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Does anyone use the DINK 2 on straight talk and getting 3G

check ebay, you can remote flash your phone
there are listings on ebay where they will flash your phone remotely. You need to have it rooted and a data cable. i saw classified ad saying they did samsung phones for about 25-35 bucks. I texted them and they could do inc2 as well for 35 I even ordered the phone from walmart you need for the esn. I received it and was researching online and really think straight talk's big issue is cutting you off for going overboard on data usage. In some cases people lost their numbers.... I just activated my phone on page plus it $55 and only 2gb of data which could cause me issues. I downloaded a data usage monitor and have been on wifi since the port. I guess I can see how it goes the first 30 days and always try straight talk at a later date. By the way I was on Net10 before i switched to page plus on an att phone and it was awful. Verizon is so much better in my area. so i bought an inc2 on ebay and took the plunge... Hope I helped.

From what I read, this phone does not have the correct frequency to get 3G service on straight talk, so much for being a world phone.

Lino. said:
From what I read, this phone does not have the correct frequency to get 3G service on straight talk, so much for being a world phone.
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try to contact this seller i texted him and he said everything will work because they are using verizon towers.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FLASH-SAMSU...K-VIRGIN-MOBILE-/320872667153?forcev4exp=true

Lino. said:
From what I read, this phone does not have the correct frequency to get 3G service on straight talk, so much for being a world phone.
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The "world phone" part of the Inc2 was in reference to it working with the Vodafone service. A world phone does not mean that it will work everywhere you go in the world, all carriers operate under different frequencies. If you buy an unlocked GSM phone you have to make sure that it will work with the basebands of your carrier or else you may end up just getting Edge speeds instead of HSDP or HSDPA+.

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try to contact this seller i texted him and he said everything will work because they are using verizon towers.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FLASH-SAMSU...K-VIRGIN-MOBILE-/320872667153?forcev4exp=true
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Thank you for this link I am going to try to get a hold of this guy and give it a run
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Please let us know how it goes. Using AT&T ST SIM, data speeds are horrendous.
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woodmaster said:
Please let us know how it goes. Using AT&T ST SIM, data speeds are horrendous.
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I had sprint for years and noticed their service was getting worse in DC Metro area, went to Outer Banks, NC and couldnt make a call this past July 4th. I went to the Walmart to buy a temporary phone so i could work a bit while vactioning. The nice woman in Walmart said get the cdma-v Net10 phone (samsung proclaim) it will use verizon towers and that is really the best service around here. So i bought the phone used it a few days and ported my number to them. the one problem was that samsung phone was plastic and the earpiece sort of distorted the caller so I got an old att inspire 4g and bought a sim card ported my number to the sim card device (att) and couldnt believe how awful the service was. WOW, it stunk. I started reading up knowing I wanted Verizon service which in my area is far and away the best so I found Straight Talk and Page Plus could use verizon android phones and get the good service. I chickened out of signing up for Straight Talk only becaus I have heard of all the people getting service turned off so I signed up with Page Plus 55 plan which allows you to use the Verizon phones without flashing a new ESN. It works great but I am using the wifi now becaus the 2 gb limit could be an issue. I am going to give it 30 days to see how the data issue works out and if I am really having to change my habbits will probably try flashing to Straight Talk. So I am interested in seeing how it goes with someone on this forum instead random internet sites.

I have been checking into having it flashed, I think it's the best way to go, I'm going to hold off for a while before I decide to pay and get out of my contract.

Lino. said:
I have been checking into having it flashed, I think it's the best way to go, I'm going to hold off for a while before I decide to pay and get out of my contract.
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Do the math. Depending how long your contract is. I have another year and six months. I will save over 1200 bucks minis your 350 for breaking, and your still money ahead
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I have a incredible 2 flashed out to Verizon $50 unlimited and run over 25gb a month with the data hot spot and never had a issue you might wanna skip straight talk I did my dads Verizon phone to straight talk one month with a change to his data in how much he used and they were ready to kick him off. I've been running it this way almost a year best money I ever spent. EBay and the guys do remote flashing you won't regret it I promise.
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I have a incredible 2 flashed out to Verizon $50 unlimited and run over 25gb a month with the data hot spot and never had a issue you might wanna skip straight talk I did my dads Verizon phone to straight talk one month with a change to his data in how much he used and they were ready to kick him off. I've been running it this way almost a year best money I ever spent. EBay and the guys do remote flashing you won't regret it I promise.
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Please elaborate!
I am currently on Pageplus and have the 1200 Talk & Text plan (1200 minutes + 3000 texts + 100mb data).
I use WiFi almost exclusively because the data plan is all but non existent.
What do you mean by "flashed out to Verizon $50"?
What plan are you on with Verizon?
DO TELL!

