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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sslbaron:
Did they let you switch it out, or did you buy one outright?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mannyboy23:
I bought it outright but i guess if tou ***** enough you can probably switch them....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] leebo:
Sprint is offering a free S3 if you add a second line this week. I'm wondering if it's worth it to add the line and cancel and just pay the $350 ETF. So you get a new S3 for $350. Then sell the EVO and hope for $200, making the S3 $150 (well, plus the price I originally paid for the EVO).

Used S3's seem to be going for between $300 and $350 on EBay, unless you get one with a bad ESN.

Which, btw, does anyone know if a phone with a bad ESN can somehow be used again? Otherwise, I don't get why they're still getting $250 for a phone with a bad ESN?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
That's a lot of trouble for essentially the same phone.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] roids87:
With truly functional LTE*
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Crwolv:
My source at HTC (high up) says this update should have rectified the LTE scanning Power of the Evo. If problems persist its the newness and lack of power at certain towers. Just letting ya know. You can Google sprint tower updates and find yours to see when and what updates the tower received and will receive. My friend zachdroid who is the former Editor n Chief of ACS( Android creative syndicate ) says he loves his evo lte. Link below and I hope this helps just trying to help ya all:). http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-evo-4g-lte-sprint/software-updates
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] roids87:
The update shown in that link is the recent OTA from 9/4....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
Mine is truly functional compared to my wifes gs3.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Crwolv:
Yup yup lol it fixed lte software problem. Was just letting ya know why problem may persist and gave example of someone thatbjas zero lte prob. If you are and running a ROM flash back to stock update then nandroid back to ROM. Radio fixes are much deeper than a ROM or even kernel and radio/lte fix will stay:) or find updated radio and flash it.just b careful and ya that comment didn't come off quite jerky but almost, stating the obvious. Come on now be couth, i was just trying to help peeps :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] roids87:
I've gone back and forth between stock and what ever Rom you can name. I'm running the most recent radio, nv and prl. My question to you is, why is this a nation wide problem? Try finding any forum, anywhere, with as many users complaining about LTE connectivity issues as the EVO LTE users. It won't happen. It's a matter of fact this phone was released with LTE issues. It has yet to be fixed. It is not a network/tower issue.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Crwolv:
And after reading this thread is seems there are a few (XDA) users that can't grasp the concept of XDA being a place where you can find help without someone ASSuming they did more than ask the sales person the specs and if its a good phone. Obviously almost every member learned android patience by the time there here and expect respect and a semblance of helpfulness on this wonderful XDA website.

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Fair enough, was trying to help. Glad I don't have a an Evo. To much anger on this thread.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sslbaron:
Not all of us are this way. Thank you for the info. :)

I was at a Sprint store yesterday, and I ran a few LTE speed tests on a S3 and my EVO LTE. I had them within 3 inches of each other. My EVO LTE pulled in faster speed tests every time (5x). On the 3rd test the S3 actually lost connectivity and stopped the test.

I was considering changing over to a S3 until I proved that my phone is faster. YMMV, but I will stick with the EVO LTE for now. :cool:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
Yep I'm not the only one to have seen this in person.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] flex360:
i have had this issue too
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] digiblur:
LOL a tower power issue. No wonder it isn't fixed. They are still in denial and shows it won't get fixed because it is probably a hardware problem due to the forced rollout. Point the finger and hopefully the problem goes away and people upgrade.

Can't wait to get back to Houston with my new phone. My friend with his EVO still says he is jealous of how the S3 works on LTE.

Sent from a little old Note 2
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
Works the same as my EVO on LTE....just fine.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ipclark1:


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That is VERY promising. Wow. I truly hope my situation is the anomoly and yours is the norm.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] leebo:
Well, you got us. It can finally be revealed that our EVO LTE's pick up the LTE signal just fine. We all got together in another thread trying to think up how we could punk the most people at xda! Ha.

