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No Sprint Signal in Chicago Underground

I'm running an EVO with Fresh 3.1.0.2. my phone service is not working in Chicago's subway system underground. I heard someone say the Verizon signal they once used for roaming is no longer available to Sprint. Does anyone know if there is a fix.

Wait, lemme get this straight...
You're complaining about not getting service, in an UNDERGROUND subway? Really? Was there some magical advance in cell phone technology wihin the past year that I don't know about, which lets signals penetrate mountains, tunnels, subways, and elevators?

Some places do have cells in away stationary. I got great service in sf at the underground muni stations for example
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Sprint used to work in our subway but it seems that only ATT(i know for sure because my work blackberry is on ATT), Verizon and us cell are the only carriers working in our subway. And when I say used to I'm talking about maybe almost 2 years ago.
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drmacinyasha said:
Wait, lemme get this straight...
You're complaining about not getting service, in an UNDERGROUND subway? Really? Was there some magical advance in cell phone technology wihin the past year that I don't know about, which lets signals penetrate mountains, tunnels, subways, and elevators?
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Yes, but I wouldn't call it magical I would just say that you're a tard. Lol, j/k.
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my evo works in the red line, it just roams. im running evoi 1.1

Make sure you having roaming turned on. My Evo also works just fine.
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my evo works in the red line, it just roams. im running evoi 1.1
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I'm experiencing this issue as well. I have an Evo. I've got roaming on... Data roaming is on, roam guard off, always-on mobile data on, call guard off, and the roaming is set to automatic, not Sprint only.
When I'm in the subway, I get the little triangle indicating that I'm roaming with a full set of bars, but when I try to send a text message, I just get an error stating something like network radio interference.
Ideas?

Sprint is now working on the Blue line in the Chicago subway. Noticed it two days ago when Pandora loaded a new song while I was in the tunnel. It never did that before. So I doubled checked yesterday and today. We now have Sprint in the subway of Chicago.

[Q] Coming to sprint from t-mobile..

So I've been on t-mobile for quite a few years now, and this throttling bs is getting at me. I'm considering to come to sprint, and get the evo 4g. its 99.99 with a contract. but i have a few questions..
1- is rooting the evo 4g simple? i have a mt4g with t-mobile and rooting was simple.
2- what are the 4g speeds like? I get 4g in my area and when i went to a couple of sprint stores to test the speed using speed test in the market, i got speeds ranging from 1mbps to almost 4mbps. with t-mobile, i get on average about 4 and at my home, 7ish. I wanted to know opinions on the 4g speed because i use it a lot for tethering.
3- is it possible to bypass the 29.99 charge for mobile hotspot with sprint so i can get it for free? and if so, is it fairly simple?
I really want the unlimited data. that's the only reason I want to move to sprint. yeah i use my phone for voice and texts, but these days, data seems pretty important too and i hate being throttled.
If anybody has any advice for coming to sprint, or reasons why I shouldn't; I would appreciate that as well.
Thanks in advance for questions and advice..

1) You can not root brand new EVOs at this time (HBOOT: 2.16, Android 2.3.3). This applies to most you get as replacements for insurance claims too.
2) 4G uses very high frequency, and thus can be hit or miss. I live in a full coverage area and can't pickup 4G until I go down the street to the intersection. Thus, I can't comment, but I heard the speeds are decent but slower than Verzion
3) Perhaps, if you are able to root. I never use this feature so you'll have to wait for someone else.
P.S. if you still want a new EVO, shop around. You might be able to get it free or a penny from places like Amazon Wireless.

1. No root for current EVO coming out.
2. Fair 4G speeds for me KC, MO.
3. Hacked hotspot or wireless tether app.
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rooting evo 4g is simple

1. Not currently. The current GB version of the EVO has no known root method. It is almost certain you would get a GB EVO if you bought one today. If you are able to check it, and its Froyo (Android 2.2) then yes, its easy.
2. WiMax 4G depends a lot on where you are, and its notoriously bad at penetrating inside large buildings. I have rarely seen slower than 2mbps when I have signal, and upwards to 10mbps. I would put the average at 4-6. Depends a lot on your location and signal strength.
3. To do wireless tethering without paying the tethering fee requires root. See point 1. If you can root, then yes its easy. You can tether through a wired USB connection without root and without paying, see several options available on market (pda.net for example).
You have 30 days to try it out, take one home, see how your 4G is.

