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Why does Sprint have the worst coverage?

Rather subjective, but it is known that areas where Network Vision is being implemented has caused degradation of signal temporarily.
 
Do not know if it is "Placebo Effect" or not, but 'Android Signal Booster' by Zero Soft in the market (free) seems to have improved my EVO 4G LTEs signal strength.
 
smitty543 said:
Do not know if it is "Placebo Effect" or not, but 'Android Signal Booster' by Zero Soft in the market (free) seems to have improved my EVO 4G LTEs signal strength.
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Hmm, me thinks it's more placebo than anything. Can an app heighten your radio throughput? Perhaps. However, I would rather flash updated firmware/radios in recovery to achieve that.
 
Yeah I would check with Sprint to see if they're upgrading the network in your area. In the Chicago area it was pretty bad last summer until they completed the upgrades.

Now it's pretty good, pretty much a 4G signal wherever I go in the Chicago metro area.
 
bearballz said:
Yeah I would check with Sprint to see if they're upgrading the network in your area. In the Chicago area it was pretty bad last summer until they completed the upgrades.

Now it's pretty good, pretty much a 4G signal wherever I go in the Chicago metro area.
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Wish I could say the same for Houston. Even in some of the spots where I get LTE the speeds are still dismal.
 
Rxpert83 said:
Its network vision. They're pretty much upgrading everything right now. It gets worse before out gets better.
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I could appreciate that if I would see any appreciable change in my data or voice services where my or my family use them. Over the past several years Sprint service has only continued to get worse around the south side of Springfield, MO where my wife works. Forget using data as speeds are no better than dial up. This has been going on for over a year.

I had a good laugh though recently. On sparsely populated areas of I-44 near Lebanon, MO (MM 120 and 131ish) I'm getting hits on 4G. Glad to see they are doing engineering test of 4G in the middle of no where.
 
bearballz said:
Yeah I would check with Sprint to see if they're upgrading the network in your area. In the Chicago area it was pretty bad last summer until they completed the upgrades.

Now it's pretty good, pretty much a 4G signal wherever I go in the Chicago metro area.
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I regularly visit my companies office in Buffalo Grove and vendors in the Chicago area but I would have to say that 4G signal isn't all over the metro area. I'm at a Holiday Inn near 53 and Dundee and 4G is no where to be found and the 3G is abysmal.
 
LTE finally kicked into gear in my area (Philly) and as much as I looked forward to it, I thought it would be lightening fast. IMO, my LTE is what 3G should be. :confused:
 
ScandaLeX said:
LTE finally kicked into gear in my area (Philly) and as much as I looked forward to it, I thought it would be lightening fast. IMO, my LTE is what 3G should be. :confused:
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It really doesn't ratchet all the way up until the rollout is nearing completion.

When it first started here it was literally slower than 3g with all the phones in the area trying to connect to that one tower (your phone will try to connect to any available 4g first)

Its much faster now, but the rollout still has a ways to go here as well.

Most of the markets aren't even officially announced yet, so consider it a sneak peak :rolleyes:
 
The Sprint coverage map indicated that my home is in a strongest possible 4G area, BUT my phone cannot read since I barely get a 3G signal. Are Sprint's mappers ahead of the site installers or what? (It has been this way for several weeks.) I am not aware the I ever received a 4G signal in my home.
 
You are in luck, I am one of the leading engineers for the company that maintains the Sprintlink and basically all of Sprint's networks. I personally do not work in the wireless area of network, but I do know a lot of people and have meetings almost daily with the people in charge of it.

Sprint will get better, it will just take time. They are spending a lot of money to get it rolling. Right now most of the hold up is not Sprint but vendors either taking forever or not doing the job correctly, so my company is slowly taking over the roll of getting everything working correctly. A lot of people think this stuff gets done in a day, but it takes time. I say be patient and you will see an improvement as time goes on is all I can truly say without getting into iffy water with what is legal to share and what not.
 
You have to love this, an engineer working for one of the companies working to maintain the towers for Sprint, but has Verizon as his carrier, LOL :p



Stu675 said:
You are in luck, I am one of the leading engineers for the company that maintains the Sprintlink and basically all of Sprint's networks. I personally do not work in the wireless area of network, but I do know a lot of people and have meetings almost daily with the people in charge of it.

Sprint will get better, it will just take time. They are spending a lot of money to get it rolling. Right now most of the hold up is not Sprint but vendors either taking forever or not doing the job correctly, so my company is slowly taking over the roll of getting everything working correctly. A lot of people think this stuff gets done in a day, but it takes time. I say be patient and you will see an improvement as time goes on is all I can truly say without getting into iffy water with what is legal to share and what not.
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DonB said:
You have to love this, an engineer working for one of the companies working to maintain the towers for Sprint, but has Verizon as his carrier, LOL :p
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I have Sprint, and Verizon. My work phone is Sprint and my family phone is Verizon. I have no doubt in Sprint's capabilities, I have just been with Verizon since I was 16 and I see no reason to stop using them, plus it allows me to use phones from both carriers. It is a win win to me. You can make fun of it or anything you deem, but I just thought I would comment, especially when people act like they know what they are talking about I will be able to say if they are correct or just full of hot air.
 
Unfortunately, the OP is using an E4GT, which runs 4G (wimax). The LTE upgrade in his area, when complete, will net little gain-- just slightly better 3G performance than now.

If you recently got the phone (especially under the promise of forthcoming 4G), I'd argue with Sprint for a replacement that will actually get 4G LTE service in your area.
 
Rxpert83 said:
It really doesn't ratchet all the way up until the rollout is nearing completion.

When it first started here it was literally slower than 3g with all the phones in the area trying to connect to that one tower (your phone will try to connect to any available 4g first)

Its much faster now, but the rollout still has a ways to go here as well.

Most of the markets aren't even officially announced yet, so consider it a sneak peak :rolleyes:
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This I know. The thing is, I had stopped looking for 4G or any announcements of it. Mapping became exhausting. I could only use data via wifi so when my son called saying he was getting consistent 4G where he lives I was surprised since his area (to the best of my knowledge) wasn't showing in Sensorly.

I turned wifi off and 4G immediately showed up on my phone; hasnt switched back to 3G yet. I've left wifi off because I wanted to see how the ZeroLemon 9300 mAh battery performed. My signal strength is -91 dBm as of this post. I don't know whether that's good or bad.
 
ScandaLeX said:
This I know. The thing is, I had stopped looking for 4G or any announcements of it. Mapping became exhausting. I could only use data via wifi so when my son called saying he was getting consistent 4G where he lives I was surprised since his area (to the best of my knowledge) wasn't showing in Sensorly.

I turned wifi off and 4G immediately showed up on my phone; hasnt switched back to 3G yet. I've left wifi off because I wanted to see how the ZeroLemon 9300 mAh battery performed. My signal strength is -91 dBm as of this post. I don't know whether that's good or bad.
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4G wimax uses the wifi antenna. You can't have wifi and 4G going at the same time on the E4GT.

I don't know about the Note II, though... I thought those were all 4G LTE.
 
Dngrsone said:
4G wimax uses the wifi antenna. You can't have wifi and 4G going at the same time on the E4GT.

I don't know about the Note II, though... I thought those were all 4G LTE.
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Correct, Sprint tried to get WiMax to take off, but LTE got the win.

Also the N2 is LTE rated for all US carriers. WiMax I believe or at least what I got from meetings a while is just kind of being swept under the rug and like the iDEN network will be thrown out in due time.
 
I know Sprint is slow at rolling out their network but coming from a person who just got LTE in his area, I can say it is pretty darn fast. I think if we wait it'll be worth it.
 
jackroo said:
I know Sprint is slow at rolling out their network but coming from a person who just got LTE in his area, I can say it is pretty darn fast. I think if we wait it'll be worth it.
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If you have an LTE capable phone. Those of us stuck with wimax are SOL...
 
Dngrsone said:
If you have an LTE capable phone. Those of us stuck with wimax are SOL...
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THIS ^ right here was something I tossed around for a while in my head. Wasn't sure I wanted to give up my WiMax phone for LTE but then I figured why not. My 3G speeds were horrible anyway but at least I'd have an LTE capable.
 
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