Nexus 4 network type problem - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Basically I'm swing two different things on my nexus 4 about my network settings. The note I'm in UK on three service provider and in strong area where I get 8-18 Mbps down and 2 up on (h). Here's my issue when i type: *#*#4636#*#* this shows: network type - umts. But in the settings on about phone this shows: mobile network type hspa. Take note I'm on wcdma prefered. Am I just being a noob or is there something not right. And ibfound this when my speeds dropped to about 5 to 11 Mbps down but this was during 11pm to 2 am. Can anyone help I've tried every other option like changing band to LTE and CDMA and gsm but nothing works and thanks.
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Just an update, I'm now getting 14 Mbps like nirmal . but still don't get the utms and hspa differences?
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[Q] t-mobile nexus 4 wont hold hspa+

Just got my nexus 4 yesterday. Love it. But the phone is jumping wildly between 3g and hspa+ in a service area that my note 2 had no trouble holding a 4g signal. wondering if this is a Sim card issue, or if anyone else is having similar problems?
Yes, that is how its supposed to work. Carrier branded phone just don't show the change in the status bar. It is functioning the exact same way.
Nothing to worry about.
Just a heads up, the N4 doesn't show a H+ logo but just the H.
Dial *#*#4636#*#* and make sure your network says HSPAP
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It's jumping between hspap and umts. Driving me nuts!
It will only switch to HSPAP when needed otherwise it will stay on umts in order to save battery life. No worries this is normal
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Budo said:
It's jumping between hspap and umts. Driving me nuts!
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Your note 2 is doing the exact same thing. All gsm phones do this. It idles on 3g and when data is called it switches to hspa.
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T-Mobile makes the icon for both UMTS and HSPA+ the same icon that's why do you not see it change. Google makes the icons the way the network mode is.
That makes sense! Thanks so much for the help.

[Q] Nexus 7 3G HSPA+ 32GB

Hi there,
I bought online the 32gb version of Nexus 7 with 3g capability.
Actually I'm leaving in Australia using it with a Vodafone prepaid microsim with data bundle and the navigation is not fast like in mine galaxy nexus i9250. First of all during the internet navigation I noticed Nexus 7 switch between 3g and H always so i checked with network widget if there are differences in connection speed with Galaxy Nexus that is working with Vodafone as well.
I discovered unfortunately my nexus 7 is always in HSPA with a speed of 700-1700kbps and my Galaxy Nexus works in HSDPA o HASPAP with a speed of 1.4 Mbit - 14Mbit or 10Mbit - 20Mbit in the second case.
So is it possible to force the Nexus 7 to operate at higer speed ?
Thank you in advanced
Triccio said:
Hi there,
I bought online the 32gb version of Nexus 7 with 3g capability.
Actually I'm leaving in Australia using it with a Vodafone prepaid microsim with data bundle and the navigation is not fast like in mine galaxy nexus i9250. First of all during the internet navigation I noticed Nexus 7 switch between 3g and H always so i checked with network widget if there are differences in connection speed with Galaxy Nexus that is working with Vodafone as well.
I discovered unfortunately my nexus 7 is always in HSPA with a speed of 700-1700kbps and my Galaxy Nexus works in HSDPA o HASPAP with a speed of 1.4 Mbit - 14Mbit or 10Mbit - 20Mbit in the second case.
So is it possible to force the Nexus 7 to operate at higer speed ?
Thank you in advanced
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I have exactly the same problem. On my galaxy nexus i get hsdpa and hspa+ depending network load. With the nexus 7 3g I only get hspa. I tested with two providers and both gave the same results.
Anyone have any ideas how we can get the nexus to use hspa+?
Running 4.2.2 with 1231_0.17.0_1205
When you make this comparison, are you using the same SIM in both devices? Same APN?
Triccio said:
Hi there,
I bought online the 32gb version of Nexus 7 with 3g capability.
Actually I'm leaving in Australia using it with a Vodafone prepaid microsim with data bundle and the navigation is not fast like in mine galaxy nexus i9250. First of all during the internet navigation I noticed Nexus 7 switch between 3g and H always so i checked with network widget if there are differences in connection speed with Galaxy Nexus that is working with Vodafone as well.
I discovered unfortunately my nexus 7 is always in HSPA with a speed of 700-1700kbps and my Galaxy Nexus works in HSDPA o HASPAP with a speed of 1.4 Mbit - 14Mbit or 10Mbit - 20Mbit in the second case.
So is it possible to force the Nexus 7 to operate at higer speed ?
Thank you in advanced
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Exactly same thing here!
Navigation speeds seems ok, but downloads are slower than my smartphone on the same network.
According to my carrier, my 3G (HSPA, HSDPA, HSPA+) signal is located on 2100Mhz Frequecy...
Look the screenshots below:
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I have the same problem with my N7,but on my SGS3 I have H+.
Using them on Orange România.
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Michael88_ said:
I have the same problem with my N7,but on my SGS3 I have H+.
Using them on Orange România.
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I dont know if this is possible, bit I'm thiking that the tablet only works HSPA+ on 1700MHz or 1900MHz.
Because these frequencies are the most used in USA for 3G connection.
Can someone comfirm this?
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Mine gets HSPA+ on 850 MHz from Bell Canada, but apparently only regular HSPA on Wind Canada's AWS band network.
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cmstlist said:
Mine gets HSPA+ on 850 MHz from Bell Canada, but apparently only regular HSPA on Wind Canada's AWS band network.
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That's interesting...
But you are really sure that in your region Bell uses 850MHz for HSPA+? Because they use the 1900MHz too...
Just asking...
Is there a way to email Google about this? Maybe a Software correction can fix this, because the frequency is supported, and maybe some upgrade on baseband (modem settings) can enable HSPA+ on other frequencies, like 2100MHz...
Regards!
I have a phone that can select bands between 850, 1900 and usually when I check, the default band it's connecting to is 850. I could cross reference when I have a moment to try it out.
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cmstlist said:
I have a phone that can select bands between 850, 1900 and usually when I check, the default band it's connecting to is 850. I could cross reference when I have a moment to try it out.
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Thank you very much...
Could you post a screenshot of the status screen, showing the HSPA+ connection?
I'm trying to colect informations to solve this issue...
Regards!
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At work I'm only getting HSPA:10 but that still translates to 8200/1900 speeds. I'll look into it when I'm home.
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cmstlist said:
At work I'm only getting HSPA:10 but that still translates to 8200/1900 speeds. I'll look into it when I'm home.
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How I wish have that speeds on my devices...
In my smartphone with HSPA+, I got 5Mbps/1,2Mbps
On the Nexus 7 (regular HSPA) 2Mbps/1mbps
Unfortunately, the only device I own which is capable of selecting individual radio bands is not cooperating anymore with the SIM card that I use in my tablet. So I wouldn't be able to tell you whether it's running on 850 or 1900. Also, I could have sworn that in the past I have seen the tablet report HSPA+, but at the moment it is consistently reporting only HSPA. Nonetheless, I am still getting exemplary speeds.
Test Date: Mar 2, 2013 2:26:08 PM
Connection Type: Hspa
Server: Burnaby, BC
Download: 9890 kbps
Upload: 2656 kbps
Ping: 87 ms
http://www.speedtest.net/android/384783155.png
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hi guys
reviving this thread as i have just noticed my N7 2012 only showing HSPA not HSPA + but my moto g using the same sim & apn shows HSPA+, i am in singapore if that helps

