Hey all,
So i just installed my Airave in my apartment, but I'm seing a lot of activity as far as the WAN light basically its rapidly blinking as if I Was making a phone call. Now here is my question... Can others beside me lock onto my Airave and use its signal? If so is there a way for me to block them out?
Yes,other people can use the airave. If you want to block them you have to call customer service. I believe that you can then give it permission based on phone numbers
yep anyone can. log into sprint website: click my devices: Update my air rave (on right side) :users: restrict accesses then add the numbers of people you want to be able to use it.
I was supposed to get an Airave but then Sprint screwed me because I get a discount for being in the military they said they will not give me one for free. Does it seem like you're getting a better signal?
Thank you guys
and yes, i get full signal, but mine doesn't allow me 3g, i only get 1X speeds with it, but I have wifi so whatever, also call quality is awesome.
no problem. and what? that doesn't sound right man... i would try calling customer service again.
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no problem. and what? that doesn't sound right man... i would try calling customer service again.
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Some versions of Airave don't give you 3g speeds, the earlier versions. A new revision was made recently that gives 3g, honestly i dont mind, i got my airave from my boss at work, he had it then canceled sprint.
The airave can not block phone numbers . I called the other day and ask about this problem and they said they can't fix it.also my airave also would set my evo to different time zone after 12 hours and my alarms wouldn't work.I have had mine off for a month now.but I get good signal now and don't pay for it anyways.
DanWalker said:
I was supposed to get an Airave but then Sprint screwed me because I get a discount for being in the military they said they will not give me one for free. Does it seem like you're getting a better signal?
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That seems kind of backwards..thanks for serving.
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You can go to Sprint online and simply enter in the phone numbers you want to have access to the unit.
The way to test it is do a *99 from a number not entered and you wont get the message that you are going thru your personal tower.
Good luck
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Big improvement.... i have the newer airvana and it works great
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Hulkanator said:
The airave can not block phone numbers . I called the other day and ask about this problem and they said they can't fix it.also my airave also would set my evo to different time zone after 12 hours and my alarms wouldn't work.I have had mine off for a month now.but I get good signal now and don't pay for it anyways.
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You can go online to sprint and into your devices and manage your airave. It ask's you to have it open or specific numbers. Put your number in and whoever else.
Go to My preferences scroll down to manage my airave access point
As far as I know, only Sprint phones can connect to the Airave. Some of the posts are a little misleading, making it sound like you can allow any phone to connect to it.
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As far as I know, only Sprint phones can connect to the Airave. Some of the posts are a little misleading, making it sound like you can allow any phone to connect to it.
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True but my neighbours have sprint so I wouldn't want them grubbing off of my airave
I own an airave myself and had it for a year now here's the deal; only 3 users can talk on it at a time meaning they don't even have to know there on ur airwave but once they make a call it will automatically connect. The problem with that is I live in a apt and people used to connect to my **** all the time and I couldn't use it lol. And even the newer airaves don't allow 3g its about 150kbps max on data correct me if I'm wrong. But I'm 100% positive about only 3 users at a time. Now here's the next problem, I believe the airave DOESN'T play nice with AOSP roms it only likes sense. Reason I say this is because on both my heroc and evo running aosp my airave had mad problems nothing would work right ; time zones, calls connecting and just wouldn't let me make calls on the airave. But on sense roms I had no problems whatsoever. Lastly, about locking your airave ;if you lock your airave on an aosp(vanilla, cm etc) it most likely will have problems. This is how my problem got started in the first place to where I came up with my theory. I tried to lock it so people couldn't steal it on an aosp rom and it wouldn't work at all. To make an already long story shorter lol if you lock it I myself believes it will only work on sense roms and that sucks for me cause I hate sense roms, so rock aosp then airave has to be open and people steal my airave so I still can't use it lmfao. Either way it goes I have one and can't use it lol.
