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[EVO 4G General] d0m1n0:
I don't live in EP, but go there pretty often and have not gotten any 4G anywhere around there.

On the other hand. I work at 169/Excelsior and have 4G from there (once I'm out of the building) all the way home to Betty Crocker/Shelard Pkwy.

In my apt building I don't get 4G inside, but if I go out on my patio I connect. I walked around a bit and found the 4G tower/antenna in on top of the Marriott by 394/Hopkins Crossroad. Standing in the parking lot of the hotel I could consistently get 10Mb down.

I'm guessing there's another location around SLP, cause like I said, I can get it all the way from Excelsior. Able to connect at Target on 7 as well.
[EVO 4G General] trobertmn:
I think there has to be a tower on top of the Davannis on Winnetka in Golden Valley since ive been getting full bars 4g inside the building.
[EVO 4G General] olemarc:
694 northeast of Roseville

Not where I want it to be, but I did get signal while driving on 694 East of Roseville and got very little signal in Roseville itself. Unfortunately I live near St. Cloud, so it may be a little while...
[EVO 4G General] Cloudizzle:
1-2 bars of 4g in the metrodome
[EVO 4G General] first2mars:
0 4g here in dinky town... disappointed
[EVO 4G General] jstcynske:
Picking up signal in roseville now, off county rd. C, 6.5mb download...
[EVO 4G General] twincitiesjhawk:
On Saturday, the "4g network is available" started coming up inside my house in highland park, but no actual connection. Im guessing they added a tower close by snelling and ford. Great news! C'mon sprint, turn the sucker on!!!
[EVO 4G General] guzjon66:
4G in Coon Rapids and Blaine! On the west side of Ntown, and Hanson and CR Blvd!
[EVO 4G General] kmoon89:
Still no 4G for me...1 mile from downtown where 4G is at four bars. FML, I'm never going to get it.
[EVO 4G General] rfryar:
Cottage Grove - 4G

Full bars in 4G in most if not all Cottage Grove (SE metro) area. A bit disappointed in the speed as it is only 5Meg down 1Meg up, but it is a start!

Rick
[EVO 4G General] msturg29:
4G-Brooklyn Park

I just found out I get 4G in Brooklyn Park off Zane Ave. The signal is 1-2 bars and speeds of 512Kb/s (4.1 Mb/s).

Finally the extra $10/month is paying off!!
[EVO 4G General] runvus:
3 bars of 4G in Target Field. 3.8mps down.
[EVO 4G General] d0m1n0:
4 bars at North Memorial in Robbinsdale.
[EVO 4G General] internetraver:
I tried my 4g at Target field yesterday but there was nothing.....what the hell??
[EVO 4G General] edhaswell:
Weak signal inside at Lake & Lyndale this afternoon.
[EVO 4G General] goffmj:
I was surprised when I saw it, but 2 bars of good ol' 4G in Eden Prairie. About a block from the mall and library. FINALLY!
[EVO 4G General] Zodelicious:
4G North Metro

in Circle pines, Lexington on the corner of lake drive and Lexington Ave.

Fridley on hwy 65 and Osborne Rd.
[EVO 4G General] olemarc:
Today I got 9.6 down in Burnsville. I haven't ever gotten that on my wired connection...
[EVO 4G General] Ranger093:
New towers go live in andover to cover most of blaine by the end of this month. Got 4g In Minneapolis near 2nd street and Broadway
[EVO 4G General] dkisling:
East Metro

Anybody getting bars in noth St Paul or Stillwater? A new tower going up in WI accross from Stillwater.
[EVO 4G General] zbend:
Woodbury

Got 4G at my house in Woodbury for the first time (Woodbury Dr and 94 more or less) 321 ms ping, 8397 kbps down, 982 kbps up, if its out here its gotta be coming soon!
[EVO 4G General] evilecho:
Eden Prairie

I'm about able to get a 4G around the Eden Prairie Mall. The signal is kinda weak but its about to stay connected for a while.

