newbie question, but i am wondering - when you root and flash a ROM, does it automatically break wiMax? i have a GB/AOSP Hero and likely will be switching to the Epic. the Wimax issue is one thing i am not sure how it works regarding ROMs, etc.
it seems it is ROM dependent but i want to get clarification on this. if it is, i fail to see why one would flash a ROM that doesnt include WiMax support.
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CM7 alpha4 and the gb leak are the only roms I'm aware of that currently have no wimax. I'm pretty sure all froyo roms have wimax working. Also no need to backup wimax.
thanks epic4GEE. still deciding between the Epic and Evo Shift. had a Moment before my Hero and am still very weary of another Samsung.
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Epic >>> Evo Shift. Just sayin'.
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Epic >>> Evo Shift. Just sayin'.
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This man speaks the truth.
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thanks epic4GEE. still deciding between the Epic and Evo Shift. had a Moment before my Hero and am still very weary of another Samsung.
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My mother had a Samsung Moment and it was by far her most horrible phone. It was constantly going into Airplane Mode, and wouldn't reset until you rebooted.
The Epic I can confirm fixed that issue, this phone is also a lot more powerful than any other phone currently on the market. (Atleast for Sprint.)
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HTC phones have crappy hardware.
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eliseexige said:
thanks epic4GEE. still deciding between the Epic and Evo Shift. had a Moment before my Hero and am still very weary of another Samsung.
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As a former owner of the Moment, I can relate. I threw my Moment away the day the Epic was released. Samsung was sketchy with it for the longest time. They seemed to have done though what they never did with the moment.. Listened to the yelling and complaints and did a decent job of mending relationships and getting Froyo out.
The only ghost left is the gps. Its more reliable than the moment by far but still randomly reminds you it is a Samsung product.
It is by and large a great phone.
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I bought an Epic yesterday.
Just now, trying to figure out the damn WiMax. It disconnects no matter what, and I'm in San Antonio which had one of the first networks here for WiMax. Tried 3 ROMs and still no difference.
Beyond that, I *LOVE* this phone. Running Syndicate at the moment.
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HTC phones have crappy hardware.
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Yeah but there always more supported ... this phone still can hold its ground.
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I bought an Epic yesterday.
Just now, trying to figure out the damn WiMax. It disconnects no matter what, and I'm in San Antonio which had one of the first networks here for WiMax. Tried 3 ROMs and still no difference.
Beyond that, I *LOVE* this phone. Running Syndicate at the moment.
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Wimax is finicky deal, it works in my house, but only if I hold the phone right and I'm in the right spot....just the nature of high frequencies.
Related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZET2gMKAH2U
thats a damn good quadrant for being untouched wonder how much the little brother can be pushed....
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thats a damn good quadrant for being untouched wonder how much the little brother can be pushed....
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Well, I've heard of reports of the G2 (which has the same processor) going up to 1.6ghz and maintaining stability.
nice! 1.2+ ussually reboots the evos :-( it be nice to port the rom and kernel this thing uses but since it has a different processor dont think it would be much of a benefit.
Seems too much like the Evo to warrant much excitement from me. I'll wait
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Seems too much like the Evo to warrant much excitement from me. I'll wait
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Its really more of a rebranded, changed-hinge, G2/desire z than an Evo. I would assume its called the Evo Shift in the hopes of riding the Evo-love wave that sprint has going on.
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Its really more of a rebranded, changed-hinge, G2/desire z than an Evo. I would assume its called the Evo Shift in the hopes of riding the Evo-love wave that sprint has going on.
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if sprint would have just released a desire z with a wimax radio and a sprint logo this phone would have been more appealing.
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if sprint would have just released a desire z with a wimax radio and a sprint logo this phone would have been more appealing.
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I agree, I'm really not a fan of the blue-ish color nor the trackpad. It sort of just looks silly to me.
I think Sprint may be exploring the idea of marketing their Android phones as Evo's. Similar to Verizon branding their phones as Droid.
man this shift 4g section is blowing up ... Oh wait
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I think Sprint may be exploring the idea of marketing their Android phones as Evo's. Similar to Verizon branding their phones as Droid.
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that's fine but the evo look isn't very adaptable. It looks awful in the shift.
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It's not worth the 4g without the front facing camera.
