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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] acousticsea:
I just made a plan through their mobile website and it looks like they charge an extra $40 per smartphone on top of the plan price. The total for a 4Gb plan would be $110.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] flarbear:
Their "share everything" plans are a great concept, but you probably overlooked the device fee ($40 per smartphone).

They charge a fixed fee for each device that ties into it, and then all devices share all data/voice/text allotments and you simply purchase enough for your combined usage.

It's a great concept for families where everyone uses just a little more than one tier gives them and so instead of all of them having to pay for the next higher tier, they can aggregate and their average ends up with a cheaper combined tier. As an example, if they have a tier at 500MB and everyone uses 600-700MB then they might all have to individually upgrade to the 2GB plan. But, if they combine then they can get away with a single 2GB amongst 3 family members.

One of the big benefits for individual users is that you can share data between your smartphone and your tablet and the tablet only had a $10 fee to buy in. Typically you access things on your tablet or your smartphone, so the usage on both is usually not much higher than the usage on a single plan with one device. Essentially, you could probably get a tablet and add it to your plan for only $10 a month total.

But, at $40 per smartphone I'm not sure how much of a boon it is for families compared to the "add a tablet for $10/month" scenario.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Wow! That's a joke! 40$ a month just because you're using one of their devices, that doesn't even make sense.

So after all the mobile is cheaper
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] psykhotic:
Yea the plans are REALLY deceptive. I think it's $30 per dumbphone and $40 per smart ON TOP of the $70 for the plan. So even when you share with a flip it's almost like adding a whole nother plan. Tmo is cool because you can add lines and NOT give them data/texting.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joederp:
Yes, Verizon works well if you have three phones and not much data, ie two people is $75 per person shared 4GB. But for three smartphones it would be $64 for 4GB shared. t-mo is cheaper, but omg you better like edge and gprs even.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kitsunisan:
Dunno what you're smoking, I set up a wifi hotspot with my S3 and tether my Nexus 7 to it all the time, no problems streaming hd from Netflix.

Actually, I guess it's all depending on your market. I never have any issues anywhere around the Minneapolis area.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] psykhotic:
Uhhh.. grandfathered with data for one phone 2GB and two flips was $140, shared plan was $170. I went with tmo for $95.

Ohh you said PER PERSON. The difference is huge still.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Yeah I'll just stay away from them. To get the same plan with Verizon that I have with the mobile it would be 100$ plus tax... And right now I pay 78.

When I renew my contract I'll most likely get the 500mins (I checked my bills for the last three months and I never go over) unlimited text and unlimited 4G for 79.99$.

Orrr I might switch to simple mobile... Unlimited everything 50$ a month and they use the t mobile towers. I've had them before and had no problems.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aria807:
Verizon is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Sprint is probably cheaper than Tmobile for the most part + unlimited, but it's very deceptive advertising as their LTE is hardly rolled out anywhere. Their 3G is almost like Dialup too. Just keep Tmobile.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Yeah I've heard plenty bad things about sprint data. Yep ill most likely stick with t mobile or switch to their son simple mobile lol
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joe_sun:
I've used Sprint for years and their data is PAINFULLY slow. Even "4g" was giving me 1ish Mbps. I switched to VZW and the service is awesome but the cost is really bothering me. I'm currently on VZW paying $75.00 a month for 4gigs of data 450min and 1000 text messages. Every month I go over in texts and it pushes me to $80ish

I just ordered a S2 from Tmo and I'm going to check out the $30.00 prepaid for a couple of weeks to see how well the service compares to VZW. Upon telling my boss this he laughed and told me Tmo sucks in our area and he just switched to VZW from Tmo so I might be stuck on VZW for the forseable future.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
I would switch to Verizon but they are just too expensive. 2gb data unlimited mins and text=100$ plus tax.

