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Just wondering if anyone else is having a Sprint outage in their area.
Apparently here in Wisconsin we have one. I was told that the estimated time that it'll be back up is in 2hours
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Yea, Sprint is down in Monroe, Wi and aparently in Milwaukee area. Dont have access to a land line right now.
Yea we are all down my friend and i are both having troubles think they are probably doing maintenance or something this used to happen to me on tmobile when they where adding 3g to Wisconsin would go down for a few hours every once and a while, Maybe we are getting 4g? No worries.
Works just fine down here in Dexter Missoura.
Yeah im in janesville and its been down for awhile. Maybe, just maybe theyre preping us for 4G that would be nice considering the fact that we're paying for a service we can't use yet.
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If you are rooted force your phone into roam mode and you will have service.
outage still here...
I'm in the Milwaukee area... and service is still down.
Local report of it: on wisn dot com - /technology/25777954/detail.html
looks like its gonna be a quiet friday night.
still works up here lol aka wausau/appleton
I am out of service here in Waukesha, WI
No text or phone calls but everything else works.
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If you are rooted force your phone into roam mode and you will have service.
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I'm rooted, how do you force it into roam?
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Not data or anything now here in BrownDeer for about 45 minutes(hopefully they're fixing it). The guy at the sprint store said that a car hit something, something that goes into the ground....?!
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Data here in tx but 4g is block since last 2 weeks ago
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Data works, txt is intermittent, but phone service has been out for me since yesterday morning. Strange thing is my wife's pre works, but my evo, touch pro, and my parents samsung feature phones are all out
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Yeah im in janesville and its been down for awhile. Maybe, just maybe theyre preping us for 4G that would be nice considering the fact that we're paying for a service we can't use yet.
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Considering that 4G has nothing to do with Sprint service since it is all on Clearwires towers and network, it would not be the cause of the outage.
I live in houston and ive been having problems with the network this week... Mostly data
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I'm rooted, how do you force it into roam?
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download roam control from market
Bringing threads back from the dead with good news was at sprint today and if anyone remembers this day of no service looks like they where testing 4g for milwaukee and mdison, I guss its not 100% passing yet but from what he said we should be getting 4g in a few months.
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I haven't been able to connect to 4G for a few days now. I'm not sure if my phone is malfunctioning, because I don't know anyone else with 4G to confirm if there is actually a signal to connect to - has anyone else noticed any problems with the 4G network, particularly near Denver?
The 4G symbol shows up and the phone looks like it is trying to connect... When my radio hardware failed on my first Epic, it wouldn't even do that much, so i'm hoping it is the network and not my phone
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i know for a fact that 4G works here in Aurora. Hasn't failed me once. Occasionally it won't connect but nothing a radio reset [airplane mode] can't fix. Usually its the phone that has issues. For me at least
Prefect 4g throughout denver for me
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Prefect 4g throughout denver for me
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U have Verizon and sprint?
No just vzw
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I'll have to test it once i leave work for the day (in a medically shielded building so no cell signal PERIOD.)
It's possible it's a rom issue, what are you running on your phone?
(OT.. didn't know there were this many of us in the Denver metro area.. )
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No just vzw
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We're talking about Wimax 4g
I'm running SRF 1.2 with Genocide 1.2 (or maybe 2.0, I can't remember which one I flashed last time, lol), with the EH06 modem
I think I'll try a full wipe and reflash, because I think I had this problem once a long time ago from a bad flash...
EDIT: I also recently noticed that my
signal keeps dropping to zero bars, although the 3G symbol is still there... Maybe I'll start with a modem swap...
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runnin the EH06 modem as well, so I guess once i escape this shielded cage of a building i'll find out if 4g works.. haven't tried 4g since i flashed the EH06 modem..
Im running SFR 1.2 (in the Tech Center) using the Genocide kernel. Not having any 4G issues here.
Just got a chance to test 4g.. and it's workin fine.. (otherwise this wouldn't show up...)
