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Ok, here is my problem. Where I live I have absolutely no WiFi like anywhere near me... I tried last night going outside and the only connection I found was weak and extremely slow. I am saturated in 4G though... Which happens to be faster than WiFi... I have a few of the new gameloft games... But they require wifi... Is there a hack or mod or something to spoof it into thinking WiFi is connected so it'll accept the download over 4G? Please help
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Read my post (#2) in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17124625#post17124625 .
Hello, I just got a new evil 3d becuase of the dual core processor because I thought that the internet would be faster. Is there a configuration needed? With my 4 g my speeds are in the 400 and now with the 3d "dual core" processor I'm in the 200's
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The processor has little to do with internet speeds. It helps, making things more responsive, but the signal effects the data speed. And the antenna on the 3D are at the bottom near where you'd hold the phone which could degrade the signal.
Is the phone faster than the 4G? Yes. Does that mean you'll get faster data? Not necessarily.
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The processor has little to do with internet speeds. It helps, making things more responsive, but the signal effects the data speed. And the antenna on the 3D are at the bottom near where you'd hold the phone which could degrade the signal.
Is the phone faster than the 4G? Yes. Does that mean you'll get faster data? Not necessarily.
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Nicely put...
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gk1984 said:
The processor has little to do with internet speeds. It helps, making things more responsive, but the signal effects the data speed. And the antenna on the 3D are at the bottom near where you'd hold the phone which could degrade the signal.
Is the phone faster than the 4G? Yes. Does that mean you'll get faster data? Not necessarily.
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Thanks!, understood 100%. Would you recomendar an antenna booster or something like that? I have the airwave coming on Monday, does that actually help?
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metro77279 said:
Thanks!, understood 100%. Would you recomendar an antenna booster or something like that? I have the airwave coming on Monday, does that actually help?
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Yes, it will.
Have the airave as well... Works very nicely
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You'll return it in a week, once you see how slow 3g is with sprint.
IF your lucky, you might get 100k up / down, but typically, only 25k
kthejoker20 said:
You'll return it in a week, once you see how slow 3g is with sprint.
IF your lucky, you might get 100k up / down, but typically, only 25k
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This is dependant on location. I'm not doubting you are experiencing slow network speeds, but it's purely a matter of tower saturation, and your surroundings. I'm consistantly seeing downloads in the range of 1.0-1.7 mbs. Sometimes, at night, I can break 2.0 mbs, but that's because there isn't much activity. But, I'm in a major metropolitan area, with strong network coverage from the major 4 carriers. There was a blip for about 8 months where the speeds were really slow, but Sprint fixed the tower by my house, and now I'm back to normal.
And, to the OP, I didn't notice any difference in download speed between my Evo 4G, and Evo 3D.
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This is dependant on location. I'm not doubting you are experiencing slow network speeds, but it's purely a matter of tower saturation, and your surroundings. I'm consistantly seeing downloads in the range of 1.0-1.7 mbs. Sometimes, at night, I can break 2.0 mbs, but that's because there isn't much activity. But, I'm in a major metropolitan area, with strong network coverage from the major 4 carriers. There was a blip for about 8 months where the speeds were really slow, but Sprint fixed the tower by my house, and now I'm back to normal.
And, to the OP, I didn't notice any difference in download speed between my Evo 4G, and Evo 3D.
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exactly it all matters were u are with any network. ive been with sprint forever and ive always seen consistent 3g speeds in my hometown ranging from .8-1.7mbps recently ive moved from the east coast to the west coast and im still seeing great speeds but not the same around .5-1.0 which still works and i somehow managed to move from the best 4g city to another great 4g city haha always see speeds of 5-12mbps
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Hello, I just got a new evil 3d becuase of the dual core processor because I thought that the internet would be faster. Is there a configuration needed? With my 4 g my speeds are in the 400 and now with the 3d "dual core" processor I'm in the 200's
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>evil 3d
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The Airave doesn't provide 4G Signals. It does however provide 3G Data Connection which is usually faster than what you'd get from a Sprint Tower. Also Depends on your internet connection that you'd be hooking the Airave up to.
I just hooked up the airave and I went from 0.2 to 1.3 . It's bad assets. I recommend everybody call Sprint and get it. It's freeeeee.
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metro77279 said:
I just hooked up the airave and I went from 0.2 to 1.3 . It's bad assets. I recommend everybody call Sprint and get it. It's freeeeee.
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Does the air rave not need to be hooked up to your Internet? LMFAO why not just use wifi?
