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Skeezy posted:He's coming from my old Hero and I think an Optimus would be a nice upgrade that won't cost anything. Or buy a eBay/Craigslist Optimus and selling the Hero. Might only cost you $50.
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mophomanners posted:I'd say its probably on the campus.. Also, are you a Clear tech, or do you work on Sprint's CDMA/EvDO network as well? Despite Scranton being the 'region capital' of the former third party iPCS network (or probably because iPCS severely neglected it), EvDO coverage outside of the central cities and Interstate 81 corridor is non-existant. Can I expect much of the 1x network to be converted to EvDO, or will Network Vision focus more on backhaul?
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Good thing these multi-billion dollar telecoms (with legal and lobbying budgets to match) have loyal supporters like ExcessBlarg to defend them from big baddies like the FCC and TOS-violating customers. Now on to my questions that involves me sharing my family plan with two people that don't even live with me! I'd like to enroll in automatic billpay to finally do away with that $4.99 spending limit charge, but I like to have my brother and sister pay directly through *3 or online rather than have to collect their payments myself. If my bill is issued on say, the 6th of the month with a due date of the 26th, when will the auto billpay withdraw the payment?
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None of you are enrolled in automatic payments to avoid the $4.99 account spending limit charge? At what point between your usual bill issue date and due date does the payment charge to your card?
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traveling midget posted:I'm considering having someone buy my Evo, and I want to make sure my account, etc is secure before I do. What do I have to do to the phone, or through Sprint, to make sure it is clean, deactivated, etc? You can call customer service and get your MSL if you tell them you want to perform an RTN on your hone to sellvit on the used market. Or download a terminal program from the market and type in 'getprop' no quotations. Scroll up and find the line that looks something like [rsl.MSL]:123456 That's your 6-digit MSL.
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Zosologist posted:I'm gonna use my girlfriends upgrade to get me an evo 3d, I assume theres no trouble with this? gonna turn her samsung moment (tehe) into radioshack for the $75 credit EDIT2: Trade-in offer good 6/24 - 7/31/2011. $75 offer valid on *select smartphones* only. http://50promo.sprint.com/ Hey Duckman, is that public services $50 promo the same program that gets the 23% corporate discout? It says its available for existing customer new add-a-lines as well, just without the $125 new smartphone credit. Do you have to buy through the website or corporate to get this, or will it work with the $180 Evo3D Amazon deal? Since the 3D is unlikely to arrive before 5/23/11, could I add a line NOW and activate an extra Pixi I already own as a placeholder to make sure I get the $50 credit? Added lines automatically get a 2year contract; this is what they're really after, right? EDIT: "This offer is only available online, via telesales, and in participating Sprint Stores." goku chewbacca fucked around with this message at 09:06 on Jun 11, 2011 |
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*Select smartphones* eligible for $75 credit towards Evo. All worth significantly more sold on the used market. Sorry to break your heart Zosologist, the Moment ain't on there, and neither is my Pixi. hotsauce posted:Here are my questions: You're overthinking the Sprint GVoice integration. The # stays with Sprint and is only shared with GV. Don't worry about this until after you've ported your # from ATT, automatically cancelling your ATT account. Do nothing--don't tell ATT you're cancelling--just sit back and wait for the ETF bill to show up. I'd wait to port until the end of your ATT bill cycle but before 5/23. I've read in the other cell carrier threads about people not getting a prorated credit from the unused remainder of the cycle. VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV Pay the $100 deductible, then sell your clean pristine refurbished replacement for $250-300. Or eBay a screen and fix it for <$100 if you're handy. goku chewbacca fucked around with this message at 09:16 on Jun 11, 2011 |
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RodShaft posted:Not sure if this is the thread, but here goes... address is m.google.com and your signon is xxxxx@gmail.com I think you leave domain blank if you entered @gmail.com
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Myrddin Emrys posted:Same here. First few days I was lucky to get 10 hours with light to moderate, yesterday I got 14 with heavy usage (was at Six Flags and played Game Prix Story and trivia games through the lines, I already picked up Bible Quiz - Who am I?, but I want something my hellbound friends can play. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv I completely forgot about YDNJ. Is that franchise still in existence? goku chewbacca fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Jun 27, 2011 |
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A line on my account just got an Evo 3D, and its still on Gingerbread 2.3.3 even with the newest update. Is there any way to get gchat with video working? Can I just install a gtalk.apk extracted from a miui.us or cm7 rom from an Evo4G? Android apps are designed to scale across different resolutions/pixel density, right?
