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Looking forward to forcing roaming and dumping Sprint even though I love my ET4G

As much as I love my Epic Touch 4G, I won't miss Sprint's crappy data speeds one bit. I've never gotten even to 1mbit download speeds in any state I've travelled to. I work in Los Angeles (Downtown, Culver City, Marina Del Rey, Pacific Palisades, Century City, Brentwood, Westwood, Malibu, Gardena...) and I've never got one full mbit of download speeds any place I've travelled to in California, Connecticut, Texas, Nevada... So I don't think it is just once city that I'm paying for bad service but every place I need service.
I'm looking forward to breaking my contract with Sprint by forcing a Verizon PRL on my phone. I won't feel in the least bit guilty as in my opinion Sprint is throttling my data speeds every place I go and they claim they are delivering 4G but my phone can't ever stay connected with 4G. When it does actually stay connected to 4G for a couple of minutes I've never gotten more than 600k. I've tested other ET4Gs - all get the same speed where I need them to get good speed.
This video got me stoked (not because I want to replace my phone, just my crappy provider).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySymqERaHEA&feature=player_embedded#t=21s
I've never even downloaded 1 GB in a month of data so a 2GB plan with unlimited minutes will give me more minutes and much faster download speeds for the same price as I've given Sprint for so many years.
The Galaxy Nexus is a nice phone from what I can tell but it isn't the phone that makes me want to switch carriers, it is just Sprint that is driving me away.

Your so cool.
You know about PRL and how to do fancy stuff to your phone....wow
I wish I was like you.

Actually I wouldn't know how to force the PRL but for the HELPFUL people on this forum who post tips on things like this.
So again, I'd like to thank the people on this forum who help me get the most out of my phone!

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I'm currently doing this exact same thing. I have forced roaming on the phone and have been roaming since Friday all day long, but I just found out today about prl 1115 and roaming on 3g Verizon. will definitely have to do that tonight and hopefully I will be able to leave this terrible company in no time.

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NICE!!! If I could even get 1/4th of that speed where I use my phone, I wouldn't bother to switch.

I've been trying to trade my Epic for the AT&T version for a while.
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I've wanted to try this too, as im sick of their horrible service, but how long does it take for them to notice and cancel your contract?

When they cancel your service with you have to pay the cancellation fee since THEY booted you?
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When they cancel your service with you have to pay the cancellation fee since THEY booted you?
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No that is why I'd switch my PRL so they cancel my contract. Otherwise I'd just cancel my contract outright if the ETF was the same.

Lets be honest though, data isn't really up to par with T-Mobile or Verizon maybe. But they offer unlimited data and thats the only reason I'm still on it. 5gb cap from T-Mobile was not enough for me. Also don't we get charged for roaming?
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G1-evolve said:
Lets be honest though, data isn't really up to par with T-Mobile or Verizon maybe. But they offer unlimited data and thats the only reason I'm still on it. 5gb cap from T-Mobile was not enough for me. Also don't we get charged for roaming?
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I certainly understand people sticking with Sprint if they get good service.
In my area it is barely usable and I'd rather be offered a 50 gallon drum of water for a month than get all the water I can carry home as long as I only take it home one teaspoonful at a time. I average about .35mbit download speeds in all the areas I visit (some a little higher, some a little lower) and I've yet to lock onto strong 4G signal. One of the few times I locked was at LAX where I got about .8mbit download. I'll torrent on my cable where I get about 30mbit down so I don't exactly need that much data on my phone.
No charge for roaming on my contract. And I only average about 500-1000 megs per month so Verizon's 2Gbyte plan will leave me with PLENTY of headroom (I realize they have larger plans but 2 will be save me money and give me plenty of headroom).

Awsome another "Im leaving sprint" announcement thread. How many of these have I seen already? You forgot to say at the end how android sucks and your getting an iPhone.
T-mobile has the sgs2, I'd grab that one or the sensation XL.
Im debating doing the same thing, but I'll end up paying more for less incentives in the end.

if you were more of a data monger i would suggest you to wait it out for sprint to upgrade all its towers and switch to LTE because i believe we can be grandfathered into unlimited data. fortunately i recently got a tower upgrade in my area. i honestly used to get score btwn ~23kb to 200kb, but now im getting ~1mb down which is insane (lol) and all i ever need to perform the daily routine
check this out. you can search the cities you are in and see if they have any plans to upgrade towers near you
https://network.sprint.com/search/los+angelos,+Ca/
also, have you tried contacting Sprint about this? being a long-term customer they usually bend to your will if you call and complain to a manager, just threaten to cancel. they might let you off your contract hassle-free or at least give you some cash money towards ur bills until you drop them or something. i would give it a shot being that youre determined to leave anyway
hope this helps! and best of luck with whatever you decide to do

