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[Sprint HTC One (M8)] hstaab:
For what it's worth, here's my experience:

Used an upgrade on our account (from the M7) for an M8 the day it was available. I had no issues with it at all for over a month.

Went on a trip out of town with my family and even was able to stream Netflix on the way (last year's same trip was a data black hole) - after many months of frustration with Sprint's network, I was quite happy! Once we arrived at our destination, however, I was the only device out of 4 unable to do anything. No data, SMS, calls. I figured perhaps the M8 radios are just weaker (we were camping), so I thought little of it.

On the road back, my previously data rich back-seat drive was replaced with nothing. The signal bars kept "cycling" between 3g, 1x, roaming, and lost connections. I couldn't text, or make calls. Updating profile, rebooting, toggling airplane mode.. nothing worked. However, my wife's M7 was just fine.

Frustrated, I visited a Sprint repair store 4 times in 3 days. First, a factory reset did no good for my issues. Next, they dialed in ##72786#, which seemed to resolve my issues for an evening. Next they offered to reload the software (an RUU I suppose?) and I picked it up and it worked OK that night. The next day I noticed I still wasn't able to send and receive texts so I returned a final time. I suggested perhaps a SIM card swap was in order and finally a more knowledgeable techie talked with me.

According to the tech, he repeated what I had started to read about that the new tri-band devices are having issue connecting to the right tower signals . He couldn't explain why this was becoming an issue all of a sudden for my device. He said once HD Voice upgrades were made in our area next month, the issues will be resolved. Until then, the bandaid fix is to be on CDMA only.

CDMA only has been OK. I'm at least able to send and receive texts, though it seems sometimes still with a couple minute delay. I've dropped several calls. 3G data has been alright, but every once in a while it still seems to stop working completely, I still miss calls too, getting voicemails without my phone ever ringing.

Another interesting development - my other family is on Republic Wireless which uses Sprint towers. All of a sudden, in the last week they have been having very similar issues. 3 of them using Moto X devices. My folks both told me their friends on Republic have also had issues all of a sudden.

TLDR; Sprint's network sucks but I'm not quite convinced my M8 isn't a dud either.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] hstaab:
Also, it seems Sprint has acknowledged the issue, at least per there SprintCare reps online. They've suggested they are working with HTC to provide a software fix for this, but had no ETA.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] byte33:
Do not get me wrong.. as I feel the pain, BUT, I work at Sprint as a tech, if the phone is a new phone within 14 days.... PERIOD with insurance or not. it is NOT ever exchanged with a used phone.... couple of reasons.... IE...... we do not even have used ones 2 exchange with think about that... the phone is BRAND new how would we have USED ones already ?? lol

also... as I am not defending them.... but it is the same with ANY carrier ... they all get the replacement phones from Asurion..... verizon,tmobile,at&t,cricket, blah blah blah you get the idea....they all dip into that.. the only one that I think does not is Best buy "geek squad insurance"

I go out of my way to make sure people coming in get fixed and they are taken care of....

I'm sorry you have had bad luck with the phone...and you must totally be dealing with a non corp store get me the store number and I will look into it also.,..

Dave
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] memekmek:
There has to be something wrong with this phone. I had the 4g lte and it would hold LTE the whole way to work on my train commute. The htc one m8 barely holds a 1x connection on the train. Also I've noticed not having access to data during phone call...
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] byte33:
that is because of the spark network ... while I agree that is a step backwards... none of the spark capable phones will do data and voice at the same time..:(
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] jonathanhtc:
Sometimes I touch the screen and it doesn't respond.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] hstaab:
Same experience coming from the M7. My wife has my old device and she always has LTE (and none of the Spark issues) while my phone barely works with 3G.

Sent from my Viperized M8
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] elrey75:
My device became none responsive one morning. I went to charge it and it wouldn't respond. I tried to turn it on while plugged in, nothing. Had to order one with a Sprint tech when they couldn't bring it back to life. No drop, no water damage.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] hstaab:
Did you try holding volume up and power? Apparently this is like a battery pull. Just throwing it out there since it was new to me and solved an issue like yours.

Sent from my Viperized M8
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] ChunkyPastaSauce:
Had the same issue described and this method worked. Sprint "tech" said I needed a new (remanufactured) phone under tep ($200) and would have to buy a data phone until the replacement one arrived (additional $250). Checked the forums and tried this method, booted right up. So far they have misdiagnosed twice (previous phone). Probably cancel ing tep....
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Jamiemcquillan:
HTM8

Mine stopped working after 3 days. I was on the phone with Sprint for several hours. The next morning I took the phone back and told the guy at the Sprint store that customer service told me they did all they could and the problem was with the phone. They replaced it with a brand new unit. The customer support people on the phone didn't have a clue. After a few hours I told them I would have to call them back. The guy at the store never checked to see if I called. Guess I'm the lucky one.:good:
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] dmedina2011:
Htc one m8

jason mackenzie HTC CEO said he'll replace any defective device if you call HTC customer care
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] hstaab:
Just about to send my phone to HTC for a replacement. Told them specifically not to send me same device even if they found it not be defective, and was told to pay $20 service fee to do so. Really really don't want to see the same device returned to me so I obliged. Called up Sprint and they are giving me $25 credit so I guess I'm just out my time..

