Related
I am one of the people who have had a hard time getting good 4G service even though I'm in a. great 4G area. Today I noticed that if I reboot my phone in the area I wish to receive 4G service I get a super-fast 4G connection!
Now, that is great news but why can't my phone do this without a reboot? Does anyone know why this happens?
Have you tried simply turning airplane mode on/off rather than rebooting?
No, I didn't and thanks for the idea. But the phone should be able to do this on its own, right?
I have to toggle airplane mode when in a spotty 4g area. I hope a new radio will help with making a more seamless switch.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
ajd88 said:
I have to toggle airplane mode when in a spotty 4g area. I hope a new radio will help with making a more seamless switch.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What do you mean new radio?
I'm more curious why I was getting speeds upwards to around 34d/l and 24upload before (just a few weeks ago when they flipped the switch for 4g)... and i'm getting weird but constantly lower ranges from 5-20d/l to 8-15upload...
still faster speeds than 3g here, but just odd...
bby144 said:
What do you mean new radio?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
A new baseband.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
bby144 said:
What do you mean new radio?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
ajd88 said:
A new baseband.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
To be more specific (not sure if you know or are curious) a new radio hopefully will report greater signal for your respective area. New radios typically come with ota updates and users may notice greater data speeds and network signal.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
gentleart said:
I am one of the people who have had a hard time getting good 4G service even though I'm in a. great 4G area. Today I noticed that if I reboot my phone in the area I wish to receive 4G service I get a super-fast 4G connection!
Now, that is great news but why can't my phone do this without a reboot? Does anyone know why this happens?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Download from Google Play - Phone Info and do it manuallly
I've been having the same issues within buildings. Definitely a cycle of airplane mode will help once you leave the building and/or have moved locations.
gentleart said:
I am one of the people who have had a hard time getting good 4G service even though I'm in a. great 4G area. Today I noticed that if I reboot my phone in the area I wish to receive 4G service I get a super-fast 4G connection!
Now, that is great news but why can't my phone do this without a reboot? Does anyone know why this happens?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Had the same problem too. I went to another city without 4G and came back home and tried to watch some YouTube. Noticed right away that YouTube was buffering. Initially thought that maybe Verizon was throttling me. My speed was from 0.5 to 3 Mbps max. Restarted phone and did speed test; speed went back up to 10 Mbps. That made me happy again.
Sent from my SCH-I535
Do you guys think Verizon will implement an ota update with a new radio, but also something to lock the bootloader back up?
Well we have some people who have posted the radio updates on the forums here, and I don't think they touch the bootloader (not 100% though), so assuming Verizon does push an OTA for new radios tied with a re-locked bootloader, it'd only be a matter of time before XDA figures out how to install only the radio update.
4G
noingwhat said:
Well we have some people who have posted the radio updates on the forums here, and I don't think they touch the bootloader (not 100% though), so assuming Verizon does push an OTA for new radios tied with a re-locked bootloader, it'd only be a matter of time before XDA figures out how to install only the radio update.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I bought 3 SGIII's and noticed right away that mine was not getting as good of 4g as my two daughters. Long story short, after 2 weeks I got an new phone with the updated VRALG. Was better but not great. Verizon Reps stated it was a known problem with som SGIII's.
Now I am running Synergy ROM and 4G is alot less problematic, even better than both my daughters most of the time. If I do have a problem I will cycle Airplane mode and it fixes it. My 2 cents
I feel like there's something wrong with my phone. The signal is week and I'm getting abysmal speeds. Like .2mb per sec downloading something. I'm also in a highly populated area where 4g seems to be strong here
Has it been like that since you got it?
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
Well when I first got it the sim card wouldn't activate so the customer service guy had to force it twice to get it to work. The speed will go up in different areas but not by much
One of these days Sammy will just pay moto for their 4g radios. This issue u guys are having along with data drops in strong 4g have plagued vzw gnexs
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
If its really that bad. Its a hassle but it'll work...