ImaWinRAR said:
if you were more of a data monger i would suggest you to wait it out for sprint to upgrade all its towers and switch to LTE because i believe we can be grandfathered into unlimited data. fortunately i recently got a tower upgrade in my area. i honestly used to get score btwn ~23kb to 200kb, but now im getting ~1mb down which is insane (lol) and all i ever need to perform the daily routine
check this out. you can search the cities you are in and see if they have any plans to upgrade towers near you
https://network.sprint.com/search/los+angelos,+Ca/
also, have you tried contacting Sprint about this? being a long-term customer they usually bend to your will if you call and complain to a manager, just threaten to cancel. they might let you off your contract hassle-free or at least give you some cash money towards ur bills until you drop them or something. i would give it a shot being that youre determined to leave anyway
hope this helps! and best of luck with whatever you decide to do
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Thanks. Sprint has been telling me for years that either they are upgrading towers in my area so that is why it is slow, they are having a problem with a tower in my area so that is why it is slow or just wait a month or so as they will be upgrading towers in my area. "I ain't fallin for no banana in my tailpipe again".
I agree, I will ask to leave nicely but I doubt Sprint will let me off just because they have crappy data service.
It is my fault for sticking with Sprint for so long, I have no one to blame but myself. I'll miss this phone as it is a great phone but in the 20 cities I've tried it in (switched it once so far) none of them gave me good speed. I had the 3D before this and while it got slightly better speed it still sucked compared to what other carriers are delivering.

there is absolutely no reason i got better service 3 yrs ago with my iphone 3g, 2 years ago with my nexus one, and this past year with my fascinate and nexus S on cricket, than this crap ass slow sprint 3g internet. I get over 8 mbs close to here on 4g, but not at home, nor anywhere in my hood. so i'm bout to roam the **** out of them and dip ... i cant stand slow 3g, this was the reason i got a nexus one in the first place, tired of slow edge speeds with iphone on tmobile... i might as well have a iphone on sprint since they get all the 3g bandwidth i hear... terrible terrible shame, because i absolutely love the device and a galaxy nexus with CRAP OMAP is not appealing, i'm basically just going to flash it to boost or cricket if they can't do any better with the 3g. its retarded slow ... like 69 kb on sprint tower, 300-500 on vzw
EDIT: and on cricket I was getting 800 down consistently 1mb some other places and this was including at home. So why does cricket have better towers in this area? who cares... they do.

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I did this recently with us cellular. I didn't change prls but I moved out of their service area. I got a threatening letter that I violated my contract and when I cancelled I was told I had to pay a prorated etf. I wasn't too impressed :X
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I sincerely hope that by the time you do that, Sprint changes their policies and charges you for every abusage KB you use.
If you can't handle adult agreements, don't enter into one.
If Sprint is not providing the service that is written in the contract then be an adult and have the ETF waived.
Either way, grow up.

After 20 years on ATT, first time switch to Sprint, very bad

So after almost 20 years on ATT, have never changed providers, multiple models and makes of phones on ATT and never had a signal issue, outages yes, due to storms but once service back, no complaints
Made the switch for the 1st time over to Sprint, Samsung Galaxy S3 16GB (for some reason the automated system recognizes phones as 32GB).
After 48 hours on Sprint, horrible horrible horrible voice quality issues (ATT has quad band coverage in area, both 3G and 4G) and despite phone being a 4G, can only see 3G icon lit, anywhere within 50 miles of home. I am paying a surcharge of 10.00 extra for 4G for multiple phones, have yet to see the service. Yes, Sprint promised it would work.
Purchased legitimate (yes I know I can root using qbking videos and Team Epic files) wifi hotspot to tether, keeps dropping connection every few minutes where ATT tether was flawless.
Sprint says "we are working on new towers, service will improve, you have 14 days to return phones are we will refund or replace..."
Sigh.

It isn't a $10 4g fee
Its a premium data fee A.K.A. unlimited 3g/4g/roaming where available
Use s4gru.com to see when you will get lte
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Yes, the $10 fee was originally for wimax 4G, but after people complained Sprint reworded it as "premium data". Now Even smart phones that only have 3G get this charge.
Add far as voice service, yes Sprint is in the middle of their network vision improvements so ymmv, I have great voice service.
Seems you didn't do enough research before you switched to Sprint and went off the sales pitch the person gave you. Sales people in general will say just about anything to make the sale and get the commission.
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The good news is your an educated consumer and you already know you have 14 days to return everything and cancel service and go back to ATT.

