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I am sorry if the question has been mentioned before...how exactly do u get an airave..i keep hearing that it gives you full bars in your home..i get pretty low singals in my house and wondering what is the best way to get it...
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I am sorry if the question has been mentioned before...how exactly do u get an airave..i keep hearing that it gives you full bars in your home..i get pretty low singals in my house and wondering what is the best way to get it...
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I wish it was that simple. I have the Epic. I bought my mother the Moment (she wanted that one) and I have the Sprint USB wireless internet. Well, my mother gets NO reception at home so I called to get a free Airave which many posted they have done. They told me I had to add another line and pay upfront $200. Can someone post exactly how they got the Airave for free? I pay for 3 lines plus TEP on both phones and $30 For Hotspot. Its rediculous the my mother has to heave her house to make an effen call. Thanks for any feedback
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I wish it was that simple. I have the Epic. I bought my mother the Moment (she wanted that one) and I have the Sprint USB wireless internet. Well, my mother gets NO reception at home so I called to get a free Airave which many posted they have done. They told me I had to add another line and pay upfront $200. Can someone post exactly how they got the Airave for free? I pay for 3 lines plus TEP on both phones and $30 For Hotspot. Its rediculous the my mother has to heave her house to make an effen call. Thanks for any feedback
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Get to the retentions dept, they'll give you one in a heartbeat for free.
so retention center is the way to go??
I just told them I am paying too much for my plan to have no service in my house. You need to have enough credit to get an additional line. It costs like a dollar and something for extra taxes a month but that is it. If you don't have good enough credit they will charge you a deposit or something. If you don't get it right away ask for a supervisor.
Maybe my experience will help you out. I called about the Airave and was told the same as you, that I would have to buy it for $200. I called back and talked to someone in technical assistance who then passed me on to retentions. They offered me the free Airave instantly. It was very easy to get once I explained the problem to them.
I have had some definite issues though with the airave. It constantly drops calls while I am using it. It does do a good job at boosting signal though. If you don't have a higher download speed through your internet provider though I believe it wont work as well and this may be the reason that i am getting dropped calls.
Anyways, try retentions and see what they can do for you.
Call 877-775-4886 and tell them you get no signal in your house on any of your phones, not just the one. This is a direct number too, no waiting or menus involved.
Thanks for all of the feedback guys. Its definately appreciated!
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Thanks for all of the feedback guys. Its definately appreciated!
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It literally was a 10 min call for me. Just complained about having a poor signal at home, didn't need a supervisor or retentions. Just be nice with the reps, they'll get you there.
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I just stated "nicely" (that is KEY!) that I hardly get any bars, ie 0 to 1 bars in my house. Not only that, but I have a small home and it is a rambler only 2 floors - my office is downstairs, my wifes office is upstairs - when I go upstairs I loss signal especially when I walk to the other end of thouse in the upper level.
So I actually have two Airaves - one upper level on one side of the house where my wifes office is and one in the lower level on the other side of the house. I also have two identical wireless N routers so each of us can have great wifi speeds.
BTW, I didn't pay for either of my Airaves or monthly fees - you can even look at Sprints coverage map where I live and it looks like I should get good signal - but if you zoom in, I live in a fricken doughnut hole - sheez, just my luck!
Also each of my Airaves are boosted to max signal - default is for a 5,000 sq ft house - mine are boosted to cover an 8,000 sq ft house.
My cell signal and wifi truly sucks in my home.
So today I called sprint and told them I had crappy service at my house, so he starts asking the usual questions, (I also a new customer since last November, not sure if it matters) so then he tells I might qualify for airave. He asked me if I had hi speed internet, said yes, the he said it was going to pay $130 onetime fee no monthly fee also! I played stupid and I said "what that is crazy, how come my cousin got it for free?" (that was a lie lol) so he says hmmm really give one second ill see if can work something out..... He comes back and said well I talked to my boss and he said you can have it for free. Sweet!!! But I did have crappy service! But ever since that call im getting better 4G, but still two bars, I dont care cuz I mostly text and email.
