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[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
i believe that you forgot to post this

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forums they get Jealous when you post the same post soo many times in

only 2 forums and not in them :P

search the forum this have been talked about more then once

it seems you need to buy a backpack to get barcode options

not just software
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] godsky:
I think you can develop your own scanner if you have the barcode decoding SDKs, search AIPSYS which is a professional barcode SDK developer.
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
Just figured I'd give this post a bump. Just bought another month's worth of Ptel service. The PTEL25BRAD code still works. So, $29.99 service is still in effect (before the $6 cashback).

I don't understand why no one else jumping on this? Give it a try people!
[Nexus 4 General] bkarlsen:
Definitely giving this a try. Thanks for the info.
[Nexus 4 General] bkarlsen:
Thanks again for the tip. Picked one up last night. My total was only 20 not bad for a whole month of service. Certainly beats my old Verizon plan
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
Glad to hear it! How'd you get it down to $20? Or are you doing the first tier of 4G that throttles after 250mb?
[Nexus 4 General] adamr240:
Conditional call forwarding works on Straight Talk.
[Nexus 4 General] Underground_XI:
Op you sound like you work for them buddy.
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
Didn't realize that. I was on Tmobile's $30 plan before and had to call and ask them to disable voicemail altogether for GV voicemail to work well.

Haha. Well, if my XDA account was a new one, then maybe that'd be a red flag. That and and if I wasn't finding ways to pay nearly 50% what they charge per month...that too. I'm just a penny pinching mf.

It does sound too good to be true though, I admit. I hope it lasts for a while longer. At this rate, the savings will pay off my N4 by September. The only thing keeping me from buying even more cards at a time (well one of the reasons at least) is that it might be nice to have LTE at some point. It's still not clear if Tmobile will allow MVNO's to use that network.
[Nexus 4 General] khanh1289:
how is tmobile's own unlimited everything for $50 any worst than this? considering you'll probably get better customer service, choice of buying a new phone and making payments, no contract or buying upfront, discount monthly bill if you're a student or have corporate discount, and last but not least like you've mentioned, simplicity?
[Nexus 4 General] betcmrekoapl:
Great tip. Ordering
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
At Ptel's normal monthly fee, the only benefit would be 2gb of unthrottled service instead of 500mb. With the coupon codes in the OP, plus cash back, Ptel's a no brainer in my opinion.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] bkarlsen:
Yeah I went with the first tier. In their terms it only throttles to 3g after 250mb. Can't beat 20 bucks for a full month of unlimited everything even if it is at 3g speeds. I really appreciate the tip.
[Nexus 4 General] nomadism:
I think it's 2G, at least according to their official twitter account.

https://twitter.com/ptelmobile/status/285848003506483201
[Nexus 4 General] Dynotrick:
Only for Straight Talk AT&T SIM....

it does not work on Straight Talk T-Mobile.
[Nexus 4 General] bkarlsen:
This is just another option offered up by the OP. I personally think it will work out better for me, but if it doesnt I can just toss the sim and go back to Tmobile. But for $20 I felt it was at least worth trialing. That is one of the benefits of using my N4 with prepaid carriers. I can try out whomever I like or switch plans if I wind up needing more 4G data later on. For right now though I use mostly wifi at home and work so I just needed the data for times in between those two.

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My error, I thought I had seen a note on their website about it being throttled back to 3g if I use up the 250mb. Still I dont mind the slower speed for now. And I can always switch up to their 2gb plan if their services is adequate after my test run with them. Thanks for the info. I will try to put a quick update in a week or so after I have had some time to test out their service.
[Nexus 4 General] Telemachus13:
Because PTel's $50 plan gives more data, and with the coupon alone it costs significantly less. Plus you can save even more with the cash back.

If they ever stop having the coupons, then you can always switch to TMobile, but as long as you can save $20 to $30 per month over TMobile, why not go with PTel?

You can get TMobile refills at a discount as well, but I haven't seen any for effectivly 60% off.

