Hi,
Before messing with my Nexus 4 (running rooted stock 4.2.2 with Franco Kernel M1), is there a way or a specific app to check for LTE signal in my area?
Thanks!
C.
connor32 said:
Hi,
Before messing with my Nexus 4 (running rooted stock 4.2.2 with Franco Kernel M1), is there a way or a specific app to check for LTE signal in my area?
Thanks!
C.
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There is no app I know of that can test for a signal your phone isn't set to receive, you'd have to set it up for LTE first. And if you don't live in one of the 7 major cities T-Mobile just turned LTE on in or in Canada then you don't have LTE you can use anyways.
With Verizon you can check for their list of LTE coverage and find out if its in the area and go from there. Its almost everywhere now but back in the Thunderbolt days lots of people did that.
A quick Google search would get you started.
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CharliesTheMan said:
With Verizon you can check for their list of LTE coverage and find out if its in the area and go from there. Its almost everywhere now but back in the Thunderbolt days lots of people did that.
A quick Google search would get you started.
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Verizon's current LTE network isn't compatible with this phone. They eventually will build out their existing LTE network using AWS but that is a long way off and it still most likely won't work with the Nexus.
kzoodroid said:
There is no app I know of that can test for a signal your phone isn't set to receive, you'd have to set it up for LTE first. And if you don't live in one of the 7 major cities T-Mobile just turned LTE on in or in Canada then you don't have LTE you can use anyways.
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I guess I will have to do some testing. I live nearby the T-Mobile HQ , still not officially covered by LTE but I saw an article by OpenSignal stating that there was some LTE activity nearby...
connor32 said:
I guess I will have to do some testing. I live nearby the T-Mobile HQ , still not officially covered by LTE but I saw an article by OpenSignal stating that there was some LTE activity nearby...
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Open Signal is a crowd sourcing app and relies upon user input to give data about available towers and unfortunately no one in my city has used the app so there isn't any tower data available. So not really sure if it can give useful info as to if a tower has LTE, HSPA+ or whatever else may be around. If you live near T-Mo's Headquarters it may be worthwhile doing the LTE fix just to check as it can always be reversed.
Flash the. 33 radio set up apn and go into phone information choose network type lte and run speed test
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FYI just because you are in one of the launch markets doesn't mean every tower has live LTE yet so if by have everything set up and you're not getting LTE doesn't mean you did it wrong.
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I know for a fact that Sprint's LTE works in NYC because I've used it before. Since I've exchanged my S4 I haven't been able to connect to LTE at all. I've even checked ##3282# and it says LTE is enabled and I've gone to settings>more networks > mobile networks>network mode and have CDMA/LTE/EVDO checked off. What could possibly be the issue?
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omgitsmoosh said:
I know for a fact that Sprint's LTE works in NYC because I've used it before. Since I've exchanged my S4 I haven't been able to connect to LTE at all. I've even checked ##3282# and it says LTE is enabled and I've gone to settings>more networks > mobile networks>network mode and have CDMA/LTE/EVDO checked off. What could possibly be the issue?
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Have you tried updating your PRL and profile yet? Menu/settings/more/system updates
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I'm in the NYC area and lte is spotty at beat. Hell, I usually get it in my house but sometimes it will drop for no reason, than it won't come back up for 5 to 10 minutes.
There are times when I'm riding the train and there is a 4G signal but there's no connection to the 4G network.
Does your show 4g on the screen at all?
Have you checked the Sprint forums for NYC?
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Goose0121 said:
Have you tried updating your PRL and profile yet? Menu/settings/more/system updates
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Oddly enough I didn't think to do that. I'll sww if it works this weekend. Contacted sprint too and they refreshed the services on my account. They said if it doesn't work then let them know.
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omgitsmoosh said:
I know for a fact that Sprint's LTE works in NYC because I've used it before. Since I've exchanged my S4 I haven't been able to connect to LTE at all. I've even checked ##3282# and it says LTE is enabled and I've gone to settings>more networks > mobile networks>network mode and have CDMA/LTE/EVDO checked off. What could possibly be the issue?
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I did this and when i check my LTE shows as disabled. Is there anything i can do to turn this bad boy on? I used to get 4G at my job site with my Evo 3D and now i don't even get 4G with my Galaxy 4S. I called Sprint and they told me is not a good service area but i don't bite it cause i used to get full bars on 4g and now nothing.
Any ideas guys??
