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I tried an iPad SIM in my N5 a bit ago in Austin and didn't get anything. I'll try again later today, but my guess is that I still won't get anything. I didn't even see 3G last time. If I get a chance I'll drop by a VZW store sometime soon and see if AWS LTE has suddenly gone live in this area. But I'm betting that it isn't ehre yet. -
Downloading the 4.4.1 update now, since I figure that they won't auto-push it to me because I'm rooted To add to the chorus, I've swapped AT&T (GoPhone), T-Mobile (Wal-Mart 100 minute, 5GB) and Sprint (my main line) SIMs on my N5 with no ill effects. Well, in some cases you have to go into *#*#4636#*#* and switch the phone mode to get service (self-explanatory when you get to that settings page), and you have to reboot when you put a new SIM in, and T-Mobile data-only plans don't work (so I canceled mine). But none of these things are a big deal, and I've successfully used LTE on all three of those carriers on the same phone. The ability to choose a carrier based on what area you're in is great
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RT @preinheimer: There’s Black Friday deals on laptops today, some only have 2GB of ram. Friends don’t let friends buy machines with 2GB of…
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My X came in today. First impression: wow this is a heavy phone. Second impression: wow that's a nice screen. Third impression: wow, WiFi calling actually works really well 99% of the time (and yes, I did experience the 1%). Haven't tried WiFi to cellular handoff but I have to keep my plan at its current level (WiFi + 4G) until December 13 so I'll have plenty of time to test that. The voice quality on WiFi calling, as long as you don't experience any hiccups (I did for a few seconds in a ~12 minute call), is miles better than the quality of a standard cellular call. That's to be expected, since you're throwing a lot of bandwidth at the problem, but it's nice having a cell phone that will actually hit landline-quality voice to an actual landline. It's a bit of a drag that the only RW phone is single-band, sure, but RW only offers LTE on their top plan anyway, and tri-band support wouldn't exactly encourage WIFi usage, seeing as how the current Spark speed tests rolling in are faster than any connection I can get my hands on in this area.
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Just revised the LTE settings on my N5 to match superceleb's. Let's see if I can catch anything.
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Has anyone actually picked up B41 LTE on their N5? Scuttlebutt is that the band selection options don't actually do anything yet (according to other threads here).
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Hate to rain on everyone's parade, but Sprint promises peak speeds of 50-60 Mbps on TD-LTE, not 70+ Mbps. Even with proper backhaul. Maybe you can hit higher speeds, but the demos Sprint was doing with the Galaxy Mega hit a bit over 50 Mbps in lab conditions. On the other hand, Sprint's network (due to small cell sizes) will be hitting near-ideal speeds a much larger percentage of the time than AT&T or Verizon, until those guys do an AWS overlay in an area.
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New Android Compiler in 4.4 = Much Faster Execution TImes
iansltx replied to danialgoodwin's topic in OS'es/ROM's & Themes
It's interesting how far we've come in software. In ages past, you'd have to precompile everything because it'd be too expensive to compile on install or on run. Now, compiling on install isn't so bad. Though when you do the initial switch from Dalvik (with its ODEX files) to ART (with its AOT files) things take awhile... -
I just got in my replacement Nexus 5 (the original one wouldn't activate), and it's now my primary phone! This thing pulls a signal a good 6db (RSRP) better than my S III in the same spot on Band 25. I got my MSL so I can test Band 41 capabilities too.
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RT @sh130toll: ONE WEEK until #F1 weekend in #Austin! RT if you'll be headed out to @circuitamericas for the U.S. Grand Prix! http://t.co/c…
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I got one of their hotspots in yesterday. The promise of a discounted MiFi (I assume it's a MiFi) running on data that doesn't expire (vs. FreedomPop), with 100MB of data for every person I sign up, was enough for me to get an active Clearwire device again. As expected, the hotspot is the same as the Clear Spot Voyager, with similar restrictions (I maxed out at 7.5 Mbps down, 1.5 Mbps up). But Karma does authentication with the hotspot per-connection rather than at the network level, so I was up and running as soon as I connected to Facebook (I already have a Karma account from using the service via someone else's hotspot). $14/GB is a little steep for WiMAX data, sure. But I won't be paying Karma any more money for months since data doesn't expire, I won't be using the data much, and I'm planning on getting a fair number of other people signed up for the service. So it'll work
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Looks like the site near me right now is experiencing issues. 4G is live, but I was roaming on CricKet (!) for a bit there.
