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[Networking] Ascertion:
I love Sprint. They're pretty slow at certain places near my house, but every network has problems in certain areas. True, Sprint's network is the slowest of the four, but like everyone's stated on Sprint. Nothing beats unlimited. I don't have 4G at my house, but I pull 2mbps down on Sprint's 3G and at work I hit 11 mbps on 4G. I use over 2 GBs a month on Sprint and if I was on AT&T or Verizon, I'd be getting charged/throttled.
[Networking] NDSoul:
You guys are both right when talking about sprint's coverage. Definitely not the best BUT if you live in an area where you can get good 3G speeds, then I'd definitely have no problem switching back to them.

On the note of 4G, I think until batteries become more efficient that people are going to continue to rely on 3G. This is where I think ATT was smart by improving their 3G network at the same time as building their LTE.
[Networking] A2CKilla:
^^^this, that's why I can't wait for network vision!!!! Too bad I don't live in a corporate area...or Baltimore anymore who's getting NV and lte....(f you shentel!!!) Lol
[Networking] NDSoul:
I'm sure!! Yeah I've read a little on their NV project and it sounds good but it's just going to take time to develop (like anything else in the tech world!)
[Networking] lagittaja:
I'm paying 4,90€/month for 3000mins of talk every month and unlimited speed/transfer on Saunalahti. Speeds are ~10-13/3M on my Note.

umad?

Noted by Noting from my Noteful Note
[Networking] A2CKilla:
Nope, just glad you're happy with your service like I am, and at a cheap price too:D
[Networking] kellyrx8:
I doubt many would be, you pay well over double for a gallon of gas than some of us here lol
[Networking] Mastajeff:
Sprint is a great, but the network is ****. Step inside a building and say hello to roaming or 1 bar.

I had Sprint for a while and it was horrible. The signal and ping.. and data speed.

Im in Houston .. a huge city. It should be flawless here.. well almost

I got out of my contract 1 year 6 months early and went to ATT

Feels good having speeds always at least 2-10 mb and when I turn lte on im at around 20-30 mb and the ping is amazing.

Even in crowded areas its still lightning fast .

I could go in to a a solid concrete building and have full bars and great speed.

I have a 5 gig cap and I dont even use more than 3gigs a month and I use my phone a **** load. I dont even see the need for more than 5 gigs unless your tethering.
[Networking] A2CKilla:
Once again...speed bashing, the signal thing varies from phone to phone, but you also said concrete building, which loses some points, and who needs those speeds unless you're running a server? And the tethering basis, with just about everything moving to the cloud, 5gb can obtained easily...but either way, glad you're happy with true blue, I'd never pay that much for less though
[Networking] Product F(RED):
I'm just going to quote myself so you can see the extent of how overloaded the network is right now:
[Networking] Mastajeff:
Yes with true blue I at least get what I pay for.

Sprint has the quality of one of those cheap prepaid cell phone providers except you pay 2-3 times as much and locked in a contract
[Networking] iamnotagoldfish:
Sprint is hilariously bad. I couldn't stream MLB at bat radio on 3G, and while 4G was barely fast enough, their handover technology is either also hilariously bad or completely non existent. CONSTANT reconnecting while moving. But I could use the terrible service all I wanted! Woo!!! The only reason Sprint offers unlimited is because that's the only way they can compete.
[Networking] Mastajeff:
Quoted for the truth.

It was so embarrasing trying to show a group of people a video on youtube and having it buffer for 3 minutes to then play 5 seconds of video and buffer more.
[Networking] Product F(RED):
Guess what. Apple just enabled Facetime over 3G with iOS 6. Which means now Sprint's 3G is not gonna work at all.
[Networking] sitizenx:
Actually you said 4.7 gb and said you would be throttled on at&t. That is an obvious lie.

Now I said LTE... not 4G. Whatever Sprint is passing off as 4G ain't LTE. Not even close.

