Hi,
So on my way too and from work I noticed that I picked up a 4G signal but only for 2-3 minutes. Traveling at about 70MPH I figured it lasted for 3-4 miles. The area is between two cities in south eastern VA (Williamsburg and Newport News). It's not even close to any 4G areas listed on Verizon's 4G map. I was wondering if anyone could possibly explain or even hypothesize why or how they would be do this.
Also, it isn't just a fluke. I connect every time I pass through the area and did speed tests before and after.
3G = 1mbps down, 0.5 up
4G = 7-9 mbps down, 3-5 up
Anyone have any ideas?
xnatex21 said:
Hi,
So on my way too and from work I noticed that I picked up a 4G signal but only for 2-3 minutes. Traveling at about 70MPH I figured it lasted for 3-4 miles. The area is between two cities in south eastern VA (Williamsburg and Newport News). It's not even close to any 4G areas listed on Verizon's 4G map. I was wondering if anyone could possibly explain or even hypothesize why or how they would be do this.
Also, it isn't just a fluke. I connect every time I pass through the area and did speed tests before and after.
3G = 1mbps down, 0.5 up
4G = 7-9 mbps down, 3-5 up
Anyone have any ideas?
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Most likely a test tower. That's a good sign - if they're testing 4G in the area, you may be getting it soon. "Soon" could be a year, though.
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A friend of mine had mentioned she was picking up a spotty signal for 4G on Central Ave in Colonie/Albany this week.
Anyone else in the area notice this? I'm kind of excited for it to get turned on. I'd love to see what kind of speed I get at work.
A friend of mine just got the Thunderbolt and he was getting 4G signal yesterday in the Colonie Sand Creek Rd area, albeit spotty, as well. Most apps were completely downloaded and installed before I even got to pulling down the notification bar to open it. Crazy fast.
Pretty sweet to see an Albany, NY post. It looks they have 4g up along a stretch of central ave. I can get it on i-90 near exit 4-5, and on central in west gate area to the boarder with Colonie. It seems to extend to Washington ave.
Hopefully they expand it out soon.
Unfortunately I think the 4g outage delayed things a little.
I work right near the airport so I'm hoping that it will cover around there. I live off of exit 7 on the northway so if it reaches me at my home, I'll be even more pumped.
madzozs said:
I work right near the airport so I'm hoping that it will cover around there. I live off of exit 7 on the northway so if it reaches me at my home, I'll be even more pumped.
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Yeah I live near the hospitals. I don't use a ton of internet at home, so if it gets to me I'm floating the idea of ditching the cable modem and just tethering when necessary.
I've been getting about 12 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up in the 4 g area's...With my cable modem I get 6 Mbps down 1 Mbps up...
They're doing testing in Syracuse, too.
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4G is up and currently in testing for the Albany area. I know it extends out to Amsterdam not sure how much further past it will go but it seems like it'll cover a good stretch from Albany to Amsterdam and points south and north.
Sacramento downtown area: Just 5 minutes ago my 3G changed to 4G. It's been 3G all along in my office near Sac until a few minutes ago. wohooo!
Getting speeds up to 5Mbps (inside the building).
Any one else who saw 4G turned on today??
I've been hearing this around from some people that's good to hear I hope that makes it's way up to roseville
Coming from a Bionic. On that phone, I kept LTE in every room of my apartment. On this Galaxy S3, I only get LTE in one room and the others throw me onto 3G. Just seeing if anyone else was experiencing something similar, hopefully enough people are affected to warrant a fix in a future update.
Have you tried network booster from market?
White Hot! GS3.
LuRock said:
Have you tried network booster from market?
White Hot! GS3.
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Never heard of it. Comments say all it does is quickly turn your phone to airplane mode then back to normal. No, I'm not downloading an app for that
I will agree with you the signal on this is not as good as my 4s on att
Mine is pulling the same dbm's as maxx was.
I'm coming from the Razr Maxx...and I do notice a slight decrease in radio strength...nothing to complain too much about though...my main concern is the 4G LTE speeds...with my MAXX while being very close to an LTE tower I was getting 30+ Mbps download and 20+ Mbps upload... when standing in the same spot with my GS3 I only get about 6 Mbps download and 7 Mbps upload....I did test all around the city and I never break those numbers....My Maxx used to smoke it was so fast... If anyone else is experiencing this then hopefully a future update will fix it...or maybe my phone is buggy?? or the SIM card is bad?? I have no clue...I'm coming from Sprint from before my MAXX so anything over 150 Kbps is fast for me LoL...but still I know the Verizon network is fast and my GS3 is Slowing me down when it shouldn't....
my signal is the same on this as my bionic dbm is the same
monkey28rb said:
I will agree with you the signal on this is not as good as my 4s on att
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Worthless comparison. You're comparing a different phone on a different network. There is so much wrong with this I can barely even touch it.
