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I want to give an update on the Simple Mobile sims I have been using from the previous post. I went to Simple Mobile's website to see if there is a way to check your current data usage. There is no way to do it, no way to do it on an app either. Oh you need sim# and phone# to add a sim/device to your online user account, hilarious. The good news is they upgraded the cheapest $40 plan to 2GB a month. So that's good. I probably can get by with just 2 sim every month. As for the prefund sims on ebay, you can get one for less than 2 each if you buy 3-5 at a time. Keep in mind that these sellers are amateurs, out of 7-8 sims I have purchased so far, quite a few of them come in in wrong sim size, so keep your sim cutters handy. Cutting a regular sim to micro sim is easy, you can just do it with a scissor. However cutting a nano sim is harder. One time I also got a nano sim even though I wrote in the ebay message I need a micro sim. So I recommend getting a nano sim adapter jacket ahead of time too. This is something you can't jerryrig yourself. I personally don't worry about the blacklist rumor anymore. Simple Mobile's discussion traffic on howardforum is so ridiculous small I don't think TMobile will bother. You can always switch to a different MVNO once in a while to break up the streak.
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whatever7 posted:You really don't (need that speed), but what's the point of offering LTE models on Cricket anyway? I would too. I'd pay for an unlock code and dump it on swappa.
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I got a txt from cricket that I am qualify for the 100 porting credit, that's 5 days after I activated the number. That's pretty good. I still see only 1GB data on my account online. What will happen will I switch to the $50 plan and switch back to the $40 plan? Wil I lose 10 dollars?
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Feb 2, 2015 20:14
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whatever7 posted:I got a txt from cricket that I am qualify for the 100 porting credit, that's 5 days after I activated the number. That's pretty good. It'll be prorated.
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Feb 2, 2015 21:39
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SB35 posted:It'll be prorated. Unless they fixed it, it'll reset your data meter too.
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Feb 2, 2015 22:15
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FAUXTON posted:Unless they fixed it, it'll reset your data meter too. It does reset your data meter. I changed from Pro to Advanced as soon as it was mentioned here and my meter was reset.
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Feb 2, 2015 22:18
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SB35 posted:It'll be prorated. So if I change to $50 plan today, change to $40 plan tomorrow, I only pay 33 cents extra? And I get another 2.5gb bucket of data? Sounds good. I will do it when I get my promo credit.
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Feb 2, 2015 22:24
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whatever7 posted:So if I change to $50 plan today, change to $40 plan tomorrow, I only pay 33 cents extra? And I get another 2.5gb bucket of data? Sounds good. I will do it when I get my promo credit. You only get two changes per month, so choose wisely.
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Feb 3, 2015 02:25
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SB35 posted:You only get two changes per month, so choose wisely. 2 changes per month is alot, you get your data counter reset twice. If you make the change on the 10th and the 20th days of the month, you can use 7.5 GB of data, for 43 bux.
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I see Cricket has a $100/month plan for 5 lines with 2.5gb data each. Are there any catches that I should be aware of? If you are already on a Cricket individual line are you able to merge accounts together to get a group? I can easily come up with 4 people so this is very promising unless there's a detail that I'm missing.
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TraderStav posted:I see Cricket has a $100/month plan for 5 lines with 2.5gb data each. Are there any catches that I should be aware of? If you are already on a Cricket individual line are you able to merge accounts together to get a group? I can easily come up with 4 people so this is very promising unless there's a detail that I'm missing. I got in on a plan with a redditor last month and all I had to do was call in and get his account number and ask to move it over to mine. 5 minute phone call. Cricket is amazing.
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Lblitzer posted:I got in on a plan with a redditor last month and all I had to do was call in and get his account number and ask to move it over to mine. 5 minute phone call. Cricket is amazing. Any other differences from an individual plan that I should be aware of? I do currently tether from my line, is that something that is actively prevented on a group one? Not that I expect there to be a difference but looking to root out anything that I may care about.
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Feb 3, 2015 17:31
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TraderStav posted:Any other differences from an individual plan that I should be aware of? I do currently tether from my line, is that something that is actively prevented on a group one? Not that I expect there to be a difference but looking to root out anything that I may care about. Technically you're not allowed to tether at all but I haven't heard of anyone really been cut off or terminated. The only other difference would be losing out on autopay but gaining the group discounts as long as everyone is on the $40-$60 plans.
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Lblitzer posted:Technically you're not allowed to tether at all but I haven't heard of anyone really been cut off or terminated. The only other difference would be losing out on autopay but gaining the group discounts as long as everyone is on the $40-$60 plans. Right, technically I cannot but I didn't know if there was any different enforcement on the group plans. I haven't had any issues for nearly a year now with mild daily use. What do you mean on losing out on autopay? That one person will have it and everyone else has to pay them? Or are you only talking about the autopay discount, which seems irrelevant when you're averaging $20/line.
