Dkoellerwx

17 hours ago, clbowens said:

Do *# codes not work anymore?

Update hasn't hit my phone yet but as far as I know they still are? Are you having an issue?

1 hour ago, RedSpark said:

Thanks. Is each of those stages going to require additional gear/climbs on the tower sites or can there be a software push for each?

C-Band/DoD will require a climb became it's new equipment. So will mmWave. Refarming more PCS/AWS is software as long as the tower has modern equipment. 

On 10/16/2023 at 11:48 AM, Dkoellerwx said:

My dad pre-ordered from Google.

Apparently it was delivered on Monday, but he doesn't want to switch over until I'm around so I guess the review is delayed! 😂

Is it that time of year already? Wow!

16 hours ago, floorguy said:

But have an extra line with my Note 20 Ultra. I am surprised by the hot trash offer for it. Around that 350 I think.

Trade-ins values have really sucked for what seems like the last year. That $350 is probably a bump over what they're offering now. Seems the values have crashed again for some reason.

7 hours ago, mikejeep said:

I pre-ordered the new Pixel 8 at Best Buy and plan to pick it up today. It is $699 for 128GB unlocked, same as most other retailers.

They are also including a set of Pixel Buds Pro for free, which retail for $199 and is the same offer as ordering direct from Google. Not a bad option, but I prefer the $100 BB gift card they offered last year -- you could use it on the phone purchase itself, which I thought was generous.

As they did last year, Best Buy is offering a trade-in bonus that bumps up my Pixel 7 to $450.

My dad pre-ordered from Google. He's trading in his S21, Google was offering $350 for while Best Buy and T-Mobile only appeared to offer $250. Interested to see how it turns out! I'm on the S23 Ultra, so don't expect to change that out for anything any time soon.

15 hours ago, jreuschl said:

But I hope T-Mobile uses mmwave at places that need high bandwidth.

They are, but the coverage footprint is incredibly small, think individual buildings/stadiums vs neighborhood level coverage. WiMax/B41/n41 was able to function as a macro site, mmWave works best as a small cell, or in DAS usage due to the very high frequency and small usable footprint.

A second n41 channel and 4xCA just went live in Omaha today! Perhaps other parts of the Nebraska/Iowa market as well, though it's difficult to say for sure due to the patchwork of B41 licenses across the state, still waiting on the auction to get that cleared up. Still waiting on that additional spectrum to get our primary channel up to 100Mhz.

29 minutes ago, wispiANt said:

That's actually an older Ericsson 6449. The newer model is the Ericsson 6419, pictured below.

Ah... okay. That's what I was expecting to see. Clearly not as familiar with the Ericsson ones as I am Nokia.

7 hours ago, Paynefanbro said:

Nope just the regular Ericsson n41 antennas that they've been deploying here for a while. I don't think T-Mobile has any C-band antennas deployed in NYC yet.

Edited: The newer older Ericsson n41 antennas do appear to have a different design than what I normally see. I guess I've only ever seen the Nokia deployment and newer Ericsson ones. Not used to seeing those two distinct sections/ridges on the back of the antenna.

14 hours ago, Paynefanbro said:

Caught workers on this site. It's still not live but it looked like they're doing their finishing touches.

 

C-Band antenna in the middle? Or do the n41 antennas look different there compared to Midwest markets.

9 hours ago, clbowens said:

The July update is now out already.

That was fast!

3 hours ago, jonathanm1978 said:

Is there a post to reference to how it can be enabled on an S23 ultra? Or is it something network side that has to be done?

I think it's network side, I had it in KC on my S23 Ultra, but have yet to see it here in Omaha.

On 6/27/2023 at 9:28 AM, clbowens said:

Has anyone installed this update yet?  Any noticeable bugs so far?

4 hours ago, swintec said:

was 2.4 gigs for me on my ultra.  no problems noticed so far.

2.2 GB for me, but I'm on an unlocked version. No issues so far. Didn't really see the changes that were supposed to come for the camera though.

14 minutes ago, though said:

I got the June updated on my Pixel 7 Pro. Is this proof N25 is now enabled again for T-Mo?

