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Hi, I was wondering if there were any decent signal boosters for this phone(htc tilt 2)?
I've saw some that are 300-400 dollars and I'm really not looking to spend that much.
I get one bar inside my house and 3 if I put it in my window... but yeah any advice would be appreciated
I posted this in accessories but no response please help!
Update your radio? I heard that 4.xx.xx.71 has the best reception.
updte your radio and at&t even offers microsell which would give you good 3g
djteotancolis said:
updte your radio and at&t even offers microsell which would give you good 3g
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microsell? r u being sarcastic?
Where are you and on which network?
XERO_Racer said:
microsell? r u being sarcastic?
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sorry i meant microcell
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/why/3gmicrocell/
That seems like a neat idea, too bad it's not available in my area.
hard spl your phone and update the radio...
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sorry i meant microcell
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/why/3gmicrocell/
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Microcell from ATT strikes me as a bit odd. It like they are admitting that their service sucks, and that using other means (basically, phone over broadband) is better.
I've seen the type of cell boosters that basically just amplify the signal, on places like Newegg. They don't seem to get very good reviews from users.
sprint and verizon also have similar box that make the service excellent. I wish the cdma ones did 3g so data was better also.
do you think since boost is on sprint towers it would boost the signal for it as well
what are these boxes called and would a sprint box boost signal on a boostmobile phone since it uses same towers?
Sprint service is crap where I work (outer areas of Detroit), so I am using Roam Control for when I get near work. Most of the time I get a tower in the US, but every once in a while a Canadian Tower appears.
Sprint has told me to update the PRL (done 01115) and has tried to block the international roaming (didn't work), so now I am here to ask the experts.
Is there someway to prevent locking onto an International Tower?
I am running Syndicate Frozen ROM with Emotionless Beast Theme (which deserves more thanks than I could give, since this is how I figured out I was on international tower).
notmyepic said:
Sprint service is crap where I work (outer areas of Detroit), so I am using Roam Control for when I get near work. Most of the time I get a tower in the US, but every once in a while a Canadian Tower appears.
Sprint has told me to update the PRL (done 01115) and has tried to block the international roaming (didn't work), so now I am here to ask the experts.
Is there someway to prevent locking onto an International Tower?
I am running Syndicate Frozen ROM with Emotionless Beast Theme (which deserves more thanks than I could give, since this is how I figured out I was on international tower).
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I think that your best bet is to enable the Roaming Guard.
Now I would advise you download ROAM CONTROL (http://www.appbrain.com/app/roam-control/com.vuvuzela.roamcontrol) and force the network to HOME ONLY and that might work out for you
Let us know.
megabiteg said:
I think that your best bet is to enable the Roaming Guard.
Now I would advise you download ROAM CONTROL (http://www.appbrain.com/app/roam-control/com.vuvuzela.roamcontrol) and force the network to HOME ONLY and that might work out for you
Let us know.
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I have and use Roam Control so that my phone will work at/near work which I want. I would say 95% of the time at work, I am on a US tower. I am just looking to prevent the other 5% from charging me International roaming charges.
notmyepic said:
I have and use Roam Control so that my phone will work at/near work which I want. I would say 95% of the time at work, I am on a US tower. I am just looking to prevent the other 5% from charging me International roaming charges.
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To what setting you have it? Home Network or Automatic?
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To what setting you have it? Home Network or Automatic?
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When I am using it, it is on Roam Only.
When Emotionless Beast said "International" instead of its usual "Emotionless Beast" on the lock screen, I would think that somewhere in the programming it the phone knows where it is at, and am simply wondering if there is a way to block data while on international.
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(done 01115).
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what a weird prl number. ive seen others talking about getting a 01xxx prl lately too. whats up with that? mine is still 60676.
austin420 said:
what a weird prl number. ive seen others talking about getting a 01xxx prl lately too. whats up with that? mine is still 60676.
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Not sure what it is all about. The last link in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13153111 talked about this PRL, so I manually loaded it.
Bumping, since my phone is seems to go into International roaming anytime I am at work now.
Staying on Sprint Network only is not something that I want to do. After paying a lot for the 4 phones I have with Sprint (and the fact I do not leave the US) I do not think I should have to pay for the Canada Roaming addon.
Sprint told me update the PRL ("to one that is greater then 64" was actual quote from the rep) and this will end me getting an International tower.
My PRL does not update automatically (don't know why, maybe due to Syndicate Frozen rom), so I manually updated to 60676 and still get the international tower.
Does anyone have any other ideas on what I can do?
If it is only at work you are concerned about maybe you can talk your boss and Sprint into setting up an Airave there so you won't roam at all.
Do you BONSAI?
Didn't think about that. I will have to talk to them about it.
So after many conversations with Sprint and many bill adjustments, we came up with the solution of turning off Data while roaming on my phone. This still allows me to be contacted by texting and voice.
Allthough still not happy that International towers cannot be turned off completely, at least my kids are able to get a hold of me.