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I did this and when i check my LTE shows as disabled. Is there anything i can do to turn this bad boy on? I used to get 4G at my job site with my Evo 3D and now i don't even get 4G with my Galaxy 4S. I called Sprint and they told me is not a good service area but i don't bite it cause i used to get full bars on 4g and now nothing.
Any ideas guys??
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The Evo 3d used wimax not LTE. This phone is LTE not wimax. Do you even have LTE in your area yet. Most places don't. Go to settings, connections, more networks, mobile networks, network mode should say LTE. Make sure your prl and profile are up to date if you are in a LTE area.
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GiantJay said:
The Evo 3d used wimax not LTE. This phone is LTE not wimax. Do you even have LTE in your area yet. Most places don't. Go to settings, connections, more networks, mobile networks, network mode should say LTE. Make sure your prl and profile are up to date if you are in a LTE area.
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I checked and LTE was selected, i guess i will just have to wait until Sprint updates their 4g LTE network range
tones160 said:
I checked and LTE was selected, i guess i will just have to wait until Sprint updates their 4g LTE network range
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Check out http://s4gru.com/index.php?/index for all info on Sprint's LTE deployment.
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According to this map http://ltemap.org/tmobile there are LTE towers in Carrollton and Garland, which means I should be getting LTE in the Plano area. I have the .33 radio flashed, the APN right, and set to LTE/GSM but I'm still not getting LTE? Do the tower signals really not bleed into Plano or am I not doing something right with my phone? I'm on Carbonrom 5/25 nightly. Thanks
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You also have to enable LTE on your nexus, unless you jump through hoops, it has to be done every boot because the device resets itself to wcdma preferred. Dial *#*#4636#*#* and hit phone information. Then scroll down until you see a pulldown with "wcdma preferred" and change it to gsm/CDMA/LTE. It then will take good 5 minutes to connect usually. After that initial long time, it usually connects pretty quick if you lose signal.
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You also have to enable LTE on your nexus, unless you jump through hoops, it has to be done every boot because the device resets itself to wcdma preferred. Dial *#*#4636#*#* and hit phone information. Then scroll down until you see a pulldown with "wcdma preferred" and change it to gsm/CDMA/LTE. It then will take good 5 minutes to connect usually. After that initial long time, it usually connects pretty quick if you lose signal.
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Still not getting anything
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justin11141 said:
Still not getting anything :banghead:
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Maybe they are still testing? Back in March I ended up enabling LTE on my nexus because DC area was supposed to have it up and I got LTE at my house, just no bars to go with it. So when I would test, it was around 7mbps or would drop the signal, would not work anywhere else really, and was spotty. I disabled it and the. In early may decided to try again. Now, anywhere I go I get really good LTE speeds, signal rarely drops. I would say that I'm connected about 95% of the time, and I'm up and about the city a lot, or Virginia even.
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Maybe they are still testing? Back in March I ended up enabling LTE on my nexus because DC area was supposed to have it up and I got LTE at my house, just no bars to go with it. So when I would test, it was around 7mbps or would drop the signal, would not work anywhere else really, and was spotty. I disabled it and the. In early may decided to try again. Now, anywhere I go I get really good LTE speeds, signal rarely drops. I would say that I'm connected about 95% of the time, and I'm up and about the city a lot, or Virginia even.
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Could be that, guess I'll wait, thanks anyways.
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You also need an LTE enabled SIM, and if you already have one, you may need to sort things out with the carrier. I know some my American friends had trouble getting LTE to work on AT&T using Blackberries imported from Canada, even though they had LTE sims and LTE plans - they had to call up AT&T and jump through a few hoops. Also at least on AT&T and Canadian carriers, prepaid plans aren't allowed to access LTE (lame) so if you're on prepaid that could be the problem. I don't know anything about TMo, but I'm guessing they may have similar bureaucratic BS to AT&T.
info about my phone:
baseband: .33 right now
ROM: this one at the moment.
also tried this one, this one, and this one
also, its the new white nexus
what I've done so far:
I've tried this on the .33 baseband.
I then found these two zips (1 and 2) to help automate the process a bit, and use those to try baseband .24 and .27 with no change.
then I tried the instructions on this site
and finally, I am now on this rom I mentioned above, which is supposed to have everything done already...
I Know for a fact my area has LTE, as my roommate gets 4G on his S3 every day.
does anyone see anything I might be doing wrong?
Is your roommate using LTE with T-Mobile?
Nexus 4 only supports LTE band 4.
