If I try to. Make a call when I'm roaming it tells me when cannot authenticate your account!!?????
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Call sprint and they will send some "signals" to fix it.
call from another phone though as you have to take the battery out. I had the same issue, couldnt call sprint to save my life after error 16 becuase i kept roaming lol
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If I try to. Make a call when I'm roaming it tells me when cannot authenticate your account!!?????
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Gotta call Sprint and tell them you can't roam. Some times with hands-free activation that won't reprovision correctly. It takes 2 minutes on the phone OR www.sprint.com/chat takes 3 but is easier.
This came up a lot on the E4G forum after everyone was trying everything they could (including hands free activations OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER again) just to get the new PRI--which made no difference to any but a very select few, argue if you must.
Call Sprint, tell them you have error 16 and you need an HRL refresh...
..but obv don't tell them anything about rooting lol
Edit...guess three of us were all responding at the same time...
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southern87 said:
Call sprint and they will send some "signals" to fix it.
call from another phone though as you have to take the battery out. I had the same issue, couldnt call sprint to save my life after error 16 becuase i kept roaming lol
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lol, "signals", I got the same thing. I'm split between believing that they dumb it down for the common non-techie caller or that they were trained that it was 'sending new signals' to fix it, so, that's what they actually think is going on.
EDIT: To be fair, there are actual signals being sent...but...derp
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lol, "signals", I got the same thing. I'm split between believing that they dumb it down for the common non-techie caller or that they were trained that it was 'sending new signals' to fix it, so, that's what they actually think is going on.
EDIT: To be fair, there are actual signals being sent...but...derp
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Hahaha I think its common thing in customer service to call it signals. When i was working for Charters cable repair, they would tell people im sending signals to your box. Well they said signals I think because people freaked out if you said im going to hit your box i guess.
Thanks I thought I might have to call them.
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I had already done the error 16 thing and Sprint fixed that. Was a little worried when I saw this thread so I used Roam Control and forced roam. Calls work fine for me. I guess if you've already done the error 16 fix via Sprint, it's OK.
Mike
anyone found away to do this without calling sprint. i had to on my phone. which works perfect now. my wifes on the other hand i have spent hrs on the phone with different tech people doing the same processes i did to fix mine. the result ends up roam still doesnt work. they created a ticket for me. and asked to bring it to a repair center. im in the process of restoring it to factory and relocking. which sucks i have to do. but her phone simply will not roam.
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anyone found away to do this without calling sprint. i had to on my phone. which works perfect now. my wifes on the other hand i have spent hrs on the phone with different tech people doing the same processes i did to fix mine. the result ends up roam still doesnt work. they created a ticket for me. and asked to bring it to a repair center. im in the process of restoring it to factory and relocking. which sucks i have to do. but her phone simply will not roam.
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THIS <<<<<<< POST!!!
Sprint gave me no grief. I asked for a reset via chat
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well i have the same problem and i have called and done the chat and told them that when im in roaming and i try to make a call it says unable to authenticate device and they have done nothing to fix it they just keep telling me to make sure i have automatic set in the network settings
Did you by chance check your roaming guard. Those seem to be checked after s-off, you can try unchecking them. Just an idea.
yes i checked its not a roaming guard problem
Click the link in my signature.
thanks i will try it tomorrow i hope it works i tried to tell them about error 16 when i called today but the person i talked to didnt have any idea what i was talking about granted she didnt seem to know anything else either
Dont call them telling them you have trouble, hop on chat and tell them you have "error 16 and need HLR Refresh". They will search their little handbook and come back and guide you through pulling the battery, lol. After they send the refresh all is well
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Dont call them telling them you have trouble, hop on chat and tell them you have "error 16 and need HLR Refresh". They will search their little handbook and come back and guide you through pulling the battery, lol. After they send the refresh all is well
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yeah i was going to chat i hate calling cs when i can just chat even though they do have great cs
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do you not think that was the first thing i did. we did all of that still wouldnt play nice.
my phone is fixed thanks everyone for the help!!!!!!!
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Ever since I did the s-off from team alpharev, if I try to make a call while roaming on verizon it says my device cannot be authenticated! Anyone else having this problem?
