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I'm not sure what is going on with my phone.
Since the 16th of January, my phone's data service appears to have crashed out.
Prior, it was working fine. I was running an old version of Perception with Firebird, and Phoenix with Firebird (2), using the I9000UGJL2 modem. I got ~~5.0Mbps down, 1.6Mbps up consistently on HSPA, and the more meek 3.8Mbps down, 1.5Mbps up on UMTS. Both times around 100-250ms ping.
All of a sudden on the 16th, my phone has now hit the crapper. Speedtest no longer reports me at my location (instead in either central Florida or northern Texas). On the download test, the dial will slowly rise to .06Mbps, then on the upload test either just not work and flash a token gesture .1Mbps or sit at 0 and then do a rapid bounce back and forth between ~~3Mbps and 0, usually reading at one of those extremes. My ping has also skyrocketed to upwards of 600ms for no reason. This is also indifferent to whether I'm using HSPA or UMTS.
Since this time, I've flashed several different modems and several different ROMs. All produce the same result, as does CWMing to some really old backups. I have mastercleared in between some of these, but it has done nothing.
I know it's not an error with the Speedtest app, because I can still do it on Wi-fi and it'll read as my home PC reads. My phone's internet browser reflects the same cause, taking upwards of 20 seconds to load Google mobile.
Anyone encountered anything similar or can explain why? The slowness is becoming inexcusable, and I can't use my phone on the network anymore for internet. I have to leave it on Wi-Fi to my disdain. At this rate, I'm leaving ATT the moment I'm given the chance. I'm not even close to going over my data allotment, so I don't really know what could possibly account for this.

att is in the middle of updating to 4g. Some more terrestrial areas are going to be sol fire a bit sadly. Where do you live?
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skatcat31 said:
att is in the middle of updating to 4g. Some more terrestrial areas are going to be sol fire a bit sadly. Where do you live?
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Bridgewater, NJ. But this happens no matter where I am. Even if I approach NYC, it's still crap. I can't tell whether this is a network cap issue, a "phone is broken" issue or a "network is bloody awful" issue. It doesn't seem to be terrestrial, because I've taken it to Philadelphia and NYC and both places have been awful. Meanwhile, going out into the more rural bits still puts me on EDGE, which still yields the same reading (but that's the norm for me on 2G networks).
The key aspect here, I think, is that the readings are EXACTLY THE SAME regardless of the network mode that I am in. It's really confusing me.

I've noticed a determent in my speeds and ping as well. Before, I used to be able to get 3.5+mbps down and 2mbps up with 200ms and now I struggle to get 1mbps down and always end up with 1.5mbps up. In real world, it's more like 300kbps down and 300kbps up :/
I shouldn't be complaining but I live in the DC-Metro area and this determent has been getting WORSE for about two or three months. My ping right now is 600+ms and Speedtest NEVER catches my location right, it keeps saying I live in Kansas.

Have u tried manually changing the server on the speedtest app? I get better ping results from a server that is 600 miles away than a server that is 80 miles away.. just wondering :/
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born_fisherman said:
Have u tried manually changing the server on the speedtest app? I get better ping results from a server that is 600 miles away than a server that is 80 miles away.. just wondering :/
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...Of course. lol That's the first thing you could do to improve it. AT&T Is shipping me a new Captivate (sucks that I have to reinstall all my apps on it :/) and i'm getting it by tomorrow. I can verify if it's a device problem or AT&T's network since I could assume if i'm having the same symptoms as OP and it's fixed by a device exchange...
Then the way to fix this problem is a call to AT&T (ask to be transferred to level 2 support)

born_fisherman said:
Have u tried manually changing the server on the speedtest app? I get better ping results from a server that is 600 miles away than a server that is 80 miles away.. just wondering :/
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Done it with my 2 local servers, the Kansas server, the Texas server, the Florida server and the Sydney NSW server (the last via my MobileAP tethered computer).
All the same uber-slow reading, ping generally gets worse as I go farther away. Nothing really out of the ordinary.

Aus_Azn said:
Done it with my 2 local servers, the Kansas server, the Texas server, the Florida server and the Sydney NSW server (the last via my MobileAP tethered computer).
All the same uber-slow reading, ping generally gets worse as I go farther away. Nothing really out of the ordinary.
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Have you considered it might be your modem? It really sounds like it's connecting via EDGE or even GPRS o_o even when it shows a nice pretty H or 3G in the top right corner.

I came on XDA to talk specifically about this also. I am near the NYC area roughly 35 min north and my HSPA speeds have dropped and thought it was my phone crapping out on me. Speeds have lowered similar to the OPs post and I am guessing it is because of the new towers they are putting up since how drastically i've lost bars I tried switching basebands and making sure i'm solely on 850 and 1900 and also tried 850 alone. Well i'm glad it's not only me =] i'll keep you posted if it fixes itself.

shishir95 said:
Have you considered it might be your modem? It really sounds like it's connecting via EDGE or even GPRS o_o even when it shows a nice pretty H or 3G in the top right corner.
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As said in original post, I've swapped through several modems and several masterclears. Both dialer codes and phone status show that I'm connected to the right networks relative to what it shows in the corner.