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I own an airave myself and had it for a year now here's the deal; only 3 users can talk on it at a time meaning they don't even have to know there on ur airwave but once they make a call it will automatically connect. The problem with that is I live in a apt and people used to connect to my **** all the time and I couldn't use it lol. And even the newer airaves don't allow 3g its about 150kbps max on data correct me if I'm wrong. But I'm 100% positive about only 3 users at a time. Now here's the next problem, I believe the airave DOESN'T play nice with AOSP roms it only likes sense. Reason I say this is because on both my heroc and evo running aosp my airave had mad problems nothing would work right ; time zones, calls connecting and just wouldn't let me make calls on the airave. But on sense roms I had no problems whatsoever. Lastly, about locking your airave ;if you lock your airave on an aosp(vanilla, cm etc) it most likely will have problems. This is how my problem got started in the first place to where I came up with my theory. I tried to lock it so people couldn't steal it on an aosp rom and it wouldn't work at all. To make an already long story shorter lol if you lock it I myself believes it will only work on sense roms and that sucks for me cause I hate sense roms, so rock aosp then airave has to be open and people steal my airave so I still can't use it lmfao. Either way it goes I have one and can't use it lol.
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So many things not true....
1. The airave supports up to 6 people at once....
2. It does get 3g speeds... I get 2300 kbps up and 900kbps down
3. I have had 0 problems with locking it and using aosp. Sure sometimes it wont send calls... but using the stock rom that happens too.
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dirkyd3rk said:
I own an airave myself and had it for a year now here's the deal; only 3 users can talk on it at a time meaning they don't even have to know there on ur airwave but once they make a call it will automatically connect. The problem with that is I live in a apt and people used to connect to my **** all the time and I couldn't use it lol. And even the newer airaves don't allow 3g its about 150kbps max on data correct me if I'm wrong. But I'm 100% positive about only 3 users at a time. Now here's the next problem, I believe the airave DOESN'T play nice with AOSP roms it only likes sense. Reason I say this is because on both my heroc and evo running aosp my airave had mad problems nothing would work right ; time zones, calls connecting and just wouldn't let me make calls on the airave. But on sense roms I had no problems whatsoever. Lastly, about locking your airave ;if you lock your airave on an aosp(vanilla, cm etc) it most likely will have problems. This is how my problem got started in the first place to where I came up with my theory. I tried to lock it so people couldn't steal it on an aosp rom and it wouldn't work at all. To make an already long story shorter lol if you lock it I myself believes it will only work on sense roms and that sucks for me cause I hate sense roms, so rock aosp then airave has to be open and people steal my airave so I still can't use it lmfao. Either way it goes I have one and can't use it lol.
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So many things not true....
1. The airave supports up to 6 people at once....
2. It does get 3g speeds... I get 2300 kbps up and 900kbps down
3. I have had 0 problems with locking it and using aosp. Sure sometimes it wont send calls... but using the stock rom that happens too.
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I have also had 0 problems with MIUI, CM6, or CM7 while using the airave/airvana
not sure about speeds as I never use it for data, i always connect to wifi while home.
so it would seem that there are a few just laying around at people homes who aren't even using them? I'm assuming that Sprint gave them to the people who have them free of charge as they had initially offered me?
That just makes me hate the customer service over at Sprint a little more right now.
Anyone willing to give up the one they aren't using? lol
The Rep told me only 3 users can use my device at once maybe mine is older, I have the white samsung airave that looks like a router. Even in the manual it says only 3 users can be on it at once. I've had mine a little over a year. When I get home ill try to find the manual. And I SAID BASED ON MY THEORY NOT ANYONE ELSES, for ME it never worked with any AOSP out there WHEN THE AIRAVE IS LOCKED. Meaning only the authorized numbers can use it and it only works on sense when its LOCKED. why don't you lock it and try for yourself. I've asked about this so many times in the heroc forums nobody had anything. When the airave is open it works on any rom. This is my exp not speaking for others.
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aimbdd said:
So many things not true....
1. The airave supports up to 6 people at once....
2. It does get 3g speeds... I get 2300 kbps up and 900kbps down
3. I have had 0 problems with locking it and using aosp. Sure sometimes it wont send calls... but using the stock rom that happens too.
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Youre wrong about the first 2 things nice try though. That's your normal 3g speeds my airave doesn't even support 3g my 3g with out turning my airave is about 1mb when its on my data is way slower. Do your research homeboy before you try to call someone out bro.
http://www.slashgear.com/sprint-airave-reception-boosting-cdma-femtocell-review-1413996/
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I love my Epic. Just switched from Verizon and have found I roam a lot on verizon. Which is fine, but when I'm home it's half a bar or sometimes no bars at all but still sprint. Time without a signal right now is 97%. This is draining my battery and causing me to drop calls. Is there a setting to prefer use of strongest tower regardless if it's roaming? If I roam to Verizon it's Full bars.
Thanks,
See if you can get an airwave.
why would you switch to verizon when it has no 4g?
