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Prepaid phones have to be active for 6 months as a prepaid phone before they can be moved onto a post paid account.
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May 22, 2012 15:12
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Don Lapre posted:Prepaid phones have to be active for 6 months as a prepaid phone before they can be moved onto a post paid account. Thanks, you just saved me a headache and money. If I buy something like this: http://pensacola.craigslist.org/mob/3025388599.html can I dumb it down so that they don't have to pay for 3G data and he can keep his plan of just text&talk?
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May 22, 2012 15:30
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Hughmoris posted:Thanks, you just saved me a headache and money. If I buy something like this: If those phones require data then verizon will put him on the minimum data plan for the device.
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May 22, 2012 15:35
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74% at the end of the day today.
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May 23, 2012 01:01
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Are there any Gingerbread (or ICS, but I doubt it) phones that aren't crap and aren't the size of a laptop? The girl is looking for something a bit smaller than the SGS3 or Gnex.
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May 23, 2012 02:38
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Pudgygiant posted:Are there any Gingerbread (or ICS, but I doubt it) phones that aren't crap and aren't the size of a laptop? The girl is looking for something a bit smaller than the SGS3 or Gnex.
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May 23, 2012 03:16
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Pudgygiant posted:Are there any Gingerbread (or ICS, but I doubt it) phones that aren't crap and aren't the size of a laptop? The girl is looking for something a bit smaller than the SGS3 or Gnex. Is the One S 4 inches or 4.3?
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May 23, 2012 03:19
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The Incredible 4G should be out soon as well and it's a 4" handset.
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May 23, 2012 04:09
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AppleCobbler posted:I just ordered this 2250mah External Battery Case for my nexus. I'll do a trip report and how long it lasts and how bulky the drat thing becomes Hey man, did your case come yet?
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May 23, 2012 04:37
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waffle iron posted:The Droid 4 has a smaller footprint by way of having a keyboard. Droid Incredible 4G is the correct answer for a smaller Android on Verizon.
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May 23, 2012 04:54
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Personally, I'm waiting for the Razr HD/Fighter
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May 23, 2012 05:07
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Maxx arrived today. I feel much better now. Now to impatiently wait for ICS.
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May 23, 2012 05:25
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Tedious_Bastard posted:Hey man, did your case come yet? Nah its coming from the distant land of China, probably by way of rowboat or some poo poo, so I'm not expecting it for another couple of weeks.
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May 23, 2012 14:32
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AppleCobbler posted:Nah its coming from the distant land of China, probably by way of rowboat or some poo poo, so I'm not expecting it for another couple of weeks. Take pictures and give us a write-up when you get it, I'm curious how it fits and what the battery life improvement is.
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May 23, 2012 14:56
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I have a Verizon iPhone 4, and for a number of reasons I need a new phone number completely (a Google Voice # won't cut it, when I get a new cell # I will also have to get a new Google Voice # as well). Can I change my number and keep the same device, or am I hosed and will I have to get a new phone? I can't "upgrade" til 4/13. 
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May 23, 2012 21:10
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Hip Hoptimus Prime posted:I have a Verizon iPhone 4, and for a number of reasons I need a new phone number completely (a Google Voice # won't cut it, when I get a new cell # I will also have to get a new Google Voice # as well). You just call and ask for a new number. Shouldn't take more than a few minutes.
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May 23, 2012 21:24
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Any ideas on phones with a slide out keyboard? I am becoming a non-fan of the touch keyboard. Using swype on my droid x, it misspells everything.
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May 23, 2012 21:30
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Mr.Trifecta posted:Any ideas on phones with a slide out keyboard? I am becoming a non-fan of the touch keyboard. Using swype on my droid x, it misspells everything. You can choose from the Droid 4, or the droid 4. There is actually a Samsung and LG phone but they are both old poo poo.
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May 23, 2012 21:34
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Mr.Trifecta posted:Any ideas on phones with a slide out keyboard? I am becoming a non-fan of the touch keyboard. Using swype on my droid x, it misspells everything.
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May 23, 2012 21:34
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:The Droid X comes with a old version of Swype. The newer versions are greatly improved, unfortunately there's no way to get them without rooting. There are plenty of alternative keyboards you can install, though. I wouldn't judge all soft keyboards based on that crappy one. Generally speaking, hardware keyboards go unused unless you have a specific need. What other phones with better keyboards would you recommend?
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May 23, 2012 21:54
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Mr.Trifecta posted:What other phones with better keyboards would you recommend? Like Don Lapre said, the Droid 4 is the only current Verizon device with a hardware keyboard, and it has a terrible screen and is running an old operating system.
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May 23, 2012 22:04
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On another unrelated note, been trying to get my verizon bill down. Talked with a verizon rep online and my company does have a verizon employee program. They said I could register my line and I get some 8% off my bill. If I register my line, does my contract renew? Right now it is up.
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May 23, 2012 22:19
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Try out SwiftKey X Keyboard as an alternative keyboard. I miss that app every time I have to type something on my iPhone.
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May 23, 2012 22:35
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Mr.Trifecta posted:On another unrelated note, been trying to get my verizon bill down. Talked with a verizon rep online and my company does have a verizon employee program. They said I could register my line and I get some 8% off my bill. If I register my line, does my contract renew? Right now it is up. No, your contract does not renew.
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May 23, 2012 22:38
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Galler posted:Try out SwiftKey X Keyboard as an alternative keyboard. I miss that app every time I have to type something on my iPhone. I have that on my GNex and HP Touchpad, it's my absolute favorite keyboard app.
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May 23, 2012 22:56
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:Like Don Lapre said, the Droid 4 is the only current Verizon device with a hardware keyboard, and it has a terrible screen and is running an old operating system. I guess you mean that it's not on ICS by that? Because it's on the newest version of Gingerbread. (And saying it's "old" is kinda disingenuous when, what, all of one handset in the US is on ICS? There's a CM9 port, too.)
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May 24, 2012 03:23
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Kyrosiris posted:I guess you mean that it's not on ICS by that? Because it's on the newest version of Gingerbread. (And saying it's "old" is kinda disingenuous when, what, all of one handset in the US is on ICS? There's a CM9 port, too.) A) If the user has to gently caress with rooting/loading a ROM/doing poo poo beyond having an update pushed to them automatically, it doesn't exist. B) Gingerbread is two major versions behind by now. If that doesn't meet your definition of old, what does?
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May 24, 2012 06:13
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Tedious_Bastard posted:A) If the user has to gently caress with rooting/loading a ROM/doing poo poo beyond having an update pushed to them automatically, it doesn't exist. For phones, its only 1. Honeycomb was never put on any phones, nor was it ever intended to.
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May 24, 2012 12:06
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Mighty Horse posted:For phones, its only 1. 2.3 -> 4.0 is still two major versions even if 3.x were only intended to run on smart refrigerators. (You say that like being even one major version behind is acceptable.)
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May 24, 2012 12:40
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n-1 is perfectly acceptable practice, and is well established across a great number of industries. Calling it n-2 because you want to make it sound worse doesn't make it true. If you're talking about phones, GB is n-1.
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May 24, 2012 13:58
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I'm not making it sound any worse than it already is, releasing a flagship phone with an OS from 2010 that is two major versions behind doesn't need embellishment. If you think it's acceptable to release a carrier flagship phone in February of 2012 with software released in 2010, you are the ideal customer and I have a nice bridge in Brooklyn if you're interested.
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May 24, 2012 14:37
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Kyrosiris posted:I guess you mean that it's not on ICS by that? Because it's on the newest version of Gingerbread. (And saying it's "old" is kinda disingenuous when, what, all of one handset in the US is on ICS? There's a CM9 port, too.)
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May 24, 2012 15:12
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Tedious_Bastard posted:2.3 -> 4.0 is still two major versions even if 3.x were only intended to run on smart refrigerators. Im not saying its acceptable, but you can't count the current version as one. If its on 2.3 now, the only place to go is 4. Thats 1 behind.
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May 24, 2012 21:11
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I noticed that Verizon is finally going to enable Global Roaming on the Droid Razr Maxx, Droid 4, HTZ Rezoud, and Droid Razr via a software update. Do any of our Verizon insiders have any idear on when that could happen? I tried getting a global loaner shipped to me from Verizon for a trip starting June 5th, but they sent over a dogshit WinMo HTC Imagio. Apparently next up is a Blackberry Tour which I've used abroad without problems, but I'd love to just use my Droid 4.
