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I set up my unlocked i727r to work with mobilicity, however, it has very crappy reception. I tried the t989 KID modem, the vk1, the telus kj3, and the blaze modems. They all give me weak signal (anywhere between 0-2 bars with mobilicity), whereas my galaxy nexus has 3 bars. It tends to lose connection when I go inside a supermarket, and sometimes disconnects from the network and doesnt want to reconnect. I have the gingerbread, and I want to keep it. So, is anyone using this phone with mobilicity and getting a good signal strength? Do you mind sharing with me what you did?
thanks
Bars aren't really a good indication of signal.
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xcrazydx said:
Bars aren't really a good indication of signal.
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yea what i meant to say is that its very unstable, it would take a long time to dial a number, it has crappy reception, etc. Right now my phone is connected to the mobilicity network, but under mobile network state in status, it says disconnected. What could be the cause of that?
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yea what i meant to say is that its very unstable, it would take a long time to dial a number, it has crappy reception, etc. Right now my phone is connected to the mobilicity network, but under mobile network state in status, it says disconnected. What could be the cause of that?
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Your carrier?
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Mobilicity Canada
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I was searching around and some people said that they do a combination of radios, how does that work?
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Mobilicity Canada
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No, I'm saying your signal probably sux because of you carrier, not your phone. As for flashing radios read read read.
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madmajd said:
yea what i meant to say is that its very unstable, it would take a long time to dial a number, it has crappy reception, etc. Right now my phone is connected to the mobilicity network, but under mobile network state in status, it says disconnected. What could be the cause of that?
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Disconneted because data is disabled or you are connected to Wifi. Disable wifi and connect to network data, check again
Did u try the new t989 ule ics radio? Ive read good things.
Nope, I have surfed through ALL the posts with radios in them and never heard of that one, would u mind posting the link here? Thanks
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Oh ok, yeah it could be
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I'm more or less in the same boat... in particular upload rate is horrible ~40kbps.
OP: any progress in your experience with mobilicity and in your search of a suitable modem?
It's the network not the phone. I was with them & got the same results with a Lumia 710 & the 727r. I tried all the different modems & the best is the Blaze 4G IMO.
Did you guys also have to change your kernels to get it to work?
I have tried the usual 4 radios combined with SKYICS and also with the stock OS (latest Rogers version) without much success.
I get some signal but as soon as I try to call the phone would hang on me (it would dial out incidentally).
Thanks a lot
Nope didn't have to do anything other then flash the recovery, to allow me to flash the radios from zip files. The Rom and kernel were stock GB or ICS. I did go into *#2263# and set WCDMA option from all to 1700, & the mobile network option from automatic to manual selecting Mobilicity or its network ID #.
Actually a couple of weeks ago I flashed the t989 juggernaut rom, with the faux kernel and vkl1 radio and its somewhat better.
can anyone tell me if there is an option to work with LTE only on the skyrocket
can I have that option on a ROM one of you are using?
because in the original ROM stock there is no option for that...
thanks...
Wrong section buddy. :/
I do believe their is a way on certain ROMs I've never had to use it personally. I would check with different ROM threads and see if they give you the option.
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Still can't understand how ppl under 10 posts are able to post in the development section
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Why would you want LTE only? In my limited knowledge would that keep phone from communicating with network if you traveled to none LTE area?
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Still can't understand how ppl under 10 posts are able to post in the development section
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The 10 post min was implemented from a certain date forward, not sure that date specifically but 2008 is before it. Thread moved
If you're in a LTE enabled area it should use that automatically.
It's a little hard to understand your post, but if you were asking if you can disable LTE, you'll have to install a RAT unlocked radio. Rogers UXLF3 might work for you.
Bedford ntysearn
Which frequencies LTE does it work? Who knows?
If you have a cyanogenmod based rom you can select it from
Settings > More > Mobile Networks > Network Mode > LTE/GSE/WCDMA
Just search the forum for the correct 4G APN settings per your provider and set them in "Access Point Names" in Mobile Networks also.
It seems when I'm in a different area and I get h/h+/3g that my battery drains more than when I'm at home using 4g? Why is that? Or am I just crazy...
It's probably because when you're out and about the phone is searching for a signal. That uses a lot of juice.
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It's probably because when you're out and about the phone is searching for a signal. That uses a lot of juice.
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+1, when the phone is not on 4G (LTE) it is constantly looking for 4G, if you are able to change your radio mode to WCDMA via the CM settings (if you are on CM10) theoretically, it should not continue to search for 4G. I don't have the experience to see that this is the case (battery savings)
Oh so the culprit is searching not the signal itself! Ah well thanks guys! I appreciate it!
I've been trying these steps from another post but it won't work with slim bean
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27806326
I'm using CM9 so this may look different.
