No T-Mobile signal in my apartment so I got their 4G LTE Signal Booster -- but my Xperia Z5 Compact refuses to connect to the Signal Booster.
I believe the Booster uses UMTS and LTE Bands 2 and 4. The Z5C is rooted, but otherwise stock.
My HTC 10 connects to the Booster if I turn LTE off. (If I leave LTE on, it keeps trying to connect to the faint outside signal that is coming through.) The display shows a '4G' connection.
Any suggestions? This is driving me crazy.
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So I came from the Samsung Skyrocket which was one of At&ts first LTE phones. So this phone being more current hardware you would expect for it to be able to attain better signal strength. And in my experience it does, places I only got 1 bar of lte I am now seeing two or three bars and also the connection is much more stable. So, I should be a happy camper right? Not quite.
Where I live in Los Angeles some places have great LTE speeds but others the HSPA+ network yields better network speeds. For Instance, at work I ussually get about 2 mbps down on LTE but 10 mbps down on HSPa+. I am preety much on the border of the LTE network and on the Skyrocket my phone would quickly fall back to the HSPa+ network. But with the Note Its signal is much more strongly connected to the LTE network and trying to watch youtube on a 1 to 2 mbps connection is a pain( the reason I left Sprint).
I hope in a future update we will have the option to toggle LTE on and off. But I doubt this since the skyrocket has been out for months and it still does not have a toggle swith.
Otherwise I love this phone
Got my AT&T Galaxy Note a few days back and I live in Mission Viejo, CA. I have noticed that most of the time it just displays the 4G icon and other times it has a small LTE under the 4G icon. So... is there such a thing as 4G and 4G LTE?
New to the whole 4G phones... as I came from an iPhone.
When it says 4g your are on on At&ts hspa+ network. If it say 4g and has under it Lte you're in a Lte area.
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Yes, LTE is LTE, otherwise it's HSPA+ (also considered "4G"). When mine shows LTE (which is only when I assume the Fox viewing position) I drop by a couple of bars. Sounds like you are either in a fringe area like me, or you're in a building that is causing LTE signal degradation.
What's a Bieber?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS9sUm5Y0sg
In addition, if you go Settings > About Phone > Status > "Mobile Network Type" you can also tell what network you are on.
Think I got it. So HSPA is 3G, HSPA+ is 4G and LTE is a better 4G?
technically hspa is 3g hspa+ is 3.5g lte is 4g.
HSPA+ is pseudo 4g- it's really 3.5G with some backend modifications by att(something called enhanced backhaul) to enhance 3G for faster speeds. LTE is tru 4G.
Here is a link to explain the differences in 3G,4G,and LTE.
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB115951&cv=820#fbid=U9S_RXqCY_R
Is there HSPA+ throughout all of AT&T's network then, just not LTE yet?
Then I am guessing my iPhone 4 was only HSPA (3G) only and not capable of getting HSPA+?
ElelvlentaL said:
In addition, if you go Settings > About Phone > Status > "Mobile Network Type" you can also tell what network you are on.
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Hell mine keeps alternating between UMTS and HSPA, no + after it either.
No wonder I get choppy pixelated HD videos on youtube.
Is there a way to lower the LTE signal strength where the phone changes to 3G?
I find that it switches to 3G even if the LTE signal is still ok, speed on LTE is 20MBPS and 3G at the same spot is 2MBPS.
I know I can force LTE only but I need it to be PRL 3G or I won't be able to take calls.
I need to do the same exactly, were you able to accomplish this?
As a noob, I may not state this question correctly, so please excuse any errors. My Sony Xperia Z5 Compact E5823 (international version) was recently registered on the MetroPCS (T-Mobile) network. The current software build number is 32.2.A.0.224 and the preferred network type selected is 4G(preferred)/WCDMA/GSM.
The phone is located in a major metropolitan city and T-Mobile has accomplished an area-wide LTE Band 12 build-out. The signal strength icon in the status bar either shows a "4G" connection or no connection type of any kind rather than the "LTE" connection icon. the signal strength icon generally shows only 2 or three bars even though, at this moment, the phone is 1/8 mile from the T-Mobile tower at a time of day with little traffic. The connectivity speed generally seems to be quite erratic.
My question is: Do I have LTE connectivity and, if not, how do I get it? An agent at a local MetroPCS agency location said that the ROM or firmware had to be "flashed". Is this correct and, if so, how does a "noob" go about it?
Thanks to all for any responses!
If you installed the settings metro sent to your phone, it might not be an issue with the phone since 4g is LTE internationally. In the US and NA they made 3g+ into 4g and LTE into its own thing as a marketing gimmick. H+ shows up as 4g in the US phones and firmware and LTE shows up as LTE. In Europe LTE shows up as 4g in a lot of handsets.
Youprobably need to try another network on your phone to see if it behaves the same way and I'm betting that it won't. Likely it is the network causing issues and not the phone in this case.
Got a sprint varient. After now 2 days of searches and reading trial and error.
My g5 sprint gsm unlocked. No matter how i select radios gsm gsm/cdma lte auto everything.
I'm picking up band 5 lte tower. I verified these readings with a att s6 edge.
randomly hpsa and very rarely a gsm network but g5 does connect to all same bands and netwroks as s6 side by side in lte discovery.
On all my att phones on lte discovery primary is lte band 2. G5 wants to default to band 5.
It did connect to band 2 for a few min with great signal might i add. Secondary connection is live on in lte discovery on s6 edge with gsm and network info listed.
Now again my g5 is on 1st lte band 5 most of the time and the 2nd connection is rarely picking up but has switched a few times between hspa and gsm just like att phones info in discovery. but usally sitting here with gsm and a n/s
As my g2 g3 g4 all were sprint on att no problem I didnt figure the g5 would be any diffrent
This seems like a connection and band priority issue not a compatibility issue.
Am i missing something? i cannot find band priority in any hidden menus. Or did sprint and lg take away some of the versatile sprint radios functionality?
sorry for being long winded
Its just weird. It will make calls,text.mms,internet all on 3g 4g and lte. But signal keeps dropping. While it continueously switches from lte to 3g band 2 and 5 Does not drop calls. Sometimes i have to make a call a time or 2 to get connected to the network. Texts seem to be coming through on time.
thanks in advance guys
from what i need i gotta either set band priority or find setting for lte/gsm/umts which i cant find
i am also getting too low reception