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Dear all,
Here's a little tip: Recently I purchased my HTC Desire, like many of you did, through T-Mobile utilising their 300 texts and 300 minutes with free internet 'booster' tarrif, however this morning my first bill arrived so I promptly registered on their site and checked my tarrif.
Delving through T-Mobile's 'booster' options I found this small print:
Internet for 'always-on' phones (Android™ and Windows® Mobile). If your phone needs an 'always-on' internet connection, internet will be included in your price plan, so you can choose a different Flexible Booster. This will be highlighted on the phone overview page.
I've phoned T-Mobile who told me on their records I had a Nokia N600 (which I don't) and now that they've set me up correctly with an HTC Desire I can indeed use my booster for something else (as internet is included as default). So now I'm getting unlimited texts and internet for £25pcm. Nice.
Surely you should've been told in the T-Mobile Store and it does say on the store, still it is an awesome deal and has essentially sold it for me
No, I bought it from Mobilephonesdirect. 18 month deal for less than T-Mobile would offer a 24 month deal to me for.
Oh, i didnt realise you could change it if you bought from 3rd party, will be getting that changed then!
Yeah, you can change the flexible booster once a month i think.
however, by the sounds of it, it's MPD's fault for not telling you about the features of your contract properly.....
when you order from the t-mobile website, it tells you you get internet included and one more free booster to choose from.
So does that mean that you can order a phone on a third parties contract that isn't stated as unlimited internet, such as the £20 unlimited text on MPD and still get unlimited data as it's an android phone?
this has just made my day think I will give them a call later see what the deal is cheers for the info
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Hi guys any more news regarding this? I've held out on a purchase from MPD thus far, but if this is true I will hold out no longer
If you're going onto t-mobile, then buy direct.
that way you definitely get the both. MPD may not put you on the right contract.
And besides, T-mobile are doing better deals direct i believe...
They did do better deals until they upped their prices! I might just wait and see if they drop them back down when they get a proper amount of stock..
didn't realise they had....thinking about it though, they did the exact same thing last august when i got the hero, and a couple of years ago when i got the Athena...
Hello everyone new to the forums and hopefully will soon be a proud owner of an xerpia play. I just had a few questions. I've been with Boost Mobile for a few years and have finally decided to step up to a contracted phone plan. So with my company discount the price for a family plan with 2 lines on AT&T and the price for a family plan on Verizon are about the same so then it comes down to the phones themselves. I've looked around online and have found that there different but there the same, so if any one has experience with/or knows which one is the better choice please let me know. Thanks!
EDIT: and I am leaning towards AT&T because for a few dollars more I get 3gb of data instead of 2gb with Verizon. And sorry I put this in the General category I thought I hit Q&A.
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Hello everyone new to the forums and hopefully will soon be a proud owner of an xerpia play. I just had a few questions. I've been with Boost Mobile for a few years and have finally decided to step up to a contracted phone plan. So with my company discount the price for a family plan with 2 lines on AT&T and the price for a family plan on Verizon are about the same so then it comes down to the phones themselves. I've looked around online and have found that there different but there the same, so if any one has experience with/or knows which one is the better choice please let me know. Thanks!
EDIT: and I am leaning towards AT&T because for a few dollars more I get 3gb of data instead of 2gb with Verizon. And sorry I put this in the General category I thought I hit Q&A.
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Well, you really need to ask around in the area in which you live and/or work (whichever one you will use the phone in most) to see how the actual service is. Where I live, Verizon beats all comers hands down for signal, both for calls and 3G. In fact, my daughter works for an AT&T Call center, and almost everyone working there has a Verizon phone.
I'm curious as to why you're leaving Boost. They use both AT&T and Verizon's towers, so it's probably not going to be much difference in terms of service area. I know their phone selection is somewhat limited. but you can always root them, remove the bloat and update the phone according to what's been dev'd. For example, my daughter's friend has a Samsung Galaxy Prevail which majorly sucked until I rooted and debloated it. There are several ROMs available for it, but already she's so much happier because she can install what she wants now and the phone overall is much more responsive.
