How fast is my 3G connection supposed to be?
I am getting less than 1 Mbps download speed when i am on 3G.
Is there a way to make that faster?
im not complaining about the 4G LTE Spark i get about 45 Mbps on that.
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If someone can replicate this process for our phone I think that we can improve coverage big time and on top of that we'll be able to get much better speeds: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2296167
Good luck to anyone who attempts this. Feel free to PM me I'll help any way I can.
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1619415 said:
If someone can replicate this process for our phone I think that we can improve coverage big time and on top of that we'll be able to get much better speeds: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2296167
Good luck to anyone who attempts this. Feel free to PM me I'll help any way I can.
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We can already change prl's, just not without a computer. That won't fix Sprint's horrible 3g speeds that it has always had though.
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Well we can however roam with Verizon if we can do that witch we can avoid using sprint as much as possible.
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We can already change prl's, just not without a computer. That won't fix Sprint's horrible 3g speeds that it has always had though.
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I agree, Sprint's 3g is super horrible. Been with them since they opened.
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Well we can however roam with Verizon if we can do that witch we can avoid using sprint as much as possible.
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We can get 3g roaming on Verizon, yes, but you risk being cut off of Sprint if you use over 300mb of roaming, or even more roaming data than Sprint data. I have received a warning before. I was able to get roam control to work on zv6, but have been unable to get it to work on zv8, which let's you switch to roaming whenever you want, not just forcing you to always roam to Verizon like the 00001 prl does. I only got a letter for one line that had 2 consecutive months of roaming over 300mb, and more roaming data than Sprint data, though.
What's funny though, is on a line that I used 10gb of roaming, but over 30gb of Sprint data, I never received a warning letter.
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I just flashed my Sprint Htc Evo 3D to Cricket Wireless and now my data speeds are 15klbs downloading and 8klbs uploading.I am running OTA ICS Rooted and unlocked.I have changed my proxys under the Http settings in Epst and still no change.I have flashed over 9 phones(This being the first sprint phone)and have never had any trouble like this.If someone could help me i would so greatly appreciate it.I am on the $70 Plan and am no where near my data limit.Thanks everyone who takes the time out to try and help me i wouldnt be worried about it but i use my tethering which is the only source of internet i have for my laptop..I work from home online and im losing money on kind of this.PLEASE anyone that sees this Please if you can take the time out to help me i would be so thankful.Thank you so much.My Question is can anyone please help me figure out how to fix my data speeds?I have called Cricket and everything is good on there end so i know its this phone.Also my wife has a phone on the same line and her data speeds are perfect..
Have you tried updating the radio version or do you have poor signal? I'm on cricket and if I have a not so great signal my data basically comes to a crawl. You also could try *22804 and update the prl ota, you might have the wrong version.
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Have you tried updating the radio version or do you have poor signal? I'm on cricket and if I have a not so great signal my data basically comes to a crawl. You also could try *22804 and update the prl ota, you might have the wrong version.
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Here's the proxy settings I'm currently using that work okay for me....
RTSP/HTTP Setting
RTSP proxy IP to 0.0.0.0 or You can leave this blank if you like
RTSP proxy Port to 0 (Zero)
HTTP proxy IP to 0.0.0.0 or You could leave this blank if you like
HTTP proxy port to 0 (Zero)
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How do i update the Radio???I think my radio version is 1.09.Which came with the ICS OTA update from sprint...At first when i first flashed myphone it wouldnt let me dial *228.I have tried about 9 different PRL's and now finally i can dial *228.But i live exactly 1 Block from the nearest Cricket Wireless tower.Most of the time i have Full Bars at home and its still slow..But i flashed my phone myself and i thought i did something wrong so i paid a flashing service to do it.But then after they did it and it was still slow i reflashed it again.What is your Download speeds?
Yeah thats the exact proxy i am using..What rom are you on?Because i also thought maybe if i flashed a custom rom it wouldnt cause me any more trouble.Because i really like this phone and i want to keep it but im so ready to trash it because of the Data speeds...I talk on my phone maybe 10mins out of a whole day and the rest of the time i use it for internet..
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How do i update the Radio???I think my radio version is 1.09.Which came with the ICS OTA update from sprint...At first when i first flashed myphone it wouldnt let me dial *228.I have tried about 9 different PRL's and now finally i can dial *228.But i live exactly 1 Block from the nearest Cricket Wireless tower.Most of the time i have Full Bars at home and its still slow..But i flashed my phone myself and i thought i did something wrong so i paid a flashing service to do it.But then after they did it and it was still slow i reflashed it again.What is your Download speeds?
