Sprint is upgrading my area I guess - Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

Has anybody experienced a sudden change in their 3g speed as well? Look what I am getting.....daaaamn
Am I being network vision-ified????
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flex360 said:
Has anybody experienced a sudden change in their 3g speed as well? Look what I am getting.....daaaamn
Am I being network vision-ified????
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Same here look at the new 3g coverage map
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where can i find that map?

Definitely feeling the drag....
I live in Atlanta and Its been having a lot of ups and downs for a while here. but now i've got the new EVO 4g LTE and I am just assuming its because the 3g is getting raped all over the place because they havent launched the LTE network and so everyone(including myself) has to use the hell out of it until they get the new network up and running. I've heard it should be "really really really really really soon." quoting the sprint rep the other day

flex360 said:
where can i find that map?
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http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?nobrand&covType=wimaxdual&serviceType=data
TW1L1GHT_K1N6 said:
I live in Atlanta and Its been having a lot of ups and downs for a while here. but now i've got the new EVO 4g LTE and I am just assuming its because the 3g is getting raped all over the place because they havent launched the LTE network and so everyone(including myself) has to use the hell out of it until they get the new network up and running. I've heard it should be "really really really really really soon." quoting the sprint rep the other day
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You should try updating your profile.. that's what I did now everything is better. With one bar 3g I'm well over 800kbps
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gmangut said:
Same here look at the new 3g coverage map
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The "new" 3G map looks like the old 3G map for my area..it says I'm fully covered for 3G but my data speeds suck.....

go to this site to see improvements in your area
https://network.sprint.com/

What does your mobile network type say in about-network? Evdo a or eHRRP?
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DarkManX4lf said:
The "new" 3G map looks like the old 3G map for my area..it says I'm fully covered for 3G but my data speeds suck.....
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Mine says the same but now off one bar I'm doing about 1200kbps keeps going up
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flex360 said:
Has anybody experienced a sudden change in their 3g speed as well? Look what I am getting.....daaaamn
Am I being network vision-ified????
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I will get those speeds either late at night or early in the morning. Any time during the day when people are actually using data and im around 300kb. Do another test and see what you get.

I use to have 19 upgrades to be now I have 15 yay LTE is almost complete
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We just had updates in central Wisconsin a month or two ago and my data went from about 200k to about 2.2Mbps overnight. My evo lte connects perfectly to the new tower hardware, but is slow (100-150) on the older towers. Oddly, we also now have wimax in the woods near the upgraded tower, but it doesn't show on sprints map.
According to the local techs I know, the hardware throughout northern Wisconsin is about 50% complete and late should be set to go in all current 3g areas of the state by December...but that implied sprint just flips the switch the moment they can.
Either way, my findings are evo with new tower, great...with old tower slightly worse than my nexus.
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I think I'm being throttled!!!!

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Like the title says. Sprint says there's no tower work and no outages. WTF!
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it's shopped.
you can't get that good of signal with Sprint
I'm in the LA area too. Somedays, I have to update my PRL two or three times, then voila, get great speeds back.
Zoolander99 said:
I'm in the LA area too. Somedays, I have to update my PRL two or three times, then voila, get great speeds back.
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Dude, I live in Los Angeles too. Well actually I live fairly close to Los Angeles, data is so ****ty for me. I've looked at the network and keep watching all this so called upgrades done around me but service is still horrible.
I haven't seen scores that low in a long time. What PRL are you guys using? I'm close to the LA area too. Well in OC, close to Huntington Beach if your familiar w/ that area. I usually get about 1.2 meg down...
I've done plenty of profile and prl updates. I've used prl 21079 21080 21082 and the business prl. I've even flashed a different ROM and still the same.
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Been using titan HD and 11115 prl in subs of chicago and been getting 1mb+ since.
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Stop worrying about your prl, they don't change your network speed unless you're roaming.
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Stop worrying about your prl, they don't change your network speed unless you're roaming.
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What this guy said. All the PRL does is tell your phone which towers to use. If anything its Sprint being Sprint.
And also you aren't being throttled.
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Like the title says. Sprint says there's no tower work and no outages. WTF!
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That's everyday Sprint 3G data speeds. Get use to it.
I live in the Detroit area and I'm supposed to be in a quality coverage spot and those are the scores I get everyday. Sprint SUCKS the only reason people use sprint is price that's it.
Then I guess its sprint or this phone. You know. My sister who's got the iPhone on sprint NEVER has these issues and we live in the same area.. What gives.
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Then I guess its sprint or this phone. You know. My sister who's got the iPhone on sprint NEVER has these issues and we live in the same area.. What gives.
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So, you are telling me that your sister can be in the same room as you, run the same speed test, and get much better results?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21128353&postcount=29
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This doesn't compensate for a dial-up 3G connection.
Here's what I usually get on 3G in North Carolina!
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Here's what I usually get on 3G in North Carolina!
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North carolina is usually better. Are you around the Charlotte area? Charlotte is awesome for Sprint.
Lol @ crying of being throttled when that's sprints normal speeds
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Lol @ crying of being throttled when that's sprints normal speeds
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lol. Permanently throttled.

