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bad signal related to the radio version?

So I decided to Root, S-Off and flash Coredroid v4.7 on my Inspire, but I leave it with the stock radio (12.39.60.19P_26.06.04.06_M), but the signal seems pretty weak even on places where my Nexus one was at full strength my Inspire seems to only be able to grab 2 bars at much, and the WiFI connection seems week too, on my N1 I used to be able to get full signal from more than 20 meters, but my Inspire seems to lose it after 15 meters.
I read some posts and other blogs/forums and some attribute those issues to the radio version, so I hope someone can give me an opinion and tell me if I should Update the radio and to which version if so.
Thanks in advance.

Try this
For phone signal, try *#*#4636#*#* in the dialer. This will bring up a screen that has 5 options, I went to phone and scroll to the bottom. Under the preferred network I changed it to GSM only as its an AT&T phone anyway, I was getting 1 or 2 bars at home and was missing calls left and right. after setting this, back out and shut the phone down then restart. I have all 4 bars now. It would also eat the battery, mine was on WCDMA preferred and I think it was searching for that signal constantly. There is a screen for wifi also but there is nothing adjustable there.

wby300 said:
For phone signal, try *#*#4636#*#* in the dialer. This will bring up a screen that has 5 options, I went to phone and scroll to the bottom. Under the preferred network I changed it to GSM only as its an AT&T phone anyway, I was getting 1 or 2 bars at home and was missing calls left and right. after setting this, back out and shut the phone down then restart. I have all 4 bars now. It would also eat the battery, mine was on WCDMA preferred and I think it was searching for that signal constantly. There is a screen for wifi also but there is nothing adjustable there.
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Odd that it would have WCDMA preferred as default. I just adjusted this as well and it improved the signal in my office. Good catch.

Gsm only does not work for me, my lame carrier runs on gsm but their mobile internet runs on their 3g so I need to connect to both. Setting it to wcdma/gsm auto seems to have improved the signal
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Arcano30 said:
Setting it to wcdma/gsm auto
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You saw this option in the phone menu after dialing *#*#4636#*#* ?

SysAdmNj said:
You saw this option in the phone menu after dialing *#*#4636#*#* ?
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That's it.
Sent from Desire HD or Inspire 4G or whatever this thing is called via premium XDA app.

Hey all, I'm on AT&T running radio 26.06.04.06_M. Any specific recommendations? GSM/CDMA Auto (PRL) seems to give me the best service based on bars, but that doesn't necessarily mean much (I'm on an HSDPA connection with 3/4 fluctuating right now).
Also, I think I might not have HSUPA enabled with this radio, I'm only getting .56Mbps upload and around a 2.79 download (Whereas on standard 3G with my old iPhone I typically pulled around a 1.2). HSDPA is without a doubt enabled and it shows that I'm connected on that network, but is there a better radio I should try out?

SysAdmNj said:
You saw this option in the phone menu after dialing *#*#4636#*#* ?
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I meant GSM/CDMA

Arcano30 said:
I meant GSM/CDMA
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Thats what i thought and when I tried that it only gave me an "E" signal so I went back to how it was WCDMA

Nice just changed mine and full signal now. Thanks guys.
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Can someone share with me in how to disable lte

I live in north jersey and we don't have late I'm 5 min from NY and it has amazing lte but I don't go too often I want to totally disable my late and maybe re enable it once north jersey gets late can someone tell me if that's possible and if so how
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Been posted a million times already. Use the search. Go to the dialer and dial #*#*4636#*#*. Go to the top option(phone information) then scroll down to the "gsm/wcdma/LTE auto" dropdown and switch it to wcdma preferred
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PurpleFries said:
Been posted a million times already. Use the search. Go to the dialer and dial #*#*4636#*#*. Go to the top option(phone information) then scroll down to the "gsm/wcdma/LTE auto" dropdown and switch it to wcdma preferred
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Doesn't work it actually calls that number
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PurpleFries said:
Been posted a million times already. Use the search. Go to the dialer and dial #*#*4636#*#*. Go to the top option(phone information) then scroll down to the "gsm/wcdma/LTE auto" dropdown and switch it to wcdma preferred
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Slight problem: This doesn't work. That very same thread reveals that the phone will just override whatever you choose.

even though your not in a lte area, it isnt searching for the signal. Proven from other members already. So dont worry about it. If your not using data, just turn off mobile data for now.

