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8 years ago

Android in Mexico

8 years ago
A Sprint salesman told me that he took an Android phone to Mexico and it quit working the moment he crossed the border. Is there any truth to that?

Anyway, he convinced us to buy IPhone 6, even though I'm a Droid aficionado, and the IPhone is a piece of crap! A major disconcerting issue is that I got a reply back from the Consulate that had an event link at the top of the message showing my appointment. The body of the message had some typos, but I finally figured out that the message said that the selected appointment time was unavailable. Trying to figure out why the link said I had an appointment and the body of the message flatly said I did not, I eventually figured out that the Apple software extracted the date and time from the message and posted it to my calendar. (I had initially assumed that the Consulate sent the appointment to my calendar.) Had I not figured this out, I would have shown up in LA at 7:00 AM, wasted a whole day for that and delayed my visa process for another 4 weeks or so (probably past my intended move date) until I get a real appointment.

I would like to know if we would have any problems with Android in Mexico if I can get Sprint to switch out our phones. Last time I was in Ajijic, something mysterious was eating up my data allowance. I was on Verizon at that time. Never figured out how to stop it, or if it was somehow related to Android or some App running in the background.

Has anyone else had issues with the particular type of cell phone they are using in Ajijic?

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