Im in the northern chicago area and I'm able to connect to 4g but the connection is slow and unstable...(even with 4 bars). Ive extended the idle time using ##data# but still I have the same issues??? Anybody with a solid connection care to share their ##data# settings? Im thinking the issue might in the settings......
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I'm in Seattle and see similar 4G behavior. Usually 2 bars or so and not great performance (marginally better than 3G). I'd be interested to see if this can be improved by tweaking the settings also.
the 4G antenna in the EVO is half the size of the USB one, I don't even get signal at my house on my EVO, yet I get 1.5MBs on my USB stick. Size matters.
Idk about 4G but i just moved into a new house and i have TERRRIBLE reception no matter where i am. If im not outside, it sucks. Its funny though, as soon as i step out the door, 5-6 bars. Im keeping the phone in hopes that as soon as they get 4G around here (Elmont, NY... Long Island), things will change. =\
sprints 4g is in a horrible part of the spectrum. it's frequency is too high to pass through anything
This thread does not belong here. Take this drivel to the appropriate subforum.
unless you are a running a stock rom with the latest updates, i don't think you can make any of these complaints that you all are unless 4g isn't fully up and running in your city. My girlfriend just got the white evo and we installed the latest updates and she gets a very good 4g signal, i have the black evo running fresh 0.5.3 and i get a pretty good signal myself. Not to mention we live in mpls and 4g isn't even officially here yet. A lot of these problems people are having are user errors, flashing things with no knowledge of what they are doing. I would say go back to stock do to ota update with the new radio and wimax enhancements then tell me what type of 4g coverage you are getting. otherwise you are just trusting the chef that everything is set up right which i would take with a grain of salt because non of them seem to understand exactly how the wimax radio works as of yet. Proof of this is all the problems people are having after trying numerous roms
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I'm in Seattle and see similar 4G behavior. Usually 2 bars or so and not great performance (marginally better than 3G). I'd be interested to see if this can be improved by tweaking the settings also.
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That's not very encouraging, I am very disappointed by Sprint's 3g speeds. I have yet to see over 1mbs, and over the 4th of July weekended saw .2-.7 mbs. Yes, .2 as in 192kbs. This was in Miami.
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This thread does not belong here. Take this drivel to the appropriate subforum.
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I started this thread with the intentions of looking into the settings of the wimax ##data# menu....not too rant about the service. I believe with the good signal I'm getting and the fact that I do connect shows that there's an issue with either the roms were flashing or the setting mentioned above. Anybody care to post their settings?
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Changing the wimax idle sleep time from 10 secs to 300 secs could help. My 4G stays on pretty much constantly now instead of switching back and forth between 4G and 3G. You would need your MSL to edit the settings though.
I have similar issues in the chicago land area as well. Very frustrating. I am using a stock rooted rom, but I am using an older OTA update. When I'm outside I always have a strong 4G signal. However, as soon as I go in doors I either loose the signal or have a very weak one. Before you say anything about updating, my GF's EVO is completely stock with the newest OTA update and her 4G behaves very similarly. I actually pick up a better signal at times. It just sucks because if the signal was just a LITTLE bit stronger I would be really happy.
Thats just due to the spectrum used for wimax is at such a high frequency that it does not penetrate walls very well. I'm not sure how sprint will try to remedy this problem, I'm not sure but I get strong signals at my work office and thats inside a building. At home I can get 4G if I am outside once inside I cant seem to get it at all.
What's "##data#" ? I would search it but haven't quite figured it out yet on the app. Google didn't help either (surprisingly).
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Im in the northern chicago area and I'm able to connect to 4g but the connection is slow and unstable...(even with 4 bars). Ive extended the idle time using ##data# but still I have the same issues??? Anybody with a solid connection care to share their ##data# settings? Im thinking the issue might in the settings......
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jr - I am in Gold Coast and recently noticed the 4G signal was junk. It used ot be great inside my 13th floor apartment. I went to the sprint store and they said one of the towers was being serviced (they called a tech. and he said this while I was there). They said end of this week it would be fixed. I was going to give them another week or so and see what the deal is then.
IMO it kind of defeats the purpose of having 4G then. 90% of the time that I want to surf the internet or use 4G I'm indoors, and I would imagine that goes for pretty much everybody. I know this isn't a problem for everybody so it seems, but I think for a lot of people it is.
interesting you say 4 bars of 4g. when i look at my phone i can get up to 6 vertical bars for 3g's signal strength, but with 4g on, and outside i can get 3 "bars" more like "upper wifi arcs" above the 4g signal. and inside my 4g doesn't even register anything, it just shows 4g with no arcs...
however my technique is to put the phone right next to the window and run my micro usb cable from there to my computer. and i then get great data connection...
still experimenting, (had the phone for less than a week) but i think it might work better to go to menu/settings/wirless&networks/ and uncheck mobile network so the phone doesn't use the 3g for data connection when 4g isn't there...
thus if the 4g signal is low, it doesn't drop it to grab the higher signal 3g...
lastly. i'm heading to the store to try to pick up a 2 buck plastic soap dish with a suction cup for the "high tech holding station" on my window. that and a 10 foot micro usb cable i think that will help even more...
best of luck.
