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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
E4GT, didn't change my device or my ROM, it will say it's unavailable in your area or try to sell you an EVO Design. Just click you want to do it anyway, send your MEID, update profile and PRL and done. It's Sprint's network so you'll have the same coverage.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mkfryan:
Thanks! I've got an old sprint phone just laying around might just have to give it a try

Making the iPhone jealous one user at a time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Yeah might as well, there is a completely free package.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aenews:
Not Verizon. They lock their phones up quite a bit, that's for sure.

FreedomPop is quite intriguing. Wanted to try it on a spare off-contract HTC Evo 4G lying around, but it has a busted USB port and can't even charge. Too inconvenient to use...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Darknod66:
Why?

why the hell would anyone want to leave sprint?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Adreaver:
Because their promises are empty and their service is terrible.

I have a better phone, on a better network, with better customer service and anytime upgrades, all for less money than I was paying before. (T-Mobile ftw)

In addition, when this thread was first posted, sprint had just made a change to their t&c which allowed a few people to get out of contract with no etc.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Michael61182:
I used to love Sprint, but thier service is terrible at my home. I'm sick of friends and family coming over and everyone has great service and my phone wont even ring becasue it goes back and forth between zero bars and roaming. While job searching recently, I missed plenty of call with phone in hand because phone would not ring and a few minutes later I would get a VM. I complained a few times, hoping to complain enough or threaten to file comlaints with the BBB or the FTC. It was terrible when I was inbetween ISP's as I couldnt do anything on my phone without wifi. The last time I called me, they offered me this service antennae that connects to your internet and gives you reception from home. So I guess for now, I'm okay. What sucks though, is at my new job, inside the office I have 0 -1 bars of service.

I plan on going to Tmobile when my contract is up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] byrdcfmma:
I just checked out Straight Talk prepaid. My Brother-In-Law is using it and he says coverage is great. He has a Nexus 4 and it uses AT&T's towers for $45 a month unlimited up to 2.5g after that they can throttle you. I looked at my usage over the last two years and only went over 2.5 4 times (months).

The funny thing is that I would have stayed with Sprint forever but they just took my discount away when I upgraded my wife's phone. I work as a sub-contractor to the company that has the discount, but now I have to prove I'm an employee which I cant, subcontracting doesnt count any more. Now I am going to have to pay 15% more per month for all 4 of my lines. I thought their service was worth it with the discount, but now I can get better service for about the same price. Way to go Sprint trying to add to their bottom line just cost them a lifetime customer.

Rant Over!!:mad:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pharaoh313:
T-mobile is looking great with a note 3 or s5 next year for me also Samsung seems to be one of the few supporting Micro SD. I have a family plan with 3 lines with sprint with employee discount rounds out to be $170. If I was on a single line I would flash my E4GT-S2 to boost mobile & your bill shrinks down the longer you stay with them. My S2 does everything I need it to could keep it for a few years. Jelly Bean OS, 3 extra batteries with travel charger, MHL HDMI adapter, 64gb micro sd & Rugged Case...personally couldn't ask for more.

1. T-mobile

2. Sprint or Boost Mobile

AT&T & Verizon is to high also data limits is a big turn off for me so no go for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hecronis:
I haven't had too great a luck with CDMA networks in the past. However so far Sprint is doing well for me right now. If I were to change I would most likely go back to Tmobile.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Adreaver:
FYI to everyone in this thread: T-Mobile currently has a promotion where they will buy out your ETF if you port you number and trade in your phone. Work considering for anyone unhappy with spring but stick in a contract
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asd87:
I took that deal and got the N5! Love this phone!!!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zillanilla:
I may be losing it, but I don't see the option that let's you bypass purchasing their EVO. Could the site have changed, perhaps?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Go to www.freedompop.com/byod
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] account3r2:
They have VERY terrible signal. Connection speed aren't too bad... If you can get connected. I live in western Washington near Seattle. They should have more than 1-2 bars, and sometimes it's not even that good of a signal.

