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1x, even with roaming set to "Sprint Only"

Quite often my phone will switch to 1x while driving through the city. I set "Settings > Wireless and network > Roaming > Roaming mode" to Sprint Only in hopes that it would enforce 3G but it still occasionally jumps to 1x:
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Toggle the airplane mode and viola, 3G is back:
I got a cell phone amplifier with a cradle so why does it still switch to 1x even if I'm literally standing right under the cell tower? How do you force 3G-only? I'd rather get no signal than 1x, which will be nearly impossible inside the city with my setup
Thanks for the help!
EDIT: "Sprint Only" setting is for roaming only. To force 3G set "##DEBUG# > enter MSL > Others > HDR/1X Selection" to "EVDO only"... this will force 3G but also will stop SMS from being sent/received. seems like SMS are being sent over 1xRTT regardless what radio you're on.

According to your signature, you have a gsm galaxy s2?
If not, what modem are you running? I noticed lately that my phone would drop to 1x and not go back to 3g (I'm running the EL29 modem) . I got pissed and flashed the EL26 and it's behaving itself for now. 1x isn't necessarily roaming, that's, for a lack of a better term, 2g.

oscarthegrouch said:
According to your signature, you have a gsm galaxy s2?
If not, what modem are you running? I noticed lately that my phone would drop to 1x and not go back to 3g (I'm running the EL29 modem) . I got pissed and flashed the EL26 and it's behaving itself for now. 1x isn't necessarily roaming, that's, for a lack of a better term, 2g.
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I always run same modem version as the kernel, EL29. Guess I'll give EL26 another shot
ps: CDMA SGS2, aka Sprint's Epic 4G Touch... thus me posting in this forum

1x doesn't only happen when roaming, so roaming settings won't help it
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Whats weird about your problem is that I had the same issue at work constantly switching back and forth from 1x to 3g. Then my screen on that phone got cracked, got a new one through insurance. This new phone never goes to 1x at work, always on 3g. Also running blazer ROM that lets you know if your on 1x or 3g. So it led me to conclude no phone is built the same, and this phone must have a stronger signal somehow.
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globen said:
no phone is built the same, and this phone must have a stronger signal somehow.
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Could you do ##RTN# > View and post your PCB Version here? Mine is UnknownSMDK210.000c
Just wondering if there are different versions of this phone.

Wizard Knight said:
1x doesn't only happen when roaming, so roaming settings won't help it
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That's what I thought too. From my experience setting it to Sprint Only actually did stop the phone from dropping to 1x so that led me to believe that they really were related.

There ya go
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Just showing 1x does not indicate roaming, just means your phone is not connected to 3G bot to the slower 1xrtt Sprint network (for lack of a better word, 2G).
Showing 1x with a little triangle on the signal meter "indicates" roaming.

Sprint uses 1x for SMS(& secondary data), so if you want forced 3G only(there is a dialer menu that you can go to select that), you will not receive your SMS's, so just an FYI. But the reason you see 1x so often is because the radio on the Epic 4G Touch is crap, I've never seen a radio that has this many issues, random switching to 1x, data throughput issues, connection issues, etc(But then again, I've only had 1 Samsung before and it was for only 2 months)

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said dialer menu is ##DEBUG# > enter MSL > Others > HDR/1X Selection
set to EVDO only mode.
I would leave it on automatic. Flash PRL 11115. You've tried updating data profile? you havent messed with roam control by any chance have you? if you id say maybe open the app and make sure you have it set to automatic in there as well. other than than.. perhaps theres been a bad flash along the way.. maybe do a lil odin reflashing back to stock and start fresh?

autoprime said:
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Flash PRL 11115.
You've tried updating data profile?
you havent messed with roam control by any chance have you?
perhaps theres been a bad flash along the way.. maybe do a lil odin reflashing back to stock and start fresh?
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yeah, last night i completely reflashed everything, ever went as far as formatting both internal and external sdcard. everything is now pretty much brand spankin new havent tried updating the data profile nor the prl. I'll flash 11115 / update profile and see how far that takes me. i'll give roam control a shot while at it as well.
thanks all for the feedback. agree with calkulin that this phone is mindblowing horrible when it comes to radios. even my old Touch Pro got better signal and better data... but then again, back then nobody used data for anything so sprint's data network was like a ghost town

I've been using 1115 and roam control for the past two weeks. This almost always means verizon in my area. I get better call reception but little, if any, improvement in data.

parkslope said:
I've been using 1115 and roam control for the past two weeks. This almost always means verizon in my area. I get better call reception but little, if any, improvement in data.
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Not all areas get 3g roaming on 11115 ..... flash 00001 for a little and check your 3g speed then ..
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AT&T hotspot - "Wi-Fi Hotspot Access Failed"?

