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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
Did that, it's $421 after tax with overnight!!! And the unlocked nexus is much better than sprint one! I didn't think it would be different, but it is noticeably lighter, and thinner up on top. Not to mention speeds, I seriously haven't been able to get lower than 2mbps anywhere I went, while with sprint, that's higher than what I can get at 3am lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] starnostar:
Im guessing by the enthusiasm in your response, your happy with the switch? the only thing im worried about missing is the unlimited data, but ICS has the data usage monitor, which is one of the driving reasons I'm considering this now and haven't in the past.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
Yea, well, I'm at 4.2gb used already. T-Mobile has a very nice my account app which will give you exact usage, which is a little different than data usage monitor. I use a lot of data, wasted a lot on speedtest as the app recognizes a fast connection and tests a larger file.

About 10 days till I refill, so I am good with data usage. Overall, very happy with speeds, specifically the consistency throughout time and place.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jmejiaa:
Called Sprint again, they guaranteed better service but once I asked about timing said it could be 1 week, 2 weeks, a month or two.. wtf...

We'll see, I'm trying to stay patient.

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Even if you pass your cap, don't you just get set down to 3g speeds? I remember my 3g speeds on T mobile with my nexus one were SOO much faster than my current 3g speeds with Sprint.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
I have a buddy who works for care, they have no eta. If customer complains, they all list tower outage as main issue and promise better speeds in near future as they say they are upgrading. In reality, they are more clueless than the customers.

You get thrown down to edge speeds, which are around 100-200kbps. To me, that's about what sprint gets anyway hehe. Just went down to my local sprint store. Did a speedtest on new evo... 200kbps average with 3 tests. T-Mobile tested 6mbps average. Inside a sprint store mind you, with air rave there :).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eltormo:
Tmobile capped me to 56K,it was useless the phone will not open pages,would not load videos it was totally useless.

The problem i have with sprint is that their 4G is basically no where here in Puerto rico,when i go to my friend house there is 4G from sprint,i get up to 7mbps,and i hit it hard every time i go there,i downloaded last time like 1.2 gb in like half and hour of downloads.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
Ladies ans gentleman, this is why sprint sucks. A lot of people abuse an already weak network like no other. Other carriers give you great speeds, but, force you to think about your data usage, or use wifi. Even I'm guilty of this, how can sprint ever become better when a lot of its users rape the network?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eltormo:
Do you actually believe that you or i are both raping the network.?

Let me tell you what really happen with cell phones companies.

They have a network that can hold 50,000 costumers at once (example) in a given area,but they have 80,000 clients,so what do they do.? They count on you to not use your phone allot,because that way the network is not stress all the time,and more people can use the network when they want to.

The problem is not me or you,the problem is that people are been sold unlimited plans,in many instances in miss leading forms to get you in,if cell phone companies think people are and impact on the network they should stop offering unlimited plans,the word unlimited is not tied by any bind,you can't abuse something that is sold to you as unlimited you can't and that is the true.

Take AT&T for example is you pass 3GB of data on an unlimited plan now,they threaten you move you to the limited plan,i know they did that to my friend a week ago,and hold on to your horse the person who speak with him on costumer service told him that he was tethering,the problem is that was not,he download big games,listen to music and see video all day,he uses the network allot,because he work on a parking,and he always use his phone for entertainment.

But that wasn't the bad thing,when he told the AT&T employee that he listen to music on his card,by using a head phone jack so that the sound come out of the car speaker she told him that he was tethering,that at&T consider hearing music on a car with the phone connected to the car radio as tethering because other people are hearing the music so he was sharing...:eek:

Needless to say if you use 20GB on AT&T and your plan is limited,AT&T doesn't care will not accuse you of been a strain in the network and will happily allow you to keep using it,but if your plan is limited 3GB is to much for the network.

Phone companies just found out that a phone can consume as much data as a PC,and they want more out of your pockets,is funny how i have to suffer every time this crappy network doesn't want to load anything,but some how i am not suppose to use it hard when i can...If you ask me that make no sense what so ever.

