Hi guys. I noticed today that on my rooted T-Mobile Phone, I cannot download anything unless I have a H+ connection. G/3G/H doesn't let me download or upload anything. Can anyone help with this? I'm using the latest Jelly Bean leak (NOT the official one)
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Hi im also on T-mobile and can download when on anything from 3G and above.
Try changing your Modem until you find the right one for you.
Also does your network name show as just "T-Mobile" or "T-Mobile Orange"
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Hi im also on T-mobile and can download when on anything from 3G and above.
Try changing your Modem until you find the right one for you.
Also does your network name show as just "T-Mobile" or "T-Mobile Orange"
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Both, really. I think mine automatically changes. And as for modems this seems to be the fasted for me as of yet.
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Well the reason why it keep swapping between the 2 is because of poor signal.
But if you goto SETTINGS---MOBILE NETWORKS---NETWORK OPERATORS then wait for it to search then a list of networks will appear.
Select T-MOBILE and it will register you on that network and should find things much quicker.
Be warned though that once your in a lower signal area you will drop to sowing both and will need to do the process again.
And may be worth doing this process everytime you reboot the phone even if its showing as just the one.
I personally have to do this and find that when my network is showing as both then i get browsing speeds only. But when i register it on just T-Mobile then everything like download and streaming are perfectly fast
Damn. Do you think when tmo and orange become ee that it will be a permanent solution?
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Yeah because Orange and Tmob will be gone and only EE in its place so yes i can see signal stregth becoming stronger and stable. Rather than swapping between the two all the time.
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is there a thread around here that discusses AT&T apn settings and modems that give the best HSPA+ speeds?
yes i did try to search.
jerseykat1 said:
is there a thread around here that discusses AT&T apn settings and modems that give the best HSPA+ speeds?
yes i did try to search.
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Have a look at this thread, it may be of interest to you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20841978
Hope this helps.
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yeah i saw that thread. i am on a medianet unlimited plan and if i switch to an LTE plan the max data i can get is 5GB and i can go through 5gb in 2 weeks being Conservative (lots of time on the road). I dont mind the speeds i get now. i just wish the connection was more stable. i find my self having to toggle data on and off quite often just to get websites to load, and this is in areas with 4 bars.
maybe i could benifit from a different modem or different apn settings not sure.
Yes I am on a very old unlimited plan which only costs me about $15.00 per month. But it is not
LTE. But, I live in a smaller city in Texas which doesn't have 4G yet so the rep told me it wouldn't help me a lot anyway. I was using XXKH3 and getting fairly decent performance. Lately though I have bounced between XXLPB and XXLPH with either one of those signal and network widgets actually work. I average around 3.5 mb/s download and 1.25 mb/s up.
If you haven't checked this thread yet, it has many CWM flashable modems
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22899943
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is your apn wap.cingular?
i usually get anywhere from 1.5-4mbs down. but my problem is mainly not being able to access websites sometimes even when i have good signal. tapatalk, G+, FB, etc. when this happens i usually have to reset my radio by toggling data on and off or airplaine mode.
Yes I use wap.cingular also, but have no such issues out here. Maybe because it is so wide and open.
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Try some of the various modems and pick one best suited for your area and situation. Best of luck!
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I myself have been unable to find any other APN settings to function properly, which may be due to the fact that I don't have a 4g sim card. I am using an international version and the AT&T store couldn't figure out the imei issue until I explained.
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I am on 3 Ireland and i visit the UK quite often and the phone automatically defaults to 3 UK, but ive noticed when i return to Ireland only in certain places for example in work the R (for roaming) letter shows beside the signal bar in the statusbar and it wont connect to the Internet, when i go to settings > Mobile networks >Network Operators > select automatically it doesn't always reset it to what it should be whereas sometimes it does, this only appears to happen in certain places too and it's a bit annoying to be honest, pointless talking to 3 Customer service too they keep saying "you must be in a bad signal area" right since when was Dublin City Centre a bad signal area then.
Does anyone know why the phone is doing this, as i said it only appears to happen in a certain area, my SGSII never gave me this problem at all.
Bump..
anyone have any idea as to why phone behaves like this?
Mine shows the R when I don't have very strong 3 signal so it hands off to whichever network 3 have their network sharing agreement with.
Do you have the data while roaming box checked in mobile network settings?
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Mine shows the R when I don't have very strong 3 signal so it hands off to whichever network 3 have their network sharing agreement with.
Do you have the data while roaming box checked in mobile network settings?
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No always have that unchecked as im not roaming and only use WiFi or my UK SIM card when im outside Ireland.