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I just hooked up the airave and I went from 0.2 to 1.3 . It's bad assets. I recommend everybody call Sprint and get it. It's freeeeee.
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Or WiFi?
Edit.... Lol someone beat me to it....
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My evo 4G is actually a lot better about picking up a 4G signal, but the speeds are about the same with both. The 3G and 4G antenna are still on top with the 3D but the wifi and Bluetooth are indeed on the bottom of the phone.
If you're not getting at least 600kbps on 3G call sprint and let them know. That's the minimum speed they advertise do usually they'll credit your account for it.
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Wordlywisewiz said:
Does the air rave not need to be hooked up to your Internet? LMFAO why not just use wifi?
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The airave creates a voice signal and data..... But the data is useless if you have wifi...
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The airave creates a voice signal and data..... But the data is useless if you have wifi...
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Exactly... That's what thought..
I'm getting a 3d tomorow as a asurin replacement till the galaxy nexus comes out
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Does the air rave not need to be hooked up to your Internet? LMFAO why not just use wifi?
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The while point is the reception. If I use WiFi, sure It's even better than that. But hahaha lmao, lol
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Besides, there are some ROMs that dont have WiFi yet so this would be really helpful
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So I have a tower that was updated with LTE and before I couldn't get any service. After realizing I had 4G now by my house, I realized as well that my Airave was disconnected and when I reconnected it, it seemed my phone would switch back to 3G, however some how I am now getting great signal and still connected to LTE while connected to my Airave as you can see in the pic. I guess I will be calling sprint and canceling the return package for the Airave! The green is my airave and the red is the newly launched LTE tower.
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Pardon, what app is that?
I think it's Sensorly
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...viewer&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
The app that is currently up is called Netmonitor, the other one running is sensorly
Lucky!!
man your lucky u have a tower so close to u
Anyone know why mine constantly switches from 3 different towers every 30 seconds or so. The closest Tower to me does have LTE but it never stays on that tower and that's the tower I get the best reception from bout 3 or 4 bars then I'll lose it all in seconds. Don't understand why. We just got a few lte towers up so I don't know if network Vision project is affecting it. I've never had good reception at my house so seeing 4 bars is nice, just wish it would stay
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have you try to update your profile and prl?
Interesting. I tried that app above, and it did not show any tower locations. It just showed my location
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iandmacdonald said:
Interesting. I tried that app above, and it did not show any tower locations. It just showed my location
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Same here...does anyone know where to find a cell db? This is exactly what I've been looking for because I have the same symptoms as tmoney (switching back and forth between full bars/lte and one bar/3g).
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Is the little blue tower thingy an icon for a Sprint tower or an airave? I have a blue tower thingy RIGHT next to my apartment and I have always had awful signal. (2 bars maximum, no bars / roaming minimum. Most of the time I'm at no bars)
Could the little blue icon mean there is an airave nearby?
Does anyone know what the adress that pops up when you first open up the app is
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Is the little blue tower thingy an icon for a Sprint tower or an airave? I have a blue tower thingy RIGHT next to my apartment and I have always had awful signal. (2 bars maximum, no bars / roaming minimum. Most of the time I'm at no bars)
Could the little blue icon mean there is an airave nearby?
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Uhh not sure what you mean. The green triangle in the original post is my airave and the red triangle indicates the tower that is close to me. And yes so lucky to have a tower that damn close. I remember looking at where towers were going to be and remember seeing one close to my house, but didn't think it would literally be in my backyard...I drove around it to see if I could see an actual tower and I guess its not too high so my guess is it may just be like a station or something..But this airave and LTE is awesome, I been getting 3-5 bars all the time and anywhere from 3-12 mbps LTE
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Uhh not sure what you mean. The green triangle in the original post is my airave and the red triangle indicates the tower that is close to me. And yes so lucky to have a tower that damn close. I remember looking at where towers were going to be and remember seeing one close to my house, but didn't think it would literally be in my backyard...I drove around it to see if I could see an actual tower and I guess its not too high so my guess is it may just be like a station or something..But this airave and LTE is awesome, I been getting 3-5 bars all the time and anywhere from 3-12 mbps LTE
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What airave u got. 2.5? I would love to use my Airave and have LTE at my house
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I turned my airave on and it's only giving me 3g icon, speeds are Ok 1.5 mbps so that's better then before but I have LTE in my area so I should be just like you
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tmoney239sucka said:
What airave u got. 2.5? I would love to use my Airave and have LTE at my house
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I turned my airave on and it's only giving me 3g icon, speeds are Ok 1.5 mbps so that's better then before but I have LTE in my area so I should be just like you
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Ill have to check when I get back home in a week. At first I had 4g and like I said I realized my airave was off and when I unplugged it then plugged it back I got the 3g then later it switched to 4g and I checked the airave and it was all green, made a call, heard the three tones at the start of connecting the call like always, so I think it may be because I am so close to the tower..I have no idea lol. Ill let you know what version when I'm home again in a week.