- sent via SPH-D710 Epic 4G Touch (16GB, black, rooted TouchWiz Android 4.1.2)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] byrdcfmma:
Exactly!!! If you are a cell service provider and you have to give away an airave to boost your signal so people can use your service, something is wrong somewhere.

IMO, If they would spend less money on marketing and more on updating their service and towers, they would probably take a lot of biz from AT&T and Verizon.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] account3r2:
YES OMG THEIR ADVERTISING. I completely agree with you. It's ridiculous :/

- sent via SPH-D710 Epic 4G Touch (16GB, black, rooted TouchWiz Android 4.1.2)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asd87:
Left for T-Mobile. Best decision I've made. I would get horrible service, signal and customer both were just so bad. Love T-mobile and my nexus 5
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
Yes! I made the same change and love it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Alkah0liK:
Verizon is completely locked down with bootloader and Knox infused into nearly every aspect of the phone (s4 and notes at least) - factory image, kernel, pre installed apps and security certificate checks. There are or is shall I say some great "patches"to open up a bit, but stay away if a stock kernel and virtual slot for a tweaked stock rom as the only option is not your cup of tea. Or unless you have great coding and De - engineering skill to help break Knox or find an exploit.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] El.Dante565:
Maybe Verizon

It is tough to leave sprint because I personally love the unlimited data and all the other unlimited stuff they offer, but I would say if I were to leave sprint I'd probably go with Verizon. I reason I would go with them is because their coverage seems a lot better, especially when it comes to 4g.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stonesaber:
I went back to Verizon after being with sprint for 2 years because of the coverage. It's sooooo nice to be able to use data when I need it and actually have speed. I have a family plan with 4 lines and 4gb of shared data and we only use about 2gb/month so it works for us. I have a Moto X and Droid Maxx and have found that although the Moto X has it's bootloader locked(my Maxx is the Dev. edition), I don't really need custom ROMs with this phone. Root and Xposed is all that is necessary IMO.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zillanilla:
Thanks! I've made it this far but the site doesn't seem to like the couple meid's i've thrown it (evo lte, samsung epic touch, even a touch pro 2)...any pointers?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
What does it do? The Epic Touch will be the only one that works.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gorei23:
Honestly, I can't see myself leaving Sprint. Since I have my family's lines all together (3) with unlimited talk, text, and data for fairly cheap for 3 lines.

Also, I would run through my 2gb of data so fast on a limited plan, it wouldn't be worth it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] byrdcfmma:
you must be in a great service area. Mine on the other hand keeps getting worse. It doesnt cost them a thing to give me unlimited everything, because I cant access it most of the time. In May, I'm getting a Nexus and going to a virtual carrier that uses AT&T towers and everyone in my family will be moving too when their contracts are up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gorei23:
I believe my plan is no longer available, but I've been grandfathered into it.

I get unlimited everything on 3 lines for $110 a month.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
I would have kept Sprint if I was getting that deal.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yellowman82:
I stayed with Sprint got a lg g flex and heres the speed im getting at work from band 41
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gorei23:
My free upgrade's coming up soon, I'm not sure what to get...

The Galaxy Note III or the Nexus?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yellowman82:
How soon? Cuz i heard that really soon sprint was getting rid of the 2yr upgrade thing and just have that program pay that there wasn't going to be no more subsidising the phone anymore and it was like maybe within 60~90 more days
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gorei23:
In a month or two, hopefully they don't remove it before that. D:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
If you guys are thinking about switching to tmobile.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Adreaver:
+1. LTE is crazy fast, and h/h+ is steady 15mbps+, and its everywhere.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yellowman82:
Why leave sprint? Lol im paying $45+ tax a month and im getting these cant beat that lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
Because I'm paying 50 with tax included and I actually get service everywhere. On Sprint I only had some sort of good connection in downtown in one of the few 4G cities they have. My bill was 80 flat after my discount. Once they removed my discount I was getting charged 110.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crazy_dragonlady:
Wow.. it's sure been a while since I've been around here!! :D

Anyways, we left Sprint a couple of years ago and we just signed up with AT&T.... I'm thinking about getting a new phone since my ET4G is still working on my wifi from home.. just doesn't have any service with any carrier.. so basically it's a camera and I check my email/web on it too.