 

Yes, Robert noted that n25 had been returned to the Pixel in the Pixel 7 thread.

7 hours ago, S4GRU said:

Received an update yesterday and n25 is back on Pixel 7 Pro!  Yay!!

Robert

Woohoo! About time!

8 hours ago, iansltx said:

So, T-Mobile actually has two n25 carriers live here. In addition to the 20x20 one mentioned earlier, they also have a 5x5 one in the G block. So you can get 35x35 FDD NR here by aggregating n71+n25+n25, which I did earlier this week.

I wondered what the second n25 carrier was that I was seeing on Cellmapper! I've yet to see it in person. Usually when I'm in town I'm on 100 n41 + 40 n41 + 20 n25. Haven't ever seen the second n25 channel. Pulled 1.2 Gbps on that configuration of SA NR in downtown Shawnee last time I was in town. Upload was around 90 Mbps. 

3 hours ago, RedSpark said:

Did you have the same issues I did with E911 addresses being blank and Caller ID's all set to be me as the Primary Line?

Caller ID's were all correct. I don't think I ever had E911 addresses set, but it shows my address when I click on it.

3 hours ago, RedSpark said:

Don't forget to update your default payment method for the AutoPay discount. I really hope they revert that policy back to include credit cards.

It carried over my autopay card and is still showing an autopay discount, so that still seems all good. Did they make an official announcement or was it all internal docs that got leaked?

Got switched over today. Lines appear correct, but it has installment billing on all of my lines. I don't currently have any phones with payment plans so I'm not sure what's up with that. Haven't had time to contact support yet to see what's going on.

18 hours ago, though said:

Mine too. Anything odd with the account details with yours or anyone else I should be looking for?

7 hours ago, PedroDaGr8 said:

Mine is still with Sprint. Seems like they are doing migrations in batches. Guess there is something about my account which is holding it back from being migrated yet. 

They must be leaving us for dead last. Mine is still Sprint too! In fact, just paid my bill yesterday. Maybe it'll roll over tomorrow on the new billing cycle.

1 hour ago, mmark27 said:

So we were finally kicked over to T-mobile billing as I think everyone has by now? There was no invitation. The Sprint site just doesn't work anymore. 

Still on Sprint billing here, still able to log in to the Sprint site. Weird.

15 hours ago, jonathanm1978 said:

I dunno what Tmobile is doing but I've seen 3 different types of 5g today...

 

 

 

 

First image is SA n25, aka 5G on B25. Second is NSA 5G, likely n25 or n71 combined with B66 LTE. Last image is not 5G, that is B71 LTE. All those combinations are pretty normal things to see when you are in a somewhat fringe area.

On 4/13/2023 at 10:37 AM, S4GRU said:

I am still not seeing SA n25 anymore on my Google Pixel 7 Pro.  I wonder why we lost it specifically on this device and if we will ever get it back? I am sad I cannot map n25 anymore. The only time I see n25 is NSA.

Robert

I saw a Reddit post talking about how it had been removed, but no one seemed to know why. Very strange given how widespread it has become, and how T-Mobile seems to favor it as the PCC on devices that can connect to it, at least around here.

20 hours ago, tybo31316 said:

So what happens when the spectrum auction authorization expire?

18 hours ago, jonathanm1978 said:

That was my question too but I didn't want to fill up the comments with things that possibly have been discussed...Hopefully Tmo can just reapply for the authorizations without much hassle...

And then, I hope it's just a software upgrade for the current hardware on the tower and doesn't require a fresh climb to make use of it. Not sure what they are putting on towers nowadays.. 

T-Mobile is basically just in limbo waiting for the FCC to have its authorization back. Tmo also applied for a special use license to use the spectrum they won without having it officially authorized. 

See here: 

6 hours ago, jonathanm1978 said:

I'll check the engineering screen and get back to you... SCP just shows n71.

@dkyeager beat me to it, but as I said earlier if your phone says n71 but has the UC icon, that means you are CA'd with n41. SCP will not show you that. You have to check the engineering screen. What you posted makes sense, the CA will get you great download with the n71+n41+n41, but there is no upload CA yet so you are relying on only the n71 channel for upload.