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[myTouch 4G General] succorso:
I'm glad i could give a little back to the community.

Yes, you need to live in a single family detached dwelling.

No, they didn't say anything about a shipping fee.

Yes, they ask that you complete 3 surveys. I have no problem at all helping them help customers.
[myTouch 4G General] TJBunch1228:
Yep, that's exactly what it looks like.
[myTouch 4G General] TJBunch1228:
Again, the dozens of people from other threads, including myself, haven't received any surveys. So don't anticipate receiving any. That being said, if I was asked to complete one, I would have no problem doing it. The product is awesome.
[myTouch 4G General] bahnburner:
Just ordered mine. Seriously looking forward to it. If I walk into my hallway between the living room and kitchen, or stand infront of my stove or fridge or in my guest bedroom my calls drop immediately. If I'm on an important call and want to go from the front of the house to the back, I have to walk out the front door and around the side of the house to get to my dining room, I'd use wifi calling, but my router doesn't like penetrating my brick walls, so if I walk into my back yard, it drops too.
[myTouch 4G General] bonez537:
Everyone keeps on stating about the single family unit and such..

BUT

What if you dont have a land line. .does the device still work?
[myTouch 4G General] captrobb:
The landline is because the repeater won't accurately display your location for 911. They want to make sure you have a good way for emergency assistance if needed. The device itself has nothing to do with the landline.
[myTouch 4G General] Freek91:
just ordered mine

told the girl that the sales girl at my local tmobile store told me to call and see if i could take part in the trial

took 5 minutes to order it after she asked the questions about signal strength and having a land line

no shipping cost...she did however say that this unit will retail for 500$ when its launched and that as long as i do the 3 surveys that its mine to keep until i dont want or need it any more
[myTouch 4G General] VibrantOwnr:
called and said i got email..they asked 2 questions (whether i lived in a house and if i had a landline), and they shipped it to me free of charge with not effect of my contact
[myTouch 4G General] graffixnyc:
When I ordered mine yesterday she didnt mention anything about a survey. She asked. 1. Private House 2. Landline 3. ANywhere in your house that you get a 3g signal.

I answered Yes I live in an apartment but it's a two family and my mom lives in the apartment downstairs (this is a lie I live in a 4 family apartment building)

I answered yes I had a landline.. I really dont. lol

I at first told her I had a 3g signal outside my door.. she was like öh thats going to be a problem.. you need to have a 3g signal somewhere in your house even if it's by a window or in a corner.. I replied "well I do get one when I stand right at the threshold of the door"" She said good enough...

then she had to authorize it since I told her I lived in a 2 family house.. she came back on the line and said they made a consideration since it is a 2 family house and a relative lives in the other apartment.

She mentioned nothing about surveys but did say if that all they ask is if it doesnt work for me or I dont use it anymore to send it back.

I'm looking forward to getting this thing!
[myTouch 4G General] motive:
I called yesterday and I told them I am in an apartment m. I had no choice since the address on file reflects this. So after my lines of BS yeah I have a landline and 4g/3g issues. He said he'll try to qualify me and I would hear back from them soon. 2 hours ago I got this SMS from them: FREE T-Mobile msg: Your Equipment Order is being processed. It will be delivered within 7 business days. A tracking # will be sent to your phone once it ships.

Score!
[myTouch 4G General] Tatdude806:
Just Ordered!

Just ordered mine, BUT plan on using it at work since we get almost no reception. I work at an old air force base that I think is still shielded well. We shall see how well this works. :eek:
[myTouch 4G General] surfnhawaii808:
Wow, again another person promoting lying and dishonesty to get something free...

Again, no wonder our cell bills are so high.....

sent from my rooted mytouch 4g
[myTouch 4G General] Freek91:
Our cell phone bills arent high cause someone lied to get an item that was already free for free

just like the guy above you that will be using his at his work...its not lying...its manipulating the situation to get the best result
[myTouch 4G General] BlackSHELF:
Nice not only have you came to flame him but you also went completely off topic no ways related to the thread.

PS: BRB let me install 1 of those new VICC sim cards, will you sell me one for 9.99?

