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Well I had to do it because of connection issues. Sprint service sucks here and I have tried numerous things but just couldn't get past having terrible reception. So moving over to Verizon. Didn't have enough the other day when I ordered phones from amazon, so I got 3 Droids for a penny. Will probably upgrade 2 of them within the month to and Incredible and the X. Love the Hero love the forums and help here, just cant deal with no service 99% of my time.
Have you tried using the vz prl?
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Have you tried using the vz prl?
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Yeah been there done that. I figure if im in the middle of a city and cant even get 1 bar most of the time, and constantly roaming, well it's just too much of a pain in the butt. I am looking forward to messing with some of those droid roms and kernels with major clocking.
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Well I had to do it because of connection issues. Sprint service sucks here and I have tried numerous things but just couldn't get past having terrible reception. So moving over to Verizon. Didn't have enough the other day when I ordered phones from amazon, so I got 3 Droids for a penny. Will probably upgrade 2 of them within the month to and Incredible and the X. Love the Hero love the forums and help here, just cant deal with no service 99% of my time.
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good choice in a phone man, i love the droid, i wish i could get it on sprint myself. i remember you posting about your bad signal so i don't blame you and good luck! im on my 5th hero and this is the first one i actually have a good signal on, the hero was known to have a defect in that aspect. as soon as i get paid from my new job ill be buying another evo.
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good choice in a phone man, i love the droid, i wish i could get it on sprint myself. i remember you posting about your bad signal so i don't blame you and good luck! im on my 5th hero and this is the first one i actually have a good signal on, the hero was known to have a defect in that aspect. as soon as i get paid from my new job ill be buying another evo.
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hey one Q... cant we switch the droid to sprint... i think its possible.....
yes, you can. They are both cdma. You need to program the baseband with sprint's network info, just use a hero to pull the config from.
not entirely related; since we have neither sprint or Verizon here in Alaska; if you are a sprint customer you roam on digitel (worst network in the state). if you are a Verizon customer you roam with ACS (best network in the state).
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hey one Q... cant we switch the droid to sprint... i think its possible.....
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yes, you can. They are both cdma. You need to program the baseband with sprint's network info, just use a hero to pull the config from.
not entirely related; since we have neither sprint or Verizon here in Alaska; if you are a sprint customer you roam on digitel (worst network in the state). if you are a Verizon customer you roam with ACS (best network in the state).
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Sounds bad ... with the whole cell phone thing in Alaska ...
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yes, you can. They are both cdma. You need to program the baseband with sprint's network info, just use a hero to pull the config from.
not entirely related; since we have neither sprint or Verizon here in Alaska; if. you are a sprint customer you roam on digitel (worst network in the state). if you are a Verizon customer you roam with ACS (best network in the state).
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Maybe. You can point me in the right direction .. the Droid with sprint...
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Maybe. You can point me in the right direction .. the Droid with sprint...
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it's not possible to do it or i would have already! the only way is by esn cloning and that's illegal as ****. sprint doesn't allow any phone on their network that they do not sell.
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it's not possible to do it or i would have already! the only way is by esn cloning and that's illegal as ****. sprint doesn't allow any phone on their network that they do not sell.
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lol.. .... ....
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the only way is by esn cloning and that's illegal as ****.
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**** is illegal? By that logic, Chipotle and the Breakfast Dollar Menu are also illegal.
actually no, its pretty great. My carrier is a small local company that offers me excellent service and coverage. (my house is -58dbm average and 1.2Mbit evdo)
I'm probably the only person on this forum that doesn't have free long distance service on their phone but that's my choice, my carrier offers national plans but for me everyone i call is here in Alaska so I prefer the cheaper plan.
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Sounds bad ... with the whole cell phone thing in Alaska ...
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**** is illegal? By that logic, Chipotle and the Breakfast Dollar Menu are also illegal.
