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I have noticed people managed to change their network mode to GSM only mode??? How do you that?? I only have 2 options: WCMDA and GSM/WCDMA auto?? Is this thing vary due to your courier?? Currently I am with 3 Australia. I wish I have the option to switch only to GSM. From experience, it can save you a lot of battery.
If you don't have the option then you can't pick it. I don't know if that means it's been removed or if it's simply because 3 don't offer a 2G network service (GSM mode). They probably have some 2G sharing but only in spots without 3G so you still have the GSM/WCDMA auto mode.
That's the best I can offer since I know that's how it works with 3 over here in the UK where they have only their 3G network. The firmware likely has GSM mode disabled for that reason but wait for more to back me up or prove me wrong.
Dyonas said:
If you don't have the option then you can't pick it. I don't know if that means it's been removed or if it's simply because 3 don't offer a 2G network service (GSM mode). They probably have some 2G sharing but only in spots without 3G so you still have the GSM/WCDMA auto mode.
That's the best I can offer since I know that's how it works with 3 over here in the UK where they have only their 3G network. The firmware likely has GSM mode disabled for that reason but wait for more to back me up or prove me wrong.
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I have a feeling it could be the ROM or firmware that comes with it has it disabled the GSM only option. My Desire HD is the UK version. I am not sure if the other Australian version (from Voda or 3) have that options. With my original desire (and also using 3), I have that GSM only option available. So I dont think it's because 3 doesnt offer 2G network.
Get Advanced settings from Market. You can set it to GSM Only in the phone information menu.
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Get Advanced settings from Market. You can set it to GSM Only in the phone information menu.
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Thank you for sharing..yes, it works....but I will try out and see if it does save a lot of battery life.
Type *#*#4636#*#* in the phone dialer to get to testing menu. Under phone info you can set different options that are not otherwise available. No app is required.
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ardsar said:
Type *#*#4636#*#* in the phone dialer to get to testing menu. Under phone info you can set different options that are not otherwise available. No app is required.
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Thanks for the info. I have tested both method...both work. But the only problem, how do we set it permanently?? I mean I have noticed every time you reboot the phone, the setting changes?? and I have to set it back to GSM only??
but even if you could technically switch it to gsm, would it actually make a difference? surely if the actual mobile network is pure 3g and no 2g, then switching on the phone wouldn't change a thing? as its not actually possible to use 2g on 3 network?(because they built network from scratch out of 3g is what they always boast about anyway..)
This is strange. I have an unbranded bought sim free HTC sensation here in the UK which Im using on the 3 network and I dont have the option under network to set it to gsm only. This option should be here on an unbranded handset, and its there on my old Desire which was also bought unbranded sim free when Im using that on the 3 network.
Anyone shed any light on this? I know the work arounds mentioned above, but Im more interested in why the option is missing on my handset.
Cheers
PS I know this is the Desire HD thread but its the only topic I could find on this subject so far.
I don't think it matters, just don't even bother with the settings menu for that in the first place. in the Testing menu just set the radio to either GSM Auto (PRL) or GSM Only. GSM gives more talk time.
hi,
after 18 months in which i have used my desire with a1 (mobilkom) without any problem, i have decided to switch from a1 to bob austria.
and now the problems have begun...
my desire always shows "roaming", i know this is "correct" because bob is roaming in the a1 network, but this is not really good because i´m living near to the german border so i cant use the "data roaming option" without other apps and the risk of extra payments...
i have read about the method to add bob to the spn_conf.xml file to tell android it´s the "fakehome" but this method also doesnt work...
i have tested a few roms (eg. Insertcoin & LeeDroid), with this roms i also have the roaming "problem"...
does anybody know a propper way to change my roaming "problem"?
does anybody know a rom without this "problem"?
i hope somebody could help me out
CM7.1 has the option to enable "national roaming" (while keeping international roaming disabled).
But what happens if you select the A1 network manually? does it change network alone after a while?
