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Hey all,
I need some help getting my Eris on the PagePlus network.
http://www.pagepluscellular.com/
I bought my Eris used and with no contract. Clean ESN as well.
I called my local PagePlus office, but they won't have anyone that can program the Eris for another month or so. I can't wait that long.
Does anyone here know what I need to do to get it setup correctly?
The rep mentioned it has something to do with "opera mini" and not actually flashing the phone. Just setting up the info.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
Even if I have to go through a different office. I just need this setup ASAP!
Also... I am going for the 1,200 Minutes / 1,200 SMS/MMS / 50 MB Data = $29.95 plan. This seems to be their best data plan. Anyone using this service able to use it with the Eris well? I will ONLY download apps and big stuff on my wifi network. I am not a data hog and would only check emails while away from wifi.
Thnx in advance!
~Syn
synaptyc said:
Hey all,
I need some help getting my Eris on the PagePlus network.
http://www.pagepluscellular.com/
I bought my Eris used and with no contract. Clean ESN as well.
I called my local PagePlus office, but they won't have anyone that can program the Eris for another month or so. I can't wait that long.
Does anyone here know what I need to do to get it setup correctly?
The rep mentioned it has something to do with "opera mini" and not actually flashing the phone. Just setting up the info.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
Even if I have to go through a different office. I just need this setup ASAP!
Also... I am going for the 1,200 Minutes / 1,200 SMS/MMS / 50 MB Data = $29.95 plan. This seems to be their best data plan. Anyone using this service able to use it with the Eris well? I will ONLY download apps and big stuff on my wifi network. I am not a data hog and would only check emails while away from wifi.
Thnx in advance!
~Syn
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Just go on ebay and look for "page plus activation" pay the 1.00 and give the ESN. I have the eris on pp but i cant get mms to work (most likely its me... )
Thnx Joey =) Doing this now =)
WOW! This couldn't have been easier!
I bought an eBay auction for $1.99 because the $1.00 auctions were for new activation with a new number. I ported my number over from Sprint. The auction led me to: www.KittyWireless.com
INCREDIBLE SERVICE!!! She is a one person operation. I know this because she has a LIVE chat thing on her site for answering questions. She handled all the calls and setup between Sprint & PagePlus. All I had to do was supply basic info. Uber easy.
On top of that, she offers a little discount on the normal monthly service! Normal price for the "Talk N Text 1200" is $29.95. My cost was $26.00 ... awesome.
That auction was the BEST $1.99 I ever spent =)
As for the setup of my Eris in the PagePlus network? Simple. From the time I bought the eBay auction and filled out my info on Kitty's website... I was making calls in under 2 hours. All I had to do was wait for her email, put the battery back in the Eris, and dial *22890. Everything works perfectly. Voice, Data, SMS, MMS. No problems at all.
Because of only getting 50MB with the plan, I will use it sparingly. I have access to WiFi 95% of my day. No biggie.
I am really liking this service so far and I HIGHLY recommend www.KittyWireless.com to ANYONE who doesn't want a contract. but DOES want excellent service!!!
(i know... i sound like a commercial... but she is THAT good)
~Syn
synaptyc said:
WOW! This couldn't have been easier!
I bought an eBay auction for $1.99 because the $1.00 auctions were for new activation with a new number. I ported my number over from Sprint. The auction led me to: www.KittyWireless.com
INCREDIBLE SERVICE!!! She is a one person operation. I know this because she has a LIVE chat thing on her site for answering questions. She handled all the calls and setup between Sprint & PagePlus. All I had to do was supply basic info. Uber easy.
On top of that, she offers a little discount on the normal monthly service! Normal price for the "Talk N Text 1200" is $29.95. My cost was $26.00 ... awesome.
That auction was the BEST $1.99 I ever spent =)
As for the setup of my Eris in the PagePlus network? Simple. From the time I bought the eBay auction and filled out my info on Kitty's website... I was making calls in under 2 hours. All I had to do was wait for her email, put the battery back in the Eris, and dial *22890. Everything works perfectly. Voice, Data, SMS, MMS. No problems at all.
Because of only getting 50MB with the plan, I will use it sparingly. I have access to WiFi 95% of my day. No biggie.
I am really liking this service so far and I HIGHLY recommend www.KittyWireless.com to ANYONE who doesn't want a contract. but DOES want excellent service!!!
(i know... i sound like a commercial... but she is THAT good)
~Syn
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So you got mms without doing anything other than activating? I have been unable to get mms working at all... I really think I need my account reset with page plus then.
Just call Page Plus and tell them to activate data / mms on your phone. Usually it's not automatically activated unless you call in and tell them. Likely they will tell you that it is active, or it can't be activated on your phone, just politely insist that they activate it. The CSR's aren't too bright.
I went to kitty and did an ESN reset. That fixed my mms issue.
Just trying to help next time
just pm and ill activate at no charge
I was wondering i have 2 droid eris phones and im going to be leaving verizon but i know they wont clear my esn, since i will be putting my verizon bill in my bankruptcy will i be able to go to Pages plus and use their service, also ive seen companies that UNLOCK your phone will i be able to do that with my eris droids. Im new to all this stuff and trying to figure it out.
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I was wondering i have 2 droid eris phones and im going to be leaving verizon but i know they wont clear my esn, since i will be putting my verizon bill in my bankruptcy will i be able to go to Pages plus and use their service
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If your phones don't have a clean ESN with Verizon, then they won't have a clean ESN with PagePlus. PagePlus is a Verizon MVNO. You would have to flash your devices to another carrier such as Cricket.
I transferred over my 2 droids to Pages plus from verizon, i took 2 old phones i had and activated them in the place of the droids and kept the data plan. the ESN #s came back clean with Pages plus so i transfered them and activated them and bought airtime they now work on Pages plus.
Now could Verizon come back and block those ESN #s in say a month and could i get kicked off of Pages plus?
Since i now have them active with Pages plus can verizon do anything to those phones or are they untouchable?
tnat1 said:
I transferred over my 2 droids to Pages plus from verizon, i took 2 old phones i had and activated them in the place of the droids and kept the data plan. the ESN #s came back clean with Pages plus so i transfered them and activated them and bought airtime they now work on Pages plus.
Now could Verizon come back and block those ESN #s in say a month and could i get kicked off of Pages plus?
Since i now have them active with Pages plus can verizon do anything to those phones or are they untouchable?
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I don't know if they'll still be able to ban the ESN or not, but if they are able to do this and do it, then you will not be automatically kicked off; you will still be able to use your phone. However, if you ever have to deactivate and reactivate your phone on the network (for an issue or something), you won't be able to get it reactivated.
Rooted?
i have a rooted eris. i called the page plus and they said my esn showed an unknown device. Can i still activate it?
You can activate it. It is unknown because its not officially supported.
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I put an eris on PP when they first came out, worked great. I looking at buying another soon. Now the down side, Verizon changes the access at will regarding what PP can put on their net. If you already have it paid and making calls on PP, they are still allowing this. and the dealer is right, it is as simple as configuring the device to find PP when you go to log on. I have the 1200/1200 on my HTC Ozone and it works perfect. soooo, stay in touch and if i get this eris tonight I will try to get it configured and let you know the steps.
Parrot Bob
There are several great threads on Howardforums regarding how best to set up an Android phone to stay within the 50mb, for those looking for that info. I'm actually here now researching and looking to buy an Eris to activate like this for a friend. Which Rom are most of you using with pageplus and why?
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I don't think any rom really changes anything with page plus. I use celb froyo personally I download launcher pro I like that better than adw which comes with the rom. Just get 3g watchdog and you're good to go!
