Trip

43 minutes ago, WiseGuy321 said:

According to XDA, it seems that LG does not supply the newest Quick Charge adapter with the G5, etc.

Not sure about "newest" but I definitely got a quick charger with my G5.  I use it regularly and my phone charges quite quickly.

- Trip

This isn't really iPhone specific, but the iPhone announcement did make me think of it.

Do these devices that use facial recognition, do you also need a PIN to access the device?  If not, I would never, ever use this technology.  The only thing stopping a police officer from an illegal search is... well, nothing.  They hold the phone up to your face and the phone unlocks itself.

- Trip

11 hours ago, Arysyn said:

I personally don't like all this local partner business in wireless, regardless of the carrier.

Because nothing says "bad for America" like locally-owned small businesses that can respond to local customer needs, right? 

I don't understand why you desperately want gigantic companies who run roughshod over consumers to grow ever larger and more able to run roughshod over consumers.  While complaining that they run roughshod over consumers, no less.

- Trip

1 minute ago, RAvirani said:

I am aware of that, but when there isn't an unread post, there isn't a way to go straight to the most recent post.  That's the thing that bugs me.  

You can click on the date or the time underneath the name of the most recent poster and it'll take you there.

- Trip

1 hour ago, RAvirani said:

 

I miss that feature too. It’s probably the biggest change for me with the new update. 

If you click the little dot or star to the left of the thread, it will take you to the first unread post.  I do that on every forum I visit because different software has been inconsistent about what happens when you click the title itself.

- Trip

You are assuming Uscc actually properly backhauls all of their cell sites....

 

It's not unusual for them to have T1 lines feeding their lte sites.

 

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In the areas I'm familiar with, they use microwave backhaul for many of their sites.  Certainly doesn't surprise me that they could use T1 lines or whatever else they're able to get at some of their sites.

- Trip

No, the platinum one.  After I got home, later in the evening, I tried again and it worked.  So strange.

- Trip

Seems like they are trying to get rid of the G6. Guess it was a flop.

 

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It wasn't just the G6 that was missing though.  Lots of phones were missing from the displays for all the carriers.  It was kind of... odd.  Made me wary of the whole store.

- Trip

I decided against it.  It suddenly occurred to me that now that work has moved to having an RSA "Soft Token" on my phone, which I just had done this week, I'd have to have it done again, and I'd likely be without access to work e-mail over the weekend.  But, despite that, I went to the store and decided that I'd look and see it in person and then make a final decision.

Got there and not only was the G6 missing from the Sprint display, it was also missing from the AT&T display, and the Sprint display did not have the sale price on it.  So, I turned around and left.

- Trip

I don't have any other ideas... unless there is a difference with your zip code or pin. 

Maybe I'll just show up at the store and plan to spend a while there.

- Trip

That's odd. Mine went through just fine. Is line your line available for an upgrade?

I paid my phone off in full when I bought it, so the day after I got it, it said I was upgrade eligible.

- Trip

Pretty sure once the plan is active you can pay it off at any time. The installment billing will be with Sprint. The Best Buy website asks for your Sprint #, billing zip code, and PIN before you can order. The power button is one of the reasons I jumped on it cause mine doesn't work very well either.

The Best Buy site keeps telling me that my information doesn't match my Sprint records.  I reset my PIN just in case, but it's still telling me that something's wrong.  I'm guessing if I went into the store, they'd have the same issue?  I was hoping to reserve it and then go in to pick it up this evening.

- Trip

How does that work?  Can I not pay the $5/month ($120 total) in a lump up front?  Or after the first month?

(Considering it since my power button doesn't work anymore.)

- Trip

I'm in the DC market and haven't heard anything either.

- Trip

While the network is spectacular in Atlanta, we are currently on vacation in the Savannah/Hilton Head area and the network here...uh...well, it needs some major investment to even begin to approach the level of performance in the A.

IIRC, when I was in Savannah in March, there was no B41 at all.  The network performed well enough for my uses (except at the hotel in Richmond Hill), but there was definite room for improvement.