BTW this is his original post before he edited it, thinking none would notice. But some of us can see it.
[myTouch 4G General] graffixnyc:
Corperations have been ripping us off for years. So yeah I say any way you can get one over on them go for it... and last I noticed throughout the years plans have gotten cheaper and more minutes offered. I remember when I had a Motorola piper on bell Atlantic and that was like $100 a month and you got like 30 minutes and every minute after that was like over 2 bucks. So you're wrong.. over the years bills and services are getting cheaper... screw corporate America.. not only have they been ripping us off for years, controlling the government but have destroyed the planet all for their greed and profit! You'd be pissed if you knew all the ways I have worked tmobile to get stuff.. hell just call and threaten to cancel your service and they will bend over to stay with them

If you were so honest you wouldn't be breaking the terms of service and modifying your phone mr. Rooted 4g. Since you're all prim and proper...
[myTouch 4G General] SE7EN-:
Laughing my ass off....... :D
[myTouch 4G General] Sfkn2:
Thanks for the heads up! I just got in as well.
[myTouch 4G General] laztpn0i:
I just called and got one also with free shipping, and I do have to participate in the 3 surveys. My reception at my house is horrible. It switches constantly between 0 to 3 bars between 3g and edge. Data is horrible in a supposebly strong 3g area. If this device does what its suppose to do...Then Ill be happy! Thanks everyone for all the info.
[myTouch 4G General] surfnhawaii808:
People will Justify outright theft for any reason ... theft is theft

sent from my rooted mytouch 4g
[myTouch 4G General] surfnhawaii808:
LoL that's nice 4th grade language there....

You can CANCEL if your dissatisfied, but your dissatisfaction does not make theft right....

PS i own my phone, i also am not advocating scamming and theft like you are... i PAY for my service..

sent from my rooted mytouch 4g
[myTouch 4G General] Freek91:
you're an absolute joke

wow they told a lie to get a free item to help their services...big deal...its not like they printed a fake lottery ticket and turned it in for a 10 million dollar prize

its not really effecting you in anyway...tmobile isnt charging for it...so they arent running up your rates...plus im pretty damn sure you arent as "holier-than-thou" as you claim to be

btw your argument that you paid for your phone isnt as valid as you think it is....you may want to talk to the people that paid for their ps3's that are being taken to court cause they altered their systems in ways that Sony didnt like...just cause Android is open source....HTC phone hardware and internel software is not and you are altering that by rooting and flashing roms
[myTouch 4G General] graffixnyc:
yeah.. I'm not even going to respond to this hypocritical joke anymore.
[myTouch 4G General] jester450:
For anyone who already has one set up, what kind of speeds are you seeing?
[myTouch 4G General] metalrabbbit:
does anyone know is this for post paid accounts only?
[myTouch 4G General] koshtaru:
Called up the retention number this morning.. I live in a weird apartment-like structure thats separated by 2 softball fields in each direction. The first specialist I talked to wouldn't even hear my situation out.. I called back a half-hour later and spoke with a nice lady whom I explained my situation to. Since the distance of separation between the buildings I was able to qualify for my much-needed 3G booster! I get 1 bar in the bedroom and as soon as I walk out into the hallway it drops to Edge speeds =(

Hopefully this will remedy this stupid issue so I can finally have 3G in my place!

Thanks for posting this, as this program has been running for a few months now and in the past week or so the specialist said they've been getting non-stop calls regarding this lol..

