My question for you all is, can I buy a Windows Phone 7 phone, and simply connect to the market and xbox live through wifi? I would essentially like to keep my EVO and keep paying for the monthly service on it, but also have a WP7 device that I can use for the games and the achievements, but not have to pay a monthly phone bill for it. Is this doable/possible?
Ive looked for an answer to this, something I expected other gamers to be asking, but havent found any threads or sites that address this question.
Not sure if this helps but if i switch my HD7 to flight mode then switch the WiFi on I can get to Xbox Live and Marketplace with no issues at all.
Zune service and Live services are not carrier related. As long as you have network connection they will work.
enderet said:
My question for you all is, can I buy a Windows Phone 7 phone, and simply connect to the market and xbox live through wifi? I would essentially like to keep my EVO and keep paying for the monthly service on it, but also have a WP7 device that I can use for the games and the achievements, but not have to pay a monthly phone bill for it. Is this doable/possible?
Ive looked for an answer to this, something I expected other gamers to be asking, but havent found any threads or sites that address this question.
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yes it will work.
Maybe others are not asking because of the price of an unsubsidized phone.
I picked up my Focus off contract for $300, and it maintains 100% of the function, minus phone calls.
thanks a lot guys! I think its time to hunt one of these babies down
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yes it will work.
Maybe others are not asking because of the price of an unsubsidized phone.
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That would be a great idea right? Rent a phone - just like rent a car. Just launch an online webpage with contact details and rent the latest phones to customers for reasonable prices including insurance and stuff. And when the latest phone comes out just return the previous phone and then rent out the older phone cheaper and the newer phone at a higher price. This way one would not be fixed on one phone and developers especially would have the opportunity to develop for many more phones.
sounds like a good idea but for the price of phones i find it easier to just go buy it or take out a contract plus a contract is like renting a phone till your contract is up apart from they dont take the phone back just want your money lol
Well in the Netherlands its already happening. You can lease your phone for a period off time.
But I think the amount you need pay for leasing is still quite high, so I think you can as well buy it yourself.
Or maybe you can also lease a phone lol
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Terrible idea. What happens if you break it etc?
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the amount of time you would have to lend it out, you would barely make profit until phones are paid off. would take a while unless they are paying some crazy monthly rental fee.
In fact if you are developing for sony ericsson xperia devices you can borrow a phone from sony Mobile developer site
At this pont in time , I don't see it .
Before cell phones were so common and the providers charged high roaming fees , rental car company locations offered cell phones for rent . The rental and airtime were pricey but worth it to business people on the move.
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Terrible idea. What happens if you break it etc?
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My initial reaction too... I'm not sure I'd want to rent a phone with all the strings attached for damages
People on contract are basically Rent-to-Own.
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I called VZW to find out if I could rent an Iphone just to see if I'd like it. They said that would be an awesome idea, but no, they have no such service. I ended up just getting the GNex!
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That would be a great idea right? Rent a phone - just like rent a car. Just launch an online webpage with contact details and rent the latest phones to customers for reasonable prices including insurance and stuff. And when the latest phone comes out just return the previous phone and then rent out the older phone cheaper and the newer phone at a higher price. This way one would not be fixed on one phone and developers especially would have the opportunity to develop for many more phones.
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Well actually, in the Netherlands, it's possible. Kind of.. however, you're stuck to that one phone when you take it.. It's like leasing a phone.. You pay for it monthly, but with great replacement service etc.
Rent a phone ? O boy . Who the f..k will rent a phone . And why
well for the reason you mentioned for renting, you can just buy and sell it back when you need another device.
Sounds good, but
1) a phone's price is probably not high enough to justify a renting scheme vs data moving inconvenience. How often do you see rented laptops?
2) the current contract system is already entrenched.
I wish I could have rented a phone when I was having a issue with my razr, to see id it was the phone or not. I would have saved me a LOT of time, dealing with verizon on the phone.
I think renting for a day or a week could work, but even that would be hard.
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older phones are so cheap, I think that would make this a bad call. You can buy older blackberry curves for like 20 bucks on eBay. So if you just need a loaner smartphone, you can always do that. Granted it won't be the latest and greatest, but it will work.
...though it would be funny to get other people's calls on your rental number. haha.
sounds like a good idea！
better to just buy a new phone, rather then renting as some mobile phones are cheep anyways.
Evening all, apologies for the probably noobish question but i've done a fair amount of searching and have to give in and just ask.
