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[G2 and Desire Z General] gcantrell:
I heard about this yesterday and decided i will leave T-Mobile. I know what some will say... "Wait til the merger is complete, its business as usual for now..." and all that blah blah blah. Thats good and all, but i was once with AT&T and it was a nightmare which is why i ended up with TMO. I've had zero issues with TMO and i really hate to give them up, but in the end i want ZERO to do with AT&T. It really doesnt matter whether or not that goes into effect now, a month from now, a year from now. I'm just done period.

The good part about being with TMO was a little thing called the Even More plus plan. It doesn't have a contract, and the contract that was in place before it could take full effect has expired as of last week. So i'm free to go where i wish. Since the gf gets a nice discount with VZW, we have decided to make the jump. Never been on VZW before, but always heard good things about the service. I know its a bit pricey, but with the discount and the price we got. Its a little hard to pass up. Its been real T-Mobile. I know one thing is for certain, i sure will miss my G2. Always loved that phone.
[G2 and Desire Z General] wesmagyar:
just talked with Big red and the equivilent of the unlimited everything plan with them is over 120 bucks a month... ouch. and their android selection is kinda meh. especially if you want a hardware keyboard...
[G2 and Desire Z General] sino8r:
Well, we have one year (maybe up to 2 years left of 3G)of good ole T-Mobile, so enjoy it. I'd rather go to Sprint than Verizon in a way because they have more HTC Android models (not a fan of Motorola) but Sprint might be in trouble now. They can't be bought by Verizon if at&t buys out tmobile. If at&t wasn't the 2nd largest campaign contributor in the USA... this deal wouldn't go through. I just hope Verizon would get a qwerty kb android model that wasn't motorola. Sigh...
[G2 and Desire Z General] TheMan42:
I think people really need to chill out and stop acting reactively like their service and lives are ending and just see what happens. Your service won't change for well over a year, so stop *****ing and just enjoy things while they last.

Id just laugh so much if the same would happen if Verizon and Sprint had some deal and all the idiots who jumped from this got screwed.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jamesfrom818:
Except if we wait a year, unlimited 4G with Verizon will be long gone
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tiltpoet:
I work at tmobile and prior w att...i think with less competition will equal less emoloyees as well...wherever there is att there will be a verizon. The past rwo months have been slow indeed...but this aint right...blue or red..man im going prepaid if I can use unlocked phones tgere.
[G2 and Desire Z General] TrueYears:
So what I am understanding, our unlimited data plans will be revoke as soon AT&T closes the deal right?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/21/att-t-mobile-3g-phones-_n_838492.html
[G2 and Desire Z General] J-Hop2o6:
Sprint only has like 2 HTC devices (1 keyboard, 1 non).. they have a lackluster line up.. plus have a lackluster network.. especially their 4G/WiMax over a ****ty 2500MHz spectrum.. yes they have comparable Tmo prices, and true unlimited 4G... but PASS! If this deal passes, i'm off to Verizon & their LTE.. sux a comparable Tmo plan I have now is ~$20 more over at Verizon :mad:
[G2 and Desire Z General] TrueYears:
LTE is bad man

"The LTE standard was designed with carriers in mind, not consumers. This means that the format allows carriers to control the content they show you. You will begin seeing tiered data plans with access to partial content coming soon as the networks expand. For example, if you decide to get the cheapest data plan, you will not only be limited in maximum data caps, but also certain things like YouTube may be filtered out of your service because you would have to pay extra for it. AT&T and Verizon have already come out and said that this will happen with services like Skype and YouTube. WiMax does none of this as it was intended to be an open format set up with end users in mind. HSPA+ simply doesn't support the concept."
[G2 and Desire Z General] J-Hop2o6:
I've heard this.. but hopefully our Gov't/FCC will fully pass Net Neutrality to wireless (and wired).. but yea, I still hope this deal isn't passed and Tmo gets 3B, AT&T AWS spectrum, and a new Roaming Agreement from AT&T if this fails.
[G2 and Desire Z General] poontab:
Come on Google! You buy tons of pointless ****! G-Mobile FTW
[G2 and Desire Z General] potentdro:
Hmmm, what if this is a set up? Maybe T-Mobile knows this will be blocked.

