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[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] harlenm:
Lol, that's blazing? I'm trying out the sg3 on Verizon after being an att customer for 10 years, currently with the sgs2. I'm amazed at how slow the network is when not on lte. Itsonly slightly faster than edge. Hopefully it's just a bad area. Lte download was fast, but not uploads.

Will see how it is for the next 2 weeks.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] meccanikal:
I almost feel spoiled here in Miami. Those speeds are slow compared to the HSPA+ we have down here. Easily pull down 5-7Mb/ps.

Edit: to answer your question, though, it could be that AT&T is just upgrading their 3G (HSDPA<HSUPA<HSPA+; all 3G technologies) in your area. I assume 3G is better the closer you get to a large city and they're just rolling their network outwards and they've reached you.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] stevessvt:
Getting 20+ on HSPA+ here in Boynton.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jjlean:
I never get over 1 meg on 4g here in Colorado Springs with tmo. Ugh.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cwalker29:
24mb down 20 miles south of Chicago

Hspa+
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] swampy67:
The OP is using Sprint look at the signature. Same as mine
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] swampy67:
In Aurora CO and did these test out of curiosity. Sprint might be stepping up their game, because these are the best 3G speeds I've ever gotten. I know still pretty lame comepard to HSPA+, but nonetheless good enough for me.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] BlueCross:
Lol. Blazing fast? Here's some 4G LTE to wake you up in the morning.

Sent from my GS III on 4G LTE
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] SpydaPig:
T-Mobile hspa+ here in Orlando
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] kram4362:
Awesome posts guys and yes I'm on sprint my bad for not saying I was. I was a little excited. Can't wait for lte in my area!
[Touch 3G Accessories] hrkh83:
Hi everybody...

I have moved to a new cell phone, I am giving some parts of my HTC Touch 3g

for free or a little amount of money $$$! I really want to help you guys if you need

a spare parts. Earning money from these parts is not very important to me.

These parts are fully functional and working:

1. LCD Screen + It's flex cable ( Not the touch {digitizer} screen!

2. Vibrator

3. Back speaker

4. Ear speaker!

5. Stylus

6. Joystick and It's board

7. Camera

8. Volume key

9. One new screen cover

Just send me a message and I will respond shortly.

Sincerely,
[Touch 3G Accessories] shailpancholi:
Can Yu gv me screen cover
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChaosPope:
First of all, hi. Im new here and ill start with saying that i USED search and didnt find what i wanted to know, so i made this new thread ;)

My i9000 has fallen, slipped out of my hands a lot, always just damaging the chrome bezel, but recently i ran out of luck and my glass broke.

The screen & touch are both fine and dandy, no problems what so ever. Ive ordered the glass lens and a new bezel, so that my phone will look like new once again. Replacing the bezel shouldnt be a problem, but the glass will definetly be.

Where is the digitizer? Ive googled and youtubed a lot and still havent found that out. I know that in case of iphones & ipods the digitizer is the glass it self, but what about SGS? Any help would be appriciated ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] daiash:
anyone tried one on an evo 3d?
[HTC EVO 3D] daiash:
I know its a question topic but maybe we can move it to the accessories section?

Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wytecaztle:
I am in metro Atlanta and am in the coverage area for LTE. No LTE yet as of 9:30am 7/14. Please post here when you get LTE in your area if you are in Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Edit: SPRINT LTE
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bugsy:
Working fine in Kennesaw, i believe its been turned on for awhile.

edit: I'm on ATT, not sure which carrier you're referring to.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SCato:
Are you asking about Sprint or Verizon?

Cause I get 27mbps down and 19Mbps up on Verizon at my home in Acworth and 37/27 at work in Vinnings.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] justin4sho:
I believe there was an outage on Verizon in some areas because of the storm.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wytecaztle:
Maybe Sprint really is waiting till tomorrow. We got an email at work they would turn it on a day early in preperation for launch 7/15. I will keep post updated if I see it switched on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wytecaztle:
From S4gru it is Live in Suwanne,GA at the moment.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pastert33:
Not sure where BC I'm in suwanee.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] IceCreaMan:
Nothing yet in canton, but I will edit my post tomorrow morning when I get signal
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Success100:
canton ohio?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wytecaztle:
No Canton, GA.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wytecaztle:
OK it is turned on in Douglasville GA but is spotty at the moment. I was able to do one speed test.

