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    Verizon texting and calling issues in one location...

    in General Topics

    Posted

    The rest of my family is on Sprint... I'm on verizon since work pays for it, and really regretting it...

     

    I have two houses and when at my "vacation" house, I can't get a text message out and outgoing calls may or may not work.  

     

    We have a Sprint airave here and since the towers around us have gotten upgraded, not sure we need it any more, but it's free.. so hell why not.

     

    Since I've switched to my GS3 on verizon, it's been horrible here. Every where else it's fine.  I had an Iphone 4S and a thunderbolt previously and never had a lick of trouble with them. For a while I thought the airave might be of issue since it was replaced what seems like around the time I started having issues, but I've unplugged it and left it off during the time my wife was out of town and it was of no use.

     

    Since many of here have come from verizon or even have verizon on a second phone I was wondering if there might be some suggestions... other than the standard... reboot.reset.wipe, etc 

     

    I'd rather not pay verizon the $250 for their version of the airave since I used to not have problems.

     

    Thanks

     

    I'd contact Verizon about it. It might be an issue their aware of, or it might not be. I've been surprised how often some issue I'm having can be repaired easily on the carrier's side once they actually know about it, so I'd try to ask them about it. 

    How should Softbank market the "New" Sprint...

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I think Sprint would be smart to sit on their hands for a bit even after they've completed their improvements. Trust me, I think it will get around my word of mouth if Sprint really does make improvements, and I'd prefer that they have things really sorted out before they start any kind of marketing "blitz." I think Sprint should be really really conscious with setting expectations and making performance claims. 

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    PC Mag: Fastest Mobile Networks 2013

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    This.

    If you're running consecutive speedtests for instance, one after another right away, latency stays amazingly low, LTE-like 30-40ms here in NYC. However if I take a test, then wait a few seconds before I fire up a second one, latency spikes to over 600ms.

     

    It's a known issue on DC-HSPA+ networks easily solved by streaming radio in the background for instance :)

     

    This explains so much!!!!!!! I was wondering WTH was going on with my latency on T-Mobile's HSPA+ network in my area, good speeds but just terrible latency. Thanks for the knowledge xD

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    Sprint Airave

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    I have a question...since an airave is tied somehow with towers, is there a reason why my airave would be working properly, with beeps before calls, but only giving me 1x data? I have the newest 2.5 version, just noticed on both mine and wife's S3 that we are only 1X data. Should be 3G.

     

    Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

     

     

    I have no idea why, but I've noticed that if I am connected to Wifi, my S3 connects only to 1X data. When I turn off wifi and it starts using data, it seems to switch over to 3G/EV-DO. It's possible that the correlation is just my imagination, but I'm fairly sure that's what is happening. 

    Network Vision/LTE - SF Bay Market

    in Markets

    Posted

    I'm still lurking because I want to see Sprint have that "4G everywhere" network that I'm waiting for (that T-Mobile somehow delivered here.) I just can't contribute to the search and the Sensorly mapping. :)

     

    May I ask where in San Jose you are? If T-Mobile is as good as you say, I might need to give them a try. What is the phone you are using on T-Mobile?

    HTC One preview thread (was "Any M7 takers?")

    in HTC

    Posted

    Has anyone else noticed that Engadget and a couple of other sites have stated that Sprint's HTC One will support WCDMA on 700mhz and AWS? Do we think that's a mistake? As far as I know there are no deployed WCDMA 700 networks, and even if there were I can't imagine why Sprint would integrate such a rare band into their version of the product. It's very odd.

    How slow is your Sprint 3G data?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I get 0.02mbps during some parts of the day and 2.5mbps at other times and locations from the same site. Its one of my gripes with Sprint 3G, the lack of consistency and dependability. The problem can't really be fixed except with new (non-T1) based backhaul.

     

    So........yeah it can be fast, it can be slow. Network Vision will fix the problem.

     

    If you don't like waiting for NV and live in a major metro area, T-Mobile makes for a great band-aid fix with their 5 gig $30 a month prepaid plan and their HSPA+ network.