Sooo... anyone else here use AT&T?? Pros?? Cons??

TIA

ttfn

CDL
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Pro= good service

Con= expensive as hell & no unlimited plan for data
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yellowman82:
Bingo this right here and also the service i say depends in the area as to i have some friends that doesn't like them here in Miami
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crazy_dragonlady:
The service doesn't seem too bad for either one of our phones.. as far as the price goes, it's actually much cheaper than the Unlimited Everything Family plan I had through Sprint. Instead of spending 180+ per month we're spending less than 100! But I am at home most of the time so I use my wifi through my internet provider so we don't use all that much data.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
I'm using metropcs aka tmobile on my Nexus 5 in Miami and the experience is amazing. Full LTE coverage in the entire city.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yellowman82:
Yea i know its good here in miami i have a co worker with metro and i did some speed test on their phone and noticed some nice speeds im not sure about the coverage but im sure it should be good.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jahjah440:
Been on T-Mobile for a month now using an Xperia Z1s. Places where I would get 1x (or even no signal) before, I now usually get full 4G LTE. How people even stay on Sprint when there is carriers so much better is beyond me.

Epic 4G Touch will always hold a place in my heart though!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
Gsm coverage is the same as t-mobile. I checked coverage maps and tmobile pretty much is the best. Way better coverage than att through the entire state. Check out some coverage maps and see for yourself.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
I would also say that a pro is that they have a pretty good selection of phones, but Sprint and TMo are really gaining ground on AT&T and Verizon. TMo is the only thing that would take me away from Sprint (I use Ting but it's all Sprint). Verizon and AT&T are scams in my opinion and nickel and dime you for everything. I can't count the number of bill disputes I had with AT&T... My first bill was $600, I flipped.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crazy_dragonlady:
Hmm.. now I'm wondering if we made the right choice?

We were with Sprint for over 8 years but just couldn't keep paying the price they wanted for the plan we were on. Hubby just got his phone yesterday so we haven't received a bill yet and the phone he got isn't listed on here at all as being able to be rooted ... although he doesn't want me to do it anyways.... I just told him that if it's not rooted you have very limited control over what apps access the data in the background.

Hopefully it won't make us overrun our data limit!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yellowman82:
Well it all depends on the area and location what some folks tend to forget is that sprint really never had helped like they have it now with the softbank dealed. We talking about an asia guy here these fools dont like to lose at anything and they are so updated over there compare to us here in the US when it comes to network and such. Folks can bash sprint right now all they want what happened 3~10 years ago was 3~10 years ago with softbank guiding them and helping them i say by 2016 or earlier sprint will be giving big red and atat a run for their money here's speeds I've gotten and thats only on band 41 with not even full bar i could just imagine on band 26 when it lits up in miami in june/july.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yellowman82:
Me i had the note 2 when the note 3 came out and i found out it wasn't spark capable i was pissed cuz i really wanted that phone and no lie i was actually thinking if i get the note 3 im jumping ship to tmobile im not a fan of hungry greedy carriers like Verizon and atat but i decided to wait before i jump ship i went and brought the lg g flex and comes to found out i had sprint spark active and got great coverage and data speeds as you can see from the pic i posted.

Plus i had joined a framily plan which is a new plan with no contract up to 10 lines everyone or every group gets their own bill my monthly bill now because we have 9 people in our tree i pay $25/month plus $20 more for unlimited data then plus tax so if you ask me i got a great deal and have sprint spark in my area so im good.

