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Im in the navy and i have verizon wireless, but the signal isnt too great on base. So when i did the radio upgrade a while back i let it do the customization on the first run and it ended up syncing with sprint or something so now it says sprint pcs as my wireless provider on the phone but i can still text and make phone calls......i want to keep this because the signal i am getting now is much better than verizons.....but is there a way to keep this and also be able to use the internet and mms keeping my verizon service?
wow never thought of that working......keep me posted
Im in the navy and i have verizon wireless, but the signal isnt too great on base. So when i did the radio upgrade a while back i let it do the customization on the first run and it ended up syncing with sprint or something so now it says sprint pcs as my wireless provider on the phone but i can still text and make phone calls......i want to keep this because the signal i am getting now is much better than verizons.....but is there a way to keep this and also be able to use the internet and mms keeping my verizon service?
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No, this will absolutely not work. You should have NEVER let the Sprint customizations run...especially if you're on a remote military base (not sure what base you're on). Your data is now fubar and you cannot get it back unless you flash back to stock first before upgrading to 3.2.5, THEN calling Verizon for a DMU reset.
thanks for that update, i guess i will stick with what i have, because if i use verizons towers i get NO signal in the barracks and most other places on base and around town....i guess i will have to sacrifice my data services and stick with just phone and texting
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thanks for that update, i guess i will stick with what i have, because if i use verizons towers i get NO signal in the barracks and most other places on base and around town....i guess i will have to sacrifice my data services and stick with just phone and texting
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or you could cancel your verizon contract, eat the early termination fee, and sign up for a Sprint SERO plan at $30 a month....you'd have to get a new phone, but just choose one of the crappy free ones. then once your all set up, call back and have them switch the # to your 6800....
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or you could cancel your verizon contract, eat the early termination fee, and sign up for a Sprint SERO plan at $30 a month....you'd have to get a new phone, but just choose one of the crappy free ones. then once your all set up, call back and have them switch the # to your 6800....
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i could still use my verzion 6800 even though i would be with sprint?
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i could still use my verzion 6800 even though i would be with sprint?
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absolutely....the 6800 and the mogul are the same phone with different plastic on the outside....that is why you were able to use Sprints update in the first place...
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absolutely....the 6800 and the mogul are the same phone with different plastic on the outside....that is why you were able to use Sprints update in the first place...
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oh i just figured they would know the ESN i gave them was for a verizon phone
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oh i just figured they would know the ESN i gave them was for a verizon phone
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lol...all they care about is you paying your bill....
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lol...all they care about is you paying your bill....
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haha....well i will wait til i get to my next duty station to see how verizons signal is down there, because i dont wanna move down there and be stuck with sprint if verizons signal is better...i just know verizon has sucked up here which is why i let the sprint customizations run so i would have a better signal
I just loaded the hybrid prl to my phone and went from 1-2 bars about a quarter mile from a tower to 5-6 bars about a quarter Mike from a Verizon tower. This shows me that its not the phone that gets a bad signal, it is the service. I came from Verizon and I am used to everything working all the time, but on Sprint there are times a text won't go through. Does anyone know if I can do something to the phone to not show that I am roaming on Verizon now?
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I just loaded the hybrid prl to my phone and went from 1-2 bars about a quarter mile from a tower to 5-6 bars about a quarter Mike from a Verizon tower. This shows me that its not the phone that gets a bad signal, it is the service. I came from Verizon and I am used to everything working all the time, but on Sprint there are times a text won't go through. Does anyone know if I can do something to the phone to not show that I am roaming on Verizon now?
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even if your phone shows ur not roaming it will on your bill and you will get kicked
what roaming? I thought sprint has free roaming?
This no longer the case?
Can you give me some info on how you changed to the verizon prl?
You can't hide that. Just like you can't hide your phone from 911. Verizon is aware of your number roaming. They will charge sprint for every minute and kilobyte you use. Since your are using verizon constantly, sprint will be charged a lot for your use. They will then, sooner rather than later, terminate your contract...and again soon. See it happen in these forums before.
Your brand new evo3d will then be without a service.
