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If you have "bad" 3G reception...

Try going to your phone and type in *#2263#, go to WCDMA and choose the 850MHz band exclusively and go back and choose all the GSM bands. EVERYTHING except the 1900MHz WCDMA band.
I've noticed that my phone tries to hang onto a one bar 1900 connection than rather switch to a five bar 850 one.
Serendipity 5.7, latest speed mod and JL2 modem

Not every area uses both.
Though it is pretty well known that the non captivate modems show a preference for the 1900 band.
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well some areas do and its fun to see if your i9000 modem could be giving you better reception. I know that at school I only get one bar of 1900 and four-five of 850. I expect other people are in the same scenario

"Selection is restricted" message on stock ROM.

on stock Rome you won't have this problem

Well, your title and original post make no distinction that this info is just for modded ROM users. That's one of my gripes about this place. Yeah, there's lots of great info, but often it is very confusing and little is said about who it is aimed at because the posters assume everyone is at the same level of understanding. I'm not picking on you, specifically.

Miami_Son
Why did you leave Miami for LA?
Just kidding

My phone says "Rejected." after hitting call. Running Serendipity 5.7

tzabka said:
Why did you leave Miami for LA?
Just kidding
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Fewer a-holes in CA.

"Rejected" using Andromeda 1.0 (KP1)

i only had bad reception in my house, at&t sent me that microcell thing and now i get 5 bars

eyekyu said:
i only had bad reception in my house, at&t sent me that microcell thing and now i get 5 bars
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For free? How'd you wrangle that?
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eyekyu said:
i only had bad reception in my house, at&t sent me that microcell thing and now i get 5 bars
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Never heard of it, what's a microcell thing?

THANKS TC!!!
I was only getting 1 bar and now I am getting 3 minimum indoors! And I am running Official Froyo 2.2 (Canada) and it worked perfectly! : )

Works great on my stock captivate
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For free? How'd you wrangle that?
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yes for FREE!!
at&t sent me a letter saying i qualified for a free MicroCell
I didnt believe it at 1st so went to my at&t store showed him the letter and the rep. gave me the micro cell and said have a nice day. i asked thats it no contract or anynthing, he said NOPE your good to go...

Stuck at 1X data.

For the past few hours I've been stuck in at 1X. I've tried wiping data, going back to stock, pulling the battery, pulling the SIM card and still have no luck. It sits at 1X and will go to 3G for a second and then drops it and goes back to 1X. I was flashing some ROMs earlier (BAMF 1.5, 1.5 Remix and CM7 pre-alpha) and the problem seemed to start when I flashed back to rooted stock. I flashed back to BAMF 1.5 and it's still sitting at 1X.
Any suggestions?
UPDATE: Engadget has confirmed that there is a nation wide LTE outage for TB users.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/27/verizons-lte-network-takes-the-night-off-leaves-a-bunch-of-thu/

Where are you located? I just made a thread....same thing is happening to me and it's driving me nuts. I'm in NJ and i'm on stock thunderbolt.

I'm in the Chicago suburbs.

Same thing going on in Florida.

Must be a network issue then. Hopefully this clears up soon.

Atleast I can tell you you're not alone.
I'm in the same boat with 1x only, and I'm on a stock rom. call can be received and placed though, so some positive there.

what25 said:
Atleast I can tell you you're not alone.
I'm in the same boat with 1x only, and I'm on a stock rom. call can be received and placed though, so some positive there.
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Same. I can place calls as well.

Yep, same here in NJ. Glad to see I'm not alone. Just came to check while my phone was rebooting

Florida here also.
I thought it was somethingI did.
I was playing with setpcu

I have two TBolts. One gets 3G, one doesn't. No idea why.
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kinda funny how people are already looking for answers and getting them on xda lol.

skillzo1 said:
kinda funny how people are already looking for answers and getting them on xda lol.
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Where else would us geeks go for answers?

I am stuck on 1x also. Atlanta, GA.

dbisch said:
Where else would us geeks go for answers?
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Well can't rely on verizon at 2 in the am lol. But my friend has a Black Berry and his 3g seems fine.

skillzo1 said:
Well can't rely on verizon at 2 in the am lol. But my friend has a Black Berry and his 3g seems fine.
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My Xoom is catching 3g just fine as well

wow I'm on Long Island, NY and I have 1x only...thought it was just me!

sangreal06 said:
My Xoom is catching 3g just fine as well
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Hmmm maybe they tried pushing an update and messed something up just for the t bolt? Don't quote me on that, as that guess is a shot in the dark. I just don't know why or how it's affecting the tbolt all over the states. If 3g is fine for other phones SHOULDN"T ours be good as well? Just tryin to understand and maybe learn a lil something.

