Recent content by far_star

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    Dropped your Note 5 yet?

    Dropped mine from about 3 feet and struck the corner. Had this case. Camera lens still shattered. I had insurance and had to pay $200 deductible (Verizon) . I was very lucky to get a new one as a replacement...
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    Phantom Wifi hotspots appear in list

    I am afraid not. Since they show up as local and available I am only prompted to connect to them. I have never connected to them before and they show up as secured.
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    Phantom Wifi hotspots appear in list

    On my non-rooted P600 if have three wifi networks showing up as available and in the area. My device must have seen them while in my car because I recognize one of them from a nearby business. The only problem is that these networks show up and as available even when I am miles away. Could it...
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    Anybody getting stronger signal or less garbled voice since Verizon update?

    My 4G speeds took a dump. Getting about half what I used to. Is there a way to tell if you are on Band 3 or the new Band 4 ?
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    How are the new radios?

    I was running the leaked 4.0.4 radios before. These made no improvement to the horrible indoor 4G connectivity. My wife's Thunderbolt still runs circles around this dung-beetle when it comes to 4G reception.
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    4G Down - AGAIN!

    Down in LA also. This phone is a POS when it comes to holding a 4G signal though. My outage might be because a bird flew overhead or because I forgot to floss this morning.
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    Is there anyone who doesn't experience headphone hiss and if so what are you using ?

    As the thread starter I can report back with some more info. First know that the amp on the Thunderbolt is noisy. Some people may not notice it because of the following: Earbuds/phones with a high impedance (this reduces volume though and you have to go pretty high to cut it out)...
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    4g lag?

    We all need to be calling Verizon about this. I did when I first noticed this on Thursday. I also am in the los Angeles area. I have a ticket open with their tech support. If they don't know about the problem or are not pressured enough to do something about it then we can't count on things...
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    Problems with Google on 4G?

    Same problem here. Southern California LA Area on 4G.
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    No mobile data connection on thunderbolt. Wife's incredible working fine.

    I tried that as well. Same problem on or off the eHRPD network.
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    No mobile data connection on thunderbolt. Wife's incredible working fine.

    I'm having the same problem in LA. Only web browsers are affected. Speed Test run fine. I have tried reboots, battery/SIM pulls and nothing has helped. I would call Verizon , but they would just tell me to do the same before asking me to do a factory reset.
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    [Closed] Win a free HTC ThunderBolt from Rebtel

    I like cheese. See title.
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    4G problems in Southern California

    Socal Area, Redondo Beach reporting. Had problems all day yesterday. Multiple reboot didn't help. CS had me do a live battery pull. That seemed to do it. GPS was still problematic for a bit but when I manually killed the Speed Test app GPS went back to normal. Also Speed Test was using 100%...
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    Columbus, OH 5/19 - Back to 1x

    4g down this morning in LA area (Redondo Beach). Maybe something to do with the roll-outs today.