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I have done some searching so please don't flame me, I couldn't find a specific answer.
I live in New Orleans (No 4G yet) but I am currently in Pittsburgh going to have a kidney transplant on Thursday. I really want to get my 4G working since it will be my only source of internet while I am in the hospital.
When I turn 4G on, it constantly cycles "Turning on" and "Turning off"
This is what I am running:
Rooted Evo Hardware Version 0003
Android 2.2
Baseband 2.15.00.11.19
Kernel 2.6.32.17-gee557fd [email protected] #15
Build number Calkulin's EViO 2 ROM v1.7.5
Software 3.70.651.1
PRI Version 1.90_003
PRL 60674
Wimax Version 4.6.2.3v27167
Thanks in advance for any help. I am a bit desperate since I will be in the hospital starting Thursday for about 2 weeks and still in Pittsburgh for about an entire month. I would love to get this working and I think the constant toggle of 4G is going to destroy my battery life and I can't get it to stop.
Thanks again.
I had the same issue and it was because of adfree and an old titanium backup that was corrupt. Mine was doing exactly what yours is but I was on rls5. I know it's not the rom because I am back on it and don't have that problem anymore. I would start from scratch but flash back to a stock rom first to make sure everything goes back to normal. In my case I had a nandroid of stock right when I rooted a few months back. Hope this helps
Thanks, I'm downloading Sprint Lovers right now and am going to give that a try. The last time I flashed, I restored only my apps, not system settings using Titanium. I always do a fresh backup right before I flash.
I've been so excited to try 4G and now I get nothing. Frustrating. I will try your advice and let you know. Thanks again.
here is my guess....
you are in a hospital...
they have some very intensive strong machines that put out so much interferance. most phones have problems getting a good phone singal in a hospital. you maybe fighting non-winalbe battle.
you need to talk to the nurses about alternative connections.
touch_rules said:
Thanks, I'm downloading Sprint Lovers right now and am going to give that a try. The last time I flashed, I restored only my apps, not system settings using Titanium. I always do a fresh backup right before I flash.
I've been so excited to try 4G and now I get nothing. Frustrating. I will try your advice and let you know. Thanks again.
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In my case even just installing apps and no data caused the problem. Once I started over again, it went back to normal.
Make sure you update you profile a few times in a row after flashing new roms too. It has been known to cause problems with the radio not connecting.
Dan330 said:
here is my guess....
you are in a hospital...
they have some very intensive strong machines that put out so much interferance. most phones have problems getting a good phone singal in a hospital. you maybe fighting non-winalbe battle.
you need to talk to the nurses about alternative connections.
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Thanks but I'm not in the hospital yet, I will be on Thursday. I was driving last night in downtown Pittsburgh where I should be getting a great signal and no 4G.
I will try the sprint lovers with nothing installed or restored and see if I can get 4G to work. I will definitely update my profile a few times to see if that helps. I just checked my RSA key and it is still intact so I'm glad about that.
Going to the store now so I will try it some more while I'm out and about.
Thanks.
Before you do all that, try turning it on with a 4G widget, it worked for me.
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Make sure your wifi is off or 4g won't connect, as the phone prefers the fastest connection available.
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Ok, progress:
Flashed Sprint Lovers Rom
Got 4G to turn on
Now it scans, attempts to connect to Sprint and does not connect
I checked my MAC and compared it to the 4G MAC under the battery and they match.
Any ideas?
Ok, walked to the window of the hotel and I got it to connect for 1 second then it dropped again and I cannot connect it anymore. I got super excited for the one second though. I don't know why it would not connect on my other rom. The hotel must have something going on to not let it connect so well.
Welcome to the world of 4g. Its great when you've got a good signal and awful when you don't. Coverage is very spotty and large concrete and steel buildings are its enemy. I've been in hotels that I've gotten great coverage and then walk across the hall and nothing. At least you know its working now, hopefully the hospital will have a better signal.
Restoring my apps now and hoping Titanium doesn't blow it up again. I'm going to walk outside in a few minutes (brrrrr) and try it out again. Hopefully I will have better success.
Apps and system settings restored and I still get it to turn on, now it's time to go outside and see if I can connect. It stinks that it wouldn't work with the other rom.
Anyone know if they can connect with OMJ's rom?
in weak 4g signal areas I had better luck connecting with cmwimax 6.1.2 alpha 3, give it a try
I use myn warm RLS5.... and 4g works fine.
