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[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
I use about 3 dif ones Lol....anker 1800 ( came with wall charger), also a Samsung 1800 ( black, think its for different phone but it fits) and do use a thicker 2500 but its used with an extended back. I'll get u the links if u want but o found on eBay and amazon.
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
is this the black model you mentioned: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-1800mAh-Standard-Battery-Galaxy/dp/B005NC86BU

someone said that fits in an Epic 4G so who knows, might work in a fassy, but yeah. i'd rather have something OEM, i don't trust cheap chinese batteries
[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
Yes its from an Epic. I have never had a problem whatsoever with those "cheap Chinese" batteries . makes the phone thicker but its a good trade off for the life. I just looked on Amazon and surprised how many new ( and bigger) batteries are out now.
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
eh i just prefer having a samsung battery. and yeah the battery market for this phone is pretty huge because it's older and the chinese are banking off of the fact that

1. this phone is now three years old and OEM batteries are going to ****

2. replacements are extremely cheap to make, especially due to the lower MAh rate of the entire original Galaxy S line
[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
Ahh I see.....well, this ole fassy runs pretty dam good , rooted and with PA ROM so I don't see reason to give her up lol
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
i'm personally content with cm7. anything newer is either too slow or has weird bugs. (ics has weird bugs, JB+ is too slow for me)
[Fascinate Accessories] pahlevy:
i have once using anker 1800 mah battery... it's last longer than my old oem fassy battery... but problem is i drop it once without the phone and it suddenly unusable while my good ol fassy battery are still working after several drops...

I'm still using my oem fassy battery now since its very difficult to find replacement for it in my country... but its still working good only its last about 8 hours on standby (data on)... :fingers-crossed:

im thinking to use old stable and fast custom rom (or stock). Could you suggest me what is the best custom rom for cm7 or compare with stock rom...? sorry for out of topic... :o

Thank you...
[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
That is an idea I have been kicking around. Care to share links and guidance to get me their from here ? ( pa )
[Fascinate Accessories] jkok:
i use a 3500 mAh from amazon, but its a pain in the @$$ to get fully calibrated, sometimes on kitkat roms i get the battery to last 3 hours screen-on time with 0% and sometimes it goes in negatives lol i got -7% once and founf it it makes the battery icon flash rapidly unless you switch to icon percentage text lol so unless you give it time to calibrate fully, it will be a bit undetermined on what percentage you truly have :P
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
i use cm7 stable, which you can download here: http://get.cm/get/2Kh

i also use the Glitch kernel, which you can download here: http://androtransfer.com/tk-glitch/CM7kernels/Glitch 13.1/CM7Fascinate-Glitch-V13_1-REL.zip

this is the most stable setup i have ever used, and the UI is the smoothest i have ever seen. doesn't necessarily do so well in benchmarks but i can play most modern games without a hitch.

and yes this is more stable than stock EH03, which liked to reboot itself often for some reason, and had a laggy UI, but it does a bit better in benchmarks for some reason.
[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
That just takes me to a cyanogen mod installer app. Try it and says device not supported. Hmmmm....I'll look into further. BTW, which version of cm7 ? Thanks
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
if you're using that link on your phone, that might be the problem. link works for me on my laptop.

i use cm7.2 stable.
[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
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That just takes me to a cyanogen mod installer app. Try it and says device not supported. Hmmmm....I'll look into further. BTW, which version of cm7 ? Thanks<br />

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Thanks.....I found a stable 7.2.... Am I going to have to Odin back to stock first is my next question, I'll do some digging.
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
you're on kitkat right now, right?
[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
Thanks.....I found a stable 7.2.... Am I going to have to Odin back to stock first is my next question, I'll do some digging.

