Ok, this is freaking weird. I have rooted Vibrant (1 click root, no lagfix). 2.1/JI6 Clockwork Mod. I've removed most all of Samsung and T-Mobile's bloatware (except for some reason I dig the buddies now widget). I also have MobileAP for the Vibrant. Recently I realized that I don't have EDGE in area's where I should. 3G/4G is fine, and where there's no 3G, I've got GPRS. If I shut off 3G in a 3G area, I still only get GPRS.
I have no clue how to test it or if it has anything to do with MobileAP? Where should I start?
Don't think so. Try to hard reset.
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It looks like it's the tower here in town. How freaking weird. 3G or 1G, take your pick...makes no sense.
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I was wondering if there was something I could download, or something from the market that i could download that would make my phone say H instead of 3G? My vibrant is not rooted.
I'm wondering why... but there won't be an app to do that. The G E and 3G icons are held in drawables. So unless you make your own update.zip with replaces drawables, I don't that's going to happen.
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I was wondering if there was something I could download, or something from the market that i could download that would make my phone say H instead of 3G? My vibrant is not rooted.
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Why do you want it to display that? The H is generally displayed when you're using HSPA/HSPA+. If you're connected t 3G it will say 3G. If you're connected to Edge, you'll get an E and if you're on the barebones cell network all you get is the number of bars you have.
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Why do you want it to display that? The H is generally displayed when you're using HSPA/HSPA+. If you're connected t 3G it will say 3G. If you're connected to Edge, you'll get an E and if you're on the barebones cell network all you get is the number of bars you have.
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I think he wants his phone to be like nexus one is, or other android phones are running custom roms, specifically cyanogen mod. With cm, it will jump from 3g to h icon quite often when data is used, does it to me in my area. I get hspa speeds here, but 3g is the only icon displayed. I like it this way more, the constant jump from 3g to hspa in notifications pane is annoying. Maybe he just wants people to see that his phone is on hspa and not 3g, because the icon doesn't change to that on stock rom.
I remember the first time my g1 said h... Had to call a buddy with a g1 and had to find an i*hone to make jealous...
Its worth bragging about...
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I think he wants his phone to be like nexus one is, or other android phones are running custom roms, specifically cyanogen mod. With cm, it will jump from 3g to h icon quite often when data is used, does it to me in my area. I get hspa speeds here, but 3g is the only icon displayed. I like it this way more, the constant jump from 3g to hspa in notifications pane is annoying. Maybe he just wants people to see that his phone is on hspa and not 3g, because the icon doesn't change to that on stock rom.
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Not true. I have a stock rom on my Vibrant and it does toggle between 3g and hybrid. It just depends on whether or not you have the new radios broadcasting in your area. Some markets have a lot of hybrid running, while many others have little to none. One of my best friends is an RF tech for T-Mo.
Haha "H" doesn't stand for "Hybrid"
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Not true. I have a stock rom on my Vibrant and it does toggle between 3g and hybrid. It just depends on whether or not you have the new radios broadcasting in your area. Some markets have a lot of hybrid running, while many others have little to none. One of my best friends is an RF tech for T-Mo.
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Haha "H" doesn't stand for "Hybrid"
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No ****, Einstein! It stands for HSDPA, but ask any switch tech and he will tell you its hybrid. Right now in many markets, it is a true hybrid mix of HSDPA and 3g and not explicitly one or the other. Do some research before you criticize someone, retard!
Lol I'm cool too, see I'm posting from my vibrant!
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I downloaded the user manual to the vibrant (not the one that comes in the box) and it definitely says that there is a 'H' icon. I wonder why they don't have it displayed when actually connected to a HSDPA+ connection?
This is the text next to the 'H' Icons:
Displays when the 3G+ network connection is active.
Displays when your phone is communicating with the
3G+ network.
What does it mean when there's just a G?
3G means 3G
E means EDGE
H means Hybrid/HSPA or whatever. I was out of town last weekend, and noticed that it was just a G.