Cheers!
[myTouch 4G General] Abbens:
im on the phone with them now. they said the pilot program has ended :mad:
[myTouch 4G General] Freek91:
i would call back later and talk to someone else just to make sure...because i just talked to a friend of mine that called this morning and ordered one
[myTouch 4G General] jjlean:
I believe that's what I read.
[myTouch 4G General] Abbens:
I will call this evening thanks
[myTouch 4G General] bluelars:
I called today and unfortunately, it will only work for the primary account holder at their address. I'm on a family plan with my cousin. He's in Portland, OR and I'm just outside of Seattle, WA. He gets great service, and I get spotty service at my house. The lady on the phone said that they could only send it to the address on record and it would depend on service at that address. She also said that they do not sell the device, but if they did it would be in the $500 range. My cousin is going to call and see if he can get me hooked up though. I'll let you all know.
[myTouch 4G General] spimonkey34:
I got mine today. I had full edge but no 3g at the back of my house and only 1 bar of off/on 3g in the front. Now I get 5 bars everywhere. This is awesome.
[myTouch 4G General] graffixnyc:
I just got mine and set it up. In my bathroom and hallway I had zero signal. In the bathroom I would only get a signal by the window. Now I get full bars everywhere in my house. It did help my hspa speeds as well. Before in my house I would rarely ever see a so speed of over 2mb a sec. Now I'm seeing 3-3.5
[myTouch 4G General] Chedderknight:
bummed out, apparently program ended and there just taking in feedback now.
[myTouch 4G General] crxtasi:
Ordered mine saturday got it today and I must say this thing is cool. I didn't really see a speed increase but signal inside my house is amazing no more dead spots. Used to get edge in my living room and bathroom but now I have full signal EVERYWHERE :)
[myTouch 4G General] Freek91:
glad to hear its working well for the people that got theirs

mine should be here sometime this week hopefully...we shall see how well it works for me and see if i get any speed increases
[myTouch 4G General] succorso:
Mine shipped on Saturday and got it yesterday as well. Very cool piece of equipment. Plug the received unit in, plug the sending unit in and done. Nothing else to do.

Now I have awesome signal all over my bunker, I mean house.
[myTouch 4G General] el_smurfo:
Dear T-Mobile Customer,

Coverage issues are very frustrating and at T-Mobile we strive to provide the best coverage and the best service to our customers. Please call us 611 to discuss Wi-Fi calling options. This is exciting technology that can improve your in home coverage.

Unfortunately, the Cel-Fi pilot is not looking for additional participants at this time. Thank you for your email.

MORESIGNAL Team
[myTouch 4G General] graffixnyc:
wow.. looks like some of us ordered them just in time
[myTouch 4G General] epsix:
Yeah, I called on Monday.. they was hesitant but I got pist off and complain about my service and my monthly bill was over 200.00 they better ship me one. Lol
[myTouch 4G General] Freek91:
just got mine today...took a while to get it setup to where i was getting good signal throughout my house...but i got...signal is good...but havent seen any speed increases
[myTouch 4G General] el_smurfo:
Should have just called the number but, ironically, I hate talking on the phone ;-)
[myTouch 4G General] lexjeon:
wish i found out about this before it ended...i have one of the worst signals in my whole condo...0-2 bars MAX
[myTouch 4G General] Tatdude806:
Got Mine, BUT have a question, USB ON BASE

Ok, so I got mine, nice to see 5 bars, thought no data improvement. Does anyone have any idea what the USB port on the base is for? Not sure I want to plug it in until I know.
[myTouch 4G General] Freek91:
pretty sure the usb is for firmware upgrades as thats why most devices that have no particular reason for a usb have one for firmware upgrades
[myTouch 4G General] bonez537:
I got mine yesterday... now lets see if it works...
[myTouch 4G General] Amd4life:
Got mine, took 5 minutes to align the two antennas, I now have a h signal in the house, whereas as before I had edge or 3g with dropped calls a lot

I wonder how energy is being used though, wish it had a sleep mode, say until it synced with active line to turn it on

Thx for the heads up I was about to go to another carrier lol
[myTouch 4G General] cveez11:
called today. said the trial is over and they are no longer available. sucks
[myTouch 4G General] oakley52:
i was denied as well & ended up just ordering it from cel-fi.com and used code 5BARS for $100 discount
[myTouch 4G General] graffixnyc:
Wow $525! Still 425 with 100 off
[myTouch 4G General] calimove:
called on sunday and received it today. took more time getting it out the box than setting it up...put the antenna in the window and had 2 bars...then powered up the main unit...the phone before powering up was 2-3 bars if i was lucky and the data was hardly ever lit up..now i have 5 bars and have "H" on the data....big difference

