PedroDaGr8

3 minutes ago, mdob07 said:

July update out for AT&T already.

Wow, that is fast!

Several T-Mobile upgrade sites in my area came online last week. Interestingly, every single one used a single eNB for all LTE bands including B41. This is extremely unusual for my area and, from my understanding, most areas. Typically, B41 and the second B2 carrier will be on a different eNB than B2(first carrier)/B12/B66/B71. I've never understood the logic T-Mo has used for splitting eNBs but here's hoping it leads to them consolidating a number of the existing sites under single eNBs rather than creating even more chaos.

1 hour ago, bigsnake49 said:

Is T-Mobile still trying to swap band 2/25 allocations to create larger adjacent blocks to band 25? 

Here they canibalized all of but the PCS G-block for B2 but they already had everything contiguous.

1 hour ago, RAvirani said:

https://imgur.com/a/MJm0ARh

I guess that makes sense. I know that ZiplyFiber (my ISP) has had issues with sourcing fiber as well. 

Also, that recently upgraded site is interesting. NOt only does it have a strange eNB value, 236960, which  is different from the ones usually around here but also, all of the LTE bands (including B41) are on the same eNB. This is the first time I have seen  T-Mobile do that in this area. 

Also found another upgraded site, eNB 84770, by FireStation 26 has been upgraded with B71/n71 (no n41). 

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On 6/20/2022 at 6:19 AM, PedroDaGr8 said:

The rooftop Sprint Keep site at the 85th/405 interchange in Kirkland has been upgraded but isn't live. 

This site is now live! So the newest site out of the 6 is already live while the others are not. 

 

On 6/21/2022 at 12:41 AM, RAvirani said:

 

I’ll get back to you on site #1. 

Any updates on this one? 

1 hour ago, jreuschl said:

I must have missed it.  What does T-Mobile plan on doing with B26?

Very occasionally I used the Band Selection app to force B26 in an area that T-Mobile hasn't upgraded a tower.  Obviously with the shut down that is probably not going to work anymore.

I believe one of the merger conditions was they had offer to sell it to Dish. 

EDIT: Oops didn't see that this had already been answered. 

Also, I somehow hopped on N41-SA yesterday but SignalCheck logged it as n7. This resulted in the uploaded data being assigned to n7 as well. 

19 minutes ago, dkyeager said:

6/21/22 Permissive change for band  n48: https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=SVOkqmjVp06hSNXCCafujg%3D%3D&fcc_id=A3LSMS906U

Interesting add! Now if they would just enable the other bands the phone is capable of as well.

16 hours ago, Grabber5.0 said:

Good to know. This actually looks nothing like the screen I remember. Is there a guide on here somewhere, or "just Google it"? 😁

It is pretty easy to use, once you get the hang of it. For example, to select a specific LTE Band(s)

Click on [7] --Clear selected bands
Click on [5] LTE Band Preferences
Click on the specific band(s) you want to enable. 
Click on [F] Go Main
Click on [9] --Apply band configuration

The same holds for NR5G, just you would click on [5] NR5G Band preferences instead of [5] LTE Band Preferences

To re-enable all bands:
Click on [8] --Select all bands
Click on [9] --Apply band configuration
 

24 minutes ago, Grabber5.0 said:

Warning: I'm reading that the June update breaks the Samsung band selector app. I've seen it w couple times.

 

 

This is correct, it appears that Samsung is disabling the menu that the app served as a shortcut to. It looks like on TMo models, *#2263# still works for band selection though. 

On 5/24/2022 at 10:26 AM, mikejeep said:

They've become far more responsive on the Samsung Developer portal than they had been in the past; they now have a support ticketing system that they actually utilize. It's usually tricky for me to pursue anything unless I have the device in question in-hand, but I can try submitting something on your behalf if you can provide me with what they might ask for. Or you can check out https://developer.samsung.com/dashboard/support and try yourself.

FYI I reported TA=0 on the A32 last night; I'll add a note that it happens on your device as well, I have all the info I need from your diagnostic reports.

Hey Mike, a couple other things you might be able to post for S22Ultra owners, In particular, these deal with the *#0011# menu. The following are true for even the June update:

1. Does not show the second n41 carrier (when it is connected) on LTE+NSA. It shows "NR_NumCC:2" but no additional Carrier. It simply states "CA-Not Config 0 0"This works fine on the S21. 

2. There is a line that states "Code Review Required"

3. There is a line that states "Unknown 0"

4 hours ago, mdob07 said:

The 2263 menu is still working post update thankfully. I noticed T-Mobile still hasn't added either n2 or n25, so the S22 they used for that 3gbps test must have been using custom firmware. Currently my S22 Ultra has n1 NSA, n3 NSA, n5 NSA, n7 NSA, n8 NSA, n20 NSA, n28 NSA, n38 NSA, n41 SA and NSA, n66 SA and NSA, n71 SA and NSA, n260 NSA, & n261 NSA on the NR5G Band preference menu. 

So annoying, they also didn't add n258 either which they have been slowly rolling out. Also, they didn't fix the issue where the *#0011# menu doesn't show the second n41 carrier. At this point, it seems like the S21U is their chosen phone and they are intent on ignoring the S22. 

1 hour ago, S4GRU said:

They have been coming on live quickly in the South Sound when completed.  I wonder what the delay is up that way?  Maybe RF integration?

Robert

I honestly have no clue, maybe someone like Ravirani could offer some insight. The only thing I can think of is that they are waiting on additional sites to come online so that they can optimize all of the sites at once. 

The sites are:

1. Cedar Park Christian School - Updated over a year ago, still not live. 
2. Tower between Maltby and Woodinville - Updated a month ago (or so)
3. Tower behind Safeway at intersection of Avondale and Woondinville-Duvall - Updated over a month ago
4. The tower on top of the Motel 6 in Totem Lake - Updated about a month ago at this point. 
5. Tower at intersection of Bellevue Way and NE 24th St. in Bellevue - Updated at least a month ago
6. The aforementioned tower at the 85th/405 intersection. 

The rooftop Sprint Keep site at the 85th/405 interchange in Kirkland has been upgraded but isn't live. That makes 6 towers so far which have been upgraded over the past few months but aren't live. 

At this point, there are only a handful Sprint Keep sites left that haven't been upgraded yet. Specifically, Carillon Point (permit issued), the other Sprint Keep site at the 85th/405 interchange in Kirkland (permitted), the Hollywood Hills tower in Woodinville/unincorp King County, and the mini macro tower in Kenmore.

7 minutes ago, jreuschl said:

Must be nice. T-Mobile is slacking on approval this month. 

I saw there are already two June updates released on some phones. Last month there were two May updates and TMo waited and rolled them all into one. 

20 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

Is sufficient backhaul already laid to the sites, or will new lines have to be dug/run/provisioned?

Based on what my local ISP has posted, fiber is nice in that you don't have to dig it up and replace it. You just pair it up with equipment on each end. They mentioned that because they have fiber which was laid in the early 80s carrying 100s of Gb/s of data today. 

Can confirm, it is live in Snohomish County as well. 

34 minutes ago, falconhand said:

https://imgur.com/a/6642kIq

 

Second n41 carrier spotted out in Kitsap County today! 100+40 as expected, given the recent spectrum shifting. 

Can confirm, my phone shows NR_CC_Active:2 while speed testing in NSA mode. It doesn't show the actual carrier because it hasn't received that update yet. 

Confirm the TA=0 occurs on the S22 Ultra as well. My guess is it impacts the whole S22 lineup. 

1 hour ago, Paynefanbro said:

Looks like T-Mobile is shifting the focus of their network expansion from just trying to hit POP targets to actually covering as many square miles as Verizon.

From T-Mobile CEO dishes on 5G enterprise, ‘torture test’ coverage goals

 

This falls in line with some of their recent moves in the more rural parts of WA state. Highways and state roads which were previously dead zones are now starting to get coverage and not just token coverage like Sprint used to do. Now if they could just cover St. Helen's in the same way. 

The second May security update is out for TMobile models. 

The main n41 channel was just moved up to 2639MHz this morning.  This means that channel spans from 2589MHz-2689MHz. With Sprint B41 at 2501.5MHz, and TMobile B41 spanning 2508MHz-2548MHz. That leaves room for a 40MHz n41 channel. If they drop one of the TMobile B41 channels, they could easily expand that to 60MHz. This all in line with their permit filings which indicate a second n41 carrier of <=80MHz.

Sprint B41 has been moved down to 2501MHz. This leaves 2650-2694 free for a second n41 channel. 

1 hour ago, xmx1024 said:

The convert site behind Target at Alderwood may be active now, and potentially the conversion site by 196th / Alderwood mall PKWY

T-Mobile wasn't on the tower behind Target, they were on the power pylon nearby.  I've seen a number of conversions but not one where T-Mobile was already on the same tower.

That being said, I drove by there this morning going to the Costco Business Center and neither appeared to be live yet. 

18 hours ago, PedroDaGr8 said:

Actually, I take back what I just said about conversions being slow. Apparently it has been Woodinville/Maltby upgrade month. Driving around today during lunch break, I discovered:

• The Maltby tower (eNB 84578) has been upgraded to the full suite of bands (2/12/41/66/71)
• Workers were busy converting the Sprint Conversion Tower (89059) just west of the Maltby tower. It appeared it was also getting the full suite of bands but wasn't live yet. 
• The tower at the intersection of Avondale/Woodinville-Duvall, behind the Safeway, (84788) had been upgraded with the full suite of bands but wasn't live yet.
• The tower over by Cottage Lake (84696) had been upgraded from 12/66 to all bands except 41. This is one of the few towers I have encountered which were upgraded and DIDN'T get B41. 

I forgot to add, T-Mobile was already on that Sprint Keep Tower but on a lower rack. Sure enough, all of the new T-Mobile equipment is on the top rack (where Sprint used to be). This is the first conversion I have seen in the area where the Keep PLMN was used to denote T-Mobile was taking over Sprint's rack. I'm sure that has been very common in other areas.