Has anyone been looking into running the 3G and 4G radios simultaneously?
Aside from the benefit of having an additional 1-2MB/s, I get very frustrated when I am in the middle of downloading something and I come into a 4G area. Since the phone will always choose 4G over 3G, the connection resets. I would love to have a way to keep the path available to the app using it.
I guess the same problem exists when Wifi is on and the phone connects to wifi while downloading over 3g or 4g.
Can this be done?
I also would love to see a dev pick this up. It could save my marriage...
great idea. Being able to simultaneously use them and multithread downloads would be awesome.
I'd be happy if someone could fix the transition from 3g to 4g and vice versa. Nothing like downloading a file from your phone and then you lose 4g and it loses the entire session and has to be redownloaded.
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DssTrainer said:
I'd be happy if someone could fix the transition from 3g to 4g and vice versa. Nothing like downloading a file from your phone and then you lose 4g and it loses the entire session and has to be redownloaded.
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That's going to be unlikely, as 3G and 4G are separate networks operated by separate providers (Clear vs Sprint). That's why I want to keep the 3G connection alive.
sw99 said:
That's going to be unlikely, as 3G and 4G are separate networks operated by separate providers (Clear vs Sprint). That's why I want to keep the 3G connection alive.
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I don't think clear wire is responsible for everyones 4g, just a select group
chandlerw88 said:
I don't think clear wire is responsible for everyones 4g, just a select group
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I could be wrong but I think sprint just resells clear wimax and calls it america's first 4g network.
sw99 said:
Has anyone been looking into running the 3G and 4G radios simultaneously?
Aside from the benefit of having an additional 1-2MB/s, I get very frustrated when I am in the middle of downloading something and I come into a 4G area. Since the phone will always choose 4G over 3G, the connection resets. I would love to have a way to keep the path available to the app using it.
I guess the same problem exists when Wifi is on and the phone connects to wifi while downloading over 3g or 4g.
Can this be done?
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When connecting to 4g or Wifi the 3g radio never really shuts off. The data part of the radio goes to sleep while the voice part remains active to send or receive calls or txts.
The 3g data service going to sleep when connected to the others is by design because it is slower than the other two services.
If you don't want the connection to reset turn 4g and wifi off, and only turn them on when you need the greater data speed. (this will also save your battery)
Also another solution is using one of the location based apps that will turn those on and off based off gps location.
Its not that i don't want to use 4g, i wish i could but its not reliable enough. If i have a large download, I'd like it to stay on the reliable network, but i still want to use the fast network.
I agree that the 3g network is still available, I'm hoping there is a way to force a static route over the 3g when needed.
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Is it possible to block a connection to a specific cell tower?
For the past few months I've had trouble with my 3G data connection when I'm connected to a specific cell tower in the area where I work. I've called T-Mobile countless times and they keep assuring me the issue has been identified and they are "hard at work to resolve the problem". Well I'm tired of waiting as its been a problem for months now.
I've search the market for an app that would allow me to disable connections to specific towers but none seem to exist. Would it even be possible to develop an app that could do this?
I've been able to narrow the issue down to a specific Cell Tower ID using some of the tower data apps available. If I switch my G2 over to only use 2G data networks I don't have any issues, but then my connection is unreasonable slow obviously. There are two 3G towers my phone connects to while I'm at work, and the other one works fine, so if I could lock my phone to stay connected to THAT tower it would be great.
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You ever figure out how to do this? Looking into this myself for the E4gT forum with no luck.
So, I keep my wifi on mostly at all times. But I've found that when I leave my home, and get outside my wifi range, instead of naturally switching back to 3G (I usually have 4G disabled for battery purposes, unless I need speed), my 3G and bars icon will be all greyed out, and I will have no incoming data. I otherwise have a great signal here in Boston. Sometimes it will eventually start working, but other times I will need to reboot in order to have a working data connection.
Is this an issue anyone else has? It seems the transition from wifi to mobile data is glitchy?
Hi there;
I have recently owned a t989 Galaxy s2. Everything is OK except one thing that is data network. In my country(Turkey), there is no 4g network infrastructure yet so 3g is used currently. When I get the edge signal(it is on the status bar) it works as intended but when it turns to 4g signal (4g sign on the status bar), I am having trouble trying to connect to web. In the specs, it says it supports e/3g/4g but I have never encountered a 3g signal(3g sign on the status bar).
Is it obviously a radio related issue or something bad lying behind the ROM?
Note : Curently sitting near the PC and it is 4g that I see on the status bar and I am unable to establish a connection :S
Currently used Rom/Radio : Bullet v6 Android 4.0.4 / default radio comes with it(tried others as well)
Thanks in advance
Our phone does not have true 4g capabilities. it does have 3.5g. So if you say your area has 3g... then technically it should be able to use "4g".
I have yet to encounter the 3g signal symbol on my phone so i can't help you there... didn't even know we had that symbol lol.
Having "4g" symbol does not necessarily means you have fast data speed. It really depends on your area. My phone would say 4g but in reality.. it has no data or very slow data transfer speed. so don't trust that symbol. You should also check if your AREA supports the 3g network yet.
Is there any way (app or otherwise) to disable 3g but keep on lte? When I'm at work (a lot) I would rather have the option to use just those 2 but no 3g . Is there any way this is possible? I'm on slimkat so this might be a question to ask in the general android, but I never get answers when I ask there, so I"m trying here.
whenever I go from 3g to 2g it drops signal for a second and drops calls, but when going from lte to 2g it doesn't (and without 3g the calls should default to 2g and I wouldn't drop them on campus) so if anyone knows why the signal drops that could also solve my problem