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The good news is your an educated consumer and you already know you have 14 days to return everything and cancel service and go back to ATT.
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that's what i would do also. in fact, if sprint's 4g lte service isn't competitive (when it's finally finished) i'm done with sprint and going to at&t.

xdafly said:
So after almost 20 years on ATT, have never changed providers, multiple models and makes of phones on ATT and never had a signal issue, outages yes, due to storms but once service back, no complaints
Made the switch for the 1st time over to Sprint, Samsung Galaxy S3 16GB (for some reason the automated system recognizes phones as 32GB).
After 48 hours on Sprint, horrible horrible horrible voice quality issues (ATT has quad band coverage in area, both 3G and 4G) and despite phone being a 4G, can only see 3G icon lit, anywhere within 50 miles of home. I am paying a surcharge of 10.00 extra for 4G for multiple phones, have yet to see the service. Yes, Sprint promised it would work.
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1. The GS3 is an LTE phone, not a 4G phone. So if they havent turned on LTE in your area, then yeah no duh you wont get it.
2. You are paying $10 a month for data, not specifically 4G. Yes its BS but deal with it, every company has the charge but in different words.
3. If its not working, complain that you get no service and return it for a refund. You have 14 days.
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Purchased legitimate (yes I know I can root using qbking videos and Team Epic files) wifi hotspot to tether, keeps dropping connection every few minutes where ATT tether was flawless.
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4. WHY!? Why would you pay? Rooting has 100 different benefits.
My question is, do you even know what you are doing? Did you read ANYTHING about the phone or how it works, did you research the service quality in your area before switching?

Where are you located? I can understand your frustration, it's hard for me to believe that you are saying that ATT voice is clearer than Sprints
I mean I guess if you're roaming and on another tower not owned by Sprint
I'm going to guess your location is your major problem, do you live in a rural area? Sprint works really well in Metro areas, not so much in the rural areas although they are broadening their coverage to these type of areas.
In my opinion, CDMA technology has sharper voice than GSM
Too bad you are experiencing this type of issue.

so you are at the age of 38-40 years old?

Kinda came at a wrong time
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Wow Sprint has bad voice? That's the first I ever heard of that.
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Its easy...return the equipment and cancel the contract
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pacifik.fuzion said:
in fact, if sprint's 4g lte service isn't competitive (when it's finally finished) i'm done with sprint and going to at&t.
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If it saves you a year of misery, Sprint's stated *GOAL* for network vision is a pathetic 6 mbps. Compare that *goal* to what people you know are getting with AT&T, Verizon, and even T-mobile *today*, and decide for yourself whether Sprint is even worth bothering with.
Frankly, I'm through with Sprint. If it weren't for the Galaxy Note 2 tantalizing me on or before 10/15, I'd have probably gone to the AT&T store today and bought a GS3 instead. In fact, if they announce a release date after that, I'll just get the S3, becase I hate my unflashable Photon with a passion, and can't replace it with a Sprint S3 because *then* I'd have no usable data service (wimax works ok here, but no LTE yet, and EVDO here has been 6 to ~80kbps down lately. I had faster 1xRTT 5 years ago).
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i been telling people to stay clear from sprint for months. I will admit it's bad if your coming from a carrier with usable internet pretty much everyone except Sprint, it will be hard adjusting. I used 8 gigs a month at T-Mobile and with sprint I'm lucky to crack 500 mb. I will be heading back to T-Mobile after dec lesson well learned if it ain't broke don't fix it.
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Location, Location, Location.........
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Location, Location, Location.........
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Exactly. It's just about stable enough in Dallas that I have ditched my AT&T Note and strictly carry my Sprint phone. Att and Verizon speeds are comparable. Voice quality in this market is unmatched. Sprint wins hands down. whoopdy doo...Tmobile now has unlimited...and is garbage here in big D.
The only one here in the market that may have a competitive edge is Metro with voice over LTE...though their unlImIted data, speeds are capped at 5mbps
I'm not even going to get into the whole grandfathered data on Att being throttled and the new share plans pricing structure being absurd.
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I seriously dont understand how people complain about sprint. Its probably 25-35% cheaper compared to every other contract carrier...and was one of the first contract carriers to offer unlimited data, not sure if it still is. I get many discounts off my bill simply because I have state farm insurance and other various memberships. I had verizon for YEARS, switched to sprint, could hardly tell the difference. 90% of the time its all in your head.