I can't wait till the official launch. Which i heard it will be sometime in October around Halloweenish. So im thinking prolly the week of 25
[EVO 4G General] xenokira:
A friend of mine works at a Sprint store outside of the metro area, but he said he's heard Oct 1st as the official launch date for 4G in the Twin Cities.
[EVO 4G General] d0m1n0:
Last night was able to hold 4G the whole way from North Memorial in Robbinsdale, down Theodore Wirth Pkwy to 55. Was really strong around 55 & 100. Lost it around Douglas Ave, then picked up again around 55 & General Mills Blvd.

Able to get 9.99Mbps down at North Memorial and around the Marriott on Shelard. Best I got while stopped at a red light on 55 & 100 was 9.46Mbps down.
[EVO 4G General] TA917901:
4G in EP

I've been getting a strong signal near EP Mall, Southwest Transit station, and Staring Lake area.
[EVO 4G General] teamgreen02:
Laying in bed right now in Apple Valley getting full bars of 4g. 140th and Pilot Knob.
[EVO 4G General] kse91holydiver:
I'm getting full 4g in blegen hall on the west bank.
[EVO 4G General] thgood:
No, I work right around the mall and have not seen a 4g signal.

I did get 4g for the first time at 72nd and france ave. 8.6Mbps:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/960928646.png

So it is getting closer!
[EVO 4G General] evilecho:
There now is 4g around the south end by the library
[EVO 4G General] xenokira:
Strong 4G signal in Mounds View around County Hwy 10. Full bars outside, 1-2 bars inside.

Best speed test gave 9.5Mbps down / ~1Mbps up.
[EVO 4G General] dougdascenzo:
Good/Excellent signal by Montreal and 7th in Saint Paul.

8.86 Mbps down / .98 Mbps up
[EVO 4G General] teddykgb715:
I was in the Southdale Sprint store last night getting my wife a new phone. Per the girl there, October 22nd is the full go live and coverage will be from Mankato to St. Cloud.

Seems a bit ambitious to me so I'll believe it when I see it.
[EVO 4G General] xenokira:
Until now, I heard October 1st, but the 22nd makes more sense. Considering how much they seem to have powered up over the last few weeks, I think 22nd could work. I'm getting 1-3 bars most place I go in the north & east metro.

I was really surprised to find out today that I get better 4G coverage at work than I do CDMA or EVDO. I can barely make a phone call, but I can download at 8.5Mbps!
[EVO 4G General] teddykgb715:
May have to try that. My coverage is abysmal inside my office building.
[EVO 4G General] polkadots:
Mankato to St. Cloud? Are there any areas of that size that have coverage now? Seems insanely ambitious...and not something I believe.
[EVO 4G General] trukenx:
st paul

Well leaps and bound east saint slpaul the saint paul now I get 8mbps average indoors at one of the biggest building then comcast building... then now west saint paul... still nothing in inver grove heights but it seems to be migrating my way.... strangly I now get better battery life on 4g than 3g... I use it alot at work and the battery dies slower I really don't know why... I am at work 11 hours a day and it keeps the charge
[EVO 4G General] ghlu:
Anyone know if woodbury area would be covered?
[EVO 4G General] xenokira:
I was getting 4G at Potbelly off of Bielenberg by Target, as well as north on Bielenberg passed Tamarak. I haven't checked anywhere else in Woodbury though.
[EVO 4G General] akrod2as:
I got coverage in inver grove heights at rich valley and 149. But that's damn near eagan. Also some coverage in burnsville 42/burnsville parkway.
[EVO 4G General] yutlin:
Getting 4G in my house in Columbia Heights now! AWESOME!
[EVO 4G General] mateo14:
Getting 4G for the 1st time at my home in Maple Grove. 7.5Mbps last night, north side of Rice Lake. Very happy to be getting a good signal in the house.
[EVO 4G General] AdamHart612:
Eden Prairie

Intermediate bars from 5 south on CR4 (EP Road) to Pioneer and east past Grace Church.

Full bars from Flying Cloud Airport/SuperAmerica down Flying Cloud Drive to the mall. Going north signal died the second I started down the hill past the control tower and the dump.