Someone should see if they can get one for free also lol just say what I said "that's crazy, my cousin got it for free!" Lol good luck
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So today I called sprint and told them I had crappy service at my house, so he starts asking the usual questions, (I also a new customer since last November, not sure if it matters) so then he tells I might qualify for airave. He asked me if I had hi speed internet, said yes, the he said it was going to pay $130 onetime fee no monthly fee also! I played stupid and I said "what that is crazy, how come my cousin got it for free?" (that was a lie lol) so he says hmmm really give one second ill see if can work something out..... He comes back and said well I talked to my boss and he said you can have it for free. Sweet!!! But I did have crappy service! But ever since that call im getting better 4G, but still two bars, I dont care cuz I mostly text and email.
Someone should see if they can get one for free also lol just say what I said "that's crazy, my cousin got it for free!" Lol good luck
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I can't tell from your posts if you are trolling or not... If not I apologize. Anyways, congrats on the airave. Getting it for free is very common
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Sounds pretty awesome. So we need to qualify for Airave? I wonder what it takes... I get like 0.5 Mbps or less with any modem on 3G at my house and max at like 3.5 Mbps with any modem on 4G.
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Sounds pretty awesome. So we need to qualify for Airave? I wonder what it takes... I get like 0.5 Mbps or less with any modem on 3G at my house and max at like 3.5 Mbps with any modem on 4G.
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Yea me too I tried all modems still crappy service... And as for qualification im not to sure but all he asked was if I had hi speed internet thats about it from what I can remember
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I got mine free too a while back... It's sitting in a box unused because the new modems that I flashed have removed the Los issues.
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Mine was free, but I don't use it, it causes more problems than its worth.
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Mine was free, but I don't use it, it causes more problems than its worth.
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I said that exact same thing a while back and unplugged mine. Then later I plugged it back in because I really do get poor reception at my house SOMETIMES.
It seems the problems I had with my Airrave, I could have avoided by simply leaving my phones Wi-Fi turned off. I spoke with Sprint and it seems there's some type of conflict if you turn your phones wi-fi on and try to use the Airrave at the same time? they say "some" devices are luckey and can do both..My Epic Touch was one of the luckey ones "most of the time..except for text messages. For some reason, I wasn't always getting my texts?
Now I really like my Airrave and think its a great service (specially for FREE) I just have to remember two things:
1) At home, leave my phone's wi-fi turned off.
2) As I drive away from my house and decide to place a call I have to make sure I wait till I'm clear of my router, because for some reason the Airrave has a tough time switching from the router to a normal Sprint tower. If I don't the call tends to drop and I end up having to try again.
Other than this, I think its a screeming good deal though, THANKYOU Sprint!
The problem with the airave is that you have to have a good upload Internet connection. If you seed or use upload bandwidth while your talking people can't hear you that we'll.
I also got the Airave for free, I recently moved to Texas, and I have almost no signal in my house. The first day in the house, I have missed at east 6 phone calls.
After I phone call, Sprint sent me an Airave at no charge and it solved the problem. I can now use my phone and place phone calls!
I have been with Sprint for 9 years and I can only praise their customer service.
Well I guess it wouldn't be that useful for me since my reception is fine, but network speeds are slow. My home wifi is amazing though so I don't really use mobile network unless outside
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So today I called sprint and told them I had crappy service at my house, so he starts asking the usual questions, (I also a new customer since last November, not sure if it matters) so then he tells I might qualify for airave. He asked me if I had hi speed internet, said yes, the he said it was going to pay $130 onetime fee no monthly fee also! I played stupid and I said "what that is crazy, how come my cousin got it for free?" (that was a lie lol) so he says hmmm really give one second ill see if can work something out..... He comes back and said well I talked to my boss and he said you can have it for free. Sweet!!! But I did have crappy service! But ever since that call im getting better 4G, but still two bars, I dont care cuz I mostly text and email.
