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That's rather terrible... I would first try a clean install of the OS without restoring from backup. You'll lose any data that was locally saved (such as saved game data and SMS message history) that's not backed up to a cloud server somewhere, but most everything else (Contacts, Email, etc.) will come back down from the cloud once you log into everything again. See if that resolves the battery problems, and if it does, you know it's a software issue with the old image.

Steps to perform this are listed here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204686

If you're still experiencing massive battery drain, then you know it's a hardware issue and you can go to an Apple store, let them know you already tried a clean restore without restoring from backup, and hopefully they can take care of the issue with a replacement phone.

I tried out T-Mobile a few months ago and found them to be very poor speed wise both downtown (by Schlitz Brewery) and in the inner city (along Capital and also Lisbon Ave). I usually couldn't muster anything over 3-5 Mbps. There not too terrible in the suberbs though around Mayfair Mall.

Personally I think the iPhone 5s is the best looking phone Apple has made. I'm not a huge fan of the iPhone 6 design with the antenna lines and the slippery back. The nice thing is Apple will replace your current iPhone 5s for just $269 (https://www.apple.com/support/iphone/repair/other/). I just did this with my 2 year old iPhone 5s and now I have a shiny new phone with a new battery.

This has been happening to me on my work phone (AT&T iPhone 6S Plus). So frustrating.

 

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/10/01/att-iphone-users-unable-to-download-apps/

 

 

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I'm having the same issue on ATT LTE. Noticed it about a week or two ago. I think it started with the new iPhone 6S Plus, but not certain. It's very annoying - took about 2 hours for Facebook (90 MB) to download over the ATT LTE network while I was able to do a SpeedTest and received over 40 Mbps down.

It appears to be an issue with the CDN that the phone is connecting to when on LTE. Apple uses Akamai and Level 3 for App Store distributions, and I'm guessing the CDN that's chosen when connected to LTE is different than the one when connected to my home WiFi (Time Warner using the Google DNS server).

I would also recommend checking Target. The Targets in the Milwaukee area all have 6's and the one my friend went to on the west side also had a Sprint 6+ in stock.

Awesome - and that's a perm unlock? Not anything temporary?

Yeppers! Once they've done their thing you just connect the phone to iTunes and do a restore. From there you're all set.

I haven't thought about international sales on eBay with a carrier unlock. Was it easy to convince the rep to get your phone unlocked? $530 is a helluva lot more than I'd get at Gazelle, Orchard, Craigslist, etc... 

Yeah, didn't have any issue at all. I've heard you need to be in good standing for 4 months (payed on time) and then just call them and let them know you're going to be going overseas. They'll unlock it without issue!

I am getting ready for the 6 coming out. I am running on my i5 and it is losing my trust. The battery is awful.  Just went to Bestbuy and they confirmed they would buy it back for 190 (including charger). I am going to hold off for one week as I am heading to chicago.  Will do when i get back on saturday (even if it goes down some).  Going to be rocking my i4s for several weeks.

Another really good option if you have the time / patience for it is getting the phone unlocked for international use by Sprint customer service and then selling it on eBay for international sale. I just sold my iPhone 5s 16 GB for $530 on eBay about 2 weeks ago with no issues.

I don't really want to get into comparisons involving ED plans, but I could use some input.

 

I'm currently on EDF1500 with Premium data and 3 lines. Using a S3 for example, what's the comparison costs between the two with unlimited data if no additional Framily lines are added? I'm really considering changing and am wondering what's the initial cost prior to adding anyone else.

I had the same question and wrote it up in Excel. This DOES include the cost of the phones, since currently the ED plans do include a new phone every 2 years. For comparison purposes I assume a new phone on the Framily plans every 2 years as well. If you do not get a new phone every 2 years, the Framily plans will become cheaper than listed, but it will still take some time to even out with the current ED plan.

A couple notes:

- The Framily plan appears to be cheaper if you go with the 3GB for each line, however this does not include the cost of the phones. After adding in phone costs the plan is more expensive than the current ED plan.

- The Framily plans may be cheaper if you go with a lower end phone. I've included 2 iPhones (or similar cost phones) and 1 low cost phone, as this is my current setup.

