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Hey all, hope this is the correct forum to post.
This is a Fix it guide I wrote for AT&T user's. These are the correct settings for your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II
I hope this helps everyone who has been possibly experiencing slower speed's on AT&T Mobility.
1'st, make sure you are on the CORRECT data plan.
1. HSPA+ 4G 2GB plan OR for Unlimited Customer's
2. Smartphone Personal Data plan with 4G SOC code : HSDPPB
Then under your APN settings, I have found personally that WAP.CINGULAR is not the right APN. When your tethering you can tell what the correct gateway you should be connected to by visiting speedtest.net tethered to a PC and seeing when you run the test by your IP, it should show SERVICE PROVIDER and NOT AT&T GLOBAL NETWORK SERVICES.
Wap.Cingular connects you to the older gateway made for 7.2 phone's. I found in real world AT&T testing it caps/throttles you at around 7.5Mbit/s or slower.
FIX:
Under you Access Point Settings click on each APN you already have then in the menu, delete them.
Next create a new APN:
Menu Key, New APN.
Name : AT&T HSPA+
Important step: tap APN and enter exactly : phone
That's it! It's literally just "phone", not kidding. Leave everything else blank including Username and Password!
Scroll down to APN Type, Select Internet only
Hit the Menu Key, and hit SAVE
Your will return to APN settings, go to the APN you just created called AT&T HSPA+, tap the dot next to the APN and make sure it turns green!
Now for the MMS settings
Step 2 : MMS Settings
At the APN settings hit the menu key again and create a new APN, call it MMS
Under APN again just type : phone
go down to MMSC and fill the fields as follows
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
APN type: MMS only
Now again hit the menu key and save. This will be your default MMS setting and you will not need to select it.
Once your back at the APN menu with the fields you just created, make sure AT&T HSPA+ still has a green got by it.
Now hit the home key, then turn your phone off and back on.
You should have full internet access if you have the correct data plan. While you may not experience faster data speed's in every area. This APN will allow you to have more consistent and through speed's, especially in an AT&T "4G" HSPA+ enhanced backhaul area.
Here show's the difference in the two APN's. The first SpeedTest is the Wap.cingular, the second is the one we just created.
Old APN:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
New APN: Better ping and better speed, Notice Service Provider vs. AT&T Gobal
If you guys have any questions feel free to ask me in the forum or PM me.
I really hope this help all of you Galaxy S 2 users on AT&T!!
UPDATE 07/17/2011 - Possible slow data speed explanation theory..
Ok. So I think I may have found a reason why the SGSII is slower than phone's like the Infuse and has so many radio problems.
You guys remember with the Apple iFail 3G through the iPhone 4 on AT&T and other GSM providers, with the severe signal issues and dropped calls??
It was later tied to the Infineon modem in the handset powering the devices..
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10015301-37.html
Well unfortunately, stupid Samsung put an Infineon baseband modem chipset in the Samsung Galaxy S II's.
To me I have the SAME issue's I was having with the iPhone 4.... Coincidence or not?? You decide. But the SGSII has the chip, it is HSPA+ capable but of course since Infineon makes it, it likely cant hit H+ speeds.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/silicon-art-samsung/
The chip, the Infineon PMB5703, provides radio-frequency transmission and reception functions relating to the devices’ baseband and 3G features.
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i had to do this when i went from o2 to three lol but does need doing to make everything work ok
Just tried it; my download speed has roughly 50% (4 Mbps to 6), but upload hasn't changed much. I'm in Duluth, GA, just outside downtown, and I don't think we've gotten HSPA+ yet. The Speedtest app results say it's a UMTS connection. However, the H+ icon on the phone stays on.
I've gotten HSPA connections at my office a few miles down the road in Norcross; I'll try it from there on Monday. The HSPA in Norcross isn't too fast -- I've never gotten more than 2.1 Mbps out of it.
FWIW, I'm on the old $30/month smartphone personal plan.
WoW! Thanks - I just got a SGSII and spent 1+ hours on the phone with AT&T yesterday trying to get this info and I got nowhere with them - had me put in the same old wap.cingular. This is great
Didn't experience any difference from the default and this here on the beach Miami, FL. Will try at a different place later.
hmm does this mean i need think about dumping the medianet plan
ph00ny said:
hmm does this mean i need think about dumping the medianet plan
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For which application would you require10Mbps?
g2tl said:
For which application would you require10Mbps?
