Hmmmm, so some people have said they were able to get the PRI OTA in BestBuy stores which have "repeaters" (ie femtocells). I'm just wondering, has anyone with an AIRAVE attempted to update their PRI???
I have one but I havent used it in months and it takes like 2 hours to start up...maybe I'll try it tonight, now that PRI 1.71_003 is officially out:
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Mine wouldn't do hands free activation over the airave.
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I have an airave and I was only able to update the pri at home. I tried about 30 times in other locations with no success, but my airave got it on the second try .
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Has anyone actually got 1.71_003 OTA?
REally?
fldash said:
Has anyone actually got 1.71_003 OTA?
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Did you see the picture??? Look at the first post....
fldash said:
Has anyone actually got 1.71_003 OTA?
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You kid right? Just say J/K...
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Did you see the picture??? Look at the first post....
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? How do I know that was gotten OTA and not a screenshot from a new phone?
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? How do I know that was gotten OTA and not a screenshot from a new phone?
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Read the post from mjkd00
P_Dub_S said:
Read the post from mjkd00
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I didn't know if he was talking about the 1.40 PRI or the 1.71...
Every post that mentions this mysterious PRI 1.71.003 "Update" has the same pic. Some say it was on a new phone, some say it updated OTA. It is kind of hard to believe that only a select few phones have gotten this upgrade, and ALL those phone owners took the exact same picture....
Had that version for weeks
is there any way to get this update other than the airave?
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I have an airave and I was only able to update the pri at home. I tried about 30 times in other locations with no success, but my airave got it on the second try .
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which airave do you have the samsung or airvana?
im just curious because i have an airvana
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Had that version for weeks
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can you prove this? pic or something? or is it hex-edited only?
Best Buy and airaves and downloading, Oh,My!
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Mine wouldn't do hands free activation over the airave.
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I have to agree here - I have tried activation several times, I have been unable to do it over the airave. When I was in range of the Airave, I always had to do it manually. Furthermore, the Blackberry can't be provisioned over the airave for internet access, downloading the service books or whatever fails. I had to drive some miles until I got a good signal from a sprint tower.
However, there are two different airaves. The old airave was called, an "Airave" and was manufactured by Samsung. The new Airave is called an "Airave Access Point" and is manufactured by Airvana.
The old airave only supported 1x data. The new airave supports EV-DO. If you made a call using a Samsung Airave, you would hear two beeps before you started to hear the ringback confirmation sound. The Airvana chirps three times, and the pitch is so high it is distorted, or that is my guess, so the three confirmation tones are three distorted chirps.
Since the new device supports EV-DO data, it might be able to support phone activation and downloading service books.
For either device, you can determine whether you are using an airave without placing a call so that you get the chirps. You can simply dial *99. With the Airvana AAP, the message will repeat several times, it may repeat forever. It has been a long time since I used this on a Samsung Airave, but I seem to recall that the Samsung only gave you the confirmation message once.
So if they are using Airaves in Best Buys, it is easy to tell.
Now, one final difference that I can see. Sprint Family Locator used to give you the location of the Samsung Airave, just like it gives you the location of a tower when it can't get a GPS fix from the phone. It tells you that you are within 1000 yards of a tower location. It would say that you were within 120 feet of the Airave, as I recall.
The Sprint Family Locator service can't find phones that use the AAP. This may be a bug, I am going to report it.
1.77_003 is actually the latest and running on my Evo.
I have tried to update via airvana and when I click update profile ot just stays on the updating screen forever and does not update so for me its not working.....
As for best buy they are not using airaves or airvana's the repeaters they use are the real deal actual cell repeaters same for sprint stores where signals are bad..it would be hard for them to sell you a phone if they cant get a good signal, kinda ****ty if you ask me cuz they are essentially showing you a good signal untill you drive away and then no more good signal
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I am trying to switch to a vzw prl but when I do ##775# all it does is act like it is dialing then shows the last numbers I called. No password prompt. I am running a sense rom. First it was sprint lovers, now its stock rooted rom. Help please...
Using these instructions...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696073&page=179
Are you sure you installed the correct EPST program?
Use myn's warm 2.2 rsl5 it works fine with that rom, just flash it and do what you need to do. Then nandroid back to whatever you are using
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I totally missed that even though it was in big blue letters. The download link seems to be not active. Anyone got a new link or can upload it for me ?