What do you expect? You can't root and bypass your way past everything. Sometimes you have to pay for stuff. Plus, sprint is the only unlimited data carrier left. If people continue to do as you are doing, and teether, etc...then that unlimited data may become limited.
OK. Two things I don't understand. PRL noob so go easy...
First, our phones automatically roam Verizon's towers for both cell service and 3G. Mine does it all the time. So why would we need another PRL? When the Sprint signal gets weak enough, it's going to use Verizon towers anyway.
Second, both Sprint and Verizon have had a "free roaming" agreement for over a year. The way it was explained to me at my local store, the agreement is that Sprint and Verizon both share towers so in the (less likely) situation where Verizon coverage is weak and there is a Sprint tower nearby, Verizon phones will actually roam on Sprint. The way it was explained to me: neither company is "renting time" from the other's towers so I don't think Sprint is paying out the wazoo (at all in fact) for Sprint customers roaming on Verizon towers.
Mike
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OK. Two things I don't understand. PRL noob so go easy...
First, our phones automatically roam Verizon's towers for both cell service and 3G. Mine does it all the time. So why would we need another PRL? When the Sprint signal gets weak enough, it's going to use Verizon towers anyway.
Second, both Sprint and Verizon have had a "free roaming" agreement for over a year. The way it was explained to me at my local store, the agreement is that Sprint and Verizon both share towers so in the (less likely) situation where Verizon coverage is weak and there is a Sprint tower nearby, Verizon phones will actually roam on Sprint. The way it was explained to me: neither company is "renting time" from the other's towers so I don't think Sprint is paying out the wazoo (at all in fact) for Sprint customers roaming on Verizon towers.
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The PRL the OP put into place makes his phone roam on verizon constantly. A PRL serves as a handshake between the phone and the towers. Standard PRL looks for sprint towers, and if none are present it looks for verizon. The OP seems to have installed a prl that looks for verizon towers first.
You may be right about the free roam agreement, but sprint still cancels people's service if they are abusing this. Just happened in the Evo forums. There may be a free roam agreement, but verizon won't tolerate sprint customers exclusively using their bandwidth if they are not paying for it. They will then tell sprint that so and so number needs to be cut. Then sprint will send you a letter saying your contract is to be terminated on so and so date due to excess roaming. So, theoretically, this could happen to someone who has sprint, but lives in a sprint dead zone where they have to use verizon all the time.
Do it for long enough and they will cancel your service.
Where we live is a Sprint dead zone. Occasionally we do pick up the distant Sprint tower and my service says "Sprint" but I'd say at least 75% of the time my phone is using a Verizon tower since I work at home. Never got a spanking. Of course, I guess if I changed my PRL and they noticed I'm on all sorts of different Verizon towers (even where there is good Sprint coverage), maybe then they'd raise an eyebrow? I wonder if their setup is sophisticated enough to detect that you use Verizon towers all over town as opposed to using one particular tower all the time just because you live in a fringe area. Interesting.
What we really need is not a new PRL: we need the ability to change the phone's preferences so it switches to Verizon's towers earlier. For example, switch to Verizon towers ANY time the Verizon signal is better... not just when the Sprint signal becomes so weak it drops out.
Mike
FYI, they still send out free Airave's.
I'm not doing this to cheat Sprint. I can't even make a phone call at times and that can be dangerous and frustrating. I usually switch it to Verizon prl before work and back to Sprint in the evening. But I'm usually on WiFi all the time except at work. Today is day 30 or my 30 days. Maybe I should go back to Verizon
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Ya i got one coming myself
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FYI, they still send out free Airave's.
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Yup.. I've got one, but haven't activated it yet... It kind of sux that I have to use my in-home broadband bandwidth to get decent service from Sprint.
Another thing that sux is that when I'm out on the water (Chesapeake Bay), Verizon has solid service where Sprint's service is spotty. Sprint's PRL is also set to NOT roam on these Verizon towers, causing a battery drain like there's no tomorrow.
Looks, like I might have to start using a Verizon PRL,when going out fishing..
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I'm not doing this to cheat Sprint. I can't even make a phone call at times and that can be dangerous and frustrating. I usually switch it to Verizon prl before work and back to Sprint in the evening. But I'm usually on WiFi all the time except at work. Today is day 30 or my 30 days. Maybe I should go back to Verizon
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How are you switching PRLs? The ##PRL# EPST code doesn't seem to work for me.
