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No 4g on g2

Hello all! I installed unity on my g2 and since then I haven't seen 4g at all. Any ideas? Also, I asked this a few days back but I still can't run WiFi without mobile network shutting down. Any help on either subject would be greatly appreciated!
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*You should read the first few posts in the unity thread. It mentions that tmo lies about 4G and your phone will only show 4G when you really are in the area.
As for the actual 4G icon, it's been replaced with the H icon. Search the unity thread for the 4g icon mod. *
scratch that. it's gone since the last time the op was taken down. but yeah, it only shows 4g when you're actually in a 4G area. The mention of that is not in the thread anymore unfortuantely...
Final Edit: here's the official statement on that: http://www.virtuousrom.com/p/faq.html (it's the 2nd to last question on the bottom)
Your mobile netwok is disabled when you have wifi. It is normal. It prevents excessive battery drain. You'll be reconnected to your network as soon as you leave the wifi zone.
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Thank you for your fast reply! I know that about the H icon, but in places i used to get it, i dont anymore. Maybe something is screwy because i just ran a speed test and it pulled 3.7 meg wit 2 bars 3g. I also understand about the wifi but for some reason i cant get calls or texts and i have to reboot to get the mobile network tgo come back on.
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coachmoore said:
Hello all! I installed unity on my g2 and since then I haven't seen 4g at all. Any ideas? Also, I asked this a few days back but I still can't run WiFi without mobile network shutting down. Any help on either subject would be greatly appreciated!
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the "H" icon is "4G". If you want the "4G" icon, you can put it in the ROM yourself. You'll only see "H"/"4G" in the areas where the towers have been upgraded to HSPA (which is most major places by now, actually).
When you're connected to wifi, the phone automatically disables your 3G in order to save battery. It switches to "2G only" because your WiFi data is faster.

coachmoore said:
Thank you for your fast reply! I know that about the H icon, but in places i used to get it, i dont anymore. Maybe something is screwy because i just ran a speed test and it pulled 3.7 meg wit 2 bars 3g. I also understand about the wifi but for some reason i cant get calls or texts and i have to reboot to get the mobile network tgo come back on.
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check the link in my signature of virtuous unity mods for the 4g icon.zip

coachmoore said:
Thank you for your fast reply! I know that about the H icon, but in places i used to get it, i dont anymore. Maybe something is screwy because i just ran a speed test and it pulled 3.7 meg wit 2 bars 3g. I also understand about the wifi but for some reason i cant get calls or texts and i have to reboot to get the mobile network tgo come back on.
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i'm going to assume that this is the first time you installed unity on it. so yeah, what you thought you had 4g, actually was 3G. the unity rom actually denotes a difference in that and tells you that it's actually 3G not 4G.

Ok man, thank you again for all of your helpful replies. However the "H" icon i used to get all over the place, now i never see it. So what youre saying is that i was never really getting 4g, it just had the H up there. What i understood was gthe H was HSPA or 4g. As i said, i live close to atlanta, so i should have it, i thought i did anyway...lol
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coachmoore said:
Ok man, thank you again for all of your helpful replies. However the "H" icon i used to get all over the place, now i never see it. So what youre saying is that i was never really getting 4g, it just had the H up there. What i understood was gthe H was HSPA or 4g. As i said, i live close to atlanta, so i should have it, i thought i did anyway...lol
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Don't worry too much about whether or not you see the "H" icon or the "3G" icon. A lot of times the "H" hangs up there much longer than it should. I noticed on some ROMs that it will just show "H" for a long time even though you've actually moved down to UMTS connection (3G).
As long as you're getting good speeds and not noticing a difference I wouldn't stress about it too much.

Ok, thanks for all of your help as always guys... You ate the best in the biz!
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lol np. just a quick search will usually solve you problems though
and to note, isn't ATL AT&T's hq? if so, then I dont think Tmo has much radio space there.

