I'm on T Mobile UK and have noticed that my phone is virtually useless for anything Internet without H+. I do mostly use it on the train but does anyone else have this problem?
I'd like to know if its an issue with the phone's 3G capabilities or just simply my network?
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I haven't got the Note 2 but own the original Note. T Mobile's Internet is dreadful and I often struggle to get a connection.
I will be moving to Three at the end of the month as their internet is superfast. T mobile used to be good but now they are beyond useless.
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I have the S3 and must admit that the internet barely works with anything less than H+ .that is with 3.
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HI folks, i'm not sure if this is a well known problem or not, but i thought i'd give it a try. Ok the basics of the problem are that i can be on my mobile browser or any app and you can see the upload and download indicator arrows in the taskbar working away just fine, then randomly, even if the signal strength stays the same, i will lose the download arrow, and the upload arrow will stay on. At this point I cannot access the internet at all and sometimes this does not start working again until i reboot, and sometimes not even then!! This has happened With my last 4 phones (all android) so it seems like either a problem with my sim card, with t-mobiles network, or with android itself. Is anyone else having this problem??
thanks.
4 phones have been G1, Nexus 1, Desire HD and LG Optimus 3D
I dont have such a problem (orange uk). I think that is a problem with your sim card or network provider
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Really? Not a single person? Is anyone in the UK using a nexus on T-Mobile?? Lol
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This used to happen all the time on my Vibrant here on Tmobile USA. 2.1 eclair was downright awful. CM 7.1 it was better but without Gingerbread drivers i was stuck with the last Froyo baseband. Even then i still frequently had this issue so i mostly used wifi at the house. Areas with stronger signal i rarely noticed this. But ironically i have yet to experience this with my galaxy nexus. Havent needed wifi at the house yet.
My problem seems to be different for the OP's. I lose the network connection totally; I get no data or no calls. Only a reboot can resolve it. I have noticed this with an AT&T SIM card and an H2O Wireless SIM card. IT seems to be the phone, as I don't have problems with the AT&T SIM card in other phones.
telstra Australia. the data is smooth and fast.
Does anybody else have horrible reception problems in week signal areas?
I know how that sounds... but, what I mean is in the city, with the corporate PRL (56xxx) and the LJ7 radio, I get better signals then I ever have with my Moment or S2, roaming or native.
However, when I go out of town into a Cellcom area, I drop to no signal unless I am practically on top of a tower.
My Sprint tablet and S2 get decent roaming signals ( 2-3 bars) while my S3 gets no service, despite multiple combinations of radios and PRL's.
Any ideas? Bad antenna connection? Bad phone?
Thanks!
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I've noticed the signal roams and just flat out drops in certsin areas. Maybe it's just the antenna? I'm in So Cal.
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xTMFxOffshore said:
I've noticed the signal roams and just flat out drops in certsin areas. Maybe it's just the antenna? I'm in So Cal.
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I'm in Wisconsin.
I have also noticed that my phone roams more often than any other Sprint device that I have.
The S2 and S3 should be identical as far which cellular frequencies they listen to... so there shouldn't be any reason that the S2 gets service in 90 percent of the places the S3 doesn't even get roaming service.
I wonder how likely it is that the antenna write somehow got disconnected when I dropped the phone at some point in the past?
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I live in an area that is rated as "Good / Best" for Voice, with solid 3G coverage (per their site map & past phone experience) but do not have LTE available here yet.
I've had the GS3 for < a day and was able to test side by side just moments apart from deactivating my old HTC phone.
I immediately went from a 3 year old phone getting -80dBm to -92dBm on the GS3. I have used the 3G on my HTC phone day in and out here for the entire 3 years of the phone, when suddenly, the GS3 was timing out while trying to download Google Chrome from the Play Store. Web page loads are bursty... hot/cold/hot/cold and SpeedTest.Net App seems to confirm the story...
I could not complete SpeedTest.Net due to "communication issues" nor download anything until I forced the phone to CDMA only. Unfortunately, even though I can now USE the phone, the speeds are still kinda rough:
Pings are ranging 800ms - 1300ms consistently ( I was used to 200ms or less )
Downloads are 30-80kbps, I was used to 350-500k.
Brief Real-world testing of moving through web pages, loading videos and browsing the playstore also lean towards the numbers I'm seeing.
Not sure about what to do. Maybe the HTC EVO 4G LTE would have better signal. It's hard to determine without personally testing, there's a LOT of complaints both ways, on both forums. I'll continue to evaluate and give it a chance to improve. Maybe it was a bad night last night.