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"The highly anticipated Nexus S™ 4G1 from Google™ goes on sale in all Sprint channels, including www.sprint.com, on Sunday, May 8, for $199.99 (plus tax) with a new line or eligible upgrade and two-year service agreement. Extending the company’s 4G device leadership yet again, it is the fourth 4G phone available and 20th 4G device announced from Sprint."
Look here for details
Engadget just picked it up
Thought some of you might be interested.
I'm interested in so far as this improves Epic gingerbread support.
Would the nexus S end up needing a diff custom rom? Like a sprint version?
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Shoulon said:
Would the nexus S end up needing a diff custom rom? Like a sprint version?
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It's the same Rom with a different modem etc.
Texted while driving
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Would the nexus S end up needing a diff custom rom? Like a sprint version?
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LOL. Yeah! The Rom on that phone will be so clean that people will be tempted to put sprint's crappy bloat ware on it.
Yay let's get a phone...pay 200 for it when its the same as the epic without a keyboard. Hopefully the gingerbread port isn't that difficult
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Pretty sure I told everyone this like last week...
sceptor said:
Yay let's get a phone...pay 200 for it when its the same as the epic without a keyboard. Hopefully the gingerbread port isn't that difficult
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yay! lets buy a phone that is getting updates after they have been out for almost a year. we could use a hardware keyboard that misses keys!
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theres a lot more then just the keyboard thats different
i personally will be enjoying my new ns4g on may 8th, i will enjoy it even more when ice cream comes out. really and truly each device has their own market, there is no reason to slam down one just because.
one of the biggest draws for me is the software, within 4 days cm7 will be on the nexus s 4g. the nexus is still getting updates that leaves me very optimistic about the nexus s. ideally they would have brought a nice new lg nexus instead but hey whichever
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Pretty sure I told everyone this like last week...
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Yepp, I remember this too.
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i cant wait! bye bye POS epic that misses keys, randomly shuts off, and cant last for more than 8 hours off the plug
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ksweat2292 said:
i cant wait! bye bye POS epic that misses keys, randomly shuts off, and cant last for more than 8 hours off the plug
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Bye bye person who hasn't contributed anything useful.
Since the Nexus S 4G is coming out soon and of course it'll get a source code, how much will it affect CM7 development?
I'm positive 4G will come much quicker but is there anything else?
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Since the Nexus S 4G is coming out soon and of course it'll get a source code, how much will it affect CM7 development?
I'm positive 4G will come much quicker but is there anything else?
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It depends on what hardware elements are the EXACT SAME, for instance it won't help with the camera because they have different sensors, but it might help with the GPS.
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It depends on what hardware elements are the EXACT SAME, for instance it won't help with the camera because they have different sensors, but it might help with the GPS.
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Alright, well let's pray for the best then. Thanks for verifying.
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i cant wait! bye bye POS epic that misses keys, randomly shuts off, and cant last for more than 8 hours off the plug
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ditto... I'm picking up the NS when it launches I think
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Bye bye person who hasn't contributed anything useful.
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relax
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Since the Nexus S 4G is coming out soon and of course it'll get a source code, how much will it affect CM7 development?
I'm positive 4G will come much quicker but is there anything else?
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about the same amount that the nexus s source has helped...
only thing thats different is the ril/radio and wimax
The nexus s. Its as close as sprint will get to the galaxy S II =\ atleast til the evo 3d. Wich isn't that appealing.
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What are you talking about? The Nexus S is the Galaxy S with AOSP android, it literally has nothing in common with the Galaxy S2...
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Real sentimental about the Epic, eh? Understandable....the Epic is an awesome phone. That being said....I too will be getting a Nexus S when it drops. Don't use Touchwiz and don't need a keyboard so why not?
Can't wait.
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...and yet they still haven't managed to release Gingerbread for the original Epic.
http://gizmodo.com/5848849/samsung-stratosphere-hands-on-for-keyboard+loving-internet+hounds
Well done, Samsuck.
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...and yet they still haven't managed to release Gingerbread for the original Epic.
http://gizmodo.com/5848849/samsung-stratosphere-hands-on-for-keyboard+loving-internet+hounds
Well done, Samsuck.
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What's your thought on the Stratosphere's source being usable on the Epic?
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What's your thought on the Stratosphere's source being usable on the Epic?
