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[Q] Signal strength on Tmobile USA

I have the Galaxy nexus unlocked and am using it on T-mobile USA, it seems like i am getting 4G (HSPA) coverage less than when I was using my G2X. I was wondering if anyone else was feeling this way? I was also wondering if anyone has gone into the hidden menu (*#*#4636#*#*) under Phone info and experimented with changing the Preferred network type at all? I am currently set to GSM/CDMA auto (PRL) i tried changing it to WCDMA prefered, but it wont stick. I know we have done that in the past for other T-mobile 4G phones to tell the phone to always connect to 4G unless no 4G signal is present.

i too feel like its bad signal on the nexus, i changed to wcdma only though

Did yours stick? I tried to change mine, but if I go back into the hidden menu after I change it, its back to GSM/CDMA auto. My changes dont save......

i'm not noticing any difference from my nexus one really. also not noticing much better download speeds either.

mine sticks for sure

Did you do anything special? I go into the drop down menu select WCDMA preffered, then hit the back button to exit the hidden menu right? There is no save option or anything that Im missing right?

Just tried it again. I can pick WCDMA only and it will stick, but WCDMA prefered wont stick. Interesting....

are you guys getting better signal with WCDMA only or about the same?
i get really crappy 3G reception and sometimes it's so bad that i have to force my phone to stay on edge just so i can make phonecalls.

My phone constantly displays the H, but my speeds are down right despicable. Its near dial up status
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I've had no problems with the GN on T-Mobile's network without changing any of the internal settings. In both New York and Arizona I've been getting 3 - 5 Mbps consistently, with peaks of up to 7 Mbps.
One thing I've noticed is that the radio switches to 3G when I'm not using data, but when I load a webpage or ask for data it switches to HSPA+. This is probably to save the battery life, so I'm not complaining.

This seems a relevant place. I just bought my GSM Nexus yesterday on Amazon and got it today. T-Mobile SIM card plugged in, I get terrible reception. I have no signal at all where I'm sitting, whereas my Vibrant and my G2 both had at worst 3G connection.
I'm not a clever man, but I know something is up. I haven't rooted or done anything to my phone. Is there something that I must do to get the phone to work properly?
To reiterate: I have done absolutely nothing but put in the SIM card.

Try a different baseband (search the GN forums for details)…

With the latest baseband (XXLA2) I seem to have better signal than I did on my nexus-s, and the nexus-s did pretty good.

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With the latest baseband (XXLA2) I seem to have better signal than I did on my nexus-s, and the nexus-s did pretty good.
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Is there any update to which is the best modem to use for t mobile? Seems like one of my friends is having trouble getting signals in home but he is getting signals outside.
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ALL LTE discussions here please

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Has anyone in or around lansdale gotten lte yet? Still waiting for the towers round here to light up. Only time got lte was when I was down in Philly.
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Loving LTE in the 916 area code, Sacramento, Carmichael, Roseville, Lincoln, Citrus Heights. I had it for about a week before AT&T announced its rollout. My sppeds aren't the fastest but its certainly better than H+!
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Just to be contraryian... I'm loving the not using my LTE in NYC, because datacaps suck.

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Just to be contraryian... I'm loving the not using my LTE in NYC, because datacaps suck.
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I have just a 3gb plan so I have to deal with a cap either way, might as well enjoy the speed boost.
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ever since they flipped the switch on lte in michigan, me and my other line have been unable to send text messages...wtfffffff
whats even stranger is that i can send them when im on hspa+???????????

hapticxchaos said:
ever since they flipped the switch on lte in michigan, me and my other line have been unable to send text messages...wtfffffff
whats even stranger is that i can send them when im on hspa+???????????
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any reports of lte working in ann arbor thanks

Rogers I747M
Question to those with the Rogers I747M running stock.
When you get connected to LTE, does the on screen data indicator show 4G or LTE?
I unlocked my phone to get it onto the MTS LTE (Manitoba) network, but it's only showing up 4G and want to know if maybe Rogers modified the software to not display an LTE icon like the manual shows.
On a side note, the MTS LTE network SUCKS. So far I'm barely getting any good speeds and MTS claims everything is fine on the network side. I will continue to talk with them to hopefully get better speeds. If there's any MTS LTE members here, if you're getting good speeds, feel free to give me tips!
Cheers!

