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zxqv8 posted:I would much appreciate some basic direction in this manner. If only a link to get me started as I must be too retarded to do so on my own. As much as XDA sucks, when they do something right, they do something right. http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sing_gfree_v0.7 This is a fairly straightforward guide to rooting the G2. If you run into any issues just PM me or ask in the Rooted Android thread. Masturbatory Manatee[/quote posted:We have a family plan with 2 phones out of contract and the third phone still under contract for a while. Is there a way to switch to any of the new value plans in this situation? There's a migration fee for the third line depending on how long it has remaining in contract. If it's <= 6 months, there's no fee. 7-8 months is $50, 9-12 months is $100, 13-24 is $200. Crunkjuice posted:So whats the deal with the gingerbread update for the MT4G? I got an update last week that erased everyone on my phone but didn't give my 2.3.4, but a buddy of mine with one has gingerbread already. How long is the updating supposed to last/should i go to the store about it? Call your local T-Mobile store and ask if they got the HTC update SD cards. If they did, just go into the store and have them update it for you. Walrusmaster posted:So, stupid question I'm sure, but with the current $50/month/2 phones deal, it stacks with corporate discounts, meaning if I have access to a 15% discount, I can get 3 lines (2@$50, add 1@$15) for $99.75/month plus the cost of the phones? How much would any fees and/or taxes add to that? Not sure on this one. I'll look it up when I get to work today to see how corporate discounts apply.
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Apparently none of the stores in Austin have the HTC SD cards to update the MT4g to gingerbread. They are rolling the update out in blocks of 10,000 so they have more time to troubleshoot issues that come up (what the t-mobile lady said). She said i was the 7th person to call her today about it, and HTC is the one holding up the update and t-mobile is doing all they can to get it from them. She estimated sooner rather than later, so i guess its a waiting game for a week or two. I guess customer support isn't totally dead as she was on the phone with me explaining it for a few minutes. Edit: She said the updates were on a timetable that HTC is keeping to themselves, or are waiting til after they troubleshoot every round of updates. Crunkjuice fucked around with this message at Aug 10, 2011 around 19:44 |
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Be sure and ask if they're scheduling the updates.
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| # ? Aug 10, 2011 17:46 |
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Crunkjuice posted:Apparently none of the stores in Austin have the HTC SD cards to update the MT4g to gingerbread. They are rolling the update out in blocks of 10,000 so they have more time to troubleshoot issues that come up (what the t-mobile lady said). She said i was the 7th person to call her today about it, and HTC is the one holding up the update and t-mobile is doing all they can to get it from them. She estimated sooner rather than later, so i guess its a waiting game for a week or two. I read somewhere that some regions got the SD cards on the 6th and others aren't getting them until the 13th (I think it said the Midwest was getting them later, not sure if Austin is considered Midwest) so try again on Monday?
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Am I calculating something off, or are the value plans actually a much better value than the classic plans? 500 Minute Value plan ($34.99) + 2gig Data ($10) = $44.99 500 Minute Classic plan ($39.99) + 2gig Data ($20) = $59.99 A difference of $15. $15 x 24 months is $360. So unless the discount on a subsidized phone is more than $360 (and it seems to be $300 for a $500 phone like the 4g Slide) it makes a lot more sense to get the value plan and buy a phone on your own, yes? Or are there other factors I'm missing? Edit: On the other hand, I'm not sure if there is a good place to buy a no-contract phone like the MyTouch 4G Slide that isn't more than $500 or an untrustworthy seller. fallenturtle fucked around with this message at Aug 11, 2011 around 18:17 |
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The value plans are very nice, however it's the first plan I've ever seen that ties you into a 2 year contract without giving you a hardware subsidy. I still signed up for a family value plan. Crazy cheap.
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fallenturtle posted:Am I calculating something off, or are the value plans actually a much better value than the classic plans? Yeah it is cheaper. What tmobile does is they allow you to bill up to 300 of a phone over 20 months so you don't to pay the whole thing up front.