PA 3.10.....4.2.2

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PA 3.10......4.2.2
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
i don't think you need to odin back to EH03. just odin cwm4 fixed for cm7 and then flash cm7 like you would any other ROM
[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
PA 3.10.....4.2.2

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PA 3.10......4.2.2

So far so good. Took a while for stuff to settle in but I like. Now I'm going to flash the kernel you recommended.
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
yeah dude glitch is pretty amazing imo
[Fascinate Accessories] pahlevy:
did you guys both having issues with data...? mine was not working at all though 3G symbol was there... I did try airplane trick but still not working,,, so i just head to original stock eh03 rom... btw did you know app / bloatware that cant be remove on stock rom...?
[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
I'm also having strange data drops. Thought maybe was from so many apps/Widgets I have. Not sure. Instead of the airplane trick, try shutting g off data, then turn it back on. Seams to work for me. I hope this rom smooths out though.it is supposed to be stable so idk.
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
yeah data drops do happen. it's been an issue for a while. however, the problem isn't as big of a deal if you set "Keep wifi on during sleep" (settings/wifi/menu button/advanced) to always

usually for me toggling wifi can fix drops. whenever i reboot the phone for whatever reason with wifi on it likes to not connect to the internet, and turning off wifi and waiting for 3G to connect then re-enabling wifi fixes it
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
hey see my previous post about data drops.

yeah.. eh03 has bloatware. why do you think people resort to rooting?
[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
Thanks skeptic.....I changed wifi as per your advice. Data drops had me worried a bit. Fingers crossed.:thumbup:
[Fascinate Accessories] pahlevy:
will try that when i'm flashing back to cm 7.2 for now im still playing with stock.. :D

yes, i just want to make sure that I will not remove app that shouldn't be removed... so i can maximized the stock rom... :o

thanks skeptic...

btw, did we doing lots of oot in this thread now guys... :D
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
well i mean i made this thread so i don't really think it matters. it's not like a ROM thread where going off topic turns into disaster. a mod will do what he/she sees fit, and frankly, this forum is a ghost town anyway so we could use some off-topic discussion.

btw, i ditched cm7.2 in favor of AOKP milestone 6 (ics 4.0.4). the data drops started to get really bad for me and i was kinda annoyed. ics never had data drops to speak of, although it seems to perform a bit laggier than cm7 as far as UI and RAM management go.
[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
Yep same here dude. I like the looks and all but I'm afraid I'm going to do the same. Funny, I was thinking of milestone 6 today at work! Lol. Agree that this is becoming a ghost town. Too bad.

I'm sure I have that file someplace. Just curious about kernel you may recommended with 6.
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
built-in Glitch is fine for me. depends which m6 file you have. if you have a Devil m6 build (which also has linaro toolchain) then you may want to update to a newer version of devil kernel. but since my phone did not like that build, i use the old official milestone 6 which included IcyGlitch and the normal toolchain. i seemed to have trouble when using a newer Skunkworks Glitch build (well it was slightly slower for me, idk it might have been placebo :p) but it did fix native wifi tethering.

wifi tethering isn't as much of an issue for me since my data plan got downgraded from 4GB to 2GB shared with two other people. we don't use data much anyway so yeah. save money.
[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
Well, using the good ole ms6 with icy glitch and its great. Few Widgets , and such but its smooth with no data losses so far. Haven't messed with any performance tweaks just yet. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
yeah i don't feel the need to mess with performance tweaks. it seems fast enough. especially with nova launcher which is built in.

i've had a more stable experience on AOKP and CM9 than i have on even EH03 (the stock Verizon firmware). i don't know if that's sad (because a bedroom programmer did it better than Verizon) or if it's epic (same explanation) but whatever.

however, i have had issues with chrome on AOKP, and occasionally i get a dialog that says "system has stopped responding." other than that i prefer aokp because unicornz
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
so i was on AOKP and guess what? i get a phone call and the phone lags.

more specifically, the screen lit up and then for about 10 seconds i saw the phone icon in the status bar but no ringtone or option to answer the call (most likely because i had a pattern and the phone was lagging trying to bypass it)

and when i finally did get the incoming phone call screen and ringtone, it lasted for 5 seconds and the touchscreen didn't work, making me miss the call.

