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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
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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
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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] stuck on 2g...wont go 3g...why?

So I I've searched for an answer or a problem similar only to come out with no luck...do what's going on right now is that I got my inspire unlocked from att and came to India because I now have to live here because in going to college here..anyway its unlocked and I purchased a prepaid plan from company Vodafone.
So I've been running with 2g for some time now and now I just sick off it and need 3g so I can also use mylaptop and connect to hotspot. Anyway I've got 3g plan however my phone is constantly staying on EDGE....which is pretty annoying because its so slow and I paid a bit to get 3g upgrade. I've tried the *%*#4636#*#* phone setting and switched to GSM/cdma auto. Also got the smsc and updated. Also I set up a new APN suited for the company with no luck..still on 2B.C. So my question is..how do you switch on 3g on inspire? Haven't been able to find that also been searching it. My Android is still 2.2.1 if that makes any difference. I've also called they company and HTC to no success...so please help me out. How do I initiate 3g on my inspire?
apparently I just need the option to turn on 3g and the phone info thing won't work...keeps me on edge.
Thanks

If you have tried going to your settings then to you mobile network settings. There should be an option to use only 2g networks. If that is checked, then you need to uncheck that.

shugga101 said:
If you have tried going to your settings then to you mobile network settings. There should be an option to use only 2g networks. If that is checked, then you need to uncheck that.
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But that's the problem...I can't find that option.I go into mobile network settings and see data roaming...apn..network operators..and always on mobile network option. I've been trying o find a option to set which to put..for instance 3g only or 2 g only or 3g preferred..no avail. still have Droid 2.2.1 if that makes any difference..

Their is no way to get 3g. India uses a different frequency for 3g. No way to change it outside of getting a different phone with compatible bands

The Inspire radio utilizes the 850/1900 3G bands. India uses the 900/1800 bands for 3G. If you use the phone in a market where the 3G is on a different frequency than the radio in the phone, the best you'll get is Edge. This is hardware related. There is no setting you can change or ROM you can flash that will allow it to operate on 3G in your market.

So no absolute way of getting 3g on my inspire in India?

Nope
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Huh...so best bet would be to get a new phone? What should I look for in order for this problem not to happen again?

Get the correct version, The Desire HD.

Is it company -problem or a country -problem? If I switch providrs, will it work?

drsteez said:
Is it company -problem or a country -problem? If I switch providrs, will it work?
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Doubt it. Pretty much everyone except the US uses 900/1800, and att uses 850/1900 on it's phones (the inspire) - as previously stated this is in the phones hardware. So unless you can find a provider that uses 850/1900 for 3G your SOL - best bet is to get a new phone (DHD uses 900/1800 for 3G and is the same device as the Inspire, very minor differences)

Even i too have the same problem and I am from India.I have tried with my network operators many times but nothing works,i have to pay for 3g data and use 2g.Is there no fix for this issue?

omg, SEARCH. its what you agreed to do before posting.
ill put it simply for you. your inspire will never get 3g outside of the united states.
http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html
if you are in purple, u need a desire hd, orange, you need an inspire.

Darunion said:
omg, SEARCH. its what you agreed to do before posting.
ill put it simply for you. your inspire will never get 3g outside of the united states.
http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html
if you are in purple, u need a desire hd, orange, you need an inspire.
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Oh god!!guess i need to buy another phone in order to use 3g in my country.

Telstra turning off frequency 2100 in Aus - will my desireS still get 3g?!

ITS at work told me today that Telstra are switching off the 2100 network tomorrow (31 Aug) and that my phone might not get data connection afterwards - has anyone else heard about this and know if it is true or not?
I find all the frequencies plus 2g, 3g hsdpa, edge nextg stuff confusing...

I've not heard this before. I, too, am fairly ignorant when it comes to mobile networks.
90% plus of my data usage is over Wi-Fi, but I'd be very miffed if I had no data connection at work done I rely on my Exchange account staying synched.
Of course, all we have to do is wait and see what happens tomorrow.
Sent from my Desire S

BillGoss said:
I've not heard this before. I, too, am fairly ignorant when it comes to mobile networks.
90% plus of my data usage is over Wi-Fi, but I'd be very miffed if I had no data connection at work done I rely on my Exchange account staying synched.
Of course, all we have to do is wait and see what happens tomorrow.
Sent from my Desire S
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Yep, cross fingers and let's see. Reading a bit about it on whirlpool and it may be that we drop from HSDPA on 21,000 to the slower Edge on 850, hope not!
EDIT - the little signal indicator in the notification bar has changed from 'H' to 'E' for me over lunchtime... wonder if thats it. Browsing does seem a fair bit slower

E stands for Edge (2 /2.5 G) ...
Whereas., H stands for HSPDA (3/3.5G).
Try selecting WDCMA only in your Settings > Mobile Network Settings >Mobile Network mode.
This should give you only a 3G signal., if available. . Or else no network at all!
You can try switching back to GSM /WDCMA auto and be able to see the network back again.. In this mode it will select the best available option.
Sent from my HTC Desire S

Thanks for the tip. If I set my phone to WCDMA Only, I get no connection., So I've left out I WCDMA Preferred.
By the way, I don't have those setting options, but I can get there by entering *#*#4636#*#* in the phone disaster and selecting Phone Information.
Sent from my Nexus 7

