Develop Bugs

Sprint Upgrading 3G Coverage Area To EvDO Rev B October 7th? (ET4G & 3VO Compatible)

Sprint Upgrading 3G Coverage Area To EvDO Rev B October 7th? (ET4G & 3VO Compatible)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
We just got tips from two separate sources, so lets roll with this one. Sprints network vision press conference is scheduled for October 7th of this year, where they are reportedly going to discuss their 4G network plans going forward. What has not been rumored yet is any updates and future upgrades to their existing 3G network. We just learned from our two separate sources that Sprint plans on upgrading their existing EvDO Rev A 3G network to Rev B, enabling much faster speeds on both the up and down link. We were told to expect up to 9Mbps down and 2Mbps up, enabling them to surpass every other 3G network in the US including the “4G” networks T-Mobile and ATT like to say they have. Not all current phones support EVDO Rev B, but we do know at a minimum the Evo 3D and Epic Touch 4G both in fact have Rev B compatible chips out of the box. Lets hope this one pan’s out.
UPDATE: After receiving a few emails, we just wanted to stress something. Take all of this as rumor for now until official. You should always do that! Also we stated the Evo 3D and Epic Touch 4G will work if this all pans out, but its absolutely possible many other phones will. We only can confirm those two.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Source: UPDATE: Sprint Upgrading Existing 3G Coverage Area To EvDO Rev B October 7th? – GizmoFusion

younggangsta_s said:
Not all current phones support EVDO Rev B, but we do know at a minimum the Evo 3D and Epic Touch 4G both in fact have Rev B compatible chips out of the box. Lets hope this one pan’s out.]
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
[citation needed]
inb4 ****storm

daneurysm said:
[citation needed]
inb4 ****storm
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
inb4 ****storm+1 LMFAO!!!
Maybe if everyone in that other thread contacts gizmo they will cite their source.

daneurysm said:
[citation needed]
inb4 ****storm
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You took the workds right out of my mouth.
Good one sir, good one.

This is old
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA App

greengoldmello said:
This is old
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
To everyone except Samsung?

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man I hope its true for the epic touch cause it feels like the sprint network is getting worse by the day.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk

This was the article, followed by the iFixit tear down that started all this crap in the first place. I never got an email back from Bryan though. Shocker I know.

Yeah sprints network is getting worse by the day. I used to get 1 megs Down on 3g a year ago when I first got my epic. Now on going about 300-400 kbps on my original epic and my epic touch. It seems so slow.
The Evo3D Killer!!!

Seems like more and more people near you have sprint now lol
Samsung Galaxy S Dos indeed

musclehead84 said:
Yeah sprints network is getting worse by the day. I used to get 1 megs Down on 3g a year ago when I first got my epic. Now on going about 300-400 kbps on my original epic and my epic touch. It seems so slow.
The Evo3D Killer!!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I bet your neighbor is using tethering and downloading torrents just to see how much data he can use in a month.

This could very well be possible. I have heard that this is actually why Epic 4G Touch users have been suffering from the dropped voice/data, because Sprint has begun updating their towers. I heard this I believe it was on the Android Central forums by someone from Sprint. I'm too lazy to try to find it but it was a topic regarding the random radio drops on the E4GT. I thought the rep was referring to LTE upgrades but it might also be Rev B. I know they are killing off IDEN next year so who knows.. Sprint doesn't even know what they are doing half of the time.

Overstew said:
I bet your neighbor is using tethering and downloading torrents just to see how much data he can use in a month.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nerdy ass xda members ****ing up the network doing that dumb ****, smh
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk

My data usage sucks during the day. Just more people on the network LOL.
3AM data speeds (home) are about 800-1000Kb/sec
3PM data speeds (home) are about 90-240Kb/sec
4AM data speeds (at work / airport) are abut 800-1100Kb
2PM data speeds (at work / airport) are still about 500-900kb)
Where I live at home there are about 200 buildings all like 20+ floors in probably a mile radius. Wifi channels are cramped so I tend to run my wifi routers at the end of the channel spectrum since most people by default are killing channel 6.
It's really a tower to population issue.

Sprint's giving Lightsquared 30 more days for FCC approval

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/02/sprint-gives-lightsquared-an-extra-30-days-to-gain-fcc-approval/
Doesn't seem like Sprint can catch a break related to "4g" eh?
Clear issues, now Lightsquared.

Any insight on why light squared isn't able to garner FCC approval.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA App

FCC approval will never come due GPS conflict Its a con game sprints been playing on their customers for some time.

sling said:
FCC approval was never going to come due GPS conflict Its a con game both have been playing for some time.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmmmm thanks for the input , time to research.
Edit interesting article
http://www.insidegnss.com/node/2839
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA App

The thing is everyone points a finger at light squared but its not their fault. The real problem is that gps is intruding on lightsquareds spectrum and not the other way around. The fcc and the gps makers want lightsquared to foot the bill for a problem they both have created. Its not fair and the fcc needs to step up take ownership and say sorry we fell asleep at the wheel and make the gps makers foot the bill and give them a timeline of when it needs to be done.

The real story is Falcone bought some property cheap that he thought he could build on, then when he went to build, found there were long-time squatters. He kind of knew about them when he bought the property but thought he could kick them off the land since they weren't supposed to be there, but the squatters were more organized than he thought. Also the other property owners around there like charging higher rents and Falcone was planning on charging lower rents, so those property owners got on the side of the squatters.
This is not taking sides who is right or wrong, just explaining the situation.

flight01 said:
The thing is everyone points a finger at light squared but its not their fault. The real problem is that gps is intruding on lightsquareds spectrum and not the other way around. The fcc and the gps makers want lightsquared to foot the bill for a problem they both have created. Its not fair and the fcc needs to step up take ownership and say sorry we fell asleep at the wheel and make the gps makers foot the bill and give them a timeline of when it needs to be done.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree 100% lightSquared not at fault but this outcome was expected.
Sprint played it down no big deal throwing LTE 2012 promises.

sling said:
I agree 100% lightSquared not at fault but this outcome was expected.
Sprint played it down no big deal throwing LTE 2012 promises to customers.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Either way Sprint will be bringing LTE to customers.
Losing LightSquared will just slow it down.

Losing LightSquared affects how much LTE capacity Sprint will have available.
It won't affect Sprint's LTE deployment schedule because Sprint was the one providing the towers for LightSquared, not the other way around.

mattykinsx said:
Either way Sprint will be bringing LTE to customers.
Losing LightSquared will just slow it down.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sounds great what spectrum will their LTE be running on?

sling said:
Sounds great what spectrum will their LTE be running on?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sprint has spectrum in 800 from Nextel and their own 1900 spectrum and finally whatever they can get Clear to convert on 2500.
800 doesn't really have enough for high-bandwidth apps, but they probably would use it to shift things around to make more room at 1900.

sling said:
Sounds great what spectrum will their LTE be running on?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was going to answer you...but... ^

mattykinsx said:
I was going to answer you...but... ^
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The answer to be expected but the problem is $$$$...the lack of it in Sprints pocket.
I guess we all can keep LTE dreaming with the final product even delayed more lol

newalker91 said:
Sprint has over $6 billion in matured stock and that value is increasing daily.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What exactly is "matured" stock? Sprint's stock has been decreasing since the Nextel merger.

sfhub said:
What exactly is "matured" stock? Sprint's stock has been decreasing since the Nextel merger.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There are very few stocks that haven't declined since that merger.
Way to go economy.

