Why does 3g on the evo lte suck soooooo bad?? - Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

I was so tired of not even being able to listen to pandora with this evo lte I activated my og evo on another line I have and in all the same places and on 3g only it has no problems whatsoever. Does anyone know what the deal is?? Is there a solution? If it werent for the battery life I would just stick with the og evo and use this evo lte as a paper weight. Honestly, the way it is looking this phone will be obsolete by the time lte comes my way anyway. Should I just go back to the og evo? Any ideas or comments? Thanks.

I guess there is no answer from anyone other than bs sprint says "they are working on the towers in your area". If that is the case then why isnt my city even on the list for any of the rounds of upgrades and why does my og evo work fine?
I guess everyone who is getting lte soon doesnt care anyway. What about everyone else?? Am I the only one still with this issue?

I've told this story before, but I had the same thing happen here in LA. They are upgrading my towers, which will take the obligatory 4-6 weeks, so I complained loud and often enough to Sprint, and got a free AIRAVE, until the towers are live. Try that! also, are u running a ROM with the latest OTA baked in, which includes fixes for network data, WiFi, etc.? HTH!
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make sure you're not on the sprint proxy as well. Its been known to cause streaming issues.

Im running the latest version of meanrom which as far as I know has all the latest updates. How do I know if Im on the sprint proxy? Sorry if that is a n00b question, Im a n00b. Thanks for the replies.

BTW, I have wifi at the house so I dont think an airave well help much. It is mainly everywhere else I go that doesnt have wifi. What really sucks is we actually have a decent wimax network here. Which is another reason Im considering just going back to og evo.

If it's the tower maintenance then I guess they started working on the towers in my area the minute I activated my EVO.

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If it's the tower maintenance then I guess they started working on the towers in my area the minute I activated my EVO.
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exactly this. what are you thinking? Going to an old/different phone? Leaving Sprint? or just waiting for LTE? To me waiting seems like the worst but easiest thing to do lol.

jeffa187 said:
Im running the latest version of meanrom which as far as I know has all the latest updates. How do I know if Im on the sprint proxy? Sorry if that is a n00b question, Im a n00b. Thanks for the replies.
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I believe he's talking about changing the ports in ##3232# then click advance scroll down to rttp or http something like that and change it too 0.0.0.0 and the ports 0 becareful if u mess up it could mess up ur pho.w. sorry instructions aren't that clear I'm on the phone shopping with the girl. Someone will post it its considered as the 3g tweak.
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Try this. Go into system settings and select CDMA Only.
Reboot the phone and enjoy.
I have found that with my EVO LTE, keeping it on CDMA / LTE enables the device to get stuck with no data or on 1x.
Seems HTC/ SPrint/ whom ever didnt test this stuff that well OR its so new they have not figured it out yet.
Im in Dallas, a city with first launch LTE.
I have done lots of testing and found that the towers with the eHRDP are causing my phone to look for LTE, then if i get to a legacy tower which has not been touched the device is having a hard time logging into the EVDO data. WHen it gets like this i cant go back to either. I tested CDMA only for 5 days and found i had no issues with data.
Within 10 hours of switching to EVDO/LTE i got stuck on 1x again.
I used Mobile Signal Widget Pro, Coverage Map, NetMonitor and OpenSignal apps to help me determine what type of tower, what type of data connections and knew at home and work what types of data speeds are typical for me.
Try CDMA only and see if it works.

xBudahx said:
If it's the tower maintenance then I guess they started working on the towers in my area the minute I activated my EVO.
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Try this. Go into system settings and select CDMA Only.
Reboot the phone and enjoy.
I have found that with my EVO LTE, keeping it on CDMA / LTE enables the device to get stuck with no data or on 1x.
Seems HTC/ SPrint/ whom ever didnt test this stuff that well OR its so new they have not figured it out yet.
Im in Dallas, a city with first launch LTE.
I have done lots of testing and found that the towers with the eHRDP are causing my phone to look for LTE, then if i get to a legacy tower which has not been touched the device is having a hard time logging into the EVDO data. WHen it gets like this i cant go back to either. I tested CDMA only for 5 days and found i had no issues with data.
Within 10 hours of switching to EVDO/LTE i got stuck on 1x again.
I used Mobile Signal Widget Pro, Coverage Map, NetMonitor and OpenSignal apps to help me determine what type of tower, what type of data connections and knew at home and work what types of data speeds are typical for me.
Try CDMA only and see if it works.
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Thanks, I had been on CDMA only and still having problems. I doube checked after reading this though and realized I must not have done it after fleashing this last rom. I have it on CDMA only again and hopefully things will improve. Thanks for the reminder.

Weird, I've had good luck with the 4g LTE's 3G connection. In fact, it has been faster than on my OG Evo 4g Supersonic.

IAmSixNine said:
Try this. Go into system settings and select CDMA Only.
Reboot the phone and enjoy.
I have found that with my EVO LTE, keeping it on CDMA / LTE enables the device to get stuck with no data or on 1x.
Seems HTC/ SPrint/ whom ever didnt test this stuff that well OR its so new they have not figured it out yet.
Im in Dallas, a city with first launch LTE.
I have done lots of testing and found that the towers with the eHRDP are causing my phone to look for LTE, then if i get to a legacy tower which has not been touched the device is having a hard time logging into the EVDO data. WHen it gets like this i cant go back to either. I tested CDMA only for 5 days and found i had no issues with data.
Within 10 hours of switching to EVDO/LTE i got stuck on 1x again.
I used Mobile Signal Widget Pro, Coverage Map, NetMonitor and OpenSignal apps to help me determine what type of tower, what type of data connections and knew at home and work what types of data speeds are typical for me.
Try CDMA only and see if it works.
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i just tryed to download mobile signal widget pro and the free one.. it down loads but its not in my phone when i look for the app???

