Recent content by Adam Frix

so, "standalone 5G, video calling in dialer, and RCS" are NOT solvable by flashing to TMo firmware? THAT'S what would be wrong. But I never said that. I said it IS solvable by flashing TMo firmware. I said THAT. And you said the same thing. [ language removed ] are you trying to say here...

I don't have to look up your "many threads". Why did you come here and declare my post that agrees with you to be "false"?

Good for you. How does that change the fact that you and I are in violent agreement here? Again, I wrote: "So it is somewhat general knowledge about US Cellular roaming. I had forgotten about video calling, but that, standalone 5G, and RCS are all solvable by flashing TMo firmware." And...

I said: "So it is somewhat general knowledge about US Cellular roaming. I had forgotten about video calling, but that, standalone 5G, and RCS are all solvable by flashing TMo firmware." Go back and re-read it. So none of what I wrote is false, as you yourself have shown. You and I are in...

I didn't know that about SA 5G. (My area doesn't have much 5G, and my neighborhood has virtually no TMo service, so I haven't really been following it.) But again, if you want to take full advantage of everything T-Mobile has to offer, simply buying unlocked from Samsung and flashing TMo...

For better or for worse, if you buy a Sony, expect it always to be exactly what it is when you first open the box. You will get no upgrades, no updates. You will be stuck at Android 10. And, God forbid it should need service or repair--that's it. You're done. It's a disposable phone. You...

They actually call it "Samsung UI". It's a brand name. They're currently on v3.0, soon to be v3.1. It's more than just the launcher. It's their entire take on a UI, using Android as a core. And for things that Samsung wants more control over, outside of the Google Play Store mechanism, they...

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I would imagine a T-Mobile-bought phone will work everywhere with a TMo SIM in it even when unlocked (I'm going to find out soon). And of course it will take any SIM card. But I would think a factory unlocked phone with a TMo SIM card in it is questionable until further notice. I think...

I am not. I discovered this about a month ago, and did very extensive research on it. This is a known issue, but it's a dirty little secret that doesn't get much play. But once you hear it and start digging around, you discover that it's absolutely true. The issue is not physical. To your...

On T-Mobile? Correct. Like I said, even a T-Mobile branded unit that is identical to what T-Mobile sells won't work everywhere. It's an administrative/database issue between T-Mobile and US Cellular. Unless your phone is in T-Mo's database in a certain way, US Cellular will deny it roaming...

If it's "exciting getting exclusive features," then you REALLY don't know what you're missing with Samsung's new UI. I'm already on UI 3.0, soon to be on UI 3.1, and Pixels get NONE of those features.

well, on T-Mobile the December update is out. Sammy has very seriously upped their game on updates over the last year.

See that little musical note icon? It's to the left of Allow Storage Permission. Samsung is showing you that that's where you will click to make a custom sound, but it's telling you explicitly that when you click there you will see the Storage Permissions dialog. I disagree with that UI...

This is my case too, always has been on the S10+ and continues on the S20+. I put it down to the whole "must save battery at all cost" stuff that's been going on for awhile.