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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dreDrennon1:
I don't know what kind of store it was but he called to ask me about a possible merger between the 2 companies when he saw it to see if I had heard anything because I worked for Sprint at the time I told I had not heard anything and he said his phone was branded Sprint with the Sprint logo in the battery compartment but the outside was metro pcs branding the phone he had at the time was their version of the original Motorola photon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] shabbypenguin:
no corporate store would do that, they would rather try to sell you the phones metropcs actually has, they stopped the metroflash service for that reason

there was no version of the photon for them, us cellular had the electrify, but metropcs has NEVER had a moto android device

edit: turns out they did have a few metro phones here was their last one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXqXijDNvlU
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
I've seen plenty do that. I have brothers who are distributors and sell a couple dozen phones at a time to cricket and metro.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dreDrennon1:
Yeah that is the phone so it was us cellular my bad I got the little guys mixed up they both might as well be straight talk as far as I am concerned lol I don't have either one of them here in Nashville so I don't know what metro flash is bro Lol we have Sprint, Verizon, at&t, t mobile, cricket and simple mobile oh and of course straight talk thanks to Wal-Mart

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Either way it was a small company in a weak Sprint coverage area with Sprint branding inside the phone battery compartment
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] shabbypenguin:
:P not a problem. and since the reverse merger with tmobile is almost done, id suggest you keep your eye on metropcs. they had the first lte phone, first lte service in america, merged with tmobile to become the 4th largest carrier in america. now they have an agressive 2 year plan to shut off cdma and switch all of their prepaid customers to gsm within that time. as it turns out 60%+ of metro's customer upgrade their devices at least once a year. it will be interesting to see how much metro's cheap plans will end up cutting a hole into tmobile's famous 30 dollar plan.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dreDrennon1:
We will see what happens I mean you merge with another company to be number 4 that doesn't sound like you are trying to make power moves to me that really won't affect us in our market because T-Mobile is not holding their own very well around here because their coverage sucks here for every 10 stores of the big 3 you see maybe 2 T-Mobile stores and all 4 have call centers here when I worked at Verizon when we had our quarterly meetings they wouldn't even mention T-Mobile if they did it was because they were the punch line of a joke lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] optimummind:
I've been with Sprint for the first time since May of last year and I'm excited for them and what they have in store for us. I hope they bring 4G LTE to more areas quicker. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Truitt.Jack:
Most people just consider T-Mobile just a regional carrier, specific to the west coast. So on the coverage end I don't think Sprint, being the nationwide carrier that they are, has anything to worry about. All I can see is that if Sprint doesn't pick up momentum on the west coast with LTE that T-Mobile could catch up. Right now the only real place that T-Mobile has LTE that Sprint doesn't yet is in Arizona, but Sprint is rolling it out now. Also, now with the SoftBank investment, Sprint has much more capital for a long term LTE and LTE-Advanced deployment. So with all these recent happenings, I see no reason to switch carriers :laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sweets55:
Time will tell...After 14 years with Sprint I keep thinking about getting T-Mobile. I like not having to pay full price on phones though. Heck i make money. LoL. I have 5 lines so always have a upgrade to use.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ChristianPreachr:
With SoftBank and Clear, Sprint has far too much potential for any of us to start being hasty. If your with the girl when she's fat...don't leave when she starts going to the gym.

They only problem they have is their roaming agreement. They have never solidified a good contract for it. The New plans even limit your roaming data and voice, it's they're only down fall imo. But when the build is near complete, that won't be an issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] csm11:
I'm not so sure. Since I've gotten my Galaxy S4 I've had nothing but problems with data connection in the Minneapolis area. I have yet to achieve any 4g or LTE signal and the 3g signal is very slow. I've looked at 'coverage maps' and they all say there is 4g coverage in the area but I've never ever been able to connect to it. My LTE setting is turned on but it never finds LTE.

Am I missing something here?

EDIT: There really wasn't a problem with my HTC EVO 3D either so I don't get it..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Evo is Wimax which isn't being deployed anymore. Unless your city has been announced to have LTE. It is still in testing phase.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] neonsector:
nice joke

I been hearing this for a year and a half now, **Sprint upgrades 21 new cities!!!*** (320 population each) so they look big on paper.

The phoenix Tucson, Yuma area was suppose to have LTE by the end of 2012, then we jumped on 1st quater 2013, then by beginning of summer, now we are finding out we are not even on the 3rd phase which means end of 2014 if that.

If it wasn't for their 525 minimum credit score 2 line approval they would be bankrupt long time ago.

