JonnygATL

So please don't attack me for being new to some of this but I got my MSL from Sprint today (they were way sketched out that i asked for it) so that I could manually enable bands 26 and 41 on my phone. I also have signal check pro installed on my phone. How do I know which band I'm connected to via signal check pro or some other means? And..as I've mentioned before.. my N5 has a VERY hard time finding an LTE signal in areas with excellent LTE coverage so my encounters with it are a bit fleeting. But...still..I would like to know.

Crap. I hope.

Sprint

This is very frustrating to hear. Do you think you could pm me and get me in contact with this person? I'd like to discuss this further and explore my options. I don't think anyone at sprint will understand what the true problem is as their front line force is vastly unaware. They'll think I'm nuts lol.

Oh I'm a sponsor. Premier in fact. But this entire city is very much finished with respect to 3G and b25 LTE. I'm just blown away because everyone talks up this phone's RF performance and my experience runs quite contrary to popular experience

One more thing...my gs4 got a strong LTE signal all over the metro area. So I don't get why my n5 can't get LTE in the exact same places.

Dude, it's completely maddening. Once in a while I'll get a fleeting flash of LTE but as I said in another post, my 3G speeds are pretty f-ing Gucci. And..yes..I just had to say that. I do live in Atlanta after all!

To be clear...will this update squash the LTE connectivity issues as well? I'm in a market that is nearly totally 3G NV and LTE 1900 complete so I don't get my phone's inability to maintain an LTE connection. I'm extremely frustrated and am hoping the Spark update ends all this.

Midtown Atlanta. Yeah it was an old non triband gs4.

Everyone says how great the RF performance is with this phone but mine has been really terrible. At work and at home - places I had a strong LTE signal on my GS4 - I'm stuck on 3G. I do get 1.5 - 2 down on NV 3G but why is this phone's RF performance so awful? I am now rarely on LTE where I used to be over 90% of the time with my GS4. what gives?

The southern and eastern suburbs are lit up with 800 LTE but not yet here in the central city. Well....per the last update that was received. That could well have changed now.

Really? Without the spark update? I had no idea. There is 800 lte here but I have yet to connect to it. I figured it was because of the much delayed spark update. Hmm.

Wait..the Nexus 5 (stock) works on B26??

I love the way you think ; o )

It was easy pay, unfortunately.

The reason I asked is that I was seeking to return my N5 and I only have 3 days left to do it. I was thinking of switching it for the new One. But I see that won't be possible as someone already described above. I only wish the guy that stole my GS4 had waited a few more weeks!

I see. Thank you.

How did u get it? I was told by Sprint that it wouldn't be available until some time in April.

That's ridiculous. And I'm so pro Sprint despite what all my friends say. It's the little things that mean so much....and this simply isn't helping our case!!!!

Anyone know anything about the Sprint blank text messages from "9479" issue? I tried searching this topic using keyword "9479" but no results were found. I really don't have time to read 256 pages of dialogue to find out so if anyone could point me in the right direction or provide a possible alternate link that may shed some light on possible resolution, I'd be thrilled. Thanks!

Well my god it can't come soon enough. Band 25 is getting rather bogged down here in Atlanta and we could seriously use some offloading to free up some bandwidth. The more Spark enabled phones, the better. This electronic freeway is starting to look like rush hour on the Downtown Connector! P.s..anyone know how to sync fb contacts to the N5? My old GS4 did this flawlessly. I didn't realize it wasn't baked into the 4.4 OS!

I had no clue who she was until I looked her up after reading your comment. Yeah there have been numerous HGTV type shows featuring homes all over this city the past few years. Not to mention a ridiculous number of major Hollywood movies being/been filmed in part or completely here. This has as much to do with the generally agreeable weather as it does with generous state and municipal tax incentives.

Midtown Atlanta? Now you're talking my language. I live between Midtown and Buckhead off Peachtree. But I noticed the same thing. All of the 800 acceptances thus far (at least that we know of from Robert's source) have been outside the Perimeter (I-285 for those not familiar)...off to the south and east. However, the reach of 800 is greatly improved over the propagation characteristics of a 1900 mhz signal so it's possible you connected to one of those. But I think the more likely scenario here is that new towers have had 800 voice activated closer to or within the city and that is what you are connecting to based on your signal strength deep inside the building you work in. I just don't think you'd have had such a strong signal from a tower so distant and outside the urban core. I would also venture to guess that even though 800 covers a pretty large area that the RF engineers have adjusted the downtilt more (in those southern and eastern suburbs) than those towers would be if they were in a truly rural area. All of what I'm saying is pure conjecture at this point and I guess we'll have to wait and see what the next round of 800 voice acceptances shows when Robert posts it. That said...I just updgraded to signal check pro to see if I could get 800 voice and...so far, not yet.

Me, too and I have no idea why but it's very annoying

Amen. The one thing i will miss from my gs4 (along with syncing contacts with fb contacts and #s) is the awesome 13MP camera. #sadface