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Great work. Should be useful to Sprint users.
You can skip the computer part if you install logcat and begin at step 5 after launching.
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Wouldn't battery use increase from enabling this? Because it would be constantly scanning for the other 2 frequencies?
This thread was already done by me a week ago. Use the search function to avoid repost clutter.
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sweet!! thanks been wanting to get my MSL since i got the phone.. just hate talking to sprint reps to get it.. worked great thanks!!:good:
i live in fort worth and set 41 to 1 and the others to zero and i have lte , so does mean i have tri band in my area? and will the other bands set to zero still be used when needed . thanks
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You can skip the computer part if you install logcat and begin at step 5 after launching.
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True enough, but you need to get the right logcat app, some don't work as well as others. I initially tried aLogCat, but didn't seem to work. CatLog app worked great, however.
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Just saying. No one has been able to get a B41 (TDD-LTE 2496-2690) connection with a Nexus 5 and that's with actual maps of Clearwire sites that's been upgraded and knowing where each site is located at. I've personally visited over 24 sites to no avail and know of others that visited many sites as well. Looks to be a much bigger issue than just changing up the LTE Engineering settings and may be network related.
Just got the phone but I'm pretty disappointed with the LTE speeds 1/2mb down, outside it's a bit better. Went downstairs and it disconnects from LTE altogether. Anyone know if it's a radio (hardware) issue with the phone or firmware radio? Some spots of my house won't even catch LTE, whereas my s2 would get wimax.
I've tried spark but it makes my connection more unreliable more pocket loss, but indeed it does seem to make it faster, placebo? I'm in Los Angeles don't know if it's been rolled out. I tried updating prl/profile to no avail. My next choice would be to try the LG 2 in hope of it having a better radio.
GPS is spot on, and wow this thing is fast!
Just a question, but wouldn't prioritizing band 26 make more sense since that is the 800MHz frequency band?
jxr94 said:
Just a question, but wouldn't prioritizing band 26 make more sense since that is the 800MHz frequency band?
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No, band 41 has the most capacity so you would want to connect to that if you are actually in range of it. It will automatically drop you down to the lower frequency bands as you move out of range of the higher frequency bands.
uh60james said:
No, band 41 has the most capacity so you would want to connect to that if you are actually in range of it. It will automatically drop you down to the lower frequency bands as you move out of range of the higher frequency bands.
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Sweet, thanks for the explanation!
Hello, I tried this on my N% for Sprint today. btw. I live in N. OC, near Los Angeles. If I happen to be in and out of spotty LTE coverage areas. Will these adjustments cause more battery use or or worse performance?
When viewing HD youtube videos, it seems to play smoothly for a while, and then pauses as it the speed is going and up and down or being throttled.
About Band 41
So you means the Band 41 is unopen under default setting?
we need to open it by manual?
You know, the biggest mobile carrier China Mobile's 4G is TDD-LTE, and also use the band 41
But if I use the 4G sim card, it still work in 2G.
ggoomani said:
Hello, I tried this on my N% for Sprint today. btw. I live in N. OC, near Los Angeles. If I happen to be in and out of spotty LTE coverage areas. Will these adjustments cause more battery use or or worse performance?
When viewing HD youtube videos, it seems to play smoothly for a while, and then pauses as it the speed is going and up and down or being throttled.
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I am with uh60james spark seems to offer more throughput and less disconnects.
I drove to Corona from Carson the other day and i was shocked how much coverage sprint has improved on. I wasn't able to stay connected to LTE on my the entirety of my drive but it is impressive how Sprint has extended lte coverage around corona at least on the freeway.
Spark works better for me, less drop offs.
I am in Naperville. Will check this out and see if tri band goes this far out west from chicago.
parmend said:
i live in fort worth and set 41 to 1 and the others to zero and i have lte , so does mean i have tri band in my area? and will the other bands set to zero still be used when needed . thanks
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I haven't heard anything about DFW having Spark anytime soon, so more than likely not. I live in Arlington myself, and would love to see this area Spark-enabled sooner than later.
