Just ordered the LTE variant of this phone to replace my work phone Moto E. I love the phone, but now since my roommates can't pay the internet bill, at home my router signs on to my phone Hotspot and becomes my home internet.
I'm not expecting a dramatic difference, but was wondering what ROM/Kernel might give me the most reliable unlimited hotspot?
If prefer to be on 7 unless there is some benefit to be gained.
I didn't get the last part "prefer to be on 7" ? If you have a Moto e 2015 version (otus or surnia), stock Nougat is not available for them.
For a hotspot, I think stock LP or MM should do the trick, although be aware that the battery will drain quite fast and continuous charging will impact battery life.
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I got the Motorola Photon last week because it was only $99 dollars which is an amazing price for this amazing phone. I was going to get the LG Marquee because it was a 3G only device I believe and last time I got a droid from sprint they had the $10 dollar surcharge for premium data only for 4G capable device, regardless of the fact that there is no 4G in my area. Needless to say I read recently that Sprint is going to be shutting down or re-purposing their Wimax towers and moving to LTE, I think this is a great idea, but my question is, will my Photon be able to use LTE when it is available or will I have to get a new phone when they switch to LTE? Compared to Verizon, the data connection is a joke. Its very slow, luckily when Im at school they have wireless N wifi, and at home I have wifi. I would like to eventually not have to use wifi and be able to do stuff as simple as searching the market without having to wait 5-10 seconds for a page to come up. I used that 3G supercharger, and it is better then it was, but randomly drops the connection and goes to roaming now, that doesn't really matter though. Another comment I have on the Photon, is the phenomenal battery life. I didn't update my phone with the leaked software that was suppose to fix some battery issues, but I don't have any. I easily go 14 hours a day using it as an mp3 player, etc, and usually have around 60% battery power left then it takes like less then an hour to fully charge. Call quality and reception is about a million times better then my Samsung transform. Motorola has made me a believer in good phones. I'll never purchase another Samsung cell phone again, that's for sure. The only thing that could make this phone better would be LTE.
Welcome to the club. There's several threads on LTE, so check those out but there's no conclusive answer that I've seen. Battery life and reception are great with this phone so if you ever do have a problem, look for a rogue app.
Lol The club. I like that. Anywho I was looking around in the mophos build.prop file and it actually said some stuff about LTE, thats pretty cool. Maybe this phone is already prepared to switch to LTE in a future system update.
I think(read: I'm uncertain if)the Photon has the necessary 800mhz radio in it for sprints future rollouts(rev. a, rev. b, 1xAdvanced or whatever is gonna use it).
I'm actually trying to determine this as well, for certain, since this phone has amazing radios in it as far as the reception is concerned. I dont care too much about the LTE radio but I'd like to be able to use the revised 3G band. I've been thinking of getting the Photon and moving away from my Nexus S 4G only because of what I've heard about its ability to pull down a signal.
HSPA+ is the minimum foundation for LTE so if sprint layered their network the Photon would work fine because that is the Gsm Transceiver it has.
Thats what I was thinking! Sprint just needs to HTFU and cut out wimax and give us the better LTE network. Lol I bet all the new samsung phones will be **** out of luck though! That will be hilarious when the new GSII's are useless! Samsung blows
I'm working in an environment with wifi coverage but no phone service, and would like to equip some people with (rooted) Android phones to serve as portable wifi phones/data terminals. What is a decent-quality phone, hopefully reasonably cheap, preferably one common in the US, that has good non-factory ROM support?
On a related question: Anyone know if there's a decent walkie-talkie-style push-to-talk app that will run on a (non-internet-connected) wifi network out there? Preferably one that can be left running without running the battery down?
Hello,
I know its been asked a number of times. But I am based in the UK. I am now looking at the 7" HTC Flyer WiFi 16Gb as I am mainly at home with WiFi or at University which is also saturated with WiFi. When ever not in range of a WiFi I will tether to my Motorola for 3G.
Hence I can't justify the price of a 3G unit.
Based on above does it make sense just to get the WiFi model, again cost wise I can only go to the wifi model.
Thanks
if your budget for only wifi then just wifi
3G version is great since its kinda cell phone replacement
What is the big deal of a 3g prime I tether at 4 LTE speeds all day.
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cjbailey75 said:
What is the big deal of a 3g prime I tether at 4 LTE speeds all day.
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Europe doesn't have LTE And tether sucks battery faster than any game
But I don't need any kind of mobile connectivity anyway on my Prime, HSPA tether is enough
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What is the big deal of a 3g prime I tether at 4 LTE speeds all day.
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anyone who buys a 3G tablet likes wasting money or has so much they don't know what to do with free Wi-Fi/USB/Bluetooth tether from smartphone is the only way to go even my 55 year old father knows as much
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What is the big deal of a 3g prime I tether at 4 LTE speeds all day.
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Yea, I hotspot from my phone now, but if money was no object I'd prefer the setup I previously had with my xoom.
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Yea, I hotspot from my phone now, but if money was no object I'd prefer the setup I previously had with my xoom.
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It would be nice, if money was no object. But given that it is, I'm happy tethering my phone; I don't have cause to use my tablet outside of Wi-Fi enabled areas enough to warrant another data plan.
in maine we will not have 4 lte anytime soon, so up here getting some thing lte is a waste.
Because companies like Verizon and At&t limit you to 2GB a month and there's no way you could share the connection with your phone AND tablet for a whole month and not go over that limit?
3G tablet plans cost too much. I just tether to my Galaxy Note as well.
