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I have always had a hunch that AT&T is adjusting data speeds, and that the speed you get on the phone is a result of factors other than modem, and how busy a particular server is. For instance, at my home base I was getting consistent 3-4 Mbps regardless which ROM or which modem I was using.
But I remember this clearly, whenever I had just loaded a new ROM and ran Speedtest my speed was always 5-6 Mbps. I would see that only once, then each successive Speedtest was in the normal range.
OK, a few weeks ago my camera started acting up and AT&T decided to send me a replacement phone. The replacement phone comes with 4.0.3 and the CLE5 modem. AT&T now displays 4G next to the reception indicator.
So, I run my speedtests again to see where things stand and I am surprised to see an average of 7 Mb/s.
Is AT&T throttling data speeds based on if you have a non stock ROM?
It may depend on your APN settings.
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It may depend on your APN settings.
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I never touch APN settings, they are what they are.
No at&t is not throttling.
You probably didnt have the LE5 modem before.
Simple upgrades coming from refurbished phones. Brand new all stock phones some got the updates, some are still bogged down and not even thought of as broken in. Bloatware?
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Simple upgrades coming from refurbished phones. Brand new all stock phones some got the updates, some are still bogged down and not even thought of as broken in. Bloatware?
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and the goose chased the sheep for what reason?
wavemaster00 said:
I have always had a hunch that AT&T is adjusting data speeds, and that the speed you get on the phone is a result of factors other than modem, and how busy a particular server is. For instance, at my home base I was getting consistent 3-4 Mbps regardless which ROM or which modem I was using.
But I remember this clearly, whenever I had just loaded a new ROM and ran Speedtest my speed was always 5-6 Mbps. I would see that only once, then each successive Speedtest was in the normal range.
OK, a few weeks ago my camera started acting up and AT&T decided to send me a replacement phone. The replacement phone comes with 4.0.3 and the CLE5 modem. AT&T now displays 4G next to the reception indicator.
So, I run my speedtests again to see where things stand and I am surprised to see an average of 7 Mb/s.
Is AT&T throttling data speeds based on if you have a non stock ROM?
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It displays 4G to fool people into thinking that's what it is. It isn't. They just changed the data icon to look like that. It's 3g. Or HSPA +.
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Phalanx7621 said:
It displays 4G to fool people into thinking that's what it is. It isn't. They just changed the data icon to look like that. It's 3g. Or HSPA +.
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I am giving specific download rates, with and without AT&T roms.
I am not talking about what it shows on the bar.
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I am giving specific download rates, with and without AT&T roms.
I am not talking about what it shows on the bar.
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A lot of ROMs when flashed give the default WAP.Cingular apns and they are slower. Changing APN to one in the thread DO HELP. In my area I can go from 2.5 to 7 normally with APN settings. I have even seen 11Mbs on a few occasions at non peak hours.
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Hi all. I'm on a Rom that doesn't have 4G LTE icons. Can I add some? How do I add them?
I too would like this. I was on the collective rom and signal icons were there and working. Anyway to get that on other rooms?
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Um, why? 4g is lte on asop.
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Um, why? 4g is lte on asop.
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I'm on a stock rom by hotwire and it doesn't gave the LtE icons. I want the LTE icons that come with the stock at&T rom
Wrong place bud. This belongs in Q&A.
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I would like a bacon icon to show when I am on an LTE network. If not, my whole phone experience is ruined.
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I would like a bacon icon to show when I am on an LTE network. If not, my whole phone experience is ruined.
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Thanks for the help my man. Being that T-Mobile is just now rolling out LTE in my area, I'd kinda sorta like to know what areas in Houston I go to that have LTE. The only way I can actually tell is when I use a different rom that gives me slower speeds, but does have LTE icons. I'd like to stay with the rom I have and add LTE icons to it. Didn't think it would be this much trouble. Troll on.
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Wrong place bud. This belongs in Q&A.
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Thanks! I added it to the Q&A section. I don't know how to close this thread though.
