Hi, I was wondering if there were any decent signal boosters for this phone(htc tilt 2)?
I've saw some that are 300-400 dollars and I'm really not looking to spend that much.
I get one bar inside my house and 3 if I put it in my window... but yeah any advice would be appreciated
I posted this in accessories but no response please help!
Update your radio? I heard that 4.xx.xx.71 has the best reception.
updte your radio and at&t even offers microsell which would give you good 3g
djteotancolis said:
updte your radio and at&t even offers microsell which would give you good 3g
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microsell? r u being sarcastic?
Where are you and on which network?
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microsell? r u being sarcastic?
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sorry i meant microcell
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/why/3gmicrocell/
That seems like a neat idea, too bad it's not available in my area.
hard spl your phone and update the radio...
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sorry i meant microcell
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/why/3gmicrocell/
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Microcell from ATT strikes me as a bit odd. It like they are admitting that their service sucks, and that using other means (basically, phone over broadband) is better.
I've seen the type of cell boosters that basically just amplify the signal, on places like Newegg. They don't seem to get very good reviews from users.
sprint and verizon also have similar box that make the service excellent. I wish the cdma ones did 3g so data was better also.
do you think since boost is on sprint towers it would boost the signal for it as well
what are these boxes called and would a sprint box boost signal on a boostmobile phone since it uses same towers?
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Since I have gotten my Tilt 2 (ATT), I have not ever gotten good reception. I've flashed every ATT Radio, the newest radios (even non-att) and am running EnergyROM latest and can never maintain good phone reception. I always drop calls.
I know it's not my area, as I got great reception with my previous phone!
I feel like there is no way to get phone reception!!
Very disappointed in that
You guys experience the same problems?
no but theres no dead zones at all in houston.
yeah, i have nothing but good reception in my area (austin, texas and surrounding areas). Maybe you have a faulty antenna on your device. Have you called in At&t and tried to get a replacement? Head down to a Device Support center and talk to the guys there and they might change it on the spot for you, which i've had done many times with my original tilt and fuze.
Good luck.
Well, I changed my GSM Band to 1900+850 and flashed the latest radio and I seem to get better coverage.
One problem though (though it is minor): with these settings, it doesn't use HSDPA, only EDGE, which is slow lol
Any suggestions... please? Haha like maybe ghetto-rigging it with tinfoil? Ha I'm desperate
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Well, I changed my GSM Band to 1900+850 and flashed the latest radio and I seem to get better coverage.
One problem though (though it is minor): with these settings, it doesn't use HSDPA, only EDGE, which is slow lol
Any suggestions... please? Haha like maybe ghetto-rigging it with tinfoil? Ha I'm desperate
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have you checked the coverage map of AT&T in your area? and also the material your house is built can also play a major role in signal, do you get more signal outside?
So ME and My Roommate are Both On T mobile and .... we Alos Both Run AOSP Style ROMS ALL THE WAY.... So We Loose the Beny of T mobile wifi calling For My T989 . at least For now ive been Looking into it.. I have seen Things on the Web that will Boost 3G and whatnot For Like 400$ F @#$$% bucks Witch is Nutz ... I don't Need to Boost Data Speed We have Wifi and that Works Fine . Better For Data ..In our Basement tho we get spotty Cell covarge Just for Calls .. We Run a Biss so its Kinda im portent . I don't Really Miss calls but Will have to go out side oe something Ect.. Is there a Cost effective Way Of Just Boosting the singnal in the basement For just the cell coverage I have done some looking into this but kinda stumped ..Tmo Just says our Wifi Calling Is yatatata Welll I know That and im working on getting that to Work But for Now I was wanting To find a way just to boost out cell strength a bit .. Please Let me know PM or post in the Thread Thanks For Your Help....
Thanks For Any help out there Available To Help Getting Wifi Calling Working ON AOSP Style ROMS For our T989 ...PM ME
Go to settings, more, mobile network settings, then heck wcdma only. That should eliminate gprs and edge network usage and will go to hspa+ only, IF there is a detectable hspa+ network to connect to. Itll increase your 4g coverage but if you live in the sticks without 4g (like me) this is useless.
