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[EVO 4G General] LordDavon:
It's not that far really but, I do get a signal sitting in the office at work and I work in Ocoee. I have heard some people say they can't connect indoors but I was able to.

Well, I am no longer connecting to a signal tonight and I live in Orlando. Maybe they really are working on them.

As for the nest excuse, I would be a believer if I wasn't able to connect and just not obtain an IP. Isn't the tower already upgraded if I am connecting to a 4G access point named Sprint? Maybe they just need to tune everything and the nests are stopping that. Who knows?
[EVO 4G General] trogdor182:
Yeah I get signal inside my apartment and I get signal outside my work which is located in a plaza right next door to a Sprint store, but I don't get signal inside my work. I have to restore DC because I was just flashing CM6-RC, so I can check to see if the towers are up for me.

*EDIT*

Yeah so there are definitely more than one tower/WiMax transmitter because I'm still picking up signal, of course still stuck at obtaining IP. So the nest excuse seems kind of fishy because I doubt all the towers have bald eagle nests.
[EVO 4G General] LordDavon:
Exactly what I am thinking!
[EVO 4G General] Hairongreenfire:
The 3rd party sprint store that i always go to said that they hope by the end of august the most of the I4 corridor should be online (tampa to orlando to daytona). but of course that is not official.

I thought you all might like this, it is a continuously updated 4G city tracker
[EVO 4G General] LordDavon:
With the froyo update coming, maybe we can get both the update and 4G in the beginning of August.
[EVO 4G General] ExtctnLvlEvnt:
i work for clear, the company that has the 4G network and we have towers up but they may not all be live yet, thats why you can connect and not get an IP
[EVO 4G General] skantman69:
They are not hot yet because certain parts of the country are re banding the spectrum at different parts of the year, Clear only has a test license with the FCC and not a full transmitter license in this state, also the military has a 4G "like" system in Florida that runs from Tampa to Orlando and all parts in Between(Avon Park, Ocala Bombing Range ,Lockheed Martin missile plant, etc.) that was installed and maintained by Clear on the 2.5 spectrum.
[EVO 4G General] ExtctnLvlEvnt:
we are currently upgrading customers in Jacksonville to the 4G service right now and St Augustine is in the same market as Jacksonville, so it is coming, and its going to be launching in NYC, Boston, LA and Miami later this year, with Pittsburgh and alot of other markets coming soon
[EVO 4G General] ExtctnLvlEvnt:
here in Pensacola we have towers that are live and i was able to connect with my EVO and was able to pull a constant 10.2mbps D, due to the fact not alot of subscribers here in the area
[EVO 4G General] rmig825:
Just connected and it went through

Seems to be up and running, connect by the florida mall.
[EVO 4G General] LordDavon:
Wow. You are right. I just connected at the office in Ocoee!!!!!!

It is a bit buggy though. I hope they finish tuning the towers. My internet has frozen up a couple of times and the max download speeds in SpeedTest are 2.5-3.

Keeps going up and down... as long as it keeps going back up, I will be happy.
[EVO 4G General] Calkulin:
Today it finally connected for me also in Winter Garden
[EVO 4G General] LordDavon:
It really does make everything web based much faster. I am loving the browser with 4G. Plus, we have talk and data at the same time!
[EVO 4G General] uultramann:
I was able to connect at my workplace in Altamonte, drive all the way down I-4W, got off at the Colonial exit Downtown, rode Hughey until Central, and am now in my apartment at West Church Street, and have not lost 4G yet! Sweetness!
[EVO 4G General] LordDavon:
Mine won't connect right now. Keeps going up and down.
[EVO 4G General] uultramann:
I was gonna sell my Overdrive. I think I have changed my mind. :-)
[EVO 4G General] omardd98:
I work in Eatonville and I4 goes right above me. I once got a 4g availiable but didnt connect. If you were able to connect from Altamonte to 50 then Im going to try it on Tue. Thanks for the info I hope it works!!!
[EVO 4G General] uultramann:
Yup. I've been able to see the 4G for weeks, but not until 2 days ago could I connect and actually use it. I guess they are in the final testing phases, and at this point it's just a matter of turning all the towers on and officially announcing it.

What speeds are you guys getting? Using the speedtest.net app, I have been pulling between 3 and 4 Mbps with the rooted version of the 7/30/2010 official/unofficial release.

