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How do I know if I'm in H+?

I have my phone with gingerblur and it only shows H. My gf's is stock and afaik only shows H+.
Is there a way I can find out which mode I'm in?
I looked in settings > status and there it's just HSDPA usually and says 3G
Thanks!
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Without doing a speed test =D maybe you could alter the pic used but I'd have to research more. Haven't themed that much.
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According to Jessica Wilson (952.703.4316) at Atts Office of the Pres, the H+ icon indicates you are on a 3G capable network. I know thats not helpful, but thats Atts answer to your question.

The Atrix SW only uses one icon for 3G connection, no matter whether it's 3G or HSPA. In stock, that's H+, in GingerBlur it's H. I set it to 3G on my modified GingerBlur. Cheating? Maybe.
You can do an H+ icon and push it into GingerBlur's framework-res.apk and replace it on your phone, if you really must have the +.

I got to ask, at my work place I don't get 3g but usually edge but once I got gingerblur at home I get (H) and when I go to work I get (E) and sometimes (G). I would think (E) stands for edge but what is (G) if (H) is for 3g? Thanks

Texasyoungin said:
I got to ask, at my work place I don't get 3g but usually edge but once I got gingerblur at home I get (H) and when I go to work I get (E) and sometimes (G). I would think (E) stands for edge but what is (G) if (H) is for 3g? Thanks
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g - 1g, e -2g, 3g, h+ - 4g

WiredPirate said:
Jessica Wilson (952.703.4316) at Atts Office of the Pres
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Number noted and applied to restroom walls!
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steevquinn said:
g - 1g, e -2g, 3g, h+ - 4g
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Thats confusing and wrong bud...
1G is the old Analogue system from like 20 years ago
G = GPRS or 2G
E = Edge or 2.5G
H = UTMS or 3G
H+ = HSDPA or 3.5G/4G
Thats what it should be... I think

tehrules said:
Thats confusing and wrong bud...
1G is the old Analogue system from like 20 years ago
G = GPRS or 2G
E = Edge or 2.5G
H = UTMS or 3G
H+ = HSDPA or 3.5G/4G
Thats what it should be... I think
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H+ should be HSPA and/or HSPA+. Otherwise, you're right on the mark.

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H+ should be HSPA and/or HSPA+. Otherwise, you're right on the mark.
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Cool
HSDPA / HSPA same thing, or quoting wikipedia "an amalgamation of HSDPA and HSPUA"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_Packet_Access

razorseal said:
I have my phone with gingerblur and it only shows H. My gf's is stock and afaik only shows H+.
Is there a way I can find out which mode I'm in?
I looked in settings > status and there it's just HSDPA usually and says 3G
Thanks!
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you won't be truly HSPA+ (H+) until enhanced backhaul has been installed at cell sites in your area.
check the coverage map:
http://www.att.com/network/
click coverage at the bottom and run your cursor over the map of the US. Cities that have had some enhanced backhaul installed will show up as you mouse over them.

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H+ should be HSPA and/or HSPA+. Otherwise, you're right on the mark.
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Any 3G connection - normal (UMTS), HSPA or HSPA+, is displayed as:
- H+ in stock
- H in GingerBlur
G is GPRS and E is Edge. For some reason, I don't get Edge here in Singapore. Maybe they don't have it. Or maybe the Atrix doesn't distinguish between G and E anymore in 1.8.3... Or maybe Atrix is incompatible with Edge here. No idea.

I think the classifications of the different connection speeds in Android are a bit dumb.
My Nokia N900 displays, 2G for GPRS, 2.5G for Edge, 3G for UTMS, 3.5G for HSPA (Obviously if it supported HSPA/LTE/WiMax etc, it would display 4G lol) and that makes logical sense to me.

