yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaki_rocker:
oh ok thanks man.

moment of relief for me. :D

just now if someone can confirm about the roms.

i'd be a very happy guy. :)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackster248:
No problem, if you take a look at the ROM's in the G2 Developmental Section, you can see a bunch of ROM's that work for numerous versions such as the D801, D802, Verizon version, etc... But so far I don't really see them for Sprint version. I tried out the Lightning ROM and I think I read somewhere in that thread that it works for Sprint. Just make sure you read the thread of the ROM you want before trying it out just to be sure.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steven27:
HI Guys,

just a short question, i have my S5 placed in a Case wich covers the display completly if closed.

As i know from my new galaxy tab pro and a note 2, normaly if you close the lid the phone locks and turns of the display.

Now this isnt working on my S5. I've checked light and proximity sensor with the Service menu (*#0*#)

Seems to work.

Didn't find anything in the menu?

Am i blind ? or is this feature really missing? Or is something wrong with my phone?

regards

Steven
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Derekwolfee:
This requires a magnet.. Maybe the case does not have a magnet. Or is improperly placed for the s5..
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Whose got it and how fast is it?? Also does anyone know where I can find a coverage map for it??
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] CCallahan:
The regular coverage map for data shows Spark coverage in addition to standard 3g/4g. Don't have it in my market yet but according to Sprint is supposed to reach peak speeds of 50-60mbps.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] soufdallas:
My stuff slow.....whats funny is they allegedly always workin on the towers or fixing something and always got the fukin nerve to be coming out with some allegedly newer or better/faster but never seems to fix what they already got running..... I swear if it wasn't for this employee discount that I receive which pretty much take $20 off my bill I would be so done with Sprint for this average service I get
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] manardj1:
I get at least 30 down and about 7-8 up in Dallas.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] jhuff83:
View attachment 2690485

Right outside of Houston
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] yellowman82:
I dont go by sprint maps on their site. Go to s4gru.com become a member and donate about $10~$20 bucks to become a sponsor member which will let you see map coverage and every sprint tower in this country, can see which one is active with 3g only or 4g only or a towers with both 3g/4g active that site has alot of great info about sprints coverage and more.

Im in miami where band 41 in most tower is active but i cant recall if miami was already launched with spark but here's some tests.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] yellowman82:
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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mscott:
This morning in Austin, TX. Couldnt get LTE yesterday to save my life, they must be fixing things here.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] shawngormley:
Ya I'm in the DFW area and I am getting 3g. No LTE. Very disappointed choosing sprint. Can not use the s5 to its potential!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Goose0121:
Are you using 3 band?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
I enabled the 3 band, what is it though exactly lol?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] CCallahan:
According to Sprint....

"These tri-band devices support active hand-off mode between 800MHz, 1.9GHz and 2.5GHz providing data session continuity as the devices move between spectrum bands."

"these devices are expected to give users the best experience by shifting from one band to another, depending on what speed is needed for the application in use at a given moment."
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] crazymook:
Supposedly band 3 is for international. Enabling it does nothing.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] shawngormley:
I disabled band 3 and the other 3 options enabled. It doesnt let me choose the order. Looking at the sprint map it shows spark in dfw.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] edufur:
I live in the Portland Oregon metro area and on 2 occasions when my GF has called me (from her S4 to my S5), the call was in HD voice. From what I understand, this can only happen in a spark situation. So I am betting they are getting ready to fire up the towers here in PDX ahead of schedule.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] rt-hemiboy:
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Rite by miami international airport pretty good 42mb dw..
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AcE2DuCe:
Speeds

Here is my highest one so far on sprint LTE(not spark band 3 2500Mhz). My spark is disabled so I'm sure this is not spark speed. I'm in Kansas City HQ for sprint...what a joke!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Androidaholic:
Hey they're I would call Sprint and make them reprovision your phone. A lot of peoples with S5's and even HTC m8's phones are not properly provisioned and they do not connect to LTE.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AcE2DuCe:
Sprint dropped the ball on TRI-Band.....

Tri-band phones can only connect to LTE or CMDA(3G/1x) one at a time. To off set this towers and now being equipped Circuit Switched Fallback or Enhanced Circuit Switched Fallback. You are probably in an are where the Circuit Switched Fallback (CSFB) and Enhanced Circuit Switched Fallback (eCSFB) are not equipped on the towers. Sprint hasn't deployed this to most of its network yet. Areas that don’t have it already have no expected time frame for the roll out of this network technology, and since your smartphone is designed to prefer the ability to make and receive phone calls at all costs, it is programmed to stay on CDMA.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pastert33:
This is the best info that I've seen anout this situation. I can get LTE if I update PRL or toggle airplane mode. Calling Sprint does nothing BC most have no clue what this is and everything they see is working as should. Very very frustrating to hear "oh your device is the issue, go return it for a new one". I can also go into LTE only mode and it stay connected until I change it.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ScrapMaker:
Austin was one of the first, and was quickly overwhelmed. Seems to happen on all the carriers here.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ty080279:
spark is on in clackamas oregon

