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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Sardonik:
In Philly, just signed up for 2 BYOD smart phones on Simple Choice for $80 plus 2.5gb of data for another $10 each. No device payments or insurance/Jump, so $100 minus 15% employer discount plus taxes & fees should work out to be just over $100/month.

My first bill is for $132.

Somehow we got dinged for full fees on partial months on each phone plus not being eligible for an employee discount for the first bill. The lack of a discount for the first month sounds bogus. Have to call and see if that can be fixed.

Even with the creative math on the first month's bill, we're still a solid $50 below our old Verizon amount. As long as it comes out to around $100 for the 2nd and future months, we'll be pretty happy. If not, it'll be time to look at Straight Talk/Aio/AT&T (in that order).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Dreamgun:
I pay about $43 after tax for unlimited everything.

1. Bought note 3 full price from t-mobile.

2. Got a Walmart sim starter kit for the $30/month unlimited data, unlimited text, 100 minutes talk. (Pay as you go plan)

3. Got a free Google Voice number and use the app Talkatone for unlimited calls and texts to the US and Canada through the internet. Great app btw, receives calls in addition to sending.

If I wasn't paying $8 for premium handset insurance my bill would be under $35/month.

Also a heads up for the Google voice # and Talkatone... You don't need a cell plan for this... As long as you're connected to wifi. Can check missed calls and voice mails as well.

If you're someone who will be wanting to upgrade their device within a year, you'll want a monthly plan with jump though!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MikeYuse0406:
The $30 plan with 100 minutes only has 5gb of high speed data and after that it is throttled to edge. It isnt truly unlimited like the $70 post paid plan.

However, that plan is just fine for many people.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Dreamgun:
It is unlimited data, but yeah the speed is throttled down after 5gb of use each month. 5gb is enough for me though, I'm also on wifi 90% of the time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Muffycheeks:
Yes the $30 & $70 prepay plans are T-Mobile's best plans, if your needs are high data usage, but their post-pay plans suck because of fees. I currently have the $60 post-pay plan (and after this month will dump it for Straight Talk $45 plan) and I'm paying $11.09 in fees that I wouldn't have to pay with Straight Talk. Plus $15 dollars less for the same 2.5gb of high-speed that cost $60 with T-Mobile's plan. The money saved in fees alone for 1 year will pay for 3 months of Straight Talk.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] EtherealRemnant:
Have you had Straight Talk before? Because they suck. Badly. They don't have the same coverage that either at&t or T-Mobile post paid customers have, their customer service is non-existent (if you have an issue, you're screwed), they randomly throttle people for no reason, they have flat out canceled people's lines before without warning causing them to lose their phone number.

I could go on. I had them for 11 months when I was in Louisiana and needed to have at&t due to zero T-Mobile signal and the whole experience was a nightmare. When I went to leave, they wouldn't let me port my number so I ended up losing that number too. They throttled me at 1Mbps no matter how much or how little data I used (I never went over a gig in a month). I called them out on it and they claimed they didn't but I busted them because I grabbed my dad's at&t phone and ran a speed test and over the same HSPA, he got 7Mbps and I got 900kbps. One of the three tests I managed to get 1.1Mbps.

Needless to say I was happy as hell to switch back to T-Mo when I came back to Colorado.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] amazin1988:
My is 85.57 unlimited everything including the jump plan. That's a single line with no discount added.

iTzXAmAzED On Note3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jcannon318:
That's pretty reasonable. I went with the jump plan too. Fun fact....I got the jump plan which most people don't know is ALSO full insurance coverage for your phone. When I switched to tmobile I got 4 iPhone 5S's and 1 note 3 (obviously mine) my sisters and parents all wanted Iphones. My one sister came home with her brand new iPhone and dropped it in the toilet. So I hadn't even been a customer for 1 hour and I was using the insurance. And I will say it was extremely easy. So happy I got the jump on all my phones. For the record, my bill at ATT was 320 a month for 5 phones with unlimited texts and calls but 10gb of data. Sounds like a lot but we went over almost every month. Now on tmobile...even with almost 110 dollars in just phone payments....I'm saving 150 bucks. When we pay our phones off our bill g I e's to 130 a month. Enormous savings. Kind of a no brainer

Ok my little rant is over.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jabbathewocket:
Jump is a bit more involved than that.. it basically comes down to the resale value of the phone when you trade it in..

