Hey guys, I'm not sure if this is normal, if it's my provider's fault, or if it's my phone's fault, but from time to time (maybe once or twice a day) my Samsung s7 Edge will pause when I'm sending a message and wait for 10-30 seconds before connecting to 4G (from LTE) and finally sending it. What do you guys think, normal or not normal? I don't remember if this would happen with my old phone so I guess it's hard for me to judge whether this is a problem with my provider.
Just to clarify, my "issue" is with the 30-second lag that happens when it's switching from LTE to 4G. Not sure if this is normal or not.
Thanks!
Those are the same thing LTE 4G. Maybe switching from 3G?
I've recently received a carrier update which has resulted in the LTE logo being switched to 4G. You sure it's not switching from LTE to 3g?
How can I tell if it's 3G? I'm pretty sure I saw LTE and then after the "lag" it said 4G. My phone is also unlocked, not sure if that makes a difference in whether or not I receive carrier updates or updates straight from Samsung.
Btw, this happened once when I was sending a text as well; it took like 30 seconds to send. I don't text much so maybe this would happen more often if I were to text more. Is this normal?
It will say 3G or H.
Ok it just happened again, and actually it was on 4G and working great and then I sent a text and it switched to LTE and I got a thing that said that there is no signal and to wait for a signal. 30 seconds later the text sends. Hmm...
Hi, my issue is the fact that my s7 edge is using LTE.
When I switch on the LTE I can't make fine calls.
I am in UK and my fine come from US.
So to fix this how can i remove lte and choose the normal 4G?
Thanks
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OK, maybe this was a glitch, but while I was in another town today, my HD showed it had a 3g connection for about 5 minutes, instead of edge. I thought this wasn't possible?
All this morning at home I had the G icon as well. No H. I assume its a glitch because I did not get the change to send and receive data to test it. The phone would drop back to EDGE.
the G stands for GPRS (slower than EDGE) for 3G you must see 3G in the display
Oh. Well, poop. The other weird thing that happened was that my HD then told me my voicemail was not configured and I had to re-enter it on the phone. Must have changed networks temporarily.
One of my friends came from overseas a few months ago with VoLTE working on Tmobile US. At least I thought it was.
I did not think much of it at the time, but now that I have my own Z5, and can't get it to work, I'm curious.
Is there any special APN settings needed for VoLTE on TmoUS?
WHen i received my Z5, I noticed there was not any option for VoLTE. I went ahead and flashed the a singapore rom and it is here now but still cannot get it to work. I will try different settings and update.
I am also going to go through a few more roms to see if they work out of the box with it.
WIll it not ever work unlesss TmoUS certifies this device specifically? I don't think that is the case.
It's carrrier dependant
VoLTE uses the SIP protocol for communication. Aside of the implementation of the handling of such calls you would need the necessary data for registering at the server including the server's address, username and password.
I bought my international version from Amazon and turns out it is a Taiwanese version.
I can turn volte on or off but I can't tell it is working or not cause I don't know how to test it.
Testing it is pretty straightforward. Make sure you're on a 4G (LTE) network and place a phone call. Watch to see if you're signal changes to something other than where it started.
My experience is that I have 4G (LTE) in fewer places than 3G, as 4G seems to be less awesome at penetrating thick buildings. So, I don't see what the advantage/concern of VoLTE working or not is. But, I'm happy to learn.
Yakkosmurf said:
Testing it is pretty straightforward. Make sure you're on a 4G (LTE) network and place a phone call. Watch to see if you're signal changes to something other than where it started.
My experience is that I have 4G (LTE) in fewer places than 3G, as 4G seems to be less awesome at penetrating thick buildings. So, I don't see what the advantage/concern of VoLTE working or not is. But, I'm happy to learn.
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When I make a call, the icon switch from 4G into 3G and H+ (back and forth between the two).
Does it mean no VoLte?
misbehave said:
When I make a call, the icon switch from 4G into 3G and H+ (back and forth between the two).
Does it mean no VoLte?
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I have the same question too.
That's my understanding of the problem. With my AT&T iPhone, it stays reading LTE when I place calls.
If you see switching from LTE to another network upon dialing or receiving a call and going back to LTE once hung up it's a very strong indication that VoLTE does not work.
andiling said:
If you see switching from LTE to another network upon dialing or receiving a call and going back to LTE once hung up it's a very strong indication that VoLTE does not work.
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THat is correct. My phone switches from 4G to H+ when on a phone call...
After many hours with t-mobile, and also at work, i was informed that t-mobiles VoLTE is proprietary and only tmoUS branded devices are usually the ones to get VoLTE to work with them.
Maybe in the future that will change, they said. oh well.
Until now every provider's solution is proprietary as the 3gpp standard is not finalized yet. So we need to be patient...
this phone has started playing up, 4G wont connect at all and 3G is constantly changing between H and H+. Phone calls dropping and battery draining fast.
Have tried factory reset
flashing older Samsung firmware
Nothing is making a difference. Tried my SIM in another phone and it instantly connects to 4g.
This only started about two weeks ago.
Any one else have this issue? i'm in the uk on the 3 network.
UPDATE: it appears the 4G radio is faulty - setting it to 3g only solves the issues.