Suffice it to say that, at the bare minimum, it's quite possible that you're simply closer to the AT&T tower than to the Verizon tower.
Yes it's not as good as my rezound. I have very weak signal in my office and the rezound would always get 1 bar and the gs3 gets no signal at all
I don't see any difference in signal strength from my previous phone (DX).
monkey28rb said:
I will agree with you the signal on this is not as good as my 4s on att
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Att or verizon? 3g or 4g/lte? Android or iOS? Uhhh maybe you have the wrong forum or you are just trying to be funny...... yeah let's go with it being a joke. Lol that was a good one .
I think verizon 4g is just a bit buggy still. I'm routinely in cherry hill new jersey and usually have full 4g here. The past 2 days 4g is no where to be found... Here's to hoping verizon gets this figured out.
-Hai guise I haz problems on the pre-alpha release and I don't know why.
I've had a lot of fluctuation in my mbps. Signal strenght is usually decent (3 bars on average) My fastest mbps was 25 down 23 up, but on average I get about 6-10/sec. I have had the phone for a week as of today, and I've only switched to 3g twice for about 30 seconds. I live in the chicago area where I believe there is a lot of coverage.
Still hoping Samsung can get a proper radio out both my thunderbolt and rezound get great signal and speed both at work and home twhere as the S3 get horrible speed and signal :'(
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I've had a lot of fluctuation in my mbps. Signal strenght is usually decent (3 bars on average) My fastest mbps was 25 down 23 up, but on average I get about 6-10/sec. I have had the phone for a week as of today, and I've only switched to 3g twice for about 30 seconds. I live in the chicago area where I believe there is a lot of coverage.
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I get a huge fluctuation is speed too although I am on 3g and have not seen 4g yet.
Two speed tests done back to back, one can be as low as 30 kbps down with 500 kbps, the other 1500kbs down with 100 kbps up.
My phone is being returned as "DOA." It's not my network as I made the 3 hour drive to the city to compare it there. As compared to phones running the same apps, in the store, side by side mine was noticeably slower and far less consistent.
My battery life is miserable as well so if you have these issues- sounds like the device is faulty.
Let me stress- I have not received a replacement of my S3 yet so I am unaware if this issue is across the board, or, isolated to particular phones.
I have better speed and a good signal strength. coming g from the bionic so ...yeah
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Yes it's not as good as my rezound. I have very weak signal in my office and the rezound would always get 1 bar and the gs3 gets no signal at all
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Same here, my three Rezound's have a much better radio than any GSlll.
I knew this going in however, Samsung has always had [email protected] radios (my Droid Charge was the same way) & the radios in the Rezound are some of the best out there.
Just ran a speedtest in my office... 186kbps / 21 kbps on 3g... WTF?
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Just ran a speedtest in my office... 186kbps / 21 kbps on 3g... WTF?
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Exact same symptoms mine displays.
Lame.
Keep trying it and see if it fluctuates.
Hmm I've been bouncing back and forth between no data, 1x, and 3g all day in an area I always have strong 4g. Weird.
EDIT: and full 4g just magically reappeared here. -83 dbm , 57asu
Long story short, my main phone is a Droid 3 (I<3QWERTYS) and the 1900 MHz refarm has not come to my area yet. So I've been using a myTouch3G as a hotspot, but I have to make calls that require navigating a lot of voice menus while staying connected to the internet on my computer. The lack of a proximity sensor and the five second screen lock on the myTouch was maddening.
I picked up a Sidekick 4G with a busted screen off ebay. First phone had a bad IMEI that wasn't disclosed in the listing, so while I'm waiting for the replacement I was wondering what kind of data speeds I can expect to get? With the myTouch's 7 Mbps modem, I get anywhere from 2.5 to a little over 4 Mbps, depending on the time of day. I live about half a mile from a tower and my signal strength usually hovers in the -60 dbm range. Can I expect better speeds from the 21 Mbps modem in the Sidekick?
We are inching forward. This looks reassuring!
The SENSORLY apk is always on when I leave the house, mapping my route.
Oh how that purple looks SO beautiful!!!
I myself couldn't believe that Sprint LTE was starting in Cleveland over the past few days but I drove over by 480 in north Parma and LTE is true. Mapped out a few miles and picked up speeds of 33 Mbps on it. Woot! Woot! Anyone else from Cleveland wanting to pitch in I highly recommend 2 apps. Sensorly with passive contribution. Also LTE Discovery, it basically alerts you if it discovers LTE suddenly and it keeps toggling airplane mode for you. If you notice you're near an LTE approved area on Sensorly it really helps to manually turn on and off Airplane mode. LTE will then connect instantly. By default LTE checks every 30 minutes.
http://sensorly.com/map/4G/US/USA/Sprint/lte_310sprint
I Sensorly mapped yesterday from Beachwood all the way to Lorain road in North Ridgeville.. forced my HTC one to LTE only, so once it connected it would not let go when it encountered a strong 3G singal.. 4G connected just after Ridge Road, and I was able to get all the way to the Grayton Road overpass coming off of the Brooklyn - Brookpark tower, and then picked up the Tower in Olmsted Falls (Fitch and Cook) just after Sterns and it held the signal all the way until i got off the Highway in North Ridgeville.. Dropped signal as I was turning onto Lorain..
