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Stop the US Telcoms...

Here in the United States, the public owns the airwaves, or spectrum, that is used for the delivery of media & information & it is leased to individuals or corporations by the FCC & is supposed to be done in the interest of the public. These airwaves were originally used to deliver broadcast media, television & radio, to the general public. In recent years, much of this spectrum has been reclaimed & re-provisioned for use as mobile broadband spectrum.
The telecom industry is very powerful & is one of the most represented industries in terms of political lobbyist. What is supposed to be done in the interest of the public, is often only in the interest of a few & due to influence many of these companies are allowed to use business practices that would be illegal for any other business owner to employ. A few examples of this abuse are very apparent, such as AT&T disregarding the standards that specifically state what qualifies as 4G technology & lobbying to have an interim standard established for marketing purposes. Another example is advertising unlimited data plans that are anything but unlimited.
There are a few other issues that I take exception to, including the practice of carriers being able to disallow the use of certain types of applications that utilize higher amounts of bandwidth, as well as the practice of telling consumers how they can use their data allotments by disallowing tethering on publicly owned airwaves in direct conflict with the net neutrality reforms.
These licenses granted to the mobile providers are supposed to be made in the interest of the public, but the terms in these agreements favor the corporations & in many instances trample over the rights of consumers.
I ask that you take the time to register on the White House website & sign my petition asking lawmakers to stand up for the people, of whom they are supposed to be of, for & by. You can read & sign the petition here: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...ted-data-restricting-how-we-use-data/f8LZqDsL

You would do better off lodging a formal/written complaint with the FCC.
As for unlimited plans, the only one advertising those is Sprint. Everybody else has stopped I think.
As for limiting apps, what is being limited or denied? The argument on that should be made regarding net neutrality if complaining to FCC.

It's got naff all to do with the airwaves.
4G isn't a frequency. Nor is tethering, which incidentally uses the Telecom provider's fibre/copper network.
The airwaves are only used for that short step between your handset and the nearest tower. Beyond that it's all the Telecom's hardware, or at least hardware they are paying to lease from other non-airwave network providers.
The more data that goes through their network, the more bandwidth they have to pay for. So tell me again why customers shouldn't have to pay for the bandwidth used, or why they shouldn't restrict data use to keep costs down?
If a company sells a 3G product claiming it's 4G, and you don't have consumer protection law or organisation, then its time to start one up or lobby government to introduce sensible legislation. I'd suggest directing them to the UK's consumer rights laws as a start. Again not something the FCC should be worrying about.

"Only" 24,998 signatures to go.
Although even if you get the 25k it still won't do anything since that represents less than 1/12000th of the US population.

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Didn't Access already do a petition on this months ago?

[ Off topic ] unlocking your phone - illegal

Here is news that no mobile phone owner will want to hear.
From tomorrow (Jan 26) unlocking your phone will become illegal , in USA ofc..where else...LOL , thanks to the Library of Congress's DMCA and could actually result in jail time!
In fact, this shiny new restriction extends to tablets as well where they can use SIM cards. There has been next to no press coverage that this was coming either, which is strange for something big like this, because digital liberty groups like the EFF normally shout loud about it in order to help promote a pushback. It seems like their efforts didn't pay off in this case, however.
The law was no doubt changed at the behest of the large mobile carriers in order to squeeze every last penny out of their subscribers, while restricting the value those subscribers get from their services, since they're stuck with the service provider that they bought their phone from
edit : i am rly sorry for people who leave in USA . your government is so wrong...so,so evil...

How true is this?
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well.. believe it or not... in USA is everything possible but only a normal thing is impossible... unfortunately
here is link...
http://www.legitreviews.com/news/15028/

