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I'm one of those weirdos who's never sent a text message and still has a chunky flip-phone and is under 30, but I decided to take the plunge and pre-ordered a Pixel with the expectation that I'll be switching from Verizon (I'm not under contract) to Project Fi to give it a whirl knowing that I can switch back to Verizon if need-be. Is there a good way to regularly log what level of coverage (voice/sms only, 2G, 3G, etc.) you have available and, ideally, what your position is as well? Once I've made the switch I'd like to see if there's anywhere I frequent where I lose service, especially if voice coverage isn't available.
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Oct 15, 2016 19:04
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mitztronic posted:Due to Samsung's 5 billion dollar note 7 gently caress up, both Apple and Google are struggling to meet demand for large screen phones. Both the 7+ and the Pixel XL are going to have supply problems for a while at least. Personally, I'm hoping to switch to Fi sometime early in 2017 but I'm not going to hold my breath. For what it's worth, I pre-ordered a Pixel (so I can switch to Fi) and I got a notification today to let me know it's going to arrive about 2 weeks earlier than the original date I was given. 
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Nov 9, 2016 05:11
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My the SIM card for my Pixel arrived over the weekend and while it took a lot longer than it should have to port my number over from Verizon (more on that in a moment) I've made the switch to Project Fi. Fun fact: If you enter the account holder's name incorrectly (say, you enter it with non-letter characters that Verizon strips out) or you enter the wrong PIN (say, if it was changed to a letter based password for some reason) and you're trying to switch from Verizon, it's supposed to take a minimum of 6 hours for Google's system to let you try again. This is really weird after an uninterrupted >11 years of using flip phones with a voice only line. Also, I just bought Fi Switch because I randomly go from no signal to moderate to good signal at work and I think that's because it switches back and forth between T-Mobile and Sprint, respectively. That should fix the issue or allow me to manually fix the issue assuming I diagnosed the signal problem correctly, right?
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Nov 23, 2016 05:04
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Sweet. Also, today my phone switched to US Cellular for the first time. I didn't even know they offered service around here, so that was a pleasant surprise.
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Dec 8, 2016 02:07
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The Rev posted:I'm fairly certain I'll be going Google Fi when I upgrade my old LG G3 to a Pixel 2. Question though - If I'm currently on a family plan via Verizon (and not the owner of the plan), how easy/difficult would it be to transition my number off of Verizon and over to my own Fi account? When I went from a Verizon family plan to Fi, it took about two days to transfer because I'd been given the wrong password for the Verizon account and tried to do the transfer on a weekend when there was less support staff. Should be smoother if you get all of the correct Verizon info in advance and do it on a weekday.
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Oct 21, 2017 00:58
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OldSenileGuy posted:I just bought a Nexus5X off eBay for 80 bucks. Plus I've had 30 bucks from HQ winnings ( XU4013 is my code.
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Aug 6, 2018 19:51
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) sitting in my PayPal account for months, so real out of pocket costs for the phone was about 50 bucks.
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In case this saves anyone else a moment of panic, I set my Pixel (1st gen, non-XL) to update, and I expected it to reboot. Apparently somewhere during the reboot process it crashed harder than I've ever seen and it was completely non-responsive. Holding down the power button for about half a minute finally booted it back up, it finished the update, and it seems to be running just fine. 
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Aug 9, 2018 00:46
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Mr Executive posted:I was just in Japan for two and a half weeks. My Pixel and my wife's Pixel 2 worked pretty much perfectly. My phone had a little trouble getting a GPS lock, but voice/data worked well. Japan's actually developing a satellite system (QZSS) to augment GPS because of reception issues in and around their country, especially in urban areas, so that's likely an issue you would have experienced with any device that was only using GPS satellite signals.
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Oct 19, 2018 04:20
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I went to check if my Fi Credit from buying a Pixel 3 around Black Friday had posted, and I saw a notification saying that referring someone now gets you a $100 credit (through Jan 8) instead of the normal $20, so here's my referral link. drat.
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Dec 7, 2018 05:16
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Javid posted:Don't give an 11 year old a FTFY. On a more helpful note, Fi should handle calls and text just fine without a cellular connection if you've got adequate wifi signal. Fi slipped in a "feature" a while back (which I believe you can opt out of, but I'm not sure how) which uses a small quantity of cellular data while you're on wifi to route you through a google VPN/make them more money. IIRC, it's supposed to be somewhere around 10% of the bandwidth goes through cellular at max, but if your kid is running tons of HD video content that could add up pretty quickly, so that'd be something to look into.
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Aug 17, 2019 19:15
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FogHelmut posted:My phone's power button became super sensitive sometimes and is clicking itself and opening the camera and going into bootloops. Fi support had me factory reset the phone. SMS integration with hangouts means you can get SMS 2FA codes in your browser on any internet enabled device. I actually prefer to get auth codes on my PC because it's easier to copy and paste them.
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May 8, 2020 07:57
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smoobles posted:My PC makes ringing sounds whenever someone calls my phone. Is this a Google Fi thing? How do I turn it off? ...how do I turn that on?
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Sep 17, 2020 20:48
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smoobles posted:Oh cool, I figured it out! Thanks. It was gmail, and there's a checkbox to turn it off. This is the bit I was unaware of. The hangouts integration is one of my favorite features of Fi and I figured out how to send calls, but I apparently need to dig up that setting to receive calls from my computer. Thanks.
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Sep 17, 2020 21:57
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hhhat posted:what is the setting? I couldn't actually find it through gmail, but it's accessible through hangsouts.google.com and I assume that then applies to hangouts within gmail.
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Sep 18, 2020 00:59
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FAUXTON posted:Yeah it's pretty batshit If I'm reading that correctly, at $10/gb, that speed test cost $2.53.
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Oct 29, 2020 22:07
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:This may be a question for the Android thread, but is there a way to browse and restore deleted voicemails? My mother passed away overnight and while I do have one VM from her, I'd like to check for any others. Google Takeout may help with that. I don't know how VM deletion is handled, but I would assume that if it's still accessable server side without getting Google involved, it'd show up in your Takeout. Good luck and my condolences for your loss. 
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Oct 4, 2021 23:10
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