Is Anyone Else having This Problem?? - myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is anyone else having a problem with the 3g and H "HSDA" signal mines keeps switching between both the 3g and H and when it goes into 3g my internet doesn't work until the little H pops up again "internet pages/videos don't load" I have the signal type switched to wcmda or whatever only but that doesn't seem to help, is anyone else having this problem, please help :-\
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I think this is par for the course. On both my G1 and MT3gS, anytime I was running a custom rom, the 3g symbol was there always, but when data would be used, it switched to the H symbol. Has not been a problem for me as of yet though.

Well mine switches from H to 3g when I'm using the internet or watching a video, its kind of anoying when watching videos cuz they stop when this happens, thanks for the reply by the way
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Oh, well if you're using data and it is going from H to 3g while actively surfing/streaming, then I don't know what to tell ya. Does this happen only in certain geographic locations? Could be carrier specific...

Yeh it happens almost everywhere but of course less in some places then others.
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sxufeastkilla said:
Yeh it happens almost everywhere but of course less in some places then others.
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I have that problem in my house, but nowhere else. Probably signal related. I'll be surfing the web, downloading a file, whatever, and the H will switch back to 3G and the connection will go idle, but I don't think that the idleness is caused by the switch to 3G, I think the switch to 3G is caused by the idleness, and the idleness is caused by weak signal or malfunctioning cell tower. Something like that.

I was thinking the same thing, they told me that they where having issues in many places because they are upgrading or whatever their towers for their new 4& network....
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sxufeastkilla said:
Well mine switches from H to 3g when I'm using the internet or watching a video, its kind of anoying when watching videos cuz they stop when this happens, thanks for the reply by the way
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Turn your phone upside down. That way it switches from 3G to H!
lol just kidding

Lmfao this kid
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[Q] How do you know if you are getting HSPA+ on your g2?

How do you know if you are getting HSPA+ on your g2?
Download speedtest.net. after you run the test go to results and click on one of them. Scroll down to network and if you are on 3g or 2g it will say cell. If you are connected to hspa+ it will display utms. Also you can generally tell by the speeds you get from running the test.
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Download netswidget. It will tell u edge, umts (3g) or hspa+ (4g)
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Speedtest.net is the #1 network test on the market, as approved by cnet, phonedog, mobileburn etc... so don't go with any others or else you risk corrupted results
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Netswidget from market should display HSDPS When connected to "4G"
pierrekid said:
Speedtest.net is the #1 network test on the market, as approved by cnet, phonedog, mobileburn etc... so don't go with any others or else you risk corrupted results
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WTF SPAM!?!
Also you can dial: *#*#4636#*#*
What are you talking about spam? Unless you have been living under a rock everyone knows these cell phone review sites. So calm down lol your making yourself look like an idiot
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Speed test is what I use also
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Make sure you choose a close server too, don't choose one that's 500 miles away.
I got Mobile Signal Widget from Android Marker. It's really nice. Will show a H, 3G, E, G, etc depending on what you're connected to.
Same here really good tool. It's helping me in seeing what freaky stuff my phone is doing with data and signal strength. I think I'm in a poor spot and I'm going to try to spend some time in another spot where the coverage is known better and see if I get the same issues.
Settings/about phone/status/mobile network type
It tells you if your connected to gprs, umts, or hspa.
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pierrekid said:
What are you talking about spam? Unless you have been living under a rock everyone knows these cell phone review sites. So calm down lol your making yourself look like an idiot
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Everyone knows they're absolute crap, you dirty spammer.
man I haven't had the joy of using hspa+ yet
pierrekid is right. however, he shoulda thrown in that it was also sideways endorsed by cyanogen (i think, it was a long time ago when he suggested only using speedtest cause other apps dont show real results)
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pierrekid said:
Download speedtest.net. after you run the test go to results and click on one of them. Scroll down to network and if you are on 3g or 2g it will say cell. If you are connected to hspa+ it will display utms. Also you can generally tell by the speeds you get from running the test.
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Every Single one of mine says cell... I'm in Salt Lake City Utah, which it says is one of the finished cities. WTF, do I call T-Mobile?
Lol first off krashunist, you also are making yourself look like an idiot. It obvious I'm not spamming. Second I would try and drive around a bit to differnt locations in your area just to confirm that it not your phones that's faulty but the actual network. If you see that your connecting to 4g is different areas just gotta wait till they refine and improve the network to work in your specific area. Believe I'm going through the same exact thing here in miami.
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Data needs to shape up,

