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Why are my data speeds 10x faster all of a sudden??

Well I have been running with ICS ROMs for two weeks now but I don't think that's it. Maybe its the FC modems??
I live in an area surrounded by radio towers and they usually interfere and thus get horrible data speeds.
But all of a sudden my data speeds are as quick as my wifi even in my house. I just might use that instead of wifi
Anyway, just wondering what everyone else is seeing. Anyone use a GB based ROM with fc modem and reported good data speeds??
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There's a good chance that Sprint has upgraded towers in your area as part of its "Network Vision" infrastructure upgrades. Some users are reporting a significant boost in 3G speeds. I've been using the new FC06/FC07 modems without much of an speed improvement.. where are you located?

I live in the outskirts of Tampa. All I know is that my data speeds are horrid on blazer/calks gb roms. I will test some things out though

Network Vision? I remember how happy I was when they upgraded my area.
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https://network.sprint.com/
check your area

There's no modem in the world that it makes the data speed 10x faster. If there's modem like that I'll buy it!
For me, I used almost every modem available for E4GT but there's no huge difference.
So, just like someone said, there's a chance that Sprint they added a tower near by you.
You can check your coverage by Sprint from
http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?
I hope this page is updated for your area.

I travel between fort Smith Arkansas and Oklahoma city for work a lot and data speeds are 10x faster in fort Smith than Oklahoma city

thegoodrat said:
I live in the outskirts of Tampa. All I know is that my data speeds are horrid on blazer/calks gb roms. I will test some things out though
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I live in the center(ish) of Tampa, by USF. I'll do a speed test when I get home from holiday. I hope that they're better for me too. 200-400kbps is not exactly ideal haha.

thegoodrat said:
Well I have been running with ICS ROMs for two weeks now but I don't think that's it. Maybe its the FC modems??
I live in an area surrounded by radio towers and they usually interfere and thus get horrible data speeds.
But all of a sudden my data speeds are as quick as my wifi even in my house. I just might use that instead of wifi
Anyway, just wondering what everyone else is seeing. Anyone use a GB based ROM with fc modem and reported good data speeds??
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Show some speed test please
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I too have enjoyed a substantial increase in speed since switching to the fc05 modem, whether it's well timed tower upgrades or the modem I'm not sure. Would post screenshot but for some reason it's not working on calks newest. Speeds have doubled for me 400-500 kbps to 1000+
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I live just outside of Tampa in w
Wesley Chapel by Wiregrass. Barely any service, if any. I hope Sprint has a vision for my area as it isn't exactly under populated.
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I live in ny and in my house (on GB modems) i would get 100-300kbs. I flashes the fc05 modem and i get 800-1500kbs in the same exact spot.
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Show some speed test please
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Ok, I used the speed test app and it showed my speeds to be almost exactly the same(GB vs ICS). I went to my Calk 2.9 back up with EL29. Calk ICS 1.1 with FC07.
However, its clear that my speeds are faster. Maybe its just smoother but my browsing is more pleasant because everything just loads faster. Im confused lol

Im in the process of downaloding the FC07 modem now. Im running stock rooted EL29 Kernel and ROM with FB27 modem and my speeds are about average.
EDIT Following results after testing
Stock rooted EL29 ROM/Kernel with FB27 Modem Speedtest.net app
4G Ping 219 / 1.37 Down / 1.22 Up Ping 222 / 1.86 Down / 1.24 Up Ping 214 / 2.24 Down / 1.10 Up
3G Ping 356 / 0.18 Down / 0.06 Up Ping 385 / 0.53 Down / 0.08 Up Ping 291 / 0.19 Down / 0.07 Up
Stock rooted EL 29 ROM/Kernel with FC07 Modem speedtest.net app
4G Ping 215 / 2.48 Down / 0.81 Up Ping 239 / 1.61 Down / 0.29 Up Ping 308 / 0.83 Down / 1.01 Up
3G Ping 396 / 0.24 Down / 0.27 Up Ping 325 / 0.20 Down / 0.09 Up Ping 282 / 0.43 Down / 0.02 Up
Back to Stock rooted EL29 ROM/Kernel with FB27 Modem Speedtest.net app
4G Ping 224 / 3.92 Down / 1.17 Up
3G Ping 515 / .004 Down / 0.02 Up Ping 315 / 0.22 Down / 0.03 Up
I went back to FB27 modem because i noticed a lot of signal fluxuation with the FC07 modem. I would go from full bars, to half to none to full to none to half..
Im on the 4th floor of an office building with a window and my desk is close to the window. For testing purposes i tested, flashed modem, tested, flashed modem and tested. All back to back. Time elapsed was about 20 minutes.
I also flashed the modems twice with a full power on and power off in between. I let the unit sit for a few minutes after reboot to settle down.