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tethering and video streaming?
ph00ny said:
tethering and video streaming?
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Ironically, those applications would almost require unlimited plan, not the 2GB (or 4GB tethering) plan.
Now you need to ask yourself, "Do I want to pay $25-$30 more per month for less allowance and slight bump in speed?"
g2tl said:
Ironically, those applications would almost require unlimited plan, not the 2GB (or 4GB tethering) plan.
Now you need to ask yourself, "Do I want to pay $25-$30 more per month for less allowance and slight bump in speed?"
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pretty much
even with some of the enterprise plans available in premier site, it still can't match it
ill change the settings and test it throughout the day in the New York City area today and report my speeds at the end of the day
marvinhemstock said:
i had to do this when i went from o2 to three lol but does need doing to make everything work ok
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Mine seemed to automatically fix the settings when i put in the three sim. Is there a special setting or something? How is your speed?
It required that I put MCC and MNC values.
Then
Had no Internet connection whatsoever
Please guide
Thanks
No difference in speeds at all for me here in the SF Bay Area which is an HSPA+ covered zone.
I am getting slower speeds on the SDS2 than the Infuse.
I posted this a week ago when I took the settings from my infuse, had a few people say it didn't work for them but its been working great on my phone. Figures.
Long Island today:
5824/1555
3734/2218
5016/2144
the signal isn't consistent. i'll get a very fast connection for awhile then it will drop back to mid 2's for download and 1.1-1.2 for upload.
Changing the settings made a big difference. I also have an atrix and swapping my SIM into the atrix (which has the same apn settings for default) yields similar results.
Just tried this out, i can't seem to receive an MMS photo, it just says downloading.
*EDIT1* i seem to have no data at all now, gonna check to make sure i added everything correctly
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Just tried this out, i can't seem to receive an MMS photo, it just says downloading.
*EDIT1* i seem to have no data at all now, gonna check to make sure i added everything correctly
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I tried sending a mms and just sat at "sending"
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Many of us are on the $15 or $10 unlimited data non-smartphone plan. I'm assuming there's no way to use these HSPA+ settings without switching to an official "4G" smartphone data plan?
I rechecked the settings 3 times now and i can't seem to get a data connection. I'm on the AT&T website right now trying to see if i have the right data plan but this site is so confusing it's hard to tell.
haha,
Just got off the phone with AT&T, after putting me on hold for 20 minutes they finally told me there's nothing they can do to help me get data back because i'm not on an AT&T phone. Trying to find my old atrix to copy the apn, hopefully that fixes it.
*EDIT2* Changed the APN type to wap.cingular and i'm finally showing the H+ and 3G notifications up top. Data speed is crazy slow however. I guess it doesn't like 'phone' as the apn type
SO I have an international SGSII and I now live in US. I can't get 3G or H+ with T-mobile. The only company I know of that would offer me that speed is at&t But they are sooo expensive!
Are here any alternatives to get the highspeed?
I found a company that's on same network as at&t but they aren't that much cheaper. Thanks for help!
https://www.h2owirelessnow.com/pageControl.php?page=index
Use these apn settings with at&t and get the unlimited non smartphone plan. You get hspa+ with these settings.
Name: AT&T
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: leave blank
Port: leave blank
Username:[email protected]
Password:CINGULAR1 (yes this is in CAPS)
Server: leave blank
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
MMS Port: 80
MCC:310
MNC:410
APN Type: Internet + MMS
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Hogir said:
SO I have an international SGSII and I now live in US. I can't get 3G or H+ with T-mobile. The only company I know of that would offer me that speed is at&t But they are sooo expensive!
Are here any alternatives to get the highspeed?
I found a company that's on same network as at&t but they aren't that much cheaper. Thanks for help!
https://www.h2owirelessnow.com/pageControl.php?page=index
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I don't think there are any other carriers in the US that use the necessary frequencies for mobile high-speed other than AT&T and H2O, no.
lyall29 said:
Use these apn settings with at&t and get the unlimited non smartphone plan. You get hspa+ with these settings.