EDIT: 4G works all through Downtown Orlando, so far I have been as far east as Thornton park, as far West as Parramore as far south as Sodo/Michigan St and I still pull 4G. :-)
[EVO 4G General] bron019:
Is Miami next or are they testing it now ?
[EVO 4G General] uultramann:
Don't know. Haven't been to Miami lately. if you live down there, go turn on your 4G and drive around, see what happens. Those news articles online say NY, LA, and MIA by the end of 2010, and a local article says Orlando, Tampa, Daytona, Jax and Miami by end of summer, so it's anyone's guess. They seem to be on time with Orlando, so hey! All hope is not lost.
[EVO 4G General] bron019:
how can you tell if 4g is working because when i turn on my 4g widget it seems to turn on but i dont think it is working
[EVO 4G General] LordDavon:
Give it about 2 minutes after turning it on and your 3G icon in the notification area turns into a 4G icon.

I stopped being able to connect since last night. I was thinking it may be the 2.2 update but if other people are having issues, maybe it went down till Monday.
[EVO 4G General] uultramann:
Maybe they have turned it off in some areas. At home, Downtown on Church I am still getting 4G.
[EVO 4G General] LordDavon:
Maybe. I get Connecting To Sprint and then after about 20 seconds, Disconnecting. Never hits Obtaining An IP Address today.

Last night, I was able to connect in the house. It was a poor signal, but at least it connected. Now, nothing. :(
[EVO 4G General] mikeb0916:
I as well noticed that 4G was connectible last night. I live in the northern part of Avalon Park, and I have been pulling 5 down 1 up. East colonial drive has some 4G, and up Alafaya Trail to UCF. It is about time :)
[EVO 4G General] LordDavon:
I still haven't been able to connect to 4G since I installed the 2.2 ROM. I am not sure if the ROM is the reason or if this area just went down for the weekend. It gets to Connecting To Sprint but never connects.
[EVO 4G General] akarol:
Can't wait to try it! Weee!
[EVO 4G General] driguez:
Damn it, CM = no 4G. For now. Might switch to another ROM to give it a try.

Sent telepathically via my Evo.

-_-
[EVO 4G General] uultramann:
Yeah, no 4G on CM yet is a bummer. I ended up switching to the rooted version of the officialbutnotreallyofficial release that came out on 7/30. I applaud Sprint and Clearwire for being so aggressive with their 4G rollout, though. Last night I left my apartment downtown and got 4G until about the Downtown Disney exit on i-4.

Also, if you search for '4G Map or Map Viewer' in the app market, it brings up a map app that can filter your coverage by 3G, 4G, etc. The cooler part is that it does passive scanning. wherever you travel, the map gets updated to show the coverage you have. it's a really good tool to show where people have gotten 4G so far in Orlando.
[EVO 4G General] blakeboys:
Downloaded! Looks neat thanks.

.... For some reason it won'T Install :(
[EVO 4G General] uultramann:
What ROM you on? I was on the officialunofficial ROM, rooted. Switching to AVAFroyo V3 now with netarchy's custom kernel to see how that one works. The official one had too much bloat.
[EVO 4G General] sssssss27:
I've been making sure I have Map Viewer scanning every time I head anywhere near Orlando. It doesn't seem like Map Viewer has updated with 4G information yet because I'm still showing as there being no 4G in Orlando on it. The more people who are scanning the better though.

I'm up near Oviedo Market Place and it seems like the 4G drops off right before there. I've been averaging 2 Mbps to 2.5 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up but I have only ever had one or two bars when doing the tests. The latency seems much improved over 3G though.
[EVO 4G General] BHack:
I have 2 bars in my apartment here near the conroy I4 exit.

It appears some of the speedtest servers are not created equal. Try using the Austin texas one, it seems faster. Also, use sprint's hotspot app to create a 4g hotspot and use your computer to check the speeds. I got near 5 down on my laptop.
[EVO 4G General] Lappie2010:
Yep, I can also confirm its working in Maitland/Winter Park (up and down 17-92). There is one spot, around Morse Blvd., where it drops for about 300 yards.

Great speed, 7.5 - 8 Mbps download via speedtest.net. Couldnt test upload.

Works at my office, Laptops Plus, but I have Wi-Fi which is better for battery

saving.

Using rooted, stock 2.2 Froyo.
[EVO 4G General] akarol:
Unfortunately, near my house (Sea World area) and in research park at UCF, I don't appear to be getting any signal. Scanning...
[EVO 4G General] TheDuckies:
Dean and Colonial, nearly full signal, connects, 5mpbs down, 1 up. I4 exit University, different tower, connects about half signal. Dean and University, where my apartment is, no signal, but tells me 4G available and tries to connect. It's like I live in the dead spot between all the 4G towers.

And I was hoping to dump BHN, too. Oh, well.

