►★☆ ||Interesting Tech News|| ☆★◄ - Epic 4G General

Warning: This news does not have to relate to the Samsung Epic.
What this is: Your own little shortcut to all the greatest news in the technology world.
Why this is useful: Sometimes there are some great, interesting stories about technology that don't
necessarily relate to the Samsung Epic, but are worth sharing.
This does not have to relate to phones either; this could be anything from Android to toasters.
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If you can, provide a picture or video.
3. No Apple topics. Why anyone would post a story about Apple here I don't know, but the rule is there.
Other than that, no rules really.
What I will do to keep this alive: I will update the OP with the top stories each week or so provided with source links for easy navigation.
I really hope this can be successful and interesting for everyone!
I look forward tto some of these stories!

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this is kinda a troll post, but could we have a no apple rule?
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austin420 said:
this is kinda a troll post, but could we have a no apple rule?
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well watch this this is a simple story of a teenager whos reason behind apples gayness and failing(me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGWYKsj8CVg&feature=channel_video_title

austin420 said:
this is kinda a troll post, but could we have a no apple rule?
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Fine <_<. Since we are an android community, I'll allow it.
But come on guys, don't troll! This could be pretty successful and I'm curious to see the stories on here.
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|| Acer || said:
Fine <_<. Since we are an android community, I'll allow it.But come on guys, don't troll! This could be pretty successful and I'm curious to see the stories on here.
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Well wat about antiapple like my post?
sent from a sexy phonersphoners

Reserved for my storyz

As a front- end developer, this has me a little bothered: http://mobile.pcmag.com/device2/art.../www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387514,00.asp
Firefox to enterprise businesses: we're not interested.
Basically saying they won't slow down their release schedule and at the same time cease supporting the last version.
As a developer, makes me worried that enterprise businesses will continue to use IE, instead. Ugh
Sent from my fully armed and operational epic battle station

Here's some interesting tech news: I'm tethered to my Epic (yep, got it today), in a VZW-only area, with EVDO speeds.

k0nane said:
Here's some interesting tech news: I'm tethered to my Epic (yep, got it today), in a VZW-only area, with EVDO speeds.
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masaidjet said:
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/6107/heback.jpg (image)
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I'm not back. I just have a device again. I've been lurking a bit... you people have gone crazy in my absence.

k0nane said:
Here's some interesting tech news: I'm tethered to my Epic (yep, got it today), in a VZW-only area, with EVDO speeds.
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This is good news indeed.
I also disagree with rule #3, a mature discussion about different operating systems is healthy, trolling is the problem.

k0nane said:
I'm not back. I just have a device again. I've been lurking a bit... you people have gone crazy in my absence.
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Yes, this place is becoming annoying to come to...
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G via Tapatalk

zanderman112 said:
Yes, this place is becoming annoying to come to...
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G via Tapatalk
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Yup, It gets better everyday though(or so I think)
Btw great idea with the thread ill just reserve this for something interesting
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reserved for future lulz?....

k0nane said:
I'm not back. I just have a device again. I've been lurking a bit... you people have gone crazy in my absence.
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Definitely crazier.
cd's or tapes?

