For some reason lately I've been getting only Edge in my area when normally I get extremely solid H+. I don't know if my phone is acting up (completely stock on 4.1.2) or if AT&T may be upgrading their network in my area, possibly adding LTE. Any ideas why?
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Sometimes when I get this, I just airplane mode cycle. Sometimes im stuck on far away towers.
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Skwerl23 said:
Sometimes when I get this, I just airplane mode cycle. Sometimes im stuck on far away towers.
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Oh really? I'll have to try that from now on. Thanks!
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Let us know if it doesnt work. It happens. If youre getting it a lot. Thats not usual. Or if it happens in your house fron 4g down to edge. It could be an issue with your tower. Or location. Maybe the tower is overloaded and they kick you to another?
This has happened to me once on this phone. And it was on either stock rom or blackout. Cant remember
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Well where I work I get full signal. Averaging 10 Mbps down on H+. But recently I've only been getting Edge. It could very well be what you said about too many users on one tower. I'll try tomorrow and let you know.
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A few months ago when I had my Galaxy S3 I got this problem out of nowhere. I never found a solution even tho I tried going back to stock and several other "fixes". Ended up having to send the phone back and getting another one. Idk if the antenna went bad or what but even on Edge it was unresonble slow
Well I couldn't hold myself back the other night and I flashed Jedi X. Haha. Having no data issues now.
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I'm forced to use HSPDA due to the LTE network being overloaded here in SoCal.
Funny thing is, with LTE on, I avg about 3down/10up....with HSPDA, I get roughly 6down/1up. Quite frankly, I care more about download than upload anyway so it's actually better for me
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What would u do if u seen these specs
It is the worst it can get
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id switch carriers or go outside or get a repeater
Just came from atat which had grade speeds and signal always to come back to sprint cause they are way more affordable... But I knew what I was getting back into... It's not so much sprint its Samsung I made a thread about why all Samsung phones specifically Samsung have bad signal
When compared to a photon or htc in the same coverage area.... I must be in a complete dead zone only luck I had is with atat I've tried every carrier. Even vzw
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What's a repeater
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Here is a battery drain update is this normal in 2hr 21min barely using phone 36% drain
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http://www.repeaterstore.com/products/repeaterkits/wi-ex/wi-ex-zboost-one-yx-400.php
not sure if thats exactly it, but its a signal booster you can install in your home to get signal in areas you cant.
I just got my gnex yesterday and im on ATT and get slightly better signal, i can actually text sitting at my computer, my inspire i had to hold near the window to send/receive.
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Here is a battery drain update is this normal in 2hr 21min barely using phone 36% drain
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When you don't have a stable connection your phone is always scanning for a better connection. So it will use more battery.
You might want to try updating your APN settings, and possibly try using 2g only at your house.
Update!!
In only just 2hr and 10 min since last update at 64% I've gone down from 64%to 14%
Hardly using phone
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I'm sorry? It sounded like you knew what you were getting into when going to sprint. So not sure what you want us to tell you.
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Just came from atat which had grade speeds and signal always to come back to sprint cause they are way more affordable... But I knew what I was getting back into... It's not so much sprint its Samsung I made a thread about why all Samsung phones specifically Samsung have bad signal
When compared to a photon or htc in the same coverage area.... I must be in a complete dead zone only luck I had is with atat I've tried every carrier. Even vzw
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ive always had great signals with samsung phones. dont trust the signal bars btw. i bet its sprint since ive read countless people complaining about their signal.
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Update!!
In only just 2hr and 10 min since last update at 64% I've gone down from 64%to 14%
Hardly using phone
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As someone else said, low signal means the phone works harder to maintain/find signal, which results in more battery usage. I work in what might as well be a faraday cage because of EMI from all of our test systems. If I don't keep it plugged in while I'm at work (or go into airplane mode), it won't last the day, even if I don't touch it.
Find a place with better signal, use a repeater/booster, use airplane mode, or keep it on a charger. Those are about your only options.
Edit: You can also use an app called OpenSignal (free in the play store) to see what tower your phone is connecting to. That could tell you if you just simply don't have a tower close enough.
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What's a repeater
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It's kind of like tethering. It picks up on the signal and "repeats" the signal, except now since you're right next to the cell tower (repeater) you get better signal.
Anyone else having issues with their device being stuck in 2g (EDGE)?
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Anyone else having issues with their device being stuck in 2g (EDGE)?
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Im fine here in Houston. Do you have another phone you can test with?
Might also be helpful if the mention what rom you are on to help identify the cause
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I think it's T-Mobile.
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I think it's T-Mobile.
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Working normally up here in Tennessee.