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rfail1988 said:
Go to settings, more, mobile network settings, then heck wcdma only. That should eliminate gprs and edge network usage and will go to hspa+ only, IF there is a detectable hspa+ network to connect to. Itll increase your 4g coverage but if you live in the sticks without 4g (like me) this is useless.
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thanks but I meant just phone coverage to calls ect.. i have wif for data but my call reception kinds suxs
Contact TMobile. They can send u a home signal booster. Where I live house being so old it's hell to catch a signal but with the booster it went from 2g to 3 bars of 4g. Best part is that the equipment is free and at no cost for u
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Contact TMobile. They can send u a home signal booster. Where I live house being so old it's hell to catch a signal but with the booster it went from 2g to 3 bars of 4g. Best part is that the equipment is free and at no cost for u
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ill try this tomorrow . I had Google Searched it but no real solution .. I seen one for att not tmo . but ill call them soon as i get the chance ty bro...
Put GSM ONLY. That gives yyou a lot more signal.
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alphadog32 said:
Put GSM ONLY. That gives yyou a lot more signal.
From Infuse
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im using chimera vs hercules and gives u 9 diff settings for reception, so what do u suggest there? i had perfect 4g with infamous and now i dont even run up to 3g
so just wondering, did u ever figure out a way to increase your signal in your basement?? im kinda stuck in the same situation.
i just call tmobile for the booster. They dont have none. Its called celfi and they said you can go and purchase it yourself. They have none in stock
Or she just dont like me and wont give me.one
Edit. I.just looked at the date of op. Its 2012. Why people bump one year old threads
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I know this question may only apply to me, but I've always wondered about the answer.
I've been in sprint for over 10 years and the epic touch is my 3rd android phone. No matter where I am in the country and what modem is have running on my phone, I've always had very poor reception.
I'm at the point of changing phones and providers because the issue is so bad.
Does sprint really still suck or is it my phone?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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I know this question may only apply to me, but I've always wondered about the answer.
I've been in sprint for over 10 years and the epic touch is my 3rd android phone. No matter where I am in the country and what modem is have running on my phone, I've always had very poor reception.
I'm at the point of changing phones and providers because the issue is so bad.
Does sprint really still suck or is it my phone?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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IMO, Sprint is not the best carrier for reception in all areas, but they are one of the least expensive considering they still have an unlimited plan. You could change the PRL to roam on other carrier's towers, but if you use too much data you can have your contract cancelled I hear.
Might be your phone /area
I myself have great 3g and 4G with sprint.. But then again I'm in a popular area
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Might be your phone /area
I myself have great 3g and 4G with sprint.. But then again I'm in a popular area
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Sounds like the area.. Unfortunatly... If modems don't make it better, then it's just the coverage around there. I live in a Non 4G area so i'm still wondering what that is like.
Another one of these threads?..... Seriously?
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Sounds like the area.. Unfortunatly... If modems don't make it better, then it's just the coverage around there. I live in a Non 4G area so i'm still wondering what that is like.
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Wait so do you still pay extra for the 4G? If so that sucks
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Wait so do you still pay extra for the 4G? If so that sucks
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Is a frogs ass water tight? Of course. They get their money from my family. Nature of the beast i guess
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Wait so do you still pay extra for the 4G? If so that sucks
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Yes, and to get around that $10 fee, it is now called data fee instead of 4G fee. I heard that when they were calling it the 4g fee in areas that did not have 4g there was a class action law suit brewing.
My phone gets similar reception to wife's HTC and friends iPhones on Sprint. Visit a Sprint store that also does service and compare to other phones. Maybe yours has a bad radio?
Maybe I'll bring my phone to test my radio. I travel the nation and am always in a major city (San Francisco, New York, Chicago, etc). As soon as I walk into a building, my reception goes to pretty much zero.
Sounds a bit extreme. Only time I notice reception that bad is walking into one of the walmarts here that must block cell service. I live in a fairly crappy service area too. 97504 if you want to take a look for yourself
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Maybe I'll bring my phone to test my radio. I travel the nation and am always in a major city (San Francisco, New York, Chicago, etc). As soon as I walk into a building, my reception goes to pretty much zero.
