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Anyone able to get 4G consistently in the Boston area? I was down on Mass Ave. in Cambridge and had it working momentarily, anyone know good spots to go to get a steady 4G connection?
I had good 4g constant at my workplace in Medford, MA. The thing about 4G is that it has a very short 10 sec idle sleep setting. So pretty much if you are not downloading or using the connection it will disconnect. Connect back to 3G and then it scans and reconnects back to 4G.
I also saw it briefly connect last night, but signal strength was low in Central Square.
I HAD full 4G signal in Downtown Crossing but have since lost it. Unable to connect. Scanning, to Connecting to Sprint, to Obtaining IP Address, to Disconnecting and then starting the same process all over again. I can def. say that this started happening after flashing a custom ROM (DC 3.2.3) in addition to Radio/Wimax. Since then I have not been able to get it back. I saw one other member mention the same thing. Is anybody still seeing 4G signal anywhere in Boston Metro area?
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For kicks, in methuen, MA over the weekend, I turned on 4G.
I kept getting a cycle (not exact wording):
Scanning
Found 4G connecting to Sprint
then back to scanning
Is there actually 4G available this far from Boston?
I am in Lowell, MA now and I just get a constant: Scanning...
I know for sure 4G was up and running in Boston a couple weeks ago. I was using 4G constantly. I work in Downtown Crossing and was getting sick connection on 4G. But it seems as though it's gone now. At first I thought it was because I had rooted my EVO and applied a custom ROM but now I'm beginning to think something is up with the 4G as I am seeing the same thing with the Scanning, Connecting to Sprint, Obtaining IP Address, Disconnecting and then back to Scanning. I don't know how far the 4G signal reaches.
I get pretty consistent 4G in the Allston/Brighton area right on Harvard ave.
I am unable to connect in South Boston. It was working fine before, now it will get stuck at obtaining ip address then just disconnect. I think this has to do with the rollout since they're still testing it.
zeuzinn said:
I am unable to connect in South Boston. It was working fine before, now it will get stuck at obtaining ip address then just disconnect. I think this has to do with the rollout since they're still testing it.
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I get a very spotty connection in southie too. some days are better than others
I am also having the same issue in Downtown Crossing, been happening for a week now. It's not a rooting issue as I've been rooted since I bought the phone. It seems to be happening in Providence as well.
Not sure if this is related, but I am now able to connect to 4G after flashing the *FINAL* Official 2.2 rooted update. Not only that, even with the same radio, I am now getting AWESOME consistent download speeds, averaging 6mbps.
Same here...I work in Burlington...SPEEDS are INCREDIBLE....4G is BAAACK
i'll out 4g later on today... does anyone else out there find it sad that our 4g speeds tend to be only a little better than tmo's speeds. My boy has a mytouch slide and he consistently get 3.7mbps - 4.3mbps down
looneylu said:
i'll out 4g later on today... does anyone else out there find it sad that our 4g speeds tend to be only a little better than tmo's speeds. My boy has a mytouch slide and he consistently get 3.7mbps - 4.3mbps down
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Well 4G hasn't even launched officially here yet and they're still optimizing the network even in officially launched markets. Some people are reporting 10+mbps download speeds. It'll only get better.
After being down for a week and a half, 4G - wimax is back up in Needham - but I am only getting 3.4 down and .4 up
A friend with an EVO says they're in the process of installing the antanea/tower (whatever the correct term is) on top of his office roof in Salem, MA. (As of a week or two ago.) The Clearwire tech said planning a full area launch in October/November, but 4G will be available in some areas sooner.
I'm in Haverhill, and no luck yet.
xdalaw said:
A friend with an EVO says they're in the process of installing the antanea/tower (whatever the correct term is) on top of his office roof in Salem, MA. (As of a week or two ago.) The Clearwire tech said planning a full area launch in October/November, but 4G will be available in some areas sooner.
I'm in Haverhill, and no luck yet.
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Yeah, I know this is kind of off topic but here's a public hearing notice I saw back in January. Clear was requesting to build a tower/antenna at 678 Mass Ave. That's right in Central Square, Cambridge
I work at Copley/South End and it goes in and out. I live at the border of Milton & Mattapan, and i get a faint signal and works for awhile. Even with a faint signal, its still a very fast connection. I have a friend in Lynn who gets good reception.
