4G IN San Francisco Tomorrow ? - EVO 4G General

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 ?

rojohacker said:
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.

rican408 said:
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.

rican408 said:
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?

exstrat said:
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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4g in Indianapolis

Anyone from this area know when we might be getting it?
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firsttimer44 said:
Anyone from this area know when we might be getting it?
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lol, we don't even get acceptable 3G in northern indy. According to a poster here (via Sprint), we will be getting a tower in Carmel, one in Westfield later this year.
When I bought mine the lady said she didn't expect 4g until probably next summer for us but that was just her guess. My 3g sucks as well down here around the beech grove/greenwood area.
I can second the 3G sucking in northern indianapolis...very very slow
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The people at Sero told me 4th quarter 2010. This was just before the Evo was released.
I was getting around 250 - 600 kbps on the old radio.
I just updated the radio to the latest and now im getting around 700 - 2300 kbps in castleton area.
Its not super but its better then when I just bought the phone.
jerryparid said:
lol, we don't even get acceptable 3G in northern indy. According to a poster here (via Sprint), we will be getting a tower in Carmel, one in Westfield later this year.
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That was me that posted that. The sprint rep I talked to said one tower at the end of august (carmel) and one in december (westfield). I will say that I am buying a house in Broadripple and I get great speeds theres, anywhere from 1.1 mbps to 1.5 mbps
Indy isn't listed anywhere on Sprint's 2010 projected WiMax expansion, I would estimate Q2 2011 at the earliest. I just moved from Indy (BRip) to Denver (NW) and my areas are comparable for 3G speeds (1-1.75MB)
4g Indianapolis
Ok this is what I have heard and if anyone knows differently please do tell. Last month I talked to sprint when I was changing my plan and I asked about 4g. The rep told me that they were currently working on 4g in Indy and that it should be up and running by the end of 2010. she said that they would push notifications to customers when it went live. So I thought this was just hot air and I asked an IT guy at work if he knew anything because my company relies heavily on sprint. he said that the airport was to have 4g working by the end of Oct. A coworker with an Evo was in a sprint store several days ago and he said there were out of state technicians there working and when he struck up a conversation they told him they were working on the 4g connections by the airport, downtown Indy, Carmel and Fishers area which coincides with new tower locations on sprints website map for new towers in Indy. Has anyone heard anything? I mean it would only make since since all the big shing dings that come here.
I was just in the airport last week and didn't get 4g at all.
i get 1.3 Mb/600Kb in delphi indiana and surrounding areas, but the closer i get to a bigger city such as lafayette/west lafayette that speed is 1/3 to 1/2 of what i get in delphi.
i always thought this was strange.
jjohn1095 said:
I was just in the airport last week and didn't get 4g at all.
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Maybe they are running behind....hopefully it will be here by Christmas....Dear Santa.....
potna said:
i get 1.3 Mb/600Kb in delphi indiana and surrounding areas, but the closer i get to a bigger city such as lafayette/west lafayette that speed is 1/3 to 1/2 of what i get in delphi.
i always thought this was strange.
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Yea I noticed that depending on my location in the city it will go anywhere from 700kb to 1.3.
I work right next to the airport and I can vouch that there is no 4g yet. I scan for a signal just about everyday. Maybe some day.
jmrubel77 said:
I work right next to the airport and I can vouch that there is no 4g yet. I scan for a signal just about everyday. Maybe some day.
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Maybe they will just drop it all on us at once. I saw an app once and I cant remember the name but it runs in the background and it periodically checks for 4g, 3g and wifi hotspots. It will then show you on a layered map what signals are where but its dependent on people letting it run on their phones. Does anyone know the name for this?
neopolotin75 said:
Maybe they will just drop it all on us at once. I saw an app once and I cant remember the name but it runs in the background and it periodically checks for 4g, 3g and wifi hotspots. It will then show you on a layered map what signals are where but its dependent on people letting it run on their phones. Does anyone know the name for this?
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Would that be Sensorly Map Viewer?
You'll see 4g signals in testing for quite awhile before it is officially announced. This has been consistent for all market launches thus far...
jefbal99 said:
Would that be Sensorly Map Viewer?
You'll see 4g signals in testing for quite awhile before it is officially announced. This has been consistent for all market launches thus far...
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Yes thats the app. I went to their website and you can see where its at in other places....Its crazy..Indiana looks so barren
My area was barren too, so I've been collecting/uploading data for a couple weeks now.
It's really cool to see your data processed and on the map very quickly.
The app is a huge battery hog...
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I lived there a couple years.
Trust me, it is called "Naptown", there won't be 4g until every other city gets it.
Ok so did anyone have trouble last week with texting or any data services? Did you contact sprint to find out why? Word from Sprint is that it was part of 4g implementation.....should be up and running within the next moth.

