jamesinclair

Before Android 4+, bars showed voice. Now, they show data signal. And with Tri-Band devices, it has to show data signal, as they do not maintain a connection to 1x. They can't maintain a connection to 1x while connected to LTE.

 

iPhones always showed the highest level technology with bars (dots).

 

Sent from my Nexus 5

If youre in a 1x only area I presume it would show bars relevant to just that, correct?

Anyone buying a Sharp Aquos Crystal needs to be careful.  If you buy a Prepaid model, no matter from whom, it is not usable on a Sprint postpaid account.  They are not whitelisted to be used on Sprint.

Which is complete bullshit policy....but thats another rant.

Im sure multiple people will walk into a store like Target or Best Buy, see "Sprint Prepaid" for $150, and have a very angry call with customer service when theyre home 30 minutes later and they cant activate it on their postpaid account.....I know my dad would do this exact same thing if I didnt spell out exactly what model to buy.

According to the Best Buy site theyre going to sell it at a premium over the official price (280).

Amazon is only selling the prepaid models right now

You can use this to recieve text messages right?

When travelling internationally, how does one make sure you can recieve and send texts and calls and not be charged international rates?

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/6209-wifi-calling-experiences/

Thank you

I cant find the wifi calling thread...

Does wifi calling allow one to recieve text messages for free in international locations when using a wifi connection?

This is what B25 looks like in Clovis (Shaw/Minnewawa), now:

 

 

Didn't take long.

Thats almost 10x faster than a few months ago when it was .03!

Proven false. Device connects to sprint 3g without sim card.

 

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Oh, so the phone is reading the Tmpobile SIM as nothing at all and just defaulting to Sprint/Boost?

Makes sense.

Phone should be available to unlock for international use right?

One of the Youtube reviews of the Boost model says he put in a Tmpbile SIM and it worked fine...???

A hotspot is not intended (nor priced) to replace a wired broadband connection.

But he never said hes doing that....?

Hes accessing the internet on his cell phone using the service he paid for. Thats not contributing to a problem.

But if you have the cash, you can earn a full 10% and not half. Plus, I don't think anyone should borrow money to make money if there is ANY risk in the making money part. Because you could lose money and still owe the debt.

The modern global economy is built on this idea.

You just need to be on the "bail me out" list if problems come up.

Dave Ramsey is great but to follow him religiously makes one big assumption that isn't always the case. Not everyone cares about ensuring that every decision they make in life is financially optimal. People can be well positioned financially, without any unsecured debt at all, and still come to the conclusion that something like leasing a car is what they want to do. For them, they just might have a desire to get a new car every three years and don't want to spend the time and hassle of negotiating with a dealer for trade in value every 3 years. Whether that is the financially optimal way to drive a car or not is not their concern. Get over it and stop belittling their reasons for making that decision if they are financially successful.

 

One principle of wealth accumulation that Dave Ramsey does not buy into is the idea of using other people's money. If I can secure assets like a house or a car with a debt instrument with an interest rate of 3% or 4% I'm better off putting that money elsewhere in the market where it will return 8% or more to me then I am to tie up that cash in an asset.

 

Dave Ramsey seems to deal with people that have debt problems and associates debt of any kind with leading to an uncontrolled debt problem. That just isn't the case.

Yup, thats why even companies raking in billions of profits still take out debt.

If you can borrow at 5%, and invest and get a return at 10%, it's silly not to take advantage of what is essentially free money.

Anyone seen any drop test reviews done?

Does Sprint offer an unlimited home broadband / fixed wireless / mifi type of service?

Is he doing some kind of illegal hotspot operation?

Contributing to your own problem, I see.

I dont see how becoming a customer of the only company that provides service in your area is considered a problem.

Do you expect him to use 56k in 2014?

Sprint provides the service because they want the customers....that's how it works.

So it seems like this is only good for subsidized plans... where the math doesn't work out. Great job Sprint.

Can you see if it works with my question above?

If it allows you to get a new phone when you dont have an upgrade it is a good deal.

Seriously?

Re/Code is not impressed:

http://recode.net/2014/10/14/sprint-offers-360-credit-for-gullible-existing-customers/

Either they or I are confused.

Theyre looking at individual options only.

Say I have a ED1500 plan, with zero upgrades available. Can I opt into this plan and pay $5 a month ($120 total) for a new iphone? If so....it sounds too good to be true.

But if that works, it that would make more sense than buying the Sharp phone for $240 off contract, which is my current plan.

Can someone clarify?

From the Sharp thread...

Marcelo needs to put an end to phones being locked to prepaid or postpaid. It's ridiculous that you can't use a Sprint phone on the Sprint network.

It seems like the launch strategy for this phone is from 2009

- Anounce and then not release for months

- Lock phone to prepaid or post-paid

- Anger customers with odd pricing model that rewards customer a over customer b

Marcelo needs to meet with the hardware team and lay down the law.

Verizon also got hit by a similar suit right?

Review from re/code

 

http://recode.net/2014/10/09/a-sharp-looking-smartphone-dulled-by-lackluster-performance/

The sound thing is worrying...

Hopefully other reviews dont find the same issue and it was a buggy model.

I also want to see drop tests. I still think this is an ideal phone to update my dad's Photon Wimax.

It's kinda funny if you think about it. The old site was a puny little site in a residential neighborhood that hardly cast a signal over the roof lines. Looked temporary. It's replacement is an old idea site that is a massive boomer.

 

Using Tapatalk on BlackBerry Z30

Yup, old one was a tiny pole, and it's a house now.

When I went to find it a few months ago, I kept looking at my phone trying to figure out if I was in the right place. The house was already occupied. The damn houses pop up like weeds.

Oddly enough, even though the "new" tower is closer to my moms house, she gets worse reception. When they did the move, the kitchen and living room suddenly became a roaming area...

Hopefully 3G accepted means they optimized the antennas. Getting to 800 is really whats needed, so that will be nice too.

Has anyone tried to add the new Mexico plan on an older (everything data) plan?

My money is on that one being one of, if not the last site in Fresno county to get LTE. I'm almost positive it's a GMO, and the permits to change that are a long ways out from even being issued.

But it's like the biggest Sprint tower