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The Entire Universe posted:Would it be terribly prudent to just upgrade to an Evo and then return it when the Evo 3D comes out? Its a risk and you would be out $35 at most Sprint stores. After last year I am betting that any stores (mine included) that did the "get this now and we will exchange" charade will be very hesitant to do it again. Not saying they won't do an exchange, but they won't be merciful about the 30 days. sirbeefalot posted:Any idea of what the timing might be for this? My boss was interested in up to 6 lines total, his and his wife's mine and my girlfriend's, and two more in the not-too-distant future for his kids. I was under the impression that the 5 line limit was pretty set in stone, so he'll be pleased to know that's not necessarily the case. I have no idea, and to clarify the family plan is still limited to 5. So if you have 7 family members and get the 10 line availability, members 6 and 7 have to go on a different plan. So the 5 line family plan limit IS set in stone, but having more than 5 lines on the account is not necessarily set. Edit: so I just paid all my Sprint bills, i have one for my self (indirect employee line) and one for my fiance (she is splitting a Everything Data Plan 1500 between 2 of our friends, so 3 people total, 25% discount, 3 Evos). I pay $40 a month after tax for my Evo (I have insurance). When you divide everything up for her, with insurance she only pays $62 a month. So sure it could be cheaper, but anyone claiming Sprint is getting too expensive is off their rocker. That's still just crazy how close her plan is price wise to mine, and it kinda pisses me off on my plan... Duckman2008 fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Jun 5, 2011 |
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The USB power port on my Evo broke. Again. This is the 2nd phone in less than a year that this has happened to me. I don't have insurance, and the last time Sprint charged me $50 to replace it. I'm not sure at this point to go through Sprint, or attempt to go through HTC. I'm not even sure if I should bother replacing this thing every 6 months when it breaks. Does Sprint even offer a decent non-4G Android phone? I've used 4G maybe 3 times, because I'm limited to where I can use it, and it's really not that impressive to pay $10 a month for.
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FogHelmut posted:The USB power port on my Evo broke. Again. This is the 2nd phone in less than a year that this has happened to me. I don't have insurance, and the last time Sprint charged me $50 to replace it. I'm not sure at this point to go through Sprint, or attempt to go through HTC. I'm not even sure if I should bother replacing this thing every 6 months when it breaks. Does Sprint even offer a decent non-4G Android phone? I've used 4G maybe 3 times, because I'm limited to where I can use it, and it's really not that impressive to pay $10 a month for. Sprint now requires the $10 fee for all smart phones, unless you are on a SERO account. Currently the EVO is one of the best phones on sprint, and will be until the EVO 3D comes out in a couple weeks.
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Lowen SoDium posted:Sprint now requires the $10 fee for all smart phones, unless you are on a SERO account. But I got off of SERO because they said they would never offer Android phones. And then they did a month later.  vvvvvvvv - Even though there are literally thousands of posts about the usb port on the internet, Sprint and HTC both seem to be doing very well at telling people there's poo poo they can do about it and to pay up. FogHelmut fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Jun 5, 2011 |
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Jun 5, 2011 15:56
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I had a friend tell me yesterday that Knoxville has had 4g coverage for 3 months now. I had no idea because I been running MIUI during that time which doesn't have 4G. I am surprised that I had no idea we had 4G here. I don't want to leave MIUI, but I would like to blaze some 4g sometime. Edit: That USB port for the EVO cost me one phone already (Sprint made me use TEP and it cost me $100), and I am paranoid it will happen again. It should be free to fix now because HTC hosed up on that. nate fisher fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Jun 5, 2011 |
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Jun 5, 2011 16:37
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nate fisher posted:I had a friend tell me yesterday that Knoxville has had 4g coverage for 3 months now. I had no idea because I been running MIUI during that time which doesn't have 4G. I am surprised that I had no idea we had 4G here. I don't want to leave MIUI, but I would like to blaze some 4g sometime. I'll ask my Knoxville store and get back to you, last I checked Sprint got 4G rolling in Nashville, got it halfway through Memphis, and then Clearwire had their finance woes, so Memphis wasn't official and since Knoxville was set to be after that, Knoxville didn't have much beyond placeholders. FogHelmut posted:But I got off of SERO because they said they would never offer Android phones. And then they did a month later. The USB port on the Evo is a known issue, can't tell you much more than that but if they give you problems call the retention number listed in the OP.
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If you haven't upgraded your Evo to 2.3.3 yet, don't. Crap update that will break your netflix, issue perpetual phantom voicemail notifications and eat your candy. Kicking myself for not rooting when I had the chance.
