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We've all been hearing 'soon' since the phone was released unfortunately. Just sucks that we now have to disable LTE on our phones to be able to have the phone grab the airaive for a voice call.

Jailbroken and ready to check it out!

Awesome once again man. This is sweet! My family and I happen to be in downtown Chicago this weekend so it's neat to see the phone hop all over the place. A little surprised that it shows I am sitting on a clear tower though!

"You're all set for now. As soon as a new build is ready for your device we'll send you an email letting you know. The developer needs to add this devices UDID to a build."

For comparison - I am at 64% now with... Usage: 2 Hours, 54 Minutes Standby: 7 Hours, 4 Minutes 8.1 with JB.

You got a PM mang.

Another update. I'm back home from my week of travel and was delighted to see that LTE from the tower in Forrest has reached as far as my house in Fairbury. Speeds arent that great - 5mb down/.5mb up - and the signal is obviously weak, but its LTE! The side effect to that though - is the fact that it is not playing nice with my airave. Here is what happens: I disconnect from wifi, and let the phone idle on LTE. The phone switches over to 1x for the call, but it does so from the actual Sprint tower, and not my Airave. The distance is great enough that call quality is horrible (which is the reason I got the Airave in the first place.) If I disable LTE, the phone then reconnects to the airave on 1x/3g, and when I place a call at that point, the voice is great as it is being routed through the Airave. If I connect to wifi, then enable LTE, my phone immediately goes back to the tower for 1x instead of going to the Airave for 1x. (even though I remain connected to wifi for data.) At this point, call quality is worth more to me than data - especially since I can sit on wifi for data at home. So for now, my wife and I are both disabling LTE, so the damn phones will use the airave for voice.

Has anybody tested beyond the SpeedTest app? Sensorly/webapge/etc

WHOA. Are you Florida folks still getting these speeds?

I was actually fairly disappointed with C/U last weekend. Came into town from the north on Prospect. Could not get B41 at Menards. Could not get B41 at Target. Did pick up B41 at Bdubs for lunch though. I will have to thumb through the handy-dandy Premier Maps.

The first 24 years of my life were spent in Chatsworth (born and raised) - I know more than I care to think about regarding the 1887 TP&W wreck. Up until a few years ago - I visited the site yearly! Sad day in rail history - and a terribly sad day in Chatsworth history as well.

Yeah - sorry. Last few posts were kind of a mess. I'll clear this up as well as possible. Saturday, I got word that someone was getting Sprint LTE in Chatsworth, IL. My initial assumption was that maybe the old USCC tower was converted quickly and turned on. This was not the case. I drove through Chatsworth Sunday and had no LTE at all. This morning - I drove through Forrest IL (which happens to be the closest current Sprint tower to Chatsworth) and was quite surprised to see LTE live. It was not live on Sunday, but was live this morning. I am now wondering if LTE was being tested on Saturday - and actually reaching the 7-8 miles to Chatsworth. Impressive feat if that is the case!

I stand corrected. I can now confirm that as of this morning, the Forrest IL tower is now LTE live!

False alarm apparently. Drove all over town and never saw a drop of LTE. The old US Cellular tower still has no new equipment on it.

Just got a text from a friend in Chatsworth, IL saying they were getting LTE in the basement of the American Legion there. 12 days ago the old USCC site had ZERO activity at it. Nothing. Closest known sprint tower is around 9 miles away from reported location - and that tower is not broadcasting LTE on any band yet. Going to head over that way tomorrow and will report back in my findings. ????

The only thing that really seems to considerably drain my battery is Google Maps. Apples version of Maps is not terrible, but Google Maps is horrible for battery drain on my phone. I recognize the heavy GPS usage, but its amazing how phone my hot got this morning.

Beyond excited to check this out!!

Fairbury, IL. Sprint Equipment was installed in place of USCC equipment in December - but nothing is live yet.

My impatience is quickly growing. lol. No updates. Not live with 3g even.

Yep. Sure does. lol

Have been in Orlando since Thursday for a work meeting at Disney. Had LTE all over in the Yacht Club. No issues at Epcot either. Seemed snappy enough that I never even ran a speed test to check actual speeds. I am at the airport now and it's painful. I pick up LTE every once in a while but am on 3G most of the time. Not a pleasant experience. Just walked over to the window and grabbed some B26.... ping: 55ms D/l: .21mb U/l: .17mb Wtf?

... then turn Find My iPhone back on, then turn passcode back on. Super easy.

I was hopeful they would go 'live' before they do any tuning. Around here - it almost seems as if they are waiting to turn them all on at once.

I do not usually make out that way, but IIRC, the tower that covers town is out by that landscaping/rock business. Sorry I cant help out much more than that. It's fairly hilly - so I'm assuming the East side of town will have weaker service.

: faceplam: Just called in and talked to a lady to got a little lippy with me about the local tower that is a US Cellular conversion. She continues to say the local towers are all working correctly. Ahem - I mentioned 3 or 4 times that this is not a current tower. It is one that Sprint has just recently installed Equipment on, and it appears that they have never 'turned it on.' I gave up. Arg. The wait continues.