silverthornne

The new device has a new SIM.

For those experiencing low ear piece volume while on a call, just change the angle that you hold the device. It sounds silly, but it makes a big difference. The earpiece speaker just isn't located where the speaker grill makes you think it is. It's weird. Anyway, I'm also having problems with my M8. My first device worked well for about 12 days. Good LTE speeds, good call quality, it was a good device. Then it stopped doing data so I called Sprint tech support and told me towers were being optimized but it should work out fine in a couple of days. They suggested switching to CMDA only. CDMA data also started being affected, and then voice capability just died. It was a shiny pretty brick. I took the M8 to a store where they refused to help me because it was past the 14-day return window and I didn't have insurance. Well, I returned home, added insurance and returned to the store 2 days later. They determined it was defective and gave me a new one (after giving me a speech how they shouldn't do that but I lucked out they didn't have refurbished M8 - seriously Sprint? I just bought a phone, it doesn't work, and you feel the need to hand out a speech when giving me a replacement?). Well, this new M8 can do voice great, but it can't do data. Whether in LTE/CDMA or CDMA only mode, it just won't stay hooked up to data. In fact, I sought out help from Sprint.com chat for that (as I lacked another phone to use to call them) and they told me to do ##SCRTN# to reset it and after that it became a full brick since the device would not connect to data to reactivate. I had to borrow a phone to call them, explained to service what happened and they made me input ##311114#. That's kind of like a manual, data-less activation. Then it worked... for voice. It's still not doing data. And because the device worked at first, I didn't return it during the 14-day window. I feel like they pulled a bait and switch on me...

I have an HTC One M8 that worked fine for two weeks and then suddenly couldn't hold on to LTE and would drop calls constantly. After various talks with Sprint reps one of them said that Spark devices will have problems in non-Spark areas. Is this true or was he making it up? It just makes me concerned that I bought a pretty paperweight. Anyway, I ended up reactivating my M7 and will see if they let me return it since it's past the 14 day return window.

I'm extremely wary of anything Facebook does to get us to use it anymore than most people do already. Anyway, I'm not planning on installing it. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

Yea, I drive through there every day and it is a surprising gap. They hopefully fix it soon... Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

Well, that tower upgrade worked magic. So how far along is NV in PR then? For the first time since when I had a Pre I can say that Sprint has great data service... Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

Actually, it's pretty been pretty good coverage for me in that area for the past week. I work in the Monte Mall offices and have been running Sensorly to map the area since Monday. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

I'm in Puerto Rico and I can say when it's available, LTE is well worth the wait. Unfortunately, it seems I spend most of my time in areas that aren't ready yet and I may have awesome LTE coverage one day and EVDO the next. When there's full LTE (such as in my in-laws' go figure) the experience is amazing. I can watch my Ultraviolet videos with perfect performance over there! Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

Seeing some gaps getting filled out in San Juan. I've been getting LTE in the Escorial area for a while but always lose it driving towards Rio Piedras when reaching the post office. This morning the LTE signal reached through the intersection with road 181 (el elevado de Trujillo Alto). Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

So what is more or less the range of an LTE tower vs a 3G CDMA one? Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD

Well, right by the T-Mobile building in Ave. Muñoz Rivera Hato Rey I had no data and my phone went roaming around lunchtime. Just looked at my data widget and for the first time I'm getting eHRPD over here so I'm hopeful that there was some progress today! Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

So basically anything that's not officially announced is just undergoing testing? It's just that I get LTE at home and during my commute to work every day early in the morning but there is never any LTE available in any of the spots I've mapped in the morning when I drive back past 6PM. This is in Carretera 849 from Rio Piedras to Saint Just. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

Got some LTE at Parque Escorial in Carolina today. Had Sensorly map it out! Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

Sprint can be such a tease! Noticed the 4G indicator come up on my EVO LTE while in a meeting but it went away before I could test it! This was in Plaza 650 building in Ave. Muñoz Rivera (Monte Mall). I swear if Sprint turns LTE on by my job I'll even subscribe to a tethering plan! Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

Got some LTE today in Villa España in Bayamón. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2