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[Moto 360] Solutions Etcetera:
1.) Sort of. I drive a truck and with my hand on the steering wheel, it is tough to feel the vibration of the watch on my wrist that signals an upcoming turn. Because of this I find myself continually checking my watch. Safer to just have maps on the phone speak the commands.

2.) Not really. It pops up pretty much just like any other notification.

3.) I don't think it requires any more from the processor than a notification. Your phone is doing all the work. The watch is just sending info back and forth from it.

4.) Yes. But the watch will start it if it is not already running.

5.) I dunno.

For me, it is pretty much pointless for driving. But if you're on a bike or on foot, it will certainly keep you from constantly checking your phone. But note that the vibrations are subtle and short. Any appreciable vibration imparted to your hand or wrist will make it hard to discern. I think Android Wear needs to have a setting for more persistent vibration for other modes than just timers and alarms. Missing your turn is just as inconvenient as being late for something (and in fact may cause you to be late).
[Moto 360] dennishhh:
Great Info

Thanks so much for taking the time but your information is invaluable! Definitely going to try the Moto 360 out and have high hopes because your help. I'll call Motorola tomorrow asked them about if the technology will work outside of the US. I imagine the new update coming for android there will be a whole bunch of new improvements. I'm a sucker for technology so here I go again. One more question would be after you miss a vibration is it still possible to look at the watch and see if you're on the right path?
[Moto 360] Solutions Etcetera:
I have not missed a turn as all of my testing was done on familiar routes. But to answer your question, if you miss a turn, the phone will just recalculate your route and send new info to the watch.

You can look at your watch at any time to see what the next upcoming turn is.
[Moto 360] Wiley_11:
For #5 check this out. :)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapfactor.navigator
[Moto 360] BerndHhn:
to the europe question: sure... maps with navigation works too.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevzz01:
Is it true that you can't browse or do something else while you're talking on phone?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teio:
??? Obviously this is not true, I do all sort of things while talking on the phone... Whoever told you that is either playing you or is just dumb
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TonikJDK:
That is true of the iPhone's on a Verizon network and I believe sprint but not true of the android devices.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pilz:
False I always use chrome, XDA or something while talking on my Bluetooth headset. After all being on hold is boring.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevzz01:
I was browsing some reviews at bestbuy and I saw somebody rated it for 1 star because he said he couldn't browse while talking on phone. I doubted it but I wanted to make sure before I buy the phone. Thank you!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teio:
Yeah man buy it without fear, it is a awesome phone!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lossah:
Erhm. If I'm not mistaken you can't use internet while talking via 3g, right? Maybe even 4g. Its because of the net, not the phone.

You can use internet while using WiFi tho, and talk.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevzz01:
Really? I can do it on my note 2 though. So you can't do it on g3?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pilz:
It works on Att I do it all of the time on 3g and LTE. I just move the floating phone window off into the corner because its easy to get back into if I need.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lossah:
Okay. :o I've been searching and it seems its because of the provider. :P And not the phone. Not working if you use Telia (here in Sweden) it seems for example, because the way they handle mobile data. They use the same net for calls and surfing. I had the same problem with my Galaxy S3, with the same provider.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsamtan:
As usual, there is some truth to this. If you are in Sprint, this phone uses their Sprint spark technology on lte (as do all new Sprint phones now). Unfortunately, this means that while in a call, you cannot use mobile data. Wi-Fi still works fine.

But this is not the phone, but is rather a feature of the provider...in this case Sprint.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amrando:
This sounds pretty damn stupid and incompetent on Sprint's part. This used to be an issue with some carriers in the CDMA/TDMA days because yes, the voice and data channels were the same and limited per device. But this hasn't been an issue for years with most carriers. LTE is an all-IP network; it is the same process as the Internet. So has Sprint limited the number of ports a phone can open to traffic? Or are they implementing throttling that chokes your data when a call is in progress?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deadlyheart4u:
Yes we can
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsamtan:
It's a technology thing to support the triple bands. Google spark svlte for lots of info on it.
[General Questions and Answers] rootedgalaxy:
Hey guys, I was using my Galaxy S3 and i realized that the wifi continued to screw up. I was running Android Kit kat so i went into settings looking for a factory reset button and never found one. I then boot into TWRP Recovery and clicked Factory reset and checked system partition (where i messed up) when reseting and then finished with a No OS message. I then tried to flash several zips designed specifically for my device and all got bad zip error... I then tried to odin back to stock firmware and got the fail message several times. I need some help here, can somebody lead me in the right direction? Thanks in advance!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jazzmachine:
This looks pretty interesting, just noticed that a few news aggregators that I check had some info about the "Uncarrier 7" announcement. Apparently, starting on 9/17 for only a $25 DEPOSIT (easily reclaimed if I understand correctly) for what they're calling a "Personal CellSpot" wifi router. I'm super curious about the specifics of this device, this article http://www.geekwire.com/2014/t-mobi...nal-cellspot-wifi-router-boost-call-coverage/ reports that in the announcement Tmo said that it could even replace your current router... which is not something I'm at all interested in doing, but adding it to my network to get max LTE inside is something that I'm most definitely interested in doing. So just wanted to let you all know about this news, which I find quite interesting (particularly the literally unbeatable price). Anyone feel free to post any details that you can uncover about the device; I'll continue researching and do the same.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] toastido:
This actually looks pretty cool. Reminds me of the AT&T 3G thingy that they have, except full LTE ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jazzmachine:
Just thought "Hmm, I wonder if there's any info about it on the TMo site... durrr." Here's a like to the overview of the device on their support site: https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-15754