Thanks for replying, I live in south Texas and really Verizon and AT&T are about the same with signal strength. So if the plans, service, and pricing is all about the same I still think it comes down to the phones. Some reviews I read said that the buttons on the AT&T Xperia Play 4g felt a little sturdier then the Verizon Xperia Play. So just seeing if anyone has experience with both to say either they are the same or one is better then the other.
Actually for a cheap phone/plan I love the Prevail. Thanks to shrinkage I'm down to $40 a month. I rooted my phone and removed all of the bloatware from it, I thought about modding it but decided against it. Really the reasons why I want to switch is #1 have a better phone I can keep myself entertained with while its slow at work or while waiting somewhere, #2 Even though you get Rev-A 3g with boost steaming from google music and watching videos on Youtube rarely works (but pandora most of the time works good...), #3 I drive alot back to my home town to see friends and family which is around a 9 hour drive...with boost about 80% of the drive I dont get service so in case anything were to happen I would not be able to get ahold of any one.
If you take part in the modding community, I recommend not getting the Verizon PLAY, it gets updates far more slowly and it's harder for devs to mod it
I vote AT&T as CDMA is more like the plague.
But I'm using a 800i Play on Tmo so I'd vote Tmo over AT&T.
But out of the original 2, AT&T.
As much as it pains me to say this, go with the AT&T Play, it is getting more modding action than the Verizon CDMA Play.
With a GSM phone, it's also easier to carry things from phone to phone, given the SIM card. Verizon, being CDMA, doesn't have this option, unless you're using an international phone, such as the HTC Incredible 2. There's a point for AT&T.
However, I've always heard that AT&T sucks with their customer relations.
placed order on Tuesday, the guy said would be released thursday so should get friday, today he emailed to say there was a delay and he`ll let me know when i will receive... are they just loading there bloat ware on it?
a number of places in UK has the device and is selling, why are the service providers like t-mob, orange etc struggling?
Got unbranded on t-mobile from mobiles.co.uk for 31/month. Delivered next day. There are other third parties doing the same. You could just cancel and do that?
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T-Mobile staff don't seem to know much. Was told 11th and 15th as release dates, was given incorrect specs. ..just gonna wait and see
Did you order the LTE version and what colour? Also, what deal did you manage to get from them?
I was under the impression that they'll be released on the 15th of this month
I got a deal of £31 per mth, £40 for handset, 300 mins x network, unlimited calls to t-mob, 1.5gb download, 3gb bt openzone wifi. 24 mths.
prob not best deal, easpecially on mins and txts, but to be honest i dont use much, i just want the latest phones.
I would imagine (hope) that t-mob would only sell the LTE version as they are the ones pioneering 4G? will keep an eye out though, if can get a better deal will do so.. (limited to networks i can use as 02 doesnt work where i live and am waiting on a three sim to try there network.)
t3rm3y said:
I got a deal of £31 per mth, £40 for handset, 300 mins x network, unlimited calls to t-mob, 1.5gb download, 3gb bt openzone wifi. 24 mths.
prob not best deal, easpecially on mins and txts, but to be honest i dont use much, i just want the latest phones.
I would imagine (hope) that t-mob would only sell the LTE version as they are the ones pioneering 4G? will keep an eye out though, if can get a better deal will do so.. (limited to networks i can use as 02 doesnt work where i live and am waiting on a three sim to try there network.)
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I have 2 lines one of which is always with unltd calls so something like this would suit me just fine for the 2nd line. As i said i was under the impression that they'll be releasing this phone on the 15th...I just had another look on their website and the deal you got isn't mentioned BUT the only version they have IS the LTE one. So if or when you do get it, update us please? I think a lot of people like me are holding off on this phone waiting for the LTE 4G ready version.