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I could imagine lol a friend of mines was spending so much with verizon that it led him to be broke lol he couldn't do certain things that he wanted to do he was always in debt but now he's with atat and its only because his job pays for it. Me i have 4 lines we was paying a total of $260 its thats without tax for 4 lines but now with the framily plan we paying $140 without tax which is good 1 of the line she gets her own separate bill which is $25 plus $20 for unlimited data so she paying about $45 plus tax a month me my cousin and my little brother have our own separate bill together and the other 5 folks in the tree well idk about them lol.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mdamargo:
Hi,

I need some help. I have an unlocked O2 XDA 1 bought from abroad. It is unlocked and i currrently use SMART sim card. Phone and text messaging is doing fine. Except for internet access and MMS. There is a menu that shows autoconfigure but shows all O2-UK etc. and Manx network. when press autoconfigure O2 settings show up. How can i configure settings in my network? Thanks and hope you can help me.

matt
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Revontheus:
Guys please help me

I'm planning to downgrade my Sola to GB 2.3.7 Central Europe Version ( though I am from Asia ). What must I do before I flash the ftf file to my phone

and what happens after the downgrade does the phone work normal and all and what happens to the apps that come with the phone like PlayStore and Quickoffice Please answer thanks alot
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] XqepX:
You have nothing to do, just flash the ftf :) But if you have an unlocked Bootloader you should relock it, otherwise you'll brick your phone :) After flashing the GB .ftf all your data will be lost. You can also uncheck the data box but it won't help, cause you'll get many FC's if you are on ICS/JB and use those data on an older system ;)

And yeah your sola should work normally :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rakz992:
Do you have unlocked bootloader? if yes, go on flash the ftf..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Revontheus:
I never rooted my Xperia Sola, I bought it as it is with ICS does that mean I can go on with the flashing? :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rakz992:
No!! you need to unlock your bootloader to downgrade to GB..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] XqepX:
[MENTION=5143953]rakz992[/MENTION]

No? I can downgrade also with my locked BL from Stock ICS to Stock GB?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dd98:
lol98lol98, you dont have to re-lock your bootloader when downgrading because i have downgraded from stock ics to gb a lot of times without problems. all you need to check is WIPE: DATA, CACHE, APPSLOG and NO FINAL VERIFICATION. and if you do downgrade you dont lose any of your files on your sd card
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrHollow:
Hello,

I've been looking for an answer on the forums but the responses on this question seem downright stupid or at least completely off the mark. What i want to know is why when i try to move an application to the EXTERNAL SD CARD (Kingmax Class 10 32gb microsd) it says that it moves the application on the sdcard but when i try to view the folders and everything on the external sd CARD it's as if nothing is changed no folders are added and the size does not change. On the phone it says that the application is on the SD Card, is this a BUG or what exactly is going on? :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayceOoi:
It does not move games data but the games application itself only.

More info @ Galaxy S4 Move to SD card
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrHollow:
I understand what you mean but if i look into the android folder on the ext sdcard there is no application even though i've set all my apps to be moved on the microsd. Are they hidden or something?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayceOoi:
At hidden Apps2SD folder.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simone.mutti:
same problem :( but if I use the Apps2SD to move apps, then I can see the application on the SD card, why??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayceOoi:
The built-in function is useless. See my blog for details.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oakley470:
My phone is showing it's up to date but it does not have the latest up date that the non dev version has installed. Plugging it in to kies gives me an error about the phone not being supported for updates that way. Is everyone's like this or is there something wrong with mine? Its fresh out of the box with no modifications.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kaiya_FL:
Probably not in its current form because that update locks up the phone so you can flash ROMs, kernels, and such. All that can be gained is root. However, you might try the Darkslide SG4 VRUAME7 ROM. It is said to have all the goodness of the ME7 update and none of the bad. I haven't tried it yet but it looks pretty nice.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iSpLak:
is there any solution for these.? like phone wont boot on when i am charging. thanks

cm10.1:confused:
[Motorola Droid 3] PassingThruLife:
I have a droid xt862 flashed with the chinese gsm radio. when i turn it off and turn it back on,it says "sim detected" and goes to global.

Any way to keep it on GSM/UMST all the time?

