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insanely bad service?

I've been having INSANELY bad service lately and I get mixed responses from people I know around here with sprint. I've experienced it on the EF02 modem, DK28, EC05, and am currently on EB13. This crap has been going on for about a week now. Anyone else experience this?
I'm running syndicate 1.2 right now.

Wait a few more days. They might be upgrading the local speed.

any way to know for sure? wouldnt they send out a notice letting customers know?

Whats your location?
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Greenville, NC

Two possibilities. One, the network is having severe issue. Two, your radios gone bad (which yes, it does happen). Either way, go to a sprint store that has service and repair. (a coporate one). They'll do a PoST test on your phone to check your radio. If it's bad, you'll get a replacement. If it's not, they'll check the towers in your area and possibly submit a network ticket. If that's the case then it's a waiting game.
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projectm3tal said:
I've been having INSANELY bad service lately and I get mixed responses from people I know around here with sprint. I've experienced it on the EF02 modem, DK28, EC05, and am currently on EB13. This crap has been going on for about a week now. Anyone else experience this?
I'm running syndicate 1.2 right now.
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I've been having terrible service here in Lansing, MI too. I still get failed text messages a few times a day. My signal has been actin funky, 4 bars to 1X to 3 bars to no bars standing in the same spot. Data speeds seem to be slower too. I manually updated my PRL and tried EC05, EF02, and EG22 modems and nothing...
I wonder if sprint will do a radio test on my rooted device... don't wanna odin to stock for nothin..
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Wishkah420 said:
I've been having terrible service here in Lansing, MI too. I still get failed text messages a few times a day. My signal has been actin funky, 4 bars to 1X to 3 bars to no bars standing in the same spot. Data speeds seem to be slower too. I manually updated my PRL and tried EC05, EF02, and EG22 modems and nothing...
I wonder if sprint will do a radio test on my rooted device... don't wanna odin to stock for nothin..
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I'm going to drop this tidbit of info here, and nowhere else.
Sprint doesn't care that your device is rooted. It does not void your TEP. If an associate tells you otherwise, they're wrong.
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You are lucky, I've been able to send about 5 text messages today, and I'm a heavy texter. I've been trying for about an hour to send this last one. I have been getting sms fails like this on and off for almost a week. Calling is pretty hit or miss too sometimes.
I usually have about 2-4 bars, occasionally I get the 1X symbol.
edit: meant to quote wishkah
also, thanks reassuring me on that squshy, I heard that somewhere before but wasn't sure.

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I have been having erratic issues with text in MA i chalked up to network issues. I am a very heavy user of text lol I out text my 25 year old son LOL! Been with Sprint 4 months now and I average just shy of 1500 a month thank god for unlimited txt and now that football is here it is going to get a lot worst LOL

ive been through 5 epics the last month. literally. 3 from assurion and 2 from sprint. sprint finally gave me an airave which only helped inside my house. everyone else around me with any htc phone has no issues. there is something seriously wrong with the samsung hardware. the nexus s also has the same issues.
piss poor quality on samsungs part is to blame. the evo gets 9mb down on 4g im lucky to connect. 3g is a joke. and making a phone call outside my house requires me to walk down the street.
i live 10 minutes from sprints headquarters...

sherm420 said:
ive been through 5 epics the last month. literally. 3 from assurion and 2 from sprint. sprint finally gave me an airave which only helped inside my help. everyone else around me with any htc phone has no issues. there is something seriously wrong with the samsung hardware. the nexus s also has the same issues.
piss poor quality on samsungs part is to blame. the evo gets 9mb down on 4g im lucky to connect. 3g is a joke. and making a phone call outside my house requires me to walk down the street.
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Quality comes in many forms my friend. For instance, we're not the ones with a manufacturer recognized charging port soldering durability issue. Or hardware revisions to get the display ribbon cable to last.
"but it's made with plastic! And mine's made with aluminum!"
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there are a few designs flaws with the charging port.
still, the epic should be classified as a rpos.
i still have the sero plan but verizon is looking really nice for twice the money.
sprint sucks simple as that.
i live 10 minutes from headquaters
so do i have any chance unlocking this pos and getting better productivity?

