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Hi guys,
List of the "select" T-Mobile stores selling the Nexus 4.
Download: List of supposedly every T-mobile store in the U.S. that is or was selling the Nexus 4 | Source: Prod1702
San Francisco, CA
601 Valencia St @ 16th St
Sold out
Store Link
699 Market St @ 3rd St
Sold out
Store Link
Only 2 stores in the city that are carrying it.
Just realized that it might take a few more hours till we get some useful info because most of the U.S. is still asleep..
Every single store in Chicago is sold out as of yesterday. Literally every single store
Eh, Northern Nevada reporting. The T-Mobile stores I've been to seem to have a "never will carry Nexus 4 in stock since the market is so niche and people had complaints with the last 3-4 AOSP phones prior" policy. Makes me sad how cruel retailers can be.
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Also never carried them in Henderson, NV
Minnesota Burnsville Center has two left I think. It's a small number but they're worth a call.
Address: 1178 Burnsville Center, Burnsville, MN 55306
Phone: (952) 435-8182
Since i work at a T-Mobile store i will be the great person to add the list of all the stores selling it. I jsut do not know who has what stock, but its a list of every store in the US. The stock when the phone was put out is on the far right of the file. However i have no clue who has what right now.
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Every single store in Chicago is sold out as of yesterday. Literally every single store
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Suburbs too ? I called a bunch around Chicago too, most said they never got it all, and said only the top premiere locations got em, but very limited supply.
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T-Mobile in Brunswick Square Mall
755 New Jersey 18 KL12
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Sold Out first day (14th)
Taking names on waiting list
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Since i work at a T-Mobile store i will be the great person to add the list of all the stores selling it. I jsut do not know who has what stock, but its a list of every store in the US. The stock when the phone was put out is on the far right of the file. However i have no clue who has what right now.
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Do you now how can i buy online off-contract or in the phone?
THANKS!
Amarillo, Texas T-Mobile store still has not gotten any stock, which is a shame.
San Jose CA. Shopping center on story and king. I went to activate my play store nexus 4 and they said they had 4 in stock.
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Do you now how can i buy online off-contract or in the phone?
THANKS!
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I think the website is out of stock or they are for employe's. I bought mine at 3am on the 14th as a employee for $170. Everything right now on our internal site says that employe's will not be able to buy it until after Jan 1st 2013. Most of the time the stores get stock back before the website. So i am sure the stores will start to get more in the coming weeks. For sure the higher volume stores will. You can call Care and see if they can sell you one over the phone but they will not sell one off contract on the phone. Care only deals with contract stuff. You have to buy one in the store if you do not want a contract.
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T-Mobile had them a few days ago on cottman ave and the boulevard in Philadelphia pa. Basically they said high traffic busy T-Mobile stores will get them
1923 South Signal Butte Road #102 Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 354-4819
Said they had 5 in stock yesterday. EDIT: Just called and they're out of stock now. That was fast.
Can anyone buy me one from one if the stores? It'll be greatly appreciated. My lovely Sim card is bloody useless...
Does anyone know if the stores will get Accessories for the Nexus 4?
T-Mobile 82nd And Roosevelt
(718) 424-7335
3744 82nd St
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
they have one left....
Hi Guys!
First of all, my apologies for opening this thread, I've searched the forum and haven't really found the information that I'm looking for, so I'm wondering if you could assist me on this subject.
I'll be visiting New York next 24/08 and I'm really looking forward to purchasing a HTC ONE. Basically I want to purchase a phone that works on my home country (Portugal), so I guess I should be looking for an unlocked model.
I did some research on the WEB and I'm having trouble to find a place (in NYC) to purchase it. Could you please indicate if it can be purchased in store? I believe I read somewhere that some carriers over there sell it unlocked but still, I would have to sign up for a 2-year contract.
I also found that I can be bought from htc.com (best price I've found so far) but the problem is that I do not have a US credit card. Do you know of site (?) that can simulate an american credit card? As mI'm staying there with friends, posting the item to their adress wouldn't be a problem.
My last question (and thanks for having read this far, ! ), upon buying the device, is its warranty worlwide or would I have to buy an extended warranty (if possible?)?
Many thanks for helping me and for your advices on this.
Best Regards,
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Hi Guys!
First of all, my apologies for opening this thread, I've searched the forum and haven't really found the information that I'm looking for, so I'm wondering if you could assist me on this subject.
