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Well, my compliments to Google on an Exemplary Pre-Order Launch Day.  As AJ pointed out, all 4 units were sold!  Marvelous!

How does a pre-order sell out? I must not understand what the term pre-order means. I thought a pre-order was pre-paying for something knowing it's not available yet.

Were there so many pre-orders that Google was concerned about fulfilling them all during the device's lifespan? If not, then shouldn't the orders continue, just with longer and longer ETA's?

I'm not convinced the 100 second window people were able to pay in was the launch...

911 over WiFi, cool! I didn't know they would do that.

...instead of just a 3x3 LTE carrier which frankly isn't going to do much. 

3x3 will still do wonders for VoLTE!

At least Sprint is nationwide with its low frequency spectrum.

Unfortunately this is delayed too. 

Try browsing a page in the stock browser and see if it redirects you to a log in?

I've been hesitant in doing that since I've heard tons of negative feedback from others that the reps either don't know or are hesitant in giving out or won't and very few others like yourself whom had luck getting it. 

 

What will I need to let them know in order to get it.

With all my phones, I've just asked,

1. "Could you give me the MSL number for the phone XXX-XXX-XXXX on my account? Thanks for your time. :)"

2. They say, "Sure, let me see if I can help you with that."

3. 1 minute passes.

4. They give me the MSL.

5. ???

6. Profit

Hi all,

 

 

I picked up a Moto X this month and was looking for the ##number# to obtain the MSL code. Does anyone know that number??

Open a Sprint live chat and ask for the MSL of your phone. They've always given it to me.

 

per sponsor access to schedules, Band 41 is rather 90-180 days out. All the hard work has been completed for Network Vision 1.0 which is Band 25. Band 41 will blow away the competitors.

 

Are u folks talking about Spark

 

Yes

Cool! I wonder how it works.

Googled "NV item code." I've never heard that phrase before.

Are you asking for something similar/related to this?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1954029

Because Samsung was somehow convinced to do it with their flagship, VoLTE won't be widespread nationally for either cdma carrier for quite some time, and with the N6's battery size the extra minimal drain would more than be offset by the awesome ability to talk and surf over multiple LTE bands like a boss.

 

First phone to work on every major US carrier might as well be the first to have triband SVLTE. One can dream, anyway;)

 

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I think the major challenge is having TD-LTE and FDD-LTE together in an SVLTE device. That hasn't been done before as far as I'm aware.

I've searched and couldn't find an answer. How did vzw get a Samsung GS5 with SVLTE.

Like all other SVLTE phones on the carrier, Verizon or it's subscribers paid for it one way or another.

All evidence points to no. With the 2014 Verizon Moto X using eCSFB, It would be overly complicated to make an exception for this phone. Up until now, Verizon has been the oddball not using a single transmission path. Now that they can use eCSFB, why would Google make a hack-job phone with SVLTE for Verizon/Sprint?

The 4:3 ratio is what kills it for me. Never.

Big red uses eCSFB on newer devices I believe.

Since when? What device uses eCSFB on Verizon?

LTE is not used to send sms on Sprint

Not sure if serious or trolling.

Funny thing is, a lot of us here would let Sprint to throw a tower on our property for free. 

The point was on sites that were over loaded would slow people down who use alot of data. from reading on here there are quite a few places that have slowed down to sub 5Mbps during peak hours. so i was just wondering how well it worked to alleviate the problem. 

I'm guessing the throttling is taking place when it's down to sub 1mbps speeds. 

I think the load balancing is only done on sites being slammed down to their knees. So like Robert said, you might have a tough time knowing you are throttled.

how much do i have to donate to gain access to tower related information. I would like to learn about the specific details and work that is being done around the towers around me. Details such as what work is being done around me. can you guys tell me how much I have to pay to gain such access?

There is no specific amount you have to pay. Just make a donation, and you will get access to maps showing the current 3g/LTE/CDMA800 status of nearly all Sprint towers.

You can also ask questions in the Houston market thread here:

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1098-network-visionlte-houston-market/

I'm sure some members local to your area would love to help answer questions.

Any updates on this?

It's a distant dream.

Has Sprint improved in 2014?

Yes

Whatever it is, I don't believe it is eCSFB related, as an airplane toggle would not have resulted in an LTE connection. Tri-Band users would have been stuck on 3G no matter what you do.

What I've seen in Olathe is eCSFB, because you would be kicked off LTE again within a few seconds/minutes after an airplane toggle. This isn't the case in the Houston area. Any theories?

I'm going to go drive around to Katy and Houston sites tomorrow and watch the 'LTE enginerring' screen. I'll wait for it to scan and see what it does. Even with no background data, they are not moving up to LTE.

I have never seen my N5 camp on 3G when LTE is available for more than 5 minutes. This is my experience in the Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas markets. I have seen the same results with my G3. When LTE is available, I am not on 3G for more than 5 minutes.

 

I am not seeing the issues that are being discussed. I'm not sure there is much that can be improved, everyone that has Sprint that I know have no complaints like this. 

I guess I just have bad luck? I can count 12 people that have complained this exact problem to me around Houston and Oklahoma. I don't have these problems at all in Overland park/Kansas city, just a few places in Olathe.

I was just sharing an issue that's still present almost a year since the first triband devices. I keep hearing people complain about it, and I've experienced it myself in other markets. I just hope whatever needs done in these areas will get done soon, whether its ECSFB or some kind of software problem.

I think the problem in Katy is there just is not enough towers out here. ( I live in Katy) Just north of I-10 I get great LTE due to the tower behind the vfw there. Over by the mall and chick fil a area you spoke of I drop to 3g there but pick LTE up driving past that into cinco ranch. Then back to 3g out in Richmond off 99.

 

I think they just need to get some more towers in this area since the explosion in population they last few years or so. I drive all over the west side of Houston and get great LTE where the tower spacing is a lot better.

Katy does have poor site spacing, but there is a Sprint/Clearwire tower less than half a mile from where I was at. Site spacing was not the issue.

Networks are not designed to tell devices to scan.  It doesn't work that way.  What they can do is move you to other places on the network.  But CDMA and LTE are not cohesive network environments where your device on CDMA can be moved over to LTE by the network, like the way the network can move you around from one LTE band to another.  The device is the big instigator about moving between technologies.

 

More can be done in software on the device side.  But given all the different RF propagation characteristics between devices, different radios/basebands, operating systems and OEM's...every adjustment differentially affects another, often with unintended consequences.

 

There are no perfect networks.  Sprint can do some more.  But many people will still feel their network experience is lacking.  And maybe they should find another provider.

I'm proposing this on the device side.