GPRS, slooooow slooooow data speeds
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hurrpancakes said:
What does it mean when there's just a G?
3G means 3G
E means EDGE
H means Hybrid/HSPA or whatever. I was out of town last weekend, and noticed that it was just a G.
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Grps I think it is called. Basically is faster than edge, but is still slow as ****, nit even close to 3g lol.
Gprs is a step below edge.
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I read that our vibrant is not + capable, or just not supported by tmob currently.
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I will look for some white icons and make a black bar with the H symbol
They are already in the phone...
Oh I figured they just left them out... I didn't look tho.. And haven't been to any good areas since I changed my bar... So I wouldn't see anything more than 3g...
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Not true. I have a stock rom on my Vibrant and it does toggle between 3g and hybrid. It just depends on whether or not you have the new radios broadcasting in your area. Some markets have a lot of hybrid running, while many others have little to none. One of my best friends is an RF tech for T-Mo.
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Weird, because I get speeds which are way better than 3g, yet it never goes higher. My nexus with custom rom always displayed h in my area.
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Well I got the pre release msguru radio and an h spot not too far from my house... I shall try to see the h today..
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This mod will switch the 3G icons to the H icons when connected to the 3G/H network. There is also a revert option for those who want to switch back.
Download Link 3GtoH
http://www.mediafire.com/?y687jhf5mh9f7h6
Download Link Hto3G Revert
http://www.mediafire.com/?ezzaizw7r1mr52h
Compatibility
Stock JK2
Description
This mod is very simple in that it switches the H and 3G icons so the 3G files are still embedded into the firmware, however, they will never be addressed by your phone.
Instructions
1. Unzip with a file manager like Astro
2. Apply using Metamorph by choosing the enclosed XML file
-Enjoy
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if you want your phone to "accurately" tell you if you have hspa coverage then go to settings, about phone, status... its under mobile network type...
I did the same thing with the G, E, and 3G on my g1 to mess around with a friend... doesnt mean I was actually in an hspa area
junkdruggler said:
if you want your phone to "accurately" tell you if you have hspa coverage then go to settings, about phone, status... its under mobile network type...
I did the same thing with the G, E, and 3G on my g1 to mess around with a friend... doesnt mean I was actually in an hspa area
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No no, I understand all this, I didn't mean to come off so naive as I did. I do work for T-Mobile Tech Care and I fully get all that. My phone does get HSPDA in the Settings area in which you spoke. And there's an app called Mobile Signal Widget free on the market that does an amazing job of accurately letting you know what network you are connected to and the strength as well. Anyway, sorry I just wanted to clarify:
I made this because the Vibrant itself will only ever display 3G even when it's HSPDA (not HSPA+). I think it's only fair for people to have the option to show H when they are actually in H coverage. I know when I'm in real 3G areas it will say H, but I live and commute in a highly HSPA+ area, and at home I'm pulling in 5-7mb/s on average even when tethering.
Sorry for the rant, I typed the first post on my phone and I came to spice it up now on my laptop.
Works with onyx. Great job.
Didn't work on AOSpish rom with metamorph.
if understand this correctly, this will show H even though your only on 3G?
not working on axura rom for some reason
Not working with Macnut r12 w/ black goodness theme
Didn't work for me on onyx 4.2 W/ Black froyo theme =[
Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant Onyx 4.2 Ulf Overkill Jfs
Yea me either.. No go on the onyx with black froyo..
Doesn't work on Axura 2.0.6
Is there any way to got this to work on the other roms?
No luck on obsedian v5 with black froyo theme
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No go on Obsidian v3.
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I suppose it will depend on your framework-res.apk file since its sucha small edit. You can all just flip flip it using meramorph. I have stock 2.2 so the framework-res im running on is stock.
Its bc the newest roms have drawable-hdpi-v4 folders instead of just drawable-hdpi... You should probably put both in there for compatibility purposes...