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My rezound is coming Monday-- my buddy ordered it for me since I'm on his fam plan. He did it all online and claimed there was no choice to keep my unlimited plan from my Droid Incredible. He signed me up the for the 4 gb plan.. Any chance of me getting back my unlimited by going into a store and chatting w/ a sales rep once I have the phone in my hands? Or any other workarounds??
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My rezound is coming Monday-- my buddy ordered it for me since I'm on his fam plan. He did it all online and claimed there was no choice to keep my unlimited plan from my Droid Incredible. He signed me up the for the 4 gb plan.. Any chance of me getting back my unlimited by going into a store and chatting w/ a sales rep once I have the phone in my hands? Or any other workarounds??
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Yeah, you should be able to get the plan back in the store. Just go talk to someone to get it done.
Never should have been otherwise
Both verzion telesales and the stores will advise that you are automatically grandfathered. I am not sure how you managed to NOT be grandfathered, but you can call the 800 number too.
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Both verzion telesales and the stores will advise that you are automatically grandfathered. I am not sure how you managed to NOT be grandfathered, but you can call the 800 number too.
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It's the fact that he did it online. I know what he's talking about. There's not an option online for unlimited. You have to select one of the tiered options. If he goes in the store or calls, he'll be able to get back on the plan.
I was told that when you activate the phone you'll get the unlimited back - that's how mine worked
Interesting- thanks for the replies.. Sucks that I don't have access to the main account so I'm really hoping that the activation kicks it back in. Dunno really if I'll have any way to check except for to have my friend login to the account a day or so after activation?
Hag77 said:
Interesting- thanks for the replies.. Sucks that I don't have access to the main account so I'm really hoping that the activation kicks it back in. Dunno really if I'll have any way to check except for to have my friend login to the account a day or so after activation?
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Have your friend call your local Verizon store. I wouldn't think you would even need to call the customer service. The Verizon store should be able to do it for you.
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It's the fact that he did it online. I know what he's talking about. There's not an option online for unlimited. You have to select one of the tiered options. If he goes in the store or calls, he'll be able to get back on the plan.
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I upgraded online (same situation - family plan with four lines, two with unlimited data) and I can confirm that you ARE offered to keep your unlimited plan. I was required to change my sms plan. I used Amazon Wireless to upgrade about two weeks ago.
I have also heard that you lose unlimited once you've elected another plan. Evidently you can't go back.
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Online has nothing to do with it.
I bought my Rezound online (gave my Wife my Charge) & I kept my unlimited data with no problem.
~John
Dang- I don't like the sound of that.. He swore it didn't give him that option when he ordered it.. From these latest replies it sounds like once he clicked 4gb I got "locked in" and/or "un-granfathered".. Guess I'll hope for the best when it gets here and I activate.
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Online has nothing to do with it.
I bought my Rezound online (gave my Wife my Charge) & I kept my unlimited data with no problem.
~John
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I can verify this too. In fact for me they didn't even give me an option of going to the tiered data plan. I just clicked on and thought it was awesome.
Damn.. you guys are killin me. wish i coulda seen what he was seeing on the screen when he was going through the order process. Hoping for the best on monday when I have it in my hands and maybe call cust service to see what they can do for me.. Looking at it in a glass-half-full state if mind, 4gb should be fine as I don't think I ever eclipsed that on my incredible. Then again- I didn't have 4g lte to play with..
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Damn.. you guys are killin me. wish i coulda seen what he was seeing on the screen when he was going through the order process. Hoping for the best on monday when I have it in my hands and maybe call cust service to see what they can do for me.. Looking at it in a glass-half-full state if mind, 4gb should be fine as I don't think I ever eclipsed that on my incredible. Then again- I didn't have 4g to play with..
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Ur good man. I accidentally removed data from on of my lines (with unlimited data) and didn't realize what I did until later that day. I called to get it added back and yeah it took a couple hours to get it pushed through but I got my unlimited back.
You just have to have your buddy call and verify they kept your line unlimited. 4G is the business btw....you're gonna love it!
Thanks, I hope you're right.. The hardest part might be to actually get him to call.
