As the title reads, for those of you who are running the update that was just released, are LTE handoffs working better? Have you noticed any improvement in LTE as a result of the update?
LTE (which is only available in some parts of my city, Vallejo, CA) handoffs after the update seem to be more-or-less the same here.
Thanks for weighing in Jigsaw. I live in NYC and in my neighborhood we have LTE. Trying to see if I should do the update.
I'm in Kansas City, no change for me.
I get great 4G at work, all the time.
For about a month I had good 4G at home. But lately at home, 4G will show up for a minute or so, then go back to 3G. Never sticks anymore. Don't know what changed, but I didn't change anything on my phone and have even flashed back to stock once to see if that helped.
Did you flash the jellybean update?
I'm in Dallas, TX and it seems the radio update has done me no good. I am wondering if the tower upgrades they are doing is the problem.
https://network.sprint.com/NY/New-York/
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Did you flash the jellybean update?
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Yup, new radios and ROM. No change.
Still don't understand why I had 4G at home for a month, no problems, then all of a sudden I don't.
My handoffs were perfect before the update on sense and are still perfect now.
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Theres a Q and A section where this should be... because its a question.
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Yup, new radios and ROM. No change.
Still don't understand why I had 4G at home for a month, no problems, then all of a sudden I don't.
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Happened to me too. Sprint tech said I am in an area that was "testing" lte. So now after 2 months of lovely 4g I'm back to the unbearable 3g :banghead:
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Theres a Q and A section where this should be... because its a question.
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Dude, really? You're being obnoxious.
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Dude, really? You're being obnoxious.
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Youre right i am. Theres a q and a section for a reason. If we started posting everywhere no one would find anything.
I'm in the exact same boat. So it's not just my area that's doing this, then. I don't know what to think about that.
I was consistently pulling down 20-30Mbps and anywhere from 6-10Mbps up until about a week and a half ago. Slightly worrying.
3G speeds are fine with me, honestly. Not really any harm there as long as it's consistently available. The faster speeds were definitely appreciated, though. It'd be nice to know what's happening.
The only reason I'm checking xda is to see if these radios have fixed the lte problem. Kinda nice to see it posted right here. There was a thread the other day about cm10 fixing the eHRPD issue that was removed too. Glad I saw it when I did.
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Youre right i am. Theres a q and a section for a reason. If we started posting everywhere no one would find anything.
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I don't think this is a Q and A topic - I think this is someone asking other people's' opinion about the update. Q and A is 1 question looking for 1 answer.... BUT this is just my OPINION
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I'm in Dallas, TX and it seems the radio update has done me no good. I am wondering if the tower upgrades they are doing is the problem.
https://network.sprint.com/NY/New-York/
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I'm in Dallas also I get coverage in Uptown and along 75 inbetween 635 and 30.
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lte 3g hand off
I'm in Minnesota and have the jb update. No change for me. This sucks what's up with this phone.
Edit: tried a few different towers and it does work better. Happy. Hope this stays
Agreed. My hope was to take a poll of whether or not the update made a difference. I find that many people in this community get excited about the potential of thread closings and enjoy being combative. I'm just trying to create a central thread for people to weigh in on the LTE issue, not clutter our forum with poorly categorized threads.
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After updating I immediately came up on 4g in my house where I have always had 3g, even between 2 towers less than 1 mile away so I would say a great improvement and I have connection manager disabled for reference.
Located in MD between Annapolis and Baltimore
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Dallas tx, finally able to catch a signal at my job were I was only able to with decks cm10 but it still drops it after only a few min. I'm gona say they havnt fixed it sadly
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Evo 4G LTE users finally get Sprint 4G LTE on July 15th!
I can't quite post links yet since I'm new but a quick Google search would pull up the Sprint community thread describing this date.
