Help to connect to 4g lte - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

They just set up 4g in my city, but the second I get to my house, my door, the signal drops to one bar then switch's to 3g full bars.
Is there any way I can help this?
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LTE building penetration is nothing compared to the "simpler" 3G signal penetration. What this means for you is that your issue won't be "fixed" until 4G becomes more widespread to compensate for weak signal penetration.

Thank you sir
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Or! You could move down the street >_< lol
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moeinyoho said:
Or! You could move down the street >_< lol
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Ah man, wish I thought of that! Thanks man. Should I get a mansion or townhouse?
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Garridon said:
Ah man, wish I thought of that! Thanks man. Should I get a mansion or townhouse?
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You'd need paper walls. What part of building penetration isn't self explanatory?

063_XOBX said:
You'd need paper walls. What part of building penetration isn't self explanatory?
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Where's the hole for the tower to penetrate?

063_XOBX said:
You'd need paper walls. What part of building penetration isn't self explanatory?
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I was just kidding about that part lol I hope they set up more towers soon, .3 download speed is getting old really fast
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Mach3.2 said:
Where's the hole for the tower to penetrate?
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A 4g glory hole lol? Dirty haha!
If you wanted 4g and don't mind missing calls you could go to dialer and enter *#*#4636#*#* and go to phone information then set preferred network to LTE only. Downside is you will not be able to place or receive calls until you return to the default network mode.
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Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, Virginia Beach tower upgrades.

Not really sure if this should go here but I'm getting a Galaxy SIII soon. Today I received a "no CDMA network could be reached" message on my Moto Photon so I call my buddy that works at Sprint and he confirmed that tower upgrades are live in our area and we will probably have a rough time of it until complete.
I'm pretty excited about this and can't wait till I have the SIII in my hands. Stupid WiMax lol.
Torisen said:
Not really sure if this should go here but I'm getting a Galaxy SIII soon. Today I received a "no CDMA network could be reached" message on my Moto Photon so I call my buddy that works at Sprint and he confirmed that tower upgrades are live in our area and we will probably have a rough time of it until complete.
I'm pretty excited about this and can't wait till I have the SIII in my hands. Stupid WiMax lol.
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Yeah I'm in virginia beach, near redmill, and my signal bars look like a pole dancer. All they do is go up and down lol. Plus my speeds are slower but that's worth it for LTE in my house
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Let's hope that we have lte here asap
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Glad to hear I won't have to wait to long.
http://community.sprint.com/baw/com...-in-over-100-more-cities-in-the-coming-months
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I'm in the Pembroke area near Town Center. I'm looking forward to LTE as well. Never experience it before.
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llfloyd79 said:
I'm in the Pembroke area near Town Center. I'm looking forward to LTE as well. Never experience it before.
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I did opening weekend In Georgia! It was amazing!!!!! I was sad to be back on 3G. :'(
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jamcar said:
I did opening weekend In Georgia! It was amazing!!!!! I was sad to be back on 3G. :'(
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I hate you and I hope you burn
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xCovErtWolFx757 said:
I hate you and I hope you burn
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Plus the tower my phone is on,when I am home, will be one of the towers getting LTE when it turns on.
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Sprint lte 4G speeds Boston

