Jeff68005

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LOL  two entries at the same minute  

Tie breaker:

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What was explained to me was the closer to the tower, the larger piece of the pie was mine.  Given the size of the phone, I am not so sure that is true.   I know you have an awareness of some buildings and trees, etc in the way by the time you get to the office.

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Is this the same issue?

 

I'm starting to hear about issues on some devices never updating the screen. It must be an Android bug, because SignalCheck just listens for changes in signal strength using a standard Android method. Do you (or anyone else) know if it happens with other similar apps, like LTE Discovery or Signal Detector?

 

 

My intention is to show an indicator and not log a site when the app is reporting it might be invalid (like what many of us see for a moment when switching between some Clearwire and Sprint sites), however the code in place doesn't properly recognize these moments -- and the indicator tends to get 'stuck'. I thought I removed all traces of it, but obviously I didn't. I'll get an update out soon that resolves that, and I will keep trying to hunt down a way to ignore those bogus readings.

 

 

Hmm, that sounds like a bug. The export feature should dump the entire contents of the database, regardless of the provider you are/were connected to at the time. Can you e-mail support [at] bluelinepc.com with a copy of your database and your exported CSV so I can take a look?

 

 

Just to confirm.. is the issue you are seeing simultaneous 1X and LTE connections on the G4 and Flex 2? Does it happen when you are on LTE, and does the 1X information remain static when it happens? We all know no newer devices have dual radios, so I'm guessing that the 1X display is most likely 'stale' data. Does LTE Discovery or Signal Detector show wacky information too?

 

 

What error do you see? Are you sure the device is rooted? The reset feature requires root, but other than that it is not device-specific. It simply toggles airplane mode on and off.. nothing fancy

 

-Mike

I get the same thing on HTC One m9.  I do not perceive it as a single device issue, but something in the OS feeding SPC and LTE Discovery as well.

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On a recent round trip outside Sprint LTE territory and returning to LTE territory, I tried the often recommended trick of turning on Airplane mode for a several seconds and back off to try to get better mobile cell phone towers or the one in front of you.

Everytime that I did, Lookout created a photo and email.  For the next few days, my battery usage report showed Lookout at 43% of battery usage.  Also the battery dropped 20+ per cent very quickly.  I had battery recharge periods of 10+ hours.   I finally set all the battery saver settings.  The phone got to a full charge in a very reasonable time after that.

I got mad and turned the phone totally off. I gave it a good twenty minutes before turning the phone back on.  It appears that Lookout is now down to it's more reasonable battery useage.

As long as I leave the battery saver on, the battery stays charged for a good long time.

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Thanks for your comments.  Your reference to township makes the comments I heard with locals in one area yesterday make more sense.  I was reading the BSL info as the town.  Locals in the next township were clearly saying the other tower discussed was in the same name township.  A tower closer to the locals that I was talking to would have to be in the rural township and not the town given distance and terrain issues.

Question please:  I have a data base of cell phone tower info imported into SCP.  My perception is the database I refer to is LTE tower info only.

Where does the BSL info in SCP screen come from?  (bottom field below notes - see screenshot)

http://i.imgur.com/8GtRCZe.png

http://jeff68005.imgur.com/all/

Top Image info in the BSL field is so correctly close, that I could walk up to the farm house.

Bottom image BSL information is a few towns to the north of the tower (not same county) with known towers between the perceived location and the town named.

A >>  The tower? 

B >>  Something SCP pulls up or from?

C >>  This trusted data base?

D >> Some other source

I ask because in 1x800 situations, the info showing in the BSL space below the notes may or may not match my expectations based on the 1X Bid in the database on S4GRU for my area..

I am now reading some IMO troubling news to me.  Some people updating or reloading the m9 PRL are getting indications of no SIM card. 

https://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/205603?start=135&tstart=0

hah, one phone number said was full, the other let me in, LOL.

 

sprint LIES! (sarcasm alert!)

They let the family plan main phone line in, but not the other "family members' on our plan.

Just as well.  NOBODY shops by cell phone in our group.  Tablet maybe. ... Not likely to happen anytime soon.

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It takes your information and adds that to what others report to indicate how strong the signal is in various places.  Try this.  

Pull up the website http://www.sensorly.com/map#|coverage.

Input your address or the address of some place you know.

Select the cell phone carrier and band.

IF someone like you or me has participated in this, There will be an indication of the signal strength averaged out over the number of users in a given period of time.  To see this in action, look the map over and take your participating cell phone or tablet over an area that does not have the shading.  I took it over the neighborhood here and now have a signal quality map of the area that was not represented before. That is how I know it works.  My neighborhood now has the indication how well Sprint is doing with LTE and G3.

I took several areas not covered and did this.  Now the evidence of that I have been there is there.  The fun is what I call "painting" areas not yet visited by someone like you and me.

IF you have selected the choices that work for you under settings / Report to server, You may see the effect of what you do in minutes or a few hours depending on how busy the servers are. Seeing it happen and quickly keeps me going to areas that I normally do, but by different routes to "paint" areas not yet covered.  To me, it is fun.  I can even use my former cell phones that no longer are in service. With four phones in the car, I cover 2-3 G and 4G LTE service in the same trips.  It gives me reason to keep my old phones charged and ready if I find a good use for them.

Have fun.