michael.stollaire said:
I've told this story before, but I had the same thing happen here in LA. They are upgrading my towers, which will take the obligatory 4-6 weeks, so I complained loud and often enough to Sprint, and got a free AIRAVE, until the towers are live. Try that! also, are u running a ROM with the latest OTA baked in, which includes fixes for network data, WiFi, etc.? HTH!
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I hate to say it but even the Airave doesn't help. I have had an airave for about a year now. (I work with Sprint Business because I manage my companies Sprint Account and found a number to call specifically for free airaves). But it worked flawlessly with my OG EVO. with my EVO LTE it still disconnects and drops calls and is terrible! sometimes I have better reception without the airave.
On a side note, the Airave does NOT help data at all only Voice Quality (sometimes). Also when you leave the area of an airave you WILL drop the call because it can not switch towers.
okay that is all for my airave rant!
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deathscythe257 said:
Weird, I've had good luck with the 4g LTE's 3G connection. In fact, it has been faster than on my OG Evo 4g Supersonic.
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Count your blessings sir and go knock on some wood ASAP!
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jeffa187 said:
Im running the latest version of meanrom which as far as I know has all the latest updates. How do I know if Im on the sprint proxy? Sorry if that is a n00b question, Im a n00b. Thanks for the replies.
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2 Days in and MeanRom is handling my 3G a whole lot better than any other ROM!

evo401 said:
i just tryed to download mobile signal widget pro and the free one.. it down loads but its not in my phone when i look for the app???
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Mobile Signal Widget is a Widget. It will not show up in your app drawer.
you need to press and hold on the screen and select to add a widget.

Majin101 said:
I believe he's talking about changing the ports in ##3232# then click advance scroll down to rttp or http something like that and change it too 0.0.0.0 and the ports 0 becareful if u mess up it could mess up ur pho.w. sorry instructions aren't that clear I'm on the phone shopping with the girl. Someone will post it its considered as the 3g tweak.
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Anyone else know anything about this?

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Anyone else know anything about this?
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My 3g works better roaming when roaming than on sprint network

I think the radio is this phone is way better than my 3D was. My area has been getting better as well. Still needs a lot of work. I took this speed test a few days ago at a crowded restaurant in the early evening. I never saw 2,000+ on my 3D let alone any phone on Sprint in the evening or day time.
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A side note, I did remove the Sprint proxy but don't really ever get 2+ down except for 3 in the morning when no one is on the network.

There is nothing you can do about it, it's Sprint's Any Day Now Network. I haven't gotten above 100kbps in my area in over two years. Prior to that, before everyone started switching to smartphones, I could pull over 2mbps all day long.
The fixes listed above won't help, you can't pull any more data from the network than the network has capacity. And the excuses that sprint gives you about tower upgrades are bull. Unless you see someone working on your tower, don't believe them, they will say this to every single customer around the country just to make them think it will get better. I call/chat with them every few weeks, and have been given that bulls--t excuse for 2 years now.

I'm not happy with your airave rant Having one shipped shortly and was hoping it would be a lightyear improvement over my current reception in my home (Not Sprint's fault, since I've never had good reception even with AT&T and Verizon). Hopefully my experience will be a little bit more productive
Cherokee4Life said:
I hate to say it but even the Airave doesn't help. I have had an airave for about a year now. (I work with Sprint Business because I manage my companies Sprint Account and found a number to call specifically for free airaves). But it worked flawlessly with my OG EVO. with my EVO LTE it still disconnects and drops calls and is terrible! sometimes I have better reception without the airave.
On a side note, the Airave does NOT help data at all only Voice Quality (sometimes). Also when you leave the area of an airave you WILL drop the call because it can not switch towers.
okay that is all for my airave rant!
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Count your blessings sir and go knock on some wood ASAP!
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2 Days in and MeanRom is handling my 3G a whole lot better than any other ROM!
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In depth comparison of 3g speed between OG Evo 4g and Evo 4g LTE

