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I'm dumb about phones, so could somebody who's not an idiot set me on the right path? I'm looking for a durable android phone that's at least capable of running the awful app and playing music, preferably with a micro SD slot. Videos, 4G, camera, huge apps, games, and all that stuff I don't care about. And obviously it needs to be compatible with one of these pre-paid plans. Any suggestions? I like the Kyocera Torque, but I'm not sure about getting it to work on a prepaid network, although the phone itself seems to go for decent prices.
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May 14, 2015 05:36
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Geoj posted:What's your budget? Requiring a microSD is going to limit your choices, most manufacturers have stopped using them. I just like the micro SD because everything on the cheaper end seems to be like 16GB max with no external storage, and with the micro SD slot, you can boost it up to 64GB pretty cheap. Plus it still works when the phone breaks. I'd like to spend less than $200 on the phone, refurbished or whatever. So long as it's durable and it lasts, I'm happy. Is everybody pretty happy with Cricket? Seems like there's been a lot of posting about it. I found a Verizon phone by kyocera called the brigadier that looks good and seems like it would be compatible with Cricket.
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May 14, 2015 05:55
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Thanks for all the advice guys. I'm getting ready to order a Moto E LTE, but I saw something that I don't think had been mentioned here. Cricket is selling the phone for $49.99 with activation. How the hell does that work? That's a stupid good deal if there's no strings attached. https://www.cricketwireless.com/shop/smartphones/moto-e-lte.html
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May 17, 2015 19:53
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I'm signing up for Cricket right now. Anyone want to pm me or post their account email address for a referral? $25 for both of us.
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May 18, 2015 23:47
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All Else Failed posted:Ah, I didn't see it. I don't blame you for bailing, but I stuck through this process. They automatically refunded the 2-3 extra charges and I ended up getting it ordered. The only lovely thing now is that they made my shipping signature required and nobody is at home all day. So now I have to sort all that poo poo out over a $50 dollar phone.
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May 24, 2015 23:46
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Now that I got through all the cricket activation bullshit, I'm pretty drat happy with the Moto E. Runs all the apps I needed flawlessly. For $50 you can't beat it. Thanks for answering all my questions everybody. And for anyone looking into cricket, the activation itself is really painless. The only hassle is that your billing and shipping addresses have to match, so I had to call my bank and sort that out, and they make shipping signature required which was a pain. But getting the phone turned on and autopay activated took all of 15 minutes. So long as the insurance policy doesn't suck, I'd really recommend that $50 Moto E LTE deal they've got going right now.
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May 27, 2015 02:59
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Pro-tip about microSD slots since I couldn't find much information on it and I had to take a risk ordering a card I wasn't 100% sure would work. A lot of the phones that are cheap enough to be worth getting for a prepaid plan will say they are limited to a 32gb microSD. This is because the 32gb and lower cards are SDHC, and are formatted as FAT32, but 64 and above are SDXC, and formatted as exFAT. However, you can get those phones to accept a 64gb card by formatting that card as FAT32, which is really easy, and worked flawlessly for me. I bought this card, which cost 25$ http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M55C1I2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 Then I formatted it to FAT32 with this program, which is like, stupid simple. http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm And it worked perfectly for me on my Moto E LTE. So now my phone that has cost me $75 total has 65 gigs of storage and does everything I could ever need it to. Owns. Hypothetically, this should work for 128gb cards as well, but that's not an option in the program I listed, and it would probably take a little bit more technical know how. But yeah. Cheap and easy way to boost your storage way above what this tier of phones should be capable of.
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Jul 10, 2015 03:46
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Does anyone know how to turn off that stupid setting on the Moto e lte that makes your camera turn on if your phone rotates 90 degrees twice?
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Jul 20, 2015 20:54
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Boogalo posted:That should be in the Moto app, under settings>actions. yesssss. thank you. i've taken 240 pictures on my phone and 1 of them on purpose.
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Jul 20, 2015 22:54
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nimper posted:What are you doing with your phone? With my Moto X you have to be pretty deliberate to launch the camera. I work outside, so I'm usually in gym shorts. Just walking in those can trigger it.
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Jul 21, 2015 13:01
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