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Has anyone ever seen 3 way carrier aggregation while using T-Mobile with Pixel XL or Pixel? I called T-Mobile support and they do not have an answer to whether or not it will utilize 3x aggregation. I personally have not seen it myself and I'm in an area where it is enabled. Network signal guru only shows 2x aggregation on my phone. Thanks to those who may know if 3x may be utilized with T-Mobile or possibly in the future
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Has anyone ever seen 3 way carrier aggregation while using T-Mobile with Pixel XL or Pixel? I called T-Mobile support and they do not have an answer to whether or not it will utilize 3x aggregation. I personally have not seen it myself and I'm in an area where it is enabled. Network signal ru only shows 2x aggregation on my phone. Thanks to those who may know if 3x may be utilized with T-Mobile or possibly in the future
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I think that it supports 256 QAM but not 4x4 MIMO. I think I read that the SD 821 is capable of 4x4 but I think it's missing other hardware like an amplifier or something. Im no expert but I try to read up on the tech and understand it. The other thing is that the pixel needs to be updated to activate 256 qam
treIII said:
Has anyone ever seen 3 way carrier aggregation while using T-Mobile with Pixel XL or Pixel? I called T-Mobile support and they do not have an answer to whether or not it will utilize 3x aggregation. I personally have not seen it myself and I'm in an area where it is enabled. Network signal guru only shows 2x aggregation on my phone. Thanks to those who may know if 3x may be utilized with T-Mobile or possibly in the future
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If I'm not mistaken only the T-Mobile variant of the LG V20 supports this at the moment.
treIII said:
Has anyone ever seen 3 way carrier aggregation while using T-Mobile with Pixel XL or Pixel? I called T-Mobile support and they do not have an answer to whether or not it will utilize 3x aggregation. I personally have not seen it myself and I'm in an area where it is enabled. Network signal guru only shows 2x aggregation on my phone. Thanks to those who may know if 3x may be utilized with T-Mobile or possibly in the future
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Can you explain how you're getting "Network Signal Guru" to show you current CA status? I've downloaded the app and I see no information on current aggregation status.
To my knowledge, There is no way of seeing active CA status on the Pixel XL. Or any phone for that matter outside of the known samsung field test app.
Using a Pixel XL on T-Mobile I've achieved a max download of about 114Mb/s. Which I suspect is only 2x aggregation.
I've achieved 147Mb/s on VZW with 2x Aggregation (I'm guessing 2x due to my Nexus 6p getting the same speeds. Which only supports 2x CA).
NickOlsen8390 said:
Can you explain how you're getting "Network Signal Guru" to show you current CA status? I've downloaded the app and I see no information on current aggregation status.
To my knowledge, There is no way of seeing active CA status on the Pixel XL. Or any phone for that matter outside of the known samsung field test app.
Using a Pixel XL on T-Mobile I've achieved a max download of about 114Mb/s. Which I suspect is only 2x aggregation.
I've achieved 147Mb/s on VZW with 2x Aggregation (I'm guessing 2x due to my Nexus 6p getting the same speeds. Which only supports 2x CA).
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Rooted?
If you give it root access, It's a completely different app. Awesome stuff with root.
N6P with Root
http://cdn.141networks.com/images/NSG-N6P.jpg
Pixel XL without Root
http://cdn.141networks.com/images/NSG-PXL.png
So since you guys turned me on to the Network Signal Guru app I did some testing.
I'm convinced the NSG app can't display Carrier Aggregation if it's on the same band. IE 2x CA 4+4 or 3x CA 4+4+12.
With my TMO sim in my Pixel XL, I got speedtests in excess of 100Mb/s. When those tests were ran, The most the app ever reported was 2x CA, Band 4 + Band 12.