All D's fancy wurdz ... is we gettings 4ggzz lte eees soown?
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk

lte
newalker91 said:
If I remember correctly, they had stated on their network vision page that they would be using the iDEN spectrum to roll out LTE.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sprint was initially rolling it out on 1900 and moving it to 850 when they shut down nextel ..... but the first was 1900 .....they wont touch the 2500 **** ..... if you put lte on it ... it will be just as bad as wimax sprint wont do that they will try to keep the blame on wimax not the frequency

mattykinsx said:
There are very few stocks that haven't declined since that merger.
Way to go economy.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sprint is down 90% since the merger completed.
S&P 500 is virtually unchanged with runs up 20+% in between.
IMO there is a big difference between the performance of stocks "in general" and Sprint
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Epix4G said:
sprint was initially rolling it out on 1900 and moving it to 850 when they shut down nextel ..... but the first was 1900 .....they wont touch the 2500 **** ..... if you put lte on it ... it will be just as bad as wimax sprint wont do that they will try to keep the blame on wimax not the frequency
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There's nothing wrong with a tiered approach, using 2500 to offload data traffic for outdoor users and reserving your more appropriate lower frequencies for indoor use.
Clearwire issue is 2500 was the *only* spectrum they were using.

sfhub said:
Sprint is down 90% since the merger completed.
S&P 500 is virtually unchanged with runs up 20+% in between.
IMO there is a big difference between the performance of stocks "in general" and Sprint
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It wasn't meant to be taken absolutely literal.
Even Microsoft has only recently climbed back up to close to "unchanged" for the past 8 years.
That really shows how the past 8 years have been.
Anyway this is really neither here nor there.
Not relevant to the thread.

Sneak peek at Sprint's new LTE speeds (and WAYYY improved 3G speeds).

Here's one with dude testing newest LTE upgrade "somewhere" near Houston, or San Antonio, TX area:
http://goo.gl/G5a3U
And here's him testing upgraded 3g service in the same area:
http://goo.gl/FbDoj
I live right outside Houston, TX (one of the first "official" cities to be updated), and I wholly approve of these videos.
Looks like we won't have to wait too long.
Opinions?
Edit: "opinions":
(that is, other than opinions about that dude's "extracurricular activities"....) which would be both way too easy, and also not very cool.
Edit: This isn't where I first read about this, but it seems androidpolice has picked up the story: (may give a little more insight):
http://goo.gl/JSGSt

extracurricular? I don't get it...
But mmmmm...speed. that looks reaaalll nice.
Edit: and you can see "sprint pcs" listed as the ISP on speedtest.net's website, so looks pretty authentic.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium

Lol youporn at 7:30
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk

Yeah, it's fast. But, then again, nobody is on it. Let's see the speeds when 2 million phones are on the network.

Those 3G speeds are past the theoretical max of EVDO RevA.
Is the upgrade and the device being used to test using something other than EVDO RevA?

sfhub said:
Those 3G speeds are past the theoretical max of EVDO RevA.
Is the upgrade and the device being used to test using something other than EVDO RevA?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
From reading about this on another site, it had to do with some new Huawei device that Sprint is testing for its new LTE installations.
Sent from my PG86100 using xda premium

My 3G speeds have definitely improved. For the first time today I got 2.2mbps download. Well at least sprint is improving 3G speeds since there is no 4G in my area
Sent from my E4GT

I wonder if it's using both 800mhz and 1900mhz at the same time to get those speeds.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA App

I'd really like to believe this, and the 4G LTE speeds are certainly feasible, but Sprint's (and Verizon's) 3G technology is EVDO Rev. A, which maxes out at 3.1Mbps and that 3G speed test video shows the speed being more than double that.
It's fishy.
Here are my 3G speeds right now:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

i call bs on that 3g speed

Have any of you even heard of the new network? Evdo rev b. Simultaneous voice and data. Almost twice the coverage from the same tower. Twice the speed.
I am extremely excited. This is the network I have been waiting for! Once its up and running it will pretty much poop on all networks.

SVDO is separate from Rev B. You can have SVDO even on Rev A. HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon already does that.
Rev B achieves the higher speed through bonding. May or may not yield a real-world improvement during daytime usage depending on your area and conditions. Nighttime usage would probably see a big improvement though.
Too bad our phones don't do Rev B.