Why do people keep thinking they'll lose unlimited, the talk was about people who cheated the system by calling and adding unlimited mobile hotspot and then going online and turning it off. We who have unlimited will not lose anything.
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The reason I think I'm losing it is cause he flat out told me he signed me up for 4gb cap and that there was no option for unlimited!
You can get it back at the store....but..
You can get it back at the store....but..You kinda have to raise a "stink". I specifically asked a sale person about it. I was told that he could get it back if I lost the "Unlimited" when I bought mine online. The online options tell you that "you are not compatible" If you have a grandfathered plan. When I got mine I just didn't check an option. My grandfathered plan came up at checkout. Good Luck.
I just asked the guy when I upgraded from my incredible to the Rezound if I still had unlimited data and he said yes, that's all I had to do.
Success! Struck out at VZW store they said they couldn't do it- then called cust service when I got home. Nice lady- she needed to call my friend to get account authorization (which was cool cause she didn't *have* to do that part). He approved, she approved and we're good. Thanks for all the stories/tips here in this thread. Don't know that I'll go over 4gb on reg basis but sure is nice not to have to think about it. Now that that's done- its time to have some mod fun.. time to hit the stickies in development...
Hag77 said:
Success! Struck out at VZW store they said they couldn't do it- then called cust service when I got home. Nice lady- she needed to call my friend to get account authorization (which was cool cause she didn't *have* to do that part). He approved, she approved and we're good. Thanks for all the stories/tips here in this thread. Don't know that I'll go over 4gb on reg basis but sure is nice not to have to think about it. Now that that's done- its time to have some mod fun.. time to hit the stickies in development...
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Awesome. Glad to hear it worked out for you! Now unlock that bad boy and have some REAL fun.
Okay, so before anyone says "Why not just call Sprint and figure it out?" Well the account is under my brother's name and I don't know all of his info and he's not home right now.
Anyways.
I'm really confused about what is going on with my Sprint account. The bill comes in, my brother pays it. Not even a week later I get a text message from Sprint sent to my phone (even though I'm not the leading phone/number, my brother is) saying your account is scheduled to be disconnected due to late payment blah blah blah. I figured hey we just payed this a week ago, I guess it's just a delayed message and my service wont actually be cut off. Nope, 12 am my service is cut off. The weird thing, my brother's service (which is on the same line/account mind you) still works. This is the second or third time this has happened. Why is it acting as if we have two different lines/accounts even though it's all one family plan?
I know there are some people from Sprint on these forums, or maybe someone has actually had this happen to them before. How and why is this happening?
Vesnik said:
Okay, so before anyone says "Why not just call Sprint and figure it out?" Well the account is under my brother's name and I don't know all of his info and he's not home right now.
Anyways.
I'm really confused about what is going on with my Sprint account. The bill comes in, my brother pays it. Not even a week later I get a text message from Sprint sent to my phone (even though I'm not the leading phone/number, my brother is) saying your account is scheduled to be disconnected due to late payment blah blah blah. I figured hey we just payed this a week ago, I guess it's just a delayed message and my service wont actually be cut off. Nope, 12 am my service is cut off. The weird thing, my brother's service (which is on the same line/account mind you) still works. This is the second or third time this has happened. Why is it acting as if we have two different lines/accounts even though it's all one family plan?
I know there are some people from Sprint on these forums, or maybe someone has actually had this happen to them before. How and why is this happening?
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That's odd. I've never had that happen. My wife has never even gotten a text from Sprint.
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It's possible your brother just paid his line and not the whole account, thus your phone is getting shut off but his isn't.
No, not from what I know. It would be all lines on the account. I have a friend that works for Sprint in the account support department and I'll ask him. It really sounds like a problem on their end.
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Well, it might be because you're gay, I don't see any other explanation. Haha J/K!!!
it is kinda weird. The best you could do is give them a call or at least check online.