4G LTE Nexus and LG Viper on Sprints Website

Maybe I missed the boat. lol
But I just saw these on the site right now.
http://www.sprint.com/landings/lte/index.html?INTCID=AB:UBU:HERO:010912:GalaxyNexusPrelaunch:960x320
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Yea....ur just a little late. Its ok tho. Got announced about 2 weeks ago
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430391
Yeah I remember that thread. But I didn't recall it actually being shown on the Sprint website yet. Lol Oh well, my bad.
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i want LTE so bad, i was thinking if i get a nexus from a evo 3d wouldn't that be backwards????
fanesxx said:
i want LTE so bad, i was thinking if i get a nexus from a evo 3d wouldn't that be backwards????
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Depends on how you feel about the device I guess?
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fanesxx said:
i want LTE so bad, i was thinking if i get a nexus from a evo 3d wouldn't that be backwards????
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How would that be backwards?
Lol looks nice tho I doubt there gonna roll LTE out everywhere they said the same thing about 4G when it came out and my area still doesn't have it
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Lol looks nice tho I doubt there gonna roll LTE out everywhere they said the same thing about 4G when it came out and my area still doesn't have it
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4G Wimax was rolled out by Clearwire, an amateur wireless wholesaler. This current 4G LTE rollout is by Sprint. If Sprint fails to build out LTE by the end of 2013 as projected, then the company probably has doomsday issues.
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4G Wimax was rolled out by Clearwire, an amateur wireless wholesaler. This current 4G LTE rollout is by Sprint. If Sprint fails to build out LTE by the end of 2013 as projected, then the company probably has doomsday issues.
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Is it by sprint or light squared?
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Is it by sprint or light squared?
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The FCC shut down Light Squared alternatives, due to GPS interference. So, Light Squared will soon be Lights Out.
Sprint will have their own LTE network, and if Clear does actually put out a LTE network, they will use that, too. Sprint mentioned possibly using two different LTE technologies.
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The FCC shut down Light Squared alternatives, due to GPS interference. So, Light Squared will soon be Lights Out.
Sprint will have their own LTE network, and if Clear does actually put out a LTE network, they will use that, too. Sprint mentioned possibly using two different LTE technologies.
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Ok so basically if I understand correctly, the LTE towers that are being put up in Texas are by Sprint themselves. Sprint was planning to use LightSquared to expand their network but that is not going to to happen due to recent regulations. So basically now Sprint has to expand their LTE network by themselves.
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Ok so basically if I understand correctly, the LTE towers that are being put up in Texas are by Sprint themselves. Sprint was planning to use LightSquared to expand their network but that is not going to to happen due to recent regulations. So basically now Sprint has to expand their LTE network by themselves.
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Yes and no. They have subcontracted areas in the country to different people like Samsung and such. It's on their site.
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LTE up in Atlanta

