my buddy was on his girlfriends plan. they split up, she reported his phone lost/stolen. its a Verizon HTC Thunderbolt 4G whatever.
is there anything i can do with this phone now, or is it basically worthless?
also, i believe he intends to turn her in for reporting it stolen when she clearly knew it was not lol
only thing you can do is flash it to cricket or another small cdma carrier.
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my buddy was on his girlfriends plan. they split up, she reported his phone lost/stolen. its a Verizon HTC Thunderbolt 4G whatever.
is there anything i can do with this phone now, or is it basically worthless?
also, i believe he intends to turn her in for reporting it stolen when she clearly knew it was not lol
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Try explaining it to verizon? Lol
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my buddy was on his girlfriends plan. they split up, she reported his phone lost/stolen. its a Verizon HTC Thunderbolt 4G whatever.
is there anything i can do with this phone now, or is it basically worthless?
also, i believe he intends to turn her in for reporting it stolen when she clearly knew it was not lol
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Unfortunately, if it was under her name, she can do whatever she wants.
Moral of the story: Get your own plan.
so he's stuck with it then?
If he isn't on the account at all he has zero options. As far as reporting her there is no recourse. Other than not paying the suspend fee of $15 she didn't do anything wrong.
It's a WiFi device at this point, or try to sell it to an idiot on Craigslist.
I am in Atlanta. A phone like that would easily sell for $200 on Craigslist advertised with "Bad ESN". For $60 including the first month's bill and activation it could be flashed to Metro PCS.
Buy GrooVe IP on the market and get a Google voice number. Give everyone your Google voice phone number. Keep wifi on wherever you go. As long as you have wifi, you have a phone.
Is it perfect? No. But at least you will have a phone. Then when you get a new phone, have Google voice forward the calls to your new number so that you don't miss anything.
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Good thing she did it before July 7 he still has time to get him another one with unlimited data
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lulz really?
agreed, if its not your account, then bail, sell it for what you can get it for on craigslist and open your own account. Amazon has thunderbolts for 99 bucks with new contract.
There's always a possibility that a dev could use it for a test devcie
You can just pop another 4g sim in and it will work, I did it on a "bad imei" Droid charge.
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G2x working on web2go or t-zones?
FYI, T-mobile has a list of all IMEI matched up to its respective device. It's up to T-mobile whether or not it's black-listed. That's why sometimes when calling CSR, they will be able to call you that you have an iPhone despite T-mobile not carrying the iPhone. You may argue, "nexus14, when I log into mytmobile.com, my phone shows up as a blank image! therefore, T-mobile must not know what phone I'm carrying."
Wrong. T-mobile knows -- it's either T-mobile doesn't have a stock image of your device or it hasn't been programed into their website yet. Regardless, there exist some sort of master IMEI list that links up to each respective device.
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I will let you know tomorrow
I am wondering if i will have to buy the phone outright to keep my tzones or if they will consider that a data plan and let me use my upgrade...
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I will let you know tomorrow
I am wondering if i will have to buy the phone outright to keep my tzones or if they will consider that a data plan and let me use my upgrade...
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My understanding is regardless of buying outright, they have the imei numbers in there database from these phones and would prompt you for an upgrade and wouldnt work. Isnt it the nexus phones that t-mobile doesnt get the imei numbers from?
I highly doubt it will work.
MyTouch 4 and OT don't work with my grandfathered web2go (got error page), so don't have high hope.
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My understanding is regardless of buying outright, they have the imei numbers in there database from these phones and would prompt you for an upgrade and wouldnt work. Isnt it the nexus phones that t-mobile doesnt get the imei numbers from?
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I believe it was only the Nexus One that didn't have its IMEI documented with T-Mobile. When I switched over to my Nexus S, I was no longer able to use my $10 data plan. It was a real kick in the crotch.
And that's the Nexus S, which wasn't even sold directly from T-Mo. I wouldn't get my hopes up about web2go on the G2X
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I believe it was only the Nexus One that didn't have its IMEI documented with T-Mobile. When I switched over to my Nexus S, I was no longer able to use my $10 data plan. It was a real kick in the crotch.
