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OK, here we are a couple weeks shy of 2 years later.  I got tired of waiting for the signal/speed to improve and with the merger and all and Sprint not doing any more improvements I went ahead and switched to T-mobile.  I got a LG V60 (gets 5G) and holey crap is this a great phone, along with a LG G Pad 5 tablet that doesn't get 5G.  The speeds are slightly better in the same areas as before except in 5G areas where its screaming (like around Prairie Meadows).  I'm told when they cannibalize Sprints band 41 and put it on 5G the coverage/speed with improve alot. 

I don't get a different icon on LTE+ (with the + as opposed to LTE) on my LG V20, the only way I know is looking at Signalcheck Pro.  Maybe a setting or something? I also noted that the speeds have slowed down dramatically, after the new vision towers were activated the speeds were screaming (30 - 60 mbps) now the same spot is maybe 3 - 5 mbps.  can't wait for 5G!!

Hello ironman, I have 2 questions if you would have time...........1. what do you think of the LG flex 2?  I'm getting my daughter changed over here to Sprint and she uses a LG Flex (and loves it) on T-Mobile and I am suggesting a Flex 2.  I am on a LG V20 so I can't tell her about it....... 2. Has the tower in the racetrack parking lot in Knoxville, IA  have the LTE turned on yet?  at times there are thousands of people there and there is virtually no data (3g at less than 1 meg if at all).  we get our lap times and lineup through the phones now and last season was terrible for data.  maybe you might know who to talk to.  thanks for your time......Dennis

B41 is showing up on the northeast side of Des Moines now, (WHOOO HOOOO)    getting speeds of 37mbs on my LG G3

I didn't know that but suspected something like that.  I got the ZVA update but it was doing it before that.  the 4G was working great to begin with, wonder what broke?

when the NV was completed here I got good 4G (spark) all around here and better voice in the house using the 800.  situated right in-between 3 towers I got consistant B26. but for the last several weeks there has been only 3G (1x).  using a LG G3 and signalcheck pro, all updates and settings for LTE/CDMA. did they shut off the 4G, has anyone else seen this around town?

Launched, what we have been waiting for!    wonderful except i haven't seen 800 cdma since 55018 PRL came out, even when the 1900 (band 25) got so weak the call dropped out!  any ideas?

ok, good to know, now how do i set the PRL back to an older one??????????

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Thanks bmoses, I have been dropping ALOT of calls suddenly and my signal check pro hasn't come up with 800 on those occasions. I have it set in the notification bar to show connection. I am on 55018 PRL, maybe I need a different one, hmmmm

For awhile I was getting 1X800 and in many locations 4G LTE, but now I still get the 4G but no 800, only 1xRTT. Did they shut off the 800 or something? I'm back to poor coverage in the house.

wait is over, i just got the 4.4 kitkat and 5.5 sense update on my HTC ONE!  now i gotta play with it to see whats new

No LTE at the club tonight. But as soon as I stepped outside to socialize, I had full LTE bars. What's the deal? Does Sprint's LTE signal not work inside buildings or what? I know they have the 800 mhz plans or whatever, will that help inside buildings? Hopefully the next iPhone will support tri-band! And when is the deployment plan (I know nobody has the answer here, totally understand that, just frustrated and want to talk with other knowledgeable individuals on this forum)

the LTE on the default freq band (1900mhz) does not penetrate buildings very well because of the high frequency, in radio waves the lower the freq the farther the signal travels and better in building coverage, but lower bandwidth meaning a "channel" is wider and limits the number of channels.  higher freqs go shorter distances but wider bandwidth so more channels available.  Sprint has now 3 different bands of these freqs.  They are adding 800 mhz and 2600 mhz for a great tri-fecta, hence the Spark.  when it is done Sprint will have a great network using 800 for house penetration and distance, 1900 for normal use, and 2600 for dense areas to give many users fast data (limited range) such as a downtown area.  All this is why we need to gravitate to the tri-band phones.  The LTE and the CDMA (talk, text) are separate radios so you can get one without the other.  i don't know about the iphone but most of the existing androids (except the G2 and the updated S4) get LTE on 1900 and CDMA on 800 and 1900.  when buying a phone look for LTE and CDMA on all three bands.

it's so cold that when a Verizon smartphone freezes up - it has an excuse

it's so cold i can't even dial my phone --- no way i'm taking off these gloves!

I would think it will be slow for a bit, especially with the weather. I can't bead about that, it's damn cold out.

soooooooo, how cold is it??? 

{to avoid confusion this is to prompt homemade jokes}

phone doing weird things tonight, no bars then full bars then back again, calls dropping, from the 1701 E Washington tower

only 1 legacy site left in the entire central Iowa market!!!! everything else is running on Network Vision equipment as of today!

this post is for bmoses.  looks like i can attach it here, just download it and delete this post. ironmanringtone.mp3

just now is the first time i have seen 800 from this tower

I'm on my phone so I can't link it but I posted in this thread a day or so ago with the answer to your issue.

i hope your little birdie is right!

I have been getting ALOT of dropped calls even when I am showing good signal strength. is anyone else having this problem?

here is a screenshot from the tower at Dixon and Washington for the BID,  Guthrie is not quite accurate. i will send screenshots as it is updated.

What does everyone have for a PRL number for the HTC one? Mine is still showing 55016 but every time I try to update it the phone gets stuck on device management and I have to reboot it. Is it just my phone so I have to go back to the fisher-price phone. Still waiting for my tower to upgrade, it will come in time, BID 401.

Are you guys taking deliberate steps to make the phone search for LTE signal, or do you just have the radio enabled and take note whenever the phone notices LTE availability on its own?

the signal check pro app sounds a notification sound when it connects to 4G LTE, that, and i was playing with the phone while eating pizza at Polito's in Bondurant.

yes, i have noticed alot of tower bouncing since i started watching signal check pro.  but it is common and seamless. 

i was in Bondurant doing the pizza thing again and POOF!!! i got 4G LTE, see below.  numbers are increasing!