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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hrffd:
Never knew that, thanks i'll look into it.

But I still have the problem where my contract ends in September, and I don't PCS to Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs until January.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mkfryan:
Go off contact until then with sprint or go prepaid, your not obligated to stay or sign a new contract with them
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Zawaser:
Verizon for sure. All my friends with Verizon constantly have signal plus Verizon has 4g in my area while Sprint doesn't. The 2gb of mobile data doesn't really bother me as I hardly use mobile data honestly.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mkfryan:
My wife and I didn't use much with sprint so we did the 6gigs shared with att with the exponentially faster network we use more than 5 using our phones the same ways just able to do so much more quicker

EDIT: We previously had been using less than 3 combined with sprint
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Nuenjin:
I've been with sprint for a few years, like 10, and I have a few discounts that I don't want to walk away from lightly. Certainly wouldn't jump to big red or big blue. I live near memphis now and sprint, in terms of data, is either great or terrible. Even with the supposed upgrades.

In these parts you go with c-spire, an at&t competitor, or t-mobile. IF I ever leave Sprint, it will be to T-M, no matter where I live.

BTW, cricket only roams with Sprint. They have their own GSM based network on par, in terms of coverage/price ratio to metropcs.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rseiler:
Thanks for your post.

I'm starting to plow through these. Am I correct in that you can't get away without paying some sort of monthly fee even with zero usage? Even Ting, which otherwise looks great, is $6 (plus taxes, fees, etc)

I'm just looking for something for extremely occasional use, mainly voice, but data would be nice. I might go months without using the plan at all. I don't think such a thing exists, but I'd be happy to be wrong.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Some of those prepaid plans with the cards allow you to only pay for what you use, just make sure the minutes/data don't expire.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigSplit:
I will be leaving for T-mo as soon as my contract is up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Clariel:
I'm actually a boost mobile user, but as soon as my husband's AT&T contract is up we're both going to switch to T-Mobile's super cheap prepaid plan. (It would be very different if I was still living in the middle of nowhere though; the town I grew up in has no T-Mobile signal anywhere :rolleyes:)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] g4me0v3r:
I am thinking about switching to T-Mobile due to the terrible service that I get with Sprint. The only thing is, I have difficulty in terms of whether or not to wait for the next batch of phones to come out or to get something that is out now.

For what it's worth, although this phone wasn't the greatest, it was my first Android device and the E4GT community, the devs/forum participants, in particular, are what really helped me to make the best of this phone and it is definitely going to suck going to another carrier/phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 88cavalierz24:
tmobile, ive been testing it in my area on the $30/month 100mins/unlimited txt 5gb of 4g speeds and i must say im very happy with it. Picked up an lg optimus g pro to use on tmobile. My contract for sprint is up in november. I never really had an issue with my e4gt its just showing its age compared to the new phone. I get 20+mbs down on tmobile 4glte its awesome, compared to sprints barely there 3g.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
Are those free nights and weekends minutes?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] WheresTrent:
Thinking of going to T-Mobile as soon as I decide on a phone (right now it seems to be between the LG G2 and the still-not-announced HTC One Max; the E4GT has soured me on anything with the Samsung name, even if the hardware in the S4 and N2/3 are improved). Interested in reading about this $30/mo prepaid plan. I don't talk much on my phone anyway, just text and data. I'll have to look into that when the time is right (c'mon HTC...).

I was looking at Verizon, but unless my next job has a deal with them, or pays a ton of money, I might stick with T-Mobile or even AT&T. Do I trust Sprint to roll-out the new LTE here, and at a decent time? Not really.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
What's wrong with the E4GT compared to other devices that came out at the same time? EVO LTE? Yeah that was a POS. Sorry but for its time, this was the best phone out (on Sprint at least). Yes technology has moved ahead, but I have had zero problems with this device.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mkfryan:
+1 couldn't agree more, I moved to att and got the s3 in ways I think the e4gt had more on the s3. Don't get me wrong I love my s3. Just a word to the masses watching data usage sucks...

