Simultaneous call & 3G FINALLY - Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

Wow simultaneous 3G data & calls actually work at the same time. I read rumors of this but heard towers needed upgrading for it to work. Didn't think it was actually gonna work but it works perfect also getting much better 3G speed.
Is this in all areas or just certain ones? I wasn't sure if the towers actually needed upgrades or it was phone limitation.

works excellent for me from Norwalk, CA all the way through Rancho Cucamonga.

Mine doesn't. Is there a setting or something?
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jackpearce said:
Mine doesn't. Is there a setting or something?
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I don't think there is a setting, that's why I posted I wanted to see if it was area specific or not. I just remember reading a rumor about it a while ago but thought it said it would depend on the towers. I'm in Minneapolis area.
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works excellent for me from Norwalk, CA all the way through Rancho Cucamonga.
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9 down? I'm guessing your on wimax

Already being discussed in the SVDO thread....
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Simultaneous talk and surf?

What happened to the 3vo being able to talk and surf at the same time as many reports had stated prior to the release of the 3vo? Is this something to be added later or a never gonna happen type of thing?
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It works just fine, but only if your data connection is either via wifi or 4G.
Yes I know that same as the EVO but i meant over 3g not 4g or WiFi
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Poseidon215 said:
Yes I know that same as the EVO but i meant over 3g not 4g or WiFi
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Sprint has to enable svdo on their network. The 3d and the EVO shift have the chip set. They are just not activated.
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I hope they it asap... It would be very handy and good marketing against verizon too.
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codee said:
I hope they it asap... It would be very handy and good marketing against verizon too.
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would be better marketing against at&t really, since they are the only one with bragging rights at the moment to be able to do this, not even verizon can at the moment.
Actually the Verizon Thunderbolt can do it currently. Its been something that has been making me think about jumping ship, though at those prices, I should buy a flip phone for when my Evo is online...
The thunderbolt can only do it on LTE and the phone has no toggle to turn LTE off unless its rooted
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kingakuma said:
The thunderbolt can only do it on LTE and the phone has no toggle to turn LTE off unless its rooted
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He's right fellas
Bussin Caps n 3D
ktrotter11 said:
He's right fellas
Bussin Caps n 3D
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No the Verizon TB can do it over cdma without being in LTE area. Not all VZ areas support it yet but the phone deff can do it.
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Sprint has to enable svdo on their network. The 3d and the EVO shift have the chip set. They are just not activated.
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Don't think so. the way sprint is doing their voice+data will require a certain chipset on the phones that supports SVDO, which last I checked is NOT in the EVO3D nor the shift. The MDM9600 is the only one ive seen and confirmed to have this built in.
Also a lil note for people that are interested This post lays out some things for the future in sprint and are pretty reliable sources for those that do not know them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14300011&postcount=63
Well people, after reading this thread I just had to put in my 2 cents about it. I live in a 3G area of upstate New York with NO 4G around me and can talk and surf on my Thunderbolt. That was the only reason I dropped the call dropping iPhone with at&t and swithed. I drive a truck "18 wheeler" and everywhere I have gone in the New England area that doesn't have 4G I have been able to do this.
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sgt. slaughter said:
No the Verizon TB can do it over cdma without being in LTE area. Not all VZ areas support it yet but the phone deff can do it.
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He is right.
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He's right fellas
Bussin Caps n 3D
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No he's most definitely wrong. The Thunderbolt can do simultaneous voice and data on 3g in svdo enabled areas.
Talk and Surf on EVO and EVO 3D
The solution is not at all elegant and drain the battery pretty quickly.
What else is new here?
In any event, be it in 3G or 4G (irrelevant for 4G I guess):
1) activate the built-in hotspot (password protect it to prevent others taking
advantage of FREE Wifi draining your battery faster than Concord)
2) Activate the phone Wifi and connect to the newly created Wifi in Step 1
At this point, you should be able to talk and surf; an added bonus (already available thru the hotspot feature), is you're able to connect other devices to the Hotspot connection created in Step 1.
The new problem you will have now is to find yourself a lasting battery.

Photon with LTE????!! LOL even newspapers get confused

International business times were comparing the galaxy nexus and photon in every catagory and said about connectivity
"Connectivity: Galaxy Nexus has HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps and 4G LTE support. The Photon 4G has Rev.A up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA, HSUPA, along with 4G LTE support."
I just find it weird how people dont differ wimax from LTE . Link for the rest of the comparison on the bottom if interested
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/272109/20111223/samsung-galaxy-nexus-vs-motorola-photon-4g.htm
Hahaha that's awesome, and you cant even really compare speeds because of different network ranges at different locations etc... im sure uve heard the huge rumors debating that this phone does have a dual wimax-lte chip but only has wimax drivers(till sprint updates their network and this phone)
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TheChronicDroid said:
Hahaha that's awesome, and you cant even really compare speeds because of different network ranges at different locations etc... im sure uve heard the huge rumors debating that this phone does have a dual wimax-lte chip but only has wimax drivers(till sprint updates their network and this phone)
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Yea i have hella wishful thinking it would b awsome though if it did
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I think that we should all wait and see if somehow we get an LTE surprise update on our Photons, you never know... please just wait and see...
deedscreen said:
I think that we should all wait and see if somehow we get an LTE surprise update on our Photons, you never know... please just wait and see...
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I will idk bout anybody else i just feel like the photon has a big box of secrets we dont know about
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Agreed.
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You guys do know the Photon has an LTE chip... right? Not just WiMax?
mrinehart93 said:
You guys do know the Photon has an LTE chip... right? Not just WiMax?
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yeah I've known since before I got the phone but I've never seen solid evidence of it ... do you have proof of it? cause I'd love to have it too! haha
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Is this phone actually faster than the 4g?

