My phone just started to alternate between the two. Before last night I had never seen the 3g symbol on my phone. Why did this just recently start to happen?
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Same is happening to me. I don't know what may be causing that to happen...
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Same is happening to me. I don't know what may be causing that to happen...
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Judging by your sig which states your running a sense rom, I'd say it's the rom. Stock G2 roms are programed to only say "H" not 3G. Sense and CM roms will indicate 3G if you're on 3G or H if your hitting slightly faster speed for on full blown 4G. It's normal to see this if you're running a custom rom,
I have been running the latest CM for a couple weeks and I have never seen it switch to 3g, only H or E. It seems to be sticking to H now. Maybe it was something to do with Tmo.
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nivlac978 said:
I have been running the latest CM for a couple weeks and I have never seen it switch to 3g, only H or E. It seems to be sticking to H now. Maybe it was something to do with Tmo.
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Switching between 3G and H is a feature of CM. It saves on battery as a 4G signal uses up more juice than 3G. You automatically switch to H when you need a faster connection but then will change back to 3G when you don't.
Stock g2 rom will only display an H when on umts (slow 3g) or hspa (and hspa+)
Cyanogen mod will show 3g when on umts and it will display H when on hspa or hspa+
Its just indicating which version of 3g ur on
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i Have a Stock DZ on Telus and its a Bell phone , its shows 3G and H its rooted but stock rom that came with the phone
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In the process of switching from the Hero on Sprint to the G2 on TMobile. Grabbed a G2 last week during the free deal.
I'm in what the tmobile coverage map calls the "faster" area, but not hspa+. Running the speedtest app, I'm lucky to get over 500kbps download and 700kbps up.
Phone shows "H" on the status bar and full bars. I've tried several area's around town with similar results.
Is this just normal TMobile data speeds? Just seems very slow compared to my Hero.
I'm in the "fastest" area and my 3G DL speed with G2 today was 57kbps. At first I thought there was something wrong or something I'm not doing right but at least for the last 24 hours it has been this way. Even AT&T's EDGE connection can mark the same speed.
I don't know about the other areas but at least in my area TMO's so-called "4G" is a joke.
Make sure you guys dont have the "use only 2g networks" checked off under the Menu/Settings/Wireless&Networks/MobileNetworks options.
No, that is not the case. Thanks though!
Try tellin tmobile check ur apn and do a factory reset
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Only 850 kbps DL?
Ok, I'm a newbie and it's possible I'm missing something obvious. But I see that most everyone on here, 3G or HSPA+, is getting 5Mbps or better on their Speedtest.net tests.
I can't even get 1Mbps (8 tests over a half hour: Lowest DL = 701 kbps, highest DL = 916.) Uploads are 550 to 650.
I've also noted - and maybe this is relevent - that everyone's speedtest looks different than mine. I'm using the Speedtest.net Android Application DL'd from market. Mine is a round stopwatch looking dial, all the screenshots I see posted on here are square boxes. This is curious to me, but doubtfully the problem.
My phone is a U.S. G2, rooted and flashed CyanogenMod 6.1.1 and overclocked to 1305 MHz. No other mods - the thing was stock and being turned on for the first time Wednesday (and still would be if it weren't for this forum! Thanks!)
What could be the trouble?
Thanks in advance
Reid
From my experience, if its showing the "3G" icon, you have no data connection. I mean, you won't get any throughput over 3G. Only hspa+, hsdpa, or edge.
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ibemad1 said:
From my experience, if its showing the "3G" icon, you have no data connection. I mean, you won't get any throughput over 3G. Only hspa+, hsdpa, or edge.
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G2's don't show "3G"...
dietotherhythm said:
G2's don't show "3G"...
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Yes they do
EDIT: >.< /facepalm I'm a jackass. I completely spaced that I was running CM. Its just been habit since I've been running it so long. Sorry for the douchebaggery on my behalf.
And as for OP:
Go to a bigger city. I live in Colorado Springs, CO and my 4G is kinda crap. Especially in my apartment. But when I go to a larger city like Denver, I notice speeds almost double what I get at home. So it could all just be your location.
