Can I get out of my contract from a lack of service? - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

I live in an area that should apparently be inundated with 4G LTE. Well I can walk around and get nothing but 3G and and mind blowing slow speeds at that. Since the service ahould be in my area and Sprint fails to deliver is that grounds to get out of my contract? Its not just my phone, my girlfriendhas the same and gets slow speeds as well.
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No you can't get out of a contract for slow speeds of any kind. But you can upload a prl that will make you roam constantly and they will cut you off for roaming too much. Or take it to a store and have them check it out.
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Incredibly slow 3g with full bars!!!

I just recently purchased an epic 4g touch on sprint with their unlimited plan and every where I go I usually get full bars but still can't go faster than 9kb/s once I hit around 30 but over been hearing people get around 200-300 anyone know what I can do to increase my speeds. Also note I don't have 4g in my area so that's not an option
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That is normal Sprint speed....
But seriously, try going to a Sprint store. Checking your phone side by side with their model Epic 4G Touch.
Thanks I might try that gotta revert to a stock rom tho. Also my parents had crappy Samsung intercepts and i saw about 100-150 KB/s so it might be my phone
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I think the signal bars prioritize 1x (aka 2G) for phone signal, rather than actual data speeds. I also heard signal strength isn't as big of a concern with CDMA as it is with GSM. (Meaning CDMA can reach farther, I think.)
Well is there anything I can do cause phone calls and texting work great its the data connection that slows down it took 2 solid days downloading to get grand theft auto 3 lol I really want this to work better for tethering I don't have wifi
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Tapatos said:
Well is there anything I can do cause phone calls and texting work great its the data connection that slows down it took 2 solid days downloading to get grand theft auto 3 lol I really want this to work better for tethering I don't have wifi
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Has Sprint's signal always been...lacking there? Or has it suddenly gotten that bad? My guess if it you used to have good speeds, then there must be an outage somewhere. You can try all of the 3G and 4G modifications to see if they work better. Also flashing each modem 1 by 1 and testing each one can help some. But overall, you wont see much of an improvement because signal usually has to do with Sprint's end.
Haven't tried flashing each modem but ive done modifications to my 3g settings ive even tried going into data programming and changing the port it connects to. Sprints coverage might have degraded out here it wasn't too great to begin with I get stuck in roaming alot lately
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Yep that's sprint for ya. They will tell you its because they have so many customers and all of them are abusing the network.
So I wonder how att and Verizon manage to have better speeds.
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I just remembered. Sprint offers airaves to people with bad signal at home. An airave hooks up to your riuter or modem and broadcasts sprint signal within a few hundred feet. I'd suggest asking Sprint for one. I also heard you can use them as an upgrade line when you want a new phone. Lol
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I can tell you why your getting terrible speeds... Its the people who tether their phones to play call of duty and for their daily internet connection on the computer.
Nothing we can do about it until sprint terminates some contracts early for violating the terms of service and refusal to comply.
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You can check the following thread, see if tweaking your system settings can help you out :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22782739#post22782739
You can just download the file to SD Card and flash it in CWM ... very easy.
Mattix724 said:
I can tell you why your getting terrible speeds... Its the people who tether their phones to play call of duty and for their daily internet connection on the computer.
Nothing we can do about it until sprint terminates some contracts early for violating the terms of service and refusal to comply.
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Yeah sure buddy, tell me what year sprint had great speeds because I been with sprint for 11 years and they were always crap. Stop believing the hype
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Lol seems like everyone's having a bad time with them ill try asking for one of those airave things but will they charge me out the ass for it?
EDIT: Just tried that flashable cwm file and it helped a little combined with a proxy tweak I'm getting around 20-50kb now
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This is a big part to it
Mattix724 said:
I can tell you why your getting terrible speeds... Its the people who tether their phones to play call of duty and for their daily internet connection on the computer.
Nothing we can do about it until sprint terminates some contracts early for violating the terms of service and refusal to comply.
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Well I don't see how they can play call of duty with 3g lmao but I do see the point about using it as a permanent internet connection I guess I have to wait for sprint to get 4g out here but that probly wont be for a while
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Sprint LTE Coverage map

