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SeaborneClink posted:No, only on subsidized pricing. Awesome, I only ask as when I looked on the Apple website at the iPhone 5 it shows a $30 upgrade fee.
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Galler posted:I would love a good keyboard phone but it's just not going to happen. SwiftKey is loving wizard magic though and makes touch screen keyboards very competitive with physical keyboards. Oh well, I guess I'll adapt. Some of these fancy new phones with great battery life and updated android OS versions are too enticing. My strat's still stuck on gingerbread and it doesn't last me more than 12 hours with moderate use. And yes this is about as first world problem as it gets ha.
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I apologize if this was mentioned more than a handful of pages back. The OP says that the rate plan will be updated later so I'm hoping someone can help with this situation Right now we have 4 phones on a family plan grandfathered with unlimited data. Someone wants to add a smartphone, which apparently will cause the plan to go to a shared data plan. 1) Could the rest of the family start a new account with the new line and transfer the other phones over to it, leaving my phone as the only phone on the previous grandfathered plan? 2) Would it be possible to transfer a Verizon phone currently on another unlimited data plan to my unlimited data account or would that cause us to change data plans?
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Nov 26, 2012 21:16
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sellouts posted:Someone wants to add a smartphone, which apparently will cause the plan to go to a shared data plan.
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Nov 26, 2012 23:43
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I'm selling my Razr Maxx to a friend tonight. He has a bionic. I assume that all I need to do other than a factory reset, is just drop his SIM card in and away he goes?
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Nov 27, 2012 01:49
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kitten smoothie posted:It won't. You can add a line to an existing family plan and get a data bucket specific to that line, like the $30/2GB plan. It will not mess with your unlimited on the other lines. Got it, but if they upgrade a current line it'll change the family plan to shared data?
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Nov 27, 2012 01:54
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Anyone have issues porting their Verizon number to Google Voice? We've cancelled our Verizon contract and my wife ported her number to GV fine, but GV says my number isn't available to be ported even though I can select a number in that area code.
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Nov 27, 2012 02:16
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sellouts posted:Got it, but if they upgrade a current line it'll change the family plan to shared data? You can still put the upgraded line on a $30/2GB data bucket and it won't mess with any other unlimited lines you have. You don't have to convert the whole family plan to shared data, unless you want to, because for a lot of people it probably actually does save some money.
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Nov 27, 2012 02:52
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sellouts posted:Got it, but if they upgrade a current line it'll change the family plan to shared data? Not unless you want them to.
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Nov 27, 2012 02:58
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low-key-taco posted:Anyone have issues porting their Verizon number to Google Voice? We've cancelled our Verizon contract and my wife ported her number to GV fine, but GV says my number isn't available to be ported even though I can select a number in that area code.
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Nov 27, 2012 03:10
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low-key-taco posted:Anyone have issues porting their Verizon number to Google Voice? We've cancelled our Verizon contract and my wife ported her number to GV fine, but GV says my number isn't available to be ported even though I can select a number in that area code. You have to port the number before you cancel. You may be able to reactivate your Verizon account (possibly for a fee) and get the numbers back.
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Nov 27, 2012 03:40
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cuedotcom posted:I'm selling my Razr Maxx to a friend tonight. He has a bionic. I assume that all I need to do other than a factory reset, is just drop his SIM card in and away he goes? You will need to cut his sim or get a new micro one. The Bionic uses a full size sim.
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Nov 27, 2012 03:53
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Mighty Horse posted:You will need to cut his sim or get a new micro one. The Bionic uses a full size sim. Can he go to any VZW store to get a new sim? I.e. does it have to be corporate? Also is there a fee? cuedotcom fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Nov 27, 2012 |
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Nov 27, 2012 03:57
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Mighty Horse posted:You will need to cut his sim or get a new micro one. The Bionic uses a full size sim. It's actually a mini SIM. A full size SIM is the size of a credit card.
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Nov 27, 2012 03:59
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cuedotcom posted:Can he go to any VZW store to get a new sim? I.e. does it have to be corporate? Also is there a fee?
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Nov 27, 2012 04:10
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waffle iron posted:It's actually a mini SIM. A full size SIM is the size of a credit card. So the razr maxx and the bionic =/= the same size sim, correct?
