Need help, Noob here.
Me and my wife just switch carrier from att to tmo-us. My wife got the old inspire 4g and I got the new htc sensation. We both got the unlimited talk,txt,data(4G) plan.
The inspire is rooted with stock rom, I just notice that it can only establish EDGE connection with a E(on top of up/down arrow) or E(on top of a check) on the status bar.
Since Im getting 4G connection on my sensation, I tried to swap sim cards but no luck. I've been lurking on this forum to search for a hint and I can take it from there but I cant find any......
Is this something that I have to tweak on the Inspire since I switch network or is this something to do with TMOUS side? That I need to call them..
I learned that 4G should be H or H+ doesnt matter but all Im getting is E. Speed test shows 0.3mbps down and and 0.1mbps up which is way off on 4G speed.
Any advice would be appreciated... Thanks in advance!
If your using an inspire 4g on a t Mobile network, you will only get E.
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Interesting.... Thanks! Too bad its so sad..
I'll take my chances to call tmo. See if they can do something. I'l keep you posted.
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c-pain said:
Interesting.... Thanks! Too bad its so sad..
I'll take my chances to call tmo. See if they can do something. I'l keep you posted.
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there is nothing they can do.
it is PHYSICALLY impossible to make the inspire work on anything higher than EDGE on TMOUS
Pirateghost said:
there is nothing they can do.
it is PHYSICALLY impossible to make the inspire work on anything higher than EDGE on TMOUS
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What he said ^ the hardware antena is not able to pick up tmobile 3g or 4g bands.
Appreciate all the replies... I guess I cant do anything if it is hardware issue. Tsk..tsk..
Love the phone, hate the carrier
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Been heavily testing my 4g all over my city of Greensboro, NC for three days now. No signal issues, no drops, stays 4g everywhere except in my office building. All four carriers suck in my building. Even then... I still get 4g inside most of the time. My downloads blaze! Running simultaneous tests against my woman's G2... my Sensation is always a little faster.
Average bandwidth = 3 Mbs to 9 Mbs
If you experience slow latency (like the market is slow to load) go to this post for a neat fix. Mine loads everything faster now.
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Takes me about 10 seconds to fully load everything on the Engadget web site with plug ins on and desktop browser mode. This is using Dolphin HD browser. That's fast!
If you use the speedtest.net app click the results tab after the test for the true speeds. The main display seems to lie.
I'm in Baltimore, MD and so far I'm getting about 800 k up and down. About 10 times as fast as my Sprint 3g connection.
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nemoshotyany said:
I'm in Baltimore, MD and so far I'm getting about 800 k up and down. About 10 times as fast as my Sprint 3g connection.
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Hope you mean 8000k lol
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phburks said:
Hope you mean 8000k lol
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800k could be the "speed" and equate to a 6.4 Mbs "pipe"
I'm hitting 9- 10 mbs by my house and job consistently.
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I did the fix yesterday and it is still slower than my vision. Just my pyramid stays connected to 4g easier even during phone calls.
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800k could be the "speed" and equate to a 6.4 Mbs "pipe"
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Could be a typo too ... or could just be really crappy network speed if it is indeed 800kbps.
No its really 800k. Today I hit around 1400k down 900 up. I'm happy tho. On Verizon I was getting 600 kbps if I was lucky. And I'd be lucky to top 100kbps these last few months I was on Sprint
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No its really 800k. Today I hit around 1400k down 900 up. I'm happy tho. On Verizon I was getting 600 kbps if I was lucky. And I'd be lucky to top 100kbps these last few months I was on Sprint
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Where the hell do you live!?!? lol
I might be getting this phone from my sprint evo 4g phone but it is NOT 4g, it is HSPA+. Why does everyone insist on calling it a 4g phone?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_Packet_Access#Evolved_High_Speed_Packet_Access_.28HSPA.2B.29
nemoshotyany said:
No its really 800k. Today I hit around 1400k down 900 up. I'm happy tho. On Verizon I was getting 600 kbps if I was lucky. And I'd be lucky to top 100kbps these last few months I was on Sprint
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Where the hell do you live!?!? lol
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When I'm in Baltimore with my HD2 running a Nexus ROM I get 2-3Mpbs. I think nemoshotyany needs to try the recommended speed fix.
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I might be getting this phone from my sprint evo 4g phone but it is NOT 4g, it is HSPA+. Why does everyone insist on calling it a 4g phone?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_Packet_Access#Evolved_High_Speed_Packet_Access_.28HSPA.2B.29
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Oh let it go already. Even the bodies that define the term have given into the marketing hype. "4G" is said to use a term everyone knows already. The few of us geeks who know otherwise understand just the same. I'm sure you do too.
Bottom line, it's got speed, that's what everyone wants. None of the carriers reach what the original definition of 4G was to be. The carriers call it 4G, so just use the term for the sake of agreement. What the carriers originally called "3G" was not really 3G, but let's not get caught up in a side bar when everyone knows what is being asked. Either the device reaches speeds the carrier calls their "4G" speeds or it does not.
