jeff4d

I have an HTC One with the most recent Jelly Bean.   I tried to dial ##DEBUG# but it dialed sprint with a ### after I hit the dial button.

How should I access the Engineering Screen?

lol, same here. i couldn't deal with my shitty Samsung epic anymore so i gave another 2 years to dumb sprint. Just didn't think  i would be spending over half of the 2 years with no LTE..

But you got a rockin' phone!

^{So, Most of Sprint's tech support and store reps have been very positive about explaninig that LTE will be lit up in the next three months.  This means that prior to the 3 months, we sould start seeing towers broadcasting LTE until they reach the point of 40% to anounce the market?  If I'm not mistaken, this has been the pattern for most of the makets that have been announced so far??}

40% of the towers can be accepted with the new NV / LTE equipment however until they install the fiber backhaul, it is kind of moot.

I don't think it really matter how many sites have been upgraded and accepted with the NV equipment.   Someone mentioned when they get to a magic 40% but I don't think that is the metric for lite off.    Until the backhaul is also installed and working at the same sites, I don't think the 4G would buy much throughput or bandwidth..   I think the end of the year seems more realistic considering the backhaul that must be reworked still.

Where else in Tucson were their problems yesterday?  Mine - NW.

If Tucson really is getting close to lighting off 4G in the next 2~3 months, why aren't we on the "coming soon" list?

Yesterday, I was roaming at my house too close to Ina and Thornydale.   Normally am hitting the west Ina tower west of the freeway.   They said the tower was dropping 67% of the calls and they were opening a ticket on it, maybe reboot.     Today seems to have improved but unsure what the issues were yesterday.

When the work permits are granted and NV is installed, are the  same work permits used later for backhaul installation or are new permits pulled?  Can we track progress that way if there are different permits?

I just talked to the work crew presently working on this NW Tucson site by Costco and I-10.

They said they have worked at 15 sites so far in Tucson installing the NV 3G and 4G equipment however will turn the tower back on with 3G tonight at 6pm. He indicated that the hard part of the job has yet to be done and that is the fiber optic cabling that still has to be run. He said that is coming but not today.

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