Sprint. - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

Hi guys I'm coming from at&t I had a Samsung captivate then a attix. My sprint service isn't great but my fiance wanted us to get sprint so I got the et4g. I just wanted to know the big difference in cdma development vs GSM. I had att since 2003 so bear with me.
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Will of fire said:
Hi guys I'm coming from at&t I had a Samsung captivate then a attix. My sprint service isn't great but my fiance wanted us to get sprint so I got the et4g. I just wanted to know the big difference in cdma development vs GSM. I had att since 2003 so bear with me.
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I'm in the same boat as you. Switching from att to sprint. In terms of development for the radios i can't say much because idk. but since gsm is more widely supported and the other GS2 phones run on gsm it will be easier to get it on those as well as a larger pool of devs.

Yea I figured that much the signal is pretty bad at my house but my gf has great 4G at hers. On att I would get 5mb down n like 4up. I'm hoping that sprints get better because its so advertised.
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Gsm galaxy nexus is where its at

I know I'm going to get flamed for this thread.
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I'm currently with Verizon I have the galaxy nexus but wish I stayed with t mobile or went with att,I had a g1 on release day ordered my nexus 1 when it was available for pre orders. purchased the nexus s, but returned it ASAP because of bugs and reboots. I'm not knocking Verizon, because their network is phenomenal compared to tmobile, but I had so much freedom with tmobile hardware wise the galaxy nexus old but superior to other phones because of its software in only saying that I will no longer purchased anything but a nexus.
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Phones g1, nexus 1, nexus s,Samsung vibrant,g2x, droid x, htc thunderbolt, htc rezound, galaxy nexus.
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Why would we flame you for praising our dear Nexus'?
Yeah, I was coming in to support this remark. I love my G-Nexus. But I had a little touchy touchy thing going on with a Samsung Galaxy SIII the other day at a retail store. Don't tell my phone.........sssssssssh
Valkillmore said:
Yeah, I was coming in to support this remark. I love my G-Nexus. But I had a little touchy touchy thing going on with a Samsung Galaxy SIII the other day at a retail store. Don't tell my phone.........sssssssssh
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You cheater
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More like sinner
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I think the OP's point was GSM Nexus > CDMA Nexus, but he's stuck on a CDMA network. Thus, he was expecting to get flamed
Pretty much.
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I think the OP's point was GSM Nexus > CDMA Nexus, but he's stuck on a CDMA network. Thus, he was expecting to get flamed
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my GF has a LTE Nexus, and i have a GSM model. my phone is far more stable with regards to radio stability. her phone is a mess when it comes to LTE/CDMA handoffs.
i should probably check for a radio update for her phone...
crazy talk said:
my GF has a LTE Nexus, and i have a GSM model. my phone is far more stable with regards to radio stability. her phone is a mess when it comes to LTE/CDMA handoffs.
i should probably check for a radio update for her phone...
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As an lte nexus owner, they all suck.
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^Mine doesn't! It's been solid all around since day 1. :good:
At this point in time the gsm Nexus is one of the best deals around. I've been kicking myself for a while now for going with verizon and not prepaid. $350 for the phone and $50 or less a month for service is crazy cheap compared to Verizon or any other postpaid.
The way google did everything, I suspect they planned on this phone hitting its stride 6-8 months after it's release. When the unsubsidized price dropped to reasonable levels, BAM they put it up for sale themselves and put Jellybean on it making the Nexus a superphone that is semi affordable.
I don't get plagued by all these radio issues people talk about.
Having a GSM Nexus isn't possible for me so I'm happy with my CDMA Nexus and I don't think any less or more of the GSM variant.
If only At&t would offer unlimited data I would never have this CDMA crap again.
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If only At&t would offer unlimited data I would never have this CDMA crap again.
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But they do have unlimited hspa+ data plan on ATT for unlocked GSM galaxy nexus... AKA dumb phone plan.
I've been on it for awhile now, and it is solid.
llustig said:
But they do have unlimited hspa+ data plan on ATT for unlocked GSM galaxy nexus... AKA dumb phone plan.
I've been on it for awhile now, and it is solid.
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I second this
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I have a VZW Galaxy Nexus and I agree with you guys even though I have no rational proof to support my claim.
Please indulge my anecdotal justification instead:
It feels like the GSM versions are better supported, maybe not in the dev community (it still seems like all of the development who provide updates also have GSM versions and I'm very curious to know if any of them use the VZW version as their main phone.) That may or may not be the case but CDMA support from manufacturers seems to be an afterthought at times. VZW doesn't even get some of the nicer phones sometimes. They really came through with getting us the original Droid though. That was a great phone. I haven't had a phone yet that I've liked as much as I liked the Droid when it was new.
I still have to point out that where I live my VZW Nexus still gets me more reliable service (even with its assinine bounces between 3g/LTE in my office) than anyone using a phone on any other carrier. Having a great flashy phone with the latest updates does little good if you can't get online. Sure my coworker gets 40MB/s up and down when he's at the north side of our building but he has to tether to me if he wants to get online where we spend most of the day.
If I spent a lot of time where I could get reliable GSM connections at the price I'm paying VZW with my discount, I'd switch in a heartbeat.
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llustig said:
But they do have unlimited hspa+ data plan on ATT for unlocked GSM galaxy nexus... AKA dumb phone plan.
I've been on it for awhile now, and it is solid.
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Continue..... Please. I am considering dropping Sprint in a month or tow and am looking for the best GSM plan. T-Mobile has it for $30 a month, 100 minutes, unlimited text, unlimited data but 5GB @ 4g speed.
llustig said:
But they do have unlimited hspa+ data plan on ATT for unlocked GSM galaxy nexus... AKA dumb phone plan.
I've been on it for awhile now, and it is solid.
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Are you talking about the $50 go plan?
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Out of curiousity