You screwed up in the first post trying to score some childish points. Just admit it and move on. Sprint≠at&t. We all know that. You aren't fooling anyone. If Sprint had the same network coverage, speeds, and overall success as at&t then I would love to see what their pricing is.
[Networking] A2CKilla:
What??? Lol, you're funny, and none of the carriers are giving "4g" if you really did your research anyway, and this was never a sprint vs anyone posting to begin with, but if being an internet thug makes you feel better, I'm happy for you ;)
[Networking] sitizenx:
The TRUTH

YOU are the one that brought up "4G." It's posted in black and white. You aren't fooling anyone. You keep fibbing and trying to wriggle out of it. I quite clearly said LTE and noted Sprint's speeds on whatever they care calling "4G" can't compete.

Really?

:eek:

Pathetic.

I'm not here to convince someone who has obviously drank some pretty strong Koolaid. I'm just trying to pass some CORRECT information to newbies comparing networks. First of all the OP's insinuation that you would be throttled for using 4.7 GB of data on at&t is a LIE. If you are on an LTE unlimited plan you will be throttled at 5 GB.

The second point to consider is the network itself. Whatever Sprint is calling "4G" is not as fast as at&t's LTE. Building a network takes money. at&t's network has wider coverage and their LTE is producing some of the fastest download speeds in the business... faster than my cable modem.

You have to choose a network that works for you. NONE of them are perfect and I wouldn't say "Hooray" anyone. In some areas Sprint has better coverage than at&t. In that case it makes no sense to get at&t just because they have LTE 50 miles away from where you live. Get Sprint and accept the lower speeds. The thing is you will not get top notch nationwide coverage, the fastest download speeds in the business and truly unlimited data on ANY carrier. Anyone telling you that is lying. As with all things there are always trade offs. Anyone ignoring the various trade offs has an agenda and should be ignored.
[Networking] A2CKilla:
Lol, point is I'm happy with my service, and the points I made in my original post makes sense because the other carriers have caps which I will never "go over" with sprint, but it looks like I've awakened the bandwagon of internet thugs,lol, to all that had nice things to say, thank you:)
[Networking] sitizenx:
No need for this thread

Well if you are happy there is no need to make an insecure post lying about another carrier. Furthermore this is a forum for the exchange of ideas and CORRECT factual information. It is not a place for every single cellular customer who is "happy" to come and start troll threads lying about another carrier. People need to think before starting threads.

Look you lied. Okay? Don't rationalize it. If newbies read your post they are getting incorrect information. We all make mistakes. What responsible people do is admit their mistakes and correct them.

If you want people to say "nice things" maybe you shouldn't start your threads with a lie. It is not our responsibility to coddle you.

If you have some niche activities that you require >5GB a month consistently on a slow network then knock yourself out. Sprint sounds like a great network for you. For the rest of us who prefer using <5GB on arguably the fastest network around we go for at&t. I am not an at&t fanboy. at&t has it's issues. But the vast majority of people have no desire to use >5GB of data on their smartphone. Even the average home user isn't usually using that much data...

Link.

I do not like people to name things "unlimited" when they are not unlimited. But even with that issue at&t's LTE service is better for the vast majority of people (>95%). The other <5% can go to Sprint and download whatever it is they are downloading to their hearts content on Sprint's slow network.
[Networking] iamnotagoldfish:
I'm happy I'm on a carrier with limits. Any carrier with a usage cap inherently discriminates against heavy data users. To this I say THANK YOU! Please please please incentivize all of the network hoggers to move to another network! As to throttling, being on sprint is like being constantly throttled. If your normal state is equivilent to other carriers 'punishment' state, you don't really have a foot to stand on there.
[Networking] A2CKilla:
cool story bro, tell it again:D:D:D:rolleyes:
[Networking] A2CKilla:
1. most carriers cap at 4gb TO MY KNOWLEDGE

2. t-mobile has a 5gb limit i believe then they throttle or it might be 2gb of high-speed then throttle, don't remember

3. THE MAIN POINT OF MY THREAD -_-.... so like i said, to the internet thugs, i'm glad your internuts got bigger for trying to prove my post wrong and trolling
[Networking] luftrofl:
I love this thread, so much butthurt on both sides! :D
[Networking] Mastajeff:
ATT LTE is throttled at 5Gigs

After 5 Gigs change your APN and you should still be good and unthrottled.