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Yes they do
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No, they don't. The G2 ROM is altered by T-mobile to show an 'H' symbol anytime you're on something higher than EDGE - that means UMTS, HSPA, HSDPA, HSPA+, etc all show an 'H' (even though only HSPA+ is really considered 4G). Cyanogen ROMs and the Sense ROMs actually show a 3G when you're on 3G and an 'H' when you're on HSPA+.
I've actually seen the 3g symbol a couple of times on my G2. So yeah it does. Might only be on a specific rom though. I have only seen it while running a cm7 nightly build.
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wayde187 said:
I've actually seen the 3g symbol a couple of times on my G2. So yeah it does. Might only be on a specific rom though. I have only seen it while running a cm7 nightly build.
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Correct - as I said, Cyanogen and Sense ROMs show the 3G. The stock G2 ROM does not - T-Mobile altered it so that it jumps straight from E to H.
I just saw it again. I would like it to pop up when I am in a 3g area and when I'm not getting h+ but it seems to only hang around for a little bit.
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I have used CM 6.1 and currently using GV 1.5 and both show 3G and H symbols.
hey so i was wondering amongst the plentiful custom roms we have out here for the G2 is if any of them uses HSPA+ speeds or "4G" speeds i got a friend that needs those speed for data tethering and im not sur how to go about the search since im still new to customizing android phones (ive had the inspire for less than month rooted and flashed like 6roms so far) so if any1 knos if there is or isnt one please let me kno
The CM 7.0.3 shows me a "H" symbol when in 4G mode. My phone has been pretty quick, so you might want to start there.
G2 is a hspa+ phone so whatever rom you use will support it. The real question is "is there hspa coverage in your area? ". If you don't have coverage you won't get the speeds.
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G2 is a hspa+ phone so whatever rom you use will support it. The real question is "is there hspa coverage in your area? ". If you don't have coverage you won't get the speeds.
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Yeah, the hardware natively supports HSPA+ up to 14.4 Mbps. Different ROMs just display different icons (H, 3G+, 4G) depending on the ROM.
I really just don't understand why T-mobile wouldn't include the ability to connect to 3G as well as H+ with this phone. It just sucks because you literally can't do anything on edge and it's pretty much useless. Is there any possible way to enable 3G and H+ through the APN's or something. (I did search around for this but couldn't find anything) Also it can apparently connect to AT&T 3G so wouldn't that show that it might be able to connect to T-mobile 3G in some way? (unless I'm completely wrong in assuming this lol)
Aren't our phones 4g?
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I really just don't understand why T-mobile wouldn't include the ability to connect to 3G as well as H+ with this phone. It just sucks because you literally can't do anything on edge and it's pretty much useless. Is there any possible way to enable 3G and H+ through the APN's or something. (I did search around for this but couldn't find anything) Also it can apparently connect to AT&T 3G so wouldn't that show that it might be able to connect to T-mobile 3G in some way? (unless I'm completely wrong in assuming this lol)
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All of tmo's 3g is H , you just can't connect to AT&T's 3g unless you have an AT&T sim card and are unlocked ...
You will just normally get an H instead of it saying 3g, IF you can't get H then you are not in a "Tmobile 3g area" ...
TMO H+ should show as 4g, but that depends on the ROM you are using, I don't remember what stock looked like .... I know mine says H when I am on tmo 3g and 4g when on H+ ...
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All of tmo's 3g is H , you just can't connect to AT&T's 3g unless you have an AT&T sim card and are unlocked ...
You will just normally get an H instead of it saying 3g, IF you can't get H then you are not in a "Tmobile 3g area" ...
TMO H+ should show as 4g, but that depends on the ROM you are using, I don't remember what stock looked like .... I know mine says H when I am on tmo 3g and 4g when on H+ ...
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Ohhhh now I get it lol I always wondered what the difference was between 4G and H on the status bar. Thanks a lot for clearing that up.
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Aren't our phones 4g?
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Yea but my question was for when we couldn't get 4g, but like tcboo said, H is 3G while 4G is actually H+.
Yeah he's correct 3g was just standbye, when data was being used it become H, data on my phone is 4g tho I don't see an H+
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relldroid said:
Aren't our phones 4g?
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Tmobile doesn't have 4G
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our 4g is actually 3g+ lol so all we have is 3g lol
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our 4g is actually 3g+ lol so all we have is 3g lol
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Actually I believe if you check the ITU standards H+ qualifies for 4g so it can be called 4g , really when it was released 4g did not even qualify as 4g ....
