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I was confused too, because I didn't see anything either.. it looks like a weird Tapatalk bug. On my phone, Tapatalk sends you to a page of posts from mid-August.. on the full site, it directs you to the proper post. This link appears to work, if you want to see that post: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2144-network-visionlte-san-diego-market/?p=222973 -Mike -
I had good luck with Sprint's old service plan, the 2 corporate stores near me were always great, usually just swapped out my device if they couldn't fix something within a few minutes. The one time I needed to take advantage of my Black Tie plan, they gave me a brand new phone on the spot, so I can't complain about that either. I take care of mine, never smashed a screen or lost a phone.. but it's nice to have that piece of mind anyway. If the charging port or something else crucial fails just outside of the warranty period, or they hesitate due to root/S-OFF, I'm not stuck. I never go with a plan that has a deductible, and cancel it once replacements are cheap enough on eBay or I'm only a few months from upgrading. To me, $9/month is worth knowing the most important electronic gadget (and only phone) in my life is covered. -Mike
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I prefer Best Buy for my phone upgrades because I like their insurance plan better, and you can earn reward points to save a few bucks down the road. But Sprint might deliver preorders faster though, who knows until November 8 gets closer.. -Mike
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Really? Other than the poor LTE signal strength (which doesn't affect me as much as some others because I am lucky enough to have excellent coverage in my area), I think it has been a damn good phone. Speed and battery life are still great, now a year and a half after I got it. For all the crap HTC gets about updates, it gets updated more than the average outdated device. It will probably be the oldest device to receive an official stock 4.3 update. The only thing I am missing at the moment is tri-band capability.. and nobody has that yet. -Mike
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Definitely looks like a test file.. if the G2 does use it for connecting to LTE, nobody is going to connect to Band 26 or 41 with it as-is. -Mike
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Coming soon to an Android 4.3 device near you... I'm actually looking forward to that. You're getting the negative side effect of all the group replies already, might as well join in the fun and be able to spam them all back! -Mike
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Actually, it probably does make a difference. If you have cellular location services disabled, Android blocks certain functions from running; it's a security measure. Routines that use cellular-based location commands will not work properly in this case. I can't speak for other apps, but I know this directly affects SignalCheck. Whether or not this is the direct cause of your problem, I don't know. But others who have had similar issues cleared it up by enabling cellular location services. GPS location services are separate -- that setting does not affect SignalCheck right now. -Mike
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Got it.. from a technical standpoint, that is a plausible scenario. This is over-simplifying it, but the SID/NID/BID/BSL fields are populated with location commands, while the signal strength data is gathered with radio commands. SignalCheck forces cell location updates even if the phone doesn't think anything has changed, so LG must be doing something else behind the scenes to block updates of that information for some reason. Do you have cellular location services enabled in your phone's Settings menu? -Mike
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Thanks AJ, that is what I expected.. but in the slight chance the Sprint put hotspots on a different MCC/MNC for some reason, I just wanted to confirm. I have the same list already in the database. Thanks for the heads up about Robert's experience, hadn't seen that. -Mike
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Yep, I saw that.. but as long as it was a Zing connected to Sprint, it should be helpful. How about this -- next time its connected to old school Band 25 LTE, can you note what the PLMN field displays? See if its 310120.. -Mike
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This is very cool.. I knew I saw a screenshot like this somewhere, I just didn't realize it was right here! That's showing your MCC/MNC.. often referred to as PLMN, although that's not 100% correct. Technically, the PLMN is generated by doing math to the MCC and MNC, not just pushing them together.. but I see that a lot. Going to slide this nice little bit of info into the next SignalCheck update, and see if anybody sees it pop up.. -Mike
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When you say "stop allowing SignalCheck to update", what do you mean? The app stops working? What happens if you exit the app and go back in? Or is it just the icons stop updating? Android handles memory management itself, so if it thinks it needs more memory for something, it will kill off older processes it thinks are less important. This could certainly cause the SignalCheck background service to get killed, especially on older or lower-end devices with less memory to spare. Going back into the app should kickstart everything again. No logging ready to be released just yet; like I have said before, I prefer to get existing features running better before adding new ones. Being able to view/edit/clear the cache file is something I've had on my mind as well. -Mike
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It's something very high on my priority list.. but until we have some tri-band phones and networks to test on, it's hard to make any progress. I think many Sprint geeks (certainly the S4GRU) would love to be able to monitor which band they are connected to. Unfortunately, the folks with the first few G2's are having so many LTE issues right now that I'm not going to rely on any of them just yet. There are no built-in Android routines to get band info (LTE or otherwise), so unless Sprint does something to identify the different bands on their end (as they did with the 22xxx BIDs for 1X 800), I'm going to have to hope I can come up with something by digging through source code and implementing manufacturer-specific (if not device-specific) code. That will not be fun. I believe I heard that the tri-band hotspots are seeing a different MCC/MNC when connecting to Band 41, so things might work out. I wish there was a universal Android routine that would grab the frequency information, so this would work on any device, on any carrier.. but there isn't. Theoretically, HTC devices should show the connected frequencies as they do now.. unless HTC changes something behind the scenes when they release their first tri-band device. -Mike
