Took about 5 minutes, and i will be getting my air rave, free in about 3 days. Anyone have any experiences to share??
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Yes, overall its very handy. If it ever starts to mess up, unplug it for 60 seconds, then plug it back in.
I am Z.
Expect text messages to keept repeating themselves (generally outgoing) and call drops when starting a call on the Airrave then moving out of it's range.
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I have no text probs as mentioned, but I do have trouble with latentcy. When I'm torrenting, even though I have my airave attached as an arm of the network rather than running all the traffic through it, I get a hard 3 second delay both hearing voice and them hearing m only while torrenting.
If I have any weird trouble with the phone, like delay, not getting calls, or not hearing the other end of the line, I do unplug my airave.
I've been to the sprint store twice. For weird voice clarity issues that turned out to be the airave.
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adamdelozier said:
Took about 5 minutes, and i will be getting my air rave, free in about 3 days. Anyone have any experiences to share??
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Yea, prepare to be thoroughly annoyed. Get ready for random times where you cannot call land lines but can call mobile phones. Sometimes text messaging will be all messed up. You will probably notice weird problems if you flash roms a lot that no one else is reporting. It has to do with the airrave. Also you will lose calls/data if you move out of airrave coverage.
Overall, its a neat gadget but RIDICULOUSLY annoying sometimes.
just forget about the air rave and enable Google voice integration and turn on airplane mode and then you can call and text over wifi using the Google voice app.
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They can be a bit of a pain if you have slow internet. Just don't use it as a router like they say in the manual. Hang it off of your network. I love mine as I had no reception in my bedroom of my apartment. Saved my ass and I didn't have to pay for it.
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just forget about the air rave and enable Google voice integration and turn on airplane mode and then you can call and text over wifi using the Google voice app.
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Thanks everyone foe the replies. I always appreciate everyone's feedback out here. I use Google voice now to eliminate the whole sprint vvm issues on CM, but I guess I didn't realize I could make my calls over wifi, although it makes sense that I would be able too?! How would I set that up? I couldn't find any options for it...
Edit: additional question...is it a fairly easy transition going in and out of wifi, to receive calls on normal service when I leave my wifi area?
I am in a great sprint reception area, but my house is like a giant signal shield!
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They can be a bit of a pain if you have slow internet. Just don't use it as a router like they say in the manual. Hang it off of your network. I love mine as I had no reception in my bedroom of my apartment. Saved my ass and I didn't have to pay for it.
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This ^^^^^^^^^^^^. It does work pretty well but it seems whenever they update the software they neglect to send a reset signal nor inform you o the update. So there may be random times when you will not get calls because they go diret to voicemail or you won't be able to dial out without resetting the Airave. This has been only 4 times in 2 years so that is not bad. Your 3G speeds will be awesome though...about 1.5Mbs consistently.
I haven't had any of the reported problems with ours. We have it connected to our ATT uverse wireless router.
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Your 3G speeds will be awesome though...about 1.5Mbs consistently.
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Thats because it's using your Internet to get out... Just bottlenecks your connection really - better off staying on WiFi.
Personally, for all the issues mentioned in this thread I sent mine back. It did more harm than good. Wound up ditching Sprint altogether at the end of the day anyway.
To the guy thats torrenting (sorry forgot who said that) the Airrave is opening an IPSEC tunnel back to a Sprint server. If you QoS the IPSEC traffic (UDP 500 and/or 4500 depending on how your set up) and rate limit your torrent traffic to about 90% of your max bandwidth you'll probably clean up the voice a bit. Might be worth checking the CPU utilization in your router too to make sure that's not causing some of the latency.
In general, for people that can't get it working at all behind their existing networks, make sure you have IPSEC passthrough enabled (some routers may call it NAT-T or something like that). Some older/cheaper routers won't support IPSEC passthrough at all, but those are few and far between these days.
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just forget about the air rave and enable Google voice integration and turn on airplane mode and then you can call and text over wifi using the Google voice app.
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I can text but it doesn't give me options for calling, weird.
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Mine works flawlessly
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Mine works flawlessly
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If you're on a voice call via the airrave and leave your house, does it hand the call off to the real cell network?
