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Thanks to this thread, it looks like I'm going to have my first smartphone soon, and without signing my firstborn over in a contract. Claims of the Nexus being relatively big are a good thing for me, as my hands are huge. I've had my little Tracfone phone for 8 years now. It isn't even a flip phone 
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Going to pimp Ting a little, but we're taking pre-orders for the Galaxy S3 LTE at $529 for the 16GB model. Phones will ship in 3-6 weeks, but hopefully sooner.  It feels like we're graduating, over here - we're no longer fighting device scraps and bottom-rung devices like MVNOs usually do. A bona fide top tier, brand new phone. Not only that, but it means we're now an MVNO for Sprint's LTE service, not just their old network. I think Sprint's friendliness to MVNOs in this manner will make them (and their army of MVNOs!) a force to be reckoned with in pretty short order. And a "thank you" to the thread - a friend of mine in the States switched to the $30 T-Mo prepaid deal and purchased his own GNex. (his #1 priority was getting a Nexus, he didn't want to be chained to Samsung's updates like he was with Motorola)
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Aug 3, 2012 19:18
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LiquidRain posted:Going to pimp Ting a little, but we're taking pre-orders for the Galaxy S3 LTE at $529 for the 16GB model. Phones will ship in 3-6 weeks, but hopefully sooner. I might look you guys up when 4G LTE gets turned on, hopefully i get better service with the sprint towers (currently on virgin mobile). Sounds like you're going to have better phones than whatever VM ever has. What's the challenge of MVNO's getting those high end phones anyway?
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Aug 3, 2012 19:43
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There are a few reasons, one of them I can tell you about is simply size. On hot devices we simply won't get any allocated because we're too low-volume. For other reasons I'll have to defer to the rest of the people in here. We'll be lit up on LTE as soon as our dev team hammers it out. We've got our rockstars on it, and should be online by the end of the month when devices start shipping. After that initial hurdle we'll be day-and-date on LTE markets whenever Sprint turns the towers on. LiquidRain fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Aug 3, 2012 |
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Aug 3, 2012 20:33
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Guys, if you are on Tmo plan and get the tethering warning page, just change your browser's user agent. Opera 12 IME is the best alternate user agent. Real simple.
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Aug 3, 2012 22:46
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LiquidRain posted:There are a few reasons, one of them I can tell you about is simply size. On hot devices we simply won't get any allocated because we're too low-volume. For other reasons I'll have to defer to the rest of the people in here. If you guys can get the iPhone and are allowed to unlock the SIM slot like Sprint-proper, that would also be pretty tempting in the future.
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Aug 3, 2012 23:26
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MrBond posted:If you guys can get the iPhone and are allowed to unlock the SIM slot like Sprint-proper, that would also be pretty tempting in the future. (the problem then is unsubsidized iPhone prices...)
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Aug 4, 2012 00:37
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LiquidRain posted:We'd love to be able to do that as well! Any unlocked option would be completely right up our alley, and although we're primarily Android right now, we've stated that the iPhone and Windows Phone 8 would be great additions. Yeah  Unlocking would be a nice get for you guys, since the current scuttlebutt is that Virgin mobile *won't* unlock the SIM slot. There's also something sour about unsubsidized Sprint/VZW phones still being locked to each of them, but that's a much larger problem common to both of them.edit: Does any sprint MVNO support international roaming, now that I think about it? Doesn't look like Virgin does. MrBond fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Aug 4, 2012 |
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Aug 4, 2012 00:41
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MrBond posted:Yeah
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LiquidRain posted:There are a few reasons, one of them I can tell you about is simply size. On hot devices we simply won't get any allocated because we're too low-volume. For other reasons I'll have to defer to the rest of the people in here. Ahh thats exciting that you guys are getting LTE! I am still researching a new provider as I am sick of paying $200 bills a month at verizon especially since I don't have a 4G phone. The S3 that you will be selling, is it unlocked as it will work on any verizon/sprint network? Reason being if I decide to purchase your phone and don't like the service for any reason, I'd like to be able to bring it somewhere else.
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Mr.Trifecta posted:Ahh thats exciting that you guys are getting LTE! I am still researching a new provider as I am sick of paying $200 bills a month at verizon especially since I don't have a 4G phone.  (usual caveats: warranty, etc)I'll get the official reply for you on Tue.
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whatever7 posted:Guys, if you are on Tmo plan and get the tethering warning page, just change your browser's user agent. Opera 12 IME is the best alternate user agent. Oh thanks, that is real easy. I found a guide for Google Chrome: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/20...gle-chrome.html Just hit CTRL-SHIFT-I on Windows and then go to the gear icon at the bottom of the developer Window, then choose Override, and change the agent to be a Galaxy Nexus.
