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Here's a question for you all - I'm afraid that the answer no, but please prove me wrong...
I got my samsung charge a couple of weeks ago, and now I'm out of the country ( where there is no 4G LTE). Is there ANY possible way that I can throw a new sim card (foreign) into my phone to make calls and texts?
Nope, sorry.
That's what I thought. Lame.
If you're still in your return period, and it matters enough to you to lose 4G, the Droid Incredible 2 is a world phone.
Sell the phone on Craigslist asap. Get a nice little att nexus s unlocked, or any nice att GSM phone since T-Mobile has that weird 3g frequency.
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Hello all,
Happy Thanksgiving
Currently have an ATRIX, im happy with it but would like a larger screen.
I have a grandfathered data plan unlimited.
I am not in an lte market (louisvlle ky)
I was wanting to take advantage of amazons penny deal and add a line to get this phone. But then swap sims.
Will my ATRIX sim work in the skyrocket and vice versa?
Is this phone going to be updated to ICS?
Thanks for any replies.
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I did the same thing ... had atrix bought skyrocket. Yes the sim will work but you have too call att and tell them u got the skyrocket and put the atrix sim in it .. i put my sim in mine could make calls but had no data a quick call to att and it was good. Works great awesome phone trust me you wont regret it. Much faster the 4.5 inch display is great and its an amazing picture. Data is fast. And yes the skyrocket and the vivid are confirmed by att to get icecream sandwich. Have been since the skyrocket came out
You can just go into an AT&T store and get a new sim if needed. That's what they did for me. I, too, had the Atrix so I added a line and the lady at AT&T just activated the line and then switched the phone over to my original line (with the unlimited data) and since I wasn't planning on keeping the Atrix I was able to drop the data on the extra line so I only have to pay $10 extra a month. And this was all done by the employee so I'm sure they don't care.
steeler350 said:
Hello all,
Happy Thanksgiving
Currently have an ATRIX, im happy with it but would like a larger screen.
I have a grandfathered data plan unlimited.
I am not in an lte market (louisvlle ky)
I was wanting to take advantage of amazons penny deal and add a line to get this phone. But then swap sims.
Will my ATRIX sim work in the skyrocket and vice versa?
Is this phone going to be updated to ICS?
Thanks for any replies.
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Thanks, just ordered it.
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I miss the fingerprint reader and unlock and the led notification. Noled does work though. My atrix went for a.swim so I picked this up. The screen is beautiful. Sadly I liked motoblurs social app, I know myself and three others. I don't dislike the phone and it is nice.
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Switched from AT&T after 6 years and my android experience is as follows.
HTC inspire
Moto atrix
Galaxy note
Just switched last night and very happy with service so far. Anything interesting going on with this phone yet. or should I just hold off till jb releases? I am a serious flasher. probably flashed 20 different roms on the note before switching. Not to mention nightlies.... every night. Or so. Size is nice but a hard adjustment from 5.3. I'll get over it considering how fast this booger is.
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Phone has only been out a couple weeks so...so far so good. For as early as it is I am impressed. Currently I am on cm10 and while it has a few bugs I am excited.
Welcome aboard.
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Since we have a locked bootloader our version probably isn't getting an official CM release, so development on that front has been slower than on the other variants. The available pre-alphas work well (albeit with a substantially longer boot time) but have major issues with data and thinking your phone number is unknown upon reboot. This results in being unable to send MMS.
I'm personally waiting for things to become a little more stable before I dive in, but others already have. Since the dreaded IMEI issue has a fix I can recommend at least checking it out. Google Now is pretty nice.
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murphy_31047 said:
Switched from AT&T after 6 years and my android experience is as follows.
HTC inspire
Moto atrix
Galaxy note
Just switched last night and very happy with service so far. Anything interesting going on with this phone yet. or should I just hold off till jb releases? I am a serious flasher. probably flashed 20 different roms on the note before switching. Not to mention nightlies.... every night. Or so. Size is nice but a hard adjustment from 5.3. I'll get over it considering how fast this booger is.