I bought a $15 throw away and the guy from eBay flashed the esn into my incredible leaving Verizon thinking its a Samsung gusto and for that type of phone they have the prepaid $50 unlimited everything plan so if you do it don't be afraid to go balls to the wall. I do every month its my way of giving Verizon a bit back in the end lol.
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666syco said:
I bought a $15 throw away and the guy from eBay flashed the esn into my incredible leaving Verizon thinking its a Samsung gusto and for that type of phone they have the prepaid $50 unlimited everything plan so if you do it don't be afraid to go balls to the wall. I do every month its my way of giving Verizon a bit back in the end lol.
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And this is on ST
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No its on Verizon prepaid network. All the goods of Verizon without the contract. If you flash it dont activate the prepaid phone till its all flashed over to the incredible 2. I wish I was able to do the flash my self I got the software to do it I just don't understand how its all done. The guys that do this keep it hush-hush on the how to's. I've had a few done already for me and my wife and everyone I get done they all work flawlessly.
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666syco said:
No its on Verizon prepaid network. All the goods of Verizon without the contract. If you flash it dont activate the prepaid phone till its all flashed over to the incredible 2. I wish I was able to do the flash my self I got the software to do it I just don't understand how its all done. The guys that do this keep it hush-hush on the how to's. I've had a few done already for me and my wife and everyone I get done they all work flawlessly.
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They sell that deal to non 3G phones, right?
Are you getting 3G?
Also you said Samsung Gusto, I see these are expensive at the verizon website, the Gusto 2, but they sell the gusto phones on ebay cheap, 20 bucks, better than 200.
This thread has some valuable info.

The gusto 1 is new for $20 at wal-mart and so is the gusto 2 and both get 3g if they didn't you would get only what the gusto got in data.
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So yes I'm getting full 3g speed to use as my data and for my WiFi tether. The incredible2 doesn't act any different when its been flashed I have both mine and my wife's rooted we change custom roms all the time. Just make sure after the gustos esn sticker is placed in you incredible after the flash is done then snap the gusto in half cause if someone else trys to activate the gusto it throws a red flag up let's Verizon know you cloned the gusto to another phone so I break them into a few pieces so they can't ever be used. I hope all I said has and will be helpful to you all.
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Softbank buying Sprint.....

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/11/us-sprint-softbank-idUSBRE89A0I520121011
What are your thoughts on this?

jbadboy2007 said:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/11/us-sprint-softbank-idUSBRE89A0I520121011
What are your thoughts on this?
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As long as they don't mess with our prices and speed up the 4G rollout I'm happy

It would be great if we could get better roaming rates in Japan, but I don't think it works that way, does it? I don't think T-Mobile users in the USA get cheaper roaming in Germany.
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They negotiating to get a 2/3 stake in Sprint... to get access to Clearwires spectrum that should be global in a few years...

If this helps improve their network, I'm all for it.

Hey what happened to lightsquared lol
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Hey what happened to lightsquared lol
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Lightsquared went far more south than that slut on me last week =)

This has some potentials.
2/3 owning state in Sprint would give control to them.
It would give Sprint a pretty healthy infusion of cash.
It gives Softbank access to more spectrum.
It gives Softbank the roaming agreements in the USA that it wanted.
It gives Softbank access to more phone systems they may want and possibly in reverse to Sprint.
It'll drive Sprint's stock price up. Short term anyway.
It has the potential to make Softbank/Sprint and everything else they own one of the largest global cell providers.
More than likely Sprint will continue to be treated independently in the USA under the guiding hand of them. Until they figure out what they want, I suspect pricing, unl data, etc won't change for awhile. After 2 years, anyone's guess tho.

Makes me sad because the possibility of Google buying Sprint goes down further

It wasn't ever gonna happen
Nobody wants sprint's debt
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It wasn't ever gonna happen
Nobody wants sprint's debt
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TMo and Sprint are definitely seeing gains from Verizon's apathy toward its customers. This Network Vision could really change the game.