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in weak 4g signal areas I had better luck connecting with cmwimax 6.1.2 alpha 3, give it a try
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I use myn warm RLS5.... and 4g works fine.
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Thanks guys, I will check them out.
Thanks for the help everyone, got it to connect in the lobby and download speed was almost 3mb. Then I tested it again and it was .5mb. It is spotty in this hotel so I will try it tomorrow when I am out.
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in weak 4g signal areas I had better luck connecting with cmwimax 6.1.2 alpha 3, give it a try
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How is this rom, I have tried some CM roms in the past (the ones that don't have 4g working) and they were pretty cool but buggy. I like stable roms.
Let me know, maybe I'll make the change again.
Hey guys my 3g has been messed up for a little while now and i dont no whats causing it... i have flashed several roms and has not helped at all... currently running ext4 syndicate rom (newest version) and i have tried several kernals right now vision kernal is what im on. My download speeds average around .40-.60 and upload speeds go from .15-.20 using speed test. I have 5 bars of service sometimes it will go to 6 bars so its not signal. i dont no what is causing it, i have tried just using a Fresh rom with no apps downloaded and same results. im just lost, any ideas? and yes 3g is on and showing
My 3G had been exhibiting all kinds of funky behavior for at least a solid month. I was starting to think it had something to do with the roms and kernels, but now I'm leaning toward sprints network. Just look around the forums, some people report great 3G speeds and others report crappy speeds and odd behavior.
I'm in the middle, sometimes my 3G is fine and other times it just stalls, drops to 1x and just plain sucks. I have no explanation as I've tried 4 different modems and I see similar behavior. That's why I'm leaning towards sprints 3G network has got some issues.
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My 3G had been exhibiting all kinds of funky behavior for at least a solid month. I was starting to think it had something to do with the roms and kernels, but now I'm leaning toward sprints network. Just look around the forums, some people report great 3G speeds and others report crappy speeds and odd behavior.
I'm in the middle, sometimes my 3G is fine and other times it just stalls, drops to 1x and just plain sucks. I have no explanation as I've tried 4 different modems and I see similar behavior. That's why I'm leaning towards sprints 3G network has got some issues.
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Yes, I too think it is Sprint. I get great speeds off my Airave, then decent speeds a mile away, then go 3-5 miles away and it almost hangs, just sits and really crawls. Then a week later it will all change.
If you continue to have issues, flash the EB13 modem.
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If you continue to have issues, flash the EB13 modem.
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ok ill try that but one problem lol,,,,,my cord that came with my phone to connect it to pc via usb broke. i went to the sprint store to get another and they are out, ofcourse....anyway i cant use odin til i get my new one so id have to flash the rom though a zip if possible? which i dont think it is? if there is a zip i can flash of the eb13 could u possibly link me please? then i can go to it by my phone download it and BAM be done with it. thanks again for all your responses. and to the above post, yes my 3g has been goin in to 1xmode as well with 5 bars of service... weird
Any micro USB cable is worth trying. Another phone cable, some USB hubs, cameras, etc. You may have more cables than you realize already.
I have the same problem. After long conversations with sprint tech support they fixed the tower near my home and it worked great for a day and the weather went bad so it crapped out again.
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If you continue to have issues, flash the EB13 modem.
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I've used that one, ec05, di18 and now ee03. For shats and giggles, I'm going to take your advice and also try dk28's modem.
More and more everyday I feel its sprint tho.
Not sure when and with what ROM this started happening but my signal drops to 1x really frequently. 3G is always going in and out. Any ideas or fixes? Has this been discussed somewhere before? On train ride in to work so haven't searched threads yet! I flashed synergy a few days ago coming from mikg and before that gingerale..and before that cyanogen! It seems like I've had the problem since moving back to sense from cyanogen about a month/month and a half ago.
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Where are you located? Have you had speed related issues?
Sprint has been having issues related to the overloading of towers with the excessive growth of data usage [with the boom of the Evo]
Towers are set to send some phones to 1x when 3g usage is high in order to alleviate speed issues for all.
That could explain your issues.
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Where are you located? Have you had speed related issues?
Sprint has been having issues related to the overloading of towers with the excessive growth of data usage [with the boom of the Evo]
Towers are set to send some phones to 1x when 3g usage is high in order to alleviate speed issues for all.
