Via XDA, this video from QBking77 purports to show devices connecting to Sprint LTE without being activated first.
Just passing this curiosity along.
LTE connection from unactivated phones?
Started by boomerbubba, Jul 27 2012 07:08 AM
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 07:08 AM
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 09:00 AM
I will have to bring along my bag of unactivated LTE devices the next time I go to a LTE market. Interesting.
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 09:35 AM
I will have to bring along my bag of unactivated LTE devices the next time I go to a LTE market. Interesting.
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Yeah, because you can afford all those nice shiny LTE devices, lol.
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 09:43 AM
Yeah, because you can afford all those nice shiny LTE devices, lol.
Just because I buy something does not mean I can afford it. There is a huge difference.
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 09:44 AM
Just because I buy something does not mean I can afford it. There is a huge difference.
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haha
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 09:45 AM
You sound like the US government.Just because I buy something does not mean I can afford it. There is a huge difference.
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 02:59 PM
I assume you watched the video if you are reading this post; If u noticed the network connection error on the s3 in the video i was wondering if anybody could explain what that might be.
I have been getting it on my Evo LTE that IS activated. Recently the tower near my house received its backhaul (2+ mbps 3G speeds) and then starting yesterday i have full signal and get the network error. As well i get an error when i try to update prl and data profile.
I am curious if anybody could explain what might cause this.
I have been getting it on my Evo LTE that IS activated. Recently the tower near my house received its backhaul (2+ mbps 3G speeds) and then starting yesterday i have full signal and get the network error. As well i get an error when i try to update prl and data profile.
I am curious if anybody could explain what might cause this.
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 03:31 PM
The network connection error in the video happened across all the devices. This was caused by the selected speedtest server being down.I assume you watched the video if you are reading this post; If u noticed the network connection error on the s3 in the video i was wondering if anybody could explain what that might be.
I have been getting it on my Evo LTE that IS activated. Recently the tower near my house received its backhaul (2+ mbps 3G speeds) and then starting yesterday i have full signal and get the network error. As well i get an error when i try to update prl and data profile.
I am curious if anybody could explain what might cause this.
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 04:15 PM
LOL Sprint, you need to take a look at this asap.
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 04:54 PM
Damn, I guess when sprint says they have unlimited data, they weren't BS'ing at all.
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 04:56 PM
I assume you watched the video if you are reading this post; If u noticed the network connection error on the s3 in the video i was wondering if anybody could explain what that might be.
I have been getting it on my Evo LTE that IS activated. Recently the tower near my house received its backhaul (2+ mbps 3G speeds) and then starting yesterday i have full signal and get the network error. As well i get an error when i try to update prl and data profile.
I am curious if anybody could explain what might cause this.
Did you watch the whole video? I would assume no since the video showed that the issue was on the server end, he switched to a different server and all was well across all three devices.
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 06:13 PM
i did not... however i am still unsure what is causing the problems on my end.Did you watch the whole video? I would assume no since the video showed that the issue was on the server end, he switched to a different server and all was well across all three devices.
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 06:33 PM
Just because I buy something does not mean I can afford it. There is a huge difference.
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That makes me feel better :DDDDDD
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