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    Ive found that the main battery drain issue is to turn off push mail, and instead have it pull once an hour. The other tips are good too of course Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2
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    I had the theory that 311-490 was somehow the network code for Sprint's LTE network on B41 (2.5GHz) ..that was just a not- thought-out hunch I had.
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    A question re the EVDO signal. Does the radio have its own identifier, or its only the 1xRTT radio that produces it? Im guessing the latter, as Im lead to believe that the EVDO network depends on on the 1XRTT network in order to function in the first place? I'm just thinking out loud here..
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    I'm sorry. I misunderstood what the app could do. You actually interpret potentially sectors for *both* the 1xrtt and the evdo network. But my particular htc phone only supports the site hint method ie exposing the 1xrtt sectors. Am I guessing correctly? Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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    On my HTC Evo 4G (Wimax) phone, the app shows me in the 1XRTT display area the sector. Im blessed with this since I have an HTC phone, right? (1XRTT first group, then followed by EVDO grouping/ display) So no sector info from the EVDO radio... But when I read the Change Log its says: "Added option to display EV-DO sector ID (only for HTC devices at this time). (Pro)." Makes me wonder which is correct? The change log or the app?
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    Thanks Mike. I was a bit too wordy, yet you understood what I meant: best guess is that my phone evo 4g wimax seems to spit out bogus evdo ecio values Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2
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    Yes Im seeing in it Signal Check and other apps show the same too. The 1x signals Ec/Io value seem very much sane. Question: Is the valid dB value range for Ec/Io approx the same for both EvDo and CDMA1x signals? ( I'll say approx -1 dB through -15 dB ?) Anyone else here with a Evo 4G WiMax phone? (latest stock ROM 2.3.5) . Interestingly enough, from the HTC Engineering screen: it display the same/ sane 1x Ec/Io value...but..when you peek on the EVDO Eng. screen such an entry does not exist. So Im still wondering if Ec/Io data value is just bogus/ useless.. It doesnt hesitate to show -226, -258 as some more examples) I'm thinking that this perhaps is more than just a decimal error. I can't tell..
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    What the deal with my EVDO Ec/Io values, on my EVO 4G Wimax phone? After reading a bit on this...a typical 1XRTT connection (EC/Io) value I have -10.5dBm (range supposedly "sort of" -1dB very good and -15dBm is awful, Im lead to believe)... Now the question: my EVDO connection's Ec/Io is displayed as changing alot, some values: -31, -68 -128 dB and I can't make sense of it.. In other words I cant find any reference on its typical range. Any tips?
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    Fat pipe Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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    You're teasing me, lol. . (Im OK with that!) So you mean that this didn't happen because of me updating the phone, but I just was lucky to just catch a Sprint NID change due to "Sprint Vision".....at the very last minute? .."enquiring mind want to learn.."
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    What happened with my local NID numbering scheme? ...I seem to be able to tell that the main NID / my area now is 234, seems to represent generally/ approx San Francisco North Bay area. Well, my early records (before updating** the phone: Evio4G WiMax ) the phone was saying the NID was 9....hmm.. Now I dont see the 9 NID anymore. Makes me curious...what do you guys think happened? ** I did two types of updates (the phone had been in a drawer for a year, and friend just recently gave it to me. I activated it on Ting) a) Updated the PRL from 60794 to 61098 Updated the Sprint/ HTC Android version fr 2.3.2 to 2.3.5 ...did one of these two updates cause the NID change to occur? ..Any insights?
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    Is the SID NID number shown the EVDO network or the 1x network? The big main SID + NID number combination for my area, San Francisco North Bay region, seems to be 4183 + 234. Can anyone say it thats represents the CDMA1x or the EVDO network? (I have a EVDO connection) In the app its shown in the "top 1x signal area" of the apps screen. Hope my question makes sense?
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    I believe I stumbled on a site here in Sonoma/ Calif that does that as well, with 23009, 23010 and 20311.