     

    Do they still offer that plan?

    T-Mobile iPhone 5

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

    Posted

    That would make sense about the HSPA+ except this article seems to disagree.

     

    http://mobile.thever...ter-think-twice

     

    Here's the other one I read that says AWS is disabled in the original A1248 model. It doesn't say AWS LTE or HSPA+.

     

    http://www.forbes.co...-5-but-its-not/

     

    I read in an article earlier today that an AWS baseband for the original A1248 would enable AWS on both LTE and HSPA+, but that Apple isn't doing that for some unknown reason. I think this just has something to do with internal machinations on the part of Apple.

    New Qualcomm Chip to Eliminate LTE Carrier Fragmentation

    in Misc.

    Posted

    Great and all but you still have to have the individual switches, rf amps, antennas, etc tuned for each band.

     

    They're working on that, right? I mean there are a lot of novel antenna designs that are in testing right now that should help a lot. Last antenna I heard about in testing supported 12 bands, so we're getting closer to a real solution. Within the next few years, we probably won't get to ONE phone that will work on every LTE network, but we should get to at least one that works on at least the larger networks in the majority of countries, and at a minimum one phone for all the LTE networks inside the US.

    Friend with an SIII has mega weird problems...

    in Samsung

    Posted

    All kinds of weird things happen when certain files get corrupted or who knows what happens, maybe some line in the modem code gets boinked on a hard reset or something of the sort. AJ was joking when he said "The towers are like that," but in the case of the phones it's kinda true, "the phones are like that."

    Sgs3 has a 'Death Grip'???

    in Samsung

    Posted

    <br />Why wouldn't they work around this and put the antennas at the top to avoid the hand interference

     

    If you look at the antenna diagrams for the S3, there is a receive only LTE antenna at the top of the phone, plus the Wifi/Bluetooth antennas on the top right of the phone. The 1X/EVDO and an LTE transmit/receive antenna are on the bottom. The reason for this if I remember correctly, is that most people hold their phone near the bottom when they are browsing/playing games (using data), so wifi and LTE receive antennas are on the top. When you are holding the phone for a call, you are more likely to be holding the headset towards the top, so they put the 1X/EVDO antennas near the microphone, where you are almost sure not to be holding the phone.

     

    Here is an image of the antenna locations on the phone:

     

    s3antennas_zps7d115527.png

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    Note II Reception / Call Quality Experiences

    in Samsung

    Posted

    Hi all,

     

    I've been using a 3G BlackBerry for the past few months, and it's pretty boring. Sure BlackBerries are great phones (I love the keyboard and email/messaging capabilities the most), but the main reason I stick with it is the reception/antenna on the Galaxy Nexus made the phone nearly unusable, coupled with poor battery life. With the BlackBerry, although I get excellent reception, I do not feel as though I am getting my money's worth out of Sprint's plans.

     

    My apartment is in a marginal Sprint coverage zone, so I need a phone with a strong antenna to be usable. BlackBerries are famous for this; the Nexus failed.

     

    Airave is a non-starter because it has to be by a window (ugly) and my neighbor has an Airave already; I believe this is the reason I had problems before with my Airave. My phone would try to handshake between two Airaves and drop the call. I am unsure if there is a way to tell your phone to only connect to one Airave or not; I returned the device.

     

    I'm seriously considering buying a Note II soon; so my question is: to those that have used this phone for a while, what is the reception like in comparison to other phones you've used? My apartment gets 1-2 bars of 3G (sometimes dropping down to 1X) with my BlackBerry; with the Galaxy Nexus unless I was directly in front of a window the call would drop and calls would go directly to Voicemail.

     

    Thanks for any insight!

     

    The Galaxy Nexus, if I remember correctly, had one of the worst radios of recent phones. The new Samsung devices are much stronger - I would definitely give it a try. Remember, you can return it if you need to, and man, it would be a hell of an upgrade from a 3G Blackberry.

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