I am currently on Verizon and I'm tired of having to worry all the time about data limits but I am concerned about coverage. How is T-Mobile coverage been? I'm in the Atlanta area so I'm not too worried about local coverage but what about some of the not so bigger areas? When looking at the T-Mobile coverage map, it looks like they have expanded since I last checked.
I suggest going in the tmobile reddit and asking
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I'm in the south metro ATL area (Coweta/Fayette Counties) and have very good coverage and speeds. My father in law lives up in the boonies (Hall County - Chateau Elan area)and I get good coverage up there as well.
Hope that helps
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Not sure if they still have it but they have a program where you could borrow a phone for a week and see if you like the service, or check if you get service in your area. Might wanna call and check it out
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I'm in denver. And sht sucks big time here. I know we got mountains but still. Signal sucks virtually everywhere. It's not as bad as it used to be thought
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Check the areas you visit. No one is going to have the same experience you will. I've been very happy with tmobile, but results may vary as they say.
Just go get a phone and try it out, you have 14 days to return it and that should be plenty long enough to find out. They will give you a temporary number so you can test it out. If coverage works for you then change.
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Been with T-mobile for over 12 years signal for the most part is really good. I'm in Salt Lake City Utah
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Just go get a phone and try it out, you have 14 days to return it and that should be plenty long enough to find out. They will give you a temporary number so you can test it out. If coverage works for you then change.
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This is basically what I did when I switched from Verizon. Signed up for T-Mobile service and forwarded all my Verizon calls to the new T-Mobile #. Things went well and I ported Verizon # and never looked back!
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This is basically what I did when I switched from Verizon. Signed up for T-Mobile service and forwarded all my Verizon calls to the new T-Mobile #. Things went well and I ported Verizon # and never looked back!
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Yeah I did this when I switched from Verizon as well. No regrets here either.
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Thanks for all the feedback. I may give them a try.
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I live in Maryland and as of 11:30 I have no 3g. Does anyone know if there is a way to check on 3g outages? Thankfully I have roam control and am able to at least use verizon's 1x. I need 3g!
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hi there i too am experiencing issues with data, im in metro dt area
hopefully it IS the network, and i didnt fry my radio or something
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I live in Maryland and as of 11:30 I have no 3g. Does anyone know if there is a way to check on 3g outages? Thankfully I have roam control and am able to at least use verizon's 1x. I need 3g!
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New Jersey here and my 3G is working on sprint.
Try rebooting?
I'm in arlington and 3g is working here, sorry if that doesn't help but its close to maryland
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Rebooted, switched radio on and off no luck. My radio is good because when I switch to verizon's tower using roam control I get 1x data. Slow but it something.
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3G is working in Hanover Pa
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Well I'm in westminster, md hanover is only 20 minutes away. Maybe its just my tower. Hope its not my phone.
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Did you try to update your data profile and prl?
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Tried to update both and they failed.
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Well it appers that my 3g is back. Not sure what the issue was but its back.
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Well it appers that my 3g is back. Not sure what the issue was but its back.
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Good to hear. Too bad we don't have 4G yet. Lol.
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You're telling me. Its really annoying to know that there is 4g just 20 minutes down the road.
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Was a known issue, though I was told it was only supposed to affect EVO's 3g. I'll inquire tomorrow, but I doubt I'll get anywhere.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832866
I have a Evo. Unfortunately 4G is acting like a "B" also :-(
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Mine went down to here in Cincinnati OH, right in the middle of streaming the game. (4g picked it right back up though)
I had full bars, and without moving I had nothing for a good 10 minutes before deciding to switch to the battery-draining 4g.
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Was a known issue, though I was told it was only supposed to affect EVO's 3g. I'll inquire tomorrow, but I doubt I'll get anywhere.
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thanks. I called sprint yesterday and first tier support tried to insist I hard reset my Epic,even though i told them I have three Epics and an Evo and were all seeing same problem. I called second tier directly and they told me there were network issues and not to reset.
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thanks. I called sprint yesterday and first tier support tried to insist I hard reset my Epic,even though i told them I have three Epics and an Evo and were all seeing same problem. I called second tier directly and they told me there were network issues and not to reset.
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For future reference - do you have a direct number for them, or is it the usual "I want to speak to level two"?
Even Sprint employees don't have a direct line for them, they got rid of that last year. That being said, the EVOs were having data connectivity issues, and somehow it expanded into the Epic, Moment and Hero as well, but in a more limited scope.
