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    Quote Originally Posted by TBS View Post
    Update - Apple can kiss my ass.

    The Easus MobiMover utility transfers music (and other) files from PC to iPhone 15 with ease:
    See https://mobi.easeus.com/phone-transf...over-free.html

    Tried the free version - easy peasey, even for someone with no patience with computers.

    It's free for 10 transfers per day. There's 26GB stored on a PC hard drive, so that wasn't going to work.
    So I paid $23.95 for one month of the pro version. You can specify that you don't want to renew at the end of the month (will see if that radio button actually does something).

    So far today I've transferred about 18GB of music to the 128GB hard drive on the iPhone. The software transcodes to MP3 format on the fly.

    So I can listen to this music anywhere, don't have deal with iTunes or stream from Apple Music. The whole concept that I'd be willing to pay $10.99/month that can only be used if I have good cell reception or WiFi is incredibly stupid. An MTB buddy tries to do this with Pandora on a Galaxy and has big time problems losing the signal.

    There's been a few hiccups along the way. Mostly with the way I've cataloged some source files (like STS9 shows). Example - the artist field of source file has to be populated, otherwise it shows up on iPhone as a single song with no attribution...

    I didn't try to organize playlists on source drive and transfer en masse to the iPhone.

    So, once again, Apple can lick my balls and eat my asshole
    When I'm listening to music on my phone I usually never have reception. I have a sd card in my phone just for that purpose and just play through VLC.

    You can use MP3Tag to fix your catalogs. I have a religious habit of making sure everything is tagged properly once I download a show before I upload it to my cloud storage. It's hard to go through the old catalog at first, but once you are setup and stay on top of it, it only takes about a minute to make sure things are all ready to go. I've got well over a TB in music. The first time when I ripped my CD's many years ago took weeks.
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    You guys do know that all steaming services allow you to download music to listen if you don't have reception, right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RShea View Post
    How long ago did you give up your iPhone 6 and 7? Those are pretty old now and maybe even when Apple used iTunes more for things like even their Apps as well as their music. There have been many Apple changes as mentioned pushing Apple Music (their streaming service for Music that you do not purchase, but subscribe to as a streaming service...)
    I had one for a while in 2019 after losing my Pixel 2, think it was an Iphone 6. Had the Pixel 2 for around 2 years, and an iPhone for a while before that. I think the earlier iPhone was a 7.

    Quote Originally Posted by TBS View Post
    I could do this on an iPhone 8. Somewhere in the intervening seven years, Apple got greedy.
    For a long time I refused to update iTunes version since I had heard that Apple had changed it to not work with bootleg or ripped mp3s. Seemed like I was able to work when I tried it. But I know it was a pita to use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phatty View Post
    You guys do know that all steaming services allow you to download music to listen if you don't have reception, right?
    Oh, I would just live to spend a bunch of time downloading music I might want to hear when I can’t get cell reception instead of having it already stored on the device.

    And pay a monthly fee for the privilege. And not even get kissed after the fucking.

    Because technology is supposed to make life easier, right?

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    From where I'm sitting, streaming services are a lot cheaper than buying CDs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TBS View Post
    Oh, I would just live to spend a bunch of time downloading music I might want to hear when I can’t get cell reception instead of having it already stored on the device.

    And pay a monthly fee for the privilege. And not even get kissed after the fucking.

    Because technology is supposed to make life easier, right?
    I'm not saying you should use streaming. I still have gigs of mp3s. I just saw multiple people bitching about not being able to listen if you don't have a connection, which is not an issue with streaming services. Feel free to continue shaking your fist at the sky and railing against out tech overlords.

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    Just as an FYI, if you get away from iTunes/iMusic, there are plenty of great apps to enjoy your own MP3s, FLAC, WAV, or however you roll. I used to use VOX, but there are other good ones out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Tortoise View Post
    From where I'm sitting, streaming services are a lot cheaper than buying CDs.
    not when you already bought the CDs many years ago.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danno View Post
    not when you already bought the CDs many years ago.
    This.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Tortoise View Post
    From where I'm sitting, streaming services are a lot cheaper than buying CDs.
    This. I ripped my collection into FLAC files years ago. They sit on my server and are available anywhere via Plex. If I want to groove to a specific album while I'm out of range, I just make it available offline. It isn't that hard (unless you're still using a Zune and a rotary phone like half of these dudes.)