I've had my g2 for about 4 months now and I'm quite happy with it. Rooted with perm s-off, running about 4 different roms, blahblahblah. I have the full data plan for my phone, and I've used it passed the data cap through all my billing cycles so far.
However, I live in hawaii. The data here is unbearably slow. Using speedtest, I see people with scores of 4mb down and 1mb up.
I average ALMOST 0.3mb down 0.9mb up. that's with 3g on, if you couldn't guess.
I've already tried flashing different radios for my phone, but it only minamally increases my data speed for a huge increase in battery consumption.
Am I stuck here, to wander a 2g world with my almost-but-not-really-4g phone? Help me out if you'd care to lend a hand, I'm kind of sick of seeing the buffer icon permanently on youtube.
Toodles.
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The phone is 4g. That doesn't mean your area has it though. Have you bothered to call you service provider to make sure you are connected to the proper tower? I had data speeds like yours but found my phone was trying to connect to a tower in a completely different city.
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Spastic909 said:
The phone is 4g. That doesn't mean your area has it though. Have you bothered to call you service provider to make sure you are connected to the proper tower? I had data speeds like yours but found my phone was trying to connect to a tower in a completely different city.
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There's kind of no tower in, around, or relatively close to hawaii. The closest tower is in L.A I believe, which is the one I'm connected to. So no matter where I go on the island, the signal stays around there.
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You're not getting 2G speeds. 2G speeds is edge which is at BEST and THEORETICALLY a little under 250 kbps. You're doing decent for 3G. If it was a 4G connection you'd see "H" instead of "3G".
ohshootrawr said:
There's kind of no tower in, around, or relatively close to hawaii. The closest tower is in L.A I believe, which is the one I'm connected to. So no matter where I go on the island, the signal stays around there.
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That doesn't seem possible. there has to be some sort of cell towers on one of the islands there. Carriers use each others towers at times to. I know the internet out there can get screwy at times so I understand your frustrations...write your local congress person lol
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Spastic909 said:
That doesn't seem possible. there has to be some sort of cell towers on one of the islands
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You're right, the OP can't possibly be correct about there being no cell towers in Hawaii. The max range of a GSM tower is about 22 miles in the best of conditions, and almost always much less. Towers have to be placed as close as 1/2 mile apart in some terrain or urban conditions. 1 to 2 miles apart is average in many conditions.
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jouva said:
You're not getting 2G speeds. 2G speeds is edge which is at BEST and THEORETICALLY a little under 250 kbps. You're doing decent for 3G. If it was a 4G connection you'd see "H" instead of "3G".
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I actually do have the H. I wouldn't be bugging out so much if I was running speedtest with only 3g xD
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ohshootrawr said:
I actually do have the H. I wouldn't be bugging out so much if I was running speedtest with only 3g xD
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Is your phone rooted? If not, it's gonna show H no matter if you are on 3G of HSPA+.
tazz9690 said:
Is your phone rooted? If not, it's gonna show H no matter if you are on 3G of HSPA+.
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I'm rooted sir.
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ohshootrawr said:
I'm rooted sir.
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Even if you're rooted, that symbol will not show unless you've got a theme or rom that is set to show HSPA+ in the status bar.
Download mobile signal widget, it will tell you whether or not you are actually on HSPA+.
captainreynolds said:
Even if you're rooted, that symbol will not show unless you've got a theme or rom that is set to show HSPA+ in the status bar.
Download mobile signal widget, it will tell you whether or not you are actually on HSPA+.
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I'm running the Ultimate Droid, CM7, LiquidMetal, MT4G, and MIUI roms on my phone. All of them shows hspa in the status bar. Except for miui, but miui is weird. Haha. The widget said I'm connected to hspa+.
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3G problems on all roms

Every rom Im on forces me to go on 1x instead of 3g. 3g only works on the stock rom. Why is this?
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If the roms you're running happen to be aosp roms, then its showing your "true" connection. The stock rom will almost never show when you have 1x because that's how sprint/htc wanted it. On aosp if your connection is really bad (3G) it will show 1x if that's what you really have. To do some test of your own id recommend downloading "mobile signal widget" from the market and compare signal strength both data/voice.
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Okay thanks. Ya cuz a sprint Rep told me a few days ago tthat some towers are down so maybe that's whats going on
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That could also be the problem lol
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i kno in the frederick, md area they just put some 4G (pretty signifcant too) coverage in the downtown area (5-6mbps so far)...so if ur in that area it might maybe have somethin to do with it. my gf had 3g up until today (after a fix supposedly), but now she's on 1x. so im guessin they're puttin more coverage up. cuz over the last few days ive been getting a wider and wider spectrum of 4G in different places in the surrounding area(s).
i'll do the 3G fix once i get a sense rom flashed, and check it out with a update on this thread posting.
Okay so I was with my friend last night who has the same rom as me (CM7) and he had 3G while I still had 1x. Now I have no idea what's going on
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[Q] 4G keeps disconnecting...

What do I do?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925898
Where the eb13 instructions are also work for ec05
DroidBabe said:
What do I do?
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If you do everything posted in the link above and it still happens your area could be going thew a 4g upgrade. I had that happen for a month and ahalf and it just one day stopped, and 4g was fine again.
Double check with sprint or other 4g users around your area to see if they are experiencing the same.
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Sprint is that way, dear.
Sprint puts out a 4g map, where it shows you'll get Indoor and Outdoor, Outdoor/Street only, and the map is extremely specific and detailed.
For example, my whole street in in a band of "outdoor only" 4g, and once you go indoors, it connects then disconnects, connects then disconnects.

4g internet and calls

AM I INSANE??? Okay, att advertises being the only carrier to make a call and browse the web at the same time. But I noticed while tethering with 4g, I can make a call at the same time!!! Is it just me?? I dont remember Sprint ever saying anything about this...
Its for 3g only. Its a cdma thing. All gsm phones can use 3g while talking on the phone. 4g and wifi work for cdma to be able to for that.
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Just kinda made me wonder...I've never noticed it before.
Yeah it does suck cause sometimes im out and on the phone and I can't use the internet without hanging up on 3g. At home when Im on wifi though I can do it.
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Hehe...I wish i had wifi. I use 4g for most of my internet needs (even tho i get <1 bar of signal)
I thought that those commercials were an advertising scam because I have always had 4G with this phone. I just recently found out that it doesn't work the same for people on 4G
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