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LTE Toggle?

I can't seem to find a way to toggle LTE on this phone? Maybe I'm just missing it. Also funny, I'm with Rogers and they tell me that I have to get a new plan in order to get LTE. However, I'm in the city today and my phone shows LTE and it is blazing fast! It is killing the battery pretty quick. Hopefully I'm not incurring extra charges??
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brunswick000 said:
I can't seem to find a way to toggle LTE on this phone? Maybe I'm just missing it. Also funny, I'm with Rogers and they tell me that I have to get a new plan in order to get LTE. However, I'm in the city today and my phone shows LTE and it is blazing fast! It is killing the battery pretty quick. Hopefully I'm not incurring extra charges??
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Under your wireless and network settings tap more and then go into Mobile Network settings at the bottom. You should have a Network Mode setting you can change unless Rogers has disabled it (it's there in my TELUS version but AT&T is known to disable it for whatever reason). Be aware that turning off LTE has led to some massive wakelocks and battery drain on the AT&T version but the Rogers one may not suffer from the same symptoms so give it a try.
Also, I'm not on Rogers but on Telus I did not have to get a new plan to get LTE. Sounds to me like they were trying to swindle a contract renewal out of you.

brunswick000 said:
I can't seem to find a way to toggle LTE on this phone? Maybe I'm just missing it. Also funny, I'm with Rogers and they tell me that I have to get a new plan in order to get LTE. However, I'm in the city today and my phone shows LTE and it is blazing fast! It is killing the battery pretty quick. Hopefully I'm not incurring extra charges??
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Setting > More > Mobile Networks > Network Mode >
select GSM / WCDMA auto

That option is not in my phone....(optimus g att)
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iamtha1 said:
That option is not in my phone....(optimus g att)
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AT&T have disabled the option. There are a few hacks or build.prop settings to disable LTE. As I said above, be warned that some users reported massive battery drain when turning it off but that may have been resolved now that fast dormancy can be disabled. In any case, there's an AT&T LGOG forum here with more info.
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5457#*phone model#
Works for korean, not sure about att

Have you tried hidden menu...
Found this in another thread... posted by: leith.t "To disable LTE on E970 go to phone and dial 3845#*970#. Select WCDMA-Only>Modem Settings>RAT Selection>WCDMA only. Automatic will restore LTE."

Not Supported....
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Unlocking Q

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?

zombielion said:
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

zombielion said:
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?

philo_ said:
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.

Turn on LTE

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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Markor13 said:
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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dannydv said:
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.

KillaHurtz said:
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.

Droid Premium said:
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?

SinisterSincere said:
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 ?

Will of fire said:
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.

mopandasauce said:
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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JOSE89178 said:
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?
JOSE89178 said:
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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Force HSPA+ mod?

It seems like pages would load faster if the radio was forced to stay on HSPA+ rather than going back to umts then waiting that second for it to jump back on HSPA. Anyone ever heard of a mod that makes the radio stay on HSPA network?
There's definitely a difference between the both in terms of speed. I came from Verizon and there LTE network was good but not great. I get better speeds at home on t-mobile but better at work on Verizon. There network was good at going through walls. The big difference is there LTE radio is always on forcing fast speeds out the gate. It's always on. If there was a mod to just force the radio to stay on HSPA there wouldn't be much of a difference between the both when it comes to user experience. It's not a big deal but was curious if anyone ever heard of such a thing.
Please exclude the I9505 build prop as I'm enjoying one of the international builds at this time. Again my data is good but forcing this HSPA network to stay on would definitely improve user experience. Maybe one day I will have the skills to create such a mod
Wishful thinking. Thanks community and please don't flame this thread. I'm in Q&A and it's just a thought
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Apn
Yes if you look in the mobile network in settings you can change the gs4 to the second mobile network setting which is without LTE. with that setting checked it only uses HSPA. Enjoy. I use it when LTE is acting funny

byron1985 said:
Yes if you look in the mobile network in settings you can change the gs4 to the second mobile network setting which is without LTE. with that setting checked it only uses HSPA. Enjoy. I use it when LTE is acting funny
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Thanks! It still bounces back and forth. It looks like it's meeting the demand when data is requested like it should. Its just frustrating I have to wait for it to jump back to hspa. Thanks I definitely appreciate the help!
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It's called fast dormancy. And your battery would die without it. I usually run a terminal and have a ping running to keep it alive and ready
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elesbb said:
It's called fast dormancy. And your battery would die without it. I usually run a terminal and have a ping running to keep it alive and ready
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How would one go about don't this
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ktetreault14 said:
How would one go about don't this
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Doing what? Running a ping? Just type
Ping www.Google.com and let it run
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elesbb said:
Doing what? Running a ping? Just type
Ping www.Google.com and let it run
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Awesome man! Thanks for the clarification. I read up on it and it seems like some new technology. I did find a toggle at the playstore for this.
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mike216 said:
Awesome man! Thanks for the clarification. I read up on it and it seems like some new technology. I did find a toggle at the playstore for this.
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What was that?
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ktetreault14 said:
What was that?
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Here you go
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gokhanmoral.fastdormancytoggle.i9300
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If you're on a Samsung phone, type *#*#4636#*#* in the dialer. Open Phone information. There'll be a drop down list saying 'Set preferred network type'. You can force LTE only or WCDMA only etc there. There are other options too, depending upon the phone.

Question. How to activate lte only?

With CM10.1?
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there is no such thing as LTE only, and i doubt it will exist until LTE coverage is more widespread. LTE also runs off CDMA, i don't know the technical information but i don't think it would save any power, compared to using CDMA only. if you want to run LTE just select CDMA / LTE and it will stay on LTE whenever LTE is avail.
if i was to turn my phone on LTE only and do my usual day of driving i would have no signal for 70% of the day, and that is driving around the GTA, which is canada's heaviest population density. so even if u happen to be somewhere where u usually have LTE, this is extremely rare that's why the mode isn't out yet.
cdma / lte priority goes as follow
4g lte - highest priority
4g - 2nd priority
3g - lowest priority
if you are looking to save battery and not performance, use 2g only for extreme battery saving, or CMDA only for moderate battery saving while still having good performance.

.... besides you couldn't make phone calls on lte kinda defeats the purpose of a phone.
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Thanks for your informative explanation.
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Swetnes said:
.... besides you couldn't make phone calls on lte kinda defeats the purpose of a phone.
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good point