Saw this on Engadget and I am happy to at least see my area will be covered eventually. Check it out or not.....Enjoy
http://tinyurl.com/888mbhx
Network Vision/LTE Deployment Running List
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Holy batwings, it looks like my area will actually be covered; although I'll believe it when I see it. lol
Haha, LTE in my little rural western PA, that gets me pretty psyched.
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Makes me think twice about the Nexus....just becuz.. I know my Epic is better but I got multiple lines and would love to compare speeds
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Saw this and cussed a little. Central VA ignored again. Knew WiMax wan'tt happening but figured with several Universities and Government installations around maybe LTE would make it here.
Thanks Sprint.
but you'll get roaming lte. better than nothing i suppose.
Niiiice. All of Maryland is covered.
Now I just need that blasted Galaxy Nexus...
why the gnex... give sprint like 2 months and get the one x seriously the gnex is so far behind even compaired to our phones.
sweet my area is in there....looks like my contract will be up next year so plenty of time to get an lte phone
I thougth when they dropped clearwire things would slow down?
my part of Arizona is covered
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I thougth when they dropped clearwire things would slow down?
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Clearwire was never dropped. You might be mistaken with Lightsquare.. Sprint always planed on building its own LTE network. Clearwire and Lightsquare are just extra support.
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There is no roam agreement for lte and won't be unless the FCC mandates it .... Just like VZW doesn't let you roam 3g but certain circumstances....
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There is no roam agreement for lte and won't be unless the FCC mandates it .... Just like VZW doesn't let you roam 3g but certain circumstances....
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They should.
I'm really surprised that it isn't a much larger area considering that Network Vision was supposed to bring LTE to every tower on Sprint's network and their network coverage was supposed to expand pretty significantly with the Network Vision project.
We'll see.
Am I missing something? Do they consolidate areas in some weird arrangement? The state lines are really f'd up can somebody explain this to me?
Based on this though I'm good since I live in Kansas, specifically Overland Park
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Am I missing something? Do they consolidate areas in some weird arrangement? The state lines are really f'd up can somebody explain this to me?
Based on this though I'm good since I live in Kansas, specifically Overland Park
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Your in sprint HQ do you think you don't already have lte...., that would be like Microsoft not having the internet
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Epix4G said:
There is no roam agreement for lte and won't be unless the FCC mandates it .... Just like VZW doesn't let you roam 3g but certain circumstances....
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but sprint lets you roam 3g. i do it all the time. though true i dont know anything if there is a roaming lte. just going off the map.
How is roaming gonna work?
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but sprint lets you roam 3g. i do it all the time. though true i dont know anything if there is a roaming lte. just going off the map.
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Sprint has roaming agreements with the major carriers VZW etc but they don't allow roaming 3g but on certain prl ....so that is why people hack PRls to allow 3g like the 11115 corporate prl allows 3g in certain areas .... But most roaming on VZW is 1x
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wtf happend to michigan lol

[Q] Slow 4G Speed

I was wondering if anyone else in a 4G area had sucky speeds today? Here's what I had today and I'm normally running between 6-10mbps. Today's speed tests ranged from 0.5-2mbps.
Okay where the heck are you at???? Its all a matter of location. Might be setting up lte.
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I had wondered that myself. I live in Nashville and we're rumored to get LTE pretty soon, but that sucks for anyone with a WiMax phone that isn't up for an upgrade. I personally buy and resell phones all the time. I'll get whatever gets me the fastest speeds.
I live in Nashville too and I get both slow and fast speeds depending on if im at home or at church. It could be your location or towers
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In cedar park texas.. close to austin. =]
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Net speeds in north Ga

Ok so I have had this phone for a few weeks. Tried every radio my signal is get but on a speed test best I have got is 35k down and upload will not even test!!!! I can send pic msg cause the connection is to slow. I can surf the net but it tajes forever.. is there sumin i am missing?
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Ya depending where you are there isn't even T-Mobile service up there. If there is it's only the slowest edge version. Your in vzw territory.
Casperi
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casperi said:
Ya depending where you are there isn't even T-Mobile service up there. If there is it's only the slowest edge version. Your in vzw territory.
Casperi
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I second this. You must be in Verizon land. I was up in Tocoa not too long ago and had to fight to get a signal. You can see from my sig that I get decent speeds. That was an old test I did with my HD2 about a year ago. I get MUCH faster speeds now with my SGS2.
Yup all gsm coverage ends at 400/60 at the shell station. Beyond that the only place you will catch a stray signal is at the top of blood mountain on hwy 129. Anyway from dilangoga "sp" is all vzw. You lose a signal again if your on vzw going out of town and.then pick it up again for a few when u get into suches. Then lose it until you get into the most corrupt police town in the US Blairsvile.
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Thanks for noting Sprint!