Screenshot attached with 4g active.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Luca_Blight:
I'm in stone mountain right at the end of memorial drive I had it for a hour then it went away think there slowly turning it on
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wytecaztle:
Yes I believe they are. This is in preperation for the official launch tomorrow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Luca_Blight:
I'm at Avondale train station in Atlanta here is another test. But I still think there slowly turning it on since it goes in and out
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Luca_Blight:
I hope so I can't wait to have it lol anything better than 3g lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] IceCreaMan:
i just got 4g signal up here in Canton.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] carhauler1969:
Dang!!! Cleburne TX
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdelano:
ohhhh i got excited, I switched mine on. No LTE here; yet. (says lilburn, ga over there <<<)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wytecaztle:
Douglasville,GA on and off.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pastert33:
I live in Lawrenceville and can say lte isn't turned on around me yet. Although looking at the coverage map, I should be seeing it! Hopefully sooner than tomorrow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Luca_Blight:
I'm in the heart of downtown Atlanta and nothing. So I know there just taking it slow because I was getting pretty good in stone mountain.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gtg252b:
I just got this at the Home Depot on Holcomb Bridge in Roswell.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JFitts75:
Getting 4G in Ellenwood, but it's not as fast as what has been posted, only around 2-4Mbps, but way faster than 3G. Hope they work out the kinks when it's official. Although, service here was always bad due to there being not many towers in the area.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MezoMan420:
Re: 4G live in Atlanta

I'm in the Jonesboro areas and I am connecting to Sprints 4G LTE network as well. I had the Evo 4g wi-max and it would not ever connect at this same location. Needless to say I am very happy. Sprint's back in the game!!! Unlimited data also!!! Speed test was performed while on a call. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Sleestax:
Did those of you connecti.g change your mobile network in settings to CDMA/LTE/EVDO? Or did you just leave it on the default CDMA setting and it automatically onnected to the towers providing early service? All moot for me, since I'm out of town until Tuesday, but I am hoping for a nice LTE surprise up in Johns Creek upon my return.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
Updated profile and bang 4G. My speed test far exceeded what I expected also. I am south of Palmetto by about 3-4 miles and North of Newnan about 8 miles. I get it inside or outside my house. Man I am glad I got the S3 now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TeamERA:
I live in Henry county and it was turned on around 11pm on the 13th then off for a while, but been on steady since 1pm 14th. I work near Palmetto, off Roosevelt highway, I hope I can get it inside :-)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] needspractice:
Had 4G on one road and a couple roads down lost it. Will it say just 4G or will it say 4G LTE? Coverage map shows I will have it down to my street but still do not have as of 07.15.2012 - 2:57 AM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goblue30093:
It was popping on and off yesterday in gwinnett county. But wasn't really functioning. As of right now it's not on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jahspree:
In fayette county I can only access 4g for a half a second when I update my prl. I'll get 2 bars then no bars then it goes back to 3g.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
Just drove around and I get the same thing. It seems that the phone accepts a stronger 3g signal over a weaker 4G signal. Wonder if there is a way to fix that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goblue30093:
I hope there is an update that gets released to make it easy to turn 4g on and off. i have no idea what the LTE battery drain will be like, but I'm guessing it will be enough that I will want to turn it off most of the time. Both of my wimax devices (S and S2) had 4G toggles.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] winterstormhaku:
Here you go. 4gLTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jfree3000:
I live in Henry county as well off Jodeco road. It was working fine until I got to my house and bam, back to 3g. This morning I had a weak signal at home, slow so I just used WiFi.

