shellylh

Hmm, lots of unhappy Verizon people. My friend who uses T-mobile is trying to convince me to use T-mobile because he can use data everywhere in the world for free. That seems pretty useful since I travel a couple of times per year to Europe/Canada. Does anyone else have t-mobile and good coverage. I am tired of Sprint's poor coverage which is why I am looking to switch.

Thanks Dan. I found out they have Cricket and the website says or should be able to use the 5s from Sprnot.

Oh. Do you think my niece will not be able to use my sprint iphone 5s on her plan. It is not verizon - use some GSM sims. I'll have to find out the name. So for my new phone, if I want to get a SE, I need to switch to verizon at the same time. Is there a way that I can open a new verizon account and port my number at the Apple store?

OK. I tried ordering a Verizon iphone from the Apple store and it won't let me get it without a Verizon phone plan already. Right now I am on sprint and want to switch to verizon for better/faster coverage. It seems I cannot get an SE without SIM, use it on sprint and then switch to verizon with it. Not sure how to go about doing this without buying going to the Verizon store and getting an iphone from them. To do this, I'd have to get an 6s or 6s plus. Also, now I am worried that my old iphone 5s won't work on my niece's plan since she is not on sprint.

If I buy a "Verizon iphone" from the Apple store, will it be unlocked to use with other carriers if I switch out the sim or will it be locked to Verizon? I will be paying full price. I want to switch to Verizon but don't have a sim card. I want to port my number to Verizon.

In addition to getting a new phone, I am thinking of switching from Sprint to Verizon. I just checked to see if my current iphone 5s will work with Verizon and it says "The phone associated with the Device ID you entered is not compatible with the Verizon Wireless network." Do you think this means that Sprint lied to me and that my phone isn't actually unlocked? (I'm planning to give it to my niece to use on a different carrier.) Also, what would be the easiest way to port my number from Sprint to Verizon? Do I have to go to a store. I plan to "bring my own device" but need to get a Verizon sim. If I buy a Verizon iphone full price from Apple, will I be able to use it on another carrier in the future if I want?

My niece is on my parents' carrier, I don't remember the name... it's some small company that I had never heard of so i don't think she could use the Nexus. Who is this oneplus.net company? I'm kind of leaning towards getting an SE especially since the 7 is not going to have a headphone jack...

The other option is that I keep my iphone 5s until the 7 comes out and buy my niece a non-iphone (she has a crappy windows phone right now - like a google nexus???)

I was going to wait for the iphone 7 to come out but my niece needs a new phone and so I'm going to get a new iphone and send her my iphone 5s. I think the iphone 6s plus is probably a bit big for my hands/pockets but having the screen real estate and long battery life seems nice. These have been out since last September. Have these (and the 6s) been sitting on a shelf at the Apple Store for 9-10 months or do you think they are getting new shipments in all the time? I would be concerned that the battery life wouldn't be as good if they were sitting unused for that long. iphone 6s has a nice/bigger screen than the 5s/se but will still fit in my pockets. iphone se is the same size as the 5s which works well for my small hands and pockets. Also, cheap ($400/16GB $499/64GB)!!! I'm using 9.9GB on my current phone since I don't save much on it but would probably still go with 64GB. Any opinions? I guess I could get the se for now and wait to see what happens with the 7 in September if I don't like it. Have there been any problems with battery or bending or something like that that I should know about (on any of the models)? What about sounds quality and speaker quality (for hands free) on the SE vs 6s?

This is not a thing. Shelly, we can do this next Thursday... I guess I could manage.

Happy Birthday Birgir!

This!

Sorry Al, that stinks.

Happy birthday Greg!!!!!

It did but it also had jalapenos.

True, ok, let's call it a Cubano-ish sandwich. It was still delicious.

I would eat that. My Cubano is pretty tasty though.

If the cell dies, is the battery more prone to exploding/catching on fire?

I am going to ship my ipad 1 to a friend with kids. What level should I have the battery before shipping (for safety) - 30% or 60% or should I discharge?

What about the extra Logitech Performance MX mouse that I bought in 2011? Is that still good or should I trash it? I'd probably give it to goodwill if it is still good because I already have two of them that I use.

Before I read this, I plugged in the charger to the Pico amp and it was charging it even though the battery has been probably discharged for at least a year I am guessing (it is a Lipo battery). I haven't used it in a very very long time. So you think it is ok to give away or sell the Pico, Pico Slim and other devices with the current battery. I assume that I might as well ship them discharged. Isn't is safer to ship discharged lithium batteries? Why do so many places say that fully discharging a lithium (ion or polymer) battery could damage the battery?

I realized that I have a ton of portable equipment that has a lithium battery in it and that has been sitting unused for years (long before Tim passed away): Pico, Pico Slim, cell phones, cameras. How dangerous is it to charge up a battery that has been sitting around discharged for a long time (evidently you are not supposed to do this ever)? I know that lithium batteries are not as likely to leak as alkaline batteries but can be really bad if they go. What should I do with this stuff? The cell phones I can recycle but I am not sure what to do with the Pico and Pico Slim. I was going to sell them or give them away since I never use them but now I am worried about shipping something with an unsafe battery. I just gave my D90 camera away to someone but the battery has been sitting uncharged. Should I tell them to recycle the battery and get a new one? For example, this website talks about the dangers of Lipo batteries and how you should always charge them in a firesafe bag! That seems crazy but now it has gotten me worried. http://thedronegirl.com/2015/02/07/lipo-battery/ Here, it says that "Below ~2.5V/cell, most manufacturers of LiPo chargers have said that the battery is too dangerous to be recharged." http://www.instructables.com/id/Restoring-over-discharged-LiPo-Lithium-Polymer-bat/step1/Background-Cautions-Warnings/ Perhaps only Li-pos are dangerous to bring back from fully discharged and not li-ion?

I have been letting the amp sit for years with the battery uncharged. I was planning to remove the battery and recycle it. It is there a reason you said to remove it with 65% capacity. I am assuming that it is ok to remove it with no charge if I am just going to recycle it and only use the Pico with power.

Happy Birthday Justin!