Verizon bands - HTC U11 Questions & Answers

I have the HTC u11 running the viperu 2.1 rooted by magisk 15.1. I was wondering how to unlock the 2 and 4 bands. I installed network guru but didn't pay for the full features. When I look at the lte bands I only see the 13 band.
Thanks in advance for any help.

skinny1439 said:
I have the HTC u11 running the viperu 2.1 rooted by magisk 15.1. I was wondering how to unlock the 2 and 4 bands. I installed network guru but didn't pay for the full features. When I look at the lte bands I only see the 13 band.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Try three dots right corner( lock bands.)

Lock bands
Lock bands doesn't show lte. I assume that band would be part of the full version.

skinny1439 said:
Lock bands doesn't show lte. I assume that band would be part of the full version.
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Honestly I could not figure it out either. I just hit ok then noticed it worked. Most times uses band 4 sometimes 2 or 13 depending on my location.

You'll want to go to setting, experimental, then LTE append. Put in 2#4#13. Then go back to lock bands and make sure they are selected.

Bands
Thanks I now see the other lte bands.

I know you're using Viper, but the latest stock Oreo build fixed the band issue. I now connect to bands 2,4 and 13. Cheers...

meadowscurse said:
You'll want to go to setting, experimental, then LTE append. Put in 2#4#13. Then go back to lock bands and make sure they are selected.
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Surprise! I just saw LTE Band 5 for the very first time today.
Didn't last long before going to #4.
Was located in Orange County, CA.

michaelbsheldon said:
Surprise! I just saw LTE Band 5 for the very first time today.
Didn't last long before going to #4.
Was located in Orange County, CA.
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Thanks. My LTE voice and broadband service cut out a few days ago.
Locking down bands 2 and 4 didn't restore it, but including band 5 did.
I'm still running marshmellow so I don't expect most people will have this issue.

VZW bands as per tier 2 tech us 2,3,4,5,7 and 13

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Best USA GS 7 version with most band support?