In fact, my EVO picked up the LTE signal just yesterday. I clocked .67kbps down, and, well, nothing up. But I'm sure it was because I was holding it wrong!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] myamex:
Why dont you just pay to do early upgrade and buy the phone for 99 cents? Thats what i did on black friday.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sgt. slaughter:
It is a simple fact the EVOLTE is a worse RF performer than the SGS3 and iP5. FCC docs show this flat out in their testing.

Now whether HTC can mitigate "some" of the current frustrations users have regarding it being able to pick up LTE in lower signal areas compared to other devices....that is something yet to be seen...

Some are affected by this much more than others and even more so because the rollout going on creates many holes in LTE coverage until complete, so till complete its natural this issue will be more public.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iamkoza:
my main problem with this phone is not being able to hold an LTE signal, not switching to LTE when it is in an LTE area (i.e. airplane mode trick instantly picks up 4G), wifi not working properly/loosing connection in sleep mode (despite choosing the "best performance" setting and having wifi stay on during sleep mode set) I'm on latest OTA, unrooted.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
Thats wierd because I am rooted running ViperRom, and whenever I am in an LTE area, I stay on LTE. I have been in my office all day and its consistently been on LTE every time I wake up the phone. Same for me at home. The only time I was constantly losing or dropping LTE was when I was running AOSP, thats when all the issues started. On Sense, it runs exactly how its supposed to.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iamkoza:
usually if I am in one location it will stick with the LTE... but sometimes I can be in the same spot and it will be on 3g... have to do airplane mode to trick it to finding the 4g again... then it will usually stay 4g as long as I dont move...

my wifi issues occur no matter what router/isp I am connected to... same issues
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
Sense or asop?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Crwolv:
Well the FCC said so. Thanx for the info.I take back what sprint and HTC told me ;). Come on now trust users b4 u trust sprint HTC and especially our Government.Oh my. Now fact..a LOT of customers of the evo complain that lte sux and even though a lot have not installed the September update that clearly states lte strength was boosted (supposedly) cuz there running a ROM I didn't completely trust HTC so I went to an HTC user who is well respected and the former editor in chief of ACS,Android creative syndicate website and his LTE is strong and stable. That lends to say its either a lot of phones or a lot of towers that are bad and both are NEW(phone and LTE towers) Now considering that and update was done and LTE was addressed in it and HTC and spring have said its towers and will get better an educated and informed guess would side on tower problem.but when I tried to help some fellow android users here some just disagreed ( which is cool but a little weird Cuz of facts I laid out) but also blasted me. Now it very well could be the phones and not the old software/ towers that sprint and HTC claim. But the last people/institution I would trust is the FCC Government lmao. They just got caught lying(they say it was just an oopsie lol) about Benghazi because of an election a short time from when it happened.( and I mean both sides suck this isn't a political thing) my main point. I personally would trust a respected android user that was an editor n chief of an android website. Good luck and this is just my TINY opinion :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] neoshi:
^S4GRU has also done their own testing and shown that the LTE is sub-par (RF wise) compared to the other phones in its generation.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] LaloHigh:
Your full of it, there's a problem with this unit. I can't believe you got the perfect unit out of 1out of 10
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] leebo:
And pay for two lines? Or cancel the second contract and pay the $350 ETF?

In any case...