Duckies
[EVO 4G General] trogdor182:
I'm up Dean at Aloma and I can connect to 4G, but have 0-1 bars. It's not a big deal seeing how WiFi is faster. I'm not going to get 14Mb/s down on 4G.

Just as long as the 4G at UCF is strong I'll be happy because right now 3G is better than their WiFi.
[EVO 4G General] lee.n.doan:
Just curious; where are you in Winter Garden? I'm by Fowler's Grove/535 and I haven't seen a 4G notification or anything.
[EVO 4G General] superandroidhero:
I work near John Young Pkwy on Shader Rd and I'm running 2 bars of 4G.Speed Test.net results

Download: 1.6mbps

Upload: .6mbps

It's about time they got it up and running in Orlando...
[EVO 4G General] Calkulin:
Near 535 and Colonial. Signal is not all that great but it connects for me. If your stuck on scanning, you may want to update the radio/wimax if you haven't already
[EVO 4G General] lee.n.doan:
Drove around a bit and caught signal going south on 535 close to colonial like Calkulin said. Got closer to my house and lost it. :p was a bit sad since it was soo close.

what radio/wimax are you using, Calkulin? I just flashed the EVO_Radio_2.15.00.07.28 and EVO_WiMAX_26023_R01.
[EVO 4G General] trogdor182:
Everyone should also remember that according to the press release we did not get 4G, and according to the web site we will have 4G in the near future. We should expect better speeds and better signal once we "offically" get 4G.
[EVO 4G General] LordDavon:
Well, it seems that I am still getting 4G at work. Just not at the house. I was able to connect at the house earlier on Friday. It stopped Friday night right before I installed 2.2. That is why I thought the update killed it.

Anyway, I must be hitting a different WIMAX tower at the house. Funny thing is, I only live 3.8 miles from work.
[EVO 4G General] makoto:
I finally was able to obtain an IP address and successfully connect to 4G today! I'm by Waterford Lakes, although I only get one bar on the 4G network from my house. I've heard that WalMarts will be hosting the 4G antennas? I'm about 3 miles away from the Super WalMart.

Ran speed test and was able to get 3000 kbps down and 1000 kbps up.
[EVO 4G General] makoto:
There's a huge tower off of Dean and Curry Ford area. Haven't tried going closer to that one, but I'm wondering if that particular tower gives off 4G.
[EVO 4G General] Hairongreenfire:
UCF's WiFi is so spotty. its very frustrating when i take notes in Google Docs and i cant save for five minutes b/c the internet cuts out on my laptop.

Have you tested 4G on campus yet?
[EVO 4G General] mikeb0916:
I was over at the top of the new garage (I guess it's not new now.. the garage right off Alafaya and University), and 4G was hard to keep connected. I have not ventured deeper into campus with 4G on.
[EVO 4G General] overmydeadlaube:
In altamonte I'm able to obtain an ip and connect to 4g but when I try to browse/use web apps it can't find the website. Almost as if it was a route or dns issue

This is while running fresh 1.0.1/netarchy 3.75
[EVO 4G General] trogdor182:
It could be the tower is the opposite way of your house. So even though you are 3.8 miles from work, you are 5+ miles from the tower.

Yeah UCF WiFi is a nightmare especially in certain buildings like VAB. Chem in the giant auditorium was a nightmare I would go on my Hero just to use the 3G because it was faster. I haven't been over to UCF yet. It seems like it's on the border of a tower because University is spotty with coverage. I'll let you know if I get to check it out anytime soon. Also Oviedo(northwest of UCF) should have a tower. It wasn't up today, but I have seen signal from it before we could connect. When it comes back up, I'll be sure to check it out.

The best bet is to make sure you have the newest WiMax radio flashed and then make sure you have signal. That happened in my apartment, I had 1 bar and then it cut down to 0 bars but I was still connected, but couldn't load any data required apps.
[EVO 4G General] uultramann:
Last night I drove down to the Agave Azul restaurant at Kirkman & Conroy, and had a strong 4G signal. Gonna test the waters at Universal Studios this weekend since that is fairly close to there.

EDIT: Also went to the Disney's Wide World of Sports complex, and 4G hasn't made it out there yet. May try a bigger Disney park this weekend and see if they are more fortunate.
[EVO 4G General] lee.n.doan:
I work in the magic kingdom area and haven't seen any 4G.
[EVO 4G General] uultramann:
That stinks. Either way, I am just glad to have it in most of the places I go so far.
[EVO 4G General] Riptide9:
I am working near the 408/417 in Orlando and have had 4G all day today... speedtest 4.78 down 2.2mb up :D
[EVO 4G General] Itchiee:
I hope Universal gets covered since im a season pass holder and go frequently...

