Unless u go over the 2.5 GB cap and have kick you off that network. Been there done that. :banghead: back to square one.
Good thing is I get pretty good coverage here in Chicago, NYC and Detroit.
If you like that model but don't like TMo coverage then do Straight Talk. You'll get AT&T's coverage including their LTE network and 2.5 GB of data for $45. Can't beat it.
Unless u go over the 2.5 GB cap and have kick you off that network. Been there done that. :banghead: back to square one.
Good thing is I get pretty good coverage here in Chicago, NYC and Detroit.
I wish these numbers were easily to find, but here's the link to the July article about 20 million S4s:
They could be mismanaged. Maybe they are taking too much money out for salary.
Yeah this is usually what happens...when it's working properly. When it's not, the phone kinda just...sits there. It never appears to do anything involving data unless connected to WiFi or synced at H+ speeds with the tower; nothing ever gets through when the phone is showing UTMS/3G or HSDPA/H links.
Occasionally when trying to get cellular data going whether through a browser, app notifications, or even just a data-based messaging app, I get nothing while the phone just never ramps up from 3G or flips between 3G/H/H+ back and forth until the apps timeout. Sometimes the modem will disconnect and reconnect to the tower but even then it's a coin flip as to whether that'll work; sometimes it does and other occasions it'll just repeat the same behavior.
HTC One S on TMobile in Los Angeles/San Gabriel Valley area. It can happen indoors, outdoors, where I work, right outside my own house, on either AWS or PCS towers, regardless of baseband version and ROM. I never could figure out why this happens after over a year.
The other thing that annoys me is that even though I select the option to never sleep on WiFi the phone seems to do it anyway as soon as the screen turns off. It's annoying as hell when I use an app like AirDroid for texting or transferring files over my home network, and especially when trying to tether. Is this normal behavior for Android or is this down to specific phones (if the latter, I sure hope Nexus behavior is different)?
Your One S has a Euro baseband option but the Nexus is just 1 baseband, so I'm not sure if I have that fix like you do. Additionally, i think the battery life improvement, camera, and storage are enough for me. I'm not really banking on SOC being a huge boost, nor do I need a huge boost in performance. However I would like the lag reduced, so perhaps the SOC does matter to me a bit.Probably nobody will care but I think I managed to fix this by flashing the baseband from the European model of the phone...only been a day so far but it's working a lot better, and I do lose the ability to select which signal/tower to connect to between AWS and PCS. Still, what a retarded solution that never should've been needed in the first place -_-
That being said if this hackjob works out in the long run, I am starting to question whether I should even bother considering shelling out ~$400 for what is pretty much just a screen size and presumably battery life upgrade. I don't find that the improved SOC really means much when phones are going to throttle themselves left and right if you try to run them full tilt for any meaningful amounts of time. Am I just going crazy here?
That's my bet.However, given the lack of any news or coverage of this announcement, it leads me to believe there's some sort of embargo. So maybe the devices have been distributed and they're waiting for the embargo to lift.
i think we can all go back to balling chix and doing blow, it doesnt look its happening today....
Might I recommend spell check?
Many people (including me) liked the smaller phones (not necessarily smaller screens) from the 2010 era. It really sucks that any decent Android phone is not comfortable and easy to use one handed or comfortable pocketable.The problem was S3 was simply too good for the masses, and came exactly where people can start replacing their outdated small screened ~2010 androids. Then came the Note 2 and there simply isn't a big as S3 consumer base left for the S4.
I've heard bad things about Straight Talk, including issues keeping a connection to the network and basically no existent customer support.If you like that model but don't like TMo coverage then do Straight Talk. You'll get AT&T's coverage including their LTE network and 2.5 GB of data for $45. Can't beat it.
I'm curious how a company made screen protectors when the phone haven't even been officially announced yet. Where are they getting official dimensions? Usually those things have cut outs for the front camera, speaker, etc.Your One S has a Euro baseband option but the Nexus is just 1 baseband, so I'm not sure if I have that fix like you do. Additionally, i think the battery life improvement, camera, and storage are enough for me. I'm not really banking on SOC being a huge boost, nor do I need a huge boost in performance. However I would like the lag reduced, so perhaps the SOC does matter to me a bit.
In other news, my Nexus 5 screen protector arrived.
where exactly?
Most of the bay area is pretty bad but specify the east bay. Benicia (where I live), Vallejo, Concord, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Pleasanton(where I work).
Most of the bay area is pretty bad but specify the east bay. Benicia (where I live), Vallejo, Concord, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Pleasanton(where I work).
I'm curious how a company made screen protectors when the phone haven't even been officially announced yet. Where are they getting official dimensions? Usually those things have cut outs for the front camera, speaker, etc.