Carrier Only now does Sprint care…

eyoungren said:
If the phone is unlocked, Sprint arguing over the IMEI is irrelevant. The real issue is not about the IMEI, it's about whether they will choose to activate it or not. Anything else is a smokescreen to hide the fact that they are choosing (or at least the rep is choosing) not to activate.
Click to expand...

i also have a t-mobile cdma gsm iPhone unlocked. and i can live without the spark channels and its crap that sprint won't work on this phone. they always wanted to have their own iPhone. and when i stuck a sprint sim in that phone it only worked as a cellular ipad. and when i tried to call out , it told me my code was invalid

i thought if the imei was not in their list, they cant activate it??
 
JohnApples said:
"It's getting better." The phrase I kept hearing from Sprint supporters since 2010.

"Just wait until we get 4G WiMAX!" Never came.
"Just wait until we get LTE!" God-awful, sub-1mbps speeds consistently.
"Just wait until Spark!" I'm in the center of a Spark coverage area and have yet to connect to the so called 'Spark' bands and see these amazing speeds.

Where I am, the differences in coverage between Sprint and ANY other carrier is night and day. I don't even get reliable call or texting coverage. The only reason why I'm still with them is because I'm grandfathered into an older, cheaper, unlimited data plan. Kinda pointless having unlimited data when it is literally unusable half the time.

Once my contract is up, I'm gone for good. Only a tempting email will bring me back :rolleyes:
Click to expand...


4g wimax came. we used it A LOT. its just now going away

i wrote letters to the news papers here to warn them that wimax days our numbered and i asked them why our VTA bus fleet is still using it. and they won't write back. i cant believe it. tons of people here take the light rail and their
days of free wifi are going to end very shortly. and apparently VTA is clueless
 
we loved our clear wire ispots!! you got unlimited WIMAX for all your apple gadgets for $25 a month!!! but they killed the product line off because they felt apple was reserving too many MAC addresses and they kept having to add them. wimax had a lot of holes in their coverage. it was like one street had it, but the other street didn't.

the iSpot was a special WIMAX to WIFI wireless router that would only allow apple devices to connect.
 
So…this is the fastest I have ever done on LTE and I've had an LTE capable iPhone since launch day 2012.

For fun, the much slower speedtest is T-Mobile 4G at work.

To put the slower speedtest in perspective, you have to consider that my average speed at work on Sprint is around 6mbps down.

On LTE!

Let that sink in. At work, T-Mobile 4G is faster than Sprint LTE. And this is that Sprint turned it up!

No thanks Sprint…I'm good where I'm at. Even the 4G at home performs better than your LTE.

SMH!

2015-10-09 15.06.02.png 2015-10-09 15.10.08.png
 
I won't change my opinion of Sprint until their engineers shed their loser attitude to not activate any phone other than what they sold. This strategy may have worked in 1995; but now; when their ship is sinking; and the company is begging for a chance - they can't be choosers. Any new customer at this time is precious, they should do anything and everything to sign them up on a monthly subscription; not thumb their noses at them.
 
rigormortis said:
i bought this new unlocked iPhone 6s+ and i tried running just basic imei checks with verizon and sprint and sprint is giving me the line about how its not a sprint device.. verizon says we will have to try it in the store


i didn't try activated sim cards or actually signing up, i was just curious about their imei device lists

my pet peeve with sprint right now is they tell you they save you $20 versus t-mobile's unlimited plan, but fail to mention that sprint does not give you mobile hotspot. if you want mobile hotspot its $20 more for 2 gb, which is the same price t-mobile charges for unlimited plus 7 gigs of mobile hotspot

if you want to match t-mobiles 7 gigs of mobile hotspot and unlimited data with sprint, your sprint bill would be $110. it would be $60 for unlimited and $50 for 6 gigs, and you would still have 1 gig less then t-mobile

its hard to put a price tag on all of t-mobile's uncarrier moves like music freedom, but the lack of mobile hotspot on sprint's plan is a major drawback
Click to expand...

If you are still in your return period (i.e. you bought it any day after the initial launch), then you might want to exchange it for the SIM-Free version, as that has the AT&T Band 30 support, and is supposed to be whitelisted by the CDMA carriers.
 