Angeloftheafterlife said:
info about my phone:
baseband: .33 right now
ROM: this one at the moment.
also tried this one, this one, and this one
also, its the new white nexus
what I've done so far:
I've tried this on the .33 baseband.
I then found these two zips (1 and 2) to help automate the process a bit, and use those to try baseband .24 and .27 with no change.
then I tried the instructions on this site
and finally, I am now on this rom I mentioned above, which is supposed to have everything done already...
I Know for a fact my area has LTE, as my roommate gets 4G on his S3 every day.
does anyone see anything I might be doing wrong?
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are you sure that your roommate has an lte enabled sgs3? the tmo lte enabled sgs3 only went on sale on june 5th.
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did you update the APN to fast.t-mobile.com? I can't tell in specific so ill just give you a quick run down.
On multiple devices i've done:
1) flash broadband
2) clear caches/factor reset
3) flash AOKP (or CM 10.1)/GAPPS and clear caches
4) flash franco kernel (not necessary but i prefer it) and clear caches.
5) update APNs
6) change to LTE/GSM in phone info settings.
t989BeLikeItDo said:
Is your roommate using LTE with T-Mobile?
Nexus 4 only supports LTE band 4.
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Yes he is
simms22 said:
are you sure that your roommate has an lte enabled sgs3? the tmo lte enabled sgs3 only went on sale on june 5th.
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I might be wrong on the phone model, but I know he is on tmobile LTE
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did you update the APN to fast.t-mobile.com? I can't tell in specific so ill just give you a quick run down.
On multiple devices i've done:
1) flash broadband
2) clear caches/factor reset
3) flash AOKP (or CM 10.1)/GAPPS and clear caches
4) flash franco kernel (not necessary but i prefer it) and clear caches.
5) update APNs
6) change to LTE/GSM in phone info settings.
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I have done all of this. I have the T-Mobile lte APN with IPv4/IPv6. I have also tried just IPv4 or IPv6.
O have also tried creating a new APN with the correct settings
Edit: the settings in the *#*#INFO#*#* menu is LTE/GSM auto (PRL)
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Angeloftheafterlife said:
Yes he is
I might be wrong on the phone model, but I know he is on tmobile
I have done all of this. I have the T-Mobile lte APN with IPv4/IPv6. I have also tried just IPv4 or IPv6.
O have also tried creating a new APN with the correct settings
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where are you located?
South Houston
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Angeloftheafterlife said:
South Houston
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well, most of houston has lte http://ltemap.org/tmobile . did you change the phone info to lte/gsm by dialing *#*#4636#*#* in the phone app? select phone info, change the wcdma preferred to lte only. if you see the 4G icon show up, change the lte only to lte/gsm.
simms22 said:
well, most of houston has lte http://ltemap.org/tmobile . did you change the phone info to lte/gsm by dialing *#*#4636#*#* in the phone app? select phone info, change the wcdma preferred to lte only. if you see the 4G icon show up, change the lte only to lte/gsm.
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Yeah, I tried that. I just lose signal until I change it back to lte/gsm
Edit: ohsh*t look at that. I just started getting 4g. Whadduknow
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Angeloftheafterlife said:
Yeah, I tried that. I just lose signal until I change it back to let/gsm
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if you did everything right, then you just dont have lte in the area youre in. id try to check for lte around other parts of houston
Yeah, I seem to be getting 4g, but its weak. It switches back to hspa and 3g as soon as I take it off of late only
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Angeloftheafterlife said:
Yeah, I seem to be getting 4g, but its weak. It switches back to hspa and 3g as soon as I take it off of late only
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sounds like youre on the very edge of lte coverage at this point
Alright, that's kinda what I figured. Thanks for all your help
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I had this problem with note 2 as well,
Maybe its bells network issue but
My phone is most of the time connected to h+ rather than lte.
I surf on the web or on youtube on lte then shotly after h+ kicks in. I live in downtown toronto.
Anyone else have a problem? Maybe i should change my device?
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choihan06 said:
I had this problem with note 2 as well,
Maybe its bells network issue but
My phone is most of the time connected to h+ rather than lte.
I surf on the web or on youtube on lte then shotly after h+ kicks in. I live in downtown toronto.
Anyone else have a problem? Maybe i should change my device?
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Does your carrier offer full LTE coverage at your current location? There should be a map for it online.
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Does your carrier offer full LTE coverage at your current location? There should be a map for it online.