That could explain your issues.
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I live in the northwest suburbs outside of downtown Chicago. I work and commute to the city and I experience it the whole ride to and from home. I will be sitting at my desk and randomly go from full 3G to 1x. At home in the suburbs, my signal is terrible in my house already but I do get dropped to 1x as well. Don't really notice any speed changes besides the normal slowdowns from what I am assuming is the congestion.
That sounds like a horrible way to fix their congestion issues! Is this something they just started doing? Like I said in the first post, everything functioned perfect up until a month or two ago. Also, would they apply that to an area as big as Chicago out the suburbs?
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I live in the northwest suburbs outside of downtown Chicago. I work and commute to the city and I experience it the whole ride to and from home. I will be sitting at my desk and randomly go from full 3G to 1x. At home in the suburbs, my signal is terrible in my house already but I do get dropped to 1x as well. Don't really notice any speed changes besides the normal slowdowns from what I am assuming is the congestion.
That sounds like a horrible way to fix their congestion issues! Is this something they just started doing? Like I said in the first post, everything functioned perfect up until a month or two ago.
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It's not a fix, it's just a way to alleviate some congestion while they work on redoing the towers.
I'm not saying this is what's happening to you but it's likely.
You can try to have the phone reactivate itself. [If I recall correctly that function is in ##yourmsl#]
You can get your MSL here.
You can also try to update your PRL and then Data profile.
Same thing here. I've complained to Sprint several times so now they want me to bring my phone in to be checked so I need to unroot. Ugh
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It's not a fix, it's just a way to alleviate some congestion while they work on redoing the towers.
I'm not saying this is what's happening to you but it's likely.
You can try to have the phone reactivate itself. [If I recall correctly that function is in ##yourmsl#]
You can get your MSL here.
You can also try to update your PRL and then Data profile.
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Thanks for the info. I will give it a shot. I did update my PRL and profile in that order but didn't seem to help. If nothing helps maybe I'll have to get this bad boy replaced or something.
ripalsanghani said:
Thanks for the info. I will give it a shot. I did update my PRL and profile in that order but didn't seem to help. If nothing helps maybe I'll have to get this bad boy replaced or something.
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Also, and before you ask there is no logical reasoning for this and even the very knowledgeable technician that recommended it hasn't figured out why it would do anything, you can try going to ##3282# and clicking "view" and then clicking on EVDO and then backing out and trying the internet.
They don't know why that would do anything and no it doesn't make any sense...but that's exactly why I refuse to go into anything related to working on computers...for being logical they aren't logical...at all.
By the way, doesn't hurt to keep your radios updated.
Best of luck.
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Also, and before you ask there is no logical reasoning for this and even the very knowledgeable technician that recommended it hasn't figured out why it would do anything, you can try going to ##3282# and clicking "view" and then clicking on EVDO and then backing out and trying the internet.
They don't know why that would do anything and no it doesn't make any sense...but that's exactly why I refuse to go into anything related to working on computers...for being logical they aren't logical...at all.
By the way, doesn't hurt to keep your radios updated.
Best of luck.
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Haha, I am actually in IT so I know exactly what you mean. I will try that out as well. And my radios were updated and I was actually considering rolling back to see if that caused any issues for me.
Let me correct myself, sorry I never run Sense, it's ##786# then you hit menu and hit reset.
You need to have your MSL. Also, please note that this will erase your /data and you will lose all personal information.
Furthermore, be sure to cancel when it tries to do a check for firmware update.
This honestly may be more trouble than it worth though.
Thanks, yeah I found the reset option in another thread. I reset, hit the prl update, cancelled the firmware check and will run this around town for the day see if I get 1x. I'll post back here later today. thanks again for the help!
Well used for most of the day and so far so good. Saw it go down 1x once on train compared to everytime I unlocked the phone. Let's hope this isn't temporary . Ill post again after the weekend to test around the suburbs and state to state during a trip to toronto. Thanks again!
Oh and speed still sucks but that's a sprint issue obviously.
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ripalsanghani said:
Oh and speed still sucks but that's a sprint issue obviously.
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Yeah it is.
ripalsanghani said:
Not sure when and with what ROM this started happening but my signal drops to 1x really frequently. 3G is always going in and out. Any ideas or fixes? Has this been discussed somewhere before? On train ride in to work so haven't searched threads yet! I flashed synergy a few days ago coming from mikg and before that gingerale..and before that cyanogen! It seems like I've had the problem since moving back to sense from cyanogen about a month/month and a half ago.
