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kamiller42

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  1. I am confused by Son's latest comments. Now, after the failed merger, they say they'll invest serious money into Sprint network. Softbank has owned Sprint for 5 years. What happened last 5 years? Spending just enough to get by? Are they saying NOW they are serious about rebuilding Sprint?
  2. If Charter were to buy a majority of Sprint, judging by what they have done to TimeWarner Cable, I see it as horrible. I hope Softbank gets serious about Sprint. I often get the impression they are just trying to flip Sprint.
  3. Anyone know the dial code to get into the service menu? I want to initiate a proximity sensor test. Hopefully will recalibrate it.
  4. LG V20 for aural pleasure. 2nd screen is useful. Maybe Sprint will throw another promo on them. S8 for a lot of everything which sadly includes the worst placed fingerprint sensor ever. And you have decided if you like the shiny, glass edges. Check out the G6 too. What might make the difference on these in what specials they are offering.
  5. We're talking about the LG V20, not an LG G4. It was released just months ago, during a time when Sprint knew HPUE was right around the corner. I'm sure Sprint and LG have conversations about what Sprint needs in their phones. In addition, LG advertised as the modem as "future proof."
  6. Good to know my LG V20 with "advanced programmable modem" is already outdated. Can they add this functionality to the V20?
  7. I'm in a CA market. What should the settings be to ensure 3x CA is on?
  8. My LG V20 got it on Dec 12. Wife's Nexus 5 still doesn't have it.
  9. Got the LG V20 on Black Friday. Sprint store was well stocked with employees, like 10 to 12. Unfortunately, I was the only one waiting. (This is in a city with about 129k pop.) Loving the phone so far. I miss the stylus of the Note, but I know I'll get more use out of the secondary display than the stylus. Do wish the primary display was OLED. Awesome audio. My free TV came in. Debating whether to keep. I read about the RGBW on it. Enter the RGB vs RGBW debate.
  10. Wow. Disappointing for us. I could trade in my Note 4 and get a V20 for $200 plus get $200 credit. I would love a deal like that.
  11. Better camera than Note 4? That's good to know. I thought the Note 4 was a pretty good camera.
  12. Looking at the LG V20. Sprint has a good BF deal, but I don't really need a TV. Would rather price match Verizon and throw a $200 discount on top. Anyone know of good V20 BF deals?
  13. Well. That's disappointing. With the Note 7 overpriced and the Nexus being a par to subpar performer, it's looking like I'll hang on to the Note 4 for another year. Maybe LG will surprise and bring a great V20 to Sprint. They just cut their mobile division, so that doesn't look good.
  14. Every crowd sourced report, e.g. OpenSignal, Sensorly, Ookla, should include a breakdown of carrier usage. Preference or lack of affects the weighting of results. OpenSignal said their tests were the results of billions of test given by 120k users. What's the makeup of those 120k users? 50k T-Mobile users and the remaining 70k divided among the remaining 3?
  15. I had to turn mine on after the update. Maybe it's default if you do a factory reset. I'm enjoying Marshmallow so far. It's an improvement over Lollipop for me. Also enjoying Good Lock. Just make sure you turn off the fingerprint lock screen before installing. Latest version may have fixed that bug. Haven't checked.
  16. Was there a PRL update in the past week or two? My Note 4 reception has gone to crap, and it keeps dropping into roaming. Roaming... in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. It was very rare that would happen in DFW. Now, it frequently happens, like I'm driving out in the country. The worst part is the OS bug which ignores the roam guard setting. I have it turned off, and the phone still pops up the roam guard warning screen. Click "Don't show this again." and OK and it keeps coming back again and again. I did a PRL Update, profile update and restarted the phone. No change.
  17. Facebook messenger does not require a Facebook account. Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk
  18. You sound bearish on Sprint. Will they not pursue a rural build out because they believe what they have plus the rural carrier alliance is enough? Or, not enough resources to build metro and rural? You say TMo is building up its rural network. Is it building out too?
  19. I know you mentioned it's a coverage issue, but it still seems strange (unsettling, awkward, etc) hearing such words from the admin of a Sprint based site. Will Sprint be able to deliver where TMo has? I never thought I would be formulating such a question. Times are a changin?
  20. I have to agree assumption is erroneous path. So why do you assume I meant silence means approval? Perhaps those in the other thread have no interest in a thread dedicated to the topic. Perhaps they are not not aware I moved the conversation to this thread. There are many logical reasons for silence, but you assume the worst. Saying repeatedly and maybe emphatically does not make a statement true. All your text and the quote from Chris did not provide one argument as to why or how unmetered traffic violates net neutrality. If I wanted Chris' take, I would write him. I am interested in the opinions of the readers at S4GRU. No need to belittle their opinions.
  21. And there's the problem. T-Mo had an idea; Sprint didn't. Therefore, it was bad... until it was discovered Sprint has very similar plans. Then, all went silent at S4GRU. (There were many voices against T-Mo's music service in another thread. None of them have spoken here.)
  22. Many here would say it is not acceptable. They believe giving certain content providers' data a free ride on a normally metered service breaks net neutrality. You should pay for access to all sites equally and let no one pay your toll. I don't understand the thinking, but maybe one of net neutrality proponents can explain.
  23. What if the data isn't treated differently but whether the customer is charged or not is? Keep in mind the customer under normal circumstances would pay for metered data. The carrier and content providers worked out a deal to deliver content for free. (If Google did that for their sites and services, that would be fantastic.) Does such an arrangement break net neutrality?
  24. I thought I was re-raise this topic in the hopes the S4GRU community could discuss what is and isn't violations of net neutrality. I've been told T-Mo's offer of providing unmetered data to certain music sites is a violation. Note, T-Mo is not giving prioritized traffic to said sites. They are simply not charging for data to and from the sites. I was told this is bad. But, what does that mean when Sprint does the same? Sprint is a net neutrality violator? No, and neither is T-Mo. Remember the primary issue which raised accusations of net neutrality being violated involved ISP's charging a premium for special handling of Netflix traffic. Handicapping traffic and requiring a fee to remove the handicap is a violation of net neutrality. Would Sprint do such a thing? Well Sprint. This is awkward. Note: I have no problem with Sprint or T-Mo's offers because it simply controls what is metered and what isn't. It does not control what is preferred or prioritized traffic. Users are free to use any other service uninhibited.
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