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Anyone on straight talk ATT getting spammed with "your service has been filled" text messages and emails? I have auto refill setup and it keeps spamming me like a mofo.
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# ? Dec 19, 2012 23:49 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 02:31 |
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Choicecut posted:Anyone on straight talk ATT getting spammed with "your service has been filled" text messages and emails? I have auto refill setup and it keeps spamming me like a mofo. Literally the previous post discusses it. I sent them an email to support since their customer service phone number had a 30 minute hold time. If I get a response I'll let you all know.
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 01:30 |
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savesthedayrocks posted:Literally the previous post discusses it. God drat, how the gently caress I missed that I have no idea. Hopefully they respond to you cause this poo poo is pissing me the gently caress off.
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 02:43 |
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Stick100 posted:200-300 is still only $40-$50 per month, if you use much data the $30 TMO might be better than straight talk. Also it seems that straight talk charges some of the extra taxes on fees while TMO does not. TMO might be $30 and Straight talk might be 55+ with taxes. I guess I might as well go with TMO then. Is there any particular phone I should purchase or look at for the plan? Anything that's better than my Droid 2 I'm fine with, to be honest.
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 02:44 |
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RBA Starblade posted:I guess I might as well go with TMO then. Is there any particular phone I should purchase or look at for the plan? Anything that's better than my Droid 2 I'm fine with, to be honest. What is your price range? The go to phone right now is the Nexus 4 from Google for $300-350.
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 02:56 |
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gariig posted:What is your price range? The go to phone right now is the Nexus 4 from Google for $300-350. I was hoping for under $300 if possible. I saw a lot of $150 phones. Are they as terrible as I'm thinking they are? Is the Nexus 4 really that much better?
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 03:03 |
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RBA Starblade posted:I was hoping for under $300 if possible. I saw a lot of $150 phones. Are they as terrible as I'm thinking they are? Is the Nexus 4 really that much better? Are they used? Buying off contract nothing is really cheaper than the N4 unless it's an older model or a hunk of poo poo
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 03:19 |
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SB35 posted:Are they used? Buying off contract nothing is really cheaper than the N4 unless it's an older model or a hunk of poo poo They must be older models/poo poo then, I've been seeing phones between $150-200 on a bunch of different prepaid options. I'll aim at the N4 on TMO then. Thanks for the help everyone!
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 03:22 |
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You should be able to find a good used galaxy nexus for pretty cheap nowadays.
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 04:15 |
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Tinfoil hat time. I use GV for my calls on the $30 T-Mobile prepaid plan. I was taking with my wife today (called her on my GV line) and didn't touch the phone. It was sitting in my car console and I was on bluetooth (connected to my car). About 3 minutes into the conversation, I mentioned an assault rifle I was thinking about buying. An AK-47 (hysteria purchase pending the "ban"). A few seconds after saying this, I heard "Your call is now being recorded" or something like that. I know you can record calls with GV, but I also know you have to press a key on your phone to turn it on. I didn't press anything, it automatically started recording. The wife asked "why are you recording this?" and I didn't have an answer. I know this isn't necessarily prepaid chat, but since many prepaid TMo users use GV, I thought I'd post it here. Anyone else ever had their conversation recorded automatically, without pressing a single button? I mean it really felt like I said a magic word (assault rifle?) and the NSA or some poo poo started recording...again, tinfoil hat and all, but what the christ?
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 05:03 |
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Is there an AT&T MVNO that does really cheap voice prepaid only that my nephew can also use his iphone 4 on? I'd like something like the page plus that has the $80 prepaid plan for 2000 minutes that last a year, though i'm guessing there probably isn't an AT&T MVNO plan that is THAT good. My nephew doesn't need data and doesn't really text so that's not that important either (but is a plus still).
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 05:41 |
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hotsauce posted:Tinfoil hat time. It's been a known issue for years, you can disable it in your google voice settings page.
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 05:45 |
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hotsauce posted:Tinfoil hat time. We can only hope the NSA is keeping track of crazies like you.
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 05:58 |
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hotsauce posted:Tinfoil hat time. The NSA might act outside the law very often but they sure as hell wouldn't compromise wiretapping paranoid gunbunnies.
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 07:16 |
hotsauce posted:Tinfoil hat time. The more of your posts I read, the less balanced you sound.
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 07:34 |
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Is it reasonable to use the TMO low minutes plan with GrooveIP to avoid using minutes?