The evo can do rev b. I thought the ns4g and epic touch were capable as well.

stkiswr said:
The evo can do rev b. I thought the ns4g and epic touch were capable as well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't believe any of the Samsungs (including Epic 4G Touch) can do Rev B because Samsung uses a separate module for the modem (QSC6085) which they haven't updated for a while. This module is common to many of their phones, including the Epic 4G Touch.
HTC tends to use whatever Qualcomm puts out in their current chipset rather than using a separate modem module, so that is why their phones support Rev B.
Now all this Rev B stuff being the explanation for the faster than Rev A 3g speeds is just theory. It is certainly a plausible explanation. The video being bogus is another plausible explanation.

stkiswr said:
The evo can do rev b. I thought the ns4g and epic touch were capable as well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dont know about the NS4G but our phone the epic touch does not support EVDO Rev B.

thank y'all for correcting me. As I said I thought, but clearly am wrong. I am also under the impression the the speed is due to rev b as that is part of the network vision plans. I hope they post some concrete info because I would love 5mb on 3g. Better coverage. All positives yo me.

stkiswr said:
thank y'all for correcting me. As I said I thought, but clearly am wrong. I am also under the impression the the speed is due to rev b as that is part of the network vision plans. I hope they post some concrete info because I would love 5mb on 3g. Better coverage. All positives yo me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
From a deployment perspective all the tower hardware should support Rev B, but the last time around when we had this discussion, all indications from Sprint were that they weren't deploying Rev B.
Do you have information now that they have officially said they are supporting/deploying Rev B?

You think the phones will have an LTE toggle or will it work like VZW and just turn on by default. (It seems to be more battery friendly than WiMax.) I don't know if it's because of the technology or what.

sfhub said:
From a deployment perspective all the tower hardware should support Rev B, but the last time around when we had this discussion, all indications from Sprint were that they weren't deploying Rev B.
Do you have information now that they have officially said they are supporting/deploying Rev B?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not anymore, there was a video of a sprint conference discussing the benefits but I can't find the link. If I come across more info I'll drop a link

Maybe Sprint just left Rev. B on the tower enabled during testing. It's possible that's why those speeds are coming up. The question is if Sprint is planning to do Rev. B?
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA App

So are our phones LTE capable???

I was told by a sprint employee they were, then here that they're not. Then I see this in a thread...
reddragon72 said:
Same issue in Houston two days ago. Wife's Evo 4G had no issues connecting right next to me so I knew it wasn't a tower issue, but my phone or the plan. Called Sprint and talked to three people. The last person I got was in the 4G department. They found that the system is going through upgrades right now for LTE, but he would not elaberate due to privacy concerns... or something like that. He said that my phone had been removed from the Wimax channel to the LTE channel. Since that happened the towers were ignoring my request for an IP. He said the phone is either setup for Wimax or LTE but not for both. 0_o So I asked him how to setup the phone for LTE and he said "there is no need yet since LTE is not open to the public, but only in the testing phase" So I asked... exactly "So can I call back and have my phone switched from Wimax to LTE when LTE is opened up to the public in Houston?" He said "Yes"?!?!?!?!
What does that mean??? He knows all about my phone and what it can do so why did he say that?
Also he mentioned that this seems to be happening to all Epic 4G Touch phones since they are listed in the Sprint system as LTE capable. So that is why people in Q1/Q2 LTE area's are having the issue.
Call sprint and get the 4G people on the phone to reprop your phone from LTE channel back to Wimax.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Caulkins E4GT GB 2.9.2 bare ROM, FB27 modem, rogue gunslinger kernel on one EPIC beast of a phone.

No.
10char

No they are not. Do not always listen to a Sprint employee 90% of them are flat out stupid. We will not have LTE support. There IS however a SPH-L710 that passed WiFi certs a few weeks back. My guess is that it's the SGS2 but with LTE support and WiMax removed.