More info here:

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1793983-Took-the-plunge-spent-600-real-money-in-credit

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 4 General] bkarlsen:
I went on to buy a few more and it looks like they are now offering micro Sims and the promo codes are still working. I am still stunned that I can get service for 16 a month after befrugal. Thanks again OP
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
Cool. Thanks for the update. I wouldn't mind a proper micro SIM. Didn't do a very good job cutting mine down and I'm honestly worried it may not come out without a fight. :mad: We'll see!

Oh, and I noticed they're selling the N4 now too, albeit for $399.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] bkarlsen:
I thought so too but tested out the service this week and it works everywhere T-Mobile does. Plus unlimited phone ,text,and data for that price is amazing. Already bought 6 months worth of cards just in case promo changes. Definitely recommend buying through the befrugal link to save the extra 20%. At this rate switching to my nexus 4 will more than pay for itself.
[Nexus 4 General] cheapskate88:
Just bought another month. Still working.
[Nexus 4 General] jcsd1212:
thanks to the op. the promo code is still working. not sure if I did befrugal right though. do you immediately see the money in your befrugal account or does it take some time?
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
Glad to hear it. Don't think it's immediate, but it should be there within a couple days, I think. Of course you can't cash out until your account has $25 in it, I believe.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
Not a huge deal, but just thought I'd mention that Ptel was added to the carrier list. Thanks Archer!
[Nexus 4 General] betcmrekoapl:
Big thanks for this one. Saving 33% vs straight talk plus it seems to have a stronger signal but that might just be in my head... So glad my wife finally let us leave Verizon
[Nexus 4 General] bkarlsen:
Just bought another 6 cards. Deal is still good. Was able to switch my wife and mother in law over to this service and its saving me a fortune over my old VZW share plan. Went from $200+ a month to about 50-60 after the befrugal discount. Thanks again OP, you have saved me a ton of money, and the service is actually really good. Only have one really bad area in AZ where I cant use my phone.
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
Just bought my monthly card (just wanted to get in before the end of the month in case they end it tonight). Promo code still working.
[Nexus 4 General] oldblue910:
Just a question for all of you who jump from prepaid carrier to prepaid carrier every month based on bottom-line dollar figure...

What do you do about your phone number? Do you transfer it every time you switch SIM cards? Do you just use Google Voice?
[Nexus 4 General] bkarlsen:
This is actually only my 2nd prepaid provider, but given the price it was certainly worth the chance. Most of them do allow you to port your numbers over, but I have only been giving people my google voice number for years. So in my case I just let them issue a new number since its not a big deal to me. Also Ptel has actually been a pretty good provider so far, they work everywhere that Tmobile did, at least here in AZ, and when I took a trip back to NY last week as well. I have switched over my 3 lines to their service and have pre-purchased 6 months work of service for all 3 lines using the included promo codes just in case the promotion ended. It worked every time and with the befrugal discount I am only paying $16 per line per month, which I just cant beat.
[Nexus 4 General] cbutt:
OP thanks for this. I just purchased a month's service & sim, waiting for it to come in the mail. I have previously used straight talk tmo & straight talk at&t (tested them out while waiting for my contract to end). This is a great value & will report back.
[Nexus 4 General] flaviofavila:
Do you guys know what speed does Ptel throttle you to after the first 250 MB on their $40 unlimited plan? I'm currently with Simple Mobile and they throttle you to 240 Kbits/sec after the first 250 MB on their $40 unlimited plan.
[Nexus 4 General] dmnall:
I am not on Ptel but looking at their pricing plans, $ 40 a month for 250 MB at Hspa+ and than edge speeds after that and their $ 50 plan for 2.5 GB hspa+ speeds seems a bit rediculous, considering, I am with Solavei who is a mvno for T-Mobile and for 49 a month you get unlimited talk, text and data but there is a cap of 4GB for hspa+ and after that edge speeds. I switched over from Net10 *parent company is Tracfone who also owns Simple and Straight Talk* with Net10 under at&t service they put a cap of 1.5 GB of data once burned through that, data is cut off until the billing cycle renews... I say $ 9 more a month and you get more for your money and again no contract either.

HTH,

Charlie
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
I ported my number over to Google Voice when I left Sprint last Fall, so that takes care of the new number. Still, I've only been on Tmobile or Ptel.