By any chance, was your accounts individual and later on joined as family plan? There could be issues with your account in their backend server regarding the billing side.
I once saw this happen to some people while working for France Telecom.
If so or even if not try calling and straighting things up, because there could be issues in the billing software even if the difference in activation time was minutes, you just had the lucky system glitch.
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Just got off the phone with Sprint, and they said I won't be able to make a phone call, receive phone calls, or even text messages until October 14th because they are in the process of upgrading their towers to the new LTE network in the Fort Worth area. It's weird to own a phone that I can't use for the most basic features. GO Sprint GO.
P.S. Any recommendations on how to make a phone call or text over data so I can still make calls/text?
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Just got off the phone with Sprint, and they said I won't be able to make a phone call, receive phone calls, or even text messages until October 14th because they are in the process of upgrading their towers to the new LTE network in the Fort Worth area. It's weird to own a phone that I can't use for the most basic features. GO Sprint GO.
P.S. Any recommendations on how to make a phone call or text over data so I can still make calls/text?
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Seems to me you were fed a line. Call back and see if the answer changes. If it doesn't, your are entitled to a credit. No questions asked.
roids87 said:
Seems to me you were fed a line. Call back and see if the answer changes. If it doesn't, your are entitled to a credit. No questions asked.
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Yeah, they gave me a $10 credit, if that ain't a joke.
NoClemency said:
Just got off the phone with Sprint, and they said I won't be able to make a phone call, receive phone calls, or even text messages until October 14th because they are in the process of upgrading their towers to the new LTE network in the Fort Worth area. It's weird to own a phone that I can't use for the most basic features. GO Sprint GO.
P.S. Any recommendations on how to make a phone call or text over data so I can still make calls/text?
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Sounds fishy... It's hard to believe that a carrier would just deny services and continue to charge for them. I assume this would mean no service for anyone in the ft worth area since you're not the only one who uses those towers. I don't think Sprint would risk the class action lawsuit.
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premo15 said:
Sounds fishy... It's hard to believe that a carrier would just deny services and continue to charge for them. I assume this would mean no service for anyone in the ft worth area since you're not the only one who uses those towers. I don't think Sprint would risk the class action lawsuit.
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No arguments there. I'll probably call back in a few days to see if they have anything better for me. Right now I'm sick and lost my voice, so I just don't want to deal with it. But once I get my voice back, I'll see if I can't get anything better out of them. Especially since I'm still paying for when I can't even use my phone which is kind of stupid.
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No arguments there. I'll probably call back in a few days to see if they have anything better for me. Right now I'm sick and lost my voice, so I just don't want to deal with it. But once I get my voice back, I'll see if I can't get anything better out of them. Especially since I'm still paying for when I can't even use my phone which is kind of stupid.
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Why would you call back in a few days? I would all over them about this if it were me and I wouldn't let up until I had a real explanation. Tell them to fix your **** or let you out of your contract (as not providing service to you while I assume you are in good standing and not violation the TOS on their part)
However, there are at least 3 sides to every situation what you say, what sprint says, and what really going on. Not calling you a liar it just seems like there is more to the story.
That's my 2 cents.
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NoClemency said:
Just got off the phone with Sprint, and they said I won't be able to make a phone call, receive phone calls, or even text messages until October 14th because they are in the process of upgrading their towers to the new LTE network in the Fort Worth area. It's weird to own a phone that I can't use for the most basic features. GO Sprint GO.
P.S. Any recommendations on how to make a phone call or text over data so I can still make calls/text?
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Sounds like a load of BS to me. I haven't had a problem with service around the area... I haven't actually been into "Fort Worth" in a few days, but I live pretty damn close. There is no way they could just shut off all services like that for almost two months. That rep must have been new or lied or something, because that doesn't even SOUND reasonable.
lol if they couldnt provide me service until Oct. 14th i would have just said i want to cancel without a fee immediately because i do business with my phone. and they can't really do squat because i pay for a service and they don't even let me do the most basic of functions.
