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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mikalhernandez:
Kiss unlimited everything good-bye. LOL I see big changes happening fast and being financed by us.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ligerblue:
good to know thanks, i dont doubt this deal would be good business wise just the trend of cellular companys charging more for data just cuz they can annoys me

lol i wouldnt doubt they take the money earned by the buyout and use to buy metro pcs
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
Well you didnt read the link posted a page back. Anyways softbank has been the company driving mobile prices down in japan and are expected to the same here if they do acquire sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
Oh snap. I would have to imagine that most of that 3 billion in cash would go right to lte roll out. Also is sprint still in talks to buy metro pcs. That would be helluva combo deal all rolled into one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freecharlesmanson:
This thread went runaway for awhile I think it may be a good thing my only hope is sprints marketing tactics remain unlimited data. ...although buyout or not the network is rapidly improving my 3g coverage rarely goes below 500kps which is huge from 6months ago were it wouldn't Spike 200 just saying I hope these guys understand sprints market appeal and don't screw with it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhuff83:
http://www.ustream.tv/softbankcorp-eng

Live conference now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Duke4eva:
Its the best thing that could have happen for us. There history is amazing and I think well get 4G faster with better speeds. As long as there isn't a price change or loss of unlimited.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Please research Softbank. If you had, you wouldn't be worried about that. You know why Softbank got so popular in Japan (besides the iPhone)? Because they undercut the competition with super-low prices and unlimited data. Sounds a lot like a certain carrier they just bought, huh? I think this buyout will bring good things to us.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
This is good news IMO. we should see faster NV updates . I don't believe that they would take away unlimited data because they are a lot like sprint and offer the same kinda planes in japan or similar plans. But my question is will we remain sprint or would we get a name change ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
I've seen "new sprint" thrown around. Most notably in the press release.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] youngnex:
I dont care who buys it as long as they hurry up with 4g LTE. lol... oh and not make prices higher! lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SubyStar:
Ugh I just hope this speed up the LTE roll out. I get unbelievably slow speeds on 3G at work. I cant even stream youtube. Kinda embarrassing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
I don't think this whole thing is going to go through until mid next year, so I don't know if this will actually speed anything up or not. It would be great, but we'll have to wait and see how this all shakes out.

I personally don't think it will help with the current NV rollout, but I'm interested to see what their plans are beyond that (buying Clear, perhaps another smaller provider as well)...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nuclearmeltdown2046:
Interesting read.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE89A0I520121015?irpc=932
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] m20120:
Stream youtube! I can not even thing about being able to do that. With the 3G that I have around here I can not even get the audio stream on the MLB At Bat to play without interruption. The 3G speeds are completely unusable even when I have more 4-5 bars of signal strength indicated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
I definitely don't miss that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] youngnex:
It's official guys. It's happening.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambr...sayoshi-son-softbank-will-buy-sprint-for-20b/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrg02d:
I wonder if this will help or hurt sprint customers?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sling:
New Sprint mascot “Otousan”

The take over should be interesting....I'm betting on name change

Nextel , Clear wire merger and now this.

Ive been with Sprint 7 years to long , I'm going with ATT and will enjoy the Splint show.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rgregg504:
Your assuming this will be bad, i would rather wait and see how it plays out, could go either way.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sling:
Its hard for me not to have bad feel.

Ive been with Sprint for 7 years waiting and waiting for Sprint to get it together dealing with many negatives - pathetic CS , Many false promises like "Renew your contract wimax is on the way"

Nextel was was going to make it better = Fail

ClearWire was going to make it better = Fail

They took away perks - Yearly upgrades , Charge device to account etc.

10.00 premium data charge < Data got slower.

And now Softbank

hmm what will the next 2 years bring ? I'm not waiting around to find out.

I will enjoy ATT Hspa data speed with LTE on the way in January.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dalmus:
Not that their data speeds don't suck in a lot of areas... But, I wish people would stop thinking that the signal strength indicator in the status bar has anything to do with the quality of the data connection. It doesn't. It has 0 do do with your data connection. Those bars only relate to your voice signal strength.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
Yikes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Overstew:
There's hardly anything that can go wrong with softbank's presence. Softbank is now supplying Sprint with a steady cashflow, which is exactly what has caused the previous rollout to fail.

