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In their defense, I think I have seen pictures of the retail box sold by Sprint and Best Buy that does (incorrectly) say that.. -Mike
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No matter what your radios/antennas/connections are doing, if you have the 1X icon enabled, it should not be vanishing. If the connection is lost, the icon still remains. It seems like something in the Android 4.3 update is causing this. Nobody else has reported similar issues (yet) though. Do you have "Hide Duplicate 1X icon" option enabled in the preferences? Shouldn't matter, but if you do, try turning that off and see if it resolves the issue.. -Mike -
Seriously.. when the time comes, I am certainly going to get top dollar for *the* EVO LTE used to develop SignalCheck! Screw eBay, I'm going to Sotheby's with this... -Mike
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Yes, I had linked to the "Androidified" model, it's a little more subtle. They have several styles and colors available. Was at Best Buy last night, still no Nexus 5 accessories in stock, nor any idea when any might arrive. They did have a fully working demo phone on display -- but some wiseguy had switched the language to Chinese, and nobody knew the security code to switch it back.. -Mike
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SignalCheck Pro 4.18 just hit the streets! Best Buy opened at midnight for those of you who waited in line all night or had pre-orders.. for the rest of you, Google Play will have it shortly. Not a huge update, but some nice improvements. Most are self-explanatory, but I elaborated on what might trigger questions. More goodies are in the works.. Added display of LTE CQI (channel quality indicator), if available. Most devices don't seem to collect this data, but if yours does, it will show up. Only available on Android 4.2+. Added display of LTE TAC (tracking area code), if available. It will appear if it is available.. if you don't see it, your phone isn't reporting it. Only available on Android 4.2+. Added prompt to warn users when mobile network location services are disabled. Hopefully this will help cut down on people thinking the app is broken or their phone is unsupported. Only appears when the app is brought to the foreground, and it can be hidden if desired. Improved accuracy of MCC-MNC data for GSM and LTE connections. Completely overhauled the internal MCC-MNC (the numbers next to the LTE carrier name) gathering functions. Please report any issues you see. If you continue to see "31000" on Android 4.2+, please let me know. Improved database functions, reducing SQLite errors and overhead. Behind-the-scenes stuff. Resolved issue with carrier name missing from main notification pulldown when on 1X and roaming. Bug fix. Still ironing out a few issues where the carrier name disappears from the pulldown in certain situations. Resolved issue with invalid LTE SNR display on some devices. Invalid LTE SNR data is automatically hidden. Thanks for all of your support.. feedback is always appreciated, good and bad! SignalCheck Lite will receive its update next week. -Mike
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A few months ago, I started this thread in the Sponsor forum asking for help making an IBEZ map usable in Google Maps/Earth.. TechSmurf made some progress but it didn't gain a lot of traction. -Mike
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Yeah.. get someone at Sprint with the knowledge and ability to confirm if they will officially be using distinct MCC-MNCs for each band! It looks like that is the plan, but there are a couple of exceptions. Trying to figure out if those are misconfigured sites (and if so, give them the heads up so they can fix them), or its something else. Other than that, the only thing I can do is try to write manufacturer-specific routines to dig out the EARFCN, and I'll be asking you guys for testing feedback if I have to go that route. (Samsung folks should cross their fingers that this is not the case.. I'm about to admit defeat there.) Once the One Max is out, I hope to confirm that the existing code tackles it for HTC. Waiting for my Nexus 5 to arrive so I can start working on it for LG. -Mike
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There is a known Android bug that causes the geocoding service to suddenly stop working for unknown reasons, and the only fix is to reboot your device. This bug is one of many reasons that I implemented the cache -- even though the geocoding service had apparently stopped on your device, the addresses were saved, so the service was never even called. Saves CPU resources, saves bandwidth, saves time, and circumvents an Android glitch.. a quadfecta of efficiency! Clearing the app data would wipe out the cache, but has nothing to do with restarting the geocoding service. I am guessing you restarted your device at some point in there? The other possibility is that your phone temporarily could not contact the geocoding server over the network for some reason. This issue is in the online FAQ, but I have been working on something in the app that will warn users when this service is not responding and inform them of the issue. A similar warning is in testing now regarding the need for mobile location services for the app to work properly. -Mike
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As AJ said, EV-DO does not depend on 1X (and vice versa). By identifier, do you mean something that identifies the EV-DO site? The Sector ID basically does that.. -Mike (EDIT: To help you grasp it a little better, think about this example: A device could be connected to Sprint 1X but Verizon EV-DO at the same time. Or Verizon 1X while on U.S. Cellular EV-DO. Or Sprint 1X from one site while on Sprint EV-DO from a completely different site. Or any combination of these. Each connection is independent.)
