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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
That's not true. All OEM ROMs (Sense, Touchwiz, Blur, etc.) show the bars as voice signal strength. All AOSP ROMs show the bars for the best network to which you're connected (If it shows 3G, the bars are your 3G strength, if you're on 4G, the bars are your 4G signal strength). Before Network Vision, I was at the edge of EVDO signal. However, my voice signal was always pretty good. Using CM10, I could see my bars drop from 1 to 0, then the 3G would disconnect (leaving me on 1x), and the bars would jump to 2 or 3. Then, 3G would reconnect, and the bars would immediately drop to 1 or 0.

Also, the bars aren't based solely on dBm. There are other measure of signal strength, like asu or signal-to-noise ratio, that also go into the bar calculation, but dBm is the main factor.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boogief1:
Yeah i know were getting everything redone but is frustrating

Im on my SG3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
I believe the squeaky wheel gets the most oil.

But in Sprint's case, complaining falls on deaf ears.

But that doesn't mean I still don't complain if warranted.

I hear ya, and there are many in your shoes.

Let Sprint hear and read you anyway.

The cellular networks in the USA, of which the 4 biggest are Verizon, Atnt and Tmobile and Sprint have a virtual monopoly.

It usually comes down to choosing the best of the worst. Obviously there are usually a few factors that one takes into consideration before choosing a Carrier.

Gotta take the bad with the good, as they say.

It does suck though.

I've been with Sprint since '99. So I know all about what sucks. Switched to Verizon for 2 weeks, and their Integrity sucked Big Time, so I switched back to Sprint.

More competition would alleviate much of this BS,

But that will be a long time in coming.......
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boogief1:
I came from tmobile and their signal sucked worst than sprint back 2 years ago everything was flawless and now i guess i gotta play waiting game and hope sprint gives me a credit and look this is how my phones signal is all day

Im on my SG3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Visionikz03:
dude every carrier is going to have their weak spots... expecting one carrier to blow u away with service is not realistic in today's economically difficult times... everyone's cutting corners to save green... but if u look at wat all the other carriers dont offer(unlimited data @ $70/mo) i think it balances out. U r foolish to expect a deal that great to perform like other more costly plans... Remember u get wat u pay for...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rgregg504:
In just sick of hearing people complain about Sprint....you have a choice and it is not really a topic for the S3 forum because it pertains to all Sprint devices.:banghead:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] El Nivek:
We don't really have a place to put them, as there's no giant Sprint forum.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Nope, you're the first and only person ever to complain about Sprint's speed.

I had not realized that people hated Sprint until I saw this thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jb8301:
I know we are about to pull 3 lines if something doesnt change soon...Milwaukee market sucks ASS.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
That's exactly the problem. Chicago is currently undergoing a major overhaul, actually bigger than the network overhaul in any other Sprint market. Sprint is having big problems with their upgrade process in Chicago because the new Samsung equipment is incompatible with the old Motorola equipment. Chicago is so far the only market in this situation. All the other first round markets are being upgraded by Ericsson, and the old equipment in those markets is also made by Ericsson, so the transition is way smoother. We are the test bed for the Motorola -> Samsung upgrade process.

Do not despair. Chicago is almost halfway done with the Network Vision overhaul, and we should get to enjoy a complete network before anyone else, including the already-launched markets. Yes, things seem to just be getting worse. But it's only because of the problems I mentioned above.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iceman19631:
+1...chiming in from t-town, OK.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] donsh00tmesanta:
You are more than free to get another carrier if service isn't good for you. I'd say to wait a year since nv will be out everywhere soon and should see an inprovement
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] coorsleftfield:
Can you stream netflix videos?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] z31k:
+1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
lucky..

Wow what's that like?

Syke I guess its not too bad, only takes about ten minutes to download a 3-4mb mp3 lol

In all fairness I knew what I was signing up for. I just hope it was worth it and I see lte b4 my contract is up. figured it'd be better to have to sit and wait a lil while than be one of the poor bastards getting suckered into buying the last of the s2's.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] QWIKSTRIKE:
Network Vision at its worst when being installed causes this...why not research whats going on rather than whine like a sissy. People like you need to find out what the problem is rather than making stupid post. See post below and go there to learn a bit but be warned S4GRU won't take Sprint bashing, and whining!