The questions have been answered it seems but I would like to ad that I came from T-Mobile too and have never been happier. Whether you go EVO 4g 3d or another device you will enjoy. My plan rates are lower, I phone choices are higher. Just overall better.
I will ad this. Root on cdma is not the same. It had a slight learning curve not having a him card but if you are familiar with rooting then you should have no issues.
When T-Mobile came out with the vibrant 4g as their next best thing I knew it was time to move on. They just have never put out quality phone CHOICES its always been "here is are great device" the rest are just ok. Vibrant 4g was basically the vibrant 3g with a 4g antenna and front camera. No thanks.
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IMO its worth the extra 100 to get the photon, and the photon has root via the webdock.
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emtchrisbishop said:
1. No root for current EVO coming out.
2. Fair 4G speeds for me KC, MO.
3. Hacked hotspot or wireless tether app.
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Fail there is root being worked on. You should research before you start spitting out brainless comments.

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Fail there is root being worked on. You should research before you start spitting out brainless comments.
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Punctuation fail.
Also, "being worked on" could very easily turn out to mean "never gonna happen." I think it was an apropos warning, if a bit pessimistic.

Thanks for all the advice. I'm really debating whether to jump up to the 10gb data with tmobile or just jump ship to sprint. I've been debating all day and want to decide in the next day or so. What's the wiimax 4g? and what's the thing I hear about sprint planning on going to 4g lte?
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SilverZero said:
Punctuation fail.
Also, "being worked on" could very easily turn out to mean "never gonna happen." I think it was an apropos warning, if a bit pessimistic.
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Hmmm. I don't remember ever asking for your response. Also you're the one trying to be pessimistic. Most of you are so negative. I can pretty much say for sure that there will be root for stock EVOs coming 2.3.3. Now how about you shut the hell up and take your negativity somewhere else. Yes there is a difference between Realism and negativity, yours is negativity. Take it somewhere else.

desikilla said:
Thanks for all the advice. I'm really debating whether to jump up to the 10gb data with tmobile or just jump ship to sprint. I've been debating all day and want to decide in the next day or so. What's the wiimax 4g? and what's the thing I hear about sprint planning on going to 4g lte?
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Here is the thing about the T-Mobile data plan..... it's governed. You are more than welcome to surf the t-mobile phone forums to back this up. Sprint is not.....yet.
The lte migration won't happen until you want a new phone anyways so I wouldn't worry too much on that. Even then Sprint I am sure will be showering us with phones.
I used to be the biggest T-mo fanboy so understand that me saying run is a big deal.
Also, all the people can't be wrong lol.
http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/04/t-mobile-loses-50000-subscribers-in-q2-reports-revenue-decline/

desikilla said:
Thanks for all the advice. I'm really debating whether to jump up to the 10gb data with tmobile or just jump ship to sprint. I've been debating all day and want to decide in the next day or so. What's the wiimax 4g? and what's the thing I hear about sprint planning on going to 4g lte?
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I came from T-Mobile as well. I loved my 4G speeds but the plans were too high and the data cap was a pain. I love my sprint service. I just wish they would "beef" up the 4G or stop charging $10 in areas its weak or non-existent. I can only get it is on my porch or near the kitchen window but even with a weak (1 bar)signal its been 3.5 mb or faster. I sometimes think of going back for the data speed+ coverage alone but with the money I save and the uncapped unlimited data I think its enough to stay. We won't have LTE for at least 1 to 2 years from now. So Wimax will be running until the buildout is complete.
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[Q] 4g Problem with my new phone

This is my first 4g phone.
I am not sure the 4g is working properly. Need some input.
I have the 4g turned on. This phone seems to flip flop between 3g and 4g connection. It does not seem to hold a steady 4g connection and seems to often be downloading on 3g.
Did I get a dud? Should I try and have it swapped out?
Annoying to be paying a premium for 4g service when more than half the time I am getting 3g download speeds.