After looking through that info: the setup instructions basically tell you to replace your current router with it (plug into modem, web setup gui), but there has to be a way to set it up as a bridge. Interestingly, In the troubleshooting section they link to the Asus support page for the (newer version) of the router that I have for advanced configuration, which seems promising. The device itself definitely has solid specs though: AC wifi, dual band, USB input etc. If my current router didn't have the same features, I'd definitely consider upgrading to it (after learning about it's firmware, config capabilities) if I didn't currently have an Asus RT-AC66U running Merlin's custom AsusWRT firmware (adds many features to the router, and I actually thought the stock AsusWRT wasn't bad... builds of DD-WRT ect. seem kind of iffy for it though). Anyways, if putting it in bridged mode isn't possible, I would look into attaching it via an ethernet splitter at my modem... that would actually work well (if it would work, continually trying to expand my knowledge in the complex realm of networking) because I almost always connect to a VPN client on my desktop machine... if I could set up an additional router, then I could just connect all the devices I wanted on the VPN to the Asus router which I would configure with OpenVPN, and my phone on other devices that I prefer I straight connection on to the T-Mo router.

However it ends up working, getting a device with those specs that also gives you strong LTE for approximately zero dollars and zero cents flat out kicks ass (unless it has some kind of backdoor to intercept all packets or something, that's my fear about using it as a solo router). Keep on un-carrying TMo!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jazzmachine:
Yeah, back during the lengthy time that I paid ATT excessively due to the flat out false impression that my "grandfathered unlimited" plan still resembled the plan that I initially signed up for in

any way

... AT&T actually sent me one of those ($300 I believe) devices completely gratis because inside my old apartment, my phone could barely touch a mobile network other than AT&T's and still, the signal was super weak. They never asked for it back after I ditched them after finding out in an emergency situation just how "unlimited" my data plan really was, when I hit 5 gigs for the first time in years, and was immediately throttled down to "can't load a webpage" unusable. Calling CS several times, I had NO option to regain usable data until the month rolled over short of changing to a new plan where I would be *allowed* to buy additional data (and of course, signing a fresh contract, when my prior two years had just ended). But wait! there's more! Despite no-longer being an ATT sucker.. er, customer, I still receive a monthly bill for $16 from them. It's because of the fact that at one point, I had to buy a new un-subsidized phone, and they had this deal where you could get an S4 or something and an LTE tablet for the price of just the phone (but the tablet needed a data plan). That sounded pretty good, so I grabbed a Note 8 (i467, not realizing how crippled it was vs. the wifi 5110 version). So that tablet got stolen soon after purchase, and I replaced it with the wifi only model (in retrospect, MUCH better device... quite dev friendly vs AT&T model w/ obligatory locked bootloader which took forever to even find a working root method but custom ROMs pretty much out of the question). So I obviously didn't need want the tablet data anymore... well, they did me a huge favor, and changed my tablet plan to this one that costs $16 / month, which they clearly plan on charging me for the duration of 2 years, unless I can figure out how to void it or something.

Man, a totally OT tirade in my own thread! Actually that thought was sparked by your mention of the AT&T device, which I seriously need to sell on eBay! That could quite possibly cover this BS data-less data plan that AT&T insists that I owe them...

Slightly back on topic, this device appears to beat the pants off of the AT&T thing on every level. Spec-wise, it really does look like a very solid router available for only a refundable deposit! Good job TMo, this is definitely one of the more interesting un-carrier announcements...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] danon.brown:
This could be T-Mobile's replacement for their cell phone signal booster. They were $500 but giving them away free if you were in a bad area. Idk how much these cost to make but at least they arent giving them away for free.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jazzmachine:
A little more relevant detail (bolded) from a BGR link w/ more info about the whole announcement:

"T-Mobile’s second big announcement is a clear effort to work past any real or perceived indoor coverage issues by offering subscribers a free WiFi cell tower of sorts that can be used in their homes or offices.