It's bizzare because it only happens in a certain place in the Dublin 3 area,i haven't seen it happen anywhere else, it's a bit annoying actually as i cant access the Internet then off of a sudden the R goes away and im back to normal.
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No always have that unchecked as im not roaming and only use WiFi or my UK SIM card when im outside Ireland.
It's bizzare because it only happens in a certain place in the Dublin 3 area,i haven't seen it happen anywhere else, it's a bit annoying actually as i cant access the Internet then off of a sudden the R goes away and im back to normal.
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Well check that box because even though you are in Ireland it is still considered roaming because you aren't using 3's network when the R is there.
I'm given two choices on my galaxy nexus, national roaming and international roaming, but on my S3 its all lumped into one checkbox.
You'll need to have it checked to get Internet connectivity when the R comes up.
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That's weird. Don't have that issue on Vodafone.
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That's weird. Don't have that issue on Vodafone.
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Vodafones network is bigger so they don't need to share.
3 share network towers with someone (02 I think) to help boost their national coverage percentage.
You can't get 3g data while the R is there, only 2g.
But Vodafone don't have unlimited data and where I live 3 hspa+ is faster so there's the trade off.
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Vodafones network is bigger so they don't need to share.
3 share network towers with someone (02 I think) to help boost their national coverage percentage.
You can't get 3g data while the R is there, only 2g.
But Vodafone don't have unlimited data and where I live 3 hspa+ is faster so there's the trade off.
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Ahh I see
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Well check that box because even though you are in Ireland it is still considered roaming because you aren't using 3's network when the R is there.
I'm given two choices on my galaxy nexus, national roaming and international roaming, but on my S3 its all lumped into one checkbox.
You'll need to have it checked to get Internet connectivity when the R comes up.
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that is strange alright but cheers for the heads up i will check this box,i assume i need to uncheck it when im outside Ireland too.
Roaming not working at all
I got to both UK and Germany and I got a strange behavior: I was connected to a network with full bars but notification bar was showing "emergency call only". No way to both call, text or receive.
It worked intermittently for the 10% of time only.
No luck switching to 2G only, selecting an operator manually or rebooting the device.
I'm on AFL6 fw, but it did not work on previous two releases as well.
My home carrier is 3 Italy.
When I got back home I had exactly the same issue when moving out from flight mode, a reboot solved it tough.
Sweden 3 and gets connectivity lost due to roaming every time I fire up wifi
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Hey guys, im sure im not the only person, but it seems the internet is SLOW and moves in speed bursts/intermittent pauses when loading websites and downloads can be horrendous sometimes. Its not my reception, never had this problem on another android phone. I flashed the blaze modem.. tried to use other modems like the k2 modem (if thats what the name was) but everytime i flash any other modem it seems to sorta temporarily brick the modem because I never get service after flashing. I am on latest only one rom
Am I missing something? I even changed automatic band to manual, no difference. Is this normal and an issue that needs to be resolved? Please advise, the internet speeds. random slow downs and bursts are killing me. Please advise, thanks guys.
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Hey guys, im sure im not the only person, but it seems the internet is SLOW and moves in speed bursts/intermittent pauses when loading websites and downloads can be horrendous sometimes. Its not my reception, never had this problem on another android phone. I flashed the blaze modem.. tried to use other modems like the k2 modem (if thats what the name was) but everytime i flash any other modem it seems to sorta temporarily brick the modem because I never get service after flashing. I am on latest only one rom
Am I missing something? I even changed automatic band to manual, no difference. Is this normal and an issue that needs to be resolved? Please advise, the internet speeds. random slow downs and bursts are killing me. Please advise, thanks guys.
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my advice. try all the T-Mobile compatable modems. some work better based solely on your location.
atfer you flash or reboot your phone, normally it takes a while to aquire a signal, its especially bad with this phone. the fastest way is to go into settings and manually search for a network
I agree to the OP. I've tried every modem also and I've experienced the same exact problems where I get great reception in bursts. When I get the h+ signal it goes light gray and I get the worse receptions or the signal just stalls. The h and 3g signals go bright white and signals become fair at best. There are moments of speedy receptions but its seldom.
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I was getting all these symptoms when i was on cm9. Its a known fact the that aokp for some reason generally speeds are slower than what you would usually get. This has happened to me on every smartphone ive own.
As soon as i flashed blackstar Rom and dialed *#2263# and changed to wcmda all, my data doesnt hang as much anymore. The spurts rarely occur anymore. Hopes this helps.