Name: AT&T
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: leave blank
Port: leave blank
Username:[email protected]
Password:CINGULAR1 (yes this is in CAPS)
Server: leave blank
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
MMS Port: 80
MCC:310
MNC:410
APN Type: Internet + MMS
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Yup, this works; I've got this exact setup, and my bill is around $65 a month. That's for 450 anytime minutes (with rollover), 5000 night/weekend minutes (with rollover), unlimited mobile to any mobile minutes, unlimited text, and unlimited "non-smartphone" data.
From what I hear, you could even go on the GoPhone unlimited everything plan for $50 a month, and it works.
The ISGS2 doesn't support T-Mobile US' bands so you'll get 500K down using GRPS. GoPhone plan's double that to about 950K. If you want fake-4G, you'll have to go with a real AT&T plan. What you can do is sign up for a cheap minutes plan and add unlimited messaging with mobile-to-any-mobile calling ($20) and add the unlimited data for non-smartphones plan for $10. It's not too bad a price that way.
lyall29 said:
Use these apn settings with at&t and get the unlimited non smartphone plan. You get hspa+ with these settings.
Name: AT&T
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: leave blank
Port: leave blank
Username:[email protected]
Password:CINGULAR1 (yes this is in CAPS)
Server: leave blank
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
MMS Port: 80
MCC:310
MNC:410
APN Type: Internet + MMS
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ctomgee said:
I don't think there are any other carriers in the US that use the necessary frequencies for mobile high-speed other than AT&T and H2O, no.
Yup, this works; I've got this exact setup, and my bill is around $65 a month. That's for 450 anytime minutes (with rollover), 5000 night/weekend minutes (with rollover), unlimited mobile to any mobile minutes, unlimited text, and unlimited "non-smartphone" data.
From what I hear, you could even go on the GoPhone unlimited everything plan for $50 a month, and it works.
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So what you guys mean is that if I get an at&t plan (whichever one) and puch in these apn settings I will get unlimited HSPA? Even if I get a prepaid plan? Do I have to get a data plan included or what?
This is exciting!
I'm not sure about the pre-paid plans but it definitely works for me on my family plan. You'll just have to try it out and report back!
By the way, I wouldn't tell at&t that you have a gs2, just tell them its an old unlocked flip phone you got off of eBay. You can even give them a fake imei #.
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Hogir said:
So what you guys mean is that if I get an at&t plan (whichever one) and puch in these apn settings I will get unlimited HSPA? Even if I get a prepaid plan? Do I have to get a data plan included or what?
This is exciting!
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Wha?
Yes, you'll have to get SOME kind of data plan. I think any data plan will do. I am using this very phone on the "unlimited data for non-smartphones" data plan just fine, and get pretty decent HSPA+ speeds - usually between 1.5 and 6 mbps down.
Think for a second, dude. If you don't get a data plan at all, when your phone tries to connect to the gateway, it will not get a connection.
lyall29 said:
I'm not sure about the pre-paid plans but it definitely works for me on my family plan. You'll just have to try it out and report back!
By the way, I wouldn't tell at&t that you have a gs2, just tell them its an old unlocked flip phone you got off of eBay. You can even give them a fake imei #.
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Cool! Thanks! Do I just randomly pick numbers or do I need to find a IMEI generator?
So I'll get the cheapest plan there is and try these settings?
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Wha?
Yes, you'll have to get SOME kind of data plan. I think any data plan will do. I am using this very phone on the "unlimited data for non-smartphones" data plan just fine, and get pretty decent HSPA+ speeds - usually between 1.5 and 6 mbps down.
Think for a second, dude. If you don't get a data plan at all, when your phone tries to connect to the gateway, it will not get a connection.
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Haha, chillax dude! I'm some kind of n00b so be gentle with me .
But I'll try this and report back as soon as I touch US soil again .
If you have an old at&t phone you can use that imei to give at&t or change a few #'s on your i9100 imei. At&t won't recognize the imei from your i9100 even if you do give them that #. I always give them a fake # just in case.
Yes, get whatever plan for calling you want, but tell them you want the unlimited data for non smart phones.