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SLOSifl posted:In the web version of Google Voice, check the device options and there should be a text related setting in there. I see the following: "Send a test message to..." under Voicemail "Forward text messages to my email" under Text Forwarding I can get texts if they are sent from the web client, but I do not get texts sent from friends to my GV number. I am guessing they're taking their sweet rear end time, and the 3 days really did mean 71 hours 59 minutes, just like "up to 24 hours" really meant 23h 59m. But I don't see any setting to force it to go to my native app. But at this point, that isn't a big deal. Was just hoping texting to my phone would be working by now  Oh well.EDIT: I found the setting. Let's see if this works. MrMoose fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Jun 6, 2011 |
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Jun 6, 2011 04:33
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MrMoose posted:I see the following: Text Settings: [X] Receive text messages on this phone (mobile phones only)
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SLOSifl posted:Under Phones -> Your phone: Yeah, found that setting. Still not getting texts at all. :/ Hoping I start getting them by tomorrow afternoon, or I'll just have to port this number over as my main line :/ Thinking it is the 3 day thing at this point, since the texts also aren't showing up in the web client (unless i message myself from the web client, then I get the text fine). How long did it take for you to start receiving texts?
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change my name posted:*Checks to see if the 3d's been released yet, sighs, spins around and walks out door* 24th is what the leaked Radio Shack ad said. Jesus I am going to wait for the Nexus 3 so the wait for the EVO 3D is nothing at all.
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Curious about the international capabilities of the Motorola XPRT that was just released toady. Is it like the old Touch Pro 2 where you could pop in almost any old sim card when travelling abroad for service?
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Launch date official for June 24th for the 3D, there you have it people. http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/06/htc-evo-3d-launches-on-june-24th-for-200-joined-by-evo-view-4g/ Also, the view 4g is loving expensive. Edit: ok, at least the view comes with the pen tech. Plans for the tablet start at $35 a month, 3gb 3g cap, unlimited 4g. Month to month that wouldn't be too too bad. general chaos posted:Curious about the international capabilities of the Motorola XPRT that was just released toady. Is it like the old Touch Pro 2 where you could pop in almost any old sim card when travelling abroad for service? The Bold comes unlocked, so either the Xprt will or sprint will offer to unlock it for free. Duckman2008 fucked around with this message at 12:49 on Jun 6, 2011 |
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View looks lovely, don't care about online customers getting the 3d on the 21st anyways because I have to do it in person at my school's sprint store if I want to get the discount.
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Duckman2008 posted:3gb 3g cap, unlimited 4g For what it's worth, Sprint also tweeted (god I feel stupid for saying that) that Premier customers can buy the EVO 3D online 3 days earlier than everybody else: http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1931
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change my name posted:View looks lovely, don't care about online customers getting the 3d on the 21st anyways because I have to do it in person at my school's sprint store if I want to get the discount. That's for Premier customers, not just general online orders. They will send you an email if you qualify to order early. Sprint employees: Can I use a Sprint gift card for an online order?
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900ftjesus posted:Sprint employees: Can I use a Sprint gift card for an online order? Seconding this. The early availability online is making me rethink preordering in store, but if I can use the card online then why not? That way I'll have a fallback if I'm not eligible for early ordering. Also, is it going to be ALL premier customers, or just the 5 people with Premier Gold? 
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So how are we suppose to go about getting this on the 21st? Can we preorder it online now? Is the 21st the day it will arrive or the day it ships? So many questions. Glad I didn't pre-order in store, though. That $50 is non-refundable and now I can get it cheaper/easier/faster online.
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sirbeefalot posted:Seconding this. The early availability online is making me rethink preordering in store, but if I can use the card online then why not? That way I'll have a fallback if I'm not eligible for early ordering. I think a lot more then 5 people have premier gold. Aren't the requirements pretty easy? Basically just spending x amount for 6 months?
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How does the gift card work? I'm assuming it screws you over rather than benefits you. That is, if i preorder in a store, I can't then use the $50 gift card to offset the price of the phone, right? I'd have to drop the $50 on accessories that I don't want or whatever?
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mastershakeman posted:How does the gift card work? I'm assuming it screws you over rather than benefits you. That is, if i preorder in a store, I can't then use the $50 gift card to offset the price of the phone, right? I'd have to drop the $50 on accessories that I don't want or whatever? The $50 is applied to the phone. It's like a down payment. The phone will be -$50 when you pick it up. So like $250 ($300 - $50, the $100 rebate comes after, which is why it's being marketed as $200)
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ShowTime posted:I think a lot more then 5 people have premier gold. Aren't the requirements pretty easy? Basically just spending x amount for 6 months? No, Premier Gold now requires a lot more. Either 10 years of service or the most expensive plan they offer.
