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[AT&T HTC One (M7)] designgears:
AT&T Next is terrible. They are charging you double subsidy for a year for that yearly upgrade. Sure you get a new device every year, but you are paying in one year what you would normally pay over two years. Sadly buying off contract sucks too, you are still paying a subsidy AND buying a phone outright, so you pay twice. If you take an upgrade every 2yrs you are paying $200-$300 upfront for a flagship device plus the built in subsidy cost which if it is $30, lands you around $940-$1040 for a phone.

No matter how you spin it, AT&T has you by the balls.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] badams1:
Lol.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] killman2659:
Amazing value? Lol hahahaha NO!!!!
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] whodat006:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/19/4536042/jump-edge-next-early-upgrade-plans-compared

According to this if you use the next plan you have no option of keeping the phone you must trade it in..
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] fredy915:
Yeah definitely won't be doing this I plan on keeping my unlimited data , I
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Rogue Leader:
They are tapping into a market of idiots I see all the time. They HAVE TO HAVE the newest phone regardless of upgrade dates and stuff. So they go out and sign a new contract and break theirs (AND EVEN Pay the fee), and then sit on their old phone or ebay it or whatever. Basically they light $500 on fire to have the newest phone. People do it all the time, and thats the market they are tapping into. People who know they are gonna do something stupid like that anyway, so now the Telco's facilitate it. Its genius!
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] homegeek:
If you are looking for a new phone then you might be better off with T-Mobile Jump. The only thing ATT is doing that Tmobile is not is allowing this for tablets which might make a difference to some people.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Simba501:
This. It's laughable how much of a ripoff this is.

Sent from my HTC One
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] shook187:
Here are my options

1. Buy a HTC ONE for $49 to $99 on a 2 year contract and I could sell it whenever I feel like for the "next big thing"

Or

2. Take advantage of AT&T's amazing new upgrade plan and get a free HTC ONE but tack on $35 dollars a month for a year and then do it all over again when the next big thing comes out and really not own anything but $35 a month extra on my already inflated bill.

This is a tough decision
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] berdo:
So I want to start off by saying that I don't work for at&t. As a matter of fact I hate having at&t service but where I live we have very limited options and I have too many ETFs to ever switch. With that said there is still a way to make this work in your favor, somewhat.

First, the 12 month lease your phone option is a massive ripoff and I think we all know this. Technically the 20 month payment option is also a massive ripoff if you go the full 20 months of payments. However, I have confirmed there is no penalty for paying it off early and if you pay the full retail price in 6 months then it is your phone to keep, you do not have to trade it in. So if you were going to buy a phone at full retail price anyway, you could use at&t next as a interest free line of credit.

It isn't what at&t wants you to think it is. You will not save money at all. But if you are inbetween upgrades and were thinking about buying a phone at full retail you could use it, just don't go the 20 months making payments.

For those that don't take the time to understand how cell phone plans work they will be getting screwed and at&t will be happy to facilitate the screwing.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] berdo:
I was wrong. AT&T is effing you hardcore all the way around on this. If you are an existing customer you have to use your upgrade in order to qualify for Next. Seriously. It is a joke. If you are not upgrade eligible then you can not use AT&T Next.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] In Flames:
I'm 14 months into my contract and they wouldn't let me sign up for next. In order to get this phone, I had to open a new line, and with that I'm able to sign up with next. I'll pay off the etf on my 3rd line next month and pay off the phone in 6 months. I really wanted this phone and that was the only way possible.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] pollobueno:
I saw this on ATT's website today and got so stoked, then realized how bad the prices are. They really need to be at minimum half of what they are currently asking to be even be considered by anyone with a sense of money. The Lumia 920 is 33 a month, minimum 12 months puts you at $396 just for the phone
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] flexfield:
TMo can have a lot of fun poking (holes) at this "amazing" program.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] tushdesh:
champs,

I have activated the GPRS and I can browse the Internet. how to change the view from portrait to landscape for Internet browsing?

and since the GPRS activation i.e. since last 5 days my XDA hard reseted twice after charging on the cradle. does this happen due to overcharging or temperature due to overcharge. This never happened before.

please help

cheers
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] madkat:
You might put the recharge/reset problem in a new thread.

