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I recently reacquired my g1 (it was on loan to my mother, who got a new mytouch 4g for christmas, since I bought my n1 in january.)
I just updated it to cyan 6.1, it won't have a data plan, but what should I do with it?
remote for my ubuntu desktop?
connect it to a weather balloon and try to get pictures from low orbit?
I need ideas, y'all got any?
Im in the same position here not even sure if its worth selling.
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Same here. Keeping it as a back-up in case my G2 fails, but I might use it to pick up some JTAG skills.
You could always sell it to me cheap, I need a second g1 for devving on as mine is no bloody use as a phone cause I'm always flashing something or other
unfortunately it's not for sale, plus the shipping across the atlantic would probably cost as much as you'd be willing to pay for it.
Plus I want to do something fun with it, since it is my first smartphone...
I'm considering using it for a test bed of what can and can't be done, with out a data plan, with google voice/skype, and so forth...
I'm keeping mine forever it will be like an antique the grand Dady of all android phones ;-)
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using it as a ps3 hacking device or just as huge memory stick
Travel phone for wifi calling and gps related stuff.
use it as an mp3 player, an ipod touch alternative
ull have froyo, games, music, videos, wifi etc..just no calls
well i successfully got it set up for google voice calls over wifi with out a sim card, which is pretty sweet.
Keep the ideas coming, I like the ideas.
Use it as a paperwieght , well... nevermind, thats what the iPhone is for...
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I too have an old G-1 that I am no longer using. I would like to give it to one of my kids to play movies on as well as games and music. Do I have to root it to get around the lack of a sim card to make it functional? Any help here would be appreciated!! I have rooted and flashed Roms on Samsung Vibrant but have limited experience. Thanks in advance for any help!
I have 2 g1 but one have with signals and slide so I use it for testing new roms themes and all experiments
I am also tring to costomize my own rom so get useful there
U can also do same
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Gave up on this phone and now turned it into a Voip phone. Now just gotta figure out how to keep wifi running.
As a follow up I've set my old g1 up with sipdroid and google voice for free wifi calling and texts.
I also set it up with a combo of ip cam view and webkey so that it can be used as a webcam over a wifi area.
It's a couple of cool things honestly, really love the proof of concept feeling about them, even if I don't use them.
I'm willing to try out other ideas. =P
I love you guys getting upgrades. I have bought 3 G1's in the past few months $45-80 was the range of the 3 I bought. I am running GingerYoshi on them all Sparks 1.6.4 before that. can use on wifi with skype and no sim card. Post em on your local Craigslist. For broke people like myself
unfortunately I can't sell it. It's a museum piece for me
Load GingerYoshi1.0rc3 and voip its running smooth
Have a bunch of different nandroid backups saved.
One with an iPhone layout, another with the Windows 7.
Then when one of your friends gets a new phone, rub it in their face that yours can do everything there's can times 3.
I am eligible for an upgrade and currently looking at different phones on AT&T network. Either iPhone or Captivate. As I have an iPod touch I am bored with iOS so Captivate is my choice.
But I am wondering that has the GPS issue been fixed? Although I do need the GPS 60% of the time.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
The Captivate has become a great phone because of the support from many people. The GPS really works well! It will work more than 60% of the time for you. The Rom's are really great and we have several so that is positive. But if you haven't heard about the new Moto phone that should be announced at CES in a couple weeks I would check that out. I don't know when or if it is a true or just rumored phone but at least we will now start getting better high end options beside the Captivate.
Is the new moto phone for AT&T?
It is a matter of preference. If you are not one who is going to root your phone and get into custom roms and tweaks the iphone may be best, but as you stated ios is boring, and I will add rigid.
I had an iphone 3g for 2+ years. I am very happy with my captivate, but I am constantly tweaking, flashing roms, etc. there is no official gps fix for stock although some do not have problem with gps on stock. Custom roms have largely fixed the gps.
On my iphone the day I turned it on it looked and behaved the same till the day I turned it off, my captivate changes daily. 2.2 froyo is not available for the captivate, I have been running 2.2 for months through custom roms, I am currently on 2.2.1.