Someone should see if they can get one for free also lol just say what I said "that's crazy, my cousin got it for free!" Lol good luck
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lmao please do not do what he did, to clarify, we offer Airave for customers who are at risk of canceling due to poor coverage inside buildings. sorry but if you were on my line and tried to strong arm me to give it to you then I WOULD charge you, FYI I can see if you have bad service and I can see what tower and what side of that tower you are having bad service on. point im making please dont try to lie to your agent, it seriously makes our job easier to not help you
Airaves do hurt your home broadband speed considerably. So take that into consideration
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lmao please do not do what he did, to clarify, we offer Airave for customers who are at risk of canceling due to poor coverage inside buildings. sorry but if you were on my line and tried to strong arm me to give it to you then I WOULD charge you, FYI I can see if you have bad service and I can see what tower and what side of that tower you are having bad service on. point im making please dont try to lie to your agent, it seriously makes our job easier to not help you
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But I do have crap service! Hell I had my credit card ready to drop the Early termination fee and spend extra at Verizon and get my moneys worth! But since I talk to all reps with respect I usually get what im calling for EVEN when I was with Tmobile!!!
Also you are the type of reps I have no respect for! Put your self in my shoes. Tell me how it feels to pay for full service and only get half!! Wtf where they do that at!?? It like I buy a full tank of gas and it only fills it half way! Go kick rocks you azz
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Korey_Nicholson said:
Airaves do hurt your home broadband speed considerably. So take that into consideration
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Really?? Interesting... I have verzion FiOs will that have better results?? the only person who use it for big stuff is me I download ROMs and watch Netflix other than that me family uses it for Web browsing
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Really?? Interesting... I have verzion FiOs will that have better results?? the only person who use it for big stuff is me I download ROMs and watch Netflix other than that me family uses it for Web browsing
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No matter what you have... It uses a massive amount of download and upload speed. It's basically a lag switch lol
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No matter what you have... It uses a massive amount of download and upload speed. It's basically a lag switch lol
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can I lagswitch on mw3!? Lol jk
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But I do have crap service! Hell I had my credit card ready to drop the Early termination fee and spend extra at Verizon and get my moneys worth! But since I talk to all reps with respect I usually get what im calling for EVEN when I was with Tmobile!!!
Also you are the type of reps I have no respect for! Put your self in my shoes. Tell me how it feels to pay for full service and only get half!! Wtf where they do that at!?? It like I buy a full tank of gas and it only fills it half way! Go kick rocks you azz
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I did not dismiss your issue, but rather the way you feel of getting whats "entitled to you" if you truly have bad service then we can see that, there is absolutely no need to lie to a rep to prove your point and get something that that "could be" free because you read it on some blog, and to be quite honest im not attacking you im just trying to show you the current problem with some sprint customers.....cut out the drama queen theatrics and lies then ill be happy to send you the airave for free since you are having signal issues and ready to cancel, that sentence would be enough for me to send that device for free......do you see where im going with this.....your lie was completely unnecessary and just makes my job that much worse when I deal with this issues 40 times a day, 5 days a week
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I did not dismiss your issue, but rather the way you feel of getting whats "entitled to you" if you truly have bad service then we can see that, there is absolutely no need to lie to a rep to prove your point and get something that that "could be" free because you read it on some blog, and to be quite honest im not attacking you im just trying to show you the current problem with some sprint customers.....cut out the drama queen theatrics and lies then we can say that sprint employees get respect from customers....