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If you already have an AT&T SIM card that is at least 3g capable, you don't HAVE to tell them squat. I haven't told AT&T about any of my last 3 phones - an XT701, a Motorola Milestone, or this one. I just plugged my SIM card in, and away I went.
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If you already have an AT&T SIM card that is at least 3g capable, you don't HAVE to tell them squat. I haven't told AT&T about any of my last 3 phones - an XT701, a Motorola Milestone, or this one. I just plugged my SIM card in, and away I went.
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In my case I was using a HTC inspire 4g before my i9100 so I had to tell at&t that I was downgrading to a non smartphone so I wouldn't have to pay the $25 for 2 gigs.
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lyall29 said:
In my case I was using a HTC inspire 4g before my i9100 so I had to tell at&t that I was downgrading to a non smartphone so I wouldn't have to pay the $25 for 2 gigs.
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In this case, you sacrificed potentially higher speeds in the future (when LTE comes online in your market, if it hasn't already), for a cheaper unlimited plan.
Not saying I wouldn't have done the same (I totally would have - I've decided an average of 3mbps down on HSPA+ is PLENTY fast enough for my phone... it's a phone for crying out loud! So I'm staying on my non-smartphone plan), just pointing it out.
Where I live they have to pipe sunlight in, I won't have LTE for a long time. Where I work I get around 3 mbps down so that's plenty for me as well.
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So, Im back in LA. The first thing I did was to go to AT&T store and buy myself a prepaid plan. $50, includes unlimited, talk, text and data for non-smartphones. Then I punched in the APN settings and now I have H+!
I did a speed test and the results were pretty decent:
PING: 156
DOWNLOAD: 3683kbps
UPLOAD: 733kbps
It's good enough, even though in Sweden we have sooo much better and faster... I did the speed test in Sweden and the numbers were doubled for D/U.
But I have another question. My roommate has an iPhone, and we tried to punch in the same APN (which by the way is soooo annoying and complicated....). But they never worked for him. Does anyone, for some reason, know if they work on iPhone 4s? And if yes how do I do it the "easy way"
Hogir said:
So, Im back in LA. The first thing I did was to go to AT&T store and buy myself a prepaid plan. $50, includes unlimited, talk, text and data for non-smartphones. Then I punched in the APN settings and now I have H+!
I did a speed test and the results were pretty decent:
PING: 156
DOWNLOAD: 3683kbps
UPLOAD: 733kbps
It's good enough, even though in Sweden we have sooo much better and faster... I did the speed test in Sweden and the numbers were doubled for D/U.
But I have another question. My roommate has an iPhone, and we tried to punch in the same APN (which by the way is soooo annoying and complicated....). But they never worked for him. Does anyone, for some reason, know if they work on iPhone 4s? And if yes how do I do it the "easy way"
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No offense, but you'd be better off asking iPhone questions in an iPhone forum. There is not a very high percentage of i9100 users who also use iPhones... Not to say that there aren't any at all. I know they exist. Just saying.
Apn for iphone is different.
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Haha, I'm aware of that. But I was lazy to write there and I knew that someone, more technical person knew the answer already....
OK, thanks!
My internet drops a lot though... Does anyone know why?
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I want you guys to know that ever since i installed an ICS Rom my internet never drops. I always have at least 3G.
Maybe the APN setting doesn't work that well with gingerbread or something was wrong on my phone. But now it works just fine!
Thanks again!
So based off of reading this thread..
I have T-Mobile prepaid right now.
I will be receiving an i9100 sometime this week, and don't want to live with EDGE.
Can I sign up for a plan online, get unlimited data for non smartphones, get a cheapo free non smartphone, then just pop the sim into the i9100?
Or can I just get a GoPhone plan and pop the sim into the i9100?
joshnichols189 said:
So based off of reading this thread..
I have T-Mobile prepaid right now.
I will be receiving an i9100 sometime this week, and don't want to live with EDGE.
Can I sign up for a plan online, get unlimited data for non smartphones, get a cheapo free non smartphone, then just pop the sim into the i9100?
Or can I just get a GoPhone plan and pop the sim into the i9100?
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I think either will work.
