Hi guys I just switched to sprint from att. I have spent some serious time researching this question but have come up with conflicting answers and honestly coming from att I just cant quite wrap my head around this. could someone tell me if I can get verizon 3g data on my e3d? I have the unlimited plan and live in a roaming area but verizon 3g signal is quite strong if this is possible could someone please point me in the right direction? thank you.
oxlong27 said:
Hi guys I just switched to sprint from att. I have spent some serious time researching this question but have come up with conflicting answers and honestly coming from att I just cant quite wrap my head around this. could someone tell me if I can get verizon 3g data on my e3d? I have the unlimited plan and live in a roaming area but verizon 3g signal is quite strong if this is possible could someone please point me in the right direction? thank you.
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you can force roam using an app called roam control but sprint has been tracking down on heavy roamers and cancelling their contracts so id suggest u call sprint first and find out
Thank you. Now will I be able to roam on 3g
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oxlong27 said:
Thank you. Now will I be able to roam on 3g
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What? CALL THEM AND ASK. they will cancel your account if you use too much roam data in consecutive months
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It's risky...you can force roaming onto a Verizon tower a few different ways but if you push around 300-500mb of data roaming for around 3 consecutive months Sprint all cancel you from their service without letting you know ahead of time.
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I had to juggle between the two towers at Fort Sam. One month Verizon, the next Sprint. It's a hassle, but it kept me within my limits.
oxlong27 said:
Hi guys I just switched to sprint from att. I have spent some serious time researching this question but have come up with conflicting answers and honestly coming from att I just cant quite wrap my head around this. could someone tell me if I can get verizon 3g data on my e3d? I have the unlimited plan and live in a roaming area but verizon 3g signal is quite strong if this is possible could someone please point me in the right direction? thank you.
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Just get an airrave for your house and you most likely won't go over the data... Good news is that if you consistently go over sprint will let you out the contract.... They offered that to me after I told them I live in a roaming area.... The offered the airrave or an out of my contract.
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This was posted on the Evo 4G forums and is kind of old news, but for those who didn't know: You can get a free Airave from Sprint by calling retentions at (877)775-4886 and complaining you have bad service in your house. I have horrid service in my apartment so I'm barely on my phone here, just called them up and told them about it. They offered me a free Airave and told me that it would be here in 7-10 days since it's backordered. Thought I'd share.
Something to keep your mind off of S-Off for a little while
Edit: Hey, I'm happy people are still getting free airaves since I posted this. It's definitely worth it if you live in a apartment or basement with no service.
Also, I wanted to post my stand up video from last friday, let me know what you guys think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB-cXTndKMA
Sweet thanks man, that's news to me.
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I love my airave.....best thing I did for my home.....data 24/7.....they even waived the 5 dollar surcharge every month for Me.....
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reverepats said:
I love my airave.....best thing I did for my home.....data 24/7.....they even waived the 5 dollar surcharge every month for Me.....
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Yep, signal here has degraded over the years to the point where it bounces back and forth from Sprint to roam. Told Sprint this and they sent me one free with free service without hesitation.
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does it makes 4g better to
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does it makes 4g better to
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Nope.....I live just 5 miles from Boston, so supposively I live in a great 4G area, and I still don't get it in my house..I don't think its suppost to help 4g signal tho...but it would be nice
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Sweet. Question: I've tried a few attempts at making my bill smaller, last rep I talked to applied a 25$ credit to the account which he said was for nothing basically. Didn't say it was continuing my contract or anything just "funsies" basically.
Would complaining about my signal strength, which is abismal, look suspicious? I was planning on calling about the credit for staying with them another 2 years. Hey, jobless and getting ready for college, I need all the spare change I can get! Lol
Are We Not Phones?
We Are D3VO!
Are we not phones?!
3.DeE.V.O.!!
Thanks op they just sent one out for me
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I think you should let everyone know that it requires an internet connection to work.
So, if you have internet, connect your phone via wifi.
Then create a free sip account and recieved phone calls over wifi at full signal.
Never miss a call again. No rave either, and your sprint neighbors can't steal your rave reception on your internet either.
No wonder sprint give them out for free, they benefit anyone that connects to it.
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I think you should let everyone know that it requires an internet connection to work.
So, if you have internet, connect your phone via wifi.
Then create a free sip account and recieved phone calls over wifi at full signal.
Never miss a call again. No rave either, and your sprint neighbors can't steal your rave reception on your internet either.
No wonder sprint give them out for free, they benefit anyone that connects to it.
