Just got my Nexus 5, coming from a Samsung Galaxy S 3. With the S3 I used to see LTE speeds around 25mbps, as high as 50Mbps when right next to a tower. Now with the Nexus I barely get over 1Mbps, what's the deal. Do I have to change something in the settings? My device says LTE and my signal strength is about 88-89 dbm.
Thanks for any help.
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logicrulez said:
Just got my Nexus 5, coming from a Samsung Galaxy S 3. With the S3 I used to see LTE speeds around 25mbps, as high as 50Mbps when right next to a tower. Now with the Nexus I barely get over 1Mbps, what's the deal. Do I have to change something in the settings? My device says LTE and my signal strength is about 88-89 dbm.
Thanks for any help.
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sounds like its an apn or on att side.
Yes I think i saw something about APN setting on Nexus a while ago. I'll see what I can find. Or if you have a link that would be cool!
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Its an APN make sure its correct and your account is provisioned properly to that device
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Followed the APN settings here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434995. It seems my APN settings are correct. I wonder if something is going on with the towers. I live in New Castle Delaware. I'll be going to Philadelphia later I'll check and see if I get the same results.
Problem solved! I didn't do anything special except put in a bunch of apn's that didn't do anything. Upon going back to original APN and doing a bunch of reboots and airplane mode it just started working. Speeds are very normal for my location.
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Does anyone know if the nexus 5 supports h+ on t mobile UK as I don't seem to be able to get it.
socialterrorest said:
Does anyone know if the nexus 5 supports h+ on t mobile UK as I don't seem to be able to get it.
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Stock ROMs don't show the + ... So it may well be connected to the highest
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Really I thought it might be the case I hop so , is there a way of testing ?
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Well, you could check your speeds and see if they line up with what you expect for HSPA+.
The most definite way is to start a file downloading (one that will take a few seconds) then go to Settings -> About Phone -> Status and look at "Mobile Network Type." HSPA+ only kicks in when you're actually transferring data, hence needing to set up the download.
socialterrorest said:
Really I thought it might be the case I hop so , is there a way of testing ?
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Just do speed tests I guess. See what others are getting. Compare?
This app will tell you all about your connection
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet&hl=en
You may see it fluctuate and go to 2g when data isn't being transmitted.
Thanks very much your right the apps says h+ .
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How do I set lte to stay fully on ? It stays on 3g or h+ but where I live there is lte but I don't get that. On my nexus 4, I had lte all over the house.
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Nexus 4 wasn't LTE compatible
make sure you're using the fast.t-mobile.com apn.
and that lte is selected
i use ip4/ip6 works best for me.
Kid Poker said:
Nexus 4 wasn't LTE compatible
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Actually it is with a lte hack to enable it.
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expertzero1 said:
make sure you're using the fast.t-mobile.com apn.
and that lte is selected
i use ip4/ip6 works best for me.
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Didn't make a difference at all.
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xXghostXx313 said:
How do I set lte to stay fully on ? It stays on 3g or h+ but where I live there is lte but I don't get that. On my nexus 4, I had lte all over the house.
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Try doing the following just to see if you can pick up LTE at all. If you do whats below you will not get any voice calls until you change it back since voice does not use LTE. In you dialer, enter *#*#4636#*#*, select phone information, scroll down and you should see a drop down menu, change from the default GSM/LTE to LTE only. To get voice back change it back to GSM/LTE
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Try doing the following just to see if you can pick up LTE at all. If you do whats below you will not get any voice calls until you change it back since voice does not use LTE. In you dialer, enter *#*#4636#*#*, select phone information, scroll down and you should see a drop down menu, change from the default GSM/LTE to LTE only. To get voice back change it back to GSM/LTE
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I already tried that but I think it failed. Its weird that today all of the sudden I got lte back and now im fine. Thanks for assistance
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Anybody else having issues with LTE. On my phone it always wants to revert to H or H+ I have to cycle airplane mode to get LTE to come on pretty frequently. Anybody else seen issues with this?
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Wdustin1 said:
Anybody else having issues with LTE. On my phone it always wants to revert to H or H+ I have to cycle airplane mode to get LTE to come on pretty frequently. Anybody else seen issues with this?
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that would be because in your area there is a better hspa+ connection than a lte connection. if you try forcing lte in that kind of situation, it could lower your battery life due to bad signal.