Also full bars down Prairie Center drive from WalMart/CVS to the library. Full bars heading south on Preserve, and then west on Anderson Lakes.

Almost full bars heading south on Franlo to Pioneer.

Full bars at a friends house off of Woodridge, and half at my parents across from Grace Church.

Nothing at my house in Victoria near Floyds. LOL its gonna be awhile until I get it out here.

Not sure if some people have 4G issues or if Sprint/Clear is just testing towers. But on my Evo Eden Prairie has been consistently covered east of CR4 (EP Road) and south of 5 for a few weeks now.
[EVO 4G General] paperwaves:
Getting 2 bars 4G in Apple Valley (borderline Burnsville)

Getting full bars in Burnsville off County Rd. 11

Full bars in Bloomingon all down 98th by Normandale

Speed tests are conclusive. asdlkfjfldlf!!!:D
[EVO 4G General] Biff Rosco:
Sprint 4G Coverage Map for Twin Cities

I was looking at the coverage map on Sprint.com for the Twin Cities this morning and saw that the map now shows 4G coverage areas for the Twin Cities. Hopefully we are close to a formal launch and more complete coverage!
[EVO 4G General] xenokira:
Awesome! They weren't up when I checked last week.

Does anyone know how frequently Sprint updates these maps?
[EVO 4G General] scientia:
I'm out in Oakdale and have a consistent 1 bar 4G connection indoors.

Hopefully CM6.1 has 4G built-in but am loving Vaelpak atm so I can get my 4G fix.

Sent from my PC36100 using your mom
[EVO 4G General] TheSapient:
When I bought my Evo at a Radio Shack in Coon Rapids yesterday, they gave me the new 4G map brochure. They said they just got those in that day, which I believe because I watched him unwrap them from the plastic. He also said October 27th for the official turn-on day for the metro area. I am less confident about how factual that claim was.
[EVO 4G General] Cloudizzle:
Get full 4g at memory lanes 26th & minnehaha over south mpls. One bar on broadway and lyndale on the north side
[EVO 4G General] slsmith:
It's official!

Sprint officially launched 4G in MSP...

newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1650
[EVO 4G General] kd0axs:
I hope they get those up and running soon. The southern part of Blaine seems to be covered, but I live just off of 109th and hwy 65 and I lose 4G a few blocks from home.

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G with Tapatalk
[EVO 4G General] ghlu:
err...looks like downtown mpls is not really covered.....
[EVO 4G General] TheSapient:
I'm in Andover some 40 blocks north of you, and I am also not seeing any 4G.
[EVO 4G General] MemphisMan60:
4g MSP

Hey guys 4g did officially launch today,

However to be considered a launch, a new network only needs to be built out to 50% to 60% Full build 100% won't likely be done till spring/ summer of next year. Keep checking back on the maps once a month for the most updated coverage.

The maps passed out in store is what it will look like when the network is done.
[EVO 4G General] dkisling:
Online Clear 4g map

The online map at Clear covers the metro area at present: but totally lacks future coverage. I chatted with a Clear live rep but he offered nothing.
[EVO 4G General] Kalvan:
Ha! I checked the Clear map and typed in my address and got back that I don't have coverage (which is true) but the map shows coverage less than a block away in any direction. At least I get great 4G coverage at work...
[EVO 4G General] smarcin:
It's just the opposite for me. Clear says I have coverage (I'm down by Lakewood cemetery), but their map shows the closest coverage to be 4 blocks away, near the SE shore of Lake Calhoun.