Aus_Azn said:
As said in original post, I've swapped through several modems and several masterclears. Both dialer codes and phone status show that I'm connected to the right networks relative to what it shows in the corner.
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I have also, when did your problems start btw? mine have started today with the speed issue.

I had this issue a few weeks ago. I got a new captivate, and after a day of use it happened to my new phone. I called again and was sent to a store for a new SIM card. Problem solved. My SIM card was from 3 years ago, and I don't know how many phones. I thought they couldn't go bad, but that fixed my issue, no problems since.
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quarlow said:
I had this issue a few weeks ago. I got a new captivate, and after a day of use it happened to my new phone. I called again and was sent to a store for a new SIM card. Problem solved. My SIM card was from 3 years ago, and I don't know how many phones. I thought they couldn't go bad, but that fixed my issue, no problems since.
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It happened to me also when I got a new captivate and tried using my sim and after getting a new one it worked flawlessly but this situation is different. I keep running speedtest and i'm getting erratic speeds sometimes i get 2mb/s down and then other it's barely 60kb/s, I feel like it definitely is a network issue near NYC. Only time will tell what it really is.

s1l3ntk1ll said:
I have also, when did your problems start btw? mine have started today with the speed issue.
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As stated in original post, January 16th, aka last Sunday.
quarlow said:
I had this issue a few weeks ago. I got a new captivate, and after a day of use it happened to my new phone. I called again and was sent to a store for a new SIM card. Problem solved. My SIM card was from 3 years ago, and I don't know how many phones. I thought they couldn't go bad, but that fixed my issue, no problems since.
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I have a new SIM from my phone's activation because my old one looked like there was quite a bit of wear on the contacts (4 years old, mind you, from the dawn of ATT's mainstream 3G release)... If this keeps up, I'll try to pester them for a new SIM again.

I have been having speed issues also but not sure it's related to your issues. I loaded Cog 3.03 on my phone to try it out. Prior to the load I was getting 1300 - 2500 up and 154 - 386 down. After I loaded Cognition it dropped to about 84 up and 40 down. I was going to go back to stock but thought I'd give it a try for a bit. It has slowly gone back up. Last night I got 2928 up and 314 down. The last 3 tries were all over 1300 up and 300 down. Not sure if it is phone or network related but I'm going to keep watching. Just tried a speedtest and got 1061 down and 73 up but I'm also on the 1st floor in the middle of my building. I'm going to let it go for a few days and see if I need to try tweaking anything or if the speeds settle out some. So far I'm pleased with Cognition. Thanks for the dev work.

I noticed all the 3g towers near me recently switched from 1900 to 850. Could it be that your non-us modem doesn't handle 850mhz band well and internally switched to edge? With stock modem, I can barely reach 200k upload speed.
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CatFan said:
I have been having speed issues also but not sure it's related to your issues. I loaded Cog 3.03 on my phone to try it out. Prior to the load I was getting 1300 - 2500 up and 154 - 386 down. After I loaded Cognition it dropped to about 84 up and 40 down. I was going to go back to stock but thought I'd give it a try for a bit. It has slowly gone back up. Last night I got 2928 up and 314 down. The last 3 tries were all over 1300 up and 300 down. Not sure if it is phone or network related but I'm going to keep watching. Just tried a speedtest and got 1061 down and 73 up but I'm also on the 1st floor in the middle of my building. I'm going to let it go for a few days and see if I need to try tweaking anything or if the speeds settle out some. So far I'm pleased with Cognition. Thanks for the dev work.
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That could just be your phone getting "used" to ATT's network. I remember, when I first activated service with ATT, it took a long time for my phone to authenticate with the network, gradually shortening over time. Working under the assumption that you're doing this in Kbps, those speeds are actually disgusting. Your down speed is ridiculously low, and your up seems so variable. I think it's beyond a ROM issue; I've never experienced significant differences in ROM use and download speed, except when I first upgraded to HSUPA.
foxbat121 said:
I noticed all the 3g towers near me recently switched from 1900 to 850. Could it be that your non-us modem doesn't handle 850mhz band well and internally switched to edge? With stock modem, I can barely reach 200k upload speed.
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Nope, don't think so. I have GSM radios disabled on my phone: I forced WCDMA only via *#2263#. Forcing WCDMA 850 alone still produces the same result. As I had said, even after master clears (forgot to mention via OCD to JF6), I still came up with these lousy readings. Checking radio status via *#0011# tells me most of the time that I'm on 1900, so...
As an update to the situation, I've permanently switched to I9088ZNKP1. Still no change, other than marginally better ping. As this is nearly marking a week, I'm becoming very tempted to just drop ATT a line and ask them what the hell is going on and how I can fix it. I refuse to send my phone back though, proud 1007 owner, and the phone is in impeccable condition. Though I doubt they'll be able to help in any other capacity since us blokes here on XDA don't seem to be aware of what's going on here.
EDIT: Just got off the phone with ATT, surely enough they could not come up with a reason or an explanation; they removed and reinstated me on the network and still no change. Ah well, time to CWM backup and OCD back to JF6. Bringing my phone into the store.