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Yes that is why they hand them out so freely. They are trying to get their customers to improve their "backhaul". Especially since several parts of the country are having outages and crowded towers. With the Airwave all you're getting from that 3G is your own internet, which doesn't really help if you can use WiFi already.
BUT you can filter the Airwave so it doesn't let any other phones connect to it other than yours.
service is terrible at my house..i have tried calling before with no luck.. i might try this number over the weekend...do they waive the monthly fee as well?
Yes just got one last week bit need a wifi router bc it dumbed down my internet using the two ports off of it so I'm run it off a router instead strait from modem
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Yeah... DONT USE IT AS A ROUTER. It suggests that in the instructions... but it sucks a a router... a lot. (Works fine connecting it through another router)
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BUT you can filter the Airwave so it doesn't let any other phones connect to it other than yours.
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How do you do that?
Edit - just found it - https://mysprint.sprint.com/mysprint/pages/secure/mypreferences/myPreferencesLanding.jsp
Sprint website
Edit: looks like you can't anymore?
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service is terrible at my house..i have tried calling before with no luck.. i might try this number over the weekend...do they waive the monthly fee as well?
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They waive the monthly fee but you do use your minutes when using the device. If you pay the monthly fee, you don't use your minutes when using the device.
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had to pay a $36 activation fee
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Mine came activated, maybe you can get it waived
Can anyone tell me why I can't change the settings on my airave please?
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They waive the monthly fee but you do use your minutes when using the device. If you pay the monthly fee, you don't use your minutes when using the device.
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Minutes really how does that come into play and if so what if ur on free nights and weekends or u have unlimited minutes???? I think ill be calling sprint
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Does anyone know when 4G service will be available in these 2 cities?
I tried calling Verizon on the 22 of July(the day after the big 4G coverage in San Diego county) asking when it would be available in ether of the 2 cities above and they just told me they don't have access to that information.
It just really sucks that it's been 6 months now since the Thunderbolt came out and still no 4G here.
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Does anyone know when 4G service will be available in these 2 cities?
I tried calling Verizon on the 22 of July(the day after the big 4G coverage in San Diego county) asking when it would be available in ether of the 2 cities above and they just told me they don't have access to that information.
It just really sucks that it's been 6 months now since the Thunderbolt came out and still no 4G here.
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Hey man. I see all of your posts about 4G and I wish I could help but I don't know that anyone here knows anything more than you do.
I can sympathize with you though for sure.
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CanesDrew said:
Hey man. I see all of your posts about 4G and I wish I could help but I don't know that anyone here knows anything more than you do.
I can sympathize with you though for sure.
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i was hoping that maybe one of those Verizon techs that work on the towers is a member here and would see the post.
i know at least those people have their work schedule & know when they are going to be working on towers.
Well 2012 is almost here and only part of Carlsbad has 4G LTE. Someone must know when Oceanside and northern Carlsbad and Vista will get 4G LTE. I've seen that Ramona, Lake Elsinore and other small towns already have it! Oceanside and the tri-city area should get it soon. This is the last spot in Southern California without coverage. I wish Verizon would get their lazy butt in gear and start upgrading our towers.
Well sprint canceled my account for roaming using to much data. I don't know why? I have heard of people getting canceled because of using verizon prl but I have never I have been using 12117. They will not turn it back on I have tried everything so I have to have my mom add me a phone this sucks. So watch out.
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Isn't that a corporate prl? A prl you shouldn't be on? Sorry you abused it and got caught.
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Isn't that a corporate prl? A prl you shouldn't be on? Sorry you abused it and got caught.
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That is what I'm telling people I thought it was ok to use that one. I really had no idea I thought as long as it was not the Verizon one u were ok.
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Did you force roam or roam alot? Show us your data usage for last month. I've been on corporate prl's since the evo 4g and I'm good still. I rarely roam though and I'm on wifi when I'm at home.
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You've got to keep track of your roaming regardless. I've gotten pretty high up on roaming some months just from using a normal PRL. The corporate PRLs, more so. I'm sorry to hear that you had that happen to you though.
Did your mother be like I told you so you little turd head? Lol
They did the Same to me but i also used 5gb of roaming. Now i am trying to sell my EVO3d and shift. I switched to att and love my Samsung note and i get 5 gb per line not to bad i just have to slow down a little.
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isn't getting cancel a good thing?
I got a formal letter from Sprint a few months back stating that if my data roaming continued they'd cancel my account.
I was using the 11115 PRL + the Force Roam option I added in Warm TwoPointThree. About 2gb of data roaming a month. (98% of my data was roaming)
I have since stopped force roaming..
data roaming......that is something that seems the trend here.
i assume they ALWAYS warn before canceling right?