When you are using 4g you will see both data and standby as 4g only when on "3g" will it show "3g" during non-data usage and will show H during data usage ... (or it should , might be different if using a non-stock ROM)
EDIT: 3g/H/4g/H+ , really when it comes down to it the name does not matter, the speed of the network is what matters, they can call it "BubbaSmith" band and I would not care, it is the speed that makes the actual difference ...
and in my "4g" area, TMO currently smokes VZ/AT&T "4g" ..
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Actually I believe if you check the ITU standards H+ qualifies for 4g so it can be called 4g , really when it was released 4g did not even qualify as 4g ....
When you are using 4g you will see both data and standby as 4g only when on "3g" will it show "3g" during non-data usage and will show H during data usage ... (or it should , might be different if using a non-stock ROM)
EDIT: 3g/H/4g/H+ , really when it comes down to it the name does not matter, the speed of the network is what matters, they can call it "BubbaSmith" band and I would not care, it is the speed that makes the actual difference ...
and in my "4g" area, TMO currently smokes VZ/AT&T "4g" ..
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It's true we have more or less 3.5g but Verizon has there 4g LTE which is according to statistics the fastest and true 4g, we come in 2nd i believe
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I'm hitting between 10-18Mb down and 2-9mb up with this beast, and no I don't live in a big metro area my lousy sensation topped out at
6mb down and 2mb up in the same area... as other person said idc Wtf they call it...its fast and consistent and cheaper then any other provider
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It's true we have more or less 3.5g but Verizon has there 4g LTE which is according to statistics the fastest and true 4g, we come in 2nd i believe
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I have seen those reports as well, but the ones I have seen are always theoretical speeds ...
I know in my area where VZ has LTE, and I have H+ I still get better speeds ...
One of the things, not all CPU's regardless of the radio, have the chipset support to reach the maximum, but ours is one of them that does, as does the Skyrocket ....
Where I actually live I have crappy service , but next time I am town, I will try and remember to save a screen shot of my speeds, last time I was getting in the high 20's without any issues, but I do average around 18 down and 2.5 up ....
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Actually I believe if you check the ITU standards H+ qualifies for 4g so it can be called 4g , really when it was released 4g did not even qualify as 4g ....
When you are using 4g you will see both data and standby as 4g only when on "3g" will it show "3g" during non-data usage and will show H during data usage ... (or it should , might be different if using a non-stock ROM)
EDIT: 3g/H/4g/H+ , really when it comes down to it the name does not matter, the speed of the network is what matters, they can call it "BubbaSmith" band and I would not care, it is the speed that makes the actual difference ...
and in my "4g" area, TMO currently smokes VZ/AT&T "4g" ..
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Coming soon from T-Mobile, the next great things in smartphones. The Google Nebula running Fruit Loop on our new lightning fast BubbaSmith network.
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avarize said:
Coming soon from T-Mobile, the next great things in smartphones. The Google Nebula running Fruit Loop on our new lightning fast BubbaSmith network.
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LOL
But I thought that the new phone was code named "Deliverance" ????
Hey guys, I recently upgraded to Mobilicity's 4G plan, but I want to know if is it just me, or is CM10 having issues with data connection? I'm not getting 4G speeds a lot, and it doesn't even show 4G by the bars. It just shows H+ and a lot of the times, it bounces around from h to 3G to H+ and back, then it'll go to H+ and start working. So, My question is, is this normal, to not see 4G by the bars, even though i'm on the 4G plan for Mobilicity. If that first one is a yes, then is it also normal that it bounces around from the H, 3G, to H+ for a bit then get a working connection on H+. And thirdly, is the wildly fluctuating speeds normal? Some times slow speeds and some times fast? And I don't think i Lost my IMEI, I see the number on my settings. And a Bonus question, I hear yesterday we were supposed to get the JB update, any word on that? Going to need to go back to stock and unroot the phone if so.
CM10s radio firmware just displays the signal differently. 3g-4g = 3g-H+
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H+ is what the touchwiz ROM would call 4g...it also calls 3g 4g so cm10 is showing what you're really getting service wise. There's nothing different happening on your phone
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H+ is what the touchwiz ROM would call 4g...it also calls 3g 4g so cm10 is showing what you're really getting service wise. There's nothing different happening on your phone
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Ohh okay. But is anyone else having random data speed drops? sometimes it's amazingly fast, where as others it's really slow.