My younger brother got a xoom (32gb wi-fi and 3g) on contract in the uk with three, he then neglected to pay the bill entirely.
My question to you good folks is as follows...
Can three network bar it as they could with a mobile handset who's bill remained unpaid?
If i offer to pay off his contract as the helpful, older, wiser, better looking brother and then, confiscate his tablet and sell it to recoup my huge outlay - can anyone tell me if im going to get an angry winning ebay bidder messaging me to say that it doesn't work with their sim card as its been barred/blocked etc etc??
is there anyway i can check on the actual device?, at the minute it just comes up with "no sim" although the wi-fi works fine as you'd expect.
I just want rid of it, and to have my bank balance drained as little as possible before i send photos of my brother to every retailer asking them to politely remove him from their store.
Thanks for any help that you guys can provide.
kinny
Not to be a bummer but if you did pay off his contract you probably still have a huge dent in your wallet even after selling it. Probably best bet is to just keep with the contract and keep the XOOM since it is a decent device. I know that you want to sell it but I doubt you could sell it for all that much. And if you did pay off the contract your tablet should be unlocked so I doubt people would complain if they are blocked.
Just pop-in a different SIM to check if you still get a no-SIM error.
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Chaosgod27 said:
Not to be a bummer but if you did pay off his contract you probably still have a huge dent in your wallet even after selling it. Probably best bet is to just keep with the contract and keep the XOOM since it is a decent device. I know that you want to sell it but I doubt you could sell it for all that much. And if you did pay off the contract your tablet should be unlocked so I doubt people would complain if they are blocked.
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Nah i do agree in principle but I've already got 2 laptops assorted work and home phones and an ipad so the last thing i need is another bit of kit that'll turn into a paper weight, any money back from selling is better than none as i'm resigned to paying off his bill regardless under the understanding that the device becomes mine in exchange for his credit history not becoming ruined at the age of 18.
If i paid it off it'd be over a few months rather than in a lump sum just not the remaining 17 months thats left as i want it gone and off my mind asap!
they seem to be going for £200 plus on ebay which is £200 more than if i put it in the drawer and forgot about it.
Cheers for the reply though matey, much appreciated.
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Just pop-in a different SIM to check if you still get a no-SIM error.
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The simplest solutions are usually best and in this reply i think you've just epitomised that! Will try this asap.
I still wonder if they can actually be blocked/barred though?
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Nah i do agree in principle but I've already got 2 laptops assorted work and home phones and an ipad so the last thing i need is another bit of kit that'll turn into a paper weight, any money back from selling is better than none as i'm resigned to paying off his bill regardless under the understanding that the device becomes mine in exchange for his credit history not becoming ruined at the age of 18.
If i paid it off it'd be over a few months rather than in a lump sum just not the remaining 17 months thats left as i want it gone and off my mind asap!
they seem to be going for £200 plus on ebay which is £200 more than if i put it in the drawer and forgot about it.
Cheers for the reply though matey, much appreciated.
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Hmm I see, if you want to get rid and don't mind losing a bit of money, I suppose paying it off as soon as possible and selling it will be wise. And no it won't be barred or blocked if everything works out fine. Don't know about changing ownership, lol first I heard of that but you probably have to discuss it with three. Just curious, why did your brother grab that device knowing he can't pay for it? It would've been better if he just brought it outright if you asked me.
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Hmm I see, if you want to get rid and don't mind losing a bit of money, I suppose paying it off as soon as possible and selling it will be wise. And no it won't be barred or blocked if everything works out fine. Don't know about changing ownership, lol first I heard of that but you probably have to discuss it with three. Just curious, why did your brother grab that device knowing he can't pay for it? It would've been better if he just brought it outright if you asked me.
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Not entirely sure of that myself matey? might try and beat the answer out of him at a later date though
OK so I want to buy a Samsung Focus S not as a phone (I have to cope with Verizon dumb phones since I'm not allowed a data plan) but to mess with windows phone and to play music with when I run (don't want to have to use a non touchscreen phone while running, too awkward). So I found one at a good price (140ish) and I am spending my own money in my savings account (that only my parents can get into). But when I tell them this, they say that they don't see the point because I COULD play music on my dumb phone (yuck) and they don't the the point in me getting it for windows phone because I have a tablet that does the same stuff and a phone. They are mainly against it not because of what it is or anything but because they don't understsnd why it makes sense. But I want to tinker with wp7 and have a half decent smaller device for multiple purposes. computer people, you know what I mean! No, getting the smartphone for my phone isn't an option, they won't pay my plan. I'm 17. Any help? Thanks in advance! Sorry if its in the wrong section, it's half personal and half technological so I had no clue where to put it
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Will they let *you* pay the difference for a smartphone data plan? Verizon is not that bad if you're on a family plan.