The reason I'm convinced it doesn't display CA when it's on two band 4 channels is I ran speed tests >80Mb/s when it claimed I had one 20Mhz Band 4 channel. Which is a FAR reach for a single 20Mhz channel. With this being said. If you're ripping 100+ Mb/s speedtests, And it's showing 2x CA B4+B12, I'd suspect it's acutally 3x CA of B4+B4+B12. And the app just isn't reporting it correctly. Perhaps someone can post an NSG screenshot of it showing 2x B4 channels to prove me wrong.
Here's a screenshot of 1 B4/20Mhz carrier doing 73Mb/s
http://cdn.141networks.com/images/PXL-TMO.png
I'll further comment to say that while the Pixel XL claims it'll support 256QAM, I never saw anything past 64QAM. So it's either not supported. Or not live in my area (Central Florida). We're all aware 4x4 MIMO is also not supported by the PXL.
While I was out and about. I also ran some testing with my primary SIM (Verizon Wireless).
Screenshot of ~109Mb/s on 3CA Band 2 (5Mhz) + Band 4 (20Mhz) + Band 13 (10Mhz) for a total channel width of 35Mhz
http://cdn.141networks.com/images/PXL-3CA.png
And finally, The local tower that always gives me dumb speed test results. I always assumed it was 3x CA. It reports 2x (B4+B13). Meaning this serving cell is either super unloaded, Or once again, I'm not seeing a 2nd descrete B4 carrier. And it's actually doing 3x CA.
Screenshot of 2x CA doing ~140Mb/s
http://cdn.141networks.com/images/PXL-2CA.png
NickOlsen8390 said:
So since you guys turned me on to the Network Signal Guru app I did some testing.
I'm convinced the NSG app can't display Carrier Aggregation if it's on the same band. IE 2x CA 4+4 or 3x CA 4+4+12.
With my TMO sim in my Pixel XL, I got speedtests in excess of 100Mb/s. When those tests were ran, The most the app ever reported was 2x CA, Band 4 + Band 12.
The reason I'm convinced it doesn't display CA when it's on two band 4 channels is I ran speed tests >80Mb/s when it claimed I had one 20Mhz Band 4 channel. Which is a FAR reach for a single 20Mhz channel. With this being said. If you're ripping 100+ Mb/s speedtests, And it's showing 2x CA B4+B12, I'd suspect it's acutally 3x CA of B4+B4+B12. And the app just isn't reporting it correctly. Perhaps someone can post an NSG screenshot of it showing 2x B4 channels to prove me wrong.
Here's a screenshot of 1 B4/20Mhz carrier doing 73Mb/s
http://cdn.141networks.com/images/PXL-TMO.png
I'll further comment to say that while the Pixel XL claims it'll support 256QAM, I never saw anything past 64QAM. So it's either not supported. Or not live in my area (Central Florida). We're all aware 4x4 MIMO is also not supported by the PXL.
While I was out and about. I also ran some testing with my primary SIM (Verizon Wireless).
Screenshot of ~109Mb/s on 3CA Band 2 (5Mhz) + Band 4 (20Mhz) + Band 13 (10Mhz) for a total channel width of 35Mhz
http://cdn.141networks.com/images/PXL-3CA.png
And finally, The local tower that always gives me dumb speed test results. I always assumed it was 3x CA. It reports 2x (B4+B13). Meaning this serving cell is either super unloaded, Or once again, I'm not seeing a 2nd descrete B4 carrier. And it's actually doing 3x CA.
Screenshot of 2x CA doing ~140Mb/s
http://cdn.141networks.com/images/PXL-2CA.png
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256 QAM went live nationwide in October. According to Tmo the only devices that can utilize it is the gs 7 and gs7 edge. We know the pixel can do it the problem is we need for it to be able to access it on T-Mobiles network. I'm also central Florida
Smallsmx3 said:
256 QAM went live nationwide in October. According to Tmo the only devices that can utilize it is the gs 7 and gs7 edge. We know the pixel can do it the problem is we need for it to be able to access it on T-Mobiles network. I'm also central Florida
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Interesting! I bet they're doing something IMEI based identification of the S7 / S7E that allows it to run a different IMS barer that will run at up to 256QAM. I also suspect this is downlink path only. As in my testing, I never topped 16QAM on uplink (Both TMO and VZW).