siirus09 said:
1. The GS3 is an LTE phone, not a 4G phone. So if they havent turned on LTE in your area, then yeah no duh you wont get it.
4. WHY!? Why would you pay? Rooting has 100 different benefits.
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LTE is 4g....
And because sometimes people are honest? If everyone just stole it, Sprint would be much more likely to figure out a way to block it. If you're going to actually use it regularly I think people should pay for it.

pacifik.fuzion said:
that's what i would do also. in fact, if sprint's 4g lte service isn't competitive (when it's finally finished) i'm done with sprint and going to at&t.
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Excelent move

bitbang3r said:
If it saves you a year of misery, Sprint's stated *GOAL* for network vision is a pathetic 6 mbps. Compare that *goal* to what people you know are getting with AT&T, Verizon, and even T-mobile *today*, and decide for yourself whether Sprint is even worth bothering with.
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I was under the impression that 6mbps was their goal for their average speeds. People with Sprint LTE right now are posting 30 mbps speeds. When I had Verizon I would get 5 mbps on LTE at home, where I had low signal, and 25 to 30 at work, where I had excellent signal. There's a huge difference when talking between peak and average speeds.

sprint to tmobile or prepaid

I have sprint right now and basically it sucks at work. At home I get 4g some times and at work I get 3g or just no data. I'm thinking ing about switching to tmobile or a prepaid carrier. I use about 100 mins a month in talk but I use like 5-7 gb in data a month because i'm on netflix and pandora all day at work. I have a job where i'm at a desk so i'm just sitting 6am to 7pm monday through wednesday. anyone know if any carriers?
I heard simple mobile is ok but I also heard they throttle or just cancel people
Heard straight talk cancels after 2gb.
I'm in the Baltimore MD area.

Well I have simple mobile and I have not had any problems with them at all. But based in your number of minutes, ill suggest t mobile unlimited 4g text and 100 minutes for 30 bucks a month. Check that plan out. And I believe you will have the Wi-Fi calling benefit at well. Having simple mobile, Wi-Fi calling and descent support is what I don't have, oh and insurance, but I'm not complaining for 50 bucks a month
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The plan mentioned above sounds great for you but be aware T-Mobile coverage (more or less the deepness that it can go into buildings) T-Mobile has an online only 30 dollars a month for unlimited data (5gigs of 4g service then the rest 2g) with 100 minutes and unlimited text.
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Ok. but what is athe 2g speed? because if I go over the 5gig its capped. so how would it be if I get 2 chips for the phone.
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The plan mentioned above sounds great for you but be aware T-Mobile coverage (more or less the deepness that it can go into buildings) T-Mobile has an online only 30 dollars a month for unlimited data (5gigs of 4g service then the rest 2g) with 100 minutes and unlimited text.
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elesbb said:
The plan mentioned above sounds great for you but be aware T-Mobile coverage (more or less the deepness that it can go into buildings) T-Mobile has an online only 30 dollars a month for unlimited data (5gigs of 4g service then the rest 2g) with 100 minutes and unlimited text.
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its not just online its at walmart too
if you go over 5gig a month there is something wrong

Net flix and crunchyroll uses a lot, lol
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its not just online its at walmart too
if you go over 5gig a month there is something wrong
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its not just online its at walmart too
if you go over 5gig a month there is something wrong
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Yes but you cant buy JUST a SIM card at walmart. So that doesnt help the OP since they already have a phone.
But OP, if you go over 5gigs. 2g is okay for streaming pandora just gotta give it a good while before it starts playing. Also, browsing the xda app or tapatalk is possible as well as mobile facebook website (not sure about the facebook app) it was alright for what i used it for but once i got my s2 i started using a lot more data with netflix and youtube and streaming anime on xScope pro browser. And going over 5gigs is really easy pltctytc.

yeah thats where i'm at. i'm thinking about trying different carriers to see which one won't just block me or cut me off when I use there service. I have a S3 from sprint trying to get out of the contract now. but was going to sell it to get a used S3 on tmobile but might have to flash it to boost if I can't find a carrier prepaid that will do 5-9 gb of data.