OP needs to call back and get clarification. Only thing I have found:
https://www.sprint.net/maint_view.php
I might try to call again tonight once I get off of work. But again I'm not entirely sure what to say. Plus right now, I've lost my voice, so I can barely talk, as a result, I can't even show anger in my voice, so getting made isn't much of an option. I'm still not sure what I'm going to do yet.
I'm like on day 5 of this **** it reallllly sucks. I live in Irving an have been having everything except the "can't make calls". Sprint needs to give a free month or something better.
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Same here. Today is day 5 for me as well. But according to Sprint, I still have a lot of days left in front of me since the tower won't be back on until October 14th.
sobaked2921 said:
I'm like on day 5 of this **** it reallllly sucks. I live in Irving an have been having everything except the "can't make calls". Sprint needs to give a free month or something better.
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Send me a pm. I am in dfw, work for sprint and glad to take a look at what's going on.
Pm me your number and some random addresses where you are having issues
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sobaked2921 said:
I'm like on day 5 of this **** it reallllly sucks. I live in Irving an have been having everything except the "can't make calls". Sprint needs to give a free month or something better.
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You should see if you can get an Airrave which makes your phone work over wifi... that really sucks tho. That only works at home tho...maybe they can send you a 2nd one for work.
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I just got off the phone with the a Sprint manager last night, who then connected me to her EVO specialist. She was also unable to solve the problem, so she told me that she will get the towers in the area looked at and try to determine what is going on in the area and give me a call back within 72 hours. That said, they said they were going to do this once before 5 days ago now, but I still haven't got a call back from then. However, one good thing that I got out of it all is that they are crediting my account for the past 6 days and how ever many days more it takes to get my phone back on the network. So at the very least, now I'm not paying for phone service that I'm not getting, so that makes me happy. I'm sure they will figure something soon with the towers if not maybe they can give me Airrave so I can at least make phone calls while I'm at home which would make things more liveable. I'll keep everyone posted on what they discover and what they decide to do.
In addition, my location is the TCU campus in Fort Worth. I live close by and go to school there. In both areas I get no cell service. But once I drive about 5 miles away I have no problems. Let me know if anyone else in the area is experience the problems on XDA. The sprint store nearby between Berry and Hulen St. said they have had a few customers coming the past few days with the same problem, but I was curious if anyone on here was also experiencing my pain.
NoClemency said:
I just got off the phone with the a Sprint manager last night, who then connected me to her EVO specialist. She was also unable to solve the problem, so she told me that she will get the towers in the area looked at and try to determine what is going on in the area and give me a call back within 72 hours. That said, they said they were going to do this once before 5 days ago now, but I still haven't got a call back from then. However, one good thing that I got out of it all is that they are crediting my account for the past 6 days and how ever many days more it takes to get my phone back on the network. So at the very least, now I'm not paying for phone service that I'm not getting, so that makes me happy. I'm sure they will figure something soon with the towers if not maybe they can give me Airrave so I can at least make phone calls while I'm at home which would make things more liveable. I'll keep everyone posted on what they discover and what they decide to do.
In addition, my location is the TCU campus in Fort Worth. I live close by and go to school there. In both areas I get no cell service. But once I drive about 5 miles away I have no problems. Let me know if anyone else in the area is experience the problems on XDA. The sprint store nearby between Berry and Hulen St. said they have had a few customers coming the past few days with the same problem, but I was curious if anyone on here was also experiencing my pain.
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I will try and pull up that area today
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NoClemency said:
I just got off the phone with the a Sprint manager last night, who then connected me to her EVO specialist. She was also unable to solve the problem, so she told me that she will get the towers in the area looked at and try to determine what is going on in the area and give me a call back within 72 hours. That said, they said they were going to do this once before 5 days ago now, but I still haven't got a call back from then. However, one good thing that I got out of it all is that they are crediting my account for the past 6 days and how ever many days more it takes to get my phone back on the network. So at the very least, now I'm not paying for phone service that I'm not getting, so that makes me happy. I'm sure they will figure something soon with the towers if not maybe they can give me Airrave so I can at least make phone calls while I'm at home which would make things more liveable. I'll keep everyone posted on what they discover and what they decide to do.
