Is anyone else getting terrible data speeds even for sprint
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Dariste said:
Is anyone else getting terrible data speeds even for sprint
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Not any worse than typical sprint speeds
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Nope, they recently turned on 4g all over for me LTE everywhere I mainly travel
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I do on occasion, but its because our 3G network is over loaded. they have us set to get LTE @ some point. its all based on how hard your tower is being hit and very little to due with your phone or sprint as a whole.
all good here ; )
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I experienced this as well. I thought it was me because I reset some severs to
0.0.0.0
And 0
But when I changed the back data was still slow
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Yes! I'm wondering if it had anything to do with the software upgrade. My data used to be blazing fast. Now I can be stuck with 100-200 for download
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Mine are far better than they were on my 3D. Plus I get LTE now at work, love it.
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My data speeds are better than they were on my E4GT. We are still on 3G here.
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My data speeds are better than they were on my E4GT. We are still on 3G here.
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My et speeds were better for me than this. Even wifi seems slower, is weird
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Maybe Sprint is upgrading the towers there. I heard the speeds get slow while the work is under way...
New LTE towers in Austin installed this month. Lays just say I'm not complaining.
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Doesn't this phone not have EVDO but SVDO or something of nature? When it comes to 3G it all depends on your location to pick up SVDO speeds. During speedtests in my area, with full bars, I'll get 1.2mbps down but most of the time I struggle to hit 1. In my girlfriends neighborhood...it is constantly 2-3mbps down. I would imagine because her 3G towers are upgraded already? The only reason it doesn't bother me is because I actually have 4G LTE most of the time in my house and whenever I go outside or down the street etc.
Data speed is awful here....even close to the tower.
When I upgraded to the Note 2 they took away my discount. Now I have crappy data AND a higher bill. We aren't supposed to get LTE until end of 2013 in St. Louis. I really don't think we will get in the small town I live in at all. So, I think I am taking this back and switch to AT&T. What good is unlimited data if its so slow that I cant use it. At&t us the only option. T mobile and vzw have no coverage here. Sprint was of no help including the retentions department. BYE SPRINT
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Sighs...gotta be kidding me
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Normal for me
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Sighs...gotta be kidding me
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That would be awesome for me. I easily hit under 100 at work with full signal.
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Switched towers in the speed test app. Forgot to screen shot the original test. Once I get to work tomorrow morning, ill redo the test and screen shoot it. Test was performed at home for this thread. There are two Sprint 4g w/LTE towers in the process of going live in my area (Lincoln Park, MI). Till Sprint gets on the ball with better service around here, will just have to put up with things. My phone was doing going whacko w/roaming m and "preparing network" mesgs. As I typed this, got a preparing network mesg. Again, people with patience are needed while on Sprint's service..lool.
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Doesn't this phone not have EVDO but SVDO or something of nature? When it comes to 3G it all depends on your location to pick up SVDO speeds. During speedtests in my area, with full bars, I'll get 1.2mbps down but most of the time I struggle to hit 1. In my girlfriends neighborhood...it is constantly 2-3mbps down. I would imagine because her 3G towers are upgraded already? The only reason it doesn't bother me is because I actually have 4G LTE most of the time in my house and whenever I go outside or down the street etc.
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What you're speaking of is eHPRD that's the high speed 3g you're seeing, if you're getting that, chances are LTE is nearby or being turned on soon
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Here's the new test while at my work. As you see huge difference then when at home. Thats due to being much closer to the tower.
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I have searched and searched..
I've used the supercharger 3G turbobooster and WIFI afterburner....
Marcusants Dataspeedfix.zip flash file....
I tried doing the MSL fix but I got an error when I typed in my MSL number so it wouldn't let me edit proxy.
Please guys, if you know or have anything worth telling me, please do...
My speed test result was
Ping: 803ms
Down: 352kbps
UP: 300kbps
HELP!
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Get better internet.
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I'm talking about 3G speeds, sorry I didn't specify.
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Stand under a tower. Seriously...not much else. That is Sprint.
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Are you trying to game or something?
No forget gaming on sprint service without wifi or 4g....
I am just tired of slow browser loads. I get up to 2 bars service in my room and I'm trying to max my speed with it...
I did another tweak and now I'm finally getting somewhere decent...
With 1-2 bars service...typical service bars in my room...
