Hello all,
I have a note 4 and my wife has a note 2 both on sprint. Her phone has much better and much more consistent 4G than my my note 4. The problem is that her note 2 use to be mine, and when I upgraded to the note 4 I gave her my note 2. When I had the note 2, I had the same inconsistent service as I do currently with my note 4. On her previous phone (S4) she had the same superior service on her device compared to mine.
The weird thing is that it seems to be her phone number that has the higher connectivity. This was idea was quasi confirmed by a sprint technician a year ago. I haven't received any beneficial help from sprint customer support; does anybody here know how I can get my phone to have the same connectivity calibration as my wife's?
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I currently have a iPhone 5s with a defective home button. I was going to return my phone today and purchase a Note 3, I found myself holding off because of the impending Nexus 5 announcement. I am a huge fan of the Nexus series, with their stock android experience, fast software updates and premium design, they always seem like my go to android phone. The downfall to the Nexus is that I would have to give up Verizon and there awesome LTE coverage (the only carrier with full LTE coverage in my area) for AT&T which is terrible for dropping calls and have next to no LTE in the area. Even worse would be T-Mobile which has NO SERVICE at all in some parts of Long Island. Also in past experiences I find myself hating touch-wiz within a few days of owning a Samsung device. But the Note 3 is the must cutting edge phone on the market and that 1080p screen looks amazing.
I find myself torn between the stock android, awesome design and rom friendly Nexus 5 with poor cell coverage on AT&T or the cutting edge, 5.7 1080p monster Note 3 with crappy gingerbread looking touch-wiz and knox security that makes even roming the phone a potential issue, but with the ability to have full LTE coverage on Verizon.
Any opinions from owners of the Note 3?
Wait for the note 3 developer edition, flash whatever you like. Crappy service is not tolerable to me.
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I too am waiting for the Developer Edition of the Note 3. I will jump on that. I am really not interested in messing with the bootloader if I don't have too.
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Wait for the note 3 developer edition, flash whatever you like. Crappy service is not tolerable to me.
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What's the point of the developer addition if you're not gonna mess with the boot loader.
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I'm on the fence between the Nexus 5 and the Note 3 right now. The only reason i'm even considering the Note 3 is because of the greatly extended battery life it supposedly has. My question though is which version of the Note 3 do I need to get if I'm going to use Ting as my carrier? Also does it have the ability to run on any network like the Nexus 5 does?
Dear Friends,
I have run into a STRANGE problem with the last two Sprint phones I have tried using on Page Plus and SelecTel. The problem is simple: I get speeds limited to .2Mbps on Note 3 and S4, no matter, WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW I am with the phone. This is perplexing, because, I have tested a Verizon OTA phone, right NEXT TO my N3 and S4, on the same service, at different locations, getting the NORMAL Verizon 3G speeds - that is, upto 2+Mbps.
I have been using flashed Sprint phones on Page Plus and StraightTalk for YEARS, but I have NEVER seen this issue.
I think the problem is with provisioning, because when a Speed Test is launched, my Note 3, for a brief second goes to 1Mbps+ speeds, and then something just pulls the speeds down. Now ST, may throttle, but I know Page Plus and SelecTel don't, so why is this happening? Is it the included SIM in the phones? Could that be the issue?
I need your help. If you are using a Sprint Galaxy S4 OR Sprint Galaxy Note 3 on StraightTalk (Verizon), Page Plus, OR SelecTel, please:
1. Run a Speed Test for me and report your speeds.
2. Tell me if you have the SIM in your phone, and if so, which one is it, and how did you get it?
3. Share ANY knowledge, tips, or reasons why this could be happening to me?
I am so darn frustrated from this, and am not getting answers anywhere?
Lastly, yes, the 3G keys are in fact, properly written to the phone, because in phone status I can see that the Phone is authenticated and connected and EVDO Rev A.
Appreciate your help in advance! Thank you.
In light of the new "Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act", why is it so hard to bring a Sprint Galaxy Note 3 to Boost Mobile? My Touch Pro2 came from Sprint, and I didn't have all of these problems. With the Galaxy Note 3 there is all of this talk of flashing, getting SMS/MMS to work, and 3G to work. When you finish, will it have Boost Mobile LTE as on Sprint? When you do get it set up, and you reset the phone to factory because of a bad app install, now what? What I don't understand is why using a Note 3 with Boost Mobile should be any harder than using one of the S3s that Boost sells.
The verizon signal on my ph-1 was not the best. I would often have to manually choose LTE only to have the phone get LTE, choosing LTE cdma/evdo would keep the phone on 1x/3g. I attributed this to possible software and hardware issues with the phone itself as I saw many other Verizon users with similar complaints. I recently purchased an iPhone and, to my surprise, the phone would not get LTE with the same sim. The sim I'm using originally came in a pixel but has since worked in an a g6, s8, and note 8 with no issue. I called Verizon and he said he had to configure my sim to the iPhone x, afterwards I got perfect LTE signal. I then put the sim back in my ph-1 and I also get perfect signal. Just thought I would share, maybe this will help someone....