[Q] slow 3G on Airtel - India - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

on my nexus 4, i get ridiculously low 3G download speeds(60 kbps on speedtest) . this has started recently when the mobile refused to be connected to google servers (wifi and data icons stay gray). i reset the APN, and after a while the problems were gone. now i get low speeds and it refuses to download any app from the play store! it never starts the download. please help!
i'm on franco kernel milestone 2 and stock rom

Make sure you have 3g pack activated. If you have 2g pack active it will still connect to 3g but will use 2g speeds.
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atulalvenkar said:
Make sure you have 3g pack activated. If you have 2g pack active it will still connect to 3g but will use 2g speeds.
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even if it is a 2G pack i should get more than 2-3kbps download right? max i get 10. did you face the same problem?

So do you guys actually have so many people on trains that you can't even see the train?
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sughosh9055 said:
on my nexus 4, i get ridiculously low 3G download speeds(60 kbps on speedtest) . this has started recently when the mobile refused to be connected to google servers (wifi and data icons stay gray). i reset the APN, and after a while the problems were gone. now i get low speeds and it refuses to download any app from the play store! it never starts the download. please help!
i'm on franco kernel milestone 2 and stock rom
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Try a different modem/baseband and give it a couple of days to settle!(0.27 or 0.54)
Should be okay.
You could even call airtel after that and tell them to give you the 3g settings on the call itself and save it manually.
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Arunabh said:
Try a different modem/baseband and give it a couple of days to settle!(0.27 or 0.54)
Should be okay.
You could even call airtel after that and tell them to give you the 3g settings on the call itself and save it manually.
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what exactly is trying a different baseband? is it like flashing a baseband?
can you please explain. i'm new to this stuff

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Slowest Data Speeds on my Nexus 4

I have T-Mobile 30$ Prepaid plan with 5gb 4g data and then 3g unlimited plus 100 minutes. I have a download speed and upload speed of 100kb- 200kb. No idea why. I got higher scores on my Nexus One. coverage is perfect in my area. Is it my APN settings? I set it to IPV4/IPV6? Any help:laugh:
iTzTrevor said:
I have T-Mobile 30$ Prepaid plan with 5gb 4g data and then 3g unlimited plus 100 minutes. I have a download speed and upload speed of 100kb- 200kb. No idea why. I got higher scores on my Nexus One. coverage is perfect in my area. Is it my APN settings? I set it to IPV4/IPV6? Any help:laugh:
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i've had this problem. you can check your apn settings here. but when i talked to customer support they pretty much told me if that's the speed it i get then they can't do anything about it. so if anyone else has any more info that'd be cool. :good:
Maybe u getting throttled?
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I love my data speeds on T-Mobile monthly 4G...T-Mobile 3G is slow are you sure you can't get H (4G) in your area. Tmobile's 4G will actually only come on when data is being used. So I suggest browse the web for a little bit and when you see H come on then run a speedtest. But the phone idols at 3G and I didn't have to mess with any APN settings.
Edit: I am on the 70 dollar plan unlimited everything and no throttling.
No that's impossible... I only used 500mb so far...and I have a payment due in three days. I have H all the time. My iPhone 4 gets faster speeds...and that's stuck on 3G
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Any help you guys? It's impossible that's mine is this slow if my nexus is faster
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What speeds were you getting with your Nexus One? And have you tested your WIFI speeds on your N4 are normal as you expect them to be?
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What speeds were you getting with your Nexus One? And have you tested your WIFI speeds on your N4 are normal as you expect them to be?
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Yeah they are. I got like 3-4 mpbs on my Nexus One as well as my iPhone 4. My Nexus 4 gets 200-300KB 3-5 bars H icon. I get my usual 15 mpbs on wifi so it cant be the radio on the phone..
is there a HSPA+ option that we could turn on and off. or is it when there is HSPA+ it automatically connect.
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You can enter *#*#4636#*#* and change to WCDMA to GSM auto. See if that works. I have a nexus 4 and a contract plan with t mobile and I have HORRIBLE speeds. But yet good reception? Here's my screen shot
Look full bars and H
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This is FULL reception. I know its tmobile because I get 12.00 Mbps for about 5min / 4 times a day, if I'm lucky
Have you tried calling tmobile?
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Even after a month i still have these issues. Is this a defect on the Nexus 4? I've had three replacements and it still persists.
iTzTrevor said:
Even after a month i still have these issues. Is this a defect on the Nexus 4? I've had three replacements and it still persists.
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Have you tried a new SIM card?
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Opentang said:
Have you tried a new SIM card?
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No but what would that do xD?
Confirming that I'm having the same problem, on at&t. My Nexus 4 gets terrible speeds compared to my 850 Mhz Nexus One and my One S. Same SIM and APN on all of them.
It's also ridiculously slow to switch the data connection on (read: to show H+ in the status bar or start showing the up and down arrows.

