koiulpoi

These people need to be introduced to the Jitterbug, which (coincidentally enough) was probably a popular dance in their time, too.

 

 

AJ

Why in the world would they do that? They did realize that Nextel has never supported AMPS and did not offer any analog airlink either.

 

AJ

These are the "I want a phone as just a phone, I ain't no damn computer nerd" crowd.

These are the people who had AMPS phones, and got told by VZW that their phones were going to stop working, so buy a new phone already. They got all upset and angry and went to Nextel, that other carrier that has "phones that are just phones". And now, Sprint is telling them their phones are going to stop working, so buy a new phone already, so they're fleeing again.

It's an odd cycle. Some people just want nothing to change, ever.

All of them I have seen support RET for adjustments.

 

Also the panels support any type of signal you want. Even AMPS

 

Sent from my little Note2

No, the emitters to be concerned about would be the cellphones that nearly all of them use because cellphones can radiate greater than 200 mW right up the sides of their dimwitted heads.

To be marginally fair, there are some consumers who are deeply worried about the RF exposure from the phones themselves. Some of them buy these magic stickers that, through some unknown power, supposedly reduce RF exposure to your head. They look like a series of circuit leads, and are advertised with videos of boiling red blood cells (I wish I could find again the particular website a fellow pointed me to)

Now, assuming that these magic stickers actually do reduce RF somehow (which is a huge assumption), the instructions say to place it on the back of your phone, preferably under the battery back or on the battery itself. In other words... it would be unable to block any RF from shooting in to your brain. It'll protect your hand, though! In theory.

When attempting to explain this, the fellow told me multiple times how he'd "seen the studies" that "clearly showed" that RF was murdering us all, and that these stickers were our only salvation. And in the same breath, how he "needed his phone", and needed it fixed immediately.

I really wonder about our species, sometimes...

My guesses are that W is MetroPCS, X is USCC, Y is T-Mobile, and Z is Dish. My completely unfounded guesses based upon gut feeling, but still.

One curious thing I found was that, when Sprint was announcing "Sprint As You Go", one thing they continually mentioned was that there was no 3G/EV roaming included. Which, frankly, I found odd, as most Sprint customers have no access to this anyways.

After all this hype about Key Lime Pie, and no official word from Google, I'm waiting for them to totally be like "Yeah, that's not its name. It's Kandy Kane" or something ridiculous lik that.

This is true of even non SVDO devices. Its just that both sessions are not active at the very exact same moment. You maintain a 1x connection at one site and it keeps checking in every few seconds. And you pretty much are dedicated to EVDO. But if a call comes in or a text, it switches over to 1x only until the conclusion of the call or text.

 

Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD

Yep, 1X and EVDO are considered different networks as they are on different carriers.

So what you're saying is, it's entirely possible to be "connected" to two different sites simultaneously, one for 1x, one for EVDO, due to the fact that it maintains two sessions (over time division?).

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Note II not being SVDO capable, I thought this splitting of sites across 1X/EV was impossible. Is this not correct?

Or were you on the MoPho Q?

"Indeed,they assert that control of the BRS/EBS spectrum will enable them to compete even more vigorously in the mobile services market."

So, Verizon, you're admitting you're afraid of competition, and that this filing is to stop that. Good to hear it.

I really don't see how a Japanese company having a stake in the US market is somehow a bad thing, like AT&T seems to be implying. Besides the whole "yellow terror" idea that Asians are coming to ruin us all (see also: every Chinese company is evil and Huawei is stealing our info even though we have no proof), well, I don't understand the problem. They still have to abide by US laws for selling products in the US, so...

CM10.1 just went into official nightly status for the L900 yesterday, so you can get your AOSP on the Note II. I'll be giving it a whirl very soon.

Control of EBS? I thought that was leased from Universities, etc. anyways...

It turns on WiFi and scans every so often. WiFi helps offload from the currently overburdered 3G network - and also saves you on battery life.

Can't upload them at work, S4GRU is blocked as a sports site (WTF?).

I haven't found a single complaint for this issue on any other carrier while searxhing for a fix. (How I found this thread)

How do you have Paranoid Android when it sounds like it isn't released for the Note 2 yet according to everything find on their site...

here you go~

A couple minor bugs, but it's been my daily driver for a while now.

