Airave Outage (NY) - EVO 4G General

Anybody elses airave take a dump today? I power cycled it numerous times yet it always goes back to the mobile light blinking orange and back to no service for my phone in my house. Im in long island NY. I just called Airvana and they had a relay person take a message because they are only open from 8am-5pm EST so basically im screwed until morning.

oreoOozZz said:
Anybody elses airave take a dump today? I power cycled it numerous times yet it always goes back to the mobile light blinking orange and back to no service for my phone in my house. Im in long island NY. I just called Airvana and they had a relay person take a message because they are only open from 8am-5pm EST so basically im screwed until morning.
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Yup you are screwed. sry to hear man

Anybody else? Still no callback and my airave is still out...

It's still out
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oreoOozZz said:
Anybody elses airave take a dump today? I power cycled it numerous times yet it always goes back to the mobile light blinking orange and back to no service for my phone in my house. Im in long island NY. I just called Airvana and they had a relay person take a message because they are only open from 8am-5pm EST so basically im screwed until morning.
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mines fine. jw do you use the airrave for voice or data? i found that switching prl's could help the data. i did it and its really nice. i get data where i havent before and its by far faster than sprints 3g
here are the links. do some reading you might really like this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=697487&highlight=cdma+workshop
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696073&page=1
if you have 2.2 you are going to need the 2.1 epst.apk. regardless you will need a msl reader which you can get in the market.

The original airave is being phased out. It only supplied 1g data and voice. There are numerous posts in the official sprint forums on how to obtain the new Airave access point/airave2/airvana (multiple names) for free. They even supply a direct number in one post. It is better because its installed before your router, Modem-->Airvana----> router, so you don't have to open any ports or anything. It supplies 3g speeds and the same voice. Might want to look at upgrading.

cowboyboats said:
The original airave is being phased out. It only supplied 1g data and voice. There are numerous posts in the official sprint forums on how to obtain the new Airave access point/airave2/airvana (multiple names) for free. They even supply a direct number in one post. It is better because its installed before your router, Modem-->Airvana----> router, so you don't have to open any ports or anything. It supplies 3g speeds and the same voice. Might want to look at upgrading.
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nice im looking into getting the airvana
i want to figure out if the voip jack can be used...

