I work in low 4G signal area. I currently use Advanced Signal App to manually and permanently change my data connection to CDMA ONLY on my NOTE2 while at work.
Is there an app that will automatically take the stronger signal once my signal reaches a specified "low signal" threshold?
For example, at work I will constantly have a 1 bar 4G signal. Data is basically useless. Then I use Advanced Signal to change it to 3G. With 3G, ill have a nice 3-4 bar signal allowing me to use my data.
Just want the phone to wait h over to 3G by itself without grasping and holding onto that LOW,1Bar 4G signal.
Attached are 2 screenshots taken from my desk at work. Same location geographically.
TIA.
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I am attempting to tether 4G to my xbox with wireless tether. I get 4G service but it kicks back and forth between 3G, interrupting my xbox during test.
I would like a more specific 4G signal strength measuring app to find the best location in my apartment to place my cell phone. The 4 bars that sprint provides to measure 4G strength are not specific enough.
Does this app exist?
Or is 4G strength synonymous with normal cell signal strength?
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I am using a rooted 2.2 Sprint EVO w/ stock firmware
If you have experience tethering 4G to xbox live, please PM me.
I have attempted to tether using Barnacle and Wireless for Root.
Thank you in advance!
MattyNinja said:
I am attempting to tether 4G to my xbox with wireless tether. I get 4G service but it kicks back and forth between 3G, interrupting my xbox during test.
I would like a more specific 4G signal strength measuring app to find the best location in my apartment to place my cell phone. The 4 bars that sprint provides to measure 4G strength are not specific enough.
Does this app exist?
Or is 4G strength synonymous with normal cell signal strength?
Sidenotes:
I am using a rooted 2.2 Sprint EVO w/ stock firmware
If you have experience tethering 4G to xbox live, please PM me.
I have attempted to tether using Barnacle and Wireless for Root.
Thank you in advance!
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Not sure if you do this but I get better 4g signal when I shutdown 3g completely and I believe the network app in the market should help you with signal strength...
I just took a walk around outside my office with a signal strength widget measuring in -dBm. The 4G strength in the status bar seemed to change as the -dBm measurement did not. This leads me to believe these 2 things are not related or my current measuring application is not updating itself frequently. I
I am also in search of ways to optimize packet transmission to reduce latency.. If this is even possible.
If you want to see ur 4g signal strength in real time, turn 4g on, then dial ##33284# (##debug#) and pick wimax engineering. Somewhere near the bottom it will show signal strength.
Hey... I think this thing makes phone calls too!
Woot! Thank you JT! thats what i was after
MattyNinja said:
I am attempting to tether 4G to my xbox with wireless tether. I get 4G service but it kicks back and forth between 3G, interrupting my xbox during test.
I would like a more specific 4G signal strength measuring app to find the best location in my apartment to place my cell phone. The 4 bars that sprint provides to measure 4G strength are not specific enough.
Does this app exist?
Or is 4G strength synonymous with normal cell signal strength?
Sidenotes:
I am using a rooted 2.2 Sprint EVO w/ stock firmware
If you have experience tethering 4G to xbox live, please PM me.
I have attempted to tether using Barnacle and Wireless for Root.
Thank you in advance!
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The EVO is way to slow to tether on the 360 i tried doing it on my halo reach 360 and it was just stuck searching for matches in mw2 and reach
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If you wrap the evo in aluminum foil and replace the hdmi with cat3 and custom build a serial connection, then you can use a serial to cat 3 adapter to plug it into your existing ground start phone system. You will then be able to call your CO and they should be able to answer all these questions for you.
I'm f***ing tired with my connection keeps dropping back to 3g instead of H when the signal strength is strong enough and the speed as you know becomes miserably slow, very much slower! I know how to force 3g over 2g but not H. So, is there any ways to force HSDPA over 3g? Any help is appreciated
I think HSPA is based on coverage, you can't really forced it. I have no idea how HSPA worked in your country (mine is full HSPA coverage except underground though) but if you are losing HSPA easily probably means your area is lacking proper HSPA coverage. Try calling your operator and asked if there is full proper HSPA coverage in your area.
