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No 4G in Tampa,FL

Is it me, or has the 4G been lost in Tampa? It could just be my phone, but I haven't been able to connect to 4g in over a week.

It was working (at half the speed I usually get) 2 Fridays ago. But, if I'm not mistaken, isn't Tampa scheduled for LTE by the end of the year? If so, they could be working on the towers in your area.
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I'm in Tampa as well and there is 4g its just hard to find. I live over in Seminole heights and there is a tower less than a mile from me and I've gotten it but its very weak. My 3g was giving it a run for its money...
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Binary Droids said:
It was working (at half the speed I usually get) 2 Fridays ago. But, if I'm not mistaken, isn't Tampa scheduled for LTE by the end of the year? If so, they could be working on the towers in your area.
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If I understand correctly, 4G Wimax towers (owned by Clearwire) should have nothing to do with 3G CDMA / 4G LTE towers (owned by Sprint).

I have to turn 4G off and on a few times to get a decent connection and when I do it disconnects a minute later.. best places I've seen are near USF and on 275 between Westshore Blvd & downtown. Everywhere else sucks. Also I've never once had a good connection indoors
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I move around quite frequently and I find a decent amount of areas that have 4g, even in places that you wouldn't think it would be. If your near a Sprint store then most cases there will be 4g available. Inside the Tampa Pitcher Show, across from Sprint store, you can get service inside easily. Places out in Brandon and Valrico as well, in fact I was using 4g yesterday in IHOP out on 60. If LTE is covered as much as the current 4g then I'll be very happy... Oh and I thought I read that it was coming here this summer according to that unofficial sprint build out site. I won't contemplate even getting an LTE phone before then since 4g is so readily available for me, and we know how good the 3g can be at times.....

Noooooooo you guys are all wrong. 4G is there but its just incognito and invisible.
Im just messing.
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I was just in Tampa yesterday and got 4G. Also got 4G in St Petersburg also.

is there a way to reset the 4g? for some reason I can't connect to it at all, after a data reset, network refresh, everything I can think of. is it possible to try to change the realm to clearwire instead of sprintpcs?

bluphi1914 said:
is there a way to reset the 4g? for some reason I can't connect to it at all, after a data reset, network refresh, everything I can think of. is it possible to try to change the realm to clearwire instead of sprintpcs?
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Mine seems to be working fine when Im closer to downtown.

I get it over in Seminole and I haven't had a problem yet. Maybe they're just working on towers

Im in the carrollwood area and my 4g works fine
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Odessa/Citrus Park area 4g fine, Tampa Intl airport, 4g was screaming fast. I was shocked.

jcaicedo82 said:
Im in the carrollwood area and my 4g works fine
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you have signal at all in carrolwood?
i just moved out of northdale. i was roaming there all the time.

Shout out to all my down south Florida boys!
Orlando in da hizouse!
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saint pete, we have full wimax coverage over here
psst a little birdy told me july is when to look for some lte pickin's

So far, the only areas where i've gotten good 4g connections is near downtown, or closer to Oldsmar. I live in T-N-C and 4g is very sparatic (i think i spelled that right )

I have noticed its like that over on the east end of Fowler and Busch.. I'm not to sure why though.
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Update your prl that might help. R u running a custom rom or are you stock?
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[Q] Anybody have working Wimax around Seattle?

I have flashed numerous ROMs and none have had working Wimax. I am in Everett/ Lynnwood and can't get wimax to even to last long enough to measure. I have tried a number of modems as well. EL 29, FF18, FG20 and even the newest one which was available thru the goodness updater. By the way has anyone figured out how to measure Wimax? I used to have the Evo 4g and got a great signal and the Evo would tell you if you had good or poor signal, however I have not found anything to measure 4g speed on my E4GT and without 4G I can't do the adjustments suggested in another post.

