Has anyone been successful in turning off 4G and using 3G on the At&t note?
I am rooted but I think I am on the stock ROM. Don't know how to install those anyway.
Would it save me more battery and able to switch to 3g if I had a different ROM?
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I've asked this question too and so have others. Currently, DAGr8's Saurom ICS rom has a 4g/3g toggle.. But nothing for Gingerbread roms that I've found. I've tried several toggle switch apps on the market w/o a good solution.
Turning off 4g would be great, especially when your wanting slower data speeds when the phone is not in use and just syncing data.
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I'm currently running InfectedRom Eternity with stock kernal but having problems with the hotspot when I have a 4g signal and turn it on it automatically converts to a 3g hotspot and when I turn it back off picks up the 4g signal again.......help? I've tried wiping all data and settings and flashing different roms but problem remains
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I'm currently running InfectedRom Eternity with stock kernal but having problems with the hotspot when I have a 4g signal and turn it on it automatically converts to a 3g hotspot and when I turn it back off picks up the 4g signal again.......help? I've tried wiping all data and settings and flashing different roms but problem remains
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Hotspot will not work with 4G. I recommend you d/l wifi tether. That is what I use for 4G. Just do a forum search, I've seen posts w/ the apk attached that should work for you .
Looked up one link. I know that the latest version is 108, but here is a link for 105.
http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wifi_tether_v3_1-pre105.apk
Or even better reference this thread. I believe that V107 is available.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1226225&highlight=tether
Thnx many ill just use the newest update of wifi tether just a little confused cause the 4G tether was working fine a couple months ago and by any chance does anyone know how to improve 3G and 4G signal and speed its gotten so slow
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my tethering seems very unreliable. im using the latest wifi tether apk but thats irelevant as i have used many versions but the problems persist. allow me to explain, im in no way new to android nor tethering. i have followed all the steps to get 4g tethering speeds ( toggle data off, disable 4g re enable and so on) the thing is i cant get a stable connection from my laptop or my xoom for more than 20 mins. the connection either goes idle or the phone just restarts or i simply get disconnected from it. im just wondering whether it' s just me or whether this a common problem among photon users. many thanks and great forum.
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I believe the 4G on your phone becomes idle. Just a guess.
I have heard this happens to other Photon users as well. Not sure what the cause of it is or the fix. I'm going to try some things out when I get time and see what mine does. I've never tried to tether for that long of time before. Will post back if I find out anything new.
**I can only test 3G. No 4G in my area.
Are you rooted or using a rom?
**Ignore this (my) post...had something but changed my mind***
thanks. yes rooted & stock
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i can torrent nd get bout 10+ mbps download running through tether for 3 hours no problem. could even get on gears of war on my xbox while tethering no lag no problem
favorite tethering app- open garden tethering (easy and you can lower the transmit power for huge battery life increase, i keep mine on the lowest available) but wifi tether if i need specific settings
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thanks for your reply. im so jealous lol i do also get very fast speeds the only prob is that is they are not consistent. phone either reboots or drops the connections. i will try the app you mentioned also
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maybe think about visiting the store you bought it from or a sprint repair store..? ive never had problems with tethering even being rooted on my htc hero tethering was easy as pie at 2-3mps(3G) or rsdlite the latest spf maybe?
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well i think i found the problem. i simply turned off wifi encryption and now it works flawlessly. go figure...thanks for the replies everyone.
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wow.. such a complex answer. haha xD
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moxiot said:
well i think i found the problem. i simply turned off wifi encryption and now it works flawlessly. go figure...thanks for the replies everyone.
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Year I found that out too ..
Also if you start wifi tether first,
then turn on 4g ...
4g tether works for me using
wifi tether 2.06
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honestly open garden tethering works flawlessly for me, i have problems with every other app usually
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I currently make use of AT&T's network of Wifi hotspots because I have the minimum data plan. They're spread throughout my city so I'm able to connect when I'm out to lunch or away from my school or work's wifi network. Do custom roms still allow the device to connect to AT&T Wifi hotspots? If not, is there an app I can backup and restore using Titanium to grant access? I know many of the custom roms remove "AT&T bloat", but I would like to keep whatever software is on the i717 that allows it to connect to AT&T's Wifi hotspots for free. I tried searching but the answers were mixed and different per device. Thanks for your help!
