jonathanm1978

So far, nothing I've done has made the note 8, mine or my wife, c connect better than it does right now. In places where the note 5 was fine and had great signal, the note 8 drops to att b17. I wish I could turn off b17..

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By the way...I was told newer devices have an MSL of zeros. Both of my note 8 phones have the MSL of 000000

Also, can anyone list those wild LTE bands and which carriers are using them? I'm curious if they are in the carrier association and if we will see those working in areas anytime soon...

Hopefully the radio gets some work... In places where I have -110 from my magic box on Galaxy tab A, the note 8 is dropping to AT&T band 17 roaming. I realize B41 and tablet has more room.. But the note 5 also had decent magic box B41 reception in the same spot. Both mine and wife note 8 won't hang on to that B41 in places where note 5 held it rather well.

Sent email about business magic box Friday... Had some issues with request that we fixed via email.. Received email today saying order was placed and also received tracking info. Will have it on Wednesday according to UPS. The business unit has same model number as my personal unit... AU545

I'm staying around -115 with 3.5 to 4.1 CINR . Got out of the negative CINR finally...

Increased me from no signal at all... to having useable b41 with 7mbps down and 2mbps up

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Has anyone looked at the band priority screen? There's like twenty bands of lte... interesting.

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I just checked the status of it and found out they left it at my garage 40 minutes ago. So much for them absolutely requiring a signature.

I only know what the manager of ups told me about the sprint contract requiring a signature... whether or not the drivers abide by it. ..... thats on them.

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Is this phone band 41 gigabit ready.

TBH, I haven't even looked at the capability of the Snapdragon 845 or whatever it is that's in the Note 8...

I assume that it's HPUE capable, and has 2CA up and down? 

If I'm understanding the CA correctly, current devices are 2x CA on downlink, and 1x CA on uplink?

I thought I saw somewhere that the 845 does do 2CA uplink and downlink, but i could be wrong.

I'm sure someone who knows for sure will chime in...

Both sent from same facility I'm sure....
Difference is one got on the plane and  went to Bham International..the other was ...trucked? Montgomery doesn't have a UPS airport ...

this photo is under ideal conditions, I assume. Where I am, I took the magic box to a true fringe area where band 26 is decent and 25 comes and goes.

This tells me that above zero in the CINR is best, and the further negative and away from zero is worst.

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Normally, I've spoken with UPS before a shipment ever gets to the truck to be delivered. So from the local UPS facility, down to the driver that runs my route, I am well-known. And they usually help me out with things since some of the stuff I get is time-sensitive.

As much as I really want to get this thing ASAP if the carriers ship before Samsung directly that is garbage. The Note 7 promo specifically says priority shipping so you get it first.

 

No reason to include that if the carriers are going to ship 1st and they had no way to match the offer.

 

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But, if that's the case and the carrier already has the phones in their inventory -- which is VERY likely -- what's to stop them from sending them out or releasing them for shipment? I mean, once the carrier has them, it's probably some agreed-upon date before release can happen, and if the date is the same for carriers + Samsung direct, then it's just a matter of shipping speed chosen. 

I'm sure Texans will be impacted by the inability to deliver some items to certain areas as well.

I had to sign + last 4 digits of license.  

Does "Shipment release authorized" mean that the warehouse has given to the green light to ship these?

No. Under 'normal' circumstances -- and by that i mean beta devices that arent even released for public consumption yet ..."Shipment release authorized" means that UPS can leave the package at my doorstep..without me having to sign for it...

But, as I mentioned earlier in this thread, when it comes to shipments that are sent from Sprint, they have a contract with UPS that states they MUST hand the packages to a person. 

Sprint had a lot of problems with people claiming "well i never received it" and they would lose tons of money with "stolen" or supposedly never received devices...

It basically is a release authorization that I've presigned for all packages to be left if I'm not home to sign for them.

But with Sprint, it doesn't stand...I have to physically be given the package..

This will show exactly what UPS has ... (in literal terms, they have nothing but a label and tracking in their system. No package picked up yet)..

So they've generated labels. Hopefully we see them start moving today..

I should've left good enough alone. Since last Friday, my MB has not lost signal, my Note 5 hasn't d/c and recon not even once...for a solid week it's been on and working.

yesterday I got to being petty about the signal and noise and such...

And I moved it. I moved it 5" to 6" in the same area that it's in, but still moved it nonetheless...and that was a big mistake.

I've had nothing but disconnect/reconnect.

SCP is chiming like every couple minutes...

I finally had to look back through my photos and see where it was sitting when I had it working, and according to photo, I put it back in that spot. And so far, it's still holding it's signal and my Note hasn't d/c but once since I put it back...

Tracking details on both still show "Order processed: Ready for UPS" ...

Until it gets on the plane and hits Bham, I can't really decipher what's happening.

Hoping to see them start moving today (they will HAVE to be put on plane that leaves Kentucky for Birmingham by tomorrow morning at 5am in order to still have the device by tomorrow...

If they don't start moving and get put on the plane ...then it will at the earliest be delivered on Tuesday thanks to the holiday.

Both now showing in app.

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Folks, if you are getting a negative CINR with the Magic Box, it is not going to work well, if at all.  The Magic Box is not the right solution for your situation.

 

AJ

Mine has been working fine for a week now, with a -3.5 or so CINR and -120db on band 25..

Not to say it will be great forever, but it's doing it for now.

~5mbps down, 1.8mbps up

Ok..you've lost me...

So...I understand the 15db CINR being better than 2db CINR...

But what about when it goes -5 CINR...what's better, a -3.5 or a -6.0?

So, in my case, this:

-123 with -3.8CINR

is worse than

-123 with 4.2CINR?

Am I right?

I assume it goes the way I'm thinking...

a -3.5 is worse than a -4.5

Or do I have that backwards, and the closer to 0 means the better it gets?

I should know the answer to this...but in the magic box "relay" status -- are we looking for a higher "CINR" or a lower "CINR"??

I'm getting a -121 with -2.1 CINR..

What is ideal...lower than that or higher than that?

*btw* this is on b25..if that matters.

I wonder why Samsung direct is shipping later than Sprint? Unless it's int'l...which I highly doubt...seems like Sammy should ship before them.