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I heard epic 4g has one of the worst antennas.
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Don't blame the phone, blame the area in which you reside. I live in the metro area of NJ and I always have 4 to 5 bars 3g
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I have been in decent areas but my service gets worst when I go into buildings. Can anyone explain? I mean every building...
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I have been in decent areas but my service gets worst when I go into buildings. Can anyone explain? I mean every building...
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Really? Cause when I go 10,000 leagues under the sea, I get signal just fine.
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Sprint's speeds and pings went down the ****ter recently and I do not know why. I imagine it will continue to get worse in the future.
Haha sprints slogan - hey we got unlimited data but your going to have to wait 1000 years to download a file or view a web page!
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Haha sprints slogan - hey we got unlimited data but your going to have to wait 1000 years to download a file or view a web page!
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It's the Now or Later Network. If you actually have 10Mbps down WiMAX (which is about 5% of active WiMAX networks) you get things pretty fast. You still buffer YouTube for 10 seconds before it starts. Although on the highway about every OTHER tower in a WiMAX area you do a WiMAX-3G switch every 10 seconds.
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It's the Now or Later Network. If you actually have 10Mbps down WiMAX (which is about 5% of active WiMAX networks) you get things pretty fast. You still buffer YouTube for 10 seconds before it starts. Although on the highway about every OTHER tower in a WiMAX area you do a WiMAX-3G switch every 10 seconds.
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Still beats the hell out of AT&T in my area. Stupid 4G AT&T tablet can wait 5 minutes sometimes for a connection to their ****spa. Mostly I have to toggle airplane mode over and over. I will take Sprint any day over that!
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Stand under a tower. Seriously...not much else. That is Sprint.
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I live 1 mile from tower and always have crappy reception out side my house.
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So there other tweaks I can do to improve my ping and reception?
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So there other tweaks I can do to improve my ping and reception?
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So there other tweaks I can do to improve my ping and reception?
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Use WiFi. Joking aside you can try Marcusants tweaks and/or the 3G Turbocharger but they probably won't help much.
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The results you posted are consistent with my experience on Sprint in SE Michigan. I'm speaking past my knowledge here, but I believe the network hasn't been upgraded since the EVDO rollout some 5 or more years ago (aside from wimax of course (which is nearly non-existent in MI)). Now think of all the new smartphones and the demand on that old network.
I don't know that it has so much to do with wireless reception as it does the towers connection to the backbone and the demand on that connection. I get into some congested areas and have full signal but crawling data speed.
There's some speculation to ponder.
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The results you posted are consistent with my experience on Sprint in SE Michigan. I'm speaking past my knowledge here, but I believe the network hasn't been upgraded since the EVDO rollout some 5 or more years ago (aside from wimax of course (which is nearly non-existent in MI)). Now think of all the new smartphones and the demand on that old network.
I don't know that it has so much to do with wireless reception as it does the towers connection to the backbone and the demand on that connection. I get into some congested areas and have full signal but crawling data speed.
There's some speculation to ponder.
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When I have hellish speeds I force roaming on the 11115 PRL. Whether or not it's immoral or that its a breach of contract, I think its justified given the fact that I was in Ashburn Virginia a few weeks ago and had a ping to Ashburn of something like 783. The speeds were pathetic as well, but forcing roaming brought both speeds and pings up to expected values. Good thing we know that Verizon can keep good connections.
That's some advice. There are some threads about loading the 11115 PRL which allows one to roam on Verizon's faster EVDO network. It's one of the more difficult mods I've done but the process is well documented.
Here I go talking outside my knowledge again. I believe that Sprint has to pay Verizon for the use of that roaming arrangement and they don't appreciate abusers. There have been posts about nasty grams and contract termination.
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http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1496-lte-is-live/
I've spent time traveling around the Kansas City, KS metro area, and it seems most places are lit up now, especially in Olathe. Average speeds are a little disappointing considering these towers should have very little load. I've done approximately 350 speed tests so far.
I'm getting a consistant average of 10mbps down/up around the entire metro, with highs of 13mbps down/up and lows of 8mbps down/up during the day. Late at night speeds are 15mbps down/up around the metro for me. In my basement I only get about 6-7mbps down/up (with 0-1 bars) no matter the time of day.
