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[LG Nitro HD] brady_f:
Not sure if this is the right section to post this in, however I thought it would at least be a start. Seems that a lot of people, especially those with a Sense ROM, like the slide to answer. I was hoping there was a way to change the default slide to answer, to a single downward slide, instead of having the dual horizontal options. Any ideas?
[LG Nitro HD] vn1977:
Get Widget Locker… it has the Sense style slide and replaces your lock screen.

Sent from my Zombie Atrix.
[LG Nitro HD] aquariuz23:
Woops brady, sorry, accidentally click on thanks :p a free one for you lol.

Anyways, when you mean slide to answer, do you actually mean to answer or to unlock the phone like wat vn1977 mentioned? Currently, to answer a call you only get the 2 main buttons, answer in green or decline in red. this is built into the rom and cannot be changed. But if you just want to change the unlock screen, then yes, get widgetlocker. Plenty of options.
[LG Nitro HD] brady_f:
Thanks for the help. I was actually looking for an alternative to answer a call since the slide seems sluggish at times.
[LG Nitro HD] aquariuz23:
but I never get the slide option to answer. I only get the 2 buttons.
[LG Nitro HD] aquariuz23:
This is what I get when I receive a call

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Just wondering, are you on the right forum? Are you using the Nitro or are you talking about the Atrix?
[LG Nitro HD] V@no:
You can go back to default android lock screen by VERY CAREFULLY edit /system/build.prop file

Replace

user.feature.lock_sui=true

With:

user.feature.lock_sui=false

I believe they are talking about incomming call while at lock screen
[LG Nitro HD] aquariuz23:
But, the image i posted is what I get when I'm on the lock screen. Come to thing of it, I had that for a couple of days when I just had the phone, and afterwards, it sticks with what I show. Same thing happened to me on the Atrix.
[LG Nitro HD] V@no:
Let me guess, it has something to do with other software installed? For example that grey icon with a little lock in your status bar?
[LG Nitro HD] gte460z:
I get the same lock screen as Vano with an incoming call.
[LG Nitro HD] brady_f:
Yes, which is what I get as well. I was just seeing if there was an alternative to that screen. :confused:
[LG Nitro HD] gte460z:
Apparently there is if aquariuz is seeing a different screen. I am pretty sure widget locker is what you are looking for.
[LG Nitro HD] brady_f:
Widget locker only works whenever the screen isn't locked from what I tested earlier
[LG Nitro HD] aquariuz23:
Yup, now that V@no mentioned it, it is apparently due to Widgetlocker that I am getting a different incoming call screen. Wow, didn't realize it was due to that.

Brady, I'm not sure what you meant that widgetlocker only works whenever the screen isn't locked. The app is intended to overwrite the default unlock screen of the phone, and it seems now we found out that it affects the incoming call screen as well. I'm not even sure what else it has changed on the phone lol.

Btw, it can't be due to GO Dialer can it? I also have that installed so I don't know which app is causing the change.
[LG Nitro HD] AllstarE4:
I'm using Go Locker with ICS theme and I get the two buttons like Aquariuz. I don't even remember if it was different when stock. I'm rooted, but haven't done anything with ROMs or CWM or any of that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hijewpositive:
If you go to Sprint.com, the first promo they have on there is the promotion of their $79 unlimited data plan. If you click on that, it brings you to a page where they are promoting it some more, and on the bottom of the paragraph it says "When you become a new Sprint customer, we'll buy your old phone and you can FORGET ABOUT DATA CAPS, OVERAGES AND THROTTLING while you're on the Sprint Network."

Is this true? Can anyone here, who is perhaps a sprint employee, confirm that Sprint does not throttle? Because I'm a semi-heavy data user (20gb of data usage last month alone) and I can see from the speed differences alone that they throttle. Any insights on this?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] squshy 7:
As far as everything that has been told to me, the only users we throttle are the heaviest roaming users; this however, is not contrary to their claims, as the "no throttling" claim applies to being on the Sprint network.