my sad experience with my samsung 4g :(

so!
got the samsung galaxy 4g the day it came out. i had actually gotten the g2 originally, and 13 days later, this phone came out and after holding it in my hands i had to have it. it was just... sexy.
so the day i got it i was so happy. i ended up paying nothing for it through a weird fluke situation on tmobiles part, which made it even better.
then the troubles started.
in getting the new phone i knew that although this phone boasts the speeds that it does there was no way i was going to get those speeds. i do a speed test. at the tmobile store (1/4 a mile away from a tower on a tuesday afternoon around 2 pm) i get ..... 0.03 down and 0 up.
....k.
so i give it some time to get used to my sim card and my usage. that's when i notice the battery. i had to charge my phone two times a day on light usage. i turn off all synching, including my google calendar and contacts to see if that helps the battery. meh, a little. but i'm still charging it at least halfway through the day, and i am not able to use my phone at work. that means from the time i unplug it ten minutes before i leave for work until 6 pm (11 hours later) my battery is at roughly 20% ... and i've done nothing on the phone whatsoever. i'm super sad about the battery life and still getting sad speed tests on my "4g".
then about a week after purchase more problems kick in.
pretty soon my picture messages aren't coming through. it's giving me messages i'm used to seeing on my iphone, something about the message size being too big to download (sorry, the wording has left my mind now that i am trying to document it all for you guys).
then i start getting no texts. and sending them is a joke. if i have less than three bars (i usually have two at home and my work building) i am not able to send. it will try and give me a failed message. pulling out the battery will usually fix it, but after a couple of weeks of that it gets used to that fix and doesn't work at all.
i go into the tmobile store.
they switch out my sim (which we had done once before) and at this point my phone doesn't recognize the new sim. the rep tells me i broke my phone (even though my phone at least recognized the previous sim) and tells me that i'll need a new phone, offering to sell me one for cheap. i leave, pretty irritated at the dude.
i go to work, call 611, they tell me my IMEI has never been active on my account. we activate it and lo and behold, my phone recognizes the sim (mmhmm). but still sending messages is still a joke. out of 10 messages i can usually get one to send. it's a sad ratio of sent to failed.
in addition, i am still charging my battery at least once to twice a day with hardly any usage whatsoever (what good is using a phone that never has service anyway?). i've turned off wifi at all times, 4g is off, everything synching is off. i'll take out the sim and put it in my iphone so that it's not constantly searching for service (which texting worked just fine on my iphone) and it STILL dies by the end of my work day - i am lucky if i get 12 hours of standby before having to charge it. i condition my battery with no luck.. it still sucks. i root it and set SetCPU to underclock down to 200mhz when idle just to see if that will help the battery. i get about 14 hours of standby on that.
so, after all of this and about two months later, i finally got a replacement phone today. after looking at the back of the new phone and the old one i discover something interesting...
my sim contacts have been broken this whole time! sad!
( i was going to link to the pic but can't since i'm a new user. )
now, has this new phone fixed my issue? well, for one i'm getting 4g speeds at my place (i live in downtown SLC, i should be getting them here!) for the first time ever and have yet to come across a "failed" message when sending texts. only time will tell but mostly i want to post this to let you know.. if you are having this issue this is NOT normal. talk to tmobile. troubleshoot what you need to and get that mother replaced!
(i'll report back on battery life tomorrow.)

Consider yourself lucky. I live in Murray, phone says 4G but my Vibrant pulls faster speeds on 3g. Lol
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Honestly man I was in SLC a couple weeks ago with my 4g and the speed sucked compaired to here in Reno... I get 7mb up and 1.8 up avg with much higher peaks in Reno. Even at the gateway downtown SLC the 4g sucked at about 3mb upload and 750k up.
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i need a new city

Vegas here. Even though they say we are one of the new turned up cities I'm still only getting 7mb down and 1.5 up on a typical day.
Here's something interesting though, when I upgraded from my G1 to my SGS4G they were supposed to update my data plan.
Logged into my TMO account and it still shows the G1 Unlimited data. Paying $25 instead of the $30.
My wife has a MT4G and her account did get upgraded to the 4G Unlimited data plan for $30 a month.
Possible my phone isn't going to get higher speeds based on the data plan still in my account? I'm doubting it, but I guess it's possible.

joedeveloper said:
Vegas here. Even though they say we are one of the new turned up cities I'm still only getting 7mb down and 1.5 up on a typical day.
Here's something interesting though, when I upgraded from my G1 to my SGS4G they were supposed to update my data plan.
Logged into my TMO account and it still shows the G1 Unlimited data. Paying $25 instead of the $30.
My wife has a MT4G and her account did get upgraded to the 4G Unlimited data plan for $30 a month.
Possible my phone isn't going to get higher speeds based on the data plan still in my account? I'm doubting it, but I guess it's possible.
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i still have the g1 data plan as well, i wonder if that does have anything to do with it. i kinda don't want to ask though, the 5 bucks a month is small but nice to not pay
p.s. for all interested, my battery is at 48% with pretty consistent usage and synching on all day. schweet!

