Any evo lte owners in Houston?

[guerolonghorn]

Gotta agree on that, not good. We are getting close I hope...

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[ReaganDee]

In case none of you guys have heard ... here is an LTE timeline update for Houston
Get Ready! Upcoming LTE launches in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio markets ? Inside Sprint Now

 

[jlo8720]

My parents have horrible coverage (voice and generally slow data) at their home in NW Houston (Cypress/Klein Area). They also have an airrave that seems to have fixed their voice issues, but idk how that affects data (if at all).


My brother was at their house this past weekend and said he hasn't seen any LTE yet.

 

[creighton]

FWIW, I was in a corporate store this afternoon and was told that they expect LTE to be live across the city on the 18th this month. I'm not holding my breath though, after all this is Sprint we are talking about.

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[truthteller10]

If you are thinking about getting this phone before Sprint fixes its network DON"T DO IT!!! Houstons data services are unusable and totally horrendous..Im getting the S3 on Tmobile which blows Sprint away when it comes to data..Yeah its capped at 5gbs but I don't use that much data.

 

[Inside.Sprint.Now]

FWIW, I was in a corporate store this afternoon and was told that they expect LTE to be live across the city on the 18th this month. I'm not holding my breath though, after all this is Sprint we are talking about.

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You might be safe holding your breath on this one.. that's within a couple days of the date I've seen

 

[merk_150]

My 3G was cutting in and out in Houston so I updated PRL and profile. I dunno if that has truly fixed the issue, but I haven't had trouble lately.

I have had my Evo for 4 days now and had a friend tell me my call was cutting in and out so I decided to do a PRL update and Profile update thinking this might help. After the update I noticed that my 3g symbol would come and go on the screen? My GF and I got the phones on the same day and she has had no problems because she did not do the update like I did. We were off Kirby in the same vehicle tonight when her phone had perfect 3g and mine didn't. After my updates I noticed that the mobile network kept disconnecting and connecting?? I could only get my calls and data not to drop if I keep my phone in CDMA only mode. We visited Sprint nearby and I was told by me doing the PRL update that's why my phone was dropping calls and not staying in 3g. Is any one else having this problem? I am new to Sprint and so far not impressed after years with Verizon (very dependable & fast LTE just too $$$) Thanks!

 

[htc evo 4g]

I have had my Evo for 4 days now and had a friend tell me my call was cutting in and out so I decided to do a PRL update and Profile update thinking this might help. After the update I noticed that my 3g symbol would come and go on the screen? My GF and I got the phones on the same day and she has had no problems because she did not do the update like I did. We were off Kirby in the same vehicle tonight when her phone had perfect 3g and mine didn't. After my updates I noticed that the mobile network kept disconnecting and connecting?? I could only get my calls and data not to drop if I keep my phone in CDMA only mode. We visited Sprint nearby and I was told by me doing the PRL update that's why my phone was dropping calls and not staying in 3g. Is any one else having this problem? I am new to Sprint and so far not impressed after years with Verizon (very dependable & fast LTE just too $$$) Thanks!

Call Sprint and have them reset the activation...

 

[merk_150]

what will that do exactally?

 

[merk_150]

Sorry I'm new to the forum and still getting the hang of how to post. How often should I do a PRL update and or Profile update?? I have to keep my phone in CDMA only to keep from having dropped calls I wonder if Sprint is aware of this problem? What exactally will a re activation do? Thanks

 

[htc evo 4g]

Foe this of you that are having 3g cutting in and out or mobile network trying to reconnect all the time issues, give sprint a call and tell them about your issue. They will (or will suppose to) reset your activation. Meaning they will just reactivate your phone as if your setting up your new device again. I wow at best buy and I had a couple customers come in and they were having this issue so I called sprint and they reactivated their phone and it seemed to solve their problem. I think anyways cause they never came back. Good luck

Sent from my eVo LTE

 

[merk_150]

Once Sprint resets the phone will it default automatically to LTE/CDMA or will I have to go into the settings and toggle it back myself? Any one know who has done this? Thanks!!

 

[htc evo 4g]

Once Sprint resets the phone will it default automatically to LTE/CDMA or will I have to go into the settings and toggle it back myself? Any one know who has done this? Thanks!!

Just go into network settings and change it back....no big deal..

 

[merk_150]

Has your phone also cut out on 3g? mufflrd distorted calls and connrcting/disconnecting form network? Just curious?

 

[htc evo 4g]

Has your phone also cut out on 3g? mufflrd distorted calls and connrcting/disconnecting form network? Just curious?

The only issue that i have with my issue is the battery life. Not as strong as the others that ive seen on here but i guess that due to me on it all the time. I was lucky enough to not have any other problems such as 3g cutting on and off but as i mentioned before, i work at best buy and quite a few customers had came in with this issue.... all within the past 5 days. I called sprint and explained to them the issue and the basically "reactivated" their device and it fixed the problem. Had i known to call them last saturday when the phone officially launched to those that didnt preorder, I wouldnt of needed to exchange the device for them.


Hope that helps.

 

[ERicJ]

I've had the phone for three days now in Southwest Houston suburbs.

3G speeds are AWFUL, just bloody awful...

SpeedTest app shows me getting 20-60kbps download and 100-300kbps upload.... not Mbps... kbps. If I'm lucky I'll get over 100kbps on download occasionally.

My old Epic4G had reasonable 3G speeds in the same locations.

 

[creighton]

I've had the phone for three days now in Southwest Houston suburbs.

3G speeds are AWFUL, just bloody awful...

SpeedTest app shows me getting 20-60kbps download and 100-300kbps upload.... not Mbps... kbps. If I'm lucky I'll get over 100kbps on download occasionally.

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My old Epic4G had reasonable 3G speeds in the same locations.

If you were getting 100-300 Mbps I would be jealous.

 

[Mercury81]

Here's my speed test here in PA, only have 3g at the moment.

sent from my Evo4LTE

 

[fatboy#AC]

In case none of you guys have heard ... here is an LTE timeline update for Houston
Get Ready! Upcoming LTE launches in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio markets ? Inside Sprint Now

Anyone get the text yet?

 

[guerolonghorn]

Seems like the 3G is a little better.

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