GPS Accuracy - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

I made the switch from the Evo 3D to the Epic touch and I noticed that the GPS doesn't work as well as it did the Evo.
I was wondering if there was anything that can be done to make the signal a little better.
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coming from the epic this thing works amazingly well
but i get a signal within 5 seconds and a 10 meter range

the gps on this thing works even better than on the photon in my experience
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I dunno...I fired up Google Earth on my lunch break sitting in my truck at work. I tapped "my location" and it flew in and was only off by 1 parking spot. I'd say that's pretty accurate.
So far as the radio strength I'd have to agree...usually it works fine for me, but some times I can't get a signal with it on my center console but if I put it in the door-handle pocket it works fine. I think that might be software tweakable...

You can try gps aid from the market. I used it on my epic and it helped but this phone works a lot better than my epic.
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I had to return mine for gps problems, the new one works great!
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Mine takes a while to lock and best i can hope for is 15m

Using GPS Status mine often shows an accuracy of 6 feet. I didn't even know cell phones were supposed to be capable of that resolution. I'm very impressed here.
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mine takes forever to get a lock, if I even get one. hmm, maybe I should go return it for GPS issues.

If your phone hasn't been rebooted in a while gps wont work very well. Reboot phone and it will lock fast.
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chrisnosleep said:
Using GPS Status mine often shows an accuracy of 6 feet. I didn't even know cell phones were supposed to be capable of that resolution. I'm very impressed here.
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All my other phones put me withing a few feet of my location, nor more than a few yards off in most situations. This has constantly had me at least a half of a mile off. I has me in an adjacent neighborhood at home and a half mile out in the river at work. i have tried all the settings. I am leaving work early today and going to Sprint for a possible exchange to another Touch. I already anticipate the run around but if they cant get me at least in the sprint parking lot, I am demanding a new phone. Its to the point where I cant use my GPS because it is totally inaccurate.

kasper19 said:
mine takes forever to get a lock, if I even get one. hmm, maybe I should go return it for GPS issues.
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Check this out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18319079
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpkiJeUQpvQ
You should get a different copy.
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my GPS is fantastic
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lattisimo said:
Check this out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18319079
You should get a different copy.
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yea, saw the video. I have the same exact problem that is shown in the video. Now the question is, do I need to put my phone back to stock before I take it in?

kasper19 said:
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yea, saw the video. I have the same exact problem that is shown in the video. Now the question is, do I need to put my phone back to stock before I take it in?
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Yep, odin back to stock and you should be good to go.
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How long does it take you guys to get a GPS lock... Sometimes it take 5 minutes...

For me, I have never seen longer then 30 seconds. Usually less then 10 seconds.
I was goofing around with QPST the other day and noticed that there are Unpopulayed GPSone settings. Does this phone support GPSone? I populated the entries with data from my old phone. I don't think it made a difference, I just did it in the name of experimentation. What's the worse that could happen, I just have to reload my saved NV settings.

GPS used to be awesome...doesn't ever lock at all anymore. Reboot doesn't matter, GLSCLRX didn't help, re-stocked it, everything. no help.

1st floor of a 3 story condo building, in the bathroom with it raining outside. Doesn't matter what I do this thing gets within 10 yards of my location within a few seconds tops.
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daneurysm said:
GPS used to be awesome...doesn't ever lock at all anymore. Reboot doesn't matter, GLSCLRX didn't help, re-stocked it, everything. no help.
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Try the rom in my signature with GPS tweaks to see if it helps.
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Satellite check on Sprint Nav

Could someone please check Sprint Nav diagnostics to see how many satellites it finds. Both my phones only show one since EB13 and it loses GPS signal constantly. Worked fine on DK28. Google Nav works fine. GPSstatus shows 9 locked satellites. If you get more than 1 satellite what ROM and upgrade method did you use?
Thanks.
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I have always only showed 1 in sprint nav I dont know if thats a true stat. I always got one on my Moment too but the sprint nav has always worked fine on both phones
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rgregg504 said:
I have always only showed 1 in sprint nav I dont know if thats a true stat. I always got one on my Moment too but the sprint nav has always worked fine on both phones
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Finally...thanks I thought I was the only one on this board using it! After EB13 install I lose GPS signal in town easily. Would maybe use lock once on a 50 mile trip with DK28.
Mine said.one satellite as well. It also said error was 3m
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musclehead84 said:
Mine said.one satellite as well. It also said error was 3m
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Thanks MH. So the satellite count is not the issue...it doesn't like EB13 or Bonsai. I lose GPS fix easily now but did not on DK28.

