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    Pixel 4/4XL

    in Google

    Posted

    Got my Pixel 4 XL yesterday. Pretty sweet phone! It will not connect to my Magic Box no matter what. Tried rebooting, toggling airplane mode, reboot magic box, etc.

    I checked the PRL and it says "1". I updated the PRL and it still says "1".

    Does everyone else's phone say PRL version is 1? How about connecting to the Magic Box? Any issues?

    Edit: A day later and it connected to my MB but PRL still says "1"????

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Posted

    1 hour ago, RedSpark said:

    Some important information. Glad to see this.

    For our customers:

    • Today, Sprint signed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s Keep Americans Connected Pledge. For the next 60 days, we will support our residential and small business customers by:
      • Not terminating service if they are unable to pay their Sprint bill because of the coronavirus, and
      • Waiving late fees incurred because of economic circumstances related to the pandemic.
    • Starting on Tuesday, customers with international long distance calling plans will receive complimentary international calling rates from the U.S. to countries defined by the CDC as Level 3.
    • By next Thursday:
      • Customers with metered data plans will receive unlimited data per month for 60 days (a minimum of two bill cycles) at no extra cost.
      • We will provide customers with an additional 20GB of mobile hotspot data per month for 60 days (a minimum of two bill cycles) at no extra cost.
    • Coming soon:
      • Customers with mobile hotspot-capable handsets who don’t have mobile hotspot today will now get 20GB as well per month for 60 days (a minimum of two bill cycles) at no extra cost.
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    Official Magic Box discussion thread

    in General Topics

    Posted

    1 minute ago, banananuts87 said:

    It does not automatically fall back to LTE backhaul.  Tries to reestablish with your Wi-Fi backhaul first. If that fails, you have to manually change backhaul to LTE. 

    I guess that answers the question for me and for you. I want an instant internet backup solution if/when the primary internet (LAN/WiFI) connection ever drops.

    Official Magic Box discussion thread

    in General Topics

    Posted

    1 hour ago, banananuts87 said:

    Why not use your own WiFi instead?

    Question- Does anyone know how the MB works if you have it set to Wifi but your home internet goes down for whatever reason. Power outage, general failure, etc? Does it automatically fall-back to LTE for backhaul? If so, how long does it take?

    Official Magic Box discussion thread

    in General Topics

    Posted

    14 minutes ago, ingenium said:

    No unfortunately. They said technically they (a higher up tech with access to the right tools) can move it to B25, but it doesn't stick past a reboot. So the next time the device reboots (power failure, software update, etc), it will be back on B41. They did not want to set a precedent of doing this, and having people repeatedly call in to have it locked back to B25.

    Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk
     

    Ok

    Official Magic Box discussion thread

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I believe this has been discussed here, but is there a way to force the MB to latch onto B25 instead of B41? Where mine is located, it latches on to a VERY weak B41 signal instead of B25. None of my phones can get B41 at this location so the signal is very, very weak.

    The problem with latching on to B41, I get a decent download speed from the MB (close to 20 Mbps) but upload is less than 1 Mbps. This is with 1 user. I notice that if I run a speedtest on the MB, during the upload segment, the MB will actually fall offline (lose all LTE data activity). No data throughput when connected to the MB for 2-3 minutes after/during an upload speedtest.

    Would the MB phone support team be able to force the MB on to B25?

    Official Magic Box discussion thread

    in General Topics

    Posted

    8 hours ago, alphaalphagamma said:

    How do you check the GPS  location for the magic box? 

    WiFi toggled off.

    When I am upstairs, my phone can pick up proper GPS location on it's own from outside.

    In my very deep basement, my phone gets the GPS location solely from the Magicbox.

    My weather app follows me where I go (uses GPS) so I could tell immediately when the weather conditions were way off.

    Pixel 4/4XL

    in Google

    Posted

    1 hour ago, jordanlong20 said:

    Is there a consensus opinion (or even objective proof) about RF performance between the P3XL and P4XL, w/r/t holding or picking up weak signals? 

    I am interested in this too. Would like to know compared to the Pixel 2 XL.