First thing to remember: Jump is not 10$ a month.. since the 10$ fee includes both PHP and Lookout Mobile Security Premium (8$ and4$ respectively) if you would have bought either of those without jump.. then the actual cost could be a net 2$ a month savings...

Second thing to remember: you can upgrade at any time you want with or without jump on tmobile.. you merely have to pay off the phone in full

Third thing to remember: the jump upgrade requires you to turn in your phone to get its balance payed off.. It is like a lease on a car

Taken all together what it boils down to is if your phone is worth 500$ on ebay/craigslist and you owe 200$ to tmobile.. its a better idea to sell the phone and pay off the EIP.. however if you have had your phone for 18 months, and its now worth 150 to sell to someone else, go ahead and trade it in for a new model.

No matter how you slice it.. everyones situation is different and should do the math on what works for them :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] PJcastaldo:
The value of the device at the time of trade in has 0 effect on jump or the ability to do so or the fact that they squash your remaining balance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] J.E.T.S:
305. Three lines, two note 3s... 0 down financed. S4 already off.

Love the phones, I don't like the bill. Not one bit. Almost as much as my car payment.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] XxLostSoulxX:
How? We pay 237$ for 3 lines Truly Unlimited Everything, Jump on one line and regular insurance on the other 2 lines. Note 3 paid off and 2 S4's being financed at 21 a month so 42$ total for EIP monthly payment. And it's 150$ for 3 lines not including taxes and not including EIP. All said and done we're at 237$ with a 10% discount so it takes some of the tax away. How are you at 305$?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] J.E.T.S:
I don't know man. Still looking into it. Our bill would be $240 if the two phones were paid off. Still doesn't sound right. When we purchased the two note 3s, our sales woman at the store said the bill should be about $240 WITH the financed phones. I'm very much so not pleased.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] XxLostSoulxX:
if you dont mind can you take a screenie of your bill and just white out the parts we dont need to see like this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] marcoxx626:
Not sure if it was mentioned already, but I highly recommend waiting buy phones for when T-Mobile has $0 down promotions. They don't charge the device to your bill for 2 months, so you if do decide to upgrade using jump in 6 months you save a ton of money. You save the ~$200 down payment (which they never get to see IF you jump in 6 months), and you only end up paying for 4 months of owning the device. Then If you jump when they have another $0 down promotion that'll be another $200 you save and the previous balance gets wiped from your old phone. Your essentially paying 4 months of down payments for 6 months of ownership.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Limeybastard:
Correct me if I am wrong please. With or without Jump upgrades can be unlimited so long as you pay off the EIP correct ?

EDIT

And here is my bill, I joined T Mo 1/22/14.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] XxLostSoulxX:
yes if I or you were to walk in and buy a lets just say G-Flex in full that day you could honestly go into tomorrow if the S5 dropped and buy that as well and put it on your line because the G Flex was paid off. Stupid as hell in that scenario but yes once your're done paying off the EIP you can go and purchase a new device for that line.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kushXmaster:
For jump though you have to trade in your phone and then they give you $X amount back.

But they are changing it for new people so they have to pay at least 6 months of eip before they can upgrade it.

If you are already on jump it'll work the same. Guess they must have been losing money lol!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] marcoxx626:
They don't give you "x" amount. They wipe your previous balance. And the rule for having to pay off half of the balance is only for people that upgrade more than twice a year I believe.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Muffycheeks:
This is a example:

For some customers, and for most of you who read this blog, this could be the downside to the new plans. From February 23rd, if you sign up to the JUMP! plan, you can – if you want to – upgrade your phone whenever you like. But to do so, you must have paid at least 50% of the cost of the phone, and trade-in your current phone.

