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[Epic 4G General] austin420:
thats a whole lot of imagining.

i have the opposite experience. 8 yeasr sprint customer here and customer service now blows the old system out of the water. i havent gotten a foreign csr in a long time. i cant stand heavy indian accent on a tech support line. my data speeds are also good. i wont mention the fact that i live in the same city as their corp headquarters though. haha.

my only complaints are the lack of tons of phone choices. att and vzw are constantly rolling out new devices. cant someone throw sprint a bone here?

that and the loss of yearly upgrades, but none of the big carriers have that, so i guess its a non issue.

i think i will stay.
[Epic 4G General] Restola:
The company I work for was bought 6 months ago and I just learned I get a very decent discount on verizon, enough to make it come within $5 what I'm paying now for 2 epic 4gs on sprint (even though I still get 25% off sprint from my old work). The other limitations of verizon (only having 10 'unlimited' numbers, only 2gb of data per phone) don't really affect us at all. Combined our peak data usage in a given month was just over 1gb.

So that's a long way of saying...I'm in the same boat you're describing. Only thing keeping us around now is not wanting to burn another $400 for 2 contract price phones and of course the ETF from sprint. But my contract expires in december, so if the gs3 is on verizon first I'll almost certainly switch and bring my fiance a few months later when her contract is up. Sprint's data service is really bad in many places, even though I 'get' 4g in grand rapids and columbus, where I spend most of my time (its a good thing downtown grand rapids has 4g because the 3g data is unusable in my experience).
[Epic 4G General] xopher.hunter:
I get <100kbps consistently... no 4g ever, and coverage is even worse one town over where I visit my family.

But I somehow go through 8gbs of data every month so I guess I am stuck with sprint for a while. I plan on getting the galaxy note/journal the day its released.
[Epic 4G General] dead78:
That's exactly what's been holding me up. My wife and I don't really feel like dropping $400 on new phones right now. In addition, there will be certain desirable devices hitting the market a few months down the line, and it would be preferable to hold out for those instead. I'm able to get out of my Sprint contract because of the change they made to the way they bill family plans, but according to them, that option is only available to me until the end of this billing cycle. In theory, I should be able to get out of my contract on the basis of the pathetic data speeds available here but they'll lie until they're blue in the face to try to prevent me from doing that. Apart from the potential benefits of their new network whenever that actually hits the NYC market, I don't have a compelling reason to keep giving money to Sprint.
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
Same with me Christopher...

Except but I'm thinking about that evo man thing looks beast so far....
[Epic 4G General] xopher.hunter:
Bigger is better. Lol
[Epic 4G General] dead78:
the new devices always look great. the problem is that I'd have to run them on a Sprint network that gives me average downstream data speeds of 0.05 Mbps. What's the point? Maybe 15 months from now or so it'll be another story, but that's a long way (and a lot of months at $170/per) off.
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
I'm sticking it out. I'm going on 11 years with Sprint and I'm one of those folks that has never had a problem with their CS. I will admit that this is the longest I have ever sat on an upgrade due to a lack of phone options, but I understand they're undergoing changes right now, so I'll be patient. I still like- not love -my device now, and I get full bars of 4G where I live, so it could be worse.
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
Been with Sprint for 10 years. What's kept me with Sprint is the price/value. Fortunately we get decent 3G here but no WiMax. My future brother in law works for Verizon and I told him I'd switch in August when my contracts are up if he can get me a similar monthly bill if it's clear Sprint isn't releasing LTE here anytime soon. Verizon has had LTE here since November. I'd prefer to stick with Sprint, but watching every other carrier here turn on 4G (even freaking US Cellular) has really soured me lately.
[Epic 4G General] nikon120:
The data restrictions/throttling on other carriers are the biggest negative for me. I've been burning >15GB/month on the regular over 3G (no 4g within 400mi). I pay for unlimited, so I'll use it (all legit usage). The 2 and 5GB plans out there are just stupid as a whole IMO. Carriers nickel and dime customers to death. :mad:

What can I say, I stream music a lot. None of that used bandwidth is from tethering or downloading huge ass files via the phone.
[Epic 4G General] LargePrime:
Don't you have roaming? Why would your speeds suck if you can roam on Verizon?

