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I've been using that Network app to switch to edvo only when I drive and stream music and it works great. Big thanks for that! You can't receive calls or texts but as soon as I switch back to cdma auto the texts and voicemails come in.
 
First I was told it was a tower upgrade, then I had to call back multiple times and have them "reset" my service, finally today I have a replacement on the way. If the replacement is the same I will know it is their service however the phone worked fine since the middle of January so I don't see why that would have changed. If the replacement fixes it I guess the phone went wrong possibly due to having it overclocked on one of the custom roms or something. If they really screwed their coverage here in the short time I've had the phone I'll probably have to switch to another carrier even if it means paying 15 to 20 dollars more a month.

Probably one of my last couple updates on this. I got the replacement phone and it took me .2 seconds to realize it was refurbished.. There are lots of scratches on the battery cover. My original phone is still in perfect condition cosmetically.

As for the voice issue the identical thing happens on the replacement, it works fine most places except my hometown. I guess I will complain one last time, send them back the crappy refurb, try messing around with different prls a bit on my original phone then call it quits from vm. I'll probably still be around the forums though because I'll use it as a wifi only device or something.
 
For what it's worth, I went from Madison to Chicago over the weekend and had a stable 3G signal everywhere I went (except at home, naturally) with the 61676 PRL.

Probably one of my last couple updates on this. I got the replacement phone and it took me .2 seconds to realize it was refurbished.. There are lots of scratches on the battery cover. My original phone is still in perfect condition cosmetically.

As for the voice issue the identical thing happens on the replacement, it works fine most places except my hometown. I guess I will complain one last time, send them back the crappy refurb, try messing around with different prls a bit on my original phone then call it quits from vm. I'll probably still be around the forums though because I'll use it as a wifi only device or something.
 
So I just now got a call back from Sprint about the FCC complaint I filed over a month ago. IDK if it took that long for anybody else that went that route. But for anybody else that is thinking about it, that's what you can look forward to. I already ported out my number and dropped them at the start of last month, so the dude on the phone said he couldn't do anything to troubleshoot anything. I brought up their policy of not crediting the account until the issue is fixed, and not being able to ix the issue, so never having to credit the account. He didn't have anything to say about how stupid the policy was or what they would do to change it.

So, for anybody else having this issue, I'd say get out now. It was months of paying for non-working service, dealing with Virgin Mobile and their "call back in 3 days" cycle, and even a month for them to respond to the FCC complaint. In the end they never found the issue and never credited a dime to me.
 
It's crappy you had to switch carriers to resolve your issue. VM does have some of the crappiest policies and tech support. I know it took me months to get switched to another phone which has pretty much fixed the issue.

I would have properly jumped ship too if there were other prepaid alternatives in my area.

For those who file an fcc complaint and wish to stay with VM, stay on them until they switch you to another phone. I know when I filed mine it took about 3 weeks.

For anyone wanting to try and see if you can get results send an email to dan@sprint.com. It goes straight to corporate. That along with my fcc complaint helped speed things along for me.
 
It's crappy you had to switch carriers to resolve your issue. VM does have some of the crappiest policies and tech support. I know it took me months to get switched to another phone which has pretty much fixed the issue.

I would have properly jumped ship too if there were other prepaid alternatives in my area.

For those who file an fcc complaint and wish to stay with VM, stay on them until they switch you to another phone. I know when I filed mine it took about 3 weeks.

For anyone wanting to try and see if you can get results send an email to dan@sprint.com. It goes straight to corporate. That along with my fcc complaint helped speed things along for me.

you could consider switching to ting. They also run on sprint. I'm not sure if you could bring your VM device though. But, they claim to have outstanding customer service. However, if it is a sprint network issue, I'm not sure there is much the MVNO could do. An MVNO only buys time on the parent network.

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Oh I'm not having issues anymore. After much complaining vm moved me to the One V and my data issues improved greatly. I'm now on the Evo V and data is great except for a once every so often slow down
 
Funny they insisted to me it wasn't the elite but everyone with problems is having them fixed by dumping the elite.
 
Yeah that's what the woman told me and I actually called her back once they switched me to let her know I thought it was a bit funny that my data issues resolved as soon as I switched phones.
 
I think it might be a bug in the build of Gingerbread that the Elite ships with. I was using phenomx4's CM9 build for a week or so with no data issues.

I switched back to a nandroid backup of the stock install and will test out my data again this week. We'll see how it goes.
 
