clbowens

Anybody noticing any differences since the last update?  I haven't.  

(just wondering)

On 5/18/2019 at 3:55 PM, tyroned3222 said:

This the first sprint 5G test

Enjoy

Don’t think sprint has the operational cost to run multi gigabit backhaul on all 5G sites..

Few people I spoke with say this is the biggest leap sprint has ever made in terms of how the network is now performing under 5G using massive Mimo and how good volte is operating.. the team is not convinced that they will creat a ton of foot traffic because Of this .. they are still expecting customer to leave at a faster rate than what they are gaining

 

 

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I can get this speed on Sprint's LTE network now.  Without 5G.  🙂

On 4/22/2019 at 2:23 PM, mmark27 said:

I did some pretty extensive testing on my S10+, my wife's S10, and both my parents' S10s as they were visiting this weekend and my kids actually took a freaking nap!! As we traveled around, each device had a hard time dealing with any sort of B25 signal, as reported by SCP and by the LTE Engineering screen. B25^2 seemed to be okay, but any standard B25 signal was junk from a macro site. If it picked up B25 from a oDAS network, then the phones were okay on data sending and receiving as well. 

Reports over on the Sprint thread also have issues with the Note 9 in some cases as well. While all anecdotal, I find it really hard to believe that folks on this thread "have had no data problems". In fact, I bet you have, but it's pretty innocuous when it happens usually. It doesn't tell you that you don't have signal, it doesn't give any sort of warning....it looks connected with strong signal bars. SCP will report "idle" and anything that needs the network will timeout. Occasionally, I get the unable to establish connection circle with the slash through it....and a toggle of airplane mode will fix it.....but this has happened to me in the past here in Madison just because we have pockets still of dead zones that are unfortunately placed in areas you want your phone to work, like the Zoo. 

This all said, this really smells like a software provisioning problem and not anything to do with hardware and/or device swaps....in most cases. Or something with the towers themselves in communicating with these S10s and perhaps the S8s are reporting issues too in a few places. Most folks that are getting new devices are just reporting that those are going "bad" as well. I have no clue what's happening, but it seems pretty widespread if all 4 of the devices on my account have these issues. These all were pre-orders but from very different batches of SN strings and ordered well apart from each other.

I just know that I'm not going into any store for testing or swapping out any devices until they have an actual fix in place for what's going on. For now, I've just disabled B25 and that keeps the data flowing and keeps the calls from dropping! I know it's not proper, but it fixes my issue in the short term. This is complete madness that they can't get a handle on it. There's supposedly another update coming on April 30th. 

Any word on the April 30th update?

11 minutes ago, swintec said:

Within the last week I started getting HD voice, while connected to wifi calling, when a Verizon user calls me.  However if i initiate the call instead HD voice is not there.  What gives?

Also, if i disconnect from wifi and use the cellular network (1x800), no HD voice no matter what.  its been so long so i can not remember but is there no HD voice on 1x?

HD Voice on 1x is only available between Sprint customers, I believe.  And between calling plus enabled devices.

With VoLTE for me, the icon sometimes disappears, sometimes for days, then magically come back.  And I've noticed that I lose it when I go to 3G and the back to LTE.  It's like it doesn't initiate it when it get back to LTE, and it take a while (days) for it to.

5 minutes ago, nexgencpu said:

I should have been more clear on that, Intra meaning non-contiguous CA within the same band and inter for different band CA. 

So, which is coming in "weeks".  Inter or intra?

10 minutes ago, Joski1624 said:

Hey, I know where those are. 😜

https://goo.gl/maps/WRs7iXeJrxnXoMKEA

Likely stuck in traffic too. 😏

I think those might be AT&T.  I saw those exact ones when I was traversing I-480 yesterday.  I haven't whipped out my FreedomPop at&t Sim in a while.  It doesn't look like anything VZW is deploying around here.

Yes, that's exactly where those are.  🙂

8 minutes ago, SuzieTuesday said:

Yet Neville Ray says, "T-Mobile also has mmWave spectrum that provides massive capacity over a very small footprint. It holds big promise for speed and capacity in dense urban areas and venues where large numbers of people gather."  I guess TMUS has special mmWave spectrum that is some how superior to VZ mmWave spectrum.

