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Charge not to impressed!!!!

I am to happy with this phone. Very disappointed ... why would Samsung on install 300k ram. ?? What were they thinking.
My fascinate was as good as this. Why did I get it?
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RichardZu said:
I am to happy with this phone. Very disappointed ... why would Samsung on install 300k ram. ?? What were they thinking.
My fascinate was as good as this. Why did I get it?
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Not sure why... dont let the door hit ya in the azz !!

RichardZu said:
I am to happy with this phone. Very disappointed ... why would Samsung on install 300k ram. ?? What were they thinking.
My fascinate was as good as this. Why did I get it?
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Did your fascinate have the capability to get 20 mpbs uh no. Its the best out of the 4g phones period. Lg phone sucks donkey balls. Tbolt is a dam nice phone love sense wife owns this phone. The battery life sucks azz though 2 /3 hrs tops. The only reason I did not buy that phone. Charge better display than any other lte phone, better battery life as well. Makes it a easy decision.

A very easy decision. Don't know why people talks down to this phone and in a few more weeks we will have so much ROM to make it even better, not that it's needs to be.

It has 550 ram but 220 is dedicated to functions you cant control. The other is for all your apps and system apps
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RichardZu said:
I am to happy with this phone. Very disappointed ... why would Samsung on install 300k ram. ?? What were they thinking.
My fascinate was as good as this. Why did I get it?
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please tell me english isn't your first language. This makes my head hurt trying to read it.

RichardZu said:
I am to happy with this phone. Very disappointed ... why would Samsung on install 300k ram. ?? What were they thinking.
My fascinate was as good as this. Why did I get it?
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I guess exercise your return policy?
SAMOLED+ > SAMOLED > Super LCD > TFT.
4.3" > 4" > 3.8" > 3.5".
4G/3G/1x > 3G/1x.
8MP Camera > 5MP Camera (and honestly, better than the 8MP on the DX2).
It has more than "300k" ram.
But, you know, some of the above is personal preference. It's perfectly fine if you don't like the phone.
I love it.

I love my Charge
great batt life and no lockups or anything like I was getting with the tbolt

Grammar and spelling are officially dead on the Internet

It has 512MB of RAM, with a portion of that being allocated to the GPU and some other things on the system, leaving you with ~330MB or so. The GPU needs some dedicated memory to get such good performance, and I'd rather not see it at all, than see it and not be able to use it.

Lets be honest. Out of the box this phone is a pos.
Ive returned mine once thinking i got a bunk phone. On my second droid charge now and im convinced this phone has some hardware issues and samsung built it as cheap as possible. I havent lost any pixils yet but im not sure any rom will make this a sold phone.

I don't understand why people start threads to complain about the phone they own. If you don't like it, fine. Either get rid of it or deal with it. Complaining makes you look:
A. Like a baby
And
B. Like someone who didn't do any research before buying.
Wah wah wahl... We all feel so bad for you.
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i wish more ppl complained about this phone before i bought it. . instead of all the BS reviews out there. woulda save me some time and frustration.

gregh530 said:
i wish more ppl complained about this phone before i bought it. . instead of all the BS reviews out there. woulda save me some time and frustration.
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The only thing I can gather, is that folks like you don't care about 4G and didn't start with a Thunderbolt. This phone is far superior to the Tbolt... making it the best Verizon 4G phone available.

I had a fascinate and stepped up the the charge... I really like the charge. I like the feel and the look of the charge. The only thing that's going to top this phone is going to be the galaxy s2, that is supposed to be released sometime in the third quarter for verizon.
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Keighles said:
I had a fascinate and stepped up the the charge... I really like the charge. I like the feel and the look of the charge. The only thing that's going to top this phone is going to be the galaxy s2, that is supposed to be released sometime in the third quarter for verizon.
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The only issue here is that there are talks that the SGS2 won't be LTE-capable If that's the case, it will make me really, really sad.
And seriously people, if you don't like the phone return it and gtfo. I'm kind of getting sick of hearing about it. Me, personally, I've owned almost every new Verizon and Sprint phone since the HTC Incredible. I love this phone.
If you have legitimate issues with the phone that you think this community can remedy or assist you with, feel free to voice and ask for assistance. But if you just come here to post a half-english half-button-mashed complaint with overuse of exclamation marks then please refrain

