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[HTC Rezound] kingofyo1:
Verizon Unlimited was survived by his cousin Sprint unlimited whom we may still contact from time to time when we feel sorrow for our lost loved one, Verizon unlimited. :crying:

ON a less serious note, sprint does really still have true unlimited data. Not sure about all the details, i just know service sucks in my area and phone selection is decent but its no rezound ;)
[HTC Rezound] con247:
I would take the Evo 4G LTE over the Rezound any day of the week lol.
[HTC Rezound] pkopalek:
I think that you should pay for 'peak data' like we pay for peak minutes.

During business hours and other times, maybe do a $5/GB, then pay whatever for unlimited otherwise.

At 3am, there isn't much additional cost for Verizon, with everything place, for me to use tons of bandwidth.

At 7pm, when everyone's home from work, streaming their pr0n, I get it. Make it 5am to 9pm limited, and 9pm > unlimited, for whatever price.

I'll deal with that.
[HTC Rezound] con247:
Flat rate $5/GB with a 5GB a month minimum is the way to do it. So a smartphone will still cost $25/month if you use 0mb-5GB. Then $5/GB after that.

Things like Netflix and pandora are what are causing bandwidth problems and everyday use of these needs to stop. Of you have a long car ride one in a blue moon that you need that stuff for 5-10 hours no problem. But if you stream pandora every day that is bs. Buy your music and support the artist.
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
Dude, you're going completely backwards in the evolution of technology. Services like these (Pandora, Netflix) are only going to become more common and more widely used. This is why 5GB/mo is quickly going to become completely unacceptable. You might get along now just fine, but in 2 years, pretty much EVERYTHING will be cloud based.
[HTC Rezound] Imitation:
Buy my music and then upload to Google music, again using the cloud and thus data connection? And technically, the the ads or annual payment to Pandora is paying for the music.

And what about normal radio? Should I just stop listening to that and pay for the music outright because they're using precious spectrum?

No, the problem is when people start using their "web and email" connections as full blown wired connections to download and torrent to their hearts content. That ends up using an entire channel and available bandwidth up cause it goes at Max speed, not a 128kbps stream.
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
And it actually costs Verizon more money in router cpu cycles and energy to selectively throttle bandwidth to individual users.

In other words, ensuring that my bandwidth slows down after my 5GB is used up, costs Verizon more money than just letting me consume the bandwidth I want un-restricted.
[HTC Rezound] con247:
I hope not. The cloud is terrible. You waste bandwidth for the same data over and over. Just put it on internal storage.
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Well google wants you to use the cloud by bot including sd cards in their nexus devices and with such services as google music and drive we are being forced of relying on internal storage completely

Bandwidth is getting cheaper, so its just Verizon being greedy bastards
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
What bandwidth problem? I've never gotten less than 10mbps on LTE.
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
I agree to some extent. I personally would much rather have my OWN cloud and host all my music on my OWN server at home. But I'd still prefer to stream it rather than keep it stored locally on my phone or tablet.

Media should never have to be stored on the consumption device anymore. Throw it on a server, let the server send it to where you want it.

Television and radio have always worked this way. "TV shows" and "songs" from the radio have never been stored on your television set or radio... they were always "streamed", for lack of a better word. This is just the new form of radio and TV. Nothing has changed except the medium.
[HTC Rezound] con247:
That is a broadcast though. Whether it is one viewer for 1,000,000 it costs the same to distribute and your neighbor watching doesn't impact the quality of service for you.
[HTC Rezound] kzoodroid:
While I do prefer using my internal storage, I have over 3000 mp3's in 7 playlists which took me days putting together, I do like listening to streaming music for more variety. iHeart Radio in particular is my favorite for music as its the best at picking selections I like. I rarely use Google and Amazons cloud based music services except if I want to listen to a full album instead of my internal playlists, its a nice convenience to not have to put full albums onto my storage as my full collection is over 70 GB, took over a week to up load to Google Music. Without unlimited data their is no point in my streaming anything to my phone it just chews through the data too fast, if I tried I could easily go through 5GB or more in a week just streaming music. I actually don't see how these cloud based services can survive without unlimited data.
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
Things change. With their freaking record-breaking revenues, Verizon should have no problem beefing up its infrastructure so it can better handle the new demands without sacrificing quality of service. We're moving into a new realm, and the internet powers everything in that realm. No way around it. But companies like Verizon and other carriers are stifling progress by limiting the ways we are able to use these technologies with excessive costs and restrictive bandwidth limitations.
[HTC Rezound] luis86dr:
I don't care about data. I want cheaper plans all together. Compared to the competition, Verizon is outrageously pricey. The service is amazing, but not that amazing as to where I pay $230 for me, my wife, and my xoom.
[HTC Rezound] bradsinram:
But basically were paying for all these services already then vzw wants us to pay them more just to able to use them
[HTC Rezound] luis86dr:
No, I think it's more of a matter of data being abused. Some people think they can use their devices as a ISP for their home network. Doesn't surprise me Verizon canceled unlimited data, it just sucks for the people who didn't abuse their data plan.

