Sprint iPhone 4S thread

[xlipstickandbruisesx]

Does anyone know if Sprint will allow Tethering (cable or WiFi) on the Sprint iPhone 4S. Does anyone know if the Sprint hot spot service will be available on the Sprint iPhone 4S?

Yes you can as long as you pay the fee as others have pointed out. If you go to sprint.com and look at the phone where it gives the icons for what it can do, there is an icon for hotspot

 

[dslunceford]

No nav would suck. Are there no carrier apps preloaded at all? Wish there was a "casual tether" also, where you use as needed for daily fee vs monthly.

I know a lot of other phones can use tether hacks, same for iPhone?

 

[mab4285]

Is anyone planning on using the Sprint Google Voice integration with their iPhone 4S? I love it as a feature, but I've got to admit, I love the regular text messaging app on the iPhone better than the Google Voice app.

 

[zackawee27]

Is anyone planning on using the Sprint Google Voice integration with their iPhone 4S? I love it as a feature, but I've got to admit, I love the regular text messaging app on the iPhone better than the Google Voice app.

I would rather use Sprint's voicemail just because of how Google Voice makes you use a pass code for everytime you log into voicemail.

 

[mab4285]

I would rather use Sprint's voicemail just because of how Google Voice makes you use a pass code for everytime you log into voicemail.

Mine has never done that. Are you using the Google Voice app or calling into Google Voice?

 

[mech1164]

Since I won't be able to upgrade until April. I will be very interested in how everyone fares. I've rooted the EVO I have so the tether is a non issue for me at the moment. When I get the iPhone5 next year have to remember to jailbreak it for this. Besides by then LTE will be out on Sprint and I like Wimax for now.

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[numb3rmonkey]

I would rather use Sprint's voicemail just because of how Google Voice makes you use a pass code for everytime you log into voicemail.

Google Voice app doesn't require you to enter your pin, it automatically plays when you select it.

 

[delta7]

Since I won't be able to upgrade until April. I will be very interested in how everyone fares. I've rooted the EVO I have so the tether is a non issue for me at the moment. When I get the iPhone5 next year have to remember to jailbreak it for this. Besides by then LTE will be out on Sprint and I like Wimax for now.

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LTE won't come out till 2013 for Sprint, WIMAX will be around next year too.

 

[powerbyte#AC]

Sprint coverage here in Ocala Florida has been great at 3G speeds. Anxious to see how the iPhone does!

 

[Gooster]

Going to be a new Sprint customer when my 4S arrives in the mail. Hearing good things about the coverage in my area but anything has to be better than my AT&T experience.

Although I do agree this thread could be useful for now, hopefully Rene or another administrator makes a separate Sprint forum soon.

Edit: Oh, it exists! lol

 

[verwon]

There are NO Sprint apps, including navigation, on the iPhone! Apple doesn't allow it and it was listed on the details page of the Sprint site.

You'll have to use the app store and will not be able to bill them to your Sprint account, anymore, either.

That said, I preordered and already have my tracking number, so I'll post with updates, after my 4S arrives.


Mistress of Mischief

 

[ivhs72]

No carrier apps preloaded on any iPhone, no matter what carrier. It's an Apple policy that all phones are shipped that way. Just like you won't see a carrier name or logo on the phone.

No nav would suck. Are there no carrier apps preloaded at all? Wish there was a "casual tether" also, where you use as needed for daily fee vs monthly.

I know a lot of other phones can use tether hacks, same for iPhone?

 

[Maestro1#AC]

I'm all for no carrier bloatware on the iphone, i had to use preware patches to get sprints bloatware off my webOS phone. But I do hope sprint will have some apps available on the app store for sprint iphones, especially being sprint navigation .

I have heard that on Verizon iPhones you can download VZ navigator from the app store, can anyone confirm this. If true sprint should be able to do the same thing.

 

[ladyc0524]

Yes, I had the Verizon iPhone 4 and their navigation app is available in the app store. It sucks that it costs, and I'm glad I'm no longer with them!

 

[CarrieMK]

I can see the positives and negatives for the elimination of carrier apps. There are some that I do like and use and they are free. It would add up really fast if I have to buy them. With Android, I simply root and get rid of what I don't want. If I have to pay for something as basic as Navigation that would really stink. Are there any decent free apps at all? Lol, I guess Android is the Poor Man's iPhone. Sure, some of the devices may initially cost the same but with all the free apps you can literally get anything you want by just putting up with a few ads (or rooting and installing Addblocker).

I will just have to check out my son's iPhone when he gets it, whether that is Friday or closer to Christmas, and just see what it is all about.

 

[Alli]

Go to the Apps forum and search "navigation." You will find tons of threads debating the different apps, the relative costs, and the various free options. There are plenty of choices on iOS.

 

[Dark_Blu]

No nav would suck. Are there no carrier apps preloaded at all? Wish there was a "casual tether" also, where you use as needed for daily fee vs monthly.

I know a lot of other phones can use tether hacks, same for iPhone?

I'm using PDANET on my EVO and have never been charged for Tethering via USB. It's a Godsend when the computer network goes down randomly and I can still connect to the web. I don't care about hotspot as much as I care about Tethering. Any apps like that in the App store that utilize USB tethering without additional fees, would be a good thing.

 

[Dark_Blu]

Is anyone planning on using the Sprint Google Voice integration with their iPhone 4S? I love it as a feature, but I've got to admit, I love the regular text messaging app on the iPhone better than the Google Voice app.

I definitely will. I need it. I need to use my existing Google Voice number rather than my phone's number.

 

[ivan1.ruiz]

I'm using PDANET on my EVO and have never been charged for Tethering via USB. It's a Godsend when the computer network goes down randomly and I can still connect to the web. I don't care about hotspot as much as I care about Tethering. Any apps like that in the App store that utilize USB tethering without additional fees, would be a good thing.

Apple has not accepted PdaNet into the App Store due to understandable reason. You will need to jailbreak your iPhone and install it through Cydia.


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~ Steve Jobs ~

 

[Dark_Blu]

Admin,

I request that this thread that I created by moved to the Sprint forum, if that hasn't already been done. It is an iPhone 4S thread but completely about the Sprint version of the phone, so that should be appropriate, I think?