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I have 2 lines one of which is always with unltd calls so something like this would suit me just fine for the 2nd line. As i said i was under the impression that they'll be releasing this phone on the 15th...I just had another look on their website and the deal you got isn't mentioned BUT the only version they have IS the LTE one. So if or when you do get it, update us please? I think a lot of people like me are holding off on this phone waiting for the LTE 4G ready version.
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Its peculiar they released a non lte version in the UK. Arguably it's cheap and not in the interest of the customer, the main focus of any good supplier. That's something Apple and Samsung have in common - the smell of their own farts in their nostrils. The latter at least makes phones rather than toys.
Some might argue they don't mind having no lte chip but it's a stretch to say they're better off and it's Samsung's fault. They might release new models every 6 months but in your mind how long should a £500+ phone function as an admirable device? If lte was brand new then it would be excusable but its been obvious for a while what a future proof device for the UK would need although only recently was it known roughly when. If they do release a sim free version of the 7105 (they better do) AND it has all the UK present(nearly) and future bands of lte but they price it at £700 then their behaviour is acceptable but their prices criminal.
This my opinion, and it leads me into your camp. Maybe I'm just jealous my desires don't allow me to be the first to own this device like the hundreds of happy customers on here. Samsung are training me to be a patient and sensible consumer, not a good idea.
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EmptyArea said:
Its peculiar they released a non lte version in the UK. Arguably it's cheap and not in the interest of the customer, the main focus of any good supplier. That's something Apple and Samsung have in common - the smell of their own farts in their nostrils. The latter at least makes phones rather than toys.
Some might argue they don't mind having no lte chip but it's a stretch to say they're better off and it's Samsung's fault. They might release new models every 6 months but in your mind how long should a £500+ phone function as an admirable device? If lte was brand new then it would be excusable but its been obvious for a while what a future proof device for the UK would need although only recently was it known roughly when. If they do release a sim free version of the 7105 (they better do) AND it has all the UK present(nearly) and future bands of lte but they price it at £700 then their behaviour is acceptable but their prices criminal.
This my opinion, and it leads me into your camp. Maybe I'm just jealous my desires don't allow me to be the first to own this device like the hundreds of happy customers on here. Samsung are training me to be a patient and sensible consumer, not a good idea.
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I agree and would add that not releasing a 32 or 64gb version is just a ploy to make more money later on. Forcing people on to the 16gb NON-LTE version is just a dirty business tactic. And before anyone says 'oh but they probably couldn't have them ready in time' Lets not forget that Samsung are one of the biggest memory manufacturers in the world (if not the biggest?). So would have been a piece of cake to swap out the internal memory.
And about being jealous lol. I was dead set on getting the S3 when that was released but waited for my upgrade to be due. Then i heard rumours of this beast and decided to wait. I watched the presentation live and thought THIS is my next phone. I recently tried it out in the shops and it's....BIG....in a good way? i think lol. Reading people's views on here i think i'll get used to it...Now do i wait for the LTE version of this, get the LTE version of the S3 or wait a month more for the Nexus phones to be released? Argh I hate having to make this decision.
We share the dilemma, except I've written off the s3 my missus has one and although very good its just an inferior note 2 with screen size a preference consideration.
I'll be getting the note 2, either lte or not, depending on the price differential (£518 the cheapest so far). I know the new nexus will probably be excellent but I don't have to let that serve to make this device look worse.