So I know alot of us are having issues with data speed on our Evo 4G LTE's
Im doing a comparison test using speedtest.net. Because I dont have both devices activated at the same time, I had to do it on one then activate the other and do it on that as well. The phones were placed in the exact same location using the exact same tower, which I am about 1000 feet from.
Evo 4g LTE
- signal strength 3 bars -94 dBm
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- signal strength 4 bars -88 dBm
Now I know this information is slightly off because of the time difference but as you can see the speeds vary greatly. I am going to keep my Evo 4g LTE for a few more days to see if sprint does anything about this.
Things I have done to try and fix the speed issues:
-reset the phone
-reprovision the phone using my MSL
-update PRL
-update profile
-I tested another Evo 4g LTE and got the same dismal results
Sorry I forgot to mention the Sprint rep told me those speeds on the EVO 4g LTE are normal -_-
Wow that was sure "In depth"
In one of the posts on here, there's reference to some optimized network settings. I wonder if that will help.
I don't have the link handy, nor do I recall book marking/subscribing to it. Effectively, it optimizes tcp/ip settings, similar to what was done when going from dialup to dsl/cable; larger receive window buffers and a few other changes.
Sorry I started this thread comparing both phones from 4 different locations on different towers at the same time but for whatever reason none of the screen shots saved on my EVO 4G LTE and I had already switched phones out 4 times and was getting tired of it. But in 3 of the 4 locations the original EVO out shined the 4G LTE. Only in a parking lot with blue skys were the 2 devices similar in speed.
THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS! 3G IS USELESS FOR ME!
Ping 622 Download 89kbps
Returning this POS if sprint doesn't fix soon.
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Poor Connections - hardware or software?
Massiveian-
Thanks a ton for doing that. I've been keeping a running log of my speed tests on the LTE and was planning to re-initialize the OG 4G to make a similar comparison. You saved me the effort.
Basically your data is pretty clear that the LTE is running approximately 5X fslower than the old 4G on the same exact network setup.
This in my view brings the problem squarely bacj to the phone.
Do you think its fixable? H/W (antenna etc. ) or a S/W problem?
I'm kind thinking that the device and radio are designed for the supposed LTE network and that it's simply suboptimal running on the 3G network and the only thing that's going top work is emergence of LTE network, but based on the "4G" i'm not going to hold my breath.
I'm seeing that this is a real dealbreaker for a lot of users. I'v had the phone since pre-order so its now probably like 2 weks and basically I can't get alot of use out of it.
I'm dialing *2 for sprint in the am and going back to the evo 4g until this is resolved.
I'm frustrated because I got a galaxy [email protected] and it also had really bad connections, now I thought lte would be the one, but looks like I'm going to wait longer.
Mike
I have ****ty data speeds too. I dont ha r data to back it up but my phone sucks add if I am not on WiFi.
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That ping seems long even for the OG EVO getting 1+ MB/s. Is your GPS picking a server close to you?
For all the people with data connection problems, where are you located? There's been talk about 1st stage LTE rollout cities having their towers heavily worked on to push out LTE which I'm assuming which will affect our data connectivity.
I'm in San Francisco and have noticed horrible speeds in pockets of the city, but will be perfectly normal a few blocks over after switching towers. This makes me fairly certain it's a network issue and not phone issue.
Also, I work in San Jose which is a 2nd stage LTE city (weird how they split the Bay Area into 2 regions) and I've never seen data connectivity issues around there.
Damn those speeds suck, I switched my galaxy nexus for this phone cause I ended up getting better speeds, right now is late in Las Vegas so I'm getting almost 2mbps
This is what I got earlier in the morning
And this is my peak hour
If this speeds go lower I'm changing carriers I like this phone so I do want to keep it but I want to have the same speeds
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Although the phone itself is fantastic I really cant recommend it based on the data/network performance... and its really unsettling because the build quality is fantastic and I wanted them to really outshine the competition. I bought a case for it, stuck a screen protector on it, made sure it was all good and ready for the long haul and now I'm thinking of returning it.
Here in Dallas with a 3G speed of 157kbps, you just cant do anything with it. I have to feed off my local wi-fi in order to do anything data related with my phone (thankfully that signal is amazing, 12Mbps).
But now after trying multiple roms, multiple settings, different PRL's I have ran out of options and my 14 days are almost up, I guess the only thing I can do is return it and get my NS4G back until I can test other phones.
It's a ****ing shame, I love the capabilities of this phone, but the speed I'm getting is horrendous.
Here is my speeds from numerous days worth of testing.
My speeds were approximately 1/4 of what I was getting on my OG Evo until yesterday afternoon when I went into settings and manually updated my PRL. Now my speeds are comparable to my OG Evo.
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My speeds were also like most of you are reporting, 200k or so. Since having the "software reinstalled and phone re-activated" at the Sprint store this is what I get, same exact place I took prior tests.
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My speeds were also like most of you are reporting, 200k or so. Since having the "software reinstalled and phone re-activated" at the Sprint store this is what I get, same exact place I took prior tests.
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Thank you for letting us know. There is a bunch of us ready to jump the gun and return the phone -I do not really want to, but we can't get locked on contract with this going on.-
Can you please provide us with updates on how it works on different locations?
Also, do you have any idea what kind of "reinstall" they did at the store? What if the ones of us who activated the phone by ourselves are the ones having the issue?
Thanks a lot,
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Thank you for letting us know. There is a bunch of us ready to jump the gun and return the phone -I do not really want to, but we can't get locked on contract with this going on.-
Can you please provide us with updates on how it works on different locations?
Also, do you have any idea what kind of "reinstall" they did at the store? What if the ones of us who activated the phone by ourselves are the ones having the issue?
Thanks a lot,
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All they do is use your MSL TO GET into the phone to provision it.
They did for me as well and did not work. I have also tried dojng this myself with no change
My speeds are so bad I hardly even do anything that requires data unless I'm connected to wifi.
Data seems much faster on the EVO LTE vs my photon and og EVO. Also, the ability to use 3G data while on the phone on the LTE is a HUGE benefit. Wait for the upgrades, speeds will increase for everyone on 3G as well as LTE.
Also, EVERY new phone has the same exact threads and discussions about how oh my god data is so much slower on this new phone -I'm gonna return it!! Well put the same phone on Verizon's PRL and it works just fine for data speeds. Point being, it's not the phone it's the network-WHICH IS BEING UPGRADED. wait for the upgrades or jump to Verizon.
My speeds are way faster than my OG and my 3D. But have only been so on PRL 24003. I know it's not supposed to work that way, but as soon as I change PRLs, my speed drop.
My speeds at home are the same or faster than I was getting on og EVO, however, the signal is worse. I might try roam control and force my phone on vzw network at work, then if sprint doesn't like it they can cancel my plan
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Same here in downtown Philly; 3G speeds were abysmal -- when it even connected to a network at all. Between this issue, the issue of WiFi not handing off to 3G (or going to/from roaming -- basically hand-offs were a coin-toss as to whether they'd work), and the random modem-crash reboots, I threw in the towel. The EVO LTE is back at Sprint and I've sadly gone back to my OG EVO. I suspect others will do the same.

