WHY do I have to suffer with this crap! - Page 2

dallas contractor · #11 (**permalink**) 03-28-2009, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by turbochris

I switched from VZW to sprint to get way from the cheapass touch pro. I live just outside augusta GA and I'm getting 5 bars and this is what I have to put up with-

Is there any option other than switching back to VZW? I really like the sprint TP over the VZW but connectivity is important.

I tried a few different radios and tested the speed in different places in augusta and it's all crap...... I used to get about 500 to 700 kbs with my poor old XV6700 on VZW and my VZW tp was maybe just a little slower than the 6700.

What's really weird is sometimes these tests start off really fast like over 1 mb/s and then it just dies down to .1-.2 mb/s after a few seconds. WTF I've had it with this crap.

Is that what you get all over town or just at your home, if at home call Sprint maybe something is wrong with tower and no one else complains. I have atower by me with heavy highway traffic it had a T1 go out at one time for a week before it got fixed and several other problems along the way.

**jmorton10** · #12 (**permalink**) 03-28-2009, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Keir333

If you bought the phone out right, not with the contract, couldn't you go back to Verizon and activate the Sprint Touch Pro on their network?

Unfortunately, that procedure (which is the best of both worlds) doesn't work anymore...........

~John

jgatter · #13 (**permalink**) 03-28-2009, 08:10 AM

Listen, while with my vogue, when RevA=ENABLED in the EPST DATA SETTINGS I was getting great speeds. With my Diamond I was in the same boad, suffering with SUPER SLOW speeds. I decided to use the RevA=Disabled and all of a sudden I get 1.8down and 0.5up.

Give it a try: ##778#

There are many posts talking about this, this is one:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...=reva+disabled

Did not matter to me is disable means enabled or not, but in my case, disabling gave me 5x the speed I was getting before.

**hibby50** · #14 (**permalink**) 03-28-2009, 08:30 AM

you said 5 bars? there is an icon in ur taskbar that says either 1x or ev.... which one?

**skeegcpp** · #15 (**permalink**) 03-28-2009, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by hibby50

you said 5 bars? there is an icon in ur taskbar that says either 1x or ev.... which one?

good advice, Hibb
also, is the weather on the frits out there??? im in OK, and yesterday(due to the storm i think) my connections to anything sprint was a lil, spotty...

denasqu · #16 (**permalink**) 03-28-2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Devilstrider

How can i check my speed. When i go to speedtest.net from my phone in opera and skyfire it wont load.

Try this one http://www.mobilespeedtest.com/

Devilstrider · #17 (**permalink**) 03-28-2009, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by selders59

Here is a link I found that you could check out.

http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=por...t=news&id=6440

So i install this cab and head to the site?

loungebear · #18 (**permalink**) 03-28-2009, 06:53 PM

I had a sprint TP on Verizon for about a month. It kicked much butt. I'm in Salt Lake City and Verizon coverage is really nice here. Anyhown, I deactivated my TP after having trouble from a rom that messed up some settings. I cannot re-activate my TP on verizon. I went to a Verizon store and they called in to make a request to add my ESN to Verizons list of acceptable ESN's. But I will have to wait a week before I know if it's a go or not.

Check this thread for updates about my status and others.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=61926