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I might be getting this phone from my sprint evo 4g phone but it is NOT 4g, it is HSPA+. Why does everyone insist on calling it a 4g phone?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_Packet_Access#Evolved_High_Speed_Packet_Access_.28HSPA.2B.29
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Call it what you want, but I switched to this phone from the Evo "4G" and these network speeds blow away that of the Evo.
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When I'm in Baltimore with my HD2 running a Nexus ROM I get 2-3Mpbs. I think nemoshotyany needs to try the recommended speed fix.
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Thanks. But i tried that after I ran a few tests and only when I left it off did I notice any improvement.
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2g reception
i have tried the quick fix to no avail. i am running on 2g speeds around my house. 1 mile over though i am getting 4g speeds.
question is, is this a tmobile tower related issue or a issue with the radio on the phone.
edit- i was getting at least 3g speeds on my old samsung behold in the same area.
New Orleans, La.
I live in Knoxville, TN. I am lucky to get 600 kbps around here. I have occasionally hit 6-9 Mbps, but only a handful of times, and not for more than a couple minutes. Not sure if it's a tower issue, or a radio issue. T-Mobile is looking into. My speeds were much faster when I had my Evo on Sprint
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Call it what you want, but I switched to this phone from the Evo "4G" and these network speeds blow away that of the Evo.
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Don't get me wrong. That is the reason I said I am dumping my HTC Evo. I ran a test on tmo speeds on a g2x and I was blown away. So I figured, why the hell do I need to pay for premium data when 4G is not even available in my area since Sept. 2010.
So I decided that I will be getting this phone tomorrow when it releases at a retailer. But my argument still stands, it is HSPA+.
I got mine from Wal-Mart on the 9th.. unless u meant a tmobile retail store.
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costco is what I meant. Are there upcoming deals from any of the retail stores(walmart,sams,costco,etc)
Speeds in Minnesota stinks a$s.. I'm everywhere from anoka all the way south to Burnsville.. I haven't got anything over 5 mbps .. I consistantly get 1-1.5mbps with 2-3 4g bars...
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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
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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...
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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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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
My best friend has a crappy Pantech phone and is thinking of buying HTC Inspire 4G for $50 from a guy I work with. Yes he has at&t, but with switching sim card to a non-4G phone to a 4G phone would that be a issue or would that work just fine??
My friend had switched from an iPhone 3g to a Sony xperia play 4g without updating the similar card. It works he just wont reach the speeds for 4g(3.5g) even though it will say he is on it.
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toxicpaulution said:
My friend had switched from an iPhone 3g to a Sony xperia play 4g without updating the similar card. It works he just wont reach the speeds for 4g(3.5g) even though it will say he is on it.
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Not necessarily true, I know there are some out there using 2+ year sim cards who are claiming they are getting 4G speeds. I think even Ze has stated that he uses an old sim card and still gets 4G speeds..
There's a difference between the old sim cards and the 3G cards but no difference after since its not really "4G"
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It could have just been his phone(my friends) we don't live in a 4g area but we go to the capital and they have 4g there so I'm unsure and I apologize for any inconvenience
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toxicpaulution said:
It could have just been his phone(my friends) we don't live in a 4g area but we go to the capital and they have 4g there so I'm unsure and I apologize for any inconvenience
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no need to apologize to anyone man! just saying that I don't think the SIM card plays a huge role, if any, on how the data speeds for the phone are. It's typically based upon the network you can connect to which in turn is dependent on the radio, build.prop and all that stuff and not soo much the sim card.
I am using a cingular card. I had it for a few years before ATT more or less took back control and it became ATT again. I don't even have a 4G plan. Picking certain servers on speedtest.net and I have achieved 6000kbps at times.
Your friends concern should be whether he has a smartphone plan or not with that pantech or ATT will make him upgrade his plan to a 4G plan when he uses that inspire.
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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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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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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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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Hi, first i just wanna say sorry if my english its pretty bad.
I just wonder if anyone knows how to activate the 4G because i just have 4 options:
Only 2G
Only 3G
Automatic 2G/3G
Automatic 2G/3G/4G
But there's no "only 4G" option, and im always on H+
And yes actually my company offered 4G services where i live, btw im from Mexico and my company is Telcel.
But i was looking for some kind of code to activate 4G and disable H+
My theory is... i got better signal with H+ thats why im always connected with that band.
So, if anyone of you could help me i will be glad
Have a god day
4g is only for data I believe
U need the other 2g -3g for voice
I could be wrong
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lucidvtec said:
4g is only for data I believe
U need the other 2g -3g for voice
I could be wrong
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I see, but anyways i really would like use 4G for data, but i always got H+ "on" how to disable h+ to use 4G?