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Hi!
I don't know if you still have the problem, but maybe this helps you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483419
I have a slightly odd requirement, and I wondered if there was any way to fix it:
My carrier has a partnership with a second carrier so we can roam on each others networks for no extra cost.
Where I live, my own carrier only gives me a 2G signal, whereas the other gets 3G. Thing is, I have to physically select the other network. If it's on Automatic, it always "prefers" my own carrier.
This is fine until I'm on the other side of town where the other network gets no signal at all. I then have to manually select my own carrier again!
Is there any way to get it to prefer the other network, or even more ideally, prefer the one that offers the better signal at any given point?
Hi,
a bit of *bump* because I'm struggling with the same issue. I had such option on my previous samsung i780 (oooold) and it worked like a charm.
Currently my mobile operator has 2 roaming partners and if I want to change quickly the preferred order (because in some location it might have better coverage but only there and only for a while) I wold have to switch simcard to the old phone...
Isn't there at even a separate aplication to do that? Does andorid API allow such modification?
Glad I'm not the only one!
Interesting you mention an app to do it... i've not looked actually. If an app can access the list of networks and actually set the phone to use one, then I guess it would be possible. I'll check it out...
to the best of my understanding this is somewhat network option/setting and when suggesting an app I was thinging abount some way to read this setting, modify it and then save/send back to network. It would be a matter of access to the network settings from the API and knowledge how to operate it....
Still investigating this. Looks like the stuff to access the list of networks is in some internal APIs, so a little harder to access. I'll post back when I learn more...
Hey I hope you guys can figure this out have you tried the *#*#4636#*#* command and changed the radio? This will select the most preferred network.. e.g. I'm with Telstra in Australia, the stock radio defaults to 2100MHz but Telstra's HSPA+ is 850Mhz.. so I have to switch to AUS2 radio so it defaults to that every time.
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@Simmo3D
It's not about the radio band but about the service provider itself.
Hi,
Anyone have any ideas on what the issue may be with my UK (EE) G4 ?
H815
Android 6.0(MM)
SW vers V20b-2340-30
Baseband Version - MPSS.BO.2.5.c3-00101-M8992FAAANAZM-1.31581.1
I get 4G no problem and 'E' (not sure about others) but cannot get 3G.
I think 4G is 2100 and 3G is 1800... would these be different chips in mobile so it's a hardware or aerial issue?
I've tried setting it to .2G/3G only' in normal Settings - and I get no signal.
I've also been in the test/etc menu [ accessed via *#LGMENU#*815# ]
. field test / mobile settings / Network Mode - and that's set to AUTOMATIC
. field test / mobile settings / RAT Selection - and that's set to GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto
Anything else I can look at / modify (of course mobile out of warranty a few weeks ago!)
I could try a factory reset it I have to or I could just blow the old EE -F/W and forget about it..
Just wondered if there was anything else I can look at/change quickly.
HISTORY:
I used to use wifi calling (EE signal at home non-existent) but after getting motherboard replaced (boot loop issue), I ended up with the 'standard' FW which doesn't have EE-Wifi extension.
As a result EE sent me an extender which doesn't work with my mobile as it's 3G specific(?).
My son can get calls through that so I know it's my phone that's at fault (in fact EE examined the log for my calls and said they can't see any recent use of 2G or 3G on my mobile at all).
kevcal said:
Hi,
Anyone have any ideas on what the issue may be with my UK (EE) G4 ?
H815
Android 6.0(MM)
SW vers V20b-2340-30
Baseband Version - MPSS.BO.2.5.c3-00101-M8992FAAANAZM-1.31581.1
I get 4G no problem and 'E' (not sure about others) but cannot get 3G.
I think 4G is 2100 and 3G is 1800... would these be different chips in mobile so it's a hardware or aerial issue?
I've tried setting it to .2G/3G only' in normal Settings - and I get no signal.
