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Duckman2008 posted:Yes and no. There is a soft cap of 300 megs, don't go over that. And if you use more than 50% roaming consistently sprint will void your service. So don't do that either. May I suggest WiFi? Are there any apps to track the usage? Sprint's account page only shows 3G data use.
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err posted:Are there any apps to track the usage? Sprint's account page only shows 3G data use. You have to dig deeper, because it does show usage somewhere on Sprint's account page. Just look around (it took me about 5 minutes to find it).
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err posted:Are there any apps to track the usage? Sprint's account page only shows 3G data use. It shows roaming usage right next to regular usage for me. Couldn't tell ya.
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Once upon a time there was some stuff about needing to change a setting to get Pandora to work on Sprint Android phones. I've been having a hell of a time with Pandora, in that it takes a couple minutes to play a song, if it ever does, and just generally sucks on my EVO 4G.
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Nov 11, 2011 16:50
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This is fantastic: network.sprint.com Track what sprint is doing network wise in your area.
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Nov 11, 2011 16:59
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Are there currently any recurring hardware problems with the iPhone 4s? I.E. I don't want to gently caress around with a lemon phone when I upgrade, what phone gives me the largest chance of not dealing with bullshit?
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It looks like Sprint is finally pushing out the update to SIM lock the iPhone 4S, but will unlock it again for customers "in good standing." http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/11/sprint-pushes-sim-lock-to-iphone-4s-customers-offers-to-undo-it/
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Nov 11, 2011 18:46
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Duckman2008 posted:This is fantastic: This is the best thing. Not only did I learn that all the towers in my podunk little area are getting upgrades, but I just learned that there is a tower 4 blocks from my house.
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Nov 11, 2011 19:45
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Duckman2008 posted:This is fantastic: Every tower: next 6 months: data capacity upgrade! I hope it's true. gently caress me data has been bad here for the last 6 months+. A couple years ago all my friends were jealous of my Sprint data speeds, now they all mock me.  GEMorris posted:Are there currently any recurring hardware problems with the iPhone 4s? Apple hardware tends to be pretty loving solid. Even if an issue does pop up their customer service is excellent, especially if you have a local Apple store. Make appointment, go in, get new phone in 2 minutes. That being said a small number of people have had battery issues with the 4S, but these issues aren't poo poo compared to common Android battery issues. ddogflex fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Nov 11, 2011 |
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Nov 11, 2011 19:50
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ddogflex posted:Every tower: next 6 months: data capacity upgrade! The tower closest me shows data capacity upgrade in next 6 months. Although I'm not putting much faith in that estimate. "Next 6 months" is a bit overbroad.
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letsgoflyers81 posted:It looks like Sprint is finally pushing out the update to SIM lock the iPhone 4S, but will unlock it again for customers "in good standing." It's not pushing out a SIM lock, it's just that any phone activated 11/11 and on will be SIM locked. Any activated before are not being locked. GEMorris posted:Are there currently any recurring hardware problems with the iPhone 4s? None I've heard of, the battery issues are reportedly Software based, and most people never see them.
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Casao posted:It's not pushing out a SIM lock, it's just that any phone activated 11/11 and on will be SIM locked. Any activated before are not being locked. From the article quote:Starting today Sprint is pushing a SIM lock to all iPhone 4Ss on its network. Did they just get it completely wrong?
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letsgoflyers81 posted:From the article Yes. The press release says "Beginning on November 11, the International SIM will be locked for devices provisioned on the Sprint network." Kind of ambiguous. The leaked memo, on the other hand, says "The SIM lock will not impact any current Sprint iPhone 4S Customers (activated prior to 11/11/11)." http://www.sprintfeed.com/2011/11/all-iphone-4s-sims-to-be-locked-at-activation-starting-november-11th/
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atomicvocabulary posted:I have been doing some speed tests, around 15, for the past week at different portions of my city at different times. Um, guys. I think I found something. Or at least maybe rediscovered something from this thread. I think that my so called "3g" was set to 1x this whole time. I've been running speed tests and have never been able to get above 133kbps download. I work nights here in Tulsa for a major ambulance service so I would run a speed test in the dead space when 90% of people would be asleep say like 1am to 3am. So like even at that time next to a tower I would get a slow ping, upwards of 1second or more, and watch the test run and stop at 132kbps and maybe get 133. I got that result 5 times or more in the two weeks plus I have been running the speed test. Until today when I checked this thread again. Page 147 lead to a thread on XDA about the EVO shift of all things (I'm on a 3d). His Shift came from the factory set to 1x. I am starting to think mine too. I followed these instructions: I seem to have it working now. The change I made was ##3282#, EVDO, preferred mode = auto. This was previously set to CDMA. After a reboot I now have 3g. My EVDO phrase that I had was "CDMA only" which I changed to automatic. First test I ran, which was just now 3pm local time: 685ms Ping 237kbps download 255kbps upload All these results from the same test. Compared to best results from multiple tests before the change which you can see above but for ease I reformat here: 580ms ping 133kbps download 178kbps upload And this was in the middle of the day with the networks probably loaded up with users. I never got anything close to this except on 4g or wifi. I suggest checking your poo poo if you were having a problem like mine. new edit: 5pm local time: 169ms ping 1392 kbps download 427kbps upload I'm about to cry atomicvocabulary fucked around with this message at 00:01 on Nov 12, 2011 |
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That tower map is pretty cool. I noticed a few locations where I had atypically good speeds (like 2Mbps down, dream big, I know  ) and right where I had them they were all flagged as "upgraded data capacity in the last 6 Mos). The towers where I NEED them to get the upgrade are in the nebulous "data capacity upgrade in next 6 Mos" territory, but it seems like the places where I could do the A/B comparison seem to bare out that if an upgrade does happen, it will resolve my issues.