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I see, but anyways i really would like use 4G for data, but i always got H+ "on" how to disable h+ to use 4G?
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I think H+ is a GSM version of 4g
Do a download speed test
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I think H+ is a GSM version of 4g
Do a download speed test
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I alredy did it.
With 4G i got , download 40Mb and upload 20Mb
With H+ i got, Download 10Mb and Upload 3Mb
As you can see thta's a huge difference!
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I alredy did it.
With 4G i got , download 40Mb and upload 20Mb
With H+ i got, Download 10Mb and Upload 3Mb
As you can see thta's a huge difference!
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For me I get 4g all the time.....when I don't have 4g that's because I'm in a area that doesn't have 4g so it drops down to 3g
I'm not sure what ur trying to do
If u disabled H+ and 4g wasn't available.. u would have no service
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For me I get 4g all the time.....when I don't have 4g that's because I'm in a area that doesn't have 4g so it drops down to 3g
I'm not sure what ur trying to do
If u disabled H+ and 4g wasn't available.. u would have no service
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Thank you for ur help, i will keep looking for some solution
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Hi, first i just wanna say sorry if my english its pretty bad.
I just wonder if anyone knows how to activate the 4G because i just have 4 options:
Only 2G
Only 3G
Automatic 2G/3G
Automatic 2G/3G/4G
But there's no "only 4G" option, and im always on H+
And yes actually my company offered 4G services where i live, btw im from Mexico and my company is Telcel.
But i was looking for some kind of code to activate 4G and disable H+
My theory is... i got better signal with H+ thats why im always connected with that band.
So, if anyone of you could help me i will be glad
Have a god day [/QUOTE
im also from mexico, and im with telcel too, i get only H+ because i havent buy the 4g lte sim card from telcel, they say they got only for new contratcs or renewals, but for what i've heard, you need the 4g lte sim card, a phone with 4g capacity, and be in a 4g area, im from monterrey and i havent see anyone with 4g even that almost monterrey area has 4g lte well mostly the most important areas
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rubennd said:
pepin360 said:
Hi, first i just wanna say sorry if my english its pretty bad.
I just wonder if anyone knows how to activate the 4G because i just have 4 options:
Only 2G
Only 3G
Automatic 2G/3G
Automatic 2G/3G/4G
But there's no "only 4G" option, and im always on H+
And yes actually my company offered 4G services where i live, btw im from Mexico and my company is Telcel.
But i was looking for some kind of code to activate 4G and disable H+
My theory is... i got better signal with H+ thats why im always connected with that band.
So, if anyone of you could help me i will be glad
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im also from mexico, and im with telcel too, i get only H+ because i havent buy the 4g lte sim card from telcel, they say they got only for new contratcs or renewals, but for what i've heard, you need the 4g lte sim card, a phone with 4g capacity, and be in a 4g area, im from monterrey and i havent see anyone with 4g even that almost monterrey area has 4g lte well mostly the most important areas
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Hi dude, actually i got a new contract and im living on a 4G area, and yes i got the new 4G sim card, also i got connection to 4G at home and many other places.
And i guess thats not the issue.
Btw its nice to see mexican people arround here! Have a nice day.
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rubennd said:
Hi dude, actually i got a new contract and im living on a 4G area, and yes i got the new 4G sim card, also i got connection to 4G at home and many other places.
And i guess thats not the issue.
Btw its nice to see mexican people arround here! Have a nice day.
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I thought there was something with the radio driver that will pick the best connection between 3g and 4g
I don't think u can mess with custom radio unless ur bootloader is unlocked..maybe a custom PRL actually
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pepin360 said:
rubennd said:
Hi dude, actually i got a new contract and im living on a 4G area, and yes i got the new 4G sim card, also i got connection to 4G at home and many other places.
And i guess thats not the issue.
Btw its nice to see mexican people arround here! Have a nice day.
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Today I bought the sim 4g and went into a 4g área, and all that i can tell is that the speed os awesome now even in a H+ area i got between 5 and 10 mbs download
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pepin360 said:
Today I bought the sim 4g and went into a 4g área, and all that i can tell is that the speed os awesome now even in a H+ area i got between 5 and 10 mbs download
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I know, i love the 4G, but seems we got a lot of dow load speed because there's not a lot of people with a 4g phone now, maybe in a few months the download speed will be a little more... slow.
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pepin360 said:
I thought there was something with the radio driver that will pick the best connection between 3g and 4g
I don't think u can mess with custom radio unless ur bootloader is unlocked..maybe a custom PRL actually
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the real problem is that the version of LTE that Verizon handles is different from the version that handles Telcel, I've been investigating and no way to change it for now, that Verizon handles HD Maxx and until there is another company that can handle it and make a different version of the radio to change to support Telcel, no momentary solution. i'm from mty, send me a private message for a better explanation or explanation in spanish jajajajajaja
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