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It sucks to be in a non 4g area and still have to pay the extra 10 bucks..

Im in ny, i have the evo..great phone.. wonderful phone, but i have to pay the extra 10 bucks just because i have the phone, not cool.
*This was posted from my Evo 4G*

unlimited data on 3g and 4g, the $10 is not just for 4g

Sucks that I can't tether my laptop with usb on unlimited premium without the thirty extra. I'm not trying to wifi in 8 computers...just one. Uh.
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willfck4beer said:
Sucks that I can't tether my laptop with usb on unlimited premium without the thirty extra. I'm not trying to wifi in 8 computers...just one. Uh.
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Root it...

Unlimited my ass... last month or the month before i had my phone rooted and used up about 7gigs of transfer and i got a " friendly" call remindind me to stay under 5gb of usage or they will have to charge me for overages. When i stated
what you said, she said "im sorry sir thats the policy"
F.***bull**** but w.e.
Thats just y i was complaining...
elegantai said:
unlimited data on 3g and 4g, the $10 is not just for 4g
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*This was posted from my Evo 4G*

snake411 said:
Unlimited my ass... last month or the month before i had my phone rooted and used up about 7gigs of transfer and i got a " friendly" call remindind me to stay under 5gb of usage or they will have to charge me for overages. When i stated
what you said, she said "im sorry sir thats the policy"
F.***bull**** but w.e.
Thats just y i was complaining...
*This was posted from my Evo 4G*
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That's bull! You are the first to say this.
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elegantai said:
unlimited data on 3g and 4g, the $10 is not just for 4g
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Unlimited data plans for phones are already unlimited. Check the terms of service. http://explainthefee.com/2010/05/29/htc-evo-4g-playbook/

willfck4beer said:
Sucks that I can't tether my laptop with usb on unlimited premium without the thirty extra. I'm not trying to wifi in 8 computers...just one. Uh.
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Hmmmm......I can. Google is your friend.

snake411 said:
Unlimited my ass... last month or the month before i had my phone rooted and used up about 7gigs of transfer and i got a " friendly" call remindind me to stay under 5gb of usage or they will have to charge me for overages. When i stated
what you said, she said "im sorry sir thats the policy"
F.***bull**** but w.e.
Thats just y i was complaining...
*This was posted from my Evo 4G*
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I would have spoken to a manager or supervisor about that

snake411 said:
Unlimited my ass... last month or the month before i had my phone rooted and used up about 7gigs of transfer and i got a " friendly" call remindind me to stay under 5gb of usage or they will have to charge me for overages. When i stated
what you said, she said "im sorry sir thats the policy"
F.***bull**** but w.e.
Thats just y i was complaining...
*This was posted from my Evo 4G*
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I call bs, not one other person has said anything like this. And if it were true then they just straight up lied to you.
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cloud858rk said:
Unlimited data plans for phones are already unlimited. Check the terms of service. http://explainthefee.com/2010/05/29/htc-evo-4g-playbook/
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I don't know what that blog is supposed to explain, but there are plenty of articles that say non-smart phones have a 5gb cap, even though they are 'unlimited'.
In anycase, I could crank out streaming radio and internet all day on my blackberry and never get close to 200MB, so when I saw my first bill with my Evo had racked up over 5GB, I could care less about paying the $10 extra (which I had to pay $10 extra for my blackberry anyway).
Anywho, I would definitely put a complaint in to someone, because some people say they are using over 15GB of data, so them wasting your time over 5GB seems kinda ridiculous!

Personal experience with unlimited
I would just like to mention that I've been well over 6GB in the first month and haven't experienced any slowdowns or calls from Sprint or anything...
Very happy with both Sprint and the EVO and considering NO other carrier offers this type of unlimited data with encouraged tethering on the Android platform no less... it's awesome.
Just my 0.02c

Doesn't this say 5GB limit? Wasn't sure.
http://shop.sprint.com/en/solutions/mobile_broadband/mobile_broadband_4G.shtml

alero said:
Doesn't this say 5GB limit? Wasn't sure.
http://shop.sprint.com/en/solutions/mobile_broadband/mobile_broadband_4G.shtml
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Yes, but that's not the Evo. The Evo specifically has a truly unlimited data allowance.
Posted from my Evo, powered by the XDA app!

http://shop.sprint.com/en/shop/why_sprint/4g/evo_plan_details.html
Only limit i see is on roaming.

novanosis85 said:
That's bull! You are the first to say this.
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I agree. I used 26gb last month, no call no nothing.