Point is ATT>Sprint .

Its just not possible yet to allow unlimited data and not have any major impact on the network.

Until Sprint starts throttling.. even if its 10 gigs, I bet dataspeed averages will double all over the country.

I know so many people who have Sprint and use it as internet for their homes etc.

Hell, I used to use it to torrent and used like 30gbs a month
[Networking] sitizenx:
Interesting... if true.

---------- Post added at 03:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:07 PM ----------

No "butthurt." Just a quest for truth. I don't understand the point of getting on the internet and posting lies. Why bother? I come to this forum to learn correct facts. I don't like wading through lies just because someone is in love with their carrier.

If there has been a material change in the throttling policy at at&t please let me know. If you have no clue what the throttling policy is STFU. Misinformation doesn't do anyone any good.
[Networking] iamnotagoldfish:
Just for some comic relief, went to a sprint store and performed a few speed tests on their "3G" and "4G" networks.
[Networking] Product F(RED):
That's better than I get, at least on 3G. Much better.
[Networking] iamnotagoldfish:
You get worse than 100 kbps?! On ATT I get between 2000-5000.
[Networking] Product F(RED):
Tops, maybe 200 Kbps nowadays. And I'm in NYC. Every borough, every area. In my office building, I'll even dip to less than 10 kbps. You read that right. It was so bad they finally let me out of my contract a full year early the other week, after over a year of arguing.
[Networking] iamnotagoldfish:
Yikes. Unusable!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kamerunka:
is there a way to change jpeg quality/compression ratio of the camera pictures for the stock camera application?

current setting is producing pretty low qualiry pictures :(
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kleeman7:
I'm sure it could be modded. Hopefully we can find someone to do this for us. There was a mod for the vivid that didnt compress the jog at all.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iivisionii:
So my brother needed a new phone badly and he went out and switched to sprint (from verizon) and got a galaxy s2 today. I know the galaxy s3 is coming out in 15 days.

Now as far as I see, Sprint has a 14 day return policy for the phones. Do you think there's any way he would be able to return the phone in 14 days and get the galaxy s3 the next day?

The tricky part is that he's switched from verizon, so if he returns the phone, I don't know if he can still keep the wireless plan or is eligible for a new phone. Does anyone have experience with what happens if you sign up for a new plan but then keep the plan and just return the phone? Are you still eligible for discounts on the phone then? I could give him an old touch pro 2 to keep the account active for a couple of days if needed.

Thanks for any tips.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tprince1225:
Well the policy is 14 days. And the day he got it counts as day 1. And if you return it within the 3rd day they will credit back the activation fee. If you return after the 3rd day (4-14) they will stick you with the activation fee. Also if the reason that he is returning it is just because he wants the gs3 they might charge him with a $35 restocking fee. As soon as he returns the device the reset the upgrade .So my advice is to return asap if he is still within the 1-3 days. And the only way for him to keep his number and plan is to activate the extra TP2 that you said you have. Hopefully this helps
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MochaCharok:
Hey!

I have some experience with this, and I can tell you (at least, again, from my experience) that Sprint will let you do something like that... if you switch the phone on the same day.

I think if you call in advance, maybe they'll make some leeway for you, or at least explain what you can do. But sorry, I don't know about whether or not you can return the phone and then wait, and pick it up.

However, for me, on the 13th day following my contract extension I was able to replace an Evo 3D for an E4GT, no problems at all.