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Thanks for the help my man. Being that T-Mobile is just now rolling out LTE in my area, I'd kinda sorta like to know what areas in Houston I go to that have LTE. The only way I can actually tell is when I use a different rom that gives me slower speeds, but does have LTE icons. I'd like to stay with the rom I have and add LTE icons to it.
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Sorry buddy, but the rom doesn't have anything to do with your speed. That is determined by traffic at the tower (number of users connected to it), the modem you have (the baseband), APN settings, and the weather. ROM has nothing to do with it and icons have nothing to do with it.
You get the best speed your modem can give you under the conditions I named, whether the corresponding icon is in the phone framework or not. Sorry you didn't like my answer. Go have some bacon -- it won't change anything, but it is delicious.
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Sorry buddy, but the rom doesn't have anything to do with your speed. That is determined by traffic at the tower (number of users connected to it), the modem you have (the baseband), APN settings, and the weather. ROM has nothing to do with it and icons have nothing to do with it.
You get the best speed your modem can give you under the conditions I named, whether the corresponding icon is in the phone framework or not. Sorry you didn't like my answer. Go have some bacon -- it won't change anything, but it is delicious.
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I have two different Roms. Flashed them both and did speed test on both. About a good 10 times each. Standing in the same spot. The Rom I'm on right now consistently gave me higher DL & UL speeds. I didn't change anything. No APN's and modems. I wouldn't think it would make a difference, but I really really really would like the Icons to show when I'm picking up the LTE signal. I just feel better knowing what I'm getting and where i'm getting it. It's cause it's still new here in Houston. While bacon is delicious and there's never really a bad time for it, it won't help me with my current question. Though it will supply me with the necessary energy to keep pushing on in my quest to add 4G LTE Icons to the rom I'm using.
Well my bacon loving friend, many ROMs we have are ported from phones without LTE modems so they don't have the icon and probably can't be added. The only place I know you can check to know for sure is the settings>about phone>status>network type. Maybe in the market there is a signal strength app. I will look and see.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet
OBTW H+ is LTE for the BS Rom.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet
OBTW H+ is LTE for the BS Rom.
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Ahhh ok. That answers it then. I'm on IMM76D.DXLJ2-h0tw1r3 and I've seen H+ before. when i was doing the speed tests, the icon was just 4G. I only knew it was LTE because the speed test said so. I can't look down and see if I'm on regular 4G or LTE though.
The ROM base is from Singapore for their version of the note, the N7005. They don't have LTE yet so there is no LTE icon. But they do have t-mobile there and they use H+ icon for their high speed data network type.
Just a heads up for the unlucky AT&T HTC One owners that are in particular markets where their LTE speeds and signal are significantly degraded when using International based ROMs - I have verified that the problem has been fixed in the newly released TrickDroid 5.3.0. LTE speeds and signal strength now match the stock AT&T ROM. The signal strength was probably cosmetic, but data speeds are indeed much better.
good to know- i'll re-post this in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245952
might be of interest there..
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Just a heads up for the AT&T HTC One owners that have noticed LTE speeds and signal are significantly degraded when using International based ROMs - I have verified that the problem has been fixed in the newly released TrickDroid 5.3.0. LTE speeds and signal strength now match the stock AT&T ROM.
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Never had a problem with speeds before the release and the "messed up" signal bars wasn't that big of a deal
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CheesyNutz said:
Never had a problem with speeds before the release and the "messed up" signal bars wasn't that big of a deal
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Good for you. The LTE speed problems on previous International ROMs are well documented on this forum. If you're in a strong signal area, the speeds are fine. If you're in a weaker area, the LTE speeds in the stock ROM were much faster than the previous International ROMs.
edit: I see in your sig that you're a team Venom/TrickDroid beta tester.
Maybe this is a dumb question.
Unlock the bootloader.
Install CWM.
Flash Trickdroid.
Is that correct? Or is there anything else I need to do? I'm coming from Samsung, so I just want to be sure.