Trust me guys im not lying about the call..wish i could have recorded it for proof.
Honestly, i wasnt too worried about it anyways cuz i normally use like 1 to 3 gigs.
However, this is a good defense if i ever get billed for it..
One thing i didnt mention about my plan is that its a sero plan...its the emoloyee refferal plans they had a few yrs ago.. i pay like 30 bucks for 500 mins, unlimited everything else.. oh and yea that 10 extra for the evo.
*This was posted from my Evo 4G*

snake411 said:
Trust me guys im not lying about the call..wish i could have recorded it for proof.
Honestly, i wasnt too worried about it anyways cuz i normally use like 1 to 3 gigs.
However, this is a good defense if i ever get billed for it..
One thing i didnt mention about my plan is that its a sero plan...its the emoloyee refferal plans they had a few yrs ago.. i pay like 30 bucks for 500 mins, unlimited everything else.. oh and yea that 10 extra for the evo.
*This was posted from my Evo 4G*
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I don't get it. Then why are you even complaining?

snake411 said:
Trust me guys im not lying about the call..wish i could have recorded it for proof.
Honestly, i wasnt too worried about it anyways cuz i normally use like 1 to 3 gigs.
However, this is a good defense if i ever get billed for it..
One thing i didnt mention about my plan is that its a sero plan...its the emoloyee refferal plans they had a few yrs ago.. i pay like 30 bucks for 500 mins, unlimited everything else.. oh and yea that 10 extra for the evo.
*This was posted from my Evo 4G*
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no way youre on the sero plan unless you bought your phone out of contract. I tried EVERYTHING to keep my sero plan but alas i gave it up.
either youre a lucky **** or a troll.

I agree the $10 charge is bull considering where i live there is no 4g until late august or september. I just put my evo up for sale and im going back to the hero for now. I love the evo but the battery life is horrid even with everything disabled!

[Q] Sprint Account Cancelled???

Hey guys.....ive been a long time evo user and today my sprint account was cancelled due to excessive roaming............does any other network support the evo? Is there anything i can do to get my account with sprint reactivated? Should I sell on ebay and go to tmobile, at&t or verizon? Maybe flash to cricket? What do u guys think???? This sucks btw....this is the only phone ive kept for more than a few months and still been happy with it.......and right before they release the Evo 3D and Nexus S 4G too........

jm5503 said:
Hey guys.....ive been a long time evo user and today my sprint account was cancelled due to excessive roaming............does any other network support the evo? Is there anything i can do to get my account with sprint reactivated? Should I sell on ebay and go to tmobile, at&t or verizon? Maybe flash to cricket? What do u guys think???? This sucks btw....this is the only phone ive kept for more than a few months and still been happy with it.......and right before they release the Evo 3D and Nexus S 4G too........
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Were you running the PRL hack to force roam on Verizon towers? I think I read a post from DirtyShroomz somewhere saying if this happens to you, you are pretty much scarred (for a lack of better terms).
I'm sure he'll chime in sooner than later.

Nope, nothing you can do to go back and no other network that can support the EVO outside of smaller CDMA carriers like Cricket and possibly Metro PCS. Sell it on eBay and find out who has better coverage in your area - Verizon or T-Mobile - and jump over to them. You could check out AT&T too but they're going to be noticeably more expensive from what I've seen.

ive been a long time evo user and today my sprint account was cancelled due to excessive roamin
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I hate to say it, but you were warned.
.does any other network support the evo?
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No.
Is there anything i can do to get my account with sprint reactivated?
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Nope, you broke your contract, they will never let you be a customer again.
Should I sell on ebay and go to tmobile, at&t or verizon?
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You could, if sprint didnt blacklist your esn. You would need to call them and ask if the esn is clear to sell.

Thx Guys...........
I guess its tmobile or verizon........

jm5503 said:
I guess its tmobile or verizon........
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Or get someone else to open an account or add a line to their existing account. Again, you'd have to make sure Sprint left your ESn open for activation. Otherwise, the phone will hold no value to you or any other Sprint user.

jm5503 said:
Hey guys.....ive been a long time evo user and today my sprint account was cancelled due to excessive roaming............does any other network support the evo? Is there anything i can do to get my account with sprint reactivated? Should I sell on ebay and go to tmobile, at&t or verizon? Maybe flash to cricket? What do u guys think???? This sucks btw....this is the only phone ive kept for more than a few months and still been happy with it.......and right before they release the Evo 3D and Nexus S 4G too........
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Use it on virgin mobile.
$25/mo gets you 300 mins & unlimited texts/data.
$40/mo gets you 1200 mins & unlimited texts/data.
$60/mo gets you unlimited mins & unlimited texts/data.
And you pay less than sprint! (3G only, though. But who uses the battery hog known as 4G anyway? FWIW, clear.com will sign up your wimax mac address for a monthly plan if you call and supply the necessary info if you are in a 4g area and desire it. )
ALSO: For excess data roaming, sprint does _NOT_ ban the phone.
That would be ludicrous. They ban the name and the ban is "good" for one year from the date they cancelled you.