And that's the Nexus S, which wasn't even sold directly from T-Mo. I wouldn't get my hopes up about web2go on the G2X
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I can confirm that $10 web2go (not 200MB) works with nexus one but NOT NS (except you root it and move /efs folder to safe place).
As I have "4G web" tagged on my EM+ 3 in 1 plan, I am fine with it, but 3rd line (with web2go) will have problem.
t-zones/web2go will not work on the g2x.
i heard in settings, there isnt an option to edit the apn in order for one to use t-zones/web2go.
so there will be a point in time where we will all have to cough up $30 data plan or whatever..
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t-zones/web2go will not work on the g2x.
i heard in settings, there isnt an option to edit the apn in order for one to use t-zones/web2go.
so there will be a point in time where we will all have to cough up $30 data plan or whatever..
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There is an option to add a new APN, you just can't modify the default epc.tmobile.com one.
Oddly enough my web2go (or whatever the $10 dollar plan is called) is working. I'm using the internet2.voicestream.com.
Hopefully it stays this way.
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There is an option to add a new APN, you just can't modify the default epc.tmobile.com one.
Oddly enough my web2go (or whatever the $10 dollar plan is called) is working. I'm using the internet2.voicestream.com.
Hopefully it stays this way.
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No phone yet... but if web2go works then t-zones should work... they use the same apn's
and i am coming from a nexus one...
It might work for a short period like the NS did. But eventually, but will start blocking imei. If web2go works, this would be THE phone and the end of all the HD2er
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I will let you know tomorrow
I am wondering if i will have to buy the phone outright to keep my tzones or if they will consider that a data plan and let me use my upgrade...
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If you do the upgrade thru their website, you are not automatically forced into a data plan. But by doing this, you will not get MIR.
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In the G2x thread in the Nexus One forums, someone just said that web2go is working on their new G2x.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13007480&postcount=129
This is good news. I hope it stays this way and more people confirm it working it the coming weeks.
Damn I just got a HTC Incredible S (it works with T-zones) and I am going to be upset at myself for not getting this instead.
If the phone works for one billing cycle on Web2go/T-zones, I think we will be gold. Hope T-Mobile throws its loyal customers a bone with allowing this to work on non-capped dumbphone plans.
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Damn I just got a HTC Incredible S (it works with T-zones) and I am going to be upset at myself for not getting this instead.
If the phone works for one billing cycle on Web2go/T-zones, I think we will be gold. Hope T-Mobile throws its loyal customers a bone with allowing this to work on non-capped dumbphone plans.
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htc IS works on t-zone/web2go? confirmed? where can I get more info?
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htc IS works on t-zone/web2go? confirmed? where can I get more info?
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Yes it works, check the HTC IS thread or HoFo
Day 2....how is it going for all Web2go/T-zones people?
Thinking about trying it out....
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Day 2....how is it going for all Web2go/T-zones people?
Thinking about trying it out....
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Okay, but I expect it won't last long.
I had to get a new sim card for my phone so my tzones plan had to go ...
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I had to get a new sim card for my phone so my tzones plan had to go ...
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Why did you have to dump T Zones when you got a new sim card?
OK I had at&t for a long time now but as ot late last year any upgrade to a phone will change a data plan. Fortunate i still have the $15 unlimited data plan on my phone. Gone from from mpx 220 to touch pro and baccflip. Currently using an unlocced Mytouch slide which works great but I have no 3G and I'm seriously missing it. If I go to any phone that's comparable to the Mythouch Slide that is actually from AT&T I would loose this plan. So is the any phones I could get that is comparable or better that wouldn't change my plan. Heard something along the lines that I could use a phone on the Orange Network that is from my canadian brothers up north and could actually do that but would like to get some confirmation or ideas from my fellow XDA'ers.
They should not change your data plan. You should be grandfathered in. If they do that is BS but you could always by one. Look for the phone you want on here,ebay and craigslist.
I would recommend calling ATT again because everytike you speak with someone, there story seems to change. Maybe you'll get lucky and get on the phone with someone who will help you out
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Richard1510 said:
They should not change your data plan. You should be grandfathered in. If they do that is BS but you could always by one. Look for the phone you want on here,ebay and craigslist.
