Will the Google Pixel Watch LTE Functions work with a Mint Mobile account? Can you leave the phone at home and still use the LTE functions away from the phone?
As far as I understand, you'll need an eSIM to use LTE/4G on the watch. You need to check with your carrier if they can provide one for you.
WILLTONY7 said:
Will the Google Pixel Watch LTE Functions work with a Mint Mobile account? Can you leave the phone at home and still use the LTE functions away from the phone?
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Can I use a Mint plan on my smartwatch? | Mint Mobile
Unfortunately, Mint plans do not support smartwatches right now.
www.mintmobile.com
I assume the lack of support has to do with whatever is running in the background that allows the watch to use the same number as the phone. What if the phone wasn't part of it? Activate the watch on a plan, give it its own number. The watch wouldn't be a companion device. These watches are just phones shrunk down and can work on their own. I found a Galaxy Watch4 on Swappa with the IMEI number posted. I entered it into Mint's checker and it came back as a compatible device. What if the sim from a phone were install into a watch that uses a physical sim?
masterdave2002 said:
I assume the lack of support has to do with whatever is running in the background that allows the watch to use the same number as the phone. What if the phone wasn't part of it? Activate the watch on a plan, give it its own number. The watch wouldn't be a companion device. These watches are just phones shrunk down and can work on their own. I found a Galaxy Watch4 on Swappa with the IMEI number posted. I entered it into Mint's checker and it came back as a compatible device. What if the sim from a phone were install into a watch that uses a physical sim?
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It is possible to load a sim for phones on the watch.
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Have just changed network to three mobile (UK), because they have great all you can eat data phone tarrif.
I also just bought replacement n1520 after the old one broke and samsun wont honor waranty.
They wont let me use the internet on the phone as they say its a tablet not a phone, and i need to get data sim which i wont be able to make phone calls!
aparantly 5.7" is ok but 8" is too big for a screen.
this is nutts three wont allow the n5100/n5120 to be used as designed.
£300 out of pocket on phone and now tied into 12 month contract.
anybody know any way to get the data to work?
john
photoscubaman said:
Have just changed network to three mobile (UK), because they have great all you can eat data phone tarrif.
I also just bought replacement n1520 after the old one broke and samsun wont honor waranty.
They wont let me use the internet on the phone as they say its a tablet not a phone, and i need to get data sim which i wont be able to make phone calls!
aparantly 5.7" is ok but 8" is too big for a screen.
this is nutts three wont allow the n5100/n5120 to be used as designed.
£300 out of pocket on phone and now tied into 12 month contract.
anybody know any way to get the data to work?
john
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Used a sim from a working phone and got the EE error after unlocking my ATT LTE Note 8.0.
Found a booth at the mall and found you need to get a data only SIM for tablets... Tested on Virgin in Scotland and worked fine, don't like Virgin. Soon I will be going to Amsterdam to pick a plan and service plus the SIM is cheaper as well.
gooberdude said:
Used a sim from a working phone and got the EE error after unlocking my ATT LTE Note 8.0.
Found a booth at the mall and found you need to get a data only SIM for tablets... Tested on Virgin in Scotland and worked fine, don't like Virgin. Soon I will be going to Amsterdam to pick a plan and service plus the SIM is cheaper as well.
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I can confirm that the phone works great on Virgin as i was conected to their network prior to joing three.
have now escalted to exc office and it has been confirmed they have no plans to enable the galaxy note 8 to be used on Three
I too have a Note 8 N5120 and absolutely thrilled using it with Gear1 etc...like you I was on Three and was blocked data, so both me and the wife cancelled the Direct Debit and are now both with o2 (amazing 4G) with a 5 Gig of data plan, unlimited calls and texts, both comes to around £50 a month, sim only for both mind as we already had phones.
I tend to use speakerphone a lot more than using voice from the watch as they are both audible to the public and quality is better from phone anyway so the Gear is neither here nor there I suppose, but crack on with the Note 8 its a fantastic device to use as a phone.
As for Three, wake up and smell the coffee, listen to what people want!!!!
Simply call them up like I did and explain you are not paying a single penny for the contract as they block your Note 8 from data, if everyone done this they might change this stupid rule..
Is there any way to spoof the identity of the device so three think it's a galaxy s5 or something?
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AMoosa said:
Is there any way to spoof the identity of the device so three think it's a galaxy s5 or something?
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afaik it detects the IMEI number, so they must have 2 lists, phone IMEI's and tablet IMEI's....1 list is blocked and the other isnt...
Hi,
I am from Thailand and here you can only buy the Bluetooth version, so I bought my watch overseas (lte version).
Now here is my issue :
The 3 providers here does offer esim but they say to only support the Apple iPhones and watches, so my question is can I somehow bypass this so my samsung phone will pass the registration screen because now it say : mobile network can not be setup from this phone...
Since it's esim is this really a big difference if Apple or Samsung to use/activate it?
The issue are the providers not the watch, in my country right now only 1 has it enabled for the galaxy watch while all of them are working with the apple watch. You will need to wait until they set up the compatibility.
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The issue are the providers not the watch, in my country right now only 1 has it enabled for the galaxy watch while all of them are working with the apple watch. You will need to wait until they set up the compatibility.
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So basicly there is no way to (trick) the system into thinking it's apple watch?
Right now I think it can't be done because it's something a lot of providers are working to make it happen sooner than later(here a lot of them are going to make it available in a year or less) and no one is going work on how to trick the watch while knowing it's going to happen anyway.
Ask to your provider if they are working on it, look if any other provider in your country is going to do it and as a last resort keep looking on the forums to see if someone tries to do it.
BlackCatO8 said:
The issue are the providers not the watch, in my country right now only 1 has it enabled for the galaxy watch while all of them are working with the apple watch. You will need to wait until they set up the compatibility.
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Is that really a sucg big difference ?
I mean this are basicly only settings right?
I don't know what the providers need to do, they maybe need to implement something with samsung, set up some settings on their network or whatever.
It should be some settings because esim is just a chipset inside of the device.
I know that to set up esim for the galaxy watch you need to go through the gear app and scan a qr code or at least that is how it works in here, while on apple watch I think that you input some data manually(don't know where, how and what really because I don't care about apple things too much).
So maybe it's something that needs to work on the app and isn't available yet in some cases.
Whatever the reason I think it isn't as easy as it should yet, and that's why some people wait for their provider, change to one that supports it or just completely ignore the lte and get the Bluetooth version.
Hello all.
First time poster and have already searched for my answer without luck.
I have the Huawei P20 mate pro in UK on EE (and very happy with it) however looking to purchase a smart watch.
EE have an offer for a 4g Galaxy Watch. I have been after a good smart watch for some time. I like the thought of usng mybwatch instead of my phone with the 4g feature.
I have seen online that there maybe compatibility issues with the mate 20 pro.
On the EE website it says the watch is only for use with the Samsung galaxy phone.
I've looked everywhere for some advice without any luck.
Can anyone give me some advice?
Cheers
Buy it and enjoy it! you wont have messaging though, only reply to the last text unless you download a program called PULSE on your phone and watch. you will get all of your notifications and be able to make phone calls etc. I use a pixel 2 xl with no issues.
The 4G capabilities will only work with another Samsung model that’s on your EE account. The watch’s other features will still work though as it works with almost Android phones.
nintendolinky said:
The 4G capabilities will only work with another Samsung model that’s on your EE account. The watch’s other features will still work though as it works with almost Android phones.
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So you're saying if i trade my bluetooth version for an LTE version I wont be able to make calls from it by itself? (i do not have a samsung phone btw)
How are those with the LTE version able to make and receive phone calls in a "standalone" like version. Sprint agent claims that is impossible with this watch, but yet charges an arm and a leg to send "texts and receive data" WTH is that?
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How are those with the LTE version able to make and receive phone calls in a "standalone" like version. Sprint agent claims that is impossible with this watch, but yet charges an arm and a leg to send "texts and receive data" WTH is that?
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I found out just yesterday that Sprint doesn't support the ability to receive calls and text to the watch while away from your phone. Im a bit confused as to why they would 1) Sell me thw watch when that feature was the ONLY reason I was interested in purchasing this thing and 2) then sell me a service plan for a feature they dont even support. Extremely upsetting. The standalone feature does allow me to listen to music to Spotify using only the watch but not sure that alone is worth an extra monthly cost.
