hey guys i was wondering if any of u guys have 4g because when i got my phone i asked about the 4g and they said satelite wont be setup till late october or november and when i go to school and i enter my class on the 3rd floor i get 4g which is fastttttt but then when i leave its 3g or no bars does anyone have an idea when its coming or something?
You must get it on the fourth floor because you are closer to the satellite. As they upgrade the satillites you will notice it working on the 3rd floor then second, then everywhere.
Maybe telling us what city you are in to begin with would be appropriate?
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I do know they are working on the towers cause I started getting 4G about a week ago at my house in Fayetteville, GA
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No LTE in NYC
S3 isn't even wimax capable
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As Sprint continues their Network Vision deployment, 4G signal will become better and better. However, even with max signal outside of a building, you may still only get 3G inside (depending on the building). Since Sprint's 4G operates on the 1900 band, it doesn't have as much in-building penetration as Verizon/AT&T which operate at lower frequencies. Additionally, 4G simply cannot reach as far as 3G...and 3G cannot reach as far as 1X. This is just how the technology works, unfortunately.
Sprint's LA Metro area is scheduled to have all of their Network Vision (4G) tower upgrades done by January 2013. LA North was supposed to start in Jan. 2013, but it looks like they are starting early as of this month. Overall, Network Vision should be done by end of 2013.
In Chicagoland, 4G LTE has started appearing all over, even with official coverage in some areas. My phone usually jumps between 3G and 4G multiple times a day, depending on how much traveling I am doing.
As always, check out coverage.sprint.com for the offical 4G LTE coverage maps in your area.
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Anybody in Northern Colorado, or anywhere in Colorado, had success in getting some 4G coverage?
I just flashed to Baked Snack from cm6 to create a backup I can use while I'm in Vegas this weekend so I could test out 4G finally and was able to connect to 4G from my basement!
Ran some speed tests and performs better than the 3G here. I actually normally get 3G speeds in the 2000's at UNC which has a Sprint tower on one of the residence halls. At my house it's rather slow, the 826 download is 3G, the rest are 4G except the wifi.
Anybody have any luck in this area?
I am in fort Collins and have not managed to get 4G anywhere around here or in loveland. I am not really checking very often to tell you the truth. I hear there are areas in denver. Did you get 4g somewhere in northern colorado?
I've gotten pretty damn nice results with only 2 bars of 4G here in Orlando, Fl
Yes i live in Greeley, about 3 miles west of UNC and that's where I got those results from.
Ive never even bothered to turn it on before either until recently just to make sure the radio would work.
I'll keep it on during the day and let.you know how things are working.
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I guess I am just going to have to start randomly testing around here. I did not think it was in this area so I have not bothered even trying that much.
Try out Map Viewer on the market (Sensorly), you can see where other users are getting Wimax 4g in your area, you can also let it track where you're getting 4g. Also tracks GSM, CDMA, and wireless connections.
Some 4g in the downtown Denver area along I-25, US 6, up and down Alameda, Sheridan and Wadsworth.
Short Sprint outage in Greeley today = 4g coverage around 36 and 47th (the only area I have been in so far speeds as tested with Speedtest.net app = 1.5 down 800 up.
I've got 4G at home now. it has been off and on, but I've got it at home and at my office.
Denver Tech Center definitely gets it...haven't tried any other places.
I was in a sprint store and the woman turned off my 4g switch and told me to not use it because we don't have 4g in my city. She said we only have 3g (crappy towers at that). Is it possible only larger cities have 4g? I've even attempted to find maps of where the 3g towers were in my city to see if I could test the connectivity but there's nothing offered. I'm honestly not sure what to do.
Check out sprint.com they have a map that overlays all there locations with 3g and 4g and what not. short answer to your question is yes. 4g is pretty limited to major US cities and even then not the whole cities. Over time they should get more coverage but we'll see how switching to lte over WiMax plays out.
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I live in the US - Raleigh NC area, they have pretty decent coverage here. But seeing as I just got my phone and Sprint about 3 weeks ago I can't talk about travel at a distance. Stormglove is right, check out sprints web site.
