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GoBears

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    Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N900P) running a lot of Xposed mods
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    Newport, KY
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    4G Information

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  1. No problem, I'll continue mapping more when I get a chance, although I'm primarily out of town for work in Louisville for the near term future. Which, Louisville by the way, has pretty good 4G coverage, so I'm hoping once Cincy finally gets done we'll all be content.
  2. I'm not sure if this would work on an S5, but it works on my Galaxy Note 3. Download "Advanced Signal Status" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cc.signalinfo Once installed, go to "Additional Info", then "Device Information" Then click on the options for "Set preferred network type:" and change it from "LTE/CDMA auto (PRL)" to "LTE only"
  3. Yes, that was me. LTE PRL was forced on my phone using Advanced Signal Status app.
  4. I emailed the LTE Discovery developers about the arrow in the app to see which tower it points at. Below is the email and response.
  5. I tried LTE Discovery, but even when I have a 4G signal, it seems to be showing me the CDMA tower location. If I understand it correctly, voice and SMS still go over that so it maintains a connection there. It reported the tower direction and gave location of 39.07236111, -84.50784722 which is 1551 Madison Ave., Covington. When I drove over there, definitely no LTE going on. Looks like there are indeed some cell antennas on top of the building there. I'll have to see if I can verify how that app is working when I'm in a different area with a strong known LTE signal.
  6. I mapped out 4th Street in Newport and Covington with weak 4G. I'm still having a hard time understanding which direction to drive to get a stronger signal. It doesn't seem to come from the Southgate/Fort Thomas area as I lose my signal when I drive that way. Either that or it's coming from a tower in Cincinnati or a tower South in Latonia or something. Do you know a way to pinpoint the direction of a 4G tower from an app? I see how to do it with 3G. GCI reported by SignalCheckPro is 08006200. I guess I could drive over to those other areas and see if that matches.
  7. I drove over to that point a bit ago. Mapped really weak 4G on that street by forcing my phone to LTE. Speedtest was crawling, it would barely even finish.
  8. Do you remember when it was that you did it?
  9. The faint 4G on 2nd Street on by the stadiums, anyone know where the tower that is coming from?
  10. For those obsessed (like me) with finding 4G signals and you have an Android device, this app LTE Discovery has helped me: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.simplyadvanced.ltediscovery If you buy the pay version for a few dollars, it will keep cycling the radio every 30 seconds until it gets a LTE signal, and you can even setup audio alerts. It has screens that tell you which tower you are supposedly connected to, although I haven't had much success pinpointing which tower I'm on. It says Sprint towers give out more information than other carriers, but I have driven to the GPS coordinates where it reports the tower it was connected to and have not been able to locate the tower or home in on a stronger signal. I've been mapping signals in the Newport, Covington, and downtown Cincy area with Sensorly, although many times the LTE signal near the river isn't strong enough to hold for very long. http://www.sensorly.com/map/4G/US/USA/Sprint/lte_310sprint#q=Newport%2C+KY%2C+USA|coverage I would love to hear when and who got the mystery strong signals near the south end of the Bailey Bridge. I have not been able to replicate anything like that. I marked up a Sensorly snapshot below with green circles of my contributions that weren't on the map before and circled the mystery Bailey Bridge LTE in yellow. Why is it taking so long for them to roll out strong LTE in the downtown area is really frustrating to say the least. One would figure that you would want to hit that area first then spread outward. If anyone can shed some light on why it's being rolled out there last, I would love the enlightenment.
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