I was just about to make a thread on this too
Honolulu Hawaii waikiki area thunderbolt stuck on 1x annoying thought my phone was messed up

skillzo1 said:
Hmmm maybe they tried pushing an update and messed something up just for the t bolt? Don't quote me on that, as that guess is a shot in the dark. I just don't know why or how it's affecting the tbolt all over the states.
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Maybe it has something to do with the LTE sim card and something they are doing to the network. Because I'm using 3g on my laptop right now.

Florida here and 1x also.
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From 4g with full bars to 1x....

I just got my thunderbolt and my 4g keeps dropping.... Is there a problem?
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Ever since the nationwide outtage a week ago my 4g has been spotty at best.
I have noticed slower 4g speeds on average and it drops alot more as well.

DroidHam said:
I just got my thunderbolt and my 4g keeps dropping.... Is there a problem?
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yeah, stop dropping it

I had the same problem after spending a weekend in Mexico - they replaced my SIM card at the store and it has worked fine ever sense.

I keep cycling through 3g/1X and the network is constantly unavailable, wtf is going on? Im so disappointed with this phone so far.
I dont know if I need to install a new radio? I installed bamfs remix 1.6 and some lean kernel, did I do something wrong? My Incredible never had these issues

Where do you live? That obviously matters, 4g coverage keeps expanding in Chicagoland area, I get 4g almost everywhere I go.

I live in Akron, I get full 4g bars then it drops to nothing, then 1x, then 3G. its unreal

Did you enter your address in the coverage map? Don't know how big Akron 4g coverage is, but again, I rarely ever lose 4g around Chicago and the burbs.

Unrooted BOLT, same issue with connection
I have been seeing the same about the connectivity being bad. I live in burbs of Philadelphia, only about 20 mins from city so i'm not going to pin it on my location..
So you are rooted? I however am not. Just got the thing and wanted to see how it was for a bit before rooting, but now i'm thinking before i root i better make sure the phone isn't crap or i'm not gonna be able to return it.
Ugh. Let me know if you're going to try and call VZ, HTC, or whatever. PM me if you find anything.
DroidHam said:
I keep cycling through 3g/1X and the network is constantly unavailable, wtf is going on? Im so disappointed with this phone so far.
I dont know if I need to install a new radio? I installed bamfs remix 1.6 and some lean kernel, did I do something wrong? My Incredible never had these issues
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it's not just the 4 g service I can even keep a 3g signal have the time and I use to have no problems on my incredible
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DroidHam said:
it's not just the 4 g service I can even keep a 3g signal have the time and I use to have no problems on my incredible
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Cant ***
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I'm in Wilmington, DE.
Mine is going up and down, as well as getting 3G or just bars in areas that should be 4G.
Another person in the office here, which should be good 4G, also having his phone do the same.
I'm rooted, he is stock.
It happens to me just about anywhere I go lately.

mg00000 said:
I have been seeing the same about the connectivity being bad. I live in burbs of Philadelphia, only about 20 mins from city so i'm not going to pin it on my location..
So you are rooted? I however am not. Just got the thing and wanted to see how it was for a bit before rooting, but now i'm thinking before i root i better make sure the phone isn't crap or i'm not gonna be able to return it.
Ugh. Let me know if you're going to try and call VZ, HTC, or whatever. PM me if you find anything.
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I don't know where you got that information from but thats false. You can easily return to a complete stock state after rooting if need be.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009423

mg00000 said:
I have been seeing the same about the connectivity being bad. I live in burbs of Philadelphia, only about 20 mins from city so i'm not going to pin it on my location..
So you are rooted? I however am not. Just got the thing and wanted to see how it was for a bit before rooting, but now i'm thinking before i root i better make sure the phone isn't crap or i'm not gonna be able to return it.
Ugh. Let me know if you're going to try and call VZ, HTC, or whatever. PM me if you find anything.
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Pretty much from Mid-County to the Lehigh Valley exit is still 3G in most areas but south towards the city and in the Lehigh Valley itself is all LTE. I travel down from Allentown to Philly regularly and I can tell you this from personal experience.
FYI Lehigh Valley LTE is down right now but I just got out of a meeting with Verizon (less than an hour ago) and they supposedly knew there was some maintenance being done in our area (so that may be the reason for the current outage.) If you switch out of LTE Mode to CDMA LTE auto you should pick up 3G (I'd also enable airplane mode and then disable it to pick up a strong 3G for right now.)
Oh and +1 on the rooted/non-rooted thing. You can flash back to non-rooted stock from a rooted state to send it back. Instructions are in the development forum.

