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ExcessBLarg! posted:Great, slow-rear end software despite being dual-core Tegra 2 and (likely) a signed bootloader? Not sure how it's going to compete with the Evo 3D. Ech. There's a reason Samsung and HTC are the only two manufacturers worth a drat. And not even HTC given the current situation with the bootloader. What is all the Samsung hate here anyway? Is it really all just because of the botched 2.2 rollout? The Epic 4G appears to be almost universally a better phone than the EVO Shift, despite sitting at the same price point. corgski fucked around with this message at 23:21 on May 25, 2011 |
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td4guy posted:There's a good post here outlining many of the issues with the Epic 4G and Samsung in general. And another post here about how and why their software tends to suck. Thanks for not just saying TouchWiz. I happen to like the interface.  Of course, I also like having an actual keyboard if I'm going to be doing any typing, which makes me even more of a minority.
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May 25, 2011 23:37
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Nah, shady business would be me returning the Epic I just bought directly from sprint, paying the $35 restock fee and then rebuying it from Amazon for a penny. It's tempting.
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May 29, 2011 05:17
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The Galaxy S series (with the exception of the Nexus S) suffered from some horrible software development practices that are only just now being fixed. Possibly. We'll find out when they push Gingerbread to the handsets. Also, touchwiz currently is a great interface with a lovely launcher, but it used to be a horrible interface with an even worse launcher. And that loving battery popup. That said, I still think the Epic is vastly superior to the Evo Shift, and I'm kinda hoping that the Galaxy S II series phones fix their remaining issues, because I love AMOLED screens and the fact that Samsung refuses to lock their phones in any way.
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Ender.uNF posted:Yeah the 3G network is unusable completely now; whenever I'm out and about I pray the status bar says LTE, otherwise I just put my phone away and forget about what I was gonna do. So this is why internet on my Epic 4G is only usable when I have wimax 4G turned on now. And I'm still 3 months from an upgrade, but apparently Harrisburg already has LTE installed.  Sprint why must you be so damned affordable.
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amenenema posted:
I'm pretty sure that he's asking how to disable the nagscreen, not how to install the ostensibly bug-ridden OTA.
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Feb 9, 2013 22:50
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So my SERO Premium plan is eligible for an upgrade, but when I try to visit the store to get a new phone, it dumps me back to an empty cart every time I try to look at anything other than the front page. Did they change it so new SERO orders have to be done by phone or something? I need to get off of WiMax sooner or later.
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Mar 23, 2013 16:30
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Technogeek posted:And try to avoid doing it through the store unless you have no other option. Okay, so I have to order the new phone over the phone too?
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Mar 23, 2013 22:45
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Well the nearest corporate store is like 50 miles from me, so that's not something i could do anyway (I live in an area served by a mess of franchisees.) I was just confused because the online store no longer works.
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Mar 23, 2013 23:25
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Agatsu posted:Yeah, I got mine this morning, s4 shows up later today. Whee! Sprint will give you $18 for the original Epic 4G. Quite honestly, I'd even give you more as long as it was in decent condition.
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EbolaIvory posted:If you use the employee website thing. Its 149.99 and that offer is not available at retail. Just fyi What is this employee website thing?
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May 24, 2013 23:52
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td4guy posted:Log into http://delivery.sprint.com/m/p/nxt/epc/epclanding.asp with the Sprint employee email and CID that you signed up to SERO/EPRP with, and it grants you access to the "Everything Plus Referral Program Shoppers Private Store". It doesn't seem to give any better deals than the regular website though. Ah, yeah, that's new lines of service only, not upgrades as was implied. Oh well, at least the S4 is finally down to $199.
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SeaborneClink posted:I'm not sure where all the EbolaIvory hate is coming Probably because he's trying to sell TEP as a decent value-added package rather than just a lovely way to amortize the cost of repairs over a longer period of time. (And if you don't need the repairs, well, you're poo poo out of money.) Everything TEP offers could be just as easily be done by paying $11/mo into a savings account, with the bonus that you stand a chance of still having the money when you upgrade at the end of two years. Its value is to people who don't know math.
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He's a solid dude that's been around the block more than a few times.
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EbolaIvory posted:Quite the opposite. 120 a year. To keep a device that cost 499.99-649.99 out right new. To guarantee that you won't be buying a stolen used phone. That you won't be getting a internally damaged device that's used. And to have the company you pay monthly anyways to keep your device running. $132/yr. Good job on the math. And an non TEP repair is only $50. That's two repairs every year, or one used phone every two years with a case of really good beer left over. The risk of getting a stolen phone is basically gently caress all too, considering you can call up sprint with an IMEI before you pay for the drat thing and have them check that it's clear. If somebody won't give it out, you know something sketchy is going on.
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Q_res posted:I don't think anyone has been criticizing him for selling TEP to clueless soccer moms that come into his store. It's shilling TEP in this thread like we're clueless soccer moms that came into his store that's annoying as gently caress. That's why I'm annoyed by it, yes. Rather than shilling that insurance in here, it's better to outline "how to not buy a stolen phone" considering the only definite value that poo poo has is ensuring that you can get a new phone easily when you trash yours.