I think I just saw the girl on the motorcycle wiz by.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] neoshi:
Ouch.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Crwolv:
Full of it?? Wow. Why the hostility and accusations of someone not being truthful? What would be the motivation to lie about ones phone LTE connection? Ya think the person is a sprint/HTC mole? Lmao. Come on now let's respect And help one another. :( look at neoshi's post above yours...disagrees with my assessment but showed fact to back it up and did it in a couth way:)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] LaloHigh:
I don't think you've read all the posts , lol. He is the perfect one. Perfect on LTE. Bull you bud
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Crwolv:
I've read quite a bit but no not all.lol? And I have no idea if what he says is true and I'm no where near always right(usually wrong) but I think the point your are trying to make is you think he's being facetious and my point is what would be his motivation for doing so. Also you could have stressed your point without being uncouth. And what the heck does ..bull you bud....mean? Were you cussing at me and forgot the word or were you thanking me and mistook Bull and Thank:rolleyes:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] theoner1:
Just so all you non believer know. My previous phone Evo lte ( now my daughter's) has no problem connecting to lte and hold a signal along side my note 2 and my wife's iphone 5. Sometime evo (make my kid check all the time, lol now she just tells me whenever its connected) pick up sooner while im driving then my note 2 or vice versa. Same goes for the iphone 5. I live in northern cali and lte is getting ready to switch on. Thought you people should leave him alone with accusing him.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] digiblur:
This I don't believe. The evo does not pick it up first in any of those phone tests.

It's okay.. I understand people's defensive attitude towards this as there's no way their buying decision was poor.

Sent from a little old Note 2
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Crwolv:
Amen!!!! We can disagree with out making wild and unrespectful accusations like calling someone you don't know a Liar. Most of us are here to give or get help. Live laugh love or .....well common sense dictates what not to do.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] theoner1:
Lol, hint I say "sometime" the evo pick up first before the others. In no way I say this is the case everytime. Point said is the evo do pick up lte and hold signal when available.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Crwolv:
Poor buying decision? This guy says his LTE is fine and in one comment you say he is ..unbelievable/defensive/poor phone buyer! WOW you deduced that by what evidence? What is happening to people? How hard is it to be polite while making a point.

His phone is fine(not conducive to imply poor buying decision cuz makes zero sense)

He was polite not pushy and came off helpful ( which is nowhere close to being defensive)

Do you know him personally? If u do then u may have insight(if not saying you don't believed him is insinuating that he not being truthful, which us completely wrong thing to do to a person).

This is sad cuz this is such(and usually) great website where man helps his fellow man, not basically berate him with zero evidence:thumbdown:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] digiblur:
You are right. He has a special LTE phone and towers. I have absolutely no evidence. Carry on. There is no problem with the EVO LTE radios.

Sent from a little old Note 2
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sgt. slaughter:
Lol don't trust the FCC tests performed on every device?.....that's unreal lol

Like others posted its a FACT the RF performance is slightly less on the EVO compared to iP5 and SGS3... FCC showed that and S4GRU showed that. You can't argue when both phones in same exact spot will pull different signals... That's part software and part flat out hardware RF performance.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] subhumanderelict:
He's implying that the FCC isn't credible because he doesn't like how the State Department handled the attack in Benghazi. Tin foil hats tend to mess up connections by RF signals like that.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Crwolv:
Lol really? There is a million reasons not to trust the gov. Includes every branch,Said its not political and my point was trust your fellow XDA members ( especially devs) over HTC/sprint/ gov. I'm sorry I didn't delve deep enough into my explanation so you could fathom what I was meaning. My apologies :D

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Never said there was no evidence and said I could be wrong. I was just trusting users and yes there is also fact to back up the phones are screwed up also!!.also its the mean smart Alec rude comments that don't help. I was using facts from what i know to help and show(some of you) great discussions can be had without the attitudes. Yikes I give up. Wish ya all well with the EVO. :cool:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] digiblur:
Yep. I gave up on it as well and got a Note 2 and got my coverage back I lost including LTE.

