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What is different about the back cover that allows wireless charging compared to the one that comes with it?

 

And how are these things worth $40?

 

Blows my mind that they'll talk up a feature that you can't use unless you buy a $40 cover and spend $20 for the special charger. Why not ship it out with what you need?

 

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Basically, the Qi charging pad and contacts to connect to phone. Hopefully a pad like this will come along that can be mounted to the cover that comes with the phone. 

 

http://www.amazon.com/Docooler-Standard-Wireless-Charging-Receiver/dp/B00FTULQJU/

It has wireless charging compatible on the specs. Too bad Samsung doesn't just start shipping phones with the wireless charging compatible back already on them. I was hoping to combine the wireless charging with waterproof and never have to deal with the flap but oh well. I have been plugging my smart phone in for the last 8 years guess a couple more won't hurt. Does wireless charging take much longer than normal?

 

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I don't find charging takes long. I'm using a Nexus 5 on a Nokia charging plate. Wireless charging is an awesome feature. Feels great to just plunk the phone down on a plate and leave it. Got something to check? No problem. Just pick up without cables dangling and restricting. And, Google Search can be setup to always listen while on the plate. "Ok Google. Set alarm for 8 am." "Ok Google. Remind me to XYZ tomorrow."

How does Sprint handle a trade in credit with easy pay? Do the allow it? Do they lower the monthly payment or cut down on the number of payments? I have a Note 2 plus the EVO wimax so I'm hoping for a total of $200 with Samsung picking up part of it. Then I can sell the Nexus 5 too for more toward a phone. I really wish firm Nexus X information was available.

 

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According to Sprint BuyBack, the EVO Wimax is worth $5 and thus not eligible for Samsung's $200 rebate.

The Samsung promotion says any working phone worth $10 or more. Does it matter if it has been rooted or is running a custom ROM? Does Sprint buyback program care?

 

Also, will the Sprint Note 4 support wireless charging? Now that I've used it, wireless charging is a must have for me.

Yup, mdm9625m modem

 

What does this affect, range or speed? Cat 4 max is 150Mbps. Will we notice something faster on the phone?

They are building a better network NOW.  They have been for the past two years.  They are continuing.  Not stopping to take a breath at all.  Spending $8 Billion this year and next year is NOW.  Not the future.

No doubt they are doing something. I'm just saying they need to be more open about what the challenges are. If you order a hamburger in drive thru and they say it'll take 1 minute to deliver and 5 minutes have gone by, the customer would like to know what the hold up is. Yes, it's being made, but why is taking 5 minutes, and when do you'll think it'll be ready?

 

It takes as long as it takes to upgrade. They have the pedal jammed to the floor now.

That's okay. People understand the need to upgrade. What is difficult to swallow is why deadlines pass and without explanation and without new more realistic deadlines announced and without mention of how such delays will be avoided.

 

There were mistakes being made early (mostly for money reasons), but those issues have been worked through.

That's more information than what I've heard from official Sprint channels. Maybe you should do Sprint's PR. :-) Seriously, that sentence is a step in the right direction of what Sprint should be saying. It just needs some expansion.

 

And there are lots of places the Sprint network actually works well now.  It's about getting the rest of the network into that position.  And that's what they're doing.

I wish where I live was one of those places. And unfortunately, that sentence is too often repeated.

 

They are lowering prices, because they know even the fastest they can do this is not going to be fast enough.  They have to provide a super value position to stop the hemorrhaging and maybe even get some small growth.  People will live with some inconveniences in some places for an excellent price.  And if they see it getting better month after month, they will likely stay.

I entirely agree. Shaking up the plans is a good thing. Give a better value. The problem is stated in comm boxes at tech sites, "Why does Sprint give more if you can't get enough out of the network anyway?" The network is crucial to Sprint right now, more than providing a better value.

Agreed, but the press would not understand.

 

The press already doesn't understand. The strategy of hiding the details has not been working and is not working. Of all the Sprint press I've read lately, only one has been positive, and that's about the Sharp phone coming. Time to change it up, and start press releasing areas that will be addressed, give new goals and deadlines, etc. It's a new CEO, a new era. I think the press will be more forgiving than some think.

