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  1. Bob Newhart
    I don't believe that iOS 12.1 is all it takes, that is part of what is needed for phones other than the iPhone Xs and Xs Max. Those two model don't have iOS 12.1 and they can roam, if they have been updated.
  2. Bob Newhart
    Does it roam even with roaming disabled on the phone? I saw someone say this on reddit recently. When you say it shows up as native Sprint, isn't this because your phone sees the Sprint 1xRTT voice?
  3. Bob Newhart
    ? It is what I have been told. The updates to all the phones, iPhones and Androids, that allow the new roaming is a staggered release. This is what it is.
  4. Bob Newhart
    iOS 12.1 will allow more roaming.
  5. Bob Newhart
    Soon. Wait for the iOS update, very soon.
  6. Bob Newhart
    I get 40 to 50 mS ping times when using OpenSignal's speedtest app, when not roaming. 90-150 mS when roaming is bad, if the signal is good.
  7. Bob Newhart
    What has been the ping/latency times while on T-Mobile?
  8. Bob Newhart
    You need to wait until iOS 12.1
  9. Bob Newhart
    Have you done any speedtests while roaming?
  10. Bob Newhart
    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.
  11. Bob Newhart
    If the phone sees a Sprint 1xRTT signal, it will display Sprint on the status bar, even when connected to TMO LTE.
  12. Bob Newhart
    Dial *3001#12345#*
  13. Bob Newhart
    With the XsM, I'm not seeing anything different than with the 8+. I believe the XsM is 'sticking' to 3G a little less than the 8+, but can't be sure. Voice is fine. Speed tests seem the same too, 85u/6d Mbps. I know of a few Gigabit sites that I will test with.
  14. Bob Newhart
    No. But it will be used for different purposes.
  15. Bob Newhart
    Please do report back. Ordered the Max model too. I have found the 1x voice performance on the previous iPhone 8 to be very good.
  16. Bob Newhart
    11 Mbps upload would be nice.
  17. Bob Newhart
    I have used Extended LTE and 3G on US Cellular, it isn't the fastest, but it works ok. Usually speedtest on LTE is 3 up and down.
  18. Bob Newhart
    Great info, thanks.
  19. Bob Newhart
    I didn't know about the watch only enabling the cellular modem when the paired phone is out of range, that is good. If on a plane, if I put my iPhone into Airplane mode, will that tell the watch to do that too, or do I need to do that on the watch too manually? Can the watch connect to a WiFi network (if it is out of range of the phone), and answer/make calls on the watch using WiFi? If so, does it share the WiFi SSIDs/Password that have been configured on the iPhone, so the list is updated seamlessly?
  20. Bob Newhart
    Does the Watch with cellular (and phone out of range) use VoLTE for calling? Does version 4 cell model have a better signal reception?
  21. Bob Newhart
    The only reason that I wouldn't have any roaming enabled is if I'm in a building on the edge of Sprint coverage, with the signal coming and going, it could cause it to use up the battery. I always have roaming enabled.
  22. Bob Newhart
    Very soon, you will mostly just roam extended for data, which does not count against the 100MB(?) monthly limit. Even now, if you reached the roaming limit, the data will just stop, no charge, no concerns.
  23. Bob Newhart
    With the Sierra Wireless tech docs, they say they offer ota firmware updates. Are they transparent? How are they initiated? Looking at pfsense, it has the support for that module via USB. The Cradlepoint solutions seem more expensive. https://www.amazon.com/CBA850LP6-NA-Cradlepoint-Cellular-Broadband-integrated/dp/B01EO0Q6DQ
  24. Bob Newhart
    This is really good, thanks.
  25. Bob Newhart
    You do need to have data roaming enabled to use T-Mobile's LTE data. On the iPhone you need to enable voice roaming to be able to enable data roaming. When on Sprint's voice and on T-Mobile's data, you will see Sprint as the provider on the status bar. When on Verizon (or other like US Celluar)'s voice and T-Mobile's data, you will see Extended as the name of the provider on the status bar. Soon, you will only be able to roam on Verizon (and others) voice, not any non-LTE data.
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