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Good for you. The LTE speed problems on previous International ROMs are well documented on this forum. If you're in a strong signal area, the speeds are fine. If you're in a weaker area, the LTE speeds in the stock ROM were much faster than the previous International ROMs.
edit: I see in your sig that you're a team Venom/TrickDroid beta tester.
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There were no problems...
There was a visual display issue. My signal showed 1 or 3 bars. It was always green in my settings, it was never yellow, or absent. I also only had 3 bars when I got a 52mbs down and 28mbs up speedtest while in Austin.
Ya'all just don't know what a visual display issue is.
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There were no problems...
There was a visual display issue. My signal showed 1 or 3 bars. It was always green in my settings, it was never yellow, or absent. I also only had 3 bars when I got a 52mbs down and 28mbs up speedtest while in Austin.
Ya'all just don't know what a visual display issue is.
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I had always assumed the signal issue to be cosmetic, but how do you explain the lower data speeds?
Here are my previous comments on the matter I posted in another thread yesterday:
My LTE speeds are consistently lower on International ROMs versus the stock AT&T ROM. I've done quite a bit of testing at various times throughout the day to try to minimize the effects of varying network conditions and such (I've got 2 ROMs that I'll nandroid back and forth between). In areas of strong signal, the LTE speeds are the same between the AT&T and the various 1.29 International ROMs I've tried (ARHD and TrickDroid). However, at my home where I get just an "ok" signal, on the AT&T stock ROM the signal strength is usually 3 bars and my LTE speeds are 10-30 Mb/s. On International ROMs, the signal strength is 1-2 bars (usually 1) and my LTE speeds are almost always under 8 Mb/s. I realize that silly cosmetic signal "bars" are not as good as decibels when discussing signal strength, but using the app Network Signal Info, the signal strength just stays stuck at 85 dBm while connected via LTE, so I don't know what the real signal value is.
I thought there might be a difference in the RIL versions but the AT&T ROM and the International ROMs are all reporting "Qualcomm RIL 1.0" when queried with the getprop command. I checked the APN's and they are the same. I've tried the AT&T stock radio and the radio that came with 1.29.401.13 just for the heck of it and there was no change, then I saw that someone verified on this forum that the radio.img files in these 2 radios were the same and had the same CRC.
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I honestly never had any of these, and I've ran 7.0/7.2 of ARHD and I've seen just low bars. My battery was at 10% with 1d 23h time on it, and over 3 hours screen time. I was able to get fine data speeds at home, at work, and downtown Austin. I live on the fringes of austin, about 10-15 miles E of the city, and I work about 5 miles SE of downtown and had signals that were comparable to my One XL. Didn't notice anything switching to ARHD, tbh.
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I honestly never had any of these, and I've ran 7.0/7.2 of ARHD and I've seen just low bars. My battery was at 10% with 1d 23h time on it, and over 3 hours screen time. I was able to get fine data speeds at home, at work, and downtown Austin. I live on the fringes of austin, about 10-15 miles E of the city, and I work about 5 miles SE of downtown and had signals that were comparable to my One XL. Didn't notice anything switching to ARHD, tbh.
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One thing I learned from my HTC Inspire days that seems to have been forgotten around here is that all AT&T markets are not the same. Judging by a couple of posts in this thread, apparently Austin, Springfield and NYC don't have this problem, where as my market (Tulsa) did have the speed problem on International ROMs.
Back when I had my HTC Inspire, running International ROMs would cause my HSPA data speeds to be under 1 MB/s. A lot of other people thought I was crazy because they didn't have the same problem on their Inspires, but a few people did have the problem. After a long thread I created it was finally determined that the "wap.cingular" APN that came on all the international ROMs was the fault, but only in certain markets. In some markets like mine, you had to manually configure a "phone" APN to get full HSPA speeds.
The only reason I brought up the previous paragraph is because apparently a similar situation existed where there was some configuration setting in the HTC One International ROMs that was causing slowdowns in some markets, that apparently got fixed in the new TrickDroid. And history has repeated itself here today, where people come in here saying the problem didn't exist and "ya'all just don't know what a visual display issue is".