I can not stress enough if you want safe and easy the iphone is great. If you want an adventure and love to F around with things go with a captivate
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It is a matter of preference. If you are not one who is going to root your phone and get into custom roms and tweaks the iphone may be best, but as you stated ios is boring, and I will add rigid.
I had an iphone 3g for 2+ years. I am very happy with my captivate, but I am constantly tweaking, flashing roms, etc. there is no official gps fix for stock although some do not have problem with gps on stock. Custom roms have largely fixed the gps.
On my iphone the day I turned it on it looked and behaved the same till the day I turned it off, my captivate changes daily. 2.2 froyo is not available for the captivate, I have been running 2.2 for months through custom roms, I am currently on 2.2.1.
I can not stress enough if you want safe and easy the iphone is great. If you want an adventure and love to F around with things go with a captivate
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Oh yes.. I love to F around a lot. I am a total geek and do crazy stuff with my JB iPod and computer all the time. But my current Nokia E71 is dependable but boring at the same time. That is why I want to upgrade.
I might get the Captivate from Ebay as I don't want to get into another Contract with AT&T.
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Oh yes.. I love to F around a lot. I am a total geek and do crazy stuff with my JB iPod and computer all the time. But my current Nokia E71 is dependable but boring at the same time. That is why I want to upgrade.
Should I buy a non AT&T branded - unlocked Captivate from Ebay?
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Not unless it is brand new, why take on someones problem?
It is easy to unlock if you wanted to
Question, windows pc or mac. If you have a mac it will reduce your ability to safely tweak.
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Oh yea... I am looking at new in the box phones on Ebay only. And I am on Windows7 btw.
And how does the Offline GPS work? Is it reliable without network coverage as well?
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Oh yea... I am looking at new in the box phones on Ebay only. And I am on Windows7 btw.
And how does the Offline GPS work? Is it reliable without network coverage as well?
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I never use cellular location, only pure gps. Lock in less then 10 seconds, tracks well, turn by turn voice directions.
Once again I am on a custom rom
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Oh yea... I am looking at new in the box phones on Ebay only. And I am on Windows7 btw.
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Someone posted the other day about getting a phone off eBay and the IMEI numbers on the phone and the box didn't match. Buyer beware when it comes to phones and eBay...
metaldood said:
I am eligible for an upgrade and currently looking at different phones on AT&T network. Either iPhone or Captivate. As I have an iPod touch I am bored with iOS so Captivate is my choice.
But I am wondering that has the GPS issue been fixed? Although I do need the GPS 60% of the time.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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Of late most of the guys here have GPS working. Plus when I got my refurb Captivate with JH7 stock, I got a good GPS lock.
When u go to buy one, turn on GPS and check how it works. If it works, cool, keep it. U could ask the sales rep there to provide u a sim to test it out.
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Is the new moto phone for AT&T?
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This is what I read.
http://www.androidcentral.com/rumor-att-announce-motorola-olympus-ces
I have an Ipad1, a Nook Color and an Evo 4g (both cm7) and if my wife told me I could only keep one it'd be the Nook Color (she would never do such a thing in her right mind). Its snappier, perfect size, easier to get ANYTHING on it, I can't stand iTunes and my ipad is jailbroken themed as gingerbread android. I actually have my ipad on craigslist for a trade and cash for a Xoom, hoping some apple nut got a Xoom from one of his rich aunts or something. Don't get me wrong I love my Evo 4g.... I think there's more custom Roms for that phone then any other phone but...... my Nook goes EVERYWHERE with me now. I own a restaurant and am the Executive Chef and I'm constantly grabbing my NC, whether it be for listening to Howard Stern, Facebook, inventory, recipes etc. The only problem I'm having is finding a decent movie player for my NC (I use Vplayer no and meh). Just my 2cent for the morning in case anyone is on the fence about what 7" tablet to get. And for the camera and GPS I always have my phone in my pocket (back pocket not front, I don't want ball cancer). Honestly the ONLY thing I use my ipad for is Netflix and when that comes to Android I wont touch it. Hope that all made sense, I'm typing this with my morning coffee. If anyone disagrees with anything I've said speak up.
Thanks,
Dave
The speakers on the NC are a bit of a bummer and Im running a kernel that boosts the sound but still pretty low.
