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Okay guys, so my phone is great!!! IM IN LOVE!! But here's the deal: Many times i wont receive 3G signal in places where 3G flourishes on other T-Mobile phones. I pull down my status bar and it says 3G T-Mobile, but the little bars show 5 bars and the little triangle antenna, not a 3G next to the bars. So, i go to my wireless settings. The button that turns Data Connection on/off is turned off. So i press the button, takes me to my settings add/remove/edit data connections. VERY FRUSTRATING. Then it randomly decides to work.
Also, whenever i try to view pictures, it gets slow and locks up the phone. Might this be cause by me having pictures from my G1 on my SD card? Idk different size, struggling to load them, etc.
Thanks in advance
Patrick
OK got my galaxy however got some concerns regarding the constant network switching from H to 3g. I know am in a area of very good network coverage so that is not the issue but I have noticed my phone keeps switching between the H and 3g. It seems to change to H when the a connection is required for instance now as am typing its on 3g, however when a data connection is required it then changes to H, however as am typing it sometimes just switches to H even though am not using the data connection. I can probably see the logic here for the phone to switch to H when a data connection is needed but am thinking all this constant switching must somehow impact on the battery. Av, always used the app by Philip Mangelow the network app, to set the phone to gsm auto prl, which apparently is the best setting to use as it stops the radio from constantly searching for the network, however the same app, won't work on galaxy. Is their any code or tweek required to enable gsm auto prl.?
Yup, this happens on all phones I have( DHD, Nexus S, SGS2).
It will show H or H+ (if you have HSPA+ coverage ) when its actually downloading /uploading data. There was an article on the web that explained why its done. I will search for it again as I didnt bookmark it. But this actually increases the standby time of the phone and reduces battery drain.
Funkym0nkey said:
Yup, this happens on all phones I have( DHD, Nexus S, SGS2).
It will show H or H+ (if you have HSPA+ coverage ) when its actually downloading /uploading data. There was an article on the web that explained why its done. I will search for it again as I didnt bookmark it. But this actually increases the standby time of the phone and reduces battery drain.
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Cheers matey looking forward to seeing that article cause have used quiet and few android phones and never had this before, and if it's good for battery then fine but would still prefer to set that gsm auto prl setting so if anyone has any suggestions please.
Exact same problem here! the strange thing is my SGS1 was always on H.
getting same, mine goes on 3g then changes to H, I think this is draining my battery, i full charged phone overnight and took it of this morning on 100% i went on XDA app for about 20 mins and i used 6% battery life just using this and nothing else. that to me seems like a huge drain
I set a toggle switch to turn off data when not needed? This may help in battery life, but im not sure why it keeps witching from H to 3g?
I suppose its not a big deal i guess, it doesnt seen to affect my battery life.
ok, surely this cannot be good for the battery, i have noticed, whenever, i unlock my phone, it shows H high speed, but when unlocked it goes into 3g. Surely, the phone is supposed to be on 3G when screen of the H, when i turn screen on to use it?.
Well here's the thing. Around my house, my provider has excellent 3G coverage, but inside my house its not so good. I get full 5 bars of "H" at about 200 meters from my house but only 2-3 when inside my house. Its OK by me. The thing is that when i come home from outside the data coverage is H with 2-3 bars. If I am at home and turn off/on the 3G option on my phone it just goes to GPRS with full 5 bars signal and never on 3G/H. I would prefer the H than the GPRS. Is there any way to have it lock into H and not on GPRS? Maybe a registry tweak?
Thanks in advance.
I have had this issue for a while, and I still don't have any way to force it, but if you find a way I'd be interested.
The only trick I found is not to turn off the 3g but to hit "tap to select" on the Network Selection option, and then selecting my provider again.
In the states AT&T has two selections AT&T and AT&T DR. Not sure what DR stands for but usually toggling between the two will get by back to H. That or sometimes just powering off the device.
Kr3i0s said:
Hey guys found the solution to lock the wp7 to 3G/HSPA only network.
1. Press ##3282# and it will open the field test screen.
2. Select settings at the bottom of the screen.
3. Select 3G Network only option.
The phone will be locked to 3G networks only even if the signal is very low.