Asking a Sprint call center employee to explain or elaborate on a technical detail of their network is like asking a McDonalds counter person to explain how they raised their cows.
They'll give you their 4th grade education mixed with overheard and misunderstood watercooler rumor as fact. "Could you turn off your phone, and pull out the battery? Now restart it! See its fixed, just like our network! Thanks for calling Sprint! Is there anything I can do for you?"***
Oh, btw, if for some reason our phones were capable, it would have been a selling point since release. So, sadly, no.
And if you google it, there are some people talking about tear-downs, and the visible chips, and how those chips are not LTE capable....
(*** btw, not a Sprint hater. Or even a Sprint employee hater. just a call-center, script-reading, poor misinformed souls hater. please don't attempt to answer my question if you don't actually know the answer just to boost your solution resolution percentages)
Sent from my calculator watch.

ahoyt05 said:
I was told by a sprint employee they were, then here that they're not.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In my limited dealings with sprint cs, they aren't the brightest.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium

"So can I call back and have my phone switched from Wimax to LTE when LTE is opened up to the public in Houston?" He said "Yes"?!?!?!?!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When it's worded that way, the guy probably thought he was asking if he can switch to an LTE capable phone. If current Wimax phones only needed a firmware update to work on LTE, Sprint would be doing some good PR work so everyone knew it.

There's a reason the G-Nex is advertised as "Sprints first LTE phone"
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

I LOL'ed when I saw that hahaha
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

ydoucare said:
When it's worded that way, the guy probably thought he was asking if he can switch to an LTE capable phone. If current Wimax phones only needed a firmware update to work on LTE, Sprint would be doing some good PR work so everyone knew it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree I assumed he was implying that as well.
It is true though that these phones are not LTE capable.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium

The only way this phone is going to get you anywhere near lte is if it breaks and asurion runs out of replacements

Somewhat true
I will look for the Doc about this,but I did read some investor fact sheets for sprint transfer to LTE. The big selling point for big investors to put money into sprints LTE was a wider spectrum that would include the bands needed for wimax phones to receive 4g in a sprint LTE only area.
They use a similar system in France, China and other countries where the gov stepped in and funded a super fast wireless broadband system. Are phones would still not be able to roam on LTE but on Sprints network we would still benefit from LTE.

sprint op are dumb. You need to have an LTE chip for that feature

MvDef said:
I will look for the Doc about this,but I did read some investor fact sheets for sprint transfer to LTE. The big selling point for big investors to put money into sprints LTE was a wider spectrum that would include the bands needed for wimax phones to receive 4g in a sprint LTE only area.
They use a similar system in France, China and other countries where the gov stepped in and funded a super fast wireless broadband system. Are phones would still not be able to roam on LTE but on Sprints network we would still benefit from LTE.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Would that benefit not come from users going to LTE and getting off (for the most part) of the 3G however. If Sprint is in fact doing things somewhat like Verizon is most 3G data is being offloaded (iirc) to the LTE band which frees up 3G.

cidica said:
Would that benefit not come from users going to LTE and getting off (for the most part) of the 3G however. If Sprint is in fact doing things somewhat like Verizon is most 3G data is being offloaded (iirc) to the LTE band which frees up 3G.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The way you put it makes it to easy. next time I'm not going ramble on and on.....
Hahaaa

yang704 said:
sprint op are dumb. You need to have an LTE chip for that feature
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Also, having a processor that supports LTE wouldn't hurt.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium

[Sprint] LTE Network

UPDATED: POST YOUR SPEEDS HERE! Sprint LTE is live! Post your screenie for all of us not in the initial roll out areas to drool over!
_________________________________________________
Has anyone had or seen LTE service with Sprint on their GS3 yet?

Yes, only as they are testing tho. They have not turned them on to us yet. Very Promising!! More info a S4GRU.com.

It's comforting to know that after I receive my 32GB, I will just replace refreshing the myorder site multiple times a day with refreshing the spring coverage map multiple times a day.