There are like 3 towers with wimax in the whole state of Arizona but Phoenix is the 5th largest city in the nation... Go figure
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I live in Louisville, KY. Apparently there are like 2 WiMax towers here. Connection is pretty poor though, even within range of WiMax I can get repeated connects and disconnects.
I dont get how they can even advertise 4g for Sprint. The amount of towers they currently have deployed probably dont even cover 10% of the usa i bet. Theres 1 tower in my state i beleive and its not even on the sqme island as me :-( they should advertise it as such.. "sprint, slow ass 3g and 4g thats probably not even within distance of a IBM missel" cause there 4g is a fricken joke
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I get great 4g in NYC 5MB/sec (in my house which is practically a dead zone for ALL phones >_>{LUCKY ME!!!!}) and 10MB/sec+ outside my house. hopefully LTE shows better results for the rest of sprint users. =(
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There are like 3 towers with wimax in the whole state of Arizona but Phoenix is the 5th largest city in the nation... Go figure
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Us Mexicans can't build there.. we are not allowed in Arizona... duh!
I would just test it. I live in Prescott, Arizona, and according to sprint.com there isn't a 4g tower for miles and miles. However, on average I get 3 bars of 4g n a connection speed of about 12 mbps. So I would just flip it on every now and then and see
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Well in the case of when i was in Gurnee Ill around thanksgiving they actually lost 4g.
Thanksgiving 2010 they had 4g while i was down there, Thanksgiving 2011 they no longer had 4g the week i was down there...
Strange...
i get 4g in philadelphia... although as i go about town i'd say reception is spotty at best. if i'm in a good spot 4g blazes. if i'm in a car or certain areas, it's nil.
on another note, i think wimax is more or less dead on the water? there will be no more or few towers invested in by sprint since they want to be on lte by 2013. i could be recalling this info inaccurately; also since they piggyback off clear's wimax that doesn't mean clear will cease expanding their market - but i'm not sure about any of this, so take this post as speculation.
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I would just test it. I live in Prescott, Arizona, and according to sprint.com there isn't a 4g tower for miles and miles. However, on average I get 3 bars of 4g n a connection speed of about 12 mbps. So I would just flip it on every now and then and see
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I love that area and try to get up to oak creek canyon at least 3 or 4 times a year in summer
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Just go to clear.com and check the coverage map to see tower locations for your area since sprint is using them for their 4g coverage
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Just go to clear.com and check the coverage map to see tower locations for your area since sprint is using them for their 4g coverage
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I wonder how accurate that map is, as i supposedly have 4g.
But its sparatic at best...
Although i suppose sparatic means coverage in that area.
I would consider sprint's 4g more limited in market area's meaning most major markets but not all. Im just outside nashville, tn (not a major market) and its here & have been since june of 2010 but coverage is more spotty than anything. I work in a all glass building and its up and down like a roller coaster trying to get it to stay connected vs switching to 3g. In my home it wont even connect to 4g but not a big deal to me. Personally i would have done some research to see which area's its in b/c paying $10 for premium data isnt quite getting your money's worth in a non 4g area.
To the comment about not covering more than 10 percent of the country. It is probably a lot less than that even. But, since 80 percent of our country lives in urban environments it doesn't matter.
You won't get any type of 4G when your cruising down I-70 in BFE. But, it works fine in St. Louis or Kansas City. Even on a bigger carrier you have a similar problem.
Hey I've been looking for an answer for about an hour and people don't seem to understand what I mean; What 3G service does AT&T use?
e.g. - EVDO, EVDV, RTT, CDMA, etc.
I'm only wondering because Sprint service is non-existent here in Dallas and I'm planning on switching to them and grabbing a Galaxy Note or something else that can actually receive signal through a small, plywood, house.
Okay the house isn't "plywood" but it IS extremely thin wood and dry wall with no bricks so I'm wondering why I never have cell phone or 3G and especially no 4G anywhere in my entire city.(Grand Prairie)
I've walked here and there from one side of the city to another and I only got 4G with 1 bar in a few random locations like the baseball field and at the grocery store. 3G was here and there but I received signal and then it would drop off like it was never there. Cell phone reception is 1-2 bars consistently.
