I updated my N5 to 4.4.3 through this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/flashable-stock-4-4-3-supersu-t2771010
could not wait for Google to update my N5.
My wife's N5 was updated through official ota.
We are both on TMobile. Same plan. Same zip code.
At home we use to have both LTE signal at 3 bars out of 4.
After the update I noticed this issue where both phones are connected to LTE but now we have 0 or 1 bar out of 4.
often I see No Network at all.
Changing to 3g or 2g will set the phone back on Edge or HSPA.
I think the new baseband messed it up.
Anyone else experiencing this issue on TMO with N5?
Any ideas?
Thanks
I noticed 0-2 bars of LTE at home but mine has always been like that.
i feel like i have less LTE bars than i did prior to the update. In some areas where I have always had LTE coverage, I have HSPA instead. At work I have less bars - I work very close to home (NYC, Manhattan) so i'm not sure if it a problem as a result of the update or service issues in the city - at least in my case.
Bars and signal strength are not necessarily related. The bar is just telling you what the software is interpreting, there have been tons of signal bar hacks that make it more or less accurate.
What I will say is that the LTE drops are something I've seen before even when I paradoxically had "full bars" on LTE only to suddenly have my phone not actually displaying a connection and then it would, after a moment, drop to H+.
hormosapiens said:
I updated my N5 to 4.4.3 through this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/flashable-stock-4-4-3-supersu-t2771010
could not wait for Google to update my N5.
My wife's N5 was updated through official ota.
We are both on TMobile. Same plan. Same zip code.
At home we use to have both LTE signal at 3 bars out of 4.
After the update I noticed this issue where both phones are connected to LTE but now we have 0 or 1 bar out of 4.
often I see No Network at all.
Changing to 3g or 2g will set the phone back on Edge or HSPA.
I think the new baseband messed it up.
Anyone else experiencing this issue on TMO with N5?
Any ideas?
Thanks
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Not to sound like a D1ck,But.(I feel your pain)...Finally someone else besides me having issues and I'm on sprint (insert jokes now)the same thing has happened to me my wife my dad my brother and his wife.All of our data handoffs from 3G/LTE hang.I/we have gotten worse LTE.You are not the only 1.I even adb fastbooted back to 4.4.2 to see if the difference is just in my head.It's not.4.4.2 gave me LTE back again.
I am thinking to flash back the previous baseband. Anyone reversed back to the old radio but staying with 4.4.3? I can tell you that the battery life is better with 4.4.3.
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Are you seeing that the behavior of handoffs is different or are you losing your data connection more often than before?
I am also seeing emergency calls only in some places like my job, where previously I had 3 bar lte. But at home it stays with 0 to 1bar very unstable. I am convinced is the new base band. Tmo told me to do a switch from 3G back to lte in network settings. After that didn't work they told me to do a full reset to factory settings. Thinking to flash back to . 23 radio.
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Are you seeing that the behavior of handoffs is different or are you losing your data connection more often than before?
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Both. The hand off is so bad I can't even verbally describe it.My singal drop is so bad I want to smash my phone.(but I want cause I love my nexus devices as much as my kids)
Hey guys,
So i just got my LG G2, rooted it, and threw CloudyG3 rom onto it. First, the LTE symbol isn't shown next to my signals at the top of my screen, and second, i always have low bars (at my house, in class). I'm using the D800 AT&T, but unlocked, so im using T-Mobile. Im using T-Mobile's 4G LTE APN, so i don't think that's the problem. I just kinda want reassurance that im using my phone's LTE by getting that symbol or something. I don't really know tbh, i just want my bars going to back up and assurance that im using my phone's full potential.
If there's something i can do that's safe, please comment.
-Castiel (Skype: isaac.jensen7)
Hello sir, (@^Castiel)
I can relate to your questions..
I have the D800 (AT&T variant) and flashed to the latest baseband/radio that I could find:
M8974A-AAAANAZm-1.0.190082
I have a T-Mobile S4 (M919) unlocked running on AT&T which seems to have *much* better signal than this device..
This device is *constantly* switching between 'H' (HSPA/HSPDA) and '4G' (LTE).
