Synovialbasher

A ton of sites should be coming online soon in east michigan. I know of at least a dozen towers in macomb county that have the nv panels up but are not yet accepted.

If a site is ready but hasn't been accepted, will there be time where it's being tested and then turned off? I've noticed that the 4g from this tower on 29 is very... Sketchy.

LTE around 29 mile and Van Dyke south of Romeo. I had a weaker signal by 29 and Jewell; took a Sensorly reading that should update soon.

 

 

Sorry, i spoke too soon. Good thinking apple! I wish android handsets would adopt Apple's idea.

If you're into custom roms and rooting, cyanogenmod shows correct LTE signal strength when connected like an iPhone does. I personally love it over the tedious engineering screen.

I'm getting a 4G signal in my office for the first time. This is in Dearborn on the Ford campus (near intersection of Village & Military Rds).

 

Speeds are not great (500K down, 1400K up), but it's a start. 3G has been so lousy for the last several months that anything will be an improvement.

Those speeds are my average 4G. Since Sprint 4G towers are so far and few between, I'm usually in the 1-2 bar range. The fastest I've ever seen is about 12mb down (Considerably slower than my friends on verizon at 20 meg) but that's fast enough in my book. I can relate to you with my first 4G speeds (300k down), but they are making fast progress and by summer there should be more consistant coverage.

I can't wait for their 4G coverage to be everywhere, because I plan on streaming HD Netflix and using tons of my unlimited 4G just because I can (to make up for all the stuff I wish I could have downloaded over my first year with sprint). I also find those root wifi tether apps very interesting...

Bottom line: I'm good with Sprint's progress so far and I hope they can improve by the time my contract is up so that they'll be as competitive as Verizon.

 

 

 

Cyanogenmod shows accurate 3G signal. If it were showing you 1x, it would say "1x" next to the bars. CM shows all signals correctly.

Mine shows the correct type of signal (3G, 4g, 1x). However the bars for everything but 4g aren't accurate. See screenshot. Network signal monitor is accurate because I know I'm in a 5 bar signal area, but my CM bars say I've got nothing.

I have a galaxy s3 running cyanogenmod. Unfortunately that Rom doesn't support it and never will. I've been using network signal info as a widget and it's working pretty well.

Does anyone know what's going on with the google play store while on LTE? I can never get it to download apps or update. Other than that I can browse apps and use my data however I want.

It's been reported that CM 10 series shows LTE signal strength. And fortunately it does, because it will not allow you to use dialer codes and access your LTE Engineering screen.

 

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So glad they got that in! Now if I could only change the bars to show the right data while on 3G... Still, as 4G becomes more common I guess it really won't matter.

Thanks!

Just upgraded to the latest version of cyanogenmod (10.1) and it seems now whenever I connect to 4G the bars will suddenly change to an accurate reading. I know whenever I'm on 3G the bars show my 1X signal strength, which on sprint apparently is terrible, but as soon as the 4G light comes on the entire thing changes completely. Does anyone know if in Cyanogenmod the bars don't lie and in fact show your true signal strength?

Mapped a little LTE in Romeo today. Coverage is pretty spotty, though. Can anyone tell me where the tower is so I can map a radius around it?

LTE live on Van Dyke north of Romeo around 34 to 35 mile rd. Will map on sensorly tomorrow.

Ive noticed my signal around the washington/macomb area has not been as good. Also been trying to pick up the signal at 23 and card and my phone has a hard time connecting. Does anyone have a problem with there EVO 4G LTE not picking up signal?

I agree with you completely. I've found myself stuck on 1X occasionally and it sucks... I really hope it's due to work. We'll see in a week or two.

Has anyone heard anything about 4G in Romeo? Data was useless today and I was stuck on 1x for quite a while. Tried airplane mode a few times but signal wouldn't improve.

 

 

I've never tried this, but could you replace the SystemUI.apk in /system/ with a stock one? I would nandroid first before attempting it, but it could be worth a try.

 

I'm on digiblur's ROM now and it has very good battery life, lean, and nice and clean. Might be worth a try.

Just tried flashing the stock SystemUI apk and... It did nothing. I initially thought it was going to work, too. Hmmm. I think it has something to do with Cyanogenmod's theme chooser and constantly changing systemUI files.... I'll play around a little but if any one hears any thing lmk!

I know this forum is kind of done, but I'm having some trouble in cyanogenmod now. I realize that cyanogenmod's status bar (and more specifically the signal strength) is very different from the stock, and after about a month I find myself wanting to return to stock just for the signal strength meter in the status bar. Does anyone know of a way to change the entire signal status icon along with the 3G/4G data up/down thing to the stock one? Or if its easier can anyone suggest a stock-like rom that gives me the speed of cyanogenmod? Its speed and reliability is what keeps me using it.

Has anyone confirmed LTE at 15 mile and Hayes? I go around there often and it's closer than the tower in New Baltimore.

Getting ever-closer to me in Romeo...

Finally drove out to see the LTE at Hall rd. and Gratiot, and I wasn't impressed at all. My galaxy had a very hard time finding the signal to begin with, and then once it found it and locked on it didn't want to hold it. The first time it grabbed 4G I went to the google play store to update some apps, but after I clicked update it shocked me by saying no connection. Then it went back to eHRPD. I'm running cyanogenmod but I don't think that should be a big deal. I really hope this was something to do with signal strength where I was. I guess I'll try again when I go to Brighton next month where I hope to find service that'll compare to my friends on AT&T...

Since we're on the topic, does anyone know how well the galaxy S3 transitions to 4G? I've never gotten a chance to visit a 4G area personally but I'd like to know if I happen to wander into an undiscovered area...

Ahh still awaiting coverage in Macomb.

I know! That's the only area I commute daily! Nice to see it popping up everywhere else though, shows impressive speed and progress.

 

It means that Sprint has verified that the upgrade is complete and functioning as designed.

 

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Was wondering the same thing... Glad someone cleared that up.

Can we expect new sites to begin coming online faster? I understand that covering the state (well technically in east Michigan about half) does take a lot of towers, but should they start popping up in more areas more frequently?

Hit LTE on i475 around Stewart Rd exit in Flint 6.12 mbs down .4 upload. I took a snap shot of the speed test but I can't drop a picture in this text box.

You need to go to more reply options, then next to the paper clip there's a button to attach files.

Thank you, Virtualbot. I finally got some time to sit down and really look this over and I think it worked. I changed my cyanogenmod signal strengh bars to the default samsung ones, and so far I like it. 4G will be the real test on whether it worked or not. I have that network monitor widget so I'll know when it should be saying 4G.

Thanks everyone for all your help!

Joe

Just kind of curious: once the sites like Howell, Flint, and New Baltimore come online, are they only on during testing, or are these sites up 24/7? I know originally Howell was only on when crews were working, but now that Michigan has been mentioned in sprints rollout updates will these sites be on permanently?

I cannot believe they turned on LTE towards Chesterfield. About 2 weeks ago I went to the best buy there (in the coverage area), and if I would have waited and went there now at least I would have TRIED 4G... Oh well. At this (surprisingly fast) pace Ill most likely see it by the end of next month.