{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2

Sleestax said:
It's comforting to know that after I receive my 32GB, I will just replace refreshing the myorder site multiple times a day with refreshing the spring coverage map multiple times a day.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Your sick!! lol

Not too long ago I had been seeing several random places popping up with network testing going on happening somewhat frequently, but lately it seems to have gone quiet. Wonder if it's the calm before the storm.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk

Those upload speeds look promising. Hopefully once they get LTE up and running smoothly we'll maybe get to see some speeds like these AT&T & T-Mobile guys are posting. :jealous:
EDIT: Case in point:
kyan~ said:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dang.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk

I'm surprised there isn't more chatter about Sprint's LTE plans on this forum. I think the success or failure of the NV program will make or break this phone, and Sprint itself. For sure it affects my own decisions about both. The timing will be critical.
p.s. I second the recommendation about the s4gru.com site. It is must reading for anyone who cares about the Sprint rollout, and who wants to make an informed choice. There is also a deep font of knowledge there about RF stuff.

boomerbubba said:
I'm surprised there isn't more chatter about Sprint's LTE plans on this forum. I think the success or failure of the NV program will make or break this phone, and Sprint itself. For sure it affects my own decisions about both. The timing will be critical.
p.s. I second the recommendation about the s4gru.com site. It is must reading for anyone who cares about the Sprint rollout, and who wants to make an informed choice. There is also a deep font of knowledge there about RF stuff.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree 100%. The rollout of NV & LTE is the crux of Sprint as a network thus far. Def going to be a make or break time for Sprint in the next few quarters, especially with regard to timing. They need to make a significant impact, and soon.
Also, just saw where Buffalo, NY got some love.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk

July 15 launch date for Sprint's first LTE markets
Sprint to Unleash the Speed and Power of 4G LTE in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City and San Antonio on July 15
--Sprint press release

Anyone know what to expect as far as battery consumption goes once LTE goes live? Will it be on par with what we see now on 3g or 4g? Better, worse? Ideas?
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk

It will be the same as 3G. It will switch and run like it too. Just faster. It will be nice. Stronger and at 1900. Nothing like Wimax. They tested out at Alliance in Ft worth. Been playing with it a lot.
Sent from my DynaTAC 8000S ;-) via 5G

So you're an actual tester?!?
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk

Just while they had it on. It was up for almost 2 weeks.
Sent from my DynaTAC 8000S ;-) via 5G

Someone in another thread was talking about Sprint's backhaul revisions & how much difference this was going to make during the rollout. Anyone with some insight in this area care to comment? What can we realistically expect to see?
Sent from my cm_tenderloin using XDA

Two more weeks til LTEween, LTEween, LTEween. Two more weeks til LTEween. Silver Shamrock!
Also, how are people seeing LTE testing? Did you get into settings and change your network to LTE/CDMA? I don't see an LTE radio option (yet) on my sammy. I'm assuming Sprint will push out some update with their LTE light-up (which is also why I'm holding off with root).

hayabusa1300cc said:
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Looks no better than T-Mobile's HSPA+ network.
oh well, still better than the 0.60 Mbps I'm currently getting in Phoenix =/

caileb said:
Looks no better than T-Mobile's HSPA+ network.
oh well, still better than the 0.60 Mbps I'm currently getting in Phoenix =/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm averaging .2-.3Mbps in hawaii...disppointing. In San Fran when I was on vacation, I was getting 1.2-2Mbps in the Grand Hyatt. It felt like I was back on T-Mobile lol

Sleestax said:
Two more weeks til LTEween, LTEween, LTEween. Two more weeks til LTEween. Silver Shamrock!
Also, how are people seeing LTE testing? Did you get into settings and change your network to LTE/CDMA? I don't see an LTE radio option (yet) on my sammy. I'm assuming Sprint will push out some update with their LTE light-up (which is also why I'm holding off with root).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lol @ Silver Shamrock! Once in a while that song'll be going through my head and I'll wonder how it got there. Then it takes me forever to get it out of my head...like now! :banghead:
Not GS3 related, but the EVO LTE shipped with the LTE/CDMA setting enabled so some people with it (or who had it before the GS3) may be able to get the LTE signal in an area that's been going through testing.
Sent from my cm_tenderloin using XDA

Expect greatness.
Sent from my Crespo4G using xda premium