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I've always wondered why the carriers don't provide their own wifi. I'm pretty sure that AT&T has a nice sized wifi network. I imagine that having wifi in major areas would help people with the negative perceptions of slow or unusable data during events and in big tourist attractions while keeping the network stable and usable for voice and text traffic.

I was over in Thailand and this was common there. If you paid for wireless you could access many hotspots put up by the wireless provider.

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OK I reinstalled. We will see what happens. I'm using Tapatalk Pro and signing in with Google +.

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Sure you don't mean leave the last digit off the IMEI... Which is the MEID.?

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If you take your box to the store they can bar code scan what they need right off the box. That is how I watched them activate mine. They hit the box and sim with their bar code scanner. I'm also on sero and have a 32g phone. No issues.

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If you want to go, do it. I've tried T-Mobile and while you can get some fast lte download speeds the grass isn't greener. Indoor coverage is terrible and outside of cities your going to be on edge/2G speeds. Most my of friends on T-Mobile are not happy with their coverage.

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Anyone else have an issue where you have to keep reentering your password for S4GRU into tapatalk frequently? Other forums like XDA I never have to login over and over.

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Sprint used to roam to Verizon. Is that still true today.? I always had great rural coverage because my phone would roam on Verizon and I don't think anyone would argue that their rural coverage isn't the best of any carrier.

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It's probably a eCSFB issue. 4G only towers (purple ones on the sponsor maps) are not hooked up correctly to communicate with the 3G side of the network in non-incumbent markets, so in order to preserve calls and texts going to the phone, tri-band phones (which don't have SVLTE), park on 1x/3G. Robert wrote an article on the wall about it that explains better than me. 

If it was a eCSFB issue, the I wouldn't be able to connect after cycling airplane mode one would thing, but if I toggle airplane mode, I connect to LTE just fine.   Most of the time the phone switches over to LTE, but today we were having lunch in a place literally 200 yards from a known active LTE tower, and it never auto-switched to LTE after being there 45min to an hour.  

I posted about the Nexus 5 being "stuck" on 3G before when close to an active LTE tower. Happened again today, and I don't believe it was a "scanning" timer issue, because I stayed in the same spot having lunch for about an hour and the phone never kicked over to LTE until I toggled airplane mode.   Seems like a real issue that hopefully will get resolved at some point. 

What is? I pulled it right off the sprint web site. It's current.

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When Sprint has their network properly built out, the whole this radio vs that radio debate won't matter much.

The G2 has better hardware than the Nexus 5, I don't think anyone would argue that. (but someone probably will in a second)  The G2 has a bigger screen, bigger battery, better camera.

For myself the Nexus 5 allowed me to step up to a tri-band phone from the GS3 I had without getting locked into another 2 year commitment to Sprint. This allows me to test out Spark when we get it, and if it isn't all that and a box of chocolates like promised, I can change carriers with no hassle.   If Spark turns out to be awesome like we all expect, I may very well let Sprint give me a free G2 on an upgrade, lock in to an awesome network for another 2 years, and sell the Nexus 5 for probably dang near what I paid for it if history is any indicator. 

What is also nice about the Nexus 5 is that I've been able to run a T-mobile SIM on the $30 plan while I wait for a few more LTE towers to come on line here in AZ. I need about 3 more towers in my area to be LTE accepted and I'll drop the Sprint SIM back in.   Until then I'm paying for 2 wireless plans, but honestly with the price of Sprint SERO + TMO $30/mo. I'm still paying less than my friends on AT&T   

I asked about this a few months back with Sprint on the phone and was told they aren't going to implement this policy until they actually shut down their wimax network which won't happen until 2015 or later. It seems it'd be better to just get the iPhone exchanged out, extend contract and pick up a free phone or find one used and in good condition and just use that if your friend is looking for a cheap way into an LTE device.

2015? I though they had to shut off wimax to enable spark on 2500 ?   Anyway, she is a single mother without extra money to through around.   She will probably just use the EVO 4G until her normal upgrade date hits, then get a free phone and another 2 year contact or Sprint offers her a free phone to get off wimax, whatever happens first. 

I use Google Voice but as a second line and seperate from my Sprint number.

 

 

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That wouldn't do it. The problem I have with google voice is when you enable full integration so your sprint # becomes your google voice #.  When I have that enabled about every 4th or 5th call will ring the persons phone your calling, but on my end, I hear nothing except my own voice echos in my ear. I'll have to re-dial them sometimes 2-3 times before it goes through correctly.  

This has been an on-going problem with GV integration that I've seen others post about. I'm surprised Sprint has never fixed it, because it happens with enough frequency that it's not all that hard to reproduce. 

The GS3 and original GS4 were both released around the start of summer on Sprint. Even if the GS5 was announced in March, it'd still be until June before Sprint releases it.

Unless you live in a spark enabled area I'd wait for the gs5.

Are you using the google voice integration?  If I enable GV integration I have this problem, and it goes away when I disable.

My reason for asking is because my friends iPhone 5 is acting up, but she has an EVO 4G laying around. I told her the best plan may be to reactivate the EVO 4G use that and hopefully get offered an in-contract upgrade to an LTE device soon. 

Anyone been offered a free phone?  (Quoting Sprint TOS)

"New Agreements on the Sprint 4G (WiMAX) Network: Your Service on a device activated on the Sprint 4G (WiMAX) Network may require a new one or two-year Agreement per line. Sprint expressly reserves the right to migrate your Service during this Agreement term from the Sprint 4G (WiMAX) Network to the Sprint 4G LTE network to complete your Agreement term. Reasonable advance notice of the Service change will be provided to impacted customers, who can then select one of the following options: (a) Choose to complete the Agreement term using your existing device without 4G (WiMAX) capability ( Elect to complete the Agreement term by contacting us after receiving notice from Sprint to transition to the Sprint 4G LTE network with no additional term commitment required (Transition Option)© Deactivate service. Deactivations because of this Service change will not result in an Early Termination Fee (ETF). Transition Option: If you select the Transition Option, you will receive a free standard Sprint LTE capable device and can maintain your existing Service plan, if available. During the Agreement term, Sprint may provide other offers that are separate from the Transition Option, and these offers will be subject to a new two-year Agreement per line."

I see a lot of LG G2 Sprint phones go for around $300 - $325 on Ebay (new), and that phone has better specs than the Nexus 5. If I could get it unlocked I would have gone that route probably. 

What speeds should we expect on an LTE enabled tower with a strong signal ?  I typically seeing anywhere from 3mb up to as high as 20, but usually it's around 4-7 . 

How do you have both at the same time? Please explain!

I'm curious about this too. It would be great if it was possible to have the phone using sprint cdma for calls but put a T-Mobile sim in and get data from T-Mobile.

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Here is the T-mobile web page on it that should clear up all confusion..   I went with option #1.   If you're buying a new device from Google or Apple, just order it with a T-mobile SIM installed and you're good to go. 

http://www.t-mobile.com/landing/free-mobile-internet-data.html

So the question is were the employees incorrect in stating that you needed a voice plan or would a t-mo customer have to scam the system to get the same result that you did?

The Tmobile employee are wrong. Their CEO has come out and said the 200mb offer is for anyone who owns a 3g/LTE tablet and puts it on the Tmobile network.  

Just install a SIM and go through online activation. It won't even prompt you for any credit card info, just name and phone number. 

Interesting, you signed up for tmo service since your original post. Bravo, tmo.

I'm confused. I have not signed up for tmo service. I'm using the 200mb free and I use sprint for phone service. Tmo doesn't even have my credit card info.

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