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It's no more relevant than any other device's source, by and large, to us.
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It's no more relevant than any other device's source, by and large, to us.
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Okay cool, I can wait patiently for our official now lol.
Samsungs got it all wrong, throwing equivalents of our phone with gingerbread preloaded? Fail.
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Samsungs got it all wrong, throwing equivalents of our phone with gingerbread preloaded? Fail.
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My thoughts exactly.
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My thoughts exactly.
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If more people who had this phone knew about android versions and what not, I'm sure samsung would have been getting complaints right about now.
Luckily, for Samsung though, most users are teens who text a lot(me included) Oh well, maybe they'll learn some day.
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If more people who had this phone knew about android versions and what not, I'm sure samsung would have been getting complaints right about now.
Luckily, for Samsung though, most users are teens who text a lot(me included) Oh well, maybe they'll learn some day.
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That's right. I would venture 90+% of people have NO CLUE what Gingerbread is, nor what version of Android they're currently running. They see an update come through, install it, and go about their business. A select few of them may notice something different with the looks, but that's about it. They may notice something looks different, but only because one of their apps (I'm thinking Eclair vs. Froyo messaging) looks a bit different. If that's the case, they probably assume the update was just for that app...
If Samsung is throwing around Gingerbread all over the Epic (as well as most of the US galaxy s series) have not gotten, maybe it is the carriers holding everything up. All of the updated GBs have been through Kies and for some reasn Sprint don't want the Epic on Kies.
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I can't wait to upgrade to a different phone, I've always been a fan of hardware keyboards but I don't think ill be going that route for my next upgrade, either going iphone 4gs route or nexus prime type phone, btw I've never owned/purchased an apple product
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Bizz08 said:
I can't wait to upgrade to a different phone, I've always been a fan of hardware keyboards but I don't think ill be going that route for my next upgrade, either going iphone 4gs route or nexus prime type phone, btw I've never owned/purchased an apple product
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According to the release specs the iphone 4S has no WiMax or LTE support. So 4G only works on ATT with their crappy 4G.
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I don't think Samsung and Sprint are trying anymore.
I told my friend there was a gingerbread leak...he said to turn the oven off and use a bigger container next time
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this is the spot sprint shouldve tried to sell the epic at last year. a decently priced midtier phone. **** i regret buying this.
austin420 said:
this is the spot sprint shouldve tried to sell the epic at last year. a decently priced midtier phone. **** i regret buying this.
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hahah patience is the key to success
austin420 said:
this is the spot sprint shouldve tried to sell the epic at last year. a decently priced midtier phone. **** i regret buying this.
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...Huh? At this time last year the Epic was one of the beefiest high-end phones you could buy.
Ill admit,I'm trying everything I can think of to step away from this like I did with the Moment (only because I hard bricked 2). Now the funds arnt there, but I'm so tempted to sell sperm and blood
Thanks, sam****!
I really hope another company releases a good hardware keyboard phone by the time I'm ready to upgrade.
I wonder if the 1800 mAh battery will fit in our phone.
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I wonder if the 1800 mAh battery will fit in our phone.
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I think the Epic touch's does
At this point i'm stuck with my epic for another year min. While i'm fine with that it would really easy to live with if I had an official release. at this point I wish they would just release what they have good or bad and our awesome developers here will fix it. Heck what ever they release wouldn't be as good as what our developers do anyway. So close enough I say, release EH17 source and get out of our way!!!!
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I'm wondering how long you guys think it will take for ICS to get ported to the Epic. I mean, realistically, it took us the better part of a year to get CM7 (and it's still only a release candidate). I'm pretty invested in this phone, having bought a car dock and game gripper for it. But it seems to be such an oddball in terms of development. My buddy's got a Fascinate, and seeing his 4.0 screenshots has been making me very jealous. Been thinking of trading in for a Nexus S or Evo Shift. Thoughts? And I hate to pimp, but if you've got either of those phones, and are looking for a Boost Mobile Epic, I'd consider a trade. PM me.
While it's on my mind, the aforementioned Fascinate guy stated that he gets 600k downstream on VZW when tethering, 1meg in good signal area. I've never even approached that...fastest I ever got was 200k, usually closer to 100k. Is this a difference in the radios between Galaxy models, or a symptom of VZW vs. Sprint?