Oops. Should have explained more clearly. The area is well covered. The signal outside the house is 4/4 bars with H all the time. Inside the house is 3 bars also with H but sometimes drops to 3g. And in my room, the signal drops to 1 or 0 bars but sometimes the network is on H but most of the times is on 3g. So I need to use H all the time. How?
Well, seems like nobody cares enough about this issue(or good enough to know how to solve). but never mind. Got it all figured out. now at least I can use 3g in my room with 3 bars and not edge
What was the solution you figured out? I have the same issue...
You can change your 3g and h limits by editing your prop build using root explorer, have done it on my x10i to increase up and download speed, but dont know the settings for other phones. Try searching 3g+ on xda for relevant thread.
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Well I see some settings relating to the Category for HSUPA/HSDPA but not a way to actually control whether 3g or HSPA is selected..
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Is there an order to the way Skyrocket works:
If LTE is available it would connect to LTE
If LTE is not available it would try to find 4G and connect to it
If 4G is not available it would search for 3G and connect to it
If 3G is not available, it would connect to "normal GSM"
Skyrocket is a LTE/4G phone, so does it mean that whenever I make phone calls I should be connected to LTE or 4G?
I had 4G showing in the top bar for 3 days but I haven't seen 4G all day today.
And I do not see LTE or 3G there either (I am not sure if there is LTE in New York).
There is just WiFi and those signal strength bars.
If it says 4g and LTE under your are in a LTE area. If it says 4g you are in a hspa+ area. If it says E you are on edge.
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Oh and when you make a call it will say 4g you can't make calls with lte only 4g.
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The indicators in the info bar can be misleading. If you want to know which network you are connected to, go to "settings", "about phone", "status", and look under "mobile network type".
And for people that have data connection issues from time to time, I am willing to bet that if you look under "mobile network type" while you are having the data connection problems you will see the network type changing every few seconds or so. The phone is generally in an area where there are weak data connections in all areas and it can't decide which network to grab hold of, therefore, none of them work. I think this isn't a problem with the phone, but a problem with how AT&T's towers handle connections in weak areas.
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I had 4G showing in the top bar for 3 days but I haven't seen 4G all day today.
And I do not see LTE or 3G there either (I am not sure if there is LTE in New York).
There is just WiFi and those signal strength bars.
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That's because you're connected to wifi. When using wifi, the network icon goes away. If you turn wifi off, you will see it again.
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Scott1479,
So I still don't see 4G. However under "Mobile Network Type" it alternates between HSPA and UMTS - I understand these are 3G networks. Very interesting
There isn't voice over LTE on AT&T (or anywhere else as far as I know).
Hello, this sounds interesting to me. In fact, I do not have an active 3G data plan or 4G and I am currently using 2G. However, when I set the airplane mode off and the phone starts to pick up 2G signal from cell towers, it also pick up the 3G signal too. In fact, I can see on the signal strength bar a 3G or H+ icon that are constantly changing with some up and down arrow signs that indicate that my phone might be downloading and uploading data. Can anyone explains this phenomenon? For sure, I can not access to the Internet without Wifi.
Dan Law 001 said:
Hello, this sounds interesting to me. In fact, I do not have an active 3G data plan or 4G and I am currently using 2G. However, when I set the airplane mode off and the phone starts to pick up 2G signal from cell towers, it also pick up the 3G signal too. In fact, I can see on the signal strength bar a 3G or H+ icon that are constantly changing with some up and down arrow signs that indicate that my phone might be downloading and uploading data. Can anyone explains this phenomenon? For sure, I can not access to the Internet without Wifi.
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go to settings-mobile networks and there will be option for mode
if the mode selected if gsm/wcdma - then ur phone will pick up 3g signal if it's available in the area irrespective of ur plan..this means ur carrier has activated 3g services..u can deactivate by selecting mode: gsm only!(2g mode)
wcdma mode is 3g only!
hope this is helped!
If you truly can't have 3g on your plan, phones will communicate with towers due to the requirements to have a phone be able to call 911 even if it is not activated at all.
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this has happened to me before as well
Maybe it's just scanning the available networks or something? Do you have data connection disabled at your device?
What is this thing about a 3G data plan?