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what you need!!!!! to get an EVO and put it on BOOST. I was with SPRINT before and its riddiculous that i used to pay about $90-$1000/month with my Touch Pro2 and now i pay $50/month to use it on BOOST and i have the same service except everything is unlimited and i have no phone insurance. Calling BOOST to activate an EVO will definitely not work but if u already have a BOOST CDMA account all you really need is the MSL code for the EVO then reprogram it with your BOOST# and MSID, thats what I did with my TP2 and its been working great since Feb. Have not heard anybody whos tried it yet but im sure they will. Theres is no 4G service in NYC as of yet so thats no problem as SPRINT makes you pay$10 extra for something you dont have. Metro PCS is supposedly getting 4G service by Dec. so BOOST which is owned by SPRINT is sure to be getting it too and if I have to pay $10extra to BOOST then so be it $60/month is great compared to paying at least $40/month more to SPRINT for the same thing
Ever heard of commas and paragraphs?
Lol
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#1. It is not the exact same service, in the past boost phones were mainly nextel devices, the nextel network isn't nearly as large. Both current boost phones like the katana, blackberry, etc. and virgin mobile phones connect to a LIMITED number of sprint towers, its not the same coverage.
#2. How is boost going to charge you $10 for 4g service on a phone it doesn't offer and a service it won't provide?
"except everything is unlimited"
Uh, no. You have the standard 5 GB monthly cap. :V
Anyway i can do this with a bad ESN Evo?
Could someone possibly go into more detail about this?
I've been lookin for a guide like crazy and cant find one, I'm a little confused on whether its as easy as changing the boost number and msid, some people say yes, some people say no you have to change the esn. Would somebody please verfiy!
You do not need to change anything to your phone. You simply need to get it on the Boost network. The only way to do that, is by calling and playing dumb. If you have a phone with a bad ESN, you would have to clone it, which is illegal. No 4G for Boost, only 3G.
ok has anyone tried the above method of changing the phone number and msid to match boost, ive tried and not getting it to go can someone please help. Phone has clean esn, is it only the one with bad esn that needs to be "esn repaired" please let me know thanks
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"except everything is unlimited"
Uh, no. You have the standard 5 GB monthly cap. :V
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no its unlimited. i pass 5gb cap every month
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what you need!!!!! to get an EVO and put it on BOOST. I was with SPRINT before and its riddiculous that i used to pay about $90-$1000/month with my Touch Pro2 and now i pay $50/month to use it on BOOST and i have the same service except everything is unlimited and i have no phone insurance. Calling BOOST to activate an EVO will definitely not work but if u already have a BOOST CDMA account all you really need is the MSL code for the EVO then reprogram it with your BOOST# and MSID, thats what I did with my TP2 and its been working great since Feb. Have not heard anybody whos tried it yet but im sure they will. Theres is no 4G service in NYC as of yet so thats no problem as SPRINT makes you pay$10 extra for something you dont have. Metro PCS is supposedly getting 4G service by Dec. so BOOST which is owned by SPRINT is sure to be getting it too and if I have to pay $10extra to BOOST then so be it $60/month is great compared to paying at least $40/month more to SPRINT for the same thing
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I have an EVO and want to set it up on BOOST. Can you confirm that this is still working for you?
That's the longest run-on sentence I've ever seen lol.
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I'm more than likely posting this in the wrong section but it regards to an EVO so I apologize in advance....
Would it be possible to flash a Sprint EVO onto verizons network I want the EVO I looked into the thunderbolt and I think its nothing but garbage just my opinion, I had it for 10 days and it was so bad I went and returned it and went back to my incredible since I don't have 4g in North Dakota it would be an issue I got my MSL code from Verizon. I've seen the EVO on boost and pageplus unfortunately I only have IDEN coverage for boost no cdma or I would just go that route. So would this be possible??? I know there are sites claiming they have the files that will make it work but I'd rather not pay for something that might not work. I know what your thinking why not just switch to Sprint well we don't have coverage here. So my choices are Verizon, AT&T, & Nextel. Nextel is out of the question for the fact I believe its still completely IDEN which means not smartphones except for a blackberry and there is no way I will switch to a blackberry I had a hard time switching from winmo 6.5 to android.