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TraderStav posted:Right, technically I cannot but I didn't know if there was any different enforcement on the group plans. I haven't had any issues for nearly a year now with mild daily use. If you've got only one line on the account, you get a $5 discount for doing autopay. If you add even one more person, you can not qualify yourself for autopay anymore but instead get a group discount ONLY if they use the Basic, Smart, or Pro plans. So if you had two people on the account and they both had for instance the new Advanced plans or just the Talk & Text, you wouldn't be able to get the group discount OR autopay. This is probably an edge case, but for simplicity's sake I could see people doing it if they just gave their kids dumb phones or didn't want internet. The one cool thing about Cricket though is that you can have anyone on your account log into the site and pay a portion (or all) of the bill. So with the random reddit guy I have on mine, he just pays his portion each month on his own and I see it reflected on my account summary and get a nice text message. Logging in doesn't give them any ability outside of paying.
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Lblitzer posted:If you've got only one line on the account, you get a $5 discount for doing autopay. If you add even one more person, you can not qualify yourself for autopay anymore but instead get a group discount ONLY if they use the Basic, Smart, or Pro plans. So if you had two people on the account and they both had for instance the new Advanced plans or just the Talk & Text, you wouldn't be able to get the group discount OR autopay. This is probably an edge case, but for simplicity's sake I could see people doing it if they just gave their kids dumb phones or didn't want internet. Oh, that is a fantastic feature. It's as if they're designing this for this exact purpose. Smart on them. Everyone I'd be including would be on the 2.5GB plans so I think I'm all set. To clarify, I would lose the autopay discount or the ability to have my monthly payment automatically paid completely?
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TraderStav posted:Oh, that is a fantastic feature. It's as if they're designing this for this exact purpose. Smart on them. Everyone I'd be including would be on the 2.5GB plans so I think I'm all set. To clarify, I would lose the autopay discount or the ability to have my monthly payment automatically paid completely? Just the discount, payment can still be automatic each month. People can also switch data plans at any time in the month and it will prorate you depending on how far into the cycle you are. cage-free egghead fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Feb 3, 2015 |
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Cricket knows people tether but they currently aren't doing much about it. This doesn't mean they won't later but,tight now, I don't believe they're doing anything unless you're tethering your laptop or desktop or something. Cricket, when owned by Leap Wireless, had tethering as a monthly add-on. I'm not sure if AT&T will do the same but with 20GB per month, I wouldn't be surprised.
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ThermoPhysical posted:Cricket knows people tether but they currently aren't doing much about it. This doesn't mean they won't later but,tight now, I don't believe they're doing anything unless you're tethering your laptop or desktop or something. So do you have to change your browser User Agent when tether with a laptop?
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Moto G is back in stock on Crickets site. I was remorseful that I didn't grab one for the $25 ($100 - $75 gift card) earlier. Am I eligible for the $25 pricing as an upgrade or is that only for new customers?
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TraderStav posted:Moto G is back in stock on Crickets site. I was remorseful that I didn't grab one for the $25 ($100 - $75 gift card) earlier. Am I eligible for the $25 pricing as an upgrade or is that only for new customers? Pretty sure it's for everyone, but keep in mind Cricket usually wants you to pay a month's service ontop of the phone price.
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Pretty sure it's for everyone, but keep in mind Cricket usually wants you to pay a month's service ontop of the phone price. So money I'd already spend? I'm cool with that.
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TraderStav posted:So money I'd already spend? I'm cool with that. Haha yeah, pretty much.
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Cricket support is weird:quote:Erika: Hey Stavros Thinking the G would be a great backup / media phone, especially at $25. edit: She said only for new activations though, but their customer support has been known to be bad. When I go to 'upgrade' on my account it shows up as an option at $25. TraderStav fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Feb 5, 2015 |
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That $25 Moto G does seem like a great backup phone. If I order it with an additional line, can I just take the SIM card out when it gets here, and use it in an iPhone 4S? I've been meaning to switch the wife over to Cricket, and that works out to $15 more than just ordering the SIM card kit.
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If you're ok with her getting a cricket number and being hounded by collections agencies and scorned lovers.
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Cojawfee posted:If you're ok with her getting a cricket number and being hounded by collections agencies and scorned lovers. This can happen with any carrier. I've had it happen with Sprint, Google Voice, Straight Talk, and most recently Verizon.