Enabled this on my n5 a couple weeks ago .... dismal speeds on lte in downtown Los Angeles as usual around 4 down and 2 up.... Yesterday for the first time spark kicked in and I got 44down and 14 up. BUUUUT today its back and slower than ever. around 2 down/1up on LTE
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So you means the Band 41 is unopen under default setting?
we need to open it by manual?
You know, the biggest mobile carrier China Mobile's 4G is TDD-LTE, and also use the band 41
But if I use the 4G sim card, it still work in 2G.
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Seems that due to Nexus 5 lacks TD-SCDMA for China Mobile 3G, it is very hard for Nexus 5 auto connect to LTE.
You need *#*#4636#*#*, change mode to "LTE Only" and wait connect to band 41/38 cell and then change it back to "LTE/GSM Auto (PRL)".
After it, you will on LTE until one of following happens: no LTE cell signal; incoming call; make a outgoing call. If fallback to GSM, you will need another round of "LTE Only" settings. Please check some chinese forums, there are plenty of guides.
It seems N5's baseband firmware did not implement some directly GSM to LTE function and do not support China Mobile 3G, so ...
Hello everyone
I have found one tower in the Houston area that is pumping out spark speeds. 290 just past Hollister near the panera bread I got download speeds of over 65mbps!
I have to say at first I laughing at spark when they said 100mbps or more..I figured oh great this will take another 9 years to see it but I'm sure if it was the middle of the night and not during rush hour I would have gotten over 100mbps easily..
Let's post any other spark tower locations if you guys find them
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/724943118
deakelem said:
Hello everyone
I have found one tower in the Houston area that is pumping out spark speeds. 290 just past Hollister near the panera bread I got download speeds of over 65mbps!
I have to say at first I laughing at spark when they said 100mbps or more..I figured oh great this will take another 9 years to see it but I'm sure if it was the middle of the night and not during rush hour I would have gotten over 100mbps easily..
Let's post any other spark tower locations if you guys find them
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/724943118
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you got this on the nexus 5? i thought it required the update and not just enabling the bands through LTE engineering menu.
nandowong said:
you got this on the nexus 5? i thought it required the update and not just enabling the bands through LTE engineering menu.
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Yes n5 and yea I enabled triband after I got my msl. A profile update in the future will do the same. Google how to enable triband on nexus 5 for sprint and that's the guide I used. I don't have the link on me right now.
Cheers
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you got this on the nexus 5? i thought it required the update and not just enabling the bands through LTE engineering menu.
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An update is required but I figured out (by a miracle mistake) that enabling the bands and then cycling PRL update and profile update would let you connect to B41... that is until you restart your phone and have to do another PRL + profile update.
So yeah... spark update is still required.
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An update is required but I figured out (by a miracle mistake) that enabling the bands and then cycling PRL update and profile update would let you connect to B41... that is until you restart your phone and have to do another PRL + profile update.
So yeah... spark update is still required.
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after enabling the bands if you do a profile update it will change the priorities of the bands but should still leave all bands enabled. sprint never touches the ota's so a software update wouldnt be able to change it id assume only a profile update will change it.. prl should only change the prl not your engineering profile settings.
test it out.. enable the other 2 bands and find spark tower ill post a pic after work of the towers and attachments
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An update is required but I figured out (by a miracle mistake) that enabling the bands and then cycling PRL update and profile update would let you connect to B41... that is until you restart your phone and have to do another PRL + profile update.
So yeah... spark update is still required.
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The PRL didn't help. The update profile rebooted the phone and prioritized the bands to
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So that is no good.
With that said I am still setting at Jones and Louetta and have ye to see Spark on my N5.
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The PRL didn't help. The update profile rebooted the phone and prioritized the bands to
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So that is no good.
With that said I am still setting at Jones and Louetta and have ye to see Spark on my N5.
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No wimax towers in that area of Houston has been converted to B41 TDD-LTE which is why you don't get "Spark".
lilotimz said:
No wimax towers in that area of Houston has been converted to B41 TDD-LTE which is why you don't get "Spark".
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So why do they show the map for coverage lol. And how can you tell? Must be a site that lists it I take it.
Oh and what the heck is this Turbo crap lol
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No wimax towers in that area of Houston has been converted to B41 TDD-LTE which is why you don't get "Spark".