Surom works with at&t wifi spots. Can't vouch for the others but im think they will.
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Why would ANY custom rom not work? Only reason I could see is if the custom roms removes the at& t app
All the app does is connect automatically
If you didn't have it or say had a sprint phone you just have to open a browser and connect first
Noteworthy and Alpha 2 work as well.
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Browsing the net and playing a net based game, i get really long delays when loading anything. I havent experienced this on my s3, or when i had the dna. Has anyone else had this experience? When it happens i home button the app, open speed test and it tests great. Running 4.2.1Pa build, latest l4 modem, and basic kernel.
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clear the cache and history ?
Yeah, done that a few times. Its weird i can put it up to my gfs s3 and she doesnt have it. Oh well.
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Misread
Some people don't get the same experience with the new modem
Flash back to the previous modem that might help
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Yeah sadly it happened on both, both on stock then on aosp with this rom and l4 modem. Eh oh well.
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I'm noticing faster 4g but slower 4g with the new modem. I wish we had someone who could repackage them with 3g from the original modem and 4g from the new one and vice versa, on the thunderbolt we had this, not sure if it's possible on Samsung phones.
New Photon owner.
Struggling with using it on Ting. Ting itself seems great. After changing MIN and MDN, I have WiFi, text, voice and 4g. No 3g however.
I've rooted and debloated. If I use the droidx bootstrap recovery it won't boot and I have to start from a complete sbf restore (198.7). If I unlock the boot loader I lose 4g, so I then have no data, but still have WiFi, text and voice.
Anyone successfully using Ting with 3g?
Aloha.
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No reason to unlock no ICS video drivers. I've been on sprint now ting. Non 4g speed is dead slow.
Put stock on my Photon Q for testing, saw 3g icon.
I'll fire up the MoPho and check.
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Well, I'd like to change ROMs. Without data, I'm stuck with stock, and the deblur script has broken contacts app.
I'd really like to move to the hybrid ROM, but once installed, if I relock the boot loader it hangs. So no data or no function. I'm looking for any way out of the deadlock.
Aloha.
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New Photon owner.
Struggling with using it on Ting. Ting itself seems great. After changing MIN and MDN, I have WiFi, text, voice and 4g. No 3g however.
I've rooted and debloated. If I use the droidx bootstrap recovery it won't boot and I have to start from a complete sbf restore (198.7). If I unlock the boot loader I lose 4g, so I then have no data, but still have WiFi, text and voice.
Anyone successfully using Ting with 3g?
Aloha.
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I haven't used Ting but I activated a Photon on PlatinumTel CDMA by doing a ##72786# network reset.
When the phone restarted after the reset Hands Free Activation ran and it set up 3G, voice and SMS automatically. It should work the same on any Sprint MVNO
You need to be on a stock ROM for Hands Free to run. Once activated you can switch to a different ROM but you will lose WiMAX when you unlock.
Yeah. Stock rom just hangs on connecting to network screen. It's already registered on Ting, so it never connects.
Aloha. Thanks for trying to help. I'm thinking I'll restore to stock and sell it.
cap
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update prl & profile
I switched to Ting. The data speeds are slow. But I found that disabling Sprint's proxies and doing periodic prl updates and profile updates greatly improve 3g speed. Yes, I get 3g yet it feels like 2g sometimes. I found my phone seems to lose data all together sometimes and I have to update profile and prl to even get any data. Kinda sucks but spending $40/month on Ting for 2 phones (Note 2 & S3) is way cheaper than spending $160/mon on Sprint. What's nice is I still get to use Sprint's crappy network. lol
I use ting and had the same problems, after the third call to them. I got an email asking me to let them know when I got home. Woke the next morning, to find my phone in the settings menu? and every thing has worked great ever senses. Don't know if they remoted in or not?
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