They sold me an unlimited uncap plan they better stick to it or else i am gone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Zero Night:
Same my data is pretty slow.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
I get it, and I agree with a lot of what you say. But, it is only theory. Reality is that our mobile networks in the states aren't really that great. Even on sprint, I can get decent speeds (1.4mbps) after midnight, during the day.... barely .10mbps. What does that tell you? Simple, their network can't handle to current load. It's the same thing for sprint in other cities, I travel a lot. How are others different? Well, would you keep on using sprint mobile data if you had caps? You'd probably either use less, or switch to wifi when possible. When I know people who torrent on sprint 3g because it is unlimited, you know you've got a problem! Even with Comcast, why do you think they raised such a huge fuss over torrenting? Or why they have caps now? It's a necessity needed to allow users to have consistent network experience.

Sprint sold you unlimited data, yet, they can't provide decent speeds. What do you expect? Them magically become better? Network vision might help, sure. But for how long?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
My 3g peaks are getting better on weekdays later at night but sadly by morning or any weekend its back to dog poop slow.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sharky17:
I am in Delaware with an Evo 4G and have noticed that my data speeds have been horrible for a few weeks now also. I want to get the new Evo LTE, but wondering if I should even bother....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] biggnaa20:
I'm finally getting to be fed up enough with Sprint to switch the few dollars saved isn't worth not having a phone that works.

I'm looking at AT&T since I know there is decent service at my house and job. And I'd love to have a phone with a sim card I can switch out.

We'll see.

nb
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] adam.kelly2:
I live on Olympia, WAS and I've always been envious of Verizon. Using the Internet on their phones was just so much snappier where I'm from, but after updating to FF02 everything just seems to move much quicker. Not ao much for downloading apps but surfing was improved.

Needless to say I'm a bit happier with Sprint now. For the time being anyway.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Saying that listening to music from your phone on your car stereo is tethering is the biggest crock of **** I've ever heard! I can generally keep my cool while I'm on the phone with customer service, but that would push me into a hulk like rage in a second! I would (guess) I would immediately tell them to cancel my service, and that I'm going to tell everyone I know about my experience and to cancel their service if they are with att. I would tell the csr that they are a poorly trained employee that is completely ignorant of anything technical in regards to their job! Can you tell that reading that statement makes my blood boil?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bondosho:
I used to be in the 1.5-2.2mbps range, but now at my house, I'm lucky to see 200k. There is a tower about 3 blocks from me. When you go to the network vision page, it says that its recently got a data speed and capacity increase. More like data crippled.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iSkylla:
I know the future of Sprints network but these speeds make me weary to wait. I've had mindnumbingly slow speeds in my neighborhood.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Hero_Guy:
Am I the only one who hasn't had issues with their network update? I did notice that they did an update and speed was fantastic but it then began to slowly decline. Then they did something to the towers near me that made them offline for two days and now my speeds are fantastic again and its consistent. I say just wait and it will be all worth it. I guess it helps I have about 7 towers within 10miles of me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jmejiaa:
Today my speedtest has been averaging 700 on 3g. Much better than the past where I was barely getting over 70-80..

Also, if you guys are still terrible, keep calling sprint. I have called multiple times and they have said they will credit my account for the days I've had ****ty service. I wonder if that would be from day one. lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
I have had those same thoughts over the past 6 months... Verizon and AT&T have great coverage here in Milwaukee... the problem is that Verizon and AT&T suck balls in Northern Wisconsin - AT&T barely works at all, and Verizon has some funky roaming agreement with Cellcom that makes their phones never notify you that you have voicemails and doesn't give you access to data. Sprint has a fantastic roaming agreement with Cellcom, and in the middle of the forest, 50 miles from the nearest population center of more than 1,000 people, I get a consistent 1.5mbps data speed. Contrast that to my house, withing 2 miles of 6 towers, where I average about 200-300kbps.

