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first i live in kansas city (sprint headquarter's backyard). the constant switching, roaming, searching or whatever it does just makes this phone hard to use. the phone itself for calling is fine but data is becoming a deal killer here. is this indicative of sprint's network or just that this phone needs an update of sorts. my verizon 3g speeds while never stellar always stays connected and i can at least browse the web or do rhapsody both of which it seems almost impossible on this phone since i've gotten it. i, like many others here want to love this phone but this data thing is a problem.
I'm lucky I live in a good area... AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint are all pretty much on-par with one another. And I haven't experienced it yet (just a few days in here), but the back-up to Verizon is a good thing in a pinch. T-Mobile is even decent here.
Every carrier has parts of the country where it's good, and where it's bad.
That's not an issue with "data is simply unusable for this phone".
I'd be willing to bet dollars to donuts that your data experience would be WORSE with any other Sprint phone in fact. This phone is fast enough to swallow data and turn it around and present it to the user in whatever browser/app quickly enough to create an impression of even faster "data", in my initially-switched-to-Sprint first impression.
Sounds to ME that you have more of a problem with Sprint, in your area. Not the phone.
sadly that may be the case in which no amount of tweaking is going to help. i checked the coverage map and i live in a good to best wimax area. sigh, oh well. i'll give it another week.
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sadly that may be the case in which no amount of tweaking is going to help. i checked the coverage map and i live in a good to best wimax area. sigh, oh well. i'll give it another week.
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Call sprint and have them refresh your settings. If that doesn't work maybe you got a bad unit
That's why you stick with network with the better coverage in your area, not just buy the phone and expect similar results. Sometimes you just can't have both.
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sadly that may be the case in which no amount of tweaking is going to help. i checked the coverage map and i live in a good to best wimax area. sigh, oh well. i'll give it another week.
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That sucks, at least SPRINT has a trial period, didn't hurt to try it out.
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Before i did anything with the phone after purchasing the phone from Sprint, I did a Profile, then PRL, then Firmware.
I didn't have any data isssues, nor do i have any what so ever, and im inside a building ( casino ) In fact, and this people block everything!
Even called Sprint and was adviced to do Profile first before PRL ect.. any reason why?
This does not seem like it is the network issue it is an issue with the phone. I live in a full coverage area and I am having issues right next to my other line which has the evo
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This does not seem like it is the network issue it is an issue with the phone. I live in a full coverage area and I am having issues right next to my other line which has the evo
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It's most definitely the phone. My EVO performs well, and just for sh*ts and giggles, I scrounged up my old Sanyo flip phone (model PM-8200...before Sprint was with Nextel)....no issues. Even the crappy Sanyo mobile browser works well for its level.
This has been discussed in several other threads - people are having issues with dropped data and slow data. You should probably let Samsung know as they are unaware of any issues (as not enough people have contacted them). My EVO 3D got much better data - same network, same location.
You can call, email or Twitter -
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SPH-D710ZKASPR
The more people that let them know, the sooner they patch this thing and get it fixed. Posting here isn't going to get Samsung's attention as much as direct emails, calls or twitters.
I've already contacted them - they are unaware of data issues with this phone because not enough people are letting them know. If people are willing to post here it would be great if they were willing to drop an email to Samsung.
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This has been discussed in several other threads - people are having issues with dropped data and slow data. You should probably let Samsung know as they are unaware of any issues (as not enough people have contacted them). My EVO 3D got much better data - same network, same location.
You can call, email or Twitter -
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SPH-D710ZKASPR
The more people that let them know, the sooner they patch this thing and get it fixed. Posting here isn't going to get Samsung's attention as much as direct emails, calls or twitters.
I've already contacted them - they are unaware of data issues with this phone because not enough people are letting them know. If people are willing to post here it would be great if they were willing to drop an email to Samsung.
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Make sure you speak with level 2 support since level 1 is pretty much clueless
samsung is not listing this model...so i can't use the email option to let them know...strange
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samsung is not listing this model...so i can't use the email option to let them know...strange
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I used the drop down and selected the SPHd700- and then clarified in my email which model I have.
The modding community will come up with a fix before Samsung even admits to it. They built in sleep to conserve battery, but the data chip keeps using the snooze button instead of getting out of bed.
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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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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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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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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.
So I'm moving to a new apartment in a couple of weeks, and the area is notorious for having crappy sprint coverage. Being as that I'm a 3rd party retailer for sprint, my rep set me up with a free airrave, no questions asked.