Not bad eh?
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Pretty good i say.
castano22 said:
Not bad eh?
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Just curious. where in Boston? I am in east boston with nothing
castano22 said:
Not bad eh?
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In the words of Wolverine from the first X-men movie: "Holy sh¡t"
Lol, the swearword gets edited. I did not know that.
anth75 said:
Just curious. where in Boston? I am in east boston with nothing
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It was at Brookline near Harvard Ave
adamhlj said:
In the words of Wolverine from the first X-men movie: "Holy sh¡t"
Lol, the swearword gets edited. I did not know that.
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That's from the second one, actually. When he fights the chick with his abilities.
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Zeinzu said:
That's from the second one, actually. When he fights the chick with his abilities.
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Oh yeah, you are right! Haha, I need to watch those movies again.
These were the other day. I'm in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, and its been polling up all over. The speeds vary in different locations, but I haven't seen anything really bad yet. And its not even "officially" on yet.
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Not Verizon LTE speeds, but much better than Sprint 3G.
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itsalexaye90 said:
Not Verizon LTE speeds, but much better than Sprint 3G.
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Honestly, my speeds with big red weren't really that far off. I've very seldom gotten over 30 down and 10 up w Verizon. They're about the same as far as the speeds I've seen. Its the coverage that's scketchy.
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Not Verizon LTE speeds, but much better than Sprint 3G.
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Carrier pigeon is faster than Sprint 3g, so it doesn't take much.
But yeah. Those are pretty good speeds. Glad to see Sprint picking up their game.
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I get 1-2mbps 3g and 6-12mbs 4g but this is in the Baltimore area.
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i'm trying to locate a good place to buy Sprint Nexus off-contract, mint-condition used or new to use on Sprint network without signing/extending contact. i currently have gt-i9250 on t-mobile, while my friend has htc evo on sprint, i wanna switch him over to nexus experience without singing another 2 year contract.
Anyone knows a good place in Boston/Mass/NH or online where i can buy SPH-L700?!
Thank you in advance
and sorry for not creating separate thread.
Not to be a downer, but when I got the TBolt (First Verizon 4G Lte phone) my speeds were constantly 35+ Mbps everywhere I went. Now that everyone and their mother has a 4G phone I am lucky to get about 10 - 15Mbps in most places. Saturation is a killer.

Lte!!!! Holy poop nugget

Well I was sitting at work and bam, 4g came on, way to go sprint!!!! (Shentel for my area) So glad I hung in there, screw the haters!!!!
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Those are some damn good download speeds!
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Not bad at all
I know, it's on, but I still feel like they're testing it, still goes off and on from time to time, but when it's on..oooohhhh boy is this fast,lol
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I remember my first lte speed test. .lol
On the wife's sgs3 we've been 30mbps. Yet I haven't had better than mid-twenties.
Enjoy your speed
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epicnoob66 said:
I remember my first lte speed test. .lol
On the wife's sgs3 we've been 30mbps. Yet I haven't had better than mid-twenties.
Enjoy your speed
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I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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A2CKilla said:
I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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You know you can turn it off in settings right?
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fryingpan0613 said:
You know you can turn it off in settings right?
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Yea, you can change the phone to non lte mode, but I'm sure you know what I mean by a toggle/scanner like the wimax phones have
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A2CKilla said:
Yea, you can change the phone to non lte mode, but I'm sure you know what I mean by a toggle/scanner like the wimax phones have
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Ya I know what you mean, I just wasn't sure if you knew you could turn it off since other carriers force you to have it on.
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A2CKilla said:
I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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Does it work with EasyTether?
Yeah its really spotty and on/off for me. Weird observation though... I get 4g with my note in places I don't with my Galaxy Nexus.
Darn them, talked to a shentel rep (people that control sprint towers where I am) and these lte siting are just the test sites -_- but hey, at least full lte will be out at the end of the year for me at least, but hey for test speed of anywhere from, 8-20mb down?! I can't complain, but hey, I saw the same speeds with my wimax 4g, so to each his own
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With Note 2 i get LTE everywhere in Dallas Ft. Worth. Even traveling to other cities through tolls where development is not really there. Just alot of trees. I even get LTE in most people homes. Nexus never had this strong of a signal and if LTE switched the phone would freeze. I can honestly say this is a good phone.
patrickjaden said:
Does it work with EasyTether?
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Yes indeed.
On my $3 but I got great LTE tests in my area today done inside the bank
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hayabusa1300cc said:
On my $3 but I got great LTE tests in my area today done inside the bank
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[email protected] you Texas!!!!! Lol, but great speeds man, I still haven't seen anything near that in good ol pa, shentel needs to hurry up!!! But for the test site, I pretty much get lte in the majority of areas I go to, and at least get 2mb down at home if I'm not using wifi for 3g
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I am also seeing very little battery drain from 4G. The radios in this phone are amazing (especially compared to the Nexus).
I havent gotten my note yet but I was also really concern on how would lte and the battery would play. Are some of you guys noticing big drains or small drains with lte on?
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yellowman82 said:
I havent gotten my note yet but I was also really concern on how would lte and the battery would play. Are some of you guys noticing big drains or small drains with lte on?
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Depends, since a lot of areas are tests sites, lte does drop on and off for me, but battery still lasts all day, I say Samsung got it right with the battery, hope other manufacturers follow suit
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They have recently expanded their signal here in dallas, texas and now I get 4g on my work which I never usually got any 4g signal because of this old bulding but now I get some strong 4g signal. Props for sprint but my speeds are not that fast, I usually get max 5 or even 6 thats it :S
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Lte speed test Atlanta

