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reminder: Protect your phone!

My E4GT was stolen from me last night
Left it on top of my car with a bag of groceries (I thought I had it in my pocket) while I ran inside for a minute. When I came outside it was gone.
Sadly, all of my nandroid backups were on the external SD card.
Also, without thinking- I immediately notified Sprint and had a replacement shipped out ($100 deductible/ old phone is immediately disconnected).
I forgot I could install applications remotely to the phone (perhaps a tracking application) :X
Anyways, if you don't already- make sure you have a way of getting your phone back! There are plenty of applications that can track your phone as a last resort (some activate from a specific txt message/ others online/ etc).

Good advice. Even better advice: don't leave your phone on top of your car.

Yamuu said:
My E4GT was stolen from me last night
Left it on top of my car with a bag of groceries (I thought I had it in my pocket) while I ran inside for a minute. When I came outside it was gone.
Sadly, all of my nandroid backups were on the external SD card.
Also, without thinking- I immediately notified Sprint and had a replacement shipped out ($100 deductible/ old phone is immediately disconnected).
I forgot I could install applications remotely to the phone (perhaps a tracking application) :X
Anyways, if you don't already- make sure you have a way of getting your phone back! There are plenty of applications that can track your phone as a last resort (some activate from a specific txt message/ others online/ etc).
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I'd still try and remotely install apps to the phone and try and get it back some how. Then just return the new phone you paid $100 for and get your money back.

Yamuu said:
My E4GT was stolen from me last night
Left it on top of my car with a bag of groceries (I thought I had it in my pocket) while I ran inside for a minute. When I came outside it was gone.
Sadly, all of my nandroid backups were on the external SD card.
Also, without thinking- I immediately notified Sprint and had a replacement shipped out ($100 deductible/ old phone is immediately disconnected).
I forgot I could install applications remotely to the phone (perhaps a tracking application) :X
Anyways, if you don't already- make sure you have a way of getting your phone back! There are plenty of applications that can track your phone as a last resort (some activate from a specific txt message/ others online/ etc).
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This pretty much qualifies as carelessness in my book. But good thing you had the insurance.

spencer88 said:
This pretty much qualifies as carelessness in my book. But good thing you had the insurance.
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I'm usually super protective of it; didn't realize it wasn't in my pocket until I was inside.
Beejis said:
I'd still try and remotely install apps to the phone and try and get it back some how. Then just return the new phone you paid $100 for and get your money back.
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I'm on the phone with Sprint right now- asking them to temporarily active the stolen phone so I can remote-install an App and track it down.
I have a pretty good idea of who stole it- a guy that lives next door (at my girlfriend's apt) who was walking back and forth taking out trash/ he was the only one I saw outside at the time. I asked him later if he saw a phone in the grass and he acted a bit suspicious.

You had TEP? TEP has an app that allows you to track the phone directly from their website, if I remember correctly.

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You had TEP? TEP has an app that allows you to track the phone directly from their website, if I remember correctly.
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For TEP it looks like you have to have the app installed prior to it being stolen.

I'm sorry for your misfortune. But this now has me thinking about what app is the best for these situations? Anyone have any recommendations for apps to install to help find, lock, wipe the phone if need be?

Yamuu said:
I'm usually super protective of it; didn't realize it wasn't in my pocket until I was inside.
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Understandable. Outside of home and in my office at work, my phone is in one of two places: either in my hand or in my pocket. Always.

A sprint representative told me it's now re-activated.
Although, 3 rings goes to voice-mail. Is that normal or does it go straight to voice-mail when the phone is not on/ not in service?
I should have thought of doing this last night /slaps self

Yamuu said:
A sprint representative told me it's now re-activated.
Although, 3 rings goes to voice-mail. Is that normal or does it go straight to voice-mail when the phone is not on/ not in service?
I should have thought of doing this last night /slaps self
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USUALLY, if the phone is off it will go right to voicemail. Don't know about the Out of service though. If it rings 3 full times, it sounds like it's on and someone is ignoring the call. But I could be wrong....