So I could switch and have great service at home for an extra few bucks, but have crappy service (if any) when I travel (monthly) up north... OR, I can stay on Sprint and have data that's "mostly almost usable" at home but fantastic up north.

Decisions!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
Do you not have wifi at home for data?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mtran2988:
Man, you guys are lucky. I cap out at around 125kbps D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KCRic:
So T Mobile is having this 2 day sell where all 4G phones are free. I'm seriously thinking about jumping ship and going back to them because of these speeds. Of course I'll have to fight Sprint on the ETF. These speeds warrant an ETF free termination of my contract in my opinion.

I understand things not working 100% as advertised but this crap is beyond that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
WiFi at home AND at work all day, which is nice.

Of course, if I actually want to use my phone when I'm out around town, say, looking up some bit of information while I'm at a bar or Summerfest, Sprint is useless unless I use Roam Control to data roam onto US Cellular.

Plus, there are concerns about certain data use while I'm at work on the WiFi network. Technically, I could get in trouble for using company resources for personal use. Streaming music, for example, is a no-no on our network.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] trifthen:
The PC Magazine mobile report is out again for 2012. Sprint is dead last once again on 3G. 4G, when available, isn't too bad. Sprint's 3G is less than half the speed of Verizon's 3G, and 4x slower than AT&T. 4G, as most of us know, is rarely available anywhere, and loses signal frequently. LTE should improve this... by late 2013, provided you get an LTE compatible handset.

I'm really regretting my switch from Verizon to Sprint. Looking at those average coverage charts, I should have went with T-Mobile if I wanted to avoid AT&T and Verizon.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jmejiaa:
I was on the phone with them for an hour. They accept that my service is bad, and can't do anything about it.

They won't waive ETF unless I'm 100% in a no coverage zone. All I kept saying is, but you agree that my service should be better. All they kept replying is that because I live in a coverage zone I cannot be terminated without ETF.

They told me to go visit the store, and we'll see what happens from there.

I really, REALLY regret moving from T mobile.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tt281gt:
Depending how much time you have left in the contract you can always sell the phones and use that money to pay the ETF.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jmejiaa:
Only 6 months in(3 lines, over 1k ETF). I was going to cancel my second day, but a free airave service made me hold on a bit longer. The service is so terrible I literally have stopped using my phone about 80% for data. Which is good in it's own way I guess.

If i can't cancel I plan to stick it on roam only for a while and as soon as I can I will cancel.

Question, what kind of proof do they require if I say I need to cancel due to moving to an out of service area?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nykuil:
billing address must be in no coverage zone...

to bad they couldn't provide this speed everywhere (yay tethering)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Those speeds seem right on with what I normally see lately. I guess that's what happens when you add more customers to the same network. Oh well at least I get to rub this one in my wifes face. She insisted that I switch to Sprint from Tmobile so we could both be on the same plan over 2 years ago and now I'm stuck on Sprint for at least another year. When her contract is up I think we will buy out the rest of mine. This phone should still be worth $100 by next January I hope.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yellowman82:
Well my Wimax speed has been great here in Miami. Im on blazer 4.1 with the ek02 modem and this is my best speed I hit
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gilbydakid:
I can't complain.

I'm using cm9 6-21 nightly with the ff18 modem.

Sent from my sprint Samsung galaxy s2 Epic 4g touch with ics using cm9 on the blazing slow now network
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iSaint:
Wow were I live my home internet is 3 Mbps which is the fastest available ... :thumbdown:

No 4g either
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 2 Bunny:
Actually, I thought it had got a little better, but the Michigan "data forecast" holds the same for me - 120K Per second down typical, but as slow as 15K Per second happens too. I've seen "good days" where it'll get 400-600. I might've seen 800-1000 once when the "weather" was perfect :-) . The funny thing is that even the Verizon wireless isn't much better here.

- 2 Bunny
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] so1285:
I'm currently visiting the parents on vacation, and I had signed up the whole family to Sprint from AT&T, thinking service would get better, since AT&T kept dropping calls and customer service was abysmal.