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The only issue here is that there are talks that the SGS2 won't be LTE-capable If that's the case, it will make me really, really sad.
And seriously people, if you don't like the phone return it and gtfo. I'm kind of getting sick of hearing about it. Me, personally, I've owned almost every new Verizon and Sprint phone since the HTC Incredible. I love this phone.
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Agreed.
If you know what you are doing, this phone is just as good as any.
## wish there was more available ram. The browser takes 90 mb of ram to watch flash video... yikes
Other than that.... this phone rules! 20mbps download on the lte??? This thing is crazy fast... it's strange when you turn your wifi off because lte is faster... lol
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im coming from a mytouch4g from tmo so this phone is leaps and bounds better then my old phone. if you think you had a bunk phone and returned it and the second one is not working the way you think it should either then maybe it has something to do with user error not phone. the only thing i would complain about on this phone that the mt4g had it beat in was battery life. the battery life is horrible but thats ok with the amazing screen on this phone its expected

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The only issue here is that there are talks that the SGS2 won't be LTE-capable If that's the case, it will make me really, really sad.
And seriously people, if you don't like the phone return it and gtfo. I'm kind of getting sick of hearing about it. Me, personally, I've owned almost every new Verizon and Sprint phone since the HTC Incredible. I love this phone.
If you have legitimate issues with the phone that you think this community can remedy or assist you with, feel free to voice and ask for assistance. But if you just come here to post a half-english half-button-mashed complaint with overuse of exclamation marks then please refrain
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Agreed...if the sgs2 is not 4g lte. Then I think its a waist of resources and very disappointing.
Now that im running jt's voodoo kernal and imnuts v4 rom. Combined with the 4g lte . This phone rocks!!
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It will be lte with a rev2 chip. Rev2 chip is a radio that does cdma and lte without having different signal bars. It's not like the tb or charge. It doesn't add bulk. And the rev2 chip is known to save battery unlike our lte chips
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thubderbolt best 4g Verizon phone?

ok guys i need ur gelp, i only got a 1/2 hour to decide. i found a great deal on a tb but i dont know if i should get it.
are you guys happy with the phone?
would u get a diff 4g phone
how is the batt?
a list of pros n cons would be great
might buy it for 175 used. i got burn with the fascinate and i dont wanna do the same.
tge reason i want a 4g phone is to lock in unlimited 4g before the limited plans get in.

Best 4g lte phone imo. Just make sure to get an extended battery down the road.
Great speeds
OK screen
Great dev support
Not so great battery life on standard battery
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Get the damn TB. Put some BAMF on it. Enjoy.
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I can usually get from 8-16 hours from the thunderbolt on the standard battery, depending on use of course. I am sitting in wifi mostly, running das Bamf 1.8.6 right now. Over the weekend, I got 28 hours on a single charge on 3G, but I didn't use it much at all - just emails, a few websites but there was about an hour of pandora in there.
If you're interested in rooting/ROMing, I think the TB is definitely the best choice

I thought the Samsung phone was pretty good. Ofcourse I am not sure if it is worth the extra money, it probably sells for more than TB.
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Not saying this cause I own one, thunderbolt hands down. The development community alone should be enough to make it the most appealing LTE device.
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I was wondering the same thing. Hardware wise the charge is superior but developer wise the thunderbolt has more support. I bought my tbolt used in like new condition for $350. The price jacked up once the tiered data plans were leaked. At $175 check to make sure the esn is clean and then go for it!
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cowisland said:
I thought the Samsung phone was pretty good. Ofcourse I am not sure if it is worth the extra money, it probably sells for more than TB.
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Samsung and I are not friends. Innovative products, poor product support. Their way of fixing things is releasing a new device. This has been my experience anyway.
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Not to be rude but no peons or cons list?
And as far as you guys know what exactly is grandfather in?
If I have unlimited data and I choose to upgrade later to a 4g non contract would I keep unlimited?

jonagpa said:
Not to be rude but no peons or cons list?
And as far as you guys know what exactly is grandfather in?
If I have unlimited data and I choose to upgrade later to a 4g non contract would I keep unlimited?
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According to what's been floating around so far yes you do.
I also gave you two cons in my reply. Want me to start making up stuff?
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lrs421 said:
According to what's been floating around so far yes you do.
I also gave you two cons in my reply. Want me to start making up stuff?
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No, hahah sorry kinda stressed out abou it for some reason
I am getting it just in case they say u can't be grandfathered in for the 4g. I don't even have 4g here but 4g is the future and I only pay 10 for unlimited ( I got this crazy promotional deal last November) n I don't wanna lose it when I do get 4g around here.

I have to say I'm impressed with the Thunderbolt, and I'm not an Android guy. Well Im totally an Android guy, now. If I had gotten any other phone available currently, I would have passed it off in a week.
The thunderbolt's quality combined with developer support and the online community just form a smartphone-holy trinity.
I have an iPad 2, iPad, iPhone 4, and Thunderbolt. The short battery life the first three days was a con. Then I started customizing my settings, and about 3 hours after ordering an extended battery I realized "Oh ****, I've been pushing this dude pretty hard for 10 hours."
Needless to say, I only use it when I'm going to be out all night and she's pretty enough that I may not charge it first thing in the morning.
Rooted Thunderbolt on BAMF Sense 3.0 RC 4 with MR2 radio and latest dreamKernel.

By the way, I see you're in Queens. I work in Long Island City and get great 4g speeds. About 25 down and 5 up.
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jonagpa said:
Not to be rude but no peons or cons list?
And as far as you guys know what exactly is grandfather in?
If I have unlimited data and I choose to upgrade later to a 4g non contract would I keep unlimited?
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you keep unlimited as long as you keep your plan (3g/4g doesn't make a difference), they have said that as long as you are unlimited with smartphone data, you are good (according to engadget). If you change your base plan in any way, then you will lose the unlimited data.
Thunderbolt is a great phone with minor hiccups stock. Charge has better battery life and a better screen. Thunderbolt has a lot better dev support as do most htc products. Thunderbolt comes with 40gb total memory, not sure about the Charge.

Every Charge I've played with has just dragged. I attribute it to the way Samsung distributed the ram. Their battery life sucks too. I can get 2 days out of my TB. I've used a Charge that regularly loses 40% in 3 hours.

nrfitchett4 said:
Thunderbolt is a great phone with minor hiccups stock. Charge has better battery life and a better screen. Thunderbolt has a lot better dev support as do most htc products. Thunderbolt comes with 40gb total memory, not sure about the Charge.
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Why do HTC phones have better dev support, just curious? This is my first Android phone, so forgive me if I am missing something obvious here, could have googled it, etc. Thanks!
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I love my thunderbolt. I bought it used for $350 went to verizon to activate told him it was used and he asked if I wanted insurance. I said sure. Had an issue that was within 14 days of purchase and they gave me a new in box. Yeah I know people will ***** I screwed verizon but people have a job and should be trained. Since I have had no problems, love the Roms put out and 4g is great.

I can't believe that nobody had mentioned that the.TB is the only verizon phone with voice and simultaneous data thanks to its dual antennas.
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I like my TB, but this is my first Android phone so I can't really compare. People have gone over the pros for the phone, and I agree with them. Here are a couple of potential cons. #1 is the phone sound quality. I personally don't find it that great, and to me Verizon iPhone (my wife has one) sounds better. I thought the phone amp was such a basic part that it should never be an issue, but surprisingly it is an issue for me. #2 is the 4g battery drain bug. The good thing is that not everyone has it, and I hope MR2 radio finally fixes it (testing that right now). Other than that it has been a great phone for me, and I am definitely enjoying the dev support, thanks to the devs and people offering help on this forum!
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cowisland said:
I like my TB, but this is my first Android phone so I can't really compare. People have gone over the pros for the phone, and I agree with them. Here are a couple of potential cons. #1 is the phone sound quality. I personally don't find it that great, and to me Verizon iPhone (my wife has one) sounds better. I thought the phone amp was such a basic part that it should never be an issue, but surprisingly it is an issue for me. #2 is the 4g battery drain bug. The good thing is that not everyone has it, and I hope MR2 radio finally fixes it (testing that right now). Other than that it has been a great phone for me, and I am definitely enjoying the dev support, thanks to the devs and people offering help on this forum!
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It will sound better if you pull the kickstand out, even if that's a little inconvenient.

HI new to verizon

hi everyone i just got my first verizon phone its a samsung charge
so far so good i am still playing with it but does this phone has swipe?

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hi everyone i just got my first verizon phone its a samsung charge
so far so good i am still playing with it but does this phone has swipe?
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Congratulations, and yes it does, long press the message bar and select your input method, or go to settings/language and keyboard
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am talking about like what the samsung epic has, where i swipe my finger across the screen to write,.
UPDATE, i found it thanks.

-javier- said:
hi everyone i just got my first verizon phone its a samsung charge
so far so good i am still playing with it but does this phone has swipe?
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OUCH! Why didn't you sign up BEFORE 7/7/2011!
Welcome to Verizon though. Great service, ****ty customer service, last to get good phones and a **** load of crapware!