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Did you force roam or roam alot? Show us your data usage for last month. I've been on corporate prl's since the evo 4g and I'm good still. I rarely roam though and I'm on wifi when I'm at home.
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I never seen my phone go to roam. I used 11115 on my EVO 4G also. I don't know how much I was using I will try and find out. It kinda worked out my bill was like 150 amonth and now its only 60 to add 2 phones to my moms. And they wiped out my bill but still a pain in the ass.
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Doesn't Sprint charge you an arm and a leg for Roaming? How can you guys roam so much?
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Doesn't Sprint charge you an arm and a leg for Roaming? How can you guys roam so much?
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No, they don't charge for roaming. Unless you are international roaming, then that is different.
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Doesn't Sprint charge you an arm and a leg for Roaming? How can you guys roam so much?
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They will charge you for voice roaming. I had that happen to me.
I dont know if I exactly get the reason to use those other PRL?
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They will charge you for voice roaming. I had that happen to me.
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I've never been charged for Voice Roaming within the USA.
Sprint is great if you don't abuse it
Whoa, this whole time I thought they did charge you. I stayed in a cabin in North Carolina once where I had no signal and I disabled my roaming in fear I would get a heavy bill when I got back. Thank you for the heads up.
If you get a voice roam charge call and they will wipe it no questions asked. They blabbed something about its an issue with their billing. Yep sure...
What is the difference between a normal and a corporate prl?
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wilderckw said:
Well sprint canceled my account for roaming using to much data. I don't know why? I have heard of people getting canceled because of using verizon prl but I have never I have been using 12117. They will not turn it back on I have tried everything so I have to have my mom add me a phone this sucks. So watch out.
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How much did you use?
So anyone think I'm gunna have issues with sprint about my data since as of right now I use almost no data on their network becuz it doesn't really work here and I'm leaving for school in New Mexico which I get good reception their so I'm gunna be using my 3g now and I'm gunna be around 7-10gbs a month or so lol damm roms XD. Also anyone know if sprint is terminating contracts for torrenting (I downloaded a song which I owned but I wasn't home through 3g and didn't receive anything)
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If you are on Sprint's network, you can use unlimited data (although you are supposed to pay for tethering if you do that) as long as you stay on their network. If you roam and start pulling tons of data, you will likely get a letter saying you are no longer a Sprint customer. :silly:
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So anyone think I'm gunna have issues with sprint about my data since as of right now I use almost no data on their network becuz it doesn't really work here and I'm leaving for school in New Mexico which I get good reception their so I'm gunna be using my 3g now and I'm gunna be around 7-10gbs a month or so lol damm roms XD. Also anyone know if sprint is terminating contracts for torrenting (I downloaded a song which I owned but I wasn't home through 3g and didn't receive anything)
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They can tell if you are torrenting and will say something, possibly about terminating your service as it is not allowed on their network. Not sure how I know this but I do
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As long as you're not roaming 10GB a month should be no problem, but I definitely wouldn't recommend torrenting. They list that in their terms of service and people have reported their contracts were terminated without warning for it.
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So sprint canceled my contract this morning for excessive roaming is the cause no warning, or letter sent out. Where i live i always roam without having to use roam control. I have seven days to port my number to another carrier. Thinking about going to straight talk any thoughts??
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So sprint canceled my contract this morning for excessive roaming is the cause no warning, or letter sent out. Where i live i always roam without having to use roam control. I have seven days to port my number to another carrier. Thinking about going to straight talk any thoughts??
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Lucky you....if you got the $$ got to verizon or what ever carrier is good in your area.
yea ive been with sprint for 8 yrs. Never tried any other carrier 800min is sprints cap on roaming voice service, Im lookin at verizon and trying to figure out what is there best phone. I currently have the Evo LTE and my wife has the GS3.
Is your ESN bad now? Or can you resell your phone.
You should find out which network you are roaming on, and hope their plans are not too steep.
You can use the app Not Roam Control from the play store to figure out which network you are roaming on.
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T-Mobile has unlimited data...Data is all that matters to me. Give me 100 mins and unlimited data
Try out http://sensorly.com/ that way you can find out what carrier has the best coverage in your area
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El_Colombiano said:
T-Mobile has unlimited data...Data is all that matters to me. Give me 100 mins and unlimited data
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Without coverage unlimited data is pointless. TMobile doesn't even cover the entire interstate corridors in my area. And missing an entire decently sized city.
