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If I buy a phone online from Amazon or Costco and sign up for a data plan will it matter if I end up activating it after the 7th?
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Jul 3, 2011 08:18
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How did you get it for $50? It's $80 at my Costco.
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Jul 6, 2011 07:38
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Waiting to see how the battery life is on the Bionic, I bought my Incredible 2 at Costco for the 90 return policy
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Sep 7, 2011 21:46
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kalibar posted:Topolsky reviewed it and didn't have a lot to say about the display. He mentioned getting 11 hours off the battery, which sounds same as (worse than?) the Charge: Didn't Motorola engineer their own LTE radio for the Bionic? I thought that one of the reasons it was delayed was so they could build it with their more efficient radio
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Sep 8, 2011 08:24
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I activated my Rezound last night and have yet to receive a 4G signal on it (last night they told me the 4G network was down) Nice job Verizon 
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Dec 30, 2011 22:38
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I have restarted it a few times to see if that was the problem but no luck so far. The coverage map on Verizon's website clearly shows I live in a 4G area so I'm pretty sure I should be receiving a signal
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Dec 31, 2011 01:31
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Sometimes when I restart the phone a 4G connection icon pops up, but then it goes away and switches to 3G. Going to take it to the Verizon store tomorrow, maybe there's something wrong with the SIM
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Dec 31, 2011 07:00
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It turns out 4G coverage just sucks around here and my phone was fine at the store. I think it has been having the 3G problems because of the buggy 3G/4G radio switching
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Dec 31, 2011 23:21
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ghostinmyshell posted:I was curious if anyone else did really. The Rezound has a nice screen, a loud speaker, and a good camera. The downside is it's kind of thick and you have to put up with Sense 
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Jan 2, 2012 22:03
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kstatix posted:Yeah, and like every other HTC phone, the battery is worse in comparison to other high end phones. Yeah, I'm considering switching to an iPhone because 1) every android phone has to have a huge screen and 2) battery life sucks
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Jan 2, 2012 23:54
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zaha posted:What really made me seriously look at the Rezound was the ability to permanently remove Sense. I'm not a fan of it either. Someone came up with a nice script that disables Sense and freezes all Bloatware. And since then there's been a fairly painless permanent root solution, so I'm happy with the future prospects. Like I said, the Rezound is a nice phone but HTC's interface and the fact it's so darn big have me contemplating an iPhone instead. It's nice that HTC allows you to unlock the bootloader now but the fact that it voids your warranty and you can't relock it is stupid. If there's a hardware failure that's not caused by rooting why shouldn't they have to cover it? Ridiculous. 4G reception around here isn't very good (despite what Verizon's coverage map indicates) so my Rezound switches between the 3G and 4G radios a lot and sometimes it just loses all data connectivity. According to the Verizon sales rep I talked to in the store, the hand off from 3G to 4G works fine but going from 4G to 3G will sometimes hang up both radios, he advised me to just turn off the LTE radio completely. It's been my experience so far that Verizon has marketed 4G to consumers too early, the reliability has been bad (it was down when I tried to activate my phone), the coverage sucks, and it drains your battery.
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Jan 5, 2012 04:38
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Mighty Horse posted:Call me crazy, but I Actually like Sense. I think Sense looks awful, is a huge resource hog, and, as someone else stated, the dock is terrible. Pretty much the only thing I like about Sense is the dialer.
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Jan 5, 2012 20:07
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BoyBlunder posted:It's to program your phone (opt1) and update roaming capabilities (opt2). I don't have an option to bring up the dialpad from the screen to hit 2. Hold down the menu button to bring up the keyboard and then enter 1 or 2 on that
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Jan 9, 2012 02:19
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Why does a phone that is half as thick as the Rezound have over twice as much battery capacity
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Jan 10, 2012 07:42
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Mark Larson posted:This is exactly why I think a non-removable battery can work. The regular Razr has a 2000 mAh battery, that's about as big as the extended battery on the GN. The extended battery on the Rezound is ridiculous
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Jan 10, 2012 08:11
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Absolute Zero posted:Hey guys, quick question. I'm on Verizon and had been using a the standard Motorola Droid for the last two years. My phone got stolen last week, but I guess the plus there is it gives me an excuse to upgrade. It depends on a few factors. I found Verizon's 4G coverage to be unreliable (down nationwide 3 times in December when I was trying out a Rezound) and spotty, at least in my coverage area (even the Verizon rep at the store said 4G coverage sucks here, despite what their official map says). The Rezound also had a lot of trouble switching between the 4G and 3G radios and a software bug would sometimes render both inoperable until a reboot, something I have heard happens on other 4G phones too. 4G is really fast when it works but I found that 3G is fine for 99% of my personal phone usage; poor coverage, software glitches, and awful battery life pushed me towards a 3G phone for at least one more upgrade cycle.
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Jan 22, 2012 23:51
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Dancing Peasant posted:Initially, I thought the new plan was a terrible idea. However, the more I think about it, the more it may seem feasible. I'm currently on a family plan with four phones (two of them being smartphones). Our current bill is almost $300. Moving to the new plan with 5GBs of shared data is going to be about $250 with taxes and bullshit fees included. So maybe the idea of this plan might be beneficial to those that have a bunch of devices. Our family plan with 2 smart phones and two dumb phones with 700 minutes and unlimited text is only $170 a month, how could your plan be so much more 
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Jun 13, 2012 06:35
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Is it possible to use a smartphone on Verizon's network without a data plan? I know you're required to upgrade to data when purchasing a contract but can you activate an old smartphone with just voice and text?
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Jul 25, 2012 04:51
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ProjektorBoy posted:It's not possible. When Verizon's network sees your ESN it's going to know exactly which phone you're using and will force on a data plan. You can go for the not-exactly-legal practice of ESN cloning but you won't find out how to do that here. No, I was just wondering if I could put my mom on a smartphone. She doesn't need data really as wifi would suffice, too bad I guess.
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Jul 26, 2012 07:08
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WeaselWeaz posted:Buy her an iPod Touch. Considered it but I don't think the camera is good enough to replace her point and shoot unfortunately.
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Jul 26, 2012 07:29
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I thought everything with a bad ESN was lost/stolen?
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Jul 27, 2012 04:35
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Does Verizon offer a monthly discount for bringing your own phone and not signing up for a two year contract?
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