Necrosan said:
Use it on virgin mobile.
$25/mo gets you 300 mins & unlimited texts/data.
$40/mo gets you 1200 mins & unlimited texts/data.
$60/mo gets you unlimited mins & unlimited texts/data.
And you pay less than sprint! (3G only, though. But who uses the battery hog known as 4G anyway? FWIW, clear.com will sign up your wimax mac address for a monthly plan if you call and supply the necessary info if you are in a 4g area and desire it. )
ALSO: For excess data roaming, sprint does _NOT_ ban the phone.
That would be ludicrous. They ban the name and the ban is "good" for one year from the date they cancelled you.
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How would i go about doing this?????

You'll need a samsung intercept or lg optimus v to start.
Once you have one or the other shoot me a PM

so ill have to go out and buy one of the two???

jm5503 said:
so ill have to go out and buy one of the two???
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So did you use the roaming hack, or did they just ban you because you live in a poor coverage area?

Both...........

Is your esn blacklisted?
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sitlet said:
I hate to say it, but you were warned.
You can wait 7 years then go back with Sprint!? Hope that helps...j/k
No.
Nope, you broke your contract, they will never let you be a customer again.
You could, if sprint didnt blacklist your esn. You would need to call them and ask if the esn is clear to sell.
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Sent by Josh_Evo!

That sucks...

jm5503 said:
Both...........
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Yeah, that stinks, but you have to realize that Sprint LOSES money on subscribers that use that hack. It just makes sense for them to shut those subscribers down.

How much forced roaming will make them dump you? I occasionally use roam control when in a basement or something if I have no signal. If anything I'll make a short phone call, or a few texts.

Necrosan said:
And you pay less than sprint! (3G only, though. But who uses the battery hog known as 4G anyway? FWIW, clear.com will sign up your wimax mac address for a monthly plan if you call and supply the necessary info if you are in a 4g area and desire it.
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You sure about that? I have two different friends that own Evo's and are flashed to Metro, and they can both connect and use Sprint's 4G network.

Rob the plumber said:
How much forced roaming will make them dump you? I occasionally use roam control when in a basement or something if I have no signal. If anything I'll make a short phone call, or a few texts.
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Its 300mb and you're gone :/

[Q] Cancel sprint contact with no etf?

Im tired of sprint, ive been screwed out of an upgrade and there was countless times fraud occured while on my parents family plan through assurion but thats besides the point. im on my own plan now and the unlimited speeds are painfully slow not to mention the 4g i pay for thats not in available in my area.my question is this, if i roam over 300 megs of data a month i understand that sprint will cancel me and that is what i want but will there be an ETF? if anyone knows or has had experience with this please let me know. i apologize for posting this, i know its been discussed before but from what i read i was only seeing people who were upset about being canceled but im wanting to use this to get canceled but i was unable to determine if there will be an ETF, thanks for your help.

A) how were you screwed out of an upgrade? If there has been a legitimate error it can be corrected. For example if you returned a product but your contract didn't get reset.
B) what 4G are you paying for? Sprint doesn't charge extra for 4g,only for smartphone access.
C) using too much roaming data is technically grounds for charges by the mb, plus termination with etf still being charged. In practice, it is usually just a friendly parting of ways.
If you were unhappy with the speeds you shouldn't have signed a contract, or returned the device during the return policy. The speeds are not appreciably different now vs 8 months ago. In my area they have improved noticeably.
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i think i may attempt this with you. using my basic logic im thinking if they "boot you" then you wouldn't have to pay etf cause u didn't et. but as we all know basic logic was thrown out the window by cellular companies so i could be wrong. I'm just thinking that's why people go to the measures they do, to get canceled by sprint thus avoiding the etf. actually i just made up my mind, i will join you on this journey. new orleans and surrounding areas has been **** since b4 katrina. seems veriz and tmob are the only ones with good/great service around here.
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i apologize that was a bit of a rant i should also mention i work in a different location and the speeds there are terrible but but i was refferering to the premium data charge "4g" of which is not available in my area and will not be since sprint is abondaning development for their wimax. and as far as the upgrade my last upgrade with sprint was somewhere around 2008 id say i still should have had my upgrade available due to one of my parents letting me use their upgrade to get a new device but somehow or another both my upgrade and parents upgrades were used and as far as signing a contract i didnt i perfromed a latteral transfer which allows me to pay for my own bill with out having to buy out of my parents contract although i checked yesterday and i believe it extended two years while my next upgrade isnt available for another 363 days but you do think they will charge the etf?