When I first had Sprint with my Galaxy S3 the service and reception was terrible. Dropped calls inside my house and such.

They boosted their network up around me and now with my 6 Plus I've had no issues. So I'll at least give them that.
 
Funny thread OP. The fact that you tolerated that crap for so long is remarkable.
BTW I have been with TMO for over a dozen years and I do get preferential treatment. I know you are not looking for that but I personally appreciate it.

Here is an example - I recently got a note saying that I was reaching my allocated data limits and would slow down. Confused, I called them. After a few minutes we discovered that I was not on truly unlimited but on regular unlimited - whatever the heck that is. As I told the rep, I didnt care what they called it, I just didnt want to deal with it. As soon as she realized I was a long term customer, she promised to call me back with a special pricing deal. But in the mean time, she added 10GB extra to my account immediately so I didnt have to worry. And they called me back, doubled my data bucket and it cost.... $10 extra only! I know some people will complain that it is not fair but I dont care. I appreciate the fact that I dont have to call and threaten to leave - they take care of me.
 
Chatter said:
Funny thread OP. The fact that you tolerated that crap for so long is remarkable.
BTW I have been with TMO for over a dozen years and I do get preferential treatment. I know you are not looking for that but I personally appreciate it.

Here is an example - I recently got a note saying that I was reaching my allocated data limits and would slow down. Confused, I called them. After a few minutes we discovered that I was not on truly unlimited but on regular unlimited - whatever the heck that is. As I told the rep, I didnt care what they called it, I just didnt want to deal with it. As soon as she realized I was a long term customer, she promised to call me back with a special pricing deal. But in the mean time, she added 10GB extra to my account immediately so I didnt have to worry. And they called me back, doubled my data bucket and it cost.... $10 extra only! I know some people will complain that it is not fair but I dont care. I appreciate the fact that I dont have to call and threaten to leave - they take care of me.
Click to expand...
Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm not going to say no to being treated well! I'm just not expecting it. In the long run, T-Mobile is a business, same as Sprint and AT&T and Verizon.

And in general I have no specific complaints about Sprint's service. However, that's because long ago I learned that you don't mix the types. Pick one. In-store, over the phone or online but do not mix the three. A lot of my aggravation was also resolved due to the fact that I started dealing only with Apple in 2012 for phone issues.

But if T-Mobile gives me great service I'm not going to refuse!

PS. We have the $80 unlimited plan with $30 7GB hotspot added on. My research shows that this is the plan that does not get throttled, so I'm guessing it's the 'truly' unlimited plan, no throttling - which is what I want. I made that clear to the sales rep that I wanted unlimited.
 
My wife and I have been with Sprint for over 18 years and just now is when they are getting their act together locally. Now that I'm with the upgrade program they better not slip up or I'm gone.

image.png
 
edlex said:
My wife and I have been with Sprint for over 18 years and just now is when they are getting their act together locally. Now that I'm with the upgrade program they better not slip up or I'm gone.

View attachment 591470
Click to expand...
This is good to see!

I would have stayed with Sprint, but not being able to make a phone call was just the last straw. Even on Sprint's best day here (Phoenix) though it's only around 20mbps down. And that's at work and not home - where I couldn't make calls.

I stuck it out for three years (Network Vision) and a total of 16 years. But again, if I can't make calls then what they hell am I paying them money for each month?
 
i wrote a letter to their corporate headquarters to complain about how it looks like i have to return my unlocked one for a sim free one just because sprint says its not a sprint device and how dare they call t-mo uncarrier moves b.s. when they don't even offer mobile hotspot.

i wonder if they will call me!

the weirdest thing happened today, i complained on amazon about a lighted collar for dogs and the owner of the company called me long distance all the way from London to talk about it
 
eyoungren said:
Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm not going to say no to being treated well! I'm just not expecting it. In the long run, T-Mobile is a business, same as Sprint and AT&T and Verizon.

And in general I have no specific complaints about Sprint's service. However, that's because long ago I learned that you don't mix the types. Pick one. In-store, over the phone or online but do not mix the three. A lot of my aggravation was also resolved due to the fact that I started dealing only with Apple in 2012 for phone issues.

But if T-Mobile gives me great service I'm not going to refuse!