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BAH! Figures, I ordered a T-Mobile one over the weekend after unsuccessfully searching for promo codes for a couple of days.. oh well, it's ten bucks. Have an AT&T one as well. Now if the phone itself would just show up.. -Mike
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http://casesandaccessories.com/cruzerlite-customer-shares-private-promo-code-costs-company-28k/ https://plus.google.com/+JoelMichael/posts/XoYzcjcvNCs -Mike
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HTC One max [Tri-Band] (was "HTC "Phablet" aka "T6"")
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I was in a Sprint corporate store on Friday, and they were in the middle of putting out all the new devices.. they didn't have a One Max, but they had a display area for it, and the price tag was there. Listed a $249 contract deal that was valid until 11/21. So I would guess that Sprint plans to have them in their stores before that date. -Mike -
Yawn.. Ascertion already posted speed tests and screen shots, come back when you hit Band 26 -Mike
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Breathe. UPS and FedEx don't make money if they don't move packages. I have had plenty of things delivered that didn't even get their first scan until 11pm or midnight the night before it arrived. Trucks make more progress during off-peak hours when there is less traffic. -Mike
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Hmm.. a few questions: I see the plus sign icon indicating you ran out of room in your status bar; I believe that you previously mentioned that it wasn't just pushed off the screen, correct? So after you clear out your other notifications, it does not reappear in the status bar or the notification pulldown? When you bring the app back to the foreground, the 1X icon reappears on its own? Are you running any task killer or memory management apps? Did you experience this problem on this device before the 4.3 update? -Mike
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Newer than 10.2? I see GCI on your screen shot.. or do you mean it doesn't work outside of deck's builds? I know that work has been ongoing to get GCI and other information into CM, some S4GRU users have been instrumental in helping to develop that. I thought it had become part of the main code by now. I have not found any devices that report CQI; I don't know how valuable that data is, but I guess it's not very popular. -Mike
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Yep, it was discussed this morning. It's not the N5 or the G2, it's Android 4.2+ causing the problem: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3060-signalcheck-android-app-to-monitor-your-2g3g4g-lte-signal-strengths/?p=237194 -Mike
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Oh if I could get my hands on the EARFCN information, I would be using that for a foolproof band identifier! Unfortunately, that's not something that Android exposes, so I need to develop my own manufacturer-specific methods to get it. So far, I have only been able to dig it out of HTC devices. Samsung completely blocks all access to this data. Once my Nexus 5 arrives, it will give me my first opportunity to try working on an LG. These difficulties are why I appreciate it when Sprint tosses me a ground ball and sets up their network based on things that are accessible across all devices, like the SID or MCC-MNC -Mike
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Thanks AJ, just saw it myself! I am itching to restore what I had implemented previously, identifying Band 41 connections with that MCC-MNC along with the others spotted on the hotspots.. but some users have reported Band 25 connections (on non-triband devices) on those MCC-MNCs, so it is not 100% reliable at the moment. My guess is that those Band 25 connections were supposed to be on 310-120, but for some reason they weren't. I am hesitant to use that when I know some users will see false information. -Mike
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The phone is not idling on LTE Band 50.. "50" is apparently what is displayed when there is no LTE connection. -Mike
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Bah.. I thought you had ordered the black one. The white 32gb seems to ship the fastest out of all the models. Lucky you! -Mike
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That's because it wasn't there until the latest beta.. thanks for being the first to confirm that it works! As AJ said, "Tracking Area Code".. it's another identifier that the app now displays if it is available. CQI (Channel Quality Indicator) will also appear, if it is valid. Which device and ROM are you on? -Mike
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You are confusing two different things -- the "Sector" and the "Sector ID". The Site Hint is an attempt to show which sector (1/2/3) of a particular 1X site you are connected to. The EV-DO Sector ID shows the full unique identifier specific to the site/sector you are connected to. It works on most recent HTC devices running stock software, but I can't confirm if the EVO 4G is one of them. The EV-DO Sector ID is more similar to the LTE GCI (Global Cell ID, aka Serving Cell). Those values identify the specific site you are connected to, similar to how the SID/NID/BID refers to a 1X site. Technically, 1X sites are positively identified by their PN, but that metric can't be collected by SignalCheck. -Mike
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Great job spelling out the situation, Robert.. thanks! Hopefully Sprint can get the MSC software upgrades done quickly to resolve the widest problem areas with the least amount of effort.
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Waiting on the same model, but with a 12/3 shipping date.. I check my order and the Google Play listing all the time. At one point last week, the store listing showed 4-5 week lead time for it. Kudos to Google for apparently being conservative with their estimates, lots of reports of early shipping, some by a significant amount of time. -Mike