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i think i may attempt this with you. using my basic logic im thinking if they "boot you" then you wouldn't have to pay etf cause u didn't et. but as we all know basic logic was thrown out the window by cellular companies so i could be wrong. I'm just thinking that's why people go to the measures they do, to get canceled by sprint thus avoiding the etf. actually i just made up my mind, i will join you on this journey. new orleans and surrounding areas has been **** since b4 katrina. seems veriz and tmob are the only ones with good/great service around here.
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its worth a shot to me because i was going to pay the etf anyways right now im just using roam control im up to 391 megs in two days while roaming so id say it shouldnt be long before im flagged

.... some real winners in this thread
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Again op you do not pay for 4g access. You pay ten dollars extra because its a smartphone. Btw. You entered a contract then you are disappointed and want to leave. But you don't want to pay a dime. Ya dude just stop paying your bill. Pretty easy. They don't even check. But seriously be the super teenager you are and pay the damn fee and go get yourself a nice flip phone
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I just do not get peoples thought processes sometimes. I freaking love sprint. data speeds are amazing in my neck of the woods. I get 1.1mb Down and 670kb up on 3G and 16.7mb Down and 1.51 mb up on 4G. I think once I managed to pull 24mb down on 4G. All other carriers throttle you after 2gb of data use. Sprint wont. Thats just my two cents.
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megs of roaming won't ever get you kicked off. Yes, they can charge you overages AND an etf if they wish, and they have on occasion. Most the time they don't though.

ReActiveDisorder said:
I just do not get peoples thought processes sometimes. I freaking love sprint. data speeds are amazing in my neck of the woods. I get 1.1mb Down and 670kb up on 3G and 16.7mb Down and 1.51 mb up on 4G. I think once I managed to pull 24mb down on 4G. All other carriers throttle you after 2gb of data use. Sprint wont. Thats just my two cents.
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Oh wow, you are so cool!

ReActiveDisorder said:
I just do not get peoples thought processes sometimes. I freaking love sprint. data speeds are amazing in my neck of the woods. I get 1.1mb Down and 670kb up on 3G and 16.7mb Down and 1.51 mb up on 4G. I think once I managed to pull 24mb down on 4G. All other carriers throttle you after 2gb of data use. Sprint wont. Thats just my two cents.
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Not everybody gets such good speeds as you...and it's been consistenly awful for a while now.
I just ran a speedtest for me in KC, not far from Sprint Headquarters and 213kbps down and 98kbps up, and that's good for me. I'm almost exclusively am on wireless just so I can actually browse or get on the internet. That's not the reason I pay for my cellphone. You better believe I'll be looking at another carrier after my contract expires.

In before the lock!
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Oh wow, you are so cool!
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I know right.
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Iczer said:
Not everybody gets such good speeds as you...and it's been consistenly awful for a while now.
I just ran a speedtest for me in KC, not far from Sprint Headquarters and 213kbps down and 98kbps up, and that's good for me. I'm almost exclusively am on wireless just so I can actually browse or get on the internet. That's not the reason I pay for my cellphone. You better believe I'll be looking at another carrier after my contract expires.
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Have fun with that. Ive been on verizon. tmobile. and att and sprint is by far the best value.
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I think this one can go over to the Sprint forums. Not xda.
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[Q] Sprint Note II vs T-Mobile Note II?

Hi,
I have the Sprint Note II in my hands now and have till tomorrow to return it. I am thinking of switching to T-Mobile. I LOVE this phone.
I am only worried about differences in the phone (if there are any negatives) and of course coverage and speeds. I hear T Mob has some great speeds but not when you travel out of major cities. Anyone with experience of both carriers?
I love that Tmob is GSM since I do travel int. And I can get a small bus plan so my bill is only $50/month compared to $70 w Sprint. Plus, you get free hotspot and I don't need to root to get free tethering.
As far as phone, are there any major differences? Is T Mob usually behind on updates as I've had Multi Window since I bought the phone on the 4th?
Anything else you can tell me? BTW, my battery is phenomenal. I am sitting on almost 2 days of battery usage. Same for T Mob?
Thanks for any answers!!

You would probably get more answers in the tmob forum ...as they have the phone and we all have the sprint one like u right now . But it is pretty much the same phone
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Epix4G said:
You would probably get more answers in the tmob forum ...as they have the phone and we all have the sprint one like u right now . But it is pretty much the same phone
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Ya thanks, I actually posted in both. I fgure there are some Sprint or T Mob users who have switched carriers and can offer insight.
As far as phone, the GSM feature I think makes the T Mob version more flexible.

I think the tmob one has native video calling also .... which ours doesn't
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You do realize that the Sprint version can run on GSM as well right?