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Hell they advertise themselves as canada's largerst lte network or something like that. Plus downtown toronto is pretty much covered by all carriers. I use bell mobility
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I checked the coverage map. You were right about that.
Why don't you go to a store around downtown toronto and try out a device. Compare yours and the display one.
Download Speedtest for comparison, make sure they are on the same server when you do check. Also check the signal strength in the Settings -> More -> About device -> Status and compare it.
If you notice anything different, you can show it to them right away.
TehZam said:
I checked the coverage map. You were right about that.
Why don't you go to a store around downtown toronto and try out a device. Compare yours and the display one.
Download Speedtest for comparison, make sure they are on the same server when you do check. Also check the signal strength in the Settings -> More -> About device -> Status and compare it.
If you notice anything different, you can show it to them right away.
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Thanks for the answer i will try that today.
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Your downtown t-dot...lte should be a given.is your device stock or modified? I get the best speeds downtown....i live in miss west and still have no issue with lte.
If its stock id be taking it back.
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So I have a Galaxy S4 Sgh-i337m (Canadian version) that have a custom recovery(clockwork touch 6) and is rooted. On that phone I have cyanogenmod 10.2 and I've been trying to get an LTE speed without success. I've seen the posts that tell me to change my apn but it haven't work. Currently when I switch data on I either get 4G or H+. I made speed test and the maximum I got is 10MBPS normally it should be around 30 to 75MBPS. So can someone help me get LTE speeds here's a photo of my current APN?
Could be a bunch of issues. Is the network mode set correct? I have noticed at times it is set to 4G to save battery. I have had times after flashing a ROM not connecting to the lte towers until after making a call. Another fix is resetting to default in apn.
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Unless they've added an LTE symbol...on CyanogenMod 4G means LTE.
On touchwiz when it displays 4G its pretty much H+, Samsung just likes to make it look better
However you are right...your speed tests aren't lte speeds
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ALI53481 said:
So I have a Galaxy S4 Sgh-i337m (Canadian version) that have a custom recovery(clockwork touch 6) and is rooted. On that phone I have cyanogenmod 10.2 and I've been trying to get an LTE speed without success. I've seen the posts that tell me to change my apn but it haven't work. Currently when I switch data on I either get 4G or H+. I made speed test and the maximum I got is 10MBPS normally it should be around 30 to 75MBPS. So can someone help me get LTE speeds here's a photo of my current APN?
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First things first do you have an lte sim card?
What provider are you with?
edit: 4G "IS" LTE on cm
mrnovanova said:
First things first do you have an lte sim card?
What provider are you with?
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Yes I do have an LTE sim card and I'm with Rogers but I bought my phone from bell. When I was on touchwiz I had LTE at at least 25mbps
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mymusicathome said:
Could be a bunch of issues. Is the network mode set correct? I have noticed at times it is set to 4G to save battery. I have had times after flashing a ROM not connecting to the lte towers until after making a call. Another fix is resetting to default in apn.
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How do I set it correctly. Me I went into settings/more/mobile network/network mod I changed the network mod to LTE/GSM/WDCMA IS THIS THE CORRECT WAY TO SET IT RIGHT?
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ALI53481 said:
How do I set it correctly. Me I went into settings/more/mobile network/network mod I changed the network mod to LTE/GSM/WDCMA IS THIS THE CORRECT WAY TO SET IT RIGHT?
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When you see 4G on the status bar go to settings >about device>status. Network type should say umts% for 3g, hspda% for hspa+ or lte% for LTE (The % represents a frequency). Then you'll know for sure.
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mrnovanova said:
When you see 4G on the status bar go to settings >about device>status. Network type should say umts% for 3g, hspda% for hspa+ or lte% for LTE (The % represents a frequency). Then you'll know for sure.
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When I go where you told me to go I see LTE 13. Does that mean I have lte? And why is it slow(10mbps)on touchwiz it was much faster (minimum 25mbps max75mbps) ?
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ALI53481 said:
When I go where you told me to go I see LTE 13. Does that mean I have lte? And why is it slow(10mbps)on touchwiz it was much faster (minimum 25mbps max75mbps) ?
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Yes it means that you have lte. The reason why your dl speed is so slow could be your reception or it could be your on wifi
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mrnovanova said:
Yes it means that you have lte. The reason why your dl speed is so slow could be your reception or it could be your on wifi
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Thanks alot for your help
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Thanks alot for your help
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No problem.
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