Why aren't I getting LTE?

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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air2k57 said:
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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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.

Show Which GSM UMTS Frequency is Connected?

Hello,
I have searched all over the web about how to display which GSM or UMTS bands I am connected and using at the moment (i.e. 850mhz, 1900mhz, etc), but the ibky thing I have found is to get into the phone's service menu, but every time I try, either nothing works or I receive MMI code invalid.
Is there an app that cab do this for me? I just want to know which frequency O am using in determining what other international phones can work in my area on 3g. I am on T-Mobile and I know they have been converting to the 1900mhz band for some time now, so I want to confirm for sure.
*#*#INFO#*#* does not reveal the band, and *#*#SERVICE#*#* does nothing ...
Please help.
Thank you.
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Try #*#*4636*#*#
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Yeah #*#*4636*#*# does nothing either. BTW 4636 is INFO on the dialer.
*#*#4636#*#* works, but that doesn't show the frequency in use.
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T-Mobile carrier aggregation problem

I'm having a problem with my 6p using CA - carrier aggregation. Both bands 4 and 12 are available and my phone is only using 12. I flashed an older radio that does not have band 12 and band 4 is very fast data speeds. If I flash the newest radio in the very same location my phone only uses band 12 and I see that band 4 is available using Lte discovery but I get very slow data speeds. My phone is not combining both 4 and 12. Does anyone know a fix and have you ever had this happen to you? I've even flashed factory image with no luck. Thanks
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treIII said:
I'm having a problem with my 6p using CA - carrier aggregation. Both bands 4 and 12 are available and my phone is only using 12. I flashed an older radio that does not have band 12 and band 4 is very fast data speeds. If I flash the newest radio in the very same location my phone only uses band 12 and I see that band 4 is available using Lte discovery but I get very slow data speeds. My phone is not combining both 4 and 12. Does anyone know a fix and have you ever had this happen to you? I've even flashed factory image with no luck. Thanks
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It happens to me all the time at work, it's very frustrating. Usually between 7-9am I'm on band 4 with download speeds between 40-50Mb, and after that it seems to switch to band 12 and stays there all day with downloads speed of between 0.22-1.0Mb down...it's ridiculous
I also notice that it can happen when I reboot. If I come to work connected to band 4 and then I reboot I will reconnect to band 12 and never connect to band 4 again until I leave my work area. I don't know if it's a T-Mobile issue or a software issue...It seems more like a software issue, but who knows.
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It happens to me all the time at work, it's very frustrating. Usually between 7-9am I'm on band 4 with download speeds between 40-50Mb, and after that it seems to switch to band 12 and stays there all day with downloads speed of between 0.22-1.0Mb down...it's ridiculous
I also notice that it can happen when I reboot. If I come to work connected to band 4 and then I reboot I will reconnect to band 12 and never connect to band 4 again until I leave my work area. I don't know if it's a T-Mobile issue or a software issue...It seems more like a software issue, but who knows.
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It seems to be software issue because if I flash a radio for 6p that doesn't have band 12 enabled then I will connect to band 4 and have very fast data speeds. ( LTE)
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treIII said:
It seems to be software issue because if I flash a radio for 6p that doesn't have band 12 enabled then I will connect to band 4 and have very fast data speeds. ( LTE)
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It might be done intentionally by t-mobile. My fiancee's S7 Edge does the same thing.
I flashed an old modem as well to get faster speeds always connected to band 4.
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bouchigo said:
It might be done intentionally by t-mobile. My fiancee's S7 Edge does the same thing.
I flashed an old modem as well to get faster speeds always connected to band 4.
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I think it is because band 12 is the lower dBm signal which is stronger. I've asked for a dev to make twrp recovery flashable radio zips and no one ever did. It sure make it easier to flash radios on the fly. If I knew how I'd make one
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