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Only connecting to 2G

been using my phone for a few months now...but suddently this evening... I lost my 4g and only connects to my t-mobile via 2g. I try going to the settings....and when I select the WCDMA/GSM auto mode...I lose service (no bars)...but when I set to GSM only (2g), then I get good 2g signal....
Any thoughts?
I tried hard reset...nothing working

I have the same issue. True calling T-Mobile, they sent me a new sum card for free.
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gtny930 said:
I have the same issue. True calling T-Mobile, they sent me a new sum card for free.
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is the sim the problem?

Maybe you went over your data cap and got throttled down to 2G?

giangdude said:
Maybe you went over your data cap and got throttled down to 2G?
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I check my usage.. I'm only at 105mb...my cap is 2GB with 2g after the 2gb

Tmobile is most likely having network issues where u are. Try doing a battery pull and sim card pull. Wait 2 mins then put both back in. if that fails its a network issue.
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Yeah, I had that happen when I first got the phone. It turned out to be something funky going on with my account on the corporate level. So that makes me think it's not the phone and you're due for a call with Big Magenta.
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I thought it was big pink.
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So I called T-moblie
They said they will send someone out by wednesday to take a look at what's wrong with the signal...i'm like????
no internet for 5 days?

kreizyidiot said:
So I called T-moblie
They said they will send someone out by wednesday to take a look at what's wrong with the signal...i'm like????
no internet for 5 days?
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That's BS. Bring it to a T-Mobile store.
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Just have the store put a sim card in and see if that clears up the problem.
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its a good idea to just have an extra SIM in your desk in case you need to swap it out.

Update radios?
A sales rep at Tmobile told me something about updating the radios

Ripcn said:
A sales rep at Tmobile told me something about updating the radios
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Try a different T-Mo SIM first to be sure. There are RUU's out there, just easier to work out the easy solutions first...

Same Issue (No solution)
Hey guys im having the same issue as OP and just wanted to piggy back ride for this thread. I recently bought the mytouch 4g slide for a wopping $25 by the person that i am and rooting i quickly rooted the mytouch and installed cyanogenmod. To my dismay i only receive Edge network before and after rooting i was wondering is it the phone it self as in APN settings or is it just plan old phone ?

Death818 said:
Hey guys im having the same issue as OP and just wanted to piggy back ride for this thread. I recently bought the mytouch 4g slide for a wopping $25 by the person that i am and rooting i quickly rooted the mytouch and installed cyanogenmod. To my dismay i only receive Edge network before and after rooting i was wondering is it the phone it self as in APN settings or is it just plan old phone ?
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Maybe T-Mobile finally moved on from the 3G bands designed for that phone.
Unless you are not getting data at all, then you have some APN's to set. Or... some older CM (IIRC) didn't have 3G.
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Face this issue with the HTC Glacier months back. They have removed the 3G & 4G basebands from their towers. The only way possible is by unlocking the other bands with the "Qualcomm band unlock" mod/hack here on XDA

Samsung Infuse on Simple Mobile Network. Can't get 3G.

Okay guys, on the day I got my Infuse I thought I give it a try and put it on the Simple Mobile 3G network. So what ticks me is that I'm always stuck on a 2G network with a big "E" on my status bar. I even called Simple Mobile customer service and they said they can't fix that. Dammit, there has got to be some way to bypass AT&T. Help me out guys. Thanks.
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kmeng9 said:
Okay guys, on the day I got my Infuse I thought I give it a try and put it on the Simple Mobile 3G network. So what ticks me is that I'm always stuck on a 2G network with a big "E" on my status bar. I even called Simple Mobile customer service and they said they can't fix that. Dammit, there has got to be some way to bypass AT&T. Help me out guys. Thanks.
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that's just a prepay plan on t-mobile. the infuse will need an att or similar sim card. t-mobile has unique frequencies and features on there network. it is not att's fault. edge only is typical with att phones. try strait talk, they sell sims now and you can specify att compatible.