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Burden posted:Yeah it is cheaper. What tmobile does is they allow you to bill up to 300 of a phone over 20 months so you don't to pay the whole thing up front. I could have sworn that option was on their site a few days ago, but it appears that is in-store only. If you choose a value plan online it only gives you the option for a SIM card. I wouldn't be surprised if the "list price" was higher in-store.
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Civil posted:The value plans are very nice, however it's the first plan I've ever seen that ties you into a 2 year contract without giving you a hardware subsidy.
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Cardboard Box A posted:I wonder if the point is to screw AT&T somewhat by forcing ALL of their customers into contracts that AT&T can't change easily? More likely the point is to keep people from jumping ship when the acquisition goes through... or just in general its better business for them to keep people on a contract.
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fallenturtle posted:More likely the point is to keep people from jumping ship when the acquisition goes through... or just in general its better business for them to keep people on a contract. I seem to recall that AT&T Wireless, while it's acquisition by Cingular was in progress but not yet complete, offered some nice rate plans to attract signups and keep people around. I can't imagine this is any different, although keeping people on postpaid and not letting them jump to prepaid is a much bigger deal these days than it was back then. This will be the second time I've been acquired by Cingular/AT&T, and I can't say I'm too pleased about it.
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Ulysses S. Grant posted:Quick bit of news before I get home and can answer questions: the throttled 200mb data feature is going to be grandfathered, and in the future it will be 200mb with 10¢ per MB overage charges, with a cap of $30. My mom currently has this plan, so just to confirm, she'll only be throttled to edge speeds once she goes over? She's been just shutting off background data and never using her phone for data except on wifi because she never wanted to go over.
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WhyteRyce posted:My mom currently has this plan, so just to confirm, she'll only be throttled to edge speeds once she goes over? She's been just shutting off background data and never using her phone for data except on wifi because she never wanted to go over. Nope once she goes over she will be charged the 10 cents a MB. It will still be at the high speed though.
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WhyteRyce posted:My mom currently has this plan, so just to confirm, she'll only be throttled to edge speeds once she goes over? She's been just shutting off background data and never using her phone for data except on wifi because she never wanted to go over. It depends when she signed up for it. If she signed up before ~May or so then she will be charged overage, but if she signed up afterwards she'll be throttled. If you have her bill handy, let me know what her data feature specifically is and I'll let you know.
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| # ? Aug 12, 2011 15:51 |
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Ulysses S. Grant posted:It depends when she signed up for it. If she signed up before ~May or so then she will be charged overage, but if she signed up afterwards she'll be throttled. If you have her bill handy, let me know what her data feature specifically is and I'll let you know. She got her plan back around March/April. They told her she would be charged for overage, I was just checking to make sure the people in the store didn't get confused or were incorrect. Another question, I'm going to be in Malaysia for a week. I know Wifi calling uses plan minutes, but if I use it to call home when I'm overseas (like from an airport or hotel hotspot) would I get hit with any additional charges? WhyteRyce fucked around with this message at Aug 12, 2011 around 17:05 |
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WhyteRyce posted:She got her plan back around March/April. They told her she would be charged for overage, I was just checking to make sure the people in the store didn't get confused or were incorrect. Wifi calling doesn't have to use plan minutes - call Tmo and ask them for free wifi minutes on your account. They changed their policy a few months ago. As far as to whether or not it works - someone else would have to answer. I don't know if they do IP address lookups.
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| # ? Aug 12, 2011 17:41 |
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WhyteRyce posted:She got her plan back around March/April. They told her she would be charged for overage, I was just checking to make sure the people in the store didn't get confused or were incorrect. My brother is in Europe, and he is able to call back to the US over wifi at no charge.
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So I got set up with a monthly 4G plan because I hate contracts. It's working well though I have some edge network fuckery to figure out (it won't connect to anything faster despite full coverage in Columbus, OH). What I'm not sure of is how purchases on the market are going to function. Will it bill my account, or do I have to provide payment manually? Same for something like the Kindle store?
