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Yeah, I don't get it either, except it is definitely true. For example, the nexus 5 originally came with an awesome radio in 4.4 kit kat that held onto LTE amazingly well. After 4.4.1/4.4.2 came included with a new radio version that was a little lackluster, a lot of people flashed the old radio back to their nexus.

Nice, update probably only a couple weeks away. Fingers crossed for an awesome radio!

Is that how you forced LTE the other times? If so, a better way to force LTE is by dialing *#*#4636#*#* , hit phone information , scroll down , and then select lte only mode from the drop down menu. You should stay connected to LTE. Return back to default after done with testing.

I ran a few speed tests with b41 after prl/profile update; each speed test was 40mb. Unlimited wont be around for too long. :-( Mikejeep, I sent a diagnostic around 3.

It seems hard to consider all Nexus 5 devices are the same regardless of place of purchase. From reading some of this forum, this has been a moot point seeings as all Nexus 5 devices do share identical software and hardware characteristics. However, there seems to be a little bit of a blunder with how Sprint handles the MEIDs in its database even from the beginning when the Nexus 5 came out and people who bought the 32gb from the Play Store could not activate their device on Sprint. Now it appears that people buying their Nexus 5 devices from T-Mobile cannot activate them on Sprint. With regards to this Spark update for the Nexus 5, the MEIDs play no part, correct? That is, Google will roll out the update to every Nexus 5 manufactured?

No it's not; I meant 4.4.2. My intent was not to point out any version in particular. I was just wondering if that notification could be removed

Are you talking about the 4.4.3 update notification? If so, can't you just long press it and choose app info, disable notifications? If not, please disregard.

There must be a reason. I believe I ordered mine the 12th through international chat, and I received mine a couple days ago. Unfortunately, my nexus doesn't ship till the 11th (I also ordered the 11th so a month's wait makes sense). I live in Joliet, IL, so the wait's even worse since I'm pretty sure there are plenty of live band 41 towers active.

I realize(d) this. However though the devices are identical, sprint has them registered differently in their system. Case in point, people had trouble activating the 32gb models with sprint. Why? Because sprint had not registered the nexus 5's bought from the play store. Additionally, the sprint versions do say something about a software block allowing for only Sprint. Again, I realize many people have successfully activated them on T-mobile regardless of Sprint's 'software block.' However, I'm not sure if Sprint's software block is complete bs. I mention this only to emphasize that Sprint may have loaded something different into Sprint nexus 5's as opposed to those from the Google play store. I don't know really. I just can't wait for early 2014 with spark/nexus 5.

I would like to know too. Also, would there be a difference in where you bought the phone (i.e. phones bought from sprint already have access to band 41 while those bought from the play store do not)? I'm curious only because there's this thought in the back in my mind that even after 'early 2014' comes around and all nexus 5's get the update maybe they'll also have trouble connecting to band 41 as opposed to those nexus 5's bought directly through sprint.

Being able to experience both devices for a couple weeks will probably only make it a harder choice. However, this community would greatly appreciate any comparison testing you would be able to provide, so regardless of your choice, at least some good would come out. Hopefully there's no trouble with the activation. There's been a few reports of people not being able to do the activation online with SIM attachment (which only a rep would be able to fix). Hopefully no activation charge is mistakenly placed.

Those were my thoughts. However, the nexus 5 not only features tri-band, but it also features full compatibility with t-mobile and at&t. The phone allows for testing Sprint's 'new' network, and it will also allow me to jump ship if my tests come out less than favorable. The nexus 5 would be used on the new carrier, or it could just be sold. The nexus line tends to keep its value very well, so not much would be lost. There's also usually some really good offers for 'new' customers. But if I'm satisfied with spark, my next upgrade would be sold to gain some profit. Why go through the hassle? I'm curious how well Sprint will do.

Do you have any guesses as far as whether or not the lte radio on the nexus will also have a strong band 41 rf performance? I'd dislike for it not to. I'd imagine band 25 would take over lte replacing 41 on the phone. Looking at the menus, there's no way to disable band 25, right. Well, I'm still kinda hoping for some band 41 sceenshots on the nexus 5. 60+ mbps?!

Coincidentally, band 41 appears.

any ideas as far as if the lg g2 would have more control over band priority compared to the nexus 5,taking into consideration what S4GRU said in his last paragraph? Or is the lg g2 in the same category as the nexus 5 as far as the sim control? As far as authorization with the other bands, I get a feeling a S4GRU member with a nexus 5/lg g2 will probably spot non-1900 lte before their respective updates, though logically it seems unlikely.

That makes sense. There was a focus on band priority in both the lg g2 thread and the nexus 5 thread, though. Why was that? Regardless of their settings, the block would still not allow them access to the other bands, correct? Also after the mini, for example, receives it's early update to become authorized, would sprint still block lg users from the other bands? I guess it might not be important since by January spark will be fully up and running. edit:in most of the Chicago market at least

Amazon has it for $50 on contract for any sprint account holder. Looking at the off contract price ($500) is confusing though. Edit: http://www.amazon.com/Google-Nexus-5-Black-Sprint/dp/tech-data/B00GCLZJ1G/ref=de_a_smtd?tag=viglink121875-20

I've had mixed results with sprint reps as far as getting the msl. Some dialer codes work on some devices only, and in some case depend on which carrier's SIM one has in the phone. However when on a sprint and swapping devices (through online without a rep), sprint has always sent me the msl of my newly swapped phone. Maybe swapping back to an old phone then swapping back to the nexus 5 would get you the msl. here's a screenshot of what sprint sends (the activation code being the msl).

try ##443336772# in your dialer. This works in the optimus g. From: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46006443&postcount=11

In the *#*#4636#*#* screen under "Phone Information," is "LTE only" one of the option for you to choose as your network (when your sprint sim is popped in). Thank you.

I loved that feature. Even when I had a really weak 4g signal that my Optimus G refused to hold, I just switched it to LTE only mode and 4g became stable. There was an OTA update that locked the phone info page. I hope there's a workaround especially since I believe the LG G2 has the same limitation.

That system shortcut is essentially the same as going through the dialer (*#*#4636#*#*), which was blocked by the update. Any other suggestions? It's annoying that LG blocked lte only mode knowing that every other sprint lte phone has the mode easily accessible. Thank you

I just read the post; I got to the menu, but I see no option for "System Selection."

Hi, Before that update, I was able to dial *#*#4636#*#*, go into phone information, and then be able to toggle LTE only mode. Now I get this "Note This application does not work on this device." Is there any way to get around this to be able to easily access LTE only mode? Notes, I have the MSL for my phone, but I dislike going through that ##3282# menu because it makes my phone restart. I prefer only to root as a last resort. Thanks