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Always on edge at my house.

Why am I always on edge when my captivate had 3G?
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Are you rooted?

No totally stock.
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Welcome to the death star. We haven't had good reception since the rebels blew it up.

Always on edge at my house.
Have a few beers...

Call at&t and complain to them. They might send you a free microcell.
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Root and change the radio to a newer version for an extra 10 db or so. If not able then use wifi.

-Kevlar- said:
Why am I always on edge when my captivate had 3G?
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Have you tried changing the setting to wcdma only? I was working in downtown Boston and my phone would lose signal all the time and after I changed it to wcdma it seemed to hold the signal better
Setting>wireless> mobile network?

hkwong said:
Have you tried changing the setting to wcdma only? I was working in downtown Boston and my phone would lose signal all the time and after I changed it to wcdma it seemed to hold the signal better
Setting>wireless> mobile network?
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I've tried that but it won't stay.
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No 3g?

Hey guys I was noticing my G2x only ever says 4g or 2g, never 3g. Why is that? It would definitely be nice to switch from 3g to 4g instead of to 2g.
Am I missing something about how t-mobile's 4g is an expanded 3g?
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So they can call it 4g
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I've been wondering this since day one, someone let us know!
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Im guessing the 4g icon is just that, an icon. I dont have 4g in Lakeland yet, but everywhere I had 3g, the 4g icon is on there. and places I had edge, it says 2g. Just my $0.02

smitty24 said:
Im guessing the 4g icon is just that, an icon. I dont have 4g in Lakeland yet, but everywhere I had 3g, the 4g icon is on there. and places I had edge, it says 2g. Just my $0.02
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Oh ok. Well whatever, it's fast enough
EDIT: Ok not really we have only 3g here too, since last year-ish. I remember having my G1 and being like YES! FINALLY
DrowsyMalice said:
I've been wondering this since day one, someone let us know!
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YES Please
mr.orange303 said:
So they can call it 4g
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hahah

prince.siraj said:
Oh ok. Well whatever, it's fast enough
YES Please
hahah
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it is as he stated above... tmobile just "dropped" the 3G icon (or LG did it)
so if your area is only 3G at the moment like mine is it will display 4G but that is not accurate.... im calling tmobile about this and will ask more... plus i wanna know when my area will be getting 4G (prolly never)

I just came from Verizon. U have to laugh when I see 4g on my phone. Much slower than my Verizon's 3g. Phone is awesome though. Worth the move.
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Has anyone tried going to Setting > Wireless and Networks > Mobile Networks and changing the network mode to try and get a 3G symbol to show up? I'd try it myself but I get no signal in the house I'm in at the moment (Wi-Fi calling FTW!).

I forced my network to used WCDMA and my icon says 4g. But I checked in About Phone Status and it says I'm on hspa not hspa+. So it appears 4g means maybe 3 or 4g.
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For the life of me I can't get this phone to connect to hspa. My vibrant right next to me can but all I get is umts on the g2x. Hate having a phone that is "4g" but slower than my "3g" phone. I've reset it and tried everything I can think of.
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No 4G

No matter what rom i use I dont receive 4g signal at all anymore. i am currently running the MR2.5 radio

try flashing the other radios
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Might need a new sim card.
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Make sure the back cover is in securely
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joshnichols189 said:
Make sure the back cover is in securely
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Yeah this is a possible problem. The back has connectors for the antenna, and not having it properly secured could cause connectivity issues. Also a bad SIM card is something to check as well.
Try the OTA MR2 radio. It's working great for me. The newly leaked GB radio from chingy gave me some odd wifi issues.
On a side note, if you work in a place with stainless steel walls, you won't get 4G

delete
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What rom are you using
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Are you getting 3g? If you are getting 3g and just not getting 4g try checking to see if you are on CDMA/ EvDo auto and if you are change it to either CDMA + LTE/EvDo auto or LTE only

Beastclaw said:
Are you getting 3g? If you are getting 3g and just not getting 4g try checking to see if you are on CDMA/ EvDo auto and if you are change it to either CDMA + LTE/EvDo auto or LTE only
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this...
10 charrrr

[HOW-TO] Disable/Enable LTE/3G/4G ETC

This is pretty simple, go to the dialer and enter;
*#*#4636#*#*
Click on Phone Information
Scroll down to Set preferred network type
Select that one that you want
hit back
PROFIT!

designgears said:
This is pretty simple, go to the dialer and enter;
*#*#4636#*#*
Click on Phone Information
Scroll down to Set preferred network type
Select that one that you want
hit back
PROFIT!
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Wow. Well done!
I'll need this for my area (AT&T hates the NW)

I'm not thinking straight.... I'm not in an LTE area, which should I select?
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vioalas said:
I'm not thinking straight.... I'm not in an LTE area, which should I select?
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The option without LTE

Will shutting down LTE make a difference if its not even available in my area?

idk with wifi on still, i still have 4g lte option, with data offline, i still have 4g icon but no data lol..
i dont think it even drains your battery regardless if your in lte or not

Mine won't let ne change it
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DG please tell me this is a sign u are staying lol
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Maroon Mushroom said:
The option without LTE
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There's like 1048204. But I figured it out.