I've had no issues with data speeds here in NYC. I get the same speeds on an international ROM as I do on the AT&T ROM. I've been using the pta apn on both.
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I've had no issues with data speeds here in NYC. I get the same speeds on an international ROM as I do on the AT&T ROM. I've been using the pta apn on both.
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Noted. Unfortunately that wasn't true in the Tulsa market. Same thing happened on the HTC Inspire two years ago where some markets needed a fix. Unlike the Inspire however, the One fix doesn't seem to be APN related.
henrybravo said:
Just a heads up for the unlucky AT&T HTC One owners that are in particular markets where their LTE speeds and signal are significantly degraded when using International based ROMs - I have verified that the problem has been fixed in the newly released TrickDroid 5.3.0. LTE speeds and signal strength now match the stock AT&T ROM. The signal strength was probably cosmetic, but data speeds are indeed much better.
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Does torxx even claim to have done something to fix the speeds? If he said he did nothing, then I'm guessing it's just placebo.
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I wondered why my signal was lower. Hopfully renovate rom does the fixes too.
I personally havent had speed issues w/ international roms,
however I do have some major status bar issues with the new version of trick droid.
fix-this! said:
I wondered why my signal was lower. Hopfully renovate rom does the fixes too.
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it wasnt lower it was just displaying wrong
CheesyNutz said:
it wasnt lower it was just displaying wrong
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Not even wrong! AT&T rom lies!
Just out of curiosity, seems there is a lot of problems with Aroma on this device. I know lots of Samsung ROM's used it, and lots didn't. Is there a reason most the ROM's use Aroma on this device? Or is it just a convenience thing?
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Just out of curiosity, seems there is a lot of problems with Aroma on this device. I know lots of Samsung ROM's used it, and lots didn't. Is there a reason most the ROM's use Aroma on this device? Or is it just a convenience thing?
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Supposedly the troubles with Aroma are common on phones with 1080 displays. Even though the international HTC One has been out for 2 months (and other 1080 phones even longer), the problem hasn't been fixed yet because the main developer of Aroma doesn't have a 1080 phone to troubleshoot and fix the problem. I imagine that the developers are reluctant to go back to the old method since Aroma makes customization of the installation very easy for end users.
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Supposedly the troubles with Aroma are common on phones with 1080 displays. Even though the international HTC One has been out for 2 months (and other 1080 phones even longer), the problem hasn't been fixed yet because the main developer of Aroma doesn't have a 1080 phone to troubleshoot and fix the problem. I imagine that the developers are reluctant to go back to the old method since Aroma makes customization of the installation very easy for end users.
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Did it work for you the first time? Or?
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Did it work for you the first time? Or?
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Nope, during my very first ROM flash, Aroma locked up immediately when I hit the first onscreen button. I thought maybe I had a corrupt zip file, but after verifying MD5 then I started checking around and noticed that almost everyone was having Aroma issues. I was surprised because I had been flashing Aroma ROMs for a year on my Galaxy phones with no problems, and then I read about the 1080 problem. If the issue really is related to the 1080 resolution, then chances are the S4 folks will be having problems as well. I've tried all the suggested workarounds with inconsistent results. It really comes down to just retrying the ROM installation over and over again until it gets through to the end of the installation without locking up.
Hey all,
A few weeks ago, I switched from MeanBean to Jelly-Bam ROM. At the time, I thought this was a Jelly-Bam issue, but I'm pretty sure it's not now. When I switched ROMs, I noticed that my data was slow. I work in Baltimore County, MD and lost my 4G signal. I have occasionally seen 4G at home since I noticed this issue, but it's rare. I typically only get 3G and often it's less than 1MB/s. I tried switching back to MeanBean and that didn't help (I had updated the radio before switching back, I would think that would only help). I have updated my radio (currently running 1.12.11.1210) and that hasn't helped. What made me think it's not the ROM is that my wife has a stock Evo 4G LTE and she also has slow data speeds. BUT, my brother has an S3, also on Sprint and in the same town and he's getting 4G fine. I do have my have my Network Mode set to LTE/CDMA (actually on Jelly-Bam it's LTE/CMDA/EvDo). I'm running Jelly Bam 7.8.0 (CyanogenMod version 10.1.0-RC2-jewel). Please let me know if you have any ideas or suggestions as to what could be the problem with my phone. If I can provide more information, let me know and I'll get it for you.