Now, I'm sure there are automated tower optimizations that ensure all users on a node have equal access to data, so a disproportionately heavy user may experience varying speeds as part of the "leveling out" action, but i would surmise this isn't intentional "throttling" so much as it is ensuring customers aren't affected greatly by a handful of users.

That, of course, is purely speculation.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] azyouthinkeyeiz:
And plus your speed will constantly vary with tower loads and your relative proximity to the closest tower.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cidica:
Yeah like Squshy has said everything I've read is they will throttle "roaming users" but on network you are fine. And them doing it to roaming users is not out of line either.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] apatcas:
What the hell did you use 20GB for? This is why the network is so ****y and slow. People like you abuse data like there is no tomorrow.

Sorry but you should get throttled. Use your Wifi, don't be so cheap. And by the way I click the thanks button, because I really wanna thank users like you for screwing the rest of us out of bandwidth.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] globen:
I know for a fact I'm being throttled. I used to get between 1.5-2mb down on 3g, until last month when I used 12gb of data. Now I'm lucky to pull 500k. In fact my buddy came over with the same phone and we did the speed test and he pulled between 1.3 -1.7mb. Mine was 300 - 600k. I know 100% I'm being throttled. It sucks hardcore.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lv2bll:
sounds about right.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shiftr182:
I have heard from an indirect dealer, that if you have service through an indirect dealer than it will be throttled.

In Boise we have a few Sprint indirect dealers. They either sell the phones for cheaper, or the plans for cheaper, but the service sucks.

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I just took all of the trottling services out of the services.jar and I am actually seeing faster speeds consistantly. I would say about 100kbs faster download, uploads are about the same.

EDIT: I used speed test and did a series of 4 tests 30 seconds apart on the same server to get my results. After removing the throttling services it was average of 96kbs faster download speeds.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] globen:
No way to get around being throttled?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Based on the info you provided, all you know for a fact is you two got different speed test results.

You can be in the vicinity of multiple towers and each tower can have multiple carriers/channels. Each tower and even channel on the same tower can perform differently. Sometimes rebooting or updating PRL can cause you to shift to a different tower or channel.

For each speedtest, you need to verify you are both on the same tower and channel. You can find that information in the ##DEBUG# menus.

If you do that, then run the speedtests at the same time, then that could support your theory.

Otherwise it is like saying your wifi is bad, but your neighbors wifi is good (w/o mentioning yours is on ch6 and theirs is on ch11)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
wow, 20 gigs is a lot of data on a phone....

Frankly, I hope users like you do get throttled, or have an up charge for that much usage..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tt281gt:
Here's a thought.

If a company doesn't want users to use unlimited data DO NOT OFFER UNLIMITED DATA.

Just because YOU can't think of ways to use your phone to its full potential there is no reason others cannot and should not when the SELLING POINT WAS the unlimited data!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 4redstars:
I wonder if I was being throttled when I was getting 74k, oh that's right, I use almost no data every month because my 3G connection BARELY WORKS!

I work downtown Chicago, sitting next to a bunch of ATT and Verizon users and watch them actually use their phone!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire118:
I 100% agree with this post
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] apatcas:
That's a dumb response. Torrenting from your phone is not a good use of data.

I have 2 exchange accounts, 2 gmail acount, facebook, linkedin, twitter, 2 pop3 emails. I use 2 gigs. He should be throttled.

I work as a sys admin and handle the bills for our data. If i saw someone use that i would not just take his phone, I would make sure he gets fired. Actually a user like that i would make it my goal to make sure he gets fired and report him to all the wireless companies that we have a contract with, just to make sure that he doesnt do that again.

So tell me how am i not using my data to it's FULL POTENTIAL? I can understand 5-6 gigs.