I'll be visiting New York next 24/08 and I'm really looking forward to purchasing a HTC ONE. Basically I want to purchase a phone that works on my home country (Portugal), so I guess I should be looking for an unlocked model.
I did some research on the WEB and I'm having trouble to find a place (in NYC) to purchase it. Could you please indicate if it can be purchased in store? I believe I read somewhere that some carriers over there sell it unlocked but still, I would have to sign up for a 2-year contract.
I also found that I can be bought from htc.com (best price I've found so far) but the problem is that I do not have a US credit card. Do you know of site (?) that can simulate an american credit card? As mI'm staying there with friends, posting the item to their adress wouldn't be a problem.
My last question (and thanks for having read this far, ! ), upon buying the device, is its warranty worlwide or would I have to buy an extended warranty (if possible?)?
Many thanks for helping me and for your advices on this.
Best Regards,
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Hello,
When you get to New York, go into any Wal Mart or big store and buy a Visa gift card for the amount of the phone. Note that the price that you see on the website DOES NOT include tax or shipping. You see see the final total at the very end of checkout right before you enter payment method. Then, you can go online and register the card to whatever address you are staying at becuase HTC will only ship the phone to the address on the card. You do this at the wesbite on the back of the card. Once you have done that, you can go to the HTC website and but the phone and have it shipped to the address that you are staying at.
Hope this helps!
Look up HTC limited warranty
It states that the warranty is only enforceable and valid in countries where the phone is sold. So... You might want to shoot HTC an email.
Hey Guys!
Thanks so much for the above.
One question though, do you think it's best to order it though HTC or can I buy it unlocked in store??
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First of all there's no Walmart in New York, second, when you by from HTC's online store, you don't have to pay any taxes. If I'm not wrong, only if you live in California or Texas you have to pay taxes, I'm not really sure about any other state but I'm 100% sure that it doesn't apply for New York state. Just be carefull about the shipping time if you want to buy directly from HTC (you said you're visiting NY, not moving out here). Also, you can find unlocked gsm ONEs at T-Mobile or AT&T stores but in this case, yes you have to pay taxes and they come with all the branding crap but it shouldn't be an issue if you're planning to flash a cooked ROM. Good luck!
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Hi Pirateye!
I appreciate your advices. I see that on the HTC web site the sell different modelo, the 'normal' One and the GE One.
Could you possible recomend One based on your experience with yours?
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You can either get those gift cards (there is an activation fee on most) or you can ask your friend to help you out and pay for it. I can't answer your question about warranty as I'm not sure myself.
However, I've purchase my HTC One Developer Edition on a Saturday night and chose 2 day shipping (~$9). The stand shipping is about $5, so if you're in a rush, just pay the extra $4. Also, no tax. Since it was on the weekend, it didn't ship out until Monday and arrived on a Wednesday. (I live in NYC).
There are no Walmarts in NYC. The closes is in Long Island but I don't know how well stock that Walmart is or if they even have the HTC One. ATT doesn't seem to have the 64gb in stores and if they do, they are charging $700 and you'll have to pay tax. And I'm not sure how much it will cost you to unlock the phone (probably $20).
It cost 580 for the 32 Tmobile version but I don't recommend that since you live oversea so that extra band probably doesn't mean much to you. The developer editions $650 for 64gb.
http://shopamerica.htc.com/cell-phones/productdetail.htm?prId=41599
So far, I've had my HTC One for about 2-3 weeks now, and have no issue (it doesn't appear I have issues with gaps or anything wrong with the screen). I prefer a bit of a smaller screen and removable battery but the phone is just beautiful. The battery life is amazing, I can go about 24 hours on the phone before I need to charge (with about 3-4 hours of heavy usage).
The normal One comes with HTC Sense while the GE comes with stock Android (as seen on Nexus phones). I bough mine in April, so is the "normal one". I also flashed a GE Rom a while ago but I came back to Sense. From my point of view Sense is cooler meaning that you have more features but others might like plain Android flavor. Just do a search on YouTube for HTC One Sense vs Google Edition.
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Thanks for the information provided.
Still, can you recomend a physical Shop where I can find unlocked smartphones at Good prices in New York?
