So I finally started tweeting #sprintsucks

[AZTECHKA]

In the last 2 years of my contract... I have received my original EVO, a replacement EVO, 2 Samsung Nexus, 1 Motorola Photon and most recently a Galaxy SII.

Neither works as well as my original EVO. Yeah... Better features... Better specs.
Reception and text reliability are not there. Even wifi sucks here at work and at home.

I really really want a good reason not to get the new iPhone. my wife and my father in law and my sister in law who all have Sprint Iphone 4S DO NOT have this problem.

[gTen]

Originally Posted by AZTECHKA

In the last 2 years of my contract... I have received my original EVO, a replacement EVO, 2 Samsung Nexus, 1 Motorola Photon and most recently a Galaxy SII.

Neither works as well as my original EVO. Yeah... Better features... Better specs.
Reception and text reliability are not there. Even wifi sucks here at work and at home.

I really really want a good reason not to get the new iPhone. my wife and my father in law and my sister in law who all have Sprint Iphone 4S DO NOT have this problem.

It boils down to your area, for example the Motorola Photon I hear is known for having a good reception.

For example, look at this side by side comparison of photon vs original evo:

xda-developers - View Single Post - Data Reception Rocks!


There are many things that come into play, mostly Sprint is worse then before. But it also has to do with the area you are in. See sprint has 3 - 4 companies doing network build outs. Which use different hardware. In my area for one I get pretty decent reception on my Epic, better then any iphone that is for sure.

But it is not surprising since in my city the buildout was done by Samsung. So most likely tests were done using samsung equipment on samsung devices. Other cities that were built out by say Motorola obviously work better with Motorola equipment.

It is like when I had my TP2 reset in some cities but not others. Why? because it wasn't playing nicely with the towers for some reason. And only way to fix it was to use a different none sprint radio firmware.

[revaaron]

the TP2 sucked for me cause I am a heavy txter.
the kb was awesome, just the best... but if you had over 1K text, the phone died and so did senseui. I do over 3K text a month.


BTW: my entire building has been sprint roaming. one guy called and said it is a network issue with upgrading the local towers to LTE. Then gave him a code to use verizon towers which didn't work for phone calls. If you make a phone call, you get a verizon operator asking for a credit card.. "Klodike 514 what number pls". He called back to escalate the issue and they said that it would be 72hrs before anyone got in touch with him.

[gTen]

Originally Posted by revaaron

the TP2 sucked for me cause I am a heavy txter.
the kb was awesome, just the best... but if you had over 1K text, the phone died and so did senseui. I do over 3K text a month.

I had a lot of texts too on my phone, what I did is just remove sense ui. I was fine with the normal UI and for those that weren't there was SPB Mobile Shell.

BTW: my entire building has been sprint roaming. one guy called and said it is a network issue with upgrading the local towers to LTE. Then gave him a code to use verizon towers which didn't work for phone calls. If you make a phone call, you get a verizon operator asking for a credit card.. "Klodike 514 what number pls". He called back to escalate the issue and they said that it would be 72hrs before anyone got in touch with him.

But even if he uses verizon temporarily he won't get in trouble for roaming? But look at the bright side that means you will have LTE soon.

[revaaron]

in trouble for roaming? don't all plans have free roaming? My co-worker asked "so the verizon towers are all that work, shouldn't I just switch to verizon?"
the operator's reply was "yeah, I hear that a lot"

anyhow, I've been in NH for 2hrs now and none of my SMS that people are sending me are coming through. and I sent out a picture of my kid eating a huge carrot to my family. Only one of the mms's sent.

[gTen]

Originally Posted by revaaron

in trouble for roaming? don't all plans have free roaming? My co-worker asked "so the verizon towers are all that work, shouldn't I just switch to verizon?"
the operator's reply was "yeah, I hear that a lot"

Yes it is free roaming but they give you a limit, if you go over that limit sprint holds the right to terminate your account. It has been the easiest way for people to get out of contracts lol

anyhow, I've been in NH for 2hrs now and none of my SMS that people are sending me are coming through. and I sent out a picture of my kid eating a huge carrot to my family. Only one of the mms's sent.

Well this probably won't help much but you can sens sms and mms via "email to sms"

[revaaron]

I was 7 miles into maine... no reception for the 2 hours I was at the beach (trying to txt the baby mama) and my phone went from 90% to 9%.