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If you're on a voice call via the airrave and leave your house, does it hand the call off to the real cell network?
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No it disconnects
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Expect text messages to keept repeating themselves (generally outgoing) and call drops when starting a call on the Airrave then moving out of it's range.
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muyoso said:
Yea, prepare to be thoroughly annoyed. Get ready for random times where you cannot call land lines but can call mobile phones. Sometimes text messaging will be all messed up. You will probably notice weird problems if you flash roms a lot that no one else is reporting. It has to do with the airrave. Also you will lose calls/data if you move out of airrave coverage.
Overall, its a neat gadget but RIDICULOUSLY annoying sometimes.
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They can be a bit of a pain if you have slow internet. Just don't use it as a router like they say in the manual. Hang it off of your network. I love mine as I had no reception in my bedroom of my apartment. Saved my ass and I didn't have to pay for it.
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All of the above! Especially with the text message issue. When I first got it I was texting the wife she was home it repeated everything I said over 30 times each LOL. I think it was Kenny that mentioned to unplug the airrave then plug it back in. The worst part is having NO signal and your battery dies.
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Mine hands off rather well. Didn't used to be the case though.
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I've liked having mine. I put it on the 2d floor and get 5-6 bars on each floor and about 4-5 in the basement. No issues except, every once in a while it goes off line (maybe an update IDK), and you have to unplug and replug it back to reset it. I notice this when I start getting only 2-3 bars upstairs and 2 downstairs.
I hate my Airave.....
I am on the second one. It is hooked up to 10MB internet service & still cuts out during phone calls & has a noticable delay between the two halves of the coversation. My Vonage phone works great plugged into the same router as the Airave. Now I just leave it unplugged full time, I really need to send it back I guess. It's not costing anything so no harm done.
Also more than half the time it does not connect to my wife's stock Evo Shift.
For me this unit is a waste of space.
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I hate my Airave.....
I am on the second one. It is hooked up to 10MB internet service & still cuts out during phone calls & has a noticable delay between the two halves of the coversation. My Vonage phone works great plugged into the same router as the Airave. Now I just leave it unplugged full time, I really need to send it back I guess. It's not costing anything so no harm done.
Also more than half the time it does not connect to my wife's stock Evo Shift.
For me this unit is a waste of space.
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Pretty sure you pay slightly higher tax or fees due to the airave.
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Ok can someone explain to me how I have accrued 25 megs of data according to Verizon in the last 24 hours but I have been strictly on wifi. I am worried cause when it goes tiered I will need to focus since I average about 20 gigs a month.
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So your saying as soon as your phone is turned on, its on wifi & not 3g?
I checked my data yesterday then I turned on wifi and never turned it off, and it went up.
Droid X requires unlimited data, so it doesn't matter. If verizon changes your data cap, you will be able to cancel your contract (and keep the Droid X), or get grandfathered and keep the unlimited data.
How in the world does one use 20gigs?? That's crayzy! Im on my phone all day everyday, and it was te same when i had my dinc. I have never used more than 2-3 gigs of data
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Well when I'm in my car I am streaming music. When I am at work I am either watching video podcasts or slingbox. But when I am home I use wifi lol. I can only imagine what the number would be if I didn't use wifi
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How in the world does one use 20gigs?? That's crayzy! Im on my phone all day everyday, and it was te same when i had my dinc. I have never used more than 2-3 gigs of data
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Totally! I can't comprehend burning through that much data in a month. I think one would have to be downloading torrents consistently every day to pull something like that off
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Well when I'm in my car I am streaming music. When I am at work I am either watching video podcasts or slingbox. But when I am home I use wifi lol. I can only imagine what the number would be if I didn't use wifi
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Where do you work? I want a job that pays me to watch tv. Even if I have to suffer and watch it on a phone.
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Totally! I can't comprehend burning through that much data in a month. I think one would have to be downloading torrents consistently every day to pull something like that off
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Welcome to 21st century data usage. As video gets to be more high definition, this is not a lot of data.
