mdob07

On 2/24/2021 at 2:13 PM, MarshieZ said:

Have you run into any issues with double NAT or such running it the way you are? Those are very impressive speeds though!

On 2/25/2021 at 6:52 PM, mdob07 said:

I haven't noticed any so far. 

Well I have finally noticed an issue with the double NAT. I run Unifi Voice on my Ubiquiti UDM Pro and when I'm on my T-Mobile connection I can't make or receive calls on my IP phone. As soon as I switch to my Spectrum connection it works fine. Assuming this is because on T-Mobile it shows a 192.168 address for WAN connection. I'm hoping to port my existing Spectrum phone number to Unifi eventually and get rid of Spectrum all together and save about $100 a month, but I guess I'll have to find or build a cellular router that can pass though the public IP to my UDP Pro. If nothing else this proves that this is a viable option with the right equipment. 

3 hours ago, iansltx said:

Just confirmed that I *can* connect to 312-530 Sprint sites still...got near one, hand-picked, and was good to go.l, including N41, which is still deployed at 2CA here at 2640, 2660, and 2680 MHz, in addition to TMo's 2538 and 2558, in addition to their n41 carrier (80 MHz centered at 2607.75), though I've only been able to get 2CA B41 anywhere.

The bizarre thing is that this means the lowest Sprint B41 carrier basically completely overlaps the top of the TMo n41 carrier. But...I guess that's why I can't actually get n41 at my place anymore. VZW deploys DSS and T-Mobile goes "hold my beer, we're going to cram 180 MHz of band 41 into 160 MHz without bothering to do DSS".

The overlap is weird, I wonder if someone forgot to push a config change in that area. Here the lower Sprint B41 carrier was shut down about a month before T-Mobile n41 was widened to 80MHz. You'd think someone at T-Mobile would notice the noise and interference on their N41 carrier. 

16 minutes ago, mikejeep said:

Hmm, I did implement a fix for the NR table error in the overnight update, but maybe there's something else too. Is it the same exact error on your screen? Your diagnostic report didn't have anything logged, can you try the import again and then send a diagnostic shortly after?

Done. And it is the same error. 

On 3/10/2021 at 8:46 PM, mdob07 said:

Mike, I'm getting this error when I try to restore any of my older logs to one of my phones. This particular one is my Verizon log last exported in 2019. Has the DB structure changed since then so that this can't be imported anymore? Is there anything in the DB I can manually change to get it to import? This has all of my Verizon site notes for my area so I really don't want to start back from scratch. 

23 hours ago, mikejeep said:

I found the issue -- the nr_sites table is missing (because it didn't exist back then, of course) so the import fails -- so it is another bug! I'll work on fixing that, but if you have the ability to add that table (it might need the same column structure, I haven't run into this so not positive), that might fix your issue. Or you can send it to me and I can.

Mike, I'm still getting this error on the newest beta. Change log indicates a fix was in the new beta. I sent a diagnostic report. 

2 hours ago, mikejeep said:

Even if the structure changed, it should still import -- can you try again and then send me a diagnostic report? That should capture the error details. I can take a look at the file as well if you e-mail it to me, but the diagnostic will be most helpful.

Report sent. For what its worth I was able to reimport the current log with no issues. Every time I try to import it creates a backup of the current, so I tried one of those and it worked. But none of my older ones will successfully import. I don't usually switch things around on my phones very often so its been awhile since I've done this. This particular S9+ was used to map Sprint/T-Mobile data previously but since they finally killed my inactive Sprint SIM I'm going to keep it on Verizon full time (at least until they kill that SIM).

I'm able to open the Verizon DB on my laptop and see the data so I don't think its corrupt. 

On 3/3/2021 at 3:04 PM, BlueAngel said:

AT&T and Verizon used to be the slowest with updates now T-Mobile is the slowest.

Yeah, I still haven't gotten the February update yet on my T-Mobile S20+.

Mike, I'm getting this error when I try to restore any of my older logs to one of my phones. This particular one is my Verizon log last exported in 2019. Has the DB structure changed since then so that this can't be imported anymore? Is there anything in the DB I can manually change to get it to import? This has all of my Verizon site notes for my area so I really don't want to start back from scratch. 

13 minutes ago, BlueAngel said:

One UI 3.1?

It is, I didn't even think of that. 

Finally got the February update on my AT&T s20 Ultra. It's another big one, over 1.5GB. 

