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[EVO 4G General] gab2012:
Thanks for the reply, right now it kinda blows since I had to buy skype credits in order to be able to work...

As the others said about sprint fixing their towers, we are going to be the last place... do you know why? Everywhere around the island everyone has either an iPhone from AT&T or a blackberry curve 8530 from local gsm carriers, and every time someone asks me about my cell provider, they say its crap because of their service. Sprint stores are always empty when I walk past them in the malls. People here don't see sprint as a national carrier, instead they see it as a local cdma provider.

Sprint took forever to actually begin testing WiMax here and it sucks hard, I hope they get it at full power soon when its officially announced. 3g has always sucked, there are like 5 CDMA carriers using the same towers...(Sprint,Virgin,Boost,Open Mobile,Centennial, etc) This is the cause for network overload, also I would love a data cap, maybe thats what people need in order to let others have at least 500kbps download speed.

I was about to switch to tmo...and the day I went to do so the merger wasd announced so I'm kinda stuck with sprint for now.
[EVO 4G General] bezeek:
If you do decide to bail on Sprint, I saw a pretty hot tip in the Evo 3d section earlier that may help you.

Sent from gingerbread-evo-deck
[EVO 4G General] gab2012:
Yeah I saw it, its regarding some increase or something, I'm going to go check out tmo and see how much 4 android phones will cost me a month, if I get a nice comparable deal I will drop sprint.
[EVO 4G General] boneman1982:
All I had to do was call customer service, say I can't make a phone call from inside my house and it's been like this since the service started. Three days later I had an air rave, no cost to me. I didn't have to threaten or even get angry. In fact, it was one of the best customer service experiences I've ever had.
[EVO 4G General] gab2012:
Its a chance game, you got a good rep, I got 2 dudes and 2 girls who had no idea what I wanted or an airave was...
[EVO 4G General] AA27:
So now is going to be AT&T&T&V?
[EVO 4G General] bezeek:
Actually, they're changing the name back to Bell, and throwing a nationwide reunion party.

Source: I am AT&T.

By the way, Sprint should really empower us customers to fire their reps for them. (I wish :rolleyes:) Their CS used to be consistently great, but I'd say that maybe a third of the reps I speak to these days should get a different job, or at least transfer to sales or something.

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[EVO 4G General] locoboi187:
I'm more interested in knowing where you live. Seems like a safe place.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Funny as they're #1 in CS. Imagine the other carriers. Most people that have issues when they call in is because of their own attitude. Anybody calling in demanding and bossing around gets nowhere. All airaves are free for every qualifying customer. If you don't qualify you don't get one, that simple.
[EVO 4G General] zfxp:
I rarely have an issue with sprint.. ever...
[EVO 4G General] gab2012:
I'm in Puerto Rico lol... home of cheap gas prices and being 50 steps behind the U.S. in technology.
[EVO 4G General] Koont:
If you are an ASL (account spending limit) customer your SOL on getting an airave for free.

If your not, call in, have them put in a ticket for your tower. Then keep calling back maybe a day after. That way it will be on account notes that you have issues and you have complained.

Source- ex Sprint employee.
[EVO 4G General] Koont:
Answer those surveys. People get fired over those at Sprint. You can dial #234 after your call and it will survey the last rep you spoke with. Only use it if the rep didn't TRY to help you. Don't do it if you just have a grudge against Sprint or you called asking for something outlandish and didn't get it. These are people that need a job.
[EVO 4G General] bezeek:
@Dirty - I find that even the best customer service experiences are not without their issues. I usually get friendly enough employees, but calls easily get misdirected, no employee can be knowledgeable on every issue, and sometimes I think "the system" is both my enemy, and the enemy of whichever poor rep is trying to make it cooperate for me. In any event, do you happen to know what the qualifier for a free AIRAVE is?

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[EVO 4G General] bezeek:
I think you just pegged my eligibility problem. I'll try to chat up the credit department before trying for that AIRAVE again - they recently refunded a deposit early for me, days after telling me there was unfortunately nothing they could do, so maybe someone will kindly circumvent my spending limit.

On occasions where talking to Sprint CS does prove successful, I'm never short of impressed, so I think it's always worth a shot.

