Database Users

Stuck on 2g?

At work my nexus 4 goes on 2g and won't switch back. Worked fine for the first few weeks but lately happens all the time, I need to get out of work for it to work. Tried to turn it off, data off and back on but nothing.
I am on tmobile UK as other people at work and they haven't got that problem, they get full bars H.
Does anyone knows or has the same problem.?
Almost giving up on android
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

Do they also have T-Mobile UK? Check your APN settings
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

There is an "Enable 2G only" option that you may have checked accidentally?
Settings > More > Mobile Network Settings

None of the above checked all of it data enabled and tmobile settings match my colleagues phone.
Don't remember when this started to happen but has been more then 3 weeks.
Weird is the other tmobile with same settings have no problems.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

Three uk signal keeps dropping only good on wcdma only

I'm getting mega problems network goes weird this can only be fixed by setting network to only wcdma which doesn't stick on reboot I think this Is how three uk work as they really only use 3g or above only, has Google thought this out and why have they blocked network settings on reboot

*#*#4636#*#*
Phone information, set network type, select what you want see if that helps.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

That's good same as the network app I use but it will not stay on reboot it goes back to preferred
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

Any way to turn off LTE?

Feels like my battery dies a bit too fast with regular use and I would like to test out running on 3 and 3.5 G only. Any way to do this? (ATT version)
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app

Change apn to old wap cingular
Sent from my Nokia 5120. Rocking it oldschool

Wont it keep looking for lte signal?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app

Settings/connections/
More networks/mobile network/network mode select gsm/wcdma
Now only will search for 2g/3g and 3.5
If you you want that only search for 3g/3.5 then select wcdma only option
Enviado desde mi SGH-I337M usando Tapatalk 2

t2abousa said:
Wont it keep looking for lte signal?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
With this apn no it wont
Sent from my Nokia 5120. Rocking it oldschool

AlEjAnDrO812 said:
Settings/connections/
More networks/mobile network/network mode select gsm/wcdma
Now only will search for 2g/3g and 3.5
If you you want that only search for 3g/3.5 then select wcdma only option
Enviado desde mi SGH-I337M usando Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Network band selection menu is removed from the AT&T rom. It has always been absent. They are forcing everyone to use their lte network and not the slower network.

Its been discoused several times in the forums search is your friend....
*#*#4636#*#* select first option and scroll down and select WCDMA only there ya go.... Been brought up hundreds of times already

hyelton said:
Its been discoused several times in the forums search is your friend....
*#*#4636#*#* select first option and scroll down and select WCDMA only there ya go.... Been brought up hundreds of times already
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This works, but just so the above poster is aware the settings reset on reboot.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2

americasteam said:
This works, but just so the above poster is aware the settings reset on reboot.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes.... Ive been using this for years....
And if you WANT to make it stick download Net monitor from the market place and click menu and go through the service menu turn RAT supporting off/on or whatever then choose go through and find what you want to set it up if you want it TO STICK. BUT I have HAD a TON of issues in the long run by changing those settings on a ton of different phones and I always end up with an issue with Service of some kind later down the road. So I just use the code I menched above as it resets when phone is restarted.

hyelton said:
Its been discoused several times in the forums search is your friend....
*#*#4636#*#* select first option and scroll down and select WCDMA only there ya go.... Been brought up hundreds of times already
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
From what I understand about doing it this way, you will be stuck in that band only. So if you are ever in a low coverage area such as Edge, you will have no signal. Its not WCDMA + auto. Its ONLY WCDMA.

geoldr said:
From what I understand about doing it this way, you will be stuck in that band only. So if you are ever in a low coverage area such as Edge, you will have no signal. Its not WCDMA + auto. Its ONLY WCDMA.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Choose WCDMA prefered to get everything except LTE.

geoldr said:
From what I understand about doing it this way, you will be stuck in that band only. So if you are ever in a low coverage area such as Edge, you will have no signal. Its not WCDMA + auto. Its ONLY WCDMA.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No you WONT get suck on the band...... Thats why you select Automatic when you no longer want a selection....

hyelton said:
Its been discoused several times in the forums search is your friend....
*#*#4636#*#* select first option and scroll down and select WCDMA only there ya go.... Been brought up hundreds of times already
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hey there I tried the code you provided above and set the network mode to wcdma preferred, but still i can see the lte symbol near the battery icon at the top.. does it mean i'm still getting the lte network?