I'll be cancelling the service and sticking to my Garmin for fitness tracker and maybe using the Samsung as a daily watch.
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How are those with the LTE version able to make and receive phone calls in a "standalone" like version. Sprint agent claims that is impossible with this watch, but yet charges an arm and a leg to send "texts and receive data" WTH is that?
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I can make and receive calls and send texts in "standalone" mode on the lte version in the uk. When you buy the phone through your operator EE (has to be in uk) you gey unlimited calls/text and data on the phone
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if the lte version of the watch is properly activated on the carriers side then calls can be done when phone is off. texts and emails dont work.
if phone is on AND connected remotely, then texts and emails work.
this is a carrier gimmick to force you to have 2 plans. because everything would work with just the watch. if you can brows the internet in standalone mode then emails should work aswell. if you can make and receive phone calls then texts should also work in stand alone mode as well. just an other proof on how greedy carriers are.
also never listen to what they say. 60% of the time they give you false information and miss guide clients.
Jio in india
kbboykin said:
How are those with the LTE version able to make and receive phone calls in a "standalone" like version. Sprint agent claims that is impossible with this watch, but yet charges an arm and a leg to send "texts and receive data" WTH is that?
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Hey I'm using jio in india and I'm not able to make or receive calls, but receiving sms as well as internet service i don't know my watch does supports or not volte service from jio
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if the lte version of the watch is properly activated on the carriers side then calls can be done when phone is off. texts and emails dont work.
if phone is on AND connected remotely, then texts and emails work.
this is a carrier gimmick to force you to have 2 plans. because everything would work with just the watch. if you can brows the internet in standalone mode then emails should work aswell. if you can make and receive phone calls then texts should also work in stand alone mode as well. just an other proof on how greedy carriers are.
also never listen to what they say. 60% of the time they give you false information and miss guide clients.
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I believe TMobile has a standalone plan for wearables...Tmobile One plan for wearables
shollywood said:
I believe TMobile has a standalone plan for wearables...Tmobile One plan for wearables
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but i mean if you only have a watch and think of using it standalone LTE, you cant do anything. you need a phone on the same provider to activate the line on the watch. plus if no phone, no texts and emails....
I don't believe that to be true with this plan. With their "Digits" plan, yes, but this one no. I have heard that you can get it activated in the store using the reps phone, then it works just fine. I will try to verify it this weekend and report back.
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I don't believe that to be true with this plan. With their "Digits" plan, yes, but this one no. I have heard that you can get it activated in the store using the reps phone, then it works just fine. I will try to verify it this weekend and report back.
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so lets say u reset your watch by mistake and the rep got fired or is on vacation, u have a brick on your wrist? ( not to mention ull get their calls and texts and emails)
of course u can probably still use bluetooth but ull never get that number/line reactivated. im pretty sure they made the watch and phone be an obligatory tether with the carrier if u want to use LTE. its evil.
No the watch just needs to get the TMo settings, then works independently. If you have a TMo phone you can do it yourself.
shollywood said:
No the watch just needs to get the TMo settings, then works independently. If you have a TMo phone you can do it yourself.
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yeah of course if you have both services on your account. but was just putting out there if you just buy a galaxy watch LTE and want to use it stand alone, ure screwed.
I don't know what you guys are talking about with tmo, I just got the the Galaxy Watch (R805U) from them and with or with out the phone, it acts the same. Can email, call, text, browse and such.
The way it works is the watch has a sim card (Called a esim. They function the exact same as normal sim card except it's a chip instead of a card.) It provides the LTE functions of the phone. Next it gets a Paired Digits number so it links both the devices numbers together so when one rings, they both ring even though they have their own number.
From the tmo website
All your existing T-Mobile numbers are now DIGITS lines. You can use them for free on any compatible internet-connected device via the DIGITS app or on phones with the DIGITS functionality built in.
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I don't know what you guys are talking about with tmo, I just got the the Galaxy Watch (R805U) from them and with or with out the phone, it acts the same. Can email, call, text, browse and such.
