cyanogen mod 10 4 g problem - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

So I installed cm ten and it flips between 3g and h+ never 4g and I am not sure how to fix this so that it shows four g. Everything else works great as far as I can tell but despite selecting 4g lte option it won't show up as that in the status bar. I can tell the internet seems fast though if anything faster than what it was on the stock ROM. Please help I'm so new to this

Its only an icon. The H you see is how CM is set up. It doesn't have a ton of pointless icons cluttering up the framework.
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zelendel said:
Its only an icon. The H you see is how CM is set up. It doesn't have a ton of pointless icons cluttering up the framework.
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So its not meant to show 4g when in 4g mode or reception? A friend said his shows 4g all the time

adeolshivraj said:
So its not meant to show 4g when in 4g mode or reception? A friend said his shows 4g all the time
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On AT&T when you have "HSP/HSP+" Or w/e it is call it shows it as "4g"
The only real 4g is LTE and unless you are in a LTE area it will never show the fake 4g. There is also edge/2g I have seen once or twice.

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Couple of things..

First, i would like to know if there is a way to keep the phone's data network ALWAYS on H not on 3G and having them switch back and forth it slows down the internet speed. Is there a setting or something i could change.
Second the notification LED. How can i make it so it can blink quicker.. i dont want to stare at my phone for like 5 seconds to see if its blinking or not...
Third the Swype keyboard ?? is it possible to get that keyboard after i put the Cyanmod ?? That keyboard is way better than the original android one.
I have a Rooted ( S- OFF) G2.
Cyan V6.1.0-RC3.
Thanks!
Fanatico said:
First, i would like to know if there is a way to keep the phone's data network ALWAYS on H not on 3G and having them switch back and forth it slows down the internet speed. Is there a setting or something i could change.
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Your phone is only switching back to 3G if it loses the H signal. So that's an issue of your reception, not something your phone can control.
When i had the nexus one. It was always on 3G. Then i Rooted it. Changed radio etc etc.. and now it was 3g and switched to H like my g2 now. Before i hacked the G2 there was no 3g. It was either H or Edge. And everytime it's on 3G now that it's hacked it doesn't use it.. it simply just takes a few seconds then goes to H.
I use anycut from market.
New shortcut
Activity
Testing
Click on new shortcut
Select phone information
From there I scroll down to force the phone use wcdma.
I don't know if that'll work. You don't need root or anything.
I hope this helps
Sorry if it dont .
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Fanatico said:
When i had the nexus one. It was always on 3G. Then i Rooted it. Changed radio etc etc.. and now it was 3g and switched to H like my g2 now. Before i hacked the G2 there was no 3g. It was either H or Edge. And everytime it's on 3G now that it's hacked it doesn't use it.. it simply just takes a few seconds then goes to H.
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It was using 3G before, you just didn't know it. T-Mobile decided that they were going to have their G2's display H for HSPA+ as well as 3G to give people the illusion of almost always using pseudo-4G
ibemad1 said:
It was using 3G before, you just didn't know it. T-Mobile decided that they were going to have their G2's display H for HSPA+ as well as 3G to give people the illusion of almost always using pseudo-4G
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The thing is that.. when i do a speed test and my phone is in 3g the speed is around 160-250 kbs then while is testing it switches to HSPA and the speed goes to 2-3mbs.. before I hacked it it was on H. And both of the times I tested in the same place. I understand that tmobile would disguise it.. but its odd that the speed test would switch like that, which didn't happen before. Also 3g and Hspa are two different networks :/
But still thanks for the help.

Is there any way to disable automatic switching between UMTS and HSDPA?

In my apartment my G2 constantly switches back and forth between UMTS (3G) and HSDPA (H). Is there any way to stop this? Both look like they have the same number of bars, but it seems like UMTS is way slower. I also should be in a 4G market, so is there a way to tell if I'm on HSPA+ or not?
I've honestly never even seen the 3g icon on my g2. whenever im in kent, when it drops it drops from h, to E
jenlow said:
I've honestly never even seen the 3g icon on my g2. whenever im in kent, when it drops it drops from h, to E
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I don't think the stock G2 ROM has a specific icon for 3G, if that's what your'e on. It shows H for 3G/HSPA/HSPA+.
I think the original poster is on Cyanogen, where it does show the type of connection a bit more accurately.
I'd also be interested in trying to force an HSPA connection. I don't think Bell has UMTS data so if I'm labeled as on 3G I can make calls and texts but have to wait for it to switch to H when I start using data.
It's a feature of cyanogenmod that it switches to 3G when heavy data is not required and switches to H+ when you need a faster data connection
That is of course if your running CM on your phone...
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It's a feature of cyanogenmod that it switches to 3G when heavy data is not required and switches to H+ when you need a faster data connection
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It's not a "feature" of CyanogenMod. This also happens on the stock ROM but we do not see the H icon, only the 3G one. Cyanogen himself explained this a while back.
Vandam500 said:
It's not a "feature" of CyanogenMod. This also happens on the stock ROM but we do not see the H icon, only the 3G one. Cyanogen himself explained this a while back.
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You mean stock sees only the H icon, not the 3G one XD
Also note that if you're not actively using data, it'll show the 3G symbol (on Cyanogen or Sense ROMs) - as soon as you start a connection, it'll switch to an H. This isn't necessarily because the phone is switching between a 3G and HSPA signal, but rather because 3G is also used to carry voice - so if the phone isn't using HSPA for data, it obviously doesn't need to show it.
Thanks for all of the information, guys!

