Is there a Staples store or Walgreens near you? They usually have pick up there. When the road is open (not every day or hour) there’s a Walgreens about an hour and a half away. The always open highways would take closer to three hours to reach one of those stores.
I spoke too soon. After restarting my phone again it now has internet! Woohoo! I have no idea why it stopped working for a couple days, but it is working fine now. No Data Pass needed, just the unlimited data as before!
AGAIN, no data/internet over wireless!Apparently they got the internet working during that 1GB 1week data pass I bought. But now that it’s over as of Thursday afternoon, I no longer have data again. According to my.t-mobile.com, I’ve used 0.04MB of data this period.SUMMARY:Simple Choice 2GB plan > later upgraded to unlimited by T Mobile for free > later I selected no data and option for unlimited disappeared > still no data even after getting ahold of T Mobile twice > Also, still paying the same as I did 7 years ago when I got the plan.
Well I texted T-Mobile this morning and they got it all fixed! They said they wouldn’t charge me for the $10 data pass and have turned my unlimited data back on!
I’ve called T-Mobile and they said something about something they were doing to the system and that that was the cause and to restart my phone in 24 hours to see if it works.Honestly, I feel like the customer service representitive didn’t really know what was going on, but I will try restarting the phone again in 24 hours and see if that does anything.I also asked about turning on the regular internet again, not just the 1 week pass, but I don’t think I got him to understand my petition.
Thanks! I will try to get ahold of T-Mobile if I get time today. Anyhow, I got to go. I got a long day ahead of me.
What type of phone do you have? What plan do you have? We need more information to help you. Pixel 4a (the 4G version) non-carrier (bought from Google directly).Simple Choice 2Gb per month plan,which later I was promoted to unlimited data by T-Mobile,which later I stupidly at one point wanted to have a break from the internet, so opted out of data only to find I cannot turn data back on, neither unlimited nor 2Gb a month, I did this over a year ago.so I thought I only really need mobile data from time to time, so I thought I’d just buy a data pass, which is right there in the account options online and the $10 for the data pass was apparently added to my monthly bill. I also got a text message saying it was added to my phone. “Thanks you for purchasing a T-Mobile 7Day 1GB USA CAN MEX Data Pass, available for use as of 04/27/2023.I can see my add-ons on my.t-mobile.com:I can go to my line with my phone number. I have 4 lines on the account, the others have unlimited data still, but t
What type of plan. Usually those passes are for plans with limited data and it's to add more data. Have you tried signing into your Mytmobile and go to line settings, data and see if there an option to add data? Yes, that’s how I added the data, right on the my.t-mobile.com site. I go there and it says the data pass is activated, but I can’t get any data on my phone.
did you turn the data on through the phone itself? slide the top down and you should see an option to turn data off and on. Yep, I’ve tried that too. I haven’t had time to call T-Mobile. I’ve tried twice, but got interrupted. Oh well, I guess I just go without internet tomorrow even though I really need it just for one day.
The Nokia G400 has FM listed on the Nokia website… I wonder if by chance the US version has FM too. Edit:YES! IT DOES HAVE FM RADIO! If you look at this video there’s a spot where you can see most of the apps and FM radio is right there! YES! YES! YES! I wonder what I can get for my unlocked Pixel 4a (non 5g).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqnpbgxIErs
I’ve found a solution to phones not having FM radio anymore:Bluetooth headphones that have FM (or maybe even AM) radio built in. I decided to go back to the Pixel 4a as I’d like to have smarphone capabilities again. But I wasn’t going to without FM radio. So I decided to get a Bluetooth headset that has FM radio built in. It works, that’s all I can say.
I’ve found a solution to phones not having FM radio anymore:Bluetooth headphones that have FM (or maybe even AM) radio built in.
Just because it has a “chip” doesn’t mean the coms are set up. This has been a peeves of mine(not directed at you) trying to explain just because it has a Qualcomm chip that supports FM for example doesn’t mean the rest of the hardware is connected to make it work. If it has no 3MM headphone jack for example it doesn’t have antennas for it. Even if it has a 3MM jack it may not have the chip comm connected. Also Qualcomm has to be paid for licensing and FCC has to test it and approve it. If you look at the FCC code given and you don’t see FM radio testing = It shouldn’t work and if it does then Samsung(or any manufacturer) has to disable it. So before you buy MAKE sure you check the FCC filings, and also because it’s in 1 country with it doesn’t mean it’s the same device. It may have the same name, but the logic boards may be different in parts numbers. Also buying from overseas doesn’t mean it will have all the same bands you need to have service in the states for example. Car
I think I found the FCC’s tests on the phone, but I can’t find anything on FM radio so far…https://fcc.report/FCC-ID/A3LSMA236V/ As far as digital goes for FM radio, if they shortened the bandwidth of each channel down to 10kHz with the help of digitalization they’d be able to free up 80% of the FM band for other things and still have the same number of radio channels.
