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comment by OftenBen

As if I needed one more reason to switch.

Google fi, here I come.

Also, it's not surprising, but check out TechCrunch's obvious whoring.





kleinbl00  ·  2794 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Google Fi is dogshit on a plate. We're about to switch out of it. Alphabet is slowly but surely deprecating all of their customer-facing stuff and Fi is gonna go the way of Fiber.

WanderingEng  ·  2794 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Do you like the Pixel though? I can't expect my iPhone 5 to last forever, and the Pixel has been the top of my list.

kleinbl00  ·  2794 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I compare it to the iPhone 3G - far and away the best iPhone, did everything great, and then they released iOS 3 and it turned to garbage.

It's entirely possible that 7.1 isn't hot dogshit if you aren't running Fi. On Fi? It's hot dogshit.

Granted, that hot dogshit beats the tar out of the Nexus 5X on 7.1, which is diarrhea shit.

I'm going back to OnePlus.

b_b  ·  2794 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What makes you say that? I've been really happy. I've been on Fi for about a year, and I've visited 5 countries and all over the US in that time without issue. It works everywhere, and it's cheap as shit.

My biggest problem with Google right now is that you can't buy a Pixel from them to save your life (except for the really big, expensive one), and they don't even let you pay to join a waiting list. Nexus 5x is fine for now though, so no big deal.

kleinbl00  ·  2794 days ago  ·  link  ·  

this followed by this.

They have literally been a dialtone for eight days while telling us that they're "working on" you know, the fact that neither my wife nor I can reliably send or receive texts or calls.

    CONDITION 1: Airplane mode ON, Wifi ON

    Wifi: “Camphor Tree” (owned SSID) Call 1

    Source: Call from 2nd bedroom, Pixel Fi 206.618.3181

    Destination: KSEA ASOS/AWOS ((206) 431-2834)

    Date: 03.20.2017

    Time: 13:10, GMT-8 (Pacific Daylight Time)

    Results: Success. FB “Condition 1 Call 1”, bugreport-NOF27B-2017-03-20-13-11-23.zip.

    Wifi: “Camphor Tree” (owned SSID) Call 2

    Source: Call from 2nd bedroom, Pixel Fi xxx.xxx.xxxx

    Destination: KBFI ASOS/AWOS ((206) 763-6904)

    Date: 03.20.2017

    Time: 13:16, GMT-8 (Pacific Daylight Time)

    Results: Success. FB “Condition 1 Call 2”, bugreport-NOF27B-2017-03-20-13-17-26.zip.

    This is where I realize you only want one report for two calls. Oops. Sorry.

    CONDITION 2: Wifi OFF, Sprint ON

    …Switching to MCC/MNC:310.120: successfully switched (~20 secs)

    …SprintDM - Configuring your cellular network “While configuring, your cellular service may be temporarily unavailable. It should only take a few minutes.”

    …Retry 1 of 5.

    …Retry 2 of 5.

    …Retry 3 of 5.

    …Retry 4 of 5.

    …Connected to Sprint LTE- Band 25 (1900Mhz).

    Source: Call from 2nd bedroom, Pixel Fi xxx.xxx.xxxx

    Destination: KSEA ASOS/AWOS ((206) 431-2834)

    Date: 03.20.2017

    Time: 13:33, GMT-8 (Pacific Daylight Time)

    Results: “Your account could not be validated. Please contact customer services. (espanol) Message 5 switch 386.”

    Source: Call from 2nd bedroom, Pixel Fi xxx.xxx.xxxx

    Destination: KBFI ASOS/AWOS ((206) 763-6904)

    Date: 03.20.2017

    Time: 13:35, GMT-8 (Pacific Daylight Time)

    Results: “Your account could not be validated. Please contact customer services. (espanol) Message 5 switch 386.” FB “Condition 2 Calls 1 & 2”, bugreport-NOF27B-2017-03-20-13-36-43.zip.

    CONDITION 3: Wifi OFF, T-Mobile ON.

    …Popup before I could switch back to TMO: “The network did not respond in time. The SIM has locked. Please power cycle your device.” So THAT’s new. It disappeared before I could screencap it.

    …Switching to MCC/MNC:310260 - hangs. Error: SwtichingCodeetc.etc. Screenshot attached.

OftenBen  ·  2794 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well fuck.

MetroPCS sounds icky just to say, but is that my only way out?

Fuck telecom.

kleinbl00  ·  2794 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I"m tempted to go back to the Death Star because they're Union, at least.

...and they've got a 30ft tower in our parking lot. Signal should be strong.