Turb0wned said:
OUCH! Why didn't you sign up BEFORE 7/7/2011!
Welcome to Verizon though. Great service, ****ty customer service, last to get good phones and a **** load of crapware!
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Yeah, you just missed the unlimited data Agreed, Verizon is a great network, but I think all large companies' customer service is useless. We have our fair share of good phones, like the DX, and the soon to be Bionic. And there's nothing we can do about the bloatware... Let's Golf 2 is taking up ~100mb of my internal memory
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kvswim said:
Yeah, you just missed the unlimited data Agreed, Verizon is a great network, but I think all large companies' customer service is useless. We have our fair share of good phones, like the DX, and the soon to be Bionic. And there's nothing we can do about the bloatware... Let's Golf 2 is taking up ~100mb of my internal memory
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Titanium backup baby!
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i know this sucks i really would like the unlimited data it really sucks a phone like this should not be cap. now if i watch 3 netflix movies ill blow my cap could there be a way to talk to them?
my account is 2 days old.

Doubt it, wouldn't hurt to try though. Make sure to download watchdog or use some data managing app so you make sure you don't go over!
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And whore out on wifi.
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yeah i just try talking to them,lol, is like having a 500 horsepower card and only drive it at 60mhp....LOL

-javier- said:
yeah i just try talking to them,lol, is like having a 500 horsepower card and only drive it at 60mhp....LOL
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I hate sprint, slow internet, not the best service, but if your someone that uses alot of data, you might as well go with them now. One thing I do give sprint is that they have the best phones.

Turb0wned said:
I hate sprint, slow internet, not the best service, but if your someone that uses alot of data, you might as well go with them now. One thing I do give sprint is that they have the best phones.
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well i already have a sprint account with the samsun epic this is what happen
my wife wanted a phone, so i gave her my sprint samsung epic and got me the droid charge cause am into speed. lol so far i like how fast it is.

how do i know if i am roaming on this phone>?

AT&T is going to slow down unlimited data?

Okay so they are planning on slowing you down once you reach a certain limit they set with their biggest package 4GB I would guess its around that point, how are they going to trottle everyone's speed down to a crawl? Is it going to be like they trottled everyone's speed up in the past VIA software updates? Anyway just curious what you all think and hopefully there's away to not be stuck in a rut on this one, I do a lot of streaming, and multiplayer gaming on my phone...
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maxjivi05 said:
Okay so they are planning on slowing you down once you reach a certain limit they set with their biggest package 4GB I would guess its around that point, how are they going to trottle everyone's speed down to a crawl? Is it going to be like they trottled everyone's speed up in the past VIA software updates? Anyway just curious what you all think and hopefully there's away to not be stuck in a rut on this one, I do a lot of streaming, and multiplayer gaming on my phone...
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I have the 30 dollar unlimited plan and i'm using 5-6GB a month and i seem to be fine. But i cant imagine what other people are using.

It's not in effect yet, I do between 6 and 16 depending on if I'm downloading new roms and stuff too, but its suppose to be effective soon.
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According to the post on ATT Website, they are putting it into effect on October 1st.
Secondaly, they are only capping the extreme few that are using CRAZY amounts of data, and taht number was WAY WAY above 4g data.
I spoke to a friend at ATT and he stated that currently the cap was at 10gigs. Now, that could change but who knows.
The data throttling is not being done VIA software and such but instead a change to your plan. All ATT phones are tracked via IMEI numbers and thus the way they know who has what number and what data/messaging packages. All they are doing is making a change to your plan that will only allow you to access the EDGE network.
I can see this possibly being bypassed but will have to wait till the change hits to see what can be done to bypass this.

What dept does your friend work in? Mine read about what's going on when and stuff but they didn't give him exact info like how or what the limit was. Edge don't even work when I try so that wouldnt be right because it takes 5 minutes to load a Facebook status.. anyway whatever happens I hope the limit is a bit higher then 10 sometimes I hit 16 and I don't do mobile hotspots, and i connect to WiFi at home. Let's hope for a work around if so!
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I miss having wifi at my work. I use my wireless at home. My '4G' is pretty fast at my house though (4-5mbps).

Wow i'm dreading this I drive a truck for a living and use the wifi tether allot to play my x-box. This is going to hurt hope someone finds a work around!
P.M. please lift this 5 minute post restriction!
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Playing xbox? Wow! I have tried before and never get a good connection.