And I'm not complaining here, but why aren't there that many kernel options to choose from here? I love testing kernel and comparing battery life and performance. but I don't see any to really choose from
I'm wondering the same thing ? I just came to Sprint from tmobile two months ago where i had the htc sensation which had tons of roms and kernals. When i first came to Sprint i got the evo 4g lte and development is great over there but with the gs3 i think alot of people Sprint customers passed on it waiting for the new iPhone or bought the evo would be my guess. Anyhow i will be heading to tmobile in a few months (i should of never left)and probably get the international gs3.
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bonebeatz1234 said:
I'm wondering the same thing ? I just came to Sprint from tmobile two months ago where i had the htc sensation which had tons of roms and kernals. When i first came to Sprint i got the evo 4g lte and development is great over there but with the gs3 i think alot of people Sprint customers passed on it waiting for the new iPhone or bought the evo would be my guess. Anyhow i will be heading to tmobile in a few months (i should of never left)and probably get the international gs3.
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I got the sensation as well. Great phone when rooted. I sure miss faux and the others. As well as mike and vorbeth.!
the S3 has only been out what, 2 months or so? the Evo has been out longer, and even so, i think S3 out sold the Evo by a huge margin..
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the S3 has only been out what, 2 months or so? the Evo has been out longer, and even so, i think S3 out sold the Evo by a huge margin..
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Evo was out a month longer, the gs3 out sold the evo because it was on every carrier where as the evo was a Sprint exclusive.
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People are working on a few aosp kernels, but a bunch of the TW kernel guys that I know have not upgraded yet, such as Agat63.

[Q] prl changes

Just curious if it is possible to swap to the '00002' verizon prl that has been floating around. I have flashed that on a few of my evos and it worked, just curious if it will play nice with galaxy devices as well since I am new to them.
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Just curious if it is possible to swap to the '00002' verizon prl that has been floating around. I have flashed that on a few of my evos and it worked, just curious if it will play nice with galaxy devices as well since I am new to them.
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Yes it will im running it on my galaxy s3 pretty good speed differences
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I guy that had my old phone used a prl like that and sprint terminated his contract. Said he was roaming to much. At least thats what he told us on here on xda
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I guy that had my old phone used a prl like that and sprint terminated his contract. Said he was roaming to much. At least thats what he told us on here on xda
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They definitely can, I have heard of it. I just get terrible reception in certain areas and I know verizon coverage is slightly better so in these areas I would like the speed boost
Also that bootleg prl does not have the records to enable lte and 800smr. Plus the author screwed it up and set all the international stuff as non roaming too. You could rack up a bill and never know it.
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Tmobile launched GS3 LTE Yesterday