Currently in Ellenwood, spotty coverage. This is just turning out to be wimax like the og evo for me, no coverage. Hopefully it gets better.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nck4857:
I'm sitting at the airport and I am occasionally getting 4G signal, but with no data....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TeamERA:
This is idle 4g on an oem battery, same as wifi, 3g seems a tad bit better at idle.

Mine seems to drop out right when I go to use heavy data, youtube, netflix, and tether, fine during web surfing, flipboard etc...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
I think I have figured out how to get LTE+CDMA only on the S3, so that when you have a 1-2 bar 4G signal the phone doesn't automatically go into a full bar 3G mode as a preference. I know this may kill the battery somewhat faster, but I for one would prefer a 1-2 bar 4G signal that is faster than a full bar 3G signal. I went into ##3282## >> Edit >> Put in MSL >> eHRPD >> eHRPD off. You should now not be able to connect to a 3G signal at all. This is just a hunch though. I get good 4G at my house, so until I go out again, I won't be able to thoroughly test my theory.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jamcar:
East point Atlanta no LTE

EDIT: there is in some spots. Well in most actually
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
East Point/Hapeville area was where I was getting bad 4G to 3G back and forth. My church is up there. I am going to try it again tonight when I go back up there with that setting in my previous post off, and see if it keeps me on 4G.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jfree3000:
This is what I keep seeing as well, it will get about 2 or 3 bars on 4g then decide 3g is better. I don't know if that constant swapping is killing the battery or not, needs a toggle that you put on the home screen or something.

It really pisses me off that on the way home on 75 south at Jodeco I have full bars of 4g and it last right until I get into my neighborhood the nothing, living wimax all over again..........................:crying:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] c.zhou57:
I don't get 4G in East Point as well. I'm near the downtown EP MARTA station. I did get 4g around Virgina Ave by Woodward (college park) and also all along central ave in hapeville.

Best speed I got was 33Mbps/9.5 up by the old Ford plant. There must be a tower around there. Around most of hapeville it hovers around 9-10Mbps. 3G is still retardedly slow around here. <600k typically and mostly <400k.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
I tested my eHRPD theory and I still get it going to 3g anyway. So no dice on the setting. I think that setting on just provides smoother transition with data between lte and 3g. I do know that turning he Sprint connection optimization thing will keep your 4G radio on all the time instead of scanning and tuning off which may get you 4G more often but will definitely kill you battery faster.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goblue30093:
Can't get signal in Norcross but I did in Lilburn.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] skeith223:
I cant get a signal in Kennessaw...smh
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
They must be turning on more and more sites because I have a stronger 4G signal than I had last night outside my house. Full bars and the best speed I have seen for Atlanta area so far. Excited!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayabusa1300cc:
damn you're beating me! I was posting the fastest speeds on sprint lte, fastest i got was 33 down, 13.8up

and yes they are completing and turning on more every week =]
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wytecaztle:
Hiram, GA near Target
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Sleestax:
Would someone please take a moment to explain how you are connecting to the LTE towers? I just drove from the airport to my home in Johns Creek and never once connected to LTE (3G the whole way). I backread some LTE threads that there is no mention of how people are getting their phones to connect. There was an allusion to having to enable the sprint network optimizer (or whatever) to get it to connect to LTE. Is that right? I disabled mine when it kept trying to connect to remembered wifi hotspots that require a login.

Anyway, if someone could take 2 seconds and help out, I'd appreciate it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
No the opposite would be true you should turn off Sprint Optimization. That keeps the 4G radio on all the time once you make sure you choose LTE/CDMA in the Mobile Network setting page. If you have Optimization on it turns on and off 4G more often and you are less likely to get a 4G signal. I can vouch for this. I would get 3G all up and down the interstates when I turned optimization off I started connecting to 4G more often on those stretches of highway. You also probably want to turn off Wi-Fi also since you say it is trying to connect to remembered hotspots. If you have Wi-Fi on regardless of the optimization on or off the phone will always try to connect to a known wi-fi hotspot over a sprint connection.