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I totally missed that even though it was in big blue letters. The download link seems to be not active. Anyone got a new link or can upload it for me ?
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It's posted and attached in that thread like 3-4 times.
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So I got this to work but all I get is 1x . Is there anyway to get full 3g?
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The verizon prl should give you full 3g, that's the point of it. If you are only getting 1x, either verizon doesnt have 3g where you are, or you are still on a sprint prl and roaming on verizon, which would only give you 1x.
I try *2 and I just get the Sprint thingy that checks the network. I'm on prl 0001. But this seems like I am still on Sprint.
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I am trying to switch to a vzw prl but when I do ##775# all it does is act like it is dialing then shows the last numbers I called. No password prompt. I am running a sense rom. First it was sprint lovers, now its stock rooted rom. Help please...
Using these instructions...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696073&page=179
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Go ahead and do this if you really want, i highly recommend against it. All your doing is installing a force roam. If you flash 0001.prl you will always be roaming. I flashed it about 6 months ago, and everything was good for a few months, until sprint sent me a letter saying my account was being cancelled because a certain percentage of my data was roaming. If you look on your contract, even though it may say unlimited roaming, sprint still reserves the right to end your service if you go over 5Gb of roaming data or a certain percentage of your data is roaming.
I did eventually get them to not cancel my account, but my phone number remains on a list of numbers that they monitor that have gone over their roaming within the last 6 months (even though my roaming is supposedly unlimited). They do automated checks of that list and my phone gets turned off about once a week, meaning i have to call and deal with customer service constantly.
Think about whats going on here for a second. Verizon and sprint have agreements that let sprint users roam on verizon 1x services, NOT 3G. Everytime your phone downloads data from a verizon tower verizon sends sprint the bill. Once sprint realizes your phone number is causing them to pay massive fees to verizon theyre going to cancel your account. it doesnt matter if your choose home only in roaming options, because since you have installed a verizon PRL your phone thinks verizon IS home.
I fully understand what I am doing... as long as I stuck with this crappy Sprint service I will use this, and if they do cancel then I will just sign with Verizon directly ...
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I fully understand what I am doing... as long as I stuck with this crappy Sprint service I will use this, and if they do cancel then I will just sign with Verizon directly ...
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Are you going for coverage or speed? 00001.prl will probably increase your coverage significantly, it definitely did for me. But as far as speed goes, verizon is definitely slower than sprint. Thats my personal experience and has been confirmed by quite a few studies ive seen online. Also if you use speedtest.net frequently you'll see that with 00001.prl your latency (time it takes the signal to travel) increases dramatically.
So how do you put a sprint PRL back after a few months?
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So how do you put a sprint PRL back after a few months?
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Have you read the Verizon prl thread? It tells you this on the first post. Just flash back to a sense rom (if you already arent) and update the prl through the menu. This will put you back on a sprint prl.
I've never had an issue with sprint busting my chops over roaming... been running prl hack for a long time with roaming data at least up to 5gb with some as high as 10gb..
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I have been having real weird issues with my text messages, and I've been told that people called me, but my phone doesnt say so. Yesterday I got on chat with sprint, the said that they troubleshooted the phone and to leave the battery our for 1/2 hour and reboot, all should be good. I did it(after ##72786# to reset the phone info), and it worked for a while. I checked my voicemail and had 5 messages from missed calls yesterday. Today Sprint was supposed to call me back to see if the troubleshooting thing worked, I checked my voicemail, and sure enough, I missed their call. So today they told me that they were updating towers...blah, blah..lte....., blah, blah.....fixed by the 11th. I got to researching and found this: http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/92214?tstart=0
I also got a $10 credit
Just putting it out there. If anyone else is having issues, please post.
Edit: here is another one http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/441250#441250
I live in baltimore MD and between them updating the towers and that storm coming through last friday and damaging there towers service has been pretty bad as of late
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I had a similar issue yesterday. I rebooted my phone because I though it was strange nobody texted me all day(someone usually texts me) then right after it boots the notification sound goes crazy haha missed 20ish texts D:
First time its happened to me, will see how today goes. Besides that signal is fantastic.
My signal is fine, the phone just doesnt receive anything, or will receive multiple copies of the same text. They said that towers are being updated in Boise, and they expect a fix by the 11th. Gave me a ticket number and everything. I might talk to tech support around lunch to see what their response is. Judging by what the Sprint community says, all of their LTE phones are having issues. Even the Gnex.