Just saw my icon switch to 4G and ran a quick speedtest. About 12 meg down and 10 meg up. 39ms latency. Woohoo.
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cahiatt said:
Just saw my icon switch to 4G and ran a quick speedtest. About 12 meg down and 10 meg up. 39ms latency. Woohoo.
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this thread is worthless without pics
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There are some live sites in Atlanta. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1001-atlanta-ga-lte-live/
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That was another test.
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Lucky bastard. That ping is also beautiful.
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What part of atlanta were you in?
More like I am an unlucky bastard. I picked up that signal about three miles from my house on a different tower. Back to 3g at home.
I am in Smyrna. I picked up the 4G signal at Griffin Middle School.
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Bummer, I'm 2.5 miles from a LTE tower and am getting no connection.
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This gives me hope that lte will come soon
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Awesome. Thanks for the information.
Cmon, Boston
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Just an update on LTE in Atlanta. I am still not getting LTE in Buckhead/Midtown area of Atlanta. I will hopefully get to check out the LTE tomorrow as I will be in the Smyrna area.
Even though there are only certain towers on right now for LTE in the Atlanta area, if many of you check your Network settings, you guys should be on CDMA-eHRPD instead of EVDOrA. I have been on it since I got the phone. Everywhere I've traveled from Duluth to Kennessaw to Snellville.
cahiatt said:
More like I am an unlucky bastard. I picked up that signal about three miles from my house on a different tower. Back to 3g at home.
I am in Smyrna. I picked up the 4G signal at Griffin Middle School.
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Smyrna, TN is in the next round
btw, your city makes google searches in my city more complicated sometimes..
Sweet! Hopefully a couple more will go up by the time I get the phone..
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Even though there are only certain towers on right now for LTE in the Atlanta area, if many of you check your Network settings, you guys should be on CDMA-eHRPD instead of EVDOrA. I have been on it since I got the phone. Everywhere I've traveled from Duluth to Kennessaw to Snellville.
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Switch your network mode to CDMA only and you'll be on EVDO Rev A.
How's the speed and reception indoors?
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This is def good news and an fu to all the ppl who knocked us for getting a phone without a LTE network...I dont see how its any different than how any other carrier deployed 4g.
Hurry up Dallas!
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Sprint's network

crazy to think this was 3 years ago. Sprint was at the top.
http://www.bgr.com/2009/08/08/carrier-wars-sprint-speed-test-results/
im getting .1 mb/down and i live in south florida. having a smartphone with these speeds is pretty pointless. please sprint, bring me NV! anyone in south florida seeing any good speeds?
I live in south Florida I get good speeds at my house but in some places speeds could be bad
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ttieder said:
I live in south Florida I get good speeds at my house but in some places speeds could be bad
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In general Sprints network could be better and that is what they are doing with network vision.
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In general Sprints network could be better and that is what they are doing with network vision.
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Can say the same for every network
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I really don't have any problem with calls or conectivity in different areas, but the 3G data is horrible recently. Luckily the LTE network is coming in some places and the data speeds are blazing. I just hope it's more widespread soon.
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Could we get a section just for speed related topics? Maybe in the sprint.com forums? I'm getting sick of all the data speed discussions on phone specific forums. We all know Sprint 3G data sucks for some and its ok for others. Could we move on already or just go to another carrier.
shook187 said:
Could we get a section just for speed related topics? Maybe in the sprint.com forums? I'm getting sick of all the data speed discussions on phone specific forums. We all know Sprint 3G data sucks for some and its ok for others. Could we move on already or just go to another carrier.
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Hello my friend,when i see a thread i don't want to read i just skip to the next one. Have a good day.
Try doing a Verizon prl. Speeds will be better. Just don't over use it or you get kicked out of sprint etf free.
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Hello my friend,when i see a thread i don't want to read i just skip to the next one. Have a good day.
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Well maybe if the topics would warn us its just another speed related thread I wouldn't be forced to read them.
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Well maybe if the topics would warn us its just another speed related thread I wouldn't be forced to read them.
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I understand your frustration, but if you are rockin' a new lte there should be a smile on your face. If not, join the rest of us
Aircraft800 said:
I really don't have any problem with calls or conectivity in different areas, but the 3G data is horrible recently. Luckily the LTE network is coming in some places and the data speeds are blazing. I just hope it's more widespread soon.
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looks to me like you have wifi on ...lol
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looks to me like you have wifi on ...lol
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He has WiFi on for the first one the rest are not WiFi.
My wifi one said 9830kbps and 1305kbps and 24 ms yours is way higher your top one 17807 and 4578. So does that mean my wifi isn't that good LOL! I can't try it without wifi on I don't get 3G signal in my house it says no connection. But I could try it outside.

