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It's spotty. Few places have it

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Nice on the 50+ Mbps! My max in Aurora IL was 45Mbps! Sprint didn't BS on the 60Mbps statement :) Now if Zboost would just release that damn thing :)
 
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So here is my story. First I'm a long time lurker, first time poster.. you know the drill. Anyway, I just got a Nexus 5 about a week ago and was furious that I could not connect to an LTE in my area. The town I live in doesn't have the tower, but the Navy Base outside of town is within range of an LTE tower in the middle of a cow field (don't ask me why, its where it is). My Note 3 always picked up the LTE perfectly but after switching to my Nexus 5 I cannot connect it to LTE at all. It stays on 3G.

I've been all over the internet. Everywhere from Sprint has screwed over people with tri-band phones etc. Whatever. I knew going into this adventure that I was getting an advanced phone and that I might not get every feature. What I did find on XDA was to enable all three bands and to prioritize Band 41 with "1" and Bands 25 & 26 to "0". My settings are also LTE (Recommended). So I did that but I still only get 3G instead of LTE at the base. A user on the Sprint forums claims that the settings must be in Global. But I don't entirely think that matters at this point.

So I come home today looking for other solutions and happened to come across this post on Android Central. I was surprised to see the recommendation for Band 25 be "1" instead of "41" as seen all over the internet. I was messing around and did a PRL and Profile update on my phone. I went into the settings to see if anything changed. The three bands are still enabled BUT, Band 25 and Band 41 was changed to "1" and Band 26 stayed at "0".

So I guess my question is does this really matter? At this point I only want to know why my Note 3 could connect to the LTE tower but not my Nexus 5. Also if there is a problem with my Nexus 5 or if its just the Sprint towers causing me problems. Thanks!
 
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pollix said:
So here is my story. First I'm a long time lurker, first time poster.. you know the drill. Anyway, I just got a Nexus 5 about a week ago and was furious that I could not connect to an LTE in my area. The town I live in doesn't have the tower, but the Navy Base outside of town is within range of an LTE tower in the middle of a cow field (don't ask me why, its where it is). My Note 3 always picked up the LTE perfectly but after switching to my Nexus 5 I cannot connect it to LTE at all. It stays on 3G.

I've been all over the internet. Everywhere from Sprint has screwed over people with tri-band phones etc. Whatever. I knew going into this adventure that I was getting an advanced phone and that I might not get every feature. What I did find on XDA was to enable all three bands and to prioritize Band 41 with "1" and Bands 25 & 26 to "0". My settings are also LTE (Recommended). So I did that but I still only get 3G instead of LTE at the base. A user on the Sprint forums claims that the settings must be in Global. But I don't entirely think that matters at this point.

So I come home today looking for other solutions and happened to come across this post on Android Central. I was surprised to see the recommendation for Band 25 be "1" instead of "41" as seen all over the internet. I was messing around and did a PRL and Profile update on my phone. I went into the settings to see if anything changed. The three bands are still enabled BUT, Band 25 and Band 41 was changed to "1" and Band 26 stayed at "0".

So I guess my question is does this really matter? At this point I only want to know why my Note 3 could connect to the LTE tower but not my Nexus 5. Also if there is a problem with my Nexus 5 or if its just the Sprint towers causing me problems. Thanks!
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band 25 is 1900mhz which is what the note 3 uses. Band 41 is 2500mhz, which is the refarmed wimax. band 26? is the 800? Mhz. You wnat band 25 to be primary for now unless you live in the heart of a city with lots of 2500 mhz like chicago

sorry i am of no further help....i dont really know this topic.
 
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pollix said:
So here is my story. First I'm a long time lurker, first time poster.. you know the drill. Anyway, I just got a Nexus 5 about a week ago and was furious that I could not connect to an LTE in my area. The town I live in doesn't have the tower, but the Navy Base outside of town is within range of an LTE tower in the middle of a cow field (don't ask me why, its where it is). My Note 3 always picked up the LTE perfectly but after switching to my Nexus 5 I cannot connect it to LTE at all. It stays on 3G.

I've been all over the internet. Everywhere from Sprint has screwed over people with tri-band phones etc. Whatever. I knew going into this adventure that I was getting an advanced phone and that I might not get every feature. What I did find on XDA was to enable all three bands and to prioritize Band 41 with "1" and Bands 25 & 26 to "0". My settings are also LTE (Recommended). So I did that but I still only get 3G instead of LTE at the base. A user on the Sprint forums claims that the settings must be in Global. But I don't entirely think that matters at this point.