I wonder if they have a different APN. Anyone have an S7/S7E that can confirm they have the normal fast.tmo APN?
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Interesting! I bet they're doing something IMEI based identification of the S7 / S7E that allows it to run a different IMS barer that will run at up to 256QAM. I also suspect this is downlink path only. As in my testing, I never topped 16QAM on uplink (Both TMO and VZW).
I wonder if they have a different APN. Anyone have an S7/S7E that can confirm they have the normal fast.tmo APN?
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According to the article I read support for those devices were coming via software update. And it's only download. Upload was 64 QAM. I'll see if I can find the article.
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Here https://www.wirelessweek.com/news/2016/09/t-mobile-touts-launch-4x4-mimo-256-qam
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Interesting! I bet they're doing something IMEI based identification of the S7 / S7E that allows it to run a different IMS barer that will run at up to 256QAM. I also suspect this is downlink path only. As in my testing, I never topped 16QAM on uplink (Both TMO and VZW).
I wonder if they have a different APN. Anyone have an S7/S7E that can confirm they have the normal fast.tmo APN?
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I just contacted Google about this. They said this was coming with the next update. So if we're getting 7.1.1 in a couple days I guess we'll find out
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I just contacted Google about this. They said this was coming with the next update. So if we're getting 7.1.1 in a couple days I guess we'll find out
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I also called them and they said to me that it was all depended on T-Mobile. So it's strange that they would give to others who have called a different answer.
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I also called them and they said to me that it was all depended on T-Mobile. So it's strange that they would give to others who have called a different answer.
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This is because your average rep has no idea what you're talking about. And their script doesn't have any resources to help them answer. You could call three times and get three different answers. Being that TMO pushed a software update to enable it on the S7/S7E, I would argue they would have to do the same to the pixel/pixel xl. Which probably means they would need a TMO specific build. And I just don't see that happening personally.
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So since you guys turned me on to the Network Signal Guru app I did some testing.
I'm convinced the NSG app can't display Carrier Aggregation if it's on the same band. IE 2x CA 4+4 or 3x CA 4+4+12.
With my TMO sim in my Pixel XL, I got speedtests in excess of 100Mb/s. When those tests were ran, The most the app ever reported was 2x CA, Band 4 + Band 12.
The reason I'm convinced it doesn't display CA when it's on two band 4 channels is I ran speed tests >80Mb/s when it claimed I had one 20Mhz Band 4 channel. Which is a FAR reach for a single 20Mhz channel. With this being said. If you're ripping 100+ Mb/s speedtests, And it's showing 2x CA B4+B12, I'd suspect it's acutally 3x CA of B4+B4+B12. And the app just isn't reporting it correctly. Perhaps someone can post an NSG screenshot of it showing 2x B4 channels to prove me wrong.
Here's a screenshot of 1 B4/20Mhz carrier doing 73Mb/s
http://cdn.141networks.com/images/PXL-TMO.png
I'll further comment to say that while the Pixel XL claims it'll support 256QAM, I never saw anything past 64QAM. So it's either not supported. Or not live in my area (Central Florida). We're all aware 4x4 MIMO is also not supported by the PXL.
While I was out and about. I also ran some testing with my primary SIM (Verizon Wireless).
Screenshot of ~109Mb/s on 3CA Band 2 (5Mhz) + Band 4 (20Mhz) + Band 13 (10Mhz) for a total channel width of 35Mhz
http://cdn.141networks.com/images/PXL-3CA.png
And finally, The local tower that always gives me dumb speed test results. I always assumed it was 3x CA. It reports 2x (B4+B13). Meaning this serving cell is either super unloaded, Or once again, I'm not seeing a 2nd descrete B4 carrier. And it's actually doing 3x CA.
