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[Epic 4G General] testacon:
Agreed, here is what I did in my area...

I visited about 8 Sprint stores in the Philadelphia suburbs area recently over a months time, and on the phones went to:

-Settings

-About Phone

-Status

On this screen I looked at the 3G Signal strength line

I did this on the Epic, Epic II, Photon, Conquer and used ## codes on the HTC phones and you know what I found?

For some reason my Epic and the stores Epic's are somewhere between -7dBm and -10dBm WORSE then every other phone there. The actual numbers on the other phones are about -76dBm and on all the Epics were -83dBm through -86dBm.

The Epic was in the middle of the displays and the phones farthest from the back of the shop, probably where the AIRAVE was, still had a much stronger signal.

I'm curious if all the phones are this bad or just my region, needless to say I think it's a hardware problem at this point and no version of Gingerbread is going to fix our CDMA chipsets, the GSM radios don't seem as screwed up as ours and that's why overseas has had Gingerbread for months now.

I also think Sprint's 3G network took a hit with signal sometime in March, I haven't spent the time confirming this with the EVO as I did with the Epic, but my buddy with the Evo (non 3d) seems to lose calls/horrible data in the same spots I have issues with now. I actually can't wait for the iPhone to come out just to see if signal and speed are different on that phone then with the Android ones. If so my time with Sprint is limited. I don't really want the iPhone but it'll be cool to test it and see if calls and signal strength change with manufactures and OS's. Since I work at a college in the IT department, I'm sure someone will hit me up with an Exchange sync question shortly after the phone is released. I'm sure I'll have 15 to 20 minutes to walk around Campus with it and hit all the spots that I know don't work with both the Epic and Evo. Some of you seem to be in areas that have GREAT Sprint signal, but 2600 miles across coasts and 48 states through, Sprint has very provable highs and horrible lows with their signal.

I pretty sure we won't be seeing anything significant with the lightsquared deal anytime soon considering that all these phones that either are released or soon will be doesn't seem to have any new radios with different frequency sets so who knows when 1.4GHz (i think) spectrum will be utilized. WiMax 2.5Ghz has horrible building penetration and even Sprint says on there coverage maps that signal is based "on the street"!

Just my 2 cents...
[Epic 4G General] tbob18:
I'm not saying that Sprint's service is all that great, but in fact it is partly the phone.

My old Centro from a few years back gets -81db signal and while sitting right next to it the Epic gets -91db.. I'd say that is a pretty large difference.
[Epic 4G General] projectm3tal:
does anyone know if the epic 4g touch has the same issues? anyone compared them side by side?

I live in a small ass town, i have signal problems pretty often with my epic, this could be a deal breaker if the epic 4g touch has the same signal quality.
[Epic 4G General] digiblur:
Go with the Photon if you want better signal.
[Epic 4G General] projectm3tal:
im actually saving my upgrade until the nexus prime comes out and then ill see what my best option is.. :P
[Epic 4G General] JohnCorleone:
What exactly do you want tested? Let me know and I will do side by side tests
[Epic 4G General] projectm3tal:
just actual numbers showing each devices radio strength and 3g speed would be the best comparison.

My home town has 4g which is an hour away but the town i live in doesnt and has some pretty spotty service from what ive experienced. :/
[Epic 4G General] dead78:
I'd be very curious to see a side-by-side comparison, too.
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
If any of you upgraded from a Hero to the Epic, you would have immediately noticed the speed difference in 3g.

Seriously.

Just think.

Why would people buy a 4g phone if 3g is giving you 2.5mbps+?

I used to download movies on my hero and all I had available was 3g.

I won't attempt to download anything bigger than a 500K file on 3g with the epic because its just so appalling to watch that bar take so long to fill up.

Good thing the 4g blanket here is good enough to make me not need to tak my phone off 4g, but in those times I'm in a building that 4g can't penetrate but 3g can, it sucks
[Epic 4G General] bullinthechinashop:
I got the Photon and my reception STILL sucks.
[Epic 4G General] sephiroth009:
I find it depressing that my only options are ridiculously slow 3g speeds that are only .3 mbps or verizon with a data cap despite their great speeds =\
[Epic 4G General] MikeEx:
In buckeye-phoenix-az

Using the town's tower I get 10kbps at best with FULL bars, in front of the sprint store.

at home (-97 dBm | 3 bars at best) i pull at least 150Kbps, If I move closer to the tower; Which is in the middle of nowhere and covers all of all the empty/abandoned housing tracks; I can get 1.3Mbps.