I cant confirm this but the tmo version might have wireless charging because its a gsm phone. Its pretty much the same phone. Updates have been faster on Sprint but tmo is not too far back.
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I just made the switch and sold my Sprint Note 2 before switching to Tmobile. The phones are essentially the same, however, the Tmobile version comes with WiFi calling.
The only regret I have is not switching sooner. The data and voice is amazing and the prices are much cheaper than Sprint.
I don't know if GsM supports HD voice but really, who cares.
I'm very happy to answer any questions you may have.
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Sho'nuff75 said:
Hi,
I have the Sprint Note II in my hands now and have till tomorrow to return it. I am thinking of switching to T-Mobile. I LOVE this phone.
I am only worried about differences in the phone (if there are any negatives) and of course coverage and speeds. I hear T Mob has some great speeds but not when you travel out of major cities. Anyone with experience of both carriers?
I love that Tmob is GSM since I do travel int. And I can get a small bus plan so my bill is only $50/month compared to $70 w Sprint. Plus, you get free hotspot and I don't need to root to get free tethering.
As far as phone, are there any major differences? Is T Mob usually behind on updates as I've had Multi Window since I bought the phone on the 4th?
Anything else you can tell me? BTW, my battery is phenomenal. I am sitting on almost 2 days of battery usage. Same for T Mob?
Thanks for any answers!!
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There are more ROM options because many are pulled from ATT or the international version. Battery life is about the same. Multi Window is available on some ROMS but Tmobile hasn't officially been updated yet.
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1 T-Mobile runs on a GSM network, So 3g speeds are pretty same as Sprint's LTE speeds. As because it's not true 4g but still faster in some cases.
2 because it is a GSM network the battery life is far superior.
3 has a SIM card
4 is possibly even cheaper in the store depending on if the running a sale or not. Before T-Mobile had it for 199 rebate so you pay the 300 but get a mail in rebate for 100.
5 I have checked both coverage maps from Sprint and T Mobile and to be honest are pretty much the same only in certain places 1 another might be better or not. All on T-Mobile note 2 forum as well.
by the way the free tethering 1 Will throttle you verses on the nation 4g without the tethering.
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ptfdmedic said:
There are more ROM options because many are pulled from ATT or the international version. Battery life is about the same. Multi Window is available on some ROMS but Tmobile hasn't officially been updated yet.
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T Mob is getting the multi window rolled out tomorrow. The girl at the store had no clue about LTE. The Note II has the radios for it, just not turned on right now, correct? Do you think there will be any limits on LTE network? I get unlimited with the small bus plan.

XxLostSoulxX said:
1 T-Mobile runs on a GSM network, So 3g speeds are pretty same as Sprint's LTE speeds. As because it's not true 4g but still faster in some cases.
2 because it is a GSM network the battery life is far superior.
3 has a SIM card
4 is possibly even cheaper in the store depending on if the running a sale or not. Before T-Mobile had it for 199 rebate so you pay the 300 but get a mail in rebate for 100.
5 I have checked both coverage maps from Sprint and T Mobile and to be honest are pretty much the same only in certain places 1 another might be better or not. All on T-Mobile note 2 forum as well.
by the way the free tethering 1 Will throttle you verses on the nation 4g without the tethering.
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They still have the $100 rebate. They will also give me a $200 per line credit for switching over to the business plan. So the phone will cost me $460 tax included. I paid $320 for it from Sprint but my plan is $20 more a month which obviously adds up over the years.
I did check the coverage map and there's the rub. I live in Hawaii. Honolulu is great for either service. BUT, I also used to live on Kauai and still have a condo there so I visit often and could move back eventually and the service is 2G there! Yikes. But, I don't see me going back for a couple years at minimum for long term stay so if the service still sucks then, maybe I switch to someone else if I do move back.
Can you explain the free tethering throttle? I heard it's after 5GB which is enough for me. Thanks!
BTW, Thanks for the responses. I returned the Note II to Sprint last night and will likely be joining T Mob today!

ptfdmedic said:
I just made the switch and sold my Sprint Note 2 before switching to Tmobile. The phones are essentially the same, however, the Tmobile version comes with WiFi calling.
The only regret I have is not switching sooner. The data and voice is amazing and the prices are much cheaper than Sprint.
I don't know if GsM supports HD voice but really, who cares.
I'm very happy to answer any questions you may have.
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See i get 23% discount for Sprint, ATT, Verizon, but none for T-Mobile so for me its actually cheaper on sprint we pay $209.76 for 1500 Shared minutes(land-lines), Any Mobile to Mobile, Unlimited text, Unlimited Data. TEP on 3 Note 2's. for T-Mobile i would have to pay $245+ for same setup pretty much we pay about $5K every 2 years. T-Mobile would be $6K
Sho'nuff75 said:
They still have the $100 rebate. They will also give me a $200 per line credit for switching over to the business plan. So the phone will cost me $460 tax included. I paid $320 for it from Sprint but my plan is $20 more a month which obviously adds up over the years.
I did check the coverage map and there's the rub. I live in Hawaii. Honolulu is great for either service. BUT, I also used to live on Kauai and still have a condo there so I visit often and could move back eventually and the service is 2G there! Yikes. But, I don't see me going back for a couple years at minimum for long term stay so if the service still sucks then, maybe I switch to someone else if I do move back.
Can you explain the free tethering throttle? I heard it's after 5GB which is enough for me. Thanks!
BTW, Thanks for the responses. I returned the Note II to Sprint last night and will likely be joining T Mob today!
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Yeah they have a 5GB and 10GB of No throttling with WiFi Tethering hotspot, but if you go over than its Throttled. Whereas 4G Nationwide plan its all unlimited and you can simply get a wifi hotspot tether app for free.