With Sprint in DC, I regularly hit speeds up to 11 Mbps, with a number of 4G dead zones, but it's relatively decent. Here in LA, though, service takes a big hit. I'm regularly roaming, and 4G doesn't stay on or work at home, even though coverage maps show the darkest shade of coverage color right where the house is.

I'm crossing my fingers and hoping Sprint shores up the coverage in the LA area, especially given that it's such a big city, since I already feel bad switching the parents over to Sprint when the coverage is so poor around here.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xak944:
NC Triangle area here. From the time I first got my EVO 4G on launch day and the first couple months with my E4GT, Sprint service was great. 3G was reliable enough for my to stream DI.FM 128kbps internet radio while driving all around town without skipping. Now, it buffers for 15 seconds every few minutes on a good day. Definitely not happy with Sprint and probably won't be staying with them. My girlfriend's iPhone on AT&T can stream for hours without skipping. Funny, AT&T was terrible when I had my 3G & 3GS... :rolleyes:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Houndog101:
I'm in east Tenn. , I'm getting 2.0 to 2.8 mbs D/L and 510 to 582 kbs upload.. seems like pretty good service to me in the mountains of Tn. :good:

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I'm in east Tenn. , I'm getting 2.0 to 2.8 mbs D/L and 510 to 582 kbs upload.. seems like pretty good service to me in the mountains of Tn. :good:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kernelsandirs:
I am right near LA and it says Roaming right now, the FCC app says I get about 5kbps lately, so bad I am leaving this weekend, they do not care either.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] piscesjoey:
Oh the horror
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MeWarning:
Live outside Milwaukee and have had Sprint for 3 yrs now. I used to only going into roaming when at school outside of town but within the last month or so I've started to go into roaming in places I've never had problems with. Used to get full bars at work and now roaming half the time. With of course the roaming alert bug. And in the areas where I do get a strong signal the data speeds tanked from how they used to be(which wasn't that great to start with).:mad:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
It did get a little better for me, I scored me the new EVO without having have to sign anything. By a little, I mean very little. Couple of spots I am at daily, I can actually refresh fb now. Other places, it seemed to actually have gotten worse. I get about 1.5mbps down max during perfect conditions, which does not happen often. Still sucks, considering I see T-Mobile and att get at least 4mbps at the lowest in same areas.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chase7545:
Network is getting way slower!!!! Here's the evidence. Ran the test at the same exact 3 locations in downtown chicago in october 2011 and then today with same modem. Oct avg down= 1152 kbps, avg up = 555 kbps. Now avg down = 185 avg up 294.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Hero_Guy:
http://www.imgur.com/i0s27.jpg

Woo 3G! They're doing the network vision update near me I think

Edit: spelling
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
That's at 9:30 this morning, at 2am I get 2mbps in same location. Talk about conjested from early morning...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
Wow, every store in my area has similar posts for reviews on google places.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] emalave32:
The service in the southern parts of Michigan are really suffering. But Sprint is sending me a free Airwave......Yay....for now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VaderVI:
I must agree on the poor coverage in michigan. It seems to have gotten worse. I am in a perpetual roam to poor 3g.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joseamirandavelez:
You've seen nothing... Come to Puerto Rico and you'll see what a really bad signal is...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] biggnaa20:
Just as a follow up in case it helps anyone.

I did switch from Sprint to T-Mobile prepaid with the Galaxy Nexus and have gotten a marked increase in data speeds. From an average of 60kbps on sprint with highs running at 350kbs to averages of 3,500 kbs with highs around 9,000kbs.

That was worth paying the ETF.

Anyone need an Epic Touch with a clean ESN? :-) I'll put it in the market later.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yellowman82:
How much do you pay for Tmobile prepaid and do you have everything unlimited including data?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Unregistered Fan:
DEALBREAKER Reply

Same here, although it seems to have got a little better in the last few months. Where I was averaging 100K Per second down, I am now hitting 600-800. Not great, but it is workable and it's well worth my $30 with the unlimited roaming and messaging.