No signal on T-Mobile

Im using T-Mobile and yesterday I got that empty service bars on the notification and it could only make emergency calls. Happens from time to time didn't think anything of it but I left the house and I'm still not getting any service. I was running paranoid android June 6 build so I tried switching ROMs and kernels but still no signal . of course I took out sim and rebooted the phone. I even put my sim on another phone and it work got signal and put there sim in my phone and wouldn't get any signal either. I ran out of options any help is greatly appreciated
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castro08 said:
Im using T-Mobile and yesterday I got that empty service bars on the notification and it could only make emergency calls. Happens from time to time didn't think anything of it but I left the house and I'm still not getting any service. I was running paranoid android June 6 build so I tried switching ROMs and kernels but still no signal . of course I took out sim and rebooted the phone. I even put my sim on another phone and it work got signal and put there sim in my phone and wouldn't get any signal either. I ran out of options any help is greatly appreciated
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This happened on my first nexus 4. Nothing fixed it. Nothing. Hopefully your situation is different. If nothing works, flash back to stock and start the RMA process. Google said it was a hardware failure with mine by the way.
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castro08 said:
Im using T-Mobile and yesterday I got that empty service bars on the notification and it could only make emergency calls. Happens from time to time didn't think anything of it but I left the house and I'm still not getting any service. I was running paranoid android June 6 build so I tried switching ROMs and kernels but still no signal . of course I took out sim and rebooted the phone. I even put my sim on another phone and it work got signal and put there sim in my phone and wouldn't get any signal either. I ran out of options any help is greatly appreciated
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do you have your phone info set to lte only?
How do you check that? *#*#4636#*#* ? If so that's on wcda prefer
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Exodian said:
This happened on my first nexus 4. Nothing fixed it. Nothing. Hopefully your situation is different. If nothing works, flash back to stock and start the RMA process. Google said it was a hardware failure with mine by the way.
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Did your happen when you first got it or after you had it for awhile? And what's the RMA process
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The periodic loss of signal was there since day. I still have it on my new one. Others do as well, but one day it went out and never came back on. I believe it was a different issue than just random signal loss. Google said hardware failed in it. You have to contact Google to start an RMA. I'm also not implying that your signal won't come back on at some time either. Personally I would flash everything back to stock. Go to a t mobile store and get a new Sim card and if no signal still then contact Google
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Under settings, then data, then mobile networks, then to network operators.
let it search, even if it doesn't find anything or errors.
Then click choose automatically.
If you frequently travel out of 3g/H areas, you need that checked or the phone won't roam from tower to tower. you will get no signal.
Also, if that don't work, you can try clicking on a network it finds, and let it register, your signal may come back.
This is a common problem with those that don't live in big cities or near full strength 3g/h areas.
The phone doesn't handle tower handoffs well. Crappy LG modems.
Exodian said:
The periodic loss of signal was there since day. I still have it on my new one. Others do as well, but one day it went out and never came back on. I believe it was a different issue than just random signal loss. Google said hardware failed in it. You have to contact Google to start an RMA. I'm also not implying that your signal won't come back on at some time either. Personally I would flash everything back to stock. Go to a t mobile store and get a new Sim card and if no signal still then contact Google
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Thank for your help that what I'll have to do only problem is I traded an s3 for this phone on CL so if it hardware I think I'm SOL but thanks for your help
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kthejoker20 said:
Under settings, then data, then mobile networks, then to network operators.
let it search, even if it doesn't find anything or errors.
Then click choose automatically.
If you frequently travel out of 3g/H areas, you need that checked or the phone won't roam from tower to tower. you will get no signal.
Also, if that don't work, you can try clicking on a network it finds, and let it register, your signal may come back.
This is a common problem with those that don't live in big cities or near full strength 3g/h areas.
The phone doesn't handle tower handoffs well. Crappy LG modems.
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I tried this and when I click T-Mobile or att it says this sim card can not pick up a connection but the sim card works on other T-Mobile phones
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castro08 said:
I tried this and when I click T-Mobile or att it says this sim card can not pick up a connection but the sim card works on other T-Mobile phones
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Try getting a new Sim from t mobile and reflashing the radio
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Exodian said:
Try getting a new Sim from t mobile and reflashing the radio
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Thanks will do but why would my sim card work on other phones and other sims not work on mine
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castro08 said:
Thanks will do but why would my sim card work on other phones and other sims not work on mine
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Most likely wouldn't but it would be one more "possible" problem eliminated.
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Exodian said:
This happened on my first nexus 4. Nothing fixed it. Nothing. Hopefully your situation is different. If nothing works, flash back to stock and start the RMA process. Google said it was a hardware failure with mine by the way.
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I'm currently going through the RMA process over virtually the exact same issue. However, I've been running franco's nightlies lately and up until he restored the HSIC/wifi stuff to stock in r154 I was actually experiencing less data drops and rapid tower swapping (constantly going from 3g to H and back rendering consistent data inoperable). *shrug* I feel as if it's something in the hardware on the cusp of failing because sometimes it does it more and sometimes it does it less. It's rather weird. I'm also on T-mobile towers through an MVNO (Straight Talk).
I just cancelled and switched to ATT go phone.
I have RMA'd 2 devices, tried multpie new simcards, relflashed, tried new radios, and nothing worked.
It no longer switches from 3g to H on ATT network.
It stays in H constantly.
Also, no more signal drops or loss of signal.
I have 100% signal all the time now.
The data is a little more expensive, but worth it for the coverage so far.
It's not your phone, it's the tmobile network.

