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[Q] Force 2g/EDGE on LG Phoenix???

So, I have extremely crappy 3G coverage at my home sometimes, and it completely prohibits me from speaking to people. I have called AT&T tech support and basically they said they know the transmitter in my area has a problem, and I can go pound sand. A microcell "might" work, but I have heard they have problems on DSL lines, and I really don't feel it is fair that I should have to pay extra for what my service provider should be supplying anyways. But enough with my anger at my provider.....
I just purchased this LG Phoenix and the way I used to get around my 3G problem previously was that I would force 2g/EDGE on my old BlackBerry Bold 9000. Not only that, but it used to save LOTS of battery power. On this phone though, it wouldn't appear you can't disable 3G. I have checked in the settings, and I have tried a couple of different Apps in the android market to no avail.
Have I missed something, or am I just going to have to wait months till developers start rolling out custom ROMs or the like? I really like this phone other than the fact that I can barely make calls on it at my house. Which negates the purpose of owning a phone I suppose.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Well, I see nobody has any answers. That's OK, because I found out what I needed.
Basically AT&T disabled the option to choose your data network within the operating system. (Along with side-loading, which I will admit they fixed with the 2.2.2 update)
What I need to access is in one of the two following menu options on this device:
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Unfortunately, I have been told that I can deal with it and pound sand, or wait until a custom ROM is adapted to this device.

Sooooo.....
In case anybody actually gives a crap, I have found an answer to my dilemma.
You can force 2g/3g transmitter usage though the hidden menu on your phones.
First, dial: 3845#*505# (Phoenix) 3845#*506# (Thrive)
Scroll down to the "Network Mode" selection and enter.
Automatic is the first selection in that menu. This is what are phones are set to by default. This allows the phone to switch between whatever it thinks is the best wireless network to use. Unfortunately, I can barely talk to people when I have 1 bar of signal in my house, and very often the phone won't switch over to 2g when 3g signal is very weak. 2g also saves A LOT on battery power.
If you want to choose the wireless mode your phone, scroll down to the bottom of that menu and you will find the following options:
- If you choose WCDMA Only, you will connect to the 3G network
- If you choose GSM Only, you will connect to the 2G/EDGE network
I hope this is helpful to somebody other than just me.

Is there an easier way of doing this rather than inputting that code each and every time?

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[Q] 4g connection issue-keep dropping down to 2g

I just got the 200mb data plan It support 4g
but HTC sensation keep dropping down to 2g
I read from other site to change the sim card and i did still it keep dropping
i try WCDMA ONLY for the network 4g will stay connected but then my phone signal will drop
its been a known issue for this phone i mean its is the best phone on tmobile right now but what is the point if it keep dropping connection
does anyone know how to fix it
i read somewhere that it has to do with the signal band as well

Same here, but mine does this once in a while. Not often.

Shoot I thought I was the only one.....what speeds are you guys receiving over the "4G" network?

i call tmobile up but they didn't seem to help much at all
i mean if i have to go outside to use 4g what is the point
i have 4bars signal inside the house just that it keep switching to 2g
someone told me 4g connection is separate from phone signal
but if so then how come when i switch to WCDMA ONLY mode i get 4g connection, how come my phone signal drop to 0 bar

I get it very rarely as I said. I'm getting good speed over 4G:
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im on my third sim card and still had spotty 4G coverage...installed the new InsertCoin RC1 2.3.4 and it seems to be working great now...

@OP, is this your first 4G phone?If not, what kind of signal were you getting before? If you get good 4G on another phone but not this one ask for a warranty replacement.
Is this only happening in your home is it everywhere you go? If it's everywhere, see previous question.
If it's in your home only Where do you live? Call T-Mobile and ask about the new 3G in home repeater. It's being trialed in a few markets but I can't remember which ones. Maybe you qualify for one if your having signal issues in your home.

this is my first 4g phone
what is InsertCoin RC1 2.3.4
i would like to try see if it work for my phone

4g outside US

Hey guys, one quick question.
See, I live in Venezuela, I bought my sgs4g while visiting the states about 6 months ago... Of course down here we don't have 4g, and there are no plans for it just yet.
Normally my phone gets 3g connectivity and that's fine. However messing around with market enabler app, I set my carrier to tmobile, and i noticed that the app changes the apn values to tmobile's.
The weird thing is that after a few seconds, the phone switches from 3g signal to 4g. How can i be getting 4g if there's no such thing in my country? Though, speeds are the same as 3g.
Not just that but also I'm wondering how in hell can i get internet connectivity using tmobile's apn? Epc.tmobile.com ? If I'm living in Venezuela with another carrier Sim card...
My theory is that this phone is set to display 4g connection when connected (or set to be connected) with tmobile network. Even if the real connection is only 3g. I think this because the only way to get the 4g icon is to set tmobile apn and Sim card code, 310 260. I wouldn't get 4g otherwise.
What do you guys think?
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA App

Technically speaking, T-Mo's network is only 3G+. Pretty interesting (and funny) that they'd make the icon say 4G though. Haha.