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[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Incorrect. ASL makes 0 difference.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Nobody has ever been fired over the surveys quit spreading false rumors.

Oh and that #234 doesn't work.
[EVO 4G General] bezeek:
I wouldn't doubt those surveys are used for something aside from PR bragging rights, but go figure, #234 certainly is not a valid feature code. *234, on the other hand, is a feature code that enables me to listen to silence on the open line for as long as I please :p
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Those surveys are used for something, I won't say what but nobody has ever been fired over a survey. Now, if a rep receives a no they will investigate why he got a no and if he failed to do something on that call they can face corrective action including up to termination, but not over the survey rather what they didn't do on the call.
[EVO 4G General] LexLuger82:
And the baddest freaky women, ha
[EVO 4G General] bezeek:
Thanks for the explanation - it's good to know that the company is concerned with actually evaluating their employees performance, as opposed to simply terminating ones who receive bad feedback. The customer may always be "right," but that certainly doesn't mean the customer is always fair.

Sent from gingerbread-evo-deck
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
They are extremely huge on CS. There's a reason they're #1 now..
[EVO 4G General] Koont:
Did you ever work for Sprint? That's the first question Acct services asked me before I could even transfer some one that requested an airave for FREE.

My bad. It used to be *234. Just tried it and it doesn't work. I know I've used it before. Must have changed it. My bad for the bad info.

@dirtyshroomz you are correct. The rep does have that option to review calls they failed. But you can get axed over them. All I was trying to say was if you do get a bad rep, answer the surveys and some corrective action will be taken.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Yes, I work for Sprint. Things change.
[EVO 4G General] bezeek:
I don't know about anyone else, but I love watching former and current Sprint employees compare "how it used to be" versus "how it is now." I bet XDA collectively compiles more information about the changes Sprint makes than they would ever wish to keep on record internally. At least, I know I would come here first if I ever needed to write a piece on Sprint's internal operations' history, lol.
[EVO 4G General] mustangboy88:
My experience with Sprint CS when I was trying to get a Airave wasn't pleasant either, but wasn't expecting it to be painless either when they are giving me hardware and waiving the fees.

On the July 4th weekend we had a tower go down. They repaired the tower on the following Monday, but our reception wasn't the same afterwards. So I followed up on the ticket, and reported it again. After that I called again and they wanted to test the radios in our evos. So I agreed to. Went through the hoops and after all that, I called CS again and let them know everything I had done and told them that tech guy at the Corp Store recommended the Airave at that point. Of course I knew what the Airave was from the community, but I never let CS know that. Few days later it came to the door.

Now the Airave hasn't been the answer entirely though. We have had issues with texts being received multiple times throughout the night, that were sent earlier that day. And my wife has had text errors trying to text out and phone errors trying to call out. So don't expect it to be the end all of your troubles. But it is nice having a full signal for the most part in the house now.

Typed on my CyanoSavaged SuperEvo.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
I don't think there's a company that doesn't change their policies constantly, however being that this is a phone provider, that information is easily attained. I also don't think it's smart saying how things used to be when giving advice to someone, it can do more harm than help, specially when everything a customer says is recorded. A lot of people are caught lying because of misinformation.
[EVO 4G General] Koont:
My bad for any mis-information I gave. I left in June and yes things do change. Thats why i said former employee. Just trying to help. I will go back to my corner and watch things from there.
[EVO 4G General] cantrben:
Avoid the Airave... its a waste of time... it never works...
[EVO 4G General] hondagal:
Not true....my sister has one and it works like a charm. She's in a spot where there's barely a signal without the Airave. Without it, she couldn't make a call in or around her house.
[EVO 4G General] Admiral688:
Ive never had an issue with my airave, but it takes an act of god to get something useful out of Sprint.
[EVO 4G General] infallibleapex:
I had one shipped free and no service fee just by saying that 2 of us that share an apartment are looking into vzw due to lack of service. I had one 4 days later, and i am even on a dpending limit ;)

