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  1. Trip
    They're now running two 5x5 LTE carriers instead of just the single 5x5 on G-block. That lit up a few months ago on select sites, including ones I've spotted in DC. As best I can tell, it is NOT running inside the Metro stations. They need to hurry up if they intend to have third carrier live by next week. It's still not running here, as far as I can determine. I can't imagine why they would put the gear in place and then leave it off. That seems ridiculous. One thinks they would turn it on so that if there's some fault in it, it is more likely to become apparent before tens of thousands of people are depending on it. - Trip
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    In short, the issue is that the other three carriers have COWs or temporary equipment set up, and Sprint doesn't, at least not yet. I was showing that I was connected to the normal Sprint site (which has a note indicating it's on the Department of Energy) while the others had no notes (indicating I'd connected to them for the first time). - Trip
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    I was really early today, so I got off at the Mall exit of Smithsonian Metro instead of the 12th and Independence exit. Next to the Freer Gallery of Art (diagonally across from the Department of Agriculture building) is an AT&T COW. Here's what I got from it: B17: http://imgur.com/nAkVtMk B2: http://imgur.com/0a3Lx44 B4: http://imgur.com/pCiDEZw B30: http://imgur.com/ZNfw55i On the roof of the building was another antenna, which I've concluded is temporary Verizon equipment: B13: http://imgur.com/NmXFSsh B4: http://imgur.com/X2Mk5Um B2: http://imgur.com/l64ZQst Somewhere else on the mall there must be T-Mobile equipment. My B12 capable phone is not with me, but here's what I did see: B4: http://imgur.com/I0dISzt I forgot to check for Band 2. I'll try to do that later this morning when I'm headed back over there to get on the Metro for a meeting. I'll also try to get a picture of the Verizon and AT&T gear if possible. And then, to compare, here's what Sprint had: http://imgur.com/QbbpFI6 Granted, there is still time, but the other carriers seem to be ready to go. Not sure what Sprint is waiting for. - Trip
  4. Trip
    Mike, I'd like to report a bug that I hope is pretty easy to fix. When my new AT&T phone is connected to Band 30, the app display works fine, but the notification icon, rather than showing "LTE" without a band number (I remember your explanation about the icons), simply freezes on the last value it had. See this picture I took of a Band 30 site this morning after using Network Signal Guru to force my phone onto it from Band 2: http://imgur.com/ZNfw55i You can't see from the picture, but all the text in the pull-down menu also freezes on the last value. In lieu of making special "LTE 30" icons for it, just using the generic "LTE" icon would at least fix the display. - Trip
  5. Trip
    Converted to hex, it's 03153C3B, which should be second carrier. - Trip
  6. Trip
    Here's an article from WTOP about the inauguration. Sprint is only mentioned in passing. http://wtop.com/inauguration/2017/01/cell-providers-gear-massive-inauguration-crowds/ - Trip
  7. Trip
    Nope. I've never managed to get any usable data out of it and the log files are hard to read. I very much prefer SCP. - Trip
  8. Trip
    On my way to work this morning, I locked my Verizon phone on Band 2 to see if more PCS has been added leading up to the inauguration. I spotted it in Smithsonian Metro for the first time, but when I exited the station, I saw this: http://imgur.com/O9m1brY I don't know if it's a COW or a new permanent small cell. If the weather holds out one day of next week (I won't be working Mon or Fri), I'll try to wander around and see what I can see. Still no evidence of B41 third carrier. - Trip
  9. Trip
    Yeah, really close. I've been watching for a third carrier to appear and so far, nothing. Meanwhile, several AT&T sites near the Mall that I walk by daily now have 700/PCS/AWS/WCS all running (done in the past few weeks), Verizon turned on PCS in the Metro stations recently, and just today I spotted some T-Mobile GCIs I can't identify. No changes with Sprint. - Trip
  10. Trip
    I have yet to observe third carrier in the DC market, which I'm pretty sure is an ALU market. Wonder when it will go live. - Trip
  11. Trip
    I'm sure they're aware. - Trip
  12. Trip
    I forget if it was last year or this year, but the FCC passed a rule requiring localities to approve permitting requests within x number of days of filing unless they can provide a good reason not to (RF safety is not one of the "good reasons" as long as it complies with FCC rules). If no approval is provided, it is deemed granted. As noted elsewhere, that rule could be modified further. - Trip
  13. Trip
    *sigh* http://wtop.com/prince-william-county/2016/12/cell-service-antennae-utility-poles-test-prince-william-county/ Mobilitie in the news, again. I sent a note to the reporter asking if he knew how to determine where they're located. Would be nice to go find one of them. - Trip
  14. Trip
    I believe that's right, though I'm not an expert on the forward side of things. That said, your pessimism is showing. - Trip
  15. Trip
    35x35. - Trip
  16. Trip
    Stage 4 begins on 12/13. - Trip
  17. Trip
    There are tools that help in locating towers, and it seems like you've seen some of them, but they depend on the information you need being in a public database, and even then you'll want to have data from an SCP log or similar to point you in the right direction if there are multiple towers in an area. I poked briefly at the Keller area and found nothing obvious in the public databases. Looking at the AT&T official coverage map, which is normally useless, I'm wondering if there's a tower there at all, and if what you're seeing isn't coming from the tower near Wilbur to the south. - Trip
  18. Trip
    I'm pretty sure the System UI Tuner is not available on the LG G5. - Trip
  19. Trip
    Stage 3 reverse just ended at $40.3 billion. - Trip
  20. Trip
    It was a bad idea. After the update, I lost LTE and once I got it back, I now do not get PCI, TAC, SNR, or most other information aside from GCI and RSRP. I think I'll be rolling back. EDIT: Rolled back successfully. Apparently the N5 never reported the SNR to begin with. In any case, it now correctly shows PCI and TAC again. - Trip
  21. Trip
    If time permits, I intend to try it this evening. I'll back up my Nexus 5 and see if I can update it to Nougat and get out EARFCN from the API. - Trip
  22. Trip
    Huh. If I used the Nexus 5 version of Pure Nexus, do you think the API would work? - Trip
  23. Trip
    Following up here briefly for those that may care, I ordered an unlocked Moto G4 Play and it's perfect! $130 from Amazon, stuck in a Verizon SIM, and it was painless to unlock the bootloader and then root it so that I could get EARFCN data out of it in SCP. I ordered another one as well while it was on sale. (My LG Leon LTE for MetroPCS/T-Mobile is having GPS problems and I want to replace it.) - Trip
  24. Trip
    Yeah, my big problem is that when it's plugged in, the USB mode selector is at the top notification now instead of the bottom. EDIT: And, of course, it now has made a liar out of me. It was definitely at the top the other day, and now it's at the bottom. SCP was definitely not at the top though. - Trip
  25. Trip
    Sorry, I should have followed up and said that it did clear up after a few hours and get back to normal. If it's snappier, I can't really tell. I do agree that I don't like the appearance now and prefer the old look. - Trip
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