My Coverage Stinks!!!! Help!!!

I can't even talk in my house, on the deck, front yard, etc! They say I sound like I'm in a closet!! I can't move or they can't hear me!! I updated PRL, no help!! Anyone else having probs with service or coverage? Any that will help? Thx
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Yeah.. Call Sprint and ask for an Airave. Tell them exactly what you just said and they will send you one. I have one!
For anyone that doesn't know what an Airave is, Its a mini Sprint Cell Tower that uses your Internet to produce a cell tower like thing. It is FREE from Sprint (however if you cancel your Sprint account and do not return it they will charge you $140).
Long Story shorter the Sprint Airave will use your internet and produce "fake" 3G. It does not produce 4G, it does NOT help your Data speeds what so ever. It will give you full bars. All it does is give you perfect voice quality.
Although if you are in your Airave Cell signal and leave the call will drop. Other then that it is amazing! I love mine.
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do you have broadband internet? talk to sprint, get a femtocell
i'd post a link but i can't yet. google sprint femtocell, you'll see what i mean.
Cherokee4Life said:
Yeah.. Call Sprint and ask for an Airave. Tell them exactly what you just said and they will send you one. I have one!
For anyone that doesn't know what an Airave is, Its a mini Sprint Cell Tower that uses your Internet to produce a cell tower like thing. It is FREE from Sprint (however if you cancel your Sprint account and do not return it they will charge you $140).
Long Story shorter the Sprint Airave will use your internet and produce "fake" 3G. It does not produce 4G, it does NOT help your Data speeds what so ever. It will give you full bars. All it does is give you perfect voice quality.
Although if you are in your Airave Cell signal and leave the call will drop. Other then that it is amazing! I love mine.
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Thanks, never had this prob with my 3d .. side note, u have a jeep grand Cherokee? I just got an 08 jeep grand Cherokee srt8! Luv it!
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You could have got a bad one might want to see about swapping it out... Tell them you didn't have this problem on your old phone and see what they say...
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Had the same problem. Complained to Sprint and got a free Airave Access Point. Now I have 5 bars all over my house with perfect call quality. Awesome device!
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it might be a bad phone, but either way the airave would fix it.
Side Note: I do not drive a Cherokee, I am actually part Cherokee Indian (small part but who's counting).
No one else has a problem with the Airave sending duplicate texts or letting all the calls and text notifications hang for a period of time? That's why I don't even bother plugging mine in anymore
This topic has been talked about quite a bit. There's something wrong with either the software, hardware, or both. These are just a few of the threads I found on the issue but I might have missed some.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691480
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26572858&postcount=47
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671214
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1694197
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1699775
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1697933
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688776
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695225
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1696291
As some others have suggested, try and get an Airave. Call (877)775-4886 (Sprint Retentions) and tell them you get no service at home. I have one, it's great for the most part. As for the question someone posted about the random times it text bombs your recipient, it is true. It happens when you send and receive at the same time or send a second before the first has gone through. Other than that annoyance, they're well worth it. Hopefully the phone issue is something that can be fixed and a fix is in the works.
Cherokee4Life said:
Yeah.. Call Sprint and ask for an Airave. Tell them exactly what you just said and they will send you one. I have one!
For anyone that doesn't know what an Airave is, Its a mini Sprint Cell Tower that uses your Internet to produce a cell tower like thing. It is FREE from Sprint (however if you cancel your Sprint account and do not return it they will charge you $140).
Long Story shorter the Sprint Airave will use your internet and produce "fake" 3G. It does not produce 4G, it does NOT help your Data speeds what so ever. It will give you full bars. All it does is give you perfect voice quality.
Although if you are in your Airave Cell signal and leave the call will drop. Other then that it is amazing! I love mine.
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All this is true except for the bolded part. Currently I'm getting around 0.10Mb/sec download speeds with my EVO, connected to my Airave my speeds are around 2.5Mb/sec
If your coverage is really that bad get rid of Sprint..... Trust me that is the best thing to do.... You can try an airave also.... But make sure they give it to you for free....
I really don't think its sprint since I have never had a problem with service. Been with them for 10+ years. Got the phone at Best Buy, think they would swap it out?
