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[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
(Setting up my new account, name change is still in process.)

Yes the mid-west is still an issue, but do this. Put Sprint's coverage map, then overlay it with Nextel's. Then you have Sprint's new coverage.

ALong with updating all the towers, as they do that, they are also updating the towers with WiMax and LTE. so 80% of the towers will be 4G enabled and have 1X Advance on them.
[Epic 4G General] tenaciousj:
Do you know any approximate time frame on the bolded part?

Like when they plan on being done with it or when they plan on working on it more so than they are now?
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
2013 will have 80% towers ready with what I just said. 2017 is the goal date to have iDEN shut off. Read that entire article first then I'll answer everything
[Epic 4G General] readingkeeper:
Off topic, but whats with the new account?
[Epic 4G General] Magic Oreo:
EDIT: im stupid.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Separate personal and business. I have made 2 accounts on everything to make the switch. Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Youtube even, A lot of my friends were complaining to me about my twitter, so I decided to make a personal one. And I wanted to get more personal with some of the people in the rest of the world, so I made a new Facebook.

Well, the second XDA account might not be necessary, but I like it haha. Don't judge me...

And here is an article that was just posted: http://www.talkandroid.com/42796-sprint-lte-and-a-sprinttmo-iphone-say-what/
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Also, that account will be used for other things later on. People can still figure out that these 2 accounts are linked, but it'll be much harder.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Oh no, not a bunch of Jobs dickriders on our network too! Sigh...well, I guess if it's good for the company...but I have a hard time believing it as I always thought Apple probably considers Sprint a nonentity.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Well I don't care about the iPhone part. The LTE part of the article is what you should be interested in.

And yes, all the 4G phones have the capability to use LTE. An update to the software and modem can enable LTE on the devices.
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
I like that. We'll see how it ends up. Spring is beast atm. I got a free early upgrade yesterday just by calling them.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Software + hardware or software only? I can't see Sprint upgrading phones physically, at least not without some kinda fee involved.
[Epic 4G General] darksideauto:
dang it, i dont want the gd iphone nuts gobbling up what precious little network i have. how am i supposed to pull 20gb a month with them slowing me down.
[Epic 4G General] bondosho:
Wasn't there a study done not to long ago that Android users use more data than iPhone users?

So don't worry, all those Evos and Epics will still be out there slowing everything down.
[Epic 4G General] darksideauto:
im sure when an iphone user has the option of real unlimited data his usage will go up. cant help living in bfe and having no real internet options but my phone tethering. i'm sorry to the ten other sprint subscribers in the 20 mile radius for using all the bandwidth. i cant wait for the Within to come out!
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Pfft, iPhone users can't even put a dent in the spectrum Sprint still has, especially after 2013 once the Nextel spectrum is switched over.

No, the chipsets in the phones can handle LTE already. Software is all that is needed.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
I forgot a major device too! The motorola photon 4g! Basically the atrix 2.0. It will be announced tomorrow, along with what seems to be the xoom 4g. So sprint is making all the right moves
[Epic 4G General] nubsors:
God damn it. Photon? What ever shall I do? I already have a hard time choosing between sgs2 and evo 3d.
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
When I called Sprint yesterday, the.telesaleswoman told me there was a moto device coming soon, but didn't know anything about the Within. :confused:
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
The Atrix was.'t that impressive tbh, unless sprint changed a lot for their network.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
O, just wait...
[Epic 4G General] Esteway.619:
Dude why u teasing us LOL.
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Nah, my friend just got the global 2 at verizon and there's only one rom available for it. Rofl!

His phone leaves me a very bad impression on moto.
[Epic 4G General] froyotlbw88:
After doing some research I'm really shocked that I didn't know about this. Then again, thee weekend that it was being announced was a big weekend and I was traveling.

http://m.cnet.com/Article.rbml?nid=...iews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20066539-251.html?

