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I wish Sprint knew how to advertise. Their framily commercial makes me sad, especially when the Verizon More Everything commercial plays right after it.

I thought this was one of Sprints better commercials. Plus, it targets the demographic it is currently going after.

I do miss their commercial comparing the 4 networks though and saying that they have unlimited and won't throttle.

I agree that Hesse probably is good for Sprint but... It shouldn't have taken softbank to fire bad leaders. Also, as a leader, you are fully accountable for the work produced by your employees. The two people who got fired, just lost site of what they were supposed to be doing and how to go about it. The new commercials in the past couple of weeks are infinitely better than the previous ones.

Nexus 5 Spark Update

 

https://community.sprint.com/baw/message/740039#740039

To save everyone the trouble of clicking the link... The update isn't out yet and this is just Sprint saying "it's coming soon". Granted, hopefully "it's on its way" means that it is coming sooner than later.

Data Performance Metrics shows much improvements. That is a good sign the network can only get better.

Glad to hear that San Diego is giving Sprint a chance and that their deadline should force Sprint to do more sooner for that County (Yay for me).

Kinda weird that they would ask for monthly status reports. That would suck if Sprint would have to develop status reports for all counties across the US. I hope they can just use their standard report and apply it to San Diego.

I just called sprint yesterday and found out band 26 was installed and ready to go on my home towers. Beyond excited for this spark update now! No more falling back to 3g between towers!

Man, you have a lot more faith in Sprint techs than I do. I hope they know what they are talking about! Where are roughly at so we can see if it is plausible?

I just received a new PRL update today. Went from 25017 to 25018 on my GS3. Seems this new version scans for 1900 first. I'm curious why they changed it. The old PRL scanned 800 first.

 

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Makes sense though as they would prefer people be on their work horse band and only kick people to 800 when they need it (E.g. : indoors).

I received word today that Shentel is starting to rollout a second PCS LTE carrier now on busy sites

Robert

Newbie question: my understanding is that adding a second LTE carrier on B25 means using another block of spectrum (E.g.: 5mhz).

What I don't understand is how this affects the equipment installed on a tower. Would this require additional antennas be installed or is this simply a software configuration of those currently existing antennas?

I'll send you guys the bill for the deliverable soon....

 

This doesn't include the 800 scan order changes as my app doesn't analyze that granular as it would be a report 5 miles long every time. This is only 25017 to 25018 but the other device series are based off the same core this one was based off.

 

Full analysis & changes posted at : http://prl.digiblur.com/

 

PRL Comparison of PRLS 25017 to 25018

 

With more removes than adds does that mean that Sprint is turning off the ability to roam to a bunch of places?

A new Sprint PRL is out... 25018. Perhaps someone smarter can sift through it?

I thought that this year would be the year of the software but Samsung feel flat in this regard. I wanted Samsung to compete with active notifications, knock on, quick access to camera, Google voice listening, etc. Oh well... Time for Samsung to milk the cow.

Bezel be gone... Nope... It's even more prevalent on this phone than the GS4. Too bad I love the LG designs but don't quite like their UI (been getting spoiled after owning the Nexus 5). I'm also a little sad that to get water resistant capability they had to put a cover over the charging port. Luckily I have a few wireless chargers but I will need to get one for the car too since I don't have fingernails to pull open the cover.

Regardless, the Nexus 5 is my favorite phone I ever owned. It is very smart, good looking, fast, has quick updates, no bloatware, awesome cases, cheap, a ton of network compatibility, wireless charging, and more.

Mine currently does too... Especially with the snapdragon app and ART. I'm just hoping the Spark update doesn't kill that as some people in the G2 forum would have you believe.

When I bought the nexus 5 I figured it would get a quick update due to it being a Nexus. Oh well... I still think it is a battery issue. If they can't get that under control, I'm not sure if they'll release it. A phone that works for only 6 hours is a paper weight.

Finally went to LA to visit my parents, so I decided to finally try out the .15 radio here. Well... It works! This is what I was able to get on band 41. Not as fast as some of the other people I've seen, but definitely great speeds.

Thank you sir. The people of LA don't like to map much.

Just talked to sprint its official rochester ny....to bad thought would be better...not much 4g....but gates is covered not greece parma hilton area 2well

I believe a market launch can occur even if a market is not quite 50 complete. At around 50 percent complete there will be an inconsistent and likely poor experience and even areas not covered much at all.

Dang, looks like more people are interested in the M8 rather than the S5. Are people just tired of Samsung?

After buying a Nexus 5, I can't imagine buying ANY phone that doesn't have all the bands I need for at least Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T. If the customers are going to be paying for the phone, I want the freedom to bounce around to different carriers or supplement them from time to time. Case in point... My wife and I are on Sprint. She is traveling overseas for 2 months so I put her phone in seasonal standby and now she is on T-mobile.

Btw... I thought the M8 was just getting publicity for all the poor design choices they made that make it worse than the current generation phone (too much useless area/bezels... They should just make the HTC logo their home key)

I think its an issie with the stock messaging app. I have a tmobile G2 and same issue. I switched to hangouts and bam! All mms working great

 

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May I recommend Textra? I'm not a fan of the boring hangouts UI.

I wonder if the battery life issue would occur if you weren't in a Spark area? That would such for those users... The sacrifice of many for the joy/good of the extremely few.

I would venture to guess that the battery life issue is probably why they are taking their time on the nexus 5 because, unlike the g2, nexus doesn't have battery life to "spare".

Nexus 5 on Band 41 in Glendale Heights IL, I wish there was a way to shut off Band 25 and let the phone focus on band 41

 

Just wondering what your b25 speeds are in that same area?

I'm not a fan if this leak is true. The black bar with the HTC logo and asymmetrical speaker grills will annoy my ocd.

 

HTC's 2014 One leaks out in first press image http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/19/5425446/htc-2014-one-press-image-leak

It's bezel time! Ugh... I hate HTC. Their last phone had a useless HTC logo at least surrounded by useful buttons. Now we get more bezel for no added benefit! On-screen buttons were supposed to make the screen bigger, not smaller.

I was wondering about the 800 LTE coverage in the OC. I thought Spark meant TD-LTE and 800 LTE. I figured the old Wimax sites got converted but i wasn't aware of any 800 sites.

WiMax is 2600

Nextel was 800

Originally, spark seemed to include 800 and 2600. More recently, it has seemed that Spark stands for the TD-LTE (2600). Although the IBEZ zone seems to stop at San Clemente, the FCC has approved an extension for the public emergency folks to get off the 800 band. Until that happens (anyone's guess), we will not get 800 (LTE or CDMA).

Note: the sprint coverage maps refer to spark as 2600.

As with everything else, they are overstating the coverage.

 

Have you checked out our Clear TD-LTE schedule thread to see where to expect Spark coverage?

I did and neither my area nor the other poster's area have Spark planned for it (yet). Just makes me sad that we can be potentially lied to. I'm keeping up hope until I can prove otherwise.

I just noticed on the coverage maps at Sprint.com that Orange County, CA is live with Spark. It covers from San Juan Capistrano in the south up to Downey and Santa Fe Springs and west to Long Beach. I haven't seen any evidence on this site to support this. Has Sprint gotten ahead of itself on its own coverage maps? Any thoughts?

I have the same question for OC. I live in Aliso Viejo and they have my area listed as turbo spark but I never even had WiMax anywhere near me. I am waiting for the nexus update to confirm.