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is this a general g2 problem or is tmo really terrible lately. i traded my hd2 for my g2 because i wanted 4g, otherwise i would have kept my hd2. but i rarely will see speeds over 0.30 mbps! and thats when on 3g. as well i never seem to get hspa+ in the 4g coverage area. (does android display hspa+ in the network info?)
is this a problem with my phone or radio?
Lol the orginal stock rom that come with the phone lies about 4g symbol. If you flash like cyan 7 for instance it will show you the correct symbol if it is really 4g/3g/2g. Oh yea flash a diffrent radio
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Depends on your area really. I average 1.5 mps at home running 3G, but when I get near Houston I see a lot of H+ with speeds up to 9 mps. Oh, and I've tried every ROM save for a few of the Sense based ones and they all show G/E/3G or H. I've never seen an H+ symbol even when running obvious H+ speeds. I tried a sense ROM once and it would show me 3G+ when available, but that's it.
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Depends on your area really. I average 1.5 mps at home running 3G, but when I get near Houston I see a lot of H+ with speeds up to 9 mps. Oh, and I've tried every ROM save for a few of the Sense based ones and they all show G/E/3G or H. I've never seen an H+ symbol even when running obvious H+ speeds. I tried a sense ROM once and it would show me 3G+ when available, but that's it.
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Lol because its base from a diffrent mobile company. T-mobile uses the H/H+ anyways at sandigio I get good signal at the most
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I wonder why no H+ symbols in Houston then. I feel cheated. I want my + too haha.
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it happens
If your rooted you can try flashing a different radio.
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The H means hspa+. I live in austin texas and I always get H with speeds average at around 6Mbps. If anything I would say the G2 has pretty good reception. Reason being is, I had the same issue with poor data speeds becasuse my phone was trying to connect to a tower not even in my local market...I had bad data speeds but voice still had 4 bars. Call tmobile and make sure you aren't bouncing around towers
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my phone is rooted. im running the evil's mytouch 4g rom.
this is on hsdpa network. what i hate is that my old hd2 runing android was getting about 1.2 mbps average and the hd2 is supposed to have data problems. so i assumed that when i switch to the g2 the speeds would be even faster(or at least the same), but instead the speeds are lower.
I can't connect to 4g even thought I live in orlando. I only can connect to 3g. I'm using the newest royalmiui. I didn't have any 4g problems untill I flashed royalthunder then I only got 3g all the times. The speedtests I do show 3g speeds. Any help is much appreciated
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Try a full wipe including formatting system and boot and reflash your Rom. Also make sure that your Rom supports 4G
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I can't format boot in the new recovery. I have done a full wipe for every rom I flashed. All 4g roms. I'm gonna do it again when I get home to see what happens
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Maybe the 4G tower is down? I'm not sure if roms have to be specially made to support HSPA+ because a) HSPA+ is the same technology as 3G so it should be backwards compatible; and b) the HSPA+ chip in the mytouch is only 14.4 mbps which is the fastest HSPA(3G) chip, not 21 which is HSPA+. I think.
urmothersluvr said:
I can't connect to 4g even thought I live in orlando. I only can connect to 3g. I'm using the newest royalmiui. I didn't have any 4g problems untill I flashed royalthunder then I only got 3g all the times. The speedtests I do show 3g speeds. Any help is much appreciated
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check your coverage map on tmobile.com I have had the same issue and I almost started flaming rom cookers... even on cm7 I get 3g speeds. turns out the part of town I live in has low 4g coverages. Usually stock roms only have the H or H+ icon on the framework. so even when you're on 3g it shows H, even when you're on 4g it shows H. on custom roms notice you have 3 different icons. (or 4) H, 3g, EDGE, (GPRS)
H stands for 4g. mostly on custom roms this shows up when there is STRONG 4g signals
3g shows up all the time even though if a stock similar device such as another mytouch or a g2 shows H.
and edge/ gprs is self explanatory.
some roms may come with kernels that may have botched LIBS that prevent 4g connection (ie cooked roms from european phones like- desire HD etc...). get a friends phone that is similar IE a vibrant 4g, g2 or a mytouch and run speed tests using the OOKLA app on market. You will get the same results when his **** shows H and when your **** shows 3g.
Oh and they and you will be surprised at how much cell carriers lie to us about coverage
I live in North Houston and I can get full 4g speeds 2% of my usage times per month
I did this the other day with similar WHITE MYTOUCHES, one was bone STOCK no root, and one was root with cm 7- royal ginger 1.5
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check your coverage map on tmobile.com I have had the same issue and I almost started flaming rom cookers... even on cm7 I get 3g speeds. turns out the part of town I live in has low 4g coverages. Usually stock roms only have the H or H+ icon on the framework. so even when you're on 3g it shows H, even when you're on 4g it shows H. on custom roms notice you have 3 different icons. (or 4) H, 3g, EDGE, (GPRS)
H stands for 4g. mostly on custom roms this shows up when there is STRONG 4g signals
3g shows up all the time even though if a stock similar device such as another mytouch or a g2 shows H.
and edge/ gprs is self explanatory.
some roms may come with kernels that may have botched LIBS that prevent 4g connection (ie cooked roms from european phones like- desire HD etc...). get a friends phone that is similar IE a vibrant 4g, g2 or a mytouch and run speed tests using the OOKLA app on market. You will get the same results when his **** shows H and when your **** shows 3g.