Related

Is it Possible to Force the Hero to Roam

Any way to accomplish this?
I need this BAD too! Reception at work is god awfull. Please help! SOS
What does your user name mean? Natural light or natty boh light?
Please someone make an app to turn on/off roaming; I'm willing to pay money for it (and I'm sure a lot of people are willing to do so too).......
LOL if it were this easy.......
Roaming is of no use to me but I always like to look in to issues that people are having. I grep'd what code we have available to us for our phones and the only two options I came across were:
ro.com.android.dataroaming = true
xml: name="sync_while_roaming">false
So all I can tell you is that I can control whether it roams or not (which can also be easily changed in our settings menu) but not to force it to roam. I googled if it was possible in android at all and couldn't find any results.
Do you know what towers are around you or what towers we can roam on? I wonder if it would be possible to hack in a verizon rom dump from eris and force it to roam on their towers. However that won't allow you to come back to Sprint. And Sprint has been known to cancel contracts of people who roam too much.
has anyone tried to update the PRL to a verizon PRL?? I tried it, but i'm not sure how successful it was, as both Sprint and Verizon signals are strong in my area.. Put the PRL on the SD card and use ##PRL# to update it..
flipzmode said:
Roaming is of no use to me but I always like to look in to issues that people are having. I grep'd what code we have available to us for our phones and the only two options I came across were:
ro.com.android.dataroaming = true
xml: name="sync_while_roaming">false
So all I can tell you is that I can control whether it roams or not (which can also be easily changed in our settings menu) but not to force it to roam. I googled if it was possible in android at all and couldn't find any results.
Do you know what towers are around you or what towers we can roam on? I wonder if it would be possible to hack in a verizon rom dump from eris and force it to roam on their towers. However that won't allow you to come back to Sprint. And Sprint has been known to cancel contracts of people who roam too much.
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The towers around me are Verizon towers. Yeah, I undestand that (Sprint has been known to cancel contracts of people who roam too much) and I don't want to Roam all the time, just here at work. The phone is mostly on roaming while at work but is is continually searching for a Sprint tower and that drains the battery so fast! The only workaround for me is to set the phone to airplane mode until about the last three hours of work but then even when the phone is turned on it constantly tries to switch to a very weak sprint signal and I keep losing connection just about every 2 or 3 minutes, so using the phone in work is practically useless for me right now
@mroneeyedboh: Natural Light. My ode to cheap beer.
One area I frequent has a weak Sprint signal, and a "decent" Verizon signal. It would take "excessive" roaming, for 3 consecutive months for Sprint to flag you for abuse. So you have some breathing room. I remember my G1 had an option to manually select the network available. However, I'm not entirely sure that having a network option isn't just a customary feature of a GSM device, and not Android specifically, since its obviously compatible world wide.
I have the same exact situation at work where I get no signal on sprint but it tries to find it draining the battery and preventing it from using the very good verizon signal. I had to force it to EVDO only just to be able to check my gmail and confirm my XDA forum registration since webmail is blocked at work. This the kind of thing I bought this phone for to always have access to my email. Switching to EVDO Only mode is really cumbersome and annoying, and still gives a bad although slightly better signal. If I forget to switch it back to allow 1x Data, I can't use SMS and when I call sprint it hangs up immediately unless I switch it back on. I would use very minimal time data and voice roaming compared to my outside of building data and voice use as I'm sure is the case for most people with bad sprint coverage inside buildings.
Greefus said:
I have the same exact situation at work where I get no signal on sprint but it tries to find it draining the battery and preventing it from using the very good verizon signal. I had to force it to EVDO only just to be able to check my gmail and confirm my XDA forum registration since webmail is blocked at work. This the kind of thing I bought this phone for to always have access to my email. Switching to EVDO Only mode is really cumbersome and annoying, and still gives a bad although slightly better signal. If I forget to switch it back to allow 1x Data, I can't use SMS and when I call sprint it hangs up immediately unless I switch it back on. I would use very minimal time data and voice roaming compared to my outside of building data and voice use as I'm sure is the case for most people with bad sprint coverage inside buildings.
