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44 minutes ago, RAvirani said:

That’s good to hear. Have you tested how weak (dBm-wise) LTE signal can get before dropping to CDMA while on a VoLTE call? I believe you can see dBm values updated every second or so in the Intel field test...

I know that my signal at my house for Sprint LTE isn’t the strongest, but it’s decent. Can use data without WiFi. So far the worst dead spot for VoLTE is my bathroom. I’m using WiFi calling in my house. I’ll have to see if I’ll drop calls from WiFi calling to VoLTE later when I get off work.

6 minutes ago, jakeuten said:

You don't drop to CDMA and carryover a VoLTE call. It goes from VoLTE to no service, and the call drops.

That’s what I thought.

1 hour ago, RAvirani said:

I don’t believe a static IP would help. 

You mentioned that call quality was not good in low signal areas, but did you experience any/many dropped calls?

Nope. No call drops on VoLTE for the calls I have made. I have had more CDMA call drops with the XS Max, but that was expected with the Intel Modem.

VoLTE is available in the Las Vegas Market, and I was able to make and receive calls on it. However, in weaker signal areas it doesn't sound good. No VoLTE in T-Mobile LTE areas though. I wonder if using a Static IP on my Sprint account would fix that. Anyone have any idea if that might help?

13 minutes ago, Shade00 said:

Thanks for the response. The 7/Plus are still great phones, but I guess I'll have to upgrade her to an 8... sigh. 

Has your friend gotten a new battery from Apple yet? They're replacing batteries for $29 until the end of the year. Sounds like a battery issue to me. 

Yep. Got the new battery on both of her 6S' earlier this year. The one phone is shot.

16 minutes ago, Shade00 said:

Posters on Reddit are suggesting that due to Sprint's implementation of VoLTE (not sure of the technical details), VoLTE will not be available on pre-2017 devices. I would think the iPhones at least would share the same software implementation of VoLTE so I'm having a hard time understanding why an iPhone 7 wouldn't be as capable as an iPhone 8 of VoLTE. I'm certainly hoping it will be available on the 7 - that's what my wife is using on Sprint. Also anxiously awaiting the ability for her to roam on T-Mo on the 7.

The problem you have is software implementation on the network side is different than device. Too many different factors to consider. Maybe Sprint feels that all iPhone's pre-2017 wouldn't benefit from VoLTE due to antennas, or maybe too much of a resource drag on the network side. Unfortunately Sprint hasn't given any reasons publicly why they aren't allowing the 7/Plus and the 6S/Plus. They are still very capable devices that have a decent lifespan left for them. As for my friends 6S though. There is seriously something wrong with it. I'm probably moving her to my iPhone X this weekend. Her phone shut down yesterday mid day with 10% left on the battery. It's used as a business device so we have to keep it working properly.

1 hour ago, burnout8488 said:

Cool, works on my Xr! Thanks. Showing “0” in a non-VoLTE market. Makes sense. ?

Edit: Think this thread should be renamed for XS/Xr?

We actually did make a separate thread for the iPhone XR. See here: iPhone XR Thread

13 hours ago, burnout8488 said:

Where is the IMS status located in field test mode?

IMS status is located in the NAS sub-section of LTE section on the XS Max, and presumably the XS & XR.

Updating to iOS 12.1. I might also add a static IP to my account and see how things go when I get to Vegas this afternoon.

https://imgur.com/gallery/GIuJl1i

well, I now know that IMS voice is supported in Pahrump on the network side of things. Hopefully soon.

8 hours ago, PythonFanPA said:

I'm glad to see someone say this (particularly from a completely different part of the country) so I know its not just me - though in SCP its labeled as Clearwire B4 vs. TMo here for some reason.  Note, this is only at home, at work or transit in between I never hit B4.

Also, my wife and I had to disable network push of phone time because of this, because when connecting to the B4 LTE carrier it kept adding several hours to the legitimate time (I actually was way late to work one morning because of this too. ? )

On my iPhone XS Max, Bands 2 & 4 LTE shows up as Sprint native service on the device, but in Field Test Mode you know it's T-Mobile because the MCC MNC is 310 260. So it never actually states that it's T-Mobile except for the MCC MNC.

And yes, my phone kept jumping 5 hours behind and back.

Just now, ZebraDude said:

Darn!,

Could the carrier bundle be out of date with the 6S?

 

No, same carrier bundle as my XS Max. But of course, with carrier bundles, they can still disable certain bands for certain devices. Maybe once iOS 12.1 drops it’ll enable it. I sure enjoy the expanded data service.

47 minutes ago, ZebraDude said:

assuming that your friends iPhone is on Sprint I believe the answer is the home labeled T-Mobile "Roaming" you are experiencing is the newer bands and I bet the friends iPhone 6(s)? does have access to those bands in their radio...

The 6S does support LTE Bands 2 & 4, which is what T-Mobile is using here.