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Lol thats why you call with 1 question and get 5 different answers from various reps and managers.... The day sprint stops lying to me is the day I stop getting credits for anything and everything
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Lol thats why you call with 1 question and get 5 different answers from various reps and managers.... The day sprint stops lying to me is the day I stop getting credits for anything and everything
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hey I agree with you, the system isn't perfect, so I understand your frustration of getting wrong information but the credits will dry up and the only way our reps will get trained better is to have more funding for classes and education of correct information, which in turn means less credits anyway....so you and I want the same thing actually
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So today I called sprint and told them I had crappy service at my house, so he starts asking the usual questions, (I also a new customer since last November, not sure if it matters) so then he tells I might qualify for airave. He asked me if I had hi speed internet, said yes, the he said it was going to pay $130 onetime fee no monthly fee also! I played stupid and I said "what that is crazy, how come my cousin got it for free?" (that was a lie lol) so he says hmmm really give one second ill see if can work something out..... He comes back and said well I talked to my boss and he said you can have it for free. Sweet!!! But I did have crappy service! But ever since that call im getting better 4G, but still two bars, I dont care cuz I mostly text and email.
Someone should see if they can get one for free also lol just say what I said "that's crazy, my cousin got it for free!" Lol good luck
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I moved over a year ago to an area far outside Tampa florida and ended up getting one as well. its funny seeing peoples faces when I refer to it as my own personal tower.. it has made a big difference. I didn't lie about getting for free, once they looked up my zip code they said it would be on its way no cost as long as I keep in good standing. I knew there is a reason I put up with Sprint for 12 years..
congrats!
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Korey_Nicholson said:
Airaves do hurt your home broadband speed considerably. So take that into consideration
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I had it on Verizon FIOS and now have the device on a local dsl line (I moved the device tomy parents house) the home internet is still just fine.. I am a hevay xbox/ps3 gamer and never noticed any lag.
edit: wow wait 5 minutes between posts? really? I'm not a new member, I just normally don't post!
A while back I took my phone into sprint because the screen was going dead every few minutes. They gave me a new phone and I immediately turned on 4g to try it out. The woman at the store took it out of my hand, turned off 4g and said "We don't have 4g around here, don't even turn it on."
I listened to her until tonight. I turned on 4G in my room in my home where I can hardly get any signal at all… Dolphin browser loads almost immediately, Baconreader pulls reddit up so fast. Loading images takes seconds instead of minutes.
… I'm seriously going to slap someone. I'm just trying to think of reasons as to why this could happen without me knowing. I mean I know I'm a rube for not turning on 4G since she said it would be a waste of time but this is completely contradicting everything she said. Is it possible my rom (calkulin 3.0) could be helping my phone connect with 4G towers from other providers? It says 4G and 3G signal and roam control is set to auto and it is not roaming.
The speed test still says it's below 1mb for upload and download. Pretty much .40 mbps. Still that's better than what it was before… I'm just so confused.
Some employees are just misinformed and well, just dumb. They are a bad representation of a company. But yea if i was u, i probably would've turn 4g on as soon as i left the store lol
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Maybe they updated your service since she said that or she just doesn't know that 4g is actually available. El29 has the best performance as far as signal goes. At least that's my opinion.
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Is it possible my rom (calkulin 3.0) could be helping my phone connect with 4G towers from other providers?
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The only other company using WiMax is Clear who's parent company if you want to call it that built for Sprint. Though I can't be certain pretty sure everything their using is part of their contract with sprint and very few towers are being added.
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El29 has the best performance as far as signal goes. At least that's my opinion.
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EL29 was great but somewhere along the line during these ICS leaks i started getting 4G on the freaking highways i take to and from work. I seriously doubt that many towers got added
1st. why the hell would you listen to someone when they tell you not to do something with your phone, its yours.
2nd. you pay for that service, thats one of the first things I would have checked to make sure it did/didnt work in an area you knew you could get 4g.
3rd. CONGRATS on finding 4g where most cant
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I think you have been had.
Don't bother turning on your phone at all. Sprint has no service in your area. The lady just wanted commission.
As a favor, I'd be willing to take your phone off your hands for $25 bucks, but the offer expires in 24hrs because I'm helping out someone else in the same situation as yourself.
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I think you have been had.