I live almost in the dead zone between both towers.

Last time I was in Santa Barbara CA, I was pulling 2Mbps+.

It's not the phone.
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
Yeah its not the phone, I live in a dead zone( a huge dead zone at that) and its annoying. Here in Phoenix, which is just sad.

Sent from my Samsung Legen-wait for it-dary! 4g
[Epic 4G General] dchawk81:
I had a MiFi for a little over 2 weeks. It got the same speeds as my phone did at the same times of day. When the Mifi was fast, my phone was fast. When the Mifi was slow, my phone was slow.
[Epic 4G General] pjjohn73:
Sprint data speeds are getting worse everyday (at least in my area) . When I talked to them they said it was not their networks fault but my phones fault. Must be everyone else I know has a bad phone to then. I might have to drop Sprint soon. I don't want to but 40kbs down and 8 up is ridiculous. My friends who have US Cellular for abot same price are getting approximately 200 down and 80 up! When I started Sprint I would get around 150 down and 70 up on this phone
[Epic 4G General] jakmai:
I agree, sprints speeds are getting slower per day. For keeping track of who is where, I am in Orange County city of Irvine, California.

Sometimes i really think its just my phone, I mean AT&T gets faster internet then Sprint?!?! Whats teh world coming to!
[Epic 4G General] InfDaMarvel:
...sprint rolls out slower temporary towers as they upgrade current towers for a future of faster data speeds.
[Epic 4G General] 22350:
yea my data is slow too.

I put up a petition for sprint users

http://www.change.org/petitions/spr...s-until-data-rates-matches-advertised-speeds#
[Epic 4G General] TheFury369:
I linked this on the sprint forums needless to say they removed it
[Epic 4G General] jerseykat1:
+1 on this, i think about switching to verizon almost every other week, then i realize that it would never workout. yesterday i used 300mb of data. There should be a law against data caps. What is this the days of AOL.

I was going to switch to ATT because i found out a way to get unlimited data plan with them using an iphone 2g, but then i found out that they are now pulling a tmobile for those accounts and throttling them down to 2g after just 2gb of use.

Sooooo im stuck on sprint, wich is not too bad when in a good area but when not it sucks!

BTW to be on topic the problem is both the phone and sprint. i have also heard very good things about the radio on the photon, but after using an amoled screen for so long, there is no way i could tolerate that display on the photon.

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petition signed
[Epic 4G General] Wilochka:
I've definitely noticed this too.. I live in Northwest Houston. When I first got my Evo, the speed was amazing, super freaking fast. Then it seemed to have slowed down with updates... I found out about (and disabled) their stupid proxy crap and it sped up a little bit, but it seemed like it slowed back down. When I first got my Evo 3D I could listen to high quality music streams with no buffering, now on Spotify I listen with low quality and still buffer a ton. I am SICK of this. Clearly Sprint is throttling or something. I'd rather be capped than deal with this crap.
[GT540 Optimus General] simeus:
Good day folks!

i just want to know on how to fix this problem regarding with my gt540 handset. i cant download apps in market. its just that when i click 'install' then 'ok', it stopped in downloading and disappeared after.

what are your suggestions guys to resolve this kind of problem in this phone.. thanks guys!!:D:D

btw, i have 2.3.5 cynogenmod 7 ROM in gt540 handset..
[GT540 Optimus General] jhonnyx1000:
Fully wipe data and reflash ROM.

Backup if needed.
[GT540 Optimus General] wuerzet:
Reboot your phone, connect to Market via WIFI.
[GT540 Optimus General] george1983c:
i had same problem, before you wipe your device check the time and date settings
[GT540 Optimus General] simeus:
Glad to have a great responses to you guys!

thanks btw! :D

jhonny, sorry to ask again, how to backup the apps and files again???

uhmmm.... i forgot thou hihihi..
[GT540 Optimus General] jhonnyx1000:
It's OK ^_^

Do you want to backup the data partition (which contains all user apps and data), then you can use recovery. But I'd recommend Titanium Backup for application and data within the Android OS.

