[android-beginners] Re: Canada... anyone got a story?
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:12 PM, David Duong wrote: > JeanNiBee wrote: >> I've scoured this group and the net but haven't seen anything other >> than getting a Rogers account, signing up for the iPhone data plan, >> unlocking my Android and slapping the sim from my Rogers iPhone >> account / phone into the Android and hoping to get G1 service. >> >> Two questions: >> >> 1. Is this still the only way to do this? >> 2. Are there ANY plans for someone to bring the Android to us in the >> Great White North? > > You can actually by an unlocked Tmobile Android G1 phone from the US but > the shipping is just way too much. I myself is living in Ontario Canada > and I'm just waiting for my friend to buy it in the states. Other than > that, you can wait till the first quarter in 2009 and _maybe_ there will > be a release in Canada (I really hope so). I'm currently up in Vancouver on vacation from California with my unlocked G1. I took it down to the local mall to see if I can get a pre-pay plan that does data, and I was basically told that I'd have to sign up for a contract plan on Rogers, so it sounds like your scenario above applies. One of the employees at the store volunteered his SIM card to see if the phone's data capabilities could be tested, but it didn't work. I'm guessing I would need to enter in the Rogers APN information into the phone before data will start working. For what it's worth, T-Mo's data roaming is not working here either, the only way I'm getting data service at the moment is WiFi. Enjoy, Brian --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: android file permissions on the G1
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 7:14 PM, solid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did a factory reset on my phone (clearing out the rom) this did not > do anything to fix the problem. I would like to reformat my SD card. > what format does the card need to be reformatted to FAT, as opposed to NTFS. My Mac says my phone is formatted with FAT16, and both my Mac and my Linux box says that the card is formatted without a MS-DOS partition table, i.e. it mounts as /dev/sdc instead of /dev/sdc1 (first partition on sdc) in Linux, and as /dev/disk3 (whole drive) on the Mac. Thanks, Brian --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: How to get a G1 whithout a suscription plan?
Please don't crosspost like this... at least wait a day or two if you don't get an answer to your first post. On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Juan David Trujillo C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don´t live in the US, but I would like to get a G1. Is it possible > somehow to buy a G1 without a suscription plan, and just pay for the > device? I´ve read that you have to pay a 2 year suscription, is that > right? No. I paid outright for my G1, and got the IEMI unlock code about two days after I got the phone and called T-Mo and asked for it. I'm currently on a month-to-month T-Mo plan, so that smoothed a lot over. I don't know what would happen if you walked into a store (that actually had a phone) and tried to buy it outright. Worse comes to worse, you could set up a FlexPay plan and then just forget about it. After you got your GSM unlock code of course. T-Mobile FlexPay plans: http://tinyurl.com/6o98oc Thanks, Brian --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---