Educate yourselves by going to this site in this post!

You have half truths, Sprint's 4G Wimax roll out was necessary to keep the spectrum in the 1900mhz frequency. Not launching then would have caused them to lose that precious bandwidth. When Wimax failed to be adopted in the USA funding for Clearwire was pulled by investors leaving Sprint having to buy half of that company to keep 1900 band width for LTE roll out. Now they are rolling out 1900mhz bandwidth LTE , with 800mhz LTE, and 1xAdvance LTE coming out as well. Wake up do your research and stop belly aching, and whining like a sissy! I researched this as can you....you could have left for another carrier or bought just a feature phone.

I have had my SG III without LTE for a month, but I knew LTE would not launch in my NYC area until the end of August or October. I bought the phone to not push my upgrade for 2014 until the 2014 year end by upgrading early. Shame on you for complaining and not researching the issues that you could have avoided if "you" chose to!

All I know that I love my phone for what it does with out LTE, and when LTE lights up I will have unlimited data and lauching at the foolsih people that bailed for being impatient!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boogief1:
hmmm

you ever heard of wifi buddy lets not get stupid now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] saccityp:
These are all 4g speeds
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
@ QUIKSTRIKE

Been with Sprint since 99 so I'll complain when I want.

I researched too.

Bottom line, most customers never saw Wimax.

I don't care about excuses,

I didn't get Wimax for a year.

Now I have the S3, and I'm dropping calls All over the place.

I pay the bills, so I'll complain, and not be a lemming or shill for Sprint. Sprint does well, they get complimented. Sprint screws up, they'll hear about that too.

Purchase the S3 knowing I wouldn't have LTE, and have to deal with 3G for a while.

But didn't know my phone would lack complete call capabilities. In addition, I can still call it like it is, even though I knew LTE would be a while to get

Sprint does things half as* backwards as I've said.

Btw, gotta choose the best of the worse, and Sprint's been it, but but the Network has been the Worse I've ever seen. Whether it's the S3, the Network or a combination thereof.

In all these years, I've never seen the dropped call issues like I do now.

There must be an excuse for that too, but that don't stop the dropped calls.

Btw, funny how people attack the messenger and not the message,

But that's how some roll. Whatever floats their boat, as they say......

Btw, Sprint's the Bestest Cellular company on the face of the planet. They can do no wrong, and Hesse is The Man!

;)

And I'm a sissy. Haven't been called that in a while.

Actually, don't remember ever being called that.

I see you've put me in the company of other 'sissies.'

I'm honored.

Funny how you use that word a lot.

Hmmmm......
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bso44:
My calls are fine but my data speeds suck. I'm lucky to break 100 kbps unless it's really late at night.

Is anyone in the LA area? If so, what kind of speeds are you seeing on your GS3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Vladabeast:
In the past sprint has been terrible. But recently 3g in my area has gotten way better so has wimax and call reception. I don't know if they've rolled out network vision or not but it sure seems like it. I'm in orange county

Sent from my Galaxy SIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] steveman09:
I've been with sprint for 4 years now, and I must say in my area (Portland OR) Everything has been awesome UNTIL the Iphone launched on sprint, I have seen a big decrease in speed and call quality since that day due to the major traffic upping from the sales, and lately I'm getting very frustrated even worse so we have NO LTE here so im stuck with 3G that at times only downloads at best less than 0.5mbit. Ive called sprint a few times and they have said they are having tower issues and working on it but now im at the point where at work I can't even make a call without it dropping unless I walk down the street (new issue) These issues coupled with no LTE I'm about to jump ship and go verizon, I loved sprint for the first couple years I had it with my EVO 4G (wimax) but now it just seems overloaded in my area :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
@steveman09

I hear ya ;)

As you can see in my signature, I left Sprint about 2 months ago, because not being able to complete a phone call for 2 months was the last straw.