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When I have full signal I get about 1 - 1.5 mb
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I'm using Mazda s team dirt jelly bean rom
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If you wanted to retry flashing the phone yourself here's the guide I used to do it..
http://www.cricketusers.com/sprint-...tc-evo-3d-cricket-talk-text-mms-internet.html
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Oh and your already on the latest radio version so no worries
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I'm currently on prl 35613, you could try that one
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Ok well i am going to give it all another try.Yeah thats the exact guide i used.I am using PRL 35657 so ours is awfully close and i got mine from the *228 programing.So im about to try and reflash and see where i get and i will keep u posted.Thank you so much for offering your help i greatly appreciate it alot.If the reflash doesnt work then im going to find a way to flash another rom but im having problems with getting s off with the wire trick which it isint the wire trick itself its the script saids "Error Booting" and im on Hboot 1.58 which i have have heard is the hardest to get the s off on.I have used HTCDev Unlock Bootloader and have gotten Root but cant get S-Off
Okay, cool. Good luck and I'll be happy to help where I can
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The wire trick is very tricky to get to work, I was in hboot 1.58 when I first bought this phone and I had to have HTC sync and the adb drivers installed in order for that program to find my phone, and if you have any trouble with the timing of the wire trick look it up on you tube, I had to do that lol
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I got my speeds up to 562KB/s sometimes they go all the way up to 900 and something KB/s.But my tethering is still running a little slow with downloads and uploads.Do u know what could cause that??
Hmm no idea, I don't use tethering on my phone to be honest so I'm not really sure
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Same story, same problem. Using dirty unicorns. Very slow data speed. I had to flash an HTC one v from virgin to cricket and get great data speed. Maybe because the sprint firmware is different and routes data a different way? I am still searching.
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I'm trying out the viper3d rom at the moment and data seems to be faster, I think it's just hit and miss with certain roms maybe?
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Dirty unicorns. 3 bars
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That's not bad at all, to be honest I get about that for my speed as well, the only way I've been able to pull off the full 1mb/s is at my work where I have full signal
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People I would really appreciate your feedback on this, during the past 3 weeks I have noticed that my download speeds had been drastically slow even when I have 4G and speed test coming back on results over 4MB download per second I see this is mostly during some times of the day, late at night it is fine, as an example when I tried to download an app from the market or as well when I'm using my phone as a hot spot it takes over a minute to download 2 MB of data. I have unlimited data and my friend my cousin and his wife are having the same issue, I was having it on my S3 now on my S4, my friend and cousin on their Note 2 and my cousins wife on her iphone 5 we all have unlimited data and now we are wondering if verizon is playing a dirty trick on us.... does anybody here are seeing this problem? are you unlimited or limited? I have called Verizon and they say they are only throttling 3G, not on 4G I already did their stupid apps deletes and resets factory resets etc etc, and I don't want to root my S4 yet in case they blame it on the phone and want me to exchange it.
Thanks,
A worried data devourer
I've got unlimited and use about 50gb-200gb a month. No throttling. Chicago.
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I'm near Boston and also experiencing slower 4g speeds. Unlimited plan. Rooted.
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I am also having this problem, especially when I download apps in the market. I never had any problems with my S3. I wonder if it is due to the new NFC SIM. I am going to verizon and asking them for the regular sim and see if it solves the problem. I really hope it is not the phone. Also I used to get full 4G signal at home, now I get only 4 bars, it even drops to 3 sometimes.
I don't know what an nfc sim is but I'm running the s4 using the same sim card i had in my galaxy nexus since it first came out. So if that's not an nfc sim...
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I noticed the speed fluctuations when the Google play store started with the new updates. It would be with various apps updating and it would be on the network and it was also affecting speeds while on WiFi. It would take 5 min to download a 2 MB file that should only take a few seconds. I do not think the throttle is through the carrier but it may be on the google servers depending on which one you are connected to. I noticed recently that it has gotten better but there could be maintenance going on that is slowing down services and also with the weather around the country there could by bypasses going on that can affect downloads. Just my guess.
Just popped my sim into the galaxy nexus still experienced slower speeds. Maybe the weather or some other factor is at play
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diljosh said:
I am also having this problem, especially when I download apps in the market. I never had any problems with my S3. I wonder if it is due to the new NFC SIM. I am going to verizon and asking them for the regular sim and see if it solves the problem. I really hope it is not the phone. Also I used to get full 4G signal at home, now I get only 4 bars, it even drops to 3 sometimes.
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The NFC chip is in the battery.