Bring up the phone dialer
Type *#*#4636#*#*
> Phone Information
> Preferred Network Type
> WCDMA only
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That depends on the radio. ATT radios are RAT locked so that doesn't work. Also USSD codes don't seem to work on AOSP based ROMs.
Thanks to csschmit I spelled it wrong but can't find the post.
I do the toggle from Settings > More > Mobile Networks > Network Mode and change it to GSM/WCDMA and it will force HSPA.
If that doesn't stick, and immediately switches back to LTE, click Network Operators and it may take a long time for the search to complete, if it completes and you don't see AT&T try again over and over until it does. Once you finally see AT&T, click it and it will say "Registered on Network" and the toggle will now work. Even the "use 2g to save battery" will work.
It takes a long time for me to get AT&T to show but you only have to do it once per reboot provided you don't toggle Airplane mode.
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That depends on the radio. ATT radios are RAT locked so that doesn't work. Also USSD codes don't seem to work on AOSP based ROMs.
Thanks to csschmit I spelled it wrong but can't find the post.
I do the toggle from Settings > More > Mobile Networks > Network Mode and change it to GSM/WCDMA and it will force HSPA.
If that doesn't stick, and immediately switches back to LTE, click Network Operators and it may take a long time for the search to complete, if it completes and you don't see AT&T try again over and over until it does. Once you finally see AT&T, click it and it will say "Registered on Network" and the toggle will now work. Even the "use 2g to save battery" will work.
It takes a long time for me to get AT&T to show but you only have to do it once per reboot provided you don't toggle Airplane mode.
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Thanks for the info I will give it a shot
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Thanks for info too! When you check 2G only, is that only edge? Do you get 3g,hspa,hspa+?
In other words what I'm asking is, should I even check the box for 2G? Where i live constantly changes from H toH+ to 4G. Rather just stick with H+ and lower and conserve that battery
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kchen96 said:
Thanks for info too! When you check 2G only, is that only edge? Do you get 3g,hspa,hspa+?
In other words what I'm asking is, should I even check the box for 2G? Where i live constantly changes from H toH+ to 4G. Rather just stick with H+ and lower and conserve that battery
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2g is only edge, you will not get higher speeds when it is checked, and supposedly has the best power savings, you can always have data off until needed which would be the best battery saver
im just wondering if the atnt s2 skyrocket versions can use 3g...im on digicel jamaica which uses the same frequency as atnt
im able to get 2g and 4g but i cant use 3g
2g is way too slow and 4g uses too much battery life
im using os 4.0.4 stock
Go under the connection and change from the default to wcdma only
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Go under the connection and change from the default to wcdma only
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when i do that i dont get any data at all... this sux oh well i guess digicel dosnt support it for androids yet still they do for blackberries
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when i do that i dont get any data at all... this sux oh well i guess digicel dosnt support it for androids yet still they do for blackberries
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did u change ur APN to the one for digicel?
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did u change ur APN to the one for digicel?
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yes its changed for digicel...as a matter a fact as i put in my digicel sim card they send all the setting to my phone including the apns
If your on a stock rom it shows 4g icon when on 3g also
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If your on a stock rom it shows 4g icon when on 3g also
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oh....ok thanks i thought it would have shown 3g
Nope go to settings - about device - status if mobile network type says umts then its on 3g
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Update: 4/13
I was just able to figure it out and for the most part. The basic problem is that my network mode was stuck on GSM/WCDMA. Here is the solution:
1. go to settings/more.../mobile networks/network operators.
2. Once you click network operators, it should start searching automatically. If nothing comes up, then hit "search networks". FYI, sometimes, it decides to act wonky, so you'll have to exit out and come back in to get it to work. Eventually, it'll show you carriers in the area. Being an AT&T customer in Philadelphia. I saw three results. The first two were AT&T. The last one was T-Mobile. I don't think there is a difference in the AT&T options, but I just clicked the first one.
3. Once that's finished. Go back to the "mobile networks" menu and click on "network mode" and change your preferred network mode to LTE/GSM/CDMA.
4. The last step is change your APN. In the "mobile networks" menu, click on Access Point Names. Click on ATT LTE pta. Scroll to the bottom and click on APN Type. Change that to default,admin,fota,mms,supl,hip. Then hit okay. Hit File and Save. Then just select the circle next to ATT LTE pta. To be honest, just selecting ATT LTE PTA might be all that's necessary. You might not have to edit it.
Now, here's the catch. All of this stuff resets (with the exception of the edited APN) when you restart your phone. But it does work everytime.[/COLOR]
So, I just got the skyrocket (AT&T in Philadelphia) and have the 03-24 nightly on it. But for some reason, I can't get LTE to turn on. I've played with the different APN's. I've flashed the at&t radio on Chopstick's webpage, but no dice. I'm only getting H+.
I even called AT&T to make sure my data plan was LTE provisioned.
The only thing I can think of is that the ROM currently cannot change preferred network mode and mine is stuck on GSM/WCDMA preferred?
Please help.
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OT but where in Philly? I'm a NE transplant from SW.
Additionally, I'm on the Rogers rom and have LTE so def not AT&T.
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phillybits said:
OT but where in Philly? I'm a NE transplant from SW.
Additionally, I'm on the Rogers rom and have LTE so def not AT&T.
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I'm just outside center city near upenn
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Funny. They are my employer amd I drink in west philly.
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phillybits said:
Funny. They are my employer amd I drink in west philly.
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What modem and APN are you using?
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Use the latest one, I think the one on the chopsticks web page is old.
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What modem and APN are you using?
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Ruxuma7 radio. Im on the official rogers rom.
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Use the latest one, I think the one on the chopsticks web page is old.
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Which radio or baseband version is it?
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How old is your SIM card?
When I got my Skyrocket, all network modes except LTE worked.
It ended up being an older version of a sim card that didn't support LTE.
Swapped out for a new one...no issues since.
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How old is your SIM card?
When I got my Skyrocket, all network modes except LTE worked.
It ended up being an older version of a sim card that didn't support LTE.
Swapped out for a new one...no issues since.
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I doubt that's the problem. I actually flashed back to Stock this morning and LTE worked great. I had speeds around 35mbps. However when I restored the backup of the CM10.1 rom, same issue. Only gettings H+ and speeds around 2mpbs.
THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING!!!! I don't get it. Am I really the only person with CM10.1 not getting LTE? It doesn't make any sense.
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I doubt that's the problem. I actually flashed back to Stock this morning and LTE worked great. I had speeds around 35mbps. However when I restored the backup of the CM10.1 rom, same issue. Only gettings H+ and speeds around 2mpbs.
THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING!!!! I don't get it. Am I really the only person with CM10.1 not getting LTE? It doesn't make any sense.
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Yes you are the only one leading me to the conclusion of user error.
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Yes you are the only one leading me to the conclusion of user error.
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Would you kindly answer these questions so that I may ascertain whatever is it I'm doing wrong?
1. Are you using an AT&T Skyrocket? or is one from Rogers/others?
2. Are you using the official CM10.1? Which build?
3. What your baseband version?
4. What APN are you using?
5. In the mobile network settings/preferred network mode dialog in settings, what option is checked?
The only thing I can think of is that the preferred network mode for me is stuck on GSM/WCDMA preferred?
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Hangampalli said:
Would you kindly answer these questions so that I may ascertain whatever is it I'm doing wrong?
1. Are you using an AT&T Skyrocket? or is one from Rogers/others?
2. Are you using the official CM10.1? Which build?
3. What your baseband version?
4. What APN are you using?
5. In the mobile network settings/preferred network mode dialog in settings, what option is checked?
The only thing I can think of is that the preferred network mode for me is stuck on GSM/WCDMA preferred?
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Yes
Have tested most every nightly.
Lk4
PTA
Never touch it, never seen it, never needed it.
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same issue
Hangampalli said:
I doubt that's the problem. I actually flashed back to Stock this morning and LTE worked great. I had speeds around 35mbps. However when I restored the backup of the CM10.1 rom, same issue. Only gettings H+ and speeds around 2mpbs.
THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING!!!! I don't get it. Am I really the only person with CM10.1 not getting LTE? It doesn't make any sense.
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I've had the same issue with any of the new 4.2.2 roms,no matter what radio i use. For now i'm stuck using 4.1.2 roms.
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I've had the same issue with any of the new 4.2.2 roms,no matter what radio i use. For now i'm stuck using 4.1.2 roms.
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Good to know I'm not the only one. I think the issue comes down to preferred network mode.
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Yes
Have tested most every nightly.
Lk4
PTA
Never touch it, never seen it, never needed it.
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Would you kindly just check your preferred network mode for me? In case you don't know, it's on settings/more/mobilenetworks/networkmode.
And just to confirm, you are getting LTE with the 4G Signal notifier, correct?
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Would you kindly just check your preferred network mode for me? In case you don't know, it's on settings/more/mobilenetworks/networkmode.
And just to confirm, you are getting LTE with the 4G Signal notifier, correct?
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Go easy on him mtdew.
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Go easy on him mtdew.
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I sincerely apologize if any way my request came out rude. That was not my intention. I'm simply trying figure out why my ROM cannot get LTE?
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Would you kindly just check your preferred network mode for me? In case you don't know, it's on settings/more/mobilenetworks/networkmode.
And just to confirm, you are getting LTE with the 4G Signal notifier, correct?
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Here
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Here
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Is that CM 10.1? Looks like AOKP. Also did you so something special to get the 2nd option? On my ROM, it won't allow me to change it from GSM/WCDMA
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