I even tried to make the APN that a lot of people are having luck with, but where I live there is constantly an LTE signal so it got it anyways even with the HSPA+ APN I made for some reason. My battery life is bad with LTE but the speed is amazing.
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I'm trying to set the HSPA-only APN on my phone, since my phone keeps trying extra hard to get on the little LTE it can find here, and it's MURDERING my battery.
Seems AT&T locked the APN's, too. I can't select anything other than the default AT&T profile.

I think you guys could try the patch to convert to Rogers Version in dev section... (root required)
not sure if you guys could flash a Rogers RUU or not (s-off required)
at least ATT stock rom, its hard to disable LTE...

Made a new APN with the exact same settings as the default but with APN Type set to *. Speeds are about the same as my gsii.
Nvm, that didn't work. Ill have to go back to the wap.cingular settings.

Try editing the build.prop and changing the ro.telephony.default_network setting to 0. The default value set by AT&T should've been 9, indicating that the device should connect to LTE > WCDMA > GSM networks in that order. Setting it to 0 reconfigures the device to prefer WCDMA networks over GSM and LTE networks.
The changed setting should read: ro.telephony.default_network=0
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Reboot, and you should be on HSPA+.

I live in an lte area and have noticed only a slight increase in battery use...and speeds are fast...20 mbps +
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Try editing the build.prop and changing the ro.telephony.default_network setting to 0. The default value set by AT&T should've been 9, indicating that the device should connect to LTE > WCDMA > GSM networks in that order. Setting it to 0 reconfigures the device to prefer WCDMA networks over GSM and LTE networks.
The changed setting should read: ro.telephony.default_network=0
Reboot, and you should be on HSPA+.
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Thanks! Just tried this. Didn't work for me. Btw, I am in LTE area - could that be a reason?

nman123 said:
I live in north jersey and we don't have late I'm 5 min from NY and it has amazing lte but I don't go too often I want to totally disable my late and maybe re enable it once north jersey gets late can someone tell me if that's possible and if so how
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If you do not live in an LTE area then there is no reason to disable LTE on the phone. AT&T uses an integrated "circuit switched fallback" on the radio which defaults to UMTS/HSPA(+) when not in an LTE area.
The only people who would benefit from an LTE "on/off" switch would be people who do live in an LTE area so that they can disable it when not using the phone for simple sync procedures.

live4nyy said:
If you do not live in an LTE area then there is no reason to disable LTE on the phone. AT&T uses an integrated "circuit switched fallback" on the radio which defaults to UMTS/HSPA(+) when not in an LTE area.
The only people who would benefit from an LTE "on/off" switch would be people who do live in an LTE area so that they can disable it when not using the phone for simple sync procedures.
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I live in a really annoying place in NJ where it is constantly switching between LTE (1 bar) and HSPA+ (4 bars). I can literally watch my battery drain. And I can barely use data since its constantly switching back and forth.
After some searching, I found that you can go to the APN settings, create a new profile, change the "Name" to whatever (I chose AT&T HSPA+) and change the "APN" field to "phone" without quotation marks.
Leave everything else defaulted to the normal values.
Then save the APN and go back to the APN screen and click on the little white radio button on the right of the APN you created (be sure to click on the radio button, not the whole bar).
Reboot. I just did this today so I will see how it affects my battery life.

Build.prop is the Only Correct Method
ascendantjustice said:
Try editing the build.prop and changing the ro.telephony.default_network setting to 0. The default value set by AT&T should've been 9, indicating that the device should connect to LTE > WCDMA > GSM networks in that order. Setting it to 0 reconfigures the device to prefer WCDMA networks over GSM and LTE networks.
Reboot, and you should be on HSPA+.
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^This.
Changing the apn will make your data slower, but not alter your radio's behavior. Changing the build.prop will keep your radio from looking for anything else once it finds a WCDMA (UMTS, 3G) connection.
Note that you need to find and change all occurrences of ro.telephony.default_network to 0. The build.prop on AT&T RUUs includes it multiple times with different values.

