jefbal99

Is was in downtown Detroit for a 5k on Friday, no Sprint issues at all

I went through a crazy whirlwind from CM12.1 that ended with my phone being ODIN'd back to stock and a Factory Reset to boot.  Waiting on stock OD2 before venturing into the custom rom game again...

It gets tricky with custom ROMs; it's up to those developers to include whatever might be necessary for the RIL to report valid data to the OS. I am not certain that it requires TouchWiz to do so, but obviously the Samsung enginerrs would have more access to those features than ROM developers. I believe the CM crew has been able to get Samsung devices to report some information in the past, so perhaps they can get it working eventually. I saw your diagnostic report; it was reporting null values for GCI, PCI, and TAC. Go update your version of SignalCheck, you're a couple versions behind.. then send me another report. I've improved the diagnostics significantly in the last couple of versions.

 

-Mike

This is strange, I'm on the latest from the Google Play Store and I'm part of the beta group, I've always installed the latest and greatest immediately on release. What would cause my version to show as old?

So anyone on a Nexus device or running a custom rom are unable to use this?  What about those that disabled the connections optimizer?

Sprint store

Telegraph and 12 mile

Galaxy S5

B25

 

 

 

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That's how Lansing was until B41 was launched. Made all the difference in the world

 

Sent from SPH-L720T running CM12

OD1 has been posted to opensource.samsung.com

 

Sent from SPH-L720T running CM12

It's CM12 not Signal Check. Since your on a Samsung phone, only the stock TouchWiz software will allow reading of that info.

Well shit then  I was hoping as CM is based on AOSP that it would pull the standard radio information from the modem.  Maybe when Samsung releases LP for the S4T, a modem update will help?!?!  Here's to hoping...

I but CM12 on my S4T last week and it's been pretty good.  Battery life is lacking, but over all performance is good.  Bluetooth is flakey sometimes.  Also, on reboots, the data connection doesn't always register and I have to reboot a second time.

 

The pros of lollipop far outweigh the few issues i've been having!!!

 

I was do for a device reset anyways as my Moto360 was freaking out with Google Play services and the only confirmed fix i've found has been a hard reset on both devices.

Mike,

 

I'm not sure if you want to put any effort into this, but I thought I'd let you know.  Galaxy S4T and I installed CM12 (based on LP 5.0.2).  SCP Pro reports signal strength and carrier, but it is not reading any GCI/PCI/TAC data from the OS.  Not sure if SCP is not reading it or CM12 is not presenting it.

 

Reset Mobile works fine with the built in root (much faster than TW/SuperSu on KK 4.4.2).

 

One note, on CM10, SCP read GCI/PCI/TAC from that version of the OS, but the data was all incorrect.

 

I submitted a diagnostics report.

Anyone tried CM12 on this device? Does it actually report GCI/TAC correctly?

Start looking for OD# as we've moved to April

Edit in

http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-L720T-SPRINT/OD1.rdf

Any way tell if a tower 2 carriers live on it aka 1900mhz.

SignalCheckPro in the play store does a damn good job of identifying just about everything in a connection to a Sprint site. Not sure if second PCS LTE carrier is in the beta or live version. Check the change log

S4T, seeing "1 neighboring site" always in scp beta. Current firmware doesn't report pci.

Does anyone know the status of when the back haul will be complete for the GR area? Many areas I still notice less than 1mbps up/down on the LTE 800.

Backhaul isn't needed, more sites are needed. iPCS build the west Michigan network and it is spaced at the max limits for PCS spectrum. ESMR I'd just filling in the gaps and being over burdened. Band 41 will help with the heavy lifting, but the real fix is adding more towers.

Most likely coming from a different tower then. But 6 miles on B41 is more than I expected. What is the typical radius for all sprints lte bands?

 

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There is no typical, depends on tower height, downtilt on the antenna, operating power, obstructions, etc.

Yup, that is our life.

B41 is active on the LugNut downtown lansing

 

Edit in: They must be testing it, currently back on B25 LTE

 

Edit in2: Wow, just realized, less than two full weeks from B41 antenna installation and wiring to live service

 

Edit in 3:Back on B41 and its still great, phone is actually usable. Co-worker on B25 device asked me if something changed because his performance was better. Explained offloading to him.

Oh man, west Michigan needs this so bad, so many Nextel towers that will make Sprint a real challenger to big red and blue!

Good B41 at Van Andel arena last night, among an almost sold out hockey game.

#jefbal99 Is that the wifi calling update or the Lollipop for 720T?

OA3 is the wifi calling update

 

OB3 is an internal test build for lollipop

If you are stock, the OA3 update.zip is available on XDA.

 

New RDF for lollipop, OB3 http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-L720T-SPRINT/OB3.rdf

Mike is there anyway SCP can track neighboring cells using the GCI instead of the PCI? The neighboring cells feature does not seem to work on Samsung devices.

 

Also SCP seems to be draining my battery, on my other devices SCP does not use this much battery consumption usually less than 2%.

 

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Once a Samsung device is upgraded to 4.4.4 and above, the modem/OS reports PCI properly.

Boom lift still at the lugnut, third antenna installed between the two NV1 antennas.

Read the entire thread. The start date this month is for devices released after that date. No current Samsung Galaxy devices qualify.

 

AJ

Then why is Sprint doing this for current/legacy Apple devices? That is where my confusion comes from.

Galaxy s4/s5 that have an accessible sim slot use the same GSM bands that are standard globally. Edge/HSPA 14 are supported on Sprint devices. I've got my rooted LG G2 running on T-Mobile using their GSM technologies (no LTE). Yes, they do support it but Sprint needs to unlock the device or you can via rooting (which voids warranty).

That's my point, why isn't this being unlocked for domestic use?