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I'm more than likely posting this in the wrong section but it regards to an EVO so I apologize in advance....
Would it be possible to flash a Sprint EVO onto verizons network I want the EVO I looked into the thunderbolt and I think its nothing but garbage just my opinion, I had it for 10 days and it was so bad I went and returned it and went back to my incredible since I don't have 4g in North Dakota it would be an issue I got my MSL code from Verizon. I've seen the EVO on boost and pageplus unfortunately I only have IDEN coverage for boost no cdma or I would just go that route. So would this be possible??? I know there are sites claiming they have the files that will make it work but I'd rather not pay for something that might not work. I know what your thinking why not just switch to Sprint well we don't have coverage here. So my choices are Verizon, AT&T, & Nextel. Nextel is out of the question for the fact I believe its still completely IDEN which means not smartphones except for a blackberry and there is no way I will switch to a blackberry I had a hard time switching from winmo 6.5 to android.
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Not legally due to esn locks. Sorry.
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Not legally due to esn locks. Sorry.
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Yuppers... Frowney face indeed
Ugh... That's what I came across in my six hours of searching, but didn't they pass a law in 2006 that made it legal to switch carriers and flash it, since its your device you paid for it you should be able to do with it as you please within reason of course, also would it make a difference if the esn/meid is clean?
I mentioned pageplus in my op its a prepaid company owned by (Verizon) the evil V as I call it lol I know they got it boost which is as we all know is a prepaid company of Sprint which is seeming more and more like the best of the "big 4" soon to be the "big 3"
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Ugh... That's what I came across in my six hours of searching, but didn't they pass a law in 2006 that made it legal to switch carriers and flash it, since its your device you paid for it you should be able to do with it as you please within reason of course, also would it make a difference if the esn/meid is clean?
I mentioned pageplus in my op its a prepaid company owned by (Verizon) the evil V as I call it lol I know they got it boost which is as we all know is a prepaid company of Sprint which is seeming more and more like the best of the "big 4" soon to be the "big 3"
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It is legal to do so, but the carrier has to approve the device and one big thing that won't be approved is the Sprint logo on the front of the device. Also I could be wrong, but for basic network coverage not counting Wimax since Verizon doesn't use Wimax, I believe Sprint and Verizon use different frequencies but I could be wrong.
There was a time when Sprint announced that they will activate any Verizon phone on their network. I can't remember if Verizon sued them, or if Sprint backed out. It was a very huge deal.
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It IS possible. Very much so. I'm not sure if i can speak on this, but if u do your research u should find the info u need. Done by yours truely
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It is legal to do so, but the carrier has to approve the device and one big thing that won't be approved is the Sprint logo on the front of the device. Also I could be wrong, but for basic network coverage not counting Wimax since Verizon doesn't use Wimax, I believe Sprint and Verizon use different frequencies but I could be wrong.
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Yep, Verizon uses 700 mhz and Sprint uses 2.5 I believe.
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Yep, Verizon uses 700 mhz and Sprint uses 2.5 I believe.
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That's for 4g. I believe.
Gimme a couple a days to come up with a new sig that is cool.
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Yep, Verizon uses 700 mhz and Sprint uses 2.5 I believe.