Don't bother turning on your phone at all. Sprint has no service in your area. The lady just wanted commission.
As a favor, I'd be willing to take your phone off your hands for $25 bucks, but the offer expires in 24hrs because I'm helping out someone else in the same situation as yourself.
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wow, what a nice offer
sfhub said:
I think you have been had.
Don't bother turning on your phone at all. Sprint has no service in your area. The lady just wanted commission.
As a favor, I'd be willing to take your phone off your hands for $25 bucks, but the offer expires in 24hrs because I'm helping out someone else in the same situation as yourself.
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Humor and sarcasm,,, I know it when I see it. And I see what you did there,,
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While there is no advertised 4G in Omaha,it is considered a test market so I get 4g from clearwire. Check for yourself. Www.clear.com/coverage
Only a speed test will tell you if you have 4G, or not.
Well, Sprint notes in the community forums that there is limited 4G coverage in Sioux Falls area... CW suggests they're using the BridgeMaxx towers.
http://www.digitalbridgecommunications.com/OurTowns/tabid/69/Default.aspx
Guess it was never confirmed though.
Hello i just recently found a galaxy s2 at work. So i took it to my local tmobile store where the guy there did a "master reset" then gave me a new sim card for the phone. While i was still in the store looking around testing out the phone i had all bars and 4g and everything worked. Now when im home its spotty at best sometimes its 4g and full bars and i cant make calls or surf web. Sometimes it goes to the circle with the line through it (no connection). I cant seem to figure out how to keep the signal strong. Any suggestions would be great i wanna actually be able to use this beast!!
Are you rooted?
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No im not rooted ive factory defaulted the phone twice today. Just tried putting a piece of paper by the sim card to add pressure but no luck. full bars no signal
APN settingz?
Flash the blaze radio
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Hopefully the guy who originally owned that phone doesn't find you using it and make the absurd assumption that you stole it...
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Hopefully the guy who originally owned that phone doesn't find you using it and make the absurd assumption that you stole it...
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Lol, i didn't notice that he said he took it from the office.
@op, Damn you, really DAMN YOU. I hope when you get a 500 dollar phone it burns after your warranty is up.
thanx for all the people who ASSUME i stole it. I work hard for my money and i got my original vibrant stolen before so i know how much that sucks. I got the phone after it was left in the lobby and sat in the office for 30 days until i collected.
Anyway back on topic if anyone has the same issue it is a hardware defect. I ended up registering the phone through samsung and sending it in for repair for free.
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thanx for all the people who ASSUME i stole it. I work hard for my money and i got my original vibrant stolen before so i know how much that sucks. I got the phone after it was left in the lobby and sat in the office for 30 days until i collected.
Anyway back on topic if anyone has the same issue it is a hardware defect. I ended up registering the phone through samsung and sending it in for repair for free.
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Just curious but, why did you include that you "found" the phone when your actual question was pertaining to signal issues?.... By doing this, you were asking for the wrath of xda to fall upon you lol!
I'm just sayin!
I've had T-Mobile & a GS3 for 30 days. Works great in the city. This last weekend I went to my wife's family's house to do some hunting and spend time at their cabin. We go there a couple times a month... which I would consider to be quite often. T-mobile was basically nonfunctional. Couldn't even send a text. Phone didn't say "No Signal"... but nothing would even work, network wise. According to the coverage map, it should work. So today on my lunch I speak with a woman over T-mobile support chat. She sounded pretty optimistic that they would take care of me, but I had to call in.
I got home from work and called in... the lady understood my issues and got me over to retention. The lady in retention wanted to know where it was I was struggling with service... so she looked it up on her end. She looked it over using words like "sketchy" and "I can see it probably wouldn't work indoors" and "well, Sir, it's a cell phone... it's not going to work everywhere." She was almost snippy with me... despite the fact I was 100% calm and overly polite. She would give me no leeway since I was outside the 14 day return policy. She only offered paying full term fees or transferring to a family member. CDMA providers in the area have pretty good service. I simply want to return everything and jump over to CDMA. No hard feelings!