Be careful with that Verizon PRL, after moths of using it, Sprint will call you and will cancel your account
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Roaming data is not unlimited. So, if you roam every once in a while and pull down your latest email or check a map, etc., you'll be fine. If you're always on roaming data and pull too much data, you will be dropped. I've heard different numbers for the limits, but there is one.
Whatever happened to the ability to force roaming? On older devices we used to be able to pick "Sprint Only" "Automatic" and "Roaming".
I would always do that when I was getting crap Sprint signal.
I switched them using qpst. I have about 7 or 8 different prls saved to my computer I switch to to see what works the best.
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I am currently using the 00001 PRL... which everyone seems to suggest is a bad idea. The area I live in is real **** for Sprint... Verizon rules the roost here. So, the question is, what am I risking by using this PRL?
According to sprint i have 800 roaming minutes, and 300MB of data. The minutes, I will never, ever touch. My last phone plan with T-Mo only had 700 minutes shared between my wife and I, and we never went over. In my home, I use wifi, so the only time I'd use data is if I'm out... though it is still possible I'd go over 300MB.
A lot of people seem to think Sprint will terminate your service if you roam to much. Do they charge you, or just give you the boot? I really wouldn't mind if Sprint booted me ETF-Free... I'd just switch to Verizon then. If they are going to give me a bunch of fees for roaming all the time though, this is a problem.
So.. has anyone here actually bumped heads with Sprint over this? What happened?
There's another thread here where some members complained because they got nasty grams from Sprint and a few were given notices they would be terminated in 30 days.
Another person ended up with a $700 phone bill because roaming doesn't count on things like mobile to mobile minutes and all.
I used it on the old evo last year and got a huge bill, as it wasnt covered under my $69 plan, but they let me switch to the $99 plan so I didnt have to pay
OK... thats what I needed to know. I don't mind getting canned, but I don't want a huge bill.
I have had the 00001 PRL installed for a day and data is so much faster. Tracking my usage at Sprint, I have used:
Sprint 3G data = 776,939kb
Sprint 3G roaming data = 51,466kb ( mostly from PRL 00001 usage)
I currently have unlimited usage on both. Without a doubt, I am strictly roaming on 3G data. Question is if Sprint will notify me of excessive roaming since I have unlimited usage on my contract.
**Note: It seems obvious that for some unforeseen reason, Sprint is purposely limiting our data speeds since a simple PRL file across the same 3G service towers is all that keeps us from 2mbps+ speeds. Data has been garbage since the first day on the EVO 3D; it is not a hardware issue but a carrier limitation...
I tried this PRL today and was wondering about getting charged as well. I would probably only need to use it a couple of times a month. What do you guys think, you feel that I should be fine?
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I tried this PRL today and was wondering about getting charged as well. I would probably only need to use it a couple of times a month. What do you guys think, you feel that I should be fine?
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A couple times a month is what i use it for.
Been doing it since it came out of the OG EVO.
No problems yet!
/knocks on wood
I have some questions about this:
1) what exactly does this PRL file accomplish in relation to the OTA PRL received (PRL 21081)?
2) If I have unlimited data and unlimited roaming (data and voice) will Sprint even care if I use this?
3) I go to 2 campuses for my college and 1 of them has poor service and there's a VZ tower right near by that I could use, would this PRL allow me to use this tower and get good service?
4) does this allow you to receive greater than 2MBit\sec on the Sprint PCS network?
thanks
incarceration said:
I have some questions about this:
1) what exactly does this PRL file accomplish in relation to the OTA PRL received (PRL 21081)?
2) If I have unlimited data and unlimited roaming (data and voice) will Sprint even care if I use this?
3) I go to 2 campuses for my college and 1 of them has poor service and there's a VZ tower right near by that I could use, would this PRL allow me to use this tower and get good service?
4) does this allow you to receive greater than 2MBit\sec on the Sprint PCS network?
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1. Makes your phone only use vz towers.
2. If you use it too much, yes. (not sure the amount (sprint gets charged for us using vz towers))
3. Probably.
4. No.
Lol, thanks for the itemized and quick response.