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] WheresTrent:
The GPS is garbage, the Wi-Fi drops, Samsung hot-shotted the S3 out, so the carriers & Samsung dumped the S2 by the wayside as far as official updates. I've had enough with mine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Name another Gingerbread device that got official Jelly Bean... Just saying. Never had any problems with GPS or Wi-Fi (I know a lot of people have had problems with GPS, I'll give you that one). I was totally against Samsung and was an HTC fanboy until I had to do an emergency upgrade and this was the best device for free. Totally changed my mind about Sammy. I have heard nothing but happy people with the S3s, S4s, and Note Series. I personally want an Xperia really bad tho and that's why I am really considering T-Mo.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] g4me0v3r:
This was my first Android device so I don't have much to compare it to, but everyone from this community made it such a great experience. For what it was, the E4GT was a decent device, sure it had it's ups and downs, that's to be expected with electronics, but the devs on XDA made this phone a fantastic, first-time Android experience for me.

I just switched over to T-Mo yesterday with the HTC One, since I wanted to try something different and the WiFi Calling option reeled me in. Stock, out-the-box it is a fantastic device, but a part of me misses TouchWiz. Since I came from the old Touch Pro phones, it's nice to see how far the Sense UI has come. The only downside is that boards are pretty dead and there is little ROM development going on.

The E4GT community has given me high expectations of what to expect from XDA and I definitely don't get the same vibe from that board.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] staryoshi:
I'm picking up a Note 3 and going with T-Mobile next month. I figure that voice/data coverage can't get any worse than mine is with Sprint and I'm more likely to actually have LTE access. I'll go with their unlimited everything plan.

I'm consolidating my phone/tablet (E4GT / Nexus 7 (2012)) into a single device, the Note 3, as well as putting my faith in T-Mobile as Verizon is too expensive to justify for a single line, AT&T is a bit more than I'd like to pay and doesn't offer an unlimited data plan, and the Sprint network has just been atrocious, particularly with regard to data. Unlimited data doesn't do me any good if my speeds are too slow to take advantage of it.. I have access to T-Mobile discounts as well which sweetens the deal.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FuMMoD:
Do the prepaid plans qualify for discounts?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] atomb:
Just jumped to a Moto X on At&t. I hate going back to them but I wanted a customized moto x and I wanted 4g service. I am SOOOOOO happy with my decision. I have 4g everywhere, my battery lasts more than double my GSII and the Moto X is awesome. my 2c
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Robles23:
I am somewhat disappointed with Sprint's service in my area. I live in Houston Texas. Signal is not all that great. I have to constantly be walking and moving around to get decent signal to place a phone call. Even at home, I sometimes struggle to get enough signal for a call. I can not compare other phone carriers since I've been using Sprint for ever. However I'll say one thing... The other day, a buddy and I went out for lunch at a restaurant. While we were inside sitting at out table I wanted to browse the web and catch up on today's news. I was trying to connect to 4g... unsuccessful... Tried 3g.. same thing. ABSOLUTELY NO COVERAGE. I look over at my friend's phone and he was browsing websites in 4g connection. His cell phone provider is T Mobile. He says signal is awesome and 4g speeds are great. However his plan does not include unlimited 4g... which is something I have with Sprint. Thats the reason thats holding me from switching cellphone carriers. The fact that they do no provide unlimited 4g data. I doubt I would leave Sprint, however if I ever do, I might get ATT. I've heard great things about it. We'll see!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mkfryan:
[MENTION=5450398]Robles23[/MENTION] I switched to att and so far absolutely love it, full signal everywhere I go hspa+ is at typically around 5megs lte was just turned on here last week getting around 20-30 megs however only complaint is having to closely watch data usage the much faster network rays a lot of data in short periods of time.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Robles23:
Thank you for the feedback. Might end up switching to att. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Adreaver:
T-Mobile has unlimited 4g/text/talk for $70 month, plus the phone cost. Chapter plans still have unlimited data usage, but you get throttled at 500mb/2gb depending on your plan.