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I'm trying to fully port one of my Sprint numbers to Google Voice, cancelling that line of service. Unfortunately, probably because of Sprint/GV integration, porting is not an option when I click on Port My Number to Google Voice. I've made sure the number I'm trying to port isn't even one of my forwarding phone numbers. I found a Contact Us form in the Number Portability FAQ help pages. How long does it take Google to get back to you when you contact them? How does a company as big as Google not have a single customer service phone number? vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Umm, should I add it back as a home or work phone? If I flag it as mobile, Google seems to always know its a Sprint line. The only option it offers is to use the Sprint integration feature. goku chewbacca fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Jun 29, 2011 |
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Evil Agita posted:I have a $30 SERO contract. Will it work with a BlackBerry 8330 Curve without having to upgrade to the SERO premium? AFAIK, Blackberries on SERO always required a $10 fee for BIS. Besides that, even old WinMo get the $10 data fee when newly activated or reactivated. All smartphones get the $10 on SERO, even phones like that eco-recycled Samsung Replenish android phone. You'll have to get a. Feature phone to avoid it. goku chewbacca fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Jul 1, 2011 |
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In an ideal world where a large domestic market didn't allow high margin American carriers to demand customized phones for their locked down CDMA networks, we'd see the international SAMSUNG GSII with nothing but the GSM/UMTS compatible SoC swapped for a CDMA compatible Exynos. Throw in a WiMax or LTE modem for Sprint and Verizon. As found in the Thunderbolt, Qualcomm already has dual CDMA/LTE chip support with a second CDMA modem for simultaneous voice and EvDO data. But really its the size of these networks. Verizon and AT&T each have more subscribers than there are Germans or Brits. Can't place all the blame on Samsung for cranking out crap for $$$ thrown at them by carriers demanding cheaper (less to subsidize) plastic phones with no front facing cameras and Skype apps that route calls over the voice network.
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Speaking of, can someone link to one of those video calls unlocked Skype.apk with support for the 3D and 4G. EDIT: Sometimes finding things from your phone isn't too hard. http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/4849-Skype-with-Video-Support-for-Various-Devices...?p=42265#post42265 goku chewbacca fucked around with this message at 14:56 on Jul 1, 2011 |
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Medullah posted:Are there any options for going from a 3rd party employee plan to SERO premium or something? I currently have a plan that I've had with Best Buy for 10 years, and I'm leaving the company next week...wondering if my only options are "Wait and see how long it takes for them to notice I don't work there anymore" or "Say screw it and go to a full price plan" If that number is important to you, you should port it out while your account is still in good standing and your Sprint regional representative can release it if necessary. Maybe do like Duckman said and open a new Sprint retail plan with your 20% discount. I had the same thing happen to me when I left Best Buy back in 2004. My Cingular employee plan was $20 with a small data allowance--lasted me from a SE T610 through a few Windows Mobile phones up to the Tilt. Then suddenly, it was shut off and all porting requests failed. Customer service was useless and the regional mananger refused to return my calls. I had that number for 4 or 5 years.