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I have flashed numerous ROMs and none have had working Wimax. I am in Everett/ Lynnwood and can't get wimax to even to last long enough to measure. I have tried a number of modems as well. EL 29, FF18, FG20 and even the newest one which was available thru the goodness updater. By the way has anyone figured out how to measure Wimax? I used to have the Evo 4g and got a great signal and the Evo would tell you if you had good or poor signal, however I have not found anything to measure 4g speed on my E4GT and without 4G I can't do the adjustments suggested in another post.
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Are you running a Ics ROM? Try a GB ROM I get best 4g on GB.
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Are you running a Ics ROM? Try a GB ROM I get best 4g on GB.
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Thanks for the heads up on that, right now I am going through the different modems to see if one of them will work. Is it possible this E4GT is a dud? Although my daughter is still on stock EL29 and she has bad Wimax as well.
I did notice that if I kept toggling the 4g and ran a speed test that I sometimes got better results - so far I am at FC14 and sometimes I get 2+ mb down with a ping under a hundred. My area of Seattle sucks, as I just tried Clearwire and am sending it back as well. Does anyone know of a good app that will measure the wimax, the one one the E4Gt doesn't work very well compared to what HTC has. Well I have been working on this for quite a while so time to crash

If you go to settings than go to 4g it shows you your connection in bars like back on gingerbread. If you want to get a more accurate reading than ##DEBUG# is your best option. It gives you your connection status in dbm. Lock code is 777468 not your msl. You'll find it in Wimax DM.
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Would be great but Wimax not coming on, so can't get to first base.
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If you go to settings than go to 4g it shows you your connection in bars like back on gingerbread. If you want to get a more accurate reading than ##DEBUG# is your best option. It gives you your connection status in dbm. Lock code is 777468 not your msl. You'll find it in Wimax DM.
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I can get in there with the lock code that you supplied - thanks so very much, however I can't modify anything because the Wimax DM says I need to turn on the Wimax and for some reason it will not turn on. Peace and thanks a lot.
RayTrue04 said:
If you go to settings than go to 4g it shows you your connection in bars like back on gingerbread. If you want to get a more accurate reading than ##DEBUG# is your best option. It gives you your connection status in dbm. Lock code is 777468 not your msl. You'll find it in Wimax DM.
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I'm in Kent area and am having no issues. Take that beast into a sprint store and see what's up. Could be that it is wonky lol. Don't go to the tukwila store they have shady practices there and not to friendly.
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deddy777 said:
I can get in there with the lock code that you supplied - thanks so very much, however I can't modify anything because the Wimax DM says I need to turn on the Wimax and for some reason it will not turn on. Peace and thanks a lot.
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In that same menu screen go to Wimax CT and click open device. After that scroll all the way down and click on both the load default and odb load default. This resets 4g back to default sprint values. Try that and then try turning on 4g and see if it works. Lil hint clicking on Wimax IP in that same screen will automatically start up 4g
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RayTrue04 said:
In that same menu screen go to Wimax CT and click open device. After that scroll all the way down and click on both the load default and odb load default. This resets 4g back to default sprint values. Try that and then try turning on 4g and see if it works. Lil hint clicking on Wimax IP in that same screen will automatically start up 4g
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Gibsonusa said:
I'm in Kent area and am having no issues. Take that beast into a sprint store and see what's up. Could be that it is wonky lol. Don't go to the tukwila store they have shady practices there and not to friendly.
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Thanks to everyone who had advice for me. Took it to the store and they gave me a new refurb with working 4G, ain't Sprint the greatest, the tech told me that things burn up on the boards all the time, that I probably got the battery to hot or that the 4g part of the board just died for no particular reason (last billing cycle I did 4Gb of Wimax and 3+ Gb of 3g - that is why I stay with Sprint lol, no throttling and no warning call or text)

Connected to 4G Wimax but no Internet connection.

I'm often connected to Wimax 4G but there is no internet connection. I'm using the latest I27 modem. I've had this issue with previous modems as well. Is there an issue with the OS not renewing the IP address?
Just wondering as this is definitely bugging me.
I'm using Paranoid Android 2.16.
Thanks!

Try a modem known working to you?
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This is a question and should be in the Q&A section.
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It can be a number of issue you can determine ONLY yourself. I'd flash back to a stock ROM of your choice, along with EL29 modem (my personal favorite). Try out the 4G connection and see if it works then. It can also just be that the 4G towers around you are down or not working properly. Give clearWire a call if you have concern.