Man for the last 4 months the network has been trashed and I'm tired of the b/s lies and I wanna leave I just can't afford etf on both lines plus last bill, then switch to another carrier, if anyone here knows how I can use a roaming app to force roaming, that way sprint will just terminate my lines etf free? But still not rack up massive charges. And will the esn numbers be bad then?
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Flash a verizon prl list
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Flash a verizon prl list
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Thanks lilgrass71 I'm going to have to do something I'm tired of sprint and was thinking bout going back to tmobile I'm looking at the sensation and the LG G2x, but anyways ill look into the Verizon prl list just so I can get the boot lol
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Sprint is in a transition phase to LTE and in the process has stopped improving backhaul and deploying new 4G. If any Sprint employee wants to disagree with this I would invite you to leak some info, because we haven't had a network related news update since December 2010 that mentions there network status.
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What is so good about LTE?
Evo SHIFT
so if we want out of sprint we can flash to vz prl list and they kick you off i am sooooo done with sprint love the phone but omg sprint come the hell on i cant even get 1 bar or .56 mbps in my town and thats on a good day most times i get .17 mbps last time i looked .56 is dial up speed
I still don't understand how the let go works but I'm done is all I know, I'm half tempted to just say screw em and not pay! That's how mad I am about their BS network
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They'll kick you off if you roam more than 80% of the time but it'll take a couple of months before they decide to do that. I'm in great sprint coverage and I only pay 30 bucks a month for service so I can't complain... they'll never take this plan from me!!!
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Well my plan is 160 for 2 lines so yeah I'm just going to turn on roam control app 100% of the time sound like a plan?
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fyi i have the roam app but i use open signal too phone says roaming but i am on sprint roam how do i roam off sprint
I hear ya! My 3g service blows!! I went to the coast a couple months ago i knew 4g wasnt gunna work but damn my 3g speed was retarded not even reaching 100 kbs i felt like i went back in time to some sort of dial up phone lmfao! But yeah also when i go down my street to a certain area it always tells me international roaming!! Wtf is that! I didnt know i had a border on my street hah
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so question is how to force roam i have app and it roams on sprint
I recently left table when the shift came out and I have to admit Sprint suck and I live in a 4G area
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Virgin Mobile has now rolled out a 4G phone. For us Epic 4G users running on Virgin Mobile, I was wondering if it was possible to call up Virgin, find a nice support technician, and squeeze some info out of them. Perhaps get them to add our mac addresses to the system and clear us for 4G use.
Since the price points aren't changing, I don't see what the problem would be. All they have to do is add our mac address to the system and we should be able to pick up the networks.
I'm not expert at this, and I may be missing something. However, that's what I at least think should fix the problem.
I may give this a spin sometime, just have to get an understanding technician.
What are your theories? Any ideas? Something you have been working on?
I doubt they use WiMax
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I doubt they use WiMax
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Boost does. It may be how Sprint is trying to make up for it's losses on Wimax since they switched to LTE.
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Is it LTE or Wimax?
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It's sprints Wimax... They invested too much in Wimax to just toss it out the window so they opened it up to us boost Virgin users to get some extra life out of it since sprint will be rolling out it's LTE soon.
And don't trust sprint or boost or Virgins site for Wimax coverage... They have switched on a bunch of Wimax towers that don't show up unless you look on clear.com
Like here in Lincoln Nebraska!
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Yes, they are using Wimax..
If you go to epic's virgin Mobile tut, Brooksysx talks about the whole she-bang in length, it's possible to use, but tedious to the average noob nonetheless.
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...and not they are getting the iPhone as well.
Hello all..been a T-Mobile customer for 11years..so I decided to switch to Verizon been waiting for the note 3...any word of advice..I wonder how good of a service it is, that's the reason why I'm switching...
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Hello all..been a T-Mobile customer for 11years..so I decided to switch to Verizon been waiting for the note 3...any word of advice..I wonder how good of a service it is, that's the reason why I'm switching...
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where im at in cincinnati nobody comes close to verizon reliability, coverage and speed. of course it is the most expensive but you get what you pay for!
Am in NYC...
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Hello all..been a T-Mobile customer for 11years..so I decided to switch to Verizon been waiting for the note 3...any word of advice..I wonder how good of a service it is, that's the reason why I'm switching...
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It's the best, period. I am switching myself from sprint.
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Call and get the 60 dollars for 2gb unlimited text and talk. I just switched from sprint and was approved for the plan.
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where im at in cincinnati nobody comes close to verizon reliability, coverage and speed. of course it is the most expensive but you get what you pay for!