I was actually looking at that before I switched to Sprint, but TMobile has worse coverage than Sprint geographically, atleast for me anyway. TMobile's $30 plan is the stuff except for those two major issues (coverage and technology), both of which were dealbreakers for me a few months ago. Slow data is better than no data ;).

::U.R.

PS: I've been using Geekaphone.com's speedtest website lately for testing internet speeds, and that's been working out pretty well even though you have to select your phone model every time you run the test. It's a good backup for when MobileSpeedTest.com is down or not working properly...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yellowman82:
Thanks for the info it does seem like sprint has the best plan for me that is, I mean I have no complaints about sprint as everything is good on my end including data speed which I get an average of 9-11mbps on wimax here in Miami.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] trifthen:
Just a heads-up, guys. I was on the train from the Suburbs in Chicago this morning and I was either at 1x or with no service at all, or roaming for the entire trip. That never happens. They're either doing tower work here, or something seriously went FUBAR this morning. Hopefully it's the former.

Ironically, the 1x I did experience was operating faster the 3G I usually get on the train.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] epdp14:
My sprint service in Illinois has been terrible recently as well. I've switched to the 00002 PRL and verizon's service is great in my area. Unfortunately that has meant 6.5GB roaming data on my line and 1.5GB on my wife's... I know that 300mb is the official cut off mark, but it seems like enforcement varies. How long do I have before sprint catches up to me if I'm on that PRL using verizon exclusively? I dont torrent, tether, etc... just music and netflix/youtube on my phone.
[General Questions and Answers] icebear8:
(there is no forum here for this phone)

for the past month or so when i use the internet on my phone or even tether it over USB with PDAnet it will just stop working, like the 4G icon is still there with 4 bars but when it shows the little arrows for Download/upload only the upload icon will light up and that is it, in order to fix it i have to shut my phone off or put the phone in airplane mode for a sec and switch airplane mode back off and it will start working again.

it seems i have to do this about 5 times a day every single day, as i don't rly use my phone during the day but at night when use it heavy while im at work for 8 hours (youtube and teather it to play LoL) it will start to kick in and i am starting to hate it as i have to reset my video i am watching or it will kick me from my game i am playing because of it.

when i first got this phone it was not doing this, it just started about a month or 2 ago.

my phone is rooted (no custom roms or anything) and it has been rooted since day 1 when i got the phone (was rooted within 30mins of having the phone) and i have not added any custom anything to it

android 2.3.5

PRL 15109
[General Questions and Answers] icebear8:
bump?
[Dell Streak 7] JoshWilly16:
I can not, no matter how many diffrent ways i try, flash a diffrent rom than ics beta 4 to my dell streak 7 T-mobile. i have had beta 4 for about 2-3 months and i love it, but it is missing camera, and gsm radios but i dont use the 4g, i fixed the sd card problem with it to. i cant even do a factory reset because when i hit erase all it just restarts the tablet. thats it. please help!
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
So what ROM are you trying to flash?

You may be in the infamous "read-only" mode.
[Dell Streak 7] JoshWilly16:
I'm trying to flash Honeycomb but, i have tried a different version of the honeycomb, and the beta 3 ics, both of which i have had on my tablet before and know for sure, work. I'm not in the "infamous read only mode" because i can still turn on my tablet and play it.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
So walk me through what happens?

You put it into APX mode to use NVFlash and then what?
[Dell Streak 7] JoshWilly16:
GOT IT. i woke up this morning and tried nvflashing honeycomb again and it WORKED. i don't know why it was last night but it wasn't, ill tell you what was happening last night in case you run into some1 else with he same problem. i would put my streak7 into nvflash mode and rune the "Download file" and it would pop up the black screen with white letters, it would transfer like one thing then say in the text, "bootloader failed nverror 0x0" and just stop.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Well i am glad it worked for you.