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I don't know what might be the problem, mine works just fine and I get LTE just fine through it.

Whats your outside signal?

Make sure you mount it and ground it with the appropriate hardware. As long as it is outside it will get much better reception than what it can get inside, on the pole and pointed to a tower will work best.

 

Make sure that the antennas point to opposite directions to avoid oscilation (much like a mic and speaker) which will cause the unit to shut down.

Ive tried outside up on the roof not mounted, but it just makes the sprint evdo/LTE data not work

I picked up a wilson signal booster at bestbuy for $250, normally $399. I am going to attempt a setup and see how well it performs. I will try a window, and hopefully pole setup. I have a tall old tv antenna running up the side of my house. I hope i can get high enough (scared of heights) to get good reception. This is going to be for testing purposes. Any suggestions for these types of installs?

Total maximum bandwidth of 20Mhz.

 

That boat just sank.

 

Waiting for the next boat...

 

 

• > 2GB RAM

• > 48 GB storage

• microSD card

• 1080p or greater

• android 4 or greater

• Sprint and CCA bands

   

   

Wait I thought it could do 2 carrier of 20mhz on b41? Is it that important to have even more than 2 carriers at this point? From what I had read its 32gb internal, plus additional support for more with a microsd. And its a device with a 5.5" screen 1080p is overkill anyway, just saying. Lol

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On the contrary, mobile payments can be far more secure than existing systems when designed properly (like Google Wallet, Softcard, and Apple Pay are). The biggest advantage of these systems is that a tertiary level of indirection is applied with temporal aspects to eliminate permanency in transaction links.

 

For example, when you write a check or swipe a credit card, your direct account information is recorded. This creates a major problem when retail systems are cracked and databases are dumped. Mobile payment systems solve this problem by generating a temporary transaction specific credit ID (often referred to as transaction tokens) that is used for the purpose of fulfilling a specific transaction. Once the transaction is fulfilled, the token expires. This prevents the retailer or anyone else from using the information for nonconsensual withdrawals or charges.

 

Of course, this moves the weakness from the retail system to the payment processor. But payment processors have to comply with all sorts of requirements that retailers do not in order to offer their services, so they are generally far more secure.

 

I'm hopeful that banks will implement this system on chip+PIN based transactions using credit cards, too. That will establish a more widespread means of protecting financial information used for identity theft. However, no credit card issued in the U.S. does this today. You must use a payment processor with NFC payments gain this protection, for now.

 

PayPal and Amazon Payments provide a similar protection in the digital goods space, as they both use transaction-specific token payment fulfillment schemes.

Well on debit transactions and.such the account info, like the pin number is encrypted using a code only banks can decrypt. Such during the targ ey breach only cards that used Credit were effected. Many use debit and credit on different trips, so most accustomed the breach to affect debit users as well, that and the whole everyone got sent new cards created mis stories. The chip based cards are a lot more secure.

What is the big deal for Mobile payments? Im not up to par with it all, but everyone complains about security, and such, and this seems like something that is less secure. Correct me if i am wrong on that. But heck even cards arent as secure, but the more digital these things get, the more opportunities thiefs get at your money.

Hmm so i got the mifi a few months ago for free on contract. And it said the line was out of contract only a few months later. Got a free device with no contract. Any others with this weird kind of stuff happening?

Id rather go back to dialup than go with satellite internet. It has improved some from what I hear. But oings are really high, as well as prices, and data caps.

There's no system change required. People today have uniband, dual band, triband phones but there's no diff billing systems required.

No i am talking about in 2 years they know people will need new phones. In 2 years they make a clause saying you lose your current plan and need x or y plan to get a new device. It will get rid of the mess this program offers. It will simplify the billing system from there on out. This program has to make the billing system all jumbled.

I guess since in 2 years sprint network will be kickass, they're not worried about people leaving if/when price increases.

Well in 2 years people will need CA devices to get X speeds, and people will get them, so they will want them on new plans to simplify the system.

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Nope.http://support.sprint.com/support/article/FAQs_about_the_Cut_Your_Bill_in_Half_Event/aaadfaa2-1717-4cef-9268-f1a5d85ecaea?INTNAV=LP:CutYourBillinHalfEvent:12022014:FAQ

I believe it states they can change the plan with a new device, but that to be decided in the future.

You said the same thing I did, lol Thats what I thought, not common but I did see them before. 

Yep Just saw some that were basically those but cut in half. Had like 3-4 per sector. And was From a nextel site.