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i wouldnt bother, theres a chance you wont get the 3G bands in portugal and you can forget 4G LTE
He should be able to use his phone in Portugal but never hurts to check the frequency.
Let us know how it went eventually.
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Hey Guys,
Sooo... I ve checked several stores now and each Time they ask me for 800$ for the HTC One unlocked, :s..
Could you please please please help me Out? Do you know where I can get it cheaper, aside from ordering trough HTC???
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i wouldnt bother, theres a chance you wont get the 3G bands in portugal and you can forget 4G LTE
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I agree .
US models operate on different bands from EMEA (European Middle East and Africa)
GSM,GPRS,EDGE (2g) : 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (USA & EMEA)
UMTS,HSPA (3g) :
900/1900/2100 MHz (EMEA)
850/AWS/1900/2100 MHz (USA T Mob)
850/950/2100 MHz (USA A T & T)
LTE (4g)
800/1800/2600 MHz (EMEA)
700 MHz/AWS (USA AT&T, T Mob)
I would urge you not to buy in USA if you want full use in Portugal or any other European countries.
There are posts on xda from people who bought in USA and had problems of not all phone and data bands working in their home country.
In addition to difficulties with warranty, likely none
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My phone works half decently around town and where I work/ go to school. But at home I either have one bar or none...I called in to sprint and they offered me an airave for 249.99 with a one year contract and 149.99 with a two year contract. After telling the first rep to piss off the second rep offered the device flat out for 100 bucks. I said if I have to pay additional costs for a service I already pay for to work properly I want to cancel my plan. The rep transfered me to cancellations and I explained my situation as well as how the coverage map says I have "better" to "best" sprint coverage at my home. They told me that the coverage map is not guaranteed indoors and to cancel service I would pay full etf. Of course sprint, you got me to sign a contract now you want to butt fck me. Any suggestions welcome. I ordered a used airave off eBay for 40 bucks lol.
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My phone works half decently around town and where I work/ go to school. But at home I either have one bar or none...I called in to sprint and they offered me an airave for 249.99 with a one year contract and 149.99 with a two year contract. After telling the first rep to piss off the second rep offered the device flat out for 100 bucks. I said if I have to pay additional costs for a service I already pay for to work properly I want to cancel my plan. The rep transfered me to cancellations and I explained my situation as well as how the coverage map says I have "better" to "best" sprint coverage at my home. They told me that the coverage map is not guaranteed indoors and to cancel service I would pay full etf. Of course sprint, you got me to sign a contract now you want to butt fck me. Any suggestions welcome. I ordered a used airave off eBay for 40 bucks lol.
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Can I give you some advice?
If you really want to cancel you plan without paying a fee. Put roam only mode on. Always. Everywhere you go and use your hotspot a lot. At least 50GB or more. I have cancelled my contract twice like that and sold my phone. Jumped on some one else's plan with new device.
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Interesting, I have heard of this... How many billing cycles did it take them to boot you?
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I have the same problem at my house. Downstairs sometimes I even have no signal at all. yet I can go either way down my street and get 4G. bleh. I literally have perfect service everywhere but at home. THANKFULLY I have good wifi.
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Can I give you some advice?
If you really want to cancel you plan without paying a fee. Put roam only mode on. Always. Everywhere you go and use your hotspot a lot. At least 50GB or more. I have cancelled my contract twice like that and sold my phone. Jumped on some one else's plan with new device.
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everytime i did this they offered a free airrave... i suggest keep trying
I have this issue as well, and I even sent screen caps of Google maps showing me at home with one and no bars, and the rep argued with her manager who still said I would have to pay for an airrave because the map said I was in a "good to better" coverage area.
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Interesting, I have heard of this... How many billing cycles did it take them to boot you?
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It took about two billing cycles. They really dont like roaming. Go crazy with roaming and torrent some stuff so that you are constantly uploading.
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My phone works half decently around town and where I work/ go to school. But at home I either have one bar or none...I called in to sprint and they offered me an airave for 249.99 with a one year contract and 149.99 with a two year contract. After telling the first rep to piss off the second rep offered the device flat out for 100 bucks. I said if I have to pay additional costs for a service I already pay for to work properly I want to cancel my plan. The rep transfered me to cancellations and I explained my situation as well as how the coverage map says I have "better" to "best" sprint coverage at my home. They told me that the coverage map is not guaranteed indoors and to cancel service I would pay full etf. Of course sprint, you got me to sign a contract now you want to butt fck me. Any suggestions welcome. I ordered a used airave off eBay for 40 bucks lol.