Does anyone have any advice or know someone with a little clout within T-mobile? This is going to be a rough two years if not....
I think if it's such an issue pay the 250 termination fee and move on. Research should have been done prior to signing up or test signal issues within the 14 days you had. Good luck
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I think if it's such an issue pay the 250 termination fee and move on. Research should have been done prior to signing up or test signal issues within the 14 days you had. Good luck
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I hear ya. As mentioned I did check the maps. In reality what is a person supposed to do? Take a car tour of everywhere they might go within their 14 day "trial period"?
There are two biweekly periods in a month you said you go there a few times a month which is at least 3....
Does the place have internet? Wifi calling is awesome. Every single carrier map shows my house having service but it doesn't. Only wifi calling can work here.
I'd try calling again. If a supervisor refuses, then get the unlock code and sell your phone to someone with ATT. You'll probably make money.
To be honest there is nothing you can do. For starters that's not your home address so T mobile does not care because that's not your address on your bill, secondly and very sad to say say you're out of your 14 days even if that was your home address T Mobile would not let you out of a contract without paying the ETF. That's one ****ty thing about T Mobile they are notorious for things like that, once you're outta your 14 day trial if you have no service at your house the only way to get out of the contract is pay your ETF.
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How much did you pay for the phone? If it was 199, see if you can sell it for like 500. Use 250 towards termination fee and the rest towards a new phone on cdma.
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I've had T-Mobile & a GS3 for 30 days. Works great in the city. This last weekend I went to my wife's family's house to do some hunting and spend time at their cabin. We go there a couple times a month... which I would consider to be quite often. T-mobile was basically nonfunctional. Couldn't even send a text. Phone didn't say "No Signal"... but nothing would even work, network wise. According to the coverage map, it should work. So today on my lunch I speak with a woman over T-mobile support chat. She sounded pretty optimistic that they would take care of me, but I had to call in.
I got home from work and called in... the lady understood my issues and got me over to retention. The lady in retention wanted to know where it was I was struggling with service... so she looked it up on her end. She looked it over using words like "sketchy" and "I can see it probably wouldn't work indoors" and "well, Sir, it's a cell phone... it's not going to work everywhere." She was almost snippy with me... despite the fact I was 100% calm and overly polite. She would give me no leeway since I was outside the 14 day return policy. She only offered paying full term fees or transferring to a family member. CDMA providers in the area have pretty good service. I simply want to return everything and jump over to CDMA. No hard feelings!
Does anyone have any advice or know someone with a little clout within T-mobile? This is going to be a rough two years if not....
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I'm actually in the same situation. I hate there coverage but love the speeds and plans. I was looking for a pay as you use it SIM card to use whilst in no coverage areas.
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How much did you pay for the phone? If it was 199, see if you can sell it for like 500. Use 250 towards termination fee and the rest towards a new phone on cdma.
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Not a bad idea......... may look into this.
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I'm actually in the same situation. I hate there coverage but love the speeds and plans. I was looking for a pay as you use it SIM card to use whilst in no coverage areas.
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Yeah... the Wi-Fi calling is nice if there's good Wi-Fi around. I spend a lot of time in the outdoors, though.
The only other option which might not help for your situation is that they can provide indoor cell phone repeaters. If you ask nicely I think they might even comp one for you. That would help if you were having trouble in the cabin, but not outside but I don't think that's the case from some of the comments you made. On the other hand, a cell phone repeater with remote antenna mounted on the roof might be just enough to bridge the gap at least while you're in the cabin itself.
And when you're outside - shouldn't you be communing with nature?
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The only other option which might not help for your situation is that they can provide indoor cell phone repeaters. If you ask nicely I think they might even comp one for you. That would help if you were having trouble in the cabin, but not outside but I don't think that's the case from some of the comments you made. On the other hand, a cell phone repeater with remote antenna mounted on the roof might be just enough to bridge the gap at least while you're in the cabin itself.