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I agree is BS but it's true. Started like Sep of 2010. Changing the requirement of smartphones. Once it's added to the account it will automatically change your data plan.
I would find a phone you like that works on ATT and buy it from someone. No way would I get it from ATT if that's the case.
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I've read a lot of post about at&t being a terrible network and blah blah blah. I want your opinion on it. I've been with at&t for a long time. I've been with them when was 'Cingular'. Now I've noticed since the atrix and inspire have came out, my network has been very inconsistent. Are you noticing this too? And is it enough to make you switch?
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I'm generally happy with speeds and service. Minus the major spots (JFK, LAX, any sporting event) i've never had issues.
I too have been with them since cingular. I have noticed no change. Its the same service I had with my iphone. /Shrug
Ppl were complaining when I had that too But as far as Data was concerned it always worked. i could Stream movies or Sirius any time all day/night.
Still do/can. I don't use the phone part of my cell phones tho so I may have a skewed opinion. I think I currently have 4000+ Roll Over minutes
Ya if I paid for my bill id switch ATT sucks ass ill be on Verizon when my dad makes me start paying
ATT is a bunch of crooks I don't know why my dad puts up with it always some extra charges on there and they never take it off my dad had to call 3 times to get the 9.99 for ATT navigator off my line I kept telling my dad my phone doesn't even have that stupid app cuz I deleted all the bloatware
My girlfriend also works for a ATT call center and they teach them to slam and cram peoples accounts because they think no one will notice the goverment should of never let them buy out t mobile.
ATT got ride of there unlimited plan luckily im grandfathered in
But they put a cap on t mobile unlimited plan after they bought it I think its 5gb then u just get super slow speeds after that
There a giant corperation and there hungry for nickels and dimes
I suggest everyone who pUsh there ATT bill to take a close look at it
Oh one more thing there home dsl internet has a cap on it also 150 gb a month most people won't hit that ya bit if you have netflix streaming you'll hit it every month in my opinion alkida needs to pit there focus on blowing ATT up and not towers
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Ya if I paid for my bill id switch ATT sucks ass ill be on Verizon when my dad makes me start paying
ATT is a bunch of crooks I don't know why my dad puts up with it always some extra charges on there and they never take it off my dad had to call 3 times to get the 9.99 for ATT navigator off my line I kept telling my dad my phone doesn't even have that stupid app cuz I deleted all the bloatware
My girlfriend also works for a ATT call center and they teach them to slam and cram peoples accounts because they think no one will notice the goverment should of never let them buy out t mobile.
ATT got ride of there unlimited plan luckily im grandfathered in
But they put a cap on t mobile unlimited plan after they bought it I think its 5gb then u just get super slow speeds after that
There a giant corperation and there hungry for nickels and dimes
I suggest everyone who pUsh there ATT bill to take a close look at it
Oh one more thing there home dsl internet has a cap on it also 150 gb a month most people won't hit that ya bit if you have netflix streaming you'll hit it every month in my opinion alkida needs to pit there focus on blowing ATT up and not towers
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Wow that was so hard to read I think My brain vomited.
ATT has not been approved to buy T-Mobile yet.....Altho they will most likely get it.
Alkida? My God what the hell......
There, their, and they're.
There is a place. Like hey i am going over there.
Then we have the word Their, It shows possession. Like that is theirs.
We also have they're or, they are. As is they’re over there, you can see their car. See these, ............ .. . . . .<--- these are the periods you left out of your entire post.
Verizon and att both have subpar performance for price. Generally all American providers are horrible.
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Wow that was so hard to read I think My brain vomited.
ATT has not been approved to buy T-Mobile yet.....Altho they will most likely get it.
Alkida? My God what the hell......
There, their, and they're.
There is a place. Like hey i am going over there.
Then we have the word Their, It shows possession. Like that is theirs.
We also have they're or, they are. As is they’re over there, you can see their car. See these, ............ .. . . . .<--- these are the periods you left out of your entire post.
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Lol. I'm trying to remember if this is the same poster I had punctuation issues with recently.
