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Shentel / Sprint LTE - (was ntelos - West & N&W Virginia)


marioc21

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So the big news is LTE in Roanoke now??  So is cville on now?  Again I'm out of town so can't check.  But DC has LTE.  :lol:

 

Im in Ruckersville and picking up lte. So since Im picking it up there Im going to guess that Ch'ville is going to have it as well. 

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Tried all the usual android tricks on my wife's note 2 and it is not picking up lte but my iphone 6 plus is

 

 

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So far, most of the reports have been for Band 26. The Note 2 does Band 25 only. Until B25 is opened up in your area, the Note 2 will not pick it up.

 

Using Tapatalk on Note 8.0

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Im in Ruckersville and picking up lte. So since Im picking it up there Im going to guess that Ch'ville is going to have it as well. 

Wow this is huge news!!  We all need to buy the lottery tonight!  After waiting only 30 years we finally got LTE

:D

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It was said by Roanoke Rep that nTelos' existing LTE footprint in Charlottesville is pretty small. So even when it is turned on for Sprint customers, it's not going to be much initially. It will likely not grow further than what nTelos has done until Shentel takes over and continues deployment.

 

Using Tapatalk on Note 8.0

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NOTE IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE CONNECTING TO LTE USE THE FOLLOWING.

 

First change your network mode off of CDMA ONLY if it's been changed.

 

Than try the following

 

##update#

 

or

 

##scrtn#

(Iphone users use ##clear# or General->Reset->Reset Network Settings)

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I just connected to LTE in Beckley after a ##CLEAR# and two ##UPDATE# and some patients for it to get out of "No Service". Attempting to upload screenshots now but Tapatalk is not cooperating!!

 

Oh what a day to be alive [emoji276]

 

 

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It only stays connected for about 60 seconds and then drops to No Service and then I get a pop up saying it could not connect to a cellular network and to turn on wifi and then it reconnects to 3G and I have to force it on LTE by ##UPDATE# again with my phone in the window.

 

 

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