The latency is outstanding! I've had pings as low as 42ms. The highest I have seen is 70ms, and the average is about 55ms. Great for remote desktop and video chat
I'll keep this updated with my findings. Highest test I have pulled so far has been 20 down/15 up.
Don't think so. Not here in Dallas yet.
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Noticed it too in Blue Springs, MO!
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Doesn't look quite as fast as Verizon late though
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Still very decent.
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With a signal like that, I get 28-33 Mbps down on Verizon.
I'll take unlimited and slower over faster and tiered any day of the week. Plus... screw Verizon and their nazi attitudes. Lol.
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With a signal like that, I get 28-33 Mbps down on Verizon.
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Why do you constantly troll people?
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I'll take unlimited and slower over faster and tiered any day of the week. Plus... screw Verizon and their nazi attitudes. Lol.
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You really think Sprint is going to stay unlimited with LTE that long?
Don't see why not that's their "thing".
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Here's what I get on Verizon w 3 bars not SUPER fast everywhere like fan boys may have you think.
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Don't see why not that's their "thing".
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Because they're broke, losing customers, and that's all they have to try to get people to stay. If they start improving and rolling out this LTE network widely and (gasp) maybe gain customers, they'll cut unlimited data just like AT&T and Verizon.
Actually I think spring will implement something like ting wireless sooner or later
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So we'll just see what happens. It's in the future big rip.
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Because they're broke, losing customers, and that's all they have to try to get people to stay. If they start improving and rolling out this LTE network widely and (gasp) maybe gain customers, they'll cut unlimited data just like AT&T and Verizon.
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Yeah, if that happens it'll suck. But all your VZW bootloaders will be encrypted and signed, your internet results will be sold to the highest bidder and your bill will be triple ours. Now get the hell out of our We Love Sprint Party!
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Here's what I get on Verizon w 3 bars not SUPER fast everywhere like fan boys may have you think.
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Here is a result while doing 70mph.... not too shabby ? Sprint LTE
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Here is a result while doing 70mph.... not too shabby ? Sprint LTE
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Are you in Chicago or just connected to that speedtest server
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sweeet I hope Boston gets some love soon :l
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Actually I think spring will implement something like ting wireless sooner or later
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There's no money in that compared to running postpaid services. And they sell wholesale service to Ting already. Why would they turn themselves into a prepaid carrier? Think Sprint would go out of business before they did that.
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Yeah, if that happens it'll suck. But all your VZW bootloaders will be encrypted and signed, your internet results will be sold to the highest bidder and your bill will be triple ours. Now get the hell out of our We Love Sprint Party!
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I don't care that the bootloaders are encrypted on Verizon. I'm never going to be a customer there either... I like how you assume that just because I tell you that Sprint will dump UL data that I'm a Verizon customer.
Snapped these on the outer skirts of Conroe going to a local store.
I really appreciate the camera having zero shutter lag! Or else these exact pix wouldn't be possible. they are indeed working. This side of Conroe (Willis) seems well blanketed with strong 4g. Inside the store and signal doesn't degrade like Wi-Max. They are heavily capping the upload lol it wants to go!
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Truck just down the road next to the tower with more workers
Correction Verizon tower^
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These are definitely photoshopped
Good internet speeds and sprint impossible
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These are definitely photoshopped
Good internet speeds and sprint impossible
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Lol it's a new era
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Cool pics... Sweet speeds.
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found another, I'm obsessed with finding these towers. This appears to be LTE/NV retrofit Wi-Max tower.
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Damn man. That must be so nice to get speeds like that. Hell. I would be extremely happy to get 3 mbps
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Thanks guys, being right in to off the tower is detrimental to signal and speeds
Also blasting the speed tests under 4g coverage, battery seems like 3g. It's really good!