On tmobile I get that for 78$. And don't have to worry about over fees because t mobile just throttles you. The highest speed test I got was 30mb. But average is 10mb and about 2.5 up
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Shane_pcs:
If you want cheap T-Mobile is the way to go. The 2 line unlimited plan for $99 cant be beat, unless you go prepaid. But you probably wouldn't be in the s3 forums if you were wanting prepaid.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aria807:
If you haven't, try to see if you can get any work discounts. It would probably help a bit on costs.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] benefit14snake:
Lol don't know why people make such a big stink over Verizon. I had them for the last 8-9 years and I switched to Tmobile. It was easier than expected honestly. Sure their network isn't as good as Verizon but it's not so distinctly different where if you put the same phone and did a Web browsing test that someone would tell a difference. If I am downloading a huge rom then it's noticeable but for forum surfing and websites (don't do much more than that at work since... Well I'm working lol and I have wifi at home) its just fine.

It's funny because if you knew me then you would know this doesn't sound like me because I am a spec freak... Also it isn't the cost that bothers me. I work 60 hours a week and I can afford Verizon its just the lack of value. Maybe it's because Verizon doesn't give a **** about its customers and they don't try to hide it. Maybe it's because I do work so many damn hours and if I don't see value in my spending I won't buy it. Idk. Either way I'm thrilled with Tmobile and have no reason to go back. Also, I'm in a sort of crappy Tmobile area where everywhere around me gets 5-25mbs and I'm in the one patch that gets less than 2 lol

Sent from my T999 GS3 @ 2GHZ
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AB33:
For 3 lines with ins.:

Sprint had me at $222 (15% off)

Verizon would have been $228 (25% off data)

Tmobile has me at $180 (15% off)

The speeds are way better than what I had on Sprint even with the EvoLTE and the download speeds are on par with every Verizon phone I have come across. Verizon's upload speeds are faster (like 5 to 2)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] akasan:
Just left sprint for t-mobile, so far so good, I live in Northern New jersey work in queens, haven't had any signal issues yet, strong signal indoors. Defintely a better data experience. I can actuality get a signal and use at my job in LIC. Nice to have functional service. Still have to test in philly where I go a lot, but for right now sprint < tmobile.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] diazf09:
Yeah I'm with sprint now. I switched from tmobile from being customer for 6 years. And I gotta say worst mistake!! I'm so upset with the speeds. I mean I cant even get Pandora to work.

Needless to say I will be turning this pretty gs3 back to best buy and cancel my sprint. And reactivate my T-Mobile account.

Can't believe I shot my self in the foot like that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] orbidyorb:
For some who don't know T-Mobile is undergoing a huge network upgrade so expect some big changes soon with service its only getting better from here guys jump on the Tmo express :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joe_sun:
I'm actually running a Verizon phone and a tmobile pre paid right now. I'm scratching my head wondering why I'm paying so much for Verizon. T mobile service is solid so far.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Awesome then I will stick with them
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] iamfightaa:
i would recoment getting a "value" plan instead of a "classic"( which is the one you have) plan and you will save like 10-20 % each month ...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Yeah that's what I might do when my contract expires in February.. then when ever I wanna use the upgrade for the s4 I'll just get a classic two year contract again
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] slim1991:
I just got my s3 from tmobile 2 days ago I work for the city of los angeles and I get a 15% discount off my bill the t-mobile rep told mw ill pay like 90$ a month but with the discount I would payblike $80 a month so far I love thisvphone on tMobile

I mean this phone is fast plus I have unlimited talk /text/ 4or 5gb of data and its 4g all the way lighting fast I have to say
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gamikzone:
yes it does depend on your market, the main reason I have Verizon is because they are the only carrier with 4g in my area.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] razielpr:
I'm with T-Mobile and have unlimited calls, tex and the real unlimited 4g data plan for 69.99 plus tax i pay every month $74.15 and the service is great i will never switch to other carrier.