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that's for their "4G", not the CDMA 1x/EvDO spectrum
Ah, that's true, I totally blanked on the fact that he doesn't have 4g coverage anyway and that issue isn't on the table
Thanks for all the input guys, maybe I can find a friend of mine that happens to have an EVO they would be willing to let me borrow to try this out on, and update prl and everything else and see if I can get to VZW ota programming prompt and if I can get that far, I should be close to in the clear see if I goes through completely or somehow rewrite the esn/meid's which probably isn't legal but I'm sure can be done lol, and browsing around early this morning I found out I can get page plus coverage haha but I refuse to give up my unlimited data, I know there is a way to flash it to them though.. but thank you again for all the input
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It's possible. I'm on Verizon PRL right now as we speak. I dial *2 and I get Verizon customer service
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It's possible. I'm on Verizon PRL right now as we speak. I dial *2 and I get Verizon customer service
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Yeah but that's data roaming, little different.
It's possible just a few things you need:
1) Verizon has to approve it for their network
2) You would need your number AND your MIN as well as your cellular email address: it would be something like your10digit [email protected] verizon has for .com
3)Your MSL so you can program the phone for verizon (if you're rooted, MSL Reader from the Market will get that for you)
4)Verizon PRL
My evo is programed for cricket. AND the Evo can be programmed for boost. I went with cricket because there is no grey area there. Just program my phone for cricket, call them up and have them add my Evo's ESN.
Cricket was more than willing to give me the information I needed (MIN is the only thing I needed from them) and I got someone (who i guess works for cricket, one of those cricket forums) to add my ESN to my account. (you don't even have to change the radios, just change the PRL)
I look at it like this, Verizon takes a loss on every phone sold. Well every postpaid carrier does. So I would think they would jump at the chance for you to save them some money while spending money with them in the process.
How would I get them to accept the esn and accept the EVO for their service? I'm on a prepaid account now so I would be paying retail anyway...
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How would I get them to accept the esn and accept the EVO for their service? I'm on a prepaid account now so I would be paying retail anyway...
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They won't.
Maybe tell them its their ****ty thunderbolt until they push it through????
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Maybe tell them its their ****ty thunderbolt until they push it through????
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The DEC number clearly identifies what phone it is.
Damn I just can't win can I???
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ok so here it is pretty soon im going to be going across the border maybee like 50 miles out and then again about 1000 miles further the last time i went outthere i rarely got roaming only in very lil areas so one of my family members has att and he was the one who got service the entire time .....so back to my question where can i find a att prl that will work on our phone or the heroc i just need the prl and i will put on my phone as i njust want to be prepared for this trip.....right not im using a special sprint prl 11114 which allows 3gverizons roaming....that plus roam control and your set. THANX
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ok so here it is pretty soon im going to be going across the border maybee like 50 miles out and then again about 1000 miles further the last time i went outthere i rarely got roaming only in very lil areas so one of my family members has att and he was the one who got service the entire time .....so back to my question where can i find a att prl that will work on our phone or the heroc i just need the prl and i will put on my phone as i njust want to be prepared for this trip.....right not im using a special sprint prl 11114 which allows 3gverizons roaming....that plus roam control and your set. THANX
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First, the border to where? Mexico, Canada, Cuba, Alabama, native Sprint coverage?
Second, the only AT&T towers your phone could possibly use are up north near Montana. They are formerly owned by alltel, 11114 should enable EV-DO access to these towers. All other towers are GSM and will not work with CDMA phones. The only reason the old Alltel towers (which are now being used by AT&T) will allow your phone to use them is because they are Dual-Mode GSM/CDMA hybrid towers.
In most (99.999%) cases AT&T towers can't be used by any Sprint phone.
EDIT: except maybe blackberry bold, HTC touch pro 2 and the Motorola Photon because they are GSM and CDMA phones (hybrid).
i will be goimg to mexico ok now so the 11114 prl is that all straight roaming or am i ok should i switch back... my cousin was on att but it was on roaming the entire time, if it cant be done then what is recomended for me to try to get service outthere i just dont want to be stuck buyn another prepaid phone outthere thats all..
11114 and 60680 will give the same international roaming.