The word thing is that I get better speeds and reception on Sprint's network in Milwaukee than I do with my S2.
As soon as I leave the city, or even leave Sprint's network, the S3 becomes prone to LOS while the S2 chugs along happily.
And, as I said before, this is with the same PRL.
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I've been noticing a lot more random LOS, and other signal issues in areas I've had signal before, and good signal at that on both my Photon and iphone. Is there a better PRL or Profile to use that will improve this or is it just something on Samsung's end that is gonna be what it is?
Has anybody ever used a signal booster? My apartment gets a really weak data signal, but if I walk outside into the parking lot I'm getting H+. I know at one time, T-mobile "gave" out signal boosters to customers living in a house. No love for apartments or townhouses. I've seen plenty boosters at Amazon, but just wanted to see if any of you have first hand knowledge. Thanks a lot!
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Indoor Wilson's booster are the best. They are expensive but totally worth it. I work in the oilfields, we all have them in our living headquarters and work great.
I have something similar to this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GSM-DCS-9...ell_Phone_Signal_Boosters&hash=item41746bce11
It works really well on the 1st floor, weaker on the ground floor but still makes a difference between a dropped call and being able to talk. If you adda a splitter and a 2nd aerial for the ground floor then that would sort that out. I have had to reboot it about 4-5 times in the year or so that I have had it though. It seems to happen when too many phones are in the area, like family visiting etc.... So 10-15 mobiles in the house all on. Generally about 4-6 and no problems there.
Google "femtocell'. It might be what you're after.
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Um is there no Wi-Fi? I mean even most boosters use the internet
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Um is there no Wi-Fi? I mean even most boosters use the internet
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Never seen a signal booster that needs internet for it to work.
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Well I'm on Sprint so things may be different but yes I have a booster and to get data (3g/4g) boost it has to be connected to the internet
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Signal boosters (repeaters) don't need Internet. Airaves do.
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A microcell uses the internet to create a WiFi AP sized cell site. Similar in practical result to a repeater, but a repeater or amplifier just amplifies or repeats a signal from a normal cell tower. Generally a microcell will be better if you have an available Internet connection, but a repeater will be much more flexible.
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I've got an Airave at my house to try to boost it. They're unfortunately hit and miss and it doesn't do so well in my area.
I've seen a video once, where a guy uses a can to strengthen the wi-fi signal. Haven't tried it myself, but I thought you should consider it since it's free.
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I've seen a video once, where a guy uses a can to strengthen the wi-fi signal. Haven't tried it myself, but I thought you should consider it since it's free.
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I've heard about this too, essentially you make it a makeshift satellite dish for your router from what I understand
So full bars of T-Mobile LTE here at work is a dream to download files with.
I usually use Ttorrent pro with my past devices and I would download files at 1.5-2mb per second on LTE.
After getting my Note 3, it seems like all torrent programs max out at a pathetic 14-20 kb/s and average 3-5 kb/s. Hello dial-up speeds!
I tried downloading all the other popular torrent apps and I would get the same result. Bitcoment, utorrent, atorrent ect.
Tried factory resetting the phone, same results.
Put my sim card in my Note 2 for ****s and giggles and low and behold, downloading at 1.5-2 mb/s. Wow.
Is this an issue with 4.3 Android or did Samsung put up some firewall of some sorts crippling my torrent downloads.
I'm Sad.
I have the same problem idk why.
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So full bars of T-Mobile LTE here at work is a dream to download files with.
I usually use Ttorrent pro with my past devices and I would download files at 1.5-2mb per second on LTE.
After getting my Note 3, it seems like all torrent programs max out at a pathetic 14-20 kb/s and average 3-5 kb/s. Hello dial-up speeds!
I tried downloading all the other popular torrent apps and I would get the same result. Bitcoment, utorrent, atorrent ect.
Tried factory resetting the phone, same results.
Put my sim card in my Note 2 for ****s and giggles and low and behold, downloading at 1.5-2 mb/s. Wow.
Is this an issue with 4.3 Android or did Samsung put up some firewall of some sorts crippling my torrent downloads.
I'm Sad.
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I have the same problem idk why.
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Count me in as well. Mine does the same thing. Overall, this phone seems to have pretty horrible radios. I know that's not the same problem as you, but it might be something thats causing it. On average this phone gets 20-30db less than any other phone I've used.
Add me to that list. I actually got 40 kbps and I was in shock
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Idk how helpful this is, but are the apn settings the same on your old phone as they are on the note 3?