Right on the tower
Driving away
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Damn, I don't even get those speeds on my home Wi-Fi. Lol
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Same lol I get 20/1.5 cable internet
They do offer 50mbps &107mbps downlink
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Cool Pics... I got hella family in Conroe... :good:
Most of those pictures are of at&t/verizon towers. Sprint antennas aren't rectangular like that their actually more round like a microwave. In fact I don't see even one Sprint antenna on that tower...you could be bouncing off their networks not Sprint
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Most of those pictures are of at&t/verizon towers. Sprint antennas aren't rectangular like that their actually more round like a microwave. In fact I don't see even one Sprint antenna on that tower...you could be bouncing off their networks not Sprint
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I actually had figured out it was Verizon so I put an edit at the bottom after I made the post. But past number 5 is an actual Sprint tower
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Optimal Carnage said:
Most of those pictures are of at&t/verizon towers. Sprint antennas aren't rectangular like that their actually more round like a microwave. In fact I don't see even one Sprint antenna on that tower...you could be bouncing off their networks not Sprint
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No. Sprint antennas are shaped pretty much like the antennas used by the other carriers -- rectangular panels facing in a directional sector pattern. The size might vary with frequency bands, and the new-generation Network Vision antennas would look subtly different because they are future ready to handle the 800 MHz band as well as 1900 MHz PCS. But any round antennas you have spotted probably are microwave backhaul.
Pics from the top or it didn't happen.
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Most of those pictures are of at&t/verizon towers. Sprint antennas aren't rectangular like that their actually more round like a microwave. In fact I don't see even one Sprint antenna on that tower...you could be bouncing off their networks not Sprint
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Definitely false information. Sprint uses the same kind of panel antennas that the other carriers use. I can go out and take a picture of a Sprint tower if you'd like.
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Most of those pictures are of at&t/verizon towers. Sprint antennas aren't rectangular like that their actually more round like a microwave. In fact I don't see even one Sprint antenna on that tower...you could be bouncing off their networks not Sprint
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Wrong
http://an.droid-life.com/2011/12/30...-illinois-wondering-where-all-the-phones-are/
Trust me that's a verified Sprint tower lol I know what it look like. I have speeds and signal and a tower map to prove it lol
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This is over in west Odessa TX the sprint tower has change use to be messy in there now it's all clean and bigger receiver and my phone will not connect to it no more since the 25 of july
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cant wait for the lte towers in Portland. having a evo lte with 3g speeds is like a lambo in first gear. oh well sprint rep says everything will be up in december, at least for portland.
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cant wait for the lte towers in Portland. having a evo lte with 3g speeds is like a lambo in first gear. oh well sprint rep says everything will be up in december, at least for portland.
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I wouldn't take that at all seriously. The least reliable source of information is a Sprint rep. The most reliable source is S4GRU.com, and that site projects a June 2013 launch for Portland.
I'm in KC and get no data at all when I enable LTE. I'm on freiza's stock rooted LG8 rom. What's the deal?
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Lol hova pic.
"How much of Biggies lines are gonna come out of your fat lips".
are you sure that you have 4g coverage in your area? if you can make absolutely sure that you do, then try downloading the app Phone Info from the play store and mess with the settings for network type.
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are you sure that you have 4g coverage in your area? if you can make absolutely sure that you do, then try downloading the app Phone Info from the play store and mess with the settings for network type.
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Kansas City has LTE. I've been all over the city today and nothing changes. Even if there is no LTE, shouldn't 3G still work?
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I've had that happen to me too around KU MED. I think the lte tower might be having issues. However i was out in olathe today and had great lte coverage. Im on stock lg8 rooted. I was worried up until today. I think we'll just have to wait till all the towers are up. I believe they only have about 20% completed here in KC so far.
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I have the same issue. I get the 4g in the notification bar. Seconds later when trying to use it it goes back to 3g. I can't even run a full speed test with out it switching. I am in KC also and have try a numerous location. I am wondering if I have a defective phone I signal bars also change often when on 4g. One second full to one bar. I am on root stock lg8
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I have the same issue. I get the 4g in the notification bar. Seconds later when trying to use it it goes back to 3g. I can't even run a full speed test with out it switching. I am in KC also and have try a numerous location. I am wondering if I have a defective phone I signal bars also change often when on 4g. One second full to one bar. I am on root stock lg8
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Exactly! I was worried about the same thing until today. I just don't think the lte towers are fully functional in KC yet.
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I've had that happen to me too around KU MED. I think the lte tower might be having issues. However i was out in olathe today and had great lte coverage. Im on stock lg8 rooted. I was worried up until today. I think we'll just have to wait till all the towers are up. I believe they only have about 20% completed here in KC so far.
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nnbj92 said:
I have the same issue. I get the 4g in the notification bar. Seconds later when trying to use it it goes back to 3g. I can't even run a full speed test with out it switching. I am in KC also and have try a numerous location. I am wondering if I have a defective phone I signal bars also change often when on 4g. One second full to one bar. I am on root stock lg8
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Sprint's coverage map says we're blanketed in LTE coverage. I wonder what's going on. And shouldn't 3G work if it can't find an LTE connection?