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Somebody came in here asking about the $10 data fee recently, and I swear somebody reported that they're not, in fact, adding the fee on Everything plans when you ESN swap to older smartphones like WebOS and WinMo. Did I imagine this? Maybe I read it in another thread because I can't find that post.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Interesting update on this: I downgraded to a 2.2 stock rom (every rom I had tried had been 2.3) and signed in with a different Google account and now my messages are working. I wish I hadn't done both of those things but now I know that one of them is the problem. I'm almost certain it's a problem with lovely Google Voice loving everything up. The fact that changing your Google account fixes the SMS issue makes it sound like you didn't properly set Google Voice to forward texts. There's a setting in the Google Voice app for text message notifications. On the web, there a checkmark in the Phones tab, this phone receives text messages. I think there's another text setting in the next tab over--Voicemail and Forwarding or whatever it is.
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Duckman2008 posted:Sprint is now releasing Home Phone service for $19.99 a month for anyone who cares. Hmmm, I know. I can leave a wired phone to my intact original house wiring and still have 911 access. Then I can use multiple portable phones tied to a single base station wired to the cell modem placed upstairs by a window. And because the cell radio has a battery back up... In more important news, Clear has a coverage map app in the Market called Got Clear? Think they ran that by the dairy farmers lobby? goku chewbacca fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Jul 11, 2011 |
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ExcessBLarg! posted:Run an external antenna? Plus, home phones are usually wired as a bus, so if you had a free jack upstairs you could just setup shop there. Thanks for the info about the house phone wiring. If I were to get a VoIP service like Vonage, connecting it to a single upstairs jack will tie into the whole house's wiring? Regarding e911, I doubt the address reporting laws for VoIP providers are applied to these home phone cell modems. I wouldn't trust my health and safety to a rough aGPS location passed to the 911 dispatcher. The physical (billing) address of cell phone subscribers can't be obtained without a court order, where as VoIP and landline addresses show up immediately.
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grvm posted:So I occasionally wonder if sprints 3g coverage is poo poo everywhere or if scranton just gets forgotten about. Is sprint 3g spotty as hell/nonexistent everywhere else or is it just us? I live in the Hill Section and have great coverage. Its fine from Dunmore/Throop all the way south to south Wilkes-Barre. East and west side of the Lackawanna and Susquehanna Rivers are solidly 3G. Leave the thin stip along I-81 and it sucks. Clarks Summit and Dallas/Back Mountain should really have better coverage than they do. (The 2 wealthiest suburbs in the region) EDIT: I didn't really answer your question. With 350k-500k people, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metro really is ignored by everyone but Verizon. Sprint's network in northeast and central PA used to belong to a third party called iPCS, who spent far more money in litigation against Sprint and Nextel than upgrading their network. Look at how dense the coverage is in the southeast and southwest corners of the state. We're far too close to the Poconos and the Boston-Washington corridor to feel as isolated as we are. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Yeah the north Valley, anywhere north of Olyphant, is almost entirely 1x. The only place in Dickson City you'll get 3G is the Sprint Store. All the rest of the Mall and Big Box stores are spotty--it makes using any shopping or price comparison apps very frustrating. The manager at the Sprint store hinted that Network Vision should bring some improvement to the area. She acknowledged that iPCS had left some problems when Sprint bought them out last year, though she didn't clarify whether she was talking about the network infrastructure or the retail end she deals with. goku chewbacca fucked around with this message at 06:23 on Jul 13, 2011 |
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Alman posted:iDEN is literally the only reason Sprint reports subscriber losses every quarter Does anyone have any technical knowledge about Sprint's new EvDO PTT implementation? The previous Qualcomm QChat they tried a few years ago was slow and poor quality. It really seemed like it was recording your voice message in entirety and compressing it before it even tried connecting to data to delivery it. My father-in-law is a Nextel iDEN user. Can I have an iDEN line/phone on my Sprint Everything share plan when all my other lines are CDMA smartphones?
