Hello, this sounds interesting to me. In fact, I do not have an active 3G data plan or 4G and I am currently using 2G. However, when I set the airplane mode off and the phone starts to pick up 2G signal from cell towers, it also pick up the 3G signal too. In fact, I can see on the signal strength bar a 3G or H+ icon that are constantly changing with some up and down arrow signs that indicate that my phone might be downloading and uploading data. Can anyone explains this phenomenon? For sure, I can not access to the Internet without Wifi.
Dan Law 001 said:
Hello, this sounds interesting to me. In fact, I do not have an active 3G data plan or 4G and I am currently using 2G. However, when I set the airplane mode off and the phone starts to pick up 2G signal from cell towers, it also pick up the 3G signal too. In fact, I can see on the signal strength bar a 3G or H+ icon that are constantly changing with some up and down arrow signs that indicate that my phone might be downloading and uploading data. Can anyone explains this phenomenon? For sure, I can not access to the Internet without Wifi.
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go to settings-mobile networks and there will be option for mode
if the mode selected if gsm/wcdma - then ur phone will pick up 3g signal if it's available in the area irrespective of ur plan..this means ur carrier has activated 3g services..u can deactivate by selecting mode: gsm only!(2g mode)
wcdma mode is 3g only!
hope this is helped!
If you truly can't have 3g on your plan, phones will communicate with towers due to the requirements to have a phone be able to call 911 even if it is not activated at all.
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this has happened to me before as well
Maybe it's just scanning the available networks or something? Do you have data connection disabled at your device?
What is this thing about a 3G data plan?
A data plan is a data plan. Your speed depends on your phone hardware and what your provider had installed in your area...
At least that's how it works here in Norway, they can and do limit our download speeds after a certain amount of data is transferred as I assume they do elsewhere, but even when I pass that threshold my phone reports using 3G...
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What is this thing about a 3G data plan?
A data plan is a data plan. Your speed depends on your phone hardware and what your provider had installed in your area...
At least that's how it works here in Norway, they can and do limit our download speeds after a certain amount of data is transferred as I assume they do elsewhere, but even when I pass that threshold my phone reports using 3G...
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the situation is not same everywhere...
like in India and more countries, 2g and 3g services have different rates and are users can opt whether they want a 3g plan or 2g plan....although speed is more in 3g!
I have an LG Nitro HD, and I'm loving it, but I'm still on my prepaid Go-Phone plan from AT&T that I got 4 years and 3 phones ago. I want to upgrade to the cheapest plan I can with mobile data (so I can use my fancy-pants GPS apps,) which turns out to be T-Mobile's $2/day plan, because you only pay on days you use the phone, and I'm being a chatterbox if I make more than a call per week.
The road bump that's keeping me from switching right now is that the 2/day plan only offers the 2G network, and even if I go with the $3/day plan that includes 4G unlimited data, my local area (and in fact most of my home state) is only covered by 2G or a service partner according to their coverage map. I don't know if that means 2G speeds, or if it's literally a 2G network, but either way, it makes me nervous to buy.
Anyway, my big question is if I can use GPS on this 2G network. My Nitro has all the bells and whistles, so it can deal with GPS and data up to 4G speeds, but can I actually use it with the network available to me?
Hi All,
Thank you for taking my call.
So I want to ditch Comcast. I am thinking about using T-Mobile LTE with a 4G router. Maybe this router: DLink DWR-921 4G LTE Router.
My question is: Do I need to purchase tethering from T-Mobile when I set the 4G router with my T-Mobile service?
Also: T-Mobile says when you do purchase tethering, they limit you to like 5GB of tethered data. If I used the 4G router, would this limit affect me?
Thanks!
Garreett
Anyone confirm if the hotspot throttles after 18gb on ATT network? I currently have a Xiaomi and it doesn't throttle because ATT can't see if I'm using my hotspot it only shows data not how it's being used.
I activated an S2 tablet on a $20 unlimited plan through ATT. Then I put that same SIM into a Netgear LM1200 modem
Everything is working fine except the speed. Both my work-provided hotspot (different sim) and my LM1200 are using the ATT Broadband APN and only get about 20Mbps down. But on my S20+ phone (different sim) using 'enhancedphone' APN I get 100Mbps down
It's worth noting that if I try to use this APN with my lm1200 it won't connect. Can anyone help me understand why my Phone and hotspots see drastically different speeds? Is it all because of the APN? If so, could I work around this by 'repairing' the IMEI on my modem to match a similar Samsung S20 so that the carrier would allow those higher speeds?
There is a good amount I do not understand about how carriers split traffic and determine speeds, so I am appealing to the experts here.
I have a dual wan wired router, using spectrum cable as the primary. So I'm only looking for LTE to be a backup during an outage. But I'd like to have around 100Mbps if possible