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blargle posted:The guy who has been releasing CM10 builds for the E3D has gone on hiatus, although you could always build it from source yourself I guess. There are some serious wake lock battery drain issues with it right now. No he hasn't. He last pushed an update on the 21st and is currently on vacation. But really, there are actually multiple people working on it at this point.
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mesc posted:I got fed up and emailed dan@sprint.com and after a very pleasant conversation and investigation by them to ensure I wasn't lying they let me out of my contract (just re-upped in July). Being a customer in good standing for over a decade might have helped though. I'd love to know more about this. Sprint has become awful in my area over the past 2 years, and I'd love to find a way out of my contract (1 year old now) without an ETF.
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FlyingCheese posted:No he hasn't. He last pushed an update on the 21st and is currently on vacation. But really, there are actually multiple people working on it at this point. Where is this mostly stable actively developed CM10 for the 3D? All I can find on the official website is CM7, and a quick glance at XDA shows me something called CyanogenMod 10 Gangnam Style, which sounds to me like some clown is just building from source and screwing around with poo poo. Is there an official experimental build?
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brc64 posted:Where is this mostly stable actively developed CM10 for the 3D? All I can find on the official website is CM7, and a quick glance at XDA shows me something called CyanogenMod 10 Gangnam Style, which sounds to me like some clown is just building from source and screwing around with poo poo. Is there an official experimental build? The CMs being built for the CDMA 3D are all "unofficial" (branched off from the official GSM 3D builds), as far as my knowledge goes. If you're looking for decent CM10s, you can check out Paranoid Android or MIUI. I've yet to try them myself, but people say they're good. Then again, as mentioned previously in this thread, the whole XDA community is a big circlejerk. You've been warned.
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Ozmodiar posted:I'd love to know more about this. Sprint has become awful in my area over the past 2 years, and I'd love to find a way out of my contract (1 year old now) without an ETF. I'd email Dan but the vast majority of my gripes with Sprint (see prepaid phones thread) aren't really Sprint incompetence or malice but more about the inherent issues with CDMA being the douche canoe signal standard for carriers to be assholes with, their reasonable (in my view) stance on coverage of lovely exurb beluga farm sprawl, and their special snowflake phone configurations (due to CDMA being poo poo on a shoelace) causing months-long delays in phone updates.
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Priss In Plate posted:If you're looking for decent CM10s, you can check out Paranoid Android or MIUI. I've yet to try them myself, but people say they're good. Then again, as mentioned previously in this thread, the whole XDA community is a big circlejerk. You've been warned. PA has gotten pretty good as of the last update. They finally added WiMax support and everything works save for the 3D and built-in wifi tether (the wifi tether app still works).
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Pleasantly surprised with how much LTE coverage there is in Houston, I had coverage basically from Sugar Land to Webster. Maybe while I was away from Dallas during the break they improved the coverage over there to be as good as Houston's, haha yeah right.
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brc64 posted:Where is this mostly stable actively developed CM10 for the 3D? All I can find on the official website is CM7, and a quick glance at XDA shows me something called CyanogenMod 10 Gangnam Style, which sounds to me like some clown is just building from source and screwing around with poo poo. Is there an official experimental build? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1826747 CDMA builds are being built at the same time and are posted here: http://goo.im/devs/agrabren/cm10/shooter He's a Sprint user for his personal phone so the CDMA version gets just as much attention. It's not official (yet), but they're already talking with the CM team to become official.
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So, I picked up a Galaxy S3 for Black Friday and am experiencing LTE speeds in Chicago and it's amazing how fast it is. Sadly I live two hours from Chicago and probably won't get that kind of speed normally.  But I'm enjoying it while I'm here.
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DanAdamKOF posted:Pleasantly surprised with how much LTE coverage there is in Houston, I had coverage basically from Sugar Land to Webster. Maybe while I was away from Dallas during the break they improved the coverage over there to be as good as Houston's, haha yeah right. No, but it is getting better (slowly). I have LTE signal most places I go in Plano now, some areas are even good enough to get LTE indoors. They are definitely rolling out new towers.
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FlyingCheese posted:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1826747 Yeah, Disarmed Toaster is what I've been using for a while now, and it actually makes the phone not suck completely.
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Tried multiple times Friday to buy a Galaxy S III and gave up after 6 or so hours. Soon as anyone saw that I had a SERO plan I got routed somewhere else where the call would drop at random, get a disconnected number, outside office hours, told to go online, etc. Oh Sprint.
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The Electronaut posted:Tried multiple times Friday to buy a Galaxy S III and gave up after 6 or so hours. Soon as anyone saw that I had a SERO plan I got routed somewhere else where the call would drop at random, get a disconnected number, outside office hours, told to go online, etc. Oh Sprint. Did you call 888-882-4030? They were super helpful for me, but a bit of a hold...
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I am worried seeing all the problems people had on SERO getting the Black Friday S3 deal. I'm on SERO premium, with my Evo4g, and I ordered online with no problems. It mentioned meeding to change the plan, but never got more specific, and said I could make the plan changes later. I plan on calling employee care or SERO support when I get the phone on monday and need to activate it. Did I massively screw up?
