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SamDabbers posted:Apparently the Nexus 4 is also capable of CDMA/LTE, CDMA: No, not at all.
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berzerkmonkey posted:As with many other people, this issue really started with the most recent updates (ICS, etc.)
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thenakedflip posted:Here is a link from XDA forums, someone posted it a few days ago. I've done it and it works well. There are limited apps that are available for it unless you are rooted, then there is a mod you can flash that makes all apps available. If you pm me your number I can check to see if there is already an offer on your account when I'm in on Wednesday. It's probably only 50 bucks at this point to buy up your upgrade.
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Did most of the blackfriday telesale gs3 order ship and I was just unlucky to get backordered?
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Getimmaaw posted:Did most of the blackfriday telesale gs3 order ship and I was just unlucky to get backordered? They were telling me it might take 2-3 weeks, but I got a tracking number yesterday (ordered Friday around 9 AM PST over the phone). I called in to return my iPhone and exchange for the S3, so I dunno if that pushed it up or something.
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Getimmaaw posted:Did most of the blackfriday telesale gs3 order ship and I was just unlucky to get backordered? quote:Status: Thank you for your order. Our warehouse is experiencing a temporary outage for the Samsung Galaxy SIII. Additional product is due to arrive soon and orders will be filled. We will do our best to meet delivery of 2 to 5 business days from date of order. You may continue to check status of your order at https://www.sprint.com/myorder.
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Nov 27, 2012 02:43
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Same thing I got, hope I get it before the end of the week .
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Just received my S3 in the mail today. I'm on the $30 SERO basic plan right now, and I assume I'll have to upgrade to the $50 SERO Premium before calling about activation. The only number I should trust to do that correctly is the SERO number in the OP correct? Then, after my plan is switched, which number should I call for activation with the highest chance of getting fees waived? I missed out on getting them to price match Sam's Club for 99 cents, but I'd at least like to avoid additional fees.
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Got my SIII in the mail today, called SERO support, and it took less than 10 minutes to activate the new phone. I was already on SERO Premium with my OG Evo4G, but it was easier than I expected. They never charged me an activation fee. Total price, shipped, was around $56
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Xenin posted:Just received my S3 in the mail today. I'm on the $30 SERO basic plan right now, and I assume I'll have to upgrade to the $50 SERO Premium before calling about activation. The only number I should trust to do that correctly is the SERO number in the OP correct? You switch your plan at the time of activation. The people that are activating it would be the same ones to talk about fees but being on sero already I wouldn't get your hopes up.
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Nov 27, 2012 05:27
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Is there a reason to call the SERO number instead of activating online? I'm already on SERO Premium with a 3G android phone, activating a GS3 like everyone else.
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Nov 27, 2012 05:52
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Aphal posted:Is there a reason to call the SERO number instead of activating online? You need to have a code applied to your account that allows 4G LTE, I'm not sure if online activation is capable of that with SERO plans.
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Lovie Unsmith posted:You need to have a code applied to your account that allows 4G LTE, I'm not sure if online activation is capable of that with SERO plans. I called the SERO number and they said they couldn't even activate it over the phone because I'm calling from the phone that would be deactivated by them activating the new phone. So I can't activate my phone at all. Edit: going to attempt online activation and see what happens Edit2: The online activation link on the website times out every time I try to go there. Welp Edit3: I attempted to call with Skype and apparently they closed 8 minutes ago. Sprint owns Aphal fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Nov 27, 2012 |
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My contract expires Thursday. Between the cheaper rates offered by T-Mobile's prepaid 4G, and Sprint's lackluster LTE coverage and speeds, I'm ready to say good riddance. Also, the Nexus 4  T-Mobile's customer service is absolutely horrible though.  Any chances of getting on SERO when my contract is out? I've been on the Everything Data 450 plan since it was introduced, and I've been with Sprint for 11 years. I'm most likely going to make the jump to T-Mo when Google gets the N4 back in stock, but I figured I'd try asking here first. 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. LTE started popping up on my phone yesterday (in Plano). Held a LTE signal for most of today, including when I was in far North Dallas and Addison. As per the usual with Sprint, I had to stay near a window if I went indoors. It absolutely raped my battery though. To get it to hold LTE I had to force LTE only though, apparently the Galaxy Nexus radios are programmed to jump back to 3G if the LTE signal is remotely weak.  Speed was fair, but nothing compared to what a family member living in the same house gets with T-Mobile's HSPA+:  I never saw more than 2 bars on 4G, and the phone would immediately hop back onto the stronger 3G signal if I set it to LTE/CDMA (auto). blargle posted:Is Sprint phasing out wimax already? I'm one of the few people living in a really strong coverage zone outside NYC, but the area seems to be shrinking. From what I understand, Wimax will still be around for another 1-2 years for their prepaid stuff (and MVNOs).
