lilg740

I'm still around. Just haven't had any reason to say anything still.

You still have an iPhone 5 or did you get a 5s?

Tuesday-Wednesday

The 438 PN has been constant on the tower that's broadcasting 1x 800 to my house. I haven't seen the 441 PN since the time I took the screenshot.

 

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438 and 441 are different sectors of the same site.

Does anyone in SEMO area or St. Clair County, Illinois (and south of there) still lurk here?

Supplementary update

If anyone else happens to come across 1x800. Please capture the 1x engineering screen, as SCP does not display the needed info to confirm.

That's what I figured. Thanks for the explanation (sorta), but I'd prefer to keep my skin intact for a few more years xD. Was it at least something new/useful, or was it redundant information?

 

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Definitely useful.

Here's the screen shot you asked for. It barely stayed long enough to grab itxD. If you need anything below the PN line I grabbed shots of those also. Just let me know.

Edit: also what exactly is the PN? I tried searching and couldn't find an answer. Now I feel dumb...

 

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It is sort of(not really) the same as the PCI but for 1x. It can identify a site. If I tell you anymore I'd have to kill you. lol

I know where this particular one is at because its on the way towards a family members house. So I took the time to inspect the panels, I wanted to know how my service would be lol. Everyone thinks I'm super odd because I like inspecting cell towers. The woes of being a wireless technology enthusiast:P.

 

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Any way you can get to the 1x engineering screen and post a shot of that that includes the 1x PN? Please and thanks!

Friday-Monday

I believe that signalcheck should identify b26 and b41 automatically I know it's being worked on to do that. I know b41 site ids are completely different than our b25 that starts with 056xxx0x. No idea about b26 site ids. I think without looking the b41 ids I seen personally have started with 048xxx0x.

 

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B26= Last 2 digits of GCI will be 19, 1A, or 1B

B25= Last 2 digits of GCI will be 01, 02, or 03

B41= First 3 digits will be 048, 049, or 04A(assuming we are talking about WiMax conversions. Might be different for NV 2.0.

Thursday

If we have any premier sponsors who have not checked out the 3rd link in my sig, check it out. Others, it may be time for an upgrade.

 Just an update.  This is working for me so far. Calls are stable after changing preferred network type to 3G.  WiFi provides the data.  Kind of annoying to have to switch when leaving though, I may see if Tasker or some other app can automate this.

 

Thanks for the help guys.

If it is because of an e/CSFB issue then it should be fixed at some point. Did you get any type of error message when trying to make calls while on LTE? I know when i experienced CSFB problems i got the the "Mobile Network Not Available" message. I also have issues keeping LTE signal in my home and my office. Both have WiFi so it's not a huge deal. 

Also, which radio are you using?

My CDMA roaming mode was already set to Automatic, so even if that could help it won't help me, but thanks for trying.

 

After looking into this more I think it may be a network handoff issue.  Maybe someone with more knowledge of how the network works can let me know, but when I place a voice call Signal Check reports that I am on 1x800.  According to the NV Complete maps in the sponsor section there is a tower near me that has 1x800 but not LTE and there is a tower near me that has LTE but not 1x800.  My theory is that my phone is switching between these towers depending on what signal type i'm requesting and there is an issue with the handoff.  Does that sound reasonable?

Turn off LTE while in your home. Assuming you have WiFi. 

When we were manually enable the bands on the Nexus 5 did anyone confirm Sprin Spark speeds? DId not work for me anywhere in Chicago. Will this update have other software updates that will allow the update to work?

This update will be to enable Sprint Spark bands 41 and 26. Enabling b41 in the data menu does not allow b41 connection work(correctly). We have seen the N5 working well with B26 with b26 enabled though.

I believe there is an option in the settings to prevent this.

Got it. That works like a charm. Thanks.

Mike, 

I am getting some errors with GCI in the log. I'm not sure what exactly is going on but it should be 05610E02 and 05610E01. This is what comes up in the log.

5.61E+05

5.61E+04

Another 

4.90E+01

should be 49E00##

Another 

5.63E+05

should be 05628E02

Edit: I found the problem, Excel thinks that its an equation of some sort.

Just so everyone knows, the latest Signalcheck Pro update includes site logging. So instead of having to take a screenshot of every site, all you need to do it turn on logging and then go to Menu>Logs>Export. Then you can open your CSV file and it will show you the GCI's and PCIs in a list format!

Friday-Sunday

Another site serving Scottrade Center!

Was in the Sprint store in Creve Coeur today, playing with a GS5. I also played with a few others. After turning off the WiFi (sneaky!), it was one of the only phones getting usable LTE. Since the phone didn't have a play store account, I tested via: http://i.dslr.net/iphone_speedtest.html with about 3m download, while my M7 held in the vicinity couldn't even connect to LTE. Also, the M8 nearby showed LTE, but couldn't connect. A nearby G2 was connecting, but I forget the speed test result. Not the most accurate test, but at a glance, it looks like the GS5 gets better LTE reception than the HTC lineup - something I'm going to be thinking about in the coming weeks (reception on my M7 has been frustrating).

 

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I would consider the Nexus 5 if you are looking for good reception. But beware the Spark update has been "coming soon in early 2014" since November.

Now this might be a very short thread, but I wanted to know why there is such a gap between the percentage of Network Vision complete and LTE complete in most markets that I have seen on the site acceptance reports.  

 

I know that there can be many different reasons that a site can get all the new equipment and not receive LTE, but with such a discrepancy in the percentages, is there something that has been limiting sprint from getting these sites online in a timely fashion?  

 

Is there a backorder for the network cards, or any other parts needed to go live? (if so, how come t-mobile had no problem with theirs)  

Is it all backhaul related? (we all know they did not have much in place before NV, but we have been at this for a while now... can't they contract to have backhaul in place before tower work even starts?)

Is there something else that I overlooked?

 

Robert can probably enlighten us, if not, I know someone here knows! lol. 

Another point is that on the Acceptance report you could also be seeing the results of vendors going back and integrating the 3G side of the NV equipment. Almost 25,000 sites nationwide have LTE right now. You may want to become a sponsor and you can see which sites are actually 4G completed. 

If anyone with a decent camera is going to be in the area of I-55 & Meramec Bottom or Gravois and Tesson Ferry soon let me know.

I just got 56mb down at St. Mary's hospital.

Gotta love B41...now if they would just push the dang spark update for N5...

It was embarrassingly bad. I had "3G" and "1x", but no data from 2:53pm to when I left downtown around 5:45. I finally got LTE/some data access around 10th and Pine on the way out.

 

I like that I'm paying $45/mo on Framily, but days like today frustrate me to no end.

They really need to finish downtown.