Hello, I have noticed that I have 88% time without signal. I know im not in the best signal area, but my eris never went above 10%. My battery life suffers from this and I was wondering if there were any different radios to use. I am running jt1134 non-voodoo kernal, and the 2.1.3 rom. Thanks for the input.
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Welcome to the world of bad radio. As of yet there is no new radio version. Hopefully we eventually get an upgrade, but no word as of yet.
Well, that sucks. That is literally my only comlaint. Thank you
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ryanf said:
Well, that sucks. That is literally my only comlaint. Thank you
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Yep, mine too... I HATE IT!! As VZW service is really spotty around my house with the Fascinate, however I never dropped a call with my old Droid 1. I have contemplated many times now to sell on eBay and go for the Droid Pro or D2 World because of my signal whoa's....
Same here, verizon has good coverage in my city, but spotty with this phone. However, it isn't worse then my old t mobile phones, so for now it isn't a problem, but my droid buddies have way better coverage then I do.l
Ya, when I had an eris, we had like 5 or 6 different radios. It was great, being able use the one that worked best for my location. Do you know if we need to wait for a radio update to have options? Im not sure how they obtained the one they had in the eris community.
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Hey guys, so I've been a long time member of this forum ever since I had my G1.. I then jumped ship from tmobile and went to verizon where I got the Droid Incredible.. After a few months with that I gave my incredible to my GF and got the Droid X which has been pretty solid for me so far... However now im looking elsewhere again.
Basically, if anyone its not totally happy with their fascinate and would like to potentially trade it for my DX, PM me and we can work something out.
I'm looking for an IMMACULATE phone! My Droid X has had a Stein Ultra Crystal Screen protector on it from day one right out of the box, as well as a hard snap on case with belt holster, its condition is immaculate and I'm looking for the same
Will come with all OEM equipment in the original box... I'm giving Phone with screen protector, Home Charger, Car Charger, Two Peice snap on hard case with belt holster, AS WELL as the Verizon Extended Battery that I also have for this device... So youll be getting two batterys, the extended battery and the stock one.
Phone has OTA 2.2, Deodexed, Rooted, Debloated and Clockworkmod Recovery
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Where are you located
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But the fascinate is a better phone...
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Boston
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fascinate is better... Why would we want a dx?
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Yeah I have to say, I was never really interested in the droid x but with all the stuff you were offering I thought I would at least research it. Well, that being said, I am not liking what I am reading in the dx fascinate comparisons. I have a feeling that it will be next to impossible for you to find someone with a fascinate that will be willing to give it up. If your at all interested here is the thread that will backup this claim:http://www.droidforums.net/forum/sa...did-anyone-here-switch-droid-x-fascinate.html
I got a crisp $10 bill 2010 series. Is there anyone looking to trade their wrinkled $20 bill for my crisp $10 bill?
good day.
Actually, I'm pretty sure he'll find a taker--probably someone who's more concerned about bulletproof GPS. Maybe not on this forum though.
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The Droid X has the best antenna / radio out of any android device to date, youll get significant reception improvements in the switch if you live anywere that isent fullproof.. I know at my house with my old incredible I would get two bars that fluctuated between 3g and 1x.... With my X I get full bars 3g no questions asked 100% of the time
GPS is amazing.. Ive used google maps to navigate through downtown boston which is hell and never had a problem
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I'm almost tempted to go through with the trade. But I live in Rome N.Y. not sure how we would go about the trade.
People talk about the gps issue but mine works perfect......
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My son just got a brand new eris because his trackball went out. He said he might be willing to...
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I'm interested but am concerned with how to securely trade items via mail. I like the fascinate much more but I'm tired of waiting for froyo and I'm pissed about the video out function being disabled. So my friend if you can come up with a way to trade with me in ohio that keeps me confident that you won't run off with my phone then I've got a pristine fascinate to trade. Pm me if you think we can work something out
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newbie question, but i am wondering - when you root and flash a ROM, does it automatically break wiMax? i have a GB/AOSP Hero and likely will be switching to the Epic. the Wimax issue is one thing i am not sure how it works regarding ROMs, etc.
it seems it is ROM dependent but i want to get clarification on this. if it is, i fail to see why one would flash a ROM that doesnt include WiMax support.
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CM7 alpha4 and the gb leak are the only roms I'm aware of that currently have no wimax. I'm pretty sure all froyo roms have wimax working. Also no need to backup wimax.
thanks epic4GEE. still deciding between the Epic and Evo Shift. had a Moment before my Hero and am still very weary of another Samsung.
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Epic >>> Evo Shift. Just sayin'.
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Epic >>> Evo Shift. Just sayin'.
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This man speaks the truth.
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thanks epic4GEE. still deciding between the Epic and Evo Shift. had a Moment before my Hero and am still very weary of another Samsung.
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My mother had a Samsung Moment and it was by far her most horrible phone. It was constantly going into Airplane Mode, and wouldn't reset until you rebooted.
The Epic I can confirm fixed that issue, this phone is also a lot more powerful than any other phone currently on the market. (Atleast for Sprint.)
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This man speaks the truth.