Although crappie data speeds was more than enough reason to leave, I put up with it, which I shouldn't have.

The calling issues was extremely frustrating to say the least.

But I've had seamless service with Verizon, and am very happy I made the switch.

I too put up with every excuse in the book given to me by Sprint, which delayed my eventual departure.

After all, it's Sprint's job to keep you as a customer, but if you see it just ain't gonna be, leave for greener pastures as they say.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] david black:
Thanks, I have since enabled the signal text in the status bar just so I can keep an eye on exactly what my strength is.

I noticed you said -85 was perfect, I was once in the *#*#4636#*#* phone settings and could swear I saw -65 dBm as the current value. Were my eyes playing tricks on me?

Sent from my EvoLTE so please pardon any typos
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
He's just talking. You can get way better than -85, like you saw with your -65 reading.

Also, since you must have missed my post, you don't need to set it to dBm to see the correct data signal on AOSP ROMs. The signal meter shows the data signal in AOSP ROMs. I even provided proof of that in my other post. The other guy was just saying stuff; I'm not sure why. His post was more misinformation than information. The only thing he got right was that Touchwiz and Sense show voice signal at all times.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Overstew:
Here in Phoenix, Arizona, I'd definitely not be on Sprint. They are by far the worst when it comes to data. (their reception aka 2g is great), just their data is terrible here. Verizon, at&t, and even tmobile are pulling 5+mbps where I'm pulling 180kbps. Back in Florida, my speeds are much, much better.

Btw, I'll be in LA Friday to Monday. I'll let you know what my speeds are like. I'll be around the Lax airport.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bso44:
Cool...thanks man. You used to be over in the EVO 3D forums right? I recognize the name.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] toolz:
Im in the same boat as OP.

I have had Sprint for going on 7 years living in the same house. I'm in roaming at my house and it has never been an issue. It has been fantastic until the last 2 years. I got an EVO (the original) and It worked great. I upgraded to the EVO 3D as soon as it came out and my speeds went from 1Mbps and less than 300ms ping to a crawling 30Kbps and over 1500ms ping. I figured out finally it was the PRL. Changed the PRL to 11115 and have been fine at my house but got **** speeds in an actual coverage area. Just got my S3 and its the same thing. Except now even 11115 has intermittent connectivity issues. I am ready to jump ship if I can't hack this back to good.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ionthedemon:
+1

Agreed, I was going to switch to Verizon but I just don't share data. Plus at least you live in Chicago and have some hope of getting 4G, I'm in New Mexico and we never got the old 4G wimax
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] donsh00tmesanta:
If you have been with them since 99 then what's waiting another year or two? You can always switch and come back when they improve
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nevell:
Lol I drove 20 miles away from where I live. I had full signal bars and the 3G icon up top, yet every time I tried to get online it was saying "Mobile Network Not Available" I thought they terminated my service. When I got back home it was working fine again. IDK wtf that was all about but.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bonebeatz1234:
For everyone that don't live in Chicago or close to chicago the speeds are really that bad there's reason to complain it's beyond bad trust me it leaves me speechless sometimes. It's useless to have internet and can't use it i know other states it runs rather well phoenix and san diego it felt normal with speeds but illinois there's seriously something wrong from elgin to Rockford to freeport to Arlington heights to downtown Chicago it horrendous 0.02mbps download speeds is a joke. My friends has Verizon gs3 he gets 5.93 mbps. I compared loading web pages well i tried but my phone never loaded the page, i never knew Sprint was this bad coming from T-Mobile to this was a shocker but I'll roll with this till my 2 years is up then off somewhere else if things don't get better, then again how can it get any worse.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] QWIKSTRIKE:
I went through what you are going through and found out that network vision was my issue. That means the service was being upgraded. If you didn't know that now you do, and it is something you need to research on your own rather than to *****. I did mention this in my previous post about probable Network Vision upgrade being the issue. I even posted that you check S4GRU to read up on this. If it is not to your liking then leave for another carrier. I was pissed like you, but I found out why I was dropping calls rather than to just Sprint bash like you are doing. After being a member of an informed sight like S4GRU seeing post on forums like yours becomes annoying. The uniformed passing misinformed angry hate!

