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So I got my Evo 4G LTE up and running on Virgin Mobile, 3G works decently (though it does lapse to 1x more than it did on Sprint) but I haven't found any way to get LTE running. I imagine it's in the APN settings somewhere, but I haven't found any information out there about where it could be hidden and what settings Virgin Mobile uses. I would also imagine that my donor phone would need to be 4G as well, but I'm not positive about that either.
Does anyone have any experience adjusting LTE APN's?
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I have found that PPTP vpn does not work for me ONLY over AT&T on the JS.
If i turn on mobile hot spot on my infuse and wifi connect the JS through the infuse on the same network it works fine.
Can some one else test the JS PPTP connectivity (preferably with encryption)
Im currious to see if its the gateway they are pushing LTE devices through?
spent hours on the phone with at&t
this is a problem with the 4g LTE, APN called "broadband". All new 4g LTE enabled devices will now use this.
this network is behind NAT causing the issue.
At&t pretty much told me to pound sand and get a different device that uses a different APN (ie ipad). They were not going to even open a ticket for it.
mathewpotter said:
spent hours on the phone with at&t
this is a problem with the 4g LTE, APN called "broadband". All new 4g LTE enabled devices will now use this.
this network is behind NAT causing the issue.
At&t pretty much told me to pound sand and get a different device that uses a different APN (ie ipad). They were not going to even open a ticket for it.
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Not sure what they mean, but I can connect to my office via VPN over 4g without issues. I use remote desktop on my Jetstream frequently and never had an issue. The first time i set it up was a bit of a hassle, but once I set the correct security settings it's been working ok, however I live in an area where the LTE is not available...that might be the difference. Mine is 24/7 on HSPA+ with about 6mbps down and 2.5 - 3.5mbps up.
Hey folks,
If you are on Rogers network with i717, please let me know what you think of the network performance.
Before switching to galaxy note, I used iphone 3g with Rogers. To be quite honest with you, I haven't noticed any speed improvement with my new device on LTE when I'm surfing the net with stock internet browser. I also tried Dolphin HD and Opera but loading times are pretty much the same with my previous experience with iphone on 3g network. (If not slower!)
I don't know what to make of it. Is Rogers LTE network not so good? Is it my Note having issues???
FYI- My area is for sure within Rogers LTE coverage. I get full bar with 4G on it...
Thanks for your input.
Did you change yor plan to LTE when you upgrade it.
If you changed, is it gonna be active next billing cycle or now. Call rogers and make sure.
Make sure Rogers LTE area again.
If yes then, check your apn settigs .
If yes then, in phone, settings. Wireless and network, mobile network, network mode, make sure its LTE.
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Loving the LTE speeds on my Note. Make sure you change your plan to support it. Only downside is the massive drain LTE is on your battery so I usually just keep it at HSPA unless I need the extra speed
One thing I found out is that those Rogers csr at the store doesn't know what they are talking about. They would tell u that LTE and 4G is the same thing. Seems like they don't understand that 4g is hspa+ and LTE is different.
Just call them on the phone and ask them to make sure u are on an LTE plan.
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Bought my GS3 on the 27th but I can't get an LTE connection on it. I'm in Waterloo and definitely covered according to their map but I haven't seen LTE once. I went to the kiosk where I bought it and the rep eventually made a phone call. The person at the other end said HSPA+ is a subset of LTE and gets equivalent speeds. I know it is not but there was no point in arguing with him any further. I was then told I would see LTE in Toronto. I was downtown Toronto this weekend and never once saw it there either. I have an LTE sim and the device is completely stock and not rooted. Under "settings" -> "about device" -> "status" I see HSPA:11. I have tried to force it into LTE by typing *#2263# in the dailer and selecting "LTE" -> "LTE all" but it just says "unknown:0" as the network type.
Virgin is a subsidiary of Bell which shares its network with Telus. Their webpage says you only need an LTE sim and any of their data plans. They don't mention the need for an LTE specific plan. Is anyone with a GS3 on Virgin (or Bell/Telus) getting LTE in southern Ontario? What does it show as the network type?
EDIT: Spent an hour on the phone with some clown at Virgin who tried to give me a host of excuses, bad area code, wrong plan, tried to get me on a contract etc. Right after I was about to quit he told me he had just learned that talk and text plans would be LTE compatible on the 5th. Not exactly the best run operation but I'm not sure any Canadian carrier qualifies as one.