It depends allot on the host I connect to on black ops and where I am
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No offense but its people like you is the reason why tethering has been such a huge issue. Tethering (if you are not paying for it) should only be used for necessity or minor things like checking your email, post a Facebook status message, or upload a photo, so that you are not abusing the feature and bogging down the network/tower you are connected to.
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Wow i'm dreading this I drive a truck for a living and use the wifi tether allot to play my x-box. This is going to hurt hope someone finds a work around!
P.M. please lift this 5 minute post restriction!
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cavsoldier19d said:
No offense but its people like you is the reason why tethering has been such a huge issue. Tethering (if you are not paying for it) should only be used for necessity or minor things like checking your email, post a Facebook status message, or upload a photo, so that you are not abusing the feature and bogging down the network/tower you are connected to.
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+1 on that one. Won't be long though. All carriers are cracking down and just read something new on the net that google is even getting involved with blocking illegal and/or abusive tethering in the near future.

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+1 on that one. Won't be long though. All carriers are cracking down and just read something new on the net that google is even getting involved with blocking illegal and/or abusive tethering in the near future.
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Wharz link?
Saved and Texan by the grace of God, Redneck by choice.

cavsoldier19d said:
No offense but its people like you is the reason why tethering has been such a huge issue. Tethering (if you are not paying for it) should only be used for necessity or minor things like checking your email, post a Facebook status message, or upload a photo, so that you are not abusing the feature and bogging down the network/tower you are connected to.
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Well no offense but you don't know anything about me. I have maybe time for 2 matches a weak! I don't abuse anything. I have never gone over 5 gigs in a month. And as mentioned I live in a truck i'm exactly the reason tethering is out there!
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Guys how he does his tethering is his business not ours
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It's all funny you guys are panicking. The slowdown is only going to be relevant to the top 5% of users according to my buddy who works in their corporate offices.
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Hiyabuz said:
It's all funny you guys are panicking. The slowdown is only going to be relevant to the top 5% of users according to my buddy who works in their corporate offices.
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Ive learned that att lies it will not be 5% it will be to whom ever they wish. My perdition is one people hit the 4g tether plain the brakes will be on.
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why so horrified? if you write a check and there isn't enough cash in the account to cover it, are you surprised when the bank dings your account with a huge fee?

Top 5% users..... yeah right.
We all know how this is going to happened, you hit a certain cap, say about 10GB, then they throttle you to slower then EDGE speeds.
It's all their plan to ruin unlimited data for unlimited data users......
Hopefully though, the cap is high, or they ACTUALLY tell the truth for once and only throttle the top 5%, which I'm probably nowhere near (I use 3-4GB a month), so I really won't have to worry about it, but it sucks for people who use 10-15GB a month without tethering, you must not have wifi around where you normally are. :/

Agoattamer said:
+1 on that one. Won't be long though. All carriers are cracking down and just read something new on the net that google is even getting involved with blocking illegal and/or abusive tethering in the near future.
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HEY IM with you. I use tethering and dont pay, but I never never gostreaming and never go about 4 at the most. Most of the time It is2. I have unlimited data. For god sakes it a cell phone not a pc people

If you have the grandfather unlimited plan, are they slowing that down too?
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s3 signal not that great what else to get

For work I drive in fringe areas and 250 mile trip my s3 was dropping a lot of calls I would say 12 times.
I called vzw and they sent a replacement now I'm about half the drop calls I had before.
What do you guys suggest for a good signal phone?
I was looking at motto hd maxx

Have you tried flashing a new modem?
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Have you tried flashing a new modem?
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Have not tried to flash a new modem. I figured it's the antenna in it and could not be fixed

i get great reception. running cleanrom 5.5.1 and the k3 radio

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i get great reception. running cleanrom 5.5.1 and the k3 radio
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I will have to root this replacement s3 I got and try your suggestion.
Thanks

the k3 radio should be rolling out in the jellybean update today OTA. maybe wait and see how it is. if you are not opposed to rooting and unlocking the bootloader then i highly recommend cleanrom.

Motorola is a great phone for reception, probably the best imo.

Regardless of the radio on a GS3, it simply doesn't get the same reception some Motorola and Apple phones get... At my house, with the newest radio, I have to go outside in one particular area and stand still to make a call. With my old Droid 2 and my iPhone 4S I could easily walk around, inside and outside and keep a phone call with minimal issues.
The new radio helped mind you, i'm not out of signal 30% of the time now.... but it's still not quite there.

