So since I updated my phone to Viper I have been really happy with it but it been really slow and didn't realize until a friend with the same phone, no viper, pointed it out that It no longer shows I have LTE. I checked over the past two days and I get it no where. Is there a fix for this?
Android version
5.0.1
Htc sense version
6.0
Software number
ViperoneM8 4.3.0
Htc SDK
6.55
Kernel
3 4.0_g6af28ec
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SMP PREEMPT
Are you talking about the signal icons in the status bar? Most "international" based ROMs (non-ATT) show LTE simply as "4G", otherwise "3G" for HSPA.
AT&T's branding of "4G" (for HSPA) and "4G LTE" uses different signal icons from almost every other version on the planet.
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Are you talking about the signal icons in the status bar? Most "international" based ROMs (non-ATT) show LTE simply as "4G", otherwise "3G" for HSPA.
AT&T's branding of "4G" (for HSPA) and "4G LTE" uses different signal icons from almost every other version on the planet.
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Ya, The signal Icon in the status bar, It never show "4G LTE". I have AT&T, I didn't know that they companies differed about the icons or i would have mentioned it, sorry
Dragonmaster0430 said:
I didn't know that they companies differed about the icons or i would have mentioned it, sorry
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No need to apologize. We can blame AT&T, and their intentionally misleading branding/marketing.
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No need to apologize. We can blame AT&T, and their intentionally misleading branding/marketing.
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alrighty, So do I still have "4G LTE" or whatever it should be call? Because my Data still seem slower than it used too...
Dragonmaster0430 said:
alrighty, So do I still have "4G LTE" or whatever it should be call? Because my Data still seem slower than it used too...
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If you are on Viper, and it says "4G" then you are connected to LTE.
Not sure what you mean when you say data "seems slower". You can measure you actual data speeds (if you haven't done so, already) with the Speedtest app. If its indeed slow, may be network congestion (try doing a few different tests are different times of day). Or maybe you have some other issue.
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If you are on Viper, and it says "4G" then you are connected to LTE.
Not sure what you mean when you say data "seems slower". You can measure you actual data speeds (if you haven't done so, already) with the Speedtest app. If its indeed slow, may be network congestion (try doing a few different tests are different times of day). Or maybe you have some other issue.
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My text messages, take longer to send and receive than my friends with my same phone and provider. I will try that speedtest, thanks =)
speed test results:
PING: 51ms
DOWNLOAD: 14.02 MBPS
UPLOAD: 1.02 MBPS
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My text messages, take longer to send and receive than my friends with my same phone and provider.
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Text messages (SMS) actually do not use the data network, it uses the regular voice network. MMS (pics or video) messages on the other hand, do use the data network.
SMS shouldn't take any more than a minute to be sent (unless you are in a poor reception area). It actually gets sent along with the regular 1-min interval "heartbeat" signal that the phone constantly sends/receives with the cell tower. So depending on exactly when the 1-min interval falls, your message may be sent in 1 second, or it might take 59 seconds.
Does it seem to take any longer than 1 minute?
Dragonmaster0430 said:
speed test results:
PING: 51ms
DOWNLOAD: 14.02 MBPS
UPLOAD: 1.02 MBPS
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Hard to say whether you are getting LTE speeds or not. Its on the somewhat lower end of what you can expect on LTE, but not unheard of. I've seen LTE speeds everywhere from single digits (Mbps) up to over 30 Mbps (and I've seen other users report higher speeds than that).
Its also on the high end of what you would expect from 3G (HSPA+) which on AT&T, I think I've seen it max out at 15 or 17 Mbps based on reports from multiple users.
So the test isn't conclusive. I think the limit of AT&T's HSPA+ protocol is 21 Mbps, and the limit of their actual infrastructure is more like 17 Mbps. But if you get a single test result over 21 Mbps, I think we can conclude you are on LTE.
Do a few more speed test during the day, and see what numbers you come up with.
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Text messages (SMS) actually do not use the data network, it uses the regular voice network. MMS (pics or video) messages on the other hand, do use the data network.
SMS shouldn't take any more than a minute to be sent (unless you are in a poor reception area). It actually gets sent along with the regular 1-min interval "heartbeat" signal that the phone constantly sends/receives with the cell tower. So depending on exactly when the 1-min interval falls, your message may be sent in 1 second, or it might take 59 seconds.
Does it seem to take any longer than 1 minute?
