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how do you determine what tower is servicing LTE from the field tech mode on a iphone?

 

Dial *3001#12345#* in the Phone app and press call. Under Serving Cell Info the important things are Physical Cell ID and Cell Identity. Each sector of a site has a separate ID, but from what I can tell, the first 6 digits of the Cell Identity are a tower identifier.

 

You have to do your own detective work to relate a tower identifier to an actually site though.

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It looks like he last one by my house is completed speeds have not been the best but they have been way better than 3g well the old 3g lol. At work I'm getting some amazing speeds though witch is great because I have WiFi at home.

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Oh and you Tampa guys are no good. You used to come over and map with us and find our sites. Now you got your own LTE to play with..I'm a Sad Panda

 

Feech... I mapped from Wesley Chapel in N Tampa, all the way to Ft Desoto Park this evening. I was able to stay on 4G for most the way there. Also, I got connected and mapped 4G at the very SW tip of the Ft Desoto Island, including the fishing pier... ;)

 

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I gotta a bit of 4G on dale mabry at Ray Jay. And of corse up in the stadium also.

Well I know there are a couple of sites near the stadium. When we get mapping it will be more apparent. Have to work at 0400 at the airport in the morning, hoping to see some LTE at the airport soon. Will map on my way in.

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Well I know there are a couple of sites near the stadium. When we get mapping it will be more apparent. Have to work at 0400 at the airport in the morning, hoping to see some LTE at the airport soon. Will map on my way in.

 

Ahh it's right over Ray J.... Would've been excellent for the Outback Bowl a couple of weeks ago lol.

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I'm tempted to say the Starkey site is up..I drove by today. Usually I lose the 4G signal from another active site when I am slightly north of it. Today I held the signal quite a bit further along with some spotty hits on Brian Dairy.

 

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I'm tempted to say the Starkey site is up..I drove by today. Usually I lose the 4G signal from another active site when I am slightly north of it. Today I held the signal quite a bit further along with some spotty hits on Brian Dairy.

 

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If you were running Sensorly it doesn't appear to be so, but might be worth a revisit to run Sensorly.

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Hey if any of you Tampa guys are in the Gandy area there are panels on the tower at the Bayshore and Gandy also up the street some off of Lois it looked like there was panels on that site too but I was in the Walmart Parking lot so it was hard to see. If you spend any time in that area it may be worth checking out.

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