I don't know about you guys, but the speeds that LTE offers exceeds the speed I get at home on my ISP.. plus on my side of the house even Sprint's 3g beats my home wireless . I'm excited to see how the network holds up and how battery life is influenced.. The discussion that the antenna is on the processor similar to 3g and that battery life will be similar is making me antsy to find out.. Maybe it'll be even better since over here in Dallas LTE towers seem to be everywhere.. What do you guys think about this?
omg omg omg omg omg omg omgomg
old news -__-
Where i live is not getting lte till end of 2013
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Im so excited... and i just cant hide it...im about to lose control and i think i like it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1750141&highlight=lte
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1736282&highlight=lte
I'm optimistic but trying to not get too excited. I have no idea what the coverage will be like here in San Antonio. If I can pick up an LTE signal while at work I would be ecstatic but time will tell.
WHAT? ...im getting LTE in a week OMFG ..thanks so much...
Sorry man but this isn't new news. Here in the General section there's a buncha threads on this. The 15th is the first round to about 5 cities I believe. And that's it. Other markets follow over the next 2 years. Considering your new here, these guys should take it easy on ya. RIGHT FELLAS?
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Well, I wasn't really saying that it was new news. I just wanted to post it to see what people had to say about it.. which is what I got so this thread still did what it was supposed to do for me
Just playing op..its just initiation. Lol I went through it for a while and still an a noob in a lot of respects. search is your friend around here..and if you think you have new news most likely xda has been talking about it for a week ..
You......cannot......be......serious! I.......am......so.......excited!
Wait, what is LTE?
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Just playing op..its just initiation. Lol I went through it for a while and still an a noob in a lot of respects. search is your friend around here..and if you think you have new news most likely xda has been talking about it for a week ..
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It's all good. No harm done
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Evo 4G LTE users finally get Sprint 4G LTE on July 15th!
I can't quite post links yet since I'm new but a quick Google search would pull up the Sprint community thread describing this date.
I don't know about you guys, but the speeds that LTE offers exceeds the speed I get at home on my ISP.. plus on my side of the house even Sprint's 3g beats my home wireless . I'm excited to see how the network holds up and how battery life is influenced.. The discussion that the antenna is on the processor similar to 3g and that battery life will be similar is making me antsy to find out.. Maybe it'll be even better since over here in Dallas LTE towers seem to be everywhere.. What do you guys think about this?
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speeds will depend on a bunch of different things. CPU modem, traffic, etc... highly unlikely that you will see real time speeds of the ones claimed. wait until the network is bogged down.
AWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww snap!
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It just got real.
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Coming July 15, 2014.
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Coming July 15, 2014.
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Sucks to be you! Lol I get it in 8 days
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I'm still waiting for Wimax
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3G speeds Chicago. Took only prl update NOT software update and am experiencing actual USABLE 3G speeds!,very exciting stuff just hit 2.1 mgbs down on speedtest. Net app. PRevious best prob around 1.5 but that was off peak. Anyone else in chi or burbs seeing same?
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Actually yes. I'm in the southwestern burbs.
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ive noticed this also
I'm in chicago over by elston and lawrence, and my speed tests just got me 500kbps down, 60kbps up. This is pathetic 3g coverage, and its with full bars and its almost 11pm at night.
I'm 20 miles west of clevland and speeds here seemed to be a lot better here also.. will check when im downtown tomorrow
I think this has less to do with PRL updates and more to do with NV. I experienced this same thing earlier this week. The increased speeds have gone since then. I also took the new PRL but am getting the speeds I normally get. I am getting increased upload speeds with the new radio, however.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28484087&postcount=26
im out of town in vegas at the moment and doesn't matter how many updates you get your gonna get pounded (screwed) when it comes to 3g when on the strip so when im back in lemont (little south west of chicago) ill do some tests. i averaged 1.1mbps at my house and crap everywhere else so hopefully this update fixes everywhere else thats not my house haha
I live in Plainfield and have absolutely horrible 3G. (just started a new 2year about 5 days ago) but to my understanding theyre implementing 4g LTE int othe towers and upgrading the 3g network aswell.
No wonder sprint has unlimited data, their network is crap.
