re: Is Anyone On Google Fi Yet?

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I had a past due balance on my AT&T account and it ported over with no problem.

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Your phone must be paid off then, right?


This is my first ever attempt at unlocking a phone, and I have to say it's kind of infuriating.

I tried the device unlock page on AT&T's website. I figured I would fill out the form, and then maybe it would tell me how much I had to pay in order to unlock. Well, I enter my IMEI and it kicks back with "Error: We found no record of the IMEI Number you entered." How can this be? I'm on the network every day, yet you don't have a record of my IMEI number? This seems to be some sort of subtle discouragement to unlocking the device. So I called and explained what happened, and I was told that this website will give that error until the contract was up. That sounds pretty stupid, but I asked him to repeat it three times to be sure. So then I asked about my ETF, and it is currently $255. Did you know that it only decreases by $10 every month? So if I terminate my contract only one month early, it'll cost me $95. The whole thing just seems pretty stupid to me. Why do I have to pay the ETF just to unlock it? I'm not canceling the service, so it will be paid for. If I unlock and switch to another service, I'm still on the hook for the ETF, right? It just doesn't make any sense.


Anyway, does anyone have experience with cellunlocker.net or any other unlocking site? $25 sounds quite a bit more palatable.

Oh yeah, I've been out of contract since March, and the phone was long ago paid for.

frick ATT.

Google Fi is the route I am going.

I got my unlock code, and it worked. I activated the Fi service, but apparently it takes a while before it starts working because every call I try to make gives me an automated message from Verizon (wtf?).

I'm running the latest Chroma, and it seems like Fi is going to work on it. After my number starts working I guess I will update here after I do some testing as far as call switching from cellular to wifi.

the ear phones arent bas just too big of a plug. they shoudld have just made the splitter an adapter.

the case is nice but i dont like cases. I had mine on for a few weeks.

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I wanna give this a go, just got the invite, but stalling before making the call.

I have a Nexus 6 already, but on the Next Program with AT&T, so I'd still have to pay a good amount to get the phone. I'd also have to figure out if my wife should stay on AT&T, or if I'd have to buy a 2nd Nexus phone for her, which would obviously then get really pricy.

Not sure what to do just yet.

I was looking at a $255 ETF, so instead I paid $19 for an unlock code. I just need to test the service before I decide to leave AT&T altogether.

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The only big differences I see from AT&T is the signals aren't as strong inside buildings

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This is mainly why I left AT&T, I get MAYBE 1 to 2 bars inside my house and often times zero when upstairs and not by a window. They are very known for that in my whole area.

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Supposedly Fi customers are going to have access to T-Mobile's stronger LTE signal sometime later this year, but I haven't seen anything definite on that.

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I would imagine so, Google is supposed to have full access to both Sprint and T-Mobile's towers as part of the deal for Fi, so when TMo is ready to launch their new LTE I'd imagine Fi will have access likely from Day 1.