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This cellmapper app has a lot of issues with working then not working.

When cellmapper comes up with a new tower it finds how does it come up with the tower number?

Seems to be working now

I noticed this also

Definitely belongs to that tower using signal check have confirmed it multiple times.  It's actually Verizon who uses 5 bands of LTE.  I use to go searching for all of the towers info when we had Sprint.  Went all the way to Norfolk, Kearney and Missouri.

Thanks for your help yes this app definitely needs work.  Too bad signalcheck doesn't have a mapping system I would rather use theirs.

 

Thank you so much that really helps.  Another question, let's say a tower is on the map with 3 bands detected and someone previously has confirmed it so it has a green circle around a red dot.  However driving around this tower it picks up a fourth band but it's only picking it up on one sector due to switching to another established band so it places a red dot on the map near the other established tower estimating where this band is.  I can move the red dot on top of the established tower but how do I manually say this is definitely established here and get a green ring around it? 

 

I have tried to understand how to use the cellmapper app but it is not easy to understand.  First I launch the app and drive around the cell tower.  It will pick up bands and frequencies and approximate the location on the map with a red dot.  Does anyone know how to make the locations confirmed and add more bands and pcis manually.  The help center is not helping and the people im speaking to about it on twitter seem to be from another country and we are having language issues.  Please help

34 minutes ago, danlodish345 said:

why was framily plan a flop?

On a normal shared plan you can put anyone you want on it but if you do and they fail to pay then you are responsible for the whole bill, so only a limited number of people would risk this.

But for FRAMILY you could have anyone on your plan to help reduce costs and not be responsible to pay the whole bill.  You could put complete strangers on your plan and never had to worry.  So many people were doing this that Sprint was losing more money then they had imagined.  So they said "it was too confusing for people"

Even the sales people at the Sprint stores themselves were putting complete starngers together to help you save.

In a nutshell it worked TOO well and Sprint lost money.

But of course company execs would never be dishonest,  right?

Never mind, deleted

I've been hearing more and more reports of Verizon users leaving VoLTE on and not having issues like they used to. I personally use VoLTE all the time and rarely have a dropped call. It's starting to come around. 

I have VoLTE on with Verizon and at least in my market it works really well and sounds great.

Sorry if this has been discussed but I couldn't find anything about it.  Does the Nexus 6P have wifi calling for Sprint and has anyone tested it out?  Thanks

In early April, 2 new Airvana models passed thru the FCC, both with 800 MHz beacons. It's possible these will remedy the issues with the current Airave models.

 

 

Sent from Josh's iPhone 5 using Tapatalk 2

Curious, what is an 800mhz beacon?

Non-iphone to non-iPhone still won't work if you don't have native service (and are relying on wifi calling) so why the sudden have for iPhones here?

Does Wi-Fi Calling Support Messaging (SMS & MMS)?

For Android devices, messaging is supported in Wi-Fi Calling mode even if there is not any coverage from the Nationwide Sprint Network.

For iOS devices, messaging is still handled by the Nationwide Sprint Network. If you do not have coverage then messaging services are not supported. This functionality is expected to be supported over Wi-Fi in the future. iMessage on iOS is supported over Wi-Fi.

I would wager that his boss also has an iphone, and both phones are using imessage.  That works.

So as long as it's Iphone to Iphone that works but all others are hit & miss because they rely on the cell towers.  Once again apple is a closed system.

 

According to Sprint's FAQs about Wi-Fi Calling, no, messaging will not work with Wi-Fi calling only.  Your brother would still need to be within reach of a site to send/receive messages.

 

From the web page...

 

Does Wi-Fi Calling Support Messaging (SMS & MMS)?

 

For Android devices, messaging is supported in Wi-Fi Calling mode even if there is not any coverage from the Nationwide Sprint Network.

 

For iOS devices, messaging is still handled by the Nationwide Sprint Network. If you do not have coverage then messaging services are not supported. This functionality is expected to be supported over Wi-Fi in the future. iMessage on iOS is supported over Wi-Fi.

 

Edit: this Sprint FAQ document was updated as of 10/21/15.

 

Great thanks for the info, you know as well as I do though for the fact that they say:

 

"it is expected to be supported in the future"

 

translates to

 

"we really have no idea but you never know?"

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Yeah she was weird. She stopped all cars coming and going past her house and practically forced people to sign her stupid petition. I refused to sign it but i was also hoping it was a sprint tower too.

I guess we all have the right to complain especially if it's your own property but it just seems ridiculous in a rural area.  Looks like it's moving forward though.

That tower is not there yet. The people that own the

Property to the west of that site was petitioning the construction of it in her back yard. I don't know if she won or lost but nothing is there

More Info I found, click here.  I can't believe they would say it would ruin their view, what view?  It's just farmland.  LOL

On antenna search there is a tower approximately 1.4 miles to the southeast at 16423 Endicott Road but when I look at Google maps all I see is a gravel road to a sight that was once there before but was taken down or the satellite picture is old and the tower is newer. By the way it says it's verizon. I'm not trying to take you away from Sprint but if your cell signal can't be fixed you might look at alternative carriers. The sprint tower is 3.7 miles from that intersection.

No, because of your almost equidistant location, you do not want an omnidirectional antenna on the roof. A directional antenna upstairs and pointed through a window or wall would suffice.

 

AJ

I would also recommend pointing at Lawson with a directional unit. Make sure you play with it for awhile before permanently mounting it cause a few degrees here and there can improve or degrade your signal. Just remember to try all of the towers, just because one is closer doesn't mean it's better.

No. My only options are satellite or mobile data. But I have no reason for home internet. I dont have computers or anything.

Weboost (formally wilson) has great cell phone repeaters of all size home and business applications.  As long as you can pick up somewhat of a signal then these should work for you.  (Just make sure to aim the outside unit at the tower that gives you the best reception) You can buy these on Amazon.com

 

Note: If you use antennasearch.com you can locate some Sprint towers in your area.  Also depending on your S4GRU membership you may be able to locate a tower precisely here.

 

I'm not sure if I can tell you exactly where the towers are in your area due to forum rules but I'd be willing to help if it's acceptable, maybe a forum moderator can chime in about this.

 

Just don't post specific address information here.  Just a nearby set of cross streets with town name.

The note 3 not only had one LTE channel, but even though it has 800 mhz for voice it doesn't work right so Sprint only allowed the 1900 voice to work. With the note 5 you now have the 800 voice channel back and sprint spark for Lte. It should be a noticeable difference in talk and data

New PRL for my Galaxy Mega is 55020

 

New PRL for my Note 2 is 2025

I already do .

Sorry to go off topic but just a quick question for all the Nexus 5 owners.  I currently have a S3.  When I do a hard reset I just erase the phone not the Memory card I have installed.  That way I don't have to transfer all of my music back to my phone, all 17 gb worth which takes a while.  Since the Nexus doesn't have a separate memory card I assume everything would get erased including your music on the internal memory, is that correct?  I understand there are other ways to have my music (ie "the cloud") but I don't want it this way, I want it on the phone itself.  Thanks for the info.