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im out of town in vegas at the moment and doesn't matter how many updates you get your gonna get pounded (screwed) when it comes to 3g when on the strip so when im back in lemont (little south west of chicago) ill do some tests. i averaged 1.1mbps at my house and crap everywhere else so hopefully this update fixes everywhere else thats not my house haha
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I hear you and that is completely true now. Ironically two years ago on my og EVo at the M. Bay events center( I was at a conference with a workgroup) I was the ONLY one of us to get great download speeds (or even a stable connection actually -Nada on vzn, tmo, att). Now, I maybe it was tower placement, but Compare that to what you are experiencing now, but and I experienced while there in May. W.T. F. H a p p e n e d I just don't get it?
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I live in Plainfield and have absolutely horrible 3G. (just started a new 2year about 5 days ago) but to my understanding theyre implementing 4g LTE int othe towers and upgrading the 3g network aswell.
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Hey I do too, how's it going neighbor?
I have decent 3g, as shown above, at least since the PRL update. Haven't done the OTA yet. I'm near downtown Plainfield though, close to where the YWCA is (and that middle school) by Wallin. Are you on the southern side?
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Hey I do too, how's it going neighbor?
I have decent 3g, as shown above, at least since the PRL update. Haven't done the OTA yet. I'm near downtown Plainfield though, close to where the YWCA is (and that middle school) by Wallin. Are you on the southern side?
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Hey neighbor! Im by catonfarm and countyline road. Close to Plainfield South High School.
I have noticed better speeds and connectivity since the PRL update.
im still nervous about doing the other update
Anyone in the Northwest Suburbs experiencing issues with service? I can make calls, but only receive calls when I'm talking on the phone already. I'm also having problems receiving text messages. I will get them about 45 minutes late. Was wondering if it was my phone or an EVO issue. I didn't have any problems with my original EVO.
Also, tried to update prl, profile, the works.
In the downers grove area, close to Lombard.
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Hey neighbor! Im by catonfarm and countyline road. Close to Plainfield South High School.
I have noticed better speeds and connectivity since the PRL update.
im still nervous about doing the other update
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Oh you're over by that CVS there... I'm actually heading there in a minute, haha. I haven't S-off'd my phone, due to the risk of soft-brick, and now it looks like I have to for the OTA, which is irritating. I'll admit, I'm nervous about this too. I just want kernel source to allow devs to get CM9 or AOKP going so I don't have to worry about any of this business.
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Oh you're over by that CVS there... I'm actually heading there in a minute, haha. I haven't S-off'd my phone, due to the risk of soft-brick, and now it looks like I have to for the OTA, which is irritating. I'll admit, I'm nervous about this too. I just want kernel source to allow devs to get CM9 or AOKP going so I don't have to worry about any of this business.
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we should meet up sometime and discuss our phones! =D
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we should meet up sometime and discuss our phones! =D
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Haha sure, and hopefully discuss LTE speeds in Plainfield!
I was wrong though, Drauden and Caton Farm is the CVS... close enough though, haha.
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sometime soon. the4yre working on the network in our general area. Hit me up, ill buy you a beer. =)
Im in wheaton nothing yet w my moms phone
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Anyone in the Northwest Suburbs experiencing issues with service? I can make calls, but only receive calls when I'm talking on the phone already. I'm also having problems receiving text messages. I will get them about 45 minutes late. Was wondering if it was my phone or an EVO issue. I didn't have any problems with my original EVO.
Also, tried to update prl, profile, the works.
In the downers grove area, close to Lombard.
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I have the same issue, and can even reproduce the behavior by calling my phone from my wife's. 9 out of 10 times it misses the call at my house. Strangely enough, if I toggle GPS on, I consistnently get 8 out of 10 calls... that's without an active lock too. Very strange to say the least.
I've noticed huge improvements! When I'm at the gym tomorrow I'm going to try facebook out cause whenever I tried before it would take forever to load. I just can't wait for lte to go live for us in the suburbs.
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I haven't seen LTE or 4G on my phone once. This is really odd because I live blocks from the KC sprint campus. I have even driven into their parking lot and sitting there got only 3G still.
I know this has to be on my end because there's no way that in their own campus in their main center they don't have a tower running it since this was the first location to receive LTE. Is this something that could be dependent on the ROM i'm using. I'm running viper 1.21 which others have said they get LTE with so I don't think it's that.