I'm on telus and I get LTE in my covered regions... mostly... no complaints though cause with there new Sim, my hspa+ gets somewhere around 10/7 mbs
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I had to fight with the service rep for another hour last night before a tech finally enabled LTE on my plan. She kept trying to tell me Virgin doesn't have LTE plans. Costs must be really low for them since they clearly don't train anyone for anything. Anyway working now. 30Mbs down, 12Mbs up.
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Here's the scenario... I upgraded from my EVO 3D to a newer phone with 4G LTE (Sprint). I'm still a Sprint customer, and I'm trying to find a use for my old EVO 3D. Since 4G LTE coverage is still pretty spotty in my area, and the Wifi "hotspot" doesn't seem to work (even with FoxFi) on my new phone, one thought was to turn my old EVO 3D into a Wifi hotspot that uses Sprint's Wimax network or just another device for someone in my family to use for Internet access.
So my question is, if I root my 3D, is it possible to "manually" enter the Wimax authentication such that my 3D can connect to the Wimax network? I know my not-activated phone can still see the 4G Wimax network because if I turn on the radio it connects and gets a signal. It just fails to route data over Wimax (throws an authentication error).
Has anyone tried this? My understanding is that Sprint piggy-backs Clear's Wimax network, and based off my understanding of Clear's authentication, it just comes down to an approved device ID and username/password.
Any thoughts? It would be pretty neat to have a mobile Wifi/Wimax "hotspot" for areas with bad or non-existent 4G LTE coverage (which is a ton of places with Sprint).
Thanks,
Well it can be done but what you must do is really on the hush hush with xda. It requires doing something they consider to be on the line of illegal so I doubt anyone will give you much help.
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Hello -
Here's the scenario... I upgraded from my EVO 3D to a newer phone with 4G LTE (Sprint). I'm still a Sprint customer, and I'm trying to find a use for my old EVO 3D. Since 4G LTE coverage is still pretty spotty in my area, and the Wifi "hotspot" doesn't seem to work (even with FoxFi) on my new phone, one thought was to turn my old EVO 3D into a Wifi hotspot that uses Sprint's Wimax network or just another device for someone in my family to use for Internet access.
So my question is, if I root my 3D, is it possible to "manually" enter the Wimax authentication such that my 3D can connect to the Wimax network? I know my not-activated phone can still see the 4G Wimax network because if I turn on the radio it connects and gets a signal. It just fails to route data over Wimax (throws an authentication error).
Has anyone tried this? My understanding is that Sprint piggy-backs Clear's Wimax network, and based off my understanding of Clear's authentication, it just comes down to an approved device ID and username/password.
Any thoughts? It would be pretty neat to have a mobile Wifi/Wimax "hotspot" for areas with bad or non-existent 4G LTE coverage (which is a ton of places with Sprint).
Thanks,
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You need to clone your phone use Google as your friend for this one because it is ILLEGAL you shall not receive help on xda ever for this till it gets legal which is highly unlikely to happen
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Tip on cloning. Do not erase the backdoor or your 3vo will revert back to original esn after awhile. Also cloning is a thin gray line but not exactly illegal as far as i have been able to dig up. Many guides for flashing phones to other networks use cloning. There are even some providers that will clone the phone for you. I really doubt they would do it if it was illegal.
nvm, got my answer
I'm at my wits end and am hoping someone could have an answer for my problem. My home's in the L.A./O.C. area and the local towers were recently upgraded. This has made my phone use ERHPD (I believe that the upgrade is only a software overlay) since 4G was not upgraded. Basically I'm in a 3G/1x speed zone. I'm stock 4.4.2 and towel rooted with roam control. If I go out into the street and force roam to Verizon's network, I'll get 4 to 6gb download speed. On Sprints network, I'm stuck on 3G with 0.20 dl speed. When I force to Verizon's network, (goes to 4G) and then switch back to Sprint, my Sprint speed will be on 4g (with 1/2 the dl speed of Verizon). I tested both networks by streaming a movie and no buffering with Verizon and just a little buffering while on Sprint 4g. Once I walk into the house my phone drops to 3g again and 50% of the time will time out when trying to speed test or Google anything. Go out into the street get slow 3g. Force roan to Verizon and back to 4g. Once on Verizon 4g I can turn off roam and Sprint will be at 4g then (but a slower speed than Verizon). This is an improvement over the consumer prl that was on the phone originally. I'm using 2 different corp. prls for sprint which allows me to get the above stated speeds. Consumer prl sucked big time. I'm wondering if flashing a Verizon radio to my N3 would allow me to pick up the 4g signal that Verizon phones are getting good speed with and or change over to a Verizon prl?
Another test/example done today while in the San Bernardino mountains.
