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I moved from an iphone to a galaxy note a few months back. I am running textra and often when I try to text people, the text just immediately fails to that person, but I can still text to others fine. Is this a verizon problem, android problem, or textra problem? The people I am texting are on all diffrent kinds of phones, most are verizon though.
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Mar 4, 2015 14:22
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axeil posted:
Not many people on here have unlimited still so it's just not discussed much. I figured those slickdeals.net dudes would have figured out every aspect of the loophole
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Mar 4, 2015 16:02
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I found it and this is the longest explanation I have ever seen. Good god.
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From what I gather, it takes advantage of the fact that turning on the phone with the included new SIM will complete the order and switch your data plan to metered. 1. Order phone online from Best Buy. Do not buy it in store, the loophole involves not activating the included SIM, which a store clerk will do if you buy in person. 2. When the phone arrives, do not power it on. 3. Remove the SIM from the new phone. Cut it up so it never gets used. 4. Take the SIM from your old phone, put it in the new one. Now the question is what happens if someone later down the line sees an open order on your account, it seems like this'd be an easy thing for them to audit and kill your plan off later. But people have been doing this for months, as evidenced by the million page slickdeal thread.
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Mar 4, 2015 16:56
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My phone is currently on my employer's corporate paid plan, and I tend to use 3 - 5 GB / month, especially in the summer when I'm more mobile. My wife currently has 450 minutes / unlimited data, but here data usage is generally under 1GB / month. I might be switching off of my employer's plan, and want to merge our accounts. Keeping unlimited isn't critical, but I'd want at least 4 GB / shared There used to be an incentive to get people to switch off of unlimited, does that still exist? Are there any loyalty plans that I could ask for that would maximize data and minimize the cost? From the website, I guess a More Everything plan makes sense, but I'm not sure. The prices quoted have Edge discounts, and I don't think we're eligible for that (still on 2 year commitments).
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Mar 4, 2015 20:49
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I wasn't sure where to go for this question, but I'll give this a shot: I have an old Casio G'zOne Ravine I've had to switch to because my previous phone broke. I've noticed that from time to time, the title of text will appear, but when I open said text, it simply says [PAGE]. I tried googling around and couldn't come up with much.
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Mar 5, 2015 03:41
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Hey all Currently in the process of buying a house. The town I live in is 95% verizon coverage or really, nothing. Most all other providers suck EXCEPT OF COURSE in the location of the house were buying, its all AT&T and verizon barely pulls a signal. Is there any special way I can convince verizon to hook me up with a signal booster so I don't have to cancel? I don't want to trade crap service at home for great service at home/crap in town. Dunno if they do this to avoid cancellations or anything. Thanks everyone, and my apologies if this is in some way a dumbass question.
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Mar 10, 2015 17:17
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pass the butter posted:Hey all Getting it 100% free or discounted further is possible but not standard procedure. Discounting beyond existing offers is kept to a strict minimum and would be a management decision. Tenure with the company, good payment history and how many lines / how much you spend would factor into that.
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Mar 10, 2015 19:38
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nerox posted:I moved from an iphone to a galaxy note a few months back. I am running textra and often when I try to text people, the text just immediately fails to that person, but I can still text to others fine. Is this a verizon problem, android problem, or textra problem?
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Mar 11, 2015 00:08
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Use this form to deregister iMessages: https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage
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Mar 11, 2015 04:50
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GWBBQ posted:You didn't disable iMessage before switching away from the iPhone
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Mar 11, 2015 13:17
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butt dickus posted:Why would that stop him from being able to send texts?
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Mar 11, 2015 16:58
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GWBBQ posted:I thought the iMessage issue caused problems sending and receiving.
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Mar 11, 2015 17:01
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Just got my Note 4...what a beautiful piece of hardware. I'm loving it! The fingerprint scanner is neat but too much of a hassle to use for everyday unlocking though. What are some of y'alls recommended cases? I'm definitely slapping a glass screen protector on this baby as well.
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Mar 11, 2015 20:37
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It appears from the Verizon website that Verizon charges you once you go over your data plan. So if I got 5 G they would charge for each G over. I wanted to make sure this is the case because I currently have AT&T and with my grandfather unlimited they don't charge extra, they just throttle me. If I would get charged extra there's no way I could switch to Verizon.
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Mar 12, 2015 20:31
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theblackw0lf posted:It appears from the Verizon website that Verizon charges you once you go over your data plan. So if I got 5 G they would charge for each G over. How do you go over on an unlimited plan? 
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Mar 12, 2015 21:12
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Super Dude posted:How do you go over on an unlimited plan? I think he is asking if indeed Verizon charges per overage, as if so he isn't going to lose his AT&T unlimited for that. Yes, Verizon charges $15 per overage of 1gb.
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Mar 12, 2015 21:32
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theblackw0lf posted:It appears from the Verizon website that Verizon charges you once you go over your data plan. So if I got 5 G they would charge for each G over. Of course they charge, Just like AT&T charges on tiered plans. Unlimited is dead bud. Just start using wifi and stop worrying.
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Mar 12, 2015 21:39
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EbolaIvory posted:Of course they charge, Just like AT&T charges on tiered plans. AT&T hasn't charged me for going over. They just throttle back to 3G. I use around 20 gigs a month so yea can't afford overcharges, haha.
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Mar 12, 2015 23:10
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theblackw0lf posted:AT&T hasn't charged me for going over. They just throttle back to 3G. I use around 20 gigs a month so yea can't afford overcharges, haha. If you're moving to a new provider, I think tmobile is the only choice left for unlimited data. You missed the boat on Verizon's unlimited, I don't get throttled back at all. 
