Hi,
I just got the Galaxy Mega 6.3' Model GT-I9205 and I am using it on Rogers network but the reception is really crappy. I came from a Note 2 (broken) and never had this problem. I get dropped calls and never full bars slow data speeds as well.
Is this simply because it does not support all the neccessary bands for Roegrs? I thought that GT-I9205 is for and should work fine in Canada.
Lastly can flashing another ROM fix this?
Thank you,
tell the phone to only connect to 3G instead of LTE and you should be fine. The LTE on the i9205 isn't the same as what north American carriers use.
Hagow said:
Hi,
I just got the Galaxy Mega 6.3' Model GT-I9205 and I am using it on Rogers network but the reception is really crappy. I came from a Note 2 (broken) and never had this problem. I get dropped calls and never full bars slow data speeds as well.
Is this simply because it does not support all the neccessary bands for Roegrs? I thought that GT-I9205 is for and should work fine in Canada.
Lastly can flashing another ROM fix this?
Thank you,
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Thank you seems to work so far. Hopefully no drop calls.
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Hey guys I'm have trouble with a radio that is for T-Mobile not. I have the At&t Galaxy Note. But I have T-Mobile service. Any other Modem I flash (icsblaze or KID) works fine.. But the [RADIO][MODEM] TMO Galaxy Note UVLG3 I flash kills my phone.. makes it slow and hangs a lot.. Other people have the same problems also.
Here is where I got it from. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842207&page=13
Anyone have any ideas what the problem is?
You already have two working modems and you're flashing one that doesn't work.
Yeah. the T-Mobile 879 rom is super fast that's the reason for changing.
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I'm pretty sure just about everyone trying to use the actual T-mobile Note (SGH-T879) on the AT&T Note (i717) are having problems with slow downs and freezing constantly. It sounds like you just simply like the ROM better....? So if that's the case, why not just use the T-mobile ROM, with the ICS Blaze modem? Quite a few people seem to be doing that... Me, I use Dark Star ICS w/ the ICS-Blaze modem and am perfectly content for now...
I don't care which rom I have. I just want the speed of the 879 modem. Lol.
Yesterday on my SGS 2 I got speeds over 20 mbs. I would like to have that on my Note
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The 2 Notes have different antennas. That's why the tmo modem will not work well on our att notes. The closest I have come is the blaze modem- great DL speeds- redzone- 10-12, poor UL speeds- .2-.4. I'm in No. Jersey. I am trying out straight talk for the month with the att sim. The speeds are poor as compared to t-mo. No better than ATT on DL- 1-3, and poor on UL- .5-.7. So I am going back to t-mo and porting my # to google voice. I will deal with the poor UL speeds is return for the $30 plan
try blaze
try the latest blaze radio with the backstair vi rom, for me in miami i get average 3-5 mbps download. I also have this on my phone, it maybe a placebo effect but for me i think it made a huge difference.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1666342
Where can I find the latest blaze radio?
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effective radio and rom for Los Angeles
I'm in the Los Angeles area. Would anyone recommend any radio rom combinations for the note i717 on t-mobile that has been effective for the Los Angeles area?
Thank you in advance.
Just want to share this tweak by Rob4828- doubled my upload speed and raised my DL's to 13-15 mbps. On Blaze.
works on touch wiz roms- need to redo with every reboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931679
sashusmom said:
Just want to share this tweak by Rob4828- doubled my upload speed and raised my DL's to 13-15 mbps. On Blaze.
works on touch wiz roms- need to redo with every reboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931679
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Doing the above does make a difference. I'll also do it if I'm having a particularly spotty connection. Seems to refresh everything.
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ICS blaze modem
I am running T-Mobile too with ics blaze modem and have pretty decent speed when I was using black star Rom. I'm now on liquid Rom and the highest I got was 13 down and 2 up.
So much jonesing for a 1080p screen with a recent Android version, snappy interface, and replaceable battery and replaceable microSD... I somehow forgot the reputation Samsung has for CDMA radios.