I hear you Charlie. Don't think I'd stick with Ptel if it wasn't for the current promo.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] flaviofavila:
I guess I'll answer my own question. I did some research and it seems that Ptel throttles you to 100 - 128 Kbits/sec compared to Simple Mobile 240 Kbits/sec. I'll stick with Simple Mobile for now.
[Nexus 4 General] bkarlsen:
Yes you are correct it throttles back to near unusable speeds. If or when the promo expires I will definitely switch away from ptel, but for the time being it's a great deal.
[Nexus 4 General] cbutt:
Sim & top up came in the mail. My regular usage rarely exceeds 2gb. Fiancee & I pay tmobile $200/month for 2 lines with unlimited talk/text/ 5gb data. We are currently buying a home & paying for our wedding (6months away!) So we are looking to cut costs. For us, I think this will be great as long as they keep up with the coupons. I will report back on usage!
[Nexus 4 General] flaviofavila:
Yeah I got my SIM and $40 pin also. I bought them with coupon. Came out to $20. Still undecided if I should leave Simple Mobile because their throttle speeds are faster than Ptel's and they're both $40 a month without coupon of course. I realize that the coupon/deal will soon expire and I'll have to pay $40 for Ptel.
[Nexus 4 General] bkarlsen:
I don't know if this helps you decide but per ptel support their pins don't expire for at least a year. So you can purchase ahead of time with the discount.

I know their discount will expire soon so I purchased a year. After that I can switch if necessary.
[Nexus 4 General] pspTP:
Do you have to make 12 separate orders for pins for a year?
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
I don't understand why this is better than tmo's $30 value plan. I get 100 minutes, unlimited text and 5gb at 4G speed for $30, and if I need more minutes I can add $10 to my balance, and I get 1100 minutes total for the month....more than I'd ever need!! Having a data cap at less than half of what I currently do for $10 less a month, at best, doesn't exactly appeal to me since some months I don't need any more than 100 minutes. Also, as some other people have mentioned, tmo's customer service is pretty good....so why should I switch from the company who owns the towers I'm using to one that only rents the usage when I may save $10 (some months) and get far less than I do now?
[Nexus 4 General] n2d551:
I hear you, I'm in the same boat. But how do you get 1000 extra minutes for $10 bucks? I thought it was 10 cents a minute after the 100?
[Nexus 4 General] cbutt:
Different needs for different people. I NEED unlimited minutes. Between family, fiancee, work, school, planning a wedding & buying a home, having limited minutes is not an option for me. I don't need 5gb of data as I have WiFi at home, school & work. So a plan with unlimited talk & text with 2gb of data is great. if I can save $10 a month on ptel for a couple of months until the coupons expire, wonderful. If something better comes along, that's the beauty of an unlocked phone with prepaid service: onto the next one.
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
you are correct, sorry about that. I'm sick and I messed up the math :o
[Nexus 4 General] bkarlsen:
Yeah unfortunately you do in order to get the discounts. I actually used the befrugal site too so it took me even longer, but the extra 20% discount was worth it

---------- Post added at 02:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:48 AM ----------

Doesn't mean it's better for everyone just another option. For me and My family the unlimited minutes was well worth it. Plus for two of the 3 I have them on the 40 unlimited which is only running me $16 after the promo and befrugal discount. And even mine only winds up at $24 after the befrugal discount and promos.
[Nexus 4 General] Telemachus13:
Buy it with a SIM and $40 or $50 PIN and you can use PTELSTUD25 to get 25% off, and use befrugal to get another 20% cash back. Final cost comes to $267 with $40 PIN or $273 with $50 PIN. Since the PINs are worth $16 and $24 respectively, that means your getting the phone for about $250 shipped. If only they had the 16GB version.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 4 General] bkarlsen:
Never even thought of that. Would have saved me even more. Did you actually try using those codes to verify that they work? Thanks again for the tip
[Nexus 4 General] nomadism:
I thought it was a $25 off coupon, not a 25%
[Nexus 4 General] Telemachus13:
I just added the 8GB Nexus 4, a combination SIM card, and a $40 top up for the unlimited plan to my cart, and after the PTELSTUD25 code the total is $333.73, so yes, the coupon still works. If you order through befrugal, you should get 66.75 cash back, bringing the net price down to $266.98. Note that the coupon will only work if you choose the unlimited plan when you buy the card, but you can use top ups sold for the unlimited plan to activate or top up the PAYGO plan (I have done both), so if you want PAYGO you can still do that.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

