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airave error sending text and drop calls

so i was having trouble sending/receiving text and calls drops, at first i thought it was the rom, flashed different roms modems and nothing would help i even went back stock and the problem was still there , so, i placed a phone call with my epic and my evo and after like 20 or 30 seconds the call just drop on both, so i figured if it happen on both lines it must be the airave , i unplugged it and made a test call and send few sms and ,bingo! it all works great now, i have not yet called sprint but, just wanted to share it incase someone with an airave might be or will have this issue..
btw, the airave seems to be working fine all light were ok, full bars on my cell too ..

Same here, mines been unplugged for a few weeks now. I been meaning to call Sprint to send that pos back.

i chatted with them and was told no issues around my area, i told him that seems like tower around my house were fine since i could text and call fine long as i am away from the airave, they dont seem to have a clue what the problem is...

I had the same problem this morning - full bars, could place calls but they'd drop, couldn't send/receive texts, but it seems to be fixed now. For what it's worth, I'm in San Diego, 92124. I tried restarting the Airave, router, and modem, and none of that did a thing. Left for a while and when I came back, everything's working fine.

gabestover said:
I had the same problem this morning - full bars, could place calls but they'd drop, couldn't send/receive texts, but it seems to be fixed now. For what it's worth, I'm in San Diego, 92124. I tried restarting the Airave, router, and modem, and none of that did a thing. Left for a while and when I came back, everything's working fine.
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same here, mine seems to be working fine now...

It does that, did it with the go evo too, and the evo 3d as well.

There is an outage with the airave service. It started yesterday and is affecting all areas. Most should be back up and running now.

For those with airrave problems do the following:
Step 1: Remove battery from device
Step 2: Place battery and device on top of airrave (make sure device still has the battery door removed and screen is up)
Step 3: Press reset button on the back of the airrave
Step 4: Once all the lights are solid green on your airrave again you are done and your device is now setup to work with your airrave.
(These directions are right from Sprint)
Let me know if it works for you (it actually did for me, although I'm not sure why)

I'm sure the Sprint rep was laughing at you when they told you to do this.. lol
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dtr145r said:
I'm sure the Sprint rep was laughing at you when they told you to do this.. lol
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most sprint reps dont know even step one of this procedure i can tell you now, i tend to see the issue being because of updated ip addresses, which needs a restart, that procedure does help sometimes, hopefully its just network vision going into effect.. meh

I realize that makes ZERO sense, but it was like midnight and i had just got my E4GT and this is what finally got it to work (this was months ago...). Prior to this it did nothing at my house cause signal sucks here...
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I just switched today from the Evo3D to the E4TG and have an Airvana, the 2nd model airave. I can make and receive calls, receive texts. Sending texts does not work without unplugging the airave, they just keep failing. I called support and the guy told me it's a known issue with some phones and no ETA on solution. I said guess I should switch back to my phone that was working fine then and he said "If you need to use your phone to communicate then I would switch back." No I bought my phone to use as a paperweight not to communicate dumbass.
Talked to another lady after I reset my airave and she said it was installing new firmware and even told me when it was done (lights were all solid about 10 seconds later so she must have actually been looking at it like she said.) She then told me many phones can't send texts and they don't know why. I see the mobile light flash when it tries to send just like it did with my last several phones but then fails. Love this phone but with the airave unplugged I can send texts but wont be able to make/receive calls. With it plugged in I can have calls, but not send texts. I work from home and my work phone is Sprint so have to have it plugged in. Can't really figure out why the hell it would work with some phones and not others since it shouldn't matter what phone is being used on it.

Same problem, after 15 mins on the phone with Sprint, the rep found some paperwork indicating that it is a known issue and an update is forthcoming. No indication as to ETA however. For reference, an iPhone 4s and an EVO 4G has the same issue at my house. I use Google Voice so I can not confirm the issue with the E4GT.