Sent From My Galaxy S3 Boricua 100%
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
You must be on the value plan? Because the classic plan unlimited everything is more expensive.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jayb222:
On the value plan you wouldn't be able to use an upgrade. So getting an s4 that way wouldn't work.

Sent from my SGH-T999
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AB33:
Even with 4 lines The Verizon deal still comes out to $30-$40 more per month depending on the discounts you have. I gave Verizon a long look before I left Sprint and went to Tmobile and it just didn't make sense financially. In terms of calls and data speeds I am good to go.

Sent from TMO GS3 via TapaTalk
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marseillesw:
Sure u can.. I upgraded from a senny to the S3 on the value plan.. Only paid 149.99 plus 15 a month extra..

sent from a Galaxy far far away...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JesseMT4G:
As long as you are in a good coverage area with T-Mobile, it is a win-win!

I have 5 lines and pay 220 a month and unlimited on all phones but one and the same type of plan on big red, I would be over 3 bills easy...

I am good to go!

Sent from a galaxy far away!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] alderaan34:
That's not really an upgrade, they just finance the phone to you, hence the 15 extra a month. You still end up paying full price for the phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marseillesw:
True.. But it's far better than having to pay 500 up front. I don't even notice the extra 15 a month, plus when the S4 comes out I can do the same thing and get a large trade in credit for my S3. Although it would probably be better jay to sell it on CL.. But we will see

sent from a Galaxy far far away...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] alderaan34:
Yeah the best thing is not having to wait the two years for an upgrade. I did that when I first switched, I had an exhibit for about a year and hated it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrej201:
i dont get it will the note have both 4g lte or just lte

will it support clearwire
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KB112:
It will be LTE. Clear wire currently uses wimax, which is being phased out. Clear is currently getting ready to start building an lte network though.
[HTC EVO 3D] Pedro1760:
Hi i was wondering if there is a way i can get a Caller id app free so if someone *67 me the phone will find out the number i know there is a lot of paid apps but i dont want to pay

HTC EVO 3D (CDMA)

Hboot-1.4

Htc dev unlocked

S-OFF
[HTC EVO 3D] flashallthetime:
I believe you need to have it as a contract add-on with your carrier, at least up hear in Canada , it's al carte
[HTC EVO 3D] Pedro1760:
Ok well thanks for this i will see if i can get further info .... thanks though :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techker:
Hey guys is the telus sgh-t989d same as hurcules?

what rom should i go for?i know the cyanogenmod 10 is out but im with telus?so im affraid it will brick if i use like t-mobile??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Dude, did you even bother to read what I posted in your other thread at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31674156???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techker:
ahhh sorry i new i had a link somewhere..cause the forum is hard to find.

thx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
It's really not though. Google "T989 XDA" and it should be the very first result.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickmatic:
So I recently received a new or refurbished EVO from Sprint. It has the new 2.18 hboot and 5.0.....update. question is I'm willing to pay someone to root my phone using revolution method. Only if ur near the Downey, California area.

I had an old EVO that got the bootloop of death after 2years being rooted using unrevoked. I was reading that unrevoked can sometimes cause this issue. I want to use the revolution method.

Thanks for any replies.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnum_Enforcer:
Can't use Revolutionary to root Hboot 2.18. You have to use the HTCdev method. Info can be found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771755

Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickmatic:
I didn't know the HTC dev and revolutionary was 2 different steps. Nice to know.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickmatic:
Another question if you or anyone else can help. There's a specific part on the video he states that if all I want is tethering and bloat removal I don't need s-off.

All I want is the Sprint stuff removed tethering and maybe add a few 3g and 4g speed tweaks. Can I do that without being s-off?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bennyboy78:
Yes. The only thing s-off offers is flashing kernels thru recovery and flashing radios pretty much.

Btw use flash image GUI for kernels if not s-off

Can be found for free here on xda
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnum_Enforcer:
Interesting. I've flashed kernels on my current phone through recovery, and I'm still s-on. No issues, either.

Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickmatic:
Very nice. That's exactly what I wanted. Kernel with sound enhancement.

Tether and data tweaks. I always thought I had to be fully rooted with s-off for kernels to work.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickmatic:
Getting excited now. Last couple questions... There's other tweaks caine has for 5.07 roms(quick settings...). Can I also flash those? Or do I have to be s-off?

Last question the wireless tether app should work just by having supersu and being unlocked or do I have to tweak the system to unlock the tethering service(sprint).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnum_Enforcer:
Not exactly sure what you're asking in the first part of your question, but you should be fine. As for the hotspot feature, you just have to be rooted, not s-off for that to work. Most rooted ROM's for the EVO include the hotspot, although some users prefer to use one of the apps from the Play Store.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickmatic:
Love the roms out there,but I want to keep my phone close to stock. I noticed most roms have the hotspot added. Most say hotspot tweak or unlooked hotspot added. So I thought I needed a specific tweak. Or remove a system file.

As for the first question. A dev created or added quick settings flashable zip to the new ota Rom. I wanted to know if I can successfully flash this zip? Hopefully that makes more sense.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickmatic:
This is the feature I'm talking about. Calkulin made a new deodexed ota Rom and ca1ne created this feature in a flashable zip.....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31007484
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnum_Enforcer:
That should work fine. It's just a script to add some customization to the ROM.

Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkboy0901:
dont root using htcdev it voids warrenty I think theres a better method using taco root
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnum_Enforcer:
You're referring to this. It's similar to Taco root, I believe.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1672072

Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkboy0901:
Yes that exact one, follow all directions carefully, and all will be great I've done 2 evos with that method and it works great
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickmatic:
Great.... Too late now. Lol. Even if I leave s-on it voided right? I'm guessing yes since I entered that long token code.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnum_Enforcer:
I wouldn't sweat it.

Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QuietBillG:
NA

The "simonsimons34 Wildfire S tool" that is used in that thread is not available. The service that was hosting the download file, some how messed it up or lost it or something, and the developer is having to recreate it. No time estimate on availability that I know of.

:(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] darkseasons:
nevermind....just delete this thread.....wish I could do it myself
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jyazzie110:
First of all u dnt need to post a QUESTION in the general or development forum.......and have u tried TWRP yet?? I cudnt flash a few JB rons with CWM so i went to TWRP and it flashed just fine. If i helped plz press the thanks button
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] :
1. This goes in q&a.

2. Your options

A. Change your recovery

B. Modify the updater script
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] darkseasons:
Ok thanks if someone could just DELETE this thread.. please
[Asus Transformer TF700] Luke_H:
Hello Users! My first post (woohoo) and probably a very noobish one.

Now, I've been using this forum for ages, but never made an account, been using it for my nice Sensation XE, got some great roms and help from the forums.

Anyway, more to the point.

In the UK, the TF700T's are about £600 default at the moment and just keep rising, now, I can get a US one for about £340, which is a lot more in my price range.

Now, I know the obvious, I'll need a US to UK transformer. However, is there anything else I need to be worried about? Such as, Keyboard layout? Firmware? Like, anything major that could effect me having an US tablet in the UK.

I don't give a toss about warranty, I'll be rooting it before I even use it. But, just worried incase firmwares are different? Stopping me from rooting/customisation, I'm just a little stuck here, wasn't sure if I should have stuck this in QnAs, but a general discussion sounded better since I know it's a question a lot of people ask, and people might have different takes on it.

Thank you for reading, much appreciated!

Regards

Luke_H
[Asus Transformer TF700] FromOZ:
Other side of the world here so can't be definite but:

* keyboard - if you get the dock the layout will be slightly different (your ' and @ are transposed I believe and you'll have $ instead of pound sign) but I assume on the tablet itself you have UK keyboards?