Not only that, but a Japanese company just invested $20 billion into the company, they obviously have hope that Sprint can come out on top with this network overhaul. As stated by others, time will tell. I'm definitely interested in this "investment" and I think we, the consumers, will benefit the most out of it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tft:
sure they are supplying sprint with the cash, but the question remains will sprint use that money wisely and rapidly expand the network, or will the money get shoved up Dan Hesse a$$ and employee bonus..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyeisdasteve:
id take a bonus. lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
If Sprint wants to make money in the future, they're not going to use all $8 billion from the Softbank investment for employee bonuses... They're going to make the stock holders happy to keep a good capital ready for NV upgrades until Sprint actually becomes profitable, then the bonuses can come.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
It's called a "return to profitability" bonus. Nortel used this tactic a few years back hoping it would get them out of the trouble. No bonuses for execs until they posted consecutive quarters of growth and profit.

It would've worked, but they cooked the books...again. And that's how you have a company employing 100,000 people worldwide to bankruptcy in 10 years or less.

True story!! The fall of that company will be a case study in the years to come, no question about it.

/offtopic-ness
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
Lmao comedy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dalmus:
Didn't mean it as a personal slight towards anybody. Just realizing that the signal bars don't relate to the data connection makes for a less stressed person. Its FAR more annoying to think that you are getting slow data with a 100% connection than if you realize that your slow data is the result of a crappy connection.

And Sprint DOES seem to have a lot of crappy connections...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
I thought for 3G they did correlate. The biggest difference would be if you're on 1xRTT or EVDO. They're both technically 3G, but one is much, much faster than the other.

I know our phones don't have a separate LTE signal identifier, so while we could have full voice bars and be connected to LTE, we may be barely connected to LTE and wouldn't have a way of knowing it...that's easy to get to anyway.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
No, on OEM ROMs, the signal bars are always for 1x voice strength. If you're using an AOSP ROM, then yes, the bars will be for 3G data strength. Also, I'm pretty sure 1x is not a type of 3G. I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure it's 2G at best. I'd definitely like to know for sure.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
Its not 3g but can be used for very slow data. Thats what our voice will be on very soon after this network vision.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 00mred00:
I know right. There seems to be a huge misconception on how sprint employees are paid :(

It definitely isn't anything to brag about
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
1x is already being used for voice. You might be thinking of the 1x Advanced rollout that's coming with Network Vision.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
So you can predict the future now, or you just assuming?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
Thats part of the network vision roll out. Sprint has released this info when they first determined network vision. No predictions necessary.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
Why would you think he would do that? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/05/05/dan-hesse-sprint-ceo-pay-cut_n_1479469.html
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dalmus:
Now I learned my new thing.

How do you know what your voice strength is on AOSP ROM's if the indicator is for data strength? Are there two indicators, or is it a flashable mod?

1x is the same as "Edge" isn't it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
Yeah, I was mistaken. The first place I looked had 1xRTT listed as 3G, but speeds only up to 144kbps, while others I've now seen have 1xRTT listed as 2G speeds, which would be the same as EDGE I believe.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
I know that MIUI has two signal bars by default for CDMA phones. I love that feature. All others, you just have to assume it's better than the 3G signal, I think. I haven't found a way to display both. There's probably an app/widget combo that will do that for you, though. I haven't looked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dzltron:
I'm looking forward to this, hopefully I can use my phone cheaply when I'm in Japan.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/18/sprint-nextel-takes-control-of-clearwire-after-increasing-stake/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 00mred00:
Interesting twist. There was a statement online somewhere yesterday they would not "buy out" Clearwire ....interesting to see them buy just enough to control it the next day.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrg02d:
Yea me too, I go there so often (not). I really hope Sprint customers see some real benefits to this, like LTE much earlier than expected in more locations that expected. Sprint is lucky they have us on a two year contract, five phones deep!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
At&t is not pleased with this http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Starts-Whining-About-Sprint-SoftBank-Deal-121688
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freecharlesmanson:
Yes in my findings so far seems sprint will be shaking its competitors this in the very near future means sprint will stop sucking most likely
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
I could only hope as far as coverage and consistency with lte sprint gets bigger and better than verizon within a couple years
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
Ewww weee this is getting good fast

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/kgBJvQhl08M/story01.htm
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
everyone who dropped out now will be kicking themselves in a year
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dolomitersm:
Sprint might only be the beginning

Looks like Softbank won't stop at just getting Sprint... It's not ruling out buying Metro PCS as well!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 00mred00:
Can't say I didn't see that coming....they theoretically could bId on t-mobile too
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
Hesse said that could be a possibility after the Soft bank deal goes through
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] str8barre:
I work for Sprint and these are definetly exciting times for me and my team. Living in Houston and seeing the way LTE is improving is great!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ubigred:
Well we need LTE by West Oaks Mall and further back towards Cinco Ranch!!

Sent from my SGS3!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkManX4lf:
Yes bring LTE to NYC!