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cbirdsong posted:That $25 Moto G does seem like a great backup phone. If I order it with an additional line, can I just take the SIM card out when it gets here, and use it in an iPhone 4S? I've been meaning to switch the wife over to Cricket, and that works out to $15 more than just ordering the SIM card kit. This is a really good plan. You can totally do this. Get a backup phone and you can still just port your wife's number over at the same time. PM me and I can hook you up with a referral for $25. Cojawfee posted:If you're ok with her getting a cricket number and being hounded by collections agencies and scorned lovers. She can just port over her old number...
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It seems like if you don't go to areas without T-Mobile service, Harbor Mobile is the way to go. Cheaper than Cricket, no speed caps, supports tethering, and has international data and SMS roaming included. Am I missing something? Can someone that uses Harbor Mobile with an iPhone comment on iMessage and Facetime compatibility? I've heard there there are some issues with the verification of the phone number for those services.
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AT&T GoPhone is bumping the data on their $45 and $60 smartphone plans: http://blogs.att.net/consumerblog/story/a7797591 $45 gets 1.5gig then throttled to 128kbps $60 gets 4Gig then throttled to 128kbps Also unlimited calling to Mexico on the $60 plan. I know it's not Cricket good, but this is unthrottled data with no proxy lag and legitimate tethering.
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TracFone now does 4G LTE. Check the IEMI of the phone first through the BYOP to see if it's activatable. If it askes for the SIM card number say you don't have one and they'll send you one Fedex 2nd day air for $10. You need it for the NAC. Speeds are throttled to 5/2 Mbps.
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SlayVus posted:Speeds are throttled to 5/2 Mbps. I like to think it's a timed average of speed over the course of a 1-minute period during which the user actually sees one webpage load at approximately 20 Mbps but all other attempts time out, resulting in an average of 5/2.
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Hey all, have a quick question. I am on Cricket and sending my Sony Z3c in for a warranty repair and my friend loaned me his Z1S as a loaner phone until I get it back. He said he was pretty sure it was unlocked but when I put my sim in I can a prompt to a code to unlock the sim. Does this mean that the phone is not unlocked or that something needs to be done on the Cricket side of things to work with this phone? I've swapped my sim with other unlocked phones before and never encountered this issue but wanted to make sure I was troubleshooting down the right path from the start. Thanks!
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Finally activated my wife's new phone on Ting using their GSM sim. So far, so good and I was really happy/impressed with how easy and fast activation was. I'll be curious to see how her coverage compares to mine since I'm still on Sprint.
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TraderStav posted:Hey all, have a quick question. I am on Cricket and sending my Sony Z3c in for a warranty repair and my friend loaned me his Z1S as a loaner phone until I get it back. He said he was pretty sure it was unlocked but when I put my sim in I can a prompt to a code to unlock the sim. Does this mean that the phone is not unlocked or that something needs to be done on the Cricket side of things to work with this phone? I've swapped my sim with other unlocked phones before and never encountered this issue but wanted to make sure I was troubleshooting down the right path from the start. Yep, his phone is carrier locked.
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TLG James posted:Yep, his phone is carrier locked. Great, thanks for the clarification. I popped it back in my Z3C and just went ahead and ordered the Lumia 635 as I want to dabble with WP anyway. I always got text messages from Cricket talking about all these rewards I was earning but see no mention of them on the website or my account for redemption. It's a free phone anyway with the VISA gift card so I'm not terribly concerned.
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TraderStav posted:Great, thanks for the clarification. I popped it back in my Z3C and just went ahead and ordered the Lumia 635 as I want to dabble with WP anyway. I always got text messages from Cricket talking about all these rewards I was earning but see no mention of them on the website or my account for redemption. It's a free phone anyway with the VISA gift card so I'm not terribly concerned. I think it's only free for new customers... As in I'm not sure you'll be approved for the rebate. You probably could've just went on eBay and bought a carrier unlock code for like $3
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SB35 posted:I think it's only free for new customers... As in I'm not sure you'll be approved for the rebate. Hrm, that is odd because when I click 'upgrade your phone' from my account page it takes me to the store screen with the $0 price. If that's not false advertising I don't know what is. They will receive a stern and angry letter if that rebate is not honored. I would have, but it's not my phone and didn't want to do that. I know it's easy as I've done it in the past but I don't like to do anything non-standard to other people's tech.
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TraderStav posted:Hrm, that is odd because when I click 'upgrade your phone' from my account page it takes me to the store screen with the $0 price. If that's not false advertising I don't know what is. They will receive a stern and angry letter if that rebate is not honored. Cricket's upgrade program isn't that great anyway. You get a credit for every month you pay, and 12 credits gets you $50 off a phone.
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