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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 17 January 2012 Was the NS4G delayed for WiMax compatibility issues though? There always could be LTE issues, but they have had a lot of time to hammer that out by now.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 16 January 2012 Previously I had heard that GN and LG Viper would be released in the April timeframe, but sleetherz.com released an article with this quote "The company only suggest that both Samsung Galaxy Nexus and LG Viper should be available for purchase within weeks." Due to the poor grammar used in the article, I don't know how trustworthy this information is, and technically April is only 11 weeks away. It is exciting to know that these handsets are close to being released.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 12 January 2012 We may not see a LTE phone on Sprint for a while that doesn't include a NFC chip. The article NFC to Come Standard in Sprint LTE Phones states that only the low end phones that will be free or very cheap for new customers/upgrades will not have the NFC chip because of the extra cost of the chip. There have already been 2 LTE phones announced and they both have the chips. Sprint must be betting that NFC transactions take off and they can make some good kickbacks from a partnership with Google Wallet. Although I suppose nobody will take it seriously until Apple includes it on the iPhone (rolls eyes).

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 17 January 2012 I wonder if the reboot thing has something to do with apps that are incompatible with ICS... I haven't heard anything as to the cause of it. I wonder if Google even knows. The article said there are more GSM problems than CDMA...

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 16 January 2012 Some owners of the Galaxy Nexus phones are reporting that they have experienced random reboots as covered by phonearena.com here Owners report that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is plagued by random reboots Personally, I would almost assume that there would be a thing or two that pop up early in the life of the device. It is the first to run on that version of Android, and although there is an beta test, consumers are always pressuring to get the device in their hands sooner. Google has been quick to fix the problems in the past, but it can still be annoying to consumers to experience these bugs. Would you prefer to be on the cutting edge and have the possibility of some annoying bugs, or wait for a more refined software either by buying the Nexus a few months after release or buying a different phone with the most current software?

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 26 January 2012 It seems like everyone has a smartphone these days, which has fueled monster sales numbers for Apple, Samsung, HTC, Motorola etc. But will these sales numbers start to trail off now that most people who want/understand how to use a smartphone have one. The power users will continue to upgrade their phones, but what about all of those who only use a few of the features on their smartphone? Will they adopt a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" attitude? Or will 4G LTE and new features push them to use their upgrade? Most people have little understanding of what LTE is and how it is different than Wimax. There are also those who regret their upgrade and will downgrade to a dumbphone and cheaper monthly bill when they are once again eligible for carrier subsidies on a new phone. A lot of people are not going to want to pay $200-300 to upgrade when they already have an EVO or Epic, and especially if they currently have a EVO 3D, Photon or Epic Touch.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 25 January 2012 Every time there is a material change to the terms and conditions of your contract with Sprint, customers have the ability to request to cancel without an early termination fee. Some people have been reporting that when they call Sprint about the changes to the discount policy (Sprint took 19.99 from the discount eligible main plan and moved it to the second line which cannot be discounted costing customers around $5 per month) they have had their term committment wiped out instead of cancelling. If someone had no term committment, they could cancel that line and add another line qualifying for the new line discount when LTE phones are released without having to have an upgrade credit available. I called to try to wipe the term commitment off of my plan and the operator I talked to said that I could cancel without a ETF, but they couldn't wipe off my term commitment. Other message boards have had people as recently as 24 January saying that some CSRs will, so I guess it may depend on who you talk to. I will be trying again.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 31 January 2012 Most of us know all about "Carrier IQ" the software that started a public outcry that caused carriers like Sprint to not only stop collecting data with it, but also ask its manufacturers to issue updates to remove the software completely. Whatever we thought of it, I'm sure most of us are glad that it is vanishing. Congress has drafted a bill that will prevent anything like this from sneaking up on us again. Here's what the bill would require: Monitoring software must be disclosed when a person buys a mobile phone, and also after the sale if any party decides to install monitoring software after the fact. App makers that include monitoring software must also disclose it. All disclosures must say whether the monitoring software has been installed, and detail the type of information collected, where it's going, and how it will be used. Consumers must give their consent before monitoring or data transfer takes place. Those who receive data must be able to secure it. Data sharing agreements have to be filed with the FTC and FCC. This bill has a long road to pass before it becomes law, but it's good to see that our elected officials are taking action to protect our privacy. Minnesota Senator told the Verge "the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent," and that "we have a fundamental right to know what information is being collected about us and who it is shared with." For more on this click here

