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3G/4G Menu

Where is the hidden menu for the 4g preferred setting? Isn't there a hidden setting menu. My phone tried to stay on edge. My little brother has a blaze and is right next to me and his is on 4g and mine is on edge....
I still have IMEI so that isnt the issue. :good:

go to the play market and download phone info

Should it be set to gsm/cdma auto(Prl)?
It was on gsm auto (Prl).
It seems since I flashed a Rom and then did my Nan restore to stock rooted it preferred edge over 4g.
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no if you want it to prefer 4g ovr edge then you have to have it set to wcdma preferred. that's tmobile's 4g! and then when it isn't available it will simply go to edge. that's definitely your best bet.

pedroisweird said:
no if you want it to prefer 4g ovr edge then you have to have it set to wcdma preferred. that's tmobile's 4g! and then when it isn't available it will simply go to edge. that's definitely your best bet.
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I did that now. It still was sticking on edge. I then switched it to wcdma only and it switched right to 4g. Thing is on edge it had full bars. 4g only two. I wonder if that's why it stayed on edge. Anyone know?
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So I'm visiting family in Toms River NJ and I have full bars of Edge service, but no 4G service. Should I try switching network settings or what ??
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dmarco said:
So I'm visiting family in Toms River NJ and I have full bars of Edge service, but no 4G service. Should I try switching network settings or what ??
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try wcdma preferred. It helps stay on 4g. There may not be 4g where you are. Might want to check on that.
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jjlean said:
try wcdma preferred. It helps stay on 4g. There may not be 4g where you are. Might want to check on that.
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So I did this same thing and it's telling me I'm on 3G.
When I was on completely stock ROM out of the box, I was on "4G" all the time.
Now, every ROM I've flashed to test out which one I like, it displays 3G BUT whenever I click on a link it switches to H+. Then when that link is done loading it switches back to displaying 3G. Am I correct in assuming that it is supposed to do this?
Edit - After reading the NEXT post while I was doing my search, it seems that I was correct. :]

B-Roll said:
So I did this same thing and it's telling me I'm on 3G.
When I was on completely stock ROM out of the box, I was on "4G" all the time.
Now, every ROM I've flashed to test out which one I like, it displays 3G BUT whenever I click on a link it switches to H+. Then when that link is done loading it switches back to displaying 3G. Am I correct in assuming that it is supposed to do this?
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correct you are. while It's accessing data it goes to H+

I have my set to wcdma preferred. Keep in mind this setting might use more battery because it's constantly looking for four g signal rather than two g or three g
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If I'm not mistaken, on stock it will always show 4G, even on 3G.
A lot of custom roms change this so it tells the truth. That's why you see 3G or H/H+.
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There's an app in play store called network that works great.
t-mobile sgs3 stock rom/rooted

Bell Not Getting LTE

I am in a lte area and not getting lte coverage anyone else in bell with this problem? It just says H on the top, and cm10 rom
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Hi there, please go to bell.ca/support and search apn settings, you will probably need to add Bells LTE settings to your phone.
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tehsprayer said:
I am in a lte area and not getting lte coverage anyone else in bell with this problem? It just says H on the top, and cm10 rom
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Are you inside a building? Bell's LTE penetration is....enough said.

Did you get LTE with stock rom? If so it could be a setting in the rom somewhere. I also have troubles with LTE when in a building (if thats the case)

I've been outside a building and still don't get lte in the kitchener Guelph area where lte is supported I also changed the settings to gsm/lte but still never see 4G on the top
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tehsprayer said:
I've been outside a building and still don't get lte in the kitchener Guelph area where lte is supported I also changed the settings to gsm/lte but still never see 4G on the top
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I'm on Rogers in the mississauga / Toronto region and I have the same problem.
Setting gsm/auto/lte doesn't work
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Just got the confirmation yesterday that Bell have issue with their LTE network.
Go on your network setting and select WCDMA ONLY if you are able...
This is what the tech told me for my LG and since yesterday got 1 drop connection and not 10 a day!!!

tehsprayer said:
I am in a lte area and not getting lte coverage anyone else in bell with this problem? It just says H on the top, and cm10 rom
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I'm on Virgin Mobile Canada (Bell) and was having issues getting 4G (LTE). I believe it was posted on the CM10 thread but I reposted this as someone else was asking the same thing, but if you can't get 4G working even with the correct APN, go to your dialer and dial *#*#4636#*#*
This will take you to the phone testing menu. Tap Phone information, scroll down to the selectable list which may say CDMA or GSM/CDMA. Change that to LTE/GSM or LTE/GSM/CDMA and that should get it working again.
This worked for me on CM10, but AOKP should be close enough that this may help you out.

