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To the best of my knowledge, no. Could find a nice rep to add another line, swap your number to it, then do the transfer from there. The request to port the number is always interpreted as a request to close the line AFAIK.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 00:19 |
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I actually just talked to a T Mobile rep and she said it was possible. Basically the line will close and we'll get the charge, but I just have to call and say I want to just put a new number on it and I'll be fine. The charge will drop. Not paying any more, or less.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 00:54 |
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Now that it's been out for a while, how are Goons liking that $30 smartphone plan? Any serious drawbacks to it? I've been wanting a smartphone for a while now, but I haven't been the least bit interested in paying so much for so little data versus a giant useless minute pool.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 04:18 |
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I love it. The only thing is, refill your account with some extra cash because its hard not to go over on minutes even with being a texting fiend. I came into the plan fully ok with paying up to $40-50 per month depending on my usage. Micro-managing my minute allowance has me looking longingly at a regular postpaid plan though. Also, if I didn't have Groove IP this plan wouldn't work for me at all. Fair warning though, sometimes GrooveIP has horrible lag even over wifi whereas Google Voice and Video chat on a computer doesn't.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 19:38 |
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Well, the "touch" part of "touchscreen" on my HD2 has finally given up the ghost, so it looks like I'm going to be doing some emergency phone shopping. I'm in that wonderful period between my warranty ending and being eligible for an upgrade. Hooray for not buying insurance. How do people feel about the Samsung Exhibit II 4G? It's readily available since it's supposed to be a pre-paid phone (I could walk into a Wal-Mart or have it overnighted via Amazon Prime for ~$200) and unless I'm mistaken I should be able to swap my sim card and be back in business. It also seems like I wouldn't be making too many concessions: Same/similar processor, slightly smaller screen, same resolution, 3mp camera versus my 5mp. Also, it runs android natively, unlike my janky XDA solutions on the HD2. Plus, it should actually work. I know that I can likely snag a better deal on eBay or craigslist if I keep my eyes open, or attempt a repair if I weren't worried about botching it, but I'm hoping to get this problem solved as soon as possible. Unless there's a much better option, I'll probably buy this phone, and see if I can get a few bucks out of the HD2 on eBay.
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| # ? Nov 19, 2011 19:48 |
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McPimpenheimer posted:Well, the "touch" part of "touchscreen" on my HD2 has finally given up the ghost, so it looks like I'm going to be doing some emergency phone shopping. I'm in that wonderful period between my warranty ending and being eligible for an upgrade. Hooray for not buying insurance. Bang for your dollar the Exhibit 2 is a drat good phone. Kinda weak camera, but otherwise a good phone. My reps sell them all day long.
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| # ? Nov 19, 2011 20:23 |
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I tried it out for a day. It's a solid phone with high functionality but has a terrible camera. The 4G signal is strong, works well with Bluetooth. People say there was some fuzz when I spoke to them. Overall, it's a good phone off-contract ($200+tax) at Walmart. Main reason I returned it is that I rather put that $200 towards the newest phone available on contract (e.g. Nexus Prime). I also learned this lesson because I've been using a LG Optimus T for the past year.
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| # ? Nov 19, 2011 21:14 |
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It looks like T-Mobile stores increased the price of the Exhibit 2 from $250 to $350 in anticipation of their Saturday sale earlier today, just so the on-contract discount would look better. In addition they threatened that if I purchased it non-contract from Wal-Mart they wouldn't allow me to get a value plan. I assume that threat was meaningless. I've also never seen it at a Wal-Mart ever, but that doesn't matter because McPimpenheimer points out you can get it from Amazon with free shipping.
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| # ? Nov 20, 2011 05:02 |
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I just got tagged with a $50 "Usage Charge" on my G2 line. Looking over the bill it looks like it's for "WEB AND DATA USAGE CHARGES". I browsed through the T-Mobile forums and it looks like lots of people got tagged this month with the charge but it seems to be everyone with dumb phones or smartphones that don't have data plans and getting moved onto pay-as-you-go data. My line has 5gb of data and I still got the $50 data charge. Anyone else seen or heard this? Gonna give T-mobile a call tomorrow but just wonding if someone can shed some light on this first.
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| # ? Nov 20, 2011 05:26 |
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A little while back they started putting the 1.99/mb pay per use web automatically on any line using a smartphone. Unsurprisingly this sometimes is put on lines with existing data plans. Just call them, explain what happened and they should credit you.