lookout Plan B
You can install Plan B from lookout to track your phone even if you didnt have lookout app installed.
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Plan B is the 'find my phone' app that you download AFTER you lose your phone.
Plan B is your last resort to find your missing phone

Havek923 said:
I'm sorry for your misfortune. But this now has me thinking about what app is the best for these situations? Anyone have any recommendations for apps to install to help find, lock, wipe the phone if need be?
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Seekdroid I'd well worth the 0.99 when I purchased it. Free solution would be Where's My Droid.
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Beejis said:
I'd still try and remotely install apps to the phone and try and get it back some how. Then just return the new phone you paid $100 for and get your money back.
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this wont work because the phone will need service for you to remotely install anything you will need working data and once the phone was reported stolen and a new one shipped the old one cant be used anymore it is permanently deactivated from the system i this because i work for sprint

EVOSerb said:
You can install Plan B from lookout to track your phone even if you didnt have lookout app installed.
Description
Plan B is the 'find my phone' app that you download AFTER you lose your phone.
Plan B is your last resort to find your missing phone
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My brother recommended this one too; apparently one of his coworkers had his phone stolen and they were able to track it down with Plan B.
That is the first one I tried today. I've also tried Android Lost and Lost Droid Finder.
I installed the applications through Market remotely and have tried sending activation txts to them but haven't received anything back nor has 'Android Lost' registered itself with their control panel.
I'm guessing that by now the phone's either dead, out of service, or some dbag has sold it/ flashed over it.

You can remotely track your phone for free without any app. I had sprint do it for me one time when I lost it.
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Havek923 said:
I'm sorry for your misfortune. But this now has me thinking about what app is the best for these situations? Anyone have any recommendations for apps to install to help find, lock, wipe the phone if need be?
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i use Cerberus, excellent features and tracking.
cerberusapp.com/market_description.txt

The phone is no longer in service you can't track it if it was still in service you could I deal with this everyday and no we don't track the phone for you we refer you to family locator or one of the apps in the market but if you have it reported list our stolen and the service is deactivated you are S.O.L
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dreDrennon1 said:
The phone is no longer in service you can't track it if it was still in service you could I deal with this everyday and no we don't track the phone for you we refer you to family locator or one of the apps in the market but if you have it reported list our stolen and the service is deactivated you are S.O.L
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I called Sprint to see if it's possible:
- The representative told me she could set up the locator but that 'requires' another Sprint phone in order to receive a temporary password/ complete the process.
- She told me that since it's ringing 3 times, it's probably someone rejecting the call as it comes in and that if the phone was dead/ out of service, it would go straight to voice-mail.
- She told me the insurance company- `Asurion` could track it for me and transferred me to them.
- I talked to an `Asurion` representative- who was able to pull up my claim information. She told me they have no way of doing that and the only way it could be done is if Sprint offers it as a service.
I'd assume that when the phone is in service and able to receive calls (with literally 0 wait time after dialing the #), there's decent enough service for the market to push an install.. but if that's true and they're not installing, perhaps the thief has already broken in/ flashed it/ etc and wiped out my gmail account info from the market.

Yamuu said:
I called Sprint to see if it's possible:
- The representative told me she could set up the locator but that 'requires' another Sprint phone in order to receive a temporary password/ complete the process.
- She told me that since it's ringing 3 times, it's probably someone rejecting the call as it comes in and that if the phone was dead/ out of service, it would go straight to voice-mail.
- She told me the insurance company- `Asurion` could track it for me and transferred me to them.
- I talked to an `Asurion` representative- who was able to pull up my claim information. She told me they have no way of doing that and the only way it could be done is if Sprint offers it as a service.
I'd assume that when the phone is in service and able to receive calls (with literally 0 wait time after dialing the #), there's decent enough service for the market to push an install.. but if that's true and they're not installing, perhaps the thief has already broken in/ flashed it/ etc and wiped out my gmail account info from the market.
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As long as it still has service it is possible but if you reported it stolen and the service is no longer active on that device you cannot do it so apparently if it still rings when you call it then the service had not been suspended so they are jacking up your phone bill right now
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How to use Google wallet online or get the money back????