You are not gonna get a prepaid that will give you 5-9 gb a month.
Don't know why you would go to Boost. They are the prepaid network of Sprint.
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because its will give me the 5-9gb. and I atleast get 3g which sucks.
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You are not gonna get a prepaid that will give you 5-9 gb a month.
Don't know why you would go to Boost. They are the prepaid network of Sprint.
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You said that Sprint sucks but yet you want to go to Boost, when Boost uses the same Sprint network?
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It's unlimited and from what I'm seeing won't cut me if I go over 5gig a month.
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Boost explicitly "reserves the right" to throttle you past 2.5 Gb and has in their terms that they can cancel you if they deem you to be in violation of reasonable use.
T-Mobile states that they will throttle you to 50kb/s >5Gb.
At work, can you possibly use wifi instead of mobile data ? Instead of streaming movies/music, put them on an external SD card ? I guess it comes down to how badly you need to stream over mobile networks and how much you're willing to pay.
You can get 10Gb from Verizon for $140/month total. I mean, it exists even if you probably have no interest in signing up for it. It would cost $70/month to hook a compatible tablet up with 10Gb/month - so I guess if they get much better coverage in your area, you could switch to them and use a cheap pre-paid phone for voice calling if calling over data work-arounds are not reliable enough for you - since it's not like you'd be paying any more.
Just ideas. I don't think you're going to find what you're looking for when it comes to a pre-paid that will let you go over 5Gb/mo so you'll either have to deal with Sprint's limitations or make some kind of compromise (paying more, data-only tablet, using an SD card instead of streaming, et cetera), or perhaps look at other post-paid.

I had boost before I signed up for sprint. And i had a flashed epic 4g on it and was doing Netflix all day and was never canceled. Went to sprint to get the s3 and they said 4g lte was in my area which it wasn't.
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Get tmobile you're not going to regret it. Especially if you live in a +42 area. 23.5GB and still going strong!
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I say go to Tmobile, I was with Sprint for 12 yrs and had all of their top smartphones for the most part. This recent LTE fail in an LTE city (DFW) made me switch to Tmobile which is saving me $40 per month now after Sprint went up $13 per month for each 4G line and I get up to 25Mbps down compared to the horrible 3G I was getting in the summer while in the DFW and DC area. You can get on their unlimited 4G plan with no throttle or the 5GB with hotspot and throttle. Get a GS3 on Tmobile for a low contract price and then sell the Sprint one for $300+ on ebay to pay the ETF. I sold my EvoLTE, and 2 Evos to pay what was left on my ETFs. I have great coverage on the East Coast and DFW.
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I'm in Clarksville md, Lutherville md, and Baltimore md everyday. And only place I get good service is Clarksville and no 4G. Near bwi i don't even get Internet on my phone.
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I just moved from sprint to t mobile and am super happy with the move.
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AB33 said:
I say go to Tmobile, I was with Sprint for 12 yrs and had all of their top smartphones for the most part. This recent LTE fail in an LTE city (DFW) made me switch to Tmobile which is saving me $40 per month now after Sprint went up $13 per month for each 4G line and I get up to 25Mbps down compared to the horrible 3G I was getting in the summer while in the DFW and DC area. You can get on their unlimited 4G plan with no throttle or the 5GB with hotspot and throttle. Get a GS3 on Tmobile for a low contract price and then sell the Sprint one for $300+ on ebay to pay the ETF. I sold my EvoLTE, and 2 Evos to pay what was left on my ETFs. I have great coverage on the East Coast and DFW.
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I used to be on Boost but switched to T-Mobile because not only has Sprint not rolled out LTE yet in my city (Birmingham), they never even rolled out WiMax here.
The unlimited 4G is a great value -- Boost was cheaper, of course, but the data was sooooo slow.

derrickmd18 said:
I'm in Clarksville md, Lutherville md, and Baltimore md everyday. And only place I get good service is Clarksville and no 4G. Near bwi i don't even get Internet on my phone.
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I lived in the DC-Bmore area for 11 yrs so I am familiar with all of those places. My friends in Bowie, Upper Marlboro, and DC with their Sprint LTE devices are still waiting for the LTE to be turned on. Baltimore was supposed to have it by now from what I have read. Everytime I read stories like these, it makes me feel even better about my decision to move all of my lines to TMO.
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Galaxy Note 2 thru Sprint thru Amazon wireless?