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Well that's your problem. Concrete + steel beams tend to block out higher end frequencies like 1ghz+ freq's like our 1900mhz cdma & 2.5ghz wimax. No solution to that until you get LTE 800 and CDMA-1x advanced @ 800mgz
I've had 5 phones with Sprint in Minneapolis. My E4GT has the weakest signal of any of them.
Speeds in my area at least seems to be better. 3g speeds/reception at my job went from unusable to being able to stream netflix/youtube vids easily. But yea the E4GT like others have said doesn't have the best built-in radio.
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Sounds a bit extreme. Only time I notice reception that bad is walking into one of the walmarts here that must block cell service. I live in a fairly crappy service area too. 97504 if you want to take a look for yourself
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Isn't that Medford,OR? I use to live there. Yes, it is very bad in there. T-Mobile is way worse though. Have you tried T-Mobile service? oh god.
Maybe it's finally time to switch to Verizon or at&t versus just getting a note 2 on sprint. Being the only person without cell reception when I'm with a group of people is getting too lame.
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Febby said:
Isn't that Medford,OR? I use to live there. Yes, it is very bad in there. T-Mobile is way worse though. Have you tried T-Mobile service? oh god.
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Yep! I have used T-Mobile in the past, and yes, it was even worse haha. Amazingly, they are currently the best here . Verizon will soon be number one though as they just launched lte here yesterday! Sprint has one upgrade planned in the next 6 months...sigh. I've already accepted that wimax won't be coming here. Sucks for clearwire...maybe lte someday
OP do you know anyone else with our phone? I would be interested to know if it is the phone in general or specifically your phone.
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Yep! I have used T-Mobile in the past, and yes, it was even worse haha. Amazingly, they are currently the best here . Verizon will soon be number one though as they just launched lte here yesterday! Sprint has one upgrade planned in the next 6 months...sigh. I've already accepted that wimax won't be coming here. Sucks for clearwire...maybe lte someday
OP do you know anyone else with our phone? I would be interested to know if it is the phone in general or specifically your phone.
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I have a feeling Clearwire LTE will arrive in Medford, as clear does operate the 2.5/2.6ghz (not sure which) but only that it was for pre-wimax devices and never got around to updated the towers to the newer wimax system due to money issues, but, at least once clearwire starts updating to LTE towers, just maybe they will remember this cities.
source: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-188-clearwire-is-abandoning-
Did verizon really get LTE out there? I wonder if its out near the brookhurst st high school area. I use to go out there a lot frequently as family lives there. Thanks for the information.
chuhsi said:
I know this question may only apply to me, but I've always wondered about the answer.
I've been in sprint for over 10 years and the epic touch is my 3rd android phone. No matter where I am in the country and what modem is have running on my phone, I've always had very poor reception.
I'm at the point of changing phones and providers because the issue is so bad.
Does sprint really still suck or is it my phone?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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You're holding it wrong.
I'm using a Sprint S3 on Page Plus that I purchased off ebay. The voice/text/data work just fine but the data speed is 1X and I'd like to somehow get the 3G to work. Can someone help me with that?
Thanks in advance.
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I'm using a Sprint S3 on Page Plus that I purchased off ebay. The voice/text/data work just fine but the data speed is 1X and I'd like to somehow get the 3G to work. Can someone help me with that?
Thanks in advance.
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Using a Sprint GS3 on Page Plus may mean that the 3G won't work. As Page Plus operates on Verizon's network, the Sprint radios in your GS3 won't operate on Verizon's 3G frequencies. Your best bet would have been to buy a Verizon GS3 as you likely could have gotten the 3G to work.
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Using a Sprint GS3 on Page Plus may mean that the 3G won't work. As Page Plus operates on Verizon's network, the Sprint radios in your GS3 won't operate on Verizon's 3G frequencies. Your best bet would have been to buy a Verizon GS3 as you likely could have gotten the 3G to work.