Whereas my M919 is pretty consistent, sticking with whatever the signal is.
I did find that I was having a massive wakelock which seemed to be related to FastDormancy which seemed to fix my batter drain..
HTH.
Below is the link from AT&T showing the latest version of the baseband:
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB423381&cv=820
^Castiel said:
Hey guys,
So i just got my LG G2, rooted it, and threw CloudyG3 rom onto it. First, the LTE symbol isn't shown next to my signals at the top of my screen, and second, i always have low bars (at my house, in class). I'm using the D800 AT&T, but unlocked, so im using T-Mobile. Im using T-Mobile's 4G LTE APN, so i don't think that's the problem. I just kinda want reassurance that im using my phone's LTE by getting that symbol or something. I don't really know tbh, i just want my bars going to back up and assurance that im using my phone's full potential.
If there's something i can do that's safe, please comment.
-Castiel (Skype: isaac.jensen7)
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Cloudyg3 doesn't have lte icons, only 4g, h+, h, 3g, e. Nothing is wrong with your phone. T-Mobile knows it's not their phone so your signal is weaker and you actually have less access to some of the towers. Try the T-Mobile Rom and you'll see the difference as it has the correct rtl files to let you use the full spectrum.
As the title suggests, I no longer have connection to LTE services, beforehand I could get full signals.
I downgraded back to cm11s, and installed the previous XNPH44 modem, still no luck.
I have also tried XNPH33, 30 and 25. I have even tried the ColorOS modem as well as the M9.
Furthermore, I have tried the *#*# secret settings, currently it is on LTE/WCDMA. I can reach H+ connectivity but still not LTE.
I live in Australia, and am with Vodafone. Meaning Band 4 is the one I need to connect to, (1850mhz I think.)
Please advise on what I should try next.
Thanks.
Alanw410 said:
As the title suggests, I no longer have connection to LTE services, beforehand I could get full signals.
I downgraded back to cm11s, and installed the previous XNPH44 modem, still no luck.
I have also tried XNPH33, 30 and 25. I have even tried the ColorOS modem as well as the M9.
Furthermore, I have tried the *#*# secret settings, currently it is on LTE/WCDMA. I can reach H+ connectivity but still not LTE.
I live in Australia, and am with Vodafone. Meaning Band 4 is the one I need to connect to, (1850mhz I think.)
Please advise on what I should try next.
Thanks.
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is your APN on LTE ... ?
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is your APN on LTE ... ?
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Haha, you're not much help are you.
As written above I used to get full LTE coverage in my area. I even included the LTE band that the LTE broadcasts on.
It is also confirmed on Vodafone's website if you want to have a look.
Is your issue similar to this thread or do you simple just not have LTE, only and never get it on CM12?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...ation-mark-t2990701/post57935374#post57935374
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Is your issue similar to this thread or do you simple just not have LTE, only and never get it on CM12?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...ation-mark-t2990701/post57935374#post57935374
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Its only LTE that I don't get, but it was only after I updated to CM12. I reverted back to kitkat right now and I no longer get LTE.
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Haha, you're not much help are you.
As written above I used to get full LTE coverage in my area. I even included the LTE band that the LTE broadcasts on.
It is also confirmed on Vodafone's website if you want to have a look.
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No you didn't, you said you used the *#*# setting which is NOT the same as APN setting in the Mobile Network settings. Before insulting people do your homework.
APN worked!
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No you didn't, you said you used the *#*# setting which is NOT the same as APN setting in the Mobile Network settings. Before insulting people do your homework.
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Thank you!!! I have had my OnePlus One on cm 12s for about a week and the LTE has never worked since I upgraded. Just H+ works. And more than that - it keeps turning the H+ (3G) on and off which I think it's really killing my battery life!!! I have been trying loads of things to get my battery life back to what it used to, huhuhu. Turns out my APN got set to T-mobile somehow! I have Red Pocket mobile GSMT which runs on T-mobile and I always got LTE with it till the upgrade. (I'm in USA.) Just had to switch the APN from T-mobile back to Red Pocket 4G. The LTE works again and never cuts in and out!