Also... maybe you can exchange for a pre-order? That's just a thought...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iivisionii:
Thanks for the replies so far. In all honestly, that Galaxy S 3 will be mine! lol. So if the upgrade gets reset I can have him activate my old palm treo or the touch pro 2 and then once he gets the galaxy S 3 I'll just pay him the 35 bucks if need be. He will then get my galaxy S2, so nothing lost on his end.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cnstarz:
why didn't he just go to walmart and get a cheap pay-as-you-go phone for $40 to tie him over until the s3 is available? would've been cheaper than the mess he got himself into.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iivisionii:
He needs the phone for business and he was actually just planning on keeping the Galaxy S2. So it's technically me making things complicated because I think the upgrade is going to waste getting an S2 instead of S3.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Omar04:
You can do it. The thing is you or him needs to exchange one device for the other at the moment in the grace period. But not return it and stay without a phone till SGSIII arrive. Good luck. :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRitz:
Wait so this thread is about you wanting an s3 and talking your brother who had to have a phone and got one he probably likes since the s2 is one of the best phones ever made(imho) and now you want to cost ALL OF US INCLUDING YOURSELF IN THE LONG RUN MORE MONEY? Dang..... thats worng and I hope with all sinceraty your brother returns his s2 and keeps his s3 for himself.

if you dont think you are costing us money by waisting a completley good device that will have to be sold to asurion then wait until the next hike in sprints prices ex: TEP goes to $11 next month we have it good with unlimited data but since sprint customers try to cut so many corners the company is being forced to find ways to make up the money...... and I already know you dont care bout coporate america blahblahblah, we'll see when your in the "omg I cant believe sprint is charging me for this now thread"

Again these are my opinions so take it for what its worth

sorry to rant
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iivisionii:
I'm not sure if i exactly understand what you are saying. The grace period is 14 days, but the new phone comes in 15 days.

My plan is to go on the 20th (the 14th day of the grace period) and tell them he doesn't want to keep the galaxy s2, but wants to keep the plan. Then I will have thenm activate a treo or TP2 that I have laying around in lieu of the gs2, wait until the next day or two when the GS3 is out (he will have to use the treo for a day or two) and have him purchase the GS3 at that time.

Crossing my fingers and hoping that works.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iivisionii:
I appreciate your opinion. However, I am not doing anything outside of Sprint's own limitations. They have a 14 day grace period for you to try out the phone. I will end up paying 35 dollars likely for returning the galaxy s2 as well. The whole purpose of the 14 day grace period is if you change your mind. I am more informed on the subject than my brother and have convinced him that the galaxy s2 was not a good choice when the s3 is coming out. I believe that is a legitimate reason to return the S2 and get the S3
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRitz:
OK not gonna start a war w you bout this but if that were the case they wouldn't ding the sales rep who sold you your device when you exchanged it, even worse if it is 3rd party you lose you comish all together. The policy is so if you are absolutely unable to learn a device or it does not fit into your lifestyle such as work or things of the sort, it not put in play so we can test a device or borrow for 2 weeks bottom line weather you believe it or it straight up coat the company money period and if we dont preserve what we have it will be gone.

Again these are my opinions :mad:

Nuf said glw whatever u do
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iivisionii:
I take no offense to your post and understand your stance on it. I was not aware that the representative loses their commission if the item is returned, but that does make sense considering that sprint did not make any money on it. Considering that fact, I can try to return to the same representative when purchasing the galaxy s3 to minimize his loss at the very least.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sunsparc:
Won't work, you have to do a direct exchange within the 14 days. If you return it, they'll cancel the account which will cancel his number. If you "activate a treo in the mean time", his 14 days is still running, meaning he'll be out of luck come the 15th day. Best bet is to call customer care to see if they will let you pre-order the S3 and use a temp phone in the mean time.

Should have waited one more day. :P

EDIT: As long as you exchange the device, the rep still makes commission for the activation. If you outright return it, they get charged back for it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iivisionii:
Thanks for the tip. Although I don't understand why he wouldn't be able to keep the phone line without keeping the phone. I guess they are linked? Would he be able to just activate another sprint line without purchasing a phone and just transfer the line over to there?

I think I'll just have to go down to Sprint with him soon and figure all this out. In the end if we can't do it it's not a huge loss. The GS2 is and will still be an awesome phone. It would just be awesome to have the latest and greatest ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shoulon:
He can return the phone completely on last day then buy the SGSIII when it comes out. Or just return the SGSII ina week then get another phone to reset his 14day period
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sunsparc:
Exchanging does not "reset" the 14 day guarantee. If you exchange on day 14, that's the phone you're stuck with.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] graphic1982:
on a somewhat related note, you only get one exchange during that 14-day period so be sure to choose the exchange wisely.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iivisionii:
So after all of that my brother decided to stay with Verizon because he wasn't happy with the wireless service on sprint. No new phone...