4G in Pittsburgh

Noticed in the strip district, downtown and north side today that 4G is on in Pittsburgh. Was pulling 3.5-4 down, 1 up. Still limited deployment in the city but they must be getting ready for the full rollout.
miseryriver said:
Noticed in the strip district, downtown and north side today that 4G is on in Pittsburgh. Was pulling 3.5-4 down, 1 up. Still limited deployment in the city but they must be getting ready for the full rollout.
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NICE...i wonder how far north when 4g is fully deployed that it will work. I really doubt it will reach all the way up to the Wexford or Cranberry
knives of ice said:
NICE...i wonder how far north when 4g is fully deployed that it will work. I really doubt it will reach all the way up to the Wexford or Cranberry
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I also heard rumors of 4g on in Monroeville... so suburbs on major roadways hopefully will get 4g. The farthest north that I noticed 4g active on 279 was the Hazlett/Venture exit.
I live just outside of the city in Sharpsburg and I have 4g turned on now and not getting any signal.
andybess22 said:
I live just outside of the city in Sharpsburg and I have 4g turned on now and not getting any signal.
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unfortunately its probably too far away.
my brother had 4 bars today in downtown and couldnt connect
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unfortunately its probably too far away.
my brother had 4 bars today in downtown and couldnt connect
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cool im gonna try it tomorrow when im in town. Hopefully this means they will be rolling out 4g very soon
andybess22 said:
cool im gonna try it tomorrow when im in town. Hopefully this means they will be rolling out 4g very soon
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I tried the 4g while driving through the city this morning and no go. I guess it was only on Saturday for testing. Will keep watching the 4g icon though.
4g was definitely on last week in Monroeville. Hopefully it will make its way around town including the South Hills!
While driving through downtown around 5pm, I was able to pick up 4G. However, it could never finish connecting. It would say scanning, connecting, authenticating, obtaining IP address, then flash something very quickly (perhaps "disconnected") before starting the cycle over. Not sure if it's an issue with my phone or just issues with the 4G since they're obviously still testing it.
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While driving through downtown around 5pm, I was able to pick up 4G. However, it could never finish connecting. It would say scanning, connecting, authenticating, obtaining IP address, then flash something very quickly (perhaps "disconnected") before starting the cycle over. Not sure if it's an issue with my phone or just issues with the 4G since they're obviously still testing it.
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I'm getting the same here. It keeps finding a signal, but can't do anything with it. In any case, it's exciting.
Really exciting but doubt I will see it here weirton,wc we usually get what Pittsburgh gets but in this case think we will be too far
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I live out in Elizabeth, hopefully it will reach out here.
I'm still getting the no connect but I can find 4g signal all over Pittsburgh
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I don't know people. I'm out here in Turtle Creek, basically in a stones throw from Monroeville Mall and I'm not even picking up a 4g signal at all. Is there anyone out here who can confirm a signal?
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yglup said:
I don't know people. I'm out here in Turtle Creek, basically in a stones throw from Monroeville Mall and I'm not even picking up a 4g signal at all. Is there anyone out here who can confirm a signal?
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I have not been able to connect to 4g downtown since Saturday. Was probably only on for testing. Though I do get signal alerts when driving through the city. I'll be giving it another try this weekend to see if the 4g is back on downtown. No idea about monroeville or turtle creek.
just in monroeville today for dinner. the duck pond there was signal. by the bmw dealer, by the mall, by target, on the parkway from penn hills exit to the monroeville exits(turnpike). i couldnt connect at all. my phone is rooted and been flashed many times so i thought my 4g was broke but my 2 kids and wife have the evo (UNTOUCHED) and they couldnt connect either so it must be not ready yet. heres to hoping it gets better tomorrow. lol
oh and forgot was in turtle creek today for kids dentist appointment and right by the citizens bank my phone picked up signal but couldnt connect
Good info guys. Well lets hope turn the switch on everywhere in August.
Sounds good, I wizards at BestBuy today by the mall, but didn't think to try. Well 2morrows a new day!
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I spoke to a Sprint rep yesterday. She said that the appearance of the signal was a side effect of them testing the market, but she couldn't find anything on an anticipated rollout date yet. So she recommended to keep the 4G radio off for the time being, and to check back every now and again and watch the websites to see when it would be officially deployed. I was hoping it'd be deployed near this Froyo rollout, but apparently it's not to be.
By the Monroeville Mall again today, and i actually did pick up the 4 g signal. But like earlier stated it would connect to Sprint and then kick me out and start over. Good sign people, good sign!
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Reason for the San Francisco 4G Delays