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What made you change to Verizon? Just curious lol. I think at&t has the best selection when it comes to smartphones.
I use to be on at&t also. Too many dropped calls and at that time I was there, no good smartphones besides the iPhone.
Service and customer service wise Verizon is the best out of at&t, Sprint, and T-Mobile in my experience. But I hate Verizon for locking down these boot loaders!! I currently have a RAZR Maxx with a locked boot loader too. It sucks for us folks that like to try different roms and kernals.
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Well I barely was able to make a phone call at my house and when I was able to get thru it would drop 4-5 times. Data was a joke. Every where I go I really dont have good speeds. And the data speeds fluctuated too much. And considering Verizon got lte in my area it was a no-brainer for me to switch. Cost me over $500 in etf, but I could care less I'm so freaking happy with Verizon. Especially since lte is 30 mbps at my house. It's a downgrade to use my WiFi lol.
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I also get good Verizon service at my home and everywhere else haha. Fringe areas the data may slow down but I'm always able to make calls and text when other people can't. Verizon is a beast! at&t gave me slow data and too many dropped calls so I don't see why they're getting all the tight phones! Or maybe Verizon is just picky with what they want in their selection.
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Just a little insight from a VZW "Person"
Our Spotty 4G seems to be in a direct correlation with the iPhone/idont 5 coming out.
Ever since the first couple days after the launch of the iPhone 5 we've all experienced data drops, spotty 4G and sometimes almost an unbelievably long time stuck in 3G.
I have a GS3 and fortunately a folder with a bunch of different "modems/radios" however, until I found what "modem" (as they call it for the sammys) worked best, I was just like you Tbolt peeps. Angry as all hell that the iPhone came out with LTE and causing these issues. Especially when half or more of the people that got it, don't even know what real 4G is and they're raining on our parade!
I get to listen to it every day now from my GF. Her Tbolt that I hooked up and gave her was effing amazing three weeks ago. Now... it just drops and hangs data way more than my GS3.
That's why I got on XDA tonight. To see if there were any new radios (as us HTC people call em) out and about. No luck thus far, but I wanted to share some knowledge with the community as to the cause of all this mess. Thanks a lot Apple!
Your over popular smartphone for dumb people is not only an over rated joke of a phone for sheeple, but its taking connectivity away from our awesome (slightly older 4G phones) that most likely won't be getting any more radio updates. This is probably why my GS3 isn't too bad right now (knock on wood) because of the newer modems still coming out.
Ever get double texts or have friends with really freaking slow 3G Droids??
We can thank the idont 4 and 4s for that as well. They over saturated the 3G market which Verizon is not putting another DIME into. So unfortunately Tbolt users and other "older pioneer 4G devices", looks like unless there are new radio leaks, we're kinda SOL.
So there you have it...
Now find that friend of yours that has an idont 5 and thank them for stepping on our toes and our precious 4G on the pioneer phones.
Sent from my galaxy tab 2 tethered to my GS3 with great 4G while watching my gf's Tbolt drop and regain signal :/
The reason at&t dropped unlimited so fast is because they saturated the market with the iPhone3 and 3gs which destroyed their bandwidth. When the 4 and 4s came out it became even worse. I have tired calling Verizon almost since launch day only trying to get a new sim and I can't even get through.
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The reason at&t dropped unlimited so fast is because they saturated the market with the iPhone3 and 3gs which destroyed their bandwidth. When the 4 and 4s came out it became even worse. I have tired calling Verizon almost since launch day only trying to get a new sim and I can't even get through.
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New SIM won't help my friend
PM me if ya have any questions.
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The launch of the iPhone 5 was good for one thing...a plethora of Droid phones on eBay for cheap! Just got a razr for 200 bucks thanks isheep lol
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I remember reading that they only have a life of around 6 months which means I'm past due for a change out.