EDIT: You'll need to install Titanium Backup again and have the backup data available to restore. If you decide to wipe data.
[GT540 Optimus General] simeus:
jhonny,i have now downloaded the Titanium Backup bro! :)

sorry for the spoon feeding lessons again heheh but what should i do now next??
[GT540 Optimus General] jhonnyx1000:
Press MENU and then select Batch. Then on the Backup sub-heading select the third one (which is 'Backup all user apps + system data). You'll then see all the apps are selected, so press 'Run batch operation'. Wait for a moment and then you're backed up.

If you want to restore, choose the one you want from the Restore sub-heading. If you want all your apps on a clean ROM, select 'Restore missing apps with data'
[GT540 Optimus General] simeus:
sorry bro for the long time for me to response from your message.

i have no pc or laptop to use here :(

anyway, it seems that i'd just wondering that when I'm here in our house, i could definitely download apps from the market, but considering the speed of our wifi connection is barely slow :o

but when i am in our school, wifi speed is okay but i can't download apps from the market.

is it in the wifi connection? or in the handset itself????
[GT540 Optimus General] jhonnyx1000:
The school probably blocked such actions to be done.
[GT540 Optimus General] CoolApps:
Go to Settings/Apps/Manage Apps/ then press Menu then press Filters and press all then press market then press Clear Cache then press Uninstall Updates then your done

;D
[GT540 Optimus General] CoolApps:
Almost forgot the Android Market will update automatly but it will work Good Luck :D
[GT540 Optimus General] truonghaf4:
dont use "kill app"

you can wait servial hour or flash rom other
[GT540 Optimus General] androidboss7:
If you are using school wifi then it won't work!! ;)

schools use WEP wifi (for computers) while

our phones can only use WAP/WAP2 !!!
[GT540 Optimus General] jhonnyx1000:
It says that there is access to Wifi but Android apps can't be install from the Android Market. I presume that there is still access to an internet connection therefore having access to other websites.
[GT540 Optimus General] davidoliveira.pt:
sometimes my market gets stuck as well. i just reboot the phone and everything works great :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] corybucher:
Hey all, anyone wanting to trade for an HTC EVO 3d? I put it on Craigslist but also wanted to see if someone from here would want to as well. Phone comes with about five different cases, all acc. 16gb card. If interested then pm me. Thanks oh and if this is not allowed then mods please delete, thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingsway8605:
I will give you a quarter for your dollar.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] corybucher:
Yeah? Well I will give you a new face for free! Didn't want to start a flame thread so go flame someone else.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SAShady:
I'll trade you my 3d for your 3d and all the goodies =)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SAShady:
I'm having the same issue as you man. can't sell it even tho it was the hottest phone 2 months ago
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abowlby:
Y'all may want to move this to the Marketplace. There's more exposure there anyway!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] alnova1:
I was luck and able to unload mine for $350 but i think the only reason i got that was because I had flashed it to Boost Mobile. If not for that I wouldn't have gotten that much.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] firmbiz94:
I still have my evo 3d and just got the epic..I think im gonna switch back. Not that the epic is t nice but it really isnt all that much better than the e3d IMO ...the camera is much better. Also my epic isn't playing nice with my airave and constantly making beeping noises through the earpiece ..its driving me nuts ...and I miss sense honestly ..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SAShady:
I am gonna keep both, and switch back and forth depending on ny mood
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] firmbiz94:
Not saying the epic isnt good but it wasnt worth coming out of pocket all that $ and I honestly don't feel a speed difference..also the internet checker boards on me like crazy and I think that's strange ..my original evo didn't do that ..maybe I got a ****ty phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rrushhour:
Hey Cory,

I'll trade you a Nice Touch Pro 2 for ur 3d. I'll even give you the extra battery. Let me know when you want to make this deal?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fatboypup:
thats what im doing i have my e3d and both of its batteries charged up waiting for me to get bored
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jesse Buck:
It is normal for 3 beeps to sound when you connect to an airave.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Success100:
took me two weeks to sell my 3d. people just do not want that thing. on top of that, i only got 275 for it.