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Nov 27, 2012 04:18
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No. the Razr takes a 3FF micro. The Bionic uses a 2ff, which aparently is called a "mini" sim, but I have never heard that before tonight.
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Nov 27, 2012 04:37
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cuedotcom posted:Can he go to any VZW store to get a new sim? I.e. does it have to be corporate? Also is there a fee? I have never had an issue getting new/replacement sims at a corporate store. They've alway been free for me.
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Nov 27, 2012 04:50
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Mighty Horse posted:No. the Razr takes a 3FF micro. The Bionic uses a 2ff, which aparently is called a "mini" sim, but I have never heard that before tonight. I have Vodafone, Three, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon SIM cards with me right now. All of them are sized the same. There's nothing "mini" or exceptional about the Bionic SIM card. It's the standard size. The Razr Maxx uses MicroSIM according to Moto's support site.
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Nov 27, 2012 16:24
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ProjektorBoy posted:I have Vodafone, Three, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon SIM cards with me right now. All of them are sized the same. There's nothing "mini" or exceptional about the Bionic SIM card. It's the standard size. The Razr Maxx uses MicroSIM according to Moto's support site. The normal SIM card you think of is called a mini SIM.
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Nov 27, 2012 16:26
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Let's just get this out of the way. The outer part is the size of a credit card. That's a "normal" SIM. The little cutout is a mini SIM. There's two smaller sizes, a micro SIM and a nano SIM. e: here they are: 
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Nov 27, 2012 16:29
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Right, the confusion exists because even in the industry, the "mini" SIM is considered the "full size" one, because there has never been a phone that used the entire credit card sized one. We actually refer to them internally as their specification numbers, 2FF, 3FF and 4FF. I've been doing this 17 years and until today have never heard the term "mini-sim" before yesterday, but it is technically correct. Bunch of SIM name-nazis in here....yeesh. Mighty Horse fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Nov 27, 2012 |
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Nov 27, 2012 16:41
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Does anyone know how wireless tethering via 3rd party apps works with unlimited data plans? I can't get a good answer from google. Seems like most people say they will charge you if they catch you.
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Nov 27, 2012 18:40
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Anyone having network issues today? My phone has been sitting idle next to me all day so far, but when I checked it, I was already down to 25% (unplugged at 6:30am EST). Checked the battery stats and cell standby was pretty much all of the usage (at over 6 hours, almost the entirety of the time it's been unplugged). Rebooted and plugged in to charge. Hope this won't be an all day thing.
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Verizon is starting to give me the run around and I don't very much like it. To my knowledge, Note II pre orders shipped today. So I called to see if they would have physical units (not the display crap) in the store. The rep that I talked to said yes. I waited about 10 minutes and called again. Different rep, same question, he said yes. So I drove my happy rear end over there thinking I was going to have a shiny new phone. I get there, the host person or w.e asked why I was there; I stated my case and she also confirmed that they had the Note II. Finally after all of this, a woman walks out and says "we don't have the Note II." She then disappears for a moment and returns holding the display units in either hand, showing me what exactly they had. She then offered them to me asking if I wanted to hold one. I shot her a displeased look and walked out the door. But not before some other chump behind a counter said that they would have them in THURSDAY. Not that I believe it will be there, but I shall return on my quest...on Thursday. What a waste of time.
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XarsonX posted:Does anyone know how wireless tethering via 3rd party apps works with unlimited data plans? I can't get a good answer from google. Seems like most people say they will charge you if they catch you. Dodging tether restrictions on unlimited plans can almost always be answered by getting root and using Android-Wifi-Tether. It's been my go-to for years.
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Switched from the Thunderbolt to the Maxx HD today...this should be interesting... Also, is it still a thing to completely drain a battery before first charging it? or is that something I don't have to do now?
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I'm in your position with the thunderbolt, and am strongly considering a maxx hd. Ive never heard of that battery charge matter, but I'm curious how "bad" the camera is, since that is slight issue I have with the phone. The thunderbolt is actually really good, considering its dual flash and focus. The maxx HD seems to have a less than steller camera performance. Have you noticed a difference between the cameras yet?