Time without signal?

I'm getting a semi high time without signal. Is it my area or a bug?
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Mines low. Might be the area?
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There was a bug in older phones, especially running 2.1. I had it with my Eris. I considered it a visual-only bug...meaning it didn't affect my battery life at all. You could tell if you had it because the Time without Signal would sit at exactly 50%.
From my limited use of my new DINC2, I don't believe it has this issue. So unfortunately it may be your coverage area.
To correct the TWS display, there was a fix involving airplane mode. This would drop the TWS number down after using the phone for awhile. As I said, I'm fairly certain it was inaccurate, as in my city I'm hardly ever without even a 3G signal. If yours is showing something other than 50%, then this bug is likely not the cause.
Mine is 1%.
Mine ranges from 6-24%..prob my area...ft riley Kansas....
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ttupa said:
There was a bug in older phones, especially running 2.1. I had it with my Eris. I considered it a visual-only bug...meaning it didn't affect my battery life at all. You could tell if you had it because the Time without Signal would sit at exactly 50%.
From my limited use of my new DINC2, I don't believe it has this issue. So unfortunately it may be your coverage area.
To correct the TWS display, there was a fix involving airplane mode. This would drop the TWS number down after using the phone for awhile. As I said, I'm fairly certain it was inaccurate, as in my city I'm hardly ever without even a 3G signal. If yours is showing something other than 50%, then this bug is likely not the cause.
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Yea I had that back in the day
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My time without signal is 0%, even though my bars and 3g indicator would say otherwise. My cell standby is only 7 minutes though. That may be a whole other problem all together.
devator22 said:
My time without signal is 0%, even though my bars and 3g indicator would say otherwise. My cell standby is only 7 minutes though. That may be a whole other problem all together.
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I believe doing certain things, such as rebooting your device, will reset the counters. It could be 0% since the last counter reset.
*228 option 2
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*228 option 2
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+1
Dial it up...
Let us know if it (or anything) helps!
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+1
Dial it up...
Let us know if it (or anything) helps!
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I did...it updated my prl..I just have terrible signal on my base..
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Sorry, but thanks!

How's the gps?

Gps on this phone better than previous sammy phones? My photon locks in 1-2 seconds everytime. Im thinking of making the jump but need gps to work
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Inside I was having an acceptable-but-not-great experience...outside, however, was the nuts. Perfect lock instantaneously.
i've never had an issue of locking my location inside a buidling until i got this phone
Mine works well. Locks on ina couple of seconds. I'm in Springfield MA right now and all the streets are jacked so it's really nice to have a good working google navigation!
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Works perfectly. Takes a few seconds longer than og Evo to lock, but no big deal.
Well I guess ill test it out at the store if possible
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Locks faster than my original epic, but thats not saying much.
Just tested outside, locked into 8 sats in 3 seconds. Sent from epic touch.
The real test is to do in the parking garage I was just by where the parking garage ends and I could not lock onto a gps signal for the life of me
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I tested both the photon and epic touch in two different stores; none of the could lock on gps (they lock fine on wifi; which is 'cheating' )
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I tried a bionic in the verizon store next door and it locked fine.
My first lock took a long time. Now no problems locking at all.
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Mine took forever for the first lock and I was on the highway very annoying, after that it locked on a lot zippier. However, not as fast as my previous phone the Evo 4g.
I was pleasantly surprised when it locked in my basement Man Cave immediately. This phone is actually impressing me. Looks like the Photon will be going back to the store.
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I was pleasantly surprised when it locked in my basement Man Cave immediately. This phone is actually impressing me. Looks like the Photon will be going back to the store.
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My photon went back. Much happier now.
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Phone is stuck on 1x service

