WiWavelength

Thus far on the coverage tool, C Spire and Nex-Tech Wireless are LTE Roaming+ -- counted as on network data usage. USCC and Pioneer Wireless are LTE Roaming -- counted as off network data usage subject to roaming quota. AJ

It is late Saturday night, early Sunday morning in Overland Park. I think that there is more work yet "to do." AJ

I wish that we did not have to repeat this so often. It should be part of the general knowledge base. A PRL has no effect on roaming charges, only on roaming airlink type and roaming indicator. Any roaming charges are determined by the back end billing system, regardless of PRL. AJ

Au contraire. If SNL can do it, HTC can do it. AJ

Close to the Canadian border, you can run into many odd sector configurations -- so as to avoid cross border interference. That is a possibility in this case. AJ

Yet, the Nexus 6P has an embarrassingly limited LTE engineering screen, so we cannot verify that 2x CA is active on it either. And, in response, please do not cite speed tests. They are not reliable and consume upwards of 100 MB of data -- we should not be running speed tests on "unlimited" data. That is irresponsible, needless use of macro network resources. In conclusion, the only things that definitively need to be fixed are the LTE engineering screens on the 2015 Moto X, Nexus 5X, and Nexus 6P. However, they probably will not be fixed. If 2x CA is enabled but working or not on any of those handsets, that is unproven. And as for downloading a large file, why are you not on Wi-Fi? What large file are you downloading on the cellular network? AJ

Yes, at the very least. In some markets, USCC or other CDMA2000 operators will be higher priority in the PRL. But VZW is a fallback of last resort. Sprint has the most extensive roaming agreement breadth and depth of the big four. AJ

That we currently cannot confirm active 2x CA on the 2015 Moto X, Nexus 5X, and Nexus 6P -- because all have engineering screens that are lacking and/or partially broken -- is disappointing. But it is what it is. Honestly, I wish that Sprint had not gone the CA route. Just deploy as many 20 MHz TDD band 41 carriers as possible, then load balance. The 2x CA, then 3x CA seems to be there just for e-penis bragging and RootMetrics testing in the ridiculous "arms race" among wireless operators. AJ

Is that "outrage" a Freudian slip? This is classic T-Mobile. No in market roaming fallback. You should be fine if you need to make a 911 call. But for any other cellular calls, SMS, or data, you are shit out of luck. AJ

The problem is that you have no accurate means to test for 2x CA. The engineering screen is partially broken. Anyway, let it go. CA is not a big deal. One band 41 carrier is enough for anyone. If you get CA, you get CA. That is all. AJ

And how do you know that CA is not working? AJ

Always check The Wall for an article. It is there. AJ

I am not sure that we can prove this from the FCC OET authorizations. But user reports are that the Airave band class 10 CDMA1X 800 carrier operates only pilot channel and sync channel, maybe paging channel. It does not allow traffic channels. So, it serves to catch mobiles camped on CDMA1X 800 and redirect them to CDMA1X 1900. AJ

Yes. And, per usual, some do not see my point -- or do not want to concede my point. But it is somewhat ironic that they post their disagreement here at S4GRU. More on that at the end. If people go back and read, I did not single out Magentans specifically. I put the context as Magentans and Sprint haters. Those two groups can overlap, but they do not necessarily overlap. They are not one and the same. Quite a few Sprint haters are VZW subs, AT&T subs, former Sprint subs, or even current Sprint subs. That brings me back to the irony. For those of you who contend that animosity, even negative action toward Sprint is not a big deal, not a problem, thanks for playing. But you are wrong. You are not posting this at SprintUsers, not Sprint Community, not HowardForums, etc. No, you are posting at S4GRU, which exists as a standalone site in large part because the existing web sites had become an unproductive, non educational cesspool of Sprint negativity and trolling. Robert, the founder of S4GRU, will back that assertion. If the problem did not exist, then S4GRU likely would not exist by itself. AJ

I may be posting from a position of ignorance. Never used Sprint Zone. Do not want it. Do not care. But Sprint Zone can be used to report locations of no native Sprint coverage, correct? The handset would be roaming, thus could be on a different MCC-MNC at the time that the report is gathered. So, if that is what you are referencing, it would not close the loophole. And this is Sprint, after all, so expect loopholes. AJ

You underestimate the extremism of Magentans and Sprint haters. They will go to great lengths -- it is like their religion. They seem to live by one or two extra commandments: Thou shalt love thy T-Mobile. Thou shalt cast out evil Sprint. Maybe those extremists are limited to a few hundred of the most vocal individuals on the Web. Let us hope so. But I would not count on that. The number could extend into the thousands. And many of them like to recruit others or suggest anti Sprint actions. AJ

Actually, it snaps out three different ways -- that is why T-Mobile calls it the TrioSIM. The largest is the 2FF mini SIM, which basically no current nor recent devices use. The middle is the 3FF micro SIM, which many current or recent devices use. And the smallest is the 4FF nano SIM, which many recent or future devices use. AJ

Magentans and other Sprint haters would abuse it with false reports. AJ

Guys, I am sorry to say it, but you are being dumb about this. This is neither LG's nor T-Mobile's fault. If you have a TrioSIM, you need to snap it out all the way to the 4FF nano SIM size. If it will not fit because you have snapped it out to the 3FF micro SIM size, that is on you. https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-24131 AJ

Are you on the new "unlimited" plan or a legacy "unlimited" plan? The 3 GB of mobile hotspot data applies only to the new plan announced a few weeks ago. Anyway, this question does not warrant its own thread. Staff will move it to the Marcelo thread soon. AJ

You mean MMS. SMS are text messages. AJ

Yep, you are correct. I just downloaded from the App Store both Google Voice and Hangouts on my iPad mini 2. I did not realize that Apple had moved away from its protectionist douchebaggery of the past -- when it refused apps that competed with its own native apps. However, Google Voice, to be perfectly honest, looks like ass on the Retina display. It is clearly a resolution limited, upscaled app on iOS. Hangouts, on the other hand, is optimized for the Retina display. AJ

If so, then that is the solution for Wi-Fi Calling SMS on iOS. Use Google Voice for SMS, as it works over any data connection -- cellular or Wi-Fi. AJ

Apple has allowed an official Google Voice app on iOS? AJ

Some of us average less than 1 GB of cellular data usage per month, so 100 MB for a day is more than plenty. AJ