Anyone know if HTC would throw a fit if they find my device rooted? I've got the hboot masked as stock and plan to flash stock recovery but wonder if I need to go through the trouble of actually returning device to s-on, stock ROM via nandroid, blah blah as other posts describe.

Sent from my Viperized M8
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
If you're returning the device directly to HTC, I absolutely would return it to completely stock unrooted S-ON condition.

HTC isn't Sprint; there are easy ways to confirm whether your device is S-OFF even with it "masked". Best bet is to restore it to full stock.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] hstaab:
Thanks for the reply. Will definitely do so.

Sent from my Viperized M8
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] memekmek:
I get this so error so many times with this device. In my opinion sprint spark is a huge downgrade. The data is worse, the signal is weaker, I'm constantly losing data, and one of the biggest downgrades is no data during a phone call which is essential for me. Seriously, I think the iphone 4 can still do that.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] uh60james:
Did you install the latest update? That fixed the errors for me.

As of now you will not have any cellular data while on a call with any Spark device. We will probably have to wait for VoLTE until we see that again. Just the way it is.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] memekmek:
Which update? I'm always jumping between the sprint forum and the general HTC m8 forum so I might have missed it
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Magnum_Enforcer:
The latest OTA update, 1.54.654.10.

Sent from my HTC M8
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] ooxteme:
I get that same BS error all the dam time. Its this spark tri-band bs. Looks like the S5 is also seeing the same thing we are over here. I have talked to sprint multiple times with all levels of support. Took the phone to 2 different service centers. All say the same "Nothing wrong with the device". Now "if " they are right the only other thing left is SPARK and its freaking horrible... I had them (sprint) count all the dropped calls to CS in one day and the number was 52!!!! Me calling them and them trying to call me back. Im out of the 14 days but i mean something really needs to be done. Its really getting out of control!
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] bmoreboy02:
I think there may be defective devices. My 1st one was all screwed up. Wouldnt connect to my airrave. Would consistantly bounce from 3g to 4g and dropped calls everytime it switched. I got a new one and now the phone works perfect
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] alexjzim:
These DEFINITELY are defective devices. I know because I went through the process.

I ordered the Harman Kardon edition, immediately after receiving I put a glass screen protector and case on. After 5 minutes, It would not connect AT ALL to 3g, getting your same exact error message. I also could not place any phone calls, receiving another attached error message. Texts would come almosy exactly 1 1/2 hours after being sent by the sender.

I switched back to my M7 and reception worked fine (lol). After 2 days of troubleshooting, Sprint ordered me a new M8. After activating the newest One, it immediately connected to 3g, and calls and texts work normally. It is extremely fast switching back and forth between 3g and voice. Signal is the same or better than my M7. Just be careful when all your play apps auto install, 3g coverage in my area couldnt handle it and I thought it was broken again. After letting them install over wifi, speed tests work, browser works, etc

The defective M8 still receives your error message and the one attached. It's going back in a return kit. Hope this helps.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] deakelem:
looks like a mis configured profile too.. do you have roaming options? if not id reset the phone and go through the activation process again or just do a profile update a few times and reboot.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] memekmek:
SPRINT?! how is getting rid of data during a phone call an upgrade? NOOOO!!!!!!

Sprint spark brings us back to 1995
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] doubledragon5:
Does anyone have a return to stock MD4 file with a counter reset? I want to flash the wife's S3 back to full stock for a trip to Sprint..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Kevets:
Uploading for you now....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] doubledragon5:
Thanks at one time I had them all.. When I got rid of my S3 I must have deleted them..:p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Kevets:
Finally. I've tried to keep everything I've ever needed, just for this type of situation. Got lucky and found it.

http://goo.gl/pKCEV2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] doubledragon5:
I will keep this one, that's for sure..
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bodii_91:
I bought one m8 verizon from usa, and i bring it to middle east, i want to unlock the sim, how can i do it?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidfreak70:
Hello

I have little question about my Z. My device is originly c6602(black) so i flashed c6603 Rom.all info in my device saying c6603. So now my device C6602 or c6603??:D

Thanks
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] St.Jimmy90:
You do still have the C6602, you can't convert it to a C6603, as it does not have 4G. Next time think before writing.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidfreak70:
No. What i mean is not about 4g. I mean for example there is a mod ONLY for C6603 and other one ONLY for C6602. So what i should use? The original device number ? Or the number in ABOUT PHONE?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben Ling:
C6603
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidfreak70:
Hmm....