Did the reverse morning, once again forcing LTE only..
So now on Sensorly, we should see the absolute extents (on 480) of the reach of the 2 active 4g towers. You need to zoom in on Sensorly to see the newest mappings... I don't know why..
Another couple of towers and well have 4g service all the way from the Lorain county line on 480 to i77.. almost my entire ride to work!
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I Sensorly mapped yesterday from Beachwood all the way to Lorain road in North Ridgeville.. forced my HTC one to LTE only, so once it connected it would not let go when it encountered a strong 3G singal.. 4G connected just after Ridge Road, and I was able to get all the way to the Grayton Road overpass coming off of the Brooklyn - Brookpark tower, and then picked up the Tower in Olmsted Falls (Fitch and Cook) just after Sterns and it held the signal all the way until i got off the Highway in North Ridgeville.. Dropped signal as I was turning onto Lorain..
Did the reverse morning, once again forcing LTE only..
So now on Sensorly, we should see the absolute extents (on 480) of the reach of the 2 active 4g towers. You need to zoom in on Sensorly to see the newest mappings... I don't know why..
Another couple of towers and well have 4g service all the way from the Lorain county line on 480 to i77.. almost my entire ride to work!
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How did you force LTE Only? I just mapped out over past few hours the streets by Brookpark and Tiedeman. Everytime it would go into 3G it was fastest to just turn on and off airplane mode to reconnect to LTE. I have LTE Discovery app but it's designed to toggle airplane mode every minute rather than as soon as 4G signal is lost. I mapped out 1427 4G points and 4617 2G & 3G points. lol. As for zooming in to see results I notice that sensorly has to render over time the new coverage spots for different zoom levels. Within 24 hours you should see it zoomed out nicely. Fastest from today
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How did you force LTE Only? I just mapped out over past few hours the streets by Brookpark and Tiedeman. Everytime it would go into 3G it was fastest to just turn on and off airplane mode to reconnect to LTE. I have LTE Discovery app but it's designed to toggle airplane mode every minute rather than as soon as 4G signal is lost. I mapped out 1427 4G points and 4617 2G & 3G points. lol. As for zooming in to see results I notice that sensorly has to render over time the new coverage spots for different zoom levels. Within 24 hours you should see it zoomed out nicely. Fastest from today
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open your dialer and press *#*#4636#*#* You will get a Phone Info screen.. scroll down and you can choose lots of different radio settings.. I used LTE only yesterday.. I'm trying LTE,CDMA today to see if I have as good results. I don't believe you will receive calls or texts in LTE only mode, but you will not let go of the 4g signal once you get it, until it's absolutely gone. I'm assuming LTE,CDMA will be better at holding the 4g signal then full auto mode.
After you change the radio mode, push back couple of times and then do it again to make sure your settings stuck.. A couple of times it has not taken the settings, and reverted to WCDMA mode (WTF is that even?)
I believe it will still have the same polling time for finding a 4g signal, so you may need to airplane mode on and off to get a quick lock if you are in an area which you know there is 4g.. but it will stick until there is no more 4g signal.
If only it comes and soon. Might be able to convince my parents to drop Big Red....
Okay I found it now. On Sprint Galaxy S4 the Dialer Code is ##DATA# or ##3282#. You'll need your MSL Code to change any setting though. After that it's under Others -> HDR/1X Selection -> LTE Only Mode. Of course make sure LTE is on from the previous screen. Interestingly I forgot that I turned mine off 2 months ago to save on battery because I knew there wasn't LTE in Cleveland yet and it still connected with the airplane toggle off and on. Seems like it'll connect faster now.
Sprint rep in Macedonia told me September. I'll believe it when I see it but it's cool to see little areas slowly lighting up on Sensorly.
Anyone know if it's on out west? Ex. Brook Park, Westlake, etc. Thx!
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Anyone know if it's on out west? Ex. Brook Park, Westlake, etc. Thx!
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Keep checking http://sensorly.com/map/4G/US/USA/Sprint/lte_310sprint as of last night there's like 8 different areas which you have to zoom in and look for as it takes them a few hours to update the zoomed out versions. There is something over by Sheffield. I may go drive around today to help map out the major roads at any pop up spots. So can anyone confirm putting the phone in LTE - only mode help pick up LTE Signals instantly rather than constantly toggling airplane mode?