digiblur Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Grain of salt on half-finished network. I'm in Chicago's O'Hare airport right now and pulling 6mbps down, streaming Netflix with no buffering. That's what we should be looking at for real world usage, not the burst fastest speed. Sent from my Sprint iPad using Tapatalk HD But but but.. it's not amazzziing 30 megabits that I neeeeed on my phone! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiblur Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Little do people know that your bars on Android don't mean LTE signal. They could be connected to a towers ways off! I feel like if companies want to do LTE spedtesting, use the iPhone because it shows your actual signal as opposed to having to root or download aseperate app to see signal sstrength. Additionally the radio in all iPhones should be just as powerful as on another iPhone. Actually they should be using LTE engineering screens so you can see the SNR, signal quality and such. The only true testing you will see like that is here at S4GRU. So all those articles out there mean absolutely ZERO when it comes to the real facts you'll find here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobilesolutions Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Actually they should be using LTE engineering screens so you can see the SNR, signal quality and such. The only true testing you will see like that is here at S4GRU. So all those articles out there mean absolutely ZERO when it comes to the real facts you'll find here. Signal check app is pretty handy for testing. [/url This is quite a ways beyond typical fringe signal range, however the SNR value is still quite high; comparatively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deval Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 But but but.. it's not amazzziing 30 megabits that I neeeeed on my phone! I swear I wish I could b#$@h slap the next person who complains that the number isn't high enough. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaiahL Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I swear I wish I could b#$@h slap the next person who complains that the number isn't high enough. Woahh derr (Big Sean Voice) lml 10 is just enough took me a while to figure it out but I get it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keitarou Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Man, I wish there was a schedule available that shows when the towers are scheduled to go through upgrades. Finally a tower few blocks from my house is 3G/4G accepted but it's only facing the opposite side of my house... so close but so little use... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paynefanbro Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Same happened to me. The tower got upgraded but the signal was shotty because it seemed like they turned on a few sectors but not the one directly pointed toward my home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTEBrooklyn Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Same happened to me. The tower got upgraded but the signal was shotty because it seemed like they turned on a few sectors but not the one directly pointed toward my home! I think they so that so more people experience coverage in diff areas as they put up. It's just a rotation, but still the same panel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I think they so that so more people experience coverage in diff areas as they put up. It's just a rotation, but still the same panel Offtopic: why does your username not have a hyperlink/profile link on hover? Or any profile at all actually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTEBrooklyn Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Offtopic: why does your username not have a hyperlink/profile link on hover? Or any profile at all actually. Not quite sure what u mean! Also that is really OT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Not quite sure what u mean! Also that is really OT! What I mean is that if you look at my name off to the side of this post <--- It will be clickable or able to hover over. Yours does not and I have never seen someone without a profile link before. Sorry it just caught my eye as I read over the new posts in the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTEBrooklyn Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 What I mean is that if you look at my name off to the side of this post <--- It will be clickable or able to hover over. Yours does not and I have never seen someone without a profile link before. Sorry it just caught my eye as I read over the new posts in the forums. Not sure why. I didn't change anything! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyNYC1 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 They finally lit up the site around Junction blvd and 37 th ave in corona queens . Good LTE speeds. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregSmoov Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I forgot how terrible Sprint data service can be since LTE has been deployed in NYC. I was in Miami over the memorial day weekend and my phone was useless while not connected to wifi. Google maps had a hard time getting navigation data. All i can say is hang in there guys better days must come. I did some Sensorly mapping whenever I noticed I had LTE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaiahL Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I forgot how terrible Sprint data service can be since LTE has been deployed in NYC. I was in Miami over the memorial day weekend and my phone was useless while not connected to wifi. Google maps had a hard time getting navigation data. All i can say is hang in there guys better days must come. I did some Sensorly mapping whenever I noticed I had LTE Wait Miami has bad service ? On Sensorly Miami is pretty purple . I figured service in FL was good hmm . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregSmoov Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Wait Miami has bad service ? On Sensorly Miami is pretty purple . I figured service in FL was good hmm . I was in the downtown area. Sprint is terrible there. Maybe the tower that serves that area is in the process of being upgraded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobilesolutions Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Wait Miami has bad service ? On Sensorly Miami is pretty purple . I figured service in FL was good hmm . just because there is a lot of purple does not mean you necessarily have a consistently usable airlink. You are standing at point "X", Point "X" is supposed to be served by serving cell "A" on tower "1" however tower "1" may likely not be broadcasting Lte yet. Your phone however detects serving cell "B" on tower "2" just a few more blocks down the road & establishes a connection. Thus you have an Lte connection, you may still even see reasonable performance depending on your real signal strength values; but this is not a completed project. Sprint's network vision isn't even half way completed yet ( in total ) and day to day network experience is going to change every day until the day the last update report comes in. Please stay advised, Roger Hopefully now you are seeing that Sprint is going to kick @$$. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyStylesNYC Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Question for anyone near 23rd and 7th. Did they take that LTE tower offline. Couldn't get a LTE signal over there today and im not sure if its my device or just the site is offline. I have notice I have seen a lot less LTE on my phone in the last few days but and i know many users have reported a lot of sites offline all of a sudden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTEBrooklyn Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Question for anyone near 23rd and 7th. Did they take that LTE tower offline. Couldn't get a LTE signal over there today and im not sure if its my device or just the site is offline. I have notice I have seen a lot less LTE on my phone in the last few days but and i know many users have reported a lot of sites offline all of a sudden. Don't know about 7th ave, but a lot of sites that have been up, are now down, plus I'm noticing the signals that I am getting are weaker then usual. Does anyone have any insight why this is happening with sudden shutdowns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaiahL Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/06/apple-allegedly-throttling-data-speeds-on-iphones-ipads.html#.UbAfwKa9LCQ Idk if this is true but if it is I need to get that hacked carrier update . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/06/apple-allegedly-throttling-data-speeds-on-iphones-ipads.html#.UbAfwKa9LCQ Idk if this is true but if it is I need to get that hacked carrier update . Read here : http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3951-sprint-carrier-update-hack-for-iphone-5-only/&do=findComment&comment=149760 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaiahL Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Read here : http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3951-sprint-carrier-update-hack-for-iphone-5-only/&do=findComment&comment=149760 Thanks , Im gonna wait for someone to post a speedtest so I can see if the hack is worth my time . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pslee Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 got some LTE near steinway and broadway in Astoria Queens. around -100 to-110 rsrp but still very glad to see LTE there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexgencpu Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 City is coming along nicely, Indoors on 34st and Madison got good 3G speeds, 800k down 600k up 130ping felt really decent, in a place that would almost never get over 50k, did a comparison against ATT iphone 4S on "4G" (HSPA+) loading web pages was consistently quicker on sprint! chrome vs chrome..Reminder of why patience almost always pays off! And here are the rest of my en devour Christopher n Hudson...10mb down 6mb up 50ping.. Then 41st and 12th ave...20mb down 9mb up 40ping also 55st and 12th ave...17mb down 5mb up 55ping 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paynefanbro Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 This test was taken at the Nostrand Avenue train station in Brooklyn by the A & C trains. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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