Whereas my Rezound provided consistent 4g at my home and in the park and downtown... my S4 gives no 4g at home (you read that right-- NO 4G at home), and occasionally some 4g in town. 3g is pretty consistent on the S4.
Short of
a) moving to a home on top of a Verizon tower
b) dropping a small fortune on a different phone,
how do I go about improving 4g reception on the phone? Is there anything that will help? Enabling/Disabling Power Saving mode? Fancy case? Carrying a cantenna around?
I've run the phone stock. I've also tried the VRUAME7 modem from arcanexvi's I545VRUAME7 Radio thread on my stock VRUAMDK ROM with no difference.
EDIT: Resolution was going to Verizon Wireless Store and having them replace with/activate a new SIM-- instant 4G connectivity after.
It wouldn't hurt to try a new SIM. Some folks, myself included, had bad SIMs that would give preference to EVDO over LTE.
Okay I was just at a Dennys and one of the customers with an S3 on VZW was showing me that he had 4G service. I'm wondering if my issue may be related to this being a phone purchase on Swappa from an east coast seller. I'm based on the west coast.
Pretty sure it isn't the SIM because the same SIM works fine in my Rezound and gives 4G service on the Rezound in the same areas where my S4 is stuck on 3G... That being said, I may drop by the VZW store to see if they can swap out the SIM just to rule out the possibility of something obscure with the SIM.
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vprasad1 said:
Okay I was just at a Dennys and one of the customers with an S3 on VZW was showing me that he had 4G service. I'm wondering if my issue may be related to this being a phone purchase on Swappa from an east coast seller. I'm based on the west coast.
Pretty sure it isn't the SIM because the same SIM works fine in my Rezound and gives 4G service on the Rezound in the same areas where my S4 is stuck on 3G... That being said, I may drop by the VZW store to see if they can swap out the SIM just to rule out the possibility of something obscure with the SIM.
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The SIM that caused me problems worked like a champ in my Galaxy Nexus. When placed into the S4, it would default to EVDO. Not necessarily saying that's the case with yours, but it's a quick and easy thing to try.
najaboy said:
The SIM that caused me problems worked like a champ in my Galaxy Nexus. When placed into the S4, it would default to EVDO. Not necessarily saying that's the case with yours, but it's a quick and easy thing to try.
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Thank you! Not sure if it was the physical change of SIM or if it was the configuration the tech was doing there in the store, but the whole process resulted in me getting 4G reception on my S4 all over town consistently and at home!
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Hey all,
I and many other Galaxy Mega owners on this forum have been experiencing issues with poor/spotty signal that in return drains battery life.
This is an issue that is very real. I have tested in different places a Mega next to a Note 2 and an iPhone.
The results shows that while Note 2 and iPhone have full signal strength, the Mega struggles to keep 3 out of 4 bars, and most of the time it stays at 2 bars. I noticed this issue and returned the Mega for a new one, the new one had the same issue.
Someone on here had a theory that it was only a problem that occured with European users, but I dont know why that would be.
Anyway, is there someone out there that could help us noobs out and look into this issue?
I really love the phone, but the spotty signal issue is quite annoying to say the least.
For those of you who share the same issue, please raise your voice.
If you have a serious problem talk to your carrier, it could be a setting or something their end
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Kangburra said:
If you have a serious problem talk to your carrier, it could be a setting or something their end
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I dont believe this is a carrier issue. Ive had the same carrier with all my phones, and Mega is the only one with spotty/poor signal strength.
Other threads on this forum are reporting the same issue.
I have the i527m version here in Canada and i have no problems at all with having a low signal as it always is strong and the LTE/4g works awesome..not sure on some other models why this is happening, maybe the moden/radio is forsure different in the i527m version then others, but i am not sure if the signal strength is good all across Canada or not, but i know my area it is good.
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I have the i527m version here in Canada and i have no problems at all with having a low signal as it always is strong and the LTE/4g works awesome..not sure on some other models why this is happening, maybe the moden/radio is forsure different in the i527m version then others, but i am not sure if the signal strength is good all across Canada or not, but i know my area it is good.
