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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wackydroid:
I'm still rockin' my OG4G...and here in L. A., I get to use 4G for that amazing unlimited data. And it flies!!

Plus, I agree - after 18 years on Verizon (and all it's predecessors) the Sprint Customer Service is awesome. They're nice, competent, and accommodating as hell. They pushed upgrades through for both our phones before the due date without a problem (even though I haven't done it yet, my son has).

The prices can't be beat, and I've yet to drop a call (even in the canyons and at the beach).

And though it hasn't been made "official", LTE is already in service here. This is a "test" market, and I will likely be upgrading to the Evo LTE soon if the GSIII doesn't measure up.

I only wish I could get the "Note" on Sprint.

:cool:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kennedystephen:
1. Cheapest Prices

2. Unlimited Data
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Monoman67:
These are some of the reasons I left Sprint and went back to our at&t family plan which is cheaper.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toddevoss:
my contract, that's about it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PHE-NOM:
My "zero" plan.... Can't be beaten....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lreyes:
The EVO family of course its the best I'm still on my evo 4g and in like months of UNLIMITED DATA plan im gonna have the best with this and then get the EvoLTE just sprint as it is just remembering it at flip phones to these light weight super fast TOUCHSCREEN phones...sorry I sound like I never touched one of these but really sprint customer service is nice really nice like top notch some people will let ya off the hook and not pay for like simple stuff like oh u want ur contract on this rooted evo and off the unrooted evo okay hold up he does what he goats to do and I got to sit and play with the evo 4G LTE and its very light I was like about to pay right there just for the phone without a contract!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrazyFoool:
price. i already looked at my data usage and its pretty low since i'm usually on wifi.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykaratm:
i was with sprint only because i had the contract. as soon as my contract was over, i moved to Boost mobile which uses sprint towers. However, the lower end tower. But i get signal where i live and the places i usually go. It starts at $55 a month. if you ay on time every 6 month you get $5 off. up to $40. Boost don't have 4g, but i never got 4g when i was with sprint anyways. No contract on top of that!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evocm7:
The price but with my new jobs 17% discount with Verizon I pay the same as I did with sprint ans have 10gb of data and the data actually works and 4g everywhere. It's nice to be able to download a 600mb Rom in 3-5 minutes without having to be on WiFi. Sprint needs to upgrade their awful network and put out 4g. Every carrier in my area has 4g in my area except sprint..... Even metro POS.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EVOlshit:
Hmmmmm...., been here for roughly 10yrs. The prices are good as an entire package. The best service when training in the desert's of SoCal. Oh, and the fact i've got to long on this contract to tell customer service to shove it...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kabuki!:
The HTC Evo 4g Supersonic is what keeps me with Sprint. I am eligible for an upgrade.

But, the development on the Evo is amazing and has been since the start. Last night I flashed Dirt's Salad Bar rom, and I feel like I have a brand new phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MEZOCLONE:
Been with them for prob 9-10 years, having to maybe wait a little longer for a phone or not having the variety of choices doesn't really get to me. When you really look at the market, phones tend to for the most part be level with each other. Sure there's a few small changes here and there but if I have the galaxy line, nexus, HTC/EVO, moto, to choose from I'll be ok. I do feel they need to implement LTE quicker than what they have shown us so far. I at least want to see a better road map or more updates on there site. A lot of us have been with sprint for a while now and know how badly its network needs a shot in the a**! Thx for letting me ramble.....

MEZOCLONE
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nycazncarguy:
for me, it was definitely because it offered better bang for your buck. Also, at the time my contract started (december 2010), service and 3g speeds were actually still pretty decent in NYC. I never really had issues. Then the iphone came along for Sprint and the speeds are just....that bad.

However, I'm in a different city for school most of the time, and speeds here are decent, so I dont really need to switch out yet. Once I move back home, I might switch out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbear6708:
Anyone seeing better speeds with sprint since the network updates??? Check out my screen shot.

Using decks reloaded underclocked to 576

Also just updated to newest prl from sprint 60690 or something

sent from my Reloaded EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XenonV:
1. im barely 17 (even when im legal i may stay on my parents plan for the prices and what nots..)