I'd love to have 4G, but then I'd have to switch back to a non-CM based ROM. I'm running CM-BT the Blue Beast. Pretty cool, and super fast with Snap 7.6 Turbo. I'm itching to try Miui, too. Alas, neither support 4G. :(
[EVO 4G General] ghlu:
Update on downtown minneapolis. Clear and Sprint show no coverage but I was able to get 3mbps/700kbps on 4G around 8th and Nicollet.
[EVO 4G General] d0m1n0:
Have 4G coverage at Cargill campus on 169/Excelsior now. Only 1 bar, but get full bars when going toward mainstreet in Hopkins
[EVO 4G General] rushco:
The map was updated on the 8th. Looks like 94 around Maple Grove got 4g and between 394 and 62 down in the Hopkins area.
[EVO 4G General] DonutGrunt:
Needs 4G in Rochester!!!
[EVO 4G General] TheSapient:
A little north of Bunker Lake Blvd in Andover, and the map still shows no 4G for me. But my phone now sees 4G in my house, so yay. Speedtest.net shows me getting just under 2 mbps. Speakeasy shows just over 3 mbps. Still well shy of the 10 mbps some people are reporting for 4g, but not bad.

ETA: Now I'm getting 7 Mbps.
[EVO 4G General] daviss:
4G around Lake Calhoun

4G hit West Calhoun area of Minneapolis this morning. ~8Mbps
[EVO 4G General] Sim-X:
Is it just me or does 4G here seem to suck? I hardly ever use it here because it never seems to have a decent signal. If I do get a decent signal I have to be in one place and it will work fine. I tried it out on a car ride home not to long ago from Shakopee to Champlin 169 straight shot. It cuts in and out all the time on the freeway between 494/694 which I would think would have excellent coverage. It just seams like whenever I try and use it that it cuts in and out so much or I have a bad signal it's not even worth turning on. I looked at Verizon's LTE map and it blows away the wimax map for this area. I don't know if that map is accurate, I haven't tried LTE, I have been with Sprint for years but am really disappointed in the wimax network.

Has anyone tried LTE here and compare it to Sprint's wimax network? Not even from a speed comparison but more so staying connected and being covered. I do get 8-10 megabits down on 4G @ my house I have a good signal but since I have wi-fi I don't use it at home plus the awful upload cap.
[EVO 4G General] evilecho:
Sprint will be switching to LTE soon
[EVO 4G General] xenokira:
I talked to one of the Sprint employee's at a corporate store in Coon Rapids and she said that one of the contractors working on the 4g towers mentioned this fall and it sounded like they're going up all around the metro area...not just Minneapolis. I'm in Mounds View though, and I'm kind of wondering if I might be too far north to get 4G right away...I guess we'll see!
[EVO 4G General] AssassinsLament:
If true, that's music to my ears! :cool:
[EVO 4G General] strung:
I got 4G service there briefly too. And got 1800kbps down on 3G there too, highest I've seen.
[EVO 4G General] xenokira:
Not to one-up your speedtest, but I actually have gotten just over 2Mbps down on 3G in Mounds View at my apartment on a few different evenings while having full coverage (all bars). I've never seen it this high anywhere else or with any other phone...pretty amazing! Most of my other tests with the Evo have been ~1.5Mbps or less down...it's only around my apartment complex that its so fast :P
[EVO 4G General] myth_mn:
No 4G for me

I'm in Brooklyn Park and no go on the 4G for now... I'll try again tomorrow when I'm at work in Edina.
[EVO 4G General] strung:
Impressive! I was getting around 1.0 Mbps in New Brighton with 4 bars and about 600kbps in Roseville with 2 bars, much better than I've ever seen which has been generally 300kbps or less on older phones.
[EVO 4G General] eddieroger:
Yikes! I hope it goes a little further than that since I'm right outside and really want to cancel Qwest if I can. Guess we'll see.
[EVO 4G General] xenokira:
I hope it's goes a bit outside that too as I'm literally two miles north of 694.

