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  1. greenbastard
    I believe it's a simple profile update. What kind of phone do you have? You may be able to turn on CA manually.
  2. greenbastard
    I have no clue who this 'Fabian' character is y'all speak of.
  3. greenbastard
    Touché
  4. greenbastard
    There's an NBA app with free radio broadcasts of games available to Sprint. But it really doesn't do anything that most other sports app can already do.
  5. greenbastard
    Hey, go make a WiFi call and report back. [emoji41]
  6. greenbastard
    I don't think many phones outside of the Nexus allows the option to disable Band 25. I know the GS5 only allows Band 26 and Band 41 to be disabled, but there is no option to disable B25. Which is quite a bummer since I also experience the same thing you do. I had a tower outage once that brought B25/26 offline, but Clear LTE was unaffected. B41 was still working along ~-120 and the download was a solid 5-6 Mbps. Much better than B25 and B26, that's for sure.
  7. greenbastard
    Are they even able to do CA with old Clearwire Equipment? Because most of Houston has yet to see any widespread 8T8R upgrades. Some 8T8R here and there, but Clearwire is still widespread throughout the city.
  8. greenbastard
    I have no clue why this happens. My best guess is so they won't interfere with the old Clearwire equipment or maybe they just won't optimize them until the entire market is covered with 8t8r B41.
  9. greenbastard
    On Android???
  10. greenbastard
    So I got my phone back. So far no issues with missed calls or delayed texts. They reflashed the software since that's all they could do. One thing to point out is that I haven't activated WiFi calling. Fingers crossed. P.S.... My S3 may be super slow, but at least it doesn't crash my apps every 30 minutes.
  11. greenbastard
    That's not even the argument on hand. You gripped about Marcelo not doing anything in year 1 (if it has even been that long). Yet you bring up how it took at&t years to get it working. You basically contradicted yourself.
  12. greenbastard
    I'm not sure if you realize, but you just shut your own argument down.
  13. greenbastard
    You don't seem to understand how hard it is to upgrade networks, especially with limited low band spectrum. Add the fact that you're not the only company fighting for resources and man power when it comes to upgrading towers, and the job becomes extremely hard. Sprint would have been a lot better off had they had the spectrum to deploy 10x10 LTE, but they don't. Marcello didn't walk into a favorable situation, but there's not much he can do without purchasing more mid to low band paired spectrum. The only thing he can do is densify the network, which he is currently doing.
  14. greenbastard
    You'll probably have to wait until your whole market is completed with 8t8r radios installations. I've noticed that Nokia has gone around and installed 8t8r around Texas, but leave them at low power which roughly gives the same coverage as Clearwire LTE. Once a market is complete, optimizations should help a ton. New 8t8r equipment only goes as high as -82 dbm in my area, while they should be able to reach up as high as the upper -50s when fully optimized (as seen in places such as Las Vegas). I'm assuming once Clearwire equipment is taken off line, then people should be able to see the real strength of B41.
  15. greenbastard
    There is not much he can do other than to spend money. Both B25 and B26 at 5x5 are not going to be as fast as the competitors. He's on the right path to densify with B41, but it'll likely take more time.
  16. greenbastard
    You have to remember that LTE is still rather new in Mexico, so a lot of phones don't support LTE, much less Sprint's bands. The LTE bands and use of CDMA technology will make it difficult for Sprint to negotiate with Canadian and Mexican providers.
  17. greenbastard
    It would be hard to strike a deal since Sprint won't be able to offer roaming to any potential partner due to CDMA/GSM incompatibility. Maybe LTE roaming, but LTE is still a new thing in most Mexican major cities with very few phones supporting it and Sprint has yet to announce VoLTE. It's Marcelo's move. This is actually a good incentive from T-Mobile...too good to ignore.
  18. greenbastard
    Plus it covers almost every band used by At&t, Verizon, and T-Mobile. Motorola now has my attention.
  19. greenbastard
    Maybe it's not a feature, but the S5 charges rather quick when compared to the S3, S2, iPhone 5s. Nice feature if you ask me
  20. greenbastard
    And the answer is... I remember in HS, the local 'dealer' used to carry 2 phones. One for personal use and another for his 'business' (and this was way before mobile data). His business phone was a burner he had bought at a gas station. MVNOs are very popular among drug dealers and other not exactly 'legal' enterprises. I remember seeing a small documentary about human smuggling in South Texas and how in each safe house they store female illegal aliens in one room, males in another, and food/supplies in another. Among the supplies were dozens of TracPhone boxes they had purchased at a Dollar General. Also, not to turn this into a political issue, but its no secret that crime is more rampant in lower income neighborhoods. And as we all know, MVNOs are usually popular among low income households and individuals. Then consider that some of the most popular MVNOs use T-Mobile and Sprint, and the answer becomes a lot clearer.
  21. greenbastard
    Now that I'm reminded, did this new update at least fix the signal bar issues? My phone is away for repair (I hope). I won't get it back by the end of next week according to Samsung.
  22. greenbastard
    I care for one thing and one thing only; rf performance. And the Nexus line has looked solid on that department from both LG and Motorola. If the screen size is right (~5 in.), I'll definitely purchase the Nexus as my next phone. I'll also consider the Moto X if it comes back to Sprint. Unfortunately, I'm not eligible for an upgrade anytime soon, but at least most phones should support carrier aggregation by then. I'll definitely miss the waterproof, Ant+ radio, fast charging, and the physical home button, but I'm willing to look past that for a phone that actually works. I've tried HTC and even though they have solid software, their hardware and rf performance leaves a lot to be desired. Samsung is slowly starting to go down that road.
  23. greenbastard
    Who said they do? I'm simply asking if these numbers only reflect those networks' subscribers, or do they also include MVNO users that use their networks. Since T-Mobile and Sprint are the networks used by most of the popular MVNOs, then that would explain why their networks have bigger numbers than Verizon/AT&T.
  24. greenbastard
    Are MVNO customers included? Because that would explain the higher numbers.
  25. greenbastard
    Forget the leaks, what about the phantom screen turning on? That's the first thing they should fix since it's a silent battery killer.
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