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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krohnjw:
If you have good credit you don't need to wait 6 months necessarily depending on why you are currently flex pay.

They put me on a flex pay account without asking or even checking my credit (> 750) when I signed up with my nexus s at the store (emp 500 plan). I called T-Mobile and told them to get me off of this terrible flex pay and on to a proper post paid account. I found out it was a flex pay after I tried to forward my voicemail and it kept failing, logged into the website to see I was flex pay. They were apologetic on the phone and quite helpful.

They will do a hard pull on your credit, but as long as you qualify they should switch you.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
My credit is fairly nonexistent since I'm a college student, but hopefully after half a year of on-time payments and a bit of arm-twisting I can get a normal account.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmypopulous:
I was suckered into FlexPay once, and I literally had to cancel the account to move to a postpaid account. On the second account, I was nearly forcibly sold a flexpay account again; the phone rep. literally denied knowledge of any non-contract postpaid accounts. It took another call (on a Saturday, no less) to move to a "regular" postpaid account.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unremarked:
Actually, good news on that front, no arm twisting needed! They will change your account over to postpaid if you've had 6mo of consistent on-time payments.

I stopped my local T-Mobile store when the G2 came out, curious about my ability to purchase it on contract with them given my good account history (also a college student with shoddy credit). Sure enough, the only thing that's required is the 6mo of on-time payments, took a few minutes to change my account over, and everyone walked out happy. :) They did ask me for my SSN, not sure if they looked up my score or not, but it didn't matter. They did stress the importance of the consistency. If you make your payment on time for 5mo, then miss it, the clock starts over.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rashad1:
I have Even More Plus, and it works fine for me.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
Awesome! Thanks for the info! I've got automatic payments set up, so it would be tough for me to miss one!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drew_grant:
I'm a T-Mobile employee so I figured I can shed some light on this situation. Yes, the 6 month on-time payment policy is still in effect. In fact, they just starting that policy not too long ago. When T-Mobile runs credit, it is NOT a hard pull and doesn't effect your credit like your applying for a mortgage or a car loan. We also don't see an exact credit score either. It actually goes by credit class. From what I was told by tech support about Google Voice and call forwarding, FlexPay does not have call forwarding as a feature which is one of the reasons why Google voicemail doesn't work with FlexPay plans. A far as the conversion from FlexPay to Postpaid, it's a good idea to have automatic scheduled payments taken out of a credit or debit account just to make sure the payments are on time and to avoid paying the 4.99 Control Charge.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drew_grant:
I feel your pain. The reason why the customer service was very poor when you first called in was due to the fact that you were speaking to the Flex Pay customer care department and they are 80% outsourced. Every other department is not, especially Post Paid Customer Care.

However, your situation is different than a lot of other people in the same position as you. You were approved for a postpaid account but opted for the Flex Pay account and not everyone will be qualified for both because it's based on credit.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unremarked:
^ Truth. When I had my Nexus One, I was on the FlexPay plans and the support was pretty terrible. But once I went postpaid with my G2 and MT4G, support was vastly improved aside from this one jerk who tried to convince me that my last eventually returned MT4G had received it's update while in it's box, while unpowered, and that Android 2.2 was the latest version.

Once I got past him and talking with an actual phone tech about my issue, I was very impressed with her knowledge/skills/customer service. I wish I had written down her name, because I'd pay extra/wait on hold forevers just to talk with someone who knows her stuff again. She even threw in a $10 account credit just because. Heh.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] URPREY:
I just got back from the T-Mo store - they switched me to a post-paid account and my Google Voice works now. It's still the same Even More Plus plan, but it's post-paid instead of Flex-Pay. I have no idea why they stuck me on that plan in the first place.

I got a new number, but I really didn't care because I use Google Voice anyway.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] URPREY:
This was extremely helpful, and exactly what I did. Thanks!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amin Sabet:
Thanks, I'm happy to hear that!

I wish that when I had been presented with the options, they had given me a bit more info to differentiate them. All I was told:

- FlexPay costs $5 more per month unless you have automatic recurring payments

- Post pay has $35 activation fee and FlexPay does not

- Post pay checks your credit and FlexPay doesn't

- Post pay you pay after and FlexPay you pay before

- Same features - no differences at all

I figured I'd save myself the activation fee, avoid a credit check (in case this was not good for my credit) and go with FlexPay with automatic/recurring payments. If they had told me that FlexPay doesn't have call forwarding or that there was a different level of phone support, I never would considered it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drew_grant:
Flex Pay is a HUGE hassle. It's all systematic and if one thing goes wrong it can mess everything up for the customer and for T-Mobile. As a technicality, I don't expect many people to know about the call forwarding thing on Flex Pay because it's hardly ever used except in the case of GV. The only way I found out about it was last year and it was for on a Sidekick. But like I said, if you can qualify for a Postpaid account, go for postpaid. There's no 4.99 control charge, and you don't have to pay everything up front as far as changes in plans and features goes...and last but no least, the CS is WAY better :D. Also when they run credit, it's a soft pull that won't damage your credit unless you go to every single wireless carrier around and have them run your credit; THAT will affect it negatively.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drew_grant:
Hey man, if you want your old number back, it is possible. I'd call the store you went to or just go up there and have the rep request your old number back. It migrates over in 36 hours or so. But yeah, it's totally possible if you would like it back.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] URPREY:
Thanks, but it wasn't my primary number and the guy that had it before me was apparently a deadbeat with a bunch of bill collectors chasing him LOL

