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  1. stoler202

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    Playing ingress since September and going! My nick is...surprise surprise stoler202.
    Anybody else plays? Because the original thread is gone!
    I am level 8 and very close to level 9.
     
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    @314 i know you play! :pompus:
     
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    Level...1. :p
    My problem is that I need HSPA+ or LTE internet for a longer time for it to work. Well. Most times it automatically changes to HSPA because HSPA+ signal quality is too low, and I have never found a place with LTE so far. :cry:
    So it'S basically only possible with either waiting with goiod signal quality, or public wi-fi near portals. And that combo is rare. :(
     
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    Get a sim with mobile data then! It is easy. I have giffgaff and the 500 MB goodybag. (I am in England!)
     
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    Sim with mobile data? o_O
     
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    well any idea whats is mobile data?
     
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    *Shakes head*
     
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    Jeez. What operator you have? Does 3G sound familliar?
     
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    Operator?

    3G = Well known (e.g. WCDMA) . But I usually have "3.5G" HSPA and HSPA+. (Sometimes only 2G (GSM,EDGE)
     
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    Thats the names? Heard of TalkMobile? Lebara? That sort of thing? Well some of these give internet. Some sell you internet coupons. Some have separate goodybags
     
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    NHO - Never heard of. :)
     
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    We got a long way to go... How do you even use your phone to call? You gotta have an operator! (At least roaming!)
     
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    Please tell me what an operator is, I use everything on my phone in german. :p
     
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    Lets try this. Did you a put a SIM card in your phone??? Where did you get it? What is written on it?
     
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    SIM card - Mhm.
    Written on it - idk. It's stuck deep inside the phone. :p

    Using the SIM card grants me 300MB high-speed internet per month, if you mean that.
     
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    What is "Ingress"?
     
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    Real life 'Capture the Flag' type of game.

    https://www.ingress.com/

    Is awesome and quite addictive with a great community behind it. Gives me something to do in town whilst wife shops, waiting for kid at school etc :)
     
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    Well I have a 500 mb goodybag but tha doesn't really matter! Just turn on mobile data and location services! Launch ingress.
     
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    Only loads an empty map for me. Portals are only loaded after a long time with HSPA+ connection and not at all with HSPA.