No 4g on g2

Hello all! I installed unity on my g2 and since then I haven't seen 4g at all. Any ideas? Also, I asked this a few days back but I still can't run WiFi without mobile network shutting down. Any help on either subject would be greatly appreciated!
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*You should read the first few posts in the unity thread. It mentions that tmo lies about 4G and your phone will only show 4G when you really are in the area.
As for the actual 4G icon, it's been replaced with the H icon. Search the unity thread for the 4g icon mod. *
scratch that. it's gone since the last time the op was taken down. but yeah, it only shows 4g when you're actually in a 4G area. The mention of that is not in the thread anymore unfortuantely...
Final Edit: here's the official statement on that: http://www.virtuousrom.com/p/faq.html (it's the 2nd to last question on the bottom)
Your mobile netwok is disabled when you have wifi. It is normal. It prevents excessive battery drain. You'll be reconnected to your network as soon as you leave the wifi zone.
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Thank you for your fast reply! I know that about the H icon, but in places i used to get it, i dont anymore. Maybe something is screwy because i just ran a speed test and it pulled 3.7 meg wit 2 bars 3g. I also understand about the wifi but for some reason i cant get calls or texts and i have to reboot to get the mobile network tgo come back on.
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coachmoore said:
Hello all! I installed unity on my g2 and since then I haven't seen 4g at all. Any ideas? Also, I asked this a few days back but I still can't run WiFi without mobile network shutting down. Any help on either subject would be greatly appreciated!
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the "H" icon is "4G". If you want the "4G" icon, you can put it in the ROM yourself. You'll only see "H"/"4G" in the areas where the towers have been upgraded to HSPA (which is most major places by now, actually).
When you're connected to wifi, the phone automatically disables your 3G in order to save battery. It switches to "2G only" because your WiFi data is faster.
coachmoore said:
Thank you for your fast reply! I know that about the H icon, but in places i used to get it, i dont anymore. Maybe something is screwy because i just ran a speed test and it pulled 3.7 meg wit 2 bars 3g. I also understand about the wifi but for some reason i cant get calls or texts and i have to reboot to get the mobile network tgo come back on.
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check the link in my signature of virtuous unity mods for the 4g icon.zip
coachmoore said:
Thank you for your fast reply! I know that about the H icon, but in places i used to get it, i dont anymore. Maybe something is screwy because i just ran a speed test and it pulled 3.7 meg wit 2 bars 3g. I also understand about the wifi but for some reason i cant get calls or texts and i have to reboot to get the mobile network tgo come back on.
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i'm going to assume that this is the first time you installed unity on it. so yeah, what you thought you had 4g, actually was 3G. the unity rom actually denotes a difference in that and tells you that it's actually 3G not 4G.
Ok man, thank you again for all of your helpful replies. However the "H" icon i used to get all over the place, now i never see it. So what youre saying is that i was never really getting 4g, it just had the H up there. What i understood was gthe H was HSPA or 4g. As i said, i live close to atlanta, so i should have it, i thought i did anyway...lol
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coachmoore said:
Ok man, thank you again for all of your helpful replies. However the "H" icon i used to get all over the place, now i never see it. So what youre saying is that i was never really getting 4g, it just had the H up there. What i understood was gthe H was HSPA or 4g. As i said, i live close to atlanta, so i should have it, i thought i did anyway...lol
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Don't worry too much about whether or not you see the "H" icon or the "3G" icon. A lot of times the "H" hangs up there much longer than it should. I noticed on some ROMs that it will just show "H" for a long time even though you've actually moved down to UMTS connection (3G).
As long as you're getting good speeds and not noticing a difference I wouldn't stress about it too much.
Ok, thanks for all of your help as always guys... You ate the best in the biz!
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lol np. just a quick search will usually solve you problems though
and to note, isn't ATL AT&T's hq? if so, then I dont think Tmo has much radio space there.
It is at&t, in fact, I'm a lineman for at&t. Tmobile is just cheaper and the service is a lot better.
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well, that's probably why. I'm on att, but i do hate their new "decisions" they've been making..but yeah, tmo probably has a little less power in that area thanks to it being AT&T's hq.