EDIT: FYI, I've got the unlimited data for non smartphones from back when I had a sony ericsson w810, and have gone through three other smartphones before this one just by popping my SIM card into the new phone. Just make sure the SIM card is at least 3g capable. They should all be at this point, but you never know if they're still giving out old SIM cards or not.
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Just wondering, what is the typical data H+ speed for AT&T? I just downloaded speedtest.net and my test result don't look promising. This is a unroot and still stock.
190kps for download, 434kbps for upload and 151ms for ping.
I usually get about 5mbps down and 1.5mbps up in Louisville KY on H+
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those speeds are extremely slow but speeds will vary depending on your area. You can't judge your phone based on someone else's speeds, unless they're in your same area.
The other thing to do is run a speedtest from your phone's browser:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
Open that link and run the test. There are many people that had a problem with accuracy with the speedtest app.
Thanks everyone for the quick reply.
@ nyydynasty - I am in the Los Angeles, CA area. The reason I asked because everything seem to be real slow when it come to my data conection. My wifi connection at home (when I connected to it) is a lot faster connection in comparison. I am not trying to compare or guage the speed. The reason I asked is to see if I should call up AT&T and complaint at them to see why my connection seem slow.
My connection varies greatly. My speeds are either 1 meg a second or up to 5 when I'm in nyc. My connection can go down really quickly though, and I'll average like 300 kb a second.
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Waddle said:
My connection varies greatly. My speeds are either 1 meg a second or up to 5 when I'm in nyc. My connection can go down really quickly though, and I'll average like 300 kb a second.
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Thanks, that should be enough for me to call AT&T to see if there is a problem or not.
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http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/.
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Wow 1.2mbps d/l and .12 u/l. Still it is slow.
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My average is 4 down (I get a 6 every now and then) and 1.5 up. Lte is already available in my area and I have seen a Skyrocket clock 30 down.
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5-6 down tops, and I'm in Phoenix, so LTE's in my area. Have yet to see a person with an LTE AT&T phone though. On the other hand, I've seen a Droid Razr pull down ~15 with only 3 bars.
At my house it had better connection. 2.4 d/l and 0.5 u/l
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With the link it's 3.7 and 0.88 from my house.
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I usually get between 6-7.5 Down & 2-3 Up on My Galaxy Nexus using AT&T... Funny thing is i'm still using a European baseband..
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in my area (MN) i get around 2-5 down, about 1 up. If you do decide to go with a custom ROM, give some different modems a try. Originally i'd rarely get over 1 down, then i decided to go through a few modems and saw some moderate improvements. Some say it makes no difference for them, but it definitely did for me.
Orange County Ca so your area should be closer to that. I live on the border of La and Orange County and the lowest i ever VHF et UNLESS i am bekng throttled is about 3-5Mbs download and as high as 7-10Mbs download being more normal.
EDIT: I think it helps tbat since i am rooted I have modified my build.prop fkr the faster speeds. Plus you can get more if you edit your apn settings (which I am not doing at this point with this pic)
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Here in Ohio on my sgs2 I have had as good as 5-6 down and 2.3 up
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For me, it ranges from 1-11 down and ~1 up
On the speakeasy speedtest, It's said I've gotten up to 12mbps down at one point. Speedtest app usually never gets over 6-7
Thanks everyone for the inputs, that tells me that my speed suck in my area. (or I am being throttled, I hope not.)
And this is the first time I got the data line since I have been with AT&T. It's only been a few months.
I doubt that I will root this phone anytime soon, it's still on the 2 years contract (got 22 months to go).
@ ROckRatt - What APN setting did you use? May be I can add a new APN and try to use that to see if I get better connection.
I would love to get it up to at least 5 or 6 download and 2 upload.
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Thanks everyone for the inputs, that tells me that my speed suck in my area. (or I am being throttled, I hope not.)
And this is the first time I got the data line since I have been with AT&T. It's only been a few months.
I doubt that I will root this phone anytime soon, it's still on the 2 years contract (got 22 months to go).
@ ROckRatt - What APN setting did you use? May be I can add a new APN and try to use that to see if I get better connection.
I would love to get it up to at least 5 or 6 download and 2 upload.