I would have callers t mobile right away and gotten a new phone overnight. I am not too trusting of in store employees. Most don't know how to troubleshoot a phone.
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ambeestar said:
i need a new city
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You can have my city.... except I don't have a city.... it's just a trailer park in the middle of nowhere. But then I get better speed here than I can in the nearest two cities, a ripping 16KB/SEC on a good day, on "AMERICAS LARGEST 4G NETWORK" I spend almost as much time downloading as I do talking to tech support. Then that's another story.

Your data plan will not affect your data speeds in any way.
As for the phone showing 4G and having another 3G device pulling better speeds. The cause is that you are not in a true 4G area. The GS4G does not have an icon for 3G, even if it did, the phone cannot distinguish between 3G or 4G due to the fact that HSPA+ is still 3G hardware on the tower, but provides 4G speeds via software in the base station and the backhaul of the network.

I don't see how you are getting such bad speeds. I live in Kaysville, only 20 minutes from SLC and my average DL speed is usually around 5.0mb/s. The fastest I have gotten over 4g so far is 8.8mb/s.

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I don't see how you are getting such bad speeds. I live in Kaysville, only 20 minutes from SLC and my average DL speed is usually around 5.0mb/s. The fastest I have gotten over 4g so far is 8.8mb/s.
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If you are lucky enough to have a 3 or 4G tower in your area you will likely have good download speed. My download speed sucks. TMO's network is full of holes.... DEAD zones. Even in large areas like Los Angeles, CA. They have a long way to go before their network will catch up with the others.

DelinQuentisDQ said:
Your data plan will not affect your data speeds in any way.
As for the phone showing 4G and having another 3G device pulling better speeds. The cause is that you are not in a true 4G area. The GS4G does not have an icon for 3G, even if it did, the phone cannot distinguish between 3G or 4G due to the fact that HSPA+ is still 3G hardware on the tower, but provides 4G speeds via software in the base station and the backhaul of the network.
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I'm confused by this due to my dell streak 7 actually showing 3g and 4g at different times.

DelinQuentisDQ said:
Your data plan will not affect your data speeds in any way.
As for the phone showing 4G and having another 3G device pulling better speeds. The cause is that you are not in a true 4G area. The GS4G does not have an icon for 3G, even if it did, the phone cannot distinguish between 3G or 4G due to the fact that HSPA+ is still 3G hardware on the tower, but provides 4G speeds via software in the base station and the backhaul of the network.
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I actually get 3g , 4g, edge, and g.
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Bl4ckpheniX said:
I actually get 3g , 4g, edge, and g.
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The GS4G does not even have an icon to represent 3G.
Please, if you can, provide a screenshot.

DelinQuentisDQ said:
The GS4G does not even have an icon to represent 3G.
Please, if you can, provide a screenshot.
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I will have to do it Monday, cause it only happens when I leave my office building. When I am in my office building I will often go into data roaming through at&t. This may have something to do with why it shows up. But it is there.
If you truly doubt it. Go to the market and download ninja morph. Then use it to make a copy of your framework-res.APK. From there open the COPY that you made. Look in framework-res.apk\res\drawable-hdpi-v4
Do not try and look in the actual phones framework-res.apk. Because it will break a couple things and you will have to re-flash. But if you make the copy it will automatically extract the apk and you can view the files with your computer.

DelinQuentisDQ said:
The GS4G does not even have an icon to represent 3G.
Please, if you can, provide a screenshot.
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that my friend, you are wrong on.
I get the 3G icon on my elevator everyday before and after work.

4g
I always get 4g in the missouri area and I get 13mbps

[Q] NYC Data Outage

Anyone else in the NYC area having data issues? My data connection went down around midday today and hasn't returned. I called Verizon and they said that several towers were down in the area, but a friend with a Droid Incredible had a solid 3G connection this evening. I'm wondering if this is an issue with my phone or if it's the network.
I'm running a rooted TB with Virus ROM.

im in new york my service been good all day...I travel from queens to bronx

SmokingPope said:
Anyone else in the NYC area having data issues? My data connection went down around midday today and hasn't returned. I called Verizon and they said that several towers were down in the area, but a friend with a Droid Incredible had a solid 3G connection this evening. I'm wondering if this is an issue with my phone or if it's the network.
I'm running a rooted TB with Virus ROM.
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I'm not in NYC, but in Northern NJ (Paramus) I haven't had any data outages whatsoever.

I was In nyc today all day and my data was fine
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In central NJ here. Sporratic data all day long. Sometimes can't even send/receive texts.