2. Sprint has the best data package price, Verizone wants $40-$50 for a few hundred megabytes-gigabyte

3. Sprint has more discounts (well for us)

4. there service is more reliable (in my opinion)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devan512:
It's really just the money and that I was naive at the time of purchase. I was 18 and it was time to get my first cell phone after getting a job and starting school. Yes I didn't get my first cell phone until I was 18 #lowerclassprobs.

I didn't want any pay as you go service because they had terrible choice of phones at the time - still do - and they have awful service where I live. Sprint was the next cheapest so I said why not.

Don't get me wrong the price is unbeatable BUT it really reflects in the overall quality of your service. I live on the east coast, West Virginia to be exact and development for more advanced options for data like 4g is very limited. IN FACT I have an Evo 4g and have never used the 4G part.

I used my friends phone once I remember, and he had Verizon and I remember how much faster everything was, I was in awe I envied him so hard.

Unlimited data is cool, I love the idea, but it's like having unlimited ass gravy to eat every month, as compared to a limited supply of scrumtrulecent Pizza that you would have to ration off but you'd enjoy it so much more.

Not to mention when I'm driving I often lose service and miss vital phone calls, and I hate that we get the newer phones so much later than everyone else.

Besides my brother and I don't even use that much data, and just about every where you go as some sort of wi-fi not to mention if you spend a lot of time in your house and you have excellent wi-fi. I'll probably go for an unlimited messaging plan for my brother and I with 4gb of data to split between each other, it'll do fine.

alas, I have a 2 year contract with sprint but as soon as December comes around I'll definitely look into a switch.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JM-PDA:
I agree with the posts here that Sprint has the best unlimited prices.

Our phone bill for 5 phones is around $200 per month with Sprint.

Since my phone is now off contact with Sprint, I am switching to www.ting.com .

Same Sprint network BUT way better pricing!

"Pay for what you use". If you go under your plan, you get a credit in next month's bill.

If you go over your plan, they bump you up to the next level.

The down side is that they don't have a good phone selection and phone are not subsidized like Sprint.

I currently have an Evo 4G on flashing the the Sprint network. I plan on flashing it to the Ting network as others have done successfully.

Just another option for you all.

Regards, JM-PDA.
[LG Optimus Black] mikeydubbs:
My lg optimus black p970g will not turn on and when i plug it into my computer while holding vol + nothing happens

This happened after i was using smartflash. It said that it completed fine and after a reboot it wont turn on.

No leds or anything, just black.
[LG Optimus Black] N00BY0815:
Did you take out the battery already? If not, try it ;)
[LG Optimus Black] mikeydubbs:
well that is kinda obvious, im not a 5 year old. I took everything out and tried plugging it into the computer and the wall charger but nothing. No notification of it charging either
[LG Optimus Black] OptimusCrack:
Do you have an online handle that's mickeydubbs?

Anyways, I think just leave it plugged in for an hour and come back, battery stats were probably wiped and the phone thinks it's way too dead. I bet that's it man!
[LG Optimus Black] Cedlad:
Btw i use sft with battery in phone and nothing happend rong..
[LG Optimus Black] mikeydubbs:
what do you mean by an online handle? and ill try plugging it in over night. But when we hit the power button there are no leds that go off or anything that indicated its trying to turn on.

what the heck are you talking about
[LG Optimus Black] titdara:
i also have this problem.

Hi all, I also have this problem like mikey. Smart Tools said it success on completed. But my phone isn't startup anymore. Even I try take out battery, sim, memory. It still can't turn on :(. If anyone found solution please help us!
[LG Optimus Black] dare14:
Sorry to say dude u motherboard axcess file dead thus u hve to replace whole mb no anyother way to fux dis :eek:

---------- Post added at 09:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:40 PM ----------

Reccorect me its fix pardon me
[LG Optimus Black] Itssolo:
Same

I've had the same problem last month.

Just as dare14 said, the problem is the motherboard.

I tried everything as well, but didn't manage to fix it. In the end i just sent it to LG hoping they wouldn't know I flashed my device.