:good: :good: Thank you! :good: :good:
LOST my LTE connectivity
LOST my LTE connectivity after upgrading my oneplus to CM12,my oneplus originaly came with chinese color os ,,after i install cm11 then cm12,,I put LTE only mode using *#*#4636#*#*,no signal,Im in srilanka ,using Dialog LTE band3 1800mhz
Me too.
Same situation, with Vodafone in Italy.
Maybe the last OTA upgrade introduced this issue.
Cyanogen 12.1-YOG4PAS2QL
Base Band: DI.3.0.c6-00241-M8974AAAAANAZM-1
Build 24 sept 14:42 LMY48B
Go in your apn setting and change your bearer to lte.i guess its set to unspecified right now.
Hi folks,
I've got the US LTE original Shield tablet, which is the replacement that NVidia sent me for my original "pyro edition" tablet. Since ATT haven't released the Nougat (Android 7, software package 5.0 or 5.1) builds for this tablet, but the ROW tablets are able to get this update, I flashed my tablet using adb/fastboot with the full ROW 5.0 package downloaded from the NVidia site. I then connected to WIFI, and let it pull down the 5.1 update. Factory reset, flash TWRP, rooted with SuperSU. Easy peasy. Then I set up the tablet with my accounts and such.
Based on good info from user @Son-j I made two build.prop edits, changing ro.build.flavor to wx_na_do-user (was wx_un_do-user) and ro.product.name to wx_na_do (was wx_un_do). This changed the reported signal type from H+ to 4G. Unfortunately I'm having trouble finding the thread where he suggested doing this. I think it was on the geforce web forum.
The only problem I've found so far is that I'm not getting LTE speeds. I was in Chicago for a couple days, in an area with strong LTE signal, and my other devices were reporting LTE and getting ~20Mbps down / 10+ Mbps up. My Shield was pulling maybe 8 Mbps down at best , and 1-2 Mbps up. At home in my suburban location, the difference is negligible (most devices here do 5 Mbps down / 1 Mbps up, LTE or 4G).
Still, I'd like to fix this if possible. Are there further edits or flashings that will let my US device running the ROW build get LTE? I have gone in and verified that my APN settings are the recommended ones from ATT. These showed up automatically, and matched the ATT recommendations.
Thanks in advance!
Hi I'm not sure but I there was a thread here in XDA that says it's still difficult to change the LTE (RoW to US, and vice versa) bands because developers couldn't find yet which part of the code to modify... It's not also confirmed if it is indeed possible to change the LTE bands to support.
So basically, flashing RoW LTE on US LTE device will still result in US-LTE supported bands. That's what I understood.
But what you did is quite a revelation. Can anyone else confirm that modifying the build prop will work? Boy I'm excited!
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Hi I'm not sure but I there was a thread here in XDA that says it's still difficult to change the LTE (RoW to US, and vice versa) bands because developers couldn't find yet which part of the code to modify... It's not also confirmed if it is indeed possible to change the LTE bands to support.
So basically, flashing RoW LTE on US LTE device will still result in US-LTE supported bands. That's what I understood.
But what you did is quite a revelation. Can anyone else confirm that modifying the build prop will work? Boy I'm excited!
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Hi @Son-j -
Thanks! Do you happen to remember which thread had those two buildprop edits? I found them after seeing a post from you a few days ago, but now I can't find it at all. My google mojo has fled me.
I'd like to have a link there so others can see the original source.
It would be nice to get LTE speed, if someone knows how, but most places where I use the tablet don't have super fast LTE, so the difference for me isn't enough to make me downgrade to the marshmallow US LTE build. I'll stick with nougat for now, and hope eventually to get full speed. Who knows, maybe ATT will eventually release the 5.1 US LTE build...
For clarity here is the set of APN settings I'm using. I'm going with the column in the center at the bottom for Tablets:
https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KM1062162
All of this was correctly entered by default except I did need to edit two keys:
APN was listed as broadband instead of Broadband (yes, I'm picky, but wanted to match case)
APN type was listed as just default. I edited it to match the listed setting of: default,mms,supl,hipri,fota
Also I'm set to LTE for "Preferred network type"
Ok I think there's a misunderstanding. Uhm, I'm trying to look for the related posts here at the Nvidia threads but it seems to have disappeared.