I was in Modesto last week and had lte, I was like "how the hell does Modesto have lte and sac doesn't" lol. I guess this answers my question.
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the force switch from LTE -> 3G when a call comes in is causing problems
Anyone else see their phone take too long to switch from LTE to 3G when a call comes in? This results in the person calling getting rings and then voicemail, but no missed call on your device. It only happens when the LTE->3G switch takes a bit to get started...but I'm noticing it quite a bit.
I called AT&T and they just "reset" my account, but that had little effect. What gives??
(I'm in the Washington DC metropolitan area)

ghudgins said:
Anyone else see their phone take too long to switch from LTE to 3G when a call comes in? This results in the person calling getting rings and then voicemail, but no missed call on your device. It only happens when the LTE->3G switch takes a bit to get started...but I'm noticing it quite a bit.
I called AT&T and they just "reset" my account, but that had little effect. What gives??
(I'm in the Washington DC metropolitan area)
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I have not noticed this issue, is it apparent to you? Or have people told you they called but you didn't see a missed call?
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theraffman said:
I was in Modesto last week and had lte, I was like "how the hell does Modesto have lte and sac doesn't" lol. I guess this answers my question.
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I feel you, I was asking myself the same thing when I realized Davis had it, Frisco, Woodland and some small cities in the bay, but the state capital didn't. So far, Davis' LTE is the fastest for me in the area.
ghudgins said:
Anyone else see their phone take too long to switch from LTE to 3G when a call comes in?
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No sir
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hapticxchaos said:
ever since they flipped the switch on lte in michigan, me and my other line have been unable to send text messages...wtfffffff
whats even stranger is that i can send them when im on hspa+???????????
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They are still working on the tower. I know a co-worker with the exact same problem who talked with AT&T. I heard that it might be a week before the problem is fixed. I'm on the UCLH1 modem myself, and haven't had any issues so far with texts, while she's on the UCLG1, if that means anything.
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Where is the LTE love for long island NY
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When I first got my galaxy s3, telus said it would come with 4g lte. It worked well and on the top notification section, it specifically said, 4g lte. Now I'm trying out custom roms and such, and I downloaded CM10. However, on CM10, the icon no longer says 4g lte, but it says H+. When I revert back to my old rom, it doesn't say 4G (i ahven't seen it say LTE at the end yet though). Anyone can tell me why my data connection has been demoted, or if it has been demoted at all? Should I just give Telus a call and ask whats up with this?
And yes, LTE is available in my area, I'm in Vancouver.

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Where is the LTE love for long island NY
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[email protected]&#&@@@!!!!
Jesus we're 20 miles from Connecticut covered in LTE and depending on your location on the island like 20 miles from the city where they also have it. You'd think they'd want to cover an island 70% filled with middle class families who ALL have a smartphone with a data plan

theraffman said:
I have not noticed this issue, is it apparent to you? Or have people told you they called but you didn't see a missed call?
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Yeah it's pretty bad. 1 in 5 calls go to VM with no missed call. I periodically get voicemails throughout the day. I'm on a rooted phone, but I didn't think that had much to do with it since all operations are pretty normal. (i'm on JB AOKP, SGS3)

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Yeah it's pretty bad. 1 in 5 calls go to VM with no missed call. I periodically get voicemails throughout the day. I'm on a rooted phone, but I didn't think that had much to do with it since all operations are pretty normal. (i'm on JB AOKP, SGS3)
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Did you have this problem while on ics, stock or otherwise?
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No LTE on Rogers SG3 after flashing AOKP sep 19 build b
Can someone please help me understand why I dont have LTE after flashing SG3 jelly bean AOKP rom
I am on a rogers device from toronto stalk phone had extremely fast LTE connection
Please help!!
I have set APN settings identical to a rogers smartphone, selected the LTE/CDMA option in *#*#INFO#*#*
please help!!
thanks!!

skapoor12 said:
Can someone please help me understand why I dont have LTE after flashing SG3 jelly bean AOKP rom
I am on a rogers device from toronto stalk phone had extremely fast LTE connection
Please help!!
I have set APN settings identical to a rogers smartphone, selected the LTE/CDMA option in *#*#INFO#*#*
please help!!
thanks!!
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Not trying to be an @$$ or anything but you do know that aosp roms like cm10 and aokp list lte as 4g and hspa+ as h+ it will never say 4g lte in the status bar unless you're on a touchwiz based rom right?
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Anyone notice their service getting worse?

