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ante posted:Many phones will be locked, but most are unlockable. Oh, so rather than use a purpose built device like the one I linked, using a previous gen android phone will work just as well?
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ante posted:Keep in mind when buying that Rogers and telus networks are different frequencies, so some phones will only support one or the other. No they're not. The days of CDMA are long gone.
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less than three posted:No they're not. The days of CDMA are long gone. Telus is gonna shut down the CDMA network soon but it's still up as far as I know If you're in 'murica though (or buying a phone from there), Verizon and Sprint are CDMA. It's a cancer that just won't go away.
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Just a heads up for anyone going the $55 Koodo route, my first bill after switching to the $55 plan from an Ontario plan was ~$95. e:  hnnnngggghhhhhhh
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Jan 18, 2015 23:27
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How did that happen?
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Jan 18, 2015 23:43
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That's just what you get with the $55 Saskatchewan plan from Koodo. I was on the fence because of how much work it was going to be but it's totally worth it imaho. e: If you mean the bill, there's some weird billing voodoo prorated somethingorother.
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I thought you were saying they are denying you the price? I'm having a hard time parsing the point you're making.
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Jan 19, 2015 00:16
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Oh no, I didn't mean that. I was just referencing earlier when the higher first bill was being discussed, I just posted what the 1st bill came to as a reference in case someone else plans on doing the same thing. To be fair though my hands move faster than my brain so I don't blame you for not understanding the literal garbage I type out.
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I just got my first bill on the SK plan, it was $66.
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Weird :/ Did you get the plan outright or did you have to switch from an Ontario plan?
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Jan 19, 2015 04:58
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Mine was 60-something too. If you switched mid-cycle it's probably because you got charged at your old rate for whatever part of the cycle you were on your old plan.
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PS. Love the cabin posted:Weird :/ They gave me the plan outright.
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Jan 19, 2015 05:25
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Depending on when they set the billing date, your first bill will have an extra 1/31-30/31 for the current month, and then you pay your regular rate for the next month.
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Scudworth posted:I'd suggest calling and asking them some questions, as both Zoomer Media and CARP are orgs for seniors, and the phone plans are intended for them. As per the legal stuff at the bottom, the plans come with a CARP membership and you have to be at least 55 years old to get one of those. I couldn't get through to Zoomer's customer service, but I called their parent company CityFone who is offering a similar deal, 400 weekday Canada-wide minutes/1GB data/unlimited text/caller ID/voicemail for $40/month + 50% off for the first 3 months, on new activations with 2-year contracts only. With the 2-year contract you can also get one of the low-end Rogers phones for $0 (Galaxy S III Mini, HTC Desire 510, Galaxy Core LTE, Lumia 635, BlackBerry Q5). The promo ends January 31. I also called up Fido and see what they can offer me. They let me keep my old $30 data and were able to switch my stupid local minutes/local SMS/caller ID/voicemail package to their new $35 standard plan with 10% off. So for $61.5 (30+31.5) I'm getting 250 weekday Canada-wide minutes/6GB data/unlimited international MMS/caller ID/voicemail. That's not too bad eh? Almost comparable to the SK/MB plan. I may just end up keeping this on month-to-month.
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If you are on wind have a moto x (2014)* and just got the lolipop update, for the love of god, do not loving run the update, it will brick your phone! http://www.reddit.com/r/MotoX/comments/2t8mrd/moto_x_2014_wind_ota_update_pushed_also_my_phone/ * Not sure if its just the moto x or any wind android phone
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Demon_Corsair posted:If you are on wind have a moto x (2014)* and just got the lolipop update, for the love of god, do not loving run the update, it will brick your phone! http://mobilesyrup.com/2015/01/22/wind-mobile-users-complaining-of-problems-with-moto-x-lollipop-soak-test/ quote:“Yesterday we began testing Android 5.0 Lollipop by pushing out a beta upgrade to a small number of WIND Moto X (2nd Gen.) users in Canada. Some of those users are reporting issues with the test upgrade and we are actively looking into the cause. We’re asking the owners that have been impacted to return their affected Moto X to a WIND store for a replacement. We’re sorry for any inconvenience this causes.” So the soak 100% bricked the phones. 
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The Dark One posted:http://mobilesyrup.com/2015/01/22/wind-mobile-users-complaining-of-problems-with-moto-x-lollipop-soak-test/ so did corporate not want to shell out a few hundos on a test device, or did that happen in the lab and they just decided "ah fuckit, that's not a big issue"
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Against my better judgement I'm looking to ditch my cell phone plan in favour of a work cell phone (with limited data usage. Meh. Free!)code:
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I get notices on my Nexus 5 to update to 5.0.1 which from what I've read is garbage. I'll probably wait till 5.1 and go with a custom rom of some sort because I can't be arsed to tweak and fiddle with things.
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PS. Love the cabin posted:custom rom (...) I can't be arsed to tweak and fiddle with things.  FWIW Lollipop has been completely fine on a Nexus 4 so far.
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To anyone thinking of doing the 6 months free service Mobi to Wind port deal, let me re-assure you that Wind's coverage is as lovely as people are trying to tell you. I even looked at the map of towers before switching and confirmed that they were pretty much equal and in the same places. But lo and behold I only get a 3G connection at home. Which I don't care so much about as I have full wifi coverage, but I have no doubt I'll be leaving wind after this blissfull bill-less 6 months is up.
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I see it now lol. I was just worried about doing the OTA update after I've rooted it because I had to fix a big fuckup with my gnex when it updated.
