So my wife's GNex on Verizon just broke, won't turn on at all. If you plug it in there's a white battery logo that shows the charge, but it will not power up. It got a little wet over the weekend, tried the "dry rice in a ziplock bag" trick and while it seemed to have extracted some water out, it did not fix the phone. Any advice on how to get our pictures/videos off the phone would be great, but I'm guessing we are SOL.
We are both off-contract with Verizon service, me with a dumb phone, no data plan (Palm Centro) and her with GNex unlimited data, which we need (phone is our only source of internet at home currently).
From what Ive read I think we can upgrade my line with a new 2-year contract, and then switch the phone over to her account, and keep the unlimited plan, but Ill have to see what Verizon says.
So were looking for a phone with Verizon, to keep the unlimited plan. Were not glued to android necessarily, but we need a way to USB and wifi tether to our computer and tablet at home, and Im not interested in rooting/jailbreaking, so to my knowledge the iPhone is out, as is a WinPhone. If there is a way to wifi tether without hacking, please let me know, we would look into an iPhone 5 or Lumia 928, as I like the higher quality cameras in those two (particularly the Lumia). With Android, weve been using the PDANet/FoxFi app.
Among Android choices, Im looking at the Razr HD ($99)/Razr Maxx HD ($199), Galaxy S3 ($99)/4 ($199), Droid DNA ($199). Im leaning towards the Razr HD, as its a tad smaller at 4.7 than the Samsungs/HTC, in the lower $99 price range, and appears to have the best battery life except for the Maxx version. I dont think the extra $100 is worth the extra battery life for the Maxx version, maybe $50 but not $100. Also HTC phones tend to have trouble with the Wifi tether aspect of Foxfi, so Im a little leary of the DNA because of that. Also the DNA doesnt have a mSD card slot, so thats another drawback.
Thoughts?
We are both off-contract with Verizon service, me with a dumb phone, no data plan (Palm Centro) and her with GNex unlimited data, which we need (phone is our only source of internet at home currently).
From what Ive read I think we can upgrade my line with a new 2-year contract, and then switch the phone over to her account, and keep the unlimited plan, but Ill have to see what Verizon says.
So were looking for a phone with Verizon, to keep the unlimited plan. Were not glued to android necessarily, but we need a way to USB and wifi tether to our computer and tablet at home, and Im not interested in rooting/jailbreaking, so to my knowledge the iPhone is out, as is a WinPhone. If there is a way to wifi tether without hacking, please let me know, we would look into an iPhone 5 or Lumia 928, as I like the higher quality cameras in those two (particularly the Lumia). With Android, weve been using the PDANet/FoxFi app.
Among Android choices, Im looking at the Razr HD ($99)/Razr Maxx HD ($199), Galaxy S3 ($99)/4 ($199), Droid DNA ($199). Im leaning towards the Razr HD, as its a tad smaller at 4.7 than the Samsungs/HTC, in the lower $99 price range, and appears to have the best battery life except for the Maxx version. I dont think the extra $100 is worth the extra battery life for the Maxx version, maybe $50 but not $100. Also HTC phones tend to have trouble with the Wifi tether aspect of Foxfi, so Im a little leary of the DNA because of that. Also the DNA doesnt have a mSD card slot, so thats another drawback.
Thoughts?
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