Galaxyguy

Everything you bought before should be available again. You shouldn't have to repurchase it. You may need to contact Google to try to get that fixed.

 

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I downloaded an app from Play Store, WiFi Analyzer. It showed me my neighbor's WiFi Channel they're broadcasting on. Surprisingly, they're mostly on Channel 6 and 11, so I switched mine to 1 and now my use to be unstable network is rock solid. This router is great.

I have been using that app for a long time now. It is a great resource for that purpose.

 

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Ill have to do the same. It saves the 5ghz for only high bandwidth content. On 2.4 i top out around 100mb down around the house. On 5 i can max out my connection 155mb down.

It sounds like such a great idea, just doesn't seem to work well in practice. As I said earlier, I separated the bands because it wouldn't let me pick a channel and it self-selected to occupied channels. I thought routers were smarter than that but I guess not.

 

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MEH!

 

Rep messed up my original order and now I wait another 1-3 business days for the new order to come through...

Patience is a virtue. I would also feel the same way though.

 

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I have noticed something lately now that the towers are load balancing. The closest tower to my house had two PCS carriers live prior to B26 being lit up. Since B26 came online, I never see the second carrier anymore from that tower. I'm curious as to why I never see it anymore.

Looks like the second carrier (B25) is back again at the tower closest to my house. It disappeared when they added B26. It's now back online and is very noticeable. Speeds were around 3-5mbps during peak hours. I just did a test and had around 9. I mostly use wifi at home but I do use this same tower when I'm out of the house quite often.

 

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How far are you from the closest Sprint Tower?

 

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Is it possible to run this router in AP mode?

I don't know. I don't recall seeing a setting for that. My linksys didn't have a setting for bridge or AP mode either and it works just leaving it in router mode. My linksys is my secondary access point which I won't use as much.

 

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Just got mine set up. It appears there is no way to prioritize internet access by device. I know wifi calling is highest priority but I was hoping to be able to prioritize my Fire TV and Chromecast just below the wifi calling. If I'm missing it and someone figures out how to do it, let me know. 

 

Edit: I download the user manual for the ASUS RT-AC66u, which this router is based on. It appears Sprint removed the QoS options, which is why I couldn't find them. 

 

I have my home network completely set up now. It looks like the whole house now has good wifi, with one router at the front and one at the back of the house.

 

I put my second router in 5GHz only mode. I also connected my PS3 directly to that router so now I literally have only one device that needs 2.4GHz, and that's my Chromecast. Maybe Google will release a new one this year at I/O and I can shut off 2.4 completely to free up more bandwidth in my neighborhood. 2.4 is pretty full around me. 

 

One setup tip. If you leave Smart connect on, which is where it will automatically switch wifi bands, you can't pick the channel you want to use on either band. I had to disable that feature to be able to pick which wifi channels I wanted to use. The auto feature put my 5GHz band on the only occupied channel in my neighborhood. I guess auto doesn't work to find empty channels.

If only it would replace my Airave and Router I would jump all over this!

It would as long as all of your phones are wifi calling capable.

 

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I wonder if anyone outside of s4gru ordered any of these routers yet?

 

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I had that pdf already, just hadn't scrolled down far enough. Thanks. It appears we do own it after a year.

 

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I'm pulling some low LTE from my front porch in farmbrook now which wasn't happening a month ago. I'm getting anxious about the possibility of constant LTE at home

If you have decent broadband service at home, it will probably be better than LTE. Now that more and more people are getting 4G phones around where I live, the tower closest to me is at around 5-7mbps. I get 10mbps from my ISP so I just use that, along with wifi calling. Seems to increase battery life too when just connected to wifi.

 

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Sprint is practically giving away free routers.

 

Tmobile owns the router no matter what unless you pay for it and you have to give it back to tmobile if you leave tmobile service.

 

 

 

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Have anyone found anything relating to ownership? Do we own the device or does Sprint still own it?

 

I remember seeing a post earlier in this thread about the user owning the device after a year but don't recall seeing anything to back that up.

 

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I just got my shipping confirmation.

 

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Excerpts from the earnings call on 5/4...

Mostly good news in there. Thanks for the post. Hopefully they clean up that transcript later. It was hard to read in places. (pulls instead of poles, etc)

 

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That 0.6% drop rate is going to be going up quickly. Every time I handoff to another site my calls drop. I first noticed it Friday but figured it was because of Apple Blossom. That was until today when driving back from Harrisonburg on I81 the longest I could keep a call active was about a minute.