MY question is, does the Airrave have some sort of password protection so that i won't have 5 neighbors constantly using my Airrave? I know it works through my internet, so I don't want to have a bunch of people slowing down my internet.
Also, I was reading about an issue with text messaging with the airrave. Does anyone know if they fixed the problem yet?
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So I'm moving to a new apartment in a couple of weeks, and the area is notorious for having crappy sprint coverage. Being as that I'm a 3rd party retailer for sprint, my rep set me up with a free airrave, no questions asked.
MY question is, does the Airrave have some sort of password protection so that i won't have 5 neighbors constantly using my Airrave? I know it works through my internet, so I don't want to have a bunch of people slowing down my internet.
Also, I was reading about an issue with text messaging with the airrave. Does anyone know if they fixed the problem yet?
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You can lock your airave to just your number. And I have no problems at all when using the airave, texting, calling, or data
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MY question is, does the Airrave have some sort of password protection so that i won't have 5 neighbors constantly using my Airrave? I know it works through my internet, so I don't want to have a bunch of people slowing down my internet.
Also, I was reading about an issue with text messaging with the airrave. Does anyone know if they fixed the problem yet?
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The Airrave has made a tremendous difference for my coverage at home-- I live 35 flights in the sky here in Chicago and prior to the Airrave there were some places in my condo unit that I got full signal strength and other places within the unit that I got no signal; with the Airrave I am full strength and no longer need to worry about missed calls/texts due to my phone being in one of the dead zones in my unit.
I don't have password protection enabled on the Airrave (my Wi-Fi & broadband is PW protected) and haven't noticed a negative impact on my web speeds due to the potential of other's accessing Airrave. I would be happy to see if PW protection makes a difference if you'd like me to test it out.
As far as the sending of texts issue-- yes on RARE occasions w/the E4GT on wi-fi (which is connected to Airrave) I will get a Failed message when trying to send a text (surprisingly NO issues receiving texts, I even get texts at the same time I am getting Failed to Send notifications). My solutions, both which have worked consistently: 1) Disconnect the E4GT from wi-fi and try to resend 2) If that doesn't work reboot and try to resend.
Hope that helps
There is a way to lock it down so only you could use it.. and possibly any other lines on your acct. However when i asked sprint about it they either didnt want to hassle with it or it really doesnt matter because they didnt want me to lockit down.. either way it has a certain range which can be extended.. i think 800ft then can be extendended to a certain amt of feet. Rarely does it have issues and the only thing they make you do is reset everything. The speeds are still 3g speeds but where you have no service it works perfectly.. i use the antennae and have it close to the ceiling (i have two floors) and of course practically in thw window which is needed to maintain a good gps lock.. other than that, cant complain about something your using free of charge. There is also the time i wanted the gs2.. and what would ya know, my airrave was elig for a full upgrade ;-). So got the sgs2, did esn chng with my line, switched airrave back, sold the og epic.. win/win situation!
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So I'm moving to a new apartment in a couple of weeks, and the area is notorious for having crappy sprint coverage. Being as that I'm a 3rd party retailer for sprint, my rep set me up with a free airrave, no questions asked.
MY question is, does the Airrave have some sort of password protection so that i won't have 5 neighbors constantly using my Airrave? I know it works through my internet, so I don't want to have a bunch of people slowing down my internet.
Also, I was reading about an issue with text messaging with the airrave. Does anyone know if they fixed the problem yet?
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Once you get it...it'll be an active line on your account.. click and open it online and put in numbers you only want to have access.
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The moment you get your airwave up and running marks the end of texting as you know it. It is really that bad.
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The moment you get your airwave up and running marks the end of texting as you know it. It is really that bad.
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Lol probably a sprint issue in your area..no problems here at all.. once upon a time there was until i got my airrave replaced.. no problems since and ive been on it over a year
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The moment you get your airwave up and running marks the end of texting as you know it. It is really that bad.
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Had mine 6 months and haven't had any problems sending or receiving any texts
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I got my airrave in late November and hated it.
The unit caused my phone to constantly think that it was in Tulsa, OK (when in fact I live just north of Oklahoma City, OK) - which was pretty annoying as trying to get the weather or GPS navigation was pretty useless until I got out of the airrave's range.
Then I did some testing and found out that in fact I was missing a rare amount of incoming text messages - like perhaps 1 in 20 or so.