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I have an AT&T Mega and I have not had this issue at all! I went from a Note 2 and I have the same or better signal strength with the Mega.
Later
hdbueller said:
I have an AT&T Mega and I have not had this issue at all! I went from a Note 2 and I have the same or better signal strength with the Mega.
Later
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That is good to hear also..and the rooting should come hopefully soon for the i527 version. :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335242
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335242
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2415577
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2401386
Just some examples of people experiencing the same thing.
Is there any possible solution for this? Like flashing the modem or something? (and in that case, which modem? Im european).
My signal is so much better on the mega..... I used to get on 2meg downloads now I download at the minimum of 8....
Mega for the win
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MegaObsessed said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335242
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335242
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2415577
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2401386
Just some examples of people experiencing the same thing.
Is there any possible solution for this? Like flashing the modem or something? (and in that case, which modem? Im european).
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Try all the modems, what works for one will not for another.
I'm on the unlimited metro pcs plan and recently the lte started being really slow any suggestions on what I should do? I'm on mega fire v10 by the way
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are you sure you are receiving LTE and not HSPA+?
from what i understand the international or dual sim models don't have the same LTE bands compatible with the US carrier frequencys.
Yeah lte has been running great since I bought it until yesterday it just takes a really long time to load things now
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I'm experiencing the exact same thing. I have a MetroPCS Mega (SGH -M819N) and have been on MetroPCS since I got the phone. the LTE has been very fast up until now (anywhere between 30mbps and 40mbps down). My signal still says LTE but my speed is inconsistent now. Sometimes fast and sometimes dog slow. I think it's the MetroPCS network.
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I'm going to call customer service tomorrow and I'll let you know what they say
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I changed the network mode to gsm/wcdma and I'm getting better speeds
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I called them twice and after they reset my SIM card twice I'm getting the speeds I had before this happened
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Hello everyone,
First post on XDA woo!
Anyway. I've been with android for since the Galaxy Nexus and continued using the nexus line up until the Nexus 5. Recently I got bored of stock android so I wanted to try out the LG G3. I'm currently on T-Mobile and was able to get a Verizon LG G3 basically for free. Popped my SIM card in, set up a T-Mobile APN. It worked fine. However. I have NO signal almost anywhere I am at all times (school, home, when I'm out and about). Could this be because of my APN? Is it a faulty phone? Because I'm using t-mobile on a Verizon phone?
Thanks in advance guys!
(Ironically enough, I have decent signal in the screenshot. Haha, I promise it's a miracle)
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(Ironically enough, I have decent signal in the screenshot. Haha, I promise it's a miracle)
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Welcome to the XDA forums!
Actually your screenshot is showing only one bar of signal
What do you have the "Network Mode" set to? (Under the "System Select" settings.)
The 3 options are Global, LTE/CDMA, and LTE/GSM/UMTS.
For T-Mobile you probably need the LTE/GSM/UMTS mode.
Here is a thread where someone else set up their VS985 on T-Mo's network.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/factory-unlocked-lte-t-mobile-t2828543
Thanks for the warm welcome!
I checked my mobile settings and it was set to 'Global'. However when I tried switching it to either of the other two,options I get this error message (shown in the picture below).
I read the thread you posted. Unfortunately I couldn't find anything to help my specific case. I did find out that this phone reads a Band 4 LTE from T-Mobile. I went online and it seems that my area doesn't get Band 4 coverage for LTE. However even on my Nexus 5 I never got LTE because I think my data plan only,covered up to HSPA. Could this be a problem?
Thanks for the help.
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Whoops. Forgot the screenshot. I don't know why but it's not letting me upload it.... Hmm. I'll just quote what it says.
"The network is not available. You can try global mode to see if alternate networks are available. Do you want to set network to global mode?"
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Thanks for the warm welcome!
I checked my mobile settings and it was set to 'Global'. However when I tried switching it to either of the other two,options I get this error message (shown in the picture below).