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First I would call att and make sure they switched you to the 4G plan, sounds like they still have you on the 3G plan. Here are the APN settings I usually use but I do not remember if you can make them or set them up without being rooted. Most all of us are also on the contract with att also. I got mine in October if I remember correctly, whatever the first week it came out. So read up about flashing roms and just make sure to also download the return to stock packages IN CASE you ever need to return it to complete stock without att ever even knowing it was rooted and rom'd. Yoj will even be happier once you learn how.
My APN Test Settings
APN #1
NAME: ATT HSPA+
APN: phone
MMS port: 80
APN TYPE: default,internet,broadband
APN#2
ATT MMS
APN: wap.cingular
USERNAME: [email protected]
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS PROXY: wireless.cingular.com
MMS PORT: 80
MNC: 410
MCC: 310
APN TYPE: default,mms,supl
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I have similar setup for my APN 1 and APN 2.
The only Different is the APN TYPE.
APN 1 APN TYPE: I only have internet option
APN 2 APN TYPE: I have mms and supl option.
My Current APN Test Settings.
APN #1
NAME: MyAPN
APN: phone
MMS port: 80
APN TYPE: internet
APN#2
ATT MMS
APN: phone
USERNAME: blank
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS PROXY: wireless.cingular.com
MMS PORT: 80
MNC: 410
MCC: 310
APN TYPE: mms
Well, after looking at all the Nexus 5 hoopla the past few hours (they have some damned nice cases available from Spigen for that thing, wish the LGOG would have sparked that kind of interest, oh well) I figured I'd ask this question so, the poll above pretty much covers it.
If LTE is working for you I'd appreciate knowing it, and the setup you have with it working. A few of us that have the LGOG and had working LTE which suddenly just up and died on us are trying to figure out exactly why it suddenly just up and died on us, perhaps some more info in a thread geared towards it specifically might help.
Thanks...
For the record: I'm running the stock 4.1.2 build with the stock AT&T JB radio currently, using a T-Mobile $30/month plan and the LTE functionality worked fine the first day or so I got the LGOG just by adding the APN for it (fast.t-mobile.com) - I didn't have to do anything else, didn't even have to change anything network related: when I originally got this LGOG about 2 weeks ago all I did was add that APN and LTE worked as noted by the 4G/LTE icon on the status bar. After a day or so of using it the icon changed to the standard 4G icon and the LTE functionality never returned and still hasn't.
The vast majority of tmous users don't get lte on e970. Check att lte freqs vs tmo freqs in your area.
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As I said in the post above, it DID work when I first got the LGOG about two weeks ago, and here in Vegas T-Mobile very much has their actual LTE service enabled (as noted, Las Vegas was the first city in the US where they "flipped the switch" so we technically had it before anybody else did). There are a number of other owners that have had it working when they first started using the T-Mobile SIM cards, but over random periods of time the LTE functionality just stops working, kaput, clear out of the blue and then we just can't seem to get it functional again.
It's not a T-Mobile issue because their coverage here in downtown Vegas where I happen to live blankets the area completely and again it DID work just fine, with two different (yet same series) T-Mobile SIM cards, but then it just stops working and I/we would like to work on a solution as to why it did or does work then it suddenly stops.
I don't really care about actually using it in most situations, I just care that it should work since the LGOG covers the frequencies where T-Mobile provides LTE service, that it did work for myself and others, and then for some unknown reason it stops working and I/we can't figure out the specific reason(s) for it to just stop.
Have you tried these APN settings?
Name: MetroPCS LTE
APN: fast.metropcs.com
Proxy: blank
Port: blank
Username/Password: blank
Server: Not set
MMSC: http://metropcs.mmsmvno.com/mms/wapenc
MMS proxy: not set
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
Authentication Type: not set
APN type: default,mms,supl
APN protocol: ipv4
APN roaming protocol: ipv4
T- Mobile largely gained LTE in the Vegas area by acquiring MetroPCS. Their LTE is on the CDMA spectrum and T- Mobile is broadcasting on gsm. That might be part of your problem. TMO is probably relying on the MPCS equipment in Vegas.
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Hadn't considered that, Jank4AU, but I did just try adding that APN info and still no success with LTE. As stated, it did work originally because within an hour of getting this LGOG I had installed Speedtest and ran some here where I live and I had varied results from 28 to 35-36 Mbps - since this phone is only capable of 21Mbps HSPA+, and not the 42Mbps aspect, and since it was clearly showing the 4G LTE icon on the status bar, I know it was working at least for a brief period of time and I know the hardware is capable of it.