by I-205 and hwy 224

band 41 is also live for delta park - north Portland Oregon

lte spark portland clackamas
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] piggynuts:
Thanks for all the feedback everyone. Spark is superb in california, I have 4g coverage almost everywhere I go, travel. A lot between LA and SF including rural areas, usually 10-25 mb. WiFi tether router the way to go for tethering. Go sprint :) by the way any one having issues with bad sprint coverage just use roam control, it goes to Verizon 1x if there is no sprint 4g, and you can force roam on Verizon for call and text.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] autotech40:
I get terrible lte coverage in the belleville,illinois area.i dont know if we even have spark yet in my area,how do i find out?all the tower map apps I've found dont work.

if i have helped in any way,please hit the thanks button.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
How do we know if we're on LTE vs Sprint Spark?! Thanks!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AcE2DuCe:
If you go into to LTE mode only you risk not getting a call or text because those work off the CDMA system. This whole triband band thing for sprint it a disaster. Sorry to hear what is going on in your local area. I'd be pissed! Im pretty upset about not being able to surf the web and talk on thw phone, but a least most of the time i can be on LTE.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
I'm supposedly in a spark area and get 10mbps tops

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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] yellowman82:
On the ##debug# menu and under LTE Engineering you can see which band you are connected to. Band 25 is sprints normal band which majority of their customers are connected to but that band is also known as spark but it's slow since it's their normal main band. Band 41 and 26 are the new bands which have faster speeds depending if the tower had been fully upgraded unless its missing spectrum on that tower.

Sprint should had announced band 41 and 26 as sparks only but they didn't which alot of folks get confused on because they think spark is a upgraded network which it is with the new bands but it also holds the old band which some folks won't know that so when they are on the old band 25 with the spark icon and getting slow speeds they start to complain and bash sprint and whatnot without knowing the whole concept of how their network works.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] slyjai:
#spark
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AcE2DuCe:
T=Joe0113;52055087]How do we know if we're on LTE vs Sprint Spark?! Thanks![/QUOTE]

I know for a fact spark isn't even live. I have an inside guy that works on the sites testing out spark. Most are in the Baltimore and Indianapolis area. These site are not set for commercial use.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
I know for a fact spark isn't even live. I have an inside guy that works on the sites testing out spark. Most are in the Baltimore and Indianapolis area. These site are not set for commercial use.[/QUOTE]

What are you talking about dude. Spark is live in like 10 or so cities...........
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AcE2DuCe:
Nope

What are you talking about dude. Spark is live in like 10 or so cities...........[/QUOTE]

Do you work for sprint or know anyone in the company??? There is a reason why the LTE 2.5 band 3 is not turn on in the tri-band phones. If you're going off the sprint map coverage then they have mislead you and all of us, The only markets that are getting tested on right now are places where there are Samsung sites and Lucent(ALU) sites.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] zgroten:
Whenever I'm on LTE I see the spinning Spark icon next to LTE. I don't believe I am in a Spark area and am wondering if it just shows the Spark icon by default, regardless of what level if service you have. Anyone have any input/experiences?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AcE2DuCe:
Yes that's just the new icon, it doesn't indicate if you are on spark or LTE network vision
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] soufdallas:
This is the speed I got in the area of Arlington Texas off Mayfield and New York dr..... I almost had a f****** wreck when looking at the speed test and driving..... I guess it is true you really should not surf n drive...sparkin like a mug
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] soufdallas:
But then I come home to south Arlington today is terrible azz ****t.... And this is at 12 a.m. As you can see so the network can't be that damn Clogged:mad::mad::thumbdown:
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] soufdallas:
Now I drove half a mile up the road where a sprint customer service representative told me where a tower is located that is supposed to be my tower and this is the service I get...smh
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] crazyape415:
Clogged at 4.4mbps is heaven for most of us who do not get a constant 4G signal. It is surreal for those of us who get network communication issues when running on 3G.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] yellowman82:
This here has to be band 25 sprints normal LTE as it seems band 41 doesn't reach yet to your house. That tower that is closest to you have you tried a speed test while you was there next to it and also check the lte engineering menu to see what band your connected to when your next to that tower.

That tower might havent been upgraded yet with band 41 or they havent left the switch on like they usually do meaning they might be bacj to that tower to finish it.