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 27 January 2012 I was buying an app on the Android market, and it got me thinking about the custom ROM developers. They go to great lengths to basically “re-invent the wheel” for us to cut out some of the “bloatware” and have a more customizable and better suited operating system than factory stock for our android phones. I know that we appreciate the work they do, and if you look on XDA or other developer sites, there are pages upon pages of people thanking the developer. I want to know how many people donate to the cause. I don’t give that much, but I figure if I can pay $4 for a new keyboard or $2 just to remove the ads from a free game, I can throw some cash the way of the developer of the most crucial program my phone is running, the operating system. Currently I am running Calkulin’s E4GT 2.8.1. I love the ROM and although I have tried out some other ROMS, I decided that Calk’s was the ticket for me. After I decided I liked that ROM best, I sent a donation to the developer. You might call it a “thanks for the hard work, go get a buzz at the bar on me” donation. I know these developers don’t expect to get rich off of their efforts, and they mostly do the work voluntarily, and many of them are just making a ROM for their own benefit, but they put it out there for others who don’t have the programming knowledge to do it themselves. I had some friends help me build my garage, and even though I have helped them with their own home projects, I bought them each a case of beer and cooked up some NY Strips as a “thank you” gesture. I think that instead of acting like these developers owe us something (see all the people whining that ICS is not in a ROM for their device yet on XDA), we should show them that we appreciate their work. If the manufacturers haven’t worked out all the kinks for an ICS release on the devices they built, how can we expect some developer who works on their ROM in their spare time to have it figured out? Just my thoughts, what about you?

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 1 February 2012 Even though RIM has tried to slam Android every chance they can get, they have developed an app that will run Android apps on the BB Playbook. They have asked the developers of Android apps to slightly modify their apps and submit them for use for the Blackberry Playbook OS 2.0 and the upcoming Blackberry 10 devices. They could just make it easier on themselves and make a Blackberry launcher overlay to Android 4.0 According to the Blackberry developer blog To help with the process of submitting your application for approval and entry into BlackBerry App World, we strongly recommend the following: Before submitting your Android application to BlackBerry App World, please make sure to remove all mention of the word “Android” from your application. Both in the application description and the application itself. Please remove all links to Android Market from within your application. When submitting your Android application to BlackBerry App World, please make sure to select a minimum BlackBerry PlayBook OS of 2.0. Please make sure your application is signed. For more information on code signing, please view the code signing documentation on the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps webpage (linked here). http://devblog.blackberry.com/2012/01/android-apps-for-blackberry-playbook-os-2-0/

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 1 December 2011 Clear needs to clean house on ALL their upper management. This company holds the golden ticket with a wireless company buying mass quantities of their wireless internet and they are still on a nosedive into the dirt. Sprint has to be impressed with the money pit they bought into...

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 1 December 2011 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/30/us-clearwire-sprint-idUSTRE7AT2L120111130 Now the water got even muddier. This article says that Sprint is paying Clearwire $1B.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 4 February 2012 I ventured to Minneapolis tonight for a basketball game. I ran a speed test on the Wimax and it got 13.92 Mbps down 1.5 up. When I got home, I tried the 3G and got .95Mbps down and .43 up. Turned on Wifi and got 29.92 Mbps down and 1.91 down... I guess I stay on wifi...

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 28 January 2012 That is very interesting. It could be a more even race between the top three. I think that deserves it's own thread. I'd love to learn more about that

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 28 January 2012 @legion125 The phones were expensive too. I remember looking at the hybrid phones and they were more expensive than phones with more features that were strictly Sprint phones. As you said, if they had invested in the marketing of a line of phones that removed the barrier between Sprint and Nextel, they could have had a winner. They needed affordable handsets or at least handsets that were among the most advanced. I would have had no problem paying for a hybrid phone, but when I get less features than a cheaper phone and the only gain is PTT which you end up paying a higher monthly bill for, sorry PTT...

