OT Google Bricked Phone

[AndroidMe]

Friend an I both have Moto E with AT&T service provider.

I have had my phone for over a year.
He got his a few months ago.

His phone was "bricked" such that he could not get incoming calls to ring.

He says he had to verify his email address before it allowed the phone
to ring. I tested mine and it works fine.

We seldom even turn on these phones as they are intended for emergency
use only.

SO MUCH FOR THAT IF WE CANNOT RELY ON THEM !!!!!

How does this happen ?

This seems totally illegal for Google to block the phone.

Suggestions please.

 

[Ken Blake]

On Sat, 17 Jun 2017 12:40:57 -0700, AndroidMe <"AndroidMe
"@AndroidMe.com> wrote:

>Friend an I both have Moto E with AT&T service provider.

....

We seldom even turn on these phones as they are intended for emergency
use only.

If that's all they are for, you both paid too much for the phones and
are paying too much each month to ATT. You should have bought cheap
fliptop phones and used a service like T-Mobile's prepaid plan.

 

[Nil]

On 17 Jun 2017, AndroidMe <"AndroidMe "@AndroidMe.com> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

His phone was "bricked" such that he could not get incoming calls
to ring.

That is not the definition of "bricked". A bricked device is one that
is dead, will not respond to any input. Like a brick.

> Suggestions please.

Get the most expensive Windows Phone you can find.

 

[AndroidMe]

WAY OT RESPONSE

Phone Paid $80.
Monthly $25.

Nothing better to do ?

Let's talk about women then.

 

[AndroidMe]

Brilliant response from A TWIT.

Go back to watching TV to smush your brain some more.

 

[John Keiser]

On 6/17/2017 9:40 AM, AndroidMe wrote:

Try FreedomPop.
I use this for an emergency phone in the car. Works fine in my area
[Honolulu.]
Once you sign up, up need to unenroll from the paid services, and the
paid plan [although they are reasonably priced]. You then have 200
minutes and 250 MB data free each month.
You do need a smart phone for the app.

 

[Nil]

On 17 Jun 2017, AndroidMe <AndroidMe@AndroidMe.com> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

Brilliant response from A TWIT.

Go back to watching TV to smush your brain some more.

Go back to some newsgroup besides alt.windows7.general where your
poorly worded, poorly described, poorly researched whining is at least
the tiniest bit relevant.

 

[Ken Blake]

On Sat, 17 Jun 2017 14:28:56 -0700, AndroidMe
<AndroidMe@AndroidMe.com> wrote:

WAY OT RESPONSE

Phone Paid $80.
Monthly $25.

When I had a (fliptop) phone which I used only for emergencies, I paid
$25 for it, and I paid T-Mobile $10 a *year* for its prepaid service.

I've moved to a smart phone now, which I use for more than
emergencies, but my wife still uses her $10 a year T-mobile service
and just bought a new fliptop (the old one died) for the same $25.