I thought I will just add this here.. Maybe people will stop making new threads about LTE on our GS3.
Now we need to see if its the same hardware as ours and maybe combine a this forum with it.
Here is the news
Thought there was a thread on the new phone already.
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mt3g said:
Thought there was a thread on the new phone already.
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I must have missed it because I dont see it.
Why get the s3 when the s4 is available? Or am I missing something here?
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chrisram88 said:
Why get the s3 when the s4 is available? Or am I missing something here?
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Money I guess. My friend bought the s3 today cause it was 30 dollars and the s4 was 200 on Sprint but he didn't want to pay that much.
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I think it's dumb overall but to each their own.
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mt3g said:
I think it's dumb overall but to each their own.
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I agree. Glad we have choice and not stuck with just one . I love my sgs3. There are days I wish there was more I could do but for the most part it functions as it should and im not ready to fork out more money for a slightly updgraded version of this one. By slightly I mean "in my opinion" . Don't get all technical with me because I'm aware of the spec differences. If my phone isn't dead by next year around the holidays or even after that is consider seeing what's available. Sgs6 or even whatever the future holds.
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Im kinda waiting for the Note 3 to comes out. That would have more features than that GS4. I think that should be a nice upgrade from my GS3. But then again T-Mobile did it again like they did with the Vibrant, I am not sure if this version of the S3 will have a lower memory or it will be the same as this just lte added.
The vibrant was a good phone and tmobile sacrificed that 16GB memory for that FFC when the Galaxy S 4G came out
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Im kinda waiting for the Note 3 to comes out. That would have more features than that GS4. I think that should be a nice upgrade from my GS3. But then again T-Mobile did it again like they did with the Vibrant, I am not sure if this version of the S3 will have a lower memory or it will be the same as this just lte added.
The vibrant was a good phone and tmobile sacrificed that 16GB memory for that FFC when the Galaxy S 4G came out
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Don't forget T-Mobile also abandoned the Vibrant when they released the 'better' version. We got stuck with Froyo officially. The very same could happen once more with us. There is a possibility that MD5 could be their last update for the non-LTE GS3. I seriously hope they don't forget the millions that bought the non-LTE GS3 as they did with the Vibrant.
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nirogu325 said:
Don't forget T-Mobile also abandoned the Vibrant when they released the 'better' version. We got stuck with Froyo officially. The very same could happen once more with us. There is a possibility that MD5 could be their last update for the non-LTE GS3. I seriously hope they don't forget the millions that bought the non-LTE GS3 as they did with the Vibrant.
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That's not gonna be the case, and if it is the case we will get a version of it with custom roms. We'll get 4.2 around August-September (just a guess)
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nirogu325 said:
Don't forget T-Mobile also abandoned the Vibrant when they released the 'better' version. We got stuck with Froyo officially. The very same could happen once more with us. There is a possibility that MD5 could be their last update for the non-LTE GS3. I seriously hope they don't forget the millions that bought the non-LTE GS3 as they did with the Vibrant.
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Yeah but bottom line is even if they decide to ditch this version of the updates I think it would be a lot easier to port it from the GS3 with lte! Even thought I dont think that Samsung will make a 100% different hardware of the one with LTE. Look at it this way. Even though AT&T. SPRINT, VERIZON have LTE GS3's and we can port roms from them. Or maybe tmobile will release the update to both devices
I doubt you have to worry bout getting keft out of the update loop. I'm guessing they will be virtually identical except for modems and drivers.
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Pointless to go on endless speculation on what Tmobile and Samsung are going to do just wait and see. I think by the time we have 4.2, 4.3 might be out then people will be whining about getting that one.
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Not gonna get this I'm happy with my sgs3. Probably one of the best phones I've had. If they do have a note 3 in the works I'll hold out for that.
So curious if anyonenhere has actually bought the Lte version.
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I doubt you have to worry bout getting keft out of the update loop. I'm guessing they will be virtually identical except for modems and drivers.
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Corrent I believe this new LTE GS3 will be the same exact phone... We should be good in porting roms from it just like Verizon, Sprint. And since is the same phone I wonder if we can flash radios from it too. Just like on the Hercules days when we could flash radios even from the Blaze 4G
I don't get why they would do this, T-Mobile or Samsung. Just release an S III version with hardware capabilities for LTE??? Just money hungry? Why do people get so worried about it? With HSPA+ I get 25 mb down, it's no 50 but on my phone I won't recognize the difference in loading web pages, or anything... My WiFi is 38mb down on my phone I tested both WiFi and Cell Data, no difference in loading a web page, maybe .5 seconds or 1 second, but is that what people are worried about? Seems so minuscule to me. Yet, there are about 20 threads on LTE and this phone, and an official thread with 13 pages.... and some of that cleaned out I'm sure, because people get so angry over the subject. Just boggles my mind, am I missing something here?
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I don't get why they would do this, T-Mobile or Samsung. Just release an S III version with hardware capabilities for LTE??? Just money hungry? Why do people get so worried about it? With HSPA+ I get 25 mb down, it's no 50 but on my phone I won't recognize the difference in loading web pages, or anything... My WiFi is 38mb down on my phone I tested both WiFi and Cell Data, no difference in loading a web page, maybe .5 seconds or 1 second, but is that what people are worried about? Seems so minuscule to me. Yet, there are about 20 threads on LTE and this phone, and an official thread with 13 pages.... and some of that cleaned out I'm sure, because people get so angry over the subject. Just boggles my mind, am I missing something here?
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You're not missing anything. I completely share your feelings in this. When I owned the nexus 4 there were threads all about this also when a Google update disabled late on the nexus 4. People were all up in arms about it. Then after they found a way around it complained about battery life. We have become an instant society. If people perceive that late will get them something faster then they'll think they "need " it. I'm on WiFi 99% of the time. And when I am out of range my 4g is just as fast.
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This thread was not about actually LTE. I have seen so many threads about LTE on this model of the gs3. I been telling em about this new model that tmobile has said it will come when they had that iphone conference. And I know what u mean there were a lot of lte threads. In my opinion i am not going to jump ship because of the lte. I can careless with it now that I have tested it with a att gs3 with a friend and I was getting better speeds than him. Maybe people just need to move on and next time u buy a phone they will be lte enable.. But again I don't know if tmobile pay less for these gs3 without lte in it. Its all about money. Just like some carriers prefer you pay another $500 for a phone that will have a minor update. Like for instance the vibrant and the galaxy s 4G. They said that the vibrant was not a 4G phone. They both had the same speeds in my experience that vibrant ran HSPA+ just like tmobiles so call 4G its HSPA+ so no difference there. Although for me the vibrant was a lot better. One thing though I wish is that I ne of these days tmobile will say that they will start saling none carrier branded phones. And there won't be a difference between the ones in the us and the ones international.
i like the idea