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like this lol that was just the first scroll i recieved more, look at the times weird.
Yep, I got the same messages all night long. Once or twice every hour. I had to turn notifications off.
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Its all phones in general. Network vision has destroyed the network. On average every market currently has between 30 to 50 towers at 0% function. We are encountering this every day and we're getting our asses handed to us because we can't fix it from the store. Everyone swears its their phone despite all the info we show them.?
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Not all stores or Sprint customer service telling the truth....they make it seem like the phone in my case when I know the deal....net to mention they don't want to credit me for rendering poor service so they deny it's service......sad
Its pretty rediculous, I call my phone from my desk (that the phone is sitting on) and it rings a few time and goes to voicmail, but the phone doesnt do anyting.
I'm down in the oc in California and signal is decent, 3g been slower lately due to updating the towers, so far no phone call issuers, had the text problem and failing to send texts or not receiving or receiving many times, for now insurgent u set google voice to notify you since it uses data to communicate so it's better at Texts and such, at least til sprint is done with the upgrades.
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Its all phones in general. Network vision has destroyed the network. On average every market currently has between 30 to 50 towers at 0% function. We are encountering this every day and we're getting our asses handed to us because we can't fix it from the store. Everyone swears its their phone despite all the info we show them.?
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Happens on my HTC EVO 3D and HTC EVO 4G, so it's not just a phone issue. And my fools at the local Sprint store in my area claim there's no issues. Of course, these are the same fools that think 3rd party launchers are rooting your phone.
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Well, google voice solved the text issue. Im happy now.
The threads the OP referenced are pretty much what I was looking at.
I too am experiencing the worst luck when it comes to signal strength. My friend has the good old evo 4G. I put the two phones side by side. I can observe the signal fluctuate on my s3 as the evo has a perfect full bars.
The sprint forum seems to suggest that it might be a network issue. I don't buy it. I think it is a hardware issue unfortunately.
The phone is nice and fast. But this connectivity issue is a deal breaker for me.
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I have been with T-Mobile in Bloomington, IL for over 7 years now. The only thing I have ever complained about is data speeds in my area. So, when I read the following press release from T-Mobile last year, I was super excited.
http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/articles/new-4g-markets-nov2011
In that release dated Nov 16th 2011, it says
"T-Mobile 4G markets where HPSA+ 42 service is launching today:
Bend, Medford and Corvallis, Ore.; Benton Harbor, Mich.; Bloomington, Champaign–Urbana and Springfield, Ill.; Columbus, Ga.; Hagerstown, Md.; Montgomery, Ala; Yuba City, Calif."
So, I have not seen a difference in speeds at all over the past year with the following phones, HTC Senseation, Galaxy Nexus GSM, HTC One S and the Galaxy S3.
I have never gotten anything above 3Mb anywhere in town. Now, when I call T-Mobile to inquire about my slow speeds, they tell me only 3G is offered in my area and that the speeds I am getting are consistent with there network. FYI my status tells me that my Mobile Network Type is HSPAP:15
Attached is a screenshot of my typical speeds. Am I getting ripped off on data speeds?
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Guess you better switch to Verizon.
Id love to see your speeds. Im on edge.
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Could it be that half of Bloomington is covered but the other half isn't, and you're in the bad half?
I would call customer service and politely ask to speak to tech support. Let them know your issue and ask to speak to a supervisor. When the supervisor gets on the phone tell them you want this to keep getting escalated until you get an answer.
I had a similar problem and it took two weeks to finally get anywhere.
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Could it be that half of Bloomington is covered but the other half isn't, and you're in the bad half?
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I have though the same thing, but Bloomington is a pretty small city and I have driven all over town doing speed test in the past. Plus, when I have called them, I am told that there is no 4G anywhere close to me. Does that make sense if my network type is HSPAP:15?
Your speeds are up to par with what I get. Hell they're better. I would say everything is normal. T-Mobile has very weird and spotty service. I'm hoping the reframing of the towers will help.
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Honestly you shouldnt be seeing much of a difference from people downloading at 10 Mbps... you're still downloading at 100 KB/s with 1 Mbps....
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I would call customer service and politely ask to speak to tech support. Let them know your issue and ask to speak to a supervisor. When the supervisor gets on the phone tell them you want this to keep getting escalated until you get an answer.