34 minutes ago, Heather said:

Just received my Magic Box, it's working fine for my iPhone X but my other iPhone 5 running ios10.3.3 doesn't connect to get full LTE service.  There isn't much helpful info out there to try and resolve it myself. I updated the network setting on the iPhone 5 but that didn't help. ANy suggestions? or is it a phone issue?

Magic Box broadcast's it's service on B41 LTE. iPhone 5 and 5S are not capable of B41, only 25 & 26(iPhone 5S only).

Just now, RAvirani said:

You should receive Verizon error messages if you place a bad call over their network...this may be the best way to verify if you’re connected to their CDMA network for voice. 

True. I’ll have to give it a try next time I go to Vegas.

10 minutes ago, RAvirani said:

Is this always or only when you have a Sprint 1x connection?

Is there any word on the timeline for this?

I would also assume that VoLTE will launch on all VoLTE-capable iPhones at the same time since they are all capable of using the same carrier bundle...I guess we’ll see soon. 

I haven’t seen Extended in my phone for days. When I was going to Vegas yesterday I didn’t pay attention to my phone in the roaming area of the road to see if I was on T-Mobile LTE and Verizon 1x. I’ll have to keep checking. Of course, without CDMA engineering screens on the XS Max, it sure makes it harder to see.

6 hours ago, Bob Newhart said:

Does the phone show 'Sprint' as the carrier, while it is on T-Mobile LTE?
Verified by the debug menu?

The iPhone Xs/XsM are the next phones to get VoLTE I hear, NV market is to launch today (Friday) do report back how that goes.

 

I’ll keep an eye out for the launch of VoLTE. When I’m on T-Mobile LTE, my phone shows Sprint as the carrier. Non of my data used on T-Mobile has gone on my Roaming allotment, it’s all been native according to MySprint.

Well, my worst dead spot is gone for data thanks to T-Mobile roaming. Now hopefully soon VoLTE will hit the Vegas market and iPhones, and I’ll be good to go. I wish I could say the same thing about my friends iPhone 6s’. They don’t have T-Mobile roaming. It’s odd.

5 hours ago, Cardsfan96 said:

The phone seems to latch onto LTE and won’t let go. It will show no bars of LTE pretty often. Sometimes it’s usable sometimes it’s not. I’m rarely ever on 3g unless I turn off LTE in settings when it’s holding on to a useless signal.

My phone likes to latch onto LTE all the time too. I think it could be a good thing. Hopefully service increases soon too.

2 hours ago, nexgencpu said:

Someone just posted a screen shot of 40mbs upload on Sprint through 15x15 B25. Ive personally seen as high as 21mbs on B41 here with CA. So nothing particularly special.

1 hour ago, though said:

When your norm is 4-6 Mbps peak, 16+ is welcomed!

I got 14 up on 10x10 B25 this morning. Of course, that's really close to the site with little obstruction and the least used sector on the site.

1 hour ago, Cardsfan96 said:

Ya I updated Monday it has Improved things. Just hoping they can still improve on it.

They might. They do release new firmware updates with most iOS updates.

5 hours ago, Cardsfan96 said:

I got an iPhone xs on Friday upgrading from a 6s and I’ve noticed a slightly worse cellular signal and WiFi strength. A little disappointing. I was in north east Missouri (in normally a us cellular roaming area) and I looked to see what band I’m on and it said I was on band 71. Has T-Mobile started deploying in Missouri already? Anyway is it likely apple will continue to tweak the modem in future updates or it is what it is?

4 hours ago, RedSpark said:

iOS updates include bug fixes and can include baseband updates to optimize Modem performance.

Have you already installed iOS 12.0.1 which was just released?

Yes, if you haven't updated to 12.0.1, please do so promptly. It fixed A LOT of my weak signal issues and my hard data drops I was experiencing, and the addition of T-Mobile roaming has even been better.

44 minutes ago, derrph said:

How has your experience been compared to Sprint? 

About the same, except for data speeds. T-Mobile B4 speeds are over double than Sprint B25. I’m happy to have the data roaming on T-Mobile LTE though. There are some areas of Pahrump where Sprint is too weak to maintain a data connection.

1 hour ago, Trip said:

http://imgur.com/a/qk2Adnj

T-Mobile roaming as spotted, uh, in my house in Alexandria. Have great service so not sure why since I have at least B26 throughout the house...

- Trip

My iPhone spends more time on T-Mobile B4 than it does on Sprint B26 or B25 now. It’s wild and I don’t get it. I had decent B26 at my house.

6 minutes ago, shaferz said:

Have been reading on reddit that foilks roaming are seeing the same thing (time zone changes.)  Pretty wild.

Yeah, it is. So after I reset my time zone it’s working better and not switching.

Well, iOS 12.0.1 fixed a lot of data connection issues I had, but now my phone keeps switching time zones like crazy. My phone likes to be 5 hrs behind, like now.