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Duckman2008 posted:Eprp pays the extra $10 yes. Wait, what? Here's my bill: sprint.com posted:Everything Plus Plan - 500 Anytime Minutes Included - $59.99 I had SERO in the distant past, which they somehow screwed up and I got removed. Eventually, when I got an HTC Hero Android phone, I got them to get me on Everything Plus, but I still had to pay the $10 premium data charge. Are you saying that I shouldn't have to pay that $10 charge every month, and $60 +fees is what I could get?
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iluvpr0n posted:Are you saying that I shouldn't have to pay that $10 charge every month, and $60 +fees is what I could get? That is literally the opposite of what he's saying.
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Apr 12, 2012 15:21
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DuckMan - starting this past Tuesday my tower has started acting like crap. Whenever I answer a call I can hear the other party fine but they often can't hear me even though I have 1-2 bars. Then I get a Call Failed. I assume this is because the tower can't hear my phone so it times out the connection. Is there any way to report this that doesn't involve wasting an hour talking to a regular CS rep and having them read to me from a script as if I were a 5 year old?
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Apr 12, 2012 15:48
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iluvpr0n posted:Wait, what? Here's my bill: Yeah, I am assuming you have a non smartphone or a really old one. It's very simple, if you get a smartphone, whether via upgrade or outright buy, you will start paying an extra $10 a month on the premise that a smartphone uses more data than a feature phone. No exceptions on smartphones anymore with EPRP and regular plans. What is considered a smartphone (the list still makes me laugh): iPhone, android phones, webos, windows phone 7, blackberry, windows mobile (6.5 and under), palm OS and the Samsung instinct series. So basically, no grandfathered phone loopholes. For better or worse.
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Apr 12, 2012 15:52
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OK, I guess I was reading it that "EPRP pays for the $10 fee" (ie, the plan itself covers it). Ahh well. To make this post theoretically more useful, I don't really have major complaints about 3G speeds in Boston/Cambridge like people everywhere else seem to. I've got an Evo 4G, but never really use 4G because it doesn't seem to hold a solid connection, so I use 3G. Yesterday I got .23Mbps download speed and today I got .19Mbps. I guess as long as I can stream music from Google Music/Amazon/Pandora/Raditaz, I'm happy enough. What speeds should we be getting over 3G? What are people on other carriers getting? (When I did test 4G speeds here last fall, I was getting anywhere from 1.12Mbps to 2.33Mbps.)
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Apr 12, 2012 16:42
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Duckman, my new job has a 19% discount for sprint. How would one change their eprp account to a normal one if that 19% is better than the eprp discount?
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Apr 12, 2012 16:48
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iluvpr0n posted:
I'm on T-Mobile and get like 1.2 on 3G. If people are getting .25 or something on 3G on Sprint, I might have to reconsider!
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Apr 12, 2012 16:54
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TheReverend posted:I'm on T-Mobile and get like 1.2 on 3G. If people are getting .25 or something on 3G on Sprint, I might have to reconsider! GSM "3G" is a lot faster than CDMA. AT&T, T-mobile, etc.
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Apr 12, 2012 16:57
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TheReverend posted:I'm on T-Mobile and get like 1.2 on 3G. If people are getting .25 or something on 3G on Sprint, I might have to reconsider! Sprint's EV-DO 3G service is capable of speeds around 1.5Mbps. But, a lot of areas are lacking the backhaul to provide it or are suffering from wireless tower congestion (too many phones on a tower, not enough radio frequency to server them all). This leads to a lot of people getting slower speeds. If Sprint is able to complete their Network Vision project, both of these problems should go away for a while.
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Apr 12, 2012 17:12
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Has anybody installed the new Optimus update? I've had terrible luck with anything based on OS 2.3, so I'm still rocking 2.2 and loving it (relatively). Supposedly it fixes everything, but I'm leery of installing any more updates 
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Apr 12, 2012 17:26
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Lutha Mahtin posted:Has anybody installed the new Optimus update? I've had terrible luck with anything based on OS 2.3, so I'm still rocking 2.2 and loving it (relatively). Supposedly it fixes everything, but I'm leery of installing any more updates I'd just install CM7. My friend says it works well on his Optimus. I don't know how the dev scene is for that phone anymore, but CM7 or a rooted/bloat removed stock ROM would probably work better than 100% stock.
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Apr 12, 2012 18:52
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ThermoPhysical posted:Duckman, my new job has a 19% discount for sprint. How would one change their eprp account to a normal one if that 19% is better than the eprp discount? Call customer care and have them change your plan for YOUR NEXT BILLING DATE (avoid prorations). File for your discount at sprint.com/verify. Applying a discount now will renew your two year contract, but your eligibility date stays the same (so if you are eligible May 1t, it stays May 1st).
