I'd like to set up a list of known good locations to test 4G LTE around the Metroplex.
If you have a great place to test, please list it here. I'd love to have some verification that I actually have working LTE... I haven't seen hide nor hair of anything over 3G on my phone so far.
Note: Please don't post where LTE isn't working. That's counterproductive to this list. Also realize that at the time of this posting, Sprint is less than 10% complete with the D/FW rollout, so there are a LOT of places that aren't up yet. Finally, please also remember that LTE coverage has been reported as spotty in some locations, so if you get there and don't get LTE, it's not necessarily the end of the world.
Places I've heard have an LTE connection (I haven't verified any of these):
Cedar Hill Best Buy Parking Lot
Dallas: 635 & Garland Rd
Ft Worth: 820 & I-30
Fort Worth: 360 and Trinity
Ft. Worth: Loop 820 and 35W (I got nothing on the S side of town, might be the N side)
Lewisville: 121 and round grove rd.
Mansfield, 287 & Debbie Lane
The Colony: 121 and Main/Josey Lane - Walmart Parking Lot
There is a tower in downtown arlington with it. I can connect to it in my office but when I go down to the parking lot I am back on 1x or 3G. In my office it comes and goes but god when it goes you are dumped back to 1x or 3G. Nearly unusable data when 4G is not working. No idea specifically where a good place to test it would be though I have not driven around. Like currently my wicked fast 0.01Mbps connection sigh
I've been working in Dallas since Sunday. I can confirm that it works well at 360 and Trinity. Really all around the Centerpoint complex.
Lewisville:
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121 and round grove rd.
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Well i woke up and drove out to sprint way earlier today.
I have to admit, i did give a split thought to the evo3d because they got the 2.3.4 update. But no way could it make everything perfect in that ota. So i went with my original choice.
This phone is sexy. It is really fast... doing side by side actions with the epic on gb, the photon was twice as fast if not more in some areas.
Pure computing power this phone noticeably crushes my epic.
Not once was i frustrated an app didnt open instantly, how
I wanted my epic experience to be.
The fone is growing on me and i love it more the longer i have it.
I love the MOTOBLUR. Great balance between pure google and overlay ui. Very cool experience you cant find with any other oem ui.
Like the extensive integration with social networks.
I love how the stock music player does the lyrics, that was a surprise today. And many other cool things but i have to cut this short. But i have to mention, the screens on the display units are not the same on our consumer handsets. It looked complete trash on the demo, but my fone screen is amazing.. no screen issues at all. I did have call bug very first call. Remove sim and im good.
And lastly, i understand about you guys saying youre not eorried about the Galaxy anymore. I may keep this.
Something about pulling up gps status and getting INSTANT 9 of 9 sats inside the appartment with zero error that makes me feel all warm and goey inside
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Very cool you got u one of these Mo-Phos... I think you'll like it.
I'm still on the fence as to whether i'm going to perma-keep mines.. lol
when the GS2 comes out, I'll play with it for sure, but if it has crippled GPS/bluetooth, I'll just stick w/ moto this time.
I noticed today that my WIFI was exceptionally slow on my device. Being 4 feet away from my wireless router, i was getting 1-5 mbps speed..
my router has a function that lists connected wifi devices and the assumed connection speed.. it said my Transformer was connected at 58mbps.. so something was fishy
Everything was exceptionally slow, even browsing. after a simple full shutdown and startup it was back to normal. maybe this is the wifi bug some people were having? anyways, a restart made it exceptionally better
anyone else come across this?
Haven't seen this yet but it does sound like your unit has a wifi defect. :banghead: I can say the following two things:
1. The operating channel/frequency does seem to make small differences. Probably noise in my environment.
2. Wireless range seems to be short. I'm getting no where as good of range as my iPhone can. I'd say its short by a good 25 feet or so.
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Look at the face staring at the wall...
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Haven't seen this yet but it does sound like your unit has a wifi defect. :banghead: I can say the following two things:
1. The operating channel/frequency does seem to make small differences. Probably noise in my environment.
2. Wireless range seems to be short. I'm getting no where as good of range as my iPhone can. I'd say its short by a good 25 feet or so.
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well the weird thing, im normally fine. i play was playing spotify (high BW audio) in my driveway (through two walls and total about 50 feet) and was getting great reception.
just had this one issue. weird.
It's not a bug. The 58Mbs is the reported link rate, not the actual throughput. Many people mistake the link rate for bandwidth.
I think some of the lag mentioned (elsewhere) are due to poor wifi connectivity.
This may not be the solution for you but I got a GlobalSat BT 368 that is about the size of 2 match books longways and thick ways. I use the free bluetooth gps in the market and I now have GPS better than my epic 4g or my wifes 4g touch. In fact I am now thinking about getting a full size navigation program like copilot or sygic any thoughts on a good program
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0018YZ836/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details
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Looks good. How long battery last?