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I have an office so when I am not in a meeting my phone is on my desk and on, i subscribe to 26 podcasts and most of then are video. My average video podcast is about 200 megs
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Go to wifi setting and hit menu select advance you will see that the X is set up to drop off wifi when the screen shuts off just change your setting to always stay on
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Go to wifi setting and hit menu select advance you will see that the X is set up to drop off wifi when the screen shuts off just change your setting to always stay on
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After you make your selection be sure to hit the menu button and save the change before you exit.
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Thanks guys that answered my question
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I was so used to doing this on my iPhone using AT&T. Is this possible on verizon? If im on a lengthy call, after i hang up a stream of txts and email start to come in as if it was just waiting for me to hang up.
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GoldenCyn said:
I was so used to doing this on my iPhone using AT&T. Is this possible on verizon? If im on a lengthy call, after i hang up a stream of txts and email start to come in as if it was just waiting for me to hang up.
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Practically? No. It's a limitation of the CDMA technology. It can carry Voice *or* data, but not both.
Technically? Yes. Download a SIP or Skype client, and run VoIP (which is just Data). Don't think it's very practical though.
You can if you have an active wifi connection. I do it all the time at work cause i get put on hold for what seems like hours some days.
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I do wifi at home and work so the limitation isn't too bad. Of course 4g will fix this, but not for this phone.
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I was so used to doing this on my iPhone using AT&T. Is this possible on verizon? If im on a lengthy call, after i hang up a stream of txts and email start to come in as if it was just waiting for me to hang up.
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I believe AT&T is the only network that allows voice and data at the same time currently, but i know for sure that Verizon doesn't allow such things sadly...
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I believe AT&T is the only network that allows voice and data at the same time currently, but i know for sure that Verizon doesn't allow such things sadly...
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Not just at&t, all 3g gsm based carrier can transfer voice and data at the same time, so t-mobile can do this also.
Boooo
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T-mobile does allow both data and voice at the same time. Sadly their network nation wide is terrible. If I travel between cities, which I do alot. I lose connection CONSTANTLY. Causing issues with Pandora, Navigation using Google Nav, etc.
My wife and I are in the process of selling out Nexus Ones and moving to Verizon due to this sadly. I loved my N1 and so did she.
Maybe my Droid X and her Droid Incredible will fill that Google love gap.
The no data and voice does kinda stink. We used that more than you'd think.
Especially when driving with our device attached to the car's Bluetooth Sync.
Google Nav & Pandora Running while be able to accept and send new calls
through the cars bluetooth was very nice and convenient. Works great with our Ford Edge.
I just migrated from an iPhone 3GS on ATT to a Droid X on VZW. I have to say... I'd rather have a phone on a network that could do a great job with voice or data one at a time than a network that in many instances couldn't do either reliably (but could do then both at once).
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I just migrated from an iPhone 3GS on ATT to a Droid X on VZW. I have to say... I'd rather have a phone on a network that could do a great job with voice or data one at a time than a network that in many instances couldn't do either reliably (but could do then both at once).
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Agreed. Id rather have a device that does two things separately very well than a device that is terrible doing them separately or together at the same time.
I thought that if the phone can't get a sprint signal it'll roam?
I get absolutely 0 sprint service in the part of florida I'm in, but it doesn't even roam to verizon (which gets all bars here). It just shuts the radio off.
My friend with an lg rumor(I think that's what itscalled...its a sprint lg texting phone) gets no servicebut roams off verizon while over here...
What's wrong with the epics radio -_- I've been using google voie to text over wifi,but I need to make calls too. I keep getting "MISSED CALL FROM 555-5555" messages but my phone doesn't even ring -_-
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You can force roam using Roam Control.
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.vuvuzela.roamcontrol
It works perfectly for me.
I can't buy it. Also, I shouldn't have to pay extra to roam for free...the phone should automatically switch instead of cutting the radio off. I can understan using roam control in areas where the phone hangs onto weak sprint signals and contantly switches back and forth, but there is absolutely no service here from sprint
The hero roamed full bars last time I was in a strictly no-sprint zone.
I hope cyanogen mod gets the mms bug fixed soon, ebecause I know thres a "roam" option in the cm menus. Atleast it was on the hero
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dos anyone elses phone roam when there's 0 signal from sprint? Or does your radio cut off too?