At first I thought it might have been my rom, but it seems it's happening with my GF's note 2 also.
Coverage we used to receive in some areas is almost completely gone. It will show signal and the 4g symbol but basically have NO internet service whatsoever.
On a better note, we've been receiving coverage in some areas we don't usually have it.
I'm hoping this is just a temporary thing due to the attempts to upgrade towers for LTE.
I don't know if it's because of the UVBMB4 update, but t-mobile service has been pretty crappy lately. Period.
We're in the San Gabriel Valley area.
Link for older UVALL4 modem below, people seem to experience better service
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=36786363

I believe my service has suffered as well. Before the last update that enabled our Lte radios, I had great speeds, now it's slowed Way down. I'm in San Diego CA. Hope that it's just as the Op said, LTE towers being updated and what not.
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Definitely have noticed a deterioration of service over the past month here in NYC.

Its because for some reason that new LTE APN is slow on HSPA+.. unless you have LTE in your area switch to the EPC APN. You can find the settings online. Its litter ally consistently a difference of 6+ mbps I have extensively speed tested lol..... click thanks if this helped
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I also had problems even with old apn.
Flashed previous radio and service is top notch again.
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Same here, I thought it was rom related.

YES! My service has sucked royally for the past month or so. Data latency/hangups/slowness, and the signal will just completely go away sometimes. I noticed that it started as soon as I flashed the most recent radio too, I'm about to go back to the old one.

Count me in, even my regular phone reception went from 4 bars no 1 or 0!

Can anyone point to towards old radio to flash? I go from no signal downstairs to full bars upstairs...theres an obv issue with new radio.

Yup I've noticed this beginning this week I've made zero changes to the phone. I used to get full bars at work and this week it bounces between full and 1 bar regularly. Theure messing with towers for sure
North Carolina by the way. Charlotte. Big City of 1 million people.
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nxneko said:
Can anyone point to towards old radio to flash? I go from no signal downstairs to full bars upstairs...theres an obv issue with new radio.
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nxneko said:
Can anyone point to towards old radio to flash? I go from no signal downstairs to full bars upstairs...theres an obv issue with new radio.
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I'm also experiencing significant decrease on data speed. Has your data speed improve after flashing with older radio and APN setting?
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zen0s said:
I'm also experiencing significant decrease on data speed. Has your data speed improve after flashing with older radio and APN setting?
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I was getting about 9/0.6 and with flashing back Im getting... 14/2 Though Ive been on HSDPA 15 & 21. Though Im not getting 4G as much, but it was sporadic anyways and I lost signal...and now I am not. So, Im happy now even though I am on 3G. However... in my corner big red has same problems as they wanted to not have tons of towers in this corner and theres only a ATT Tower....for a decent distance. basically reception fringe. though I am a new subscriber so i haven't experienced normal TMO, I literally got my device yesterday around 6pmish but it def wasn't normal and flashing previous radio did fix it like it solved everyone elses issue

janjannsen99 said:
Yup I've noticed this beginning this week I've made zero changes to the phone. I used to get full bars at work and this week it bounces between full and 1 bar regularly. Theure messing with towers for sure
North Carolina by the way. Charlotte. Big City of 1 million people.
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my problems started last friday. i have limited to no service at all; no data, no voice, even no signal at times (circle with line through it, not just no bars). when i do get a signal, the phone refuses to register on the network. when im at home, i have intermittent service. i miss calls, texts wont send, if i do get a working call, it drops after a bit. there are times when it works fine, even on LTE but it never last long. went to the tmo store last night and they gave me a new sim which didnt do squat. already done the factory reset option (twice). phone has never been rooted, all stock. im in the KC metro so not like in the middle of nowhere. they said my next step is a warranty replacement phone if the sim didnt help. not sure if my problem is at all related to everyone elses in this thread, but yeah, service has sucked.

