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    LTE Discovery App for S4GRU

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    I'm going to be working on another update for the app this weekend. Anyone want to throw out some requested features or changes while I'm in the planning stages?

     

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    Hello again SpenceSouth. I am still having issues with my app, even after the recent patch. Again, when the app detects LTE, and the 'auto repeat' setting is not checked, it takes me to the GPS list screen. As soon as I click 'Back' or 'Go to home page' to go to the main screen, my phone immediately goes to Airplane mode. The simplest workaround I've been using is to check the 'auto repeat' option, which keeps the app From going to the GPS screen when LTE is detected. I can then click 'Stop' to keep the phone from counting down to the next scan. Again, this behavior only happens when the app detects LTE. So, if I click 'Back' at the GPS screen, after losing LTE, the app doesn't start the immediate Airplane Mode.

     

    My phone is a stock 16gb Galaxy S3, running stock Sprint JB 4.1.1, rooted, with no antivirus SW, etc. I cleared the app data, tried force closing the app, etc, with no change. If there is any way for me to help troubleshoot this for you, let me know. Or, if there are any suggestions you may have, I'm willing to do some work to get this resolved...

     

    As for new features, I mentioned adding a setting/option to start scanning for LTE automatically, when the app is running and the LTE connection is lost. I currently do this manually when I am 'War Driving', or searching for coverage to map...

     

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    Ok, tower number 3 it looks like on Sensorly, near the Veterans and Dale Mabry Hwy.

     

    I mapped there the other day(Monday morning I believe). I wasn't sure if the coverage was from the tower at I275 & Bears, as that older tower does/did reach that same area. However, when I got ~15mbps down at Dale Mabry & Van Dyke, I suspected another tower had gone live. It is likely the tower transmitting LTE is the one I saw being inspected a few weeks ago, just S of that intersection. Though, I haven't had the time to explore the area. I work down the road from there, so I may do some mapping tomorrow. I just hope my job doesn't mind me taking a extended lunch... ;)

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    The tower stopped broadcasting LTE at the moment, no LTE in the area around 1pm.

     

    It was broadcating LTE around 9AM today. It seems that newly turned on LTE towers get switched on and off randomly. I wouldn't get too worried about it. That definitely happened with the Land O Lakes LTE tower, and possibly also the I275/Bearse Ave LTE tower...

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    I leave Sensorly open as a tab in my broswer, so I saw the coverage before you drove around, then I refreshed the page, and saw the new tracks. You did a a ton of driving, and that tower seems to have a big footprint. I'm surprised to see it carry up Old Pasco Rd, as far as SR52. Is that all off the same tower, or could there possibly be another one up there?

     

    I suspect that I could have driven farther N on I75 and farther E and W on SR52. But it was late. I'd basically gone as far as I had time to...

     

    Also, my earlier tracks were on Sensorly well before my late night mapping drive.

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    Posted · Edited by Majorzaid

    I did a little more mapping of the new tower at SR54 & I75. I started on SR54 near the Land O Lakes tower area, then headed East on SR54. I made one loop of the area, then headed towards Zephyrhills. If no one else maps in the area, I might take another drive around tomorrow. There should be a lot of coverage yet to be found...

     

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    I couldn't wait, so I just did a huge Sensorly mapping drive around the unmapped areas of the tower at SR54 & I75...

     

    The data should be showing up on Sensorly as I type..

     

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    ** Had to edit the post in a web browser, after TapaTalk butchered it...

    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    I did a little more mapping of the new tower at SR54 & I75. I started on SR54 near the Land O Lakes tower area, then headed East on SR54. I made one loop of the area, then headed towards Zephyrhills. If no one else maps in the area, I might take another drive around tomorrow. There should be a lot of coverage yet to be found...

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    It looks like in Sensorly that the tower near SR 54 and 75 is broadcasting LTE now in Wesley Chapel.

     

    That's my best guess. I was able to get over 25mbps down near I75 & SR54. And around 7mbps down at SR54 & Morris Bridge Rd. I will map more later this evening. There was 4G all the way from near Zephyrhills, down SR54 to I75, then S to Bruce B Down. I mapped in Sensorly the whole way.

     

    I'm back at 'University Hospital' / FL Hospital Tampa once again, as my poor grandmother is ill again. Also, picking up 4G at the hospital again...

     

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    LTE Discovery App for S4GRU

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    So we ran through the code last night and think we may have found what was causing the issue you experienced. It will have been corrected in the update that was pushed this morning. Now we haven't been able to replicate the issue under our test conditions (we simulate an LTE connection to avoid driving to an LTE site all the time). So if the issue happens again, let me know and we'll get it taken care of.

     

    Also, thanks for your donation I really appreciate it. If we do introduce a premium version of the app, regardless of what we decide to price if for, I'll make sure you get it at no expense.

     

     

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    Thanks! I got the update this morning. I'll try to test the newly updated ap very soon. I'll let you know if I experience any problems...