I traded my nexus for the razr maxx and I tottaly forgot I had money on Google wallet. Is there a way to retreave the money if I don't own the galaxy nexus or galaxy s?
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if you buy apps ect from the market it will use the balance iirc.

GR36 said:
if you buy apps ect from the market it will use the balance iirc.
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This is definitely not the case for me.
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I read on another thread that you basically lose it because it is stored on the nfc...everyone there saying the same too when they exchanged phones..
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That can't be right. When you reset Google Wallet, the amount disappears unless you sign back up again. The credit is stored in an account.
That said, I don't see a way to get Money Market to cough up your funds other than by using Google Wallet.

adrynalyne said:
That can't be right. When you reset Google Wallet, the amount disappears unless you sign back up again. The credit is stored in an account.
That said, I don't see a way to get Money Market to cough up your funds other than by using Google Wallet.
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I had network issues restoring mine yesterday and it gave me a phone number. I had no reason to save it since it worked fine when I had connection, but if you start to restore the card then turn on airplane mode, it should pop out the same phone number
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If the money you have left is money that you added to the google prepaid card, then:
Call money market, they will ask you for the prepaid card number, which I don't think you saved. But you can also give them the Order # from when you added funds funds (you can find it in the receipt that they emailed you).
I'm pretty sure they can refund it to you somehow.
Note: To identify yourself,they will ask you from your name to how many times a day you take a crap.
I know all this because this is how I transferred previous balance from a returned phone to the new one.
Good luck.

It makes sense you can't keep it. That 10 wasn't just for free, it was to use Google wallet, since you have a phone that cannot use Google wallet now, the terms of the promotion no longer applies to you and you don't get to keep the money. Seems fairly straight forward. Not trying to be an ass btw
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pyro6128 said:
It makes sense you can't keep it. That 10 wasn't just for free, it was to use Google wallet, since you have a phone that cannot use Google wallet now, the terms of the promotion no longer applies to you and you don't get to keep the money. Seems fairly straight forward. Not trying to be an ass btw
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How do you know he is referring to the free $10 and not some money he added?

sstang2006 said:
How do you know he is referring to the free $10 and not some money he added?
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Exactly I could care less about the 10$ than can take it from the amount I got on that card. Am a try calling them and see what they can so. 80$ lost would make me furious.
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Let us know what you find out.

you can use wallet money to make online purchase ... if im not wrong Google Checkout is now part of Google Wallet ... in ur computer log in wallet n start expending that money!!
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Good point, forgot about using it via the web. There may be hope yet
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mac208x said:
Exactly I could care less about the 10$ than can take it from the amount I got on that card. Am a try calling them and see what they can so. 80$ lost would make me furious.
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this is the only way to solve it. Simply call them and explain what's going on. You aren't the first person to go through this, I'm sure it will work out fine.

ndroid916 said:
you can use wallet money to make online purchase ... if im not wrong Google Checkout is now part of Google Wallet ... in ur computer log in wallet n start expending that money!!
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I tried when I log into my Google wallet account on the computer the Google prepaid card is not there.
Well anyway I called Google wallet and they transferred me to money market I had to give them first 4 and last 4 digits of the card I used to load the prepaid than had to go thru identity check they need your full name, address and SSN#. They will send me a check in main with deducted 5$ fee for making the check I guess. The only thing it takes 45 to 65 days for it to come in mail. Now I can rest easy.
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i may need to take the same route as you with the refund via check...
check my story
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21947892&postcount=24

[Q] Straight Talk Refill Help

So middle of last month I bought a playstore galaxy nexus and an at&t straight talk sim. I ported my phone number over and paid for the first month of service with my debit card. No issues. Well fast forward to today I bought a 3 month card from walmart.com and want to add it to my reserve so I can have 3 more months of service but I still have about 10 days until I need to refill. I try adding the pin online with no luck and so I call in to add the pin. The lady I talk to says that I can't add a pin until after my service expires at the end of my month. So essentially I have to wait until my service turns off before I can add a 3 month pin? Does that sound right?
Thanks