twoslo said:
https://network.sprint.com/
check your area
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Just as an FYI, they don't always have that updated for certain areas. I used to be locked at no faster than 1.1 - 1.2 Mb down on 3G in my house (actually ran Sprint Mobile Broadband as my primary connection for a few years), but just recently I began seeing speeds routinely in the 1.5 - 2.0 Mb down range despite there being nothing listed on the network enhancement site in my area.

Is this good or bad
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I typically see around 0.1-0.2Mb/sec. Just checked i'm getting around 0.8Mb/sec. Still horrible but better. My 4g speeds are great at 7Mb/sec, but uses up too much battery
I'm in the San Francisco area
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I wish metro Detroit gets some love soon...
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I wish metro Detroit gets some love soon...
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We just did bro, so many so that Sprint did a press release about it. Just happened a couple of days ago.
Is there a tar of the fc07 modem at all, or just the zip if it?
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I'm in poughkeepsie, NY. And have had literally 10x faster speeds. Had nothing to do with the rom or modem, have been running el29 for a few weeks now. Speeds just magically increased! Then they went back down. Now what I noticed is the 3g network went from evdo-a to evdo-0. What's the difference in networks?
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Modem?

Just wondering, what's the best modem for the SGS2? Right now I'm using the modem from the Blaze but don't really get good speeds and sometimes loses signal all together. Is there a better one?
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Different modems work differently for each person depending on their location, kernel, and ROM. Just gotta try em and see what works best for you.
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You really aren't giving us a lot to go by. Here is my experience, if you are interested:
I use Samsung Galaxy SGH-T989D flashed with BestMod 5.0 Gingerbread with the TELUS modem (KJ3), then the T-Mobile one (UVKL1), and finally the Blaze one (UVLB7). I tried all 3 and all 3 worked, but not quite the same. I am on a local carrier in Canada called Mobilicity, a startup running on a single band (AWS 1700Mhz) with barely enough towers to cover the area it claims to serve, which is parts of the GTA (Toronto) + parts of a few other major cities. Signal isn't exactly stellar, and there are dead spots, especially downtown. This is normal, this carrier is barely 2 years old. What I was looking for is reliable data: I don't care for speed too much, honestly there isn't much speed to be had with any modem.
Enter the TELUS modem:
This one worked well overall, I used it for 4 months as it shipped with my handset (T989D is the TELUS version of the handset), and noticed that it behaves quite well. Speeds are okay, I guess, but nowhere near what people claim they are getting on more established carriers here like TELUS, Rogers and Bell. If I get 1Mbps download, I feel happy. Signal strength hovers around the 50% mark here at home, which translates to about 500kbps download and 100kbps upload during peak hour, but is okay at work: I see 3 towers from there versus only 1 from home. I haven't had complaints about indoor coverage (except for the subway and the elevators for obvious reasons). I haven't had too many dropped calls, but data is shaky when I venture a few streets away from major intersections. I was questioning if I can do better.
Enter the BLAZE modem:
I ran it for a grand total of 5-10 minutes. In these 5-10 minutes it didn't perform in any way better than the TELUS one, and it gave me no indication that it would beat any aspect of its performance. It gave me the overall impression of being a bit shaky, which is to be expected given that it is meant for a different model handset. Other users in this form reported similar experiences, and they ran it for a lot longer than mere minutes, so I didn't try very hard to get this one to work. Data was fluctuating too wildly for my taste, but when it performed well, it performed as good as the TELUS modem.
Enter the T-Mobile modem:
Now this was the modem that interested me. I've been running it for about 2 hours now, and I am about to leave it on for a little while. Overall impression is that it gives me better signal strength, which hopefully would translate into more reliable performance. Data wasn't any faster than with the TELUS modem. No speed increase, but at home I get around the 60% mark for signal strength. I am cautiously optimistic that I might finally see the coveted 4G icon in the office (quite unlikely, but I am a dreamer. Ask me on Monday.)
So there you have it: all 3 modems perform, the first and the last perform well. The middle one is shaky. Data isn't getting any faster no matter what I do, but I appear to be getting slightly improved reception with the T-Mobile modem. Something about this modem is optimized for the AWS band.
Hope this helps.