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Idk how helpful this is, but are the apn settings the same on your old phone as they are on the note 3?
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Yes sir, both connected to the same "fast" apn.
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Count me in as well. Mine does the same thing. Overall, this phone seems to have pretty horrible radios. I know that's not the same problem as you, but it might be something thats causing it. On average this phone gets 20-30db less than any other phone I've used.
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Yeah I noticed the radio was much stronger on my LG G2. I would get a very good LTE signal at my home on the G2, (which also seemed to have the most bad ass radio on any phone I've used), I thought I was on Verizon for a minute lol.
On my Note 3 I would get 1 to zero bars and it would jump between H+ and LTE at home.
Well if anybody finds a solution to this torrent issue, please do post it. I want to go back to using 40-50GB of T-Mobile unlimited data a month.
Attached is my average download speeds at work.
use torguard and also try ipv4 apn
Me too man. Using t torrent pro and get horrible speeds but have Lte 25 down
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I'm using a Bell one in Canada on bell. Ttorent at great speeds. I'm responding cause I'm getting a T-Mobile note 3 to use in Canada. Once I get it, I'll let you guys know (order gets here Monday).
I'm using aTorrent with PIA VPN and getting above 1 MB/s speeds. Perhaps adding "admin" to the APN type would help, but I haven't tested it for torrents, only for vpn.
would be nice to get to the bottom of this definitely making unlimited high speed data less cool.
Then there is the crappy lte reception at my house..
Do you get significantly better speeds downloading over wifi? I have the same horrid download speeds whether I use wifi or lte.
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Do you get significantly better speeds downloading over wifi? I have the same horrid download speeds whether I use wifi or lte.
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At first I thought it was only with lte but it's the same terrible speeds on wifi also. I'm thinking it has something to do with Knox.
At least it's not just me... Unfortunately this is a dealbreaker for me. My trusty Note II never had this problem...
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I just downloaded at 1MBps using ttorrent
I even used a proxy, which might be why
Im having problems with the connections also, even my skype doesnt stay connected and every time I download an app from playstore it takes forever. Had the g2 before and had no problems. Still have the s4 I put the sim card there and use it and no problems. This is only with the note 3.
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I play some online games (esp. Bloons TD Battles) and am unable to connect over mobile data. Works ok over wifi. Hmmmm
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FYI using bittorent not having any issue ls on wifi or lte. I'm rooted and on darthstalker v2.
Downloaded the lone ranger 1.25gb files on wifi in my girls house she has like 50th down and 25 up and my phone took advantage downloading at about 7mb/s faster than what my computer at home downloads it. I was so surprised I went ahead and streamed it to her x box straight from my phone just to show off some more.
Not sure why everyone else is having issues. Also downloaded a 45min episode of a show on lte from her house where speeds are 20mbps down and 2 up. This was slower but more on the standards of what my pc at home does.
Haven't modified any apn or vpn or abc xyz
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Stock unrooted here. I have been hoping to be satisfied with the phone as is, but am not hsppy with it at this point. I have always rooted and run custom ROMs before and msy go that route now, but this has soured my opinion of this otherwise great device.
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So I bought an Att note 4 unlocked I bought it knowing I might have internet issues but it was cheap, and I'm having issues with the Internet it works fine its fast(not as fast as it should be) just very bad signal and constantly looses connection and searches for network I checked the apn it's on tmobiles network all looks fine, I'm guessing it might be the band issues but I'm using METROPCS which uses Tmobiles network I had a G3 and G2 pervious to getting the note 4 both where from tmobile and never had a single issue with those I would always get full signal never dropped a call not only that I would get download speeds and upload of over 30mbps now it's taken a dump. Any suggestions? I despise att because I use my network a lot away from home I was averaging 150gb a month on my G3 now it seems that it will be hard to do that with this phone pretty bumped use Netflix a lot watch movies online download games etc. :crying:
I have at&t note 4 too on Tmobile and I'm not able to get AWS tmobile bands. Any way to do this as was done with note2 and 3. Tha ks
I have the same setup
I get wierd download speeds
I average about 3-4 down and 12 - 20 up
On 4g lte
I have tried everything only 2 different apn servers to try
Everything works ...just slow for the most part
It's not a tower issue either...it's like that everywhere
Download should always be faster than upload
Tmobile tech support blames the unlocked at&t phone
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I blame the phone never had issues with tmobile phones till I got this att version of the note 4
I would think you can't get too upset if you're using a phone from one carrier on another, right? I mean there ARE differences between the networks and the devices themselves...