The way it works is the watch has a sim card (Called a esim. They function the exact same as normal sim card except it's a chip instead of a card.) It provides the LTE functions of the phone. Next it gets a Paired Digits number so it links both the devices numbers together so when one rings, they both ring even though they have their own number.
From the tmo website
All your existing T-Mobile numbers are now DIGITS lines. You can use them for free on any compatible internet-connected device via the DIGITS app or on phones with the DIGITS functionality built in.
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Yes, that's for T-Mobile. My watch is on Sprint and paying $15 to receive only stand-alone texts is outrageous. They continue to say that the watch needs a software update that provides VoLTE, but nobody seems to know when that will, IF EVER, happen.
stand alone activation
can the standalone feature be activated by a non-samsung phone? I currently purchased the watch and is activated by the carrier aswell (vodafone numbersync) but the app is telling me that my phone is not compatible with the watch.
I'm using mate 20 pro btw.
Like with iPhone, where you set one primary for data while still getting calls from all?
Thanks in advance.
horsecharles said:
Like with iPhone, where you set one primary for data while still getting calls from all?
Thanks in advance.
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When this phone oneplus 11 only has 1 esim. How could dual esim work?
MrSteelX said:
When this phone oneplus 11 only has 1 esim. How could dual esim work?
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Firmware. 15 months ago they were working on this for Android 13.
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Firmware. 15 months ago they were working on this for Android 13.
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The oneplus 11 will never support 2 esims. No software will ever change that on this phone.
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The oneplus 11 will never support 2 esims. No software will ever change that on this phone.
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Google developed code for Android to do away with needing more than one eSim- 2 software channels would handle this. Way back then it was projected to make it into 13.
Plus there's a third party Android app that's supposed to accomplish that also.
I'm traveling and left phone behind.
I'm debating whether to return it between wanting a brighter screen, no mmwave + waiting on slow as molasses T-Mobile to enable triple 5G aggregation... & just noticed OP tablet has both phone & messaging icons.
I'm guessing it won't be native calling- rather shortcuts for continuing on computer.
But if it is I'll return phone for tablet instead- Unlimited Plan on only cost $5 (Metro deducts $5 each from other phone plan & tablet plan- Family Plan style. Or go to T-Mobile with tablet- they offer $10 Unlimited Business Tablet Plan).
Then I'll wait for OP 12. On Metro when you upgrade a phone thru them they'll give you another line for free.
The way oneplus decided to use it was either have 2 physical sims or 1 physical sim 1 esim. Why is this so hard to accept.
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The oneplus 11 will never support 2 esims. No software will ever change that on this phone.
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you are completly wrong. support for dual eSim is ready for Pixel 7 on Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2 update +. Will be default ready on A14 for other manufactors.
While i can't tell for the future (no idea about hardware/software limitations on this), i currently have 1 physical SIM and 2 eSIMs in my OP11. And :
- I can store as many eSIM in the phone as i want (or at least several since i was able to switch between 3 eSIMs).
- You can only have ONE active eSIM at the same moment.
Settings to switch eSIMs are a bit cumbersome but that's OK, it works fine.
My pixel 7 Pro has two esim at one time active so I'm pretty sure it'll make its way into the OnePlus 11 but it was a beta so it'll have to wait until it's fully compatible with all manufacturers I use beta software on my pixel so I get the newest features
You do realize the question is on the oneplus 11 can you use 2 esims at the same time.
Thank you for all the replies.
Dual eSim is a Google thing for all Android phones. Messages & Dialer supposedly give you choice of Sim to use? Sounds like it took a while and still needs work. iPhone handles it ideally- you can select which default handles data & separately which one the calling.
But it'll do for now. You can install T-Mobile app and get offered a free eSim Unlimited 90 day trial. Verizon offers 30 or 60 days, many others offering ¼-½ month.
Although the follow up or alternative to this- iSim, is already on the way for late this year- will be embedded \ won't need dedicated eSim.
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Although the follow up or alternative to this- iSim, is already on the way for late this year- will be embedded \ won't need dedicated eSim.
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iSIM has been available in Qualcomm devices since the Snapdragon 888 and is effectively eSIM built into the SoC. I would be surprised if the phone manufacturers aren't using this to enable eSIM as otherwise they would have to be using a separate eSIM chip at an added cost.