(Hoping they wouldn't notice because my device did nothing at all so no way to check right :rolleyes:?)

About few weeks ago I got my device back and everything was fixed, no charge :o

When i checked the repair statement it said the motherboard was replaced.

So sadly dare14 is likely to be right.

Good luck with it!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vlambrecht:
Hello all,

I am looing to aquire the said phone, however the seller says that they don't have the password to unlock the phone (makes me wonder), however, if I di get the phone, how would one go about 'factory resetting' the phone to default settings, ergo clearing all settings includiong passwords?

Is there a universal method?

The version is 2.3.x Gingerbread

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] eviltango:
I use go launcher, and I don't know if it got updated or something but every time I press the home soft key instead of going to my home Page it goes into this Page and I can't change the settings.

Here is a pic of the screen it goes when I press the home softkey

UPDATE: AFTER 2.5 DAYS AFTER I PLUG IT ON THE SAMSUNG CHARGER THAT CAME WITH THE PHONE FOR 2 HOURS, I WAS PLAYING SLACKER RADIO, AND NOW THE HOME BOTTON GOES TO MY HOME HOMESCREEN, SO THE PHONE DOES NOT THINK IT IS ON DOCK MODE ANYMORE. :D

HYPOTHESIS: I believe that the phone left over sweat on the usb got dried today after having time went by and the charger current could of helped too... Perhaps slacker radio had something to do with it lol jks, awesome app though.

WHAT I LEARNED : GO TO THE GYM WITH MY OLD SAMSUNG GALAXY S OR MP3 PLAYER

Thanks for all the help and Moderators can close threat and change name of topic to "Phone stuck on dock mode" since I don't know how to, it was not the go launcher problem and it may help somebody else. Cheers

NEW UPDATE: PHONE BACK AGAIN ON DOCK MODE :( I GUESS IS GOING ON AND OFF WHENEVER IT WANTS

Sent from the Noteorious BIG 5.3 " Bell Canada
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] djxcee:
Is it just going to your other home screens? Can't tell by that image....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] eviltango:
That's not my home page, and this is my home screen

Sent from the Noteorious BIG 5.3 " Bell Canada
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mikeqjames:
Don't know why its doing it but thats the Homedock screen. Thanks what pops up when you put your phone in a dock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] andrawer:
Maybe I misunderstand but it couldn't be as simple as screen pinching on your home screen to reveal all your windows then selecting the home icon of the screen you want as the default... is it?

Oh you might want to post this in the QA forum next time

---

Via my I717 on Seraphim-Mesosphere-remix usingTapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] eviltango:
Ok I tried what u said but is still the same, but I don't think is going launcher since I used twlauncher (stock launcher), and still does the same, ill post more pics so someone can help

Sent from the Noteorious BIG 5.3 " Bell Canada
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] a_fuegon:
Do you have Tibu installed? Can you freeze the car dock app to see what happens?

When did it start and what where you doing when it did. maybe an app you installed?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jeff210:
Press menu button. At the bottom left is a setting to change number of screens. Each screen has a little symbol that you can press and whichever one you press will turn green. That will be your home screen. Then go to preferences and set the action of the home button.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] eviltango:
I don't have tibu, I can't find an app called car dock, and I searched under management applications but did not see it.

I did not download anything new, and what I did before it did this was put the phone on my pocket and I went to the gym for 4 hours, when I finish the phone had kinda sweat wet, not crazy much but enough that got inside the back cover speaker hole and there was some sweat around the battery.

What I think is the problem is that maybe alot of sweat got inside the usb port and now the phone thinks is plugged in a dock....