Ok, its just weird because my wife has the n5 too and she seems to be on LTE more than I am. And usually gets better speeds too. Maybe I will just take her place on the couch! By the way Simms do you EVER stop helping!?
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Ever since Ive had my nexus 5 Ive noticed weaker lte signal on t-mobile. I have a nexus 4 that has the .33 radio that i flashed and i get lte in more places & better speeds. Both are using the same t-mobile APNs, for example on my nexus 5 half of my home I get HSPA+ and on the other half I do get LTE i guess I'm just in the middle of two towers that reach me. On the nexus 4 though, I always have LTE In my house and In more areas where the nexus 5 doesn't. I then later flashed the cataclysm rom and thought maybe it would help but nothing, I did find a setting within cataclysm to force lte always on and I get even more LTE service than on the nexus 4, but it takes up a lot of battery. My issue is Im back on stock KitKat and dont have that feature and T-Mobile LTE is just weak. Is it just my nexus 5 or have other people expirenced this too?
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Have you tried flashing different radios?
TMobile/Nexus 5
spazzynexus said:
My issue is Im back on stock KitKat and dont have that feature and T-Mobile LTE is just weak. Is it just my nexus 5 or have other people expirenced this too?
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I'm located in Forest HIlls, NY On KitKat 4.4, I usually get 3-4 bars, indoors/basement. After updating to 4.4.2, I still get 3-4 bars. Like real estate, it's location, location, location.
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Have you tried flashing different radios?
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Well what other radios are there for the nexus 5?
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spazzynexus said:
Well what other radios are there for the nexus 5?
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Do a search for EFS and Modems, there's a thread that has a link to all of them. Some have said earlier radios like from 4.4 get better signal. I'm on 4.4.2 stock radio and didn't see any change from one to another but that's just me. In Brooklyn and Manhattan NYC mostly btw.
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Well what other radios are there for the nexus 5?
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Radios are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514095
But there's sparse evidence any are better on LTE specifically. In theory, the latest should be the best. I get 4 bars LTE and 30Mbps d/l, yet get 5 bars H+ and 12Mbps d/l...so clearly despite a lower overall signal strength, my download performance remains perfectly acceptable.
Hi all,
I got my phone 5 days ago and since then, it looses signal about 6 times a day in places where there is full signal.
I used to own Galaxy S2 and never had this issue before.
I'm using the same carrier and living in the same place so the only thing that has changed is the phone.
I was wondering if it's a known issue, if there's a fix or should I RMA this?
Thanks!
Happened to me until the updates. Are you on 4.4 still?
Team Nexus 5 sucks
Nope, as soon as I got the phone it was on 4.4.1 and then upgraded to 4.4.2
Same thing is happening to me, and from what I've Google'd, heaps of others as well.
Hoping 4.4.3 (or whatever they will call the next one) will fix these issues. I switched to a new carrier, to get the Nexus 5 (I could've stayed with my old carrier and got it, but I was unhappy with them). There is so many issues with the Nexus 5 and my new carrier, its not even funny.
I hate it when my phone LOSES the signal.
It still happens to me once or twice a day. Turning on airplane mode for a few seconds fixes my signal.
Team Nexus 5 sucks
Happens to mine constantly. Pos.
gil80 said:
Hi all,
I got my phone 5 days ago and since then, it looses signal about 6 times a day in places where there is full signal.
I used to own Galaxy S2 and never had this issue before.
I'm using the same carrier and living in the same place so the only thing that has changed is the phone.
I was wondering if it's a known issue, if there's a fix or should I RMA this?
Thanks!
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Have you checked your APN's in the phone at all?
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I've also got horrible reception in most of Orlando, wife's moto x seems to have good signal compared to my N5
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Welcome to the club :crying:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525583
Bruce Lee said:
Have you checked your APN's in the phone at all?
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Yes. The APN is set automatically.
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gil80 said:
Yes. The APN is set automatically.
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It might be worth double checking.
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It might be worth double checking.
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With what can I compare it to? The way I was able to recreate this is when switching to 2G from 4G or 3G
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I only use my Nexus 5 on wifi the cell connection sucks
Team Nexus 5 sucks
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With what can I compare it to? The way I was able to recreate this is when switching to 2G from 4G or 3G
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Compare your APNS to your network standard APNS. Simply Google that and you should be able to find it. I would Google it for you but I don't know your network.
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