For me, the difference between using Sprint's prl and the 0001 Verizon prl is .4mb/sec on Sprint's and 2.5mb/sec on Verizon's. Pretty big difference. Just sucks that you have to worry about getting a huge bill or kicked from Sprints network for using it to much.
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I tried this but it kept saying that it couldn't verify my account when placing a call.
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I tried this but it kept saying that it couldn't verify my account when placing a call.
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I have this same problem. I've done the chat for an HLR reset but it didn't work.
So I got a letter from Sprint in the mail today saying that i used to much roaming but on my plan I have unlimited roaming so i called in and talked to a rep and she told me that when i roam it costs sprint money because i roam on other carriers towers ( which I really don't care about cuz if you tell me I have unlimited roaming I expect to have just that )and that there is really nothing I can do about it and that their gonna cancel my plan in a month if I don't stop roaming. And now since I live a an area with crappy sprint service I can barely use my phone. Has this hapened to anyone else or am I just the only one
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So I got a letter from Sprint in the mail today saying that i used to much roaming but on my plan I have unlimited roaming so i called in and talked to a rep and she told me that when i roam it costs sprint money because i roam on other carriers towers ( which I really don't care about cuz if you tell me I have unlimited roaming I expect to have just that )and that there is really nothing I can do about it and that their gonna cancel my plan in a month if I don't stop roaming. And now since I live a an area with crappy sprint service I can barely use my phone. Has this hapened to anyone else or am I just the only one
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Wow that is bs, its not your fault that they don't have signal in your area, I talked to them before moving telling them I wasn't going to have signal and was wondering if there was something they could do and they just said "there are no outages in your area" and I just got pissed cuz they obviously weren't listening to me and closed the convo. I really hope I don't get one of those cuz otherwise imma smack a hoe
Tanwir20 said:
So I got a letter from Sprint in the mail today saying that i used to much roaming but on my plan I have unlimited roaming so i called in and talked to a rep and she told me that when i roam it costs sprint money because i roam on other carriers towers ( which I really don't care about cuz if you tell me I have unlimited roaming I expect to have just that )and that there is really nothing I can do about it and that their gonna cancel my plan in a month if I don't stop roaming. And now since I live a an area with crappy sprint service I can barely use my phone. Has this hapened to anyone else or am I just the only one
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Unfortunately, your problem is not as uncommon as you would think. "Unlimited Roaming" basically means nothing except that you won't be charged for being off network. If Sprint feels that you're roaming too much, rather then charge you for roaming, they cancel your contract.....which is also in your terms of service. Have you tried asking them to send you an Air Rave to use while you're at home? That might help to get you off of roaming. Also, be sure to keep your PRL and radios up to date, and stay off of the Verizon PRL's which force you to roam virtually all of the time.
WyldOne91 said:
I really hope I don't get one of those cuz otherwise imma smack a hoe
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LMFAO
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Unfortunately, your problem is not as uncommon as you would think. "Unlimited Roaming" basically means nothing except that you won't be charged for being off network. If Sprint feels that you're roaming too much, rather then charge you for roaming, they cancel your contract.....which is also in your terms of service. Have you tried asking them to send you an Air Rave to use while you're at home? That might help to get you off of roaming. Also, be sure to keep your PRL and radios up to date, and stay off of the Verizon PRL's which force you to roam virtually all of the time.
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@OP - What this guy says.
In area where i live, i have good 3g signal and 2bars of 4g, but not inside my house, only if ill step outside and its often rain in here and gettin cold so what i do is i open my window (my room is on 3rd floor) and put my phone on it, that way i get good 3g signal no roaming(which used to happen to me once a day) and sometimes it goes all the way to 4g...
you just need to walk around house and try to find good spot...lol
RuslanStyle said:
In area where i live, i have good 3g signal and 2bars of 4g, but not inside my house, only if ill step outside and its often rain in here and gettin cold so what i do is i open my window (my room is on 3rd floor) and put my phone on it, that way i get good 3g signal no roaming(which used to happen to me once a day) and sometimes it goes all the way to 4g...