Good luck on the trade, but I cant see anyone in their right mind that would trade a s2 for a 3d.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] firmbiz94:
I know that I have had a airwave for years ..the noise I'm talking about is four low beeps from the earpiece when the phone is not being used or if I'm doing anything on the phone ..if I'm listening to music or watching a video it will make the noise and mute the media until its done beeping ...also it wont let me text while in range of the airrave.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
No problems here and texts work fine when connected to my Airave.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Androidfreakz:
LoL I have my little evo 3d to my girl.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musclehead84:
How much are u selling it for outright? My wife likes the phone.

The Evo3D Killer!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] firmbiz94:
People over here act like the evo 3d is a terrible phone ..that's ridiculous ..I enjoyed it alot ..I will say that I think the epic speaker is louder., with headphones attached it is wayyy louder ..the camera is better ..but besides that with every day use I think they are both top of the line ..I wish I could put sense on this bad boy and it would be perfect ..I dont forsee a y software that either of these devices won't be able to handle for a while to come..and let me ask you guys something ..when. on the internet with the epic do you guys get checker boarding? Like even right now I scroll fast up or down it will give me black and white checker boards ..never happened on my other devices ..is this normal or am I having a issue
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] corybucher:
Sent you a pm, nothing set in stone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tenaciousj:
Think the checker boarding is a Samsung thing, my Epic did it also.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] epiphany9x:
Yep, just swap out the default browser with Dolphin Browser HD for the fix. ;) Twice as quick to render pages anyway
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bbedward:
The airave is supposed to make 3 beepa receiving/making a call. If it doesnt, you're not connected to it

Sent from my sprint galaxy s2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Success100:
U have to realize that most of is ex 3d owners wanted to love that thing. But there were things that if failed at that most of us couldn't tolerate. Not saying all 3d's were bad...but there were a ton of us who switched because of similar issues. Signal strength being one. The et4g works fine in the places where the 3d didn't work at all. For people in great signal areas it wasn't a major issue. But for us folks that only have 1-2 bars of service..the 3d wouldn't perform well with calls and texts. The et4g works perfect in those same areas.

the only thing I SORT of miss is qHD. But it's not a deal breaker for me. This display is phenomal even at wvga. And as stated..wvga is still a great resolution for a display this size. Other than that...I miss NOTHING about the 3d

sent from my DAMN phone!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nabbed:
Confirmation bias. I have both phones at the same time, they have roughly the same signal strength.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] spencer88:
My evo 3d had low signal strength too. I would miss calls all the time followed up with a voicemail twenty minutes later.

Thats twice ive been burned on using my upgrade. First on a touch pro2 and now the evo 3d, the successor to the best phone ive ever owned (evo 4g)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Success100:
Consider yourself lucky...

On top of that..in the same areas where the 3d shows 0 bars...every call will fail along with texts.

Et4g will still make calls and text fine even when it shows 0 bars. This is my experience your mileage may vary
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bigjim1488:
Bull! My evo 3d had terrible call quality and signal strength. My epic touch and photon had none of those issues!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Success100:
Case in point just made my friend..last 3 people who posted all had signal issues with the 3d
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bigjim1488:
Also sadly I was only able to get 275 for my evo. I took a bit of a hit on that one. Ugh, can't win them all I guess!
[Dell Streak 7] bstylz911:
so when i reboot my streak it deletes all my downloaded items.

i tried hard reset but nothing happens.

it does not let me start out FRESH...help please!
[Dell Streak 7] cdzo72:
Another one that refuses to use the amazing and ever so simple search function...

Ok now that I got that off my chest... you probably have the fanous READ ONLY problem commin to many Streak 7... send it in to dell is the ONLY fix that we know of
[Dell Streak 7] stevedebi:
Does it delete all installed programs, or just downloads? If it is everything, then it is most likely the mysterious read only problem.
[Dell Streak 7] bstylz911:
just downloads.

and if i set a setting on settings it would return to default.
[Dell Streak 7] stevedebi:
Return it to Dell for repair. Have you called them? I have had good success with their support folks.
[Dell Streak 7] bstylz911:
i have called them but i have bought this from a previous owner.

they said i had to be the original owner for return :[
[Dell Streak 7] Berryblue:
Contact the prior owner and ask if either they can call them or you can "be" them to get it corrected. How is Dell to know who exactly they are speaking to. ;)
[Android Themes] SeriouslyCrazy:
"Rounds" .........Open to requests............there are 405 Icons at 128x128 .........enjoy.

cheers....