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I've got an NC and an EVO 4G also. Nice combination. I don't think I'd want to give either up. Actually, it's pretty remarkable how much like a mini NC the Evo is. The other day I went to Las Vegas and the hotel wanted to charge $12.00 a day for wireless. Yet, I was getting excellent 4G reception on my Evo, so there was no point. I don't have a tethering plan, though, so I used teh Evo to surf and keep up with e-mail. It's a shame cell companies try to charge an additional $20-30 for your phone's wireless hotspot feature (I know I could get it for free by rooting, but I'm not ready to travel down that path just yet).
Funny you say that. I keep my Evo next to my NC all day at the restaurant (faldonis.com gotta plug my biz) and keep it tethered the whole time (hope sprint doesn't catch on) and its snappy as hell. I've had my NC for 2 weeks and haven't picked up my ipad since, battery might be dead Idk. I'm serious when I say when Netflix comes to Android I will never touch my ipad and probably give it to my kids if I don't find a rich apple lover on çraigslist with a Xoom.
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you should do your good deed for the day and send me your ipad for free
If you are looking for a good movie player, try Mobo Player with the Arm7 Neon codec pack (which it should grab automatically for you. Given that it is good enough to decode some of the 720p movie trailers out there, i think it will fit your bill.
I'm still having problems playing some movies with mono and the addons. I'm downloading them as mp4 ...... is that the correct format or is there another way I should be downloading the movies? @beezy - I would give it to ya if my 3 year old daughter wouldn't woop my ass.
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I'm still having problems playing some movies with mono and the addons. I'm downloading them as mp4 ...... is that the correct format or is there another way I should be downloading the movies? @beezy - I would give it to ya if my 3 year old daughter wouldn't woop my ass.
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Soemthing to try - press and hold on the file you want to play, and select the software decoding, to see if that helps.
It(Nook) really is great. The Nook forums are a bit more crazy than the G2 forums but I managed to get phiremod going nonetheless.
Yeah, I am really glad I got the Nook!
That did the trick madcat. That's like the 100th time you've helped me with my NC. Thanks bro!
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Just found some Guy on craigslist that will trade me his Xoom for my 16g wifi ipad plus $150 to him. Hmmmm. He's only 20-30 minutes away.
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This is the samething thing that is happening with me. I got an ipad, nookie, and my captivate. And ever since i got the NC i take it everywhere i go and the great thing is that since the captivate is an android i can tether with no problem (unlimited data) without running the risk of getting the letter from at&t saying to stop tethering. My brother has an iphone 4 and we tether the same amount of time and he got the letter to stop. I think only iphones can be detected of such use. Anyways, the only problem is that the captivate has a super bad gps and is pretty much worthless for that, but im in the process of getting the Inspire. Aside from that, the Nook Color is awesome! Just a few days a go i went to a restaurant and as i waited to be seated i booted HC from SD card and the manager asked me if it was the Galaxy Tab cus they're almost the same size and as soon i told him it was a NC he was amazed by its capabilities. Makes me proud to own one!
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Here too I had an ipad sold it after rooting my wife's nook color now with cm7 liked it so much bought me one and use my rooted evo with cm7 also love it much better than ipad. By the way Netflix is out but not for nook yet I got it for my evo. I'm sure someone will make it work with nook soon enough. My 2 cents.
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I've got an NC and an EVO 4G also. Nice combination. I don't think I'd want to give either up. Actually, it's pretty remarkable how much like a mini NC the Evo is. The other day I went to Las Vegas and the hotel wanted to charge $12.00 a day for wireless. Yet, I was getting excellent 4G reception on my Evo, so there was no point. I don't have a tethering plan, though, so I used teh Evo to surf and keep up with e-mail. It's a shame cell companies try to charge an additional $20-30 for your phone's wireless hotspot feature (I know I could get it for free by rooting, but I'm not ready to travel down that path just yet).
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I have an evo 4g and youre honestly doing yourself harm by not rooting it considering unrevoked is a one click root. The sheer number of roms for the evo is incredible and I cant and never will return to stock.
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I have an evo 4g and youre honestly doing yourself harm by not rooting it considering unrevoked is a one click root. The sheer number of roms for the evo is incredible and I cant and never will return to stock.
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Agreed. There is no real reason not to root.. do it!
