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I posted about a week ago, and was told to just call and ask. I was told I have good coverage in my area(b.s) and that i use to much data to possibly complain about my service. Can anyone give me some tips, I get horrible coverage, I already received an airwave, which only works when i'm at home. I want to switch to verizon cause lte is in my area unlike wimax, but etf fees kill it having 3 lines.
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I posted about a week ago, and was told to just call and ask. I was told I have good coverage in my area(b.s) and that i use to much data to possibly complain about my service. Can anyone give me some tips, I get horrible coverage, I already received an airwave, which only works when i'm at home. I want to switch to verizon cause lte is in my area unlike wimax, but etf fees kill it having 3 lines.
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Call them back up, explain that the speeds ARE slow and tell them you can send screenshots of proof if they need you to prove it.
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Call them back up, explain that the speeds ARE slow and tell them you can send screenshots of proof if they need you to prove it.
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I'll try that, do you think they make notes that i already called and what they told me.
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I'll try that, do you think they make notes that i already called and what they told me.
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They notate the account but that's not really relevant here.
If you can prove that your speeds have been terrible with screenshots, they can't really argue with that.
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I posted about a week ago, and was told to just call and ask. I was told I have good coverage in my area(b.s) and that i use to much data to possibly complain about my service. Can anyone give me some tips, I get horrible coverage, I already received an airwave, which only works when i'm at home. I want to switch to verizon cause lte is in my area unlike wimax, but etf fees kill it having 3 lines.
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I get terrible connection speeds on my EVO everywhere...except when I am roaming on verizon!
I see you have a 2011 Macbook Pro 2011....I love mine, I have the 15".
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They notate the account but that's not really relevant here.
If you can prove that your speeds have been terrible with screenshots, they can't really argue with that.
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Okay thanks, just wondering do you have any experience doing this or maybe know someone? Just looking for something assuring. But i guess i call them back now.
redsoxfan320 said:
I posted about a week ago, and was told to just call and ask. I was told I have good coverage in my area(b.s) and that i use to much data to possibly complain about my service. Can anyone give me some tips, I get horrible coverage, I already received an airwave, which only works when i'm at home. I want to switch to verizon cause lte is in my area unlike wimax, but etf fees kill it having 3 lines.
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http://www.ucan.org/telecommunications/wireless/material_adverse_clauses_in_cell_phone_contracts
"if a change we make to the Agreement is material and has a material adverse affect on you, you may terminate each line of Service materially affected without incurring an Early Termination Fee only if you: (a) call us within 30 days after the effective date of the change; and (b) specifically advise us that you wish to cancel Services because of a material change to the Agreement that we have made. If you do not cancel Service within 30 days of the change, an Early Termination Fee will apply if you terminate Services before the end of any applicable Term Commitment."
If you were just switched from premier gold to silver like many people were, you might be able to use this clause to get out of your contract.
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Okay thanks, just wondering do you have any experience doing this or maybe know someone? Just looking for something assuring. But i guess i call them back now.
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Although I am not currently interested in actually switching from Sprint [not really any companies with comparable rates nor a business philosophy that I could justify giving money to], they did extend a removal of any ETF fees to all my lines for this slow data issue, just in case.
ausch30 said:
http://www.ucan.org/telecommunications/wireless/material_adverse_clauses_in_cell_phone_contracts
"if a change we make to the Agreement is material and has a material adverse affect on you, you may terminate each line of Service materially affected without incurring an Early Termination Fee only if you: (a) call us within 30 days after the effective date of the change; and (b) specifically advise us that you wish to cancel Services because of a material change to the Agreement that we have made. If you do not cancel Service within 30 days of the change, an Early Termination Fee will apply if you terminate Services before the end of any applicable Term Commitment."
If you were just switched from premier gold to silver like many people were, you might be able to use this clause to get out of your contract.
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No because the Sprint Premier program is an added benefit not a requirement.
anthonyandrews said:
I get terrible connection speeds on my EVO everywhere...except when I am roaming on verizon!
I see you have a 2011 Macbook Pro 2011....I love mine, I have the 15".
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I have the 13' only because i don't really need the additional specs. I just browse, email, some facebook and forums. The only thing i've seen on here this beauty that used a lot of power was video converting for my ipad. It still went faced just made the fans run.. Gotta love it
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Although I am not currently interested in actually switching from Sprint [not really any companies with comparable rates nor a business philosophy that I could justify giving money to], they did extend a removal of any ETF fees to all my lines for this slow data issue, just in case.