I'm disappointing with Samsung, I'll say again they've lost customer focus at the crucial marketing and sales level. Its all about profit and market share. They should treat their customers less like Apple does, as mindless sheep who'll believe, and do, anything to be told their sexy. And more like children who need protecting from their ignorance. That's not an insult or even pessimism, it's a rationalisation of the fact mobile phone hardware is a boring subject to most people. If they released both models at the same time and it was made clear then fine. But giving one choice caused confusion, its not like called it:
"Galaxy Note II (No LTE)"
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+1 to that ^^^ I think the technique is designed to spread sales and I will not buy until at least the 32GB is available - 16GB is just too small considering you can't install apps (easily) on the external SD. However, sammy is sure to loose "some" customers if they leave it too long as newer phones are released and, if they leave it a really long time, the rumours of the SGNIII start to build tempting others (including myself) to wait for that and/or another "super phone". Still, it's only 2 weeks so far since release, give them a chance, but if we get to 4-6 months for decent internal SD size I might have found an alternative device (you never know, as this is a new "hot" format). Personally I reckon they'd have been better off releasing all sizes at launch - I'd have jumped straight onto the (likely much more expensive) 64GB but now if the 32GB comes out before the 64GB I'll get that (likely at a lower price) and will not upgrade to a 64GB when that is released - so they will loose money from me. They "may" of course drop the price of the 16GB when the higher sizes are released but, based on the SGIII, I think that is unlikely.
LTE doesn't really bother me that much, 4G will be a couple of years before it is common place (and I live way out in the countryside 3G is pretty poor here still!) - I'll be upgrading by then and, for some reason, I never sell my old phones - usually de-sim them and give them to the kids as games machines
Waiting impatiently...........
Lol I've got all my old phones too (except a few stolen ones) even though I always keep em pristine for resale value.
Haha
The lack of storage sizes is foolishly annoying, I understand it for the s3 the majority of people who bought one wouldn't give it a second thought. But the note 2 is a different market, with much more media entertainment focused purposes.
As you say its early days and its my own impatience that has me frustrated.
Talking about alternatives, I like the look of padphone 2.
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When 32 and 64 come out I will sell my 16 wont loose that much and to have the 16 in my hand makes me smile enough for now
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Where will you sell it?
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Im literally on hold with tmobile now, going to enquire about the Note II LTE.
Im not too fussed if it is 16GB as it has the SD card capability right??
Waiting still
I've got one more month. Hopefully next year some time this phones contract price will reduce a bit. If I upgrade it will still be £30 on T mobile. Managed to get my last phone on £17 / month for 2 years (yeah right)! I took off the answer phone service which knocked off £5 / month from the the original price. Considering that at the time I was charged for calling the answer phone as well as a fiver a month I thought no thanks so saved quite a bit. Then came the 20% VAT hike and Tmobile upping the price of the contract to compensate. So I now pay a little over £21 per month.
I might have to get one a little later than I expected to.
Yep called them too. The usual clueless replies. 15th is all they know as the release date. ..they think.
I'll wait until CPW get them. Their prices can be better and their customer service strong.
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I'll wait until CPW get them. Their prices can be better and their customer service strong.
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Where are you based in the world?
i went into a cpw in essex and they had them in stock and ready to ship - that was probably 2+ weeks ago. i had a look at the phone (which wwasnt on / battery want in it) he could do it on orange, t-mob and one other, poss 02 but not sure..
only reason i was waiting on t-mobile direct is i have a ok offer to stay with them.
though a quick look onlien shows some web only comanies offering the note 2 for £32 per mth - 300 mins, 1.5gig data with t-mob.
+£50 cash back) just a bit weary of using online companies, as can imagine if there was a problem t-mob would say go to the web company, and web company would say talk to t-mob..
are the ones on mobiles.co.uk etc not LTE? is the difference between LTE and non LTE only 4g? as i live in the middle of nowhere LTE will not affect me so might as well get a non LTE, though i feel it should be cheaper then the LTE version...