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 12:50 |
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On (or about) January 20th, Boost Mobile will be removing their unlimited plans in favor for throttling after 2.5GB per month.Boost Mobile Facebook posted:Starting on or about 1/20/13, Monthly Unlimited plans will offer 2.5GB/month of full speed network data but will slow to 3G speeds of 256kbps for continued data use after 2.5GB. Customers that go over the 2.5GB threshold may experience slower page loads, file downloads and streaming media. Data speeds will restore to full 3G/4G speeds when a customer’s new monthly plan begins. https://www.facebook.com/boostmobile/posts/301585756627702
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 15:45 |
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Delta-Wye posted:The more of your posts I read, the less balanced you sound. Haha, don't worry. Balanced quite nicely. Father, husband, responsible, all that jazz. Anyhow, I just felt the sudden recording was strange. Sounds like it's nothing more than a GV bug. Thanks. ˅˅˅ yeah, I know how to manually enable it. My phone was sitting alone in my car's console and my hands were nowhere near it. That is why I got all hotsauce fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Dec 21, 2012 |
# ? Dec 20, 2012 16:52 |
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You just hold "4" on the keypad to turn on voice recording. http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=115082 I've done it by accident once without knowing about it and things got real awkward since neither of us knew where the "this call is being recorded" announcement came from.
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# ? Dec 20, 2012 17:53 |
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How's the LG Optimus L9 on T-Mobile? Seems to be their cheapest 4G phone with ICS.
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# ? Dec 21, 2012 00:04 |
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Is it really $400? I'd rather have the Nexus 4 straight from Google. At least you'll get Jelly Bean.
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# ? Dec 21, 2012 03:28 |
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There was a deal on it earlier where it was $200 + a $50 prepaid card, then it was raised to $249 + a $50 prepaid card. Also the Nexus 4 is sold out from here until yahweh knows when.
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# ? Dec 21, 2012 03:51 |
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If it's really $250, then I'm a bit interested, too. Might be good for my sister. I just saw $400 on the main TMobile site.
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# ? Dec 21, 2012 04:23 |
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I have straight talk on my AT&T (apple unlocked) iphone. Everything has been great, except it seems certain people I can't MMS. Mainly, my mother & sister who are on Verizon. Any reason for this? To be clear, I can MMS most people, and I doubt its SOLEY limited to my mother and sister, but is there is any reason MMS wouldn't be going through to certain people?
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# ? Dec 21, 2012 15:47 |
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da drat op posted:NOTE to iPhone users: you won't get MMS service unless you're willing to jailbreak. Jailbreak does not equal unlocked
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# ? Dec 21, 2012 15:57 |
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My mom is currently on Virgin Mobile's pay per minute plan with a dumbphone since all she does is occasionally use voice. Lately she's been having issues with the phone she has, but it looks like Virgin Mobile's current offerings of dumbphones would barely be considered sidegrades. I saw Page Plus' pay per minute voice plans are cheap as poo poo and would be ideal, so it made me wonder if a used android phone could be tied to one of these plans. No data wouldn't be an issue. Is this possible, and are there any suggested phones?
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# ? Dec 21, 2012 16:42 |
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savesthedayrocks posted:Jailbreak does not equal unlocked Not sure if you're talking to me, but I already followed that procedure on the iPhone 5 and got MMS working, but it doesn't let me send MMS to everyone. Is there a reason I can only send MMS to people on AT&T or something?
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# ? Dec 21, 2012 18:56 |
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Just switched to straight talk today and I'm loving it on my nexus4. Signing up, activating my SIM, and porting my number took barely any time at all.
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# ? Dec 22, 2012 00:18 |
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FogHelmut posted:Is it reasonable to use the TMO low minutes plan with GrooveIP to avoid using minutes? To be honest, not IMO. It's a pain in the rear end and more error-prone than I cared for. Combined with TMO's fairly lovely non-urban coverage, I left for ATT on StraightTalk within a few months of TMO.
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# ? Dec 22, 2012 02:06 |
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What's the deal with T Mobile's $30 plan? It says on their website that it's online only, but then it says if you want to switch your existing phone number to a prepaid plan you have to visit their store.
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# ? Dec 22, 2012 04:17 |
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MondayHotDog posted:What's the deal with T Mobile's $30 plan? It says on their website that it's online only, but then it says if you want to switch your existing phone number to a prepaid plan you have to visit their store. I did this about 2 weeks ago and I did it all online and it was completely painless. You will need the account number and PIN of your current cell phone account. It took about 8 hours for my number to switch from Sprint postpaid to T-mobile prepaid.
