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EVDO error 67 is a data profile authentication error. I am not sure what the LTE error equivalent is, probably 114. Usually the fix is a profile update to ensure the data on the phone matches the info on the network. You must have some sort of working internet connection to update your profile though, so if your mobile network is not working, you must connect to WiFi to update the profile on the newer phones. You can also do a ##SCRTN# (72786) to reset the phone's network settings and reprovision it, this will cause the phone to remove all the network settings, restart, and go back through the initial OTA hands-free activation again. If your phone is hotlined or disconnected due to non-payment, suspension, etc. it will also give you an error 67 because your phone will fail to authenticate. If there is a network issue it could cause this as well. At this particular moment there is a nationwide data issue... "1xRTT, EVDO, eHRPD, and 4G LTE data services may be failing authentication requests preventing users from accessing data services. Voice and SMS text messaging services are not impacted." So right now that may be your issue."

Almost correct. The only thing is that the Sprint system is still designed withthe device MEID being hte main authentication. That is what determines the plan required, etc. The SIM card that is active on the account must also match the SIM in the device for it to finish authentication correctly. If both of these do not match the system values, it will fail validation and not work. The SIM card is never the primary authentication point, the device MEID is; this is why you can't just swap them around like GSM devices where the SIM does function as the primary network authentication.

That is entirely false. The network team was still investigating the Note 3 and Note 2 issues separately as of a couple days ago. The PRL List page also has a separate tab that lists the official changes made in each version. The xxx98/17 series changes: The xxx99/16/30 series changes:

Sounds like a routing issue network-side. Could be an issue with the tower you are connected to, or anything along the route from there to the 4G core. Heck, it could be the 4G core itself, no real way for us to know specifically. Do you have another phone nearby to check whether eHRPD on that is working?

So you essentially just taught the phone what the battery capacity was again... the universal discharge/charge cycle for Lithium-Ion batteries that fixes the majority of those issues and is not specific to any phone or operating system.

Sierra Vista and Douglas supposed to be officially launched today. Not sure if that was posted earlier in the thread. Coverage map also shows coverage in Bisbee officially, not sure if that was there before either.

It's a common issue with Swype in general. I had the same issue on my S3 after a while. Clearing the app data for Swype helped, but only so much. I don't think it has anything to do with the phone you use, but rather Swype itself failing to load quickly.

The Connection Optimizer essentially turns on/off WiFi periodically to check whether any saved networks are within range, so you don't have to remember. It also maintains a gps location cache of where these networks are and uses that to speed up the process if you begin to enter the area of a saved network. It does the same thing with 4G network connections as well, and is supposed to be able to override the built-in LTE scan timer. It's meant to try and automatically offload the average user from the 3G network onto a likely faster network connection. 4G allows faster speeds, and thus shorter continuous network connections when browsing. The faster you get your info, the less time you spend doing it, and thus the more time there is for others on the network. Offloading from a more burdened 3G connection to 4G helps with congestion and increases both your experience, and other customers. Offloading to WiFi saves Sprint entirely as you are not using the network at all for data, and your WiFi connection at home likely is higher speed anyway, or at least adequate for your usage leaving network resources for those that cannot offload from the network.

From my experience with returns, most places count the day you purchase it as day one. Just because hte customer doesn't think of it that way doesn't make it odd, it's really an industry standard. And the policy is written on the back of the receipt not only at Sprint, but just about every retailer in the country unless it's a small privately owned store. I personally have no sympathy for people who end up outside of the return or exchange periods because of these facts. I understand a once-off type thing but any sort of excuse claiming they didn't know the policy, the one written right on the receipt like it is at most places, leaves most retail workers with no sympathy. If a person didn't do their own tiny bit of information gathering to check how long they have to return something, that sucks but it isn't the retailer's fault. Back on topic: I still haven't seen any of the issues people have been complaining about with call quality issues or GPS. I did have the original earpiece issue that was fixed by the update, and my GPS has worked flawlessly for me every time, can't say the same about my last 3 Samsung devices. I only have Band 25 in my area, but performance is decent on it, and more than I need on a daily basis.