Yea no need to get too upset guys its a know issue and I know it sucks. I just pull the power, send txt then all is well afterwards
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Yea no need to get too upset guys its a know issue and I know it sucks. I just pull the power, send txt then all is well afterwards
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That would be great for me if I barely sent any texts. With the amount of texts I go through, I would just have to leave it unplugged

Yup, I.got an airave too because of horrible service around my.house. Not only dOes airave cause texting issUes, but it sends duplicate, triplicates of teXts and I get multiple copies of texts as well, some like days old. Sprints network seems worse now than before they started 'upgrades'
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The thing that fixes it for me is using roam control and tossing the POS airrave in the trash.

have you guys done a hard reset of your airrave?; That is get a paperclip, and hold the reset hole in for at least 30 seconds, then release..It will take awhile for it to come back, but, anytime I have had an issue with it, that fixes it.
I have zero issues with my airrave, both for texts and for calls, so it can work properly for you...

Does anyone having this issue have the original white Samsung Airave with the blue lights? I upgraded to the Airvana when those came out in the fall of 2010. When I had the white Samsung one, I never had an issue with the duplicate texts or any other issues that I had with the Airvana right out of the box. Just wondering if maybe getting the original Airave again would work. Main difference is that one did not do 3g data (only 1x) but not a big deal as I use wifi at home.
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have you guys done a hard reset of your airrave?; That is get a paperclip, and hold the reset hole in for at least 30 seconds, then release..It will take awhile for it to come back, but, anytime I have had an issue with it, that fixes it.
I have zero issues with my airrave, both for texts and for calls, so it can work properly for you...
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Yea actually did that twice last night and Sprint said it loaded new firmware but still the same issue persists. Going to mess with it some more today though.
I have changed nothing today and so far I have sent about 25 texts with no problems where yesterday I could not even send 1. Making phone calls was never an issue, receiving was an occasional problem, but so far that appears to be working too.

well, knowing how pathetic Sprints network has been for the last few months, I guess anything is possible!
glad things are working for you; lets hope it stays that way!

Speedtest screenshots, and Sprint

If I was to send Sprint speed test screenshots with my phone rooted (TNz Blend ROM) would they say anything?

Imho I don't think it would accomplish anything. I'm guessing your hopes are that sprint will have a visual of what they already know..their data speeds blow. Don't get me wrong, the squeaky wheel gets the oil, but I think sprint would just dismiss it. Especially coming from a "modded" device.
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Imho I don't think it would accomplish anything. I'm guessing your hopes are that sprint will have a visual of what they already know..their data speeds blow. Don't get me wrong, the squeaky wheel gets the oil, but I think sprint would just dismiss it. Especially coming from a "modded" device.
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Well I couldn't agree more. However, a theme park has moved into my area and during the day I nor can anyone else I know that has sprint send or receive calls or text at least 75% of the time. Also less than dial up speeds during the day. Like .02Mbps to .08Mbps. I the really early morning hours I'be gotten up to 2Mbps, on average 1.30Mbps. I mean my network location works everywhere but where I live... (the crap tower)
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Well I couldn't agree more. However, a theme park has moved into my area and during the day I nor can anyone else I know that has sprint send or receive calls or text at least 75% of the time. Also less than dial up speeds during the day. Like .02Mbps to .08Mbps. I the really early morning hours I'be gotten up to 2Mbps, on average 1.30Mbps. I mean my network location works everywhere but where I live... (the crap tower)
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I've heard of people successfully receiving one of those broadband powered Sprint mobile extenders...like a mini cell tower powered by your broadband connection (AIRAVE). Just call them, complain that you're having problems with cellular reception in your home and state whether or not the company is planning on implementing any fixes for this situation. They'll probably make you run some diagnostics on your phone but state that a friend of yours was given one of those and see what they say? YMMV
Call this: 866 556 7310
Tell them you have problems with reception in and around your house, and is tired of having to walk mad far to get reception. Ask them if they could supply you with their AIRAVE.