You can add it to your "reserve" at any time, and it'll be applied when your current month ends. If the CS rep doesn't understand properly, make sure you explain clearly that you need it added to the reserve.
I just did this on the phone last week with a refill card that wouldn't add to my account properly online (still don't know why). She knew what the reserve was and did it for me no problem.
Do not let your service run out. Always have a refill in the reserve or auto-refill w/ a card on the account. ST is pretty explicit about having something set up to continue your service, otherwise they'll close the account when the service runs out.

Thanks. I'll give them another call on my lunch break. If its always going to be a hassle like this I think I will just do the auto refill after the 3 month card runs out. Saving $5 bucks a month is not worth the hassle. Still love the service for the price.
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Called in again and now I am covered until mid January. Very nice haha
Thanks again.
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brooksyx said:
Called in again and now I am covered until mid January. Very nice haha
Thanks again.
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No problem.
Glad the CS worked for you. I had them run through my account and fix a few issues when they added the card too, so we'll see if I'm able to add a refill to reserve online come the end of this month. I have no problem doing it once a month to save a few $$ if I can do it without calling.

So I think they accidentally added the time to my account twice because now it says I am covered until April, which is like 6 months. Wondering if I should say anything...
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brooksyx said:
So I think they accidentally added the time to my account twice because now it says I am covered until April, which is like 6 months. Wondering if I should say anything...
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What'll probably happen is once they actually take the PIN and apply it to the account (which is when this month ends), it'll then be invalid for the next time it tries to apply it.
It'll likely correct itself. If it doesn't change in 10 days when you start that PIN, you make the call on whether or not to call them rofl.

Google Wallet Prepaid Refunds.

I got two what appeared to be Credit Cards in the mail today from everywherereward.com Nothing about google wallet or anything that would clue me in to what the heck they were.
I called the number to speak with customer support and thats where I found out what it was.
These are Master Cards, that are coming from MetaBank Everywhere Reward Cardholder Services.
Hopefully this will lesson your panic attack that someone is trying to get CC's in your name

Dmtalon said:
I got two what appeared to be Credit Cards in the mail today from everywherereward.com Nothing about google wallet or anything that would clue me in to what the heck they were.
I called the number to speak with customer support and thats where I found out what it was.
These are Master Cards, that are coming from MetaBank Everywhere Reward Cardholder Services.
Hopefully this will lesson your panic attack that someone is trying to get CC's in your name
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Holy crap I just got the same thing today! Scared the hell out of me. The top of the letter states that Recently, you reported your Everywhere Reward MasterCard lost or stolen. Attached is your replacement Card.
Freaked the crap out of me! I've had some random issues with someone else with the same name as me, so I was concerned it was an ID Fraud issue. I called to activate and check it out, and noticed by the balance that I guessed it to be my Google Wallet prepaid card replacement. But why the heck would it come as a "Lost or stolen card replacement"? Oh, and it was listed as from "IRR CREAM".
Very strange, indeed!

Wow, just found this post while searching the web for who the hell this company is. Why would Google do the refunds this way? Scared the **** out of me.

Same thing here...freaked me out a bit, but kinda had a feeling it was for Google Wallet since I got an email a couple of days ago saying the refund was on its way. Just odd that the envelope or the letter did not have any reference to Google whatsoever.

WTF I just activated it and my balance is 0 dollars! this is a scam!!! nooooooooooooooo
Edit: So I checked through my supposed transactions and there were 5 inactivity charges of 2 dollars that basically depleted the amount of 10$ that I was going to receive, therefore the card has 0$ left on it. I should have opted for the check.