Just to set something straight, LTE speed is influenced by:
1. LTE device with specific supported LTE bands
2. LTE sim
3. Location with LTE signals
I take it that for your specific device - US LTE Shield Tablet (just like mine) - you satisfy all 3.
For the record, flashing RoW LTE on our US device won't change the supported LTE bands (check baseband code in About Tablet section of settings). So if you used to have AT&T LTE speeds/signals using US LTE ROMs, it shouldn't change if you flashed RoW LTE ROM on the same device.
We are speculating though that there might be a way, software/firmware speaking. We are hoping it's not hardware-baked.
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Ok I think there's a misunderstanding. Uhm, I'm trying to look for the related posts here at the Nvidia threads but it seems to have disappeared.
Just to set something straight, LTE speed is influenced by:
1. LTE device with specific supported LTE bands
2. LTE sim
3. Location with LTE signals
I take it that for your specific device - US LTE Shield Tablet (just like mine) - you satisfy all 3.
For the record, flashing RoW LTE on our US device won't change the supported LTE bands (check baseband code in About Tablet section of settings). So if you used to have AT&T LTE speeds/signals using US LTE ROMs, it shouldn't change if you flashed RoW LTE ROM on the same device.
We are speculating though that there might be a way, software/firmware speaking. We are hoping it's not hardware-baked.
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Thanks Son-j. It kind of freaks me out that just a week ago I found the thread that recommended those two changes in buildprop, but now I can't find it, and apparently neither can you! So maybe I'm not crazy, since it's more than just me having problems finding it.
Anyway, yes, I used to get the LTE indicator on the tablet, when in an area that has decent reception of those bands. At my workplace, which is a building built like a Faraday cage, we can get only ATT service, via repeaters spread throughout the building (I switched from Verizon in part due to this). Phones almost always report ~3 bars of LTE in places I usually find myself within the building. However, speeds tend to be <10 Mbps (tested using Speedtest.net from either my phone or tablet). So, despite getting "LTE service" there (prior to my software update), the speeds were nothing so great. For this reason, I'm not TOO worked up that my US tablet running ROW software isn't reporting LTE... most places where I use the tablet don't have blazing fast LTE, and the difference between the 4G service it actually gets and the LTE it "used to get" is not that great.
I would like to fix the problem if possible, but it's not a critical thing, and I may just put it on the back burner until the US LTE 5.1 image comes out, then flash back to that. I've got lots of other fish to fry these days.
Always interesting discussion. Thanks Son-j!
Marc
If it's just a speed issue, that will be the provider's end. If it's a signal issue, that's device problem.
It's possible to get an LTE signal but with HSPA speed in some areas.
There is an app called LTE Discovery. It will tell you which band it is currently connected to. I've got it on my tablet on T-Mobile. I am having problems with it connecting to anything other than 3G. But I have read others with the Shield tablet having similar problems with T-Mobile.
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There is an app called LTE Discovery. It will tell you which band it is currently connected to. I've got it on my tablet on T-Mobile. I am having problems with it connecting to anything other than 3G. But I have read others with the Shield tablet having similar problems with T-Mobile.
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Thanks @caseyatbt,
I was unaware of that app. I downloaded it on my phone (which gets LTE just fine at my house, most of the time) and it reports all kinds of fun stuff about the LTE signal it's connected to. On the US Shield tablet running ROW stock, this is what I get, which frankly makes me think the tablet is connecting via CDMA of all things, despite having chosen all the correct options in the Settings / Mobile section:
The fact that my radio seems to be connecting to WCDMA instead of GSM is kinda freaking me out, folks.
I'm tempted to try flashing the US LTE device Marshmallow recovery image, and see if that fixes it. I understand the flashes don't change the baseband, but since I flashed 5.0 and the the device did an OTA update to 5.1, that might have changed the baseband, eh?