OK thanks my brother:good::good::p
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suckscurly:
You still have c6602.

sorry for bad english. i hope you understand what i mean.. :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidfreak70:
WHAT?? Ben ling said C6603 and you saying C6602 :crying:which one now?:confused:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suckscurly:
Are you can setting your network to 4G? If yes, Your device is c6603 now.

But i think, 4G is supported by hardware. Only c6603 support that, and c6602 not support.

Thats differrent between c6603 and c6602

CMIIW.

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[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidfreak70:
My device is originaly c6602 the black one without 4G! But what i mean is if there is mod for c6602 and other ones and the same one but for c6603 so what i should use?! Now im see in phone info c6603 but my phone is originaly c6602.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suckscurly:
Basically your phone still c6602. Thats just phone info, Because the rom you have installed is also c6603.

CMIIW

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[Galaxy S 5 General] simacca:
Just noticed that you can now register your handset on the uk Samsung website.

Before it couldn't find the correct model number.
[Galaxy S 5 General] AMoosa:
Do you get half price accessories, like in America?
[Galaxy S 5 General] simacca:
Unfortunately not :(
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadFlava:
Does anyone know of an app that will play media from a network share? Ive tried Diceplayer and it doesnt seem to support mkvs... If I can find an app that will stream media off my local shares, this will finally be my "one box to rule them all" as it supports all the services Im interested in, I just want to be able to stream my local media. I DONT want to use Plex or XBMC.. I have a Plex server running and it runs great however I have a catch all folder where downloaded stuff goes before I move it into whatever directory its going to live in and thats the content I want to be able to play.

Anyone got any suggestions?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sundippan:
Try archos media player. I haven't tried it yet but it supports SMB. If you come across anything better, let me know
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spelvin:
Well, its not an all in one solution, but...

Install VLC for Android and ES file explorer.

In ES file explorer when you try and open an MKV it will ask what app you want to use. tell it VLC and you are in.

The bad news is that the beta of VLC does not appear to support any controls on the Fire remote. It will take

"mouse" command from the cheap MCE remote that people are using as an InfraRed receiver.

Is there a reason XBMC is out? It can be setup to just show your movies and shows without doing any scraping or anything other then just letting you get to your network shares and play it.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadFlava:
I haven't had the greatest luck with XBMC. Ive set it up on numerous devices and its probably that I just end up getting frustrated with it. I ran it naively back in my original Xbox but now I just cant seem to get a handle on seeing it up to my liking. Plex has been great but I don't think my server has enough Wheaties to handle maybe more than 2 streams which is why I've been looking for something to just stream content across the network.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinnydev:
You should try Vimu Player. You won't even have to sideload it is in the fire tv store.

I haven't tried it on the fire tv but I used to use it a lot on my Logitech Revue Google Tv. It doesn't have all the features of xbmc or plex but it did a great job streaming video from my NAS.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadFlava:
Ill give it a shot. I have Plex set up and it works great for me. But I have kids and they want to stream stuff too and Im concerned that my media server isnt going to have the Wheaties to stream that much stuff so the option of being able to play directly from the share is what Im after. My Plex server is an Athlon Phenom II X3 with 16GB of RAM.. really doesnt do anything but run Plex, SabNZB and PlayOn..

Thanks for the heads up!
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Montisaquadeis:
I use MX Player and Skifta on my android devices to access my DLNA server. So you can give MX Player a try it handles mkvs perfectly fine.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadFlava:
Vimu looks like it has a lot of potential but sadly most of my MKV files dont have sound and I cant really find any settings to change for that. Im going to give MX Player a shot now.. I dont know if thats DLNA only but if it is, thats not what Im looking for. I just want to be able to stream without transcoding on the server side.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Montisaquadeis:
MX Player isn't DLNA only it can handle other network streams just fine as long as you know what they are.

DLNA is just happens to be how I push my media files around the house to my devices.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadFlava:
Yea.. I looked at it and couldnt find a way to browse to shares... Im using a Mede8r for playing from network shares right now.. Im so close to being able to ditch everything except the FireTV.. if I could find a good network player that just plays, I could get rid of all my other boxes. I really want the "one box to rule them all" thing......
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Montisaquadeis:
Try using es file explorer to browse to the share and ND for playback?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadFlava:
I had issues with ES working with the Amazon remote. Are you using an external keyboard/mouse to control it?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Montisaquadeis:
Personally I do not have a Fire TV. Just trying to help out is all.