It's funny in some respects because earlier when I tried that 4.4 AOSP that houstonn has created I noticed that the default APNs (whereas with the stock ROM I have no defaults at all) pulled from the SIM card are:
MetroPCS (fast.metropcs.com)
T-Mobile GPRS (no APN info set)
T-Mobile GPRS (fast.t-mobile.com)
Alas, no matter what I do it just won't enable LTE. When I bring up the available networks on the stock ROM (4.1.2) I get what's pictured as attached, so the phone most definitely can see the T-Mobile LTE network, but whenever I attempt to connect to it there will be a ~30 second delay with nothing happening, then it just reverts to HSPA.
This fiasco is baffling...
I have two SCH-I545, one on NC5 stock rooted, one on MDK running CM11 nightlies. I got a Cricket sim and service for a month to see if I could get everything going, and all but LTE is golden. If anyone has any help for me on getting LTE going, I would certainly appreciate it. I believe Cricket uses the AT&T LTE network around here, but I am unsure. The NC5 phone has a constant notification:
Phone activation
This SIM card is from an unknown source.
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I believe there are ways around that.
Below are the APN settings from their website which I can confirm get up to HSPA+ and MMS working:
Name: Internet
APN: ndo
Proxy: Not Set
Port: Not Set
Username: Not Set
Password: Not Set
Server: Not Set
MMSC: http://mmsc.aiowireless.net
MMS Proxy: proxy.aiowireless.net
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 150
Authentication type: Not Set
APN type: default,mms,fota,hipri,supl
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The only differences between the ones on their site and those successfully pushed to my MDK are the name and the pushed did not include "hipri," in the APN type. Both worked fine except for LTE.
stoicwood said:
The NC5 phone has a constant notification...
I believe there are ways around that.
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It looks like all it takes is clearing data on the "Setup Wizard" app to get rid of the notification. I was hoping I could turn it off, but there may not be a need. Now all that remains is LTE.
Edit: I jumped the gun on that. The notification still comes up on reboot. Force stop gets rid of it, and probably freezing the "Setup Wizard" app (root required).
Any update on this?
Can LTE work on a Verizon S4?
What kind of speeds are you getting with HSPA+?
I am currently running Hyperdrive 18.1, would I have to flash back to NC5?
Thanks
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sambrooke said:
Any update on this?
Can LTE work on a Verizon S4?
What kind of speeds are you getting with HSPA+?
I am currently running Hyperdrive 18.1, would I have to flash back to NC5?
Thanks
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+1 I currently have a cricket SIM and get up to HSPA+. Still looking for a way to get LTE.
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I learned that on both straight talk and cricket, lte will not work on Verizon phone.
I have all three sims and have been testing in an att phone and a verizon phone.
The att phone gets lte logo with both cricket and straight talk.
The cricket line caps at about 8 mbps which is really not lte despite it saying that at the top of the phone.
Straight talk goes up to 27 mbps at the same location. verizon gets 80 down.
cricket must cap the lte speeds.
So bottom line, if you want real lte speeds either stick with Verizon or get an att phone or unlocked phone and try straight talk.
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stoicwood said:
The NC5 phone has a constant notification:
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I believe there are ways around that.
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I used an app called "No Bloat" to disable the "SamsungSetupWizard.apk"
Below are the APN settings from their website which I can confirm get up to HSPA+ and MMS working:
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The only differences between the ones on their site and those successfully pushed to my MDK are the name and the pushed did not include "hipri," in the APN type. Both worked fine except for LTE.
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I am pretty sure that LTE on this phone uses different bands than Cricket uses. So physically the phone is incapable of LTE on the cricket network.
When I set my phone to "Global" or "LTE/CDMA" mode, I get the "4G" icon on top of the screen... BUT... i cannot send text messages. (can recieve them thought!)
Test messages only works for "GSM / UMTS" mode. At that point i get "H" or "H+" on top of the screen.
I think the phone is programmed to display "4G" just because it's in LTE mode regardless of what the actual connection is.