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Call Sprint from another line and they will re-provision your phone so it will roam.
Call the area code when roaming. Fixes the problem.
Just start a chat session with Sprint, and tell them you want a HLR reset. I did this Friday, and everything was working shortly after.
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Just start a chat session with Sprint, and tell them you want a HLR reset. I did this Friday, and everything was working shortly after.
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That's exactly what they did for me this past week...
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That's exactly what they did for me this past week...
We Are The Ohio State University And You Are Buckeye Nation: http://bit.ly/q0XYG0
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do a chat online with sprint and tell them you have a error 16 they will fix it
Awesome! Thanks a lot guys! I appreciate all the quick and helpful responses!
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I also had this same issue.
1. I started a sprint chat session and they did not know what an HLR Reset was, Then I asked them re-provision my phone. They told me to pull the battery for 30minutes and then wait 20 minutes after the phone is on and it will all work. (nothing happened)
2. Later that night I called sprint told them my issue and they re-provisioned my phone. Everything has been working and I can now use my favorite prl!
took 40 minutes but finally got sprint to reset my services.
I had the same problem also, but my chat went a bit differently. The guy told me to go to menu> settings>wireless> mobile networks> roam guard. He asked if the call feature was checked. I said no. he said to check it, then uncheck it and that would solve my problem. I said, "dude, are you sure about that?" Lol
I'll be a son of a gun, it worked. So maybe someone else might try the same thing if this issue happens to them.
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I was out of my home state last month where Verizon was the only network. I was getting the same thing, not authorize to call out. Sometimes it will give you a error code, when you get that error code message just stay on the line, it will connect you to somebody in Sprint that automatically knows what the problem is and will correct it. I had to do on both of my phones. The customer service rep explained to me it is some new security they put in place and it takes some reprovisioning to fix.
Is Sprint having outages that i don't know about? At least 5 times a week (past 3 weeks) my 3G icon goes away and my signal bars turn gray and i cant call, text or use data. Its extremely frustrating! Its not my bill/service as im always on time and ive NEVER been late or missed a payment so that's not the problem. I just dont get it. Ive reset my phone a million times! What is going on? When i make calls it just says "your account cannot be validated" and all text get rejected. After a couple of hours the 3G comes back and i can make calls. Sprint you're already horrible please dont make me pay cancellation fees because i will.
Anyone else experience this?
Sounds like a tower issue, happened to me months ago, call and complain, got a credit when doing so myself. Worse case scenario they make you hard reset, it doesn't work, they send a tech to the tower and they figure our there is a problem
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Rabidmechanic05 said:
Sounds like a tower issue, happened to me months ago, call and complain, got a credit when doing so myself. Worse case scenario they make you hard reset, it doesn't work, they send a tech to the tower and they figure our there is a problem
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Thanks for response man. I thought about tower issues but its been happening way too much so i started believing it was my actual phone.
If you go to the official sprint forums you will see many posts with these same problems, so its not the phone. http://community.sprint.com/baw/community/buzzaboutwireless/network-and-coverage
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If you go to the official sprint forums you will see many posts with these same problems, so its not the phone. http://community.sprint.com/baw/community/buzzaboutwireless/network-and-coverage
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Yeah you're right, i browsed around and its a few people with same issue. My phone is working (for now) but im sure it will happen again. I called sprint and they said my area was experiencing technical difficulties lol, i said "for the past 3 weeks" the rep got silent. Im looking into the big red screw sprint.
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Yeah you're right, i browsed around and its a few people with same issue. My phone is working (for now) but im sure it will happen again. I called sprint and they said my area was experiencing technical difficulties lol, i said "for the past 3 weeks" the rep got silent. Im looking into the big red screw sprint.
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Just call for a credit, remember, you can't use unlimited data on Big Red, and if they won't give you most of your bill back, try speaking to a manager and demanding your money back as you were not getting the required service specified in the contract.
EDIT: Remember, go up the chain of commands if needed, and be persistent.
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Is it just me or is anyone else having activation issues?
First, I tried activating it with the DEC numbers on the side of the box. Showed up the right Evo4GLTE but it told me I had to contact customer support.