Dial *#*#4626#*#* or download the "Phone Info" app shortcut, and it'll take you to the same area.
There you can select your radios, Dont mess with anything besides the drop down box with the preferred networks. Set to LTE Only, (defualt is LTE/CDMA/Evdo) when you are in LTE only mode, you should get pretty blazing fast internet. But your SMS/calling outbound and inbound wont work while this is activated.
As for an actual fix... You just need expirament with the different radios... On my Old bionic phone, i remember it was getting really spotty 4g, more than usual. A clean wipe seemed to alleviate the issue. I can't explain why it would it just did...
As the title says! Now by combo im referring to ROM + RADIO + KERNEL!
A good example would be tspx23's [Combination juggernaut 4.1/faux kernel NOT overclocked/KL1 Radio] which gets 4G on the West Coast.
The phones been out for a while so i'm just trying to gather info before I buy the phone tomorrow. Thanks again!
I'm using SKY ICS F6-2.8 with the Blaze 4G radio on my skyrocket. Works flawlessly.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
Not to be daft, but if you're going on T-Mobile why are you bothering with a Skyrocket? Yes I know you can get it to work on T-Mobile, but unless you're getting a SPECTACULAR deal on an unlocked Skyrocket or you absolutely need a SD Card, why not just get the Galaxy Nexus? It has a better screen, nicer physical profile (IMO) and it's the current flagship Google device, meaning you'll get all the updates before everyone else, not to mention it's only $350 and a truly global phone. My wife has it on a monthly 4G plan and at times I get jealous of it (except for the times when she has an Edge connection while I have HSPA+, but that's a carrier issue, not a device one.)
Just throwing that out there..
akbabb said:
I'm using SKY ICS F6-2.8 with the Blaze 4G radio on my skyrocket. Works flawlessly.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is it safe using a Blaze ROM on a SkyRocket? And if possible can you forward those links to me
dvandam said:
Not to be daft, but if you're going on T-Mobile why are you bothering with a Skyrocket? Yes I know you can get it to work on T-Mobile, but unless you're getting a SPECTACULAR deal on an unlocked Skyrocket or you absolutely need a SD Card, why not just get the Galaxy Nexus? It has a better screen, nicer physical profile (IMO) and it's the current flagship Google device, meaning you'll get all the updates before everyone else, not to mention it's only $350 and a truly global phone. My wife has it on a monthly 4G plan and at times I get jealous of it (except for the times when she has an Edge connection while I have HSPA+, but that's a carrier issue, not a device one.)
Just throwing that out there..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm already on T-Mobile but could only find a good deal on a Skyrocket sadly. I already got it not i need to do all the mods and what not.
Should just be as easy as flashing the blaze radio from the development thread. All roms should work, including the stock ROM. Flash the recommended kernel for that ROM, hint use ones the Dev told you works great. May have to configure the APN for TMobile if flashing the blaze radio didn't do it for you.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
akbabb said:
I'm using SKY ICS F6-2.8 with the Blaze 4G radio on my skyrocket. Works flawlessly.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
would you please share your average data speeds ? download and upload ? and how does it perform compaired to T mobile phones ?
ROM has no effect radio is dependant on your specific area
Kernel won't change things up for your data speed either
Try your own combos see what works for you. Reported
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
Jnewell05 said:
Should just be as easy as flashing the blaze radio from the development thread. All roms should work, including the stock ROM. Flash the recommended kernel for that ROM, hint use ones the Dev told you works great. May have to configure the APN for TMobile if flashing the blaze radio didn't do it for you.
Thanks for the suggestion i'll give it a try please stay here put for reply
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
mahanddeem said:
would you please share your average data speeds ? download and upload ? and how does it perform compaired to T mobile phones ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Basically if you have the OPTION on your OWN to pick depending on the server your on I would suggest getting the own for your service like if you on AT&T go get the i727 if your on T-Mobile get the S2 cause the chances are your speeds are going to be best using the phone made for the server you have chosen. ME on the other hand had LIMITED option due to circumstances I was offered to be on sprint with a parent but was cut off half way of summer so i go back to my original parent who originally took me in T-Mobile and was stuck with a sprint phone the "Motorola Photon 4G" which thanks to a dev on XDA was allowed to unlock the SIM slot for DOMESTIC GSM (USA) with that in mind i liked it but data speeds were sad so i grabbed the i727 and unlocked it so here i am. I will give you output on the speeds once i find stable Combination.