so i go to open the phone app and i waited for about 10-15 seconds for it to load.

yeah i'm not going to be using AOKP anymore. CM9 for me from here on out.
[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
Yikes! Haven't seen that yet. But do have crashes using chrome. Just in case, happen to have a link for a stable cm9 ?
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
yeah i use THS build 15 and i found this from a guy at RootzWiki: https://app.box.com/s/111bvxb3jad5fjhhjuq9

build 15 is REALLY stable and the only bugs are the general ICS bugs (broken native wifi tethering, three-finger bootloop,etc.)

alternatively, if you want to use an official cm9 nightly, they keep old builds on their goo.im page: http://goo.im/devs/cm/fascinatemtd/nightly

i haven't tested any of those so you're on your own there.
[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
So which gapps used with ths15 ?
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
[Fascinate Accessories] icemanwbs:
Have you any knowledge of a notification "phone storage space is getting low" on the ms6 rom ? Seams odd . I still show over 1gb available.
[Fascinate Accessories] skepticmisfit:
yeah, on ms6 you can go into a terminal emulator (assuming you have one), gain root access (just type su and allow access), and then type "datafix enable" and you may want to reboot too.

you could also download this app from google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=by.zatta.datafix

the issue here is that the /datadata partition (which was a trick the devs put in to make /data and /system larger for ICS to fit) is where all the apps are going and that partition is only 100mb or so. stevespear added the datafix script to AOKP and probably most of his other ROMs.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] SwaggaSnatcha:
Been calling my Sprint store every day asking if i could purchase the m8 and today they said yes So i walked in to my local store and they sold it to me with the easy pay.So check your stores and dont wait for shipping:good:
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] still_token:
Got mine at a Sprint store today
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Success100:
Picked up mine yesterday
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Sandman9043:
Going to be getting my in less than an hour so hopefully it's as good as it looks
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] still_token:
Coming from the evo lte the m8 kicks the **** out of that phone in every way possible. Very glad I held out for this phone
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] comstar:
Local Sprint store on the campus of the Sprint World Headquarters has the M8 for sale. What a nice phone! Too bad I have to wait until the 28th to get it because I'm on someone's employee plan.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] starcastic:
Picked mine up in-store yesterday, it's probably the only good experience I've ever had in a Sprint store. This after trying for a week to buy online/through telesales with their bull**** shuffling between departments Easy Pay problems. I happened to call the store telesales had sent me to originally that had told me there was no such phone. Now they had them in, but after further reflection I decided they were so clueless the last time that I should try another store so I called the other one in town. First girl said they didnt have them in, but I called back and talked to a second person at that location and confirmed they they had them and that he'd done Easy Pay upgrades with that handset already.

Had to wait 20 minutes to be seen by someone, which is annoying but not their fault if they're that busy. Once I got to talk to a rep everythign was great, done in 10 or 15 minutes.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] aneyboy:
How much did you guys pay in store to get the m8 with easypay?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] starcastic:
No payment, just the activation fee. Didn't bother trying to have that waived, that used to be easier but not so much anymore. (I chose to pay activation in-store, but it's usually just added to your upcoming months bill.)
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] aneyboy:
You didn't have to pay sales tax or first month?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Success100:
I had to pay 100 down plus the sales tax on the retail cost. Came up to about 150
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] -Apollo-:
I got mine yesterday from BB. I wanted to get it from Sprint, but they wouldn't let me use my upgrade! They told me easy-pay only with them...no upgrades! They really should re-think that as HTC can use all of the sales they can get. Would have been nice if they released it on all carriers 3/25/14, I would have got it then. No way am I gonna order online, I have no patience to wait! Love HTC and always buy their flagship phones, and that really skewed their sales numbers. Anyways, this phone is an absolute beast!!
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] stovo06:
Went online just to check. Apparently for an upgrade it's 100 down and a new customer 0 down. What bs. I'd just pay the extra and take my 2 year contract.