you just need to walk around house and try to find good spot...lol
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Talk to account services and ask for an air rave thats free and its going to boost ur signal inside ur house
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Tanwir20 said:
So I got a letter from Sprint in the mail today saying that i used to much roaming but on my plan I have unlimited roaming so i called in and talked to a rep and she told me that when i roam it costs sprint money because i roam on other carriers towers ( which I really don't care about cuz if you tell me I have unlimited roaming I expect to have just that )and that there is really nothing I can do about it and that their gonna cancel my plan in a month if I don't stop roaming. And now since I live a an area with crappy sprint service I can barely use my phone. Has this hapened to anyone else or am I just the only one
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You get a [previously 30 day] 14 day return policy for these devices.
If you weren't getting any reception and the coverage maps on the website show that you don't get good reception... why are you going with this carrier?
It's like setting yourself up just to have something to ***** about.
Roaming is also defined in your contract.
I see no where which stipulates it's "unlimited"
https://manage.sprintpcs.com/output/en_US/manage/MyPhoneandPlan/ChangePlans/popLegalTermsPrivacy.htm
They are actually quite clear about the rules:
Off-network Roaming: The primary use of your Device must be for domestic purposes within the Sprint-owned network. Domestic means use in the 50 United States and U.S. Territories (except Guam). Sprint reserves the right, without notice, to deny, terminate, modify, disconnect or suspend service if off-network usage in a month exceeds: (1) voice: 800 min. or a majority of minutes; or (2) data: 300 megabytes or a majority of kilobytes. The display on your device may not always be on and will not indicate whether you will incur roaming charges. You can monitor usage online through My Account. Roaming is not available with single-band phones, or to customers who reside or whose primary use is outside an area covered by the Nationwide Sprint Network. Sprint may limit or terminate service if you move outside of the Sprint owned-network.
Helps to read contracts and make informed choices before signing them.
Tanwir20 said:
So I got a letter from Sprint in the mail today saying that i used to much roaming but on my plan I have unlimited roaming so i called in and talked to a rep and she told me that when i roam it costs sprint money because i roam on other carriers towers ( which I really don't care about cuz if you tell me I have unlimited roaming I expect to have just that )and that there is really nothing I can do about it and that their gonna cancel my plan in a month if I don't stop roaming. And now since I live a an area with crappy sprint service I can barely use my phone. Has this hapened to anyone else or am I just the only one
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Approx. how much roaming data have you been using?
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Approx. how much roaming data have you been using?
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Kinda wanna know the same thing. Trying to figure out if I feel bad for you or of I should smack you silly for downloading videos while tethering on Verizon.
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Off-network Roaming: The primary use of your Device must be for domestic purposes within the Sprint-owned network. Domestic means use in the 50 United States and U.S. Territories (except Guam). Sprint reserves the right, without notice, to deny, terminate, modify, disconnect or suspend service if off-network usage in a month exceeds: (1) voice: 800 min. or a majority of minutes; or (2) data: 300 megabytes or a majority of kilobytes. The display on your device may not always be on and will not indicate whether you will incur roaming charges. You can monitor usage online through My Account. Roaming is not available with single-band phones, or to customers who reside or whose primary use is outside an area covered by the Nationwide Sprint Network. Sprint may limit or terminate service if you move outside of the Sprint owned-network.
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This.
If you exceeded either 1 or 2, then you have no right to complain. I read my entire contract before I signed it. Just because you might not have, it doesn't exclude you from what you are legally bound to. Luckily Sprint is just canceling your service. Most other carriers would just charge you.
The real issue is Sprint needs to fix their junker network.
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The real issue is Sprint needs to fix their junker network.
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Great reply. Has nothing to do with the thread and if you have been paying attention at all to what Sprint is in the process of doing to their network, you would restate your post.
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The real issue is Sprint needs to fix their junker network.
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Actually, finally a post that is to the point and it is very relevant to this thread! It doesn't sound like the OP is knowingly using roam control or a Verizon PRL. In that case, here we have a person who went to a Sprint store and they set up a phone and service for this customer. When you do that, the customer has a reasonable expectation of actually getting the service they signed up for! Sprint has your address when you sign up. They know where you live. So IMO, the onus is on Sprint for looking at the customer's address, finding that on a coverage map, and advising that they cannot properly serve this customer.