I'm at the Austin, TX ACL music festival, and and Sprint is worthless! Sure I have signal.... But I can't text, and can't make calls, and the internet does NOT work on 3g or 4g LTE. My friends have a mix of Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile... They have no problems with anything... Except for the AT&T... They have intermittent problems....
When you walk around and look around, everyone BUT Sprint brought in temporary towers to provide service for the festival. Sprint has a nearby tower that gives me 3-5 bars, and but it's FAR overloaded. There are 75k people here today, give or take...
All I'm saying Sprint, is would it kill you to bring in a temporary tower or 2 for the 3 day music festival of 100k people or so...?
Ok...... Sorry for my rant..... I'm getting fed up with nothing working...
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Do they have a first aid station? Sounds like you need to find the waaaaaahmbulance.
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Lol! Ya, they do.... Maybe they have some kotex
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Orrr change carriers. Reading all these "Boo Sprint" threads are getting old. If you don't like it, move on!
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phqchevys said:
I'm at the Austin, TX ACL music festival, and and Sprint is worthless! Sure I have signal.... But I can't text, and can't make calls, and the internet does NOT work on 3g or 4g LTE. My friends have a mix of Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile... They have no problems with anything... Except for the AT&T... They have intermittent problems....
When you walk around and look around, everyone BUT Sprint brought in temporary towers to provide service for the festival. Sprint has a nearby tower that gives me 3-5 bars, and but it's FAR overloaded. There are 75k people here today, give or take...
All I'm saying Sprint, is would it kill you to bring in a temporary tower or 2 for the 3 day music festival of 100k people or so...?
Ok...... Sorry for my rant..... I'm getting fed up with nothing working...
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At the big golf tournaments here in Florida or at any Football stadium, the towers are always oversaturated. In some markets, AT&T provide Sprint's backhaul so it's possible those were related.
I have nothing against sprint. I love them and have had them ever since the early 90's. I just think they could have been a bit more proactive..... Like there competitors were...
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Wait... so you are on XDA and on the SG3 with Sprint and you didn't think to change your PRL to a Verizon PRL to get signal and 3G? You deserve to have the issues you have cause you had every opportunity to address the problem before hand and during the festival.
This is a big FAIL!!!
phqchevys said:
I'm at the Austin, TX ACL music festival, and and Sprint is worthless! Sure I have signal.... But I can't text, and can't make calls, and the internet does NOT work on 3g or 4g LTE. My friends have a mix of Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile... They have no problems with anything... Except for the AT&T... They have intermittent problems....
When you walk around and look around, everyone BUT Sprint brought in temporary towers to provide service for the festival. Sprint has a nearby tower that gives me 3-5 bars, and but it's FAR overloaded. There are 75k people here today, give or take...
All I'm saying Sprint, is would it kill you to bring in a temporary tower or 2 for the 3 day music festival of 100k people or so...?
Ok...... Sorry for my rant..... I'm getting fed up with nothing working...
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Its ok. Sprint defence force is out and about today. Sprint sucks..I have to flash a roaming prl for decent speeds. Def waiting for that letter.
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I just wanted to make a funny joke, not being insulting. I will note that at a recent major sporting event in an LTE market I was getting 1mbps down on my GS2 on 3g (unfortunately was there a week before I got my GS3). Others in my group on other carriers were getting the typical sporting event zilch. I am hoping this is a sign of things to come.
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Sounds like its your device. You wrote "My friends have a mix of Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile... They have no problems with anything... Except for the AT&T... They have intermittent problems"
So your friends with Sprint didnt have problem. But yet you did.. So seems to be your device and not Sprint.
Unless you meant to say your friends with Sprint ALSO had problems.. in which case the network operated normally. It was a festival with over loading. It happens.
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Wait... so you are on XDA and on the SG3 with Sprint and you didn't think to change your PRL to a Verizon PRL to get signal and 3G? You deserve to have the issues you have cause you had every opportunity to address the problem before hand and during the festival.
This is a big FAIL!!!
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Lmao
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