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I know the S5 has a module to do LTE-only mode, but what about this tablet (Galaxy Tab 4?)...

 

I've recently picked up the GT4...after using the LG Gpad 7" for a week...and got really used to the Gpad having LTE-only radio..

So I'd like to be able to use LTE-only on the GT4 as well.

I will say that the Gpad hardware....{sucks} for lack of better in-depth details..but the radio / rf performance is pretty spot-on. I mean, the LG picks up in my yard, nearly 10 miles from a B26 site..and gets a usable B26 signal with around 5-8mbps down, 3-4mbps up and under 100ms ping (around 60ms-70ms).

 

I can't try with the GT4, as the only network options are CDMA only, and CDMA/LTE/EVDO.

 

And I just turned roaming completely off on the tablet as I don't even want to attempt using data while not on the Sprint network.

What is the allure of LTE only mode for you? It's not like you get camped on evdo when LTE is readily available for long. I'm glad both my hotspot and tablet are cdma2000/lte capable, the coverage area is much much larger.

So does anyone know what's the advantage of Google Fi vs Sprint integration? Seems as long as Sprint has better coverage than T-Mobile, then with Sprint integration you still get call/text from any hangouts device...

Call handoff between cellular and wifi would be the most obvious to me.

I did want to add here. I did listen to HD radio with my old car, but when I lost it, I determined there is a better alternative and haven't looked back. The web provides so many more streaming options and our beloved Sprint, allows me to stream hundreds of stations and music services as I want. For us who have Sprint unlimited data plans, it is better than radio or HD radio. The limitiations of Clear Channel and the other large radio station owners have bleached local radio in my opinion. Sprint and the web offer me far more to listen to and enjoy as I travel.

When Sprint offered the free Spotify premium trial is when I switched to web/streaming over radio. Even though I have unlimited data I cache most of my playlists for offline use in the app. The only time I ever use a radio is in my work truck and only because it doesn't have an aux input.

 

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And Sprint won in speed!!!

 

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Not to mention also came in first or tied for first in EVERY category.

Did anyone else notice Google will let you buy a nexus 6 for this with their own version of easy pay?

 

If you need a new Nexus 6 to use with Project Fi, you can buy one direct from us when you sign up. You can select the "Midnight Blue" Nexus 6 in two storage sizes—32GB ($649) and 64GB ($699), plus applicable taxes, with two ways to pay: all at once or over 24 months.

If you choose to pay for your Nexus 6 over 24 months, it is $27.04/month for the 32GB option and $29.12/month for the 64GB option. There's no interest or fees. However, a credit check is required to be eligible for this pricing.

The more they update, the more my N5 and N7 are getting sluggish.

My Nexus 5 feels just as fast as the day I bought it in February 2014.

 

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Has anyone ever had the issue of their WiFi being reported as ON in the battery menu when you have WiFi disabled? I've never had this issue but I recently noticed it today and it seems to persist after a few reboots. I have location disabled so I'm not sure what's causing it since I also have "scanning always available" disabled.

WiFi always shows as on in the battery menu for me regardless of it being turned on or off. I also keep scanning always available off.

My in-law's Airave 2.5 has an external GPS antenna with a very long cord. It can be placed right inside the window while the Airave is deeper inside the home. Check the box, they most likely all shipped with this cord.

They also have a longer GPS antenna cord available if the included one is too short. It's about double what was included, just have to call and ask for it.

I just contacted Asurion via phone. The Asurion rep is saying the same thing as the Sprint rep. They want me to take it into the store for repair. Every time I take it to the Sprint store they can't seem to find the problem.

Maybe try calling the store from outside so they can experience the low volume issue themselves.

 

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B41 is live around NBT bank stadium for the chiefs home opener. Near sell out crowd and its cruising along at 15mbps with the mall right down the street. Second test down is B25 which while slower still works. I wonder how long before Syracuse is a launched spark market, its made such a big difference here.

 

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Yes, that's the option. It took 3 days of adding it for it to take on my account, but it's fully working this morning.

 

 

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One of my lines shows that as 0, while the other two show it as $5. All three are on Framily.

 

 

Already, some previously-committed T-Mo customers I hang out with ask me how I can make calls in venues where they have no signal. That 800 MHz EVDO may not be a speed demon, but it works with rock solidity in places where T-Mo has no signal at all (or only a bar of 2G voice). Add in the fact that it's $50 a month, and they start to say "hmmmm."

Evdo isn't being deployed on 800, just LTE and 1x.

 

 

 

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Now that WiFi calling is enabled for your iPhone 6, why do you even still have the Airave turned on? For other members of your household that don't have wifi calling capable handsets? If that's not the case, then chuck that thing!

WiFi calling on iOS still uses the Sprint network for SMS and MMS, that's reason enough to keep the airave until they get that solved.

 

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As a comparison, T-Mobile's implementation of wifi calling on iOS includes HD audio and handoff to/from wifi/macro networks. Hopefully sprint will be able to support similar functionality soon. Does anyone know if there is something inherent in Sprints implementation of wifi calling which prohibits these two functions?

 

Reference:

 

http://www.t-mobile.com/offer/wifi-calling-wifi-extenders.html

 

T-Mobile is pioneering seamless handover between our LTE network and any available Wi-Fi connection so calls don’t drop between the two. Next-gen Wi-Fi Calling also features HD Voice quality, when calling another HD Voice-capable user. This means our customers can now maintain crystal clear HD Voice calls, whether connected to T-Mobile LTE or Wi-Fi connect – all using their existing T-Mobile number.

Sprint and T-Mobile use a different implementation of WiFi calling at the core.