Thanks so much in advance.
Baltimore and supporting areas are still going thru LTE upgrades, it's still on-off for some areas. Annapolis is lit 100% as far as I can tell.
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Is your evidence of the S3 pulling in 4G while your device does not anecdotal or have you performed a side-by-side comparison? The answer to this will help us narrow down your problem.
waterbound said:
Baltimore and supporting areas are still going thru LTE upgrades, it's still on-off for some areas. Annapolis is lit 100% as far as I can tell.
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Unless things have gone backwards, I don't think that is the case. I used go get 4G in Baltimore. I've seen as high as 25MB/sec, maybe even higher. Now I don't see 4G ever down here. (I've seen it a few times at my home in York County, PA since this issue, but it doesn't last long and the fastest I've seen is maybe 5MB/sec. But most times its 3G and less than 1MB/sec.)
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Is your evidence of the S3 pulling in 4G while your device does not anecdotal or have you performed a side-by-side comparison? The answer to this will help us narrow down your problem.
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My evidence is based on my seeing absolutely no 4G at the time (I've seen a few few times briefly as noted in the post above.), while my brother who is less than 1 mile away see's great 4G (faster than his home wifi so over 15 MB/s). I have consistently had terrible speeds around town while he consistently has good speeds. No, we have not stood side by side and done a test, but I know how my signals used to be and how they should be and I'm nowhere near that.
I was actually near the Key Bridge last night and where I usually get LTE or at least have in the past, I got solid 3G, I tried airplane method and reboot, switching from CDMA back to LTE to no avail. Soon as I got back into Pasadena the LTE was solid. I never was sure about the differences between the Samsund devices vs. HTC but for me, the signal is sporadic which in the past has been due to Sprint upgrades. Hope it gets better and check out the SG4RU site for specific information about your area. Thru have a ton of info that will let you aware of the work and or upgrades in your specific area in Baltimore.
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It just doesn't make sense to me that Sprint reception would decrease by so much and (as far as I can tell) completely lose 4G coverage at my work and mostly lose it at my home at the same time, while my brother continues to receive great service on his S3. I just don't see how that could happen.
Does anyone have any other ideas? Any ideas what could be wrong with my phone? Anything else I can update? Any settings for me to check that I might have missed? (I feel like I've check them all, but I'm up for anything at this point.)
Thanks in advance. This is driving me nuts.
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It just doesn't make sense to me that Sprint reception would decrease by so much and (as far as I can tell) completely lose 4G coverage at my work and mostly lose it at my home at the same time, while my brother continues to receive great service on his S3. I just don't see how that could happen.
Does anyone have any other ideas? Any ideas what could be wrong with my phone? Anything else I can update? Any settings for me to check that I might have missed? (I feel like I've check them all, but I'm up for anything at this point.)
Thanks in advance. This is driving me nuts.
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I'd like to throw my own recent experience in here.
My wife has the OG Evo. I have the Evo LTE. While I do not get LTE in this area, I still get 3G coverage. The other day, out of the blue, my wife's 3G quit working and she has next to no service while I have solid coverage, and yes this is side by side.
Call me crazy right now because if what I am about to say, but I have this inkling of a feeling that Sprint is directly behind her almost completely losing signal in an area where 3 towers surround us to attempt to get one of us to call in, complain, and get coerced into an upgrade (she's due for one as of June 1st, go figure right?
I've noticed this happen whenever I was due for upgrades on my older phones too such as the Hero, Moment, etc... if I could pinpoint what they're doing, if they're doing anything, they'd be in some majorly serious ish.