sherm420 said:
there are a few designs flaws with the charging port.
still, the epic should be classified as a rpos.
i still have the sero plan but verizon is looking really nice for twice the money.
sprint sucks simple as that.
i live 10 minutes from headquaters
so do i have any chance unlocking this pos and getting better productivity?
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why would you keep getting the same phone if you have that big of a problem with it, the evo is cheaper now you know...
Also, i don't know if it matters, but when i flash a new modem, it usually fails the first time and passes the second time. I can also make and receive calls with more reliability than sms. seems like i just can't send a text with any reliability whatsoever.

Ready to throw my Xoom

ARGH. First it took me two days to root the Xoom, now I can't keep a stable 4G/3G data connection. I've gone through 3 SIM cards, and Verizon is telling me that "something" is hanging in their system which won't let me properly activate, so I have to send my Xoom BACk in to Motorola and have them look at it. Anyone else have any nightmarish stories about their Xoom after the 4G upgrade? I live in Detroit and have excellent 4G coverage...my Thunderbolt has 5 bars. I've tried selecting only CDMA, same non-working result.

So sorry that you're having problems. I hope you will be able to get it fixed and have a chance to enjoy it.

okantomi said:
So sorry that you're having problems. I hope you will be able to get it fixed and have a chance to enjoy it.
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It's official. My Xoom is possessed! Shortly after I started this thread, the stupid thing all of a sudden activated itself, and now I have 4G, and it's been on for about 2 hours....WTH? I called Verizon, and they told me that they DON'T see the device active...something's REALLY strange here.....I'll keep an eye on it for a day or two, but if it goes back out, it's going back to Motorola.

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It's official. My Xoom is possessed! Shortly after I started this thread, the stupid thing all of a sudden activated itself, and now I have 4G, and it's been on for about 2 hours....WTH? I called Verizon, and they told me that they DON'T see the device active...something's REALLY strange here.....I'll keep an eye on it for a day or two, but if it goes back out, it's going back to Motorola.
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Now that is funny, about the possessed. I hope it goes all well for you.

Are you trying to run tiamat or stock? Tiamat doesn't seem to support 4g devices currently.
To clarify tiamat runs for me, when I restore my pre-upgrade image everything but 4g and 3g is fine. I get internet only on wifi. However, the stock update from Moto that it came back with works perfectly.
Also, why did it take 2 days, once the sdk is installed it should be as easy "fastboot OEM unlock" then pushing a few files. It could be possible you messed with your radio or something if you were confused as to what you are doing.

You accept all inherent risks associated with rooting and using custom roms one of which is that your data connection may be flaky.
In the case of trying to get a device to work in a particular fasion I would highly recommend 100% stock until working properly and then moving from there.
In other words... don't tell us you're ready to smash your Xoom because of something you did to it.

I sent my xoom in and had the upgrade down. When it arrived back It was not activated. and would not activate.. I called VZW the first guy I talked to said he would be more then happy to activate my xoom again and that I would have to change my current VZW plan i have with verizon from my current 3g/3gigs plan to a new 4/whater gig plan for more cash. I hung up on they guy and looked threw VZW website and found info about the upgrade, and I found where it says you will not have to change your plan after the upgrade. So i call VZW again this time the guy i talk to sends me to what he calls a stage 2 rep. I talk to him tell him what the first guy told me and then qouted off there website about How i do not need to change my plan. he looked over my account and found that when they upgraded my xoom they screwed up when they entered my sim msein and med info into there system. 3 hours later 2 phone calls and finally he gets all his ducks in a row and finally a working 4g xoom is in my hands.. (and I DID NOT have to change my plan.) and yes i mistype alot. but in my defense only the first and last of a word has to be correct for the human mind to be able to read.