May go this weekend and will test it out!
[EVO 4G General] driguez:
Damn it I'm not getting it today in ocoee. It was on for the last couple of days :/

Sent telepathically via my Evo.

-_-
[EVO 4G General] driguez:
Lived in that area for years, my old peeps still in that area. I moved to ocoee a week ago from the lake apopka WG area which btw I never got any 4G notifications.

Sent telepathically via my Evo.

-_-
[EVO 4G General] driguez:
Weird, it started working after I flashed a kernel, it was working yesterday and I did reboot a few times earlier today. Anyhow now to plug my phone in bc it kills the batt.

Sent telepathically via my Evo.

-_-
[EVO 4G General] LordDavon:
It's not just your phone. I haven't tried today but, I wasn't able to even see the tower with my phone yesterday.

Good news is that I still could see the same tower I can't connect to at the house (3.8 miles from work) so, that at least means it is a different tower.

LD
[EVO 4G General] LordDavon:
I am able to connect again in Ocoee as of this morning.

LD
[EVO 4G General] mntbkr:
I got a signal at the intersection of Maitland ave and Maitland blvd. I live 2 miles away but don't get a signal at home. Bummer....

Now I'm in Longwood and I'm using 4G as I type this our should I say swype this.
[EVO 4G General] Riptide9:
I went from lake mary to sand lake rd and back. I noticed that I would get 0 signal then a couple hundred yards later 6.2 mb down.... The signal when on and off the whole way. It very spotty but when I had a signal it was super strong... Made no sense at all. I am hoping its just because they are just rolling it out.
[EVO 4G General] wbchristmas:
No idea... I'm still waiting for Daytona to get it soon!
[EVO 4G General] bino2two:
CLEAR has offices in my building and on my floor. They've been moving in for the past month and still look to be in trasnsition. There is a launch countdown poster with a launch date of 9/19/10 and days left of 37; so one of those isn't correct but regardelss it appears that end of September is when we can expect official rollout.
[EVO 4G General] driguez:
I work in maitland and I pick up a very strong signal, particularly outside.
[EVO 4G General] SoaringSpoon:
I have 4G

I am in Eckerd College and i get great 4g service ^^
[EVO 4G General] snrubs13:
My office in Lake Mary backs up to I4 and I've approached 6 Mbps. Also, I live off University blvd and I've maxed out at 5 Mbps.
[EVO 4G General] mntbkr:
Maitland Center? I live in the Altamonte side of Maitland ave.
[EVO 4G General] Lappie2010:
I live in Maitland, Seminole County. Just off Spartan & 17-92. I get great 4G signal on 17-92. However, go a mile off either way and it disappears.

Kind of a bummer, Id like to tether using a DD-WRT repeater bridge at my home.
[EVO 4G General] AngelofChaos:
WiMAX in Winter Park!

NE of Orlando, got two bars on 4G on the corner of Aloma Ave. and Ranger Blvd. I'm not sure how far it branches out. Just did a Speedtest, got 12MBPS down, 1.9MBPS up. And just to add, I'm inside and the signal is coming through the walls perfectly.
[EVO 4G General] Trident:
I haven't turned my 4G radio on much, since I wasn't expecting anything until the end of September- I do try it in my home in Winter Park occasionally and have yet to find a a signal.

Good reading about some people finding scattered signal areas.

I remember the same thing happened when they rolled out EVDO. :D
[EVO 4G General] AngelofChaos:
Well Orlando isn't supposed to go Live officially by CLEAR until sometime mid September, thats what I heard from a Sprint representative at the nearby store I go to, but it is most certainly in the Orlando area. The clear application on the android market lists orlando as a New LIVE 4G market, even though the only city in Florida with visible 4G coverage is Jacksonville. But I guess give it some time, I'm sure most of the Winter Park area will be under Orlando's 4G umbrella.
[EVO 4G General] saeba:
I'm getting a poor to fair signal over near the airport and 1.2 to 3.6 mbps downloads.