Ever since AT&T revealed that all unlimited users are now capped to 3gb/month (5gb for LTE), aka no more 5% crap, I can't get my Nitro automatically connect to any ATT hotspots around the town. I get message in notification bar saying
Unable to confirm eligibility, please call Customer CARE at 800-331-0500.
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Before that, every time there is a hotspot available the phone automatically connects and nothing required from the user's side. Now I have to manually open browser and agree with their terms of service.
Anyone experiencing this?

I will test mine out to see if I get the same issue, and report back my findings.

I've had that happen a few times recently too. The app would seem to keep trying and would eventually connect successfully.

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Ever since AT&T revealed that all unlimited users are now capped to 3gb/month (5gb for LTE), aka no more 5% crap, I can't get my Nitro automatically connect to any ATT hotspots around the town. I get message in notification bar saying
Before that, every time there is a hotspot available the phone automatically connects and nothing required from the user's side. Now I have to manually open browser and agree with their terms of service.
Anyone experiencing this?
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I'm having the same problem. I've been bounced back and forth between AT&T Mobility and AT&T Wi-Fi so many times. Like you I can always get in by going to the login screen and logging in with my DSL credentials. I also have a grandfathered "unlimited" data plan.
I recall this happening previously (like when I go through a McDonald's drive-thru) but I've only chased after it since March 1. It's happened in 2 different hotspots, one in Boston and one in Memphis.
I'm on a Samsung Captivate with OEM Gingerbread.
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Here is my conspiracy theory:
AT&T trying make us, unlimited plan users, use all the capped data as quicker as possible to slow it done sooner, make us more pissed off and switch to limited plans.
Make sense?

Try restoring the hotspot app in Titanium Backup again and then reboot.
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yep, I'm having the same issue

dnorthington said:
Try restoring the hotspot app in Titanium Backup again and then reboot.
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Can't use Titanium. I'm not rooted.
I tried clearing the application data. I'll post back whether that helps or not.

Running latest Kernelpanic rom I don't experience this problem.

I finally got my WISPr connect to work. In "Wi-Fi settings" I had "Network notification" unchecked. I checked this and then went to an AT&T Wi-Fi hotspot.
It connected!
Not wanting to leave "Network notification" checked and get all those nagging notifications I unchecked it and visited another AT&T Wi-Fi hotspot.
It connected!
See if this helps you.

It is actually nothing to do with our phones, it's ATT ****ing with us.
I've checked it with 3 different phones, all had the same problem.
Now, all three one day connecting fine another - no go.

Come to Canada it works...wait forget it we don't have ICS. ;-)
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[email protected] said:
Here is my conspiracy theory:
AT&T trying make us, unlimited plan users, use all the capped data as quicker as possible to slow it done sooner, make us more pissed off and switch to limited plans.
Make sense?
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I fully believe this is exactly what they are doing. It pisses me off, but instead of switching plans I'll switch APNs. HAHA I win!

[Q]Does Android Wifi Tether work on LTE?

Does anyone have Android Wifi Tether working when on LTE? I have been having the worst time trying to get this to work on the SGS3 (worked great on the EvoOG). Yesterday, I happened to be in an area that only had 3G coverage, and when I tried the wifi tether, it worked for the first time. A bit later, I was back in my normal coverage area and was back on LTE (4G) and the wifi tether stopped working again. It allows me to connect, and it sends traffic upstream, but it won't route it back down to my connected device (tried iPad 2 and laptop).
Regarding AWT settings, I have tried the usual settings (router fix checked, authentication enabled, SG Nexus CDMA/LTE, GSM, and other profiles that others have mentioned). No luck.
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I'm with you on this one, my original Evo worked great but have had zero luck connecting with the S3 no matter what settings I choose.

I'm also having issues getting wifi tethering to work sometimes I have to force close to get it to work but on 3g and I have the latest beta
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I'm almost positive that i used wifi tether on LTE about 2 weeks ago. I don't have LTE at work but i'll try again at home tonight and see if it still works. I'm using Samsung Galaxy Nexus (CDMA/LTE) on wifi tether 3.1-beta14... still using the LF9 modem though.

first screenshot = wifi tether
second screenshot = speedtest website.. speedtest.net wasnt working for me so i googled for another
third screenshot = my motorola photon tethered to my gs3
anyways.. it works for me with the settings i listed above.. i think i followed qbking's tutorial

Ive been using this WiFi Tethering
do the install put model on auto select start WiFi there will be a pop up saying something like there is a new/update for are sgs3.
I haven't had any problems on 4g or 3g unless I'm in a area where I must be on the line of 4g/3g

MvDef said:
Ive been using this WiFi Tethering
do the install put model on auto select start WiFi there will be a pop up saying something like there is a new/update for are sgs3.
I haven't had any problems on 4g or 3g unless I'm in a area where I must be on the line of 4g/3g
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I did this, but the first wifi install is just the android wifi tether project with a wrapper. It said it wouldn't work on my device, as you stated, and then prompted me to install regular open garden. I don't want my phone to be an open, unsecured wifi hotspot. So I guess I'm fooked unless I can find out why the qbking setup seems to work for some people, but not me and at least one other person in this thread.
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Here's the .apk that i use.
Device Profile = Samsung Galaxy Nexus (CDMA/LTE)
WiFi-Encryption Enabled
SSID changed..
that's all I did as far as settings go.
hope that helps someone!

rihc55 said:
Here's the .apk that i use.
Device Profile = Samsung Galaxy Nexus (CDMA/LTE)
WiFi-Encryption Enabled
SSID changed..
that's all I did as far as settings go.
hope that helps someone!
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I will agree i did use the same settings and I did accomplish a speedtest on my friends laptop using 4G LTE as my connection. Very fast i might ad 30Mbps down and 10Mbps up... Way faster than my cable here at the house.....

Ok, so I was able to resolve this by grabbing the latest beta from the project. The version in the play store, 3.1 v 14, just wasn't working right. The 3.2 pre1 version from the project page worked great. Anyone else having problems should grab the apk from the google pronect page. Here's the link.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
*edit* updating link to general download area of the google project page, rather than the specific version.

Sleestax said:
Ok, so I was able to resolve this by grabbing the latest beta from the project. The version in the play store, 3.1 v 14, just wasn't working right. The 3.2 pre1 version from the project page worked great. Anyone else having problems should grab the apk from the google pronect page. Here's the link.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wi...etail?name=wifi_tether_v3_2-pre1.apk&can=2&q=
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That version works for me. Dont have to start and stop until it want to show up.
Thank you Sir.
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Has anyone tried the FoxFi app to see if it allows the phone to use the LTE signal?
I'm in LA, and LTE is not available yet.

i have spent entirely too much time on this tether app and this is because it was not working, but here is what i did which was a collection of things i read here but i had to mix the options up a bit
fist of all i just got this phone 3 days ago and i allowed it to do all updates like a fool
i rooted this 2 nights ago
i am running wifi tether 3.2-beta2
access control is off, sure i get msg once in a while but as soon as i turned this off it immediately loaded the page on my laptop
my profile is: Samsung galaxy nexus gsm, i know i know. im on sprint and its not gsm but this worked
setup method is: auto
it works quickly every time even after reboots of gs3, app and laptops
thought i'd share

[Q] Tmobile Note 3 on ATT network?

Anyone else running a Tmobile Note 3 on the AT&T network? Is there any difference in reception or LTE? I've seen in other threads people complain that they dropped calls and had less reception with the Tmobile hardware on ATT, I'd be curious to see DB measurements and not simply rely on the reception bars. Also heard complaints that the Tmobile N3 doesn't hand onto ATT LTE signals well.
Also using the Tmobile Note 3 on the ATT network does;
1) does tethering still work?
2) does it work with an AT&T microcell?

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Tether Works
No problem here.
There are other thread with same information. Search.
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spinedoc said:
Anyone else running a Tmobile Note 3 on the AT&T network? Is there any difference in reception or LTE? I've seen in other threads people complain that they dropped calls and had less reception with the Tmobile hardware on ATT, I'd be curious to see DB measurements and not simply rely on the reception bars. Also heard complaints that the Tmobile N3 doesn't hand onto ATT LTE signals well.
Also using the Tmobile Note 3 on the ATT network does;
1) does tethering still work?
2) does it work with an AT&T microcell?
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My wife and I both use straight talk which runs off of AT&T towers and when I'm at the house I have full bars and my speed was 20 if I remember correctly, at work I get 3-4 bars but never any reception problems. Hope this helps a Lil bit.

I'm running my N900T on AT&T with CM 11 and have noticed that my phone randomly drops back to Edge and even G sometimes. It has completely lost data access occasionally too. I put my phone in airplane mode and it goes back to full LTE, but that's bothering me. I don't know how to fix it.

Gaúcho comedor said:
I'm running my N900T on AT&T with CM 11 and have noticed that my phone randomly drops back to Edge and even G sometimes. It has completely lost data access occasionally too. I put my phone in airplane mode and it goes back to full LTE, but that's bothering me. I don't know how to fix it.
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Mine does that on tmobile

Gaúcho comedor said:
I'm running my N900T on AT&T with CM 11 and have noticed that my phone randomly drops back to Edge and even G sometimes. It has completely lost data access occasionally too. I put my phone in airplane mode and it goes back to full LTE, but that's bothering me. I don't know how to fix it.
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You can download Advanced Signal Status. Then go to additional info then device info and you can change the network mode to LTE only to force it to reconnect to LTE always.

sstory792 said:
You can download Advanced Signal Status. Then go to additional info then device info and you can change the network mode to LTE only to force it to reconnect to LTE always.
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I tested the app here, and although it says my LTE signal is at 100%, my data connection is being disabled every time I make a call. I tried changing the preferred network type to LTE only in the phone info menu and calls drop as soon as I hit the call button on the dialer. Also, in the phone info menu, the option to enable/disable data shows only as "enable" during a call, which means data is disabled, and clicking it does nothing. As soon as I hang up, my data connection restarts and goes to 2G. I don't know if this is a problem with CM 11, so I'll try a Touchwiz ROM in a minute. Any other suggestions?

Gaúcho comedor said:
I tested the app here, and although it says my LTE signal is at 100%, my data connection is being disabled every time I make a call. I tried changing the preferred network type to LTE only in the phone info menu and calls drop as soon as I hit the call button on the dialer. Also, in the phone info menu, the option to enable/disable data shows only as "enable" during a call, which means data is disabled, and clicking it does nothing. As soon as I hang up, my data connection restarts and goes to 2G. I don't know if this is a problem with CM 11, so I'll try a Touchwiz ROM in a minute. Any other suggestions?
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No problems at all with touchwiz. Probably a CM11 problem.

Disabling VoLTE (Verizon)

Hello all!
Is there a way to turn off VoLTE? I use my phone as a hotspot, so when I get a call, I don't have internet access. I'm assuming this is because of VoLTE since my last phone (Droid 4) didn't have this issue.
Thanks!

jm.kloz said:
Hello all!
Is there a way to turn off VoLTE? I use my phone as a hotspot, so when I get a call, I don't have internet access. I'm assuming this is because of VoLTE since my last phone (Droid 4) didn't have this issue.
Thanks!
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Is this the option you are looking for? 'Enhanced 4G LTE Mode'
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I always thought having that option disabled is what caused data to turn off during phone calls. I have it enabled and I can still use data while on the phone. That's the toggle to the off VoLTE though.
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Sounds like you aren't using VoLTE in the first place. Turning it off won't give you data during a call it would do the opposite.

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Is this the option you are looking for? 'Enhanced 4G LTE Mode'
I always thought having that option disabled is what caused data to turn off during phone calls. I have it enabled and I can still use data while on the phone. That's the toggle to the off VoLTE though.
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I've tested it with that both on and off and still lose LTE during a call. :/

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I've tested it with that both on and off and still lose LTE during a call. :/
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Talk and web is only available if you have advanced calling option turned on within your verizon account. Its free.

It doesn't sound like you're using VoLTE exactly because you stated you can't use simultaneous voice and data. Here's the deal: To save battery power or whatever, the additional radio added to Verizon and Sprint (CDMA) phones to enable 4G has been removed from a lot of them, rather converged.
Verizon has always had this problem and they got around it by, finally, adding an additional radio to handle the 4G to many phones. On CDMA networks it's either (I think analog) voice or (I think digital) data. Then, I guess expecting this great big transition to VoLTE (and only needing one radio to simultaneously handle LTE and Voice over LTE) "they" reverted phones to the original model. I mean that has to be it... I would gladly charge my phone more to be able to be able to hotspot and talk! Or maybe they want to sell more JetPacks and separate line access fees!
(This is what allows for all that red on their coverage maps as Verizon's original voice frequencies do rock for signal strength and reliability. The data maps look a lot more similar amongst the carrriers: concentrated on major "markets" as the efficiencies of cities drive the capital to create the networks--rural areas have lousy 4G coverage).
The GSM networks from T-mobile and AT&T automatically fall back to 2, 2.5, 3 and 4G frequencies and can use the newer and the older networks at the same time. You also get better conference calling (up to 5 people) and call management on the GSM based networks.
If you want to use voice and data at the same time on Verizon, edit your account preferences to enable Advanced Calling 1.0 for your line. It is free. Also enable Enhanced 4G LTE mode as shown in the screenshot.
But VoLTE seems to bring its own issues: call complete rates will drop, call quality will drop, static bursts occur at the beginning of calls... it's a real mess.
I really miss T-Mobile, but their network isn't as good and I save money being on the family plan with others on Verizon.

Hi guys, I am having the opposite issue.
I can't get VoLTE ("HD Voice") to work. As a result, no internet when I'm on a phone call. A real pain in the butt.
I'm on CM13 on my Nexus 5x and using Verizon.
I had previously activated this feature on the Verizon website, and it shows the VoLTE flag is 'on' in the phone info/service settings menu. I've seen posts elsewhere where people say CM13 is not working properly with VoLTE.
Should I flash to a different ROM perhaps? Appreciate any ideas...