LTE in Kansas City

**soup** · 07-14-2012, 10:32 PM

How does the 4G affect battery life? I'm still using a EVO 4G for another week or so, and the battery drain was always so bad that I have never really used the Wimax 4G. I won't be getting the EVO LTE for another week or so.

BTW, I live in Prairie Village, and work in downtown KC, so I have been following this thread.

**Westfire** · 07-14-2012, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by soup

How does the 4G affect battery life? I'm still using a EVO 4G for another week or so, and the battery drain was always so bad that I have never really used the Wimax 4G. I won't be getting the EVO LTE for another week or so.

BTW, I live in Prairie Village, and work in downtown KC, so I have been following this thread.

With my set up I lost about 50% in 6 hours of LTE coverage with medium usage.

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**Husker Z** · 07-15-2012, 03:02 PM

Anyone rooted getting 4G? I am rooted and have been all around the Kansas side and haven't seen it live once.

**Westfire** · 07-15-2012, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by Husker Z

Anyone rooted getting 4G? I am rooted and have been all around the Kansas side and haven't seen it live once.

Yep, I am rooted and got it at Kauffman last night.

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**Husker Z** · 07-15-2012, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by Westfire

Yep, I am rooted and got it at Kauffman last night.

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What ROM are you on?

I'm in the process of downloading Mean ROM 1.5 now, I was on 1.3

**a22matic** · 07-15-2012, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by Westfire

With my set up I lost about 50% in 6 hours of LTE coverage with medium usage.

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Thanks for posting your results Westfire!

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**Heath568** · 07-15-2012, 06:17 PM

I have been seeing some LTE on and off for the last two weeks around the KU Med area where I work. Never long enough for me to run a test or stream to see a difference.

This morning I had solid LTE in Bonner Springs by my house. I pulled over and ran a quick speed test. 13MB down, 10.5 up. I am very happy to see this.

What I wasnt happy about is the signal drops off about a half mile from my house. (damn hill)

So while I will be happy once away from home, I will continue to live off the airave at my house.

There is a new tower going in at the high school that is a verizon install. But they have to let other companies install if they want. Hopefully in a year or so I will be on a real tower.

**Westfire** · 07-15-2012, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by Husker Z

What ROM are you on?

I'm in the process of downloading Mean ROM 1.5 now, I was on 1.3

Just stock rooted from Haus. I then added the tweaks myself.

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**Topgonzo** · 07-17-2012, 12:33 AM

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**muzik.man.nc** · 07-17-2012, 12:39 AM

Completely unrelated question- but I live in OP, KS, and does anyone else that live in the KC area have issues with the Play Store while using 4G? My phone will not download/update anything while on 4G. My web surfing and pic messaging is extremely awesome, but the Play Store is my issue.

Any insight would be awesome!! Thanks!

**Bri2e** · 07-18-2012, 08:26 AM

I was at KCI yesterday and couldn't get a 4g single. Has anyone else been out there yet?

**xorg** · 07-18-2012, 09:41 AM

Downtown KC is almost non-existant. I think there may be one site. From Crown Center it shows up once in a while with 1 LTE bar but then goes back to 3G with 5 bars, so the closest site is not LTE.

**Heath568** · 07-18-2012, 12:32 PM

I was at work at KU Med yesterday and saw 4G very little. I used my wimax card all day and it rocked as usual. Mostly 3g all day on my phone. I would see it and it would disappear soon after. I had a full bar of signal because I can see the tower less than a block away out my window.

Anyone else notice a change in battery use since the firmware upgrade?

I have no new apps loaded and since my upgrade my battery has been taking a hit by noon.

**xorg** · 07-18-2012, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by xenophon

Downtown KC is almost non-existant. I think there may be one site. From Crown Center it shows up once in a while with 1 LTE bar but then goes back to 3G with 5 bars, so the closest site is not LTE.

So I called Sprint and beyotched about no LTE and also slow 3G in Crown Center . They did something and now LTE works in Crown Center. Am getting >10MBps now. BTW, they had me Update Profile in System Update settings.

**jmogha** · 07-18-2012, 01:34 PM

I was driving down Shawnee Mission Pkwy yesterday. Had 4g right around the 35. Funny (not really) note is that my Pandora simply stopped working when I was on 4g.

**ksfireman82** · 07-18-2012, 02:08 PM

Getting 13mbps LTE in the College & Quivera area in Overland Park

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**carelessdonkey** · 07-27-2012, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by Bri2e

I was at KCI yesterday and couldn't get a 4g single. Has anyone else been out there yet?

I work near KCI and live in Gladstone and haven't seen it anywhere in the Northland yet. Someone said they got it in Riverside recently but that's all I've heard. Didn't notice it downtown yet either as of a week ago.

**Husker Z** · 07-27-2012, 11:51 AM

I have found that I get 4G almost everywhere in KC now. I'm downtown in a building that's always had crappy data with a solid 4G signal. It freaking flies too!

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