Do I need to possibly flash a new radio? Is there something else going on?
Yeah, ur not in an LTE area. Either that or Idk find someone with an EVO and see if they get LTE in the same spot.
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Have you tried toggling between CDMA only and CDMA + LTE?
Have you updated your PRL+Profile?
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Have you tried toggling between CDMA only and CDMA + LTE?
Have you updated your PRL+Profile?
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I haven't tried toggling to CDMA and then back to LTE, I'll give that a go.
I know for sure I'm in an LTE area because KC is the first and I live directly next to their huge campus here. I have a few friends who work for them, actually everyone in this town has worked for them at one point or another, lol. And they said we do have it in this area now.
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I haven't tried toggling to CDMA and then back to LTE, I'll give that a go.
I know for sure I'm in an LTE area because KC is the first and I live directly next to their huge campus here. I have a few friends who work for them, actually everyone in this town has worked for them at one point or another, lol. And they said we do have it in this area now.
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Well try that and get back to us
The campus is in overland park and they haven't finished the rollout for all of KC.
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The campus is in overland park and they haven't finished the rollout for all of KC.
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correct. I always say KC because anyone outside of this area doesn't know OP. I live a just a couple blocks from that campus. I thought this was the first area scheduled for the roll out. At least I know why I haven't seen it yet. thank you.
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i gave it a go and no LTE yet, so I think erichj must be right and the rollout is not complete.
Strange that they wouldn't start with their own campus. But I guess I was just spoiled by t-mobiles insanely fast network speeds before switch to sprint. Kinda a bad decision on my part but I thought I wanted an Iphone, until I had it a couple days and took back that turd to get another android phone. By that point I was stuck in to a sprint contract with dial-up speed.
LTE is spotty even in the city
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lte is spotty for me here in dallas.
The network isn't done. Even in cities where LTE is live.
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I was on the Sprint campus tonight and had to reboot my phone to get it to pick up 4g. Sometimes that's the only thing that will work . Network is only about 40% build out around the KC market right now.
Have you updated your radio and prl?
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It definitely is spotty. I was able to get LTE in the legends but it would randomly switch to 3G even if I was in the same spot.
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Iive up north of the river by the airport and I only saw the 4g icon once while eating a chicken fried steak at corner cafe in Riverside. I only had it long enough to download speedtest.net app and it reported 8M download and 8M upload. Pretty good but then it switched to 3g again
Hopefully it gets better soon!
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Im in Odessa most of the time, anyone have an idea when it might get yo the Odessa Tx area.???
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So a friend of mine says that when he looked at my lte tables via the ## menu they are old....and I need to reactivate my phone in order for them to work. I don't have lte in Dallas and it's lame. Or help.me get it. I have done prl updates...profile updates...IM on cdma/lte..rebooted.....done the recent firmware update. Damn it
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So a friend of mine says that when he looked at my lte tables via the ## menu they are old....and I need to reactivate my phone in order for them to work. I don't have lte in Dallas and it's lame. Or help.me get it. I have done prl updates...profile updates...IM on cdma/lte..rebooted.....done the recent firmware update. Damn it
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Ever think your just in a lte dead zone? Most of the active lte networks still aint fully functioning yet man so my advice is calm down relax and drink a beer and connect to some wifi if you need a speed fix that bad lol...im just playin man but honestly the active lte spots are not fully functioning as of late so dont fret youll have it soon enough
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Soon enough sucks. It was advertised to be working on the fifteenth...and nothing. Hope they come through.
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Soon enough sucks. It was advertised to be working on the fifteenth...and nothing. Hope they come through.
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Im in el paso right now (stationed here thank you uncle sam, this place is horrible lol) and they aint do to get it for like a year **** we just barely got wimax and when i move back hoke to pa my are aint do to get till late 2013 at least parts of your area most likely have it lol
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Im in Dallas as well and have only connected to 4G once or twice. Even then it was low signal and didnt last long.
Yes 4G LTE is on. The problem is the coverage is spotty at best. Sprint decided to launch the market with less then half the towers in our area upgraded.
Check this out.. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/212-network-visionlte-deployment-running-list/
I'm in KC and its the same story here.