Illnevertell said:
ROM has no effect radio is dependant on your specific area
Kernel won't change things up for your data speed either
Try your own combos see what works for you. Reported
Ok ill give it a shot and why report? This may be helping people on the east coast, because a dev already help people in the West coast. PM me if you don't wanna talk aloud
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Jnewell05 said:
Should just be as easy as flashing the blaze radio from the development thread. All roms should work, including the stock ROM. Flash the recommended kernel for that ROM, hint use ones the Dev told you works great. May have to configure the APN for TMobile if flashing the blaze radio didn't do it for you.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is noobish but, How do you configure APN?
CoogiMane1996 said:
This is noobish but, How do you configure APN?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Settings /more /mobile network /access point names
---------- Post added at 03:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:27 PM ----------
CoogiMane1996 said:
Basically if you have the OPTION on your OWN to pick depending on the server your on I would suggest getting the own for your service like if you on AT&T go get the i727 if your on T-Mobile get the S2 cause the chances are your speeds are going to be best using the phone made for the server you have chosen. ME on the other hand had LIMITED option due to circumstances I was offered to be on sprint with a parent but was cut off half way of summer so i go back to my original parent who originally took me in T-Mobile and was stuck with a sprint phone the "Motorola Photon 4G" which thanks to a dev on XDA was allowed to unlock the SIM slot for DOMESTIC GSM (USA) with that in mind i liked it but data speeds were sad so i grabbed the i727 and unlocked it so here i am. I will give you output on the speeds once i find stable Combination.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know that....I would all day anyday use a T mobile phone with T mobile or an AT&T phone with AT&T...especially with these sophisticated devices...I always see here people unlocked their skyrockets fine, flashed TMobile radios and report crappy data speeds and awful coverage...So I'm asking if anybody did use t mobile with skyrocket and data working fine (no crappy download or upload speeds)
Reported
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
I can't get a decent 4g download speed either. I'm currently on Embryo 5.1 and Kernel CYMBALINE-RD03-2.6. I've tested most of the radio that have been posted and still only getting around 550kbps dl and 25kbps ul on all of the radios. Getting over 10Mbps dl and ul on a tmobile phone next to it. Maybe my settings are wrong or something, but I've dial *#2263# and forced it to WDCMA 1700.
does anybody have GPS issues with lack of accuracy and long time to lock? i've never had good GPS performance with the skyrocket on tmobile radios. (i never ran this phone on att network and att radio, so i do not know if GPS performance is any good on ATT radio)
Skyrocket on Tmobile
mahanddeem said:
would you please share your average data speeds ? download and upload ? and how does it perform compaired to T mobile phones ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm getting about 9mbps download and 2mbps upload as the normal speeds.
Wouldnt know about other tmobile devices
I am running PA JB latest build on my infuse, and i have data plan from AT&T, wife has SkyRocket (S2) without data plan.
To compare the data speeds, I powered off both phones, pulled out my sim and put in SkyRocket, powered up, then enabled data in settings,
Still, it doesnt get data enabled, tried rebooting still no use.
Why isnt my Sim in Skyrocket getting data enabled?
paluinfusion said:
I am running PA JB latest build on my infuse, and i have data plan from AT&T, wife has SkyRocket (S2) without data plan.
To compare the data speeds, I powered off both phones, pulled out my sim and put in SkyRocket, powered up, then enabled data in settings,
Still, it doesnt get data enabled, tried rebooting still no use.
Why isnt my Sim in Skyrocket getting data enabled?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why are you asking in the infuse section? I understand you have an infuse but the problem is related to the skyrocket... so you should ask in he skyrocket thread as they would know....