 

 

Sprint LTE phones do you use the PRL file for LTE, but not in the way EVDO or 1x do. Whatever region the CDMA is parked in, before LTE will scan, it will check the PRL to see if it is allowed to scan for LTE there. Each region in the U.S. stored in the PRL, tells your device whether LTE can be scanned for in that region or if it is not allowed. In all the PRL's released in the past two years or so, they are all set to scan LTE in every region.

 

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I wonder how that works using custom prls. I've messed around with a few that weren't based on a Sprint prl originally and LTE still worked fine on my nexus 5.

 

 

 

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The stuff I normally do. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Vine, search pages on Chrome, ESPN, Sensorly and Signal Check, different retail and food apps, eBay, check bank stuff, some YouTube here and there... I don't know. My usual stuff!

 

All I do know is it was A LOT better before Lollipop. However today I got just under 11 hours on my new battery so we're getting better.

Battery life on lollipop has tanked on every device my family has (nexus 5, HTC one m7, HTC one m8, Verizon lg g2). Even my friends devices that have upgraded to lollipop (att HTC one m7, Samsung galaxy s5) have experienced the same thing.

 

At first I thought it was my nexus 5, but then they all were experiencing the same thing. I flashed back to 4.4.4 and I was back to 5+ days on battery on the n5 with light use. I'm hoping its fixed in 5.1.1, but overall project Volta has failed miserably IMO.

 

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I'm not sure. I can never find an accurate answer to whether or not a PRL controls LTE band switching. And yes, I've read our article on PRLs. I think the instant band switching was lost when we went from carrier 17.0 to 18.0 with one of the iOS releases.

 

 

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PRL on its own has nothing to do with LTE. However, some phones had an LTE available file that was stored with records of where the handset had previously connected to LTE. I wonder if the carrier bundle has something similar.

 

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I've found an additional site with b25 LTE near my home in Fairmount/camillus area. I noticed it last week, I'm able to hold LTE going into my basement now. Also found LTE in jamesville around Robbie Ts pizza. I haven't had a chance to look at the site that covers the area, but it was a GMO a few months ago.

 

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A few months have passed so I thought I'd check in. She has come and gone to Canada several times without adding anything at all - SMS works fine for sending and receiving and she can receive calls with no charge. The last time she was there she needed to make calls and tacked up $27 of charges for that. She made it a point to turn off her data connection, but one time used about 200 KB which was about $1 and a change.

 

She just left to spend three whole weeks there, so she had me add data roaming. The Canada-Mexico data pack is $30 for 55MB ... Somewhat outrageous! Some website I checked said it would be 1x, but she says her iPhone 6 is stating 3G. In a screen shot she sent me it looks like it's roaming on Bell Canada in Montreal.

1X is 3G, I'm not sure if the iPhone reports them differently. I know in lollipop, android stopped showing 1X separately.

 

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If they're so cheap that they won't move, then 

a) they're customers for life because moving to a different carrier will, in their minds, require a new phone

because of (a) TMO can afford to gift them a phone such as this

 

http://www.phonearena.com/phones/ZTE-Zinger_id8986

 

(sold for $20 on Walmart Family Mobile) as compensation for killing their 4G.

If they are giving effected customers a new device, that is a great. Sprint was going to do something similar by those effected by the wimax shutdown.

I would think that most postpaid T-mo customers have moved on to newer devices, but prepaid and MVNOs are more likely to be selling outdated hardware.

I would find it more likely that T-Mobile customers would hold onto older devices longer than other carriers because of the lack of subsidies. "Free" upgrades are a great way to move subscribers to newer handsets, but if they have to pay extra there are many people that will hold onto older phones until they no longer work.

Maybe. what kind of user has such an old phone? Are they likely to report their TMO texts to fierce or TMO news? Do they even use their data at all?

 

 

 

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Lots of people have older phones. Reporting about it is another story, but it likely would have made its way to the public if they were indeed contacting customers well in advance.

 

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well, I guess it is back to Polycarbonate for Samsung...

Samsung, Apple, HTC and anyone else making these phones could easily improve durability by making the phones a little thicker. Side effect would include the ability to use a larger battery.

 

I'll never understand the quest for a razor thin phone. I pulled out my OG EVO and even with as thick as that thing is, it felt nice in my hand. Sure its nice if you use a bulky case, but I would trade better durability and much better battery life over a super slim handset any day.

 

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The website is defective and told me my M8 wasn't a qualified device and that I had to go to a store. Furthermore, if you don't know what a SKU, you can't work in a retail environment that uses them. Finally, the device launched on 3/27. Unacceptable and inexcusable.

I've worked in retail for a long time, but until I was told I had no idea what a SKU is. Saying some one should be fired because they didn't know is extreme. What is the purpose of this thread? Were they not able to order your phone? If you're just complaining, you would be best to direct it to Sprint. You need to accept the fact that every launch of every product will not go buttery smooth. Shit happens, deal with it.

 

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On the first day that I could (first of month), I went in to my nearest Sprint store (preferred) to order for Direct Ship the new M9. 

 

The process was horrible and long. Why? Sprint didn't put the SKU numbers in the Playbook. You need a SKU to order a phone in RMS. The associate made several calls to several support lines, which included receiving a bad SKU (missing final characters) and a woman who should be fired immediately for responding "What's a SKU?" I think he finally got someone in telesales that was able to give him the SKU number.

 

Clearly, cleanup still needs to occur in this company regarding customer service...

Not everyone is going to know what a SKU is, and harping on them for something that is just launching isn't going to help. You could have easily ordered it online (or through telesales) yourself and saved any hassle. As far as device purchases, Sprint is pretty good. The only thing I wish they had the option of was in store pick up with online easy pay sales.