For good browsing, try a product called ThunderHawk. It costs money, though.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
there is a thread in the forum about modding 2003 to do screen flip on the fly

or there are programs which let you do it but they require a softreset

and there is 2003SE which also does it on the fly
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Slave1:
You can map one of your keys to rotate the screen. I use the "T-Zones" button on mine (3rd from the left on the slide out keyboard).

EDIT - SORRY I DIDN'T REALISE THIS WASN'T A BLUE ANGEL THREAD
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] xdamrsupraboy:
Is there a way please let me no
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] devynbf:
Pretty sure there isn't a way unless you use a pc.

You dont have a local library around your home?

CF Autoroot method literally takes about 30 seconds to root on a pc.

I was gonna suggest Mobile Odin but I think you need root access to use it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guilese:
I need help with my Note 2 (GT-N7100).

On a regular basis WIFI (and bluetooth)

won't start or hangs

. This occurred after I rooted the device and installed cyanogenmod cm-10.1-20130715-NIGHTLY-n7100. I should have known this rom is far from stable, but I was curious to try it. Wish I hadn't!

I removed the root (to unrooted) and reinstalled the latest stock rom from Samsung (via KIES). The problem stays the same.

I searched the net for solutions but no 100% cure so far. I tried some suggestions that I found like removing the battery, Sim and sd-card and pressing the ON-button for a minute and then rebooting. Sometimes this helps most often not...

What is curious about this is that when the device is in this state 2g indicates having several full bars even when the Sim is not installed!

Very confusing. Is this a software or a hardware problem. Can anyone help out?

Thanks from the Netherlands
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catanzaro27:
Showing the bars without a sim is normal, that's how Samsung made the interface. You can try to reset phone to factory settings from the phone. See what happens.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guilese:
Thanks for you reply.

I did a factory reset, but without any improvement...:eek:

Kind of desperate here
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guilese:
Please help
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
Hey guys I recently got my extended 2600mah battery, cool thing is abouy this battery is its the samr size as the stock battery!!!

Now threre are lots of rumors in forums and places that these batterys are only the 1500mah ones but kinda like hacked to be 2600mah, apparently theirs alot of modding done to the voltage therefore making yhe device hoter?

Yes! My XPlay is noticeably hoter than it was but its not to hot to handle (c wha I did dere? :3)

When overclocking and playing games the device is even more hoter but it wont cook an egg!

Performance, I can get a much lasting experience within this battery! I get about 6-8 hours more everyday usage, :D

So the verdict, if ur a hardcore android gamer = get one

If ur a hardcore emulator addict dont get one as ur typically goin to be overclocking and past 1.6 GHz the device becomes like super nova hot, O.0

If u juat want a longer battery = watchu watin 4? U should be on ebay lookin for one, :P

Btw I got this for 6.99 Euros!

Enjoy!

;)
[Xperia Play Accessories] ps2stuff:
Where did you get this battery for 6.99?? I want one in 2 minds whether to get this or the oversized 3600 battery any thoughts i think the bigger battery is more than a cm extra to the case which seems abit much to me so leaning towards the gold 2600 battery of stock size, i have heard some of these have incorrect voltages tho
[Xperia Play Accessories] narflynn619:
You should post a link to the same battery you bought to make sure future buyers will have the same experience as you claim, after all, ebay is ridden with knock off batteries which can gravely harm the phone and the user.
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
Yep sorry I posted on mobile and eBay is hell to use mobile even on Dolphin browser...

Im om mobile now, but ill try n post a link tmrw!
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
I recommend the 2600mah as even tho its incorrect voltages mine is working fine and after a while the phone dosent get real hot, O.0

And im using the DXEngine Kernel which has a GPU Overclock, so I would except it to be hot...
[Xperia Play Accessories] RoboticBuddy:
I can't find it anywhere on eBay... :(
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
Here u go, ;)

P305 2430 mAh Gold High Capacity Battery For Sony Ericsson Xperia Play BST-41
[Xperia Play Accessories] RoboticBuddy:
How long have you been using it? Is it working properly, and I'm guessing it heat up at times?