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There is a widget in the market to switch 3g on and off. can't remember the name.
Anyone who's more knowledgeable than me, can please tell me if by changing anything in the ## menus, (like ##diag# or ##data#), can we force the phone to roam? (I'm asking because I just got the MSL number out of my device and now can change any of those settings).
TIA.
daveli said:
Anyone who's more knowledgeable than me, can please tell me if by changing anything in the ## menus, (like ##diag# or ##data#), can we force the phone to roam? (I'm asking because I just got the MSL number out of my device and now can change any of those settings).
TIA.
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Sorry, can't help you. I interested in this thread, so I'm bumping it.
This sounds like something the CDMA radio manages. I'm not familiar with the lower level processes and configurations on Android, but this might be part of a closed source process. I don't know if Android is supposed to have such a thing?
You could try setting the Home SID/NID to the SID/NID of the tower where you work, and then set the phone to Sprint Only. This in theory should force the phone to stay on the roaming tower, but I'm not sure if this will override the PRL. Probably not.
Subscribing... I would give anything for this. I got this shiny new hero and can't use it at my house. It was so awesome that I kept it. A friend can sit next to me on verizon and get almost a full signal.
I have tried the GV + Sipsorcery + sipdroid thing to make and receive calls over wifi but it is so unreliable. If I could just switch to use the roaming verizon tower by my house I could justify keeping this thing.
I am new to android development, but not new to development, linux, or java. So I will probably investigate this more.
flexgrip said:
Subscribing... I would give anything for this. I got this shiny new hero and can't use it at my house. It was so awesome that I kept it. A friend can sit next to me on verizon and get almost a full signal.
I have tried the GV + Sipsorcery + sipdroid thing to make and receive calls over wifi but it is so unreliable. If I could just switch to use the roaming verizon tower by my house I could justify keeping this thing.
I am new to android development, but not new to development, linux, or java. So I will probably investigate this more.
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Anyone looking into what someone else found? That he was able to force roam the Hero?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=616405
I am hopefull
Apart from force roaming does anyone know of an app that would let you manually select your towers (or a built in way to do it).
I don't want to force roaming actually, I just want to switch to the verizon tower near my house so I can use my phone at home. I don't want to do it anywhere else. Just once instance.
I had a junk nokia a long time ago and it even had an app that let you manually select your tower and gave me all the serial/id info about it. What is the next closest think on android for this?
flexgrip said:
I don't want to force roaming actually, I just want to switch to the verizon tower near my house so I can use my phone at home. I don't want to do it anywhere else. Just once instance.
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That is, by definition, force roaming.
Oh, you're right, but what I meant was that I don't want to be anywhere and kick myself off the sprint towers onto any other tower using an app or setting. I just meant in one location I would like to switch to a defined tower. There is a big difference between an app that lets you select your network towers and another that forces your phone off of sprint onto any roaming tower. But thanks for a helpful post.
As far as the CDMA hero goes, is there anything helpful in the radio updates that might lead to controlling the network selection? I am wrapping some projects up this week and I do not care to dig through the source to see if a quick app is possible.
I'm pretty sure you should NOT mess with the radio...
flexgrip said:
Subscribing... I would give anything for this. I got this shiny new hero and can't use it at my house. It was so awesome that I kept it. A friend can sit next to me on verizon and get almost a full signal.
I have tried the GV + Sipsorcery + sipdroid thing to make and receive calls over wifi but it is so unreliable. If I could just switch to use the roaming verizon tower by my house I could justify keeping this thing.
I am new to android development, but not new to development, linux, or java. So I will probably investigate this more.
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Or, you could call customer care, and tell them that you get no service at home, and require an AIRAVE. They sent me one free, and waived the 4.99 month charge. Just explain to them, you need your phone, you have small kids or whatever, you need service in your home.
AIRAVE is the best thing ever. I went from no service in my house, to 5 bars at all times, who cares if its only 1X, I can still make and receive calls, and have WiFi for my data needs.