my internet is unacceptable wondering if these are average numbers

I can't even stream you tube videos and it take ten sometimes 15 minutes to download 3mb apps any suggestion on how to fix this
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I've had the same issues. Seems a bit better the last few days but still poor. I'm in the DC area and would expect stronger signals. Sadly, I have no idea how to improve this though.
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Hey look at it this way. Your ping is damn good for EVDO
bonebeatz1234 said:
I can't even stream you tube videos and it take ten sometimes 15 minutes to download 3mb apps any suggestion on how to fix this
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Don't use sprint. I've been cursing the data network all day trying to download stuff. Tweeted earlier when I was at 211B/s. I also blame the tower servicing the house.
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Try flashing different PRLs.
customer service rep lol told me its because there working on putting up the lte towers and to reboot my phone. Um tried that and still slow, i give up i just hope lte in Rockford Illinois get here fast second largest city in Illinois and we didn't get wimax but a smaller town 20 miles away with population of 60,000 did i found that rather strange.
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bonebeatz1234 said:
customer service rep lol told me its because there working on putting up the lte towers and to reboot my phone. Um tried that and still slow, i give up i just hope lte in Rockford Illinois get here fast second largest city in Illinois and we didn't get wimax but a smaller town 20 miles away with population of 60,000 did i found that rather strange.
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3Rd largest behind Chicago and Aurora. anyhow, don't hold your breath. I don't see Rockford getting LTE anytime soon.
and I wouldn't be surprised if Wimax was on but it wasn't announced. It was on in Bloomington Normal but never announced.
I left for t mobile and get speeds just as fast as my Wimax ever got. using their hspa+.
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I can't even stream you tube videos and it take ten sometimes 15 minutes to download 3mb apps any suggestion on how to fix this
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Ha. The guys at my local spring store used to joke and say "that's moving at sprint speed". Spring data speeds are horrible.
Just prior to me leaving for t mobile sprint upgraded my towers and we were getting like 1 Mb dl which was nice.however after a year and a half of speeds like yours I was already determined to leave. Good luck. Hope network vision improves things.
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Ha. The guys at my local spring store used to joke and say "that's moving at sprint speed". Spring data speeds are horrible.
Just prior to me leaving for t mobile sprint upgraded my towers and we were getting like 1 Mb dl which was nice.however after a year and a half of speeds like yours I was already determined to leave. Good luck. Hope network vision improves things.
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I just left TMobile and the speed difference is very evident. TMobile 2g is faster than sprint 3g i just hope it will get better soon our i will be forced to go with Verizon.
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Try updating your PRL, and if that doesn't work you can try switching the network mode to CDMA only in the mobile network settings menu. If you're rooted you can also use MSL reader off the market to get your MSL, or call sprint and ask for it, then dial ##DATA# and change your EVDO mode to CDMA HDR only. If using MSL reader, for some reason it only works if you install, uninstall and reinstall again.
I got more consistent 1mbps speeds, up from 500~, in the san francisco area, I don't know if they're messing around with the towers over here, but there has been reports from people that these workarounds should force the phone to stop trying to flip between EVDO and LTE
You only did two tests? Try going to the setting and changing which server it is connecting to during the test.
I average 1Mbps-1.5Mbps usually.
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You only did two tests? Try going to the setting and changing which server it is connecting to during the test.
I average 1Mbps-1.5Mbps usually.
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i did over 50 test with same results i just did these two to confirm that factory ressetting it as a sprint rep told me does nothing but waste your time.
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