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Apr 12, 2012 23:22
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ThermoPhysical posted:Duckman, my new job has a 19% discount for sprint. How would one change their eprp account to a normal one if that 19% is better than the eprp discount? I know you can't go from regular to EPRP, this may not be the case going from EPRP to regular, but who knows. I know when I started working at my current employer and started a family plan the 19% was cheaper, but I switched back to single line and haven't even entertained the thought because if I recall I would need to port out my number and wait then port it back in for a difference that may ultimately be negligible. I can't mention my employer by name, I learned a while back it starts derails faster than talking about Palestine.
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Apr 12, 2012 23:23
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Another HTC TP2 user here, absolutely dying with this POS. I am eligible for upgrade in 49 days (oh god, it's so far away). I am still on the original SERO $30, so here's my question: Is there any way to get something that will last me through the next month and a half, with decent resell value? I'd like to hold out for the Galaxy Nexus, but I don't think I can make it until my upgrade waiver kicks in. What do I need to do to do this affordably? I know I'll probably need to bump my plan up to the $60 + data premium, which I'm ok with. I'm just fearful of paying Sprint full prices on a phone that I can't recover, and terrified to mess with my SERO. Please don't tell me I have to wait it out.
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Apr 12, 2012 23:28
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^^ AJzer, you can have her Optimus S if you want, $50 should cover it. Let me know. Its a decent Android phone. Duckman2008, question for you or anyone else familiar with Sprint's policies. My girlfriend has two lines, one regular ED450 and one SERO-P. She wants to cancel the ED450 line. Will we receive the rest of the month back in the form of a check, or will she have to ride out the current month?
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Apr 12, 2012 23:50
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Duckman2008 posted:Call customer care and have them change your plan for YOUR NEXT BILLING DATE (avoid prorations). File for your discount at sprint.com/verify. Applying a discount now will renew your two year contract, but your eligibility date stays the same (so if you are eligible May 1t, it stays May 1st). If tat restarts my contract, would I have to repay the $100 deposit? Also the deposit I paid for the Nexus S 4G should be returned to me in June, would the renewal of my contract negate that? My eligibility is May 1, 2013, but I don't think that would mean anything. Would it be better to just stay on EPRP or take the 19% discount for my job for a normal account? The Entire Universe posted:I know you can't go from regular to EPRP, this may not be the case going from EPRP to regular, but who knows. I know when I started working at my current employer and started a family plan the 19% was cheaper, but I switched back to single line and haven't even entertained the thought because if I recall I would need to port out my number and wait then port it back in for a difference that may ultimately be negligible. If your discount is 19%, it may be the same employer I have, but I don't know. I worked for these guys once before in 2008 and I don't recall them having a discount for Sprint before...but then again I didn't have Sprint in 2008 anyway.
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Apr 12, 2012 23:51
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Mark Larson posted:^^ AJzer, you can have her Optimus S if you want, $50 should cover it. Let me know. Its a decent Android phone. I will probably take it, but it depends on what I need to do for Sprint and changing my plan around to make it work. If I hear that something like this would work, I'd really consider it.
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Apr 13, 2012 00:32
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AJzer posted:I am still on the original SERO $30,
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Apr 13, 2012 00:38
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td4guy posted:No, you upgrade to SERO Premium 500 and pay $40/mo + $10 premium data fee. For the Galaxy Nexus? Or are you saying just bump to the $40 for the LG Optimus S, and then when the Nexus comes out, bump to the $50?
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Apr 13, 2012 00:40
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ThermoPhysical posted:If tat restarts my contract, would I have to repay the $100 deposit? Also the deposit I paid for the Nexus S 4G should be returned to me in June, would the renewal of my contract negate that? No idea, I started here in '09.
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Apr 13, 2012 01:14
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Do not install 2.3 on the optimus.
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Apr 13, 2012 01:34
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Chappy posted:Do not install 2.3 on the optimus. Oh the humanity. Again? At least I will get service work coming in for it :/ Mark Larson posted:^^ AJzer, you can have her Optimus S if you want, $50 should cover it. Let me know. Its a decent Android phone. I can't figure out from this if she is keeping her account active or not, either way you should get proraations back, as a credit if the account is open or as a check if the whole account is canceled. ThermoPhysical posted:If tat restarts my contract, would I have to repay the $100 deposit? Also the deposit I paid for the Nexus S 4G should be returned to me in June, would the renewal of my contract negate that? No deposit to get the discount, and you just get the deposit back, nothing extra there. Duckman2008 fucked around with this message at 03:26 on Apr 13, 2012 |
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Apr 13, 2012 03:23
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Duckman2008 posted:No deposit to get the discount, and you just get the deposit back, nothing extra there. Looks like I'll just have a 19% discount then. I'll call up customer care and see how much it'll affect my bill (I'm currently thinking it'd be $17 less than what I'm paying now). Thanks!
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Apr 13, 2012 03:54
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So, if I were to order a phone right now on Sprint and put my current Virgin Mobile phone number in, would my phone (the VM one) be inactive until I get my new Sprint phone in the mail?