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brc64 posted:No, Premier Gold now requires a lot more. Either 10 years of service or the most expensive plan they offer. Yea, I was looking it up quite literally as you were writing the response. I thought it was a lot less. Oh well, sign me up for the 10+ years club. Been with them since 1998. Edit: Ahh, took this from the press release: "Additionally, Sprint Premier customers will have the opportunity to purchase HTC EVO 3D online three days before the national launch, while supplies last. Qualifying customers will receive an email on June 21, or they can log on to their account at https://www.sprint.com on June 21, click "show me my rewards" and then "Sprint Premier Community" for more information." So you just wait until the 21st and hope you get that email or have it activated on your account. Kind of lovely because if you order it on the 21st, you won't have it until the 24th anyway. ShowTime fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Jun 6, 2011 |
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ShowTime posted:So you just wait until the 21st and hope you get that email or have it activated on your account. Kind of lovely because if you order it on the 21st, you won't have it until the 24th anyway.
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brc64 posted:Phones still have unlimited (non-roaming) 3G, right? The cap is just for mobile broadband, and I guess tablets? Which also makes me wonder if they cap 3G on phones that pay for the mobile hotspot feature... I could have sworn I read in the TOS that 4g is really unlimited, but 3g is capped at 5gb a month. But now that I go and read it again I cant find that anymore, maybe they changed it. Edit: In the fine print at the EPRP site it says, "Sprint reserves the right to limit throughput speeds or amount of data transferred; and to deny, terminate, modify, disconnect or suspend service if usage either exceeds (a.) 5GB/month in total or (b.) 300MB/month while off-network roaming.", but the actual TOS just says, "We reserve the right to limit, suspend or constrain any heavy, continuous data usage that adversely impacts our network performance". Crazy vague, maybe one of these people who works for sprint can clarify. McPhearson fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Jun 6, 2011 |
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brc64 posted:Don't online orders normally show up next day? Even if you don't get it until the 24th, though, I guess it still saves you from having to deal with the store crowds and waits. I know I was at the Sprint store for hours the day of the EVO launch. Used to. Last 2 phones i've ordered online haven't arrived for a few days. But yes, months ago when you ordered ANYTHING from Sprint it was sent next-day air and arrived without fail.
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McPhearson posted:I could have sworn I read in the TOS that 4g is really unlimited, but 3g is capped at 5gb a month. But now that I go and read it again I cant find that anymore, maybe they changed it. I specifically remember it being stated that the premium data fee comes with unlimited 3G back when they first started requiring it, but things could have changed since then. Since Sprint is airing commercials that say "unlimited means unlimited" or whatever, though, hearing about data caps seems a little odd.
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I emailed ecare to beg for a one time extension of the annual device upgrade I initially setup my plan for. I heard ecare gives good results, so I let people in the thread know how it turns out since I know many others are in the same boat as myself. If I do get the upgrade reinstated, I don't know if I am going to burn it on the Evo 3d though. If the Nexus 3 really does show up in the December/January timeframe, that may be worth the wait.
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Man I wish the HTC Arrive wasn't $200. My Touch Pro is now officially broken and I don't think it's worth repairing once more.
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McPhearson posted:I could have sworn I read in the TOS that 4g is really unlimited, but 3g is capped at 5gb a month. But now that I go and read it again I cant find that anymore, maybe they changed it.
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Are the smartphones on the EPRP an extra $10 a month on top of the $59.99? edit: Evo's are backordered 7-10 business days. How will I charge my phone for 7-10 business days?
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Jun 6, 2011 19:57
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"d[-.- posted:b"] For the time being. Bad news: instant rebates end on the 23rd.
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Mahoning posted:For the time being. Man, glad i'm a premier. Hopefully I can score one on the 21st and still get the instant rebate.
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Mahoning posted:For the time being. Does this also go for Best Buy? I preordered there, but live right near a mailbox and can always drop mail off at work. I just don't like waiting. e: vv  That's that downy-rear end square clamshell.
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Haha my brother broke his phone and had to use the only other sprint phone in the house.... A purple lotus change my name fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Jun 6, 2011 |
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Getting that one time extension on the yearly upgrade for silver premiere customers really was as easy as emailing from the Sprint site. Now I have an option come Evo3D time.
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The Entire Universe posted:Does this also go for Best Buy?
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