PS. We have the $80 unlimited plan with $30 7GB hotspot added on. My research shows that this is the plan that does not get throttled, so I'm guessing it's the 'truly' unlimited plan, no throttling - which is what I want. I made that clear to the sales rep that I wanted unlimited.
Click to expand...

You are correct. As I understand it, that is the "real unlimited" plan. No throttling.
Hope you like the service moving forward. TBH, I have put up with inferior coverage for a while (subbing with wifi calling) because they were nice to me!
 
eyoungren said:
PS. We have the $80 unlimited plan with $30 7GB hotspot added on. My research shows that this is the plan that does not get throttled, so I'm guessing it's the 'truly' unlimited plan, no throttling - which is what I want. I made that clear to the sales rep that I wanted unlimited.
Click to expand...

First off, welcome to T-Mobile, and it's good to see you're off Sprint and on to much better things.

I do want to just clarify something, though: Technically, while T-Mobile doesn't throttle the unlimited plan, they *are* "de-prioritizing" unlimited plan users if they go past 23GB of usage in a billing cycle. It's in the fine print at the bottom of this page.

To be clear, this isn't a hard throttle. You can go past 23GB, and chances are still good you'll not notice any slowdown. There are people who do this regularly and don't experience any slowness at all. If however, the cell site you're on is congested, you'll find that the cell site's capacity will be devoted to everyone else's usage before yours... effectively slowing down your throughput until the congestion passes. If it happens, this could last minutes, or it could be hours.

Realistically... you're probably not going to go past 23GB of usage in a month, so this could be a non-issue. But, this is a recent development, and as such it's caused some controversy, particularly among those of us who've been on the unlimited when it truly was unlimited with no throttle or network management policy in place.
 
scaredpoet said:
First off, welcome to T-Mobile, and it's good to see you're off Sprint and on to much better things.

I do want to just clarify something, though: Technically, while T-Mobile doesn't throttle the unlimited plan, they *are* "de-prioritizing" unlimited plan users if they go past 23GB of usage in a billing cycle. It's in the fine print at the bottom of this page.

To be clear, this isn't a hard throttle. You can go past 23GB, and chances are still good you'll not notice any slowdown. There are people who do this regularly and don't experience any slowness at all. If however, the cell site you're on is congested, you'll find that the cell site's capacity will be devoted to everyone else's usage before yours... effectively slowing down your throughput until the congestion passes. If it happens, this could last minutes, or it could be hours.

Realistically... you're probably not going to go past 23GB of usage in a month, so this could be a non-issue. But, this is a recent development, and as such it's caused some controversy, particularly among those of us who've been on the unlimited when it truly was unlimited with no throttle or network management policy in place.
Click to expand...
Thanks! Yeah together, my wife and I would use about that much if really using our phones. But that does not include the allowance for music freedom so it's highly unlikely we will hit that.

Frankly T-Mobile would probably want to throttle my wife's minutes. Two hours on the phone with her aunt yesterday! :D
 
mtneer said:
I won't change my opinion of Sprint until their engineers shed their loser attitude to not activate any phone other than what they sold. This strategy may have worked in 1995; but now; when their ship is sinking; and the company is begging for a chance - they can't be choosers. Any new customer at this time is precious, they should do anything and everything to sign them up on a monthly subscription; not thumb their noses at them.
Click to expand...
http://www.sprint.com/landings/bring-your-own-phone/
I guess you can change your opinion now ;)
 
Sprint: The Soon Network

My first impression of Sprint was back in 2012 when they blatantly lied to my girlfriend telling her that areas where she doesn't get Sprint service, she'll be roaming on Verizon and AT&T and get full advantage of their networks in terms of connection speeds and call signal.

Wow, that's almost too good to be true!
 
Silver Idaten said:
Sprint: The Soon Network

My first impression of Sprint was back in 2012 when they blatantly lied to my girlfriend telling her that areas where she doesn't get Sprint service, she'll be roaming on Verizon and AT&T and get full advantage of their networks in terms of connection speeds and call signal.

Wow, that's almost too good to be true!
Click to expand...
Sure!

Back when the roaming limit was 300mb per month, not the 100mb per month it is now! :D
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Back
Top