I am a huge data hog, constantly streaming music and browsing, as well as downloading roms and such over h+, and I have yet to be throttled. I have the 2gb plan, and I have definitely exceeded 2gb for the last 2 months. My guess is that they say they will throttle you after the soft cap, but then only do it if they need the bandwidth.

Sent from my T999L on PAC-man
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] g4me0v3r:
Switched over to T-Mobile on an HTC One, which was difficult at first considering I had the Sero plan with Sprint. But what's the point of paying for unlimited everything when I could barely get service? Also, this phone is super sweet, I haven't used Sense since the old WinMo days.

Overall, the service in the SF Bay Area is much better with T-mo than it was with Sprint and I couldn't be happier.

:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JamesEh408:
I tried so many approaches with customer service. Angry, more angry, stern....but finally I tried the eore approach...u know the do key from Winnie the pooh?

I have since been escalated to the engineering departmwnt who is doing an assessment of the service in my area. They will no doubt find problems lol. If they can't fix the problem (highly doubtful) they will escalate it to the ETF team.

Fingers crossed tmo here I come :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
I jumped ship a while ago seeing that T-Mobile offers me for $70 what Sprint could not come close too. I am now on a Nexus 4 which is a hell of a phone and without root you get 2.5 gbs of tethering from T-Mobile. Data speeds up to 20-30 mbps down and 10-15 upload. Over all reception is better in my house now than it was before with Sprint and a Cell Tower in my house.

Not mad at Sprint at all but I am in a better place now and GSM phones are worth so much more on the trade or resell market.

so think about that you pay $650 for a Sprint S4 but its only worth $400 in the same time your GSM S4 for $650 is now worth $500 or more
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JamesEh408:
Just got notified that I am being let out of my contract. This is what I did...

Paid for the Roam Control app. Went on roam for a few days. Then turned it off. What I noticed was I roamed a lot more even with the app off.

Started paying attention to the dropped calls. Also started waiting for the call to actually drop when I could.

When I called I talked to the cancelation department first by choosing option 4 then 5. I told them I was calling just to tell them about my experience and how bad it was.

After talking to probably 10 different people through a month long process I called on and told them since they were not even trying to fix my issues..if someone asked I would not only tell them about the unsatisfactory service but that sprint wouldn't even try to fix it.

Voila...after waiting on hold for ten minutes they said I was released from contract.

Hope this helps...see you in the tmo threads soon

:)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
What phone are you getting? Just curious.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JamesEh408:
I got the S4. Almost got the Note3 but its too much money.

You sir...are a great dev and I will miss your roms.

Hopefully I will see you on the tmo S4 threads?? :fingerscrossed:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
I was looking at this-http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/05/blu-products-studio-5-5/- and trying to stay off contract- $179 off contract, 5.5 in screen, quad core, dual SIM.. Dev support would be my only concern, and a 5MP camera isn't that great... but for the price it's a pretty amazing deal.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JamesEh408:
Ya that does look nice...I like the removable battery and was surprised out of all the new phone only the s4 and note 3 have them. All the other manufacturers are going static battery...wonder why?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
They last longer
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JamesEh408:
True
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
It's all about the specs they can put on paper, those are the selling points.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dasesq:
What about the free one

http://freedompop.com
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DaMV-P:
How about Ting mobile? They piggyback sprint network plus byod while remaining off contract with dirt cheap plans.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] illinipo:
Just joined Ting this week, but coming from att so I bought a phone on ebay. So far so good. Excellent CSRs. Note also voice/text roaming on Verizon network (aka the entire continental US). No problems with rooting/ROMing after you get activated on a stock ROM. I can get you a $25 off link (that also gives me $25 of bill credit) if you want to try it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bobwonderful:
Send me the link, please, I would like to try Ting.

Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mkfryan:
Just a friendly heads up, if you use an existing sprint phone and plan to use it on sprint again know that it can take a few days for sprint to get it back in their system found that out the hard way. I broke my phone and went to use my old phone that I had used to try ting ended up getting my replacement before sprint got my phone that I used on ting back on their network.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] icuc:
Sprint has the worst service in Wisconsin and they really suck. I would consider Verizon or ATT since we dont have Tmob in our area.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Adreaver:
Verizon and AT&T lock their bootloaders, and also are hella expensive.

I recommend either flashing a Sprint phone to Verizon prepaid (not easy to do, but far less expensive), or pick up an unlocked GSM phone and grab a MVNO sim card (since they use AT&T towers).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stonesaber:
Although they do lock them down, I found that for me, Verizon is competitive in price. I have 4 phones on my plan and we do not use a lot of data so with one of their family share plans it's gonna be about the same (@$240/mo.). I want a carrier that actually has a data connection. As far as the locked bootloader, if I find that I really need one, there's always the dev editions.

Of course YMMV.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] icuc:
I just flashed the Verizon PRL on my Sprint Galaxy S4 and it is using the Verizon network for voice and data. It is much better than Sprint.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yellowman82:
Which prl number is that and would it work for a note 2?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
It'll eventually get you kicked off Sprint... Just so you know. After so much roaming they'll cut you loose. Whether you want that or not remains to be seen, just letting you know.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PanchoPlanet:
Just jumped to Tmobile this past weekend, after 13 yrs on sprint. Wanted to pay less, sprint was a no go, and tmobile was less with no contract. Sporting S4 and wifey has a note 3, all for 250 down.

So far so good, great lte and wifi calling.

So long Epic 4G touch, made it 2 years on original phone. !

Will miss this forum and all the good folks that made up one of the most productive (and wacky at times) forums on XDA.

Pp.:sly::beer::thumbup:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hrffd:
My contract is up and I'm getting stationed to Korea in 2 months. I want the Nexus 5 more than anything honestly. But I don't know what to do provider wise in Korea, Sprint sucks over there. Verizon doesn't have the Nexus 5, and I can't find crap on S Korea :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tt281gt:
So what do you guys think of sprint spark?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Adreaver:
Sprint promising better faster and more coverage? This is unprecedented!

</sarcasm>

Sent from my T999L on PAC-man
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
It would probably be best to go with TMo as almost every country in the world uses GSM and you could just buy a prepaid SIM card while you're in Korea.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hrffd:
I've read everywhere that Korea actually mainly uses CDMA. But I'm honestly not completely sure.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
That could be, I know the Philippines is one of the few countries that use it. Guess you got some research to do lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bobwonderful:
Just for your reference. I went with Ting, got switched over pretty well, messed up the Wimax setting because I must be dyslexic or just can't concentrate and read properly..LOL.. After testing it many times, burning in new modems and previous modems, and driving around where I know there is 4G Wimax, I finally got it to work by puttin the right information. Duh. Anyway, I've been wanting to move up to an S4 and finally got a great deal on one which was new. Unfortunately putting in the ESN Number, I found out that Ting is not supporting the S4 on the network. Crap!!

I read up and apparently they stopped supporting them for some reason. I'll have to call Customer care and get the low down. What a bummer. I may be trying to clone the Epic 4G Touch information as a donor phone, which I'm not going to be happy about as I was going to sell it. Has anyone tried cloning an Epic 4G Touch to S4?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] neodorian:
Ordered a Nexus 5 yesterday and plan to pay $100 to end my Sprint contract early (I have until February). Going to the $30/mo T-Mobile prepaid with 100 minutes, "unlimited" 4g (throttled after 5gb), and unlimited texts.

I loved that Sprint kept truly unlimited data when everyone else was cutting it out but right now I pay $163-ish after tax for Sprint's cheapest shared plan with two smartphones. This will drop it down to around $65/month with tax. I'll deal with the risk of slow data for the last few days of the month if I somehow go over but I looked at my usage and it's pretty rare. For $100 savings every month it's a no brainer, even if I'm paying $350 for my handset instead of $200 on contract. Pretty sure the girlfriend is gonna switch from her iPhone 4S to a Nexus 5 as long as she likes mine when I get it (natch). The $300 difference in handset cost off contract is enough to get a lot of people to consider these lower cost no-contract plans.

