I just received a new Android phone from China that was advertised as having support for GSM 850/900/1800/1900 & WCDMA 850/2100 with GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA data capabilities. However I'm only connecting to AT&T on 2G GPRS data at around max 50 kbps. Occasionally I will see an EDGE "E" for a few seconds only to have it disappear. I have tried the phone in several locations where I know there is both good EDGE coverage as well as 850 MHz 3G/HSPA towers but the phone isn't seeing anything. I've tried every setting change as well as a new SIM to no avail.
Does anyone know if there is an app or potentially a dial command, terminal command line utility or external program that can query an android phone to see which GSM/WCDMA bands are supported in the chipset/baseband?
Thanks, Kav
Kavik said:
I just received a new Android phone from China that was advertised as having support for GSM 850/900/1800/1900 & WCDMA 850/2100 with GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA data capabilities. However I'm only connecting to AT&T on 2G GPRS data at around max 50 kbps. Occasionally I will see an EDGE "E" for a few seconds only to have it disappear. I have tried the phone in several locations where I know there is both good EDGE coverage as well as 850 MHz 3G/HSPA towers but the phone isn't seeing anything. I've tried every setting change as well as a new SIM to no avail.
Does anyone know if there is an app or potentially a dial command, terminal command line utility or external program that can query an android phone to see which GSM/WCDMA bands are supported in the chipset/baseband?
Thanks, Kav
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either misadvertised or you misunderstood the ad. If you do some research on those china knock off phones you'd know that they basically don't support any 3G or higher spectrum except the weird ass **** they use in china. I was tempted to buy one of those phones until I discovered that. If you don't like it I suggest returning it asap.
Hi all,
I'm in the UK and on the EE network using their 4G, and the Speed 7 downloads stuff really fast when I'm out and about. 4G when it works is really amazing... sitting on a train watching read time HD video streaming without caching is definitely miles better than 3G and to me is a strong selling point of this phone.
However, EE in the UK do charge a lot for data so I have been experimenting with other providers. I now have Three, O2, and Vodaphone PAYG SIMs. None of them have any credit on them but that should be enough to check signal... and where I am at the moment, it is not too impressive, I'm not getting 4G reception from any of them except EE - the rest are giving me 3G. I do realise that with this phone, only your chosen data SIM will get 4G, and the one in the other SIM slot will only do GSM, so I did make sure that data was turned on in the right SIM if I was using two and turned on mobile data etc.
In theory, the speed seven should be perfect for the UK, it has Band 20, Band 7 and Band 3 which should cover all of these providers. Although there are radio utilities out there that are good on signal strength, I haven't found one that tells me what Band I am actually using on 4G. (so if you know...)
So, no matter where you are in the world, I'm interested to know what you're connecting to... what 4G provider do you use, and more importantly, what bands are they on? This would be for the 'International' version of this phone which has the B20/B7/B3 radio. My phone actually reports it is enabled for 4G B1, B2, B3, B4, B7, B17 and B20 but I think that may reflect the different radio modules that can be installed, not the real hardware situation.
thanks in advance!!
Hello,
I am waiting my speed 7, it will be deliver in the next days. But if you want to know what frequency you use, try to disable 2 of 3 bands in engineer setting.
I am from France, we have also the 3 bands Band 20, Band 7 and Band 3 used by french operator, with the 2600 mhz.
I hope, I will give you a feedback at the end of the week.
Kind regards.
Salut! The problem is half the providers in the UK sell 4G as a 'premium' service, so it appears unless I activate some of the SIMs (for a pile of money) then I won't be able to validate the specific 4G service they communicate in 3G first and then switch only for selected customers... who have paid.
I recently loaded up the 'Three' SIM with some credit(Hutchinson telecom - maybe it would be under that brand in France) and their 4G service seems to be fine as well. Maybe not as good as EE for coverage or speed, but certainly not too bad. 'Three' use Band 20 and Band 3 and EE use Band 7 as well, so that's not very conclusive... yet! I have also been running the phone in dual SIM mode, using both at once, and it works perfectly. You have to choose which SIM to use for each service, and it will (as any Chinese phone) be unable to run 4G at once on both, so you have to choose one of them for calls, one for data, and one for texts. That does not stop you getting incoming calls,texts etc on both lines etc (just sets the default for outgoing) It is a real novelty having that... and two signal strength meters!
I like your idea of turning off the bands in engineer mode, it is not obvious to me where to do that, so if you can point me in the right direction that would be great... I'm using the engineering mode tool...
