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[Q] Can't enable Mobile Network...help?

Hi guys,
You know how when you enable Airplane mode Bluetooth, Bluetooth settings, 4G, 4G settings, Mobile network, and Internet sharing become shaded and you are unable to turn them on?
Well, for some reason my Mobile Network option is shaded/unselectable, although I am certainly not in Airplane mode. In fact, both mobile network and internet sharing are shaded, yet M.N.'s box has a green checkmark and underneath it says, "Turning on...". Still, it remains like that without any change.
Since this issues has occured, the 3G logo in the status bar has disappeared, which leads me to think that the phone isn't enabling data connections, not that there is something wrong the MetroPCS's end.
The only thing I could think of was that a few days ago, I was playing with turning on/off 4G setting and that I turned off/on the 2G-3G toggle in the Extended controls widget; that however, only directed my to the Mobile network settings where Data Roaming, Data Roam Guard, ect. are all enabled.
What should I do? I tried being as detailed as possible, and hopefully there is a solution as I am getting really tired of no internet on my phone. Thanks for any help.

By any chance to you have an older version of switch pro installed. This caused issues with my mobile network a while back.
If so, uninstall it.
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JuggZaPoppiN said:
By any chance to you have an older version of switch pro installed. This caused issues with my mobile network a while back.
If so, uninstall it.
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I do not have it install, but I will try uninstalling any app that I have installed in the last week; maybe you are onto the something there. I do have a couple of control/settings/toggle widgets. I'll report back.

markme123 said:
I do not have it install, but I will try uninstalling any app that I have installed in the last week; maybe you are onto the something there. I do have a couple of control/settings/toggle widgets. I'll report back.
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Didn't work

Are you rooted?
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[Q] Removing 3G and Voice Service

I was wondering if it was possible to remove 3g data and voice service from an EVO running 2.2, while keeping Wimax intact.
I'm using my EVO solely on my Clearwire account, and I'm thinking those radios being on, while not in service cause battery hell.
What could be removed in order to achieve this? If possible.
Thanks in advance.
(I could have sworn I did this one time by destroying a Sense build and using an alternative launcher to use the phone, as there was no signal bar, and it no longer said "Searching for service" or "Sprint".)
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Larbo said:
I was wondering if it was possible to remove 3g data and voice service from an EVO running 2.2, while keeping Wimax intact.
I'm using my EVO solely on my Clearwire account, and I'm thinking those radios being on, while not in service cause battery hell.
What could be removed in order to achieve this? If possible.
Thanks in advance.
(I could have sworn I did this one time by destroying a Sense build and using an alternative launcher to use the phone, as there was no signal bar, and it no longer said "Searching for service" or "Sprint".)
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Can always turn 3g...but I'm sure its possible...its a different radio

buying a hotspot and using wifi

you can use switch pro widget. Has setting to make airplane mode (from its widget) to only turn off voice (also turns off 3g data). Then make another 4g widget and you should be good from there... unless i misunderstood what you wanted...

4G - 3G Toggle for Verizon GN?

Sorry if this has been asked, but searching for the word "4G" fails for some reason.
I use the Extended Controls widget, but the 4G toggle setting isn't supported on the Nexus (or perhaps for Verizon?), so is there a widget out there that will work with the VZW Nexus?
Thanks!

I found a 4g toggle bewteen SwitcherPro Widgets' toggles...

It says in the market that it doesn't work for LTE. What's up with that?
Might have to wait for a VZW specific ROM that has it in the pulldown menu.

arrtoodeetoo said:
It says in the market that it doesn't work for LTE. What's up with that?
Might have to wait for a VZW specific ROM that has it in the pulldown menu.
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Personally, I'd like something with Tasker/Locale features. Turn off LTE when the screen is off, turn on LTE when it's on...

That's what I have been looking for all day...lte off when screen off. Not that my screen has been of much so far...
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takaides said:
Personally, I'd like something with Tasker/Locale features. Turn off LTE when the screen is off, turn on LTE when it's on...
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Or 4G when screen is on, 3G when screen is off so you still get notifications. Also, an option to auto switch to 3G after the battery gets below a certain level would be nice.
Of course, even running 3G all day, my battery life stinks. I'm going to let it discharge overnight and see if that helps it condition a little.

Glad someone else thought of this
I agree with the idea of LTE being on/off with the screen...however, I would also like to see a toggle as well for times when I'm using the phone but not the internet.

I feel like switching between 4G and 3G that often would hurt your battery life (Keep having to find signal)

Bobb_o said:
I feel like switching between 4G and 3G that often would hurt your battery life (Keep having to find signal)
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I agree. I think it would be a very poor solution. One of the most battery intensive tasks is searching for signal. Doing that every time you turn on and off your screen?
I had and an EVO 4G and now an EVO 3D (my buddy just got a GN LTE and is looking for a 4G toggle) and I've found the best way to preserve battery is to stay on 3G 90% of the time. If I'm about to download a bunch of apps or 3G is just going too damn slow, I quickly toggle on 4G and turn it off before I pocket the phone. Treating it as a "turbo mode" basically.