I hate missing any message so that combined with the GPS issue was enough to make me discontinue using the airrave. Fortunately by then some of the better modems for our device had been released which made it to where I didn't need the airrave just to get reliable service at home anymore. I still occasionally miss a call because it takes so long for the phone to receive notification of the call, but I'd rather miss a call than a text message, as voicemail ALWAYS goes through, whereas a missed text message just goes off into the ether.
I came to this thread hoping to see if the problems had been solved yet, but I figured I should share my issues as well. Also I tried a ton of stuff to get the airrave to work properly even with some really knowledgable sprint techs and nothing worked - there was supposed to be an update out "sometime 2012" though so not sure if that's been pushed yet or not.
Edit: Oh also, I wanted to mention that yes you can lock down the unit to only respond to your phone number(s) pretty easily. Thing has a HUGE range as well so it has that going for it. Oh and it's not a big deal for me but do keep in mind your bill will go up by $1.50 a month for that stupid "administration fee" - but you can work it to get a free upgrade out of the line sometimes so you can make it worth it for you.
Hope this helps!
The only time I needed it was when I had the evo3d, I had no signal in my house. Since I had it I've had the texting bug, it been unplugged in my kitchen for the past 3 months.
I have had the Airvana with no issues with the Evo and then Evo3D. Got my E4TG and had texting issues for the first day, then I was fine for a few months. Starting last Thursday, I can no longer receive texts from Sprint or any carrier, I can send fine. I reset the Airave at least 15 times and still the same issue. Sprint says that's just the way the Airavana model works and sometimes it has text problems. They can't explain why it worked fine for months and then just stopped. I am going to hook up my original Samsung Airave that only did 1x data and see if it still happens. I use wifi at home so no need for the Airvana 3G data, especially if I am going to have more texting issues.
I've had my airave since October 2011 and it's made a HUGE difference in service. I live in an area that the Sprint coverage map says has great voice and full 3G, but in actuality I can barely get 1 bar anywhere in my neighborhood, data is deplorable and, often I was roaming in my own apartment. Because of this I had to argue through 3 CS reps before they just gave me one without trying to charge the $120. I do not have it locked down to my number, and i have not noticed any issues with my internet speed - Netflix works flawlessly on my laptop and through my bluray. I have noticed that my phone will sometimes not switch over once in range and I have to toggle airplane mode to straighten it out. Frustrating, but rare.
I would like to know how one of the the previous posters was able to finagle an upgrade out of the Airave line though.
luckychef28 said:
I've had my airave since October 2011 and it's made a HUGE difference in service. I live in an area that the Sprint coverage map says has great voice and full 3G, but in actuality I can barely get 1 bar anywhere in my neighborhood, data is deplorable and, often I was roaming in my own apartment. Because of this I had to argue through 3 CS reps before they just gave me one without trying to charge the $120. I do not have it locked down to my number, and i have not noticed any issues with my internet speed - Netflix works flawlessly on my laptop and through my bluray. I have noticed that my phone will sometimes not switch over once in range and I have to toggle airplane mode to straighten it out. Frustrating, but rare.
I would like to know how one of the the previous posters was able to finagle an upgrade out of the Airave line though.
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my airrave is awesome .. i had to ***** to like 3 people to get it free with no monthly payment but i finally got it . but when i leave my house i dont get the reception .. even like in my driveway so unless your in an apartment building with thin walls i dont think the reception would even reach anyone elses place
I love mine. You finally get some decent 3g speeds. I don't think you have to worry about locking it though. The range isn't that far and you have to also take into account that not everyone has a sprint phone. Plus it doesn't effect my computer speeds at home. We can have Netflix going on two computers and i can talk on the phone with no hiccups.
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Thanks for the replies, everyone. Where I currently live, I have decent coverage, but I wanted to have it before I moved. I REALLY hope I don't have any text issues, because that would really irritate me. As far as admin fees, I doubt I'll be charged anything. Being as that I'm a store manager, every fee so far has been waived. It also meant I was able to get my E4GT for $50 the day it came out.
I have the texting issue... they have reset the air rave continuously, replaced it twice... and it still base the same problem. Doesn't matter if I am connected to wifi or not.
Slash8915 said:
Thanks for the replies, everyone. Where I currently live, I have decent coverage, but I wanted to have it before I moved. I REALLY hope I don't have any text issues, because that would really irritate me. As far as admin fees, I doubt I'll be charged anything. Being as that I'm a store manager, every fee so far has been waived. It also meant I was able to get my E4GT for $50 the day it came out.