We may see a lot of new devices come out too

i knew my "$10 premium data fee" on 4 lines was being used for something!!! it darn sure hasn't been used for getting me "premium data" since I started paying it over 2 1/2 yrs ago!!
"By raising some new equity directly, Sprint would be able to shore up its balance sheet and potentially fund other deals such as a buyout of Clearwire in which it already holds roughly 48 percent."

meccadon123 said:
i knew my "$10 premium data fee" on 4 lines was being used for something!!! it darn sure hasn't been used for getting me "premium data" since I started paying it over 2 1/2 yrs ago!!
"By raising some new equity directly, Sprint would be able to shore up its balance sheet and potentially fund other deals such as a buyout of Clearwire in which it already holds roughly 48 percent."
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Give it up already. Same post in a few different threads now? C'mon man.
We get it...you hate Sprint and everything about them. Obviously that statement pertains to the cash they'd receive in selling a majority stake in their company.
I wouldn't fathom some of that money we've all been paying has gone towards the biggest network upgrade any cell provider has ever gone through...upgrading every single of their 30,000+ towers? No, it couldn't be something like that.

hayzooos said:
Give it up already. Same post in a few different threads now? C'mon man.
We get it...you hate Sprint and everything about them. Obviously that statement pertains to the cash they'd receive in selling a majority stake in their company.
I wouldn't fathom some of that money we've all been paying has gone towards the biggest network upgrade any cell provider has ever gone through...upgrading every single of their 30,000+ towers? No, it couldn't be something like that.
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man calm the hell down...we get it..you love where you work(or you're an advocate/lobbyist) and I just posted this...why jump on it if you hate seeing it???
and the irony is...now you have "the same post in different threads"...and why are you STILL going into that thread if you hate it and disagree with 90% of the people in it!!!!!!!!!!!
and your last comment makes no sense!!!!
"Sprint, whose market capitalization was $15.12 billion at Wednesday's market close, is the third-largest U.S. carrier, with more than 56 million users at the end of June, even after losing customers for years.'
Now, how do you lose customers for years and have market capitalization GO UP????????????????? over the last few years?...you charge them ridiculous meaningless fees..and reduce their discounts!!!!thats how!!

master acehole said:
Lightsquared went far more south than that slut on me last week =)
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Rim job
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Got damn! pretty soon China and Japan will buy out the United State. Then we would have to work in the rice farm....SUX

Japan didn't lose in WWII, they just changed the nature of their warfare.

meccadon123 said:
i knew my "$10 premium data fee" on 4 lines was being used for something!!! it darn sure hasn't been used for getting me "premium data" since I started paying it over 2 1/2 yrs ago!!
"By raising some new equity directly, Sprint would be able to shore up its balance sheet and potentially fund other deals such as a buyout of Clearwire in which it already holds roughly 48 percent."
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It is no longer a premium data fee and they are still the cheapest national provider. Yeah their speeds are sub par but as long as it stays unlimited i dont care and im very happy.

K.0.0.L. said:
Got damn! pretty soon China and Japan will buy out the United State. Then we would have to work in the rice farm....SUX
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Please dont be one of those ppl that thinks china = japan
i swear i saw like 3 diff versions of this rumor today , i heard full buyout the 2/3rds buyout and i also heard a 11% stake in sprint. now which one is it -_-
im all for a 11% stake cuz that would give them the funds to speed up 4g rollouts just no raised prices please...

[Q] Best Canadian Carrier

Sorry if I posted this in the wrong spot. I just wanted to post where more Canadians look.

Bump

I use Bell never had a problem.. They even have LTE in Kentville Nova Scotia.. Pretty much the middle of nowhere...
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Haven't had any major issues with Telus.

Thank you for the suggestions. Anyone tried Mobilicity? I Heard that they are good.

I've been with Telus since 1996. I haven't had any major issues with them. Their coverage is great when not in a major center. I think all the carriers have good and bad. I have friends on Wind and they love it but they also don't regularly travel to rural areas where I need service to be reliable. I have a couple issues with customer service but I think that could just be isolated to the individuals I was dealing with on those particular occasions. Overall I am happy with Telus and have no reason to change at this time.

Galloway said:
I've been with Telus since 1996. I haven't had any major issues with them. Their coverage is great when not in a major center. I think all the carriers have good and bad. I have friends on Wind and they love it but they also don't regularly travel to rural areas where I need service to be reliable. I have a couple issues with customer service but I think that could just be isolated to the individuals I was dealing with on those particular occasions. Overall I am happy with Telus and have no reason to change at this time.
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Thank you.

