I see that my 4G is on, but can't figure out how to turn it off as I don't have 4G service in the area. Anybody know how to turn this off? Also, stupid question, but is this phone able to connect to 4G and 4G LTE, or just 4G LTE?
noreboy said:
I see that my 4G is on, but can't figure out how to turn it off as I don't have 4G service in the area. Anybody know how to turn this off? Also, stupid question, but is this phone able to connect to 4G and 4G LTE, or just 4G LTE?
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You have to go into the mobile networks under settings to shut off lte. The only 4g is lte, wimax does not function on this phone.
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You have to go into the mobile networks under settings to shut off lte. The only 4g is lte, wimax does not function on this phone.
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Thanks! So regular 4G is the same as WiMax? Sorry, I just upgraded from the S1 (Epic) with just 4G.
Wimax was going to be 4G but sprint trashed that idea and switched to LTE/4G.. but the 4G on S3 is LTE not Wimax.
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I know you can switch your twoers to roam on other companies, but can you somehow switch to other 4g towers? or is that not built into our system?
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I know you can switch your twoers to roam on other companies, but can you somehow switch to other 4g towers? or is that not built into our system?
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We have wimax Verizon is lte. Our phones have built in wimax radios so its impossible to roam on Verizon's lte
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First, can wimax or 4g work with a non activated phone using only wifi or romaing network
Second, what is wimax and 4g how do i set it and is it like wifi where you can connect to 4g/wimax networks,
Last whats the diffrents between wimax and 4g
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First, can wimax or 4g work with a non activated phone using only wifi or romaing network
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Umm no, since 4g obviously goes through sprint, an unactivated phone wont connect to the network.
Second, what is wimax and 4g how do i set it and is it like wifi where you can connect to 4g/wimax networks,
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G
Like 3g but faster.
Last whats the diffrents between wimax and 4g
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There are two types of 4g networks in the US right now, Wimax and LTE. Sprint is the only carrier using wimax right now, even though they aren't expanding due to the switch to the better LTE.
Thanks for the info
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First, can wimax or 4g work with a non activated phone...
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Yes, I have mine setup to Clearwire WiMax network, not activated with sprint.
Sprint does not have 4g LTE in my area but US Cellular does, is there a way I can roam off of US Cellular towers for 4G LTE
GGerk said:
Sprint does not have 4g LTE in my area but US Cellular does, is there a way I can roam off of US Cellular towers for 4G LTE
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Im sure that might be an option once sprint launches some LTE devices but don't quote me on that.
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Im sure that might be an option once sprint launches some LTE devices but don't quote me on that.
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No probably not as there are no roaming agreements on 4g sprint was talking with big red but probably will never happen as different freq and VZW don't want to anyways they would have to be forced by FCC
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I noticed att also has 4g not lte but just 4g in my area, would be awesome to hook up to it
I could be wrong but I think our phone will not have a Sim card either which will probably not allow hooking up to the att version...somewhere it said Sim less lte about our version of nexus
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Okay so on my wife's epic 4g running cm9 under the settings there is a 4g section and her toggle wimax works. On this phone on the same rom I don't have that option. And the wimax toggle doesn't work. Is this just temporary or does this phone really not get wimax. Cuz I don't get lte where I live and 3g is so slow.
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Yes, the Galaxy Nexus doesn't have WiMax, its not just your ROM. It has EVDO (3G) and LTE (4G). Since LTE isn't even starting to launch for a couple more months, expect to keep waiting.
twilightvanquisher said:
Okay so on my wife's epic 4g running cm9 under the settings there is a 4g section and her toggle wimax works. On this phone on the same rom I don't have that option. And the wimax toggle doesn't work. Is this just temporary or does this phone really not get wimax. Cuz I don't get lte where I live and 3g is so slow.
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You seriously are saying you bought the phone and didn't know it would not do wimax ? Don't think there is very much wimax in phoenix either...as I live at 75th and mcdowell....can't say that there is much 4g just a couple places that I ever connected and so spotty not really usable
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how do you guys turn off 4g
Both the battery working so good and long I would ask you this:
Why?
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just wanna test 3g of tmobile
i do have unlimited 4g
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just wanna test 3g of tmobile
i do have unlimited 4g
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4G and 3G are not actually different for Tmobile.
Wikipedia article on Evolved HSPA
So then, the question is how to turn off DC hspa. Which is probably not accessible through the maintenance menus.
But for many real world value metrics I don't know what you would gain.
Get the app called phone info
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I think there's an app for that. I forgot what its called but I think the toggles are Edge or HSPA+ umts only
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Phone info
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I'm wondering if the OP came from Sprint? Sprint's 4G was a separate (battery sucking) radio that you could turn on and off and needed to in order to protect the battery usage.
4g on TMo isn't like LTE, it's not a separate modem to turn off like AT&T, VZW, or sprint. It's really a hopped up version of 3G. Your choices are 3G/4G or Edge.
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I'm wondering if the OP came from Sprint? Sprint's 4G was a separate (battery sucking) radio that you could turn on and off and needed to in order to protect the battery usage.
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yea i did came from sprint that y i ask but thanx for the app guys
I occasionally see a G. Not sure what that is...
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I occasionally see a G. Not sure what that is...
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That is the 2G service.
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yea i did came from sprint that y i ask but thanx for the app guys
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On T-Mobile, there is no real differentiation between 3G and 4G. Both operate on the same spectrum. The only difference is the speeds. However, that is controlled, not by your phone, but by the tower you're connected to. It's easier to look at it as the same exact technology. For the purpose of this conversation, there is no more T-Mobile 3G. It's all 4G, or HSPA+, service now. The 3G brand has been retired in favor of the 4G moniker.
To put it all simply, 3G is the same as 4G on T-Mobile. To turn off 4G, you would drop down to 2G, or EDGE/GPRS, service.
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On T-Mobile, there is no real differentiation between 3G and 4G. Both operate on the same spectrum. The only difference is the speeds. However, that is controlled, not by your phone, but by the tower you're connected to. It's easier to look at it as the same exact technology. For the purpose of this conversation, there is no more T-Mobile 3G. It's all 4G, or HSPA+, service now. The 3G brand has been retired in favor of the 4G moniker.
To put it all simply, 3G is the same as 4G on T-Mobile. To turn off 4G, you would drop down to 2G, or EDGE/GPRS, service.
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And if you still want to do it.....go to settings - more settings - mobile networks - network mode and you can select "GSM only".
Strangely enough....there are a couple areas around where i live that my phone will show a 4G connection and absolutely refuses to open anything. I've found that if i switch to the "GSM only" option in those areas that at least i can get it working... slowly, but better than nothing.
Had the same issue with my previous phone. (G2) weird phantom 4G zone. :-/
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