I am leaving the post paid cell service and going prepaid.
I since majority if prepaid US prepaid carriers are Sprint, T-Mobile and some AT&T. I want a GS 7 that will support all three carriers with as much bands possible.
Any suggestions for carrier versions or does the Sprint version support (once unlocked) support AT&T and T-Mobile.
There's only 1 model variant in the US now - they all have the same band support - it all depends on firmware as to what bands are active.
But one thing to consider is that while a Verizon/Sprint phone may work on Tmobile/AT&T the same might not be the case the other way around because the AT&T/Tmo phone will probably have the bands disabled in the FW
Just to show this is my tmobile S7, wcdma bands that are enabled - so seems it would support Verizon/Sprint on bands 800/850/1900/2100 -- 2100 is a band not listed on Phonescoop FYI
nest75068 said:
just to show this is my tmobile s7, wcdma bands that are enabled - so seems it would support verizon/sprint on bands 800/850/1900/2100 -- 2100 is a band not listed on phonescoop fyi
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wcdma ≠ cdma
unknownbeing said:
wcdma ≠ cdma
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Guess we'll have to wait until a Sprint/Verizon person gets their phones and get into the service menu to see what it looks like
Wasn't sure if they were the same thing (left Sprint well over a decade ago for GSM and never looked back lol)
But based on your info, then my first comment is probably true - Tmo/AT&T variants will not work on Sprint/Verizon due to not having the proper FW
nest75068 said:
Just to show this is my tmobile S7, wcdma bands that are enabled - so seems it would support Verizon/Sprint on bands 800/850/1900/2100 -- 2100 is a band not listed on Phonescoop FYI
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Is there a way to set preferred lte band like the s6?
PunishedSnake said:
Is there a way to set preferred lte band like the s6?
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I haven't tried yet. Don't want to mess something up
nest75068 said:
There's only 1 model variant in the US now - they all have the same band support - it all depends on firmware as to what bands are active.
But one thing to consider is that while a Verizon/Sprint phone may work on Tmobile/AT&T the same might not be the case the other way around because the AT&T/Tmo phone will probably have the bands disabled in the FW
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Is this right? The FCC filing shows 5 models (SM-G930V [Verizon], SM-G930P [Sprint], SM-G930R4, SM-G930A [ATT], SM-G930T [T-Mobile]). It shows each version having support for different bands.
How would one go about changing the firmware? For instance, if I have the VZW version (doesn't support LTE Band 12) and want to use it on T-Mobile, how would I change the firmware to T-Mobile's?
S7/S7 Edge FCC Filing Showing LTE Support
jblazea50 said:
Is this right? The FCC filing shows 5 models (SM-G930V [Verizon], SM-G930P [Sprint], SM-G930R4, SM-G930A [ATT], SM-G930T [T-Mobile]). It shows each version having support for different bands.
How would one go about changing the firmware? For instance, if I have the VZW version (doesn't support LTE Band 12) and want to use it on T-Mobile, how would I change the firmware to T-Mobile's?
S7/S7 Edge FCC Filing Showing LTE Support
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As for FW change, not sure how that would go. We shall see what happens when the Dev's get their hands on these and start to figure it out.
nest75068 said:
As for FW change, not sure how that would go. We shall see what happens when the Dev's get their hands on these and start to figure it out.
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Has that been ever done successfully on any of the carrier devices? You couldn't do that on the S6 to enable certain bands. I'm not too familiar with the other devices.
jblazea50 said:
Has that been ever done successfully on any of the carrier devices? You couldn't do that on the S6 to enable certain bands. I'm not too familiar with the other devices.
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Well looking at Phonescoop, the S6 had separate CDMA and GSM models. Based on my understanding of the S7, there is 1 phone for the US market (where each carrier has their own model #) but internally the phone is the same.
The only other phone I can think of that had 1 variant for the US market was the iPhone (where each phone internally was the same and the bands that were active was dependent on the FW)
nest75068 said:
Well looking at Phonescoop, the S6 had separate CDMA and GSM models. Based on my understanding of the S7, there is 1 phone for the US market (where each carrier has their own model #) but internally the phone is the same.
The only other phone I can think of that had 1 variant for the US market was the iPhone (where each phone internally was the same and the bands that were active was dependent on the FW)
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I think on the S5 you could change some of the NV to enable different bands. The iPhones are all one variant and they don't disable certain bands either. I have a 6S+ on T-Mobile (supports all bands); if I swap the sim for Verizon, it'll work on all of Verizon's lte bands as well. The S7 for verizon shows support for bands 2/4/5/13 so I'm not sure if I were to place a T-Mobile sim that it'll enable band 12 since it's not enabled on Verizon's version.
I guess we'll have to wait and see if it's truly one variant of the S7 in the US.
I'm in the UK, I'm wanting the S7 Edge - but don't want the 8890. The screengrab shows it supporting the main UK bands too.. Hm! Can you get simfree phones in US?
PunishedSnake said:
Is there a way to set preferred lte band like the s6?
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Figured out on the Tmobile variant how to set preferred band.
For me Band 12 is great for calls/texts in my building but HORRIBLE for data so I always switch to Band 4 as my only lte band (which means I don't get calls since I have VoLTE off but no biggie).
To do this on the S7 requires a few more steps than the S6, you have to
*#2263# for service menu
Select clear all bands
Then select LTE band preferences and choose the band you want
Then hit the more button(top right hand corner) and select back
Then hit Apply band band configuration
To revert back to normal go back into the service menu and choose select all bands and then choose apply band configuration
nest75068 said:
Figured out on the Tmobile variant how to set preferred band.
For me Band 12 is great for calls/texts in my building but HORRIBLE for data so I always switch to Band 4 as my only lte band (which means I don't get calls since I have VoLTE off but no biggie).
To do this on the S7 requires a few more steps than the S6, you have to
*#2263# for service menu
Select clear all bands
Then select LTE band preferences and choose the band you want
Then hit the more button(top right hand corner) and select back
Then hit Apply band band configuration
To revert back to normal go back into the service menu and choose select all bands and then choose apply band configuration
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I just want band 4 to be the preferred one instead of b12
PunishedSnake said:
I just want band 4 to be the preferred one instead of b12
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Well another thing you can do is go in and specifically turn band 12 off only and will still net you calls and whatnot
nufclad said:
I'm in the UK, I'm wanting the S7 Edge - but don't want the 8890. The screengrab shows it supporting the main UK bands too.. Hm! Can you get simfree phones in US?
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We normally can purchase phones outright but they are usually branded by their carrier. AFAIK, there wont be a unbranded version in the US. However, isnt the S7 doing something with the phone locking to the first sim/carrier being placed in the phone?
i have a g930t that is working with a Verizon sim card in it . and this is what i did
1: i used the sim unlock app on the s7 tmobile to unlock my phone
2: then flash g930u firmeware
3: i dont know if this one helped or not but i did *#2263# to slect all the bands.
4: turned off the phone
5ut the verizon sim card and turned it on
6: after it finished booting up the phone you will see a message on the screen that will say something like" need to reboot to configurate your sim card" hit ok and let it reboot.
enjoy
Can one use a G930P (Sprint S7) on T-Mobile USA with full band usage? I am assuming the phone would need to have a custom ROM on it.

