Anyone able to get wifi calling to work reliably? I bought the unlocked P6 and using it on Xfinity mobile which is Verizon MVNO. Wifi calling is enabled and worked sporadically but very inconsistent.
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Has anyone tried to use verizons' mobile hotspot with this yet? Every time I have tested it out it reduces the signal from 4G to 3G and never returns to 4G until I deactivate the hotspot. Anyone know if this is a design in the phone or maybe something I am doing wrong?
I'm new to verizon like as of two days ago and Ive been with sprint. Does verizon make you pay an extra fee to use the tethering service like sprint because i can turn on the hotspot and connect to it and its says its using 3G but i dont get any internet service to my tablet.
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SkitzoPhr3nia said:
Has anyone tried to use verizons' mobile hotspot with this yet? Every time I have tested it out it reduces the signal from 4G to 3G and never returns to 4G until I deactivate the hotspot. Anyone know if this is a design in the phone or maybe something I am doing wrong?
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I couldnt tell you as i do not have 4G where i live, wish i did.
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I'm new to verizon like as of two days ago and Ive been with sprint. Does verizon make you pay an extra fee to use the tethering service like sprint because i can turn on the hotspot and connect to it and its says its using 3G but i dont get any internet service to my tablet.
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The way I understand it is if you can access the service then it is part of your plan. Which is nice so you dont accidentally use it and get charged a boat load. I just moved to a share everything plan and was told by a rep that mobile hotspot comes included, which seems to be true since I am able to use is, even if only on 3G.
At the same time, I am able to use the mobile hotspot through a Rezound on the same plan with 4G all day long. That is why I am curious if it is the phone limiting my connectivity while using hotspot.
I am currently testing the mobile hotspot as I am writing you. I figured I would try it out since I've not used it as of yet on my new DNA. 4G is working and intact. No downgrade to 3G, and everything is speedy as expected. I would check your signal strength or other possible issues you may have with reception, as if I understand things correctly, a 4G connection will degrade to 3G in bad connection areas. Maybe your signal strength isn't acceptable? Just a thought. Maybe someone here has a better understanding of the underlying operations of what your particular issue could be. Good luck...
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I am currently testing the mobile hotspot as I am writing you. I figured I would try it out since I've not used it as of yet on my new DNA. 4G is working and intact. No downgrade to 3G, and everything is speedy as expected. I would check your signal strength or other possible issues you may have with reception, as if I understand things correctly, a 4G connection will degrade to 3G in bad connection areas. Maybe your signal strength isn't acceptable? Just a thought. Maybe someone here has a better understanding of the underlying operations of what your particular issue could be. Good luck...
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I guess I figured out what my problem was. I just restarted my phone and tested again and it works perfectly. I dont know what its malfunction was but its all good now.
Whenever i am using some sort of tethering software on my sprint g3 i cannot receive phone calls. Pdanet, Easytether, and even wireless tether for root users all had this problem. I know due to sprint spark we aren't capable of using data and voice at the same time, but can't it at least just disconnect you from your data like the good old days? I feel like it's prioritizing your data connection, thus not allowing you to recieve any calls. Ive been told that my phone would ring once, and go straight to voicemail. I'm not even able to see the missed calls unless they leave a voicemail, Heck, nothing even shows up in the call log! If anyone knows of any fix that can solve this problem that would be great. I'm sure many other people are having this issue as well.
I've also noticed that even without tethering if you happen to be using data on your phone at same time someone calling you, you won't receive the call.
I've noticed this also at times. My brother even drive to my house cause he kept calling and it was going straight to voicemail. I was not tethering, just using data. I wounded if I should give Sprint a call bout this issue.
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I think this is an unfortunate byproduct of the phone not supporting SVLTE (same as all current spark capable phones). It only has one transmit path, so it cannot connect to 1x when it's connected to LTE. The Sprint network is supposed to tell the phone to disconnect from LTE and connect to 1x when a call is incoming. This is called ECSFB. But in some areas, the network doesn't yet support this feature, so you may miss calls (because as far as Sprint's voice network is concerned, the phone isn't connected). I've read that Sprint is working to get this support to the entirety of their network, but it still isn't complete. Hopefully it will only continue to improve.
Link with a better explanation: http://www.fiercewireless.com/story...upport-simultaneous-voice-and-data/2013-11-19
I haven't noticed this problem, but I'm sure it's happening to me as well. I don't live in a very updated area, as far as Sprint's network is concerned. We don't have 800MHz (because of the IBEZ), and we don't have B26 or B41 LTE yet. Just regular old LTE B25 on most towers.
Hope this helps.
Hello,
I have an AT&T HTC One which I flashed to stock GPE rom (it's unlocked, S-Off, CWM recovery, no root). The phone gets LTE signal, I can do calls and send SMS, but I don't get internet connectivity. About->Status->SIM show LTE signal and "Cellular network state: Disconnected". If I force 3G as preferred network type, internet starts working fine (over HSDPA, of course).
I thought it could be a Baseband issue, so I tried to flash several others I found here, including 4T.24.3218.09_10.26.1718.01L, 4A.22.3263.14_10.38n.1157.04L and 4M.32.3218.06_10.46.1718.01L. Right now I'm using 4A.24.3263.09_10.38r.1157.04L. All of them showed exactly the same behavior.
I don't think it's a APN issue as 3G works fine, and I don't think it's a carrier issue neither as I have tested an AT&T Samsung S3 (I-747) with this SIM card and works fine over LTE also. I'm currently located in Argentina, so the carrier is PERSONAL AR. The APN is the one configured automatically by the carrier and works fine on 3G and Samsung LTE. Argentina uses LTE band 4 so this phone should works fine here.
Any suggestion? I don't really know what to try next.
Hey guys,
I recently bought a Refurbished unlocked SM-G900T to use with my AT&T service. I chose the T-Mobile variant because of the faster android updates and unlocked bootloader. So far, It's been working great, no problems at all with voice, data, etc. The first thing I did when I got it was install the rooted stock OF6 rom Muniz_ri posted, then ran the "extreme debloat" script. Well, I tried to use tethering and it's acting really funny. I can enable tethering fine, and it works for about 1 minute, then it stops working. The connected devices drop to 1mbps connection strength (from the usual 130+mbps wireless N speeds) and have zero network connectivity. I tried the Tethering mod also posted on the rooted OF6 page, but it still does the same thing. PDANet+ also does the same thing. Anybody know what's going on? Wi-Fi works fine on the phone as a client.
Ok, so this only seems to happen when I connect a laptop which has an intel Wi-Fi chip in it. When I connect my iPad to it, it works perfectly.
Alright, the fix was to go into the device manager on the laptop and set the wireless card to Wireless G-only. The issue seems to be resolved by doing this.
I using unlocked sprint m9 with bad boyz in metropcs. i get full lte speed but i can't tether from it. I used built in hotspot option but it says that only 1 device can be used while roaming. To add more, I dont actually see the ssid on the laptop or other phone.
I tired wifitetherrouter from playstore but even that dont work with the settings in their hompage..
Anyone with unlocked sprint m9 able to wifi tether?
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I using unlocked sprint m9 with bad boyz in metropcs. i get full lte speed but i can't tether from it. I used built in hotspot option but it says that only 1 device can be used while roaming. To add more, I dont actually see the ssid on the laptop or other phone.
I tired wifitetherrouter from playstore but even that dont work with the settings in their hompage..
Anyone with unlocked sprint m9 able to wifi tether?
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I just did a quick search of metropcs, and they are owned by T-Mobile and use their network which might be why it doesn't work for you unless roaming. Tether works fine on sprints network.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetroPCS