yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] davelikestacos:
Well I'm a new Sprint customer, but I'm kind of pissed because I bought my phone at Best Buy and they stated that I'd have 4G LTE on my device without mentioning that Sprint was currently rolling out 4G in the New York City area.

For anyone in NYC, you can get a solid 4G LTE connection at 6th Avenue and 44th Street. I got about 12MBits down and 2MBits up in that location.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jayharper08:
Spring now?! FML...............

--Jay-- Moderating from the Slimmed™ GSIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Best buy never knows what they are talking about.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Ha, another Jacksonville user. It's a small world. :p

There's actually like 9-10 sites live now in the Jacksonville Market. If you download the Sensorly App, you can see real time coverage, provided by users. :p

This is what keeps my sanity while I'm waiting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] davelikestacos:
I hear that :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xblackvalorx:
Any one know anything on Visalia CA? I can't find squat on the interwebz
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kmx:
I can't help but love these fast 4g lte speeds here in Los Angeles.

Hitting over 20Mbps on a regular basis through 4g LTE helps me feel better about switing from verizon to sprint for the Samsung Galaxy 3 that I got for $0.01.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ChickenArise:
I'm having some issue with LTE and thought maybe someone here might have seen something similar.

I'd been getting an LTE signal in Herndon/Reston, VA (near clocktower etc) for a few weeks, but now after the xmas break I no longer receive LTE in the same area. Even more strange is that my phone will not connect to any towers when CMDA/EVDO/LTE is selected. I only get 3G if I revert to CMDA/EVDO. Anyone able to shed light on this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NYCHitman1:
It's only lame to you because there's douchery pouring from every orifice of your body. You were whining - it's ok. I just decided to point you in the right direction. :highfive:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
That's happened here during the upgrade, weeks at a time until lte finally stayed on.

Transmitted with a portable device using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Same here. It sucks for now, but in a week or two, you'll forget you ever had a problem - until they start upgrading another tower near you... Still, it's not so bad. You'll be happy when it's done.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ChickenArise:
Excellent; I'm glad it's not something related to my phone. Time I have plenty of (I guess...), but tackling a fix would be extra effort.

Thanks!

(Though I am still curious as to how/why this cuts out 3G...presumably some kind of constant failing LTE handshake?)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rtaylo:
west Nashville.

here's a speed test
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ferfax4:
Just found lte here in new orleans
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NYCHitman1:
Going to take a walk through midtown by Bryant Park later today on my way to Times Sq - I'll report back any LTE findings.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] buckeye_jeff:
Does anybody know if there is an updated list of cities that will be getting LTE and when those cities will be getting it in 2013? The list I saw on Sprint's site was out of date.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
http://www.s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2906-Sprint-LTE-Coverage-Maps-via-Sensorly#entry85151

Transmitted with a portable device using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jerky1711:
cant wait til i get home

I'm a truck drive and I was staying away from home, but it looks like its hit the 7th ward too now....... I thank its time too come home now lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jonathanh88:
chicago

I travelled through the Chicago airport and picked up LTE but it wasn't thaat fast.. felt like normal home broadband internet. it still knocked the socks off of 3g ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RGExcaliber:
It is faster that 3G, however still slow. Still waiting for LTE in Milwaukee :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Today's speeds in Brandon/Riverview Florida
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
I like your thinking :)

I dislike it when people come in here complaining that 4G is only about 8-15mbps. How fast does your internet have to be lol. Even at 8 you can download a whole ROM within minutes and stream HD videos on YouTube :P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ssroka:
my LTE is slower than old 4g. I live in Chicago area..

---------- Post added at 03:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:34 AM ----------

I tried to flash different modems but only li3 is working. for all other ones it says to insert sim card.but sprint doesnt have one.. anybody else had the same issue??

---------- Post added at 03:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:41 AM ----------

i wish i had 8-15mbps. It's realy frustrating when u get .5mbps on 4G...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alaman68:
Oh no, the girlfriend got upset...

You pointed me in the direction of a website I have known about long before you knew how to root your phone. Thanks for telling me to read. Clearly with over 600 thanks I have no idea what is going on let alone how to read.

You simply quoted a web link before reading, you are a simple person. I feel bad bad for you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ssroka:
i live in chicago and go through the airport everey now and then.. ur right its nothing special. u pick up 4g lte and minute later it drops to no mobile services signal...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tkepk181:
For the last 6 months I've struggled with SUB par 3g speeds that were hovering around ISDN capabilites. Recently the DC area has been lighting up with LTE and OMG it's night and day!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gmangut:
Oh Dfw how sweet you've become ..:p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerbubba:
According to the running list at S4GRU, that area is not scheduled for launch of LTE until spring of 2013.

I don't doubt you when you say there is upgrade work going on. But from your description the twin T-1 backhaul sounds like it is part of unrelated "band-aid" work that Sprint is doing all along. These site upgrades do not include LTE, which is part of a total network rebuild. When that happens, you will likely know it. Everything -- base cabinets, antennas, RRU radios up top, backhaul -- will be brand new. And there will be no coax running up the tower, just fiber and power.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shortbus182:
I may stand corrected on this, but there is a lot of work being done at site for band aid work. In addition to verizon tech, there has also been an independent contractor on site installing new pull boxes. I will stay on top of this and report back if I am certain it is the lte upgrade happening before schedule.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerbubba:
My understanding is that all of Sprint's maintenance on its legacy network is outsourced to Ericsson. But the Network Vision rebuild project, which includes LTE, in your area is contracted to Alcatel/Lucent. So that would be an indicator. Of course, either might employ subcontractors of its own.

Most of what I know about this comes from the S4GRU.com site, which is covering the Network Vision project like a duck on a Junebug. If you have onsite intelligence, the best place to bounce it around is in the S4GRU forums.

You can also check this interactive Sprint site, which only reports the legacy band-aid work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] socalnative1:
Can't wait for 4g lte in nashville
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nismofreak:
me either. gave up great wimax on the og epic for the gs3. can literally see the tower from my porch. usually got 6-8 down, up to bursts of 14. considered turning the epic back on until lte is flipped on, but the gs3 is just too beast, and my cable is usually around 24-28, so that helps make it tolerable. c'mon lte, impatiently waiting!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr Ian B:
Franking Austin, Texas delayed?? Everyone around us has lte, Houston, Dallas, Waco, San Antonio.

Ugh,

Ian B
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] elephant007:
West Texas area

Currently Sprint is trying to gain my place of employment as a customer and I received an email from a Sprint Public Sector Account Manager claiming

Take it for what it's worth, he's trying to sell us something and subject to change... well if you've been with Sprint long enough you know could mean years! HAHA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pyoumans:
I know this just sucks. For a state capitol, and "very tech savvy" place we are far behind. Hell San Marcos has lte wtf????
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Teczeus:
San Antonio tx...Henderson pass and thousand oaks...View attachment 1295277

From the milky way galaxy... 3 dimensions...time irrelevant!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mc-fine:
I'm in the same boat. First week I got the phone I had great speeds but last couple of weeks have been terrible. Connection is very inconsistent. Half of the speed tests won't even complete.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhuff83:
Fastest speed thus far in Houston for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] harrychimp:
Thanks to everyone who posts their LTE speeds. I am green with envy and looking forward to LTE going live in Los Angeles. :)

To give a better idea of how good/bad/otherwise the LTE signal is in your area, can you add a brief descriptive of where the speed test was taken.

For example,

Was it taken outdoors or indoors?

If indoors, was it inside a house or building?

Were you near a window or near the center of the structure?

I'm curious to know if LTE will have better penetration than WiMax.

Thanks again and keep posting those speed tests. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerbubba:
There certainly should be better penetration with a 1900 MHz LTE signal than with 2500 MHz Wimax signal because of the lower frequency, all other things being equal.

For any given spot, all things will probably not be equal. The LTE signal will likely be coming from a different tower than the Wimax signal (if any) comes from today. Sprint's Wimax service comes from Clearwire, which generally has its own tower network. LTE service is planned for essentially every tower in Sprint's own legacy network that now has 3G. On balance, that is a much bigger coverage footprint.

But individual locations will vary. If you happen to be near a current Clearwire Wimax tower but are far from a Sprint tower, your experience could be worse than average. Or the reverse could be true.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DC_MTP:
What is up with the Nation's Capital still not having any LTE love from Sprint? Verizon is dominating this city right now. I kept hearing "before Labor day" for DC.. now I am hearing "mid to late September".
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sheek360:
nothing to report from Miami so far however rumor is that Homestead Florida has Lte
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bobprobert:
great to hear. anxiously awaiting in SW florida
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalblaster:
Been getting very spotty 4g LTE connections in and around baltimore for the past week. Despite it being spotting with 5 bars i was hitting speeds of 25 MBps. The Tech at the sprint store said it hadnt officially launched yet so i hope maybe itll be more wide spread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] waynebike:
Got this about 2 weeks ago in Hanover Park, IL, have not been back that way since to check to see if they still actually have 4G coverage or if i made it into a brief window of testing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] prosecutor55555:
nice
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iSaint:
Weird Yesterday I was getting 4G in my home no 4G today though..

Looked on the coverage map and there should be no 4Gz anywhere around me :?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Do not tell me that is an iPhone!!! Haha.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NAB4:
I think he means Dallas/Fort Worth. You'd be referring to the notorious dfu mode ^o^...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ssroka:
Thats what he meant Dallas Forth Worth

---------- Post added at 02:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:36 AM ----------

only li7 radio work for me. when i try to use others it says that i need a sim card. Anybody else had similr issue??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CR4CK:
Had 4G for a few minutes tonight before it went back to 3G in Tampa, Florida. Near USF
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gmangut:
Actually yes I use it for work since its easier to take out of pocket I have the galaxy s3 for the weekends :)

Annndd thanks to the rest yes I did mean Dallas forth worth for the 27 % they have done they have great coverage so far !:fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lei09:
Just now in mount Dora, florida , ON 441 & 44 saw a spot of 4g for a min or two View attachment 1650114
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ssroka:
i guess im on the wrong discussion...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mogul420:
Puerto Rico LTE

here's some info on the places i've come across LTE service in Puerto Rico:

Hato Rey (near Roosevelt Ave, Banking Area, Valencia/Las Monjas)

top: 13.25mbps dn / 8.44mbps up | ping 193ms

low: 3.05mbps dn / 1.19mbps up | ping 208ms

Caguas (while driving on freeway, near Catalinas Mall)

only try: 21.95mbps dn / 7.88mbps up | ping 171ms

Naranjito (while driving near the back of town towards Barranquitas)

only try: 15.75mbps dn / 9.25mbps up | 43ms

i know there are some more spots around Bayamon, Carolina and Yauco but haven't been able to accurately test any of them yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Must be some small skinny jeans. Even I have no problem taking a Note2 out of the pockets of some 32's. I think my eyes and brain would hurt from looking at that small screen.

-- "Sensorly or it didn't happen!"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gmangut:
Haha nooo it's slacks but with the otter box it always seems to bring out everything in my pockets. It kinda sucks cause it is small but I can say the lte and 3g signal is the same as the s3 and vice versa for anyone wondering. Only one I had issues with was the Evo lte but that phone is gone now I do miss the htc camera though.

Edit : I have commuter otter box for both
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rhodiggah:
Looks like Sprint is doing some "upgrading" in my area... Looking forward to this! :good:

The all-new Sprint network is coming to your city and it's bringing a number of improvements along with it.

As we replace existing network equipment with our new state-of-the-art technology, you may experience some temporary service disruptions. But once we're done we expect to see improvements such as:

Expanded coverage

Fewer dropped calls

Improved indoor/outdoor signal strength

Faster downloading, surfing and streaming

More reliable connections to apps, emails and the web

To see our progress in your neighborhood visit sprint.com/network
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yaniel06:
Man some of those cities sprint just announced today better not get LTE before Philadelphia.. cause ill leave. We've been waiting for a while now. Just saying
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] auau465121:
Sprint announces 28 more cities getting LTE 'in the coming months'

http://www.androidcentral.com/sprint-announces-4g-lte-rollout-28-more-cities-coming-months
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kazelin:
Seeing LTE all over Indianapolis. Spotty though. Some places show 8-9mbits and others 1-2mbits. Downtown Indy averages 1.5mbits

---------- Post added at 03:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:19 PM ----------

Anyone seeing any LTE around orange county area? I am moving back there soon and the 3g there is barely usable.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lobster$:
sigh

I wish I knew what it was like to experience LTE :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Sprint is lighting up the Brandon Tampa FL area it is gapping so fast
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Think they had a site for a while now in Brandon.

-- "Sensorly or it didn't happen!"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] spdrasr3:
Clearwater, FL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Esoteric68:
Sprint is finally showing Alabama some LTE love, even if it is in three smaller cities. I'm right next door to one of the cities which begs the question, "how far you can be from an LTE tower yet still benefit from it?".

Either way this is a very good sign!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] supasanch24:
Still no Milwaukee? Oh well
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jonathanm1978:
Good to see another Alabama person here.

I went and saw some LTE on my Gs3 near the Georgia line on last Saturday (past Heflin on I-20)....

and I've been getting a few pictures and was told the pictures I've taken of towers near me are showing work like ground-mount cabinets...so work has started in Alabama and it probably won't be long before quite a few places are lit up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akm987654:
Still waiting here in NJ. I think we had wimax but I can't get LTE anywhere.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] studentjunk:
it varies. Urban areas tend to have a lot more customers, so the towers are set up to have smaller ranges. Rural areas have fewer people, so the towers are less likely to get overloaded. So they set up these towers so they have greater range. The max distance is on the order of miles i think, but I don't know how many.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Esoteric68:
Hiya neighbor lol if you are near Gadsden, Florence/Muscle Shoals or Decatur then you might see more 4G in the near future. I've begun to think they are focusing on smaller rural areas because they use fewer towers as opposed to larger metropolitan areas that likely need more than one tower to cover the customer base.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jonathanm1978:
It's more to do with rural having ground mount RRU's. Doesn't require much work on site.

This doesn't concern this site, but I'm s sure their are members here who can relay the word that I was booted and have no idea why, and can't read that pending pm to find out. Nor do I have the email address to check since it was compromised.

...seems like my money didn't buy me the same rules others were able to buy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Rural has nothing to do with ground mount RRUs.

-- "Sensorly or it didn't happen!"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jonathanm1978:
Ground mount something...I can't remember. And sure can't go reread to find out what it is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Ground mounts are used when sites can not support the extra weight of the RRUs on the tower.

Ahhh... The name clicks now. Figured it wouldn't be long before that happened.

-- "Sensorly or it didn't happen!"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Rajata:
Hi. Where in New Jersey are you located? I'm in Bergen County...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jonathanm1978:
Forgot, I'm about halfway between Mont and the ham.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ssroka:
theres gotta be the way to switch between wimax and lte
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Yep, switch phones.

