Hey guys,
So I recently bought this s7 edge international from Amazon and went with att GoPhone. I noticed I am not getting that many bars and I also noticed my bars keep going from 1 to 5 then back down to 1 in one place. I checked my data speeds with full bars and I am only getting 4-5mps.
Is there anything I can do to get a better service?
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I am running my streak on T-mobile, and only getting edge speeds. The last couple of days it seems like it has been running wayyy faster on edge. I mean like 3 times faster.I do alot of surfing on breaks. So I did a speed test, only tried one, but was getting about 410 kbps. Anyone notice the same deal? I'm not complaing. My buddy was only getting around 550 on his 3gs with AT&T 3g. From what I've checked, edge is usually about a third of what I'm getting.
It depends on your location. I live in washington and after unlocking my steak and using with tmobile, edge is faster than att 3g. Also at my work I never got any data connection with att 3g but tmobile edge works very good. Basically I'm paying less for better service and I'm loving tmobile.
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So I bought my wife what I thought was a good deal and got her the N910H not knowing that it was 3G only. Ok, well, on her verizon branded unlocked note 2 she can get HSPA speeds with her sim, but with the note 4 that's unlocked, she hasn't seen above the edge network, and her signal is garbage. APN settings are what they should be, tried a few different variations, and nothing. Bought a Verizon 4G LTE sim from straight talk for her, before I realized it was 3G only and only assumed it would help. But would it help? Both ATT and Verizon get LTE coverage in the area, or what can I do to fix my signal? Oh yeah, and I can't send or receive pictures...ugh. HELP
*apparently she can now receive pictures, but still can't send them
sweet_2th said:
So I bought my wife what I thought was a good deal and got her the N910H not knowing that it was 3G only. Ok, well, on her verizon branded unlocked note 2 she can get HSPA speeds with her sim, but with the note 4 that's unlocked, she hasn't seen above the edge network, and her signal is garbage. APN settings are what they should be, tried a few different variations, and nothing. Bought a Verizon 4G LTE sim from straight talk for her, before I realized it was 3G only and only assumed it would help. But would it help? Both ATT and Verizon get LTE coverage in the area, or what can I do to fix my signal? Oh yeah, and I can't send or receive pictures...ugh. HELP
*apparently she can now receive pictures, but still can't send them
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Try changing the modem, i should help, cheers:fingers-crossed:
I almost purchased the 910H myself but luckily found out it doesn't support LTE before pulling the trigger. If you can still return it, get the 910C model instead. It supports LTE for both AT&T & T-Mobile.
I'm using my 910C on Straight Talk AT&T ATM.
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So, just tried the only 2 other modems I could find for my N910H running KitKat, and signal is no different. Any more ideas?
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Ok, so playing around with some of the settings in more networks, mobile networks I changed the network mode from gsm only to wcdma/gsm (auto connect) and data speeds are NOW where they should be, which is 3G, and with a full signal got 8MB down speed, so, that's good. Now the question becomes why can i receive pictures and not send them. Actually managed to get a couple to go through, but no clue how or why they went through.
I currently have a Galaxy S4 from Sprint and have been extremely happy with the device -- except I recently dropped it and cracked the screen. Fortunately my contract with Sprint is nearly up. I had been planning to skip the S5 and go directly to the S6, but after the S6 came out with no replaceable battery, no microSD, and not waterproof like the S5, I am very happy now about making the S5 my next phone.
While I have no complaints about the S4, I have not been impressed with Sprint's cell coverage -- both 4G and basic reception in the Sacramento metro area.. My girlfriend has a S4 with Verizon and she gets 4G far more than I do with Sprint, including many rural areas in the eastern foothills and mountains where I get no reception at all and she gets 4G, 3G, or at least voice and sms.
So, I am open to switching to any carrier that uses the Galaxy S5, and I wanted to get the community's thoughts on what carrier has the best combination of coverage (metro 4G and rural voice/sms) and value.
I currently have the Sprint unlimited plan, but looking at my data usage for the past 3 months, I'm always using between 350 to 400 mb per month -- partly because I don't watch a lot of video with a cracked screen, but mostly because it connects to wifi at home and many other places I go (I've made a hobby of collecting wifi passwords to restaurants, bars, etc.). So I am thinking I should look at plans besides unlimited, but that makes comparing plans more complicated. Anyways, I'm looking for input from people who know the real-world advantages and disadvantages of the carriers and their plans.
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I currently have a Galaxy S4 from Sprint and have been extremely happy with the device -- except I recently dropped it and cracked the screen. Fortunately my contract with Sprint is nearly up. I had been planning to skip the S5 and go directly to the S6, but after the S6 came out with no replaceable battery, no microSD, and not waterproof like the S5, I am very happy now about making the S5 my next phone.