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unremarked:
@ drew_grant

This is completely offtopic, mate, but I'm going to run around thanking your posts because I really appreciate the fact that you, as someone who works for T-Mobile, are upfront, honest, helpful and generally insightful with us lesser beings(aka customers). :) And I apologize if I was rude in that thread regarding notifications lol. In my defense, there WERE alot of threads popping up about it when it had already been answered in my FAQ.

Not to toot your horn too much here, but it's people like you that keep customers like me happy and coming back.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhca50:
+1

ditto
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amin Sabet:
I agree. T-Mobile should pay him for this.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] URPREY:
The issue isn't the plan but whether it's Flex Pay or post-paid

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomer30:
Just switch over to SIMPLE MOBILE and all problems will be gone, I just did that last week and now call forwarding works. Its $60 for UnLIMITED EVERYTHING, it runs off T-Mobiles system so you arent missing anything and its alot cheaper then anything out there with INTERNATIONAL TEXTING included. I ported over my old T-mo number and I have no regrets.

www.mysimplemobile.com
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unremarked:
According to google'd links off the interwebz related to Simple Mobile, their "unlimited everything" is limited on data. Apparently there's a 1gb monthly, and if you reach it, you're simply cut off; whereas with T-Mobile if you reach their 5gb monthly cap, your speeds are throttled but you still have data.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomer30:
Not sure if they are following this but i tether all the time and watch netflix thru their data services on my laptop. Im guessing ive used about 7 gb of their data and I just did a speedtest right now and got 3.2mbps.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unremarked:
Fair enough. Those articles I found were dated in July of this year so things might have changed since then.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drew_grant:
I really appreciate the compliment, thank you. I definitely try to contribute as much as I can here and everywhere since it was mainly forums like XDA and the T-Mobile forums where I got my abilities to root and gain a huge amount of knowledge with Android in general. I'm on my 5th Android device and don't plan on changing OS's anytime soon. Don't worry about the other thread. I'm sure it does get old seeing the same recurring thread about a certain topic. But all in all, I really appreciate the kind words. I do what I can and the positive feedback is always good to hear!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kleptophobiac:
Well, that was a very frustrating encounter with customer service. I had no idea what the difference between FlexPay and postpay was when I first signed up with Tmobile back in August. I got a bunch of outsourced customer service people who were clearly reading from a script. They mentioned I needed to be with them for six months before I could switch, or run a credit check. One problem - I don't have any credit. I pay for everything up front in cash, including my car and my house. Hence there's no history.

I offered to prepay for however much service as they'd like in order to make it on to their postpay plan (ironic, huh?), but they just kept reading me the same 6-month line. Great.

As it stands, I think the only thing I can do is wait for two months. Thanks T-Mobile!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ElectroManiac:
Hello, I'm new to the forums.

I got here because I want to get a android cellphone that work on the 1900 MHz UMTZ 3g band because that's the band that my carrier use down here on Venezuela. I'm on a trip here on the U.S and I want to get a new phone here. I'm probably going to be buying this phone from ebay or amazon I might unlocked myself, or buy it already unlock.

For the moment the only cellphones that I have found that works on this band is:

Samsung Vibrant t-959

Samsung Captivate

Samsung Galaxy s GT-I9000

HTC Nexus one

I want a cellphone that at least have a 1ghz processor and can be use on android 2.2 (Froyo). If I have to root the cellphone for this I can do it

Is there any other cellphone that works on this band (1900 Mhz UMTS)?

Witch one will you recommend base on the pros and cons on the cellphone?

I'll be thanks if you can help me here. :o
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Halabeaster54:
any of those phones will be awsome get the i9000 its the best one it already has gingerbread and it has a ffc, i used to have the captivate great phone but the i9000 is better and there are no cons to those phones the screen is amazing
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ElectroManiac:
Yeah I'm liking the I9000 a lot. What I'm curios about it is that there is a T-mobile version and international version. Does both version work on the UMTS 1900 mhz band or is only the international version?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Halabeaster54:
the international will work on at&t's 3g and the vibrant will work on t-mobiles 3g, if i was on at&t i would get the captivate or i9000, the i9000 has a ffc but the captivate is a sexy phone and doesnt feel cheap. The vibrant though is one of the most customizable phones out there
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raimeiken:
What's the fastest booting ROM that I can flash on my G1?

