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i was just looking through the specs of this phone and noticed that it runs on HSDPA.... that said, is it true that we dont get HSPA+ speeds???
I dont understand why tmobile says they have HSPA+42 4g speed, and they sell us a phone thats not capable of that??
am i wrong here??? straighten me out!
Technically you will never get that 42mb speed... That's under perfect conditions.
The highest I got on 4G is 30mbps. And upload close to 3.
So I do think the s3 has hspa+
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HSPA = HSDPA + HSUPA
HSPA - High Speed Packet Access
U - Uplink
D - Downlink
Yes our phones are HSPA.
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DocHoliday77 said:
HSPA = HSDPA + HSUPA
HSPA - High Speed Packet Access
U - Uplink
D - Downlink
Yes our phones are HSPA.
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ok well heres my question and please dont try and convince me out.....
our phone says HSDPA......... the Nexus 4 says HSPA+21 ..... that said.. if i buy the nexus4 unlocked, will i still run on HSPA?? i dont want to buy this phone and be stuck on EDGE
from you saying that its the same thing, i should be fine??
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from you saying that its the same thing, i should be fine??
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Yes it has the data bands compatible with tmobile. The galaxy nexus was the same way.
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ok because someone told me that its not the same band and i will be stuck on EDGE... thats good to know
Yes they are the same. HSPA, HSPA+21, HSPA+42 are all basically HSPA tech. Its just improved over time. HSDPA/HSUPA are just referring to one direction within the HSPA network.
HSDPA is the downlink connection, while HSUPA refers to the uplink. Up and down are separated like this because they proviide different speeds. Down is a lot faster than up.
Our phone, the T999 is capable of HSPA+42 speeds.
Check out my modem thread in the development section stickies. At the bottom of the 3rd post are links to some articles that may interest you.
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joemagistro said:
ok well heres my question and please dont try and convince me out.....
our phone says HSDPA......... the Nexus 4 says HSPA+21 ..... that said.. if i buy the nexus4 unlocked, will i still run on HSPA?? i dont want to buy this phone and be stuck on EDGE
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It's says that it works with T-Mobile right on the product page, and the radio supports the same frequencies as the S3.
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thank you all!
Also , Nexus 4 has been confirmed to have a 42mbs radio, not 21 can't wait!
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All new tmobile smartphones should support +42
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If we were stuck on edge we'd all throw our phones away.
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If I unlocked my Hercules and used at&t prepaid and flashed a skyrocket radio would I be able to use their data? And also would the data be just as fast?
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Yes I think so might just have to change APN settings
How do you do that?
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I'm not for sure you may not have to. I only know how to change APN on a iPhone. You should be OK with just an unlocked t989 and radio change
I believe you could use it, but it would only be 2g because at&t uses LTE for their high speed networks. The physical radio itself in our Hercules just doesn't support it.
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But a att radio should fix that
No, not the software radio. That will give you the 2G signal, but we don't have the actual physical hardware to run full speed on at&t's network. That's part of why the Hercules has a different processor, the one in the international/att sII wouldn't work with tmo's hspa network.
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You would be able to use your Hercules on AT&T but if the fast data you're referring to is 4G LTE, then no, you won't get that because the Hercules doesn't have the hardware needed to support it. You would get HSPA+ though.
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Couldn't you turn off 4g and just pull 3g and it work that way?
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Couldn't you turn off 4g and just pull 3g and it work that way?
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No. You could turn off 4G and get EDGE/2G though.
On Verizon phones you can turn off 4g to only use 3g why would it not be the same
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On Verizon phones you can turn off 4g to only use 3g why would it not be the same
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T-Mobile's 3G/4G networks run on the same bands so you can't block something on one band and only let the other thing work. I guess Verizon has different bands for 3G/4G.
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I see got cha.. I didn't know
I hope i'm not hijacking here but I have a similar question. I'm in an at&t lte market and was considering using my t989 with at&t via straightalk. Would I be better off to sell my phone and get a "true" at&t phone that does LTE?
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I hope i'm not hijacking here but I have a similar question. I'm in an at&t lte market and was considering using my t989 with at&t via straightalk. Would I be better off to sell my phone and get a "true" at&t phone that does LTE?
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If you use Straight Talk, then no matter what phone you use, you won't get LTE so it doesn't matter if you use a T989 or an AT&T phone.
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Thanks for the info. I'm still looking at options. Appreciate the quick reply.
Hi everyone I have a 2 week old SGN2 N7105T from Vodafone Australia.
As Voda in Australia doesn't have 4g yet it seems Voda/Samsung has disabled 4g LTE on the phone.
Which means I cannot use another sim from another carrier to reap the benefits of 4g.
In the settings I only have options for wcdm/gsm auto, wcdma only & gsm only.
Does anyone know if and how I can enable 4g?
I have thought about rooting and putting a different rom from a different country or one from another carrier in Oz (such as Optus 1800mhz) that has the 4g option.
Not sure if that will allow me to get 4g? (By using an Optus sim)
Thanks
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Option [1] UMTS
[1]Debug screen
[8]Phone control
[7]Network control
[2]Band selection
Select [1]Automatic
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Thanks I tried that but nothing happens.
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In settings look under mobile network, access point network, Internet. At the bottom of APN settings what option do you see in Bearer?
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Bearer says UNSPECIFIED
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I just tried changing it to LTE but I lose internet connection all together.
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Sorry the options are:
Unspecified
eHRPD
Lte
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Vodafone Australia doesn't have 4g network just yet. They are planning to upgrade by June/ july 2013. Thats why they disabled lte option on note 2 7105t for now. even if you are able to get lte option by flashing different rom you won't be able to get 4g network.
This is seriously against the consumer right as we pay premium price for 7105 only for lte reason. But we get the phone same as 7100
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Bearer says UNSPECIFIED
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Your current provider has no bearings on the menu options, so the option will not change.
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Vodafone Australia doesn't have 4g network just yet. They are planning to upgrade by June/ july 2013. Thats why they disabled lte option on note 2 7105t for now. even if you are able to get lte option by flashing different rom you won't be able to get 4g network.
This is seriously against the consumer right as we pay premium price for 7105 only for lte reason. But we get the phone same as 7100
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I think this is not correct. 4g connection is not disabled on the phone. Because the carrier does not support 4g at the moment, the LTE option in the menu will not be visible. That is the impression that I have got from a Vodafone NZ engineer.
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Have you tried other carer sim which has 4g network??
I flashed new firmware and its now visible.
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@mregmi121 No. I have not tried other sim, what firmware did you flash?
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@mregmi121 No. I have not tried other sim, what firmware did you flash?
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I flashed N7105XXDLL7 Singapore,
Network quality is not good, maybe modem issue
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try apn setting
http://ausdroid.net/apns/
Sorry for the late reply guys.
I installed a German Vodafone 4.1.2 rom from samfirmware which gave me the option to choose LTE, GSM, WCDMA then I put my mates Telstra 4g sim and 4g worked great. When. I was in 4g areas the 4g symbol showed on top and speeds were awesome. Now all we need is Vodafone to hurry up.
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mregmi121 said:
Vodafone Australia doesn't have 4g network just yet. They are planning to upgrade by June/ july 2013. Thats why they disabled lte option on note 2 7105t for now. even if you are able to get lte option by flashing different rom you won't be able to get 4g network.
This is seriously against the consumer right as we pay premium price for 7105 only for lte reason. But we get the phone same as 7100
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Sorry man you're flat wrong.
I flashed a rom I found on here for the N7100 that was confirmed compatible with my N7105-t From Voda and put in my telstra sim and 4G'ed my brains out.
It was getting crazy numbers for up and down speed in speed test so I know it was legit. That and the 4G logo up the top....
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Sorry man you're flat wrong.
I flashed a rom I found on here for the N7100 that was confirmed compatible with my N7105-t From Voda and put in my telstra sim and 4G'ed my brains out.
It was getting crazy numbers for up and down speed in speed test so I know it was legit. That and the 4G logo up the top....
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You used telstra sim and got 4g, because telstea have 4g networks. Nothing wrong with that. So how I am wrong here? I said getting 4g compatible rom doesn't mean you get 4g from VODAFONE because they don't have 4g. tell me if I am still wrong. Thankx
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Ok firstly I'm from the UK where 4g connection is something very new and only major citied have it, now when I use a normal Rom statusbar it says h+ but using omega statusbar it will 4g, can somebody kindly explain the difference? Sorry for the noob question just always wondered this.
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sensation lover said:
Ok firstly I'm from the UK where 4g connection is something very new and only major citied have it, now when I use a normal Rom statusbar it says h+ but using omega statusbar it will 4g, can somebody kindly explain the difference? Sorry for the noob question just always wondered this.
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h+ stands for HSPA+, or "3,5G". It is an evolved version of 3G, offering higher speeds. But not close to 4G, of course. See wikipedia for more details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM
Unless you got a carrier-locked CDMA model from the US, AFAIK, you have a international GSM device, only capable of connecting to GSM/UMTS networks, and using any of their data protocols (EDGE, 3G, HSxPA). Any ROM that tells you that you're on 4G, they're lying to you, purely an appearance tweak.
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People who have galaxy s4 rooted with tmobile do you still get 4g lte or 3g?
Rooting doesnt affect your radio bands at all.
i only ask because I had a htc sensation before my galaxy s4 and when i rooted and had miui rom it only got 3g never got 4g
that was muiu's fault that didn't support anything better than 3G.
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that was muiu's fault that didn't support anything better than 3G.
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Actually, if the Sensation is anything like the Evo 3D code wise, 4G has something to do with Sense... no sense = no 4G.
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Actually, if the Sensation is anything like the Evo 3D code wise, 4G has something to do with Sense... no sense = no 4G.
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devs have to support it... when I had the HTC evo, anything other than sense wouldn't let you have 4G after months later devs cooked it into CM. MIUI was an Asian rom that didn't support the 4g. well regardless he's not asking about roms he's asking about rooting. Rooting won't make you lose your 4g/lte Op.
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i only ask because I had a htc sensation before my galaxy s4 and when i rooted and had miui rom it only got 3g never got 4g
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MIUI only supported 3G signal icons. you were still getting 4G speeds
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Tonypker14 said:
People who have galaxy s4 rooted with tmobile do you still get 4g lte or 3g?
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Yes I still get both 4 n 3g
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I have an unlocked rooted T-Mobile S4. I have used it on a bunch of different networks so far. My home/work market is a reframed 1900mhz market and it works well there. I was traveling through Phoenix airport and got a very good 4g LTE connection there. I was in Europe last week (UK) and used it all week on EE's HSPA+ network without an issue.
I get 4G Lte.
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I get lte
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