If it matters, I live in Las Vegas

I'm having the same problem
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azmtbiker said:
If it matters, I live in Las Vegas
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I live in Vegas, too. If you're trying from inside a house, you'll be lucky to hold a 4G signal. While they've got the valley pretty well covered, it's still not great. Some towers have greater coverage than others. I live in NW and have no 4G until about a half mile from my home.
The only place I know to have solid 4G is on the Strip/Convention Center area. I use it to stream during my shift.
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Just so you know : you are not paying for 4g. It's a premium data charge, which is charged to all subscribers with or without 4g phones. Just thought you should know what your paying for.
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azmtbiker said:
This is my first 4g phone.
I am not sure the 4g is working properly. Need some input.
I have the 4g turned on. This phone seems to flip flop between 3g and 4g connection. It does not seem to hold a steady 4g connection and seems to often be downloading on 3g.
Did I get a dud? Should I try and have it swapped out?
Annoying to be paying a premium for 4g service when more than half the time I am getting 3g download speeds.
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ive noticed the 4g radio is a little finnicky sometimes, however haven't noticed anything coverage related. Using EVO view right now...this thing has a much better 4g antenna. My embedded laptop gets the best though. I'm in Vegas too...and work for clearwire.

Full bar 4G here but I am not in Vegas. It should sleep when not in use but when its switching between 3G and 4G alot, it eats battery. Sprint 4G is notorious for not being great indoors
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Update
Well, after another day without the device hooking up to 4g for crap, I headed down to the sprint store.
Of course at the store, 4g is working. I tell the lady working there what is going on and she seems incredulous of my claim as the 4g currently seems to work.
The lady takes the phone, plugs it in to a cable. After 3 minutes she hands it back to be me and says, "it is now aligned with the towers." I said, so it should work. She says yes. Is this really a real thing??
I will post tomorrow with results of another days use.
Dunno if it is a hardware or software issue but has definitely not been working as it should. Wont even hook up to 4g in the car let alone in a building.

I also live in las Vegas, NW in fact and my GPS lock on is timeless , fast as heck, but for some reason at the Strip, is slow(almost never with the Epic4G) but a few seconds it takes with the ET4G.
The 3G speed varies on what area you're at sadly, sometimes for some reason when im in the parking lot of Paris, I have no connection, and even my phonecalls drop, but the moment i exit, baam! it works, 3G speed is up and down, recenty after updating my Profile and PRL, it has been snappy some what amazinly, and 4G hit and Miss in some areas.
Is fast on my own opinion anyway , for 4G i only get one bar at this very moment, but is still fast.
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Vegasden said:
I live in Vegas, too. If you're trying from inside a house, you'll be lucky to hold a 4G signal. While they've got the valley pretty well covered, it's still not great. Some towers have greater coverage than others. I live in NW and have no 4G until about a half mile from my home.
The only place I know to have solid 4G is on the Strip/Convention Center area. I use it to stream during my shift.
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Exactly lol, but at home NW i also get it too.

Other thing I notice is when it switches from 4g to 3g, the 4g will not turn back on unless it is manually switched on and off.

azmtbiker said:
Well, after another day without the device hooking up to 4g for crap, I headed down to the sprint store.
Of course at the store, 4g is working. I tell the lady working there what is going on and she seems incredulous of my claim as the 4g currently seems to work.
The lady takes the phone, plugs it in to a cable. After 3 minutes she hands it back to be me and says, "it is now aligned with the towers." I said, so it should work. She says yes. Is this really a real thing??
I will post tomorrow with results of another days use.
Dunno if it is a hardware or software issue but has definitely not been working as it should. Wont even hook up to 4g in the car let alone in a building.
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Since it's your first experience with WiMAX, if you're expecting to drive around and keep 4G connected, it ain't gonna happen. Pretty much you have to be stationary and in good coverage area. And take the coverage maps with a grain of salt.
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azmtbiker said:
Other thing I notice is when it switches from 4g to 3g, the 4g will not turn back on unless it is manually switched on and off.
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hmm.. I haven't tried this myself..Only tried 4G and it stayed there no change, I'll do this when im at home, since im at work at the moment.
Though if you can replicate this problem, do it for the Sprint Rep and see if they can exchange it for ya.