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Nov 28, 2012 02:31
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Cbear posted:Switched from the Thunderbolt to the Maxx HD today...this should be interesting... The battery doesn't need to be conditioned, but the OS needs to calibrate the battery meter. It really doesn't matter for total battery life, but it helps the meter be a bit more accurate. And holy hell, you are in for a shock. I just did an 8 hour work day on LTE only (not really much use since I don't use my phone during the day) and left with 97% charge.
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bull3964 posted:The battery doesn't need to be conditioned, but the OS needs to calibrate the battery meter. It really doesn't matter for total battery life, but it helps the meter be a bit more accurate. Sorry for asking this in two threads... Do you know if the JB soak test has started? I have been playing around with a nexus 7 and I really like some of the features. Too bad the RAZR probably won't get 4.2 till sometime after Key Lime has been out.
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XarsonX posted:Sorry for asking this in two threads... Do you know if the JB soak test has started? I have been playing around with a nexus 7 and I really like some of the features. Too bad the RAZR probably won't get 4.2 till sometime after Key Lime has been out. I replied in the other thread, my best guess is that it'll start this weekend. Google can keep 4.2 though, it's junk.
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bull3964 posted:I replied in the other thread, my best guess is that it'll start this weekend. I won't be too broken hearted if they skip it, although I would like to futz around with photosphere. My only real issue is the fact that they might stop at 4.1 and never go to the next version. This pessimism comes from my experience with my current phone, an original droid incredible, that was upgraded to GB then never again.
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Going from a Thunderbolt to anything recent/2nd gen LTE handset is going to be mindblowing. I just dug out my Thunderbolt for alarm purposes (Argh, why doesn't iOS have Gentle Alarm?) and I can't believe I put up with that POS for as long as I did.
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Nov 28, 2012 03:05
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JayKay posted:(Argh, why doesn't iOS have Gentle Alarm?)
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XarsonX posted:I won't be too broken hearted if they skip it, although I would like to futz around with photosphere. My only real issue is the fact that they might stop at 4.1 and never go to the next version. This pessimism comes from my experience with my current phone, an original droid incredible, that was upgraded to GB then never again. Didn't the OG Incredible start off on 2.1? So it actually got 2 major OS upgrades; 2.2 and 2.3
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Didn't the OG Incredible start off on 2.1? So it actually got 2 major OS upgrades; 2.2 and 2.3 Yeah you are right. I forgot it started on eclair. I don't actually remember many great improvements from 2.1 to 2.2 (or 2.2 to 2.3 for that matter) but that might be due to the HTC Sense overlay. Plus it was a long dang time ago.
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JayKay posted:Going from a Thunderbolt to anything recent/2nd gen LTE handset is going to be mindblowing. I ditched my Thunderbolt for an iPhone 5. It's been mind blowing experience. Imagine my joy of being able to actually USE my phone for its intended purpose. Posted from my iPhone 5
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XarsonX posted:Yeah you are right. I forgot it started on eclair. I don't actually remember many great improvements from 2.1 to 2.2 (or 2.2 to 2.3 for that matter) but that might be due to the HTC Sense overlay. Plus it was a long dang time ago. 2.2 brought some good speed boosts, and 2.3 brought some minor visual improvements like the black status bar, battery usage improvements, the first not terrible stock Android keyboard, and a bunch of speed boosts. All of this was probably ruined by Sense. Oh yeah 2.2 brought the 'move to SD card' option for apps.
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I'm looking at upgrading my phone on Amazon. We have a family plan (not share everything), one line has 500 txt/month and mine has 250/month. When I go through the process on Amazon it asks me to choose a txt option, but the only one listed is pay per use @ $.20 per txt. Is this going to screw something up on our account? I don't want to get locked into a pay per use txt plan.
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quantegy posted:I'm looking at upgrading my phone on Amazon. We have a family plan (not share everything), one line has 500 txt/month and mine has 250/month. When I go through the process on Amazon it asks me to choose a txt option, but the only one listed is pay per use @ $.20 per txt. Is this going to screw something up on our account? I don't want to get locked into a pay per use txt plan. It likely will, as those plans aren't available anymore. You might be able to call afterwards and have them fix it, or you could go into a store and have them do it.
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