Screenshot of 2x CA doing ~140Mb/s
http://cdn.141networks.com/images/PXL-2CA.png
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Hey there, here is NSG on my Pixel showing 2xCA of B4+B4.
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I have a location in town that does B2+B4+B4 on a V20. My Pixel will not do 3xCA at that location, just 2xCA of B2+B4 or B4+B4. I will verify the V20 with NSG again when I get my hands on one. I only used the built-in engineering mode on the V20 at the time.
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Hey there, here is NSG on my Pixel showing 2xCA of B4+B4.
I have a location in town that does B2+B4+B4 on a V20. My Pixel will not do 3xCA at that location, just 2xCA of B2+B4 or B4+B4. I will verify the V20 with NSG again when I get my hands on one. I only used the built-in engineering mode on the V20 at the time.
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I had a feeling that 3x CA didn't work. Another feature of the phone that's not activated. I'm sure something needs to be updated by Google to access this on Tmos network. I'm having Volte issues on TMO with mine. T-Mobile support just tells me to disable it.
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cstark27 said:
Hey there, here is NSG on my Pixel showing 2xCA of B4+B4.
I have a location in town that does B2+B4+B4 on a V20. My Pixel will not do 3xCA at that location, just 2xCA of B2+B4 or B4+B4. I will verify the V20 with NSG again when I get my hands on one. I only used the built-in engineering mode on the V20 at the time.
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I wonder if this is what you're talking about. Pixel only supports 2x2 mimo.
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I wonder if this is what you're talking about. Pixel only supports 2x2 mimo.
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The 2x2 MIMO listed there is in reference to the Wi-Fi capabilities of the phone. The Snapdragon 821 uses the Snapdragon X12 modem which, according to Qualcomm's site supports 3x20 MHz carrier aggregation, 256-QAM, and 4x4 MIMO on one carrier.
Alcolawl said:
The 2x2 MIMO listed there is in reference to the Wi-Fi capabilities of the phone. The Snapdragon 821 uses the Snapdragon X12 modem which, according to Qualcomm's site supports 3x20 MHz carrier aggregation, 256-QAM, and 4x4 MIMO on one carrier.
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What carrier does it support 4x4?
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What carrier does it support 4x4?
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It doesn't; While the phones x12 modem DOES support 4x4 MIMO and 256QAM, It lacks the hardware (Something about an amplifier and antenna array for 4x4 MIMO). 256QAM is only supported on one of the foreign carriers to my knowledge right now. But They claim it will be enabled on the phone for use with TMO in some future update.
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Hey there, here is NSG on my Pixel showing 2xCA of B4+B4.
I have a location in town that does B2+B4+B4 on a V20. My Pixel will not do 3xCA at that location, just 2xCA of B2+B4 or B4+B4. I will verify the V20 with NSG again when I get my hands on one. I only used the built-in engineering mode on the V20 at the time.
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Don't know what happened to my first reply here. So sorry if this is a double post.
I did find that NSG shows 2xCA of the same channel (Found out with a Sprint SIM, B41+B41). And as in my post above. Apparently the Pixel has 3xCA issues with TMO and TMO only.
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I wonder if this is what you're talking about. Pixel only supports 2x2 mimo.
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I'll admit I'm not well versed in MIMO tech (and have seen the other reply about the Wifi spec), but I have seen others report their device does 3xCA on other carriers: Cricket , VZW/ATT
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I did find a few days after posting this that it can show same channel CA. Did so with Sprint B41+B41.
It would appear that the Pixel is having 3XCA issues on TMO. There's a reddit thread about it right now actually https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/5qul7p/3x_carrier_aggregation_on_pixel/
TMO Engineer stated that in the lab, With a TMO SIM in the phone. It doesn't report itself as being 3x capable to the serving cell.