And no shipping to the US... :( Lol, but thanks for the link! :D

EDIT: Is this the same thing? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gold-2430mA..._Cell_Phone_PDA_Batteries&hash=item1e7d3e913a
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
its amazing, and once u get used to the little temperature its fine, ;)

yep the one above is also the same
[Xperia Play Accessories] ozzmanj1:
not to be a stickler but I had this same battery about 2 years ago and I had serious issues with my PLAY. The heating was one, the other issues was I had serious game and all around phone lag and performance issues. When I checked the batteries output via a meter the output was not a consistent smooth flow. It boumced around, some really low some really high. Perhaps things are better with this battery but I then found the 2600mha battery that I later made a thread for onb this forum/section.

I understand people want a battery that has more mha and same as stock size but you have to think about inconsistency. Not saying this couldnt be a good battery, and again it has been about 2 years since i purchased this battery and had my issues with it, so its possible its a good now other then the heat.

So if anyone buys it just be careful.
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
Nah its fine man, its nice to hear other reviews!, Also on a side note, i tend to swap out my stock sized 2600mah with the 3600 just for gaming then i switch back, i might try a match of nova 3 or sth with the 2600mah one and then ill try stock and then 3600 and report back the performance issues and etc... ;)
[Xperia Play Accessories] ozzmanj1:
Actually if you wouldnt mind doing that and posting back your thoughts on it. Hope you didnt mind my blurp earlier, I wasnt trying to squash or tell anyone to avoid buying it, just wanted to give my thoughts on it from 2 years ago, but to also give people a "both side of the story" approach to it. Like I said it could be all good now and work fine other then heat. Anyways thanks for letting me share my experience with it and being so cool about me blabbering on. lol.
[Xperia Play Accessories] BensJammin:
The problem is that they have squeezed 65% more capacity into the same size casing, which seems scary to me. Why didnt Sony have this in the first place if that was ok to do? My battery may be massive but it feels safer to me
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
yes i agree, but its not 65% right?, ;)
[Xperia Play Accessories] BensJammin:
Sorry, that was a rough quote. ;)

73.33% (ish) for the 2600mah one :p
[Xperia Play Accessories] G.I. Jew:
So, just to be clear, if I bought this battery it won't explode my phone? ^.^
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
no poblems!, it would be fine, i have my play at a completely fine temp!, :D

Sent from my r800i using Air
[Xperia Play Accessories] ozzmanj1:
Okee dokee pizza_dox. I pulled the trigger and bought the battery. Figured I'd give it a whirl. Ill let you know my thoughts on it.
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
Yay, ;)

Tell me everything, lol
[Xperia Play Accessories] burk33y:
Hi [MENTION=4725371]Pizza_Dox[/MENTION] how is this battery now after having reviewing it 5 weeks ago, has it still kept its charge? Is there anyway to get the real mah using this app? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.bmw.pro&hl=en
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
Well Battery life is great, i used to get 3-4 hours of gaming and heavy usage like mincraft pe + music (stock battery), now i can do the same for like 6-7 hours,(this battery) :D, Thing with this battery is when it hits 100% u need to leave it for like 10-15 mins more as it has an overvolt hack so it actually gets full amount, also ill check out the app and post some screenies, :)

EDIt

btw for the first 2-4 days its starting to get the full capacity so if u get this dont be worried about short battery life in the first few days, ;)
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
[MENTION=4570828]burk33y[/MENTION]

Heres the Screenie, look at the voltage, thats the hack, not mah
[Xperia Play Accessories] burk33y:
Interesting.. Thanks for the screenies :) Might get one of these battery's now to test out for a while.
[Xperia Play Accessories] Enri1196:
I can't buy this awesome 2600mAh battery stock sized, just because i live in italy!!!! this is so sad!!! :(
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
:(, Stupid Ebay, :(, maby try doing more searchs...
[Xperia Play Accessories] BensJammin:
Is there no eBay in Italy? :-S
[Xperia Play Accessories] Enri1196:
I don't know, the only i read is that the item cannot be delivered in italy and other countries too
[Xperia Play Accessories] ozzmanj1:
Can you explain what it is we need to look at? I see the mha says 1500, I do see the above where it lists a number, is that where we need to look? Also, is ths battery an overvolted 1500mha? So if we use it we are overvolting our phones and could possibly over time damage the hardware due to this....?