Softbank/Sprint buying metro PCS and tmobile that's crazy of that happens. Of It does happen would Sprint be the number 2 carrier in terms of amount of customers?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Number 1, if you counted soft banks customers.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dalmus:
Metro PCS makes sense, they aren't really a national carrier. I'd put them a couple ticks under US Cellular.

I doubt T-Mobile would would come about though... You are eliminating a true national carrier as far as competition is concerned. The regulators would likely have a problem with that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ricocollege:
Having limited LTE in only 2 off the top 10 populated cities in the United States is not called improving or great.

Oh what a breath of fresh air it will be to have the control of this company in the hands of people who don't live in the middle of nowhere. Unfortunately the damage is already done.

Our only hope now is that with this acquisition, the other carriers will be forced to lower the prices. And one day sprint customers can transfer to other cellular companies that a real nationwide network at the same price point or even lower.

Crossing fingers.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] str8barre:
I live right across from West Oaks Mall and can now catch a decent LTE signal in my house. A couple weeks ago I would have to pull out of my neighborhood to get it to catch LTE.

In HOUSTON the LTE service is IMPROVING and it is working GREAT.

You obvioulsy hate Sprint. Understandable. I come across people like you everyday. There are tons of you. Get over it. Pay your cancellation fee and move around. All the "hoping & finger crossing" will get you no where and you will never be happy with this carrier.

And if you dont use Sprint and are just looking for a reason to hate, carry on....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ubigred:
Define 'decent'.

Sent from my SGS3!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hillty:
GOOD!!!

This can only be good. All of Sprint LTE shortcomings have been due to money restraints. Just hoping Softbank will not spend BIG money to nickle and dime us.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] str8barre:
8-10mbps in my house. Up until a few weeks ago I would only catch LTE pulling out of my neighborhood.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkManX4lf:
Damn that's good. Right now my "decent" is 0.07mbps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 00mred00:
As mentioned....their history has actually been to drive prices down...not up. Hopefully that carries over.

As for rollout I am biased... when I was on ATT their rollout transition was only different in that they didnt announce what they were doing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ripley6:
Here in Houston, I now have LTE at my house. Inside I am getting 8 to 12 mbps. Near the window or outside my house I am getting 17 to 25 mbps. Also notice that my route to work is now 90% 4g lte.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ubigred:
I get around 1mbps in my house :(:thumbdown:

Sent from my SGS3!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Forboding Angel:
Hopefully it's for the best
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Viper714:
All, I am a noob to this and could really use the help. Everything seems so convoluted.

I just returned my phone to AT&T because of some issues.I was able to root that one without an issue. However they now provided another phone with ICS on it. I don't want to install a ROM or change the kernel. Just want to use the AT&T software and have it come up the same way just rooted. I saw the GalaxyS2Root.com site but it changes the kernel to Siyah an load up screen picture is different.

I want to have the ability to load titanium back up and freeze the tethering program so I can tether my tablet.

Once again I just want a simple rooting program with minimal but detailed steps. I appreciate any assistance that you pros can give me.

Forever in your debt!!

Thanks

Vipe
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Dont go to galaxys2root and read the damn stickies. Cmon man!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
I wish I could update the how to root guide in the stickies, but I'm not the original poster and the original poster has been gone from the forums since before Christmas. For what you want, use Odin to flash stock ICS plus root, which you can find in the development section, probably on the 2nd page.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Viper714:
Creepy,

This worked great!!! Thank you for your help!!!! :victory:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usurpine:
My nexus 7 hast battery problems, so i was told to send it back. Got a link from google to get a fresh and new one. But there are a lots of private data on my device which i cannot delete now before i send the broken one back.

What happens if someone just change the battery and then gets his dirty hands on my data ? He can easily rob my bank account if he knows what he is doing ?!

Should i send it back ? Is there an other way to delete the data without loosing guaranty ?
[HTC Wildfire S] antxon16:
I´m confused with so many ROMS based in CM10

Which one is better?

the one by benjamyn?

the one by modpunk?

the nightlies by dudeman?

Which has more possibilities of support for the future?

Please, advise
[HTC Wildfire S] antxon16:
anyone?
[HTC Wildfire S] TRuth14:
yeah I wanna know too :p but I think the Dudeman version is better because he update the rom daily .
[HTC Wildfire S] Pr3no:
But those are nightlies, I wouldn't use nightlies for everyday usage.

You should use one of these:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1861623

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1813077

I think they're basically the same.

I've been using the first one for a day, and it seems like everything is working, but there are some smoother ICS roms out there.
[HTC Wildfire S] omnomnomkimiiee:
Until those Roms are stable for daily use, I'd recommend using CM9.
[HTC Wildfire S] Pr3no:
Since my last comment here I tried both benjamyn and modpunk's CM10, and I didn't notice any difference (same speed, stability, features, etc.), so choose whatever you want.