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...and it's still only a release candidate...
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What do you mean "still ONLY a release candidate" ?
I stopped reading there, don't know why I came here anyway looking at the title its bound to be an ETA thread.
Anyway IB4L.
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1. ICS will take a shorter time than cm7
2. The nexus s is way better than the shift. The shift isn't pure Google and is reeeeeaaaallllyyyy slow
3. VZW. > sprint
Also, our cm7 RC works perfect. Everything works fine...
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I mean it ain't gold yet. Don't get me wrong, it's a huge step for this phone, but we could realistically be looking at a 12 month gap between the time when CM7 was official, to the time when it was official for the Epic. I don't think I'd enjoy waiting that long for CM9, y'know?
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1. ICS will take a shorter time than cm7
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Worth waiting, you think?
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2. The nexus s is way better than the shift. The shift isn't pure Google and is reeeeeaaaallllyyyy slow
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Good to know. I was playing with a Shift this weekend, and I kinda liked it.
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3. VZW. > sprint
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True, but 10x better?
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Also, our cm7 RC works perfect. Everything works fine...
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Except Wimax
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Worth waiting, you think?
Good to know. I was playing with a Shift this weekend, and I kinda liked it.
True, but 10x better?
Except Wimax
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I would wait for an LTE phone to come out before switching.
Read the thread about a wimax bounty (the last couple posts). Since you are on boost, you don't have wimax anyways, right?
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Yeah, and even if I could hack it together, there's no Wimax coverage where I am anyways. Here's the question, though...I'm sticking with Boost, and I doubt they'll be offering LTE anytime soon. Still wait, you think?
Still wait for quad core phones.
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While it's on my mind, the aforementioned Fascinate guy stated that he gets 600k downstream on VZW when tethering, 1meg in good signal area. I've never even approached that...fastest I ever got was 200k, usually closer to 100k. Is this a difference in the radios between Galaxy models, or a symptom of VZW vs. Sprint?
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You live in an area with crappy Sprint service. I get around 1-1.3 mbps on 3G. If I am tethering it will be on 4G though (4-6mbps).
Playoffs? Don't talk to me about playoffs! Playoffs?!
ETAs are impossible....these guys have families and lives.
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Playoffs? Don't talk to me about playoffs! Playoffs?!
ETAs are impossible....these guys have families and lives.
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Lol! Too funny! I love that commercial!
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I got my replacement Epic after true bricking the other. After two years with this phone my first true brick. Even Sprint couldn't Odin it.
Anyways, maybe its my imagination, but the modem and wi-fi seem stronger, and it seems quicker? Is it possible the rev'd the hardware in this? Probably not, but don't ruin it for me.
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I am probably completely wrong about this but I feel like phones start to slow down over time. I had an Evo 4G that I constantly flashed new ROMs onto and over time it started to get really sluggish. I went back to my go to smooth and stable ROMs and even those did the Evo no justice. I have a friend that says it's exactly the same with his HTC Inspire.
This is exactly how I felt about my Samsung epic 4g. It felt as if the hardware wore out, (particularly the hard drive) due to dozens, maybe hundreds of flashes.
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I am probably completely wrong about this but I feel like phones start to slow down over time. I had an Evo 4G that I constantly flashed new ROMs onto and over time it started to get really sluggish. I went back to my go to smooth and stable ROMs and even those did the Evo no justice. I have a friend that says it's exactly the same with his HTC Inspire.
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+1 I just got a replacement Epic yesterday and it do seem a lot faster...
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I've been really impressed with it. I also didn't realize how loose the hinge for the keyboard had become, nice and tight now.
I don't think I will need to upgrade anytime soon.
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I've been really impressed with it. I also didn't realize how loose the hinge for the keyboard had become, nice and tight now.
I don't think I will need to upgrade anytime soon.
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My replacement has a loose keyboard hinge.....smh...But my old one didn't....Should I get my new one replaced....? Or will Sprint do anything....
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My replacement has a loose keyboard hinge.....smh...But my old one didn't....Should I get my new one replaced....? Or will Sprint do anything....
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I would definitely bring it in... if you have TEP they will fix it for free...
Nah, its just two different phones. My wife's Epic has always had a faster radio than mine. Your new one is probably faster than the old one.
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