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Aug 4, 2012 15:53
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Apparently Nebraska murdered GSM's family, friends, and pets, then burned their houses down and danced on the ashes. No GSM carriers have service here in any appreciable quality, not even in Omaha where a good half the state lives.
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About to take the Straight Talk plunge - I have an AT&T Contract due to run out 9/22, and intend to transfer my number the same day. Good bye, Death Star - you may have been expensive, but at least your service sucked. I have an unlocked (from Google) GSM Galaxy Nexus, my girlfriend has an AT&T iPhone 4. We should be able to buy StraightTalk SIM cards and sign up for a $45 a month unlimited plan each, and carry on. I checked past months data usage - neither of us has ever gone over a gig of data per month in the last 8 months at least. Is it reasonable to expect, if I want to bang out a few emails on my laptop or Nexus 7, instead of my phone, that I won't get busted for tethering if I use the GNex as a WiFi hotspot? I'm not talking about torrents, Youtube, or any media, just quick, emergency WiFi, staying under their 100mb a day limit. Anyone see any pitfalls to this plan?
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LiquidRain posted:I don't have the answer to that on hand. I'll look it up for you on Tuesday (holiday here on Monday) and get back to you. I imagine it comes locked and we can't help you afterwards, and I know you can bring our devices to Sprint (but not vice versa, argh), but we also won't discourage you from bending rules a bit if you want to modify your device. Sound good, thanks! This is make or break on my decision whether to go to Ting or not.
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Biting the prepaid bullet...just ordered a Galaxy Nexus from The Play Store, and going to StraightTalk's website now to get a SIM. Once that arrives, I'll port my Sprint number to GV, then forward that to the SIM number. I wish I could do TMo's $30 plan, but they don't have any presence in VT, any TMo phone here just roams on AT&T towers.
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What is the current best ROM for an Optimus V? I've had mine for about a year and it's starting to bug out; hoping a flash will help.
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I used this guide to root/install a custom ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...d.php?t=1197991 I was using BobZhome's CM7 based ROM with no problems. Leslie Ann's Harmonia also seems great if you want it as stripped down as possible. It looks like there are now ICS/CM9 based ROMs out there, but I can't comment on those. There's a list and descriptions here: https://github.com/inferiorhumanorg...mon/wiki/Binary
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I've been very happy with Harmonia 2. It runs the most smoothly of all the CM-based ROMs I've tried, probably because it's so barebones.
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Bigass Moth posted:What is the current best ROM for an Optimus V? I've had mine for about a year and it's starting to bug out; hoping a flash will help. There's an ICS port that ran really smoothly on my OpV when I still used it. It's called Quattrimus, although a few things are broken it ran smoothly for what I needed it to do (calls, texts, a few fairly basic apps & web browsing).
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This is probably a really simple question, and I apologize if this isn't the right thread for it. How would I tell on an Android device if it's a tri-band phone, for if I wanted to bring my own device to Cricket?
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Ignore this whole post.
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I'm interested in possibly getting the HTC Evo V from Virgin Mobile. I don't see any dedicated ROM development forums for this phone. Is it because you can load normal HTC Evo roms on it or something? Edit: Wait, the HTC Evo V is the same phone as the HTC EVO 3d? Mister Fister fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Aug 8, 2012 |
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Mister Fister posted:I'm interested in possibly getting the HTC Evo V from Virgin Mobile. I don't see any dedicated ROM development forums for this phone. Is it because you can load normal HTC Evo roms on it or something? Exact same phone, yeah. To the point that some people were actually getting Sprint branded phones rather than Virgin Mobile branded ones.
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sethsez posted:Exact same phone, yeah. To the point that some people were actually getting Sprint branded phones rather than Virgin Mobile branded ones. Ah ok... i was reading a review back in june 2011 that the phone had very bad battery life (due to firmware or something). Was that fixed?
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Mine has had a great battery life so far. I can easily go 2 days with normal usage, but I leave my 4g radio off until I need it.
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Mister Fister posted:Ah ok... i was reading a review back in june 2011 that the phone had very bad battery life (due to firmware or something). Was that fixed? The first one I got had atrocious battery life, along with some other issues, so I exchanged it. The second one has been really good. If it matters, the first one was Sprint branded and the second one was not.
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Mr.Trifecta posted:Ahh thats exciting that you guys are getting LTE! I am still researching a new provider as I am sick of paying $200 bills a month at verizon especially since I don't have a 4G phone. quote:It's an unlocked, unsubsidized device. We give the MSL (master subsidy lock) codes to all of our customers.
