How many phones do you think I will go through equipped with 4LTE until I can actually use the 4LTE?
I am on my 4th 4G phone right now, still with no 4G.
Lol, until you're in an area that has 4G coverage?
Depends, check s4gru for your rollout schedule then check sprints network upgrade site and see if your schedule is up yet. S4gru has my area scheduled for phase 2 this year and sprint has my zip in the next 6month upgrade list. I've already had connection issues occasionally and when I've called sprint about it they've said they are upgrading the towers for network vision in my area and I should expect intermittent connection loss as they work on the towers, I've already seen a pretty decent jump in 3g speeds. I used to get 800kbps -1.2mbps regularly now peak I'm getting 1.2-2mbps and off peak 1.5-2.8mbps, and I never had 4g wimax here just decent 3g mostly because my house is in a sparsely populated area so my tower is well below load
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Well I am on 2 now almost for sure going to be 3-4 before Reno sees any 4G. and now with the switch to LTE it is going to be even longer.
I would expect Sprint to roll out LTE much quicker than Wimax. The problem with Wimax is it was beta and LTE is VHS. Sprint stopped rolling it out when they realized they would have to transition to LTE in order to be competitive.
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Depends, check s4gru for your rollout schedule then check sprints network upgrade site and see if your schedule is up yet. S4gru has my area scheduled for phase 2 this year and sprint has my zip in the next 6month upgrade list. I've already had connection issues occasionally and when I've called sprint about it they've said they are upgrading the towers for network vision in my area and I should expect intermittent connection loss as they work on the towers, I've already seen a pretty decent jump in 3g speeds. I used to get 800kbps -1.2mbps regularly now peak I'm getting 1.2-2mbps and off peak 1.5-2.8mbps, and I never had 4g wimax here just decent 3g mostly because my house is in a sparsely populated area so my tower is well below load
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Where did you find your zip in an upgrade list.
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rujelus22 said:
Well I am on 2 now almost for sure going to be 3-4 before Reno sees any 4G. and now with the switch to LTE it is going to be even longer.
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y do u need lte when the casino's have wifi
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Where did you find your zip in an upgrade list.
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I forget the sprint site off top of my head but sprint.com has a tower upgrade site that lets you put in your address or zip and tells you all upgrades done in the prior 6 months or scheduled in the upcoming 6 months, there's a link to it around here somewhere I usually get to it from my account page on sprint.com
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Sprint.com/network
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Sprint.com/network
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There ya go, I thought it was something like that but wasn't sure. I wanted to say it was network.sprint.com lol
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So they are doing network vision updates in my area.
The area's that are done are pretty nice. No boost in signal which is fine, but the data speeds are fantastic! Unfortunately that's downtown only. The rest of the city on the other hand though had it's tower's taken offline for the upgrade and the towers serving us is now just the ones downtown. At home i went from 4ish bars to roaming missing calls, texts and such. Wouldn't care but I missed a few phone interviews today and pretty livid about that.
Hopefully I'll be reaping those benefits soon, and hopefully they are deploying lte not just upgrading the cdma.
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There are some of us who experience no signal all the time and it's not from towers being taken down to be upgraded as well so cheer up
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There are some of us who experience no signal all the time and it's not from towers being taken down to be upgraded as well so cheer up
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Word. I second that.
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My "4g" experience with sprint, is 600ish Kbps at best down, yet somehow 1.2-1.4 Mbps up. Eh, at least I get descent call quality.
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Calls here at school in Fresno, CA have taken a dump but I didn't know Nv was coming so soon
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My "4g" experience with sprint, is 600ish Kbps at best down, yet somehow 1.2-1.4 Mbps up. Eh, at least I get descent call quality.
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99% sure upload is throttled to 1.5 Mbps. Being the total capacity of each tower is not being hammered for upload you usually see the 1.4* Mbps like I do. Download on the other hand is getting hammered.
Before anyone compains omg throttled. That is how it is supposed to be done, when you have a limited resource you qos throttle it.
4g in my area LA works well. In doors its pretty **** but 3g is terrible
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So they are doing network vision updates in my area.
The area's that are done are pretty nice. No boost in signal which is fine, but the data speeds are fantastic! Unfortunately that's downtown only. The rest of the city on the other hand though had it's tower's taken offline for the upgrade and the towers serving us is now just the ones downtown. At home i went from 4ish bars to roaming missing calls, texts and such. Wouldn't care but I missed a few phone interviews today and pretty livid about that.