No because the Sprint Premier program is an added benefit not a requirement.
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Thanks, and i've read the same about the premier program..
If you don't have many months left on the contracts the 3 etfs could be $300 total and sell the phones.
rushco said:
If you don't have many months left on the contracts the 3 etfs could be $300 total and sell the phones.
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Yeah but let's keep in mind that when you're switching not only are you getting a new plan but you're also buying all new phones which can cost around $1000.
The total to cancel my 3 lines would be $420 and I could sell the phones for $900 obo. Which wouldn't leave enough to buy 3 thunderbolts, but they did give me a $50 discount for this month only.
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Why don't you drive to a local Starbucks that's close enough with 4G/3G. Flash the Verizon prl and for like a week or two just sit in Starbucks and say you're doing a survey to test sprints 4G/3G and offer 8 people to connect to your evo. Each day you go just keep letting users connect to your 4G claiming you're a sprint Rep and watch your data sky rocket!!!!! Lol Then sprint will have no choice but to let you off since you'll be roaming on Verizons network. Get back at those a$$holes.
You're welcome!
~ d3rk
dirkyd3rk said:
Why don't you drive to a local Starbucks that's close enough with 4G/3G. Flash the Verizon prl and for like a week or two just sit in Starbucks and say you're doing a survey to test sprints 4G/3G and offer 8 people to connect to your evo. Each day you go just keep letting users connect to your 4G claiming you're a sprint Rep and watch your data sky rocket!!!!! Lol Then sprint will have no choice but to let you off since you'll be roaming on Verizons network. Get back at those a$$holes.
You're welcome!
~ d3rk
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Because that's wrong?
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Because that's wrong?
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Who gives a ****. Who does the right thing 100% of the time. Sprint surely isn't doing the "right" thing by not expanding 4G fast enough not to mention terrible data speeds across the board. So don't come at me with this right from wrong b.s were not in elementary.
~ d3rk
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Who gives a ****. Who does the right thing 100% of the time. Sprint surely isn't doing the "right" thing by not expanding 4G fast enough not to mention terrible data speeds across the board. So don't come at me with this right from wrong b.s were not in elementary.
~ d3rk
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First of all, it's not across the board.
Some cities are having the problem, most are not.
Second of all, the 4g expansion is a matter of money issues.
The suggestion that Sprint is taking their time fixing these issues and taking their time expanding 4g because they want to is just ridiculous.
And by the way did you just suggest that doing the right thing is an elementary school quality?
How pathetic, man, seriously.
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First of all, it's not across the board.
Some cities are having the problem, most are not.
Second of all, the 4g expansion is a matter of money issues.
The suggestion that Sprint is taking their time fixing these issues and taking their time expanding 4g because they want to is just ridiculous.
And by the way did you just suggest that doing the right thing is an elementary school quality?
How pathetic, man, seriously.
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First of all dont act like youre a saint, second Yes! I did lol, third, I said this isn't elementary in the sense of a grown man telling another grown man what's right from wrong(thanks dad). Anyways, I say you take my advice. Sprint isn't holding up their end of the bargain they should let you off without the fees man. Eff all that noise.
~ d3rk
dirkyd3rk said:
First of all dont act like youre a saint, second Yes! I did lol, third, I said this isn't elementary in the sense of a grown man telling another grown man what's right from wrong(thanks dad). Anyways I say you take my advice. Sprint isn't holding up their end of the bargain they should let you off without the fees man. Eff all that noise.
~ d3rk
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It is wrong to abuse something for the sake of abusing it.
Especially when sprint will and is required to waive the fees for this issue.
And I seriously hope that people that abuse in this matter are held to some sort of legal consequences.
And as far as your not needing to be told what's right and wrong...maybe if you KNEW what was right and wrong you wouldn't have to be told.
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It is wrong to abuse something for the sake of abusing it.
Especially when sprint will and is required to waive the fees for this issue.
And I seriously hope that people that abuse in this matter are held to some sort of legal consequences.
And as far as your not needing to be told what's right and wrong...maybe if you KNEW what was right and wrong you wouldn't have to be told.
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This is you talking right here..................................... <~~~~ see that, that's me actually giving a ****(I don't)
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So I just broke my contract with T-Mobile because I was fed up with them and came over to Sprint. The nice people at the store promised me that I would have service and WiMax at home and at work, but sadly it is not looking great right now.
