official evo 199 at sprint june 4 realese date!!!

[MiniEOD]

Originally Posted by gTen

While disabling WIFI is possible via firmware update and etc it would not prevent people from accessing it once they root. But it would add extra development..if anything they will just disable the wifi on load and only enable it once it authenticates for 1 day after which if it does not authenticate again it disables.


But I think this would kinda screw them over all and my guess is wifi Hot spot is only thing that requires authentication. It is more hassle then it is worth.

Sprint execs: muwahahahahha we have contracted a powerhouse of a phone!!!! now, let us RAIN SUFFERING ON OUR PEONS, we will CHARGE THEM THIRTY DOLLARS TO WIFI THEIR OWN NETWORKS , yes , yes , YES, that is it!!! then we will harvest their souls!!

if they did this, they would lose thousands of clients...no one would buy the phone, they would go to verizon to get the htc incredible...or att to get the iphone...there are so many alternatives out there...why would they deliberately sabotage their own product

[BlackDynamite]

Originally Posted by MiniEOD

after looking into your signature, and your argument on here... i can see you are a crazy conspiracy wackadoodle...i will say this: sprint is deliberately crippling the evo 4g's wifi in order to make YOU pay more...they are doing this to make you suffer...they are doing this because they know you are out there...if only you didnt start to question them...damn them

Nice ad hominem.You still have a pretty weak argument. It's going to be pretty funny when Sprint confirms that they actually typed exactly what they wanted to type and anyone who thought otherwise was actually the one making a mistake...

[MiniEOD]

Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

And this is the heart of the disagreement. yes, there IS a way for the WiFi to know if you have paid for it or not.

I used to have a 2 Wire 2700 DSL modem that "knew" if I had paid for the monthly networking package or not, and it would enable or disable a bunch of features accordingly. Sprint's 4G service is supposedly faster than that that old DSL line (and their 3G service is on par with it), so why wouldn't this phone be able to do that with the right firmware?

because the networking package you are talking about is a controllable signal... depending on what you pay for...they send you signal A, DSL, or signal B, DSL and network package

depending on what you pay for they send you cell plan A, B, C, D, etc.

depending on what you pay for they send you cell plan with or without hotspotting activated

depending on what you pay for, they cannot control an antenna

[BlackDynamite]

Originally Posted by p-slim

they can block features yes but only software., but they can't block hardware with a push of a button or electronically. if they want to unblock hardware a software update has to be pushed to the phone. For instance gps was locked on the mogul then when they wanted to make it active, it wasn't just a simple push of a button, a software update was needed to access gps. the only thing att, verizon, or sprint can do is block it by a software update which turns it off to all apps and programs. So yes sprint could technically block wifi, but if they did that it wouldn't be possible to use their app. What you're saying is physically impossible.

You're about halfway there, but not quite all the way...

It's not impossible at all. They can easily push over the air updates that work in the background to enable or disable the hardware on the device.

[p-slim]

Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

Nice ad hominem.You still have a pretty weak argument. It's going to be pretty funny when Sprint confirms that they actually typed exactly what they wanted to type and anyone who thought otherwise was actually the one making a mistake...

that won't be funny man, because almost every customer is going to need wifi, therefore people will be paying sprint, 69.99+10+29.99, I highly doubt and pray for sprints sake this is not what they are saying.

[WarChild]

Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

And this is the heart of the disagreement. yes, there IS a way for the WiFi to know if you have paid for it or not.

I used to have a 2 Wire 2700 DSL modem that "knew" if I had paid for the monthly networking package or not, and it would enable or disable a bunch of features accordingly. Sprint's 4G service is supposedly faster than that that old DSL line (and their 3G service is on par with it), so why wouldn't this phone be able to do that with the right firmware?

Yes but you pay for those services you dont on this phone. again no way to %100 know until it comes out. I could be wrong too but I hope your wrong...lol




CW

[MiniEOD]

Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

Nice ad hominem.You still have a pretty weak argument. It's going to be pretty funny when Sprint confirms that they actually typed exactly what they wanted to type and anyone who thought otherwise was actually the one making a mistake...

and it will be funny when i have an evo 4g and am having a great time streaming saturday morning cartoons from my FIOS connection, and you have a tp2 and are not having a great time

[MiniEOD]

Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

You're about halfway there, but not quite all the way...

It's not impossible at all. They can easily push over the air updates that work in the background to enable or disable the hardware on the device.

they can easily push mind controlling devices to your brain and make you buy the 29.99 wifi plan too

watch out!

[BlackDynamite]

Originally Posted by MiniEOD

because the networking package you are talking about is a controllable signal... depending on what you pay for...they send you signal A, DSL, or signal B, DSL and network package

depending on what you pay for they send you cell plan A, B, C, D, etc.

depending on what you pay for they send you cell plan with or without hotspotting activated

depending on what you pay for, they cannot control an antenna

No, mr thinks he knows everything but really doesn't know jack, that is NOT how it worked.

I had the same exact DSL package. If I paid a small monthly fee for their 'networking" add on, then my modem firmware would have port forwarding, remote configuration, and a bunch of other features. If I stopped paying for their "networking" add on, then my DSL signal stayed the exact same but those features would disappear from the modem firmware.

And it is totally feasible that Sprint could tweak the Evos firmware, remotely, based on what you are paying for.

[WarChild]

Ok guys this thread is getting off topic and has borderline attitude. We need to just agree to dissagree and get back on topic. Thanks for understanding and have a EVOlutionary day...




CW