Its really weird, my phone shows that my network is on hspa when I force it to wcdma only. I'm on Fido and they share rogers towers and their hsdpa? Random... I am however getting about 5 down and 1.5 up which is fast enough for me really.
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Go to your dialer and enter *#*#4636#*#*
Then go to Phone information, you should see your Network type there.
I've only seen two network icons in the stock status bar, E and H+ -- but H+ has been used while I'm on HSDPA and HSPA and even UMTS, so it's ultra unreliable, and I've never even seen HSPA+!
And an FYI:
No matter what the 4G coverage areas on the maps and what the mobile network company reps say, there are no true 4G networks in existence today, at least none that honor the original requirements for 4G.
Basically what occurred was that the ITU came up with a standard called 4G, companies falsely marketed 3G technologies as 4G, ITU gave up on the 4G standard, told the mobile network companies that they can keep the now meaningless term, and the ITU then made the IMT-Advanced standard which is what 4G should have been all along. IMT-Advanced solutions are in development, and not yet public.

ChongoDroid said:
Its really weird, my phone shows that my network is on hspa when I force it to wcdma only. I'm on Fido and they share rogers towers and their hsdpa? Random... I am however getting about 5 down and 1.5 up which is fast enough for me really.
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Well, HSPA is just an upgrade to WCDMA = UMTS. So I am not surprised. I do not think you can force your phone to NOT use HSPA but remain on 3G.
If you want 2G only... that is GSM I think.

How to exactly switch off LTE on Rogers GS3

Hi, my GS3 is draining battery very fast ( can't even last a day). I am trying anything I am able to do to increase one charge's lifetime. I tried turning off LTE by going to mobile networks\network mode and chose GSM/HSPA (Automode) instead of the defalt GSM/HSPA/LTE (automode) but it doesn't seem to have any impact. It still shows 4g in the notification bar at the top of the screen. When i checked APN, still rogersLTE is selected and there isn't any 3g APN options there. so how do you exactly turn off the LTE? tks,

quekou said:
Hi, my GS3 is draining battery very fast ( can't even last a day). I am trying anything I am able to do to increase one charge's lifetime. I tried turning off LTE by going to mobile networks\network mode and chose GSM/HSPA (Automode) instead of the defalt GSM/HSPA/LTE (automode) but it doesn't seem to have any impact. It still shows 4g in the notification bar at the top of the screen. When i checked APN, still rogersLTE is selected and there isn't any 3g APN options there. so how do you exactly turn off the LTE? tks,
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Lolz. You did turn it off. On Rogers hspa is 4g,lte is 4glte. On Telus rom hspa is properly marked with h+. You are using ltemobile apn whether you're on gsm or lte or wcdma. You can manually input other apn's.
Check or select with *#2263#.
You can even select lte only and choose just one currently working frequency on Rogers and ignore the rest. Potentially saving battery by not searching for others while still getting speed benefits from lte. Provided you are in densely serviced by lte coverage in your area. Or wcdma(hspa) only which is what I use.
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Idan73 said:
Lolz. You did turn it off. On Rogers hspa is 4g,lte is 4glte. On Telus rom hspa is properly marked with h+. You are using ltemobile apn whether you're on gsm or lte or wcdma. You can manually input other apn's.
Check or select with *#2263#.
You can even select lte only and choose just one currently working frequency on Rogers and ignore the rest. Potentially saving battery by not searching for others while still getting speed benefits from lte. Provided you are in densely serviced by lte coverage in your area. Or wcdma(hspa) only which is what I use.
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I followed your instruction by pressing *#2263# and chose wcdma and picked 850 ( i didn't know which one to choose) and it worked. now the phone shows i am hspa only. thank you. now i will see if that;ll save me some battery life.

Yeah, because we don't have custom section when picking, unlike i9300 model, and Rogers runs wcdma on 1900 as well as 850,I would preferably chose wcdma all, to take advantage of 1900 band as well.
It is lte that runs only on one band forgot which 1700 or 1900 as I'm with Fido and no lte sim, so far till 700 band is launched in canada, so that one can be selected alone.
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quekou said:
I followed your instruction by pressing *#2263# and chose wcdma and picked 850 ( i didn't know which one to choose) and it worked. now the phone shows i am hspa only. thank you. now i will see if that;ll save me some battery life.
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The battery life seems far more dependant on lte coverage than which radio you are using. I have been playing with this in the ottawa area (turning off lte) and get big gains if i am in areas with spotty coverage and no gains in areas with solid coverage.
Luckily my house gets great lte...
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USA unlocked with LTE?

will the N7100 or the N7105 work on Tmobile or AT&T's 4G? and will it work on Tmobile's HSPA+?

