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Force LTE to Edge/3G

Hey! I'm new to the forums and just got a Skyrocket this week.
I was just wondering if its possible to force the LTE signal to HSPA only or even Edge/3g?
Looks like the LTE radio is locked pretty tight. Anyone out there find a method to bypass this? I've tried the administrative menus in the Phone Information menu and even some of the Apps in the market LTE on/off and nothing seems to work.
Thanks!

Pretty sure you can change your APN settings to allow only hspa since lte seems to require the PTA setting. Look for the various settings and I'll update later if you have no luck.
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I thought of that too for battery saving.
Here in Canada I tried changing the APN from the default LTE setting to the internet.com setting but it is still stuck on 4G. I didn't subscribe to LTE plan yet but Speedtest.net tests is still better on the LTE apn.

*#2263#* gives access to the RAT selection menu, which lets you choose to park on GSM/UMTS/LTE, and separately which bands (850,1900,1700,2100, etc.) to park on within each technology.
Unfortunately the menu is restricted on our current radio, in my experience with previous Samsung UMTS radios we will need to flash a radio that is not restricted (at least temporarily, to unlock the menu) to get access to this.

@cue_32 i believe its supposed to say LTE when you are on lte. if it says 4g its really just 3g (or 3g+).

It would be great if an LTE on/off switch was created. If the current radio restricts this from occurring would be a huge bummer. I'll have to dig around on the Development blog to see if anyone is starting to look into this or creating some kinda switch.

The TPC rom gives you the option to choose LTE or HSPA in the settings.

EvilEvo said:
The TPC rom gives you the option to choose LTE or HSPA in the settings.
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What would be nice is if the ROM only connects to 3G when on idle, then go to 4G or LTE when data is being used. For better battery life
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA App

cue_32 said:
What would be nice is if the ROM only connects to 3G when on idle, then go to 4G or LTE when data is being used. For better battery life
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA App
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Agreed, the original GSII does that with hspa and 3g

help
Hi, how can I bypass AT&T throttling through chaning the APN? I'm running 2.3.6 stock and am in NYC. Thank you!

[Q] LTE Signal with Bell

Alright, did some searching this morning but never really stumbled accross my variation of the LTE issues...so...
I have the i727r (rogers) running SKYICS 4.2E-17 (ULCE2), on the Bell network with a new LTE sim card (no special plan required) and have tweaked the APN according to another thread here.
I am in Calgary which is supposed to be an LTE area, however, I have never seen the 4G/LTE icon, only the 4G.
Has anyone else figured this out, is there a way to fix it? Am I missing an important piece of information here?
As always, thanks in advance!

[Q] Which radio for T-Mobile LTE?

I have an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, and I have just been getting 3G and H+ where I live (Arkansas) and we just got LTE in our area. And I was wondering what radio I should use, or if I do need one because it has not shown LTE up in the Signal Icon. I'm currently running the T989UVMC6 Radio. I've also tried going into Mobile Network Settings and changing it from GSM/WCDMA Preffered to LTE/GSM/WCDMA and also changing the access point name from the T-Mobile-US one to T-Mobile-US LTE. So if you could help me out with that it'd be great. Thanks!

Rehab4Life said:
I have an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, and I have just been getting 3G and H+ where I live (Arkansas) and we just got LTE in our area. And I was wondering what radio I should use, or if I do need one because it has not shown LTE up in the Signal Icon. I'm currently running the T989UVMC6 Radio. I've also tried going into Mobile Network Settings and changing it from GSM/WCDMA Preffered to LTE/GSM/WCDMA and also changing the access point name from the T-Mobile-US one to T-Mobile-US LTE. So if you could help me out with that it'd be great. Thanks!
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this sticky was right above your post READ THIS B4 POSTING | THE MOST Common Questions Answered HERE , read 1c or go the 1stop sticky and read the radio section, link in my sig

LTE on T-Mobile using Skyrocket Embryo 6.11 Custom ROM
Rehab4Life said:
I have an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, and I have just been getting 3G and H+ where I live (Arkansas) and we just got LTE in our area. And I was wondering what radio I should use, or if I do need one because it has not shown LTE up in the Signal Icon. I'm currently running the T989UVMC6 Radio. I've also tried going into Mobile Network Settings and changing it from GSM/WCDMA Preffered to LTE/GSM/WCDMA and also changing the access point name from the T-Mobile-US one to T-Mobile-US LTE. So if you could help me out with that it'd be great. Thanks!
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I was able to get LTE on T-Mobile using the UCMC1 and UXUMA7 radios for Jelly Bean. I am running Embryo 6.11 JB custom ROM. Flashing the regular T-Mobile radios only allowed me to get HSPA/HSPA+ in LTE areas.

[Q] LTE Bands for Canadian Version (SM-G920W8)

I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with definitively determining which network bands are offered on the SM-G920W8. I have done a lot of searching today, and everything I seem to read online about this is conflicting. Is there a source out there with this information that someone thinks might be correct?
I am mostly just wondering if my phone will be able to access European networks while traveling.
A related question - if I key in *#2263#, select Band Selection>LTE, I get a listing of LTE bands. Are all of these active on my phone?
I can post screenshots if it helps.

mz602 do not save modem setting

Hi all. Please help. Two days looking for solution on my problem cannot find. I have xoom mz602, first I thought that I have mz600. In the beginning tablet was working good also 3g EVDO internet of my local operator Intertelecom, I am from Ukraine. I know that there is some difference with regions for modem, maybe tablet from US but the connection on the adapter is UK. Internet worked good, but tablet itself worded very slowly. I decided to flash on stock firmware and then input setting for CDMA operator, I had conversation with technician and he gave me all I need. So first I flashed some firmware for 4G xoom which I found. I new that there are three xooms, just WiFi version, version with GSM 3G, version with CDMA 3G (MZ600) and upgraded MZ600 version with CDMA LTE 4G which is MZ602. When I press + and _ buttons togather with power I see "LTE modem off". So I understood that I have 4G version with LTE, but why it is off I didn't know. But I saw some man wrote that he also saw this in his tablet but modem works fine. Because of this "lte off" I understood that I have 4g LTE version. I tried almost all firmwares from MZ600 and MZ602 but I cannot same settings for modem, looks like modem has read only some parameters, and I do know know how to make them writable. I tried CDMA workshop, DFS, QPST. Maybe with some firmware I blocked the modem, and how to unlock it I didn't find. If someone know here on forum know what is my problem please help.

So, as I first time had problem with this xoom tablet, I din't know that LTE modem must be removed. As internet before was working I didn't know that I need to remove it. Looks like technician of internet provider company installed it back. This maybe help for someone. If you have MZ602 with LTE modem installed then just remove it and then you will be able to program your table with programs CDMA workshop, QPST, DFS etc.