Not trying to bust chops just curious, a little concerned, but thats why I am asking. Also, side note I am still waiting for mine to be delivered.
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
Yep, Download the app, use stock battery and compare, it has higher voltage output or something like that, :), So Thats why i think thats why i can overclock to like 2.1GHz on the Go, without pluggin in to charger, :D, As its got to do with voltage control and etc... :), But overall i think essentially overclocking the xPlay with this battery makes no difference since the voltage is so high... but i only ever go to 1.2Ghz on Lulzactive...
[Xperia Play Accessories] ozzmanj1:
Gotcha, thanks for the reply.
[Xperia Play Accessories] RoboticBuddy:
Here ya go. Idk if its the same one, but it looks awfully similar.

http://www.ebay.it/itm/BATTERIA-BST...essori_Cellulari_Batterie&hash=item53fa6a3d65
[Xperia Play Accessories] snake218:
I have search for it on dx and they have it, 5.40$ with free shipping worldwide

Its not spam, just trying to give the advice :)
[Xperia Play Accessories] ozzmanj1:
Got the battery today, funny as hell, on the the package the seller placed the item as a keychain on the customs form... lol. I am charging it now on my wall charger. Will test it out, and yes I know it could take a couple recharges before it works into itself.

Will post in a few days my thoughts on it
[Xperia Play Accessories] RoboticBuddy:
Don't you have to change something in the build.prop to change the original stock mAh to 2600? Just a question, because I have never used an extendable battery before.
[Xperia Play Accessories] ozzmanj1:
Yes, in your build.prop there is a section for Battery and it defaults to 1500, you just need to change it to the mha of the battery your using. Then charge the battery in your phone with the power on. Then power off once its charged and leave it on to go the extra mile. Then power on and in recovery wipe battery stats. Then you should be golden

---------- Post added at 11:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:24 PM ----------

Okay first days use. Fully charged this morning. I streamed some music or about 5-6 hours from my home server to my phone and was down to 38%, and this was before I changed my build.prop to reflect the 2430mha battery, so the phone thinks its still the 1500.

Will test some more for another two days and update along the way. I will be sure to run this battery down to empty the next 2-3 recharges for it o get fully acclimated.
[Xperia Play Accessories] RoboticBuddy:
Is it affecting the performance in any way? Like in games of it just slowing down?
[Xperia Play Accessories] ozzmanj1:
I have some hiccuping in MC4that isn't present if I swap out this battery for either stock or my mugen 1800mha

Not sure if its due to the batteries higher voltages. I will say this. Played two 10 minute round of mc4 online and the phone did not get got. Perhaps its because I only bump my phone 1.1gz. I don't know.

When the battery died completely I pulled it and it was not warm or even hot to the touch. Its recharging on my wall charger and I have placed my mugen back into my play for the time being
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
hmmm the hicupping will go away in a few days, :P, i dont see it on my setup, (Ace Setup, :D )
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
Guys just a little notice, DONT undervolt with this battery, i tried by just -25mv and then i saw really bad lag and everything was sticky, the battery got hoter and much more stuff happend, O.0, and then FAST reboot, just happend outa no where, so leave the voltages at stock if u want a proper system, as this battery basically runs off of voltage tricks... ;)

EDIT

Ignore that,xD, Im using IncrediControl now instead of SetXperia and its working fine, Ill see how my battery is over the days, :)
[Xperia Play Accessories] ozzmanj1:
Okay, so I swapped out the Mugen 1800mha for the 2430 battery. And after about 50 minutes I started having serious issues with the phone. Most notably random reboots, most happening when I attempted to make a phone call. I would be in a call and the call quality was horrible, lots of statis and three reboots back to back. I would make a call, reboot. Then attempt to call again, reboot. On top of that after three reboots the phone was seriously hot all of a sudden. And note that I was not overclocked, well I was at 1.1ghz. So a teeny bit OC. So after three reboots back to back, and the heat my touchscreen stopped working. I pulled the battery, reinserted it. Powered back on, again hot. I then attempted to call my friend back after three reboots and the touchscreen froze, then rebooted a fourth time. At that point I pulled the battery out and replaced it with my mugen, no issues since and everything works fine. Called my friend back, call quality and voice clarity were excellent where minutes before it was abysmal. No reboots since and its been hours since i swapped back to Mugen.