It's 70$ with a plan thru Sprint. Sprint would offer unlimited data with no caps and unlimited texting for about 70 or 80 bucks a month.
So my question is(if you've gotten one thru this method)...
How is Sprint?
Is there a catch?

antisouless said:
It's 70$ with a plan thru Sprint. Sprint would offer unlimited data with no caps and unlimited texting for about 70 or 80 bucks a month.
So my question is(if you've gotten one thru this method)...
How is Sprint?
Is there a catch?
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I just got one yesterday matter of fact. Sprint seems great and the fact that they still offer unlimited data is awesome. Switched from AT&T

antisouless said:
It's 70$ with a plan thru Sprint. Sprint would offer unlimited data with no caps and unlimited texting for about 70 or 80 bucks a month.
So my question is(if you've gotten one thru this method)...
How is Sprint?
Is there a catch?
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Im currently on sprint unlimited plan $70 the only thing is they only give you 400min land line and everything else unlimited but I really dont care about land line I dont really call out, so your bill would be $85 every month.
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Yeah Ups delivered mine on Tuesday from Amazon. I absolutely love this thing. It was an upgrade from my epic touch so it cost me $199 which is still not bad considering Sprint sells them for $299. Well worth it. It's so awesome compared to what I'm used to in a phone. My e4gt was nice but you just can't compare the two at all really. Been with Sprint for 15 yrs too and no complaints.
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The phone is great. Sprint on the other hand, maybe not so much. Sprint is known to be slow. HORRIBLY Slow 3G. If you aren't in a LTE area, I would weight this heavily.
If you have access to a lot of WIFI points where you normally go around, its not bad. Im in NYC. Speeds are horribly slow sometimes. Othertimes, they are manageable. By horribly slow, I mean less than 500kbps. Its more like 1X than 3G.
When you go to network vision areas (upgraded 3G / LTE areas) you do see a speed boost, somewhere around 800 kbps to about 1.3 mbps. Still probably slow or just reaching Verizon 3G speeds.
The only perk is unlimited data no throttling or caps (except roaming).

Keep in mind, Best Buy price matches Amazon. I bought my GN2 with Add a line price from Amazon Wireless. Walked out the same day, I hate to wait.

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The phone is great. Sprint on the other hand, maybe not so much. Sprint is known to be slow. HORRIBLY Slow 3G. If you aren't in a LTE area, I would weight this heavily.
If you have access to a lot of WIFI points where you normally go around, its not bad. Im in NYC. Speeds are horribly slow sometimes. Othertimes, they are manageable. By horribly slow, I mean less than 500kbps. Its more like 1X than 3G.
When you go to network vision areas (upgraded 3G / LTE areas) you do see a speed boost, somewhere around 800 kbps to about 1.3 mbps. Still probably slow or just reaching Verizon 3G speeds.
The only perk is unlimited data no throttling or caps (except roaming).
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I agree. In weighing leaving sprint, selling my note 2 and getting the s4 on tmobile. I will give them 2-4 months to improve
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Great deivce the best on the market worth every penny got mine from sprint at full price coming from S3 and ibcould never have anyother phone again. Looks like my next device will be the Note 3 lol
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budde2 said:
Great deivce the best on the market worth every penny got mine from sprint at full price coming from S3 and ibcould never have anyother phone again. Looks like my next device will be the Note 3 lol
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Mine will be the note 3 if the size stays the same. If it gets bigger I will get the htc one or s4. I will probably sell my note 2 and get the s4 or hyc one on tmo if lte for Sprint is not in my area yet
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For those who have Costco memberships, I believe you get a 23% discount on your sprint bill monthly for the primary line. I work at a hospital that only gives 18% discount, better than nothing.
Link to sprint site to check if you're eligible to receive discounts.
http://delivery.sprint.com/m/p/nxt/dev/wdyw.asp

I finally got lte with Sprint in a small town 20 minutes from where I live. Looking forward to this:
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sekigah84 said:
The phone is great. Sprint on the other hand, maybe not so much. Sprint is known to be slow. HORRIBLY Slow 3G. If you aren't in a LTE area, I would weight this heavily.
If you have access to a lot of WIFI points where you normally go around, its not bad. Im in NYC. Speeds are horribly slow sometimes. Othertimes, they are manageable. By horribly slow, I mean less than 500kbps. Its more like 1X than 3G.
When you go to network vision areas (upgraded 3G / LTE areas) you do see a speed boost, somewhere around 800 kbps to about 1.3 mbps. Still probably slow or just reaching Verizon 3G speeds.
The only perk is unlimited data no throttling or caps (except roaming).
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I agree with everything he said. The phone is phenomenal but Sprint's service is lackluster at best. I'm in NYC as well and I am sometimes shocked by how bad the data service is. I'm hoping that is because they are still upgrading to LTE or something like that but I'm not holding my breath on that assumption.

I live in a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area (1 hour from SF) and even in my town, I get LTE. I was at my parent's house visiting, and Sprint has LTE where they live. In fact, LTE was faster (~12 Mbps) than connecting to their home WIFI which connected to slow AT&T DSL (~1.5 Mbps).
If you live in an LTE area, it is amazing.

