James, did you buy the phone from Net10? You can now buy an unlocked
phone in a lot of places and then just buy the service from Net 10.
My wife was able to get a sim card for her unlocked phone from the
Philippines and a US sim card here in town. I also have an unlocked
phone from the Philippines and the local store here in Newburgh says
that it can unlock a phone for about $25. My point is that the US is
moving in the direction of the way the rest of the world handles smart
phones.
Mark
On 03/30/2015 11:28 AM, japuzzo wrote:
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
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---- On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:45:14 -0400 *James E. LaBarre
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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).
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