Went into tmob shop in UK today - none on display - so I asked about it - the sales person looked at me blankly and said "we only have the note I" so I tried another one, who THB wasn't interested in speaking to me at all, "nah, not heard anything about the note II release yet, it's not out" I directed him to the 3 store opposite with a SGNII sitting in the window - "oh, yeah, we'll we will be getting it, just not sure when" I gave up at that point. 3 were very helpful and, spent a lot of time going through things with me and it turns out, for a mere £69 I get a SNGII 16GB (3G) for £36 per month with unlimited Internet and unlimited tethering included (plus pretty much infinite call time and texts - more than I would use anyway). 4G - honestly they said wont realistically be working everywhere for at least a year, probably longer but they will be getting the SGNII on 4G when they feel 4G is reliable enough. Oh and the sales rep thought that 3 had no plans to tie the handset to the network.
TBH at 3s deal I'd be saving £15 a month from my current contracts - only shame is..............no 32/64GB yet! - no store I visited had any news on 32/64GB one and all only stocked the 16GB SGNI version too. I might have to give in and get 16GB and root.
Tmobs current price plan is for 3G even for the LTE model and info sheets in store said there will be an upgrade charge to 4G and a new contract will have to be signed.
When will these stores realise customer service is important - I'd have gone with tmob because their coverage is better even tho they are slightly more expensive but not now!
Re-looked at ip5 - !!! Why did I ever even consider it - it was funny, the ip5 stands in all shops were deserted, the Sony and Samsung ones were packed - how things change lol
t-mobile do seem like utter rubbish - when you consider o2 has priority moments, orange has things like orange wednesdays and on panther you can watch stuff like sport and tv etc without using your data allowance. Three does the completely unlimited thing, vodafone has yoda as a mascot - what does t-mobile offer?
i got an email today saying finally has it in stock. plan was changed slightly - £27 per mth, but £80 for handset, i couldnt be bothered to argue or search - i wouldnt get a better mthly plan elsewhere (600 mins, 500 txts, 1.5gb data)
plus if i delayed any longer a new handset would arrive that i would want instead i.e. the padfone 2..?
so i should get my LTE SGN2 on monday, if the delivery drive can find my work place..
Okay, I searched and found no other posts that seemed to answer my question, so here it goes:
I recently changed employment and as a result lost my access discount with VZW. As a result, I couldn't afford their service any longer. I went to Best Buy and bought a burner smartphone so I could try out TMobile's network in my area (a $50 investment after returning the phone itself) I paid off my edge finance plan and ported my family plan over to T-Mobile. Short story, I saved myself $100 a month......other than no access to 4g service in my area yet, I'm very happy. Call signal is 3 bars stronger at my home than it was with VZW: -85dBm 14asu)
wow...sorry for the rant, here is what I'm looking for help with:
The Rep at the TMo store was able to unlock my device, saving me from buying a new one. This allowed my to plug a TMo SIM into the phone and access their networks without any issue (other than no access to LTE, which doesn't matter since it isn't available in my area yet anyway) I am wondering if it is possible to install the RUU for the TMo version of the One and get OTA's and possibly even access LTE once it gets here? This saves me from going thru the hassle (and financial loss) of selling this device and getting one from TMo.
I get the feeling it's a long shot, but if anyone can figure it out, it would be this community
Any helpful input (even if its to tell me I'm SOL) is welcome.
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Okay, I searched and found no other posts that seemed to answer my question, so here it goes:
I recently changed employment and as a result lost my access discount with VZW. As a result, I couldn't afford their service any longer. I went to Best Buy and bought a burner smartphone so I could try out TMobile's network in my area (a $50 investment after returning the phone itself) I paid off my edge finance plan and ported my family plan over to T-Mobile. Short story, I saved myself $100 a month......other than no access to 4g service in my area yet, I'm very happy. Call signal is 3 bars stronger at my home than it was with VZW: -85dBm 14asu)
wow...sorry for the rant, here is what I'm looking for help with:
The Rep at the TMo store was able to unlock my device, saving me from buying a new one. This allowed my to plug a TMo SIM into the phone and access their networks without any issue (other than no access to LTE, which doesn't matter since it isn't available in my area yet anyway) I am wondering if it is possible to install the RUU for the TMo version of the One and get OTA's and possibly even access LTE once it gets here? This saves me from going thru the hassle (and financial loss) of selling this device and getting one from TMo.