Can't tell you from experience I only got it thurs. Its rated at 11 hours continuous use but cuts off after 10 mins. if not connected. If it's anything like a speaker phone with the same ratings and features it will probably need charging every three weeks. 2 hour charge.
I have been thinking about just leaving it plugged up in my glove compartment and on continuously. Once locked it doesn't lose signals for anything that I have been able to try in the house.
HI,
Glad you got your GPS working. I don't know type of phones you have available, but if they are Win6-7 phones, there is a program out there called WiFiRouter (costs, but it works great....use it all the time), then you can use a free program called WAZE that uses online data. I find the routes selected, but the the nice thing is that it is "user-interactive"....that is, users identify construction/police/slow-stopped traffic. It should work great in DC. Other than that, I'd go with CoPilot for now because it's cheap. Magellan and Garmin have operation apps for the iphone, but not the Android Market yet, and those are the 2 companies that I would recommend.
Personally, my current setup is a Garmin 4390 standalone, with WAZE running to let me know where the traffic and cops are. Haven't had the Prime long enough to see if there's any others available....The other company to look at is Tom-Tom.
If you're going to connect the Prime to the internet via the phone, then you probably need to apply this fix, so ad-hoc networks are available. ICS stock has them locked out.
If you have an Android phone, there are apps similar to the WiFiRouter, I'm sure.
Good luck,
Bob
Surecall makes a WIMAX amplifier/repeater for Sprint's network that amplifies 70db. This is great for those who have WIMAX in their area, but cant get a strong enough signal indoors.
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Specs
sells for $200 on ebay (link 1)
too bad I cant find it on alibaba. I would love to get it, but dont think its worth it till the 2015 WIMAX cut-off unless I can somehow modify this in the future to amplify/repeat a different frequency.
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Surecall makes a WIMAX amplifier/repeater for Sprint's network that amplifies 70db. This is great for those who have WIMAX in their area, but cant get a strong enough signal indoors.
sells for $200 on ebay
too bad I cant find it on alibaba. I would love to get it, but dont think its worth it till the 2015 WIMAX cut-off unless I can somehow modify this in the future to amplify/repeat a different frequency.
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It seems the spec link is broken. Here are the specs from Surecall's site. Its currently selling for $219 USD.
CM2500W 70dB | 4G WiMax Signal Booster
70dB WiMAX | For buildings up to 6,000 sq. ft.
Frequency 2496 - 2690 MHz
Average Gain 70dB WiMAX
Maximum Gain 75dB
VSWR ≤2:0
Standard Supported WiMAX
AC Power Transformer Input AC110V, 60Hz; Output: DC6V
Maximum RF Output Power 3 Watts EIRP
Noise Figure 5dB
Cable CM400 recommended
RF connectors N Female connectors
Power Consumption <10W
Dimensions 5 1/2” x 4 3/4” x 1 1/4” (1.7m x 1.4m x 0.4m)
Weight 2 lbs. (0.9kg)
VSWR <2:1
thanks for posting the info.
I never got it b/c it is too much for a dead technology.
Hi to everyone.
About three month ago I received my Elephone P9000 Lite. Six weeks after my display was broken. Had the phone in the back pockets of my jeans and sat down (..no, I am rather thin). Four weeks later I received the spare lcd via aliexpress and changed the broken screen.
Now the signal is very bad, sitting at my desk. (Did not check how the signal here was before the thing broke). I can not use the phone. The signal is always jumping. I geht HSDA+ with 81 db and 14 ASU sometimest drops to 110 db and 8 ASU - while the phone is lying on the desk.
At first I thought that my computer equipment (tft, notebook, w-lan printer, notebook,...) might influence the signal. But my old LG Optimus X2 gets -85 / -79 db with 17 ASU with the same sim card exactly at the same spot on my desk. Carrier is o2 /e-plus in Germany. They are supposed to have a weak network, althoug I live in a larger city 10 km of Frankfurt /Main.
My question: Mitght this be a hardware failure? Or is it merely a bad baseband / software problem?
How do I check if the antenna is faulty?
I had to take the phone apart, maybe I damaged some cable (there is a black one running parallel to the frame of the phone at the side where the sim slot is located.
The phone is running factory android 6.
System Elephone-P9000_Lite_20160628
Baseband Version MOLY.LR11.W1539.MD.MP.V9.P12,2016/06/1410:18
Thanks for your help. Jens
Shot of the phones.
I had a spare sim of the same provider. Here are the shots of the phones.
Elephone -101 db 39 asu
Optimus x2 -79db 17 asu
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