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Yep, that's me (the OP of the Reddit thread) I also started a support thread on the product forums if anyone has any experience to lend to the discussion. https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/phone-by-google/C04ACMHAYX8/mKs9CKAdDAAJ
Not sure of carrier makes a difference (considering the USA Pixel 2's all have the same bands)
Is the Pixel 2 XL Capable of 4G in Mexico? I was on the Verizon Wireless International Trip Planner site and 4G service was not checked off as being possible. All other devices on my account (iPhone 7, iPhone X, Galaxy S7 Edge) have 4G listed as being possible.
I'm hoping the Verizon Wireless website is wrong. Anyone have any ideas?
Maybe someone can chime in who's taken their Pixel 2 XL on vacation to Cancun or something...
Thanks!
I took my 2 XL to Puerto Vallarta over New Year's, and I'm on Verizon. No problems with roaming. I was able to get LTE (4G) service, but it was not common. Usually got 3g. It depended on the carrier: it would bounce around between two different carriers, one of which would always be 3g, the other LTE. This was the same as my wife's iPhone 7.
Overall it worked ok though the coverage was pretty poor in some specific spots like down by the beach.
I took my OG XL to Cancun last year and I can't remember which signal type I had, but I do remember not having any network issues while there.
Things like my Snapchats uploading took a few seconds longer compared to here at home, but nothing unbearable!
Had LTE all the time I was in Cancun last December. But, Im on TMobile...
Thanks.. So the LTE band for our phones is possible on tmobile. Means it's possible with Verizon. Will cross my fingers!
I dont recall either when I had my Nexus 6P lol.
Hi,
Bought S10+ in INDIA yesterday however i saw low/less network bars hence i checked the signal strength for comparison.
To my surprise, this was a known bug on "some" S10+ hence i should request for a replacement from Samsung but i need to be sure before Samsung acknowledges. No call drops recorded as of now.
I get -78 to -84 dBM on Pixel while i am getting -81 to -91dBM on S10+. (using same location for comparison)
Also, i used to get LTE on my PIXEL XL and now i get 4G sign on S10+
Does anyone compared the network strength with their old phones or am i the only one facing this network issue on S10+?
kanav1234 said:
Hi,
Bought S10+ in INDIA yesterday however i saw low/less network bars hence i checked the signal strength for comparison.
To my surprise, this was a known bug on "some" S10+ hence i should request for a replacement from Samsung but i need to be sure before Samsung acknowledges. No call drops recorded as of now.
I get -78 to -84 dBM on Pixel while i am getting -81 to -91dBM on S10+. (using same location for comparison)
Also, i used to get LTE on my PIXEL XL and now i get 4G sign on S10+
Does anyone compared the network strength with their old phones or am i the only one facing this network issue on S10+?
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I also have a problem
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I also have a problem
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nevermind
Huigie said:
nevermind
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Do you see any improvements post updates?
Regarding the LTE and 4G symbol, that's probably because India doesn't have real LTE yet. It's basically glorified HSPA+ and carriers are bsing everyone.
Here in the US I get LTE, but when I took this phone to New Delhi, India and popped in my Vodafone Sim card, I only received LTE in parts of New Delhi (speeds up to 40mbps/40mbps), other parts it was 4G (speeds up to 10mbps/2mbps). So that's that regarding the symbols, pixel probably didn't have a differentiation between either connections and labeled it as LTE.
Download LTE Discovery, it will tell you which exact bands you are connected to, you can pop your sim card back into the Pixel for comparison.