In addition, my location is the TCU campus in Fort Worth. I live close by and go to school there. In both areas I get no cell service. But once I drive about 5 miles away I have no problems. Let me know if anyone else in the area is experience the problems on XDA. The sprint store nearby between Berry and Hulen St. said they have had a few customers coming the past few days with the same problem, but I was curious if anyone on here was also experiencing my pain.
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No problems here in the Arlington/Mansfield/Kennedale area so far... I guess if that changes I will be reporting on here and raising hell with Sprint as well.
00mred00 said:
Send me a pm. I am in dfw, work for sprint and glad to take a look at what's going on.
Pm me your number and some random addresses where you are having issues
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Pm sent. I've been all around north dallas to Arlington an I still havin issues. Any help would be great man. I'm thinkin this is only for LTE phones cuz my brother is on my line an he use an epic touch with no problems
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sobaked2921 said:
Pm sent. I've been all around north dallas to Arlington an I still havin issues. Any help would be great man. I'm thinkin this is only for LTE phones cuz my brother is on my line an he use an epic touch with no problems
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If that is the case it is either a provisioning error, phone isn't set to cdma only or bad phone.
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sobaked2921 said:
Pm sent. I've been all around north dallas to Arlington an I still havin issues. Any help would be great man. I'm thinkin this is only for LTE phones cuz my brother is on my line an he use an epic touch with no problems
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I don't think you have the same problem that I do, because if I leave my area my phone works, fine. I'm only having trouble when I'm at TCU or at my house which is right next to TCU. But who knows, maybe they are related.
P.S. I've already changed my phone to CDMA only to see if it would help but got no change. Plus I've already taken it into the Sprint store, and they said everything was fine with the phone and factory reset it and everything, but saw no problems because their building is outside of my tower radius, as a result the phone worked perfectly there.
Okay I have a few ideas about getting a discounted phone and keeping unlimited data. First off my line is available for an upgrade this November, and another member of my family has an upgrade now, they do not have a smartphone now but will be getting a smartphone with 2gb data. So my first idea is once they get there upgrade, wait until mine is available and then transfer it to their line and have them upgrade again, and then I take that phone and put my sim card into it. Now I'm not sure, but I think the problem with that is when transferring my upgrade and having someone use it, will extend my contract and bump me to tired data, which I can't have happen. So if any of you have tried this method and had success I would really appreciate if you could tell me exactly how you did it.
The other method I read about was having a rep transfer the unlimited data plan to a tired data plan within the family and transferring the tired to the used to be unlimited, and then upgrading with tired data, and then switching the respective data plans back and maintaining unlimited data.
Again if anyone has had any luck with any of these ideas, or were able to keep your unlimited and get a subsidized phone another way, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a detailed response.
Thanks!!
You can use the other person's upgrade no problem, but if anyone uses yours, you will need a new contract and lose unlimited. I don't know about the more complex tiered data switching scheme... sounds like something that might work if the reps were feeling very charitable.
lukesed said:
You can use the other person's upgrade no problem, but if anyone uses yours, you will need a new contract and lose unlimited. I don't know about the more complex tiered data switching scheme... sounds like something that might work if the reps were feeling very charitable.
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Friend, just go to Gazelle and get a nice used phone for a couple hundred bucks and call it a day.
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You can use another family members upgrade by swapping phones after they upgrade, but you can't give your upgrade to someone else without losing unlimited. So either you convince your family member to give them your upgrade and you give them your old phone, you don't have many other options.
Thanks everyone. It sucks Verizon is doing this to its grandfathered users, but I guess I will just have to keep using the Thunderbolt until I have enough to buy a phone of contract.
schwab16 said:
Thanks everyone. It sucks Verizon is doing this to its grandfathered users, but I guess I will just have to keep using the Thunderbolt until I have enough to buy a phone of contract.