I joined this forum specifically because of this thread. Here is why I am impatient with Sprint... I do get reception everywhere I need by activating all of the Roaming features BUT I get notifications, literally around 100 a day that I am losing Data Connectivity while I am connected to WiFi. You can do a search around the internet for HOURS trying to find a way to stop these notifications on my $650 Note 2 but you can't! I even rooted hoping it might make these notifications go away because I would LOVE to not go crawling to another company.

Additionally, you said you're rooted... have you tried any custom ROMs? That sounds like something that's likely fixed by the community.

That being said, I also have the Note II, and had the same issue. I've switched to Paranoid Android and never looked back. But I love AOSP-based things, which are not for everyone.

From the article:

According to the application, first spotted by wireless engineer Steven Crowley, Google said it would be using wireless frequencies that are controlled by Clearwire Corp., a wireless broadband provider... Clearwire on Wednesday declined to say whether it was working with Google on the trial. Companies testing technology on Clearwire’s spectrum typically coordinate with Clearwire when doing so, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Very, very interesting.

So is this BRS spectrum? EBS spectrum? "Controlled" by Clearwire implies BRS, but reporters have been wrong in the past. I can't seem to get the OET post to pull up.

You know what would be nice? A list of all these feature codes (the ones that work), and what they do.

This seems like something that could get enabled (perhaps even by accident, or as a prank) and then have somebody have no idea how to disable it. Or why calls don't come in, in the first place.

IS THIS AN APP YOU CAN RUN TO SEE IF PEOPLE ARE USING LTE?

http://www.sensorly.com/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sensorly.viewer

When in Canada, I use SMS texts which are included in the plan I have, plus phone calls, which I do pay roaming fees for.

Quick question - did you send or receive any pictures? Group messages? MMS goes over data services.

Okay, maybe this is just that vaunted "common sense" talking here, but, it seems like part of this is morons. Not to say that there couldn't be a serious issue here, but still. CriticalityEvent is on the money with that one - most tracking software gives you a pretty wide range of addresses when GPS is disabled or not working properly (most of the time when a phone is dead and they're going off of old info).

For the record, I just used Sprint's "The Protection App" phone locator, and after trying for three minutes, it simply came up with the name of my town. When I said "see on a map", it put me a couple doors down. My actual location was the faaar left edge of the (sizable) circle.

Edit: Ran it a second time, and it said:

Your phone has been located at:

 

MI

Great, so it's somewhere in the state. Lovely.

 

Not only that, if your phone is in a place you do not recognize, why in God's holy name would you go there!? Calling the police should be the first step, not running up and banging on the door, or trespassing on his property! That's the definition of "not safe".

@AJ: Exactly.

You'd be surprised how many low-income individuals will jump on the Phone Connect offer. Buy a phone connect ($0), get $100 off a smartphone. Oh, except it's $19.99/month, so the fact that you just signed a 2-year contract means you just spent ~$379.96. Somehow, this escapes people. All they hear is "iPhone 4S for free", or "Galaxy S3 for $100". It's incredibly foolish.

I completely agree, supert0nes. There is no good reason to buy near-$0 smartphone, unless you "need" a phone "now" because you "own your own business" (you don't) and have no cash on you. I've tried explaining the idea of "getting what you pay for" to people, and many don't want to hear it. They want free, and they want it now.

And the consumer expectation of the iPhone being a high-quality product, where most other phones are unknown, drives all those sales in to Apple's hands.

Well, yes. To get the most out of your subsidy, you should buy the most expensive phone possible

My point was not an "OS war". It was to comment on a vacuum taken up almost entirely by a single manufacturer, and how they have no real competition. Were it WP8 or BB10 to step in to that slot, all the better, but I don't have much faith in either of those, to be honest.

If you got "iphone is teh sux!!" from my post, well...

Anyways, the Victory is $49.99, plus an MIR. Telling people to spend $100 on a phone, when they can get one of pretty comparable specs without LTE for $0, it doesn't jive. Sure, it's got a dual-core processor, but the iPhone 4 has a higher screen resolution, a comparable camera, etc. The Victory is a nice phone, to be sure, but it's a hard sell.

The next day I put the phone into home Sprint service only, so it didn't roam. After about 16 hours, the battery was at 53%, I didn't use the phone once, not even look at the screen.

I had my work phone, AT&T Nokia Lumia 920 with me, I used that a lot, after 16 hours, the battery was at 93%.

Are you familiar with an app called "BetterBatteryStats"? If you're the DIY type, Google it and learn about wakelocks and whatnot.