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Anyway to force 3g over edge?

My Fuze is always connected via EDGE, even though I live in a 3G serviced area (San Francisco Bay Area). I'm assuming the phone is choosing the stronger of the two signals by default, which is fine for voice, but EDGE is excruciatingly slow for streaming video. Is there a way to force the phone to use the 3G connection?

I dont know about the Fuze but on the european Touch Pro, all you have to do is
Start --> Settings--> "Phone" Icon -->"Band" Tab
Here you can choose your netwok type, by default it is set to auto, but you can force CDMA only if you want.

ice_coffee said:
I dont know about the Fuze but on the european Touch Pro, all you have to do is
Start --> Settings--> "Phone" Icon -->"Band" Tab
Here you can choose your netwok type, by default it is set to auto, but you can force CDMA only if you want.
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Thank you for the help, but unfortunately there is no "Band" tab under Start --> Settings --> Phone on my Fuze.

Install the Advanced Config utility (you can find it pretty easily if you search the forums). Using this you should be able to restore the phone app's band page. This is a common way carriers prevent you from messing with settings they don't want you to. You're actually lucky, there are more tricky things to fix than this one .

I got my Fuze today and was wondering this exact question about the 3g network and your fix worked!
Thank you

clmbngbkng said:
I got my Fuze today and was wondering this exact question about the 3g network and your fix worked!
Thank you
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What setting was changed to get this effect? Sorry ultimate PPC newb.

Once you install and have Advanced Config up and running you go to Phone tab, click on it and it opens a new tree if items for you to click on, scroll down some til you find "Show Band Page" click on it and then change it from "No (default)" to Yes. Click the left soft key that says "Done" and then it will ask you to restart your phone, click yes on that message and once its back up and running you should have access to the band tab in settings for the Phone.
If you have any other questions post here and I'll try to help out.

clmbngbkng said:
Once you install and have Advanced Config up and running you go to Phone tab, click on it and it opens a new tree if items for you to click on, scroll down some til you find "Show Band Page" click on it and then change it from "No (default)" to Yes. Click the left soft key that says "Done" and then it will ask you to restart your phone, click yes on that message and once its back up and running you should have access to the band tab in settings for the Phone.
If you have any other questions post here and I'll try to help out.
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Thank you much kind sir.. What should I change the band to to get the desired effect??

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norkoastal said:
Thank you much kind sir.. What should I change the band to to get the desired effect??[/QUOTE
Is there an answer to this question or not? How do I force 3G? There are 3 to choose from. 2 of them disable data connection. The other doesn't force 3G. I must be doing something wrong.
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Check this thread & this post.

Lock 3G signal

Is there any way to lock my Optimus 7 into 3G signal and not let it fall back to EDGE/GPRS when 3G is available with weakest signal? Happens a lot and its annoying.

The default behavior is to use the highest-speed connection. If it's falling back to EDGE, that's almost certainly because the error threshold was too high for useful connectivity.
There is a way to turn off 3G (which is also much more battery-hungry) but I don't know of one to turn off EDGE. You could look around in the disagnostics app for a way to specify the thresholds used, though, and myabe tweak them (the HD7 diag app shows the current setup but doesn't let us change it).

tsabasid said:
Is there any way to lock my Optimus 7 into 3G signal and not let it fall back to EDGE/GPRS when 3G is available with weakest signal? Happens a lot and its annoying.
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I was facing the same issue with the 3G signal. Check my post below for solution. Works for my HTC 7 Pro not sure about LG Devices.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275129

Kr3i0s said:
I was facing the same issue with the 3G signal. Check my post below for solution. Works for my HTC 7 Pro not sure about LG Devices.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275129
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Worked like a charm mate. Many thanks.

tsabasid said:
Worked like a charm mate. Many thanks.
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One more trick I would like to share is to create a contact with the name as 3G and the phone no as ##3282# and pit it to the start so that when u restart the phone u have easy access to the menu access to the menu.

Kr3i0s said:
One more trick I would like to share is to create a contact with the name as 3G and the phone no as ##3282# and pit it to the start so that when u restart the phone u have easy access to the menu access to the menu.
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Are these settings you mentioned reset to default after rebooting the phone?

tsabasid said:
Are these settings you mentioned reset to default after rebooting the phone?
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Yes the settings reset after a reboot. So need to apply them after reboot.