Hopefully I'll be reaping those benefits soon, and hopefully they are deploying lte not just upgrading the cdma.
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There are some of us who experience no signal all the time and it's not from towers being taken down to be upgraded as well so cheer up
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Because there are some of us that check coverage maps, before we sign a carrier's contract.
That is obviously Sprint's fault.
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Because there are some of us that check coverage maps, before we sign a carrier's contract.
That is obviously Sprint's fault.
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The coverage map for my area still shows Wimax as being available. 2 years later still nothing. So.... Some of us do check, and get done in by false or misleading info. Which ironically is sprints fault
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The coverage map for my area still shows Wimax as being available. 2 years later still nothing. So.... Some of us do check, and get done in by false or misleading info. Which ironically is sprints fault
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Too many people making excuses for corporations these days.
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azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Because there are some of us that check coverage maps, before we sign a carrier's contract.
That is obviously Sprint's fault.
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Because their coverage maps are soooo accurate.
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Is it me, or has the 4G been lost in Tampa? It could just be my phone, but I haven't been able to connect to 4g in over a week.
It was working (at half the speed I usually get) 2 Fridays ago. But, if I'm not mistaken, isn't Tampa scheduled for LTE by the end of the year? If so, they could be working on the towers in your area.
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I'm in Tampa as well and there is 4g its just hard to find. I live over in Seminole heights and there is a tower less than a mile from me and I've gotten it but its very weak. My 3g was giving it a run for its money...
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It was working (at half the speed I usually get) 2 Fridays ago. But, if I'm not mistaken, isn't Tampa scheduled for LTE by the end of the year? If so, they could be working on the towers in your area.
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If I understand correctly, 4G Wimax towers (owned by Clearwire) should have nothing to do with 3G CDMA / 4G LTE towers (owned by Sprint).
I have to turn 4G off and on a few times to get a decent connection and when I do it disconnects a minute later.. best places I've seen are near USF and on 275 between Westshore Blvd & downtown. Everywhere else sucks. Also I've never once had a good connection indoors
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I move around quite frequently and I find a decent amount of areas that have 4g, even in places that you wouldn't think it would be. If your near a Sprint store then most cases there will be 4g available. Inside the Tampa Pitcher Show, across from Sprint store, you can get service inside easily. Places out in Brandon and Valrico as well, in fact I was using 4g yesterday in IHOP out on 60. If LTE is covered as much as the current 4g then I'll be very happy... Oh and I thought I read that it was coming here this summer according to that unofficial sprint build out site. I won't contemplate even getting an LTE phone before then since 4g is so readily available for me, and we know how good the 3g can be at times.....
Noooooooo you guys are all wrong. 4G is there but its just incognito and invisible.
Im just messing.
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I was just in Tampa yesterday and got 4G. Also got 4G in St Petersburg also.
is there a way to reset the 4g? for some reason I can't connect to it at all, after a data reset, network refresh, everything I can think of. is it possible to try to change the realm to clearwire instead of sprintpcs?
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is there a way to reset the 4g? for some reason I can't connect to it at all, after a data reset, network refresh, everything I can think of. is it possible to try to change the realm to clearwire instead of sprintpcs?
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Mine seems to be working fine when Im closer to downtown.
I get it over in Seminole and I haven't had a problem yet. Maybe they're just working on towers
Im in the carrollwood area and my 4g works fine
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Odessa/Citrus Park area 4g fine, Tampa Intl airport, 4g was screaming fast. I was shocked.
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Im in the carrollwood area and my 4g works fine
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you have signal at all in carrolwood?
i just moved out of northdale. i was roaming there all the time.
Shout out to all my down south Florida boys!
Orlando in da hizouse!
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saint pete, we have full wimax coverage over here
psst a little birdy told me july is when to look for some lte pickin's
So far, the only areas where i've gotten good 4g connections is near downtown, or closer to Oldsmar. I live in T-N-C and 4g is very sparatic (i think i spelled that right )
I have noticed its like that over on the east end of Fowler and Busch.. I'm not to sure why though.
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Update your prl that might help. R u running a custom rom or are you stock?
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So here is the original thread and link, I don't know, might be something you all want to see.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27593336
http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?