Xodium said:
Slight problem: This doesn't work. That very same thread reveals that the phone will just override whatever you choose.
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It doesn't work because it's *#*#4636#*#* not the other way around.
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ytwytw said:
not sure if you guys could flash a Rogers RUU or not (s-off required)
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s-off not required for a different ruu, but supercid is. We can currently get supercid.

Tried all methods suggested here but was unable to turn off LTE. It kills battery as fast as it downloads the data.
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I have a Rogers unit running AT&T v1.85 and ...
I was able to dial the following:
*#*#4636#*#*
and it allowed me to change the network type. Actually, there were numerous options.
Peter
P.S. The reply in, I believe, post 2 said to dial a number similar to that noted above, but some characters were reversed.
Peter
P.S. My heading isn't quite accurate. I was running AT&T v1.85, but now it's CleanROM v2.1; although, it's still based on an AT&T RUU.

PeterHTC said:
I was able to dial the following:
*#*#4636#*#*
and it allowed me to change the network type. Actually, there were numerous options.
Peter
P.S. The reply in, I believe, post 2 said to dial a number similar to that noted above, but some characters were reversed.
Peter
P.S. My heading isn't quite accurate. I was running AT&T v1.85, but now it's CleanROM v2.1; although, it's still based on an AT&T RUU.
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Too bad, it doesn't work on stock ROM.
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verizon 4g radio

hi has anyonr else eperiance this same issue. whenever I go to an area that has little signal or turn the wifi off and on my phone resets to 3g. I have to keep going into the apn settings and change it from EHRPD to 4GLTE and then restart my phone. I cant change any of the settings oe delete extra APN's so I posted a screenshot and im hoping someone can help me out. Thanks
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plasmasnakeusa said:
hi has anyonr else eperiance this same issue. whenever I go to an area that has little signal or turn the wifi off and on my phone resets to 3g. I have to keep going into the apn settings and change it from EHRPD to 4GLTE and then restart my phone. I cant change any of the settings oe delete extra APN's so I posted a screenshot and im hoping someone can help me out. Thanks
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not that it helps much, but this is an issue seeming to affect alot of us. I havent been able to correct it yet however. If I find anything out I'll post it.

Just put on airplane mode and turn it back off. Boom your done.
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Is that an app you use to change those settings or is that buried somewhere?
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I just checked as I haven't seen it yet either. Settings, More settings, mobile network, access point names
Kind of cool. Mine showed the first option chosen but it hope between 3G and 4G as usual. Choosing LTE made no difference for me. I have virtually no 4g signal where I love
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xceebeex said:
Is that an app you use to change those settings or is that buried somewhere?
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Airplane mode is a feature of the phone and turns off all radios. You can hold the power button and choose airplane mode or use the quick toggle in the notification window. Since it sounds like you may be in an area with weak 4G, you can also use an app called Phone Info to set it to CDMA auto (PRL) under Device Information. You can also change it back to LTE/CDMA/EvDO if you want it to switch as normal.

With the Verizon S3, is there the need to do *228 (or *22899) ? I did this every so often on my old HTC Incredible.

frankybeenz said:
With the Verizon S3, is there the need to do *228 (or *22899) ? I did this every so often on my old HTC Incredible.
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Doesn't work on LTE devices. A reboot essentially does the same thing. Some have recommended pulling the battery with the phone on, removing the sim card for about 30sec and then putting everything back in.

Thanks, I know what airplane mode is, wasn't sure where the APN setting was. I will look in to phone info though.
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Are you guys also experiencing the "No Sim Card" and "No Network Connection" issues?
Or is this an entirely different issue?

When this phone goes to 3g, it does seem extra bad on how long it takes to switch back to 4g. i have areas where i live where it goes to 3g when going in between hill (less than a 50 foot stretch) and it will not go back to 4g for over 10 minutes if i dont manually do it. Not to mention my LTE never goes above 10 mbps on the best days

Somewhat related...If you use Anycut to create a shortcut to IOTHiddenMenu, enter the ##DATA# Menu, edit. Under "Advanced", there is an LTE toggle, under "Other" > "HDR/1X" you can set the phone mode, and then under "Other" > "LTE APN Settings" you can somewhat modify the APN settings, reset and discard. If it asks for a password, it's 000000.