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| # ? Nov 20, 2011 19:08 |
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Oh and the rep also mentioned that Wifi Calling would always use your minutes now, no matter the plan. This is an unfortunate change now as I was looking forward to it when switching to a value plan.
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| # ? Nov 20, 2011 20:28 |
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Cardboard Box A posted:Oh and the rep also mentioned that Wifi Calling would always use your minutes now, no matter the plan. This is an unfortunate change now as I was looking forward to it when switching to a value plan. That's false. You just need to add a free feature that allows you to make free calls. Once you move to the value plan it is an available feature.
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| # ? Nov 20, 2011 21:55 |
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candy for breakfast posted:A little while back they started putting the 1.99/mb pay per use web automatically on any line using a smartphone. Unsurprisingly this sometimes is put on lines with existing data plans. Just call them, explain what happened and they should credit you. Seems like that's exactly what happened. My line got hit last month and this month there was another pending $50 charge on my wife's line which also has the 5gb data plan. I called the rep and she was very helpful, reversed the pending charge and credited my account for the $50 overage last month. She also blocked the pay-as-you-go ability from all 4 of our lines. T-mo support helpful again as always.
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| # ? Nov 20, 2011 22:00 |
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McPimpenheimer posted:How do people feel about the Samsung Exhibit II 4G? It's readily available since it's supposed to be a pre-paid phone (I could walk into a Wal-Mart or have it overnighted via Amazon Prime for ~$200) You could probably get a real, well-supported Android phone for $200, like a Defy, MT4G or G2. Sensation is a little more.
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| # ? Nov 21, 2011 04:34 |
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Mark Larson posted:You could probably get a real, well-supported Android phone for $200, like a Defy, MT4G or G2. Sensation is a little more. I'm gun-shy about HTC products at this point. Digitizer issues like mine are practically an inevitability on the HD2, and apparently they're not uncommon on their other phones (G2, etc.) either. Have a friend with a Droid Eris, and she's had completely different frustrating hardware issues. That being said, I'll look for the Defy (and the Galaxy S 4G, from another separate recommendation) on ebay. I won't be getting new for your quoted price, but maybe I can find something not at its end-of-life without getting scammed. Edit: Cardboard Box A posted:I've also never seen it at a Wal-Mart ever, but that doesn't matter because McPimpenheimer points out you can get it from Amazon with free shipping.  Too bad I was too indecisive to actually pick one up.
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| # ? Nov 21, 2011 06:01 |
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Mark Larson posted:You could probably get a real, well-supported Android phone for $200, like a Defy, MT4G or G2. Sensation is a little more. I have a Defy, and the phone is awesome as it is, but rooted and with cyanogenmod 7 it flies, no issues whatsoever. I'd really recommend it. they've gotten a lot cheaper recently too, I've seen several for less than $100 locally.
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| # ? Nov 21, 2011 15:34 |
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McPimpenheimer posted:How do people feel about the Samsung Exhibit II 4G? It's readily available since it's supposed to be a pre-paid phone (I could walk into a Wal-Mart or have it overnighted via Amazon Prime for ~$200) and unless I'm mistaken I should be able to swap my sim card and be back in business. It also seems like I wouldn't be making too many concessions: Same/similar processor, slightly smaller screen, same resolution, 3mp camera versus my 5mp. Also, it runs android natively, unlike my janky XDA solutions on the HD2. Plus, it should actually work. I bought one recently and like it a lot. It's easily rootable, and once it is rooted, throws off a nice quick WiFi hotspot. Between Launcher Pro and rooting, I see little need for custom ROMs, but of course YMMV.
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| # ? Nov 21, 2011 22:08 |
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Best phone on Tmo with NFC and cyanogen support?
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| # ? Nov 21, 2011 23:44 |
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ilkhan posted:Best phone on Tmo with NFC and cyanogen support? Nexus S? Is there even any other phone with NFC? I don't think the TMO SGS2 has NFC.
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| # ? Nov 21, 2011 23:51 |
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I think its just the T989 (TMo SGS2) or the Amaze. So which is better?
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| # ? Nov 22, 2011 01:05 |
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ilkhan posted:I think its just the T989 (TMo SGS2) or the Amaze. So which is better? I'd say it'll come down to personal preference between the two. Performance should be similar and the Amaze has a 4.3" qHD Super LCD screen while the SGS2 has a 4.52" WVGA Super AMOLED+ screen. You could also consider getting a Value plan and spending more to import a Galaxy Nexus when it comes out in Canada next month. 