But since I do have an lte phone k can tell you the problem...
Lte phones use different apns then the rest of atg smart phones...they use pta APN, in order to use pta apns you have to call Att and enable lte for your account (which is free and doesn't cost anything extra...you just gotta say you got a skyrocket and need to activate the lte, they will ask for the imei...give it to the
If it still doesn't work then go to your nearest Att store and get an lte compatible sim...also free, but the one that comes with the infuse works for lte...if it says 3g on the sim it won't work
Sent from my Holiday using Tapatalk 2
mg2195 said:
Why are you asking in the infuse section? I understand you have an infuse but the problem is related to the skyrocket... so you should ask in he skyrocket thread as they would know....
But since I do have an lte phone k can tell you the problem...
Lte phones use different apns then the rest of atg smart phones...they use pta APN, in order to use pta apns you have to call Att and enable lte for your account (which is free and doesn't cost anything extra...you just gotta say you got a skyrocket and need to activate the lte, they will ask for the imei...give it to the
If it still doesn't work then go to your nearest Att store and get an lte compatible sim...also free, but the one that comes with the infuse works for lte...if it says 3g on the sim it won't work
Sent from my Holiday using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you for ur explanation. My remaining question, now that I know infuse doesnt support lte and skyrocket does, even with any custom ROM on infuse, I wont be able to get the high speeds which skyrocket can give.. rt ? OR if i get lte compatible sim and still use in infuse, (and flash latest JB/ICS ROMS) will infuse also can give lte speeds ?
thanx again
paluinfusion said:
Thank you for ur explanation. My remaining question, now that I know infuse doesnt support lte and skyrocket does, even with any custom ROM on infuse, I wont be able to get the high speeds which skyrocket can give.. rt ? OR if i get lte compatible sim and still use in infuse, (and flash latest JB/ICS ROMS) will infuse also can give lte speeds ?
thanx again
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nope. The ability for a phone to use the lte network is in the phone's hardware. No amount of hacking and reprogramming will make the infuse use lte.
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda app-developers app
csandman1977 said:
Nope. The ability for a phone to use the lte network is in the phone's hardware. No amount of hacking and reprogramming will make the infuse use lte.
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So, if I use skyrocket, i get much faster speeds than any ROM on infuse ?? What's the speed difference like in Mbps
I don't know. I don't have lte. I know speed is determined not just by the phone but the signal, the quality of the signal, the amount of traffic using the signal.
Of course this is a question you can answer yourself....
Do a few speed tests with the infuse and then put your sim in the skyrocket and enable the lte with at&t and do a couple speed tests on it.
Just remember each speed test uses about 20mb of data.
Then report your findings. I am kind of curious.
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda app-developers app
On average with an infuse you'll get about 8mbs down top...I usually average 6mbs down on an infuse and 1-2mbs up...most I've gotten is 3mbs up
With lte...I've gotten 23mbs download speed and 11mbs upload speed...and never lower than 20mbs down and 9mbs up... (only ran speed test six times) but I've seen people report and show proof of 80mbs down...
but that's only if you are in an area that has lte coverage...not everywhere has lte...if lte isn't in your area you'll end up using hspa+ or whatever is the highest speed in your area
Sent from my SGH-I997 using Tapatalk 2
I ran with Infuse as it is, At home getting 1-3 Mbps range with several tests
Called ATT to provision the sim for LTE speeds, and ran with Skyrocket. And getting 4-7 Mbps range. Probably my home area isnt that covered with lte (even though ATT claims). So, looks easily 2-3 times speeds with LTE. I will probably use Skyrocket as long as wife allows
I have one simple question about the Upgrade! I use CellularOne for my cell service and currently I have to have a 2g connection. Ya I know its slow as hell but I only pay 45 bucks a month for unlimited everything. CM9 on my unlocked AT&T Skyrocket has worked great on 2g and has the option to mark "2G"only in settings. My question is will 2g work in Jelly Bean? The only reason I'm asking is because right before flashing I read TeamChopsticks CM10 Release Notes one more time. In the Know issues it states that "(AT&T only) "Use only 2G networks" option in Settings does not work". My only concern is that 2g will not work after upgrading. If its simply that the option for 2G only is not there but when I use my phone on CM10 and 2G is the only data signal that it will still function. I hope I worded that so it makes sense for a solid answer but is a huge question before I flash. I hope someone can answer because i'll wait to upgrade but very excited to test out the new JB features. Thanks for your help!