I gave these a try. I'm trying to find a way for my phone to favor 4G when there's a 4G signal, no matter how weak.
Yesterday I did a test, 3G with 3 bars vs 4G with 0 to 1 and 4G had consistently faster download speeds and shorter ping times. The upload varied from similar to 3G to slower.
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Josolanes said:
I gave these a try. I'm trying to find a way for my phone to favor 4G when there's a 4G signal, no matter how weak.
Yesterday I did a test, 3G with 3 bars vs 4G with 0 to 1 and 4G had consistently faster download speeds and shorter ping times. The upload varied from similar to 3G to slower.
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probably easier said than done. The phone info app can force LTE but you lose voice and text.

Ya I found that out yesterday when testing speeds. I went to send a text then make a call and no luck
Otherwise 4G service where I live could be excellent at one spot then a mile away no service. If I had excellent 4G consistently I'd consider GoSMS which I believe has the option for data text and also a separate VoIP app
Ah well hopefully something will be figured out eventually. With a strong 4G signal 4G is considerably faster and more consistent than my 20mbps home broadband
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send it back
I've had similar issues with my network. I had no 4G in 4G areas, but mainly my wifi would disconnect randomly and 3G also dropped to 1X a lot. I ended up having to send it back and get another one. So far no issues. Also the new ones have an "Updated" sticker on them. I think it was just a software update they applied, but I never got the OTA on my old phone.

lefos123 said:
I've had similar issues with my network. I had no 4G in 4G areas, but mainly my wifi would disconnect randomly and 3G also dropped to 1X a lot. I ended up having to send it back and get another one. So far no issues. Also the new ones have an "Updated" sticker on them. I think it was just a software update they applied, but I never got the OTA on my old phone.
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Your new phone came with an already updated firmware version I535VRALG1 instead of the original version I535VRALF2.

lefos123 said:
I've had similar issues with my network. I had no 4G in 4G areas, but mainly my wifi would disconnect randomly and 3G also dropped to 1X a lot. I ended up having to send it back and get another one. So far no issues. Also the new ones have an "Updated" sticker on them. I think it was just a software update they applied, but I never got the OTA on my old phone.
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I'm having the same issue with my second replacement phone... My first one was replaced for an entirely different issue (loose home button).
Did you get the "No Sim Card" notification and "No Network Connection" message?
I think I might have to return this one as well...

PJnc284 said:
probably easier said than done. The phone info app can force LTE but you lose voice and text.
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Not sure if anyone will have the same luck I have with the "Phone Info" app, but with it I was able to get my 4g service back and my phone is functioning normally again. Just open the app, select Device Information and scroll down to "Set preferred network type" and select "LTE/CDMA/EvDo" then get out of the app.. 4g should return shortly there after. When I looked at it, my device was set to "GSM/CDMA auto (PRL)"

Droid's GSM/UMTS reception

Question for all people running Droids (Mini) on GSM networks. How is your reception? I have my Droid on my desk and the phone is saying 50% signal strength. My nokia next to it, on the same carrier is 100%. In my garage my nokia has a signal, my droid hasn't.
settings says UMTS = -90 dBm
Is this normal?

where do u live i think im having the same issues dont know why

L7iharsha said:
where do u live i think im having the same issues dont know why
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Europe... When I turn data ON, then the settings says GSM signal about 80%, but notice the icon on top right corner is still small. Screenshot attached.
Very sad about this. I am living in the middle of the capital city, all phones I have ever had had 100% signal here.

I´m having the same issue with my droid maxx in Sweden

My mini is suffering the same deal, one bar almost all the time here in Sacramento with aio.

Thanks a lot for your feedback. I have investigated a bit and found this. It was confusing for me that UMTS and GSM was switching during data access so try this:
settings > more > mobile networks > network mode - here I had GLOBAL, but I changed to LTE/GSM/UMTS. If you do that, new options will be available in mobile networks menu. Here:
select network > GSM only
Huray, 100% signal strength!
I have no deep knowledge of this, but it seems that the phone is by default in UMTS mode when it has crappy reception. This could be because of the design of the phone, or because this is a new technology and the carriers network sux in UMTS. My nokia has no UMTS capability and is in GSM mode, so thats probably the reason why it was OK and Droid was KO.
Only problem with this is that you will probably have slower data connection. But you can experiment with this and switch to UMTS any time.
It would be great if somebody with deeper knowledge of this participate. Who knows what the android icon shows and how the switching is done.