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I was getting all these symptoms when i was on cm9. Its a known fact the that aokp for some reason generally speeds are slower than what you would usually get. This has happened to me on every smartphone ive own.
As soon as i flashed blackstar Rom and dialed *#2263# and changed to wcmda all, my data doesnt hang as much anymore. The spurts rarely occur anymore. Hopes this helps.
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I had good speeds on DAGr8 aokp sept 3rd build but that was about it. Sometimes I have to travel about to receive other tower connections. I'll go back to black star for the reception and see where it stands. Thanks for the info I'll try it out.
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I don't know what happened but phone just took off.
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I have to commend you on your observation black star with the blaze rom is clearly the best option for getting good service.
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I have to commend you on your observation black star with the blaze rom is clearly the best option for getting good service.
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I figured out a way to get high speeds again. Go to *#2263# make sure band is on all wcdma and reboot. Once your booted up go back to the band menu and change to wcdma 850. Circle with a line thru it will pop up. Wait like 30 secs and signal bars should pop up but no 4g. Then change back to all wcdma and do a speedtest and if your in a really good t-mobile area your downloads and upload will be fast. I just discovered this last night. Every time I reboot and do a speed test, I get like 2 mbps down and crap uploads every time but as soon as I changes bands to 850 and go back, its like the radio reboots and i get awesome speeds like I used too.
Edit: once in a while there will be a hang. What I do before that happens is before I use my data I refresh it by pressing data toggle wait ten seconds and turn is back on.
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I think i figured it out guys, try turning OFF the data roaming option!!!! Let me know if that works for you, it seems like it just did for me
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Rob4828 said:
I figured out a way to get high speeds again. Go to *#2263# make sure band is on all wcdma and reboot. Once your booted up go back to the band menu and change to wcdma 850. Circle with a line thru it will pop up. Wait like 30 secs and signal bars should pop up but no 4g. Then change back to all wcdma and do a speedtest and if your in a really good t-mobile area your downloads and upload will be fast. I just discovered this last night. Every time I reboot and do a speed test, I get like 2 mbps down and crap uploads every time but as soon as I changes bands to 850 and go back, its like the radio reboots and i get awesome speeds like I used too.
Edit: once in a while there will be a hang. What I do before that happens is before I use my data I refresh it by pressing data toggle wait ten seconds and turn is back on.
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Service mode specifically is for stock ROMs. I'll have to go back to it again. Another thing I noticed is that when I altered the service mode then switched ROMs I couldn't change from 2g/3g/h it just stayed on 2g figuring that was the last setting I had it on in the stock ROM. I flashed the stock ROM last night to change the service rom then flashed PA CM10 and I'm getting h again. I will do what you suggested if it results in better speeds. Cm9/cm10 ROMs don't have the service mode but have the phone information settings. Its not as direct or deep in changing the radio freq.
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Rob4828 said:
I figured out a way to get high speeds again. Go to *#2263# make sure band is on all wcdma and reboot. Once your booted up go back to the band menu and change to wcdma 850. Circle with a line thru it will pop up. Wait like 30 secs and signal bars should pop up but no 4g. Then change back to all wcdma and do a speedtest and if your in a really good t-mobile area your downloads and upload will be fast. I just discovered this last night. Every time I reboot and do a speed test, I get like 2 mbps down and crap uploads every time but as soon as I changes bands to 850 and go back, its like the radio reboots and i get awesome speeds like I used too.
Edit: once in a while there will be a hang. What I do before that happens is before I use my data I refresh it by pressing data toggle wait ten seconds and turn is back on.
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Thank you Rob! This definitely worked for me. I was running the Tmo stock rom (from the Tmo note forums) for about 2 weeks with my down speeds reaching up to 12mb and up reaching up to 3mb. Had to reboot last night, and my speeds went down to crap again, but I just did this and my speeds are back! Great find.
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Thank you Rob! This definitely worked for me. I was running the Tmo stock rom (from the Tmo note forums) for about 2 weeks with my down speeds reaching up to 12mb and up reaching up to 3mb. Had to reboot last night, and my speeds went down to crap again, but I just did this and my speeds are back! Great find.
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So it seems like the Tmobile Stock Rom is the best way for us to go? Is it rooted at least? Why does this Rom work better than all the others in regards to internet speeds?
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So it seems like the Tmobile Stock Rom is the best way for us to go? Is it rooted at least? Why does this Rom work better than all the others in regards to internet speeds?
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Probably because its specific for our phone. Stock for us is touchwiz do that's probably a factor.
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Probably because its specific for our phone. Stock for us is touchwiz do that's probably a factor.