k0nane said:
I'm not back. I just have a device again. I've been lurking a bit... you people have gone crazy in my absence.
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No they were already crazy just your absence pushed them over the edge
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4g - LTE/WiMax + more.
so i've been very eagerly watching some events unfold in the world of sprint. Hope you guys enjoy... i threw in source links.
so, buncha interesting things!
Sprint has handed off its tower buildout back in 2009 to Ericcson.
Clearwire has done the same as of this year, 2011.
Ericcson has just demonstrated LTE-Advanced speeds of close to 1gb down out in Sweden, the rub is that it uses 60mhz of range whereas most US companies have 20mhz worth of spectrum to use.
Clearwire has 140 mhz of spectrum at the 2.5 range. This is one of the few companies with the capabilities of doing this.
companies can use pieces of its spectrum for different things. Clearwire could easily host both Wi-Max + LTE + LTE Advanced all at the same time if it really wanted.
Sprint through its Network Vision initiative is doing a 5 billion dollar Base Station upgrade. This will allow one base station/cell phone tower to broadcast as many bandwith signals as it wants.
This means its Nextel + Sprint service will finally get combined into one tower.
Clearwire is in talks to piggy back its buildouts using this initiative to drastically improve in buildout. This is almost definitely going to happen.
Network Vision buildout will be finished by 2013.
Clearwire has pretty much confirmed they will switch to LTE
Sprints sorta confirmed but not officially yet.
Intel has designed chips that can do Wi-Max/LTE/CDMA/Bluetooth 3.0/Wi-Fi all in one. These chips have already begun chipping to manufacturers.
Don't be surprised if we get an official announcement from Sprint this year with LTE officially coming out with phones next year.
To pay for Network Vision sprint has signed a 20 billion dollar/15 year deal to hosts Lightsquareds LTE network, with allowances to use that network.
Lightsquareds currently having issues with GPS bleedover.
No matter... as long as Lightsquared makes provisions to launch its network, it'll not just pay for Sprints Network Vision(woot the 4g service we will have), it'll pay for crazy expansion.
summary:
So this past years news really says Sprints + Clearwire will be switching to LTE. Base Station upgrade to allow itself to become a Cell Tower wholesaler with a software upgrade(way cool). Mass tower buildout in the future. This vision will improve Nextel/Sprint/4g service.
So this tells the current 4g story.
now this doesn't include the Nextel bandwith be decomissioned by 2017 meaning the Spectrum will be free by 2018... Sprint owned. if Sprint blocks AT&T and T-mobile they could absorb them as they constantly were saying if they both went LTE.... also it seems sprint will switch to LTE for voice. WiMax currently is not for voice. and lastly...
http://www.neowin.net/news/new-wireless-tech-could-allow-for-lots-more-data-bandwidth?
Eat it Shannons law! the OnLive CEO's company's may have just found a way to make bandwitch between 100 to 1000 times on spectrums. so this could change the ENTIRE 4g/Voice/whatever over IP game. The ENTIRE dropped calls etc. The future is fun. This could truly put us in a Cloud world(which worries me, i like custom building pc's).

Intel's aboard D=

|| Acer || said:
Warning: This news does not have to relate to the Samsung Epic.
What this is: Your own little shortcut to all the greatest news in the technology world.
Why this is useful: Sometimes there are some great, interesting stories about technology that don't
necessarily relate to the Samsung Epic, but are worth sharing.
This does not have to relate to phones either; this could be anything from Android to toasters.
RULES:
1. Don't TROLL. How could you troll in this thread? I have no clue, but I'm sure someone will find a way.
2. Post your SOURCE. There is no point of sharing some news if you do not have a source to back it up.
If you can, provide a picture or video.
3. No Apple topics. Why anyone would post a story about Apple here I don't know, but the rule is there.
Other than that, no rules really.
What I will do to keep this alive: I will update the OP with the top stories each week or so provided with source links for easy navigation.
I really hope this can be successful and interesting for everyone!
I look forward tto some of these stories!
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Consider this thread Hijacked. Anyone for Fox news? I heard trolls are raiding orgrimmar.
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My girl just got D2Global and my G2 pummeled it...

