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4G signal

I live in Seattle,WA. T-Mobile is useless for customer support. My question is what is up with 4G. Is it like still in beta or something. I haven't seen 4G at all.
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You don't see an actual 4g sign on your phone you just see a h on your signal bar that stands for hspa+ aka 4g
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but im still on the UMTS network. not HSPA+.....the H is always there unless im on EDGE orGPRS.

Cm7

does cm7 support hspa+, just wondering cuz, I'm not really getting 4g speeds running cm7 and I'm wondering if it's my coverage or my ROM
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csdalporto said:
does cm7 support hspa+, just wondering cuz, I'm not really getting 4g speeds running cm7 and I'm wondering if it's my coverage or my ROM
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T-Mobile's MySense shows "H" for HSPA (3G) and HSPA+ ("4G") speeds.
CM7 does support HSAP+.
If you are not getting the HSPA+ speeds it's your coverage area, or you've been throttled back depending on your data usage.

I'm not getting throttled so I guess it is just bad coverage...just wondering, cuz I love cm7 would have hated it if it didn't play well with 4g. But it shows an H for me, will cm7 show 3g for 3g or an h for 4g and 3g
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csdalporto said:
I'm not getting throttled so I guess it is just bad coverage...just wondering, cuz I love cm7 would have hated it if it didn't play well with 4g. But it shows an H for me, will cm7 show 3g for 3g or an h for 4g and 3g
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CM7 will show
H = HSPA+
3G = HSPA
E = EDGE

K nice thanks
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Network reception...

Anyone know how to increase network reception within the phone? My messaging is always shotty and it drives me nuts! Messages wont send on first attempt. I have to retry them and the person gets them twice. I always reboot or jump into airplane mode but its annoying as ****. Apparently the service on amy home isn't too good since it happens to my sisters intercept and her boyfriends evo but not like it hits me. Help!!! O usuallu undermind it thinking its sprint but im starting to suspect the radio now.. my old nokia candy bar pos had better reception 10 fold compared to these devices nowadays.
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Btw gingerbread kb sucks compared to eclair kb lol sorry for all the typos above.
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There is a thread on here for how to make 4g reception better. If I recall it had tips for 3g too. Your nokia was a gsm phone most likely. Way different from your sprint cdma phone in penitration of buildings
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Call up Sprint and complain about coverage and tell them you are going to cancel. They will send you a free Airave that you hook up to your router. Basically a small cell tower that covers the inside of your house and some outside. I've had one for over 2 years and it wouldn't go without it.

I will tell you one thing about the Airave that you have to get used to. There is a small (but noticable) delay when you are using it. You say hello, and it takes a second to a second and a half for the other party to hear you. Sometimes I say "hello?" twice just as they answer me once.

If you're rooted you can purchase roam control from the market. That'll put your phone on constant roaming and hopefully give you better reception
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Djinn23 said:
There is a thread on here for how to make 4g reception better. If I recall it had tips for 3g too. Your nokia was a gsm phone most likely. Way different from your sprint cdma phone in penitration of buildings
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I can't find that thread... any help?

Network Vision
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Network vision can't be implemented any faster! I getting better radio signal but still hit 1x with eg22
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Fatonuseni said:
Network vision can't be implemented any faster! I getting better radio signal but still hit 1x with eg22
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KillerFu said:
I can't find that thread... any help?
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Few threads down in the dev section.
You need to have your MSL number to edit wimax settings.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833332
[Tutorial] Reconnect to 4G much faster!!!
- Ron

Its definitely thhe radio. On my hero I got 3g speeds of 3-5mb/s and always hadservice. Now I get 2 bars where I had 5. And sometimes I'll have allvmy bars until I make a call or send a text, then suddenly I'll have no service and everything fails, but when I hang up or back out the message app I get all my service back -_- sprints really annoying me. Everyone gets servicein my house but me.
My friend has an iphone andhe gets 3g full bars att
My friend with a MT3G (yes the original non 3.5mm having one) gets HSPA with full bars! As well as my friend with his HD2 and another with a droid x. I'm always told how great the service is in my house until they see MY signal
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MIUI - give up 4g?

As i understand it, MIUI doesn't support 4G.. but a lot of people here seem to like it.
For those of you using MIUI with otherwise decent 4G coverage from t-mo, is it a big sacrifice to give it up?

klm22 said:
As i understand it, MIUI doesn't support 4G.. but a lot of people here seem to like it.
For those of you using MIUI with otherwise decent 4G coverage from t-mo, is it a big sacrifice to give it up?
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MiUi doesn't give up HSPA+. Who ever told you that is lying. The radio files are not a member of the ROM. If the radio file you have supports HSPA+ then you will get HSPA+ on MiUi.

neidlinger said:
MiUi doesn't give up HSPA+. Who ever told you that is lying. The radio files are not a member of the ROM. If the radio file you have supports HSPA+ then you will get HSPA+ on MiUi.
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Don't know why the OP would think such a thing....A rom won't remove 3G or 4G from your phone, unless you physically remove the radio parts from the device. You will get 3G & HSPA+[4G] on miui, only if you are in the coverage area.