Hello, I just got a new evil 3d becuase of the dual core processor because I thought that the internet would be faster. Is there a configuration needed? With my 4 g my speeds are in the 400 and now with the 3d "dual core" processor I'm in the 200's
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The processor has little to do with internet speeds. It helps, making things more responsive, but the signal effects the data speed. And the antenna on the 3D are at the bottom near where you'd hold the phone which could degrade the signal.
Is the phone faster than the 4G? Yes. Does that mean you'll get faster data? Not necessarily.
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gk1984 said:
The processor has little to do with internet speeds. It helps, making things more responsive, but the signal effects the data speed. And the antenna on the 3D are at the bottom near where you'd hold the phone which could degrade the signal.
Is the phone faster than the 4G? Yes. Does that mean you'll get faster data? Not necessarily.
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Nicely put...
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gk1984 said:
The processor has little to do with internet speeds. It helps, making things more responsive, but the signal effects the data speed. And the antenna on the 3D are at the bottom near where you'd hold the phone which could degrade the signal.
Is the phone faster than the 4G? Yes. Does that mean you'll get faster data? Not necessarily.
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Thanks!, understood 100%. Would you recomendar an antenna booster or something like that? I have the airwave coming on Monday, does that actually help?
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metro77279 said:
Thanks!, understood 100%. Would you recomendar an antenna booster or something like that? I have the airwave coming on Monday, does that actually help?
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Yes, it will.
Have the airave as well... Works very nicely
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You'll return it in a week, once you see how slow 3g is with sprint.
IF your lucky, you might get 100k up / down, but typically, only 25k
kthejoker20 said:
You'll return it in a week, once you see how slow 3g is with sprint.
IF your lucky, you might get 100k up / down, but typically, only 25k
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This is dependant on location. I'm not doubting you are experiencing slow network speeds, but it's purely a matter of tower saturation, and your surroundings. I'm consistantly seeing downloads in the range of 1.0-1.7 mbs. Sometimes, at night, I can break 2.0 mbs, but that's because there isn't much activity. But, I'm in a major metropolitan area, with strong network coverage from the major 4 carriers. There was a blip for about 8 months where the speeds were really slow, but Sprint fixed the tower by my house, and now I'm back to normal.
And, to the OP, I didn't notice any difference in download speed between my Evo 4G, and Evo 3D.
tokuzumi said:
This is dependant on location. I'm not doubting you are experiencing slow network speeds, but it's purely a matter of tower saturation, and your surroundings. I'm consistantly seeing downloads in the range of 1.0-1.7 mbs. Sometimes, at night, I can break 2.0 mbs, but that's because there isn't much activity. But, I'm in a major metropolitan area, with strong network coverage from the major 4 carriers. There was a blip for about 8 months where the speeds were really slow, but Sprint fixed the tower by my house, and now I'm back to normal.
And, to the OP, I didn't notice any difference in download speed between my Evo 4G, and Evo 3D.
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exactly it all matters were u are with any network. ive been with sprint forever and ive always seen consistent 3g speeds in my hometown ranging from .8-1.7mbps recently ive moved from the east coast to the west coast and im still seeing great speeds but not the same around .5-1.0 which still works and i somehow managed to move from the best 4g city to another great 4g city haha always see speeds of 5-12mbps
metro77279 said:
Hello, I just got a new evil 3d becuase of the dual core processor because I thought that the internet would be faster. Is there a configuration needed? With my 4 g my speeds are in the 400 and now with the 3d "dual core" processor I'm in the 200's
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>evil 3d
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The Airave doesn't provide 4G Signals. It does however provide 3G Data Connection which is usually faster than what you'd get from a Sprint Tower. Also Depends on your internet connection that you'd be hooking the Airave up to.
I just hooked up the airave and I went from 0.2 to 1.3 . It's bad assets. I recommend everybody call Sprint and get it. It's freeeeee.
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metro77279 said:
I just hooked up the airave and I went from 0.2 to 1.3 . It's bad assets. I recommend everybody call Sprint and get it. It's freeeeee.
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Does the air rave not need to be hooked up to your Internet? LMFAO why not just use wifi?
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metro77279 said:
I just hooked up the airave and I went from 0.2 to 1.3 . It's bad assets. I recommend everybody call Sprint and get it. It's freeeeee.
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Or WiFi?
Edit.... Lol someone beat me to it....
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My evo 4G is actually a lot better about picking up a 4G signal, but the speeds are about the same with both. The 3G and 4G antenna are still on top with the 3D but the wifi and Bluetooth are indeed on the bottom of the phone.
If you're not getting at least 600kbps on 3G call sprint and let them know. That's the minimum speed they advertise do usually they'll credit your account for it.
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Wordlywisewiz said:
Does the air rave not need to be hooked up to your Internet? LMFAO why not just use wifi?
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The airave creates a voice signal and data..... But the data is useless if you have wifi...
DarkManX4lf said:
The airave creates a voice signal and data..... But the data is useless if you have wifi...
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Exactly... That's what thought..
I'm getting a 3d tomorow as a asurin replacement till the galaxy nexus comes out
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Wordlywisewiz said:
Does the air rave not need to be hooked up to your Internet? LMFAO why not just use wifi?
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The while point is the reception. If I use WiFi, sure It's even better than that. But hahaha lmao, lol
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Besides, there are some ROMs that dont have WiFi yet so this would be really helpful
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Notc connecting to LTE fixed