Well my 4g randomly goes from 4g to nothing. Althougth I have bars they are grey and no connection.
My wifi then decides which networks it will connect to and which ones it won't. My router has duel networks set up the same way. Won't connect to 1 but will connect to 2. My friends house full bars standing 5 feet away from the router. Hit connect drops to nothing and cycles remembered / analyzing. Same settings as my router at my house. I go to Toyota connects instantly.
The radio is possessed. Stock Xoom never routed I just got it back this week. And wow battery life is crushed. But WOW is that 4g lte some fast kinda fast my upload is 8mbs!..........when it works
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tdetroit said:
Ready to throw my Xoom
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Don't so that it break real easy! broke mine the other day, dropped it three feet onto carpet

hotdiamonds said:
Don't so that it break real easy! broke mine the other day, dropped it three feet onto carpet
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WOW? Really? Mine went down the stairs on hard concrete not even a scratch. (it helped that it had a cover .) but it didn't brake.
To the other guy, don't give up.

mpmorph said:
WOW? Really? Mine went down the stairs on hard concrete not even a scratch. (it helped that it had a cover .) but it didn't brake.
To the other guy, don't give up.
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Mine went 'thud' not 'bounce'

Milestone X on C Spire

Hey everyone!
I'm from over on the HTC Hero forums and looking for an upgrade in the near future. I'm currently on C Spire and am not particularly interested in the iPhone 4s or Galaxy Showcase, so this leaves the Milestone X as the main contender for me. Just a few questions come to mind:
1. I noticed there was a recent OTA Gingerbread release, and there may be an issue getting root with it. Is this still a problem or did the issue get resolved?
2. Probably the most important: Would you really recommend the phone as an upgrade or consider something on another carrier with all the new dual core and likely soon to be quad core phones? My main selling point is that the Milestone X is currently free with a 2 year agreement and I wouldn't have to switch carriers.
My only other consideration is to go with the Amaze 4G on T-Mobile (ATT is too expensive and has horrendous customer service, Verizon is too expensive, and Sprint has pretty lousy coverage in MS). The Amaze is also the only phone in their current lineup besides the GS2 which supports their 42+ mbps band.
Anyways, thanks for the read and I hope to hear from you guys soon.

Milestone X is a great phone, you are wise to avoid the showcase.
to answer your questions:
1. Yes there is an update, yes it can be rooted very easily. DooMLoRD_v3_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su.zip
2. well i already answered that one... The milestone x is hands down the best phone at cspire currently.

Thanks for the reply! I just may consider picking up one soon. How's the battery life on it with CM7/Liberty?

i haven't loaded a new rom so i can't say how the battery life is on those roms, but i can tell you that the stock 2.3.5 is very smooth, snappy and the battery life is superior to my old hero. (just got my milestoneX 2 weeks ago, figures that they would make them free now).
EDIT: correction, 2.3.5 is not what comes preloaded. but there is an OTA update ready for download once you get it. only peice of advice i can give you if you want the ota is don't install cwm before you install the OTA.

Awesome! I just picked mine up yesterday and after the ota, I'm really pleased with performance and battery life. I'll likely root it soon to do away with the junk preinstalled applications.

Rocheforte said:
Awesome! I just picked mine up yesterday and after the ota, I'm really pleased with performance and battery life. I'll likely root it soon to do away with the junk preinstalled applications.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=784296&stc=1&d=1321435888
fast and simple.

Not to hijack the thread, but my wife and I both traded in our CSpire Heros for the Milestone X yesterday. They have 2.2.2 on them, and neither will get the OTA update. It just keeps saying they are up to date. Any clue why this could be happening?
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chrisaln said:
Not to hijack the thread, but my wife and I both traded in our CSpire Heros for the Milestone X yesterday. They have 2.2.2 on them, and neither will get the OTA update. It just keeps saying they are up to date. Any clue why this could be happening?
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I'm having the same issue with my 2nd Milestone X that I just picked up. I contacted support, and they suggested to bring it into a store to install it there. If updating the phone to 2.3 doesn't fix its wifi problems, though, I'll likely be switching it out for another one.