I'm asking this because I've upgraded to a better phone and I'm just keeping my G1 as a music player for my car. That's why I want to flash a fast booting ROM on it. I'm going to be turning this off after each time I use it so it won't eat up any precious battery life :D

I have the Chromatic ROM running at the moment on it and it takes forever to boot up.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdrianK:
RC9.........
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raimeiken:
details? any link to it?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdrianK:
It's Android 1.1, you can find JesusFreke's builds knocking around but I would hardly call it usable :P
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raimeiken:
is there a newer build than that, that's quick to boot?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidcues:
Cut out all the apps you dont need, run it barebones. Cut out all the crap. Every app you have increases the bootup times.

DudesCupcake was always fast to boot up (cupcake)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LouNGeRR:
Does anyone know if there exists a volume hack that works on the X10i? Something like DSP Manager, or some other method, like modifying system files etc.

I only need it for the headphone jack, not for the handfree/ringtone speaker.

It may be system wide hack, or a MediaScape hack, doesn't matter.

Another thing I'm looking for is a graphical equalizer that works together with MediaScape.

Thanks in advance.

Sent from my SNES using Mario Paint
[Adam General] junks2010:
Hi,

I would love to have the PixelQi version, but I don't think I would use it a lot to justify for the increase in price. My question is what type of LCD screen is on the regular screen model? Is it closer to the iPad quality or is it closer to the Viewsonic GTablet quality?

Thanks.
[Adam General] tjwilk:
Is it just me or does the Adam screen look like crap with these videos??
[Adam General] junks2010:
It's hard to say from an amateur video. It would be great if we know the specs/model of the LCD screen that they use.
[Adam General] Zuber:
Looks much better on the latest satnav video.

This was confirmed as being lcd.

I think the screen looked better in some of the older prototype videos as well. That was the qi screen as well. Would need to check the old videos to confirm.

Zuber
[Android Apps and Games] irish22022:
I'll never understand why people say they don't understand "cubed" interface. What's confusing about it? It's the same thing as scrolling through albums with a little animation. The new update gives you control over the directory files, so it's not like it's different then any other player. Do people really get that shocked when they see something that looks different but operates the exact same?

Just scroll up or down, man. You'll see the albums or artist (depending on how you choose) in ABC order. You want to skip to a different letter, scroll side to side. That's literally the entire learning curve. Don't like the cube? Change the view mode to Morph Flow. Don't like looking at albums? Change the view mode to boring, it just gives you a list.

The only thing I can possibly imagine people being slow to realize is that to change the place of a song, you click on the dotted light thing at the bottom. To change from artist to album to song you drag the dotted bar in the bottom-middle to the right or left.

This all took me less then 2 minutes to figure out.

poweramp = iTunes . I'm off it. same **** different skin. Cubed can scan all the bands in your library and tell you A) when their upcoming release is and B) the next time their playing a show within 50 miles of you (you can adjust the distance). Now THAT'S practical application.
[Android Apps and Games] Clearprop:
I appreciate you putting this list together. It is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] boodies:
Hands down the best player is TINY PLAYER. It actually does REAL folder play like you're using windows explorer on your home computer.

Another great feature is the live font size option which lets me read long file names. Even Poweramp doesn't have that crucial feature. What good is it if I can't read what song it is. Especially true for Classical music with long file names.

PS - It is the ugliest ui ever tho lol. But I really don't care.

PS2 - Poweramp doesn't have everything. It lacks sleep timer and font size changing to read long file names. And no true folder play. Both of which are available in tiny player. and it is tiny at 64kb
[Android Apps and Games] AlexNC75:
I figured I would throw a few notes in the discussion about music players since music is a big part of my Android experience. I use two apps, one for playing music located on my phone, and another app for streaming from my home PC.

1) Mixing:

the main reason I bought this app was because of the lock screen abilities. Not only does it give you gesture commands from the lock screen, but it also has a setting that will make the lock screen come active for a few seconds each time a new song starts, showing the album art and song information. I like this a lot since it allows me to see what has just started playing, and mainly because it gives me a few seconds to skip the song if I do not like it ... instead of having to hit the power button first to activate the screen, like all the other music apps do ... it's one less step to distract you when driving. It is a small, nitch feature, but it is worth the money of the full version app for me. I have yet to find another music app that does this.

2) Audiogalaxy:

Hands down, this is the best app to use if you want to stream music from your home computer. This is great for people like me that have huge music libraries that will not fit on an SD card. All you have to do is download the app for your phone, install a small program on your PC, and sign up on their website. It is free, and it simply works with no hastles. I have tried many other apps that I could not get to work ... they all required me to **** around with ports and IP addresses, and I could not get any of them to work. Audiogalaxy was so easy my mom could do it. No screwing around with ports or IP's, just install, setup which folders you want to scan, and then wait for it to build your library. Great app!!