Been very happy with Koodo since switching to them a few months ago (was paying too much with Bell for what I was using the phone for).
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Devhux said:
Been very happy with Koodo since switching to them a few months ago (was paying too much with Bell for what I was using the phone for).
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Please cast your vote.

Rogers......never
I was with Rogers for 3 years and i accpet another 3 years contract .......the 5 first month i got major prob with the billing.....Never the same amount ( was told to be 76$per month....then they charge me 268$)
And after 5 months, my S3 crash cannot reboot....so i ask them for a repai , they told me it was the mother board..so 300$ after few calls the price drops at 250$.....and they offer me to broke the contract for 300$ if i want...
So i broke the contract and after few weeks , a little repair cellphone open near ..i ask them how much to repair the phone ...they charge me 60$ and unlock....

lutinx said:
I was with Rogers for 3 years and i accpet another 3 years contract .......the 5 first month i got major prob with the billing.....Never the same amount ( was told to be 76$per month....then they charge me 268$)
And after 5 months, my S3 crash cannot reboot....so i ask them for a repai , they told me it was the mother board..so 300$ after few calls the price drops at 250$.....and they offer me to broke the contract for 300$ if i want...
So i broke the contract and after few weeks , a little repair cellphone open near ..i ask them how much to repair the phone ...they charge me 60$ and unlock....
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Wow.

No contract with fido for the past 5 years. No complaints. I find if you don't sign a contract and the carrier knows you can walk away at any given time, they tend to be more flexible and helpful if/when you have billing issues.
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bdithug said:
No contract with fido for the past 5 years. No complaints. I find if you don't sign a contract and the carrier knows you can walk away at any given time, they tend to be more flexible and helpful if/when you have billing issues.
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Sounds pretty good.

Wonder why so many Telus votes.... Most people I know hate them.

TimeAndroid said:
Thank you for the suggestions. Anyone tried Mobilicity? I Heard that they are good.
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I've been with Rogers for a while, and they are okay. Still have the 6GB/$30 data plan from a couple years back. Sad thing is I pay $65/month and don't even have caller ID. But the coverage and LTE speeds are great in my area.
My dad is currently with Mobilicity using a Note 2, and it is HORRIBLE! The coverage is absolute garbage (we live in the GTA). In the house, he has 2 bars, where normal phones have full. He complains about all the dropped calls he gets. Plan comes with "unlimited data" but its only hspa, and since the signal is so bad, the highest speed he gets is like 1 Mbps if lucky. He's gonna leave, and go back to Fido or try Koodo.
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Kevindee said:
I've been with Rogers for a while, and they are okay. Still have the 6GB/$30 data plan from a couple years back. Sad thing is I pay $65/month and don't even have caller ID. But the coverage and LTE speeds are great in my area.
My dad is currently with Mobilicity using a Note 2, and it is HORRIBLE! The coverage is absolute garbage (we live in the GTA). In the house, he has 2 bars, where normal phones have full. He complains about all the dropped calls he gets. Plan comes with "unlimited data" but its only hspa, and since the signal is so bad, the highest speed he gets is like 1 Mbps if lucky. He's gonna leave, and go back to Fido or try Koodo.
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Is Fido or Koodo any good?

My dad was happy with Fido for years until he went to a trip overseas and he came back to a $1000 bill due to roaming, even though he never used the phone with the Fido sim inside. Other than that incident, it's pretty good.
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Kevindee said:
My dad was happy with Fido for years until he went to a trip overseas and he came back to a $1000 bill due to roaming, even though he never used the phone with the Fido sim inside. Other than that incident, it's pretty good.
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Did he get a refund?

