Recent content by saeufer

If you're going to be here for a whole month and you're going to use data in any real quantity, it's going to be cheaper just to get a month's worth of service from any of the prepaid providers. 300 minutes paid by the minute will never cost you less than $30 and are likely to cost more than...

^^ yep. And worth noting is that even in refarmed areas, the HSPA coverage on 1900 is not as good yet as it is on 1700. There are lots of places in Los Angeles (officially refarmed) where my iPhone 3GS is on EDGE but my N4 has HSPA.

I guess OP couldn't find any scissors in his house...

Nope. If you can't make calls, your data normally won't work either. Until the port is complete and your phone number is assigned to that SIM, the SIM is "unregistered" and essentially useless.

Date/Time and time zone are set in the phone's Date & Time settings panel, not in the clock app. It's possible that your network isn't pushing the time zone for some reason. Just untick "Automatic time zone" in the Date & Time settings and you can set it yourself.

Depends on how you access it. With only the 'stock' GV app, GV makes a domestic phone call no matter where you've called (e.g. if you call Germany with GV, you're only paying your cell provider for the American phone call--Google gets the 2c/min). If you call an American number, you're just...

I did a trip like this last summer, and the only way to describe the coverage is "sucks". It works in Port Townsend, occasionally roams over to AT&T along 101, EDGE in Forks, back to HSPA in Aberdeen, barely, same in Long Beach and Astoria. In the national park, it pretty much doesn't work...

I've used my thumbnail, both on the N4 and on iPhones. I wouldn't use anything metal, though, and yes, I've broken my thumbnail a few times doing it.

They might check up on you more often, but the method by which they catch you is the same for all phones not running a stock T-Mo ROM: they're snooping the user agent string from your web browser and blocking you if you get caught pulling http data through a desktop browser.

Not only is it the same phone, the charger is the same internally. All you need is a cheap adapter to plug it into a European outlet since it's 100-240V.

2) is also why people who tether Android tablets to their N4s get away with it, because the User Agent is identical for obvious reasons. 4) if you have access to one, funneling your traffic through a VPN lets you use your data however you like and is easier than messing with the user agent on...

If you have access to a VPN, connect your laptop to the VPN immediately when tethering, whether by USB, BT or Wi-Fi, and T-Mo can't see the user agent string...

You can buy refills online tax-free (all you get is the code), and whether T-Mobile charges taxes for refilling through their website depends on your state; in California you pay on a card bought in-store because it's a physical good, but you don't pay to refill directly on T-Mobile.com. If...

Do me a favor, ok? Please read before flaming. First, the phone on the Classic plan costs $480 in extra service costs over and above the Value plan. The contract on either plan is two years. That's where I get $480. I've pointed that out twice now, but you keep telling me I'm an idiot without...

I'm not going to get into personal finance here but to say that if you haven't got $300-350 you can spend on a phone, you shouldn't be buying the N4. End of story. Paying $900 for a $350 phone is a recipe for staying poor, just the same as payday loans and buying cars on credit from...