ahecht

Looks like Softcard became Android Pay, and Sprint is not a partner.

I assume that Android Pay is the result of Google buying Softcard/ISIS, and that is why Sprint isn't showing up as an Android Pay partner -- they were never a Softcard partner.

I've never seen a Sprint CoW in Boston. Verizon and AT&T are at every big event, and T-Mobile is at quite a few as well, but not Sprint.

There are services, such as home monitoring/IP Webcam services, that use an IP whitelist.

My latest bill included a note that they're changing the upgrade eligibility for subsidized phones from 20 months to 24 months. Honestly it seems pretty stupid to me, they should have at least changed it back to 22 months. Getting people to renew BEFORE their contract expires is a great way to keep people from jumping ship, and Sprint needs all the help they can get with retention. Think about it like the average customer: currently a customer gets a notice that they can get a new phone. They might look at other carriers, but they'd have to wait four more months or pay an ETF to get a new shiny phone. That's a pretty big incentive to stay. Under the new plan, when a customer is eligible for a new phone they could either stay with Sprint or port to T-Mobile (which they keep seeing all these blogs raving about how great they are) or Verizon (which is offering a $150 credit to port in your number). Suddenly Sprint doesn't seem like such a hot deal.

I'm shocked that my local radio shack isn't closing. It's in a shopping mall that already has a third-party sprint store and there's a corporate store in the strip mall across the street.

Train track

Skymall

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/01/report-google-in-talks-to-buy-softcard-the-carriers-nfc-payment-app/

As long as they keep the drawers of electronic components (resistors, diodes, etc) it's fine by me. Radio shack is the last retail source for those items in most areas.

Loan shark

I think they tried that already: What's Candice Bergen doing these days?

Weed killer

It has to re-enable itself. It's baked into the kernel and data won't work without it. There are plenty of mostly stock roms like BadBoyz that have successfully removed it, but they had to modify dozens of files, as well as the kernel, to get it to work.

If you're on the latest update and disable it through EPST it will re-enable itself when you reboot.

The ItsOn app is very hidden and won't show up in your list of apps. Unless you installed something like the BadBoyz rom, it's on your phone.

Trapper keeper

New Loyalty offer from Sprint: http://support.sprint.com/support/article/title/1262a1a4-1c34-4543-b69d-d1e30f3931a7 Looks like long-time customers on SERO or EPRP don't get anything extra, but that's to be expected.

Bear claw

I'm seeing $360, and for new EasyPay lines only. On my current plan, I'd have to activate a new line, get the phone, cancel, and pay off the balance.

Factory reset

Fried oreo

Space cadet

Evil clown

Looks like Sprint stock just lost the rest of the bump it got from the iPhone plans.