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LiquidRain posted:Good news, Mr Trifecta! Here's your official reply: Woah, does this mean it'll work with Verizon's LTE as well? I would definitely consider signing up for Ting if i can sell the phone to verizon and sprint customers after i'm done with it. Edit: Also, another question about Ting's service on Sprint's network. I'm on Virgin Mobile and it's my understanding that virgin mobile data doesn't go through Sprint's network normally like normal sprint customers do. It goes through a proxy in Kansas City first before being routed anywhere else. I imagine this decreases performance. Does Ting have anything like this? Mister Fister fucked around with this message at 15:16 on Aug 8, 2012 |
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According to UPS, my Galaxy Nexus will be here today!  Too bad UPS never gets to my place before 6 PM. Also, I don't think my StraightTalk SIM will be here until tomorrow.
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Mister Fister posted:Woah, does this mean it'll work with Verizon's LTE as well? I would definitely consider signing up for Ting if i can sell the phone to verizon and sprint customers after i'm done with it. And yes - you can indeed sell your phone when you're done with it to
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LiquidRain posted:And yes - you can indeed sell your phone when you're done with it to a Verizon or Sprint customer, as long as you disassociate the phone with your account first. How is that possible? Sprint owns Virgin mobile and doesn't even allow their phones. Sprint and Verizon have never allowed each others phones. I realize you work for the company, but I think you're misinformed.
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ddogflex posted:How is that possible? Sprint owns Virgin mobile and doesn't even allow their phones. Sprint and Verizon have never allowed each others phones. I realize you work for the company, but I think you're misinformed. I'll say officially that you can definitely sell to a Sprint customer, but it's not saleable to a Verizon customer.We have had customers take their Ting devices back onto Sprint. The official line from Sprint may be "no you can't do that" but I guarantee you, you call them, tell them you have an unlocked Sprint CDMA device, they'll take you. We've had many documented instances of this happening when a customer was not happy with Ting. The other way around is what's forbidden - you can't bring a device from Sprint onto Ting. As for details on the Verizon bit, yeah, sorry again. It seems like everyone here's confused including the guy I talked to. LTE is definitely incompatible - Sprint LTE is 1900MHz, Verizon is 800MHz. The Sprint model is different from the VZW model. (SPH-L710 for Sprint, SGH-I535 for VZW) I know the CDMA revisions are different for their old networks, we're very aware of that whole history. We've been told/led to believe that the radios on the SGS3 models we have are actually compatible with both Verizon and Sprint's CDMA networks, but we don't have the tests to back that up in the real world. And who knows how many people's mouths those words passed through in order to get distorted into something people wanted to believe. (and whether or not Verizon would let you on their network with that phone is not something we can really say for certain, either) So yeah, count Verizon out especially considering their history, and sorry about that.  edit: I'm spreading word about this throughout Ting so this mistake won't be made again. LiquidRain fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Aug 8, 2012 |
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I've run out of minutes on my the T-Mobile $30/mo. 100min/unlimited/unlimited plan. Is there a way to add more minutes without paying the full 30 a week before the end of the billing cycle?
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Tommy Wiseau posted:I've run out of minutes on my the T-Mobile $30/mo. 100min/unlimited/unlimited plan. Is there a way to add more minutes without paying the full 30 a week before the end of the billing cycle? Just put more money in your account and it'll charge $0.10/minute from that balance.
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Arcsech posted:Just put more money in your account and it'll charge $0.10/minute from that balance. Sweet sweet sweet. As long as I don't talk another 250 minutes, I'm still under what I was paying for Verizon. When they throttle my data after 5 gig, how slow will it go?
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Tommy Wiseau posted:When they throttle my data after 5 gig, how slow will it go? It'll run at Edge speeds, which is pretty loving slow but still enough to pull up emails and small stuff.
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Lblitzer posted:It'll run at Edge speeds, which is pretty loving slow but still enough to pull up emails and small stuff. Does T-Mo count data in a different way than Verizon? I was using 3.5 gig/mo. tops while w/ verizon, yet I've used 4.2 gig w/ T-Mo in just 3 weeks. I can't imagine how my data use has changed that much, maybe downloading my apps from Play Store, but would 100 apps really add up to 1 gig? 
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So, pardon me if this has been asked, but my local T-mobile is useless. 1) Get a unlocked Galaxy-S (From Amazon or eBay or somewhere cheap) 2) buy a activation kit 3) Get the $30 a month plan 4) Have smartphone Will this work, or is there something I'm overlooking?
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T-man posted:So, pardon me if this has been asked, but my local T-mobile is useless. That's it. If you are already a T-Mo customer you might have to port your number out and back in since it's for new activations only
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