One of the issues, especially if you switch from 4g to edge to gprs a lot, is a setting in the new modem.
It's something called acquisition order. It has 3 settings:automatic, gsm_umts, umts_gsm. In short it tells the phone what kind of network to prefer. It will search for and use that type of network first.
Prior to the latest update it was set to auto. Now it is set to prefer umts. For some reason this has caused an issue I've come to call phantom 4g. Where it'll say 4g with no bars and no data service.
That is my guess. I'll look into it further.
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Thanks guys for the heads up on switching to an older radio, I dont have LTE in Miami yet and was having slow internet for the last 3 weeks, I just switched and wow! What a difference. I'm also using the Epic APN.

I also noticed that speeds were degraded after the update. However, there is a simply fix to make your web a tad bit faster....
Go into your network settings, and switch your mobile network from LTE/4g/3g/2g to just 4G/3g/2g
your device will stop looking for an LTE connection and will just utilize HSPA+
Made a world of a difference on my own device. Connecting to the play store, opening web pages, everything was right back to where it was before the update.
Obviously if you live in an LTE area, there is no need to do this...

newageoutlaw said:
I believe my service has suffered as well. Before the last update that enabled our Lte radios, I had great speeds, now it's slowed Way down. I'm in San Diego CA. Hope that it's just as the Op said, LTE towers being updated and what not.
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I dont know about you but I live in san diego too my data speed stay above 10meg and max is 15meg.
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So I'm gonna be a noob here for a sec. When people say they are flashing the previous radio (I'm referencing the link that was posted) are people just flashing the modem from the section under the most recent? (the one with the January date on it). Just thought I would ask. Better safe than sorry. Thanks!
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superkamiguru31 said:
So I'm gonna be a noob here for a sec. When people say they are flashing the previous radio (I'm referencing the link that was posted) are people just flashing the modem from the section under the most recent? (the one with the January date on it). Just thought I would ask. Better safe than sorry. Thanks!
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Yup, radio is synonymous with modem in this case. UVALL4 is the previous version.
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[Q] Signal issues i747 on T-mobile. Any help or suggestions appreciated!

I have an unlocked AT&T i747 on T-mobile's $30 100 min unlimited text, and 5GB 4G data plan.
It is running a fitsnugly nightly build of CM 10.1 for d2att
Was previously running Leankernel and now i'm running Ktoonsez's kernel
I unlocked using this method.
The Issue: My signal switches between H+, 3G, E, and rarely G. All while being in the same spot. It spends 90% of the time on E.
This happens in areas of great reception, indoors and out.
Rarely will H+ happen and 3G is very sporadic too.
I live in the heart of a major city (Boston) where T-mobile is prepping LTE so I can get their 3G/4G on the refarmed 1900MHz and without AWS.
My IMEI is listed in the status section.
What I've tried:
Before doing any modding of my phone, I previously backed up my EFS/IMEI with Andromizer (XDA link). Restoring it hasn't changed anything.
Changing network modes (LTE/WCDMA, LTE/GSM/WCDMA, GSM/WDCMA preferred)
Enabling/disenabling data roaming
Changing APN settings (The choices were T-Mobile US and T-Mobile US LTE)
So would flashing Tmobile radios help? Tmobile/d2tmo ROMs?
TL;DR: MY ATT I747 ON TMOBILE WONT KEEP THE H+ OR 3G SIGNAL AND IT SUCKS AND MAKES ME WANT TO CRY. PLZ HELP PLZ PLZ PLZ
Seriously though, any help would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! If you need anymore info Just let me know.