I traveled from Jersey City (2 miles from downtown NY) to Montvale in North Jersey without any issues.

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I traveled from Jersey City (2 miles from downtown NY) to Montvale in North Jersey without any issues.
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Hey, you were right up by me!

Downtown NYC and South Shore of Long Island.....had 4g all day....no blips at all!

Jersey city here... no problems at all

Thanks for the feedback. Going to flash a couple of new kernels and see if that might be the issue. Flashing back to stock hasn't helped, though, so I'm not hopeful.

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Hey, you were right up by me!
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Small world

I live in Central Jersey too and was having problems during the day. My phone seems fine now though.

In the event that I'm not the only person in all of NYC having issues, I'll post a quick follow up before calling it an evening. I've tried flashing back to stock, flashing a new kernel, toggling the radio off and on, multiple battery pulls, basically anything I could think of and nothing has worked. I called Verizon again and they said they still have towers out in the NYC metro area. I was encouraged to wait until tomorrow to see if data returns.
Here's hoping that I will wake up to a solid 4G connection.

Try Jcase's LTE on/off app. It may fix your issue if it somehow went to off.
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.andirc.lteonfoff

I didn't lose connection yesterday, but my battery drained faster than it ever has since I got the phone. I chalked it up to network issues and the 4G radio searching for the signal. I didn't really use my phone at all yesterday, but at like 5:30 I noticed my phone was really hot.
The drain was ridiculous - over 50% in about 3 hours.

I do have the LTE On/Off app, but thanks for the suggestion. I've tried swapping between every different radio available on that app and no luck with anything. I can't get 4G, 3G, or 1x data connection.
Verizon is saying that they are still working on network issues in the NYC metro area. It seems completely insane that I'm the only one having this issue though. I don't know much about how cell networks operate, but is it possible that there is a network issue that is affecting me and no one else on this board? That seems extremely implausible, but maybe it's just something that I don't know enough about.
I have to live with it for today, but if it's not sorted by end of day today I think I'm due for a return.

SmokingPope said:
I do have the LTE On/Off app, but thanks for the suggestion. I've tried swapping between every different radio available on that app and no luck with anything. I can't get 4G, 3G, or 1x data connection.
Verizon is saying that they are still working on network issues in the NYC metro area. It seems completely insane that I'm the only one having this issue though. I don't know much about how cell networks operate, but is it possible that there is a network issue that is affecting me and no one else on this board? That seems extremely implausible, but maybe it's just something that I don't know enough about.
I have to live with it for today, but if it's not sorted by end of day today I think I'm due for a return.
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I have a feeling it's affecting me as well... the only difference is that my phone still says I have service. The reason I think it's affecting me is the ridiculous battery drain I've been experiencing the last 2 days.
Typically, I get around 3-5% battery loss every hour... I like that rate. Yesterday and today I'm getting 15-25% battery drain ever hour and my phone is very hot
I turned off the 4G radio a few minutes ago and I'll see if that has any affect

Both of you should:
1: Pull the Battery
2: Remove the Sim Card
3: Put Battery back in
4: Boot the Phone WITHOUT the Sim Card
5: Once it boots and gives you errors, shut down the phone
6: Put SIM back in and boot normally
This allows the phone to Re-Register on the Network. See if that helps.

I had connectivity issues yesterday, but so far its been fine today (tethering).
I'm in the financial district

aznxjz said:
I had connectivity issues yesterday, but so far its been fine today (tethering).
I'm in the financial district
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good to hear they got it fixed

AT&T - Just activated last night - Issues

Hello all,
I love being able to go on a forum again... I have been rocking an iPhone for the past year. Anyway, I just put my sim card yesterday. Unplugged this morning at 6:30AM., already down to 41%... I uninstalled most of everything. This is an E6653 Unlocked from Handtec.
Do I have to do anything special to make this work better with ATT. It's working, but the signal has not gone past 4G. I know for a fact that there is great LTE right from where Iam typing this. But blah. Do I need to call ATT and tell them I'm no longer using an iPhone?
The battery I'm guessing it's just settling. It was warm this morning, maybe some enrant thing from booting up yesterday. After a recycle today, it seems fine.

'4G' icon means 'LTE' though (on international models). Check this one out -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62587394&postcount=83
But your speed could still be throttled. ATT used to have 'different' LTE plans for iphones (they still do - I think). So people had to call ATT to put them on android LTE plan. Then ATT used to ask them to provide 'ATT branded' android phone's IMEI to activate the plan. It was a PITA & happened only when people were switching from iphone to android & vice versa (android to android has always been fine on ATT)

I just called ATT., and redid the APN's for ATT. Just to be safe. Still says 4G., it's my understanding that it should say H+ or something along those lines. But what you sent says it means mid ground. With the 4G, I'm getting 11Mbps Down, 5Mbps Up...

rmd0311 said:
I just called ATT., and redid the APN's for ATT. Just to be safe. Still says 4G., it's my understanding that it should say H+ or something along those lines. But what you sent says it means mid ground. With the 4G, I'm getting 11Mbps Down, 5Mbps Up...
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Did you reboot after ATT has changed your plan? 4G & LTE icons are mutually exclusive on Sony phones (country dependent) & they both represent 'LTE' in the US. So yes, yours should say H+ according to the speed, which can also vary wildly even on LTE. Check out the screenshot - all three were done on LTE. Interestingly, the second one was the slowest one when I added 'hipri' to 'APN type'. You don't have that, do you?