ArdW said:
Thanks a lot for your feedback. I have investigated a bit and found this. It was confusing for me that UMTS and GSM was switching during data access so try this:
settings > more > mobile networks > network mode - here I had GLOBAL, but I changed to LTE/GSM/UMTS. If you do that, new options will be available in mobile networks menu. Here:
select network > GSM only
Huray, 100% signal strength!
I have no deep knowledge of this, but it seems that the phone is by default in UMTS mode when it has crappy reception. This could be because of the design of the phone, or because this is a new technology and the carriers network sux in UMTS. My nokia has no UMTS capability and is in GSM mode, so thats probably the reason why it was OK and Droid was KO.
Only problem with this is that you will probably have slower data connection. But you can experiment with this and switch to UMTS any time.
It would be great if somebody with deeper knowledge of this participate. Who knows what the android icon shows and how the switching is done.
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I have just inserted a nano SIM on my Droid Maxx and guess what.
The network is seen, but registration does not get through.
So, I tried another nano SIM (from another provider). The data works fine, but calls cannot be made.
So, is the Verizon phone locked to the carrier?
I am trying to use the phone outside India and the carrier bands is not an issue.
I see two local carriers right now, but the registration process takes forever and does not complete.
Any ideas?

it shouldn't be locked. Have you checked the settings I wrote about? I don't know what type of network you have in India. Or check your provider's bands, what type of network it has and check with your phone settings.
Many people on XDA proved that these phones work on GSM networks.

To all:check this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1326310
WTF. I have tried this, I found a similar line but it doesn't help.

Droid Maxx
ArdW said:
it shouldn't be locked. Have you checked the settings I wrote about? I don't know what type of network you have in India. Or check your provider's bands, what type of network it has and check with your phone settings.
Many people on XDA proved that these phones work on GSM networks.
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Well, I have looked at those settings. If I switch to anything other than Global mode, after a few seconds, I get a message that there is no network found or something like that. It prompts me to switch back to Global mode. Even if I cancel that and try selecting GSM or UMTS, there is no real difference. I don't see any network. With my earlier cut SIM, at least I was able to see the network.
My cut SIM is now with an adapter inside my normal phone where it works flawlessly. So there is nothing wrong with the nano SIM as well.

OK so I take back that my nokia hasn't 3G. It has and the signal is full. So it is the DROID!
I tried modifying build.prop with no results. Also entered the testmenu and the signal strength here is the same as in settings menu.
I am frustrated.

Try: fastboot oem config carrier <carrier name>, you can use <tmo>, I write my carrier name <megafon>, 3G -57 -65 -71db now...
it helped me...
I have problem with cell reception and cell strength icon at Gummy rom, developer advise me this.
In fastboot mode write this: fastboot oem config carrier tmo, check Google, this is standard command. tmo-GSM/WCDMA, Verizon-CDMA operator.

1806 said:
Try: fastboot oem config carrier <carrier name>, you can use <tmo>, I write my carrier name <megafon>, 3G -57 -65 -71db now...
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can you be a little more specific... you had the same problem and just after this command your 3G signal is better?

1806 said:
Try: fastboot oem config carrier <carrier name>, you can use <tmo>, I write my carrier name <megafon>, 3G -57 -65 -71db now...
it helped me...
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what do you mean I don't get it?

sinanharb said:
what do you mean I don't get it?
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i do like u said but same signal as first
can u be more specific what comand will must give and where?

danger2u said:
i do like u said but same signal as first
can u be more specific what comand will must give and where?
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you are asking the wrong guy lol

1806 said:
Try: fastboot oem config carrier <carrier name>, you can use <tmo>, I write my carrier name <megafon>, 3G -57 -65 -71db now...
it helped me...
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i do like u said but same signal as first
can u be more specific what comand will must give and where?

okay so I tried
fastboot oem config carrier vodafone and fastboot oem config carrier tmo and sadly no change, still 1-3 signal bars at max

same for me
maybe that guy just trolling

danger2u said:
same for me
maybe that guy just trolling
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I dont think so, he had just a different problem probably. I checked his original post and he had no signal at all due to custom rom.