ICS radios on Telus network with Dark side Evolution 2

I flashed Evolution 2 with no problems and followed the instructions to a tee. The only thing I haven't done is the cache wipe. The problem I am having so far is with the radio. I get no data and a data packet roaming message from the status bar. I can only get data working is if I flash the Telus modem prepped for ICS. I had similar problems as well with other roms and I'm guessing the radio rom that only plays nice with Telus is their modem. Am I wrong? If so any suggestions? I'm on the Telus network if it helps
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Weaponx525 said:
I flashed Evolution 2 with no problems and followed the instructions to a tee. The only thing I haven't done is the cache wipe. The problem I am having so far is with the radio. I get no data and a data packet roaming message from the status bar. I can only get data working is if I flash the Telus modem prepped for ICS. I had similar problems as well with other roms and I'm guessing the radio rom that only plays nice with Telus is their modem. Am I wrong? If so any suggestions? I'm on the Telus network if it helps
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Ok, first things first: do the cache wipe, and use the script provided with the ROM for it. Trust me, it won't delete any of your data, it's perfectly safe. (I speak from experience) The only thing you will notice is that your phone will take a really long time to boot immediately after the wipe. That's expected, let it be.
To your question:
It makes no sense to me why using TELUS' radio on TELUS should be the only way for your phone have data. I can't test this for you as I am not a TELUS client, but I have used the TELUS modem on Rogers and Mobilicity without any trouble at all. The one thing I can think of that may do this is your modem's band settings: the ROM comes with a modem for T-Mobile, which uses a different frequency for its data network. This is how you (try to) fix this:
Go into the Phone application and dial the following:
*#*#2263#*#*
Upon hitting the last * you will see the service menu for the phone, allowing you to set which bands the phone will be looking for for a network. Then press (3) for GSM and then (5) for GSM 850/1900. This should do it for TELUS. If this doesn't work, try using (3) for GSM and then (7) for GSM ALL, or if all else fails, just go into the menu and set (1) for full Automatic.
Another thing, though: I don't understand why you would want to use the T-Mobile radio, when the TELUS one gives you something all of us here can only wish for: presence on two networks at the same time. You can be riding an elevator or take your time in the parking lot without loosing data even for a second! This radio is meant for the TELUS network, and is giving you the best possible experience on it. If it works for you, my advise is to stick with it. The T-Mobile one isn't a step up for you.

Thank you for the detailed response. It is very appreciated. The reason I used the T Mobile modem was that it was the one provided in TDJ's link and I thought it might be more "compatible" with the T-Mobile leak. I didn't know about the advantage that the Telus modem provided. Could you explain what is meant by prescence on two networks? Either case the Telus modem has been very stable thus far and I think I'll keep using it for now.
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Well, this flavour of the Galaxy S2 is not meant for TELUS. It is meant for T-Mobile, an AWS carrier. This phone cannot work very fast on TELUS as it does not support its data network fully. Worse still, last Q4 this phone was pitched against Rogers' LTE flavour of the S2, the Skyrocket, whose ICS leak we were running until recently. TELUS had to beef it up beyond the 14Mbps possible with HSPA so that it would compete.
So, they loaded it up with a state-of-the-art HSDPA radio, which allows it to aggregate signal from two HSPA towers to get its speed edge. I don't think this is done very often, if at all: it's quite remarkable TELUS did that. In a nutshell, your phone can sit on two cellular networks at the same time, the 850Mhz and the 1900Mhz one, and aggregate them to give you the theoretical 28Mbps. Still not LTE, but in the ballpark. You own a T989D, where the D stands for dual towers, and the 850Mhz band means you can stream music uninterrupted while walking into an elevator and then out again.
So that's it, in a nutshell. If I were on TELUS, I would be running this radio as well, up until the day I can replace it with another TELUS radio.