Was in Atlanta for a short time today. Wish this was Jacksonville Florida lol.
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humdrum2009 said:
Was in Atlanta for a short time today. Wish this was Jacksonville Florida lol.
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Did you test the LTE in Jacksonville yet?
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digiblur said:
Did you test the LTE in Jacksonville yet?
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I tested twice and live in the heart of jax getting less than 7 the whole time.. is that normal
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digiblur said:
Did you test the LTE in Jacksonville yet?
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New test taken just now literally across the street from a sprint store haha in jax haha
32256 area
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Do you mean normal for Jacksonville or normal for LTE? As far as LTE, I guess it varies...Like I live in a spotty LTE area right now and pull anywhere between 5-9mbps but when I go down near Jerome Ave in the Bronx, I'm always pulling 20's. Today I got 33.29mbps in that same neighborhood. We'll all get there...hopefully sooner than later.
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Do you mean normal for Jacksonville or normal for LTE? As far as LTE, I guess it varies...Like I live in a spotty LTE area right now and pull anywhere between 5-9mbps but when I go down near Jerome Ave in the Bronx, I'm always pulling 20's. Today I got 33.29mbps in that same neighborhood. We'll all get there...hopefully sooner than later.
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Well I just noticed 4g come on today so I'm sure jax well only get better as towers turn on
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Lord Syrics Jr. said:
Well I just noticed 4g come on today so I'm sure jax well only get better as towers turn on
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Yep. Not a whole lot on just yet but enjoy the fact they are letting you guys test it way early.
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Lord Syrics Jr. said:
New test taken just now literally across the street from a sprint store haha in jax haha
32256 area
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Where was this? Can you map it next time via Sensorly?
I have been actively discovering lte sites in Jacksonville for a few weeks now. Is this off the i95/ BayMeadows exit?
This is the BayMeadows tower for me.
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I haven't seen Lte in jax
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humdrum2009 said:
I haven't seen Lte in jax
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Where in Jax are you? There's a lot of lte active now. Check out the Sensorly maps. (Sensorly.com or download the app from Google play.)
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humdrum2009 said:
I haven't seen Lte in jax
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Looks like 3 or 4 sites so far that people have found.
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Damn some of these lte speed tests are slower compared to Verizon/AT&T. Hopefully when the Sprint upgrades roll out a bit more, speeds will be faster.
That's from Arlington, VA.
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Ascertion said:
Where was this? Can you map it next time via Sensorly?
I have been actively discovering lte sites in Jacksonville for a few weeks now. Is this off the i95/ BayMeadows exit?
This is the BayMeadows tower for me.
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This is South side and bay meadows.. the publix there.. now I'm not getting above 6.5.. How did you get so high
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Lord Syrics Jr. said:
This is South side and bay meadows.. the publix there.. now I'm not getting above 6.5.. How did you get so high
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LTE is very signal strength dependent. EvDo RevA's (Sprint's 3G) speeds don't deteriorate unless it reaches a very low signal threshold. Next time you connect to the LTE site at Publix, open up your debugging menu and screenshot the LTE engineering screen and post it here.
With 6mbps, you have a rather low (-110dBm to -115 dBm signal strength). If your signal strength is high, then you should experience better speeds.
DarkManX4lf said:
Damn some of these lte speed tests are slower compared to Verizon/AT&T. Hopefully when the Sprint upgrades roll out a bit more, speeds will be faster.
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Sprint's in a position where they simply don't have the spectrum to deploy anything greater than a 5x5mhz carrier per market. This means LTE speeds will max out at about 38mbps, and even this is under extremely favorable conditions.
But worry not for Clearwire alone has more spectrum than Verizon does, and Clearwire, starting mid-2013 will be deploying LTE advanced on a 20x20mhz carrier! This means speeds will be up to 90mbps. Hang in there because even with Sprint's LTE maxing out at 38mbps, it's still very fast and the best part...unlimited.
Ascertion said:
LTE is very signal strength dependent. EvDo RevA's (Sprint's 3G) speeds don't deteriorate unless it reaches a very low signal threshold. Next time you connect to the LTE site at Publix, open up your debugging menu and screenshot the LTE engineering screen and post it here.
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How do I show this?
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Haha yes!! Just now at work (publix location)
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Haha yes!! Just now at work (publix location)
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##debug# dialer code, sprint is the password. Lte engineering screen will have everything listed there.
Nice speeds.
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But since LTE will be on every tower unlike the other carriers, there will be less people on each LTE carrier than the other guys.
And do you really need higher than 35 megabits on your phone... hell no. I'd be happy with 3 or 4!
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But since LTE will be on every tower unlike the other carriers, there will be less people on each LTE carrier than the other guys.
And do you really need higher than 35 megabits on your phone... hell no. I'd be happy with 3 or 4!
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Haha yeah I don't really see the point in it either except for downloading large files.
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Is this lte speed?