Sent from the Noteorious BIG 5.3 " Bell Canada
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] eviltango:
I did this for go launcher, and no results

Sent from the Noteorious BIG 5.3 " Bell Canada
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] willajabir:
This is the screen I get (as stated above) when my Note is in the Samsung Desktop charger. If I remove it from the Samsung Desktop charger it works fine. While in the charger I have to push the back softkey to return to the Home screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] eviltango:
Any ideas? How do I freeze the dock app, but I read it should clean or clear the usb port, idk how, but please help :s

Sent from the Noteorious BIG 5.3 " Bell Canada
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ReggieTee:
I bought this on eBay thinking it was an aluminum case. I just got in the mail and opened it up to find it is a battery cover. I love it! Replace the flimsy one with the aluminum. It adds a bit of weight too. The stock cover goes in the box now.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bumsock:
Nice. Who makes that one?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ReggieTee:
It clearly says it's a battery door replacement but I didn't read lol

http://www.ebay.com/itm/16082094015...AX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1287
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nabbed:
Since metals are opaque to radio waves, your signal strength must have plummeted.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ReggieTee:
Full bars bro...

Sent from my badass Samsung Galaxy SIII
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nabbed:
Try it in an area where you don't have full bars with the battery door on and off. Or just read off decibel level of the signal from Settings/About/Status.

Bro.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] gtuansdiamm:
I heard the aluminum back covers screw with nfc
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jnadke:
Correction. Grounded metals are opaque to radio waves.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nabbed:
I don't think so. It doesn't matter if a piece of metal is grounded or not, it will absorb most radio frequencies.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ReggieTee:
It's $12 and looks good. If it affects anything, I have the option of removing it lol.

Sent from my badass Samsung Galaxy SIII
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Epix4G:
You owe me 40.00 my wife saw this

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=160820596085&index=8&nav=SEARCH&nid=65699023939

And ordered 3 & clear cases to go over

Lol thanks

Sent from my Sprint Galaxy Nexus CDMA using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ReggieTee:
lol sorry!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Apocracy656:
the metal case has to reflect/degrade signal, since that was a major issue with my Transformer prime and its all metal back. which people found that if they removed it or repositioned antennas that the signal would improve by a ton.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] oscarthegrouch:
I don't know if absorb is the word of choice. Without getting overly technical for the average person, metal impedes/obstructs radio signals severely if the antenna is inside of the metal enclosure or wall. Elevators are big metal boxes that kill signal really easily if you're inside them. Trees are big rf attenuators depending on the frequency of the radio. Even a hand or body very near or touching an antenna will greatly reduce your signal tx/rx. RF is a strange thing and can be affected both good and bad by many different kinds of external objects.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nabbed:
I think absorb is the right word.

Here's a snippet from an Argonne writeup:

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy99/phy99245.htm
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ReggieTee:
I have to saw that with this cover the headphone jack is affected. It won't allow the plug to go all the way in and the sound is affected. That sucks.

Edit: This is incorrect. I didn't have it plugged in all the way.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] oscarthegrouch:
AFAIK, that site, and the person writing that article is wrong. I will have to ask someone I know who was an electrical engineer and amateur radio operator (extra class) if that gov site is correct. Everything I've learned about RF, before and after I got my radio license, tells me that guy is wrong. I'm not trying to start an argument with anyone either. I'm debating this issue. http://www.iphelp.ru/faq/9/ch02lev1sec6.html is a link explaining rf behavior in wlan situations, but the gist of it holds true with what I've learned with HF/VHF/UHF and microwave bands. If anyone here is a ham radio operator, please chime in with your input. The statement the scientist said that something needs to be a wavelength thick to affect rf is bs. Like I said before, I'm not trying to start anything with anyone. I am not saying I am smarter or better either. I just have had some training and hands on experience with antennas and building a few from scratch and testing their performance.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nabbed:
This is simple physics. Please don't fight science in your ignorance.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mlin:
Gotta love how even the simplest debate on xda can end in one member attempting to belittle another.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] matrixzone5:
Everybody put ur flame suits on :P

Edit can anybody help me out with "external..izing?" The antenna ? Haha
[HTC Desire S] iinock:
Hi,

My phone freezes on the boot up screen (where T-mobile pops up) I know there are LOADS of threads on help for problems like that, but I think it's fair to say, I've tried quite a few of them (or at least looked to see if they could help me) but I'm still epically stuck :( I'll describe what i can in order, because I tried quite a few things..... -.-