My girl got a Droid 2 Global (at my suggestion) because she wanted a keyboard smartphone. Its her first smartphone... didnt wanna wait for the Merge, plus she liked the White finish on the Global...
I thought the benchmarks would be similar since im perm root overclocked at 1.2ghz and hers is stock 1.2ghz... instead my Quadrant is at 2100 and hers is around 1300! I know Quadrants not everything but her phone is noticably less snappy. Granted, Im on vanilla froyo and shes on MotoTurd, but damn. Also Verizon 3G is so slow compared to HSPA+...
For her its great tho. She is impressed that she can change the wallpaper.
Just wanted to share.
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Scorpion > OMAP.
Yeah we got a speedy device that many got deceived by its 800 mark
Then Moto fanboys will say Iwe got crystal talk and it rules
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Even at 800mhz my quadrant is higher... and the D2 can't break 1mbps on 3g.
Op you do know you just said your comparing V 3g to tmo. 4g?
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xile6 said:
Op you do know you just said your comparing V 3g to tmo. 4g?
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No, if you read my post you would see I was comparing their processors. As an aside, in the last sentence, I mentioned 3g vs '4g', yes. And my point was that my moderate HSPA+ speeds (which are low when compared to other cities), was more than three times as fast as her 3g, even though we're in a really heavily covered Verizon 3g area.
Please don't fall for the hype; hspa+ is not a 4g tech.
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greengoldmello said:
Please don't fall for the hype; hspa+ is not a 4g tech.
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Thats ok, neither is anything Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint is rolling out either...
I agree once u use G2 oc there is very little that it will impress u it terms of speed. I checked out Galaxy tab and 900 quad score, i will not pay half for what its priced. I am sure that might change in future but as of now G2 smokes em all.
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greengoldmello said:
Please don't fall for the hype; hspa+ is not a 4g tech.
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Don't get caught up in semantics. Notice I put 4g in quotes anyway...
To the consumer, anything faster than 3g should be 4g... the labels are arbitrary but the distinction is what's important. So sick of people saying this...
The industry agrees... 3.5g and hspa+ are just annoying and equally arbitrary. At least calling everything faster than 3g, "4g" makes sense... and when they top that, call it "5G"
People like you are the reason Street Fighter 2 got all screwed up.
I didn't mean to offend anybody, lol. Im just getting so tired of arguing with my friend about 4g tech. I hate when people are disillusioned by ads. Sprint has this dude thinking the Evo is still in the top 3 smartphones O_O wtf.
Ill say that out of all the carriers, ATT and Verizon will have the closest to 4g tech with LTE because its a completely new infrastructure, unlike HSPA+ (which I love) and the old ass WIMAX tech Sprint proclaims is 4g..if WIMAX is 4g then Nokia had 4g 3+ years ago..
SO i guess that makes Tmob and Sprint the fakers
Also my post was to the person you quoted. Your argument of VZWs 3g vs Tmobs 3g stands because hspa+is still a 3g tech and just walks all over poor RevA
Post about quad scores about two different phones
End up talking about stupid 4g crap
Never change xda never change
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thenotoriouspie said:
Post about quad scores about two different phones
End up talking about stupid 4g crap
Never change xda never change
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Wow, lmao, is this all you do? You are such a troll, all you do is go to peoples thread to talk s*it about the OP. If you ain't going to say something positive to the thread then shut up, it is against the rules troll on peoples thread. And btw get a life
The OP can talk about whatever, just because a thread was initially about a certain topic it doesn't mean other things can't be discussed on the thread also. Thanks to people like you is why the world in such disunity and mess. People with no respect that go around with their nasty attitude like they perfect SMH
greengoldmello said:
I didn't mean to offend anybody, lol. Im just getting so tired of arguing with my friend about 4g tech. I hate when people are disillusioned by ads. Sprint has this dude thinking the Evo is still in the top 3 smartphones O_O wtf.
Ill say that out of all the carriers, ATT and Verizon will have the closest to 4g tech with LTE because its a completely new infrastructure, unlike HSPA+ (which I love) and the old ass WIMAX tech Sprint proclaims is 4g..if WIMAX is 4g then Nokia had 4g 3+ years ago..
SO i guess that makes Tmob and Sprint the fakers
Also my post was to the person you quoted. Your argument of VZWs 3g vs Tmobs 3g stands because hspa+is still a 3g tech and just walks all over poor RevA
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Omg... lol
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androidFTW718 said:
Wow, lmao, is this all you do? You are such a troll, all you do is go to peoples thread to talk s*it about the OP. If you ain't going to say something positive to the thread then shut up, it is against the rules troll on peoples thread. And btw get a life
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Mispelled **** and said ain't
How's the south?
Not to mention this guy asks the most retarded questions
I say you are the sir
Your move sir
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Ill admit, I got a bit off topic, lol. No need for the mudslinging that seems to get worse and worse on this site.
thenotoriouspie said:
Mispelled **** and said ain't
How's the south?
Not to mention this guy asks the most retarded questions
I say you are the sir
Your move sir
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Your posts remind me of poorly written haiku.
but ON topic: Yeah the G2 walks all over the D2G. I will admit, however, I have gadget lust, because the D2G is just visually appealing to me. Go her.
ZeroSX said:
Your posts remind me of poorly written haiku.
but ON topic: Yeah the G2 walks all over the D2G. I will admit, however, I have gadget lust, because the D2G is just visually appealing to me. Go her.
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Now I'm wondering if the lower speced Merge would be a better choice though. I really expected it to perform at least better than the Nexus 1.
thenotoriouspie said:
Mispelled **** and said ain't
How's the south?
Not to mention this guy asks the most retarded questions
I say you are the sir
Your move sir
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The souths good thanks for asking. Btw you are the most retarded bum in xda going around hating on people you need a life to bad you can't buy one you low life bum, now shut up people are sick of you in xda everyone hates you jajajajaja you talked about my grammar and someone pointed out your garbage grammar lmao what an epic failure you are! wajajaja

[ATTN all android devs] plz read this it may intrerest you.

