I don't know how easy this is, but i figured since alot of roms can now make the 4g/3g indicator distinguish the difference between the two, this shouldn't be that hard.
I've seen someone's Evo 4g and saw how they can choose to always use 3g and then press the 4g toggle widget to use 4g. I'm pretty sure all Sprint 4g android devices have this feature.
I've looked for widgets liked this and found a webpage saying that its so hard to distinguish HSPA from HSPA+ that you can't easily do this. Since when can distinguish it in our notification bar now, (H=4g 3g =3g) I'm hoping someone can incorperate this into their rom. I prefer a sense 3.0 or 3.5 rom.
I'm asking for this because 3g burns less battery, that way I can keep my data always on for things like browsing the web, but when I want to do some hardcore data-eating tasks, I can just turn on the 4g toggle widget.
If this is too hard, can someone atleast point me to an app capable of doing so?
thanks.
WRONG SECTIONS GOD WILL YA EVER LEARN!
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WRONG SECTIONS GOD WILL YA EVER LEARN!
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sorry, I was actually debating what section to put it in. btw its ironic that I was just flashing an htc amaze camera and got the link from your thread as you posted this...
what sect. does this go in?
wrong section...
and welll... since you're posting a QUESTION, then maybe, it belongs in theQ & A SECTION
I don't think you can switch between 3g and 4G but can do 2g to 4G. Just need to switch to gsm only for 2g.
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wrong section...
and welll... since you're posting a QUESTION, then maybe, it belongs in theQ & A SECTION
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It was more of a request though.... thats what got me off.... lol. My point is, you can see im still a noob for this forum. Don't usually post stuff, just silently download roms and things. Sorry, but this stuff happens when I'm a noob ^_^
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It was more of a request though.... thats what got me off.... lol. My point is, you can see im still a noob for this forum. Don't usually post stuff, just silently download roms and things. Sorry, but this stuff happens when I'm a noob ^_^
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Watch out for trolls here man, they've gotten bad. But definitely make sure you post in the correct section.
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Watch out for trolls here man, they've gotten bad. But definitely make sure you post in the correct section.
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Alight thanks, I got it from now on. Not gonna keep bumping this thread anymore.
3g and 4g on tmobile use the exact same radio to communicate with the tower. However, 2g on tmobile uses a different radio. That is why you can toggle the two. On sprint they use a cdma radio which is both 2g and 3g but use a wimax radio for their 4g. That is why there is a 3g/4g toggle on sprint phones.
Related
So I've had the opportunity to browse a lot of other forums lately. They're really different and sometimes really the same. If you've ever watched that lame but great show Sliders, it can be something like that at times. I will update this list with characteristics in case you're looking for a fun place to look and contribute, since a lot of our knowledge is transferable.
Forums you should check out:
Droid 3: they're so damn close to rooting that thing. such a cool process to watch
Update: they have root
Droid Charge: Doppelganger world to ours, phone is at a similar stage of development even though it's relatively new
Fascinate: The VT of forums, lots of good vibes and they shame people into behaving
Galaxy Tab: Has two dev communities and both seem to be great. I plan to get one soon but I'm still learning. People seem friendly, though.
EVO: Decent community despite the sh*t we give them. It's like a city of forums and wandering into some of those threads makes ours look tame. Sometimes it's easier when everybody know your name.
Will update as I wander, think of me as Travelling Matt from Fraggle Rock.
I highly doubt that XDA would enjoy this thread. Let alone its off-topic.
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I highly doubt that XDA would enjoy this thread. Let alone its off-topic.
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I think he's referring to other XDA forums for those particular phones. I had some good reading on the V6 TurboCharger thread. A flame war between developers turned into a joint development breakthrough...entertaining stuff. I will check these out as well. You never know what you may find from doing some reading. TheRoot always finds the best themed apps for me.
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I highly doubt that XDA would enjoy this thread. Let alone its off-topic.
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Not everything can be found at XDA... it's always good to expand horizons and research everywhere. No need to lash out at all....
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Not everything can be found at XDA... it's always good to expand horizons and research everywhere. No need to lash out at all....
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You don't go to McDonald's for a Whopper. XDA makes money from ads, so they forbid referring people to other sites whether for info or downloads.