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/09/4g_wireless_internet_access_he.php
Damn residents of Bernal Heights are complaining about the placement of Clearwire's 4G antennas.
BOOOOO
-m
I live in Berkeley, and I know for a fact that tower wouldn't serve me. I have yet to hear anything about service in the East Bay. Anyone have a clue?
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that sucks! people there complain about anything even if its for their benefit! if they dont want it to be there, maybe clearwire should find another place to put their antennas on! i want my 4G here in sf...
Well I'm out in the flatlands of the East bay in Concord, and the closest 4G is the small downtown area of Nut Creek. Sprint, hook us up!!
This is frustrating as **** for those of us who have been waiting, and waiting for these assholes to get their **** together. Yeah, we know San Francisco has a crazy permit and building process - but this is ridiculous. What about San Mateo County? We're total 4G-less while Santa Clara County is almost all the way lit up.
Embarrassing.
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that sucks! people there complain about anything even if its for their benefit!
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Sound like South Florida.
Same **** here in arizona....bunch of damn nimby's
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Same **** here in arizona....bunch of damn nimby's
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Pretty much. NIMBYs always ***** about things.
How do they separate the men from the boys in SF?
A firehose
I can confirm there is 4G in parts of Fremont. Been using it for a few weeks now.
I'm on 4g right now! Turk and Taylor.
I've left my radio on to search since I got the phone, and only one phantom hit until today.
It's dropped a couple times now, but it keeps coming back. Almost an hour of 4g at this location.
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Not that impressed with the speed tests so far, but the upload is crazy fast...for a cell phone.
.5 Mbps down, 1.1Mbps up.
Not much better than the 3g, really.
Screen shots taken...now, to get Dolphin to let me attach them...
Alright...screw dolphin. Screenshotsuploaded via Opera mobile.
Who needs a computer? (alright...i borrowed one to get root, but I'm without, and happy now...)
There is sprint 4g service in San Francisco NOW!
Kalash said:
I'm on 4g right now! Turk and Taylor.
I've left my radio on to search since I got the phone, and only one phantom hit until today.
It's dropped a couple times now, but it keeps coming back. Almost an hour of 4g at this location.
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Not that impressed with the speed tests so far, but the upload is crazy fast...for a cell phone.
.5 Mbps down, 1.1Mbps up.
Not much better than the 3g, really.
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Very interesting.
I get my fastest 3G access around Grant and O'farrell. A bit over 2Mbits down.
Well...it seems to have gotten better. It's still access going about the same as the 3g... And tethering is SLOW. I'd say slower than with 3g, which is weird, but other people have reported the danger thing... I just looked.
So far, I'm not impressed. The icon looks cool, but I had better performance with 3g on average.
Maybe it's dialed down for testing before an official release?
My girlfriend said she got a 4G signal today in the FiDi, near 2nd and Mission. Think I might switch to a Sense ROM for a few days...
liquidkernel said:
Very interesting.
I get my fastest 3G access around Grant and O'farrell. A bit over 2Mbits down.
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I get 2.3Mbits down of 3G, here in balboa park when im outside my house but as soon as i go inside the house, its back to .7Mbits
i might turn my 4G on this time just to see.. i got a friend that works for clearwire and he says they're testing it here in SF..
I had 4g at divesidero and geary yesterday - 2.2 down, about one up.
Lost it when I drove a few blocks away...
-mark
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I had 4g at divesidero and geary yesterday - 2.2 down, about one up.
Lost it when I drove a few blocks away...
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That's pretty good! I am going to be driving there in a bit, might try it out.
What part of Fremont have you been getting 4G? I've been getting a signal in Union City but only during the day strangely.