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Mine roams fine. Have you checked the settings in Mobile Networks?
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Yeah and I thought that the roam guard mightve been aproblem but I turned it off and still a nogo
It'll stay with the "no smoking" symbol until I hit a sprint tower (which I lock onto five minutesfrom the house -_- so its not like ima be roaming alllllll the time sprint!!)
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I highly recommend Roam Control.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vuvuzela.roamcontrol
I would love roam control
I've wanted it since the developer came out with it in the epic forums, but I can't buy it.
Which is why I hope that now that froyo sauce was released, cm will move over to rc1 territory and it'll be a simple toggle in the settings...
Pure aosp with speed and force roam built in.... :drool:
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Try updating the PRL? When I roam it cuts off my 3g which is annoying but I still have cell signal.
I updated prl as soon as I updated to eb13
It wasn't bothring me that I wasn't getting roam, but I was on dk28 so I affiliated it with that modem since there were other bugs....but this is official froyo now so I figured a prl and profile update in sprint territory would've fixed it, but it didn't.
Unless its a hardware problem....... D:
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Get a new phone, yours is toast.
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Is it me or anyone else havingtrouble with Roam Control now?
I hate "Top Flight Security Mods"
diego1985 said:
Is it me or anyone else havingtrouble with Roam Control now?
I hate "Top Flight Security Mods"
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It still works fine here.
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It still works fine here.
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I can fix it once I flash to a custom rom that's finish probably.
I hate "Top Flight Security Mods"
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Get a new phone, yours is toast.
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Do you really think so or ar you being sarcastic? Its hard to tell over the interwebs. I wanna avoid gtting a new one but fro the sounds of it, I might have to (((((
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I thought that if the phone can't get a sprint signal it'll roam?
I get absolutely 0 sprint service in the part of florida I'm in, but it doesn't even roam to verizon (which gets all bars here). It just shuts the radio off.
My friend with an lg rumor(I think that's what itscalled...its a sprint lg texting phone) gets no servicebut roams off verizon while over here...
What's wrong with the epics radio -_- I've been using google voie to text over wifi,but I need to make calls too. I keep getting "MISSED CALL FROM 555-5555" messages but my phone doesn't even ring -_-
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dumb question.....did you make sure you phone was set to allow roaming?
Settings>Wireless and Networks>Mobile Network Settings>system Settings>Automatic.
btw, I use roam control because it allows you to force Roam Only so it doesn't keep switching in low signal areas.
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Is it me or anyone else having trouble with Roam Control now?
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I get "unable to parse text" whenever anything is tried with Roam Control.
Tried fresh install, reboots, etc. No change.
Edit to add, i'm rooted of course.
Yeah roaming is set to automatic
Is there a dialer code that might help with signal searching?
I remember when I first got the epic, ther was something about dialing *#*#something and there was a menu where you would tell it to check CDMA only becauseit would search for gsm....would that help?
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Roam control requires root...just an fyi.
It works great here on the new 2.2 update. The phone also roams by itself and connects to data via 1x with a normal prl. Or with a fixed prl it connects to 3g
Do you mean you never have a signal, ever? During your day to day life at home and work...? Cuz if so, dude, srsly: get off of Sprint. If you just roam 24/7, they'll drop your account anyway.
You sound like you have really unique, mysterious circumstances keeping you both attached to Sprint and unable to make purchases on the market (which is even more weird).
Call me a skeptic, but I'm having trouble buying into your story. :/ If you want to play this game, you can flash a Verizon PRL (do we know how to do this on Epic...?), but if/when Sprint cancels your account, do us a favor and don't waste XDA's bandwidth on a "WTF SPRINT" thread.
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I just got the Airave Acess Point yesterday.
The broadband light is solid green, the GPS light is solid green, and the mobile light is kinda weird, it's solid green for one minute or so and starts blinking (~one cycle per sec)for a couple of seconds and turns back to solid green again.
The problem is that my phone is not able to connect to the Airave. The signal is still low about 1-2 bars. I dialed *99 and heard "The feature code you entered is not valid." No just my phone, my wife's phone has the same problem.