@omnomnomkimiiee:

They are as stable as the CM9.
[HTC Wildfire S] omnomnomkimiiee:
Nope, not really.
[HTC Wildfire S] Pr3no:
Ok, maybe I exaggerated, but they are really stable for everyday usage, I never had any crash, everything was working and so on.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Nullstring:
Well I just hope this is not just another Start menu replacement that you already have installed in your Windows Phone. Well it be great if you have another alternative that you can play with..

Here's "Start", yes, that's how simple the application name was.

So what's in this application?

It's a Start menu replacement

You can add your quick lunch application

Intuitive search function

Able to run application

And it's fast

It's a Start menu replacement because I got bored with the native one, scrolling down on the list, or even having a jump function still makes me feel bored.. So I made my own. Don't you like having a 4 column, big icons as a start menu? Well I do :)

So here's a short video demo of the application

[youtube]hHI0GfWJgiE[/youtube]

Tap the text on the top-right "JWMD Apps" to see more information

SUPPORT

Windows Phone 7, Mango, Tango. 7.8

TAKE NOTE

THIS MAY NOT WORK ON OTHER ROMS. Am sorry but I couldn't do anything about that. One reason I can think of why will not work is because Application folder, or the Install folder is hidden. Kind of stupid reason but I have already flash 2 different ROMs in my Mozart and 1 reason the application fail is because those folder I mentioned were hidden. so .. sorry. :eek:
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Nullstring:
reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Nullstring:
now supports Windows Phone 7.8
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] jibgilmon:
This looks great! Question though: For those of us who have 7.8, what is the use of this other than the search bar? And is it fast enough on the device to be a seamless replacement? I'll try it out later today when I have WiFi, and if it works without slowing down, I would be very happy :)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Nullstring:
I use 7.8 too and I don't use search bar often (I never really use it), I used to tap on those quick jump letters.

If we talk about "seamless replacement" then no because what's on the start menu list in WP has already loaded in the memory right after you boot your device and it's not like an application that you can just terminate using back button.

You got to know that this is an application. It reads all the installed application just about 2 sec to show the main UI and another couple of seconds to read the icons from the cache. Once you run the application again, you'll have the same duration. Although there's a hidden stuff in my code where it uses a cache list of the applications installed, and the purpose of that is to make the loading faster (not implemented though because it's buggy).
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] jibgilmon:
Tried this out today, it works well, and is not too slow. The All Programs screen is absolutely more informative than the default start screen, and it allows you to see much more at a time than the start menu.

Suggested features:

- The ability to reorganize the Start panel.

- A settings menu for options such as adding/removing/renaming/reorganizing panels.

- If that is not possible, perhaps the option to have the Start panel show up on app start instead of the All Programs panel.

Bugs:

- The Results window does not disappear if I don't pick something from it. I tried swiping up and down, as well as left and right.

- Choosing an app, from the screen or search, crashes the app and it returns to the start menu.

Phone - HTC SparkW - 7.10.8835.35
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Martin7Pro:
Hi NullString. This is very usable application. I am working on similar one, which can group applications (and groups too to tree structure, it is necessary when hundreds apps are installed). Can you try the same? I mean it is not necessary to make two similar application.

Any notes:

1. When I want "pin to start" allready pinned application, program crashes.

2. When I tap to immediatelly last started application, this shows not back. When another one is launched between it, app is showed.

3. You can add "startup" option (after device reset) to your app by creating/deleting link in \windows\startup directory. I am programming launcher to your app in this startup way now (startup link for *.exe can be created by my Phone Commander, but it may be possible to create/delete it for managed dll programmatically).

4. Are you able to make orientation sensor accepted version? Landscape mode is necessary on HTC7Pro. I can also send you simple functions for HTC7Pro cursor keys handling, I am redesign all my programs for keyboard controlling too (also with BT keyboards in future), this is more quickly and comfortable then by touchscreen.

Martin
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] jigarb1992:
good work...............
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ItsmYarD:
Does this require full unlock or would it work with dev unlock?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] rsepierre:
doesn't work for me ! i'm on omnia7 devbuild_8862 by septvies. The app loads all the applist and then sneakly crash.
[HTC Incredible S] bob8x:
Hello guys, unfortunately my IncS has some dust under the screen ( I DOUBT very highly that is beetween screen and screen protector)...

What is the HTC's policy about this problem???

I know that if there is dust on a new phone they change it, but what on 1year old phone?

It would be nice to send in warranty to get a new power button and dust removal...