Let’s take the Samsung Galaxy S4 as an example. We’ll use the current price and standard EIP just to make the example easier. Its full price is $624, and we’ll assume you have great credit and got it without paying anything up front. If you decide after 3 months (three EIP payments) that you no longer want it, and would like to switch, you’ve already paid $78 (3x$26). In order to JUMP! (upgrade/change phones) you need to have paid $312 of the phone’s cost. So, you have a balance of $234 left to pay. And you have to trade-in your phone.

Currently, an S4 will fetch you $150 using the company’s trade-in program, but that value has no impact whatsoever on how much you need to have paid towards your phone. So, if you have an iPhone that’ll fetch you $300 through trading it in, that doesn’t change the fact that you still need to have paid at least half of your phone’s cost. So, trading your phone in is necessary, but its value has no impact on how much of your device cost T-Mobile covers. It’s still up to 50%
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] J.E.T.S:
Jump is useless. I rather pay mine off then sell on my own IF I decide to upgrade. Save 30 bucks a month for 3 phones.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] XxLostSoulxX:
Jump is included/combo with insurance so instead of 10$ For Insurance/Jump you'll save 6$ if you just use regular insurance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Pajar0913:
I pay 120 for 3 lines unlimited everything and paying off 3 phones. 2 galaxy note 3 and a galaxy s2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] XxLostSoulxX:
its $150 start off just for 3 lines with unlimited everything so how do you reckon? back then their plans were actually more expensive on top of that so yeah show me a bill and blur the crap we don't need to see. we pay $237.88 for 3 lines with 2 S'4s being paid off @ $42/Month. 1 Note 3 Paid off. $8PHP insurance on 2 lines and Jump on 1 line. 10% disc.

Breaks up like this:

Account Charges: $132.16

Line 1 - $30.34

Line 2 - $40.56

Line 3 - $32.51

Total $237.88

Obviously it varies month to month but not by that much
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jabbathewocket:
Our bill for 2 lines 2.5 gig data both jump both paying off equipment (iphone 5s and galaxy note 3) and a 15% discount :

Monthly family plan 80$

taxes 13.24

discount 12$

Line 1:

2.5g data 10$

misc fees and charges (includes jump) 11.61

taxes and fees: 1.51

discount 1.50

Line 2:

2.5g data 10$

misc fees and charges (includes jump) 11.61

taxes and fees 1.51

discount 1.50

net bill before EIP:

124.48

EIP fees for iphone 16.66 per month

EIP fees for note 3 17.00 per month

Giving us a grand total bill on a normal month of 158.14 monthly

Disclaimer: this is in Florida your taxes may vary, both devices where 50% down resulting in lower fees on EIP than many folks who have the 0 down flagships which are around 30$ each line per month...

FYI for those pondering discounts.. discounts are applied to all charges except: taxes, regulatory fees and EIP balances

Second FYI.. if you add a line at any point and switch to family plan your next bill will be *very* high due to the way Tmobile calculates partial months our bill the first month after adding the note 3.. was 181$ so dont be terribly alarmed by that first bill after adding a line :P
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] iceyhotguy:
It's a known bug for Gallery application in 4.2.2, for some of us it went to 96.5GB usage :p. Go to Settings>Applications>All Applications>Gallery and clear data and cache
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Ashish924:
Settings Changes

But bub...if we do this...then many of the settings are changed...one noticeable change is Lock Screen Wallpaper Changes... :rolleyes:

any other idea??:confused:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jayc137:
The bug doesn't bother ya

Wait for samsung to fix it
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] asifcheer:
I too had this bug ever since I updated to 4.2.2 .and the only way is to clear gallery data...

Now I'm on Gennxt Rom based on the stock 4.2.2 touch wiz , quite fast and no such bugs found

Hope it helps...
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] sidkota:
Everyone is plagued by this issue!!

