Re: Mint Mobile
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2026 7:17 am
Used the Samsung method to swap phones. About 100 GB of data. I used the cable method. Swapped my SIM. Took about a day for that process to finish and the phone to settle down.
Quick review:
- The phone came in an AT&T box with the SKU of S926U. I panicked and messaged the seller since the listing said S926U1, which is the factory unlocked variable (no carrier branding/bloat). He said he flashed the U1 firmware on there. Didn't expect that response. But good news: everything he said seems to be correct. It comes up as a U1 and has zero AT&T splash screens or app/bloat. And Mint works fine (it wouldn't if it was locked to AT&T).
- It does appear to be completely unused and is mint.
- I like the 6.7" form factor. I missed having a larger phone back from when I had my Nokia 1520.
- The S24 regular has sort of the same design as my old S21 but the S24+ has flat sides with more rounded edges. I don't remember if the S21+ was like this but this thing feels and looks way more premium. Quite pleased with the industrial design.
- Everything is faster, as I was hoping and expecting.
- Android Auto is different on Android 16 and I already found a bug where it doesn't show the cell signal. Sigh.
- I had to sign into all my apps. Seems like if I used the Samsung password manager this would have been easier. But I use MS, which only works via the browser. I have to manually go get the passwords but that's not that bad anyway.
- I saw this online but it defaults to FHD+ instead of the max QHD+. QHD+ would be 513 ppi which is COMPLETELY unnecessary. Given my eyes and increase in battery life with FHD+ I plan to leave this as it came.
Quick review:
- The phone came in an AT&T box with the SKU of S926U. I panicked and messaged the seller since the listing said S926U1, which is the factory unlocked variable (no carrier branding/bloat). He said he flashed the U1 firmware on there. Didn't expect that response. But good news: everything he said seems to be correct. It comes up as a U1 and has zero AT&T splash screens or app/bloat. And Mint works fine (it wouldn't if it was locked to AT&T).
- It does appear to be completely unused and is mint.
- I like the 6.7" form factor. I missed having a larger phone back from when I had my Nokia 1520.
- The S24 regular has sort of the same design as my old S21 but the S24+ has flat sides with more rounded edges. I don't remember if the S21+ was like this but this thing feels and looks way more premium. Quite pleased with the industrial design.
- Everything is faster, as I was hoping and expecting.
- Android Auto is different on Android 16 and I already found a bug where it doesn't show the cell signal. Sigh.
- I had to sign into all my apps. Seems like if I used the Samsung password manager this would have been easier. But I use MS, which only works via the browser. I have to manually go get the passwords but that's not that bad anyway.
- I saw this online but it defaults to FHD+ instead of the max QHD+. QHD+ would be 513 ppi which is COMPLETELY unnecessary. Given my eyes and increase in battery life with FHD+ I plan to leave this as it came.