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So when I owned a Nexus 5 I found a dialer menu on this site that would allow me to access an engineering menu by dialing *#*#3328f#*#* (DEBUG).

Within that menu there was the ability to prioritize the LTE bands that the phone would scan for.  Knowing that 41 is the Spark band, I want to prioritize my phone to scan for it first, 26 second and 25 last as I'm looking first for the speed of 41, next the coverage of 26 (I understand that at this point 26 is most widely deployed in my area) and finally 25 because I'm not quite sure why it's there.

The problem I am running into is that on the Nexus 6, this menu is not accessible by dialing that code.  I have googled for the last week or so trying to find the dialer code that would let me do this and as yet have been unsuccessful.  Does anyone know how to access this menu on this phone?

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give.

any recommendations on Android?  Switching back, not a fan of Apple

I have a Nexus 5, wife has an LG G2 and brother has the LG G3.  Can confirm that all work great throughout downtown.  The building I work in is on 17th and Broadway and I stay connected to LTE all day unless I'm in the elevators.

After leaving for a long time, I am back to say that I am completely happy with what Sprint has done.  I get LTE at home, typically between 7-15 mbps, I get LTE at work though it went away for three days last week but now is back up and speeds have increased from about .71 mbps to 5-7 mbps.  I also get LTE for most of my commute which admittedly runs right through LTE darling Commerce City.

But I get LTE throughout most of the city, and where I don't the 3g speeds seem to be so much better than they were before.  Speed tests do not typically confirm this but I feel like things are loading faster.  Can that be a thing?

Anyway, I'm ecstatic for what I have seen over the last 18 months and grateful to this site for keeping me grounded when I was fed up and ready to leave for another carrier.  I now have great service which has inspired 4 more people to join my Framil (still hate saying that name) and my bill has dropped by nearly 70 a month.

It's not for everyone I suppose, but I want to give big thumbs up to the S4GRU crew for really working hard to keep us all in the loop throughout the deployment thus far. 

Very excited to see what comes next!

I like what I'm hearing Robert!

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Hehe. I might use some data too^_^

 

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Here is the email-

 

Also last friday I got a text from sprint linking to this page-

http://sprint.us/www/2014/network-towers/?v=2&ECID=MA:SMS:US:20140318:NTV:B2C:TT:vnty:networkupdate5

 

I thought this was just standard sprint boilerplate but maybe something is actually about to happen.

False alarm everyone!

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They actually say it's because of crews?

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If they use Sprint for their services, it doesn't matter where the towers are, just like your phone would have issues if you were connecting to towers during upgrades no matter what your proximity to said towers is.

 

Check the N5 thread, the rumoured update is just that, a rumour. Nothing is likely this week.

It's not a notice of disruption to any type of cellular service. It's a notice of disruption to the service they provide, which is walking up to the rent-a-bike racks and getting a bicycle due to crews doing work.

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My friend received an interesting email from Denver B Cycle today (the for-rent bikes around downtown) stating that due to upgrades to Sprints cell network to expect disruptions to their service at certain stations throughout downtown until Thursday.

Interesting for three reasons.

1 - obviously due to the fact that I was connected to LTE all day today. Band 25

2 - Thursday is the rumored release date of Android 4.4.3 which will supposedly give Sprint customers access to Spark on the Nexus 5.

3 - several of the locations they have said will experience disruptions of service do not initially appear to be near the known Sprint towers in the members section. I have yet to cross reference these lists and will not be able to until later this evening. Is it possible that Sprint may be adding more towers or repeaters to strengthen signal in downtown?

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That's probably from the tower by I-76 and Washington but if it's a new one that's nice

 

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Just got LTE at I-25 & 58th. I only had time to get a signal check screen shot.

Uploaded a picture to my drive folder.

Edit: I've been on LTE from union station to Broadway. Very weak signal but its usable. I tried mapping in sensorly but it wasn't registering any points of any data type. At any rate, after 5 days of EV-DO downtown this is very welcome.

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Impressive, all the way from I-70 and Golden rd.

Seems extremely far away.

On a separate note, I forced LTE at work and stayed on Band 41 almost all day downtown.  That is the first time I have been able to do that.

Not letting us view it. . .

 

 

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LTE downtown again, screen shots in the link.

Band 25, weak signal and speeds around 2 down and up.

https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BxTEYpuf2UqIZHRCdjNRQTFKZFk/edit

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For the first time ever... I'm getting LTE on my phone, in my bedroom 22 floors above 14th and Curtis downtown.

 

The signal is a bit weak, but still getting 5mbps.

What band?

*approximately, I'm bad with numbers and dates. 

haha, that's great!

But seriously, I didn't see any money hit my paypal account for the great time I apparently gave you.  You sure you got my email address right? 

Interesting. You are right next to the ONLY 3G accepted site downtown (how that happened I have no idea). So it's possible that you had an NV 3G connection (meaning CSFB was available) and managed to grab a stray LTE signal from one of the suburb sites. If it ever comes back, the GCI will tell us for sure. 

GAH!  Just had it!  I was putting my fingers on volume down + power and it went away!!!

Darn. Airplane toggle, PRL update won't bring it back? 

 

Are you close to the Pepsi center?

No, I'm basically at the WTC/Civic Center/ Capital Building area.

I airplane toggled, I will try PRL.

EDIT:  Nothing.  I will keep an eye on it to see if it comes back.

Get a Signal Check screen shot Stat!

No go.  I will keep an eye on it to see if it comes back, but it dropped right after this posted.

I'm downtown (opposite end of 16th), not forcing LTE and getting band 25. Speeds are depressing, but it's there.

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Just a heads up for nexus 5 users.

http://www.androidcentral.com/sprint-nexus-5-update-pushing-out-added-spark

That's an awesome find.  Let's hope this is a "today" thing as suggested.  If it is "today" I suspect that means "tonight" which would make it a great birthday present for me to wake up to in the morning!

According to this site www.cellularinsider.com/lirpa0114/jk  Sprint has announced the decision to move Denver's launch to 2015 siting "Denver already has too many things going for it.  When you considering the high standard of living, great geography and multiple professional sport franchises, we here at Sprint don't currently feel the Denver market wouldn't appreciate our Network enhancements nearly enough."

 

The Spokesperson goes on to say "Growing up in Cleveland and Kansas City, I felt it would be irresponsible for Sprint to launch LTE in Denver despite the majority of our sites being near completion."

Haha, I started giggling at "Denver already has too many things going for it".

Not directly related to LTE, but just came across this in regards to HD Voice from Sprint.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/26/sprint-hd-voice-nationwide/#continued

Standing in a Sprint store downtown right now and a rep stated unequivocally to another customer that LTE should be fully deployed in Denver by the end of April. It's the corporate store too, not the Verity Wireless store.

Take it for what it's worth.

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So this happened tonight on B25. I was admittedly close to the tower, but not standing right under it. I was thrilled.

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