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Is this how it's going to happen? For some reason, I thought it was going to start with 1900MHz, followed by 800, then 2500...

Under 1X Engineering, I’m seeing something that just says “PN,” and under EVDO Engineering, I’m seeing “Active Set Pilot PN.” These are the only things I could find that refers to pseudo noise, and they both read 9. On a side note, what does “RX Signal Strength” refer to under EVDO Engineering? It’s usually in the range of 90-100 with no unit, and there’s no negative sign in front of it. It seems to move independently of “Rx Power” (which sits at -0.50dBm when my 3G icon is inactive).

Wow, this is all great info, thanks! Using Netmonitor, my signal seems to be fluctuating between -88 and -96dBm while at work, which seems to be in-line with what "Rx Power" reads under "1X Engineering." However, my power under "EVDO Engineering" seems to be a little lower, more in the -91 to -97dBm range. According to something else I read, it's not LTE itself that really drains battery power, it's switching back and forth from LTE to EV-DO. Given that -95dBm is likely where it will switch (from what I understand), wouldn't people who are operating in that area likely to see battery issues if they have their phone on LTE/CDMA mode?

There’s something that I’ve been curious about regarding a phone’s ability to run on LTE versus EV-DO. Yeah, I figured that much. I've gotten pretty good EVDO on 1900, over 2 meg, but from reading on here it sounds like LTE doesn't hold up quite as good on the fringe. … I’ve been seeing posts like those I quoted above in various threads about how a phone will likely lose its LTE signal before its EV-DO signal. Since both EV-DO and LTE currently run on 1900MHz, why would LTE cut out before EV-DO? I read through the very informative article comparing RSSI and RSRP, but I may have failed to connect the dots. This could be because of two reason. It seems that the LTE Signal threshold, certain dBm where LTE would connect and disconnect, was set very very high, and the new android update on Sprint phones is supposed to address that. Also, they might just have the tower in some sort of "test mode" where the tower won't broadcast a full strength signal...therefore you wouldn't be albe to get a signal probably more than 1000 yards away. (nothing I just said has been verified, its just my educated guess) Could it have something to do with this? Granted, this threshold was probably set high because it was a test site, but it sounds like Sprint could theoretically set a less extreme threshold once LTE is fully deployed. The only other thing I could think of might have to do with how the data is handled. Would data transferred over LTE be more sensitive to some kind of packet loss?

Correct, but many people bought LTE phones and no longer can access WiMax. Believe me, I wish my EVO LTE had the WiMAX bolt-on that my OG EVO had to carry me over until LTE finishes rolling out, but we all don’t have access to it. Where around the city are you to get such great coverage? Are you able to maintain the connection fairly well while moving? What kind of speeds are you seeing? Sorry if I sound like I'm interrogating you; my OG EVO was terrible in the Loop, Lakeview, Andersonville, Lincoln Park... pretty much everywhere I went. With all of those buildings, I'm surprised I saw it at all considering it was on 2600MHz.

What is it with that area? I've been to the Botanic Gardens twice this summer (once just this past weekend) and the reception is pretty damn bad for being in a wide-open area. While there, I was either connected to the tower at Green Bay and Lake Cook or the one at Skokie and the Edens Spur. Is this the one at Hazel and Vernon?

As promised: This is interesting because I noticed something similar- I was at the Fuddruckers when I first picked up the signal, which was on Cicero with only a Chipotle between it and Lincoln. Netmonitor showed the tower as being on top of a building right by Walmart, just south on Cicero. My speed moved up the closer I got, but as I was leaving, I passed Fuddruckers heading north, then when I hit Lincoln, 4G just disappeared and 3G wasn't coming on. Soon after, I was roaming. Isn't 4G on the same 1900MHz that 3G is on?

In Matteson right now at Cicero and Lincoln Highway and picked up my first 4G signal! Tests are averaging between 10-15Mb/s down with my highest so far at 19. Screenshots to come!

Oh crap, I'm blind. Yep, I was right at that intersection, just a few hours too late. Maybe I'll take the scenic route through that area to wherever I'm going tonight, if you wouldn't mind letting us know if it's still on?

During what hours are you seeing this? Around 10:30 last night, I got off 290 at Thorndale and wandered around the subdivision at the corner of 290 and Thorndale. After not picking anything up, I took Prospect to Devon, then drove north on Tonne, but still didn't get anything. Were you on the west side of 290?

I thought this forum was trying to stay away from complaints. While complaints are warranted in Chicago-land, there are other forums that would be more appropriate. All that I could picture while reading that post was this:

I can't find the Engadget article, but is this what you were talking about? http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=222377

Yep, I got a credit back for 2 weeks' worth of usage.

I don’t care so much about the pings, I just wish I could get speeds like this consistently (again):

That...looks like an intense program. You're saying that I wouldn't be able to change it on the fly unless I'm willing to lug my laptop around and get my BK Stacker's sauce all over it? :-P

I searched around a bit, but I couldn’t find a link or walk-through on how to do this, just a guy on XDA who was looking for the same thing. I have an EVO LTE, is there a specific Verizon PRL I should use? Do you just edit it in any old text editor (probably in rich text)?

It's been bad by where I work as well (Gurnee). It was better early this week, but now I'm back to forcing my phone to roam so I don't drop calls and get at least a trickle of data.

HOW?!?! God help me, I’ve searched. I work in Gurnee, live in Arlington Heights, but spend a lot of time in Chicago. I have no issues when in Arlington Heights or most of Chicago, but in Gurnee, it’s a whole other story. My data connection is fine until late in the morning, but at that point, it stops connecting altogether and my call quality breaks up to the point where the other person can’t hear me and I frequently get disconnected. My one friend who also has Sprint but lives downtown reports similar issues with dropped calls, but not as frequently as me. I called Sprint on this issue, and they said that there is work being done on some towers in my area at work which was supposed to be done by this weekend. As of today, the problems are still persisting. I used OpenSignal to gather the tower/connection information, but when I look at Sprint’s tower location map on their website, it doesn’t show up. I can confirm that there is actually a tower at the location through which OpenSignal says I’m connecting. OpenSignal also says that I’m connecting at 1xRTT. Shouldn’t I have SOME (albeit slow) data connection? What could account for the horrible call quality if my signal strength is in the -92/-85dBm range? Is the tower just getting that overloaded as people pile into Six Flags? It didn’t do this last year… This is what I keep telling my friend, but I’m finding it harder to even convince myself of this sometimes. Fortunately, the novelty hasn’t yet worn off of my new E4GLTE. :-P