Sent from my "All New EVO"
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] -Apollo-:
Yeah, I used my upgrade and they also bought my M7 (which was actually submerged in a mud puddle last month and still worked perfectly) for $125! Hell yeah, got out of BB paying about $87 with tax...not bad. Great build quality on these things!
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] smooth703:
I got mine in store Friday paid sales tax and 20 for casemate case
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] scott_0:
how do they determine what an individual pays down using "easy pay"
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] smooth703:
you shouldnt have to pay anything down on it. on the website it has 0 down on the M8 and S5
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] m03sizlak:
A working used M7 is worth more than twice that, you were robbed.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] -Apollo-:
Well, I guess I get robbed every time I sell back my old phone for the maximum buyback allowed! I'm ok with it, I don't have time to try to sell my phone to someone for top dollar, especially knowing it was submerged in water. I'm not comfortable trying to rob anyone. I was just happy about getting the max! Plus a couple of the corners were banged up.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] ajones7279:
Got mine today. The guy at the Sprint store said it depends on your credit/whether you have a spending limit on your account or not. After checking some paperwork, he said it would be $100 down, but when he checked my account, he said I wouldn't have to make a down payment. Just had to pay the taxes.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] sslbaron:
I went into my local Sprint store, and they're saying that they can't sell their M8's until Friday, Apr 11th. I laughed and asked him if he realized that the BB across the street has been selling them since last week. The look on him face was priceless when I took out mine and showed it to him. I then thanked him for his time and walked out since I knew I was wasting my time. I just found this quite odd.

Sent from my HTC One (M8) ?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] stovo06:
Finally folded today and went to get the m8 today and I was told they're out of stock in all the St Louis locations!

:thumbdown:

Sent from my "All New EVO"
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Tornado Rex:
They are incorrect. We were told to start selling them as soon as inventory arrived.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] stovo06:
That's not what they told me at the Arnold location. They said ALL their locations were out of stock and referred me to BB. And since my previous experience at BB has been horrible, I didn't bother.

Maybe you need to speak with some of you employees.

Sent from my "All New EVO"
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] stovo06:
I can't narc on someone lol. Don't know their name anyway. It was a pretty girl though.

What really bothered me is the situation as a whole...

I spent a great deal of time on the phone with customer service and after 20+ minutes on the phone I was told to go to a store (like they couldn't tell me that at the beginning of the conversation).

I know customer care is not in your personal control, but I was ready to walk out the door with that phone yesterday and I made it perfectly clear that I would have driven all over to get it since I had driven home from an out of town job (120 miles away, I was selling my EVO 4g lte to help cover the cost to a friend so he wasted his time meeting me there as well) for this specific reason only to have to make a return trip empty handed. That was incredibly disappointing, and even more so now that I know I should have one in my hands at this moment.

How about give me a credit for the inconvenience.

Sent from my "All New EVO"
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] godbilla:
Yeah, the Sprint store also told me I couldn't purchase it in stores until the 11th. So I just went to Best Buy and pre ordered one to pick up yesterday(the day they were available at my local best buy). They gave me more money for my s3 than Sprint was willing to give. Which I'm happy about because my s3 had a failing screen and had other hardware problems as well. Glad to have gotten this phone and ready for modifications ???
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] stovo06:
Almost sounds like corporate is more concerned about disciplining employees rather than helping dissatisfied customers.

And this isn't the first issue I've had with Sprint. Nearly the same thing happened to me last time I attempted to and eventually did upgrade. I've had reception issues after moving to a covered area (according to Sprint's coverage map) and it took me 6 months of being told I was getting an airwave to actually getting an airwave, which happened to be right about the same time my contract was going to expire.

Now that I think about it, seems like the only time Sprint has ever gone out of thier way to help me was when my contract was up.