Txts alot, was the excuse, I believe. I wonder if teachers/professors accept that as a valid reason these days.
I'm sad with the speeds I get overall with ATT but I'm in a contract. Plus the phones are fun
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It's the same person LOL i don't use periods on my phone if i was on a computer that would be a different story haha
Your lucky my phone didn't auto correct to something else I sent my boss a text one day and was trying to spell kati yet somehow it became marijuana let's just say I don't work there any more bahaha
ATT is very dirty you should hear half the stories my girlfriend tells me when she gets home
One person had 600$ in long distance charges all because they didn't have a 5$ a month plan
And the worst part is the lady didn't make any of the calls someone tapped into her line and wracked all that up here's another one
Customer calls and complains that he's being charged overages inhospitable cell phone bill for data when he presumed he had unlimited turns out some store employee changed his account to the 4gb plan when he came into the store to add a line. Theres a period ROFL bahahaha
Sorry but any company that puts a limit in the internet is f'd up in my book whether or not its cell phone or home phone its just flat out ridiculous PERIOD
And for anyone with ATT home service I bet you got a lil 5$ a month service line protection plan on your bill and I bet if you ask to remove it'll still be there or it will be back in a matter of time.
They teach their (yes I do know the difference ) employees to slam and cram all kinds of Crap service plan just one of many little extra charges you will catch on your bill
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It's the same person LOL i don't use periods on my phone if i was on a computer that would be a different story haha
Your lucky my phone didn't auto correct to something else I sent my boss a text one day and was trying to spell kati yet somehow it became marijuana let's just say I don't work there any more bahaha
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I don't know why, but I like you. Haha
Are you sure because I've already seen tmobile - ATT comercials on tv about there merge
Awwww thats sweet
I'm gonna hit your thanks button
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Thanks for all the replys guys but i won't be switching anytime soon because in my area (southern California) I have good signal and decent speeds. Sprint doesnt have good signal(in my area), Verizon is too expensive for me and t mobile isnt in the picture. When at&t and t mobile merge fully, we will be the national largest 4G network so why switch now?
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I really haven't had any problems out of them. Of course, I'm not the one paying the bill either. Lol. If I have a problem my mother-in-law can get it corrected with no questions asked. If I was using mobile data more than WiFi, my speeds wouldn't be that drastically different. D/l speeds are around 3.5 mbps, both mobile and WiFi. U/l speeds are 1.5 mbps on mobile, and .3 mbps on WiFi. I had iWireless prior to being added to the account, which runs on the Sprint network, and out here in T county TN, Sprint's service is terrible. With ATT, I actually get service at places that Sprint doesn't cover. My opinion is, after researching plan options from ATT and Verizon, that with the new data plans, Verizon is the most money hungry carrier of em all. 100 dollars for 5gbs per month? At least ATT you get 2gbs for only 30 dollars. With the options we currently have with ATT, if we got the same thing with Verizon, we would be charged over 300 dollars a month.
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I really haven't had any problems out of them. Of course, I'm not the one paying the bill either. Lol. If I have a problem my mother-in-law can get it corrected with no questions asked. If I was using mobile data more than WiFi, my speeds wouldn't be that drastically different. D/l speeds are around 3.5 mbps, both mobile and WiFi. U/l speeds are 1.5 mbps on mobile, and .3 mbps on WiFi. I had iWireless prior to being added to the account, which runs on the Sprint network, and out here in T county TN, Sprint's service is terrible. With ATT, I actually get service at places that Sprint doesn't cover. My opinion is, after researching plan options from ATT and Verizon, that with the new data plans, Verizon is the most money hungry carrier of em all. 100 dollars for 5gbs per month? At least ATT you get 2gbs for only 30 dollars. With the options we currently have with ATT, if we got the same thing with Verizon, we would be charged over 300 dollars a month.