I get the feeling it's a long shot, but if anyone can figure it out, it would be this community
Any helpful input (even if its to tell me I'm SOL) is welcome.
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The only way you would be able to gain access to their LTE network is if the phone has the hardware required for their frequencies. The developer edition One ships without T-Mobile LTE support enabled, but since the hardware is physically there, people were able to get on to LTE by flashing a T-Mobile radio to it.
My2k1rS said:
Okay, I searched and found no other posts that seemed to answer my question, so here it goes:
I recently changed employment and as a result lost my access discount with VZW. As a result, I couldn't afford their service any longer. I went to Best Buy and bought a burner smartphone so I could try out TMobile's network in my area (a $50 investment after returning the phone itself) I paid off my edge finance plan and ported my family plan over to T-Mobile. Short story, I saved myself $100 a month......other than no access to 4g service in my area yet, I'm very happy. Call signal is 3 bars stronger at my home than it was with VZW: -85dBm 14asu)
wow...sorry for the rant, here is what I'm looking for help with:
The Rep at the TMo store was able to unlock my device, saving me from buying a new one. This allowed my to plug a TMo SIM into the phone and access their networks without any issue (other than no access to LTE, which doesn't matter since it isn't available in my area yet anyway) I am wondering if it is possible to install the RUU for the TMo version of the One and get OTA's and possibly even access LTE once it gets here? This saves me from going thru the hassle (and financial loss) of selling this device and getting one from TMo.
I get the feeling it's a long shot, but if anyone can figure it out, it would be this community
Any helpful input (even if its to tell me I'm SOL) is welcome.
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You could turn it in to a paperweight by flashing anything other than stuff made for the Verizon One...no matter what, it's still a Verizon phone. Your best bet would just be selling it and getting a T-Mob phone.
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I figured as much, but thank you both for your input.
I'll deal with my almost-fully-functional unit until the next gen One comes out later on this year
My2k1rS said:
I figured as much, but thank you both for your input.
I'll deal with my almost-fully-functional unit until the next gen One comes out later on this year
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That's a good call...that thing should be pretty awesome. Too bad my wife hates my tech obsession
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I was looking at the HTC website and see that an off contract M9 is on sale for $650. I would buy one if it will run on Verizon. Unfortunately, HTC list AT&T, Sprint, Tmobile, but no Verizon. See attachment.
Do you think we will ever see on off-contract, developer edition of the M9 for Verizon?
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I was looking at the HTC website and see that an off contract M9 is on sale for $650. I would buy one if it will run on Verizon. Unfortunately, HTC list AT&T, Sprint, Tmobile, but no Verizon. See attachment.
Do you think we will ever see on off-contract, developer edition of the M9 for Verizon?
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I believe that Verizon is not listed yet is because they have not started their pre-orders yet, which will start on April 1. At that time, I'm sure that VZW will be included on HTC's website.
Will the developer edition work on the Verizon network?
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Will the developer edition work on the Verizon network?
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At present, Developer is GSM only, so, no, it's won't work on Verizon.
Will the M9 Unlocked work with Verizon?
I've never bought an unlocked phone so I appologize if this is a noob question, but I did do some searching and didn't come up with any answers.
Will the unlocked M9 work on Verizon?
Thanks!
Very doubtful, usually GSM only.
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I just spoke to HTC customer service and they confirmed that both the unlocked and developer's edition are GSM only. No go on Verizon
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I've never bought an unlocked phone so I appologize if this is a noob question, but I did do some searching and didn't come up with any answers.
Will the unlocked M9 work on Verizon?
Thanks!