I've been stuck on 1x and no svc bars all day, and on and off yesterday. Keep getting the data roaming message.
Called sprint and they ran me through a bunch of trouble shooting, as usual, but could not resolve it. She said that my internet wasn't updating or something. Opened a service ticket and told me to take it in to the store so they can check the device.
Anyone have this problem before, and how did you fix it?
I'm currently running srf 1.2, genocide 2.0, honycomb fusion explosion theme, ec05 modem, and I have an airrave.
My wife's epic is also stuck on 1x, and the blackberry on our extra line also says 1x with 1-3 bars.
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My issue isn't that similar, but recently was the first time I've even seen "1x" on my phone. I literally have never seen my phone on 1x before, in fact, I thought it wasn't even possible on Sprint (Like, I didn't know it had the same name).
If all your phones are stuck on 1x, then it is most likely something with the service. You already did everything I could think of, so I'd just take it to Sprint again and tell them that it's been happening for a while and you've already been to a store, but it's becoming a real issue and you shouldn't have to be charged for a service that does not provide what they have offered, or something threatening like that.
Hope you can fix the issue soon,
Acer
I feel better knowing someone else also is experiencing this. Since like Thursday I haven't had a reliable 3g connection whatsoever I keep getting the "1x" icon also.
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ac16313 said:
I feel better knowing someone else also is experiencing this. Since like Thursday I haven't had a reliable 3g connection whatsoever I keep getting the "1x" icon also.
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Same...wonder if it's something up with Sprint.
I literally haven't seen that phone have the 1x icon in the 13 months I've had it.
I've had trouble, but with updating my PRL and Profile. Once I read this, I've kinda conviced myself that somethings up on Sprints end, and not ours. Could this be part of Sprints Network Vision in action?
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It could be the airrave. I had trouble getting a 3g connection the first time we set ours up.
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Same here with 3 epics for 2 days, called Sprint and had them push a refresh on all 3, then I updated prl and profile on all 3, been working for about 10 hours now on all 3.
Wow! I knew I would get some response to this, but not that everyone is having the same problem...lol! Well, that sucks. I wondered about the airrave, but I mentioned a few times to the phone rep that I had one, and she never said anything about it. She did say they were no problemswith the service in my area. I'll have to see what happens when I leave for work tomorrow. Does make me wonder if sprint has something brewing that is messing up everyone's service.
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malcolmXman said:
Same here with 3 epics for 2 days, called Sprint and had them push a refresh on all 3, then I updated prl and profile on all 3, been working for about 10 hours now on all 3.
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I'm going to give this a try, its really annoying because the one bar I now get(id get usually 4-6 bars like a month ago) puts me somewhere around 50kbps...
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Reset the Airave and your router and modem. They screw up the Airaves all the time. Airave techs direct line is 866-556-7310.
Update= 3g still working on all 3.
Oh and I have no airave.
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ac16313 said:
Oh and I have no airave.
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Sorry AC, was replying to the OP.
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kennyglass123 said:
Sorry AC, was replying to the OP.
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Its cool I hope its on sprints side and its only temporary
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malcolmXman said:
Update= 3g still working on all 3.
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Back on 3g today. Not sure what the problem was this weekend. I had no data when I got up, but rebooted the phone and so far so good. Full bars again, at home. I did switch roms last night. Installed miui with the data fix just to see if it made a difference. Didn't make a difference last night, but its working fine so far today.
Going to reset the airrave after work anyway, just in case. Are you guys back to normal today as well?
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djjroc007 said:
Back on 3g today. Not sure what the problem was this weekend. I had no data when I got up, but rebooted the phone and so far so good. Full bars again, at home. I did switch roms last night. Installed miui with the data fix just to see if it made a difference. Didn't make a difference last night, but its working fine so far today.
Going to reset the airrave after work anyway, just in case. Are you guys back to normal today as well?
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I was going to say I was back to normal but just as I hit "quote" my 3g went away and went back to 1x then I gt an error saying "sign in fail"
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There's a glitch with the e4gt that I think was the issue with Los