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A way to get an airrave for free is to go to your local corporate store and tell them your situation and then that they let your friend have an airrave for free because of the inconvenience. They have them in the store. But it must be a corporate store. I live 1.3 miles from a tower and my cell signal is just one bar. They gave me one.
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Airave
I don't know why they haven't offered you an Airave for free. I'm in a family plan with my sister's family, and Sprint shipped an Airave to her house which I set up. Took some doing to get it configured properly on her system (and being shipped a faulty power supply didn't help) but once we got it working it really did the trick.
Try to have customer service send you an Airave, or try to figure out why this request is being denied.
I was a corp store manager up to 4 months ago(now District Manager for 3rd party dealer) and we never carried an airrave in stock for the purpose of giving for free. We usually had one on hand if somebody actually wanted to buy one but would always direct the customer to the "phoenix team" who had the ability to send one out for free. Your bill will go up by a couple of dollars for taxes, but no more than that. If you ask your corp store for the Phoenix Team ph#, they should be able to look it up and give it to you. Just say you have horrible in building coverage at home and that should do the trick. I did it for my mother in law...mostly so I could have better service at her house lol
I recently moved to Columbia, MD and I am in a similar situation. I have good 4G outside but it drops to one bar of 1X or roams indoors. I can't make phone calls and texts are delayed hours, sometimes days.. I have spoken with customer service 3-4 times about this and they still insist that I have to pay for the Airave. I was also told that they were back ordered anyway. Lol. Maybe I'll see what the corporate store will do, if anything.
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I recently moved to Columbia, MD and I am in a similar situation. I have good 4G outside but it drops to one bar of 1X or roams indoors. I can't make phone calls and texts are delayed hours, sometimes days.. I have spoken with customer service 3-4 times about this and they still insist that I have to pay for the Airave. I was also told that they were back ordered anyway. Lol. Maybe I'll see what the corporate store will do, if anything.
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Airraves being back ordered is a good sign that we all need to change carriers
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im switching to tmobile as soon as the nexus 5 comes out
ive had it with Sprint
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im switching to tmobile as soon as the nexus 5 comes out
ive had it with Sprint
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Have you tried to E-mail [email protected]? I had to do that to get an Airave for my office. Sprint service isn't near my building, and well work in a brick building that has brick interior walls. They sent one free of charge to me that I installed within my office building.
It did take Sprint about 2 weeks to send me the 2.5 version to replace the 1.0 that I had...
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im switching to tmobile as soon as the nexus 5 comes out
ive had it with Sprint
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That's the only way Sprint will fix their network. I have an Airave too, after 4 returned this one actually works.....for now.
They gave me a free airave
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In b4 lock
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In b4 lock
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It ain't locked yet
The airrave requires an additional line on your acct, you may not be qualified credit wise through sprint to get a free airrave. You really need to go to a local store and speak to those reps to have them argue on your behalf to get a better offer on one
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A place for us s'poreans to talk about the upcoming N5. I for one can't wait, mainly because my arc motherboard is damaged and I need a phone that I can actually use..
Not gonna use 4g either .. I refuse to get my data allowance cut by like 85%. Completely ridiculous. Probably ordering from Canada Japan or Germany, hopefully Canada, if the 3G service will work here ...
Of course waiting for dunno how long after it finally comes to SG at like $650 would not be an option. I'm a student... I not so much money de
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tangosierra_ said:
A place for us s'poreans to talk about the upcoming N5. I for one can't wait, mainly because my arc motherboard is damaged and I need a phone that I can actually use..
Not gonna use 4g either .. I refuse to get my data allowance cut by like 85%. Completely ridiculous. Probably ordering from Canada Japan or Germany, hopefully Canada, if the 3G service will work here ...
Of course waiting for dunno how long after it finally comes to SG at like $650 would not be an option. I'm a student... I not so much money de
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same case with me. Been waiting for this for a long time...
Can anyone confirm whether 3G will work properly here if I order it form Canada?
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The 3G would obviously work in Singapore....
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Not gonna use 4g either .. I refuse to get my data allowance cut by like 85%.
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THIS!!!!! Until providers here start to offer 12gb datacap, I will not sign any new contract.