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Imasalmon posted:I am worried seeing all the problems people had on SERO getting the Black Friday S3 deal. I'm on SERO premium, with my Evo4g, and I ordered online with no problems. It mentioned meeding to change the plan, but never got more specific, and said I could make the plan changes later. I plan on calling employee care or SERO support when I get the phone on monday and need to activate it. Did I massively screw up? Probably not, the needed change was to change your plan from SERO 4G WiMax to SERO 4G LTE. Still, good idea to check your account online or call in to verify.
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Lovie Unsmith posted:Probably not, the needed change was to change your plan from SERO 4G WiMax to SERO 4G LTE. Still, good idea to check your account online or call in to verify. I checked online, and I am still listed as on SERO Premium. So it ought to be fine, right? Especially since the phone isn't activated, right?
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Imasalmon posted:I checked online, and I am still listed as on SERO Premium. So it ought to be fine, right? Especially since the phone isn't activated, right? That's right. As long as you call a SERO number (check the OP), they'll apply the correct code to your account and you'll retain your SERO plan.
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SERO support is pretty dang good. Just get the phone you want any way you can, then call them. It is a piece of cake from there on.
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Missed the S III Black Friday boat. Pretty bummed I have to wait a whole year to take advantage of a holiday-centered sales event upgrade.
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petercodeine posted:Missed the S III Black Friday boat. Pretty bummed I have to wait a whole year to take advantage of a holiday-centered sales event upgrade. You can probably get the same deal in a few months when the s4 inevitably comes out.
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petercodeine posted:Missed the S III Black Friday boat. Pretty bummed I have to wait a whole year to take advantage of a holiday-centered sales event upgrade. Ya know, I was going to get it, but then the $70 of fees and taxes kinda pissed me off. On top of that, rumors are indicating the S4 is coming out in early spring. I'm gonna hang in there with my antique smart phone just to see. If I don't like what is released, I'll see about picking up an S3 on eBay or something (prices will drop a bit).
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geetee posted:You can probably get the same deal in a few months when the s4 inevitably comes out. That's actually what it came to. Almost placed the order on Amazon Wireless, at which point it was backordered and gave me an estimated date of mid-January or some poo poo. Didn't see the appeal in possibly having to drop my EPRP to get a discount on a phone that would have a new iteration out by the time I even got it.
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moolchaba posted:Ya know, I was going to get it, but then the $70 of fees and taxes kinda pissed me off. On top of that, rumors are indicating the S4 is coming out in early spring. I don't know if it matters where you try to get it, but Best Buy taxed me on the $48 it cost due to the special, not the regular price. It seems like actual Sprint stores were taxing on the original price for whatever reason.
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theguy2687 posted:I don't know if it matters where you try to get it, but Best Buy taxed me on the $48 it cost due to the special, not the regular price. It seems like actual Sprint stores were taxing on the original price for whatever reason. Its been my experience for the last 3-4 phones I've bought with an upgrade that they have been taxed on the full retail price of the phone, buying from both Verizon and Sprint. That's nice that BB taxes on what you're actually paying, I think its bullshit to pay sales tax on the full price.
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CharlesM posted:I think sometimes that's based on local law. Correct, several states have gone after the cell phone companies IIRC arguing that the subsidy is part of the contract price so you are actually paying full price, thus should pay full sales tax. (The regular monthly service price isn't taxed by regular sales tax).
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CharlesM posted:I think sometimes that's based on local law. It's based on state/local laws, yeah. Here in NY, phones seem to be taxed at something like 12% (? It's higher than normal sales tax, that's for sure), but on the actual price paid. This, at least, based on my having checked out phones before at the sprint website, and paying $1.11 for a $.99 phone the other day.
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I'm tired of this crap. I, my wife, and father in law all have E4GT phones. They are less than a year old and the battery life is absolutely terrible on all of them. This weekend, I unplugged my phone at around 10am and by 8pm, I got a low battery warning - I hadn't made any phone calls, I hadn't played any games, I hadn't sent any texts. The phone was literally sitting on a table just existing and it killed the battery. Now I understand that smartphones have high battery drain. My Wi-Fi is set to turn off when the phone is not plugged in, etc. (though I shouldn't have to turn everything off to get a reasonable battery life on my phone.) As with many other people, this issue really started with the most recent updates (ICS, etc.) Is there any way to root the phone and roll back to Gingerbread without having to deal with the nag screens from Sprint saying that I need to upgrade? I do appreciate that Sprint offers unlimited data (but disabled FoxFi, drat it!) and I get a 25% discount on the bill due to my employer, but goddamnit, I am really sick and tired of the lovely signal, the fact that I can't use my phone in most of the buildings I go in to, and the incredible battery drain. I am so ready to go to another carrier over this experience.