I'm on Att but the 9-8 build of aokp defaults to wcdma preferred on boot up..I know I live in an LTE area so what I did was *#*#4636#*#* then choose LTE only to force it into LTE coverage after that choose LTE/GSM/CDMA prl auto then or LTE should stick..for me if I chose LTE/GSM/CDMA first it would still default to wcdma...hope this helps...keep in mind you have to perform this after every reboot until its changed by task if it ever is in future builds.
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djkinetic said:
I'm on Att but the 9-8 build of aokp defaults to wcdma preferred on boot up..I know I live in an LTE area so what I did was *#*#4636#*#* then choose LTE only to force it into LTE coverage after that choose LTE/GSM/CDMA prl auto then or LTE should stick..for me if I chose LTE/GSM/CDMA first it would still default to wcdma...hope this helps...keep in mind you have to perform this after every reboot until its changed by task if it ever is in future builds.
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Hmmm, that's interesting. On CM10, I don't need to change that on every reboot. Not even after a dirty flash. Just after a clean flash.

I had the same problem on rogers in Vancouver also running cm10 make sure you change your APN to the lte version also where it says APN type I put default. Another thing that may confuse you is that there is no lte icon on cm10 it says 4g instead
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Also what might help is don't keep to many APN stored delete all except the lte and the lte tethering one. My phone was also switching to the regular APN on booting it up
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djchrissca said:
Just got the confirmation yesterday that Bell have issue with their LTE network.
Go on your network setting and select WCDMA ONLY if you are able...
This is what the tech told me for my LG and since yesterday got 1 drop connection and not 10 a day!!!
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Where did you get this confirmation?

Not getting LTE? Check your APN Settings
Hi Guys, if you are having issues with your LTE, check your APN Settings here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434995

[Q] LTE coverage on MIUI??

I have the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 android version 4.1.2 on MIUI.us 3.1.11. Everything is working fine, but I have noticed slightly slower speeds and I no longer see my LTE signal icon in the status bar? How can I tell if I still have LTE coverage? Is it still there, but just not being displayed anymore? Please advise.

iphonezen said:
I have the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 android version 4.1.2 on MIUI.us 3.1.11. Everything is working fine, but I have noticed slightly slower speeds and I no longer see my LTE signal icon in the status bar? How can I tell if I still have LTE coverage? Is it still there, but just not being displayed anymore? Please advise.
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An image doesn't change much, I could swap it to change 2G (E) and it would still give me the same speed.. You can use speedtest app to see if you still get the same speed.

So I shouldn't be to concerned if the LTE icon is no longer being displayed? It was very helpful to have it, let's you know where the best coverage for LTE is at! Wonder why it's not being displayed anymore after rooting??

iphonezen said:
So I shouldn't be to concerned if the LTE icon is no longer being displayed? It was very helpful to have it, let's you know where the best coverage for LTE is at! Wonder why it's not being displayed anymore after rooting??
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what icon is it showing? 3G, H, H+, 4G?

BWolf56 said:
what icon is it showing? 3G, H, H+, 4G?
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Its showing 4G and H+

If it shows 4G that means LTE and H+ means regular "4G" at least in my experience
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chrisj22 said:
If it shows 4G that means LTE and H+ means regular "4G" at least in my experience
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Almost. LTE is 4G but H+ is 3.5G.

Before I installed MIUI.us, it said LTE, 4G, and H+. Now, no LTE is displayed.

iphonezen said:
Before I installed MIUI.us, it said LTE, 4G, and H+. Now, no LTE is displayed.
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Can you tell me what is displayed? Or even better, could you post a screeny when on data? (hold vol down + power to take a screenshot).
And like I mentioned before, it's an image. Nothing else. The only way to know if using a speedtest.

Att markets there HSPA+ as 4G that's why on stock the 4G there speed is slow
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BWolf56 said:
Can you tell me what is displayed? Or even better, could you post a screeny when on data? (hold vol down + power to take a screenshot).
And like I mentioned before, it's an image. Nothing else. The only way to know if using a speedtest.
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It would just be good to know when LTE is being offered.

iphonezen said:
It would just be good to know when LTE is being offered.
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Umm that's H+, a bit slower than LTE. Go check in your APNs if you're on the LTE one. Also, make sure your network mode has the 3 options (2G, 3G, 4G).

Yes, all that you mentioned checks out. Just never are my LTE symbol after installing both CM10.0 and MIUI.us.

iphonezen said:
Yes, all that you mentioned checks out. Just never are my LTE symbol after installing both CM10.0 and MIUI.us.
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Maybe try a different modem. I'm not sure why it would keep you from using LTE if your APN and network mode are correct.

How do I try a different modem?

iphonezen said:
How do I try a different modem?
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Flash it
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[Q] LTE = H+ for I9505 roms?