Cubs2008 said:
Pretty much from Mid-County to the Lehigh Valley exit is still 3G in most areas but south towards the city and in the Lehigh Valley itself is all LTE. I travel down from Allentown to Philly regularly and I can tell you this from personal experience.
FYI Lehigh Valley LTE is down right now but I just got out of a meeting with Verizon (less than an hour ago) and they supposedly knew there was some maintenance being done in our area (so that may be the reason for the current outage.) If you switch out of LTE Mode to CDMA LTE auto you should pick up 3G (I'd also enable airplane mode and then disable it to pick up a strong 3G for right now.)
Oh and +1 on the rooted/non-rooted thing. You can flash back to non-rooted stock from a rooted state to send it back. Instructions are in the development forum.
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Hi there, thanks for that info i appreciate it. I seem to be missing where htc allows us to switch btwn the 4g and 3g, i searched for the question but didn't get much results. So i'll my noob question right here. Where is that done?
I see under Settings > Wire & networks > Mobile network settings there is a System select option, for "Change the cdma roaming mode", is this where i'm supposed to be? Roaming doesn't seem to be the area i'd think to have to change this particular thing, but i don't see much else in these menus. Please advise or link a thread that i didn't see in my results.

Verizon has a problem with their new eHRPD network.. which is what the Thunderbolt is on by default.. (this allows for 4G + simultaneous talk and browse on 3G).. However, though 4G works OK, 3G doesn't seem to.
In order to tap into Verizon's original 3G network.. dial ##778# on your phone.. go to edit mode (you'll see pop up after you dial that number)..password is 000000 (6 zeros).. go to modem settings.. Rev.A and eHRPD is probably selected there by default.. choose "Enable" option... which will kick it out of eHRPD and then hit menu.. commit changes.. and the phone will reboot. You'll be on Verizon's original 3G network which will work fine.. but you won't have 4G.

I don't know about you but I still have 4g...

4g
g00s3y said:
I don't know about you but I still have 4g...
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I knew N.J. was better
Go Giants!!

kriskmk said:
Verizon has a problem with their new eHRPD network.. which is what the Thunderbolt is on by default.. (this allows for 4G + simultaneous talk and browse on 3G).. However, though 4G works OK, 3G doesn't seem to.
In order to tap into Verizon's original 3G network.. dial ##778# on your phone.. go to edit mode (you'll see pop up after you dial that number)..password is 000000 (6 zeros).. go to modem settings.. Rev.A and eHRPD is probably selected there by default.. choose "Enable" option... which will kick it out of eHRPD and then hit menu.. commit changes.. and the phone will reboot. You'll be on Verizon's original 3G network which will work fine.. but you won't have 4G.
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that defeats the purpose eh? Is this the same thing built into BAMF?

DroidHam said:
that defeats the purpose eh? Is this the same thing built into BAMF?
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I am not sure.. i don't use BAMF..

LTE Issues in Los Angeles?

I'm at USC in LA, and since yesterday my phone has been having issues connecting to LTE. I haven't heard any news of outages,though, so I'm wondering if something is borked with my phone. I was on CM7, but I tried going completely back to stock and still no dice. Is anyone else having LTE issues?

haven't heard of anything but gaving the same issues since yesterday. In the Burbank area.

Oh, good — then maybe there's a chance that it's not just my phone. Even 3G sometimes drops out, and nothing comes up for LTE Only except 1X.
Weird that nobody is reporting anything, though.

dacre said:
Oh, good — then maybe there's a chance that it's not just my phone. Even 3G sometimes drops out, and nothing comes up for LTE Only except 1X.
Weird that nobody is reporting anything, though.
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if you are using the radio from chingys leak that is the problem,best one I found for la is the original ota update radio
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I think it was an outage because 4G kept flickering all day yesterday and now it seems steadily on today without me changing anything. Thanks for the suggestion though.

there's no LTE yet where i am, but every now and then the 3G will cut in & out for about a day or so(and get stuck at 1X). whenever i call Verizon about it they'll either say there's work being done in my area or an area nearby and just said they could transfer me to a tech to see if there's something on my phone not set correctly or will just give the b.s. "pull your battery for 30 seconds" bit.
good luck if you call them

I'm at USC as well and didn't notice any issues. I was on MR2.5 and flashed the new 802 radio last night which seems even better connection and speed-wise. What radio are you using?

I'm in West LA, on the latest leak, no issues at all yesterday or today.

Currently running on 1x like a boss. Wait a minute that ain't good 4g down on the east side of the city.
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4g is off and on in San Diego

Only getting 1x here in nyc wtf is going on? Where can i go to find out if theres an outage?

Tampa Florida here and I have 3g but its about the speed of 1x and its not stable. Comes and goes sometimes I get the lame 1x too.
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I'm in Pomona area and I'm all over the 3g and 1x

4G is down here in Oklahoma. Was just getting to a good part of my movie on netflix too. Bummer...
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Powered By LE5 said:
Only getting 1x here in nyc wtf is going on? Where can i go to find out if theres an outage?
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same here, it hit about a hour ago. I been reflashing radios and different roms. I think its due to the new cities being added to the 4g network

3G and LTE is out for me too in LA. I'm using 1.48.00.0726w and 0.01.78.0802w_3

currently only 1x and 3G in Vancouver, WA for the past few hours.