Honestly, how the hell would they be able to detect it even if it was illegal?
Are they going to start checking the credit card info of every customer who paid $8 to cellunlocker.net? Are they going to track down everyone who reads a page on how to do a software based unlock for the few phones that support it?
Last time I checked the carriers aren't able to remotely detect if you've SIM unlocked your phone. And even if they could, what's the big deal? People still have to use the carrier service and pay the monthly fee. If they want to switch providers and are on a contract, SIM unlocking won't magically erase the contract - you still have to pay the exorbitant cancellation fee regardless.
The only "loss" to the carriers would be the roaming fees for traveling abroad since unlocked phones can just use local SIMs, but given that a huge cut of the roaming fee goes to the foreign carrier, I doubt that's much of a loss either. Plus, most of the people I know who roam while traveling abroad would still take careful measures to avoid calling and texting, and try to connect to Wifi where possible to use alternatives like Skype and Whatsapp. For example, I cross the US border at least a few times a year, and since it's just a day trip I just roam on my phone even though it's unlocked. I simply connect to the public wifi at the shopping mall, and ignore any incoming calls or SMS - usually people I'm close to would be aware I'm out of the country anyways. Thus, zero roaming charge.
There's honestly no net benefit to the carrier to lock the phones they subsidize. Except for maybe the roaming part, I fail to see what financial losses a carrier would face from people unlocking their subsidized phones.
Whoever proposed this law must be a luddite or just some moron with abysmal knowledge of technology. Fact is, passing the law will do jack s**t. They might as well make it illegal to uninstall bloatware from a laptop you buy off the shelf. That's how superfluous it is.
The only "solution" I could see to the "problem" of unlocked phones, is for carriers to go all-out to disable the hidden menu in smartphones that allows you to enter an unlock code once you insert a non-accepted SIM. But then I'm sure hackers would find a way around that. And I'll bet that if the carriers decide to aggressively look for people to unlock their subsidized phones, the cost of employing the resources to do so would far outweigh any potential extra revenue.
I saw on another site that this "law" might be meant to hurt the sale of used phones - but in America, that's irrelevant. There are only two GSM carriers and they use different 3G frequencies, so most AT&T phones will only work in 2G mode on TMo, and vice versa, unless they're quad or pentaband. Thus most Americans really have only one choice of carrier if they choose to buy a used GSM phone, even unlocked.
icyeye said:
well.. believe it or not... in USA is everything possible but only a normal thing is impossible... unfortunately
here is link...
http://www.legitreviews.com/news/15028/
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The American government is full of luddites and computer idiots (remember who proposed SOPA?). But then again, so are most governments. Nothing to fear though as long as the people aren't half as dumb and provide sufficient opposition.

Hmm... I guess the only logic behind this would be those people that buy a phone with a contract and just ditch the country altogether... Can you imagine "giving" an S3 for 100 usd with a contract... to someone that just unlocks the phone and goes away? Must be painful...
Anyways, it's been a long way since I bought a phone with a contract.

LarsPT said:
Hmm... I guess the only logic behind this would be those people that buy a phone with a contract and just ditch the country altogether... Can you imagine "giving" an S3 for 100 usd with a contract... to someone that just unlocks the phone and goes away? Must be painful...
Anyways, it's been a long way since I bought a phone with a contract.
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But if those people perform the unlocking in the new country they live in, they haven't broken any laws and can't be prosecuted Also anyone who has any long-term plans to return to america after moving out would be foolish to do something like this, since the unpaid bill could be considered a crime!
I think maybe the carriers want to charge a high price to do the unlocking for you, in order to kill "competition" from small businesses like cellunlocker.net.

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[Q] Verizon Non-Branded Nexus 6 Buyers

As many of you are aware there is an existing thread discussing the issues of Verizon Wireless customers with non-branded Nexus 6 smartphones. The thread (thanks to ssgtob1) involves complaints with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against Verizon. You may find details located here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/fcc-verizon-t3069915
I filed an FCC complaint and have received a notification from the FCC and Verizon. Verizon will respond to the FCC within 30 days. I fully expect the response to be "no action required". As noted Verizon is a large company with substantial legal resources and experience with FCC complaints. They basically have decided to officially exclude non-branded Verizon Nexus 6s from their network. And yes I know, that un-officially there are non-branded Verizon Nexus 6 customers who are happily using the Verizon network through workarounds. But as outlined in the above mentioned thread, their are problems with this approach. And, there are more and more indications that Verizon may continue their aggressive approach to further make workarounds more problematic.
Which brings me to this question. When I made my Nexus 6 purchase from Google and then later from Motorola, I do not remember a warning that the Nexus 6 might not be usable with all or specific wireless providers. Does anyone remember being warned and even aware that this might become an issue with Verizon?
Should Google and Motorola bear any responsibility for not informing customers about the possibility of non-compatibility with certain wireless service providers? It is hard for me to imagine that Google and Motorola through their discussions with Verizon concerning the Nexus 6, would not have been aware of this potential issue.
In my research into consumer fraud, I came across an article by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), "FTC Policy Statement on Deception". In my reading of this article I was struck by the "omissions" component of deception. Check out the article here:
https://www.ftc.gov/public-statements/1983/10/ftc-policy-statement-deception
I am not an attorney or possess any legal experience. But, their may be an unhappy non-branded Verizon Nexus 6 buyer who is. Is it worthwhile to pursue filing complaints with the Federal Trade Commission against Google/Motorola (link below)? Or, should we suffer in silence? Or does Caveat Emptor rule?
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#crnt&panel1-1
Thanks for listening ...

What About Taking a Poll?
Individual complaints are easy to ignore. What about taking a poll to get an idea of how many verizon nonbranded n6 users we are talking about? Just a thought.