Bam. They get 3 bill and all the other goodies. :eek::cool:
[G2 and Desire Z General] AntonJart:
G-Mobile :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] ohshootrawr:
I would like to point out how awesome that would be xD
[G2 and Desire Z General] djsinco:
Reading your comments makes my eyes bleed, please learn to use a spell checker, and improve your grammar, not to mention the content leaves a lot to be desired.
[G2 and Desire Z General] J-Hop2o6:
Others have brought that up saying Tmo/DT knows this deal will get shot down, and they'll get some easy, quick goodies out of it.. They are still releasing some good phones/devices post-CTIA event (G2x, Pyramid, C7/Astound, G-Slate, SK4G, MT4G Slide, and much more).

So yea, the Feds needs to hurry up and review this, so they can laugh and deny this deal.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mekaziah:
Speak up and voice your opinion!

Checkout http://www.geekosystem.com/att-tmobile-how-to-complain/ or just do the following by voicing in your opinion to stopping the merger (I did, now it's your turn...) :

"According to GigaOM, the FCC has not yet opened a docket on the proposed acquisition; however, any comments on the subject addressed to fccinfo@fcc.gov “will be held until the docket is opened and then added to the record.” The FCC can also be reached by phone at 1-888-CALL-FCC or 1-202-418-1000.

The Department of Justice: The DoJ can be reached at AskDOJ@usdoj.gov, and they provide a guide to filing a complaint on their site. They can be reached by phone at 1-202-307-2040."

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[G2 and Desire Z General] sino8r:
Yikes! I've never heard that... that's kinda scary because Verizon is notorious for locking stuff down. I don't know what to do. I guess we'll wait and see because they do have the biggest head start on LTE. Sprint may end up being the lesser of evils. I always like the under dog anyways. Its better for the user end but you're right wimax/cdma sucks big time. This is so annoying:mad:
[G2 and Desire Z General] shoutzzz:
I disapprove this merger!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Zacky32:
That just sucks..
[G2 and Desire Z General] andru_p:
don't like the merger tell the fcc

please email the fcc fccinfo@fcc.gov it has not been approved yet and if it is turned down tmobile will be awarded 3 billion to keep business going i think most tmobile customers were at&t customers and made the switch for a reason
[G2 and Desire Z General] klee2000:
Haven't you notice, that govt doesn't stand behind us anymore! This deal is going through!!!!!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] heybobitsme:
Not trying to add fuel to the fire and I know it's not necessarily appropriate for the G2 forum, but: http://kan.gd/33i
[G2 and Desire Z General] KsKnightmare:
I'm glad I cancelled my t-mo contract 2 days after I got it

Sent by wasting my Thunderbolts battery
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hatem73:
I have been agonizing over this merger since Sunday. It's pissed me off to no end as I have been with t-mo since 98 and was forced onto AT&T when I moved to Texas in 2000 and in 2003 my prayers were answered and tmobile became available here in Texas! Hell I even paid a deposit at the time to sign up! So all of the news has really upset me... Until I read your post! I am in on this too... G-mobile and FTW!!! It really would make sense Google would finally get the turnkey cell phone co and distribution they have said they would like... I would put up with google ads in exchange for it heck I would uninstall all other browsers including safari on all my iproducts and run chrome instead... Come on Google tmobile helped launch android here is your opportunity to really stick it to Apple!

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[G2 and Desire Z General] sigma20xx:
I don't see what all the hubub is about. Maybe I haven't been through all the same things a lot of you have. Being military, I've been living overseas a lot. I've been in the Air Force for 14 years now and I've only had a chance to experience a cell phone for short periods of time. I would have to say my total time has been 5 1/2 years total. My first year and a half was from 2003-2004. I was with Sprint. After that I went to Korea for a year from 04-05 and then I lived in Japan for 2 years. Since 2007, I've been with AT&T just as they were absorbing cingular. They were the only service available in my area at the time and I desperately needed a phone. It was either get a phone with them or verizon because they are the only providers that work in my area.

