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[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] id_twin:
I made this exact switch to T-Mo after being with Sprint for over 8 years two months ago. Sprint's customer service slowly began declining two years ago, and with no promise of LTE in the Denver area in sight, I finally made the leap. T-Mo's customer service has been top notch, in most the Denver area I get data speeds of 10+MB p/sec down and 2+ UP. I would definitely say I would rate them at 4.5 overall, and that is simply because I don't get as good reception as I did with Sprint in the mountains. Outside of that, I don't have any regrets - make the switch!

You could always keep your line open with Sprint, and try out T-Mo's service for 14 days. Worst case scenario, you have to pay 50$ restocking fee for your phone, and 14 days of service with them.

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In the few times that I've had to call in I've never had to wait longer than a minute or two for an agent, and the best thing was they were all Americans. I'm not sure what call centers got closed down, but this hasn't been an issue for me. As for the stores, I can only attest to the one that is right around the corner from me, but the guys there let me use two brand new One S's for me and my girlfriend for free until the the SIII came out. We didn't have to pay a restocking fee or anything, plus they refunded us on the accessories as well. I'd say that's pretty helpful.

To each their own, however, this has been my experience with them thus far.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Maverick777:
I'm also in the DFW area. My experience with HSPA+ has been very positive. I get around 20mbps consistently which is very good. As far as phone support, it's good if you're within the 14 day return period. After that, you have to work with the manufacturer. I don't think other carriers are any different in this department.

I have a Droid X for work on Verizon. Verizon's 3G is crap and LTE eats batteries for breakfast. Verizon coverage is better though if you're not in well populated areas. I'll take the near LTE speeds with HSPA+ battery life and Sprint level pricing. :D

I had some issues with my billing after I upgraded to the SIII due to grandfathered features. A quick call to retentions fixed it real quick. (Normal customer service can't get grandfathered features back. ask to be transferred).
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] chamberc:
T Mobile did not support the Dell Streak 7 and would just turn you away for any issues.

Tmoible closed 7 call centers in March: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh-county/index.ssf/2012/03/t-mobile_to_shut_hanover_towns.html

Average 3.5G in Dallas was 2 mbps, topping out around 3.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] aznmode:
1. I have GS3 Tmobile (and Sprint s3 no longer activated)

2. Coming from sprint of 9 years switched last week to tmo

3. Satisfaction level not so satisfied. I think they too outsource in the Philippines so if you talk to any rep there you might get screwed. Someone screwed up my plan as I was trying to get more minutes 2 days ago. I was on the value plan $64.99 500 min, text, 5gb data and wanted more minutes and she told me there was a 1000 min plan and everything the same for $69.99. So I switched. This morning I logged on to my account and my monthly turned out to be $79.99. Turns out that was a family plan and I only have 1 line...wtf??? Anyway I had to call several times to get it square away by retention department which is in the U.S finally. They are the only ones with capability to change me over. I'm not knocking on the Philippines as I am Filipino myself but I was so mad cause I trusted the rep. Sprint also outsource in the Philippines but I think only with their telesales but never had problems with them and they seemed to be more trained. Also since I left Sprint and spoke to them the other day, they gave me $25 off my account for the next 4 months with the 2 lines I still had with them. Thats what I call customer service. They also waived my activation fee on the s3 due to it arriving late.

4. I live in San Jose CA and my phone goes to Edge a lot at home and work (fremont) and I get between 0-2 bars. Edge is really slow (80kpbs up is the max I get). Tmo signal on s3 is either 4g(hspa,umts,hspa+) or edge (2g). But the phone will only show 4g or E. This may be a fault of the phone as it only goes to edge when I hold it. Possibly due to the antennas being on the bottom. I posted this thread about it and there are other threads talking about tmo reception as well. I dont think CDMA suffer the same. But other than that I get 4g almost everywhere I go and get about 6-16mbps. Being outdoor yields higher results. I'm very happy about that which is the main reason I wanted to try them out.

Another issue I'm encountering is when on Wifi at home or work and I try to send mms or receive mms, sometimes it either wont send or it will take forever. It may have something to do with me being on Edge only at home or work. Also I think the s3 is having a hard time switching over temporarily to send or receive mms. Here's a thread talking about mms during wifi.

Your best bet right now really is to try it yourself. Costco is your best route as they wont charge you restocking fee and will waive actiavation fee. You can get the s3 for $389 and get the Value plan which will save you $20/month vs the classic plan. In 2 years you would save $480 which will help offset the initial $389 you spend on the phone. You have 30 days return.

Here is my breakdown of the pricing difference in 2 yrs if you buy from costco.

Sprint will also hold your number and account for 45 days. And if you had paid ETF you will get it back once you reinstate your account with them and it was like you never left.

