[Q] Is there a way to roam on Cricket instead of Verizon? - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

I was wondering if there was a prI I could use that would allow me to roam on Cricket instead of Verizon. The reason being is that I currently have tried all of the prl's I could find and I always get put on Verizon 1x. My sprint service is horrible until 3am then it is average. I get a great signal with the Verizon tower but the speed is still very slow. My wife has an Epic 4g also but it is flashed to cricket and she gets amazing 3g speeds where I live. I would just flash my phone to Cricket but I am very close to my upgrade and I am probably moving back to the city in 4 months or so, where I get great Sprint 3g and 4g speeds. I've searched everywhere. I hope someone has a suggestion for me other than getting WiFi lol. I just can't afford it until I move.
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Here is the Verizon tower info.
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Here is Verizon speed test. I tried to do a Sprint one for comparison but I kept getting network connection issue so I gave up. I was frustrated! Lol
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1am Sprint speed.
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Sprint 4g where I'm moving!
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Network slow

Since switching from tmobile I notice that the sprint network is noticeably slower with 3g and 4g speeds. Will any ROM or any setting help Boost speeds and or connectivity?
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There is a network fix zip somewhere around here. I know its included in StrongSteves Rom but honestly Sprint is just slow and there really isn't anything imitation can do that is going to dramatically increase your speeds. Welcome to Sprint. Lol
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4g on sprint

Okay so on my wife's epic 4g running cm9 under the settings there is a 4g section and her toggle wimax works. On this phone on the same rom I don't have that option. And the wimax toggle doesn't work. Is this just temporary or does this phone really not get wimax. Cuz I don't get lte where I live and 3g is so slow.
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Yes, the Galaxy Nexus doesn't have WiMax, its not just your ROM. It has EVDO (3G) and LTE (4G). Since LTE isn't even starting to launch for a couple more months, expect to keep waiting.
twilightvanquisher said:
Okay so on my wife's epic 4g running cm9 under the settings there is a 4g section and her toggle wimax works. On this phone on the same rom I don't have that option. And the wimax toggle doesn't work. Is this just temporary or does this phone really not get wimax. Cuz I don't get lte where I live and 3g is so slow.
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You seriously are saying you bought the phone and didn't know it would not do wimax ? Don't think there is very much wimax in phoenix either...as I live at 75th and mcdowell....can't say that there is much 4g just a couple places that I ever connected and so spotty not really usable
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Speed

What speed are you going on 4g? I about to sign up for sprint from boost and was thinking s2 or s3. I'm in Baltimore and I know lte isn't here yet so I'm waiting to see. My deposit is 50 bucks and a s2 is $50 and a s3 is $150
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In LA- I get around 16-20 MBA
In San Bernadino, I only get about 11mbs
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St Louis on a s2(4G wimax). Personally, I'd get an s3 and wait for lte though.
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Wtf are u talking about?? I travel ALL over LA and the best iv seen us 8mb...the usual is like 3-5..
derrickmd18 said:
What speed are you going on 4g? I about to sign up for sprint from boost and was thinking s2 or s3. I'm in Baltimore and I know lte isn't here yet so I'm waiting to see. My deposit is 50 bucks and a s2 is $50 and a s3 is $150
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My 4G speeds has decreased greatly here in Delaware, I used to be able to get speeds as high as in my sig (10-12mb down on my OG Evo), but since I had my 3D & now this phone its much lower, but right now I'm getting better speeds at home where I used to get horrible speeds as posted in this pic. One more thing, get the GS3 cuz Bmore will have LTE hopefully within the month or sooner.
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Are all of you guys on WiMax? Wtf haha... I get like 3.5 Mbps MAX in Chicago
The 4-8 Mbps are 4g speeds. 8Mbps when close to tower. The latest test is from somewhere I never get 4g. Tests in columbus, ohio
Here are mine in St. Paul, MN
Here's my result from 4G testing in Boston:
iniz94 said:
Are all of you guys on WiMax? Wtf haha... I get like 3.5 Mbps MAX in Chicago
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Lol yeah I'm on WiMax, & its a damn joke, shat my girl get way better speeds (6-8 down) on her Skyrocket using Straight Talk on AT&Terrible's network
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What is 4G/Wimax? Sprint in PR doesn't have that. :banghead:
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These are my 4g wimax speeds down here in Miami
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These are mostly from my house out in the burbs or nearby in evening. Also one test is 3g on there. 4g speeds will vary quite a bit. I get lower when I'm in Austin on weekdays.
No more wimax for me but I used to get a good 10-12mbps
But 3g is decent now it was unbearable a month ago
Both xda and imgur are being stupid so here's a link
http://imgur.com/wGL4c
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3g is like 200kbps. 4g about 5mbps but kills my battery and makes my phone hot as hell. Sucks. Can't wait till Lte
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No 4G service here in the USVI. Service has also been horrible lately. About 8-20Kbs during peak hours and 50-90Kbs during off peak hours. It unbearable and makes the smartphone experience suck compared to the continental US. The voice service also sounds like I am under water on over 50% of St. Croix.
Snazarian said:
Wtf are u talking about?? I travel ALL over LA and the best iv seen us 8mb...the usual is like 3-5..
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I get great speeds in west Hollywood and this is all trough the day. Same near Santa Monica and Venice beach.
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derrickmd18 said:
What speed are you going on 4g? I about to sign up for sprint from boost and was thinking s2 or s3. I'm in Baltimore and I know lte isn't here yet so I'm waiting to see. My deposit is 50 bucks and a s2 is $50 and a s3 is $150
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I would say go with the s3, the wait is not that much longer for LTE
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piscesjoey said:
Lol yeah I'm on WiMax, & its a damn joke, shat my girl get way better speeds (6-8 down) on her Skyrocket using Straight Talk on AT&Terrible's network
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Same here in Atlanta....my 4g is like 3-4mbs.. not even close to 10 !
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For me in good areas I get up to 2 mbps down on 3g and up to 13 mbps down on 4g.