i wAS wondering everybody , i know that the cell phones from different companies run off different towers using different ways of getting out their cell services. im a sprint user with the htc evo 4G, and i like the sprint service and all but it would be nice to go ahead use verison service or some other service that is not of sprint free of charge when the other signals are stronger or faster. i think this may be possible with enough work because, i know some companies use the same type of networking as sprint but just lock it away from non users of that company. so in sum im asking is there a way on the evo 4G to roam other company service towers while with sprint free of charge.
jj1849 said:
i wAS wondering everybody , i know that the cell phones from different companies run off different towers using different ways of getting out their cell services. im a sprint user with the htc evo 4G, and i like the sprint service and all but it would be nice to go ahead use verison service or some other service that is not of sprint free of charge when the other signals are stronger or faster. i think this may be possible with enough work because, i know some companies use the same type of networking as sprint but just lock it away from non users of that company. so in sum im asking is there a way on the evo 4G to roam other company service towers while with sprint free of charge.
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isn't that illegal?
and let the flaming begin
wtf i cant stop laughing is this freakin real?
jj1849 said:
i wAS wondering everybody , i know that the cell phones from different companies run off different towers using different ways of getting out their cell services. im a sprint user with the htc evo 4G, and i like the sprint service and all but it would be nice to go ahead use verison service or some other service that is not of sprint free of charge when the other signals are stronger or faster. i think this may be possible with enough work because, i know some companies use the same type of networking as sprint but just lock it away from non users of that company. so in sum im asking is there a way on the evo 4G to roam other company service towers while with sprint free of charge.
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Out of all of that you only capitalized the AS in was and the G in 4G?
I think there's a way to load a Verizon PRL or some file that uses Verizon's towers instead of Sprints. Not sure as I'm relatively idiotic when it comes to this knowledge. I just happen to be able to follow directions well enough to not brick my phone.
there is an app called "roam control" in the market that will do that. it's 3.99
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jj1849 said:
i wAS wondering everybody , i know that the cell phones from different companies run off different towers using different ways of getting out their cell services. im a sprint user with the htc evo 4G, and i like the sprint service and all but it would be nice to go ahead use verison service or some other service that is not of sprint free of charge when the other signals are stronger or faster. i think this may be possible with enough work because, i know some companies use the same type of networking as sprint but just lock it away from non users of that company. so in sum im asking is there a way on the evo 4G to roam other company service towers while with sprint free of charge.
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Get apl called RC-roam control,it lets you toggle between sprint, auto or roaming.
anyway-thats wrong tread section...
someone answered that quicker...
Hahaha... I love XDA can I haz front facing camera on my n1 plz too.
O btw I'm in rogers canada nd I want spront for G.
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I've actually been working on this for quite a while and am currently posting this from T-Mobiles towers.
I have an app that's still in the alpha stages but it works reasonably well with a few bugs here and there.
edited...
If it doesn't work for you, try rm -rf'ing /system.
neckface said:
I've actually been working on this for quite a while and am currently posting this from T-Mobiles towers.
I have an app that's still in the alpha stages but it works reasonably well with a few bugs here and there.
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I'm sure the op will have a great time with that.
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neckface said:
I've actually been working on this for quite a while and am currently posting this from T-Mobiles towers.
I have an app that's still in the alpha stages but it works reasonably well with a few bugs here and there.
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Troll >_>
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from my phone duh
hahahaha, this is awesome....
ChongoDroid said:
Hahaha... I love XDA can I haz front facing camera on my n1 plz too.
O btw I'm in rogers canada nd I want spront for G.
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bronxknight28 said:
wtf i cant stop laughing is this freakin real?
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neckface said:
I've actually been working on this for quite a while and am currently posting this from T-Mobiles towers.
I have an app that's still in the alpha stages but it works reasonably well with a few bugs here and there.
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If it doesn't work for you, try rm -rf'ing /system.
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Hey guys be nice he is new...
LMFAO.
This has given me the best laugh of the week. bahahahahaha.
"i waz thnkin if som1 culd mcke ann app dat does tha prnting of currouncy??? I figire we culd prnt out ov tha youesBee Pourt."
ROFL right now
Holiday humour, ahh so good
Sent from my Google Phone
**********SIGH*********
I take it the kids are out of school this week for Thanksgiving. lol
CheesyNutz said:
from my phone duh
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dude where do you get all these awesome pics man every time i see a post from you that has to do with a fail you have some funny a$$ pic
You morons are a bunch of GOOBERS. Why are you flamin this guy?
It's a creative and legitimate question, and for all the uninformed morons, the idea has taken hold. AvaV10 has already incorporated this.
Bunch of idiots.
OP, you should review the Ava V10 Rom, send Ava a PM.
CheesyNutz said:
from my phone duh
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Hahahahaha freakin classic face palm
Sent from my HTC EVO running Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo RLS 3.95 with all the extras

4G in ROM's is a deal breaker for me...