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| # ? Aug 13, 2011 17:13 |
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I've been a customer since 2007 (when I got scammed into FlexPay, I'm now on a contract since 2009). I'm on a family plan: Classic Unlimited Talk/Text with 200MB. I think I'd be paying more if I switched to the "Best Plan Ever," but I can't be sure. I also can't understand what's on the bill for the life of me. Is there a government employee discount? thoughts?
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ThatSinkingFeeling posted:I've been a customer since 2007 (when I got scammed into FlexPay, I'm now on a contract since 2009). Since you're on a Classic plan, there would be a ~$200 migration fee to switch to the Value plan per line. If you want to I can help you go over your bill via PM, and I don't believe there is a government employee discount right now. You can always call 611 and ask.
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ThatSinkingFeeling posted:I've been a customer since 2007 (when I got scammed into FlexPay, I'm now on a contract since 2009). I'm using a state gov discount. You probably qualify for one. Ask.
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I recently changed from flexpay (my credit rating is poo poo) to one of the contract plans and for some reason they gave me over $100 dollar credit to my account. Because of this I didn't even have to pay a bill for the months of july or august, and I actually have had a negative balance on my account for the last two months. Should I be worried about a kickback in the future? I tried asking the customer service people what was going on, but they gave me some very generic answers to the tune of "dont worry ma'am it will all work out on your next billing cycle"
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panictheory posted:I recently changed from flexpay (my credit rating is poo poo) to one of the contract plans and for some reason they gave me over $100 dollar credit to my account. (FlexPay sucks) I think it's because you paid in advance for FlexPay, so they converted what you had already paid (and any money in your FlexAccount) into just a bill credit on the regular postpaid account. It should all work out.
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So the mic on my newish G2x died and I went to the T-mobile store to ask for an exchange, to which I was told that I would have to pay $20 for 'processing'. Is this a new policy change? I've never had to pay anything for a hardware exchange with anybody ever before. Either way the first call I'm going to be making is to customer service to yell at some poor Indian kid about this ridiculousness.
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ArcticXC posted:So the mic on my newish G2x died and I went to the T-mobile store to ask for an exchange, to which I was told that I would have to pay $20 for 'processing'. Is this a new policy change? I've never had to pay anything for a hardware exchange with anybody ever before. Either way the first call I'm going to be making is to customer service to yell at some poor Indian kid about this ridiculousness. Yeah if you don't have insurance you pay the $20 for the warranty exchange. It is fairly new. I think it started mid June. If you have insurance you pay $5 but you get it next day air.
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Burden posted:Yeah if you don't have insurance you pay the $20 for the warranty exchange. It is fairly new. I think it started mid June. If you have insurance you pay $5 but you get it next day air. Huh. I was told it was being shipped overnight regardless. Guess we'll see what happens.
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My sister and I both use T-Mobile separately and are considering doing a family plan together. Currently each of our plans are around 85 dollars a month with 1000 minutes, unlimited text and real unlimited data. Upon viewing our data usage histories I have never ever been over half a gb and she basically doesn't use data. We have both been T-Mobile customers for greater than 5 years, what is the best family plan we can get most likely? Any chance a college discount would be possible?
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| # ? Aug 17, 2011 06:24 |
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So my dad is in the market for a no-contract plan that he can use with a smartphone he buys out of pocket. He has a 19% corporate discount with T-mobile apparently. 1)Will he be able to find something better anywhere else than the Monthly4G plans? 2)Is it worth it signing on with the impending merger? 3)Could he get any T-mobile phone from eBay, or does it need to be one of the ones listed on their prepaid website?
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Heffer posted:So my dad is in the market for a no-contract plan that he can use with a smartphone he buys out of pocket. He has a 19% corporate discount with T-mobile apparently. If he has a smartphone already or is going to buy one out of pocket, then I would go with the 500 minute/unlimited text/2gb of web Value plan for $49.99 per month. If he needs unlimited, he could get that for $59.99. e: As far as it being worth it to sign up now, it is entirely a judgment call. The most recent news about the merger makes it sound more and more unlikely, but who really knows?