And if they still do, then why do you think switching would help?
[Epic 4G General] dead78:
Because I'm not roaming on Verizon, I'm always connected to Sprint. The data issue is the result of Sprint not being able to provide adequate bandwidth for their customers in this neighborhood.
[Epic 4G General] mi7chy:
Last year was a much easier decision. I had been a Sprint customer for about a decade and was dealing with the decline of Sprint 3G data to less than dial-up speed and 4G coverage that was virtually non-existent for the areas where it mattered, home and work and in between. When Verizon offered unlimited 4G LTE the decision was clear. I negotiated with Sprint retention to lower the ETF to ~$75 and jumped ship. In comparison, I get Verizon LTE coverage everywhere I go, the throughput is significantly better than broadband DSL and the latency is optimal for latency sensitive applications like VOIP. I'm even paying a little less than I was paying Sprint. Now that the service issue is out of the way I'm waiting for great phones to appear on Verizon such as Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III, etc. Samsung Epic 4G, except for maybe the limited DRAM, is a much better phone than the majority of phones on Verizon including my HTC Thunderbolt.
[Epic 4G General] kidstechno:
For me, it's a hard choice. I get 20% off Sprint through my work and 15% through Verizon, so even the cheapest plan from Version would be about $10 extra per month, and right now I'm saving as much as I can. Another thing is I do go over 4GB a month, but it depends. I actually checked my average the other day and it was literally 3.99 GB. Sprint data around here has gradually declined since the iPhone release, making it so even streaming low quality YouTube video is hit or miss (mostly miss). Hell even Pandora takes forever at times to load the next song, and if Pandora is having problems then jesus christ. There is no 4g availability around here, and they don't give us access to the wifi at work (boo). So right now I'll likely stay with Sprint, but my contract is up in June so we'll see then.
[Epic 4G General] dead78:
wow, they had an offer for unlimited data? and for how long are you able to get that? I would assume that's an introductory offer and eventually you get dropped down to a capped data plan.
[Epic 4G General] rocket321:
I've noticed Sprint 3g speeds vary wildly depending on where I'm at. In my home (small town) I'll get 400-600k down which is good enough for light usage when away from wi-fi. In the nearby city I get around 1.0 - 1.5 mbps down which is really good enough for about anything I'd want to do on my phone while out and about.

However when I visit my family in Omaha (which is a pretty good size city) I get horrendous speeds (like 50kbps) which is just unusable. If I lived in this type of coverage I would have no choice but to switch.
[Epic 4G General] Bluerai:
I'm in Omaha/Lincoln, and at my house in Omaha my coverage sucks.. But it's actually been getting better recently.. I still purchased roam control for that reason.

On the other hand, I get great speeds in Lincoln, and even 4G here on campus :)

I'm still debating on what I'll do when my contract is up in August. I may just wait around until a huge breakthrough in phone tech, or maybe I'll go for the SIII? I don't really want to switch carriers because my only discount is through Sprint.. Hopefully the network enhancements rock
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
Id choose tmo over verizon any day.

I'm not gonna bother saying why because from this point on I'm too lazy to rebuke the inevitable "but tmo...att...customer service....4g" lines
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
umadbro? ;)

Unlimited data is not only a reality, but sorely needed. Between 3G, roaming, and 4G (the largest, at 3.3gb or so), I burned 5.89gb of data in that Dec 9-Jan 9 period. No tethering there. At standard rates, that would cost me $60 on either VZW or AT&T. Even with the 'double data' promotion I'd pay $50 on VZW. For data alone. That's 65% of my current voice/text/data plan after taxes.

Limited data sucks the balls. I'm jealous of VZW LTE, but I'm not leaving Sprint by a damn sight. I get 1mbit here, and 4G/slower 3G in the city I spend less time in - again, umad?
[Epic 4G General] rocket321:
I'm jealous of GSM networks - the ability to swap SIM's, better "1x" and voice technology, etc all pretty much rocks. But CDMA phones second hand are much cheaper because they are not easily portable to another network. Also CDMA is freakin' everywhere, even in the middle of nowhere in US.