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you really think 1.9ghz band is pumping out 80+mbps?
reddragon72 said:
The PRL didn't help. The update profile rebooted the phone and prioritized the bands to
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So that is no good.
With that said I am still setting at Jones and Louetta and have ye to see Spark on my N5.
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set the bands to
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and reboot, after the reboot view the priorities by clicking edit not view, i noticed that view shows different info that edit sometimes.. i know i know weird
mine is still set to
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1 after reboots but profile updates make it go back to 1 0 1
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So why do they show the map for coverage lol. And how can you tell? Must be a site that lists it I take it.
Oh and what the heck is this Turbo crap lol
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Sprint LTE maps... I laugh at them and you should too. Overstates coverage for everything though it is getting a little bit more accurate with LTE 800 being deployed but it's still a crapshoot. Look at the 1x map and then decrease it a little bit and you'll have the LTE coverage map as PCS LTE is always weaker than 1xRTT 1900.
I, and a very few select others over @ s4gru.com, have access to to a very recent engineering map from clearwire that has what sites are live as part of the Phase 1 TDD-LTE deployment and deployment schedules (& time frames) for some markets.
Some of us have been actually running around Phase 1 sites (Phase 2A {1st half 2014} are just beginning) getting engineering screens. In fact I just went to another one just a 2 hours ago...
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[311-490 / 311-870 = TDD-LTE B41, 310-120 = PCS LTE or eSMR LTE]
No one actually is sure what exactly the turbo area is. We assume it's just areas where the actual Band 41 sites got upgraded backhaul to spit out the 50-60 mbps peak speeds. Many sites are still running on old clearwire wimax backhaul which tops at 10-20 mbps per sector.
lilotimz said:
Sprint LTE maps... I laugh at them and you should too. Overstates coverage for everything though it is getting a little bit more accurate with LTE 800 being deployed but it's still a crapshoot. Look at the 1x map and then decrease it a little bit and you'll have the LTE coverage map as PCS LTE is always weaker than 1xRTT 1900.
I, and a very few select others over @ s4gru.com, have access to to a very recent engineering map from clearwire that has what sites are live as part of the Phase 1 TDD-LTE deployment and deployment schedules (& time frames) for some markets.
Some of us have been actually running around Phase 1 sites (Phase 2A {1st half 2014} are just beginning) getting engineering screens. In fact I just went to another one just a 2 hours ago...
[311-490 / 311-870 = TDD-LTE B41, 310-120 = PCS LTE or eSMR LTE]
No one actually is sure what exactly the turbo area is. We assume it's just areas where the actual Band 41 sites got upgraded backhaul to spit out the 50-60 mbps peak speeds. Many sites are still running on old clearwire wimax backhaul which tops at 10-20 mbps per sector.
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Hmmm Interesting.. Thanks for the info I have no clue what turbo is.. Sounds very 80sish haha.
Im convinced that at after hours that cell site would push much more than 70mbps like I got earlier.. All the office buildings nearby including my office cause some congestion.. I just still have a hard time believing 1.9 has that throughput alone
Only site I've found around that has those speeds and not sure it matters but I'm running .15 modem
deakelem said:
Hmmm Interesting.. Thanks for the info I have no clue what turbo is.. Sounds very 80sish haha.
Im convinced that at after hours that cell site would push much more than 70mbps like I got earlier.. All the office buildings nearby including my office cause some congestion.. I just still have a hard time believing 1.9 has that throughput alone
Only site I've found around that has those speeds and not sure it matters but I'm running .15 modem
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Anything over 37.5/12 is B41 TDD-LTE (aka spark) as LTE 800 / 1900 runs 5x5 mhz FDD-LTE and are incapable of going over the aforementioned.
lilotimz said:
Anything over 37.5/12 is B41 TDD-LTE (aka spark) as LTE 800 / 1900 runs 5x5 mhz FDD-LTE and are incapable of going over the aforementioned.