Ok I think I wrote enough lol. Hope this helps in your decision. PM me if you have any questions.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] neonsector:
+1, they are slow and dont get me started about the CS, they contract some swahilian speaking Afro chick that all she says is SIRRRRRRR, I cant do that...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] davwman:
Everyone I spoke to was in the US
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] TheJanitor07:
1. Yes

2. Yes. At&t

3. 5

4. 5
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] djricekcn:
I live in Los Angeles too and I am the total opposite from this. Tmobile has the best reception and speed while AT&T has ups and downs on reception and Sprint being the worst. Verizon is ok overall but expensive like AT&T. Also, I find Tmobile's Customer Service stupid but their Retention department is the best...I always get great deals when switching phones and they don't haggle while AT&T does, Spring, I didn't even try due to their reception
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] erikiksaz:
You have thirty days to try it out. Might as well give it a spin.

T-Mobile does have the cheapest plans though.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] txsurfer:
1. Yes (Just upgraded me and the wife and they hooked me up. I paid $500 upfront but got an instant credit of $250 on my bill and I still get the 2 $50 mail in rebates.)

2. Yes (Switched from Verizon 2yrs ago last month and havent looked back. My wallet thanks me lol)

3. 3 (First rep was from India I think hence the 3 but I was transfered to there retentions department which was state side and I got an awesome deal on the wife's and my GS3.)

4. 5 Down here in Austin there service rocks.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Android_Monsters:
I really like t-mobile. I got through to a human in 3 minutes two days ago.

I have a white Sg3

They are good to their customers. So glad the att merger fell through
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jjjjayd13:
Has anyone recently had their service upgraded? ie 3g--4g--lte?

Where?

Are you happy with the upgrade? worth the wait?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Androidfreakz:
I was with t-mobile the only issues I had was going over may cap and no signal outside of big cities. Went to sprint problem was solved.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jjjjayd13:
What was your cap?

Where are you located?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bighulk666:
1. Yes

2. No

3. 4: No one is perfect, always room for improvement.

4. Right now, next to my laptop, my SGS3 is getting 2 bars of "4g." Depending on my location, what city, etc; I typically get 4g. I live in the Bay Area, California. Great speeds in San Fran @ SFSU.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] kgbkny:
Last week, I switched to AT&T from T-Mobile and couldn't be happier. An ongoing (almost a year) T-Mobile data issue in my neighborhood (which, after admitting it initially, T-Mobile is now refusing to acknowledge) caused the data speeds to drop to about 0.5 Mbps downstream on a good day. With AT&T's LTE, I'm seeing downstream speeds of about 30 Mbps.

Sure, my two-line family plan will cost me $30 more per month on AT&T than it did on T-Mobile. However, $30 won't make me or break me, and I really don't mind paying a bit more for service that's far superior.

If T-Mobile works in your area, you may want to take a look into their service, in the interest of saving money. In fact, if their data service improves in NYC after the LTE rollout (whenever that may be), I may even consider coming back. However, in their current state, T-Mobile wasn't working for me anymore. I was a T-Mobile customer for over 7 years, and it became evident that I had to look elsewhere to get good service in my area.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ickster:
Signal at my home was an issue w/ MetroPCS Sprint and Verizon (6+ yrs ago) as well. But Tmo is better albiet still spotty. I pretty much like Tmo and Love Love Love my new SIII. It's not perfect but it is the best smartyphone I've owned to date. (Huwei Ascend, Samsung Indulge, HTC Evo, Sensation, and G2X
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] cejayem:
Hello to All,

I have Lync 2010 successfully loaded on my KF (7 I believe). But, when I select a contact, the chat and email icons are inoperable. When I tap the chat icon I get a message that says Lync is not responding and I have the choice to wait or force close.

Any ideas why that might be?

Thanks,

Chris
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gigeaky:
Hey guys I have a quick question for you: how can I see on my phone what is eating up my internal memory(an app or something like that) because I can't tell whete my space has gone I have 150 megs free from 6gigs... Help?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Disk usage, simple and brilliant
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gigeaky:
Thanks for the help. Now I know what was the problem... I thought that my girlfriend would clean up her PHOTO folder, and she was like "I'm out of space and I don't know why"... Maybe those over 400 photos and counting...?

Sent from my SGS2 - I9100 powered by a SensatioN (al) 3.5 Rom
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Lol.... is she blonde? :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gigeaky:
:-) nope, brunette. But she takes photos like I take breaths of air and she forgets to save them to pc (don't tell her but it's a good thing she didn't because my hdd failed and I lost everything and if she moved them well you know who would have been blamed)

Sent from my SGS2 - I9100 powered by a SensatioN (al) 3.5 Rom
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Arc S:
Hello,

I need Beats Drivers for Arc S LT18A ICS stock 4.0.3 (.562).