I bought this phone for several reasons, the great Camera, rootability, but Mainly for 5G and faster data. It's Rooted with .037. Since I had my years old sim in the phone all I was able to manage was about 35 Mb/second on 4G. So I headed to the ATT store and got myself a new sim card for it. On the way home I did a speed test and got 75Mb/second, 5G. Great, I thought. So when I got home I wanted to do some speed tests, and it was on 4G. I have an anntlent booster in the house due to having a metal roof. It has the following bands. each can be adjusted Individually:
LTE Band 12 Uplink (698~716MHZ) Downlink (728~746MHZ)
Band 13 Uplink (776~787MHZ) Downlink (746~757MHZ)
CELL Band 5 Uplink (824~849MHZ) Downlink (869~894MHZ)
PCS Band 2 Uplink (1850~1910MHZ) Downlink (1930~1990MHZ)
AWS Band 4 Uplink (1710~1755MHZ) Downlink (2110~2155HZ)
I turned down all the adjustment screws and took the phone outside. It connected to the PCS band 2, 5G. Took it back into the house, it was showing 1-2 bars. So I turned up the gain on band 2. The signal strength jumped up, but the phone instantly jumped to 4G. I thought it was supposed to go to 5G on a strong signal, then fall back to 4g if necessary. I tried *#*#4636#*#* and setting the phone to "nr only", but you night as well piss up a rope, the phone ignores these settings and resets itself to "unknown"
I fiddled with it some more and got a solid 5G icon. But only 5 Mbps download. For a couple hours messing around, and re pointing my antenna to another tower, I finally got a 4G signal on AWS Band 14 with 15Mbps, less than I was getting with my old 4G Sim.
I would like to see this thread developed with better Radio versions, hopefully ones that can be actually locked to what they are set on, whether it be those who want to avoid 5G or those who want to enforce 5G. 5G IS definitely faster in my rural area. Software I used to help diagnose this, and cell tower locations: Network cell info (an older version from an old phone extracted with apk extractor because the new one on google play kept crashing) Open Signal, and I tried Network Signal Guru, but it did nothing on this phone. Please post any ideas you may have concerning Radio connectivity, Booster (resetting) better software and firmware, etc.
@GivIn2It I've changed the prefix of this thread from "Development" to "General" as it didn't qualify for the first. Please review the stuck guidances at the top of the forum and do not change the prefix back.
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Does AT&T even have real 5G (NR) deployment in your area? If so, is it NSA? If so, it probably uses B2 as the LTE agg link. According to the site below, ATT is supposed to be on n5/850mhz. You need to find out how ATT handles it's NSA deployment, but I guess you need to have B2 + n5 at a minimum.
US 5G Bands Cheat Sheet: Verizon vs. T-Mobile vs. AT&T
A complete list of US carrier 5G bands, 4G LTE, and 3G for Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and US Cellular. 5G mmW, low-band, mid-band, Sub-6.
www.droid-life.com
Not sure if the Network Signal Guru betas are fully public yet, but they work great with the Pixel 6. No band locking though.
Contribute device capability info if you can to the cacombos site. We won't learn anything about what the Pixel 6 is capable without field testing. There's no documentation or data sheet for the "new" 5123b modem in the phone.
craznazn said:
Does AT&T even have real 5G (NR) deployment in your area? If so, is it NSA? If so, it probably uses B2 as the LTE agg link. According to the site below, ATT is supposed to be on n5/850mhz. You need to find out how ATT handles it's NSA deployment, but I guess you need to have B2 + n5 at a minimum.
US 5G Bands Cheat Sheet: Verizon vs. T-Mobile vs. AT&T
A complete list of US carrier 5G bands, 4G LTE, and 3G for Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and US Cellular. 5G mmW, low-band, mid-band, Sub-6.
www.droid-life.com
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Thanks for that info. Apparantly, there is some aggregation going on. When the phone switches to 5G, none of the software including the Phone Info page will detect what band it's using. Phone info does show NR Available: True and NR State: Not_Restricted.
LLStarks said:
Not sure if the Network Signal Guru betas are fully public yet, but they work great with the Pixel 6. No band locking though.
Contribute device capability info if you can to the cacombos site. We won't learn anything about what the Pixel 6 is capable without field testing. There's no documentation or data sheet for the "new" 5123b modem in the phone.
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It looks like my device has already been added to the Cacombos database. I can't find a link to that beta. do you have one?