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Did you reboot after ATT has changed your plan? 4G & LTE icons are mutually exclusive on Sony phones (country dependent) & they both represent 'LTE' in the US. So yes, yours should say H+ according to the speed, which can also vary wildly even on LTE. Check out the screenshot - all three were done on LTE. Interestingly, the second one was the slowest one when I added 'hipri' to 'APN type'. You don't have that, do you?
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Those three speedtests were run at the same location using the same tower?!
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I just called ATT., and redid the APN's for ATT. Just to be safe. Still says 4G., it's my understanding that it should say H+ or something along those lines. But what you sent says it means mid ground. With the 4G, I'm getting 11Mbps Down, 5Mbps Up...
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I've got the E6653 on AT&T and it only shows 4G as well. As schecter7 stated, 4G is LTE on Sony international firmware. You are correct about battery as well, it does settle down after several cycles.

So., phone finally died. At 2:44PM when I unplugged it at 6:30AM. That is shameful. Hopefully it was just the first run... I did nothing intensive, no videos, no anything. Ran waze for 15-20 minutes during morning commute. It died half way through my walk this afternoon using RunKeeper.

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Those three speedtests were run at the same location using the same tower?!
Yep, while I was sitting at the same spot & watching movies! Talk about the nation's most reliable LTE network lol But I live downtown & my ATT line is consistently faster than my other Tmob line. So I can't complain.
Also someone mentioned adding 'hipri' [=high priority] to 'APN Type' speeds up things. But it did exactly the opposite thing (second ~2mpbs reading) lol So that case was an outlier. But I do see 10-50 mbps range daily.
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augie7107 said:
Those three speedtests were run at the same location using the same tower?!
Yep, while I was sitting at the same spot & watching movies! Talk about the nation's most reliable LTE network lol But I live downtown & my ATT line is consistently faster than my other Tmob line. So I can't complain.
Also someone mentioned adding 'hipri' [=high priority] to 'APN Type' speeds up things. But it did exactly the opposite thing (second ~2mpbs reading) lol So that case was an outlier. But I do see 10-50 mbps range daily.
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That is wild, thanks for the clarification. Also, based on your advice, I am going to remove hipri from my APN as well. I entered mine manually after I could not get LTE at all even though it was present. I found out AT&T downgraded my account to 3G only after using a Xiaomi device for a few months. I had to call and give them an LTE IMEI to get it switched back. Of course, I used an IMEI from a LTE AT&T device I have in my closet as the Z5 one was showing up as an old Sony P900 on the website under my account.
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4G is LTE on a US network. If you had a US, Canada or Mexico firmware, then it would show up as LTE. Once one of these stock firmwares get released from Sony, then you can flash it and it'll show LTE.
As for your battery, let it recycle a couple of times and if it's still a problem, you can always reset the phone.

rmd0311 said:
Hello all,
I love being able to go on a forum again... I have been rocking an iPhone for the past year. Anyway, I just put my sim card yesterday. Unplugged this morning at 6:30AM., already down to 41%... I uninstalled most of everything. This is an E6653 Unlocked from Handtec.
Do I have to do anything special to make this work better with ATT. It's working, but the signal has not gone past 4G. I know for a fact that there is great LTE right from where Iam typing this. But blah. Do I need to call ATT and tell them I'm no longer using an iPhone?
The battery I'm guessing it's just settling. It was warm this morning, maybe some enrant thing from booting up yesterday. After a recycle today, it seems fine.
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Going back to iPhone? See your Z5 on Ebay. Out of curiosity I have to ask why?

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Going back to iPhone? See your Z5 on Ebay. Out of curiosity I have to ask why?
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I liked it.. and gave it a whopping two days.... I just can't get used to Android again. Plus, while I was all giddy about getting it, and finally getting everything perfect. My entire house is all iPhones, iPads and MacBooks. I have turned into the ultimate iSheep, if this amazing phone could not pull me back. Not sure what would.
It's on eBay and CG locally. Should sell, if not, the RMA is already set with Handtec will just ship back on Monday.

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I liked it.. and gave it a whopping two days.... I just can't get used to Android again. Plus, while I was all giddy about getting it, and finally getting everything perfect. My entire house is all iPhones, iPads and MacBooks. I have turned into the ultimate iSheep, if this amazing phone could not pull me back. Not sure what would.
It's on eBay and CG locally. Should sell, if not, the RMA is already set with Handtec will just ship back on Monday.
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Definitely understand. I don't knock Apple because I've never tried it. Nice having you around, for a few days anyway Enjoy the weekend.