Dubbed the “T-Mobile Personal CellSpot,” the device is basically a WiFi router that can work alongside or in place of your existing router. The CellSpot will allow all devices to connect to it, but it will prioritize WiFi calling voice traffic in order to ensure that calls are always as clear as possible.

A free Personal CellSpot can be obtained from a T-Mobile store or by calling the carrier’s customer service department, and a refundable $25 hardware deposit will be required."

http://bgr.com/2014/09/10/t-mobile-wifi-unleashed-announcement/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aznmode:
This would be great if your home network is good. Pointless if it's not. It sucks that I get LTE in one part of our house and then 4g/2g in another. An lte signal Booster would be more useful. I have an older signal Booster but it only boost 4g.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] pete4k:
Please don't get me started on ATT, it took 4 months, about 8 calls and 4 trips to different att stores to cancel expired contract account. Spoke to many different agents and managers, so it was company wide. On top of that they stole $150 (overpayments on cancelled account they promised refund, never did). I would take those gangsters to court, but just too busy and not worth my time. However I will never ever use their service, even if it was for free. Got great satisfaction when they paid billions to support my current cell company, T-mo. Sorry for my rant, couldn't resist.

Back to topic: Let us know how it works, I have LTE service at home, (about 10Mb down, 2Mb up) but this could speed things up a little.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jazzmachine:
Yo, strictly on topic man! JUUUUST KIDDING! Actually, it's rather shocking how many topics "Yes, AT&T seriously pulled this BS" stories are at least tangentially related to! I imagine that I would have had a similar experience, had T-Mobile not only kindly handled the entire process for me, but then also gave me money! That has worked out VERY well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Admiral2145:
No need for this of you have a asus rt-n66u or higher router with qos(quality of service). If your have a cheap comcast or att router this is for you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] imaleecher:
How would a router increase your LTE signal? I don't think it's a cell phone reception booster so it wouldn't increase our signal strength. I think T-Mobile would rather give out cheap routers so we will leave our wifi on for wifi calling/texting/surfing instead of using their cell towers.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] toastido:
It's both. LTE and Wi-Fi. At least that's what I got out of it.

Sent from my leanKernel 3.8 powered stock 4.4.2 (NF9) SM-N900T
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jazzmachine:
Here's a hands-on account: http://www.phonearena.com/news/T-Mobiles-Personal-CellSpot-hands-on_id60587 In addition to a little more hardware info (USB 2 & 3 port... not too shabby), there's some decent discussion, particularly re: QoS being configured heavily for optimal VoIP, and who knows if that can be re-configured. It also answers a question that I couldn't help but wonder about...

So you throw down $25 bucks for this thing, then strip it for parts that you need for your legit A.I. quantum computer... are there any consequences other than being down $25 (and obviously the inevitable outcome which follows the Terminator movies plot lines precisely, including dialogue)? This article states that you can just straight up buy the device for $99, so I imagine that you'd be on the hook for an additional $75 if you can't return it... when the time comes (? whatever than ends up meaning). That is unless you use that new QC to travel back to before you ever picked it up... as long as you're willing to risk almost certainly causing several tears in the space / time continuum in order to save $99 (which could VERY possibly actually be worth $99.01 due to reverse inflation). Either way, you win!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Admiral2145:
If I'm not mistaken that tmo-ac1900 is a asus rt-ac68u(that I own) selling for real cheap.... The only router better on the market is the rt-ac87u
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Compusmurf:
Folks, this is a QOS modified Asus router. IT does NOT increase or rebroadcast ANY cell frequencies. LTE, 3g, 4g, nada.

It's purely QOS enhanced to give you WIFI calling QOS settings which most NORMAL users have no clue how to set up.

That being said, if you do not have a quality sim dual band router or only B/A/G/N and want a high quality router with AC standards, this is an extremely nice device.

For those of us who are professional engineers in the field and already have a quality router, you can always get this and add it as a signal repeater for wifi elsewhere in your home/office.

I shall probably get it just to have it on hand in case Netgear dumps a bad firmware and wipes my current router. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jazzmachine:
OK, hmm... thanks for that interesting info! I have the previous model of that router (rt-ac66u). Have you ever come across Merlin's AsusWRT firmware? I found it it because the stock gui tool to update the download and flash firmware upgrades is just broken (at least for my model). Apparently AsusWRT is open-sourced, which is pretty excellent, particularly for router firmware, and I later came across other customized builds but it looks like Merlin's is the most popular (at least that was what Google told me when I was inquiring about that built-in firmware update tool constantly failing), and it adds some nice additional settings. The hardware itself is also solid; only power-cycled it a handful of times over several months of ownership (it was pretty new when I got it), and that likely wasn't even the issue some of those times. Well, actually, I suppose it did kind of start resetting itself at one point... the power adapter is crap for some reason, and I eventually noticed that a little bit of the wire had gotten stripped, so i put electrical tape around that part, but if I touched the wire after that point the messed up part would lose alignment until I messed with it and saw the router reboot. The adapter I replaced that with feels much better; plug connection (in router) is perfectly tight vs. stock which is slightly loose, and it's both significantly longer and thicker. Actually, that Just reminded me that that I had broken one of the stock antennae, so I bought a replacement set (made for the router) that are a bit longer/thicker and did improve the signal strength. So, two thumbs up for the router itself, but just one sideways thumb for the quality of the included additional components.