There are trade offs either way. I'll stick with Sprint as long as their rates stay low, data is unlimited, and they come out with good phones once in a while.
[Epic 4G General] mi7chy:
Verizon offered unlimited data up until July 2011. Once you have it you're grandfathered as long as you maintain service. I've had it since March 2011 and there has been zero throttling and my peak usage has been upwards of 10GB. Verizon is much more relaxed and less shady than AT&T in regards to throttling. My total bill is $59 for 450 minute and unlimited data plan with corporate discount. I use Google Voice and Groove IP for unlimited VOIP minutes and SMS text.
[Epic 4G General] LargePrime:
LOLwat?

You has Sprint? Thus you automagically roam on Verizon, right?

Perhaps the whole thing is that you need to turn on roaming?

Honestly if you roam on Verizon and get bad data, you don't want to move to them
[Epic 4G General] Jayavarman:
Waiting to see the progress of Network Vision.
[Epic 4G General] adelmundo:
I have both Sprint (work paid) on my Epic and using Straight Talk (prepaid MVNO on AT&T) with my International Galaxy Note. I live in the same city as AT&T's west coast HQ (formerly Pacific Bell HQ) and the 3G speed is pretty damn good on HSPA+ FauxG (phone does not have LTE) averaging around 4-5Mbps (LTE out here gets 40+Mbps) on AT&T. Sprint though has been improving though, whrere I used to get under 1 Mbps, and now hitting between close to 2 Mbps and improving. As long as it's enough to stream HQ YouTube videos, that's fine with me. Last month I used 3.5 GB of data.

I still wouldn't leave Sprint since even on Straight Talk (phony Unlimited data), I always have to worry about using too much data because they have been known to just cut people off. Yes the speeds are good, but I always have to worry about connecting to WIFI just to make sure I don't use too much data. Being on a capped plan really does suck, especially since carriers are really trying to sneakily find ways to make us go over our caps, such as eliminating SD card slots on phones so we would have to use cloud based services (more data to download and stream), promoting streaming HD video, and other ways to make us use more data. With Sprint I never have to worry about it, and they have promised even when LTE is rolled out on Sprint, they will continue to offer unlimited data.
[Epic 4G General] pacoz:
I know what you mean bro.....i read someone today i guess sprint confirmed it that we will be getting the "LTE" 4g. But it didnt give a date....sometime this year. Youve waited this long. You can wait another 6 months.

p@coz aokp_epicmtd_build_29......
[Epic 4G General] dohturdima:
The only reason I haven't moved to VZW is that there isn't a slider worth moving to. Very unimpressed by D4. Otherwise, double data, me being out of contract with Sprint and an open line on my wife's family plan (and all the available upgrades) would have made it a no brainer
[Epic 4G General] mark8503:
This is why I'm leaving Sprint as soon as my contract is up.
[Epic 4G General] lynyrd65:
I'm definitely thinking about it. The T-Mobile straight talk sim gives you unthrottled data at hspa42 (more or less lte speeds) for $45 a month.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
This is why I'm sticking with sprint forever...

People seem to forget there are scripts to boost your 3g data speeds.. normally I get .70... here I'm getting 1.74... with the 3G TURBOCHARGER. Don't blame sprint #blameyourself.
[Epic 4G General] mark8503:
Goron are you serious, don't blame Sprint for their God awful data speeds. I'm using starskyROM right now so I don't know if he has those scripts baked in or not. I have used that script in the past with no noticeable increase.
[Epic 4G General] jakmai:
Sprint, You Suck.

Occasionally I can connect to 4g, and when i do my 4g speeds are slower then my 3g speeds, btw im located in Southern California.

Every month i feel like my internet gets slower and slower. I'm jumping ship and paying the ETF, looking forward to the new htc one X. I know sprint is getting a version also, but to me the sprint version would not sit well with my stomach.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
He doesn't if he does they are old he continually updates the scripts for more effect... and I have always found an increase.. not too long ago I was in San Antonio and at 3pm I tried a speedtest and I got .02mbps down and it stopped trying to upload. I ran that script reboot and it went to 1.0mbps and .40mbps upload. Btw you need to play with the scripts options all of them will vary.
[Epic 4G General] wingbat:
I love all these posts about how bad your 3g is. I can't even get 3g at home, or an hour in any direction. On the other hand, VZ just activated their 4g here, and ATT is in the process. Sprint's expansion status site says nothing is planned in the next 6 months anywhere in my county or any neighboring county.
[Epic 4G General] Animas1020:
Same deal at my place. I got an airrave so I could text and call at least, just use wifi for data. I think I'm switching carriers when my contract ends. Gotta see what the market and my wallet looks like at the time lol.
[Epic 4G General] iil:
If you are in nyc then I'd wait till the end of 2012 as LTE should be up and running. It may make a difference.