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I'm always taking feature requests! Both of those were already on the list, and it's in the latest beta that my minions have been testing out for me (see http://www.bluelinepc.com/signalcheck/change-log/ for a preview). I've been crazy-busy lately, but I have been sneaking a few minutes here and there to polish off an update.. it's coming soon.. maybe very soon.. -Mike
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Very excited to see both GCI and PCI, woohoo! Not so excited to see 1X not showing when LTE is active.. enyce9, sent you an e-mail. -Mike
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Thanks. Another G2 user posted in the SignalCheck thread about 1X showing no data when connected to LTE, let me know if you see any issues along the way. -Mike
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How does SignalCheck look.. everything seem ok? Right now you won't see any indication of what LTE band you are on, but I hope to find a way to get that in there.. -Mike
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But lots of devices don't have SVLTE, right? Haven't heard of this sort of bug on any other devices before. Even if it's not capable of talking and browsing at the same time, shouldn't it still hold an idle 1X connection anyway? Otherwise you could never receive a phone call if you happened to be using data when someone was trying to reach you? -Mike
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Keep me updated about bugs on your new toy.. odd that 1X would vanish when you connect to LTE, I doubt that connection is actually dropping (at least I hope not). Can you make phone calls when connected to LTE? PM me your email address and I will send you a testing APK. -Mike
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I can say first-hand that no matter what Best Buy tries, they cannot process a device upgrade on a SERO line. I learned this last summer; the salesperson was relentless, but could not get it to go through their system. I had upgraded at Radio Shack and Best Buy in the past without a problem (RS even let me upgrade early once); either the rule was put in place sometime between the EVO Shift and EVO LTE launches, or it just started being enforced. If you really want to take advantage of a Best Buy promo, they will be happy to switch you onto a new plan and then handle your upgrade.. -Mike
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Has LTE roaming started?
mikejeep replied to lil_jimmy_norton's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
Little late to the party over here, but SignalCheck always shows the 1X provider name in the pulldown menu. The EV-DO and LTE provider names is a much newer feature in the app, perhaps I will have to address that somehow.. As digiblur said, the 31000 MCC-MNC is invalid.. it pops up on Samsung devices often. Nothing on that screenshot leads me to believe that device was roaming on LTE at the time. -Mike -
HTC One max [Tri-Band] (was "HTC "Phablet" aka "T6"")
mikejeep replied to themuffinman's topic in HTC
It's 0.04 inches (<1 mm) thicker than the HTC One; is that really a significant difference to you? Even if you feel that it is too significant, is that small of a change really a concern when you're talking about a device that measures 6.5 x 3.25?! Anyone purchasing a device this large is not going to shy away because it is ~1mm thicker than a comparable phone about an inch smaller length and width-wise. -Mike -
HTC One max [Tri-Band] (was "HTC "Phablet" aka "T6"")
mikejeep replied to themuffinman's topic in HTC
Commenters on that article seem to hint that Vodafone pricing is always high, and mention that the unlocked Note 3 is over ~$1000 for them. Plus, the article also shows that it can be picked up for ~$79 with a 2-year contract agreement, which is better than the deals we usually see in the US for a high-end device at launch. CNET UK has a nice writeup about the max.. they point out the 600 as a negative, but also state that it's fully capable of handling any app or game available today: http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/htc-one-max-review-50012476/ -Mike -
Sprint LTE Coverage Maps via Sensorly
mikejeep replied to S4GRU's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
No offense, but it is hard to decipher what you guys are trying to say. Not trying to call anyone out.. we all make typos, especially when using a phone. Just try to take a moment to proofread your post before you hit submit. If you are trying to raise an issue or ask a question, there are many of us who would love to help you out! Just my personal two cents.. -Mike -
HTC One max [Tri-Band] (was "HTC "Phablet" aka "T6"")
mikejeep replied to themuffinman's topic in HTC
John Q Public wants to be able to tell his iPhone buddies that he has a fingerprint scanner too. The average cellphone customer will probably never use half of the features on a device.. but they will buy the phone that has the longest list of features. I remember waiting to use my upgrade for one of the first BT-capable phones to come out back in the day.. held out for months. Something with BT hit the market that I liked, I bought it on launch day.. and never used BT once! I'm excited to hear that the max will be tri-band, but it might be a bit too large to use as a primary phone. Looking forward to physically holding one in-store to check that. I think the specs are adequate; as others have said, something faster and better is always around the corner. It takes time to design, engineer, and develop a device.. lots of factors go into deciding what the final specs will be. Not sure why so many get upset about a 600 vs. 800.. it is not like HTC was not aware there was a newer chip available. It breaks down to something along the lines of an analysis of $$ & power consumption vs. the performance enhancement realized. The laptop I have used every day for the past 5 years is a 2ghz dual core.. I am not going to be concerned if my cellphone is "only" a 1.7ghz quad core. -Mike