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Your post has been moved here, as the question has already been discussed/answered here:good:
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I just spoke to HTC customer service and they confirmed that both the unlocked and developer's edition are GSM only. No go on Verizon
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This is so maddening. I want a 64 GB version of the M9 which runs on Vz and can be unlocked and used with a custom bootloader!!! Pure Google for me.
I am hoping that once the M9 gets into the hands of the XDA developers that they find a way to turn on the Vz bands for the Developer Edition. I am thinking that there is only one hardware version of the M9 with different bands turned on for GSM versus Verizon. That seems to be the case with the S4.
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I was looking at the HTC website and see that an off contract M9 is on sale for $650. I would buy one if it will run on Verizon. Unfortunately, HTC list AT&T, Sprint, Tmobile, but no Verizon. See attachment.
Do you think we will ever see on off-contract, developer edition of the M9 for Verizon?
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wouldn't it be cheaper to add another line. activate phone. swap sim cards. change phone on new line to non-smart phone. $10/month. Sell your old phone or trade it in for a $100 credit (current promo). If you know someone that could use the extra phone, nice added bonus.
I have 5 lines on my plan and I use my other lines to borrow the upgrades from in order to upgrade every year. plus it's a business plan with only a $175 early termination fee. I've done that once too.
Might be too complicated but it could definitely save money.
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I was looking at the HTC website and see that an off contract M9 is on sale for $650. I would buy one if it will run on Verizon. Unfortunately, HTC list AT&T, Sprint, Tmobile, but no Verizon. See attachment.
Do you think we will ever see on off-contract, developer edition of the M9 for Verizon?
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No none of the non verizon version m9's will support the verizon bands.
The bands could probably be unlocked but just like the guys did to run the verizon m8's on tmobile there are so many issues with data most lose LTE signal a lot so it sounds like a can of worms.
Honestly I do not feel there would be enough dev support to get this accomplished even though I believe it could be done.
Many devs believe the phones are all the same hardware wise so they believe the carrier type and bands are all set up through software, but unless you know someone at htc willing to help, it probably wont happen, and if they did their job would be on the line.
I"am with you on this as I would like this also as I did on the m8 but just like converting a verizon m8 or m9 to a dev edition its probably not ever going to happen, which that issue is believed to be with the cdma side, as the verizon m8 and m9 are both world phones meaning both cdma and gsm.
You can probably thank verizon for that, as they do not want non verizon phones on their network, and since verizon always requires htc to not allow htc dev to unlock their bootloaders, so you probably wont ever see a dev edition for the verizon service.
This will probably never change until verizon gets knocked down a peg or two and they see at&t and tmobile are gaining ground and they figure out that they have to to be able to compete.
Verizon as a company just thinks they own the market and they do not care about their customers or what their customers want, they only care about what verizon wants and one day that kind of thinking will cost them.
M9guy said:
No none of the non verizon version m9's will support the verizon bands.
The bands could probably be unlocked but just like the guys did to run the verizon m8's on tmobile there are so many issues with data most lose LTE signal a lot so it sounds like a can of worms.
Honestly I do not feel there would be enough dev support to get this accomplished even though I believe it could be done.
Many devs believe the phones are all the same hardware wise so they believe the carrier type and bands are all set up through software, but unless you know someone at htc willing to help, it probably wont happen, and if they did their job would be on the line.
I"am with you on this as I would like this also as I did on the m8 but just like converting a verizon m8 or m9 to a dev edition its probably not ever going to happen, which that issue is believed to be with the cdma side, as the verizon m8 and m9 are both world phones meaning both cdma and gsm.
You can probably thank verizon for that, as they do not want non verizon phones on their network, and since verizon always requires htc to not allow htc dev to unlock their bootloaders, so you probably wont ever see a dev edition for the verizon service.
This will probably never change until verizon gets knocked down a peg or two and they see at&t and tmobile are gaining ground and they figure out that they have to to be able to compete.