Mc4-T-mobile

Does anyone get lag while playing Modern Combat 4 "Online" using T-Mobile data ?
I just switched from at&t so just wondering if it is a T-Mobile issue.
Before anyone wants to be the cool guy. No you do not have to use Wi-Fi to play . just turn on Wi-Fi But do not connect to a Wi-Fi network.
Then you can play anywhere you are, without Wi-Fi.
Also if you don't know, but have Mc4 & T-Mobile. Could you please try and lmk ?
Thanks!
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myturbo1 said:
Does anyone get lag while playing Modern Combat 4 "Online" using T-Mobile data ?
I just switched from at&t so just wondering if it is a T-Mobile issue.
Before anyone wants to be the cool guy. No you do not have to use Wi-Fi to play . just turn on Wi-Fi But do not connect to a Wi-Fi network.
Then you can play anywhere you are, without Wi-Fi.
Also if you don't know, but have Mc4 & T-Mobile. Could you please try and lmk ?
Thanks!
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Not really. Depends on my connecting type and how much of it I'm getting. I play battle bears and mc4 online on my data connection all the time .
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Well I avg 60ping ,8mb dwn , 1.5 up. At my house
Well Idk it's getting annoying. I even deleted app/cache/data . then reinstalled it. Still the same
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myturbo1 said:
Well I avg 60ping ,8mb dwn , 1.5 up. At my house
Well Idk it's getting annoying. I even deleted app/cache/data . then reinstalled it. Still the same
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is your phone rooted, or with a custom recovery? if so, enable lte, youll be better off that way(if tmobile lte is in your area).
Nope all stock. Sometimes I get 14mb down , but even then I get this lagg/delay
Like when a new game starts . I don't spawn until the clock is at 9:54 left . and I shoot at someone & I die. Etc huge delay!
Now I keep getting disconnected . I'm going to guess it has to be T-Mobile issue.
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What are your speeds when it isn't lagging ?
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[Q] network mode changes by itself. Should it do that?

Im running cm 10.1.2 it works great I live were tmobile has lte. so I flash LTE radio and that works great. my apn is tmobel us LTE and my preferred network mode is lte/gsm/wcdma. Sometimes when I drive outside lte coverage zone or in on a weak spot my preferred network mode will change to csm/wcdma. Is this normal? I was driving and I just lost signal the other day Im guessing this is why. I got a screen shot of a app that shows I get lte or hspap with lte/gsm/wcdma. Should I not get both hspap and lte with this setting. Im guessing the phone could not get lte so it changed the profile? Can it do that?. When I was out of the coverage area tried to change it back to let/gsm/wcdma but it defaulted to csm/wcdma.. On reboot it defaults to lte/gsm/wcdma. so i know its working thanks for reading my thread.
I'm pretty sure that is normal. My phone does the same.
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myturbo1 said:
I'm pretty sure that is normal. My phone does the same.
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So when your phone changes profile when it gose into a lte zone dose it drops signal or any thing?
I want to say mind dose for a second as the profile changes then if I go back into a LTE zone it will change back. But im not sure as I have only been running this build for a few days and I mostly stay in a LTE zone.
Yes basically disconnects for a sec then changes.
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Yes basically disconnects for a sec then changes.
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Just wondering why that is? does lte/gsm/wcdma not support hspap? Because my app screen shot told me on that profile i get hspap and lte .
I'm not really sure. But I do not understand why the nexus 4 handles this Network change so slowly. It's annoying at times.
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[Q] Get LTE speed on cyanogenmod running on Galaxy Sr

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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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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