macoman Share Posted March 10, 2020 15 minutes ago, jnelsoninjax said: So if I understand what is being said, CDMA networks are going to have the issue like I am having, but GSM will not? I am curious why you choose a CDMA NVMO over a GSM NVMO? I use H20 which is a GSM NVMO and I don't have any issue with the internet and talking at the same time. Link to post Share on other sites
+jnelsoninjax Author Subscriber² Share Posted March 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, macoman said: I am curious why you choose a CDMA NVMO over a GSM NVMO? I use H20 which is a GSM NVMO and I don't have any issue with the internet and talking at the same time. I had no idea what type of carrier it was, only that is was compatible with my phone had I known I needed to check all these behind the scene stuff, I would have! 1 Share Link to post Share on other sites
PGHammer Share Posted September 20, 2020 On 10/03/2020 at 14:01, jnelsoninjax said: I am considering going to Xfinity Mobile for the same price each month, and they use Verizon, so IDK if that would be any better. I do not have that option, so it might be like @Brandon H said, something they don't offer to the NVMO's I also checked, and I am paid up until the end of June, but honestly I have no qualms leaving early. That limitation is on MOST carriers - the unsurprising exception (and entirely due to John Legere) is T-Mobile. What Legere did as T-Mobile CEO was toss a lot of the PITAs that were common with carriers. Normally, I would have had no issue with Verizon Wireless, except for one rather nasty quibble; they hated/loathed/despised AOSP - and that was all the way back to Marshmallow (Android 6). I get why - low-end technical support geeks; the problem is that AOSP was where Android advancement showed up FIRST. Safelink Wireless is a Universal Lifeline MVNO that is owned/operated by Tracfone (and was just acquired by Verizon Communications); however, Tracfone has MVNO contracts with other carriers - including T-Mobile - including me. (In fact, I'm in my third year withe the UnCarrier's tower network.) I moved to T-Mobile because - unlike Verizon Wireless - T-Mobile could care less what firmware my phone ran. I'm on my second AOSP-capable smartphone (the first was - rather oddly - an ex-Verizon Galaxy Nexus that I had no issues moving to the UnCarrier). I'm curious what will happen with Tracfone's non-Verizon MVNO contracts - especially on the Universal Lifeline side - as I know quite a few folks there like the freedom that Tracfone's tower network gives them vs. Verizon's tower network. (That was why I moved, after all.) Link to post Share on other sites
adrynalyne Share Posted September 20, 2020 @PGHammer STOP DREDGING UP OLD THREADS!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
PGHammer Share Posted September 20, 2020 On 10/03/2020 at 16:00, jnelsoninjax said: I had no idea what type of carrier it was, only that is was compatible with my phone had I known I needed to check all these behind the scene stuff, I would have! Because that limitation doesn't matter - and it didn't with the Galaxy Nexus when it came down to LTE - which supported both GSM and CDMA. LTE - as a technology - was *independent* of the previous GSM/CDMA split - and begat something called the universal chipset - first published by Qualcomm. GSM's advantage was price (over CDMA); CDMA's advantage was signal reliability (over GSM). GSM (because of the price advantage) won big in Europe, Latin America, and the Indian subcontinent; CDMA, on the other hand, was the choice of Verizon and Sprint (both in North America). The reason for the hate of LTE was not the end of the GSM/CDMA feud - but that the only publisher of universal firmware was Qualcomm - the very idea of a "Qualcomm monopoly" stuck in a lot of craws. Link to post Share on other sites
PGHammer Share Posted September 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, adrynalyne said: @PGHammer STOP DREDGING UP OLD THREADS!!!! Then stop ignoring what those SAME threads mean in terms of current events! That is, in fact, the only reason why I dredge them up in the first place - they are relevant. (If they were irrelevant, I would not bother.) Link to post Share on other sites
Director Fury Share Posted September 20, 2020 Does Cricket WIreless allow data download while on a phone call? I am looking at buying an LG Stylo 6. Link to post Share on other sites
+jnelsoninjax Author Subscriber² Share Posted September 20, 2020 4 hours ago, PGHammer said: Because that limitation doesn't matter - and it didn't with the Galaxy Nexus when it came down to LTE - which supported both GSM and CDMA. LTE - as a technology - was *independent* of the previous GSM/CDMA split - and begat something called the universal chipset - first published by Qualcomm. GSM's advantage was price (over CDMA); CDMA's advantage was signal reliability (over GSM). GSM (because of the price advantage) won big in Europe, Latin America, and the Indian subcontinent; CDMA, on the other hand, was the choice of Verizon and Sprint (both in North America). The reason for the hate of LTE was not the end of the GSM/CDMA feud - but that the only publisher of universal firmware was Qualcomm - the very idea of a "Qualcomm monopoly" stuck in a lot of craws. Interesting, I had not heard about this feud as you refer to it as. I am very happy with my Xfinity Mobile service, everything works like it is supposed to, the only issue I had was when sending MMS I had to force the phone to go to LTE in order to send it, but they have since fixed that issue, and for what I am paying ($15 /month) for two lines (my niece and myself) and we share 1 GB of data, and have yet to go over. Link to post Share on other sites
PGHammer Share Posted September 21, 2020 18 hours ago, Director Fury said: Does Cricket WIreless allow data download while on a phone call? I am looking at buying an LG Stylo 6. As long as they support AOSP 9 or AOSP 10 (both of which - depending on the firmware - support VoLTE), they do - that is something I have been doing with various AOSP 10 firmware via VoLTE. Xfinity Mobile uses Verizon Wireless as a background; however, there are some advantages to Xfinity Mobile compared to using Verizon Wireless directly other than price - mainly because you get unlimited access to the Xfinity hotspot network at no extra charge - and that is a LOT of hotspots. 1 Share Link to post Share on other sites
Director Fury Share Posted September 23, 2020 (edited) On 21/09/2020 at 13:10, PGHammer said: As long as they support AOSP 9 or AOSP 10 (both of which - depending on the firmware - support VoLTE), they do - that is something I have been doing with various AOSP 10 firmware via VoLTE. Xfinity Mobile uses Verizon Wireless as a background; however, there are some advantages to Xfinity Mobile compared to using Verizon Wireless directly other than price - mainly because you get unlimited access to the Xfinity hotspot network at no extra charge - and that is a LOT of hotspots. Okay. How would I be able to tell if I have this, since I ordered the phone. When it comes to PC's I know a few things, but when it comes to phones I'm as newbie as newbie can be. PS: I'm no coder or programmer. Link to post Share on other sites
PGHammer Share Posted September 23, 2020 Take a peek at what or how you are connected. if the connection says LTE, you're using a tower; if it says anything else, you're using a hotspot (and therefore, aren't getting billed for data use). Due to VoWifi and VoLTE (two AOSP features) you can use hotspots for voice AND LTE data - as opposed to being stuck using LTE for either. 1 Share Link to post Share on other sites
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