I've also been in the test/etc menu [ accessed via *#LGMENU#*815# ]
. field test / mobile settings / Network Mode - and that's set to AUTOMATIC
. field test / mobile settings / RAT Selection - and that's set to GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto
Anything else I can look at / modify (of course mobile out of warranty a few weeks ago!)
I could try a factory reset it I have to or I could just blow the old EE -F/W and forget about it..
Just wondered if there was anything else I can look at/change quickly.
HISTORY:
I used to use wifi calling (EE signal at home non-existent) but after getting motherboard replaced (boot loop issue), I ended up with the 'standard' FW which doesn't have EE-Wifi extension.
As a result EE sent me an extender which doesn't work with my mobile as it's 3G specific(?).
My son can get calls through that so I know it's my phone that's at fault (in fact EE examined the log for my calls and said they can't see any recent use of 2G or 3G on my mobile at all).
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the biggest thing I tell people to look for is what ever carrier you are on make sure all the carriers bands support 2g 3g and 4g of device A lot of times this is a major cause. Of said issue. I run into this a lot using Verizons devices on AT&T
Well it used to work...
Maybe I'll do a complete factory reset to see if any software's affecting it...
kevcal said:
Well it used to work...
Maybe I'll do a complete factory reset to see if any software's affecting it...
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That didn't make any difference..
Still stuck with no 3g or 2g access.
Guess from the lack of responses that it's likely to be a hardware fault..
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the shield that covers SOC seems to be culprit for me, when I reseated that thing I was able to get some 3g connection compared to nothing.
Thanks, worth looking at
Either you changed your modem, or your provider is no longer using 3g
My provider is dropping 3g in certain areas in favour of 4g....so I'm not able to go back to 3g if the area already has 4g
Might not be answer your are looking for
But that's my 2 cents
Moved to Nougat and updated modem, no improvement. I Swapped networks (tried 3) and all the same problem so guess a hardware issue..
Just bought V30 so G4 will be my backup, so will live with it I guess.
Thanks for the ideas everyone.
Hello everyone, first of all I would like to apologize because I am French and I don't speak English very well, but I think you are my last hope for the trouble I am currently experiencing.
I own a Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ (SM-N975F) with a Rom Surcouche Operator Bouygues Telecom :
- N975FXXU4CTE9/N975FBOG4CTE9/N975FXXU4CTE9
I wanted to remove my Bouygues Telecom Rom Operator to install a Samsung Rom Stock without any overlayer operator. The operation is well finished so I am now on the Samsung Rom Stock:
- N975FXXS6DTI5/N975FOXM6DDTH7/N975FXXS6DTI5
Except that since this change of Rom I have almost no more 4G+ where I live knowing that before I was always in 4G+ So I would like to know why just by having changed the Rom I lost my 4G+. ( Worries which lasts since September 21st, 2020 ) I wanted to go back but I passed from a bootloader 4 to a bootloader 6
Knowing that I'm with the Free operator, I tested my Free SIM card in my wife's Samsung, I'm getting 4G+ so the problem is not my SIM card, I also sent my phone to Samsung, the phone has no hardware anomaly so it's from the change of Rom, I tried to reinstall the same problem, I also made the wipe I tried everything ...
I also have at home a 4G+ router with a 4G+ plan with the operator Free and I am in 4G+ at full speed ...
I hope to get some help from you because on the French forums I don't have a single answer ... Thanks in advance for your help and sorry again for my english
Test the internet speed on both phones using your sim's data plan with speedtest. If the speed is the same in both then the problem of the 4G indicator is only aesthetic.
Hello bigcalvin, unfortunately I have tested but the speed is not the same at all in 4G+ I go up to 235Mb/s while in H+ I go up to 3Mb/s so there is no problem with the 4G indicator
thominekevin76000 said:
Hello bigcalvin, unfortunately I have tested but the speed is not the same at all in 4G+ I go up to 235Mb/s while in H+ I go up to 3Mb/s so there is no problem with the 4G indicator
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Have you tried in different areas? What it seems like, is that the stock Samsung ROM is not compatible with your carrier. With system on a chip (SoC), carriers can turn off bands that they don't need, or as a means of locking you into their network.