It doesn't matter if your device is already listed. It's incomplete.
And I don't believe I can share the alphas or betas.
LLStarks said:
It doesn't matter if your device is already listed. It's incomplete.
And I don't believe I can share the alphas or betas.
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OK, then. How am I supposed to obtain that device capability information to upload to Cacombos, I don't have software capable of obtaining all that information from the phone. I'm willing to share information if you're willing to share the software that can obtain the information.
Please read the Shannon instructions. You don't need NSG or other tools.
The "Shannon instructions", could you be a little less specific?
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Please read the Shannon instructions. You don't need NSG or other tools.
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Problem is this, not sure the instructions are compatible:
This works with Shannon modem devices except Samsung Exynos device (eg. Pixel 6 and 6 Pro). For Samsung, please use Exynos internal logging by exposing modem to Scat, ShannonDM or Airscreen. Require root.
Open terminal with adb shell or with Terminal app.
Start logging with in superuser (su)$ su
# modem_logging_control START
Turn on Airplane mode and wait for 5-10 seconds. Turn off Airplane mode.
End logging with command# modem_logging_control STOP
You can find logging file now in `/data/vendor/slog`
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Instructions under "Samsung device" references OneUI shortcodes which won't work with the PX6/P
It works. The wording is incorrect. It works for non-Samsung Exynos devices.
This is how we gathered the combos until NSG started working.
But the reason why we need more data is because one report from one phone only reflects the country they're in and what their carrier supports.
It's like cellmapper, more data is better.
I think I have figured out the problem. The Pixel 6 Pro doesn't like it when I have all my gains all the way up, at least for 5G. When I set the bands CELL Band 5 Uplink (824~849MHZ) Downlink (869~894MHZ) and
PCS Band 2 Uplink (1850~1910MHZ) Downlink (1930~1990MHZ) to a little over halfway, the phone regularly connects to 5G, especially when downloading. The signal icon on the phone varies between 2 and 4 bars. Download speeds about 2- 15 Mb/s, which is about a third of my better 4G speeds. But I get to see a pretty 5G icon on my Phone. Superb! My next step is to buy a honkin Yagi to replace my pathetic one, and do some signal searching to see if I can pull in that 75Mb/second tower. If that doesn't work, It's just wait for ATT to improve their 5G here, as I have determined that the Pixel 6 Pro is (mostly) working correctly out of the box, it is looking for the best signal, and if that's 4G, that is what it will switch to. Being more of a hardware guy, I think I can accomplish more with external equipment than I can monkeying with the guts of the phone. Rooting was scary enough. But I'm still open to flashing a better radio, when someone comes up with one.
https://www.phonearena.com/news/t-mobile-google-pixel-6-5g-faster-speed_id137167
According to a report by AndroidPolice, U.S. mobile carrier T-mobile plans to bring even faster lightning 5G connection speeds to the Google Pixel 6 handset, with the arrival of next year.
The speed boost will come to both the Pixel 6 and the Pixel 6 Pro, and was actually first discovered by a fan of the publication who decided to check out the modem log of his own daily driver, the Pixel 6. Both members of the Pixel 6 series carry Samsung's in-house Exynos 5123b wireless connection modem, which was freshly released this year.
The modem log, which he has since submitted and is hosted on 4G/5G Bands & Combos, simply revealed the way that the modem handled both uplink and downlink traffic, employing various channels on multiple different bands of the spectrum. This is known as carrier aggregation, or CA, because use of the available resources is simply optimized to allow for a higher data rate per each cell.
The website 4G/5G Bands & Combos serves to list just such data, which is based on real logs from on-board smartphone modems—since a smartphone or modem maker will never actually tell you their supported combinations for 4G or 5G carrier aggregation as part of your device specs; they simply show you a 4G/5G support category number, and leave it at that.