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    Thank you do much. Yes the CID is short and correct. On tmo they like to reuse the cid number from the 2g/gsm network so now you know which physical location you're connected to. Last digit is the sector often 1-3, or 1-6 or 1-9. If six through nine has been added to the site you know you have a 3g connection on the pcs band Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2
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    Thanks guys. Im learning as a go. So the app only identifies the CDMA1x network if I understand correctly? ..not the EVDO network? or am I still confused? I think I do understand that those sites are also transmitting EVDO of course, but that info isnt necessarily available in Android. By the way the BSL location is dead on, which is insanely nice. Else to Mike: on my GSM phone, yes your update fixed the "long CID" issue when on 3G/HSPA connection. I can read it now.
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    Cant wait for it to show up! Meanwhile: this might be a dumb question. I'm on a Evo 4G (wimax) with stock 2.3.3 Android. So my phone's radio is picking up two independent signals (Im avoiding 4G/Wimax for this discussion)... the 1xRTT voice/ 2G signal and an independent 3G/ EVDO signal? Second question: what the rule for what signal HTC wishes to display in their built in signal bar., up top, always 2G or always 3G? or show 3G, then falls to to 2G...ehh. I cant figure it out
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    Thank guys for the welcome Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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    HI guys. I should have posted here earlier. But so it goes. Just to say hi. Location: Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, CA. I have had a natural tendency to gravitate towards GSM based phones (I grew up in Europe/ Sweden), and I was used to the SIM thing and "open phones". But I always wanted to try CDMA at some point..on my terms. Plus, I really wont carry a third phone to monkey with. (In the past Ive had two..one on ATT and one on TMO)....I wanted to get an honest grip of their respective cell site spacing, locations, range, possible dataspeeds...you get the idea,..I used the Android app Cellmapper for mapping the heck out of my county. Well, finally a friend gave me his old phone...a Sprint HTC Evo 4G (wimax) phone and this month activated it on Ting so... now I get to see for myself. Signal Checker is just too much fun, just to get me going, and an idea on what the Sprint network looks like. (I can mention that in a past life lol! I was a ham radio guy...perhaps explains a bit of my curiosity..in all things RF..) Oh, heres a question too: The Evo/ SignalChecker...indicated "roam" on MetroPCS network. Does that seem right? ..or was that just an anomaly? SF North Bay area?
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    Yeah. I've seen one single one for T-Mobile in Sonoma County (Windsor). Northern California....at a mortuary... Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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    This is a great forum. You guys as nutty as me! lol! I can mention I *was* a ham radio guy -- back in time. (no time now) So I have "a thing" for all things RF. Tommym65: I hang out in Sonoma now mostly. Small world :-) When I hunted ATT and TMO sites I of course stumbled on Sprint here and there too, especially if they co-located. I like to grab a snapshot. It all boiled down of myself getting a visual idea of coverage, cell spacing, range, signal level in a somewhat scientific way, that made sense to me... As you guys know, there is nobody you can ask about this -- you have to figure it out yourself. So I'm kind of keen on checking out a CDMA carrier, especially Sprint since they are easier to approach than that *other* CDMA carrier. No names needed.
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    Thanks for the reply Yeah. For now Im unable to try it on CDMA, but I hope to pick one to play with. A used phone and an MVNO that lets me bring a Sprint phone. It works well on my Nexus 4 with stock 4.3. A TMO SIM chip for now I guess the only issue is that the CID is displayed in a "long form" when the connection is of type HSPA/3G (or should I say UMTS/3G connection?). When the connection is of type 2G/Edge the CID is displayed correctly. My understanding is that this is because Android returns RID + CID when its a HSPA connnection. But Im not a developer. So I think it displays something like 46162023 (instead of showing CID: 24673 =-site 2467 sector 3..kind of thing, sort of) I think this issue is discussed here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7240038/utran-cell-identity-returned-by-getcid Perhaps useful.
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    Just want to say hi. My first post in this forum. I'm still so far a gsm guy and scan with cellmapper on Android. At this point I know tmos and att's sites well in my area: Sonoma county in San Francisco bay area . My question is, is the recommended (used) phone to get to scan with signal check and Sprint, the evo 4g LTE? .. HTC spits out more data that SignalCheck can read? Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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