Contacted chat support. They did the ESN swap for me easily but the phone never activated. After waiting and waiting it didn't activate so I decided to call Sprint and get transferred to Tech because I already went through the initial troubleshooting steps with Chat Online.
Tech support tells me to read the HEX or DEC number from the back of the phone. This ends up being DIFFERENT then whats on the label on the outside of the box. Stupid me. Or was it? She goes on to tell me that MY phone is under some other persons name "Karen". She asks me if I got this phone from someone basically implying that I stole it. I explain to her how we've all been waiting for a long time for this phone and this phone is BRAND NEW not even out in stores yet.
So whats the deal? I'm currently on hold with them but to be honest I think HTC or someone ****ed up in the labeling process and now everyone is trying to activate EVERYONE ELSE'S phone. WTF?!
More on this as the story unfolds.....
Update #1: Supervisor in the activation department says that someone screwed up and put the phone in the wrong box and since it's "keyed" into my account... simply switching the esn to my account wouldn't work. He goes on to say that they would have to get me a NEW DEVICE.
No way in hell am I going to let this happen.
Update #2: Had to get transferred to escalations. Janice from escalations told me she had fixed the issue and I should be able to activate it now through the website. Activated it on the website and now I have a functional EVO4GLTE!!
TLDR: Make sure you activate it with the the numbers found on the inside of the phone. Do not use the numbers from the label because they might be different!
when i talked to the guys at my best buy they told me that sprint was having problems activating the lte's today... But i havent picked mine up yet so i dont know..
I had to call them to activate mine as well. Everything worked fine after 10 minutes of the agent doing something while I waited. Sorry to hear about your issue regarding an already activated account though, that sounds quite annoying.
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Is it just me or is anyone else having activation issues?
First, I tried activating it with the DEC numbers on the side of the box. Showed up the right Evo4GLTE but it told me I had to contact customer support.
Contacted chat support. They did the ESN swap for me easily but the phone never activated. After waiting and waiting it didn't activate so I decided to call Sprint and get transferred to Tech because I already went through the initial troubleshooting steps with Chat Online.
Tech support tells me to read the HEX or DEC number from the back of the phone. This ends up being DIFFERENT then whats on the label on the outside of the box. Stupid me. Or was it? She goes on to tell me that MY phone is under some other persons name "Karen". She asks me if I got this phone from someone basically implying that I stole it. I explain to her how we've all been waiting for a long time for this phone and this phone is BRAND NEW not even out in stores yet.
So whats the deal? I'm currently on hold with them but to be honest I think HTC or someone ****ed up in the labeling process and now everyone is trying to activate EVERYONE ELSE'S phone. WTF?!
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Did the phone start an activation process when you booted it AFTER you entered the DEC number on the web.
If it did not try doing an Update Profile.
I have not tried mine yet. But I just swapped phones around last night and sometimes you need to kick it.
Oh try pulling the battery, just kidding
I wonder if Karen works in Customs.
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Did it start an activation process on the phone when you booted it AFTER you entered the DEC number on web.
If it did not try doing an Update Profile.
I have not tried mine yet. But I just swapped phones around last night and sometimes you need to kick it.
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Yes. I probably should make that more clear on my original post. Activation screen popped up but it never activated because I entered in the RIGHT number that was on the label but the phone had a different set of serial numbers.
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She goes on to tell me that MY phone is under some other persons name "Karen". She asks me if I got this phone from someone basically implying that I stole it.
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I wonder if Karen works in Customs.
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Apple strikes again?
Tried the activation menu when it popped up on the phone. I got all the way to the end when it asks to pick which number on the account to activate it to and then failed.
Called in and they were having a little trouble saying something about the phone being applied to a different number on my account. She started to say something about checking that number and then said "oh its the same number".
I'm wondering if it has something to do with LTE or if the device is registered in their system a little different. She couldn't even tell what device it was untill I told her. Then she started asking questions about it. She said there were only a few demos floating around and most reps had never seen one.
Everything's working great so far.
Mine is telling me I need a plan change. Coming from a 0G so I shouldn't?
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Mine is telling me I need a plan change. Coming from a 0G so I shouldn't?
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I'm on the same plan I had with my original evo 4g. I think its the everything data 1500.
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I'm on the same plan I had with my original evo 4g. I think its the everything data 1500.