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berzerkmonkey posted:I'm tired of this crap. I, my wife, and father in law all have E4GT phones. They are less than a year old and the battery life is absolutely terrible on all of them. This weekend, I unplugged my phone at around 10am and by 8pm, I got a low battery warning - I hadn't made any phone calls, I hadn't played any games, I hadn't sent any texts. The phone was literally sitting on a table just existing and it killed the battery. The signal at your house must suck dongs. If you have wifi at home, use that instead of your phone burning battery like crazy trying to increase the gain on the antenna enough to pick up a whisper of a signal. Failing that, post a screenshot of your battery stats, maybe someone can help you with fixing wakelocks or something that's draining your battery like that.
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"d[-.- posted:b" post="409955080"] How will turning Wi-Fi off hurt my battery? The Entire Universe posted:The signal at your house must suck dongs. If you have wifi at home, use that instead of your phone burning battery like crazy trying to increase the gain on the antenna enough to pick up a whisper of a signal. Anyway, the signal at the house isn't an issue - I've got an Airrave courtesy of Sprint. I'm telling you - while signal does suck when I am out and about, the phones in general have problems. My father in law (in a different part of the state) also complains of lovely battery, and my wife is in the same boat I am. None of us had poor battery life when we were on Gingerbread - I could let my phone sit idle all day and still have 60% battery.
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Do Air Raves have a monthly fee? My sister has terrible signal at her house, but has been unsuccessful getting a free one because she's on an employee plan and retentions won't even talk to her about it. She needs an Air Rave, and at this point she's willing to buy one, but I read online that it requires an "Unlimited air rave" data plan...
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Speaking of bad Sprint signal, I just got an MMS my boyfriend sent about a week ago but I never got. Meanwhile, at the same time, he just got an MMS I sent a week and a half ago. It looked like it never sent. I don't know what the gently caress just happened. Is Sprint really getting that bad?
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berzerkmonkey posted:Anyway, the signal at the house isn't an issue - I've got an Airrave courtesy of Sprint. I'm telling you - while signal does suck when I am out and about, the phones in general have problems. My father in law (in a different part of the state) also complains of lovely battery, and my wife is in the same boat I am. None of us had poor battery life when we were on Gingerbread - I could let my phone sit idle all day and still have 60% battery. If you are on your original battery, it could just be wearing out. Replacement batteries are pretty cheap now for that phone, you might want to give that a try if you want to stay stock.
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berzerkmonkey posted:How will turning Wi-Fi off hurt my battery? Short version: the phone needs to put out a lot less energy to contact something as close by as a Wi-Fi access point than it needs to contact a tower. Look up the inverse-square law if you want to go into the mathematical detail. berzerkmonkey posted:How can I possibly use Wi-Fi to pick up a cell signal? With smartphones, the point to using Wi-Fi is that you don't have to transmit via cell towers for the data connection. As has been explained, that means less battery drain. That said, the Airrave should eliminate tower distance as an issue in the power consumption. If replacing the battery like bigpolar suggested doesn't help, then it could very easily just be the phone itself that's crappy in this case rather than being specifically because of Sprint. While it's not hard to find people complaining about the E4GT's battery life, most of those complaints feature such genius suggestions as "install a task killer" and "turn off Wi-Fi". The fact that the femtocell is apparently not having much of an impact would probably indicate that the phone would still be worthless even if you managed to trick Verizon into activating it.
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Medullah posted:Do Air Raves have a monthly fee? My sister has terrible signal at her house, but has been unsuccessful getting a free one because she's on an employee plan and retentions won't even talk to her about it. She needs an Air Rave, and at this point she's willing to buy one, but I read online that it requires an "Unlimited air rave" data plan... bigpolar posted:If you are on your original battery, it could just be wearing out. Replacement batteries are pretty cheap now for that phone, you might want to give that a try if you want to stay stock. Technogeek posted:With smartphones, the point to using Wi-Fi is that you don't have to transmit via cell towers for the data connection. As has been explained, that means less battery drain. Yeah, I get that, but I experience rapid drain with Wi-Fi on or off, so neither way seems to make a difference. berzerkmonkey fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Nov 26, 2012 |
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Medullah posted:Do Air Raves have a monthly fee? My sister has terrible signal at her house, but has been unsuccessful getting a free one because she's on an employee plan and retentions won't even talk to her about it. She needs an Air Rave, and at this point she's willing to buy one, but I read online that it requires an "Unlimited air rave" data plan... Have her call the employee line, not the airrave department, they will send her a free one. The number is in the OP, and I personally got one that way. Yes it will be free monthly. ThermoPhysical posted:I don't know what the gently caress just happened. Is Sprint really getting that bad? Unless you live in a market with LTE, yes it is right now. Duckman2008 fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Nov 26, 2012 |
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Is there any feasibility to calling retentions and asking to buy out the rest of my contract so I can upgrade? I'm due for an upgrade April 1st although my contract is actually until June. I know there was some sort of promotion to do it before but that was quite a while ago and I'm not sure if Sprint is really down for this kind of thing nowadays.
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averox posted:Is there any feasibility to calling retentions and asking to buy out the rest of my contract so I can upgrade? I'm due for an upgrade April 1st although my contract is actually until June. I know there was some sort of promotion to do it before but that was quite a while ago and I'm not sure if Sprint is really down for this kind of thing nowadays. Sure, call customer care, ask for retentions/cancellations, and they usually will let you do it.
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