travismheim

No, sorry, you signed on under previous or current circumstances.  Sprint does not owe you anything more.  No lower plan costs, no network expansion.

 

That is a dose of reality.  Maybe the future will be different.  But we do not know.  And that is my point.

 

AJ

I was replying toward your response of removing roaming data all together. You are right, I signed on with data roaming available. I was simply stating they may want to overhaul their domestic roaming options when they have far better options available for international. And to be clear, I'm not asking for anything for free.

How about no data roaming? Does that sound good? It could happen.

 

AJ

Sure, if they also make my plan cheaper or actually follow through on their planned network expansion in a timely manner.

 

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That is on the person. We make no excuses here.

 

AJ

I'm not making any excuses. But they may want to reevaluate roaming on a whole. They give far better international options than they do for domestic.

 

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LTE roaming is nice, but it makes that 100/300MB limit seem a lot smaller. My sister went through her entire roaming allowance tonight. I know data use is data use, but LTE makes it much easier to use up vs evdo/1x.

 

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Where did yall find the old radio to flash? My google-fu is failing me

Can't you just pull it from the image? https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en. The old image should also have the older radio.

 

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Not really. Spark was Sprint's B41 network. LTE Plus is Sprint B41 with Carrier Aggregation. Areas without Carrier Aggregation are not referred to as having LTE Plus.

 

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The way I understood it, LTE plus was areas that have all technologies deployed and on air, ie LTE 800/1900/2500 and CA enabled.

 

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Appreciate the info. I recall a FierceWireless Article in which Sprint said it was looking into using Band 25 for uplink and Band 41 for downlink.

 

Link: http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-bring-carrier-aggregation-all-its-lte-bands-bid-boost-performance/2015-02-05

 

Also: What impact would 3x20 CA have? Anything substantial?

The only real way I see using band 25 as uplink and band 41 downlink would be carrier aggregation. B25 as the primary component carrier and b41 as the secondary component carrier.

 

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Guys, you are not being scientists -- you cannot prove a negative. Look, I do not care if 2x CA on band 41 is or is not active on the 2015 Moto X. However, I am a scientist. And citing speed test results and Motorola support tweets does not pass muster. That is my point. The FCC OET authorization filings are the most definitive sources that we have available. Since the LTE engineering screen lacks SCC signal metrics, we cannot determine otherwise. So, just chill out.

 

AJ

Doesn't the FCC only test uplink? I'm not flat out saying to believe a tweet from customer care. However, until we either get a functional engineering screen or a speed test faster than what a single b41 carrier can produce we can't say that it is working.

 

Based on previous handset launches, it is not out of the ordinary to have radio features lay dormant and later be activated with a software update.

 

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And you trust Motorola support to know anything about carrier aggregation? Pardon me while I keel over laughing. That is like asking Sprint customer service about Network Vision site completion. It is naive to think that entry level workers know what you want to know.

 

Maybe the 2015 Moto X truly is broken, does not support 2x CA on band 41, and will not get fixed. But I would not take the word of Motorola support on anything that technical. Instead, I will go with the authorization lab testing that Motorola submitted to the FCC:

 

 

AJ

Just because the phone is physically capable of a radio feature does not mean it is currently "unlocked" or working. Look at the initial spark handsets, how long was it before the Nexus 5 and G2 had official support for band 41?

 

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Only new ones or people who upgrade devices on older plans.

I wonder if that includes anyone activating a different handset on their line or just those that "upgrade" through Sprint channels.

 

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been getting throttled data from sprint, even though im not a plan with throttled data..sprint executive person will be calling me at 1pm tomorrow to let me know whats up (4+ days of investigating this issue)

Didn't they change all unlimited plans to have deprioritization after 23GB?

 

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The free amazon prime was cool even if it ran out as quickly as it did. Family wall premium is meh, it was a neat idea but its easier to just use a private Facebook group or Google plus circle. Early upgrade will be nice for a lot of customers though.

 

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How does $25 sound?

 

AJ

Sounds good to me. It's cheap enough to justify for a vacation type expense but too expensive for some one to continually roam.

Roaming costs money.  Would you be willing to pay more per month?

 

AJ

I would be willing to pay more in the form of an add on data pack similar to international data offerings already available.

I believe they broadcast voice signal on 800mhz as well as 1900mhz.

It does not use 800 for voice, it makes the handset switch over to 1900. I was able to confirm the lack of voice coverage on 800 (on Airvana 2.5/2.5+ models) a while ago by forcing my old evo lte radio to secondary 800.

 

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I've had pretty good luck with roaming on Verizon in my market. I don't run a custom PRL anymore so it's only 1x data but it usually works fine for browsing/navigation and calls/text work well. If Sprint ditched in market roaming, I likely wouldn't be a customer anymore. I don't roam very often, but I don't want to be stuck without service when it could be available.

How is battery life on the 5X, specifically typical screen on time?

Tab 4 might be dropping to 3G due to a lack of eCSFB on the towers, since it can't hold both a CDMA and LTE signal simultaneously. Triband devices won't use LTE if eCSFB is not available unless you force LTE in the hidden radio settings screen (if that's even possible on the Tab 4).

No eCSFB necessary on a data only device.

 

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I got a 6th line exception, but I'm required to secure the phone through telesales or a sprint store. Unfortunately, they just don't have competitive pricing on 2 year agreements. I'm looking at the $1 Best Buy Iphone 6.

Can you add a line with an existing owned device, then go to Best buy and get the "upgrade"?

 

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Priority and Priority Mail Express are both still FedEx. As is Global Express Guaranteed.

I was talking about USPS service, not FedEx. USPS contracts many couriers including airlines such as United to move packages and mail for them. Package acceptance is USPS, payment is made to USPS, and final delivery is also USPS. They are cheaper, provide seven day delivery, deliver to more addresses, and the service is generally faster at every level. Not to mention there are far more locations nationwide to ship from.

 

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Occasionally WiFi will cause a massive battery drain but a system reboot will usually fix it. I haven't tracked down the issue yet but it is annoying. Does it happen when your on a WiFi connection?

 

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It happens at all times. Connected to WiFi at home, at work when WiFi is off etc.

Has anyone else had a large battery drain showing up as WiFi in battery stats? For the last two weeks or so it's been eating 25-50% of my battery, sometimes doubling or tripling screen battery usage. I don't know if it's actually WiFi or some rogue app causing it but it's been driving me nuts. The phone won't last the whole day with an hour of screen time anymore with it happening.

A friend of mine has one of these and they let me play with it for a bit. It's pretty nice, the commercials don't really do it justice. It's a shame they didn't make a Sprint version, but I would never change my service provider because of a handset.

And, USPS will get it there even on Saturday without you or the shipper paying extra for Saturday delivery

USPS will also deliver priority mail express on Sunday. Their service is faster, its cheaper, and its generally better in every way. I don't see why anyone deals with UPS or FedEx anymore.

 

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A "sparse" tower lay out? You got to remember back when it was just voice and text you didn't really need towers close together, so long as you had a signal you could make calls and texts will go though, everything NOW is Internet and well it has more affect on Internet than it would voice and text. You got to remember cell phone companies add cell sites all the time.

This was an affiliate market that was not originally built out very well that Sprint later took over. Site density and placement is poor here compared to many other "native" Sprint markets.

 

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