Hspa - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I had an optimus l9 phone before the n4....
L9 would always be on T-Mobile hspa...now n4 switches between 3g and h+
What's going on?
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gamepr said:
I had an optimus l9 phone before the n4....
L9 would always be on T-Mobile hspa...now n4 switches between 3g and h+
What's going on?
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tmobile hspa is 3g. it should only be using h+ when data is moving in and out.

I know what he means. I was on sprint before, but prior to that tmo. Data would always stay connected as hspa+ I'd get low ping and great speeds. With nexus 4 it'd idle at 3g then switch to hspa+. Which sucks because it'd take good 2-3 seconds to switch and you'd notice the delay, and sometimes it'd drop out of hspa+ back down to 3g while you were using it.
Solution? I haven't found one, I moved to DC and here T-Mobile is way different. K never see my phone on 3g, it idles at hspa, 100% of the time...
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Nexus on tmobile signal type.

What signal should my nexus 4 get on the T-Mobile 30$ Walmart plan. All I get is H.
Yep, it should display H when your phone is using data, then move back to 3G when idle.
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No h+ or 4g?
Mine says H and it seems just as fast as my maxx was on lte.
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mastibeta said:
No h+ or 4g?
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Nope. Just an H. No need for marketing in the status bar.
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Marketing aside, I liked to see when I was connected to H+ on my SGS2.

New owner, question about apn and AT&T

I just got a nexus 4, I'm on att and I pulled my sim directly from an iPhone 5, use an adapter.
It works fine and gets data and it will show and H, when I'm on H+, does it show the +?
Or does the H represent H and H+?
Do I new to create a custom apn other than what the phone assigned stock?
Thanks, just want the fastest speeds I can get.
Don't know what APN you're using, so you may be leaving some speed on the table.... But you are correct that the "H" represents all forms of HSPA, including +
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joho5 said:
I just got a nexus 4, I'm on att and I pulled my sim directly from an iPhone 5, use an adapter.
It works fine and gets data and it will show and H, when I'm on H+, does it show the +?
Or does the H represent H and H+?
Do I new to create a custom apn other than what the phone assigned stock?
Thanks, just want the fastest speeds I can get.
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Some Roms actually show the plus also and there's also a thread to show you how to make it show the H, H+ or 4G if that's your preference. Sorry for not linking it, kind of a pain to do from the xda app.
gotzaDroid said:
Don't know what APN you're using, so you may be leaving some speed on the table.... But you are correct that the "H" represents all forms of HSPA, including +
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Can you help me here...I want right get as much speed as possible. All I'm using is what the phone automatically assigned.
I had an iPhone 5 with lte prior and did nothing to change my plan.
Thanks in advance.
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joho5 said:
Can you help me here...I want right get as much speed as possible. All I'm using is what the phone automatically assigned.
I had an iPhone 5 with lte prior and did nothing to change my plan.
Thanks in advance.
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These are the screenshots from my one x, should get you HSPA+ at least.
I also use this app/widget to tell when its changes.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet
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Ok i cant get data unless I take "pta" out and replace it with "phone"
Why is this?
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joho5 said:
Ok i cant get data unless I take "pta" out and replace it with "phone"
Why is this?
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I honestly have no idea. I get data regardless of pta, phone or the wap default apn.
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joho5 said:
Ok i cant get data unless I take "pta" out and replace it with "phone"
Why is this?
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Mine is the same way, but I just put "phone" and don't even touch the other fields. Pta is for lte, phone is for hspa+.
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lyall29 said:
Mine is the same way, but I just put "phone" and don't even touch the other fields. Pta is for lte, phone is for hspa+.
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Does this give you the h+ speeds? I'm using it right now but I can't get the h+ network, but I can on the stock APN.
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aooga said:
Does this give you the h+ speeds? I'm using it right now but I can't get the h+ network, but I can on the stock APN.
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I get pretty good speeds with "phone". I usually get between 3 and 5mbps where I live which is fine for me. What speeds are you getting? I never even looked at the stock setting because I unlocked, rooted and flashed xylon right away. Was stock the WAP.Cingular APN?
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joho5 said:
Ok i cant get data unless I take "pta" out and replace it with "phone"
Why is this?
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It's because of how the iPhone LTE plan you came from is provisioned. It's different than the rest of their LTE plans. Just leave "phone" instead of "pta" and you'll be fine.
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jsho31 said:
These are the screenshots from my one x, should get you HSPA+ at least.
I also use this app/widget to tell when its changes.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet
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OP, this is what you want minus the pta part. Make that "phone"
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Got it, thanks guys. Works great just wanted to make sure I get as much speed as I can.
Love this phone!
Yeah that's the stock one.
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DC-HSDPA on three in the UK

In the UK The three network has an "ultrafast" DC-HSDPA network. Anyone who has a Nexus 4 tried this as I will be getting a Nexus 4 tomorrow and giving my I9300 to my Girlfriend. Just wanted to know how big an improvement the data speeds are.
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I don't use Three personally but I've seen a friend get speeds of around 20Mbps
Yea the phone can use threes dc-hspa
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I'm meant to be in an ultrafast area, but throughout the day speeds vary (in the exact same spot) from 0.5Mbps to 15Mbps, so yeah, it's great when it gives good speeds.
I get 1-3Mb/s on three in Southampton .......
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I usually get between 7-15mbps in hull
Though only half the city has decent reception. Thankfully it's the half that I live in
Other half I only get between 0-1mbps
You can tell your on DC because you will get h+ instead of just h
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Wow sounds rather varied but thanks I live in London and the speeds aren't too bad most of the time.
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Alex240188 said:
I usually get between 7-15mbps in hull
Though only half the city has decent reception. Thankfully it's the half that I live in
Other half I only get between 0-1mbps
You can tell your on DC because you will get h+ instead of just h
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Just to note, H+ is actually HSPA+, which isn't DC-HSDPA, your phone unfortunately won't tell you when you're using DC-HSDPA.