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
Apparently bit too late but still may be someone will use this info.

I was due for upgrade last year in july when EVO 3D came out.

I had a Samsung Moment and I used my upgrade to get EVO 3D.

Back than it was 30 days grace period.

I kept EVO 3D for about 2 weeks and couldn't get used to it. So I returned it to Sprint and went back to my Samsung Moment.

My account has been reset and money has been refunded except for $35 restocking fee.

It all happened in July.

6 months later in December I used my upgrade to get SGSII.

So if you have account and you return the phone you still keep the number and contract. At least it's true for upgrades.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
Just to clarify things yes the number and the ESN from whatever device you have at that time are linked. If you return the device you cannot keep the line open as it will not have a valid ESN attached to it.
[HTC Amaze 4G] ghost_boy1412:
Can someone help me with this modification??:confused:

Original Post here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1696802
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madhuranand007:
I m using whiterabbit 1.5.2 on my Defy and it gets heat up whenever calling :(

what could be the reason,

I use SEA 2.2 froyo on base

Baseband SEA15 3.4.3-331

Using 3G

And yes I also got my LCD and Gorilla glass replaced from service centre coz it got cracked bcoz of running of Loaded truck on my DEFY :D :(

Everything else is working good like games and videos and all

Using

300@30

600@40

900@50 before it was 1000@52 but i changed bcoz may be its the problem of Processor

I hope i get a wise reply from Seniors

Love u all
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vap_66:
My Defy also heats up whenever I make a longer call, it's normal (the same thing when I'm using 3G). You also have a higher ambiental temperature there (India, 35+ degrees, right?), so you're more prone to overheating.

Trimis de pe Defy CM9
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neo.ank:
Its normal to heat up.Mine rise to 41 deg. sometimes..
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madhuranand007:
Hee Heee ... Ya u both r right ;)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vedhasd:
mine too.. whenewa using 3G especially! and yes.. MIUI is more prone for heating up! Runs cool on CyanogenMod and AOKP!
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NITRO_100:
Mine was heated up to 60+ c once after a many missed calls. cm9.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ironLink21:
Hey guys :)

I've been trying to run ADB on my mac and it starts up but it won't recognize my phone, I run a parallel on my mac and I can run ADB on my windows parallel but when I switch over to my mac it won't recognize it for some reason when I go into 'system report' it show's my phone there but when I run ADB in terminal it doesn't show my device... I've been to

http://esausilva.com/2010/10/02/how-to-set-up-adb-android-debug-bridge-in-mac-osx/

http://forums.androidcentral.com/th...9-mac-procedure-how-root-htc-thunderbolt.html

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1387527

http://blog.wapnet.nl/2011/05/setup-adb-and-fastboot-with-android-sdk-on-mac-osx

I've tried everything and adb just won't recognize my phone, I have debugging on and make sure I have enough batter life...

I'm running Lion 10.7.4, I can fastboot without any difficulty but not ADB...

does anyone have any idea about what could be wrong or how I can update my drivers on my phone maybe?

THANK in advance!!!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBarnett09:
I am EXTREMELY unfamiliar with a MAC computer, but I imagine it would have a command prompt like program. I believe it's called "Terminal" on MAC.

Have you tried manually running adb through terminal with a command?

Or is it just a problem within the phones adb?

Tried putting your phone on USB mass storage like mode, such as mount as disk drive?

Just trying to think of some things off the top of my head.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ironLink21:
ya I've been using terminal and ADB shows that it starts up perfectly like my windows side. I can run fastboot commands with no problem, I've hooked my phone to the computer regularly and also as a mass storage device and ether way it doesn't recognize it.

I think it is something wrong with the ADB code on my phone because I was able to run adb with my brother's phone and my mac recognized it. his phone is stock he hasn't rooted it or anything...
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBarnett09:
That's pretty strange. Have you tried flashing to another ROM?