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| # ? Nov 22, 2011 01:36 |
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The $30 plan is what I'm planning on. My EVO is getting a little long in the tooth and with insurance its running $90-$92/month. $30 sounds drat good to me when I'm halfway through the month having used 16 minutes / 23 texts / ≈50MB. A GSM Nexus has been the plan for a while, but...delays and frustrations.
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| # ? Nov 22, 2011 02:08 |
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Walrusmaster posted:I have a Defy, and the phone is awesome as it is, but rooted and with cyanogenmod 7 it flies, no issues whatsoever. I'd really recommend it. they've gotten a lot cheaper recently too, I've seen several for less than $100 locally. I got mine off ebay for $205 but I agree with every other point. You also have the added benefit of an FM radio with CM7. I can go from off to usable in about 20 seconds which is about 80 seconds faster then every other smartphone I've owned. You also get the added benefit of having a waterproof/rugged phone. Since I accidentally proved that the phone was waterproof I've been more careless and ended up soaking it about 4 times since then.
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| # ? Nov 22, 2011 02:45 |
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Meldonox posted:Now that it's been out for a while, how are Goons liking that $30 smartphone plan? Any serious drawbacks to it? I've been wanting a smartphone for a while now, but I haven't been the least bit interested in paying so much for so little data versus a giant useless minute pool. The $30 5gb plan is absolutely amazing if you consistently use less than 200 minutes and no texts. Otherwise it's value depends on your usage. You also lose the ability to have google voice handle your voicemail.
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| # ? Nov 22, 2011 02:50 |
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Burden posted:That's false. You just need to add a free feature that allows you to make free calls. Once you move to the value plan it is an available feature. Mark Larson posted:You could probably get a real, well-supported Android phone for $200, like a Defy, MT4G or G2. Sensation is a little more. And aren't you comparing used/on-contract prices with $200 new off-contract? Stick100 posted:I got mine off ebay for $205 but I agree with every other point. You also have the added benefit of an FM radio with CM7. I can go from off to usable in about 20 seconds which is about 80 seconds faster then every other smartphone I've owned. Radbot posted:I bought one recently and like it a lot. It's easily rootable, and once it is rooted, throws off a nice quick WiFi hotspot. Between Launcher Pro and rooting, I see little need for custom ROMs, but of course YMMV. Stick100 posted:The $30 5gb plan is absolutely amazing if you consistently use less than 200 minutes and no texts. Otherwise it's value depends on your usage. You also lose the ability to have google voice handle your voicemail. Cardboard Box A fucked around with this message at Nov 22, 2011 around 03:14 |
| # ? Nov 22, 2011 03:10 |
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Stick100 posted:The $30 5gb plan is absolutely amazing if you consistently use less than 200 minutes and no texts. Otherwise it's value depends on your usage. You also lose the ability to have google voice handle your voicemail. If you use the full Google Voice, not just the GVoice lite voicemail feature, voicemails should still work. They should stop ringing the forwarding phones after a a few rings and allow the caller to leave a voicemail.
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| # ? Nov 22, 2011 03:23 |
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Cardboard Box A posted:
I personally have had less problems with the Defy touch screen than the 3gs Nexus 1 and Nexus S. The Nexus S was far too sensitive the 3gs would ignore touches and the N1 would also drop touches. I did have a time period of about 5 hours where the touch screen would not respond corrected but it was after I had left the phone in a 1/4 in. of water for 14 hours. After 5 hours it recovered completely. In contrast my otterbox broke and I my 3gs failed in less than a month. As to the google voice prepaid someone else can better answer that as I haven't had a voicemail since I switched.
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| # ? Nov 22, 2011 03:44 |
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My Defy didn't have any touchscreen issues FWIW. This is the first I'm hearing about it, actually.
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| # ? Nov 22, 2011 04:05 |
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Re: GV on Prepaid T-Mobile: Call forwarding is not enabled on prepaid T-mobile accounts, so as goku mentioned, you can't do "GV Lite" and you must turn on the caller announcement function "press 1 to answer, 2 to send to voicemail..." unfortunately.
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| # ? Nov 22, 2011 06:09 |
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Mark Larson posted:My Defy didn't have any touchscreen issues FWIW. This is the first I'm hearing about it, actually. Stick100 posted:I personally have had less problems with the Defy touch screen than the 3gs Nexus 1 and Nexus S. The Nexus S was far too sensitive the 3gs would ignore touches and the N1 would also drop touches. Radbot posted:Re: GV on Prepaid T-Mobile:
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| # ? Nov 22, 2011 07:28 |
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My G2's screen has died. Does anybody know of a reliable online repair service? I'm sure all I gotta do is change the LCD. I would replace it with HTC's warranty, but I bought the phone of off SA-Mart and I don't think I can get the proof of purchase from the seller. Am I hosed?  I really can't afford a new phone right now and all the other choices out there are poo poo.