- Trip

Sits like this

For how long?  Mine will sometimes take up to 30 or 45 seconds to get the signal back if it loses it because I'm in a Metro tunnel or something, and it looks just like that.  (I usually toggle Airplane Mode to get it back in a hurry, though it can still take 10-15 seconds after that.)

- Trip

I wonder how T-Mobile is doing with clearing the 600 MHz block around St. Louis. It has to be a priority considering that this is the only major market left for them without 700 MHz. Right?

 

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I'll put it like this.  KEFN-CD, currently on channel 49, improperly filed a request to change channel way too early in the process.  It was "pursuant to an agreement with a wireless carrier to transition early".

Here is the filing before they corrected it to the assigned channel:  https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f915cef73c3015d1d9ce2c932ff&id=25076f915cef73c3015d1d9ce2c932ff&goBack=N  The PDF attachments at the bottom tell the tale; the FCC's filing system didn't let them specify an alternate channel in the form itself.

- Trip

So, my power button has gradually been working less and less and has gotten to the point where it barely works.  I'm mildly concerned that if I turn it off, I won't be able to turn it back on.  Is anyone else experiencing similar behavior?

- Trip

Mike,

In the change log, you mention this:  Added feature to add current location to a site note.  I just now found it, having thought it meant something else.  But my first attempt at using it, sitting here in my office at work, said "Location unavailable!" even though I have GPS coordinates shown at the top of my screen.  (The GPS is not currently locked, however, since I'm indoors.)  Not sure there's a bug here, but wanted to point it out.

- Trip

If rooted, did you try press and hold on these messages which then allows you to delete them? Or fotakill (beware of fakes).

 

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Hard to press and hold a full-screen message that I need to update.  (Which then defeats the "keep screen on" in SCP...)

I'll check out fotakill.

- Trip

Too much bad memory management by the apps and OS to wait that long. I reboot every few weeks to a month at a minimum for a more stable phone experience. You can go longer on newer phones than before.

 

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Considering these phones are literally only used for SCP/NSG, I've rarely encountered such issues.  My bigger problem, actually, is the constant prompting for updates that I can't install because I've replaced the bootloader.  I can kill them, but on reboot, the prompts start right back up again.

- Trip

Moto G Play, saved around 1:45PM? Received it around 6PM! I did notice some unrelated errors related to getEarfcn() routine, but they are timestamped 6/20.. have you not rebooted that device in awhile?

 

-Mike

Yep, that's it.  I wasn't reporting anything in particular, just wanted to be sure you had at least one outside test of the saved submission functionality. 

And I don't reboot my devices unless it's necessary.  The last time I rebooted that phone was probably in May when I turned it off for the flight back from Denver.

- Trip

Very cool!  I'll take my Verizon phone out with me tomorrow and try to do a diagnostic while I'm out and about.  Then, when I get home, I'll try to submit it via Wi-Fi.

 

- Trip

Sent it in.  Let me know if it worked. 

- Trip

New beta is out! Please check out the updates from the change log and try to break it. Any feedback is welcome.

 

The improved diagnostic reports seem to be solid, I'm mostly interested in making sure the UI makes sense. If it says they sent, they did -- if it says they didn't, they will be saved (I'll disregard any reports I come across that look like you're testing). They will be attempted again when another new report is attempted to be sent, or by going to the Send Diagnostics screen and clicking "Send Saved Only".

 

Hiding 1X and configuring where the Reset button appears are significant new options.

 

Thanks!

-Mike

Very cool!  I'll take my Verizon phone out with me tomorrow and try to do a diagnostic while I'm out and about.  Then, when I get home, I'll try to submit it via Wi-Fi.

- Trip

If that's NoVA where Trip's profile says he is then Verizon fiber is a plenty over there. I'm sure they just ran a strand of fiber from the nearest terminal to the building for it. 

I did link to the City of Alexandria building permit site.

- Trip