Shame on all of you for discovering this !!! AT&T DOES not want LTE folks selecting HSPA+ when in an LTE area. They want to be able charge you more for data!!!

mine wont let me change it either to any option without LTE

myrideishot said:
mine wont let me change it either to any option without LTE
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This..........

Would be even cooler if it was a widget to do this.
But still, how does this save money? If you use the data you're gonna use it. Downloading an e-mail uses the same amount of data no matter how fast you get it.
I am curious though that if this helps save battery if you know you're in an area with spotty coverage...Maybe it won't be hunting for LTE when you know there is no LTE, which could save battery maybe?
I sill have poor performance inside my apartment. So weird. It says 4G and even 4G LTE sometimes but I don't have internet. I just turned on the WiFi ... but still, calls with static (though they work) and my wife never had these issues on her iPhone. Really disappointed but fortunately the issue goes away when I'm actually mobile. I wonder if I switch to a different setting if it will improve indoors or not. --edit-- THIS indoor setting, not all "indoors"

This does not work, guys. It didn't work on the GS2 either. It defaults back to an LTE option every single time. If you are in an HSPA area, you may THINK it is working because your connection remains HSPA, but I assure you that it is not working.
In an LTE area, I stay in LTE, no matter how many times I try to switch to HSPA using this method.

Just set up a HSPA APN and make that the default. Then you will only be on HSPA untill you change it back to the LTE APN
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fielddb said:
Just set up a HSPA APN and make that the default. Then you will only be on HSPA untill you change it back to the LTE APN
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Is there a HowTo on this?

Those sneaky bastards. They are found a way to auto change it back to AT&T default for the GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto selection. No matter what I select it defaults back.
AT&T Got creative on restricting this phone those a**holes.

From my understanding the S4 chipset on the One X is integrated with LTE so there is a lot less power drain that other chipsets with LTE. It might not be possible to turn it off if they're both working on the same radio. Or even if you do manage to turn it off, there might not be as big of a battery performance boost as with other LTE devices.
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This is what I'm getting on my One X in NYC.
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Droidz said:
This is what I'm getting on my One X in NYC.
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that doesn't really help too much. what's your screen on time? i got around 3hrs yesterday. still calibrating my battery though. seems to be lasting me about a day (12hrs +/-) with LTE always on which is great imo.

[Q] I installed CM10 on my T-mobile Blaze and lost 4G capability! Please help!

I rooted my T-mobile galaxy blaze 4g and installed ICS 2.3.6. A short time later I upgraded to CM10.0.0. It was there that I noticed that I lost my 4G capability. I only have 2G/3G service now. Where did it go and how can I get it back? Please help!

LthrSword said:
I rooted my T-mobile galaxy blaze 4g and installed ICS 2.3.6. A short time later I upgraded to CM10.0.0. It was there that I noticed that I lost my 4G capability. I only have 2G/3G service now. Where did it go and how can I get it back? Please help!
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Go into settings/wireless/more/mobile networks/network mode and check mark the one with lte. This should solve your problem

Did that but still showing 2G/3G and an H+ for my network connectivity. Could it be because T Mobile does not recognize this particular ROM yet and therefore has not authorized it to carry 4g? Kind of at a loss as what to do anybody with other suggestions please.
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H+ is 4g
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OK cool. I hate to belabor this topic but it why is the 4g intermittent and 3g and 2g seem to be default? It only goes into H+ intermittently it's in very few circumstances. Primarily remains in 3g and menu allows me to go down to 2g. I'm pretty new, I've done a lot of reading, I'm just trying to understand. Thank you for all your help.
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LthrSword said:
OK cool. I hate to belabor this topic but it why is the 4g intermittent and 3g and 2g seem to be default? It only goes into H+ intermittently it's in very few circumstances. Primarily remains in 3g and menu allows me to go down to 2g. I'm pretty new, I've done a lot of reading, I'm just trying to understand. Thank you for all your help.
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Its just as frequent as your last ics , the difference is 4g from T-Mobile never leaves the screen but you were still alternating 3g/4g just the same. Another thing is T-Mobile has less 4g towers than say sprint or atnt sooo really nothings changed. Enjoy !!!

TMO ROMs show 4G full time to avoid panic.
TMO calls HSPA14 and up "4G".
H+ is HSPA+21 and higher.
Phone automatically ramps down to H or "3G" when data connection is more or less idle. Under use, it'll ramp up to H+. Potential battery saving...
Nothing has changed compared with before, except the dummy icon.