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    Anybody have any recommendations for inexpensive providers for a college kid? I'm going to unlock the kid's phone and then move it to one of the "lower tier" providers like Mint, Boost, etc.

    Would appreciate any anecdotes as to these Tier-2/3 providers.

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    Oh, he should put them on his server, why didn't I think of that?!?!?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danno View Post
    Oh, he should put them on his server, why didn't I think of that?!?!?
    How many hours did it take you to spin that message out? Do you have to spin it twice for "B?" Emojis must be a real bitch but I'm sure you can buy some random windows app for $24.99 per month to help you with it.




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    This thread amuses me. Y’all making it a lot harder than it needs to be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by skaredshtles View Post
    Anybody have any recommendations for inexpensive providers for a college kid? I'm going to unlock the kid's phone and then move it to one of the "lower tier" providers like Mint, Boost, etc.

    Would appreciate any anecdotes as to these Tier-2/3 providers.
    What is coverage and towers like? How much data are they going through?

    The Verizon tower offerings would be Visible (owned by them) at now $20 per month special deal (regularly $25) and I can give you a referral code that will knock $20 off that for the first month. Or a few other offerings like Tracfone's Straight Talk maybe. Red Pocket Mobile has Verizon and also the other 2 (AT&T and T-Mobile) in a prepaid offer also. Either annual plan (Ebay search for 1 on those) or monthly.

    T-Mobile Mint- $15 per month right now if they are still running their half off deal still for the new service. Google Fi maybe also that uses T-Mobile towers primarily now that Sprint is no more. They are data usage sensitive, so if not sure the monthly usage then their unlimited data plan is $50 per month for 1 line I believe still. Boost- DIsh owned now uses T-Mobile also (and AT&T) and probably has a few deals out there to investigate, don't know all their plans and details. Metro also is maybe one other.

    AT&T Towers - Cricket, Boost also...

    https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/bes...id-phone-plan/
    Last edited by RShea; 01-25-2024 at 05:44 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RShea View Post
    What is coverage and towers like? How much data are they going through?
    TBH - he's at a Front Range uni, so any mobile coverage, as long as it's reasonable, should be sufficient. He currently is on a 5GB plan - has very occasionally hit the limit, but is generally on wifi.

    The Verizon tower offerings would be Visible (owned by them) at now $20 per month special deal (regularly $25) and I can give you a referral that will knock $10 off that the first month. Or a few other offerings like Tracfone's Straight Talk maybe. Red Mobile has Verizon and also the other 3 in a prepaid offer also. Either annual plan (Ebay) or monthly.

    T-Mobile Mint- $15 per month right now if they are still running their half off deal still for the new service. Google Fi maybe also that uses T-Mobile towers primarily now that Sprint is no more. They are data usage sensitive, so if not sure the monthly usage then their unlimited data plan is $50 per month for 1 line I believe still. Boost- DIsh owned now uses T-Mobile also (and AT&T) and probably has a few deals out there to investigate, don't know all their plans and details. Metro also is maybe one other.

    AT&T Towers - Cricket, Boost also...

    https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/bes...id-phone-plan/
    This is all helpful - appreciate it.

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    This is some old person stuff.

    To download catalogs on Spotify for offline music access, you hit one button next to the album, song or playlist. That's it. Not much of a process to speak of.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RShea View Post
    What is coverage and towers like? How much data are they going through?

    The Verizon tower offerings would be Visible (owned by them) at now $20 per month special deal (regularly $25) and I can give you a referral code that will knock $20 off that for the first month. Or a few other offerings like Tracfone's Straight Talk maybe. Red Pocket Mobile has Verizon and also the other 2 (AT&T and T-Mobile) in a prepaid offer also. Either annual plan (Ebay search for 1 on those) or monthly.

    T-Mobile Mint- $15 per month right now if they are still running their half off deal still for the new service. Google Fi maybe also that uses T-Mobile towers primarily now that Sprint is no more. They are data usage sensitive, so if not sure the monthly usage then their unlimited data plan is $50 per month for 1 line I believe still. Boost- DIsh owned now uses T-Mobile also (and AT&T) and probably has a few deals out there to investigate, don't know all their plans and details. Metro also is maybe one other.