I had a similar problem and it took two weeks to finally get anywhere.
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Your problem was completely different. You had towers down in your area.
OP, you need to realize that every single phone you listed aside from the One S and S3 are NOT capable of HSPA+42. So that is your first problem. The second problem is that wherever you are in Bloomington, an HSPA+42 tower does not reach you. Coverage isn't always the best. I'm a five minute walk from Wrigley Field and a five minute drive to downtown Chicago and I only get 7-8mbps. I drive fifteen minutes west to where I went to high school, and I get speeds of 20-22mbps.
Third, HSPA+42 speeds are THEORETICAL. You can THEORETICALLY have speeds that fast. You aren't guaranteed to.
Also, HSPA+42 is still 3G.
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It looks like you encountered massive traffic or the backhaul is not upgraded.
I had the same problem. I kept upgrading phones, buying them full price so I didn't have to renew my contract but I just kept switching my old SIM card into my new phones. When I switched to the Sensation I called T-Mobile about my slow speeds and they told me I had to upgrade to a "4G SIM card" and that worked. I would say that could be your problem but being that you now have the S3 and it has the micro SIM card then maybe they didn't upgrade your area yet.
That sucks dude...I'm out in Orlando, FL and I usually get about 10-15mbps almost anywhere...
At home I get +15mbps every time...
I attached a photo with the difference of my WiFi at home and my HSPA+42 at home. These were after a ROM change so I only have 5.
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Do you notice the same speeds on other speed tests or super sluggish browsing?
It's possible to imagine that the nearest and even lowest pingable server is simple not responsive to your (up/down)link. I usually compare to freespeedtest.com and even grab files from local servers.
Also you server's routing table could be weird.
If not, I'm inclined to believe that it is an overhead problem.
Go to the phone dialer (on stock) and try doing
*#197328640#*
1:UMTS
1ebug Screen
1:Basic Information
And check the bottom item lines. You should see some connection information about your service. Can you list what you have?
Also, jic check the Band at the top and make sure it says 4. Possibly could be defaulting to 1900 experimental.
So after years of being curious as to where the towers where for my sprint service, but never curious enough to actually try to find it, after reviewing my sprint bill I saw the link on the sprint page about service issue and location of towers.
I thought you guys may find this site useful. Those of you on sprint and having network issue.
https://network.sprint.com/search/10035/
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So after years of being curious as to where the towers where for my sprint service, but never curious enough to actually try to find it, after reviewing my sprint bill I saw the link on the sprint page about service issue and location of towers.
I thought you guys may find this site useful. Those of you on sprint and having network issue.
https://network.sprint.com/search/10035/
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Yea do 84010. It's ****in retarded where I am at. I am in the mountain more pretty far from the towers.
thing lies dont even bother with it
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After reading what you wrote I couldn't resist and check the site. I was getting 10 meg download before they completed their capacity upgrade and data speed up grade. Now my 4g speed has dropped to 700K. Tower is 1/4 mile from my house. Thanks sprint :banghead::banghead:
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told u their coverage maps show that i have 4g coverage guess what no 4g coverage untill the main street a mile or 3 away
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lol not really
There's actually a website out there that shows every single tower out there (or the majority of it) including location, owner, etc.
Can't be pressed to find it but it's out there and if you find it then you can check around you for any towers. It's interesting seeing how much towers from multiple carriers are spread out around your area.
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So after years of being curious as to where the towers where for my sprint service, but never curious enough to actually try to find it, after reviewing my sprint bill I saw the link on the sprint page about service issue and location of towers.
I thought you guys may find this site useful. Those of you on sprint and having network issue.
https://network.sprint.com/search/10035/
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Holy ****! You have a load of towers in your area.
Mship said:
So after years of being curious as to where the towers where for my sprint service, but never curious enough to actually try to find it, after reviewing my sprint bill I saw the link on the sprint page about service issue and location of towers.
I thought you guys may find this site useful. Those of you on sprint and having network issue.
https://network.sprint.com/search/10035/
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Chalk up another one to your group of not aware people. I knew the coverage map but not this tower locator. Pretty helpful to be able to verify the drop zones of Sprint. So helpful I'm going to put a bookmark on my home screen to ease my frustration. Unlimited data takes the pain off the bite whenever my phone isn't working because of data loss.