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May 25, 2012 01:04
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Jake Gittes posted:I noticed that Verizon is finally going to enable Global Roaming on the Droid Razr Maxx, Droid 4, HTZ Rezoud, and Droid Razr via a software update. I'm not an insider, but the latest leaked Razr ICS builds have shown the global roaming menu so it seems likely to be included in the ICS ROMs of any of those phones. However, the Droid 4 isn't slated for ICS until Q3. So unless they unlock it early, you might be waiting a bit.
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May 25, 2012 02:53
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Tedious_Bastard posted:B) Gingerbread is two major versions behind by now. If that doesn't meet your definition of old, what does? Also, in Motorola's defense, had Honeycomb, which was released in February 2011 (or even 3.2, released in July 2011) actually been released for phones, I'm certain the Droid 4 would've shipped with it. Tedious_Bastard posted:I'm not making it sound any worse than it already is, releasing a flagship phone with an OS from 2010 that is two major versions behind doesn't need embellishment. The Droid 4 shipped with Android 2.3.5, which came out in late July 2011, not 2010. While perhaps the user-visible portions haven't altered significantly in that time, 2.3.5 contains a slew of bug fixes, security updates, and other "polish" that happened during the time of the parallel development of the Gingerbread and Honeycomb trees. It was the most usefully-recent version of Android (2.3.6 and 2.3.7 contained Nexus S specific fixes) throughout much of the device's development until the final three months. And although the Galaxy Nexus did ship with ICS in November (at least, internationally) some folks would claim it was far from ready for prime time. Here's the short of it: There's no good that could come from releasing a non-Nexus phone in February 2012. At that time, ICS had been on the market for just over two months, and the source code in the hands of third-party manufacturers (or at least the public) a little longer than that. With devices out, it was clear what the future of Android was and so folks would be disappointed by another GB device. However, at the same time, it's pretty clear that ICS was not ready for prime time even on Nexus devices until rather recently. It's also pretty clear that ICS was a huge change, perhaps too huge of a change, that adapting it to devices is painful all around. OEMs are having difficulty with it, the hacking community (CM) is having difficulty with it, hell, even Google is having troubles. The whole thing was a poo poo show. In the end, no, how things unfolded wasn't really acceptable. But while we can blame Motorola for a lot of things, the only thing that's squarely their fault here is that they released a new phone at a bad time. Google needs to not handle future Android updates the way they handled ICS. Updates need to be incremental, need to work on all types of hardware and not break massively on devices that don't fit the common feature set of Nexus hardware (i.e., hardware with external SD cards), not gratuitously break established APIs, and not introduce radical, ambiguous UI changes that leave both application developers and hardware manufacturers greatly confused. Once they can get back on that cycle, then we can go back to blaming third-party manufacturers and carriers from hilariously delaying otherwise trivial software updates. ExcessBLarg! fucked around with this message at 05:42 on May 25, 2012 |
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May 25, 2012 05:38
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If you're going to date software by minor patch releases, I guess Windows XP is only three or four years old. Obfuscating the issue to make the poo poo show that is Android version fragmentation seem better than it is does the "community" no good at all. There is no excuse for the Droid 4 to not be on ICS by now.
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I can't believe I'm entering this stupid argument, but To use your own analogy, you wouldn't say Windows XP was 4 major revisions of Windows ago because you counted the Server releases. If someone has a desktop computer with Windows XP, that computer has a version of Windows which is 2 major revisions behind the current release, because you only count releases which are packaged for desktop use. The Droid 4 shipped with software that was ONE major revision behind, because you only count releases which are packaged for phone use. And no, you don't "date software by patch release", but the fact is Android 4.0 was still quite new when the Droid 4 was released. It's not like when Windows 7 came out the computers with Windows Vista were yanked from the shelves. They were still sold, sometimes with a coupon for an upgrade. Hey guess what, the Droid 4 is going to get an upgrade. So is the RAZR and the RAZR MAXX.
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May 25, 2012 15:58
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Rastor posted:The Droid 4 shipped with software that was ONE major revision behind, because you only count releases which are packaged for phone use. Ice Cream Sandwich was 4 months old when the Droid 4 came out. And now its 7 months old and there is still no update. When the droid 4 came out in February Ice Cream Sandwich was already a 3rd of the way through its life cycle before the next version of android will probably come out. Now its over half way through its life cycle.
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Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up This is the Verizon Wireless Megathread, stop derailing with Android Fragmentation Bullshit. Go to XDA or even THE ANDROID THREAD. gently caress. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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