I just wanted to add, that after about 2 months of issues with the Elite, and finally talking to someone 2 different times in Level 3 support, they finally fixed my phone.
I'm thinking that they actually deleted my entire account, and created it all over again, with the same phone number. As one night, I just went to bed, without 3G service at all, and the 'Error Code 67' popup box on my phone.. The next morning, I wake up, the phone had a text message on it, saying, please reboot your phone. After that, the phone came back on, and the 3G icon finally showed up, and the data issue was fixed. I've yet to hear what actually happened, or they did. But, I've never received any type of credit for my account either.
 
Word is that data issues are resolved running CM9 as indicated over in the respective thread.
I'm waiting for the camera to work before installing it, however.
 
Sorry to pound on an old thread...

I noticed I lost 3G a couple of weeks ago and gave it a chance for any possible network problems to work themselves out, to no avail. I contacted VM last Sunday and was walked through the entire fix process all the way to doing a factory reset. The CSR said to call back in a few days if the 3G issue was not resolved. Needless to say, it was not fixed.

I called back to today, and to make a lllooonnngg story short (and three CSR's/Techs later), VM is sending a replacement Elite to me. No mention was made of the having to reset my account bullcrap. My account is due to reset in a few days anyway.

The 3G status icon would display and indicate connection to 3G, but the phone was not actually able to do anything through the 3G. It works okay on wifi, so I did not notice the problem right away. I have had my Elite almost a year without a problem, and it has not been dropped or dunked. The phone is not rooted.

Did VM download something to screw up the phone? Thoughts and ideas are appreciated. Thanks.
 
this has happened to me on all my vm phones since February first my rise talked to customer support and they did all the troubleshooting steps so they sent me an optimus elite complained to vm for a couple weeks with same 3g issue so I canceled the account waited till this Saturday bought an optimus slider got a brand new account .and STILL don't have good 3g
 
Maybe I should have been clearer: I am unable to get ANY internet access on the Elite. A 2G-3G toolbar app I have loaded shows I am connected, but I cannot access data/internet (such as do a Google search). Again, wifi works okay.

One of the CSR's admitted there have been some "short" outages in my area recently. I live in a large metro area and have been travelling extensively throughout it the past couple of weeks. If there were a total data outage here lasting at LEAST two weeks, it would have made national news. This must not be affecting all of the VM/Sprint customers in the area, nor is it confined to specific towers.

My concern is that VM does not know what the problem is, much less how to fix it.

I am on the $25 grandfathered plan, but I may be looking at another carrier in the near future. I will update with the results.
 
Is the toolbar app showing that you are connected to the 2G or 3G data network?

Just curious.

Maybe I should have been clearer: I am unable to get ANY internet access on the Elite. A 2G-3G toolbar app I have loaded shows I am connected, but I cannot access data/internet (such as do a Google search). Again, wifi works okay.

One of the CSR's admitted there have been some "short" outages in my area recently. I live in a large metro area and have been travelling extensively throughout it the past couple of weeks. If there were a total data outage here lasting at LEAST two weeks, it would have made national news. This must not be affecting all of the VM/Sprint customers in the area, nor is it confined to specific towers.

My concern is that VM does not know what the problem is, much less how to fix it.

I am on the $25 grandfathered plan, but I may be looking at another carrier in the near future. I will update with the results.
 
Is the toolbar app showing that you are connected to the 2G or 3G data network?

Just curious.
This particular Device ( Optimus Elite ) is very "problematic" when it comes to this issue, I am on my 3rd Device due to this same issue...."Good Luck"!!!!
 
I lost data after my month restarted on 4/27. Tried all the fixes online to no avail. Had the gal at the walmart wireless booth call for me. They had her do all the fixes I already tried and would send her up another level to a rep who would have her do the same things. She was getting annoyed. I told her I read online that they would have to reset my month to fix the data issue. She finally got a rep who sounded like they knew what they were talking about. They said the monthly reset would probably fix it, but they wanted a few days to get to the root of the problem or the same thing could happen next time it reset. They told her that they would call me on my phone Monday or Tuesday to see if it was working and if not they would reset my month.

A few interesting notes. Twitter and fb apps work. Connection to https sites work on the browser, but not http. Navigation will eventually kick on during long rides and at that time gmails will slip through. Playstore loads, but will not dl or update apps. Was trying to find a temp solution like a browser that would somehow proxy through https to all sites, but have not been able to find one.

This is my first post, but long time reader and user of dl's and info on this site. This data mess inspired me to register. Thanks to all.
 
Is the toolbar app showing that you are connected to the 2G or 3G data network?

Just curious.


I got my replacement Elite today and got it switched out with the old one. Before I loaded ANY apps, I waited three hours (as instructed by the tech CSR) to see if ANY internet connection would happen.

Nope. No internet. The replacement phone looks new and otherwise works okay.

The 3G icon shows on the toolbar as white - not green - when I have wifi turned off. One of the three vertical bars above the 3G blinks. One of my connection status/speed apps shows me as connected.

I am thinking that this is the account rollover issue. My new month starts in a few days, and I can live without it until then. I will mail the old phone back tomorrow and track it to make sure they get it back. They should have it back by the time my new month starts. If I have no 3G service after that, I will give VM another call and see what they will do.

Sprint is losing customers like crazy and I think Virgin Mobile is trying to retain as many customers as possible. As I said before, I think the VM CSR's have been left in the dark as to the problem and how to fix it.

I will keep an eye on this thread, and post the outcome of my experience.
 
I got my replacement Elite today and got it switched out with the old one. Before I loaded ANY apps, I waited three hours (as instructed by the tech CSR) to see if ANY internet connection would happen.

Nope. No internet. The replacement phone looks new and otherwise works okay.

The 3G icon shows on the toolbar as white - not green - when I have wifi turned off. One of the three vertical bars above the 3G blinks. One my connection status/speed apps shows me as connected.

I am thinking that this is the account rollover issue. My new month starts in a few days, and I can live without it until then. I will mail the old phone back tomorrow and track it to make sure they get it back. They should have it back by the time my new month starts. If I have no 3G service after that, I will give VM another call and see what they will do.

Sprint is losing customers like crazy and I think Virgin Mobile is trying to retain as many customers as possible. As I said before, I think the VM CSR's have been left in the dark as to the problem and how to fix it.

I will keep an eye on this thread, and post the outcome of my experience.
Please let us know if your data is fixed when your new month starts. I also have white 3g icon when not on wifi. A few of the reps said about replacing my phone, but the last one said it was not a phone issue, but an issue with their network.
 
From what I picked up from other posts on this thread, and elsewhere in the forum, Virgin Mobile is in the process of moving Virgin Mobile accounts into Sprint's system. As some accounts are moved, the "features" (?) of what the customer should have gets "corrupted" (?). Once the billing cycle "hits" (?) Sprint's system, the account gets all of the the things that it is supposed to have put back into it.

In other words, as I understand it, in March, my account was in VM's system and I had all of my features, like 3G, that were supposed to be there. In April, my account, though paid for, rolled into some sort of limbo that stripped away the 3G service and gave me basic phone and texting. If you are on wifi, like I am MOST of the time, you would never notice the lack of 3G. If things work the way it has been theorized, when my May account payment processes (in a few days), the 3G will be re-activated.

I am not sure how all this works, but it sounds like the kind of screw-up that VM is hoping will resolve itself without major customer loss. And again, I do not think the average VM customer service rep (CSR) has ANY idea about this and is clueless if you should mention it. The problem may be something unique to the Elite. Stay tuned.
 
From what I picked up from other posts on this thread, and elsewhere in the forum, Virgin Mobile is in the process of moving Virgin Mobile accounts into Sprint's system. As some accounts are moved, the "features" (?) of what the customer should have gets "corrupted" (?). Once the billing cycle "hits" (?) Sprint's system, the account gets all of the the things that it is supposed to have put back into it.

In other words, as I understand it, in March, my account was in VM's system and I had all of my features, like 3G, that were supposed to be there. In April, my account, though paid for, rolled into some sort of limbo that stripped away the 3G service and gave me basic phone and texting. If you are on wifi, like I am MOST of the time, you would never notice the lack of 3G. If things work the way it has been theorized, when my May account payment processes (in a few days), the 3G will be re-activated.

I am not sure how all this works, but it sounds like the kind of screw-up that VM is hoping will resolve itself without major customer loss. And again, I do not think the average VM customer service rep (CSR) has ANY idea about this and is clueless if you should mention it. The problem may be something unique to the Elite. Stay tuned.

Ya know, my 3G works fine, while its connected. Seems if more then 45 seconds goes by without me using any data, it drops to 2g. A simple call for even just 1 second ( hearing a ring) , and hanging up, will kick it back into 3g. Very weird.
 
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