I explained why WIMAX was not fully implemented to inform you that it wasn't Sprints plan not to finish the Wimax roll out. However; when WIMAX failed to be adopted in the us Clearwire lost funding by investors like Cisco, and investment hedge funds. With funding pulled and LTE being adopted Sprint had to ditch WIMAX, and buy hal of Clearwire to keep the 1900 spectrum. Light Squared was hired to roll out LTE, and it is alleged that their spectrum interfered with Government GPS spectrum, But Falcone the CEO of Light Squared said they were rejected because a member of the approval board was heavily invested in AT&T, and that Light Squared would cause that investment to lose money. So Sprint fell further behind LTE roll out but is hotly pursuing it in spite of the set backs. They ditched WIMAX as soon as they found out it was not being adopted and started rolling out LTE through Network Vision upgrades. Do you think they should have continued rolling out WIMAX even though it failed to be adopted when they knew they had to roll out LTE....I think not. I briefly explained why WIMAX failed, and you still use it as an excuse to whine about not getting it,,,,,whining like a sissy is about right! I have been with Sprint since the1st month that they opened for service by the way.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
@ QWIKSTRIKE aka Mr. Lemming

What's one man's *****ing and Complaining, is another ones Truth. You sure like that word 'sissy.'

Very telling indeed.

Excuses Don't cut it.

You don't endear yourself to me with your adjectives.

As I said, Excuses Don't cut it.

There is No Excuse for Network Failure to the Masses.

Sprint Screwed up with Wimax, and now calling signals are suffering with the LTE rollout.

As* Backwards my friend, As* Backwards.

By the time Sprint gets their LTE act together, if ever, the other carriers will be on the next newest network.

But np, as Sprint will follow behind,

Hopefully the Wimax Fiasco is not a harbinger of what is ahead.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] QWIKSTRIKE:
If you actually knew what was really going on you would not think Sprint will be where they are for long. In fact AT&T will still be on 2g in 2017, while Sprint will have completed Network Vision. Wimax and what is ahead for Sprint are two different paths. Why don't you investigate what's going on and then let's talk. At this point to converse about something you are not up to speed on is pointless. Endear myself to you....rofl...Wake up I left you with information to investigate, and to educate yourself with. Call it excuses or what ever makes you happy. Endear yourself to that...rofl
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkManX4lf:
I think Sprint wimax was on 2.5ghz or 2.5ghz... Can't remember... But it wasn't on 1.9ghz.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
@ QWIKSTRIKE

I agree.

Speaking to someone about Sprint, who sounds like he works in their PR department, Is a lost cause.

Fun while it lasted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] QWIKSTRIKE:
No PR spokesman but I hate to see misinformed people make stupid post like you continually are making now!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Yep, definitely a shill.

Regarding Sprint, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck.....

1.....2.....3.....

It...must...be..a.. duck..

Sprint has been doing things as* backwards. History doesn't lie.

Sprint made its bed, and no one else is to blame, but Sprint.

Sorry it doesn't conform to your blaming others agenda, but it is what it is.

Now for a beer.

Salute my friend.

Hope is Alive.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] QWIKSTRIKE:
You are correct it should have been to save clear wires 2.5ghz Wimax for 1x advance LTE roll out by 2014 years end. Thanks for the correction.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bhint15:
Just get the EVO 4g LTE :) and force it to LTE only...in my city (manhattan ks) LTE doesn't show up but if I force LTE then I stay connected all the time. I think its a sense thing though dialing *#*#4636#*#* and setting to LTE, cdma and attached is worst speeds I have seen but very usable.