Also... Sprint released this news today: Sprint Expands 4G Coverage to Boston, Daytona Beach, Fla., and Providence, R.I.
[EVO 4G General] saeba:
FYI - if you turn on 4g and then dial ##DEBUG# you can see signal strength stats (look under WiMAX Engineering). I'm seeing Rx Prw of -75 to -85 dBm and Rx Signal to Noise Ratio -4 to +1 dB. Hopefully that will improve when it goes live in Orlando.
[EVO 4G General] netmasta10bt:
Download the "Sensorly" app in market. It maps 4g and CDMA coverage ... even if you don't contribute to scanning, you can scroll through the map and see where people are getting 4G coverage around Tampa and Orlando (and the US)
[EVO 4G General] Pbrussell:
End of october is the whisper as far as getting 4g fully extended too florida residents.....but again just a whisper, I'm running 4bars on federal and commercial in sfla.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Was able to obtain IP in Lake Mary and Altamonte Springs
[EVO 4G General] Trident:
I'm seeing it regularly in Maitland and Winter Park. Usually when I'm outside, but in some office buildings. Also, some areas of north Orlando. Still doesn't get inside my home in Winter Park, but once I get to the main roads, it's there pretty quickly.

I haven't run any tests, but it's obviously pretty quick.

It would be nice to have an app that would shut off WiFi when a good 4G signal was detected.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Just connected to 4g in casselberry as well, inside buffalo wild wings. IP address obtained, half strength

Sent from my Evo beeesshh
[EVO 4G General] uultramann:
Has anyone's 4G gotten any better since we started this Orlando thread? Mine seems to have gotten worse. Back in July when they did the soft launch, I was getting 4G consistently in my apartment. Now it wont work unless I am outside on the street, and I live Downtown, a stone's throw away from the Amway Center.

Called Sprint and the tech girl I spoke with claims the 3 4G towers in my area have been out since December 11th. I think she is full of it myself, seeing as how I can go out onto my balcony and pick up 4g, or go outside onto Church Street and have plenty of 4G.

Anyone else running into this? Think it could be because more people getting EVOs means less bandwidth to go around?
[EVO 4G General] nivron:
I work in an office building right outside of Universal Studios. I can get half signal outside of the building and usually 1 bar (which drops and reconnects often) inside. Actually, my 4G signal is usually stronger than my CDMA signal inside. :mad:
[Vibrant General] Poser:
I have been a WinMo and iOS user for quite some time (having a particular crush on HTC), but have decided to get my feet wet with Android. Let me state, outside of the GPS and Compass nonsense... I am fairly impressed with samsung's offering. The reception issue for me, seems to be more of a reporting issue... as I have shown zero bars will little drop-off in either 3g performance or in-call performance (so far). Anyway I have a few questions for the community at large:

1. What are some good reference points to do some reading regarding Android SDK, ADB and basic tool-chain command and implementation?

2. What is web browsers do users of android recommend?

3. What email app do people find the best for managing Yahoo, corp pop3 and gmail accounts (rather than having multiple apps)

4. Is there a preferred media player

5. Finally, for task mgmt/killing what do people use.

Thanks you in advance and its great to be back in the XDA community!!!
[Vibrant General] daweedk1991:
I think you got the wrong section >.>
[Vibrant General] Blueman101:
how? there is no Q&A section.

1. The Nexus One section has some great Dev support for this. Though beware not everything is exactly the same.

2. The Default one is great, even better on Froyo, Opera is also good and Dolphin too. Its just a matter of preference.

3. I use the default gmail app (but i only have a gmail account not yahoo or hotmail), just search through the market and see which one fits you best. Email is pretty generic and there are probably a lot of them to chose from.

4. Cubed seems to be the most popular media player

5. They all do the same thing, just a few differences, my advice is to not mess with task killers, android automanages them and does not need the user to manually kill them. Especially with a 1ghz hummingbird
[Vibrant General] Mr_Tricorder:
1. Having used CyanogenMod on my G1 before upgrading to the Vibrant, I recommend the CyanogenMod Wiki as a thorough and organized source for the type of information you're looking for. Just keep in mind that a lot of info there is also CyanogenMod-specific and there is not as of yet a version that runs on the Vibrant (though work has begun on one).

2. I am really impressed with Opera Mini 5.1. It is way better than the previous beta version, and I am currently using it as my default browser.

3. I can't answer that since I only have Gmail set up on my phone. That's my primary account and the one I use 99% of the time.

4. The stock players on the Vibrant are really good compared to the stock Android versions. Unless you're looking for some sort of specific functionality, I would recommend staying with those.

5. I used to use Advanced Task Manager on my G1, but the more I learned about how Android actually handles apps, the more I realized just how unnecessary task managers/killers are, especially on a high-end phone like the Vibrant.
[Vibrant General] Poser:
Muchas Gracias guys.

I have to say... after toying around a bit, I am ready to root this bad boy and do some poking about. Not that I am entirely surprised (c'mon its google) but android seems to be a very robust and fleshed out mobile operating system. Especially for one so young. WinPho 7 is gonna have to be a "game-changer" to catch up to Googs and cupertino. (though I am pulling for MS, ... I know, fanboi)