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Ill have to check when I get back home in a week. At first I had 4g and like I said I realized my airave was off and when I unplugged it then plugged it back I got the 3g then later it switched to 4g and I checked the airave and it was all green, made a call, heard the three tones at the start of connecting the call like always, so I think it may be because I am so close to the tower..I have no idea lol. Ill let you know what version when I'm home again in a week.
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Ok cool. I'ma leave my airave on for a while just to see if 4g may pop up. I've been keeping it off because of text messaging delay ive been having. Btw I have a 2.5 I think that's their newest one, maybe wrong though.
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tmoney239sucka said:
Ok cool. I'ma leave my airave on for a while just to see if 4g may pop up. I've been keeping it off because of text messaging delay ive been having. Btw I have a 2.5 I think that's their newest one, maybe wrong though.
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I just got mine like three months ago I'd that tells you anything
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There is an affect called the umbrella affect. When you live to close to a tower you get similar behavior as if you were distant from tower. So it will connect and drop that tower constantly. So in umbrella situation if you stood right next to tower you couldn't connect to it but once you reach a certain distance from tower signal picks up.
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There is an affect called the umbrella affect. When you live to close to a tower you get similar behavior as if you were distant from tower. So it will connect and drop that tower constantly. So in umbrella situation if you stood right next to tower you couldn't connect to it but once you reach a certain distance from tower signal picks up.
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That's beyond the point. As you can see I have no complaints lol. I am enough close as I should be and not distant and pick up lte signal, signal many are wishing they had and with a device (Airave) that should only pick up 3g data and voice. I agree with you on the umbrella effect however that is not the issue here by any means. I guess you could say I'm right where I need to be
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My experience with net monitor is that it is very inaccurate regarding tower location.
I know where the towers are around my house, I can see them but net monitor is off over half the time.
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Pizzalover83 said:
My experience with net monitor is that it is very inaccurate regarding tower location.
I know where the towers are around my house, I can see them but net monitor is off over half the time.
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It doesn't matter of the inaccuracy or accuracy of the app...Shall I take a picture of my airave as well as the tower by my house? This is all irrelevant to the topic of my post.
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People I would really appreciate your feedback on this, during the past 3 weeks I have noticed that my download speeds had been drastically slow even when I have 4G and speed test coming back on results over 4MB download per second I see this is mostly during some times of the day, late at night it is fine, as an example when I tried to download an app from the market or as well when I'm using my phone as a hot spot it takes over a minute to download 2 MB of data. I have unlimited data and my friend my cousin and his wife are having the same issue, I was having it on my S3 now on my S4, my friend and cousin on their Note 2 and my cousins wife on her iphone 5 we all have unlimited data and now we are wondering if verizon is playing a dirty trick on us.... does anybody here are seeing this problem? are you unlimited or limited? I have called Verizon and they say they are only throttling 3G, not on 4G I already did their stupid apps deletes and resets factory resets etc etc, and I don't want to root my S4 yet in case they blame it on the phone and want me to exchange it.
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I've got unlimited and use about 50gb-200gb a month. No throttling. Chicago.
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I'm near Boston and also experiencing slower 4g speeds. Unlimited plan. Rooted.
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I am also having this problem, especially when I download apps in the market. I never had any problems with my S3. I wonder if it is due to the new NFC SIM. I am going to verizon and asking them for the regular sim and see if it solves the problem. I really hope it is not the phone. Also I used to get full 4G signal at home, now I get only 4 bars, it even drops to 3 sometimes.
I don't know what an nfc sim is but I'm running the s4 using the same sim card i had in my galaxy nexus since it first came out. So if that's not an nfc sim...
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I noticed the speed fluctuations when the Google play store started with the new updates. It would be with various apps updating and it would be on the network and it was also affecting speeds while on WiFi. It would take 5 min to download a 2 MB file that should only take a few seconds. I do not think the throttle is through the carrier but it may be on the google servers depending on which one you are connected to. I noticed recently that it has gotten better but there could be maintenance going on that is slowing down services and also with the weather around the country there could by bypasses going on that can affect downloads. Just my guess.