Vegasden said:
Since it's your first experience with WiMAX, if you're expecting to drive around and keep 4G connected, it ain't gonna happen. Pretty much you have to be stationary and in good coverage area. And take the coverage maps with a grain of salt.
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this is disappointing to say the least...well many of us have given sprint a fair try...i only wonder how do some ever get use to this...i know for a fact this is not the norm for all carriers while i guess some really do get good coverage with sprint.

Mine does the same exact thing
azmtbiker said:
Other thing I notice is when it switches from 4g to 3g, the 4g will not turn back on unless it is manually switched on and off.
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When I go from one spot to another in the car, the 4g signal is lost and phone reverts to 3g.
I have to toggle 4g off/on to reconnect.
I did the tweaks listed here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265990
but no help.
Did the tweaks improve this for anyone? Anyone else having this issue?

Help with wifi tether speeds!!!

Anyone know how to increase the wireless tether speed I have tired the built in tether and after messing with several rom's I am getting horrible speeds.
Tried to install wifi tether and could not get that to work either.
I am currently running decks rim.
Used to get speeds of up to 2mb on the built in Tether and close to 4 using wifi tether. now best I get is .8
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Welcome to Sprint's "blazing fast" 3g network.

Pretty much what he said you can try to do a speed test and see what you get but pretty much you can look for better service for better speeds
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You can also try setting up a proxy.

Yes, Sprints 3G & 4G speeds have been circling the drain for almost a year now. Tower to device speeds are bad; tower through device to laptop speeds are terrible.
If you have Easytether you're in luck. Back it up in triplicate. Don't allow automatic updates. Any updates will either remove it or render it unusable. ET is no longer available for Sprint 4G devices. If you can find a copy, simply side load it.
For Wireless Tether, setting up a proxy is definitely the way to go. Filter Proxy, available free in Market, will do the trick. There is a quick set-up guide somewhere here at XDA. While not as fast as EasyTether, the Wireless Tether with Filter Proxy isn't too bad.

I had this problem their are three things I did to fix it they are all easy 1. Call sprint and tell them you are haveing trouble makeing and receiving calls, bad data speeds blah blah blah (their will be an option somewhere in their voicemail that basically says that.) They will reset your data which will make everything faster. They will make you update your phones radios and etc. Cancel those and do it yourself (I just reflashed a rom I knew had them all included) 2. If you haven't already v6 supercharge and 3g optimize (they are both posted on xda) 3. Overlock the heck out of it whenever you run tether.
Ps. I don't think v6 will make it faster but it will make your phone faster so it might help a lil. Also I have never tried this but I know you can make your phone default to verizon 4g lte this might help verizon has better service where you live
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Also I have never tried this but I know you can make your phone default to verizon 4g lte
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Ummm, no, the Evo doesn't have a 4g lte radio.

sitlet said:
Ummm, no, the Evo doesn't have a 4g lte radio.
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I'm gona assume he means roaming on the verizon PRL.

No I forget where it is but their is deffinatly a tutorial somewhere on xda to make it so your phone will default to a verizon lte tower. Its cause the thunderbolt is like the exact same phone.
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No I forget where it is but their is deffinatly a tutorial somewhere on xda to make it so your phone will default to a verizon lte tower. Its cause the thunderbolt is like the exact same phone.
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You read wrong or person has no idea what he's talking about the evo has a wimax antenna no lte antenna we can connect to their 3g but never 4g on our evos
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I asked my buddy who works for verizon and he said their lte is basically 3g... And it theoretically could work..
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I asked my buddy who works for verizon and he said their lte is basically 3g... And it theoretically could work..
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Haha you have no idea what you are talking about. Again, Verizon's 4g is LTE based, Sprint's is Wimax. Two COMPLETELY different networks. The Evo does NOT have an LTE radio, therefore you will NEVER be able to connect to verizon's 4g. Yes, the Thunderbolt and Evo are similar, except for the fact that the Thunderbolt has a 4g LTE radio and not a Wimax radio.
And no, Verizon's 4g is not "basically 3g". My friends with Verizon phones can pull 15mbps down all day long.

