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Mrick Member Level: 1x Advanced

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And some in North Olmsted might be nice too!

Yes, west... Directly towards North Ridgeville. We only have 4 or 5 towers :/

 

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I'm tired of these towers being placed in Amish country and in the middle of no where!

 

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Good news today! I got on campus with my new m8 and picked this   This is at Kent State University, and it still has CSFB issues but it will probably be fixed real soon   Sent from my 831C usin

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Update! Chapel hill mall area has LTE! I'm currently on how ave with LTE. Ill map what I can today   Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk    

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Irwinshere did fine by me. Kick the whiners to the curb. We don't host Sprint complaints. Period.   I could complain as much as the rest of you. No one is even disagreeing with them. But peopl

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If any of you are truly interested in tower hunting, familiarize yourself wit the first page of this thread:

 

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3906-how-to-spot-sprint-antennas-and-rrus-samsung-style/#

 

This will give you everything you need to know on how to recognize legacy vs NV equipment in a Samsung market. Once you see the equipment it is very easy to spot in the field first hand. I'd be willing to bet that greater than 70% of the sites in our market have most of the necessary equipment to be flipped to NV, but the reason it is taking so long is due to the fact that the NV and Motorola legacy equipment is not compatible; you will get a hard drop if you try to hold a phone call going from legacy to NV or vice versa. This is one of the main reasons why there has been so much activity in the more rural areas (Aimish country). They're able to turn on the equipment in smaller clusters out there due to the sparse population, but if they flipped the switch in say North Olmsted but not the surrounding areas the amount of commuters that travel through the area that would be negatively impacted would be astronomical. The same is true for other Motorola --> Samsung markets like Columbus and Cincinnati. Sprint learned from they're mistakes in Chicago (a first round Moto --> Samsung market), when they started to piecemeal the upgrades in populated areas the customer experience was horrendous. This is all my theory, but I believe we're going to be seeing some massive upgrades in the next coming months once closer to 100% of the sites in the more populated areas are ready to be turned on.

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irwinshere Member Level: 3G EVDO

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I'm tired of these towers being placed in Amish country and in the middle of no where!

 

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There are more "yankees" in those Amish areas then you think. The large farms are mostly Amish but all of the towns and all of the housing developements are yankees. Most markets are being built from the outside in, so they would be building in Parkman before Akron. That said, can't wait for them to get to our areas.

 

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There are more "yankees" in those Amish areas then you think. The large farms are mostly Amish but all of the towns and all of the housing developements are yankees. Most markets are being built from the outside in, so they would be building in Parkman before Akron. That said, can't wait for them to get to our areas.

 

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I like to joke and I understand I just want some usable data like we all do! Can't wait

 

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I like to joke and I understand I just want some usable data like we all do! Can't wait

 

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No problem. Me too. Actually I do wish they would fix ours instead of some of these other areas.

 

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No problem. Me too. Actually I do wish they would fix ours instead of some of these other areas.

 

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I'm not very good at hunting these towers I'm trying to learn and take pictures. Speeds are getting there. I can finally stream music almost non stop

 

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I'm not very good at hunting these towers I'm trying to learn and take pictures. Speeds are getting there. I can finally stream music almost non stop

 

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Looks like you have done pretty good so far. Have had a chance to look at the completed towers map in the sponsors section? I think you can zoom in and see where they are and which band they are using.

 

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Looks like you have done pretty good so far. Have had a chance to look at the completed towers map in the sponsors section? I think you can zoom in and see where they are and which band they are using.

 

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Are you talking about the interactive maps with the Yellow, green, etc pins and stuff? Yea I have looked at those! That's pretty nifty stuff! I drove up to Cleveland constantly checking for LTE and got nothing! Maybe it has to do with my N5 but I was disappointed

 

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Are you talking about the interactive maps with the Yellow, green, etc pins and stuff? Yea I have looked at those! That's pretty nifty stuff! I drove up to Cleveland constantly checking for LTE and got nothing! Maybe it has to do with my N5 but I was disappointed

 

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Are you using lte only mode?

 

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Are you using lte only mode?

 

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I tried both while down there and during the drive and I didn't catch anything where purple was in sensorly

 

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Are you talking about the interactive maps with the Yellow, green, etc pins and stuff? Yea I have looked at those! That's pretty nifty stuff! I drove up to Cleveland constantly checking for LTE and got nothing! Maybe it has to do with my N5 but I was disappointed

 

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I've not been able to connect to any LTE since getting my N5. The only tower near me that I know of is the one located in Olmsted Falls near Cook and Fitch. I was able to connect to LTE with my Galaxy Nexus. I've tried resetting the data connection and both LTE only and Global settings. So not sure if it's the tower or the phone.

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I've not been able to connect to any LTE since getting my N5. The only tower near me that I know of is the one located in Olmsted Falls near Cook and Fitch. I was able to connect to LTE with my Galaxy Nexus. I've tried resetting the data connection and both LTE only and Global settings. So not sure if it's the tower or the phone.

Dial *#*#4636#*#* tap phone info and set the preferred network type to LTE. The LTE only mode in the settings menu doesn't work for some reason.