Samsung is giving updates but not fixing this issue...
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BeeDubz:OneX:
Dunno if this is possible but I love jaku style and would love a theme done in that style for theme chooser so if anyone wants to take it up I would appreciate it loads
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] jcrhea:
My only real exposure to android has been through my Samsung Galaxy S3, LG G2 and now my N7. While a lot is different, there are many things that are similar. One big question I have is around battery life and what is using my battery. The details seem very limited on my G7 with Kitkat.. Broad categories like Screen, Android OS, etc. No apps are listed though (ie Clash of Clans, etc).

My battery life has just sucked since I bought this and it seems like screen and media server are the major consumers. Not sure if game play is coming under media server or not, but no individual apps are being listed and I can't seem to change the duration that the displayed average is over (like a forced reset to check usage only from that time forward).

Is there something I am missing? Can I get the detailed info per app? What about resetting the stats so I can get a picture over a specific period of time on what is using it?

Thank you for the help.

John
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] prstorero:
Unfortunately getting detailed app usage would require a separate battery monitoring app, which none work with Kitkat due to changes under the hood to a service that they all relied on. A possible fix for the media server is clearing gallery data and cache and let it all reload. Sometimes i think it gets stuck and endlessly tries to load stuff ( i don't have much experience on that particular battery drain). The way to reset the battery usage time is fully charge it, that resets the stats. Sometimes just a reboot will reset them as well, but it's usually a hit and miss. If you play any heavy duty games like modern combat, real racing, gt racing, etc, those will eat up a good amount of battery when played a lot. Something else you can check is location services, they can sometimes cause unnecessary drain. I keep those off since i don't use the tablet for GPS.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VAMPIRE KILLER:
Hey guys I have a question in the roms for the tab

Any good Rom for the games(gta vc) or hard games?

I have the deleterious rom
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gagan313:
I switched to rocket rom series because of slightly better benchmark results...:cowboy: Otherwise we can only manage up to medium graphics on real racing three without lag....I pushed it to full hd graphics and lags like hell
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] black72cat:
Anyone get that New update from Sprint? And is anyone working on that new update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] headsmash82:
I have

Yeah I have gotten it it greatly improves the phone in my opinion
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] chico1983:
can someone pull the file and post it please, Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] random45:
I posted it last night in the MK2 thread in the general forum
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] TheInsidiousX:
Hai thar, i have a problem that i need to be answered if possible. Thing is, i want to downgrade my phone from 4.1.2 to 4.1.1 but the problem is that on samsung-updates.com i can't find any Firmware for my Region(Sweden) and on SamMobile i do find a Firmware for my region. And the second issue i have is that my "Pcode" is NEE which is Finland though the phone is bought here in sweden. Can i still flash my phone using swedish region Firmware?

If this post wasn't clear enough please do say so and i will try my best to explain what you didn't get. :)

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Aphirodite:
NEE includes sweden,you can flash the NEE firmware.

Better backup the whole system,just in case.

:rolleyes:

Sent from my GT-I9305
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] TheInsidiousX:
Hi, thank you for your answer, but everything is still not clear for me. Can i still use a TLA firmware even though i have NEE firmware now? :)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] winxuser:
Really u can flash firmware from any region.. Samfirmware will have all latest updates for the phones.. Just download the firmware u want to try. And flash it with Odin and make sure u DONT select clear phone efs or any partition. And the firmware goes in PDA
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] littld:
Since this has always been a "hot topic" on this forum, I have a simple question for all you Magician users.

What are the top 3 reasons you want it / don't want it for Magician.

Here's mine to start you off:

1. I don't want to be left behind

2. New Mobile 5 looks better

3. I want to be able to use charts in Pocket Excel

Let's avoid the WM5 upgrade saga again. We know we won't get an upgrade for Magician. Well, not until May at any rate. (!)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] TheBrit:
OK - Here's my why not:

1. WM2003SE is stable

2. It already does what I want

3. I can wait till I'm due for an upgrade from my network.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] oltp:
No WM5,

1. 2003 is stable

2. the screen is too small for specials

3. I can wait for a new provider offer (WM5 should be stable by then)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Dandie:
Why not WM5:

1. It's a lot slower, especially at starting programs

2. Not all software is yet WM5 compatible.

3. You have to buy the latest versions of many of your software to have it WM5 compatible. Most updates are not for free.