Sent from a little old Note 2
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ipclark1:
Idk about any accusations or whatever but this is great news to me man. Nice.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Androidfreakz:
Well my LTE in the house always stays on LTE with about 2 to 3 bars. I don't see any issue in my area. And it switches from 3G to 4G and viceversa just fine.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] subhumanderelict:
http://www.s4gru.com/index.php?/top...-to-determine-your-actual-LTE-signal-strength
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Syph3r:
I'm wondering if it has anything to do with being on a custom ROM. I know some people are saying they have no issues with connecting to LTE. I'm thinking of flashing back to stock to see if that helps. Any thoughts?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
Think that has a lot to do with it. I had plenty of issues on aokp and cm10....went to viperrom and zero issues with LTE. Works how its supposed to.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] theoner1:
If you going to switch rom anyway, it never hurt to reprovision (##786#) your phone. I do that from time to time when I go flash crazy( testing different roms) and somethings go wrong with my data connection.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Syph3r:
I think I might try viper before I go stock.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] brianwilcox:
Definitely seem to be experiencing an annoyance with switching between LTE and CDMA. There are certain spots in my building that have excellent 4G coverage and will almost always switch to LTE when in those spots. If I go somewhere without great 4G coverage, and the phone switches to 3G, it does not often connect back to 4G when it is available. If I cycle airplane mode in a spot that I know has 4G, it will pick it up every time. At least I have 4G now though...so that's cool.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Syph3r:
I think this is exactly what all of us with the EVO are experiencing. It's very frustrating.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] browning:
I'm stock and have to do the airplane mode dance frequently in known LTE areas so it isn't ROM specific.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iamkoza:
me too... latest OTA stock, non rooted... sometimes it does connect on its own... often times it's airplane mode trick... I had to move the airplane mode widget to the home screen because I got tired of having to hold power button method :laugh:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] stanglifemike:
My Evo LTE stays on 4G the entire time on at my house, inside or outside, and actually have better speeds inside my house on my bed. When I leave, my phone has no issues switching to 3G and immediately reconnects to LTE when I'm in a LTE area. LTE works fine for me 100% of the time. Worked when my phone was stock, and also now with s-off and a custom Rom. Get 15mbps download and 10mbps upload my bed, and get 25-35mbps download and around 20-25mbps upload in the city I live right outside of!! Switching WiFi on/off has no ill effects with LTE either. Love it!!! Especially considering Wimax never picked up at my house, and only 1 place in my nearest city actually had Wimax reception, and that was only outside in the parking lot.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] forceOnature:
LTE life has improved dramatically for me too since I switched from the Evo 4G LTE to a Note 2. My buddy got an Evo at the same time as I did but has not "upgraded" so I get to compare the LTE performance of both devices when in the same location.

The Evo does not pick up LTE as often or as quickly as the Note 2 does, and when LTE signal levels are low, the Note 2 maintains a usable link much more reliably than the Evo.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] GoldenGlove:
Yup, this is the story of my EVO LTE's life. I have a signal in my neighborhood, certain spots in my house, and most of the time I have to toggle the mobile data off, or go in airplane mode, or cycle through the radio options found in the dial settings screen.

It's just annoying as hell. The phone just doesn't get a good LTE signal. I've compared it with my wife's GS3 and it's not even close.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sgt. slaughter:
Well its a simple fact not all phones are equal and not all phones have equal RF ability.... So expecting something like that is asking a lot in some cases... And with this one its highlighted more with the rollout going on as your more likely to run into the outer band areas...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Syph3r:
This describes my situation to a T as well.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Adam1422:
at least you can get LTE...

I'm here in Minneapolis and I work in tech support for a law firm so you can guess how many different phones I deal with on a daily basis. I have had a iphone 5, GIII, galaxy note 2, Google nexus and my Evo LTE all side by side and my phone dosent even see the LTE signal while all of the other phones are connected and holding a 4G signal. When i do the # code for debug and go under lte engineering my dbm signal is -214... So at least you get to connect to a 4G signal period. Well looks like i will have to upgrade my wife's evo shift to the galaxy note 2 and give her my EVO!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Crwolv:
No not ALL! seems most though. that sux.

