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[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
I am on Sprint and even though I love my EVO (best phone I've ever had), I am contemplating into looking at what other carriers offer as far as PRICING and COVERAGE.

Who do you guys think offers the best bang for the buck for users such as us EVO type users? Now that Sprint is gonna impose that $10 per line fee to ALL smartphones, I would like to know if the playing field has sort of leveled out where Sprint might not be the most economical and with this being said, I might have better coverage and service with another carrier at almost the same price range.

Thanks for any guidance.

PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.
[EVO 4G General] swaze:
IMO,

almost isn't gonna cut it for me. I mean im not into all these specs like everyone else. I see too much similarity in all these phones and at the end of the day they all of the same functions so going to another carrier for a similar phone and paying more aint even an option for me. Plus these other carriers are starting to show their colors by the changes they are making which really will keep me from moving. Increasing fee's, taking away upgrades altogether, tiered plans, no thanks. Now I come accross an article about LTE today which explains how these companies have 100% control over your data, and control what you have access to on your own phone, will throttle your data, and will make you pay for things like youtube, and other media rich apps. Ummm no way in hell im paying higher plans, and paying to use youtube. NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Basically it depends on where you live, what services you require, etc. I stayed with Sprint so long because it was cheap and just good enough. But I rarely ever keep a phone long... generally less than a year. For ME, coverage wise its pretty much Verizon > AT&T > Sprint > Tmobile. Data speed, Verizon > AT&T > Tmobile > Sprint. (This isnt counting wimax which doesnt work inside of my crib but oddly enough LTE & HSPA do). Price, Tmobile > Sprint > Verizon > AT&T. Best bang for MY buck... Verizon > Sprint > AT&T > Tmobile.

See I dont mind paying more for better things, never have. If I did i'd drive a Camry instead of a 760.
[EVO 4G General] cLOUDFAn:
the only reason i went with sprint/evo is its monthly rate

can't beat $70+tax with everything unlimited (not a big caller...so 600 is like unlimited to me)

the similar plans from vzn or att would be close to $100 +tax

regarding coverage

sprint is definitely one of the worst

but i have decent reception around work/school/home area

so works for me
[EVO 4G General] IMiLL102911:
Honestly sprint is the cheapest and even cheaper if you have some type of discount. I have the sero premium plan which is $40 a month plus the $10 4g charge then $7 insurance which comes to $57 a month before taxes. My girl has the $69.99 plan with the $10 4g charge and insurance but also has a 25% discount and doesnt even work for the company that she gets the discount for. The evo is the best phone we ever had. I understand alot of people like to upgrade as soon as the best next thing comes out but not us. We have basically unlimited plans because who really has a land line any more.

Verizon's $59.99 has only 450 minutes with unlimited text. Plus the $30 for unlimited date that's $90. $40 more then what i'm paying for sprint and $25 more for my girl.

We're very content with our evo and service we have and most importantly the price of our service compared to other carriers and we have unlimited daae. When I was reading sprint's facebook wall last night I was saying to myself like wow I can't believe people really want to leave sprint over this. But then I said maybe they're not paying the same rate that I and my girl are paying. Why would we want to switch and pay more for less talk minutes and capped data?
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
A lot of people dont realize that Sprints service isnt good everywhere. I didnt really realize it until I started traveling. I see this logic a lot though and if you think about it, it could apply to a lot of things. Why would I go buy a 760I when I can get this Camry? Why go buy a Sony tv when I can get this LG? Why go buy those Air Jordans when I can get those chuck taylors? Being cheaper isnt always better when it comes to what you're getting out of it. Im just saying though.
[EVO 4G General] uniquenameevo:
Are you willing to play the "google voice for texting" game? Do you need unlimited data? How many peak minutes do you need?
[EVO 4G General] bwcorvus:
Coverage: Verizon > Sprint > Tmobile > AT&T

Data Speed: Verizon > Sprint > Tmobile > AT&T

Price: Sprint > Tmobile > AT&T > Verizon
[EVO 4G General] x0lliex:
Coverage: Verizon > Sprint > AT&T > Tmobile

