Question on PagePlus Data...

[2 Bunny]

Hey there everyone,

It may seem strange to see 2 Bunny in the Android and Samsung section. A series of very unfortunate events has forced me to pick up a Samsung Epic here at the last second (you can learn more about that here) and I've decided to activate it on PagePlus instead of Sprint or Boost (which is what I had been planning to do with the Diamond anyway).

I found this really nice instruction guide on Google docs that basically walks you through step by step with everything you need to do in QPST and on the handheld to get everything going great. I've been up and running now for about a week and I have to say that everything is working about perfectly now except for one thing: EvDo data.

I tried lots of tweaks and settings in QPST, but nothing seems to be getting EvDo to work. I dialed ##DEBUG# and right now have it set up to force 1xRTT, and that works fine, but obviously only at 1x speeds. If I go back and switch to "hybrid" mode again, it just doesn't connect, and because Android is annoying and won't tell you what the heck it's doing, I don't know exactly where it's getting hung up at in the whole process. Back on Windows Mobile, I could just tap the taskbar and it would tell me if it was trying to connect, and if it failed, it would let me know.

Basically, I fell kind of "left out" by the device since it isn't telling me where it's getting "lost" at in the whole EvDo thing. Does anyone know why it isn't connecting, or of any way to find out what the device is at least trying to do?

Thanks.

- 2B

[gTen]

This is for boost mobile but I am guessing this is what you want:

Epic 4g to Boost Mobile (how to get the 3g working)- 2/4/11 UPDATE (MMS & VM WORKING) - xda-developers

oh and welcome to the dark side ..we have milk and cookies...

[masetas]

Why pageplus? There data plans suck. This phone with all the data it uses will eat up ur monthly amount quick.. well atleast the plans i seen they have available and i know this isnt the answer your looking for but i just had to ask

[2 Bunny]

Originally Posted by gTen

This is for boost mobile but I am guessing this is what you want:

Epic 4g to Boost Mobile (how to get the 3g working)- 2/4/11 UPDATE (MMS & VM WORKING) - xda-developers

oh and welcome to the dark side ..we have milk and cookies...

I did the same thing, except for PagePlus. I want to figure out why I can't use my EvDo.

Originally Posted by masetas

Why pageplus? There data plans suck. This phone with all the data it uses will eat up ur monthly amount quick.. well atleast the plans i seen they have available and i know this isnt the answer your looking for but i just had to ask

I'm on a medicore 100MB per month plan - if you know where I can do better for under $40 per month, please enlighten me.

- 2B

[gTen]

Originally Posted by 2 Bunny

I did the same thing, except for PagePlus. I want to figure out why I can't use my EvDo.

you followed the how to get 3g part of the guide?

and as maestus said, how many minutes you need?

[masetas]

Originally Posted by gTen

and as maestus said,

come on gten , Masetas... LOL

[2 Bunny]

Originally Posted by masetas

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how many talk minutes do you need?

Less than 50-100.

Originally Posted by gTen

you followed the how to get 3g part of the guide?

Yes, filling in the PagePlus data connection settings.

- 2 Bunny

[eric12341]

Yea I'm with @gTen u should've went with one of those Tmo plans. U will also get HSPA and HSPA+ connectivity which is far faster than EvDO especially sprint's implementation.

[2 Bunny]

Originally Posted by gTen

hey this is like only the 2nd time >.>..3rd times a charm? lol



I would suggest the new T-Mobile plan (if T-Mobile is good in your area)

You get for $30 a month:

100 minutes
5gb data with 4G, (throttling after 5gb)
unlimited texts


as for your issue...hm..we have something called logcat which helps debug errors but not sure if it includes exactly what you need :/

It's a good idea, but there is a formidable problem with that: My Epic is incompatible with the inferior GSM networks. Are there any deals like that on the stronger CDMA networks?

Originally Posted by eric12341

Yea I'm with @gTen u should've went with one of those Tmo plans. U will also get HSPA and HSPA+ connectivity which is far faster than EvDO especially sprint's implementation.

And that's totally exciting, but I'd still like to stick with the more formidable modern CDMA networks available to us today.

- 2 Bunny

[gTen]

Originally Posted by 2 Bunny

It's a good idea, but there is a formidable problem with that: My Epic is incompatible with the inferior GSM networks. Are there any deals like that on the stronger CDMA networks?

And that's totally exciting, but I'd still like to stick with the more formidable modern CDMA networks available to us today.

- 2 Bunny

umm....have no clue what you are talking about...HSPA+ is the progression of WCDMA. Oh and LTE is a progression of GSM and HSPA.

If you mean lower spectrum, t-mobile does roam in the 850mhz and uses 1.9ghz themselves. 3g goes over 1700 MHz/2100 MHz.

And yeah Epic won't work on GSM..:/

There is the new republic wireless which costs 19$..there is also virgin mobile's 25$ plan...