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  1. hiwatt

    So, I bought an Alcatel One Touch Fierce xl

    My Samsung Avant straight died on me the other night. Being light on cash, I really had no other choice. Guess what though? I really like this phone, when I thought I wouldn't! Way better screen, a little more ram and so far, no issues! I'm pretty thrilled with my $50 phone. I'm running ye olde...
  2. hiwatt

    Left vm for Metro PCS

    After three years of ok, to barely acceptable vm service, I left for Metro. Three weeks in, I can tell you the service is so much better, it's not even funny. I'm getting an average of 25m down and 14 up. Vm has no decent phones and lame service. I'm very glad I left. Little annoyances, like...
  3. hiwatt

    Help Really annoying signal (or lack of) problem!

    For the last week I've noticed that if I leave my wifi signal, I have no texting or phone. Once it switches to 4G, the signal bars go from full to nothing and back again. I can't make calls or send/receive texts. I do have data/internet, etc. I can't figure if it's on Virgin's end or if it's...
  4. hiwatt

    Help I think Juice Defender has been screwing me

    Although not intentionally. I've noticed if I am on wifi and then go outside to 4G, if I had texts sending they get "stuck." Once I lose the wifi signal, jd kicks in on the data connection and outgoing texts get stuck. At first, I couldn't figure out what was causing this. Since I've...
  5. hiwatt

    I picked up an Optimus F3 at Best Buy for $89

    And I LIKE IT a lot. Big upgrade all they way 'round. FWIW, I couldn't find it cheaper anywhere else. Best Buy has Virgin's website price beat by quite a bit.
  6. hiwatt

    I am getting spam messages on Viber. WTF?

    Anyone else getting these? It's for a "live cam" service. Totally annoying. Also, how do I block that crap?
  7. hiwatt

    What's the point of the Facebook messenger app?

    Isn't it really just a shortcut to your message inbox? Maybe it's my lg Optimus Elite-is the app vastly different in newer phones? I deleted it after five minutes. Sorry if this has been asked before!
  8. hiwatt

    Optimus Elite getting blown out at Walmart for $40

    Just came from the express store here in Chicago and they have several in stock. If you've been on the fence about jumping from the OV, now's the time.
  9. hiwatt

    Anyone getting a CMAS text alert every hour?

    "This is a test of the CMAS text alert system. This is only a test." I've been getting this every hour on the hour today.
  10. hiwatt

    I was annoyed, now I am getting pretty salty.

    OK, for some reason when I upgraded from the OV to the OE, short number texting stopped working that very day. So it's been a month of not being able to text for my bank balance and the CTA bus and train times. VM cs acts like they're doing something, but they really aren't doing anything...
  11. hiwatt

    Help My calls all sound auto-tuned. Help please!

    This started the other day and after pulling the battery and such, no improvement. Any ideas? It's funny for about 10 secs and then it's confusing and hard to understand callers. Thanks!
  12. hiwatt

    Help Switched to OE and now short number texting doesn't work.

    But it did on my OV. This is frustrating because I use 41411 to text the Chicago cta for bus and L times. Any ideas on what the deal is?
  13. hiwatt

    Dear VM, are you falling apart over there?!

    It's hitting the fan over at virgin's facebook page. No internet/data, no pic messaging, no minute checker function. Seriously, this worries me. What's the problem and is Sprint having the same problems?
  14. hiwatt

    MMS (picture messaging) also not working

    Stopped working yesterday. VM of their FB page are saying their techs know about it. I am getting irritated.
  15. hiwatt

    Virgin Mobile Minute Checker app no worky!

    Did it stop working for all of you as well? Super annoying.
  16. hiwatt

    Anyone NOT using GoSms or Handcent,etc?

    Anyone actually using just the stock sms app? I'm thinking I might give that a try along with the pop-up app on google play. Anyone doing this and liking it?
  17. hiwatt

    I'm getting a message from 5264 aka text to landline

    And it says "message delivered", yet I have NOT sent any such message. What could be causing this?
  18. hiwatt

    Anyone get a "low balance" text from VM last night?

    I got a "Your balance is getting low" text last night around 10pm. I thought that was odd because my billing cycle is on the 25th. I pretty much ignored it and nothing has happened. I'm chalking this up to some random glitch, I guess. Any of you get that text?
  19. hiwatt

    I don't seem to be getting email pushed to phone :(

    I just realized I haven't had any email pushed to my phone for the last two days. Anybody else having this problem? I haven't changed or done anything to the phone. When I manually check for email, it's there. The problem is, I don't always remember to do that.
  20. hiwatt

    Chicago now collecting e911 tax on prepaid cards.

    Today in my travels I remembered that I needed to top up. Stopped by Walgreen's to see if they had a $35 card and noticed a sign above the prepaid rack: "$3.50 e911 tax will now be added to all prepaid cell cards effective Jan 12, 2012." I thought it was odd that I never heard of that before...
  21. hiwatt

    What is an "XTRA" charge?

    I noticed when I checked the VM app that 25 cents was deducted from the balance on my account. Now I don't care about the 25 cents, but it made me wonder-for what? I'm still under my minutes, so I looked it up and it appears on my bill as an "XTRA", no phone number, call made at 8:12 last...
  22. hiwatt

    I have an awesome suggestion (location)!

    Put your location either in your post or in your profile so we all know what is going on and where. When you post that you have no 3g, for example, it would help if we knew where you are and such. I'm in Chicago (the city, not the burbs).
  23. hiwatt

    Who is running virus protection and why would you even need it?

    I thought Google recommended against using virus protection. I'm not running it and haven't had any problems. You?
  24. hiwatt

    Idiotic reason to NOT use Virgin Mobile :)

    So I was listening to my sister complain about how her G1 service with t mobile is over $100/month last night. Also mentioned that she was tired of that phone and could upgrade to something else in November. When she upgraded to that phone, she shelled out over $100 for it as I recall...
  25. hiwatt

    Are calls to VM customer service free?

    I hit *86 and noticed when my minute checker popped up it was counting down the minutes I have left til next cycle. Really, a CS call isn't free? I've also noticed that when someone leaves a voicemail, it counts against your minutes, as does calling voice mail (unless I'm somehow mistaken).
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