The areas I have been to with 4G is Thomas Crossroads area of Coweta County, Near Palmetto, Union City, Hapeville and Southwest Dekalb county.

If you turn the optimization off you will decrease battery life so just be aware of that. For me I don't care, I have car chargers, chargers at my work and home so I am always near a power source for the most part. I would probably turn it back on if I was going to be away from a charging source for a long period of time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Luca_Blight:
I rode up and down 285 in Atlanta and 4G was going in and out. Then i found this website Atlanta is only 15% complete and will be done with-in 6 months. It's crazy that I don't get nothing downtown but I can get it in the boondocks. Anyways here is the website you can check when your Lte towers will be upgraded. https://network.sprint.com/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
That Sprint site isn't accurate at all. I live just south of Palmetto, GA and there is no recent upgrade of Data speed (ie LTE upgrade) on any tower near me yet per your sprint website but I have full bars LTE there. I also have full bars LTE between Peachtree City and Newnan on Hwy 34. There is also no mention of that on that website either. So either a single LTE tower has a span of 20-30 miles (which is unlikely) or that site is inaccurate. The more accurate website to check would be this one: http://s4gru.com/ This guy is on the ball on upgrades and what tower is live.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bpboudreaux:
Not seeing LTE in Johns Creek

I was in Hampton, GA this past Sunday and picked up 4G near I-75. Did a quick speed test and got 21Mbps down/ 8Mbps up. Unfortunately I have not seen the 4G indicator since then. :rolleyes:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jfree3000:
Edit: Sprint towers are so far apart from where I live its just stupid.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Sleestax:
Just connected to LTE at intersection of Peachtree Industrial and 120 in Duluth.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nck4857:
Sitting here at the airport this evening:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gtg252b:
Did they shut it down?

Are any of you guys still getting LTE? I got a great signal on the 14th and 15th near my house in Roswell, but now I don't get anything. I still have yet to see any LTE at all at my office in midtown. When I emailed sprint about it, they said that it was a known issue and would be fixed soon (this was 4 days ago).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] needspractice:
So is 4G LTE in Atlanta a lie?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pastert33:
Nope it certainly isn't. I get 4G everyday visiting my father in law at Emory. Before I flashed AOKP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
I was about to flash AOKP, you saying LTE does not work on it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pastert33:
That's correct, lte is not working on CM nor AOKP yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gtg252b:
It's not a lie, but the coverage is definitely not up to what's shown on the coverage map. Not yet at least.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goblue30093:
It's extremely spotty. When I do get it, it usually flips back and forth between 3g and 4g. To the point it's useless. I live and work in Norcross.

Sitting at the airport now and basically same thing. :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jfree3000:
I'm using Sonic rom with the new modem and the LTE connection is marginally better. They need a dedicated LTE toggle instead of the phone going back and forth dropping LTE for a better 3g connection. Building penetration is still terrible.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdelano:
I've looked into the community forums on sprint; there are a few Atlanta LTE threads there, a couple responded to by sprint reps.

basically the cookie cutter responses of we're still rolling out and improving the entire network 3G & 4G.

I'm in lilburn and even though the 4g wimax map said it was here I barely could get a 4g signal (if I was upstairs holding tin-foil just right); but I did. I have yet to see "4G" on my phone. I've tried it in downtown Atlanta and as far up as Flowery Branch, nothing.

I also am not a fan of having to reboot to switch, though I've been trying this app SWITCHIT - 4G LTE TOGGLE - it seems to work (it turns off the radio and then back on)

I can't confirm it as I've never hit 4g as I said.

Though a friend has it on his verizon droid razor maxx and he got 4g lte fine here and it was FAST!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SpringerRider:
Nothing in Sugar Hill

I checked the coverage map and you would think we have it but no cigar. The sales Rep said Cumming was on so I rode over there and I got a flicker of 4G but it was slower than 1X!! And then it disappeared in two minutes.