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Honestly I'm not going to lie to you I've tried everything I've tried a Bouygues télécom rom (bog) a SFR rom (sfr) a France télécom rom (ftm) and a Samsung stock France rom (xef) with my old Bouygues télécom rom (bog) bootloader 4 I always get the 4G+ since I changed my rom and I switched to bootloader 6 I never get the 4G/4G+ again and I sometimes get the 4G+ logos but there are 10 seconds left and then switch to the H+. ..
Hello, sorry for the double post but I don't know where to find help you wouldn't have a solution to my problem? Thanks in advance
I don't understand anything anymore on this phone knowing that my wife and at free and I can receive the 4g very well. I have a 4g router, I can receive the 4g free and my phone since the update doesn't receive anything anymore, I have to go out of my house and walk a good 100 meters to hope to receive the 4g whereas I didn't have this problem before I made the really strange update...
No one would have a solution to give me or manipulation to do I take all the information.
Try a "reset network settings" if you haven't already.
Clear the system cache on the boot menu; it never hurts to do so.
Hi, thank you for your answer unfortunately I have already reset the network settings I have also done the factory settings system cache also reinstallation of a new rom I had to do it about twenty times but still nothing :/
thominekevin76000 said:
Hi, thank you for your answer unfortunately I have already reset the network settings I have also done the factory settings system cache also reinstallation of a new rom I had to do it about twenty times but still nothing :/
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Yeah pretty basic stuff... that's all I got
Most likely a settings issue but you probably know more than myself at this point to troubleshoot this problem.
Try doing Google searches and view the results for other Samsung phone models and years.
Most times I can find a solution like this or trip over it as an indirect result while searching.
Some of the Samsung software issues have been around for years...
I've already searched everything on google I'm French I've searched on English forums and everything but I can't find anything at all.
I am in France with the mobile operator "Free" which uses the frequencies 700mhz/1800mhz/2600mhz I would like to know if there is a possibility on this phone to choose the frequency that I want one by one I have the impression that it is my 700mhz frequency that has a problem on my phone :/
By using the free App 'Shortcut Master (Lite) from Google Play, you can get access to the Network Settings. In there you can make Band Selection, allowing you to test network connections and performance per band (=frequency) or combinations of bands.
See following thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...guide-hidden-network-settings-exynos-t3995501
Hope this helps!
Hello OnnoJ, unfortunately I have already tested with this application so it doesn't work. However I compared everything with my wife's phone a Samsung so I have exactly the same settings as on her phone ...
I have to go out of my house and walk a good 200 meters to hope to get 4G, however I specify that before I made this famous update I was always in 4G at home inside and outside of the house and this is not a concern of the mobile operator because otherwise my wife would have exactly the same problem as I have now and I would also have exactly the same problem on my 4G router ...
I think I've done everything and above all I've tested everything and unfortunately I had Samsung on the phone and they put the blame on the operator whereas as explained above my 4G router and my wife's phone have exactly the same mobile operator so they would have the same problem as me ... ...
I would try to revert to the newest firmware that your carrier uses, just to see if the issue is about the bands, search for the latest firm for your carrier, provided that it is of an equal or higher bootloader version to the one you currently have installed, that is what I would do
@thominekevin76000.
Not saying it may help you, but the application works fine for me to access network settings. I use it all the time, as it helps me at home and at work to make the optimum band selection for that specific location to prevent hopping between different cell towers and to have a stable and fastest possible 4G+ connection. CellMapper app allows me to see connection possibilities with the various cell towers and their power.
Hello winol, I can't go back to my old Rom because I had a bootloader of 4 and now I switched to a bootloader of 6 so I can't go back :/)