I've got Htc desire S, from T-mobile UK

Hboot- 2.00.2002

I tried to root it to get pdroid, of course, found out that i needed to downgrade it to 0.98 for zergRush......got the "Hellions with BLUE flames" message so moved on to tacoroot. it was fine until i got permission denied at the last cmd code. (the posts on the thread suggested using zergRush if tacoroot did not work -.-)

this is the most problematic part i'm guessing. I gave up on those 2 and found this "guide-how-root-desire-s" on android forums, it uses revolutionary and cwm

But while i was trying out that, i found revolutionary-0.4pre4, which sounded alot easier therefore i alternated between both since the rev 0.4 made the guide a lot easier (took out half of part 1 and whole of part 2). I managed to finish, reboot.

At this point Hboot screen had ***locked*** on top and S-off, but it was still on 2.something

I realized I had a RUU left over from one of the previous guides....(RUU_Saga_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.1_Radio_20.28b.30.0805U_38.03.02.11_M_release_177977_signed)

so thinking i had to use it (since i was still on hboot 2.00.something), I stuck my phone on fastboot USB and started RUU up. it ran smoothly and soon finished, I rebooted my phone to check if i was in 0.98, which i was,and happily booted up my phone. But i didn't notice S was ON. Next thing i know, I've frozen on the boot up screen, so i take the battery out, booted to Hboot.

Now i can't access recovery menu, factory reset, and i can't reboot since it freezes on "t-Mobile" screen.

Have i broken it for good? if not what can i do to fix it?:(

Sorry this was a bit wordy, i didn't know what was useful so i just put it all in (well as much as i can remember accurately) :)

-quick summary-

HTC desire S

T-mobile

Hboot: 2.00.2002 (now 0.98)

S-ON (now, managed to have it off at a point...)

zergRush > tacoroot > revolutionary + guide using cwm recovery > messing it all up cause i forgot to put rom in SD card + used RUU > mega stuck...

I'm completely new to this rooting and stuff, please help. Thanks

edit..

oh, i don't know if it'll help but on cmd (I've installed adb, fastboot correctly) adb commands do not work, and says something like "device not found" or "waiting for device". Fastboot DOES work when on fastboot USB only.

edit....

change hboot version listed here from 2.00.002 to 2.00.2002

carelessness :rolleyes:
[HTC Desire S] DuTY09:
Have you tried changing your miscellaneous version then running the RUU again and then use revolutionary to gain S-OFF then flash any rom you want P.S >>>> FALLOUT is probably the best at the moment ;)

Good luck.
[HTC Desire S] iinock:
Hi, Duty09

Thanks for the quick reply. how do i change my misc version?i can't "adb push" since my phone wont register with cmd.....adb devices show nothing. Do i stick it in root and flash from fastboot?

Thanks
[HTC Desire S] Forcefire:
Try following this and see if it will srt your issue out

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1525100
[HTC Desire S] Eclipse_Droid:
Since you are now back to old hboot can't you just run revolutionary again to gain s-off then flash a new Rom?
[HTC Desire S] iinock:
i dont think it'll work. htc desire S in not listed under htcdev. i know some people how been saying it can still work, but i can't find how...
[HTC Desire S] iinock:
I can't, because when i run revolutionary, it gives me "waiting for device". i've tried running it while in Fastboot USB, HBOOT USB PLUG, even during the frozen t-mobile screen..... is there another way of doing this?
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
From what I recall, you just select "All Other Supported Models"
[HTC Desire S] iinock:
hi, just tried it and I'm stuck at step 8 :( at the cmd command "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" the result it gives me is

...

<bootloader> [ERR] command error!!!

OKAY [ 0.016s]

finished. total time: 0.016s

What can i do?? :(
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Did you type

or
[HTC Desire S] iinock:
neither,

started up cmd, cd to file with adb, fastboot, and the other one. and typed in fastboot oem get_identifier_token

i've just tried both 2nd one gave me

'.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

the first one gave me

...

(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!

OKAY [ 0.031s]

finished. total time: 0.031s

0.015s longer than fastboot oem get_identifier_token.......