bring on the surveys...i have no problem with them
[myTouch 4G General] laztpn0i:
I ordered Sunday morning and mine was delivered today. The window unit has 3 bars and the other unit shows 7. I now get a constant H on my MT4G, rather than fluctuating between Edge and 3g. Data speeds still havn't changed...but whats important is no more dropped calls. I am going to play around with different locations to see if I can further improve the reception. Thanks everyone again for all the info.
[myTouch 4G General] koshtaru:
Ordered mine on Monday, received it Thursday evening.. Before the cel-fi I had <1 bar of 3g (H) service in my single-unit apartment.. I then setup the "window unit" where it had the most signal (I used my phone as a guide..). The receiver had 2 bars of 3-G service. I setup the "repeater" device in my farthest room and the repeater registered a "8" on the device, acknowledging a good signal with the base-station.

My Mt4g now has 3-4 bars of 3-G in my entire home environment. It works great! It takes a little maneuvering to get the signal "just right", but its totally worth it if you want complete 3-G in your home :) Granted the speed of the 3-G is the same but its worth it if you cannot receive a strong signal within your home, and do not want to rely on in-home wireless or EDGE signal or Wi-Fi calling.

I wish the pilot program would continue to obviously needed customers =X I hope when the service does go live that it will not cost the 500$ tag that the 3rd party sites sell them for X.x

Cheers~
[myTouch 4G General] gabelegos:
I just tried calling and they said they haven't offered it since last november. I live in LA county btw
[myTouch 4G General] succorso:
Well, I'm glad it worked out for some you. I wish I had seen it and posted it sooner but I didn't so I couldn't.
[myTouch 4G General] aiwapro:
Yeah, I wish I had of seen it sooner too. They told me that they are out the device. The coverage at my home is very bad. Calls are dropped and missed just about all of the time. I may just have to switch carriers. I can't be missing calls like this.
[myTouch 4G General] mecheng:
I called a couple days ago to request one and was told the trial is over. The rep was really nice. She mentioned that she added me to a list of "interested customers". Then she explained that the data gathered from user surveys is being reviewed. If the reviews are positive, TMO will begin offering these devices to more customers with coverage issues. Her best guess was that the survey review process should be complete in mid April.
[myTouch 4G General] epsix:
Guys, I just recieve my cell fi 5 minutes ago hehe.
[myTouch 4G General] bluelars:
Since they aren't sending out anymore units, does anyone know of another way to boost signal in a house? Maybe something cheaper than the $500 unit?
[myTouch 4G General] jester450:
Very impressed. Super easy to set up and I get full bars.

I do hope they release thing to the general public soon.
[myTouch 4G General] eriksoto:
Kinda mad that I missed this, Only place I don't get H is in the basement, which is where I stay. Oh well, I'll be on the lookout for it in the future.
[myTouch 4G General] VibrantOwnr:
the number now is asking me for a pin number???
[myTouch 4G General] laztpn0i:
So when should we expect the surveys?

I've had my 3g signal booster for a little over a week now, and am wondering if any of you have received and done the surveys.
[myTouch 4G General] calimove:
i received a unit also and have not received any surveys
[myTouch 4G General] Freek91:
no surveys here

had it for a week i think or a little over lol

i actually had to resetup everything and now i get 5 bars throughout the whole house now...previously i would only get 2 or 3 bars even with cel-fi device...but all is good now
[myTouch 4G General] quailallstar:
Had mine for 3 months and it's working flawlessly! Works on SimpleMobile devices as well; of course it would... :)
[myTouch 4G General] camalus:
If any of you guys get bored with it.... I would be happy to give it a new home! I rely strictly on wifi calling.. which can be a pain at times.
[myTouch 4G General] Tabulous:
I was getting excited for the first few post till I skipped to the last 3 pages. I wish I had known about this.
[myTouch 4G General] Tabulous:
like the post on top of my last one says, if some of you get sick of always getting signal at your house I wouldnt mind taking one off your hands. :)
[myTouch 4G General] danyune:
i called in to try to get one since I typically have 0-1 bars, T-mobile even sent me 4 brand new HTC Shadow II's for free for UMA calling cause I've been a customer since they were called Voicestream