My dad picked up another Milestone today for himself and is having the same issue with the update. The customer service person I spoke to last night told me that it's likely because the OTA update is being released in a "staggered fashion" to "prevent serve overload." I get the concept, but the update has been out for a month now, and nobody else was having any problem getting it until recently, from what I can tell.
If you have any luck getting them to do the upgrade in the store, let me know. The person I spoke to said they charge $15 to do an upgrade in-store, though, which I refuse to pay just because their normal upgrade method is broken.

chrisaln said:
My dad picked up another Milestone today for himself and is having the same issue with the update. The customer service person I spoke to last night told me that it's likely because the OTA update is being released in a "staggered fashion" to "prevent serve overload." I get the concept, but the update has been out for a month now, and nobody else was having any problem getting it until recently, from what I can tell.
If you have any luck getting them to do the upgrade in the store, let me know. The person I spoke to said they charge $15 to do an upgrade in-store, though, which I refuse to pay just because their normal upgrade method is broken.
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try downloading this and rename it update.zip, place it in the root of your sd-card, boot stock recovery and select the update.zip from the sdcard. i have been told that it will work. it is the ota download from cspire.

chrisaln said:
My dad picked up another Milestone today for himself and is having the same issue with the update. The customer service person I spoke to last night told me that it's likely because the OTA update is being released in a "staggered fashion" to "prevent serve overload." I get the concept, but the update has been out for a month now, and nobody else was having any problem getting it until recently, from what I can tell.
If you have any luck getting them to do the upgrade in the store, let me know. The person I spoke to said they charge $15 to do an upgrade in-store, though, which I refuse to pay just because their normal upgrade method is broken.
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I went into the store and informed them that the phone wasn't receiving the update, they swapped mine with one that had 2.3 preinstalled, no hassle and no restocking fee. I would definitely contest the fee as much as possible, especially when they aren't providing any other way to officially update the phone other than over the air.
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Thanks for the tip. Fortunately I won't be needing it, as the OTA update finally worked for me a couple of hours ago. Now I just have to reroot and I'm good to go!
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I had the same issue. Got the Milestone X in September when it was still Cellular South. Shortly after they switched to CSpire Wireless. Here comes December and I do not have the OTA update still. Kept checking and checking, not OTA and no option through CSpire to just manually download it to PC to update myself. So tried root and DL'ing the file mentioned and renaming update.zip and install via Bootstraper, still a no go. After a few factory resets, BOOM, "you have an update available" and just my luck, will download but not install properly w/ bootstrapper interfering. Ok, remove bootstrap....nope, no work. Said screw it, went to CSpire hoping to just get another one, guy behind counter instantly pulled up bootstrapper and said, If you think you can fix it, try, or else you'll have to buy another one, told him damn straight I'll fix it myself, grabbed my phone and left. Got home, followed SBF guide, downloaded OTA and now I'm a happy camper.

Crippled 4G Internet Speeds

I rooted my phone months ago and I think ever since I did, my 4G internet speeds have been very low - like .30 mbps download and .10 mbps upload according to the Speednet test.
I've tried every radio in the radio thread and even went back to the stock ROM ( rooted ) and it remained the same. Does anyone have any suggestions ?
Everything else works 100%.

Sound like you got throttled-tmo has a 5 gig cap per month before you get throttled-Check your data usage for the month. Think if you switch to 2g its a little faster, otherwise you have to wait till your next billing cycle starts

While it may sound like I'm throttled, that isn't what's goin' on cause I've talked to T-Mobile and I'm well below my 2 GB limit. I appreciate your reply anyway.

I haven't been here in a while since I got the Samsung galaxy s2.. I have to agree with you.. You are not throttled. I have been experiencing the same problem even with both phones.. I changed sim cards like three times already. So what I did was called t-mobile they filed a report to the tech engineers to check the towers and their systems will take about 72hrs. So ill be calling back tomorrow (1/16/2012)to find out if they fixed the towers like I was told..the towers might be affecting my speed.. So call them and explain to them and see if they can do the same for you...
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That's funny cause I actually went through that with T-Mobile as well. Eventually they told me it's a problem with my phone. **** this.
Do you live in New Jersey ?