Haha, I got one too and wondered what it was. Especially since it said I had reported a card stolen. I had $10 still from my nexus 7 and $1.30 from my galaxy nexus. Guess which one I got (hint I can buy 1 mcdouble with it ) . Doubtful the $10 shows up, but we'll see.
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Glad I'm not the only one who was a little freaked out by this card. Found a similar post on androidcentral. I got the mail just as I was going out with friends so I didn't have much time to deal with it but i spent the rest of the day thinking my identity had been stolen or something. All that stress for $10!

I got the same thing! What's even weirder is the fact that the "From:" field says "IRR CREAM". Instant Rebate Rushed; Cash Rules Everything Around Me?

Got my check last week :laugh:

Thanks for posting this! This thread is now high in the google search results for "IRR CREAM", which is the first thing I googled when I got this sketchy-as-hell credit card in the mail.

IRR Cream
I got one today and was wondering what the heck it was but needed the money so I took the chance and activated it, I had 25 on mine so I went to the store and it worked. Good for Google, I have always loved their services and now am even more a fan. yay Google Thank You!

ya.. thank god for the interweb. Hm.. I don't like that google used this company. Need to provide your address and info for a cash card? Alright. Hopefully when I go to spend my $1.20, they don't expect my ID to say Gina Talia.

I got the card thinking it must be a rebate card from all the computer parts I've been buying but was baffled by the wording. Then a few days after I spent it I received an email from Google explaining that it was my Google wallet refund. They apologized for the confusing description in the paperwork. Just glad I got the free money
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decalex said:
ya.. thank god for the interweb. Hm.. I don't like that google used this company. Need to provide your address and info for a cash card? Alright. Hopefully when I go to spend my $1.20, they don't expect my ID to say Gina Talia.
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They only need your info if you plan to make online purchases, since most online stores check if your name and address match the one on the card that you're using

I added my card back to my Google Wallet.....hehe...

b177y said:
I added my card back to my Google Wallet.....hehe...
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That's awesome. Guess the Google prepaid card just took on a Wallet compatible format.
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[Q] Will A Nexus 7 LTE purchsed from Best Buy work with a T Mobile sim?

Hi. If i get my Nexus 7 from Best buy will it work with a T mobile sim card?. Preferably the new free data plan from T mobile? I just attempted to purchase one in store and they said they couldnt sell it to me unless I activated with there with ATT. But I can go t the website and purchase it. I do not wont to go through the hassle of returning it to best buy if I don't have to . Thanks for your help!
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rufusmcd said:
Hi. If i get my Nexus 7 from Best buy will it work with a T mobile sim card?. Preferably the new free data plan from T mobile? I just attempted to purchase one in store and they said they couldnt sell it to me unless I activated with there with ATT. But I can go t the website and purchase it. I do not wont to go through the hassle of returning it to best buy if I don't have to . Thanks for your help!
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That's a BS from Best Buy Cellular Department - they will ALWAYS try ANYTHING to "activate" something.
I got the same crap at Best Buy, even when I told the BB personnel that the N7 have an UNLOCKED version. He said nope. So in front of him, I pulled my laptop, BOUGHT the N7 unlocked for store picked up. Showed to him, and LOUDLY told him what I did in front of other customer.
The look at his face - priceless...
PS: I am using the N7 LTE with T-Mobile SIM card. The SIM card was bought directly from T-Mobile website when they were selling it for $0.99.

lanwarrior said:
That's a BS from Best Buy Cellular Department - they will ALWAYS try ANYTHING to "activate" something.
I got the same crap at Best Buy, even when I told the BB personnel that the N7 have an UNLOCKED version. He said nope. So in front of him, I pulled my laptop, BOUGHT the N7 unlocked for store picked up. Showed to him, and LOUDLY told him what I did in front of other customer.
The look at his face - priceless...
PS: I am using the N7 LTE with T-Mobile SIM card. The SIM card was bought directly from T-Mobile website when they were selling it for $0.99.
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Thank you! I thought it was kinda funny when it didnt say anything at all about activation on the websites checkout. Before we came to that step she asked me if I wanted to buy a case for it. I said " No, I hate to say this but your prices for cases are extremely high." She agreed with me. The guy she asked fr help looked at something on a a monitor and said that this versiong had an att chip. I said "But its unlocked." She said that the register wouldnt let her go any further. I told her would just go back home and order it from there. She said that was probably a good idea.