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3g does work but it is a little annoying because it seems to take up to 15 secs to reconnect to 3g after disconnecting from 4g.
On a sidenote I was in a sprint store today. The Htc evo lte had 4g with 4 bars. I put my s3 in airport mode and back to see if it would connect to 4g but it still went to 3g. I did not have time to test the data connection on the evo.
Just updated my Profile and PRL. Back in business baby.
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Just updated my Profile and PRL. Back in business baby.
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Yup updating my profile and prl fixed it.
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Just updated my Profile and PRL. Back in business baby.
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Lmao got the Boxden smilies on deck
This happens to me randomly but frequently in Atlanta, and last week in Houston as well. Growing pains I think (hope...)
bwillet said:
This happens to me randomly but frequently in Atlanta, and last week in Houston as well. Growing pains I think (hope...)
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Try updating your Profile and PRL. That was the fix for my issues.
This may help with getting connected to LTE: http://www.androidunite.com/2012/08/02/sprint-lte-not-connecting-you-may-need-new-radio/
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Y.G. said:
Try updating your Profile and PRL. That was the fix for my issues.
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Yep, did that both in Houston and ATL. No difference yet, but it does vary by location. Home is pretty stable, work not so much...
I have noticed everywhere I go that had excellent WiMax coverage on my evo has horrific 3G and LTE speeds. Has anybody else noticed this or have I begun to loose it due to the sluggish data speeds and dropped calls?
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Dear God, yes! I'm glad that you mentioned it because I was beginning to think that it was some mistake in setup that I'd made.
I live in San Diego, where (finally) Sprint is bringing online lots of 4G LTE zones around the city and county. One thing that I've noticed is that every area that was once a Wimax test area has not been converted to LTE yet, and as you've pointed out, the unconverted zones tend to have the worst 3G service. I hope that someone knowledgeable in the subject posts an answer soon.
Thanks for sharing, by the way. :good:
While they do upgrades to towers to bring lte online they shut down towers which load other towers more and cause slower 3g speeds also if your in area with no lte yet and a lot of people have upgraded their phones and do not have a wimax capable device means they are all now on 3g so there's more users on 3g which again overloads the system. So if tower upgrades are going on and now there's an abundance of more users on 3g go figure why it's slow and crowded. I hope this answers your question. Now when lte goes live many users will move to lte freeing up 3g bandwidth.
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The areas im referring to have lte/wimax/3g available so it's mind boggling heck my fm and dtv reception are horrid as well I'd almost wager a paycheck WiMax is a sloppy dirty tech that causes interference
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The areas im referring to have lte/wimax/3g available so it's mind boggling heck my fm and dtv reception are horrid as well I'd almost wager a paycheck WiMax is a sloppy dirty tech that causes interference
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It's completely a different thing, but you never know could be
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WiMax area
A few miles down the road never had WiMax
Very interesting, but there may not be a Sprint tower where the wimax is available and there is one where the other test was done. Could it be the same tower your just closer? Remember Wimax worked on a different Radio bandwidth usually hosted by Clear Channel Radio in most major cities.
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Both are same distances from sprint towers the slower speed one is from the tower I used to pull 12+ mbits from on WiMax the faster never had WiMax. Roughly 2 blocks away from their respective towers and parked
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Both are same distances from sprint towers the slower speed one is from the tower I used to pull 12+ mbits from on WiMax the faster never had WiMax. Roughly 2 blocks away from their respective towers and parked
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The faster one was done at 3am. The slower one at 5pm. That could explain some minor slowdown, but the number gap from your speed test is, in my opinion, too significant to explain away by network congestion.
Are they still rolling out 4g in your area? Is it "officially" turned on? I know when they first activated 4g in my neck of Los Angeles, the speeds would alternate between abysmal and stellar on a seemingly random basis. Now that it's "officially" on, the speeds are much more consistently on the high side.
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I'm in a rollout market we have been live for quite some time aprox 8 months I think. The slower speed is 24/7 thats my home tower and the faster one is close to work so my test times are limited I refuse to visit that place when I'm not getting paid
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I refuse to visit that place when I'm not getting paid
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I'm with you on that one 100%
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