btw...I just wanted to report that I picked up 4G briefly while driving down 35W through Minneapolis this evening. I picked it up heading south shortly after crossing the river, but didn't get a chance to try a speed test (it was only luck that I noticed since I was driving). I kept an eye on it when I was heading north on 35W back through Minneapolis about an hour later and I didn't pick up 4G at all...kind of weird. I'm guessing they just happened to have been testing it while I was passing through the first time.
[EVO 4G General] LionAR10:
My understanding from people working on it is that it's within Met Council for certain, which includes Mounds View, etc.
[EVO 4G General] eddieroger:
I hear you. I left it on while busing home yesterday and picked it up twice briefly on 394 while switching to 169. Not enough time for a test either, and I'm wondering if it was the phone messing with me, but I imagine the General Mills campus has some pretty strong 4G voodoo going on.
[EVO 4G General] smarcin:
A friend of mine reports 4G at his friend's in Eagan on Sunday...
[EVO 4G General] sidepart:
Downtown Minneapolis near the Metrodome I'm getting a weak 4G signal. Comes and goes from time to time. 3.2Mbps down, 0.5Mbps up on my last speed test. More than I expected.

If they ever spread their 4G network up to my parents place in the remote places of Wisconsin, it'll be hilarious. I'd be able to tether at speeds faster than their DSL.
[EVO 4G General] Borgie:
Hello everybody,

I'm new here. I ran across this forum searching 4G coverage in MN. I was pleased to see it is starting.

I live in Roseville so Saturday morning i took a jaunt over to Bobby and Steve's and parked in the parking lot. I fired up the 4G on the evo and there it was in all its glory :D

Speed tests 2.02M to 2.8M down and 1.01 to 1.04 up. I then drove over to a parking lot by the Mondale college of law building. Speeds there were higher. Anywhere from 2.6M to 4.1M and uploads of 960k, and then all of a sudden the upload tests would not finish, not sure what happened there.

I then watched the 4G as I headed north on the 19th ave bridge and the 4G went away a little before 4th ST.

I know nothing about Wi-max except that I like the speed. Is that really all the distance one tower gets? Or is it just not fully powered up? If thats all it gets, they are going to need a lot of towers.
[EVO 4G General] sin1134:
I live over in the Highland neighborhood in Saint Paul by the Ford plant and today for about 10 minutes I kept getting a 4g available with 3 bars. For some reason it wouldnt actually connect like it does over by downtown so I am assuming they are getting some work done for this rollout. Anybody else see anything in newer areas? From what I hear when they say Minneapolis is getting 4g they mean the metro area basically within the loop.
[EVO 4G General] twincitiesjhawk:
I am also around Highland (ford and snelling) and have not seen 4g signal at all inside. If you happen to get a steady signal or a connection, please let me know!!
[EVO 4G General] dkisling:
I live in Somerset WI using Sprint 3G with a Franlin CDU 680 modem. Speeds have increased dramatically since January.Daytime 2 down,.5 up Nightime can be 3-4 down .6-.7 up I presume this means Sprint has upgraded their equipment for 4G rollout in the near future.
[EVO 4G General] sidepart:
I live in Midway near Roseville, I don't get anything. The 35W bridge, which is right next to the 19th Ave one that you were on gives me a full 4G signal surprisingly. I get the signal on University Ave and also 4th Ave where the entrance to the freeway is. I get off at Washington Ave, I still get a signal from there to downtown near the Metrodome. In my office the signal gets sketchy, about 1 bar to no bars of 4g (just the 4G symbol is highlighted, still works though).
[EVO 4G General] sin1134:
In Highland right now by Bakers Square I am again getting 4g notification but it still wont actually connect...
[EVO 4G General] d0m1n0:
I live right next to GM HQ, never even tried I guess. I'll give it a shot tonight and report back
[EVO 4G General] Schnazzy:
I live in Chaska, work in downtown Minne and take the bus both ways. I've left 4G off since I got the phone, but I will turn it on for my ride home this afternoon post again with what I find and where.