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HTC phones have crappy hardware.
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thanks epic4GEE. still deciding between the Epic and Evo Shift. had a Moment before my Hero and am still very weary of another Samsung.
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As a former owner of the Moment, I can relate. I threw my Moment away the day the Epic was released. Samsung was sketchy with it for the longest time. They seemed to have done though what they never did with the moment.. Listened to the yelling and complaints and did a decent job of mending relationships and getting Froyo out.
The only ghost left is the gps. Its more reliable than the moment by far but still randomly reminds you it is a Samsung product.
It is by and large a great phone.
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I bought an Epic yesterday.
Just now, trying to figure out the damn WiMax. It disconnects no matter what, and I'm in San Antonio which had one of the first networks here for WiMax. Tried 3 ROMs and still no difference.
Beyond that, I *LOVE* this phone. Running Syndicate at the moment.
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HTC phones have crappy hardware.
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Yeah but there always more supported ... this phone still can hold its ground.
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I bought an Epic yesterday.
Just now, trying to figure out the damn WiMax. It disconnects no matter what, and I'm in San Antonio which had one of the first networks here for WiMax. Tried 3 ROMs and still no difference.
Beyond that, I *LOVE* this phone. Running Syndicate at the moment.
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Wimax is finicky deal, it works in my house, but only if I hold the phone right and I'm in the right spot....just the nature of high frequencies.
Does anybody want to trade their Nexus S 4G for an Evo 4G? Thought I would ask...gf likes the nexus better because it's smaller. Evo is mint btw.
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What color?
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What color?
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Black. It is in mint condition.
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Black. It is in mint condition.
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I've heard that before... the next morning I woke up without a kidney. -.-
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You would have to be crazy to trade a nexus s for an Evo.
Well I'm hoping to meet a crazy person.
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As much as I love my NS4G, I would be willing to trade it for a EVO in a few months, based on these things:
If there isnt any sort of update to address reception issues.
If the Photon's bootloader is locked
How many issues the 3D ends up having.
I obviously dont want to take a step back going to the EVO, but I really dont want to be stuck with a POS either. I have a sprint tower a few blocks from my house and have to have my airave plugged in for my phone to work in my house. Thats unacceptable. I was a little more ok with it a few weeks ago when I figured an update would be right around the corner. Every day that goes by makes me doubt that it is anything an update can fix. I really want the Photon, I love Moto devices. I had the Droid 2 and the Droid X and both were very solid phones with great radios and battery life. I expect more of the same from the Photon. But if its locked I dont think it will work for me. The 3D will be a buggy device for quite a while and I dont really want to deal with that, I just sold my Thunderbolt because of the issues it had.
I guess my point is to be patient, someone will want to make that trade eventually, maybe with some cash included also
A tree took my cable wire out yesterday. I had no internet, so no airave. Well, my NS4G was completely useless til they came and fixed the internet. I had to sit outside to use the phone. Wouldn't even send a text.
You sure you want this phone?
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I too have noticed slightly lower signal reception... however at work I would be stuck on 1x or no service on my EVO... with the NS4G I always have service, even if it's roaming.
Yea, don't get me wrong, I live in a basement apartment so every phone sucks down here. But I didn't have the airave til about a week before I got my NS4G and my Evo and epic both worked, the Evo better than the epic. NS4G won't work at all down here. I left for work this morning and got flooded with emails and text messages that weren't coming through because I had no service.
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I too have noticed slightly lower signal reception... however at work I would be stuck on 1x or no service on my EVO... with the NS4G I always have service, even if it's roaming.
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I had little to no service at my home for almost 2 weeks where I would usually get full bars but as of yesterday I get full.signal again and my 3g speeds have never been better. 2.5/1.2 mbs. Sprint seems to be getting things together
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Nice
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I had little to no service at my home for almost 2 weeks where I would usually get full bars but as of yesterday I get full.signal again and my 3g speeds have never been better. 2.5/1.2 mbs. Sprint seems to be getting things together
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Holy **** that's 3 g?
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formula84 said:
Holy **** that's 3 g?
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Yeah, if that's 3G then that's pretty impressive
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Holy **** that's 3 g?
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i hope they do that soon here. Thats how 3g was before the EVO and Epic came out with "4g"
although 4g definitely is a lot better these days...i get 8mb/s with a ping of ~50...Its NEVER dipped below 190 until a week ago.
Whatever this network vision thing is, im liking.
Now hopefully they can fix the problem where i go from 3 bars to 0 when i send a text or make a call and then get my bars back AFTER i hang up -_-
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i hope they do that soon here. Thats how 3g was before the EVO and Epic came out with "4g"
although 4g definitely is a lot better these days...i get 8mb/s with a ping of ~50...Its NEVER dipped below 190 until a week ago.
Whatever this network vision thing is, im liking.
Now hopefully they can fix the problem where i go from 3 bars to 0 when i send a text or make a call and then get my bars back AFTER i hang up -_-
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I would love ping to drop to that level, more than 50%. Never seen it less than 100 on any test, anywhere.
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I would love ping to drop to that level, more than 50%. Never seen it less than 100 on any test, anywhere.
