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I did not know that, huh! I wonder why that is.
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Whose network would they ride on? T-Mobile doesn't have service in Canada
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Oct 30, 2020 05:01
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:Whose network would they ride on? T-Mobile doesn't have service in Canada I mean, international coverage is a big thing for them? It worked perfectly when I was in Canada and in Japan. Just took 5 minutes after airplane mode turned off for it to do its thing. It even gave me "welcome to Canada/Japan" messages.
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Oct 30, 2020 12:06
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:Whose network would they ride on? T-Mobile doesn't have service in Canada Any of the big 3. Whichever has the best signal. Fi is actually better and in many cases cheaper than Canadian plans. I've been using it for years.
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Oct 30, 2020 13:49
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They talk big on the international coverage, but call into support with questions about it and the first thing on their script is how it's a bonus feature that they don't guarantee will work. It did actually work fine in canada, though.
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Oct 30, 2020 13:57
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Yeah I ran into issues with it in Iceland, worked fine for a few days then just nothing, only thing we could sometimes get to work was wifi calling. Support pretty much said  maybe it will work tomorrow?Never had any issues in idk half a dozen other countries though.
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Oct 30, 2020 14:10
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Yeah I am a Fi user and a Canadian living in the US, and have had no trouble using Fi in Canada/the UK/France, but I don't think they're going to sell plans on roaming agreements.
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Oct 30, 2020 16:54
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My Google Fi VPN IP address is in Mexico today. Here is the one from Canada 
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Oct 31, 2020 00:14
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FogHelmut posted:My Google Fi VPN IP address is in Mexico today. Your phone took a nice vacation.
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Oct 31, 2020 00:26
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Got a notification about a new VPN for my phone from Google One. Worth using?
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Nov 12, 2020 01:19
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FogHelmut posted:So does that mean there's going to be no chat within the Gmail window? Yes, Chat has the same kind of popup conversations that hangouts does within Gmail. Though personally I find it more useful to open a separate tab for chat given all the ongoing rooms and multi-person conversations. Source: 
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I hit the data cap on the unlimited plan for the month and holy poo poo it’s basically impossible to do anything on the internet. The forums will barely even load. It also apparently shuts off the ability to use the phone as a hotspot. This is terrible. E: 0.2 mbps fknlo fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Nov 20, 2020 |
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Nov 20, 2020 22:06
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Yeah the throttled internet is literally not usable for anything modern.
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Nov 21, 2020 04:26
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Javid posted:Yeah the throttled internet is literally not usable for anything modern. I figured I wouldn't be able to watch videos and whatever. I ended up having to opt into the full speed to be able to do anything at all. It's pretty ridiculous.
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Nov 21, 2020 16:23
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Oh cool. Another web messaging page where I need to scan a QR code with my phone to login from a computer in a room where I can't have a phone.
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Nov 22, 2020 19:10
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Laranzu posted:Oh cool. Another web messaging page where I need to scan a QR code with my phone to login from a computer in a room where I can't have a phone. I can't have a phone 8/10 hours of my shift Google voice forwarded from your usual cell or some sort of paid Pushbullet thing then?
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Nov 25, 2020 17:01
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https://fi.google.com/about/phones/pixel-4a-5g I see that one can get a 4a5G for $300 on Fi, but it's for new customers. If I had a Fi account years ago, would I be considered a new customer or a returning one? I clicked through one page and it asked about "reactivating" my account, so I'm not sure which it is.
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Nov 25, 2020 17:21
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Uthor posted:https://fi.google.com/about/phones/pixel-4a-5g I rejoined Fi recently, it wouldn’t let me use a referral code from someone.
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Nov 25, 2020 17:53
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Youtube music sucks. Went looking for a particular album and evidently it didn't download when I got grabbed my whole music library through Google. Naturally now they want me to pay for premium to download the loving stuff. Anybody using a third party app for music? I use it in the car and stream to a speaker at home all the time.
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Nov 25, 2020 18:46
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Most people are doing Poweramp and manual library management or running a Plex server. I went with MediaMonkey for the time being as I use that on my desktop, but the app isn't the nicest. Kinda moot right now as I'm listening to music on my phone appropriately 0 minutes per month these days. But I couldn't use YouTube Music in my mom's car without paying for a subscription (  ), so set this up.
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Nov 25, 2020 18:54
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a mysterious cloak posted:Youtube music sucks. Went looking for a particular album and evidently it didn't download when I got grabbed my whole music library through Google. Naturally now they want me to pay for premium to download the loving stuff. We've been using Amazon Music for a couple years now and like it pretty well.
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Nov 25, 2020 18:56
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I thought they stopped letting you upload your own music.
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Nov 25, 2020 19:00
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Uthor posted:https://fi.google.com/about/phones/pixel-4a-5g You could always make another google account if you want to be a new customer (well, maybe, I don't know if they cross reference names and addresses), but existing customers get $150 off the 4a 5G, so it's $349. I actually just bought it to upgrade from my Pixel 1.
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Nov 25, 2020 19:22
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I don't actually want/need the 5G, I was just hoping to find a 4a for $300. If it's $350, I may as well get a regular one and keep my current service. Plus, I disliked Fi when I had it, though it'd probably be acceptable now that I don't leave the house. Though my service would go to poo poo sometimes even at home cause it would switch to a terrible tower.