[Q] Epic 4g From Sprint to verizon

Hi,
my girlfriend just got an upgrade on sprint and she is giving me her epic 4G (Sprint) but i have a verizon plan. how do i unlock it so it works with my plan.
Easy and simple and maybe free
Use the guide below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1657994
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As far as I am aware, Verizon will not activate an Epic 4G on their network. They'll use some excuse that it isn't in their system, and since it isn't as simple as swapping a SIM card, I'm afraid you're at their mercy.
YMMV, of course, but I wouldn't bank on it.
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As far as I am aware, Verizon will not activate an Epic 4G on their network. They'll use some excuse that it isn't in their system, and since it isn't as simple as swapping a SIM card, I'm afraid you're at their mercy.
YMMV, of course, but I wouldn't bank on it.
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I know of a different story. I know that v was tooling up for a byod campaign a while back. I heard u can take a device to v from sprint. My personal expierence is sprint will not let non sprint devices on the network. I tried really hard once
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Considering that VZW won't activate my Nexus 7 LTE, I'd say his chances are slim to none on the Epic 4G.
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Considering that VZW won't activate my Nexus 7 LTE, I'd say his chances are slim to none on the Epic 4G.
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I know a guy working for a v reseller. I will see what hbe says sine he implied the other direction. Interesting account and thanks for sharing
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Considering that VZW won't activate my Nexus 7 LTE, I'd say his chances are slim to none on the Epic 4G.
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Sorry for the misinformation. The guy who told me they were headed towards a byod system said afahk you can't port sprint devices to v. Technically 1000% possible. Policies prohibit it seems
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