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    Network Vision/LTE - Missouri Market (includes St. Louis)

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    She has a cellphone, she uses data, so why does she not have Wi-Fi at home? The S4GRU staff stance is that people at home should use Wi-Fi, not "unlimited" data on the macro cellular network -- the latter is part of what causes slow data speeds for everyone.

     

    Now, if she has "3G" signal issues at home, a new handset is not apt to fix that. Her Samsung Galaxy S4 probably already is on CDMA1X 800, which is Sprint's low band signal for voice calling. You can install SignalCheck Pro on her handset to double check this. But for signal inside buildings, CDMA1X 800 is as good as it gets on Sprint.

     

    For your benefit, I checked our S4GRU maps, and based on your zip code, your only serving site in reasonable proximity is on the southwest end of Mascoutah. Or if you are toward the western edge of your zip code, maybe the site north of Freeburg, too. Both sites are fully Network Vision upgraded. So, service is unlikely to improve beyond what is available now.

     

    That is why having broadband Internet at home is important. It allows you to use Wi-Fi for data -- or even voice calling on some recent handsets. Alternatively, you can request an Airave from Sprint that will create your own little cell site inside the house for "3G" voice calling and data. Again, all of the above requires home broadband Internet.

     

    AJ

    I didn't know its a requirement to have a home WiFi connection when signing up at Sprint? No its not a good thing to be watching Netflix all night on your data connection from home but this guys is just saying he would like to know if there is a chance they could have better data services at their home. It's sounds like his mother probably never uses a lot of data anyway so why should she pay for an internet provider? She just simply wants to be able to make calls from her home and freely use data as she chooses, what's wrong with that?

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    Google Nexus 6P by Huawei (was [Rumor] Huawei Nexus phone?)

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    Oooooh, figured you did that already! Ha ha. You're a Nexus owner now, time to beef up your computer skillz.

     

     

    Yeah, first line of defense is ALWAYS wipe cache partition in recovery. On any Android phone. Then factory reset, then reflash (especially on a Nexus).

     

    Sent from my Sprint Note5

    Yeah sorry I wish I was comfortable enough to do reflashes, I just wish I had someone to be there to guide me. I'm just really freaked out I would mess something up.

    Google Nexus 6P by Huawei (was [Rumor] Huawei Nexus phone?)

    in Google

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    Oooooh, figured you did that already! Ha ha. You're a Nexus owner now, time to beef up your computer skillz.

     

     

    Yeah, first line of defense is ALWAYS wipe cache partition in recovery. On any Android phone. Then factory reset, then reflash (especially on a Nexus).

     

    Sent from my Sprint Note5

    Yeah sorry I wish I was comfortable enough to do reflashes, I just wish I had someone to be there to guide me. I'm just really freaked out I would mess something up.

    Google Nexus 6P by Huawei (was [Rumor] Huawei Nexus phone?)

    in Google

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    Download the fresh device image from Google and reflash using adb. It's not hard to do, there are dozens of online guides. QBKing77 has a good video on it. If you do that and it still boot

    loops, return it.

     

    Sent from my Sprint Note5

    Well I'm not really comfortable doing that so I sent a form into Google support and I talked to them on the phone. He took me through some troubleshooting mainly going into recovery and clearing the cashe partition. He told me to observe the phone for a few hours and he would call back. So far no reboots but I'm not sure my problem is solved.

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    Google Nexus 6P by Huawei (was [Rumor] Huawei Nexus phone?)

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    Posted · Edited by Cardsfan96

    I just purchased an 32gb nexus 6p and I'm a little nervous. Im not familiar with sim cards and seeing different sim cards being posted to use in this phone I'm not sure which one i need. Do i need to purchase one before hand or can I take the phone into a sprint store and be able to activate it there? Im sorry if this is a repeat question but Im just nervous about that and want to make sure ill be able to activate it. Btw this is my first non subsidized phone Ive bought so I'm not very familiar.

    Network Vision/LTE - Missouri Market (includes St. Louis)

    in Markets

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    Even though it doubles the capacity, performance probably will still suffer until a Spark CA capable DAS is completed. If I remember from my last visit, B41 was not attainable for all parts of the stands. Has that changed?

     

    Sent from my LG G4

    Like I said in my previous lost speeds were very usable but I was near the top of the stadium. I was at a game in a box in June and I had a b41 connection but it was unusable then but I don't think the second carrier was up at that time.
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