Oh and they and you will be surprised at how much cell carriers lie to us about coverage
I live in North Houston and I can get full 4g speeds 2% of my usage times per month
I did this the other day with similar WHITE MYTOUCHES, one was bone STOCK no root, and one was root with cm 7- royal ginger 1.5
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I live in Orlando Florida so my 4g coverage is beyond great lol. I had the galaxy s 4g and I never seen 3g on it. I kno this is a older device so 4g won't be as great as the sgs4g but it dosent mean I shouldn't pick it up at all
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This is weird. I speed test on full 3g nd I get 9 dwn and 2 up. So its 4g just no Rom will say h
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Call it dial-up, call it hand signals, call it morse code. If you are getting 9 down 2 up you are making 99% of t-mobile users jealous. Simple as that.
Lol... I have to drive 1.5 miles just to get cell service to make a regular cell call. Wifi calling is the only way I can use my phone.
Living in the woods at the base of a mountain kinda kills your cell reception.
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darinmc said:
Call it dial-up, call it hand signals, call it morse code. If you are getting 9 down 2 up you are making 99% of t-mobile users jealous. Simple as that.
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Lol I love Orlando's 4G so fast
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I live in Miami Beach and since last week I no longer get 4g I have tried several roms and it never says H only 3g when I check phone info it says umts. But on my vibrant I get 4g
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I live in Miami Beach and since last week I no longer get 4g I have tried several roms and it never says H only 3g when I check phone info it says umts. But on my vibrant I get 4g
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I have the same exact problem but I have the speed of 4g just no H on my status bar
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Yep my speeds are 4g on the my touch even though it never says HSPA just UMTS. But on speed test my vibrant is faster not sure why.
It seems like the 4g issue is with custom roms not the stock rom. I flashd stock with root and I never seen 3g only H the whole time
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I have noticed that in east orlando by ucf I get a bad 4g signal more toward down town I get a much better speed.
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I live near metro west and apopka and I get like 10-11
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Anyone experiencing this? Sometimes ill be on the internet for an hour then randomly my signal will drop and after a minute or so it will come back. Also if I haven't used my phone for awhile and right when I'm about to Google something the internet cuts off then comes back a minute later.
Im trying to figure out if its my phone or T-Mobile fault. Its not roms or radios because Ive tried a few different ones.
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Anyone experiencing this? Sometimes ill be on the internet for an hour then randomly my signal will drop and after a minute or so it will come back. Also if I haven't used my phone for awhile and right when I'm about to Google something the internet cuts off then comes back a minute later.
Im trying to figure out if its my phone or T-Mobile fault. Its not roms or radios because Ive tried a few different ones.
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You answered your question.
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You answered your question.
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The op may not have answered his own question. I have similar issues with my phone. Found a few little glitches with how my phone reacts to firmware. I need to write up my findings in a new thread. Pretty interesting stuff. I had a big issue that I was able to fix and it may work for a bunch more people too.
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I domt think so, i have noticed, with stock, i get a strong 4g signal. BUt when i switch to different roms, the signal fluctuates.
I have tried: Darkside, creamed glacier, cm7, virtuous unity affinity quattro
Dclaw please share your findings!
Btw my gf also has a mytouch 4g but its stock unrooted and has the same problems as me.
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Happens to me quite often. I'm running the latest radio and I think that's the problem for me. It never happened with the previous radio it had. Reason I haven't messed with it is because it works great in the city and I'm always on wifi at home. It bugs me because I send a text and signal drops to 0, "message not sent, will resend when data services are available." back to 3 bars, then resends.
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I have the Panache here in Canada through Mobilicity, basically the same phone with a different name, and this is a known issue with the entire batch they sold. I'm pretty sure it's a phone issue on HTC's part that doesn't seem to have a fix for it. I can't remember what the reason was exactly but google Panache no signal or something like that and you should be able to find it.
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Hi erverybody,
"dclaw_fantum" said he found a suggestions for that, but what is it? I am with Mobilicity (Canada) too and I have the same issue with my phone (also the panache). My friend is also with mobilicity but has a different phone and not any problem like this. It is strange because I am having full reception and it just turns of... totally. At least there should be a GSM signal or WCDMA signal, but it just turns off. Sad that HTC is not trying to fix this, as it seems an issue for a lot of people. Greetings.
It has to do with your Rom that your using or Radio either or can be your problem.
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MyTouch 4G with Wind here. Same issue.
Tried 3 different radios and 2 stock and one custom rom and I have the same problems.
