Erik_
Mobile Phone Woes + 2FA Issues caused by it
Sat May 20, 2023 2:46am

I don't have time tonight to fill out the full details so I'll do that tomorrow but oh my god. I've been in cell phone hell for the past week...

    • Verizon hated my phone... - Puckdropper, Wed May 31 2023 5:15pm
      Finally kicked it off their network. Why can't we all get along? Write good specs, conform to them, and use good versioning practices so a phone less than a year old can keep on being used by its purchaser--and not as a kids toy.
      • Did your phone originally work on the network? - Erik_, Fri Jun 02 2023 12:29pm
        Or was it a phone from another carrier or something? It's weird that it would work and then not. I actually saw that during my cell phone fiasco that's been going on. I tried using my SIMM in my father in law's phone and it worked for about 5 minutes and then booted me off the mobile network. Turns... more
        • Yes, it was an unlocked OnePlus N10. - Puckdropper, Sat Jun 03 2023 12:56am
          I bought it outright so there was no issue there. It initially wouldn't receive texts, so I had to have Verizon fix that. They put in a new fancy 5G SIM and things looked ok. Then they just kicked it off the network, guess it didn't support the right stuff? An older version of CDMA? I just don't... more
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