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Hell yeah, I used 8 gb last month w/ wifi tether...not giving that up for no one lol
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heath2805 said:
Hell yeah, I used 8 gb last month w/ wifi tether...not giving that up for no one lol
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The funny thing is, I typically use around 3GB per month, even when I tether. I just hate the idea of always checking how much data I used to ensure that I don't go over!
geoff5093 said:
The funny thing is, I typically use around 3GB per month, even when I tether. I just hate the idea of always checking how much data I used to ensure that I don't go over!
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I'm kind of in the same boat. I am pretty much always on wifi now because I work from home, but I don't want to lose unlimited data in case I ever feel like using more data again. Been considering making a switch over to T-Mobile next time I feel like upgrading.
arrghushakaboorga said:
I'm kind of in the same boat. I am pretty much always on wifi now because I work from home, but I don't want to lose unlimited data in case I ever feel like using more data again. Been considering making a switch over to T-Mobile next time I feel like upgrading.
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I would love to switch to T-Mobile, but I'm about 15 minutes from the city so I only get 2G here, and I could never live with that. If you do go T-Mobile, I'd check out either the $30/mo. for 100 minutes with unlimited text and data, or the $50 unlimited everything.
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I would love to switch to T-Mobile, but I'm about 15 minutes from the city so I only get 2G here, and I could never live with that. If you do go T-Mobile, I'd check out either the $30/mo. for 100 minutes with unlimited text and data, or the $50 unlimited everything.
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I'm contemplating checking their service out. $50 unlimited everything works well for me since I do make fair use of minutes at times (mostly work-related). If their service in my area is good, I could see getting the Note 2 from them rather than buy it unsubsidized from Verizon.
Regarding the earlier comment about giving your upgrade to someone else, have you verified this? I had read through the grapevine an ok workaround was to transfer your upgrade to another line, use it, then activate it on your line again to bypass all the stuff. Just don't want to try the wrong thing when the time comes and get spanked for it hah.
johnchad14 said:
Regarding the earlier comment about giving your upgrade to someone else, have you verified this? I had read through the grapevine an ok workaround was to transfer your upgrade to another line, use it, then activate it on your line again to bypass all the stuff. Just don't want to try the wrong thing when the time comes and get spanked for it hah.
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If memory serves me correct it will lock you in for a 2 year contract so you would end up paying for 2 separate lines that way but I am not totally sure there.
Oh, we have the lines. And dumbphones on them that are used (grandparents on jitterbug like phones...heh) I know I can get away with upgrading one of those lines, then activating it on mine. I was just hoping someone had tried transferring the upgrade from smartphone to another line, upgrading, then activating back on real line. In essence, still using your own upgrading and just subverting contractual stuff by doing all the action on another line.
Gnoop said:
I'm contemplating checking their service out. $50 unlimited everything works well for me since I do make fair use of minutes at times (mostly work-related). If their service in my area is good, I could see getting the Note 2 from them rather than buy it unsubsidized from Verizon.
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You should check out the T-mobile thread in the Galaxy S3 section before switching. There are a lot of comments regarding the poor quality of service.
dontsayeta said:
You should check out the T-mobile thread in the Galaxy S3 section before switching. There are a lot of comments regarding the poor quality of service.
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Think that has to do with the Samsung radio gripe which is really hit and miss but can be a problem. My mom has a g nex that gets a little flaky at times at home because of it. Before I put the update on it basically it was a coaster in my hosue
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You should check out the T-mobile thread in the Galaxy S3 section before switching. There are a lot of comments regarding the poor quality of service.
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I'll need to take a look at that and Note 2 discussion on T-Mobile. My area is possibly iffy for T-Mobile, which is why I'm concerned. AT&T was historically a problem. Verizon has had the best coverage at home so I'm reluctant to move away from them.