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Duckman2008 posted:Why do you need to unroot it? Just need to know in case the buyer doesn't want it rooted.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:What are the necessary steps to clearing personal data off an Android phone before selling it? I seem to recall there being more than just a factory reset. The top RUU on this page should return the EVO 4G to stock everything. http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Supersonic brc64 posted:Now, do I sell my Evo 3D on Craigslist when the Galaxy Nexus comes out? Depends, are you in a WiMAX market and will you be in an LTE market upon the GN's release? I have decent WiMAX in Philly and it's not one of the LTE launch markets yet, so I wouldn't want to switch yet.
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Sprint just did that thing again where I magically can't log into my account and it refuses to recover my username and/or password. I think they have the worst website in the history of the universe.
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For Epic Touch Users: If you set your brightness to manual (Home->Menu->Settings->Display) and move the slider all the way to the left(lowest brightness), does your screen have a purplish-tint? (It's noticeable especially in the notification bar and the menu buttons of the built in browser, if the browser has the default brightness settings) I know mine does, and it has an unusual vibrating bands looking effect in the whitest areas (like the Google homepage, or the background of a post on the awful app.) I was thinking it might be a screen defect issue, but out of 4 Epic Touches that I've tested, 2 exhibit the purplish effect, with the manual brightness set to lowest and 2 don't. If you have an Epic Touch and have a moment could you test to see if your's does too?
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Sorry Duckman, but I have to ask. Is English not your native language? I mean, speaking-wise, you phrase things very awkwardly. Vykk.Draygo posted:Just need to know in case the buyer doesn't want it rooted. Installing a new ROM will erase /system and /data. Format your SD card and you're good to go.
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goku chewbacca posted:Sorry Duckman, but I have to ask. Is English not your native language? I mean, speaking-wise, you phrase things very awkwardly. Haha no I just either try to post really fast, its late and I'm tired, or I post while drunk.
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Q_res posted:This is actually true, by the way. When was the last time they released a phone that didn't have something glaringly wrong with it right out of the gate? Hell, does the GPS even work on the Galaxy Nexus? Samsung hardware has been pretty much synonymous with "no drat GPS if you have so much as a cloud in the way" for a long while now. As for this: SneakyCracker posted:Is there anything you don't bitch about in terms of phones? You seem impossible to make happy. I liked my Hero. Then again, the alternative was Verizon or the Moment. gently caress 'em both. I truly feel sorry for the people that live in a Comcast-only, Verizon-only area. It's like paying to be DP'd and then paying again to be the bukkake target afterwards. But anyway, eventually the Hero's star had faded away and they EOL'd it. Luckily, CM came around with god damned Gingerbread on the thing. It ran all right, but then I bought an Epic. And I've been bitter ever since.
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The Entire Universe posted:When was the last time they released a phone that didn't have something glaringly wrong with it right out of the gate? The trend here is that Samsung's GB devices are largely OK. The exception is the E4GT which had the loss of signal problem on release, although admittedly it manifested rarely outside of running custom kernels with weird config options enabld. The Entire Universe posted:Hell, does the GPS even work on the Galaxy Nexus? The Entire Universe posted:Samsung hardware has been pretty much synonymous with "no drat GPS if you have so much as a cloud in the way" for a long while now. Granted, Samsung should be drug over the coals for releasing the Epic GB update with a botched GPS daemon even thought they had a fixed one running on other devices for months, including the Sprint Tab. I'm not sure what to call that kind of incompetence. It's not really gross incompetence, because they clearly managed to get the GPS hardware working. It's just stupidity that they were unable to push the right fixes where they needed to go. The Entire Universe posted:I truly feel sorry for the people that live in a Comcast-only, Verizon-only area.
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falz posted:Shift is the best android keyboard phone on Sprint. Lots of ROM options too, runs CM7 5 or you could get an un-shitted up stock based ROM that probably fixes whatever issues existed on the official Gingerbread update. Is it still broken stock Android 2.3? I never really understood what happened, but a tremendous amount of people were really upset about it.
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punkr0csux posted:For Epic Touch Users: No purple tint over here.
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Rent posted:Is it still broken stock Android 2.3? I never really understood what happened, but a tremendous amount of people were really upset about it. A tremendous amount of people are/were pissed about the Epic's GB update, but it should go without saying that the Shift is the better of the two, due to all the issues (albeit mainly software issues but there will be a super bowl victory parade in Buffalo before Samsung decides they want to go back and fix their fuckups on the Epic.) I mean, Samsung's history of updates on the Epic would make Amelia Bedelia look like a drat genius.
