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I think people use the PRL mod to force it to use verizon voice. Can it be forced to use verizon data? I can't seem to get more than 200k in LA and it is making me hate Sprint in ways you can't imagine. Sometimes the hack to eliminate the proxy server helps but l wish I had held out until Verizon had a comparable phone.
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I think people use the PRL mod to force it to use verizon voice. Can it be forced to use verizon data? I can't seem to get more than 200k in LA and it is making me hate Sprint in ways you can't imagine. Sometimes the hack to eliminate the proxy server helps but l wish I had held out until Verizon had a comparable phone.
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That prl does both.
Edit: just don't go over 300mb and/or 50% of your used minutes a month unless you want to get booted out of your contract... Which it sounds like you do.
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That prl does both.
Edit: just don't go over 300mb and/or 50% of your used minutes a month unless you want to get booted out of your contract... Which it sounds like you do.
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Thanks. If I get booted out of my contract, is there an ETF?
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Thanks. If I get booted out of my contract, is there an ETF?
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No etf if they kick u
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What do you mean by don't go over a certain amount? And what do you mean by used minutes if you have a unlimited plan?
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No etf if they kick u
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Thanks. I have a pretty good contract I haggled for with Sprint which I won't get on Verizon but I might go check out the Galaxy Nexus. I'd keep my phone if it worked for LTE on Verizon as I'm thrilled with the phone.
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What do you mean by don't go over a certain amount? And what do you mean by used minutes if you have a unlimited plan?
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If you use 800 minutes band more than 400 of them are roaming that might trigger a letter or contract canceling.
And don't go over 300mb and month. That's pretty straightforward.
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I have 2 lines. I got the Touch when it came out and I just added another line 2 weeks ago. I was wondering if Sprint would just terminate the line that exceeded the data or they would terminate both line?
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I have 2 lines. I got the Touch when it came out and I just added another line 2 weeks ago. I was wondering if Sprint would just terminate the line that exceeded the data or they would terminate both line?
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I was told by an employee once if u do go over a limit they warn you first but if continued.. They cancel your entire account.. All lines
I got a warning letter a month ago for going over 200mbs data roaming. And I know of a few others back in my hero days that got terminated for continuing to exceed the data roaming limits.
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I was told by an employee once if u do go over a limit they warn you first but if continued.. They cancel your entire account.. All lines
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Thats what I figured but wasn't sure. Thanks for the info. Does it make the ESN bad also if the terminate you?
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Thats what I figured but wasn't sure. Thanks for the info. Does it make the ESN bad also if the terminate you?
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Doubtful but confirm with someone this has happened to.
If they marked the ESN as bad I would demand they refund the price of the phone.
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Thats what I figured but wasn't sure. Thanks for the info. Does it make the ESN bad also if the terminate you?
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esn would be clean as long as you paid your final bill.
Love this forum! My phone is great! I've learned a lot thanks to the people who spoon feed me answers every time I ask a new inane question.
(I still hate Sprint's horrible data speeds - but appreciate all the people here who work so hard to help us newbies!)
If they boot you do you loose your phone number or can you port to another carrier?
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If they boot you do you loose your phone number or can you port to another carrier?
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Good question! I want to get booted to avoid the ETF but don't want to lose the number I've had for so long.
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Good question! I want to get booted to avoid the ETF but don't want to lose the number I've had for so long.
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I got the boot! Flashed the 00001prl and downloaded about 2 gigs over 2 days. I called retentions and told them im fed up with all this roaming. She looks at my usage and immediately said "we wont hold you hostage," and set me up to port my numbers and close my account as soon as i do so with no etf.
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I got the boot! Flashed the 00001prl and downloaded about 2 gigs over 2 days. I called retentions and told them im fed up with all this roaming. She looks at my usage and immediately said "we wont hold you hostage," and set me up to port my numbers and close my account as soon as i do so with no etf.
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Thanks so much for posting!
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I got the boot! Flashed the 00001prl and downloaded about 2 gigs over 2 days. I called retentions and told them im fed up with all this roaming. She looks at my usage and immediately said "we wont hold you hostage," and set me up to port my numbers and close my account as soon as i do so with no etf.
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If I ever could get a connection better than 20Kbps, I might be able to hit 2GB by the turn of the decade.
EDIT: Or my connection to stay on for longer than 30 seconds. Anyone have any pointers?
