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Is there still a way to get the advanced 20gb plan?
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Sep 12, 2015 01:32
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tonic posted:Is there still a way to get the advanced 20gb plan? Nope.
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Sep 12, 2015 02:11
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Do locked ATT/GoPhones work with Cricket sims?
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Sep 12, 2015 23:37
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IuniusBrutus posted:Do locked ATT/GoPhones work with Cricket sims? Yep. Bought a Lumia 640 last week and have been using it on Cricket. LTE and everything (still throttled though).
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Sep 12, 2015 23:43
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tonic posted:Is there still a way to get the advanced 20gb plan? No but you can bounce from the 5gb->10gb->5gb to get 20 gig of LTE for roughly $50 per month, its just a bit of a pain. I bounce from to 2.5 to the 5 and back if I run out. You can do it with mobile web just not their app. Even when you run out the speed is still decent for anything besides video or heavy web pages (like the 50mb Verge pages). Using the adblock browser actually makes the slow unlimited decent for many pages without video.
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Sep 14, 2015 02:45
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Weird question, but can any straight talk phone work in any straight talk area? Reason I ask is that's the ONLY carrier that works where my mom lives, but the selection of phones on the website for her zip is kinda horrible, whereas the selection for my area is a lot better. Thinking of upgrading her, but didn't wanna waste the cash if it's some kinda weird regional lock for the handsets.
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Sep 14, 2015 02:49
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I'm thinking about jumping to tmobile nerd plan because of the unlimited music streaming, and also because cricket has a problem with delayed texts. Don't know what's up with it but across two different phones now I'll sometimes get texts anywhere from 5-3 hours late. It's really lame.
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Sep 14, 2015 02:54
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Weird question, but can any straight talk phone work in any straight talk area? Her area probably only supports Verizon service which is why you see the difference. It's stupid that they don't clearly differentiate between them. Honestly, you should figure out the service first and then just buy a compatible phone.
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Sep 14, 2015 05:17
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How does one go about figuring out what service covers what area? I don't think it's verizon, because the girlfriend's verizon phone didn't work up there. I know it's not tmobile cause my phone didn't work up there, and the at&t repair guy's at&t phone didn't work up there either. It's like some hosed up magical mystery spot where only certain lovely things work, like ghetto prepaid phones. She was on tracphone for a while, and moved to straight talk, if that helps.
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Sep 14, 2015 12:39
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:How does one go about figuring out what service covers what area? You have to just try those phones, or ask people what they use. My parents live in an area where (local area name Wireless) is an AT&T reseller, and they get the only cell reception you can possibly get in the area, but my Cricket phone gets nothing there.
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Sep 14, 2015 14:27
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:How does one go about figuring out what service covers what area? In the past this helped, but I don't know how our of date it is. http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2011/12/how-to-get-tracfone-net10-or-straight.html E: updated June 2015
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Sep 14, 2015 16:17
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Looks like I can't tether on my new Moto X pure on Cricket. Is there a work around or should I just jump to Straight Talk?
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Sep 14, 2015 16:25
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Syrinxx posted:Looks like I can't tether on my new Moto X pure on Cricket. Is there a work around or should I just jump to Straight Talk? Could you tether on your previous phone with the same SIM?
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Sep 14, 2015 17:45
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Could you tether on your previous phone with the same SIM? 
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Sep 14, 2015 17:53
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Syrinxx posted:Yes but that was rooted/CM12 so I imagine that's why. I was kind of hoping to move past rooting every device I owned but this kind of sucks There was probably some kind of header/user-agent fudging going on with your CM ROM to make it look like you weren't tethering. IIRC Koush made something that made tethering work while making the data look like it was just the phone and not tethering, though that was way back in like 2011 or possibly further.
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Sep 14, 2015 18:08
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I just ordered a sim from Smartel. I went with the Pink Gold Promo Plan (what a terrible name.) I was with Cricket and having issues with texts as well. Hopefully it goes well, it looks like a bit of a risk since they appear to be reselling tmobile postpaid accounts like Harbor Mobile was. Has anyone else switched ?
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Sep 14, 2015 18:13
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FAUXTON posted:There was probably some kind of header/user-agent fudging going on with your CM ROM to make it look like you weren't tethering. IIRC Koush made something that made tethering work while making the data look like it was just the phone and not tethering, though that was way back in like 2011 or possibly further.
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Sep 14, 2015 18:39
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Anyone have experience with crickets new Canada calling/texting? I'm going to Quebec City this week and I am wondering if it would be worth it to bump up to the 5gb plan that gives access to that calling (currently on 2.5gb plan). Is it just voice+text or data too?
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Sep 14, 2015 18:49
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Cricket referral?
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Sep 14, 2015 21:10
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something clever posted:Cricket referral? https://refer.cricketwireless.com/6M31hcW
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Sep 14, 2015 21:18
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I'm waiting to get a replacement debit card and my Cricket plan runs out tomorrow, is there any way to pay with paypal or something? I know there's cards you can buy but I'm not sure if there's any stores near me that carry them.
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Sep 15, 2015 00:31
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Hat Thoughts posted:I'm waiting to get a replacement debit card and my Cricket plan runs out tomorrow, is there any way to pay with paypal or something? I know there's cards you can buy but I'm not sure if there's any stores near me that carry them. I believe Wal Mart sells them, and most gas stations around here are good for them too. Also a few liquor stores and payday loan places. They’ve really got penetration of a certain market for those cards in the Midwest.