LTE is back up. Not sure how long that will last though

jamesfrom818 said:
LTE is back up. Not sure how long that will last though
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up again in Manhattan aswell

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LTE is back up. Not sure how long that will last though
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you're right, as soon as i posted it came back up for me.

True 4g?

And i thought ATT's 4g was slow. Was getting 4Mbit max with infused. Now with CM7 i'm getting 7-11 constantly.

Carnifex3 said:
And i thought ATT's 4g was slow. Was getting 4Mbit max with infused. Now with CM7 i'm getting 7-11 constantly.
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Same location as the previous test? Did you use the 1 APN trick?

Same location and did not mess with the apns.

Really? That rom makes it that much faster?
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Same location and did not mess with the apns.
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Daayum, maybe I should go back to my CM7 build then lol

nicoled985 said:
Really? That rom makes it that much faster?
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I can only assume. One thing i will point out is the GPS is horrible. Phone will freeze and reboot when using GPS unless WiFi is on. Also the GPS lock takes longer than it should and it fails to track you. But i rarely use GPS so its a fair trade off for me.

The GPS thing was a short lived bug that has since been fixed again.
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Really...good to hear its just me. I downloaded the source and complied it yesterday. So should i just run repo sync once more and recompile it?

Yup. Repo sync and rebuild should fix what ails ya as far as GPS.
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And i thought ATT's 4g was slow. Was getting 4Mbit max with infused. Now with CM7 i'm getting 7-11 constantly.
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You're on wifi... nothing changed on your H+. You are on a wifi network.

AdamOutler said:
You're on wifi... nothing changed on your H+. You are on a wifi network.
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Tsk, tsk, tsk. Here I thought better of you, but obviously, like is so prevalent around here, you clearly didn't read the OP (or more clearly, didn't bother to look at the screenshot).
It is VERY clear in his original screenshot that it states HSDPA as the network type. So no, he's not on wifi. Again, since you want to repeat it, no, he's not on a wifi network.

LinuxBozo said:
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Here I thought better of you, but obviously, like is so prevalent around here, you clearly didn't read the OP (or more clearly, didn't bother to look at the screenshot).
It is VERY clear in his original screenshot that it states HSDPA as the network type. So no, he's not on wifi. Again, since you want to repeat it, no, he's not on a wifi network.
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He attached a thumbnail to the post showing his high speeds connected to Wifi according to the logo.

Which actually means that the only thing that was true was that he was on Wifi when he took the screenshot, not when the results were ran.
Besides the telltale HSDPA as the network type, further details reveal his external IP of 166.205.x.x is owned by WDSPC (http://www.wdspc.org), or Wireless Data Service Provider Corporation, which leases their IP space to ATT, Verizon, US Cellular and other cell network providers. I think we can now agree he was on a cellular network at the time of the test, yes?

look at the times. the screenshot was taken atleast 9 and a half hours after the test. im sure he had plenty of time to turn on wifi since then before the screenshot. the results say hspa and thats convincing enough for me.

Sorry I use wifi at home. But if I was only getting 11 mbits down and one up I would have a big problem.
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Sorry I use wifi at home. But if I was only getting 11 mbits down and one up I would have a big problem.
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haha!!! I actually just returned my phone to stock, after dealing with a bunch of GB issues. This may be the tipping point that brings me to cyanogenmod!

More stats...
Some could argue that's only 3g speeds to. Lol
Wifi...
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Sorry for the off-topic question but what version of SpeedTest are you running there? Mine (from the Market) doesn't look like that. It's all iPhone-ified...
edit: Nevermind. I'm an idiot. Carry on.

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Which actually means that the only thing that was true was that he was on Wifi when he took the screenshot, not when the results were ran.
Besides the telltale HSDPA as the network type, further details reveal his external IP of 166.205.x.x is owned by WDSPC (http://www.wdspc.org), or Wireless Data Service Provider Corporation, which leases their IP space to ATT, Verizon, US Cellular and other cell network providers. I think we can now agree he was on a cellular network at the time of the test, yes?
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My god, you are so full of win.
On-topic: do you think UCKJ2 will improve this?

I'm currently using MIUI 1.10.14. Ran infused v2 before, but like all the customization available on MIUI, and it seems faster. But I had been using the UCKJ1 modem and the speeds were alright.
I updated to UCKJ2 today, and the speeds were noticeably faster, but when I sent a text message more than 150 characters, I believe, it would say "failure" and not send. So I flashed back since I tend to send long text messages...
But the speeds definitely increased with the UCKJ2 modem