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Mar 12, 2015 23:19
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EbolaIvory posted:Of course they charge, Just like AT&T charges on tiered plans. 
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Mar 13, 2015 07:35
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I'm down to 16 hours a week 
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Mar 13, 2015 17:12
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I have unlimited data and bought a phone off-contract. The new phone uses a Nano SIM, my current phone uses a Micro SIM. I'm not going to have any issues keeping my plan if I wander into a Verizon store and ask for a Nano SIM, am I?
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Mar 13, 2015 18:38
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You shouldn't have any issues, just make sure you emphasize that you just want a sim and don't want to make any changes to your account. Also be aware that you might have to pay for a sim if you go into a store that's not an official VZW corporate store.
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Mar 13, 2015 19:54
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SeaborneClink posted:Shop talk: are you back Depends which wagon. Apple wagon, yes. Loving my 6+ and Mini 3. Wireless work? Other than minor consulting and some IT stuff, no. Unlimited data? Gave it up. Honestly when I'm not just straight abusing it, I rarely use more than 4 or so gigs a month and I stream google music on and off all day 7 days a week. When I travel it may end up tight but whatever, I have a job, I spend more on redbull a month than any actual non anise overage would be. So gently caress it. I'll rock edge and get a new iPhone every year. Or was it a different wagon all together.
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Mar 14, 2015 05:48
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I am extremely pleased that I hopped in on that double data promotion last year.
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Mar 14, 2015 06:07
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FordPRefectLL posted:I am extremely pleased that I hopped in on that double data promotion last year. Yeah I'd be pretty unhappy with 2. Having 6 is enough now and plans keep getting bigger. And as cameras get more and more insane video is just getting larger and larger. Plans can't stay small forever.
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Mar 14, 2015 06:16
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I have the 30GB More Everything plan for $130 (not including the line access fees). It's like $225 for that same amount now.
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Mar 14, 2015 06:31
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FordPRefectLL posted:I have the 30GB More Everything plan for $130 (not including the line access fees). It's like $225 for that same amount now. I wish I got in on that deal when it was a thing, but I waffled on it and the window expired. It'd have saved me probably $40/month relative to keeping unlimited for me and my wife. And even though I tether a ton for work, the heaviest month ever was maybe 19GB. Maybe AT&T will run the same promo again around iPhone launch time like last year, and Verizon will once again have to follow on with a competing offer.
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Mar 14, 2015 12:47
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Just bit the bullet and put in my notice. I will be here far less frequently to offer my stellar Verizon advice.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:19
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FordPRefectLL posted:Just bit the bullet and put in my notice. I will be here far less frequently to offer my stellar Verizon advice. Good luck dude, I hope it's a good change.
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Mar 17, 2015 21:48
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I am going to Stockholm next week and I have a Verizon iPhone 6 I paid for in cash. Can I do a sim swap there next week and access network data?
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Mar 17, 2015 23:25
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Doesn't matter how you paid. It will work over there
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Mar 17, 2015 23:30
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EbolaIvory posted:Of course they charge, Just like AT&T charges on tiered plans. I still have unlimited  Also there's some speculation that the FCC's new net neutrality rules could result in capped data plans being banned.
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Mar 18, 2015 00:02
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DangerZoneDelux posted:Doesn't matter how you paid. It will work over there Cool. US Telcom has frightened me. I don't even know if it will be lte, I just can't be without a phone for 9 days.
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Mar 18, 2015 01:05
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axeil posted:I still have unlimited Don't tease me
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Mar 18, 2015 01:27
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axeil posted:I still have unlimited Good. Charging for overages on a fast 'tier' of data is highway robbery.
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Mar 18, 2015 01:36
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blunt for century posted:I need a new phone. My ancient 4 year old Droid X2 smart phone has gone completely senile years ago, and shits itself more often than actually working. I'm looking for something with good battery life that doesn't break too easily. I'm not looking for something with a huge screen or giant storage or anything like that, just something that will actually work when I need it to. Any suggestions? Duckman2008 posted:
So is the Droid Turbo the phone I should get? I'm not a phone or tech person at all, so I truly have no idea 
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Mar 18, 2015 15:00
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axeil posted:Also there's some speculation that the FCC's new net neutrality rules could result in capped data plans being banned. How? I mean, I could see it causing possible issues with AT&T's "unlimited" plan where you get throttled when you exceed a certain amount of traffic, but even that likely is fine as long as it's applied equally to all apps/traffic. If anything, I'd expect the additional regulation and neutrality requirements that limit their ability to apply selective bandwidth filtering would make them accelerate the process of pushing everyone on to data cap plans to help control bandwidth.
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Mar 18, 2015 18:43
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There's nothing upcoming that would do away with caps or really even discusses them, I'm not sure where anyone would get such information. Even throttling may not be banned, here is the language. quote:A person engaged in the provision of broadband Internet access service, insofar as such person is so engaged, shall not impair or degrade lawful Internet traffic on the basis of Internet content, application, or service, or use of a non-harmful device, subject to reasonable network management. If it can be proved that the throttling was done for 'reasonable network management' (a congested node) then it could be allowed. Net neutrality deals with treating different sources and types of information differently. Companies are still fully free to charge whatever they want or structure the plans however they want as long as data is treated the same across the board. Even T-Mobile's music exemptions to caps likely do not run foul of net neutrality rules as they don't impair or degrade other services.
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Mar 18, 2015 19:53
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blunt for century posted:So is the Droid Turbo the phone I should get? I'm not a phone or tech person at all, so I truly have no idea I have not tried the Nexus 6 but the Droid Turbo is the best phone I have tested in the Verizon store to date. The Moto Assist software, turbo charging, fantastic screen and wireless charging are all amazing.
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