Rounds PSD can be downloaded HERE

Folder Icons HERE

Simi Folder Icons for the widgets HERE

All the icons made from post #1 until post #161 are all in the three zips below including the folder icons as well

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[Android Themes] SeriouslyCrazy:
one for later
[Android Themes] Pfeffernuss:
I actually like these a lot (maybe even more than the square ones) so really can't wait for the first pack to come out! ;)
[Android Themes] SeriouslyCrazy:
Thanks for the reply I was looking for opinions on how they looked and after 224 views of the thread you are the only one to comment. I thought there would at least be some negative input as well but I guess I was wrong and the response is almost to small to measure. Your input is appreciated greatly and I will move forward to the first release later today.
[Android Themes] fernandezhjr:
Very nice!! Will there be some for the stock apps?
[Android Themes] SeriouslyCrazy:
If the stock apps are only on your device then I will need an image to work off of ( I could probably find an image ) but if it is in the Market then it is no problem. Just make requests after I post the first release and I will always support my work................thanks.
[Android Themes] fernandezhjr:
Ok, will do.I will pull the stock images and post once you launch. Thanks.
[Android Themes] enigma1981:
Like I said in the other thread - these will look great with my round "hooolm" status bar icons!

Look forward to these :) - will there be another collaboration with docsparks to do LP/Go/ADW themes too?
[Android Themes] SeriouslyCrazy:
docsparks is free to use my work just like the cubed variation of the iPhonious icons, as far as a collaboration I would doubt that the two of us will be working together. There is no problem between us it just seems to be an irritation issue I guess you would say. docsparks does his thing and does it well and I will continue to do my thing trying to improve everyday.

cheers

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[Android Themes] DRTMI:
These look very nice. It's good to see something besides square for a change.
[Android Themes] BRKotucs:
AWESOME!!!!!!!! looking forward to this....

I'm down for Round / Cubed Icons, they're the best.
[Android Themes] Fredde88:
This will be really nice!! Will you fix all of the ones you have cubed to round ones? Would be soooo nice! :D

Thanx for all the work you put in to this man
[Android Themes] SeriouslyCrazy:
Glad you guys like the concept image, I will have the first release done tonight and will continue to add as time is available. I am not using any of the iPhonious images or krsd's PSD, the app images are directly from the Market and the app images that are not from the Market are found with Google Image search. This is why it is taking me some time to get this going I am searching for the images one at a time. The iPhonious Icons have a glare (reflection line) angled from top to bottom of the image with a straight edge I wanted a curved reflection and a lot of the iPhonious images would not fit right within the round frame.

After I post the first release you guys can request all you want and I will try to add them in............

cheers.

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[Android Themes] SeriouslyCrazy:
The first release is in the first post there are 124 icons.......enjoy.
[Android Themes] BRKotucs:
Thank you!!! downloading now.

Already downloaded. Here's my request:

Friendcaster Pro, Go Chat Pro, Tweetcaster, IM+ Pro, Skype, Wunder radio, Amazon App Sore, Pic Say pro, Google Translate, Gtalk, Shazam, Mozilla.

Just to mention a few. Sorry if my list is a little long.

Thank You very much.
[Android Themes] SeriouslyCrazy:
will complete tomorrow no problem..........plus your other request I didn't get to yet.........sorry.
[Android Themes] reinbeau:
These are very nice! I'm a Semi Sense fan myself, but these might find their way onto some of my screens - anything but those damned square things (I am not a former iPhone user, so I don't see the appeal). Excellent concept!
[Android Themes] fernandezhjr:
Excellent work!! These are the stock icons I said I would request. I appreciate the work. Thanks.
[Android Themes] Myrddraal79:
Really nice icons. I have some requests. Same like in the iPhonius-Thread. ;)

Pocket Liga

Volksbank

Kicker Online

Tagesschau

Spiegel online

Stern

Heise

Hertha BSC

Payback

Androick

+

Skype

WhatsApp

SMS

Android-Hilfe

eBay

And last but not least: one for "Games" and one for "Fun".

I know this is a lot, but i can wait for it. :D
[Android Themes] SeriouslyCrazy:
Here are your stock app icon request.........

and here are the additional requests let me know if I forgot any of them