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Piece of junk? I mean, if you compare it against today's phones sure. But when it came it, it was freakin great. LTE connectivity left a little to be desired, but in a city with good coverage things weren't bad at all.

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Huh, I just realized the rumors are a Late August/Early September release for Android N, that means a new device in that window too, I was thinking we were waiting until October.  Any idea why the typical timeline was changed?

It looked familiar in some way.  I couldn't put my finger on it at first.  Then it hit me just now.  It kind of reminds me of the HTC EVO LTE.  

No joke!

 

What a piece of junk that phone was, my buddy had one, bleh!

Well, I'm screwed no matter what, unlocking/rooting clears user data, so I'd lose my encryption key from vold anyways

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Take off the Android screenshot and I would think its an iPhone.  I'm thinking about selling the MXPE and going for the Marlin

Well crap, my adoptable storage took a dump on Monday.  Not sure the issue as I can't get to any logs, Android sees the card and "checks" it when inserted, then gives a message that the card is not there.  I put the card into my Windows box and it sees it as a SCSI storage device, but nothing more.  That is apparently correct.  I grabbed a linux live disc, but haven't booted it up under that.  apparently I can decrypt from there, but I need to root to get the decryption key...

I'm faced with two options

1. Root, get the decryption key, attempt to decrypt, then start over or go full monty and toss CM on the phone

2. forget the adopted storage, wipe it and start over.

I really wish google offered a way to provide the decryption key or some better error messages to know what went wrong with the adoptable storage.  The SD Card has been in my device basically since day one, it was only removed when i needed to get the Feb security update and I pulled the SIM.

I'm frustrated with Lenovo/Moto as this device was advertised/sold as a "Pure Google" experience, but we haven't gotten 6.0.1 and are hanging out on the Feb security update.  My plan was to sell the phone when the new Nexus comes out in the fall, but unlocking/rooting will void the warranty.

Also the fact that CA isn't enabled/doesn't work is frustrating too.  Not sure if that is Sprint or Lenovo to blame there...

If anyone can think of a third option, I'm open to suggestions.

Depends on the device (active, passive, standby)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_SIM

Active has both SIMs active at the same time, i.e HTC Desire 600 dual sim

I was in Bay City last weekend and noticed a lot of band 25x2 coverage. I was wondering if it's being turned up in the GR area.

 

 

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Second carrier B25 has been up for quite awhile in West Michigan.

Need hardware swaps or additions for Detroit to get B26

Glad about the airport.   It's always been pretty strong around there, but I'm still waiting for B26.    Mirror mirror on the wall, when will Detroit get B26 for all?

How's the Detroit airport?

 

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It was fine when I was there in January

From what I've been reading were lucky if we see it by mid 2017. Even once the ibez issue gets taken care of, I believe E. Mich doesn't have any towers with B26 panels

 

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That is correct, it will be a rip and replace of the PCS only panels

Any price points on this device?  Software updates are the only big issue I see here

Not sure anyone on the S4GRU forums can help you out here, you might want to try the folks over at XDA as they are active modders

So LTE-A on huge channels, highband spectrum

This week, Ericsson submitted an application for Special Temporary Authority (STA) to conduct a 5G demo for an unnamed customer June 8-14 at Lincoln Financial Stadium in Philadelphia. The application states that Ericsson plans to conduct demos on June 9, 11 and possibly 14 during the pre- and post-shows surrounding the COPA soccer finals.

Ericsson requested confidential treatment for much of the information related to the STA application, but it did say it will use spectrum and antenna parameters that the FCC has granted authorization for Ericsson to use previously. It's asking to transmit on 14.5-15.35 GHz only because the experimental equipment that it will be using was designed in Sweden to operate on that spectrum.

Ericsson will use one experimental 5G base station and one piece of experimental 5G mobile user equipment, and it's aiming to keep the base station and mobile unit within 50 feet of each other.

 

http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/sprint-gets-5g-two-copa-america-stadium-trials-planned/2016-05-05

Looks like one stadium will be Nokia, the other Ericsson build outs

Does anyone know if Grand Rapids specifically Martin MI has band 26 yet ?!?

 

 

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Marcelo tweeted that Sprint 5G will be demonstrated at Levis Stadium and Lincoln Financial Field during this summer's Copa America Centenario tournament.  San Francisco is June 3rd and 6th, Philly is June 9th, 11th, & 14th.

sprint.com/22fgxis

Since there is no 5G standard yet, what are they going to be showing off?!?! Just really Wideband LTE-A with crazy fast backhaul?

Does anyone know if Grand Rapids or Martin MI have band 26 LTE yet ?

 

 

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Grand Rapids has had Band 26 for a long time, it goes over to just west of Ionia.  Some areas in and around Lansing are starting to pop up with B26, including DeWitt, but its still spotty.  I looked up Martin, MI on the map and it is right off of 131, well out of the exclusion zone.  I'd bet dimes to donuts that any cell site around there is a full NV build with B26/B25/B41, along with CDMA BC1/BC10.  This might be a better question to ask in the West Michigan thread as that is a different Sprint region.

Maybe it's different for 8T8R, but I find -115 to be about the minimum for data to go through on Samsung Clear equipment with my S5.  At -120, which my phone will cling to, no data passes.

 

- Trip

Yeah, that is probably your bogey, In Michigan we are almost all 8T8R, with the beamforming, I connect to B41 before B25

 I wouldn't say good holdings. Sprint needs more FDD-LTE. Band41 yes they own alot, but, The signal is not good alot the time.at home it get mostly -115. very slow.

-115 very slow?!?! unless you are in a highly congested area, -115 yields 10mb/s down which is plenty for NetFlix/Youtube/Hulu, etc.  I'm a "datahog" due to no high speed internet where i love (30+gb/month) and have no issue with those signals strengths for anything that I do on my phone.

Try 000-000.

 

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interesting, Sprint must not have assigned MSL because BYOD

Anyone have an easy way to get MSL?

It was really interesting how I got connected to this.  I was in the underground ramp and started roaming on VZW (daily thing).  Normally I turn off data to get the phone to reconnect to Sprint quicker (no active data sessions), but right when I was pulling out, SCP dinged for 1x800.  I had to get right on a conference call, so it hung on to 1x800 for the call, which I took driving across town.  After I hung up, it connected to B26 LTE and I got the SCP screenshot.  While I was trying to get into the LTE engineering screens, the phone switched over to B41 due to the huge roll out of B41 in Michigan.

I'll start wandering a bit more and see if I can find more B26 to connect to

. Thanks for the clarification. Is B41 x3 being displayed only as as a dry run, or has it gone live?

The Superscript 2 & 3 doesn't indicate CA being active, just that your PCC is a second or third carrier.  The only way to confirm 2x CA (and 3x CA in the future) is to look at the LTE engineering screens.

. Thanks for the clarification. Is B41 x3 being displayed only as as a dry run, or has it gone live?

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