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[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Stop saying we are abusing data because we are not we are using what we payed for I'm 10 days into my cycle and have used 7gb and I've been on mostly WiFi its easy to use data only people abusing it are the people who tether without the plan and use 100+gb
[HTC Rezound] luis86dr:
That's exactly who I'm talking about. I personally don't go over 4gb a month. I sometimes don't even hit the 3gb marker, everyone has different data usage, but I think we can all agree anything over 40-50 is pretty outrageous for a month of usage.

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[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
I tether without the plan and still only manage to use between 2 and 3.5 GB/mo. Although honestly, I could use MUCH more if I didn't moderate myself.

At home with my 30MB/sec+ connection I am consuming on average 220GB/mo.

I honestly don't even understand the point of 4G LTE right now. Its completely useless to have that much speed if you can only use 5GB or so in a month before you start getting fees up your ass.
[HTC Rezound] rockingondrums:
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[HTC Rezound] pmterp:
I guess it's not something we think about regularly but VZW has good reason to limit bandwidth consumption. The spectrum (3g and 4g) that VZW uses to get the data from their tower to your phone is not unlimited. They have bought that air space and a limited amount of it. Sure, if you are hogging a channel on a cell tower, VZW could drop another $4m and put up another unsightly one, but the spectrum where the data is transmitted is still limited.
[HTC Rezound] nes4r2:
Do you work for Verizon:confused:

Anyways unlimited helped me out in my lonely days if you know what I mean:D
[HTC Rezound] rockingondrums:
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[HTC Rezound] Po1soNNN:
Now that unlimited has died in gonna go get with her sister: unlimited texting ;);););););););););););););););););););););)
[HTC Rezound] Tornlogic:
Uhhh... unlimited died a long time ago when, uhhh, vzw would not allow you to start an new account with unlimited.

If you're stupid enough to sign a new contract for a subsidized phone and loose your current unlimited plan, then you deserve to not keep it.

Plain and simple.

I buy off contract phones to begin with because they are cheaper. Getting a phone the day it comes out is retarded, but it's people like you who pave the way to allow me to buy nice used phones who's gremlins have been worked out, so I must thank you now in advance.
[HTC Rezound] Po1soNNN:
I don't really care about this whole thing because I never use much anyway but once my family switches to this I'm gonna abuse the crap out of unlimited texting and calling :):)
[HTC Rezound] archalon:
I just extended my unlimited from an 8 yr old Alltell plan for another two years yesterday; Ill keep the candle burning.

Funny thing: I have never exceeded 2 gb a month, but its the principle of the matter.
[HTC Rezound] Po1soNNN:
I can understand that. If I had 2gb (I have 4gb) I would be constantly worried about going over. That was how it was with me when vzw support took away my unlimited texting and wouldn't give it back. I was always checking to see if I was close and was always stressing about who was texting me.
[HTC Rezound] kiint:
"I just extended my unlimited from an 8 yr old Alltell plan for another two years yesterday; Ill keep the candle burning.

Funny thing: I have never exceeded 2 gb a month, but its the principle of the matter."

amen, brother

same here, 2 more years of UL, milk it till it dies
[HTC Rezound] johnwaynegacy:
It is 2012, bandwidth should not be an issue with any modernized isp. Especially one as large as verizon.
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
this.
[HTC Rezound] kingpin003:
I disagree with this pricing because it's not doing what you claim to want. Why should 0-5GB be $25? Someone using less than a gig shouldn't have to pay the same as someone using the full 5GB. Flat rate is fine by me if you don't lump them together. This was VZWs chance to do it because people would have looked at it as saving them money because it's cheaper than 2/$30. Now they're bought in to the Shared Data and we're stuck with crappy plans.