Data Speed: AT&T > Verizon > Tmobile > Sprint

Price: Tmobile > Sprint > AT&T > Verizon

Who am I thinking of moving to? Verizon. While AT&T 3G is faster than Verizon's, it is just not as available/reliable as Verizon's. Sprint's 3G in my area (San Jose, CA) has gone from 1 - 1.5Mbps on Evo launch, to around 0.3 - 0.5Mbps now. Occasionally I find a spot I can get more than 1Mbps, but it is getting rarer and rarer. WiMax is great, but way too much power and not good enough at building penetration.
[EVO 4G General] swaze:
Actually alot of people do realize none of the carriers is good everywhere. So what aint good for you, is probably good for alot of other people so they wouldn't agree with what you are talking about.
[EVO 4G General] JDM Civic EG8:
From my experience your best bang for your buck might be still Sprint. I'm on T-Mobile right now and i've never had a problem since I had it or anything. They only have 2 phones i actually like (HD2 and the Nexus s). I'm going to be switching to sprint because i got a way better deal i'm getting a hook up from a friend $50/month for unlimited text,internet and 1500 minutes with an EVO. Thats with being in a family plan thats why its so cheap.

Plus I switched to T-Mobile from AT&T because it was too expensive having an iPhone and crappy signal in my area. I would be in my room in the basement and would always get 1 bar to no signal. and soon as I switched to T-Mobile using the same iPhone ive always had full bars on edge and 3G. But you can't beat the prices Sprint offers on plans though.

Oh yeah I didn't mention anything about Verizon haha I was looking at their plans and what not they are over priced. I did a random make a plan with an droid x even tho I don't like the phone with having 500 minutes unlimited internet and text it came out to close to $100 bucks a month thats too much its not worth it. Even though most my friends have verizon I can't do it. If i wanted a high cell phone bill I would have stayed with AT&T
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=173903

win.
[EVO 4G General] brookshit:
I stumbled across this the other night. Looks like Verizon is testing sprint type pricing...

google this # 877.873.3278
[EVO 4G General] dreamliner330:
Wait...I already pay an extra $10 for 'Premium Data' there is ANOTHER $10 monthly charge coming???? link?
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
no lol. its just coming to all smartphone lines now.
[EVO 4G General] tx_dbs_tx:
I notice this exact same thing here in Houston, TX. What the hell is going on?! Sprint's 3G used to be great but ever since 4G started rolling out 3G has literally gone to $hit! One day 3G was working fine, then the next day it seemed like Sprint flipped a switch and no more 3G. I'm seriuosly considering going to another carrier who's 3G actually has normal data speeds where I live.

So basically I'm having to pay $20+tax extra per month (2 EVO's)... for 4G which I don't get, as well as 3G which doesn't work!!!! Go ahead and ask me if I'm a happy customer... :mad:
[EVO 4G General] flight01:
Holy S#$t if this is true im switching to verizon. The droid bionic looks really good and i'm sure there will be a bunch of htc phones just as good. If verizon rolls this out nationaly sprint is done for.

Also t-mobile plans are $10 more then sprint but there is no 4g or smartphone fee soo if u get more then one smartphone t-mobile is actually cheaper then sprint.
[EVO 4G General] dreamliner330:
^The promo is expired. I was thinking of flipping to VZW and the iPhone...but its expired...and I need more minutes. :(
[EVO 4G General] brookshit:
Good to know. I can feel like a getting a better deal Sprint plan now.
[EVO 4G General] akarol:
Sprint would have to impose a 50 dollar data fee to bring it to the same price range as the rest. Don't believe me? Check out the other plans out there. Most will be almost double what you pay for Sprint to get the same, if not less, features.
[EVO 4G General] speedracerbubba:
When I had Verizon here in San Jose it was great. Had the LG vx 8300 (best dumbphone ever) and it worked great from Monterey to Reno only cutting out in one spot on 680/80 and around Truckee.

My wife has att with the iPhone and she has never had a problem with calls since the old school nokias (before Cingular) but I had nothing but problems with at&t when I had it.

Sprint has been dead reliable for me but getting slower and slower. Pretty soon it will feel like using a crackberry again.
[EVO 4G General] AbsolutZeroGI:
I'm pretty sure:

Coverage: Verizon

Price: Sprint

Speed: ???

I put ??? for speed because AT&T and Verizon are just rolling out their first 4g phones now so I don't trust any YouTube video that shows their 4g speeds. They could be standing under a service tower for all we know and people on the outer reaches of service will get nothing like that.