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atomicvocabulary posted:3G and EVDO stuff Uh. EVDO = 3G on Sprint. CDMA is the underlying technology the whole shebang runs on. I think you've got your terms confused here - you're thinking of the difference between 1xRTT (2G) and EVDO (3G).
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SneakyCracker posted:Uh. EVDO = 3G on Sprint. CDMA is the underlying technology the whole shebang runs on. I think you've got your terms confused here - you're thinking of the difference between 1xRTT (2G) and EVDO (3G). Thanks for that, I'll fix it. Bottom line for me is the change from CDMA only to automatic was the correct one
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I got a push on my phone (Epic 4G) that I could download Android 2.3.5. I go to settings, Update Android, but it says I'm up to date. Is there something else I need to do? EDIT: Ok got the update installed. Really digging the new update! SalTheBard fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Nov 12, 2011 |
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Casao posted:Yes. The press release says "Beginning on November 11, the International SIM will be locked for devices provisioned on the Sprint network." Kind of ambiguous. The leaked memo, on the other hand, says "The SIM lock will not impact any current Sprint iPhone 4S Customers (activated prior to 11/11/11)." Gotcha. Well, good for existing owners, sucks for for everyone else then.
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SalTheBard posted:I got a push on my phone (Epic 4G) that I could download Android 2.3.5. I go to settings, Update Android, but it says I'm up to date. Is there something else I need to do? As am I. Following the update, the Epic seems to be noticeably snappier. Only source of annoyance thusfar is that Samsung, in all of their infinite wisedom, felt it necessary to remove the excellent stock Gingerbread keyboard and replace it with their own. Thankfully though, the Gingerbread keyboard can be installed via the market. Aside from that though, thus update is (so far) feeling like what the Epic should have right along.
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Thanks for the Network Vision map, Duckman. The 3-4 towers in my immediate area are all showing Voice, Capacity, and Speed upgrades; some within the last 6 months, some within the next 6 months. I wonder what the speed upgrades are: EvDO rev. A to rev. B? It's not showing anything for my mom's/siblings' suburb, though. It's 15 minutes outside the city and is the most affluent town in the entire area, yet it's stuck on 1x data and spotty voice coverage.
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SneakyCracker posted:This is the best thing. Not only did I learn that all the towers in my podunk little area are getting upgrades, but I just learned that there is a tower 4 blocks from my house. 
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goku chewbacca posted:I wonder what the speed upgrades are: EvDO rev. A to rev. B? It's probably not an RF protocol change. More likely, it's more radio arrays or a fatter backhaul pipe for internet access.
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goku chewbacca posted:Thanks for the Network Vision map, Duckman. The 3-4 towers in my immediate area are all showing Voice, Capacity, and Speed upgrades; some within the last 6 months, some within the next 6 months. I wonder what the speed upgrades are: EvDO rev. A to rev. B? poo poo, with all the coverage questions I have to answer regularly I am more just making GBS threads my pants to tell people "hey look here." But yeah, the map is pretty cool.
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SneakyCracker posted:As am I. Following the update, the Epic seems to be noticeably snappier. Only source of annoyance thusfar is that Samsung, in all of their infinite wisedom, felt it necessary to remove the excellent stock Gingerbread keyboard and replace it with their own. Thankfully though, the Gingerbread keyboard can be installed via the market. This 100% My phone feels so much more responsive, it doesn't feel sluggish when going to app screen or when switching between screens. It's wonderful! Whats so good about the Gingerbread keyboards vs. the Epic keyboard? Can you still use swype with the gingerbread keyboard?
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Kynetx posted:It's probably not an RF protocol change. More likely, it's more radio arrays or a fatter backhaul pipe for internet access. It could be either considering the widespread mature of the speed upgrades. Sprint made mention of an upcoming RF change, and this could be them rolling it out. v  v
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Hmmm that network.sprint.com site is missing a little city called Los Angeles. In the pulldown, at least.
