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Hspa+ text

So, I just text from t-mo telling me that they're new network had made my phone faster, but so far I haven't noticed a difference. Anyone else get a text out notice some speed increases?
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Download the SpeedTest.net app, do a couple tests and post your speeds here. I work for Tmo and we have HSPA+ at the call center (very congested cell site), and I have gotten up to almost 5Mbps download speeds there. On regular 3G I get only like 1Mbps max.

1.46/d & 1.29/u best out of three, with full signal and 3G. I ran it earlier, right after I got the text, and it wasn't nearly that fast-

Stupid question- will the data indicator say something other than 3G when on an hspa+ network?
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zerolgk5 said:
Stupid question- will the data indicator say something other than 3G when on an hspa+ network?
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"H" if you're on the new radio

Ok, so the 'H' just means hspa. I think whether or not it says 'H' or '3G' depends on the rom you happen to be using.
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zerolgk5 said:
Ok, so the 'H' just means hspa. I think whether or not it says 'H' or '3G' depends on the rom you happen to be using.
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Yes, you are correct. I figure that T-Mobile made the hspa icon 3g was so that people didn't get confused between gprs, edge, and 3g. Some roms will have editted the icon so that it will show an h. It's something along those line.

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Where are these networks located? I barely get 3G as is, phone constantly changing from G to E and really pissing me off.

The new radio alone will not make it show the H. I didn't get the H until I flashed CM6, now I always see it. I don't have HSPA+ around my home, but at the Tmo call center, I have seen up to 4Mbps download, and it's pretty congested there.
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But yeah can't wait to have it around my house, as my Verizon DSL sucks and I'd love to have a nice backup connection.
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I work and live about 10 & 20 miles north of boston, respectively. The fastest speed I've seen was 2.4mbps, and I've only seen that once. Usually I get around .5/1.2mbps with full signal.
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zerolgk5 said:
I work and live about 10 & 20 miles north of boston, respectively. The fastest speed I've seen was 2.4mbps, and I've only seen that once. Usually I get around .5/1.2mbps with full signal.
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I'm in medford and don't get anything as good as this

[Q] Knowing when I'm on HSPA+

Is there a way to verify I'm on HSPA+? My area supposedly has it, but my G2's status still shows HSDPA. Is the phone actually connected to HSPA+, but the UI just doesn't reflect it?

The stock rom won't show you the difference between HSPA+ and 3G. You'll only see H, E, or G.
If your willing to root and use a rom like CM, it will show you a 3G icon when its 3G and H when its HSPA+
I don't know how to tell other wise. Sorry.

There is no practical way to distinguish between HS[D|U]PA and HSPA+.

Well, unless you count all the widgets out there that will tell you.
The one I use is called "mobile signal widget"

i have stock rom and i see sometimes 3G or H on my HTC desire Z
Running latest OTA

My desire z only shows 3G or H.
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when its fast, ur on H+

Mog said:
when its fast, ur on H+
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How insightful.
hectorinwa said:
Well, unless you count all the widgets out there that will tell you.
The one I use is called "mobile signal widget"
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As far as I understand, you will still not be able to tell the difference between HSPA+ and HSPA. I do not know of any definitive way to tell whether or not you are using the HSPA+ protocols.

How does cyano does it on his roms? I would like my icon to be right but I prefer stock rooted roms
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The bell site shows my area as having HSPA+ coverage but my desire z only ever shows HSDPA or UMTS when I view network setings. I know I saw someone else's post saying their stock Rom actually said HSPA+ in the status bar when they were connected to it.
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Go to phone satus under settings. UMTS = 3G and HSPA = "4G"
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Now it keeps switching between UMTS and HSDPA every few seconds. Anyone ever had that issue?
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poor data speeds

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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nined1talon said:
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.

Help no 4g

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

_ice_ said:
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

khook1061 said:
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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help! cyanogenmod7 signal issue

Hello I just installd cm7 on my g2 and I notice some bad behavio going on.. my signal bar I keep getting the 3g and the h but the problem is that it keeps changing a lot very very constant is there a fix for this?.. signal goes back and forth from 3g to h

What radio are you using?
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COA4178 said:
Hello I just installd cm7 on my g2 and I notice some bad behavio going on.. my signal bar I keep getting the 3g and the h but the problem is that it keeps changing a lot very very constant is there a fix for this?.. signal goes back and forth from 3g to h
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Be careful with radio updates, but I would try the latest t-mobile OTA kernel if you haven't already (and assuming you're on t-mobile in the US)

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Be careful with radio updates, but I would try the latest t-mobile OTA kernel if you haven't already (and assuming you're on t-mobile in the US)
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Yes, most definitely be careful with any kind of radio update, should've said that. Where could one find that kernel?
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12.22.60.09bU_26.02.01.15_M2 base brand ver and [email protected]#1 kernel ver

Have you tried to switch the baseband?

I have the same problem it happens to me iin each rom
I have .19 radio
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Is there any guaranteeed fix for this issue?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301250
Switch the icons to 2G/4G and you won't have any problems.

gaarry said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301250
Switch the icons to 2G/4G and you won't have any problems.
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I just downloaded the first zip and also flashed it but idk it hasn't installed properly I c sill the 3g and H changing constantly and not been steady

That's cuz if your in a service area with H coverage the device will switch to H when you need data, it will idle on 3G since H would devour the battery. Its normal what your seeing bro.
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