At home the phone is roaming the whole time, which is ridiculous because that means I am limited to 300mb of data a month and it is slow data at that. At work I have the same problem and don't even get roaming data.
So I was wondering what the recommendation would be here. I've rooted my e4gt but have not torched the modem yet. Is it worth while to try to flash a different modem (EK02 maybe) and see if that helps, knowing that I will not be able to flash back to EG30? Will flashing a different modem be any sort of problem if I try to return the phone?
Or am I completely screwed and have to go crawling back to T-mo?
Thanks,
Actually if you are roaming at home all of the time, Sprint will probably give you a free Airrave. It acts as a mini tower.
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yeah. I've heard that, and its cute. But there is a bigger problem of work, which is where I spend most of my day, and actually class (where I also have only roaming). Actually I have roaming inside almost all buildings even those they are supposed to have excellent service there. Basically, the service all over is starting to really bother me, and if I have to put up with roaming forever I may just have to leave Sprint. The question is more of a, will playing with radios/modems help or will it actually hurt me when I have to return the device?
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yeah. I've heard that, and its cute. But there is a bigger problem of work, which is where I spend most of my day, and actually class (where I also have only roaming). Actually I have roaming inside almost all buildings even those they are supposed to have excellent service there. Basically, the service all over is starting to really bother me, and if I have to put up with roaming forever I may just have to leave Sprint. The question is more of a, will playing with radios/modems help or will it actually hurt me when I have to return the device?
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LOL. If you can find a Sprint employee who is savvy enough to even know what a radio/modem is chances are he will have all the sympathy in the world for you.
That said, if you plan on keeping the device I would not **** with the modem. It's worth a shot, but, that won't help your 4G woes. You can tweak your signal level connect threshold and release timers, but, that'll won't help you get a signal you currently can't get at all...it'll only help you keep a signal you can usually get.
If you are in the 14 day window abort abort abort. You've given it a valiant effort, and that is to be applauded. Sprint service is amazing in some places and almost nonexistent in others. If your only problem is 4G, well, sorry...the tiny little slice of spectrum allotted to Sprint/Clear's WiMax sucks. That will never get better. I gave up on it...thankfully the 3G is getting better every day around here. I thought about going Vzn or Tmob, but, I use too much data for that to be affordable. Especially if it's that much faster. It would get that much more expensive and I'd get that much more screwed that much harder that much sooner.
Pick your service provider first--based on the service you want and the service they have at the prices they provide. Pick your device secondarily.
(I also think the AirRave is weak sauce)
You did your best, you tried your hardest. You can't win every one.
Yeah Thanks. I am in kind of a bind now though. I paid $800 to break my contract with Tmo because Amazon was giving away 1cent phones which would save me the same 800 on 4 lines. Now that sprint fell though, and verizon's phone selection blows I feel like I just wasted $800...
Ghost117 said:
Yeah Thanks. I am in kind of a bind now though. I paid $800 to break my contract with Tmo because Amazon was giving away 1cent phones which would save me the same 800 on 4 lines. Now that sprint fell though, and verizon's phone selection blows I feel like I just wasted $800...
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Verizon has nexus no??
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Verizon will have nexus eventually but not yet, and that means for the next while I am stuck without any phones at all...
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So I just broke my contract with T-Mobile because I was fed up with them and came over to Sprint. The nice people at the store promised me that I would have service and WiMax at home and at work, but sadly it is not looking great right now.
At home the phone is roaming the whole time, which is ridiculous because that means I am limited to 300mb of data a month and it is slow data at that. At work I have the same problem and don't even get roaming data.
So I was wondering what the recommendation would be here. I've rooted my e4gt but have not torched the modem yet. Is it worth while to try to flash a different modem (EK02 maybe) and see if that helps, knowing that I will not be able to flash back to EG30? Will flashing a different modem be any sort of problem if I try to return the phone?
Or am I completely screwed and have to go crawling back to T-mo?
Thanks,
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A new modem can improve coverage consistency, but it is not likely to give your coverage where coverage did not exist previously, that requires new towers.
IN ANY CASE, DO NOT FLASH ANY MODEM OTHER THATN EK02 UNLESS YOU LIKE NOT GETTING OS UPDATES.
