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  1. WiWavelength
    You miss my point. Every kind of handset with accessible engineering screens indicates LTE band -- even though the Moto X does so incorrectly. That info is not in short supply, but few engineering screens display LTE carrier bandwidth. Hence, my point... AJ
  2. WiWavelength
    Not really. The engineering screens for iPhone and some 3GPP only (i.e. AT&T and T-Mobile) Samsung handsets include an LTE carrier bandwidth field. But that is about it. Otherwise, you need a spectrum analyzer. AJ
  3. WiWavelength
    Or, as a member with actual knowledge of the internal situation already commented in this thread, the expense was too great. These broadcasters -- whether OTA or cable -- are increasingly requesting exorbitant sums for carriage of their feeds. Put the blame where it lies... AJ
  4. WiWavelength
    I already unlocked the bootloader and rooted a month ago. That required enough convoluted instructions. Once was enough for me. I do not want to have to do that again and again with every update. And I do not even know what this TWRP thing is, anyway. All of this seems just a hassle. I miss the days when handset hardware and firmware went hand in hand, etched in stone. There were no firmware updates. So, with any handset, you had to "fish or cut bait." AJ
  5. WiWavelength
    Hardware. It is basically akin to a dual core vs a quad core processor. AJ
  6. WiWavelength
    That has a Cat 4 baseband? Any handset utilizing the MSM8974. AJ
  7. WiWavelength
    Yes and no. Backhaul is probably a limiting factor. But you also have the HTC One max, which sticks with an older Cat 3 baseband. It cannot exceed 100 Mbps on the downlink. The handsets with the newer Cat 4 baseband can do 150 Mbps. AJ
  8. WiWavelength
    Good grief, I am a very experienced computer user -- I can deal with Unix and command lines, etc. But I am no programmer/hacker. So, this is all such a pain in the ass. Unlike so many of you, I am not infatuated with firmware updates. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And, unfortunately, most of these firmware updates break something that was previously working just fine. Because of that, I routinely reject firmware updates -- I just leave the notification hanging there for months on end. That is easy to do on OEM customized devices, since they tend to receive firmware updates only once or twice. But I may have second thoughts now on using a Nexus device. Here is my advice to Google, et al. Get it right before you release it, and leave well enough alone! AJ
  9. WiWavelength
    Yeah, you are not taking into account both MIMO and higher order modulations schemes on the downlink. AJ
  10. WiWavelength
    You mean the update actually cured your Tourette's tic? AJ
  11. WiWavelength
    Right. The Sprint variant Motorola X engineering screen does not report LTE band correctly. But it does report EARFCN correctly, and the displayed values are spot on for the 5 MHz FDD carrier in the PCS G block. Nothing exceptional. AJ
  12. WiWavelength
    Look at it this way. Maybe Google thought that you were Stephen Hawking... AJ
  13. WiWavelength
    No, that much lower uplink performance really has nothing to do with TD-LTE signal strength. By its nature, FDD operation has a fixed throughput ratio between downlink and uplink of about 4:1. TDD operation, on the other hand, has variable throughput ratios between downlink and uplink. The configuration that Clearwire is using should result in a ratio of roughly 8:1. And your observed performance is around that range. AJ
  14. WiWavelength
    Turning them off does not necessarily stop reception. After all, the handset is still turned on. But it does deregister from the network and stop transmission. AJ
  15. WiWavelength
    And the 600 MHz incentive auction will now happen no earlier than mid 2015. That means any auctioned spectrum will not see widespread deployment until 2016-2017 -- at the earliest. I stand vindicated in my assessments that 600 MHz is not coming soon. http://www.fcc.gov/blog/path-successful-incentive-auction-0 AJ
  16. WiWavelength
    Yes, I am a goy. Are you a shiksa? AJ
  17. WiWavelength
    Yes. VZW has some 20 MHz FDD markets. With Cat 4 baseband devices, that configuration can support 150 Mbps peak downlink speeds. AJ
  18. WiWavelength
    Two things: relief from traffic and radioactive waste transit through the heart of Santa Fe. AJ
  19. WiWavelength
    Yeah, that "heater" is called RF. AJ
  20. WiWavelength
    It is apparently a Nexus 5 firmware imposed limitation with Sprint SIMs. It does not affect other providers. My suggestion is to deal with it. SMS is Short Message Service. It is not Long Message Service. If you need greater than 160 characters, use good writing and logic to split the messages yourself. Split then concatenated SMS are ridiculous. So, I am glad that this unnecessary limitation exists. It may cause people to wake up and use SMS more appropriately. AJ
  21. WiWavelength
    Huh? Is this even English or real number math? AJ
  22. WiWavelength
    The problem with that assessment is Denver shows no Spark coverage, but it has had band 41 TD-LTE 2600 for roughly six months. AJ
  23. WiWavelength
    Yep, we drive through the arroyo on Paseo de River and hit the Relief Route at Airport Road whenever coming and going from Albuquerque. AJ
  24. WiWavelength
    No, unless circumstances have changed, that is not accurate. Our understanding of Spark Turbo is that it highlights band 41 TD-LTE 2600 with backhaul improvements. It does not indicate all band 41 TD-LTE 2600 deployment. AJ
  25. WiWavelength
    On both sides of the median, one is a five lane highway, the other a 10 lane highway. An analogy as simple as that. AJ
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