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Does anyone have experience with signal boosters? Specifically for cricket. Not a microcell or whatever but an antennae you put outside and have a broadcaster inside.
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 14:24 |
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# ? Jun 4, 2024 00:04 |
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Massasoit posted:Does anyone have experience with signal boosters? I am not sure if there's anything of that sort, and as far as femtocells go Cricket doesn't support any My brother and his wife are sort of institutional foster parents (actual title: family teacher) and the housing they got is a crazy-kid fortress impenetrable by most wireless signals. If anyone has inside word on either the aforementioned repeaters or actual cricket femtocells, speak up. He uses too much data for much of anything else to be feasible and has some reservations about the Catholic church peeking in on the wifi.
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 14:47 |
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FAUXTON posted:I am not sure if there's anything of that sort, and as far as femtocells go Cricket doesn't support any There absolutely are cell signal boosters but they're prohibitively expensive (the one I linked is just a hair under $300.) You do have to have some kind of signal outside for them to work. You usually need a directional external antenna to go with it (another $70-100) unless you literally have a good signal outside and you live inside a Faraday cage, in which case the small whip antenna it comes with will work.
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 19:56 |
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I have signal outside the house, just not inside. Based on the savings I calculated by switching to cricket the payback by switching and getting a $300 booster would only be like 3-4 months so it may even be worth it still
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 20:07 |
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Geoj posted:There absolutely are cell signal boosters but they're prohibitively expensive (the one I linked is just a hair under $300.) You do have to have some kind of signal outside for them to work. You usually need a directional external antenna to go with it (another $70-100) unless you literally have a good signal outside and you live inside a Faraday cage, in which case the small whip antenna it comes with will work. The description on that makes it seem like it still would need to be provisioned on or registered with Cricket, which they may not be cool with. Not sure why, though, if it's just a repeater.
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 20:29 |
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FAUXTON posted:The description on that makes it seem like it still would need to be provisioned on or registered with Cricket, which they may not be cool with. Not sure why, though, if it's just a repeater. http://wireless.fcc.gov/signal-boosters/faq.html
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 20:31 |
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Does anyone know how to turn off that stupid setting on the Moto e lte that makes your camera turn on if your phone rotates 90 degrees twice?
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 20:54 |
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Volkerball posted:Does anyone know how to turn off that stupid setting on the Moto e lte that makes your camera turn on if your phone rotates 90 degrees twice? That should be in the Moto app, under settings>actions. That's where it is on my Moto X. Assuming its the same for the G and E.
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 21:00 |
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FAUXTON posted:The description on that makes it seem like it still would need to be provisioned on or registered with Cricket, which they may not be cool with. Not sure why, though, if it's just a repeater. They are just repeaters, you don't provision them...I think the FCC just requires that you notify your carrier that you'll be operating one in case it causes interference. If you don't "register" it with your carrier you're probably just in breach of FCC regulations.
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 21:03 |
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Geoj posted:They are just repeaters, you don't provision them...I think the FCC just requires that you notify your carrier that you'll be operating one in case it causes interference. If you don't "register" it with your carrier you're probably just in breach of FCC regulations. There is no requirement to register but: FCC posted:Someone contacted me and said I have to shut down my booster because it’s causing interference. What should I do?
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 21:41 |
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I will travel to multiple countries in Europe from August to mid September, and I picked up one of these sims, so curious if anyone here's used it, what did you think?
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 22:05 |
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Boogalo posted:That should be in the Moto app, under settings>actions. yesssss. thank you. i've taken 240 pictures on my phone and 1 of them on purpose.
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 22:54 |
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Volkerball posted:yesssss. thank you. i've taken 240 pictures on my phone and 1 of them on purpose. What are you doing with your phone? With my Moto X you have to be pretty deliberate to launch the camera.
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# ? Jul 21, 2015 03:13 |
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I've finally switched off of Pageplus. Using GoPhone for a hotspot and Cricket for my phone. What a difference. All those cool things people do with phones suddenly work like advertised. Thanks to Pageplus for the years, but I got my new younger trophy wireless service and I'm not paying alimony.
