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    OTA coming for EVO next few days...

    in HTC

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    I didn't notice last night, just pulled my phone outta my pocket and it was connected. I'll check that next week. The Mall of GA area even close to the tower (the one you documented) I have to toggle no matter what. Same with Braselton & Discover Mills area.

    OTA coming for EVO next few days...

    in HTC

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    RE LTE issues: The weird thing about this, is there is one tower I have found, where my 4G connects automatically without toggling. But for the most part, I have to toggle to get LTE in other areas. In another forum (same as where my last thread came from) a few people called HTC support, and they claimed there is no update scheduled in the near future.

    Network Vision/LTE - Atlanta/Athens Market

    in Markets

    Posted

    Was surprised with 4G signal yesterday in Buford. Oddly enough, when I looked at my phone I saw a 4G signal momentarily, then it dropped. So I then toggled, and bang it locked. Was able to stream HBOGo while watching my kids practice! This appears to be on the completed maps as AT03XC178. I posted in the HTC EVO LTE forum that we "may" get an update tomorrow which stated improvements to LTE signal. Fingers crossed!

     

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    OTA coming for EVO next few days...

    in HTC

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    After riding around on my bike, with my phone in a holder on my handle bars, that the issue with connecting to LTE isn't so much a threshold issue, as much as it is a scan time issue. I *think* when using 3G, the phone only scans for LTE once every 30 minutes. At least that was what a setting appeared to mean when I was digging through the data settings.

     

    When I am in areas that I know have 4G coverage, if I don't touch any of the settings, it does connect, but it sometimes takes as long as 20 minutes. I can force it by toggling airplane mode, and then it will connected immediately. That is was leads me to believe it is the scan time that makes it look like it won't connect.

     

    When it is connected, it stays connected until the signal drops to below -125dBm, which seems pretty reasonable. Perhaps it doesn't have as strong of an antenna as the GNex, but I can't really say since I don't have one of those. I managed to drive all the way along I-70 in Lawrence, KS to two blocks away from my home in Lenexa, KS (35 miles or so) without ever dropping the 4G signal, even though signal strength was down to -124dBm at times. Now of course, once I was near my house, I lost the signal completely, but that's a different story.

     

    That is an interesting...where did you see this scan interval info?

    OTA coming for EVO next few days...

    in HTC

    Posted

    No wifi or reboot issues here, however LTE is a different story. :rolleyes:

     

    How ironic...my phone just rebooted...dang! The error report states "System Crash" and gives this enormous log file that you can preview. I wasn't even using it, just sitting beside me...

    Network Vision/LTE - Atlanta/Athens Market

    in Markets

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    After the GN update, I no longer get a 4G signal at the intersection of Collins Hill and 316 in Lawrenceville. It was odd that I did get 4G there.

     

    BUT, I get strong 4G from Indian Trail to 285 West on I-85 (I used to only get it at around Jimmy Carter). Who in the world needs a signal on highway anyway but I'm assuming you get that signal in and around the exits.

     

    Here's the kicker - at work on 2nd floor, I get weak 3G and it kills my battery. I went to the 3rd and 4th floor and I get 3G. I went to 5th floor and great 4G signal. Obviously, altitude makes a big difference in signal reception.

     

    If you live in high altitude, I guest you're in luck??

     

    That's great news! I'll tell you who needs it on the interstate...I do. I carpool daily to downtown, and provided I'm not driving, I'm typically looking for 4G signals. Wimax 4G was always sproradic thru here, I would get it but not long enough to do anything with it. Thus far on my EVO, I haven't been able to get any LTE on 85 or downtown so I'm looking forward to having it for the commute. I just want to rub my buddy's AT&T Ipod in the dirt by streaming HBO Go, in HD of course on that big EVO screen. I really hope the software update lands this week. Thanks for the info..

    Sprint LTE August 2012 Schedule Maps

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    Question...I'm fairly noobish to the tower game, but if I think I've located a tower serving LTE, and it isn't listed on the completed sites, past due sites, or planned new sites, what is it? Can you verify it is an LTE site, and what do you need to do so? I've read repeatedly about the apps be it CDMA field test or open signal being highly inaccurate, but if they give me a general sense of direction of the tower, and I drive in that direction and find a tower visible, with no others around and I get LTE under it, then I suspect it's the real deal. Does that mean Sprint hasn't accepted it yet? I'm just trying to verify if my dead reckoning method is working. :D BTW from the maps update, I can see why I got nothing in downtown Atlanta or on my commute down I-85. Looks like it's coming soon though!

    Network Vision/LTE - Atlanta/Athens Market

    in Markets

    Posted · Edited by Crimson01

    I hope so. I just parked underneath a tower that I documented last week serving 4G to the mall area. Toggling again didn't let me connect from the same spot I got it last week. So I drove East, still couldn't connect. Rebooted my phone, and then toggled, and got it. That's just too much work in a car while you're driving to get 4G. :rolleyes:

     

    So I pose a question to those knowledgable regarding these NV towers. What kind of pattern should they be outputting? Would it be an omni directional pattern meaning North East South & West equally from the tower, or are they more focused and directional, meaning just East or just South? The tower I'm talking about serves an area about 1-2 miles East of the tower, but driving about 1/8 mile or less N of this tower, I lose 4G. What would be the reasoning behind that? I've got screenshots if anybody is that interested.

     

    This image to illustrate my point....(click to expand)

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Atlanta/Athens Market

    in Markets

    Posted · Edited by Crimson01

    If its anything like the GS3 update then you'll never have to toggle again to get an LTE signal.

     

    I hope so. I just parked underneath a tower that I documented last week serving 4G to the mall area. Toggling again didn't let me connect from the same spot I got it last week. So I drove East, still couldn't connect. Rebooted my phone, and then toggled, and got it. That's just too much work in a car while you're driving to get 4G. :rolleyes:

     

    So I pose a question to those knowledgable regarding these NV towers. What kind of pattern should they be outputting? Would it be an omni directional pattern meaning North East South & West equally from the tower, or are they more focused and directional, meaning just East or just South? The tower I'm talking about serves an area about 1-2 miles East of the tower, but driving about 1/8 mile or less N of this tower, I lose 4G. What would be the reasoning behind that? I've got screenshots if anybody is that interested.

    Network Vision/LTE - Atlanta/Athens Market

    in Markets

    Posted

    My wife reports a 4G LTE signal in Braselton, GA, (West of Chateu Elan) and ran a speedtest with 12 UP & 8 down on her Gnex. Curiously, the 4G tower that feeds the Mall of GA I've been talking about, for some reason I can't connect to when I drive by it daily, using the toggle method I described last week. I'm working this weekend, so I hope to test this further on Monday or Tuesday.

     

    That EVO OTA update can't get here soon enough, I hope if fixes the 3G/4G signal threshold issue we've all documented.

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