They couldn't even get me one because my house is specific, and it's not an area that is affected :(
[myTouch 4G General] Freek91:
I have an update to my beta testing this equipment in my home

so ive had it for 2 or 3 months...and as soon as i plugged it up all was great...good signal all over my house for all the tmo phones in my house...but as time went on i started noticing degraded signal strength and lost of total signal sometimes...in order to fix that problem i would have to unplug both the main unit and the repeater for about 3-5 minutes and then plug it back up and let it sync and then all was well again...but that would only last for maybe 2 day tops then i would see the poor signal and i would see my htc clock constantly change city even though i would be at my house the whole time

needless to say i ended up contacting the people who are running the program and they determined that i have defective equipment so they are sending out a replacement unit next week

so i just wanted to let ya all know if you are seeing weird issues or something just doesnt seem right...contact them by email and they will sort it out for ya
[myTouch 4G General] :
this sucks, tmo has terrible QoS in my area but all the other providers rape you on plans and their phones all suck. tmo really should be giving these out for free to all their customers since we've kept them even though their service has NEVER improved. they're a great company, excellent customer service. just wish i could get more than a half meg download on my phone and thats on HSPA. 3G, i am literally dial up speeds.
[myTouch 4G General] Sfkn2:
Funny thing is, before I got the signal booster, my max downstream was at 300kpbs. After the installation of the signal booster, it reached 2MBPS..

A month later, TMO's new cell site went up and I reached 8MPBS. :)
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] kamranh3:
Before anyone reads the following instructions, I would like to point out that THESE INSTRUCTIONS WERE MADE BY makbil, I only thought that since it was only a post in a thread it would take a lot of time to find it, credits all go to him!

Here is a short guide for those who want to change their boot up sound.

1- Find your dream file and convert it to ogg format (Google will be very helpful in finding free converters).

2- Rename the converted file to: android_audio.mp3

3- Copy the converted & renamed file to your SD card.

4- Using "Root Explorer" go to /data/local (Astro does not work, it will not show root folders)

5- View the permissions for android_audio.mp3 there (It's read for all and read/write for user)

6- Delete android_audio.mp3

7- Copy android_audio.mp3 from your SDcard to /data/local.

8- Check permissions and change to the previously observed values.

9- Exit Root Explorer.

10- Reboot (nornal)

Enjoy your new boot sound :)

Again, credit goes to makbil.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] KingAztech:
Ah, very nice... unfortunately it's only for around 17 secs, whereas my boot animation is for about 25secs... anyway for us to make it match the duration of the boot animation?
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] kamranh3:
Try slowing down the sound very slightly so it lasts longer, or you could add something extra at the end?
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] KingAztech:
The sound file is just under 1 minute in length so it could not be that...
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] kamranh3:
Well you don't need a sound file that lasts just under 1 min if your animation is only 25 secs, try shortening it :P
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] KingAztech:
I just cut the audio file to 25s but the music still stops around 16/17s into the boot animation. Maybe there is a duration limit?
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] crypt.1nj3ct:
There is no time limit, because I moved there a song which lasts over six minutes. The song will stop when system is ready, of course! :)

You can set also downanimation sound, if You go to /system/customize/CID/ and open default.xml. Open it and cp text

audio="/data/local/android_audio.mp3" /> between

<ShutdownAnimation image_png="/system/customize/resource/downanimation.zip"

and

fps="15" />

Like this:

<ShutdownAnimation image_png="/system/customize/resource/downanimation.zip"

audio="/data/local/youraudioname.mp3" fps="15" />

And You must not convert your song. It is enough, if it is mp3.

I will try this again after submitting this..
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] KingAztech:
Keeping it mp3 instead of ogg fixed it. It now plays until the boot animation finishes or system becomes ready.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] joshuaburnsjr:
No success with this. I am running LeeDroid v 2.5 final. I have tried the steps you mentioned above and couldn't get this to work. Does this require re-flashing the ROM??
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] PMGRANDS:
Will this work on a Evo 3d?
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] lenn0nade:
No success either for me. I'm running Beatmod Bliss Sense Hybrid