Verizon as a company just thinks they own the market and they do not care about their customers or what their customers want, they only care about what verizon wants and one day that kind of thinking will cost them.
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I guess that my next phone will be a Nexus. Hopefully I can get the 64 Gb version to run on Vz.
The N6 seems too big, but I hear that people get used to it.
swieder711 said:
I guess that my nwxt phone will be a Nexus. Hopefully I can get the 64 Gb version to run on Vz.
The N6 seems too big, but I hear that people get used to it.
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Did you know that on the m9 you can get one free replacement such as if yours gets water damage or broken screen I think, or if you switch carriers htc will swap you out a m9 for the new carrier.
Now on the nexus 9 they are all supposed to work on any carrier, but the only ones verizon will activate on their network are the ones they sell. But what you can do is activate your sim in another verizon phone then pop it in any nexus 6 and its supposed to work they just wont activate a sim in a non verizon version and they will know because the imei of lets say a sprint version or tmobile wont be in their network of imei numbers that can be activated, but like I said activate the sim in another verizon phone and then put it in the nexus 6 and your good to go.
The one dev tigerstown he has a nexus 6 and an m8 also and he said he modified a sense 7 rom from an m9 to work on his nexus 6 so he has a nexus 6 running a htc sense 7 rom and he even uses the htc camera software on it.
I thought about it too and yeah it seemed a bit too big for myself also I want a 5.5 inch screen, I might check out the m9 plus but if it has the cheap processor and does not come with the 810 processor then I definitely wont be buying it. That lower grade processor might fly in the china market but it sure wont here.
Verizon is so bad that they will only activate imei numbers of there own phones they will block imei numbers of other phones and these are phones with clean imei numbers, where at&t & tmobile all they care about is that the imei number is not blacklisted which is all that should matter but verizon just tries to control everything and why should they care what phone you use when at&t & tmobile dont ?
Icyman said:
wouldn't it be cheaper to add another line. activate phone. swap sim cards. change phone on new line to non-smart phone. $10/month. Sell your old phone or trade it in for a $100 credit (current promo). If you know someone that could use the extra phone, nice added bonus.
I have 5 lines on my plan and I use my other lines to borrow the upgrades from in order to upgrade every year. plus it's a business plan with only a $175 early termination fee. I've done that once too.
Might be too complicated but it could definitely save money.
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What? Can you explain this differently. Lets say with my current device a Droid DNA, if I wanted to get an M9 and I am still in contract.
masterj1337 said:
What? Can you explain this differently. Lets say with my current device a Droid DNA, if I wanted to get an M9 and I am still in contract.
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How much is your etf ? You could pay your etf then open a new account on the comcast web site as they are a verizon dealer then you will get a $150.00 visa prepaid card for a rebate which it says you will receive it with in 6 weeks of your activation.
Or you could add another line getting the m9 which the comcast site has a $50.00 visa prepaid card as a rebate for that I believe as they list getting an upgrade. But then switch the 2nd line to a cheap regular phone like a flip or something and I think your monthly cost goes down, or after you get the m9 on your new line close it paying off the etf and put the m9 on your other line you had first. I think you can save some this way, also then you could sell your old phone to get some of the cost back.
Icyman said:
wouldn't it be cheaper to add another line. activate phone. swap sim cards. change phone on new line to non-smart phone. $10/month. Sell your old phone or trade it in for a $100 credit (current promo). If you know someone that could use the extra phone, nice added bonus.
I have 5 lines on my plan and I use my other lines to borrow the upgrades from in order to upgrade every year. plus it's a business plan with only a $175 early termination fee. I've done that once too.
Might be too complicated but it could definitely save money.
masterj1337 said:
What? Can you explain this differently. Lets say with my current device a Droid DNA, if I wanted to get an M9 and I am still in contract.
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In the past you could do this, now they have a note that says you must keep the $30 data plan on whatever line you use to upgrade/sign up. They are doing everything they can to get their money from you.