I live in Columbus, OH. I get HSPA+ and WiMAX here and it's pretty steady and reliable. When I had T-Mobile, my HSPA+ never dropped out and had good speeds. Now I have Sprint and my 4g has only dropped out a few times and I learned it was due to the Roms I was using.

Where you live it could be different. What I'd do is google cell phone service maps in your area. Prices are generally agreed: Sprint and T-Mobile = winners. Speed won't be known until ALL 4 major carriers have 4g phones out and they can be tested in an area where it's a fair comparison.

That's just what I'd do. Oh, and I'd rather contract the clap than ever pay for AT&T service. Just saying :D
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Ive already tested LTE and its faster and better at penetrating buildings than wimax. I cant wait to get my Thunderbolt.. no more damn .3 meg data speeds.
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
The only company that doesnt offer unlimited data is AT&T now.
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Man please. Look at Sprints coverage map and then look at Verizons. I dont care where you live in the US chances are Verizon has better coverage there than Sprint does. Hell a huge amount of people here are using Verizon's PRL's just to get decent data speeds. Thats of course until Sprint cancels their contract for too much roaming data. I dont know about Sprint, but Verizon actually has teams of people that all they do is ride around and look for dead spots in their network so they can put up new towers. I see them all the time in Atlanta. And when there's a big sporting event with 50,000+ people where everyone cant use their phone what does Verizon do? Bring a mobile tower and park it right outside of the stadium so their customers have service when no one else does.

Thats what paying those extra fees gets you. I dont knock anyone that chooses to stay on Sprint, but considering I chose them as a value carrier and I dont get much value out of em anymore I dont mind paying more to get more.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragoniusFUZE:
Hi, my girlfriend and I both have EVO 4Gs. She has the white and I have the black. I'm rooted and running on the Sprint Lover's Rom. I'm thinking about rooting her phone and removing the bloat because her battery keeps dying fast, is there anyway someone can do a Hot Pink theme of this Rom?? Thanks :)

Link to ROM: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=830153
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Philosuffer:
If someone doesn't take this on for you, you might try a theme porter and port the theme from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=945402

Here's the thread for the theme porter: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=737526
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t3project:
that wouldnt work so well i'd imagine. sense and cm are quite a bit different. i'll look into moving it over.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragoniusFUZE:
OK, so instead of sprint lover's rom, I flashed Myn's Warm 2.2 on my g/f's phone. Any chance on a Hot pink theme for that? :o
[Continuum Android Development] 5thAgent:
I miss the Eris and its One-click-eris-root-app. There's nothing like that for the continuum.

Could someone post a step-by-step guide to getting rooted, clockworked, and ROM'd? I'm sure if it's made into a coherent thread, it'll likely get stickied.
[Continuum Android Development] dfgged:
I'll do that as soon as I get home. If anyone else wants it, I'll also post a video tutorial too.

Sent from my space time Continuum using the XDA App.
[Continuum Android Development] 5thAgent:
Verification keeps failing on the update.zip I'm supposed to flash after flashing clockwork in Odin.
[Continuum Android Development] dfgged:
I'm gonna do the video tutorial first, I am in the process of getting back to as close as stock as I can.

Edit: This may take a while, I'm disabling voodoo just to be safe before I apply my nandroid.
[Continuum Android Development] odpz:
Have you tried the "One Click Root & Busybox Installer for the Samsung Continuum v 0.1" on this forum from bubby323 that worked for me.
[Continuum Android Development] 5thAgent:
I'm now on the Incredible, so it doesn't matter. I think I'm gonna keep this one stock. My root experience with the Continuum scared me away from tinkering with my phone, as it ended up bricked twice.
[Continuum Android Development] dfgged:
:( There goes another member... And I even went ahead and made the freaking tutorial too....

Sent from my space time Continuum using the XDA App.
[Continuum Android Development] sytech55:
Hey, I'm following the thread and I'm very intersted in rooting my Continuum. I've just started reading these threads last month when I got my phone.

