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SpelledBackwards posted:Yikes. Is that where you're planning on plugging in your headphones instead? Maybe  . The mushroom head acoustically gives me superior sound, so I can't go wrong!thisdude23 posted:I use it and I haven't had any problems with it. I remember with my SG4 I had the option to choose which number to call from after I dialed but to call from GV you have to do it through the app. I'm sure there might be an option to set it up on your phone but I use it that way for work (click2call through app). loving awesome, man, yeah this is great info! Thank you! Another question though: Say I make a call through the regular Phone app. Will GV somehow prevent that from happening?
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pliable posted:Maybe Now that you mention it, the concert I'm at right now (Dope in downtown Austin, yes I have terrible taste) has at least 3 staff and patrons wearing Mushroomhead shirts.
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pliable posted:loving awesome, man, yeah this is great info! Thank you! Another question though: Say I make a call through the regular Phone app. Will GV somehow prevent that from happening? It doesn't for me. I'm order to call from GV, I literally go through the app and call. From there, I get a phone call from GV (which I answer), then it calls the other party. I'm not sure how it's on Android now, but I remember I had it set to where I would dial a number, call it, then at that point had the option to choose if I wanted to use my Sprint number or GV number.
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SpelledBackwards posted:Dope in downtown Austin, yes I have terrible taste Hahaha holy poo poo those guys are still around? I was obsessed with them in high school 13 years ago!
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Likewise. I'm 31 now and had been listening to them since I was in high school 16 years ago... turns out they put on a pretty good show, and frankly their music hasn't changed much in that period, but for what they do I think that's a good thing. New album is releasing next week after a long hiatus.
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SpelledBackwards posted:Now that you mention it, the concert I'm at right now (Dope in downtown Austin, yes I have terrible taste) has at least 3 staff and patrons wearing Mushroomhead shirts. And I bet the sound was amazing, huh? thisdude23 posted:It doesn't for me. I'm order to call from GV, I literally go through the app and call. From there, I get a phone call from GV (which I answer), then it calls the other party. I'm not sure how it's on Android now, but I remember I had it set to where I would dial a number, call it, then at that point had the option to choose if I wanted to use my Sprint number or GV number. Awesome, thanks again for the info! Just saw that I could get an iPhone SE free with a contract, which is an awfully tempting offer as well. Fuckin' decisions...
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Bit of a crosspost from the Project Fi thread, but the question is probably a better fit here.crack mayor posted:Thinking about making the jump to Project Fi from an old Sprint family plan. The Google support page for transferring your number to Project Fi says that all you need is an account number and a Sprint PIN. Even if I am not the primary account holder, is the process the same? Or do I need to get together with the primary account holder at a Sprint Store to ensure a transition? I've actually been with Sprint for probably 14 years with my family's plan. Slowly, everyone has been going off on their own and now there's two of us left. Don't have any serious grievances with Sprint, but it's just time to go.
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crack mayor posted:Bit of a crosspost from the Project Fi thread, but the question is probably a better fit here. I just did this, if you can log in to Sprint.com the PIN numbers and such should be available to you but you might have to look at a bill or something to actually get the account number for some dumb reason, as long as you're authorized on the account to like buy new phones without the primary or whatever, otherwise you'd have to get the info from them. As for the ETF I was already out of contract so I can't comment on that...actually maybe I wasn't, I was due for a phone upgrade but they do that 22 month thing for that while the contract is two years...it doesn't say anything on the site, billing cycle isn't up until the 10th...can't remember if I got my Note 4 in October or November now. Google says they prorate at $20 per remaining month up to $350 but there's a minimum of $100 charge per device, however I'm not sure if that's related to leasing or not since that would make more sense. I switched to Fi partly because Note 7s were exploding and mainly due to the service in my area just getting shittier every year instead of better as far as I can tell. For a while I thought it was my phone but my roommate just got a new Note 5 this summer on Sprint and he has similar problems. We'd both get a 4G LTE signal with no bars that would just do loving nothing, like it can see there's an LTE tower in range but can't get a good enough connection to do poo poo with, so you're hosed unless you manually switched over to 3G which is decent for 3G in this area but not great. The bigger problem was even with full LTE bars I was getting less than 2Mbps on SpeedTest.net for the most part. The best I could manage was 5Mbps but that was 3 years ago. I think on WiiMax (heh) I was getting 15Mbps if I had a good signal. Google Fi has been getting about 30Mbps, I'm assuming that either that's just how it is on T-Mobile or maybe there's a secure Wifi thing nearby but I sorta doubt it. I figure if I start going way over my data limits I'll just switch to t-mo's unlimited plan or whatever, I was hovering between less than a gig to 2 gigs a month on Sprint but with non-lovely speeds that's surely going to go up.