---------- Post added at 11:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:26 AM ----------

There are actually three different codes active right now. PTEL25BRAD and PTELSLICK20 give you $25 and $24.99 off respectively. PTELSTUD25 gives you 25% off your entire order. All three require you to purchase a $40 or $50 top up and SIM to work. Obviously PTEL25BRAD is the best for orders of $100 or less, while PTELSTUD25 is best for orders over $100.

http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2013/03/new-ptel-promotions-25-off-entire-order.html

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 4 General] nomadism:
Oh, never realized that there was another code. Sorry, and thanks for the correction.
[Nexus 4 General] bkarlsen:
Just wanted to let everyone know really quick that the promo codes are still working. I was able to order another two months just now. I cant believe they still have these active.

Thanks,
[Nexus 4 General] nomadism:
Also ordered 3 months of the $50 unlimited plan for $30. Will report back when the cards (or more importantly, the activation PINs) arrive.

Update: as expected the three SIM cards with the activation pin came today.
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
Well... it's now June (at least six months since these promos started) and the codes are still working. Word.

As an aside. I had a bit of a scare this month. Phone was reporting that I was just about to go over the 2gb barrier and so I started limiting my usage. Yelp alone, which I rarely use, is reporting that I've used 1.5gb of data this month (in the background). Finally took the time to check the Ptel site and they're saying I'm only at 1.6gb total. Go figure.
[Nexus 4 General] nomadism:
Maybe an issue with the latest CM RC3 (+ all of the other ROMs that are built over this) that was calculating the data usages wrong?

https://plus.google.com/117962666888533781522/posts/jE4Abeoc1Yi
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
I heard about that bug, but a) Rasbean is built from AOSP and b) the only app that's doing crazy things is Yelp. Then again, I'm running RasSaber right now...maybe that's it.
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
Shoot. You were right. The bug is affecting Rasbean. Go figure!

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
Well, we're into month 8 now. Promo's still valid!

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] nomadism:
Great to know! I was wondering how long I might be able to stick with this service...
[Nexus 4 General] nomadism:
The coupon still seems to be working, however this time the credit card has been declining my order when I try to buy more than 2 sim cards with the same credit card. No problem anyway, I'm just happy with the two extra months of $30 unlimited.
[Nexus 4 General] Telemachus13:
I ordered 8 cards recently (I have multiple people using PTel in my family), and I had a similar issue. Most likely it is a failsafe to prevent people from accidentally ordering more cards than they intended to. It let me order all 8 with the same credit card, but I had to do the last 6 twice each. The first time it would say the payment had been declined, and the second time it would go through.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 4 General] nomadism:
Agree. Not really complaining and the CC declined is less significant than the fact that ptel is still offering this deal.
[Nexus 4 General] jcsd1212:
Looks like the brad and slick codes aren't working. Bought one last week and it worked. Didn't today.
[Nexus 4 General] nomadism:
Wow seems to be true. Bye bye ptel...:(
[Nexus 4 General] cheapskate88:
That sucks...
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
Certainly not as good, but.. in case anyone was looking, here's a 25% off coupon.

PTELG25

It requires you to buy a sim/top-up card combo unfortunately. So, that's:

$50 top-up card + $4.99 SIM - 25% = $41.24 for the unlimited 2GB plan

or

$40 top-up card + $4.99 SIM - 25% = $33.74 for the unlimited 250MB plan

I'm assuming free shipping, but haven't tried it.

