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Does Xperia play need sim card?

hey, I was looking at Xperia play and I had this one question on my mind.
Im planning to use Xperia play for entertainemnt purposes, and i was wondering if I need a SIM card to access the android market, Browser and other things that uses internet.
anybody willing to answerÉ

Nope it will work just on wifi.
Sent from my R800i using xda premium

really? thanks, but i came across this article/ forum/ post saying that u need to modify something to get on the android market, can u tell me if i have to modify Xperia play in order to go on Android Market without a Sim card?
thanks, i just need to make sure be4 i buy

zhillbobz said:
really? thanks, but i came across this article/ forum/ post saying that u need to modify something to get on the android market, can u tell me if i have to modify Xperia play in order to go on Android Market without a Sim card?
thanks, i just need to make sure be4 i buy
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No
10charss

Buy a Verizon R800X Play that is CDMA if you will not use the cell phone as a phone, i got 2 for this purpose of using them as mp3 player, game console and internet tablet.
Both where brand new factory sealed, but with bad ESN, so they could not be activated for phone use with verizon (wich i didn't cared).
I got one for $174 US and bought the other as a backup because i found it for $130 US, on ebay, a steal because the SIM ones go for $300 US the cheaper brand new.
(Both purchases where from sellers with very good feedback and on buy it now, no an auction i got lucky, so just keep looking ebay constantly for a deal)
Just put it on airplane mode and it doesn't ask for activation on every power on, saves battery and you can use internet and android market in WI-FI in this mode.
I bought a 64GB Microsd card for 107 and sold my ipod touch 64gb, so i got all my devices in 1 except for the phone. (i don't want to because i would use too much battery playing with it and the phone wouln't last enought as i would like)

0mega007 said:
Buy a Verizon R800X Play that is CDMA if you will not use the cell phone as a phone, i got 2 for this purpose of using them as mp3 player, game console and internet tablet.
Both where brand new factory sealed, but with bad ESN, so they could not be activated for phone use with verizon (wich i didn't cared).
I got one for $174 US and bought the other as a backup because i found it for $130 US, on ebay, a steal because the SIM ones go for $300 US the cheaper brand new.
(Both purchases where from sellers with very good feedback and on buy it now, no an auction i got lucky, so just keep looking ebay constantly for a deal)
Just put it on airplane mode and it doesn't ask for activation on every power on, saves battery and you can use internet and android market in WI-FI in this mode.
I bought a 64GB Microsd card for 107 and sold my ipod touch 64gb, so i got all my devices in 1 except for the phone. (i don't want to because i would use too much battery playing with it and the phone wouln't last enought as i would like)
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thanks, but i cant buy CDMA version because i would activate it later on and i dont want bell nor tellus (canada) do you have any idea if airplane mode thing also work on the at&t/normal 1? thanks

Sure it's not a CDMA only function, almost all cell phones have it today.

Only thing that doesn't work for me on my play without a sim card is the PlayStation pocket store. Says service is not available in your country or region.
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Spectre51 said:
Only thing that doesn't work for me on my play without a sim card is the PlayStation pocket store. Says service is not available in your country or region.
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but where do you live?
btw thanks for the reply

It uses the sim card to check where you are through the cell network.

zhillbobz said:
but where do you live?
btw thanks for the reply
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USA. Have to have the sim card in to access the PS pocket store.

[Q] Branded one x drive space

When i bought my contract and phone the description clearly says that the one x has 32gb internal space, but using androids own space meter aswell as other apps that show actual space i have a total of 12Gb. I asked tmob on twitter and they said i should have 32gb and told me to go into one of their stores if i have a concern, but as i live an hour and a half away from one i don't really want to do that.
Do i have a duff phone or are the specs wrong for the phone ive seen?

Try factory reset.
Sent from my EndeavorU using xda app-developers app

Ive done a FC a few times since getting it, no difference.

I guess you are still on ICS. There was a bug in mass storage mode where if your unmount wasn't clean you could lose exactly 1gb of space.
It wouldn't appear as used space. It would just be gone.
Unfortunately this can happen repeatedly.
At one point i had lost 7gbs of my internal storage.
The easiest solution for me was to backup the sdcard partition then reformat it.
Then the space comes back
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

Its been 12gb since i got the phone, before root etc.

Are you sure you don't have a 16GB HOX? What does the box say?

Azurael said:
Are you sure you don't have a 16GB HOX? What does the box say?
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The box does say 16gb on it, but the tmob store says 32gb when i ordered it and they confirmed it was 32gb from my order.
I think i shall have to get back onto them.

