Wifi only phones

My Nettalk broke and I was getting ready to buy another and read your article, yeah! I live away from all cell towers and no signal reaches me, thus Nettalk through my wifi for a home phone. What I was wonder, is what is the best old droid to use just for a phone and can I call ?

Plus, I would love the music too. Do I need the sim card? I can spend about Thank you so much for saving me money!!! Hi Penny, Most phones let you, at least, call , so you have quite a few models to choose from.

I am sure that if you go to your local store you can find many phones within your budget that also give the option to listen to your music. Thanks for commenting and your welcome. This is SUCH good news and gives me hope! Hi Mary, I am glad you were able to find this post that has obviously helped you out. Thanks for all the good directions to use my OLD android as a radio. I checked and my device is up to date. HELP, can I still use it? You should be able to use that one.

Have you tried to reinstall the app? Hope that helps. I bought a samsung galaxy s5 from textnow and theyre telling me i cannot use my phone as wifi only device, that i must subscribe to service for the phone to work. Do i need to perform an unlock first then use as wifi only device? I once took an unlocked phone to another country and used as a WiFi only device and it worked just fine. I hope this thread is still valid. I have an old Droid 3 with a deactivated sim card that I want to use as wifi only.

I was able to do a hard reset i needed to delete a gmail account and bypass the activation screen just fine. I was able to update before I reset but cannot now. Can you help? Hi, Melodie! We do our best to reply to all comments, regardless of the age of the post, so feel free to comment away with any questions you have. Are you having trouble connecting to the internet at all? I have no problem charging with my newer phone. The charger is the same for both.

Can you help please. Any ideas? Hi, Shari! Fortunately we have a couple guides that will provide you with far more help than I could reasonably fit in a comment. If you need any more help, whether with getting the phone to charge, using it as a security camera, or any other Android related problem, please feel free to ask! Good luck! Hello If I buy an unlocked phone to use for wi-fi only, must I have an account to download apps such as for Sirius? Hi Henry! All you need is an account with the app store you wish to use, like the Google Play Store, to download apps.

The exception to this would be provider related apps and app stores. I have an old Android phone. Thanks for insights! Thanks for all the helpful posts. It works perfectly for all internet use. I read that you use Hangout for calls. Could you walk me through? Will any unlocked phone work? Or does it need to be an Android? Anything special I should do or not do? Thank you very much.

I use Cricket service. I just got a new phone and transferred service over to it. They put my old SIM card into the new Android phone. It works just fine, thankfully. It DOES connect to the wifi elsewhere, e. Your email address will not be published. November 21, at am. Front facing cameras, too. Rich says:. Mark says:. November 22, at pm. Which smartphone do you recommend to buy for camera and autonomy? Question How can I connect mouse and PC to phone at the same time?

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