Hey guys I'm sitting at campus waiting to do my Fasfa and I decided to do a speed test. I know tmo is releasing lte in Providence rhode Island but I didn't think it was this early
If this is lte this is why I love living in a small state all the wireless providers always have us on theur list
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That looks like HSPA to me. Speeds are consistent with HSDPA and short of typical HSUPA. That and your signal indicator shows H+.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
What kind of speeds did you pull before? I live in Reno and I get speeds like that- and we do not have LTE yet.
I usually pull 5 never anything above 15-20
Is there another way to test for lte
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Don't think so. LTE should have way better upload speed like over 5mbps
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That's definitely not LTE. But I have never seen the H logo here in Las Vegas.
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Hmmmm ok maybe I should use speak easy?
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Congrats. Your area got an upgrade. You're probably in an lte ready area.
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GN2Rabbit said:
Congrats. Your area got an upgrade. You're probably in an lte ready area.
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Lol no.
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Trying to determine with Speed Test is impossible. Like trying to benchmark with Quadrant.
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i get 15 -17 mbps on hspa in new york
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i get 15 -17 mbps on hspa in new york
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I get around that in Austin.. Sometimes more...
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hoshmosh said:
Hey guys I'm sitting at campus waiting to do my Fasfa and I decided to do a speed test. I know tmo is releasing lte in Providence rhode Island but I didn't think it was this early
If this is lte this is why I love living in a small state all the wireless providers always have us on theur list
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The phone shows H+ which is HSPA+.
Markor13 said:
That's definitely not LTE. But I have never seen the H logo here in Las Vegas.
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t-mobile variants doesn't use H logo for their devices. it's either E for edge or 4G for HSPA+21 or 42.
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t-mobile variants doesn't use H logo for their devices. it's either E for edge or 4G for HSPA+21 or 42.
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Unless it is ASOP
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Unless it is ASOP
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That's not aosp. You can tell by the status bar
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That's not aosp. You can tell by the status bar
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It could be one of the n7105 roms
I have those speeds around LA and we don't have LTE.
thank you
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It could be one of the n7105 roms
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Thank you for the common sense!
Come on hes not running aosp and hes not on the tmobile base rom hes on the international which shows the H+ icon and only says 4G if its on LTE
jonjinbae said:
I have those speeds around LA and we don't have LTE.
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I can't believe you are getting speeds like that in LA- I took a trip to Irvine a few months ago and couldn't get more than 3mbs. I am so used to the speeds in Reno that range from 9mbs-19mbs consistently, I was so frustrated! How entitled we are now. I remember when 1.5mbs was FAST! I can't wait to try out true LTE, already my data speeds are faster on "4g" than my WiFi connection at home.

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