7 hours ago, dkyeager said:

Is this all one unit or is the modem part separate?  Any pics of equipment your using?  Thanks

Here is the gateway:

Here is my full setup, the gateway LAN port connects to the WAN port on my Ubiquiti UDM Pro under my switch. 

48 minutes ago, dkyeager said:

Is this all one unit or is the modem part separate?  Any pics of equipment your using?  Thanks

I'll grab some pictures when I get home, but I'll warn that it's a bit of a messy setup right now. I need to reorganize some stuff to make the gateway fit where I want it. 

47 minutes ago, Grabber5.0 said:

I had a similar screen on my OnePlus 8 after switching to TNX yesterday afternoon. I wasn't sure if it was real or not, so I sent a report to you. It did have other stuff though, so maybe it was real.

That is definitely SA!

9 hours ago, mdob07 said:

Update! I'm now connect to N41 for the secondary signal, getting speeds well over 300mbps now on my wifi. I actually had to up my 5GHz bandwidth on my APs to take advantage of it, lol. Keep in mind this is with the gateway in my basement no less. 

My PC with the Gateway on B2 + N41. Testing from the gateway's wifi I'm getting well over 400, so seems like I'm losing a little between my gateway and UDM Pro. I'll do some more testing later as see what I can figure out. 

5 hours ago, mdob07 said:

I haven't noticed any so far. Looks like they pushed an update out since I was last looking at the gateway on Monday night, I now have a status tab that shows more cellular detail, though that's about the only difference I've seen. 

Here are some side by side tests for comparison. Both B2 and N71 are 15x15. 

T-Mobile Gateway testing on my PC connected through my Ubiquiti network:

T-Mobile Gateway testing using the gateway's WIFI network:

Spectrum on my PC: 

 

 

Update! I'm now connect to N41 for the secondary signal, getting speeds well over 300mbps now on my wifi. I actually had to up my 5GHz bandwidth on my APs to take advantage of it, lol. Keep in mind this is with the gateway in my basement no less. 

53 minutes ago, mikejeep said:

Ugh.. new beta coming very soon, not sure if I've solved anything but who knows.. still no crash info coming in.

Both my phones stopped crashing after I turned off battery optimization for SCP. Haven't had an issue in a couple weeks now and my AT&T phone had been crashing multiple times a day before that. I don't think I ever came back and reported that.

On 2/24/2021 at 2:13 PM, MarshieZ said:

Have you run into any issues with double NAT or such running it the way you are? Those are very impressive speeds though!

I haven't noticed any so far. Looks like they pushed an update out since I was last looking at the gateway on Monday night, I now have a status tab that shows more cellular detail, though that's about the only difference I've seen. 

Here are some side by side tests for comparison. Both B2 and N71 are 15x15. 

T-Mobile Gateway testing on my PC connected through my Ubiquiti network:

T-Mobile Gateway testing using the gateway's WIFI network:

Spectrum on my PC: 

So I finally received my gateway and got it setup last night. So far I've been very impressed with this thing. Speedwise I've been getting between 50-120 down and 50-70 up, which is insane coming from 5-10 upload with Spectrum. Obviously with cellular there's been plenty of fluctuations but none I would have noticed without running speed tests constantly and comparing them. Ping has typically been 40-90 ms to whatever server speed test app picks, which isn't all that much worse than my Spectrum service that averaged around 55 ms consistently. 

The device was super simple to setup, and is even wifi 6 capable if you're using it for your WiFi. In my case I have a Ubiquiti UDM Pro running my network with several switches and APs. There is no WAN port on the T-Mobile gateway so I have to use 1 of the LAN ports to connect to my UDM Pro. Even with the extra router hop I can't see much performance loss. If they add features to the gateway down the road and add bridge mode that should make it even better. The UI on the gateway is super simple and lacking a lot of advanced setting typically found on most home routers. About the only thing you can change are SSIDs for wifi and transmit power. I tried to turn the wifi off on the gateway since I don't need it but it keeps turning back on. 

I've also noticed I'm only getting N71 NSA by the signal strength reading, and not N41. So if it is allowed to use N41 in the future speeds should go way up for me. My phone sitting next to the gateway on B2 and N41 easily gets 300mbps consistently. There is no way to know what band you are connected to by the web UI, but using the T-Mobile home internet app it will tell you the primary band, but not the secondary. The gateway also has a built in battery, which would be handy for those that don't have their networking equipment on a UPS. If anyone has anything in particular they'd like to know or for me to test please let me know. I'll probably post more in the coming days, including taking it outside and using the built-in wifi to test speed with it outdoors and clear LOS to the tower. 