No LTE on international version.
You can get H+ on AT&T I know.. Not sure about tmo
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So what you're saying is there is no LTE chip in the international version, correct?

I'm using the international one on the AT&T. Just have the H+ only but speed is good.
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nmhung100 said:
I'm using the international one on the AT&T. Just have the H+ only but speed is good.
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Yep. I was contemplating selling mine and getting the LTE version (on contract) but HSPA+ is fast enough for Netflix in HD. Fast enough for me! Don't need the carrier bloat, contract extension and battery reduction.

I'm getting 5-8 Mbps down and 750-1,000 kbps up on Tmo in NYC with my N2.
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so what would you guys say? should I go for the Tmo version for LTE or international and skip the carrier bloat? I only have a 3G phone right now, is the increase in speed of LTE over HSPA+ a big enough deal? also will the international version work on Tmo HSPA+ or only on AT&T?

U should consider on battery consumption..i heard lte using high consumption battery..better ask community from att for note 2 thread it self..
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theoilman said:
so what would you guys say? should I go for the Tmo version for LTE or international and skip the carrier bloat? I only have a 3G phone right now, is the increase in speed of LTE over HSPA+ a big enough deal? also will the international version work on Tmo HSPA+ or only on AT&T?
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Uhh... if you want to use it on T-Mobile expect 2G speeds unless you're in an area where they've started or finished the 1900 MHz refarm (even if they do, it'll be pretty much limited to a city or county, but anywhere else you won't get 3G/HSPA speeds at all)
here's a link to a website with reported sightings of 1900MHz refarm on T-Mobile:
http://www.airportal.de/
Also, the T-Mobile version of the Note II has support for AT&T HSPA as its HSPA radio is a pentaband (so it'll work pretty much everywhere else on HSPA), also the radio of the T-Mobile version is DC-HSPA, or more commonly known as HSPA 42mbps whereas the Internaltional and AT&T versions have HSPA radios with support for only 21mbps. The T-Mobile version also has LTE bands for AT&T and the eventual T-Mobile LTE network, but is currently DISABLED in the software, so we'll have to wait to get that unlocked (I also heard there'll be requirement of a LTE SIM card, but I can't say that for a fact yet).
In essence, if you're going to spend ~$700, get the T-Mobile one, at least you'll have warranty, better signal on HSPA, LTE support later for T-Mobile and AT&T, and as a result, you'll get a better resale value when its time.

I'm using an unlocked TMIB on at&t and there's no LTE
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ekerbuddyeker said:
I'm using an unlocked TMIB on at&t and there's no LTE
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I wonder if that's because it lacks the right bands or just because it's disabled in the software?

achusaysblessyou said:
Uhh... if you want to use it on T-Mobile expect 2G speeds unless you're in an area where they've started or finished the 1900 MHz refarm (even if they do, it'll be pretty much limited to a city or county, but anywhere else you won't get 3G/HSPA speeds at all)
here's a link to a website with reported sightings of 1900MHz refarm on T-Mobile:
http://www.airportal.de/
Also, the T-Mobile version of the Note II has support for AT&T HSPA as its HSPA radio is a pentaband (so it'll work pretty much everywhere else on HSPA), also the radio of the T-Mobile version is DC-HSPA, or more commonly known as HSPA 42mbps whereas the Internaltional and AT&T versions have HSPA radios with support for only 21mbps. The T-Mobile version also has LTE bands for AT&T and the eventual T-Mobile LTE network, but is currently DISABLED in the software, so we'll have to wait to get that unlocked (I also heard there'll be requirement of a LTE SIM card, but I can't say that for a fact yet).
In essence, if you're going to spend ~$700, get the T-Mobile one, at least you'll have warranty, better signal on HSPA, LTE support later for T-Mobile and AT&T, and as a result, you'll get a better resale value when its time.
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thanks for the info! I'll prob get the tmobile version after all. I am in a refarm area according to your link, but I wouldn't want to be restricted to my area and lose good speeds when I drive somewhere else.