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I ended up having to call in, no plan change needed though.
Yep, no plan change required.
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Mine is telling me I need a plan change. Coming from a 0G so I shouldn't?
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I had the same thing and was able to activate via chat.
I tried to activate online, and it also told me I needed a new plan (coming from the OG EVO.) I had the Everything 450 plan. It gave me a few selections, including the same plan, so I chose it. Then it said I need to call Sprint.
I spent the next 45 minutes on the phone, while the CSR tried to figure out why it was telling her I needed a new plan, and it wouldn't let her transfer the service. Finally, after she said they had 3 people working on it, they figured out that Google Voice was the problem.
She said they'd have to "expire" my Google Voice account, and they weren't sure if I could keep the same GV number when I installed it on the new phone. I told them to go ahead, and it worked. I just installed GV, and it seems to be working fine, with my original number.
She said they'd look into why Google Voice was causing a problem.
Not just you
I also had my evo LTE switched with another persons, it just so happened that that other person was my sister who was sitting next to me getting her phone activated. When she was on the phone with the call center to activate it I noticed all of a sudden "my phone" was activated with her number.
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I also had my evo LTE switched with another persons, it just so happened that that other person was my sister who was sitting next to me getting her phone activated. When she was on the phone with the call center to activate it I noticed all of a sudden "my phone" was activated with her number.
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Were your labels on the outside if the box mixed up too?
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I had the same thing happen to me. I guess when they were verifying the patent they didn't make sure they put the devices back in the correct box. Spent 4 hours with sprint, and 5 different people before they figured out what was going on.
They never told me that they couldn't swap the devices, it was pretty easy once they figured out what had happened. Now it is fully functional
if you were paying attention, and they made you enter a code to edit your MSN, the code they gave you was your MSL. i had a lady tell me three times she couldn't give me my MSL, then followed it with 'now, enter your MSL, it's blah blah blah.' when i asked if the number she just gave me was in fact my MSL, she said 'hold on, you need to speak with my supervisor', then hung up.
that number will make everything easier. i've never had an issue getting it on my other phones, but apparently something has changed . she was adamant about not giving it to me, until she had to.
I thought you had to wait x amount of days before they can just give it to you
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Just got off the phone with Sprint, and they said I won't be able to make a phone call, receive phone calls, or even text messages until October 14th because they are in the process of upgrading their towers to the new LTE network in the Fort Worth area. It's weird to own a phone that I can't use for the most basic features. GO Sprint GO.
P.S. Any recommendations on how to make a phone call or text over data so I can still make calls/text?
NoClemency said:
Just got off the phone with Sprint, and they said I won't be able to make a phone call, receive phone calls, or even text messages until October 14th because they are in the process of upgrading their towers to the new LTE network in the Fort Worth area. It's weird to own a phone that I can't use for the most basic features. GO Sprint GO.
P.S. Any recommendations on how to make a phone call or text over data so I can still make calls/text?
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Seems to me you were fed a line. Call back and see if the answer changes. If it doesn't, your are entitled to a credit. No questions asked.
roids87 said:
Seems to me you were fed a line. Call back and see if the answer changes. If it doesn't, your are entitled to a credit. No questions asked.
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Yeah, they gave me a $10 credit, if that ain't a joke.
NoClemency said:
Just got off the phone with Sprint, and they said I won't be able to make a phone call, receive phone calls, or even text messages until October 14th because they are in the process of upgrading their towers to the new LTE network in the Fort Worth area. It's weird to own a phone that I can't use for the most basic features. GO Sprint GO.
P.S. Any recommendations on how to make a phone call or text over data so I can still make calls/text?
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Sounds fishy... It's hard to believe that a carrier would just deny services and continue to charge for them. I assume this would mean no service for anyone in the ft worth area since you're not the only one who uses those towers. I don't think Sprint would risk the class action lawsuit.
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premo15 said:
Sounds fishy... It's hard to believe that a carrier would just deny services and continue to charge for them. I assume this would mean no service for anyone in the ft worth area since you're not the only one who uses those towers. I don't think Sprint would risk the class action lawsuit.