My area doesn't have LTE support. The service providers only just installed new towers a few months ago, and before that my devices were struggling for a signal. What's the point in an LTE device if the most you'll get is hspa?
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I am with T-Mo so LTE is not an option, though speeds are acceptable. I would be willing to shell out a bit for 3G on the tablet for the convenience factor. Since I already have a wi-fi only TP though I am not going to buy another tablet just for 3G.
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Because companies like Verizon and At&t limit you to 2GB a month and there's no way you could share the connection with your phone AND tablet for a whole month and not go over that limit?
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Prior to my contract with Verizon its unlimited and they offer 10 gigs for $50 now which is more than enough. Downloading avg of 18mb a sec its wonderful. Tethering is a dream with my gaze rooted.
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anyone who buys a 3G tablet likes wasting money or has so much they don't know what to do with free Wi-Fi/USB/Bluetooth tether from smartphone is the only way to go even my 55 year old father knows as much
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It depends on how you use your tablet. If you're home or around places with decent Wi-Fi 80% of the time I agree with you. I travel a lot and anyone who does knows you can't depend on Wi-Fi. At hotels, restaurants, or airports.
So you can either get a 3/4G tablet or tether. Tethering is a pain in the ass. Get out the phone, turn on sharing, connect the tablet, disconnect the tablet, turn off sharing. Forget the latter any your phone's battery is hosed. It's hosed anyway because you can literally watch it run down when Wi-Fi sharing's enabled.
Here's some of the advantages of 3/4G:
- Your tablet's always online and can receive e-mails and messages continually.
- You can just flip it open and use it without having to wait for a gazillion background process to all finish competing for the Wi-Fi signal at the same time.
- Your phone's battery is spared the torture of Wi-Fi (or BT) sharing so it's available for calls when you need it.
- You can split your data across multiple devices. For $20 a month on AT&T (they think it's a non-smartphone) my tablet uses 6ishGB of data. I use 4-6GB on my phone too. I'd get flagged and put on a tiered plan if I didn't have seperate devices so it's actually cheaper to have two data plans.
While it's not for everybody it has its advantages. I wouldn't personally own a non-3/4G tablet.
A dialogue between me and my employer.
Employer: Why didn't you get a tablet with 3G/4G built in?
ME:*holding up phone* Do you want to expense two data plans?
Employer: Point taken.
I can leave my wifi tether on literally all day and do very little harm to the battery. Tmobile G2 (HSPA+ 15down2up)
Also there is no conflict with Tmobile's data and phone services. I can answer a call without interrupting my connection.
The trick is to be reasonable about your expectations.
IE: dont stream HD youtube all day, or you'll kill the phone.
I use a 4G (has 3G support) Hotspot device instead of buying additional data plans for various devices.
While I could tether to my phone which is still 3G, when I am in the field, I normally need my phone while using data at the same time and tether would also reduce the battery of the phone quicker as well.
With the 4G hotspot, I can tether up to 5 devices at the same time which includes not only tables, slates, netbooks, notebooks, regular desktops with a WiFi adapter but also even my phone which still has 3G.
In my field kit, I carry a battery unit which will power the 4G hotspot for more than 14 hours continuously, so I can do data for longer than most of the device I could connect to it without AC power.
I can and have many times provided data access to people who were with me who had only WiFi enabled devices securely as well.
Most of the time, I just turn the hotspot on, and stick it in my pocket and have hi-speed Wifi available where I am walking.
I don't use free Unsecure WiFi hotspots.. only secure WiFi connections
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Ive just got my P9000 Lite and the wifi reception is terrible compared to my HTC One M7, even when Im sat 3m away in the same room as the router I dont get 100% reception, its the same on both of my routers
Ive installed wifi analyser app on both phones and these are the results
................................P9000..................................HTC One
Upstairs...........-50 to -60dBm............-25 to -35 dBm
Down.................-70 to -80dBm.............-50 to -60 dBm
Build: 20160318
It is not rooted, I read that since the previous update it cant be rooted anyway
I have found an update on the Elephone forum but I have to flash it, if I go to wireless update it says I am upto date.
Is anyone else experiencing poor wifi reception?
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Hi,
Ive just got my P9000 Lite and the wifi reception is terrible compared to my HTC One M7, even when Im sat 3m away in the same room as the router I dont get 100% reception, its the same on both of my routers
Ive installed wifi analyser app on both phones and these are the results
................................P9000..................................HTC One
Upstairs...........-50 to -60dBm............-25 to -35 dBm
Down.................-70 to -80dBm.............-50 to -60 dBm
Build: 20160318
It is not rooted, I read that since the previous update it cant be rooted anyway
I have found an update on the Elephone forum but I have to flash it, if I go to wireless update it says I am upto date.
Is anyone else experiencing poor wifi reception?
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Actually i have good wifi signal, not the best indeed, but I would rate it 4/5 and it is still rootable ofc, my is rooted and I am on latest update
That's normal, just flash it, I flashed it also. I think the new one supports OTA, I didn't received OTA also out of the box
Yeah on the full version the wifi is terrible too. That turbo download wifi and network combo does nothing either. I've gone back to my huawei. As the 4g signal is a joke too. So disappointed in this phone. Not worth the hassle sending it back to China.
I guess it heavily depends from which charge your phone is and who is your network operator. I have the p9000 and none of this problems
My 4G isnt great either, often drops down to 3G where before my HTC One had 4G and even then on 3G often briefly loses the signal.
They must have put the antennas in a really stupid position inside the phone