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Ah ha. Eureka!

 

So one of the other carriers notices that Sprint is about to rollout their real network using this update and finds a "problem" which holds the update up at the last second. I am now thinking we may never see 4.4.3. Dirty pool I say.

Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

Actually, it is surprising that if something has been released, it hasn't shown up on XDA yet. There are so many enthusiasts there that either one of them would have received it, or they know someone who did and it made it to the forums. Heck, XDA regularly gets "leaked" and "unreleased" updates. 

 

I personally think that because Sprint doesn't actually control the release of the software, there is a good chance they are wrong about the release date. They were just told a general window of time, or something, and had to spill the beans.  

Just Hesse trollin' us.

Awesome!  Just so relieving to finally know something about it.

Cool I think Samsung must be a little farther ahead of Ericsson but I've heard there's quite a bit of b26 in Florida so idk. Seems as if Ericsson is a little slower on the 800mhz side of things.

There has been isolated and temporary sightings in Florida. Nothing to write home about.

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Weak. If I was going to make something up, it would have been more creative than that.

 

Got a chuckle out of that lol. 

Actually just got this delivered to my doorstep today to help alleviate my battery woes!

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I typically try to stay away from custom kernals, but you guys think Franco's Kernel is all it's cracked up to be?

Not sure what you all are complaining about

 

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My battery life is great too if it's just sitting on my night stand lol.  Problem is I tend to use mine, but to each his own 

What kind of speeds would I expect on the 800 band?

With a strong signal you could see similar speeds to a mostly unburden 1900mhz band.

Come to the conclusion that battery life is 'meh' with this phone, even with battery guru. I had it fully charged when I went to bed last night and left it off the charger.. Woke up 7 hours later and it was at 34 percent. And regular usage gives me at most 6 hours. Anyone have similar experiences?

 

Also, the 'NEXUS' letters are starting to fall out on the back of my phone. Basically little plastic strips. Kind of annoying because it fills with dirt now.

 

Sorry for being a negative Nancy. But basically I love everything else about the phone, don't get me wrong

Sounds like a fair criticism to me; no need to sugarcoat it, you won't be doing others any favors.  The real rub is that Android 4.4, the Snapdragon 800, and single path radios are all hailed as being the most energy efficient in their respective classes.  Makes you wonder what's drinking all the juice.

Personally I find it to be a little worse than my EVO LTE, which some may find as odd considering the SVDO and smaller battery, but all in all the Nexus is a great device.  

Remember IBEZ is not a spectrum constraint rather a usage issue until it is resolved. For example, the western us once resolved will be a 5x5.

I'm well aware of what IBEZ is, just recanting what we already know about 800mhz availability from Robert's spectrum map. 

I think there is, though I'm not 100% sure. As long as it isn't in SouthernLinc territory I think you're fine.

Robert posted a good 800 spectrum map in the premier section.  Looks like the actual amount varies a lot, with the worst areas being SouthernLinc and IBEZ of course.

...if it doesn't contain the Spark update well... I am personally going to start raising hell. Not sure about anyone else.

 

I have been patiently waiting...

I'll be right there with you.  I knows others like to judge us as being very impatient, but we have sat relatively content for 6 months waiting for the update.  It's time they deliver. 

Stephen Colbert wouldn't take over in character though.  I'd prefer him to stay in character at the Colbert Report.  

Slightly unrelated, but I have tickets one of his tappings in May 

thanks guys i'll flash the factory image and start from scratch on it.  back to my other question, when google drops 4.4.3, how long before we can download the image?

I've seen a similar issue in a GS4.  Likely a defect. 

Its amazing when I can get it but at my home even with full bars lately I have been getting.droppes calla like no tomorrow and alot of the time people have a hard time hearing me unless I am on HD voice or put the phone on speaker.

HD Voice is still limited to inter-carrier calls, correct?

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Sprint seems to have some widespread Daylight Saving Time bugs in their NV deployments. Several of us have experienced the 1 hour off time when your phone is set to acquire time automatically from the network. It seems to have started with the "Spring Forward" a few weeks ago. It is possible that the 3G/1x connection that you are moving back to when talking on the telephone has a different time than the LTE network that you are normally on due to this bug. If your time is off and the tower and band you are on has been accepted, you should contact Sprint so they can fix the automatic time in that area.

Yep I've gotten this a few times driving between Orlando and Jacksonville. It can be very frustrating if you don't catch that your phone went back an hour.

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I live in a wimax protection market so only one tower is wimax but recently on sensorly speed tests are coming up on wimax here in areas that previously had no wimax. Good ones too. 31 mbps, 15 ect. What does this mean?

They have real backhaul now.  WiMax was always fast (theoretically faster than LTE), but the backhaul wasn't up to par.

Isn't this band actively used in parts of Europe?

Then I guess you wait.

Again. Endless nagging and bitching isn't doing anything to help the issue.

I only see one instance of nagging and bitching going on right now.  The lack of tri-band support is a persistent source of early-adopters anxiety for owners of this phone.  It's perfectly okay to express our desire to get this update promptly- after five months of waiting it has hardly gotten out of control and the conversation/statements are completely mature.  No need to bring others down.

Has the B26 seemed persistent? I'm not in the area right now it I'd check for myself.

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Me, too and I have no idea why but it's very annoying

Gosh I get those too and always think my phone is going to explode because they come in 5 or 6 at a time. I think it's voicemail related (says something about voicemail in the text) although I never have a voicemail when I get them.

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my bad   http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nexus-5-spotted-running-new-android-kitkat-update-build-ktu65-1441061

Ah well it's good to see that this may be a possibility in the near future.  With any luck this will contain the spark update in addition to the other bug fixes.

KTU65 is a leaked build! Hopefully includes Triband radio software

Gotta give us a little more to work with....

So I'm back on my Nexus for good after phone hopping for the last couple weeks and I've come to hate my spigen screen protector on my phone. It feels really nice when it's all cleaned up and what not but once it smudges up it feels like absolute shit. What's the recommendation for a normal screen protector and then are there any recommendations for the glass screen protectors?

If you like matted screen protectors then this is a good one.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GH5S1NK/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1