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Tomorrow I'm gonna do some.speedtest after I disable both bands and only use 1.9 I want to see if that has any affect. Also take some pictures of the tower.. Its a tiny tower with only a few panels small panels too doesn't look like it's providing any 3g/CDMA either judging by my weak 3g strength
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Tomorrow I'm gonna do some.speedtest after I disable both bands and only use 1.9 I want to see if that has any affect. Also take some pictures of the tower.. Its a tiny tower with only a few panels small panels too doesn't look like it's providing any 3g/CDMA either judging by my weak 3g strength
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I confirmed using the engineering screen that that tower mentioned in the op is putting out 41
My phone was connected to band 41 and pushing 70mbps
I just came off a 10 day roadtrip over the southeast, including 4 days in the Tampa market. I tried prl updates with the suggested settings, but never could get Spark like speeds or even connect on band 41. Funny think was that the fastest Sprint speeds I found were at my house in the central Arkansas area. Coverage is really bad here on Sprint, but I live next to a tower getting 32/8 on 1900.
I have found a way to consistently connect to band 41 lte aka spark. It is risky though. By flashing the .15 radio and enabling all the bands with band 41 as the first priority you can connect much more easily. The downfall is that on sites without an e/CSFB upgrade which tells your phone to fall back to 3g for a call, it won't kick you off lte so you could be unknowingly without service but you'll have LTE data. More can be found on this at s4gru but I thought I'd let you guys know about the .15 baseband.
Can someone find which towers are spark active in Wichita Kansas?
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THEGAMEPLAY94 said:
I have found a way to consistently connect to band 41 lte aka spark. It is risky though. By flashing the .15 radio and enabling all the bands with band 41 as the first priority you can connect much more easily. The downfall is that on sites without an e/CSFB upgrade which tells your phone to fall back to 3g for a call, it won't kick you off lte so you could be unknowingly without service but you'll have LTE data. More can be found on this at s4gru but I thought I'd let you guys know about the .15 baseband.
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This is exactly how I got the 41 band near work. .15 modem with all bands enabled priority 0 0 1.
Fortunately there are less and less towers not ecsfb
I'm not getting any speed bump. I live in the Memphis area and go to the heart of Memphis for work 5 days a week. I constantly test with speedtest and I'm getting them same 20-30 dl speed I've always gotten. Verizon's website says it's available. Anyone in Memphis or have a similar issue?
I'm on the xdabbeb v2.2.0 rom 26a
While higher speeds are possible it was never officially claimed by Verizon. “We are still focused on our brand promise of 5-12 Mbps on the download and 2-5 Mbps on the upload.” That was the official statement announced by one of their spokesman/woman. Just cause it says its available, there is till the high possibility AWS in your area is still being rolled out.
I live in Collierville and get 30 to 40 during the day and 40 to 60 at night. My upload is usually around 10 all the time.
Getting 70 Mbps LTE in Kansas City on Verizon
I was getting nearly 70 Mbps download in Kansas City, Missouri on Verizon. I have since swithed a Straight Talk (T-Mobile network) sim and I am only getting 15-17 Mbps LTE. (I do get at least 3 gigs of 4G LTE thru Straight Talk, and that second screen shot is after I was notified I had exceeded my 3 gigs and would be throttled...) The first shot is Verizon network. Using VZ980 4.4.2 26a. Second is T-Mobile on same device via Straight Talk. (Stock rom, now rooted, but was working the same before root.) Verizon in Kansas City area is unbelievably FAST. Wish I could afford them, but I can live without all the overage fees I WAS paying.
VZW "XLTE" or better known as AWS, isn't upgrade to all towers within an area at once. Where I live in Toledo we still have tons of data issues even with AWS being in the market. You can get 70-100Mbps down easy on one tower, then drive a block away and you switch towers and then you're lucky to get 1Mbps down because you switched to a tower without AWS. They just upgraded certain towers because of the cost to upgrade the circuit speed on top of the hardware upgrades to towers. They really only do it in high traffic areas that have capacity issues. Sadly they still haven't done crap since the initial upgrade out here.
Yeah my home town I get 8-15mbps on Verizon and at the one mall I get 85+
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Have you looked on your phone to see if you are even using band 4? Download LTE Discovery, it will tell you what band you are connected to.