A data plan is a data plan. Your speed depends on your phone hardware and what your provider had installed in your area...
At least that's how it works here in Norway, they can and do limit our download speeds after a certain amount of data is transferred as I assume they do elsewhere, but even when I pass that threshold my phone reports using 3G...
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Hr Kristian said:
What is this thing about a 3G data plan?
A data plan is a data plan. Your speed depends on your phone hardware and what your provider had installed in your area...
At least that's how it works here in Norway, they can and do limit our download speeds after a certain amount of data is transferred as I assume they do elsewhere, but even when I pass that threshold my phone reports using 3G...
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the situation is not same everywhere...
like in India and more countries, 2g and 3g services have different rates and are users can opt whether they want a 3g plan or 2g plan....although speed is more in 3g!
I was on Sprint and just recently switched to Tmobile. I've noticed my Nexus 5 battery drains faster now that I am on Tmobile, by a noticeable margin. Has anyone experience this?
You must post more information.
- The type of connection you are using most of the time.... (2G - E - G / 3G or H / 4G).
- The signal strength, dBm numbers..... or at least the amount of bars you get.
- Are you using a WiFi adapter for data connections or just the mobile data?
Maybe with Sprint you have better signal than with T-Mobile in your area.
i.e.: I switched from Vodaphone's 3G networks to 4G networks in my house. (I don't use WiFi at all, with WiFi there is no really big difference).
With 3G i have 4/4 bars (less than 5-6% battery drain per night).
With 4G i have 2/2 bars (from 6% to 20% drain per night; 6% when im near 3 bars, and 20% when im near 1 bar of signal).
If you have exactly or almost the same signal strength and network type with both carriers, but you still have more drain with T-Mobile, then that would be more interesting...
thesebastian said:
You must post more information.
- The type of connection you are using most of the time.... (2G - E - G / 3G or H / 4G).
- The signal strength, dBm numbers..... or at least the amount of bars you get.
- Are you using a WiFi adapter for data connections or just the mobile data?
Maybe with Sprint you have better signal than with T-Mobile in your area.
i.e.: I switched from Vodaphone's 3G networks to 4G networks in my house. (I don't use WiFi at all, with WiFi there is no really big difference).
With 3G i have 4/4 bars (less than 5-6% battery drain per night).
With 4G i have 2/2 bars (from 6% to 20% drain per night; 6% when im near 3 bars, and 20% when im near 1 bar of signal).
If you have exactly or almost the same signal strength and network type with both carriers, but you still have more drain with T-Mobile, then that would be more interesting...
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I am getting no bar at all when I am at home. That must be it. Thanks the post!
bueller213 said:
I am getting no bar at all when I am at home. That must be it. Thanks the post!
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Yup that is T-Mobile alright. Good signal outside and no signal inside.
Get a signal repeater ( cel fi ) and it'll all be good.
Too bad WiFi calling is not a playstore app, if T-Mobile really wants to be the uncarrier they would make that happen.
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arvonn said:
Yup that is T-Mobile alright. Good signal outside and no signal inside.
Get a signal repeater ( cel fi ) and it'll all be good.
Too bad WiFi calling is not a playstore app, if T-Mobile really wants to be the uncarrier they would make that happen.
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All T-Mobile phones cannot have Wifi calling as T-Mobile needs to Modify the system itself such as the radio and the RIL and other things they actually work in conjunction with Qualcomm and other radio's to making wifi calling smooth and seamless.
markdapimp said:
All T-Mobile phones cannot have Wifi calling as T-Mobile needs to Modify the system itself such as the radio and the RIL and other things they actually work in conjunction with Qualcomm and other radio's to making wifi calling smooth and seamless.
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Yes with the old GAN and UMA architecture that is true, but with IMS there is no reason they cannot make an voip app or ims portal app that has access to Sim card identify., and put it on the play store.
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arvonn said:
Yes with the old GAN and UMA architecture that is true, but with IMS there is no reason they cannot make an voip app or ims portal app that has access to Sim card identify., and put it on the play store.
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Email John Legere and Tweet T-Mobile about it perhaps we'll see it in Uncarrier 5.0
The only problem that I can see of is maybe patents? and licencing stuff? with VOIP related things...? I don't know