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Do you have any idea what the scripts actually do from a technical standpoint? If not - it is pretty hard to gauge whether it would be useful for a user as it may vary depending on there situation.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
They add lines of code to your build.prop.. that's as far as I know they are linux tweaks.. that vary with values.. depending on the options... I'm no linux pro so I can't tell you what they do from a technical standpoint... feel free to contact Zepplinrox I'm sure he'd tell you what his script do "technically."
[Epic 4G General] dead78:
as far as the scripts go, Sprint is actually on the record stating that their data is sorely over capacity in this area, so scripts aren't going to make a damn bit of difference. the issue is that Sprint will not admit they're unable to provide what the customers up here are paying for unless you're willing to push them for months. short of that, you'll deal with reps "quoting" you from the network expansion website, telling you about how they've done so much to improve data speeds in the area. it's not until they actually get some cold hard figures from their stores that they'll admit that their coverage maps don't accurately reflect what's happening on the ground.

unless I can force my device to roam, I'm always going to be connected to Sprint for data since, as I've already said, I'm well within range of their towers. it's not that I can't connect to Sprint, it's that it's exceedingly slow. believe me, if someone could show me a way to always connect to Verizon and not use Sprint's data at all, I'd be all over it. but as it stands now, I'm always connected to Sprint 3G in my neighborhood, and stuck with their crap speeds.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Well opinions will vary of sprint from location to location... I think this might be the most helpful advice. IMO

If your data sucks switch carriers... but you'll be paying more... but you get what you pay for. Its like paying 300 bucks for a solid laptop... its not the greatest but works when it wants to.... or paying 3000 for a much higher end one and it blows away the other one no doubt but look at the price difference.

If you can get a solid contract/price on a different carrier go for it, especially you think the coverage will be better.
[Epic 4G General] dead78:
look, if we lived in another part of Manhattan - and there are other areas here where data is considerably faster and 4G is pretty reliable - it wouldn't even be an issue. the problem is that my wife and I live and work here, so we're dealing with dial-up modem data speed 5-6 days per week.

and to borrow your analogy, imagine paying $300 for a laptop that only worked if you weren't in or around your home and office.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wiiplayer94:
hey,while havin a call a friend jumped on my back and this made my poor nexus fall onto the ground. Now I want to send it to my shop so i get a new display.. but my nexus is rooted and it's bootloader is unlocked.. Now the problem: i dont know how to restore stock recovery and stock bootloader without my display.. anyone here who is able to help me ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brummie028:
use Galaxy Nexus ToolKit v5.5 it should work
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wiiplayer94:
I just tried this. But then alwys the error message : cant reach (path) comes or it just says waiting for device
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wiiplayer94:
I just flashed a stock google image with android 4.0.2 . is this enogh? Or do I have to flash a new bootloader and recoevery seperately?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Reboot into fastboot mode and follow steps 9 onwards from here.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] skater95:
Topic. I just updated to ICS, and my screen looks way better!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] darkt123:
I agree it looks better. Couldn't tell you why it does, but it's different.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gunness1991:
good for you. could of told your friend instead of making an entire new thread .
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ckochinsky125:
Or you could have not posted a reply if you don't care what he said in his thread.:rolleyes:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gunness1991:
meh.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] bloodydeath911:
Your resolution is your resolution. I think that the colors and the fonts make your screen look more sharp :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ronin3178:
The resolution is 240 for ics, i don't remember what stock gb was, but maybe it was 160?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] omnia38:
Geez, Who farted on your cupcake?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] times_infinity:
The number 240 you're referring to is the DPI. not the resolution.