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dorioo said:
Just popped my sim into the galaxy nexus still experienced slower speeds. Maybe the weather or some other factor is at play
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It might just be your location. If anyone in the range of the cell tower your phone is connected to is using a lot of bandwidth or it is heavily populated with 4G users, you will feel the effects of it. Have you replicated it in a completely different area that's less populated and is greater than 5 miles away?
No. Only relative to same location in the past. Will try new places as i move through the world
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The NFC chip is in the battery.
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verizon has released a New NFC SIM, it is a second layer of protection for their new ISIS mobile wallet.
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The NFC chip is in the battery.
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It might just be your location. If anyone in the range of the cell tower your phone is connected to is using a lot of bandwidth or it is heavily populated with 4G users, you will feel the effects of it. Have you replicated it in a completely different area that's less populated and is greater than 5 miles away?
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Well I kind of doubt it would be the location, the reason is because I work traveling and during this past two weeks I was in Rock Hill SC near Charlotte NC, and Duluth GA near Atlanta, and was experiencing the same issues mmmmmm
Verizon does not throttle you. I'm currently using unlimited 4G and have been using unlimited since it first came out. They have not once throttled me.
**Current Verizon Wireless Worker**
Everyone you know is being throttled. :silly:
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Everyone you know is being throttled. :silly:
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indeed :laugh:
Oddly enough, my 4g is fine but I have had similar problems with the play store and YouTube on my home network...
arcanexvi said:
I've got unlimited and use about 50gb-200gb a month. No throttling. Chicago.
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How do you use so much data?
zilla. said:
How do you use so much data?
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Heavy streaming mostly and I pretend I don't know what the WIFI toggle is or where it's located on my phone
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Heavy streaming mostly and I pretend I don't know what the WIFI toggle is or where it's located on my phone
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People like this are why there is no more unlimited data for all, or virtually anyone anymore.
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How do you use so much data?
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Heavy streaming mostly and I pretend I don't know what the WIFI toggle is or where it's located on my phone
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what he really means is...
porn. lots of it.
Verizon only throttles 3g and only when the tower being used is overloaded. During my year and a half with them I have never been throttled. I mostly always get 4g and I always pull about 15mbps and 1-2 on 3g
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I have trouble with my signal at work and installed the new mj7 radio hoping that would help. Band 4 seems like it's going in and out around my work but when I did get on band 4 I immediately ran a speed test. I was getting close to 30mbps but got 2-5mbps on the upload speed. Even the needle for speedtest.net was glitchy on the upload but not on the download. I thought the download was the signal and the upload was the phone processing the data. Is there something I can do to improve my upload speed or a site someone can point me to that will explain download/upload speeds? Sorry if this is a noob question but I'm learning
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Upload is hit and miss for me (when I actually can get a decent connection) I wouldn't complain about the upload if I could get a download speed over 6mbps. The slow upload only occurs at work?
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Seems like it's only at work. Didn't really do a bunch of test prior to this aws band coming out. Never had a problem with signal unless at work. Hopefully there still ironing out this new band and it will get better. Just wondering if there was something I could do to increase the upload speed. Like I said even the Guage is glitchy when speed test is doing the upload speed.
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Hey Joey,
Is this the file you use to update to MJ7 radio: 1545VRUEMJ7_modem.zip?
Also are you on MDK or a later version?
I first used the modem file that was posted in a mj7 thread when it first came out. Then I re installed it when surge came out with his in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487298
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I am on mdk cause I learn my lesson on previous moto DROIDs
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Wow, I got 4G LTE from T-Mobile in San Francisco now! Before it was just H+. Thanks!
One thing I had to switch to is use fast.t-mobile.com APN.
First speed test and I got download speed of 13 Mbps and upload speed of 2.61 Mbps.
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Wow, I got 4G LTE from T-Mobile in San Francisco now! Before it was just H+. Thanks!
One thing I had to switch to is use fast.t-mobile.com APN.
First speed test and I got download speed of 13 Mbps and upload speed of 2.61 Mbps.
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what rom are you using?
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what rom are you using?
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I am using ClockworkMod 6.0.4.4. I just installed Rom Manager from Play Store to install the CM Rom.
Looks like 4G LTE signal at my house is pretty bad. Getting -116dBm and once in a while data goes off.
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Strange, instead of mobile data going off, shouldn't it switch to H+ instead of losing data connection.
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ok, looks like it does switch back to H+ now.. so weird..
I have had this on 2 Note3s. SPRINT. Anytime when turning on 4G LTE or switching from wife to LTE. I get this it also has a constant notification. I have replaced phone. Updated prl.profile.firmware. factory reset. Nothing. Sprint says they are unaware as usual. Is anyone else having this issue. Pic related..
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Never seen that. Wonder if your SIM card is setup correctly. Do you get lte? Can you use it?
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Never seen that. Wonder if your SIM card is setup correctly. Do you get lte? Can you use it?
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My best guess, is what @w7excursion said. Your sim card has not been programmed for your account. Your best bet, would be to take it to Sprint store, that is also a repair facility. You may have to go to more than one, until you find someone competent enough to handle it.
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I have had this on 2 Note3s. SPRINT. Anytime when turning on 4G LTE or switching from wife to LTE. I get this it also has a constant notification. I have replaced phone. Updated prl.profile.firmware. factory reset. Nothing. Sprint says they are unaware as usual. Is anyone else having this issue. Pic related..
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For some reason I can't multi-quote, but my response is above.
EDIT: Nowww multi-quote is working. Lol
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w7excursion said:
Never seen that. Wonder if your SIM card is setup correctly. Do you get lte? Can you use it?
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Yes it works but LTE is so slow in my area like 1-3 mb.
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My best guess, is what @w7excursion said. Your sim card has not been programmed for your account. Your best bet, would be to take it to Sprint store, that is also a repair facility. You may have to go to more than one, until you find someone competent enough to handle it.
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For some reason I can't multi-quote, but my response is above.
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And yea I got it from best buy and had them replace my first one and then I called sprint like a month ago and they stated they had no idea. But if you literally Google those words sprint and note 3 you will see other people are having issues with it. I think sprint is having problems having to depend on a similar card for lte.
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Bobguy21 said:
Yes it works but LTE is so slow in my area like 1-3 mb.
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You're not the only one with useless data speeds. I'm happy on days when LTE speeds reach 1Mbps, here in the Houston area.
LTE roaming is showing enabled, I wonder if we will be able to roam on Verizon's LTE with future prl's?
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Then we all good go from 1 bar to full almost everywhere we go.
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LTE roaming is showing enabled, I wonder if we will be able to roam on Verizon's LTE with future prl's?
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those band priorities that you have set? did you modify them or is that how they came stock? 25>26>41? I know the m8 is the other way around 41<25<26.
thanks
That's how they came set on m9
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Also just an FYI msl readers are not working on m9 yet. I send a log to Mathew the creator of msl reader so hopefully he can get it fixed. Only way till then is to contact sprint.
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deakelem said:
those band priorities that you have set? did you modify them or is that how they came stock? 25>26>41? I know the m8 is the other way around 41<25<26.
thanks
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My M8 has 25>26>41 Running Bad Boys Sense 6.
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That's how they came set on m9
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yea funny m8 was the other way around, but now after most recent profileupdate my m8 priorities are like the m9's.. hmm
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Also just an FYI msl readers are not working on m9 yet. I send a log to Mathew the creator of msl reader so hopefully he can get it fixed. Only way till then is to contact sprint.
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see if getting like how we did with the nexus 5 works. I dont have a link but a simple google search with get you find your msl on nexus 5. It was through adb doing a logcat while launching somehing that showed the msl.. long time ago but im still its there sorry i cant remmeber all the steps
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yea funny m8 was the other way around, but now after most recent profileupdate my m8 priorities are like the m9's.. hmm
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see if getting like how we did with the nexus 5 works. I dont have a link but a simple google search with get you find your msl on nexus 5. It was through adb doing a logcat while launching somehing that showed the msl.. long time ago but im still its there sorry i cant remmeber all the steps
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I wonder if that might be why my M8 is running crappy now. Suddenly switches to Roaming in the middle of call while at work (stationary).
Just out of curiosity, where do you find this information?
Bikegeek said:
Just out of curiosity, where do you find this information?
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Enter the Phone App
Use the phone number ##DATA#
Click View Mode
Click LTE
To change it you need your MSL (which you can ask a sprint Rep for).
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Enter the Phone App
Use the phone number ##DATA#
Click View Mode
Click LTE
To change it you need your MSL (which you can ask a sprint Rep for).
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Thank you.
I finally opened the box.
This LTE Roam is all over (besides the options in ##DATA# menus).
It's now a separate checkbox in Roaming and Roaming Guards Both Domestic and International. 3 new Checkboxes.
So does anyone one know the policy on LTE Roaming? Will we get charged? Will it now work?
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I finally opened the box.
This LTE Roam is all over (besides the options in ##DATA# menus).
It's now a separate checkbox in Roaming and Roaming Guards Both Domestic and International. 3 new Checkboxes.
So does anyone one know the policy on LTE Roaming? Will we get charged? Will it now work?
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no idea how...but my M9 just connected to Verizon LTE according to Signal Check Pro.