For some reason i could connect to LTE for about 30 seconds before my phone would revert to 3G. no matter how many times i updated prl or profile.
Solution: used Network from app store to switch from CDMA+LTE AUTO to LTE,CDMA. now getting lightning fast LTE all the time.
Nice.
I was having the same problem, could you explain what you did exactly? There is an app called network that allows you to change this?
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tomplatz said:
Solution: used Network from app store to switch from CDMA+LTE AUTO to LTE,CDMA. now getting lightning fast LTE all the time.
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Which "Network" app did you use? Play Store shows like 19,000 apps when I search on just "network"!
Thanks!
Dave
'Network' on AppBrain: http://www.appbrain.com/app/de.mangelow.network
I'll try this out, I've been dialing *#*#4636#*#* and selecting lte/cdma, this may make it easier to switch
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Just remember...the resets when you reboot and keeps your phone from connecting to ehrpd (i think)
Still running tests
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Working good for me as soon as i changed the settings.... Been on lte since then without getting on 3g.... This is good...
Thanks
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Just remember...the resets when you reboot and keeps your phone from connecting to ehrpd (i think)
Still running tests
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Whats ehrpd ?
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App works well, good shortcut..
I just have to set it back to cdma, lte+evdo/auto when I leave an lte area.. Then 3g/4g/1x hand offs appears to function normally..
Lte+cdma lets me maintain 4g down to 1 bar otherwise it drops down to 3g for no reason I can tell..
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Whats ehrpd ?
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Enhanced High Rate Packet Data (eHRPD). eHRPD is an enhancement of 1xEV-DO (AKA HRPD) that enables LTE to CDMA handover.
00mred00, do you know a way around this problem? I'm just not getting LTE if I don't change my network like this. Seems odd that we should have to do this at all. Is this a problem of the freshROM or a coverage problem or what?
Thanks for the intel.
It happens because sprint has flipped the switch early and less than half of lte towers are on and are still not fully powered up. The 3g signal is stronger (although slower) than the 4g.. Sprint has said that there lte isn't fully functional and that it's currently mostly for outdoor use
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It happens because sprint has flipped the switch early and less than half of lte towers are on and are still not fully powered up. The 3g signal is stronger (although slower) than the 4g.. Sprint has said that there lte isn't fully fictional and that it's currently mostly for outdoor use
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I will have to try this next week when I am in an area supposedly with LTE on but it's not accessible
Yes! This works! I was having the same issue and sprint stores and tech support could never help! This definitely is the fix. Makes me so angry that it is just a setting on the phone. The people at the Sprint stores were insisting that there was nothing wrong. Dirty liars.
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jshow816 said:
It happens because sprint has flipped the switch early and less than half of lte towers are on and are still not fully powered up. The 3g signal is stronger (although slower) than the 4g.. Sprint has said that there lte isn't fully functional and that it's currently mostly for outdoor use
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This is pretty much what I have found here in Dallas. I am not convinced we we need a permanent solution for this reason.
For example...the areas I have to do this in are not officially up and running yet. (keep in mind not all of the "orange" is officially up yet either)
I continue to test it. Right now I want to say Atlanta is the furthest in completion
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Lte on cm10?

Simple question, but I've I haven't n been able to find an answer for, is lte working on cm10?
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Yes there is!
I don't have it in my area, but others have said it is working well.
frozndevl said:
Simple question, but I've I haven't n been able to find an answer for, is lte working on cm10?
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Yes, it works. Some people (like me) sometimes experience slow hand-offs between LTE and 3G, that is, if you lose LTE service, you might be out of service for 30 seconds or so. Not a huge deal. If you have solid LTE in your area, it works fine.
That may also be due to the firmware, the latest ota fixed a handoff issue but if you already unlocked and flashed its really not recommended to update unless soff

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