XxLostSoulxX said:
See i get 23% discount for Sprint, ATT, Verizon, but none for T-Mobile so for me its actually cheaper on sprint we pay $209.76 for 1500 Shared minutes(land-lines), Any Mobile to Mobile, Unlimited text, Unlimited Data. TEP on 3 Note 2's. for T-Mobile i would have to pay $245+ for same setup pretty much we pay about $5K every 2 years. T-Mobile would be $6K
Yeah they have a 5GB and 10GB of No throttling with WiFi Tethering hotspot, but if you go over than its Throttled. Whereas 4G Nationwide plan its all unlimited and you can simply get a wifi hotspot tether app for free.
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I got 24% discount from Sprint so that's why I was at $70. With my small bus plan with T Mob, I'll be at $50.
Thanks for the info, but I don't go over 5GB anyway, so I'll be fine.
As far as tethering on Sprint for free, I had to root my EVO. I like that I don't even have to root or hack T Mob and have hotspot for free and get the GSM without doing all these mods I've been reading about on Sprint so you can try to insert a SIM.
But hey, we all have different needs and you're stoked with Sprint. I was with them for 15 years so I am sorta sad to leave haha. All I care about is coverage and if it's as good or better than Sprint, I think I'll be a happy camper!

Sho'nuff75 said:
I got 24% discount from Sprint so that's why I was at $70. With my small bus plan with T Mob, I'll be at $50.
Thanks for the info, but I don't go over 5GB anyway, so I'll be fine.
As far as tethering on Sprint for free, I had to root my EVO. I like that I don't even have to root or hack T Mob and have hotspot for free and get the GSM without doing all these mods I've been reading about on Sprint so you can try to insert a SIM.
But hey, we all have different needs and you're stoked with Sprint. I was with them for 15 years so I am sorta sad to leave haha. All I care about is coverage and if it's as good or better than Sprint, I think I'll be a happy camper!
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yep i feel ya, used to be with VZW forever because i lived in Rochester, NY basically 4-6 Hours away from NYC. and that was pretty much best at the time up there and most reliable. but we moved to North Carolina and sprint was okay and much cheaper lol

I don't know if there will be any different prices with LTE. I would doubt it because my understanding is that it would be more efficient.
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Sho'nuff75 said:
They still have the $100 rebate. They will also give me a $200 per line credit for switching over to the business plan. So the phone will cost me $460 tax included. I paid $320 for it from Sprint but my plan is $20 more a month which obviously adds up over the years.
I did check the coverage map and there's the rub. I live in Hawaii. Honolulu is great for either service. BUT, I also used to live on Kauai and still have a condo there so I visit often and could move back eventually and the service is 2G there! Yikes. But, I don't see me going back for a couple years at minimum for long term stay so if the service still sucks then, maybe I switch to someone else if I do move back.
Can you explain the free tethering throttle? I heard it's after 5GB which is enough for me. Thanks!
BTW, Thanks for the responses. I returned the Note II to Sprint last night and will likely be joining T Mob today!
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Once you hit your cap, if you have one, they reduce your speed. Having said that, your throttled speed would be most likely faster than Sprint anyway.
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ptfdmedic said:
Once you hit your cap, if you have one, they reduce your speed. Having said that, your throttled speed would be most likely faster than Sprint anyway.
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T Mobile throttles your speed at 2g speeds. 2g on T-Mobile is slow. Atleast on 3g with Sprint it's getting better and faster.
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XxLostSoulxX said:
T Mobile throttles your speed at 2g speeds. 2g on T-Mobile is slow. Atleast on 3g with Sprint it's getting better and faster.
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That's all relative. 3G for me with Sprint was, .02 kbps down and about the same down. It's been that way for over a year now.
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Once you hit your cap, if you have one, they reduce your speed. Having said that, your throttled speed would be most likely faster than Sprint anyway.
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I have a cap at 5GB but even when using Sprint for tethering and all that stuff I never even hit 3GB of data. I can pay $5 more if needed and I believe it is unlimited.
I did get a little bit of disappointment just now, because I am doing the business value plan, I don't get the $100 mail in rebate.
I do get $200 though for switching over, but the idea of getting $300 was really nice.