Sent from CURTICE By way of my Galaxy Nexus TORO+ ( Ya peeps its a + for a reason hehe) using XDA PREMIUM HD

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Totally right....after my comments(which were factual and vilified lol) and i was just trying to help, peeps NEED to understand a radio is way deeper than a ROM(flash) or even a kernel (flash). A lot of evo have probes but not ALL. This is a stone cold fact I was told by my friend who was the former editor in chief of a major Android website . This wasn't conjecture. FACT. good luck and hope issue is resolved for ya guys soon:)

Sent from CURTICE By way of my Galaxy Nexus TORO+ ( Ya peeps its a + for a reason hehe) using XDA PREMIUM HD
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] duvalbmarley:
Type ##3282# type in msl go to advance scroll down to bottom click LTE and enable it see if this works ...I can't test no LTE coverage for me
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] AliLaPointe:
This issue is so frustrating. 4G LTE is available in a large swath of my neighborhood in New York, yet every time I walk into the areas with the strongest signals, my phone drops all data. WTF Sprint - do something about this.... vent session over.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] chicagoepicuser:
So is this still an issue, even on CM10? I see that CM10 purports to have a eHRPD fix--is that what the problem is?

I'm also due for an upgrade (coming from an Epic 4G), and I really like the hardware build of the Evo LTE. Really hate how plastic-ey the S3 is in comparison. And it doesn't look like Sprint is coming out with another premium LTE phone anytime soon.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ahecht:
Optimus G?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yazyazoo:
Anyone know if JB update will fix the LTE signal?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
A couple early reports in the various threads say yes.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pbedard:
Lte is fixed
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] digiblur:
I will believe it when I see it tested along side some other LTE phones.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] NORCALkID:
Same here 3g/4glte swap works flawlessly

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Shahal:
Would love to see some actual tests to confirm rather than see "yeah it's fixed" spammed here.

Sent from my rooted LTEVO running CM10.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] brnail:
Well, if it is fixed then I can't tell. My wife's GSIII has 4G at home and my EvoLTE does not. It might be better than it was but it is not as good as the GSIII. It is the different between 200kb dl speed on mine and 3mb dl speed on hers.

Very frustrating......
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] browning:
I don't believe it is fixed. I was in downtown Baltimore last night and had to do the airplane mode dance to acquire 4G again. This is very, very disappointing to me.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sgt. slaughter:
And it never will be as they are two diff RF performing devices... No two are the same.

All that can b asked is improvement... Which has been noted.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
I'm in bmore near towson and my lte been working on ICS on sense from day 1. Guess different phones act differently.
[Droid X General] trevorjanssen12:
I got a rom that makes the phone seem like the droid razr but really is not the droid razr, i will upload it when i get home and when i am done with my homework btw i am a teenager so i created the rom by downloading Team Black Hats rom 4.5.621 and i edited it so that way it is my rom i am giving them credit for building the rom.
[Droid X General] hutchjim:
hello

where is it
[Droid X General] Falfner:
Seriously, where is it?
[HTC Sensation] Killchris:
i have clockwork mod & S-on & i currently tried to put cynoden mod & it stuck on the bootloader forever & i heard since my device is s-on i need to smartflash it with 4ext but i cant uninstall clockwork mod to install 4ext since i cant get into my phone Please someone help me my phone is stuck on the Bootloader forever :(
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
hi, see here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1631861

step 2 for 4xet recovery
[HTC Sensation] ThizizKenny:
Download 4ext recovery control. Apk on Google and download a touch recovery straight to your device, or buy it in play store like me
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DDvnguyen:
I have 350MB free Ram
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cryingmoose:
I'm usually around 50% free
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peddarson:
with mrom i have around 500mb left
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saldirai:
and my question is: Does it make any difference? I mean, does free ram bring softer transitions? Because i'm now using go launcher and no matter i have 300+mb ram available, "live wallpaper+app drawer transition" kill me.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravilov:
300 GB?! Wow, you have some pretty beefed up Atrix...

I have 432 MB right now. No, wait... 522. No... 508. Oh, it's back in the 400s now.

(This is just to illustrate the pointlessness of this thread.)

On Android, free RAM is wasted RAM.