Some say dish or Sprint might try to take over tmobile

http://www.tmonews.com/2013/07/investor-sees-t-mobile-as-takeover-target-for-dish-network-sprint/
I honestly don't want either to take over. But if I had to choose, I'd choose dish.
With me just coming from Sprint I have this to say
You would have to shoot me in the face to get me to ever give another penny to Sprint. Their 3g data speeds are horrific in most places (even in places that have network vision dine, it's just "meh" speed, still sub par) I could never get above a 20 kb/s download rate. Not to mention how much more expensive they are with their plans (when I was with then, I had the cheapest available, 450 min and unlimited everything else for 69.99 a month.) Back in the day, Sprint could compete, but they let their towers become dated and do to little to late when they finally do decide to do something about it. Not to mention hour they boned their wimax phone buyers.
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Rather it be Dish than Sprint. Had a 4g phone since wimax came out... then LTE.... Still no 4g in Savannah. I said goodbye to them when the S4 came out and switched to tmo. Got them to cancel the early termination fee because of the past few years of bad service in the entire Southeast area of GA and SC. Took a week of convincing.
Then Tmo: It was instant "oh this is what 4g is like!" Roommate is still getting 10-100 KILObytes on Sprint, while I'm getting 15-26mb on Tmo. Suck it Sprint.
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You realize that if sprint took over they would use t mobiles existing network, right?
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You realize that if sprint took over they would use t mobiles existing network, right?
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This.
And with what money is Sprint buying anyone, TMo isn't exactly Virgin Mobile.

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You realize that if sprint took over they would use t mobiles existing network, right?
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Lol yes. Very well aware. Different tech. It's just the thought of being a customer of a Sprint owned anything. Seeing them fail so much.
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Thats hillarious. Sprint DOES NOT have the money to take over a network that is triple in size to the one they already have. I also don't see how a tv company wants a cell phone network. I think its a load of garbage. Yes i read the link in the OP. T-Mobile is doing better than a lot of its competition, i seriously don't see Sprint "taking them over". Thats a laughing joke lol. Sprint sucks beyond sucking xD

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You realize that if sprint took over they would use t mobiles existing network, right?
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yes but if sprint takes over, they will probably let the towers become dated like they did their own and we wont see these speeds for long

Seems to me that AT&T tried this not too long ago. The result? Fed Govt said "Nope, not going to happen" AT&T got pissy and walked away.. but not before paying T-Mo a pretty sizeable chunk of cash because the merger didn't go through.
Don't see anyone picking up T-Mo in the near future.

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Seems to me that AT&T tried this not too long ago. The result? Fed Govt said "Nope, not going to happen" AT&T got pissy and walked away.. but not before paying T-Mo a pretty sizeable chunk of cash because the merger didn't go through.
Don't see anyone picking up T-Mo in the near future.
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Exactly. Don't know hat anything has changed either for the Fed to rule otherwise.
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I think this has been rumored for a while and I don't think it will ever happen. T-mobile's patent company, Deutsche Telekom, is a massive company and I don't think they would let tmo go.
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Dish and sprint don't have that kind of money to take over tmobile ...
>O/C GalaxyGS4<

yeah as it was said AT&T tried to buy them out and the US government put a big red flag in that. people (such as myself) are leaving sprint to go with tmo because of the better service and price. plus, not sure if youve seen/heard the commercials but AT&T are trying to stay afloat by copying tmo's not contract deals... oh and to the guy who said something about a tv company buying a cell company.... even though verizon started as a phone company im fairly certain that their tv/internet service is pretty amazing.

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http://www.tmonews.com/2013/07/investor-sees-t-mobile-as-takeover-target-for-dish-network-sprint/
I honestly don't want either to take over. But if I had to choose, I'd choose dish.
With me just coming from Sprint I have this to say
You would have to shoot me in the face to get me to ever give another penny to Sprint. Their 3g data speeds are horrific in most places (even in places that have network vision dine, it's just "meh" speed, still sub par) I could never get above a 20 kb/s download rate. Not to mention how much more expensive they are with their plans (when I was with then, I had the cheapest available, 450 min and unlimited everything else for 69.99 a month.) Back in the day, Sprint could compete, but they let their towers become dated and do to little to late when they finally do decide to do something about it. Not to mention hour they boned their wimax phone buyers.
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You couldn't be more correct about sprint speeds theyve bought people with there cheap lets get 10 people on a line call it a family plan... thats Soooo affordable crap..... and then throw you some 30 kb dload speeds...
Sprint should have went under along tine ago, even metro is better than them
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Damn, other carriers be jelly.
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So is there any actual factual information proving all these points being mentioned. I mean unless anyone here is a top corporate executive or has a mole in the company?
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On the other hand Tmo can take over Sprint and put that company out of business once and for all and put their customers out of their misery.

Sprint will be a lot better in a year. They have cash now because of Softbank. I was surprised they came out with the plans they did just recently but hopefully they lower them so that should help all of us.