TheAngelus said:
The box does say 16gb on it, but the tmob store says 32gb when i ordered it and they confirmed it was 32gb from my order.
I think i shall have to get back onto them.
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I think you should indeed, it sounds like you have been a victim of mis-selling to me. Do you have paperwork that specifically states 32GB then? They don't have a leg to stand on...

http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/pay-monthly/htc-one-x/
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/pay-as-you-go/htc-one-x-payg/
Think they misled you there...On the website, they only provide the 16GB version on both Contract, and PAYG. So this is most likely the same, if you got it from a T-mobile store.
If from a Non-Network specific store e.g. Phones4U or CarPhone Warehouse...You'd have most definately got a 32GB One X on the T-Mobile network.

I got it as a contract upgrade through tmobiles website, it definitely said 32Gb as i knew i would need that much and would not have had the 16gb knowingly.
Annoyingly the order confirmation and despatch notice do not state anything other than the price.
The only proof really i have is that i was told on twitter by direct message that i definitely have the 32gb version.
They have only changed the website to say "one x 16gb" recently, before it only said "one x" with 32gb internal space.

TheAngelus said:
When i bought my contract and phone the description clearly says that the one x has 32gb internal space, but using androids own space meter aswell as other apps that show actual space i have a total of 12Gb. I asked tmob on twitter and they said i should have 32gb and told me to go into one of their stores if i have a concern, but as i live an hour and a half away from one i don't really want to do that.
Do i have a duff phone or are the specs wrong for the phone ive seen?
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well, i have the 16 gb and in storage. i have app storage 5.47 gb, in phone storage i have 10.53, which together = 16 gb . check them both !!

markb63 said:
well, i have the 16 gb and in storage. i have app storage 5.47 gb, in phone storage i have 10.53, which together = 16 gb . check them both !!
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Yeh i have, ive got a couple of market apps to see actual total space but they all say 12gb (with 8Gb used total by me/system).
Tmobile said i should go in store to talk to an adviser, very unhelpful. I have a feeling they are going to try to rip me off.

looking for prepaid by data sim card for mifi box

Hey everyone! If this is not the right section please move it to the correct section. Anyways, I'm looking for a Sim card for my mifi unlocked any-carrier box but here's what I want exactly:
I want a plan where I buy airtime cards by data not time e.g. I buy a 1gb card that lasts til I use all the data
I want the data to roll over to next month
Is there some sort of plan that has this? I looked into some of the popular carriers such as att verizon and h2o but the only plan I'm really seeing involves some sort of time e.g 200 mb that has to be used in 5 hrs. thanks
Micro

Any suggestions guys? Should I move this to a different forum? Do you not get what I'm asking?

gud informative,,,i need one

Hey guys still looking, please advise!

For what country are you looking for?
For UK, USA, in spain the more cheap is symio in prepaid for 3,99€ 100mb and calls at 0,05 cts.

G3 32 GB With 2 Gigs of ram

Hi everyone,
I have a strange issue...I just bought my 32GB G3, and It's supposed to have 3 Gigs of ram. When checking the available ram It indicated\ identifies 2 Gigs Of ram. Has anybody heard of something like this, or knows how to fix it? Tried flashing stock firmware but that didn't help...

Looks like you aren't alone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/3gb-ram-true-t2832951

henengel said:
Hi everyone,
I have a strange issue...I just bought my 32GB G3, and It's supposed to have 3 Gigs of ram. When checking the available ram It indicated\ identifies 2 Gigs Of ram. Has anybody heard of something like this, or knows how to fix it? Tried flashing stock firmware but that didn't help...
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Sir i have the same issue as yours. Try checking my thread. I've discussed it with other people regarding my issue. Im from philippines and i dunno if a lot of customers here are experiencing it or if they are not aware. I talked to the store where I bought this and they cant explain well to me. They are even diverting me to the internal memory -_-
Anyways what they did was to redirect me to talk to a customer service agent at another mall. And then the customer service agent found out by testing 2 stock phones (32gb type of G3s). 1 phone got 2gb ram, the other got 3gb ram, do note both are 32gb type of phones.
Then after that, he just forward my concern to the main office.
Unluckily main office didnt do anything. They just re forward the issue to Korea. So im stuck this whole weekend waiting for Korea to reply and wait for the results on Monday.
Actually they were not even aware of this issue. Even the store, the customer service, nor the main office.