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ok so here it is pretty soon im going to be going across the border maybee like 50 miles out and then again about 1000 miles further the last time i went outthere i rarely got roaming only in very lil areas so one of my family members has att and he was the one who got service the entire time .....so back to my question where can i find a att prl that will work on our phone or the heroc i just need the prl and i will put on my phone as i njust want to be prepared for this trip.....right not im using a special sprint prl 11114 which allows 3gverizons roaming....that plus roam control and your set. THANX
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The latest PRL that i know of is 1120
ok so at the end of the day which PRL is reccomende for traveling to mexico
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The latest PRL that i know of is 1120
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01120 was discontinued. It was replaced with 11114 which pretty much has nationwide 3g roaming.
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ok so at the end of the day which PRL is reccomende for traveling to mexico
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11114...it will even roam on networks not listed in the prl unlike 60680. Or activate a world phone such as the photon so you have the best of both worlds..cdma roaming and gsm.
Another thing to keep in mind is the Epic will not roam on the PCS band...they still haven't fixed that issue. So if there is cdma only in the pcs band you will not get any service.
Is there a link for that prl?
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If you roam in Mexico its gonna cost you big. Search international roaming
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Look in the dev area for a thread about how to load a prl. 11114 is in there.
Ok so my best bet is to stick with wat I got if it fails ill get get a cheap old Nextel n hypersim that biatch for any one who wants the prls go to cdma hero general forum they got all the prls ever
I called 1888-211-4227 requesting an airave in order to fix a coverage issue I've been having for the past 3 months.
It started out small but today it got on my nerve, the problem is that all 4 phones would show full 3g signal but when I tried to place a call and send text messages I got a network failure.
Today I was expecting a friend who drove 80miles to bring me a textbook my son needed for college and he told me he would call me when he was at the security gate of my neighborhood.
Security told him to leave because they couldn't reach ANY of my phones and after 2 hours he was able to reach me.
It pisses me off because when I called account services, I got to talk to 5 people who sounded like they knew what they were doing but it turns out they were idiots.
All of them transferred me to the same department over and over until their network failed and the call was dropped.
I got pissed and sent them an email demanding an airave and service for the damn premium data ad on I pay for with 100kbps 3g service.
sorry if I sound like a douche but damn it pisses me off that everyone says they improved customer service when its still the same idiots on the phone.
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The airrave doesnt always pull your calls when someone tries to reach you .. my ex called me like 5 times in a row and on the 6th it finally rang... better than 2hours but ya never know..
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Yea, I will be completely honest, I got an airave, and it was WAY more trouble than it was worth. It kept HOGGING by bandwidth, and I have a 20mb connection, it would slow all computers down to 5kb/s. It would randomly go off and on, texts would come in late (i would get no texts for hours, then i would get 50 all at once). And it messes with the gps on the phones, so its impossible to use Google Maps to map out a route.
damn, I really don't know what sprints deal is, I live in a very populated area where AT&T and Tmo have 4g and 3g without issues, somehow sprints been sucking and they haven't bothered to fix it.
I have full bars of 3g on all of my phones and I can see some cell sites from the roof of my home...I think the 3g tower is close to a 1x tower and the evo keeps connecting to both or something so it cant make up its mind of which tower to use. I'm stumped.
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damn, I really don't know what sprints deal is, I live in a very populated area where AT&T and Tmo have 4g and 3g without issues, somehow sprints been sucking and they haven't bothered to fix it.
I have full bars of 3g on all of my phones and I can see some cell sites from the roof of my home...I think the 3g tower is close to a 1x tower and the evo keeps connecting to both or something so it cant make up its mind of which tower to use. I'm stumped.
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I wouldn't say that sprint hasn't bothered to fix it. Trust me they are in the process of doing major tower upgrades, and improving their spectrum. We will see at least a 70% improvement of coverage.
Source: I'm a sprint employee
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Got any proof to back that up? Pics? Leaked Memos? etc.
AT&T is going to buy Verizon.