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+1 and Cincy too
I switched from tmobile about 6 months ago... I live in chicago area and havent looked back ... well besides unlimited data
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Verizon service is known to be the most reliable across the country. In heavily metro areas, you'll usually see stronger ATT service, but as you leave the metro areas, that service degrades quickly. Get to a massive rural area, and ATT frequently has no service. Verizon, on the other hand, has 4G almost everywhere, and where there's no 4G there is usually 3G. Significantly fewer dropped calls, too. At the moment, Verizon's LTE is faster than ATT's as well. (They go back and forth and each company likes to claim that they're always the fastest).
In terms of service, from what I've heard about T-mo, it's a trade up. I've never heard MUCH bad about t-mo, but I've heard that verizon/ATT are better. And I can say first hand that verizon is more reliable than ATT.
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Call and get the 60 dollars for 2gb unlimited text and talk. I just switched from sprint and was approved for the plan.
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Can you share some details? Have not heard of this plan.
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Can you share some details? Have not heard of this plan.
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Its 2gb, unlimited talk and text for 60 bucks for 1 year. Its called a loyaltly plan. It does not include hotspot.
Heres what you do:
Call: 1800-779-6269
Tell them your buddy told you about this plan.
If it does not work hang up and try again.
It is supposed to be for current customers but she let me have it.
It is only valid for single lines.
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Hello all..been a T-Mobile customer for 11years..so I decided to switch to Verizon been waiting for the note 3...any word of advice..I wonder how good of a service it is, that's the reason why I'm switching...
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Welcome to having signal. I had t mobile for 8 years.
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Welcome to having signal. I had t mobile for 8 years.
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LOL.
Interestingly enough, I get good reception on AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon where I live, work, and play (and where my kids play). But I still use Verizon as my daily driver carrier.
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LOL.
Interestingly enough, I get good reception on AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon where I live, work, and play (and where my kids play). But I still use Verizon as my daily driver carrier.
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You use an iphone...yuck.
Haha. Jk.
Yeah, I'm in Los Angeles and your in San Jose so signal is pretty good for us. T-Mobile has good signal here, it's until you leave... then you are screwed.
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Thanks all..it's just that in the basement at my job I don't get service with tmobile and my job depend on it..anyways. .With all the inputs I finally got the phone from best buy. Couldn't belive the first Verizon store I went to didn't have it.. best buy did..Am part of the VZ family now..thanks again
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SEE POST 30 TO CHANGE YOUR PRIORITY BAND COVERAGE!
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/...ark-4g-network-problems-phone-calls/index.htm
I asked the store rep if Sprint is working on a fix, but we all know the Sprint reps are usually useless answering these questions (by this I mean at the store they are only trying to make a sell). Her answer was that Sprint is working on a fix that will fix all phones with an OTA. My next question was is this a hardware or software problem which she responded that it is a tower problem. I looked online for an answer but all I could find is that Sprint responded with a weird kinda lame answer that didn't really say if they are working on a fix or not. On Sprint's Forum a rep says they are, but they say a lot of things on the forum that aren't correct also. This seems to be a very frustrating situation actually.
Does it matter to you?
It does to me, but at the same time it isn't a function I use all the time. My only reason that it has helped me, is that it has greatly helped me with work a few or more times.
I am kinda forced to buy a new phone for framily / billing reasons... huge bill without it. I am sorta thinking that I will upgrade the phone but at the same time keep my S4 handy in case I hate the S5. I went to the store today and I have to say it actually surprised me with it's new version of Touchwiz- even though I usually hate Touchwiz.
The only real reason I can see me upgrading is the camera and battery algorithms for power saving.
I call crap!
I've had none of these issues personally, and you can just turn off Spark.
I spoke with sprint today and they said it would be fixed when spark opens up nation wide.
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Spark is crap!!!
The reason you can only use one at a time is the triband antenna in the phone it can only use one signal at a time. It may be fixed once sprint starts using voice over LTE. Plus spark is just a unborn baby right now, not even full deployed. The sprint map says spark coverage is in certain areas on the sprint coverage map on the website. This is not true, the sprak network is 2.5Ghz radio head on the the already existing towers(have not be built or not on-air yet). According to sprint Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung towers are the only companies that are contracted to work on spark networks. Ericsson is looking like they will not be apart of the upgrade. This means there will be 1/3 of the sprint market that will not have spark. Sprint has the the companies split by markets and only two of them have contracts to build in their area.
Here is an article that will cover a good about of that info.