I've noticed spotty and inconsistent data/service on my phone. Even with full bars I get data speeds like shown in the attachments. When using the phone it will sometimes say I have no data connection and ask me to retry. I retry a few times and it finally loads whatever it is I'm loading. I've also noticed that my phone sometimes gets a little warm while in use. I've tried different modems with the same results and I'm about ready to just take it to the sprint store and get it swapped. Any suggestions on what might fix it? I can confirm that it is something with my phone because I've run side by side speed tests with my friends OG epic and their speeds are normal. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Make sure you have the HA/AAA passwords and also i figured out that in QPST in the PPP tab then click Um make sure the user ID and tether NAI are both Nulled
Dallinzzz said:
I've noticed spotty and inconsistent data/service on my phone. Even with full bars I get data speeds like shown in the attachments. When using the phone it will sometimes say I have no data connection and ask me to retry. I retry a few times and it finally loads whatever it is I'm loading. I've also noticed that my phone sometimes gets a little warm while in use. I've tried different modems with the same results and I'm about ready to just take it to the sprint store and get it swapped. Any suggestions on what might fix it? I can confirm that it is something with my phone because I've run side by side speed tests with my friends OG epic and their speeds are normal. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Thats about what I get too. Its a combo of this phone and Sprints crappy network! My evo got better speeds as well.
I am getting the same thing too. Funny thing is that it just started being this way recently, it wasn't always slow. It is not just the data speeds, I am getting no service in places where I used to get service.
I have been seriously thinking about switching carriers and moving to t-mobile but a little afraid because I have been with sprint forever.
If something don't change by the end of the month, sprint may be losing another customer since the GSIII is on ALL carriers.
I am in Raleigh/Durham NC by the way.
I agree... it didn't feel so bad until I got my ET4G, but I just figured it was a network issue. I'm trying the EL29 modem on my Calks 1.6 now. If anything I'll try going fully stock and see if that helps.
Welcome to the Sprint network
Some people are experiencing network issues in places where Sprint is upgrading to LTE. I don't know how far-reaching the effects are but could possibly have something to do with it.
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Make sure you have the HA/AAA passwords and also i figured out that in QPST in the PPP tab then click Um make sure the user ID and tether NAI are both Nulled
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lol wtf
Yes, I notice the same thing lately with Sprint Wimax, I may have to dumb Sprint later. Sprint data speed gradually slows down from time to time, some area, Sprint shows only 1X, I look at friends' phones with Verizon, ATT and Tmobile, they have very good speed. My brother has Verizon LTE phone, I speedtested at the same location, he got like 17mbps download and upload is about 15mbps, mine is 1X speed. Suck, I gonna say goodbye to Sprint later.
Welcome to the Sprint network with the New iPhone4s d-bags. Seems like things were great till they showed up. Even my Evo got slower.
data
Maybe your phone is stuck in 1x..
What i do is i go into debug (##debug# in dialer) and i go to others, and then i select hdr/1x and i click on evdo mode. Try doing this but you need your msl.
Caution: ive tried it on ics roms and its really weird. Try going on a GB rom and do that. Oh and on EVDO, you wont be able to recieve messages, so when you are done change the setting back to hybrid.
durhamite said:
I am getting the same thing too. Funny thing is that it just started being this way recently, it wasn't always slow. It is not just the data speeds, I am getting no service in places where I used to get service.
I have been seriously thinking about switching carriers and moving to t-mobile but a little afraid because I have been with sprint forever.
If something don't change by the end of the month, sprint may be losing another customer since the GSIII is on ALL carriers.
I am in Raleigh/Durham NC by the way.
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NC market has some EVDO issues affecting certain users.
I was just told this after getting off the phone with them earlier today for a different issue.
Still incredibly slow, but I'm hoping the network update fixes some things. Thanks for the information though!
Hello, I am new to this forum and I have a few questions.
My phone is on Sprint, as of November 2011 I switch to a smartphone and have nothing but trouble. Not the phone, but with sprint.
The problem is that inside of my office, I have no signal. Only with Sprint though, all other providers has a good signal here.
This weekend I found out an app called netmonitor, so I check it out today while at my office and it looks like my phone is bouncing off towers all over the place trying to find a signal.
If I walk out the door, I have a strong signal and it gives an address.
I am wondering if there is any way that I can lock it to this tower or something, so that it will quit searching all over. Looking at the address’ in netmonitor, it is pinging towers that may be up to 10 miles away or so.
The phone is rooted, and I have roam control installed which works well. But I would like to figure something out to get this to work as it should, else dump Sprint which I don’t really want to do just yet. They are of no help though with this situation.
I don’t really know much about these smartphones since my experience with them so far has been not so good. Please speak idiot speak if you have some ideas or suggestions…
Thanks!!!
I do not believe you can force connection to a specific tower. The problem you have is with building penetration at your work. You must be on the very edge of coverage for the closest tower and it cannot penetrate the walls.