JamesChilds said:
Keep in mind, Best Buy price matches Amazon. I bought my GN2 with Add a line price from Amazon Wireless. Walked out the same day, I hate to wait.
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they told us last night that as of 3-3 they will no longer price match phones

Love Sprint. My 3G is faster on my Note than it was on my Evo. It matches the 3G from VZW in my area, so I have no complaints. And no, I don't Data Roam.

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I live in a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area (1 hour from SF) and even in my town, I get LTE. I was at my parent's house visiting, and Sprint has LTE where they live. In fact, LTE was faster (~12 Mbps) than connecting to their home WIFI which connected to slow AT&T DSL (~1.5 Mbps).
If you live in an LTE area, it is amazing.
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Yeah bro LTE coverage is really starting to take off. I was so pumped to get rid of my Evo 3d (Evo 4G prior) where I had no 4G wimax. My Note was picking up LTE all around my home town and where I work, as soon as I activated it. [East Bay Area,Antioch, Brentwood]
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Yeah bro LTE coverage is really starting to take off. I was so pumped to get rid of my Evo 3d (Evo 4G prior) where I had no 4G wimax. My Note was picking up LTE all around my home town and where I work, as soon as I activated it. [East Bay Area,Antioch, Brentwood]
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I almost switched to tmobile but after starting to pick up 4g in alot of places even though it's not announced yet I'm giving Sprint another chance. All I know is that 4g lte rocks. I got it today and 2 times it had a speed of only about 2 to 3mbps but then I connected again in another area and I got pretty good speeds like the one below.
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JamesChilds said:
Keep in mind, Best Buy price matches Amazon. I bought my GN2 with Add a line price from Amazon Wireless. Walked out the same day, I hate to wait.
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Best Buys new price match policy specifically EXCLUDES phones on contract. Not that you might not be able to get a manager to do it, but it is not their official policy.
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I got a amazon sprint upgrade note ii it was 199 to Sprints 299. Service is good.

I got my Note 2 through amazon wireless and sprint for $100 about a month ago. Its definitely an amazing deal, but you should check the coverage map for your area before you go through with it.
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What are sprints 4g speeds?

As a former 10 year sprint customer, I move to Verizon 2 years ago and got much better service and data speeds. However, sprint has a half price promotion for verizon customers and I am considering coming back to sprint.
Has sprint improved any the last 2 years and what speeds are you getting on your note 4. On Verizon in Lubbock Tx I get 16 down and 5 up on data.

texasez said:
As a former 10 year sprint customer, I move to Verizon 2 years ago and got much better service and data speeds. However, sprint has a half price promotion for verizon customers and I am considering coming back to sprint.
Has sprint improved any the last 2 years and what speeds are you getting on your note 4. On Verizon in Lubbock Tx I get 16 down and 5 up on data.
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What do you mean half off? Like half off the unlimted plan?

They slow your internet lol
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I get 20 plus down all the time. 5 to 7 up.
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I get 7-10 MPs inside buildings no data services
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Good enough depending on where you are..
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As a former 10 year sprint customer, I move to Verizon 2 years ago and got much better service and data speeds. However, sprint has a half price promotion for verizon customers and I am considering coming back to sprint.
Has sprint improved any the last 2 years and what speeds are you getting on your note 4. On Verizon in Lubbock Tx I get 16 down and 5 up on data.
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4g - never have gotten over 10 down. 3g when 4g is not available - 1 down
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What do you mean half off? Like half off the unlimted plan?
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Yep. Check out phonescoop's article here:
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=14969

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What do you mean half off? Like half off the unlimted plan?
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You take your last bill from verizon or att and they give you the same service for half price. You have to turn in a Verizon phone.
Look on sprints web site and it gives all the details. Starts Friday.
In lubbock sprint is 1.5 up and down on what they call 4g. Not very good

texasez said:
You take your last bill from verizon or att and they give you the same service for half price. You have to turn in a Verizon phone.
Look on sprints web site and it gives all the details. Starts Friday.
In lubbock sprint is 1.5 up and down on what they call 4g. Not very good
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Well since AT&T nor Verizon offer unlimited (data) plans...the deal probably won't be for unlimited plans. Right? You would most likely pay the same as a current subscriber for unlimited.

