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EbolaIvory posted:Roaming min take out of your min bucket.
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So apparently Sprint has a new activation page that allows accounts with SIM-LTE devices to activate SIMless-LTE devices and vice versa (say, when you're tired of your S4 and want to swap back to your S3). However, on my "SERO Premium 500" account, step #2 of activation is "Change your plan", for which the page states: Sprint posted:Instructions about what the user is seeing and what they need to do on this page to move forward in the ESN swap. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod incidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Anyways, it gives me the option to switch to these plans, none of which are SERO:
So, long story short, if I want to swap devices I have to have a CSR do it, as in the past?
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Jul 18, 2013 21:46
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Krime posted:the only ones that have been guaranteed to not be eaten alive by your phone were Samsung brand cards.  Seriously though, SD cards have awfully poor longevity. Sandisk Ultra cards are pretty good, except the bad ones that get eaten all the time. Make sure to get the good ones.
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Jul 22, 2013 20:40
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Wilford Cutlery posted:Is there any reason to go the Asurion route? There's two reasons to go with Asurion. The first is that the official Samsung repair process replaces the entire glass, digitizer, and screen, for $172, but what you get is a flawless screen instead of one that might have some imperfections or dust or something from separating the digitizer from the glass. With Asurion you get essentially the same job for $22 less and a fixed phone overnight, instead of ten days later. Also, if there's any damage to the device besides the glass, like a bent frame, the Asurion route resolves that too. Wilford Cutlery posted:Is there any reason to continue paying for TEP?
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Aug 3, 2013 00:08
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So how is the Nexus 5 situation? Are updates as timely as the Play-sold model? Is it generally better than what happened with the Nexus S/Galaxy Nexus? I'm trying to figure out my Sprint/Samsung exit strategy. I'd just go T-Mo and actually have been testing with a T-Mo SIM for a bit, but they're 2G only on the interstates whereas Sprint has been LTE for a lot of what I drive for a while now. That leaves AT&T, but I might be willing to stick with Sprint if I can at least use a non-hosed-up phone. Edit: Can I pick up a Play-store N5 and pop in a Sprint SIM? I can't imagine that would actually work, but it would be perfect if it did.
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Jul 26, 2014 17:34
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The Electronaut posted:You'll need to pick up a SIM specifically for the N5. It'd be nice to have a backup phone, but changing activation on a SERO line is seriously strenuous exercise.
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Jul 26, 2014 17:48
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It's probably a bit late for me to jump on the N5. My S4 isn't going to blow up anytime soon, so I'll probably just wait for L phone and reevaluate the situation then. The part that frustrates me the most is that Sprint's data service has been awful forever, but at least their voice worked just fine. But now wherever LTE service is rolling out it seems like voice is going to poo poo. Half the time I pick up calls at home the other side sounds like an unintelligible robot until the call drops five seconds later. It was not always this way.
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Jul 27, 2014 01:01
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Jliznel posted:But just swapping the sim will not transfer service. I was under the impression that with the Chameleon provisioning software (non-embedded-SIM) Sprint LTE devices worked the same way. Maybe not.
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Jul 27, 2014 03:08
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Is there any reason to think the iPhone 6 would not be available for subsidized upgrade on SERO 500 + Premium Data? I cringe at the idea of re-upping with Sprint, but my wife wants an iPhone 6 and their voice service quality has gotten back to "reasonable" now that their LTE rollout around here is mostly complete.
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Sep 12, 2014 00:24
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In my experience T-Mobile has equal or better coverage in cities but quickly drops to EDGE once you get outside them. Sprint isn't fantastically better, but they have "at least" EVDO on all Interstate corridors I travel and LTE for much of that even. Basically, over the past few months I've actually been able to make use of unlimited data with streaming audio on (frequent) long distance trips I make. T-Mo can't do that yet, possibly ever. it's a niche case where Sprint might make sense.
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Jan 7, 2015 19:32
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I said come in! posted:I just can't find the plan to add to my account on Sprint's stupid rear end website. I believe the hotspot addons do prorate if you turn them off before the end of the month. So if you only need hotspot for a weekend or something it's considerably cheaper than the monthly rates. There doesn't appear to be a separate tethering option anymore. It might be rolled into the hotspot addon.
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Jan 19, 2015 02:34
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How are you using 5 GB/mo if the service is so terrible? I didn't break 2 GB in a month, rarely even 1 GB, until LTE was good enough to do reliable streaming.
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Mar 25, 2015 22:04
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Wilford Cutlery posted:Just call and ask for the Canada Roaming Plan. It's $2.99/mo for reduced rates. If I recall from my last trip, the $3/mo charge is prorated too. So if you only use it for a week, it's like 75¢. Just be sure to turn the feature off when you get back.
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Mar 31, 2015 17:49
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Dominus Vobiscum posted:Are Sprint corporate stores really not supposed to touch SERO accounts at all or was I getting the runaround from the CSR? To be fair, I've run into the exact same crap with Verizon. I needed a new SIM to use for one month of prepaid iPad data ($20) but they wouldn't give me a SIM unless I was activating it on a postpaid account. Anyways, I found it a straightforward experience to call Sprint and ask them to mail a SIM card. It takes a few days, but if you do it at the time you order the device, it's not so bad.
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Feb 7, 2016 23:50
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It's 2021 and I just came to say that SERO to SWAC still works for any other morons that have ignored this thread for two years.
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Jan 4, 2021 18:17
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Since only whitelisted devices are still allowed on Sprint plans, my suspicion is that they're just going to stop adding devices to it. So even if you're already on T-Mobile service, you'll be forced to switch to a T-Mobile plan to use new devices in the future. I just picked up a Pixel 5a, so it's probably 3-4 years for me if they don't force everyone off by then. Otherwise I don't know if/how they can straight-up switch plans on you if you do literally nothing. I'm sure their T&Cs give them the authority to do that though.
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Sep 21, 2021 17:21
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Medullah posted:I'm going to have to get a new phone this year and I'm not looking forward to the activation dance. I turned on the phone, connected it to WiFi, did the "Sprint" network activation. It asked me for my phone number, PIN, and the number of the line I wanted to swap. Then it automatically activated on T-Mobile (TNX).
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I was able to activate my Pixel 5a on TNX via eSIM and it was astonishingly straightforward--I selected "Sprint" during setup and entered my phone number and PIN. Probably what helped in that process is I went to a store to get a TNX SIM for my Pixel 2 a few days before, as I wanted to transition that over before deactivating it in case I needed to go back to it again.
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