I don't know of a working toggle as of yet. If you wanted, you can manually change the setting under Settings > Mobile Networks > Network mode and changing it to "CDMA" only

Widgetsoid 2.0 has a 4g enable/disable widget but it says experimental and is greyed out. Hopefully something coming soon...

Have you tried juice defender (free version in market)? I don't live in a 4g area so my lte radio is always off, but hypothetically juice defender would auto toggle the 3g/4g radios.
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I'm still searching for a 3g/4g toggle widget or something. I would also like to leave the 4g off except when I am downloading or browsing. My house is also just out of 4g's reach so It would also be nice to disable 4g when on wifi.
Has anyone found anything that works? It seems like it would be a very simple app to create.

I have the Verizon Galaxy Nexus and I had this same problem. I use "Date Enabler Widget" and it works perfect

Doubler9 said:
I have the Verizon Galaxy Nexus and I had this same problem. I use "Date Enabler Widget" and it works perfect
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http://market.android.com/details?id=com.farproc.data.enabler
This appears to be a complete data on/off toggle - not a 3G/4G toggle

thrillerbee said:
This appears to be a complete data on/off toggle - not a 3G/4G toggle
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2nd that. There is a 'toggle' called LTE Switch but it just takes you to the menu item, so it's not a true solution. But it gets us about 80% of the way there. I figure it's only a matter of time until Extended or Widgetsoid get a working toggle.

nycebo said:
2nd that. There is a 'toggle' called LTE Switch but it just takes you to the menu item, so it's not a true solution. But it gets us about 80% of the way there.
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yep. that's what i've been using. works fine..

I'll give the Data Enabler a shot.
Saves me a bit of trouble at least for the time being

takaides said:
Personally, I'd like something with Tasker/Locale features. Turn off LTE when the screen is off, turn on LTE when it's on...
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Locale + widgetsolid combo gives you the option to make a locale rule. It seems to work most of the time....
I'm still waiting for a widget toggle,...

I leave my phone on 4g all the time and get ~13 hours. I tried only 3g and my battery life was significantly less. IMO there isn't a built in switch for a reason.

Where did my 4G go!

I live in area that does not have 4 g so it stays off, however today at airport I tried and no 4G toggle anywhere! Where did it go, I swore when I got s3 I tested 4G but now it's gone? Thanks for help.
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BiggieD said:
I live in area that does not have 4 g so it stays off, however today at airport I tried and no 4G toggle anywhere! Where did it go, I swore when I got s3 I tested 4G but now it's gone? Thanks for help.
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GS3 doent have a 4g "toggle" as you say...but you can make sure its enabled
settings-->more settings-->Mobile Network-->Network mode.
Preferred network mode should be set to "CDMA/LTE/EVDO"
If you have "CDMA/LTE/EVDO" enabled, anytime your in a Sprint LTE area your phone icon will switch from 3g to 4g.

n8te_1 said:
GS3 doent have a 4g "toggle" as you say...but you can make sure its enabled
settings-->more settings-->Mobile Network-->Network mode.
Preferred network mode should be set to "CDMA/LTE/EVDO"
If you have "CDMA/LTE/EVDO" enabled, anytime your in a Sprint LTE area your phone icon will switch from 3g to 4g.
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doesn't it chew up more battery?

bigfamei said:
doesn't it chew up more battery?
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it shouldnt chew up ure bttery at all, as all it does is search the network for 4gLTE and if it doesnt find it, it will automaticly go to sleep and try again like 2 or 3 hours later or periodically as it tells u. .however u do need to have sprint automatic connention left on in order for that work. atleast thats what i got from reading the sprint connection optimizer information it gave me.

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it shouldnt chew up ure bttery at all, as all it does is search the network for 4gLTE and if it doesnt find it, it will automaticly go to sleep and try again like 2 or 3 hours later or periodically as it tells u. .however u do need to have sprint automatic connention left on in order for that work. atleast thats what i got from reading the sprint connection optimizer information it gave me.
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The optimizer isn't for the LTE. I hate that garbage so I always leave it off. As long as your preferred network is set as stated above, it will automatically switch between them. Side note though, it may switch back to 3g if you don't have a very strong 4 g signal. It likes to be weird.
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Sounds like your thinking of a wimax phone. I I had a Motorola Photon and you had to physically turn 4g on and off on it.... I think most wimax 4g phones are that way.
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Do any of the custom ROMS have a toggle for 4g/3g? I live in a 4g area but sometimes the signal isn't strong enough so it goes to 3g. Quite annoying. It would be great to toggle 3g off and force 4g.

So I had s2 before s3, so I assume the s2 was a 4 -g wimax? It had a toggle widget.
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BiggieD said:
So I had s2 before s3, so I assume the s2 was a 4 -g wimax? It had a toggle widget.
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Correct !:good:

sssqueue said:
Do any of the custom ROMS have a toggle for 4g/3g? I live in a 4g area but sometimes the signal isn't strong enough so it goes to 3g. Quite annoying. It would be great to toggle 3g off and force 4g.
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Have you tried updating to the new radio? I believe they boosted the power to give slightly better LTE connectivity in those kinds of environments.