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Agreed. And yours is $30 for 2gb? Here you get 2gb for $25, but I have unlimited and I havent seen my unlimited data being capped
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There has been no big change. Been with AT&T since 2000>>Cingular>>AT&T. If anything this backhaul thing is an improvement in my area. I get good customer service, albeit with Enterprise Customer Care...and yes they still try to cram stuff I don't need at me. I think most sales peeps are like that. I just take it upon myself to withstand the onslaught. There have been times I have found stuff on my bill that I didn't want / believe I asked for. Just call them up, and they have retro'd my bill every time with usually no fuss, and usually an apology. I can be down with that. Due diligence and direct/firm/clear and not a-holish communication goes a long ways in my experience...
Lol. Too funny
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There has been no big change. Been with AT&T since 2000>>Cingular>>AT&T. If anything this backhaul thing is an improvement in my area. I get good customer service, albeit with Enterprise Customer Care...and yes they still try to cram stuff I don't need at me. I think most sales peeps are like that. I just take it upon myself to withstand the onslaught. There have been times I have found stuff on my bill that I didn't want / believe I asked for. Just call them up, and they have retro'd my bill every time with usually no fuss, and usually an apology. I can be down with that. Due diligence and direct/firm/clear and not a-holish communication goes a long ways in my experience...
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One thing I forgot to mention. The great customer service
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I don't know why, but I like you. Haha
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I know why after looking at your post in that other thread a couple up from this one...
Your "blowy removed" is an instant cult classic.
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Agreed. And yours is $30 for 2gb? Here you get 2gb for $25, but I have unlimited and I havent seen my unlimited data being capped
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Yeah, $30 is how much they charge us for the 2gb plan around here, which is around the Memphis area. I've just got the $15 200mb data plan as I only use data on WiFi exclusively. You have the "true" unlimited that ATT used to have. Users who had the plan back in their iPhone days, prior to upgrading to the Inspire, won't see their unlimited data capped. I think they feel it would be bad business to cap the data of former and current iPhone users with the old unlimited data plan. Good thing you got it when they still offered it.
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The only reason I use ATT is because it works at every military base i've been to where other phone companies don't. That being said I will be jumping to verizon once my contract is up haha
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So I had the Inspire 4G on AT&T and my girlfriend became an ex and now I don't have service. I was wondering if I can swap the ROM to a Verizon ROM and run it on their network. Please help.
Short answer, no. The long answer has to do with radio frequencies and technology used. For voice and 2G data you could use T-mobile. You may have a regional service provider option also. I do not know what is available in your area.
No you can't. ATT is gsm and Verizon is cdma. You could use it on tmobile if its unlocked but will only get edge speeds.
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Your best option is to sell the phone now, while its hot and get some good money off of it and buy another phone.
I personally am still pretty new to rooting and all but doesn't verizon have sim cards for their world phones?
Thanks for the information, I didn't think I would be able to. It is rooted but I need to do a complete wipe on the phone and return it to stock with root. Thanks for the help and hopefully I will be able to sell this with some scuffs on it. Maybe just try for $100 rooted.
or unlock it and use simple mobile... unlimited everything for like 60 bucks a month, ( and 3g ) no contract. but check coverage.. etc....
Why not do the most simple thing get a pay as you go phone. Swap the sim into the inspire. $50 unlimited everything. Don't try telling me it wont work either. I have used two different iphones and a blackberry on pay as you go. And dont try the different sim thing either. When I went contract they had me use the same sim. Just go get a cheap pay as you go phone register it swap the sim and try it out.
Buddy 3g won't work. The frequency bands are not compatible with tmkbile(simple mobile). Unless you got Att or a side branch that runs off at towers and signal, you will ONLY get Edge speeds end of story. Don't proven using tmobile and simple mobile.
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or unlock it and use simple mobile... unlimited everything for like 60 bucks a month, ( and 3g ) no contract. but check coverage.. etc....
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Att doesn't offer a $50 prepaid unlimited everything. It's text and talk only. Don't provide false info
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Why not do the most simple thing get a pay as you go phone. Swap the sim into the inspire. $50 unlimited everything. Don't try telling me it wont work either. I have used two different iphones and a blackberry on pay as you go. And dont try the different sim thing either. When I went contract they had me use the same sim. Just go get a cheap pay as you go phone register it swap the sim and try it out.