So yeah, one solution would certainly be for Sprint to develop their network so it isn't full of holes! The other is for them to just keep doing what they are doing: selling service to people they can't serve and then terminating them by sending a letter as if the customer is doing something wrong by roaming!
Mike
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Great reply. Has nothing to do with the thread and if you have been paying attention at all to what Sprint is in the process of doing to their network, you would restate your post.
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Actually, I even listened to the press conference. It has everything to do with this thread though. Even if people are deliberately roaming, that usually only happens when their service is very poor. I get horrible data speeds in the area that I work, even outside, despite Sprint's coverage map showing I should have good 3G coverage.
Hopefully they will fix things, but I'm just not very confident they will.
Sorry but this has happened to me too. I moved to Nebraska from Alabama, which I had great Sprint service there. But once I moved to Nebraska the service was not bad it just didn't even have 3g in my small town. I had and OG EVO, and the funny thing is I actually bought the phone in the same small Nebraska town at the Wal Mart, with no 3g and especially not 4g. Being the Android Pro that I think I am I figured out the PRL to use to use Verizon's Data network which IS 3g in the area. After about 4 months I got my letter in the mail and they told me I had a month to find a new carrier and that my service was being Terminated. I was pissed! But I understood because I basically the I was roaming the majority of the time on another carriers network so why not just go them was what they basically told me. So long story short, I got out of my contract which I had just started and went over to Verizon using a friends phone so I wouldn't have to sign a contract. Moved to Virginia a few months later where the Sprint coverage is waaaay better. And got the EVO 3d. Well I guess we now know how to get out of a contract with Sprint!
Hope my story helped somebody~!
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The real issue is Sprint needs to fix their junker network.
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Actually, finally a post that is to the point and it is very relevant to this thread! It doesn't sound like the OP is knowingly using roam control or a Verizon PRL. In that case, here we have a person who went to a Sprint store and they set up a phone and service for this customer. When you do that, the customer has a reasonable expectation of actually getting the service they signed up for! Sprint has your address when you sign up. They know where you live. So IMO, the onus is on Sprint for looking at the customer's address, finding that on a coverage map, and advising that they cannot properly serve this customer.
So yeah, one solution would certainly be for Sprint to develop their network so it isn't full of holes! The other is for them to just keep doing what they are doing: selling service to people they can't serve and then terminating them by sending a letter as if the customer is doing something wrong by roaming!
Mike
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Actually, I even listened to the press conference. It has everything to do with this thread though. Even if people are deliberately roaming, that usually only happens when their service is very poor. I get horrible data speeds in the area that I work, even outside, despite Sprint's coverage map showing I should have good 3G coverage.
Hopefully they will fix things, but I'm just not very confident they will.
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Sorry but this has happened to me too. I moved to Nebraska from Alabama, which I had great Sprint service there. But once I moved to Nebraska the service was not bad it just didn't even have 3g in my small town. I had and OG EVO, and the funny thing is I actually bought the phone in the same small Nebraska town at the Wal Mart, with no 3g and especially not 4g. Being the Android Pro that I think I am I figured out the PRL to use to use Verizon's Data network which IS 3g in the area. After about 4 months I got my letter in the mail and they told me I had a month to find a new carrier and that my service was being Terminated. I was pissed! But I understood because I basically the I was roaming the majority of the time on another carriers network so why not just go them was what they basically told me. So long story short, I got out of my contract which I had just started and went over to Verizon using a friends phone so I wouldn't have to sign a contract. Moved to Virginia a few months later where the Sprint coverage is waaaay better. And got the EVO 3d. Well I guess we now know how to get out of a contract with Sprint!
Hope my story helped somebody~!
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No, the real issue is...if a carrier doesn't have good coverage in YOUR area [or the area you're in most of the time] then you need to find a new carrier instead of abusing the system [and other CDMA networks] and then coming on forums and whining about that carrier for cutting you off.
Period.
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No, the real issue is...if a carrier doesn't have good coverage in YOUR area [or the area you're in most of the time] then you need to find a new carrier instead of abusing the system [and other CDMA networks] and then coming on forums and whining about that carrier for cutting you off.