I read the thread you posted. Unfortunately I couldn't find anything to help my specific case. I did find out that this phone reads a Band 4 LTE from T-Mobile. I went online and it seems that my area doesn't get Band 4 coverage for LTE. However even on my Nexus 5 I never got LTE because I think my data plan only,covered up to HSPA. Could this be a problem?
Thanks for the help.
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I use a VS985 on T-mobile, so I would offer my 2 cents. The only LTE band it supports for T-mobile is band 4, so if it is not offered in your area, you won't get LTE, but you can still get H, which is still quite fast. Your APN setting is correct. The signal bar for T-mobile is always low, usually 1-2 bars, but the LTE does not seem to be affected by it. I am in the Bay Area, and I typically get around 25Mbps and can get up to 57Mbps when at late night. I think it has to do with T-mobile network than the phone. In fact, I get slightly better signal on G3 than my Nexus 5.
Hmm. I am out of ideas. I mean, my Nexus 5 got great signal throughout my daily routine. Now the LG G3, with the same SIM card and data plan, gets NO signal. Not just BAD signal. I mean NONE. I'm starting to think it may be a faulty hardware problem? I might try and return it and try my luck with another phone. What do you guys think?
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Hmm. I am out of ideas. I mean, my Nexus 5 got great signal throughout my daily routine. Now the LG G3, with the same SIM card and data plan, gets NO signal. Not just BAD signal. I mean NONE. I'm starting to think it may be a faulty hardware problem? I might try and return it and try my luck with another phone. What do you guys think?
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I noticed a drop in signal strength when I flashed to Lollipop... Long story short I hated Lollipop and with the radio not as good just Flash back to 10B and setting it up now and will leave it there. I never had any issues with 10B
Someone here on XDA mentioned that the Nexus5 supports band 2 LTE, which T-Mobile uses increasingly as it "'re-farms" it's old gprs towers. I know the G3 doesn't, and I am pretty sure the Nexus5 doesn't either, but if the other poster was correct that could explain your observations.
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BluBlaze said:
Hmm. I am out of ideas. I mean, my Nexus 5 got great signal throughout my daily routine. Now the LG G3, with the same SIM card and data plan, gets NO signal. Not just BAD signal. I mean NONE. I'm starting to think it may be a faulty hardware problem? I might try and return it and try my luck with another phone. What do you guys think?
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I have Nexus 5 too, and that phone supports every band in the US including LTE band 2. T-mobile main LTE band is 4 but in some areas they use band 2, which is not support by G3. If you still have your Nexus 5, install LTE Discovery from Play store and you can check which LTE band you are on. If band 2, then you will need to sell your G3. Or I can sell my Nexus 5 to you, haha.
One more thing, I was playing around the Network mode on my G3, while it makes no difference in LTE reception, "LTE/GSM/UMTS" gives better 3G reception, so that is the mode you want your G3 to stay at.
Alright. So I tried the 'LTE Discovery' app. Unfortunately I couldn't learn anything as I don't actually recall ever getting LTE in my area (except at my fathers workplace a good ways a way. Probably since there is a cell tower right next door. Haha) Anyway. I'm thinking that the band receptors are my problem. I'm considering maybe returning this Verizon G3 and buying the T-Mobile G3 variant instead. Do you guys think I'll see any improvement?
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Not if you are in a T-Mobile band2 LTE area. Even the T-Mobile G3 does not support band2 LTE. No LG G3 does.
It does support the high band, band21 I think, which is still more common for T-Mobile than band2. The vs985 doesn't support T-Mobile high band LTE. So, getting the T-Mobile G3 might help. Just remember that higher frequency bands tend to not penetrate buildings as well as lower frequency bands.
I looked at that LTE Discovery App... I would not leave that on your phone. It's a data miner.
Needs access to...
Device and App history
Location
Phone
Photos / media / files
Device ID and call info
Really all that. I don't think so. I would not install it at all. Just saying.
Some if these apps are crazy for what they want access to. I stay away from them.