exact steps down before I screwed things up. One dumb phone line (#1) on my family account has an upgrade available and I have unlimited data on my line (#2). The upgrade on 1 can be used on that line, and then the first time the new phone turns on it'll automatically activate on line 1. After that is complete, I'd go onto the account website and input the old dumb phone information for activation on line 1. And then input the new phone's information for line 2 for activation while preserving unlimited. I'm assuming this would lead to a day's charge of data on line 1. Correct procedure? Any better alternatives? Edit: thanks Kensei! Fiki fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Sep 12, 2013 |
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Fiki posted:This has been described before in general but I wanted to get the exact steps down before I screwed things up. One dumb phone line (#1) on my family account has an upgrade available and I have unlimited data on my line (#2). The upgrade on 1 can be used on that line, and then the first time the new phone turns on it'll automatically activate on line 1. After that is complete, I'd go onto the account website and input the old dumb phone information for activation on line 1. And then input the new phone's information for line 2 for activation while preserving unlimited. I'm assuming this would lead to a day's charge of data on line 1. Correct procedure? Any better alternatives? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?action=showpost&postid=418225601
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bam thwok posted:Did you also get to look at the LG G2? The LG G2 looks fantastic.
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Figured this would be the best place to ask, I have a company issued Verizon Hotspot - can they track my web usage on my personal laptop? If so, how does that work?
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dongsweep posted:Figured this would be the best place to ask, I have a company issued Verizon Hotspot - can they track my web usage on my personal laptop? If so, how does that work? Unless you're getting on a work VPN from your personal laptop, your company isn't going to see what you're doing. There's the ethical question of burning your company's data cap on personal use, but I think we could all agree this isn't the place to debate that.
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cuedotcom posted:The LG G2 looks fantastic.
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dongsweep posted:Figured this would be the best place to ask, I have a company issued Verizon Hotspot - can they track my web usage on my personal laptop? If so, how does that work? I'd think they could see your data usage but not what it's being used on.
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Thanks. That is what I figured. I have unlimited data but I wanted to double check.
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JP Money posted:It just does so much poo poo better than my old Razr without feeling much different. So it isn't laggy at everything like the OG Razr? It was such a piece of poo poo that it really soured me on Motorola phones. If that's the case I might reconsider when my contract allows me to upgrade. The lag was so bad that it would take two or more seconds for the Swype keyboard to come up, the screen rotation took forever to sense and adjust, among other things.
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