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I had the same problem a month ago. It's the phone. I tried many different combination of radios and roms but no help. Ended up exchanging it. When you bring in the phone just use the android browser to load a heavy graphic webpage which should take forever in 1x mode.
Did not see any previous treads that mentioned this condition.
Its been going on for a while since I started flashing ICS. Three different builds by different Dev's and I get the same results Slow download speed and CRAZY fast upload speeds,with good 3G and 4G connections, I live in a metro area with tons of anteneas and towers around me. Using control Epic (Wifey's stock Epic) on same networks while running speedtest at the same time on both Epics.
I still get data, but its butt slow while stock Epic just wizzes along with Youtube, play store, Emails, whatever it is concerning data. This time around WiFi is not affected that works fine on both phones, streaming, downloading, both are equal. On on build i had reverse WiFi speeds also, but not this time.
Anyone come across this BUG??? Currently running Calk's E4GT 2 v1.2, FC18 Modem, ICS 4 ICS theme. Great looks fast Rom everything works, (kinda)
Rouge recovery.
When I revert back to stock/rooted EL29 all is normal again. Fast D/L - slow U/L.
Pp.:confused
PS. Second time around with this question.
Common where are those android brains, is this stumping you guys!!!
Give it your best shot, I'll consider any idea or suggestion. Don't just look , post.!!
try changing your modem?
Will try fc22 see how that works. maybe reflash rom too.
did it work?
No. Still the same. Luckely I'm around WiFi most of the time. On FC22 modem. Now.
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very strange
I'm having the same problem. I'm also in a metro area (NYC). Fast data on stock/gingerbread ROMs. Slow data on any ICS roms. and i mean slooooooow.
I've flashed multiple ROMS, kernals and modems, no avail.
I actually get decent speeds in Manhattan (but not stellar) but in Brooklyn (a mere 12 miles away) i get .10 Mb speeds, no exaggeration. I find it hard to believe that someone is going to tell me that Brooklyn won't have the towers i need for decent data.
Wifi works perfectly on both ICS and GB.
We can't be the only two having this problem. I've googled it and searched the forum but I can't find an answer. Could it be that ICS isn't officially out for the e4gt yet so the ROMs are having flakey service?
Please help, anyone.
On a side note thought, the ROMs that I have tried have no other major issues for me. great job to those who developed them!
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I'm having the same problem. I'm also in a metro area (NYC). Fast data on stock/gingerbread ROMs. Slow data on any ICS roms. and i mean slooooooow.
I've flashed multiple ROMS, kernals and modems, no avail.
I actually get decent speeds in Manhattan (but not stellar) but in Brooklyn (a mere 12 miles away) i get .10 Mb speeds, no exaggeration. I find it hard to believe that someone is going to tell me that Brooklyn won't have the towers i need for decent data.
Wifi works perfectly on both ICS and GB.
We can't be the only two having this problem. I've googled it and searched the forum but I can't find an answer. Could it be that ICS isn't officially out for the e4gt yet so the ROMs are having flakey service?
Please help, anyone.
On a side note thought, the ROMs that I have tried have no other major issues for me. great job to those who developed them!
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Bump I have this issue in Washington DC and I thought T-Mobile 3g on crack sucked
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They are upgrading the towers in Brooklyn. I received a letter a few days ago.
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I know sprint is upgrading the LTE towers but a far as 3g/4g speeds is that the reason also?
Why do gingerbread ROMs work but ICS ROMs do not in BK?
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Update profile always seems to fix issue temporarily. Sprint is just awful right now
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Update profile always seems to fix issue temporarily. Sprint is just awful right now
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Thanks for the attempt but I've tried that already. Any other ideas?
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Ive had the same issues. No real giid modems for me either. Ive tried 90 percent of the modems. The one where I get best service is the ff11 modem. Remember to update profile and prl.
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My signal strength is jumping around like crazy...from -106dBm then back up to -64dBm...and everything in between, in a matter of seconds. This has been happening since FD24.
I have been using Sfhub's stock rooted nodata roms. I tried the FD02 kernel repack with rougue recovery on FD26 rom & modem, and it seemed to jump around alot less.
Could the kernels be the issue? Or the modem? or the Rom itself?