PS I hope you like the phone! Now that the software is mostly fixed, I like it a lot, you need the latest OTA update to make it usable, so do run the wireless update wizard! Maybe not top quality hardware, but much cheaper, and has a good screen, good speed, big battery and 3Gb memory ... and of course the dual SIM! (Camera, GPS are a bit suspect)...
This might help:
http://www.att.com/travelguide/coverage/coverage_details.jsp?CIDL=1308&MNC=CING
http://www.sensorly.com/map/4G/GB/Great_Britain/O2/lte_23410#|coverage
Thanks... Bit out of date. The thing I am interested in knowing is how much truth is there in what the phone claims to do versus what it actually does
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Hello,
just a late feedback, but i have reached with speed test 65mb dl, 25 ul, in 4G , at frequency 2600 mhz , very well indeed.
Hi guys, I need help figuring out what's wrong. Honor 8 X Max ARE - L22HN, it only sees the EDGE or 2g network, I only set LTE and it does not give me any signal, I have tried with other Sims, same result.
How can I do? Thanks
Wondering if anyone else has network issues with their BC72 in Canada. I'm on the fido network which means no 5g.
The phone works absolutely fine on wifi, but throw in a sim card and the problems are as follows:
Phone randomly freezes with the screen off, needing a manual reboot.
Camera fails to start half the time
Calls drop, texts fail to send
Apps take ages to open or freeze during use
All of this is intermittent so it can work fine for hours then become basically unusable.
I know this is the Chinese version so I'm wondering if flashing the ROM would help? Thanks in advance
dajee said:
Wondering if anyone else has network issues with their BC72 in Canada. I'm on the fido network which means no 5g.
The phone works absolutely fine on wifi, but throw in a sim card and the problems are as follows:
Phone randomly freezes with the screen off, needing a manual reboot.
Camera fails to start half the time
Calls drop, texts fail to send
Apps take ages to open or freeze during use
All of this is intermittent so it can work fine for hours then become basically unusable.
I know this is the Chinese version so I'm wondering if flashing the ROM would help? Thanks in advance
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What bands does Fido use?? Also sounds like a faulty phone tbh...mind you I'm in the US with the same device
Ainz_Ooal_Gown said:
What bands does Fido use?? Also sounds like a faulty phone tbh...mind you I'm in the US with the same device
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according to the fido forums
GSM ~ EDGE (2G) ~ on band 5 (850MHz).
UMTS or WCDMA ~ HSPA (3G) / HSPA+ (4G) ~ on band 5 (850 MHz).
To access LTE, the device must be compatible with one or more of the following:
700 MHz on Band 12;
850MHz on Band 5;
1900 MHz on Band 2, Band 25;
1700/2100 MHz on Band 4, Band 66;
2600 MHz on Band 7.
Fido doesn't offer 5G
I’ve been using this phone in Canada for years but I don’t have these issues. The CN firmware has different Google services including the phone and text app and also the camera app. Also it’s always trying to connect to servers in China but it’s extremely slo in Canada. You can flash a TW firmware and I’ll be good. Flashing stock firmware doesn’t require root or unlocking. Also I was with Fido before and the LTE bands seemed okay since I never experienced a signal issue.
Got sent this phone from the US so its snapdragon one. The 4G speed is so terrible rarely exceeds 10mbps and the connection is not stable it loses connection every few seconds. my old phone used to get about 60mbps and a more stable conection (i live in a not so well developed country, this is the standard speed) also on my s22+ on the mobile data it always says "LTE" meanwhile my old poco f2 pro used to have "4G+" 90% of the time. Are all snapdragon samsung phones like this outside the US? And if theres anyway to fix please recommend.
SM-S906U1
android 13 oneUI 5.0
stormz0 said:
Got sent this from a friend in the US. The 4G speed is so terrible rarely exceeds 10mbps. my old phone used to get about 60mbps (i live in a not so well developed country, this is the standard speed) also on my s22+ on the mobile data it always says "LTE" meanwhile my old poco f2 pro used to have "4G+" 90% of the time. Are all snapdragon samsung phones like this outside the US? And if theres anyway to fix please recommend.
SM-S906U1
android 13 oneUI 5.0
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See what channels European countries use and choose the operator of the country you are in and then compare that with the supported channels on your SM-S906U1.
it is supported yes. im not from europe im from ethiopia, but i checked my friends phone band and it says band 3 whilst on my phone it says band 7 while we are both on the same network