Sense 3.5 ROMs & No 4G Question - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've been checking out the latest ROMs on here for the Evo 4G and a few are Sense 3.5 but have no working 4G...
I've read some posts that said "until a phone with Sense 3.5 is released 4G will not be working" or something to the effect that there are no 4G devices running Sense 3.5...well I was in Best Buy tonight checking out the new phones and saw the HTC Verizon Rezound...I checked the "about phone" and it's Sense 3.5...and has working 4G....and Beats Audio which sounded goddamn great on that device by the way...
SOOO....my questions is this: have the devs simply not had a chance to hook up a ROM with Sense 3.5 and working 4G or have I just read a few posts about "no working 4G with Sense 3.5" by people who are NOT developers and have no clue WTF they're talking about??
THANX

4G is a term coined from companies to represent their high speed internet.. LTE , Wimax, and hspa+(ATT uses this but w.e.) are all the "proper" way phones should be advertised. Verizon and ATT use LTE. Sprint uses Wimax(switching to LTE 2012) they are all different from one another. The new 3.5 sense has LTE so it isn't compatible with Wimax..or 4G as you call it
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The rezound is a Verizon phone. Verizon 4g runs on LTE. The EVO runs on Wimax for 4g. These are two different 4g technologies. In short, the posts you read were correct because until Sprint releases a Wimax phone with sense 3.5 we will not have a sense 3.5 Rom with 4g for our evos.
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Steven 1 said:
4G is a term coined from companies to represent their high speed internet.. LTE , Wimax, and hspa+(ATT uses this but w.e.) are all the "proper" way phones should be advertised. Verizon and ATT use LTE. Sprint uses Wimax(switching to LTE 2012) they are all different from one another. The new 3.5 sense has LTE so it isn't compatible with Wimax..or 4G as you call it
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You beat me to it! Lol
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Haha yea. But the more info the more people understand
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Inspire 4G dump available

Is this going to help us out on the Dinc ?
http://goo.gl/114v1
We can probably rip the new sense to the roms, il have a go at it tomorrow
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I'm gonna say that it's not going to help us out at all. Since AT&T is a GSM network like what the Desire HD/Z was made to run on and the Incredible is on VZW (CDMA network) it'll basically be a Z port from a different device. In addition, the Inspire doesn't support sideloading (most of the reports say that anyway), while the DesireHD/Z does so it'd be a step down and/or completely unnecessary. If the inspire was on a CDMA carrier like VZW or Sprint I'd say it's worthwhile. AT&T? noway.
I was looking though the dump, but from what I have seen so far the only thing I would use would be the new sense stuff
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Will the Samsung Epic be Rev. B compatible?

Does the Samsung Epic have the hardware to be Rev.B compatible?
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it is rev b compatible. you mean LTE
LORDFIRE00 said:
it is rev b compatible. you mean LTE
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I mean will the 3g be Rev B compatible not 4g.
UPDATE: After receiving a few emails, we just wanted to stress something. Take all of this as rumor for now until official. You should always do that! Also we stated the Evo 3D and Epic Touch 4G will work if this all pans out, but its absolutely possible many other phones will. We only can confirm those two.
We just got tips from two separate sources, so lets roll with this one. Sprints network vision press conference is scheduled for October 7th of this year, where they are reportedly going to discuss their 4G network plans going forward. What has not been rumored yet is any updates and future upgrades to their existing 3G network. We just learned from our two separate sources that Sprint plans on upgrading their existing EvDO Rev A 3G network to Rev B, enabling much faster speeds on both the up and down link. We were told to expect up to 9Mbps down and 2Mbps up, enabling them to surpass every other 3G network in the US including the “4G” networks T-Mobile and ATT like to say they have. Not all current phones support EVDO Rev B, but we do know at a minimum the Evo 3D and Epic Touch 4G both in fact have Rev B compatible chips out of the box. Lets hope this one pan’s out.
I guess I answered my own question.
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I know how they are going to do that. I read a lot about they're network updates. And the way they are going to do it...just be ready for really fast speeds all around. Its going to be awhile though, don't expect much until next year though.
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androidmaster1 said:
I know how they are going to do that. I read a lot about they're network updates. And the way they are going to do it...just be ready for really fast speeds all around. Its going to be awhile though, don't expect much until next year though.
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Yeah by next year I would have upgraded to an LTE phone anyways.
No the Epic is not Rev. B compatible.
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I'd like to know how I would port the sprint SPH-D700 to verizon