Well he said their the same and it could work, he's managed a verizon store for ten years now so if u think u know better that's ur problem go find the post if u want...
And ur friend just has better service where u live dummy cuz my Evo is faster than my girlfreinds thunderbolt by five mpbs... Dummy
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Well he said their the same and it could work,
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Again, he's wrong, they are two DIFFERENT networks, which require two DIFFERENT radios.
he's managed a verizon store for ten years now
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OOOOOO, who cares?
if u think u know better that's ur problem go find the post if u want...
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Here you go:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9207642/4G_shootout_Verizon_LTE_vs._Sprint_WiMax
http://androidforums.com/verizon/65502-will-htc-evo-work-verizon.html
http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g/74384-evo-wimax-useability-lte.html
And ur friend just has better service where u live dummy cuz my Evo is faster than my girlfreinds thunderbolt by five mpbs... Dummy
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http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2011/04/04/verizon-4g-lte-vs-sprint-4g-wimax-speed-test-winner/

Again how do you know? How about this the next time I see my friend at carnagee melon who is going to school for electronic engineering and ill see what he says...... Back to my first point this dude just needs to overclock his phone and 3g optimize
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Again how do you know?
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Umm, look at the FCC specs for the Evo. It does NOT have an LTE radio!!! Look at the specs for a Thunderbolt, it DOES have an LTE radio!
Here's another way to check, force your phone to roam and then turn on 4g, it wont work!

Stop bableing like a lunatic, I asked my boy he said you don't meet a lte radio to connect because ITS BASICALLY 3G! he said the lte don't do nothing and Evo deffinatly could pick it up with some tricky prl work, he said he knows you don't think that would be 4glte but he said that at least in philly u get about the same speed because 4glte is a load of crap... So for the last time DUMMY
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Stop bableing like a lunatic, I asked my boy he said you don't meet a lte radio to connect because ITS BASICALLY 3G! he said the lte don't do nothing and Evo deffinatly could pick it up with some tricky prl work, he said he knows you don't think that would be 4glte but he said that at least in philly u get about the same speed because 4glte is a load of crap... So for the last time DUMMY
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So since you think you can connect to lte why don't you show us a good picture or video that it is Verizon's 4g you are connected to
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A. Never said I did B. If u would read you would see I wrote that at least here in philly (I assume its the same elsewhere) the 4g lte is a gag you get the same service on their 3g its faster because their network is just better so like I said the whole time you can just change the prl no need for different radios.
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Stop bableing like a lunatic,
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I'M the lunatic??? You're the one who doesn't know what he is talking about. Getting your information from some dude that works at Verizon is NOT a reputable source.
I asked my boy he said you don't meet a lte radio to connect because ITS BASICALLY 3G!
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"Basically 3g?" What does that mean? Does that mean a Ford Mustang is BASICALLY the same as a Chevy Corvette? I mean, they are both cars... Does that mean an orange and a grapefruit are BASICALLY the same? They are both round....
he said the lte don't do nothing
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That makes a WHOLE lot of sense...
Evo deffinatly could pick it up with some tricky prl work
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Again, NO!!!! LTE and Wimax are two different techniques, with two completely different frequency sets. A software hack will NEVER allow the evo to connect to lte. And again, if you are SOOOO SURE of yourself, why not connect to Verizon LTE with your evo and then take a picture of it.
because 4glte is a load of crap...
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Ummm, no, 4g LTE is NOT crap. My work phone with Verizon can pull 20mbps down all day long, that is NOT crap, that is faster than 60% of American's home internet.
Face it man, you have no clue what you are talking about. 4g LTE is NOT "basically 3g". If 4g was basically 3g, then they wouldn't call it 4g and make all this hype about it. Do yourself a favor, and actually READ those links I gave you. That is, if you are actually capable of reading...
Or maybe just make a new post asking if the evo can connect to LTE, I'm sure you will love getting flamed by the rest of the people here.

[Q] EPIC TOUCH 4g flashed to boost, how to activate 4g?

Now that boost mobile is offering 4g service does anyone have any idea how to get the wimax address from my epic touch 4g on boostmobile's network? Its already flashed to boost with everything working but the 4g service

Update i called boost mobile and they wont do it. The rep said that you have to have the evo design ESN in order for their system to allow the input of a wimax address.....