Yea this definitely looks like an atrix upgrade lol

Sent from Tim's Epic via Tapatalk
[Epic 4G General] DCRocks:
Still a moto phone, so pretty much a non starter no matter what its specs are
[Epic 4G General] lynyrd65:
How, may I ask, did you accomplish this?
[Epic 4G General] mobstaj:
Its easy to get early contract renewal this year if you were a sprint premier customer before the new tiered premier program was started a few months ago. if you were 1 year out and elligible for upgrade before they reset it all you have to tell them is that you thought you were up for upgrade but when you went to get a phone they said you werent. I sent customer support an email and had this accomplished within 3 days without calling and *****ing at anyone.
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Just called and asked.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1093232
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
So over stew, you like the photon? I really like it to sell.

O btw, if anyone wants to order a phone I can do it ;), I need some commission anyways. The only thing I ask is that I can activate it and that it remain on the line it is ordered on for 24 hours
[Epic 4G General] lviv73:
You work for Sprint?

If so can you hook me up with upcoming GS2 when it comes out?

I just started my 2 year last august.Im really mad though because Sprint reps convinced me to drop my speedy TMobile in favor of "upcoming" Wimax 4g that they said was gonna hit Buffalo NY on october 8th 2010.So I got Epic insteas of Vibrant on that strenght.

To make this short 4g never came and Wimax will never come to my area.Now im stuck with Sprint's "3g" speed that is only little faster than 2g.

I wish I kept Tmobile and didnt get played by Sprint reps.I was getting 500-800kbs on Tmobile over a yaer ago now im lucky if I get 150kbs,i used my phone as my primary internet-**** is making me hot just talking about it.

Can you pull some string and get me a new 2 year when Withing comes out?(hopefuly it will use new LTE,since sprint is done with Wimax).
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
I wish, I can only move an upgrade up 2 weeks...that's it :(
[Epic 4G General] darksideauto:
i live in bfe iowa and i get one bar of 3g. i still pull 600kbs average and can burst up to 1.4mb. and sadly davenport, ia has had wimax 4g since 2008. i think ill get ahold of whosdaman next month cuz i been sitting on my upgrade since february. really lookin forward to sgs2.
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Whosdaman, you're like an hour away. I already ordered the evo 3d from bestbuy....:(
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
You fool lol...

And go right ahead, if anyone wants to upgrade just hit me up. Like I said I need the commission ;
[Epic 4G General] darksideauto:
If you started a two-year back in august you'd only have to wait about a week after the tentative release date of the Within to get the 1-year $75-off upgrade. i bought my moment around april 20th but my upgrade date was April 1st(the day they ruined Premier).
[Epic 4G General] Jamin13:
I noticed you said you worked for Sprint.

Mind if I asked you a couple questions? :D

Sent from my Kyocera Echo.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Just pm me
[Epic 4G General] lviv73:
Yeah but 75 is nothing really considering that Within probably gonna cost $500-700.

Still gonna end up paying $425 at least instead of $200 with 2 year.

Thanx man, 75 off is better then nothing,lol.
[Epic 4G General] lviv73:
I guess NY state dont get much love from sprint.

I lived a block away from Sprint store and most I ever got was 250kb/s at night.Now I moved and I never get over 150kb/s,which is sad because back in 2008 I used to get 100kb/s on att's 2G.
[Epic 4G General] darksideauto:
maybe they got alot of bandwidth suckers in ny state. i dunno. as for the $75. ill take what i can get. i dont forsee them renewing my two-year so im gonna plan for the worst.
[Epic 4G General] wrasor7:
I really like the front face button on this one even though it is iphoneish.
[Epic 4G General] nebrando:
Can you work with ppl from out of your state? I'm not eligible for an upgrade for a few months, but just wondering.
[Epic 4G General] ghlu:
There's a thread in Evo 3D forum titled Awesome Sprint service. Give that # a call and see if they can manually override your upgrade eligibility. I have 2 lines due upgrade 8/1/11 pushed to 6/1/11, and I've seen people not due for upgrade until 4/2012 being pushed to now.
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
Yea... just threaten to leave sprint watch how fast they'll do it for you.
[Epic 4G General] ghlu:
Actually most of the people called are having their upgrade eligibility pushed up no questions asked. I'd say that's pretty great custom service :)
[Epic 4G General] professoroak:
When you guys are referring to "upgrade eligibility" are y'all just referring to the $75 off or something else? Just to clarify.. because I really hope I could get an upgrade for the Within, lol. If I can't then looks like I have to wait until December 2012 for the SGS3 :(
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
Mostly yes. $75 after one year and $150 after two on the same phone, assuming you don't upgrade it with any discount.