They are as bad as cricket., even tho, cricket has 4g LTE in Tucson/phoenix area...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Cricket runs on Sprints network. Well at least for the 3G. And voice coverage.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ascertion:
Sprint's forced to announce their "markets" as cities/towns because that's how Verizon/AT&T are doing it. It'll look bad on Sprint if they announced a third of the cities, while their competitors announce a lot more. Also - while I cannot show you confidential information, Sprint has A LOT of 3G upgrades in Arizona (Phoenix and Tucson market). 4G LTE will be ready when Sprint's competitors make the backhaul available. Backhaul availability is the ONLY thing holding Sprint back (and possibly city permits). If anything, it's Sprint's competitors that are limiting you on Sprint since AT&T and Verizon have their own backhaul on many towers/sites.

Let me just say - I was in your boat about Sprint in regards to how bad their network performed, but once LTE hit my house, I'm VERY glad I stuck out this long. Trust me, the wait is WORTH it. Not to mention, Tucson/Phoenix has a lot of CDMA 800 being rolled out so voice coverage should dramatically increase to the level of Verizon/AT&T.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] reverepats:
Nice thread!

Should definitely keep this updated with the progress, cause I'm actually looking g forward to testing changes. Being close to downtown Boston, there's so much cell traffic, hoping that may be one of the improvements. I'm always rooting for the underdogs. People slam Sprint alot, and for good reason. I hope they come out on top from all this.

Its tough to depict the future, but i hope it's all get well
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FanOfSkynyrd:
Not sure where you got your info but Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma markets were pushed up in NV deployment not pushed back. It is underway in Yuma, we should have LTE shortly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] grncherry:
It doesn't matter what they do there is still one major problem as far as the consumer is concerned.....CDMA. No matter what phones they offer you are still locked into their network. I've realized that if I'm going to spend $600 plus on a phone I want to use it with whatever carrier I please. GSM will always be the way to go.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Oh really so you are saying that is MY biggest concern. Interesting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] grncherry:
Maybe not your concern, but it's evident that consumers are getting sick of having atrocious service with a carrier and be confined to said bad service for 2 years. Hence all the no contract, trade every 6 months and pay as you go deals at present. For example, if I purchased a $1200 flat-screen and wanted to change from Comcast to Verizon as my cable provider, it is totally stupid to have to go out and buy a new T.V. because it wouldn't work on Verizon's system.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lafester:
there is no such phone available.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
I don't believe that to be a good enough comparison. But its a persons fault for not doing some research on how good service the big 4 are in your area. Before signing a two year contract. See who has a plan that fits your budget then go from there. Every carrier has their ups and there downs. Sprints happens to be the cheapest contracts ATM for average service.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sprintnerd:
I agree, I have been with Sprint for 15 years and they may have not been the best but they have always been the cheapest. I think with the New arrivals of Softbank & Clearwire things can only goes up . jmo :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] grncherry:
At least with a GSM phone there are choices of multiple carriers, with Sprint phones you lost all other options.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] illdini:
What about the MVNOs that allow you to use Sprint phones?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2177462
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] grncherry:
Wow, lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Truitt.Jack:
This is in the Galaxy S 4 thread... the Sprint GS4 is a world phone and has CDMA, GSM, and LTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Truitt.Jack:
Yeah my 3G speeds have gotten soooo much better! Back in 2010 I could barely pull 0.6 Mb/s down on average and maxed out at probably 0.9. I don't even want to mention how bad the upload speeds were... Now I consistently get 1+ Mb/s down and I have got up to about 2.5 down with 1+ up. Numbers don't lie, that's a huge improvement. I'm expecting LTE by the end of this year, but I'm not really complaining with how my 3G speeds are looking.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
As far as I know it won't work on TMobile or Att. But you are right for the past 5 years or so Sprint has had world phones. Most popular was the Blackberry world edition. Then the photon series and now the GS4.just because Sprint is a CDMA network doesn't mean its phones aren't capable of GSM :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] neonsector:
I heard different about the CDMA 800 not being able to get permits being so close to the Mexican border, at least for the Tucson area that I am in.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] FanOfSkynyrd:
And Yuma as well where I am...since we're so close to the border, the 800 band will not be used until a deal is struck with Mexico...not holding my breath on that one
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] grncherry:
GSM is immaterial, it is useless in the US. Therefore you have no choices here, might as well not even have it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Truitt.Jack:
Both AT&T and T-Mobile operate GSM networks, and Verizon is expanding to GSM as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ascertion:
You're right about T-Mobile and At&t but what makes you think Verizon is moving towards gsm technology? They're expanding LTE in different bands in the Aws spectrum but they're not rolling out HSDPA or HSDPA+. Verizon's 2g/3g footprint is too large to switch technologies now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] grncherry:
But,from what I understand Verizon does not lockdown their GSM sims on Android phones as Sprint does. Hence my statement regarding the lack of choice with a Sprint phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CCallahan:
Spoke to Sprint this morning because reception has been spotty. They said my area was currently getting LTE and 3g upgrades on all towers and the 800mhz spectrum was getting utilized. Sounds like they are making use of the new spectrum and should have LTE on both 800 and 1900 here shortly. They couldn't tell me what was being upgraded on 3g, if it is just a spectrum optimization or what but that will be occurring sometime in the next 3 months. According to them the network upgrades are pretty aggressive at this time.