Anyway didn't mean to make this a rant I'm just still bitter about the bs yesterday. :banghead:

Sent from my "All New EVO"
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] BrianBaker:
How much extra do you have to pay for the phone every month? What is the added cost if I put $100 down? And will I be able to put more down at time of purchase?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] stovo06:
Thought it was worth the try lol. But I didn't intend to cause trouble for employees. If I had had a decent experience shopping at best buy I actually would have appreciated her input.

Sent from my "All New EVO"

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I appreciate your empathy. However... Apparently I am not satisfied.

I'll wait till my contract is about to expire before calling customer care, because I don't feel like wasting my time speaking to a person (who may or may not speak English) that will only upset me more.

What amazes me about Sprint is their customer service (or lack of).*

I worked in sales for many years, and one thing we discovered is that if you have 9 out of 10 happy customers, maybe they'll tell someone. Maybe.*

But if you have 1 unhappy customer out of 10, they will tell everyone. Even thier worst enemies. So you would imagine they would attempt to help customers in the best possible manner. If at least give them the best possible experience.*

But instead they have anther solution. The Framily Plan lol.

Basically Sprint is turning all their customers into sales people by basically paying them off. Dear Sprint, I don't believe that's going to work. At least not for long.*

And it seems to me like Sprint will only attempt to resolve issues with dissatisfied customers only when they're contract is coming to an end.*

For example... I lived with absolutely NO CELLPHONE SERVICE at or around my home for nearly six months. I had to drive or walk down the road to make a call, send text, or check just to see if I had a vm. And finally, finally, when my contract was coming to an end and after over a dozen calls (being told multiple different stories and eventually after every call I was told never happened because it wasn't in the notes) they sent me an airwave. I was told I'd get a credit, but that never appeared lol. At the time I was ecstatic because I could make and receive calls on my phone (imagine that lol), but thinking about that nightmare and what happened yesterday, I'm just starting to burn up.*

Sent from my "All New EVO"
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] yumszvee:
Guys, Sprint Corporate stores cannot do 2 year agreements. Only Framily plan and Easy Pay. Authorized Retailers, however, can do 2 year agreements.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] karhuk:
Since when?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] yumszvee:
Since the Framily plans became available. At least in my area (NY).
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] karhuk:
That's not everywhere. At least not yet. Bought a new phone on contract only a couple a weeks ago in a corporate store. I was planning on heading back this weekend for the M8. We'll see.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] stovo06:
When I was there the last month to switch to the framily plan I made sure to ask if I could still get the 2 yr upgrade price and the girl confirmed that I could.

However, the other day I was told if I take that option now that I will get charged an extra $15/month since I wasn't doing easy pay. WTF?!?

Don't have a clue why. I honestly don't think they really know what they're talking about.

Sent from my "All New EVO"
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] yumszvee:
I do know if you upgraded on or after January 10th and switch to framily you'll be liable for a $15 fee until your upgrade eligible or have paid 12 consecutive months of the $20 unlimited data option. However if you've upgraded prior and switch to framily the $15 fee was waived for a certain amount of time.

*correct me if I am wrong.

copied from Sprint.com Framily FAQs

I am a current Sprint customer that purchased a discounted phone with a term commitment, am not upgrade eligible and want to change my current plan to Sprint Framily.

Customers can change their Plan to the Sprint Framily Plan. However, they will pay an additional $15/month per line for the Sprint Framily Plan until the line is upgrade eligible or after 12 consecutive months on the $20/month per line Unlimited Data with annual upgrades buy up, whichever comes first. The charge will be billed as a separate line item called the Framily Service Charge.

Customer can be assigned to a new Framily group or join a Framily group on the customer's existing account that has not reached the 10 line maximum. The line cannot join with groups outside of the customer's existing account.

For a limited time, Sprint will not assess the Framily Service Charge for customers who purchased a discounted phone prior to 1/10/2014 and are not upgrade eligible.

Go to a Sprint store to change your plan.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] stovo06:
Confusing. No wonder Sprint reps don't know lol

Sent from my "All New EVO"