MFZ22 said:
That's funny cause I actually went through that with T-Mobile as well. Eventually they told me it's a problem with my phone. **** this.
Do you live in New Jersey ?
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No, close, am in nyc, close to Manhattan/Brooklyn...Just tell them a customer/friend has also called and complained about this same situation. i took off work on friday, after dr. appointment, i went to t mobile retail store and we did a test, troubleshooting etc, and nothing...so if they tell you it's your phone what do they expect you to do, exchange your phone, it's ridiculous.. i have both mt4g and samsung galaxy s2, both experiencing the same problems, i told them, actually had a small argument with them, but i'm just waiting for tomorrow and hear what BullSh*t they going to tell me...just make sure if you end up going to tmobile retail store to unroot your phone.. if they ask you to go to a tmobile store..
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Ill be the first to hit your thanks

Yea, I've been through all that. Let me know what they say

Spoke to them and they still working on it. So we might get a text or check with them later...
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Well they called me today telling me the engineers are still working on it...
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Can you try someone else's SIM in your phone and vice-versa? That narrows it down to the phone or the account.
Last time I went to the States when the prepaid $1.49 day pass still existed, I was being throttled from the moment I entered the country despite not even having a chance to accrue 30 MB of usage. On the second day I bought a new pass and was still throttled. I went to a T-Mobile store and they had nothing to suggest other than that they could try to reset the data (?) on my account. I wanted to try the store's SIMs in my phone or vice versa but they told me all the sample phones had their battery covers glued on so customers couldn't walk away with the SIMs due to a high-theft area.
Anyway, on that second day I used a lot despite the throttling, and in the evening I got a text that I just hit 30 MB and would be throttled. Finally on the third day, when I bought a new pass I had full speed.

No.. T-mobile has acknowledged that they have the problem.. My girlfriend also have the same problem..I will wait till its fixed..I've changed my simply card 3x already..lol
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I called 'em today and just pressed the issue further. I can only think it's their network or towers around here cause when I speed test it now, it could download at 6 Mbps or 0.25 Mbps, so I'm taking that as a sign of them working on it.
I got 'em to take $80 off my bill a couple weeks ago because this is bull****. IT's a been a long time, but I never noticed cause I usually use WiFi and I just downloaded the speedtest.net app like a month ago.
I told them I don't care if they fix it tomorrow, I'm still gonna move on and do business with a different company as soon as I can. Every time I see that silly long armed ***** on their commercial boasting about their 4G speeds, I wanna close my account.

Thoughts on GB?

Hey all, I'm thinking I'll soon take the plunge to Gingerbread. For those who have flashed already, what are your thoughts? Any pros/cons, other than the standard benefits of Gingerbread?

I'm running stock gb right now, rooted, no CWM, no themes or mods and it works fine.
Cons:
Little harder to get Root(for me anyway) , doesn't play nice with superuser so had to switch to supersu. Some issues getting busybox installed and binary updated.
Mine shows 329mb of ram, so "lost" 9mb? Hasn't seemed to cause any problems.
Pros:
Ummm... It's gingerbread
Access to apps requiring 2.3, can watch tv now!
Love the new Batt stats and ram usage stats.
Did I mention it's gingerbread?
Definitely worth it, just make sure you do the calibration backup before you flash and should be no problems.
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I'll just leave this here in case you have trouble rooting or deodexing...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942296