And when you're outside - shouldn't you be communing with nature?
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Funny you say this! We actually just put in a Wilson repeater system at the cabin. Works excellent when your inside... but that isn't very often! Even then the CDMA rocks the GSM.
When we're hunting we use cell phones as a primary mode of communication. The Wisconsin DNR makes two way radios illegal while hunting... but you can text or make phone calls legally. Kind-of a dumb rule this day and age, right? :silly:
That's the stupidest rule I've heard of lol. I wonder if you can use wifi calling while tethered to a friends phone. You should use the buddy system anyways
Maybe you can build a pringle can antenna?
Before you go paying EFT.. try posting on a cell swapper site and see if someone will take your plan, maybe even pay something for your phone.
papabear said:
Before you go paying EFT.. try posting on a cell swapper site and see if someone will take your plan, maybe even pay something for your phone.
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Didn't know these kind of sites existed... thanks!
One of the bad things about T-Mobile is their spotty coverage. In a big city its great and so-so in a smaller city. You get out in the boonies and is very hit or miss, mostly miss....
Sorry man.
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JesseMT4G said:
One of the bad things about T-Mobile is their spotty coverage. In a big city its great and so-so in a smaller city. You get out in the boonies and is very hit or miss, mostly miss....
Sorry man.
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My thoughts exactly. And I definitely spend time in the boonies.
Anyhow... my phone sold on Craigslist for $400. Had a ton of interest. $200 to ETF and $200 towards what I paid for the phone. All in all i'm only out $50 and the service for the month. Ordering Verizon today. I definitely don't like their new plan structure... but in my case you just have to go with what works best in your next of the woods. Looked at Sprint because of their better plans... but they are like the roaming Nazis. If you go over 300 meg of data or a certain fraction of your plan's minutes on someone else's network they will drop your a$$. Happened to my brother. One day they just called and said were turning off your service tomorrow. You roam too much... get a different carrier.
Thanks for all the tips guys. I'll be around... just in a different section of the forums. Still going to get a GS3! :good:
This happened to me with Verizon a few years back. About a month into service problems started to occur. Even the sales reps verified the issues. I called corporate every 5 or so days to report dropped calls and no data signal issues. After about 6 months of swapping phones they offered to let me go without an ETF.
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My thoughts exactly. And I definitely spend time in the boonies.
Anyhow... my phone sold on Craigslist for $400. Had a ton of interest. $200 to ETF and $200 towards what I paid for the phone. All in all i'm only out $50 and the service for the month. Ordering Verizon today. I definitely don't like their new plan structure... but in my case you just have to go with what works best in your next of the woods. Looked at Sprint because of their better plans... but they are like the roaming Nazis. If you go over 300 meg of data or a certain fraction of your plan's minutes on someone else's network they will drop your a$$. Happened to my brother. One day they just called and said were turning off your service tomorrow. You roam too much... get a different carrier.
Thanks for all the tips guys. I'll be around... just in a different section of the forums. Still going to get a GS3! :good:
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Did not realize they still did that crap. Almost a decade ago, if you roamed 50% or more they dropped you, and made you pay eft.
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Did not realize they still did that crap. Almost a decade ago, if you roamed 50% or more they dropped you, and made you pay eft.
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Every carrier still does this. You might not have to pay the ETF but they will drop you.
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Every carrier still does this. You might not have to pay the ETF but they will drop you.
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yeah I don't doubt that! This is the sole reason I didn't get sprint. 300 meg?! That's nothing in today's world. A good carrier needs to be a little bit lenient on the roaming business in order to provide adequate coverage.
Sorry to say but the cabin sound like its in the middle of nowhere. Any mountains around, that will make it worse? My gf parents live in the "boonies" and neither of us get a signal (she has Verizon, I have Tmo).