Using the EU Version in the US

I'm considering buying the European version of the xz premium for use in the US, since it comes with the fingerprint reader already enabled, and is about $100 USD cheaper. However, I've seen some people raise concern over the cell reception when running the European firmware. I'm wondering if anybody knows if this could be due to the European firmware not matching the physical bands included on the U.S. device (of if that's even a thing), and also if that could be somewhat solved by just getting it straight from Europe. Is there anybody that has the European version that could speak to the cell reception quality in the United States?

If you use the European device in the US, you also have to change the settings for the used bands.
There is an option to change used frequencies in *#*#4636#*#*. Guess that would make a difference since the hardware is always the same.

Tuerkay said:
If you use the European device in the US, you also have to change the settings for the used bands.
There is an option to change used frequencies in *#*#4636#*#*. Guess that would make a difference since the hardware is always the same.
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This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks. I didn't know that they all had the same physical bands

You don't need to change anything.
When you pop in US sim, all bands are available and appropriate LTE CA combinations are loaded.
3G calling will work, but you will miss out on VoLTE with euro region firmware.

Bought my XZP from Clove UK.. Using it in NYC.. No probs with reception.. No need to change anything, all I did was pop in the sim card, working great ?

I recommend to change the radio configuration to "United States" just in case.

I just popped in my AT&T sim and no problems. I did set the bands to the United States...makes no difference as everything works the same.

UK model G8141 here in US. I just put my AT&T sim and got LTE and great connection right away. No worries.

I ordered mine from Clove as well, and while it does seem to work just fine with my AT&T SIM, I always have only 0-2 bars of signal and the phone always shows 4G/4G+ instead of LTE. Anyone else have this issue? I've been trying to do some digging to see if perhaps there is some setting that I need to adjust such as the APN used or something to get better signal strength. Thoughts?

Jake_09 said:
I ordered mine from Clove as well, and while it does seem to work just fine with my AT&T SIM, I always have only 0-2 bars of signal and the phone always shows 4G/4G+ instead of LTE. Anyone else have this issue? I've been trying to do some digging to see if perhaps there is some setting that I need to adjust such as the APN used or something to get better signal strength. Thoughts?
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First of all, 4G in the UK is the same as LTE in the United States, so no issue there.
Do not look at the bars as this can be manipulated by the programmers. To see how strong your signal really is you need to go to settings > about phone > status > SIM status. The lower the number the better. I am fairly certain that if you DO NOT use 4G you will get a stronger signal which may be perfectly fine unless you need a real fast signal. By not using 4G you will be using 3G. Hope this helps! :good:

jaseman said:
First of all, 4G in the UK is the same as LTE in the United States, so no issue there.
Do not look at the bars as this can be manipulated by the programmers. To see how strong your signal really is you need to go to settings > about phone > status > SIM status. The lower the number the better. I am fairly certain that if you DO NOT use 4G you will get a stronger signal which may be perfectly fine unless you need a real fast signal. By not using 4G you will be using 3G. Hope this helps! :good:
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Oh good. I was wondering about whether or not the UK actually called it LTE like we do here.
My average signal strength seems to be -119dbm 99asu pretty much regardless of where I am in my city. It just seems weird since my Huawei Mate 9 got consistently better signal than this in the same market, with the same SIM, supporting the same frequencies. Just makes me wonder if there's something I'm missing or if I should try getting a new SIM from AT&T.

Jake_09 said:
Oh good. I was wondering about whether or not the UK actually called it LTE like we do here.
My average signal strength seems to be -119dbm 99asu pretty much regardless of where I am in my city. It just seems weird since my Huawei Mate 9 got consistently better signal than this in the same market, with the same SIM, supporting the same frequencies. Just makes me wonder if there's something I'm missing or if I should try getting a new SIM from AT&T.
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I doubt that a new SIM will help anything. Those numbers are quite high. Too high in my opinion. If you do not stream videos or something that needs very fast LTE signals, then I would choose to not use 4G. You should get a much lower number (better signal) and everything will still work just fine.