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Nov 25, 2020 19:36
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Uthor posted:Plus, I disliked Fi when I had it, though it'd probably be acceptable now that I don't leave the house. Though my service would go to poo poo sometimes even at home cause it would switch to a terrible tower. At work I get 5g or full LTE tmobile outside, but where I take break I switch it to us cellular 3g manually because nothing else penetrates the metal roof and walls. Sometimes it does it automatically all day, other days I force it because it really wants LTE for 2 seconds then no signal.
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Nov 25, 2020 19:42
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Quaint Quail Quilt posted:You can switch towers manually with dialer codes or fiswitch app. Yes, I know. Having to manually switch towers was one of the things that made me drop Fi.
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Nov 25, 2020 19:51
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Rexxed posted:You could always make another google account if you want to be a new customer (well, maybe, I don't know if they cross reference names and addresses), but existing customers get $150 off the 4a 5G, so
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Nov 25, 2020 21:47
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Pixel stand (Google's first-party Qi wireless charging stand) on sale on Amazon and Google for $40 (normally $80). I know this isn't specific to Google Fi, but I figure there are probably a lot of Pixel owners in this thread.
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Nov 25, 2020 22:08
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Uthor posted:I don't actually want/need the 5G, I was just hoping to find a 4a for $300. If it's $350, I may as well get a regular one and keep my current service. You'd be locked in for 2 years, but you can do the 4a subscription for $216 if you decline the phone warranty. It is $9/mo or $15/mo with warranty, but I don't see the point in paying $144 over 2 years for a $216 phone's warranty.
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Bloodplay it again posted:You'd be locked in for 2 years, but you can do the 4a subscription for $216 if you decline the phone warranty. It is $9/mo or $15/mo with warranty, but I don't see the point in paying $144 over 2 years for a $216 phone's warranty. Interesting, but where do you see that? I see $9/month only if I have the protection plan, $14.54/month for the device only. 
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Nov 25, 2020 22:16
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Uthor posted:Interesting, but where do you see that? When I go to fi.google.com and click the subscription button while signed in, it takes me to this page. It's $15/mo by default until you uncheck device protection, which brings it down to $9/mo, unless I'm missing something. I can't see the final price without going through a credit check, so I haven't gone past that point.  Also worth noting you can't pay it off early and you're responsible for full MSRP, not promo price, of the phone if you cancel within 24 months.
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Ah, okay, same. I'm not quite ready to do a credit check to see what the final price is, either.
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:How do you feel about this? I have a pixel 1 and am considering it, but am worried I will hate it being even bigger. I'm considering the non-5g version because it's 5.8" vs 6.2" but both seem way too big. The pixel one is a little big as it is at 5". I owned a Nexus 6 before the Pixel and while I liked the Pixel overall, I thought it could be a little bit bigger. I know that the Nexus 6 made my Nexus 7 tablet less useful since it felt large enough to watch youtube or streams, but the pixel feels a little small for it. The only reason I didn't get the Pixel XL was because I bought mine as scratch and dent from woot for a couple hundred bucks knowing I'd have to fix it myself (and I did replace the battery, and broke the screen doing it, so then I had to replace that, too). They didn't have the XL on that sale. So after the Nexus 6, I know I like larger phones, and I found the main downside was that it takes longer to get it out of jeans pocket. However, I also got into wearing smart watches while I owned the Nexus 6. I don't think it was a consequence of the larger phone but it does help to see if it is worthwhile to get my phone out to take or reject a call, or see who a text or email was from and get the title of emails. I also like using it as a paired device for smart lock and seeing the weather on my wrist.
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Uthor posted:Ah, okay, same. I'm not quite ready to do a credit check to see what the final price is, either. I just did it. Appears to be showing the $9/mo 
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Thanatosian posted:Pixel stand (Google's first-party Qi wireless charging stand) on sale on Amazon and Google for $40 (normally $80). Is it better than any generic sub $20 stand charger?
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FogHelmut posted:Is it better than any generic sub $20 stand charger? I've owned it for 1.5 years and no, not really
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a mysterious cloak posted:Anybody using a third party app for music? I use it in the car and stream to a speaker at home all the time. I uninstalled YT Music when I realized I couldn't turn the loving screen off when listening to their curated, themed playlists anymore--because they were all videos now, natch. AccuRadio fills that niche for me now.
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Nov 26, 2020 03:47
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FogHelmut posted:Is it better than any generic sub $20 stand charger? If you like the party trick where it can "do things" while on the charger maybe it's worth it. All I care about is when I drop it on mine it's on DND so nobody not favorited in my contacts can blow through on notifications. It's possible you can make that happen automatically on a generic Qi charger but I don't know.
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Hirayuki posted:I uninstalled YT Music when I realized I couldn't turn the loving screen off when listening to their curated, themed playlists anymore--because they were all videos now, natch. AccuRadio fills that niche for me now. You can definitely listen to things after closing a YouTube video, unless it's different for these curated things? It's a dumb process: get the video to overlay your screen, close it, pull down notifications tab, play through there. I've stuck with YTM so far and it's adequate for me, but I also have had 0 music of my own to upload, which I've read it is just rear end at.
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I swapped to Spotify after they shut off GPM. YTM was really bad when I used it
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