Hello,
I am running latest LineageOS. I can't seem to get more than about 50mbit on 4G (with ookla speedtest), with same SIM card, on an iPhone7 I get about 150mbit consistently at same location. I am not sure if this is related to 4G+/LTE-A not functioning. I see only LTE text on the top bar.
In another note, a friend of mine is running original OS and he says he gets 50mbit on wifi with max2, with his iPhone7 on same wifi accesspoint he gets 80-90mbit. (he couldnt test 4G because of bad signal quality in his location),
So, first of all, how can I tell if my phone is using 4G+/LTE-A or not? Do you get better 4G speeds?
How can I test where is the bottleneck exactly? Any hints?
Update:
I now made more tests. Cheap Chinese tablet with mtk6797 chip does about 100mbit in the same location.
At home I tried 5g WiFi and when phone said 433mbps, the download speed from samba server was about 48mbit (server is connected to wifi ap directly with gigabit Ethernet)
Thanks!
Noop, I am on T-Mobile, 100m+ on band 4 all the time
@cgigate which max2 model you have? which OS are you using? and which modern/baseband version?
My provider use band 3 but I don't think it is the issue. Because I get similar result with WiFi which is very strange. Also, do you see LTE+ or something different than LTE as connection icon?
@cgigate I think you must be sitting next to antenna all the time. I managed to get 80mbit when base station antenna was 50m away from me and I was very close. My provider use B3 and B7 which should be supported with any version of max2....
yurtesen said:
@cgigate which max2 model you have? which OS are you using? and which modern/baseband version?
My provider use band 3 but I don't think it is the issue. Because I get similar result with WiFi which is very strange. Also, do you see LTE+ or something different than LTE as connection icon?
@cgigate I think you must be sitting next to antenna all the time. I managed to get 80mbit when base station antenna was 50m away from me and I was very close. My provider use B3 and B7 which should be supported with any version of max2....
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I own two MAX 2 (x820 and X829), both are same on stock 23s.
yes, my house near a good t-mobile towers for sure ...especially on band 4, sometime on band 2 or 12 , those bands are much slower...
@cgigate can you check my previous post? I had some questions for you there how do you see which brand you are on?
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@cgigate can you check my previous post? I had some questions for you there how do you see which brand you are on?
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You cannot see the band actually. You know the band you are on by knowing what your network provider uses.
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@cgigate can you check my previous post? I had some questions for you there how do you see which brand you are on?
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Use LTE discovery APP and turns on "Live" mode you will see the real-time which band you are on, see my screen capture you will know I am on LTE band 2
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You cannot see the band actually. You know the band you are on by knowing what your network provider uses.
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False, see above
cgigate said:
Use LTE discovery APP and turns on "Live" mode you will see the real-time which band you are on, see my screen capture you will know I am on LTE band 2
False, see above
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Do you need root ???
I use the same app on lineageos and it needs root.
But I am not sure still why my max2 is performing so bad.
Anyway, I downgraded my service connection speed to 21mbit now and have no more speed problems I think there is some sort of problem in max2 which is causing this.
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Do you need root ???
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No root needed for "LTE discovery" app to get band info
yurtesen said:
I use the same app on lineageos and it needs root.
But I am not sure still why my max2 is performing so bad.
Anyway, I downgraded my service connection speed to 21mbit now and have no more speed problems I think there is some sort of problem in max2 which is causing this.
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No, "LTE discovery" app dose not need "root" to get RF band info on lineageos
although, there is option to choose "root" from the app to get more info. but if you only want to know what band you are on , no "root" needed
@cgigate if I dont select the root option. It only shows me the signal strength. I don't quite understand how everything works for you and nothing works for me lol.
See the screenshots with it selected and not selected. I also attached one from phone info...you tell me if anything is different? I really dont understand how this can happen....
@cgigate can you send screenshot from your phone info? or what os are you using and what is your baseband modem firmware version?
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Hi,
Does anyone know how to enter the secret menu to disable H+/HSPDA and force the phone to use 3G ONLY? I'm on the latest Russian official rom and the codes I've found online do not work anymore.
Anyone managed to do this? thanks.
Type *#*#4636#*#* in phone.apk and then select phone info and choose WCDMA only.
I think this worked on older roms and not on the latest 4.3 one. which firmware are you on?
The option to choose WCDMA or GSM only is in settings, more networks, mobile networks, network mode.
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boomboomer said:
The option to choose WCDMA or GSM only is in settings, more networks, mobile networks, network mode.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
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Sorry but this is not what I am looking for. I would like to force the phone to use 3G ONLY and NOT 4g/H+/Hspda.
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Sorry but this is not what I am looking for. I would like to force the phone to use 3G ONLY and NOT 4g/H+/Hspda.
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H+/Hspda is part of 3G, what you want isn't possible. Is your phone the i9305?