|Q| No 4G LTE with Sprint

I can't get 4G LTE to connect with my GNEX. When I was on stock I got 4G LTE, since I rooted and started using ROMs I haven't been able to get 4G. I switch the data switch to LTE/CDMA and never get 4G. I tried updating my profile, prl, radio, everything. I get decent 3G speeds but just wanna know the reason why I don't get 4G. Is it the Roms? Or..
BTW I'm in San Antonio, Texas and we do have 4G LTE here.
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Was there last week and have been running a custom Ron since I first got the phone. Both of my gnex and my bros gnex got LTE. What rom?
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Thanks for the quick reply. I'm using Codename Android 3.3.0.
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melo1819 said:
Thanks for the quick reply. I'm using Codename Android 3.3.0.
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Well wasn't running it then but am now. Make a nandroid and flash jellybro? Try that see if that works. If so then CNA has an LTE issue.
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Will do that right now. Got time.
Hopefully it's just CNA.
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I was hoping it would connect to 4G right from install.. it didn't :/ Gonna use it all day, hopefully 4G connects, will update tonight.
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Could be just down for maintenance or something.
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Had 4G for like 2 minutes. Didn't get to test it thou.
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The lte towers in Texas are wonky as hell. I've had 4g on and off at my apt since July 10th or so but it never stays on. Search the market for an app called Sensorly. It is the most accurate LTE map I've come across. BTW I think sprint users should start getting on their asses about this. The whole reason I upgraded from epic is because they promised it in Dallas etc by the middle of July. But you can tell by lookin at the true coverage area that its just a joke to them.
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The lte towers in Texas are wonky as hell. I've had 4g on and off at my apt since July 10th or so but it never stays on. Search the market for an app called Sensorly. It is the most accurate LTE map I've come across. BTW I think sprint users should start getting on their asses about this. The whole reason I upgraded from epic is because they promised it in Dallas etc by the middle of July. But you can tell by lookin at the true coverage area that its just a joke to them.
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I thought all at least most of San Antonio would have 4G LTE. Sprint 3G speeds are fine, but every other main carrier has 4G. Sprint's slacking. On the coverage map for the 4G LTE all of San Antonio is highlighted. So untrue. I know it just launched and is still kinda new, but i haven't even gotten a chance to use it or test it.
We're from the same city! I thought I should just trow that in there! Flash back to stock and if it keeps happening just go to a sprint store
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sergioosvaldo1 said:
We're from the same city! I thought I should just trow that in there! Flash back to stock and if it keeps happening just go to a sprint store
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Does your 4G work?
And wooooooooooo, Go Spurs Go!
Sprint 4g LTE is working here in Houston
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I'm saying its not on at all.. but the coverage isn't anywhere near what it should be. At least in the dfdub.

Why am I only getting 1x speeds on custom ROMs?

I have a epic touch 4g flashed to cricket and I was on wondering why I get 1x on custom ROMs but stock ROMs are just fine. And when I do get 3g the data acts weird and cuts on and off.
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It might not be that you are even on 3G but sprint has this little habit of lying on their stock ROMs by making it so it always shows 3G even when connected to 1x. The devs on xda have made it so that in ROMs shows the true connection such 1x/3G.
A good way to verify while on stock is to go look on the about phone to see what you are connected to or use netmonitor/speedtest to see what connection you are on.
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I had a ROM they showed real speeds and I was on 3g. The ROM was basically a slightly modified stock though....
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another welcome to sprint thread.. my speeds are always at 1x no matter what rom/modem im on because of my area
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Well first crickets 3g doesn't work very well on sprint phones, if you want real 3g you need a cricket phone or be on Sprint.
Data does work on touchwiz roms though, and if you want aosp you have to flash a fix to get it to work on those, but it won't be even close to 3g unless your lucky.
If you don't have the fix its here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479175 use the ics one for ics and jb.
I've gotten 1.6 Mb/s download speed on aosp jb with Cricket, although average during the day is more like 800Kb/s. Area, PRL, signal strength, etc play a huge role as well.
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