Sho'nuff75 said:
I have a cap at 5GB but even when using Sprint for tethering and all that stuff I never even hit 3GB of data. I can pay $5 more if needed and I believe it is unlimited.
I did get a little bit of disappointment just now, because I am doing the business value plan, I don't get the $100 mail in rebate.
I do get $200 though for switching over, but the idea of getting $300 was really nice.
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that's hilarious because I've been using 4g WiMAX and 3g constantly on my samsung epic for the last month before I bought the note 2 and I had reached 20 gigs of data
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goodbye cruel world (i mean crappy sprint service) !!!

after much debate and 12 yrs of sprint cell service it is time to move on. i always knew sprint didnt have the best coverage but until i started playing ingress, i didnt really realize how bad it actually is. over the past few months, there have been many, many times when i have had full 3g data coverage but data is unusable. this is mainly true for the larger cities and towns around these parts. it is extremely sad that i have to use my girlfriends hotspot to use the data. i saddens me to say (not really) but i have switched to verizon and the service is 10000x better in this area. believe it or not, it is also cheaper with her on my account with a shared plan. i think i saved over $30 a month.
so, i say, good bye to my sprint family, i bid you farewell !!!
ohh and, anyone want to buy a virtually new note 2 with multiple cases and batteries?

We have suffered a great loss.
You da man t3.
But I agree.
Sprint is actually the worst phone service to ever be in business.
I wish I could switch.
I will probably pay the etf and get t mobile.
Tired of this company and their horrible data.
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12 years? Damn I didnt last 12 months on their horrible network, sure unlimited data is nice but not when ur getting dialup speeds. It was great having you around though for our phones development. Enjoy the new speeds over at verizon man
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Well I dont know where you all are from but where I come from I get great service
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kcmo checking in here. great sprint 3g and lte, and wimax for the older phones. we are doing just fine over here. enjoy capped data. personally, on our 5 lines we used 23 gb last month, so i dont think i could go to any other network and not get hit with tons of overages.

austin420 said:
kcmo checking in here. great sprint 3g and lte, and wimax for the older phones. we are doing just fine over here. enjoy capped data. personally, on our 5 lines we used 23 gb last month, so i dont think i could go to any other network and not get hit with tons of overages.
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I'll be lucky if I surpass 1gb of data with these horrible speeds.
I get a whole 0.44 mb download speed.
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t3project said:
after much debate and 12 yrs of sprint cell service it is time to move on. i always knew sprint didnt have the best coverage but until i started playing ingress, i didnt really realize how bad it actually is. over the past few months, there have been many, many times when i have had full 3g data coverage but data is unusable. this is mainly true for the larger cities and towns around these parts. it is extremely sad that i have to use my girlfriends hotspot to use the data. i saddens me to say (not really) but i have switched to verizon and the service is 10000x better in this area. believe it or not, it is also cheaper with her on my account with a shared plan. i think i saved over $30 a month.
so, i say, good bye to my sprint family, i bid you farewell !!!
ohh and, anyone want to buy a virtually new note 2 with multiple cases and batteries?
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Haha enjoy your capped data.
austin420 said:
kcmo checking in here. great sprint 3g and lte, and wimax for the older phones. we are doing just fine over here. enjoy capped data. personally, on our 5 lines we used 23 gb last month, so i dont think i could go to any other network and not get hit with tons of overages.
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Tmobile dude faster 3g service than our lte. No caps like us. Around same price of not cheaper. Gsm goodieness. Better battery life because of Gsm. Wifi calling for free. Once your done paint for the phone your bill drops.
The only reason why we haven't switched it simply because they don't offer us a discount and that is why sprint is the cheaper option for us personally.
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RTHFURDOG said:
Well I dont know where you all are from but where I come from I get great service
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i get great service where i live. it's only when i go somewhere else that i dont get any service. lol
austin420 said:
kcmo checking in here. great sprint 3g and lte, and wimax for the older phones. we are doing just fine over here. enjoy capped data. personally, on our 5 lines we used 23 gb last month, so i dont think i could go to any other network and not get hit with tons of overages.
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of course, because you are playing in sprint's front yard. and after looking at my data usage of the past 2 yrs, i have never used over 2gb so im not too particularly worried about capped data. besides i stay on wifi 75% of the time anyway.