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H+/Hspda is part of 3G, what you want isn't possible. Is your phone the i9305?
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No my phone is the I9300 - we really can't force 3g? On previous Samsung devices, we could, so Samsung disable this on the S3?
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No my phone is the I9300 - we really can't force 3g? On previous Samsung devices, we could, so Samsung disable this on the S3?
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The i9300 doesn't have 4G.
The option is already in settings to do what you want, I don't know why you're making this so hard.
theronkinator said:
The i9300 doesn't have 4G.
The option is already in settings to do what you want, I don't know why you're making this so hard.
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Ok let me explain correctly..When i choose Wcdma, then the phone switches to H and H+ constantly when in low reception places and connection is sometimes lost. That's why I am looking for 3g only since 3g signal is better where I live.
Final5k said:
Ok let me explain correctly..When i choose Wcdma, then the phone switches to H and H+ constantly when in low reception places and connection is sometimes lost. That's why I am looking for 3g only since 3g signal is better where I live.
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H & H+ are 3G, how many times does it need repeating.
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H & H+ are 3G, how many times does it need repeating.
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They are definitely not the same thing and it seems you've never used the secret menus to switch from 4g to 3g..Ok lets stop here. I wanted to permanently change the NETWORK BAND to 2100 ONLY. It seems this is not possible on the S3,otherwise people would already have done it like in past samsung phones.
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They are definitely not the same thing and it seems you've never used the secret menus to switch from 4g to 3g..Ok lets stop here. I wanted to permanently change the NETWORK BAND to 2100 ONLY. It seems this is not possible on the S3,otherwise people would already have done it like in past samsung phones.
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4G and 3G are different, but your phone doesn't have 4G anyway so that's irrelevant.
theronkinator said:
4G and 3G are different, but your phone doesn't have 4G anyway so that's irrelevant.
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oh dear...you definitely didn't understand my main post and WHAT i was asking probably because you never tried this on your past Android phones...this thread can be closed now as any further conversations on the initial intent of this thread will not be constructive enough to find a solution.
Only AOSP Roms have this option (3G Only UMTS)
Sammy roms Only Have 2G and (3G y H+ automatic)
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oh dear...you definitely didn't understand my main post and WHAT i was asking probably because you never tried this on your past Android phones...this thread can be closed now as any further conversations on the initial intent of this thread will not be constructive enough to find a solution.
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Just to let u know, you could fix the frequency in the secret menu as I did this many times, whereas I don't know the codes to get there as well, they were changed I suppose. In addition the i9300 only got up to H+, no 4G, if I am not wrong, H+ is 3.9G, H is 3.5G.
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I think this worked on older roms and not on the latest 4.3 one. which firmware are you on?
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Try it. It worked on every HTC device I have ever had (no matter cyanognemod or stock rom) and also on my gs3 CM (never tested on touchwiz)
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oh dear...you definitely didn't understand my main post and WHAT i was asking probably because you never tried this on your past Android phones...this thread can be closed now as any further conversations on the initial intent of this thread will not be constructive enough to find a solution.
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As mentioned, it seems only aosp has the option you're looking for.
Still, before such a drastic solution, have you tested different modem (even older ones)?
It can make a huge difference.
i have problem on my samsung galaxy mega 6.3 model sgh-i527 signal weak and all time call dropped and not conecting 3g or 4g
ibrahim20 said:
i have problem on my samsung galaxy mega 6.3 model sgh-i527 signal weak and all time call dropped and not conecting 3g or 4g
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Not enough details for anyone to help yet.
Are you using it with ATT or is it unlocked and you are using another carrier and/or in another country?
Are there issues with signal strength with other phones on that network in your area?
For 3G/4G, have you checked the network settings to make sure it's not set to GSM only?
If it is set for HSPA/LTE, do you have the correct APNs?
Have you modified the software and/or changed the modem?
Has the phone ever been dropped, opened/worked on, and/or had liquid damage?
What update are you on?
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Not enough details for anyone to help yet.
Are you using it with ATT or is it unlocked and you are using another carrier and/or in another country?
Are there issues with signal strength with other phones on that network in your area?
For 3G/4G, have you checked the network settings to make sure it's not set to GSM only?
If it is set for HSPA/LTE, do you have the correct APNs?
Have you modified the software and/or changed the modem?
Has the phone ever been dropped, opened/worked on, and/or had liquid damage?
What update are you on?
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yes i unlocked this and i live in jordan
Yes, I use another network and you update to the Kit Kat was also changing the modem but the same problem I do not have the network, such as Options hspa pr 3g or lte
ibrahim20 said:
yes i unlocked this and i live in jordan
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Yes, I use another network and you update to the Kit Kat was also changing the modem but the same problem I do not have the network, such as Options hspa pr 3g or lte
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The phone supports Jordan's network frequency of 2100, but it wouldn't surprise me if it is locked out of doing so without changing something in the Hidden Menu. I don't have a way to confirm that, but it's something they do with many of their phones. If you don't even have the option to switch to different network types, then that's why - probably only ATT's main network frequencies are enabled by default.