So if anyone is interested in this battery for $9 hit me up...... perhaps its just my particular phone not liking this battery. But the chances I will use it again are highly unlikely.

Either way it was worth a shot to try it out and I dont regret getting it. If it sells then great, if not I will keep it as a backup that is the last of the backups. LOL
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
Strange, think u need to let it settle in, :), on my device its fine, no random reboots, and calls are perfect (no quality difference...) so i dunno, ;)
[Xperia Play Accessories] ozzmanj1:
I have used it an drained it two times now. I will use it one more time to drain down, then recharge and see what happens. Perhaps I will give it another 1-2 days.
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
ok good, but i recommend minimal 1 week to let it settle in, but dont enforce hard useage, just use ur phone like normal, dont try and empty the charge, ;)
[Xperia Play Accessories] ozzmanj1:
Okee dokee
[Xperia Play Accessories] RoboticBuddy:
It's been a few weeks since you posted this, can you report back? thanks lol.
[Xperia Play Accessories] mocool05:
hello. I recently purchased a new extended battery, and I am experiencing a perculiar issue: after about 30%, the battery finished really,really fast. From 100-50%, takes over a day. I suspect its a voltage problem. Help?
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
well ive been using this battery for ages, since this post probably,and i have this issue to, its cause its a voltage hacked battery thats why this cant undervolt as much as other batterys, i can only go -125mv then at -150mv it reboots after like 10 seconds, i havent found a way to fix this though... :/
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
Well its a great battery, i get more time on screen and its great, nothing else much to say, it lives up to its expectations, exept the fact that at around 30-40% it starts to drop very fast... so yea... be warned about that, ;)
[Xperia Play Accessories] RoboticBuddy:
What did you clock your phone to, and how long does it last (with medium to heavy gaming, w/ WiFi and Data on)? At around 30-40%, you said it drops fast. How fast do you think it will go down?
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
My phones clocked at 180mhz - 1024mhz and it lasts with medium gaming (1 or so hours of mcpe, and 20 mins or so of dead trigger), i have brightness on lowest, i have WiFi on, and i never use Data, after it reaches 30-40% it starts dropping 50% faster, and my screen on time is 4 hours,i also have a -125 under volt and i use flipboard for news n stuff and ive been texting alot, battery level is 23% now and its lasted since i woke up, its now 6:04 here in Cyprus, im running Stock rom and lupus v12.5 :)
[Xperia Play Accessories] ozzmanj1:
My apologies, I did not see your request till now. Truth be told I stopped using this battery months ago. I sold it with my old Verizon R800x model. I just kept having heat and phone glitchiness issues with this battery. Perhaps I got a bad battery.... but who knows. Not saying to stay away from it as pizza_dox has been using it with very good results... however for some reason with me it as a headache. I do appreciate pizza_dox for sharing the findings on this battery but I wont be buying another one. After obtaining a mugen 1800 for $9 on ebay, auction, I have been using that exclusively for some time.

I would say if you have the cash then get it. Who knows it might be one of the best purchases for your PLAY in some time. :D
[Xperia Play Accessories] DiamondBond:
Lol, seems like im the only one with no problems, one day when my phone reaches 5% or so, ill show you my battery stats and stuff, its really good, i get ages with it, roughly 2 days with texts (alot...) and flipboard and jetpack joyride and like 10-15 mins of DT2, :D
[Xperia Play Accessories] ozzmanj1:
Please do, I am always keeping an eye out for a battery... perhaps I may buy another one some day. But if you want to share your results I would be interested in seeing them. Thank you for offering.