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Sep 15, 2015 04:27
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Kaizoku posted:I believe Wal Mart sells them, and most gas stations around here are good for them too. Also a few liquor stores and payday loan places. It's partially the province of all prepaid carriers but partly carryover from pre-Aio Cricket when it was still "that place you took your stolen Sprint-branded phones."
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Sep 15, 2015 05:37
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FAUXTON posted:It's partially the province of all prepaid carriers but partly carryover from pre-Aio Cricket when it was still "that place you took your stolen Sprint-branded phones." More the second; they had/have sole signage on exterior display for many of these businesses.
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Sep 15, 2015 06:04
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whatever7 posted:New Harbor Mobile alternative, courtesy of slickdeals Jeads a heads up, looks like they're only accepting business accounts for T-Mobile now.
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Sep 16, 2015 15:47
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Has anyone posted this offer for redpocket? http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2015/09/red-pocket-now-selling-one-year-plans.html?m=1 200 bucks for one year of service. You can choose between Verizon and sprint and ATT networks. It comes with 1gig data per month but it appears the data is completely cut once you go past it. I might get this because I'm looking to get another line just for work. ATT doesn't get signal at work but Verizon does.
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Sep 16, 2015 19:11
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Considering getting my wife a Surface 3 (or holding off to see what new is released in the next few months) and she wants to get LTE. What are my options with this that are reasonable? She would not be using a lot but I am completely ignorant on what is available that isn't a complete ripoff (AT&T direct, etc). Thanks!
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Sep 16, 2015 19:46
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TraderStav posted:Considering getting my wife a Surface 3 (or holding off to see what new is released in the next few months) and she wants to get LTE. What are my options with this that are reasonable? She would not be using a lot but I am completely ignorant on what is available that isn't a complete ripoff (AT&T direct, etc). I didn't see many tablet-based plans when remaking the OP, unfortunately. The ones that tether should work fine though. If you want something data-based, Cricket's Pro Plan is still the plan to beat if you want data. lostleaf posted:Has anyone posted this offer for redpocket? Looking through those comments, it looks like RP's not that good of an MVNO and this isn't a very good deal. Apparently they have constant issues when something new comes out...like changing their CDMA stuff to LTE. Though, I didn't know they had Verizon CDMA, I'll add that into the OP later today. ThermoPhysical fucked around with this message at 23:36 on Sep 16, 2015 |
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Sep 16, 2015 20:28
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ThermoPhysical posted:I didn't see many tablet-based plans when remaking the OP, unfortunately. The ones that tether should work fine though. If you want something data-based, Cricket's Pro Plan is still the plan to beat if you want data. We are already on Cricket, so that would be a great solution but she currently cannot tether on her iPhone 6 from the Basic plan. If I upgrade her to the Pro plan will it automagically become available? Tehthering would be an ideal solution to be honest.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:30
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TraderStav posted:We are already on Cricket, so that would be a great solution but she currently cannot tether on her iPhone 6 from the Basic plan. If I upgrade her to the Pro plan will it automagically become available? Tehthering would be an ideal solution to be honest. Tethering ("mobile hotspot") appears to be a $10/month add-on feature regardless of plan level.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:38
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nimper posted:Tethering ("mobile hotspot") appears to be a $10/month add-on feature regardless of plan level. quote:Available for rate plans starting at $50/mo I'm just not sure how the tethering becomes active on the iPhone.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:47
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TraderStav posted:I'm just not sure how the tethering becomes active on the iPhone. Or does that mean you can't pay $10/month for mobile hotspot unless you have at least a $50 plan?
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Sep 16, 2015 21:31
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nimper posted:I didn't do the extra click required to see that information, sorry! That does mean that. So it's $60/mo (before $5 discount) for Cricket, which is pretty good imo.
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Sep 16, 2015 22:26
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Wait, tethering is officially available on Cricket now?
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Sep 16, 2015 23:36
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ThermoPhysical posted:Wait, tethering is officially available on Cricket now? For $10 add-on monthly it looks like. I wonder if I'd be able to activate it as needed without losing my 20GB plan that I'm grandfathered into and nobody who missed the boat can get now. e: T&C on their site says it isn't available for BYOD or Apple phones so unless you pick up one of their Shenzhen Seatwarmers you don't get tethering. Oh well. FAUXTON fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Sep 17, 2015 |
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Sep 17, 2015 00:29
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FAUXTON posted:For $10 add-on monthly it looks like. Welp.  gently caress their phones so...no.Still not sure why I lost tethering on my N6 from my N4 but...ok.
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Sep 17, 2015 00:56
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I had tethering on my samsung galaxy prime or whatever it was on tmobile, but I don't have it on the galaxy core whatsis I got from cricket. Kinda sucks.
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Sep 17, 2015 02:16
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FAUXTON posted:For $10 add-on monthly it looks like. Oh loving boo. I'm tethering away on the $35 by the way (Android device)
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Sep 17, 2015 03:28
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TraderStav posted:Oh loving boo. I'm tethering away on the $35 by the way (Android device) I bet they don't even give a poo poo as long as you're not completely blatant. The most I'd be tethering would be to update my Kindle on a road trip and that's assuming I don't just buy the 3G one later.
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Sep 17, 2015 05:55
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nimper posted:Tethering ("mobile hotspot") appears to be a $10/month add-on feature regardless of plan level. This is basically why you jailbreak/root your phone. Play by THE MAN's rules you have to pay 10 bux per month nice guy tax.
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