-- "Sensorly or it didn't happen!"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Lol!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Central Florida Has 4G now!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akm987654:
Atlantic County
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jami1:
I am in NYC in harlem on 125 and Lexington Ave.. I can't seem to get 4g on my phone I have a Galaxy S3, Now here is the interesting thing, I am not sure if this is normal .I come from having a Wimax phone before with the 4g toggle button. I hear that eHRPD is suppose to tell the phone to switch to LTe mode.. at least that is how I under stand it. I checked my phone and under ##3282# it shows LTE Status as being OFF. I thought it should be searching for a signal instead of being off. I went to the bronx to visit my brother and still could not find 4g LTE in any of the places that is mentioned on the s4gru site...

Is there something I can do to force the Sprint Galaxy S3 into LTE mode.. At least force it on getting a weak signal. 3g sucks here in harlem. I tried setting the phone to CDMA mode and back to LTE/CDMA mode and still no luck.. its currenly set as LTE/CDMA mode as we speak.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jonathanm1978:
If you toggled airplane mode and it didn't connect to 4g when airplane mode got turned off, there is none around for you to connect to. Ehrpd is preliminary to a 4g update, but it doesn't mean that you should have LTE just because you see you phone connected to eHRPD. You could have eHRPD for a couple months before you see 4g.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
My S3 was showing it for about 4-5 month before I seen LTE and when I check with ##DATA# it also said it was off until it had a lte signal
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Rajata:
Thanks! SG4GRU said around February we should see LTE in North Jersey. Waiting patiently :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jami1:
Damn. so I guess it is normal for LTE to be off untill it gets a 4g signal.. I want 4g so bad.. I guess I will have to use my clear spot until then.

---------- Post added at 02:10 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:03 AM ----------

If you don't mind me asking, where are you located?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lei09:
Hey all, have 4G in Tangerine/Mount Dora on 441 near 46 speeds aren't too bad. Was wondering how come in the ##data# screen says Lte off but screen says I have 4G?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
As you can see that option means nothing.

-- "Sensorly or it didn't happen!"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jami1:
So you did not have to do nothing to the phone, the phone picked up 4G automatically?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
If you're on LTE/CDMA mode, your phone scans for lte in 5 minute intervals.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lei09:
I did nothing, my phone is in LTE/CDMA mode that's it...I scanned this in sensorly and made sure it uploaded properly. I was up in mount Dora by 441 & 44 the other day when I noticed the 4G icon so of course did sensorly and some speed test.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
I am in Brandon FL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Central Florida!! So happy now! Fastest download ever!View attachment 1659428

Sent From My Galaxy S3 Running Stock... WickedCyan10PeopleFreeGS3 ROM!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DexterDawg:
Had weak 4g in Rochester, Mn for about two months. Not anymore :D. This is from my living room.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] laihafloyd:
Picked up 4g in New Orleans (actually around Belle Chasse strangely)! Didn't last long though, switched back to 3g before I got into Jefferson parish
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] titans10:
I get steady 4g in my apartment downtown silver spring maryland... as soon as I walk outside its gone :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ctasich:
In-home Antenna for LTE?

I have done some searching on this, but haven't found much for the Sprint GSIII. Everything seems to pertain to the GSM international version of the phone. Here's my issue:

I live in an area with 1-2 bars of LTE service typically. From time to time the signal will drop and I get flipped over to 3g service. The problem is that we do not have access to high speed internet and I rely on tethering from time to time. I'd love to be able to keep the LTE signal when I'm at home. Furthermore, I plan to get a Millenicom in home data plan using a Sprint LTE hotspot (once I can find one cheap enough). With that said, I would be interested in investing in some sort of antenna or amplifier for my LTE service. Is it possible to "cheaply" build an antenna to use with my GSIII to amplify the signal while at home?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
I don't think there is anything you can do to amplify the signal of LTE. Be grateful you have some right now. And you shouldn't rely on your phone for internet throughout your house.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ctasich:
I wish I had any other option. I'm on a mile long stretch of road with no access to cable, dsl, fiber, etc... It is what it is...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Yep, there is a site active in Belle Chasse. Look on Sensorly.

Sent from my little Note2