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« on: February 04, 2009, 10:23:23 PM »
After five minutes of viewing live tv or any sprint radio station I get a message that states "If you are still enjoying this program, press OK, otherwise we will stop the program and return you back to the guide."  This happens approximately 5 minutes after starting to view/listen to something and continues to come up ever few minutes.  Anyone else heard of this?  It just started doing this today. 
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« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2009, 10:58:37 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2009, 11:18:27 PM »
God, let's hope Sprint doesn't start up with that B.S. on this phone too
Very VERY annoying...One of my older phones did this...may it rest in pieces....
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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2009, 11:56:11 PM »
I haven't gotten it yet...going on 15 minutes...
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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2009, 12:28:54 AM »
I checked the last hour...not happening here either...
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« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2009, 07:29:53 AM »
It happened to me. And if you don't click on it, it will shut off the program.
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« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2009, 08:52:20 AM »
My first phone that had Sprint TV had a timer that would shut off the tv to save battery life. I had to ask about it and that's what I was told. I have'nt run across that in the Instinct yet.
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« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2009, 01:16:57 PM »
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It happened to me. And if you don't click on it, it will shut off the program.

what did you do to fix it?
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« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2009, 01:42:58 PM »
Quote from: galex on February 05, 2009, 01:16:57 PM
Re: Strange New Message on Sprint TV/Radio
« Reply #5 on: Today at 07:29:53 AM » Quote 

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It happened to me. And if you don't click on it, it will shut off the program.

what did you do to fix it?
Call Sprint and tell them if you wanted to drain the battery, it should be your choice...tell them it's bothering you...start a petition at b.a.w. 
Once this starts on all our phones, you guys are really going to go nutz...
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« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2009, 11:35:30 AM »
I'm getting the same damn thing. Just bought an Instinct the other day. I found one of my favorite FM stations (only one) and was enjoying listening to it. Five minutes later, it was gone. Why would Sprint do something so stupid? If we WEREN'T enjoying the program, we'd cancel it ourselves. What's the point of listening to radio/watching TV if you have to answer a dialog box every five minutes? It completely takes away the usefulness. Does anyone have a fix for this?
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« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2009, 08:18:23 AM »
Yep, it's happening to me and has been since late November/early December. We are either the test market dummies for this or it is on the way for everyone. I have called Sprint and gone to the store and everyone except one person insists it's my phone and not Sprint. I say, it's a network message that their servers are sending. Finally one girl confessed that Sprint is all about limiting bandwidth. So, I just acknowledge the annoying message and hope enough people will complain or leave (again) and Sprint will reconsider. I have a hard time understanding how they can do this on an unlimited plan but I can't beat the price with any other provider.
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« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2009, 08:20:08 AM »
Quote from: gostro on February 10, 2009, 11:35:30 AM
I'm getting the same damn thing. Just bought an Instinct the other day. I found one of my favorite FM stations (only one) and was enjoying listening to it. Five minutes later, it was gone. Why would Sprint do something so stupid? If we WEREN'T enjoying the program, we'd cancel it ourselves. What's the point of listening to radio/watching TV if you have to answer a dialog box every five minutes? It completely takes away the usefulness. Does anyone have a fix for this?
I do hope that someone with the "know how" is working on a solution to this new problem. Of course, if everyone is not having this problem I guess it will be a while before we have a fix. I will wait patiently.
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« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2009, 10:58:32 AM »
There wont be any plan to fix this, in fact, any Instinct not already getting this annoying interruption of your unlimited data plan, will soon experience this....
Either starting tommarow with MR5, or the tv update coming in two weeks...
Of course they'll say its the vendor....blah...this is Sprint folks...nobody else doing this to you...Got this directly from a friend at Sprint...
your right...to one of the earlier posters....it's about controlling the bandwidth...you have no say in this....For those who haven't experienced this...Your Gonna FLIP!!! Angry
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« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2009, 11:03:58 AM »
Well most people here complain about the TV anyway, so what does it matter? According to these boards most dont watch the "awful sprint tv"
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« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2009, 11:08:55 AM »
Quote from: M.I.C. on February 11, 2009, 11:03:58 AM
Well most people here complain about the TV anyway, so what does it matter? According to these boards most dont watch the "awful sprint tv"
This will include the radio...so...tv isn't the only thing affected
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