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XxLostSoulxX said:
Tmobile dude faster 3g service than our lte. No caps like us. Around same price of not cheaper. Gsm goodieness. Better battery life because of Gsm. Wifi calling for free. Once your done paint for the phone your bill drops.
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i will never ever ever ever switch to tmobile. they even have lte in kansas city where i live. i still wont go for it.
the unsubsidized phone kills it for me. i buy a phone every year. since i have 9 lines with sprint total, they break me off great deals on my main line upgrade. in the last 4 years i have had the touchpro 2, the epic 4g, the evo 3d, the epic 4g touch and the note 2. the note 2 was the only one i paid for, and i got it for 149 1 month after launch.
why would i want to go back to the dark ages of paying full price for my phone?
even if i did want to do the tmoblile payment option, it wouldnt save me any money. i juust checked the note 2 on tmo. they want 149 down plus 20 per month for 24 months.my bill wouldnt go donw at 24 months. i would be wanting a new phone. there for reupping the payment plan. theyve found a way to to keep you in a contract with out the actual contract and making you buy your own phone. good god damned they are some good hustlers

austin420 said:
i will never ever ever ever switch to tmobile. they even have lte in kansas city where i live. i still wont go for it.
the unsubsidized phone kills it for me. i buy a phone every year. since i have 9 lines with sprint total, they break me off great deals on my main line upgrade. in the last 4 years i have had the touchpro 2, the epic 4g, the evo 3d, the epic 4g touch and the note 2. the note 2 was the only one i paid for, and i got it for 149 1 month after launch.
why would i want to go back to the dark ages of paying full price for my phone?
even if i did want to do the tmoblile payment option, it wouldnt save me any money. i juust checked the note 2 on tmo. they want 149 down plus 20 per month for 24 months.my bill wouldnt go donw at 24 months. i would be wanting a new phone. there for reupping the payment plan. theyve found a way to to keep you in a contract with out the actual contract and making you buy your own phone. good god damned they are some good hustlers
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I've been with sprint for awhile now I had to pay for samsung moment 179.99 and took them ages finally admitting it was a pos. Then gave me an upgrade had to pay for htc Evo shift. Traded for Epic 4g before 30 days. Paid 299.99 for Note 2. ****ty service all the way since from North Carolina to Texas. My buddy pays less than I do for 3 lines on Tmobile and had better service were ever we go.
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austin420 said:
i will never ever ever ever switch to tmobile. they even have lte in kansas city where i live. i still wont go for it.
the unsubsidized phone kills it for me. i buy a phone every year. since i have 9 lines with sprint total, they break me off great deals on my main line upgrade. in the last 4 years i have had the touchpro 2, the epic 4g, the evo 3d, the epic 4g touch and the note 2. the note 2 was the only one i paid for, and i got it for 149 1 month after launch.
why would i want to go back to the dark ages of paying full price for my phone?
even if i did want to do the tmoblile payment option, it wouldnt save me any money. i juust checked the note 2 on tmo. they want 149 down plus 20 per month for 24 months.my bill wouldnt go donw at 24 months. i would be wanting a new phone. there for reupping the payment plan. theyve found a way to to keep you in a contract with out the actual contract and making you buy your own phone. good god damned they are some good hustlers
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http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/09/technology/mobile/phone-subsidy/index.html
You might want to read that. Even Dan Heese is against subsidized phones. It's only a matter of time..
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im 10 years in myself and on the edge of this ship..

t3project said:
after much debate and 12 yrs of sprint cell service it is time to move on. i always knew sprint didnt have the best coverage but until i started playing ingress, i didnt really realize how bad it actually is. over the past few months, there have been many, many times when i have had full 3g data coverage but data is unusable. this is mainly true for the larger cities and towns around these parts. it is extremely sad that i have to use my girlfriends hotspot to use the data. i saddens me to say (not really) but i have switched to verizon and the service is 10000x better in this area. believe it or not, it is also cheaper with her on my account with a shared plan. i think i saved over $30 a month.
so, i say, good bye to my sprint family, i bid you farewell !!!
ohh and, anyone want to buy a virtually new note 2 with multiple cases and batteries?
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So I guess this means that Project ROM will no longer be supported by you? Still rocking 2.6 over here :good:

lucky i got the radio shack employee plan $33 a month including 4glte and all...

I live by detroit and every week I find a new place that had really bad 3g now have lte....I have used in this billing cycle aka 17 days 5.08 gigs of data.
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You will be missed. Luckily I get good lte and in my bill cycle I pull in easily 25gb just on my phone and about 5-10gb on my three others.
Best of luck :beer::thumbup:
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I switched from Sprint to Verizon about 2 years ago and 4 months ago Sprint GOT LTE in my area so I came back. Happy as ever now. Last month used 65 gbs of data. I average about 20-30 down and 6 up.
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I've considered leaving a few times. But I get a 25% discount and have a 6 line family plan. Call quality is awesome, but data is so-so. We're getting more and more lte coverage though. So it is improving.
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I'm not switching any time soon. My bill would be through the roof. Last month, I broke 100GB of data transfer. Since I swtich the GN2 from the Evo4G, I was usually in the 50-65GB; preGH2 it was around 30-35GB.
I don't know any internet at work, so I use the phone. I watch a lot of sports and movies. I have around 6 to 7 hours of dead time to fill.