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letsgoflyers81 posted:The top RUU on this page should return the EVO 4G to stock everything. The Entire Universe posted:A tremendous amount of people are/were pissed about the Epic's GB update, but it should go without saying that the Shift is the better of the two, due to all the issues (albeit mainly software issues but there will be a super bowl victory parade in Buffalo before Samsung decides they want to go back and fix their fuckups on the Epic.)
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brc64 posted:I'm in the Dallas area, so yes. Although I live north of Dallas, so it's hard to say if the new LTE deployment will reach me at home or not. Don't update it. Honestly, I'm not completely sure if the update was fixed (my fiance no longer has the shift), but i wouldn't risk it. What happened was the gingerbread update made the shift run slow and crash a lot (it would go to the white HTC screen). I think it has gotten slightly better, but not by much.
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So what the hell is Sprint's plan if lightsquared falls through? Rely on clearwire to turn their poo poo to LTE?
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TLG James posted:So what the hell is Sprint's plan if lightsquared falls through? Rely on clearwire to turn their poo poo to LTE? No, if you go to the network vision page sprint is turning both 850mhz and 1900mhz into LTE as well. So basically, LTE will at the very least be at the same coverage sprint currently has (eventually of course). Lightsquared would be nice to augment that, but it is not necessary.
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I sure hope they roll that stuff out soon. I don't really want to go to Verizon but 3g speeds are so terrible I'm about to just pay my ETF and switch. Yesterday I did a speedtest on my phone and my work laptop with a T-Mobile internet stick. My phone had a full 3g signal, 6/6 bars on my Epic 4G Touch. WiiMax was not available. I got 101 kbps down on the phone, 4100+ kbps down on my T-Mobile "4g". Sure, WiiMax is faster but it's rare to have coverage in Jacksonville. I've done several speed tests over the past several months and I don't think I've ever seen over 300 kbps on 3g, it's awful.
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Fun fact: different areas have differing amounts of subscribers per tower, and thusly have varying degrees of overloadedness, ranging from "overloaded" to "hella overloaded".
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td4guy posted:Fun fact: different areas have differing amounts of subscribers per tower, and thusly have varying degrees of overloadedness, ranging from "overloaded" to "hella overloaded". Well, I know that I am shocked by this information. I really hope Sprint hurries the gently caress up with all their upgrades. It gets harder and harder to stick with them when I run Speedtest and get 0.07Mbps down, 0.01Mbps up, and a ping of 1226ms at work... :-/
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Did anybody else's credit card(s) disappear from the Sprint bill pay page? Do they purge them at the end of the year or what?
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On my old touch pro 2 the battery status light would blink when the screen was off if I had a text/voicemail/whatever waiting for me. The same status light on my arrive doesnt do this currently, is there a way I can do this? Its kind of annoying to have to keep hitting the power button to check my texts. (I deliver for fedex so I just leave my phone in the truck)
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Ozmodiar posted:Well, I know that I am shocked by this information. Well if you want to do when upgrades are planned for the towers near your workplace just go to http://www.sprint.com/network and it'll tell you when capacity upgrades are planned
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Holy crap I actually saw someone with an Echo last night. She had the phone in tablet mode and was showing someone a picture. At first I thought she was comparing two phones side by side.Vykk.Draygo posted:Did anybody else's credit card(s) disappear from the Sprint bill pay page? Do they purge them at the end of the year or what? Nope, i just paid my bill online yesterday.
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Cage posted:On my old touch pro 2 the battery status light would blink when the screen was off if I had a text/voicemail/whatever waiting for me. The same status light on my arrive doesnt do this currently, is there a way I can do this? Its kind of annoying to have to keep hitting the power button to check my texts. (I deliver for fedex so I just leave my phone in the truck) Only for missed calls. http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...ail-s?ref=title
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Thanks to big mean giraffe I am trying out ice cream sandwich on my 3D, and beyond the camera not working it is great so far. Only other issue i have had is random connectivity issues. If no one else posts it between now and tonight I will try and post up a link.ZeroAX posted:Holy crap I actually saw someone with an Echo last night. She had the phone in tablet mode and was showing someone a picture. At first I thought she was comparing two phones side by side. I still say it isn't a terrible phone, just ugly, no ROM support and there are always better options.