Ok so whenever I reset my ram with task manager my radio crashes and when it comes back on it says roaming then jumps back to Sprint service. It also happens when using ##3282# wether I go to edit or view clicking on evdo will crash the radio. It did this on every build since I got the phone. Its nothing major like b4 when rebooting was the only way to get back in service. Just wanted to point it out bcuz I know its not normal and never experienced it with the og epic.
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Its not a glitch that is supposed to happen. When u clear the RAM it stops all apps and processes from running. That us why that happens. Actually that was used to help get rid of LOS rather than rebooting cause it resets the radio.
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musclehead84 said:
Its not a glitch that is supposed to happen. When u clear the RAM it stops all apps and processes from running. That us why that happens. Actually that was used to help get rid of LOS rather than rebooting cause it resets the radio.
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Ok but why does it do it when accessing ##3282# and clicking on evdo from both the edit and view option? Also mind you it did this on my EG30 firmware when I got the phone. I disagree for the simple fact my phone always did this from day one. Clearing my ram always crashed my radio on eg30 so how is that new? Don't get me wrong I believe they did find a way for the phone to not have to reboot when it happens, but that right there is not it. Its a hardware flaw..
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Also let me point out that my og epic used the same task manager and clearing out my ram would not crash my radio.
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RayTrue04 said:
Also let me point out that my og epic used the same task manager and clearing out my ram would not crash my radio.
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+1....clearing ram does not crash my radio
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Clearing apps and ram from the built in task manager does not, and never has, crashed the radio on my phone.
Did any of you two that never had this happen ever had a LOS occur before the fix? I'm no pro at being a super geek but I know when something seems screwy with my electronics...
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I got my phone about three months ago approximately. It must of had eg baseband on it because it immediately updated to ek02. I don't know if what I think Los is, is actually what it is. I thought it was, when you woke up the phone, you would discover that the 3g and bars were gone and replaced with a circle with a slash through it. Am I mistaken?
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I got my phone about three months ago approximately. It must of had eg baseband on it because it immediately updated to ek02. I don't know if what I think Los is, is actually what it is. I thought it was, when you woke up the phone, you would discover that the 3g and bars were gone and replaced with a circle with a slash through it. Am I mistaken?
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Yes sir that is LOS...
My radio does crash when clearing memory.
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jasone4gt said:
Yes sir that is LOS...
My radio does crash when clearing memory.
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Did your phone suffer from LOS before the fix?
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Your radio will always reset after ##3282#.. It resets to apply any changes. Just the same as after a profile or prl update.
But should not after clearing apps in task manager.
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Your radio will always reset after ##3282#.. It resets to apply any changes. Just the same as after a profile or prl update.
But should not after clearing apps in task manager.
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No the heck it shouldn't! I'm not even applying any changes! All it takes is for me to click evdo from whichever option wether edit or view. Mind you my screen freezes fir a short min when I do go to the evdo setting. Maybe I should make a video bcuz i'm tired of people saying this is normal. I bet the people who said they radios do not crash when they clear the ram won't experience this issue. If this is normal why the same option on my og epic which I still have doesn't do this screwy behavior?
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Did your phone suffer from LOS before the fix?
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Hey Ray, no my phone has never suffered from LOS. I am one of the lucky ones.
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Hey Ray, no my phone has never suffered from LOS. I am one of the lucky ones.
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Ok that's good to know. I got the phone on December and I never got one either. However I did experience the no signal popping up whenever I shut the phone off every once in a while. Never happened again after I upgraded to ek02. I'm just trying to get some info b4 I decide to go to Sprint and swap it out.. Now if those other two guys who don't experience radio crashes when clearing ram would let me know if they ever had LOS prior to ek02 I'd gladly appreciate it. Its just the whole thing has me skeptical..
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sorry but...this is not new news...
Success100 said:
sorry but...this is not new news...
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I don't recall where I said it was... Just looking for info b4 I decide if I should swap it out. If you don't have any feedback concerning the issue I really don't see your point for the post. But thank you anyways for your input.
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No the heck it shouldn't! I'm not even applying any changes! All it takes is for me to click evdo from whichever option wether edit or view. Mind you my screen freezes fir a short min when I do go to the evdo setting. Maybe I should make a video bcuz i'm tired of people saying this is normal. I bet the people who said they radios do not crash when they clear the ram won't experience this issue. If this is normal why the same option on my og epic which I still have doesn't do this screwy behavior?
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I have both phones, and both perform the same way. As have the hundreds that I've troubleshot in the last three years at my store.
Sounds like you have heard your answer countless times, your just looking for feedback that follows what you want, not the actual facts.
Its not a crash. It will show a crossed out circle, flash connecting to voice(the 1x icon), and reconnect to 3G. If it isn't reconnecting, you have an issue. But, it will always reset.
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azyouthinkeyeiz said:
I have both phones, and both perform the same way. As have the hundreds that I've troubleshot in the last three years at my store.
Sounds like you have heard your answer countless times, your just looking for feedback that follows what you want, not the actual facts.
Its not a crash. It will show a crossed out circle, flash connecting to voice(the 1x icon), and reconnect to 3G. If it isn't reconnecting, you have an issue. But, it will always reset.
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1st I'll start off by saying two people already said they don't have this issue in this thread. 2nd how those the 1x icon show before reconnecting to 3g when Sprint disables the 1x from all their 4g phones from showing. And lastly I am glad you experienced the same behavior on all the phones you've worked on. I however didn't have that same experience. Anyways I already spoke to my friend (who works at a Sprint store) and he assured me his doesn't do it and if I would like I can come in to the store so he can order me a new one. Which I will do...
Edit: PS how dare you say all phones do it when I have my first epic 4g in my face and it is not doing this? Smh
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