Hard to say whether you are getting LTE speeds or not. Its on the somewhat lower end of what you can expect on LTE, but not unheard of. I've seen LTE speeds everywhere from single digits (Mbps) up to over 30 Mbps (and I've seen other users report higher speeds than that).
Its also on the high end of what you would expect from 3G (HSPA+) which on AT&T, I think I've seen it max out at 15 or 17 Mbps based on reports from multiple users.
So the test isn't conclusive. I think the limit of AT&T's HSPA+ protocol is 21 Mbps, and the limit of their actual infrastructure is more like 17 Mbps. But if you get a single test result over 21 Mbps, I think we can conclude you are on LTE.
Do a few more speed test during the day, and see what numbers you come up with.
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The longer SMS sometimes take more than a minute and the MMS definitely, some dont even send at all with a max limit of 300k
I shall do more tests then ^_^
Dragonmaster0430 said:
The longer SMS sometimes take more than a minute and the MMS definitely, some dont even send at all with a max limit of 300k
I shall do more tests then ^_^
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Might be a different issue, where folks have reported having issues sending/receiving SMS and voice calls while using "international" (non-AT&T) based ROMs on AT&T's LTE network. This seems to have something to do with the ROMs not playing well with AT&T's deployment of HD Voice (their branding of Voice over LTE). Try to turn off LTE to see if it makes a difference.
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Might be a different issue, where folks have reported having issues sending/receiving SMS and voice calls while using "international" (non-AT&T) based ROMs on AT&T's LTE network. This seems to have something to do with the ROMs not playing well with AT&T's deployment of HD Voice (their branding of Voice over LTE). Try to turn off LTE to see if it makes a difference.
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forgive me for my ignorance, but how do I turn off LTE?
Dragonmaster0430 said:
forgive me for my ignorance, but how do I turn off LTE?
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Go into the phone Settings, select Mobile Data (near the top) then under Network Mode, you will see various options, and you can select "2G/3G auto"
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Go into the phone Settings, select Mobile Data (near the top) then under Network Mode, you will see various options, and you can select "2G/3G auto"
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Umm, Am i missing something?
Dragonmaster0430 said:
Umm, Am i missing something?
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It looks like you may have selected to setup AT&T options during the AROMA installer for Viper. In which case, its locked out the ability to turn off LTE or HSPA (3G).
I was also mistaken about the signal icons. Since you've setup with AT&T options, that is in fact the AT&T signal icon "4G" which does in fact mean you are only on HSPA, and not LTE (otherwise it would say 4G LTE).
The "international" signal icon for 4G is shown on the attached screenshot.
What do your APN settings look like? All I can think, is that your APN is not properly configured by Viper for AT&T's LTE.
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It looks like you may have selected to setup AT&T options during the AROMA installer for Viper. In which case, its locked out the ability to turn off LTE or HSPA (3G).
I was also mistaken about the signal icons. Since you've setup with AT&T options, that is in fact the AT&T signal icon "4G" which does in fact mean you are only on HSPA, and not LTE (otherwise it would say 4G LTE).
The "international" signal icon for 4G is shown on the attached screenshot.
What do your APN settings look like? All I can think, is that your APN is not properly configured by Viper for AT&T's LTE.
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oh well dang
umm It seems to look like this?
Dragonmaster0430 said:
oh well dang
umm It seems to look like this?
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Tap the one listed, and you will see a number of settings for that APN. Please post screenshots of those settings and post (will probably need 2 shots, as it all won't fit on one).
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Tap the one listed, and you will see a number of settings for that APN. Please post screenshots of those settings and post (will probably need 2 shots, as it all won't fit on one).
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Oops sorry bout that....
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Oops sorry bout that....
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No worries.
APN settings look find.
Its odd, I don't see why you don't have LTE.
You might try to dirty flash the ROM again (just wipe cache and Dalvik, then flash the ROM and keep your user data), but this time actually not pick the AT&T setup option. Seems weird, I know. But it seems the AT&T setup causes more problems than it fixes on the international ROMs.
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No worries.
APN settings look find.
Its odd, I don't see why you don't have LTE.
You might try to dirty flash the ROM again (just wipe cache and Dalvik, then flash the ROM and keep your user data), but this time actually not pick the AT&T setup option. Seems weird, I know. But it seems the AT&T setup causes more problems than it fixes on the international ROMs.
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.... I dunno if I know how to do that... This is my first flash... I followed a youtube vid...
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.... I dunno if I know how to do that... This is my first flash... I followed a youtube vid...
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I assume Viper ROM.zip is still on the phone (otherwise put it back on).
Boot TWRP. Go into Wipe, then Advance, and only pick Dalvik and cache. Then confirm.
Go into Install in TWRP, and select the Viper ROM. It should go into the AROMA installer. When it ask you what carrier, don't select AT&T. There should be an option for "other GSM" of something like that. Also, if it asks you in AROMA to do a full wipe, or don't wipe, choose don't wipe. Choose any other AROMA options as you did the first time, or to your liking.
Boot into OS once the flash is complete. During the setup within Android, its okay (and probably recommended) to pick AT&T as your carrier.
I don't know if this will fix your LTE issue. But its worth a try.
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Ever since I've transferred to AT&T I've had laggy data issues. I finally rooted/flashed to AOKP, and while trying to address the issues of no APNs appearing or saving and no signal status in the status bar, I've come to find both AT&T and T-Mobile as Available Networks under some network setting. Am I chasing ghosts here, or is there something actually up?
EDIT: So I really need help troubleshooting the issue. I'll logcat, dump, or whatever necessary. I've been in many cities/areas and this problem persists: if I haven't used data or the phone hasn't been backgrounding traffic, it'll take anywhere from 5 to 30 seconds before a connection is made when I try to access an internet-related function on my phone (even though 3G/H is displayed in the status bar). Out of shear frustration (this has been happening since I got the phone, under stock ROMs and now under AOKP), I tried messing with *#*#info#*#*. I changed WCDMA-preferred to WCDMA-only -- no improvement. Oddly, I also tried GSM-only. Well, great improvement! Even though I only have E, there is absolutely no latency in waiting for a connection -- so pages and other data end up loading faster on Edge than 3G !
I have absolutely no idea why my phone takes forever to make a connection. Under 3G, I see only but a few upstream network activity blips (even under full bars) for as much as 30 seconds, before there is any downstream activity (and when it comes, it comes). Can anyone help???
P.S.: I'm going to try using a friend's SIM later for comparison.
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Ever since I've transferred to AT&T I've had laggy data issues. I finally rooted/flashed to AOKP, and while trying to address the issues of no APNs appearing or saving and no signal status in the status bar, I've come to find both AT&T and T-Mobile as Available Networks under some network setting. Am I chasing ghosts here, or is there something actually up?
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Because they both share the 1900MHz band I believe.
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Because they both share the 1900MHz band I believe.
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I'd like to know if it shows up for anyone else?
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I'd like to know if it shows up for anyone else?
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On AOKP it does for me too. Just ignore it.
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On AOKP it does for me too. Just ignore it.
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An aside: does your phone stay on 3G and switch to H only under moderate network traffic?
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An aside: does your phone stay on 3G and switch to H only under moderate network traffic?
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The phone displays 3G because thats what it is... then when data is being processed, it shows H because its using the "what AT&T calls 4G but its really HSPA" side of the network. For just standby time with no data, its going to show 3G because HSDPA is traffic, not standby.
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The phone displays 3G because thats what it is... then when data is being processed, it shows H because its using the "what AT&T calls 4G but its really HSPA" side of the network. For just standby time with no data, its going to show 3G because HSDPA is traffic, not standby.
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Well that's strange. I'm used to phones displaying what network-level they are capable of. So why would it not just display H for HSPA+ when HSPA+ service is available, instead of only displaying under traffic.
I'm going to go ahead an edit this thread to help troubleshoot what I think to be the main issue.
After some trials I see that the network indicator switches back and forth between 3G and H a few tines before making the connection and transmitting data. Hmmm...
Basically, "4G" will eat your battery alive so the phone idles at 3G and jumps to H+ only when you use data. If you were on a "stock" ATT rom it would always read H+, but this is technically false since when its idle the phone sits in 3G. CM9 and AOKP accurately display it which is why you see the switch.
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I have a HTC Amaze for a phone and the Galaxy S2 is my media player. Sometimes, when I don't feel like carrying around two devices, I put my T-Mobile SIM in the galaxy and use it as my phone. I must say, Edge is not as slow as I remember it being. Maybe speed is contingent on network traffic. If thats the case, instead of using crowded "faux G" networks, I may defer to Edge to save battery life and get good dl/ul rates.