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Anyone else having issues with their device being stuck in 2g (EDGE)?
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I had similar issue turn off/on your mobile data and airplane mode.
Worked for me
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Im fine here in Houston. Do you have another phone you can test with?
Might also be helpful if the mention what rom you are on to help identify the cause
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Ive had really crappy service in houston over the last couple days. Been having to just keep wifi on because nothing wants to load properly on regular data.
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Ive had really crappy service in houston over the last couple days. Been having to just keep wifi on because nothing wants to load properly on regular data.
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Same here, Houston coverage has been bad for the past week or so. In my house where I used to get like three bars on 4g, now I only get edge. Don't know what's happening here, could it be the refarming thing they got going on?
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I hope thats what it is. My download speed hasnt been too bad, 8-10 usually but the upload has been horrible, .3-.5 typically. But compared to the 15+ download and 2-3 upload I got the first couple weeks with the phone its noticable. The biggest problem though is that it seems to randomly just not be connected or want to connect to the net.
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i have absolutely abysmal 4g speed around where i live (south san francisco, says its on 4g, geting about 30 kbps down). If i turn on pandora in my car it'll sometimes refuse to play and when I drive to an area where I know there's good 4g speeds, it still doesnt play. The phone says its on 4g but the down/up stream lights never blink, so I have to switch off and on my mobile data to get it working again.
Another incident was a similar issue, but instead it didnt have the 4g icon at all, it wasnt even on edge! All I had in the notifications bar was my battery and the t-mo signal. In this case I had to restart the phone.
If you are on tmibile with the note 2 and having data issues. You are not alone. It's tmobile side. I would advice people to call and let them know. My data has been max 300kbps inside my home and now since yesterday at work the same. I have to step outside to get full speed never happened before. And I dont think its because of root.
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Its allngood here full speed
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Does your 4G even work? Mine is stuck on Edge since yesterday. I live on the 4th floor of my house (roof-ish) so really shouldn't have problems up here. In fact, I never did, until literally yesterday morning.
I live on the 3rd floor apartment with nothing behind my building and the tower is visible from my patio. Yes my says 4g all day long.
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I had similar issues when T-Mobile was refarming their towers in my area to add 3.5g via 1900 mhz, especially midnight to morning. Not sure if that's your issue, though.
Signal would get weak, speed slow, sometimes only edge. Lasted about a week or so.
same here
Galaxy s2 and wife's amaze still running perfect 4g speeds. This Note 2 gets stuck in EDGE all the time. Can't even use it. anyone have any luck flashing another rom and getting up to 4g speeds?
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Galaxy s2 and wife's amaze still running perfect 4g speeds. This Note 2 gets stuck in EDGE all the time. Can't even use it. anyone have any luck flashing another rom and getting up to 4g speeds?
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Same over here. Already called tmobile they didn't do anything at all.
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My data is light years better than it was on sprint.
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I have pretty good 4G service on my Note 2 right now. Sometimes it'll get a little slow but more times than not, it's very fast.
The high speed are just two steps outside on my patio and the low ones are on my couch and the tower is 5 miles away.
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Alright guys my data speeds seem to be fixed. If you have issues call tech support.
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I'm not sure whether it's because of root or not, but it has to be the phone. My girlfriend has a different phone than mine and hers was working perfectly inside and outside, whereas mine would not want to load anything, it would drop to edge and then to no signal at all. After getting a replacement phone, it's working fine.
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Alright guys my data speeds seem to be fixed. If you have issues call tech support.
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What did they have you do?
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I'm not sure whether it's because of root or not, but it has to be the phone. My girlfriend has a different phone than mine and hers was working perfectly inside and outside, whereas mine would not want to load anything, it would drop to edge and then to no signal at all. After getting a replacement phone, it's working fine.
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What did they have you do?
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Just called 611 asked for tech support on the automated system. When you get the tech you will have to do a new apn but not to worry if you tether it wont affect it. They will do a number of other trouble shoot things. Just tell them its been happening to you for a couple weeks. If they say call us back tell them no. Ask to open up a service ticket. All is well in my home now. Let me know if this helps. And you can also call customer care first and tell them that im not happy with my data speed connection and see if they give you credit like they did to me. Be nice of course. Good luck
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oopewan said:
Galaxy s2 and wife's amaze still running perfect 4g speeds. This Note 2 gets stuck in EDGE all the time. Can't even use it. anyone have any luck flashing another rom and getting up to 4g speeds?
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Funny you should ask, I totally recommend the following ROM: Build number Jedi Master 5 (Rocks)
I think im getting a replacement also. How long did your guys take to ship?