So, I called Sprint and they walked me through #72786# update on my wife's phone. Apparently both of our phones were "off the network". We went through it for my wife's phone and it put it back on the network, whatever that means, but it didn't improve her service. They're now telling me our options are to take it to the nearest Sprint store with a repair center (the closest 2 are about an hour away each) or pay the shipping to return it to HTC.
They told me I could do the #72786# update on my phone and that it would not get rid of my root. Does anyone know this to be true? I'd like to try it on mine since they say it also is not "on the network". Because it does a firmware update, I wanted to check to see if that would interfere with the root access on my phone or my ability to gain root again, should I ever get rid of root.
Which brings me to my next question, if the above is safe for my rooted phone, I try it, and it does not work. How do I go about returning my phone to it's stock configuration? I've read a little about RUU, but haven't been able to figure out enough of it or where to get the RUU to feel comfortable doing it yet. If I do an RUU, will I be able to get my root (and s-off) rights back on my phone? How about if they try to bring my phone completely up-to-date? Is there a way to root currently up-to-date phones?
I know I've packed a lot of info and questions in there, but I would really appreciate any help and answers that people can give me. Thanks so much!!
jerry43812 said:
I'd like to throw my own recent experience in here.
My wife has the OG Evo. I have the Evo LTE. While I do not get LTE in this area, I still get 3G coverage. The other day, out of the blue, my wife's 3G quit working and she has next to no service while I have solid coverage, and yes this is side by side.
Call me crazy right now because if what I am about to say, but I have this inkling of a feeling that Sprint is directly behind her almost completely losing signal in an area where 3 towers surround us to attempt to get one of us to call in, complain, and get coerced into an upgrade (she's due for one as of June 1st, go figure right?
I've noticed this happen whenever I was due for upgrades on my older phones too such as the Hero, Moment, etc... if I could pinpoint what they're doing, if they're doing anything, they'd be in some majorly serious ish.
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Did your wife ever update her profile? I'm 99 percent sure sprint isn't cutting off her 3g. Check the link in my sig, bottom of post 1 faq, those steps will work for the og as well...
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gunfromsako said:
Did your wife ever update her profile? I'm 99 percent sure sprint isn't cutting off her 3g. Check the link in my sig, bottom of post 1 faq, those steps will work for the og as well...
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Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, we just updated her profile via System Updates-->Update Profile. If there's more to it than that, let me know. I'll take a look at the link in your signature too.
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Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, we just updated her profile via System Updates-->Update Profile. If there's more to it than that, let me know. I'll take a look at the link in your signature too.
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Yeah there is quite a bit more to it. Is she rooted? Because that will help save her data if a hard reset (##786#) is in order...
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Yeah there is quite a bit more to it. Is she rooted? Because that will help save her data if a hard reset (##786#) is in order...
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No, she is not rooted. So for now, I figured I'd start with trying this on my phone. Unfortunately, the MSL reader app wasn't able to read it. I'm actually in an old version of my phone. I'm going to install my last backup and work from that since I'm somewhat hopeful this will fix my problem. I might as well do it from my latest ROM. I'll have that up in 10 minutes or less and I guess I'll try to work through your instructions...
If it works on my phone, I guess I'll go through it with my wife's then. I have everything important backed up on mine. I'll have to check hers real quick to make sure she doesn't have any recent pictures, but I think those should be on Dropbox. I assume it will tell me before I might have to do that so I'll know to double-check everything if it comes to that.
Sorry if I've asked any questions that are explained in the instructions...I just wanted to reply and now I'll continue reading through them.
Hard reset on your phone will wipe everything in data/app as well as your internal sd. Your external will be fine as well as your wife's external however she will lose all apps, sms, mms, call logs, bookmarks via stock app, as well as any system settings.
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Note: All these fixes must be preformed on a stock or stock based rom with epst support and make sure you are in a known good signal area
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So I should not be running these from my Jelly-Bam ROM? Or is that OK? If not, should I run an RUU will holding down volume while powering on and doing a factory reset work?
Thanks so much for your help!
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So I should not be running these from my Jelly-Bam ROM? Or is that OK? If not, should I run an RUU will holding down volume while powering on and doing a factory reset work?
Thanks so much for your help!
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As long as you have epst support you are fine. Just try one of the codes... If it works your golden.
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As long as you have epst support you are fine. Just try one of the codes... If it works your golden.
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I guess if it tries to dial and says "The feature code you have entered is invalid" or something like that, I'm not golden...
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I guess if it tries to dial and says "The feature code you have entered is invalid" or something like that, I'm not golden...
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Sorry I'm not familiar with jelly bam is it sense based? You don't actually dial it the last # should activate it... Aosp roms will not work
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gunfromsako said:
Sorry I'm not familiar with jelly bam is it sense based? You don't actually dial it the last # should activate it... Aosp roms will not work
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Yeah, I didn't dial. But when I hit the last #, what I entered before goes away and nothing happens.
Will these changes stick through a new ROM update? I guess I'll try them on the last stock save I have and then try to restore my MeanBean ROM (the last ROM I had that worked with 4G...Jelly-BAM seems to be what broke it.).
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Yeah, I didn't dial. But when I hit the last #, what I entered before goes away and nothing happens.
Will these changes stick through a new ROM update? I guess I'll try them on the last stock save I have and then try to restore my MeanBean ROM (the last ROM I had that worked with 4G...Jelly-BAM seems to be what broke it.).
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Yes these will stick through Rom updates. I know epst works on meanbean, viper, operation jellybean, and the sense 5 port from my personal experience.
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Hey everyone! So I've had this phone for about a month now and I'm pretty happy with it so far. Since I've gotten the phone, I haven't seen LTE pop up once (apparently CT has no LTE yet...) but this weekend I was visiting some friends in Manhattan. I know some parts of Manhattan have LTE. for example my friend has an iPhone (same carrier obviously) and he had LTE while I did not.. I made sure my network setting was on cdma/gsm/lte auto and I even went as far as typing in *#*#4636#*#* to check the radio settings. I did get the LTE symbol for like 10 secs but after that it disappeared and I lost service.. Another note to make is that I'm not on the stock apn setting because I changed it to epc.tmobile.com to boost my hspa+ speeds.
That's why. Lte uses fast.T-Mobile.com apn from what I'm aware of.
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shadowmike said:
That's why. Lte uses fast.T-Mobile.com apn from what I'm aware of.
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Hmm.. that's weird, because i switched back to the stock one which is fast.t-mobile.com apn and it still wasn't working while my friends iPhone still showed that there was LTE. Maybe I should create another new fast.t-mobile.com but keep the same settings as the current one i use for hspa+?
As the above posters mentioned make sure you have the fast.t-mobile.com apn.
BUT be sure you spell it right. LOL i made the mistake of spelling fast with fats and it took me 2 days to catch my typo. It would show the signal strength of LTE but not actually connect to it.
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As the above posters mentioned make sure you have the fast.t-mobile.com apn.
BUT be sure you spell it right. LOL i made the mistake of spelling fast with fats and it took me 2 days to catch my typo. It would show the signal strength of LTE but not actually connect to it.
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Haha that's so funny! One more question even though I wasn't on fast.t-mobile.com and was on epc.t-mobile.com i still wasn't able to see the LTE icon, any clue why? Thanks!
The only thing i can think of is that HTC / Samsung seem to have lower DB reporting of the actual signal strength compared to Apple.
Ive been in a discussion on other threads about how the signal indicator on my Note 2 and HTC One always seem to show low signal when LTE is connected.
Another person chimed in stating that they compared their HTC One to an iPhone 5 and noticed the signal indicator on the One shows 1-2 bars and the iPhone 5 showed full bars LTE.. Same T-Mobile Network phones side by side.
My rebuttal was simple. I downloaded an app that showed on both my Note 2 and HTC One a higher decibel reading then what my phone software was showing.
What leads me to believe this is with 1 bar i can still get 20+ megs down and 15+ megs up. Normally in low signal speeds would degrade.
