I have the Sprint Galaxy S3 16gb. I was wondering if there is anyway to force the phone to roam. When I am at work I get 9kbs, so that really doesn't do so much for me. Thanks for any help
yeah.. this would be an awesome feature! I get 1 bar at my house... but when it kicks into roaming I have like 4-5 bars
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Im coming from sprint and alot of places that I used to get signal with sprint I dont get with my tmobile vibrant. Is there possibly a different radio I can flash? Also my mobile network seems to be slow sometimes to. Thanks in advance!
sometimes my vibrant has no network for 10 15 mints... or i call from another phone next to my and nothing it takes me to the voice mail... i live in miami FL
I LOVE!!!!!!!!!! this ROM.
dmolition said:
I LOVE!!!!!!!!!! this ROM.
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I agree. Flashed this yesterday and am loving the Gingerbread-style animations.
Anyone have any luck finding a toggle or switch to disable 4g? Running eclipse tw based. My office is on the borderline between three and four G. Kills my battery.
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Anyone have any luck finding a toggle or switch to disable 4g? Running eclipse tw based. My office is on the borderline between three and four G. Kills my battery.
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I have an app I got from here called Phone info. Don't think it's on the Play store though. It's similar to what LTE switch was on my Rezound. It gives you the abillty to select the radio. However, I've noticed this phone is not "happy" when LTE is switched off. Many times when I know there is a 3g signal, and I force into EVDO it doesn't always take. And other times when it's stuck on 3g and I KNOW there is LTE and I force it into LTE only mode, it says not signal until I put it back into LTE/CDMA and then it picks up LTE. What I miss was the option the Rezound had where it was LTE/1x so it was LTE only but still had voice and texts.
see that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44962652&postcount=37
This app works fine for me. Its a couple of more keytaps but does the job like lte toggle app.
Of course until VZW gets their act together and launch band 4 across the country to fill in the gaps, this is the best to get around the constant switching/searching for baseband.
I'm looking for a way to only have 4g on on my note 2. In my current location I have 1-2 bars of 4g but my phone continues to switch back to 3g every few minutes. I can easily get 4g back by toggling airplane mode on and off but it is a huge annoyance to have to do this. I have tried the 4g lte on/off thunderbolt app but receive a force close with beans 21. I'm also running nova launcher and don't see any widgets for toggling 2g/3g and 4g. Thanks for the help
Bump still looking for a solution
bladerealm124 said:
Bump still looking for a solution
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You don't want 4G only. You wouldn't be able to send/receive calls or texts.
akellar said:
You don't want 4G only. You wouldn't be able to send/receive calls or texts.
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I realize that but that's why if I was able to toggle it on/off easily when needed it would be very useful. I was able to do this on my thunderbolt with lte on/off app(had toggles for 2g/3g/4g) so I'm wondering why it seems so difficult to perform on my note 2 or if it's simply a beans compatibility issue.
The problem is when I have a low/moderate 4g signal(1-2 bars) my phone seems to prefer 3g and switches to it every few minutes. The only way I can get it to switch back is to enable then disabled airplane mode and it will hold for another few minutes.
Still looking for any input/apps/ideas, thanks
Bump still looking for a solution to this. Currently in a situation(new location from before) with 1-2 bars of 4g but my phone continues to switch between 3g and 4g. There must be a way to "lock" 4g or toggle 3g off. This was super easy to do on my Thunderbolt
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Bump still looking for a solution to this. Currently in a situation(new location from before) with 1-2 bars of 4g but my phone continues to switch between 3g and 4g. There must be a way to "lock" 4g or toggle 3g off. This was super easy to do on my Thunderbolt
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Install an AOSP rom. They almost all have a 4g toggle.
akellar said:
Install an AOSP rom. They almost all have a 4g toggle.
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But do they also have a 2g/3g toggle? I need to be able to leave 4g on while not allowing it to switch to 3g. I guess I could try this but I really love beans rom and have actually been very satisfied with touchwiz in general with the note 2. But I guess I try that as a last resort. Thanks
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I'm pretty sure there isn't an option for this that actually works. If our phone doesn't have 4g I think it just goes to 3g and there is no option to toggle it to 2g/3g. There was a thread that suggests switching it to 2g to save battery life, but all of the apps that are used to accomplish this don't have that option. I think it might've been something just in the international ROMS but i'm not sure.