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I really don't think its sprint since I have never had a problem with service. Been with them for 10+ years. Got the phone at Best Buy, think they would swap it out?
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I think Best Buy has a 14 or 30 day return policy so they would be able to swap it out for you if you are within the time frame.
I called Sprint about bad signal in my area (both my Evo LTE & Nexus S 4G are having signal problems) and they told me that because I have the new Evo LTE that it should be expected that I will have bad reception until they complete the LTE upgrades in my area (which is rumored to be this fall).
I told them that the signal issue was present on my other phone as well, so they put me on hold to research the problem, said they were going to connect me to a supervisor, and then I was on hold for another 40 minutes before the line disconnected on me.
Guess I'll have to try again later.
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I called Sprint about bad signal in my area (both my Evo LTE & Nexus S 4G are having signal problems) and they told me that because I have the new Evo LTE that it should be expected that I will have bad reception until they complete the LTE upgrades in my area (which is rumored to be this fall).
I told them that the signal issue was present on my other phone as well, so they put me on hold to research the problem, said they were going to connect me to a supervisor, and then I was on hold for another 40 minutes before the line disconnected on me.
Guess I'll have to try again later.
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Sprint customer service and tech support are so stupid sometimes.
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I really don't think its sprint since I have never had a problem with service. Been with them for 10+ years. Got the phone at Best Buy, think they would swap it out?
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I just swapped out my 1 week old LTE at BB this morning and had no problems doing so. If I heard her correctly it is 30 day exchange, 14 day return.
I've been having major issues with SMS, MMS, data drops, and everything else not working correctly.
Basically told BB that I've been troubleshooting it with Sprint for the past week, done reprovisions, profile updates, factory resets and nothing worked (somewhat true to a point) and got swapped to a new LTE.
This new one is running great! The OS seems different than what was on my first LTE (even though it is the same version) and I've had it online now for 5 hours from the time of this post and my signal hasn't dropped, my data is still connected, and messages are coming though very quickly. Even my data speeds are back to what my 3D has that my wife is now pimping.
For me, it seems that I had a defective phone and the new one has fixed my issues (at least for now..)
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I just swapped out my 1 week old LTE at BB this morning and had no problems doing so. If I heard her correctly it is 30 day exchange, 14 day return.
I've been having major issues with SMS, MMS, data drops, and everything else not working correctly.
Basically told BB that I've been troubleshooting it with Sprint for the past week, done reprovisions, profile updates, factory resets and nothing worked (somewhat true to a point) and got swapped to a new LTE.
This new one is running great! The OS seems different than what was on my first LTE (even though it is the same version) and I've had it online now for 5 hours from the time of this post and my signal hasn't dropped, my data is still connected, and messages are coming though very quickly. Even my data speeds are back to what my 3D has that my wife is now pimping.
For me, it seems that I had a defective phone and the new one has fixed my issues (at least for now..)
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I had this same issue. Chatted with CSR's etc, all the stuff you listed, nothing fixed it. I could call out - didnt get calls or txts in (texts came once a day or so in a huge properly time stamped group).
After taking it into a repair store - she reinstalled the OS, then reactivated/provisioned it. Been getting 1.5 - 2.5mbs in the evening hours now
I'm sorry but this goes to show any manufacturer can have radio issues and everyone thought Samsung radios were the worst. Now HTC joins the ranks lmao
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1696895
One x is having issues with WiFi
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Im on my second Evo and its no better than the first. Im constantly missing calls, losing data connection, etc. I just called in to Sprint and the stupid CSR tried to tell me it was the service area I was in. Well, Ive been driving all over the place all morning and within a 50 mile radius, Ive missed 3 calls. No notification, phone doesnt even try to ring.. I just get a voicemail notification.
I dont know what to do. I have 7 days left to leave Sprint on this 14 day window. All I want is a phone that works and it seems like everything Sprint has come out with in the last year has sucked.
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jbadboy2007 said:
I'm sorry but this goes to show any manufacturer can have radio issues and everyone thought Samsung radios were the worst. Now HTC joins the ranks lmao
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I have to agree. Its got to be because they just dont do much CDMA stuff. I hear minimal complaints about their GSM devices.