Typically I see 15meg connections.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
I'm holding out for lte in Florida. Omgggg floridaaaaa lte please reply.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] QWIKSTRIKE:
S4GRU shows Florida already getting Network Vision love. Go there to find out what's what on the roll out list.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] joeyhdownsouth:
I'm in the middle of Louisiana, 3g horrible, Airvana, kinda works, the voice better than data, super slow data:mad: So I'm forced to use my wifi-data, Airvana-voice

this message brought to you by my GalaxyS3 running Phantom's Blazer
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Jax market start in Sept. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MadFlava:
My Sprint saga has been going on for quite a while. I had the chance to leave them in July and I wish I had. My wife talked me out of it. Despite that, Im still going to keep her around for a while longer ;)

My issues starts last September. I started dropping more calls and getting really poor service with my OG Evo. Thinking it was probably about to take a dump, I held out for the Epic 4G Touch which as some of you may or may not know had some serious reception issues out of the box. My situation at that point went from bad to worse. Half the time my phone never rang and when it did, I couldnt make it through a call without dropping it. I swapped the phone a couple of times and by the time I realized no phone was going to fix the issue, I was stuck with it.

Sold the Epic 4G Touch on Ebay and bought a Photon out of pocket. Same issues.. maybe a tad better. The Photon does have a good radio in it. The locked bootloader and lack of updates kind of sucked tho.

Eventually I sold the Photon to get the new Evo. What a trainwreck that phone was. It never rang when people called and dropped calls constantly. Swapped it out for another one.. same issues. Returned it to reset my upgrade and put my OG Evo back in service for a couple of weeks. Call drops continued. Finally got the SGS3 on launch day and it seemed pretty solid but about 2 weeks after getting it, the same old stuff started. Took it back to Best Buy and got another, same issues. So now Im stuck in a contract for a phone service thats just one step above tin cans and a string.

Through all this Ive involved Sprint and begged for assistance and gotten nowhere. Ive filed AG complaints against them, Ive filed FCC complaints against them. Ive contacted the office of the president and gotten ABSOLUTELY nowhere. I spent an hour on the phone with them yesterday and basically told them "Do something for me or Im going to Ebay this phone and Ill be history." They gave me $30 credit and told me to take the phone into a Sprint service center and have it checked out. Guess Ill have to flash it back to stock for that.

Its amazing how much stress a ****ty cell phone will put on you when you depend on it. We dont have a house phone so my family and friends call me on my cell. I am a support engineer for a small IT firm and I rely on my phone to pull up things I need for work, access our ticketing que, etc and Sprint is absolutely worthless for this. Like I told the guy at Sprint "For what Im paying you guys every month, this should just work and it doesnt." At least the guy I talked to yesterday seemed to actually give a crap. The woman in the president's office (Sarah) was cold and completely unhelpful.

Im still contemplating leaving for Tmobile. Ive lived with virtually no data for so long that throttling me back to 2G after an overage still seems like a blessing.

FWIW, my area isnt being upgraded until the end of November according to them. Thats a long time to keep dealing with these frustrations.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dave31175:
Yeah, data speed definitely is leaving something to be desired in Omaha/CB, and I'd be surprised if we aren't about the last place in the universe to see LTE. But AT&T is not an option due to no signal anywhere within 5 miles of my house, and Verizon is not an option due to not having won the lottery. So I'll be happy for what I do have :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RocStar629:
Although I have been a sprint subscriber for like 6 years and have always had terrible speeds, they have been getting better. What frustrates me now is that a sprint update bricked my ns4g and I live in a wimax area. Of course the damn thing is back ordered so my options were few, so I upgraded to the gs3, which is stuck in 3g until sprint rolls out network vision in my area. I still have high hopes though. It just frustrates me that they couldn't spend a few extra dollars and put wimax radios in the first lte devices...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iSaint:
Lte in bmore baby :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flawedlegacy:
Coming from ATT's LTE which is AMAZING here in StL to Sprint's spotty 3G is a ROYAL PITA! I remember ATT being this bad like 10 years ago with my first phone, but damn.

That being said, I heard about the coverage issue before switching and still did and would again. Since getting S3 and switching, first month I hit about 18GB, so far this month I'm at almost 10GB. I dare to think what my ATT bill would be with that "WONDERFUL" 2GB cap! F THAT!

Coverage will come around, in the meantime, I should be grandfathered in for unlimited at this price now for when it does.... finally catch up.