Someone else suggested separating it into peak and off-peak usage, but that would be a billing nightmare.
[HTC Rezound] cstrife999:
Why? What's the point of 4g LTE with that logic? dude don't buy into the hype that massive data users have anything to do with this situation... Ignorance...

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I disagree completely... Some people don't have access to good home internet but do have 4g lte. There is no bandwidth issue on 4g don't buy into their crap. Seriously everyone needs to stop being ignorant and just realize this is greed...
[HTC Rezound] con247:
Lol, not my problem.
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
Lol, just like it's not our problem you don't like Verizon's pricing model when we bought our phones.
[HTC Rezound] Po1soNNN:
Haha yeah my home Internet is amazing
[HTC Rezound] fafinaf:
With my unlimited I'm averaging anywhere between 25 to 35 gigs on a good week... Don't know how I could be without it.
[HTC Rezound] JeramyEggs:
This is what is wrong with our forum. We are infighting over unlimited data, instead of building the list of hacks, and mods. I have unlimited, do I use alot? Sometimes. Who cares, it is what it is. They took it away. They will lose some customers. They will get more. T mobile, and sprint are nonexistent in my area. I get no art at my house. Like I said before, but a tablet, and get a data only package forclike 40 dollars for 4 gigs. Bluetooth that mofo, and feel smart that you beat them. Though locking out mobile hotspots was rude, and then when they change the plan they giive it back like it is a bonus. Crooks will be crooks, on both sides of the fence.

And all the stories about us were funny as hell. Thanks for the laughs
[HTC Rezound] Enigmafied:
Here is Verizons 1st quarter financial statements for 2012. http://www22.verizon.com/idc/groups/public/documents/adacct/2012_q1_quarterly_bulletin.pdf

Page 11 is of interest. Oh would you look at that. In the wireless division, 28.6% or $5,217,000,000.00 operating income margin in the first quarter of 2012, up from a measly 25.8% or $4,351,000,000 first quarter 2011.

114.4% or $20,868,000,000.00 profit yearly. Yep. They definitely need to screw us for more money. They aren't making NEARLY enough. Even with all those "jerks" using boatloads of data.

Oh, and this deal will only get sweeter for the telecom companies once they start doing voice over data. Wonder if they will ditch the minute meter then...
[HTC Rezound] funnyangrykid:
thats IF we make it past 2012 lol

my problem. lol
[HTC Rezound] 1heffer:
The zombie apocalypse has already begun. Keep eating,smoking, or whatever those bath salts kids.
[HTC Rezound] brisdaddy1207:
I called VZW and a rep told me some people have called to change to the shared. And this is what I said ha ha ha ha get lost, it wouldn't save anyone money, only cost more.
[HTC Rezound] snowman122:
F**k Verizon I'm moving to sprint when my contract is done
[HTC Rezound] CanesDrew:
I really don't think Vzw cares.
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
And that is why I'm going to t-mobile
[HTC Rezound] derickmc:
I use over 14gb of data a month so unlimited is essential for me... And those who are currently on unlimited data can still keep their unlimited data after upgrading, but you have to purchase the phone at retail pricing. It's much more expensive, but $30 a month for only 2gb of data is absolutely ridiculous. That's not even realistic. My contract isn't up until October of next year so I will still enjoy my unlimited data until then, but will be forced to either pay $500+ for a new phone, or switch to different carrier. Until that time, shared everything plans have no effect on anyone who has unlimited data currently.
[HTC Rezound] dragonrazorz:
Well its not like you couldnt buy an off contract phone before your 2 years is up 0_o
[HTC Rezound] tonictonic:
Assuming Verizon isn't lying, the way they deal with congestion is the smart way to do it. Low users have higher packet priority over data hogs. This works well for low data users as the data hogs will essentially be "invisible" to them, and data hogs at worst will deal with wonky data rates during the day, but not be forcefully throttled so at the very least they can enjoy much faster speeds during off-peak hours.