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# ? Dec 22, 2012 14:50 |
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Sub Rosa posted:There is a new T-Mobile prepaid option that looks really good: https://www.gosmartmobile.com/ This is from a couple of pages back but it looks like the answer can be found on HowardForums. A number of people there have purchased the SIMs for the $45 plan and found that it's throttled at slightly less than 1 Mbit/s. Presumably the $35 plan is throttled even harder. It seems like there's pretty much no reason to go with Gosmartmobile over Simple Mobile or Straight talk.
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# ? Dec 22, 2012 19:42 |
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Tremors posted:My mom is currently on Virgin Mobile's pay per minute plan with a dumbphone since all she does is occasionally use voice. Lately she's been having issues with the phone she has, but it looks like Virgin Mobile's current offerings of dumbphones would barely be considered sidegrades. I saw Page Plus' pay per minute voice plans are cheap as poo poo and would be ideal, so it made me wonder if a used android phone could be tied to one of these plans. No data wouldn't be an issue. Is this possible, and are there any suggested phones? What's wrong with a sidegrade if she barely uses her phone?
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# ? Dec 22, 2012 20:57 |
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Radbot posted:What's wrong with a sidegrade if she barely uses her phone? If you're gonna spend 100 clams on A Thing you might as well make that thing better than whatever you got two years ago
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# ? Dec 22, 2012 22:05 |
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MondayHotDog posted:What's the deal with T Mobile's $30 plan? It says on their website that it's online only, but then it says if you want to switch your existing phone number to a prepaid plan you have to visit their store. Is it possible to pick up/buy a SIM card in a store and then take it home to activate online for the $30 plan? I dropped into a store today to try to pick one up but they told me I can't get a SIM card without also signing up for a plan. I told them fine, sign me up for the $30 plan and they said they've never heard of a $30 plan before cause the lowest one they had was $50.
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# ? Dec 22, 2012 22:57 |
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Boris Galerkin posted:Is it possible to pick up/buy a SIM card in a store and then take it home to activate online for the $30 plan? I dropped into a store today to try to pick one up but they told me I can't get a SIM card without also signing up for a plan. I told them fine, sign me up for the $30 plan and they said they've never heard of a $30 plan before cause the lowest one they had was $50. Buy a SIM card online for $0.99 here: http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-phones/prepaid-sim-cards You can only activate the plan at t-mobile.com or in a Walmart store, and the Walmart store will want you to buy a lovely phone.
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# ? Dec 23, 2012 01:22 |
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Tremors posted:My mom is currently on Virgin Mobile's pay per minute plan with a dumbphone since all she does is occasionally use voice. Lately she's been having issues with the phone she has, but it looks like Virgin Mobile's current offerings of dumbphones would barely be considered sidegrades. I saw Page Plus' pay per minute voice plans are cheap as poo poo and would be ideal, so it made me wonder if a used android phone could be tied to one of these plans. No data wouldn't be an issue. Is this possible, and are there any suggested phones? Yeah you can use a smartphone on page plus' voice only plans. I highly recommend the $80 plan (you have to get from a place like callingmart). Gives you 2000 minutes that lasts for a year.
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# ? Dec 23, 2012 01:49 |
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Mister Snips posted:If you're gonna spend 100 clams on A Thing you might as well make that thing better than whatever you got two years ago Yeah, pretty much this. While the current offerings are functionally equivalent, it appears their dumbphone build quality took a nosedive after they switched focus to smartphones. Mister Fister posted:Yeah you can use a smartphone on page plus' voice only plans. I highly recommend the $80 plan (you have to get from a place like callingmart). Gives you 2000 minutes that lasts for a year. That's great news. I was already looking at the $80 plan as the one to go with too.
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# ? Dec 23, 2012 15:36 |
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Assemble, dealseekers: http://m.slickdeals.net/f/5666866-Straight-Talk-Unlimited-30-Day-Refill-38-24-AC-Crazy-Game-Time-AT-T-and-T-Mobile-also-15-off 20% off ATT, TMo, ST, Virgin and other prepaid cards. Kinda shady looking but I paid through PayPal and just credited $100 to my TMo account for $80.27. Radbot fucked around with this message at 16:56 on Dec 23, 2012 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 02:31 |
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Thinking about getting my FIRST smart phone after getting fed up with horrible cheaply made dumb-phones. Ive been out of contract for years with Verizon and I like the idea of keeping it that way. Since I only used 85 minutes(talk) last month I may be able to get the TMO $30 plan to work. Can you get the google Voice trick to work on any phone or just android? With such a cheap plan I could stomach paying $600 for flagship model, or would that be silly for my first smart phone. What do you guys think? I feel like I don't even know which questions to ask.
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# ? Dec 23, 2012 17:44 |