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berzerkmonkey posted:How can I possibly use Wi-Fi to pick up a cell signal? The non-data signal is generally a much less energy-demanding one than a data signal, or something along those lines. Basically your phone will stop trying to pick up data from the cell tower if it's getting wifi. You can even set the phone to airplane mode and then enable wifi. You'll have data, but you won't get calls or SMS - though I think GV integration will allow you to receive texts and VM, and of course you can make/receive VOIP calls. That being said, there are apps that will examine detailed battery usage and phone status info for you, often battery drain is caused by an app or service keeping the phone awake with constant activity. If it isn't a signal issue, the next place to look is apps/services. Sprint and Samsung test these special snowflake updates for months before rolling out, and if people were getting hammered with that kind of battery drain on a broad scale, the update would be stopped and a patch issued with all due haste. Not ruling it out completely, but I would put it after signal and apps.
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Medullah posted:Did you call 888-882-4030? They were super helpful for me, but a bit of a hold... This worked. Just got off the phone, they quoted a price of 199 originally, I mentioned what I had been through and got it back down to 49.
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some texas redneck posted:Any chances of getting on SERO when my contract is out? I've been on the Everything Data 450 plan since it was introduced, and I've been with Sprint for 11 years. I'm most likely going to make the jump to T-Mo when Google gets the N4 back in stock, but I figured I'd try asking here first. The only people getting SERO any more are people who have it (or EPRP) and are adding a line, which can be SERO. So if you can find someone who has it, and then buy/win a SERO plan off eBay, you can become that person's 2nd line and transfer that SERO plan to your line.
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So I just realized I never received a confirmation email after ordering it on Thursday from the website. But the $53.24 was taken out of my account and the upgrade I had available on the phone that I upgraded to the S3 is gone on the date I bought the S3 online... Is there a number I can call to figure out what is going on?
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fyallm posted:So I just realized I never received a confirmation email... Did you check your spam folder? Gmail sent my confirmation email to spam for some reason.
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SamDabbers posted:Did you check your spam folder? Gmail sent my confirmation email to spam for some reason. Yep, same here. Pulled mine out of spam.
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Yeah, I ordered mine via telesales and my email went into Spam. It was from telesaleshelpdesk.
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some texas redneck posted:My contract expires Thursday. Between the cheaper rates offered by T-Mobile's prepaid 4G, and Sprint's lackluster LTE coverage and speeds, I'm ready to say good riddance. Also, the Nexus 4 I'm right there with you. Nexus 4s are supposed to be back in stock today at 3pm EST. I have seen zero mention of cincinnati (and most of Ohio) for network vision upgrades, so it's time for me to switch.
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Which is the best number to call to get my Galaxy S3 activated on my SERO plan? The SERO number in the OP? Or the Employee Care line?
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Medullah posted:Which is the best number to call to get my Galaxy S3 activated on my SERO plan? The SERO number in the OP? Or the Employee Care line? SERO number in the OP works. I just got it done, took 5 minutes now that the office is open again. Edit: just make sure you're calling from a different line than the one you're swapping devices on.
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Aphal posted:Edit: just make sure you're calling from a different line than the one you're swapping devices on.
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SamDabbers posted:Did you check your spam folder? Gmail sent my confirmation email to spam for some reason. It didn't even come to me to check my spam folder since I get all the other sprint messages. But there it was! I did call retentions and they said it didn't email me because they didn't have an email address in the order. So I guess that was a lie, but he said it didn't have a tracking number. And if it doesn't by tomorrow morning to call in and they will cancel then overnight one.