Any issues with Reception/Baseband??

I currently have the GS2E4gT and since this phone has come out I have had a lot of issues with signal strength and signal penetration in buildings. I have a lot of dropped calls and although I love the phone for everything else, the reception is killing me and I was hoping that even though the GS3 has the same hardware baseband, I was hoping maybe something in it was helping with signals.
Anyone with a GS3 having better signal strength when compared side by side with a GS2?? I do have a rooted phone but even when brought back to stock the reception is still horrible. The area I live in in Mass doesnt have the best of coverage but even going into Boston where I should get 4G Wimax on the Gs2, it still horrible, Providence also. IMO I dont really feel the need to go to the GS3 because I feel its more of just an upgrade, but if the phone is getting better reception I would surely grab one. Thx
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I currently have the GS2E4gT and since this phone has come out I have had a lot of issues with signal strength and signal penetration in buildings. I have a lot of dropped calls and although I love the phone for everything else, the reception is killing me and I was hoping that even though the GS3 has the same hardware baseband, I was hoping maybe something in it was helping with signals.
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Your best hope is probably with Sprint's planned LTE network upgrades, which haven't been launched yet anywhere. Dunno when it will come to New England markets. Bear in mind that if you buy this phone now, it will work on 3G service. But you will lose whatever Wimax coverage you now get in Boston. After the LTE-based 4G network lights up, it should outperform Wimax by a lot, with better 3G service too.
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Your best hope is probably with Sprint's planned LTE network upgrades, which haven't been launched yet anywhere. Dunno when it will come to New England markets. Bear in mind that if you buy this phone now, it will work on 3G service. But you will lose whatever Wimax coverage you now get in Boston. After the LTE-based 4G network lights up, it should outperform Wimax by a lot, with better 3G service too.
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If the LTE roll out is anything like Wimax in this area I will be right in the middle to not receive the service. My question was geared more towrds the 3G reception anyway. Since Wimax sucks here I dont even think about using it. I was just hoping there is some improvement with Sammys phones. I did have the Evo 4G and Evo 3D and never had an issue with those phones with 3G. I love the GS2 but yeah, 3G here is painful. Im hoping my local store gets them in so I can see for myself if there is any improvements with the reception. I know the stores have the Airraves running but I got the hook up to take it for a bit to test.
FYI, the unofficial but generally knowledgeable site S4GRU has a recent article indicating that the Sprint LTE rollout in the Boston market is two months or more away. That would be for an initial launch, with full buildout still to come in the next few months.
If I were you -- especially since you basically like your current handset -- before making a jump to any new Sprint contract I would wait and see how the new Sprint network performs. Then you could test the new LTE-based phone within your 14-day return period. When the new LTE network is complete, even locations that now get about 1 bar of 3G service -- roughly -100 dBm in signal strength -- should get quite acceptable 4G coverage. Almost all Sprint's current CDMA towers will be converted to LTE 3G/4G by the time the buildout is complete.
The Boston rollout is going to blanket most of Massachusetts east of Worcester. I also have some issues with coverage but not really in Boston.
I had an Sg2 and now the s3. I'm actually roaming in my house where sprint has always had an excellent signal even earlier today prior to switching to this phone. I will be calling sprint tomorrow. I'm very unhappy
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It seems most of the responses in this thread pertain to sprints network when the real question is does the sgs2 suffer from the radio issues that has plagued so many Samsung phones for years. I'd like to know this too my NS4G has terrible Wi-Fi and data strength and seems to drop calls more often. The radios are my biggest concern about the galaxy.
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It seems most of the responses in this thread pertain to sprints network when the real question is does the sgs2 suffer from the radio issues that has plagued so many Samsung phones for years. I'd like to know this too my NS4G has terrible Wi-Fi and data strength and seems to drop calls more often. The radios are my biggest concern about the galaxy.
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Good point. The hard thing about making sense of anecdotal reports is that there are so many variables. I do find the experience of shades333 reported above to be troubling.
My girlfriend also got an s 3 yesterday as well and is having the same signal issues as I am. While using her old phone htc evo her signal strength was double what she now gets on the s 3
There are no other explanations other then there is already an issue with the radio in the s 3. Otherwise the phone is definitely sweet however without a working phone it is pretty much useless. I will definitely be calling sprint today see if there are other issues as well with other users.
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My girlfriend also got an s 3 yesterday as well and is having the same signal issues as I am. While using her old phone htc evo her signal strength was double what she now gets on the s 3
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How is she measuring that? If she is just looking at "bars," they are not comparable across devices. What about the performance on the phone at the same location? Is she also being kicked into roaming status like you reported?
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How is she measuring that? If she is just looking at "bars," they are not comparable across devices. What about the performance on the phone at the same location? Is she also being kicked into roaming status like you reported?
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I guess my question to start this all out wasnt one about getting too scientific about measuring the devices. It was more of just real world usage and how the phones reception was working.
If I had a S3 and was sitting in my house with my S2 along side and and did see that both phones have the same bars, then along comes my step son with his Evo 3D and he has fulls bars, I would be pissed, AGAIN!..
I really have a love hate relationship with Sammy phones, they look great, perform well but reception is a huge issue. For me its not so much WiFi, although dont ask my wife about hers, LOL, but its coverage. I constantly get a roaming signal and dropped calls. I know to some degree its the network but I also know its the phone. When I went to the Sprint event in Boston and spoke to Sammy supposed tech guy Chris, I asked him why the company chose to use the same baseband when they knew they had issues with it on other phones. I got the company tow line and just left frustrated because most of the people there that were suppose to know about the phone didnt know squat. They only knew what they were highlighting about the phone. I guess for some of the guests this was fine but for a person a little more interested in the function of the specs it was a very frustrating night, couldnt wait to leave.
I had hoped Sammy would have adjusted things and Im still holding out hope that the S3 doesnt run into the same issues with reception that the S2 did. Maybe its just my area.
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How is she measuring that? If she is just looking at "bars," they are not comparable across devices. What about the performance on the phone at the same location? Is she also being kicked into roaming status like you reported?
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im having reception issues at home... besides bar issues, my phone has gone into roaming with the sgs3, while with my evo 3D just earlier that same day, no roaming... im getting -100 through -102 dbm on the sgs3 at home... not sure exactly what it was with the 3vo but never had to check... though it was never real good at home, but never lost coverage or had to roam...
at work and everywhere else i'm fine...
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How is she measuring that? If she is just looking at "bars," they are not comparable across devices. What about the performance on the phone at the same location? Is she also being kicked into roaming status like you reported?
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Yes we were basically doing unofficial side by side comparisons. In fact she pointed out the signal bars to me first complaing she didn't have any when the other phone showed 4 bars. I do understand that they can be misleading but she to is being pushed into roaming. Thinking about trying Sprint only and checking if it's a false reading.
Very discouraging because I always root and tether, but with no signal or roaming signal it will be pointless. This certainly needs to be addressed
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Thinking about trying Sprint only and checking if it's a false reading.
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It wouldn't hurt to update your PRL, too. Maybe they botched it in the version that shipped.
I have updated both profile and prl several times. Same crappy signal.
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I have a crappy signal at work 1 bar.
I just did a another prl update followed by profile update and sudenly got 3 bars in exactly same spot on the desk.
Before now, they were updated last night when i was activating them... not sure if it made a difference, but i will take what i can.
I am getting the exact same signal strength as my BB but showing fewer bars. If you look at the numbers in ABOUT PHONE however, they are nearly identical.
I am getting a little better data speeds than my Evo 4g, but not by much, the major difference in voice quality for me.
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I am getting a little better data speeds than my Evo 4g, but not by much, the major difference in voice quality for me.
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What about reception?
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Other phones I get two three bars consistently in this area of my house. Reception sucks. As you can see below, no bars and terrible signal strength. This is ridiculous. Had to shut roaming off because it would continue to go into roaming otherwise.
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My EVO 3G LTE PHONE