Hopefully Mixzing adds streaming ability into its code so I can just use one music app. Until then I will continue to use these two apps together. Together they make for an awesome music experience on the Android phone.
[Android Apps and Games] nghj:
hi, nice list for reference.

just a quick note from me, i'm using miui and the lockscreen and heatset controls works on cm6 which has those tweaks modded on.
[Android Apps and Games] ogami_ito:
I guess I should say I like "folder view". Or just Song List. I have a lot of songs from independents, songs un-attributed in the tags, songs from Chinese artists, etc. So I don't want to go to an Album or Artist, but rather to a folder. I'm sorry...I did not know the correct terminology.

As for internet-related content, you may have seen I call that stuff "social crap". I have no idea what scrobbing is. The artists don't come to China. And even if I was in the US, I really could not care to share my music tastes with others... let everyone find their own muse.

Oh. Sounds cool. I don't want to have to flash something just to get that function though. But having lyrics is fun.

I'm just focusing on Apps that I can use outside. But thanks for those comments. Does AudioGalaxy allow non-streaming, regular functionality? FYI some of the other players above (I think Meridian) also have streaming, but I didn't review this because its not something I look for. I need to update for this feature I guess.

I will now download tinyplayer and add this to the review. I also hope to download (from somewhere) the stock Android player.

Right now probably Doubletwist will be my main player, only because its a music and video player that has lockscreen widget and headset controls. OR I will try to reinstall the Galaxy SGS player (which is uninstalled after flashing Darky's ROM). Funny thing is Doubletwist's main sell-point is iPhone integration, and I don't care enough about that to purchase it.

If I was going to spend money (which I may just do), then Mixing is the best of what I have reviewed so far. I don't know if its worth $5 for now.
[Android Apps and Games] MasterColdSoul:
I personally use 2 music players

1 standard CyanogenMod player

2 Lithium player

I normally do this because I will have music on lithium, and podcast download through methods other than my podcast player in t he CM music player.

since nobody mentioned lithium and it's a pay app I would mention a few things..

Pro: Looks great, UI is great and has nice things like volume built in, multi-colors/customizations and the #1 reason I bought it is it grabs album art for with a few clicks!

Cons: The ui for FF/RW skips to big of a segment in a 2 hour, or 2 hour podcast (not a big deal, it's a music player not a podcast player) and one semi-major issue for me is the program NEVER shows up in tasks (holding home), or previously used programs (etc). For some reason android doesn't recognize it as a program and the CM lockscreen music controls don't work for it.

To me the pro's outweigh the cons so I purchased it even if just for the album grabber.
[Android Apps and Games] lexluthor:
I still really like bTunes.

I know it's abandonware, but it's only $1.49.

Looks like the iPod player (may be a good thing or a bad thing), it's very simple to use, it has a nice widget and even though it hasn't been updated in some time, it works great on froyo and never crashes on my phone. I don't think it has an equalizer.
[Android Apps and Games] killer_metallica:
TuneWiki is my fave, actually one of my fave Android apps.
[Android Apps and Games] DiaboluZ:
Music Player Pro is still the best for me, I wish PowerAmp gets some of MPP features to use only one.

Thanks for the comments about the apps you tested ;)
[Android Apps and Games] dvdivx:
Tinyplayer for me on the Inc. Half the players can't find the built in memory. Most of the others can't restrict themselves to a folder so a bunch of sound files that aren't music and belong to games.
[Android Apps and Games] ogami_ito:
I'm looking at Mort Player now and it also does folder selection but has a lot more options, (headset control for one)
[Android Apps and Games] johnrbrown1968:
I'm still using the basic player ...

I've tried some of the more robust apps, but damn if they don't chew up a bunch of runtime memory, causing lag. I'd like an equalizer, but I don't want all the extra garbage that comes with an app, when I don't need it.
[Android Apps and Games] jonny68:
Have gone through various music players but Power Amp is the best it's worth paying for in the market.
[Android Apps and Games] Lollipop_Lawlipop:
Rockbox is absolutely the best choice. Equalizer, actual playlist support, themes, lockscreen controls, and plays every codec at the highest quality you throw at it. Just missing widgets, but it's a little buggy at the moment and it's still early in development.
[Android Apps and Games] phoezies:
i think u forgot TTPOD
[Android Apps and Games] Zalastax:
A nice feature is if it is compatible with Last.FM scrobble apps
[Android Apps and Games] Poapfel:
Nice summary atm i use Winamp becausr it has a esay ui and i love the shoutcast Radio Feature but maybe i switch to Double Twist because of the wifi sync i dont know yet...