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No arguments there. I'll probably call back in a few days to see if they have anything better for me. Right now I'm sick and lost my voice, so I just don't want to deal with it. But once I get my voice back, I'll see if I can't get anything better out of them. Especially since I'm still paying for when I can't even use my phone which is kind of stupid.
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No arguments there. I'll probably call back in a few days to see if they have anything better for me. Right now I'm sick and lost my voice, so I just don't want to deal with it. But once I get my voice back, I'll see if I can't get anything better out of them. Especially since I'm still paying for when I can't even use my phone which is kind of stupid.
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Why would you call back in a few days? I would all over them about this if it were me and I wouldn't let up until I had a real explanation. Tell them to fix your **** or let you out of your contract (as not providing service to you while I assume you are in good standing and not violation the TOS on their part)
However, there are at least 3 sides to every situation what you say, what sprint says, and what really going on. Not calling you a liar it just seems like there is more to the story.
That's my 2 cents.
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Just got off the phone with Sprint, and they said I won't be able to make a phone call, receive phone calls, or even text messages until October 14th because they are in the process of upgrading their towers to the new LTE network in the Fort Worth area. It's weird to own a phone that I can't use for the most basic features. GO Sprint GO.
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Sounds like a load of BS to me. I haven't had a problem with service around the area... I haven't actually been into "Fort Worth" in a few days, but I live pretty damn close. There is no way they could just shut off all services like that for almost two months. That rep must have been new or lied or something, because that doesn't even SOUND reasonable.
lol if they couldnt provide me service until Oct. 14th i would have just said i want to cancel without a fee immediately because i do business with my phone. and they can't really do squat because i pay for a service and they don't even let me do the most basic of functions.
OP needs to call back and get clarification. Only thing I have found:
https://www.sprint.net/maint_view.php
I might try to call again tonight once I get off of work. But again I'm not entirely sure what to say. Plus right now, I've lost my voice, so I can barely talk, as a result, I can't even show anger in my voice, so getting made isn't much of an option. I'm still not sure what I'm going to do yet.
I'm like on day 5 of this **** it reallllly sucks. I live in Irving an have been having everything except the "can't make calls". Sprint needs to give a free month or something better.
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Same here. Today is day 5 for me as well. But according to Sprint, I still have a lot of days left in front of me since the tower won't be back on until October 14th.
sobaked2921 said:
I'm like on day 5 of this **** it reallllly sucks. I live in Irving an have been having everything except the "can't make calls". Sprint needs to give a free month or something better.
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Send me a pm. I am in dfw, work for sprint and glad to take a look at what's going on.
Pm me your number and some random addresses where you are having issues
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sobaked2921 said:
I'm like on day 5 of this **** it reallllly sucks. I live in Irving an have been having everything except the "can't make calls". Sprint needs to give a free month or something better.
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You should see if you can get an Airrave which makes your phone work over wifi... that really sucks tho. That only works at home tho...maybe they can send you a 2nd one for work.
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I just got off the phone with the a Sprint manager last night, who then connected me to her EVO specialist. She was also unable to solve the problem, so she told me that she will get the towers in the area looked at and try to determine what is going on in the area and give me a call back within 72 hours. That said, they said they were going to do this once before 5 days ago now, but I still haven't got a call back from then. However, one good thing that I got out of it all is that they are crediting my account for the past 6 days and how ever many days more it takes to get my phone back on the network. So at the very least, now I'm not paying for phone service that I'm not getting, so that makes me happy. I'm sure they will figure something soon with the towers if not maybe they can give me Airrave so I can at least make phone calls while I'm at home which would make things more liveable. I'll keep everyone posted on what they discover and what they decide to do.
In addition, my location is the TCU campus in Fort Worth. I live close by and go to school there. In both areas I get no cell service. But once I drive about 5 miles away I have no problems. Let me know if anyone else in the area is experience the problems on XDA. The sprint store nearby between Berry and Hulen St. said they have had a few customers coming the past few days with the same problem, but I was curious if anyone on here was also experiencing my pain.