daryll54321 said:
Sir i have the same issue as yours. Try checking my thread. I've discussed it with other people regarding my issue. Im from philippines and i dunno if a lot of customers here are experiencing it or if they are not aware. I talked to the store where I bought this and they cant explain well to me. They are even diverting me to the internal memory -_-
Anyways what they did was to redirect me to talk to a customer service agent at another mall. And then the customer service agent found out by testing 2 stock phones (32gb type of G3s). 1 phone got 2gb ram, the other got 3gb ram, do note both are 32gb type of phones.
Then after that, he just forward my concern to the main office.
Unluckily main office didnt do anything. They just re forward the issue to Korea. So im stuck this whole weekend waiting for Korea to reply and wait for the results on Monday.
Actually they were not even aware of this issue. Even the store, the customer service, nor the main office.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54564792&postcount=73

[Q] 64GB unlocked?

So, I recently bought a pair of these for the wife and kid.
I purchased what was listed as 32GB Unlocked for $199 from big A.
Today what arrived in the mail was a pair of 64GB phones running 3.6.8 (the unlocked OS version).
Has this happened to anyone else?
Is it possible to confirm this is unlocked?
No SIM was installed or provided (makes sense given it is supposed to be unlocked)
Battery/Storage reports:Your Files: 1.42Gb, Free 51.93 GB
That would seem to indicate it certainly is 64GB internal
I did not see any carrier branded software in the apps tray.
EDIT: Saw 2 reviews on Amazon since I posted the question about it. So it appears some orders of the US 32GB unlocked are getting 64GB unlocked versions.
Linkified the reviews as backing data (both are this past week):
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3C6RGLIRR7HNP/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00OC0USA6
http://www.amazon.com/review/RJF3XZ2YFMA8N/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00OC0USA6
I haven't posted a review myself yet, since I've not had time to really play with the thing.

zarish said:
So, I recently bought a pair of these for the wife and kid.
I purchased what was listed as 32GB Unlocked for $199 from big A.
Today what arrived in the mail was a pair of 64GB phones running 3.6.8 (the unlocked OS version).
Has this happened to anyone else?
Is it possible to confirm this is unlocked?
No SIM was installed or provided (makes sense given it is supposed to be unlocked)
Battery/Storage reports:Your Files: 1.42Gb, Free 51.93 GB
That would seem to indicate it certainly is 64GB internal
I did not see any carrier branded software in the apps tray.
EDIT: Saw 2 reviews on Amazon since I posted the question about it. So it appears some orders of the US 32GB unlocked are getting 64GB unlocked versions.
Linkified the reviews as backing data (both are this past week):
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3C6RGLIRR7HNP/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00OC0USA6
http://www.amazon.com/review/RJF3XZ2YFMA8N/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00OC0USA6
I haven't posted a review myself yet, since I've not had time to really play with the thing.
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You are very, very lucky. Congrats on the upgrade!

Yep, and definitely unlocked, the wife and kid are very happy now, both on our normal (not AT&T) carrier.

zarish said:
Yep, and definitely unlocked, the wife and kid are very happy now, both on our normal (not AT&T) carrier.
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Hi I also got an unlocked 64gb, the barcode on the box scans as a 32gb phone, so there must be a few rogue phones around

I was concerned that the 64GB Fire phone I received might not be unlocked, so I called Amazon. The support tech verified that I did in fact receive a 64GB version and that it is unlocked. She also said that if there's a problem using a SIM card, I could return it "as defective" within a year.
One of the big complaints about the Fire phone is its lack of the Google Play Store which severely limits the number of apps available. After reading through several of the reviews at Amazon, I found the steps one can use to sideload it. (Can't post a link yet, so look in the review entitled, "Here's how to install Google Play Store and change home screen!" by Jason Singleton.) I haven't done this yet. My fear is that a "pure" Android app may not be completely compatible with the Fire OS. There are comments in the reviews at Amazon from people who sideloaded Google Maps and report that the street names are often illegible.
If there was a 16GB Android phone with an expansion card slot and comparable camera available for the same price, I think I'd buy it instead of the Fire to avoid the app hassle. However, to get a 64GB phone plus a year of Amazon Prime, along with unlimited cloud storage and automatic backup to it for $199, well, I can put up with that issue.

Lucky you! I bought mine from swappa and knew I was getting a 32GB.. But after reading your post I slightly let myself down by checking my available storage in hopes that I would be one of the lucky ones. Hah