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s4guru has lots of good info also...not "official" sprint word yet but the KC area sure looks to be well covered soon.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-265-kansas-network-visionlte-deployment-schedule-update/
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s4guru has lots of good info also...not "official" sprint word yet but the KC area sure looks to be well covered soon.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-265-kansas-network-visionlte-deployment-schedule-update/
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Yeah, nothing official on that site, but they really seem to know what's going on. They're projecting an August/September timeframe for the LTE to come on around Chicago which makes me happy. I'm going to have a hard time waiting with just 3G as it's horrid around this area, but hopefully they'll start getting it together soon.
@hayzooos Yeah I'm in ATL Ga, and they have been testing here for some time now.
So should be turned on here soon
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http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/...-sprint-network-visionlte-deployment-in-2012/
Looks like the Detroit area is getting left out of the fun again. First no wimax, now its looking like we're not invited to the lte party either... What is their obsession with the Grand Rapids area? Is there a corporate headquarters there or something? On the bright side, I'll at least get a good signal when I go out that way to my cottage during the summer!
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@hayzooos Yeah I'm in ATL Ga, and they have been testing here for some time now.
So should be turned on here soon
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yeah end of the month, per sprints 4glte fb page, for our area
i just turned on LTE in the chicagoland area; lets see what happens!
Interesting that you have to turn on LTE. Just turned it on in Austin, s4gru predicting some sites will go live end of june?
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Interesting that you have to turn on LTE. Just turned it on in Austin, s4gru predicting some sites will go live end of june?
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LTE has been truned on for testing several times in each area for the initial rollout. Turn it on, you just may get lucky. Ask qbkin77
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DC looks to be getting some LTE love soon. AWWWW YEEAAAAHHH
Any NYC love?
Anyone know or estimates when NYC would be getting LTE?
just wondering...where the heck are the LTE settings in the menu? i looked all over and didn't notice anything about 4g
Yea Baltimore and DC should be online really soon! Cant wait!
I found it under mobile networks or something like that. Choose the option that has lte and cdma but there's no actual on of toggle for it. When you change the setting your phone will reboot
Settings>more settings> mobile networks>network mode
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Lol the only part in Baltimore with no later towers around
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S4 lists Seattle area LTE going on early in the second round... Wonder when it will be up for testing... and if someone can modify our modems to take advantage of it?
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/...-sprint-network-visionlte-deployment-in-2012/
Can't wait to get LTE where I am. Should be done in a few months they say.
Is lte like Wimax where you have to turn it on and off to use or is it like hspa where it's on always?
My life for Aiur
Will our phones just have a 4g indicator at the top when using it? My area is rolling out and done by Fall but I heard it was possible to get some reception as they keep building towers throughout the Summer.
I'm hoping that sprint is actually adding 4g lte in my area. My phone has had 1x for 12 hours now but with decent data speeds? Anyone else go through this before you received lte
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Hmmmmmmmm.....
"ALL LTE discussions here, where, when, how fast!"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1824897
Yeah....
Also, S4GRU.com for all your LTE info. But yes, Most have weird things go on while upgrading.
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ive been seeing a LOT of 1x lately in the long island, NY area
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ive been seeing a LOT of 1x lately in the long island, NY area
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4g in LI is a secondary market, but I bet they are already starting to change to Network Vision. The whole Island will have 4G LTE by mid to late 2013. As soon as the NYC market is finished your area will get a LTE bath.
I saw on the S4GRU map that Queens and parts of Hempstead was already being worked on for Network Vision.
yeah ive been hoping those predictions are true... i work in queens and am in NYC often, but haven't had to much 1x experiences there yet...
hear NYC should be by the end of this year, so hopefully wont have too long of a wait...
Dying for some LTE in the city and Bx, my phone is pretty much like a dummy model when I'm at work.
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I would love lte in the RGV.
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LTE was worth the wait
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I'm hoping that sprint is actually adding 4g lte in my area. My phone has had 1x for 12 hours now but with decent data speeds? Anyone else go through this before you received lte
If that is CM I see it might just be a bug where it isn't displaying 1X/3G properly.....
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formuk said:
LTE was worth the wait
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Hope you still get those speeds a year from now when everyone has LTE phones and is on the network...
just usable internet would keep me happy.
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Thanks
FNM
Was in Atlanta for a short time today. Wish this was Jacksonville Florida lol.
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humdrum2009 said:
Was in Atlanta for a short time today. Wish this was Jacksonville Florida lol.
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Did you test the LTE in Jacksonville yet?
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Did you test the LTE in Jacksonville yet?