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I've been considering reactivating my Nexus One or G2 with T-Mobile now that they offer unlimited data too. I think its a blessing that they don't have the iPhone. Less phones means less stress on their network. At least most iPhone 5 users don't have unlimited data.
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I bet it won't be long before they get it too. Hell sprint almost bankrupted itself just to get it. They paid apple almost $2billion dollars to get it.
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Just a little insight from a VZW "Person"
Our Spotty 4G seems to be in a direct correlation with the iPhone/idont 5 coming out.
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Considering the drops occurred long before VZW had an LTE-capable iPhone, I'd be skeptical of any technical information you receive from this "person".
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Considering the drops occurred long before VZW had an LTE-capable iPhone, I'd be skeptical of any technical information you receive from this "person".
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I AM the "person" I wasnt trying to throw myself out there about such a hot/negative topic that involved my career. I'll just go with its "free speech" and I deal with this all day, everyday and explain this to my customers and clients faces all the time.
If you read the whole post, data drops did happen before the iPhone 5, but clearly since the launch, its gotten rediculous. The type of phone you have, your location and the amount of support the manufacturer puts out there with OTA radio updates etc.. greatly matters as well.
I'm not getting more in depth about this topic than I already have. The info is in the writing.
Just a little knowledge for the masses rather than me explaining this to about 7-12 people everyday I work.
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Where I live we have only had 4g for a few months and I have had my thunderbolt just as long. I have NEVER experienced any kind of data drop what so ever, EVER. I guess I'm just lucky
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I noticed today that I was going from 3g to 1x a lot!
I thought I was the only one having these problems
Well I was hoping it wasn't going to be this bad. I've been on deployment since May 2012 and I'm coming back to S.D for about 10 days, so I wonder how LTE fairing there.
savagebunny said:
Well I was hoping it wasn't going to be this bad. I've been on deployment since May 2012 and I'm coming back to S.D for about 10 days, so I wonder how LTE fairing there.
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I hope LTE is alright for ya man. And thank you for your service. Real talk.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrpSrm1_-YE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
This has been happening since June 2012 to both the Thunderbolts on my account. Sim cards have been replaced and one phone was replaced. Nothing has fixed it. There have been times in the past where i thought i fixed the issue, but those turned out to be only temporary. Verizon's network has become complete garbage IMO. I've had an open ticket for this issue for eight weeks now. Everytime I call I'm told I will just have to wait longer for it to be resolved. I'm seriously considering cancelling all six of my lines soon.
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Well I was hoping it wasn't going to be this bad. I've been on deployment since May 2012 and I'm coming back to S.D for about 10 days, so I wonder how LTE fairing there.
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Its great! I pull around 15 at the lowest 5
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Hey guys. I'm not new to android. I've had an android phone for over 3 years. I was wwith Sprint for 13 years, but got tired of there horrible and inconsistent network. The unlimited data I was getting was at home when I was connected to my WiFi.
Sitting in my living room with Sprint talking on my E4GT was was unbearable. If I wanted to talk I had to use my land line. I'm amazed at the speed and sound quality since switching to Verizon. I'll be lurking in two weeks and looking to root my white S3.
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Welcome. You will find both joy and pain in your experience here, but don't worry, the pain is only one payment each month.
I'm new here too. I've been with sprint for the past ten years and finally switched to Verizon as well. Looking forward to the developers over here
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dirtyharrywk said:
Hey guys. I'm not new to android. I've had an android phone for over 3 years. I was wwith Sprint for 13 years, but got tired of there horrible and inconsistent network. The unlimited data I was getting was at home when I was connected to my WiFi.
Sitting in my living room with Sprint talking on my E4GT was was unbearable. If I wanted to talk I had to use my land line. I'm amazed at the speed and sound quality since switching to Verizon. I'll be lurking in two weeks and looking to root my white S3.