Tested on HTC 7 Pro. Working like a charm.
Hope it helps.
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Worked for me. Select the HSDPA module at the bottom, press the 3 dots, settings, 3g only. Many thanks to Kr3i0s
tsabasid said:
Worked for me. Select the HSDPA module at the bottom, press the 3 dots, settings, 3g only. Many thanks to Kr3i0s
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Thanks for the head's up, so far so good.
Eυχαριστούμε! Τhanks!
So.... Two minor issues with the work around.
Went to my friends house, an area I know I always have a bad connection. There was no 3g signal so it basically was stuck on no signal the whole day.
Also, went into battery save mode which auto-disables 3g, and it do go to 2g connection. When charging the battery back up it was still on 2g, had to toggle the cellular connection again to find 3g, but seems to be staying at 3g for now.
I'm having issues too
I'm also having issues in Italy, with Vodafone operator. I've posted a video to youtube that shows very well my problem. Please watch it and tell me if you have the same issue (endless switching between 3G and H having very unstable data communications). I'm thinkinh about returning back to repair for the second time...
While I can't read much of what you wrote, I can tell you for a fact that Battery Saver mode does that to my phone. ...
The fix posted above works, until battery saver kicks in, then all is lost.
Aside from that, I just know I'm in a bad area sometimes so it will switch, but for the most part I only have that issue when I turn on battery saver.
Etaduck said:
Also, went into battery save mode which auto-disables 3g, and it do go to 2g connection. When charging the battery back up it was still on 2g, had to toggle the cellular connection again to find 3g, but seems to be staying at 3g for now.
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Is that actually supposed to happen? I haven't read anywhere that battery saver turns 3G off. That's not my case, at least.
In the video I had battery saver on, it's true. But the same happens normally even when battery saver is off.
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Is that actually supposed to happen? I haven't read anywhere that battery saver turns 3G off. That's not my case, at least.
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You know, that was an option pre-mango in the battery saver menu.... I guess I haven't checked it in a while. That or I'm just losing my mind, which is entirly possible.
That said, I have found my setting that the earlier post randomly turns to "2g only" usually after battery saver is turned on, but it seems to be triggered at random. Not sure if there is a regedit that I can do to stop that, but for now I just go into the menu and change it.
Heya all, hope you are all well
So, the topic says most of it, but here is the long version.
This is the first time I am owning a Samsung phone, and I do really like this, it is new, and sometimes you need to try new stuff rather than sticking to "what you think you know"
Anyways, so the S4 has 4 signal strength bars where my previous phone (HTC One X) had 5. My BMW be default shows 5 signal bars also so when my Samsung connects to the car via Bluetooth, it will only show a max of 4 / 5 bars on full signal strength. I want to know, is there a way or app out there that will change my 4 bars to 5 without rooting the phone?
Any help would be appreciated.
Much thanks
think you have to root the phone for that
Sookels said:
Heya all, hope you are all well
So, the topic says most of it, but here is the long version.
This is the first time I am owning a Samsung phone, and I do really like this, it is new, and sometimes you need to try new stuff rather than sticking to "what you think you know"
Anyways, so the S4 has 4 signal strength bars where my previous phone (HTC One X) had 5. My BMW be default shows 5 signal bars also so when my Samsung connects to the car via Bluetooth, it will only show a max of 4 / 5 bars on full signal strength. I want to know, is there a way or app out there that will change my 4 bars to 5 without rooting the phone?
Any help would be appreciated.
Much thanks
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"Bars" are not by any means a scientific measurement. HTC and Samsung s/w are reading the signal strength and correlating it to "X" number of bars. In reality, five HTC bars may be weaker than four Samsung bars. What's showing up in your car isn't determined by the car; it's what is being sent to the car by the phone that's driving what you're seeing. If you're not having reception issues then I'd call it good. Get a signal analyzer from Play to see what the "real" signal being received is if you're comparing two devices.
Thanks for the information.