Go to an area with better signal
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Well i know everybody said to be careful but i didnt actually think i was gonna get Terminated... i had the 00001 Verizon Prl and i used about 6gbs a month haha. They got me, but im jus gonna jump on my freinds plan I still <3 Sprint.
Well at least we know for sure that this is a way to get out of your Sprint contract and without an ETT fee.
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Well at least we know for sure that this is a way to get out of your Sprint contract and without an ETT fee.
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haha yup very true. i jus started my 2 years over too.
Are they asking for you to return your phone?
Or did you buy it at retail price?
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Are they asking for you to return your phone?
Or did you buy it at retail price?
Jw
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they didnt say anything about my phone, and no i JUST extended my two year contract for it.
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Are they asking for you to return your phone?
Or did you buy it at retail price?
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They can't ask you for your phone back.
Did they ban your ESN?
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Hi there,
I noticed you'd said you used around 6gb for months...
How many months did you get away with this?
Also, did they NEVER send you a letter/call you telling you that you were roaming a lot?
You'd think they'd give you a heads up.
One other thought... Do you think you could call them and ask them to not terminate you? Basically say something like, oh i only roam while at home, can you send me an airave so that I don't roam at home (at the office i get great service), something like that?
-RR
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Hi there,
I noticed you'd said you used around 6gb for months...
How many months did you get away with this?
Also, did they NEVER send you a letter/call you telling you that you were roaming a lot?
You'd think they'd give you a heads up.
One other thought... Do you think you could call them and ask them to not terminate you? Basically say something like, oh i only roam while at home, can you send me an airave so that I don't roam at home (at the office i get great service), something like that?
-RR
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ive been doin it almost a year now, no they never warned me :/ a heads up wud have been nice, and your right i probably could do that but i rly dont care, my friends gonna let me jump on his plan then i can get a phone at a new line price
You should send them a bill for an ETF.
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bahahahahahaha...
Thanks....
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Frohdisiac said:
ive been doin it almost a year now, no they never warned me :/ a heads up wud have been nice, and your right i probably could do that but i rly dont care, my friends gonna let me jump on his plan then i can get a phone at a new line price
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12 months is a good amount of time.
Were you consistantly downloading around 6gb a month (on roam)?
I suspect if you just used this on your phone for normal activites (streaming pandora/web searches/google maps/nav etc...) that you'd probably be good to go.
I only ask because I have HORRIBLE service where I live and found the 01337 prl to be 1000x improvement as far as speed (60681- 10kb/s if lucky, 01337-mod 120 kb/s).
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I'm surprised they don't look into where you're roaming and figure out why it's roaming so much.
if roaming because of PRL(They see great Sprint coverage where you roam) - warn you about it and charge ETF.
If roaming because of no sprint = cut service off as was done to OP.
What if you want to renew with them? Do they add you to some sort of black list?
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I don't understand why anyone is acting surprised. This is clearly outlined in your contract that if you use over 50% of your voice/data per month roaming that your account will be subject to termination. The fact that they allowed you to get away with it for a year while using far more data roaming than the average Sprint customer does on the native network is nothing short of amazing. The massive bill that you have racked them up in roaming charges from Verizon should be grounds for them to sue you, to be honest. Sprint can see your PRL, and forcibly changing your PRL to roam 100% of the time should be grounds for termination with ETF. This ruins things for the rest of us as the revenue that could have gone to expanding/improving our network is now being used to pay off the massive debt incurred by people abusing roaming privileges.
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I don't think sprint gets a bill each month for X number of kilobytes people roam.
This is why they have signed roaming agreements... They pay a flat fee and users can then roam (no addl. cost to them).
Correct me if I'm wrong...
But I will say that it's unacceptable to run a speed test on Sprint, get only 10kb/s if lucky, flash a verizon prl and hit over 120kb/s and not feel like you're getting ripped off.
Every time I call sprint Data techs (they open a ticket and eventually tell me all towers are working correctly and there is no problem with the network)... Very disappointing.
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I don't think sprint gets a bill each month for X number of kilobytes people roam.
This is why they have signed roaming agreements... They pay a flat fee and users can then roam (no addl. cost to them).
Correct me if I'm wrong...
But I will say that it's unacceptable to run a speed test on Sprint, get only 10kb/s if lucky, flash a verizon prl and hit over 120kb/s and not feel like you're getting ripped off.
Every time I call sprint Data techs (they open a ticket and eventually tell me all towers are working correctly and there is no problem with the network)... Very disappointing.
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Exactly my same thoughts especialy since they are charging you that extra 10 bucks a month and for what ****ty service.
I am half tempted on doing this since verizon is full speed here where I live. Sprint better WTFU and get on the ball.
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Exactly my same thoughts especialy since they are charging you that extra 10 bucks a month and for what ****ty service.
I am half tempted on doing this since verizon is full speed here where I live. Sprint better WTFU and get on the ball.
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Well if you want Verizon speeds, then you can go on Verizon IMO. While I love the fact that Sprint has low prices and I'd LOVE if they actually made them into decent speeds, jumping on a different PRL and getting terminated will just be worse int he long run since I don't want to pay for verizon service.
Wow, I honesty don't remember ever seeing anyone confirm that they were booted for excessive roaming. I never change PRLs and hardly ever roam but thanks for letting people know.
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I don't understand why anyone is acting surprised. This is clearly outlined in your contract that if you use over 50% of your voice/data per month roaming that your account will be subject to termination. The fact that they allowed you to get away with it for a year while using far more data roaming than the average Sprint customer does on the native network is nothing short of amazing. The massive bill that you have racked them up in roaming charges from Verizon should be grounds for them to sue you, to be honest. Sprint can see your PRL, and forcibly changing your PRL to roam 100% of the time should be grounds for termination with ETF. This ruins things for the rest of us as the revenue that could have gone to expanding/improving our network is now being used to pay off the massive debt incurred by people abusing roaming privileges.
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thank you for your presence here on XDA
i'd like to take a minute to mention 2 things.
1. in a contract that takes longer than ONE (1) minute to read, there is no such thing as "clearly stated" and I can't vouch for your colleagues encouraging people to read them. the contract gets highlighted in a couple places and it's a "sign here, here 'n here sur!"
2. there's a clause in federal law where if party B agrees to not do something under contract with party A, and party A does not enforce their contract within X time frame (never knew how long but would love to know), party A has then waived their right to file suit.
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I don't think sprint gets a bill each month for X number of kilobytes people roam.
This is why they have signed roaming agreements... They pay a flat fee and users can then roam (no addl. cost to them).
Correct me if I'm wrong...
But I will say that it's unacceptable to run a speed test on Sprint, get only 10kb/s if lucky, flash a verizon prl and hit over 120kb/s and not feel like you're getting ripped off.
Every time I call sprint Data techs (they open a ticket and eventually tell me all towers are working correctly and there is no problem with the network)... Very disappointing.
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Your 3G speeds are only 10kbps? You must live in a lead box.
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Your 3G speeds are only 10kbps? You must live in a lead box.
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You're telling me.
Just ran a speed test and got 205kbps!!! WOW so fast!!!
Somtimes It's as bad as 10-70 kbps... It's horrible...
Anywho... Gotta hope Sprint will eventually fix their network, I see 6 towers being updated over the next 6 months.
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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.
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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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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.
---Jay--- From the CM9 powered E4GT
Hi, I posted this question in the general xda section, but no one has replied so I am hoping someone here can respond.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1811329
use a 3G roaming prl and download a TON of (legal) torrents. It might take 2 to 4 months, but they will drop you from service.
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Or....you could be civil about it. Call care, and plead your case, nicely. They have been known to allow customers out of a contract without and etf so long as the equipment gets returned, ask them if they'll make exception for you and let you do that
EDIT: never mind, I read your original post. I do think it's unreasonable to expect to not have to return the phone and not pay an etf either. Regardless of the amount you paid for the phone, you did enter a contract, and sprint ate a lot of money up front when you signed that contract.
If you feel so strongly about it, though, just cancel and eat the etf cost, and you should more than make up for it by how much you can sell the phones on eBay.
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I've been a Sprint customer for 10+ years and I've had almost zero complaints until these dang smart phones became the mainstream thing to have. Back when I had my Samsung Instinct the speeds were GOOD. For example, tethering was around 1.5mb all day long. By the time I got the EVO 4G though, things went down the toilet. Smart phones got super popular and Sprint simply couldn't handle it.
