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    Samsung Galaxy Note 3

    in Samsung

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    the only thing i notice thats an issue with this phone seems to be that if im in a weak signal area and i drop to 1x it tells me there are no mobile signal... and wont even try to open a webpage just says nope... so unless im actually on evdo or lte it wont try... which has been a little annoying...  but thats more a problem with my location than it is of the phone with the exception most other phones would still download on 1x albeit slowly...  

    Samsung Galaxy Note 3

    in Samsung

    Posted

    How is the wifi connectivity working?  I've read on different forums that apparently Android 4.3 has issues with wifi connectivity in different handsets (Note 3, HTC One, N4,.....)......

    ive noticed good connectivity for the most part but on rare occassions it will say my wifi is unstable i just reset the wifi connection and that fixes it that happens maybe 3 times in a 24 hour period... and i have written it off as my POS century link router 

    Sprint to use bandwidth aggregation, MIMO and CoMP to handle LTE traffic

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    This article also makes it sound like TD-LTE on 2600 will not be live until the end of the year.  And it is live now on thousands of sites.  Sprint is making sure to under promise and over deliver.  A new strategy for them and very wise.

     

    Robert

     

    Its the Montgomery Scott doctrine... say it will take hours get it done in ten minutes... then you are known as the miracle worker lol 

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    Samsung Galaxy Note 3

    in Samsung

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    I imagine with Sprint's high turnover rate, they want to keep their phones locked down in hopes that a customer wouldn't potentially find it easy to bring their phone to another carrier.

    i would imagine that would be part of it i also think that its in the manufacturers best interest as well... make the consumer buy two phones instead of just one... world phone were the exception because usually you paid a premium for being able to use them world wide... 

    Samsung Galaxy Note 3

    in Samsung

    Posted

    Apparently Sprint thinks there's a point, or they wouldn't go to such lengths to prevent it.

    i meant i dont understand the point of making a sprint phone work on tmobile buy a tmobile phone if you have tmobile.. back when only a few carriers were subsidizing phones or you could get one phone on one network only i see how that seemed usefull but these days flagship carriers rarely get exclusivity anymore and if they are its for like a few weeks... 

    Samsung Galaxy Note 3

    in Samsung

    Posted

    No? Ok put in a tmobile sim and see what happens.

    this has been answered in detail already AJ covered it 

     

    and i didnt read far enough back i thought you were talking world phone only not specifically to tmobile or ATT... its more of a maybe anyway its possible to break the blocks its been done in other sprint world phones i just never did get the point 

    Referral reward program

    in General Topics

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    However I think the average user doesn't care to learn about how all this stuff works and just wants LTE to work when they turn on their phone.  When I try to talk to people about how Sprint is trying to deploy LTE at 800 MHz and how its going to be like Verizon LTE coverage their minds are just blown since I start getting technical.  Obviously you and I are different and we both care to learn about this stuff but just saying its not always as easy as it sounds.

     

    I think its about 50% i dont wear a S4gru T shirt(though i would if we had them)  so people only know i have sprint the people willing to ask the question are usually more apt to listen... those other people will look at a map on a vzw commercial or drool over the girl in the leather pants on tmo ads... and dont look any further those people you cant help they dont care.. its those that are willing to ask that that are able to be convinced or will do the work to find out whats better... maybe and probably not to the ultra geek extremes we do... but tell them about s4gru have them download sensorly and if they have a brain in their heads and an open mind they will consider it... 

    Referral reward program

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I think most people will answer your statements by saying, I will switch over or consider Sprint when the network is built out.  Its hard to convince someone to wait especially when they are coming from ATT or Verizon which they are used to having LTE everywhere.  I think once the CDMA 800 and LTE 800 networks start getting built out  that is when it will make a more convincing argument.   I think most people coming from other carriers wouldn't care as much about LTE 2600 but LTE 800 and CDMA 800 is more of a concern.

    I think they will switch when its built out to suit them who cares if on a side of town or the country where you dont live or work never visit has lte or not?  

     

    be honest... give them the tools to see when the build out suits their needs.  because noones 4g network is 100% yet some people have a bigger jump on LTE than others but when it comes down to it if VZW doesnt have service in a town yet sprint does... for those people it may be worth it..  dont think that people in areas that vzw or att or tmo who do not have 4g arent complaining just as bad as sprint customers in areas that dont have lte..  they are... they make the same complaints and saying well soon it will be built out or in everyother town but yours its built out just wait doesnt sway them anymore than our guys... but giving sprint prospective customers the tools to see which network is best for them, and the info that just because sprint maynot have alot of purple on sensorly right now soon it will be if its not for you now i understand but keep an eye on it because someday soon it will be if they see in an area like phoenix and can watch for a few weeks that the purple is growing rapidly it may be worth it to them

     

    ive gotten people to switch to sprint by being honest with them. in phoenix when there was no purple on the map... of course lucky them their house is a block from where the first lte towers went online (bastards) but now it works for them if they listened to you (and others) they would still be waiting even though they are now using unlimited data for cheaper and lte where they need it... not all over town where they almost never go.  

     

    im not disagreeing to disagree, but i find its best to let people decide by giving them the tools instead of sayign well the networks not done yet they will make up their minds for themselves dont sell short the product because its not 100%

    Referral reward program

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Unfortunately I can't. I'm not trying to bash Sprint or anything but I would probably lose a friend if I tried to recommend coming to Sprint in its current condition in my city. Most of my friends have Att and Verizon so for them coming to Sprint would be back tracking as the duopoly as much as I don't like them have basically completed their LTE rollout in not only my city but the majority of Florida while Sprint lags way behind. Most people want great service yesterday and are not willing to wait until Sprint is finished rolling out when they can have great service on one of the big 2 now.

     

     

    This is easy you tell people the truth. you tell them Sprint has the best plans and working to have the best network... you tell them to download sensorly keep an eye on the area they live in..  when service meets their expectations then switch.  had clearwire not been such a debacle we would be far ahead of even vzw in its 4g deployment we had a year and a half jumpstart but thats the past... tmobile att azw none of them are fully deployed... they have massive holes in their service its what is best for your friends.. and if you give them the real truth. yes sprints network isnt fully built yet. yes we are lagging behind. but when its said and done their network will be better than the others... their plans are already better than theirs and if saving money is important to you then maybe you will decide to switch. but be honest use sensorly and let them decide but day after day sprints network is making leaps and bounds improvements and i have no problems telling my friends that 

    What will Sprint do with Clearwire now that it owns it?

    in WiMax

    Posted

    You misconstrue the Universal Service Fee.  The purpose is not what it can do for you personally -- the purpose is what it can do for others and society as a whole.

     

    AJ

     

    Well AJ you are correct, instead of ranting I should have just stated that the UCF won't benefit me or others in my area. Our local telco was bought out years ago by Frontier with the promise of extending dsl throughout their rural footprint subsidized by the UCF. Needless to say those plans have been scraped as they have run out of money.

    While im not very fond of the whole "it takes a village" mentality most people wouldnt know that they were paying for this if the companies didnt include it in their bill..  technically its the telecoms paying it, they put it in your monthy bill to make you ask why "you" are paying this fund.  and make you think its not affecting you..

     

     even if the money from your bill isnt probably going directly to that actual charge.. its a way for the telecoms to say we are paying this and this in taxes we want you the consumer to bitch to congress to get rid of these taxes... 

     

    even if you the consumer can get congress to repeal those taxes the telecoms will just take line item off your bill and still charge you what they were... its a tactic apparently a good one... 

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