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I just spoke at length with the Sprint international department, provided SKUs and so on and got a smattering of misinformation. The first guy I spoke to said the computer wouldn't let him ship the SIM card so I talked to his supervisor.

I work at a service and repair center and we have around 40 of those LTE 3FF SIM cards and had them for a while. My recommendation is to go to one when you can and request one before your device arrives so you have it handy.

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what about a micro sim from an iphone 4s? those are micro but not LTE? ( i might be able to get a hold of one.

Those don't authenticate LTE either. They're just placeholder SIM cards. However if the SKU is the same as LTE SIMs then I don't see why not

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If you feel comfortable PM me your number and home address and I'll see what I can do to get the proper SIM cards sent to you.

It's slow at work right now lol

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The problem with cutting a 2FF SIM down is that it may not authenticate LTE since those aren't LTE SIM cards.

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The CSR reps will know this SKU: 760492013536

3FF

That is for the LTE micro SIM that will work on the Nexus 5. Make sure your order shows that. If it doesn't you need to change your order.

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Here's the SKU you need. SIMGLW206R.

This is the SIM I'm using when I get my Nexus 5

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Ugh apparently I suck at editing. Ignore this post lol...can't find the delete post in tapatalk

Have any of the reps at the store refreshed the network settings on the account level? It has helped me tremendously in some situations when I troubleshoot weird network problems for my customers.

*edit* it is known internally as a "device refresh" and is something tech support through customer care can perform for you.

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Does "4G completion" hopefully mean LTE completion? Sorry, I'm new here and 4G means LTE and/or WiMax to me.

 

Also, do we know if Sprint is launching Cat. 3 or Cat. 4 LTE? Or, is that something that is phone-dependent? I know that some of the new phones hitting the market are Cat. 4 but didn't know if they are just jumping the gun like usual.

 

Thank you.

I'm not as knowledgeable when it comes to the technical details of the 4G LTE rollout, however the term "4G completion" I used was in reference to 4G LTE.

From my understanding the maps you are looking at with the different colored pins do not reflect WiMax

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On the NV sites complete map, what is the difference between a yellow pin and purple pin? Some pins in the area changed from purple to yellow.

Purple denotes 4G completion and yellow denotes 4G and 3G completion on a tower

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Thanks. Your screenshot contributions are much appreciated.

 

Did you access the engineering screen menu through the traditional Sprint ##DEBUG# dialer code?

 

AJ

Yes sir. ##DEBUG# and no password or MSL was required. Found that to be interesting. Engineering is spelled correctly to boot.

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Correct me if I am wrong, but I do not think that anyone has officially checked the Sprint variant Motorola X for engineering screens. We need to get this done and screenshots posted, if applicable.

 

AJ

Here's one of me actually connected to LTE

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No idea what I'm looking for in the screens but here's a couple of screen shots of what I could find.

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Just switched to the Moto X from the iPhone 5. Among all the devices I've used in recent history (which also includes the GS4 and HTC One), I noticed this to have the best LTE reception and call quality. This thing grabs LTE in more places and the signal strength is typically 2 to 3 dB stronger. Awesome...

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Living near Seattle, I don't believe I'll be seeing much 800... I wonder if Sprint/Clear will deploy more widespread 2500/2600 to help offload 1900? That would be awesome.

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One can hope! Supposedly the update enables HD Voice (finally)

 

 

 

-Luis

Can someone remind me what the prerequisites are for placing an HD call? I know you need two HD voice capable devices, but what about on the network side?

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I've yet to see any device approach my 50/10 I have at the house....

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I don't work for Sprint or anything, so I don't know if this us the case, but it sounds like all you need to have them do is associate the new SIM with your account and remove the other one. However that's done. Hopefully it's that simple.

 

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Sprint reps know the sim card as an ICCID. If your replacement phone came with a new sim, you can get the new sim activated yourself at sprint.com or at a store.

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Here is the link for the update from the Google servers. http://android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/sprint_samsung_l720/bfeb51f4befc9f910dff1c6070f2d387aaac37de.update_SPH-L720_MDL_CSB_user_RP_to_MF9_CSB_user_RP.zip

You just rename it to "Update.zip" and flash it in recovery right?

Edit: Figured it out. That's the right procedure.

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Its the apps 2 SD update. Plus a bunch of other things. The file is 357mb. Much, much better now.Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 2

Nice! Any new features on the device or overall speed improvements?

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Ota update rolling out now.

 

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Is it a patch for the "Android exploit that affects 90+% of Android handsets"? I say that in quotes as I read that on a few blogs here and there. No internal documents regarding an OTA for the Sprint GS4 that I've seen yet.

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Hey can you post some photos of that CF? Been thinking about picking One up, but not sure if it makes Sense. Awww whut

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HTCandroid is referring to the app installed on most Android 2.3 and up devices which show you items downloaded from the browser

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I just noticed the strangest thing. With an Incipio Dual Pro Shine, there's a noticeable drop in signal. I thought I was crazy but I could tell quite a difference with the case on vs. off by looking at the dbs. The silicone had a minimal impact, probably within a margin of error, but the plastic shell that goes over it had the largest impact on signal with a drop of about 10+ dbs. In my case (no pun intended) it had an effect on acquiring a 4g signal as well.

 

 

Dang, making me double think picking up the ONE. I was going to go pick it up tomorrow...I wonder if the commuter otterbox would have the same affect.

This always happens with the Incipio Dual Pro Shine. I've had them for the iPhone 5, GS3 and HTC One X and they all dropped signal performance. I think the brushed aluminum is real which would attentuate signal.

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I had this same exact problem when I was on VZW with an HTC Thunderbolt. On LTE (with good signal and speed) anything Google related and bit.ly links would work at a snails pace. When I manually flipped it to 3G, everything worked fine. When they exchanged it to a Droid Charge (all the Thunderbolts they sent me had the same problem) the issue went away.

My theory at the time was perhaps there was a problem with how LTE handles IP V6.0. And possibly has something to do with how it converts it to IP V4.0 for your handset?

To this day I still don't know what was wrong.

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I forgot to mention that out of 3 VZW stores I visited, all the demo Thunderbolts had the same problem with Google services and bit.ly links