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Welcome, Sprint refugee here too, amazed at the network quality, and you'll find a lot of ex-Sprint folks have switched over to the red side as well. Don't let "cost" warnings scare ya, not that bad really especially if you use wifi at home. Unless you use a boat load of data you'll find the cost comparable. I share 4gb with my wife and find the bill maybe ten bucks higher a month. Well worth it for me to have no dropped calls and a blazing fast network. It will be interesting to see if Sprint lives up to their LTE promises better than the wimax effort and keeps it unlimited. If so maybe I'll go back after this contact is over if for nothing else their phone selection. Anyway welcome.
Wow, it's amazing all the converts from Sprint. I think I stuck with them because the unlimited data, but only one time did I go over 1gb. I would turn in WiFi as soon as I got home. My question is how does Verizon calculate data? I've had this phone for only 24 hours and the my Verizon app says I've used 103mb of data. How can that be, I did all my updates at home on my WiFi?
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Howdy
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I am an ex sprint user as well. I git all the same high price warnings. No issue for me it's actually 30 bucks a month cheaper. And if your coming from sprint the data speeds will make you cream lol. I got the 4 gig plan and have yet to clear 2 gigs. Over all I'm very very very happy.
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I'm another Sprint user (until Friday) jumping over to Verizon. During my Internet speed tests, I never saw a number in front of the decimal point... Now I'm supposed to get TWO DIGIT numbers in front of the decimal point? Incredible.
I hate Sprint so much. I will miss my phone, but the GSIII will make up for that quickly I bet.
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I just moved over today as well and so far I'm loving it. Although I get some weird issues indoors, like at target. It basically loses all service.
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Same deal with me. Came from Sprint. Service is awesome so far, the prices are ridiculous though. Probably going to look to get on my parents family plan actually. The individual ones are terrible.
yup, i'm a switcher to big red. Sprint had terrible data speeds, and barely any service indoors.
Verizon is where its at in terms of network coverage and data service.
I don't understand the price complaints either. These new shared plans are terrific. I used to look at Verizon and it would cost like 30 more per month for them. Now it will cost me $2 more than Sprint a month! No that's not a typo either. My bill with Sprint (my wife and I) was 128 plus tax. With Verizon, sharing 4 GB, it'll be $130 a month plus tax (both prices include my employee discount). Awesome switch! Now to get out of that ETF... I'm working on that now, haha.
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Well I've never been with Sprint and probably never will LOL! Been with Verizon about 10 years. Welcome!
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hrbib21 said:
Well I've never been with Sprint and probably never will LOL! Been with Verizon about 10 years. Welcome!
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+1 been with Verizon wireless for 10+ years
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I'm a switcher, but long ago, I switched to Verizon from T-Mobile in 2006
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I switched from Sprint also <.< I couldn't deal with the dialup speeds I was getting on my S2
I swapped from sprint as well I couldn't deal with the .05 dl speeds but I am lucky I got 2 unlimited LTE plans from a friend so I'm still good to go on data.
I switched from Sprint to get my rezound previously. I do not miss sprint whatsoever.
80 a month for my big red plan with actual unlimited good speeds.
Gs3
thought I was going to be the sore thumb!
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I'm a switcher, but long ago, I switched to Verizon from T-Mobile in 2006
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I moved from T a few weeks ago. Optimus T to GS3 reading over stuff man I feel dumb again. Did get rooted and a recovery but still trying to catch up on the rest. AHHHH TEchno~ologees! :cyclops:
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I don't understand the price complaints either. These new shared plans are terrific. I used to look at Verizon and it would cost like 30 more per month for them. Now it will cost me $2 more than Sprint a month! No that's not a typo either. My bill with Sprint (my wife and I) was 128 plus tax. With Verizon, sharing 4 GB, it'll be $130 a month plus tax (both prices include my employee discount). Awesome switch! Now to get out of that ETF... I'm working on that now, haha.
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Yeah I have to work on getting out of the etf to. Any ideas?
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