Just popped my sim into the galaxy nexus still experienced slower speeds. Maybe the weather or some other factor is at play
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diljosh said:
I am also having this problem, especially when I download apps in the market. I never had any problems with my S3. I wonder if it is due to the new NFC SIM. I am going to verizon and asking them for the regular sim and see if it solves the problem. I really hope it is not the phone. Also I used to get full 4G signal at home, now I get only 4 bars, it even drops to 3 sometimes.
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The NFC chip is in the battery.
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Just popped my sim into the galaxy nexus still experienced slower speeds. Maybe the weather or some other factor is at play
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It might just be your location. If anyone in the range of the cell tower your phone is connected to is using a lot of bandwidth or it is heavily populated with 4G users, you will feel the effects of it. Have you replicated it in a completely different area that's less populated and is greater than 5 miles away?
No. Only relative to same location in the past. Will try new places as i move through the world
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The NFC chip is in the battery.
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verizon has released a New NFC SIM, it is a second layer of protection for their new ISIS mobile wallet.
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The NFC chip is in the battery.
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It might just be your location. If anyone in the range of the cell tower your phone is connected to is using a lot of bandwidth or it is heavily populated with 4G users, you will feel the effects of it. Have you replicated it in a completely different area that's less populated and is greater than 5 miles away?
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Well I kind of doubt it would be the location, the reason is because I work traveling and during this past two weeks I was in Rock Hill SC near Charlotte NC, and Duluth GA near Atlanta, and was experiencing the same issues mmmmmm
Verizon does not throttle you. I'm currently using unlimited 4G and have been using unlimited since it first came out. They have not once throttled me.
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Everyone you know is being throttled. :silly:
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Everyone you know is being throttled. :silly:
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indeed :laugh:
Oddly enough, my 4g is fine but I have had similar problems with the play store and YouTube on my home network...
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I've got unlimited and use about 50gb-200gb a month. No throttling. Chicago.
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How do you use so much data?
zilla. said:
How do you use so much data?
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Heavy streaming mostly and I pretend I don't know what the WIFI toggle is or where it's located on my phone
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Heavy streaming mostly and I pretend I don't know what the WIFI toggle is or where it's located on my phone
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People like this are why there is no more unlimited data for all, or virtually anyone anymore.
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How do you use so much data?
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Heavy streaming mostly and I pretend I don't know what the WIFI toggle is or where it's located on my phone
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what he really means is...
porn. lots of it.
Verizon only throttles 3g and only when the tower being used is overloaded. During my year and a half with them I have never been throttled. I mostly always get 4g and I always pull about 15mbps and 1-2 on 3g
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I have had this on 2 Note3s. SPRINT. Anytime when turning on 4G LTE or switching from wife to LTE. I get this it also has a constant notification. I have replaced phone. Updated prl.profile.firmware. factory reset. Nothing. Sprint says they are unaware as usual. Is anyone else having this issue. Pic related..
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Never seen that. Wonder if your SIM card is setup correctly. Do you get lte? Can you use it?
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Never seen that. Wonder if your SIM card is setup correctly. Do you get lte? Can you use it?
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My best guess, is what @w7excursion said. Your sim card has not been programmed for your account. Your best bet, would be to take it to Sprint store, that is also a repair facility. You may have to go to more than one, until you find someone competent enough to handle it.
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Bobguy21 said:
I have had this on 2 Note3s. SPRINT. Anytime when turning on 4G LTE or switching from wife to LTE. I get this it also has a constant notification. I have replaced phone. Updated prl.profile.firmware. factory reset. Nothing. Sprint says they are unaware as usual. Is anyone else having this issue. Pic related..
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For some reason I can't multi-quote, but my response is above.
EDIT: Nowww multi-quote is working. Lol
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Never seen that. Wonder if your SIM card is setup correctly. Do you get lte? Can you use it?
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Yes it works but LTE is so slow in my area like 1-3 mb.
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My best guess, is what @w7excursion said. Your sim card has not been programmed for your account. Your best bet, would be to take it to Sprint store, that is also a repair facility. You may have to go to more than one, until you find someone competent enough to handle it.
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For some reason I can't multi-quote, but my response is above.
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And yea I got it from best buy and had them replace my first one and then I called sprint like a month ago and they stated they had no idea. But if you literally Google those words sprint and note 3 you will see other people are having issues with it. I think sprint is having problems having to depend on a similar card for lte.
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Bobguy21 said:
Yes it works but LTE is so slow in my area like 1-3 mb.
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You're not the only one with useless data speeds. I'm happy on days when LTE speeds reach 1Mbps, here in the Houston area.