There is a way to force LTE on the GS3. I did it with mine so that I could map out the LTE zones with sensorly a bit easier while I was driving over the weekend. The way I was able to do this is you need to have Nova Launcher downloaded and installed.
Once you do this, long press on the home screen and go to "Shortcuts".
Next click on "Activities"
Next scroll down to "IOTHiddenMenu"
Then scroll down and click on "IOTHiddenMenu : HDR1X_Selection"
Doing this will allow you to force LTE only mode. Keep in mind you WILL NOT be able to make any phone calls while doing this. For some reason the GS3 requires the phone to be in LTE + CDMA + EVDO Mode to make calls even if you have a very strong LTE signal.
Another app I would recommend downloading is called OpenSignalMaps. Once you have the LTE only mode turned on or even the normal LTE + CDMA mode, you can use this app to refresh your network by clicking the little refresh button at the bottom left of the app in the Overview tab. What this does is pretty much turn your phones mobile networks on and off and then scan for LTE first before scanning for EVDO. I have been able to connect to many more LTE sites by doing this. Even ones that are fairly far away.
Hope this all helps. Let me know if you have any extra questions.

No data connection at all
I have the settings on GSM/HSPA/LTE, but lost data connection completely. Tried to restart and turned on/off flight mode - still no data. Voice in and out is OK. I finally managed to reconnect by repeating the process. Is there a better way to reconnect?
Thanks.

Check out "Network"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mangelow.network
It takes you to the network screen as well
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with the latest l13 radio my phone will not stay on 4g it is heavily biased to 3g and I do not know how to fix it. I am right next to the 4g towers.. ... any thoughts? Thanks

Thanks
Thanks. Unfortunately, the "Network" app would not run. So I followed a similar line, and found "3G Reconnect". It does not fix the connection issue. Any other thoughts?

Turning on Mobile Data not Working

Hi all,
I keep my mobile data deactivated whenever I'm not using it, and coming from the S3 which made it very convenient to toggle the mobile data on and off, the Note 2 has been hugely inconvenient.
The problem is that when I manually turn mobile data back on in the Settings, mobile data just doesn't turn on. The only way to get it to reactivate is to cycle in and out of airplane mode once data's been activated.
Is this a problem for anyone else, and if not, anyone have any clue why this might be happening? I've got 2 Note 2s and it happens on both.
The only thing I've done to these phones is root and flash TWRP. They are the Ting variant of the Sprint Note 2 if that might make a difference.
Any help appreciated!

punitenshu said:
Hi all,
I keep my mobile data deactivated whenever I'm not using it, and coming from the S3 which made it very convenient to toggle the mobile data on and off, the Note 2 has been hugely inconvenient.
The problem is that when I manually turn mobile data back on in the Settings, mobile data just doesn't turn on. The only way to get it to reactivate is to cycle in and out of airplane mode once data's been activated.
Is this a problem for anyone else, and if not, anyone have any clue why this might be happening? I've got 2 Note 2s and it happens on both.
The only thing I've done to these phones is root and flash TWRP. They are the Ting variant of the Sprint Note 2 if that might make a difference.
Any help appreciated!
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43 views and not one person can say if they have the same problem? /bump

Im coming from the S3 and I miss that mobile data toggle. Anyone find a rom that has it included?

Whompasaurus 2.9 Has it.
Bizdady said:
Im coming from the S3 and I miss that mobile data toggle. Anyone find a rom that has it included?
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Whompasaurus (currently at version 2.9) has had for the last several updates I've tried. Most of the ROMS being updated support it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2039564

I have lte in my area and I just turned off mobike data and turned it back on and it came right back on. Ill try it whej im in 3g as well latwr today for u and post back.
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It has happen to me only on a few time but not consistant enough for me to worry. I do the same as you and turn it on when needed.
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It happens occasionally with LTE but more so dropping to 3G and LTE not coming back untill I toggle Airplane Mode. I toggle my Data On/Off daily and never have an issue with it not coming back on. Then again I use the data toggle built into the 15 toggle mod.
LJC Deodexed - Themed
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Yes when im in a bad lte area it takes forever for my data to switch from 4g to 3g. Very annoying as my data doesnt work but I have the 4g icon up top.
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I also got this same problem with my Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos. I had no problem with Mobile Data for a few months...but after that.....When i trun ON Mobile Data..the icon which shows that it is connected.....does not appear....Just as the first post the only way i fixed mine was to check...then uncheck flight mode..Please help me

Loosing my modem/mind all together
I seem to keep loosing my modem on any version of jelly bomb (on the latest now 15.3) running Ma-7 currently but happens on any modem I try.
What is happening is data/call capability drops and does not come back until I re-flash a modem, and when I say drop, I mean totally dead not even able to make or receive phone calls.No 3G 4G and it shows signal bars but as soon as I hit the call button signal bars disappear.
I've tried re-flashing multiple times and still happens no matter where I am located, so I have a hard time believing it's a network problem like sprint keeps trying to tell me.(which they tell me there're working on)for like the last freggin year and a half.
I've flashed an asop rom and it seemed to be ok for the short while I tested it, but I like jelly bomb and would like to see if there is a fix for my problem and/or see if it is happening to anyone else.