    Pixel 4/4XL

    in Google

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, ingenium said:

    I haven't really seen a speedtest get above 10 Mbps upload on B41. But on NSG it does show 2xCS UL if the signal is strong (otherwise it does 1 carrier with HPUE). NSG shows upload though in the 15-20 Mbps range, which is about the most I'd expect.

     

    Samsung market.

     

    I've seen FDD-TDD in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and NYC market. It's only used when B41 is too weak to use as a PCC, and it would switch to B25 anyway. The result is that B41 throughput isn't very good usually since it's so weak. I managed to get a speedtest with NSG running, and you can see B25 has 2 MIMO streams (rank 2, at 13 Mbps on one stream and 4 Mbps on the other). B41 is too weak to do 2 streams, so it's 1 stream (rank 1, at 3 Mbps on one carrier, 5 Mbps on another, and the third having no throughput)

    Thanks for the info. Man that app really rocks. Too bad it requires root grrrrrrr!

    FDD-TDD is supposedly live in Denver.

    Im gonna grab a Pix 4 when funds allow.

    I appreciate all your input.

    Pixel 4/4XL

    in Google

    Posted

    14 hours ago, ingenium said:

    As I've said in multiple previous posts, you need root with the pay version of NSG. That's the only way to get it on a Pixel.

    It was either pushed in the Feb OTA, or Sprint pushed the config change. For what it's worth, the modem is identical in Jan and Feb OTAs (same sumcheck).

    These are all "live", in that the phone will seemingly attempt to use them. The only additions here are domestic roaming combos. No international combos are present.

    Interestingly, it has AT&T bands 14 and 30, but no 66.

    No B71 for T-Mobile.

    And it has B13 (Verizon) combos. Maybe a sign that Verizon LTE roaming is coming?

    Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk
     

    Can you share some of your speedtest results on Sprint? Are you in a Samsung market? Ericsson?

    More importantly, is TDD-FDD enabled nationwide yet? Specifically Nebraska/West Iowa.

    Thanks

    Pixel 4/4XL

    in Google

    Posted

    24 minutes ago, ingenium said:

    A ton more CA combos just got enabled on my Pixel 4 XL. Looks like for domestic roaming. No band 7+7 for example (which it can do, and which I've seen in Spain).

    Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk
     

    How exactly are you finding this out?

    Was it from the February Pixel update?

    How do you/we know when any of the combos go "live" on Sprint?

    Thanks for the info!

    Galaxy S9 Series user thread

    in Samsung

    Posted

    16 hours ago, SturgeonGeneral said:

    I guess I'm underwhelmed, WiFi calling is back, lte data rates especially uploads are no better than before, connected to a call they're even worse as expected.  I suppose this explains the network performance degradation around here.  The world is using the data network for voice and now the data network is taxed beyond limits.  This ought to be worse than before for College World Series and football game days in Lincoln.

    Know anyone with an S10 or Note 10 on Sprint that you can compare results with?

    Pixel 4/4XL

    in Google

    Posted

    On 1/27/2020 at 3:30 PM, ingenium said:

    I've confirmed in NSG that the Pixel 4 has B41 UL CA and that it works.

    These are the CA combos that the device reports when it connects to Sprint.65aa2996bd62a75025cf8d3a09bd9700.jpg

    Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk
     

    Are you able to confirm if the Pixel 3 and or 3A is capable of these as well? My Dad is due for a new phone!

    Pixel 4/4XL

    in Google

    Posted

    2 hours ago, ingenium said:

    25+41 upload isn't on any phone. 41+41 just came out with the latest Qualcomm modem I believe. 25+41 download is only now rolling out.

    Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk
     

    Gotcha. Thanks for posting. So, radio-wise, is the S9, S10, Note 10 better than the Pixel 4? I know there are advantages over the Pixel 1 and 2 for example.

    Pixel 4/4XL

    in Google

    Posted

    19 minutes ago, ingenium said:

    I've confirmed in NSG that the Pixel 4 has B41 UL CA and that it works.

    These are the CA combos that the device reports when it connects to Sprint.65aa2996bd62a75025cf8d3a09bd9700.jpg

    Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk
     

    No 25+41 upload?

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