ericdabbs

You better be praying hard and sacrificing a lamb if you expect a pink color to all of a sudden contain triband LTE support. Samsung and Sprint are done with hardware modifications to the phone. All Samsung and Sprint will do at this point is just make maintenance and upgrade software updates. There is no precedent of any smartphone ever where a later release of a new color of the phone caused a change in the internals of the device.

Actually all the carriers have it as well and it is released by LG Mobile so it is not a leak. Verizon https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.totmarketing.lg.vs980.training&hl=en AT&T https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.totmarketing.lg.d800.training&hl=en T-Mobile https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.totmarketing.lg.d801.training&hl=en

Can you imagine if throughout the whole event it was just focused on the improvements of the Play Store and near the end....the keynote speaker says..."but wait there is just ...one more thing" and then shows the Device section of the Play store that shows the Nexus 5 and Nexus 10 available for purchase. Boy that would be like stealing a page from the Apple playbook.

My goodness...just call best buy and find out. I am sure you can. Also about nexus 5 on google play store, you are buying off contract so your are not extending your 2 year contract so you are not even using your upgrade. Sent from my Motorola Photon 4G using Tapatalk 2

You can cancel preorders. Sprint hasnt charged your card yet until it is shipped. Also you are allowed one exchange to another device within the first 14 days. However you will have to pay restocking fee on the first device. Sent from my Motorola Photon 4G using Tapatalk 2

You sound like a troublemaker. I am just the messenger trying to help the community out. Take it for what it is worth. Make your decision on your own. Sent from my Motorola Photon 4G using Tapatalk 2

Please above post. Sent from my Motorola Photon 4G using Tapatalk 2

What part of "bands 26 and 41 will be available post launch" did you not understand? Sent from my Motorola Photon 4G using Tapatalk 2

I stumbled on this app in the Google Play Store when I was trying to find something related to the G2. Basically the Android app is the Sprint LG G2 Training. When you open up the app and click on the banner to go to the Specifications section, if you scroll down near the bottom to the Specifications list and look at the footnotes it gives us an idea about this triband issue on whether or not Bands 26 and 41 will be available at launch. Long story short it appears that LTE bands 26 and 41 will be disabled at launch on stock and it appears a future firmware update will enable these two LTE bands. However we know that if you have the MSL code you can manually enable Bands 26 and 41. What we still don't know is if you have the MSL code and manual enable the Band 26 and 41 LTE bands in the ##DATA# menu whether that will allow you to truly use the LTE 800 and LTE 2600 at launch. It should be very interesting to see when people can verify this. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.totmarketing.lg.ls980.training&hl=en

What I think you need to do is read through all the posts first before you rehash this question. It doesn't matter the number of the posts. That is irrelevant. I have been very active in trying to gather information for this community and I have provided information to show that triband LTE can be activated (see link below). Since the device is not available for sale yet, we have to wait until near launch date to be able to verify this. What is wrong with waiting? Perhaps near launch date we might be able to verify this but make no mistake about it that the device is capable of supporting triband LTE whether that is at launch or very shortly afterwards. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4099-lg-g2-the-first-sprint-tri-band-lte-handset-was-lg-optimus-g2/?p=218073

Please do not go through this again. We have more than enough proof that it is triband LTE. See link below for Technical Specs for Data Transmission. Happy now? http://www.lg.com/us/cell-phones/lg-LS980-g2

The box was confirmed awhile ago to only list 1900 MHz LTE when someone took a pic of it. Not a big deal. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4099-lg-g2-the-first-sprint-tri-band-lte-handset-was-lg-optimus-g2/?p=216396

I am confused on your second sentence. Something sounds a little off. Either way Sprint will determine whether or not they will participate on the PCS H block auction. If they do then they will bid on it. I am sure Dish will show up at the PCS H block auction as well but I am not convinced that DIsh really wants the H block spectrum just like they weren't serious about buying Sprint or Clearwire. This is just a game for Charlie because he has bigger fish to fry with their build out of their S-band spectrum and getting the L-band spectrum from Lightsquared for the uplink.

What makes you think that Sprint wouldn't participate in both? Trust me if this is one of the last slivers of beachfront spectrum, all 4 major carriers will be at the auction. Sprint and Tmobile are in different situations than in 2008 so they will definitely be ready to compete for blocks of spectrum. Assuming that 80 MHz is available, I want Sprint to obtain 20 MHz of that 600 MHz spectrum.

Yes its that same rumor but so many tech websites ran with that story and tried to paint it as it was written like the 10 commandments. Since then there has not been any more confirmation of a 32 GB + 3000 maH battery model. I don't believe there will be one. The FCC docs don't support it and it just seems to weird to me for Google to have 2 different storage models along with 2 different battery sizes. It just doesn't make any sense. I expect to see a 16 GB and 32 GB both with a 2300 maH battery.