Its not that its displaying it wrong. I believe it is actually switching between 3g and 4g (hspda+) data. It is probably a data tweak used to conserve battery because things like text messages don't need full hspda data. I've noticed that when im texting it uses 3g but when web browsing or YouTube, it switches to H+
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Hey all! Ok, so my gf has had this S2 from Koodo (Telus) since January. Out of the box it came with LTE/4G enabled and working fine. However, I rarely leave things alone and right away I installed TWRP, AOKP and I think, Tiberius Kernel. Have been using variations of each since. However, ever since I did that, the 4G hasn't worked. In the phone settings it says LTE/GSM Auto. However if I change it to anything else, like LTE ONLY, for example, it just stays at LTE/GSM auto. Nothing happens. So I am wondering how to get her 4G to work again since I know it is fully capable of it and my area does have working LTE.
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Hey all! Ok, so my gf has had this S2 from Koodo (Telus) since January. Out of the box it came with LTE/4G enabled and working fine. However, I rarely leave things alone and right away I installed TWRP, AOKP and I think, Tiberius Kernel. Have been using variations of each since. However, ever since I did that, the 4G hasn't worked. In the phone settings it says LTE/GSM Auto. However if I change it to anything else, like LTE ONLY, for example, it just stays at LTE/GSM auto. Nothing happens. So I am wondering how to get her 4G to work again since I know it is fully capable of it and my area does have working LTE.
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The t989d doesn't have lte. Doesn't have the hardware for it.
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Ok but my mother has the same phone (got them each one) but I haven't touched that one and it says 4G by the signal bars... Why is that?
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Ok but my mother has the same phone (got them each one) but I haven't touched that one and it says 4G by the signal bars... Why is that?
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4g is the same as H+ on custom roms. And now some say DC. Not sure why they left behind the 4g symbol, but its all the same thing. So if you see H+, DC or 4g, its all actually 4g.
You should be on GSM/wcdma preferred in mobile settings.
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4g is the same as H+ on custom roms. And now some say DC. Not sure why they left behind the 4g symbol, but its all the same thing. So if you see H+, DC or 4g, its all actually 4g.
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Oh ok! Thanks!
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I have sorta the same problem, except I have a tmobile s2 t989. I flashed cm 10.1 nightlies and the newest radio. Phone works good except my phone no longer shows the 4G symbol above the signal bars. It instead says 3G. Before rooting it said 4G above the signal bars. Every once in a while it says DC. Any advice?
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I have sorta the same problem, except I have a tmobile s2 t989. I flashed cm 10.1 nightlies and the newest radio. Phone works good except my phone no longer shows the 4G symbol above the signal bars. It instead says 3G. Before rooting it said 4G above the signal bars. Every once in a while it says DC. Any advice?
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Explained the symbols in posts above. And if you are getting a lot of 3g....that's reception. Your losing your 4g connection and its picking up 3g. Usually for this to happen you'd only be getting about 1 bar on your signal.
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Explained the symbols in posts above. And if you are getting a lot of 3g....that's reception. Your losing your 4g connection and its picking up 3g. Usually for this to happen you'd only be getting about 1 bar on your signal.
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I appreciate the info. I live in Orlando and I'm pretty sure we have tmobiles 4g or hspa+. I was just wondering why I'm only getting 3G date speeds instead of 4G speeds. The internet still seems relatively fast but wanted to make sure the phone wasn't slowing down the speeds to 3G speeds.
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I have sorta the same problem, except I have a tmobile s2 t989. I flashed cm 10.1 nightlies and the newest radio. Phone works good except my phone no longer shows the 4G symbol above the signal bars. It instead says 3G. Before rooting it said 4G above the signal bars. Every once in a while it says DC. Any advice?
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Aosp ROMs run on 3g (umts) until data is called. Once data is called it will pull up h+(hspa+)or dc(dc-hspa) depending on your area. Its a battery saving feature and the stock Samsung ROMs show 4g all the time. Unless on edge or GPRS. I think even touchwiz ROMs went to umts while idle.
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