stlman314

Anybody find that this phone is pretty obnoxious at holding onto B41? I've seen it at -130 and worse before. Doesn't do that with any other band.

G2 also does the same thing. But it performs at those readings. 

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Ya I'm hoping that's the reason, the closet tower to me has antenna I have never seen before, and I'm pretty sure it's sprint but I haven't had a chance to go get a picture.

 

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Can you PM in me the location?

The work of Verizon "Can you hear me now"

Super common on G2, we never have screens at my store because everyday we see a G2 with a dead spit in the center. What i find funny is im still using my launch day G2.

I'm still using launch day G2 also. However I get the GPS issues where sometime it doesn't lock on. Was using Map My Ride today and I wasn't moving but my signal was bouncing around.

I think this is a bug with the new unified location API in Kit Kat. I've noticed that some apps actually can block other apps from accessing GPS simultaneously, and I believe it happens when those apps are using the older API.

 

I've specifically noticed it with Sensorly blocking Google Maps, but I've seen it happen in several other cases as well.

It isn't just kit kat. Happens with Jelly Bean also.

Since the launch of B26 I have gotten LTE where Verizon can't get it in St. Charles. I make sure to point it out when I show them stuff on Instagram and they say how do you have service in here. 

Does it show any errors? What happens when you click to enter a note? Do existing notes appear? Is this on a G2? Am I annoying yet?

 

-Mike

No sir you aren't annoying yet. These are the steps it takes to troubleshoot. It is on a G2. If I tap the GCI to put the note in it will come up with the spot to insert the note. Enter the note and hit save and nothing. No errors or anything. I originally was suggest that it was due to the PLMN not being correct but it will let me save it on other bot ways but not certain sites. 

For LTE sites, it needs to identify the PLMN and GCI -- if either of those items is missing, it won't let you do anything with notes. Are you seeing an error, or did it just seem to stop working?

 

 -Mike

It isn't all sites. The ones I've been having trouble with has been reporting everything correctly.

I checked the one at Earth City yesterday but saw nothing.

Unless 056 ends with the 1A, 1B or 19, right? By the grand basin was getting 25 downish on B41.

If it ends with the 1A, 1B or 19 in our market it is B26. 056 without that at the end is B25.

I take it nobody has seen one in the wild yet still.

Holiday shopping at the outlet mall in Chesterfield (premium, by 64/40), holding b41 inside most stores and held it just about everywhere in the bottoms. This was my lowest speed today, it was usually hovering around 25mbs down.

That second screen shot is B25.

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Just in case anyone was wondering about the 'throttling' Sprint is supposedly using. I've been in numerous high traffic areas throughout St Louis the past week (during peak hours) and I didn't get throttled down once, at least not anywhere close to noticeable. I also used 25gb's of data last billing cycle(just reset this morning), abnormally high for me(streaming Netflix in HD while at hospitals waiting for various people to get out of surgery) which should more than adequately qualify me to be in the top 5%. So either that supposed 5gb threshold was quite a bit off or their really being effective and smart with this, to the point that the person being managed is still having a decent experience.

June 10th til July 4th I'm at 23.65gb. I know they haven't started throttling yet cause I would be with you.

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I try my best to contribute. Network vision has been my obsession for a few years. Since my home tower went band 26 last week, I find myself death gripping my phone, or airplane toggling just to see that 11 sector come up in signal check. I was patient for several, and now I'm enjoying it. My fiancee is always asking me why I'm "gripping my phone like that."

I thought I was the only person that death grips their phone to see that B26 pop up in SCP. Glad to know I'm not alone.

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Band 25 and weaker band 26.

If you kept getting kicked to 3G my guess is that the B26 on that tower nearby has not had eCSFB pushed.

Was at Busch wildlife last night and had LTE but I had to force LTE or else it would fall to 3g. Was getting a very weak LTE signal but was pulling around 2-3 Mbps just aggravating that it kept pushing me down to 3g when signal strength on 3g was just as bad and data was worse than LTE. Why won't the network keep me on LTE? Also band 25 and 26 seemed around the same signal strength which I hope improves even more.

Did you check to see what band you were on?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521276

 

 

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Will those instructions work on Kit Kat?

I do

Ah. I'm not sure then on how to get it. If you can flash back to ZVA you can get it that way.

So I called Sprint to get my msl and they said no it's against company policy. They think I will switch to another carrier. I can't find even on Google another way to get it. Any help would be great. Thanks

Do you have the KK update?

Mike would there be a reason SCP would stop letting me add notes to sites?

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B26 inside of Six Flags St Louis in Eureka.

 

Edit: on a curious note its bouncing me back and forth from b26 to a very fringe b25(-130dbm but still usable surprisingly) on the same site.

 

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Can you get a B25 screenshot please?

I tried a Spark device, the One M8 Harmon Kardon in the Sprint by Marshall Wireless store in Collinsville. Installed SignalCheck Lite, found B26 instead of B41. Speeds were 5 Mbps on average. The other Sprint store I go to at Fairview normally had 10 Mbps averages. Sprint needs a lot more Band 41 sites over the metro to blanket the entire Metro like what they did with B26.

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I think it was a little early to call St. Louis a Spark market already. There's certainly Band 41 available in certain places, but it's not widespread enough. Downtown is probably decently done. 

 

Things will get better latter this summer once Nokia goes full steam ahead on new Band 41 installs on existing Sprint sites. 

Problem with downtown is once you get between some of the buildings you lose the B41 signal.