So I come home today looking for other solutions and happened to come across this post on Android Central. I was surprised to see the recommendation for Band 25 be "1" instead of "41" as seen all over the internet. I was messing around and did a PRL and Profile update on my phone. I went into the settings to see if anything changed. The three bands are still enabled BUT, Band 25 and Band 41 was changed to "1" and Band 26 stayed at "0".

So I guess my question is does this really matter? At this point I only want to know why my Note 3 could connect to the LTE tower but not my Nexus 5. Also if there is a problem with my Nexus 5 or if its just the Sprint towers causing me problems. Thanks!
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Where are you located? Its probably because there is no backhaul in your area yet. The tri-band phones won't pick up LTE until all backhaul is completed along with the LTE deployment. Go here for more info http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4989-lg-google-nexus-5-users-thread/page-188#entry270752

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GiantJay said:
Where are you located? Its probably because there is no backhaul in your area yet. The tri-band phones won't pick up LTE until all backhaul is completed along with the LTE deployment. Go here for more info LG Google Nexus 5 Users Thread! - Page 188 - LG - Sprint 4G Rollout Updates - Page 188

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LTE phone should still pick up the 1900mhz he had with his old phone right?
 
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HopelesslyFaithful said:
LTE phone should still pick up the 1900mhz he had with his old phone right?
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No. It depends on what market. If its a Samsung Market, backhaul has to be completed before a tri-band phone will be able to pick up LTE.

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GiantJay said:
Where are you located? Its probably because there is no backhaul in your area yet. The tri-band phones won't pick up LTE until all backhaul is completed along with the LTE deployment. Go here for more info LG Google Nexus 5 Users Thread! - Page 188 - LG - Sprint 4G Rollout Updates - Page 188

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I'm located North of Seattle on Whidbey Island in a town called Oak Harbor. When I had my Note 3, I would only get 3G in the town itself which was the same as my buddy got with his Note 3. On the Navy Base we always got 4G because of where the tower was located. Keep in mind this isn't a flat island we live in. It's got some pretty good hills and valleys to it. I just find it strange that my Nexus 5 will not pick up the LTE tower whenever I go to the base.

I made a map depicting the coverage that I would receive with my old Note 3.

Google_Maps-26.png
 
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pollix said:
I'm located North of Seattle on Whidbey Island in a town called Oak Harbor. When I had my Note 3, I would only get 3G in the town itself which was the same as my buddy got with his Note 3. On the Navy Base we always got 4G because of where the tower was located. Keep in mind this isn't a flat island we live in. It's got some pretty good hills and valleys to it. I just find it strange that my Nexus 5 will not pick up the LTE tower whenever I go to the base.

I made a map depicting the coverage that I would receive with my old Note 3.

View attachment 101832
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It's because you are in a Samsung LTE market. Backhaul has to be done before you can pick up LTE on a tri-band phone. Read about it here.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5...d-lte-ecsfb-issues-thread/page-28#entry265197
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So I just installed the OTA on my G2.... please tell me someone has a way to disable the Spark Icon (or stop it from spinning).
 
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mychal said:
So I just installed the OTA on my G2.... please tell me someone has a way to disable the Spark Icon (or stop it from spinning).
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Unfortunately not.
I have Nova Launcher which allows me to hide the notification bar. Many Launchers allow this.
That would be my only suggestion.

Mav. :cool:
 
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Would anyone happen to have an idea of when the GS4 with spark will be rolled out? I know I can purchase it on sprint.com, but it's so much more expensive than getting a phone at bestbuy...
 
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check your data settings. Make sure your phone is on LTE instead of Global. I had that issue with Sprint.

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? Sprint Spark is currently rolling out in parts of Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Miami and Tampa.

Hesse said that Spark is available in around 25 percent of those initial markets. "It will take a while to finish," he acknowledged. However, he said that the Spark service could continue to increase in speed in the future. He said Sprint could eventually use 60 MHz 2.5 GHz channels using carrier aggregation, since Sprint controls 120 MHz of 2.5 GHz spectrum in 90 of the top 100 U.S. markets. In two years, that could produce real-world speeds of 150-180 Mbps, Hesse said."

-WOW....

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