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    iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus User Thread

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

    Posted

    I wouldn't attempt it. You might have to eat the cost at Apple. It's $100 I think.

     

     

    Sent from my iPhone 6+

    I was looking on Yelp and there's a place in Barrington that fixes iPhone screens (and has a $10 off coupon!) so I may check them out later this week.

     

     

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    Why is Sprint's 4G LTE Signal so bad almost everywhere [in my area]?

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    -105 ain't a bad signal strength. For whatever reason a lot of Android devices only show 1 bar at that signal level (which I think is a very poor design flaw that should be corrected ASAP) while my iPhone shows 3 bars.

     

    Also, I am assuming Minneapolis does not have an extensive B41 network as of yet nor a second B25 carrier. Site spacing is probably not as good as it is in my market either. I also have doubts that Sprint has been able to optimize each and every B26 site to its full potential. These factors are likely why speeds and signal levels appear to be piss poor in your area.

     

    I'm happy in the Chicago market with my service. Signal levels are decent, but they could be better. I really hope they deploy 4x2 MIMO on B41 as well as B25 in the near future. Those using T-Mobile claim this configuration is a great complement to their AWS LTE, so I would assume performance using 4x2 would also enhance the PCS LTE and BRS/EBS LTE user experience on B25 and B41 respectively. Also keep in mind that Sprint is planning on increasing site density by a tune of 9000+ sites. In fact, they are putting a new tower just down the street from me.

     

    By the looks of it you may be happier with another carrier of you are not able to complete the tasks that mobile phones are supposed to do while on a cellular network. But if it is more of an annoyance rather than un-usability, it may be worth waiting for the network enhancements Sprint has on the horizon.

     

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Chicago Market

    in Markets

    Posted

    Woohoo! :banana:

    I did a Google search in curiosity of Sprint possibly taking over the old USCC space on my town's water tower, and lo and behold I find some village board minutes telling me exactly what I wanted to see! The motion was granted in August but I have not yet noticed any work beginning. I hope they start soon, because as of today the existing USCC antennas are still present.

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    Edit: I just drove by the water tower and noticed the old USCC equipment shelter appears to have been removed. Progress!! [emoji2]

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    CellularInfo for iOS: Beta Released (was Coming soon)

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

    Posted

    My question was more along the lines of - has anyone ever seen anything other than the number 2 in the Tx Antennas field.

     

    Mine populates if I toggle airplane mode, OR if my phone switches bands while I'm in Field Test.

    Not yet, at least on the Sprint network. I hear T-Mobile has 4x2 deployments in Nokia vendor areas which will populate the 4 Tx value in iPhone field test mode..

     

     

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    CellularInfo for iOS: Beta Released (was Coming soon)

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

    Posted

    I honestly have never seen it show more than 2 tx antennas. On my phone - if it is on an 8T8R site - toggling airplane mode puts me back on B25 for a second, then it seems like tower says 'ok... move him over to B41' - but I have never seen the number of TX antennas move to anything other than null or 2.

     

    :(

     

    Has anyone seen it actually say something other than that?

    Nope. I actually stopped looking because I could never get it to populate that info.

    I got it to populate this morning on B41 (2 Tx), I had my phone sit in field test mode for like 5 minutes when sitting in traffic. Just gotta give it a few minutes.

     

     

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    10MHz by 10MHz LTE 1900 band

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    Look, I do not want Sprint to host any spectrum for or sell/trade any spectrum to Dish. Charlie can suck it. I also hope that the 600 MHz incentive auction keeps getting pushed off into the distant future. Tough beans for low band challenged T-Mobile. Sprint truly needs neither Dish nor 600 MHz. Spectrum wise, Sprint is pretty much set for the time being.

     

    AJ

    AJ, I'm curious on why you think Sprint doesn't need any additional low band spectrum.

     

     

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    Post Your LTE 800 Success Stories Here!

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    I may as well chime in here. I was at Menards the other day (home improvement big box store) that sits right next to a B25/B26 tower. I observed performance to be better on B26 (8 down, 6 up) when I walked to the back of the store, and B25 was performing marginally worse outside and in the front of the store (2 down, 4 up) even with 2 B25 carriers deployed.

     

    In areas where B41 is present, I noticed that both B25 and B26 perform a lot better too.

     

     

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Chicago Market

    in Markets

    Posted

    http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/post/_/id/14560/the-cell-not-in-line-for-name-change

     

    Two years have passed. Nothing has changed. Why now?

     

    And we do not need Sprint Park. We already have Sprint Center in Kansas City -- but that naming right purchase was more of a civic pride contribution than anything else.

     

    After all, where is T-Mobile Field? Yet, Magenta seems to be doing okay. Naming rights have been shown to provide little benefit for already well known brands.

     

    AJ

    I'm not much of a marketing guru but I do realize many dynamics have changed with both USCC and Sprint in the last two years. Such that, IMO, a name change for Sox Park may be more plausable now with those naming rights to be transferred to Sprint in some fashion.

     

    Plausibility does not mean certainty and I realize this. But I think it would certainly prove to be a bold move by Sprint if they bought the naming rights to the ballpark sometime in the near future.

     

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Chicago Market

    in Markets

    Posted

    Uh, I hate to call that a stupid question, but Sprint did not acquire USCC. Additionally, USCC is still headquartered in Chicago and bought New Comiskey Park naming rights for fully 20 years.

     

    AJ

    I know that AJ. They sold off their spectrum and subs to Sprint but their HQ is still here like you said. It just seems very irrational for branding to remain on a MLB ballpark after a company that no longer offers any products or services within the Chicago metro area.

     

    Even if the naming rights are there for 20 years, contracts can be broken or transferred. USCC doesn't have much to benefit from those naming rights for obvious reasons unless the penalties assessed for terminating the naming agreement are greater than the remaining contract cost.

     

    Another observation made before the 2014 season was that the USCC branding on the facade behind home plate was removed. I doubt that would have happened if USCC was still active in the Chicago market. Coincidence? Maybe. But I doubt USCC is fully committed given their Chicagoland exit.

     

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Chicago Market

    in Markets

    Posted

    Random question.. When the hell are they going to rename US Cellular Field?? I think Sprint Park (or Sprint Spark Park?!?) has a nice ring to it. I feel a rebranded USCC field would be a great asset for Sprint to have now they are back in the game with the improved network.

     

     

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Sorry...I did not mean to imply any wrongdoing. I applaud your efforts to be open and honest. Agree on all points!

     

    In other news....I wish I owned Sprint stock!

    Interesting tidbit to mention, according to my Fidelity account homepage Sprint was the 10th most active stock traded on the NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX today.

     

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    T-Mobile LTE & Network Discussion

    in General Topics

    Posted

    T-Mobile has gone advertising crazy here in Los Angeles for their $40 Unlimited Plan. It's almost impossible to look anywhere without seeing magenta on billboards, buses, buildings -- basically all OOH advertising.

     

    Has T-Mobile been as aggressive elsewhere?

    Over the summer I was at a pretty large L station in the Chicago Loop that was completely magenta, on 2 stories and down each corridor. In your face T-Mobile girl smirking at you as you ride up/down the escalator. If you could imagine a T-Mobile themed haunted house, that would be it.

     

    It was so magenta it burned my eyes.

     

     

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