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| # ? Aug 18, 2011 03:51 |
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Has something changed with the data throttle? I'm over my 5GB limit and haven't been knocked down to EDGE yet.
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Okay a couple of things. I moved recently and had to upgrade my data plan to "unlimited" in order to connect to the net via tether. Now that I have wifi I want to get rid of this and bump back down to my 200mb allotment. I want to know if I do that, will this change be reflected on not Septembers bill, but novembers? Since I used up 2.XX gigs of data, I don't really want to be dinged for a bunch of overage. Speaking of data, why is it that my contract (Even More™ 500 Talk) limited to ONLY 200mb of data or unlimited? I want just 2gigs for a tenner, not out the rear end for a crapload of data I won't use. On this same note, I'm transferring all my texting over to google voice from here on out to save some extra bucks. If I cancel it now (thursday the 18th) can I expect additional dinging on my bill for the 500 some odd texts I've sent so far this month? Should I just keep it and cancel it at the end of the month along with downgrading my data plan? Clarity TLDR: I want to cancel my texting plan and drop my data back to 200mb/mo. I've used both, data especially, in this last month. Will I be hit with fees if I cancel them now and not at the end of the month when we're going into a new bill period?
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Is it possible to get a corporate discount on the 500 minute Value plan? What's the best Android phone to get apart from the Sensation, which is $350-500 on craigslist?
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| # ? Aug 18, 2011 08:48 |
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Mark Larson posted:Is it possible to get a corporate discount on the 500 minute Value plan? What's the best Android phone to get apart from the Sensation, which is $350-500 on craigslist? Yes, you can get a corp discount on Value plans. The next best phone is the MT4G Slide, but it's also expensive. If you want an excellent phone around the $200 range, get the MT4G, or the G2 if you need a keyboard.
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Ulysses S. Grant posted:If he has a smartphone already or is going to buy one out of pocket, then I would go with the 500 minute/unlimited text/2gb of web Value plan for $49.99 per month. If he needs unlimited, he could get that for $59.99. Okay great. Can anyone recommend an android phone for a 65 year old?
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| # ? Aug 18, 2011 15:08 |
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kombatMedik posted:Has something changed with the data throttle? I'm over my 5GB limit and haven't been knocked down to EDGE yet. They don't always catch it.
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| # ? Aug 18, 2011 15:17 |
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Slopehead posted:Okay a couple of things. Future date the changes to your next bill cycle. As far as your data, you're on a grandfathered rate plan that doesn't support the 2 gig plans.
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By future date you mean just change it when my bill cycle swaps over on the 28th, right?
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| # ? Aug 18, 2011 19:50 |
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At the risk of having missed it (even though I've read the whole thread), is there any news about T-Mobile murdering battery life on certain phones? The speculation is that phones are constantly polling for the latest android update, but I can't seem to find news anywhere.
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| # ? Aug 19, 2011 11:37 |
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So I was looking at T-Mobile's Family Value plans. Am I reading this right? I can get a 3-line plan with 1000 shared minutes, 2GB of data per line, and unlimited texting for $85? Is each add-a-line only $5 even with data?
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Mark Larson posted:So I was looking at T-Mobile's Family Value plans. Am I reading this right? I can get a 3-line plan with 1000 shared minutes, 2GB of data per line, and unlimited texting for $85? Is each add-a-line only $5 even with data? You're pretty close - the added lines are $5 voice only, an additional $5/10/25/55 for data depending on which plan you want. Here's how the math works: $49.98 - 1,000 shared minutes $10 - unlimited family texting $5 - add-a-line $30 - 2gb of data for each of the 3 lines = $94.98 per month Which I'd say is a pretty goddamn good deal for 3 lines if I do say so myself.
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