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Endless Mike posted:Were there *any* good Tegra 2 phones? Never heard any complaints about the original Atrix; at least nothing as bad as the X2. I actually really liked my X2 but pulling out of my pocket and unlocking it only to have it restart on me at least once a day was infuriating. If it didn't do that, there's a good chance I would still have it today. I think the combination of the OS not properly supporting dual-core phones until what, 2.3? (those phones shipped with 2.2 IIRC) and the Tegra 2 being underwhelming performance wise led to problems.
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Endless Mike posted:Were there *any* good Tegra 2 phones?
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:I wasted an upgrade on a Droid X2. It was indeed a loving terrible phone: nothing but problems. I exchanged it for replacements 4 times because it randomly restarted on me at least once a day. I finally had them send me a Droid 3 and never really looked back. I had the same problem with my Droid X. Glad to see they fixed that for the sequel.
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If I give my off-contract iPhone 4 to someone with a dumbphone on Verizon, can they use it without paying for a data plan? Turn off 3G data, use Wifi only for data?
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Sep 19, 2012 02:28
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If you have a smart phone, you have to have a data plan.
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Cojawfee posted:If you have a smart phone, you have to have a data plan. Thanks. I thought so, thanks for the confirmation.
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Sep 19, 2012 02:35
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Is there some trick to getting a decent Verizon bill? I get a 19% discount through my work and if I switched it would be ~90ish a month. Sprint and AT&T both are under 80 after taxes. 60ish before. Is the secret being on a family plan or being grandfathered in from an old plan?
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Drifter287 posted:I had the same problem with my Droid X. Glad to see they fixed that for the sequel. See, I disagree here. My X was awesome. I football spiked it at the floor and it still worked, and did not break the screen. It also ran great on liberty rom and even the stock OTA updates late game wernt bad. It was a solid phone. My razr reminds me of it a lot. chocolateTHUNDER posted:Never heard any complaints about the original Atrix; at least nothing as bad as the X2. I actually really liked my X2 but pulling out of my pocket and unlocking it only to have it restart on me at least once a day was infuriating. If it didn't do that, there's a good chance I would still have it today. Minus the boot loader the atrix was a pretty solid phone with some quality control issues near the end. Loved mine.
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suddenlyissoon posted:Is there some trick to getting a decent Verizon bill? I get a 19% discount through my work and if I switched it would be ~90ish a month. Sprint and AT&T both are under 80 after taxes. 60ish before. Is the secret being on a family plan or being grandfathered in from an old plan? Grandfathered family plan for life. I pay $48/month for unlimited data and some minutes, which is ~$52-53 after taxes.
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EbolaIvory posted:See, I disagree here. My X was awesome. I football spiked it at the floor and it still worked, and did not break the screen. It also ran great on liberty rom and even the stock OTA updates late game wernt bad. It was a solid phone. My razr reminds me of it a lot.
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I'm on a family plan with my upgrade due in Feb. If I am say pissed off at Apple and want to get a Samsung Galaxy S3 can I get it now at subsided cost?
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Sep 20, 2012 01:20
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On Friday I will be a new (old) Verizon customer as I am switching over from Sprint. I will have an iPhone 5 (assuming it's delivered) and I am taking an international trip the following week. Is there any way I can have Verizon unlock the sim card on my iPhone without needing to be a paid customer for 60 days? I'd really like to use the phone overseas with a 3rd party SIM.
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Sep 20, 2012 05:43
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The main line on our account has unlimited data, is it possible to switch data plans with my newly added line? Basically I want the unlimited. My parents hardly use their data but they'd like to keep their grandfathered plan with unlimited texting and calling. Figured it would be better then switching the numbers.
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blakout posted:I'm on a family plan with my upgrade due in Feb. If I am say pissed off at Apple and want to get a Samsung Galaxy S3 can I get it now at subsided cost? Early upgrades can happen, but Feb would be a real stretch. And Verizon couldn't give two shits if you like your current phone or not.
