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I just purchased a home less than .5 miles north of CL03XC150 which is the tower behind Lyndhurst Municipal Court at Mayfield and Richmond. The tower has great signal to the west but is horrific to the North. Just a few feet from the tower and I am already down to -95 db. At my house, where I can physically see the tower, outside I get -105db if I am lucky LTE and inside LTE is almost non-existent. Worst yet, 1x/36 is about -98db inside my home. Again I can see the tower. Is there a reason this tower simply does not have any strength north. Are there plans to add antennas or increase strength to anyone's knowledge? There is a tower north of Wilson Mills by Richmond Rd. but that does not seem to reach me either. I am literally right behind Lyndhurst Park and cannot use the tower which is right there. Additionally, the tower is at the Municipal building/courthouse and is also not usable from inside the building. This is going to be a real problem for me if this is not remedied. Any word on 800 SMR in the area. There is 1 active at 271 and Mayfiled I believe but my G2 has never connected to it. I have not seen 800 SMR since a test 6 or so months ago in the basement of the old courthouse on a Note 3. At that time I was suing a custom PRL. I can't imagine once 800 SMR is up and running a custom PRL will be required to connect though.

I am still on a 1500 family share plan with unlimited data and looked into switching my 5 lines to framily the other day and the result was a bill about $50 or so a month higher. Not sure why. Could have been that they included the monthly cost of new phone but it was certainly not worth the switch.

I do agree. GoSms has gotten extremely bloated. I may try Hangouts.

I don't have insurance. With cost of deductible and wait time to get new device I figure I will just pay if I break one. Plus with 5 devices having insurance on each it will cost more then just paying if something happens. Plus I wanted to keep my phone and not reprogram as it has no microsd and I wanted my titanium backups. The ability to get it fixed figured in more than the cost.

Thank you for your detailed response. I am decent and putting electronics together but I know enough about myself in taking prior phones apart that I do not work well in small spaces. After watching the video on everything you had to remove and how to get to the LCD, which did look easy to replace, I decided against doing it myself. Plus there were to many different versions of the part to chose from online and none seemed reliable about getting it here next day. I ended up finding a stand in the local mall and I just bit the bullet and paid $190 for the lcd, digitizer and glass screen with overnight shipping of the part. A little high but at least I do not have to attempt to do it myself and risk destroying the phone and it will be back in my hands today. The actual parts with install were $160 which nets them $60 or so in profit to do the work. Probably worth it to let someone with some experience do the repair. I don't want to completely brick the device. I almost just bit the bullet and bought a Nexus 5 but all of the reported Exchange problems kept me away. One thing about LG's software on the G2 it has the best Exchange support of any Android device I have ever used. Sub calendars work as well as multiple exchange accounts and email support as well as moving messages between folders is flawless.

I have been using GOSMS for years. Does anyone have experience with that and Hangouts and have a preference between the two? I have been interested in trying hangouts but reluctant. I cannot use the stock text app as I cannot stand the bubble messages.

I am sure this has been discussed but I cracked the screen on my G2. I believe it is just the glass and digitizer but I am not sure if it goes all the way to the LCD. I cannot find anyone local in Cleveland, Ohio who can replace this screen quickly. One place in the mall said they could do it but it could take 6 days and cost would be $100 for glass and digitizer and $160 if LCD is also bad. I see online I can buy the glass and digitizer for approx $25 and the whole package with LCD for approx $100 but I am still waiting multiple days for it and I am weary about replacing the screen myself. Does anyone have any suggestions or know of where I can get the screen replaced today. The phone is useless as the digitizer is completely broken and I use it for work and need it back asap. I had contemplated just buying a Nexus 5 but I cannot find anywhere that will sell it to me for $399 as Google would but again I have to wait for shipping then and I hate to go to the smaller battery and lose some of the Sprint apps/features I like for example their visual voicemail. Has anyone had experience buying one locally for $399 for 32GB? Thank you everyone in advance for your help/suggestions.

I did a complete wipe and installed kitkat stock rom rooted and it works flawless. Battery life is better than ever before. I can go 14 hours easy with moderate usage and multiple push email accounts and still have 80% plus battery.