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# ? Jul 21, 2015 09:51 |
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nimper posted:What are you doing with your phone? With my Moto X you have to be pretty deliberate to launch the camera. I work outside, so I'm usually in gym shorts. Just walking in those can trigger it.
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# ? Jul 21, 2015 13:01 |
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Volkerball posted:I work outside, so I'm usually in gym shorts. Just walking in those can trigger it. Ah, yeah, that would do it. I guess that's why runners and other active folks wear arm bands or whatever.
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# ? Jul 21, 2015 14:44 |
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Any of you have a recommendation for a ruggedized phone (basic phone) a LA Rugby 3/4 that would work on cricket?
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# ? Jul 22, 2015 12:49 |
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Massasoit posted:Any of you have a recommendation for a ruggedized phone (basic phone) a LA Rugby 3/4 that would work on cricket? A Rugby 3/4 will work on Cricket
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# ? Jul 22, 2015 14:41 |
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nimper posted:A Rugby 3/4 will work on Cricket Yea, I was just seeing if there were any other options out there.
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# ? Jul 22, 2015 15:27 |
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Massasoit posted:Yea, I was just seeing if there were any other options out there. http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Sonim-XP5_id9493#tH4CbwS4QIHUx2Wh.97
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# ? Jul 22, 2015 15:35 |
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Massasoit posted:Yea, I was just seeing if there were any other options out there. The CAT smartphone
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# ? Jul 23, 2015 02:13 |
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Massasoit posted:Yea, I was just seeing if there were any other options out there. any GSM weather proof phone, S4 Active etc.
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# ? Jul 23, 2015 04:59 |
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About to just go ahead and pay off my G3 from AT&T NEXT so I can have them switch me to Go Phone's unlimited (1.5GB LTE) plan @ $45. Is there a better GSM prepaid plan than this? The OP's pretty out of date and I see T-Mo's plans are about the same and would require me to try and get my rooted phone unlocked by ATT which I'm not too sure about.
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# ? Jul 23, 2015 22:29 |
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Syrinxx posted:About to just go ahead and pay off my G3 from AT&T NEXT so I can have them switch me to Go Phone's unlimited (1.5GB LTE) plan @ $45. At the $45 level you would want either Cricket or Straight Talk's 5GB LTE plan. $35 on Cricket gets you 2.5GB of LTE.
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# ? Jul 23, 2015 22:34 |
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It's funny that Cricket's plans are so much better than AT&Ts.
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# ? Jul 23, 2015 23:30 |
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nimper posted:At the $45 level you would want either Cricket or Straight Talk's 5GB LTE plan. Wow. The only thing AT&T's prepaid has over cricket is rollover data. At a cost of $15+ more. And AT&T owns Cricket
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# ? Jul 23, 2015 23:31 |
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nimper posted:$35 on Cricket gets you 2.5GB of LTE. I did notice they cap the LTE speed at 8Mbps which is slightly irritating since I live in an area with 25Mb+ on most of the towers. But the savings is well worth it.
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# ? Jul 23, 2015 23:35 |
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Syrinxx posted:About to just go ahead and pay off my G3 from AT&T NEXT so I can have them switch me to Go Phone's unlimited (1.5GB LTE) plan @ $45. The OP shouldn't be that out of date and not much I've seen has changed. If I need to change T-Mo's plans, I can. I'm also thinking of dropping the "notable phones" section since people seem to be more interested in the plans.
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# ? Jul 23, 2015 23:50 |
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Syrinxx posted:Wow this is pretty amazing. Looks like it'll be Cricket, thanks! Yeah I have Cricket now and the 8mbit cap doesn't bother me a bit.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 03:02 |
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nimper posted:Yeah I have Cricket now and the 8mbit cap doesn't bother me a bit. I've gone past my 2.5gb data limit on cricket and it is still fast enough to browse SA get emails and do most web pages.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 14:48 |
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Massasoit posted:I've gone past my 2.5gb data limit on cricket and it is still fast enough to browse SA get emails and do most web pages. Two different speed caps in play here: There's an 8mbit speed cap for when you're under your 2.5GB limit and then there's a 128kbit cap once you go over.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 14:59 |
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nimper posted:Two different speed caps in play here: Yep. I didn't do a good job at getting my point across - even going past the high speed data limit, the slower speed is good for most things that aren't streaming, so the 8mbit limit should be more than enough for most people, unless you are a fringe case and need faster internet on your phone than I have at my house.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 15:21 |
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As I've said before, Cricket's overage cap speeds are better than Sprint's 3G speeds.