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IN ANY CASE, DO NOT FLASH ANY MODEM OTHER THATN EK02 UNLESS YOU LIKE NOT GETTING OS UPDATES.
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While a safe bet that's not entirely accurate.
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daneurysm said:
While a safe bet that's not entirely accurate.
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Lol sometimes it is better to over exaggerate, otherwise people don't listen and end up posting in 20 threads "why is this update failing?"
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Ghost117 said:
Verizon will have nexus eventually but not yet, and that means for the next while I am stuck without any phones at all...
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Maybe someone will want to buy it or do a trade+cash so you wont feel like its a total loss. I have heard some horror stories about Sprint's network but damn it seems like its been a total bust for you which is unfortunate since you paid $800 to get out of old contract
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JohnCorleone said:
Maybe someone will want to buy it or do a trade+cash so you wont feel like its a total loss. I have heard some horror stories about Sprint's network but damn it seems like its been a total bust for you which is unfortunate since you paid $800 to get out of old contract
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ill give you 100$ for an et4g...
You paid $800 for an early termination fee?!
First of all, i got 2 et4gs kicked off of sprint for too much roaming. Prl 0001 plus 1channel, and 1 or 2 movies a day did it... I was well over 10 gigs roaming! But i wanted to get out of my contract, so "mission accomplished".. Sprint gave me till jan. 4th to find a new carrier. How nice of them...
Next, after doing some research via google, Boost seemed to be my best option.. I literally had to put bits and pieces from other people's tutorials to make this work for our ET4Gs... Should i put their work together, and make a tutorial for us? i would definately give thanks and credit... The only thing that doesnt work is 4g. Everything else works better, and $50 a month, $5 off every 6 months? Yeeeeees
my speeds are slow when im home but i use wifi. But everywhere else, from a block up the street, throughout the whole city of des moines iowa, my speeds are way faster... No explanation why... But here goes nothing http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419488
I would like to see it
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I could use a tutorial.
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What are your 3G speeds like on Boost? Are they faster? I would definitely be interested in a tutorial!
Isnt Boost Sprint's baby?
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Isnt Boost Sprint's baby?
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Yes it is.
I wouldn't expect anything to be BETTER about this switch other than the pricing.
i put an e4gt on boost last night. had some help from people around here, but a nice walk through would be great.
i say give consumers as much as possible. carriers are trying to rip us off.
Hmmmm... This is interesting, I shall be curious to see how 3g speeds are with Boost.
Isriam said:
i put an e4gt on boost last night. had some help from people around here, but a nice walk through would be great.
i say give consumers as much as possible. carriers are trying to rip us off.
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my speeds are slow when im home but i use wifi. But everywhere else, from a block up the street, throughout the whole city of des moines iowa, my speeds are way faster... No explanation why... But here goes nothing http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419488
"slow" and "way faster" are pretty vauge terms. Can you run speed test and give us actuals?
Thanks!
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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ddrt said:
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.
Overstew said:
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.
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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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.
How can I connect to Verizon data rooming ? If possible please point me to Verizon PRL hack - please do not point me to search option, I am already lost.
I believe you're looking for this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893&highlight=prl
or this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1521343&highlight=prl
Thank you. I am trying to use a lot of Verizon data and hopefully stupid sprint will kick me out? Any suggestions how to get this (when kicked termination fee can't be applied) ?
Last 3 weeks my service is horrible (not to mentioned previous never resolved problems), went thru 4 different troubleshooting process (each about 2 hours). Phones are acting crazier than ever after sprint had me do those steps, and I am still paying FULL price for service that is not working for almost month.
Best way to get kicked out.. prl hack, huge downloads... just give me suggestion?
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I believe you're looking for this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893&highlight=prl
or this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1521343&highlight=prl
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The first link he gave you is exactly what to do... I am running the 11119 prl and it absolutely lets you have 3g in roam if you use the app called roam control which you will have to buy. Don't bother trying a warez version cause it won't work! My job has Verizon repeaters indoors that blow away any chance of getting a sprint signal. It won't take long for you to get booted if you try. I really do everything I can to keep data to a minimum and it's hard to stay under 200 megs roam a month. People say 300 is the threshold but who knows. just go to distrowatch.com and download a few DVD ISO files and you'll be well on your way to packing your bags me thinks. LOL
Thanks! I am giving them last chance until Monday, and if not taken care of by than - I simple will setup this and download myself couple of linux distribution by wifi-tether