I sure do wish that I had some 4g wimax sometimes. This phone was suppose to have awesome 3g speeds but mostly it just sucks ass. What do ya'll think. Im in Plano Texas north of Dallas Texas. Really pissing me off. I think Sprint should go take out a loan and get LTE GOING.
3g sucks ass down here mostly but LTE is great, only going to get better as network vision continues. ive yet to read anything on this phone that said it was supposed to have awesome 3g speeds. a phone cant magically make sprints under capacitied 3g network suddenly great.
2k4mach said:
3g sucks ass down here mostly but LTE is great, only going to get better as network vision continues. ive yet to read anything on this phone that said it was supposed to have awesome 3g speeds. a phone cant magically make sprints under capacitied 3g network suddenly great.
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Before the phone came out they said that LTE 3g speeds would be faster than the 3g speeds we had before.
What would make this phones 3g speeds on this device any different from any other device? I mean a crappy network is a crappy network. If anything I think it has worse speed and reception than my photon. But that phones radios where awesome.
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Before the phone came out they said that LTE 3g speeds would be faster than the 3g speeds we had before.
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That my friend, is a Marketing tactic called False Advertising.
Sprint is working on upgrading their network. 3G speeds and coverage will get better as they continue their "Operation Leapfrog" aka "Network Vision" rollout. The EVO LTE cannot connect to WiMAX. LTE and WiMAX are two different 4G technologies.
Mines an EVO WiFi phone! I got the special edition with broken radios. I'm trading it in for a normal 4G LTE on Wednesday when they get a shipment in. Until then, I'm rocking a Samsung Exclaim!
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Before the phone came out they said that LTE 3g speeds would be faster than the 3g speeds we had before.
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They didn't say the phone would cause that, they said that their Network Vision upgrades would. Which they are still working on.
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there's verizon 4g lte out in my area at I really wish I could roam onto -_-
sadly i dont think sprint will put wimax or LTE in my area for years to come
Let's just change the General section to Complaints.
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Let's just change the General section to Complaints.
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Haha right! I Mena LTE just started to roll out a couple of weeks ago. Dude you in Texas. I'm sure you have e a good chance of seeing it first over most in the country. Just chill. GIve it some time. Sooner or later things will work out.
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I sure do wish that I had some 4g wimax sometimes. This phone was suppose to have awesome 3g speeds but mostly it just sucks ass. What do ya'll think. Im in Plano Texas north of Dallas Texas. Really pissing me off. I think Sprint should go take out a loan and get LTE GOING.
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What part of Plano. I got brief spots of coverage at independence and Plano parkway and from coit up to Parker but that was all I was able to test.
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Let's just change the General section to Complaints.
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Lol
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cswtexas9 said:
Before the phone came out they said that LTE 3g speeds would be faster than the 3g speeds we had before.
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That my friend, is a Marketing tactic called False Advertising.
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Absolutely NOT a marketing tactic...sorry but if you paid attention to only the part you wanted to, then that is your own fault....they never said the 3G speed of this particular device would be faster than other devices 3G speeds....
They said they are in the middle of rolling out nationwide network overhaul that in turn will vastly increase the 3G speeds in the troubled areas where capacity is an issue...
Change is coming and coming soon...ppl need to just quit complaining about the speeds and data issues at this point or just move onto another carrier...If they somehow dont hit their projected completion of NV rollouts of end of next year(which initially was set to 2015!!) then I can understand hearing complaints then...till then though.....nothing has changed in years so why complain now?...suck it up and deal with what we all already knew, or move on and enjoy your tiered data plan....
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Absolutely NOT a marketing tactic...sorry but if you paid attention to only the part you wanted to, then that is your own fault....they never said the 3G speed of this particular device would be faster than other devices 3G speeds....
They said they are in the middle of rolling out nationwide network overhaul that in turn will vastly increase the 3G speeds in the troubled areas where capacity is an issue...
Change is coming and coming soon...ppl need to just quit complaining about the speeds and data issues at this point or just move onto another carrier...If they somehow dont hit their projected completion of NV rollouts of end of next year(which initially was set to 2015!!) then I can understand hearing complaints then...till then though.....nothing has changed in years so why complain now?...suck it up and deal with what we all already knew, or move on and enjoy your tiered data plan....
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+1 Burn.
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Absolutely NOT a marketing tactic...sorry but if you paid attention to only the part you wanted to, then that is your own fault....they never said the 3G speed of this particular device would be faster than other devices 3G speeds....
They said they are in the middle of rolling out nationwide network overhaul that in turn will vastly increase the 3G speeds in the troubled areas where capacity is an issue...
Change is coming and coming soon...ppl need to just quit complaining about the speeds and data issues at this point or just move onto another carrier...If they somehow dont hit their projected completion of NV rollouts of end of next year(which initially was set to 2015!!) then I can understand hearing complaints then...till then though.....nothing has changed in years so why complain now?...suck it up and deal with what we all already knew, or move on and enjoy your tiered data plan....
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I dunno, It seems like 3G on my LTEVO sucks worse than normal. I just came from the GNEX and was getting respectable speeds (as respectable as sprint can get I guess) but right now I'm getting nothing above 20 Kilobytes/ps... I'm in Orlando, Fl so I'm hoping maybe they are working on showing us some LTE love right now to explain the recent drought in data.
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I dunno, It seems like 3G on my LTEVO sucks worse than normal. I just came from the GNEX and was getting respectable speeds (as respectable as sprint can get I guess) but right now I'm getting nothing above 20 Kilobytes/ps... I'm in Orlando, Fl so I'm hoping maybe they are working on showing us some LTE love right now to explain the recent drought in data.
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3g speeds have been the same in the last two years.... Actually longer than that.. . It's been pretty crappy.

Jumping to 4g?