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Apr 13, 2012 05:27
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AJzer posted:For the Galaxy Nexus? Or are you saying just bump to the $40 for the LG Optimus S, and then when the Nexus comes out, bump to the $50?
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Apr 13, 2012 07:07
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Chappy posted:Do not install 2.3 on the optimus. Man, are they ever going to get 2.3 on my phone? What's wrong with it this time?
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Apr 13, 2012 09:40
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http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-targets-2014-use-800-mhz-lte/2012-04-12 This is the first confirmation I've seen that Sprint really intends to deploy LTE on their 800 MHz frequency. 4G indoors, imagine that! Also a list of the first LTE cities, which I don't recall seeing listed before: quote:Sprint is planning to launch LTE first in Atlanta, Baltimore, Houston, Dallas, Kansas City and San Antonio, Texas.
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Apr 13, 2012 12:11
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Basic Beater posted:So, if I were to order a phone right now on Sprint and put my current Virgin Mobile phone number in, would my phone (the VM one) be inactive until I get my new Sprint phone in the mail? You should, but it's safer to just order with a temp number and port when it gets there. What plan andhone are you going with?
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So, I want the GNex next week. -Does sprint still NOT charge the activation fee if you order the phone online as opposed to going in store? -For the new contract buy out thing, should I do that now? Or, should I wait until the day I buy the phone? I call the retentions # to do this, right? -Is it worth selling my E3D to Sprint?
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I cant wait for the GNex. I'm in San Antonio so I'm kind of excited that I might actually get LTE indoors since I gave up on WiMax for my Evo after a few weeks and just jumped on board with MIUI.
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I installed the 2.3.3 update on my Optimus and haven't noticed anything special aside from the sprint icons becoming more colorful(-ly obnoxious). I did find this: http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/76818. Here is a list of complaints (edited for readability, jesus christ stop using all caps when it's not warranted): quote:So dark you can't see the key pad I checked the dialer and it seems the same, and the stock keyboard and it does seem a little ugly but not unusable or anything. Also I'm pretty sure it looked like that in 2.2, but I use swype so who knows. Autocorrect works for me. I haven't called anyone recently so I can't comment on the headphone thing or it being too loud. Here is a list of supposed changes, but I don't see any added apps (thank god): http://phandroid.com/2011/09/14/lg-optimus-s-gets-android-2-3-update/
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Apr 13, 2012 18:40
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What exactly is SERO, is it still available, and is it different than EPRP? I wasn't clear on this after reading the OP, but it sounds like a plan that was phased out?
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Apr 13, 2012 18:53
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Cmdr. Shepard posted:What exactly is SERO, is it still available, and is it different than EPRP? I wasn't clear on this after reading the OP, but it sounds like a plan that was phased out? SERO was the original employee referral plan, that is no longer available for new users. It remains available for SERO customers that have maintained their SERO plans. It was replaced with EPRP.
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the littlest prince posted:I installed the 2.3.3 update on my Optimus and haven't noticed anything special aside from the sprint icons becoming more colorful(-ly obnoxious). I don't know specifics on what's fixed, though; head over to the androidcentral forums for more thorough optimus s chat.
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Chappy posted:Do not install 2.3 on the optimus. Did you install the new one? If so, what's wrong with it? I need details 
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Apr 13, 2012 19:38
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Duckman2008 posted:You should, but it's safer to just order with a temp number and port when it gets there. What plan andhone are you going with? I'm probably just going to upgrade from my VM 300 anytime minutes and unlimited data/text for $25/mo (Phone: Samsung Intercept) to the Sprint EPRP Everything Plus Data - 500 for $69.99/mo after the $10 smartphone charge (Phone: Nexus S 4G from Google) My main problems with VM over the past 14 months have been a lack of signal and a lack of nights and weekends, but it was a fun little phone for babby's first phone "contract" Oh, and the phone is a piece of poo poo.
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Whats sprints upgrade policy? I'm planning on becoming a new customer with the samsung galaxy nexus but might want to upgrade to the HTC EVO1. If I open the account in mid may and get the nexus will I have the option of switching to the evo1, and what is my window of opportunity?
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r0ck0 posted:Whats sprints upgrade policy? I'm planning on becoming a new customer with the samsung galaxy nexus but might want to upgrade to the HTC EVO1. If I open the account in mid may and get the nexus will I have the option of switching to the evo1, and what is my window of opportunity? Edit: 14 days. 900ftjesus fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Apr 14, 2012 |
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td4guy posted:http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-targets-2014-use-800-mhz-lte/2012-04-12 I'm not sure if that list has been posted in the thread before, but that info has been floating around for a while.
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Mark Larson posted:^^ AJzer, you can have her Optimus S if you want, $50 should cover it. Let me know. Its a decent Android phone. Mark, what's the best way to get in contact with you? I have PM, you do not.
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