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Sprint will be a lot better in a year. They have cash now because of Softbank. I was surprised they came out with the plans they did just recently but hopefully they lower them so that should help all of us.
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Sprint will never have good towers. They are trash. They've had two years to improve since I've left them. My cousin still has them. They suck. They aren't going anywhere.
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I'd have little problem with Dish, it could end up benefiting both sides. Still, T-Mobile stands to benefit less from a takeover now than they would have in the past. On the upswing as a carrier, or so it seems.

US wants 4 "major" carriers so unlikely tmo and sprint would merge anymore than tmo and at&t merger was approved by feds.
As for Dish (puke) they can't hardly run tv without being aluminum siding/used car salesmen. They'd be worse than the old nextel (which is where sprint got 95% of their terrible rape, pillage and burn customer service habits).
Full disclosure: was sprint customer almost 10 years (yes im a suicidal masochist lol) before givi g up in disgust & going to att for 3 and now on tmo.
TBH, only went with tmo because of pretty seamless wifi calling (no carrier signal works worth a dam at my house)
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[Q] H+ vs 4G T-Mobile US

I just got a Z1 Compact from Clove. LOVE the phone, but want to make sure I'm getting the right speeds. Most often, I see H+ or H for data. Occasionally 4G. I'm on T-Mobile in Los Angeles where my Nexus 5 said LTE most of the time.
If I used to see "LTE" on the Nexus, what should I be seeing to get the equivalent speeds on the Z1 Compact?
Thanks in advance!

allyn274 said:
I just got a Z1 Compact from Clove. LOVE the phone, but want to make sure I'm getting the right speeds. Most often, I see H+ or H for data. Occasionally 4G. I'm on T-Mobile in Los Angeles where my Nexus 5 said LTE most of the time.
If I used to see "LTE" on the Nexus, what should I be seeing to get the equivalent speeds on the Z1 Compact?
Thanks in advance!
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i'm on t-mobile in philly. mine says 4g almost always. last ookla speedtest was 11.77 down, 7.32 up.

H+ is hspa+. 4G = LTE
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H+ is hspa+. 4G = LTE
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Awesome. I knew it was an easy answer.

allyn274 said:
I just got a Z1 Compact from Clove. LOVE the phone, but want to make sure I'm getting the right speeds. Most often, I see H+ or H for data. Occasionally 4G. I'm on T-Mobile in Los Angeles where my Nexus 5 said LTE most of the time.
If I used to see "LTE" on the Nexus, what should I be seeing to get the equivalent speeds on the Z1 Compact?
Thanks in advance!
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steanne said:
i'm on t-mobile in philly. mine says 4g almost always. last ookla speedtest was 11.77 down, 7.32 up.
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Cheeze[iT] said:
H+ is hspa+. 4G = LTE
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woah.. the Z1c works here in the U.S. with 4G LTE?? i'm looking to switch to T-Mo from VZW, and this would be the push i need. is it as easy as popping in their sim card? also, where the best place to buy one? thanks!

radiohead14 said:
woah.. the Z1c works here in the U.S. with 4G LTE?? i'm looking to switch to T-Mo from VZW, and this would be the push i need. is it as easy as popping in their sim card? also, where the best place to buy one? thanks!
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Yep! All I did was pop in my TMo SIM card, add in the APN settings for LTE (very easy), and Z1c on 4G LTE in the US. Awesome.

radiohead14 said:
woah.. the Z1c works here in the U.S. with 4G LTE?? i'm looking to switch to T-Mo from VZW, and this would be the push i need. is it as easy as popping in their sim card? also, where the best place to buy one? thanks!
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that's exactly what i did. goodbye vzw with this phone. if you're starting a new account and you want the $30 100mins 5g data unlimited text prepaid plan i got, you need to buy the activation kit from the t-mobile website. there are sim cards available elsewhere, but they don't come with the necessary activation code.
when porting my number, i found i was able to make calls immediately, but it took several hours for incoming calls to stop going to vzw voicemail.
also, once you're up you'll need to change apn settings to get mms to work.