Exynos in the US?

Has anyone gotten an Exynos S7 to work in the US with any of our carriers?
I'm so desperate for a rooted S7 Edge that I'm ready to change carriers if I have to. :crying:
It probably will work but it won't work well, especially with T-Mobile (no band 12 or VoLTE). Just wait m8
I have been using g930s variant along with g930f kernel + roms in the us tmobile. I live in DC and LTE has been just fine. Maybe i am missing a band but whatever
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I'm using the Exynos S7 on cricket and it works flawlessly. Performance is stellar, battery life is incredible and I get great LTE coverage everywhere.
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How can you confirm that? I got the Exynos international version, with T-Mobile SIM card. I have AIDA64 but not sure where to look to confirm or deny that the LTE Band 12 is not there.
Cheers,
G.
xDark_ said:
It probably will work but it won't work well, especially with T-Mobile (no band 12 or VoLTE). Just wait m8
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WarAxe said:
Has anyone gotten an Exynos S7 to work in the US with any of our carriers?
I'm so desperate for a rooted S7 Edge that I'm ready to change carriers if I have to. :crying:
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Canadian model is Exynos. Works fine in USA. Can root too as we have unlocked bootloader
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GoyoNeuff said:
How can you confirm that? I got the Exynos international version, with T-Mobile SIM card. I have AIDA64 but not sure where to look to confirm or deny that the LTE Band 12 is not there.
Cheers,
G.
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T-Mobile has to certify and allow the phone to work on band 12 or else it won't be able to make 911 calls. They've verified the US S7 but I don't think they verified the international version.
Hello there,
Well, I can confirm that LTE Discovery App shows the LTE Band 12 working with T-Mobile. I have walked around the building where I work, and it switches back and forth from Band 4 to Band 12.
Hope this helps someone asking if the Samsung Galaxy Exynos International Version SM-G930F works with T-Mobile LTE Band 12 !
Cheers,
G.
GoyoNeuff said:
Hello there,
Well, I can confirm that LTE Discovery App shows the LTE Band 12 working with T-Mobile. I have walked around the building where I work, and it switches back and forth from Band 4 to Band 12.
Hope this helps someone asking if the Samsung Galaxy Exynos International Version SM-G930F works with T-Mobile LTE Band 12 !
Cheers,
G.
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it's frustrating that others have said recently that band 12 is NOT supported. what about wifi calling?
Hi there !
I belive that WIFI calling and the reduced Internet speed while on a phone call, are the two things that are different on the Exynos. Tell me how to check and make sure WiFi doea not work and I will try for you. I have tested the second one, and indeed the Internet speed is way reduced when talking on phone. Depending where you are, it is either H+ or 3G.
Hope that helps !
Cheers.
G.
radiohead14 said:
it's frustrating that others have said recently that band 12 is NOT supported. what about wifi calling?
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GoyoNeuff said:
Hi there !
I belive that WIFI calling and the reduced Internet speed while on a phone call, are the two things that are different on the Exynos. Tell me how to check and make sure WiFi doea not work and I will try for you. I have tested the second one, and indeed the Internet speed is way reduced when talking on phone. Depending where you are, it is either H+ or 3G.
Hope that helps !
Cheers.
G.
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i believe there should be a setting for wifi calling within the "more connection settings". if it's not showing within the settings, then it's not supported.
as for band 12, how reliable is that app you used? a lot of people have mentioned that band 12 is not supported on the exynos model, so i'm really curious how yours has it.
thanks!
OK, there is no WiFi calling setting under there.
As for how reliable the App is, I have no idea, sorry. I searched and found it was mentioned in XDA for checking this kind of settings/capabilities. I will take a screen capture of it once I am in a building and it is showing the band used. My understanding is that LTE Band 12 is particularly good and improves signal inside buildings.
radiohead14 said:
i believe there should be a setting for wifi calling within the "more connection settings". if it's not showing within the settings, then it's not supported.
as for band 12, how reliable is that app you used? a lot of people have mentioned that band 12 is not supported on the exynos model, so i'm really curious how yours has it.
thanks!
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GoyoNeuff said:
OK, there is no WiFi calling setting under there.
As for how reliable the App is, I have no idea, sorry. I searched and found it was mentioned in XDA for checking this kind of settings/capabilities. I will take a screen capture of it once I am in a building and it is showing the band used. My understanding is that LTE Band 12 is particularly good and improves signal inside buildings.
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ok thanks for checking! yea band 12 is important for me, as i'm in NYC and inside buildings all the time. the extended range would definitely help.
GoyoNeuff said:
Hi there !
I belive that WIFI calling and the reduced Internet speed while on a phone call, are the two things that are different on the Exynos. Tell me how to check and make sure WiFi doea not work and I will try for you. I have tested the second one, and indeed the Internet speed is way reduced when talking on phone. Depending where you are, it is either H+ or 3G.
Hope that helps !
Cheers.
G.
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That's because the Exynos version doesn't support VoLTE. Idk about WiFi calling though
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http://willmyphonework.net/ This site says the global version has band 12.
Vozella said:
http://willmyphonework.net/ This site says the global version has band 12.
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But it won't work if T-Mobile won't allow it on their network
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Well i have Canadian Exynos Verison of S7, while roaming in US i had full LTE coverage of both AT&T and T-Mobile and with really good speeds
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The Internattional version does support band 12. and it works, however for VoLTE you have to find a firmware that has it which is hard. the Czech t-mobile firmware has VoLTE but no WiFi calling
The "F" international version also has Band 17 for AT&T
why do people who DON'T have the phone act like they know what they are talking about.
Works fine on T-Mo, and ATT. you just miss out on some of the bands, and also carrier features like VoLTE.
my 930F works fine on Tmo. and it'll work fine on ATT as well.