I am thou not comparing the signal strength between the 2 devices. I understand that with 4 bars, each bar can be in the area of 0% to 25% per bar, thus 70% signal equals 3 bars, where with the 5 bar it is 0% to 20% thus 70% will be 4 bars. What it seems like is that with the Samsung having the 4 bars, it tells the car over Bluetooth "hey car, i'm on 3 bars now" and the car displays 3 bars. So the MAX the Samsung can send is 4 bars, but the max the car can show is 5 bars.
So the idea is the change the Samsung to divide the signal strength between 5 bars (0% to 20% per bar) and send that to the car. It is just a display thing, not technically a fault.
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Heya all, hope you are all well
So, the topic says most of it, but here is the long version.
This is the first time I am owning a Samsung phone, and I do really like this, it is new, and sometimes you need to try new stuff rather than sticking to "what you think you know"
Anyways, so the S4 has 4 signal strength bars where my previous phone (HTC One X) had 5. My BMW be default shows 5 signal bars also so when my Samsung connects to the car via Bluetooth, it will only show a max of 4 / 5 bars on full signal strength. I want to know, is there a way or app out there that will change my 4 bars to 5 without rooting the phone?
Any help would be appreciated.
Much thanks
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Ditch the Beemer?
Sookels said:
Thanks for the information.
I am thou not comparing the signal strength between the 2 devices. I understand that with 4 bars, each bar can be in the area of 0% to 25% per bar, thus 70% signal equals 3 bars, where with the 5 bar it is 0% to 20% thus 70% will be 4 bars. What it seems like is that with the Samsung having the 4 bars, it tells the car over Bluetooth "hey car, i'm on 3 bars now" and the car displays 3 bars. So the MAX the Samsung can send is 4 bars, but the max the car can show is 5 bars.
So the idea is the change the Samsung to divide the signal strength between 5 bars (0% to 20% per bar) and send that to the car. It is just a display thing, not technically a fault.
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Everything you said means nothing. When in the car in the same place at the same time each device is receiving a signal at a certain dB. Let's assume it's 65dB (lower is better). Software created by Samsung and HTC look at 65dB and say "let's display 'X' number of bars." If HTC's aggressive that could equal 5 displayed bars. If Samsung's less aggressive it could be 4. Either way, the devices would still be receiving a 65Db signal which is why a signal meter off of Play is your best judge of actual signal stength. It's kind of like car gas guages. What's actually in the tank when the guage shows 1/4 varies between makes and even models and it's most likely more or less than 1/4.
Sookels said:
Heya all, hope you are all well
So, the topic says most of it, but here is the long version.
This is the first time I am owning a Samsung phone, and I do really like this, it is new, and sometimes you need to try new stuff rather than sticking to "what you think you know"
Anyways, so the S4 has 4 signal strength bars where my previous phone (HTC One X) had 5. My BMW be default shows 5 signal bars also so when my Samsung connects to the car via Bluetooth, it will only show a max of 4 / 5 bars on full signal strength. I want to know, is there a way or app out there that will change my 4 bars to 5 without rooting the phone?
Any help would be appreciated.
Much thanks
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I also have this problem, there is a way to have 5 bars on S4? Even doing the root.
My GT-R always shows the last bar greyed out, even though the S4 has full signal. It doesn't bother me as long as I get and receive calls fine.
You drive a performance car, stop worrying how many bars are showing and DRIVE!
Hey yall, Recently got my new s5 from t-mobile. SM-G900T. i love this phone, but i have one issue that is very very annoying. At complete random it will say 4g or 4g lte <depending on where im at in my town>. i will show almost full bars but completely loose cell and data reception. unable to load web pages, and unable to make calls. it normally takes a power off let sit and turn on to fix. but that can last anywhere from 5 minutes to 3 days.. stayed in a hotel with Full lte. my S4 worked perfectly in the exact same spot. my S5 constantly droped out and would not load anything or call anyone untill i reset. all apps are the same thats on my s4. wifi seems to work when the phone network drops.. Has anyone else experienced this? its highly annoying and irritating. no error messages other then <you are not online> even tho my lte says full signal. <put my sim in my s4 to see it work perfectly in same area>