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webcams for christ posted:I've been using the HTC Touch Pro 2 for about 18 months, and it appears to have lost all touch screen functionality. So you're aware, even replacing your TP2 with another used TP2 will add the $10 fee to your line. A 4G capable phone will cost another $10 per month. [EDIT] Regarding that Samsung Within Galaxy S2, assuming they're measuring at the top and not the thicker bottom, 3mm thicker brings it to 11.49mm, or 0.45in. Its disappointing, but still thinner than the Evo and Evo3D. goku chewbacca fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Jul 27, 2011 |
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FYI--TEP is actually 2 plans of coverage combined with a $1 discount. Equipment Replacement Program is the insurance through Assurion that covers loss/theft, water and physical abuse/misuse with a $100 deductible. Equipment Service and Repair Program is the portion that waives the $35 fee to have a technician repair or replace your phone for a defect. On my phones I carry only ERP for $5 monthly (previously $4). The times I've had to go in for service, I just feign ignorance when the tech asks, saying, "Yeah, I have the insurance." Haven't had to pay the $35, so I didn't even consider adding the full TEP during this month's open enrollment period. Also, once the phones on my account reach the point a used replacement costs less than the $100 deductible, or I have a line with an upgrade available, I cancel TEP. You can reenroll when you upgrade. EDIT: Forgot to mention you can enroll in TEP/ESRP after you have to pay for the $35 service fee out of pocket. TEP is $8 (+3 over just ERP) and ESRP is $4 by itself. goku chewbacca fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Aug 16, 2011 |
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td4guy posted:It's specifically for claiming that material changes have been made to your contract, in an effort to get the ETF waived. You only encounter an ETF if you're leaving the carrier. You can't just magically jump from mid-contract to month-to-month. Whether you plan on leaving that day or sometime later that year, there's no point in remaining in a contract the carrier sees fit to nullify by milking an extra $0.50 from each subscriber line. I don't care how tiny they print some continuation clause on a paper bill I don't receive. Would it be unethical to accept a bill credit they may offer in the future to put you back into contract? Meh. I can justify it the same way they do--it benefits them when then report subscriber numbers to shareholders. EDIT: Apparently, they changed other parts of the Terms and Conditions as well, including the method of legal arbitration for settling disputes. goku chewbacca fucked around with this message at 08:00 on Aug 20, 2011 |
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brc64 posted:I'm going to be getting a new car soon, and it's going to have all kinds of shiny bluetooth goodies for me to play with. This means that I now have incentive to get a car dock so that all I can more easily automate things like turning on bluetooth. At $60, the official dock is a bit steep... are there any other good ones for less that will actually trigger car mode on the phone? Most universal docks will hold the phone, but I'm also specifically looking for the car mode switch.
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ExcessBLarg! posted:As for the SGSII, it's not worth waiting for. The 3D is 90% of its featureset, basically just missing that awesome AMOLED+ screen. However, it simply won't be as good as the European unit as Samsung still can't make a CDMA radio worth a drat. For that reason, assuming they manage to both release it on time, and with relatively few bugs, I have little hope for a timely ICS upgrade either by Samsung or by CyanogenMod.
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big mean giraffe posted:As a former sense hater, sense 3 rules hard. What's the best Sense 3.x ROM for the 4G? My fiance has been complaining about AOSP/CM7 being too plain and saying, "it's missing...things." She and I both really liked MIUI, but battery and stability really dropped off after I installed the newest Sprint radio update. Is this a known issue?
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Think of it this way: ERP--covers poo poo that's your fault. Loss/theft, water, and physical damage for $5 per month with a $100 deductible. This is insurance underwritten by Assurion, not a warranty. ESRP--covers poo poo that isn't your fault. This is an extended warranty that waives the $35 fee and lets you makes claims against defects directly through Sprint rather than the manufacturer. By their powers combined, you have TEP for $8. That's right; an entire $1 discount! I don't usually drop or lose my phone, but because it's a Moment, I go to the repair store way more often than every 9 months (and will continue to do so until they relent and give me something other than a Moment. gently caress if they think I'm going to buy another phone and pay another $10 a month). $4 for ESRP has gotten me, I dunno, 5-6 replacements. My fiance is a klutz, but her Evo works flawlessly. No need for ESRP, as we only took it in once and they didn't even verify the coverage on the line. "Umm yeah, I have the insurance." $5 insurance for peace of mind.