UPDATE : I'm so gutted that this phone 4g/3G is ****. Love the phone but loads of people and reviews suggesting 4g/3G issues with this phone and high number of call drops. I did a test today, I put my sim in an iPhone 6 and instantly connected to 4g and speed test was through the roof peaking at 38mb. Put the sim back into the s6 edge plus and only connects to 3G. But unable to browse the Internet. This confirms my fears that the 4g chipset/antenna are ****. In this phone. Which is a real shame as the phone is my favorite ever. Going to get an iPhone now. Connectivity is the most important thing and I can't be dealing with this crap from such an expensive phone. Shame on you Samsung.
zeddys said:
this phone has started playing up, 4G wont connect at all and 3G is constantly changing between H and H+. Phone calls dropping and battery draining fast.
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UPDATE: it appears the 4G radio is faulty - setting it to 3g only solves the issues.
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I have the exact trouble as yours whichs about constantly changing between the H and H+. (4G is not matter, its new around here). When it turns on H, doesnt connect any site and application which need data connection. But H+ is doing normal. I bought an unlimited data package is provided for up limit 7.2Mbps. Dug something and saw that HSDPA(H) technology's up limit is 7.2 for our carrier. Then bought limited turbo data package(shows as up limit 43Mbps) but still changing H and H+ Thats not such for current device. It was in such an annoying situation since H+ available to connect. Tried to force use H+ but no luck. Sorry for long article and bad grammar. Just saying. Thanks.
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I have the exact trouble as yours whichs about constantly changing between the H and H+. (4G is not matter, its new around here). When it turns on H, doesnt connect any site and application which need data connection. But H+ is doing normal. I bought an unlimited data package is provided for up limit 7.2Mbps. Dug something and saw that HSDPA(H) technology's up limit is 7.2 for our carrier. Then bought limited turbo data package(shows as up limit 43Mbps) but still changing H and H+ Thats not such for current device. It was in such an annoying situation since H+ available to connect. Tried to force use H+ but no luck. Sorry for long article and bad grammar. Just saying. Thanks.
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Been doing a lot of research and it appears to me that this phone is crap at holding 4g/3G signals. I think this is a hardware/design fault. Most people won't release this until they test this on an iPhone in the same location and see the huge difference. Can't believe Samsung would release a huge pile of crap.
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Been doing a lot of research and it appears to me that this phone is crap at holding 4g/3G signals. I think this is a hardware/design fault. Most people won't release this until they test this on an iPhone in the same location and see the huge difference. Can't believe Samsung would release a huge pile of crap.
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Couldn't agree more...
I don't have this problem mine is actually reverse. I have better signal and faster Internet than my Samsung s5
I just flashed G930U firmware (Oreo RG3) on my verizon S7 and overall I'm much happier with my phone. But, sometimes when placing a call with a strong LTE signal, the mobile data disappears and becomes unavailable until the call is completed. The strange thing is that it only happens 50 percent of the time. I've changed my network settings from global to LTE/ CDMA but that doesn't fix the problem. Is this a known issue with the "u" firmware? Or is it perhaps only prevalent on this particular version I installed? Any feedback is appreciated! Thanks!
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I just flashed G930U firmware (Oreo RG3) on my verizon S7 and overall I'm much happier with my phone. But, sometimes when placing a call with a strong LTE signal, the mobile data disappears and becomes unavailable until the call is completed. The strange thing is that it only happens 50 percent of the time. I've changed my network settings from global to LTE/ CDMA but that doesn't fix the problem. Is this a known issue with the "u" firmware? Or is it perhaps only prevalent on this particular version I installed? Any feedback is appreciated! Thanks!
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I don't think that the devices stay connected to 4G LTE while on the actual phonecall as it uses the data maybe for the enhanced calling?
I noticed the same change in connections on my Verizon s7 and att s4. It varies and changes during initiated outbound calls or once a call is incoming. Even seconds before incoming calls I see it drop from 4g LTE down to no internet at all. Then without wifi connected during those ones you can't get online while in call. It depends on phone Carrier like Att, Vzw, and even tracfone brand devices.
It usually cuts back to 3g or H+ and even old Edge/gprs or worse, 2g speeds until the calls are complete. Then regular 4g LTE will come back if your phone is working. This is all from personal experience so please don't take what I say over the other developers who might be able to explain what it is happening a little better.
Hope this helps either way!
P.s- It also probably depends on how strong your signal is to determine what speed you will drop down to during calls. Exp. 4g lte,4g,H+,H,3g,2g,edge,gprs,wap.
Let me start by saying that this phone works great. I had it unlocked and practically all is well. There is one issue i am having.
The phone will not automatically reconnect to LTE. My carrier does not support voLTE so it switches to 3g for calls. After a call, the phone stays on 3g and I have to manually toggle the 3G and LTE under network settings to get it to go back to LTE. My carrier uses Bands 12 and 17 and both of these bands have strong signal on the phone when connected to LTE.
I also installed the stock U1 firmware on the mobile to remove all the sprint bloat. Now this issue is the only peeve. I did factory reset it and I also reinstalled the firmware a second time to no avail. The phone did the carrier provisioning on initial start-up after sim was inserted. So I am at a loss.
I had an At&t s10+ which I sold and never had these issues and i did the very same to it as well. I was going to by the OnePlus 7 Pro but i loved the s10+ so i had to go back. It is not such a big deal because i don't make that many calls or receive so many but it is bit annoying. Any solutions?