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tallest skil said:

gregg thurman said:

How can a Sprint (CDMA) customer use T-Mobile’s (GSM) network?

What’s most interesting is that each company uses four totally different LTE bands, so every single one of their customers is going to need a new phone (with 8 antennae) to be able to use the new network.

Not true. I’m using a Sprint phone on the T-Mobile network. Both Sprint and Verizon iPhones  are fully compatible with the AT&T and T-Mobile networks. 

It is the iPhones labeled for T-Mobile and AT&T that are not compatible with Verizon and Sprint networks. I was with AT&T for many years and always bought a Verizon iPhone. I then switches to T-Mobile and bought both Verizon and Sprint iPhones to use with the T-Mobile network.  

The state of home automation is a huge mess. HomeKit hasn't done anything to simplify it. 

macxpress said:

libertyforall said:

Screw Nest & no HomeKit!  Bought ecobee 3 and much happier!

Same here...Ecobee 3 works awesome with HomeKit and its extremely easy to install and setup. Even the sensors for the individual rooms are very easy to setup, very much like Apple would do. 

How do you handle ecobee’s Smart Home/Away features or the Follow Me feature in HomeKit? If you use any scene in HomeKit, ecobee is set to hold the temperature predefined in HomeKit. The hold won’t be removed until you do it manually via the thermostat screen or via the ecobee app. Alternatively, you can have the hold taken off by the next scheduled activity, which is when the night schedule kicks in, for example.  

The entire intelligence behind the Ecobee algorithm is completely defeated by HomeKit.  These amazing features are Smart Home/Away that automatically adjusts the temperature to the “Away” schedule when no presence is detected in any room during the day and automatically adjusts the temperature back to the “Home” schedule when presence is detected by any of the remote sensors or the thermostat itself. The other amazing feature is Follow Me  that averages the temperatures only among the rooms where presence is detected to match the temperature set for the current activity is also defeated by HomeKit.

The only party to blame here is Apple, as their implementation of HomeKit supports only rudimentary features, whereas the smart devices can do much more sophisticated operations but only via their own apps. 

I hated it when I was told by friends that they would PayPal me the funds because I would have to pay the fee if they PayPal'ed from their credit card. At least, with Apple Pay Cash, it's the sender who pays the fees and not the recipient. This makes a lot more sense. With PayPal, "friends" would charge it on their credit cards, and I would end up paying the fee.

Fresh installation of High Sierra here. Root user was not enabled.