While I have no complaints about the S4, I have not been impressed with Sprint's cell coverage -- both 4G and basic reception in the Sacramento metro area.. My girlfriend has a S4 with Verizon and she gets 4G far more than I do with Sprint, including many rural areas in the eastern foothills and mountains where I get no reception at all and she gets 4G, 3G, or at least voice and sms.
So, I am open to switching to any carrier that uses the Galaxy S5, and I wanted to get the community's thoughts on what carrier has the best combination of coverage (metro 4G and rural voice/sms) and value.
I currently have the Sprint unlimited plan, but looking at my data usage for the past 3 months, I'm always using between 350 to 400 mb per month -- partly because I don't watch a lot of video with a cracked screen, but mostly because it connects to wifi at home and many other places I go (I've made a hobby of collecting wifi passwords to restaurants, bars, etc.). So I am thinking I should look at plans besides unlimited, but that makes comparing plans more complicated. Anyways, I'm looking for input from people who know the real-world advantages and disadvantages of the carriers and their plans.
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Iirc tmobile has an unlocked bootloader. Also there's the one from cricket.
Good point... I've always run custom ROM's on my S4 -- are you saying that isn't possible with Verizon, Sprint, AT&T?
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Good point... I've always run custom ROM's on my S4 -- are you saying that isn't possible with Verizon, Sprint, AT&T?
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I know AT&T can only run TouchWiz roms because of it's locked bootloader. I don't know about Spring or Verizon.
So today i bought a unlocked Verizon S7 edge and I was wondering how much difference is in the data speed with T-Mobile network compared to Verizon, like will the T-Mobile network get close to Verizon speed? (Probably not phrasing this right) Like will the Verizon S7 on T-Mobile data work efficiently or will there be a significant slowdown?
I think it just matters more on your own signal strength based on where you live. It looks like the only band you would be missing is the lower 700hz frequency band I believe. Though it should work without issues, you're never going to be sure that you have the best possible service unless you get a phone with all compatible bands.
Where I live, tmobile gets awesome speed. Faster than AT&T and Verizon. But the stupid thing often times drops calls and very spotty depending on where you go. I couldn't stay with tmobile because of that. I had 2 months with tmobile. I was always on AT&T before that, so I got curious of Verizon and now testing their service. So far I'm not impressed.
If you're talking about a T-Mobile S7 vs Verizon S7 on T-Mobile, there is a huge difference in speed between the two. The Verizon S7 doesn't have band 12, and in various markets where carrier aggregation is enabled, I don't get those speeds on the Verizon version. As an example, on a T-Mobile phone I got around 40-50Mbps, but on my Verizon S7 with a T-Mobile SIM I get 5-10Mbps.
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Hi guys,
I recently bought an unlocked version of S7 Edge on amazon for use of Sprint's free year service. Everything works fine except that text messages won't work when airplane mode and wifi are both on, despite that I can make calls thanks to wifi calling. I read on Sprint support page that text messages over wifi is supported. https://www.sprint.com/en/support/solutions/services/faqs-about-wi-fi-calling.html
anyone here has same issue? any help wud be appreciated!
Yeah I had sprint on my T-Mobile S7 Edge running the U firmware. It works good on WiFi, sprint have plenty upgrade for their network, service sucks ass. Best service for the unlock G935 or G930 is T-Mobile, fully working Voice over LTE and WiFi calling especially when you flash the T-Mobile S7 Edge CP or modem. I got up to 115 mbps LTE+, only thing missing is video calling. Who needs it when you have whatsapp.
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Yeah I had sprint on my T-Mobile S7 Edge running the U firmware. It works good on WiFi, sprint have plenty upgrade for their network, service sucks ass. Best service for the unlock G935 or G930 is T-Mobile, fully working Voice over LTE and WiFi calling especially when you flash the T-Mobile S7 Edge CP or modem. I got up to 115 mbps LTE+, only thing missing is video calling. Who needs it when you have whatsapp.
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I went to Sprint only because they now offer one year free service LOL I'm in San Francisco bay area where the coverage map of Sprint shows they have good signal here however I'm not lucky enough to be in that "good coverage" in most area I go, as the signal bar on my S7 edge shows only 2 dots, which sometimes even jump to 3G! So wifi calling is mostly what I need when im indoor. I tried TMO too, I like that they provide wifi calling and one hour inflight wifi even on the cheapest Pay As You Go prepaid plan. they have been improving their coverage these years but still there's some area with no coverage when I'm on the interstate trip.
I did some research about this text messaging over Sprint wifi calling , but not sure whether it is an issue of Sprint network policy or a software glitch of unlocked S7 edge.