Ive been in the Nexus S forums lately because my gf finally let me root her phone (thank you so much for the video and links qbking) and I was literally in shock from how many choices there were.... I literally had no idea where to start even though I like to think of myself as an expert flasher/rooter.... I often forget that the Epic community isnt the only one on the Web lmao
Not that anyone cares but I think this is a great topic. Android is about sharing information, ideas and our work. We have to allow for other forums or even websites to exist. XDA is the only site that seems to struggle with this concept.
There are tons of other great websites out there and well as tons of other great forums right here at XDA. When I was actively developing on the Epic, I found very helpful information in many other forums. Some were other Galaxy S based forums but others were HTC or Motorola based sections.
I think this was a fantastic topic to get started and I completely agree with it. I just wanted to show some support and say hello.
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You don't go to McDonald's for a Whopper. XDA makes money from ads, so they forbid referring people to other sites whether for info or downloads.
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I think you can refer...you just can't link to a site that you have to register to download from
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Just to make sure, I wasn't bad mouthing or anything. I agree with root. I'm always browsin other communitys as well. I really enjoyed watching the sidekick 4g community develope.
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No link no rule breaking, besides a lot of these are on xda. Thanks for the topic, I too sometimes forget we aren't the only ones here lol
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I really enjoyed watching the sidekick 4g community develope.
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Me too.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
I never stray, but may start. I don't even visit sdx anymore, that was the place to be when you had a Moment...
I will expand horizons, but currently this is just wandering xda. I decided to make signature update to match.
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I never stray, but may start. I don't even visit sdx anymore, that was the place to be when you had a Moment...
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My dad has one and he's beginning to be curious about froyo on his phone. Funny thing is I wouldn't be into this stuff if not for him.
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I never stray, but may start. I don't even visit sdx anymore, that was the place to be when you had a Moment...
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I still go into the sdx irc because all us moment owners got close in that site
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steviee7 said:
I still go into the sdx irc because all us moment owners got close in that site
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Yes we did, I remeber so many people from there and rarely see them on xda, unless under a diff. Name... Like Z, and just talked to hipcat the other day, he is on here now, but dosnt have an epic, he has an evo ... I remeber Joey and little, MeatCurtains (xjman on xda) , and many more. I may jump on irc one day to see who is all there.
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Yes we did, I remeber so many people from there and rarely see them on xda, unless under a diff. Name... Like Z, and just talked to hipcat the other day, he is on here now, but dosnt have an epic, he has an evo ... I remeber Joey and little, MeatCurtains (xjman on xda) , and many more. I may jump on irc one day to see who is all there.
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Sup
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Yes we did, I remeber so many people from there and rarely see them on xda, unless under a diff. Name... Like Z, and just talked to hipcat the other day, he is on here now, but dosnt have an epic, he has an evo ... I remeber Joey and little, MeatCurtains (xjman on xda) , and many more. I may jump on irc one day to see who is all there.
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I'm assuming by Z you don't mean me? Because I never was on sdx.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
Yeah, I ended up moving over here from the HTC Hero xda forum, there are a lot of familiar faces.
zanderman112 said:
I'm assuming by Z you don't mean me? Because I never was on sdx.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
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No he means zeinzu
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I'm not sure I'm posting this in the right forum and I'm sure if I'm not then I will get flamed/moved to the correct spot and hopefully not lifetime banned.
That being said, I know Tmonews recently announced that our phone will be getting wifi calling on or around November 13th. Thats a long way away. I do not get service in my house OR at work. So effectively until I get some form of wifi calling my phone is useless for anything more than web surfing.
My question is, now that we have root (THANK YOU EVERYONE BTW FOR THAT!!) is there some way to develop a wifi calling app with T-Mobile giving it to us? I really hope the answer is yes as a month and a half without phone service will be slow torture.
Thanks for the anticipated help!!
I understand your pain I'm in a similar situation.. that being said you shouldntve posted in Dev section..
I don't think anyone has found a working wifi calling apk with our device yet but other voip apps are available but may not use your tmobile #
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I had a feeling I was posting in the wrong spot. I've been a lurker on these forums for a while but I was always nervous to post because I'm not really a fan of flames. I realized just about as I hit post that there is a Q & A section and thats where I should have posted.
So, I apologize profusely to the Dev community. I meant no offense. If a mod could move this post, I would appreciate it.
Thanks for all the hard work guys and sorry again for posting in the wrong spot.
If you're ever worried about
your post being in the wrong section, err on the side of safety and post in general.
as for wifi calling you are a but sol sally.usually this requires pinch of more than an app and since it is coming natively the Dev community really has no reason to waste time. Best luck mate.
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From what I remember, the wifi calling app requires some stuff based in the kernel. I haven't personally tried it, but I'm assuming those lines of code aren't there yet.
At least that's what I can remember from my nexus one days...
wifi Nov 13th?
According to Tmonews.com, the update to get Wifi calling will be available Nov 13th.
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/10/wi-fi-calling-coming-to-the-galaxy-s-ii-amaze-4g-on-november-13th/
Thank you for starting this thread. WiFi calling is the only thing I miss on this phone over the G2X.
go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1303332
Hacked wifi calling app?
Any way to get it?
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Should be out in less then a week, just be patient.
This phone is a BEAST!
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Should be out in less then a week, just be patient.
This phone is a BEAST!
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Ok sounds good. I was surprised that it didn't have it, especially since I depend on it at my house with no signal lol.
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I wish!!
sent from my real Gs move in silence like lasagna
Wifi calling??
Is anybody working on getting wifi calling on the SGS2?
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There's supposed to be an OTA soon from T-Mobile to add the wifi calling feature.
Rumor update is tomorrow...
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movieaddict said:
Rumor update is tomorrow...
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will the update include anything else?
wifi calling
Sooooo...its Nov 13th....weren't we supposed to get wifi calling today? I need this feature. What is tmo doing???
Probably not today cuz it's Sunday, but I think sometime during the week.
#Havingablast w/ my SGS2
porting from sgs 4g
Is it possible to just grab the .apk file from my galaxy s 4g and install it on my mom's galaxy s ii?
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Is it possible to just grab the .apk file from my galaxy s 4g and install it on my mom's galaxy s ii?
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It's not apk its software now. It will be under wifi setting as shown in an amaze 4g video.
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Just wondering: why? It increases inaccuracies as well as confusion among those not rock solid in the community like the rest of us. As well as being 100% incorrect in not abbreviating it correctly. I just don't understand how someone can't look five inches up their screen to see the correct order E4GT.
Nothing will cum between my epictouch ....ha ha some people do its not hard to know what they are talking about just wait until its the Samsung galaxy s3 epic touch 2 4g Lte.....
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Does something like this really ruin your day? Lol c'mon man!
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Just wondering: why? It increases inaccuracies as well as confusion among those not rock solid in the community like the rest of us. As well as being 100% incorrect in not abbreviating it correctly. I just don't understand how someone can't look five inches up their screen to see the correct order E4GT.
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It is called the Samsung Galaxy S2 Sprint Epic 4G Touch, why do people abbreviate it Epic 4G touch?
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Nothing will cum between my epictouch ....ha ha some people do its not hard to know what they are talking about just wait until its the Samsung galaxy s3 epic touch 2 4g Lte.....
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Someone has been sending dirty texts with their phone...
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Maybe cause the phone is so out of this world sick that they refer to to it as ExtraTerrestrial4G
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Maybe cause the phone is so out of this world sick that they refer to to it as ExtraTerrestrial4G
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I will accept this answer and give you one thanks, sir.
Wow. Reminds me of the 3vo vs Evo 3D stuff.
Well, the only reason I say anything is that it's fairly easy to mistake a SGS2 with a SGS2 E4GT for kernels and you could mess up your phone. So if it's common place to say ET4G where there is already something called the Epic Touch (without the 4G), there might be confusion. I'm just trying to help out and ask why people might be switching them around.
Touch G4 S Epic Galaxy Samsung.
It's the right thread....dun bother me, Ah know where I'm at..
-SGS2_Calkulin's v2.8 ROM
-Overstew ICS theme v2.2
-ssconceptz ICS Camera v1.0
-Rogue Desperado Kernel 1.3.
Why do people call Bavarian Motor Works - BMW?
Lets all agree to call this phone AWESOME!!!
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I will accept this answer and give you one thanks, sir.
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I was raised to be polite so thank you for your kindness
Personally after getting my feet fully into android with this being my first android phone, i think its a good differentiation from other carriers' models of the SGSII. Its much easier to search for Epic Touch, E4GT, ET4G, etc than the other models. I can definitely see where confusion would come from downloading the wrong modem, kernal, etc but I bet it will be worse with the longer names as they try to top this device. Those long names can be truncated, especially when viewing them on the phone.