Believe me it won't all be done by then. There will be delays. You are way underestimating the scale of LTE 2600. I don't get why this is such a big deal to you. If Sprint finished everything by Dec 31, 2015 is that a big deal? It doesn't need to be 100% complete to be able to be the main band but given that NV 1.0 is scheduled to be complete by mid year 2014 even at that point its a bit aggressive to complete the nationwide LTE 2600 network in half a year. Right now the ALU, Ericcson and Samsung teams are focusing on building NV 1.0 sites and launching CDMA 800/LTE 800. It doesn't work in the ideal way you are imagining for a NV site where inspection teams come in and approve the launch of LTE 800, CDMA 800, LTE 1900, CDMA 1900, LTE 2600 all at once. The reality is that a NV site is approved in pieces. We are straying away from the topic of PCS H block so lets get back to that.

In some markets but not all. Its still going to take some time. I am thinking more like 2015. If Sprint had all 39K sites completed with NV equipment and fiber backhaul supplied each tower...then yes its a possibility but still very unlikely. Remember its going to take way more than the 39K sites to provide nationwide LTE 2600. That is why they hinted 39K sites + Clearwire sites + additional sites to fill in gaps. I highlighted that its more than just a flip of a switch to install LTE 2600 on non co-located Sprint sites. You will see LTE 800 deployed more widely deployed in 2014 than you will with LTE 2600.

Yes I know. I just want to hear the official specs already so that it puts the rumors away of the 32 GB + 3000 maH battery version that everyone and their mama are lusting for.

Looks like starting price is at least $349. I am guessing probably for the 16 GB version. Perhaps $399 for the 32 GB version?

Well we will have to see what Sprint ultimately does. I highly doubt that not too long ago Dan Hesse was begging the FCC to hurry up and set up an auction for the H block only to have Dish Network take over. I think we are just assuming that Dish is only out for blood to get revenge at Softbank for outbidding them for both Sprint and Clearwire which I think is very childish. Other than that do we honestly believe that Dish has any real need for the H block? Dish has to worry about deploying their S-band spectrum as well as their 700 MHz E-block spectrum and they are probably going to be bidding on the 600 MHz spectrum anyways. With Dish I have no idea what their LTE deployment plan is for the next 2-3 years and as much as AT&T/Verizon buy up spectrum; at least I know that AT&T/Verizon have the means to deploy it. I mean sure Sprint may or may not need the H block but I think we can all agree that Sprint can make use of the H block to add an additional 5x5 LTE carrier. I wouldn't call spending money to get 10 MHz of spectrum that is contiguous with the G block a waste of money. Softbank and Sprint have already announced huge capex spending of 16 billion for the next 2 years and ever after the next 2 years the capex spending will still be about 6 billion a year. Softbank is not in the mood to save money because they know that time is money and they have a long long road to catch up to Big 2. Also I think you are underestimating how quickly LTE 2600 will be deployed. Yes it will be faster to overlay LTE 2600 once backhaul is in place for the majority of the 39K Sprint sites since that is the largest bottleneck in NV 1.0, but it will still take a long time to do this on a nationwide scale because of permits and new equipment need to be installed at the top of towers. For non co-located Sprint/Clearwire sites, Sprint will need to install a 2500 MHz panel and 2500 MHz RRU for each sector. I wouldn't count on LTE 2600 as being the main Sprint LTE band for many years to come.

I get what you are saying. If you want to use the international 5 bar system, just use the same 4th bar icon for example to represent spcs 4 and 5 OR the 5th bar icon to represent spcs 5 and 6. I don't want to make things more complicated that it needs to be. I guess I didnt think of just using the same icon for both. I'll think about whether I want the 5 bar or 6 bar system but I think I know what I would need to do.

Can you post the Sprint SystemUI.apk? Also is there a way you can swap between the 5 signal bar and 6 signal bar icons? If you switch to the 5 signal bar icon display, what do you have to do in terms of naming for the 6th signal bar icon that is not being used? I am a newbie at this stuff.

I know that Sprint announced it so it must be coming at some point in the future but I still don't get the timing of the phone releases on Sprint. The Galaxy Mega 6.3 was announced back in June and the release of the device should have been at the latest in mid August. Releasing in November and December especially with mid range specs is not a good way to sell this phone. I feel that Sprint is dropping the ball on the timing on the release of the Galaxy Mega 6.3. Even begs me to question on whether the GS4 mini will ever get released. So far sales of the GS4 and HTC One mini have been pretty poor and I wouldn't be surprised if Sprint pulled the plug on the GS4 mini launch.

The audio issues with the Note 3 are a bit disconcerting to me. I don't understand how this was not figured out prior to release. It makes me kinda glad that I did not pick up the Note 3. But then again its hard to say that in hindsight given that the Note 3 was single band LTE and it made it a very easy choice for me to get the G2.

I presume then that the Sprint version hasn't made it yet.