Don't know what's the problem and I've tried updating my profile, PRL, removing the battery and putting it back on. Still not working~
Any help or idea?? Thanks a lot!
Stock, rom, root, etc?
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I have an airave works fine on rooted with custom rom. Silly question but did you call and have them activate it after you set it up?
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I have been having issue with the thing as well. It will randomly connect when it feels like it. Doesn't matter what rom. It will also randomly disconnect. I have called sprint and they reset it a couple of times, but hasn't been any help.
Did you call sprint to have them activate the airave?
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I have an airave works fine on rooted with custom rom. Silly question but did you call and have them activate it after you set it up?
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According to the user guide, if the Airave is not activated, the mobile light will be OFF, which is not my case.
I know when I got mine I spent 2 days fighting with the stupid thing before I called sprint. They told me that it doesn't come out of the box activated. They activated over the phone and I was talking away in an hour. Also it only works for phone #s you ad.
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Stock, rom, root, etc?
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I'm on bonsai, but i don't think that's the problem. My wife's samsung seek is in stock but has the same issue.
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I know when I got mine I spent 2 days fighting with the stupid thing before I called sprint. They told me that it doesn't come out of the box activated. They activated over the phone and I was talking away in an hour. Also it only works for phone #s you ad.
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Actually I did call them, and they asked me to take the battery off and put it back on and do some power cycles on both the phone and the Airave. No help though...
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I have been having issue with the thing as well. It will randomly connect when it feels like it. Doesn't matter what rom. It will also randomly disconnect. I have called sprint and they reset it a couple of times, but hasn't been any help.
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It seems exactly what I'm having right now. How did you deal with it eventually ? Is it working right now?
Log on to your Sprint.com account...if you do not see it under your devices then it is not activated. Sometimes some airaves take quite a while to kick on when they are first plugged in.
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Log on to your Sprint.com account...if you do not see it under your devices then it is not activated. Sometimes some airaves take quite a while to kick on when they are first plugged in.
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I can see it under my account. No usage information and I check there's no restriction of the access to the Airave.
You say all the lights are solid green? When I first got mine I had an issue with my router, one other thing is you might want to change the port it is connect to
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You say all the lights are solid green? When I first got mine I had an issue with my router, one other thing is you might want to change the port it is connect to
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The GPS and broadband are solid green. The mobile repeats from solid green for a while and slow blinking for a couple of secs and back to solid green.
My GPS light was blinking. I rebooted and now my System light is blinking. Been like this for at least a couple of days.
Sorry, it is my GPS light blinking.
Unfortunately due to reception issues causing me to miss business calls. I am unable to keep my nexus s 4g n opted to replace it for the arrive. What am I in for?
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Not really sure what your in for. I have my nexus on boost and have no problems and I use google voice for my main number...i wish you luck.
Good luck, I feared that your problem would of effected me since i barely get 1 bar in my house but luckily, I've had no call problems and actually have quite good call quality but not so much 3G speeds. Have you tried a different NS4G?
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Good luck, I feared that your problem would of effected me since i barely get 1 bar in my house but luckily, I've had no call problems and actually have quite good call quality but not so much 3G speeds. Have you tried a different NS4G?
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Calls were fine when they got through,half the time I would just get vm. But the data was terrible. Inexcusable.
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Klk450 said:
Good luck, I feared that your problem would of effected me since i barely get 1 bar in my house but luckily, I've had no call problems and actually have quite good call quality but not so much 3G speeds. Have you tried a different NS4G?
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I notice the same issue, not much signal strength but voice quality seems great, though data seems slow.anyone have suggestions?
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Calls were fine when they got through,half the time I would just get vm. But the data was terrible. Inexcusable.
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I have no signal issues or data speed problems. I regularly use Netflix over 3g with no buffering or other problems. In fact at work where my EVO had problems staying on 3g my Nexus stays connected and at a stable signal rate. I don't get a lot of calls but when I do they seem to come through fine.
Sorry to hear the you're having issues. Not sure that it's the phone though and not just network problems in your area.
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