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I have two iPhone 5s coming in tomorrow, but I'm selling them both. Will the nanoSIMs already in the phones be locked to my account? Should I meet my sellers at the Verizon store and have them take out the SIM and get a new one, or can they just bring the phone in and do that? I've never "gifted" a phone, so I'm unfamiliar with how it works.
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Yo Eleven posted:I have two iPhone 5s coming in tomorrow, but I'm selling them both. Will the nanoSIMs already in the phones be locked to my account? Should I meet my sellers at the Verizon store and have them take out the SIM and get a new one, or can they just bring the phone in and do that? I've never "gifted" a phone, so I'm unfamiliar with how it works. I don't think they get connected to your account until the phones are activated, but I might be wrong.
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I would remove the sims and make them get new ones from verizon.
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You might have a major issue finding 4FF SIMS when you sell them. But your buyer will need new ones.
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blakout posted:I'm on a family plan with my upgrade due in Feb. If I am say pissed off at Apple and want to get a Samsung Galaxy S3 can I get it now at subsided cost? You could sell the iPhone
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For those of you in the know, I wanted see if you guys could confirm the unlimited data loophole regarding a family account after you've ordered the phone: 1. Receive Phone 2. Activate phone on the line that the phone was ordered on. 3. Call/go to Verizon 3rd party store and get the phone switched to the desired line + reactive dumbphone onto the line that the phone was ordered on. Step 2 is required, correct?
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I'm finally making the jump from a dumbphone to the iPhone 5 that should arrive tomorrow. I've had Verizon's Backup Assistant on this current phone, so my contacts should be backed up somewhere. Is the "VZ Contact Transfer" app the best way of getting the contacts onto the iPhone? It seems like it should be simple enough, but the reviews are overwhelmingly 1 star. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vz-contact-transfer/id415976837?mt=8
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BobTheCow posted:I'm finally making the jump from a dumbphone to the iPhone 5 that should arrive tomorrow. I've had Verizon's Backup Assistant on this current phone, so my contacts should be backed up somewhere. Is the "VZ Contact Transfer" app the best way of getting the contacts onto the iPhone? It seems like it should be simple enough, but the reviews are overwhelmingly 1 star. If that app doesn't work, and the reviews make it look pretty janky, here's another way to do it. There's a web interface for backup assistant where you can export all your contacts as a vcard file. Hit the "select all" link, then in the drop-down menu directly to the right of that, hit "export." https://nbillpay.verizonwireless.com/ba/secure/backupassistant.action Sign into icloud.com (make an Apple ID if you don't already have one), then go to the contacts view. You can drag that vcard file into the address book to slurp the contacts into iCloud. Then you can just keep your iCloud contacts synced with your phone and never have to worry about it again.
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kitten smoothie posted:If that app doesn't work, and the reviews make it look pretty janky, here's another way to do it. Thanks so much, that worked perfectly! I hadn't seen reference to this anywhere, didn't even know it was possible. You're a lifesaver! I won't even bother with the app.
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Shadowhand00 posted:For those of you in the know, I wanted see if you guys could confirm the unlimited data loophole regarding a family account after you've ordered the phone: Any thoughts on this?
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From what I've been told, that's correct (except I was asking about buying the phone in store). The manager there told me that step 2 was necessary, or I'd lose unlimited data. She also said it would take "an hour or two" so I'm not sure how long you have to keep the phone activated on the first line.
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Is the unlimited data on the line the phone was "ordered for"? Or is it on your self described "desired line." If it's the latter, that's not a loophole, it's an alternate upgrade. If it's on the line that the phone was "ordered for" then you've already had the unlimited data removed.
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Uh this may be a silly question, but I just got a new iphone 5 and I can't figure out how to activate it. 1-877-807-4646 doesn't seem to give me an option for it... maybe it's because they're getting hammered?
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Socialism posted:Uh this may be a silly question, but I just got a new iphone 5 and I can't figure out how to activate it. 1-877-807-4646 doesn't seem to give me an option for it... maybe it's because they're getting hammered? Did you connect it to iTunes?