But I need they working, becuase all Beats Drivers that I install, get me in Boot-Loop.

Ty :D
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] pveyes:
Try http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1681255

It has beats inside
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Arc S:
This is not beats drivers .... :(
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] pveyes:
i'm sorry but in that thread the walkman app is modified w/ beats (not sure what exactly is the modification)

Or you can try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1752973

Hope it helps ;)
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] popthosegaskets:
Just use poweramp, you can tweak the equalisers to achieve an almost similar to beats experience.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Arc S:
I try , but i dont see difrent.

Not, I prefer Beats Drivers.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] popthosegaskets:
I know of one with beats drivers, but that 1 causes problems with phone.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] specter491:
I was wondering if there was a way to stream audio from either YouTube or the browser while the screen is off and locked? I know the stock music apps can do it but sometimes I stream music from the internet and keeping the screen on kills my battery. Thanks!

P.s. I'm rooted and BL unlocked
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] filthyfnj24:
Pandora does this. And next time post in q and a :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kleeman7:
Where do you stream from?
[Motorola Atrix 2] kousik:
Not sure if folks here are aware of this, but most of the ads pushed to my phone have disappeared after I mapped a lot of ad servers to 127.0.0.1 (localhost, the phone itself) -- the idea is from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=509997 who finally made an app out of it, but what I simply follow (maybe once in a month, as the host file is updated with newer domains) is: (1) download http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt and save it as "hosts" without extension (2) adb shell; su; remount /system (3) copy this file over /system/etc/hosts (4) reboot

Kousik
[Motorola Atrix 2] lkrasner:
This is included in some of our roms, and does not belong in the dev section, especially because it is not your work at all
[Motorola Atrix 2] PhoenixNghi:
Just use Luckypatcher to remove ads in apps
[Motorola Atrix 2] jboxer:
Hey, if you are going to use the free version of an app allow the ads to be displayed. At least the dev of the app gets some revenue from it because you are too cheap to buy the non-ad version for a few bucks.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
Hello there.

I am searching people to help me out beacause i want to make a team that is going to make a new ROM,

wich is going to be based on the stock verision of ICS by Sony

some may know me from my modded x10 ROM. wich was not a big succes

now i want to begin again for xperia S with some people to help

first things first we need a base for our rom

on what is it going to be based? stock is a big start it has most of the ROM already done.

then we will try to get a kernel or use other kernels by other people

if you are interested please reply!

also if you have any ideas tell it down bellow.

thank you very much for reading!

If interested seeing my ROM for x10

check this out http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1619299

not too good but well my first try

greetz-sherko
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
What's your target with this? Do you want to make a ROM just for the sake of it?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
I want to start something different from the stock CM or MiUi
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Is it anything specific you don't like about those ROMs, or are you doing this for education?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Felimenta97:
For now, I can help testing if the ROM is stable enough for usage (SMS, GSM and wifi).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
I can help out with build prop tweaks and any icons or anything we need done. I am still learning the android programming side so I wouldn't be of much help there.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Static-Noise:
Miui is based heavily on Cyanogenmod, so we'd need to have major progress on that before making any move onto that. As for what would be interesting would be a heavily customisable 'build your own ROM'.

I'd envisage large file, but one that you can select the features of, from theme to audio ports, tweaks, keyboards and the like, and one that you can clean up easily after flashing.

Thoughts?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] PrimeDeluxe:
I thought MIUI V4 isn't based on CM

Gesendet von meinem LT26i
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nickholtus:
yes it is.

one tip: if you want to start a "team" you need to know what you want (not based on cm or stock or miui or.....) just chose 1 build and see what you want to do with it
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
An idea ,MIUI with sony UI ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Static-Noise:
Clearly its stock we'd be looking at right now so.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
i do it for education to learn and other people with not that much skills can learn too know what i'm saying
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
yes u can test but first we will make the rom i think its going to be based on stock ics beacause that is full not like CM9 with some issues right now
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
We will be making the rom like a major tweaked verision of the stock ics

with higher clock speeds on the kernel etc.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Then you should decide what are you going to do. Either you work with MIUI/stock and modify, theme and whatnot, or you work from source and build your own version of AOSP. The latter allows more, but also needs more knowledge.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
yes i know MiUi is based on CM

but look it has grown to well known ROM and thats what i'm trying to achieve

but now with MiUi or CM it is going to be based on SEMC with all the good of sony and all our tweaks

most of the people don't like the ics UI by sony we will desing a bettter looking ui

etc
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
it is going to be based on stock beacause it is the most stable
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
Not bad but what about stock with a MiUi styled look?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
I think we are going to work on stock it is the most stable

working from source is needing more knowledge and i'm not that good at that

so i gues its stock then?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] JoelChrist_:
I could help you with the design of the icons, but just that, in still learning,
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Don't mass post like that, there's an Edit button for that. Designing a new UI on top of stock will be very difficult, unless you want to just theme Sony's UI or rewrite half of it. This will also mean you're pretty much locked to the XPS, as porting proprietary stuff is always difficult, so if you want your project to grow to multiple devices like MIUI or CM, you need to work from source.