I'm completely new to all of this, so setup your tutorial and video away.
[Continuum Android Development] imnuts:
If people are leaving the Continuum, I may be interested in one if the price is right ;)
[Continuum Android Development] famouzstarz:
seriously if your coming from an eris and the looking for a one click root im going to have to recommend you just stop there :D
[Continuum Android Development] dfgged:
Glad to see someone will appreciate me effort! As of right now, I only have footage on how to flash CWM. I'll edit it today and see about having it posted tomorrow morning. I'll make a root tutorial in the coming days.

Sent from my space time Continuum using the XDA App.
[Continuum Android Development] lincoln3823:
Thats perfect I kinda shied away from cmw because I'm no 100% sure how to do it but at leat I have a root lol

Sent from my rooted space time continuum
[Continuum Android Development] Weudel:
Yeh, where's the tutorial?... It is desperately needed here.
[Continuum Android Development] dfgged:
I'm re-rendering it as of this post, because my original file was 5 Gigs... :-/

YouTube allows a max of 2...

I'm also sick right now so, don't rush me :P
[Continuum Android Development] lincoln3823:
No hurry a quality walkthrough will do us more good than a chitty rushed one so take your time but not to much lol

Sent from my rooted space time continuum
[Continuum Android Development] dfgged:
Lol, Well I uploaded the video yesterday, but I'm going to keep it on private until I can get all the links I need for the description :P

btw, it's just under 11 min's long XD
[Continuum Android Development] lincoln3823:
Thats perfect I'll keep checking back until I see the link

Sent from my rooted space time continuum
[Continuum Android Development] dfgged:
Sorry for the delay

Well, I've finally decided to get the links :P

Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USHpl0s7qhk

Hope it helps
[Continuum Android Development] lincoln3823:
Dfgged you are awesome. thanks guy

Sent from my rooted space time continuum
[Continuum Android Development] dfgged:
You killed my username >.<
[Continuum Android Development] lincoln3823:
Lmao my bad

Sent from my rooted space time continuum
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prakash.fast.j:
I m finding problem with my handset that after i recieve any call or dial my phone gets hang for 5 to 10 mins and then if screen gets lock even tht opens after 5mins..... I flashed the rom twice but then too facing same problem.... Can any one help me how to come out of this.....
[HD2 General] ess2k:
I have tried to revert to stock radio on rom to sent my phone for repairs,

on the multi coloured loader screen i have:

PB81100 HX-BC

SPL-1.42.0000 XE

MicroP(LED) 0x05

MicroP(TOUCH) 0x30

and on the htc logo screen when loading i get the following, in red at the bottom of the screen:

R: 2.06.51.07

G: 15.30.50.07U

D: 1.66.76641

Can someone please confirm wether this is back to stock or not?
[HD2 General] Richy99:
depends on what rom you phone came with
[HD2 General] silverwind:
Yes it is stock rom (the oldest one actually ;) )
[HD2 General] ess2k:
Thanks both of you for your responce, It was origionally a vodafone phone, so i downloaded an official vodafone rom from the htc site and loaded that (thinking that it was the lastest official rom, but if you say its the oldest then it must be, but doent matter as long as its official ;))

Thanks guys for your help.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eminembdg:
Forgive me if this is answered somewhere, I did search.

So Eugene got his hands on the 2.2 source code. It was apparently leaked to him by a contact he has. So Sammy hasn't officially released the 2.2 source code?

So my second part of this question is this:

If Eugene has a leaked source code, why are there so many tests in his thread? I mean if it's the source code shouldn't it just work perfect once compiled?

I'm obviously no developer so that's why I have these "noob" questions. I just wanted to get some info on this subject of this source code Eugene has is all. Just don't understand all these tests if its the actual source and if it is the actual source code, why aren't the rest of the devs, including Cyanogen , jumping all over this and making ROMS based off it?

Thanks for any help regarding these questions of mine :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oka1:
The source that most are using is from either Euro9000 but then Samsung released the Captivate 959D (ATT) 2.2 source code. It is pretty close to our T-959 (TMO) and since that release in the last 10 days or so, every Dev has gone through this source code and updated their ROMS. The captivate and Vibrant are almost the same in build but not exactly the same.