I understand you're a cheppo that wants money for that art degree, but please get MetroPCS. I'll pay your 45$ a month just so there is one less of you.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Citymusic08:
I hope this same mentality doesn't carry over to all you can eat...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] globen:
Trust me I've now had multiple friends over, all with the same results. Funny part is when I delete the file data/system/throttle it goes up over 1.5mbs. Then drops instantly to sub 500kbs. Just looking for a way to not get throttled. Might have to call sprint ask. My data each month is usually right around 5 to 6gb of data. As soon as I went over 10gb, I got slammed with throttling. It really sucks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire118:
That's what you feel personally.. But your response doesn't speak for everyone sir... Some people actually use their phone to no extent..or more likely a personal computer.. Weather its watching netflix, streaming media, or tether devices.. Which in take consumes alot of data.. Being that sprint is the only carrier who promotes and campaigns unlimited data.. People come over here with that intent to use their smartphone with that intention.. At the end, you can't blame anyone for using xx amount of gb if the carrier is boasting they provide data with no limitations
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tt281gt:
Ill take you up on that Metro Offer since you offered :D

Lets see, I have 4g speeds, a phone that can stream movies and play them on any tv through HDMI, GOOD QUALITY MOVIES range in the 2GB range, stream music, youtube, XDA,. You do the math.

Sounds to me like you're a communist and a pucker butt.

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Of course!

No really, apples to oranges here. You took my words out of context. Over eating does not feel good.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] globen:
I guess you'll never believe that sprint throttles your data until it actually happens to you! I wasn't a believer until now!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
If you want to torrent, watch hd movies, stream Netflix, all on a 4 inch screen, I feel sorry for you;

I use the **** out of my phone, and never use more than 2 gigs of data a month...

When I want to stream video, or torrent, I do it from home.

Thats what a computer and a home internet connection are for..

Whether you agree with it or not, the REALITY is that all ISP's, from ATT/Comcrap/TW, and more, realize that the people who HOG the available bandwidth need to pay a premium for that.

Yeah, Spint now hypes their "unlimited" network, but, there is no doubt in my mind, once they have REAL 4G setup, sometime later this year, they too will do something about people who use 20gigs+ of data a month.

I recently had to change to Comcast Business Class, because the "consumer" Comcast has a 250 gig limit per month, and I was regularly bumping up against that; it pissed me off, since i have been a loyal customer for almost 20 years, but, came to realize it was only fair to pay more for a service that would allow me more bandwidth...

The cellular providers are just doing the same thing, and, like it or not, the days of "unlimited" anything, are coming to a end...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
I don't have a problem believing they could throttle, but there are also many other possibilities and if you are making a statement that is contrary to what the company is stating, you really should take the effort to back up your statement by exhausting all other possible reasons.

If you have the proof, bring it to the attention of your state attorney general's office. They have the power to take Sprint to task for false advertisement.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] autoprime:
100% positive if i got any of your "throttled" data profiles and added them to a phone.. i could get it to pull unthrottled 3G speeds ;)

it's all about the prl, tower, load time, ip gateway, proxy settings..etc etc etc. there are so many variables to look at prior to claiming throttled speed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] globen:
Autoprime sign me up what do you need from me? prl is 1114, so I can at least get bearable 3g speeds. PM me please.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shiftr182:
I removed the "throttling services" from the services.jar. I removed the sprint proxys on my phone and I use the Boise server on SpeedTest. My download speed increased an average of 96kbs after I removed the throttling services, and I dont have a file for data/system/throttle. I will do another test from my house tonight and compare those speeds, but I am guessing that removing the throttling services did actually improve the speeds.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] apatcas:
Apparently their are streaming netflix from the phone to the TV. That means its a new tv... that's HD (cause u wanna be cool, but in reality cant afford it). So you paid some good money for that.

I got an idea, take the TV back and buy a damn broadband line and stop jerking off to porn from a 4 inch screen, on your neighbor's wifi.

That's what's wrong with the US. People dont stay in their budget. And pulling from a provider that's still being nice is what is resulting.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tt281gt:
Where is my MetroPCS? I want in!! :rolleyes: or you a internet troll pulling a hoax? You can paypal me $45 a month for MetroPCS and I will gladly put their service and your money to my convenience.