On a side note; did anyone think that the title sounds suspiciously like a joke?
"So, an Ipad, Nook, and Evo walk into a bar.......".
The ipad says to the bartender...... agreed with the prior two posts. Go to unrevoked.com (YouTube it), one click root it and head over to the xda Evo forums and take your pick of a ton of sick Roms. I pretty much tether my NC everyday from my Evo ..... should I chill out so I don't get a letter from sprint? That would SUCK with the Evo 3d around the corner.
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Agree - you gotta root!
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....I pretty much tether my NC everyday from my
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.....HTC Aria. Go for it.
Chef Dave,
I checked out your place - next time I'm up your way I'm gonna come by for some sweet grub. Save me a canoli.
Later m8!
You got it man! Best Philly Cheese Steaks and Homemade Sausage in the state of NY.
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I have an evo 4g and youre honestly doing yourself harm by not rooting it considering unrevoked is a one click root. The sheer number of roms for the evo is incredible and I cant and never will return to stock.
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Yeah, no doubt it's just a matter of time. It would sure have been sweeet to be surfing on my NC from my hotel room as opposed to the Evo. I've only had the Evo for a couple of weeks, so it's all still very new to me.
You had me at...
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You got it man! Best Philly Cheese Steaks and Homemade Sausage in the state of NY.
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Homemade Sausage..... (Homer drool) "ummmm Homemade sausage."
Alright y'all, it's time to upgrade the ol' Hero and turn it into the GSII. Bbbuuuttttt I don't want to necessarily pay the full amount, and I'm not due for a full upgrade yet (not till March... poo). I was wondering if anyone knows whether or not Sprint is still stocking refurb'd Hero's? And, if they are not, I'll need to undo all my rooting and return it to stock. This way I could have something else until my upgrade rolls around... I have to reboot at least 3-4x a day. It currently runs CM7 with Collin ph Battery Tweak. Can anyone lend a hand? Thanks much
Sprint stopped stocking the hero over the summer I don't even think radio shack has it anymore
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Kroger Grocery stores sell them for their I-Wireless prepaid cell service(which is by sprint).
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Alright y'all, it's time to upgrade the ol' Hero and turn it into the GSII. Bbbuuuttttt I don't want to necessarily pay the full amount, and I'm not due for a full upgrade yet (not till March... poo). I was wondering if anyone knows whether or not Sprint is still stocking refurb'd Hero's? And, if they are not, I'll need to undo all my rooting and return it to stock. This way I could have something else until my upgrade rolls around... I have to reboot at least 3-4x a day. It currently runs CM7 with Collin ph Battery Tweak. Can anyone lend a hand? Thanks much
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He's actually more interested to see if Assurion still has refurbed Hero's. Send Hero in on TEP and hope for an upgrade. Anyone send there's in lately?
Also, just reflash CM7 (there's probably been two or three upgraded versions since your last flash) and that might solve some of the need to reboot. But really, just tell J she owes you a phone and make her buy you the Touch!
Sprint htc hero at walmart 48.88 with 2yr.
I know cos i was just there lastnight buying gow3. As for sprint or whoever, idk
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He's actually more interested to see if Assurion still has refurbed Hero's. Send Hero in on TEP and hope for an upgrade. Anyone send there's in lately?
Also, just reflash CM7 (there's probably been two or three upgraded versions since your last flash) and that might solve some of the need to reboot. But really, just tell J she owes you a phone and make her buy you the Touch![/QUOTE]
lol! Thanks B. She's actually mad that I'm trying to do everything possible from having to buy the damn thing for full price. Is she great or what?! I'll reflash Friday...maybe. Have any plays that day? Maybe we could get together?
And yes, to all others, he's correct that I want to know if they're still refurbing them. I wonder if I could just call and ask?
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Don't know why you couldn't call and ask, not like they are going to track ya down and send an assassin for asking.
I work at Sprint. I want to say no, especially since if you were to send in an HTC Evo 4G to Assurion, you'd get a 3D back (100% sure). But I did have one customer with a Hero come in with his refurb Hero with the plastic still on it and everything and have me transfer his stuff to it.