On 2/16/2021 at 9:51 AM, mdob07 said:

Looks like the equipment shipped out yesterday. Its just coming from across town so it might come today, but UPS is very delayed right now from this winter storm. They shut down Worldport last night for the first time I think since 9/11.

Well, I still haven't received my package. UPS is apparently having trouble recovering from the one day shutdown. This literally just came from across town and it has yet to make it to my house. Its been out for delivery 3 days in a row and still hasn't made it to my house. I also have a Ubiquiti package stuck in the system too, though something I just bought from Newegg Wednesday showed up today from UPS which makes me think they are operating in a last in first out mode.

1 hour ago, Paynefanbro said:

I’m well aware however I specifically spoke about PCS as that is where there is the most to be gained right now. That is the only spectrum that Sprint had in common with the other carriers and now it has been consolidated under T-Mobile so there are many more opportunities than before for T-Mobile to do PCS swaps nationwide. 

I wonder how willing AT&T and Verizon will be to take G block in PCS? Here thats the only orphaned PCS T-Mobile has. I wish B(N)25 had caught on like B66 had to replace B4. I've not seen other carriers using B25 as priority over B2. AT&T broadcast their primary B2 carrier as B25 here but no CA with it. I only see it when I force my phone to B25 and I'm assuming it's there for other carriers to roam on. Down the road I'd love to see AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile do similar swaps in AWS as well, all 3 are a fragmented mess here. 

On 2/9/2021 at 4:41 PM, mdob07 said:

I signed up for this today to try it out, I'm getting tired of Spectrum constantly going out for hours at a time. My home tower is fully upgraded with n41 and n71 so hopefully performance is pretty good. The equipment is currently backorder for 3-4 weeks as of today. 

Looks like the equipment shipped out yesterday. Its just coming from across town so it might come today, but UPS is very delayed right now from this winter storm. They shut down Worldport last night for the first time I think since 9/11.

On 2/3/2021 at 10:58 PM, mdob07 said:

Looks like T-Mobile is still evaluating Sprint sites to keep, a site I pass everyday just started broadcasting the 312-250 PLMN this week. 

And on the flip side, T-Mobile has upgraded their site in Mt Washington KY and now the Sprint site in town is no longer broadcasting the 312-250 PMLN. That was the first 312-250 site I found several months ago.

I signed up for this today to try it out, I'm getting tired of Spectrum constantly going out for hours at a time. My home tower is fully upgraded with n41 and n71 so hopefully performance is pretty good. The equipment is currently backorder for 3-4 weeks as of today. 

Just now, thisischuck01 said:

Last I heard, T-Mobile plans to boost their number of macro sites from 65K (pre-merger) to 85K over the next five years. Around 15K of those sites are Sprint conversions, whereas 10K are greenfield builds.

I know for here in KY they have a lot of work to do to get on the same level as AT&T and Verizon. But T-Mobile did have better native rural coverage here than Sprint, Sprint just roamed on Bluegrass Cellular. 

On 2/5/2021 at 8:19 PM, mdob07 said:

Sprint's secondary B25 carrier trimmed from 10x10 to 5x5 today in Louisville. No change to T-Mobile's B2 here yet, but I expect it to go from 10x10 to 15x15 or maybe even 20x20. Combined they own contiguous 30x30 here plus G block now.

Does anyone know if T-Mobile is able to remotely reconfigure EDGE and HSPA or does that require a site visit to each cell site? EDGE and HSPA will have to be moved here before T-Mobile can expand their B2 carrier. I wasn't sure if the older technology was able to be changed remotely like LTE and NR or not.

4 hours ago, mmark27 said:

My S21 Ultra has been doing just fine. I do know that the Optimize Battery Usage (Settings > Apps > three dots > Special Access > Optimize Battery Usage) is very aggressive on the newer One UI on my S20+ previously. SCP was dying on me frequently until I prevented it from Optimizing Battery Usage on the app. Not sure if this is related or helps anyone, but helped my issues. 

I glad you pointed out the power settings, I know I had mine off before for both SCP and Cellmapper but I just double checked and both were set to on. I've been having constant crashing with SCP since my last Android update so we'll see if changing that helps.