Recent content by dchawk81

Yep they're basically just a small local radio station to tune into, and you plug your audio device into it.

Well then that's why you can't roam either. It's for Verizon partnerships in the US.

Okay so you're not even on a home Sprint signal. Get a signal from Sprint then try.

Gotcha. Have you tried going into the menus and updating the profile? I'm not sure where that would be on your phone, but it's under System Update on the Galaxy S3.

Got a tape deck? Car cassette adapters work pretty well.

GSM/UMTS? What phone is that?

So this is still a fail then? I can't access my profile any other way than direct...

Haha. They should have continued with "Oh wait. T-Mobile doe-sn't ex-ehst ha-ere. Ga-ood thing this is a Sta-r-bu-ck-z with fa-ree Wi-Fi." It's true though: they all suck in one way or another. Pick your poison.

Hulu. YouTube. Netflix. Po'no. It adds up.

They're only here in the 2G sense which, as far as I'm concerned, doesn't count.

Oh. In that case T-Mobile is dumb and I wish they were here.

T-Mobile is smart. They know you'll burn that 500MB in a few minutes and they can peg you on overages.

Try wiggling/holding/fidgeting with the USB cord. That was my problem. If mine is off by a little or I bump it, it loses connection.

A year ago I would have agreed with you. In fact, they booted me for excessive roaming in the beginning of 2012 (hello, Roam Control) so I jumped around various prepaids for awhile. I never found a good prepaid carrier I could live with and Sprint showed 4G coverage here finally so I decided to...

Yeah see I don't forget to charge the second. I may not be able to put it on the charger immediately, but I don't forget. I need my phone for my business so keeping it alive is a priority. It's up there with putting on my glasses to drive and grabbing my keys to start the car. Second nature, if...