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Me neither. I think 112 is the lowest I have seen
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I was in Corpus Christi, TX the last few days. I remember the first night I got about 1.2Mbps dl and the next days or two I could barely get 100kbps. On the last day the speeds went back up. I'm pretty sure it was just my modem being lame (EG22).
Judging from similar topics in the past few months, this improvement seems to be the trend.
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Judging from similar topics in the past few months, this improvement seems to be the trend.
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I don't think they have anywhere to go but up...its at rock bottom already.
If I remember right, a few months ago my signal and speed turned to complete crap. I tether while I'm at work so I can see the difference, and it was SLOOOOOWWWWWW.
About a month after that all of a sudden my 3g speeds jumped up and, most of the time, it's like I'm using the internet at home (aside of the random hiccups in speed). Now I'm hoping for 4g soon in my area
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Now hopefully they can fix the problem where i go from 3 bars to 0 when i send a text or make a call and then get my bars back AFTER i hang up -_-
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Pretty sure that is the Radio in your phone crashing and has nothing to do with Sprint's network. What Radio and ROM are you using? There have been known problems regarding this with the Gingerbread radios... EG22 still has this problem on my phone although not as frequently.
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Pretty sure that is the Radio in your phone crashing and has nothing to do with Sprint's network. What Radio and ROM are you using? There have been known problems regarding this with the Gingerbread radios... EG22 still has this problem on my phone although not as frequently.
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Its been like that for a while. I'm running stock ec05, but I tried the gb modems andthe same problem. Its really annoying :/ likejus a little wile ago I left my house and its sunny as **** in nyc right now and I called my friend and all my bars dropped and the call was lost -_- I had to toglle airplaneon and off to get it to stop
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But I agree it might just be my modem always crashes but then how will I fix that??
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Hoping something like this hits my area. I don't get BAD reception, but I don't think I've EVER seen all service bars full
I'm wondering how long you guys think it will take for ICS to get ported to the Epic. I mean, realistically, it took us the better part of a year to get CM7 (and it's still only a release candidate). I'm pretty invested in this phone, having bought a car dock and game gripper for it. But it seems to be such an oddball in terms of development. My buddy's got a Fascinate, and seeing his 4.0 screenshots has been making me very jealous. Been thinking of trading in for a Nexus S or Evo Shift. Thoughts? And I hate to pimp, but if you've got either of those phones, and are looking for a Boost Mobile Epic, I'd consider a trade. PM me.
While it's on my mind, the aforementioned Fascinate guy stated that he gets 600k downstream on VZW when tethering, 1meg in good signal area. I've never even approached that...fastest I ever got was 200k, usually closer to 100k. Is this a difference in the radios between Galaxy models, or a symptom of VZW vs. Sprint?
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...and it's still only a release candidate...
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What do you mean "still ONLY a release candidate" ?
I stopped reading there, don't know why I came here anyway looking at the title its bound to be an ETA thread.
Anyway IB4L.
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1. ICS will take a shorter time than cm7
2. The nexus s is way better than the shift. The shift isn't pure Google and is reeeeeaaaallllyyyy slow
3. VZW. > sprint
Also, our cm7 RC works perfect. Everything works fine...
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I mean it ain't gold yet. Don't get me wrong, it's a huge step for this phone, but we could realistically be looking at a 12 month gap between the time when CM7 was official, to the time when it was official for the Epic. I don't think I'd enjoy waiting that long for CM9, y'know?
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1. ICS will take a shorter time than cm7
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Worth waiting, you think?
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2. The nexus s is way better than the shift. The shift isn't pure Google and is reeeeeaaaallllyyyy slow
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Good to know. I was playing with a Shift this weekend, and I kinda liked it.
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3. VZW. > sprint
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True, but 10x better?
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Also, our cm7 RC works perfect. Everything works fine...
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Except Wimax
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Worth waiting, you think?
Good to know. I was playing with a Shift this weekend, and I kinda liked it.
True, but 10x better?
Except Wimax
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I would wait for an LTE phone to come out before switching.
Read the thread about a wimax bounty (the last couple posts). Since you are on boost, you don't have wimax anyways, right?
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Yeah, and even if I could hack it together, there's no Wimax coverage where I am anyways. Here's the question, though...I'm sticking with Boost, and I doubt they'll be offering LTE anytime soon. Still wait, you think?
Still wait for quad core phones.
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While it's on my mind, the aforementioned Fascinate guy stated that he gets 600k downstream on VZW when tethering, 1meg in good signal area. I've never even approached that...fastest I ever got was 200k, usually closer to 100k. Is this a difference in the radios between Galaxy models, or a symptom of VZW vs. Sprint?
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You live in an area with crappy Sprint service. I get around 1-1.3 mbps on 3G. If I am tethering it will be on 4G though (4-6mbps).
Playoffs? Don't talk to me about playoffs! Playoffs?!
ETAs are impossible....these guys have families and lives.
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Playoffs? Don't talk to me about playoffs! Playoffs?!
ETAs are impossible....these guys have families and lives.
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Lol! Too funny! I love that commercial!
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