We have a guy that just moved here about a month ago who has T-mobile, but he has "NO" service right now. He'll only be here for another month or so, but that's what he's dealing with now. I haven't had any problems with my service with AT&T since I've been here for the last 4 years. I haven't had any customer service problems either. People complain about the kind of service they get, but that's subjective to the area that you live in. Everyone has had dropped calls. I know exactly where the dead zones are in my area and I only have to deal with them when I'm on the road and I could only assume that it's because of the mountains and tower positions since I am near the middle of nowhere. Other than that, service in major cities like L.A. and Vegas have been flawless. I hear people talking about dropped calls and things like that all the time, but like I've said before, I've never experienced it.

Now I'll admit, AT&T doesn't have the best rates. However, there rates do work for me. I pay $66 (that's $33.99 + $30 becasue I have a smart phone) a month for 450 anytimes minutes, 5000 nights and weekends, free mobile to mobile, 200 text and unlimited web (grandfathered). I have 1445 rollover minutes!!! I didn't save these up on purpose, I just don't talk on my phone that often and I don't think that to many people actually do since texting is the thing to do now. Most companies have so many different deals such as free mobile to mobile, calling circles to include other carriers and free nights and weekends. This tells me that having the most expensive calling plan makes no sense. Sure I could move to sprint and get everything for $70 and while I'm all for the better to have and not need logic, I just don't see the point in switching since AT&T are meeting my needs.

I don't know, maybe I'm just blowing hot air. While I do understand that this may or may not be the best thing for Terrible Mobile folks (yes I've heard it called that by some people) I don't think it's such a bad thing. People complain about AT&T, but they must be doing something right. If they were so bad, they wouldn't have enough money to do what they are doing now. If T-Mobile has such great service, they should have been making enoug prophets to buy out a larger company first and would't be in so much debt.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gteye:
But you kind of just answered your own question as to why people are upset...

"unlimited web (grandfathered)"

Yes, if this happens, we'll be grandfathered in with unlimited web as well however if you do any research into AT&T practices you will see this isn't going to last. They will strongarm people out of their contracts, just as they did in the past... my wife worked for them during the previous mergers and acquisitions.

There is little positive for the tmobile folks in this situation, at least for the US side.
[G2 and Desire Z General] DECIM8:
I LOLed then shed a tear when I got Wirefly's advert in my inbox this morning.

subject: "Free Activation from T-Mobile!"
[G2 and Desire Z General] nunjabusiness:
Oh yeah, I suuuuuurre want to pay the bill for yet another company's mis-management and inadequate planning.

Hey, what the hell - a trillion dollars is just an imaginary amount - ask the white house.
[G2 and Desire Z General] sigma20xx:
Well, changes like this happen all the time. I don't know if you heard, but other companies are either considereing capping their data plans. I didn't really follow up on this, but I remember reading that verizon was considering doing this. Didn't T-mobile already say they were capping their service? Anywho, as much as I like the internet, I've never hit 1gb of data usage on my phone. I might surf a little and watch a few youtube videos here and there when I'm waiting for something but I can't see how people are using so much data that they need it unlimited.

The only people that would need this much data are people with tablets and even that's debatable. 4G is fast, but it isn't wifi. Hell, I've been contemplating chaning my plan but it wouldn't be economical. They want to charge $25 for a 2gb cap. Since I've been grandfathered in, I pay $30 for unlimited. I just looked at my data usage for the past few months and the highest that I've had since Oct 10' was 250mb. I think that's the highest it's ever been since I've had this phone. The Tilt 2 is the first smartphone that I've had, but I wasn't happy about being forced to pay $30 for something I wasn't going to use all that often. I mean really, how can you charge me extra because I want a certain kind of phone?

Cellphone companies usually rape you on certain things without warning, so I found it strange that they did this. What they should do is let you get the phone but warn you that you need a data plan. If you say you don't want it. Then they should just charge you up the but for using internet that way you learn your lesson and not use the net on your phone. Being forced into a data plan was the only thing that made me unhappy with at&t. I will say that I am happy that I do have data plan. I like to google stuff on a whim.
[G2 and Desire Z General] s0cc3rstud:
Questio this whole thing at once

I am upset because I don't what to expect. I been with T-mobile for 11 months and just sign a 2 year contract with them 2 weeks ago. I had at7t in the past it suck during snowy weather and the price suck to back then (before smartphones) I was with sprint before a they rip me off left and right. I am tried of reading all the negative comments. So I am going to put up ideas that I think might happen or hope to happen.