@rawsoup. So 4G does exsist?? Not available here. I was curious if there was an app to use strongest tower regardless if it's roaming. Wherever I go it's always half a bar with sprint. So calls will connect but then they drop. I guess I'll just get an airwave for my house, work and the grocery store.
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@rawsoup. So 4G does exsist?? Not available here. I was curious if there was an app to use strongest tower regardless if it's roaming. Wherever I go it's always half a bar with sprint. So calls will connect but then they drop. I guess I'll just get an airwave for my house, work and the grocery store.
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hmmm. thats funny what area (not specific address, i'm not a stalker) do you live in?
I have to agree with OP on this...the ability to flop over to roaming would be awesome. It's amazing..this same post has shown up for a ton of different phones throughout the years and the first response is always "why?".
I live in Queens in a basement apartment, 15 minutes from Manhattan. If I go outside my building, I get 2-4 bars service. Depending on where I leave my phone in my house, I get 0-1 bars, 1 if I'm really, really lucky and have been a good boy all year.
Currently, without paying stupid amounts of money for an airave (I don't even make that many phone calls, just need to be available for work), I have to turn the phone radio off, load up sipdroid to use with my gizmo5 account, and rely on google voice completely. I don't get texts, but since I have GV I get those texts and that suffices for now...but it's a lot of work to simply be able to be reached.
Verizon has 5 bars in my apartment. I shouldn't have to pay sprint whatever ridiculous amount they're asking for the airave hardware and the service when sprint already has roaming deals with verizon, and I pay for these roaming contracts in my monthly plan. I should be able to switch over to roam in my house for the off chance that I do get a phone call, and so that my battery isn't drained completely by two hours of trying to aquire sprint's signal.
The Palm Pre had a roam only hack, and it was beautifly done. Can someone get the ball rolling for an android app? I know there have been three billion posts in relation to this feature on android...but it would be really, really helpful.
I agree but airwaves hve been mostly free for people calling in needing help with ****ty service inside. Especially if you can be nice but still be fcirm with pleading your case.
Now sometmes new accounts need to wait 90 days for new free hardware to establish payment history and if you don't pay your bill or in general are a pain in the balls don't expect them to help you.
However many people get them without the monthly fee and free hardware.
Looks like roam control from the market will work on Samsung phones nextweek
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Sweet, just what I'm looking for. Thanks!
I guess if I root my phone, sprint won't let me return it with their 30day worry free program. I guess I'll just have to just trust it works. (unless there's a unroot option)
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Looks like roam control from the market will work on Samsung phones nextweek
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Where did you see that update at?
Wait wait. I'm lost. Roaming on VZ network is free on Sprint?
fazooley said:
I have the solution for all android phones. PM me for details!
fazooley
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This loser stole my app from the market and is trying to sell it. No one wants you here. Plus, quit spreading bad information, it doesn't work for *all* android phones...take the Droid X for example.
Wow. You people need to stop wondering why and just answer the question. Clearly OP doesnt have any type of good signal.
I live in the bronx in a basement apartment and i get 2 bars if im lucky. But its always switching between sprint and verizon killing my battery, lagging my phone and dropping my calls. F the airwave. I had force roaming with CM6 on my hero and would use it when im home and get full bars with no interuption and then switch to sprint when i step outside my door where i get full bars.
But anyways, nah i dont think the epic has force roaming yet...when someone ports CM6 over it should have it.
You can go into settings/wireless & networks/ mobile connection and set it to home only and it should be able to hold onto that 1 sprint bar you have and it wouldnt constantly switch to vzw and back, killing your phone.
It sucks. I remember i would hope i started roaming before i got the option for force roamong lol
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And yeah roaming is free and unlimited on verizon. But apparently theres a data cap of 300mb on 3g and unlimited 4g roaming (which is bs cuz sprint is the only one using WiMax) with the 4g phones....but im not entirely sure...
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Just so people know, there is an app in the market called "Roam Control" that allows you to force roaming on your Epic. Disclaimer: I am the developer.
Otherwise, with HTC phones, you can run CM6 which has the roaming option built in.
The joker above (fazooley) pirated my app and is trying to sell it to people for $1. I think you're better off ignoring him.
yes it does but requires root dang
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yes it does but requires root dang
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Yeah, sorry man. Not into the rooting thing?
well of course i am but i want to root froyo instead
Thanks guys for your help. I figured out the Forcing Roam issue by just switching back to Verizon. Problem Solved
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Thanks guys for your help. I figured out the Forcing Roam issue by just switching back to Verizon. Problem Solved
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Lol
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Anybody notice 3G to be a bit slow lately? I used speed test awhile back and got 1.5mbps, now I get half that! Not cool.
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Anybody notice 3G to be a bit slow lately? I used speed test awhile back and got 1.5mbps, now I get half that! Not cool.
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Fluctuation in speed will happen. Try it again in a hour and see what you get. Did you run the speed tests in the same location.
I've been seeing more and more of these threads popup. Something is up.
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Maybe this..
http://www.bgr.com/2010/11/23/att-and-sprint-petition-fcc-for-spectrum-exchange/
My 3G speeds were bad all of Dec. now they're good.
Didn't mean to add another thread. Was going I wasn't alone on this. I've gone through 3 different roms and a slew of kernels thinking it was them. Bummer.
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during the day my speeds are decent, in the evenings once everyone gets off work my speeds slow to a crawl.
Just now....
david279 said:
Just now....
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What prl and radio do you have?
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What prl and radio do you have?
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All the latest...
I actually got 1.12mbps couple minutes ago. So I guess its nothing I should be concerned about.
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Think you have it bad, look at this ****. And can someone explain to me why when I open speedtest all of the servers are in europe?
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Think you have it bad, look at this ****. And can someone explain to me why when I open speedtest all of the servers are in europe?
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Wow! That's actually what I was seeing earlier. Don't know what's going on cause soon as I made my post that I was getting 1.2mbps, it dropped to nearly nothing. Smh..
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Think you have it bad, look at this ****. And can someone explain to me why when I open speedtest all of the servers are in europe?
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Same thing is happening to me.
Like I said something is up. Sprint data used to be the best in NYC. Man, I also wish that they upgraded to Rev. B for the next flagship phone. I know, wishful thinking but Id prefer that over WiMax for everyday use
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markushi said:
Same thing is happening to me.
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+1....Whats up with that???
markushi said:
Same thing is happening to me.
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Check your mobile internet settings. I just flashed cm7 and it has a couple of new selections...like international roaming, which was preselected. Also, it was preselected to roam on national affiliate networks. Since a lot of these roms are from people "across the pond" as they say, it will default to their servers. So, de-select those options and it will find a server closer to where you live. It is pretty kewl as it does switch to another network, but it is only 1rt speed, not 3G, so it didn't make my connection any faster. There are several threads out there on this about slow 3G speeds. I can only hope that with the 4G coming online, maybe the spectrum will open up to allow faster 3G speeds.
Lol glad im not the only 1 seeing this.. I was testing my connection in Germany yesterday LOL...
Tho even swapped back to the closest server (Germantown WI) , my speed still sucked..So I called sprint when I got home and told him my results compared to an ATT and Verizon phones while they were right next to me, and they were 6-7x faster then mine.
The CSR told me that its possible with northern Ill. getting 4G its working its way north into Wisconsin,and that could be affecting towers here while they transition..
Frankly I dont buy it. 2-3 weeks ago it was great, since then, 360kb is common. Also in the phone call I told him that I have no issues paying the $10 premium data charge, but if my phone keeps chugging along as it is now, I will be calling back since there is no way in hell I can take advantage of this "premium data" when I cant even watch a video on YouTube without constant pauses and other downloads basically crawling along.
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Lol glad im not the only 1 seeing this.. I was testing my connection in Germany yesterday LOL...
Tho even swapped back to the closest server (Germantown WI) , my speed still sucked..So I called sprint when I got home and told him my results compared to an ATT and Verizon phones while they were right next to me, and they were 6-7x faster then mine.
The CSR told me that its possible with northern Ill. getting 4G its working its way north into Wisconsin,and that could be affecting towers here while they transition..
Frankly I dont buy it. 2-3 weeks ago it was great, since then, 360kb is common. Also in the phone call I told him that I have no issues paying the $10 premium data charge, but if my phone keeps chugging along as it is now, I will be calling back since there is no way in hell I can take advantage of this "premium data" when I cant even watch a video on YouTube without constant pauses and other downloads basically crawling along.
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I chatted with a rep last night and they gave me the whole "there are no issues" song and dance. Clearly with so many people noticing this in so many different areas there is SOMETHING wrong with Sprints network. Either that or theyre throttling their speeds thinking people wont notice.
The csr i spoke to said he was going to push something thru to my phone and I should reboot it..which I did..
I see somewhat of an improvement at home (I THINK theres a relay on the watertower near my house but im not sure) and its now about 1.4mb down...Tho most of my issues are when im away from home and not near WiFi lol
I really hope Sprint isnt pulling a ninja throttle job on us to ease up the network for all the new subs
Been having horrable data speeds on 3g the past 3-4 months. And ive been calling and complaining everytime i have problems and making note of when i called sprint and what was done to the account. I have tried everything they asked including going to the store and getting a refurbed evo. But at the store when i got the refub i dled speedtest and got the same results...so i told them to keep it and give me my original phone back.
Point of this post is to DEFINATLY call and complain...dont let it go and look it over. Take notes on what they said and did to your account and spit it back at them the next time you call. They wanna charge me an etf for something that is not my fault since i want to cancel. I wont accept that...this is there problem...i shouldnt pay for full service if i aint getting it or be punished for cancelling when it is a problem on there end. Here is notes from todays convo with them as an example for others that should do the same. It may be the only way for them to fix there service or the only way they look at you and be like...hes to much of a pain in the ass to keep him so let him go. I will continue to call and complain until it is hopefully fixed or worst case they cancell my contract...todays notes.
Feb 15 spoke to 3 sprint reps and 1 supervisor in the cancellation dept..had my bill adusted to 101.09 dollars for poor service the past 3-4 months. So far total credits issued for poor data the past 4 months is $16 for invisable screen protecter..$20 for data booster at home...$30 for a credit issued for january for poor data speeds and $36 today for february's bill of poor data speeds. Total of $102.00
I've also noticed slower speeds for some time now, along with my home comcast internet. too many people online these days? (my internet used to be blaazzzing fast for 9 years!)
This has happened to me since November. I got my evo on launch day, and was getting great speeds, about 1500kbps down consistently. One day in November, my 3g crapped out. Since then, sprint has given me 6 phones, 3 refurbs and 3 brand new ones. All have the same problem. This leads me to believe its a network problem, I mean how could 7 phones have the same exact problem. But, my friend has an evo, and side by side his is normal, while I get less than 70kbps. And the evo's in the sprint store are fine as well, along with all the other phone models.
I have spent HOURS and HOURS on the phone trying to get this taken care of. I'm not trying to get anything from sprint, I just want my 3g to work. I love the evo, and I love sprint's coverage in my area.
They have given me 6 phones, and I haven't paid my bill in 3 months, since they keep giving me credits since they cant figure out the problem. I really could care less, I just want my 3g to work correctly.
So no, it really DOESN'T pay to complain. I have spent hours of my life complaining about this, and have gotten nowhere.
Same thing here. My 3G data speeds crapped out last November also. Sprint has no idea what the problem could be. I think everybody who is experiencing slower than normal data should raise serious hell with Sprint every single day. This is NOT a coincidence. I suspect something fishy is going on and I'm not going to pay these premium unlimited data fees for terrible 3G data speeds! I'm going to demand Sprint to credit my account 50% every month until they turn 3G back on like it used to be. If not I want out of my contract. Either way I can easily sell my two EVO's on Craigslist to cover the etf's.
I can't watch Sprint TV, YouTube, or stream any online video content. Web browsing is VERY slow. My data speeds have gone from 1.6mbps to .30kbps since last November and now I never get speed results faster than .76kbps on a good day. It seems like Sprint flipped a switch one day out of the blue and data speeds went to **** ever since.
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Same thing here. My 3G data speeds crapped out last November also. Sprint has no idea what the problem could be. I think everybody who is experiencing slower than normal data should raise serious hell with Sprint every single day. This is NOT a coincidence. I suspect something fishy is going on and I'm not going to pay these premium unlimited data fees for terrible 3G data speeds! I'm going to demand Sprint to credit my account 50% every month until they turn 3G back on like it used to be. If not I want out of my contract. Either way I can easily sell my two EVO's on Craigslist to cover the etf's.
I can't watch Sprint TV, YouTube, or stream any online video content. Web browsing is VERY slow. My data speeds have gone from 1.6mbps to .30kbps since last November and now I never get speed results faster than .76kbps on a good day. It seems like Sprint flipped a switch one day out of the blue and data speeds went to **** ever since.
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What happened was more people got on the data network and Sprint hasn't invested in capacity like Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T has to support more 3G data traffic.
What's the best internetz speed tester?
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Search tbe market for speed test
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Have you tried this?
Avalaunchmods said:
PLEASE READ L-E-T-T-E-R FOR L-E-T-T-E-R, W-O-R-D FOR W-O-R-D.
As we all know, HTC and Sprint borked downloads for apps like Rhapsody, Mog, Thumbplay.
I recently ran across the subject and i found a fix. It is very simple.
1. Get your MSL, There are many ways, call Sprint, Download the app MSL Reader from the market, CDMA workshop
2. After you have your MSL go to your phone and type ##3282#
3. Click Edit Mode
4. Click Advanced
5. Scroll down to HTTP PD Proxy Port & HTTP PD Proxy Address
6. Change HTTP PD Proxy Port to 0 (zero)
7. Change HTTP PD Proxy Address to 0.0.0.0
8. Go enjoy Downloads and a .20-.60 mbps increase in 3G speeds!
-All credit to original finder of this fix, i am just passing it along and found the speed increase. Also when you flash a new rom it will back to old settings so remember to re-apply and it wont make you more vulnerable to anything.
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The Proxy changes do indeed help. Be sure to give them a try. That being said. my 3G and 4G data speeds are roughly half of what they were four months ago (Baltimore market). The only thing that has not changed is my RSSI or signal strength which comes in at -62.00 dBm every day, all day. The Rx signal to noise ratio has been reading "Not ready" for the past couple of months. What happened to it? How do I calculate CINR without this part of the equation?
I've complained numerous times about my poor signal coverage and pour 3g and ay first they gave me a airvana airave unit which really doesn't work to well with the evo..... but at least they did something....
I have an Airwave on the way. Sprint has also credited a month's bill yet again. Let's hope Sprint/Clear can get their collective acts together soon.
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For slow 3G speed, an Airvana is not the answer for the simple fact that it hooks into your existing broadband connection.. you could just get a WiFi router.
That's what I told them. They said it was an "Airwave 2.0" and acts like a repeater of the 3G signal. Either way, it is of no cost to me. It does show a willingness of Sprint to work with me, even if the proposed solution is no solution.
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It's obvious the more people who start using smartphones will start to slow down the service, but its the same with Comcast internet as much as I hate it. The companies all get u with the little filler words "up to". The speeds are not and never will be garunteed, at least not in the near future. Let's just hope these clowns actually give us TRUE 4g speeds in the next few years(70-100Mbps) as the technology grows.
Not 100% true. My company says up to as well, but its only allowed to be 5-10 percent off that speed, otherwise they send someone out.
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Not 100% true. My company says up to as well, but its only allowed to be 5-10 percent off that speed, otherwise they send someone out.
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I mean there is wiggle room. But when a company says 20Mbps and u only get 13, u r within that range u are talking about. I know Comcast, if u pay for 20mbps service, u can be getting 12 and they can do nothing about it on their end. It's because some units share a single.signal, same with cell towers, the more people using , the slower it'll be. And grandma and grandpa are starting to get smartphones, so it'll keep getting slower unless sprint stays on top of their game.
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heygrl said:
For slow 3G speed, an Airvana is not the answer for the simple fact that it hooks into your existing broadband connection.. you could just get a WiFi router.
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Yeah pretty much if you have a WiFi capable device.
I've gone from amazing 3G reception to constant dropouts and I work downtown Chicago across from the Sears Tower...I have no idea what has happened but being connected to 3G is hit or miss.
They also sent me an airave, which did indeed help in my home. But that does nothing outside of my home. Also, if the 3g works with the airave, that should mean that there is no problem with the 3g radio, so its not a hardware problem, but a network problem.
It's obvious the more people who start using smartphones will start to slow down the service
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I dont think this is the problem. As I stated earlier, two of my friends have evo's, and side by side, their two get normal speeds, while mine gets crap. Also, in the sprint store, I tested their display evo, just fine, and a few other random phones, all were fine.
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I've gone from amazing 3G reception to constant dropouts and I work downtown Chicago across from the Sears Tower...I have no idea what has happened but being connected to 3G is hit or miss.
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I live in the north subs and my parents are downtown Lake n Deerborn, and my parents phones have been crap lately too. Maybe sprint is over emphasizing the 4G downtown(much faster there then where I'm at) and could be messing w 3G speeds. Probably not the exact case but I can see sprint concentrating highly on 4G where it is abundant and short changing 3G a little bit.
I'm no pro so don't take my theory to heart, just thoughts.
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Hola, I've had my shift since it came out and have always experience poor 3G signal. I was wondering if anyone else has had this issue. I have tried the different radios posted in the developers section and i can never seem to get any higher than -102dBm for my signal strength.
I'm running the x99 stock rooted 2.3 rom atm. Also had poor signal strength on every 2.2 rom i ran
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I would bet its safe to say its sprints network I'm going on 3 months of poor data speeds and all I keep getting is credits on my account! Its lame
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What do you say to the sprint people to get that ceedit
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tell them the truth they know they suck lol i been dealing with it too hell they sent me new phones to help but still poor 3g
One more annoying question from me, do I need to talk to the sprint store people or call the annoying customer service people. I basically don't get any 3G and almost no Wi-Fi if it wasn't for 4G I would barely be able to use my phone and at that I stay at about -100. Lmao
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Kokoroiki said:
Hola, I've had my shift since it came out and have always experience poor 3G signal. I was wondering if anyone else has had this issue. I have tried the different radios posted in the developers section and i can never seem to get any higher than -102dBm for my signal strength.
I'm running the x99 stock rooted 2.3 rom atm. Also had poor signal strength on every 2.2 rom i ran
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my 3g is off and on crappy, but mostly when I try to download stuff from the market... 3g will be illuminated, then when is says starting download, the 3g icon is not illuminated, and the download will just hang there! its super annoying, especially when things auto update, and it just does nothing! x99 rooted 2.3.3 update rom seemsa little better, but I noticed a huge difference when I switched to cyanogenmod, my downloads are a **** ton faster, for internet, and market downloads are 10 times faster!
When I call sprint I tell them their network is a joke and a feature phones faster then what their network is I also tell them that the ROMS on the phone lie and say 3G constantly even though the speeds are 1X and that's wrong of them to bold face lie I tell them all kinds of **** I guess it depends on how mad I am, I'm getting ready to send yet another email to sprints escalation crew and they bout to get it this has been going on for months
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When I call sprint I tell them their network is a joke and a feature phones faster then what their network is I also tell them that the ROMS on the phone lie and say 3G constantly even though the speeds are 1X and that's wrong of them to bold face lie I tell them all kinds of **** I guess it depends on how mad I am, I'm getting ready to send yet another email to sprints escalation crew and they bout to get it this has been going on for months
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i read somewhere that sprint purposely left out the 1x icon so that people think they are always on 3g, even though its apparent when you are not getting 3g speeds! very sneaky
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One more annoying question from me, do I need to talk to the sprint store people or call the annoying customer service people. I basically don't get any 3G and almost no Wi-Fi if it wasn't for 4G I would barely be able to use my phone and at that I stay at about -100. Lmao
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annoying customer service lol is your best bet they can help more sprint stores wont help much i have found out
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When I call sprint I tell them their network is a joke and a feature phones faster then what their network is I also tell them that the ROMS on the phone lie and say 3G constantly even though the speeds are 1X and that's wrong of them to bold face lie I tell them all kinds of **** I guess it depends on how mad I am, I'm getting ready to send yet another email to sprints escalation crew and they bout to get it this has been going on for months
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be carefull telling them you use different roms they can mark your act for tos violation and not give you tech support anymore we the people are not aloud to change out phones lol what a joke
Seems like some people have said they are more trouble than they are worth. I have two Evo's in the house. I don't really have signal issues but the support dude said he would send it for free so I bit.
I have one. Its awesome. And why are they sending you one if you dont have signal issues?
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can you use the airraave as a wifi router as well and connect it to a cable modem for internet access, or does it only work for Sprint's network? I would love one if it was like an all in one broadband/mobile network hotspot.
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Seems like some people have said they are more trouble than they are worth. I have two Evo's in the house. I don't really have signal issues but the support dude said he would send it for free so I bit.
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Support can't even send one. Did you get an order number? Are you sure you weren't speaking with retention?
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iwin2000 said:
can you use the airraave as a wifi router as well and connect it to a cable modem for internet access, or does it only work for Sprint's network? I would love one if it was like an all in one broadband/mobile network hotspot.
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Nope.
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It's fantastic if you have real signal issues in your house. I would be a very frustrated customer without one. I can't imagine what trouble people have with theirs; I don't even think about the damn thing 99% of the time.
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I have one. Its awesome. And why are they sending you one if you dont have signal issues?
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I'm pretty sure my problem is this....Calls placed with google voice cut off after 30 minutes
so the support guy reset all my crap, new prl, redid the activation, all the normal stuff they do. I doubt it will fix it, and he connected me to the other dept that is going to send out an air rave. I don't have great signal, but I don't think this is the issue. Sounds like it is worth trying out though.
seeing issues with ROM's
works great with stock firmware; seeing issues with CM7.0 and CM7.1 where it doesnt automatically find the air rave without my typing in *99
I used mine for a week or two, then got rid of it, too many problems. First off, the damn thing is a total bandwidth hog. Since there is no way to control what phone numbers get to use it, ALL my neighbors were apparently on it, using all my bandwidth all day long. Second, texts on both of my phones would randomly not send and not receive. Third, your phone's gps will be off. The airave puts out it's own gps signal, which is over a mile away from where it actually is, therefore your phone thinks you are a mile away, which makes using google maps to navigate somewhere a pain.
I spent hours on the phone with airave tech support, these are all "features" of the airave...I.e. the airave is programmed to give your phone a false gps reading.
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works great with stock firmware; seeing issues with CM7.0 and CM7.1 where it doesnt automatically find the air rave without my typing in *99
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I never had that problem. Hmmm...
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I used mine for a week or two, then got rid of it, too many problems. First off, the damn thing is a total bandwidth hog. Since there is no way to control what phone numbers get to use it, ALL my neighbors were apparently on it, using all my bandwidth all day long. Second, texts on both of my phones would randomly not send and not receive. Third, your phone's gps will be off. The airave puts out it's own gps signal, which is over a mile away from where it actually is, therefore your phone thinks you are a mile away, which makes using google maps to navigate somewhere a pain.
I spent hours on the phone with airave tech support, these are all "features" of the airave...I.e. the airave is programmed to give your phone a false gps reading.
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Used mine for a day and got rid of it for that very reason, I could not connect to the internet to save my life.
sitlet said:
I used mine for a week or two, then got rid of it, too many problems. First off, the damn thing is a total bandwidth hog. Since there is no way to control what phone numbers get to use it, ALL my neighbors were apparently on it, using all my bandwidth all day long. Second, texts on both of my phones would randomly not send and not receive. Third, your phone's gps will be off. The airave puts out it's own gps signal, which is over a mile away from where it actually is, therefore your phone thinks you are a mile away, which makes using google maps to navigate somewhere a pain.
I spent hours on the phone with airave tech support, these are all "features" of the airave...I.e. the airave is programmed to give your phone a false gps reading.
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I'm assuming you tried using the online option that allows you to restrict all phone numbers besides the one on your account & weren't successful with it?
The difference has been night & day since I did that, speed wise on the rest of my network. It still goes out every once in a while, but a reboot usually fixes it & I literally would have no service if not for having mine.
I'm assuming you tried using the online option that allows you to restrict all phone numbers besides the one on your account & weren't successful with it?
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Yes, I tried that, but it wouldn't work. I then called Airave tech support, and was told they stopped letting you do that because they were having problems with it.
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I'm assuming you tried using the online option that allows you to restrict all phone numbers besides the one on your account & weren't successful with it?
The difference has been night & day since I did that, speed wise on the rest of my network. It still goes out every once in a while, but a reboot usually fixes it & I literally would have no service if not for having mine.
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How do you do this? I have noticed that when noone is using the phones, the signal light on the Rave is blinking like someone is on it and I didnt know what that was. Also the bandwidth in my house no is horrible. I cant even watch a video on Youtube without it stopping to buffer. If you can help me with this so I can change the settings that would be great, Thx.
That really sucks, I just moved and get horrible signal but I do not want to use an Airave if it basically means all my neighbors will bog my network way down!
Signal is horrid where I live (for any service) so having the airave is a must.
How do you do this? I have noticed that when noone is using the phones, the signal light on the Rave is blinking like someone is on it and I didnt know what that was.
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If you read my post just a half inch above yours, you would see you can't do it anymore, airave blocked that feature.
I love mine, we could not use our phones in our house at all until we got ours. our neighbors live far enough away that we never have anyone using our signal, and I have pretty good internet so I doubt it would do much anyway.
Sprint offered me an Air Rave a while back ago, what exactly does it do though?
Enhance your 3G? does it work with 4G?
I have an airrave and it works great! for the most part. Lol.