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Thanks for the info. I'm pretty set on getting onto Project Fi. I did manage to get the account number and pin today. Now I'm just waiting for the Nexus 5x 16gb to get back into stock.
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I'm finally free of Sprint!  Being on this service was like being in an abusive relationship.
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I'm also on a Sprint Family plan with unlimited data. If I got a Pixel, would there be an extra charge to get Sprint to send me a SIM card, or could I use the SIM card out of my current phone? I'm currently using a Galaxy S4 but just last week the bluetooth decided to start being an rear end in a top hat and only connect when it feels like it, so I'm looking for a new phone. Also, does anyone know if I would still have to pay the $20 or whatever per month bullshit surcharge Sprint charges if you get a new phone from them? That's really the only thing that's kept me from upgrading before now. I tried to find an answer to the second question on Sprint's website but didn't find a clear answer. I was also just reading the Project Fi thread, and making calls on 4G LTE from my house has been pretty spotty and I don't use much data, maybe I would be better off just going with Google Fi?
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Peep Jerky posted:I'm also on a Sprint Family plan with unlimited data. If I got a Pixel, would there be an extra charge to get Sprint to send me a SIM card, or could I use the SIM card out of my current phone? I'm currently using a Galaxy S4 but just last week the bluetooth decided to start being an rear end in a top hat and only connect when it feels like it, so I'm looking for a new phone. Also, does anyone know if I would still have to pay the $20 or whatever per month bullshit surcharge Sprint charges if you get a new phone from them? That's really the only thing that's kept me from upgrading before now. I tried to find an answer to the second question on Sprint's website but didn't find a clear answer. I can't speak for the Pixel specifically, but I think this applies in general. When I bought my Moto X Pure last year, all I had to do was go into a Sprint store and tell them I bought that phone, and they activated and gave me a SIM card for free. Sprint is loving dumb weird, you can't pop out an activated SIM card and pop it into another phone, you have to get new SIM cards for each phone. I'm not sure about the surcharge, but I just bought an iPhone 6S via 24-month contract upgrade, and I didn't have to pay any surcharges. Just the cost of the subsidized phone. I said come in! posted:I'm finally free of Sprint! My family has been with Sprint since 1997. I think at this point, I'm with Sprint for life 
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pliable posted:My family has been with Sprint since 1997. I think at this point, I'm with Sprint for life My wife and I joined Sprint in 1999 (our first cellphones), and despite being mad enough to leave at times (the era around the time they got the iPhone 4s was the worst), I think we are Sprint for life. To be honest I stopped having any issues with Sprint when LTE popped up everywhere.
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I wish I could get Sprint to listen to my complaints about signal at work; it's usually a weak 3G signal. I'd gotten used to it, but then I went out of town for a few days and had fantastic LTE service everywhere I went! I was so happy to have great signal! Then I got back to my office and  I report a problem with the service almost every day in the Sprint Zone app. I don't know if calling would do any different.
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nate fisher posted:My wife and I joined Sprint in 1999 (our first cellphones), and despite being mad enough to leave at times (the era around the time they got the iPhone 4s was the worst), I think we are Sprint for life. To be honest I stopped having any issues with Sprint when LTE popped up everywhere. Oh man, the WiMax era was pretty awful. Paying extra for 4G and having it barely work. Coverage was spotty as gently caress. Blegh. Sprint today is worlds better than it was even just a few years ago but god drat, what a painful ride that's been.
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Crossposting this from the Android thread: I need to replace my dying S4 and have been looking at getting the S7 Edge as an upgrade. I'm on Sprint, and don't think I'll be leaving the carrier any time over the next few years, but would prefer to simply buy the phone up-front so I'm not locked into an agreement/leasing thing. Does it matter if I purchase the new phone through a Sprint store, a big box like Best Buy or buy it online? Where am I likely to find the best deal? Anything else I need to do with my S4 before I make the switch? I'm thinking factory reset at least, but it's been a while.
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I still have my S4... I just got a refurb on eBay when my old S4 started having issues. It's still one of the last phones you could do LTE data and phone conversation at the same time. All the new Sprint Spark phones cannot do data and voice at same time.