Idea 1:

More tower or "this" network, so we should get a stronger signal, At&t state that this deal help them because it would take up to 5 year to get as many tower as they are getting with deal, but how many tower will us T-mobile customer get when they merge!!!!! Maybe At&t will change their plan to look more like T-mobile plan ever thought of that maybe At&t will change to unlimited data as well, remember At&t is still fighting Verizon and sprint. At&T will now have simple mobile as well as walmart-mobile as well since T-mobile team with walmart.

Idea 2: (dont see this)

:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

Signal turns bad, and everything falls part!!!!!!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] leetpriest:
Learn basic economic principals

That's just it though. If their mobile service fails, they always have their landline and service provider business to fall back on (both of which suck ass from experience on both fronts), and I can guarantee you that if those 2 intra-enterprise entities are either footing the bill for the purchase of T-mobile, or are footing the bill for network upgrades.

AT&T currently only succeeds as a mobile company CURRENTLY due to a few factors:

1. iphone exclusivity for several years. People saw the iphone as a superior product a few years ago because it was the first of its kind. It is still popular today because it is living off of it's former fame, and any ****ing moron that can't tie their shoe can use it. Like all apple devices, people love it because they don't have to put forth any effort in understanding how the product works. Because us Americans are lazy ****s that expect that idiot in the white house to pay our mortgage and car payments. But I digress......

2. There are only 2 GSM carriers with decent phone selection (about to be 1). Since GSM is a more versatile technology than CDMA, this gives an advantage to GSM carriers.

3. AT&T wireless is a division of a gigantic corporation. And 2 of the other divisions run monopolies on both the landline, and Service provider fields in America. Open a bank in a rural town in America, and order a T1, or a voice T1 if you need proof.

4. They swallowed Cingular, and it's customer base.

Choice for consumers is what forces a company to act right. Let's say McDonald's started making hamburgers out of **** (literally, out of feces), and for the sake of argument, the USDA didn't have a law against that. You don't like to eat **** (although you've tasted MRE's so you've gotten close), so you decide to stay your ass on base and eat Burger King. 1 year down the line, you get promoted, and start getting separate ration payments, so you can eat Burger King for all 3 meals if you want (and fail your PT test), and then POOF!, McDonald's buys Burger King, because hey, they have all that money they made from a time when America was still America, and we still had values and ****. Then McDonald's also buys Wendy's, Rally's, Hardees, Carl's Jr., KFC, Taco Bell, and Chik-fil-a, and every other fast food brand out there. And then they force them to make their burgers, chicken, biscuits, tacos, and season fries out of ****.

Where does that leave you as a consumer? Well, either you have no place to go for a quick meal, or you suck it up and eat your **** and be happy with it.

That's why we all have a problem. Understand now? Black mother-effing lions?(sorry, getting back into my ft. jackson days)
[G2 and Desire Z General] leetpriest:
I'm sure San Fran Nan will find a way to turn that into 4 billion and a free trip to Hawaii while getting nailed by 15 flyboys and all the cosmos she can throw down.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jbird5047:
Kudos to you, couldnt have worded it any better myself. Well, maybe I would change one thing, you say at&t sucks and let's be honest and not talk about them that way because in all honesty it is really more like they blow more than anything . I am another one of the folks that left at&t for tmobile after my cingular service was taken over by at&t and am not looking forward to this again.
[HD2 General] jonbaker76:
Hi all,

Updated to Stock ROM 3.14 and now my txt message converstions don't show in either converstation mode or traditional i.e when i tap 'reply' the previous messages are not showing.

