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mikejeep Member Level: LTE Advanced

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I'm not sure if any other nexus 5 users have experienced this but often my phone goes from LTE to global. Even with LTE available. Sometimes after I update the roaming and prl.

Either one is fine unless you sometimes use non-CDMA providers. "LTE" is the equivalent of changing your radio to LTE/CDMA mode and "Global" is LTE/GSM/CDMA mode. It won't negatively affect anything if you have it set to Global on Sprint.

 

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Anyone having battery drain issues with Battery Guru? Last friday my phone didn't make it till 5 pm. Battery Guru was not doing it's job, but rather devouring the battery. I uninstalled it, and the phone got through a whole weekend day with over 50% Sat & Sun.

 

Maybe something went haywire.

 

 

-Luis

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Destroyallcubes Member Level: 4G LTE

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I think we have a winner! Been on .15 and I've been connecting to b41 all day no problems.

I've had a hunch that .15 had spark enabled for testing but got disabled in the .17/.23 updates for whatever reason. Thanks! If some more people could flash the .15 baseband to Double check.

 

Edit: if possible try for screenshots too!

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TheForce627 Member Level: eHRPD

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I've had a hunch that .15 had spark enabled for testing but got disabled in the .17/.23 updates for whatever reason. Thanks! If some more people could flash the .15 baseband to Double check.

 

Edit: if possible try for screenshots too!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pj663mknjq1y4zz/Screenshot_2014-02-10-10-41-40.png
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Destroyallcubes Member Level: 4G LTE

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Great to see! Did you have to do the prl trick to latch on, or was it by itself?
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kojitsari Member Level: 4G WiMax

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I just flashed the .15 baseband over .23(was deciding between .15 and .17 but the xda thread pointed to .15 being a bit better) and I still don't have LTE down this stretch of i44 but I did see a 8-10dbm increase in signal strength for 1x and evdo/eHRPD.

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stlman314 Member Level: 4G WiMax

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I just flashed the .15 baseband over .23(was deciding between .15 and .17 but the xda thread pointed to .15 being a bit better) and I still don't have LTE down this stretch of i44 but I did see a 8-10dbm increase in signal strength for 1x and evdo/eHRPD.

 

Where are you at in Union? I doubt if B41 is out that way. There is however a B25 tower active in Union.

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lilotimz Member Level: LTE Advanced

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I've had a hunch that .15 had spark enabled for testing but got disabled in the .17/.23 updates for whatever reason. Thanks! If some more people could flash the .15 baseband to Double check.

 

Edit: if possible try for screenshots too!

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Sent from my Nexus 5

 

 

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lilotimz Member Level: LTE Advanced

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Did you have to do the prl trick or just an airplane toggle?

You know I'm the one that inadvertently discovered the prl / profile update '' trick'' right....?

 

Sent from my Nexus 5

 

 

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Destroyallcubes Member Level: 4G LTE

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You know I'm the one that inadvertently discovered the prl / profile update '' trick'' right....?

 

Sent from my Nexus 5

yeah I know haha the difference was that he connected with just an airplane toggle. Which may not of even been necessary if he waited until an LTE scan.
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yeah I know haha the difference was that he connected with just an airplane toggle. Which may not of even been necessary if he waited until an LTE scan.

 

As long as I get into range it'll automatically switch. Anything that resets the radio require a PRL update in order to get onto B41. 

Airplane mode doesn't really help out unless you're between scan intervals. 

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As long as I get into range it'll automatically switch. Anything that resets the radio require a PRL update in order to get onto B41. 

Airplane mode doesn't really help out unless you're between scan intervals. 

I was thinking some more test would need to be done, but this may be able to avoid having to do the prl update. I know I have a custom prl, for 1x800, so a prl update would kill 1x800. But I am just going based on what I have seen myself going between .17 and .15. I never saw .17 scan the other bands before I tried the prl trick. .15 though I noticed scans all bands without the trick.

 

Edit: I just flashed .17, and without the prl update, it only searched b25. I reflashed .15, booted up, and instantly it was scanning all of the other bands. Both were on LTE mode only.

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I was thinking some more test would need to be done, but this may be able to avoid having to do the prl update. I know I have a custom prl, for 1x800, so a prl update would kill 1x800. But I am just going based on what I have seen myself going between .17 and .15. I never saw .17 scan the other bands before I tried the prl trick. .15 though I noticed scans all bands without the trick.

 

Edit: I just flashed .17, and without the prl update, it only searched b25. I reflashed .15, booted up, and instantly it was scanning all of the other bands. Both were on LTE mode only.

It would be interesting to compare the .15 to the official l spark version radio when it comes out. If both work similar with regards to band scans and both do well battery wise, the first might be better. It's the one that holds on to b25 very well, correct?

 

Deployment still has a ways to go with 26/41 so for right now I want something that holds 25 well yet still connects to the other bands automatically.

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It would be interesting to compare the .15 to the official l spark version radio when it comes out. If both work similar with regards to band scans and both do well battery wise, the first might be better. It's the one that holds on to b25 very well, correct?

 

Deployment still has a ways to go with 26/41 so for right now I want something that holds 25 well yet still connects to the other bands automatically.

Well For me I have had some bleeps of LTE in my house, at a -112 dbm, before it was unusable, now I can use it. And that is coming from a site around 14 miles away. 1x is usually ranging from -90 to -105 from this same site. 

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You know I'm the one that inadvertently discovered the prl / profile update '' trick'' right....?

 

Sent from my Nexus 5

 

 

I'm still on .17 and have not been able to get on Band 41. Did all kinds of profile/prl updates resets and whatnot. I was in KC in an area marked "Turbo" on Sprint maps, and where I know there are live B41 sites. 

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I'm still on .17 and have not been able to get on Band 41. Did all kinds of profile/prl updates resets and whatnot. I was in KC in an area marked "Turbo" on Sprint maps, and where I know there are live B41 sites.

b41 set as the first priority?
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