4 g is here
Hello all,
Just wanted to note that I'm getting 4g both in south Lowell near exit 37 off of Rt. 495 and stronger signal in Cambridge near central sq. I just used speakeasy for a speed test and download was just over 5 Mb. That was with one bar of signal strengh shown on the phone.
Just turned my 4g radio on today for kicks. Was getting one bar on the water in Quincy. 5.3 to 5.6 down and about 600 up. I like it!
So in a few areas including my work which is off of falkenburg and mlk. I can't get past obtaining ip.today I just get connecting.I've tried different things but no go...anyone else in tampa area
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Thats interesting because I was recently in Orlando,Fl (East Colonial for fellow Floridians). I was playing with my amazing EVO and stumbled across a 4g network. I tried connecting but it wouldn't obtain an IP. I figured maybe my 4g on my phone was broken from a ROM or something. Or could it be a wireless network that the 4g is picking up? I have an Airave (free ) and that only sends 3g signal so where is this mysterious Florida 4G coming from???!?!?!?!?!?
I have been playing with this tampa signal for a while now. From what I understand there is a 4g like signal coming from some military communications system, also I have been told its the same thing in orlando. The orlando signal has something to do with the military and the lockheed martin plant there. Not sure how true it is but my source works in communications in central command at macdill afb. Fyi clearwire is the provider for this military system.
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Same thing here in orlando, The 4g signal is pooping up everywhere, Sources tell me it will be live the first week of august. Right now in time, the only people that can connect to it are the technicians that can manually connect to the IP for testing. It will be offically live in september, but they will open the ip adresses in the first week of august. And Yes you are right on the Clearwire thing, thats the signal we are picking up.
I can't pick it up bc of broken 4G due to a custom ROM but my coworker here in Maitland, close to Orlando, picked it up today. I'm heading home after work to fix my 4G :-D
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Well if sources hold true that'd be great! Too bad I live in Lake County No 4g n probably never will here but wicked fast 3G in Okahumpka!
i live in the st. petersburg area and i keep getting the same thing as well :|
I live in Miami and I successfully updated my rooted phone to it's fullest, including with a 7.28 radio, no WiMax though as I'm about to attempt, and latest Cyanogen RC with Snap kernel 7. What's going on? I used to get decent 3G speeds, but now they suck even more. Any ideas? Any help would be appreciated, thank you guys.
You might wanna try flashing some of the previous baseband radios to see if that helps. It's been noted on quite a few threads here that some radios work better with some ROMs and kernels, and even based on the region or local area. YMMV with baseband radios just as much as ROMs and kernels.
Thanks, I'll try that now. I keep everything and ROM Manager makes flashing zips a breeze.
Tried many different radios, all give me same performance. Any chance it could be the kernel? I don't think Sprint's towers are any good in Miami
It's probably just the network, there have been many people complaining of how slow it is FL lately regardless of what version they are using
Yeah the reception in Florida is straight up atrocious. I simply think the radio is more accurate than before so that's why I'm getting Edge instead of 3G.
Downtown Miami today hit 150kbps down though, on 3G. Anyways, seas a thread on 4G in Miami?
On my Evo 4G | Cyanogen6 RC2, Snap v7 UV/OC/CC | FPS: ~54 stdev: ~2.9 | Linpack: ~38.49 Quadrant: 1528
Maybe its ur region i live in hollywood beach and i get really good reception and download speed! And i have the latest radio but my pri is still 1.34...and 4g towers wont be built here probaly after hurricane season is over...
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Since Sprint lit up NYC today the Sprint coverage map shows that my house is in best 4G coverage area. I turned 4G on and I still dont have a signal. I did both a PRL and Profile Update. My Evo is rooted but it is a stock 2.2 rom, no OTA updates. Just havent gotten around to applying them yet, the phone is working just fine except for 4G.
Im hoping that I'm jumping the gun and maybe it hasn't been physically lit yet. Anyone with a non rooted phone got 4G working in Staten Island yet?
Bump.
Anyone test their 4G in SI yet?
ok i got in contact with someone with an unrooted evo and they checked a different part of SI which the map says has coverage and he cant get a signal.
found out it had something to do with the radios and the rom, i updated and now 4G works great. So if anyone who has a rooted evo and the 4G just scans and never find something, you need to make sure you have a good root. I just used unrevoked over my current root and i was able to update my radios correctly.