This sounds like the making of a class action suit. From my understanding, if you're under contract with a carrier, you can't partake in such, but if you're not, or are a former customer, it's all fair game. As for Motorola or Google, they probably had no such knowledge of what Verizon was planning.
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Question Any Way to Use eSIM on US S21 Ultra

I checked the US Samsung website and confirmed that the S21 had a working eSIM before buying - but, of course, it doesn't.
I understand there is the eSIM hardware on the phone, but Samsung has disabled it.
Is there any way to get it working - or, if I want an eSIM, I need to sell the S21 on Swappa and buy a Pixel?

For now there isn't a way to get it working on Snapdragon models, there have been workarounds but it needs Root and even once accomplished features like VoLTE and Wifi Calling don't work. Samsung claims a future update will enable it, but they said the same thing about the S20, one year later, still no update.

I have Exynos model, when I try to scan the arcade for the e-sim it says I might contact the operator... My operator says it's not supposed to work...

It seems that it depends on the region. I have an Exynos model in Europe and I successfully activated the old/new eSIM by using carrier´s app.

buddy66 said:
It seems that it depends on the region. I have an Exynos model in Europe and I successfully activated the old/new eSIM by using carrier´s app.
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Correct. It’s a US thing. The wireless carriers in the US have not allowed Samsung to enable it. Currently eSIMs in the US are only supported on Apple devices, while some also support Pixel devices.
US carriers have a long history of disliking eSIMs becuase they fear they will make it easier for subscribers to switch carriers.

works fine on my UK unlocked s21 ultra
in fact thats the only one i use atm

T-Mobile uses eSim on a few devices but not many.

myphone12345 said:
Correct. It’s a US thing. The wireless carriers in the US have not allowed Samsung to enable it. Currently eSIMs in the US are only supported on Apple devices, while some also support Pixel devices.
US carriers have a long history of disliking eSIMs becuase they fear they will make it easier for subscribers to switch carriers.
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It's time we begin legal action against the carriers over this -- massive class action lawsuit that benefits Android users from the past 10 years.
I'm prepared to start contacting congress over this trash.
The iPhone gets to get away with this, no questions asked, because it is the plurality of the US market and the carriers dare not mess with daddy-Apple with $2T market-cap which is 10x the market-cap of any one of these damn carriers.
With Android OEMs, because they're weak and atomized, they have to cave into these carriers or risk reducing over-the-counter sales at carriers' shops.
Most of congress uses iPhones and doesn't care that they're supporting a bigger monopoly than Microsoft ever was.
Apple's influence is so pervasive that it's getting kind of ridiculous and annoying now.
Think Different foreal -- reduce your purchasing of Apple products, I certainly have.

T mobile now 20 getting esim capability in latest update:
New update brings eSIM functionality to T-Mobile’s Galaxy Note 20
Samsung had started rolling out the March 2021 security patch to the unlocked variants of the Galaxy Note 20 last ...
www.sammobile.com

ekerbuddyeker said:
T mobile now 20 getting esim capability in latest update:
New update brings eSIM functionality to T-Mobile’s Galaxy Note 20
Samsung had started rolling out the March 2021 security patch to the unlocked variants of the Galaxy Note 20 last ...
www.sammobile.com
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I wonder if that means they'll disable the physical SIM, LOL.

Just for kicks I chatted with Scamsung Canada support online... asking why the Canadian product page advertises eSIM support when it's not there...
"Oh we're not responsible for what carriers do"

nixnixnixnix4 said:
It's time we begin legal action against the carriers over this -- massive class action lawsuit that benefits Android users from the past 10 years.
I'm prepared to start contacting congress over this trash.
The iPhone gets to get away with this, no questions asked, because it is the plurality of the US market and the carriers dare not mess with daddy-Apple with $2T market-cap which is 10x the market-cap of any one of these damn carriers.
With Android OEMs, because they're weak and atomized, they have to cave into these carriers or risk reducing over-the-counter sales at carriers' shops.
Most of congress uses iPhones and doesn't care that they're supporting a bigger monopoly than Microsoft ever was.
Apple's influence is so pervasive that it's getting kind of ridiculous and annoying now.
Think Different foreal -- reduce your purchasing of Apple products, I certainly have.
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The government actually already warned Verizon and AT&T regarding an evil scheme they tried to concoct a few years ago with regards to eSIMs. As a result, the carriers stepped back from their plans but have not widely adopted eSIMs widely.
https://www.engadget.com/2019-11-27-doj-att-verizon-esim-investigation.html
it’s good to see that TMO will enable it in the S20.

I heard that there is new update on Note 20U U1 and esim is now enable. Hope it will be enable on S21U U1 soon

kunkun2113 said:
I heard that there is new update on Note 20U U1 and esim is now enable. Hope it will be enable on S21U U1 soon
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That's the OEM Unlocked version you're talking about right?
If so, that's fantastic.