I have broadband, and that nice HD tv you speak of. I use my broadband plenty, but I ALSO PAY FOR UNLIMITED 4g DATA on my mobile phone.

I use BOTH of my PAID services as per our agreement. My broadband gets plenty of load, so why get mad if I decide to use my UNLIMITED 4G DATA to not slow my broadband and stream movies for example while my broadband does its things such as stream more movies, xbox live, internet/youtube browsing, downloading roms here on XDA, playstation online.

What IF i go to a friends home who has a slow DSL and my phone has 4g service with UNLIMITED DATA and we want to stream, or whatever.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion but to bash people for using a service they pay for after it was used as a SELLING POINT is just plain STUPID.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Magicspell:
I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with either position taken in this discussion but let me point out that Sprint does not condone your last item (tether devices) without subscribing to their Hotspot feature (which is definitely capped). The other items are definitely fair game (though they are intended for use on the phone itself).

Just because we have the ability to tether other devices (through hacks or 3rd party apps) doesn't mean that Sprint views that as "fair use" of the unlimited data.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Hatchett:
But the problem with that line of thinking is this. I live in Houston, one of the biggest cities in the country, and I roam constantly. Can't keep a 4G connection either, Sprint's coverage is crap.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Overstew:
Sprint doesn't throttle unless you hit a ridiculous amount of data like 55+ gigs. If you're roaming, you're costing Sprint a lot of money and this is why they have to increase prices.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bear gri11z:
dan hesse stated its "the top 1% of users"

ill find the press release if needed
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] im0rtalz:
that article has already been noted that the interviewer didn't mention that he said top 1% that are excessively roaming, so let's not bring that up again
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aimbdd:
Sprint doesn't throttle on network. The end. There is a very long thread about that service jar file on the og evo forum. deleting it seemed to make pretty much everyones speeds increase. Even if sprint was going to throttle it wouldn't be on device, it would be through the tower.. So no file on your phone would effect that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Twinsen72:
Wow, we got some hyper-scary authoritarians on here. I pay $80 a month for unlimited data. If I wanted to not use a ton of data, I'd have gone with AT&T for a lot less money and much better coverage than sprint.

I signed a contract, and Sprint signed a contract. It says I give them $80, and they give me unlimited data. If you don't like it, drink bleach, pound sand, etc.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bear gri11z:
funny because anyone roaming excessively gets booted/terminated shortly after a letter is sent to the account holder...

ive gotten "the letter" and they gave me 2 weeks to port out my number... not a letter to throttle me...

lol reminds me of the t-mobile days when EVERYONE was trying to modify/delete the service.jar file or find a way to block the throttle... it would work for a short time and then you got throttled.... but yes that is correct its not on any files on a phone is through the tower/server on their end
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] faceyourfaces:
I would consider myself a pretty heavy data user. I just ran a speed test on Sprint 3G and got .08Mbps. I doubt this is because of throttling but probably because I'm in a bad coverage area. I find myself having to roam a lot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
so, you believe there is no insider stock trading in this country, all politicians tell the truth, the banks really didn't know what was happening during the economic meltdown, judges & politicians & law enforcement officers can't be bribed, signing a contract means that neither party will never do anything contrary to the contract, and that there is a Santa Claus...

Wake up dude, thats not the way things work in this country anymore....unfortunately...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TurboFool:
Nothing you said has any connection to what he said. His statement is simply that telling us we're wrong for using large amounts of our unlimited data is wrong in itself. We signed a contract with Sprint for unlimited data and that gives us the right to unlimited data. You dictating to us what is and isn't reasonable is, well, unreasonable.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
not dictating at all, man..I am just a realist.

Large corporations now a days make all sorts of "promises" to consumers, that, at any time they feel like it, become null and void; they either hide a clause somewhere in the fine print of their contract that allows them to change the rules whenever they feel its in their best interest, so, assuming that since you have a "contract" with them ensures that THEY will do what they allegedly agreed to in the contract just isn't the case any more..