It's different for everyone. I get the same as my HTC incredible. I tested and compared before and after. Like others have said, maybe a different modem will help.
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Polymira said:
Regardless of the radio on a GS3, it simply doesn't get the same reception some Motorola and Apple phones get... At my house, with the newest radio, I have to go outside in one particular area and stand still to make a call. With my old Droid 2 and my iPhone 4S I could easily walk around, inside and outside and keep a phone call with minimal issues.
The new radio helped mind you, i'm not out of signal 30% of the time now.... but it's still not quite there.
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I agree. I work on a wind farm and my co workers have iPhones. They get better service than I do and I've gone through every modem out there.
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xbiker321 said:
I agree. I work on a wind farm and my co workers have iPhones. They get better service than I do and I've gone through every modem out there.
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As someone has said, it is different for everyone. At my office everyone has Android except 1 person. The iphone user struggles with signal there while the majority of Android users have a fairly strong signal, including me with both of my S3's. One is stock, one is CleanRom.

xbiker321 said:
I agree. I work on a wind farm and my co workers have iPhones. They get better service than I do and I've gone through every modem out there.
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I love the s3 but not getting a decent signal to talk in fringe area is killing it for me.

I get pretty bad and bipolar reception on my s3. Flashed every modem so far. The phone just doesn't have the best antennae. Pretty sure that's been established.
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I get pretty bad and bipolar reception on my s3. Flashed every modem so far. The phone just doesn't have the best antennae. Pretty sure that's been established.
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Motorolas tend to bre a bit better based on my experience (and looking at signal strengths, data spedd, etc...). But I really like this phone and I'm in a decent enough signal area for this not to be a factor. My wifes iPhone is actually a bit worse than my S3.
Should've seen the Galaxy Nexus... That phone was horrible. I thin it's a Samsung thing.

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I get pretty bad and bipolar reception on my s3. Flashed every modem so far. The phone just doesn't have the best antennae. Pretty sure that's been established.
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This has been established for 3 years lol. Samsung makes the most feature rich phone but just doesn't do the best radios. My wife's does better than her nexus did, but still worse than my rezound with my radio combination in her terrible service area. But, it still is the best Samsung she has had as far as reception on a Samsung goes... In her ****ty service area.

Called vzw to see if I could swap phones I told them.id like to swap my s3 for the moto hd.
The lady helping tried her best but her supervisor only wanted to swap an original razr maxx.
I told her I didnt think that was a fair trade and then she pulled up a comparison and agreed with me.
Her hands were tied so what do you do

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Called vzw to see if I could swap phones I told them.id like to swap my s3 for the moto hd.
The lady helping tried her best but her supervisor only wanted to swap an original razr maxx.
I told her I didnt think that was a fair trade and then she pulled up a comparison and agreed with me.
Her hands were tied so what do you do
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You call back and reach another rep.
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Wait a few hours and call back. I tried the keep calling back thing when I was trying to get my upgrade moved up 1 week so I could get the SGS3 and they started saying when I asked about an early upgrade that since I wanted the GS3 they couldn't do it and then started saying no to an early upgrade.
I'm right there with the OP on the terrible reception. I've had Samsung phones before and they all were bad compared to Moto, but the GS3 is the worst I have had. I never had the Nexus so I don't know how bad it was but this is terrible. I constantly have to move my phone around and around and hit resend at least 5 times for every text. Phone calls rarely happen because they just won't come through. I find out after I leave the house that someone had called and left a message. If I make a call I have to walk around in my yard until it finally picks up a signal. Its very very sad that this phone has such ****ty reception because its such a great phone.
OP, if you want to switch wait until the evening shift and call until you get someone extremely friendly. That's what's always worked best when I have had a problem with anything. Any time I have called in the middle of the day for anything they are always assholes and don't really care what your problem is.
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I just got back from visiting my mom down in Cochran. I live in Warner Robins and in Cochran my wife's gs3 had kicked to 3g at 600 kb dl speeds and on my rezound with my radio layout I was still able to pull 6 mb dl on 4g. I was able to maintain 4g. I also had 3 bars of service and 4g and in the house she had 1 bar of service and 0 data. Just signal for a call or text.
Basically it was such a large difference that my parents, as much as they like the gs3, will not even be able to buy one due to signal alone. They are gonna try out some razr hds possibly next week so next time I'm down I fan kinda get a better comparison seeing as how my rezound is far from stock lol. Wife's gs3 is bone stock no root ota jellybean