A keyboard and mouse should work fine. Even an air mouse should be ok as well if you want to go that route.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkhopper:
I'm really surprised that Qloud Media doesn't get more attention. You install it as a server on either Windows or Mac, point it at your media and that's it.

Run the client on Android, iOS or Windows devices, plug in the server PIN and you're off. Done and done.

The video is transcoded on the fly, so streaming over the internet results in a lower-quality image at times, but it's certainly watchable.

The GUI isn't fancy, but quite functional. The server end has almost no bells and whistles. You could think of it as Plex-ultra-lite, so there's no overhead processing going on. The server exists only to serve media and that's all. No indexing of your collection, no downloading cover images, etc. It just streams media from whatever source you choose and I haven't had any problems streaming anything in my collection, even .mkv files encoded with AC3 audio that the Chromecast won't touch.

I just loaded the client up to my new FTV last night and again, it works perfectly.

The only minor drawback is that the aspect ratio is a bit weird when viewed on the FTV. It's not perfectly 16:9 but more like 15:9, so the image is a bit squished in from the sides. You don't really notice it after a few minutes though.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BirdOPrey5:
Im surprised it's 6 months later and there is still no easy way of playin network shared files, say from a NAS device with a media server, on a Fire TV without having to sideload an app. If I'm wrong please correct me. I did try ViMu but it couldn't play any of my files (mostly MP4s) - everyone said it was unable to play. Currently I use an XBox 360 to browse/watch videos, which I have fairly organized into folders. Why is this so difficult? My Sony TV has a player but it doesn't support folders so its hundreds of videos just in alphabetical order by filename which isn't ideal- plus you can only read the first few characters of the file name without looking at a detailed view so no way to tell what specific file you're looking at if they all start with the same word.

Yes I tried XMBC but it's way overkill, I don't need or want custom artwork per file, it crashes, and it's also not something I can put in the regular fite tv menu. Also XMBC doesn't play 720p content full screen for some reason.

Has anyone had better luck?

Edit ---------------------------

Well after some more trial and error I ended up using Llama to auto start XBMC in place of some other random app so I basically have XMBC on my main Fire TV screen. I also deleted all XBMC data and didn't run any file scrapers this time, and only access files via the Windows Network Share, so it is a much cleaner looking interface like I wanted. Finally the screen size issue was actually the entire Fire TV screen size which I had to enlarge in the Fire TV Display settings. Even maxed out it doesn't 100% fill the screen but it's much closer, I can live with it. Although I didn't bring it up I was also having an issue with the time display I was blaming on XMBC but was again the Fire TV itself was set to Pacific time- you'd think Amazon would have set the timezone right.

Anyway I feel it's much than it was earlier- still occasional crashes on XBMC but not too bad. Just wish I didn't was a few dollars downloading paid apps that didn't work as I thought they were supposed to.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KidJoe:
If XBMC is crashing, consider trying SPMC (fork of XBMC). Its available in the Amazon app store (but for the Stick it must be side loaded).

I'm using it on my FTV Stick, and its been solid. No crashes or hangs.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amandak:
Does anyone know why my MX Player stop playing on my one box it's saying cannot play link it's on my firestick on TV
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaderach:
I've installed the full version of all the Hancom apps and three times have uninstalled updates and disabled the viewers, but each time after a day or two Samsung Apps self-updates and all the viewers are re-updated and re-activated. I have no need for the viewers now that I'm using the full apps and want them gone on principle.

Any ideas?

I'm not rooted at present but this is making me seriously consider it! >_<
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingdo:
Open up the Samsung app store, hit menu, settings and turn off auto update.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nadmail:
...without actually having the alternative sim card on hand? I remember some phones can get there by dialing something in the phone app. I've searched everywhere with no luck. This phone is for someone who is going to the USA and would like to have the phone pre-unlocked.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Durteedee:
Pop in a Sim from somewhere else
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nadmail:
Don't have one. Is there a code I can dial?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjdoli:
Try one from a friend.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] Zisko:
If I want to send a SMS with my Prohet, I havto go through the following procedure:

Open Phone by pressing green button > Menue > Options > Services > MAilbox and SMS > Get settings. Then I can close Phone app and go to Messaging, sending my SMS. I can send SMS as long as I don't leave messaging app. If I did, I have to run through the whole procedure again.

If I just go to messaging whithout the procedure before, the Prophet will send SMS, telling me, that he sent them. But they will never arrive.

Seems, as if the Prohet doesn't know the number of the SMS-Service as long as I don't que him to ask for it.

Any ideas??

Now I noticed, that the problem seems to be sporadicly. Sometimes you can leave the messager, come back to it and send a SMS withot problems. Where does the Prophet store SMS Center information?

PS: It's a german XDA Neo by O2