NO 4G or LTE on my NXT-AL10C00B182 Mate8 for AT&T

Recently, I got a AT10 version of mate 8, 64GB/4GB version.
Now I'm using EMUI 4.0, got an update when I first launch the phone (Android version 6.0)
No unlocking bootloader, no rooting.
And I'm using AT&T in Texas.
So far I never saw 4G/4G+/LTE on my phone.
Sometimes H/H+, sometimes just 3G.
The highest download/upload rate I could get is around 7.5MB (in H+)
If it shows 3G, 1.5MB only.
Anyone knows what's going on?
Any solution?
Thanks in advance!
Check what 4g bands your network privoder offer in your country. In uk for my provider is 800 and 1800 but I now have 4g and for next 2 hours no 4g. Maybe signal coverage is bad. First lunch 4g at your phone and find option aggregation band is somwhere in settings and swich off. It helps me in my nxt al10
gimbu said:
Check what 4g bands your network privoder offer in your country. In uk for my provider is 800 and 1800 but I now have 4g and for next 2 hours no 4g. Maybe signal coverage is bad. First lunch 4g at your phone and find option aggregation band is somwhere in settings and swich off. It helps me in my nxt al10
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You see 4g on switcher should be enable
According to this information, it should work.
As gimbu said, try to check 4G option.
Till yesterday I have 4g rare. Now I have from 24hours all of time after switch off phone and switch on with power button and vol down key. I dont know if exactly it helps but it working now
Thanks a lot for your help.
I live in Texas, USA. Definitely AT&T has LTE in this area, no problem with my old G2.
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UPDATE: I went to an AT&T store yesterday, they helped me set up again, now I have 4G (App can recognize as LTE).
The download speed is around 11MB/s, upload for 7MB/s.
It seems AT&T staff made some mistakes when porting my number from my old phone to my new Mate 8.
Also some people mentioned about APN setting, that could be the error why I didn't have 4G and AT&T staff made mistakes.
Again thanks.
gimbu said:
You see 4g on switcher should be enable
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Thanks, I didn't see this switcher until now.
Maybe AT&T staff helped me turn it on already.
Its hide. If you set up quick switchers you can choose which you wanna see after slide down but if works its fine

Anyone try to unlock the 4g bands with success?