If TMobile somehow pisses me off, my phone will be unlocked and I can always just get a prepaid SIM for another MVNO or network. As of now, it's the first time I've really considered leaving Sprint after 10 years. Everyone else always cost more or cost the same with limited data.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
That sounds like it might be what I do after I get the money for me and my wife to get the phone outright, I hate being on contract and use mostly Wi-Fi anyways. And they have Wi-Fi calling as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] neodorian:
Honestly I don't even care about wifi calling. Every time I check my bill I see that we used like 20 minutes between us every month. We just don't call that many people for very long. 100 minutes each is enough and the prepaid plans let you just add another chunk of minutes if you happen to run out. My biggest issue with my Sprint plan is that I can't get a cheaper plan with less minutes. If they offered one for like $45 each with 100 minutes instead of splitting 1500 minutes for $80/each I would have probably stuck around for the unlimited and unthrottled data. But since we just use a few minutes and a decent chunk of data every month, I'll go with whoever gives me that for the least amount.

I will probably miss the free roaming for when I go out into the boonies once or twice a year but honestly for that big a discount I'll deal with the inconvenience for that week or two every year that I'm out of the city and not around a tower or a wifi router.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] trojanv:
Something about Sprint not allowing anymore S4 or HTC one on Ting. Sprint wants a year before you can being devices to ting. But if you buy from ting its fine.

I was pretty sad to hear this news cuz I was going to bring the S4 over too. But the Nexus 5 is all over my mind now. Hopefully ting gets it.

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Alright that's weird I quoted bob but it quoted Bill. Xda app is all messed up for me these days
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hrffd:
I was right, they do use CDMA. But coverage I really can't find information on.. I may have to wait a couple months to get it from a korean provider unless I get info :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Yeah what you need to find out is what bands they use. Maybe Verizon will release a World Nexus 5 for travelers, they released a couple phones like that, they are a little more expensive but would suit your need.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mw86:
Went from a sprint family plan to 45$ a month prepaid plan Straight Talk by walmart. Unlimited Talk Text and Data. Throttled after 2.5gb. Had a Sprint GS3 and numerous sprint device before promised 4g for years. To this day in my area it is not available. Im paying even less than half the price now it would be to be on Sprint on single plan. I switched to an International unlocked GS4 GTi9500 so it is on HSPDA+/GSM and it has been great. First tried tmobile Sim was onlynpne available. For three months or more I lost connection and was constantly roaming. I live in the mountains in upstate New York USA. So recent I found out they offered now ATT sims I bought it recent and switched over from the tmo sim. Well service has been super fast and dependable anywhere I go. No regrets whatsoever. Paying less than I used to and have better service. Tmo I dont recommend unless you live in a very giant city and dont travel oftwn or you may be stucknon edge network in most places as I was. Getting HSpda+ in rural area and on a low price for unlimited everything. I can beat the price so far.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Icetech3:
Left sprint and went to ting.. dropped from 90 a month to under 30... I didnt mind sprint other than their lies.. "we will have 4g in a couple months" yeah.. 2.5 years later and no 4g....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nataliedesires:
left AT&T to change

I had a different cell on at&t i got tired of the over 100.00 bill acount for one phone. I did a modded sg2 from sprint that was given to me.. I now have it on Prepayed wireless for only 45.00 a month, talk text web. more then have the cost and nice phone since I have modded it.

Http://www.prepaydwireless.com/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
I'm on FreedomPop (Sprint MNVO) for $12.50 a month for unlimited text and call and 1GB of data
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigSplit:
Can you keep your number with them?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
Negative... Only drawback
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nataliedesires:
I kept my number with who i went to.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mkfryan:
Did you purchase the evo from them or are you using a different device?

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