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I have an iPhone 12 on Sprint but on TNX. I read a comment on Reddit from a person that said they did not get global roaming when traveling overseas.

Anyone experience this issue here?

I’m not traveling overseas anytime soon but when I do, I don’t want to encounter this issue. The person in Reddit said they had to revert back to a Sprint SIM.

6 hours ago, Paynefanbro said:

I haven't been to Borough Park in a while but I know that the neighborhoods nearby like Flatbush, Kensington, and Prospect Park South all have n41 on a bunch of sites. At the very least n71 should be mostly built out by now so I would expect contiguous 5G coverage there. 

Unfortunately there's no way for us to track n41 deployment yet besides using cellmapper.net and even then, we can only track sites where T-Mobile turned Band 41 on. I do see a bunch of split eNBs for Band 71 in Borough Park though which means T-Mobile has likely touched those sites recently. At the very least they got modernized/new equipment. I'd guess that most of those splits also got n41 added to them along with the new Band 2/4/66/12/71 panels.

Thank you.

The reason I ask is because I have yet to see n41 speeds and all I see is n71 for 5G and Band 2 and 66 for LTE. I have the iPhone 12 on TNX.

How is T-Mobile n41 deployment coming along in Brooklyn, mainly Borough Park?

is there map to keep track of their deployment?

Carrier Update 41.1 just came out for my iPhone XS. Anyone knows what it could be for?

Are Sprint users roaming onto T Mobile in NYC? Or what parts of the US can Sprint roam onto T Mobile?

I ser Sprint’s coverage in Montana is still gray, rather than showing Extended LTE Roaming.

On 1/18/2020 at 9:52 AM, nexgencpu said:

100% they do! Sometimes they tend to the issues quickly, other times the solution is not that straight forward or it's low priority. I've had pretty good success with it.

What would have been nice, is to get some sort of confirmation or update that they worked on the issue rather than find out weeks or even months later that they fixed it and you had no idea it's even been looked at.

Bottom line, report it!

I’ve seen improvements in the Bronx these past two weeks and in parts of Brooklyn where I had made the network report. Glad to know that Sprint really does look into these and fixes them quickly.

On 1/14/2020 at 1:02 PM, nexgencpu said:

They just recently lit up the smaller third carrier due to spectrum limitations. It's only 10mhz vs the usual 20. So nothing north of 170th street sees either 5G or 60mhz of LTE. But on the bright side that extra 10mhz is definitely helping and I also noticed more network optimization. 

Best thing to do is report any place where you notice any slow speeds, since the network has been working pretty well for the most part, they tend to these minor pockets faster than usual.

Does Sprint really look into the network feedback comments? I’ve posted a few feedback comments through the app in regards to the network in the last week.

16 hours ago, JDP121 said:

New PRL is finally out updated from 55071 to 55072

 

 

Oh wow, you’re right. Mine now says PRL 55072.

so now the PRL updates automatically, no need to do ##UPDATE#?

Why are data speeds slow in the Bronx and around some parts of the FDR?

I would think with some parts of NYC lit up with 5G, that Massive Mimo would helo increase speeds. Lately some areas of the FDR are getting really slow, I can’t even load Google Maps.

On 12/10/2019 at 1:34 PM, TechGuru said:

Interesting. Mine does not contain "SG". 

You're going to have a different SIM card on that newer iPhone so the question is does it match the other iPhone's SIM? 

I figured it out, I updated my software from iOS 12.4 to 13.3 and the PRL changed to 55071.

4 minutes ago, TechGuru said:

Interesting. Mine does not contain "SG". 

You're going to have a different SIM card on that newer iPhone so the question is does it match the other iPhone's SIM? 

My wife also has a XS that we bought through Apple but under Sprint. I would have to check her SIM card later when i get home

My SIM card ends with SG10003a

8 minutes ago, TechGuru said:

The version number is printed on the sim card itself.

It shows the SIM card # followed by SG and a few numbers, is that what u need?

Just now, TechGuru said:

Are your SIM card's part and version numbers identical?

Excuse my ignorance but how do I check?

14 hours ago, TechGuru said:

I've had PRL's in the 5xxxx series ever since iOS 9.3.3 so I don't think the iOS version is the problem.

Someone here mentioned the SIM

 

I saw that post on reddit and today I contacted Sprint via chat and they told me my PRL is correct but they can't explain why my wife's is 55071 and mine is 33046.

She is under a family plan with her sister's and I'm on my own plan on the byod but all my services work just fine. I just hope it does not affect my roaming.

18 minutes ago, Brad The Beast said:

That might be it. 

I meant to say, will I still have the same coverage as those on PRL 55071 or will my phone not connect to the extended roaming towers if I stay on PRL 33046?

8 minutes ago, Brad The Beast said:

That might be it. 

That’s what I was thinking...

Will my coverage be affected in any way if I stay on 12.4 a few more days? I plan on going to Sugar Hill, NH for the holidays and on Sprint’s coverage maps, it indicates I will be roaming but it will appear as Sprint native coverage on my iPhone.

I’m thinking i’ll be roaming on AT&T or T-Mobile. 

Please advise.

11 minutes ago, TechGuru said:

Have you done a ##CLEAR# then a ##UPDATE# since switching?

Yes sir.

I’ve done both and even reset my network settings and still showing PRL 33046. I’ve rebooted my phone multiple times, I have even turned off LTE and done the update on 3G and still shows PRL 33046.

Any other explanation? I’m still running iOS 12.4 too if that helps. I keep reading about how buggy iOS 13 has been so I have decided not to update until Apple sorts out all the bugs.

just switched to Sprint and my PRL indicates 33046. Any reason why it does not indicate 55071?

iPhone XS (byod) 

unlocked from the Apple Store

So I made the switch back to Sprint after leaving for Verizon 3 years ago. 

I must say I am quite happy with the service and I am loving VoLTE.

It has been very reliable and speeds are great too. 

(Unlocked iPhone XS)

On 2/27/2019 at 8:03 AM, tyroned3222 said:

Ported back to sprint yesterday. TMO was just to slow and getting slower (very large market share). After further optimization more band 41 going live sprint is getting faster and faster. Also, no volte live yet the I phone has the option, but the network is not making use of it yet here In El Paso. No band 26 as of yet.



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Are you still with Sprint as your main carrier? How has the experience been like for you?

Has anyone tested VoLTE?

2 hours ago, nexgencpu said:

This is getting fun! 

CA Upload from Clearwire site in the Bronx! So it seems Samsung sites are 100% ready to go.

Still no CA UL on ALU sites..

http://imgur.com/gallery/M3zpJmb

What speeds did you get?

3 minutes ago, nexgencpu said:

Yes they have a sh#t ton..

Wow.. they must have a lot of Sprint users in the area. How many users can a small cell handle?

41 minutes ago, nexgencpu said:

Sprint is killin it in NYC, and VoLTE is launching in a couple of weeks in NYC.

I thought Sprint would have some small cells to help with congestion. Do they have small cells in that area if Brooklyn?

Does Sprint plan on adding any small cells to help with the congestion in DUMBO? I was with my wife there the other day and although she had LTE, she could not load any websites and iMessages was not working. She has the iPhone 7 on Sprint. I am with Verizon and data speeds were around 2mbps down and data and iMessages were working just fine. I have the iPhone 6s.

I am so tempted to switch to Sprint due to the FLASH sale going on with the IPhone X for $5/month but this has made me a little hesitant and insecure about my decision and also not having VoLTE.