Neat, thanks for this didn't know about it. My service blows :thumbdown: check out 97501
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My house is just a bit North of the center of that map. I get 6 bars, but cap out at 20KB/S.
Usually I get 6 or less. Thank God for wifi.
Thanks for sharing. I got two towers about less than 1 mile away. Lol. I get 4-6 bars with.....
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Old result list, but these were taken with 6 bars in the center of those 3 towers on the map.
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Old result list, but these were taken with 6 bars in the center of those 3 towers on the map.
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That's is sad Phoenix .
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That's is sad Phoenix .
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Ironically, those were typical speeds in Phoenix until recently.
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Folks - read the legend carefully. It appears that map only shows towers that are, or will be upgraded.
If you switch views to 'show coverage area' you end up with Sprints 'optimistic color map showing coverage just about everywhere (eg a lie); yet even that map chooses to indicate some new and future towers.
In summary, I don't think there's a view that comprehensively shows all towers, let alone distinguishing which towers have 4G coverage.
If I'm missing something or someone knows of an alternative site, please let me know.
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I somehow can connect to 4g in my area, even though sprint says there is no 4g in my area. 12084
Mine is 78109 however, what is shows and what I get are two totally different things, I should be rocking but half the time my 3G is faster and more reliable than my 4G. I know they are in the proccess of removing a lot of the WiMax in my area and replacing them with LTE.
This can't include any other company's towers. I live in 48189, and get pretty good service 2-3 bars (not great, but servicable) , but my brother lives in 48350 and gets garbage, but has more towers that are closer, and has only 0-1 bars.
If you are in a non deployed market and get wimax then you're connecting to a protection Site. These are just there to fulfill fcc build out requirements and will not be upgraded like most wimax sites
As of now. Clear wire is reportedly upgrading wimax Site backends to support tdlte. If you get wimax in a launched market then you'll probably get Clear wire tdlte.
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Before Christmas my 4g coverage at home dropped to near nothing. I called Sprint multiple times and they claimed there was a ticket open to fix the tower I pull from at home. Fast forward a month and I'm still having a poor LTE signal. I called Sprint again and asked for a supervisor. They took note and noticed the towers closest to me have failure rates of 50-80%. They then opened a ticket to have the towers examined. I just received a call today from the local tech and they said the tower is being upgraded and has a close date of June. He did say most of the time it's quicker though. Does anyone have any experiences like this? It's now been like this for a month and I hope it is resolved before June. Does Sprint severely overestimate the upgrade time frame? Why would it make my previous 4g coverage from the tower spotty?
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Before Christmas my 4g coverage at home dropped to near nothing. I called Sprint multiple times and they claimed there was a ticket open to fix the tower I pull from at home. Fast forward a month and I'm still having a poor LTE signal. I called Sprint again and asked for a supervisor. They took note and noticed the towers closest to me have failure rates of 50-80%. They then opened a ticket to have the towers examined. I just received a call today from the local tech and they said the tower is being upgraded and has a close date of June. He did say most of the time it's quicker though. Does anyone have any experiences like this? It's now been like this for a month and I hope it is resolved before June. Does Sprint severely overestimate the upgrade time frame? Why would it make my previous 4g coverage from the tower spotty?
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Sorry this doesn't help you out any, but I'm surprised you got that much info. In my area, all I can get is "they are working on it". I did have a client from my job who worked for sprint, asked him, and he actually gave me a time frame for my area which was cool... until that time went and passed. He said by December. Still nothing.
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Before Christmas my 4g coverage at home dropped to near nothing. I called Sprint multiple times and they claimed there was a ticket open to fix the tower I pull from at home. Fast forward a month and I'm still having a poor LTE signal. I called Sprint again and asked for a supervisor. They took note and noticed the towers closest to me have failure rates of 50-80%. They then opened a ticket to have the towers examined. I just received a call today from the local tech and they said the tower is being upgraded and has a close date of June. He did say most of the time it's quicker though. Does anyone have any experiences like this? It's now been like this for a month and I hope it is resolved before June. Does Sprint severely overestimate the upgrade time frame? Why would it make my previous 4g coverage from the tower spotty?
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You had decent 4G LTE signal, they are doing upgrades to the tower, it's commonly known anytime a tower upgrade is happening you can experience signal issues.
Time frame depends on how extensive the upgrade is, or how many set backs happen.
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Just saying, but this thread will most likely get closed since there an LTE sticky.
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