The resolution of qHD screens are 540x960.

You can't push more pixels through OTA.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ZolaSlo:
Moto found a way to push hardware through OTA :) .
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vash_h:
Is the screen still yellowish?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ZolaSlo:
Can't you read!? We're getting new screens over the air, no yellowish and black spots anymore!!!!

br ZolaSlo
[Motorola Droid RAZR] maarawoe:
Yeah! The real technical revolution is here! :-DD

I hope they will be able to upgrade my battery and back cover to the maxx's one OTA...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] lukas77:
I hope OTA will also polish my screen, I have a few scratches.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ed Zachary:
Not if you're on VZW. Without seeing a bump in your bill, of course! :p
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] josephlor:
How do you update your prl on rooted Evo4g with Rcmic3d. It doesn't show any where to update it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRIME INC.:
Wrong forum.:rolleyes:

sent using a freaking pigeon, with a note tied to its leg. :rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
you cant you have to be on a native sprint rom to do that. Rcmix is a port so there is no way to to update prl ect
[HTC One X] maverick1103:
Hi All,

I hope you are all enjoying your lovely new shiny phone....I am :D

This screen is amazing!!!!

Anyway can anyone help me find more HTC Widgets to download from HTC Hub.

I've found the option to download sounds and apps from the Hub but I cannot find how to download widgets.

Ie battery widget that has a % on it and shows live image.

Also does anyone know a shortcut for zero brightness? There's the widget for 3 stage brightness...33%...66% and 100%

But I'd like to put it to 0% as at night the screen is still to bright and I don't want to go thru 5 menus.

Any help would be appreciated :)
[HTC One X] jazznaura:
try switch-pro for the brightness, think i saw something in settings. i use a combination of tasker & minimalistic text to create widgets for brightness - 10% 50% 100% :p
[Nokia Lumia 900] cubanaso:
So two my surprise/disappointment I walk into my local corporate AT&T store looking for Nokia "Lumia" 900 accessories and they only have Nokia "Lumina" accessories. Aw shucks I guess people still don't get it huh. I really wonder if during these trainings were all the PowerPoint's misspelled, if not, Nokia/Microsoft should protect their investment by sending in secret shoppers now! Not next week but now. I've purchased four windows phones and by far the best experience has been when I buy them online. Anyone bumped into the Lumina?
[Nokia Lumia 900] aimfire72:
So did they actually have any cases in stock, for sale?
[Nokia Lumia 900] cubanaso:
Lol, no. He sounded quiet disappointed when he told me that Monday they would take down most of the iPhone advertisements and replace with Nokia, then and only then would they sell them.
[Nokia Lumia 900] nokiaqueen:
actually AT&T reps aren't doing such a good job in promoting it. I went once to ask the guy about the Lumia 900, and he didn't even know what it was or when it was going to be released. And I'm standing there telling him everything I know about this phone. And then he goes to me "thing is, nobody really wants to buy a nokia, you're probably the first" I was like :eek: Anyways finally when the reps got the Lumias, a lot of them didn't even want to use the phones, but then once they gave it a chance, almost all of them said they loved it.
[Nokia Lumia 900] 937dytboi:
Sort of the same experience Ive noticed, they really dont care to much for it. But I feel if your a salesman you sell everything you offer not what you feel somebody should have. You should be a lover of all OS' and should care to learn them to teach your customers. I actually toldf the salesman about the re-installer app to move everything over to their new devices. But most of the salesman really didnt bother with the Lumia.
[Nokia Lumia 900] slojko:
I had an opposite experience, I went to my AT&T store and I asked to preorder a phone and right away the lady asked if it was the lumia, she then proceded to let me play with her personal lumia 900.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mindracer:
Manager of Montréal TELUS store just told me the roll out has begun with some of his clients receiving it. He called me on his OWN to tell me cause he knows what a fan I am, without me ever asking him about an update. I just saw a thread closed coming here to tell you guys about it, hope I'm not violating a rule. . I am very excited :) Anyway I can force the update?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] grawkiller73:
Do u have the update notification?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] monkeypaws:
You should ask him for a dump of ics from his phone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fatboy547:
I called telus rep. Confirmed this is bs. Mods plz close