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Well the title says just about everything, but I'll tell you what I was running. I was running Jk6 (2.2) since it hit xda and all was working great but the last 3 days Ive been having issues I use wifi when I surf the wed at home so when I turn wifi off I get full bars no 3g/edge sign so I turn it on flight mode or pull the sim still nothing no 3g/edge sign. Also I live in a hspa area with great reception I've called tmo and they said my service is great in my area. I flashed back to JI6 with kies mini after doing a odin to stock with re-partition checked still no 3g/edge just full bars my wifi still works though anyone had any kind of issue like this, I don't think JK6 had anything to do with this but hell I don't know I got tmo sending me a new prob going to be a refurbished one. I can turn it on edge from settings and it will work on edge sometimes it does work on 3g if it shows a 3g sign sometimes it works and sometimes it just has a 3g sign and doesn't do anything.... any help would be great thx.
I'm not an expert, but I don't think it is possible to break your 3G radio the way you described.
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I'm not an expert, but I don't think it is possible to break your 3G radio the way you described.
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Ya I dont think I broke anything I think its a tower or something. Ill know whats up in s few days when they send me a new phone ill test them both
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i think the best way to know is go to other place and see if you can get 3g.
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After Rooting this device i am having issues holding a 4G connection. My aera 4G is the best in the country according to verzion. Before root no issues after root only 3G. Could this be caused by the radio change during root? Anyone else with this issue?
I thought I had as I seemed to always have 4g in my office but noticed it was on and off today.. My thought wasnt that I rooted, but rather was watching the phone and little things like signal strength all day. I even switched over to lte only and evrc.b.
Maybe more tb's are hogging the signal
There's plenty of 4G flakiness going on, rooted or not. My 4G performance is identical to what it was pre-root. Usually it's great, sometimes it seems to just fade away to 1xRTT and stay there for a while. No amount of reboots or airplane modes will fix it. My phone did the exact same thing on Friday at my office (pre-root) and did it yesterday at the shopping center (post-root).
There's a couple of threads where this is mentioned/discussed already, you might want to search them out, there might be more information that helps you get a handle on the problem.
Starting to wish I never made the change to Verizon. Never had issues with T-Mobile 4G...
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Jaywan said:
Starting to wish I never made the change to Verizon. Never had issues with T-Mobile 4G...
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I hated T-Mobile when I had them... Never had 4g tho so can't say anything. My TB has ONLY been Post-root. I've had times where it shows mobile data as on and i have nothing coming thru. This was on the Stock Rooted. Now im on VirusROM and it seems to be a bit/alot better, i can't really test until school 2moro tho.
anyone have one? i really want to get one for work since i got the unlimited 4G plan and only reason why i got it because i do a lot of pandora and youtube while i am working (i work overnights and lets just say my boss is really cool) and well it seems as soon as i pull into work i lose all 4G and 3G and only get fulls bars on Edge and can't do anything with it (it will sometimes go into 4G but only with one bar and then switch back to Edge). i also work right next to the window as well and was wondering will the signal booster bring back the 4G or at least 3G for me?
I'd say give it a try. I got my booster for free. If it doesn't make a difference just give it back. I'm not sure how well it'd work in an office though. I have one in my home. I use to get horrible reception with my s4. It gave me an extra bar or two and sometimes jumped me up to lte. My s5 gets great reception in my house and I figure its do to the new antennas on the phone. The booster doesn't make a difference anymore.
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icebear8 said:
anyone have one? i really want to get one for work since i got the unlimited 4G plan and only reason why i got it because i do a lot of pandora and youtube while i am working (i work overnights and lets just say my boss is really cool) and well it seems as soon as i pull into work i lose all 4G and 3G and only get fulls bars on Edge and can't do anything with it (it will sometimes go into 4G but only with one bar and then switch back to Edge). i also work right next to the window as well and was wondering will the signal booster bring back the 4G or at least 3G for me?
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Isn't there wifi at work? if hes really cool wouldn't he just let you use the WiFI? i mean if its a security issue he could have just the apps you want to listen to (Pandora) allow to access the net.
We do not have WiFi at work
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