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My EVO LTE didn't learn about its environment after four days in Waco. How do you figure it learns?

 

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My EVO LTE didn't learn about its environment after four days in Waco. How do you figure it learns?

 

Robert via CM9 Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

 

It appears that once I have gotten a LTE signal in a area that anytime I have returned to that area my phone has switched from 3g to LTE within seconds of getting back in range. it might just seem that it has learned the signal areas or that the OTA has actually fixed some issues. It is just something I have noticed with time, this is also my second EVO LTE since the first one bricked on the last OTA for some reason. However my first EVO also appeared to be doing the same thing prior to turning into a paper weight.

 

The EVO is far from perfect from what I have read but I am happy for the most part with the phone. I haven't had the chance to see or use any of the other LTE phones, most of my friends are with Verizon or AT&T.

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Well all I will say is I have told 5-6 different folks to give the iPhone and try and flip it on eBay if they don't like it after three months. So far none of them have done so. No harm in trying it out.

 

On the lightning adapter, I do think Apple should have lowered the price on those... It seems a bit excessive. That said, I find that I only plug my phone in to charge or in the car now. The $99 AppleTV lets me stream music, video, screen mirror, etc all wirelessly so I just don't use any of the audio/video out of the dock connector anymore. When I really looked at it, I need a lot less adapters than I thought I would. Plus it's Netflix is 10x better than my TV's crappy interface. I wish it had Amazon Prime Video too but fat chance :D

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