After selecting WCDMA mode, my phone's network was completely lost. But, If I switch in GSM mode then my phones network works again smoothly on GSM network. But in my area the network operator's network that I'm using is too good for WCDMA network on others phone..
Someone please help me to use WCDMA mode on my Samsung SGH-I337 in my religion

[Q] Shortcut to toggle 2G? [SOLVED]

I'm currently using PA and looking for an easy way to toggle "Use 2G only" when I connect to a wireless network. I've tried tasker and llama, but they change the network mode when toggling back. I'm configured for 4G, so switching back to WCDMA doesn't help me much.
Thanks in advance.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

What do you you mean with they changed the network mode when toggling back?
Swyped from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4

Tasker and llama have an option to toggle 2G/3G or wimax. When it executes the command to switch to 2G, it checks the box and switches network type to GSM. When you toggle it again, it unchecks the box but also switches back to WCDMA which is the default network type. I need the network type to stay LTE/GSM.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

I don't use Paranoid Android but I'm pretty sure it has Quick Settings customization. You just go into Quick Settings menu and enable "Network modes". The older CyanogenMod power widgets have that toggle too.
Lord Yurij said:
What do you you mean with they changed the network mode when toggling back?
Swyped from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It means it switched from LTE to HSPA.
sent from xda premium app

eksasol said:
I don't use Paranoid Android but I'm pretty sure it has Quick Settings customization. You just go into Quick Settings menu and enable "Network modes". The older CyanogenMod power widgets have that toggle too.
It means it switched from LTE to HSPA.
sent from xda premium app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
PA has the same network modes that you listed, but LTE isn't one of the options.

Demonic240 said:
PA has the same network modes that you listed, but LTE isn't one of the options.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
LTE option only show up if you flash the LTE package that install LTE baseband and edit the build.prop to enable it. It's a separate toggle dedicated to turning on and off LTE only.

eksasol said:
LTE option only show up if you flash the LTE package that install LTE baseband and edit the build.prop to enable it. It's a separate toggle dedicated to turning on and off LTE only.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have LTE auto-enabled. My issue, is getting an auto-toggle between 2G and LTE.

I don't know if you have downloaded and used power toggles. I use the power toggles widget and quite easily toggle 3g & 2g. Hope this helps.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

There is no CyanogenMod toggle to allow you to get directly between LTE and 2G, you have to first disable LTE, it will automatically go to HSPA after that, then you have to press the 2G/3G toggle to change it to 2G manually. I do not know of any other ways. In *#*#4636#*#*, you can select LTE/GSM, but I doubt it will work for your purpose either.

Thanks for some of the replies, but I'm NOT trying to change the network mode. My network mode is currently set to LTE/GSM and if I check the "use 2g only" (see screen shot) then the network mode switches to GSM only and back to LTE/GSM when unchecked. Any of the toggles listed by others above change the network mode and have no method to change the network mode to LTE/GSM.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

I was able to do this with Tasker. I didn't realize that by default, Tasker will restore settings to their previous state when they exit the profile. Previously, I was trying to use a second profile to set the network mode back, and this is where I ran into problems. I also set up a second profile (along with the Secure Settings plugin) to enable/disable GPS when going between Wi-Fi.
Now, to just configure it to NOT switch the network mode while on a call.. I think there's an IF statement for that.

You can use secure settings with tasker to force lte also. That's what I do.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

frigidazzi said:
You can use secure settings with tasker to force lte also. That's what I do.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Good to know! Thanks

This won't be very helpful, but I found out AOKP have a specific 2G toggle, I would guess this means PAC rom should have it to. You can toggle between LTE and 2G, but switching it to LTE really means 'lte/wcdma/gsm'.
sent from xda premium app

eksasol said:
This won't be very helpful, but I found out AOKP have a specific 2G toggle, I would guess this means PAC rom should have it to. You can toggle between LTE and 2G, but switching it to LTE really means 'lte/wcdma/gsm'.
sent from xda premium app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
frigidazzi said:
You can use secure settings with tasker to force lte also. That's what I do.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
@eksasol Thanks, but I primarily use PA.
@frigidazzi I tried switching to LTE with secure settings, but it changed my network mode to GSM/CDMA. Can you get it to switch to LTE/GSM?

Yes. Mine goes to lte/gsm auto prl. I'm on radio .33. Using aokp 4.2.2 with newest Franco kernel. I'm not sure which is the trick to get it to work. I've never had a problem with it.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

frigidazzi said:
Yes. Mine goes to lte/gsm auto prl. I'm on radio .33. Using aokp 4.2.2 with newest Franco kernel. I'm not sure which is the trick to get it to work. I've never had a problem with it.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks. I may play with it more later, but will probably leave it lie since it's working as I need it to.

How to switch back to 3G after enabling LTE?

Anyone know?

Dial *#*#5636#*#*. Choose phone settings, scroll down and select network. Change APN settings to wpc.T-Mobile.com
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

Thanks
I touched on the phone icon and dialed *#*#5636#*#*
And then looked at phone settings but there is no "network" option
Please help

Tap on the option above "Turn radio off"
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

I am sorry I should have mentioned this earlier
My phone was enabled for LTE 2 days ago and yesterday I made a mistake by choosing 3G from settings
So currently it is on 3G
But I would like to know how to toggle between 3G and LTE/4G
Sorry for the confusion