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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.

Second carrier in the Bronx near West Farms Square!  Didn't run a SpeedTest.  EARFCN 41276.  Trying to get a screenshot posted.
 

Going 2nd carrier hunting tomorrow, doesn't hurt gas is sitting at sub $2 for premium.

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.

I am living in Fl now but keeping my 347 area code I should be on lte plus soon right?

 

 

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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.

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

I think what he getting at is that they had to shut down the Sprint band 41 in order to to do work on it. Like a second carrier or CA maybe who knows

 

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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.

Anyone notice any weird issues with band 41. My home sites are periodically dropping down to band 26 when I disconnect from WiFi. I hope this is showing work is being done because its happening to two separate sites in my immediate vicinity.

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?

It only affects it in a few select cities. Mainly New York City. That's about it. Nearly everywhere else, Sprint already has 2 B41 carriers online w/CA, not only on Sprint sites but on capable Clear sites as well. 

I am beyond excited that at some point soon(ish) after Tuesday, B41 will be usable again.  EVDO beats it in places here.

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.

Anyone ever hear about random lens covers on the back camera just shattering for no reason?

 

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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.

The day after tomorrow that was a awesome movie

 

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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. 

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!

Lol. I don't even know if there is a Sprint store at that Mall. I know there is a Sprint site pretty much on the premises though.

 

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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.

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.

It wasn't so much that there were dead zones, it was that the network was obviously way too crowded. I didn't even know a mall could saturate a cell site like that. I guess with everyone looking up deals and such it was bound to happen.

 

That Mall could really use a DAS setup considering how large of is.

Or, the phone was picking up a Sprint "hot spot" they place in stores to boost signal for demonstrations... 

Its basically carrier aggregation mostly and rebranded Spark.

 

IPhone 6 is not Carrier aggregation compatible but the 6s is.

But with the WiMax deployment still alive and well in NYC, we're not really seeing the benefits, yet.

Capacity is the name of the game, as long as it drives the average speed up im all for it, CA or not.

Agreed... a single carrier can do a lot... turn on 5 without CA and that alone will catapult Sprint past anyone.

Heard January or February, but that's just hearsay..

 

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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.

Anyone know when Marshmallow might roll out?

I travel mostly all over manhattan bronx bk and a bit of queens. Looking at my Signal check logs I'd say it's about 60:40 clear:Sprint B41.

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.

Because of heavy WiMax use, and the dense network, WiMax is eating up a lot more spectrum than it is in other markets. Other issues as well. I believe that a near majority, or a true majority of B41 in NYC is still from Clear equipment, so until WiMax is shut down, they can't fire up the second carrier for CA. 

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.)

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.

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...

I m only 45 minutes from NYC....haven't been the there in a year so I can say how far the improvements have come from a year ago....

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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.