Source: I'm an AT&T Employee.
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I wouldn't say that sprint hasn't bothered to fix it. Trust me they are in the process of doing major tower upgrades, and improving their spectrum. We will see at least a 70% improvement of coverage.
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all well and good, but my data speeds and network connections have been getting worse and worse and worse for several months.
unlike these other people, i won't wait any more. i've decided to pay my ETF and go back to TMo.
This entire 'we are fixing towers, sorry about that' thing has been going on consistently during my entire 1.5 year tenure. i'm done with it. when i'm standing in the middle of Manhattan and am getting 0.15mb/s down, i wonder why i am even paying my bill.
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Got any proof to back that up? Pics? Leaked Memos? etc.
AT&T is going to buy Verizon.
Source: I'm an AT&T Employee.
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This article doesn't go into too much detail but wait till tomorrow when I can pull up the page at work.
newsroom.sprint.com/press_kits.cfm?presskit_id=19
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That's not a source. lol. Sprint employees say lots of things. doesn't mean they are telling the truth or have any idea what is truely going on. They just believe all the lies they read in their emails that they are required to read and believe. Sadly you're on that believes them. lmao. So what about wimax? so tell us, are they going to fix wimax too? lol. The second they signed the deal with LTE, THEY COMPLETELY stopped upgrading towers in my city. lol. AT&T's network is much faster than Sprint. Verizon's 4g is much better than Sprints. lol.
Sure Sprint will upgrade just a little, but only to shut us up long enough to sign a new contract. lol
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This article doesn't go into too much detail but wait till tomorrow when I can pull up the page at work.
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omg. lmao. yeah, he's reading his company emails. LMAO!!!!! I can't say who I work for but I see the same emails. then I talk to the ACTUAL employees that work on the towers and they do less than 2 hours of work a week. They actually told me they know about towers that haven't worked right in a year and won't go out their and fix it. lol oh well.
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That's not a source. lol. Sprint employees say lots of things. doesn't mean they are telling the truth or have any idea what is truely going on. They just believe all the lies they read in their emails that they are required to read and believe. Sadly you're on that believes them. lmao. So what about wimax? so tell us, are they going to fix wimax too? lol. The second they signed the deal with LTE, THEY COMPLETELY stopped upgrading towers in my city. lol. AT&T's network is much faster than Sprint. Verizon's 4g is much better than Sprints. lol.
Sure Sprint will upgrade just a little, but only to shut us up long enough to sign a new contract. lol
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Of course it isn't because the real information is available on our employee intranet. 4G, 3g, and cdma networks are all getting capacity and spectrum increases.
You're the one that doesn't know what your talking about. These aren't lies or emails that we AREN'T "required" to read.
As far as Wimax goes, Sprint doesn't exactly know what they are going to do with it. They are either going get rid of it completely and use LTE. OR use both Wimax and LTE.
Unless you have anything to back up your information then I suggest you shut the f**k or take your whining somewhere else.
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omg. lmao. yeah, he's reading his company emails. LMAO!!!!! I can't say who I work for but I see the same emails. then I talk to the ACTUAL employees that work on the towers and they do less than 2 hours of work a week. They actually told me they know about towers that haven't worked right in a year and won't go out their and fix it. lol oh well.
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What I'm talking about is not company emails you idiot. It is news available on OUR employee website that has information not available to losers like you.
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Someone takes things a little too serious. Welcome to XDA.
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In the spirit of the OP, I'd like to say I'm curious to hear if you get your AIRAVE eventually, and what it takes to actually convince them to send you one.
I live in a valley where the closest Sprint tower is shamefully far away, and services a staggering number of people. Calls rarely drop, quality is fine, and data speeds are okay, but I'm lucky if my cell signal ever surpasses -96dBm. I spend so much time rubbing up against -105dBm that my Evo idles to death in about 10 hours. I compared mine to a brand new stock Evo, and they both fail equally.