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The phone supports Jordan's network frequency of 2100, but it wouldn't surprise me if it is locked out of doing so without changing something in the Hidden Menu. I don't have a way to confirm that, but it's something they do with many of their phones. If you don't even have the option to switch to different network types, then that's why - probably only ATT's main network frequencies are enabled by default.
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Thank you again, I have another phone of the same type and works great, I think that the problem is not in the Software I think it's Hardware
Hi folks, I'm not sure if this thread is stilled viewed often. I have a question and I thought I found the answer somewhere.
I just bought the 990 to use on Fido / Canadian. I read after my purchase that Verizon blocks LTE on other networks, even when unlocked.
But if rooted, and mine is, that you can unlock the LTE.
Is that true?
And if yes how do I unlock it?
Thanks
LTE isn't blocked. Does your carrier use the same LTE bands as verizon?
Yes, most not all. I have it working now.
After a phone restart I need to click no to a prompt for global access. Then I need to set my connection to LTE/Gsm/Usomething. Then I need to ensure LTE legacy is set.
Then I must choose join preferred network. It connects to 2g or 3g.
Then I need to wait about 5 minutes and try clicking preferred network again and it joins 4glte
Happens this way after a restart every time.
It seems to me that with time it will connect to LTE even if you don't click anything... I have a local Lithuanian SIM in my V10 right now (pricing is so much better than anything we can get in the States...). First day it was only doing H+ at best (although at 10 MB/s Speedtest shows I wasn't complaining). Today I noticed that it switched to 4G LTE all by itself, and is pumping 63+Mb/s, which is better than anything I've seen on Verizon itself...
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Yes, most not all. I have it working now.
After a phone restart I need to click no to a prompt for global access. Then I need to set my connection to LTE/Gsm/Usomething. Then I need to ensure LTE legacy is set.
Then I must choose join preferred network. It connects to 2g or 3g.
Then I need to wait about 5 minutes and try clicking preferred network again and it joins 4glte
Happens this way after a restart every time.
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I'm experiencing an odd issue on the SD RedMi Note 4 of my wife (ROM: v8.5.8.0 NCFMIED): where LTE signal is weak and other mobiles switch to GSM (2G) and are still reachable, the RedMi of my wife is still trying to get LTE signal, ending up offline for _long_ times.
I tried to switch preferred mode to "LTE/UMTS auto (PRL)" (mido default choice when "prefer LTE" is selected is "LTE/TD-SCDMA/UMTS", which appears to include the Chinese 3G standard too) like my OnePlus 3, which never looses network, but it didn't help: the only way to have it reliably reachable is switching to "GSM only".
I didn't find anything relevant neither by searching nor by browsing the first 30 pages of this subforum: is there anything we can do to improve this? Thanks!
go to about phone. tap multiple times on total memory, a window will open up. open phone information 1,2. choose type of network you want from multiple options
[email protected]!$h said:
go to about phone. tap multiple times on total memory, a window will open up. open phone information 1,2. choose type of network you want from multiple options
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That indeed solves the issue as I wrote, but I don't think that my wife would be happy if I tell her she has to check the signal all the time and, eventually, _try_ to manually switch to "GSM only", and go back when the signal strength improves... that should be modem job!
Update: the affected SIM was in slot 2; moving the SIM to the first slot seems to improve the mode switch. Still the sensitivity doesn't seem exceptional, or perhaps there is some other issue (1), but at least it seems to correctly switch from 4G to 3G and even 2G where the signal is weak.
Testing in "LTE/UMTS auto (PRL)" mode now (I don't need TD-SCDMA here, I assume there is less overhead with less modes); wondering whether is a modem (read: Qualcomm) issue or a MIUI bug.
(1) sometimes the device still looses the network where my OP3 seems connected with very weak signal (-105 dBm) and LTE Discover reports "Potential eCSFB issue detected" (which sounds odd since eCFSB is a CDMA thing, and there aren't any CDMA network here in Italy AFAIK: could it be the way LTE Discover tells that the phone is unable to handshake an existing network?), until it reconnects. Moreover, it seems that RN4 tends to prefer 3G over 2G even when mobile data is off, which is not a good strategy IMO.
Edit: LTE Discover reports "Potential eCSFB issue detected" also on OP3, which works perfectly: it seems its shown when the terminal was unable to successfully register on a network and stays idle until the next connection attempt
I have sort of similar and opposite problems in the USA.