Timelines were provided previously, which is why everyone has become pissed. Saying it's coming and saying it's being worked on are two different things. Providing details on why it's taken so long will only come off as an excuse and displacing blame. Throwing people under the bus looks bad on the person doing it and not on those that failed.

 

I wouldn't take it as excusing making. That's one! But, I work in a field where I work on technical projects and am probably more understanding.

 

I wouldn't call it excuse making. It's more like taking responsibility and making sure others are being responsible and accountable.

I'd rather him say, our network still has problems (he's already done that on saying our network isn't where it needs to be) and say, we're going to get it there and nothing else.

 

Just say "It's coming" is the same song heard for years. Message must change as conditions change. The condition has changed as follows:

1) Network build out taking longer than usual.

2) Network build out not delivering performance as expected.

 

More specificity should be provided in exchange for asking customers to be more patient. It's a reasonable request.

At this stage, I don't think Marcelo can talk about the plans on how to improve the network.

 

He has to deliver them, and the press will follow. Otherwise, isn't it the same song?

 

Which they are doing....

 

Delivery is the ultimate proof, and I would applaud it as a customer and stock holder. Absent that, I would like him to admit there are network build out problems, what the problems are, where the problems exist (contractors, geographic regions, etc.), and what he is doing to remedy them. I want swift, aggressive, and decisive action to right this ship called the Sprint network.

I read this an article about Sprint, the new CEO and new pricing plan.

 

During an interview with Reuters Claure  said, “I think we were going the wrong way,” Claure continued to say, “Its not a secret that we are losing more customers than we are gaining, but we believe if we put together good offers that deliver more value to consumers, customers are going to come to Sprint.”

 

This worries me because this is the Sprint status quo for survival, price cutting. Sprint has done enough of that over the years. Build a network consumers will love to use, and you won't have to keep price cutting so much. At this time in Sprint's history, it needs to build a better network NOW, not better prices or value. I would like to hear Claure's plans to accomplish that.

have the person on the other end turn down the volume.  you are most likely hearing yourself from the other phone's speaker being too loud.

 

I should have stated that the caller can't hear the person on the other end of the line either. It's dead silence except when the caller speaks and she hears her voice echo back.

Looks like a good Nexus 6 leak...

 

http://www.amongtech.com/upcoming-nexus-phablet-specs-revealed-by-benchmark/

 

Looks like more of an upgrade from 5 to 6 than 4 to 5.

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On another note... I have a friend with a Nexus 5 and hears herself when answering a phone call sometimes. The other person cannot hear her, and she only hears an echo of herself.

 

What causes this? What is this fix?

B41 is hard to come by every time I've been through Dallas, even next to sites that should be live with clear b41. I think maybe they might be shutting some sites off in prep for Nokia.

Bingo. I occasionally work 3 miles from downtown. Phone can get stuck in 3G. I was on I20 at a restaurant with max bars. I know the tower was near by. Stuck in 3G. (Disabling band 41 fixes this, i.e. handicap the phone.)

 

DFW is capable and you could say "ready" by a stretch, but it's not tri-band active.

 

I just want to be able to have a phone that correctly jumps to LTE when available and not have to worry about radio driver versions, signal monitoring programs, enabling/disabling bands, and learning a host of acronyms. And, I can't leave out being able to make and receive phone calls. It would be great if it worked this way nationwide, but in the metroplex where I live would be a great start.

 

I hope I am not being too demanding Sprint or Google or whoever else is responsible for the ghosts in the machine.

The problem with the Nexus 5 failing to jump to LTE when available, i.e. stuck in 3G or worse, has been explained as a network issue. The solution I am using now is to disable band 41. (It was re-enabled after the 4.4.4 update and then disabled again after discovering the LTE experience was still horrible.)

 

How will I know when my area and the Sprint network at large is tri-band ready, not just in theoretical capability but in actual flawless real world use? When I can re-enable band 41 and enjoy true tri-band goodness?