My phone does the same thing. I noticed it sometime ago. When idle 3g. Internet I get H+. This is with both Shostock2 and Phone Bricker. I was curious to know too but just blew it off because it really doesnt make any difference to me as long as Im getting decent speeds. Im not even with ATT anymore. Went with Straight Talk. Which uses ATT towers. Cant beat the price!!
They don't have the correct apns, but that symbol problem is because the phone doesn't use hspa+ passively, only actively. It causes some lag when downloading, but it is faster fit large data. But your problem is due to a supposed imei range with bad modems. Rehash stick, fix the triangle, and return it.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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First time posting on here so please don't tear me a new ass if I'm doing something wrong lol.
I just got a Galaxy Note I (SGH-I717) on AT&T.
Initially I was having problems with reception and 4G and not getting LTE at all. I finally got LTE working my setting up the PTA APN and by dialing *#2263# and selecting a different preferred band (I chose "LTE ALL" in the LTE sub-menu and saved it). I put the SIM back in, powered the phone back up and LTE was working. However my signal bars haven't gone past one bar while on LTE. I get data, and can even send and receive MMS/SMS, but cannot send/receive calls.
Someone please tell me if I did something wrong or am leaving out any vital info.
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beefjelly said:
First time posting on here so please don't tear me a new ass if I'm doing something wrong lol.
I just got a Galaxy Note I (SGH-I717) on AT&T.
Initially I was having problems with reception and 4G and not getting LTE at all. I finally got LTE working my setting up the PTA APN and by dialing *#2263# and selecting a different preferred band (I chose "LTE ALL" in the LTE sub-menu and saved it). I put the SIM back in, powered the phone back up and LTE was working. However my signal bars haven't gone past one bar while on LTE. I get data, and can even send and receive MMS/SMS, but cannot send/receive calls.
Someone please tell me if I did something wrong or am leaving out any vital info.
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Perhaps the radio should be updated. The latest official ATT radio is UCMD3.
Check if you have it under settings/about/phone status/baseband. It works on all builds but is the newest radio which improves signal sometimes.
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Perhaps the radio should be updated. The latest official ATT radio is UCMB3.
Check if you have it under settings/about/phone status/baseband. It works on all builds but is the newest radio which improves signal sometimes.
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I attached a screen shot of my baseband. Does this look correct?
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I attached a screen shot of my baseband. Does this look correct?
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That is infact the newest radio. Unfortunately I'm rockin this phone on T-Mobile, maybe some other people could chime in on ATT.
Apn settings sometimes make a difference. So check this thread on that here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26821716
scariola said:
That is infact the newest radio. Unfortunately I'm rockin this phone on T-Mobile, maybe some other people could chime in on ATT.
Apn settings sometimes make a difference. So check this thread on that here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26821716
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I'm pretty positive that my APN settings are correct (I'll post them in a minute), I think it is probably the band preference I selected in the *#2263# menu. I do know for a fact that the SGH-I717 runs on the lowest LTE band.
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Here are the APN settings I'm using at the moment.
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Here are the APN settings I'm using at the moment.
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Those appear to be as follows in the link I posted. The only difference i saw was BEARER: LTE (default is unspecified) play with this one.. that was different in the post.
Other then that, I know ATT and Tmobile only use LTE Band 4 in the USA anyways.
So LTE ALL under the service menu wouldnt help. Was your coverage always that bad?
Please someone with ATT help this poor soul out. I'm at wits end. Usually this would be something to bug your service provider about. Myabe they can refresh something on your account, or give you a newer SIM card at your local store.
scariola said:
Those appear to be as follows in the link I posted. The only difference i saw was BEARER: LTE (default is unspecified) play with this one.. that was different in the post.
Other then that, I know ATT and Tmobile only use LTE Band 4 in the USA anyways.
So LTE ALL under the service menu wouldnt help. Was your coverage always that bad?
Please someone with ATT help this poor soul out. I'm at wits end. Usually this would be something to bug your service provider about. Myabe they can refresh something on your account, or give you a newer SIM card at your local store.
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Yes, unfortunately service has always been this bad. I have called AT&T several times/been to the AT&T store and talked to a representative and they have done the following:
- Checked/rechecked my IMEI number (it always matches)
- Checked and rechecked my SIM number (before AND after I received a new SIM card
- Unregistered/Re-registered my phone with the towers
- Called a tech out to the tower to make sure nothing is going on the them (I know its not, my buddies all have LTE running fine on their devices)
Thank you so much, scariola. You've been a helped all you can.