The new log, when contrasted against the previous one from October, contains a new carrier aggregation combination for two of the 5G bands: n71 and n41. According to AndroidPolice's sleuthing, these are actually a direct match to two of T-Mobile's airwaves, 600 MHz and 2.5 GHZ. T-Mobile has apparently been testing carrier aggregation on these airwaves since 2020, and plans to send it live in 2022.
When T-Mobile finally turns on its 5G network carrier aggregation next year, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro—which already feature millimeter wave 5G reception—will be all set to boost their wireless connection speeds to even higher limits than before.
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roirraW edor ehT said:
https://www.phonearena.com/news/t-mobile-google-pixel-6-5g-faster-speed_id137167
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It's already pretty fast.
bouchigo said:
It's already pretty fast.
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600 Mbps?! Jesus .... I'm lucky if I break 100 Mbps where I'm at.
Fast enough already for me as well
scott.hart.bti said:
600 Mbps?! Jesus .... I'm lucky if I break 100 Mbps where I'm at.
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It just depends where you are at. Those speeds are at my home. I've seen speeds of over 800 Mbps in certain areas where I live, and speeds of about 200 Mbps in others. I've seen others, in different places (somewhere in the east coast) get over 1 Gbps.
scott.hart.bti said:
600 Mbps?! Jesus .... I'm lucky if I break 100 Mbps where I'm at.
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I'm lucky if I break 20Mbps. All of us people living in densely populated areas struggle with the speeds being slower than molasses sliding down a tree in the Arctic lol.
Thought I'd just drop in and say I managed to get this speed today with my 6 Pro whilst stopped at the traffic lights in my CBD area (Telstra 5G network in Adelaide, South Australia).
Must have been a really good sweet spot as never seen those speeds before! (My previous record was 700-800Mbps at my workplace with my Oppo Find X2 Pro).
Texan1 said:
Thought I'd just drop in and say I managed to get this speed today with my 6 Pro whilst stopped at the traffic lights in my CBD area (Telstra 5G network in Adelaide, South Australia).
Must have been a really good sweet spot as never seen those speeds before! (My previous record was 700-800Mbps at my workplace with my Oppo Find X2 Pro).
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Wow- the best I have gotten is a little over 800Mbs
That's it.... Time to show you guys what's up. 25 Mbps... Beat that! Lol.
It would've been nice if these sites properly credited me for the modem logs.
*looking at XDA in particular*
I've also since proven that the NR-CA works at a live site on Long Island. One of the quickest turnarounds I've ever done for testing.
Texan1 said:
Thought I'd just drop in and say I managed to get this speed today with my 6 Pro whilst stopped at the traffic lights in my CBD area (Telstra 5G network in Adelaide, South Australia).
Must have been a really good sweet spot as never seen those speeds before! (My previous record was 700-800Mbps at my workplace with my Oppo Find X2 Pro).
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Holy ****!!! I've only had my phone less than a week and I live in NYC but the fastest I've got was about 500Mbps, with an average of 200
I just tested my ip13 on tmo 5g UC 600-700dl 60up
They just upgraded the tower across the street where I live
My pixel 6 pro is with Big Red
given verizon is not that great at my house and tmo just upgraded.. may be time for "Keep and switch" promo over to tmobile.
mofoliar said:
I just tested my ip13 on tmo 5g UC 600-700dl 60up
They just upgraded the tower across the street where I live
My pixel 6 pro is with Big Red
given verizon is not that great at my house and tmo just upgraded.. may be time for "Keep and switch" promo over to tmobile.
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Wise move! I switched years ago and have never looked back!
New highest speed for me! In the suburbs this time, not far from a tower.
I'm on T-Mobile and I constantly have signal issues
State.of.mind said:
I'm on T-Mobile and I constantly have signal issues
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Where at? Not to bad here in southern Nevada.
galaxys said:
Where at? Not to bad here in southern Ne
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I'm in Central PA
question: has anyone used their p6p from verizon on tmobile and have 5G UC work? I can seem to find a Real answer.