So, I tried calling Sprint for an AIRAVE, and while one rep confirmed that I am indeed in a low-coverage area, everyone I spoke to after insisted that nothing's wrong and I should take my phone to the store if I think otherwise. (I'd say with my cell signal, and an average EVDO Ec/Io around -18dB, they'd have to offer me a 100k salary before I'd call my area anything BUT low-coverage.)
On that note, the first rep I spoke to warned me that only the technical support department can comp you an AIRAVE, and technical support warned me that their computers need to indicate a problem before they're allowed to do that. Also, you might want to be ready for a fight if you expect them to waive the monthly fee - I got a few 'no's about that before even being told I couldn't have an AIRAVE.
Anyway, good luck, and let us know how it goes!
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omg. lmao. yeah, he's reading his company emails. LMAO!!!!! I can't say who I work for but I see the same emails. then I talk to the ACTUAL employees that work on the towers and they do less than 2 hours of work a week. They actually told me they know about towers that haven't worked right in a year and won't go out their and fix it. lol oh well.
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Wow, cakewalk job
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bezeek said:
In the spirit of the OP, I'd like to say I'm curious to hear if you get your AIRAVE eventually, and what it takes to actually convince them to send you one.
I live in a valley where the closest Sprint tower is shamefully far away, and services a staggering number of people. Calls rarely drop, quality is fine, and data speeds are okay, but I'm lucky if my cell signal ever surpasses -96dBm. I spend so much time rubbing up against -105dBm that my Evo idles to death in about 10 hours. I compared mine to a brand new stock Evo, and they both fail equally.
So, I tried calling Sprint for an AIRAVE, and while one rep confirmed that I am indeed in a low-coverage area, everyone I spoke to after insisted that nothing's wrong and I should take my phone to the store if I think otherwise. (I'd say with my cell signal, and an average EVDO Ec/Io around -18dB, they'd have to offer me a 100k salary before I'd call my area anything BUT low-coverage.)
On that note, the first rep I spoke to warned me that only the technical support department can comp you an AIRAVE, and technical support warned me that their computers need to indicate a problem before they're allowed to do that. Also, you might want to be ready for a fight if you expect them to waive the monthly fee - I got a few 'no's about that before even being told I couldn't have an AIRAVE.
Anyway, good luck, and let us know how it goes!
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Thanks for the reply, right now it kinda blows since I had to buy skype credits in order to be able to work...
As the others said about sprint fixing their towers, we are going to be the last place... do you know why? Everywhere around the island everyone has either an iPhone from AT&T or a blackberry curve 8530 from local gsm carriers, and every time someone asks me about my cell provider, they say its crap because of their service. Sprint stores are always empty when I walk past them in the malls. People here don't see sprint as a national carrier, instead they see it as a local cdma provider.
Sprint took forever to actually begin testing WiMax here and it sucks hard, I hope they get it at full power soon when its officially announced. 3g has always sucked, there are like 5 CDMA carriers using the same towers...(Sprint,Virgin,Boost,Open Mobile,Centennial, etc) This is the cause for network overload, also I would love a data cap, maybe thats what people need in order to let others have at least 500kbps download speed.
I was about to switch to tmo...and the day I went to do so the merger wasd announced so I'm kinda stuck with sprint for now.
If you do decide to bail on Sprint, I saw a pretty hot tip in the Evo 3d section earlier that may help you.
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Yeah I saw it, its regarding some increase or something, I'm going to go check out tmo and see how much 4 android phones will cost me a month, if I get a nice comparable deal I will drop sprint.
All I had to do was call customer service, say I can't make a phone call from inside my house and it's been like this since the service started. Three days later I had an air rave, no cost to me. I didn't have to threaten or even get angry. In fact, it was one of the best customer service experiences I've ever had.
Its a chance game, you got a good rep, I got 2 dudes and 2 girls who had no idea what I wanted or an airave was...