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SpelledBackwards posted:Consider donating them to charity instead. I donate my old phones to domestic abuse shelters (SafePlace is what I use in Austin, TX). Even without an active contract, all phones can still access 911 for emergency services.
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I was in a Sprint store today for repair service, and I overheard the salespeople say Sprint was doing away with the 30 day money-back guarantee. Following Verizon's lead, it'll now be 15 day return/cancellation period and prorated charges for the length of service you use. I really hope Sprint and the DOJ are successful in blocking the T-Mobile merger. gently caress the duopoly.
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Matlock posted:While I'm thinking of it, my phone's battery life has died off severely and likes to overheat frequently lately. I barely get 5 hours with very little use now.
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Xtopher posted:It's kind of hidden way down in the OP, but it says "PLEASE NOTE: SPRINT.COM NO LONGER WAIVES $36 AND $18 FEES."
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Mark Larson posted:^^ I'm paying less for my T-Mobile plan, solely because of my corporate discount. T-Mobile's Value plans are a great deal (if you don't mind buying used phones or using their 0% phone financing). I'm still trying to convince the 3 other people on my discounted Sprint family plan to switch to a Value family share plan that'll save us ~$14 per line. More for my those who can get away with 200mb data. We're looking at the $30 Nexus S 4G. I know there's been a few software updates (adding Swype) and maybe a baseband update. Have they solved the signal strength issue it originally had? No chance that it suffers the same GPS and filesystem lag issues from the Galaxy S?
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Nuts and Gum posted:I just added the Epic 4G to my cart, and since I'm still under contract I only get a $75 discount with another 2 year contract. Ok, fine, I can live with that. Wait, what's this, a $36 upgrade free? What the gently caress defines an upgrade? What if I was buying a shittier phone than my Evo 4g? I just tried adding the 'Sanyo Vero' to my cart and sure enough they want $36 for no reason. What a bullshit fee, has anyone ever had this waived?
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jusion posted:Sorry if this has been asked before, but I have a question: Lutha Mahtin posted:Also, continuing the discussion from the last page, Wikipedia says the CDMA Optimus One has 800 MHz support. Hopefully the "S" does too. Are the new SMR band phones CDMA tri-brand 800/850SMR/1900PCS? Have any Evo 3D users noticed their phone not roaming to Verizon where their previous Sprint phones would? EDIT: Beaten by a mile! How did it take me 11 minutes to get that post added? goku chewbacca fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Sep 19, 2011 |
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change my name posted:http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/22/install-windows-8-onto-your-htc-shift-today-give-it-a-reason-to/ Because you posted this in the Sprint thread; I thought this was about the HTC Evo Shift 4G--the phone. Turns out it's some odd duck micropc HTC Shift that originally ran Vista. I assume it's an x86 device? I didn't think ARM support was released in the Win8 Developer Preview.
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Sir Bobert Fishbone posted:I just got a new job which will ultimately mean a bunch of traveling to small towns throughout the northeast, where Sprint isn't necessarily gonna cover. Have there been any recent contract changes that would let me get out of an ETF to hop over to Verizon? It'd only be $80 at this point, but still...
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Official policy is to waive the $10 fee if the equipment change is as a result of a warranty or insurance replacement. Maybe that little FYI helps some of you legal eagles figure out the legitimacy of the smartphone fee. Ultimately, it seems like a drawback of a CDMA network--no SIM cards. You can't swap devices without going through Sprint. Even if you do the ESN swap on the webpage, they can still present a splash page that forces you to agree to the fee as a condition of changing existing equipment.
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big mean giraffe posted:Wouldn't getting your phone insurance replaced still require you to activate a new ESN and therefore get the fee tacked on? goku chewbacca posted:Official policy is to waive the $10 fee if the equipment change is as a result of a warranty or insurance replacement.
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