So if the data management system can consistently keep data hogs last in line for their bandwidth, they are not the ones that are straining the system. It's simply the sheer number of "light users" hitting one tower at any given moment. So if your friend already owns a smartphone, how much data he uses doesn't matter, it's the fact that he just simply owns a smartphone is the real problem.

One cursory glance at what Verizon is doing, in how they actually implement caps and overages, the whole idea that managing shared data is even practical, and the intense push of services that further burden their LTE such as LTE broadbrand for the home, just goes to show that the data crisis is just a manufactured excuse to have ridiculous prices on a much desired service in a market that barely has real competition.
[HTC Rezound] jmorton10:
You're not "forced" to buy anything.

You could keep right on using your current phone.
[HTC Rezound] Tornlogic:
Exactly. Or if you want a different phone, buy last month's model or a used one. No one is twisting you arm
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
And get extremely slow download speeds.
[HTC Rezound] fenguepay:
1. Keep using 1.5 gigs a day.

2. Wait till contract is over.

3. Switch to Sprint LTE.

4. ???

5. Profit!
[HTC Rezound] zetsumeikuro:
I think if you had the unlimited data plan you wouldn't be saying this.

^

Yet HD Netflix was promoted as a selling point on the RAZR trololol.

Well said.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
Umm, then why are they trying to put wifi through all urban areas to offload mobile data? I think its more real than you realize.

have fun with that. Got practically no signal at work. Had to stand by the window.

3 months later you get a letter from sprint stating they we terminating your service for abusing their network.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Who says that Sprint's LTE is fast?

It isn't even available yet.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
Testing on empty networks has shown speeds below verizon and at&t. Wonder how it will work when congested.
[HTC Rezound] zetsumeikuro:
I don't even want to think about those speeds.
[HTC Rezound] shnn2011:
YouTube streams fine at .8 mbps with data speeds over 17mbps and lack of traffic that heavy by all users at once. And considering the many bands and backhaul capability. the need for capping is axiomaticly artificial.

See my thread for more documented proof and system specs.

I am also sorry to tell you the unlimited brothers did not die of natural causes. They were murdered one by one. Companies like AT&T-Verizon, and Comcast murdered them and pumped money and propaganda into governments who falsely think they own the internet to legalize their crimes.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1677490

Now to figure out how to thank myself.;)

Sent from my SGH-T989 using;) Tapatalk 2
[HTC Rezound] johnwaynegacy:
I am sure that by the time my contract with verizon ends, sprint will have picked up a great deal of verizon customers, reinvested in their infrastructure, and become a more reliable service provider. They have LTE coverage in my area already, and its faster than verizon. At least in my area. On verizon in my house I only get 3.5 Mbps down. 90 or so k up

edit. I just looked at the coverage map and although LTE is apparently installed, It is not showing. It must still be in testing. Also I am presuming that it will be faster than 3.5 mbps and have not actually tested it.
[HTC Rezound] 1heffer:
Still rockin my unlimited. >insert evil laugh<
[HTC Rezound] mjones73:
Me too, about to pick up a used G2 this week to keep it also.
[HTC Rezound] 1heffer:
G2 is a nice beast. My favorite so far.
[HTC Rezound] jon7701:
Read the whole thread. Makes me want to abuse the piss out of my unlimited.
[HTC Rezound] kopower:
Just gave up my unlimited plan with Verizon, now on T-Mobile's $30 5 Gb plan. I've never went above 4 gigs, so I won't miss it.
[HTC Rezound] mjones73:
FYI, Verizon is offering 6GB for $30 to unlimited users who upgrade, it's called the Max plan.
[HTC Rezound] kopower:
Damn, really? I'm assuming they would tack on $40 for a smartphone charge, thus making it $70? Ah we'll, T-Mobile has decent coverage where I live, and I can't use my Nexus on Verizon anyway. Thanks for the info :good:
[HTC Rezound] mjones73:
I just upgraded my wife to an iPhone 5S (don't ask) and they let me keep my plan the same except I'm paying $30 for 6GB vs $29.99 for unlimited. That's more then enough for her.
[HTC Rezound] Lazy8:
Sorry for all those that lost their udp...
[HTC Rezound] Neo:
It's not gone forever guys.. You just gotta know how to work the system correctly ;)
[HTC Rezound] cntryby429:
Thanks again Neo for encouraging me to upgrade. I greatly enjoy my subsidized new M8 with unlimited data.
[HTC Rezound] Neo:
You're welcome. I only hope to spread the technique for as long as it still works ;)
[HTC Rezound] Perry2547:
They had to get rid of UD because people would have started ditching their home internet the same way they did landlines in favor of cell phones.