I was down at the Gwinnett place Mall at Micro Center and checked there but nothing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goblue30093:
You can get it on Lawrenceville highway at the publix near Indian trail. At that location I got 35 megs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
Man you all are such downers. I guess I am the exception, but pretty much every I go especially work and home I get great LTE with Sprint. In my house I get almost full bars and 18-20 down with 7-10 up. If I go outside I get full bars and have clocked it as high as 27 down and 17 up. At my work I work near a window and while weak I still can pull 4-8 down and 3-4 up.

My S3 does not toggle between the 3G and 4G as much as it did before the L8 update, but even then it didn't do it very often. Make sure you take the OTA update to take advantage of the fixes to LTE that it has in it.

Is it as complete as their maps? No, but if you want more accurate info go to http://s4gru.com and there are plenty of maps to show what towers are supposed to get updated, and if you donate a little money you have access to the donor forums that have interactive maps and inaccuracy LTE completed tower map, so you can see if you are even supposed to get LTE where you are, or if the tower near you isn't done yet.

I have found everything on that site to be pretty accurate so far with some very knowledgeable people.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goblue30093:
Consider yourself lucky sir and the exception lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdelano:
I'm @ Beaver Ruin and 29. If you're getting it at Indian Trail and 29 which is 1.2 miles away (according to google maps); that drives home the point that LTE towers cover about a mile. I am sure it is going to be worth the wait. For me I didn't use WiMAX much so no 4G isnt a deal breaker, though the 7/15 date they touted was misleading and I feel they should have managed expectations better to avoid the disappointment lots are feeling; having taken their word.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goblue30093:
I agree with you. I actually got decent wimax. It just wasn't good for moving around. But at least I could get it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wolfpack15:
I live in Mableton/Smyrna area and I have been getting 4g inside my house on GS3. I just ran a speedtest and got about 9 down and 4 up. I will say that after LG8 update, the connection seems much better. In fact, I've driven around this area, near Vinings and seem to get 4g everywhere. I won't get 4g in downtown/midtown. That area is still 3g so it seems like they may be working outside in.

However, 3g speeds also have been significantly better. Around Smyrna/Mableton/Vinings area, I constantly get 1.5-2 down on 3g. Just two months back, it used to be 200-400 kbps on my Evo 4g.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TookRDerbs:
Anybody up near winder/auburn seeing any 4g yet? I'm up here in Virginia for business and I'm hoping to come back to bad a$$ speeds cause this 3g suckkksss.. haha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goblue30093:
9 down is pretty bad. I got that on wimax. Hopefully it gets better soon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mike929:
Hmmmmmm......4g full bars
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerbubba:
You need to adjust your expectations. Sprint advertises 6-8 Mbps average with some peaks above 20, and 1-2 Mbps in borderline areas. (LTE speeds are highly signal-strength dependent.) Below borderline, the phone will downshift to 3G.

I have tested pretty comprehensively in a fully built-out Sprint LTE area (Waco Texas), and my tests confirm this. BTW, using the new LG8 firmware update is a must for this. The old LG2 version failed badly on LTE connections.

The architecture of Sprint's new network is optimized not for peak speeds but for moderately fast speeds in more areas. So most places with 3G service on the legacy network would get LTE service when the new Network Vision project is complete. But the highest speeds will likely never match those of other carriers with higher bandwidth. I have seen anecdotal screenshots of Sprint LTE above 32 Mbps, but I also have seen anecdotal screenshots from competitors twice that high.

Speeds in the range of 6-8 Mbps, coupled with low latency, are very adequate for routine smartphone use. If all you care about is bragging rights posting the highest Speed Test results in forums, you might be happier with a more expensive carrier with capped data.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mannsjr:
I was unable to successfully connect to 4g until I disabled the connections optimizer. Afterwards 4g stayed on and I was able to use the data.

Here are a few speed tests. I ran them in Riverdale on Hwy 85 in the McDonald's drive thru lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goblue30093:
Why should my expectations be less than or equal to wimax? I am all for consistency but it needs to be faster. I think I made a mistake staying with sprint sadly.