Period.
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melvnx said:
Sorry but this has happened to me too. I moved to Nebraska from Alabama, which I had great Sprint service there. But once I moved to Nebraska the service was not bad it just didn't even have 3g in my small town. I had and OG EVO, and the funny thing is I actually bought the phone in the same small Nebraska town at the Wal Mart, with no 3g and especially not 4g. Being the Android Pro that I think I am I figured out the PRL to use to use Verizon's Data network which IS 3g in the area. After about 4 months I got my letter in the mail and they told me I had a month to find a new carrier and that my service was being Terminated. I was pissed! But I understood because I basically the I was roaming the majority of the time on another carriers network so why not just go them was what they basically told me. So long story short, I got out of my contract which I had just started and went over to Verizon using a friends phone so I wouldn't have to sign a contract. Moved to Virginia a few months later where the Sprint coverage is waaaay better. And got the EVO 3d. Well I guess we now know how to get out of a contract with Sprint!
Hope my story helped somebody~!
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How could you be pissed. Sprint should be pissed because they lost money because you hacked your phone to only use Verizon towers which cost them money. How long was it after you bought your phone to when you moved? Did you know that you were moving before you bought your phone?
You, as a consumer, has a responsibility to make sure that the service you are buying works for you the way it should. There is no way for sprint to know exactly how good the coverage is for every house. There are places where you get four bars and then walk 50 feet and get 0-1 bar. When you purchased the phone and realized that you were roaming, you should then have returned it or contacted customer service for a solution. But by ignoring the problem and blaming Sprint, you lose all credibility.
mattykinsx said:
No, the real issue is...if a carrier doesn't have good coverage in YOUR area [or the area you're in most of the time] then you need to find a new carrier instead of abusing the system [and other CDMA networks] and then coming on forums and whining about that carrier for cutting you off.
Period.
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That would be fine if there were no ETF.
talon95 said:
That would be fine if there were no ETF.
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Believe it or not, that's exactly what the 14 [formerly 30] day return policy is for.
Yes, it's about making sure your phone is what you want but it's more importantly for making sure the service is worth it for you.
As someone else said, Sprint [and all other carriers] cannot tell you how the service is going to act specifically for you.
They don't know where you go, they don't know the setup of your house, any large structures in the area, different terrain, etc etc etc.
Two weeks is plenty of time to determine this, and there's NO ETF in those first two weeks.
Okay so, i moved recently and i get really spotty 3g and 4g services.
All is okay if i put my phone inside the window but when i move it it's like data drops when i try to use it.
I've considered changing the prl for my device, but i read about the termination fees. Is there anyone out here that uses the prl change with no problem? (or even roam only). i use 4g the most, but when i'm out ill use 3g for facebook checking or the occasional youtube.
Let me know
LSorry but anybody who changes their prl to another carrier's and roams off of it passed 300 mb a month is in jeopardy of service cancel. You would have to continuesly roam for them to threaten you. If your not a heavy data user then its no problem. You could always call sprint and ***** to them about how ****ty their service is out there and want to get a airwave tower(which is small mini cell tower) and tell them your thinking of switching to Verizon if they don't offer it.
johnnyboi1994 said:
Okay so, i moved recently and i get really spotty 3g and 4g services.
All is okay if i put my phone inside the window but when i move it it's like data drops when i try to use it.
I've considered changing the prl for my device, but i read about the termination fees. Is there anyone out here that uses the prl change with no problem? (or even roam only). i use 4g the most, but when i'm out ill use 3g for facebook checking or the occasional youtube.
Let me know
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I've personally been running the 12124 prl for a few months now. Its a sprint corporate prl so even if I am roaming I can get 3g service. There are others like 00002 that are Verizon prls and those will definitely get you kicked off sprint. If I were you I would suggest trying one of the other prls. 12119 up to 12124 are the most recent corporate ones that I've seen.
But even if sprint drops your service. For excessive roaming... I do not believe there is a termination fee I think they just tell you to hit the road.
p3tr0s said:
But even if sprint drops your service. For excessive roaming... I do not believe there is a termination fee I think they just tell you to hit the road.
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This is correct. Good way to get out of your contract early.