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Waiting on hold with T-Mobile right now to get data straightened out with the 32GB N5 that arrived an hour or so ago. Once that's done, I'll call the nearby Sprint store and get a SIM.
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Don't forget that Sprint can more aggressively push the TDD ratio in favor of downstream as they add more carriers (as much as I may not like that). Also, we already know what 8x8 + 3x CA will do: 1.3 Gbps in lab conditions. Those aren't DOCSIS 3.1 speeds, but by way of comparison Comcast (the highest-end D3 operator in the US) has ~300 Mbps of download capacity and ~75 Mbps of upload capacity on their cable systems currently, extending to 900x100 or so some time next year.
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Point taken. Though I wouldn't be surprised if 4FF didn't show up on the Moto G...or any other Moto phone that comes out in the next year. Relegating the form factor to a bit of a standard-that-isn't-really.
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One thing I'm quite glad about here is that the phone uses a microSIM, rather than Apple's more proprietary nanoSIM form factor. That means I can actually swap my T-Mobile microSIM into the Nexus 5 right when it gets here, without having to make yet another form factor change that's honestly completely unnecessary. At this point I'm counting down the (unknown) number of days before Sprint As You Go, Ting, Voyager Mobile or one of the other MVNOs offers a microSIM for purchase that's Sprint compatible. I won't break my contract for that of course, but it'll be nice to have the same flexibility that I have with T-Mobile (but with more coverage), and it's only a matter of time before it happens.
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I'll just say this again: maybe Sprint won't do unlimited LTE, even TD-LTE only, for a fixed base station. But for a fixed modem with 8x8 and 3x20 CA, we're talking about more capacity for broadband than any currently deployed cable system in the US. And 8x8 is significantly more efficient than the 2x2 you'll bee in standard phones. Between that and higher-gain antennas, I wouldn't be surprised if Sprint came out with a fixed LTE solution two or three years from now with 5-10x the data allotment per dollar of their mobile broadband product, at a relatively high price point (e.g. $80/mo rather than competing with DSL, becuase speeds would be comparable to cable anyway). It won't be unlimited, but it will outshine competitors whose networks don't have the capacity density.
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Ordered a 32GB black one. When the phone arrives I'll start using it with T-Mobile, but as soon as I can make it to the Sprint store I'll grab a SIM for the device and that'll become my main phone EDIT: I'd upgrade my router to 11ac, but my home internet connection is the limiting factor already for bandwidth, so maybe later...
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As others have suggested, my guess is that Spark markets are distinct from just any old tri-band market. Spark markets not only have all three bands running, but they also are using equipment that's 8x8 + CA capable. My guess is that the stuff in Denver is 2x2 (vs. 4x4 for T-Mobile in some areas). I may have mentioned this before, but I'm really happy that Sprint is using NSN, though it's a toss-up if I'll see them in my area because we've got plenty of WiMAX here. From my experience on T-Mobile (which uses NSN here) they've got some pretty aggressive error correction and a short latency path on their equipment, which means that latency is maybe 15ms more than on my home cable connection (with Sprint we're talking about another 20-30ms on top of that). That's powerful.
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Hey now. Maybe not a normal-sized phone. Or even a Mega. But something as small as the iPad mini could probably fit 8x8 in there. And if that's not big enough, then what is? A desktop modem? I wouldn't mind if Sprint brought Sprint Broadband Direct back, except 100x faster. Nor would the thousands of folks who just lost Millenicom service this morning.
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I just backed Draft – A Physical Notebook That Syncs To The Cloud. on @Kickstarter http://t.co/zYVjbft8aJ
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If I were going to buy a MBP 13" right now, it'd be the $1500 configuration. Nice machine, but the Apple Tax is back.
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RT @TheOnion: "Finding the right health care option is as easy as loading 35 floppy disks sequentially into your disk drive." http://t.co/t…
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See the FreedomPop thread for my impressions of the MiFi 500. Not as configurable as the Netgear Zing, but no ping penalty either (though routing through the West Coast is just as bad...trying to fix that sooner rather than later). The little corridor where I tend to be doesn't have TD-LTE live yet but maybe soon...