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I'll try that Rom and Radio later today then. I wish I would've done more research before I left AT&T with this phone. I for sure would've just bought a T-Mobile one online somewhere lol.
Hi everyone, I'm new to AT&T and HTC. I'm confused on how the networks should switch.
The area I'm in doesn't have LTE yet so lets leave this out of this
I'm having a signal issue at work. Where I sit I get 3 sometimes 2 bars (-97 to -101dBM) on the 4G network. But data doesnt work. When I use the browser it say error connecting to network and I when I run speed test it either doesnt find a tower or just sits on ping test.
When I look at mobile network type it keeps flipping between HSDPA and HSPAP. I've never see the phone change to the edge or G network unless my battery is almost dead.
Does this sound right or could I have a messed up radio? It does work great when the signal is in the -70s.
Please help. Wondering if my phone is messed up. It is still stock, locked bootloader, unrooted at the moment.
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Have you done simple troubleshooting like turn phone on airplane mode, or factory reset?
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Yes I did. Still getting same results. Thanks fir the suggestion.
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Well someone else with at&t came over to my area and there phone didn't work either. Just scrappy at&t signals.
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Hi everyone, I'm new to AT&T and HTC. I'm confused on how the networks should switch.
The area I'm in doesn't have LTE yet so lets leave this out of this
I'm having a signal issue at work. Where I sit I get 3 sometimes 2 bars (-97 to -101dBM) on the 4G network. But data doesnt work. When I use the browser it say error connecting to network and I when I run speed test it either doesnt find a tower or just sits on ping test.
When I look at mobile network type it keeps flipping between HSDPA and HSPAP. I've never see the phone change to the edge or G network unless my battery is almost dead.
Does this sound right or could I have a messed up radio? It does work great when the signal is in the -70s.
Please help. Wondering if my phone is messed up. It is still stock, locked bootloader, unrooted at the moment.
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I have the same problem and i can't turn off the 4g LTE and battery is going away
Someone help us
twies said:
I have the same problem and i can't turn off the 4g LTE and battery is going away
Someone help us
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To turn off LTE, open dialer, type in "*#*#4636#*#*", then click "phone info", you will see "GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto" in the middle of the setting page. Switch to "WCDMA preferred" to use only 3G without LTE. You can also choose "GSM" to use only edge network.
Is there not an App or Widget that can toggle LTE and Edge networks?
im in dallas, tx and got the c6802 delivered yesterday and this thing is horrendously slow, as im only getting edge speeds...
the carrier i'm using is straight talk/at&t...the odd thing is, i can't find anyone else who's experiencing this problem...all the reviews and people a see online, and some here in the dallas area, are all attaining 3g speeds with this device...
i've changed and tweaked the apn settings to no avail...
i had the international version of the note2 and didn't experience any problems with this service...
any advice/tips to remedy this problem would be greatly appreciated or if this thread can serve as a warning to others who are contemplating purchasing this device, so be it...
I have had mine for a few weeks in nyc with same issue. I have net10... I have to wait till they support it. Still not formally released here yet.
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I have had mine for a few weeks in nyc with same issue. I have net10... I have to wait till they support it. Still not formally released here yet.
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a guy/girl in another thread said this and it worked like a charm:
jewelkobayashi said:
Can I ask that your setting is correct?
settings>More....(1 line under Xperia connectivity)>Mobile networks>Network Mode>WCDMA Only
Not that it has to be WCDMA only, but if under this mode you do not get any mobile data connection, then maybe u need to go into service menu and check under there...
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i had mine on gsm only as i thought it best since it's a gsm phone...nonetheless, selecting WCDMA worked...i was able to stream music at work all day, surf the net and stream music while driving and didn't buffer or stall once...
hope that helps ya...
Thanks but same deal...still very slow.
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im in dallas, tx and got the c6802 delivered yesterday and this thing is horrendously slow, as im only getting edge speeds...
the carrier i'm using is straight talk/at&t...the odd thing is, i can't find anyone else who's experiencing this problem...all the reviews and people a see online, and some here in the dallas area, are all attaining 3g speeds with this device...
i've changed and tweaked the apn settings to no avail...
i had the international version of the note2 and didn't experience any problems with this service...
any advice/tips to remedy this problem would be greatly appreciated or if this thread can serve as a warning to others who are contemplating purchasing this device, so be it...
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call your providor. They will send you a message that is embedded with an file to install. This will configure your HSPA settings correctly.
Then reboot phone, and then you are good to go. I have to do it everytime I buy an international phone as the settings are slightly off.