Additional screenshots from the debug menu of my 55 Public Square band 25 LTE connection which went live at least for tri-band phones around 10:30 AM on 5-13-14: Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

I was able to connect again and it speedtested as follows: 1.54 up and 1.08 down. Tapatalk is giving me issues trying to upload screenshots currently but I will give it a go. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

I was getting about 2.5mbps down and 1ish up. Right now I am at -107 and cannot get any Internet or locate a server to Speedtest. Leeds me to believe testing is in progress. I do hope they turn up the power once testing is done if that's what it is. I am not sure what tower I am connecting to but I am right next door to the new 75 public square antennas I watched them install a week or so ago and I have connected a few times 3g to that antenna at like -98db. It is on top of the building literally right next to my office about 3 floors higher than I am and I see it out my office window so I would think at normal operating power I would get a stronger signal then that. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

LTE showed up in my office on public square 1 hour ago on lgg2. I hope the signal gets stronger I usually get at lease -85 on eHRPD. The new LTE GCI:0821BE02. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

I installed it friday. Running smooth with better battery than stock. Between my stock nand backup and titanium I should have no problem when kitkat comes knocking. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

Band 41 while still in testing is really fast in spots downtown. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

This was in an area in my office where 3g was never an issue. In the late afternoon though everyday I keep swapping from ehrp to evdo and back. Could possibly be because they are doing work? i did pay my bill. Band 26 would be great especially since I am in an IBEZ sitting right on lake Erie in Cleveland.

Just got this message in an area i never had lte before. Thoughts? Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

So I have a poetic case on my G2 which I like for my purpose but my biggest issue is that the kickstand opens on the wrong side so if I turn on a video in like the WatchESPN app and set my phone up with the kickstand the video is upside down. Any idea how to make apps the lock video orientation flip to the other side of the screen? Additionally, I am bored and thinking about giving the Optimus DE rom a try. Anyone have any thoughts or experiences. Thanks, Eric

For the first time I have been on band 25 LTE in the Cuyahoga County Justice Center all morning. Still no LTE of any band in my office 16th floor of 55 Public Square. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

You would think that but I am not far from the tower at all. Now I don't believe any of the towers where I am are at full strength. I can be outside a concrete open sided parking garage and be at -60 then step inside and have no usable signal. Now with that said the area I was in during this time was either home, my office and/or driving. There is no reason I should be seeing that kind of drain in those locations and it is not normal. I sure hope once NV equipment is in that signal strength is at least usable indoors and in locations currently unavailable. That is the most important part of NV for my purpose.

I have done nothing out of the ordinary today but my phone seems to be doing a lot more scanning for signal the last few days and my battery had taken a huge hit. Initially battery was great on Spark update. Anyone else seeing this. Could network updates be causing the issue? Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

Got ya. Thank you for clarifying. So I wonder if theoretically you were on band 41 getting high speed down but nothing up due to a low signal if it could switch you over to a different band for the upload and then switch back. Would that even be possible or would it break the path of data? Didn't mean to disturb AJ. Hopefully he will spare me this time, long day and I am not exactly making sense. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

I don't think I posed the question correctly. I know you cannot do call and data together. I was trying to compare how for example on idle my phone can see signal for say Verizon 1x and Sprint evdo data and quickly swap connection between the 2. Bad comparison. What I don't understand and flame as you will if this is a stupid question is why at some point the phone cannot download on band 41 and on a weak signal switch over to band 25 to upload and swap back and forth that way. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

Actually this speed test was run the other day on a band 41 site that produced no Internet for a month or more. Sorry tapa would not let me edit the above post. On another note I took these pictures on Richmond Street right off RT. 2 in Painesville. I was not connecting to this tower at all and just south of it is a tower with a strong signal in all directions but North. Can anyone tell what is on this tower and what equipment is in the cabinets. Best pics I could get. It was 0 degrees out. I can go back if needed. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

Will it be possible one day on this phone to connect to more than 1 LTE band at the same time? Like you can connect to 1x800 and evdo. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

I am definitely seeing better battery life on Zva which I have noticed through usage and gsam. Regardless of of much scanning the modem is doing. Has anyone else noticed this. I have not really done anything to optimize battery and I am running 2 exchange accounts plus Google, Facebook, tapatalk ect. I must also say this phone has the best calendar exchange support of any android I have ever used. It does sub calendars. No more need to sync via 3rd party. If when we get stock kitkat they take the time to optimize battery life before release I am extremely excited to see what kind of performance we get. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk