I tried searching but could not find anything similar. is theree anyone that knows of an app or widget so i can toggle the lte / evdo ect on my phone . im looking for something similar to what the original evo 4g had aas a basic on off widget for 4g.
update: beautiful widgets or hd widgets have wifi and 4g toggle but it only works with wimax.
posted this in the "international galaxy s3 forum" by mistake but i guess their lte and our is soo different they have no need for this
Idt there is anything atm
Samsung doesnt have those toglles in widgets?
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the system ask for a reboot when you change, so i doubt a widget would be very useful. i don't think you can switch between them ondemand like that..
There isn't a way to manually switch between 3g & 4G LTE, its an automatic switch based on the area you're in. The new 3g signal piggybacks through the LTE hard ware, where the EVO had separate radios that allowed the switching.
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I stand corrected, there is a way but has down sides to it as well.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sprint-galaxy-s-iii/202207-possible-keep-4g-lte-only.html
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Are there battery savings to be had by leaving LTE off?
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Are there battery savings to be had by leaving LTE off?
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Great battery savings by leaving it off, unless needed. I'm in Dallas Meteoplex and avg 2 - 3 mbps on 3g so I leave it off. On stock from I would get about 20hrs on a single charge.
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sykotc said:
Great battery savings by leaving it off, unless needed. I'm in Dallas Meteoplex and avg 2 - 3 mbps on 3g so I leave it off. On stock from I would get about 20hrs on a single charge.
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here in nyc i average 200-400 kbps on 3g. dying for 4g...
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What would u do if u seen these specs
It is the worst it can get
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id switch carriers or go outside or get a repeater
Just came from atat which had grade speeds and signal always to come back to sprint cause they are way more affordable... But I knew what I was getting back into... It's not so much sprint its Samsung I made a thread about why all Samsung phones specifically Samsung have bad signal
When compared to a photon or htc in the same coverage area.... I must be in a complete dead zone only luck I had is with atat I've tried every carrier. Even vzw
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What's a repeater
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Here is a battery drain update is this normal in 2hr 21min barely using phone 36% drain
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http://www.repeaterstore.com/products/repeaterkits/wi-ex/wi-ex-zboost-one-yx-400.php
not sure if thats exactly it, but its a signal booster you can install in your home to get signal in areas you cant.
I just got my gnex yesterday and im on ATT and get slightly better signal, i can actually text sitting at my computer, my inspire i had to hold near the window to send/receive.
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Here is a battery drain update is this normal in 2hr 21min barely using phone 36% drain
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When you don't have a stable connection your phone is always scanning for a better connection. So it will use more battery.
You might want to try updating your APN settings, and possibly try using 2g only at your house.
Update!!
In only just 2hr and 10 min since last update at 64% I've gone down from 64%to 14%
Hardly using phone
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I'm sorry? It sounded like you knew what you were getting into when going to sprint. So not sure what you want us to tell you.
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Just came from atat which had grade speeds and signal always to come back to sprint cause they are way more affordable... But I knew what I was getting back into... It's not so much sprint its Samsung I made a thread about why all Samsung phones specifically Samsung have bad signal
When compared to a photon or htc in the same coverage area.... I must be in a complete dead zone only luck I had is with atat I've tried every carrier. Even vzw
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ive always had great signals with samsung phones. dont trust the signal bars btw. i bet its sprint since ive read countless people complaining about their signal.
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In only just 2hr and 10 min since last update at 64% I've gone down from 64%to 14%
Hardly using phone
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As someone else said, low signal means the phone works harder to maintain/find signal, which results in more battery usage. I work in what might as well be a faraday cage because of EMI from all of our test systems. If I don't keep it plugged in while I'm at work (or go into airplane mode), it won't last the day, even if I don't touch it.
Find a place with better signal, use a repeater/booster, use airplane mode, or keep it on a charger. Those are about your only options.
Edit: You can also use an app called OpenSignal (free in the play store) to see what tower your phone is connecting to. That could tell you if you just simply don't have a tower close enough.
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What's a repeater
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It's kind of like tethering. It picks up on the signal and "repeats" the signal, except now since you're right next to the cell tower (repeater) you get better signal.
So, LTE is not in my area as of yet. Every once in a while, I travel to the city which has LTE. So my question, should I just turn it on when I know I'm going to be using it or can I just leave it on all the time? Will it drain my battery? Thanks!
I would just turn it on when u need it. I'm sure it draws battery cause it will constantly scan for lte
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Thanks, much appreciated!
It makes absolutely no difference which mode you have it set to unless you have LTE in your area. It will not drain any additional battery. There is one exception... If you have a Sprint Airrave (home signal booster for areas with poor service), you want to keep it on cdma mode. Cdma/lte mode when connected to the Airrave disrupts text messaging.
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It makes absolutely no difference which mode you have it set to unless you have LTE in your area. It will not drain any additional battery. There is one exception... If you have a Sprint Airrave (home signal booster for areas with poor service), you want to keep it on cdma mode. Cdma/lte mode when connected to the Airrave disrupts text messaging.
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Doesn't at all affect my airvana. When I 1st got this phone there was a provisioning issue that disrupted text messages only when connected through airave.
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http://google.about.com/od/socialtoolsfromgoogle/a/How-To-Turn-Off-4g-Android-4g.htm
One of many articles explaining that leaving lte on does drain battery because it searches for lte signal.
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It makes absolutely no difference which mode you have it set to unless you have LTE in your area. It will not drain any additional battery. There is one exception... If you have a Sprint Airrave (home signal booster for areas with poor service), you want to keep it on cdma mode. Cdma/lte mode when connected to the Airrave disrupts text messaging.
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yeah, that makes no sense. a radio searching for a signal once a day is going to draw more power than a radio not searching at all. Now think about if you leave it on all the time. its going to be searching for a LTE signal at whatever interval that the LTEscan timeout and wakeup is set at.
so, short answer, if you are not in an LTE area, turn it off
I'm hoping someone can help me out . I went from a Photon (2.1.3 I think) having a toggle to switch 3g to 4g to the SIII Jellybean mod without this option .
Is it hiding? Is there a working app/widget to switch from one to the other ?
I found the toggle to be usefull cause here in Portland, Or 4g is hit and miss.
I found a 4g toggle on market but it just sends me to Mobile Networks and does nothing.
Thanks
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I'm hoping someone can help me out . I went from a Photon (2.1.3 I think) having a toggle to switch 3g to 4g to the SIII Jellybean mod without this option .
Is it hiding? Is there a working app/widget to switch from one to the other ?
I found the toggle to be usefull cause here in Portland, Or 4g is hit and miss.
I found a 4g toggle on market but it just sends me to Mobile Networks and does nothing.
Thanks
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There is no 4g toggle nor a widget that I know of that works.
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FWIW, the S3's LTE doesn't chew through battery nearly as much as the Photon's Wimax. It doesn't drain much more than a normal 3G connection. You probably won't be able to tell much difference between the battery life with 4G on or off. I just leave mine on, and I don't have any battery drain.
Also, in case Sprint did a terrible job of informing you, the S3 can't use Wimax, so you'll be without 4G until Sprint deploys LTE in Portland. Go to s4gru.com and check the forums for info on your market's Network Vision rollout.
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Also, in case Sprint did a terrible job of informing you, the S3 can't use Wimax, so you'll be without 4G until Sprint deploys LTE in Portland. Go to s4gru.com and check the forums for info on your market's Network Vision rollout.
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Yeah not there fault, I didn't do my homework. Makes total sense . Thanks for info. :good:
There is no 4G toggle
Well I was sitting at work and bam, 4g came on, way to go sprint!!!! (Shentel for my area) So glad I hung in there, screw the haters!!!!
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Those are some damn good download speeds!
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Not bad at all
I know, it's on, but I still feel like they're testing it, still goes off and on from time to time, but when it's on..oooohhhh boy is this fast,lol
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I remember my first lte speed test. .lol
On the wife's sgs3 we've been 30mbps. Yet I haven't had better than mid-twenties.
Enjoy your speed
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I remember my first lte speed test. .lol
On the wife's sgs3 we've been 30mbps. Yet I haven't had better than mid-twenties.
Enjoy your speed
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I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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A2CKilla said:
I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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You know you can turn it off in settings right?
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fryingpan0613 said:
You know you can turn it off in settings right?
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Yea, you can change the phone to non lte mode, but I'm sure you know what I mean by a toggle/scanner like the wimax phones have
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Yea, you can change the phone to non lte mode, but I'm sure you know what I mean by a toggle/scanner like the wimax phones have
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Ya I know what you mean, I just wasn't sure if you knew you could turn it off since other carriers force you to have it on.
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A2CKilla said:
I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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Does it work with EasyTether?
Yeah its really spotty and on/off for me. Weird observation though... I get 4g with my note in places I don't with my Galaxy Nexus.
Darn them, talked to a shentel rep (people that control sprint towers where I am) and these lte siting are just the test sites -_- but hey, at least full lte will be out at the end of the year for me at least, but hey for test speed of anywhere from, 8-20mb down?! I can't complain, but hey, I saw the same speeds with my wimax 4g, so to each his own
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With Note 2 i get LTE everywhere in Dallas Ft. Worth. Even traveling to other cities through tolls where development is not really there. Just alot of trees. I even get LTE in most people homes. Nexus never had this strong of a signal and if LTE switched the phone would freeze. I can honestly say this is a good phone.
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Yes indeed.
On my $3 but I got great LTE tests in my area today done inside the bank
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hayabusa1300cc said:
On my $3 but I got great LTE tests in my area today done inside the bank
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[email protected] you Texas!!!!! Lol, but great speeds man, I still haven't seen anything near that in good ol pa, shentel needs to hurry up!!! But for the test site, I pretty much get lte in the majority of areas I go to, and at least get 2mb down at home if I'm not using wifi for 3g
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I am also seeing very little battery drain from 4G. The radios in this phone are amazing (especially compared to the Nexus).
I havent gotten my note yet but I was also really concern on how would lte and the battery would play. Are some of you guys noticing big drains or small drains with lte on?
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I havent gotten my note yet but I was also really concern on how would lte and the battery would play. Are some of you guys noticing big drains or small drains with lte on?
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Depends, since a lot of areas are tests sites, lte does drop on and off for me, but battery still lasts all day, I say Samsung got it right with the battery, hope other manufacturers follow suit
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They have recently expanded their signal here in dallas, texas and now I get 4g on my work which I never usually got any 4g signal because of this old bulding but now I get some strong 4g signal. Props for sprint but my speeds are not that fast, I usually get max 5 or even 6 thats it :S
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Does anyone have the link handy for the post on how to activate LTE on the Note 2 (by popping out your sim) ? I searched for it, but didnt find it for some reason.
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That's not really turning on lte. I believe it was just to have LTE as a option, but it's not like it'll do you any good.
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Why wouldn't do me any good if I had the option to select it? I live in Vegas they keep turning it on and off while they test it. I was at the T Mobile store today and one of the reps had their Note running on LTE.
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Why wouldn't do me any good if I had the option to select it? I live in Vegas they keep turning it on and off while they test it. I was at the T Mobile store today and one of the reps had their Note running on LTE.
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Change the apn settings
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Change the apn settings
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Really dude ? NO.
The rep at the store was running a test build which enables the LTE radio to be used.
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Really dude ? NO.
The rep at the store was running a test build which enables the LTE radio to be used.
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I guess we gotta wait on a leak for this ota then. I was thinking we were ready to roll without any mods but I guess not...
There's already a person with it activated in a test device. He said it has new apns and is based on android 4.1.2, so when you see that update we will have LTE. Right now it is currently only going to be active in Las Vegas, and Kansas City.
There is a CM10 ROM that is suposedly gonna have LTE capablilties. I have not yet tested it but I may at a later date.
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There is a CM10 ROM that is suposedly gonna have LTE capablilties. I have not yet tested it but I may at a later date.
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Link?
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Link?
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Like i said. I have not yet tested. But the title shows that it may have LTE.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2080966
Enjoy
Will lte work with t mobile note 2 in att
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No
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But it WILL work- in theory- once Tmobile releases the update that unlocks LTE.
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I went to *#22693# and came across an LTE option on my T-Mobile Note 2, has it always been there? I thought the bands were not enabled yet.
Currently on LL4 .
Curious, when lte comes out, would it consume a lot more battery power than the current 4g?
And what if your on rooted rom? Will the option be there or will you need to revert to stock for the OTA ?
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Will lte work with t mobile note 2 in att
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Tbh id rather wait for the tmobile lte than try and use att. I had my friend at work run speedtest on his and its not much more faster than our hspa+ right now.
My connection on average is around 13-15mps, ive peaked at 22mps too before. The att one that was ran was at about 19mps. Since att is realease 9 lte and tmobile is said to be releasing release 10 lte. Im going to wait and see.
Hopefully the 2 people here can post their speeds with the test devices to see what we can look forward too.
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Curious, when lte comes out, would it consume a lot more battery power than the current 4g?
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If your connected to LTE you should see about an 30 min to an hour less of battery life, if your connected to "4G" (3G) but your phone is constantly searching for a LTE signal you going to lose about 1:30-2 hours.
I just bought some batteries to deal with this
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If your connected to LTE you should see about an 30 min to an hour less of battery life, if your connected to "4G" (3G) but your phone is constantly searching for a LTE signal you going to lose about 1:30-2 hours.
I just bought some batteries to deal with this
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Any news on LTE in Vegas? Can you post your screens of ServiceMode or speedtests?
THanks
Thanks that explains why my battery life has been fluctuating. Even when I am connected to 3G my phone still displays 4G and the battery life consumed is the same when I am connected to either type. Is there anyway to turn on the data connection automatically whenever a particular app requires it?
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If your connected to LTE you should see about an 30 min to an hour less of battery life, if your connected to "4G" (3G) but your phone is constantly searching for a LTE signal you going to lose about 1:30-2 hours.
I just bought some batteries to deal with this
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