 

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I tried both while down there and during the drive and I didn't catch anything where purple was in sensorly

 

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Could it be an eCSFB issue? We have a thread about that on here somewhere.

 

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So I am looking to sign up for Sprint service via Ting. Here is my question. Am I better off getting a wimax device such as the SII Epic 4g Touch because cleveland has good wimax coverage or should I get a 4G LTE device and hope that LTE gets substantially better.

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So I am looking to sign up for Sprint service via Ting. Here is my question. Am I better off getting a wimax device such as the SII Epic 4g Touch because cleveland has good wimax coverage or should I get a 4G LTE device and hope that LTE gets substantially better.

 

I wouldn't want a Wimax device at this point. I would definitely go with an LTE one. Sprint has stated they'll keep Wimax up until 2015 I believe, but still, those are some old phones.

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I wouldn't want a Wimax device at this point. I would definitely go with an LTE one. Sprint has stated they'll keep Wimax up until 2015 I believe, but still, those are some old phones.

I'm not trying to buy some super-expensive phone. Even old SII is better than my Kyocera Rise on Virgin mobile...

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I'm not trying to buy some super-expensive phone. Even old SII is better than my Kyocera Rise on Virgin mobile...

 

Can you bring your own phone? I have an s3 that I no longer use if you are interested. I through it on clist just to get rid of it

 

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Can you bring your own phone? I have an s3 that I no longer use if you are interested. I through it on clist just to get rid of it

 

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No. They have made it so phones from other Sprint MVNOs (i.e. Virgin Mobile) can't be brought over.

 

Also I would like to say this forum is awesome. Until I discovered this I was totally going by Sprint's coverage map (garbage + lies) and would have been stuck with Wimax.

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Just wanted to drop a friendly note to this market, I'm originally from Stow / Kent but moved to Columbus after college.  If you are able to download Signal Check Lite (free) or Pro it would be extremely helpful for your LTE confirmations.  I noticed that Mrick has done some sensorly updates, but it is difficult to tell where the LTE is coming from because it is so weak.  With the Signal Check App it recovers unique site information that allows you to confirm where the LTE is coming from.  Please note that the 1X signal is NOT always where the LTE is coming from.  For example, you could be on a 1X site 1/2 mile away but be receiving LTE from 2-3 miles away.  This happens quite frequently.  I've attached a screenshot to show you what I mean.  Feel free to ask me any questions or let the Columbus market know if we can help.  We are lucky enough to have a pretty strong group of people that know what they are doing.  Good luck and happy hunting!

 

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EDIT: Also, when I was home from Christmas I was able to drive past the Newcomer Rd. tower at the Stow Bus Garage and noticed no NV work.  At least in regards to the RRHs, I wasn't able to drive up to see if any cabinets were there.

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No. They have made it so phones from other Sprint MVNOs (i.e. Virgin Mobile) can't be brought over.

 

Also I would like to say this forum is awesome. Until I discovered this I was totally going by Sprint's coverage map (garbage + lies) and would have been stuck with Wimax.

Ting will let you bring the s3 from mrick as long as it is sprint and not the virgin mobil or boost version.

 

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Ting will let you bring the s3 from mrick as long as it is sprint and not the virgin mobil or boost version.

 

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Its the sprint version and its in mint condition. I'd rather someone else make good use with it. I got the N5 now and might use my upgrade in march to get the M8 or s5

 

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Just wanted to drop a friendly note to this market, I'm originally from Stow / Kent but moved to Columbus after college. If you are able to download Signal Check Lite (free) or Pro it would be extremely helpful for your LTE confirmations. I noticed that Mrick has done some sensorly updates, but it is difficult to tell where the LTE is coming from because it is so weak. With the Signal Check App it recovers unique site information that allows you to confirm where the LTE is coming from. Please note that the 1X signal is NOT always where the LTE is coming from. For example, you could be on a 1X site 1/2 mile away but be receiving LTE from 2-3 miles away. This happens quite frequently. I've attached a screenshot to show you what I mean. Feel free to ask me any questions or let the Columbus market know if we can help. We are lucky enough to have a pretty strong group of people that know what they are doing. Good luck and happy hunting!

 

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EDIT: Also, when I was home from Christmas I was able to drive past the Newcomer Rd. tower at the Stow Bus Garage and noticed no NV work. At least in regards to the RRHs, I wasn't able to drive up to see if any cabinets were there.

Thanks! I'll start taking screen shots and posting when I'm connected to LTE so we can see what tower the signal is coming from

 

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Thanks! I'll start taking screen shots and posting when I'm connected to LTE so we can see what tower the signal is coming from

 

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Yea, that's definitely a start.  I saw that Coz posted a little while back trying to get some members to create a spreadsheet / market map.  It's INCREDIBLY helpful.

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Yea, that's definitely a start. I saw that Coz posted a little while back trying to get some members to create a spreadsheet / market map. It's INCREDIBLY helpful.

Yea I'd love to start one. I admire the Columbus market and all the people helping. I think its awesome!

 

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