     

    MajorZaid

     

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    LTE Discovery App for S4GRU

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    That is a feature we have been looking to implement, but it might possibly come in a pro/plus version- not exactly sure yet. If we were to make a pro/plus version it would have other advance features like 800mhz detection, but I'm not sure if that's a route I want to go in. I very much like having a free app for users of all technical level to use as they wish, but it has been brought to me as something I need to consider.

     

    I'll keep you updated of course.

     

    I'd have no problem paying a dollar or two for the app, if it does what I want it to do. But, ya gotta iron out the bugs first... ;)

     

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    LTE Discovery App for S4GRU

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    Posted · Edited by Majorzaid

    SpenceSouth. Thanks for your work on the app. It is very handy. It saves me fiddling with my phone too much while I'm driving around...

     

    One suggestion for a future update possibly... Could there be a feature added that would allow the app to be set to automatically start scanning for 4G, when 4G is lost? That would be very nice to have when mapping the edges of coverage on Sensorly.

    LTE Discovery App for S4GRU

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    Hello SpenceSouth, I've veen using the app since yesturday morning when I got the update notice on my GS3. I like the app in general. However, it seems to have a big bug.

     

    Basically, whenever it detects 4G, it plays an alert sound and jumps to the GPS screen. All similar to the old app. However, once at that GPS screen, there is apparently an issue when I click either the Back button on my phone or the 'go back to Home Page' button at the top right in the app. When I do either thing, the app immediately puts my phone back into airplane mode. And, unusually quickly says it has detected LTE. This will happen as long as I am connected to 4G, but not 3G, etc.

     

    The only way I can keep this from happening is to either leave the app on the GPS screen until I loose 4G, or click my phone's Home button to close the app. Changing the Auto-repeat on LTE setting has no effect, as the app triggers airplane mode immediately, without counting down, as I mentioned before.

     

    For some background, I have a stock 16GB Sprint Galaxy S3, running stock Sprint Android 4.1 1. The only thing I have done is rooted my stock phone. I run no AntiVirus SW, etc.

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    So I stopped off st McDonalds at 50th and Broadway to grab a bite on my way home and look who I found on the tower across the street. Tower dogs hanging Sprint panels with RRUs in the well known configuration. And oh yeah, the McRib is back :)

     

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    Those 'tower dogs' seem to be all over the place lately.

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    Oh and you Tampa guys are no good. You used to come over and map with us and find our sites. Now you got your own LTE to play with..I'm a Sad Panda

     

    Feech... I mapped from Wesley Chapel in N Tampa, all the way to Ft Desoto Park this evening. I was able to stay on 4G for most the way there. Also, I got connected and mapped 4G at the very SW tip of the Ft Desoto Island, including the fishing pier... ;)

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    railroad av right by pinellas trail in largo<br />off walsingham/ulmerton<br /><br /><br />its funny my hundreth post is that 4g is active at my tower <img src='http://s4gru.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<img src='http://s4gru.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<img src='http://s4gru.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<img src='http://s4gru.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />' />' />' /> i put some blips on sensorly im sure it will reach to the beach from there. and theres way more towers near the beach.
    <br /><br />Yay! About time that tower went live...<br />

    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    Passed by the Bearss site yesterday, along 275. It seems like the 4G coverage drops off rather quickly, on the northeast side of the tower. Within a mile or so of passing that tower (entering the long stretch between Bearss and I-75/SR56), I was demoted to 3G service again. Has anyone else noticed this, and is there another tower nearby, that's more suited to cover this section?

     

    I have found it difficult to stay on 4G there as well. I suspect this to be due to another 3G tower being right after the Livingston Rd overpass. Though, I could reaquire (force) 4G by toggling airplane mode. Which isn't something most people would do unless they were mapping 4G, etc. Heck, by toggling airplane mode I was able to get 4G from the much more distant LandOLakes tower in the same general area, before the Bears tower got 4G...

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    When I was on my Vero Beach trip, I also spotted what looked like a cell tower with Sprint NV 4G panels & RRUs on SR60 East of Lake Wales. There were some other random towers that seemed to be upgraded along the way too. Though, I was in a hurry, and didn't have time to stop and have a closer look...

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    Here's a picture I took of the tower E of Lake Wales on SR60. The quality of the pic sucks, but you may be able to make out what I believe to be the NV panels & RRUs on the bottom set of antennas...

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    When I was on my Vero Beach trip, I also spotted what looked like a cell tower with Sprint NV 4G panels & RRUs on SR60 East of Lake Wales. There were some other random towers that seemed to be upgraded along the way too. Though, I was in a hurry, and didn't have time to stop and have a closer look...

     

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    Also, just for the hell of it, I mapped some 4G when I was working in Vero Beach a few days ago. Looking at Sensorly, it looked like someone else had done a little mapping there before me. But, I added a bunch more to the map... :)

     

     

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