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Reposting from the other thread for those who have acquired the S5:

 

I'll apologize in advance if this is a stupid question (and I say that because I have never owned an S3 or S4 previously to have any sort of previous-gen insight if there's a Samsung equivalent that basically carries over each generation starting with the S3), but whether or not any of you have already found and bought a car dock for your S5, can you tell or speak to whether or not it has a different car/vehicle 'dock mode' and what the presentation of it looks like?  Thanks.

Ok, I was able to track down a copy of the manual via the SamMobile site here:

http://www.sammobile.com/2014/04/02/samsung-galaxy-s5-manual-now-available-online/

And starting on page 128 it has a section on 'Car mode'....it claims you go into the quick settings panel and then check it to enable it.  As this appears to be an EU manual and it also states that 'this app may not be available depending on the region or service provider', can someone check and confirm whether (a.) this does indeed exist on the Sprint variant, and if so, (1b.) can you test it to see if it is locked to only the Samsung solutions for messaging or if you can associate to 3rd party apps such as Handcent, and (2b.) What option(s) does pressing 'Music' give you?

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The link above is a leak pulled from sprints website Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

The original post links to the same information, just a different website.

Reposting from the other thread for those who have acquired the S5:

I'll apologize in advance if this is a stupid question (and I say that because I have never owned an S3 or S4 previously to have any sort of previous-gen insight if there's a Samsung equivalent that basically carries over each generation starting with the S3), but whether or not any of you have already found and bought a car dock for your S5, can you tell or speak to whether or not it has a different car/vehicle 'dock mode' and what the presentation of it looks like?  Thanks.

I'll apologize in advance if this is a stupid question (and I say that because I have never owned an S3 or S4 previously to have any sort of previous-gen insight), but whether or not any of you have already found and bought a car dock for your S5, do you have any knowledge of whether it has a car/vehicle dock mode and what the presentation of it looks like?

So on some info sheets I saw about the s5 it still says simultaneous wifi/LTE booster. Maybe this feature will be enabled at either a later date. Or is hidden.

Doubt it....an article came out the last day or two saying it wouldn't be enabled on Sprint, Verizon or AT&T variants.  Tmo is the only one that has it, ironically.

Exactly.   I mean why would late night want to hear Robert talk about Sprint LTE all the time

I was truly hoping to see Robert do a man-on-the-street segment and find a 'Just RRUs' store, ala about 1:49 into this video:

Why are carrier maps stuck in 1995?

 

I think everybody prefers the sensorly style google masp overlay.

Yeah, even if it *were* halfway accurate (and it isn't), I have both a high end PC fully updated as well as a 28ms ping/just shy of 20Mbps connection as indicated by a Speedtest I just ran as I'm typing this, and it takes a good 10-15 seconds minimum just to zoom in one single notch on that thing from the full starting continental US view.  Even accuracy aside, that kind of responsiveness, or lack thereof, isn't exactly what you want to have representative of you when you're trying to lure potential customers, and definitely an area they will hopefully improve upon.

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Information has surfaced about the Sprint LG G3 variant!

http://www.mylgphones.com/sprint-lg-g3-spotted-in-uaprof-as-lg-ls990.html

Keep in mind that in store reps are only trained, pushed and graded on sales. They literally do not give a f about technical knowledge at the rep level. id take most on this site over everyone besides maybe 5 sprint retail employees I've ever met in 3 years at sprint.

 

And don't get me started on customer care they are even worse.....

Oh I know, I just meant that I'm not sure I would have been able to control my reaction to hearing that stated even with the knowledge.  I'd love it if people like you, koi and others here were more indicative of the typical Sprint store or customer service rep.

I asked a couple reps why the map shows LTE coverage in voice roaming areas. I always got the answer that Sprint hasn't added voice to those new towers yet and they are data only right now.

I literally don't know how I would have reacted if a Sprint rep said that to me, particularly if it was live in a store.  My kneejerk thought is that I would be laughing too hard to breathe and just walk out the door with tears streaming down my face, assuming I didn't just pass out from oxygen deprivation first.

Because hardly anyone who maps on sensorly goes down every side street, especially in rural areas. For instance there's a stretch of fairly dark purple and dark purple right along the major interstate in my area where I can't get LTE on my n5(the best rf phone there is to date) even if I force it, run the .15 radio, and uses all the tricks in the book to connect...so sensorly can be wrong too.

 

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It can be wrong or off to some extent sure, and then there are always going to be device RF performance variances....but its still typically far more accurate (or can be extrapolated from what *is* there to give a much more accurate perception of reality) by comparison IMO.

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Sprint's map shows a pocket of off-network roaming around my mom & dad's house 2 hours south of here, and yet 'fair' 4G LTE coverage most of the way around that pocket.

The biggest problem with this is the fact that the closest Sprint tower at all is a good 5-6 miles away in north Alabama as the crow flies, and even if the tower has very recently been LTE updated and the acceptance just hasn't made it to Robert yet, I can guarantee you there's no way LTE signal would make it up there much less even further north of it, because I constantly am flipping between the faintest of Sprint 3G data signals (even after being NV 3G complete) and roaming on Verizon at mom & dad's, and even a little over a mile back on the main highway (mom & dad's place is a little over a mile down a state road east of the main 4-lane), I can barely hold onto a Sprint 3G data connection there either.

Honestly, I don't know why anyone would bother wasting time with the Sprint map assuming they have any knowledge of Sensorly.com to begin with.

New screenshot of the G3:

http://www.newcellphonesblog.com/lg-g3-screenshot-with-new-ui.html

Edit:  Actually I didn't notice the source at first, PhoneArena has a little more detail:

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Alleged-LG-G3-screenshot-hints-at-more-flat-design-to-Optimus-UI_id54973

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For twospirits and whoever else has assisted in reworking the stickied FAQ thread, that is outstanding work that's been needed a good while here, and while I know it will help me personally at times as well myself, this should really help out new members looking to learn.  

Major tip of the hat to anyone and everyone involved in constructing all that information and getting it right. 

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I actually loved that commercial---the first 6 or 7 times. I think the repetitiveness of it wore thin after awhile to be sure.

But honestly, if I were Masa and looking to acquire various entities to enhance Sprint's position, I'd go directly to whatever agency Geico uses and buy them out in a heartbeat. There are other insurance agencies with good commercials these days too, but Geico has been cream of the crop for a long while IMO and a healthy distance from all other comers, and even with staying with the first two gecko/caveman motifs have continually branched out with other newer/creative/funny ideas too.

My sagacity has its limits, without question, and those limitations increase every day I get older.  

Of course, some with divergent senses of humor may take the fact I find the content in the videos above hilarious and miss those days to mean that the term 'sagacity' and I are mutually exclusive to begin with.