I have figured out where in my neighborhood I can get a 4G signal (and I too keep my phone near the window when I want to use it at home). However since the OTA, I noticed that if my 4G signal drops it won't come back unless I toggle the 4G radio. It will just sit in "scanning" and use 3G.
Anyone else noticing this problem?
I would assume that one of the settings/timers need to be tweaked, but I have no idea what my those values were before the OTA.
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Idk about 4G but i just moved into a new house and i have TERRRIBLE reception no matter where i am. If im not outside, it sucks. Its funny though, as soon as i step out the door, 5-6 bars. Im keeping the phone in hopes that as soon as they get 4G around here (Elmont, NY... Long Island), things will change. =\
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4G has nothing to do with 3G. Clearwire maintains the 4G network and Ericsson maintains the 3G/1X network do if your 3G is bad now, it won't be any different when 4G launches unless Ericsson improves the situation.
If I'd got this device predominantly for 4G...Id've returned it in day one...(IN Chicago also). In fact wouldn't have bought it going in knowing what I knew about the spottiness of tapping into 4G frequency wirelessly.
that makes absolutely no sense.
per your words, 4G has nothing to do with 3G as in Clearwire has nothing to do with Ericsson so what would it matter if Ericsson decided to step its game up if Clearwire is the 4G company?
4G is on a whole different frequency not to mention a whole different tower technology and tower location possibly so there's definetly a good chance that I can maintain a great 4G signal once it arrives in my area compared to the terrible 3G coverage I get.
well see what happens... my luck they will never put 4G by me lol.
I work in Los Angeles and have full bars with the "H" showing all the time. I go and do the speed test and the highest download spped I get is 1.6. Is it that I'm just in a bad area? I see alot of people here getting alot better speeds than me. I just wanted to know if you have to enable the HDSPA+ 4G or does it automatically locate this network depending where you are. I only ask this becasue I see apps that you can choose to be on 2G,3G,4g speeds. Thanks!
I am in San Diego and although in a 4G area I get most of the time 0.8-1.8 download speed. In some spotty areas I get up to 2.5 down. Last weekend I was in Anaheim in Disneyland and although I was on H (four bars) i got 0.2 down...speed depends on reception, area, how many people use it in that area.
the H is 4G but its kinda iffy cus everywhere i used to get a 3G i just get an H now with 3G speeds... a lot of people including myself have said they hardly ever see the G anymore... may just be to get people to think their always on 4G so buying a 4G phone was worth the money... but to the actual speed thing if your in LA you should be getting way faster speeds... towards ontario/riverside gets really ****ty though
I'm not positive that California has fully launched HSPA+. Notice the + at the end, this is what gives you 4G speeds. It should be fully launched in California (major cities) by then end of December.
Also, concerning the H. Your data icon will switch to H if you are on HSPA or HSPA+. This is a part of the Sense UI. ANY sense phone or phone using a sense UI will have this funciton. So that being said, if you see the H for data, it could be fast 3G speeds or 4G. I typically get anywhere from 3.5-7Mbs through out Phoenix which is a fully 4G launched network.
Thanks for the info fellas! Its good to know by the end of the year, our system will be alot faster. To tell you the truth, I am already satisfied with speeds right now.
I live in fort lauderdale, FL where there is 4G coverage..I personally own an Evo, but my gf has an Epic. We can be standing right next to each other and my Evo will have good 4G and her Epic wont even find 4G..This happens in different parts of the city as well...any ideas? Maybe i need to update her prl or something? TIA guys
PRLs are for 1X and 3G coverage. Does this happen even when you are right next to the tower?
Not sure, idk where the towers are lol
Does anyone know when iowa (yes Iowa) will get 4g? Specifically around des Moines?
Evo 4G
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Good luck & don't hold your breath
I live & work in areas (zip code 19426) that, on Sprint's coverage map, state that I should get in-building 4G service. What a joke. I don't know of anyone that can get 4G service in these areas other than intermittently outside---let alone inside a building. Not only that, but the 3G service is very weak in this area as well.
Either all of the 4G phones in the area are defective or Sprint is simply exaggerating. Either way, they say it's there and I cannot use it.
It's the frequency clearwire's wimax network is on. I have no problems with 3g in my area(Toledo Ohio 43615) inside or out, but 4g is a different story completely.
I noticed the other day that for some reason I am not getting 4G on this phone other than after a reboot.The moment I connect to wifi or go from a 4g to 3g area, it never goes back to 4g. Is there something I can do to fix this? My galaxy nexus and s4 all have 4g during these times as well.