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Duckman2008 posted:Thanks to big mean giraffe I am trying out ice cream sandwich on my 3D, and beyond the camera not working it is great so far. Only other issue i have had is random connectivity issues. If no one else posts it between now and tonight I will try and post up a link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411185 That's the one, they say they're close to getting camera to work. I had one issue where I didn't have signal some time yesterday, but a switch to airplane mode and back brought it back, no issues since. Runs insanely fast, way smoother than even the official 2.3 from HTC.
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big mean giraffe posted:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411185 Does this require a special kernel? I just installed this and wiped everything multiple times but I'm stuck at the HTC logo on first boot and have been here for 20+ minutes.
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jakeledel posted:Does this require a special kernel? I just installed this and wiped everything multiple times but I'm stuck at the HTC logo on first boot and have been here for 20+ minutes. If it did it'd be included. I just wiped data and both caches and flashed the two zips.
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Are the EPRP plans only for new customers, or can existing sprint customers get in on it? I'm planning on porting over my number from AT&T and I was looking at amazon's phone pricing (which would be significantly better than Sprint's) but I can't sign up for EPRP through amazon. Would I be able to order off amazon and change my plan to EPRP once I get the phone?
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SKYMALL SCRILLA posted:Would I be able to order off amazon and change my plan to EPRP once I get the phone? If you work for any sort of large company, though, check into a corporate discount, since even a moderate one will match eprp these days, and still let you buy phones anywhere.
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big mean giraffe posted:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411185 With all the drama going on in the 3D dev scene on xda lately it's a relief to see anything at all coming out, especially something as big as ICS. I've been running alpha7 for a day or so now and haven't had any problems. The call volume was a bit low but using Volume+ on +3 it's plenty loud. I also jumped from the included Trebuchet launcher to Nova Launcher which has been running perfectly. I pushed it to /system/app before installing it so be sure to do that if you try it, that seems to take care of a few issues that might crop up. The Widgetlocker guy is behind Nova Launcher and he responds to bug reports with fixes really quick. PREYING MANTITS fucked around with this message at 12:40 on Jan 9, 2012 |
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SKYMALL SCRILLA posted:Are the EPRP plans only for new customers, or can existing sprint customers get in on it? I'm planning on porting over my number from AT&T and I was looking at amazon's phone pricing (which would be significantly better than Sprint's) but I can't sign up for EPRP through amazon. Would I be able to order off amazon and change my plan to EPRP once I get the phone? No, you cannot switch to EPRP after the fact. And yeah, you should look into corporate discounts you're eligible for, because 16.67% isn't that much of a discount to be honest.
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td4guy posted:EPRP and third party retailers like Amazon are incompatible. You have to choose which one you value more - 16.67% off of the base plan every month forever, or killer phone deals at third party retailers. So does this mean when my 22 months for an upgrade is up in May, I can't sign on to a new two year contract under EPRP? I'm on a regular plan right now. edit: Answering my own question...no, not possible. Need to open a new account and new phone number, or add a new line of service (i.e. another line). Auron fucked around with this message at 17:52 on Jan 9, 2012 |
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It looks like Sprint getting the LTE Galaxy Nexus is no longer just a rumor. http://www.sprint.com/landings/lte/index.html?ECID=MA%3AAB%3A20120109%3ACES%3AGLX%3ANXS%3A300x1050
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letsgoflyers81 posted:It looks like Sprint getting the LTE Galaxy Nexus is no longer just a rumor. Wonder why they went with 16GB instead of 32 like Verizon's. On the plus side, Google Wallet goodness. Quite appealing regardless.
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PREYING MANTITS posted:Wonder why they went with 16GB instead of 32 like Verizon's. On the plus side, Google Wallet goodness. Quite appealing regardless. Maybe they're going to price it at $200 instead of $300 like the Verizon GN. Honestly I think 16GB is enough for most people, and consumers are more like to notice it being a third cheaper than Verizon's model rather than the reduction in storage. Edit: LOL at the LG Viper
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PREYING MANTITS posted:Wonder why they went with 16GB instead of 32 like Verizon's. Edit: Beaten, but for more speculation: letsgoflyers81 posted:and consumers are more like to notice it being a third cheaper than Verizon's model rather than the reduction in storage. ExcessBLarg! fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Jan 9, 2012 |
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ExcessBLarg! posted:The other thing is that Verizon has a glut of LTE phones on the market that they can (and want to) sell at lower price points, whereas the GNex is a launch Sprint LTE phone, so they probably want to make it accessible to start folks transitioning to LTE devices. Good point. Verizon has a bunch of $200 LTE phones and I've been seeing a commercial lately for a $50 Pantech.
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