Ok, so another question. I live in a Sprint Spark network coverage area. Since I have a Nexus 6, it does not have that little spinning sun icon which shows Sprint Spark. I know these phones are "tri-band" which is 25/26/41.
Is LTE 25 and Spark 41 ? What is 26 band ? Or does Sprint Spark tie in all these data bands (and shut off voice) ?
It's ambiguous as to how Sprint Spark network works. I assume once you hit data, it toggles between 25/26/41 rather than 25+26+41. I called Sprint and talk to many different reps about this issue and they are totally clueless. LOL.
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Ok, so another question. I live in a Sprint Spark network coverage area. Since I have a Nexus 6, it does not have that little spinning sun icon which shows Sprint Spark. I know these phones are "tri-band" which is 25/26/41.
Is LTE 25 and Spark 41 ? What is 26 band ? Or does Sprint Spark tie in all these data bands (and shut off voice) ?
It's ambiguous as to how Sprint Spark network works. I assume once you hit data, it toggles between 25/26/41 rather than 25+26+41. I called Sprint and talk to many different reps about this issue and they are totally clueless. LOL.
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Band 26 is 800mhz and is for building penetration
Band 25 is 1900mhz and is for general LTE ( in some areas there are actually 2x Band 25 carriers)
Band 41 is 2500mhz and is where the speed of sprint network comes into play ( in most areas there are 2x Band 41 carriers)
On sprint the Nexus 6 will only connect to one of these 3 bands or CDMA for voice. Cannot do simultanious voice and data.
Generally the network will put you on the band that is least congested and you are able to actually connect to.
I suggest you visit s4gru.com if you really want to learn about and understand the sprint network.
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Band 26 is 800mhz and is for building penetration
Band 25 is 1900mhz and is for general LTE ( in some areas there are actually 2x Band 25 carriers)
Band 41 is 2500mhz and is where the speed of sprint network comes into play ( in most areas there are 2x Band 41 carriers)
On sprint the Nexus 6 will only connect to one of these 3 bands or CDMA for voice. Cannot do simultanious voice and data.
Generally the network will put you on the band that is least congested and you are able to actually connect to.
I suggest you visit s4gru.com if you really want to learn about and understand the sprint network.
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Thanks for the info. That is helpful. Why can the phone not connect to CDMA for voice, then using one of the 3 bands simultaneously for data ? How does this differ from the old set up where you could use LTE and voice simultaneously ?
I don't remember the name of the chip that enables this, but it was removed from Sprint phones years ago. The last phone (that I know of) that was capable of doing it was the Samsung GS3 and the HTC Evo 4G LTE. Not sure if the HTC One M7 could do it, too....
Anyway...Sprint has to deploy Voice over LTE (VoLTE) for us to use phone and Data simultaneously again. There are workarounds (Hangouts caller, for example), but it drops if you get a phone call. Also, I haven't found a way to direct phone calls to Hangouts, versus the default phone route.
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I don't remember the name of the chip that enables this, but it was removed from Sprint phones years ago. The last phone (that I know of) that was capable of doing it was the Samsung GS3 and the HTC Evo 4G LTE. Not sure if the HTC One M7 could do it, too....
Anyway...Sprint has to deploy Voice over LTE (VoLTE) for us to use phone and Data simultaneously again. There are workarounds (Hangouts caller, for example), but it drops if you get a phone call. Also, I haven't found a way to direct phone calls to Hangouts, versus the default phone route.
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you could do the sprint/google voice integration and always use the hangouts dialer. it messes with SMS a little, but other than that it works fine.
lubberlick said:
you could do the sprint/google voice integration and always use the hangouts dialer. it messes with SMS a little, but other than that it works fine.
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So you never connect to 26 ? It's just 25 or 41 ?
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So you never connect to 26 ? It's just 25 or 41 ?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blueline.signalcheck&hl=en
If you want to keep track of what band your connected to then snag this app. Typically I am on Band 25 or 41 indoors and band 41 consistently outdoors. That is the Indianapolis area though, your results will vary depending on where you are.
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lubberlick said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blueline.signalcheck&hl=en
If you want to keep track of what band your connected to then snag this app. Typically I am on Band 25 or 41 indoors and band 41 consistently outdoors. That is the Indianapolis area though, your results will vary depending on where you are.