To the second part, since they are not exactly the same... then testing to tweak it correctly for the Vibrant platform is necessary. That is why all the testing

Hope that helps
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Indigo779:
From what I've read source had only been mentioned in regards to the kernel, nothing else. I've also read that some of samsung's changes to the kernel have resulted in greater battery drain than the 2.1 kernel.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eminembdg:
Thanks for your help and answers! :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gw0:
For anyone annoyed with the useless Dutch and otherwise unremovable things in Darky's ROM 9.2 I made a simple Bash script, to remove them without installing any additional applications. It was tested only on Darky's ROM 9.2 Resurrection Edition without installed third-party applications.

Steps: Get my script for cleaning up basic Darky's ROM 9.2 Resurrect Edition here, connect over USB in USB debugging mode, get ADB command to work (./bin/adblinux) and run ./cleandarky92.sh.

It will remove:

FileIndex

PressReader

Samsung

Telegraaf

DigiLezen

There are also other useless things you can remove by yourself with Task Manager if you are not using them:

Voodoo Control App (if you are using SpeedMod kernel)

FasterFix

More info on:

http://gw.tnode.com/0469-Android/

For those who do not know what this is about, just ignore it... This was sent to the Q&A forum, because I don't have sufficient permissions to post to the development forums where it belongs with working links.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Bluephantom3:
You could also just use Root Explorer and delete the .apk file in /system/app directory and then reboot your phone.

thats what i did anyway.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gw0:
True, or copy it to another place. There are probably also other things that need to be cleaned up that is why I started writing this script.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ragin:
Super effort.

PS : Probably Darkyy should integrate this into his ROM.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] KhaaL:
Yeah, suprised that darkys configurator dosent include such options!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Darkyy:
We will for v9.3 - will be a clean new XWJS5 with a new way to install... ;)

@OP

Thanks for the script - good temporary solution.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] VenQWish:
Or get Root uninstaller from the market, does the same thing as Root explorer (uninstall stock apps), but for free :).
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] 2k4ever:
you shouldn'd remove that

this app allows you to control the voodoo sound settings - for every kernel that is using voodoo sound, as speedmod does
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gw0:
Oh, I didn't know that...
[Focus General] MKohlman:
Version 4.7.1404.0

Hopefully it is the precurser of the anticipated Phone Updates to Come...
[Focus General] Paolo01:
Looks like good things to come.

http://social.answers.microsoft.com...7/thread/cb0fce54-3dec-4fe5-ae39-f3478b658cec
[Focus General] adityaksharma:
woooooooohooooooooo
[Focus General] MKohlman:
Hopefully not "Months"

It is that "next few months" thing that drives me a little nuts.

For those who are wondering why the version number does not appear to be different, it looks like MS only changed the version number in a couple of core .DLL's (ZuneWmdu.dll and ZuneWmduResources.dll) to 4.7.1407 Not sure why the overall software did not get a dot-rev but there it is.

Performance seems to be better on start-up and WiFi Sync, but I've not really done any back-to-back testing...
[Vibrant General] Gyan_tt:
Any suggestions for an application that backs up data, contacts etc for samsung vibrant as pc studio or kies does for other models. kies mini only does firmware.

Thanks :D
[Vibrant General] pvspencer22:
My backup root or titanium backup pro seem to be the two standard apps. My backup does sms mms contacts etc which titanium does not.

Edit: your contacts should be syncing to your google account
[Vibrant General] Gyan_tt:
My thanks. I was refering to syncing between pc and phone instead of an app whose files can then be copied over to pc
[Vibrant General] pvspencer22:
Ahhh not that I've used. Titanium can go to dropbox which will sync with your pc if you have dropbox installed.

There are also apps to wirelessly sync your internal memory to your pc.
[Vibrant General] Fluffy.:
Try Samsung kies the version you can get from the Canadian Samsung site. You cannot upgrade your phone with it but you can sync your phone with your pc when it comes to email, text messages, music, video and pictures. It also features a video converter that converts almost everything so that it can be supported by the vibrant.

Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuhoaja:
Ok, so i installed this to my SGS....

Then I went to install kernels, and I installed one (link in the thread)

It installed it succesfully, and it said rebooting. Now my phone cant turn onn...

There just reads GALAXY S GT-i9000 and nothing happens :confused:

I tried re-re-booting but it didnt help... Please help me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Download mode first step .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=810686

Then wipe the lot

Use Block 2 Method Odin .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=818556

jje