Vince

Yes. It's still 18.0 and I think the prl is the same as before also. No change at least on my phone.

Thanks for your response. I ask because there is a known issue from Sprint technical support about the iPhone 6 having an issue holding an LTE signal, more specifically, band 41. My phone is constantly hanging onto band 25 for way too long (-118dbm signal) without switching to band 26, and just dropping me to 3G. They claim a fix is in the works, and should be pushed by the end of the year (we all know how Sprint is with software release dates, so we shall see). I can't recall Sprint ever "pushing" a carrier update to my phone since I've been with them. T-Mobile used to do it back in the day, and I know these bundles usually just come with the next iOS update.

 

 

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Don't think it is. Prl is the same iirc. 51103.

Not the prl, the carrier bundle. Or were you also telling me about the prl?

 

 

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Can anyone tell me if the carrier bundle was updated from 18.0 with iOS 8.1.1?

 

 

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The network is not overburdened on any band and is working just fine in many markets.

 

AJ

Except in metro areas. Band 25 is a disaster in probably all metro areas during peak hours.

 

 

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Everyone says how superior android is, yet those same people are always rooting and installing roms. I prefer my iOS to be perfect out of the box. [emoji6]

 

 

Sent from my iPhone 6

Do we have a thread to critique Android or Windows Phones? I think we can all agree to poop on Blackberry.

It's ok to bash/debate Apple. Any android bashing will probably be deleted. Android can't do no wrong.

 

 

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Tapatalk just pushed their iOS 8/iPhone 6-6+ update. About time. It actually looks great, and they gave it the same interface as the android counterpart.

 

 

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I think you CAN pay off an easypay phone early ... so that might be a good workaround.

Of course you can pay it off early. I've done it twice.

 

 

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I wasn't even on a call when I took the screenshot. Come to think of it I don't think I've even tried going into field test mode while on a call..

 

 

Sent from my iPhone 6 on the Now Network

Yeah, it used to work on my 5s. Next time you're on a call, just click "add call" then dial the code. Doesn't work for me.

 

 

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I wasn't even on a call when I took the screenshot. Come to think of it I don't think I've even tried going into field test mode while on a call..

 

 

Sent from my iPhone 6 on the Now Network

Yeah, it used to work on my 5s. Next time you're on a call, just click "add call" then dial the code. Doesn't work for me.

 

 

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Speaking of engineering screens.. Finally found my phone connecting to 1x800 in the basement at my office! Had to turn off LTE because B26 reached down there too. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1415845410.781081.jpg

 

 

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I've never once been able to view field test while on a call since I've owned this phone. It just locks up and says "connecting."

 

 

 

Sent from my iPhone 6

A different block of spectrum. There's 100+MHz of it available....

Well, then. I must have completely misunderstood something. Thanks for the clarification.

 

 

Sent from my iPhone 6

No and I've never ever seen that said here.

Then what is WiMAX broadcasting on?

 

 

Sent from my iPhone 6

All Band 41 carriers are 20 mhz TDD-LTE.

But I thought I read here that only 15 was used for LTE and 5 for WiMAX out of that chunk of spectrum.

 

 

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Just saw field test populate a clear band 41 site for the first time in North Chicago near the Naval base. 20 MHz? I thought they were broadcasting less than that because of WiMAX.

 

 

 

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There's no way that price is the off-contract price. If it is, I'm buying a few and eBay-ing them.

 

 

Sent from my iPhone 6

The connection at my house just went to hell. On my wife's iPhone, too. Both of us only have band 26 that's 25dbm worse than it usually is, and band 25 is gone. It keeps pushing us to 3G. Wonder if we're finally being optimized? My home tower is so rock solid, other than that weird outage we had a week ago. Something's up.

 

Band 26 in my living room has always been -88ish for the last 6 months. Every day.

 

Sent from my iPhone 6

Can VoLTE just "happen?" Or, would it require some kind of software update first.

 

 

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Testing out this app. Going to see how accurate it is. I'll let ya know in 24 minutes.

 

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1415329807.240728.jpg

 

 

 

 

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What app is that? I can't find anything matching that title. I had that exact app on my nexus 5.

 

 

Sent from my iPhone 6

The google maps update today is phenomenal. It's beautiful looking. I was comparing it to the version on my m8. Google has made the iOS version nicer than their android version. That's sad, but great for us.

 

 

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I have the option on all of my group messages.

I just read up on it. Apparently, you can only leave if all participants are using iMessage and have iOS 8 installed. Meh.

 

 

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Back on topic. Wasn't iOS 8 supposed to have a feature where you could "leave" those annoying mass messages that friends start up? Every time I see the option to "leave group," it's grayed out. I do, however, see a "mute conversation" toggle switch in the message details. Has anyone ever successfully "left" a mass sms?

 

 

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It sure fits the bill better than an "lg G3 for life" or "nexus for life" plan. The masses don't care about devices like that. The iphone is mainstream, popular, and a gold mine for carriers, and they know it. That's why it receives special plans.

 

 

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Anyone having issues with really slow data speeds? I can't do much of anything on my phone anymore because it's so bad. I've updated it through ##update# and resetting the network settings and both have helped bat it always goes back to being slow as hell. I'm on a b41 tower so I definitely shouldn't be having these issues.

Are there any other triband users in your group of family or friends that can help verify whether or not it's a network issue or phone issue? Is it widespread or only a certain tower?

 

 

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Everything is humming along just fine. I really only experienced the no LTE and text issues two or three times, and only briefly when they occurred. Hopefully, while snooping around, the found out why the band switching is all jacked in many places.

 

 

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