I know it's not my phone that's the issue because they sent me an Airvana and now I have phone signal and 3G but it's nothing to write home about.
Also my wife's Epic 4G is in the exact same position with no 3G, 4G, etc.
Any advice? I will have to pay them $350 for the etf, which I don't have, as well as the $110 for the bill, which I actually don't have either...
Help?
Hspa I believe. Someone correct me if I'm wrong
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Exactly whereabouts in Dallas are you getting such a bad signal? I live in Valley Ranch and get 3-4 bars of 4G. I work close to I-635 and the Dallas North Tollway and get full bars of 4G there. So far I haven't found anyplace in the Metroplex where I don't get at least a decent 4G signal.
Edge is 2g, HSPA is 3g, and HSPA+ is 4g.
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Edge is 2g, HSPA is 3g, and HSPA+ is 4g.
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Everyone in metroplex should prepare to start losing 3g service as the LTE rollout is beginning, San Antonio is seeing that now, however if you're having trouble with 4G, especially in the DFW area, that's a phone issue, yes possible with both of the phones, but I would definitely check service map first, especially if you're planning to leave Sprint and watch your cell phone bill skyrocket any where else, as well consider that soon unlimited data will be gone, but those currently on Sprint service at that time, will not lose that service
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Edge is 2g, HSPA is 3g, and HSPA+ is 4g.
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EDGE is 2G, UMTS is 3G, HSPA and HSPA+ are 4G under the rewritten standards.
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Atts 4g *not lte* is only 3.5G lol hspa+
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Once Sprint officially rolls out 4G LTE, will their 3G signal and data speeds improve?
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Once Sprint officially rolls out 4G LTE, will their 3G signal and data speeds improve?
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I hope so they turned the switch to a few more markets.
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Once Sprint officially rolls out 4G LTE, will their 3G signal and data speeds improve?
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That would totally depend on the market you're in.
The teams that are going around putting in the 4G upgrade are doing multiple things depending on the market.
For example, I asked this question specifically to a sprint tech the other day when purchasing my S3.
I live in Miramar/Pembroke Pines Florida (Just West of FtLauderdale).
Signal here is great in some spots (near I-75 or the turnpike) and almost non-existent anywhere else. Hell the other day I saw the nice little "Hey you're now roaming" message on my S3 (I never saw that on my Evo, though the signal was horrible).
The tech said that they are in fact upgrading EVERYTHING in my area, 3G, normal phone cellular and 4G LTE (they said the wimax would not be upgraded of course). It took them a minute to find the info as they had to look it up for my specific area to see what is and is not being upgraded.
She mentioned specifically that it wasn't just upgrading the current towers, but putting in more to improve coverage in areas such as Plantation, pembroke and Miramar specfically.
So my advice is to either wait and see what happens, or try to contact sprint and find out about your area.
Ok so in oakland CA Sprint apears to have been lighting up their 4G LTE network, I randomly connected to it last month, and just the other day it was on stable all around my Apartment. Getting up to 11Mb connections.
Today the 3G seems to keep jumping on, in preference of the 4G inside the best signal strength i've seen is ~-77 to -81dBm, and as bad as -93
It would be really nice to be able to force 3G to sleep, or to change the dBm threshold timeout :|
Anyone figure out how to do this, even a low strength 4G is much faster than the 3G network in my area. This is super annoying, some of the other droid OS's had an option to turn off 3G, but not Jelly Bean apparently??
Thanks Guise.
Go into your mobile settings and there are several options that will work...cdma/lte.
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Sprint is not suppose the release LTE officially for the Bay Area until June or July so they are still in the testing phase.
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Ahh good to know I've been wondering why it keeps coming in and out sporadically, and that's only partially correct its already in the North Bay, which is Why I got a Galaxy Note to replace , my E4GT. Since I spend most of my time between North Bay and East Bay SF.
I was actually getting Decent 4G speeds out on Alcatraz, which you can see my LTE trail from the Pier to the Island on Sensorly Maps.