Well to be fair, he didn't say anything about coverage or how the spectrum penetrates walls.  🙂  It's worded very well.

On 4/12/2019 at 9:16 AM, clbowens said:

Here's a pic.  The top rack is Sprint, I know.  The lowest rack is the one they just added.

Also, I was NOT driving at the time.  🙂

Anybody able to identify those antennas?

For everyone that is not having these LTE data connection issues, are you liking your S10?  Still like it?

For me, I still like the phone.  The battery doesn't last as long as I expected (still about the same as a S8), but not bad.  Also about the same reception as the S8.  Fingerprint reader can be "picky" as times.  Starting to notice some UI lag at times.

Other than that, love the phone.  Good upgrade from an S8.

Has anybody had any issue with VoLTE on iPhone?  I was thinking about enabling it on my wife's iPhone.

I had a HD VoLTE call with a Verizon phone on the other end yesterday.  Call sounded great!  Good to see HD calling with other carriers is working.

I have downloaded the update.  Still no LTE issues.  And location service was still enabled.  Also, LTE speeds are the same.

18 minutes ago, mkenny28 said:

Just saw this over on Sprint Community on a big thread about the network issue:

"As always, Sprint and Samsung continue to closely monitor concerns about intermittent or total loss of voice or data with the Samsung Galaxy S10, S10+, and S10e handsets.  There will be a software release available on Tuesday, April 16th that will prevent the device from experiencing intermittent voice or data.  Please update as soon as this release becomes available."

 

https://community.sprint.com/t5/Samsung/Galaxy-S10-10-10e-Perma-Roaming-The-Sequel/td-p/1039070

I just hope it doesn't screw up ones that are working fine.  🙂

20 hours ago, RAvirani said:

If you have a few extra minutes to stop and grab photos sometime, I'm sure I or else here could identify them. 

If they're on Google Street View, we could also take a look if you provide the address or coordinates...

Here's a pic.  The top rack is Sprint, I know.  The lowest rack is the one they just added.

Also, I was NOT driving at the time.  🙂

I just received a required fingerprints software update this morning.

3 minutes ago, clbowens said:

They are probably not on street view yet, but I will check.

No, no street view yet

Just now, RAvirani said:

If you have a few extra minutes to stop and grab photos sometime, I'm sure I or else here could identify them. 

If they're on Google Street View, we could also take a look if you provide the address or coordinates...

They are probably not on street view yet, but I will check.

Does anyone know why B66 and B71 are NOT in the LTE band priority list under the data debugging screen?

1 minute ago, RAvirani said:

Do you have photos of them you could upload?

Sorry, I can't really get photos as I'm always driving at the time.

I wonder what these would look like.  On one tower I drive by daily, that had only Sprint antennas, recently, they added another "rack" of antennas.  The ones they just added look HUGE.  The are bigger than any antennas I've seen on a tower before.  There are 2 per sector.  One slightly smaller than the other.

1 minute ago, 4GHoward said:

Anyone know about what antennas will this be?

https://www.twitter.com/steelintheair/status/1116295065377415168

Interesting...

23 minutes ago, Trip said:

Does anyone know what the strand-mount equipment looks like?  I ask because I've got a bunch of weird GCIs in my log west of George Mason University, and I didn't spot any apparent small cells or similar.  I do see boxes on poles that do not have antennas on them, and the cables seem to go up to the lines, like this one on Google Street View.

https://goo.gl/maps/VNGZBdZDjfR2

Any thoughts/pictures?

- Trip

I was wondering that also.  I know Sprint announced a strand-mount deal with Cox a while back.  And I live in a Cox service area (Parma, Ohio).  But I don't think I've seen any movement on that yet.

15 hours ago, mikejeep said:

New beta is finally done brewing and has been uploaded to Google Play.. should be available within the hour! Lots of significant bugfixes and new LTE alerts that should make people very happy. Changelog: https://signalcheck.app/change-log

Thanks for your patience, and let me know what I broke..

-Mike

Nvm!

11 minutes ago, mmark27 said:

speaking of sunlight, have you tried to wear your Galaxy Buds in the bright, warm sun yet? Whatever bud is facing the sun will make the "connected" noise (that low chime it plays when you first put it in) a lot. Apparently has to do with the proximity sensor and others report this on reddit. Super annoying. 

Interesting.