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 28 January 2012 I didn't realize that they ever had PTT Blackberrys for Nextel. I thought that since Motorola owned everything about iDEN, the only handsets offered were made by Motorola. At the company I worked for, all the higher-ups had a Nextel for PTT and a Blackberry running on AT&T, I believe. If there would have been an iDEN Blackberry with 3G for e-mail, it would have been a huge cost savings. Almost makes me wonder why Sprint never pushed their dual network devices like the ic902. Is CDMA superior to iDEN? I guess I don't understand why they wouldn't have transitioned into using iDEN for voice and PTT on the 800 mhz spectrum from Nextel and data and backup voice on the 1900 mhz spectrum.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 27 January 2012 I haven't had a Nextel phone in years, but I remember the internet being about as advanced as my very first Sprint phone 6 years earlier and having virtually no features besides the PTT. Does anyone think they would have added some sort of 3G data to keep up with the rest of the carriers or have Android PTT phones? Or would they have let their iDEN network and phone lineup rot as sprint has done?

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 26 November 2011 My phone is on PRL 21083 I think it was released recently.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 6 December 2011 According to a CNET Article Sprint's LTE devices won't be released until late 2012 (3rd and 4th Quarter). It also stated that "(Sprint CFO) Euteneuer, speaking at a UBS investor conference that was Webcast, announced that the company put into operation its first multi-mode radio, which is able to run 4G LTE and 3G CDMA, signaling progress in its network upgrade." Sprint is putting themselves in a precarious situation with customers watching LTE networks lit up in their cities with other carriers and carriers selling devices that are as "future ready" as you can get right now. It's a little far off to start hyping anything but I would have to think they would start thinking about hyping the EVO's successor, LTE features or something cutting edge or high end customers might start jumping ship. It would be funny to see Sprint left with a bunch of iPhone users and SERO plans... I'm sure they have something up their sleeve. Anyone have any inclination why the device launch was pushed back? VoLTE? Sprint wanting the HTC LTEvo to be first to launch? LTE network delays and Sprint wanting the network to be active before launching phones to use it? Combination of all of them? Maybe just Hesse writing checks his behind can't cash again...

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 1 December 2011 OK, I figured it out. I'll try out the HTC method since I am on 1.5.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 1 December 2011 I probably am on 1.5, I am current on updates. How do you tell?

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 1 December 2011 Well, I guess all I can think of that I need is camera, 3D and GPS. When I rooted my HTC Zero my GPS would overheat and shut off the phone in a matter of minutes. I thought the phone had gone bad, but when I removed root and returned it to stock and tested the GPS, it worked perfect. I just don't want something like that to happen with this phone because it's plenty fast without a custom rom.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 1 December 2011 OK, so I finally decided that I can give up my company e-mail on my phone using "Good Mobile Messaging" which stops working when the device is rooted. I will root the phone as long as there is a good mod that retains all the functionality of the stock rom. Anyone with an Evo 3D that can give me some advice? What rom and root method did you use?

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 11 January 2012 If only we didn't have to wait 6 months after world release to get the Samsung here like the Galaxy S2. Maybe with the S3, they will give it to us right away since the S2 is such a huge success.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 11 January 2012 I've seen some rumblings around the net that when HTC releases the Evo 2 or whatever they end up calling it, that it will not be exclusive to Sprint. I'm sure the name will be exclusive and it will be called something else on other carriers. Anyone have any more info? I'm sure HTC will be on board with a LTE Evo since they were first with the Wimax. I was rather surprised that Sprint announced LTE devices and there was nothing from HTC. There has been no recent rumors about the Evo 2, maybe they are just holding off until Sprint is closer to flipping the LTE switch to finalize the components so it can have eye popping features like the first Evo. I would have to think it will have at least a 10 MP camera, possibly quad core processor, the screen probably wouldn't get much bigger but it would most likely be at least on par with the E4GT on resolution. They almost have to include the signature kickstand... Anyone heard anything or like to speculate?