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Verizon, dude!!!
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Just go Verizon and be done with it.. Either pick up the galaxy s3 off contract or the iPhone 5 and go month to month. Then when/if something big drops this winter for Verizon you can sign a contract and get the phone you want subsidized.
I'd go with iPhone 5 so I know I'm going to get back at least 80% of my money when I'd sell it for what ever Android device Verizon gets soon.
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Without coverage unlimited data is pointless. TMobile doesn't even cover the entire interstate corridors in my area. And missing an entire decently sized city.
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Well yeah. They have fantastic coverage here so it's all up to the coverage.
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So sprint canceled my contract this morning for excessive roaming is the cause no warning, or letter sent out. Where i live i always roam without having to use roam control. I have seven days to port my number to another carrier. Thinking about going to straight talk any thoughts??
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So... did you get to keep the phone?
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lumbee said:
So sprint canceled my contract this morning for excessive roaming is the cause no warning, or letter sent out. Where i live i always roam without having to use roam control. I have seven days to port my number to another carrier. Thinking about going to straight talk any thoughts??
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They actually sent me a letter and I'm, again, very unsure if how to proceed. You see, I have had every iteration of the "evo" moniker with sprint. I've always had stellar service inside my house and out into my neighborhood going back to my og EVO on wimax and even further to my mogul... The reason I feel like I got punched in the gut...? I haven't freaking moved! So, to review, 6 years in the same spot with relatively great service -get the 4g lte -2 months later im sent a warning letter explaining basically I better stop roaming or I will be dropped as a customer (of 11 years btw). Best part: (wait for it)...Live in gf has an S3 (sprint) And hasn't roamed and sits on LTE all day... It's times like these I feel like I have to be part of a f*/??g twighlight zone episode. Wish I could help but I don't have a clue what to do about my own similar situation..
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yea i think i may go with verizon and get the gs3 along with my wife. Then if they get the note2 i can sell my gs3, sprint gs3, and Evo Lte. To get the note2.:good: plus id only be paying 15 dollars more a mo. but with the faster service and more coverage i think its worth it.
So lemme get this straight. You can buy a subsidized phone. Get kicked off your contract. Then you get to kelp your phone?
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Ipclark1,
Ask sprint to exchange your current phone for the gs3 to fix the roaming problem.
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freshlysqueezed said:
Ipclark1,
Ask sprint to exchange your current phone for the gs3 to fix the roaming problem.
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+1 lol
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Ipclark1,
Ask sprint to exchange your current phone for the gs3 to fix the roaming problem.
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Thanks I will be doing this after work and updating the board.
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filmaker said:
+1 lol
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Yo giggles do u have any advice for me bro?
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Well I guess I'm next. Me & almost everybody in my area. Sprint's service has been horrible these last couple weeks. I roam over half the time. Can't tell you how many dropped calls or unable to make calls or how many unable to send messages or the double, triple sometimes 6 or 7 duplicate messages I get when I finally do get service. I know this area is due to get LTE soon but something has to give. And all I get from Sprint is "We aren't seeing any outages in your area" instead of just saying we're working on the towers. Kinda wish they would kick me off. Might be time to change up.
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klbjr said:
Well I guess I'm next. Me & almost everybody in my area. Sprint's service has been horrible these last couple weeks. I roam over half the time. Can't tell you how many dropped calls or unable to make calls or how many unable to send messages or the double, triple sometimes 6 or 7 duplicate messages I get when I finally do get service. I know this area is due to get LTE soon but something has to give. And all I get from Sprint is "We aren't seeing any outages in your area" instead of just saying we're working on the towers. Kinda wish they would kick me off. Might be time to change up.
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Same here. Service is manageable at home. But 7 miles away here at work I'm roaming. Sucks since I'm in a metro area but I dunno what to do anymore. One tech says one thing; other tech says another.
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klbjr said:
Well I guess I'm next. Me & almost everybody in my area. Sprint's service has been horrible these last couple weeks. I roam over half the time. Can't tell you how many dropped calls or unable to make calls or how many unable to send messages or the double, triple sometimes 6 or 7 duplicate messages I get when I finally do get service. I know this area is due to get LTE soon but something has to give. And all I get from Sprint is "We aren't seeing any outages in your area" instead of just saying we're working on the towers. Kinda wish they would kick me off. Might be time to change up.
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This happened to me for over 3 weeks and I had made several calls to CS but to no avail. I was just about to head into the sprint store and demand an s3 or no ETF when I canceled my contract. After my final call, just before I was headed to my car I noticed that I had 4g lte.