That "free" unlock method always made me suspicious and I've seen other complaints like this...
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You may want to try flashing t-mo radio/modem. Do a nandroid first.
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gotmilk702 said:
That "free" unlock method always made me suspicious and I've seen other complaints like this...
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This is pretty frustrating. I changed my modems to an older ATT one, and now I only get 3G sporadically and 90% of the time its on G. So odd...
Also I'm pretty sure I'm specifically not supposed to flash a T-mobile modem....

davidjavid said:
This is pretty frustrating. I changed my modems to an older ATT one, and now I only get 3G sporadically and 90% of the time its on G. So odd...
Also I'm pretty sure I'm specifically not supposed to flash a T-mobile modem....
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Im so sorry i misread the OP...
Did you check your APN settings?

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Im so sorry i misread the OP...
Did you check your APN settings?
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Yep, I checked them.... I tried a few different ones with the same results.Thanks for replying! There are some updates to the situation:
New thread.

Tmobile note 3 slow lte on att

Just made the switch over to att and I am getting really slow lte speeds. Can anybody help?

Fix your APN?
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Fix your APN?
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Tried every APN setting possible already. Searched all the threads and still no help.

There's a thread on here about flashing the AT&T modem and it solving the problem. Plz search and find it...
Here I found it for you..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522282
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AdmiralCF420 said:
There's a thread on here about flashing the AT&T modem and it solving the problem. Plz search and find it...
Here I found it for you..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522282
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Thanks for the advice but I read through the thread already and it doesn't seem like it will improve drastically. So I rather not attempt to flash a modem that may cause a soft brick. My brother has a N900a and gets almost triple the speed of my lte. What gives?

I dont always get fast speeds. I'm guessing at&t phones get higher priority than other phones. There is a build.prop that you can flash/edit that may or may not work. I, myself, haven't made any mods because I get higher speeds usually. Not always. I am on a 900T but using an international 9005 rom with T-Mobile modem still. It really boils down to is the risk flashing a modem or build.prop worth it. In downtown houston I rarely dip below 10mb/s on LTE and occasionally see over 20mb/s. The congestion is real bad here so it is very often I get bumped back down to hspa. Like I said, you have to weigh the risks. I am fine with how it is working now. My post probably hasn't helped you get you where you want to go but it may help you to be content with what you have or may consider flashing an international rom minus modem and see if that helps.
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I'm on straight talk att sim and it's ridiculous on an att phone I get att quality signal. But with this tmobile phone when home I can only get signal in my bed room by the window . From I walk into building calls and signal dropped dead . It truly sucks. I'm switching back to tmobile as soon as this month is over . I hate paying that extra 30 dollars but a phone is no good in one room .
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diamantericos said:
I'm on straight talk att sim and it's ridiculous on an att phone I get att quality signal. But with this tmobile phone when home I can only get signal in my bed room by the window . From I walk into building calls and signal dropped dead . It truly sucks. I'm switching back to tmobile as soon as this month is over . I hate paying that extra 30 dollars but a phone is no good in one room .
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I as well am on Straight Talk At&t micro sim and I get pretty decent speeds I believe Straight Talk cap's their LTE speeds at 15 down and I think around 8-9 up which ain't bad for the Chicago area. But there are times where I barely get 2 down and 4 up. I also have a Tmobile Note 3 stock/rooted using a ST sim.

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I as well am on Straight Talk At&t micro sim and I get pretty decent speeds I believe Straight Talk cap's their LTE speeds at 15 down and I think around 8-9 up which ain't bad for the Chicago area. But there are times where I barely get 2 down and 4 up. I also have a Tmobile Note 3 stock/rooted using a ST sim.
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The speeds are fine when I actually get a signal . Its the fact that I have dead spots in almost my whole apartment except the rooms located to front of building . It was never like this before .
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Tmobile Note 3 on ATT Network
I have a Tmobile unlocked phone on ATT and I can't find out anyway to speed up the LTE. I get LTE it seems, but it cuts the speed in half compared to my girlfriend ATT variant Note 3. I tried to flash an AT&T modem to it, but then it would soft brick the device and wouldn't boot. I have tried every APN I can think of, but still no success. I have tried the build.prop, like adding the lines for faster data tweak, but still nothing is getting better. I have full bars, but speed is slow. Do you have any suggestions on what to do, b/c I am out of options. Thanks.

