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24 minutes ago, red_dog007 said:

What kinda stuff they have you do?

They have you check on daily at a new location with wifi turned off, make 10 phone calls, send 10 texts, and the rest you can pretty much bs like playing a game. Watching a video, searching a few times on Google. Etc.  I finish the daily tasks in a few minutes every day and I'm almost at founder level since I started early June.

Here's an example of what you get when you hit founder level.

I bought the Moto Edge+ 2023 from Project Genesis in June and they haven't charged me since the first month.  Apparently if you use their Project Genesis app and get Founder level, they give you up to 21 months of service for free. 

 

That said, my area is lack luster coverage but the At&t roaming is nice.  Really enjoy the device.

4 minutes ago, nexgencpu said:

Much better than I thought.  Is this LTE or a new technology?

On 6/16/2019 at 10:37 PM, notsrealinc said:

Sprint updated the 5G network performance page: 

https://coverage.sprint.com/important_coverage_info_popup.html

Those speeds are pretty bad, considering Verison's UWB is getting 1.2Gbps.  Is Sprint just aggregating multiple 20Mhz blocks on LTE and calling it a day?

On 6/9/2019 at 3:26 PM, 1dante said:

My data has been better since VoLTE launched in our market. I don’t have to turn of LTE while I’m at work anymore. Social media loads pretty good with only one bar of signal 

That wouldn't be related to VoLTE, would it? I imagine your experience is from recent bandwidth upgrades to your area.

On 5/30/2019 at 11:51 AM, Carrilloevo said:

I'll bet people will complain about those speeds because Verizon and AT&T are getting faster then that

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I got this awhile back right when a new site came live.  Basically 5G for me. 😃

Verizon needs some help with their discounts system!

 

I thought this was too funny not to post. 

Hey @Mikejeep, it looks like LTE shows no connection on my Honor 8 running stock.  Do you know what could be causing this?  I sent in a diagnostics report in case that helps.  

Another promotion by T-Mobile that I, as an existing customer cannot benefit from.  That said, I'm grandfathered into a great deal already so I can't really complain too much.  

It's an interesting device.  Really liking the blue color, but I doubt the US will be getting it.

I got it, but you weren't on LTE-CA at the time, just plain ole' LTE. It might be tricky but you need to hit submit while you're still on LTE-CA. Don't worry about filling in a description, as long as your username is on there I'll be able to track it down.

 

-Mike

Aw dang I was doing a speedtest to force CA haha.  I'll start downloading a larger app and resubmit. 

Nope, even easier.. within SCP, go to About > Send Diagnostics. Make sure you put in your username and a brief note on why you are sending it so it doesn't get lost in the pile. Once you put a name in, it is saved for future reports.

 

Thanks,

-Mike

Just sent it over.  Hopefully it helps out! 

Interesting, that's the first report I've seen thanks!! Strange part is it didn't appear to be added to the Android base code until the Android N previews, but who knows. Can you send a diagnostic report too? The "LTE-CA" display was essentially a placeholder "if" it was ever spotted in the wild. Now that I know it might show up, I'll tweak it a bit to make it more useful. Still hoping to be able to catch CA in a manner that will let me identify 2xCA/3xCA/beyond, as well as more data about the additional carriers (which bands its using, etc).. but this is better than nothing!

 

-Mike

Sure I can grab it tomorrow when I'm back in an LTE CA area. Where can I get it? Standard logcat?

 

 

Well that's cool.. how did you do that? I had to double-check my code to see what would cause that.. it's a 'hidden' network type that I noticed was added to the Android 7.0 source code; it is hidden from typical routines, and not mentioned in the Android reference. I added the constant just in case it was spotted in the wild. Have you seen it consistently? Does it usually show valid LTE data? Does it appear to trigger when CA is active? What device and Android version?

 

-Mike

This is on my Le Eco Pro3. Marshmallow 6.0.1 OS. I only recently noticed it because I just came back to this device. It definitely does show whenever CA is enabled. I just did a speed test to force CA and took a screen cap of my settings with the pulldown. Definitely an accurate reading on this device.

Hi Mikejeep,

 

Any way to show LTE CA in the status bar when it displays this?

Sprint's new 10x10 network is actually a lot better than before. Data portion is more often useful than useless. I'd say this upgrade is a welcomed one but one that was overdue. That said, they should aim for 15x15 asap. B26 should be placed on the back burner only and let B25 handle most data.

What is stopping Sprint from enabling both radios at the same time? CDMA + LTE? That seemed to work well prior to the triband device releases.

I can't see this tower anymore. The trees around it have grown over my vision of it. ????. I was stoked though because I tested last week and it was still 5x5. Strangely there's no building permits so it must've all been enabled on existing equipment?

Hey Mike, I got a false positive on B41 earlier. I think I was on either B2 or B4 (it fluctuates often) on T-Mobile. Unless this means it temporarily scanned for B41 on T-Mobile?

 

Edit: I updated to your latest release as well.

Network Signal Guru. Looks like it's also 4x2 MIMO?

Sprint activated 10x10 B25 at my house. Pretty impressed. This is on the Nexus 5x.

I mean this market is only 34% done with b41 so it's not going to be great. B25 has more potential at this point. 15x15 with 4x4 MIMO and 256 qam will make it 300 mbps limit. Easier to do too.

 

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After 120 days (when I can use an upgrade on this plan), I'll probably pick up the G6 for that heavy discount.  We'll see if that sale is still available then lol.  Nexus 5x can pick up 10x10 B25, but I don't think it has 256 QAM capabilities.

Hey guys.  I'm back on Sprint (well, I took advantage of the free year w/ a spare number.)  It looks like Sprint still has some speed issues (from initial observation downtown.)  And that B41 seems to be majorly Clearwire still.  Will keep a look out.  My max test downtown has been 7mbps.

I don't think Sprint needs to merge with T-Mobile. Sprint can be a powerful cellular content player. Merging with a cable company with some low band is all they really need. I think Marcelo is throwing around the T-Mobile name to keep the stock up and stuff. It does seem like Sprint is going in a different direction and not in the way of T-Mobile. They have a deal with Amazon with adding prime to your account, now Tidal (both are content and media), the opening of more stores. Whereas T-Mobile is worried about trying to match Verizon with coverage.

 

Sprint has a decent coverage map as it currently stands in size. Merging with Dish or whoever in cable can pack a powerful punch and still give the other 3 a run for their money with a extremely strong dense network...just my thoughts.

 

 

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Realistically, Sprint needs to focus on primary markets (capacity/coverage WITHIN major markets) like T-Mobile did in its early LTE stages, then after the healthy customer growth, focus on rural coverage/expansion.