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The Epic 4G Touch forum, as well as the XDA site is rife with complaints about the Airave. I had it and I had the problem with handing off calls once I left its range but my kids had tons of problems with text messages queuing up. Others swear by it.
Just remember: You have to return it or they will charge you for the device. Not hard but when I returned mine they tried to charge me. I think it was $250. I kept my tracking number tho so no problem... Except for one more 30 minute to Sprint.
Do not, I repeat do not lock the airrave down so only you can use it.
This results in anyone else trying to use a sprint phone within the airraves coverage not able to get service at all.
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Do not, I repeat do not lock the airrave down so only you can use it.
This results in anyone else trying to use a sprint phone within the airraves coverage not able to get service at all.
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And yet if you don't lock it down you allow anybody with Sprint service to use your internet... unlimited... unknowingly... Yeah, the last thing I want is for my wacked out neighbor downloading kiddie porn through my internet connection.
Hey everyone !
Finally became a member after so much reading day after day for updates for months n months! lol... I finally got fed up with hiding in the corner to make a call...so i called sprint and they offered me a early upgrade to an LTE device. Ive only had this phone for about 4 months so its very tempting. Its funny because its not only sprint.. its att,tmobile,metro,verizon... zero signal in my house..... but walk next door house or in the middle of the street i get full bars ...4g 3g all kinds of gs.t What does everyone think go or no go? I love this phone I can do everything that I can think of without of a need of almost any particular electronic device except get signal.. lol
Well if you are going to try another Sprint device, remember you only have 14 days to return it. I can't say that any has vastly superior signal strength but hey, you won't know if you don't try I guess. I thought my ET4G was flawless at home in California but when I get into NYC, the low signal performance is actually irritating the hell out of me. I have been using my NS4G in the city lately
You might be able to get an airave for free from sprint. It's like your own mini cell tower for your home.
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@JohnCorleone Well I kinda have to since its either that or pay the cancellation fee. First two weeks it was fine few times it roamed.. but I thought it was because of the weather since it was pretty bad during that time. Sprint does have the best price though for now... kinda scared of the whole new TEP prices people were talking about. Is there a huge difference between phones for you as far as signal for you in nyc?
@Sn1per 117 They told me about that but first 3 reps wanted to charge me for the device and the service and said there was no other choice but to pay cancellation or just wait for "upgrades" since my phone was multiband it was capable of the new lte... that's when i hanged up and called again lol. Finally i spoke to someone in spanish and he told me he would approve me for an early upgrade just to go to a corporate store since it could only be done in store It's a upgrade program they're trying out in select cities and I would only have to pay $55
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Well I kinda have to since its either that or pay the cancellation fee. First two weeks it was fine few times it roamed.. but I thought it was because of the weather since it was pretty bad during that time. Sprint does have the best price though for now... kinda scared of the whole new TEP prices people were talking about. Is there a huge difference between phones for you as far as signal for you in nyc?
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New York is insane! I can walk 10 feet and have 10Mbps 4g then walk another 10 feet and have 1 bar of 3g. In California I always have 8-10Mbps 4g. My phone gets these strange menu pop ups and soft key freezes when I go from 1 bar to none at work. It comes right back but still...it shouldn't happen ever
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New York is insane! I can walk 10 feet and have 10Mbps 4g then walk another 10 feet and have 1 bar of 3g. In California I always have 8-10Mbps 4g. My phone gets these strange menu pop ups and soft key freezes when I go from 1 bar to none at work. It comes right back but still...it shouldn't happen ever
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haha ! exactly what I'm experiencing right now! well for the past 4 months. So aggravating knowing that there's such great power just feet away..Outside..In the middle of the yard... I topped it out at 12 in 4g and 2.9 in 3g so i know the phone knows whats it doing when it gets signal.
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You might be able to get an airave for free from sprint. It's like your own mini cell tower for your home.
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true, mine just seemed to be a broken mini cell tower that caused more issues than b4 i recieved it. but ive read some people have had great results with them. either way a good suggestion.
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To OP what exactly did u say before thy gave u an upgrade? How many times did u call before they offered?
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New York is insane! I can walk 10 feet and have 10Mbps 4g then walk another 10 feet and have 1 bar of 3g. In California I always have 8-10Mbps 4g. My phone gets these strange menu pop ups and soft key freezes when I go from 1 bar to none at work. It comes right back but still...it shouldn't happen ever
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New York cell signal blows so hard lol. I get the same as the OP. In my room I get 1 MAYBE 2 bars...I step right out of my door and into the living room....full signal >_> wtf?