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I work at Sprint. I want to say no, especially since if you were to send in an HTC Evo 4G to Assurion, you'd get a 3D back (100% sure). But I did have one customer with a Hero come in with his refurb Hero with the plastic still on it and everything and have me transfer his stuff to it.
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I called Assurion yesterday and they couldn't give me an answer as to what phone I'd get in return. Then again, I'd have to pay $100 to get said mystery phone anyway.
IF you go to phoneclaim.com, and fill in your info, before you submit the claim, it tells you what you will get. But you do have to pay $100 this way. If you take it to the Sprint store, and they have to order a replacement phone, you won't know what you get until the tech pulls it out of the envelope. That's how I went from the Evo 4G, to the Evo 3D. But don't be shocked if you get another Hero.
Just took mine into sprint last week. They replaced it with another hero.
They did give me a couple other phones that I could get instead (for free and without using my upgrade... which I've been eligible for for over a year) but I would have to add the $10 data to my plan.
No thanks, took the hero and it rooted and running heroc before I got home.
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That's exactly why I haven't upgraded also! $10 extra! No way. Long live the hero
V's CDMA Hero
It depends on what they have in stock at the moment you order, so it can change by the hour. And on phoneclaim.com you can see what Asurion is offering before you confirm the order. So you can cancel the order if you don't want the phone.
Sad to say, I won't be a user of this section anymore, as I have made some changes to my mobile phone...
I have switched to T-Mobile, for a cheaper plan that offers me more with fast data that actually works. The last 3 days that I've been with T-Mobile have been the best I've ever had on a mobile phone since WiFi! Ha They even paid my ETF, so I really had nothing to lose.
Anyways, I've been quite absent here anyways as I have started a little family and am working on adult stuffs...
Bye!
-Rydah
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Thanks for all your work
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No prob. I'll probably poke in here and there since I currently still own a Sprint M8.
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Thanks Rydah for the help and advice in the past. We'll miss ya man
Thanks for all the work! I to would go T-Mo but they don't offer anything in my area. They are probably the best bang for the buck.
see ya around bud...good luck on tmo...catch ya on hangouts
I used to be on Sprint and when I moved to T-Mobile I was amazed that things loaded so fast. It's just so much easier to get things done. Sprint really needs to address their data speeds. What good is unlimited data when it comes in so slowly?
Hope to see you helping out in the T-Mobile forums now. :good:
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I used to be on Sprint and when I moved to T-Mobile I was amazed that things loaded so fast. It's just so much easier to get things done. Sprint really needs to address their data speeds. What good is unlimited data when it comes in so slowly?
Hope to see you helping out in the T-Mobile forums now. :good:
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I agree, I am loving T-Mobile, and still have an unlimited plan, including data. Usually, my Sprint data would be so slow I'd have to just not use my phone or have WiFi. I used to only have 1.5-2 gigs of data use, now I'm barely over a week on T-Mobile and have over 4 gigs of data used. Loving it!
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With an improvement like that, Sound like i may have switch as well lol
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With an improvement like that, Sound like i may have switch as well lol
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I'd recommend it, my battery even lasts much longer now that I always have a strong connection.
Edit: they offer a 7 day trial period that's free. Try it, and if you switch, use me as a referral, it's a free $25 for me. Haha
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Damn, good luck to you sir, see you around
T-Mobile is selling more and more towers to AT&T... My dad has T-Mobile and he went from having full coverage to not even making a phone call outside. I don't understand how you guys see an improved service through them.
I have to agree with the OP. Ive had sprint for 12 years and been through alot of ups and downs. Living in baltimore ive been lucky bc it seems everytime they updated the networks we were one of the 1st to see improvements. But working with 2 guys that have t-mobile really frustrates me. There able to stream videos and music from anywhere in the bldg where i on the other hand cant even download pics from text unless i walk outside. And dont even get me started on the poor service at my house. If it wasnt for the airrave i wouldnt even be able to use my phone at home. And every time i get a new phone it acts stupid for about a week until its fully synced with the airrave. Ive always dealt with sprint bc of how cheap they are but the 4 lines for $99 from t-mobile is calling my name. Luckily i buy all my phones off craigslist so i can just walk away from sprint
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I haven't been on xda for awhile, sorry to have missed ya rydah. Best of luck to you