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any way to use Molorola e-815 on sprint
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| llconner 2006-06-12, 5:48 pm |
| I'm trying to get a phone that will work from my house. I tried the Samsung
A900 too weak. My sister just got a new E-815 from verizon and it gets out
great. I realize its a diff provider but the phone has great reviews on weak
signals.
And I want to stay on my $29.99 plan. Anyone know of a good phone that works
on Sprint. I would like bluetooth also.
By the way I tried the A900 as a modem and works great but Sprint caught the
usage and billed me for it. I guess there is no "free lunch"!
Larry
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| llconner wrote:
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> I'm trying to get a phone that will work from my house. I tried the Samsung
> A900 too weak. My sister just got a new E-815 from verizon and it gets out
> great. I realize its a diff provider but the phone has great reviews on weak
> signals.
> And I want to stay on my $29.99 plan. Anyone know of a good phone that works
> on Sprint. I would like bluetooth also.
> By the way I tried the A900 as a modem and works great but Sprint caught the
> usage and billed me for it. I guess there is no "free lunch"!
Sprint will NOT activate a phone which was not originally purchased from Sprint.
Notan
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| Isaiah Beard 2006-06-12, 11:48 pm |
| llconner wrote:
> I'm trying to get a phone that will work from my house. I tried the Samsung
> A900 too weak. My sister just got a new E-815 from verizon and it gets out
> great. I realize its a diff provider but the phone has great reviews on weak
> signals.
The A900, too, has good reviews regarding reception. So, if the A900
isn't working for you, I highly doubt the E815 would either.
Regardless, Sprint won't activate an E815 on their network. If the ESN
isn't in their inventory, then they won't activate it for you.
> And I want to stay on my $29.99 plan.
Have you tried roaming with your A900?
> Anyone know of a good phone that works
> on Sprint. I would like bluetooth also.
The A900 is pretty much it. Perhaps the Sanyo Katana might be just as
good when it comes out, though it will not be EVDO enabled.
> By the way I tried the A900 as a modem and works great but Sprint caught the
> usage and billed me for it. I guess there is no "free lunch"!
Nope. But, the PAM plans start at $39.99, which is notably cheaper than
the other carriers.
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| Tinman 2006-06-12, 11:48 pm |
| Isaiah Beard wrote:
> llconner wrote:
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> The A900, too, has good reviews regarding reception. So, if the A900
> isn't working for you, I highly doubt the E815 would either.
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> Regardless, Sprint won't activate an E815 on their network. If the
> ESN isn't in their inventory, then they won't activate it for you.
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> Have you tried roaming with your A900?
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> The A900 is pretty much it.
Less than 2-month-ago you had this to say about Sprint and the A900:
"Their P.O.S. MM-A900 is going back, and I'll be sticking with a
competent
company." Apparently you now think the A900 is no longer a "piece of
shit" and Sprint is now a competent company--and you "stuck" with them.
As far as the OP is concerned, if you can get by without Bluetooth and
EV-DO I would try the Sanyo 4930, assuming you also don't mind bar
phones. Very good reception. If you need to tether a laptop, and don't
mind 1x speeds, the 4930 won't work (DUN is completely disabled). But
its predecessors will (plenty to be found on Ebay). You won't need to
have a PAM plan for it either.
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Mike
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| llconner wrote:
> I'm trying to get a phone that will work from my house. I tried the Samsung
> A900 too weak. My sister just got a new E-815 from verizon and it gets out
> great. I realize its a diff provider but the phone has great reviews on weak
> signals.
Sprint is at 1900 Mhz, and all things being equal will not have coverage
that is as good as Verizon at 800 Mhz. Sprint only lets you roam onto
Verizon (or other carriers) in areas where they don't have their own
network.
Amusingly, suddenly Cingular is touting their 800 Mhz spectrum as a big
advantage, but back when Cingular was 1900 Mhz-only (in the west) they
were denying any advantage from 800 Mhz.
""We're not certain why, but we think that our customers are getting
improved signal strength, especially inside buildings," said Terry
Stenzel, general manager for Cingular service in Illinois and Wisconsin."
Yeah, right. They darn well know why coverage has improved inside buildings.
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