This deal would be particularly killer if you're able to flash alternative firmware, which I would imagine they at least attempt to prevent, particularly if you just drop the temporary $25 to use it vs. the $99 to own it. However, even if it requires a JTAG and some skills, one can now get a high end router for only $99. If you want to experiment, ya think you could just throw down $25 to grab one, brick it quickly, return to store, "The one I got is defective, I tried to set it up and it won't turn on! Now I can't even access the cloud tube!! Blah, blah, obviously I'm not technical enough to have messed it up, can I get a different one?" So I guess we'll find out how locked down this thing is... using a router that needs to be "rooted" is a major red flag IMO...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Admiral2145:
Already asked merlin he said no lol... Even still I would get it and try flashing merlins on it. I use the fork version for my ac68u (it allows all channels and unlimited power). http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=18914

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] toastido:
This was listed under the "Personal Cellspot" section as well:

http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-14947
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rolling56:
ya who knows but we all here will know soon ;) I know i will get one as soon as i can :silly:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rolling56:
Tried to con the rep into pre-ordering the Cellspot today but no luck. Said they will be up for ordering on the 17th.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jazzmachine:
I was considering going over to the T-Mobile store a few blocks away from me to see if I could "reserve one"... probably will stop by there if I'm in the area. I'd be surprised if the rep knew anything technical (or possibly even heard about it yet) but I'm pretty curious about how the terms for getting one for throwing down the deposit vary from those for buying one... my guess would be that for the deposit, you can keep it for the duration of the time that you're a "T-Mobile customer"... but if, say, you stop paying and your service gets cut, can they completely brick it remotely? That'd be a bad sign, possibly meaning that they could access my entire LAN at will... but if the only penalty would be something like adding on the extra $75 when they eventually send the amount you owe to a collections agency I'd be much more comfortable using the hardware. Asking about that seems like it'd get more honest answer than, "So, is this thing blatantly back backdoored?" If they have the ability to do anything to it remotely, including "service it" without requiring any action from the user or even their knowledge, I would have to take a pass on it... I'm sure we'll find out somehow soon.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] RLD831:
I don't understand how this device will be useful at all. The fact that it needs an internet connect makes it pointless. If you already have an internet connection and WiFi, you can use that connection for phone calls and texting. As far as LTE goes, what would you need that for at all if you were already connected to your home WiFi? Maybe if you had a terrible router or no router at all and were just looking for a cheap way to borrow one from T-Mobile, but other than that am I missing something?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] toastido:
The wifi router is tweaked for wifi calling. This means, for example, if you're using a lot of your bandwidth torrenting and watching Netflix, and you make our receive a wifi calling call, it will forcibly ensure the call has priority and the quality of the call will not be compromised. It achieves this via qos rules that will throttle the torrents or Netflix (or whatever else) to ensure there is enough bandwidth for the call, if necessary.

The LTE extender does NOT require a home data connection, and it's made for places where, let's say, you can get a decent LTE connection by a window, but not in the test of your home. It will repeat the signal to and from the remote base and an antenna that is placed where you get the best signal so you can extend the range of your LTE to places it normally won't reach.

Hope that helps.

Sent from my leanKernel 3.8 powered stock 4.4.2 (NF9) SM-N900T
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Admiral2145:
If you have a router with qos you don't need this... BTW it's a 200 dollar router for 99.99 or 25 dollar deposit.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ttabbal:
True. If you already have a AC1900 or better router, you don't need it. But hey, it's a pretty good discount. I'll probably do the deposit thing and get one. It's an upgrade from my E4200 anyway.

There's also the slight possibility they did something internally to help with the VoLTE/WiFi handoff to help make it more seamless. I think that's less likely though. I generally don't use wifi calling, but it might be worth trying again with the upgrades they have been pushing out.

I think part of the reasoning for them at least is that it encourages people to use their wifi at home, making the LTE signal getting killed by buildings less of an issue. And people using their phone indoors makes connections to the cell system less efficient for everyone. Sort of like having an older wifi device. It takes longer to transmit, so everyone else waiting has to wait longer. Over simplified, but just to get the idea... So it's really as much about TMO as it is about the customers, but hey, cheap routers for all...