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May 28, 2013 07:37
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Buy a headset and call them using the "call phones" feature in GMail? Better yet, don't buy a headset and just use some lovely pc speakers and a $10 microphone so they get bombarded with feedback.
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You know how QoS works, right? It's not hard limiting your outgoing at 768kbps 24/7.
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Tora Tora Torrents posted:Tell that to the manufacturer of the Airave. Well gently caress, I thought you were complaining about it only guaranteeing a 768kbps share to non-voice traffic, not that it was too dumb to auto-range. 
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td4guy posted:Note that that's all towers updated since June 19. Quite a long list there! And for anyone wondering: Holy poo poo, York! Maybe it's time to finally ditch my Epic 4G.
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td4guy posted:Dude, York is legitimately well-upgraded at this point. LTE / 850MHz SMR towers dominate the map. It is definitely time to upgrade. drat. I wish I had known that. I figured that since I still was getting solid WiMax coverage they hadn't gotten around to LTE yet here.
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My area is all Shentel towers, so it may not be indicative of the corporate regions, but right now I have fantastic WiMax and after stopping by the sprint store the other day, verified that the entire area is already pretty well covered with LTE. I'm just waiting for a tri-band phone to do the switch.
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Is a Note 3 really worth the extra $150 over a Galaxy S4 though? Yesterday I looked at both of them and settled on an S4, because it seems to do "being a phone" far better than the Note 3.
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Man, I was bummed that I just got a GS4 this month after giving up on waiting for triband, but on the other hand, the triband phones they're getting aren't all that great. The LG G2 is the best of the bunch, but the carrier specific customizations mean that there will be an anemic accessory market.
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CrashCat posted:Wait, the LG is the best one? Can you explain because I know next to nothing about this poo poo. Well as others said, now the Nexus 5 is best. But of the original 3, the galaxy mega is a 6.2 inch tablet posing as a phone, and the S4 Mini is somewhat underspecced, which leaves the Sprint variant G2, if you can put up with having only terrible cases.
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brc64 posted:Aside from Bananana's wonky Google Wallet thing, how is the S4 update? My wife has been burned by Android system updates so often in the past that she's been pointedly ignoring this one since her phone started prompting for it. How is it? Does it bring anything especially worthwhile? It installs a new bootloader that trips a warranty void flag if you root or flash any non-OTA update. Hold off on it until XDA finds a workaround.
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Skeezy posted:I just left Sprint for T-Mobile and now apparently Sprint wants to buy T-Mobile? http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/13/5208312/sprint-reportedly-preparing-to-purchase-t-mobile-in-2014 The rumors of sprint and t-mobile merging are as old as time itself. I wouldn't count on it.
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Hey thanks for the rebate chat, I just checked the status of mine and they had denied it claiming that my mailing address was invalid. One phone call later and it is (hopefully) sorted. We'll see.
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Duckman2008 posted:
But at least Sprint roams on to Verizon. T-Mo just leaves you dead in the water.
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Or get one of the new spark GS4s and have a removable battery and a micro sd card slot because poo poo is handy when you have iffy data.
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Last time I had that issue, on my old Epic 4G running CM10, the number given in the text rang through to a prompt that let you disable VVM. Did that go away?
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Cmdr. Shepard posted:With my Galaxy S3, I was able to make calls and get a data connection at the same time. My LG Flex seems incapable of doing that and I lose internet connectivity when I'm on a call. Is there anyway I can fix that, a setting maybe? It doesn't make sense why a 2 year old phone would be ale to do that and my brand new one can't. Sprint ditched svlte (simultaneous voice and lte) on the new phones to save on manufacturing costs iirc, so nope. You're back to the dark ages of voice or data but not both.
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That rumor has celebrated several birthdays, I'll believe it when I see it.
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Duckman2008 posted:Sprint actually expanded LTE coverage in Harrisburg pretty early on, but I would tell you they still aren't great in PA. Yep, Harrisburg, Lancaster and York, all the Shentel regions basically, have great 4G. Things only really get spotty as you go further west or north.
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Is it still possible to buy SERO plans from other people? My new job offers phone reimbursement to the tune of $60/mo, and the only thing I can see that would fit within that would be picking up a second SERO plan for my work phone.
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the littlest prince posted:SERO can only be transferred to someone who already has at least one SERO line. Yep, and I already have one, I just want to find a way to get a second, so I'm not paying $20/mo+ out of my own pocket on top of the reimbursement for any of the current plans offered by the Big 4.
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So in case anyone's wondering, you can in fact still do a transfer of liability with a SERO plan. Thanks Marklar!
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Any one of those mall kiosks will be cheaper for a cracked screen.
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Root your phone, flash a Verizon-only PRL and stream netflix until they boot you for roaming overages.
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I said come in! posted:Even when you pay less you're still not getting what you pay for. Oh you get what you pay for - unlimited (dialup speed) data. But seriously, Sprint is decent in a lot of areas just because they have a roaming agreement with Verizon. You may not get 4G data everywhere like Verizon or AT&T, but unlike T-Mobile you can make calls when you're more than 5 miles from an interstate.
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