Not sure if you have an S6, but that is a problem with that phone. I haven't heard of that issue with any others. My wife has an S6 and has had some issues with dropped calls.

 

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I just called and spoke to an American call center (first time in a while). The guy had it ordered in less than 5 minutes. That has to be my quickest call ever to Sprint. He said I should have it in 2-3 business days. Now that is service. 

 

I'm sure most here are competent in setting up a home network but just a reminder for those who are getting this to use a second wifi router in your house, this router needs to be the main router (the one that is connected directly to your modem) in order to take advantage of the wifi calling prioritization. 

 

I have some wiring to do, but I plan on using the new Sprint router as my main router, and then use my current router (Linksys EA6350) as a secondary access point on the other side of my house. I also have a Netgear Extender (EX6100) that I will probably use as an access point in a bedroom in our basement. I wish I could run 5GHz only but with the Chromecast I have, I still need to use 2.4GHz for that. It's my only device that I need it for. As soon as Google comes out with a Chromecast 2, I might be able to retire the 2.4 network, which is highly congested in my neighborhood.  

I had some time and was in the office for a spell, so I thought I'd fire up the chat and multi-task. I'll definitely call later this week when the reps have a little more time to suss things out.

 

With this ASUS router, I'll be able to effectively put my AirPort Extreme to bed and have a router with QoS so I can hook up VoIP and dump my overpriced home telephone service. In addition to this being a free router, it's also set to save me up to $20/mo in home phone dumb-ness from my Cable Company.

(Off topic) I wish I could do the same. My telco requires a phone line along with their dsl. I pay about $20 for a phone that I don't use. It's my only option for broadband (other than wireless) so I'm kinda stuck. I hear they might possibly offer cable Internet later this year so I'm hoping I can drop the phone line if that ever happens.

 

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I've done all these things about a million times. Since we've noticed the problem. I guess I'll just have to give sprint a call today haha. They probably will be just baffled about the issue and I'll have to go to the store. I can already see it happening.

Find an app in the play store called "Refresh Customization." I had that problem on my S4T last summer. Once I ran the app (both steps) I had roaming back. Just one note, it will reset your home screens when you run it but it won't delete anything. You just have to set up all your apps and widgets again once you're done.

 

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I got one ordered tonight. I initially called Airave support because the power supply on my unit died and was trying to get it replaced. After setting up an order for a replacement Airave I asked them about the WiFi Connect and they did mention that I had an offer on my account for a free WiFi connect. I needed to have at least one WiFi calling device on my account to and because I was already using an Airave for in home coverage I qualified. I was told I should receive it in 2-3 days. It makes sense the Airave team would be sending them out and not sales since it is to boost in home coverage.

Do you have a phone number for them?

 

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I figured I would try. The guy had no idea what I was talking about. It's apparently not in their system yet. As a good salesman though, he still tried to sell me that netgear router that connects to the cellular network.

 

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Not sure how you missed it, but there's a huge thread already about Project Fi. See link below.

 

http://www.s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/6767-Google-announces-Project-Fi:-Partners-with-Sprint-and-T-Mobile-for-Network-Access-(previous-title:-Google-to-start-it's-own-Wireless-Service;-using-T-Mobile/Sprint-for-it's-Network-Footprint.)

 

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Samsung kept it the same way it was in 4.4, in 5.0, at least in the Samsung phones that have 5.0 now.

 

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Staff had to remove some posts in this thread because of a report.

 

This is a reminder to S4GRU's fine membership that discussion of unauthorized tethering/hotspot is prohibited. That is called stealing. If you want tethering/hotspot, pay for it. Or jump on a new plan that includes it. But using "unlimited" data for unauthorized tethering/hotspot both violates Sprint's Ts and Cs and negatively affects the network experience for fellow users.

 

AJ

I saw that this morning. I also saw he was a premier sponsor which surprised me. I figured all premier members would know that by now.

 

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Is anyone else having rebooting problems with their Note 4 after the Lollipop update? It reboots at random and gets stuck at the Sprint Spark boot screen and I have to pull the battery. It seems to happen every few days when I'm not using the phone.

 

I've already tried a factory reset.

I have not had the reboot issue. I can't really think of any strange issues, except for needing to reboot it about once a day. After about 24 hours of running, it seems to get a little sluggish. I wouldn't consider it a huge issue though.

 

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