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story...dors-absence-sprints-spark-program/2013-10-30
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The reason you can only use one at a time is the triband antenna in the phone it can only use one signal at a time. It may be fixed once sprint starts using voice over LTE. Plus spark is just a unborn baby right now, not even full deployed. The sprint map says spark coverage is in certain areas on the sprint coverage map on the website. This is not true, the sprak network is 2.5Ghz radio head on the the already existing towers(have not be built or not on-air yet). According to sprint Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung towers are the only companies that are contracted to work on spark networks. Ericsson is looking like they will not be apart of the upgrade. This means there will be 1/3 of the sprint market that will not have spark. Sprint has the the companies split by markets and only two of them have contracts to build in their area.
Here is an article that will cover a good about of that info.
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NSN will be the contractor for the Areas served by Ericsson for NV 1.0. The reason you can not get SVLTE is because they do not have multiple pathways for 1x and LTE. Here it talks about it. The S5 was not the first phone to have this happen, All tri-Band Phones will most likely be without SVLTE from now on.
S4gru has a few pages explaining it better.
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NSN will be the contractor for the Areas served by Ericsson for NV 1.0. The reason you can not get SVLTE is because they do not have multiple pathways for 1x and LTE. Here it talks about it. The S5 was not the first phone to have this happen, All tri-Band Phones will most likely be without SVLTE from now on.
S4gru has a few pages explaining it better.
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Yes, I forgot to mention it is not only the S5, but all Triband phones. I mostly wanted to put this out here in the open for feedback and other peoples knowledge when contemplating the S5 as an update. I would have been absolutely pissed if I found out after the fact.
It's being discussed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712240
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They have to enable it on the network side to allow dual channels on a single LTE channel
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I've had none of these issues personally, and you can just turn off Spark.
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How do you turn off Spark?
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pastert33 said:
How do you turn off Spark?
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You can't
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You can't
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This is really confusing to me. I thought Atlanta was a spark location...now I have a brand new phone and only see 3g on it
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This is really confusing to me. I thought Atlanta was a spark location...now I have a brand new phone and only see 3g on it
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Read this. It will explain it much better.
It's a long read, but well worth your time
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/...-due-to-circuit-switched-fallback-technology/
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Now that Sprint has wifi calling it seems like it would be easy to use the same service over LTE. Then 1X voice wouldn't be needed and you could use data+voice simultaneously.
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Now that Sprint has wifi calling it seems like it would be easy to use the same service over LTE. Then 1X voice wouldn't be needed and you could use data+voice simultaneously.
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How do we use wifi calling?
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Where can u find what areas/towers has this completed on? I'm really thinking about upgrading but don't want to be with out 4G when I have strong 4G in my area with my S3.
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BubZX said:
Where can u find what areas/towers has this completed on? I'm really thinking about upgrading but don't want to be with out 4G when I have strong 4G in my area with my S3.
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I had 4G on my S3 in New Orleans and I currently have 4G with my S5
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I don't have an S5 yet but I have a Mega with Spark and I have no issues whatsoever.
Well I got the sprint spark friday when it came out and jus like my s4....I still got crappy coverage at my house but suppose to have best signal
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Well I got the sprint spark friday when it came out and jus like my s4....I still got crappy coverage at my house but suppose to have best signal
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Having sprint spark doesn't mean your going to have best speeds unless your connected to band 41 or band 26 which is the newest bands. With those speeds you have there i wouldn't be surprise if your connected to band 25 which is the 1900mhz which yea its loaded with majority of sprint customers which is going to give you real slow speeds.
Here some speed test on band 41 i took yesterday morning when i was heading to go play some basketball.
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Having sprint spark doesn't mean your going to have best speeds unless your connected to band 41 or band 26 which is the newest bands. With those speeds you have there i wouldn't be surprise if your connected to band 25 which is the 1900mhz which yea its loaded with majority of sprint customers which is going to give you real slow speeds.
Here some speed test on band 41 i took yesterday morning when i was heading to go play some basketball.View attachment 2686876
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WOW @ THOSE SPEEDS....Fukin incredible.............so im guessing they have to turn on that band 41 for me
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WOW @ THOSE SPEEDS....Fukin incredible.............so im guessing they have to turn on that band 41 for me
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Where do you live? And also what i did was i went into my settings ##data# and made band 41 as my primary. My list is #1 band 41 as primary, #2 is band 25 and #3 is band 26 since its not active here in Miami yet but band 41 is doing great so far as you can see.
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