I was also with Sprint on the GS3 and EVO LTE and the EVO LTE suffered from the same problems early on. They sent out several firmware and radio updates that corrected false and low signal readings and right before i left Sprint my EVO LTE outperformed the GS3 When / IF i could find LTE in Dallas on Sprint.
Give it some time. Im hoping they put more towers online and that devices get radio and firmware updates to perform better with the LTE that TMO is using.
I don't think the APN matters. I use the different APN for faster HSPA and I can still get LTE. I'll show you when I get home or in an area with LTE. LoL!! Also, in that very thread it was stated that changing the APN won't affect your LTE.
perhaps BUT if you misspell the apn then it wont be effective at all.
APN:fats.t-mobile.com you wont get an actual connection to LTE because its supposed to be fast. not fats.
This also happens if its the ONLY apn. If you have multiple APN it will revert back to another that works..
but this only happened to me so who knows..
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perhaps BUT if you misspell the apn then it wont be effective at all.
APN:fats.t-mobile.com you wont get an actual connection to LTE because its supposed to be fast. not fats.
This also happens if its the ONLY apn. If you have multiple APN it will revert back to another that works..
but this only happened to me so who knows..
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I have two APNs. one uses epc and one uses fast. LTE works on both. If it switches over automatically, it leaves no trace in the Access Points menu; it is always right where I left it when I check later.
stevedebi said:
I have two APNs. one uses epc and one uses fast. LTE works on both. If it switches over automatically, it leaves no trace in the Access Points menu; it is always right where I left it when I check later.
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That's weird, I was on epc and LTE did not show up at all while my friends phone (iPhone 5) did. Do you think maybe there is something wrong with the lte radio or something? I don't know why it's showing up for yours but not mine..
It could be the radio firmware. HTC continues to update the radio with most releases fixing bugs..you should report this bug to HTC dev. Because I have the same issue NEVER get above 1 or 2 bars on LTE T mo
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Anyone here running CyanogenMod by any chance?
I just got the HTC One and flashed away Sense the very first day. Despite living in Chicago, the phone's signal has been pretty shotty and even dropped to 0 in areas where T mobile claims to have "4 bars". My girlfriend complains about hearing static in the background despite the signal being clear on my end. After speaking with T mobile customer service today, I was told it could be the phone or the whole rooting thing...not sure whats going on and I only have three more days to return/replace the phone. Anyone here experienced anything like this?
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That's why. Lte uses fast.T-Mobile.com apn from what I'm aware of.
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darkstarlotus said:
Hmm.. that's weird, because i switched back to the stock one which is fast.t-mobile.com apn and it still wasn't working while my friends iPhone still showed that there was LTE. Maybe I should create another new fast.t-mobile.com but keep the same settings as the current one i use for hspa+?
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IAmSixNine said:
As the above posters mentioned make sure you have the fast.t-mobile.com apn.
BUT be sure you spell it right. LOL i made the mistake of spelling fast with fats and it took me 2 days to catch my typo. It would show the signal strength of LTE but not actually connect to it.
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darkstarlotus said:
Haha that's so funny! One more question even though I wasn't on fast.t-mobile.com and was on epc.t-mobile.com i still wasn't able to see the LTE icon, any clue why? Thanks!
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No_Nickname90 said:
I don't think the APN matters. I use the different APN for faster HSPA and I can still get LTE. I'll show you when I get home or in an area with LTE. LoL!! Also, in that very thread it was stated that changing the APN won't affect your LTE.
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stevedebi said:
I have two APNs. one uses epc and one uses fast. LTE works on both. If it switches over automatically, it leaves no trace in the Access Points menu; it is always right where I left it when I check later.
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When it comes to service recognition by the radio and software of the phone, the apn doesn't matter. Think about the apn settings as joining a proxy server; if you notice you are just placing IP, web server addresses and port information in that settings page, and you must be already member of the network (have connection) for these settings to be relevant.
That is why if the apn settings are wrong you will still have service but not receive data.
The issue with one phone displaying LTE right next to another which is not (same provider) comes about how the software for the radio is configured and how well calibrated is the antenna of the phone and the radio processor... And a few other environmental factors too.
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