Edit :Gave Samsung a call and they said its the device itself so their replacing it free. To anyone with this problem call Samsung you have a 1 year warranty I thought it was going to cost me money
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I think im getting a replacement also. How long did your guys take to ship?
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I ordered mine on a Saturday and received it Monday night. That was pretty quick in my opinion. Especially because I'm so impatient.
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If t-mobile hasnt refarmed my area, wouldnt that mean I am in a 3G area? Isnt utms:3 technically 3G? Thats what I show in settings, getting 12mb max downloads.
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No issues over here. I can tell you, I don't need 42mbps, and I'm 100% satisfied with my speeds after Sprint's garbage. Getting 7.72mbps now, and I've had them for 20 days and already used 10gb. When
I forced my device to run 3g and Edge, it was frightening, similar to what I would get with Sprint, but I've never had issues with 4G or staying on 4G in my area.
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You guys aren't alone, but I think this is a tower issue not a phone issue. Possibly a new modem might fix this.
Why do I say that?
Well at home, by San Francisco, I get 15-23 Mbps download speeds, and now I'm in Las Vegas for business, and am only getting 100-500 Kbps.
I called and let them know of the issue, and they were going to do a field ticket where they actually take out the phone and test it on that tower to see what is going on.
I think anyone else having this issue should do the same. My guess is it has something to do with the refarming of the 1900 Mhz band.
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You guys aren't alone, but I think this is a tower issue not a phone issue. Possibly a new modem might fix this.
Why do I say that?
Well at home, by San Francisco, I get 15-23 Mbps download speeds, and now I'm in Las Vegas for business, and am only getting 100-500 Kbps.
I called and let them know of the issue, and they were going to do a field ticket where they actually take out the phone and test it on that tower to see what is going on.
I think anyone else having this issue should do the same. My guess is it has something to do with the refarming of the 1900 Mhz band.
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Agreed. Like I said earlier just call them. They will take care of the issue. Takes a little bit but they get it done. And when speaking to tech support be detailed of where the issues are. Street names and such.
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I recently rooted my GS3 and i have been trying to figure out how to force 3g service on it any help? since i can only pick up 4g in certain areas im tired of the EDGE 2G.
Im pretty sure you cant, seeing as hspa+ is still technically 3G or WCDMA. So I think your stuck with Edge for now... Until T-Mobile does more service upgrades in your area... Don't worry, I get crappy service wherever I go, and I have the worst service here at home... Should have went with Sprint...
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Well can I force roam and connect to at&T towers?
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I'll try it out.
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Well can I force roam and connect to at&T towers?
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You could try, but AT&T uses the same thing "HSPA+" which is really 3G, but they still call it 4G, and that's what would show up on your status bar (it would still say 4G), so I don't know if that'll work... You can give it a try though. I'm actually going try it our right now, and see how it works. I'll keep you posted. :good:
Have that issue too and don't count on them upgrading anything anytime soon. Just wait till your contract is up and make that switch
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So, I just tried and I couldnt register on AT&T's network. Guess your just gonna have to deal with it for now... :/
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I recently rooted my GS3 and i have been trying to figure out how to force 3g service on it any help? since i can only pick up 4g in certain areas im tired of the EDGE 2G.
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I guess you can take the 4G plan off your phone and be throttled down to 3G speed... That's it.
So im really not sure.. Baseically the m7 switches from lte to 3g after awhile and never switches back even on stock rom
Ive flashed stock and factory it, still didnt fix
Ive flashed original radios and rom, still nothing
Ive called verizon they have "refreshed" my connection.. Still no dice
Ive always gotten lte anywhere i went, just dont understand why its acting this way
Anything else to try?
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Dieregard, its verizon itself.
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I have been having the same issue. Did you get it resolved? I was thinking it was the sim card, was that the case?
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I have been having the same issue. Did you get it resolved? I was thinking it was the sim card, was that the case?
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I had this issue and went and got a new sim card. It fixed the problem.:good:
I will request a new sim, the lady said it wasnt the sim..well now im going to demand one, thankyou
Editt New sim is on the way
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Try turning off your data, turning on airplane mode, then turning data back on and turning off airplane mode. That normally works for me. It gets the phone to rescan for towers, and it switches back over to 4G.
If the new SIM works let me know, I might have to try that.
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Yes new sim works :thumbup:
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It could also just be a weak 4G signal. Notice how Verizon likes to brag about their coverage but not speed; that's because they put up a few antennas every few miles and run them at high power. The LTE network just isn't as dense as 3G, so you have these signal gaps everywhere where the phone is on the border line between 3G and 4G. AT&T and T-Mobile stomp all over Verizon's 4G where they have coverage.