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I dunno. My magic box is extremely annoying (being a form of small cell). Other sprint phones instantly latch onto it but not my gs9+. Weird. My roomie (ex) has a GS9 that instantly connects to mb. I can't be me more frustrated because without it, I'm on a mostly useless signal on bands 25 and 26. I have gotten no good answers so far as to why the gs9 seems to struggle with connecting to at least this type of small cell. 

I've not noticed any more or less aggressive hand downs to 3G here in Atlanta. Same very few trouble spots as always that still somehow lack 4G after 6 years of deployment. Frustrating but overall, things are good here. 

And the dialer code had zero effect. I tried it 4 times. The other phone is on the mb, as usual. 

It's on band 25 or 26, depending on where I am in the apartment, but not on band 41 on the macro network. It will connect to band 41 on the macro network outside but not inside. So, yeah, it's odd. 

Anyone know how to force this damn phone onto my mb? The s8+ in the house automatically connects to the mb before we even enter the apartment but my s9+ will take anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours befure it realizes there's a blazing fast and infinitely faster b41 connection available for use instead of mostly useless b25 or 26. 

At times, airplane mode cycling helps but usually it does not. Again, all the while the s8+ is happily connected to b41 from the MB. 

What gives? 

16 hours ago, S4GRU said:

Calling Plus and WiFi calling solutions are a type of VoIP.  VoLTE is also a type of VoIP, specifically designed for LTE networks.  Calling Plus is not VoLTE.  But both are VoIP's.  Your analogy is like saying an Audi and a Cadillac are the same because they use the same highway.  Just because both can run voice across an LTE network does not make them both VoLTE.  But there are many similarities.  Just like to a caveman, the Audi and Cadillac would be nearly identical.

Robert

I see what you did there. 

This is all very interesting. Let us know what you find out! 

Sorry yeah I meant calling plus. My bad. Definitely a significant distinction. 

On 7/16/2018 at 7:33 PM, Paynefanbro said:

I think some people are reading things into this that aren't there. VoLTE is going to be opt-in and CDMA isn't going anywhere for a long time. All of the other 3 nationwide carriers still have some sort of legacy voice solution still available and they've had VoLTE launched for a while now.

For those of you in areas where LTE isn't there yet, don't opt in. For those of us who are in areas where LTE site density is good enough, we'll have no issues. 

Yeah even here in Atlanta it is borderline. Volte sucks with my magic box. I disable it. CDMA is awesome for voice. That's the "problem." 

Sprint has always been an odd cat and this only further solidifies that perception. Guys, stop being weird and just do your damn job! Then, you would not need to do these bizarre stunts in a bid to help alter public perception because it would already be positive. Jesus, they just don't get it. 

I have defended Sprint to my family and friends for almost two decades now and it's becoming quite tiresome. 

The selfie cam (front facing) is tragic. But I make it work. The rear cam is stellar. 

22 hours ago, nowerlater said:

When you disable them, you have to reboot for it to take effect.

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Heard. 

I tried it and it allowed me to edit lte bands.  However, it was only a facade. I disabled band 26 because, quite frankly, it sucks here in Lexington, KY. Bands 41and 25 are much, much better here. But, per SCP pro, band 26 was still active on my device. So it didn't really do what I set out to do. 

Really?

I don't have my MSL so I can't enable them to check. It does say, however, that bands 25 and 41 both have MIMO enabled. Is that new? I am not sure. 

Same all over Kentucky outside of Louisville and Cincinnati metros. In reality, much of the state's (more) urban areas are blanketed in band 41, especially along interstate highways. 

How's the mini mac build out in Birmingham going these days? Not much traffic here lately so I'm assuming it's going well. 

On 6/2/2018 at 12:25 AM, Terrell352 said:

On my S8+ I did lots of comparisons and found virtually no difference in speed and if anything coverage was a little better without HPUE. I have a S9+ as of today so I need to check but I can say the S9+ without question has better network performance than the S8+ across the board.

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Interesting.  My boyfriend's S8+ gets great coverage in our place while my S9 + struggles to even get 1mbps. Really the reverse of what most are saying. And his phone LOVES our magic box. My phone and the MB are barely even on speaking terms.  Lol

Awesome! 

That said, my s9+ has a very hard time connecting to my magic box while the s8+ here in the same apartment seems to connect the moment it's in range. Both obviously have all 3 bands and HPUE enabled so I guess that couldn't have anything to do with it. 

36 minutes ago, Terrell352 said:

We have asked this question alot and no one ever answers.

I've never noticed that until last night. I'd definitely like to find out what it means though. 

What does band 41 PCII mean? See photo.

1 minute ago, greenbastard said:

I'm sorry to hear that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ha! Why is that? Do tell!

That's pretty damn cool. I've never been to Texas at all (aside from passing through DFW without exiting the airport)  but I certainly think they'll appreciate this!

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They constantly seem to seek to cripple themselves. It does have band 41 but not 25 nor 26. It's also a very "meh" design.  And blinkfeed??  

Stop, guys. Phone buyers just aren't that into you.