With that said, it seems like the 3G network is really inconsistent. Sometimes I get over 1mb down, sometimes the speedtest app's needle is jumping around wildly and pauses a bit. It makes trying to stream anything from youtube while on the bus extremely frustrating. Hopefully when 4G is officially launched, the speeds will be more consistent.
[EVO 4G General] d0m1n0:
on my drive home today I turned on 4G when I exited onto Betty Crocker Blvd at General Mills HQ. Said "Scanning....", then "Connecting to Sprint", then "Authenticating to Sprint" then went back to scanning. So it's there, but maybe not working 100%

I live 1/2 mile from there so left it on and it keeps in that loop.
[EVO 4G General] Schnazzy:
I got the "4G is available" notification at the corner of 12th and Hawthorne, but it didn't connect. I didn't get any other notifications the rest of the way, including by the GM campus.
[EVO 4G General] dgruhlke:
Last Thursday I got a "4G is available" notification as well right next to Target field, then the train I was on pulled away before I ever was able to connect.
[EVO 4G General] schnozberry:
I get a weak signal at home on the East Side of St. Paul. I get a pretty strong signal at the Holiday Station right by E 7th and Lafayette.
[EVO 4G General] Kenjari:
HeNeed help trouble shouting my 4g on my phone.

hello everyone.....for those who know, 4g has been up and moving downtown for some time. I go downtown daily and use it to get homework done. Recently I did some modding on my phone. Now 4g comes in and works, but after about 3 minutes it will kick me out and reconnect. Its been doing this intermittent thing for the post few days. Im not sure if its my tweaking our is it the tower.

So please if your in the area sit in the area.......preferably a block or two by bobby and steves on washington..... for bout 5 to 10 mins and check to see if it gives you a intermittent connection as well. Again, I get about three to four minutes of 4g service before it kicks me off and log me back in.

Thanks I truly appreciated.
[EVO 4G General] evilecho:
What modding did u do?
[EVO 4G General] leexx235:
I get a strong 4g signal at gold medal park about 3 blocks from bobby & steves. Never kicks me out. Speedtest.net shows 4.5Mbps download .6Mbps upload.
[EVO 4G General] myth_mn:
I'm in Brooklyn Park and was just hanging out with my two dogs and decided to turn on 4G to see what happens... what do you know, I got a 4G connection, not that strong but I was able to run a speed test on it and hit 3.8mbs.
[EVO 4G General] ialto:
gv 4g

Was just in golden valley (100 & duluth). Had 4 bars of 4g goodness. 3.86up, .99 down.

Now if they could just bring that downtown.
[EVO 4G General] DanBergundy:
Think it will reach as far as Otsego?! Ha. Well I work at the U of M so that train ride in via 4G would be sweet. I still have to pick up an Evo. Anyone know if they are sold out in the Minneapolis area? Or is that craze over? I noticed they are still sold out online.
[EVO 4G General] DanBergundy:
F Yeah! I work at Carlson :D
[EVO 4G General] Young_e:
I can also confirm that there is 4G around the General Mills Campus. My cousin lives near there so i decided to turn on my 4G when exiting on Betty Crocker and what do you know i had a very good signal but was unable to run a speed test. What do you guys use for speedtest? Also i had a weak signal near ridgedale. They need to expand that out to west bloomington and eden prairie area. I'm sure they will though Eden Prairie gets every damn thing lol. To make it that much better my cousin was with me who has an iphone 4 you should of seen the look on his face lol. Priceless
[EVO 4G General] sin1134:
i keep testing over here off 169 and londonderry over on the edina, minnetonka border area and still get nothing here at all. also still try it in my neighborhood in highland by the ford plant once a day and havent got a signal there in a little over a week for some reason now.
[EVO 4G General] xenokira:
I had picked up on 4G a few times while on 35W just south of the bridge. I haven't gotten signal for a week or two and I don't know if its because my 4G radio is broken or the signal just isn't there anymore.

Anyone able to pick up 4G through that area recently?

Update: Looks like I had broken my radio. It's fixed now...I just flashed the official ROM back onto the Evo and started over. Seems to work great now :)
[EVO 4G General] Sketchr:
Picked up 4G on 169 south pasing general mills. Dropped it as soon as I hit minnetonka blvd. Sigh.
[EVO 4G General] Rytt55:
I'm in St Louis Park across Park Tavern and nothing is coming up. I'm using Fresh and maybe my 4g is broken. Argh I really wanna try it lol
[EVO 4G General] Sketchr:
I'm in SLP as well, and I've never been able to get a connection yet with EVO...