Update for FF02:
FF02 seems to be better for now...will do some tests later. I had it jump around only once yesterday.
Try throwing your phone at the wall, fixed mine
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Rinzler said:
My signal strength is jumping around like crazy...from -106dBm then back up to -64dBm...and everything in between, in a matter of seconds. This has been happening since FD24.
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If it is jumping fro -106 to -64 and back, it is probably scanning because it lost signal. When you first boot your phone, often it exhibits the same scanning behavior.
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If it is jumping fro -106 to -64 and back, it is probably scanning because it lost signal. When you first boot your phone, often it exhibits the same scanning behavior.
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That's what I figured...and that fact is absolutely murdering my battery life.
You think a data reset will help?
I wouldn't say there is a great chance, but the possibility exists.
The "cleanest" install possible is the following:
1) install Full ODIN OneClick
2) remove external sdcard, if any
3) from android, format internal sdcard
4) from android, perform ##786# reset (providing your MSL, which can be retrieved via "getprop ril.MSL" from terminal or adb shell)
If you format your sdcard, make sure you move your backups to your PC or other external storage.
What does the ##786# reset do exactly?
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What does the ##786# reset do exactly?
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It resets NVRAM as well as your Android user data.
You dial ##786# in the dialer on a stock rom.
It will reset stuff like your phone #, your data login, and other values stored in nvram.
It will cause your phone to perform hands free activation at the next boot, which will populate that information again as well as update profile and prl.
Hands free activation only works on Sprint's native network so don't do it in a place where you can't reliably get signal.
Anybody else having this problem?
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Anybody else having this problem?
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happened to me right after i flashed fe07 modem. i moved back to fd26 to see if its the towers or modem. all seems fine, but i will be keeping an eye over the next day.
FE07 had absolutely abysmal 3G data speeds. It took so long to download the Facebook app update that I immediately flashed an older modem to check against it - FC24 runs like a CHAMP.
I tested fe07 for a day or so. I didn't notice much other than it would drop to 1x often. I ran a speed test 3/4g between fd26 and fe07. Fd26 clearly performed better for me. I went back.
Still rockin EL29 here. All the new modems sofar for me have sukt dik. And YES I let them settle in B4 pulling any test. SOOOO I dont want to hear the BS here, like whatwent on with my other post in a similar topic. Yeah got me sum points taken away..lol..
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Still rockin EL29 here. All the new modems sofar for me have sukt dik. And YES I let them settle in B4 pulling any test. SOOOO I dont want to hear the BS here, like whatwent on with my other post in a similar topic. Yeah got me sum points taken away..lol..
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Updating profile is what's important. there's no settling in. Im using ek02. It's the most stable (IMO)
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Updating profile is what's important. there's no settling in. Im using ek02. It's the most stable.
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Try ta tell that to some of the fools in here. Then bam a mod from a completely diff forum or wherever he is from hands me a infraction. Oh well. It is fun to flame. Fuk um.
Lol
I don't discuss modems because for every release 1/3 think it is better, 1/3 think it is worse, and 1/3 think it is the same.
No matter what you say, some people are in violent disagreement.
Just pick what works for you.
Fe07 is the best ever in history until the next best release!
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I got the "you roamed too much call" yesterday. I don't force roam ever because I'm in FL and force roam doesn't work here with sammy phones.
I was running several of the recent modems last month and used 5GB of data roaming. Almost 100% of my data. Was the first and only month this has ever happened....in 8-9 years. I reverted back to older modem and roaming stopped. This was on top of the fact that I keep wifi on at all tines at home because my house is a dead spot. I also have an air rave (whatever its called).
I only listen to music, email and surf web. Quite surprised by the call.
I explained to rep that I only go to work and home. That for whatever reason home and work are dead zones. Of course he checks and tells me coverage is great in my city. Then he says sprint can boot me, or I can ask to switch for free. Told him I didn't want either. His solution was for me to put setting for roaming sprint only. I asked him how I would use my phone if I only roamed sprint? No answer.
Very frustrating since I wasn't force roaming, have 6 lines and can't afford other carrier and I actually like sprint.
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My phone came with El29, and after seeing loss of signal often I started experimenting with modems. Tried fd19, fd24, fd26, and fe07, and I still get bouts of loss signal. It's not an issue of bad reception, because my OG epic has no signal problems.
Hows the signal on FE10?