Bannjio said:
Try a modem known working to you?
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bobwonderful said:
I'm often connected to Wimax 4G but there is no internet connection. I'm using the latest I27 modem. I've had this issue with previous modems as well. Is there an issue with the OS not renewing the IP address?
Just wondering as this is definitely bugging me.
I'm using Paranoid Android 2.16.
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I get that sometimes too. I like how everybody just told you go to a previous build when you clearly stated it was present in them too. When it happens to me I just disconnect and connect again. This also happened when I owned an og Evo and the og epic. This has been a issue since the beginning of wimax. It freezes and all u see is the download arrow continuously blinking and won't sleep.
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I get that sometimes too. I like how everybody just told you go to a previous build when you clearly stated it was present in them too. When it happens to me I just disconnect and connect again. This also happened when I owned an og Evo and the og epic. This has been a issue since the beginning of wimax. It freezes and all u see is the download arrow continuously blinking and won't sleep.
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No he said; " I've had this issue with previous modems as well".Keyboard is modem, not another ROM/build. Did you mean modem by build? I personally think he should call up sprint or clear. They will be able to tell him if there is issues in his area. Or its possible be lost his WiMax keys? I seen that issue on previous devices like evo 4g and evo 3D.

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No he said; " I've had this issue with previous modems as well".Keyboard is modem, not another ROM/build. Did you mean modem by build? I personally think he should call up sprint or clear. They will be able to tell him if there is issues in his area. Or its possible be lost his WiMax keys? I seen that issue on previous devices like evo 4g and evo 3D.
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Ok true he did say modem so I take the builds part back. But in all honesty this has nothing to do with either. It happened on all my 4G Wimax phones. And I doubt there's a fix besides toggling 4G off and on. 4G Wimax always had this happen from time to time in my experience with other phones besides the E4GT.
Edit: also I've noticed it happens a lot when your 4G connection is only at one bar. So I guess coverage plays a role in it.
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Ok true he did say modem so I take the builds part back. But in all honesty this has nothing to do with either. It happened on all my 4G Wimax phones. And I doubt there's a fix besides toggling 4G off and on. 4G Wimax always had this happen from time to time in my experience with other phones besides the E4GT.
Edit: also I've noticed it happens a lot when your 4G connection is only at one bar. So I guess coverage plays a role in it.
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Could be that he is indeed under weak wimax signal or near the edge of it. He prob has his settings to connect above the -89dbm. So it connects but cant process it.

I think it's just wimax. I'm in Tyson's corner, VA on the Beltway heading towards Maryland. moving from a 3G network, connecting to a 4G Wimax but it's probably for about 20 seconds, then I'm probably on the edge of it. So it seems like it connects but never gets internet connection, unless I toggle the 4G button again.

Data issues.

If you are on tmibile with the note 2 and having data issues. You are not alone. It's tmobile side. I would advice people to call and let them know. My data has been max 300kbps inside my home and now since yesterday at work the same. I have to step outside to get full speed never happened before. And I dont think its because of root.
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Its allngood here full speed
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Does your 4G even work? Mine is stuck on Edge since yesterday. I live on the 4th floor of my house (roof-ish) so really shouldn't have problems up here. In fact, I never did, until literally yesterday morning.

I live on the 3rd floor apartment with nothing behind my building and the tower is visible from my patio. Yes my says 4g all day long.
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I had similar issues when T-Mobile was refarming their towers in my area to add 3.5g via 1900 mhz, especially midnight to morning. Not sure if that's your issue, though.
Signal would get weak, speed slow, sometimes only edge. Lasted about a week or so.

same here
Galaxy s2 and wife's amaze still running perfect 4g speeds. This Note 2 gets stuck in EDGE all the time. Can't even use it. anyone have any luck flashing another rom and getting up to 4g speeds?

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Galaxy s2 and wife's amaze still running perfect 4g speeds. This Note 2 gets stuck in EDGE all the time. Can't even use it. anyone have any luck flashing another rom and getting up to 4g speeds?
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Same over here. Already called tmobile they didn't do anything at all.
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My data is light years better than it was on sprint.
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I have pretty good 4G service on my Note 2 right now. Sometimes it'll get a little slow but more times than not, it's very fast.