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Will they let *you* pay the difference for a smartphone data plan? Verizon is not that bad if you're on a family plan.
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Well they WOULD, but I don't have time for a job to pay for it because of the way my ap classes are etc. Really getting a simfree phone is cheaper, its just that my parents don't see the point in it. I mainly want the better camera than my tablet, and simply a decent smaller device, but they still don't see why not to mention that I am paying for the simfree phone myself. I have $ for a $140 focus s without a plan, but not $360/year for such a data plan
I really hope this is not a stupid question. I have looked around here and although I have searched some of other posts, I have not found an answer. I am certain part of the issue is that I am not a techie expert when it comes to phones/android/hotspots.
I will be working in a remote area where the only cell service is ATT. I do not know if it will be for 30 days of 6 months as of yet. Outside of satellite internet which is cost prohibitive for my need ($$ upfront with contract, etc), there are no other options in the area. I use ST for my ATT service.
I need to enable mobile hotspot on my Inspire 4g phone but can not do so because it is an ATT phone (I own) and ST apparently can not allow me to do this. I am not looking to stream movies or TV, just the ability to use a couple of wireless devices to surf the web read email (on a screen I can read from) for the duration.
Do I have to root my phone to do this? I have read the forum posts about this and despite all the assurances that this is simple, trust me it is no where near that for someone like me.....
Thoughts?
Yes, you need to root your phone to tether. Easy Ace Root Tool can probably help.
Is there someone out there I can send the phone to that can root it for me?
I tried right after I got the phone (when it first came out) and "bricked" it and ended up having to get another. Like I said I have read through the instructions and they couldn't be more confusing as far as I am concerned. I would just as soon pay someone to do it for me.
Thanks.....
robertjastrow said:
Is there someone out there I can send the phone to that can root it for me?
I tried right after I got the phone (when it first came out) and "bricked" it and ended up having to get another. Like I said I have read through the instructions and they couldn't be more confusing as far as I am concerned. I would just as soon pay someone to do it for me.
Thanks.....
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You could always check with your local shops. I personally don't know of any places that perform root services.
bananagranola said:
You could always check with your local shops. I personally don't know of any places that perform root services.
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Rural nature of the environment in general is such that there are no shops to visit.
robertjastrow said:
Rural nature of the environment in general is such that there are no shops to visit.
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Ah, I thought you had not yet gone. No idea then, sorry.
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Ah, I thought you had not yet gone. No idea then, sorry.
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Current area rural (population ~6000) with cable internet. Future area makes rural look metropolis (population me).
If anyone out there knows where I can ship my phone to to get it properly rooted, it would be appreciated. Just let me know what it will cost and I will UPS or FedEx or USPS it there and give a few bucks extra to cover the trip back.
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10 Yr old acct here, and most of the necessary text is in the title... I own EVERYTHING google and this is completely heartbreaking. Tablets, an entire family with Nexus's, Chromecast, glass etc.
Trying to let this affect my life as little as possible. Bought my 360 via Moto, but I seem to be locked out of Nexus Device purchases via play, app purchases, RMA warranty options via account holds, and Tap and Pay via NFC.
Never suffered a chargeback or a problem, and I know the guy that I transacted with regularly... Google sent vague "business transactions may violate TOS" emails once or twice, but I replied that I knew the person on the other end and called in to verify that everything was Google to go.
Then one day it was locked.
They've even OK'd business transactions now (New TOS), but conversely banned digital things since june, so the issue flipped from one problem to another..
Advice on alts, and any future prospect of sorting things out?
Thanks!
Sounds like an issue between you and them .... Not sure what anyone here can do for you?
Rules is rules usually. Break them and the hammer falls.
KJ said:
Sounds like an issue between you and them .... Not sure what anyone here can do for you?
Rules is rules usually. Break them and the hammer falls.
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Wondering if, since I can't seem to get anywhere within their departments and a lifetime google ban is INSANE as an outcome, if there are any other NFC tap and pay options to use in stores, or advice on buying apps. Thanks/
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Wondering if, since I can't seem to get anywhere within their departments and a lifetime google ban is INSANE as an outcome, if there are any other NFC tap and pay options to use in stores, or advice on buying apps. Thanks/
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If you got a life time ban I think you're on your own
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