For example, I just straight bought an Epic last fall without using any upgrades, so I'm currently eligible for $150 off right now.

Not sure if I want to get the WiThin, NS4G, or maybe this Photon Moto is coming out with...so many choices!!!

I'm leaning towards the WiThin, but we'll see.
[Epic 4G General] ghlu:
I mean the $150 off one (aka new customer price). So if you get $75 off now, they can reset it so you are eligible for $150 right now.
[Epic 4G General] dito33:
Samsung Within Galaxy S2 doesn't have HDMI but DLNA so is nono for me besides everything else is smoking.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Yes and no...just don't go bragging about it lol. Pretend I'm like customer care ;)
[Epic 4G General] nebrando:
Does this mean there would be additional cost associated with shipping etc? Just curious because if it makes financial sense, I have no problem helping a member of the community.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Nope, free standard shipping. 3 to 5 business days
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
How have you been bro ?...

you good ?
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Yeah I'm good, you?
[Epic 4G General] citizenzac:
HOW?!?!? Please explain.
[Epic 4G General] tenaciousj:
Damn I got another 297 days before I can go from $75 to $150 off price =\

I had mine done last year and they pushed it up by about 2 months and gave me the full $150 off, I just asked on live chat and they did it.
[Epic 4G General] ghlu:
Take a look at this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1093232
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
good dude... just checking instead of asking you about phones lol
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
Whosdaman might be able to give more info here, but I'm pretty sure in the contract it states 22 months, not 24. With that, EVERYONE could use their "two year" upgrade every 22 months. I know I have twice without any problems at all.

Sprint was hurting badly a few years ago (3ish) so they've been doing just about everything to keep customers happy. People were dropping like flies, so they started making better customer service. It has served them well IMO. If you call them, they're usually quite helpful.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Contacts are 24, but you receive the two year eligibility at 22 months
[Epic 4G General] tenaciousj:
I'm guessing this will be $199 with new contact so I might just call them up and tell them I either need the phone for $199 with a 2 year renew or I will port to Verizon and get their version of it.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Here's some info on the AT&T Attain GS2. Since that leak of cases was leaked last month and had all three rumored us versions listed under the same case, this is probably what the WiThin will look like, minus at&t logo lol

http://m.androidcentral.com/att-att...ung-facebook?utm_source=ac&utm_medium=twitter

Sent from the only thing i need.
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14077986&postcount=1

:D

... anyone care to try ?
[Epic 4G General] cary328is:
It has HDMI:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/23/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-first-with-mhl-port-for-dual-purpose-usb-or/
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
OMG!!!

i called ... went straight to a rep!!!!1

and it took about 10 mins but guess what i got manual reset on my upgrade!!!

Im eligible for a full upgrade hells yes!!!
[Epic 4G General] Shoulon:
Works like a charm. I did this for my sister's phone line. (She has a Nexus S 4G)
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Are you still going after the 3D?
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
That's what i told them... but im probably going to 30 day it then get the Within...
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Luckily, as it stands right now...the Within will be available on the 30th day.

If you are going to do this, you must do it at Radioshack or BestBuy. Sprint is a ***** lol
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Lol yep. I'd do it at BestBuy. :p
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
Wait so i can't like mess with the Evo 3d for like 3 weeks then return back to the epic and tell them " i heard sprint is releasing the Samsung Within and would like to get than when it comes out"
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
According to Whosdaman, he's saying the Within will come out on the 30th day after the 3D releases. And sprint has a 30 day money back satisfaction guarantee. So if u wanted to switch the evo 3d out for the within on release, you could.
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
oo Cool .. but im pre ordering online because that way ill get it on like the 23rd a day early :D
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Idk how to handle it if it's online. It's probably a lot more complex. Lol they will probably charge a restocking fee.
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
Not sure i think it'll be $199 straight up if its not then im not even going to try it.
[Epic 4G General] raymond4:
Has anyone seen this article I just read this a couple of minutes ago http://www.talkandroid.com/42977-more-sprint-rumors-galaxy-s2-release-date/
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
I just want to see the looks of the device. The uk versions are always so different.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Look back at my last post in this thread(I think it was the last one), and their is a link which shows the at&t one. And last month, a website had listed the tmo, at&t, and sprint versions under the same case. That means that all three *should* look roughly the same.