4. The Magician just doesn't have enough ROM to run WM5 properly
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] vijay555:
I can't think of any compelling reasons to switch to WM5 that are of a positive significance (btw, I can't count to 3):

-CF 2 works on both.

-Security signing is a pain in the bottom.

-It's slower.

-Ok it has some useful networking functions, but it loses wifi Activesyncing. WTF? Not to mention ActiveSync.

-WM5 interface, perhaps the most potentially useful idea with the softkeys, but inconsistent execution. And I have some ideas about bringing some of the benefits to Wm2003.

-I have the Magician and the Universal. I was just telling my better half about the Universal users' experience with dropping phone calls being able to answer. It's a beautiful device, but once again, what were they on?

Ok, too many others, I'm starting to http://www.ladyofthecake.com/mel/space/images/alien.jpg]sweat and convulse[/url]. Better stop for now.

V
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] kta:
With a device like the Magician where the size is more phone-ish than pda-ish, I'd be inclined to say that most people use it primarily is a mobile phone with the additional functionality of a PDA, MP3 player, etc.

I upgraded to the HTC Prophet just because I want to have the latest. But now that I had it for over 2 to 3 weeks I can say that I would never switch back to WM2003. Single-handed operation with WM5 is very easy, intuitive and practical to say the least.

And when the battery is really low, like less than 30%, I feel safer listenening to the last few MP3s, knowing that I will not lose anything when the battery goes flat.

With regards to performance, I find it suprising how people find loading prorams on Wm5 noticeably slower than WM2003. I was using my old magician yesterday and the performance is just about the same. Th onlt thing I found slower on WM5 is changing the SIP.

Plus, WM5 can do without 3rd party programs like Caller Id, Photo Contacts, etc. cause they are all integrated with the OS. For example, there were times when a picture that I assign to a contact won't show up during a call with the Magician. This never happened to me since I started using WM5. And since contact pictures are synchronised with Outlook I don't need to re-assign them again after a hard-reset.

Finally regarding stability, yes there is software that is not compatible with WM5 yet, but most of the best software is already compatible. I'm using the following software and never had to reset my PPC:

SPB Diary

Resco File Exporer 5

psShutXp

Hitchhiker

MDict

TKCreator

MS Voice Command

and a couple of games

Personally, I think it's quite a stable platform. The only thing that annoys me is that sometimes Wm5 (or the Prophet) loses the storage card after being on standby, and the media stored on it is not always immediately available. You'd have to wait those 3 sec sometimes. But this will hopefully be fixed in the next ROM update. If not, I'm still happy with the overall package :D

Just my 2cents!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Ultimate Chicken:
Meh.

Hokay. Regarding WM5... I have never come across an OS that actually requires a file that YOU OWN signed by an EXTERNAL AUTHORITY instead of yourself, and that purposefully ignoring this warning to install said files doesn't necessarily mean it won't be blocked when you try to run it (goodbye backward compat). I thought this technology was strictly for web only.

Stick to WM2003, at least it has the decency to trust its own owner. -.-'
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] skagen:
Re: Meh.

I dont understand - what situation is this coming up?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Ultimate Chicken:
Well, I have some games on my O2 Xda mini. I tried transferring them to my sister's new Atom.

Message I got from installing was the generic 'this program is not signed by a trusted source'. I ignored it and installed anyway.

But when I tried to run it, guess what? 'Program cannot be run because it is either not signed with a trusted certificate or some files are missing. Please reinstall...'. This was from an installer works perfectly on my Mini.

Did some research, Win Mobile 5.0 will also generate this error when you attempt to execute something with a DOS parameter at the back. It also blocks stuff that do not require installation; Scummvm 8.0 was halted with the same error message. I know the latest Windows OS's have File Execution Prevention but it was never as anal and obnoxious as to go 'I do not want to let it run. So there. Nyah.'