sent from my supersonic evo .:CM7:.
[EVO 4G General] Evo4gLI:
I've been having network issues in and around my house, and after reading a thread in the EVO 3d forums, I decided to try and get myself an Airave today. I spoke to the first rep, who declined to give me one, and when I told him I was frustrated with the lack of network in my house, he transferred me to a manager. The manager told me they're backordered for 3 months, and the only way to get on the backorder list is to pay 130 bucks for the Airave. I asked him if they were in the stores, and he said yes, and that if I could find one, he would notate on the account for them to comp it for me. I called all the stores in my area, and they're all out too. I called back Sprint, and spoke to the nicest girl in the world. After telling her what happened, she immediately offered to put me on the list, and that it should arrive within 2 weeks. I don't know how the manager said 3 months, and she's getting me one way faster, but I'm not complaining. My point is this: If at first you don't succeed, just keep calling back. Eventually you'll get someone who'll give you one.
[EVO 4G General] pottyvick:
I followed the XDA advice for the areave and I recvd one rather quickly. It works great. All 3 phones in my house work with it flawlessly and no major hog on my bandwidth. I did have to restrict it to my three phones but after that it worked great.
[EVO 4G General] Evo4gLI:
Even after being told two weeks by the rep who agreed to send me one, the Airave is scheduled to arrive at my house this Thursday, less than a week since I called Sprint. Interesting, considering the first two guys (regular rep and manager told me they're backordered for at least 3 months. I understand they don't want to be giving them out to everyone that calls, but there's no reason to being lying to the customers like that.
[EVO 4G General] SprintInternal:
They are back ordered up to 4 months unless your account is a value of 10, that also coincides with your churn risk.
[EVO 4G General] Evo4gLI:
Ok, maybe we get can this in English, because I have no idea what that means.
[EVO 4G General] ewynn9:
When they say 4 weeks, it's an estimation. Customer service placed my order the beginning of August, and it took 2 1/2 weeks.

Got mine set up and it works perfectly. Took it a couple days to stabilize, but its running like a champ.
[EVO 4G General] lancemoreland:
I have spotty coverage in my house which isn't a surprise because I live in the foothills of Colorado. So I looked into an Airave. I called CS and was told that they could send me one at no charge for the unit but it would be $4.99 a month on the account which was fine. Not wanting to delay anything, I asked if I could just drive to a Sprint store to pick one up and was told yes. I drove to the Sprint store to get it but there was no note on my account about no cost for the Airave itself. I was told that they could add it to my account for $138.00 and all I would have to do was call CS and have the charge waived. No Dice. CS refused. I even threatened to close my account. I called the rep that helped me at the store and he said that he had waived the $4.99 per month so in the end if the unit works it will be worth it. I wish I had known that the rep in the store had waived the $4.99 per month charge because I would not have escalated the exchange with CS to ugly over the $138.
[EVO 4G General] sabauman:
I got my airave awhile ago. I just called sprint and asked them what they could do about coverage at my house. I told them that their map said my house was in a good coverage area but when I am in the house I barely get a signal and even outside coverage is spotty. (I have a lot of trees, not sure if that has anything to do with it). They transferred me to retentions and within about 4 days I had my airave.

Problem is that every few days I have to reboot the thing because I'll get up to a 2 second call lag. Although that might not sound like a lot but when you are constantly speaking over the person on the other end of the line it gets annoying fast. Also for some reason data stops working once in awhile.

Other then that I do get great reception in the house. But stray too far from the box by going outdoors and calls are dropped instead of transfering to a tower.

I'm happy with it though.
[EVO 4G General] broad_st_bully:
It seems to me that 80% of the customer service people at Sprint-at least the ones I've dealt with-are brain-dead....it's sad but true...

the last experience I had was the worst...

I had a problem with people getting a "not valid number" message when they called my Evo & they (Sprint geniuses) told me to do a factory reset, which I had already done & didn't work...so they had me go to the Sprint store, leave my phone there for hours & hours so they can also do a factory reset, which is all they did, and told me it was fixed.

the next call I got right after leaving the Sprint store was a friend who said "I been calling for over 45 minutes & kept getting a message saying your number was not valid"....WTF Sprint??? WTF!!!

I'm no genius or developer or anything but I'm pretty sure a factory reset wouldn't fix a problem with the actual service...especially since I had the same problem with my previous phone.....seems like "factory reset" is their #1 answer for most problems....(FAIL)...
[EVO 4G General] newter55:
I understand your issue, but if you have something that important to contribute to the development forum then surely you can help by answering someone's question rather than spamming this same post across the boards.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DannyBiker:
Okay first off, I already flashed many Magic and HD2 Roms, so I know how to read guides and respect tutorials...