Hello,
For people having problems With the TMO Radio on Telus.
The Tmo radio sucks on Telus it will break Data connection, so use the Telus radio. But you can not flash over TMO ICS Rom with the Telus RIL files, it will break signal all together.
If you are already using a TMO ICS rom use one of the Telus radios in the Nexusmod thread with the system folder removed or remove the system folder before you flash the radio.
If your getting ready to flash an Ics rom and your on Telus radio, skip the flashing radio step. I hope that helps.
Though I heard rumors that the Telus radio doesnt quite work perfectly with the TMO leak
If we could use this thread for problems with Telus users using the leak that would be great

After flashing the Telus modem with the RIL file removed, ie installing the modem from the Nexus Mod thread in the dev section, this Rom has definitely more stable data connection. There are still some random drop outs but not as often as the TMo radios. Actually I have flashed many of the ICS leaks and there has, in my experience, data drop outs with any TMo modem on the Telus network. I'm very happy thus far with Evolution 2. There are occasionally some app crashes and camera glitches but overall nothing deal breaking. Amazing job on this ROM.
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Do you think this could cause a phone force close with the Virgin Mobile network?
EDIT: Yep. That was the problem. Thank you guys so much, I've been stressing for days... The Telus radio fixed everything.

Working for me here. I'm not sure if my speeds are where they should be though, as in they seem to be half of what they should be. This leads me to think that the phone might only be seeing and connecting to one tower instead of two for the HSPA. My baseband shows up as Unknown too, so I'm not sure if that is a big deal or not.

I am a Telus user and to be honest found my quickest speeds with the Blaze ics modem, but I live in a rural area. I am trying the UVCL8 modem now and it is okay. I was getting some data roaming errors with this one, but it seems to have smoothed itself out. The Telus & Tmobile radios as I understand it are supposed to both supposed to support HSPA+ or a theoretical maximum of 42mpbs. I would confirm all of your apn settings and make sure they are all fine.

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I am a Telus user and to be honest found my quickest speeds with the Blaze ics modem, but I live in a rural area. I am trying the UVCL8 modem now and it is okay. I was getting some data roaming errors with this one, but it seems to have smoothed itself out. The Telus & Tmobile radios as I understand it are supposed to both supposed to support HSPA+ or a theoretical maximum of 42mpbs. I would confirm all of your apn settings and make sure they are all fine.
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Bizarre. I just tried the Blaze modem and had extremely slow speeds on speedtest. Like 1 mpbs, whereas I had at least 10 with Telus' modem. It isn't like I was getting slow slow speeds or anything I guess. Just kind of strange.

Striker333 said:
I am a Telus user and to be honest found my quickest speeds with the Blaze ics modem, but I live in a rural area. I am trying the UVCL8 modem now and it is okay. I was getting some data roaming errors with this one, but it seems to have smoothed itself out. The Telus & Tmobile radios as I understand it are supposed to both supposed to support HSPA+ or a theoretical maximum of 42mpbs. I would confirm all of your apn settings and make sure they are all fine.
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curious, where in canada you living? I'm on vancouver island and I kind of get junk speeds
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Super Slow Data Speeds (incl. wifi)

I have running the Blazer ROM 1.7 and for some reason all my speeds are crawling slow. This includes 3g, 4g, and wifi. I've tried multiple wifi spots that are faster on other devices. Do I need to update my radio's or what options do I have to help the speed?
I hate to try and unroot and go back to stock.

It could be Sprint working on your area, tower maintenance, or an outage in your area. I get good speeds on Blazer v1.7 so it's definitely not the ROM.
EDIT: Try reflashing the LG8 modem, maybe something's up with the currently installed modem?

Try a bunch of different radios. You were probably on an old radio and updating to the LG8 radio included with Blazer ROM ****ed you up. I recommend trying 1 radio a day and doing multiple signal (dB) and speed tests throughout the day. Use the one that gives the best results.

Overstew said:
It could be Sprint working on your area, tower maintenance, or an outage in your area. I get good speeds on Blazer v1.7 so it's definitely not the ROM.
EDIT: Try reflashing the LG8 modem, maybe something's up with the currently installed modem?
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How do I update/flash the LG8 modem or where can I find to do so.
And its not sprint, its been occurring for weeks and wifi is also affected

Also you could try to reflash rom.

noweakness said:
How do I update/flash the LG8 modem or where can I find to do so.
And its not sprint, its been occurring for weeks and wifi is also affected
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCXaQ2Xl6sY&list=SP7011CD883D5201B8&index=30&feature=plpp_video

fishingmedic said:
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Thanks, that is perfect. I'll give it a try.

I'm having the problem also. I just got mine 2 days ago, but side by side with the wifes Evo LTE she's getting 18 mbps while I get 9 mbps on WiFi. We are both stock. She's not into the rooting, and mine is only days old so I'm getting there
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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?

dirrtyswan said:
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