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Thank you! I thought it was kinda funny when it didnt say anything at all about activation on the websites checkout. Before we came to that step she asked me if I wanted to buy a case for it. I said " No, I hate to say this but your prices for cases are extremely high." She agreed with me. The guy she asked fr help looked at something on a a monitor and said that this versiong had an att chip. I said "But its unlocked." She said that the register wouldnt let her go any further. I told her would just go back home and order it from there. She said that was probably a good idea.
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I had a little trouble with getting my N7 too. They kept asking me if I wanted to sign onto a plan, and I had to keep reminding them that the N7 LTE is an unlocked device. After hassling and almost 30 minutes bypassing some BS about activation, from the associate. I was able to get it. AFAIK, there is a way to get it, without having to activate a plan.

Just order from Bestbuy.com and choose store pick-up.
BB get commission for each activation, just like non-corporate cellphone stores, so they'll say anything to get you to sign-up.
And BB is wondering why they are losing against online retailer...

I must have been lucky. I didn't have to deal with the hard sell when I bought mine. I just showed them the SKU for the unlocked Nexus 7 LTE from my phone and told them I needed it for my T-mobile data sim and they just rang it up for me. They didn't even try to force the extended warranty on me once I told them I didn't want it.

I heard that the t mobile nexus 7 lte that just came out 11-20 has the bootloader already unlocked. Does anyone know if this is true?
Thankyou!
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Paten said:
I must have been lucky. I didn't have to deal with the hard sell when I bought mine. I just showed them the SKU for the unlocked Nexus 7 LTE from my phone and told them I needed it for my T-mobile data sim and they just rang it up for me. They didn't even try to force the extended warranty on me once I told them I didn't want it.
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Ah, that's the "secret" - showing them the SKU.
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I heard that the t mobile nexus 7 lte that just came out 11-20 has the bootloader already unlocked. Does anyone know if this is true?
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T-Mobile? Why bother with it? Just get the UNLOCKED N7 LTE. This is the SAME ONE as the ones sold by Google from Google Play. It's unlocked - SIM and bootloader.

I did as advised and I am happy. I purchased online and went back to the same store 65 miles away. I know that crazy but i am off this weekend and want to play with it. No muss , no fuss. In and out. Then drove back to my town and had it activated. Of course tmobile has an over sell too. They said they are adding a 2.5 gb plan for the first month for free and then i can cancel. So I figured yea what the hell I have enough sense to cancel a plan. Thats what calendars are for. Plus the one day wait allowed me to cath it on sale for 319. So maybe I broke even on the gas. Thanks for the great advice!

rufusmcd said:
I did as advised and I am happy. I purchased online and went back to the same store 65 miles away. I know that crazy but i am off this weekend and want to play with it. No muss , no fuss. In and out. Then drove back to my town and had it activated. Of course tmobile has an over sell too. They said they are adding a 2.5 gb plan for the first month for free and then i can cancel. So I figured yea what the hell I have enough sense to cancel a plan. Thats what calendars are for. Plus the one day wait allowed me to cath it on sale for 319. So maybe I broke even on the gas. Thanks for the great advice!
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Unlocked bootloader
lanwarrior said:
Ah, that's the "secret" - showing them the SKU.
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T-Mobile? Why bother with it? Just get the UNLOCKED N7 LTE. This is the SAME ONE as the ones sold by Google from Google Play. It's unlocked - SIM and bootloader.
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I just picked this up from Best Buy. How do I know if the bootloader is unlocked?

coreyfr said:
I just picked this up from Best Buy. How do I know if the bootloader is unlocked?
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I haven't heard of one coming unlocked from the factory, but it's very easy to unlock it yourself. You can use WugFresh Nexus Root Toolkit, or as I do it, use "fastboot oem unlock" from a command line (once you have fastboot downloaded and the proper drivers installed).
Note that unlocking wipes all user data...