Thiis was always sporadic in 1.66 (sometimes they show sometimes they don't, seemed to depend how you entered into the message client)

Any ideas?
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
I suggest you do a hard reset as with a official ROM or a custom ROM it is always good to do a hard reset after you flash just to be double sure e erything in the ROM was set correctly. Sometimes Win Mo needs a sweft kick in the a$$ lol.
[HD2 General] jonbaker76:
Damn, yeah, i forgot about that. hmmm, i've got everything ijkstalled and stuff now, spose i could spb back up.. that would rememebr cookie monster settings also right?
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
To be honest I really don't know if SPB Backup will backup you rCookies Home Tab settings or not as I have nevery used SPB Backup. But it is worth a try but just incase take and make a hand writtin list of what you have on your Cookies Home Tab and what settings you are using for it so you can set it back up like you had it. I only use Microsoft My Phone as it backes up whent I really need backed up and I do the rest the old fahion way as it keeps me well aquanted with how to use my HD2.
[HD2 General] jonbaker76:
Ah man, i hard reset and tested the messaging again and it works fine. But when i restore the problem returns so it backed up the original bug!

I'm gonna have to start over, 3 hours i spent today playing with settings and finding my away around the new cookie monster editor :mad:

I hope you are right in that i should of just hard reset after the rom upgrade. I spose now I'm gonna have to test the messaging is still working after i change every setting as i go... a wasted evening... spose i could do it when at work tomorrow heee heee! ;)
[HD2 General] jonbaker76:
HOOORAR! It was this patch causing the grief!

first post on this page:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=640841&highlight=message&page=4

I'd already done the hard reset but my spb backup saved cookie monster and everything else so all cool :)

problem is now, i have the sent message notification problem again! Don't spose you have a fix for that? The above thread is all i could find on it and the original fix wont work for me as the .exe is incompatible with newer versions.
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
Do you mean it is giving you a notification that it sent the text message everytime you send a message?.....

There is a check box in the settings to turn this off but for the life of me I can not find it right now, sorry man.
[HD2 General] jonbaker76:
if you check that thread i posted it explains you can't turn it off even when it's unchecked!

I don't get why there isn't more workarounds for this, or at least, why i can't locate any threads apart from that one
[myTouch 4G General] nexus9988:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/20/atandt-agrees-to-buy-t-mobile-from-deutsche-telekom/
[myTouch 4G General] Killbynature:
Looks like I'm going to Verizon or sprint. Anything but at&t they always drop calls.
[myTouch 4G General] thelamacmdr:
The network will actually be stronger because of the takeover but what I do foresee is a lack of our current freedom that T-Mobile provides us with its data plan, AT&T clearly likes to limit its customers' options to 2GB and furthermore AT&T seems to going the way Verizon has and invested heavily in LTE technology as opposed to T-Mobile's HSPA+ which leaves us MT4G users dead in the water. I have heard that AT&T was seeking to expand its current HSPA+ network but I'm not exactly sure by how much and whether it runs off of the same bands as the T-Mobile HSPA+ network since their current 3G networks are on different bands.
[myTouch 4G General] oak25:
I am interested to see if they will change their outlook on the way they handle business. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE I MIGHT GO BACK TO SPRINT

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
[myTouch 4G General] negreenfield:
Yeah this most likely means sprint for me.

So what's the best android phone coming out soon for Sprint?
[myTouch 4G General] Killbynature:
Here is at&t trying to become a monopoly again. Most of us left at&t cause of the crap service now we are back. I can't believe it I rather have sprint actually buy T-Mobile then at&t.
[myTouch 4G General] macheteZen:
buying a GSM phone in the future...

"Welcome to T-AT&T. How may we give it to you?"

Yes, I'd like an order of 5 year contracts and a side of carrier specific manufacturers. And a medium "iPhone to T-Mobile" to drink, with extra irony.

"Great and how did you want to pay, first-born or second mortgage?"
[myTouch 4G General] rockstarar:
Wow you beat me to it lol
[myTouch 4G General] TacoSandwich85:
Ya it's gonna be sprint or verizon for me too. I want verizon but isnt it expensive? What do you guys think? Whats better?
[myTouch 4G General] Elvis_Freshly:
Well, I am absolutely not in shock. I work corporate so i had knowledge of talks..but i was under impression we were doing spectrum agreements. Not this bullsh*t. I am NOT happy as I DO work for AT&T but...I know our strictness when it comes to Data Tiering and deposit structuring, etc.

On the network side it will be an advantage as far as coverage goes..but this is bad news for pricing and customer retention..

I anticipate a customer drop the 1st 3 months this is finalized.