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How does, then, one sell a Sprint GS3 (SPH-L710) with 3G working on PP, on eBay? There are listings if you will see, with a working 3G. I just made the mistake of buying one with 1X data.
1X just means that you're in an area with no 3G. It doesn't mean that you're getting "1X" data speeds because 1X is what SMS and MMS are transferred over, its not actually a "data" signal
It may be that you just dont live in an area where verizon gives 3G
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1X just means that you're in an area with no 3G. It doesn't mean that you're getting "1X" data speeds because 1X is what SMS and MMS are transferred over, its not actually a "data" signal
It may be that you just dont live in an area where verizon gives 3G
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I'm pretty sure Verizon has 3G here (I live in the city of Chicago, and moving around the city doesb't give me 3G either).
Anyway, I'm pretty sure the guy who did the flashing couldn't get 3G antenna to work with PP, which is what he told me.
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How does, then, one sell a Sprint GS3 (SPH-L710) with 3G working on PP, on eBay? There are listings if you will see, with a working 3G. I just made the mistake of buying one with 1X data.
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This seems to be a recent development for myself, then. There are a few Sprint phones that look to be fully flashable to PP with 3G/MMS working. You may have purchased one that wasn't fully flashed. Making it work would likely require changing more than just the APN. My advice would be to contact a seller on ebay who is offering the service only and see if they can assist.
Why not just flash the radios? Your on xda where everyone flashes about everything. The seller would of flashed them. But not to mention he's legally not allowed to do anything about phones that are flashed to a different network as it became illegal the other day. Someone please correct me if I'm mistaken
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Why not just flash the radios? Your on xda where everyone flashes about everything. The seller would of flashed them. But not to mention he's legally not allowed to do anything about phones that are flashed to a different network as it became illegal the other day. Someone please correct me if I'm mistaken
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No idea how to flash the 3G radio.
As far as the legality is concerned. This phone was unlocked much before any of that, and since now it is not tied to any carrier anymore (and no terms of service), making changes to the firmware should be perfectly legal.
You'll need a donor phone to get 3g. Some might help you here, or go over to the Page Plus forum @ Howardforums and you should find your answers there. You'll need a newer build of QPST and DFS CDMA Tool demo.
I am looking for a way to boost my 4G signal on my Galaxy SIII.
Either by buying an external antenna booster, or by creating something that I can put around my phone to boost the signal or something.
4G only - Verizon.
Also, I don't want to spend over 50 bucks.
4g booster.
Zacharybinx34 said:
I am looking for a way to boost my 4G signal on my Galaxy SIII.
Either by buying an external antenna booster, or by creating something that I can put around my phone to boost the signal or something.
4G only - Verizon.
Also, I don't want to spend over 50 bucks.
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I dont think such thing exists. You could create an antenna booster yourself using a mosffet and wires but that is to techincal for some people. Also that will look ugly as it will be sticking out.
don't know if this will work. but what about a cell phone booster sticker that they sold about 5-8 years ago? don't know if they still sell them or not its worth a try to look to see and get one to test.
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don't know if this will work. but what about a cell phone booster sticker that they sold about 5-8 years ago? don't know if they still sell them or not its worth a try to look to see and get one to test.
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Ha, a friend gave me one of those and it was a complete joke lol.
Might want to look into Wilson signal boosters for cdma networks. They are pricey but they work great. Available at radioshack
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Not sure if you are looking to boost signal in just one location or not, but I know that my mom bought some signal booster from Verizon that plugs into her internet router for the house, which works great. I think it was like $150, but you may be able to find one used if this is what you're looking for?
seriously?
Id be interested in this topic as well. My work building is a complete dead zone. But as soon as I walk outside I get service, so its not the whole area the doesnt get it.
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Not sure if you are looking to boost signal in just one location or not, but I know that my mom bought some signal booster from Verizon that plugs into her internet router for the house, which works great. I think it was like $150, but you may be able to find one used if this is what you're looking for?
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The Verizon Network Extender is a femtocell built by Samsung. The one sold on the website now is $250, it requires a gps signal (so you have to put it near a window or run a cord to the window), and it's 3G, not LTE.