My phone was due for an upgrade tomorrow, so I figured why not, if I break it I can get a new phone. With that being said, I have to say there isn't much in terms of appearance that let's you know it is GB instead of Froyo. There is the ability to unlock into text messages or missed calls (that could have been done via lockers, but it is a lot smoother now). My weather app never worked and all of a sudden it is working again. The most impressive thing is the speed of it. I have Holo Launcher on my phone and it always lagged when going to the home screen. I haven't had that issue yet.
A couple of notes since it was my first "hooking my phone up to the computer to change software or flash" experience. The process went quick, no hang ups or anything like that. I had to call Verizon to get my phone calls working again, don't know why that happened. And I lost my 3G connection, but once again 20 minutes on the phone it was up and running. Less than 24 hours later, I am a happy camper. I have noticed that my phone shuts off sometimes without warning. But I haven't hit the power button on top and that seems to be working for now, in other words I wait for it to turn the screen off itself.
Definitely breathed new life into my old phone.

When I used this phone if the screen wasn't on when you plugged into the charger it wouldn't wake back up. This caused my to he late for work because I had a power outage at like 2am so it stopped charging then the power came back and my phone wouldn't wake so the alarm didn't go off. That was the only issue I had with gb when I used it. However once that happened I went back to stock. Other than that it was good. What phone are you thinking of getting?
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When I used this phone if the screen wasn't on when you plugged into the charger it wouldn't wake back up. This caused my to he late for work because I had a power outage at like 2am so it stopped charging then the power came back and my phone wouldn't wake so the alarm didn't go off. That was the only issue I had with gb when I used it. However once that happened I went back to stock. Other than that it was good. What phone are you thinking of getting?
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Probably the Note 2. But the problem is that I have unlimited through Verizon and if I upgrade I lose that plan. It's not so much the unlimited I am worried about, but switching to the new plan actually costs me $10 a month. Over the course of a 2 year contract that is $240. Now if I buy the phone at full price I am ok, but I can't justify spending $700 on a phone.
As far as your issue, was that on GB or Froyo? I haven't had that problem, yet.

It was just on gb. Maybe I had a bad flash. I upgraded last month to a droid dna and I love it. After this phone I am never going back to samsung for phones. 3 people on my plan had the continuum and all went to HTC. Yeah I honestly hated my continuum at some times and other times I loved it. Though I held it for 2 years I agree with you I can't justify spending that much on a phone.
As for unlimited data that didn't bother me that I lost it. I never even used more than a gig when I had unlimited 3g was so slow I used wifi a lot. 4g is very fast but I still use my wifi when I can. There is a way to keep unlimited data my friend did it when he upgraded. I think you have to make a new line with unlimited data and transfer your upgrade to a line that has it. Something like that all I know is you can Google it if you want to keep it that bad. You may also get lucky and the rep may mess up and you keep unlimited this happened to my mom when she upgraded. Other than that to me 2gb of data is plenty for me.
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Jaggar345 said:
It was just on gb. Maybe I had a bad flash. I upgraded last month to a droid dna and I love it. After this phone I am never going back to samsung for phones. 3 people on my plan had the continuum and all went to HTC. Yeah I honestly hated my continuum at some times and other times I loved it. Though I held it for 2 years I agree with you I can't justify spending that much on a phone.
As for unlimited data that didn't bother me that I lost it. I never even used more than a gig when I had unlimited 3g was so slow I used wifi a lot. 4g is very fast but I still use my wifi when I can. There is a way to keep unlimited data my friend did it when he upgraded. I think you have to make a new line with unlimited data and transfer your upgrade to a line that has it. Something like that all I know is you can Google it if you want to keep it that bad. You may also get lucky and the rep may mess up and you keep unlimited this happened to my mom when she upgraded. Other than that to me 2gb of data is plenty for me.
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yeah it's not so much I need the unlimited, it's that I will be paying more a month by switching. How does that even make sense? I will be paying $10 more a month for less data. Only with Verizon right?

Me too, the way they have the changes set up I only get my corporate discount rate on my line so even though I can get base price plan equal after discounts it ends up being more expensive.
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I went from unlimited to 2gb and I didn't have to pay any more than I was paying before. I'm not the primary line if that makes a difference.
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I get the corporate discount, so that keeps the cost down for the most part.
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