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shadow puppet of a posted:To anyone thinking of doing the 6 months free service Mobi to Wind port deal, let me re-assure you that Wind's coverage is as lovely as people are trying to tell you. I even looked at the map of towers before switching and confirmed that they were pretty much equal and in the same places. But lo and behold I only get a 3G connection at home. Which I don't care so much about as I have full wifi coverage, but I have no doubt I'll be leaving wind after this blissfull bill-less 6 months is up. I switched to Wind and I am having a hell of a time sending text messages to existing contacts. I already had to wipe the message history for one contact just to get them through. I'm not sure if this is Wind's fault or yet another lovely lingering android bug that google will never fix, but it's very annoying. The main benefit I found to Wind is being able to get service in the lower levels of the Eaton Center. Otherwise it's not any better than Mobilicity, and actually the voice quality is worse.
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I'll always concede this point towards Robelus: they do indeed operate a fine network.
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Lexicon posted:I'll always concede this point towards Robelus: they do indeed operate a fine network. And they even built it themselves this time.
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shadow puppet of a posted:To anyone thinking of doing the 6 months free service Mobi to Wind port deal, let me re-assure you that Wind's coverage is as lovely as people are trying to tell you. I even looked at the map of towers before switching and confirmed that they were pretty much equal and in the same places. But lo and behold I only get a 3G connection at home. Which I don't care so much about as I have full wifi coverage, but I have no doubt I'll be leaving wind after this blissfull bill-less 6 months is up. I got fed up with paying Rogers close to $200 for two lines a couple of weeks back and decided to cancel my account and go over to Wind. I switched back to Rogers two days later. I couldn't get coverage at all half of the time (even not that far away from towers!) and when I did, the voice quality was poo poo and the data speeds sucked. Yeah, I was paying significantly less than what I paid for Rogers, but what's the point when it doesn't work half of the time? I should add, this wasn't my experience in the middle of nowhere. This was in Toronto proper. jot fucked around with this message at 06:35 on Jan 25, 2015 |
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So I signed up with the Zoomer's deal mentioned a page or two ago. I guess it's targeted towards older folk since it comes with the CARP membership and stuff, but Zoomer Wireless doesn't actually care about your age or anything, they didn't ask at all when I signed up. So now I'm getting 400 Canada-wide minutes, unlimited e&w, and 1GB data for $36/month, and got a free Samsung Galaxy Core LTE with a 2 year contract. You can get a Samsung Galaxy S4 for $99 instead but you need to sign up for a $60 ($54 actually)/month minimum plan. This is on the Roger's network too so coverage is as good as you would expect. That's a pretty drat good deal imo, a hell of a lot better then what Fido retentions was offering me. Here's the page with the plans most people will be interested in, though they have some cheaper plans without data if you're some sort of luddite: http://www.zoomerwireless.ca/rate-plans/smartphone-and-blackberry-plans/ This deal was supposed to end at the end of January, though I've heard they're extending it to the end of February, not 100% sure on that though. If you do sign up mention coupon code ZOOMCHARGER to get a free car charger. Also they have a referral program, so if you sign up shoot me a PM first and I'll give you my account info and then we both get a $25 credit.
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Sassafras posted:Assuming pricing goes live as described, the refreshed Public Mobile looks like a winner for an awful lot of people: Just how many loving separate brands do three mobile operators serving a national population smaller than California need?
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As many as it takes to confuse the public about competition in Canada.
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Sassafras posted:Assuming pricing goes live as described, the refreshed Public Mobile looks like a winner for an awful lot of people: Plans start at $10 a month. It's really great. You get literally nothing every month and it only costs $10.
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I was paying ~$10/mo in the UK for effectively unlimited everything. In Canada, $10/mo now gets you literally nothing.
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Hmm. Unlimited talk, text and 1gb data comes to 45/mo which is almost tempting enough to switch from Wind's $35/mo plan. Considering Wind's data is so unreliable, I'm lucky to use even 100mb/month on average. Maybe I'll wait and see what happens with this spectrum auction that Wind is supposedly gonna win this year. $10/mo for literally nothing is hilarious though.
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Kreez posted:... In Canada, $10/mo now gets you literally nothing. New thread title right here.
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Any idea what an unlocked SGH-T959P Fascinate S 4G is worth? I can't find anything on Kijiji to gauge. Using a Moto G as my main phone, but before I did I unlocked it and had it as a backup pay-as-you-go phone on 7-11 Shoutout or whatever the hell its called but I never use it.
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"Black Bo[X posted:" post="441187591"]
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"Black Bo[X posted:" post="441187591"] Please make this happen.
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I'm going to be heading to the states for a week soon and was wondering what my best option is for a small amount of minutes/text messaging/maybe 250mb of data? I'm currently on Koodo but I'm leery about using any sort of roaming addon after hearing horror stories for years about people with thousand dollar cell phone bills. Any suggestions/tips/warnings?
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No suggestions for data but I just bought a cheap $10 pay-as-you-go Tracfone from Walmart and picked up a US #.
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BGrifter posted:I'm going to be heading to the states for a week soon and was wondering what my best option is for a small amount of minutes/text messaging/maybe 250mb of data? I'm currently on Koodo but I'm leery about using any sort of roaming addon after hearing horror stories for years about people with thousand dollar cell phone bills. Any suggestions/tips/warnings? I use Koodo's USA add-ons multiple times a year with no trouble at all and am willing to vouch for it (never bothered with data though). Scudworth fucked around with this message at 06:43 on Feb 6, 2015 |
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