This is the first time I've seen this thread, or I'd have responded earlier...six weeks ago, I was on amboy/richmond av, and was getting about a 4Kbps 4G signal.
I'm on the north part of the island and I've been getting good 4G reception in my house its usually 4 bars, but sometimes dips down to 3 but speeds are great. I am getting approx 10.3 megabit/s down and 1 megabit/s up.
Its about time Shaolin got some 4g .
I have been waiting for this since I got my Evo the first day that got release from sprint
I been with cyanogemod since 6.1 rc1 until now but it look like its not ready 4G yet.
What rom should flash for now? should I get the fresh rom ? what do u guys think any suggestions ?
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I have been waiting for this since I got my Evo the first day that got release from sprint
I been with cyanogemod since 6.1 rc1 until now but it look like its not ready 4G yet.
What rom should flash for now? should I got with the fresh rom ? what do u guy think any suggestions ?
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Personally I am using myns rom but best thing for you to do is look at them and decide for your self.
thanks man I am going to try some roms and see wich one I like the best
SF really doesn't have 4G yet? There's 4G across lots of the Bay Area already, been that way for several months at least. I'm in Fremont and have 4G, and know there's 4G in oakland, hayward, and many other areas. I have noticed that buildup though, because I'm getting 4G in places I didn't before, so I'm excited haha
It was "officially" released today
It's still pretty spotty as of 1:30AM. Hopefully it'll be in full force when I wake up.
As for ROMs, I really like Sprint Lovers.
will see what happend later :} 1:40 and nothing yet
I just tried it a little. It worked for a little while in my living room at 1 bar out of 4 but cut out pretty quick. It's not working down in my room at all.
Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo is the best rom!
I've seen 4g in sf for like a month now?... is there gonna be more coverage? Also many more citys have had it like san jose, palo alto, redwood city, san leandro. So what's the news really about? Just announcing it?
Really??? It didnt officially launch here untill hours ago and I had tried a couple days ago and it didnt work.
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It hasn't covered the whole city. Its kinda spotty everywhere. Try other parts of the city.
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I've seen 4g in sf for like a month now?... is there gonna be more coverage? Also many more citys have had it like san jose, palo alto, redwood city, san leandro. So what's the news really about? Just announcing it?
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you named 5 cities out of how many?
im in oakland and dont have it as of 7AM
I don't care about the rest of the world im just asking why announce it a month late?
still nothing sucks
I live in the city by bayshore and i still don't have any 4g what's up with that.
sucks.
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is there gonna be more coverage?
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yes. even "old" 4G cities like chicago and atlanta are still getting new/upgraded towers, so right now SF is just getting the foundation and will be expanding as the month goes on.
So what's the news really about? Just announcing it?
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obviously. anybody who follows 4G news has known about the development/test towers, but the general public is mostly clueless.
and for anybody wondering about coverage, it's heaviest along the inner edges of the bay, plus a little along the 680 between pleasanton and concord. more will come - just be patient.
you can view pretty much exactly where 4G is by downloading Sensorly Map Viewer from the market. I have gotten up to 9Mbs down and around 1Mbs up downtown for months now.
I use CM6.1.1 but when I use a sense ROM it is Myns all the way. Best sense ROM, IMO.
I just went went around SF; mission, haight, union square, and I couldn't connect anywhere. It just says Scanning... and then it'll say disconnected. I live near Panhandle park and its not working either. Just checked my mac address and wimax address and everything seems fine. Either 4g is down or my phone is busted, which sucks because the mac address and wimax address is fine ....anyone else have any luck?
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I just went went around SF; mission, haight, union square, and I couldn't connect anywhere. It just says Scanning... and then it'll say disconnected. I live near Panhandle park and its not working either. Just checked my mac address and wimax address and everything seems fine. Either 4g is down or my phone is busted, which sucks because the mac address and wimax address is fine ....anyone else have any luck?
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Try around Market and Hayes. I have been getting a strong signal around there for the last 2 months...
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It's still spotty here in the Sunnyvale area, but it seems 4G is available in more places in the area now. I'm sure the reception will improve over then next couple days. Nevertheless, I'm excited.
I live in Newark and get slim to none 4g. But soon as I drive 1 mile from my residence, I will get 2- full bars.4g is coming, just not at full throttle like everybody was hoping for.
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