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  1. milan03
    Not sure it T-Mobile network is the fastest around, but holy latency! This is from Houston where they're for some reason 2x5Mhz for now even though they have enough contiguous spectrum for 2x10Mhz.
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    It's really odd and I have no explanation but my guess is that, again T-Mobile had set up 2x10Mhz LTE in a controlled, indoor environment, and maybe that Note II was closer to the base station? Other than that, all three phones were tested in the same location in NYC which is BTW T-Mobile's 2x5Mhz market... And iPhone 5 btw is known for having pretty solid RF characteristics, so I'm puzzled. Also, I'm kinda getting tired of all the tech writers that are getting paid to cover these events, and none of them ask these questions, or at least fire up FieldTest mode... I'm really fed up with the amount of irrelevant and false reports covered by mainstream sites like The Verge for example. Gah... I'll just stop here
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    Verizon is actually going to have 2x20Mhz AWS LTE this year in quite a few markets. They don't have to wait for any merger to finalize, for refarm to happen, they could deploy 2x20Mhz as a secondary LTE carrier today in NYC for example. They have contiguous 40Mhz of AWS (A+B block) just sitting and waiting here. So I'm expecting to see 100Mbps, or 150Mbps (with Cat 4 UE) coming from Verizon much earlier than T-Mobile, most likely H2 2013.
  4. milan03
    Oh you're very welcome! Credit given where credit is due. Thank you for your great app!
  5. milan03
    I've got you a free ad on GigaOm http://gigaom.com/2013/03/15/t-mobiles-lte-network-spotted-hiding-in-the-urban-jungles-of-nyc/
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    What I'm thinking is that your app is already awesome, and I have positive thoughts about this whole thing. My thought could enhance your already great app. Just a thought
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    I've been thinking how cool would it be if the app had the ability to log time + amount of time connected to LTE. When phone is in silent mode or late night when LTE is usually being tested by carriers we usually miss this opportunity to ever know that our area is being worked on. Just a thought...
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    I assume AWS UMTS and LTE is also supported with the same setup.
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    I would also love to know the model of those panels. I'm guessing these aren't NSN Liquid Radio, as those are rumored to be delayed, but the BTS is definitely their Flexi. I'm pretty sure T-Mobile isn't acquiring 700Mhz. They're 99.9% PCS + AWS.
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    That's a T-Mobile's top rack, using NSN equipment, that box between the middle Antenna and a guy on the left is NSN Flexi Base Stations. That's a Release 10 capable array.
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    Thanks for the update Mike! The app is close to perfect! Good job!
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    It's probably because at the early stage of LTE deployment and testing, only RF engineers are provisioned to authenticate to LTE network for testing purposes, most likely with different APN settings. Once that LTE cell site is properly set up and tested, they open it up which would explain why we sometimes see LTE network, but are unable to connect with our commercial equipment and default APN.
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    Not the case. T-Mobile from my own experience has the best sounding voice. That's before AMR-WB. Also, the dropped calls rate is significantly lower than other GSM operator, AT&T. Not sure what your sources are, but I'm speaking from my own experience. Also, once you get the speeds you want, you'll probably ask for more. That's the human nature.
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    Here is a set of Nokia Siemens panels with their shiny new Flexi Base Station mounted in the middle. It's a T-Mobile modernized site in Ann Harbor area, posted by jsimp2006 on HoFo.
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    Definitely look for AJ's input on this one, but wouldn't it be simpler and easier for everyone to have the dBm values in top left corner instead of bars?
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    This is very interesting. On Nexus 4, I'm keeping it in LTE/GSM auto PRL mode, but still I'm rarely seeing "hspa" here in NYC. Try adding APN: fast.t-mobile.com and APN protocol to v4/v6. That's reported to be internal LTE testing APN in Kansas, although, it looks like your account has to be provisioned as well... and v6 seems to slow down the throughput to about 14.4mbps at least here. *EDIT* Actually, upon checking out my iPhone 5, most of my test show "Cellular" not hspa.
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    Keep in mind that DNA is only 14.4mbps capable so you'll be maxing at about 11mbps or so. A1428 might be a better option if you don't mind iOS. Also cell and HSDPA in your test results appear to be completely random. Tested these on my HTC DNA, same location, only 1900Mhz WCDMA capable, taken two minutes apart same default APN, one displays cell other hsdpa.
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    That's why it'd be helpful to have bars replaced with the actual value in dBm. Having a secondary signal bars indicator is a bit redundant and could be confusing.
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    I love the app, it's awesome and most importantly, the developer is constantly updating and working on it. Mad props!!! I'd just have one request. In the status bar, top left corner, instead of the bars drawn, have the option for dBm value displayed instead, for LTE (RSRP, RSRQ) and for legacy RSSI. This would be the most convenient way to always have access to your RIL reading, no matter what app you're in. Also, maybe the ability to change the sampling rate while the app is running in the foreground. Thanks again!
  20. milan03
    AOSP devices like Nexus 4 still have absolutely nothing besides *#*#4636#*#* PhoneInfo basic access.
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    Or if you don't have Samsung devices, dial *#*#4636#*#* go to phone info, tap on the menu (three dots), "Select Radio Band", then choose USA Band. That'll force PCS/Cellular. Chose Automatic to go back. It really depends on what phone you're using, it used to work on Galaxy Nexus, but now it wouldn't work on my Nexus 4... Works on most phones though.
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    I have RBS 6201 and 6601. let me know if you need those. Milan.
  23. milan03
    What an awesome app! This is exactly what i've been looking for! One suggestion, RSRP/RSRQ reading in the notification instead of RSSI, for LTE.
  24. milan03
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  25. milan03
    Nexus 4 has LTE baseband chipset, LTE Transceiver, LTE capable PA/filters, and only on Band 4, waiting to be used. If anything, Google could make the attempt to disable this feature since it's not approved by FCC... Nexus works really well on LTE on Canadian operators.
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