Despite the fact that its LTE network is yet to get lit up, Sprint is already building a handset base that will give its subscribers access to LTE-capable handsets for when the LTE network of the wireless provider finally gets the green light to go online later this year. Sprint started this out with the addition of its version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus to its lineup of Android-powered devices but the most notable among its LTE-packing devices is the HTC EVO 4G LTE.
When Sprint officially announced the existence of the handset along with its addition to the stable of the carrier, it promoted the support that the handset has for NFC and its compatibility with the Google Wallet feature. Sad to say, new owners of the HTC EVO 4G LTE have reported that they had multiple issues whenever they try to get the service to work.
At the onset, the Google Wallet feature of the HTC EVO 4G LTE would come up with error messages about prepaid cards whenever a user attempts to make use of the application. The more enthusiastic among our DIY brethren then discovered a work around that will force the feature to work fine. This was done by editing the build.prop file of the handset thereby making it think that it is a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the Google Wallet feature works fine because of this work around.
More recently however, the Google wallet feature is coming up with a difference error message and this time around, the error message indicates that “Google Wallet has not yet been certified in your country or on your device / carrier” whenever a user tries to launch the application on his HTC EVO 4G LTE.
Because of these issues with the Google Wallet feature of the HTC EVO 4G LTE, a lot of rumors are circulating around and some critics even claim that Sprint is intentionally messing up with the feature itself because it is about to come up with its own NFC payment system soon. There are those who think however that this is something that cannot be blamed on Sprint. In fact, a Sprint tech over at the support forums of the carrier has confirmed that they are already aware of the issue and are already working closely with HTC to come up with a fix that will get this issue taken care of at the soonest possible time.
Though not to be taken as an official statement from the wireless provider itself, the fact that Sprint is already aware of the issue as confirmed by its tech person and that the carrier is already in the processor of developing a fix for the issue is reassurance enough that a fix can be expected along with the time frame that users of the HTC EVO 4G LTE can expect for the said fix to be made available. You can buy the HTC Evo 4G LTE starting at $129.