4G in Louisiana

Im seeing pockets of 4G popping up all over Louisiana on clears website. Anybody getting it on their phones? It looks like slidell, hammond, B.R., lake charles are all lit up in green. Anybody?
http://www.clear.com/coverage
Amazing! Good catch. I just checked last week and and there was nothing.
Haven't been in any of those areas to give it a try and just flashed CM thinking we would never get 4G...go figure.
New Iberia before metro NO? Weird. I guess I am going to have to go back to rooted stock soon and be on the lookout!
I'm very tempted to go slidell to see whats up? It looks like clear is adding places everyday. I'm always in the walmart at [email protected]
I think I am gonig to nandroid back and see if I can get anything in harahan. Doubt it but looks like they are flipping it on quickly. Will report back if I can get anything here.
Anyone tried this in any of those spots? I'm in Metairie, but it would be nice to know that at least places near me are getting 4g.
kevinsalterego said:
Anyone tried this in any of those spots? I'm in Metairie, but it would be nice to know that at least places near me are getting 4g.
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Best buy on vets is selling a bunch of laptops with wimax included so it may be here soon.
Ill be in slidell on Saturday, so I will see then.
Ha, I'll have to check it out on my way to Dibbz! Maybe one of the employees knows something we don't.
Works in lake charles. Max 5 down 1 up. Not much coverage with one tower. I don't expect to see any added anytime soon
I have been waiting for this for a LONG time I'm in Metairie BTW
I had my wife check in Lake Charles - says 4G is working
didn't expect it to come to LA for a couple of years
Mule
Does Lake Charles even have sprint 3G? The last time i was there in the summer i could barely get 3G. New Orleans better be next.
It does but experiencing the same issue as others with slow data 200-300kbps down , voice echo on some calls.
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Does Lake Charles even have sprint 3G? The last time i was there in the summer i could barely get 3G. New Orleans better be next.
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Yes Lake Charles has 3G and according to the coverage area - Fort Polk/Leesville has 4G -- all before New Orleans.
Never saw that coming
Mule
I would think it would take less time to setup 4g in leesville than in new orleans. Clears getting the smaller cities out the way first.
Swyped from my evo 4g using the xda app.
Anything in Covington? Or Madisonville area?
Lake Charles
Lake Charles got 3g January 27 2011, don't know about 4g. After waiting for years for 3g you would think they would just upgrade the system to 4g this late in the game.
Lake Charles does not have 3g yet. and every time i call i'm told it will be the end of the month since i got my evo when they came out. 4g would be nice but i live in moss bluff just north of lake Charles and work in Sulphur just west of it. Luckily sprint did not put me on a contract like they were supposed to when i got my evo so im just waiting for a better phone with a network that is in my area.
Got 3g in Lake Charles 1/27/11 absolutely positive without a doubt. Now 4g I don't know
4G in new orleans finally!
I try all the time. Living in metairie and working in old metairie I don't get it. For the 1st time yesterday in new orleans I connected on St Charles in between Julia and Girod as well at our condo on julia & baronne 2 blocks away. So could everyone around me with evo's and the samsung one. It worked great!
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The clear 4g map shows 4g alive in new orleans. Its mostly downtown but thats a start.

Holy 4G (Waterloo, IA)

Yep, 4G made it to my town and its amazing...just wanted to let everybody know. 3G still sucks HORRIBLY but 4G is amazing even with one bar.
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Yep, 4G made it to my town and its amazing...just wanted to let everybody know. 3G still sucks HORRIBLY but 4G is amazing even with one bar.
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Congratz man! I know they say wimax is not even real 4G but it does have great speeds. Plus you can't really call hspa+ or lte real 4G either. Good to know Sprint is still expanding wimax even with there deal with lightsquared
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Awesome! I like how Sprint's still quietly sneaking out the 4G. We just got 4G in select parts of Des Moines within the last couple months But no word from Sprint and most of the Sprint customers I meet tell me I'm full of it when I say we got 4G here, lol.
ALL HAIL OTAKING71, THE RAPER OF HBOOT!!!
Any word on how far the signal goes outside of Waterloo (Cedar Falls?)
We supposedly have a 4g tower. You must have to go stand at the base of it to get a signal, though.
3g is pretty bad. But where I live in downtown los angeles. The 4g is really all over the place depending on how tall the building you are next to is. Inside my loft its very all over the place. No biggie. Just was hoping it would be a bit more stable in certain areas.
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I have yet to pick up 4g with my shift. Even when in Nashville, Tn.
Nor the town I work in where there are 4g towers as well.
Stood right next to a VZW guy last night and he was telling me about his charge, he was standing there on 4g. I was sad. =*(
I'm not having much issues with 3g speeds, but I was running stock Vanilla.
I just got around to rooting last night.
Got MikShifted loaded up for now, see if I like it.
Looks like i'ma have to re-flash already, to many apps I wont use. =*(
Why do you have to reflash? Why not just remove the stuff you don't want?
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I have yet to pick up 4g with my shift. Even when in Nashville, Tn.
Nor the town I work in where there are 4g towers as well.
Stood right next to a VZW guy last night and he was telling me about his charge, he was standing there on 4g. I was sad. =*(
I'm not having much issues with 3g speeds, but I was running stock Vanilla.
I just got around to rooting last night.
Got MikShifted loaded up for now, see if I like it.
Looks like i'ma have to re-flash already, to many apps I wont use. =*(
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You know you can remove those right? Its not like stock, if you use something like titanium to remove them, then they are gone, not back at reboot.
SpoonThief said:
Any word on how far the signal goes outside of Waterloo (Cedar Falls?)
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The signal is limited to the downtown area. Cedar Falls does not get any service from the 4G, and it cuts off right at the Fletcher exit on 218. Also it doesn't go past 18th Street Bridge and barely crosses Washington St to the west side. Crossroads has VERY faint 4G.
I have 1 solid bar in my house on the west side and its awesome. I have full signal on 218 (I assume the tower is near Tech Works).

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