I'm not sure if Android natively supports differentiating bands of the same connection type like that with a different icon. I'd rather they use native Android implementations than have to code in proprietary connection icons and such for every phone as they did with CDMA and WiMax originally before native support was available.

Most people don't use or need simultaneous voice and data in most instances. 90% of Sprint's user base doesn't expect it since CDMA didn't support it, and neither did Verizon. Verizon is also switching to single-radio devices for the same exact reasons Sprint is, and thus theirs won't support simultaneous voice and data either. It's not a big deal despite your "the sky is falling" mentality.

I doubt there is going to be a large push to implement CSIM on a wide scale. I don't know of any major advantages that CSIM offers compared to standard UICC cards other than simply swapping cards, and that's not something that has been possible in the past with CDMA so most people don't even think about it. Why bother complicating things more than they already are? Some phones you can, others you can't, it would just add an entirely new layer to what's already there that the average person has issues with currently.

Updated to add LG G Flex to the list, it usees the same UICC as the G2 unsurprisingly.

KIES Air is provided by Samsung. LG currently does not have an update system like that. It sucks, but they obviously must think the small portion of users that would utilize it does not justify the development and support cost of the program (keep in mind, it would then have to be supported when people encounter issues, it wouldn't just be made and distributed as-is, people expect more than that from large companies like this.

No... Almost all phones use the GOTA (Google Over-The-Air) servers for updates (HTC excepted). GOTA servers operate on a random selection of devices being eligible at a time based on the unique Android identifier the phone gets when activating initially. Most software updates of popular devices take about 20 days before they are available to all devices. Each day new identifiers (or ranges of identifiers) are added to the authorized list until it reaches almost all of them, then it is adjusted to allow access to all devices for the future. It is done this way to attempt to avoid congestion from everyone downloading simultaneously. It has the added benefit of the ability to stop sending updates out when only a small portion of devices have received it if a major issue is discovered during the initial deployment (like the Torque 2.300 update bricking some devices after upgrade). HTC has their own update system separate from GOTA that they manage. It has nothing to do with population density, location in the country, or the device's serial number. It is all random chance where you appear in the update eligibility.

I'm curious about the WiFi (VoIP) listed there in the table. Likely it supports the WiFi calling Sprint has recently started supporting on a few devices enabled via Sprint.com?

New announcements supposed to be tomorrow... Yuma only for Southern AZ.

There is an exception to this. HTC devices .HTC uses their own update server infrastructure rather than relying on Google's GOTA Android servers (available to all Android manufacturers, hence the scheduling). Because of this, they can dictate their own update mechanism, which is usually a free for all. Fewer devices to update compared to all other manufacturers, thus fewer resources required.

Existing accounts cannot join a Framily plan... with one exception. Some accounts have offers loaded for each of the lines allowing them an exception to join an existing Framily plan. Only those lines can be migrated over. Otherwise the system is setup to automatically migrate them back off of the merged Framily account back to a new Framily ID as they should have been. As far as I know, only retail systems will show these offers loaded, but I'm not 100% sure on that part.

New cities being announced soonish, that's about all I can say.

Power and Vol Down when the phone is off will boot into recovery, let go when the LG logo appears. Then volume to scroll, power to select.

I wasn't referring just to the info in the Premier sections... You don't know what I've seen...

Perhaps... Those states match up with what I've seen.

Any exchange within 14 days will be with a brand new device, no exception. This is policy. After that 14 days however, it will likely be with a refurbished unit, unless one isn't available. There is no advantage in the store ordering a refurbished handset instead of exchanging with a new model in store if they could as part of the 14 day return/exchange policy.

Won't get you anywhere. LG would send a refurnished unit out just like Sprint does. Sprint just works as the middle man so you don't have to send it in and wait for a replacement weeks later. Only if refurbished units aren't available will it be replaced with a new-in-box unit. It's the same for every manufacturer and carrier. It is the same for anything related to electronics, not just phones. Eventually with enough yelling you might get a new one, but in the process you will make every employee you talk to rethink their views of humanity, and the feeling of entitlement in the United States. But who cares about making employee's jobs hell? You got yourself a new-in-bos phone instead of a refurb, that is just as likely to have the same issues as your "brand new" first phone.