The_Chemist

Very interesting results. Thanks for posting.

The battery life statement that you made has got to be TRUE. I firmly believe this technology does indeed promote much better battery life. I have the G2. Yesterday I took it off of the charger at 1 AM. I used it hard all day yesterday (like a little kid in a candy store after I am now able to receive LTE in Harrisburg), doing many speed tests. This morning at 5:20 AM I still had 45% battery life left! That's almost 28 hours with many periods of hard use, phone calls and Internet surfing and still 45% battery left. I'm amazed! A nice consistent LTE signal the entire time! No drops or anything.

Thanks for all the time and work you put into SignalCheck. It's absolutely invaluable! I just loved hearing that chime sound yesterday when LTE started to light up here in Harrisburg for us Tri-Banders... !

My gratitude for sharing this information. Very much appreciated.

Thanks for the words of wisdom and encouragement. I'm really happy just to have working LTE again. I'm impressed by what Sprint does with the 1900 MHz signal. I'm hoping for a much stronger connection to the tower once they roll out 800 MHz near me. It's supposed to be coming soon... Please excuse my ignorance here, and lack of knowledge, but how do I know what LTE band my phone is connecting to when they become live in my area without going into the "dialer' menus with my MSL?

The Dave, on 18 Nov 2013 - 6:28 PM, said: I have bands 26 and 41 off. The only band I have enabled is 25, yet my LTE drops off right around -118 dBm. There was another person on here that said his dropped off at -118 dBm as well. In my area, only band 25 is active. Shentel is adding 800 MHz, but not on towers near me yet.

Yeah, the auto brightness leaves a lot to be desired on the G2. Hopefully they'll reprogram it at the next update. At first, I thought the slider set the minimum brightness level, but that didn't pan out. I use YAAB (Yet Another Auto Brightness). It works really well. Tested it while I was out walking in the noon-day sun today. I could see the screen perfectly. Just remember to set the YAAB manual brightness control to the max, then set the app to auto and it will dim down when you go into a building. The app also lets you set night modes and minimum and maximum thresholds. Here is a link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.gyrus.yaab&hl=en

Got my QuickWindo case today as well. Yesterday I got LTE in Harrisburg PA. Woo Hoo!

I'm in a metal building right now as well. It's just amazing how well this 1900 MHz signal propagates. I can't wait until Shwntel turns on the 800 MHZ on the towers near me. If 1900 does this well, I can only imagine what 800 will do. I wonder if it is logarithmic or linear?

I wonder if this is quality control differences between our devices? It would be interesting to see what one of the experts here think about this.

transitwatch889 also said his drops off at -118 dBm. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm?

Yea Shentel!!!

Tri Band LTE (Band 25) started working in Harrisburg PA. I noticed it late afternoon, early evening. Geez, I feel like celebrating!

Mine has been holding for about an hour now. Hopefully they'll reprogram that transitional phase.

Do you have the LG G2? Sorry, I just saw you had the N5. I could have sworn that I read on one of these threads; The_Dave was holding on to LTE the whole way down to -126 dBm...

Just wanted to let everybody know that LTE is on in Harrisburg PA. Apparently, the eCSFB update went through late this afternoon early evening. But now the closest tower to me (UPS Drive) is down. The two southern facing arrays are out. Hopefully this will be fixed soon. (I'm to the south of the tower). Speeds are ok about 9 down and 4 up. Hopefully that will improve soon. Signal fluctuates in my house. I get anywhere from -98 dBm to -107 dBm. I forced the phone into 3G by going into the basement. When I hit about -118 dBm, the G2 switched from LTE to 3G (I don't know if I'm impressed with that or not yet). The G2 didn't want to switch back to 4G by itself though. When the signal was about -101 dBm, it stayed in 3G until, I manually switched network mode to force it back. The G2 has been working when phone calls come in. "falls back" to 3G then, back to LTE at the call end. I never thought the "chime" sound from "Signal Check Pro" would sound so good!

Koiulpoi (who started this thread) had that problem. He sent his back. I saw some reviews on the Verizon version that had that issue as well.

Geez, With my Verizon FIOS Internet, I have been getting 87 down and 39 up with the G2 on WiFi. My plan is actually 75/35 so the G2 is as good as my desktop PC.

I saw that your location is "Scranton". Is that Scranton, PA? If so, I don't think that 4G is deployed there yet. If I am correct, it is still a 3G only area. I also saw that your device was listed as a GS4. Is that a Sprint GS4? Did you receive LTE before?

Today at lunch, I had Signal Check Pro up. All of a sudden, I heard the jingle sound it makes when it detects a connection. I looked down at my phone (LG G2) and I had LTE for about 10 seconds. Either my phone completely dropped the 3G signal from the Shentel tower, which is highly unlikely since I am 0.25 miles from the tower, or they are starting to mess around with the fallback issue. I'm in Harrisburg PA. Nothing has happened again all afternoon, still 3G.

Thank You!

May I ask a question? I looked all over these threads, but could nor find the answer, unless I overlooked something. What frequency is eHRPD on? Is it 1900 MHz or 800 MHz? That's all I am receiving with my new Tri Band LG G2 until the fallback issue is rectified. I'm just curious. Thanks!

jamess32, on 14 Nov 2013 - 07:41 AM, said: For anyone like myself that has the problem where the phone rings OK for an incoming call but you cannot answer and the phone then locks up I don't know why it is happening but I think I know under what conditions it happens. At home I only get 3g and never have this problem. At work I am continuously connected to LTE and this problem occurs often, maybe half the time. When my phone is set to 3g only the problem stops. So, does anyone have an idea why when connected to LTE an incoming call cannot be answered? Both Google and Sprint do not know and Google wants to replace the phone. I suspect it is more of a software issue rather than the phones hardware but maybe someone more knowledgeable has an idea. Thanks Could it be that when the phone is on LTE and it is paged by the network ,to tell the phone it has a call - it just doesn't fall back to 3G properly to connect?

Not yet in the Harrisburg Shentel area. I eagerly check each day!

I'm waiting for the GN4. Supposed to have a 16 MP camera. I'm sure the next generation of phones for Sprint will be Tri Band. I miss my GN3 screen and keyboard too, but I think the G2 is actually a better device.