To top that off we got slapped in the face with a $10 dollar premium for 4G, oh excuse me "premium data" that doesn't even work for most of us. I have no 4G here and I' lucky to get 50kb's on 3G. I get 1.2mb on the Verizon PRL though.
I'd been using the 11115 PRL and toggling between Sprint and Verizon when I needed more speed but I've recently switched to the 00002 PRL in hopes of getting dropped. I shouldnt HAVE to toggle to Verizon to make my phone work.
I've complained to Sprint, they simply do not care. I bet they will start to care when I plug my phone in this weekend and pick some random Blue-ray sized files to torrent over 3G.
Can't wait to get over to AT&T or Verizon. I loved Sprint when it worked. I'd rather have a 5GB cap that works then unlimited that doesn't. Who cares about unlimited if you can't use it?
The plus side to having them boot me is I can keep my Epic Touch and resell it to help re-coop some of the money I feel I got scammed out of dealing with Sprint now that they don't seem to want to fix their network or compensate those of us who are/were loyal customers and are sick of this slow non-usable network.
Great...another thread for people to come in and post about how crappy Sprint's speed is and to teach people how to screw Sprint and the other millions of Sprint users that don't have problems (like me) by forcing your phone to roam and download tons of data.
amen sister.
I'm almost 1 year into my 2 year contract with sprint and I cannot wait until I can get out of it. I signed on because of unlimited data, which is great because I get 4g at work, but if I'm not at work or near one of the sp****ly placed 4g towers, I'm screwed.
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Great...another thread for people to come in and post about how crappy Sprint's speed is and to teach people how to screw Sprint and the other millions of Sprint users that don't have problems (like me) by forcing your phone to roam and download tons of data.
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do you have 4g wherever you go in your city?
My problem is that there are 6 4g towers placed around cincinnati and if you're not withing 1-2 miles of it, no 4g for you. Then, because we are a fairly dense market, the 3g speeds suck and the phone is almost useless.
Sprint does suck. Sprint has fallen so far behind the competition that i'm shocked that anybody ever renews a contract with them.
Yeah my service with sprint (virgin mobile) ain't great but hey I pay $25 a month for service. You just can't beat that!
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It I was paying $25 a month, I wouldn't ***** but I'm paying $108ish and I feel like I'm being kicked in the balls.
Being a 10+ year Sprint customer who has seen the service go down the drain, I have every right to complain because I know how it used to be before they decided to add all these new smart devices but not add new network to back them up.
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Or....you could be civil about it. Call care, and plead your case, nicely. They have been known to allow customers out of a contract without and etf so long as the equipment gets returned, ask them if they'll make exception for you and let you do that
EDIT: never mind, I read your original post. I do think it's unreasonable to expect to not have to return the phone and not pay an etf either. Regardless of the amount you paid for the phone, you did enter a contract, and sprint ate a lot of money up front when you signed that contract.
If you feel so strongly about it, though, just cancel and eat the etf cost, and you should more than make up for it by how much you can sell the phones on eBay.
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Yeah, I have no plans of using the Verizon PRL and get kicked. I have been in touch with customer service and it is getting to the point where they might let me out without ETF. I did not know that they would request the phones to be returned so I am trying to decide 1) if that's reasonable, and 2) if it is, then if it would be cheaper to pay ETF instead.
Tell them to refund your $200.00 dollars and you will be glad to return it.
I would be annoyed if on top of paying for the crap service they also wanted the phone back.
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Great...another thread for people to come in and post about how crappy Sprint's speed is and to teach people how to screw Sprint and the other millions of Sprint users that don't have problems (like me) by forcing your phone to roam and download tons of data.
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Agreed as well. If you sign a contract, man-up and fulfill your side of the agreement.
I totally do NOT agree with that. If you sign a contract and the provider can't provide what has been promised, the contract should be void.
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I totally do NOT agree with that. If you sign a contract and the provider can't provide what has been promised, the contract should be void.
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What exactly did they promise? They specifically do not promise any speed, ive looked.
I agree with u op. Sprint speeds have gotten a lot worse for me as well. My phone is not usable unless I'm on wifi. Its ridiculous. BUT u did sign a contract and you had two weeks to try it out. Hope it works out for u.
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The attitude of well it sucks but i did sign a contact that specifically does NOT make any speed promised etc is exactly why we keep getting screwed.