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I just got off the phone with the a Sprint manager last night, who then connected me to her EVO specialist. She was also unable to solve the problem, so she told me that she will get the towers in the area looked at and try to determine what is going on in the area and give me a call back within 72 hours. That said, they said they were going to do this once before 5 days ago now, but I still haven't got a call back from then. However, one good thing that I got out of it all is that they are crediting my account for the past 6 days and how ever many days more it takes to get my phone back on the network. So at the very least, now I'm not paying for phone service that I'm not getting, so that makes me happy. I'm sure they will figure something soon with the towers if not maybe they can give me Airrave so I can at least make phone calls while I'm at home which would make things more liveable. I'll keep everyone posted on what they discover and what they decide to do.
In addition, my location is the TCU campus in Fort Worth. I live close by and go to school there. In both areas I get no cell service. But once I drive about 5 miles away I have no problems. Let me know if anyone else in the area is experience the problems on XDA. The sprint store nearby between Berry and Hulen St. said they have had a few customers coming the past few days with the same problem, but I was curious if anyone on here was also experiencing my pain.
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I will try and pull up that area today
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NoClemency said:
I just got off the phone with the a Sprint manager last night, who then connected me to her EVO specialist. She was also unable to solve the problem, so she told me that she will get the towers in the area looked at and try to determine what is going on in the area and give me a call back within 72 hours. That said, they said they were going to do this once before 5 days ago now, but I still haven't got a call back from then. However, one good thing that I got out of it all is that they are crediting my account for the past 6 days and how ever many days more it takes to get my phone back on the network. So at the very least, now I'm not paying for phone service that I'm not getting, so that makes me happy. I'm sure they will figure something soon with the towers if not maybe they can give me Airrave so I can at least make phone calls while I'm at home which would make things more liveable. I'll keep everyone posted on what they discover and what they decide to do.
In addition, my location is the TCU campus in Fort Worth. I live close by and go to school there. In both areas I get no cell service. But once I drive about 5 miles away I have no problems. Let me know if anyone else in the area is experience the problems on XDA. The sprint store nearby between Berry and Hulen St. said they have had a few customers coming the past few days with the same problem, but I was curious if anyone on here was also experiencing my pain.
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No problems here in the Arlington/Mansfield/Kennedale area so far... I guess if that changes I will be reporting on here and raising hell with Sprint as well.
00mred00 said:
Send me a pm. I am in dfw, work for sprint and glad to take a look at what's going on.
Pm me your number and some random addresses where you are having issues
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Pm sent. I've been all around north dallas to Arlington an I still havin issues. Any help would be great man. I'm thinkin this is only for LTE phones cuz my brother is on my line an he use an epic touch with no problems
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sobaked2921 said:
Pm sent. I've been all around north dallas to Arlington an I still havin issues. Any help would be great man. I'm thinkin this is only for LTE phones cuz my brother is on my line an he use an epic touch with no problems
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If that is the case it is either a provisioning error, phone isn't set to cdma only or bad phone.
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sobaked2921 said:
Pm sent. I've been all around north dallas to Arlington an I still havin issues. Any help would be great man. I'm thinkin this is only for LTE phones cuz my brother is on my line an he use an epic touch with no problems
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I don't think you have the same problem that I do, because if I leave my area my phone works, fine. I'm only having trouble when I'm at TCU or at my house which is right next to TCU. But who knows, maybe they are related.
P.S. I've already changed my phone to CDMA only to see if it would help but got no change. Plus I've already taken it into the Sprint store, and they said everything was fine with the phone and factory reset it and everything, but saw no problems because their building is outside of my tower radius, as a result the phone worked perfectly there.
Anyone know how to get msl without calling sprint?? Is there a fastboot or adb command I can use?
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motoelliot said:
Anyone know how to get msl without calling sprint?? Is there a fastboot or adb command I can use?
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To this day still don't know why people have a hard time calling. No other way it takes seconds man...
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I'm antisocial... ?
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If you activated your device on Sprint's network you should have received an activation code. I ordered my phone directly from Sprint and did the activation myself OTA. Once activated I received an email with an "Activation Code" written within the text. That code IS your MSL. I believe that Best Buy and other B&M stores also print this code somewhere on your activation paperwork when the computer spits it out. Have a look and see if you find that magic 6 digit number.
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I'm antisocial...
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I've done it even over the chat line. If they say no, sometimes they will. Hang up and try again.
If you have root there are apps out there that have worked. I assume they still do, but it's usually less work to just chat.
Tried the apps, couldn't find one that works... I'll call when I get a chance then.
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motoelliot said:
Tried the apps, couldn't find one that works... I'll call when I get a chance then.
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I dont think any of the apps work
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repl1ca said:
Wanna hook another brother up?
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sure
motoelliot said:
I'm antisocial... ?
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You could use the online chat option through their website. I use it all the time for recording purposes. Pa Is a two party consent state when it comes to recording but online conversations get sent to you an hour or so after I save it for that purpose.
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Here is a few tips from me just from over the years.
Get in the habit of activating new phones via chat and ask for it while activating, it looks less "suspicious" to them even know it shouldn't be.
Don't ask for the MSL code directly. I tell them something like oh and by the way can you give me the reset code? I like to keep it handy in case I have to do a ##786 reset. This works almost every time
If a rep is being dumb or heckling you just give up and try back get someone else. I wanna say only one time I have been turned down, just say ok no problem have a good day. No point in arguing they already made up there mind not to give it to you.
Remember most people here probably know way more about phones than any regular Sprint CSR which is why I can't stand calling them.
Getting MSL is super easy and I have always just got it right from Sprint most the time without issues as long as you pitch it correctly. :fingers-crossed:
Sim-X said:
Here is a few tips from me just from over the years.
Get in the habit of activating new phones via chat and ask for it while activating, it looks less "suspicious" to them even know it shouldn't be.
Don't ask for the MSL code directly. I tell them something like oh and by the way can you give me the reset code? I like to keep it handy in case I have to do a ##786 reset. This works almost every time
If a rep is being dumb or heckling you just give up and try back get someone else. I wanna say only one time I have been turned down, just say ok no problem have a good day. No point in arguing they already made up there mind not to give it to you.
Remember most people here probably know way more about phones than any regular Sprint CSR which is why I can't stand calling them.
Getting MSL is super easy and I have always just got it right from Sprint most the time without issues as long as you pitch it correctly. :fingers-crossed:
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That is some great advice right there, I called sprint (first time ever trying this), said I normally activate my own devices but for some reason sprint wouldn't give me the discounted price unless they activated it in store. I asked them for msl # in case I had to do hard reset ##786 on phone key pad and the nice lady asked me if I had a pen and paper ready.
msl
unfortunately i wasted an hr and a half this afternoon and got a no no from the reps... i would pay for it even because my lte is messed up so bad in my area.. arnt there websites that offer that unlock yet for a price..
kemroy said:
unfortunately i wasted an hr and a half this afternoon and got a no no from the reps... i would pay for it even because my lte is messed up so bad in my area.. arnt there websites that offer that unlock yet for a price..
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Try calling off hours , maybe a rep from an out sourced location or vise versa would help . I took me about 10 mins to get by calling the 877 number. Just give it another shot, you should be able to get it. I don't think there is any other way , but don't quote me on that.
man they said that it could potentionally unlock the phone so they cant give it.. i dont know how else to ask.. tried again but its aafter hrs apparently
kemroy said:
man they said that it could potentionally unlock the phone so they cant give it.. i dont know how else to ask.. tried again but its aafter hrs apparently
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You could try what I did, I used sim-x's advice and told the rep that I normally activate my device, but sprint did it for me and I need the msl number if I had to do a hard reset via ##786 on key pad. You may have just got a finicky sprint rep.
thanks bud..iv gotta try tomm because its past buisness hrs..im missing so much calls right now ...
kemroy said:
man they said that it could potentionally unlock the phone so they cant give it.. i dont know how else to ask.. tried again but its aafter hrs apparently
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I thought they couldn't stop you from unlocking phones anymore. Asshats lol.
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kemroy said:
thanks bud..iv gotta try tomm because its past buisness hrs..im missing so much calls right now ...
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What does missing so much calls have to do with getting your MSL? What setting do you plan on changing to combat that?
If all else fails, call tech support and tell them
You can't get data or similar, fake it.
Eventually they will manually ask you to go into EPST
And give you the MSL.
You could even say a field is blank or something.
P. S. I don't think going in their will fix your problem.
My wifes M8 is having similar issues. It was fine before last update.