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Question about " forcing" lte. I got my msl and enabled band 41. I have my preferred network sy to cDmA/lte. Getting a lot of missed incoming calls, but I'm rarely if ever on lte as it seems to be popping up everywhere I don't go. In fact im usually on a Wi-Fi portable hotspot. Am I " forcing" and can this be the cause of my missed calls?

 

BTW, I know I missed a call when I'm looking right at the phone and a voicemail appears even though it never rang

 

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I think you need to have it set to cdma evdo/lte. I set mine to lte/cdma and couldn't receive calls either. But set to the other and I connect to lte and get calls.

Hello, new to the forum, but I wanted to post that I use an lg g2, and I've been getting what I believe to be sprint spark here in Hamilton, Ohio. My G2 shows both LTE and the Spark symbol on the top part of the screen. I've been getting it near the Joyce Park area between Pleasant Ave. and Laurel. Ave.

 

Anyone else report on this area being active for Sprint spark?

That is normal for the spark enabled phones to show that even if not connected to spark per say. I do not believe there is spark yet up and running the way it should be in our area. You can force it,but then you won't be able to receive calls and text.

Middletown tower on main st. Behind the old bowling alley now putting out lte. Will lay down purple on way home from work.

Just stopped by site co03dc099 on main street in Middletown. Antenna and cabinets be here forever but nice suprise today as backhaul is finally hooked up. Maybe see some lte soon from this site.

It's site CI03DC099 at 2804 main street Middletown. Not what I had up there. Funny thing is the box for the fiber sat at&t on it. Maybe that's why it took almost a year for backhaul to this site.

Just stopped by site co03dc099 on main street in Middletown. Antenna and cabinets be here forever but nice suprise today as backhaul is finally hooked up. Maybe see some lte soon from this site.

May not be trucks, but all district managers, Indirect account executives, and Store IT people drive gray sprint ford SUVs with sprint logos.

Think the one I seen was white if memory serves right.

Yes, Gary, I am. I'm also considering a road trip from Columbus this weekend to Cincy and would be happy to meet to "re-educate" you about the features of your phone.

I'm sorry, not trying to be mean but if I could like this post a hundred times, I would. You sir, just made my day.

Very uncommon. As it would have to be a Sprint employee outside of their network management. Not many Sprint logo'd fleet vehicles out there.

 

Robert

I haven't seen another. I remember thinking that's weird.

There aren't really Sprint trucks. Sprint has outsourced its network maintenance to Ericsson. You most likely see Ericsson trucks going around to Sprint sites.

 

Robert

I have seen a truck marked with Sprint. It was last summer on the interstate.

it connects for a second Then switches back to 3g..in other states its been fine. I'll be up in Columbus later this week so I can let sensorly run I chalked it up to the towers not supporting csfb Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

That's interesting. Wonder if your sim is not right. Might take it back to Sprint to get out checked.

work in Fairfield and live in the west side so last tower would be Hamilton Ave exit on 275. never switched over... the one on Colerain hasn't been accepted yet that one I can force for band 41 only... else I only get "3g" more like 1x

 

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You can't stay on lte?

I just picked up my g2 and get great lte signal near the 275 exit for 125, what part of town are you in?

I'm in Trenton

Now that I think about it, my buddy has a g2 and it runs on lte just fine also.

I have never gotten my g2 on lte in ohio unless I force it... what phone do you have?

 

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have you connected for extended periods with lte on your triband phone? mine won't stay connected in Fairfield.. that's as far east as I go. also no go on Hamilton Ave by 275 and Ronald Regan.. for the non csfb compatible 4g towers your phone will not stay connected

 

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Everywhere I have been minus Hamilton I connect just fine. I am on lte right now here in Trenton as we speak. Been to Dayton Columbus and have connected while on 75 going to Cincinnati, no problem.

yes it will periodically connect to lte and when it doesn't get the CSFB compatibility signal it disconnects. You can force LTE only and it will stay connected but calls will not go through. I changed mine to cdma only seemed to help with battery drain because of the constant brief switching. also because this is a Samsung market they won't switch CSFB on until majority of the towers have been upgraded.

 

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Depends on where your at. I have no problems with eCSFB on my tri band phone. Now I haven't been to Hamilton since they fired up lte so I can't say for sure if it is on there. But if you can connect to lte and you are on tri band phone then eCSFB is working like it should.

Anyone else notice that those towers are only 3g accepted right now?

Is the Wasserman tower going to be upgraded? How soon do you think it will be upgraded?

the Wasserman tower is running on updated equipment, just not putting out lte yet.

Think I finally got it right,

 

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I see someone else uses Fox19 weather app. Lol. Looks good, glad you figured it out.

Actually you even quoted it in your post.

OK so I downloaded the xshortcut program and set it up, it seems to work fine but I do not know which of the prls to try on the xda site, I've searched extensively and I see the list of fifteen or so prls but I can't for the life of me figure out which does what, any idea which I should try our how I go about finding out which one does what, thanks for your help this is driving me crazy

 

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your a sponsor so look in the sponsor sections to find what your looking for.

Good job calvis. Thanks for mapping. I wouldn't get there till Monday to map it. Where all have you gone?

Can confirm Sprint equipment being installed on tower inside of Fairfield self storage on pleasent ave. Also screen shots of Hamilton towers connected to 1x 800.

 

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I can drive back by and take a screen shot to prove it if you like.

 

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I live close to the one on third st that's in the scrap yard, it is NOT putting out 1x800, never has that I've seen and I can literally see it from my house

 

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signal check showed 1x 800 from 555 3rd street. That's the scrap yard.

 

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