Like the title says. I've found how to port it to Metro PCS but not to verizon. How would I go around doing that.
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I don't think its possible. 2 different satellites, stuff like that
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Actually its possible but unsure if its legal. Verizon has cmda and this is a cdma phone. But it wouldn't be legal to get it to work on verizon. Prepaid networks care less what you do with esn's on other phones but big red doesn't allow flashing. But I could be wrong.
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Big Goron said:
Actually its possible but unsure if its legal. Verizon has cmda and this is a cdma phone. But it wouldn't be legal to get it to work on verizon. Prepaid networks care less what you do with esn's on other phones but big red doesn't allow flashing. But I could be wrong.
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that &
pyropunk2006 said:
Like the title says. I've found how to port it to Metro PCS but not to verizon. How would I go around doing that.
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The exact phone pretty much on VZ is Samsung Stratosphere.
Differences is that Stratosphere is LTE, No HD Recording, No LED for Camera, 1.3mp versus our 0.3mp and you have panorama built in, stratosphere has BT 3.0 vs 2.1(Us), 802.11 a is added for Stratosphere, TTY/TDD on stratosphere and some type of hearing aid ability and GPS to track phone E911.
Mainly as a phone its pretty much got some newer features is all
It doesn't have stable cm9, BAM!
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And the stratosphere has a 1800 capacity battery like the epic touch but it's a different size them the touch.
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I'd be more interested in porting the epic touch gs2 on Verizon would make me happy camper. Don't care about 4g. Hmmm

Never got 4G on Sprint (HTC Supersonic)