Also the city sucks really bad lol. I've never really blamed sprint for it. Must be hard as fk to get signal through these monstrous buildings to begin with lol.
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New York cell signal blows so hard lol. I get the same as the OP. In my room I get 1 MAYBE 2 bars...I step right out of my door and into the living room....full signal >_> wtf?
Also the city sucks really bad lol. I've never really blamed sprint for it. Must be hard as fk to get signal through these monstrous buildings to begin with lol.
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Yeah but one thing kills me...actually 2. When I am in a lower level of Port Authority EVERYBODY seems to be using their phone and I have trouble keeping signal. And does every woman in New York have an iPhone or what? I see at least 20 iPhones to every Android...and at least 2 women a day drop their iPhone. Its a given
He was offered the Buyout option. He just bought out the remainder of his contract for early upgrade. This is fairly common, we do it in store daily. Contract end date is the same, just upgrade was pushed forward.
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Yeah but one thing kills me...actually 2. When I am in a lower level of Port Authority EVERYBODY seems to be using their phone and I have trouble keeping signal. And does every woman in New York have an iPhone or what? I see at least 20 iPhones to every Android...and at least 2 women a day drop their iPhone. Its a given
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LOL, yea its pretty bad out there but its a bandwagon thing since half the women I know that have the IPhone have no idea why they have it other than one of their other friends have it.
Must admit where my house is in Long Island the main streets is lit up with wifi and if you have a cable account you can connect for free but the 4g speeds are pretty consistent throughout even in basements I picked up 10meg download. So those damn old/tall buildings are definitely messing your great signal up
Edit: my bad OP keep slapping them up till they give you an AirRave I got one and it works great. Also only upgrade if you think it will help your signal and LTE for Sprint is not officially out so not sure if one of those new phones would really help you
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LOL, yea its pretty bad out there but its a bandwagon thing since half the women I know that have the IPhone have no idea why they have it other than one of their other friends have it.
Must admit where my house is in Long Island the main streets is lit up with wifi and if you have a cable account you can connect for free but the 4g speeds are pretty consistent throughout even in basements I picked up 10meg download. So those damn old/tall buildings are definitely messing your great signal up
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Sounds like a great setup you have going there in Long Island!
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Sounds like a great setup you have going there in Long Island!
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Hey I was as shocked as you were to discover this myself.... LOL
Problem is I am in Florida now where I have to struggle to get 3g...
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Hey I was as shocked as you were to discover this myself.... LOL
Problem is I am in Florida now where I have to struggle to get 3g...
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Yeah, I can't wait to get back to my California signal strength but New York is a great place as well. I may extend my stay a month or two. I bet summer in the city can be some fun! I want to catch some basketball at the Rucker and meet some ladies.. there are a grip of them in New York! Lol
OP: Is your house made out of lead?
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Yeah, I can't wait to get back to my California signal strength but New York is a great place as well. I may extend my stay a month or two. I bet summer in the city can be some fun! I want to catch some basketball at the Rucker and meet some ladies.. there are a grip of them in New York! Lol
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Now you talking... ahhhh Harlem/Spanish Harlem how I miss thee.... I am in a state where every other woman looks like a model but damn there is something about the attitude of a NY woman --- My bad got sidetracked **quick back on topic**
Yea OP ahhhhhh get an AirRave yes thats it.....**Papayas, Rays Pizza, Dallas BBQ's** oh my bad....
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To OP what exactly did u say before thy gave u an upgrade? How many times did u call before they offered?
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I actually called 4times and they said its a limited offer in select lte cities dfw happens to be one of them. Its so tempting but I know it won't change much in my voice service.
And sorry everyone I worked a double shift.
N yes I probably do nobody likes my house cause they can't continue there addiction to facebook since there's no signal lol.
My friend actually brought me his extra air rave that they sent to him to use it works but now it sends the txt about a million+1 times. :/
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I beat ya! On my first call, I got the buyout option.
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I actually called 4times and they said its a limited offer in select lte cities dfw happens to be one of them. Its so tempting but I know it won't change much in my voice service.
And sorry everyone I worked a double shift.
N yes I probably do nobody likes my house cause they can't continue there addiction to facebook since there's no signal lol.
My friend actually brought me his extra air rave that they sent to him to use it works but now it sends the txt about a million+1 times. :/
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I beat ya! On my first call, I got the buyout option.
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Hahah so r u going for it? Only have a week left to decide
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