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mattmiller said:
Att doesn't offer a $50 prepaid unlimited everything. It's text and talk only. Don't provide false info
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Know what your talking about before opening your mouth or atleast check first.
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-ph...ne-plans.jsp?ContentId=900270&_requestid=1459
Right from att.
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@carl,
In order to use to $50 unlimited with a smartphone, a separate data package must be added.
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@carl,
In order to use to $50 unlimited with a smartphone, a separate data package must be added.
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What he said. I can tell you from personal experience as I use att prepaid, DATA is not included.
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What he said. I can tell you from personal experience as I use att prepaid, DATA is not included.
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Really your going to call att and say I have a smartphone. I'm telling you I used two iPhones and a blackberry on pay as you go. Hell I used the iPhone plan for a month when I first got my inspire. And on pay as you go its not a contract what are they gonna do send you an email saying you need the proper data plan. Really come on.
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Really your going to call att and say I have a smartphone. I'm telling you I used two iPhones and a blackberry on pay as you go. Hell I used the iPhone plan for a month when I first got my inspire. And on pay as you go its not a contract what are they gonna do send you an email saying you need the proper data plan. Really come on.
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No the charge you by the KB. 1cent per. If you read the fine print it is plainly stated. And yes sense my IMEI is in the system they know what phone I have an am using. I even told them what phone when I swapped out from the captivate.
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No the charge you by the KB. 1cent per. If you read the fine print it is plainly stated. And yes sense my IMEI is in the system they know what phone I have an am using. I even told them what phone when I swapped out from the captivate.
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Your getting screwed. Really dude put your sim in a cheap phone. Get your imei changed. Then try and don't bother calling them to change back. Dude really come on man you don't have to call them every time you change phones. By the way read yourself the fine print doesn't say anything about price per KB. Says it requires a data plan. Your still talking stupid if I could use an iPhone on pay as you go the I assure you if you don't call them and say hey I have an inspire (duh) it will work just fine for you. Don't be like the genius above and spill your guts.
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Your getting screwed. Really dude put your sim in a cheap phone. Get your imei changed. Then try and don't bother calling them to change back. Dude really come on man you don't have to call them every time you change phones. By the way read yourself the fine print doesn't say anything about price per KB. Says it requires a data plan. Your still talking stupid if I could use an iPhone on pay as you go the I assure you if you don't call them and say hey I have an inspire (duh) it will work just fine for you. Don't be like the genius above and spill your guts.
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Probably not a smart move flaming a mod..... just saying.
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Your getting screwed. Really dude put your sim in a cheap phone. Get your imei changed. Then try and don't bother calling them to change back. Dude really come on man you don't have to call them every time you change phones. By the way read yourself the fine print doesn't say anything about price per KB. Says it requires a data plan. Your still talking stupid if I could use an iPhone on pay as you go the I assure you if you don't call them and say hey I have an inspire (duh) it will work just fine for you. Don't be like the genius above and spill your guts.
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Ok I tried to keep this nice but sense you you want to get rude about it. Let me let you in on a little secret, for the past few months att has been locking the prepaid sim cards to the phone by IMEI they are activated on for 6 months. The only way to have it unlocked is by calling them to get it unlocked in which case they want the imei of the new phone. They have also implamented the IMEI scan they do for the contract lines. So even if you have an older sim card that is not locked, After a while then will notice and data will stop working. Now How do I know this you ask? I just spent the last year as the Store manager for a local ATT retail store. So the next time you decide to be rude, you might want to take a min and think that maybe, just maybe you dont have all the facts.
And I do stand corrected on the pay-per use data. That was what it did before they started blocking it.
mudknot2005 said:
Probably not a smart move flaming a mod..... just saying.
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On that note Sense the question was answered that the thread was opened for.
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I'm thinking about switching to VZW for ST but my husband is kinda iffy about the bills. We both own ST S3 and love them. But data speeds are really slow.
My questions are.. I have been told that VZW has the same data speeds as ST. Anyone know if this is true?
We now pay about $100 bucks a month unlimited calls and text. Unlimited data UP TO 2.5 than your speeds are slowed "throttled".