Edit: ill quote it for ya

Sent from the only thing i need.
[Epic 4G General] tenaciousj:
Is it still looking like the Within will be out 30 days after the Evo 3D?
[Epic 4G General] viper786:
i hope so.
[Epic 4G General] sauron0101:
Anything else unique about the new phone's hardware?

Right now, it seems like a cdma version of the galaxy s2 international version, with just the 4 android keys on the bottom (which I prefer). Also, any word on NFC?
[Epic 4G General] mrtimo:
Any news on this device? It looks sweet.
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Whosdaman, update us please! :)
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
From whosdaman
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I also have that in my rumor thread OP.

Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G via Tapatalk
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
See I love this site. I only have to post in one thread and I get said all over.

How about this, from now on lets all post in zanderman rumor thread
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I clicked thanks for you :). Yes, i'm constantly updating my thread, so less threads to go through.
[Epic 4G General] froyotlbw88:
I'm wondering if u think its worth it to get this or wait for ice cream sandwich on the next nexus
[Epic 4G General] tony45x220:
Anybody have any thoughts on the other zanderman thread that mentions a dual-core Qwerty version of the SGS2 for us Epic users that may or may not be called the Epic 2?

Sent from my rooted, suited, & booted Epic 4G kno dat!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slikazsilk13:
I rooted my EVO and flashed radio 'EVO_Radio_2.15.00.05.02_WiMAX_27243_PRI_2.15_003.zip'

Then I flashed a rooted stock gingerbread/sense ROM 'supersonic_4.22.651.2_deodexed-signed.zip'

Problem 1: I reinstalled a bunch of my apps using Titanium Backup, but none of these apps are showing up in the Market.

Problem 2: I cannot sync Facebook for HTC Sense. Whenever I try to sign in, I keep getting the error "The service is currently unavailable. Do you want to try again?"

I have tried all sorts of things like uninstalling all Facebook for Android updates and even a supposed fix I found in other forums in which you edit your work information on your facebook profile. Nothing seems to work.

Can anyone help?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xHausx:
For the apps not showing up in your market it takes time and a reboot or two. The facebook thing I'm not sure about though, it wouldn't work right for me from day one so I haven't tried to use it in awhile.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
Why do people need their apps to show up in the market if they already have them reinstalled with TB??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slikazsilk13:
I just find it helpful to see which apps need updating. It's definitely not essential.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linsalata28:
For the apps download a free app from the market and they should show up they did for me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
Normal when flashing a rom. Give it a few reboots and wait a day or so.

Again, just wait a day or so.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slikazsilk13:
I'm sensing a pattern...

Thanks a lot guys. Today was my first experience with flashing. I can see why it's addicting.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Doujouyaburi:
I have a different problem after I flashed to the latest Gingerbread ROM, (on my eVO 4G btw). I flashed the latest ROM "gingerbread evo 1.2v", when that finished i flashed "EVO_Radio_2.15.00.05.02_WiMAX_27243_PRI_2.15_003" (was told it should fix any radio issues). then flashed "gapps 5-21-2011 with Voicemail.apk and Gtalk 1.3 with Voice and Video". My EVO restarted fine but now i cant make any calls or recieve any. In fact the status bar at the top isn't even there. When i press the phone icon i get a message saying "Application not installed on your phone". I must be missing a step or something. Any help would be great, thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slikazsilk13:
I read in another forum you sometimes need to re-flash the kernel after flashing new radios. You could try re-flashing the ROM now that you have the updated radios.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Doujouyaburi:
just tried flashing the rom after everything else and still same results. Any other suggestions?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slikazsilk13:
I'm new to flashing ROMs personally, but I've also read people recommending to do a clean wipe 2 or 3 times and wipe the dalvik cache as many times before flashing again. I don't know what sort of issues they feel they are preventing by doing that so I don't know how plausible of a solution it is, but if you've got the time it wouldn't hurt to try.

