Chris**

I went and read that article. Great info in there, and explained almost every question i've had lately. This restored my faith in this rollout, as it appeared things weren't going so well. I'll be sure to keep checking back and providing any updates i see locally. Keep up the good work fellas.

dial ##873283# and see if that helps. it will update your prl.

you could ask verizon how much they charge for unlimited data and it will be about 3000% of what sprint charges.... bear with this conversion because once it is wrapped up, you will be happy you stayed put with sprint for what we pay vs what we get in return. Plus, Michigan was on the front edge of the upgrades nationally. Be happy you don't live in ohio.

I guess I feel fortunate then.... I got LTE UNDER 106 db basically all day. I didn't really get too close to the east side of the south lake. Mainly sunken island on north, around the island north side and toward the south state park posted up just north of the beach. Signal was strong, every time I pulled phone out lte... So I streamed some slingbox and I got 3000k and up... Full hd when I wanted it. This is why I am a dedicated sprint customer. They heard us and are doing a commendable job getting us all up to speed in merely 8 mos. don't forget jan1 2013 zero lte in MI. This isn't aimed at you RCM, just offering some positive insight to those who may not feel like sprint has the customers in mind. If I had android I'd be mapping too... Keep up the great work guys.

Totally agree, Saturday's in Ann arbor during the game is equivalent of michigan's 3rd or 4th largest city but only using a couple towers, not spread out across the entire city.. Same thing in bay city during 4th of July when 250,000 people descend on the city.... Grin and bear it. Nobody gets service during times as such... And honestly, when events like that happen....shut your phone off anyway because the battery will die in an hour or less looking for a tower. Airplane til you need it. My 2 pennies.

correct, northeast side of the lake. I was able to get it all across the lake too. On 55 you can get it pretty much across hougton lake as well. I was able to use my slingbox and watch football out on the boat... Not sure life get's much better!

I was pulling strong LTE <100dB on Higgings Lake all this past weekend. Boy was that nice. Bay City has added quite a few towers as well and the LTE footprint expanding around Tri-Cities.

Text message from sprint today said something to the tune of watch out for lte to turn on in bay city Michigan... However my excitement ended there. No love in the city limits, but I see a tower on the east side now shows 3g4g hybrid tower on donor map...

. Is there an app for iPhone 5 that allows me to do a manual tower search without using airplane mode? I guess what I'm asking is airplane mode toggle the only known way to effectively cross your phone over to 4g?

the third is I run my lte discovery app- I think you have given me exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks man.

To add to my last post, I love to stream YouTube personal selections or pandora via Bluetooth... In my car. But another issue is... As soon as I leave the 4g/3G tower threshold into 3G data... Even though 3G was provisioned, it sucks. Barely keeps up with pandora.. Buffers big time. I understand lte was not rolled out in my area, but it was avail in mid feb 2013, and hasn't been adjusted since. The 4g is awesome even for me on the distant end of service range of my tower at 117 db on lte. Why does the 3G make me suffer so much once the lte is not accessible on the same tower? They are combo... Midland mi. I am on the edge of the 4g service area with most strengths in 110-114... Anything above 117 sends me to 3G and the signal is low 90's. I've done *3001#12345#* and I see signal strength. Apple from my understanding... This is data. Any help as to why the 3G is so bad once it cuts over from lte on these combo towers?

Why do these 3G/4g combo towers not immediately grab lte when I am clearly in 4g wheelhouse? I have to cycle airplane, but my Bluetooth pairing in my Avalon won't recognize my Bluetooth device after airplane cycle... I can't wirelessly stream without restarting my vehicle... Frusterating. For the record, iPhone 5 with 6.1 . Battery saver app which I love is saying Bluetooth 4.0. Anybody have a suggestion how to "trick" my iphone5 into picking up lte without airplane cycle?

looks like some mapping was done in bay city and also saginaw township in the past 4-5 days... (fingers crossed)

In what screen? I am not seeing anything...

So I just made a small donation... What does that entitle me to.. If anything? It was only 25 bucks...