radiohead14 said:
woah.. the Z1c works here in the U.S. with 4G LTE?? i'm looking to switch to T-Mo from VZW, and this would be the push i need. is it as easy as popping in their sim card? also, where the best place to buy one? thanks!
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Clove.Co.UK offers a free mag dock. Or amazon is the same price but no dock
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steanne said:
that's exactly what i did. goodbye vzw with this phone. if you're starting a new account and you want the $30 100mins 5g data unlimited text prepaid plan i got, you need to buy the activation kit from the t-mobile website. there are sim cards available elsewhere, but they don't come with the necessary activation code.
when porting my number, i found i was able to make calls immediately, but it took several hours for incoming calls to stop going to vzw voicemail.
also, once you're up you'll need to change apn settings to get mms to work.
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this is awesome. that's exactly what i'm planning to do. i'm looking into their "pay your early termination fee, since i still have a few months with vzw". did you go that route also? i'm not sure if they will pay my etf if i bring in my own phone. did you buy yours from clove also?
Cheeze[iT] said:
Clove.Co.UK offers a free mag dock. Or amazon is the same price but no dock
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thanks!

radiohead14 said:
this is awesome. that's exactly what i'm planning to do. i'm looking into their "pay your early termination fee, since i still have a few months with vzw". did you go that route also? i'm not sure if they will pay my etf if i bring in my own phone. did you buy yours from clove also?
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i can't help you with the early termination fee: part of why i was so excited about the z1c (aside from it being exactly what i was looking for in a phone) was that it came out a month after my contract was up. there's a t-mo faq on that here.
i did buy from clove. their security procedures are much more stringent than those of the card i paid for it with, but after that was settled they were quick and reliable.

steanne said:
i can't help you with the early termination fee: part of why i was so excited about the z1c (aside from it being exactly what i was looking for in a phone) was that it came out a month after my contract was up. there's a t-mo faq on that here.
i did buy from clove. their security procedures are much more stringent than those of the card i paid for it with, but after that was settled they were quick and reliable.
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just spoke to a t-mo rep, and they said it is a requirement to trade in my old phone in order for them to pay the ETF.. bummer. since the U.S. t-mo doesn't carry the Z1c.. i won't be able to do this. i guess i'm stuck w vzw for a few more months.

It's worth mentioning that different firmware will show different things. I sourced my Z1c from somewhere other than Clove and it has a Chinese firmware on it. That firmware displays H+ for "4g" and LTE for the real 4G LTE signal. Mine has no 4g icon, oddly enough.
Another easy way to tell in a speedtest is the upload speeds. Sometimes my downloads are roughly the same for HSPA and LTE, with ping being way lower and upload being way higher on LTE.
Anyway, enjoy the phone! I too said see ya to Verizon. I did want to take advantage of the ETF deal, so I bought an LG G2 (can't ever have enough phones!) and also did the $200 Blackberry trade in deal. So I walked away feeling pretty darn good about the whole deal.
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radiohead14 said:
just spoke to a t-mo rep, and they said it is a requirement to trade in my old phone in order for them to pay the ETF.. bummer. since the U.S. t-mo doesn't carry the Z1c.. i won't be able to do this. i guess i'm stuck w vzw for a few more months.
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It may not be the most kosher thing to do, but buy a Blackberry for $20 on Craigslist and trade it in for $200 at T-mo.
Edit: sorry, I'm half asleep. Doesn't help you very much with the Z1c. Still, though, it's a great deal in order to get your ETF paid for and then $200 off some new phone from T-mo. I did that, then simply bought the Z1c outright because I like to have two phones.
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CollinFX45 said:
It's worth mentioning that different firmware will show different things. I sourced my Z1c from somewhere other than Clove and it has a Chinese firmware on it. That firmware displays H+ for "4g" and LTE for the real 4G LTE signal. Mine has no 4g icon, oddly enough.
Another easy way to tell in a speedtest is the upload speeds. Sometimes my downloads are roughly the same for HSPA and LTE, with ping being way lower and upload being way higher on LTE.
Anyway, enjoy the phone! I too said see ya to Verizon. I did want to take advantage of the ETF deal, so I bought an LG G2 (can't ever have enough phones!) and also did the $200 Blackberry trade in deal. So I walked away feeling pretty darn good about the whole deal.
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It may not be the most kosher thing to do, but buy a Blackberry for $20 on Craigslist and trade it in for $200 at T-mo.
Edit: sorry, I'm half asleep. Doesn't help you very much with the Z1c. Still, though, it's a great deal in order to get your ETF paid for and then $200 off some new phone from T-mo. I did that, then simply bought the Z1c outright because I like to have two phones.
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thanks. i'll prob just ride out the rest of my contract w vzw. hopefully by july.. sony will have announced a Z2 compact!