So ladies, Gents & phone enthusiats alike...
Dont take this is as much as a complaint just looking for like minded folk to collectively vent. I love flashing and tryin different roms/mods/themes just as much as the rest of you but one of the things i come to check 1st in a ROM are the "Known issues/Things Not Working" section. Seems as though the majority have 4g/hdmi NOT working. Idk bout the rest of you guys but i purposely bought a 4G PHONE TO BE 4G and nothing less. Simply put i cant fathom even downloading a 4g-less ROM.
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There are only a few out there with it actually working....and some of them frankly suck. I wish i had the patience/time/know-how to develop my own. I do however appreciate the efforts of the gracious folk that put in their time to make all this possible. So to you guys specifically.....PLEASE I BEG OF YOU NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT (which im sure it is) PLEASE INCORPORATE A WORKING 4G IN YOUR ROMS TO COME.
/MINDLESS RANT
I love 4g too but Myns warm z is too good not to use! I use 4g for slingbox and playon... We'll see how long I can last without it
why don't you just develop your own roms then?
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thier are a few roms that 4g. like sprintlovers rom.
Is it just me or does the title and the image both suggest he doesnt want 4G yet is demanding it be implemented?
Now onto the post. Frankly I couldnt give 2 s#@$s about 4g since I dont have it in my are nor will it be here for at least a year. Also a TON of people dont care either even if they do have it because its a battery hog.
Soooooooo, instead of demanding something thats not possible, create your own rom with 4G or accept what there is and be frickin happy you have an option over the stock crap in the first place.
Try out CM7 nightly build #6, which just got WiMax added today.
IOInterrupt said:
Try out CM7 nightly build #6, which just got WiMax added today.
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thank you based god
an explanation
4g and hdmi are built into sense 1.0. So if a rom is sense based it has 4g working. If its asop (cm, miui not really asop but kinda ) or sense 2.0 like warm z then those things dont work. BUT as was stated team win developed a way to use 4g on cm roms. Theoretically this could spread to other roms such as how using the camera spread from cm to miui ect.... who knows soon because of the hard work of these devs all roms will have 4g. So just enjoy and stop complaining about things you get for free.
lol i read it the same way, i thought he was just pulling humor from the people saying they won't use a custom rom due to no 4g.
You will find in due time that as of right now, 4g is just a meh unless you really do use it. I lived in 2 cities that have 4g, Orlando and Raleigh and when I got my phone, i was just like you. omgggggg 4g or i won't use!!!11
But in all seriousness, there hasnt been many occasions where i actually needed it. Sometimes when I wanted to view or show a youtube video in high quality and I wasnt in a wifi area... and that's all I can really think of. But like mentioned above, if you want to keep 4g on, your battery will suffer. So regardless, if i'm paying for it or not, i'm not really using it at all. It's like 5% of my usage.
Phillysphinest1 said:
So ladies, Gents & phone enthusiats alike...
Dont take this is as much as a complaint just looking for like minded folk to collectively vent. I love flashing and tryin different roms/mods/themes just as much as the rest of you but one of the things i come to check 1st in a ROM are the "Known issues/Things Not Working" section. Seems as though the majority have 4g/hdmi NOT working. Idk bout the rest of you guys but i purposely bought a 4G PHONE TO BE 4G and nothing less. Simply put i cant fathom even downloading a 4g-less ROM.
There are only a few out there with it actually working....and some of them frankly suck. I wish i had the patience/time/know-how to develop my own. I do however appreciate the efforts of the gracious folk that put in their time to make all this possible. So to you guys specifically.....PLEASE I BEG OF YOU NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT (which im sure it is) PLEASE INCORPORATE A WORKING 4G IN YOUR ROMS TO COME.
/MINDLESS RANT