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Its cool that a bunch of us are from the Metro area 8')
we should all come to my coffee shop in Aurora and whip out our Epics in the name of randomness
4g is working fine up here in Northglenn/Thornton
4g working for me in N. Denver and everywhere else I normally get it around town so guess its time for you to re flash .
I'm at denver airport I'm guessing 4g is not here??
Well, thanks for all of your feedback - I was facing the hard decision between a long phone call to tech support or a full reflash.
I had to Odin all the way back to DI18 and rebuild from there to get my 4G back, but it was worth it
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I've never been able to get 4G at DIA...
Way south in the tech center (Meridian area) 4G has always been spotty at best when outdoors and no coverage inside.
bighuta said:
Its cool that a bunch of us are from the Metro area 8')
we should all come to my coffee shop in Aurora and whip out our Epics in the name of randomness
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Where's your shop?
not a coffee drinker, but beer is always good..
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not a coffee drinker, but beer is always good..
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Denver Epic Beer Event?
This is one of the best cities in the country for beer. I don't know what I'd do without Odells...
And before some uneducated person says something about O'DOULs N/A **** beer, Odells is something completely different
http://odellbrewing.com/home
More than likely, this thread is going to drown fast since I know very few are on MetroPCS. I use to get awesome signal, but after reporgramming my epic, the latest prl I could find, kinda sucks here. The one I had before was better.
My MetroPCS prl: 3023
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my epic is working on metropcs
my epic is working on metropcs but only at 3g speed and all orignal sprint apps worked untill i reset everything now i need 4g to redownload and enable sprint apps again i am trying to figure out how to do this any sugestions would be greatly appreciated
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scooby dont said:
my epic is working on metropcs but only at 3g speed and all orignal sprint apps worked untill i reset everything now i need 4g to redownload and enable sprint apps again i am trying to figure out how to do this any sugestions would be greatly appreciated
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scooby
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No 4G for metro from the Epic, it is Wimax only.
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No 4G for metro from the Epic, it is Wimax only.
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This. ^ Metro does have 4G but it is LTE, unless the Wimax driver gets a software upgrade in the future, no Metro 4G currently possible. Though you can still pay for Sprint 4G service if you turn on the 4G radio and pay for a 24 hour pass for like 15 bucks.
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I would like to know if anyone flashed their epic touch to another carrier if so which one? How is the coverage/service and does your 4g still work
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yes it is possible,it could be with boost or metro from what I know of,boost uses sprint cdma towers so its basically the same coverage as 3g that you would get from a sprint device,and no 4g does not work yet as of yet once you flash that was something I was trying to get help with,check my sig I started a thread there about the subject
I flashed mine to Alltel it runs on Verizon and I am always roaming do u think it has to do with the fact it runs on Verizon my prl is 31011 but my 4g does work
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There is no way u get 4G on Verizon unless u installed a lte radio in ur phone.... because it has wimax and Verizon uses lte for 4G
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I have no reason to lie it still works no bull****
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But it was still working when I had the phone flashed odd enough though the phone wasn't on? Well I couldn't text or call but could surf the web and connect to 4g and surf while I'm on it
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My phone is flashed to Cricket. I don't have any good Cricket PRLs for my area, so coverage is horrible and my battery took a serious hit thanks to that. You'll never have 4G. My 3G speeds are completely abysmal.
Everything still works, though, barring 4G.
My native sprint hot spot app works also
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For everybody who doesn't believe my 4g works
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So somebody tell me how do u roam on 4g????
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So somebody tell me how do u roam on 4g????
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Idk y but you sir are very lucky
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Yea wish I had my 4g working
I bought it off Craigslist and da guy lied to me cuz the phone was still active on his account well I could still surf the net so I got it flashed to alltel and the guy told me 4g wouldn't work but I tried anyway and it worked flawlessly
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Very simple. It's been confirmed on another forum however, I have flashed my old Epic Touch to Cricket and it works like this...