TMob US - 3g service, but no internet

Ok, this is goofy.
Wifi works great
EVDO connects to internet and works great
3g shows 3 bars, but will not connect to internet
This is true even after a hard reset. Must be a settings issue? I did a hard reset, let it set up, and still same problem.
I got the same problem. Purchased the phone yesterday morning. I never had the data plan before. I called T-Mobile twice and they told me that it can take up to 48 hours for the data to kick in. If it doesn't work by tomorrow morning, I'll give them a call again.
i got the same thing too guys. it is fine now and i got a text message from tmo so it it cuts out again i will chime back in.
buy yeah, yesterday i lost connection twice for long periods of time, like a couple of hours.
Thanks for the info! Seems pretty weird that it works when I'm in an E area, but not on 3g. Maybe different towers or something. Friggin awesome phone though!
LOL, WTF
i just tried to go on yahoo on my hd2 just now after posting and guess what.... it's out again!
OK so I pulled the battery and popped it back in and my internet is back.
i hope this isn't a hardware issue!
Yeah, this is interesting. Popped my TMo sim into my Xperia, could only get E level of service for some reason but could connect to the internet. Put the sim back in my HD2, took it to the far corner of the basement where it drops to E service and it connects to the internet. Back in 3g zone and it won't connect at all. At least it seems to have a stronger antenna than the Xperia. I'll have to give them a call and see whats going on.
there was an issue with the settings...
you can try a couple of things first...
if you are familiar with windows (which sounds like you are), you need to go change the access point name (apn) to one of 2 options...
wap.voicestream.com
epc.tmobile.com
I called into customer service about same issue. I was told to power down, remove battery and start it again and check. It worked afterward.
Maybe it was due to them activating my new data plan, from Android data to Smart phone data. I don't know, just guessing.
I thought maybe I was having this same problem yesterday..
thought eh its all in my head.
Maybe it was due to them activating my new data plan, from Android data to Smart phone data. I don't know, just guessing/QUOTE]
What phone did you have?
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This is tmoUS, guys. They're notorious for having ****ty 3G service. No point in having HSPA+ when the majority of the people are still reliant on EDGE. Hopefully by summer you guys will get decent coverage.
hazard99 said:
I thought maybe I was having this same problem yesterday..
thought eh its all in my head.
Maybe it was due to them activating my new data plan, from Android data to Smart phone data. I don't know, just guessing/QUOTE]
What phone did you have?
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HTC Dream.
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lude219 said:
This is tmoUS, guys. They're notorious for having ****ty 3G service. No point in having HSPA+ when the majority of the people are still reliant on EDGE. Hopefully by summer you guys will get decent coverage.
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I'm in NYC. The 3G is good here. Rarely had problems. Probably only a day or something that I can remember.
spotty here in denver. got mine last night. can't get any gps satellites for google maps either.
-Tony
""there was an issue with the settings...
you can try a couple of things first...
if you are familiar with windows (which sounds like you are), you need to go change the access point name (apn) to one of 2 options...
wap.voicestream.com
epc.tmobile.com""
It was set to epc.tmobile.com
I tried to change it to wap.voicestream.com, but that setting errored out.
Then couldn't get the epc.tmobile.com setting to work which is strange. Soo, did a hard reset and let it set up again. Same thing. I can connect to internet with Edge, but 3g even though it shows the signal bars and everything seems great will not connect to internet, download email, update weather, etc.
I too am have this problem... Sometimes web works great, other times no web but strong 3G.... I thought I was going crazy...
My internet was working really slow yesterday when I first got the phone (5-60 kbit/s). Called up tmo to ask if maybe they had set me up with just tzones or something. The guy said "no everything looks fine here...oh wait I see there's something that needs to be reset; I'm surprised you were getting internet at all." When I asked him what it was he said he "couldn't really explain what it was", to which I replied "..."
Anyway, it seems to be working fine now. Don't know if this could be related to the problems you're having, but giving tmobile a call couldn't hurt, maybe they can flip the magic unexplainable switch for you.
Ok so I couldn't get internet for two days now, I called T-mobile twice and told me to wait 48 hours. After thinking something was fishy, I looked at my receipt from Wal-Mart where I purchased the phone and I noticed something peculiar: "REQ Android Web: 30:00". Knowing damn sure I did not purchase an android phone, I called T-Mobile for the third time, complaining, so the first guy transferred me to another operator. He checked out my account and it turned out that I didn't have any data plan at all. So he added the plan and within 20 minutes I was surfing. Everything works great. I'm getting about 850 kbps in northwest Indiana.
It's very interesting that the first two operators I called never even bothered to look at my account to see if I have a data plan.
Just discovered new regarding the no data issue.
I had the no data problem again today, even though it was working in the morning. I decided to reboot and check, but then I noticed the 'Terminate Data Connection' option when I hold down the power button. So I tried it. It killed the data connection and when I went into Google Maps, the data connection reactivated and everything was fine again.
So, it may be a bug!

confused sprint free tethering stock 2.1 gone 2.2

this is a short story of my past week saga.
a month ago i got 2 evos. wife and i.
i was sold on the fact that with these phones while one could pay 30 bucks a month for up to 8 on wifi hotspot,
OR!
they could be used for internet sharing over usb for free to one computer.
that is what 3 different sprint reps told me, and i was shocked b.c i thought there was no way to get that but i was clearly told and i asked repeated questions because it seemed like nirvana.
anyway i get the phones and as i am getting teh numbers set up do the dreaded late june OTA update which apears broke a bunch of your roots. bummer.
anyway.
i live in a 4g land and happily for a month on both phones I
turn the 4g radio on,
wait for connection,
connect supplied usb cable to computer with htc sync software installed
connect phone and use usb settings drop down to set the phone to
internet sharing over usb.
with in 30 seconds htc sync had added a network adapter and life was great.
i don't think i ever did it over 3g, however a sprint rep told me after asking "is this free tethering to one computer only on 4g thing?" replyied "i haven't had anyone say they couldn't over 3g but im not sure" but i tried once and i don't think it got working, i think i got error 67.
i thought it was hilarious b.c i assumed most were rooting for the great wifi teather, ?or usb? and it was working as so out of the box.
so after carefully reading the hundred or so posts by all rooting methods, what to do with adb, then the single click, then the single click removal due to messed up 4g stuff... i just kept waiting b.c although im sure i could follow a multistep nand root process, but as the phones worked so well as is, and i wasn't sure if teh 4g radio was sorted out yet in a simple root i just waited to root later.
so this past thursday or so i did on my phone the official over the air update to 2.2
3.26.651.6
and all day i was highly enjoying it. small changes here and there
UNTIL!!!
i went home and did the standard 4g radio on, usb connect, drop down,
hm... internet sharing has been changed to usb teathering....
and i did it, and nothing happened. error 67
so this time i unplugged radio 4g of on, confirmed in menu settings we were go with ip
and phone internet worked
but after plugging in usb and switching to usb teathering and quickly going back to the 4g menu status page i would watch the 4g radio disconnect, start scanning, maybe attempt to connect to sprint, then scann again forever
then dump a error 67.
so.... thats a frustration...
so i call sprint, and they say you need to go to a store to fix the update, yes they know it createdissues. so i go to a store.
they send me to another store, a tech store... they say oh you get error 67?
call sprint tech support they need to clear it up on their end.
so i call and they try it. i do the whole pound pount 32 somthing enter a code
off on
wait.
and still errors and no connecting...
so i call and they say you need to go back to the tech store adn have them put the update on.
i am slightly ticked at this point but totally staying cool.
i am starting to realize that this is an issue. and sprint has no idea.
next morning i do make it back to the store...
and speak with the tech guy
1st telling him the story.
2nd asking before anyother stuff, can we make this simple and restore my phone with thier tools to 2.1
he says basically, ah nope. i can't do anything. i have no tools.
i have no software. on this phone its basically the ota's htc send us.
so bascially spritn wants me to get all the way here,
and all he's going to do is go behind the door
punch around on my phone to make sure im not an idoit, then set the phoen back to factory settings, and make sure 2.2 looks aok.
so knowing this isn't going to solve anything, i let them go anyway so when i talk to sprint again i have followed their suggestions yet, i still have teh issue.
so that's what i do, and after putting contacts back on and using an app to restore most of installed apps. i head back home...
there is now frustration but still maintain my cool, bc after all i live in america, and i will get to eat today. overall life is good.
idea, lets call htc. so i do.
basically this person is slighly tech and proceeds to say,
from what i hear, due to a glitch 2.1 owners have free hotspot.
most likely that got fixed in 2.2
but i held my ground stating that hotspot and usb data sharing are two distinct thigns, and as much as sprint would like to merge and charge, that difference adn stated fact was the selling reason for me on these...
but she confirmed that there is no going back to 2.1
but also left me with a glimmer or hope.
so i called back sprint then sprint tech, then got on the phone waitng for advanced tech support to call me back on the idea that i just need my account provisioned for usb data tethering. which allows a 1 computer to share the data from my plan, and as i have unlimited, its no problem.
the tech tried to do something like that... but got to a point where we changed and confirmed something deep in my phone like either a 3g or 4g mac address was right, but i still had issues, and so he said he woudl have advanced tech call me back b.c they had better tools to assist me.
well that hour call back still hasnt happened and its around 36 hours know.
maybe i get a call monday..
however... at this point i am bugged b.c obviously there is still a 2% change this will get solved by the correct device provisioning,
however i believe now the sprint reps merely didn't know it was a glitch which allowed single person teathering so now if i call, basically all i get is big crocodile tears that say im sorry you were misinformed...
so the hilarious this is i still have the other phone, no way i will update that one, b/.c its our web lifeline now.
and if the other one gets sorted out great.
if not,
i have been waiting in the back, but this time.
im joining the others waiting for the FANTASTIC DEVS to find the exploit to allow nand rooting for the ota and stock shipped 2.2 evos
and i will be in.
it can't come soon enough.
thanks for reading, enjoy your night.
**newcomers like me to xda, please spent a couple hours reading up before you post or ask questions.
you will be shocked how many answers are here.
if all your wanting to do is tether to 1 pc through USB, than just get EasyTether.
It works great for me, and I still get 7mbs with 4g turned on while doing a speedtest on my PC. And, you do not need to be rooted to use it.
Yeah, thanks for the reminder, i tried that and pdanet first, but stopped bc i was able to with htc's stock software, and i was told its legit from sprint, but at this point it might be the way to get along till more headway is made, only 10 for the https and would work well as i dont need root. At this point 40 quarters is a better use of my time Still though kinda ticked at sprint, i feel like this has been a mega bait switch. They have been helpful, but they cant fix it.
-owen while xda appin'

set up airave for the evo?

anybody know how to properly setup an airave from sprint? i have a standard broadband cable modem from comcast and a netgear wireless router i use. the airave manual says to directly connect my cable modem cat5 to the airave. then use one of the ports on the back of the airave to connect my router. i did this and i get no internet connection at all on my pc.
so i instead hooked up my cable modem to my router "like usual" and then hooked the airave to one of the ports on my router. bang, i have internet again and the airave seems to be ok other than im still waiting for the mobile led to connect. sprint told me it could take 2-3 hours? i already had to reset the airave because the led indicates a hardware error of some sort "flashes amber in color".
so my question is, do i have this set up properly or what?
I've seen it take as long as 4 hours to register. be sure it also has clear line of site to the sky or atleast the GPS annt. with Verizon the device wouldn't register with out a gps location. Also you might need to open a port or 2 to allow data and voice to travel through your router.
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I've seen it take as long as 4 hours to register. be sure it also has clear line of site to the sky or atleast the GPS annt. with Verizon the device wouldn't register with out a gps location. Also you might need to open a port or 2 to allow data and voice to travel through your router.
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the airave is near my balcony slider window. the gps antenna is attached to the window itself. what do you mean by open a port on my router? how do you do that per say? you mean not have it blocked by the hardware firewall?
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I've seen it take as long as 4 hours to register. be sure it also has clear line of site to the sky or atleast the GPS annt. with Verizon the device wouldn't register with out a gps location. Also you might need to open a port or 2 to allow data and voice to travel through your router.
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Dont connect it directly!! the air rave fails as a router!!! i got half normal speeds... if you really wanted to... what you have to do is power cycle your modem after connecting the air rave to it and your computer to the air rave. Yes, it took forever the first time for me too.
Oh... by the way they may be down right now... might be your problem. I know mine just stopped working.
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Dont connect it directly!! the air rave fails as a router!!! i got half normal speeds... if you really wanted to... what you have to do is power cycle your modem after connecting the air rave to it and your computer to the air rave. Yes, it took forever the first time for me too.
Oh... by the way they may be down right now... might be your problem. I know mine just stopped working.
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my modem is plugged into my netgear router. then the 1st router port goes to my pc and port 2 is for the airave. that's what i wanted to make sure i set up correctly.
so should i go into my router setting and open port two for the airave then?
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my modem is plugged into my netgear router. then the 1st router port goes to my pc and port 2 is for the airave. that's what i wanted to make sure i set up correctly.
so should i go into my router setting and open port two for the airave then?
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I didn't need to open any. You probably don't either.
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I didn't need to open any. You probably don't either.
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thanks, i just wondered why the mobile led started flashing amber instead of green or going a solid green?
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Oh... by the way they may be down right now... might be your problem. I know mine just stopped working.
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figures, first 3 towers down for 4 weeks and now this is down too? what the hell!
Sprint recommends you set it up BEFORE the router, but you dont really need to.
Try this.
Reset your network; unplug everything, and, plug your modem in first, wait until its fully active, then plug your router in, wait until that is fully active, then plug the airave in.
As soon as you get the flashing amber light on the Airave, (assuming you do), then do a hard reset by sticking a paperclip or straight pin into the reset hole on the back on the airrave, holding it in for at least 30 seconds, then release it, and see if the airave connects.
give it at least an hour after you do that to connect the first time...
If that doesn't work, either the tower is down in your area, or you have a bad unit.
I assume you are using the newer model, not the one from a few years ago...
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Sprint recommends you set it up BEFORE the router, but you dont really need to.
Try this.
Reset your network; unplug everything, and, plug your modem in first, wait until its fully active, then plug your router in, wait until that is fully active, then plug the airave in.
As soon as you get the flashing amber light on the Airave, (assuming you do), then do a hard reset by sticking a paperclip or straight pin into the reset hole on the back on the airrave, holding it in for at least 30 seconds, then release it, and see if the airave connects.
give it at least an hour after you do that to connect the first time...
If that doesn't work, either the tower is down in your area, or you have a bad unit.
I assume you are using the newer model, not the one from a few years ago...
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hmm... most modems you should connect what ever your connecting to it then power cycle it..
aimbdd said:
hmm... most modems you should connect what ever your connecting to it then power cycle it..
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not with this gadget you dont..
The air rave is also a router, and, for a router to work properly, the modem its connected to has to grab an IP address FIRST; If you have it all connected and then restart everything at the same time, the air rave and the modem are fighting to grab the first IP available, and neither one will succeed.
I've done this procedure many times for the air rave, and it works well..
its working fine now, fast downloads too! wish i had this outside my home. and yes i only have this unit because my area has 3 towers down for the past 4 weeks. service is horrid otherwise.
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not with this gadget you dont..
The air rave is also a router, and, for a router to work properly, the modem its connected to has to grab an IP address FIRST; If you have it all connected and then restart everything at the same time, the air rave and the modem are fighting to grab the first IP available, and neither one will succeed.
I've done this procedure many times for the air rave, and it works well..
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The two routers i use wont grap an ip if i dont powercycle the modem after connecting them
did u get it for free? what did u say to get it?
I am getting 2 of them
I called Monday about issues I have been having in my town and while talking with Tech support and Retentions I asked if they would wave the ETF on all my lines since my service wasn't that great. They offered me an airrave for free and all fees waived. I asked if I could have 2 of them? One for my home and one for my parents. A supervisor got on the phone and after explaining the issues she said sure, you can have 2 of them free of charge and with no monthly fees.
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did u get it for free? what did u say to get it?
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Dude it's so easy to get one. All you have to do is call customer service, then ask for To terminate your service.
The rep will try to go back and forth, no reason just tell them to transfer you. They will send you to customer retentions dept. The person will ask why you want to terminate... you say something like this...
Well I haven't been getting any coverage at home and this is my only phone. My neighbor has ATT and they had to get some strange signal boost device or something, anyway I am probably going to switch to verizon because they have really great service on my street.
BAM! the agent will offer you the airave, FO FREE, and will be so happy that they were able to "convince" you to stay on board. It's a win for everyone.
***What will not work is to call and ask them to send you one for free, you have to let them believe they fixed the problem... hehehehe.

Is anyone else's texting all screwed up this weekend?

I'm using google voice, with my sprint number, and people are only getting multiple blank texts and/or a few words from the text.
I swear, I'm just waiting for Sprint's whole network to completely break and not work at all.
I'm guessing their network is over capacity nationwide, because I'm texting people in New Mexico (probably roaming), someone back east and then someone locally. It's happening to all of them!
Haven't tried text but, I'm having issues with data. Anything that requires internet access is working very slow or not at all. It seems to be intermittent. Hoping it's just a network problem and not my phone.
I havent run into any problems. Good luck with yours!
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eric c said:
Haven't tried text but, I'm having issues with data. Anything that requires internet access is working very slow or not at all. It seems to be intermittent. Hoping it's just a network problem and not my phone.
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Yeah, don't worry, its not your phone, its the network. Most cities data is about 100kbps (slightly faster than dial up), so on a weekend like this...
Only when I've been drinking. Crazy weekend. Wait, it's a network thing? *relief*
So mine is still screwed up, but only when I text other Sprint customers.
I think Google Voice or Sprint must have changed some protocols over the weekend that is making my -sent- texts show up as complete blanks or just random words from that text. Doesn't happen with received texts, though.

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