As long as the lobbyists, PACS, and the folks these types of companies flood Washington with are allowed to "influence" our elected officials, there won't be much protection to us consumers, that will force these mega corporations to honor THEIR end of these agreements...

I don't like this any more than anyone else here, but, the trend in this country over the last 10+ years, for the most part, is to let large corporations pretty much do anything they want to, and, the hell with the consumer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dulanic:
They throttle all equally with their horrible data speeds.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cubandevil:
man , if Sprint did have such bad 3G speeds than i wouldnt roam so much

I wonder if its against the law to have such a slow speed 3G network and charge for it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Twinsen72:
My comment had political implications because I figured I'd shove a barb in there.

Big corporations should be allowed to lobby for everything they want to. It's a right we all have. Politicians should have the balls to say no, but very few do. Anybody should be able to demand the government make X law about Y. It's not their responsibility to represent the rest of us. It is the job of our government to do so, but for the past 80 years they've devoted their time to evil.

The only reason big corporations have such power is because small companies have been taxed and regulated out of business. There is no regulation in history that I have ever seen or heard of that negatively affects big business or positively affects small business. Same is true of the rich. No regulation in history has ever had an effect on the rich in any way. If you tax the rich $1 more, they will profit the exact same net amount. However, you will succeed in raising the cost of living of the poor by that $1. You cannot tax suppliers, only consumers. In a free market, the best companies would prosper. In a controlled market like we have in the US, the biggest companies prosper. We have several industries in this country so heavily regulated with "feel good" regulations that there will never be a new company and those in existence will only merge and create new monopolies.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shiftr182:
For those of you who say Sprint doesnt throttle your service, here are the files...straight out of the services.jar PROOF! The files are in the zip.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aimbdd:
Did you read anything I posted? Carriers do NOT throttle on your phone, they throttle at the TOWER.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] expertzero1:
im getting .05-.20 mbps on my iphone 4s.

same when i had my epic touch,

:(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
You realize there is a difference between having the capability to throttle and using that capability? That code is in a lot of Android phones.

You need to show actual use of the throttling code. Perhaps you should put some log statements in there and show the log of it being used. That would be convincing. Specifically show the initialization of the throttling code and what it is being set to.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evantribley:
Also, more info on network management.

http://www.sprint.com/legal/agreement.html?INTNAV=MSM:LGL:AUP#neut

Full Disclosure: I am a Sprint employee. Any opinions are my own and in no way endorsed by Sprint.

Sent from my SGSII on the Sprint network.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TurboFool:
But again, this has nothing to do with the issue this person was responding to. He wasn't complaining about Sprint not honoring the deal, he was complaining about hostile people in this thread telling him he doesn't have the right to use his unlimited Internet as much as he wants and that his usage is excessive. His point was he signed a contract with Sprint that allows him to do that, and it's absurd that people in this thread feel it reasonable to dictate to him what is and isn't reasonable use of his phone when Sprint doesn't.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stretchwookie:
throttling speeds are typically 20-60kbps. sprints 3g speeds are roughly 300-600 kbps, 4g speeds 3-6mbps (up to 10x faster!? trademarked...) i dont see yours being throttled. i see you having received EXCELLENT speeds at one point, and now they arent as good. that doesnt mean throttling. it means millions of new customers (iphone), and a slow expansion of network vision

when someone starts handing out unlimited free money, what is the amount YOU stop accepting it?

agreed. actions are louder than words. but i have yet to see sprint come under legal fire in any of these claims...

then maybe we could trace what is initializing it, and either bypass that step, or go around the proxy thats apparently causing all the throttling
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shiftr182:
All that I was saying is there is proof that the throttling exists right inside the rom. I dont know, and dont really care if they use it or not. I am not a heavy data user, that is why I have a computer.

To aimbdd - no, I didnt read anything you posted.