So I currently own both e4gt and gs3 on Sprint and I'm tempted to make the jump to Metro since they have lte in my area and Sprint won't have it till Q2 of next year ; I'm hesitated because I love flashing roms and there isn't a specific forum for the device. Could someone give me some advice on it? TIA :beer:
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radrian92 said:
So I currently own both e4gt and gs3 on Sprint and I'm tempted to make the jump to Metro since they have lte in my area and Sprint won't have it till Q2 of next year ; I'm hesitated because I love flashing roms and there isn't a specific forum for the device. Could someone give me some advice on it? TIA :beer:
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Since the phone is really a sprint device I'd assume the sprint roms would work on a flashed gs3. If 4G works after the phone is flashed I'd love to know because sprint's data speeds are despicable
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nbeebe24 said:
Since the phone is really a sprint device I'd assume the sprint roms would work on a flashed gs3. If 4G works after the phone is flashed I'd love to know because sprint's data speeds are despicable
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I wouldn't flash it over to Metro since I wouldn't have 4g lte. I'd sell both sg2&sg3 and buy the Metro gs3. I'm just wondering what ROM I could flash.
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radrian92 said:
I wouldn't flash it over to Metro since I wouldn't have 4g lte. I'd sell both sg2&sg3 and buy the Metro gs3. I'm just wondering what ROM I could flash.
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Oh... I didn't know metro was going to be carrying it. If the hardware is the same as the us variants (dual core 1.5 and 2 gigs ram) I would try one of those. The first hurdle is getting root access
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Is there any way to increase data speeds on the GN on sprint? I have horrible speeds I'm in Miami and on CM9 nighty here is a screenshot.
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Yes, there is: use the phone in the early morning or late at night.
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joshnichols189 said:
Yes, there is: use the phone in the early morning or late at night.
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Sounds about right ^^
I just moved from sprint to T-Mobile and I couldn't be any happier
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I need to find a way out of my contract are data speeds a good reason? Anyone know a good reason
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godefoy said:
I need to find a way out of my contract are data speeds a good reason? Anyone know a good reason
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When did you start your contract and if you keep pushing it you can but is a lot calls for it to get you out free in the other hand the price of the GN should be enough to get out of ETF( that's what I did)
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I need to find a way out of my contract are data speeds a good reason? Anyone know a good reason
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http://lifehacker.com/5913869/how-t...hone-contract-without-paying-termination-fees
i just renewed last month. dam so sell the phone for 300 and that should pay the eft fee.
As has been posted here and all over the web several thousand times, Sprint's 3G data speeds are terrible pretty much nationwide. They have a few markets that are ok, but many aren't
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i just renewed last month. dam so sell the phone for 300 and that should pay the eft fee.
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Well you could get closed to 400$ but I would try to see if sprints lets you go without fee
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Yeah dude ur in Miami and ppl here hate sprint since its slow as fuuuuh
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flash a Verizon prl on your phone and consume alot of data and sprint will boot you after a month or two of alot of roaming etf free. Its what I am doing.
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flash a Verizon prl on your phone and consume alot of data and sprint will boot you after a month or two of alot of roaming etf free. Its what I am doing.
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Yeah that sounds good too
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I would do that as well. But I have three phones on one account and that means buying all new phones and 2gnexs and an epic 4g won't pay for new phones and contracts. Unfortunately I'll have to deal with it. Until LTE hits me. At least I hope it does.
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when you sell your sprint phones when they cancel your service it will more than cover your new phones. You would actually come out ahead a little.
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Yeah I think I'm going the straight talk route.
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Or att go phone
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brekec88 said:
Or att go phone
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AT&T GoPhone is one of the worst choices for prepaid smartphones.
Unlocked gsm nexus might wait until thanksgiving for the new 5 nexus devices
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this is precisely why i'm leaving Sprint and going to T-Mobile. the 4G Wimax is fast (5000kbps) but none of the newer Sprint phones are using Wimax anymore and Sprint's 3G is crawling at <500kbps. Can't wait to activate my nexus on T-Mobile when my SIM comes in!
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AT&T GoPhone is one of the worst choices for prepaid smartphones.
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The only problem I had with it was on the unlimited everything plan for $50, they booted me when they found out I wasn't using a dumb phone but that was after trying to download a ROM haha. Switching to another European phone put data right back on.
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I'm using an at&t galaxy s2 unlocked for use on T-Mobile with a very nice JB ROM and can't seem to find a suitable radio to get 4g speed.