EDIT:

Just crunching the numbers for the OP update and thought I'd mention that the final price after cashback is $32.99. Not bad...
[Nexus 4 General] Telemachus13:
Check the PlatinumTel page on BeFrugal again. The terms state that the cash back doesn't work on airtime and can't be combined with coupons.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
I've cashed out my Ptel purchases once so far and can do another $30 in early October. So, unless they changed their policies recently, I don't think they check.

Sent from my Moto X
[Nexus 4 General] Telemachus13:
I too just received cash back from BeFrugal for an airtime purchase in May. However, BeFrugal changed their policy in July and now check to make sure they don't give cash back for airtime. There's a good 4 pages in the relevant thread on Howard Forums of people who made purchases after the change and were denied cash back.

Discussion starts here. Be sure to read through post 136 and 141. It looked for a little bit like they might bring it back, but they didn't.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 4 General] mercado79:
Well that's a bummer. Just checked my account and, as you said, top-ups I'd bought pre-July are ready to cash out, top-ups since july showed as reversed. Good to know. I'll update the OP accordingly.

If anyone decides to try another cashback site and finds it works, please let us know. According to the Cashbackwatch site, the following sites offer Ptel cashback:

MyDealsAndCoupons > 24%

BeFrugal > 20% (won't pay out for airtime)

BargainMatch > 16%

Extrabux > 16%

BigCrumbs > 14%

Pennyful > 10%
[Nexus 4 General] Sohip:
Looks like I'm going T-Mobile for the next month for the 5gb 4g data plan for $30+ tax.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dorolan05:
my camera FLASH always light up and even when it off when i press power bottons its light up and when i press camera its not connect.its happen this morning and i dont know what happen.?can i fix it this is harware problem i hop not. tnx in advance
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dorolan05:
this is wierd yesterday my phone like crazy it always flash everytime i press power botton when im in charging.but this morning it ok now amd mormal....so this is not a hardware defect?..confuse
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fritzbored:
what is the rom you are using? and do you have quick toggles to turn on the flashlight? as of the moment it is too early to say it is a hardware defect
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sherbon26:
First and foremost all thanks go to lrft since he was the one who posted it in galaxy s2 forums....all I am doing is sharing a link to his post all I ask is do not thank me for this.I have tested the 50% transparent and it is fully working. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2197011
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
Has anyone gotten this to work? I got an unable to load widget error.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shadow_God:
-Push it to the preload folder

-overwrite the existing one

-set premissions rw-r--r

-and reboot

and it will only work on TW

*All of them works...I am using the fully transparent one*
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ind3lible:
Which file/s do we push to the preload folder? I am also getting the same widget loading problem .:cyclops:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
Unfortunately after following those directions, it still doesn't work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] g_ding84:
you cna only change the widget for it to work. I have tried multiple times. But if you just switch out the widget, you get the S4 widget.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
I had it working and then flashed the AIO rev3 and it stopped and said "Problem Loading Widget"... Maybe adding the autorotation option has something to do with it not it working. Idk, I'm on AOCP now, just a thought.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
Ah. That could be. I am running the rev3 mod.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shadow_God:
I am running the it with the rev3 with no problem......what exactly are you doing?....How are you install it and which one?

Thunder Buddies 4 Life!!!!!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sherbon26:
Im running the 50 percent and pushed it to pteload with rootexplorer set perms created link to system/app and deleted odex and its workin here with rev3 mod also.

Sent from my SPH-D710 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
Weird. After flashing it and not pushing files it finally worked.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
I think I flashed both the clock and AIO on the same recovery session, probably what my problem was
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shadow_God:
Yea I try not to flash two of more in the same setting any more...lol....I flashed tweaks and the rev3 in the same session and had no status bar or background....had to reflash rev3 again :p:D:D

Thunder Buddies 4 Life!!!!!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] puch0021:
Saint Cloud MN eh? Ditto!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PanchoPlanet:
-overwrite the existing one

Does that mean delete/replace the old one with this new one.

TIA. (Sometimes I'm not as smart as I sound:()

Pp.:beer::thumbup::rolleyes:

Sent from a bean shooting Epic Touch ......in your eye ....phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gradford11:
For the people having the problem loading widget issue, after install dont forget to wipe data in accuweather widget and main. It cleared up the issue for me :beer: