http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-02-23/sprint-falcone-s-lightsquared-said-to-discuss-network-deal.html
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http://www.channelpartnersonline.co...ghtsquared-in-talks-with-sprint-to-accel.aspx
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Nice find.
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This could be a big break for sprint. Think about nationwide 4g coverage even in remote areas because of satellite technology.
It is good know that sprint is actually thinking about the future.
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I've heard of them before this, apparently they have a huge problem with the frequency they are using. Since it is so close to the frequency gps satellites use their test towers effectively jammed all gps within a few mile radius of them. Definitely not going to fly with gps being maintained by the military.
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Looks like fox picked up on this too; although it should say 4G is at least 1Gbs, not up to 1Gbs.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011...k-cause-dangerous-interference-gps-fcc-fears/
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Yes, they still got some work to do. But once its all figured out, it'd be nice to see them arm and arm with Sprint.
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My first evo got its rsa keys fried so i just recieved a new one today and was super excited to test 4G. Well, in emryville, i got consistantly between 7-11mbs down and 1.3 up.
I know 4g isnt official in sf yet and to my knowledge no towers in the east bay and i have 1-2 bars of signal with amazing speeds.. wow im stoked for the official release! Maybe this is just lack of cell traffic but im really pleased with sprint on this one.
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I'm getting 7-8meg in SOMA. I'm curious to see what its like at the giants game tomorrow. Will test capacity, maybe. I know one thing for sure, my iPhone won't work.
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I'm getting 7-8meg in SOMA. I'm curious to see what its like at the giants game tomorrow. Will test capacity, maybe. I know one thing for sure, my iPhone won't work.
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hahahaha at&t will be swamped.
GO GIANTS!
make sure you hold it correctly though, thats always the key
in Berkeley I cant even cop a 4g signal. I should try from Sather Tower.
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Anyone near Dublin? I'd love to hear if it reached there.
I live in Maryland and as of 11:30 I have no 3g. Does anyone know if there is a way to check on 3g outages? Thankfully I have roam control and am able to at least use verizon's 1x. I need 3g!
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hi there i too am experiencing issues with data, im in metro dt area
hopefully it IS the network, and i didnt fry my radio or something
helchez said:
I live in Maryland and as of 11:30 I have no 3g. Does anyone know if there is a way to check on 3g outages? Thankfully I have roam control and am able to at least use verizon's 1x. I need 3g!
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New Jersey here and my 3G is working on sprint.
Try rebooting?
I'm in arlington and 3g is working here, sorry if that doesn't help but its close to maryland
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Rebooted, switched radio on and off no luck. My radio is good because when I switch to verizon's tower using roam control I get 1x data. Slow but it something.
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3G is working in Hanover Pa
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Well I'm in westminster, md hanover is only 20 minutes away. Maybe its just my tower. Hope its not my phone.
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Did you try to update your data profile and prl?
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Tried to update both and they failed.
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Well it appers that my 3g is back. Not sure what the issue was but its back.
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Well it appers that my 3g is back. Not sure what the issue was but its back.
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Good to hear. Too bad we don't have 4G yet. Lol.
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You're telling me. Its really annoying to know that there is 4g just 20 minutes down the road.
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Was a known issue, though I was told it was only supposed to affect EVO's 3g. I'll inquire tomorrow, but I doubt I'll get anywhere.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832866
I have a Evo. Unfortunately 4G is acting like a "B" also :-(
r0cky.Da.3v0.SU
Mine went down to here in Cincinnati OH, right in the middle of streaming the game. (4g picked it right back up though)
I had full bars, and without moving I had nothing for a good 10 minutes before deciding to switch to the battery-draining 4g.
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Was a known issue, though I was told it was only supposed to affect EVO's 3g. I'll inquire tomorrow, but I doubt I'll get anywhere.
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thanks. I called sprint yesterday and first tier support tried to insist I hard reset my Epic,even though i told them I have three Epics and an Evo and were all seeing same problem. I called second tier directly and they told me there were network issues and not to reset.
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thanks. I called sprint yesterday and first tier support tried to insist I hard reset my Epic,even though i told them I have three Epics and an Evo and were all seeing same problem. I called second tier directly and they told me there were network issues and not to reset.
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For future reference - do you have a direct number for them, or is it the usual "I want to speak to level two"?
Even Sprint employees don't have a direct line for them, they got rid of that last year. That being said, the EVOs were having data connectivity issues, and somehow it expanded into the Epic, Moment and Hero as well, but in a more limited scope.
You guys should try out this app. It reports coverage and performance in your area to give a better idea which carrier and device are the best for cell phone networks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiaXXOTkRow
APK
Mine shows 0 bars, lol
EDIT: It would appear the epic will only report zero bars, no matter what the signal strength is. Other Sprint phones work fine, something is borked.
First!
Just downloaded this app n I'm messing with it
Seems kinda cool
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I had to sync data before it showed any bars. Mine said 2.00, and that Jacksonville Florida is covered the best by Sprint. Idk if the app is just using my own carrier to display that though. I did this on a Nexus S 4G and now it's Sprint's top ranked phone in my area. LOL
Let's see if this one actually works. Sensorly reports all areas as 0/4 evdo coverage on the epic. No fix from the dev after many emails. Makes the maps untrusted big time. I tried the root metrics one and it does not report anything up in areas.
Wow...not what I thought at all...it doesn't map anything?
Clearwire also has a 4G coverage app on the market. "Got Clear?"
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Let's see if this one actually works. Sensorly reports all areas as 0/4 evdo coverage on the epic. No fix from the dev after many emails. Makes the maps untrusted big time. I tried the root metrics one and it does not report anything up in areas.
Wow...not what I thought at all...it doesn't map anything?
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It's meant to be a statistics app, for now. It will have more features later.
Yeah, this doesnt work. I always get 0 bars with epic.... other phones work though, according to that chart thing..
I think the same reason this doesn't work on the Epic is the same reason Roam Control won't work on the Epic in Texas. Something about the tower tech if I remember correctly. Not sure on the details.
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I think the same reason this doesn't work on the Epic is the same reason Roam Control won't work on the Epic in Texas. Something about the tower tech if I remember correctly. Not sure on the details.
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Not related at all. Roam control works fine everywhere. Its just the modem fails to roam on the PCS band. Seen it for myself. Stock Epic and stock TP2 with the same PRL. The TP2 had full Verizon signal on 1900mhz. Epic was searching for signal.
Are you guys running stock or a modded ROM? A theme without a proper network fix would have this error.
Wtf, Sprint is going to get a bad reputation from this application because it doesn't work at all.
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And that's why its in closed beta......
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Whosdaman said:
Wtf, Sprint is going to get a bad reputation from this application because it doesn't work at all.
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It worked for my Samsung Nexus S, but not the Epic. I'd assume it could be something to do with being on a custom ROM.
Overstew said:
It worked for my Samsung Nexus S, but not the Epic. I'd assume it could be something to do with being on a custom ROM.
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I'm stock
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I'm stock
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Maybe just an epic bug? I love the epic but the evolution 4g has some scores posted, too.
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Whosdaman said:
Wtf, Sprint is going to get a bad reputation from this application because it doesn't work at all.
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Edited OP to let people know this isn't working right on the epic. I think this is an epic specific issue because Evo (4g and 3D) owners' scores appear normal and even pretty good ~3.5 bars. It appears that only the epic isn't cooperating.
Only one I have seen work on the Epic is Cellumap. Seems like the other devs need to ask that dev how he does it
I live in green bay wi.... and have always got horrible 3g speeds. Today tried speed test, and got 2.8 mbs. Usually only got around 300-500 kbs. Maybe sprints vision network is in place here!!
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Just to prove my averages for speed...pretty darn good!
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Lucky! I'm still suffering with 500kbs down here in st louis
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I am officially jealous of you Packers!
Been getting like 800kbs space coast Florida
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Wow, I had those 3G Speeds back when I had the HTC Hero.
Rev.B should be faster.
Your actually running the 3G speeds we should have but don't. So it would be even better for you when/if Rev. B rolls out.
Damn I'm definitely jealous only can get around 2mbps if I use the Verizon prl hack
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I guess I'd be jealous of the packers too if I had to play them...hopefully they pull out a win at soldier field this weekend. Back on topic I'm glad the speeds improved around here on 3g, because I'm running MIUI no 4g.
