anthony.spina97

Was told over the phone by tech support that the iPhone 5 is a 3G only device and the 9.2 update "accidentally" placed an "Enable LTE" toggle in the settings even though the device doesn't really have it. I know that tech support doesn't get a lot of information but that to me is flat out ridiculous. 

 

 

 

As if you hadn't already assumed, my mothers iPhone 5 still cannot connect to LTE no matter what.

That has to be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard!

 

-Anthony

My family does BYOD because we buy sim-free iPhones now. My father doesn't want to be on contract anymore, and will be going 2+ years between upgrades, so he's perfectly content paying full price for our iPhones and only paying 45 per line for our Framily plan. It's the easiest way to do phone purchases for us.

 

-Anthony

How do I read this? This is getting three dots signal. But average RSRP 138?

In order to see what dBm you are receiving on a device post-iOS 9, you have to go to Field Test, then exit out of field test and look at your status bar quickly while it still shows the dBm before it changes back to dots.

 

-Anthony

I'm not sure it is easily accessible. It appears he's looking at the PRL, in which tampering with could yield bad results.

 

 

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It's actually the PRI, to be exact

 

-Anthony

In my opinion, and I feel that most of us feel this way, is if all you get enough time for is to fix the Notificatiom Center widget (if it's even possible), then that would be more than enough for us.

 

-Anthony

So with the PRL update and new carrier profile when updating to iOS 9.1, did anyone notice any changes to signal or band switching?

 

I know it probably hasn't been long enough...the past few days I've been having some complete drops of coverage so hopefully this resolves it.

As you said, there hasn't been enough time yet to tell, but I'll be sure to pay attention to it over the next few days.

 

-Anthony

Got this today and it updated my carrier to "Sprint 23.1"...mb related to LTE roaming? Did anyone else get this?

 

 

I had the same thing happen to me this afternoon.

 

-Anthony

The included coax doesn't appear to have any labeling besides "RG6".  Sounds like 75 ohm to me.

 

- Trip

When I went and looked at the specs on Wilson's website, it says that it comes with 75 ohm coax.

 

 

 

-Anthony

That works.

 

I'm going to try to do a comparison of 56029, 56030 (got it eventually), and 55050 some time this weekend.  I know it won't be perfect, but should be somewhat insightful, at least.

 

- Trip

We eagerly await your analysis!

 

-Anthony

I don't think it's because you failed as a parent, it's more along the lines of this generation (which, sadly, I'm a part of ) has a very big problem with seeing the big picture. Your son, like many others, doesn't care that these "free" things actually have a cost. No, all they care about is the fact that it benefits themselves at this particular point on time. It's very short-sighted, and it greatly worries me that someday I'm going to be living in a world ran by these people. My hope is that it is just a byproduct of not being mature enough to completely understand it.

 

-Anthony

Either I have terrible luck or the iPhone 6 quality was never quite up to par.

 

I just had my 6 replaced because the home button was getting funky and making that crunching noise. The replacement has a dead pixel...

 

The latest one coming via express replacement will be my 7th iPhone 6 in just over a year.

 

Am I the only one?

 

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I'm still on my first 6 Plus. Had it since March.

 

-Anthony

LTE 800 seems to penetrate building better, I'll take that when I can get nothing else!

Lower frequency = Better propagation.

 

-Anthony

The only band in my area is 25. I've yet to pick up 26 or 41 in Beckley only 25.

 

 

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Hmm, I would say it could be an eCSFB issue, but considering the iPhone 5 can't connect, which doesn't need eCSFB, then it leaves me wondering what else it could be. I can't think of what it is.

 

-Anthony

I'm not sure. My mothers iPhone 5 won't connect either. Could it be a single band phone issue?

 

 

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Yeah if the only band deployed in your area is Band 26 then your mother's iPhone won't be able to connect to it since it is single band.

 

-Anthony

Holy Jesus half the cost? That's a huge raffle entry! Lol.

 

-Anthony

That was a such thing called a typo. And who is talking about grammar this isn't English class. You said T-Mobile speeds are slowing. I posted a speed test of a T-Mobile line getting faster speeds JUST on band 4 than I saw Sprint or AT&T on multiple bands.

 

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And just because your backwoods area is doing bad it doesn't reflect the use of others either. So can you please stop spreading bs. You are sounding more and more like a fan boy every post.

 

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So is yours. Point blank it's too early to tell if BingeOn is having a negative impact on the network.

 

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You can't comment on markets you yourself haven't visited.

 

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I'm not even going to start on you sir. Because one you don't know where I reside or where I've been in my life. Moderator or not chill out.

 

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Now back on topic I see nobody has said anything about those 20x20 band 4 speed tests.

 

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It's kinda hard not to assume when you quoted the person that quoted me sir lol. Well then my bad then bro good afternoon.

 

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Fixed those for you.

 

-Anthony

And those are roughly equivalent signal levels on LTE and EV-DO, so the transition point is more or less appropriate.

 

AJ

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

-Anthony

Up here in the North Wisconsin market, I usually drop B26 at around -115 to -118 with my G3.

 

If I'm reading your post correctly, if its dropping off at -98 I would highly doubt it's optimized properly.

He is saying that EVDO is at -98 when B26 drops off. It'll go from a -118 B26 signal to a -98 EVDO signal.

 

-Anthony

How do you notice this?

 

-Anthony

I don't see Sprint smoking the competition until carrier aggregation is enabled on the uplink.

Which won't be any time soon.

 

-Anthony

Still not sure what is going on with my phone, called Sprint and they said LTE should be working if it is showing on my phone screen. I have an app that shows I'm connected to sprint LTE but for some reason the data is still not working. Voice and texts work fine but can't use the internet. Strange, maybe it will work its self out soon.

Have you considered just turning LTE off?

 

-Anthony

Guys, you're gonna give AJ an aneurism with all of these speed tests that you're running.

 

But seriously, let's not start and abuse this privilege that we have (finally) gained.

 

-Anthony

Yesterday and today I have been getting the 3G to 1X to No service and then back to 3G all day. It will do it randomly but only when the enable LTE switch is on

 

 

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That's exactly the problem I was having while traveling through West Virginia and Virginia.

 

-Anthony

I am curious. They're no longer using the Spark brand? Perhaps LTE Plus is their new marketing term? Similar to Verizon's XLTE?

Yeah that's what I was thinking when reading the article too.

 

-Anthony

Really liking the new wifi antenna.  When Comcast is working correctly at home, I have seen 126 down/25 up.  I would guess the down speed is the max for the phone.

I've been getting upwards of 200 mbps on my 6 Plus on my 300 mbps Time Warner connection.

 

-Anthony