achusaysblessyou said:
In essence, if you're going to spend ~$700, get the T-Mobile one, at least you'll have warranty, better signal on HSPA, LTE support later for T-Mobile and AT&T, and as a result, you'll get a better resale value when its time.
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ekerbuddyeker said:
I'm using an unlocked TMIB on at&t and there's no LTE
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Exactly, achu, are you sure it's possible to get LTE working on T889 on AT&T's network in the future? Please be certain when you state so, because we already have enough mis-info here on the forum thanks to the Samsung's decision on making *this* many variants. (already 14 or so)

Guys, I have the tmo version. This thing is amazing, and now I'm thinking of buying another one to send to my brother in the philippines. Not sure which would be the best model to buy, tmo US version or international version? Anyone from the phils who can cobfirm the bands use and iis it hspa or lte or something else??
Thanks
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doubledragon said:
I'm getting 5-8 Mbps down and 750-1,000 kbps up on Tmo in NYC with my N2.
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I have an international N2 bought in France (N7100XXALIH), and I am having trouble to get the H+ in Atlanta with tmo even though it's fairly well covered. I am stuck with Edge (which is quite frustrating) and tried to flash a few radios without any success. The tech guy from tmo told me that only tmo-N2 can use H+ so what you wrote is encouraging. Did you guys use a specific modem? Or did it work straight out of the box? Please help.

Just put your phones mode to wcdma it will only force h+ settings> moresettings>mobile networks > network mode choose wcdma if ur area has h+ it will pick it up otherwise no signal wont default to edge
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Nyxagamemnon said:
Just put your phones mode to wcdma it will only force h+ settings> moresettings>mobile networks > network mode choose wcdma if ur area has h+ it will pick it up otherwise no signal wont default to edge
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I did this already and, as you mentioned, the phone defaults to no signal if no h+ is fetched, and is rendered unusable. However, my friend is able to pickup the h+ network with much more ease using a tmo GN1 (both phones operate on WCDMA in this case). So I suspect something with the radio rather than the hardware, no strong statement here. I tried to flash icsblaze and others without any success (actually had to recover my system several times due to major crash). Are there any tmo radios available for Jelly Beans?

N4 T-Mobile hspa roaming

Since the n4 uses all frequencies of the USA T-Mobile & AT&T. Has anyone noticed T-Mobile roaming hspa off att in areas that T-Mobile does not offer their 4G service?
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interesting to know

It is always interesting to know since they t-mobile were given 7 yrs to roam at 850mhz for 2G & 3G. Recently T-Mobile announced moving hspa, edge, and gsm to 1900mhz. I need to know if anyone is getting hspa T-Mobile roaming off att?
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mikerowes69 said:
It is always interesting to know since they t-mobile were given 7 yrs to roam at 850mhz for 2G & 3G. Recently T-Mobile announced moving hspa, edge, and gsm to 1900mhz. I need to know if anyone is getting hspa T-Mobile roaming off att?
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As far as I know, the roaming agreements only cover GSM (Voice and GPRS), and do not cover high speed data (HSPA, HSPA+, LTE).
http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/articles/t-mobile-ATT-roaming-agreement

Is h+ 4g?

My phone used to display 4g when connected to data. I flashed dr.ketan's rom on my n910w8 with data fix. I only get h+ and 3g now. The rom shows my device is now n910g

Kuro Miku said:
My phone used to display 4g when connected to data. I flashed dr.ketan's rom on my n910w8 with data fix. I only get h+ and 3g now. The rom shows my device is now n910g
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4g is hspa+ lower then lte

No, don't think so, 4G is labelled with 4G itself, or LTE.

The American carriers have a bad habit. They label HSPA+ as"4G". And LTE as "4G LTE".
While others label HSPA+ as H+, LTE as "4G"

Trex888 said:
4g is hspa+ lower then lte
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no, that's incorrect.
hspa+ is 3G.
4G is LTE.