If you are in a Spark market and connected to a band 41 (2500 mhz) tower you can get over 40mb downloads. On the other lte bands typical download speeds are between 5 and 10 mb. That is assuming the market is fully launched. Those are the speeds I get in Denver.
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First thing to do is do some homework and see what LTE/Spark services are like in your area where you will be using your phone most. I can say one thing for sure, and that is that Sprint has been doing a lot of upgrades lately and has done a lot since you left two years ago. Service is great in some places and so so in others. For example I live on the edge of tower range and I barely get decent data connection in my house BUT it does work well when i'm in the corner room of my house that's closest to that tower. I get pretty good data speeds and I have a metal roof!!!
Second thing to take into consideration is which is most important to you right now... price/value or known good service with a higher price tag and not unlimited. It's your decision. just do a little research on Sprint coverage in your area and make a choice. I feel like Sprint will stop offering unlimited data for smartphones soon. I'm not getting rid of my unlimited service/plan because from what I've seen and experienced with Sprint since 2008 is night and day difference. Last thing you need to take into account is the new Sprint Spark devices in favor of a regular LTE non Spark device. The data service will be better for a Spark device. So when getting opinions and testimonies and Speed tests from users, find out which device they have along with their location. Good luck.

Yes, 1/2 off on new members from Verizon or AT&T. All you have to do is take in your phone bill to the nearest Sprint dealer. Sprint has there new TDD-LTE with current download speeds at 60mbps. The same network tested in China and Japan at 150+ mbps. However, the new TDD-LTE network is now in the top 100 markets within the USA. But, I'm not sure if it's in your area yet. However, if you go here: s4gru(dot)com you will be able to determine if the TDD is within area.
But the way Sprint is going, I foresee them setting up a partnership with China mobile and the Network in Japan. This way they might have free roaming within those areas because those networks use a TDD Advanced chip set. Also the thing you might want to think about is the price per share with the top telecoms. Verizon price per share is around $45 and AT&T's price per share is around $35 give or take a dime. If Sprint current price per share is around $4.75 is putting in superior network, odds are really good that Sprint's price per share will go up to at least $25 to $30 in line with the others. But that's just my humble opinion.

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What do you mean half off? Like half off the unlimted plan?
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Yes, 1/2 off on new members from Verizon or AT&T. All you have to do is take in your phone bill to the nearest Sprint dealer. Sprint has there new TDD-LTE with current download speeds at 60mbps. The same network tested in China and Japan at 150+ mbps. However, the new TDD-LTE network is now in the top 100 markets within the USA. But, I'm not sure if it's in your area yet. However, if you go here: s4gru(dot)com you will be able to determine if the TDD is within area.
But the way Sprint is going, I foresee them setting up a partnership with China mobile and the Network in Japan. This way they might have free roaming within those areas because those networks use a TDD Advanced chip set. Also the thing you might want to think about is the price per share with the top telecoms. Verizon price per share is around $45 and AT&T's price per share is around $35 give or take a dime. If Sprint current price per share is around $4.75 is putting in superior network, odds are really good that Sprint's price per share will go up to at least $25 to $30 in line with the others. But that's just my humble opinion.
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Thanks for the info but I disagree on Sprint being a $30 stock anytime soon. They made a very stupid purchase of nextel and the wimax rollout was a disaster. They cannot get long term customers because service and phone access to data and voice is worse than ATT and Verizon. No customers, no upgrade money available. Maybe since the Japanese became investors they can survive. I left them 2 years ago after 10+ years of sub par but cheap service. The new plan would save me $75 per month but I am still not sure it is worth it.

Test done just now...

I'm going to the Sprint store tomorrow with my AT&T bill and see what they can do for me. Currently I'm with AT&T and have 2 phones in my plan. I've got an unlimited data plan with my phone and my wife has a 2gb plan with her phone. My contract is up so I can go with any carrier I want. The Sprint coverage looks good both at my job location and at home. I'm sure I've have some issues when I take trips up to Vermont.
However, this deal does seem a little too good to be true. Currently I'm paying around $155 for both phones a month. If they can beat that then I'll go with Sprint.

deeken said:
I'm going to the Sprint store tomorrow with my AT&T bill and see what they can do for me. Currently I'm with AT&T and have 2 phones in my plan. I've got an unlimited data plan with my phone and my wife has a 2gb plan with her phone. My contract is up so I can go with any carrier I want. The Sprint coverage looks good both at my job location and at home. I'm sure I've have some issues when I take trips up to Vermont.
However, this deal does seem a little too good to be true. Currently I'm paying around $155 for both phones a month. If they can beat that then I'll go with Sprint.
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Not saying Sprint is a pos... But you may be disappointed if you get rid of your unlimited att.
Sprint is good in certain markets. I'm in nyc and for the most part it's ok. The other carriers have faster data speeds. I've been with Sprint for almost 10 years and I can say it's been a good ride.