If you want to get people to help you, at least draw the UI the way you imagine it. You'll need a very good concept of what you're trying to achieve other then 'make a popular ROM' if you want to inspire other people to work on it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
I understand it is hard to make a new UI on top of stock but porting or just writing a ROM from source is not easy so how do i start building from source?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
i will inform you if needed to make icons
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Start with Google's documentation.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
source.android.com is that the documentation?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] JoelChrist_:
Allright
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Yeah, pretty much.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
i will start reading that no problem

but i have heard you need a linux or OSX desktop to work with it?

i could run a virtual machine no problem but is that true?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SnowOokami:
yes, it works on a VM, need pretty much RAM though ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
my laptop has 3GB don't know if that s enough i can use another one from my uncle wich has 8GB :P
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] JoelChrist_:
How much ram does linux require?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
You need linux. Not sure if it works with OSX really. You also need a really fast PC to build it in reasonable time, Sandy Bridge i q7 or AMD Bulldozer is the best, an i5 could do, but cores matter. You also need 8GB RAM or a lot of swap space. The source itself is about 30GB and you need about 15GB for / at the very least cause you'll need GCC and a few more things. If you can provide that in a VM, you can use one, but real hardware is always better.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SnowOokami:
my laptop got a 128gb SSD (intel 320), 8gb ram @ 1333mhz and 720QM intel cpu.

my VM setup: 35gb vdi, 4gb ram and 2 threads allocated to linux and it's able to build Android.

google recommends a 100gb drive and 16gb RAM... but ye :eek:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
The key words are ' reasonable time '. Also compiling on SSD == very, very bad.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SnowOokami:
a lot of ppl say that yes ;) and including me a lot of ppl still do it... it's a 4th generation SSD they should be much better than the 1st and 2nd generation.

My Vertex 2 performed and performs still fine after years ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
i can use a pc with decent specs

using ssd and a AMD quad

8gb of ram and 2HDD with ssd if needed

thats all i can use to be honest

i got a laptop but thats not going to work out
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Apology11:
Really? Because I tried to compile the XperiaS Kernel from source on VM an it said something linke: Processor is not compatible to arm

or something linke that.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
You probably didn't use cross compilation flags.

That's quite OK, depends on the CPU. Then install Debian, sync the sources and wait for us to get it all working :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
I am still trying to understand source.android.com

so i gues it takes some time :S
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SnowOokami:
you can't become a dev in a few days ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Apology11:
What do you mean with that? I used DoomLords pre build toolchains, I thought i didn´t have to change anything.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darksherko:
true
[Off-topic] MissionImprobable:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business...ents-in-america/259725/#.T_7jUH2JTJg.facebook

An interesting editorial by Judge Posner. Nice to see the discussion continuing.
[Member-Found Deals] neudof:
Was @ the downtown Minneapolis store today and kindle fires were cut to 169.99.
[Member-Found Deals] mbh87:
Nexus 7 is still a better deal. Unless the Fire gets clearanced down to $125 it wouldn't be worth buying at this point.
[Member-Found Deals] neudof:
And uf you have a target credit or check card you would get 5%off that too bringing it down to 161.50 :)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] tcat007:
Anyone tried Groove IP on the N7? (or any other "phone" app?). Wondering how sound quality is through "speakerphone".
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] ice0901:
I can't tell you about the sound quality on the internal speakers but the apps is working great via Bluetooth
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] mwalt2:
I tried it out. It works fine and seemed better to me than some of my phones.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Kidromulous:
I second that. It works perfectly
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] peto.dragoumanos:
It worked better on the N7 than it did on my Nexus Galaxy.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] jwlou:
wow same thing here. My Motorola Triumph is terrible on GrooveIP but sounds pretty good on the nexus 7. Thanks for testing everyone.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bso44:
Did you guys change any of the audio/echo settings like microphone gain?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] 416inversed:
I used a pair of earbuds to negate the speaker/mic/feedback/echo issue. It felt like I was using an old school hands free kit , but my wife said audio quality improved dramatically.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bso44:
I'll have to try it with my bluetooth headset tomorrow. On just speaker, the person on the other line said they kept hearing an echo of their own voice. I tried lowering the microphone gain and enabled the echo canceling setting but still the same result.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] BrianDigital:
On your gnex what were y you're settings, i cleared up my problems when i tried the settings to default
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] SoHaunted:
Can the N7 use Earbuds with built in mic? Does the N7 headphone jack support this?