...but I just can't unlock my 10.1v !

I tried the method from the sticky and the method with Odin but nothing. The first one doesn't answer went I enter the commands (no waiting for device), the second seems to detect my tab but Odin doesn't do much when I click start.

I tried Ubuntu, Windows XP and 7. Best results were with XP. The main issue is the drivers. I pointed Windows to the usb drivers coming with Android sdk but it never seems to connect properly. With 7 the drivers never installs well, with XP it does but unlocking doesn't work any better.

I tried the Pdanet app drivers, I tried with and without adding in the .inf file the extra info about the 10.1v...

PLEASE HELP. I'm trying since Monday...:(
[Xperia Play General] mikeac:
Carrier: Verizon CDMA (R800x)

Android Version: 2.3.2 Gingerbread

I have attempted to root my Xperia Play with the GingerBreak apk and SuperOneClick. I have followed both the programs directions exactly, but neither app works. On GingerBreak, it hangs on Rooting Device, and on SuperOneClick it hangs just after step 5 finishes. I have tried rebooting, rerunning GingerBreak, reinstalling it, and doing a full format on my SD card and nothing has worked.

Can I please get some help?

EDIT: I read a little more in-depth and heard it isn't possible to root this phone without unlocking it's bootloader because Verizon patched the Gingerbreak exploit or something. Is there anything else I need to know before I try to unlock and root it?
[Xperia Play General] arcticmedia:
It is possible to root the phone withouth unlocking the bootloader.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1119074

I didn't want to unlock the bootloader either so this was my solution !

Works like a charm
[Xperia Play General] mikeac:
But does that work on Verizon? If it does, thank you very much. :)
[Xperia Play General] brainard52:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1098131

I rooted with the easy way, though, to flash, you'll need the fastnoot binary found here: http://www.multiupload.com/RS6367SQMT
[Xperia Play General] mikeac:
But that requires a bootloader unlock, right?
[EVO 4G General] rocket999:
Hello! I have an evo 4g running stock gingerbread 2.3.3. I want to root it, and I just found how to on here. However it is for a windows computer, and I don't have access to one. Does anyone know how to root it with a Mac? I have a desktop all in one system with the latest dsoftware.

Thank you for any help!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gdi2290:
Here are custom Splash Screens that I have made for the Droid Incredible 2.

They will work with any ROM on said device. You do not have to read all of the posts. I will edit the first few posts with the new Splash Screens.

Checkout more of my Work:

Boot/Down Animations by gdi2290

Stock Sense 3.0 Lock Screen from gdi2290

Forum Signatures for Droid Incredible 2 by gdi2290

Moved future development to http://gdi2290.com/Droid/Incredible2/SplashScreens/

Instructions

Acquire a Droid Incredible 2

Obtain S-OFF

Download the PG32IMG.zip

Website Method:

1. Click on desired Splash Screen in this post

QR Code method:

1. Download Google Goggles

2. Setup app

3. Scan QR Code in this post​

Do NOT INSTALL in Recovery or ROM Manager

Place the PG32IMG.zip file in the root of your SD card.

Install

Boot Method:

1. Power off your device

2. Boot to HBOOT (volume down + POWER)

3. Allow the update (volume up to accept then POWER to reset).

Reset Method:

1. ONLY on supported ROMs

2. Hold Down POWER

3. Select Restart

4. Select Bootloader

5. Make Sure Bootloader is highlighted and press POWER

6. Allow the update (volume up to accept then POWER to reset).

​

Press the Thanks button on my post.