Let me explain what I did. Lost phone, got my new one... A month later, found it. Flashed it myself to Cricket. However, I still have Sprint service for my replacement phone.
I sold the flashed phone, that person can use my 4G still. Because you can not flash the 4G wimax antenna or do anything with it for that matter, ( except disabled it with the toggle ) the 4G antenna can still receive signal from an active Sprint account. Only thing that is effected is the cdma portion of the flash including the PRL thus, 3G and talk/text is on Cricket's network (or who's ever network flashed to) however, the wimax antenna can still receive signal only if the Sprint account in which the phone came from is still active.
Problem solved. Anything else, I call BS. Consider yourself lucky whoever you got the phone from still has Sprint active. As soon as the line is disconnected, so will your 4G. Unless that person is you lol. I'm sure you bought the phone off craigslist, it was probably an insurance claim or the person switched to another 4G phone and wanted to make up cost.
On the other hand, the 3G antenna in the Epic Touch does not play well with Cricket's towers. Ive tried so many PRLs, it's not even funny. You will need to pull the PRL from an Acsend 2 or Mercury to get it working correctly and that's just my assumption.
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Very simple. It's been confirmed on another forum however, I have flashed my old Epic Touch to Cricket and it works like this...
Let me explain what I did. Lost phone, got my new one... A month later, found it. Flashed it myself to Cricket. However, I still have Sprint service for my replacement phone.
I sold the flashed phone, that person can use my 4G still. Because you can not flash the 4G wimax antenna or do anything with it for that matter, ( except disabled it with the toggle ) the 4G antenna can still receive signal from an active Sprint account. Only thing that is effected is the cdma portion of the flash including the PRL thus, 3G and talk/text is on Cricket's network (or who's ever network flashed to) however, the wimax antenna can still receive signal only if the Sprint account in which the phone came from is still active.
Problem solved. Anything else, I call BS. Consider yourself lucky whoever you got the phone from still has Sprint active. As soon as the line is disconnected, so will your 4G. Unless that person is you lol. I'm sure you bought the phone off craigslist, it was probably an insurance claim or the person switched to another 4G phone and wanted to make up cost.
On the other hand, the 3G antenna in the Epic Touch does not play well with Cricket's towers. Ive tried so many PRLs, it's not even funny. You will need to pull the PRL from an Acsend 2 or Mercury to get it working correctly and that's just my assumption.
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Naw the person I got the phone from has a $450 unpaid phone bill on the account that's why I got it flashed. But like I said wen I got it I couldnt make/receive calls or text but the data worked. The phone is technically off for unpaid bills I figure the data would just work until the end of the billing cycle matter of fact I think he took his number to Verizon and just didn't pay sprint off either way I don't care. Only thing now is does flashing a rom affect your flash I mean like using Odin because doesn't it install sprint radios and what not I haven't rooted yet because I didn't kno
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What Ben's said sounds right. That 4G won't be sticking around.
And no, ROM flashing does not affect it. I've flashed several ROMs since going to Cricket. However, if you ever decide to change your phone number, you'll have problems.
If he did port his number over to VZW, then the account would be for sure canceled and 4G would stop working. I've been in this exact position but its been me on both ends of the deal. He probably told you what his plan was but ended up keeping Sprint. That's the only way your 4G is working.
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So what's a good rom since I'm new to the E4gt I was looking for an Aosp rom stock Android can't find one though so whats a good rom
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Couldn't really tell you that; you'd have to try each one for yourself. I personally prefer Blazer, but Calkulin's has also been wonderful for me.
I have mine "flashed" to Platinumtel prepaid. I pay 10 cents a MB, 5 cents per min & 2 cents per text. It uses Sprint's towers so all calls, texts, web (3 g only) work exactly as it would on Sprint. Most of my usage is at home so my bill will be under $20 a month. I use grooveip for free calls over wifi from my google voice #. This setup worls for me as I do most of my calling amd downloading at home over wifi. I don't care about 4G as I'm not watching movies when I'm out. I leave my house to experience the outside world at large! BTW you can get Clear 4G service activated on ANY wimax capable device by changing some IP settings. It's not free of course. You can pay just for a day if you like though. Bang it!