---------- Post added at 07:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:20 AM ----------

This wasn't near the so call closest tower that sprint said is closest to your house right?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] slyjai:
#cali
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] K-Mack:
These are speeds im getting in Washington DC...Didnt even know this area was "sparking"! Ill glady take it!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] soufdallas:
But you know what you're crazy if I wasn't getting 4G at all I would more than likely not have sprint...id be with tmobile... Here at my home T Mobile gets 35 down easily because I'm hoping that sprint fixes they s*** and plus I get a $15 employee discount that's the only reason I'm sticking around but if this don't get fixed soon.....ill be chattin in t mobile s5 forums

---------- Post added at 12:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:30 AM ----------

You know what I'm really starting to realize that the tower that I am connected to is not sprint spark but it is regular LTE that's why my speed suck because I'm too close to the damn tower the only be getting 4 mega bite down in 6 megabyte upload....the upload is whats ****in makin me think it is spark and that the tower is just broke

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So im a sponsor on the site s4gru.com but I cant tell how to tell if my tower is active....I saw tower location on map list though and on google map
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] yellowman82:
You won't be able to tell in a way unless your next to the tower. The maps shows you where the towers are at and it tells you supposedly if its a 3g only tower or 4g only or 3g/4g both etc. Only way to tell what its broadcasting if you travel to that tower and when your next to it check which band your connected to and play around with the speed test see what you get and such that's how you'll know if the tower's has been upgraded with spectrum and such.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] BubZX:
How do u check to see what band you're on?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] yellowman82:
On your dialer pad hit ##debug# it will take you to a secret menu there once there you will see LTE Engineering go in there then you will see a bunch of info about your network and network signal and such including the lte band which will say 25,26 or 41 next to band

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Also if it's your first time going in that menu and if it ask you for a code put 777468(sprint)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] BubZX:
Says band 25. Are all others enabled by default?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] soufdallas:
So check this boss, I di wha cha said and low and behold on true SPARK
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] crazymook:
Did what who said / did what?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] yellowman82:
Was this near the tower to you home or another tower?

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See thats band 41 true spark but at your house its band 25 right?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] soufdallas:
but whats ****ed up about this, is the distance between that spark 41 location i was at and when i drove to that tower where im connected right now to band 25/26 is about the same distance but for some reason its default to this crappy old ass lte 3mb maybe 4 mb down tower
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] yellowman82:
Yea guess its just picking up the tower with band 25 on it and choosing it as the closest tower then
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] soufdallas:
is it a way on lg flex to disable the other bands and only keep band 41 enabled?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] yellowman82:
Yes i when i first got it back in February i did it and well band 41 wasn't everywhere in miami yet or most places so it would jump back to 3g instead of band 25 so i then switch it and just left it as band 41 as first priority and 25 as 2nd.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] soufdallas:
****in galaxy s5 wont let a mufuka prioritize or disable the other bands that suck........when i remove checkmark on data screen and its suppose to disable the other bands, it actually doesnt and still connects to band 25 instead of either going 3g or SPARK (41)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] yellowman82:
Yea i seen folks talking about it not sure if sprint and samsung decided to make the S5 like that but it sucks. Guess sprint learned from it by noticing that LG phones are capable of doing it because the G2 i think also could change its priorities unless its just an LG thing hmmm now im really curious wonder if the htc M8 is capable or if it's like the S5 and can't do it neither.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] soufdallas:
i tell you what, mannnnnn i think within the next week, i will be a tmobile customer, im sick of dealing wit this sprint ALLEGED coverage FALSE advertisement ish............... if your map says you have spark coverage but you actually dont and you are forever allegedly working on TOWERS ......then you probably shouldnt lie and say there is coverage when there isnt............if ya spark only covers a quarter or less of an area, you probably need more towers...........and you should definitely not advertise a product that isnt even certified on regular LTE ....instead of lying and trying to compete with companies that have TRUE.........finna slide over to Tmobile s5 forums and see whas crackin over that way
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Someone needs to smoke a joint or something, damn man, chill out and just switch then....
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] soufdallas:
Word......smokin a joint is the coolest thing to do......foh..... stupid ass comment :thumbdown:
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
OK well then just straight up stop b!tching.

Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Goose0121:
Htown not too shabby
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AcE2DuCe:
OK this is too funny!!!

So when I go into my phone data menu (##data#) View\LTE I see band3, band26 and band41. Band 3 is disabled if I click on it and all others are enabled. From what I know about the bands it should be 26,25, and 41.(info below) With that being said if you are on band26(800Mhz) the length of that wave is shorter so it won't reach far from the tower but will penetrate builds better then the other 3 bands. Band 25 and 41 will be the furthest reaching band but will have weaker penetrating power.

Carrier: Country: Mhz: Band: Lanuch date:

Sprint	United States	800	26	October 2013

Sprint	United States	1900g	25	July 2012

Sprint(formerly Clearwire) United States 2500	41	July 2013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks

The real question is what is band 3??? International perhaps???? Where is my band 25???