Yea man. An Airave. I actually have 2 of them lol. My house is fine but 30 feet outside of my house or anywhere near that tower I'm toast
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Ok yeah, that's ridiculous. They need to reevaluate that area and upgrade the tower that's being pulled from. There is a section on sprints web page that, once you've put in your zip, will show you tower placement and whether that tower has been or is scheduled to be upgraded. Let sprint know you've noticed this, they want to retain you as a customer, if anything they'll credit you're acct for the inconvenience. I have to admit, they DO have great customer service when faced with a legitimate complaint.
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Ok yeah, that's ridiculous. They need to reevaluate that area and upgrade the tower that's being pulled from. There is a section on sprints web page that, once you've put in your zip, will show you tower placement and whether that tower has been or is scheduled to be upgraded. Let sprint know you've noticed this, they want to retain you as a customer, if anything they'll credit you're acct for the inconvenience. I have to admit, they DO have great customer service when faced with a legitimate complaint.
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Ohhh trust me I've had ohh about 10 tickets open myself. Not to mention others who have called. I've gotten my share of credits also. At one point they apparently had 10 tickets open at once. I've talked to many supervisors and a couple engineers about it. This has been happening since October. They said its been "fixed" 4 times now. I LOL at that
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Ohhh trust me I've had ohh about 10 tickets open myself. Not to mention others who have called. I've gotten my share of credits also. At one point they apparently had 10 tickets open at once. I've talked to many supervisors and a couple engineers about it. This has been happening since October. They said its been "fixed" 4 times now. I LOL at that
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Haha 10 tix! Outstanding!
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dcxgod said:
I've heard of people successfully receiving one of those broadband powered Sprint mobile extenders...like a mini cell tower powered by your broadband connection (AIRAVE). Just call them, complain that you're having problems with cellular reception in your home and state whether or not the company is planning on implementing any fixes for this situation. They'll probably make you run some diagnostics on your phone but state that a friend of yours was given one of those and see what they say? YMMV
Call this: 866 556 7310
Tell them you have problems with reception in and around your house, and is tired of having to walk mad far to get reception. Ask them if they could supply you with their AIRAVE.
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Yea man. An Airave. I actually have 2 of them lol. My house is fine but 30 feet outside of my house or anywhere near that tower I'm toast
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Yeah, about AIRAVE, it may boost your singal, but in my case it duplicated my texts or caused some not to go out. I turn AIRAVE off and everything is fine. As soon as it's back on, boom 2,3 copies of the same text come randomly.

Couple of questions for those of you with an Airrave.

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?

Slash8915 said:
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

Slash8915 said:
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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Slash8915 said:
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.

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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.

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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.
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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.

Sprint SMS / MMS issues, anyone else?

I wanted to check and see if anyone else was having some issues with messaging on Sprint. I have only noticed it so far with my wife, but our mesages are jacked up. Yesterday she sent me a message, I got it about 2 hours later, then I got the same message about once every hour throughout the night. This morning I wiped my phone and havent received a text all day, until about 15 mins ago, I got the same text from yesterday, and a text my wife sent me this morning. I am in a good service area, and have an airrave at my house. Anyone else having issues?

Probably from the overload of the new SIII users. Same thing that happened when the iPhone was launched.
Sometimes they just get delayed. It's normal. It will fix itself. Could be her phone if you receive duplicates. Think it failed to send so it keep re-trying itself.

Thanks, I figured I would check before I called sprint. Yesterday I was texting back and forth with a friend and those texts were coming through fine, but my wifes are all sorts of jacked up.

I know some towers went down last week. But it's always temporary.
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Well, it was Sprints fault. Apparently they didnt provision it correctly at the store when I purchased the phone. They set it up while I was on chat with them and all is well now.