Just curious, does anyone else's evo not connect to 4g unless they cycle 3g on and off? there is one area a few miles from my house and when i go up there (knowing there is solid 4g) my phone will stay on 3g the whole time im up there. now if im up there and cycle airplane mode or flip my internet on and off then it connects to 4g right away as soon as the radio turns on, no problem. Occasionally if i leave my phone in my pocket it will hop back to 3g but then it will stay there again until i flip off and on my internet and then like magic my 4g is back.
Does this happen to everyone else or is it just me? haha may just be the tower also considering im a little southwest of chicago and they haven't really officially launched per say.
It's a common problem with the EVO and HTC has not fixed it yet.
They better get to work as people are thinking the LTE network sucks. Compare it to a S3 side by side and it has no issues.
I still have my insurance and will keep it as when lte is available in my area I will be bringing my phone into the store over and over until they swap me out.
Love the EVO but if it sucks for using LTE then it has to go bye bye.
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digiblur said:
Love the EVO but if it sucks for using LTE then it has to go bye bye.
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im quickly getting to that point. my wifes s3 and daughters iphone5 can hold an lte signal great. but this evo with the current radios just plain sucks.
sitting right next to each other my evo is rocking 1x, the s3 is bouncing between 3g and lte and the iphone is holding lte.
My phone finds LTE in MA but has problems with voice and won't text at all sometimes. Not sure whether that a problem with the network or phone.
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this is happening to me to i knew there was a tower right by me but no LTE connected so i changed the network settings to CDMA/LTE and held LTE until i left the area. I was getting only 1.5mbps which i think sucks for LTE. Its hard to stay what the issue it whether its the phone or actual software settings that maybe OTA can fix. Weird thing i noticed when i updated to the latest firmware is LTE only setting holds LTE and 1X, CDMA/LTE never picks up 3g so i just end up putting it back to stock settings. Really considering taking it back to compare to the store phones.
Having the same problem as well. It will connect to 4G on its own but it would take its sweet time. So the fastest way for me is toggle airplane mode. Hope it gets fixed soon.
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JDM Civic EG8 said:
Having the same problem as well. It will connect to 4G on its own but it would take its sweet time. So the fastest way for me is toggle airplane mode. Hope it gets fixed soon.
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Many people think it is just the new network but in fact it is not. You quickly realize it when you have another LTE phone next to the EVO LTE that the EVO has a huge issue. We just all need to band together and stay on top of Sprint and HTC constantly bugging them until this issue is fixed. We done things like this before, but we all need to do it again to get this fixed ASAP!
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Many people think it is just the new network but in fact it is not. You quickly realize it when you have another LTE phone next to the EVO LTE that the EVO has a huge issue. We just all need to band together and stay on top of Sprint and HTC constantly bugging them until this issue is fixed. We done things like this before, but we all need to do it again to get this fixed ASAP!
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im starting to think this too that it might be the phone. OG Evo4g was never this slow on 3g and i had wimax in my house. Now i barely get 3g in my house and no LTE unless i drive down the road. It sucks not being able to pin point this. I tested it with another evo4g lte and they had similiar results as me...need to try another LTE non-evo4g phone next...
I made a thread about this last week-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1898433
I pretty much stuck myself between two towers which I knew were transmitting 4G but refused to cycle through airplane mode or LTE/CDMA and CDMA-only modes. I passed by both and the phone never switched over.
On the plus side, my phone did acquire a fairly weak 4G signal today on its own, so there may be some hope for this thing yet.
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Weird thing i noticed when i updated to the latest firmware is LTE only setting holds LTE and 1X, CDMA/LTE never picks up 3g so i just end up putting it back to stock settings.
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I’m confused, is there an LTE-only setting in the latest firmware, or are you talking about the option in the *#*#INFO#*#* (*#*#4636#*#*) menu? I’m honestly a little wary of using that since I’ve heard it can cause problems that only a factory reset can solve.
yeah the options ##DATA# or when using the elixir app under telephony.
Anyone having this issue needs to call Sprint and HTC and require them to open a ticket for the issue. This is the only way it will get fixed. I hear some are getting told that it is due to the new tower equipment. So you might need another LTE device to compare it to. Others are getting told there is an update coming soon. Others are getting told that the EVO has no issues.
It is obvious though, sprint has stopped pushing this phone. They don't even list it in their lte press releases.
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yeah the options ##DATA# or when using the elixir app under telephony.
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U can also use the network app from the play store. It switches radiobands without any of the ##etc errors.
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digiblur said:
Anyone having this issue needs to call Sprint and HTC and require them to open a ticket for the issue. This is the only way it will get fixed. I hear some are getting told that it is due to the new tower equipment. So you might need another LTE device to compare it to. Others are getting told there is an update coming soon. Others are getting told that the EVO has no issues.
It is obvious though, sprint has stopped pushing this phone. They don't even list it in their lte press releases.
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So they just list the S3 and nexus then? Because atm that's the only other phones w LTE.
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U can also use the network app from the play store. It switches radiobands without any of the ##etc errors.
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So they just list the S3 and nexus then? Because atm that's the only other phones w LTE.
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LG viper, google nexus, evolte, iphone5, and the s3 along with that tri network mifi they have
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can someone confirm changing your LTE scan timer to 60 increase speed and connection? changed mine and both increased...where i couldnt pickup or hold a LTE signal before
i tried 10 and 0 setting didnt seem to help
evo4ger said:
can someone confirm changing your LTE scan timer to 60 increase speed and connection? changed mine and both increased...where i couldnt pickup or hold a LTE signal before
i tried 10 and 0 setting didnt seem to help
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Do we know what the values mean though? One would assume seconds but if you increased and got better results, it could mean something else.
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Do we know what the values mean though? One would assume seconds but if you increased and got better results, it could mean something else.
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At this point its worth a shot. I would test it but I don't have LTE close enough to me. The option that is just below LTE scan timer, BSR Max timer, I'm curious as to what that is.
roids87 said:
At this point its worth a shot. I would test it but I don't have LTE close enough to me. The option that is just below LTE scan timer, BSR Max timer, I'm curious as to what that is.
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From what I found googling it might mean Better Service Reselection. Just need to figure out what the values mean.

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