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Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69 Look at the pictures again. The iPhone reads LTE while the iPad reads 4G. yes...but why? they are 6 inches apart from each other....
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Does your iPad have Enable LTE enabled under Settings » Cellular Data? Yes it does....
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Quote: Originally Posted by af410 My iPhone 5 is on AT&T. I just did a test on their LTE network (using the speedtest.net App) and got speeds of 31.5 Mbps (down) and 14.8 Mbps (up). Now this is less than the theoretical 100 Mbps of…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JollyPaul The S4 shows an LTE indicator, the iPad does not. yes...but they are both LTE devices...both with LTE sim cards in them... I must be missing something.
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Quote: Originally Posted by bleh1234 Your pad4 has a higher latency yeah but why? They are both on the same AT&T network? Both on my coffee table...why would they be different?
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Quote: "[?] from previous statements released by AT&T and many tech orginizations [sic], iPhones are very complex devices with a very complex OS," Brown writes. "The OS eats much more data, even when in idle mode, than most phones…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich "...if there are changes that can be made..." Perhaps there aren't any. you have a good point...if we demand a better product then it is up to the manufacturers to make it.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Exactly. Let people demand it of product makers or competitiors if there are changes that can be made that may help. We are talking about theft, after all. People need to protect themselv…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil You're talking about getting the telecoms to agree to something that isn't price collusion. Difficult doesn't even begin to describe it. well....since the legislators are …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil If the carrier in question agrees to ban IMEIs put onto some list somewhere. Yes. Otherwise it would obviously be possible. So… liars, then? not sure...have you tried it? D…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ChristophB Lists would have to be maintained across carriers, no? How would a carrier know the difference between someone who loses a phone and someone who just says they lost the phone? I wouldn't want …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Isn't that the idea? First, they're not onboard with that, second, it's activated because the IMEI no longer reports as the one that was stolen. Funny. Apple did it themselves i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ChristophB I can't imagine the telcos being to jazzed with keeping track of a blacklist when activating or a customer moves a SIM from one phone into a freshly commandeered device. The secondhand market …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil So jailbreak it and change the IMEI. and activate it how? The carrier has a list of IMEI numbers and what device it belongs to.... 1. Phone reported stolen...by phone or online in …
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Biometric authentication? Make the carriers do device authentication via serial number or IMEI numbers. This way you can't steal it and just put a new sim card in it....You could wipe the phone but it will still retain the IMEI number. If the carr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX I got that but then it said there was an update in MAS. I'm not too far from Cupertino so location make be a factor in it showing it up. you are right it was in the App Store but not throug…
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I just checked for any updates in iTunes and it says this i am up to date. Never mind.....it is in the App Store...my bad...
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil So the articles about just such events were… lying, I suppose? Or maybe you have proof they didn't do that. Do you have proof they did? Lets see it...official proof...not someone's o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX 1) I brought up various uses for the TB port which you continually want to deny are viable. Are you forgetting that TB is protocol independent? This is a great technology for anything other th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX You wrote, "The rapid adoption of DVI was because it filled a need for the gaming community. They wanted a faster video throughput. The same environment does not exist for TB." really? You …