Jake_09 said:
Oh good. I was wondering about whether or not the UK actually called it LTE like we do here.
My average signal strength seems to be -119dbm 99asu pretty much regardless of where I am in my city. It just seems weird since my Huawei Mate 9 got consistently better signal than this in the same market, with the same SIM, supporting the same frequencies. Just makes me wonder if there's something I'm missing or if I should try getting a new SIM from AT&T.
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Have you tried re-provisioning the phone? Maybe have it pull down the settings and reboot. I got mine from clove and am on AT&T as well... Pulled the sim out of my SGS6 and everything seems to have worked perfectly.
How are your speedtest results?

phazed said:
Have you tried re-provisioning the phone? Maybe have it pull down the settings and reboot. I got mine from clove and am on AT&T as well... Pulled the sim out of my SGS6 and everything seems to have worked perfectly.
How are your speedtest results?
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You mean having it download mms and Internet settings, then reboot? I've done that a couple times but I never rebooted after doing it. I did notice that in my APN settings, there are two for AT&T and I can't find an answer as to which one to use. One is called "phone" and the other is "nxtgenphone".
My download speeds aren't terrible but they aren't super amazing either. Last I checked it was 35mbps down and about 5mbps up. I'll try reprovisioning and restarting and see what happens. It just sucks not ever having more than 2 bars no matter where I am.
Edit: just tried downloading mms and Internet settings again but it didn't help. Maybe I should reset my network settings to default and try again just in case?
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Jake_09 said:
You mean having it download mms and Internet settings, then reboot? I've done that a couple times but I never rebooted after doing it. I did notice that in my APN settings, there are two for AT&T and I can't find an answer as to which one to use. One is called "phone" and the other is "nxtgenphone".
My download speeds aren't terrible but they aren't super amazing either. Last I checked it was 35mbps down and about 5mbps up. I'll try reprovisioning and restarting and see what happens. It just sucks not ever having more than 2 bars no matter where I am.
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Mine is set to nxtgenphone. I really wouldn't focus on the bars. My z3 was also from the UK and did the same thing. You can check under the diagnostics settings screen to see what your data connection is or try doing the magic combo number to see what bands you're set to.
Is there anyone with a phone on the same carrier that would pull up their signal strength info so you can compare the actual numbers?

phazed said:
Mine is set to nxtgenphone. I really wouldn't focus on the bars. My z3 was also from the UK and did the same thing. You can check under the diagnostics settings screen to see what your data connection is or try doing the magic combo number to see what bands you're set to.
Is there anyone with a phone on the same carrier that would pull up their signal strength info so you can compare the actual numbers?
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Maybe someone can give me some but others have told me that averaging -119dbm 95asu is a pretty weak signal.
Others have said I shouldn't need to change any settings in the hidden phone menu, but I set it to United States just to be safe. I didn't mess with any network settings in there aside from that.
Edit: checked radio band setting and set it to United States. Network preferred type is set to LTE/UMTS auto (PRL). Not sure if I need to change any of these settings or not.
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Jake_09 said:
Maybe someone can give me some but others have told me that averaging -119dbm 95asu is a pretty weak signal.
Others have said I shouldn't need to change any settings in the hidden phone menu, but I set it to United States just to be safe. I didn't mess with any network settings in there aside from that.
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Ouch, yeah... that is what my signal is like when I'm in the office and the repeater is down. I can't send/receive texts most of the time.

phazed said:
Ouch, yeah... that is what my signal is like when I'm in the office and the repeater is down. I can't send/receive texts most of the time.
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In your APN settings for nextgenphone, is the APN protocol set to IPv4/6 or just IPv4?
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In your APN settings for nextgenphone, is the APN protocol set to IPv4/6 or just IPv4?
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It's set to 4/6 but I don't have a v6 address assigned at the moment.

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It's set to 4/6 but I don't have a v6 address assigned at the moment.
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Whenever I test it in the hidden menu the IPv6 test always fails. Even AT&T's official documentation says not to use the IPv6 but I'm not sure what to believe since the downloaded settings have it enabled.
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