Hopefully someone with more experience will chime in and you won't have to get your advice from a noob. Best of luck.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] fatnjazzy:
Hi,

I am working with my eee pad for the last week and I am very disappointed from the battery results.

I sent to to the importer in my country and he claims that he checked the battery with the asus appropriate device and it is as good as new.

after nearly 5-6 hours it gets to a point that i need to charge it.

youtube and browsing.

this is my config:

Screen brightness is on auto.

WIFI off when screen off

I make sure with advanced task killer to shout other apps down(Hate that).

Screen goes off after 1 minute.

Is that normal? am i doing something wrong?

Thanks
[Eee Pad Transformer General] grainysand:
Third-party task killers drain battery. Grats.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] fatnjazzy:
Thanks, what else (-:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Wybo:
I have no taskkiller and see the same. with 3.0 around 6 to 7 hours, now at max 5. And charging the other way, first in max 1.5 hours full, now it takes around 3 hours.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] needtoride:
3.1 totally ruined my battery life.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] transformerfan:
I have found the following to help conserve battery charge :

1. Screen set to auto brightness

2. Sleep mode set to 1 minute

3. Wi-Fi off when in sleep mode

4. GPS set to off

5. Bluetooth set to off

Edit : Forgot to mention...I don't use "live wallpaper" which tends to be a battery power consumer
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dazz87:
Had this from day one with 3.0. 3.1 battery life just suck. There's no tweaking it.......
[Eee Pad Transformer General] transformerfan:
Just wondering, have you checked your settings after you updated to 3.1 ?

I found some of my settings changed after I did the 3.1 update.

I found GPS turned on and found my browser set to tablet instead of desktop.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dazz87:
Actually I didn't turn off GPS when I was on 3.0. All other setting were turned off just like 3.0. On that first day (leaked verison) I noticed that the battery life got worst. Before I could get an hour per 10% when surfing and listening to music. Now I'm getting using about 17% per hour. Its 3.1, cause xoom owners r also complaining about it after 3.1
[Eee Pad Transformer General] xformulax:
strange, i have amazing battery life.... i use a live wallpaper too.... decent amount of use nets me 2 days.... i CAN kill it in a day if i really try.

browsing, twitter, gaming, etc.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] tornadog:
I don't know if this helps but not using the dock seems to improve battery life. I have been using the tablet without the dock for the last 3 hours playing Plants vs zombies and Bang bang racing and some flash videos online and battery is still at 82%
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dazz87:
Tonight I did a factory reset hoping to see any improvement for the default browser as far as speed goes, but it was the same as before. After installing the 3.1 leaked on the 28th I noticed that the battery life got worst then before. After doing a factory reset tonight, my battery life has improvement! I was streaming a dvd from my server to the TF using Plex and I got 30 mins of playback with only eating up 5% of batter life! I used battery indicator pro to keep track of the usage. This is a big improvement prior to the factory reset. My brightness was set at 50% with auto bright disable.

For the next 30 mins I did my regular routine using playpro and surfing the net my tf only ate up 5% of battery life. This is the same kind battery life i was getting before on 3.0. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] fatnjazzy:
So you are saying that I need to keep my pad on 3 and avoid 3.1?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dazz87:
Its up to you. I noticed that I was getting better battery life before upgrading to 3.1. I don't regret doing the upgrade cause I will trade getting a working youtube app over better battery life. Like I said after I did a factory reset it looks like my battery life has improve on 3.1.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Wybo:
Picture to my charging progress

This is what happened tonight.

It charges normally from 17 to 39% and then slowed down and stops charging at 81%.

saturdaymorning i had something similar, but only then it stopped at 26%...

I can not charge it right now (or saturday) i have to wait an hour or so.

between saturday and now it charge normally to 100%