zionzr2

Has anyone gotten the update through the phone rather than downloading it from the web? I checked for an update, but nothing is coming up. Yet anyway.

Yes, several folks have reported getting the OTA, including my manager. Like other Sprint/Samsung upgrades, this rollout seems to be randomized.

I woke up this morning to the Phone saying it wanted to be updated!

I let it do its thing now things appear a little different after after the upgrade. Seems all went like it should.

Here is a screen shot when I was connected to LTE using sensorly.

Why does the indication of coverage area change depending on how far in or out you zoom sometimes on the coverage map? (Example: The couple of blips just east of Memphis proper will show you specifically what I mean...there's one specific zoom amount where you see the actual fully mapped coverage so far...zoom in one notch further and you only get one cylindrical patch showing off the southwest corner of I-40 & exit 16...zoom out one notch from the full coverage showing and you see the aforementioned cylindrical patch plus one more patch between the legend symbols for Hwy 64 and SR15)

a few posts back: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2224-sensorly-new-market-deployements/page__view__findpost__p__53529

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I'm glad they renamed one of the "4G"s to "WiMAX", but I'd also like the remaining "4G" to say "LTE" or "4G LTE", for clarity's sake. Am I the only one who thinks so?...

I would agree!!!

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed the color changes.

What is Tower ID? Where are you reading that? Apparently you are referring to the Serving Cell value on my GS3's LTE Engineering screen. That ID seems to refer to a sector, not to a tower, which typically has three sectors.

 

As far as tracking details in Austin goes, as a Sponsor you have access to this thread, where we recently have published many details of live LTE rolling out in Austin, along with the privileged S4GRU tower mapping data that we really can't discuss in this public forum. We have correlated several towers with multiple sectors to the exclusive S4GRU Sponsor maps.

Thanks for the Correction. I was under the impression that Servicing Cell was some sort of Tower reference code.

Thanks for the Link as well.

There are a lot of towers in Austin that have already been upgraded but may not yet be turned on.

As of a few days ago. I could only confirm 3 that were live. Only one of which is in South Austin. (On South Lamar. Supposedly the one right behind Matt's El Rancho.)

The range that the signal can be detected can be over 5 miles from a single tower.

When Posting sightings it would help if you could get a screen shoot or share the results of the LTE debug menu mentioned in another thread here:

This gives not only the LTE signal strength but also the Tower ID. All the Signal hits I have in SouthWest Austin have all been from Tower ID = 399.

This might help in determining if additional towers that have been turned on verses a current tower available in an un-mapped area.

Just Looking Forward to more consistent filled in 4g in Austin and wanting to help track the progress.

Ok Austin Folks,

I just got a small but valuable nugget of information from the Sprint Store in South West Austin, Located at Mo-Pac and 290.

The guy there told me there is only one tower in South Austin with LTE turned on at this point and its someplace on S. Lamar. So any signal hits in that area of town for a bout a 5 mile radius are the same tower source. (A Pretty Impressive Range!) EDIT: Looking at my other screen captures for the signal strength confirms the same tower. He also said there were 2 confirmed LTE towers on in the North Austin Round Rock area but did not know more precise locations. Once LTE goes officially live (no date given) There will be many more towers. That will have it and signal will not be an issue.

While talking with the guy my phone would go in and out of 4g inside the store.

I did get a screen shot while in the DEBUG menu to capture my signal strength. Which was WEAK.

I have had a consistent 4g signal all morning at 3500 S. Lamar. Mapped on Sensorly a bunch of hits from Oltorf to Ben White along S. Lamar. I think the tower is located right behind Matt's El Rancho.

Was able to finally get signal long enough to get a speed test.

Location: Chick-Fil-A Parking Lot at South East Corner of Mo-Pac and Hwy 290. It was weak but able to complete a speed test.

Not great LTE speeds but better than 3g.

I have been running sensorly app and picking up 4g hits in SouthWest Austin Mo-Pac and US HWY 290 area. Not been able to get it in a stationary area yet to do any speed tests.

Also got some hits in the Round Rock area I-35 and EXIT 254 area.

Drove up Loop 1 (Mo-Pac) in Austin from Hwy 71 to Hwy 183 and back with Sensorly running.

It showed 40 something hits on 4g. Not sure where yet the 4g actually was. Still trying to learn the app.

I think its uploading those results now.

Hip hip Hooray 4g is here