Sprint Airave

[adamjamessimon]

Hi,

 

I have noticed since getting my Nexus 5 that the airave is extremely unreliable. My Nexus 5 seems to constantly be hopping between the airave, roaming, and very weak sprint signal. I called the airave support people and they sent me a new 2.5+ model but the issue remains. Tried changing to 3G only in the phone settings, updating profile, rebooting, etc. All of these things help for a few minutes but then the issue comes back. My old original Evo worked without any issue on the airave for years. Any thoughts? I noticed in a PRL thread a mention about a 800SMR beacon on the airaves possibly causing an issue with a looping disconnect/cycling like I have described. Any thoughts? Sprint has not had any solution for me after many calls to them.

 

Thanks!!

 

Adam

[SeanK_]

Hi,

 

I have noticed since getting my Nexus 5 that the airave is extremely unreliable. My Nexus 5 seems to constantly be hopping between the airave, roaming, and very weak sprint signal. I called the airave support people and they sent me a new 2.5+ model but the issue remains. Tried changing to 3G only in the phone settings, updating profile, rebooting, etc. All of these things help for a few minutes but then the issue comes back. My old original Evo worked without any issue on the airave for years. Any thoughts? I noticed in a PRL thread a mention about a 800SMR beacon on the airaves possibly causing an issue with a looping disconnect/cycling like I have described. Any thoughts? Sprint has not had any solution for me after many calls to them.

 

Thanks!!

 

Adam

Have they tried pushing a new PRL 61098? I'm in the same boat and seems like the Airave doesn't like the phone at all!

[adamjamessimon]

Have they tried pushing a new PRL 61098? I'm in the same boat and seems like the Airave doesn't like the phone at all!

 

I haven't tried pushing new PRL 61098. I can try that tonight. Have you had any luck with that?

[SeanK_]

I haven't tried pushing new PRL 61098. I can try that tonight. Have you had any luck with that?

Just got it few minutes ago and seems to be staying solid.

[adamjamessimon]

Just got it few minutes ago and seems to be staying solid.

 

 

Where did you get it? I haven't had much experience with pushing prls. 

[SeanK_]

Where did you get it? I haven't had much experience with pushing prls. 

Airave Support would be able to do that for you.

[matt7701]

My phone would not connect to the airave so they sent me a new one.  However after awhile it started to occur again, so I called tech support and they told me to put my phone into "Sprint Only" mode for roaming and it seems to be working now.  When coming into airave coverage my phone data connection was not switching over and that was the problem.  But having to turn the feature on and off is a pain because when I go to school I must roam.  Hopefully they are working on this issue.

 

The fix for now is to put the roaming options into "Sprint Only" and this should help most of you guys. 

[AiravePirate]

My phone would not connect to the airave so they sent me a new one.  However after awhile it started to occur again, so I called tech support and they told me to put my phone into "Sprint Only" mode for roaming and it seems to be working now.  When coming into airave coverage my phone data connection was not switching over and that was the problem.  But having to turn the feature on and off is a pain because when I go to school I must roam.  Hopefully they are working on this issue.

 

The fix for now is to put the roaming options into "Sprint Only" and this should help most of you guys. 

For some phones it's called "CDMA Only". Some of the newer phones (read: "triband") can have these issues. Once the Airave vendor releases new firmware updates, I'm sure it'll clear some of these issues.

[AiravePirate]

Installed an Airave this weekend at a friends house where cell services is awful. You can use your phone outside ok, but inside, zero to no bars and switching back and forth from roaming. Verizon also has spotty service inside as well. I got the Airave off of eBay and hooked it up. Now there is full coverage throughout the house and even just outside the house! Data speeds are about 1.00 to 2.00 Mbps download, and about 0.80 Mbps upload. Sure beats a dead battery in a few hours, and you can actually talk on the phone without random drops and choppy connections.

I know this is an old post, but, for the record, bars are not an accurate indicator of signal strength on a femtocell. The bars are used to measure signal on a macro. Might do better to go into "field test" mode on your phone. You can get a more accurate indication of your Dbm's there.

[jamisonshaw125]

The Airave is designed for use in a single family home. 1900MHz works fine on an Airave in a single family home in the city or country. It makes no sense to add 800MHz capability to an Airave. They cannot broadcast the signal around a city block. It will cause interference.

 

Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

Edit: Not sure why I got sent here. I deleted my post as it made no sense in this thread.