* firmware - if similar to here you'll get it faster than others in UK (I got the latest update a day or two before those that bought locally in Oz)

No idea if there are any other ramifications.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Dezghal:
Not really. I live in Sweden and bought mine in NY on my last trip there. Haven't experienced any problems at all. So you're good to go.
[Asus Transformer TF700] pinn___________:
ARen't you forgetting import duty? If they catch you anyway...
[Asus Transformer TF700] ShadowLea:
Hm...

The joy of Android is that it comes with all languages installed, so the tablet you can just set to UK English instead of US English, and that changes the Tablet's keyboard, dictionary and such to the UK layout. The dock, however, will be a US layout. Though from what I've seen, all other countries sell the US-layout keyboard anyhow.

You'll most likely get the updates faster, and that probably includes Jelly Bean. (I see people here mentioning updates I've not seen yet, when, ironically, the Dutch stores sold it before the US...) The firmware for US is different from the international one, or at least there are different versions listed.

Actually, most users here are US, and thus use the US firmware. You'll probably have an easier time rooting and customizing your tablet when you have a US one than if you have a UK one.

Just make sure the store shipping it marks the shipment as GIFT, or you'll be paying a massive import fee.
[Asus Transformer TF700] indie13:
I paid £60 import duty on my 700 from the US to UK. Apart from a £5 US to UK adaptor i still dont think thats too bad. (i didnt get the keyboard as i had my 200 keyboard)

Do it!
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtenniswood:
I bought mine in the us, the only catch I found is that the nice UK plug is £25 (but well worth it in my opinion).

That version has snap on us plug adaptors but the one in the box is fixed in place :(
[Asus Transformer TF700] JamesRC:
Can you not just use a power adapter? I thought the transformer line had a power transformer which could handle 240 and 110V inputs? Could well be wrong though!
[Asus Transformer TF700] maxal:
Hi I have just found this thread, I am also thinking about buying the tf700 from the US, were you sent a import invoice with your tablet? and how long did it take to come from the US?
[Asus Transformer TF700] pnharrison:
Do bear in mind, as others have suggested, if you have it shipped to you via mail order you will almost certainly be hit for 20% VAT for an import from a non EU country

If you travel to the US yourself and carry it back you are less likely to need to pay (although technically the VAT is still due)

That said; I'm using a US keyboard (TF201 - not that there is any difference) I sourced to match the TF700 that I imported from Germany. No problems at all. The biggest difference in key layout is the " and @ are swapped around... but takes no time to get used to that.

Good luck!
[Asus Transformer TF700] indie13:
Yes you can just us a cheap US to UK adaptor, no need to voltage changes. I paid £5 for one in maplin.

Also if you must have a real UK adaptor (for some reason) then just google tf101 power adaptor in Ebay and get one of those. I bought a real asus 101 adaptor for £15 off ebay, better than spending £30 on a 700 one.
[Droid RAZR M General] Notrega:
This Thursday will end my 14 day trial period for the M. I have to decide whether to keep it or turn it back in and wait for the Maxx HD.

I am coming from the Thunderbolt so from a performance perspective the M beats it hands down. I like the size and the battery ALMOST gets me through a full day of pretty heavy use. But I have a feeling that I will pass the 14 day return period and then see/hold a Maxx HD and will realize my mistake. Bigger/better screen and mondo battery... Etc...

Although I am not a fan of bigger devices. I left the Thunderbolt for the Galaxy Nexus and went back to the Thunderbolt.

Anyone else conflicted??

Thoughts, considerations, comments, suggestions???

Sent from my XT907 Scorpion_Mini
[Droid RAZR M General] JPHoller:
I went with th M becaudse of the size. If a bigger phone doesnt bother you, as it does me then go with tje maxx
[Droid RAZR M General] phositadc:
Totally a size thing. If I were ok with a big phone I'd get the gs3. Has everything that the M or Razr hd has, plus it actually has a good camera.

But I hate huge phones, so the M it is.

-Sent from my Razr M.-