I've got the Virgin Mobile HTC One V. Any questions?

**Jays1fan** · 08-29-2012, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by cole2kb

I have no experience with this specific device, BUT, as a general rule, you should be fine. The Best Buy ad may be offering a rebate of some sort, if you activate in store, but other than that, they can't force you to activate anything, and you should be able to use it as a Wi-Fi device just fine.

I question why you'd buy this phone just for that though. I'd recommend possibly finding a device cheaper from eBay, just to give yourself more of a bang for your buck.

I have a best buy gift card. Dont want a tablet. And the only other thing out there is the samsung galaxy player , which I would prefer the phone over. We are thinking about getting rid of the House phone and getting a prepaid for emergency.

**mknollman123** · 08-29-2012, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by Jays1fan

I have a best buy gift card. Dont want a tablet. And the only other thing out there is the samsung galaxy player , which I would prefer the phone over. We are thinking about getting rid of the House phone and getting a prepaid for emergency.

That emergency set-up with VM will cost 35 month.

You would he better our with a burner phone and the galaxy player but it's your

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**lilrob1213** · 08-29-2012, 09:59 PM

Hey I just wanna say I got the HTC one v for virgin mobile about two weeks ago maybe and I still haven't activated it yet. I've been using it as a WiFi device and camera but man it works great! And I can't wait to activate it! Soon hopefully

**diecastdonkey** · 08-30-2012, 09:48 PM

Im still tore between the one v or Nexus 7 :banghead: I'm leaning more towards Nexus....

**lilrob1213** · 08-30-2012, 10:37 PM

What phone do you have?

**diecastdonkey** · 08-31-2012, 10:30 AM

Good ol' optimus v, its old and slow but still runs like a champ.

**xxlemonxx** · 08-31-2012, 10:46 AM

Omg.. This phone has made me so mad.. I have sat here for 2 hours trying to unlock the bootloader with the tool kit. And it just wont work, ive done everything right. when i do it, it just goes into hboot or whatevr. Then tryed posting on xda but not enough post..

Edit: Got boot loader unlocked.. now i cant get into Hboot,/ bootloader... ? :o

**xxlemonxx** · 08-31-2012, 01:27 PM

REALLY NEED HELP GUYS.. I flashed clockwork mod and went to backup and nothing will load, going thew the menus does but nothing will load
Someone please reply.

**mknollman123** · 08-31-2012, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by xxlemonxx

REALLY NEED HELP GUYS.. I flashed clockwork mod and went to backup and nothing will load, going thew the menus does but nothing will load
Someone please reply.

Try replacing cwm with twrp2

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**riggerman** · 08-31-2012, 03:54 PM

Scroll down to the bottom, scroll down again to go back to top, scroll up, scroll down. You should see a message at the bottom of the screen that power button has been enabled.

**JDubTrey** · 09-02-2012, 09:21 PM

Question (not about the hardware itself):

The $25 plan has been brought back to life (possibly by accident). When you look at the plan screen in your account, there may also be a "don't see the plan you are looking for?" link at the bottom. If you click on the link, you can choose the $25 plan again.

I've been able to grab this with my Op V (today 9/2/12). Others have said it is there for Triumphs and Elites.

It is not there for the Evo V.

Does it show up for you as a One V user?

According to the notice in May, it shouldn't

...but it should not be there at all now for anyone who wasn't grandfathered (and I was not).

Just curious.

**jec11718** · 09-03-2012, 08:44 PM

im grandfathered, when i went to choose more plans, the 25 was there as a option!

**lilrob1213** · 09-03-2012, 08:59 PM

Where exactly is this option? When I go to activate my phone should I do it online?

**Mr Pandroid** · 09-04-2012, 12:41 PM

I didn't see it for the one v....I did for my girlfriends elite...neither of us had the grandfathered plan either...

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**Octahedron** · 09-05-2012, 01:27 PM

I think the elite was the last device that you could use with the 25$ plan. I'm on the the 35.

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**Octahedron** · 09-05-2012, 01:46 PM

Went to stock, unrooted for a while, see if we get an OTA update.

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**Mr Pandroid** · 09-05-2012, 06:09 PM

I dunno if the one v will get jellybean or not...I've read different opinions...so eh....

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**Octahedron** · 09-05-2012, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by Mr Pandroid

I dunno if the one v will get jellybean or not...I've read different opinions...so eh....

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It's on the official HTC list to get jb. Only worry I have, is that virgin won't allow it. They have a bad track record with updates. I'm almost certain that the gsm HTC One V will get jb.

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**cammykool** · 09-05-2012, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by Octahedron

Went to stock, unrooted for a while, see if we get an OTA update.

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Your making me drool

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**andrewnelson23** · 09-05-2012, 10:45 PM

cm10>stock jb. cmanything>stock anything.

**Mr Pandroid** · 09-06-2012, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by Octahedron

It's on the official HTC list to get jb. Only worry I have, is that virgin won't allow it. They have a bad track record with updates. I'm almost certain that the gsm HTC One V will get jb.

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Good point...I'll keep it rooted with a rom...because of virgin mobiles track record with updates...besides paranoid android is awesome...

Edit: I think the only advantage of the stock rom is HTCs camera ...but I have a Nikon D3100....so....

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**xxlemonxx** · 09-06-2012, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by Mr Pandroid

Good point...I'll keep it rooted with a rom...because of virgin mobiles track record with updates...besides paranoid android is awesome...

Edit: I think the only advantage of the stock rom is HTCs camera ...but I have a Nikon D3100....so....

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If there was an ota update I'd unroot and do it. HTC sense 4 or maybe 5 with jb would be really nice. The camera options and htc options are nice too

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**Mr Pandroid** · 09-06-2012, 04:15 PM

I would definitely try jb as an ota...I'm curious how it runs vs ics....

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**Mr Pandroid** · 09-09-2012, 07:47 PM

So where was it that the one v was officially on the list...I couldn't find it anywhere...everywhere I read said one x and s...no v...

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**joshua.worth** · 09-09-2012, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Mr Pandroid

I would definitely try jb as an ota...I'm curious how it runs vs ics....

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Peter Alfonso just the other day open sourced the Bugless Beast Jelly Bean code and mentioned that he is willing to help devs port that over to any other device.

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