I'm I silly to think I could get the same package or close to what ST offers through VZW? I'm looking at 2 phones.
evertking said:
I'm thinking about switching to VZW for ST but my husband is kinda iffy about the bills. We both own ST S3 and love them. But data speeds are really slow.
My questions are.. I have been told that VZW has the same data speeds as ST. Anyone know if this is true?
We now pay about $100 bucks a month unlimited calls and text. Unlimited data UP TO 2.5 than your speeds are slowed "throttled".
I'm I silly to think I could get the same package or close to what ST offers through VZW? I'm looking at 2 phones.
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I have two phones on my account and pay $174 a month for Unlimited Talk, Text and 6gb of data.
Stay away from Verizon! Not only does their customer service suck but they spy on every customer and know of everything that is on your phone!
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outcasted2003 said:
Stay away from Verizon! Not only does their customer service suck but they spy on every customer and know of everything that is on your phone!
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I think your statement is a little unfounded. Let's just say if I did the stuff I do on 4g on comcast without vpn comcast would be sending me emails to stop. Verizon has never done that. Verizon could potentially spy on you but they don't at least not to the extent of comcast. Another thing to note is if you put files on your phone via USB Verizon doesn't have a way to see them. Don't get me wrong I am no fan of Verizon but Verizon is by no means big brother. Customer service isn't great I'll give you that but they sure do make up for that in coverage and reliability. Other than the differences in price, coverage, and customer service the big four are all the same so if you think Verizon spy's on you they all do.
It's not unfounded. My GS3 on contract with them is having problems. Technical support knew every app, every setting and proceeded to ask about what certain files were that are on my memory card! I'm not into conspiracy theories, but they knew everything about my phone.
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It's not unfounded. My GS3 on contract with them is having problems. Technical support knew every app, every setting and proceeded to ask about what certain files were that are on my memory card! I'm not into conspiracy theories, but they knew everything about my phone.
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Do you use Verizon backup utility?
ThePagel said:
I think your statement is a little unfounded. Let's just say if I did the stuff I do on 4g on comcast without vpn comcast would be sending me emails to stop. Verizon has never done that. Verizon could potentially spy on you but they don't at least not to the extent of comcast. Another thing to note is if you put files on your phone via USB Verizon doesn't have a way to see them. Don't get me wrong I am no fan of Verizon but Verizon is by no means big brother. Customer service isn't great I'll give you that but they sure do make up for that in coverage and reliability. Other than the differences in price, coverage, and customer service the big four are all the same so if you think Verizon spy's on you they all do.
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Verizon kinda does "spy" on your phone. Although, it's not unannounced. Verizon added "Remote diagnostic utility" in an update waaaay back in the day. I think this was our VRALG7 or VRALG1 ICS update. You can read about it on AC.
Yes, I do remember this receiving publicity in 2012. They (Verizon) are supposed to ask you before activating it of course.
SlimSnoopOS said:
Verizon kinda does "spy" on your phone. Although, it's not unannounced. Verizon added "Remote diagnostic utility" in an update waaaay back in the day. I think this was our VRALG7 or VRALG1 ICS update. You can read about it on AC.
Yes, I do remember this receiving publicity in 2012. They (Verizon) are supposed to ask you before activating it of course.
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I guess this is just another reason to go aosp. Pretty messed up if you ask me. They should of made us put in a secret pin to tell the techs in order to use that function.
ThePagel said:
I guess this is just another reason to go aosp. Pretty messed up if you ask me. They should of made us put in a secret pin to tell the techs in order to use that function.
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I hear you on that, although I've been on that AOSP train for quite some time. Idk if I recall the exact name of the diagnostic tool in the rom itself though. Part of me feels like it is removed from the base roms but idk if I'm mistaken.
Sadly Verizon is the only option in my area. I'd to do a rom and get off touchwiz but when I got my phone it already had the 4.3 update on it so it's locked down now.
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Stay away from Verizon! Not only does their customer service suck but they spy on every customer and know of everything that is on your phone!
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Due to the Verizon Remote Diagnostic utility, Verizon only has direct access to your phone when you call NOT whenever they feel like. If you can prove otherwise, you might have a claim for invasion of privacy.
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