 

I'm in the DFW area.

Well, you must realize that the 30/4 is only when I went looking for the so called turbo spark speed. Yes 30/4 on a mobile device is sufficient (at least now) but the speeds I get 99% of the time are significantly lower.

 

The other point I trying to make is that even the turbo spark (as per sprint) is really not comparable to other carriers in real life... Yet. And Spark itself was supposed to be better than other carriers.

 

Building penetration? Ha.. Sorry, that's a joke with our carrier.

 

I'm in the Dallas metro area.

 

The best speeds I get in Dallas area is from the tower on the hill behind my house. Consistently gets around 30Mbps. Its best is a little over 32Mbps. Unfortunately, not much use when I'm home as I have WIFI.

 

In regards to building penetration, I think that is one of the goals of Sprint Spark. Is it better? A little I think.

B26 isn't giving me any amazing speeds anyway - the best I've gotten (in a "turbo spark" area in Dallas) is 30Mbps/4Mbps   . In my home area that is "Spark" enabled, I get 6/2    Thank heavens for WiFi.

 

30/4 is bad? For a phone? That is as fast as my cable ISP, and it runs an entire household. I think we get caught up in this "must be faster" data speed contest too much. I would much rather a solid, deep building penetrating, nationwide 30/4 LTE connection rather than a sketchy, metro areas only 60/8 one.

Try disabling b26 and or b41, you'll need your msl. The reason it parka you on 3g is due to a tower having ecsfb issues on one of those bands. For whatever reason it causes you to not pickup b25 either.

 

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I disabled band 41. Still getting stuck in 3G. What should band priority be set to? Matters?

 

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Since the update I have noticed fairly bad battery life. I'll get maybe 18-20 hours on battery with 30 minutes or so of screen on time. The battery menu will list screen or Google play services(with 1-2 hours of keep awake time) at the top. Wake lock detector shows battery guru at the top with 500-1000 wake ups and everything else in the 10-20 range. Should I try disabling battery guru, or is this just another Google play bug? I've never used wake lock detector before but have been using greenify for a long time now.

 

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What you say may be true. I have even had Play services crash. A few data dependent apps have crashed on me when in 3G. I think it is because they don't handle constrained or erratic data pipes very well. And, when on 3G, they try harder and 3G radio is always active, which results in burning more power.

 

Phone battery is best when the phone had a good, healthy LTE connection. So, the sticking 3G problem has another nasty side effect, increased battery drainage.

Holy cow! Just entered Illinois and the N5 picked up LTE on its own. One state out of five this trip. Didn't last long but it there.

 

CORRECTION : Close to entering Illinois.

 

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Try disabling b26 and or b41, you'll need your msl. The reason it parka you on 3g is due to a tower having ecsfb issues on one of those bands. For whatever reason it causes you to not pickup b25 either.

 

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It has to be more than a tower because I've been traveling from Texas to Kentucky and the phone has serious 3G sticking issues everywhere I have been. Frustrating. I won't be surprised if I bust my 800mb 3G limit. I'm not paying overage because of a bugged network or phone. The speed is painfully slow.

 

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I took the upgrade and now I have a solid 3G phone. My wife's EVO LTE is more 4G than my Nexus 5. My old EVO 4G Wimax is more 4G than Nexus 5.

 

Is the only fix is to flash an old radio? Is Sprint fixing the network so we don't have to do this? Any ETA?

 

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This might start a "Few of my favorite things thread"...

 

My favorite feature of the Nexus 5 is how smooth the interface is. It feels like the smoothest Android I've used. There might be faster phones, but speed does not equal smoothness.

 

My second favorite feature is also one of my least favorite features. I like the integration of Google services. Google Search has grown into the impressive Google Now. The dialer has caller ID lookup and an improved interface. It's my least favorite because parts of Android are becoming closed source.

Just received OTA notification.

 

Should I update and degrade my reception? Or, is this truly a Sprint network issue which one would experience anyway when not upgrading?

I still have not gotten the OTA. Looks like I am missing out on nothing. Google's QA has really gone down hill since Andy Rubin left.