Add me to the list. Just switched over to AT&T from T-mobile, but get very bad speeds. The only reason why I switched over was because with T-mobile, I was getting poor quality signal almost EVERYWHERE, so I had no choice.
I'm curious; if the bands in our phones support the proper AT&T bands and we actually get LTE, it's gotta be a software issue. Modem most likely.

Yeah im sure it has to do with the way the modem is optimized for ATT's 1700 band. I'm also in the same boat and have flashed ATT's modem but it doesn't work. Others have flashed ATT modems but I dont think anyone has been able to successfully see their baseband change in the settings so no one can say whether it worked for sure. I can tell you that the bars have nothing to do with your call signal though, its just your LTE signal strength. If you really want higher signal in your house if LTE seems to drop or be super slow, you should manually switch over to use HSPA+ in your house. Its a pain...i know.
I'm hoping eventually the newer modems fix the 1700 mhz frequency optimization or some devs figure out how to successfully flash N900A modems on the N900T.

LTE speeds
I have great signal almost always it seems like. I have full bars on LTE or 4G/HSPA+, but if I put my sim card in my AT&T variant note I get at least twice as much throughput than with the note 3 tmobile. It has to be a software issue, I have tried to flash att modems with no success. Just got to wait for a tweaked modem. I have even tried tweaking build.prop file and it works a little bit but not much. It is just weird I have full bars with LTE, but I won't be able to get data sometimes, which is really weird. I think there has to be something with the signal bars showing higher dbm that it actually is receiving. Probably another software glitch. Well if anyone has any insight on this issue let us know, please been looking everywhere.

LTE speeds
I think also that the modem is not the only issue. I flashed a kernel today after being on the stock kernel on the T-Mobile and I did a speedtest and the speeds were really low. Flashed another kernel and boom faster speeds back to where I was, maybe higher, but I will monitor to see what happens. But I read that Kernels do affect data speeds sometimes. I am just going to keep looking around to see if any kernels work.

stevestebo said:
I think also that the modem is not the only issue. I flashed a kernel today after being on the stock kernel on the T-Mobile and I did a speedtest and the speeds were really low. Flashed another kernel and boom faster speeds back to where I was, maybe higher, but I will monitor to see what happens. But I read that Kernels do affect data speeds sometimes. I am just going to keep looking around to see if any kernels work.
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AFAIK it has nothing to do with kernel I might be wrong its just the modem
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Steven
Is there any tweaks that can be done to kinda help the LTE or at least fix my signal bars showing full all the time. I am thinking it is not switching towers when it is supposed to and giving a false signal strength. Is there anything on modifying like you can on Sprint phones with dbm on wimax, where it will switch antennas.

Has anybody flashed the new N900T NE6 based ROMs / modem and seen any difference?

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Has anybody flashed the new N900T NE6 based ROMs / modem and seen any difference?
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I upgraded the modem and bootloader to the new NE6 version. I'm on Temasek CM11. My observations:
Signal strength is slightly better. Speeds are definitely much better. Prior to the upgrade, I'd get around 6-15/down, 3/up. Now I consistently get 25/down, 10/up.

ajm786 said:
I upgraded the modem and bootloader to the new NE6 version. I'm on Temasek CM11. My observations:
Signal strength is slightly better. Speeds are definitely much better. Prior to the upgrade, I'd get around 6-15/down, 3/up. Now I consistently get 25/down, 10/up.
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How did you get the new modem to stick? Did you do the triangle away method? If so, did you have to revert to a stock kernel first? I'm trying to upgrade only the modem and leave the bootloader as is. Is that a bad idea?

dirrtyswan said:
How did you get the new modem to stick? Did you do the triangle away method? If so, did you have to revert to a stock kernel first? I'm trying to upgrade only the modem and leave the bootloader as is. Is that a bad idea?
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It's getting incredibly frustrating to have to repeat this a number of times. I think this morning I had to repeat it already 3 times. Please do a search; there are plenty of pointers on how to get it done. For reference, here is what I did.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52904005&postcount=95