RESOLVED
I believe I have fixed the problem.
I dialed *#2263# to get to the Band Selection screen. I already had selected "LTE ALL" under the LTE Preference menu. I unselected it, chose Back and then End (both under the softkey menu). I then re-dialed *#2263# to get back into the Band Selection menu except this time I selected "Automatic" and chose End in the softkey menu. Re-inserted SIM, and rebooted.
No I get signal 3-5 bars, 4G and 4G LTE where strong signal is available.
I thought LTE was only data and could not be used for calls.
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I thought LTE was only data and could not be used for calls.
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Right. The data is the 3g/4g connection and the symbol next to the bars is the data speed. The bars is the strength of the gsm/phone signal.
It actually sounds like the OP was involved in a tower maintenance scenario and probably didn't matter what he did.
You can do the same settings changing from the mobile data settings menu.
You can't do the same settings from the mobile data settings menu. There you can only mess with data bands. You can turn LTE off or on on my Canadian ROM but you can't use it as the only band. And I didn't think you could even change this on ATT ROMs/radios at all. I believe he used LTE as the one and only bands for phone and data which caused his issue. I have achieved this same result by messing with those band setting found by *#2263#.
However the ability to send/receive texts but no calls does not make sense. That could have been tower issues since they both use the same phone band.
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You can't do the same settings from the mobile data settings menu. There you can only mess with data bands. You can turn LTE off or on on my Canadian ROM but you can't use it as the only band. And I didn't think you could even change this on ATT ROMs/radios at all.
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Er, what?
Is that a JB thing because I know it wasn't present on the ATT ICS ROM. Also where is the LTE setting??
The default is "fastest available". If you choose the high speed setting, it will connect to whatever is best.
I assumed JB stock because the OP said he just got the phone.
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Is that a JB thing because I know it wasn't present on the ATT ICS ROM. Also where is the LTE setting??
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It's on the canadian version of JB in the settings/mobile network. Missing from att JB though.
You can however force LTE only through the service menu. Att and tmobile use band 4. Not sure about anyone else.
You must dial *#2263# into dialer and select LTE and choose the band your provider supports. That will force LTE only. Dial the same thing into dialer and select automatic* to go back to jumping through LTE/WCDMA/GSM.
I understand it is on the Canadian version as I am using it. The Canadian version also includes LTE. I know how this all works. I have a Rogers note. But my question was to ranger on where he pulled that screenshot from. I always had an LTE option both on ICS and JB. And it was my understanding that ATT left this feature out on all versions and their modem was locked.
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You can't force LTE if its not available. Its best to leave it at auto and let the modem do Its job of connecting to the best signal.
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Right. The data is the 3g/4g connection and the symbol next to the bars is the data speed. The bars is the strength of the gsm/phone signal.
It actually sounds like the OP was involved in a tower maintenance scenario and probably didn't matter what he did.
You can do the same settings changing from the mobile data settings menu.
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It may have been, but soon after I *thought* I had fixed the problem, the same issue restarted. I believe it was an issue with the phone hardware itself, maybe the antenna. I don't know. I sold the phone and got an S3.
No problems with the S3 :good:
I used to have that problem until i changed the MNC to 260
Hi guys,
I have one more day to return my phone and as much as I love this phone, I'm considering it because my phone is constantly switching to 4G HSPA+ instead of LTE. I'm in the middle of Los Angeles, and this even happens when I'm walking outdoors.
I can easily prevent this by changing the mode to "LTE Only" in the testing settings, and LTE works perfectly with no issues whatsoever. However, in this mode, calls do not work - it simply refuses to allow them.
Does anybody have any ideas? The speeds I get on HSPA+ are unbearable for some reason (see attachment). LTE works fine with about 8-12 mbit down.
I have tried changing the APN settings to be optimized for HSPA+ but it seems that prevents any access to LTE - which is opposite of what I want.
Thank you!!
you might want to give us the APN info so we can look at it and see if its right or wrong.
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you might want to give us the APN info so we can look at it and see if its right or wrong.
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It's set at the default (and I reset it again to make sure) - fast.t-mobile.com
I've tried using epc.tmobile.com as they say that helps with speed when you are connected to 4G HSPA+, but it also seems to prevent ANY LTE access whatsoever.