jaybiz81
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3rd Ave and Cross Bronx area on 41276 as well.
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Fixed... used Google Drive and it showed for me since I was logged in... switched to DropBox instead.
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Second carrier in the Bronx near West Farms Square! Didn't run a SpeedTest. EARFCN 41276. Trying to get a screenshot posted.
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It'd be a lie for me to say I didn't stare at the engineering screen everywhere I went today to hopefully not see 39991. No luck in East Harlem, anywhere above ground on the 6, or the Cross Bronx between the Sheridan and 3rd Ave. Interestingly, when the 6 went underground near Whitlock, my engineering screen said I connected to band 4, then 12, then went dead until pulling into Hunts Point Ave.
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It has nothing to do with area code but rather the site you are connected to. I have 347 and when I traveled to the Boston area and New Hampshire for Christmas I had LTE Plus for a lot of the trip.
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This has been in the works for a long time, but was pushed even more in urgency by Hurricane Sandy when that area of the city was underwater. The network is good for emergency times like that... one connection can assist an entire neighborhood instead of hoping for Internet in the home during a natural disaster. Allegedly FEMA used what was functioning of it back in 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/nyregion/red-hooks-cutting-edge-wireless-network.html?_r=0
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Yeah I wasn't sure if it was a Signal Check Pro error, or if software adjustments to the site made it report something other than what it had been, but it's back to Sprint B41 now. Still horrendous speeds though. Any moment now, and it will be glorious.
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I've noticed that two sites I'm often connected to have stopped showing Sprint B41 in Signal Check and now say Clearwire B41. Adjustments in progress?
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I am beyond excited that at some point soon(ish) after Tuesday, B41 will be usable again. EVDO beats it in places here.
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My issues come and go. I'm disappointed with how the battery will drain overnight (way more than my single-band Note 3 did) roughly 25%. I've encountered less of the issue where it dies, I plug it in, and when I turn it on it magically has 20%. I'm going to wait for the 6.0 update and see if it gets better.
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That happened on my Note 3. I was hoping it wouldn't be an issue on the 5. Do you recall anything that might have triggered it? It reminds me of the Macbook Pros at work. I've dropped mine 3 times over 5 years, all three times on tile. Dented edge, USB port, but no screen cracks. My principal dropped his on carpet, shattering his screen.
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I especially liked how people were posting the scene in the movie of the wave hitting the Statue of Liberty during Hurricane Sandy as if that is what actually happened in the harbor during the storm.
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So I'm up in Boston and New Hampshire this weekend, and B41 CA is alive and well. I was hitting 50+ down in Boston. Can. Not. Wait. for WiMax to get offline in NYC!
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It's been a while since I've been to the Queens Mall myself. I think last time Best Buy Mobile was the only cell retailer for Sprint.
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I'm running into an issue where my phone will shut off, won't turn on, I'll plug it in to the fast charger where it will go to, say 8% (these are the numbers from my last experience), I'll turn it on and it says I have 23%. I'm about to bring it in to have it looked at and have a new battery installed.
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Or, the phone was picking up a Sprint "hot spot" they place in stores to boost signal for demonstrations...
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But with the WiMax deployment still alive and well in NYC, we're not really seeing the benefits, yet.
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Agreed... a single carrier can do a lot... turn on 5 without CA and that alone will catapult Sprint past anyone.
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I thought I had heard December. But I'm guessing a security rollout means we're at least a month away.
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Anyone know when Marshmallow might roll out?
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Nice. I got Sprint B41 in Washington Heights today near 190/Bway. I live across the street from a Clear site that I can't wait to be switched out of dual mode. Hopefully Sprint settles the WiMax dispute out of court and can resolve this sooner than the 90 day limit.
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My movement around the City is pretty limited to Manhattan north of 96th and the Bronx south of Fordham, and I can't recall a single time I've seen Sprint B41 in these areas. Always Clearwire, with maybe one or two exceptions. It is getting bad in areas. Near 125th/Lex where I wait for the bus home, I have a hard time checking BusTime on B41. There are more and more instances where I'm putting my phone in CDMA only mode and rocking the 2+MB on 3G. (Do this as sporting events too... data "flies" since everyone's pretty much on LTE now.)
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Got B26 today at 116th on the 2/3 platform. First time I've ever gotten it in a subway station. -68dBm about 100 feet from the antennas which is par for the course on B25. Verified no towers close enough to generate that strength. Pretty awesome.
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According to Sprint's FAQs about Wi-Fi Calling, no, messaging will not work with Wi-Fi calling only. Your brother would still need to be within reach of a site to send/receive messages. From the web page... Does Wi-Fi Calling Support Messaging (SMS & MMS)? For Android devices, messaging is supported in Wi-Fi Calling mode even if there is not any coverage from the Nationwide Sprint Network. For iOS devices, messaging is still handled by the Nationwide Sprint Network. If you do not have coverage then messaging services are not supported. This functionality is expected to be supported over Wi-Fi in the future. iMessage on iOS is supported over Wi-Fi. Edit: this Sprint FAQ document was updated as of 10/21/15.
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It's hit or miss on B41. Some places B41 is great, in other places it's near unusable due to saturation. But B25 is phenomenal now. Once WiMax is off it'll be drastically better.
