Started using this phone with T-Mobile, and it works great in most urban areas. However, I was using it way out in the country, where they recently got the new LTE service, and service was spotty to say the least. I'd had the phone long enough, and paid enough to T-Mobile to get it unlocked. It took a few days and several hours on the phone each day, but I finally received an unlock code, and it is now unlocked, and working great on AT&T. The only thing I don't like is the lack of storage for my apps, but here are some tips to make that work better.
1) add a 32 GB SD card
2) move all apps possible to the SD card (don't move apps with widgets, or the widgets won't work)
3) if an app has a way to define where to store its data, choose a folder on the SD card
4) When downloading a new app and it gives an insufficient space error, try this:
- go to Settings>Apps>All and for apps you don't use, uninstall or disable them
- some won't let you uninstall them, but you can "uninstall updates" and restore the factory version. This will free up space for you to use, but the app won't actually be gone. The updates take up space you could potentially use, but the factory version is in a different storage location. Be careful and DON'T uninstall critical apps, like the PlayStore and system apps, though some of the Google apps can be disabled after their updates are removed. Personally, I don't use Talkback, VuTalk, Google Play Music, Google Play Games, Google Play Books, Magazines, and Movies, so I have all of them disabled. Same with the T-Mobile apps now that I'm using AT&T. If it has the little android guy as the icon, LEAVE IT ALONE, it's most likely an operating system file.
- When looking at the app info, see how much cache is being used. Some may be tiny, but I've found several apps with 30-70MB of cache. Click Clear Cache on these storage hogs.
Once unused apps are removed or set to factory/disabled and cache is cleared, there should be enough room to load a few apps. Sometimes when I tell the PlayStore to "update all my apps", I'll still get the message, not enough storage. This ususally happens with a large download, like Firefox. So I'll go clear cache again, and that usually frees up enough space.
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