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Called. Ordered.

Just chat with Rep, I don't know why they said they are putting me on the waiting list for Airave 4.

Just now, ingenium said:

Nope. It's really easy, especially if you don't already have the Pixel 3 on your line. You just go to Settings and search for Carriers (or go to Settings, Network & internet, Mobile network, Advanced, Carrier). Tap Add Carrier, and then select Sprint and login to your account. They'll text you a one time authentication code to login, so don't turn off your old phone first. And that's pretty much it.

If the Pixel 3 is already on your line, you'll have to swap it off first to an unused phone. There's no way to switch directly from a physical SIM to an eSIM without having an intermediate device.

Good information. Thanks. I am hoping Android Q will bring eSIM / Physical SIM dual standby.

4 minutes ago, ingenium said:

Yeah, I ended up figuring it out. I'm the one who showed lilotimz

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Since you have Pixel 3, how is the eSIM activation process? Is it complicated?

On 4/16/2019 at 7:28 PM, ingenium said:

Can you link to the thread? To my knowledge the only way to do it is indirectly via Fi. I don't believe Sprint will directly allow the use of the eSIM.

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@lilotimz  mentioned that in Reddit. I don't know exactly.

I will be satisfied by T-mobile and US Cellular voice roaming. If they get VoLTE roaming on AT&T or Verizon will be a plus but I am not setting hopes that high.

Any hope for VoLTE roaming?

4 minutes ago, RAvirani said:

Not coming until late summer at the earliest.

Most of Washington state lacks a mature 800 deployment due to IBEZ issues that were only resolved a little over a year ago. This is a non-starter for VoLTE.

The Puget Sound area is >2/3 800 complete. VoLTE should launch here first and then spread throughout the state. 

This is my home market so if you have more detailed questions, feel free to DM me. 

I am in South Eastern Washington. We have Band 26 for couple years now. But I guess we are tied to Spokane MSC and you'll have to turn on VoLTE in the entire MSC, right? If there are portion of MSC that don't have Band 26 ready, they can't turn it on. Am I right?

Looks like VoLTE is no where to be found in the entire state of Washington. Any ideas?

I am trying to buy small indoor antennas for my LTE module. When I read specs for an antenna, e.g. https://linxtechnologies.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/ant-lte-ws-sma.pdf

Why the average gain is in negative? Does it mean the antenna is actually losing power? I found most antenna is negative in gain for average gains. e.g. https://cdn.taoglas.com/datasheets/TG.30.8113.pdf

I don't know what it means.

On 2/28/2019 at 9:37 PM, belusnecropolis said:

Much better!

Gb PoE, 4x4 MIMO >15dB gain, 5GHz AC WiFi, cat 18 backhaul.

Proper mount on the box attached, waterproof, and air cooled. Waiting on permits still, but at least we are a bit more ready.

What is the motherboard for the routers?

So I read on Reddit that Pixel 3 directly from Google could be activated on Sprint with eSim? Has anyone done this? Is the feature available right now?

On 4/10/2019 at 2:41 PM, ingenium said:

And the current software build has fairly serious bugs for older devices (Galaxy S6 or 7 era and Pixel 1) and VoLTE devices, that has been there for 9 months or so now. It basically prevents texts and phone calls from working when the Airave is in range (the phone can not be connected, it just has to be in range). It seems to mess up the IMS APN/EUTRA session. So texts and calls fail on eCSFB dependent devices and devices actively using VoLTE. As to why it affects devices if it's just in range.... I don't know.

My solution to this was to disable just LTE on it, but leave CDMA active, via a firewall rule. It's an ugly hack, but it works. I assume a fix is never coming. It's a shame that they broke this on the last firmware build for it, since it worked on earlier builds.

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So, I guess not using it would be better and probably wait for new version. 

Last chat with Sprint Support, was told Airave is out of stock.  How often will they restock?

26 minutes ago, notsrealinc said:

You can disable the WiFi on the Airave 3 by logging into it.

Is it the newest one? Last one I got doesn't have the option to disable wifi even after login.

On 3/11/2019 at 7:16 PM, lilotimz said:

No TBD. Just like MB Gen 3s ethernet / wifi BH. =(

Will the MB using ethernet BH function the same as Airave? Could I use it in area that Sprint's MB checker says not available?

Is the new Airave  that won't broadcast a WIFI access point out yet?

1 hour ago, belusnecropolis said:

Have you adjusted the LAN MTU settings or used TTL mangle yet on your other devices?

Actually, I think it is my hardware issue. I sometimes have trouble pinging the gateway. But I did manage to change TTL. Is there any significant difference between the rooter project and plain vanilla openwrt?

Got you. That could be why my other LTE devices seems unstable right now.

I have a hosted email address I could use (actually I use a wildcard hosted email so that I could figure out who leaked my info).

For MR1100, I have tested and it worked with AT&T, Verizon and T-mobile. I can't get it to register with Sprint, even-though in network scan, Sprint will show up. But maybe somehow on the firmware level, they block it.

Great. I will see if Techship will approve my account, since I am not a "company".  Also, are you able to have MR1100 work on Sprint LTE?

11 hours ago, belusnecropolis said:

EM7511 then EM7565 then MC7455 in order of performance.

Any really great place to buy them? So far there is only one seller on ebay that sells EM7511. Semi-conductor doesn't sell them.

LM960 Is kind of expensive. Is there any slightly cheaper one you would recommend?

21 hours ago, belusnecropolis said:

Not that I am aware of. Proprietary software that is locked down tight.

So, you have the netgear run on AT&T network?

Are you aggregating the connections?

By the way, is it possible to flash openwrt to MR1100?