It is at&t, in fact, I'm a lineman for at&t. Tmobile is just cheaper and the service is a lot better.
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well, that's probably why. I'm on att, but i do hate their new "decisions" they've been making..but yeah, tmo probably has a little less power in that area thanks to it being AT&T's hq.

3G connection uses a LOT of power

Hi everyone. I'm running Trip's CM9 with Franco's Kernel r9 on the Three network in the UK.
I don't get much signal at home, so usually leave airplane mode on and just use Wi-Fi. When I do this, I can get 4+ hours' screen time with games, browsing and more. When I work and have the 3G connection on all day, I struggle to get 2 hours!
Since 3 don't have much 2G coverage in the UK anymore, I am unable to leave the phone on 2G only.
Is this level of power use correct? Or could it be a ROM/network issue? Anybody else seen a similar issue?
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3g will always use alot of power. have u set ur gsm to auto or wcdma preferred?

Well unfortunately if I do that, there's a bug using custom roms on Three network at the moment where if you lose signal there's a chance it won't come back until you enable then disable airplane mode. To get around this bug, I've had to set mine to WCDMA only
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3g & wifi problems

Hello, i'm having problem with my 3g bundle, when i lose my signal it's gone, but when the signal is back, i have to restart the phone to get it to work again, is it normal or is there a way to fix this ?
Wifi is crashing and losing signal even if i'm right next to the router, i heard there was an update for it and the battery, but still didn't find it and the phone still didn't receive it.
Can anyone help ? Thank you.
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Me toooooooo

GNex reception issue - URGENT!

I urgently need a solution to fix a reception issue with the GNex,
I have tried multiple radios, ROMs, etc but I am still only getting one bar or no bars when my X10 gets full reception, sometimes I can get the phone to stay with full reception and it never drops, until I turn my internet on, then it disappears completely again. When I dial USSD codes, my reception is full again, until I end the USSD code, then it drops.
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D34thByCh01c3 said:
I urgently need a solution to fix a reception issue with the GNex,
I have tried multiple radios, ROMs, etc but I am still only getting one bar or no bars when my X10 gets full reception, sometimes I can get the phone to stay with full reception and it never drops, until I turn my internet on, then it disappears completely again. When I dial USSD codes, my reception is full again, until I end the USSD code, then it drops.
Thanks for the replis
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Change carriers.

adrynalyne said:
Change carriers.
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I have tried 3 different Networks, all give the same issue.
The phone used to have reception, until the JB upgrade, rolling back to ICS didn't help either

Sounds like a hardware issue

Sounds like an area issue otherwise your bars would not fluctuate. Don't compare the signal on the phone to others, you will never have the exact same results. hardware issues would result in having no signal not weak signal.
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it could possibly be just an issue with your settings. try tinkering around with using either 2G, 3G, or 2G/3G signal. I had this same problem with my Galaxy Ace before, and now with my brother's Galaxy S3.

Thanks for the replies everyone, I have sent the phone in to Samsung, the area I am in has reception for all networks, the Nexus randomly loses reception, from what I've read it might be a deep sleep issue, I have been through all the settings, I'm not a noob with droids, anyway, I'm more inclined to believe it's a hardware issue

D34thByCh01c3 said:
Thanks for the replies everyone, I have sent the phone in to Samsung, the area I am in has reception for all networks, the Nexus randomly loses reception, from what I've read it might be a deep sleep issue, I have been through all the settings, I'm not a noob with droids, anyway, I'm more inclined to believe it's a hardware issue
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Let's hope for the best! :good:

D34thByCh01c3 said:
I urgently need a solution to fix a reception issue with the GNex,
I have tried multiple radios, ROMs, etc but I am still only getting one bar or no bars when my X10 gets full reception, sometimes I can get the phone to stay with full reception and it never drops, until I turn my internet on, then it disappears completely again. When I dial USSD codes, my reception is full again, until I end the USSD code, then it drops.
Thanks for the replis
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Flash stock ROM image and your phone will be back to normal
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Soldier-2Point0 said:
Flash stock ROM image and your phone will be back to normal
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I did already, I tried the ICS stock ROM, and the JB Stock ROM, both gave the same issue, custom ROMs did the same, radios\basebands did not help, so now I wait for Samsung

Poor Wifi Connectivity on M8?