I was using the blaze radio when I was on ICS ROMS and got very fast 4g speeds, however now I'm on JB, I would like to have back a 4g connection. I'm in the Atlanta area, and travel to Florida gulf coast area for business twice a week and really need a good connection on the road.
Anyone...
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I'm using an at&t galaxy s2 unlocked for use on T-Mobile with a very nice JB ROM and can't seem to find a suitable radio to get 4g speed.
I was using the blaze radio when I was on ICS ROMS and got very fast 4g speeds, however now I'm on JB, I would like to have back a 4g connection. I'm in the Atlanta area, and travel to Florida gulf coast area for business twice a week and really need a good connection on the road.
Anyone...
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Your in the wrong section my nig... Go to q&a before scorpion does his fatality on you
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Your in the wrong section my nig... Go to q&a before scorpion does his fatality on you
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For some reason, this made me laugh SO HARD. Bravo, sir :thumbup:
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Thanks... but I desperately need help, and was hoping to get an answer here
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Thanks... but I desperately need help, and was hoping to get an answer here
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No bro, this is for development ONLY. You have a question , go to Q&A. Pm a mod to move it.
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You are using a skyrocket on T-Mobile. Are you looking for lte or T-Mobile hspa+? T-Mobile does not have lte yet. Doesn't matter what radio you use that works with the skyrocket you'll never get lte on T-Mobile.
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You are using a skyrocket on T-Mobile. Are you looking for lte or T-Mobile hspa+? T-Mobile does not have lte yet. Doesn't matter what radio you use that works with the skyrocket you'll never get lte on T-Mobile.
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funny....but I've been getting 4g when using ICS ROMS on the same phone on T-Mobile, as a matter of fact, I've never used this phone on at&t
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Are you asking about 4glte or 3g+ what T-Mobile refers to as 4g?
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Usually on unlocked phones using a different carrier you only get edge.. your lucky if you even got 3g
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Usually on unlocked phones using a different carrier you only get edge.. your lucky if you even got 3g
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Well this is wrong. A lot of the new quad and penta bands gets 3g+ on any network.
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Are you asking about 4glte or 3g+ what T-Mobile refers to as 4g?
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Ok, I really just need to know what radios are available, and where I can find them, and I'll try to see which one works best for me in my area.... maybe I'd just go back to ICS and the blaze radio, and be done with it, cause I seem to be getting nowhere with this 3g 4g lte, conversation, beginning to feel sorry that I asked
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For those of you using straight talk are we allowed to bring our galaxy nexus' onto their carrier? I really can't afford to get rid of this baby
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vince7 said:
For those of you using straight talk are we allowed to bring our galaxy nexus' onto their carrier? I really can't afford to get rid of this baby
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As long as it is a GSM Nexus, then yes. They use either ATT or TMobile towers.
This thread might help you also:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455014
Well I have the Verizon model so I assume they won't let me?
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Well I have the Verizon model so I assume they won't let me?
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CDMA does not work on GSM. period.
Damn that really sucks
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So this Verizon phone will only work on a Verizon network?
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So this Verizon phone will only work on a Verizon network?
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yes.
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So this Verizon phone will only work on a Verizon network?
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You could try and flash it to cricket, boost mobile, Virgin mobile, page plus, etc. Some people have seemed to get it to work.
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brooksyx said:
You could try and flash it to cricket, boost mobile, Virgin mobile, page plus, etc. Some people have seemed to get it to work.
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Do I do this myself or do I ask them to do it?
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Do I do this myself or do I ask them to do it?
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This is something you will need to do yourself. There are a few tutorials floating around here.
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This is something you will need to do yourself. There are a few tutorials floating around here.
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Thank you very much I saw a tutorial for cricket and I might do that
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OK so for final thoughts I can either sell this phone and get the international galaxy nexus for straight talk or flash this current phone with a carrier such as cricket yes?
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OK so for final thoughts I can either sell this phone and get the international galaxy nexus for straight talk or flash this current phone with a carrier such as cricket yes?
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Basically yes.
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For those of you using straight talk are we allowed to bring our galaxy nexus' onto their carrier? I really can't afford to get rid of this baby
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Yes you can bring any AT&T or T-Mobile compatible device to Straight Talk. Just choose at the time of order whether you want AT&T or T-Mobile service. The GSM GNex can do either one.
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OK so for final thoughts I can either sell this phone and get the international galaxy nexus for straight talk or flash this current phone with a carrier such as cricket yes?