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The 3G would obviously work in Singapore....
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says who? 3G is universal
tangosierra_ said:
A place for us s'poreans to talk about the upcoming N5. I for one can't wait, mainly because my arc motherboard is damaged and I need a phone that I can actually use..
Not gonna use 4g either .. I refuse to get my data allowance cut by like 85%. Completely ridiculous. Probably ordering from Canada Japan or Germany, hopefully Canada, if the 3G service will work here ...
Of course waiting for dunno how long after it finally comes to SG at like $650 would not be an option. I'm a student... I not so much money de
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You get from canada also same. Japan, Australia your best bet
I posted this in HWZ Nexus 5 thread.
Australia also can, band 3/7 also
but how to ship from all this country to singapore.
my google result for Japan/
JAPAN - http://www.tenso.com/en/ or vPost
Korea - http://minarinshop.com/ or http://collectkorea.com/services/package-forwarding-service
Australia - http://www.sosmail.com.au/
But i nvr use any of this before since comgateway for US is the way to go all along
BTW!!!!!
Nexus 5 spotted in Taiwan and Malaysia. There might be hope for all international release?
http://www.androidauthority.com/nex...-ad-more-sightings-last-minute-rumors-312754/
auggie246 said:
BTW!!!!!
Nexus 5 spotted in Taiwan and Malaysia. There might be hope for all international release?
http://www.androidauthority.com/nex...-ad-more-sightings-last-minute-rumors-312754/
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I posted this awhile back on the Nexus 5 leaked thread.
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Or better yet: here's to hoping that Google is waiting until shipment to major countries are all done so it will be a global release and not just a "US only" for the first few months, followed by some other country, so on so forth :fingers-crossed:
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After looking at that link above I just realized one of the leaked pictures was actually from Malaysia.
Now I wonder if it'll be released in my country (Indonesia) as well. I may be hoping but I'm not hoping much at all. Indonesia is like one of the least "Google-cared" country. We get new devices so late it's not even new anymore.
Then again it might be our retail shops / carriers that just went full retard and think "Meh, who the hell buys Nexus in this country anyway? Why should we rush to get this phone in?"
Damn it
I might get one from Singapore if it was released there, though. Should there be any problems warranty is much easier to process (I fly back and forth every few months).
I asked singtel on their fb page. Their response:
Dear Jeremy, thank you for your interest. Do keep a look-out! Please be assured that we will keep you informed once we have an update. Thanks
"do keep a look out" sounds rather promising, but I'm only cautiously optimistic
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It sounds like a rather generic response to me...
But I'm not gonna buy w contract though. Seems like I'm the only one amongst my friends w 12gb data cap.. And I'm not gonna give that away. Starhub 3g is fast enough
If its released in Malaysia then all the more better. Just a drive/ride across 2nd link or causeway
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yeah I'm probably not gonna sign any more plans since I wanna keep my 12GB quota + LTE plan
also looking to upgrade from gnex
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says who? 3G is universal
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Learn to read, it would help.
it's out!!
anyone here ordering?
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it's out!!
anyone here ordering?
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Anyone share how they ordered the n4? Through forwarding?
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Forwarding service from Australia
the only thing I need now is a forwarding service from Australia. Anyone knows any forwarding agent there?
Heard aust was quite ex. Managed to get into us play store using VPN, following instructions on hwz
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Learn to read, it would help.
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Oh what did u type? i can't read.
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Heard aust was quite ex. Managed to get into us play store using VPN, following instructions on hwz
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bought mine from JP already
wow when i first read it i thought you meant jurong pt
How much was it and you bought through google?
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Oh what did u type? i can't read.
bought mine from JP already
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How much is the tax & shipping cost within JP? You're using tenso right?
acutally after GST and delivery, it would be around 600+ to get from JP right? for 32gb version
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THIS!!!!! Until providers here start to offer 12gb datacap, I will not sign any new contract.
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I am also in SG. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a 12GB contract on LTE. Singapore telcoms just followed suit with the USA and went for the massive cash grab known as metered billing.
I think that it's wrong to go from 12GB to 2GB of data while keeping the price the same. The price per month should have been lowered according to the data offered.