If this is happening at home too, then you can at the very least call for a free Airave from Sprint. Otherwise you can use the lack of coverage in your primary areas as a possible reason to get the ETF waived to jump carriers.
Signal Problems must be the S and P in Sprint! I also have been thinking about dropping Sprint. My girlfriend and I just moved in together, she has Verizon, her Pandora doesn't freeze up, Youtube doesn't buffer at all, and great downloads speeds all just on 3G! Meanwhile Sprints network is totally opposite.
My GF laughed when we decided to lower our bills and combine cell phone plans, and she get on my Sprint network.
Ill stop right there, didn't mean to start trolling. I'm not even going to talk about 4G LTE. But try the airrave box out, I'm waiting on one now.
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Just had a thought, have you tried different modems? As far as EC05, EI22, FC09, etc, I'm going to try this over the next few days.
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I agree with your S & P!
I have the device, you need to have a high speed internet connection for it to work.
It will do the job as long as you can be within 100 feet or so. That would be good for an apartment or house even, but not a whole area, or many areas.
The other thing to pay attention to with it is, make sure you have a large amount of package plan minutes.
Things like unlimited mobile to mobile don’t matter with this, if you are using the airave to connect, it uses plan minutes.
As for modems, that doesn’t fall under my idiot speak area, so I am not sure what you mean. Definitely not sure how to modify it/them.
Please let me know.
Since you said your phone is rooted i assume that you rooted it yourself. If you rooted your phone, using Odin to change modems on your phone is fairly easy. Only problem is searching and finding the modems. Search on youtube for QBKing Epic 4g odin modems, dont have a link to post but you should find it.
As far as that airave box, if you have to highspeed internet, that would be useless for me. The voice and phone calls i dont have a problem with its the 3g speeds. I usually send mms and surf internet using wifi anyway.
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Yeah, I had a kid I work with do the root deal. Hahaha..
I think mine is on EL22 now, as I recall seeing that somewhere, and I keep getting a notification to upgrade to FC09.
I thought those were the software levels of the phone though…Anyhow, as you can tell I don’t know much about this stuff. Trying to learn a few things here.
I'm currently running CM9 (epicmtd) - FC09 modem. Ever since I upgraded to FC09 (I think.... may have been when I got to CM9 Beta), I have been having connection issues. I can't even make a call in my own house. I have to walk outside to start the call, then I can walk back inside.
I'm going to try dropping back to EL22 to see if that will fix it, I can't deal with this.
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I'm currently running CM9 (epicmtd) - FC09 modem. Ever since I upgraded to FC09 (I think.... may have been when I got to CM9 Beta), I have been having connection issues. I can't even make a call in my own house. I have to walk outside to start the call, then I can walk back inside.
I'm going to try dropping back to EL22 to see if that will fix it, I can't deal with this.
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At my house is ok, phone doesn't drop all calls.
At my office, it's a paperweight.
I am on EL22 still though as I keep getting the notification to upgrade to FC09.
Since I'm rooted I dont know if it will screw me or leave the phone in-op if I choose to "install now"...\
Are you on Sprint also?
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At my house is ok, phone doesn't drop all calls.
At my office, it's a paperweight.
I am on EL22 still though as I keep getting the notification to upgrade to FC09.
Since I'm rooted I dont know if it will screw me or leave the phone in-op if I choose to "install now"...\
Are you on Sprint also?
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you can let the update install. it will download and then hang, you will see a YELLOW HAZARD symbol. after this, just pull the battery and then reboot the phone, you will be fine. have the kid at your work update your KERNEL and see if that works. FC09 (BML)
at my work there is only sprint network signal shouldnt my verizon nexus be able to pick up the signal and roam i dont even think it tries to roam and i have -120db i dont care about data just voice and texts data would just be a plus i didnt know if there was a way to force roam or change prl i know people do the opposite on sprint to roam on verizon i am rooted or is there maybe a different phone i should get or something on verizons end i should change i only want to switch to sprint as a last resort any ideas or help would be very appreciated i work 12 hours a day 5 days a week so i need to have service and i feel like im paying for this phone and never using it
Sprint phones can roam on Verizon's network but not the other way around. Of you need Sprints coverage you gotta switch carriers.
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I called Verizon and they said that wasnt true anymore
your building is prolly using a repeater. this might make the difference for roaming purposes.
So if any kind of extending device is being used I can't roam off it then
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So if any kind of extending device is being used I can't roam off it then
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from my experience with hospitals that use repeaters, only that service can use it (i live near a very large hospital and they have sprint repeaters)
Okay and there is no way to do anything with the prl like sprint users do to use Verizon signal or tricking it to think I'm using Sprint phone or anything
potter12490 said:
Okay and there is no way to do anything with the prl like sprint users do to use Verizon signal or tricking it to think I'm using Sprint phone or anything
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not that i am aware of.
Okay thanks I'm glad to finally get answers good or bad I have been searching but always find the opposite for people on sprint wanting to use Verizon signal