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Basically those are your two options. Considering you won't get LTE when you leave Verizon, and its a huge hassle to flash, I'd just sell it buy a GSM model and put it on a GSM prepaid carrier. Faster speeds and less hassle on your end.
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Yes you can bring any AT&T or T-Mobile compatible device to Straight Talk. Just choose at the time of order whether you want AT&T or T-Mobile service. The GSM GNex can do either one.
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Basically those are your two options. Considering you won't get LTE when you leave Verizon, and its a huge hassle to flash, I'd just sell it buy a GSM model and put it on a GSM prepaid carrier. Faster speeds and less hassle on your end.
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Is it really a huge hassle? I've never heard of anyone doing it
And also cricket has very cheap unlimited data plans for are the plans like for the per paid card?
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Is it really a huge hassle? I've never heard of anyone doing it
And also cricket has very cheap unlimited data plans for are the plans like for the per paid card?
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Ya its a big hassle when compared to just buying a Straight Talk (or any other carrier) SIM and just putting it in the phone.
Not to mention that on Cricket you'll be stuck on EVDO 3G, which is quite slow often.
Where can I check out gsm pre paid cards? Are these expensive and have 4g speeds?
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And does straight talk have close to 4g? And I keep seeing hspa what is that?
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And does straight talk have close to 4g? And I keep seeing hspa what is that?
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I have at&t straight talk and I get hspa+ speeds a lot. Some people call it 4g. I would consider it like 3.5g. But I can pull like 4Mb down, which is fast enough for me
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Where can I check out gsm pre paid cards? Are these expensive and have 4g speeds?
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Check out the massive prepaid thread. Popular options right now are T-Mobile Monthly 4G, Straight Talk, Simple Mobile and Net10.
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And does straight talk have close to 4g? And I keep seeing hspa what is that?
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You get HSPA+, the faster-than-normal-3G connection. Plenty of info out there about it. No LTE on prepaid carriers just yet. The GSM Galaxy Nexus doesn't have LTE either way though, so the only way you'll get LTE is to go Verizon (or Sprint lol).
Speeds will be dependent on your area and network saturation. YMMV, I'd expect 2-7mbps down / 1-4mbps up.
Do you guys think that the Nexus 4 will come available to sprint or metro pcs?
I understand that the different frequencies of the carriers may be different but I wasn't sure if that was even a correct idea.
Thoughts?
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No, MPCS won't bother putting out a Smartphone of that caliber for the price they would sell it for without supporting LTE. Sprint probably won't either unless they end up releasing an LTE version in the future.
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Google didn't want to deal with CDMA networks to begin with, sprint and Verizon proofed they aren't ready to handle a nexus phone! In a few years, once sprint or Verizon change there ways, Google might consider making another CDMA nexus.
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Do you guys think that the Nexus 4 will come available to sprint or metro pcs?
I understand that the different frequencies of the carriers may be different but I wasn't sure if that was even a correct idea.
Thoughts?
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No and I think this thread will get locked.
No Lte support no go for most carriers, hspa is fast but sprint don't support it.
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Today I am going to flash my phone to cricket. Will I be able to still flash sprint Roms or will I have to get special ones ? Will it also mess with the flashing to Cricket ?
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Try this link http://www.cricketusers.com/root-re...flash-cricket-rom-onto-flashed-sprint-s3.html
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Hmm didn't really answer my questions
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Hmm didn't really answer my questions
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The link was just to a forum that supports Sprint phones on cricket. There might be some help some place on the site.
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So I'm gonna have to say bye bye to all these awesome ROMS ? ))))':
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answered in your other thread
Isn't flashing phones illegal making this thread a discussion of an illegal hack this banned by xda rules?
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Isn't flashing phones illegal making this thread a discussion of an illegal hack this banned by xda rules?
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I think the difference (and it's subtle) is that he's asking about flashing Sprint Roms once he's flashed his phone to Cricket, not the actual process of flashing to Cricket.
If he were asking fora guide to flash to Cricket, then yes, I'd say that this thread would be against XDA rules.
nothing illegal about flashing to cricket at all as cricket accepts foreign ESN's. So no need do clone change or do anything else to your MEID which is illegal
Has anyone on here flashed a GSIII to Cricket yet and if so are you in an LTE area? I have a GSIII that I am not using and would like to use for business only and want maybe use it on Cricket. I dont really want to pay Sprint $30 more bucks plus taxes to add it to my current account when I still have no LTE coverage.
ive got a flashed s3 no lte however because the cricket s3 uses a sim for LTE like verizon model does.