You have to admit though we are still paying a lot less than people in the USA. (http://www.androidcentral.com/us-mobile-data-prices-among-most-expensive-world)
My plan:
120 (outgoing mins)
600 SMS
2GB data
$39SGD (31.40 USD) per month
I have a friend that lives in the UK. I will be getting him to order me a white 32GB so that I can take advantage of LTE.
I am sorry to start a new thread, but this is sort of an emergency.
My Lady Susan upgraded to an LG-G2 on Verizon a couple of months ago, and we were assured it was a World Phone. We called Verizon Tech Support, got transferred to the International Travel folks, requested it be unlocked if necessary for use in England and Scotland. They assured us over and over that this phone is not locked in any way and all she would have to do is obtain a sim from some provider like Three in London and put it in and set up the APN as necessary for the LG-G2 to just work over there.
They warned us to pull the Verizon sim out before turning it on in the UK or she might incur international roaming charges - tried to sell her some kind of plan to mitigate that possibility in the process, but admitted that it was unnecessary if she was careful to not have her Verizon sim installed while the phone was powered up in the UK.
She got over there this morning, found a Three store in London, and they told her her Verizon LG-G2 was LOCKED to Verizon-only and could not work with any other provider at all.
She is currently without data or even a UK cell number. Was Verizon wrong about the LG-G2 being possible to use in the UK, or was the guy at the Three store wrong ?
We are not concerned about LTE speeds, most of the area she is traveling through is 3G only at this point anyway. She needs data though, for Hangouts if nothing else.
If the LG-G2 is useless over there, maybe she can buy a pre-paid phone for the two weeks she is traveling. Any suggestions ?
I have told her to find another Three store, or an O2, or anybody that might have a clue, but I fear it was Verizon that was clueless when they told us it would "just work". I use only Nexus devices myself, and my Nexus5 would not have this problem !
To be clear, this is a stock Verizon LG-G2 with the recent LG stock KitKat firmware received and applied via OTA. Not even rooted.
Both Vodaphone and Three shops in London have told Susan today that her Verizon LG-G2 is carrier-locked by Verizon and cannot be used in the UK on either Three or Vodaphone. So, for the next two weeks she is on WiFi only. They both tried to sell her a phone and plan for about $100, so she would have something to use while traveling.
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Both Vodaphone and Three shops in London have told Susan today that her Verizon LG-G2 is carrier-locked by Verizon and cannot be used in the UK on either Three or Vodaphone. So, for the next two weeks she is on WiFi only. They both tried to sell her a phone and plan for about $100, so she would have something to use while traveling.
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Its not locked, they are incorrect... I don't know the UK market but couldn't she just get a prepaid SIM and set the APNs herself (Verizon global mode phones are notorious for not getting APNs from the SIM)?
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She could, if she could...
I told her she would need to set her APN up and change her network mode to GSM instead of CDMA/LTE, but she got That Look in her eyes, so I told her the nice people at the shoppe would be able to help her. And to get a prepaid for mostly data and call me over Hangouts.
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trent999 said:
She could, if she could...
I told her she would need to set her APN up and change her network mode to GSM instead of CDMA/LTE, but she got That Look in her eyes, so I told her the nice people at the shoppe would be able to help her. And to get a prepaid for mostly data and call me over Hangouts.
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Very odd. When I was in the UK a year ago, I used my 'carrier locked' Verizon S3 just by buying a sim from Tesco (major grocery retailer) and upping my balance when needed. Was fairly pain free. And that was when phones were more locked down, and all new phones claim to be global in that sense.
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I know, right !
I think she just got a couple of nincompoops at the shops she went to yesterday. Maybe she will have better luck today in Edinburgh.
There can't be anything that wrong with the LG-G2 that it won't work on a GSM sim in Europe. When we were in Italy last year we used both Wind and TIM Sims in Verizon World phones set to GSM mode, worked fine even for playing Ingress.
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Just a thank you update...in Edinburgh this morning she was able to find a competent shop clerk and now is busy hacking Ingress portals with cheap and functional sim data ! She kept trying based on your advice until she found someone not trying to sell her a prepaid phone.
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All Verizon LTE phones are SIM unlocked, it's part of their deal with the FCC.
trent999 said:
Just a thank you update...in Edinburgh this morning she was able to find a competent shop clerk and now is busy hacking Ingress portals with cheap and functional sim data ! She kept trying based on your advice until she found someone not trying to sell her a prepaid phone.
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Glad it worked out for you both!
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