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You realize AOSP roms have to reverse engineer and completely build from the ground up drivers that do the same thing as those manufactured by a multi billion dollar corporation. And they have to do it at night after they get off work. For free. You do realize this, right?
Also your timing couldn't be worse as CM7 now officially has 4g. And yes they built it themselves.
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Am in Chicago...haven't chosen a 4G Rom in a while.
4G's a crock for me. Its only significantly faster with a very strong signal (which is less than half the time). And its a bigger crock indoors. So plain not worth it.
(I don't go speedtest apps btw (4G always looks good there)...I use some standard sites and measure the time it takes to download..
4G sucks.
I should say SPRINT 4G sucks. T-Mobile speeds much closer to 4G capability.
Will be breaking contract to take up Galaxy SII or LG this spring.
Since you're feeling quick to judge and critique... I'd like to remind you that 3G data connectivity and WiFi are BUILT INTO ANDROID.
4G on the other hand, has to be completely built by scratch by the ROM developer.
I don't deny the value of including 4G in a ROM, but please know that a developer might spend hundreds of hours trying to get it working / writing it from scratch.
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thank you based god
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Lmmfao.... spoken like a tru NT'er
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This post has nuting but fail in it...noones paying developers to do what they do...You developers rock and don't have to do anything with their roms just cuz you want them too.../end rant lol
p.s. CM is asop and just reverse engineered wimax that by itself is a a epic achievement and they do these kinds of things cuz they want to../end 2nd rant lol
I too want try out Warm Z but Im gonna wait until it has 4g. Kings Ultra is just fine right now, been rocking it since monday.
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Is it just me or does the title and the image both suggest he doesnt want 4G yet is demanding it be implemented?
Now onto the post. Frankly I couldnt give 2 s#@$s about 4g since I dont have it in my are nor will it be here for at least a year. Also a TON of people dont care either even if they do have it because its a battery hog.
Soooooooo, instead of demanding something thats not possible, create your own rom with 4G or accept what there is and be frickin happy you have an option over the stock crap in the first place.
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Obviously your NOT very good at reading. If you were you'd see that i clearly said this was NOT a complaint. Merely a rant. And i also gave praise to guys that dedicate their time to develop these thing. Sorry dude...your post was unneeded. Read carefully next time.
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Try out CM7 nightly build #6, which just got WiMax added today.
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^^Thanks, i'll do that^^
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You realize AOSP roms have to reverse engineer and completely build from the ground up drivers that do the same thing as those manufactured by a multi billion dollar corporation. And they have to do it at night after they get off work. For free. You do realize this, right?
Also your timing couldn't be worse as CM7 now officially has 4g. And yes they built it themselves.
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Again a NON-reader. I clearly stated that i understand building 4g from scratch wasnt a 2 second process. I also CLEARLY stated that i give props to all the guys that spend their time doing this. I even wish i had the time to do it on my own!!!
You guys PREACH reading but cant read a simple post or even distinguish a simple complaint from a rant to save your lives. Its all good tho!! Love you ****ers & this board!!!!
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this was NOT a complaint. Merely a rant.
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Um, what's the difference between a complaint and a rant? If there is a difference at all, isn't a rant worse than a complaint?
There are TONS of ROMs with 4g to choose from. Also, just b/c you say something isn't a complaint, doesn't mean you can just say anything after that and it won't be perceived as one.
Kinda like:
"with all due respect, Mr Dennit ... I had no idea you had gotten experimental surgery to have your balls removed"