H and H+

I have H and H+ in my signal what do they mean
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mattoaida said:
I have H and H+ in my signal what do they mean
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It is normal. H+ is faster then H
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HSPA? its your network connection.
I remember when i signed up my phone at t-mobile the rep said, "H is for 4G, i don't know why." And I just rolled my eyes...
mattoaida said:
I have H and H+ in my signal what do they mean
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Here ya go H and H+ answer
Brrmatteo said:
It is normal. H+ is faster then H
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No it's not. When HSPA+ is idle it shows H, when it's active it shows H+.
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mattoaida said:
I have H and H+ in my signal what do they mean
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Here are the speed:
G<E<3G<H<H+<4G<LTE<LTE-A
I hope that will do help...
4Gand LTE are the same thing.
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mitchdickson said:
4Gand LTE are the same thing.
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No its not
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spaceman860 said:
No its not
From my BLACKED OUT N4
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Yes it is.. On this device 4g = LTE
With T-Mobile H and 3g are the same thing.
H+ is what some call 3.5 G . its faster and almost 4G.
4G depending one your device may represent H+ or LTE .
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spaceman860 said:
No its not
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Lol sure. Whatever you think.
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4G is definitely not LTE.
Just because this device has a "4G" doesn't mean it's on LTE.
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scream4cheese said:
4G is definitely not LTE.
Just because this device has a "4G" doesn't mean it's on LTE.
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With the stock ROM, LTE is displayed with the 4G icon. Hspa and Hspa+ are displayed with H.
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Apart from being rom dependent, what you see will also be carrier dependent. On AT&T, when out in the sticks, I may see G for gsm or E for Edge and when in the city, I will see H for 3G, hspa, and hspa+.
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I'm on T-Mobile . I have never seen H+ . why not ?
Only 3g then to H.
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myturbo1 said:
I'm on T-Mobile . I have never seen H+ . why not ?
Only 3g then to H.
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Because the H+ icon is only activated on custom roms.
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fernandezhjr said:
Apart from being rom dependent, what you see will also be carrier dependent. On AT&T, when out in the sticks, I may see G for gsm or E for Edge and when in the city, I will see H for 3G, hspa, and hspa+.
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G and E are not at&t specific. I get edge in my house.. And GSM on long road trips through crappy service areas. Both represented with a G and E
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fernandezhjr said:
Apart from being rom dependent, what you see will also be carrier dependent. On AT&T, when out in the sticks, I may see G for gsm or E for Edge and when in the city, I will see H for 3G, hspa, and hspa+.
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G is GPRS, and E is EDGE. GPRS is much slower than EDGE (Which I didn't know was possible until I managed to get GPRS for like 1 minute)
I have never seen H+ I get H and its 20-30mbps
R<G<E<3G<H<4G
Those are the only ones that show up on the signal bar
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mattoaida said:
I have H and H+ in my signal what do they mean
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H+ is HSPA+. which is hell lot faster than H which is HSDPA.
scream4cheese said:
No it's not. When HSPA+ is idle it shows H, when it's active it shows H+.
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No, when the connection is idle it shows 3G.
PJcastaldo said:
G and E are not at&t specific. I get edge in my house.. And GSM on long road trips through crappy service areas. Both represented with a G and E
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lopezk38 said:
G is GPRS, and E is EDGE. GPRS is much slower than EDGE (Which I didn't know was possible until I managed to get GPRS for like 1 minute)
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My bad, I meant G=GPRS, but I wasn't trying to imply those are AT&T specific. I was pointing out that I never see 3G on my phone. It still shows H for 3G service.
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Does anybody knows how to use 4g and not 3g?

I notice that my phone can support 3g with 4g lte or 3g with just 4g. I have 4g in my town but not 4g lte so i just want to enable 4g not 4glte. If any idea just show your skills. I believe by changing modem but not sure since i dont know any modem to try.
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That's 4g wimax, you have to have a wimax compatible phone like HTC evo
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I mean... my phone was using 4g not 4g lte after i unlock it. Sorry for posting in development i meant to post it in the general...
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4G is LTE on this device. The old 4G sprint had, was Wimax. So if you're using 4G on this device it's just LTE, plain and simple.
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There's a way to do it (LTE Only), but it requires your MSL and going into the programming mode, I'd advise against it. Or you can flash a KK ROM.
To get 4G wimax you need a wimax phone, I think the Samsung S2 was that last one.
questions belong in the Q/A thread..not development ....
Well i had 4g with full signal with out having a 4g lte towers closed by and my speed was faster then 3g... So It only happen when I changed my ro._____operator to open my speed increases to 4g usually when im out of town and my phone its on 4g lte it will said 4 lte well explain that then cause i think im missing something I guest.
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KB112 said:
4G is LTE on this device. The old 4G sprint had, was Wimax. So if you're using 4G on this device it's just LTE, plain and simple.
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Do you know any way to get the msl pass code ? Or link me to it?
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Nicamarcel1 said:
Do you know any way to get the msl pass code ? Or link me to it?
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This dialer code ##443336772# will flash a toast notification on the bottom of the screen with your SPC/MSL code.

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