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Update i called boost mobile and they wont do it. The rep said that you have to have the evo design ESN in order for their system to allow the input of a wimax address.....
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Thanks for the update I was curious about this myself.

whitmerray said:
Update i called boost mobile and they wont do it. The rep said that you have to have the evo design ESN in order for their system to allow the input of a wimax address.....
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This is what i did, it was pretty easy. I wanted to know if my company air card 4g mac address would work, so I edited the 4g mac. I was able to connect but when I surfed I was redirected to a page to call a number.
Then I call my friend who has a Epic Touch on Sprint and he gave me his mac, so again I edited the 4g mac...and guess what..."BAMMMM" I was able to connect and surf with no redirect what so ever.
Now it might be a build.prop thing on the aircard mac and that might be why I was not able to surf only connect.
So if you have a friend that has a Epic Touch 4g on sprint and is willing to share the 4g mac then you will have no issues.

Where and how do you edit the MAC address?
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Unknown Zone said:
This is what i did, it was pretty easy. I wanted to know if my company air card 4g mac address would work, so I edited the 4g mac. I was able to connect but when I surfed I was redirected to a page to call a number.
Then I call my friend who has a Epic Touch on Sprint and he gave me his mac, so again I edited the 4g mac...and guess what..."BAMMMM" I was able to connect and surf with no redirect what so ever.
Now it might be a build.prop thing on the aircard mac and that might be why I was not able to surf only connect.
So if you have a friend that has a Epic Touch 4g on sprint and is willing to share the 4g mac then you will have no issues.
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Yea but that's still not an E4GT with really cheap 4g service on boost mobile. The obvious way around this problem is to buy an evo design register it with your account then get put that esn and wimax addy on a e4gt and break the evo design and return it for ins, it will be recycled and all will be saved.... but that's not quite kosher(legal) so i don't advise anyone to do that ever.

Or just buy an EVO Design (once they go cheaper on ebay) and do what you said but if you keep the phone it's Kosher. Ultimately the EVO Design becomes you donor phone. I bought a donor phone from ebay to get my ET4G working on Virgin Mobile.
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Yea that'd be a good idea, or buy like a broken evo design and just use that... as long as you can still access the phone via pc you should be able to get all the info and a cheaper price on the phone.

Would it have to be a Virgin branded one? Also I am wondering if I would have to actually activate the new EVO Design & then put those settings in my ET4G or just keep my ET4G active & enter the MAC settings from the EVO into my ET4G & get Wimax that way. I just don't want to give up my $25 grandfathered plan!
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Yea that'd be a good idea, or buy like a broken evo design and just use that... as long as you can still access the phone via pc you should be able to get all the info and a cheaper price on the phone.
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wow that is a lot of work to get 4g buy a phone then break it..etc.., I would just ask a friend like I did...but what ever floats your boat.
I just wished the 4g coverage was really some thing to take advantage of, as for me I will maybe connect 5 times a year if that when I am in a 4g area. It is nice to have if you are in coverage and can really use it.

Only wished my damn phone would accept my Mac id from my clear wire wifi modem. Any ideas to why it won't even give me the option to set it?
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And how do we do this
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Well first of all this doesn't float my boat but I am not fortunate enough to have a friend with a Virgin Wimax phone. If I did, I wouldn't have posted on here.
Second of all, I wasn't the one talking about buying a phone & breaking it...
Third of all. can you give me your friends MAC address??
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wow that is a lot of work to get 4g buy a phone then break it..etc.., I would just ask a friend like I did...but what ever floats your boat.
I just wished the 4g coverage was really some thing to take advantage of, as for me I will maybe connect 5 times a year if that when I am in a 4g area. It is nice to have if you are in coverage and can really use it.
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Update i called boost mobile and they wont do it. The rep said that you have to have the evo design ESN in order for their system to allow the input of a wimax address.....
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While the rep may have been confused by your question, this raises a question of my own. Would they be able to alter the associated WiMax MAC address on their end if you were using a Boost branded Evo Design as a "donor"?
It wouldn't do anything to alleviate needing a $299 donor phone, but it would open the door to using other HTC 4G phones on Boost with working WiMax.
I can confirm that the Epic Touch will get functional 4G on Boost if an Evo Design is used as a donor, the WiMax MAC address is repaired and the realm is changed to myboostmobile.sprintpcs.com.

I highly doubt boost would change the wimax addy on their end to a non evo wimax addy. They probably could change it on their end but doubt they would, even though half those people you talk to are f*c*ing idiots.