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Why do people call Bavarian Motor Works - BMW?
Lets all agree to call this phone AWESOME!!!
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Oh, are you talking about BWM?
I just don't like calling it e4gt. I'd rather say et4g. Like saying black cat in English but cat black in Spanish. Negro el gato. Evo touch 4g, nexus s 4g. 4g is usually at the end. To me, saying it the way its "supposed" to be said, sounds awkward or clumsy. Whatever. I gave up correcting people on words, grammar and spelling a long time ago. Its a losing battle and you don't have to think too much to understand what they are saying.
If your in this forum its litterally impossible to flash the wrong thing u unless u go search some other forum... Haha serioualy?
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Wow. Reminds me of the 3vo vs Evo 3D stuff.
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Long Live the 3VO
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If your in this forum its litterally impossible to flash the wrong thing u unless u go search some other forum... Haha serioualy?
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So why do u see a new thread everyday where someone bricked flashing a international ROM .....u can't expect people to read can u ....I don't get it I have never flashed a ROM for different phone but alot on here have
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I never look in the Q&A section of the SGS2E4GT and now I know why...Nothing to ever see in here. lol
Yep. It's mostly people with terrible English skills.
Anyone try it yet? I read on photon boards how much it sped up their data
I will try it once I get home
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Anyone try it yet? I read on photon boards how much it sped up their data
I will try it once I get home
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I am truly confused on what you are asking here
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It's not too hard to understand. He wants to know if anyone has tried the EVO4G LTE prl on our phones because there are people reporting, on the Motorola Photon boards, that they have seen significant speed gains.
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I am truly confused on what you are asking here
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such an informative response . Also OP, let us know how it goes. If it does have an effect then share the wealth :]
no change at home
here the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1680415
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It's not too hard to understand. He wants to know if anyone has tried the EVO4G LTE prl on our phones because there are people reporting, on the Motorola Photon boards, that they have seen significant speed gains.
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Oh geeze I was waiting at court and didn't see the prl my bad
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The previous thread hijacking that was here which had nothing to do with the OP has been moved to here
Thread Hijacking????
People had slow speeds, I offered to and did help at least one person.
That was the ****ing end of it until this so called moderator inflamed the issue and insisted on continuing a conversation that was unnecessary.
Yes, this thread was hijacked, by yours truly, the "moderator"
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People had slow speeds, I offered to and did help at least one person.
That was the ****ing end of it until this so called moderator inflamed the issue and insisted on continuing a conversation that was unnecessary.
Yes, this thread was hijacked, by yours truly, the "moderator"
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And jerdog strikes again. LOL
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People had slow speeds, I offered to and did help at least one person.
That was the ****ing end of it until this so called moderator inflamed the issue and insisted on continuing a conversation that was unnecessary.
Yes, this thread was hijacked, by yours truly, the "moderator"
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When did you become a moderator?
Your posts were about your proposed solution which works for you and you were trying to help. However it was off topic as it was not about using the Evo LTE PRL which is the topic of this thread and thus was moved to its own thread. Now that's enough out of you on this in this thread. Consider this a warning. Further off topic discussion will be met with infractions or short vacations.
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And jerdog strikes again. LOL
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I posted 11121 somewhere in the prl post.. Try that one, you should see some improvements (Specifically in roaming)... These are real improvements because they are the corporate prl list and are actually something that increases tower connectivity. I doubt the 2xxxx prls will do anything because they are really geared towards 1x advanced (new technology they are pushing on the 800 mhz spectrum)...
Just put the evo lte prl on last night and it does seem faster only test I ran 1.8 meg down 534kb upload which is a improvement. 3G results
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Can you get on wimax?
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faster 3G and 1X but no Wimax...
if you are in any area with Wimax i say dont use cause Wimax is still faster, but if you dont have Wimax then USE IT my data is ~ 1.3 MBps after using it
Been using this for a few days now, haven't really seen a huge difference. Can get on Wimax though in contrast to what others are saying. Maybe I'm just lucky?
Can someone please confirm that you can talk and use data on 3G at same time. I would think you could do it on 4G. If so, gonna go pick one up. TIA
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Can someone please confirm that you can talk and use data on 3G at same time. I would think you could do it on 4G. If so, gonna go pick one up. TIA
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This has already been discussed in the q&a section
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Here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004253