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Endless Mike posted:Did you connect it to iTunes? Yeah, iTunes doesn't do anything, just asks me if I want to sync stuff.  On the phone with Verizon Wireless, let's see where this goes. edit: VZW got it down using the IMEI / ICCID #'s Socialism fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Sep 21, 2012 |
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Endless Mike posted:Did you connect it to iTunes? Connecting an iPhone to iTunes does nothing related to verizon wireless. You can "activate" an iPhone that isn't attached to a number by following the setup process("activate" through wifi or cellular are your options). When the phone tries to provision in the background multiple times and fail, you'll get the message that the phone failed activation and to call your carrier.
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 x-posting: http://support.verizonwireless.com/system_update/galaxynexus.html Jelly Bean: "Software Update: Galaxy Nexus by Samsung - Coming Soon!"
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Finally. That probably means late October.
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Some people are reporting getting the JB update via OTA. I found the leaked JRO03O from a while ago, but I kinda wanna see what the official one is like.
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I've looked around for an answer for this but I'm seeing some conflicting reports. I have a family share plan with 2 lines: one line has unlimited data, and the other line has a dumbphone with no data. What I want to do is use the device upgrade on the dumbphone line, use the new device on the unlimited line, use the old dumbphone on the dumbphone line, and kill the data plan that gets added to the dumbphone line. So the dumbphone line gets a new 2-year contract but with no price increase, while the unlimited line stays the same but with a new device. Some people are saying that this works, some are saying that you get an ETF. I'll probably be buying directly from Verizon (or maybe Apple for the iPhone) if that makes a difference. What's the deal on this? I'm sure someone has done this before.
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That works fine, just did it today. Here's how it went (I got an iPhone): 1) Upgrade dumb phone line, buying an iPhone. 2) Activate iPhone on dumb phone line. 3) Re-activate dumb phone on dumb phone line. Data plan goes away. 4) Activate iPhone on unlimited line. Unlimited data stays. vvv Yeah, you need a new SIM card to do step 4. WithoutTheFezOn fucked around with this message at 06:48 on Sep 22, 2012 |
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Make sure you get a new sim.
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:That works fine, just did it today. Here's how it went (I got an iPhone):
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:That works fine, just did it today. Here's how it went (I got an iPhone): Thanks, that's good to hear. On a related note, how does the SIM card work? Do new phones just not come with one? Or do they come with one that is linked on Verizon's side with the upgraded line? Or do they come with one that is clean/unlinked and can be activated to any line? If I already have a 4G SIM and I go in and get a new nano-SIM for the iPhone, will my old one stop working since it gets unlinked in favor of the new SIM? I see there was some talk about this on this very page but I'm still a bit confused.
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Cojawfee posted:Finally. That probably means late October. I read articles this morning where Verizon said they were going to be pushing it to people connected to wifi over the next few days, to start.
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I have a few months left on my contract so I couldn't get a subsidized iPhone 5 to replace my 4S, so I bought it from Verizon as a new line figuring it's better to pay the $200 ETF and just get a new number than full price for a 64GB. All well and good, and I've already canceled service on my 4S and shipped it off to a buyer on SA Mart. But after 1 day of use I am totally convinced that the data cap is just not tenable. My old plan had unlimited data, so I called and played dumb about yesterday's cancelation request and asked if they could undo it, swap plans on devices, and then cancel the new one. I know that's now a $350 ETF, but I'd rather pay that once and just not have to worry about managing data usage. Seriously, gently caress that bullshit. I'm surprised that the Verizon rep on the phone actually understand my intentions, why I want to swap and keep unlimited, and is letting me do it. They put my new number on a crap phone there at their place and told me to call in 24 hours to do the swap & cancel. I'll believe it when it's done, but actually impressed at the customer service here. Edit: Actually I see how to do the plan swap myself on their site. The girl on the phone told me standard policy 24 hours before I can change it but in reality it would probably be less. Anyone know how long it should actually take? Edit 2: Well it only took about 12 hours and I activated it myself. I'm really surprised they were so willing to help me with this, especially a day after I told them to cancel my line with unlimited data. But now I've got my original number and unlimited LTE on my iPhone 5  Of course my next bill is going to suuuck but the one time cost is worth it to me to not have to constantly be watching my usage. Freedom has no price.
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