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Eyecannon posted:Hmmm that network.sprint.com site is missing a little city called Los Angeles. I wouldn't say it's missing it, Bob.
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Duckman2008 posted:This is fantastic: Is that all the towers? Or just ones getting upgrades?
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CharlesM posted:Is that all the towers? Or just ones getting upgrades? I think just ones getting upgrades, but don't quote me on that.
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Question: I am on SERO and I just got my iphone over the mail. Previously 0i was on the $40 smartphone plan, but this would be an upgrade. Should I activate the phone over the internet or do I need to call in to do it?
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CharlesM posted:Is that all the towers? Or just ones getting upgrades? Vladimir Putin posted:Question: I am on SERO and I just got my iphone over the mail. Previously 0i was on the $40 smartphone plan, but this would be an upgrade. Should I activate the phone over the internet or do I need to call in to do it?
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Alright that's what I was thinking since I didn't see that many towers in some areas.
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SneakyCracker posted:Aside from that though, thus update is (so far) feeling like what the Epic should have right along. This is inexcusable too since the problem is that they shipped a very old version of the GB GPS daemon (it's been the same since the early-May leak), whereas the Mesmerize and Sprint Tab GB updates that hit a few months ago both include a much never version that works really darn well. Good news is that if you're rooted and want a working GPS, this fix (the daemon pulled from the Mesmerize) works really well. They also didn't fix the hardware keyboard driver they hosed up in the Froyo release despite community fixes being around forever. But if you haven't had a problem with the hardware keyboard so far, it's no worse in GB.
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Amazon Wireless has the price of the Epic Touch 4G down to $99 for upgrades. Between this and the insane deal on the RAZR a couple days ago I'm wondering how much money they're actually making from this venture.
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Matlock posted:Amazon Wireless has the price of the Epic Touch 4G down to $99 for upgrades. Between this and the insane deal on the RAZR a couple days ago I'm wondering how much money they're actually making from this venture. loving hell I don't know if I can hold out for an iPhone much longer, especially if that Epic 4G Touch is going to be a couple hundred dollars less for awhile. Does it have the usual Samsung problems? Software bugs, loss of signal issues?
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dexplosivo posted:Does it have the usual Samsung problems? Software bugs, loss of signal issues? I haven't heard of much in that department, and I'm pretty hawkish on how badly Samsung likes to drop the ball.
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My brother and a close friend have the Epic 4G Touch and Galaxy S2 (AT&T) respectively, and have had zero issues. Makes me regret buying the Evo 3D with a fraction of the ROM support and abandoned alpha version of CM7.
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blargle posted:My brother and a close friend have the Epic 4G Touch and Galaxy S2 (AT&T) respectively, and have had zero issues. Makes me regret buying the Evo 3D with a fraction of the ROM support and abandoned alpha version of CM7. What? The 3D is not getting the same support as the OG EVO? I did to read up on this. I was thinking about flashing my wife's 3D to MIUI soon.
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dexplosivo posted:Does it have the usual Samsung problems? Software bugs, loss of signal issues? Perhaps the biggest issue with the device so far is loss of signal where the radio walks off and never comes back until a reboot. Although not everyone has experienced it, it's been reported by enough folks that one should assume it can affect all devices. It's also an issue that Sprint acknowledges and Samsung is working on a fix for, although no fix has been pushed yet and it's not clear how quickly one will be available. As for "how big of a deal is loss of signal?" (On stock devices,) some folks never experience it while others see it once or twice a week at most. Probably the worst cases are once every, or every other day. However, it became particularly notable after Samsung shipped kernel sources with a bunch of debugging turned on, which, ironically, exacerbated loss-of-signal significantly. With the first generation of E4GT custom kernels pretty much everyone was seeing it multiple times a day. That much has been solved, and the latest custom kernels aren't any worse than stock in this regard. I can't say if that one issue is alone a showstopper. I'm sure the folks for whom the problem has been worst have swapped out their devices, but everyone is awaiting a fix. Hopefully a fix comes soon, but with Samsung we can't say when that will be and if the fix won't break other poo poo. In other words, if you do grab the device and either never have, or find the loss of service problem to happen infrequently enough that it's not particularly bothersome--great. But if you decide it's a horrible mess but you're willing to hold out for a fix, don't hold your breath. As for Samsung in general, they released the official GB update for the Epic last week and it's great (at least, at to be expected) in all aspects except they botched the GPS again. This time it's becuase they're using an older version of (essentially) the same GPS daemon (software) as the NS4G, Fascinate/Mesmerize, CDMA Tabs, etc., all of which are just fine. Fortunately the fix is dirt simple. But it's just evidence that Samsung, despite many promises to the contrary, still can't get their poo poo straight after a very, very delayed update release.
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