Standing next to my neighbor who has Verizon NOTE3 and is getting 4g. Speed test showing 4mb upload. My Sprint Note3 download speed 0.13. Tried it with 2 corp. and 1 stock prl.
Is this a junky radio on SPRINT or do I need to use a custom Verizon PRL to get and maintain 4G on my Sprint Note 3? Could the speed connectivity issue be solved with a radio change? Maybe a Verizon radio?
Any help/direction is greatly appreciated,
I know speed and connectivity are a big issue with Sprint in a lot of areas right now and maybe the answers will be able to help the dozens of people I've seen looking for answers.
antilamr said:
I'm at my wits end and am hoping someone could have an answer for my problem. My home's in the L.A./O.C. area and the local towers were recently upgraded. This has made my phone use ERHPD (I believe that the upgrade is only a software overlay) since 4G was not upgraded. Basically I'm in a 3G/1x speed zone. I'm stock 4.4.2 and towel rooted with roam control. If I go out into the street and force roam to Verizon's network, I'll get 4 to 6gb download speed. On Sprints network, I'm stuck on 3G with 0.20 dl speed. When I force to Verizon's network, (goes to 4G) and then switch back to Sprint, my Sprint speed will be on 4g (with 1/2 the dl speed of Verizon). I tested both networks by streaming a movie and no buffering with Verizon and just a little buffering while on Sprint 4g. Once I walk into the house my phone drops to 3g again and 50% of the time will time out when trying to speed test or Google anything. Go out into the street get slow 3g. Force roan to Verizon and back to 4g. Once on Verizon 4g I can turn off roam and Sprint will be at 4g then (but a slower speed than Verizon). This is an improvement over the consumer prl that was on the phone originally. I'm using 2 different corp. prls for sprint which allows me to get the above stated speeds. Consumer prl sucked big time. I'm wondering if flashing a Verizon radio to my N3 would allow me to pick up the 4g signal that Verizon phones are getting good speed with and or change over to a Verizon prl?
Another test/example done today while in the San Bernardino mountains.
Standing next to my neighbor who has Verizon NOTE3 and is getting 4g. Speed test showing 4mb upload. My Sprint Note3 download speed 0.13. Tried it with 2 corp. and 1 stock prl.
Is this a junky radio on SPRINT or do I need to use a custom Verizon PRL to get and maintain 4G on my Sprint Note 3? Could the speed connectivity issue be solved with a radio change? Maybe a Verizon radio?
Any help/direction is greatly appreciated,
I know speed and connectivity are a big issue with Sprint in a lot of areas right now and maybe the answers will be able to help the dozens of people I've seen looking for answers.
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You could try and change the radio to Verizon, but I think that would conflict with the Sprint version of the OS you have in the device. Then what happens when you are in an area that the roles are reversed, and Sprint has the dominant tower ? Do you have a different internet connection in the house that you can pull WiFi from ? A friend of mine had a similar problem the house was a dead zone. So she complained to Sprint and they gave her a router that produces a WiFi signal for internet and provides a signal for phone calls for her old Sprint EVO 4G. This way she never has to manually have to switch her device connections when leaving home for work. Don't know if this will help in your case, but might be worth a try.
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You could try and change the radio to Verizon, but I think that would conflict with the Sprint version of the OS you have in the device. Then what happens when you are in an area that the roles are reversed, and Sprint has the dominant tower ? Do you have a different internet connection in the house that you can pull WiFi from ? A friend of mine had a similar problem the house was a dead zone. So she complained to Sprint and they gave her a router that produces a WiFi signal for internet and provides a signal for phone calls for her old Sprint EVO 4G. This way she never has to manually have to switch her device connections when leaving home for work. Don't know if this will help in your case, but might be worth a try.
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Sprint gave me an Air Wave which I use at my work since it's in a dead zone also and I need cell signal to do my job.
Because I have one already, Sprint won't give me another one for use at my house. There's no internet or wifi at the mountain cabin. Only signal available there is cell if you're on the right provider. Thanks for the suggestion. I was thinking of flashing to a Verizon radio when I go to the mountains and re-flash it back to Sprint after I return. I'd have to do this every weekend and am not sure if it would get me kicked off of Sprint for roaming to much on Verizon. I'm also unsure if flashing the radio would actually give me good Verizon signals, and unsure if Sprint could be able to tell if I was using a different radio.
Update,
After researching some more I tried going to airplane mode for 30 seconds and back. This has my phone connecting to 4g when outside the house. Once I walk inside the signal fades and it goes to 3g in the house. Not needing to roam on Verizon to make it go into 4g. 3g data is only .03mb in the house when I can get the speed test to connect. Still no useable data speed in the mountains.