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What does core mean?

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On 4/19/2018 at 11:53 AM, buyhevs said:

Any suggestion of what I should do?  I've had this # since joining Sprint in 2002, and have really appreciated GV carrier-integration.  For example:  Not that minutes seem to be a problem for anyone nowadays; but I've been holding onto my Everything Data 450 (minutes) plan since I got it in 2007, and with GV never seem to use more than 10 minutes/month.

So now it seems like I have to port my Google Voice Sprint number over to Google Voice completely, and get a new Sprint number.  I'll have carry-over functionality like keeping all of my old texts, and being able to have GV ring my desk and work cell phone (and now new Sprint #).

Pro:  I can update to a plan that will allow me the free 10GB/MHS/month and WiFi calling, plus whatever else Sprint is coming out with.

CON:  I'll be calling out with a new number that none of my relatives or friends have; which I know is a small problem, BUT I always want them to call me back on my GV #!

I'd consider porting my number to another carrier, especially say Google Project Fi; however I just got a carrier-locked Moto Z2 Force.

If you have a family plan you can transfer your Google voice number to Google voice. Next you can add a new line to your family plan to replace the existing one

what is IMS? I hate to see this feature go away. I have been using this for years.

I agree the 2 year subsidy was the best thing that Sprint had to keep the existing customers. I might leave sprint as well when it;s time to renew my contract. I know others might feel differently about it but it is differently but our opinions are valid. We been thru a lot with sprint and this is the thanks we get?

I switched over to an iPhone. Found out that the visual voicemail part of the phone app will not work if you use Google voice. This makes sense. You have to pick, either Google voice or the visual voicemail. I disabled Google voice so I can use the visual voicemail. It seems like a really nice feature. I've had Google voice for many years. Maybe it's time to move on?

Why did you do that Google Voice provides you a transcript of your voice mail messages just like Visual voicemail.

Hey is anybody having issues with Google Maps after the marshmallow update? Mines doesn't load up images of places anymore all it displays is a black box

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how do you perform a hard reset on this phone?

i want this phone

I like SVlte.I like to be able to talk on the phone and get updated map and traffic information while i'm driving 

how's your phone's performance?

What's currently using that band?

i cracked my screen a couple of months ago and got it fixed for $156 at one of those cell phone repair places in the mall

Band 7 is FDD-LTE

 

Band 38 TDD-LTE is a subset of Band 41 TDD-LTE that operates between 2570-2620mhz.

 

A Band 38 TDD-LTE device cannot access Band 41 if B41 carriers are in spectrum outside the range of Band 38 but the vice versa can be done as Band 41 encompasses everything in the 2.5-2.6 ghz range.

 

Example: most popular Band 41 EARFCN is 40978 which is center frequency 2628.8 mhz with the next most popular ones being in the 2500-2540mhz range which are all outside of Band 38s supported range.

What's the difference between band 7, 38 and 41? Don't they all use the same 2.5/ 2.6 GHz band?

The iPhone 6/6+ does.

Maybe SoftBank has to send people to China and crack whips to get equipment moving. I suspect that if the US was band 7/38 that Sprint could get FD-LTE equipment moving faster.

 

On a side note, the Alcatel-Lucent people need to get off FierceWireless and spend more time accelerating deployment.

i thought Sprint phones worked on band 7 and Band 38

Anybody else have hangouts crashing all the time the last couple of days?

 

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i'm having this same issue.. Also is anybody having poor call quality if they use the hangout dialer to place a call? the person on the other end claims to always her an echo

I feel the complete opposite. The G Voice app is awful, slow, buggy, and has not been updated in ages. Hangouts on the other hand gets updated regularly, and is the only chat platform I use other than SMS (and I use it for SMS now too!)

 

That means all my communication is in a single app. Hangouts now also has the ability to send and receive SMS over data (which GV ofc already had) BUT it can also place and receive calls over data. This would have been super helpful when I was in WV recently skiing and Sprint had literally 0 service within 30 mins of the mountain, not even roaming, but our cabin had WiFi. Everyone with me was using calling over hangouts from my laptop because their verizon phones did not work either, this would have been much more convenient over my phone.

 

I also use the hangouts chrome extension to talk to people all day in my computer, now I will be able to get SMS and respond right through that extension too, instead of having to go to the GV website.

 

But we all have our own opinions

have you ever tried the google voice chrome extension?

Set your phone to LTE only. You will stay at LTE. But you won't received and make calls. They have to drop to 1X to make phone call

oh ok thanks

so when phones stay on LTE without having to drop down to EVDO? 

Alos i'm glad this thread was created because i have the  same issues.  Also is there a way to force  your phone to use  only LTE?

Ok, see the last 5 pages of the thread for "possible" fix. No guarantees that it will 100% work but seems like it is working.

Here is the version I'm on

Here is my LTE engineering screen

P.s. I disabled LTE because I'm connected to my airave

No I stay on 3g to long I have to keep switching to airplane mode to stay on LTE

What band priority setup is the best