Killswitch

Unfortunately I got called in to work this evening so I checked 170 again. This time I got LTE from I-64 all the way to the Rock Road. As soon as I turned onto the Rock I lost LTE.

Coming back I had no LTE anywhere along I-64 going East to downtown. Not sure why.

If you were using your data connection sometimes it won't connect. Turn airplane mode off and on.

 

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There has gotta something going on with your phone if everyone else can connect to it and you can't. Like others have said...try to toggle airplane mode on/off and/or Your network mode from CDMA to CDMA/LTE. If that doesnt work try turning your phone on and off.

I will try this when I go back through Friday. I've never heard about toggling the airplane mode before. I have updated the PRL and even taken the battery out several times. 

One of the gals I work with has a Galaxy 4 as well and I am going to use her phone as well tomorrow. She, like me, has the same problems it seems, we'll see......

I had LTE from 64 all the way to the Rock Rd on 170 yesterday evening.

Ditto

Very interesting. I just check the full length around Noon and picked it up only between Page and Olive on 170. Then briefly at Ladue Road

There's a little more purple between Airport Rd. and St. Charles Rock Rd. on 170 than before, with the strongest signal strength around Natural Bridge. Did a site in that vicinity go live? 

I can attest that those reading mean nothing. I get no LTE anywhere along I-170 from I-64 all the way to I-270. 

How accurate are the Sensorly maps? I ask because I just spent 45 minutes tracking what it says is available LTE and most of the time it was not. 

Sorry for the rant, I am just frustrated beyond belief. I'll take some of the blame for not looking further into the whole 4G vs LTE thing. 

I still don't understand how my 3G service is so much slower than it was before the new phone. My phone is pretty much useless to me, yet I am paying for service. If that is a rant, so be it.

If you want to rant about Sprint, this is not the place to do it. The rest of us are all waiting patiently for the rollout go be complete.

Now you are saying that you were mapping your trip with sensorly. If you are using data (sensorly does in fact use data when you are mapping a trip because it is uploading your 3g points that you are plotting. It is also loading the map.) you're phone will not switch to 4g (or at least has a very hard time). So it's not that there was no 4g coverage there, but your phone did not connect to it because it was being used.

 

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Not true, because it did post 4G points.

Go to Settings, About Phone, Status. If under Network type it reads eHRPD you are fine. Anything else, let me know and I will assist you further.

That too is enabled.

I just drove from 170 to 70 on the Rock Road, nothing. I then took 270 to South County. Finally at 270 and Gravois I started getting 4G/LTE.

If the roll out is this slow, I would think it may be a few years before we get full coverage. This is absolutly atrocious.

Sprint is screwing us over. We are paying for 4G speeds with these phones but the are delivering MUCH less.

Time to say fugg it and move on to Verizon. I would glady pay a bigger bill but at least i am getting what I am paying for!!

If you were downtown and were heading east, you would have went into Illinois  . Anyways, you should have connected at least at 170 and 64 and again a little north of there. Please verify that you have your phone set to LTE/CDMA and have eHRPD enabled.

Oops.. yes, I was headed WEST! I am not sure what or where eHRPD is located but LTE/CDMA is enabled

I used the Sensorly "Map Trip" yesterday. I drove I-64 East from downtown to I-170 North to I-70 and according to this app I received ZERO 4G-LTE hits.

Sad.

Maybe read the contract or kiosk screen you are signing before you sign it. If I remember right it states you can return it. In most states you can cancel business contracts within 3 business days as well.

I love being schooled. Have you seriously ever read one of those contract from cover to cover? Myself, I don't have the 2 hours it would take much less comprehend what it actually says.

A good customer service rep should have explained the situation to me. But they didn't care about the customer as much as they did the sale. Typical of today's companies and their total lack of respect for their customers. Bottom line is money for them.

You won't have too much longer to wait. And it will be so much better than WiMax, once complete.

I am going to take your word on that. I am just pissy because I was under the impression LTE was lit up throughout the metro area. They can turn it on for 170 and the Rock Road any day now. 

You should have returned it within your time period and waited until the LTE roll out was further along to meet your needs.

True. But once again, when I called to complain, they didn't mention this as an option. Had I known I would have done so. 

Ok. I know you're keeping track of all of them, I only notice ones near me. I loose lte a few blocks from work. It's aggravating. I miss WiMax.

 

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Amen! This is plain silly. I had lightning WiMax speeds with my old Galaxy 2 and upgraded to the Galaxy 4 and connect at 3G with speeds less than an old 14.4 dial up modem.

I am so pissed off with Sprint! They should have enabled these phones to pull in both WiMax and LTE until the switchover was complete. All they have done is make a lot of customers angry by selling them phones that are useless. 

Not one time during the new phone purchase did they tell me that I would lose my current 4G speed. All they cared about was selling me a new phone and a new 2 year contract.

It will be pretty close to what you see when you set it to show 2G-3G coverage but purple not green.

Gotcha. I hope it happens before I die.

At some point is this whole map suppose to be purple?  http://www.sensorly.com/map/4G/US/USA/Sprint/lte_310sprint#q=st louis

Sites that need to be completed within the next 30 days.

I can't access that area of the forum. 

I am at the Rock Road and 170 and I can tell you there is no LTE here, in fact the 3G is slower than 14.4 dial up!

I would say that there would be a majority of the St. Louis Metro covered within a few months. The permit for the site near the Rock Road and 170 was issued on 2/20/2013 and needs to be completed by August 20th.

That would be outstanding!

That's the plan.

Thanks!

heh, well the st louis is right at the beginning stages of lte roll out, if you can't wait the few months out, then do what you gotta do.

 

you could also switch back to your s2.

 

if you actually traded it in, you can check craigs list there are usually tons of wimax phones, then you can go back to wimax until lte is available where you need it.

Is that the plan, to have it widespread within a few months?

There are a couple of towers that have had permits applied for or have seen some work going on near that area.

 

It's really hard to say exactly when any specific area will see upgrades. All we know is that Sprint will be upgrading every single tower in the market, and crews will continue to work until all towers are complete. It may take some time, but the network is getting completely overhauled.

Thanks. I fully understand there are no hard dates.

I blame myself for this by not doing my homework. I have no choice I guess but to switch over to Verizon now.

soon is relative. in most cases, all sprint towers will be upgraded with lte.

 

for lte coverage now, check the sensorly map;

 

http://www.sensorly.com/fullscreen/map/4G/US/USA/Sprint/lte_310sprint

Thanks. I've done that check earlier. I was looking for info to see if anyone has seen actual work being done in that area.

A little background. I just traded in my Galaxy 2 for the Galaxy 4. I tether my phone and with the Galaxy 2 and I enjoyed GREAT 4G speeds. 

Sadly I did not do my homework, I didn't realize there was a difference in 4G and LTE. I just thought my new Galaxy 4 would pick the best 4G and run with it. Now I am stuck with a phone that is pretty much useless to me because it is slower than slow... Think 14.4 dial up slow!

I do understand they are rolling out LTE in the STL market. so I have a specific question that probably doesn't have an answer.

I work in the St. Charles Rock Road and I-170 area. Is there work going on in this area that would give me hope that LTE will be here soon?

If not, I am stuck with a great phone that is useless.