Thanks.
[Motorola Droid 3] every1nosme:
Did you put the proper modified build.prop into the system folder in the phone? The first time I did the process I got so impatient with it that I apperantly forgot to follow the last step and do this and it didn't seem to want to work right. I've never seen that happen when doing the radio swap correctly so I would assume that something was done incorrectly. Btw, I didn't use the build.prop found in the first post in that thread but used one further down in the thread. If you pm me your email I can try to send it to you as I think its saved on my sd card somewhere.
[Motorola Droid 3] PassingThruLife:
yes i used the edited one and i also modified a few things that other users said would help.

i will pm you my email. thanks for the help.
[Motorola Droid 3] XDADoog:
I also had the same problem, there is a ro.rill you can add, the thing is that the phone would be on global but it won't look into the cdma settings.

(verify the sintax, just in case)

ro.ril.lteOnCdmaDevice=0

ro.ril.lteOnGSMDevice=1

persist.radio.ap.phonetype=2

persist.ril.modem.mode=2

The last two (after reading) apparently force the phone to stay into the gsm band instead of going to cdma. I am still looking for additional ones since the 3G coverage in my area is pretty bad and when it falls back to edge I can't do a thing, just voice calls, no data.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cpetzny:
Hello,

I recently bought a 64Gb HTC One from MobiCity here in the UK. The phone that arrived turns out to be the Australian/Hong Kong version (model number PN07140) and came with an Australian power supply (two angled pins). I don't ordinarily have a problem with that, but every time I try to upgrade the Android 4.1.2 currently on the phone to 4.2.2, it tells me that no updates are available for my phone. As I understand it Android 4.2.2 has been available in the UK for some time and in Australia/Hong Kong too.

Does anyone know why it's not finding the update? Is it because the phone is away from 'home'?

Thanks,

Chris.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC>Samsung:
The 4.2.2 update hasn't been officially released for the unlocked Australian HTC One. It rolled out for Telstra today but the unlocked model still has not received the update which is a bit disappointing, as it is I'm on Optus waiting for them to push out the update.

Edit: The update had just been pushed out to the unlocked Australian HTC one with CID 039 and my Optus model. Check for the ota again and if it's not there, check your CID and hopefully it should be 039. Going to sleep now, will be back tomorrow.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cpetzny:
Yep, it's just popped up on my phone. Me and my impatience. Downloading it now...

Thanks,

Chris.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] tomj333:
Hi,

As we all know you cant use HD video recording using the stock camera app on 4.2.x and 4.3 i have searched and tried various apps/solutions with little or no results.

I then stumbled accross an app on the play store called "Camera ICS"

Link below.

Camera ICS

This records in HD and allows you to use the full 8MP camera.

Im sorry if this has been posted before but just thought i'd help anyone out who was suffering like me.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ObscureDreamer:
Hi Everyone,

I've been recently doing reading on my phone Xperia Arc. I had originally received it from Rogers (I think 2 years ago). It WAS a locked phone but I unlocked the bootloaded and rooted it and now have custom kernel and rom.

Here is the question though.

When I used Ominious to unlock my bootloader (only way to unlock it since it was rogers branded) it also gave me info about my phone and it says that my chipset is MSM7X30 !!!!!

So I did further reading and I read that the Arc should have come with a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM 8255 Snapdragon - WHAT is the MSM7X30 all about!!!???

Also - if I go to 'settings>apps>running' to view my ram between my used and free I have a total of 356mb ram!!!!!

Wasn't the arc SUPPOSE to have 500mb?????

So does Rogers have some sort of scam going on - giving people phone with the wrong 'guts' or am I misunderstanding something?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] om22:
msm7xxx and 8xxx are the same chip. and some ram is disabled for the camera and the system. everything is alright with your device.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ObscureDreamer:
Thanks! That is good to know! I thought I had a conspiracy on my hands! lol. Thank you for clearing that up for me! I wish the phone WOULD just show the ENTIRE RAM and just show where it is all allocated :) .
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s.bluedreams:
Its OK dont worry