Mine switches from LTE to whatever H+ is and then never switches back on its own. I'm blaming Xiaomi over Qualcomm.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atejapps.networksignalrefresherpro
Try this app and see if it is of any help
I have the same problem. I have a weak signal reception in my house. Is there a app that can put a phone to 2g when I am on wifi ?
Poslano z mojega Redmi Note 4X z uporabo Tapatalk
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atejapps.networksignalrefresherpro
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I tried it, it worked if I used the root option and manually hit the refresh button. I read that the auto refresh only works if the signal is one bar or whatever or less.
My signal is strong when it's on H+, so it would never get low enough to make it auto refresh.
What I need is something that would switch my preferred network to Prefer 3G and back to Prefer LTE whenever I'm on H+ for a while, because that gets me back on LTE every time provided that there's LTE in that area.
My Redmi Note 4x international should be capable to connect to the 1800mhz band, which is available in my neighborhood. Sadly I haven't had 4g or LTE since I've gotten this phone (4 weeks) any ideas why it won't connect?
Vodafone Netherlands in Utrecht city.
night_mare said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atejapps.networksignalrefresherpro
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Thank you: started testing. It seems that, despite the better signal, even after refreshing the device still ignores 2G and tries to connect in LTE or H+ mode. I'll see in the next days.
barvna said:
I have the same problem. I have a weak signal reception in my house. Is there a app that can put a phone to 2g when I am on wifi ?
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Yep, that's very same issue I'm experiencing. I was feeling alone: in the MI forums I couldn't find no one complaining about that.
Did you notice that when the device connects to a Wi-Fi network the cellular signal indicator suddenly rises (it appears to indicate Wi-Fi signal strength) and appears "4G" next to operator's name, even if cellular data is off?
Too bad, if RN4 didn't have such a bugged radio it was a real bang for the buck.
Vennesch said:
My Redmi Note 4x international should be capable to connect to the 1800mhz band, which is available in my neighborhood. Sadly I haven't had 4g or LTE since I've gotten this phone (4 weeks) any ideas why it won't connect?
Vodafone Netherlands in Utrecht city.
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[Shot in the dark] Did you check your APN settings?
Yes I did, all as it should be
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Yes I did, all as it should be
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Try to get some more info from the "LTE Discovery" app: is the device registered on the 4G network but internet access is absent or the device doesn't even register on the 4G network? Does the device detect the 4G signals?
In this thread we are discussing about the opposite problem: our devices don't switch to 2G when the signal is weak...
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atejapps.networksignalrefresherpro
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Unfortunately it didn't help: it doesn't seem to improve overall operation. It even asks to refresh the Wi-Fi connection when there is no cellular signal...
There is really something ill in this modem. Sometimes the signal indicator shows Wi-Fi signal strength instead of cellular. I hope some future release will fix at least some of these issues.
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Unfortunately it didn't help: it doesn't seem to improve overall operation. It even asks to refresh the Wi-Fi connection when there is no cellular signal...
There is really something ill in this modem. Sometimes the signal indicator shows Wi-Fi signal strength instead of cellular. I hope some future release will fix at least some of these issues.
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Sorry to hear that. Try to report to the developer, so he can solve the issue.
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Sorry to hear that. Try to report to the developer, so he can solve the issue.
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Thank you. I think it's not necessary: since yesterday I'm running MIUI v9.0.3.0 and things improved considerably. I'm quite sure the issue was MIUI 8 which had a complete modem mess, not the app, that was doing its honest work just as it was possible.
Hi, I have X829 I have tried diffrent roms and flashing different modem files (some are better then others) but I constantly lose network conection. Does anyone have any ideas what to do
luksson said:
Hi, I have X829 I have tried diffrent roms and flashing different modem files (some are better then others) but I constantly lose network conection. Does anyone have any ideas what to do
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Which ROM are you using?
Right now I am on 28s-ARoMA Installer Edition(20171027) from CrisBalGreece
That's the same one I'm using, along with the 466 developer modem firmware, and my signal is steady, Did you dirty install over a previous version or did a clean install? Maybe a clean install can help
The x829 doesn't support band 20. Swedish telecom operators are also using this band for lte. I'm not aware how intense they do though.
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Which ROM are you using?
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The x829 doesn't support band 20. Swedish telecom operators are also using this band for lte. I'm not aware how intense they do though.
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That i know, but I cant get 3g working, with some modem files i have a steady signal but I can not get data connection
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That i know, but I cant get 3g working, with some modem files i have a steady signal but I can not get data connection
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Are you using a MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator)? You know, one mobile company that relies on another one's network. In that case, you may also need to activate data roaming in order to get data connection. Also, you should check whether you APN settings are ok.
If you get no connection at all, rather than get 2G or 3G, but not 4G, then I don't think it's a modem or band issue, but a SIM setup issue. Check your settings with your provider.