[REQ] 4g icon

Since it was easy for someone to change the 3g icon to a 1x icon, can we get a 4g icon?? An LTE one would be even better.. Since Sprint wants us to think we always have 3g service, I want ppl to think I always have 4g or LTE
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For what rom, fe22?
Yep
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Okay so you want us to change the 3g icon to a 4g one or just change he current 4g icon to lte or change the 3g icon to lte 4g icon?
Ascertion said:
Okay so you want us to change the 3g icon to a 4g one or just change he current 4g icon to lte or change the 3g icon to lte 4g icon?
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Yeah he meant 3G icon to display 4G icon!
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Why not make it 5G while your at it?
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I say we just leave at G since we cool like that
I would love for this to happen....please make this happen
For deodexed FF09 roms. 3G icon replaced by 4G icon.
Flash via recovery.
EDIT: Now tested, working 100%.
Regarding this whole G situation- Once Sprint goes to the LTE system- will the phones be adapted/compatible with the 4g LTE, or will there be an OTA update or flash/cwm update be required?
I can say that the reception bars indicator are not doing the
WIMAX system any favors regarding reputation. I updated from el 29 modem, to fc 24, to fd 19 and cant see a huge difference. ( I used the open signal app to measure as close to scientific as possible to see in same static area- which modem was better.) In addition- my google navigation locking is a joke at 2-3 minutes- whereas my Telenav is much faster. Any advice is welcome to improve the GPS and signal- ( although I havent dropped any calls yet. )
SamsungGLXYS2sps said:
Regarding this whole G situation- Once Sprint goes to the LTE system- will the phones be adapted/compatible with the 4g LTE, or will there be an OTA update or flash/cwm update be required?
I can say that the reception bars indicator are not doing the
WIMAX system any favors regarding reputation. I updated from el 29 modem, to fc 24, to fd 19 and cant see a huge difference. ( I used the open signal app to measure as close to scientific as possible to see in same static area- which modem was better.) In addition- my google navigation locking is a joke at 2-3 minutes- whereas my Telenav is much faster. Any advice is welcome to improve the GPS and signal- ( although I havent dropped any calls yet. )
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These phones will never do lte
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Overstew said:
For deodexed FF09 roms. 4G icon replaced by 3G icon. Untested, but it should work.
Flash via recovery.
EDIT: Now tested, working 100%.
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Wait ... so flashing this will make your 4G icon become a 3G one? Just wondering or is it the other way? Thanks.
slick4mitch said:
Wait ... so flashing this will make your 4G icon become a 3G one? Just wondering or is it the other way? Thanks.
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haha, yes. It replaces 3G icon with the 4G icon. I know I implied it backwards in my original post.
Overstew said:
haha, yes. It replaces 3G icon with the 4G icon. I know I implied it backwards in my original post.
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Ok, thank you, this might be fun

why is my 3g faster than 4g?

Ok guys, here i go again. I recently installed the "smooth ion" mod thingy, after a little help from yall, and i love it. However, now my data icon is not 4g, but either an "H" or 3g, it switches constantly. I was kinda bummed at first until i realized that my speed was much greater, around 2.5 to 3 mps dl. I only get about 1 mps at best when on 4g. why is this?
Well...4g is not shown as H(3.5G) on Non ATT firmware, so it should be faster. Make sure your apns are correct (assuming AT&T)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770813
why is my 3g faster than 4g
424aca said:
Well...H, is not 4g, so it is not really faster. Make sure your apns are correct (assuming AT&T)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770813
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well, as it was new, it always said 4g, and even 4g lte when i was in okc, but now it is an H mostly, and 3g flickers on momentarily sometimes. I had made a nandroid backup of the original rooted ics before i did the smooth ion thing so i went back to it and the 4g was back.
yeah what is confusing me is that i did the same smooth ion flash by ganeshbiyer but my icons were still there...
running ATT firmware
424aca said:
yeah what is confusing me is that i did the same smooth ion flash by ganeshbiyer but my icons were still there...
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did u lose ur 4g as well? My app icons remained also if thats what ur meaning. but it added some of its own
jerimynal wiley said:
Ok guys, here i go again. I recently installed the "smooth ion" mod thingy, after a little help from yall, and i love it. However, now my data icon is not 4g, but either an "H" or 3g, it switches constantly. I was kinda bummed at first until i realized that my speed was much greater, around 2.5 to 3 mps dl. I only get about 1 mps at best when on 4g. why is this?
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Smooth Ion installed new SystemUI inwhich controlled the signal icons. Assuming you got LT28at, you got to understand ATT market called 4g when it really H (3.5G). So when you are not using ATT stock firmware it will unhide the reality - that's why you see the flicker between 3G & H. About the speed it should be the same as whichever firmware you used all depend on signal received. Could be that one firmware gave you better signal reception than anoher.
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