Sprint service in DC

Ok so i live in baltimore but work in silver spring minutes outside DC. When im in Baltimore my phone works fine data and calling. But as soon as i get in silver spring my phone gos crazy. In and out of servive. I get messages that wont download. People call and i never get it. And voicemails dont come in until i leave and head back to baltimore. I had my s3 and my note 2 checked by the tech at the corporate store and they said my phones are fine. This has been going on since August.
So ive been calling sprint since i 1st noticed the problem in August and everytime its the same story. They tell me theres a bad tower servicing that area that has an open ticket. And that i can expect the problem to be fixed in a few days. I called today and got the same BS. Can someone who maybe works for sprint or knows more info tell me exzactly whats going on and what i should do? Ive been with sprint 11 years and put up with alot but its to the point my jobs in jeopardy. Im not getting calls from other employees or my boss. I drop calls all the time. The tech said i had a 21% dropped call rate.
I really dont want to leave sprint but i spend about 9 hrs a day in sipver spring and my phones useless there. I have 3 lines that the contracts up on in march. My etf fee on each line is only $50 but heck i could sell my e4gt and pay that plus have a note 2 and gs3 to sell. Should i demand a credit? How many other people in that area are having this problem? Whats everyone elses thoughts?
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Ok so i live in baltimore but work in silver spring minutes outside DC. When im in Baltimore my phone works fine data and calling. But as soon as i get in silver spring my phone gos crazy. In and out of servive. I get messages that wont download. People call and i never get it. And voicemails dont come in until i leave and head back to baltimore. I had my s3 and my note 2 checked by the tech at the corporate store and they said my phones are fine. This has been going on since August.
So ive been calling sprint since i 1st noticed the problem in August and everytime its the same story. They tell me theres a bad tower servicing that area that has an open ticket. And that i can expect the problem to be fixed in a few days. I called today and got the same BS. Can someone who maybe works for sprint or knows more info tell me exzactly whats going on and what i should do? Ive been with sprint 11 years and put up with alot but its to the point my jobs in jeopardy. Im not getting calls from other employees or my boss. I drop calls all the time. The tech said i had a 21% dropped call rate.
I really dont want to leave sprint but i spend about 9 hrs a day in sipver spring and my phones useless there. I have 3 lines that the contracts up on in march. My etf fee on each line is only $50 but heck i could sell my e4gt and pay that plus have a note 2 and gs3 to sell. Should i demand a credit? How many other people in that area are having this problem? Whats everyone elses thoughts?
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I agree. DC Sprint service sucks.

I live right outside dc northern va and I noticed they are working on towers to get 4g there so that might be the reason
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I was over in pg country and caught a glimpse of lte so can't wait for that.. I get pretty good service.. Even better then some of my family on at&t that's in dc
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i've started getting 4g around the lorton va area and i get it good at work BUT it still seems like 3g since the towers are being upgraded can't wait till they are atleast 50%

I thought it was bc of the upgrades also but when they did it in baltimore last summer it only acted up for maybe a month. This has been goin on since august in silver spring. They keep tellin me its a damged tower it has an open ticket but nothins getting fixed
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I thought it was bc of the upgrades also but when they did it in baltimore last summer it only acted up for maybe a month. This has been goin on since august in silver spring. They keep tellin me its a damged tower it has an open ticket but nothins getting fixed
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LMAO that's what they told me too!

I work in lorton outside of DC and for a while service was horrible now recently I get 4g there
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You could always flash 25010 prl that has 800mhz support in the Baltimore area now. The
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Got 14364 Up/ 4968 Down at Home Depot in College Park today!:good:

I live in Nova... Sprint Service is pretty ****ty.
Then i flashed the Verizon PRL and everything is so much better. Service in underground stations i didnt have before and fixed a ton of deadzones. I dont loose phone service in elevators anymore.

rawdikrik said:
I live in Nova... Sprint Service is pretty ****ty.
Then i flashed the Verizon PRL and everything is so much better. Service in underground stations i didnt have before and fixed a ton of deadzones. I dont loose phone service in elevators anymore.
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Which PRL?

Today @ home mine is horrible in NOVA .. ive had 0 bars and roaming all day
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I was in Silver Spring yesterday. Signal was a compete mess, you are right.

intelli78 said:
I was in Silver Spring yesterday. Signal was a compete mess, you are right.
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Its redicilous man. Ive never seen anything like it. I mean i cant keep a call longer then 5 mins without dropping it. I cant download pics or email attatchments.
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Wish my service was like that, that would mean there were firing up the upgraded equipment at several sites here.
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bmoreboy02 said:
Its redicilous man. Ive never seen anything like it. I mean i cant keep a call longer then 5 mins without dropping it. I cant download pics or email attatchments.
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Yeah. I didn't try voice, but I was trying to navigate with maps and it was not working at all. This was over a pretty large area as well, not just downtown Silver Spring.
I will give Sprint a call and pile another complaint on for you. I'll report back with what they say.