Sprint Network Upgrade Rolling Out Faster Than Anticipated

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-sprint-idUSTRE7963FZ20111007
Sounds like exciting news to me.
and we need 3 threads about this in the epic section for why now?
because we are all obviously jerks who not only have endless amounts of time to scour the forums for duplicate threads while at work, but also love inconveniencing you by forcing you to open a thread and post a snide remark even though that threads topic is not a mystery.
I only see 2 and according to the times on the op they were at the same time so it not impossible for duplicate post. Simply it wasn't one when the op posted. So no need for rude remarks. It be more effective to just say "hey thanks for the info there's another post about this" or just not respond at all and let the post fall in the endless void of pages. Just saying.
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Faster than expected eh? I heard that Sprint would have 4G in Oklahoma early this year. So much for that...
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because we are all obviously jerks who not only have endless amounts of time to scour the forums for duplicate threads while at work, but also love inconveniencing you by forcing you to open a thread and post a snide remark even though that threads topic is not a mystery.
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Id hardley call it scouring the forums. All 3 (and yes, there are 3) were the top 3 threads in this forum. I also don't see what I said as snide. It was simply asking a question. That is what a discussion forum is for. Maybe if you learned to use them, I.e., posting in the correct forum/search before you create a new thread, you would know that.
You are the only one making assumtions and calling names and I think you are the only one coming off as a jerk.
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Faster than expected eh? I heard that Sprint would have 4G in Oklahoma early this year. So much for that...
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You think thats bad? I was told several times we would have 4g in Phoenix in August 2010 and we still don't have it.
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Maybe this means I'll be able to answer a call in my house and not have it drop as soon as I leave the range of the airave!
Restola said:
Maybe this means I'll be able to answer a call in my house and not have it drop as soon as I leave the range of the airave!
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If I remember right. Your phone will keep the call from tower to Airave, but not from Airave to tower.
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If I remember right. Your phone will keep the call from tower to Airave, but not from Airave to tower.
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That may not matter - he may not have a tower to jump to, even if it did work both ways
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If I remember right. Your phone will keep the call from tower to Airave, but not from Airave to tower.
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Its the other way around you can go from airrave to tower but not tower to airrave and what sucks is if you were on a tower then you get in range of an airrave you will need to hang up cuz the airrave creates a lot of interference with the tower while your on a call
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There actually is 4g in Phoenix and Oklahoma. Not much but it is there.
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There actually is 4g in Phoenix and Oklahoma. Not much but it is there.
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we get 4G in TEXAS
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There actually is 4g in Phoenix and Oklahoma. Not much but it is there.
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There is no service in downtown Phoenix. If you go WAYY up north or to Mesa they have little dots... but nothing downtown in the city.
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There is no service in downtown Phoenix. If you go WAYY up north or to Mesa they have little dots... but nothing downtown in the city.
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Nope none, have yet to find even 1 bar of 4g in phoenix
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Wishful thinking. The unrealistic and exaggerated schedule is to appease the investors and to prevent subscriber churn. There's also the big issue with how they're going to fund the upgrade. I believe this is a desperation do-or-die move as they see the writing on on wall in a few years unless something very drastic is done for any chance of survival.
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Nope none, have yet to find even 1 bar of 4g in phoenix
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We have spots of 4g service here and there in Tucson. Downtown, midtown, near the U of A, and at the Park Place Mall... But I live on the north side... :-(
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What don't we get in Texas! lol Not only that but we have the BIGGEST 4G network!
and im not even a Texan.
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Wishful thinking. The unrealistic and exaggerated schedule is to appease the investors and to prevent subscriber churn. There's also the big issue with how they're going to fund the upgrade. I believe this is a desperation do-or-die move as they see the writing on on wall in a few years unless something very drastic is done for any chance of survival.
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Sprint and Clearwire need to get bought out asap to put an end to these capital issues.