So, if me flashing the marshmallow files doesn't fix it, I might reflash an earlier edition and let it OTA to latest edition, which presumably would install correct "latest" baseband for the model.
We'll see ... I'm still not committed to one direction or another.
Marc
OK, I just flashed the 4.4.0 version of Marshmallow. (full flash of all Nvidia recovery image files). After letting it reboot the first time, it checked for update and found none, as expected.
NO LTE. Downloded the LTE Discovery app, and it still only sees WCDMA signals. Uggh.
Now I'm going to install the 4.3, and let it OTA to 4.4, and hope that refreshes the modem/radio. If anybody is following this, wish me luck!
EDIT: OK, I'm in idiot mode. I downloaded what I thought was the 4.3 US LTE image and it was actually the 4.3 ROW image. I didn't notice this until after flashing, and seeing the H+ icon, and noticing lack of ATT usage tracking app. Oops.
I don't see the 4.3 US LTE image on the site; I'm now downloading the 4.1 image, and will do OTA updates from there, checking as I go how which signal my radio is getting.
No Joy.
I flashed US LTE 4.1 image. AFter the flash, LTE Discovery still reports just HSPA+ signal from WCDMA towers. I then let it take the OTA for 4.4... the latest available for the US LTE tablet, and after it ran through its update process, I'm still on WCDMA.
Uggh. I doubt there's any WCDMA signal where I work so I may have killed my tablet, at least as far as using it at work is concerned.
I'm sure there IS a path back, I just can't imagine what it might be, at the moment. I'll start a new thread to be more specific to this current problem.
Sigh.
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Thanks Son-j. It kind of freaks me out that just a week ago I found the thread that recommended those two changes in buildprop, but now I can't find it, and apparently neither can you! So maybe I'm not crazy, since it's more than just me having problems finding it.
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Eventually found that thread with the buildprop changes, see here if interested or if you ever need to find it.
I just checked my Shield on T-Mobile. In the same area on LTE Discovery that yours says W-CDMA mine says the same thing (under Neighbor Cells). When you scroll to the bottom, what does it say for carrier?
Carrier: AT&T (310410)
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I just checked my Shield on T-Mobile. In the same area on LTE Discovery that yours says W-CDMA mine says the same thing (under Neighbor Cells). When you scroll to the bottom, what does it say for carrier?
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Here are screen shots of my sim status (personal details redacted) and the LTE discovery window:
I am thinking that it is possible that W-CDMA doesn't mean what we think it means. It shows you connected to AT&T so you are not on someone elses network.
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I am thinking that it is possible that W-CDMA doesn't mean what we think it means. It shows you connected to AT&T so you are not on someone elses network.
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I talked to ATT. It's sort of their backup network, not available everywhere. My other devices definitely show LTE. Will post a screen so from my phone a bit later which shows that.
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I am thinking that it is possible that W-CDMA doesn't mean what we think it means. It shows you connected to AT&T so you are not on someone elses network.
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Here are some pictures taken from my phone, which is working properly. In settings, you can see the LTE network type and in the LTE Discovery app screen capture, all the LTE towers.
ATT maintains a "vestigial" WCDMA to allow some level of connectivity by devices that don't have GSM/LTE, but it's not everywhere and it's pretty slow.
The Shield used to show LTE in the Settings Cellular network type, as well as giving the LTE icon, when appropriate. Now it's just HSPA. Sigh.
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Here are some pictures taken from my phone, which is working properly. In settings, you can see the LTE network type and in the LTE Discovery app screen capture, all the LTE towers.
ATT maintains a "vestigial" WCDMA to allow some level of connectivity by devices that don't have GSM/LTE, but it's not everywhere and it's pretty slow.
The Shield used to show LTE in the Settings Cellular network type, as well as giving the LTE icon, when appropriate. Now it's just HSPA. Sigh.
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My T-Mobile phone shows similar to your phone with LTE. T-Mobile must have a similar vestigial WCDMA that is showing up on my tablet. I still haven't found anyone that was able to get T-Mobile LTE working after it was only giving them 3G and HSPA. I have heard it either worked or it didn't.