Could this effect the signal and data speeds?
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Shouldn't, the sim only allows you to access the network. Your speed is determined by signal strength, and what particular server you are pulling from.
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On the vibrant theres an option to run on I think what is called edge network, I could be wrong, does verizon have such a network to run off of my buddies vibrant's batteries life is unreal...well aolt better than mine.???
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Edge is the 2g network, when you drop a 3g signal your phone gets stuck on Verizon's version of it... I guess it would improve battery life but don't try to any browsing on it...
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Edge is a type of GSM network, Verizon uses CDMA, so no, you can't use EDGE.
The equivalent to EDGE in Verizon would be the 1X data connection, as opposed to the 3G (EVDO) connection. I know we can disable mobile data with Froyo, but I don't think there's any way (without some kind of hack) to force the phone to always use a 1X data connection.
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It's somewhere in the hidden menus.
GSM phones, in general, get much better battery life. It has to do with the network. Coverage vs Battery life it's a toss up
Not sure if this is possible but I was wondering if there is any way to make the phone lock onto the strongest signal available instead of the preferred network. The Verizon signal indoors is fairly poor and constantly switching to a us cellular tower.
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anyone seeing decreased 3g signal and better 4g after the ota update? Also is anyone getting a mobile ip registration error after turning 4g on? What causes that?
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anyone seeing decreased 3g signal and better 4g after the ota update? Also is anyone getting a mobile ip registration error after turning 4g on? What causes that?
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I noticed the change too. didn't want the 3g signal to decrease
Are you looking at the "bars" or are you looking at the actual signal strength which you will find in settings>about phone>phone status I have found that the number of "bars" has very little to do with the actual signal strength. At the point, I'm not even sure what the hell the "bars" mean.
I just installed it, but my signal in the office (always crap) isn't any worse or better as far as bars are concerned.
Did the OTA Possibly change your Mobile Network Settings? Change you from Automatic to Sprint only or something?
Haven't seen any noticeable difference
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My town just got 4g and I've noticed that my phone will choose more bars of 3g over less bars of 4g. But id rather have 2 bars of 4g than 4 bars of 3g if you know what I mean. Is there any way to help this? Any apps I can download?
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It doesn't really work that way. 3g and 4g are independent connections that are maintained simultaneously. You're still connected to 3g even when 4g is connected. If you aren't getting 4g, then it simply isn't connecting to it and there really isn't much you can do about it.
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My town just got 4g and I've noticed that my phone will choose more bars of 3g over less bars of 4g. But id rather have 2 bars of 4g than 4 bars of 3g if you know what I mean. Is there any way to help this? Any apps I can download?
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Since I am on the latest ICS global firmware and a custom ROM, I not sure if if this location is still accurate, but go to settings-call-preferred network. When you get to this you should see a number of options. One is LTE only (4G setting) if that is what you want to do. However, if you do this, then you may not get a data connection if 4G is not available. Also, if you have a weak 4G signal, if will eat up your battery time.
You might try downloading a 4G Toggle program from Play Store. It will take you directly to phone settings. Even though I live in a 4G area, I actually leave my phone in 3G CDMA only mode unless I really need the 4G speed to download something. I get much better battery life.
You could try getting into the hidden phone settings and changing your prefered connection to CDMA, LTE which should disable 3g if i understand it right. That option should also save you a bit of battery life as well if it works.
You should be able to choose lte only from the hidden menu
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I am having an odd problem with my GS4 and I'm open to any suggestions. Everywhere else except for work I have no problems with my network, however at my office in downtown SF I get horrible network performance despite being on 4G. According to Status, my signal strength is -91 dBm 49 asu, but I can't load any pages without them timing out. What's odd is my VZW Blackberry Bold performs fine on 3G in the same place. My previous phone, an HTC Thunderbolt, had some 4G issues at my office, but I was always able to get it to work by forcing it into Airplane mode then back to 4G (this process doesn't help on my GS4). Does anyone have ideas or suggestions? Is there a way to force the phone into 3G only? I am still on the launch ROM and radio at this point.
It's a data capacity issue, you are probably only getting 1 or 2 towers at work instead of the usual 5, the airplane mode trick is probably giving you one more tower. Just tell Verizon, they'll flag your area and either increase capacity to the towers you get or increase signal penetration/range on the ones you don't
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It's a data capacity issue, you are probably only getting 1 or 2 towers at work instead of the usual 5, the airplane mode trick is probably giving you one more tower. Just tell Verizon, they'll flag your area and either increase capacity to the towers you get or increase signal penetration/range on the ones you don't
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Interesting, I hadn't thought about that. Is this something that I can just notify them via *611 or is there a better method? Also, are there any apps (or built in functions) to track which towers I'm able to see?
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Interesting, I hadn't thought about that. Is this something that I can just notify them via *611 or is there a better method? Also, are there any apps (or built in functions) to track which towers I'm able to see?
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Unfortunately no apps, but yeah just call customer service
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