I was wondering if the H+ symbol I get for the Omega rom means it is LTE? There are times when it says E, 3G and 4G as well. I'm assuming the H+ is when it is on LTE here in Chicago.

rbtady said:
I was wondering if the H+ symbol I get for the Omega rom means it is LTE? There are times when it says E, 3G and 4G as well. I'm assuming the H+ is when it is on LTE here in Chicago.
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4g is lte h+ is hspa

cwalker0906 said:
4g is lte h+ is hspa
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Thanks for clearing that up
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I Would like to add, on TMO rom it seemed to me like they are marking H+ as 4G as well, which on normal roms (i9505) they are not.
i had 2 Galaxy S4 in my hand, one with TMO rom and one with i9505 rom. (With TMO sim in both)
the TMO showed up 4G and the i9505 showed H+
but when looking inside the debug menu, they both were in H+ channel,
speedtest showed the same speed as well.
so what i think is that TMO is "Cheating" by stating "i'm on 4G network" which should be only LTE,
but you are on 3.5G network (H+)

cwalker0906 said:
4g is lte h+ is hspa
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So why does it go between 4g and 4gLTE?
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you could also correct that by just changing the build.prop lines to the tmobile values and you get your normal icons back for 4G and 4GLTE. I did this since I am running Omega as well.

dominante58 said:
you could also correct that by just changing the build.prop lines to the tmobile values and you get your normal icons back for 4G and 4GLTE. I did this since I am running Omega as well.
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Would this work on an AOSP rom as well ? If so, can please you post the build.prop lines that need changing? (including what to change them to)
Thanks in advance

C.Sweat said:
Would this work on an AOSP rom as well ? If so, can please you post the build.prop lines that need changing? (including what to change them to)
Thanks in advance
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I honestly do not know that this will work on an AOSP rom. My bet is that they probably wouldn't- and if you're running an AOSP rom built for the M919 you'd already have the correct build.prop values:
ro.product.model= SGH-M919
ro.product.name=jfltetmo
ro.product.device=jfltetmo

dominante58 said:
I honestly do not know that this will work on an AOSP rom. My bet is that they probably wouldn't- and if you're running an AOSP rom built for the M919 you'd already have the correct build.prop values:
ro.product.model= SGH-M919
ro.product.name=jfltetmo
ro.product.device=jfltetmo
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I see. Those are the current values for those lines. Thanks anyway

Why don't you just do a speed test?

dominante58 said:
you could also correct that by just changing the build.prop lines to the tmobile values and you get your normal icons back for 4G and 4GLTE. I did this since I am running Omega as well.
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How do you change the build prop? Also, will this effect the changes I made with 3 minit settings?

I'm on omega. Change your build prop to get T-Mobile icons. You could also go in settings/status and check if your in hspa or LTE. I have LTE now in Cleveland and see 4g LTE for my data icons
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Here's T-Mobile build prop. There are only 3 things you have to change. Device,model and name
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How do you change the build prop? Also, will this effect the changes I made with 3 minit settings?
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A simple text editor works, it's located at /build.prop
Otherwise there are several options on Play, just search for build prop.

Thanks i changed the name, model, and device in build prop, but it still uses 3g and 4g.
Nevermind it now. Shows lte for lte and 4g for hspa after the edit of the build prop
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DxCx said:
I Would like to add, on TMO rom it seemed to me like they are marking H+ as 4G as well, which on normal roms (i9505) they are not.
i had 2 Galaxy S4 in my hand, one with TMO rom and one with i9505 rom. (With TMO sim in both)
the TMO showed up 4G and the i9505 showed H+
but when looking inside the debug menu, they both were in H+ channel,
speedtest showed the same speed as well.
so what i think is that TMO is "Cheating" by stating "i'm on 4G network" which should be only LTE,
but you are on 3.5G network (H+)
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Tmobile's 4g has always been hspa+ They are just starting to roll out LTE. AT&T did this also. They billed hspa+ as 4g, and then rolled out LTE later, which they currently market to compete with verizons 4g lte. Gsm carriers were able to debut hspa+ faster then verizon was able to debut LTE for the first time, giving them a leg up on the fastest network for a short time.
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CarbonROM AT&T GS3 rotating between 3g and HSPA+

Recently flashed CarbonROM and now my phone rotates between 3G and HSPA+ when both are listed as full signal. Is this a ROM issue, Phone issue, or AT&T?

MaelstromMonkey said:
Recently flashed CarbonROM and now my phone rotates between 3G and HSPA+ when both are listed as full signal. Is this a ROM issue, Phone issue, or AT&T?
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Its not an issue. AOSP based ROMs show 3g when data isn't active and H+ when it is. stock ROMs incorrectly label H+ as 4g.
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So it isn't a matter of me having signal or not? It's just going to say H+ when actually using data and 3g when im not?

jmccool80 said:
Its not an issue. AOSP based ROMs show 3g when data isn't active and H+ when it is. stock ROMs incorrectly label H+ as 4g.
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So are you saying this is no real LTE speeds at all and only H+ ?

selw0nk said:
So are you saying this is no real LTE speeds at all and only H+ ?
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H+ is not LTE that is correct. On AOSP ROMs LTE is displayed as 4g. If you are seeing H+ then you are either not in an LTE reception area or your APN is wrong.
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So it isn't a matter of me having signal or not? It's just going to say H+ when actually using data and 3g when im not?
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That's exactly correct.
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