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| # ? Nov 22, 2011 16:41 |
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savro posted:My G2's Screen busted waaaah Fix. It. Yourself. Cardboard Box A posted:Wait what exactly is well-supported about those phones? Do any of them have Gingerbread 2.3.5 like the Exhibit II? If you mean in terms of rooting them and installing Cyanogenmod, the Exhibit is rootable so it's not like support won't be coming, the phone is just really new. And if you root and install Cynaogen you lose the ability to use T-Mobile WiFi Calling so what's the point? This is incorrect, at least on the G2. Wifi Calling still works in the latest Cm7.1 stable, I used it to make a call last week. Though I cannot speak for the Defy or the MT4g, the G2 will continue to have great support for several reasons. First and foremost: it is pretty much the last high quality gsm hardware keyboard phone. It has a whole year worth of solid development scene behind it and will continue to have it for the foreseeable future. The G2 might have been EOLed in the States, but the Desire Z is still being sold overseas. Secondly: Cyanogen himself still uses a G2 as a daily driver. You can bet your rear end that the G2 will get CM9, let alone the continued development of Sense 3 and 3.5 roms by other competent development teams such as RMK40's Virtuous Team. MIUI is still actively supported with updates on an almost daily basis. There is already a booting alpha port of the ICS SDK and a very active effort to get the GNXS source dump ported. Third: Yes, the G2 was updated recently OTA to 2.3.4 Gingerbread. The Mt4g has been updated to 2.3.? gingerbread as of July. From what I understand all updates after that were app specific that just got rolled into the base source code/gapps package. Edit: In other fun news, the FCC Chairman has done something unprecedented for an individual representing an agency as thoroughly in the pockets of corporate interests as the FCC and moved to have a full hearing on it. More details here. MC Hawking fucked around with this message at Nov 23, 2011 around 14:17 |
| # ? Nov 23, 2011 13:59 |
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I have to ask, is there still a problem for people with existing T-Mobile service of any kind to get over to the $30 option? I probably use less than 100 minutes in three months, so this would be cherry for me. I have the $60 monthly 4g going now, and it's complete overkill considering I almost never talk on the drat phone.
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| # ? Nov 23, 2011 20:35 |
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From what I hear it depends on the agent you get, with you having roughly a 1/10 chance of one who can figure out how to switch the plans for you without screwing anything up. Part of the problem is there are more than one $30/month plans, only one of which has the 5GB of data.
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| # ? Nov 23, 2011 23:04 |
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T-Mo SGSII on its way. I can live without cyano and custom ROMs. I've stuck with a rooted sprint ROM for this long, I can't imagine it being too much worse than that. If it turns out to be unbearable, well, no contract and the phone can be resold.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2011 04:33 |
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It looks like the ATT merger isn't going to happen. I wonder what the likelihood of a Sprint/Tmobile merger is?
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| # ? Nov 24, 2011 19:35 |
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Is the $4 billion consolation enough to convince Deutsche Telecom to stay in the American market? I'd really like a national GSM carrier with T-Mobile's open/unlimited/throttling approach to remain available.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2011 17:25 |
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goku chewbacca posted:Is the $4 billion consolation enough to convince Deutsche Telecom to stay in the American market? 3 billion in cash and 1 billion in spectrum. Honestly though, I doubt it. Even if DT wanted to stay in it after that cash injection they would remain the only carrier without an iPhone or LTE. Every single penny of that money would already be spent just trying to catch up. The cynic in me basically sees TMOUS dying a slow death over the course of 5 years and being broken up between Big Red, the Bell leviathan reincarnate and regional carriers. Edit: To be fair I know Sprint doesn't currently have LTE but it's basically already in the books for them. Maker Of Shoes fucked around with this message at Nov 26, 2011 around 17:42 |
| # ? Nov 26, 2011 17:38 |
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I envision TMo going straight to LTE-Advanced. Saves them the conversion costs, and HSPA+ will keep them going for a while. Long term, who knows? Are we going to see all high-end GSM devices using pentaband radios (like the GNex, frequencies for nearly any carrier worldwide) or no?
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Tmo won't die, they'll just be sold. People have been speculating that Google or Apple want their own wireless network, so maybe that's what will happen down the road.
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