I find it curious e-Sim functionality is such a hot topic in the US. If one leaves their coverage area often or is a business man or woman who travels frequently it's a valuable feature. Also in Europe you are more likely to leave your service provider's footprint since many countries are part of the same region. The dominant service provider's in the US offer free coverage in Mexico and Canada so where's the necessity for most US consumers and who really wants the added cost for two service providers? I'll agree it's the big carrier's who are blocking the feature but for most customers in the US it's a moot point. If on a rare occasion you need a second SIM it takes about ten seconds to swap it. No big deal.

varcor said:
I find it curious e-Sim functionality is such a hot topic in the US. If one leaves their coverage area often or is a business man or woman who travels frequently it's a valuable feature. Also in Europe you are more likely to leave your service provider's footprint since many countries are part of the same region. The dominant service provider's in the US offer free coverage in Mexico and Canada so where's the necessity for most US consumers and who really wants the added cost for two service providers? I'll agree it's the big carrier's who are blocking the feature but for most customers in the US it's a moot point. If on a rare occasion you need a second SIM it takes about ten seconds to swap it. No big deal.
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international travel for data usage . . . because roaming data speeds suck ... and you can get your account terminated if you over-use it
second line for business vs personal
a single sim is a non starter for me.

varcor said:
I find it curious e-Sim functionality is such a hot topic in the US. If one leaves their coverage area often or is a business man or woman who travels frequently it's a valuable feature. Also in Europe you are more likely to leave your service provider's footprint since many countries are part of the same region. The dominant service provider's in the US offer free coverage in Mexico and Canada so where's the necessity for most US consumers and who really wants the added cost for two service providers? I'll agree it's the big carrier's who are blocking the feature but for most customers in the US it's a moot point. If on a rare occasion you need a second SIM it takes about ten seconds to swap it. No big deal.
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Unique mobile subscribers US 2010-2025 | Statista
The statistic depicts the total number of unique mobile subscribers in the United States from 2010 to 2025.
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US mobile cellular subscriptions 2000-2021 | Statista
The number of mobile-cellular subscriptions in the United States increased from 2000 to 2021.
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Population of the United States 1610-2020 | Statista
In the past four centuries, the population of the United States has grown from a recorded 350 people around the Jamestown colony of Virginia in 1610, to an estimated 331 million people in 2020.
www.statista.com
In 2019, the number of mobile subscriptions in the U.S. was at 442.46 million.
In 2018, the number of unique mobile subscribers in the United States was at 278 million.
In 2020, the US had a population of ~331M.
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Even after accounting for some of the more exotic uses of cellular service, like: IoT, GPS/Cellular tracking, certain medical devices, etc., you can tell that there are more subscriptions than there are people.
So, clearly, there are many people who have 2 plans. Why? Work, usually.
Many working people are required to keep their work number active/online at all times or during set times.
Carrying 2 phones gets old really fast.
If you want Android to stand a chance against Apple's impending monopoly in the US -- you're going to need dual-SIM.
Many working people have cited Apple's iPhone dual-SIM acceptance as a reason for using iPhone.

Can someone tell me how Samsung can just not enable it and "blame the carriers" I travel a lot, and I bought it because I saw the eSIM. I don't care if the US carriers do not use the eSIM as the ones where I travel can. But because I have the US model they cannot utilize it. This makes no since to me.

ZerkerEOD said:
Can someone tell me how Samsung can just not enable it and "blame the carriers" I travel a lot, and I bought it because I saw the eSIM. I don't care if the US carriers do not use the eSIM as the ones where I travel can. But because I have the US model they cannot utilize it. This makes no since to me.
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This is going to change.
But, the reason is because the carriers have leverage over Samsung.
Many smartphones are sold through carriers.
If Samsung does not "comply" with what the carriers want, then, the carriers will simply start boosting the sales of Samsung's Android competitors like OnePlus, Pixel, etc. through subsidies and deals.

nixnixnixnix4 said:
This is going to change.
But, the reason is because the carriers have leverage over Samsung.
Many smartphones are sold through carriers.
If Samsung does not "comply" with what the carriers want, then, the carriers will simply start boosting the sales of Samsung's Android competitors like OnePlus, Pixel, etc. through subsidies and deals.
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Correcta mundo , well said. However Apple never bent over for the USA carriers, I wonder why LOL JK.

Stoked to join a solid developer community :)

Greetings and thank you for letting me join.
My name is James (FreaquentJ) and have a side business fixing android devices, I am so happy that there is a community offers support for free, see I live in South Africa where there are ONLY 3 major network providers and as a result of certain national laws here that allow juristic enterprises to hold exclusive distribution rights over a product or services resulting in these network providers locking their devices so the consumer cannot upgrade os or modify.
As there ways around anything, people like me exist that offer service support that doesnt cost an arm and a leg apposed to the ridiculous service fee the providers normally charge.