Every thing it's about greed and stopping innovation.
[HTC Rezound] azbeerhugger:
Of course they had to. If everybody started using their cell phones for their home internet, data speeds would suffer for all. There's only so much spectrum the cell companies can use. Home internet is different. As the demand goes up, they can lay more lines or build more hubs. Verizon can't just create more spectrum to keep up demand, it's a finite resource at this time. Sadly it's just the way it works.
[HTC Rezound] Perry2547:
I thought it was for our protection and security.

Unfortunately, camera has stopped.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RemyW:
I have been using the standard file manager app on my TFP201 extensively during the last month (before the .28 patch however), copying large amount of data from SD(HC) cards (from my foto- and video-camera) to my tablet and the following problems have occurred more than once during that period:

1) The file manager stops copying data spontaneously for no reason (enough diskspace available, battery charged, tablet is left by itself (not moving/using it)) with a vague error like "could not copy the data, an error occurred".

2) sometimes after the failure, data on the SD card "seems to be lost", it doesn't display them in the file manager anymore. However ejecting and re-injecting the SD card shows the data again.

3) sometimes after the failure, data on the SD card "seems to be lost", it doesn't display them in the file manager anymore. After ejecting the SD card and re-injecting it, the SD card is not recognized. Only solution is to completely reboot the tablet, so that the SD card is recognized again.

Has anyone experienced these problems?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brainwash123:
Hi all,

I have several other Android devices at home, all of them runing CM7 or CM9. While I appreciate some of the things the Motorola ROM (GSM here) delivers, I'm missing quite a bit as well:

- grid size on home screen - having 3 widgets fills out completely a screen; I'm looking for a 50% or 100% increase in rows and columns. DPI changer is not able to provide that

- battery reporting is only done in 10% increments; I'm using Circle Battery Widget as a workaround

- no way to toggle 2G/3G with a switch. Using notification toggle because I cannot live without status bar toggles

- provider name is too long in the status bar

- no way to tweak auto light levels

- lock screen does not display any info about missed calls or messages

- notification led does not have any settings

- cannot assign custom shortcuts or wakeups - like pressing both volume buttons to open camera from lock

- no way to change the number of screens in home

- widgets do not get updated after an install, I need to kill the launcher first

- stock gallery looks really sad and performs slowly on zoom

- there is no "charge only" option beneath the usb/mtp/ptp

- no color themes for home screen, so I can use darker colors for power saving

- no themes for email widget, same reason

- email widget uses a lot of power (partial wake) even though the accounts are set to sync once per hour

- I don't see any way to take HDRs with the stock camera app. I thought this was default in ICS

- cannot use any other external sound equalizer - tried mostly with DSPManager

- stock music app does not wake on bluetooth control; if it's paused for more than 30 seconds I need to open it again to be able to resume music

- stock equalizer messes up the volume of the music pretty bad and it compresses the sound

- cannot assign a long press on the back button to kill the current app

On the other hand there are some new custom features which I really like, like the 'disable' application button, smart actions, detailed data usage and data limits, disabling background data, ...

So my question is, how can I enable some of the stuff above without losing a lot of battery life, money or UI integration (I'm thinking metro-like simplistic looks).
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brainwash123:
I'm also missing the option to disable individual permissions for apps, but the "disable background data" built-in feature fulfills 80% of this. I would have loved to be able to disable location awareness for some apps.

Right now the biggest gripe is the 10% step on battery reporting, I cannot get accurate battery stats. Still, that part is in part filled by BetterBatteryStats.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edkirk30:
referencing libs

Have you included the jar in the libs dir or used the <uses-library> directive? Made any progress? The camera apk manifest includes the following <uses-library> elements:

<uses-library android:name="seccamera" />

<uses-library android:name="sec_feature" />

<uses-library android:name="sechardware" />

<uses-library android:name="secmediarecorder" />