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I tested twice and live in the heart of jax getting less than 7 the whole time.. is that normal
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Did you test the LTE in Jacksonville yet?
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New test taken just now literally across the street from a sprint store haha in jax haha
32256 area
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Do you mean normal for Jacksonville or normal for LTE? As far as LTE, I guess it varies...Like I live in a spotty LTE area right now and pull anywhere between 5-9mbps but when I go down near Jerome Ave in the Bronx, I'm always pulling 20's. Today I got 33.29mbps in that same neighborhood. We'll all get there...hopefully sooner than later.
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Do you mean normal for Jacksonville or normal for LTE? As far as LTE, I guess it varies...Like I live in a spotty LTE area right now and pull anywhere between 5-9mbps but when I go down near Jerome Ave in the Bronx, I'm always pulling 20's. Today I got 33.29mbps in that same neighborhood. We'll all get there...hopefully sooner than later.
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Well I just noticed 4g come on today so I'm sure jax well only get better as towers turn on
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Lord Syrics Jr. said:
Well I just noticed 4g come on today so I'm sure jax well only get better as towers turn on
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Yep. Not a whole lot on just yet but enjoy the fact they are letting you guys test it way early.
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New test taken just now literally across the street from a sprint store haha in jax haha
32256 area
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Where was this? Can you map it next time via Sensorly?
I have been actively discovering lte sites in Jacksonville for a few weeks now. Is this off the i95/ BayMeadows exit?
This is the BayMeadows tower for me.
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I haven't seen Lte in jax
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I haven't seen Lte in jax
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Where in Jax are you? There's a lot of lte active now. Check out the Sensorly maps. (Sensorly.com or download the app from Google play.)
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I haven't seen Lte in jax
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Looks like 3 or 4 sites so far that people have found.
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Damn some of these lte speed tests are slower compared to Verizon/AT&T. Hopefully when the Sprint upgrades roll out a bit more, speeds will be faster.
That's from Arlington, VA.
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Ascertion said:
Where was this? Can you map it next time via Sensorly?
I have been actively discovering lte sites in Jacksonville for a few weeks now. Is this off the i95/ BayMeadows exit?
This is the BayMeadows tower for me.
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This is South side and bay meadows.. the publix there.. now I'm not getting above 6.5.. How did you get so high
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This is South side and bay meadows.. the publix there.. now I'm not getting above 6.5.. How did you get so high
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LTE is very signal strength dependent. EvDo RevA's (Sprint's 3G) speeds don't deteriorate unless it reaches a very low signal threshold. Next time you connect to the LTE site at Publix, open up your debugging menu and screenshot the LTE engineering screen and post it here.
With 6mbps, you have a rather low (-110dBm to -115 dBm signal strength). If your signal strength is high, then you should experience better speeds.
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Damn some of these lte speed tests are slower compared to Verizon/AT&T. Hopefully when the Sprint upgrades roll out a bit more, speeds will be faster.
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Sprint's in a position where they simply don't have the spectrum to deploy anything greater than a 5x5mhz carrier per market. This means LTE speeds will max out at about 38mbps, and even this is under extremely favorable conditions.
But worry not for Clearwire alone has more spectrum than Verizon does, and Clearwire, starting mid-2013 will be deploying LTE advanced on a 20x20mhz carrier! This means speeds will be up to 90mbps. Hang in there because even with Sprint's LTE maxing out at 38mbps, it's still very fast and the best part...unlimited.
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LTE is very signal strength dependent. EvDo RevA's (Sprint's 3G) speeds don't deteriorate unless it reaches a very low signal threshold. Next time you connect to the LTE site at Publix, open up your debugging menu and screenshot the LTE engineering screen and post it here.
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How do I show this?
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Haha yes!! Just now at work (publix location)
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Haha yes!! Just now at work (publix location)
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##debug# dialer code, sprint is the password. Lte engineering screen will have everything listed there.
Nice speeds.
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But since LTE will be on every tower unlike the other carriers, there will be less people on each LTE carrier than the other guys.
And do you really need higher than 35 megabits on your phone... hell no. I'd be happy with 3 or 4!
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But since LTE will be on every tower unlike the other carriers, there will be less people on each LTE carrier than the other guys.
And do you really need higher than 35 megabits on your phone... hell no. I'd be happy with 3 or 4!
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Haha yeah I don't really see the point in it either except for downloading large files.
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