I Just thought it was areas of strongest Band 41 signal, hence Where the highest Speeds Are to be Found. You wouldn't see Turbo on the edge of Band 41 signal, even though it may be Fast, it is not The fastest you might see.

B shaped panels are most likely Nextel. Seem a few that are similar to those on nextel sites before.

Really?? Wow. According to the sprint website the whole metroplex should have it..

 

Band 26 Is just now popping up in SA? Wow. Longview (which is a LOT smaller) has had it since early summer.. But I've yet to pick up B41. Heck, We had clearwire in Longview but never got 4G WiMax so I guess those tower will be last to be upgraded to B41 since clearwire got bought out in 2012?

longview and Tyler got band 26 before Dallas. The sites in Longview are clear wire expedience sites, which give a 3G experience. They are setup as protection sites. Once 8t8rs gets installed by Nokia they will be tossed, as most are colocated on sprint sites. But won't happen for several month to a year.

Really??? can you take a speed test when you pick it up again? I should be going to Dallas soon so hopefully I can test it there.

In dallas ive seen up to 72mbps down, and 15mbps up. Works great in some places, not sp in others.

Really? Band 26 has made LTE a LOT better in Longview at least. I never drop LTE anywhere anymore and speed tests are always over 15! And Spark popping up as early as summer would be great! The only bad thing is I've read the newest iPhone's don't really pick spark. And now that two out of my 5 lines have it I hope they would pick it up!

sorry I meant band 41. Band 26 has helped alot, Tyler would be absolutely terrible by now without band 26.

You're paying about $20 a month for your subsidy.  So you'll pay $480 plus a phone to get $398.  That actually sounds like a pretty bad deal unless you consider the time value of money (you make the money now and pay it back over the next 2 years) and trade in a worthless qualifying phone.  You'll also be locked into your contract for 2 more years.

 

If you are on framily it was $15. Alao noting on a maxed frmily you save another $5 extra so it isnt as high as you think. For those that wish to get a phone from target like the iphone, dont wish to do easy pay, you can buy said phone (if you ha e a smartphone like an Iphone 4 or something ) trade in your phone, and you can get the iphone for $350( contract cancelation ) plus $59. But you also get a $59 giftcard. Getting an Iphone 6 outright for $350 is a good deal given you cancel the new line after the 14 days.

I have an upgrade on my account but am content with my Nexus 5, can I use the upgrade and sell the phone after they activate it?

 

Would my math be right for the iPhone 6: $190 - 20% discount from Cartwheel - $100 for trade in - $50 Target gift card - $400 resale value of iPhone 6 = $398 profit?

 

Sounds too good to be true.

Basically you trade in a smsrtphone in the trade in catalog, if it works, no broken parts, you get minimum $100 target giftcard. But has to be done at time of buying the contract upgrade.

 

So basically you get Iphone 6$ 199

For 20% off on carthweel, is now $159. You can trade in your Nexus 5, get for example $100 Giftcard, and on top of that all iphones get a $50 giftcard. So in turn you get away with target paying you

Do you have any other information on this? I have a friend looking to move to Sprint.

Here's a screenshot of the deal from Cartwheel app. Good through 12/20. Didn't see anything about the trade in part.

Updated the post with a picture of the ad showing the trade in special.

If you shop at Target and need a new phone, download cartwheel, and get 20% off on any sprint phone, plus get a minimum $100 gift card towards the phone if you do a trade in. Pretty good deal!

This topic has already been discussed, not sure where EXACTLY on this site off the top of my head but it was while ago, not specifically for Samsung but Sprint phones in general....

 

Mean this thread? http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2040-bars-lie-for-lte-signal-strength-how-to-determine-your-actual-lte-signal-strength/

Don't know if anyone still reads this... But has anyone seen Band 41 around east texas? I thought they were testing it in Longview last night around 9 because I was getting 25 up (Which almost never happens) But I did a field test and it was Band 26.

Band 26 is a bit off ,at least in my expectations , it may pop up as early as summer.

I've been curious as to why a say -104 signal on a Sprint Samsung device only shows 1 bar for LTE (Triband Devices), where as the same -104 on a Verizon device will show 3 bars. Anything -100 and below on a Sprint device is 1 bar. Shouldn't this be corrected? It gives the impression that you have terrible signal when actually you have a pretty good signal. Obviously we here at S4GRU know better, but to the average user it's pretty disconcerting.

I thought verizon phones show voice signal on the bars. Correct me if im wrong. Just like the single band speint phones used to do.