I love the phone and the size but only getting H+ sucks. Has anyone tried to unlock the 4g bands?
bmob222 said:
I love the phone and the size but only getting H+ sucks. Has anyone tried to unlock the 4g bands?
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I tried. Not possible. I got all the way to putting in the new values in the phone, but when you reboot it they go back to default. There is a fail safe in the kernel preventing it. need a custom kernel to do it successfully. Here is the thread that I was discussing back and forth with another member:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-3/help/help-putting-phone-usb-diag-mode-t3571627
I am having no problem using 4G in Canada. I bought my phone in Malaysia.
yan99033 said:
I am having no problem using 4G in Canada. I bought my phone in Malaysia.
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It all depends on the band the carrier is using. The phone doesn't have all LTE/4G bands unlocked. So if your carrier is using a band that is available on the phone then you are golden. For me the only band the phone has unlocked that AT&T uses for LTE is band 5. Half my city is band 5, and the other half is 2 and 17. So in the band 5 areas I have 4G, and in the 2 and 17 areas I have HSPA+
yan99033 said:
I am having no problem using 4G in Canada. I bought my phone in Malaysia.
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The LTE bands in the U.S. are blocked. Back in the day we had same issue with the original Samsung Note 1 - in was only built originally for ATT. Eventually folks built roms/kernels that did the trick on T-MO.
So here's to hoping the same thing happens w/ our ZF3ultra
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yan99033 said:
I am having no problem using 4G in Canada. I bought my phone in Malaysia.
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I'm in Canada, service sucks but adore the actual device...need more bands opened!
Hi,
Could anyone provide "rfnv" files of Asus ZenFone 3 Ultra?
I trying unlock bands for Leeco Le 2 X520 so "rfnv" files of Asus ZenFone 3 Ultra will help me a lot.
Thank you for your attention.

Possible to flash TMobile rom on gm1917?

Was wondering anyone flashed the TMobile USA rom on their unlocked gm1917.
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I'm sure it's possible my question is why would you want to.
benny3 said:
I'm sure it's possible my question is why would you want to.
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I'm researching how the LTE radios behave on the TMobile firmware as opposed to the stock firmware. Mine sticks to band 66 TMobile at home all the time, whereas my other T mobile branded devices switch bands depending on what room in the house I am at.
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Limeybastard said:
I'm researching how the LTE radios behave on the TMobile firmware as opposed to the stock firmware. Mine sticks to band 66 TMobile at home all the time, whereas my other T mobile branded devices switch bands depending on what room in the house I am at.
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I've noticed this as well on DP4. As for your original question, if a TMo variant can flash the International software via MSM tool, I don't see why the International variant can't flash the TMo software using the same tool. You'll obviously lose one SIM slot, though.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...obile-one-plus-7-pro-msm-tool-revert-t3936528
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I've noticed this as well on DP4. As for your original question, if a TMo variant can flash the International software via MSM tool, I don't see why the International variant can't flash the TMo software using the same tool. You'll obviously lose one SIM slot, though.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...obile-one-plus-7-pro-msm-tool-revert-t3936528
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I'm on the stock 9.5.11
So you noticed that the LTE bands don't switch much ?
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Was wondering anyone flashed the TMobile USA rom on their unlocked gm1917.
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They have a msmtool that does it here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/guide-convert-international-oneplus-7-t3943864
You might find some info there
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I'm on the stock 9.5.11
So you noticed that the LTE bands don't switch much ?
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I live in Memphis with plenty of cell towers around me and they're 99% of the time locked on to Band 66. I've only occasionally seen Band 2. They said completion was supposed to be done last year, but I've never seen Band 71. I don't know whether it's a DP4 false reading or not but while taking screenies for this post, I just got my best signal strength ever at -70 dBm
docnok63 said:
I live in Memphis with plenty of cell towers around me and they're 99% of the time locked on to Band 66. I've only occasionally seen Band 2. They said completion was supposed to be done last year, but I've never seen Band 71. I don't know whether it's a DP4 false reading or not but while taking screenies for this post, I just got my best signal strength ever at -70 dBm
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At my home location I primarily have three available LTE bands , band 12, 2 and 66 central Florida. On my Samsung device which is TMobile version it switches often between those bands. However on my dm1917 device it sticks on band 66 indefinitely at my home.
Signal strength on all the above bands range from -90 to -119db at my home.
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