Yeah...nothing you can do except switch carriers...go to straight talk, its $45 a month for unlimited everything, just go to there website and order an att compatible sim.
Your pretty much guaranteed to get edge when using an att phone on t mobile, simply because they run in differnt cell frequencies or whatever you wanna call it
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mg2195 said:
Yeah...nothing you can do except switch carriers...go to straight talk, its $45 a month for unlimited everything, just go to there website and order an att compatible sim.
Your pretty much guaranteed to get edge when using an att phone on t mobile, simply because they run in differnt cell frequencies or whatever you wanna call it
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Hey thanks guys, I appreciate the info. Now that I know, yeah I guess that sounds like a best solution is to just switch carriers. Then again I feel that I made a mistake by buying an Infuse. Dammit, should of gotten the Galax Epic 4G and flashed it to Cricket. But yup thanks guys.

I've been told you cant get 3g because the Infuse is a 4g phone. That could also be an issue as well. I ran into that problem when att had to replace my captivate with my infuse. This is what they told me.
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oxendine9381 said:
I've been told you cant get 3g because the Infuse is a 4g phone. That could also be an issue as well.
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That's not the issue at all...for one thing, the infuse isn't even real 4g...it runs on hspa+, hspa is 3g...so when you have "H+" you have 4g...when you have "H" you have 3g...when you have "E" you have edge/2g
These phones are backwards compatible...if they wernt then you would constantly lose data signal
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Trying to use T-Mobile on VZW GS3

I've been trying to put my GS3 working on T-Mobile and all i can get is Voice And Messages but the Data that i get is only Edge which is slow as a snail.
I've been using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809314
Is there anyway i can get 4G or atleast the 3G?
And is it because of the bands or frequency thing that it doesn't work?
Any help will be appreciated

I'm guessing here...download Verizon radio? See dev section
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G2x unlocked on att

I have a friend who is on att and wants an unlocked g2x I have. I put his card into my g2x and it makes calls and gets on the edge network
(the little E shows up). What I am wondering is, is the phone working at 3g speeds or 2g? He has an Iphone 3gs. Also is there any roms for the g2x that are more suited to run better on att? Any info would be helpful.
Thanks
Eddie
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I believe the issue is your using a t mobile phone on att network. They both use GSM and CDMA But for the faster speeds the phone needs to be able to handle that networks technology. T mobile high speed is that HSPA+, not sure what att is or if they use it, if they don't, the phone won't run on their "whatever " highspeed. Make sense? Check out what att highspeed is.
I may be wrong.
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Thanks for the reply.
Eddie
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Yeah that might be true but now T-Mobile got and ad on their homepage saying bring ur unlocked phone to T-Mobile maybe now att phones will have 3g speeds or 4g who knows i gonna try unlocking my work phone wich is a att Samsung skyrocket
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edekalil said:
Thanks for the reply.
Eddie
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No problem. Find anything out? Ive been too busy to look myself.
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I thought the G2x was a quad band phone that could work on either networks?
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G2x on AT&T
Aricrj said:
I thought the G2x was a quad band phone that could work on either networks?
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I have 2 G2x's (Me & wife). Both through Straight Talk. One on T-Mobile & one on AT&T. From the research I've done & personal experience with the two phones, the fastest data speed you will be able to get with a G2x on AT&T is Edge. I plan on switching the AT&T over to T-Mobile shortly. At least the 4G is fast where I can find it.
Ghiamann

[Q]carrier unlock

Hi I'm looking to find a way to carrier unlock my mothers droid ultra (Verizon) she's looking to switch to straight talk is there a way for me to do it without paying a company to send me the unlock code? If not does anyone have experience with going from vzw to st with an non unlocked device?
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afaik, its already unlocked and I have seen here saying its working on T-Mob Nano SIM without an issue (2G and reframed 3G, but NO LTE). But I am NOT from US, so some other members can be more accurate than me...

deathblade said:
Hi I'm looking to find a way to carrier unlock my mothers droid ultra (Verizon) she's looking to switch to straight talk is there a way for me to do it without paying a company to send me the unlock code? If not does anyone have experience with going from vzw to st with an non unlocked device?
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Hey.. I was using mine on straight talk. Now I'm using it with cricket and still works fine. I get H+ most of the time but sometimes and in certain places I get LTE.
No unlock code needed. And I have the latest update. Not rooted or anything. 100% stock.
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