Their coverage maps shows the whole city blanketed in coverage. But that's more like a completed picture.
They should just stop giving out dates if they aren't going to at least somewhat live up to it. The few times I picked up 4g, was only outside and my speeds never exceeded 1.5m.
By going "live" on the 15th, just meant they wouldnt be blocking your connection anymore. Its still a good luck finding it situation though.
I called sprint to complain about network issues and was told that they are upgrading the towers. He said it should be done on Oct 17th. So I guess that confirms it for me
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>I called Sprint
They probably lied to you.
What network issues? The network has been behaving itself as of late. Then again I'm over by 30 Rock so we get decent connectivity/bandwidth.
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What network issues? The network has been behaving itself as of late. Then again I'm over by 30 Rock so we get decent connectivity/bandwidth.
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He was talking about nyc .
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They've had network issues for 6+ years.. I wouldn't take this as a confirmation in any way shape or form. Good luck though, hope they come through for you.
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I called sprint to complain about network issues and was told that they are upgrading the towers. He said it should be done on Oct 17th. So I guess that confirms it for me
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Sometimes companies tell you what you want to hear to silence you. Are they working on towers? Yes. Will it roll out in October for NYC? Probably not.
Just like my ISP telling me I'm having slow speeds because of a "regional Internet problem" with THE internet. Yeah right. -_-
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Sometimes companies tell you what you want to hear to silence you. Are they working on towers? Yes. Will it roll out in October for NYC? Probably not.
Just like my ISP telling me I'm having slow speeds because of a "regional Internet problem" with THE internet. Yeah right. -_-
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if you checked s4gurur thats the roll out month they said it was gonna be also -__-
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if you checked s4gurur thats the roll out month they said it was gonna be also -__-
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They also said progress was beginning to be held up and delayed as the roll out continues. I hope to God they stay on schedule so I can dump this Verizon 4G jet pack.
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if you checked s4gurur thats the roll out month they said it was gonna be also -__-
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You sound familiar -_-
Other sites report Novemberish launch in NYC
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I live in Long Island and I've been having bad reception at home since I bought this phone in early July
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He was talking about nyc .
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And where do you think 30 Rock is? Smack dab in the middle of Manhattan.
FYI.. Yesterday while having my lunch outside enjoying the not so nice humidity I noticed the 4G icon pop up a couple times briefly. Looks like things should be lighting up soon.
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And where do you think 30 Rock is? Smack dab in the middle of Manhattan.
FYI.. Yesterday while having my lunch outside enjoying the not so nice humidity I noticed the 4G icon pop up a couple times briefly. Looks like things should be lighting up soon.
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Thats good to hear!! I live in Queens area and is mostly in Brooklyn for college. Hope they get all over up and running at the same time!
We have accelerated 3g here in Boston lte coming in two weeks
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Thats good to hear!! I live in Queens area and is mostly in Brooklyn for college. Hope they get all over up and running at the same time!
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Yup. Though with the WIMAX rollout certain sections of Jersey got it first. Go figure. To the gentleman from Boston. This is a NYC thread we really don't care about Boston (unless the Red Sox lose a game).
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DFW
With the launch of LTE, DFW was on the list of having LTE. Phone never connected to LTE. After serveral phone calls, I was told the same thing, that the networks where being upgraded and scheduled to be completed in December. I see LTE every now and then now, but not long enough to get any use out of it. Speed Test showed it to be slower than 3G when I was able to connect. I got credit for 4 months (AUG -NOV) until LTE is fully up and running.
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We have accelerated 3g here in Boston lte coming in two weeks
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how do you know that it will be live in 2 weeks?
If Sprint gave you an exact date, and especially from a representative over the phone, they're definitely lying to you.
While I seriously doubt that's the date, I sure hope it is. I am sick of slower than dialup speeds on 3G and constant weak signal.
NYC and several other major cities have been announced to go live within the next several months, which means NYC can get it earlier than scheduled.....Finally able to use phone to the fullest
Has anyone in the NYC area gotten LTE signals yet? Wonder if they will test it before going live.
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