So, you're saying that 4G basically represents the H that some phone display?
The i9000T also being used in my country displays the H instead of 3G most of the time, meaning the 3.5G or enhanced 3G is in use. Is that the same for 4G from t-mobile? I thought t-mobile's 4G was a "real" 4G network. Although it's indeed suspicious that my phone has never displayed the "H" (hsdpa) when other phones like the i9000 clearly do so.
But my question remains. Why do I get 4G icon only when using t-mob's APN? Otherwise is a plain 3G icon. I can't see any differences in speed, but I'd like the 4G icon all the time!
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IF your 3G internet download is ridicolously slow..

Thought I put this here, in case someone has the same issue.
Just got my Orange UK S4. Orange also run a 4G network called EE, and my phone is EVR ie EE network coded.
My contract is NOT on the 4G network, since I didnt need it.
My first attempt at using the internet connection (away from wifi) was a download of a 1.5meg PDF attachment in the email app, and it was ridiculous slow, like it took 5 mins
Also the browser was not responding or downloading data at all.
So had a brain wave and went into network settings/more networks/mobile networks/network mode/ and changed from 2g/3g/4g, to "2g/3g"
and this solved the issue perfectly.
I think the problem is that in the 4G mode, the phone keeps trying repeatedly (like for every packet) to connect in 4g, and gets rejected by the network, so downshifts to 3g or HDSPA for downloading one packet, and repeats the whole merry cycle...
Hope this might some confusion for others in the future.:laugh:

More likely that the phone was camped onto an Orange 3G bts initially. By swapping network type selection you forced it to pick up a tmobile site....remembering that tmobile and orange share each others networks now under the banner of EE.
A lot of orange sites were never that fast anyway, even worse now the join with tmobile. They are relying a lot more on the tmobile 3G sites.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk (how ironic is that eh)

On T-Mobile here and switching LTE off makes absolutely no difference to my speeds :/ Ran a test with LTE on and off and I get 10Mb on and off.
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No probs on 3 network :good:
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OP here!
The first download was crazy slow, 1000 times slower than when I was on the pure Orange network, but it seems fixed now, and on my new rom flashed yesterday, it seems ok.
Completely agree about the orange/EE service at present. It has become terrible, I think they are shoving all subscribers onto one network, and its becoming harder to make a call without it dropping etc... And this is in West London!

Rom or just poor radio on 8T?

So my 8T is converted to global, and I have the EU 11.0.6.9 update installed.
I'm not sure if its just the updates or just the phone in general but I noticed it struggles, or rather sucks in certain areas that do not have the greatest reception in comparison to iPhones. I was recently on a job, where just about everyone with an iphone was able to lock in with a decent signal, meanwhile my 8T couldn't even get a single bar. Same carriers too.(TMO)
Anyone else notice this?

I think it's just the phone. There's an area on the highway near my house that has a low signal (in between two cell towers) and the 8T will drop out with no signal, where every other phone will be able to maintain at least 1 bar.

Oddly enough I've been signal in places where I didn't get signal with my last phone? Same sim card, both phones were running Lineage.
Of course there are so many factors, it's going to be hard to get "real" results.

Coderedpl said:
So my 8T is converted to global, and I have the EU 11.0.6.9 update installed.
I'm not sure if its just the updates or just the phone in general but I noticed it struggles, or rather sucks in certain areas that do not have the greatest reception in comparison to iPhones. I was recently on a job, where just about everyone with an iphone was able to lock in with a decent signal, meanwhile my 8T couldn't even get a single bar. Same carriers too.(TMO)
Anyone else notice this?
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If you happen to have the R14 or newer SIM card and 5G turned on, your phone could be preferring upgraded Sprint band 41 over other frequency bands. I've found that in some areas this doesn't work so well because the band is really touchy without having overlapping coverage. For that reason I change my data setting to 4G/3G/GSM. I don't believe the iPhones have that band or access to that band yet. It depends on the iPhone I guess.

I have a Sprint purchased, on TMO sim card per their instructions after the merger. I'm seriously considering MSM back to the T-Mobile software. For the simple reason of what you just described. I was blazingly fast 5G before the conversion. Now I struggle with even connection on Wi-Fi calling or no connection for phone calls at all out of my house it's horrible.
And what the hell is the the H in my data on notification bar.
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The room may have put an older baseband on the phone which can causes issues like this.