Why not go to Settings -> About Phone -> Status to check what kind of signal you are getting? It should correctly tell you whether you are on LTE regardless what you see on notification bar.

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4G is LTE on a US network. If you had a US, Canada or Mexico firmware, then it would show up as LTE. Once one of these stock firmwares get released from Sony, then you can flash it and it'll show LTE.
As for your battery, let it recycle a couple of times and if it's still a problem, you can always reset the phone.
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Factory resetting doesn't do anything, of the firmware is somehow corrupted you would be installing the same thing over and over. Yes it will reset caches but that can be done much faster and simpler.
I know first hand about the firmware problems, I'm on my 4th Z5 now previous ones had horrible battery life. This one is alright but not fantastic. Especially compare to my old Z3.

I would like to add..I am using Att and have the lte apn set-up.
It actually says LTE
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Joosty, any issues using it on ATT so far? How is battery life for you?

It's going quite well. Reception is great. Nothing out of the normal.
I managed 2 hours screen time with 50% battery left.
I'd say the battery should last you a day with heavy use.
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I just received my Xperia Z5 E6653 from Clove UK.
I got my nano sim from AT&T and they set it up to use the Z5 IMEI and it would only show 4G at the top of the screen.
We fiddled around with it in the store and were unable to get LTE working so we set the IMEI back to my Galaxy S5. Still no 4G LTE.
I am using the standard AT&T LTE APN.
Please help

4G is LTE on UK firmware, check speed test.

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4G is LTE on UK firmware, check speed test.
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This is the most frequently asked question by the US folks. I can't blame them though. Remember Xperia Play 4G ? LMAO
Since OP, the ultimate isheep (just kidding ), left this thread behind, let me go retarded for a second
Read the post above by augie7107 before you dare to ask this 4G question

US T-Mobile

So I have bought a HTC u11 plus and should get it today. What I have done the past week is check my bands at the places I visit most. And while driving. I used lte discovery app to help me with this and some Google searches. In my findings band 2 is hardly used when I am at home or driving. My 1+5 is always on band 4 or 12. At home is the only place where it is on band 2 but it switches to 4 and uses this mostly but I use wifi calling at home due to coverage sucking at my house. I did a Google search on band 2 and it is not very good around my areas. So people with TMobile USA should be fine to get this phone and use here. Also my cousin has a HTC 10 from overseas which has less bands enabled and has never had an issue with lte or call connection with TMobile. Once I get the phone I will do more testing for TMobile folks. Let me know your results if you have any.

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So I have bought a HTC u11 plus and should get it today. What I have done the past week is check my bands at the places I visit most. And while driving. I used lte discovery app to help me with this and some Google searches. In my findings band 2 is hardly used when I am at home or driving. My 1+5 is always on band 4 or 12. At home is the only place where it is on band 2 but it switches to 4 and uses this mostly but I use wifi calling at home due to coverage sucking at my house. I did a Google search on band 2 and it is not very good around my areas. So people with TMobile USA should be fine to get this phone and use here. Also my cousin has a HTC 10 from overseas which has less bands enabled and has never had an issue with lte or call connection with TMobile. Once I get the phone I will do more testing for TMobile folks. Let me know your results if you have any.
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Any updates, CJ? Thinking about doing this myself, but I worry about that Band 2. Thanks!

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Any updates, CJ? Thinking about doing this myself, but I worry about that Band 2. Thanks!
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Lol i got the notification on this and saw CJ. For a minute i was like is he referring to me? Who the heck is CJ lol i laughed after i figured it out. . Anyway so after having the phone in my hands with all of its beauty and awesomeness. I could not take it anymore. This phone works great if you have a wifi and data connection all the time. But for people who still makes voice phone calls it is the worst.. so bad i put it on ebay yesterday. I got so frustrated the other day. I was trying to make a call and when you do, it drops down to 2g,3g. The call qualty on that is horrible. The calls always dropped and when i did have a good connection the quality was horrible. Half the time i would not get text messages and not everyone uses whats app and that is what i was trying to use because i always will have data. No VOLTE which i missed no WIfi calling which does come in handy. So i kept looking and band 2 does more than LTE I believe that band 2 also deals with AWS which is needed for calling. Man i tried.... i tried to put up with it here in the states. The phone itself is just amazing the Pixel that got away is what i call it. So if you are here in the states Dont buy it unless you have data connection and everyone has like data messaging or calling for a strong data connection. I am really sad and dissapointed at HTC the phone i have been waiting for since the HTC sensation 4g. Hopes this helps.