I've been leaning towards the problem being a combination of the radio and the rom and how they interact with each other rather than just one of them as it doesn't seem to make any difference what combination of the two you use.
I'm not a developer though, so I might be way off...
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Same issue here with a couple of stock MT4Gs on T-Mobile.
I have been having bad signal and sluggish data speeds after flashing a rom. On any rom I was choosing actually. And then I decided to give it a try after almost 6 months of being rooted to reflash my current radio and I noticed immediately the difference.
Is this a known problem or am I the only one? I know flash my radio after every rom.
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Your radio is not altered when flashing a new ROM. By reflashing your radio after every ROM flash, you're only increasing the possibilities of something going wrong and leaving you with a brick. The radio is the most dangerous thing to mess with and radio flashing/reflashing should never be taken lightly.
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But why is that I get signal drops and slow browser on every rom even on stock rooted
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Your ROM does not touch the radio. The radio resides in a partition not touched by recovery.
Flashing a radio is dangerous. Failure = a bricked device.
I'm not sure why you're having this result, or if it is a placebo effect. All I know is ROM does not affect Radio performance
But I do notice a big difference in the time it takes to load a web page after reflashing my radio as well as no more signal drops
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Did you flash the same radio version or a different one?
I just reflashed the same radio that was already on my phone
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Is there any explanation for me having random signal drops and slow data speeds
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Is there any explanation for me having random signal drops and slow data speeds
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Shaky service in your area? Is WiFi like this too because it might be the hardware
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Nope wifi is perfect, my wife has a sensation 4g which never has a call drop and we live in the Miami area and I would get call drops in the middle of the day in the city.
It happened on virtuous affinity (but I know sense 3.5 has kind of a problem with signal, correct me if I'm wrong), virtuous unity, lee Droid the latest one, everything. Until reflashing my radio I don't understand why.
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In Miami too... I just reflashed to the latest GB radio from Panache stock and it did feel like it was giving me better overall service. On Sense Roms though I do notice an occasional signal loss and then it comes back and a lot of times it's while sending SMS. After the last time going from Dark Unicorn back to ARHD I was not receiving some messages from my g/f and she wasn't getting some of mine, if I did they were late (that didn't make her happy, lol) but I think it is better now. Maybe it's T-Mobile, maybe my Android doesn't like her iPhone.
Actually I just flashed the latest version of miui.us v4 and I can say that it has the best signal on any rom I tried and didn't have to reflash my radio as compared to just changing from the last GB version of miui.us which needed a radio reflash
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I really like the look of the sense 4 ROMs I was on glacier one for a while but just got tired of having slow data speeds and always having signal drops.
I have also tried the Hyperion ROM and viper touch and I don't know if its just me or is everyone else still experiencing signal drops. Data speeds are better than when I was on glacier one but the signal drops are a real deal breaker for me and its a shame cuz they are nice roms
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I think signal drops are pretty common. I get them all the time on my Glacier.
No but its like really bad on the glacier one Rom and since the Hyperion is the same base I believe its the same.
Viper touch seemed to be just once.
Btw I don't get signal drops
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No but its like really bad on the glacier one Rom and since the Hyperion is the same base I believe its the same.
Viper touch seemed to be just once.
Btw I don't get signal drops
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On any ROM I'm on I will randomly lose all signal for 30 seconds - 1 minute several times a day. Never figured out way, and I don't like flashing radios. Too much risk.
Yeah, i had the issue with sense roms as well, it happens a lot more on sense roms but its been a while since i have seen that. Does it drop on glacier one or hyperion? I have tried the latest editions of both and i didn't get any drops
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Yeah, i had the issue with sense roms as well, it happens a lot more on sense roms but its been a while since i have seen that. Does it drop on glacier one or hyperion? I have tried the latest editions of both and i didn't get any drops
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One of our myTouch 4Gs had Hyperion Yoshi on it for a while and the user frequently complained about it 'forgetting' it had signal and thus losing connectivity to things like Maps (which was a deal-breaker). Just flashed Dark Unicorn on that one, which seems to handle signal issues just fine (but of course, it's not a Sense ROM).
if u want something more stable...u can try glacier rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852410 it is a older rom (ICS) but after trying a new rom almost every week I end up going back to this one for stability. I have Mobilicity (which is supposed to have poor signal quality) but rarely have I experienced signal drops....noticed it twice for less than a minute in over 3 months n both times weather was pretty bad...windy/almost storm like conditions!
I believe I was on the glacier one v1.3 as I can see its been revised in v2.0 which I guess what fixed it. I just remember that everyone was having signal drops and phone was really only staying 3g which is why I switched. I took a second look at Hyperion and saw that after the ROM had settled and after a few reboots all was good I was just experiencing signal drops almost 5 mins apart after flashing the first day.
Sabsa prime is pretty good almost perfect actually
Just find myself coming back to cm7.0.3 as I feel its the most stable of the cm7s
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For what it is worth I haven't had the same problems on ViperTouch and have been running for a few weeks - don't seem to have a problem with 4g either ...