James; The problem you many encounter is that you did NOT buy hardware but an option to use a service. The handset is yours, but it is solely Net10 that decides what you can and can't do with it. The handset will be locked to Net10 ( Trackphone ) and likely require you to play for the service to use it to do anything.
This is why we recommended purchasing the hardware without a service which was topical to Linux in an abstract way. Discussions on plans or services is not topical and will not be discussed on this list. I'm sorry to say you get what you pay for, good advice was given. Joe /** Joseph T Apuzzo ** ** Developer, Admin: Cloud, HPC, Storage ** Linux (LPIC-1), Windows, Android, AIX ** http://www.linkedin.com/in/japuzzo/ ** ** PGP/GPG Key ID# 0xA16E26CF ** FingerPrint: 19A8 44EC F650 782B 6770 BF0E 2DAA 3D75 A16E 26CF **/ ---- On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:45:14 -0400 James E. LaBarre <[email protected]> wrote ---- On 03/23/2015 11:29 AM, Mike Kershaw wrote: > On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 08:09:04PM -0400, James E. LaBarre wrote: >> Looking for suggestions on a cheap, pocket-sized (4" screen?) Android >> "tablet". Not ready to go to a "smartphone" yet, as I don't feel like >> getting reamed on a data plan I'd never use anyway. > > You should be able to use any android phone without a data plan (or a > sim). > > There aren't any 'small tablets' anymore, so just pick an off-contract > phone in your price range - a nexus 4 for instance might be a good > bet. > > Do a little research on models that grab your eye and see how they are > received - remember, buying the cheapest bottom of the barrel device > usually gives you... the cheapest bottom of the barrel device. The > low-end android experience can be truly awful. So as an update; I figured I'd experiment with a basic pre-pay phone, but just not activating it on the service. So I picked up Net10's LG L34C on sale ($25 since it was already on sale, and I had a Staples reward coupon I needed to use before it expired). Yes, it is the "bottom of the barrel" as you said, but I already have a Galaxy Tab 4 to do the "heavy lifting", so this was more for portability while being cheap enough that I wouldn't mind much if I bricked it. Certainly a lot more useful as a PalmOS-like tool than the 10" tablet. Yes, I expect if I ever end up with a "smartphone" on my VZW account I'll probably use that instead. But this is a cheap enough testbed, and I'd like to see just how readily it can be made to work for non-cloud sources (the way PalmOS used to work, but that's a whole different thread). _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org https://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College * Apr 1 - Breaking Down The Barrier: Demystifying Contributing To Rails May 6 - Docker: An Open Platform For Distributed Applications For Developers And Sysadmins
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