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Lol i got the notification on this and saw CJ. For a minute i was like is he referring to me? Who the heck is CJ lol i laughed after i figured it out. . Anyway so after having the phone in my hands with all of its beauty and awesomeness. I could not take it anymore. This phone works great if you have a wifi and data connection all the time. But for people who still makes voice phone calls it is the worst.. so bad i put it on ebay yesterday. I got so frustrated the other day. I was trying to make a call and when you do, it drops down to 2g,3g. The call qualty on that is horrible. The calls always dropped and when i did have a good connection the quality was horrible. Half the time i would not get text messages and not everyone uses whats app and that is what i was trying to use because i always will have data. No VOLTE which i missed no WIfi calling which does come in handy. So i kept looking and band 2 does more than LTE I believe that band 2 also deals with AWS which is needed for calling. Man i tried.... i tried to put up with it here in the states. The phone itself is just amazing the Pixel that got away is what i call it. So if you are here in the states Dont buy it unless you have data connection and everyone has like data messaging or calling for a strong data connection. I am really sad and dissapointed at HTC the phone i have been waiting for since the HTC sensation 4g. Hopes this helps.
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Well, crap. Thank you for conducting the experiment. Yeah, it's the Pixel 2XL WITH an sd card slot, which is what I want, except apparently without Band 2, the thing's hobbled. I was gonna install the Google HDR+ camera app and have it all! Damn.
I got my hopes up because I saw reports of people bringing the Exynos Note 8 over here and getting it to work, but IT has Band 2! Seriously, how tough is it to add these bands! Do people want to sell phones or not?!!
Anyway, thanks again. An answer is an answer, even if it's not the one I was hoping for.
And yeah, if you're reclaiming that term, I completely respect that, but I still gotta go with CJ.

Sucks to hear that. I've been using my HTC U11+ in the Bay Area for about two weeks now and so far it's been absolutely flawless. Not a single issue finding LTE or dropping calls.

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Sucks to hear that. I've been using my HTC U11+ in the Bay Area for about two weeks now and so far it's been absolutely flawless. Not a single issue finding LTE or dropping calls.
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I've had the phone since late December and have had the same experience in the greater Baltimore area. Must be different bands/stronger network in our areas.

Chund3r said:
I've had the phone since late December and have had the same experience in the greater Baltimore area. Must be different bands/stronger network in our areas.
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If you don’t mind me asking where and which model did you order?
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If you don’t mind me asking where and which model did you order?
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Sorry for the delayed response, but I got it from Amazon. Took about 4-5 days to receive it even though Amazons system said 2 weeks. I also just noticed that it's a decent amount cheaper now as well compared to when I bought it in December by over $100.
HTC U11 Plus (2Q4D100) 6GB / 128GB 6.0-inches LTE Dual SIM Factory Unlocked - International Stock No Warranty (Ceramic Black) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07849L28F/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_TMqHAbDAA316F

Chund3r said:
I've had the phone since late December and have had the same experience in the greater Baltimore area. Must be different bands/stronger network in our areas.
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I agree with this I've had zero issues so far since getting this phone. Only had it for a day now but prior to I ran LTE Discover on my HTC U11 and saw I very rarely used Band 2 (San Diego). After some digging I saw how Band 2 works on T-Mobile and I'm OK without it. I'll be in Vegas in a week so I'll be curious how it holds up there, though I don't really expect hiccups. The one thing I do want to get back is VOLTE/VOWIFI.

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I've had the phone since late December and have had the same experience in the greater Baltimore area. Must be different bands/stronger network in our areas.
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I'm not far from you and I just picked up my U11+ from Swappa. Does this phone actually read "4G LTE" when in LTE service area? I have not seen it yet. I have the Nexus 6 and a Note 5 and both have had that when in and around Maryland. THanks for replying when you do.

LadyDi said:
I'm not far from you and I just picked up my U11+ from Swappa. Does this phone actually read "4G LTE" when in LTE service area? I have not seen it yet. I have the Nexus 6 and a Note 5 and both have had that when in and around Maryland. THanks for replying when you do.
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No, it just says 4G. However, when using apps such as Speed Test by Ookla, it says I'm connected to "LTE T-Mobile", and the speed test are roughly what I was getting on my previous iPhone 6S Plus.

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No, it just says 4G. However, when using apps such as Speed Test by Ookla, it says I'm connected to "LTE T-Mobile", and the speed test are roughly what I was getting on my previous iPhone 6S Plus.
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Thank you. I did install LTE Discovery and was able to get information on what band I am on and more. It keeps flipping back to 'H' loads which is made me wondering what I might be doing wrong if it is not in the phone itself. I am in a strong 4G LTE area for work (base) and home. My Nexus 6 and my Note 5 always read 4G LTE in an area as such. I still love this phone even though it's not 2 weeks old yet.

I'm tempted to get this for an upgrade from my HTC 10. I don't care too much about the dual camera for the HTC 12+, plus I want it in Red which might not even come out in the US. So with the bigger battery 3,900 mah, about $200 less and the red color now. Would this be a good buy if I typically travel around the east coast?

I have one I purchased on a recent trip overseas to Taiwan. My carrier here in the US is Tmobile and I only have connectivity issues in rural areas. Can someone point me to a stock ROM from Tmobile that would be compatible with this phone?
Thanks.