Weird thing is I have noticed significant roaming agreement changes (whereas data roaming was included in plan before but now it costs extra) and network reduction in rural areas. I'm a bit confused at the moment on what Sprint's thinking is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
From my understanding Sprint was only going to have LTE in 1900 as 800 is just got voice coverage.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CCallahan:
I could easily be mistaken. Was told there will be dual frequency LTE phones out this year for both but my sources aren't exactly legit. As long as 3g and 4g speeds improve (especially 3g) and coverage gets stronger I'll be happy.

Should get better building penetration for voice at least.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lafester:
No 800 is not just voice. LTE 800 is coming. Expect TRI band lte phones this year.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Sources please.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sainthooligan:
"...MiFi 500 LTE is among the first tri-band devices to join Sprint’s family of mobile broadband devices providing access to Sprint’s 4G LTE network at 800MHz, 1.9GHz and 2.5GHz...."

Straight from the horses mouth to be available July 19: http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/sprint-offers-tri-band-4g-lte-with-mifi-500-lte-by-novatel-wireless-available-on-july-19.htm

no doubt phones will follow suit shortly...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ascertion:
http://gigaom.com/2013/07/15/sprint...te-devices-from-netgear-and-novatel-wireless/

Triband devices are LTE devices that can support LTE in the 800, 1900, and 2500 Mhz bands. 800 Mhz is the old Nextel Spectrum Sprint will be using for Voice and LTE. 1900 is their standad LTE running on PCS spectrum which is currently being deployed. Then 2500 will be for Clearwire's LTE which will be added to certain sites for capacity and speeds will be as high as 168mbps as Clearwire has a TON of spectrum that can handle those speeds.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Truitt.Jack:
Hmm? 800 is still LTE.. as in for data not voice.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Truitt.Jack:
The GS4 is capable of the entire range of Sprint's spectrum.

The bands supported are as follows:

800 MHz, 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2600 MHz
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CCallahan:
Where are you finding these? Not seeing a 2600.

This is what I see listed from Samsung for the S4:

LTE Bands 1/2/4/5/7/17 25 (1900MHz); CDMA 1x/EVDO Rev A, Tri-band: 800/850/1900 MHz; HSPA+/UMTS Dual-band: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz; GSM Quad-band: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Thanks for the sources you guys. BTW what is tri-band ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CCallahan:
Just what I quickly found on it: http://www.phonescoop.com/glossary/term.php?gid=136
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sainthooligan:
dual-band < tri-band > quad-band

or

More sturdy than a rubberband

or

this:http://www.setlist.fm/setlists/triband-33d75c15.html

or

that: https://www.google.com/search?q=tri-band

take your pick...:eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Haha. So that's why Tmobiles Penta-band phones are the most expensive.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sainthooligan:
...and here they come...

http://m.androidcentral.com/sprint-...d-lte-phones-lg-g2-galaxy-s4-mini-galaxy-mega
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Tornlogic:
I'm running JellyBeans build 18 on Perseus, and I'm trying to get this game to work. When I goto the play store, it says my device is not compatible. Any ideas? I see people give reviews of the game using a note 2, so I feel a little left out.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ILMF:
You should be able to modify your build.prop so the play store thinks you have a tablet. Careful, make sure you have a backup before doing anything.

Here's a thread at XDA on the subject: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1948558

and here's a site that lists the build.prop files for nearly every device: http://openbuildprop.scheffsblend.com/version/4.1.2

Again, careful or you can completely bork your device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
You can also download the Market Helper app. You have to download it from the devs site though cause Google refuses to allow it on the Play Store
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Tornlogic:
None of this works. I've manually changed the build prop to indicate I'm running a galaxy 10.1, I've used Market Helper. What I really need is the variables in which Magic 2014 is looking for in the build prop, because what I'm using keeps saying its incompatible.

I can't find ANYWHERE what those variables are. Its frustrating because I've read about many people getting the note 2 to work, but they won't disclose what settings they are using. I'm hoping someone can say:

ro.product.model=?

ro.build.version=?

Other variables?

what works with Magic 2014?!?!?!