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I'm pretty sure there isn't an option for this that actually works. If our phone doesn't have 4g I think it just goes to 3g and there is no option to toggle it to 2g/3g. There was a thread that suggests switching it to 2g to save battery life, but all of the apps that are used to accomplish this don't have that option. I think it might've been something just in the international ROMS but i'm not sure.
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That's upsetting to hear, it used to be so easy on my thunderbolt. The problem is when I have a decent 4g connection(by decent I mean 1-2 bars, not great) my phone seems to still prefer 3g which I typically have 3+ bars of. The problem is that 1-2 bars of 4g is substantially faster than 3+ bars of 3g. I can usually flip airplane mode on and off and lock a 4g signal for a minute or two but then it seems to jump right back to 3g. Incredibly frustrating, especially since there is one location where I spend a lot of time that this is an issue.
If anyone else has any info please let me know. Another user posted his custom application for me that was similar to the LTE on/off app(which force closes running beans 21) but his custom app force closes as well even though he stated it worked for him
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That's upsetting to hear, it used to be so easy on my thunderbolt. The problem is when I have a decent 4g connection(by decent I mean 1-2 bars, not great) my phone seems to still prefer 3g which I typically have 3+ bars of. The problem is that 1-2 bars of 4g is substantially faster than 3+ bars of 3g. I can usually flip airplane mode on and off and lock a 4g signal for a minute or two but then it seems to jump right back to 3g. Incredibly frustrating, especially since there is one location where I spend a lot of time that this is an issue.
If anyone else has any info please let me know. Another user posted his custom application for me that was similar to the LTE on/off app(which force closes running beans 21) but his custom app force closes as well even though he stated it worked for him
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I have the same issue where I live. My concern wasn't the fact the speed, though. My battery drops a lot when i'm at certain places at work because it is constantly searching, dropping, and using 3g/4g.
I looked for this awhile back, but I'm pretty sure this was a function only available on the international variants in their ROMS. That is why when you look at certain guides to improve battery life, it says to make it exactly like you are speaking of.
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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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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i have this issue where my verizon edge plus 2020 unlocked on metro works amazing including 5g , but seems when im in my car for a while driving ill get full bars but cant make a call , then ill lose bars for a while , but seems like whgen i get to where im going ,after about 20 mins it comes back
Toggle airplane mode on/off/on. That should trigger it to connect to the most local towers.
May be a carrier setup issue. Do a network reset and ask the carrier to do a reset on their end.
I've done all the above, it's so weird it only does it when I drive for a bit , it takes forever to kick back in , I mean I know it's a Verizon phone originally and there's no global option in network settings but when I'm home or at work ...it runs perfect ...the most confusing part ...I'd just switch to Verizon but I'm a metro dealer and I have a dealer line that I just can't pass up lol
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I've done all the above, it's so weird it only does it when I drive for a bit , it takes forever to kick back in , I mean I know it's a Verizon phone originally and there's no global option in network settings but when I'm home or at work ...it runs perfect ...the most confusing part ...I'd just switch to Verizon but I'm a metro dealer and I have a dealer line that I just can't pass up lol
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May not be the phone but the coverage in the area. I've seen that kind of behavior with my N10+ in some areas with 4G data. Calls don't seem effected... except the network you're calling or texting to does matter; AT&T and Verizon don't play well together. This has been going on for years.
AT&T to AT&T good, AT&T to Verizon not always good. Dropped/artifact filled calls, minutes long text delays. I have a solid connection as does my friend but he's on Verizon, we're both stationary. Sometimes it's ok, other times it goes nuts with echoes, crosstalk and dropouts. I blame it on the AT&T Black Rooms
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i have this issue where my verizon edge plus 2020 unlocked on metro works amazing including 5g , but seems when im in my car for a while driving ill get full bars but cant make a call , then ill lose bars for a while , but seems like whgen i get to where im going ,after about 20 mins it comes back
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Do you get volte and wifi calling? I don't with tmobile.