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has anyone had the issue where their phone won't connect back to 3g data?
when I reboot my phone 3g will work until wifi kicks in. after I turn wifi off 3g comes back, I can call and text but will not download any data.
I have tried Odin back to stock. wiped everything including recovery. I have tried flashing every combination of modems and kernels. all same.
however one thing I will note. I have not been able to get a successful modem flashed in Odin. it keeps failing. so I flash in twrp.
I also wiped the activation data via ##732# or something like that. had sprint reactivate my phone too..
perhaps someone could shed some light on this?
-Wizzle
I just got my Note 2 like 5 days ago and mine does the same thing. Its very annoying and its gonna be exchanged today for that and other reasons.
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hmm. I wonder if it's network related..
is your phone stock?
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Okay here is the skinny. It is network related. My wife's stock s3 does the same thing. If you are in an area without lte and your phone under mobile settings is selected to lte/evdo/cdma it will connect to ephrd13. Which is enhanced 3g. When you come off wifi or a phone call sometime it will not reconnect. You can toggle data a few times and it will reconnect.
To solve this issue, under mobile settings I select evdo only setting being that I do not have lte in my area. There is no change in speed between the 2 3g networks.
This info is from self diagnosing the rooted note 2, a stock photon, and a stock s3.
I have had sprint reset the phones as well as the ##data# trick.
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I had this problem as well.. Very annoying..
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pongoface said:
Okay here is the skinny. It is network related. My wife's stock s3 does the same thing. If you are in an area without lte and your phone under mobile settings is selected to lte/evdo/cdma it will connect to ephrd13. Which is enhanced 3g. When you come off wifi or a phone call sometime it will not reconnect. You can toggle data a few times and it will reconnect.
To solve this issue, under mobile settings I select evdo only setting being that I do not have lte in my area. There is no change in speed between the 2 3g networks.
This info is from self diagnosing the rooted note 2, a stock photon, and a stock s3.
I have had sprint reset the phones as well as the ##data# trick.
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yeah I did the ## thing. however it came back. so someone from sprint called me to see if Iwas happy with the support and I told them I was still having data issues. He told me that he would put my ticket in priority and after an hour everything has been working better so far...
but we'll see
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Yes changing to evdo so far has helped alot. I really appreciate the info. Thank you.
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Yes changing to evdo so far has helped alot. I really appreciate the info. Thank you.
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I will try this as well. Thank you.
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When I say evdo only I meant cdma only. Ehrpd13 is the handshaking 3g for lte. Some areas have lte in the towers but no ehrpd13 so the lte is not turned on yet. Basically ehrpd13 and lte are like cookies and cream lol.
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When I say evdo only I meant cdma only. Ehrpd13 is the handshaking 3g for lte. Some areas have lte in the towers but no ehrpd13 so the lte is not turned on yet. Basically ehrpd13 and lte are like cookies and cream lol.
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yeah I figured cdma. it works much better so far. but then I'll need to turn on lte eventually when you area gets it.
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wizzlewizzle said:
yeah I figured cdma. it works much better so far. but then I'll need to turn on lte eventually when you area gets it.
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The problem is my area does have it but at my house its very weak. My ohone wikl display 4g but it wont download anything untio it switches to 3g.
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When the 4g network matures as it will the 4g will get better as the 3g.
You can always go to I think s4gru.com. That site shows when and where lte will become available. Plus they will be able to help you better there than xda.
As for sprint customer service, they are laughable at best. 4 people I spoke with didn't know what ehrpd13 was lol.
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The problem is my area does have it but at my house its very weak. My ohone wikl display 4g but it wont download anything untio it switches to 3g.
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I hear ya. it's basically like not even having 4g.
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