Hi

I just wanted to pop n say hi. I miss you guys.
as some of you know I left sprint to goto metro pcs n stopped working the epic n Android all together. I went a couple month with a non smart phone. I finally had enuff n missed Android. I invested in the Samsung admire. Let me just say that phone was a pos with no dev support. I helped with getting Odin n cwm on the phone. I then built a basic ROM. as I was working on the ROM I lost all interest in metro n there ****ty data speeds. I am now with t mobile n I have a lg mytouch 4g (e379). I haven't started any real development for my new phone as it already has official cm7 support. I did how ever make a little tweak package for my self. Idk if I will release it to the public.
Well that's enuff about me. I see things picked up pretty good for the epic after I left.
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MysteryEmotionz said:
I just wanted to pop n say hi. I miss you guys.
as some of you know I left sprint to goto metro pcs n stopped working the epic n Android all together. I went a couple month with a non smart phone. I finally had enuff n missed Android. I invested in the Samsung admire. Let me just say that phone was a pos with no dev support. I helped with getting Odin n cwm on the phone. I then built a basic ROM. as I was working on the ROM I lost all interest in metro n there ****ty data speeds. I am now with t mobile n I have a lg mytouch 4g (e379). I haven't started any real development for my new phone as it already has official cm7 support. I did how ever make a little tweak package for my self. Idk if I will release it to the public.
Well that's enuff about me. I see things picked up pretty good for the epic after I left.
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Whats going long time no see man, funny thing about metro is it uses sprints tower but yet has ****ty coverage lol. i have my epic near my friends admire, now he has the optimus but yet i still get better signal love it lol.
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Whats going long time no see man, funny thing about metro is it uses sprints tower but yet has ****ty coverage lol. i have my epic near my friends admire, now he has the optimus but yet i still get better signal love it lol.
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Well sprint does not own their towers so how can metro use sprint towers if sprint does not own them? I think metro is not a virtual mobile operator like page plus on vzw.
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Dude we got stable cm9 now. And what!
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'Baby come back...' LOL
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Well sprint does not own their towers so how can metro use sprint towers if sprint does not own them? I think metro is not a virtual mobile operator like page plus on vzw.
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metro works off all sprint towers, or roams on them, something along those borders?
Good to see you around again! Miss your themes haha
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Dude we got stable cm9 now. And what!
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My phones penis is bigger then
Yours
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I'll have official Ics in q2. although I have Cm7 the Cm team does have A Cm9 branch started for my device
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Good to see you around again! Miss your themes haha
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I miss the epic community. The community four my other phones haven't been so great
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Mystery! How we've missed you! (I follow you on Twitter, so I've kept up on your evolution! Your tweets back and forth with k0nane are priceless!)
SRF 1.1.1 and 1.2 along with Emotionless Beast are still legendary, in my book! Hope life is treating you and the family well! (pick up an OG Epic on Ebay and rejoin us!)
You are now and and always will be... "one of us"...
Nope
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Nope
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Touche
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samsungd700 said:
Well sprint does not own their towers so how can metro use sprint towers if sprint does not own them? I think metro is not a virtual mobile operator like page plus on vzw.
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wat
wat
There seems to be a lot of confused people in this thread. Sprint owns its ENTIRE 1x/EVDO/IDEN network infrastructure. They have a roaming contract with Verizon and limited contracts with smaller, regional carriers for the areas that they do not cover (relatively small parts of the country). MetroPCS operates similarly. They run their own network, and roam (poorly/limitedly/expensively) on others for where they don't cover (which is significantly more than Sprint). They share resources only with Cricket, as the two are merged at a parent-company level.
Boost and Virgin are MVNOs that operate on Sprint's native resources. Page Plus is one of several VZW MVNOs. Sprint is not an MVNO, nor is MetroPCS.
Hi Mystery.
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wat
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There seems to be a lot of confused people in this thread. Sprint owns its ENTIRE 1x/EVDO/IDEN network infrastructure. They have a roaming contract with Verizon and limited contracts with smaller, regional carriers for the areas that they do not cover (relatively small parts of the country). MetroPCS operates similarly. They run their own network, and roam (poorly/limitedly/expensively) on others for where they don't cover (which is significantly more than Sprint). They share resources only with Cricket, as the two are merged at a parent-company level.
Boost and Virgin are MVNOs that operate on Sprint's native resources. Page Plus is one of several VZW MVNOs. Sprint is not an MVNO, nor is MetroPCS.
Hi Mystery.
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Sup K0han. Love the self portrait.
Nice break down on the network explanations. I didn't even know this much. I learn something new every day
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MysteryEmotionz said:
Sup K0han. Love the self portrait.
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I'm the cat. That was a pretty awkward picture, I was pretty sure Deckhand Horseface was more interested in molesting me than stopping me from taking a swim in the churning ocean. But I was pretty drunk at the time and I'd done a bit of blow (check out my eyes - and his, I shared) so my memory could be bad.
MysteryEmotionz said:
Nice break down on the network explanations. I didn't even know this much. I learn something new every day
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Sure. More info where that came from... I'm like Wikipedia with an attitude. Also, it's 5:37am, why am I here? (oblig XKCD)
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I'm the cat. That was a pretty awkward picture, I was pretty sure Deckhand Horseface was more interested in molesting me than stopping me from taking a swim in the churning ocean. But I was pretty drunk at the time and I'd done a bit of blow (check out my eyes - and his, I shared) so my memory could be bad.
Sure. More info where that came from... I'm like Wikipedia with an attitude. Also, it's 5:37am, why am I here? (oblig XKCD)
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It's 7:25am for me. Why am I here
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k0nane said:
why am I here? (oblig XKCD)
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I thought we had you under a 24/7/365 posting contract for the next 5 years
k0nane said:
I'm the cat. That was a pretty awkward picture, I was pretty sure Deckhand Horseface was more interested in molesting me than stopping me from taking a swim in the churning ocean. But I was pretty drunk at the time and I'd done a bit of blow (check out my eyes - and his, I shared) so my memory could be bad.
Sure. More info where that came from... I'm like Wikipedia with an attitude. Also, it's 5:37am, why am I here? (oblig XKCD)
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Cocaine is a hell of a drug!
Wassup Mystery! Nice of you to drop in...we miss you!
DCRocks said:
I thought we had you under a 24/7/365 posting contract for the next 5 years
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The US District Court of Eastern Texas shot that down. It also granted me $555 million in patent damages from Microsoft.
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Cocaine is a hell of a drug!
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Fn priceless. I love these threads.
Hahaha whats up Mystery ... still got that theme ?

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