Hello everyone, I hope to check this thread for updates (read: I'm so dumb I don't check for thread updates often *laughs*).
Anyway, as the title says, I never got 4G on my phone, even before rooting it! I obtained this phone, new, around the time Sprint (began) started adding a extra rate for all smartphones (read: all smartphones will be more expensive than "simple" phones on same plan).
I'm wondering how to get 4G on my phone that is running Cyanogenmod. I am well-versed in Linux, so if the adb shell or the bootloader is required to fix, I can follow the steps you provide. Or should I just accuse Sprint for giving me a defective phone those many, many years ago, even though I never got 4G in the first place? (since my phone is rooted atm, I doubt I could win a court case.)
I appreciate any help, even if you do not know how to fix this. (read: asking around or just reading this)
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A really dumb question but are you referring to 4G LTE or wimax?
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dmonger11b said:
A really dumb question but are you referring to 4G LTE or wimax?
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4G and wimax are the same thing if you didn't know.
And OP, if you are on an ICS Rom or a JB Rom, you will not have wimax. For all you know, you might not even have 4G service in range of where you live. I personally have never even connected to a 4G network.
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i'm referring to the standard 4G pn Sprint (or whatever 4G was said to be had on "Sprint HTC Evo 4G" by Sprint)
EDIT: i'm well within the 4G area almost all day normally
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death-by-soap said:
4G and wimax are the same thing if you didn't know.
And OP, if you are on an ICS Rom or a JB Rom, you will not have wimax. For all you know, you might not even have 4G service in range of where you live. I personally have never even connected to a 4G network.
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From my understand wimax AND Lte use different radios hence why any of the new lte phones like the GS3 or evo are stuck on 3g network until LTE rolls out in the area you live. Also he stated he couldn't access 4g even before so he would be on a stock gb
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dmonger11b said:
From my understand wimax AND Lte use different radios hence why any of the new lte phones like the GS3 or evo are stuck on 3g network until LTE rolls out in the area you live. Also he stated he couldn't access 4g even before so he would be on a stock gb
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I didn't say Wimax and LTE are the same. I'm not sure sprint has even started putting up LTE towers.
OP, try updating Radios and PRL
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My underatanding from the other evo forum and GS3 it was supposed to be launched the 17th of this month and going off that is why I was asking which he was referring to. Op where do you live?
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death-by-soap said:
I didn't say Wimax and LTE are the same. I'm not sure sprint has even started putting up LTE towers.
OP, try updating Radios and PRL
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They are not putting up old towers just lte transmitters. They use all the same till they discontinue 3g.
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And if you never have been able to get 4g then I would have brought the phone back to sprint. All their 4g phones should access it if your in the coverage zone.
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If you have had the phone for more than 6 months, which it sounds like you have, you should un-root it and take it to sprint. If that is you want 4g service. The unrooting process is generally about the same in difficulty as rooting the phone was, so if you figured that out you should be able to get it backto stock. The process is different depending on your HBoot version and how you rooted it in the first place. If you want to get your 4g fixed, post your HBoot version and root method and someone will point the way to unrooting the phone.
(to get the HBoot version, pull the battery, put it back in, hold vol down, and power on the phone. You should get into the bootloader and the HBoot version should be listed there.)
I assumed it was due to not having the 4G plan before that caused my phone to never get 4G with the plans change (read: Sprint changed plan details). I should of thought of turning it in sooner, but I was not 100% smart back then (nor will I ever be *laughs*)
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adam2new said:
I assumed it was due to not having the 4G plan before that caused my phone to never get 4G with the plans change (read: Sprint changed plan details). I should of thought of turning it in sooner, but I was not 100% smart back then (nor will I ever be *laughs*)
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When you bought your evolution didn't they tell you that you "had" to get 4g coverage for an extra ten bucks a month?
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BigSmoke53 said:
When you bought your evolution didn't they tell you that you "had" to get 4g coverage for an extra ten bucks a month?
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if you mean before the "smarphone charge" was told to its users (which i pay for now), then yes. otherwise no
EDIT: i mean i pay the smartphone charge; was told it included 4G on 4G phones
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Yea lots of people didn't get 4g. It's real spotty where I live.
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I should be getting 4G; even while i'm close to/in downtown (Portland, OR) I should get 4G.
*sigh* darn companies >.>
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adam2new said:
I should be getting 4G; even while i'm close to/in downtown (Portland, OR) I should get 4G.
*sigh* darn companies >.>
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I would bring it into a store and get it tested to see if it works after you unroot, my sprint store doesn't care about root but that might not bevl the case. Then if it really doesn't work I would ***** and tell them to look up your account to show you never used 4g and see if the will give you a comp on your account.
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I never noticed any difference in speed the few times I was in California where there was 4g. I live in AZ and with sprint there is no 4g service but we still pay the fee :/
I doubt unrooting it will fully unroot it (I did edit some startup scripts since i've rooted which seemed to have no impact on my data connection (mostly for ext2 mount point on a directory "/mnt/sdcard/sd-ext" which I removed due to delayed sdcard mounting--now I use a script I manually run when I want to ... offtopic sorry >.> ), so idk if a full unroot is possible.
EDIT: *scrolls back on posts* I read that flashing someone else's radio (backed up from their device) can prevent both from using 4G at the same time. tbh, I don't know if I ever did (I hope not)
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*hopes this doesn't count as a double post*
Somehow I'm getting 4G atm... but it is in a place I tried before (many moons ago). Strange indeed.
What I just don't get is why it is now working. Did I really flash someone else's Radio? If so, was someone else with that "4G login credientals" always on when I tried before? If not, was Sprint lying to me on their online map for 3G/4G coverage?
EDIT: I want to leave this open to see if anyone has any idea as to why it was failing. Another strange finding is that it is a 1 of 3 bars 4G signal according to Cyanogenmod's standard indicator. ( +1 for tethering without having to pay over $100 USD total on Sprint)
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I've never had wimax signal at my house. Or city.
We are listed as 4g service area for "clear" wimax broadband, but they also state that it is currently not being sold here. That tells me the switch hasn't been flipped on it yet.
There is no sprint wimax one city over but they flipped the switch on "clear" broadband wimax and it's FAST.... If I get signal (its very spotty) ... . 7.4mb down. 1.14mb up.
Edit:
I was searching the intarwebz and it looks like anything more than 2 miles from the tower is pushing it for signal.
I also have the understanding that the 10$ smartphone fee is not just for 4g, but more so the nature of the beast. We have always on, always connected/pinging data devices.
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[Q] Get 4G working with Desire HD

Anyone know if there's a way to get 4G working with a UK Desire HD. The Desire HD came out before 4G was available in the UK but the US version is 4G compatible so i thought perhaps the device would have the capability to use 4G.
The us version isNOT 4g compatible. They just gave it the 4g name so people will buy it. Its the same as the dhd. I'd would call it 3.5g Max.
Now to your question. The answer is simply no. The hardware is just not there
Oh right. Well that's definitely false advertising. Nevermind.
You can edit the build.prop to gain faster speeds down and up.
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