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a shameful boehner posted:Does it matter if I purchase the new phone through a Sprint store, a big box like Best Buy or buy it online? Where am I likely to find the best deal? As long as the IMEI isn't blacklisted or anything, you'll be fine. Go into a Sprint store though to ask for a free SIM card. For whatever reason, you can't simply swap your old SIM card into your new phone.
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pliable posted:As long as the IMEI isn't blacklisted or anything, you'll be fine. Go into a Sprint store though to ask for a free SIM card. For whatever reason, you can't simply swap your old SIM card into your new phone. For whatever reason, the SIM's keep changing between devices and dictate stupid things like NFC support and whatnot. Verizon is a tiny bit better, but not by much. One of these days, when all carriers are LTE only, maybe things will be better similar to GSM only networks. Until then. :/
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Went in and bought the S7 Edge outright last night, was pretty painless. Still setting it up and holy poo poo does this slippery thing need a case but pretty happy with the process overall.
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a shameful boehner posted:Went in and bought the S7 Edge outright last night, was pretty painless. Still setting it up and holy poo poo does this slippery thing need a case but pretty happy with the process overall. http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/10/report-now-samsung-galaxy-s7-edges-are-exploding-too/ quote:Uh oh. According to a report on Phone Arena, a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge in the US has burst into flames while charging. This is allegedly the third such incident involving the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge in the past month. Here's what you need to know.
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Thanks, I'll report back when/if my house burns down
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Man, Samsung is so hosed. I feel bad for them. I'm surprised their stock seems fairly stable.
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SalTheBard posted:http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/10/report-now-samsung-galaxy-s7-edges-are-exploding-too/ If the S7 Edge has a defect that makes it explode we would have seen more by now. Customers throw a poo poo storm if their phones don't work. the littlest prince posted:Man, Samsung is so hosed. I feel bad for them. They're losing a bit of sales, but honestly Samsung is fine. I'd say 70% of my customers who had the Note ended up swapping to the S7 Edge.
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catspleen posted:I'm in Iowa and frequently far from interstates for work travel. I remember when they started coming out with LTE towers and even joined that lte rollout forum to search out towers. Even with a few fast towers service still stank. It can be pretty spotty, even if you're near a bigger city. I live in Iowa City with a SERO plan and I'm going to switch soon to Verizon or Fi because I'm sick of dealing with the poo poo coverage here (driving a Porsche on dirt roads is a really loving apt analogy). It could be decent near you depending on how many towers are there, but if you're going far from interstates often then I think you're going to be disappointed. Hell, even parts of I-80 and 380 are service black holes.
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I gave my phone back to Sprint a month ago and they still charged me $200 this morning for the lease. I know from what you guys have said, this is normal and I will get that $200 back, but its been a month since they had my phone. Sprint is the sketchiest company I have ever dealt with. This is something fly by night scam operations pull on you, not a massive corporation that offers flagship phones. This is still completely unacceptable.
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Just wanted to add my data point. After sadly learning that I can't port my Nebraska number to Project Fi, I reupped two SERO contracts, both going from iPhone 6 to iPhone 7. Got the $400 discount ordering online, and was able to activate online. Another two years...
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rhombus posted:After sadly learning that I can't port my Nebraska number to Project Fi Why not?
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rhombus posted:Just wanted to add my data point. After sadly learning that I can't port my Nebraska number to Project Fi, I reupped two SERO contracts, both going from iPhone 6 to iPhone 7. Got the $400 discount ordering online, and was able to activate online. Just trying to get my ducks in a row, as I'll be trying to re-up my SERO this month some time. Thanks.
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rhombus posted:Just wanted to add my data point. After sadly learning that I can't port my Nebraska number to Project Fi, I reupped two SERO contracts, both going from iPhone 6 to iPhone 7. Got the $400 discount ordering online, and was able to activate online. Did they make you upgrade to the $60 Sero Unlimited plan?
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ryanbruce posted:Why not?
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I'm on an old SWAC plan that gives me all unlimited for $45 a month. I recently reupped for another 2 years after an exhaustive research period of other carriers. I use between 15-20gb of data a month so I need unlimited and sprint is still the cheapest in that regard. I see a bunch of people talking speeds and just did a speed test and got 4.5mbps on sprints LTE here in Illinois. I've been on Sprint for about 6 years now and it was my first experience with LTE/4g, having US Cellular before that which was only 3g at the time and the speeds were equally terrible. I know speeds are faster on other carriers but I don't know what I'd use it for, and I don't know what I'm missing either. As long as I can stream YouTube and Netflix I'm happy. I still get 3g on some parts of my commute but podcasts fill that void mostly. I stuck with Sprint through the LTE rollout and it was painful, even unbearable at times, but I still can't beat their prices anywhere for what I need. Just got an HTC 10 after dumping the Nexus 6 (what a piece of garbage that phone was). I'm happy but I miss the big screen. The Shep fucked around with this message at 22:07 on Dec 2, 2016 |
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The Shep posted:Just got an HTC 10 after dumping the Nexus 6 (what a piece of garbage that phone was). I'm happy but I miss the big screen. What was your problems with the Nexus 6? I had one for years and never had a problem with it and never had a complaint from using it. Only reason I got a new phone was because it finally got stolen.
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Dameius posted:What was your problems with the Nexus 6? I had one for years and never had a problem with it and never had a complaint from using it. Only reason I got a new phone was because it finally got stolen. You're not the first person to tell me I'm crazy. Maybe I had a defect but the Nexus 6 was the laggiest phone I've ever owned. Trying to type text while waiting for the keyboard to catch up with me was painful (I tried multiple keyboard apps), media apps (specifically Snapchat and Facebook) crashed all the time or timed out and had to be force closed, and the camera lag was so bad you could never get the shot you wanted, it'd always be blurry or wouldn't take the shot until after you pressed the button and had moved the phone. I don't have any of those issues at all with the HTC 10. Everything is silky smooth and there's no lag or sluggishness with the keyboard or camera. I only had the Nexus for a few months before I gave up on it. I tried factory resets and it was fully updated each time but it was just an awful experience. Thanks to Swappa though I mostly got back what I paid for it. The Shep fucked around with this message at 04:31 on Dec 3, 2016 |
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The Shep posted:You're not the first person to tell me I'm crazy. Maybe I had a defect but the Nexus 6 was the laggiest phone I've ever owned. Trying to type text while waiting for the keyboard to catch up with me was painful (I tried multiple keyboard apps), media apps (specifically Snapchat and Facebook) crashed all the time or timed out and had to be force closed, and the camera lag was so bad you could never get the shot you wanted, it'd always be blurry or wouldn't take the shot until after you pressed the button and had moved the phone. Well to be honest, depending on your ownership timeline you could have owned it during the rougher android OS parts then more recent times, that and a custom rom like Pure Nexus would probably have cured a lot of your frustrations as being a Nexus, you have a ton of good Customization options that are more stable and easy to do than other branded phones outside of the Nexus realm. However the HTC 10 is a drat fine phone and a solid upgrade so either way you should be good for a good while with it.
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Sorry for the slow replies guys, I don't check this thread that much.GentlemanofLeisure posted:So you just logged into your Sprint account, did the online chat thing, told them you wanted to renew SERO and upgrade to the iPhone 7, and that was that? What was the price per phone? I didn't have to chat or call anyone. When my contract was up, I was able to browse to the phone in the Sprint store and there was an option to buy the phone with the discount and a renewed 2-year contract. iPhone 7 was $200, 7 Plus was $329, I think. There was mention of an activation fee, but I don't see I was ever charged it. McPhearson posted:Did they make you upgrade to the $60 Sero Unlimited plan? No, here's my plan. code:So, going from iPhone to a new iPhone is really smooth. I think there may be a difference when you go from Android to Apple or vice versa. When I made that switch 3 phones ago, I had to call in and the rep said something about changing the type of plan I'm on.
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Very nice and cool to hear that the website worked properly for once.
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Well things have gotten worse for me. I dropped my iPhone 7 and shattered the screen, so I logged on to Sprint.com and re-activated my old iPhone 6. Easy. I finally got around to getting the screen fixed on my 7, and tried to activate it today, but Sprint.com told me that I can't and asked me to chat with them or to go into a store. I tried the chat, and after waiting for 30 minutes, got a rep who told me I can't activate a new phone because my plan has expired and he's not sure he can keep it, but he will try. At that point I closed the chat window and tried calling what used to be the SERO line (888-882-4030), but ended up with someone on the sales team, so I ended that call. Any thoughts as to what might have happened? Does the system not like it if you activate too many phones on a line?
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I don't think we get "dedicated Sero support" anymore. Howeever they should be able to activate a new phone without any issue. I just activated my replacement 6P through them and had no issues. Same goes for a few test devices. Also give this number a shot as the Sero number on the Op is way out of date. 866-264-1282 EdEddnEddy fucked around with this message at 07:56 on Dec 28, 2016 |
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