Weird, I use the same shortcut to get to that menu and tried wcdma only, my data signal indicator is now 3g (sometimes H).
No idea what frequency it is using but I'm getting data and presumably it must be better than E, edge. I'm in metro Melbourne btw
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BillGoss said:
Thanks for the tip. If I set my phone to WCDMA Only, I get no connection., So I've left out I WCDMA Preferred.
By the way, I don't have those setting options, but I can get there by entering *#*#4636#*#* in the phone disaster and selecting Phone Information.
Sent from my Nexus 7
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On CM10 (and I know you are running that ) you have a toggle called 2g/3g and in the settings you can change the network modes.
I have set them to 2g/3g only, because normally I'm in a WI-FI area and there 3g is useless.
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Edit the screenshot wasn't working

I guess, the 2G/3G toggle option is the same as GSM only or WCDMA only option.
Edit : Ok, the pic in the above post just loaded... It's the same way of doing things, a bit differently though !
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sadsac said:
Weird, I use the same shortcut to get to that menu and tried wcdma only, my data signal indicator is now 3g (sometimes H).
No idea what frequency it is using but I'm getting data and presumably it must be better than E, edge. I'm in metro Melbourne btw
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Of course, H is a lot better than E...
In fact, H is (just) better than 3G as well.
And as far as you are getting H/3G, leave the frequency to the network Radio Engineers to handle
Sent from my Desire S.

Q: No 4G LTE

Hi,
I can't receive 4G LTE on my phone.. I can only receive H..
I'm on NET10 unlimited plan AT&T network and my area is covered..
what should I do??

drogoal said:
Hi,
I can't receive 4G LTE on my phone.. I can only receive H..
I'm on NET10 unlimited plan AT&T network and my area is covered..
what should I do??
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Try checking that your Access Point Names are configured properly in your mobile network settings in your settings.

you might have to have net10 provision LTE On your SIM.

Update: I called the customer service and they told me that my area zip code: 54601 is not covered.. but when I go to AT&T website I see the city is fully covered.. do have to call AT&T to activate it for me?

tospace2006 said:
Try checking that your Access Point Names are configured properly in your mobile network settings in your settings.
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Zepius said:
you might have to have net10 provision LTE On your SIM.
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I configured my access point names and my SIM supports 4G..

drogoal said:
I configured my access point names and my SIM supports 4G..
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What changes did you make to your APN to make this happen? It might prove useful to others (I'm on StraightTalk myself).

strongergravity said:
What changes did you make to your APN to make this happen? It might prove useful to others (I'm on StraightTalk myself).
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I used the ones in the screenshots on pg 4,5 and it works perfect.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506712&highlight=straighttalk

strongergravity said:
What changes did you make to your APN to make this happen? It might prove useful to others (I'm on StraightTalk myself).
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my problem is not solved yet.. i still don't receive 4G and sim supports 4G

dial *#*#4636#*#*
go to "phone information"
scroll down and check your preferred network type
if its on WCDMA prefered change it to LTE/GSM and turn on LTE ram dump

antabaka said:
dial *#*#4636#*#*
go to "phone information"
scroll down and check your preferred network type
if its on WCDMA prefered change it to LTE/GSM and turn on LTE ram dump
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What does LTE ram dump do?
Weird, I decided to do some Googling about the matter and I can't find anyone who knows what it does. I suspect that it dumps the contents of the RAM that LTE is using atm. I would leave that off.

You just can't set an apn and get LTE, your account has to specifically be provisioned for it to allow it. With out the provision you're stuck on HSPA

dijit4l said:
What does LTE ram dump do?
Weird, I decided to do some Googling about the matter and I can't find anyone who knows what it does. I suspect that it dumps the contents of the RAM that LTE is using atm. I would leave that off.
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Honestly I don't know either. I tried looking for a post where someone vaguely explains what it does. Couldn't find it. It was a step for enabling LTE on the Nexus 4. Probably best to leave it off like you said.

I contacted the customer support and told me that 4G LTE is enabled on my account .. On AT&T website it says that my city is covered but NET10 representative said my area is not covered

Do you have any other ideas?

How to lock 4g signals in Mate 9 setting?

Does anyone know how to lock 4g signal on huawei mate 9? My phone keep dropping to 3g signals although my place got 4g coverage.

yewhock said:
Does anyone know how to lock 4g signal on huawei mate 9? My phone keep dropping to 3g signals although my place got 4g coverage.
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If you're lucky and your localization has more options, so you can simply lock 4G in menu:
Settings / More / Mobile Network / Preferred Network Type

What happens if you 'lock' the phone to 4g and you move out of 4g coverage? Or your 4g cell is overloaded?

RR-99 said:
What happens if you 'lock' the phone to 4g and you move out of 4g coverage? Or your 4g cell is overloaded?
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Sure, it will lost signal.
But, there is no doubt if you're​ living in city. No overload and good coverage. In that case it's​ probably better to lock 4G or 3G instead of getting series of jumps from 4g to 3g and back. Well, it's personal choice.

Well my personal choice is to be sure of staying connected. I don't look to see if the phone is on 3g or 4g.
It doesn't matter to me which it is on unless I have a big download. And if I have a big download I would rather it slows down on 3g than drop out and lose it.

5[Strogino said:
;71542664]If you're lucky and your localization has more options, so you can simply lock 4G in menu:
Settings / More / Mobile Network / Preferred Network Type
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What do you mean with "if you are lucky"?
The standard settings only allow you to choose LTE/WCDMA/GSM auto.
We would need a shortcut to the service menu like on other phones where you can set LTE only

itenos said:
what do you mean with "if you are lucky"?
The standard settings only allow you to choose lte/wcdma/gsm auto.
We would need a shortcut to the service menu like on other phones where you can set lte only
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Using database editor.
yewhock said:
Does anyone know how to lock 4g signal on huawei mate 9? My phone keep dropping to 3g signals although my place got 4g coverage.
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