Ace42 said:
Don't know why the OP would think such a thing....A rom won't remove 3G or 4G from your phone, unless you physically remove the radio parts from the device. You will get 3G & HSPA+[4G] on miui, only if you are in the coverage area.
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I have no idea either. I've never seen a post that leads one to believe that any ROM will take away HSPA+.
I've seen where people say that "4G" or "H" no longer appears but you are still getting the service regardless of what the phones.

Ok thanks, this is helpful. I guess I am confusing with HSPA+ and perhaps LTE.
There's many posts that mention MIUI doesn't support "4G" and probably won't until China gets "4G". I'm guessing this is LTE they are talking about?

klm22 said:
As i understand it, MIUI doesn't support 4G.. but a lot of people here seem to like it.
For those of you using MIUI with otherwise decent 4G coverage from t-mo, is it a big sacrifice to give it up?
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Hspa+ is only one radio. So you will always have 4g. MIUI doesn't support wimax radio. Which is sprint band which has one radio for 3g and another for 4g.
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I have been using Miui on my HTC sensation and I can't get 2g, 3g or 4G. I only get regular cell. I can't even connecct to the marketplace as it says no connection. And I've tried about everything.

The evo has no wimax (4G) support on any MIUI ports. That is another example of the no 4G support. Easy mistake for someone to make, I suppose. Now they know.
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klm22 said:
As i understand it, MIUI doesn't support 4G.. but a lot of people here seem to like it.
For those of you using MIUI with otherwise decent 4G coverage from t-mo, is it a big sacrifice to give it up?
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... i get 4G...
I'm using my 4G to type this right now.. lol
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saranhai said:
... i get 4G...
I'm using my 4G to type this right now.. lol
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Technically, you're using an OSK to type it. You're using 4G to SEND your smartass reply ;-)
Haha. Good times around here.
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estallings15 said:
Technically, you're using an OSK to type it. You're using 4G to SEND your smartass reply ;-)
Haha. Good times around here.
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Lmaooo well if you to be like that...
Sent from my 4G signal xD
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Yup I'm getting lightning 4G speeds with MIUI 2.1.13...just downloaded

Yes 4g is working on miui roms
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tweaq said:
I have been using Miui on my HTC sensation and I can't get 2g, 3g or 4G. I only get regular cell. I can't even connecct to the marketplace as it says no connection. And I've tried about everything.
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Try wiping everything. After backing up that is; and doing a clean install. I've seen your issue with some people who were just installing over.

New To This Section

Hi to the Nexus S users. I got a brand new Nexus S 4g this past Saturday coming from a DINC. I'm running CM7 stable. Is anyone having signal issues/slow 3g speeds by the way?

Juanito216 said:
Hi to the Nexus S users. I got a brand new Nexus S 4g this past Saturday coming from a DINC. I'm running CM7 stable. Is anyone having signal issues/slow 3g speeds by the way?
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Change the radio =]
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Juanito216 said:
Hi to the Nexus S users. I got a brand new Nexus S 4g this past Saturday coming from a DINC. I'm running CM7 stable. Is anyone having signal issues/slow 3g speeds by the way?
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Can't say for sure since I have a Tmo NS but having had Sprint I can tell you my wife and I had those issues with all Sprint phones. Their 3g speeds SUCK.

Make sure you have ke5 or ke1 radio
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How do I switch radios and which should I use? I want faster 3g speeds lol actually what I want is a lower, stable ping lol
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Sprint is upgrading yhe network so it might go up and down for awhile
If you have rom manager look under peters section he has the radio updates in his downloads
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RushAOZ said:
How do I switch radios and which should I use? I want faster 3g speeds lol actually what I want is a lower, stable ping lol
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Having the correct radio will give you better reception, which will give you a more reliable connection. As a result you may see increased speeds. Keyword is may. You can decrease your ping by setting a local server ip your phone first connects to. Search for lowering pings. For radios, flash using fastboot. Please be sure to read up on radio flashing as a mistake could be catastrophic. Good luck
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I am also new to the NS4G, having switched from evo 4g. Sprint 3G has always sucked the big one and I don't notice any appreciable difference between nexus and evo speeds.
The phone reception IS quite a bit weaker than the Evo however.
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Thanks for the responses guys, how would I go about seeing which radio I have?
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Juanito216 said:
Thanks for the responses guys, how would I go about seeing which radio I have?
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Settings / About Phone / baseband