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# ? Jul 24, 2015 15:23 |
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FAUXTON posted:As I've said before, Cricket's overage cap speeds are better than Sprint's 3G speeds. Upgrades exist which can take AT&T's EDGE network all the way up to (technical, like half a meg), although it's not deployed everywhere, and the carrier could choose to throttle it. It would be interesting to see real-world speed results. Either way 128k is perfectly fine for streaming "good enough" quality audio thanks to modern CODECs. Massasoit posted:Yep. I didn't do a good job at getting my point across - even going past the high speed data limit, the slower speed is good for most things that aren't streaming, so the 8mbit limit should be more than enough for most people, unless you are a fringe case and need faster internet on your phone than I have at my house. The only thing that pisses me off is the stupid firmware on my phone won't let me turn off 3g, otherwise I could queue it up as needed and essentially have unlimited internet anytime. I've randomly used my phone for, for example, tethering due to a worksite where the internet is impossible. Having several gigs available at a moment's notice is a good thing, although yes, using 128k most of the time is perfectly fine. I need to try rooting this again sometime...
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# ? Jul 26, 2015 04:31 |
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Jumped ship from ATT to Cricket today, speeds are just fine and my bill is about half which is rad. Didn't even need to enter my phone's unlock code I got from ATT since they are on the same network. I don't seem to be able to tether, which I may find a workaround for since I"m rooted but otherwise very happy I made the switch. Now to see how long it'll be before I can move to the Oneplus Two because of their dumbass invite system.
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# ? Jul 27, 2015 21:54 |
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Places that sell prepaid phones suck donkey dicks. My phone died so I needed a new one immediately. I went to 3 MetroPCS stores They all kept trying to upsell me. I was looking at $20 phones and everyone I wanted "Oh we don't have that, but we have this one." Then they showed me an $800 phone I told them to gently caress off. I eventually broke down and went to Walmart and got one of their phones. But surprise when I bought it they didn't tell me I needed to purchase a sim card with it (I'm used to using CDMA networks so wasn't thinking about sim cards.) So I biked all the way home, try to set it up and then had to bike half across the city again just to get the card and then biked back and almost fainted from the heat. But all in all. I'm pretty happy with the service. It just was a pain in my nuts to get my phone replaced. But if anyone cares and wants to write up a review about the service, this is it: nunsexmonkrock fucked around with this message at 23:19 on Jul 27, 2015 |
# ? Jul 27, 2015 22:36 |
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GALAXY GRAND PRIME CHIC ESCALADE SUPERFINE EXTREME PREMIUM EDITION.
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# ? Jul 28, 2015 03:20 |
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HAHA Yeah. I just needed a new phone and grabbed the first thing I saw that was from a half decent brand all the other ones were names from companies I never heard of. So far it's actually a pretty decent phone and the nicest one I have ever owned. I have been using the Motorala Triumph from Virgin Mobile for the longest time (was grandfathered into their old $25 a month plan) and that was a pain in the rear end. For the past year it has been constantly deciding to shut the ringer off so I never knew when someone was calling me. Edit: To add to the frustration I was only able to activate the phone (The Samsung Walmart phone) using Internet Explorer. And to set up autopay I had to use Chrome. nunsexmonkrock fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Jul 28, 2015 |
# ? Jul 28, 2015 06:22 |
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Hit my 10GB cap on Cricket 8 days before the end of the month, was pleasantly surprised by how usable their throttled data is. Streaming Spotify/podcasts/NPR take a few seconds longer to start, but no stuttering. Win.
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 04:50 |
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# ? Jun 4, 2024 00:04 |
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How reliable is Cricket's service these days? Last time I was looking at switching it seemed like they were having issues with service outages.
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 04:53 |