This is terrible (not your fault)! I'm going back to my flip phone immediately and will refuse to buy a phone or car again that doesn't come with what I deam important without a suitable alternative.Digital radio could be a suitable alternative and I believe that's where this would end up going.I can't see AM be useful for anything else though. A quarter wave antenna for FM (VHF 88MHz to 108MHz) is only about 2ft long (easy to shorten and still be decently efficient for mobile transmissions). But AM is too low of frequency (MF 580kHz to 1,700kHz) and a quaterwave transmitting antenna would be over 200ft long. How are you supposed to wrap that up into a portable package useful for anything other than receive-only?Ironically when I went to reply to this a “403 error” came up, which is just one of many problems with digital send-and-receive even when there's no emergency and no pile-up.
It looks like the Samsung A23 5G may have an FM radio, but no stock app. I wish there were a way to try one for a while and see if adding a second party FM radio app would work or not. But I might just ditch my Pixel for this phone if I can confirm it has FM radio! I’m serious!
I still use my Zune Original. Thanks! I’ve always heard good things about Zune players. Maybe a used Zune would be the ticket.I tried fixing my ol’ 30GB iPod, but I think it’s the motherboard, not the hard drive or battery. Plus the iPod doesn’t have FM radio.
After being with T-Mobile for 18 years (2005) I'm frustrated with new smartphones and am not sure what to do about it.Internet in pocket - pros and cons.No FM radio - what about emergency preparedness? Plus Wi-Fi and data are iffy where I live and work.Google Play Music is - gone. I can't seem to find an MP3 player app I like so I can play my CD's I've bought over the years. The MP3 player on the ol’ flip phone is better than any app I’ve found.I hate touchscreens. I hate touchscreens. Or maybe touchscreens hate me…???I haven't gotten used to subscription stuff like Pandora and Spottify. I mean, why pay for a subscription just to try to find out if I can get my music to play, music that I already bought in CD's? And I'm not impressed with the free versions, so I just don't use these kinds of things.I don't care about having a camera anymore. It doesn't seem like I can find anything interesting enough to take photos of. Friends, family and people in general don't comment on my Facebook,
None you will have to go older than new to get one. FM has been phased out of phones for about a decade now in the states. Man, that’s so sad! It looks like there’s a few phones out in other parts of the world with it: Samsung M series and maybe Xaomi phones.After several times we’ve had valley wide power + phone + data outages, sometimes for days, I’d really like to carry around an FM radio of some sort. I guess I’m going to have to either, like you said, use an older phone again like my “dumbphone” ZTE Cymbal Z320, or add more pocket bulge and stuff yet another uncomfortable device down in one of them. Maybe it’s time for a “murse”?I could go the ol’ LG G3 phone route too. I had one of those with LineageOS and FM radio until the motherboard died.
My wife has a 3a XL and I have the 4a (4G) and both DO have the headphone jack. Mine is actually stored in a drawer because I didn’t really like it and went back to a flip phone, but the wife likes her bigger screen on the 3a XL and it looks like the 6a has a big screen too. But we both kind of like having a headphone jacks.
So I went ahead and looked up the specs on Google’s website and it says the only port is a USB-C port. So no headphone jack.
Thank you @tidbits !But @fireguy_6364 , you nailed it! You’re a life saver! Well, both of you are!So I deleted every last trace of me on her phone and the same with her on mine. Then I set the contacts up again and viola! She can text me and I get the texts! Married for 16 years, so texting with the wifey is important!Thanks again!
I last upgraded my phone at a Best Buy . In and out in 20 minutes. What did you get? The closest Best Buy is about 3 hours from here, the same as the closest T-Mobile store.
Well, we ended up getting the TCL Flip Go. We have to wait for it in the mail. We don’t live anywhere close to a place that sells cell phones. It seems like all the cell phone shops all went away. Hopefully it works ok. Looking at a couple of reviews on YouTube the TCL Flip Go seemed a bit more simple than the other SCHOK Flip and might have better battery life. It was the terrible battery life that we did not like the Alcatel Go Flip 2 phone.I’m still using my ZTE Cymbal Z320. It’s a great flip phone! Too bad they don’t make them like they used to, and simple phones like these are like 10 times the price. I distinctly remember buying my first cell phone for something like $10.
Never mind, I think I figured it out.I just pop the SD card into the computer and ignore any “problems with SD card” warnings and just sync to the SD card. It’s working fine so far. It doesn’t seem to sync the playlists though, but I can make playlists on the phone, so no biggie.
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