Edit just used SPCUtility.apk to find my MSl and enable band 3.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51925905&postcount=37
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] yellowman82:
It was mentioned in earlier post that band 3 is international and that the lte im guessing is band 25 since its sprint original lte band. Im not sure why samsung decided to make the settings that way as to LG not being that way but i wonder if its just sprint that decided to change the settings around so I'm curious to see if the next LG phone will have the same settings as the S5 or not.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AcE2DuCe:
Band 25 is 1900Mhz frequency. 3G and LTE are both capable of working on band 25 and do. Band 41 is 2500Mhz and sprint is only going to use it for LTE(spark) im wondering why they'd leave the international band and not have an option for band 25?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] soufdallas:
Eh yello....so i got this g flex now like urs.

Whats the service code for g flex to edit lte in ##data#

Sent from my LG-LS995
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] KyosukeX79:
Got this in kansay city Kansas.

Fastest I have ever gotten.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Woahhh.... hello Spark.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] animal7296:
Here's what I got at 8000 s state street in Midvale Utah.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] soufdallas:
Damn I cant get this kinda speed from my time warner cable provider.....dam dis ish cray.......wish I could get this at home
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] vinman12:
Yep and thats my complaint. I should be getting spark in my town, spark on all the time 15 most I get
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
Same here in Chicago. We are supposed to have spark, but I'm lucky to get 10mbps

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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Stryke_the_Orc:
#FIRSTWORLDPROBLEMS

Behave children, if I have to come in and clean it again, I may just decide to close it.

You're (supposed to be) adults and responsible, act like it.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] nyerere71:
I've gotten "decent" speeds where I am...no complaints here...hahaha. ..
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] biggboii:
I barely get 3G in Washington D.C. Can't get internet standing inside of a building.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ScrapMaker:
I had the S5 from April 15th to April 23rd. I can vouch that even in 'big' cities that the switching voodoo magic is only set up in a few select locations. Driving around town, I'd have 3G almost all the time. If I reset my radio, I'd get LTE for a few seconds, (maybe minutes,) and then wham, right back to 3G. When I got LTE in some areas, I saw as fast as 60mbps down and 20mbps up. It's incredible. Though I made several trips to San Antonio (an even bigger city,) and I only saw LTE a few times the whole way. I could not stream Spotify at all, (3G cannot do this most of the time.)

As sad as it sounds, I've had to force my phone into 1X mode before to actually stream music. How the HELL is that faster than 3G? I guess the answer is network saturation. They could increase bandwidth on the existing frequencies as well, but they'd rather throw it out the new Spark system. More of a marketing situation than anything else. They can give super-fast speeds now to the Spark users, or they could share the speed with the other users. It's a lot more amazing to see 50mbps on your phone than a reliable 10mbps.

Though I receive calls in my car quite often, and I can't have Google Maps, Waze, and Escort Live losing internet connection. I'm praying that the LG G3 is somehow different :/ I ended up returning the S5 and re-activating my HTC One M7. Flawless (still mostly slow though,) LTE coverage has returned.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
I'm happy.

Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] andyistic:
s4gru donations

I went to the site, but there's no information anywhere on how to donate.

There's a section of forums where you need a password to enter, but no information anywhere on how to become an elevated member.

Sadness.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] andyistic:
Spark indicator

Do you guys get the spark indicator (a star thingie) in the status bar up top?

And for those who do, does it spin quickly when you're accessing mobile data?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
I'm not sure if that's for spark, rather LTE in general

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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] andyistic:
Can we find out from people with other variants if they also get a spinning star?

If they do, then yeah - it's not a spark indicator.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
It's not a spark indicator.

Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RanChan03:
Spark in Arlington TX, but this is on their in store phones

pretty fast on the instore phones.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] BMP7777:
This is what I get in between Atlanta and Athens georgia. Not great but not awful either. Why do I have faster up speeds than everyone else and why is it my down speeds suck when I'm actually DLing something and not just running this test? I stopped using this app because it started to feel like benchmarking. You can get the device to show anything in a test but in actual use it always seems different. That's my take anyway. I'm still pleased that sprint has made progress. Less than a year ago I couldn't get any LTE in the areas I live and work. As far as spark is concerned, I dunno. The map shows a supposed spark tower right down the street from my house. I get nothing but a few bars of 3g or a bar of LTE at home. Think it could be because I live at the bottom of a hill i.e. line of sight? Don't know of another explanation.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
When you start your phone, the yellow splash screen comes in with sprint spark with the star like symbol, so it could quote possibly indicate spark. Not sure though

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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tbudke:
I got a great 4g connection with my Sprint S4 but it seems like a rather poor connection on my S5. I'm in San Diego, CA