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I guess I'd be jealous of the packers too if I had to play them...hopefully they pull out a win at soldier field this weekend. Back on topic I'm glad the speeds improved around here on 3g, because I'm running MIUI no 4g.
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With that speed no need for crappy 4g
Lucky you makes me pack all my stuff and move because of that.
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well that beat my ass here in avon park fl i get about 56k-100k if i am lucky
i am always on roam so i get vz and is better but not 500k
I'm in Guthrie OK and our speed has been getting better too. Used to be 500 kbps and now close to 2mb.
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This is what I'm working with...pathetic!
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This is what I'm working with...pathetic!
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Lmfao!! Well at least your upload is fast?
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globen said:
I live in green bay wi.... and have always got horrible 3g speeds. Today tried speed test, and got 2.8 mbs. Usually only got around 300-500 kbs. Maybe sprints vision network is in place here!!
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Your Lucky, im getting about 100-250kbs, and thats on a good day
Wow. I just ran a test after reading this and my speeds were the highest they have ever been.
2.4mb/700kb. Earlier jnvthe week I was on here wining about tower problems. I wonder if the problems I was having was due to some upgrade. I never ever have my expectations exceeded. Thanks sprint! Knocks on wood.
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Appleton wi gets around 2mb down 800 up on average. Although when actually downloading something, that's a different story
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Damn I'm definitely jealous only can get around 2mbps if I use the Verizon prl hack
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how do i do the verizon prl hack
I feel lucky this is average at work, but at home is a different story
just have sprint reset your data plan, tell them, u are having problem receiving txt and they will reset it for u. that happens when u flash different roms to ur phone!
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What's going to happen to our Epics when they switch networks
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They will explode. :thumbup:
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WiMax is not going away until 2013 or later. Chill.
2015 actually.
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What's going to happen to our Epics when they switch networks
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what's gonna happen when my Epic uses 4g?
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^ this lol
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Whats going to happen is that I am throwing my Epic4g into the trash the INSTANT there is an LTE network in my area and a Samsung Galaxy S III with LTE available.
Wouldn't the wimax network have allot less users when everyone starts moving to LTE? Shouldn't that make wimax faster until they kill it off?
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Wouldn't the wimax network have allot less users when everyone starts moving to LTE? Shouldn't that make wimax faster until they kill it off?
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I only care about coverage and unlimited data.
Wimax is not going away.
Neither Sprint nor Verizon has Spectrum capacity to meet demand. Clear Does.
for those that want to dumb their phone, i'm ready to adopt them
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Whats going to happen is that I am throwing my Epic4g into the trash the INSTANT there is an LTE network in my area and a Samsung Galaxy S III with LTE available.
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In the trash REALLY?? Even if I'm only using my epic as a tv remote its certainly not going in the trash.
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In the trash REALLY?? Even if I'm only using my epic as a tv remote its certainly not going in the trash.
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What use will I have for the phone when I get its replacement? Anything the Epic4g can do, my new phone can do better and faster. Might give the epic4g to a family member or hopefully microsoft brings back its stupid smoked by windows phone challange this summer and I can get a new one of those for free in trade and then sell it. Most likely though it would sit in a drawer for a year in case I need a backup phone and then into the garbage.
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read this
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...omises-to-launch-15-lte-devices-by-years-end/
LORDFIRE00 said:
read this
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...omises-to-launch-15-lte-devices-by-years-end/
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that was reported in Jan. I believe.. That site is running old news..
https://network.sprint.com/
I'm gonna use mine as an mp3 player & a word processor for word docs
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in Wisconsin I figure I'm at least 3 phones away from anything better than 3g....right now I'll just settle for being able to make a phone call standing in the middle of Costco.
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I'll give it to my kids so that can use it like the Android version of the iPod touch: WIFI only, gaming, music, etc. Until Sprint comes out with a worthy successor, such as the new GS3 or Galaxy Note/Journal, I'll be rocking both the OG Epic 4G and my International Galaxy Note (on Straight Talk prepaid unlimited).
S4GRU.com
All Sprint Network info there.
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