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All activated and good to go. Does anyone use Google Voice with the Galaxy S3? I use my Google Voice number as my work number only, everyone else uses my standard cell number. I installed Google Voice on the S3, and now the number is fully integrated, which I don't want. I want to text with my regular cell#, and use the Google Voice app to text work people if needed. I also liked the ability on the Evo to select whether I wanted to dial out using the GV number or Sprint number every time. But I can't seem to find an option to turn it off. I uninstalled GV and re-installed it, and went with the option for "standard setup" instead of "sprint integration", but it does the same thing. Any ideas? *edit* Figured it out, removed the phone from Google Voice then reinstalled. Medullah fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Nov 28, 2012 |
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berzerkmonkey posted:I would go with the "battery is the culprit" argument, but, again, all three phones went to poo poo after the ICS update. I don't imagine that all three batteries decided to poo poo the bed at the same time (and one phone was purchased 4 months after the others.) Some folks claim their post-upgrade battery lives improved drastically after either running a factory reset or wiping the data partition. May want to give that a shot if you don't mind reinstalling all your apps and setting everything up again...
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mtr posted:I'm right there with you. Nexus 4s are supposed to be back in stock today at 3pm EST.  Well poo poo, the 8GB model won't ship for 8 weeks.. 16GB ships in 3 though.
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Got my GS3 today, got it activated, Android is a whole new world to me. Here are my speed tests from my apartment in Chicago: Over WiFi:  Over LTE: 
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InterruptHandler posted:Some folks claim their post-upgrade battery lives improved drastically after either running a factory reset or wiping the data partition. May want to give that a shot if you don't mind reinstalling all your apps and setting everything up again... Yeah, I've done both and neither made a difference. Honestly, I think a lot of these "solutions" are simply placebos and people only think things have improved. Guess I'll have to deal with it until July.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Palm-Wh...=item25772565eb I'm guessing this wouldn't work on the Sprint version of galaxy note 2?
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dundun posted:http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Palm-Wh...=item25772565eb That description is really confusing. If it does work, I'd assume that they modified a Note 2 back cover by taking the inductive charging stuff from the back plate of a Pre's Touchstone-compatible cover and affixed it to the Note 2's cover. This would include the correct magnet placement and the other stuff to make it work. However, the description says that it's the original Palm back cover, so how can it be the original if it's been modified to work for the Note 2? It seems like a nice wireless charging solution if it actually does work, though. And I can't think of a reason that it wouldn't work on a Sprint Note 2 if it works on other Note 2s. e: and I just noticed that the main picture for the item says "plam Touchstone"
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I would be wary of that, because as was pointed out, that's somebodies homebrew hardware hack. I mean, if it's done well it would be neat, but I'd definitely be cautious of it.
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Approximately 205 updated sites today in: Chicago (30), Atlanta/Athens (18), PR/VI (18), DFW (16), Indianapolis (15), Washington DC (12), Boston (10), LA Metro (10), Baltimore (8), Kansas (8), Minnesota (8), Houston (7), SF Bay (7), Austin (6), New York City (6), Riverside/San Bernardino (6), Miami/West Palm (4), Ft. Wayne/South Bend (3), San Diego (3), Orange County (2), Central Jersey (1), Charlotte (1), Jacksonville (1), Nashville (1), Philadelphia Metro (1), Tucson/Yuma (1). Low update count due to the repair efforts from Sandy and the holiday. As always, s4gru.com has more details and maps in the members section.
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Anyone got an Optimus G? Wondering how it compares to GS3. Back when I got mine people were still all "SAMSUNG!!! " so I am open-minded.
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Ender.uNF posted:DFW (16) I've gone from never seeing 4G to having a pretty consistent LTE signal in the past few days. The speeds have been pretty lovely for LTE (best was 6mbit, seems to be 2-3mbit on average), but anything is better than Sprint's "3G"...
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I know St. Louis is on the back burner because of the heavy WiMax saturation, but when WILL they start to make the changeover?
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I just noticed something really horrible... for my ISP. I have 10/1 through Time Warner. Speedtest.net shows I'm only getting about 2 down/1 up while tethered to my Sprint handset (over LTE). Yet web pages load far faster and I'm not getting any timeouts. Krime, DFW is saturated with Wimax, yet it was one of Sprint's LTE launch markets (... and still isn't half done even several months after their projected 100% completion date). I just started seeing regular LTE coverage instead of completely random "why am I getting 4G in the ghetto?" sightings - I've had a solid 4G signal most of the day except while I was at school (large community college). Give it about 2-3 years 
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some texas redneck posted:I just noticed something really horrible... for my ISP. I'm in NYC with Time Warner and I agree, pages load much faster when I'm tethering on Wimax.
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