I've spent WAY to much time trying to get this to work, it's so frustrating, and it seems so simple.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bryan792:
Hi,

I tried to cut down my old sim card to micro sim to try and fit the note 2; however, when i try and use it, the network says unknown and out of service. It is however getting my phone number and voicemail number. Before I cut it down, the sim card was working on my old phone. If it matters, I see that my imei is still there and it says it is clean on checkesn. I won't have another sim card or device to test on anytime soon. Does the situation make sense? Thank you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] wyvernwaddell:
Is touted phone carrier unlocked? Of its not, you'll want to do that soon :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] EyLaTnOgN:
The simple slightest cut of gold can ruin service.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Product F(RED):
The phone's IMEI might be marked as lost or stolen. Check here:

http://www.t-mobile.com/verifyIMEI.aspx
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] nismo35:
I thought i would give this a try:

http://www.tmart.com/Push-pull-Metal-Frame-Case-for-Samsung-I9500-Black-m04092_p186003.html

I've also tried these:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2309103

Overall i am happy with the dumper. The inner is lines with material to help cushion the phone while installed.

The front of the cases slide is secure and did not slide off while in my pocket. The case has cutouts for all ports and buttons. Depending on your preference you may or may not like that. Personally i like it to be covered.

Case feels solid in the hand, adds a little bulk but not too bad:

In terms of weight it is comparable to other bumpers out there:
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] crazyguns:
I'm surprised no one replied to you! This looks epic! I know I'm very late but do you have any feedback on this after using it for almost 2 years?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] syrixcom:
Can anyone make an Unlock Software for the USA Version of BlueAngel Without the Wifi HTC Harriot Version.

The unlock code is stored in the NVRam, if anyone can make a software that can read the NVRam including the directories is even better. I know were the MSL code is kept.

The model I am using is Sprint PPC-6600 with Camera.

I would be grateful if anyone could make this little tool.

Please let me know

Regards

Bryan
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeRL100:
So I download this X-Ray vulnerability scanner app (it's legit) and scan my device. To my surprise, even my Nightly is vulnerable to the mempodroid exploit. Should this concern me enough to file a CM bug report? By the way I use Franco kernel so if this is a legit exploit should I consider contacting him? See original G+ thread. https://plus.google.com/117694138703493912164/posts/AfNQ7cT9JYV
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pyro_iiv:
Mempodroid is a root exploit and considering that CM comes pre-rooted you shouldn't have anything to worry about :P
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeRL100:
Oh good. What a relief. So that means we have no known vulnerabilities. That's good. Take that Apple.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scream4cheese:
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/152836-android-master-key-security-flaw-affects-900m-devices/
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
If people are worried about security they should not be rooting their devices to begin with.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Oh you have many valid points. My statement was more for the average user that really has no use for root. They root and flash cause they think it is cool.

The carriers and OEMs are trying to do something to stop it. The are locking bootloaders and making unrootable kernels (Samsung) To be honest I think this is a good idea for most users. They have no really need for those things and only end up with issues cause they have no idea what they are doing.

Cm Released a set of patches today to block some of the security issues.

See that is the issue with With OEM. Google cant force them to do anything. All the carrier has to do is take the AOSP code and add their stuff to it. No one can say what they have to add or not. This is why I only get nexus devices. I watched Euro devices get updated by the OEM while the US based devices never saw any updates at all. Including security updates that the OEM had issued. As long as the Carriers control what happens to the devices there is nothing that we can really do.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeRL100:
#Nexus4Lyfe I wish this was G+. I felt like a stupid hash tag would be appropriate.
[HTC Droid DNA] -DroidIsDNA-:
For anyone interested, I pulled the system/apk from carbon. It has blacklist which I love..its also truly inverted!

Just copy and paste into your /system/apps change permissions to rw, r, r fix permissions, reboot and boom! Enjoy

http://db.tt/dHW1XuBH
[HTC Droid DNA] pimpcorp:
I've been looking for this, thanks.
[HTC Droid DNA] -DroidIsDNA-:
Glad I helped!

As always, hit the thanks if this works for you and report back with any questions...
[HTC Droid DNA] axe97:
Thanks! Blacklist is a feature I like as well.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eabosco1997:
who can upload xperia tipo dual Settings.apk plss!:crying::crying::crying:
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] DPxMiro:
extract from the .ftf firmware of xperia tipo
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
Queries And Questions relating to my ROM CanXperia will be solved here! :)
[Micromax A110] CrashOverride1995:
hey how to use d throw feature it says no device found even if i have devices connected to d same network!!
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
Try this! :) Xperia Throw feature!
[Micromax A110] CrashOverride1995:
I tried it but still no luck d ui shown on d site is diff. from d one in d Rom of yours I never get to select d type of device or add a device it just starts searching n says no device found
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
I'll try n guide or patch if required! :)
[Micromax A110] CrashOverride1995:
So how long will it take to be fixed
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
I have college bro! I don't have much time! Maybe 3-4 days! :)