Considering I'm paying $108 dollars a month, $10 of that being for "premium data", it should at least WORK. On my phone, its unusable off wi-fi. No joke, sites can take up to 2 and 3 minutes to load and that is IF it loads. Normally something times out.
That is a load of crap, hence why I'm currently forced roaming on Verizon.
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The attitude of well it sucks but i did sign a contact that specifically does NOT make any speed promised etc is exactly why we keep getting screwed.
Considering I'm paying $108 dollars a month, $10 of that being for "premium data", it should at least WORK. On my phone, its unusable off wi-fi. No joke, sites can take up to 2 and 3 minutes to load and that is IF it loads. Normally something times out.
That is a load of crap, hence why I'm currently forced roaming on Verizon.
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If it is so bad that you cannot even use it, you need to call Sprint, and keep calling them until they either fix it or they let you out of your contract because they are not living up to their obligation to the contract. Coming on XDA and crying about it will get you nowhere. This is a development website, not a ***** fest site about the provider. Take this **** elsewhere.
I'm going to stop this before it goes any further. Sorry your speeds aren't up to par (mine aren't either), but you will need to find another way than discussing here. Contracts are contracts, no way around it. Just call and call until you get the answer you want. This will turn out to be a war and we do not need that here as we have enough of that already.
If I get terminated by Sprint can I open an account and port my number over to boost mobile?? I hear Boost is their parent company or can I use my sprint phone with another company?
Sprint owns Boost.
You would have to flash the device to accept Boosts network settings. I'm not versed on the specifics but I'm thinking you will have to have a working Boost device as a donor.
Search "Flash sprint phone to Boost". I'm sure you will find instructions.
Boost is pay as you go.
jfcooley said:
Sprint owns Boost.
You would have to flash the device to accept Boosts network settings. I'm not versed on the specifics but I'm thinking you will have to have a working Boost device as a donor.
Search "Flash sprint phone to Boost". I'm sure you will find instructions.
Boost is pay as you go.
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Yea i'm starting to do a little research on it now. I want to know if my account or phone number will be flagged or something after i get terminated by Sprint.
decannon04 said:
Yea i'm starting to do a little research on it now. I want to know if my account or phone number will be flagged or something after i get terminated by Sprint.
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You seem dedicated to get terminated by sprint. I'm assuming you're going to force roam and use a couple of Gigs until they terminate your plan. I won't go into my opinion of that practice (I'm against it, btw), but I'll give my thoughts/advice on whether you can port over or not.
I know when you switch carriers in a "normal" fashion, you can port your phone number over with relative ease. The last couple of times I've switched carriers, I just had to go into my new carrier and tell them my phone number and what my previous service was. When you're terminated, I doubt that you'd be able to port it over that easily.
You can look around XDA and find people who have been terminated and PM them to see what happened with their number. I wouldn't be surprised if the number would be unavailable for a while after being terminated.
Thanks for the info. I wont go into it but ts ridiculous what im going through.
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decannon04 said:
Thanks for the info. I wont go into it but ts ridiculous what im going through.
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Well hell, I just stopped 3 years of "avid daily lurking" and registered, just to agree with that statement!
I'll grab my axe and pitchforks. Bring torches, we meet near the tower at midnight
the_frustrated_customer said:
Well hell, I just stopped 3 years of "avid daily lurking" and registered, just to agree with that statement!
I'll grab my axe and pitchforks. Bring torches, we meet near the tower at midnight
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Lolol. That username^
I hope its not a network or roaming problem.. bc your going to have the same problem with boost..
decannon04 said:
If I get terminated by Sprint can I open an account and port my number over to boost mobile?? I hear Boost is their parent company or can I use my sprint phone with another company?
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Once Sprint terminates you then you no longer have a phone number. There for they can not port over the phone number. You can sign up with boost mobile without any flags since it's prepaid so no chance on you skipping out on the bill. Even though boost is owned by Sprint, boost is prepaid and does not do any kind of credit checks.
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People are getting creative on how to get out of their contracts or upgrade and keep ur unlimited data nowadays.
If your "terminated" they prolly lock the account up for a few weeks. It wouldn't suprise me if they tagged you, cuz nowadays they're cracking down on that kind of stuff
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I'm just saying this but, boost is technically on the sprint network under a different name, ie boost. Sprints network connection is horrid.. A nightmare.. You would honestly be better off with a different pay as you go service or just starting a contract with a new company.