Hi, is anyone else having poor wifi connectivity on your M8?
My wifi signal will drop completely after a period of time. Conducted speed test and speed turned out to be much lower as compared to my Nexus 5 on the same wifi network, and somehow websites/apps take ages to load via Wifi.
Am on 1.54.707.7 (International) by the way.
Found a video that perfectly describes my problem. :silly:

Yes I'm having the same issue. tried turning off the power saving mode. what kind of works sometimes is if I turn off my mobile data off. I also heard that you Wi-Fi password needs to be 9 characters or else, seems like too much of a hassle. I haven't tried changing the password.
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efraingargar1985 said:
Yes I'm having the same issue. tried turning off the power saving mode. what kind of works sometimes is if I turn off my mobile data off. I also heard that you Wi-Fi password needs to be 9 characters or else, seems like too much of a hassle. I haven't tried changing the password.
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Finally someone who is in the same plight as I am! Haha yes I've tried that too, apparently the signal that the M8 is capable of receiving is weaker than other phones, have a friend who tried on a G2, an M8 and an Oppo Find 7a. The 7a had full bars for WiFi, 1 bar for G2 and the M8 couldn't even connect. :crying:
And about that 9 characters for password myth, yeah have heard about it too! Just counting that out as I don't see any impact it has on the WiFi connectivity though.

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LordKuroda said:
Finally someone who is in the same plight as I am! Haha yes I've tried that too, apparently the signal that the M8 is capable of receiving is weaker than other phones, have a friend who tried on a G2, an M8 and an Oppo Find 7a. The 7a had full bars for WiFi, 1 bar for G2 and the M8 couldn't even connect. :crying:
And about that 9 characters for password myth, yeah have heard about it too! Just counting that out as I don't see any impact it has on the WiFi connectivity though.
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Hi guys, go to advanced settings in Wifi and uncheck "wifi optimization" give it a try might help

The latest small update gets the WiFi working perfectly
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The update didn't help I'm giving up on this phone
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noticed the same thing but i dont lose connectivity the thing is wireless is really good but the signal bars play alot and jumps but if i go a bit far from the router eg in the kitchen where most my phones couldnt get wireless connection i still get it with the m8

Have flashed back to sense to try something so tested once I saw this thread.
Am on 1.54.401.9 and still get the speeds below in my sig with everything set to default and no 'other' kernels installed etc
Ranges from 70mb to 108. (International / UK )

What seems to be working for me so far is I went into my advance Wi-Fi settings and change the frequency from auto to 2.4GHz only instead of auto. I haven't had any issues so far let me know if that helps
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efraingargar1985 said:
What seems to be working for me so far is I went into my advance Wi-Fi settings and change the frequency from auto to 2.4GHz only instead of auto. I haven't had any issues so far let me know if that helps
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I've left mine on auto but connect to 5ghz. (both 2.4 and 5ghz available from router) and again get top speeds.

I don't have any problem at wifi connectivity.

ShayMagen said:
Hi guys, go to advanced settings in Wifi and uncheck "wifi optimization" give it a try might help
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Hi, that worked perfectly for my M8 and my wife's M7. We had big trouble on 2.4 Ghz Networks. After long and disappointing tests for trouble shooting I found this post. And it works. Thanks alot.

am too facing the same problem, wifi keeps dropping consistently.. this happens on each and every sense rom... even on the stock rom.
did a factory reset, but no luck.. also tried turning off and on the wifi optimization in settings-wifi-advanced & changed the wifi frequency band to auto, 5 ghz & 2.4 ghz, but no luck. like it means dropping 12-15 times in 10 minutes. the power saver is also off. wifi in aosp and gpe roms works fine. any suggestions? (firmware is up to date)

Was it due to full metal body? Wifi is worse than my old Butterfly 1