If anyone has any questions or sees anything wrong let me know and I can update.

i love how -92dbm on an iphone is considered "3 dots/bars", and the same dbm reading is 1 bar of service on the N5

Yes, it's much more of a logarithmic scale than a linear one. The dots change more rapidly as your dBa reading worsens. For those that are curious, below is the dots/bars to dBa mapping iPhones use. I wasn't able to find similar information for the N5, but if anyone has it I think it may be interesting.

Can you tap the number and have it switch between dots and dBm?

 

-Anthony

Just tested that out as well and yep, tapping that section of the screen switches back and forth between the dots and dBm.

A new jailbreak tweak was just released that shows the dBm in the iPhone status bar without the need to use the Apple Field Test screen workaround. There is also one for WiFi. I've tested out on my Sprint iPhone and it works as expected. Much easier than the field test workaround!

Numeric GSM Enabler

Numeric Wifi Enabler

The tweaks can be found in Cydia and are enabled from the Settings app.

http://modmyi.com/content/13687-how-easily-put-numeric-rssi-indicator-your-status-bar-wi-fi-cellular.html

I'm also getting excellent LTE coverage at Capital and 100; guessing one of the towers in the area just went live yesterday.

Looks like the Sprint coverage maps have been updated to state Milwaukee has LTE coverage!

I was also experiencing issues yesterday making outgoing calls from around 100 and Capital. The other Sprint phone we have was also experiencing issues. After making the call there would be silence for about 15 seconds, then a busy signal. This has been occurring intermittently the past 2 or 3 days.

This morning I'm getting LTE by the 94 / 45 interchange for the first time!

In addition, my phone was showing the time as 11 PM this morning at my house by the intersection of 100 and Capital, so it appears my home tower is in the process of being turned on as well! Hoping that when I get home this evening I'll have full bars of LTE!

I agree, the battery life of the 5s is noticeably better than the 5. I just bought one yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to still be at 75% by the end of the work day. My old 5 would be around 55% by that time of the day. 

Not sure if it's just due to the battery being new, but quite a nice bump!

Apple has the new band support posted to their website: http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/

LTE band support for Sprint:

Turning off LTE when you do not have any LTE service in your area will not help your battery life at all. The LTE and 3G radios use the same chip, so there is no power savings by disabling LTE on the iPhone. Like WiWavelength stated this did not used to be the case with older Android phones, but now all recent phones use one chip for 3G and LTE.

That being said, if you do have LTE but very poor service turning off LTE can help boost battery life as your phone is not trying to connect to the poor LTE signal but instead a closer 3G signal.

Anandtech did a battery life test of the iPhone on LTE and 3G and found the iPhone battery life just about doubles when LTE service is available in the area: 

I've been having this issue as well, but only when home. My guess is it's an issue with the tower in the area, though I am also running iOS 7 so I haven't bothered Sprint with it.

I'm having the same issue with the website, however the iPhone app is working and loading up new mappings for a tower that just went live today. 

ios7 has a lot of features from...android..and it looks quite a bit like android now..let's see what happens to that lawsuit now.

It is an interesting mix of Windows Mobile, Android, and the old Palm OS. A lot of what I see reminds me mostly of Palm OS, which both Google and Apple appear to be copying.

A good article from a non-bias perspective can be found here: http://gigaom.com/2013/06/10/much-ios-7-design-inspiration-came-from-others-but-apple-elegantly-puts-it-all-together/

iOS 7 beta 3 just came out today for developers..i'm not a dev but my udid is registered...is it going to be available to dload? i haven't seen the OTA on my iPhone yet

 

 

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I have my UDID registered as well and it just showed up under the Settings app. The update took about 30 minutes to download and install.

In iOS 7 Apple will be allowing developers to "see" which network type the phone is connected to. Hopefully Sensorly will be updated to support this in the near future.

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4136-sensorly-and-ios-7/

Picking up a weak LTE signal at the intersection of Capital and 100th on the north side of Wauwatosa. First time I've picked anything up here. Getting about 6 Mbps down and around 3 up. Guessing the signal is coming down from the tower by 145 and Silver Spring Drive. Sadly I'm on an iPhone so I can't map it on Sensorly.