    AT&T Towers - Cricket, Boost also...

    https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/bes...id-phone-plan/
    I had Total Wireless for a couple of years, which was on Verizon towers. Worked fine. I switched to Visible (also Verizon towers) because it provided unlimited data at the same cost, or perhaps slightly less -- this was after Verizon bought Total Wireless. No issues with Visible, and it was easier to set up than Total Wireless.
    Quote Originally Posted by powder11 View Post
    if you have to resort to taking advice from the nitwits on this forum, then you're doomed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danno View Post
    Oh, he should put them on his server, why didn't I think of that?!?!?
    And get a really good box fan, and keep the server door propped open.
    Quote Originally Posted by powder11 View Post
    if you have to resort to taking advice from the nitwits on this forum, then you're doomed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Touring_Sedan View Post
    It isn't that hard (unless you're still using a Zune and a rotary phone like half of these dudes.)
    Oh fuck I haven't laughed that hard for a while. Thank you

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    Quote Originally Posted by El Chupacabra View Post
    I had Total Wireless for a couple of years, which was on Verizon towers. Worked fine. I switched to Visible (also Verizon towers) because it provided unlimited data at the same cost, or perhaps slightly less -- this was after Verizon bought Total Wireless. No issues with Visible, and it was easier to set up than Total Wireless.
    Not only unlimited data, but also unlimited (but speed throttled) hot spot of the phone for another device like tablet or PC to use.

    Biggest issue and complaint on Visible is no telephone support and it is all direct- no store to go visit either. For those that are helpless or don't know what a cell phone is basically let alone how to insert a Sim and use their application on a wifi network to get their phone and sim activated, have a problem with that. They have a chat feature on their web site for support, but if the queue is really long, you have to keep it alive with messages asking if they are there or something or it disconnects you. You are actually better off with FB Messenger or X (Twitter) to initiate a support chat or ask a question...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danno View Post
    not when you already bought the CDs many years ago.
    This is true only if you have excess time or if your time is worth nothing. I don’t have time to curate shit. Kudos to anybody who does.
    focus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by El Chupacabra View Post
    I had Total Wireless for a couple of years, which was on Verizon towers. Worked fine. I switched to Visible (also Verizon towers) because it provided unlimited data at the same cost, or perhaps slightly less -- this was after Verizon bought Total Wireless. No issues with Visible, and it was easier to set up than Total Wireless.
    Tracfone, StraightTalk, Total Wireless, Page Plus, Net 10, Simple and probably a few others were all started or through mergers as MNVO's under Tracfone prepaid sold by American Movil - a Carlos Slim (Mexican and then also US) Cellular tycoon. Many of them were tied to Walmart and offering at least Verizon tower bulk usage agreements (and many including Tracfone and Net10 were offering 3 or 4 of at one time the 4 major tower networks- Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and at one time Sprint also) Different plans in some cases to segment based on usage or data needs, etc.

    Verizon purchased the Tracfone division a bit back. Now many of the brands that supported multiple carrier sims for AT&T or T-Mobile are changing or a few of the brands are being in a sense moth balled - no new customers or activations allowed like they are doing with Page Plus to reduce the offerings and brands.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater View Post
    This is some old person stuff.

    To download catalogs on Spotify for offline music access, you hit one button next to the album, song or playlist. That's it. Not much of a process to speak of.

    Sent from my SM-S918U1 using Tapatalk
    Wow, I can pay $11 per month to download music I already own! Plus pay more for an unlimited data plan. And they use my activity for marketing intel. Just like Apple Music! What a fucking deal!

    Oh wait, I can’t play my 3Gb of taped jam band shows, unless I upload them to Spotify servers so that I can download again. So convenient!

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    Quote Originally Posted by TBS View Post
    Wow, I can pay $11 per month to download music I already own! Plus pay more for an unlimited data plan. And they use my activity for marketing intel. Just like Apple Music! What a fucking deal!

    Oh wait, I can’t play my 3Gb of taped jam band shows, unless I upload them to Spotify servers so that I can download again. So convenient!

    I'm sure you can just shove this in the front pocket of your jeans.




    I'd also recommend one of these because "THE GOOOGLE WILL NEVER GET MY DATA!!!!11!1!1!!"



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