The high speed are just two steps outside on my patio and the low ones are on my couch and the tower is 5 miles away.
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Alright guys my data speeds seem to be fixed. If you have issues call tech support.
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I'm not sure whether it's because of root or not, but it has to be the phone. My girlfriend has a different phone than mine and hers was working perfectly inside and outside, whereas mine would not want to load anything, it would drop to edge and then to no signal at all. After getting a replacement phone, it's working fine.
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Alright guys my data speeds seem to be fixed. If you have issues call tech support.
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What did they have you do?

iamtimmah said:
I'm not sure whether it's because of root or not, but it has to be the phone. My girlfriend has a different phone than mine and hers was working perfectly inside and outside, whereas mine would not want to load anything, it would drop to edge and then to no signal at all. After getting a replacement phone, it's working fine.
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Just called 611 asked for tech support on the automated system. When you get the tech you will have to do a new apn but not to worry if you tether it wont affect it. They will do a number of other trouble shoot things. Just tell them its been happening to you for a couple weeks. If they say call us back tell them no. Ask to open up a service ticket. All is well in my home now. Let me know if this helps. And you can also call customer care first and tell them that im not happy with my data speed connection and see if they give you credit like they did to me. Be nice of course. Good luck
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oopewan said:
Galaxy s2 and wife's amaze still running perfect 4g speeds. This Note 2 gets stuck in EDGE all the time. Can't even use it. anyone have any luck flashing another rom and getting up to 4g speeds?
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Funny you should ask, I totally recommend the following ROM: Build number Jedi Master 5 (Rocks)

I think im getting a replacement also. How long did your guys take to ship?
Edit :Gave Samsung a call and they said its the device itself so their replacing it free. To anyone with this problem call Samsung you have a 1 year warranty I thought it was going to cost me money
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I think im getting a replacement also. How long did your guys take to ship?
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I ordered mine on a Saturday and received it Monday night. That was pretty quick in my opinion. Especially because I'm so impatient.
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If t-mobile hasnt refarmed my area, wouldnt that mean I am in a 3G area? Isnt utms:3 technically 3G? Thats what I show in settings, getting 12mb max downloads.
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No issues over here. I can tell you, I don't need 42mbps, and I'm 100% satisfied with my speeds after Sprint's garbage. Getting 7.72mbps now, and I've had them for 20 days and already used 10gb. When
I forced my device to run 3g and Edge, it was frightening, similar to what I would get with Sprint, but I've never had issues with 4G or staying on 4G in my area.
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You guys aren't alone, but I think this is a tower issue not a phone issue. Possibly a new modem might fix this.
Why do I say that?
Well at home, by San Francisco, I get 15-23 Mbps download speeds, and now I'm in Las Vegas for business, and am only getting 100-500 Kbps.
I called and let them know of the issue, and they were going to do a field ticket where they actually take out the phone and test it on that tower to see what is going on.
I think anyone else having this issue should do the same. My guess is it has something to do with the refarming of the 1900 Mhz band.

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You guys aren't alone, but I think this is a tower issue not a phone issue. Possibly a new modem might fix this.
Why do I say that?
Well at home, by San Francisco, I get 15-23 Mbps download speeds, and now I'm in Las Vegas for business, and am only getting 100-500 Kbps.
I called and let them know of the issue, and they were going to do a field ticket where they actually take out the phone and test it on that tower to see what is going on.
I think anyone else having this issue should do the same. My guess is it has something to do with the refarming of the 1900 Mhz band.
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Agreed. Like I said earlier just call them. They will take care of the issue. Takes a little bit but they get it done. And when speaking to tech support be detailed of where the issues are. Street names and such.
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Is anyone else losing 4g?

Just curious if anyone else seems to be losing 4g signals in area where your 4g was fine before?
I'm in the Queens area of New York and it's seems my 4g comes and goes more often than before. As if there is no tower in the area though out the day but later in the evening it pops backup.
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Mship said:
Just curious if anyone else seems to be losing 4g signals in area where your 4g was fine before?
I'm in the Queens area of New York and it's seems my 4g comes and goes more often than before. As if there is no tower in the area though out the day but later in the evening it pops backup.
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Is very possible that they are working on towers still since Sandy hit
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