or maybe someone can confirm they can use a 2g signal on CM10 skyrocket
Maybe to make the question a little less technical sounding? Can someone just verify that a 2g signal will work on there upgraded CM10 JellyBean Skyrocket? Just need to know if the 2g/edge is possible! Thanks
It's possible would have to check my sig.
But roughly on:
LTE i get 16mbps/16mbps
3G/HSPA/HSPA+ 7-8mbps/1mbps
2G/Edge 1>mbps/1>mbps???
This is in Jax area so not as insane LTE speeds as some other people in non congested areas.
Awesome! Thanks for letting me know edge works with JB. I will probally go ahead with the upgrade now.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
UZ7 said:
It's possible would have to check my sig.
But roughly on:
LTE i get 16mbps/16mbps
3G/HSPA/HSPA+ 7-8mbps/1mbps
2G/Edge 1>mbps/1>mbps???
This is in Jax area so not as insane LTE speeds as some other people in non congested areas.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just did an edge speedtest 134kbps download speed with 300ms ping....... I'd be happy with just plain 3g at my house......
3g is ~3mbps down and 1.5 up max
zooriver said:
Awesome! Thanks for letting me know edge works with JB. I will probally go ahead with the upgrade now.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yup edge works perfectly on jb
Hello dudes and dudettes.
So, here's the deal - I was able to get my Verizon S3 working on T-mobile network (using cm or aokp) thanks to paravex, as shown on my first post - However, I only used it to make phone calls and text as I did not have a data plan until a few days ago when I decided to join the 21st century and went for T-mobile's truly unlimited 4g (lte and no throttling).
Thing is... No LTE... No 4g... No 3g... just "g" (gprs / 2g or whatever??) so the thing works but is slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter. No, it's not where I am - I travel a lot, especially from Baltimore to New York, and the thing is always on "G". And it's not set to use 2g only for battery saving.
I tried speedtest.net and others, but results were pretty redonkulous and only served to confirm my fears... I tried both LTE and 4g APNs for T-mobile ("fast." something and "epc." something), but both only work on GPRS (I can see the G or check by dialing *#*#4636#*#*)
I'm running the latest nighty (jb) for aokp d2vzw, and will try CM and my nandroid backup of stock touchwiz. I have a feeling stock might work, but I really don't want to get back to ICS, much less with touchwiz. I also can't sell or trade my phone 'cause it's dinged in a couple of spots, so please refrain from that suggestion.
Once again for my fellow ADHD peeps - Verizon S3; Tmobile network; unltd 4g plan; stuck on GPRS.
So... how do I get t-mobile 4G (and LTE) to work on my Verizon S3, preferably using jelly bean if possible?
I'm attaching screenshots with some stats.
Thanks in advance!!
You can't. Tmo bands aren't supported on Verizon variant.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
If I've helped, please hit the thanks button
Tyler's correct, the bands aren't supported, same reason ATT only gets edge on our phone as well. Pretty sure even T mobiles SGH-T999 doesn't even get LTE.
NeoMagus said:
Tyler's correct, the bands aren't supported, same reason ATT only gets edge on our phone as well. Pretty sure even T mobiles SGH-T999 doesn't even get LTE.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The new ones do. They did a secret rerelease.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
If I've helped, please hit the thanks button
...well this sucks major balls. can I at least get Edge? I know that my brother's sch-i535 does it, running stock. ugh, any other suggestions? I really hate myself right now.