Multiple Cell Phones?

We recently got Comcast Voice set up in our house and we're now looking at the Connect app to see which features we might use.  And I have a few questions. - Can the app be used by two different people on 2 different cell phones?- Whose name will appear on outgoing text messages?- Will text conversations stay local on each phone or end up comingled?- Is there any way to set up separate profiles of any sort for different family members?

Mac OS X > System Preferences > Bluetooth > Devices > select desired device > Create Serial Port (at the left) > + > enter a name you like > select the Dial-up Networking profile > tick all checkboxes > OK
This should create a new port within System Preferences > Network which allows you to connect to a different phone just as you like.

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    Hi,
    Camera are WVC54GCA
    Router is a WRT300N.
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    All cameras can be viewed via http via computers.

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    BELOW IS A SCREEN COPY FROM REDDIT ABOUT SOMEONE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A VERIZON CELL PHONE
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    Reddit News Free: 160 MB foreground / 0.96 GB background
    Android OS: 0 MB foreground / 1.18 GB background
    Several unnamed applications: ~ 350 MB
    Screenshots:
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    Reddit News Free data usage
    Weird unnamed processes
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    [–]omgmrjmako/PA, deb/Carbon 3 points 1 year ago*
    All I can think is your phone may have background downloaded an OTA update, and you'd then be prompted with something like, "As update to your Android system has been downloaded, would you like to install it now?"
    I do find it very odd that the update would be 2.6GB. As a rough base, the CyanogenMod 10.1 firmware for your device is well under 200MB, so unless Verizon has a ****-ton of bloatware in the update, or it had to attempt to download multiple times for some reason, it may be a stretch.
    But doing a little homework, it looks like the Verizon Razr Maxx was updated to 4.1 in late March. Maybe they're still rolling it out in waves? Have you gotten the update yet?
    Edit: Aaaand I just noticed you appear to be running an AOSP-based ROM, which totally rules out a carrier update being sent out.
    Edit2: If you want to live dangerously, you could try running:
    #kill -9 12289
    That 12289 is the PID listed in your screenshot. But don't run that without fulling understanding the kill command.
    The ps command could also be of use, but probably not.
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    [–]lechnito[S] 2 points 1 year ago
    I can confirm that the phone is currently at 4.1.2 and that I wasn't prompted for an OTA update.The fact that both the Android OS and Reddit News processes were simultaneously using an extremely large amount of data is unlikely to be a coincidence... 
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    [–]omgmrjmako/PA, deb/Carbon 3 points 1 year ago
    That is very curious that the spikes happened at the same time.I'm curious. It may have put at least some of that 2.6GB somewhere. You could use a data visualizer tool to see if you can find it, which may lead to more clues. 
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    [–]lechnito[S] 2 points 1 year ago
    The largest directories are:
    DCIM: Normal looking photos (90,825 KB)
    Android: Primarily map cache data (64,846 KB)
    If it was downloading content then it did not significantly save content to storage. It's not like I have anything particularly sensitive on the phone, but the idea that it was uploading a snapshot of my data definitely makes me uncomfortable.
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    [–]omgmrjmako/PA, deb/Carbon 2 points 1 year ago
    Yup, Digital Camera IMages and videos.Somewhere in /sdcard/Android would be my guess as to where a mysterious file would be downloaded, but if it's only 64MB, and mostly map data, I'd safely rule it out.I'm sorry, but I'm stumped here.Edit: I should mention I don't think this is malware, because unless a malicious app gained superuser access, any data it used would show under it's own apk in the data usage list, not Android OS. 
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    [–]mistrbrownstone 0 points 1 year ago
    DCIM: Normal looking photos (90,825 KB)
    Was it trying to auto-upload pictures or video to G+?I ******* hate that.
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    [–]lechnito[S] 1 point 1 year ago
    Although I'm not really up to speed with the Android platform, I come from a UNIX background so I feel comfortable running commands. How do I pull up a bash terminal? Do I need to root the phone first? 
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    [–]omgmrjmako/PA, deb/Carbon 2 points 1 year ago
    There's a number of terminal emulators in the Play Store that work well. You don't need a rooted phone to get to the shell as your user, but any privileged command won't execute unless you can grant it permission from the Superuser app that is installed when you root the device. So you could probably do a ps -e, but not a kill -9. 
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    [–]lechnito[S] 1 point 1 year ago
    Got it. I downloaded a terminal emulator but unfortunately those processes no longer exist.Does Android keep a generic log of system level events like /var/log/syslog? 
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    [–]omgmrjmako/PA, deb/Carbon 2 points 1 year ago
    I don't think so, and I know you'd need superuser permission to read most of the files in /var/log anyway. I'm not super familiar with how Android does its logging, but I do know that the two files of interest are the logcat and dmesg. 
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    [–]sh0nuff 1 point 1 year ago
    Want to mention here that using your settings to set your data cap (set it on your billing day), then you won't go over again.Those text messages are really unhelpful, as they send out well after the data has been used. Chances are good you hit close to the 2GB mark before you received the bulk of the messages. 
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    [–]kindofabuzz -4 points 1 year ago
    Quit installing pirated apps. 
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    [–]lechnito[S] 1 point 1 year ago
    That's definitely not the case here; both my PC and and Android phone are free from pirated apps.

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    Scorpioamg wrote:
    .... I've never lost a phone before and I opted to NOT get the insurance after finding out that not only do you pay the monthly fee for however long until you lose or damage the phone, but there is also a $90 deductible!!!  By the time you pay all of that, you may as well just buy a new phone!!!....Audrey
    Vermont
    As budone pointed out, most (if not ALL) insurance works this way...you pay a monthly, or quarterly premium, and then a deductible if you make a claim.  Phone insurance is the same - your monthly premium of $5.99 or $7.99 (depending on the device) and then a deductible.  It is OPTIONAL (unlike auto or homeowners).  Like you , we elected NOT to carry the insurance because "By the time you pay all of that, you may as well just buy a new phone!!!"
    Well, you DID lose your phone, so now you must "buy a new phone".  The fact that it happened very shortly after you got your phone is immaterial; it was NOT insured.
    You mention Allstate's  "Accident Forgiveness" program, and suggest a "Lost Phone Forgiveness" program for Verizon.  The two are not even comparable, the way you have suggested it, and in fact, Verizon's insurance program already incorporates that very policy (as budone also pointed out).  First, in order to qualify for the "Accident Forgiveness" you MUST HAVE THE INSURANCE.  And "Accident Forgiveness" comes at a price - "Under the program, for about 15 percent more than a standard policy, an Allstate customer can have multiple "accidents" without seeing a rate increase." 
    Asurion does not raise your rates if you lose a phone or otherwise replace it through a claim, and they don't even charge a bigger premium to do this, so I'd say this is already in place.  To make it comparable, you would need to pay MORE for phone insurance, to get a free phone if you lost yours.  But to give you a free phone if you DON'T have insurance???  How many people would say they lost their phone or it broke, and want their freebie??  You can bet there would be massive abuse if this were the case.  That is just NOT going to happen.
    </rant>

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  • Hi it's me rabia and i'm apple user  I want to change my cell phone because it's having scratches on it and i also feel like its home button did't work correctly  So i want to know that can i have a new cell phone on replace of this one at any nearby of m

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