Stock Splash Screen

PG32IMG.zip

Changelog

Move Development to http://gdi2290.com/Droid/Incredible2/SplashScreens/

10/26/2011 12:56 PM

Fixed broken QR code links

9/20/2011 3:00 AM

Moved to second post. Fixed Sbrissen typo. Added: HTC Vigor

9/10/2011 03:04 PM

Reached Image limit. Added: Google, Google2, teamSbrissenMod, teamSbrissenMod2, teamSbrissenMod3. Removed: HTC Vigor

9/9/2011 4:29 PM

Dubstep3, Dubstep4

9/5/2011 09:26 PM

Dubstep, Dubstep2, I <3 Dubstep, Team BAMF, Droid BAMF, Droid BAMF2

9/5/2011 01:27 PM

Droid Red Virtuous, Droid Blue Virtuous, Red Droid Virtuous, Bassnectar, Bassnectar2, Bassnectar3, HTC Vigor

8/29/2011 09:44 AM

Fixed wrong names for Cyan htc and Cyanogen htc

8/28/2011 10:45 PM

Droid Incredible 2 MIUI, Droid Incredible 2 MIUI2, White MIUI, White MIUI2, Black MIUI, theMikMik, Droid MikMik, Incredible MikMik

8/23/2011 07:45 PM

Droid Red Venom2

8/21/2011 12:21 PM

gdi2290

8/21/2011 03:38 AM

Cyan Droid Incredible 2, Red Droid Incredible 2, Droid Red Venom, Incredible Red Venom, Red Venom, htc, white htc, Red htc, Cyanogen htc, Cyan htc, Incredible Cyanogen2, Incredible Cyanogen3, Droid Skrillex 2, Skrillex 2

8/21/2011 02:25 AM

Stock Splash Screen

8/21/2011 01:18 AM

Cyanogen, CyanogenMod, Incredible Cyanogen, and Incredible Boot

8/20/2011 11:18 AM.

Initial Release: Droid Incredible 2, Droid Incredible Eye, Droid Incredible 2 Eye, Vituous Unity Beta, Vituous Unity 2.33.0, Vituous Incredible 2, VituousROM, VituousROM2, deadmau5, droidmau5, Skrillex, and Droid Skrillex

8/19/2011 8:19AM

Support me by signing up for Dropbox, pressing the Thanks button, rating the thread, reTweet it, and requesting your own custom Splash Screen with the image you like
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gdi2290:
Support me by signing up for Dropbox, pressing the Thanks button, rating the thread, reTweet it, and requesting your own custom Splash Screen with the image you like
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nephilim:
Just use the attachment I added to this post, It's already transparent background to make it easier for ya, you just have to resize it to scale with your splashscreen. Just add it to the bottom right corner of the splash if ya could, whatever size keeps the resolution crisp is fine :)

(If you can put "powered by:" above the the logo and first half of "cyanogenmod" in smaller white text that fits with the theme that would be great, but no worries if you don't.)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Avelnan:
We flash this using bootloader or CWM? My guess would be bootloader.

EDIT: Didn't read OP. HBOOT it is. Thanks.

Sent from my Incredible 2
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Mr Lime v2:
How would one go about removing this if needed?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gdi2290:
From what what I know all you're doing is replacing the file while in the bootloader. To "remove" it just flash another PG32IMG and you should be fine.

I'll post a few stock zips
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gdi2290:
How is this? I can edit it any way you like if you want me to move it to the right or make it smaller

Mobile Download Link
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nephilim:
That's awesome, if you could make it maybe 15-20% smaller and move it to the bottom right corner that would be great. Thanks again man :D
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PacerguyDon:
Using the above Cyanogen Splash screen. Looks really good on the phone :cool:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gdi2290:
No problem lol how about this time?

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] APeaceofStrange:
any change you can make a red venom splash with droid incredible 2 in the middle of screen and red venom text at the bottom?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gdi2290:
oh I overlooked that option lol here you go

Mobile Download Link
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nephilim:
Absolutely perfect, Thanks man, exactly what I was looking for.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] shoman24v:
Thanks, I like the stock black on green.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gdi2290:
no problem, I actually noticed the htc on other Splash Screens were not centered, so all of my stock htc splash screens are slightly better :cool:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Taebom:
Any chance of some MIUI love?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] andybones:
looking great man, think that themikmik.com can get some lovin on the black background?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gdi2290:
I'll get at them tomorrow :cool: it would help if you post a few photos of the logos or something you want it to be I have a few ideas for themikmik
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Taebom:
here are some
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] hatyrei:
hi

can u make splash screens with animations and sound effects? it would be cool :)

thanks...
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gdi2290:
Thanks my internet is down I'll upload them when I can.

Lol I wish, if I could I would have :D

via rooted Droid Incredible 2
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gdi2290:
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How about these edits?