GA: Atlanta/Athens 4G LTE - Official Thread

[slickdaddy96]

Interesting. When I retraced my route home on Sunday there was no 4G where there was before.

I'm also Loganville 78/Old Loganville Rd.

HTC EVO 4G LTE

That doesn't mean anything. I have found that if my phone is already in a data session (streaming music usually but sometimes push mail etc....) that it won't connect to a 4G tower until the data session is over. As soon as I stop the streaming app or the push mail finishes it will connect to a 4G tower if one is available. Also if you have Sprint Optimizer on you are less likely to ever get a 4G signal because the optimizer turns on and off the 4G radio to conserve battery. I would bet if you turned the optimizer off and make sure you don't have stuff streaming or running on data it would switch over to 4G all the time. This is how i have tricked it at my work. I get a slight 4G signal at my desk, but the overpowering internal "tower" my work has had installed for sprint always wants to override that weak signal with a full bar 3G signal. I will get a 4G connection then start a streaming music app, and it will stay on the 4G for as long as I am streaming.

 

[TraderGary]

That doesn't mean anything. I have found that if my phone is already in a data session (streaming music usually but sometimes push mail etc....) that it won't connect to a 4G tower until the data session is over. As soon as I stop the streaming app or the push mail finishes it will connect to a 4G tower if one is available. Also if you have Sprint Optimizer on you are less likely to ever get a 4G signal because the optimizer turns on and off the 4G radio to conserve battery. I would bet if you turned the optimizer off and make sure you don't have stuff streaming or running on data it would switch over to 4G all the time. This is how i have tricked it at my work. I get a slight 4G signal at my desk, but the overpowering internal "tower" my work has had installed for sprint always wants to override that weak signal with a full bar 3G signal. I will get a 4G connection then start a streaming music app, and it will stay on the 4G for as long as I am streaming.

Where do you turn the optimizer off?

HTC EVO 4G LTE

 

[slickdaddy96]

Where do you turn the optimizer off?

HTC EVO 4G LTE

Well on my Galaxy S3 it is Settings>>More Settings>>Mobile Networks>>Automatic Connections, but on the EVO 4G LTE, I am unsure on whether there is such an optimizer on the phone or it is possible it is called something else.

I know that the Mobile Networks menu is somewhere in Settings, just not sure on the EVO LTE where it is. I would imagine any optimizer will be listed in that menu section. Someone with an EVO LTE might give you better direction on where it is if there is even an optimizer to begin with on the EVO LTE. I would imagine there is since Sprint came out with the phones around the same time, and that would be a Sprint added function that likely could be put on any ICS device.

Edit: Just a caveat though, but turning off any optimizer you will reduce your battery life. The optimizer on my phone turns on and off 4G radio and WiFi automatically scanning and then if nothing is available the optimizer turns it back off for a set amount of time (unsure how much time between scans...). If you turn any optimizer off, make sure you turn off Wifi manually if you are not near wifi otherwise it will always be scanning for wifi draining your battery. The 4G looking for a signal when there is not one will also drain battery, but I am unsure how much yet since these phones are so new and there isn't much info on battery life yet with LTE.

 

[VW Maverick]

My Galaxy Nexus does not have that option.

Still no LTE connection for me in my travels around the NE side of town.
Just gotta be patient.

I want to make sure mine connects to 4G before I root.

Mav.

 

[slickdaddy96]

Make a trip down to the south side then!

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[TraderGary]

We made a trip back to the Mall of Georgia tonight to exchange an item and had dinner at Longhorns. While having dinner I alternated continuously between 3G at 0.5 Mbps and 4G LTE at 12 Mbps. We were seated smack in the middle of the restaurant, accounting for the pitifully slow 3G, but when I had 4G it was superb. I had each for about 5 minutes at a time before alternating to the other. It felt like some sort of testing was going on.

HTC EVO 4G LTE

 

[merritt67]

Frustrating at the very least

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[VW Maverick]

My Galaxy Nexus has still not picked up an LTE signal.

Does anyone know of a trick or an app to test or force the phone to search for an LTE signal?
I want to see if it will connect at all.

Thanks.

Mav.

 

[TraderGary]

I've done nothing different and I've seen 4G any number of times now. No tricks other than just wandering around the northern Atlanta suburbs.

I've connected at John's Creek, Mall of Georgia, and Lawrenceville most often.

HTC EVO 4G LTE

 

[TraderGary]

Dinner at Longhorn's Lawrenceville and solid 4G for two hours! This is the way it should be!

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[VW Maverick]

Dinner at Longhorn's Lawrenceville and solid 4G for two hours! This is the way it should be!

Damn you and very cool.
I am glad that it is working for someone.
I am still waiting. My thread and I am still waiting.

Mav.

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[TraderGary]

And after we left Longhorn's Lawrenceville we had solid 4G LTE on rte 20 all the way to Grayson. On the Loganville side of Grayson to home in Loganville no more 4G. But I have every reason to believe it's coming.

HTC EVO 4G LTE

 

[VW Maverick]

OK. I will just come out and ask the question.
Has anyone with a Galaxy Nexus sucessfully obtained and held a 4G signal since it all began?
I want to make sure that it is just that I have not travelled through an LTE zone yet and not my phone.
Thanks.

Mav.

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[Eclectech]

I am happy to report that 4G appears to have made its debut here in Midtown Atlanta. Speed is not as good as what the outskirts are getting, but meh.View attachment 31642

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[TraderGary]

Is Midtown 4G LTE solid or on and off in spots?

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[Eclectech]

...on and off in spots. No LTE at all in Atlantic Station, but LTE was pretty consistent around the southern part of Midtown and downtown, where I work.

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[mcolesjr]

Visiting from Maryland. Using my son's LG Viper 4G LTE....19.6k down, 8.6k up in Stone Mountain GA. Impressive! LTE connection of course.

 

[merritt67]

Is there any service lte in loganville yet?

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[TraderGary]

Nothing yet for Loganville. I've gotten strong, reliable LTE in the northern suburbs and especially in Lawrenceville. Sprint's coverage map shows we will have LTE throughout Loganville, so I'm watching and waiting.

HTC EVO 4G LTE

 

[VW Maverick]

I still have not obtained any LTE signal all week since activation.
I don't know if is the signal, or lack thereof, or my phone.
Still waiting patiently.

Random question.

Anyone getting a "Network Error" message when trying to use the News and Weather app?

Mav.