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Thanks. Its funny that you mentioned Indianapolis. I actually used to live in Indianapolis until early 2014. I worked downtown near the Indian's stadium off Washington St and lived near Castleton Square Mall. I've noticed 41 connects in LA County, however; in Orange County it seems to be spotty despite the Sprint Spark map showing total coverage. Is all of Indianapolis full integrated into 41 now and the surrounding areas (Avon, Carmel, Greenwood), or just within the 465 loop ?
Pretty much all of it is Band 41 carrier aggregation. For us nexus 6 users that just means we get two band 41 carriers to use. Newer phones can actually combine them together for faster speeds. I have to go pretty far out of the city to lose 41. I'm in my bedroom on my phone typing this and B41 is connected. I live in Noblesville.
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you could do the sprint/google voice integration and always use the hangouts dialer. it messes with SMS a little, but other than that it works fine.
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Yes, and it works perfectly...to make calls. You can't receive calls through Hangouts Dialer.
lubberlick said:
Pretty much all of it is Band 41 carrier aggregation. For us nexus 6 users that just means we get two band 41 carriers to use. Newer phones can actually combine them together for faster speeds. I have to go pretty far out of the city to lose 41. I'm in my bedroom on my phone typing this and B41 is connected. I live in Noblesville.
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So you don't connect to 26? That band is just there to help building penetration? My connection right now says 1xRTT and eHRPD? Is this 3G?
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So you don't connect to 26? That band is just there to help building penetration? My connection right now says 1xRTT and eHRPD? Is this 3G?
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Yes ehrpd is 3g, and 1x is voice.
Have a S10+ G975F/DS
Has anyone connected to Band 66 yet on TMobile in the States?
This device seems to want to squat on either band 2 or 4. Every once in a while I can connect to band 12 but the signal is weak.
At home, if I put my sim into my OP6, it immediately connects to Band 66 but no such luck with the S10. Bands 2 and 4 on the same tower are weaker giving me only 96-102 dbm while the 66 band is around 85-92 dbm.
This device seems to squat on weaker bands and IMO overall the signal strength within the device is horrible.
So nobody has yet to connect to band 66..... Is Samsung lying that the band is actually active in the device?
Does *#band# in dialer work? Let's you pick bands.
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Does *#band# in dialer work? Let's you pick bands.
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Yes, but that doesn't really help as it only gives you a partial answer. Band 66 in some areas has a stronger signal where available than 2 or 4 and 66 isn't available in all areas.
So this is happening.... went in to LTE settings and selected one band at a time to connect to...
Device constantly squats on either band 2 or 4, however Band 12 or 66 is available as well. Band 12 connected at 80-85 dbm yet once again when auto is selected device reverts to connecting to band 2 or 4 between 97-105 dbm. Talk to Samsung and they keep repeating the mantra of the software will connect to the strongest band.... Clearly not the truth.
Connect to Band 66, even worse than 2 or 4 at 115 dbm. Yet take out sim, put it into my OP6 and connect to Band 66 on the same tower back to 85-92 dbm
So it appears not only does Samsung have a coding issue but they have pulled a bait and switch on hardware.
floridaman said:
Yes, but that doesn't really help as it only gives you a partial answer. Band 66 in some areas has a stronger signal where available than 2 or 4 and 66 isn't available in all areas.
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Just turn off band 2 and 4 and youll be on 66 since it so important.
tyrone1 said:
Just turn off band 2 and 4 and youll be on 66 since it so important.
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I love when people attempt at snark and being a total D**K , yet seem to have a problem with reading comprehension. Clearly Band 66 doesn't work, but that would have required you to actually read something before your attempt at trolling the board with insults.
floridaman said:
I love when people attempt at snark and being a total D**K , yet seem to have a problem with reading comprehension. Clearly Band 66 doesn't work, but that would have required you to actually read something before your attempt at trolling the board with insults.
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Sorry...
I on tmobile with the U version and band 66 works for me. I turned all bands of except 66 and I get lte+.
Hope that helps. I guess the F / DS ain't work on band 66.