WiFi-Calling Menu (Unlocked)

finally got my gold device yesterday. Upon installation, some messages about wifi-calling popped up, asking about how do I want to use this service. If I remember correctly, I had 3 options: (a) Wifi-calling as a default, (b) prioritize mobile service (T-mobile, in my case), and if i have no service then try wifi-calling, or (c) don't use wifi-calling at all. I chose the second option.
But, now I cant seem to find the settings menu for adjusting the settings. Was chatting with HTC online but they didnt seem to know and only suggested that i'll reset the device because these options appear only in the beginning (if this is true, this is really stupid way of handling stuff). Moreover, tried to do airplane mode (with wifi on) to see if wifi-calling would work and it didnt.
Anyone has a lead on how to get to the menu? I have the unlocked version and on T-mobile network.
Thanks,

Instead of a full factory reset, have you tried just doing the network settings reset?

Kardon403 said:
Instead of a full factory reset, have you tried just doing the network settings reset?
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I just did, and I've found it! I dont know if I've found it because of the network settings reset,but for everyone else who's interested - you can find this menu under mobile network settings.
Thanks!

Specifically if anyone else was wondering. It's under "Settings--> Mobile Data". I spent a good 20 minutes going through every menu in settings trying to find it. Why they put it here, is beyond me.

I have the Sprint version and it's not there.

BOO5TED said:
I have the Sprint version and it's not there.
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Sprint has always done Wi-Fi calling so it's possibly only a matter if time here honestly for it to be added.

[urgent] I broke my signal band mode

So I went into *#*#4636#*#* and I putted my phone in my pocket with screen on.
I took it out of my pocket and I saw set bandmode 23 successful.
No my question is, how can I revert this.
I've tried every different bandmode there is to select
Euro: gives me Edge connection and I can call
Bandmode 43. Gives me 4g but I can't call.
Not in the *#*#4636#*#* menu but in something else
I know about the engineering mode and I know how to enter it too. There is an option bandmode and bandmode2 both with over 100 different modes
Setting it to auto from this even more secret menu still didn't work.
To get in this mode download shortcut manager from gp.
Open app tap 3 dots and click app explorer.
Scroll down to com.oneplus.factorymode tap it
In there you will find bandmode and bandmode2
Any fix? I've tried every possible fix.
I'd like to call and use mobile data.

I would contact oneplus support if I were you

Move your sim into the other slot if it's not occupied, otherwise I found this method. I have not tried it yet, though.

t2jbird said:
Move your sim into the other slot if it's not occupied, otherwise I found this method. I have not tried it yet, though.
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Won't this make it worse?
Sent from my LG-H932 using XDA Labs

Ya, I did the same thing...
Fix as Follows:
Raylon00 said:
Ya, don't go playing with the band selection, or you may just get dropped to 2g connection with no LTE possible.
After digging around, I found a fix to get LTE back.
Download the "Network Signal Guru" app from the Play Store.
I told it to "Clear Forcings" in the menu, and LTE is back up.
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mati11233 said:
I would contact oneplus support if I were you
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I tried it, they told me: Niels it seems like you really ****ed up your phone

NielsTheBeast said:
I tried it, they told me: Niels it seems like you really ****ed up your phone
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Did you try the "Network Signal Guru" app? Wored for me. similar problem
Hit "Clear Forcings" in the menu.

Raylon00 said:
Did you try the "Network Signal Guru" app? Wored for me. similar problem
Hit "Clear Forcings" in the menu.
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Had the same problem, tried your advice and it worked. Thanks a lot!

Glad it helped. Was starting to go crazy when I realized that I broke my LTE connection

brossovitch said:
Won't this make it worse?
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I haven't tried it. I'm using the second sim slot instead and it's working perfectly.
I don't know of any way to fix without root if that fastboot method won't work.

same problem i dont have 4g in any slot and when install lasted update (5.1.6) the problem still heres. i will back the phone or i dont know to do.

Question 5G re-enabling on reboot / at random. Changing from LTE/3G/2G to GLOBAL network mode. Cannot control.

Hi all,
I noticed this recently, biggest potential thing I can think of was the February software update.
Long story short 1) I have no use for 5G service for battery / data reasons as I pay by the gig. 2) I'm on GoogleFi so there's potential carrier aggregation woowoo going on.
I do the standard Mobile Data>Network Mode> Select LTE/3G/2G and the phone sticks with that for a time. However it will, seemingly at random, revert to the GLOBAL network mode which has 5G. It will 100% trigger this change if I reset the phone.
Would just like to confirm this behavior with any other user and figure out how to make it stop as it is pretty infuriating that I have to keep manually making this change, in addition to the fact that it's really, really not great from a security standpoint that the phone can be induced somehow to alter specific user settings.
Thanks for the help.
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Quick edit: I have already gone into safe mode and changed network and reset, didn't hold. Also went into the dialer menu *#*#4636#*#* and changed the network mode, and it still reverts.

Same here.

valyvis10 said:
Same here.
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Can I ask what carrier you're on?

Orange, esim.

I was having the same issue, this seems to work
https://www.reddit.com/r/S21Ultra/comments/stebvi