At my house, I get better signal on the "wcdma" network instead of "lte/gsm/wcdma", why is this? I'm in Toronto and thought radio towers get better signal on gsm settings.
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In in the same boat looking for an answer. My speeds average at 7 Mbps on LTE and between 10 and 14 Mbps on GSM auto PRL. If I had a weaker signal on LTE I would understand, it would be nice to see that theoretical 42 Mbps.
Bump. Still don't understand how this works
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jark99 said:
At my house, I get better signal on the "wcdma" network instead of "lte/gsm/wcdma", why is this? I'm in Toronto and thought radio towers get better signal on gsm settings.
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You must be using a custom ROM, as the stock ROM does not have an LTE/GSM/WCDMA setting.
As for the settings on a stock ROM:
"LTE/GSM auto" is the only one that allows you to use all three radios (LTE/WCDMA/GSM).
If you don't use LTE, the two settings are: "WCDMA preferred" and "GSM auto". Both use WCDMA and GSM, but differ as to which signal is preferred in various cases. The following is pure speculation on my part: I believe that "WCDMA preferred" tends to prefer a weaker WCDMA signal over a stronger GSM signal, while "GSM auto" prefers the strongest signal. I haven't confirmed this at all though.
"WCDMA only" and "LTE only" do exactly as they say.
If you are using any other setting than the five I mentioned above, it is pointless, as the N4 does not have a CDMA radio.
Dial *#*#4636#*#* on the dial pad, on the top right menu select the option to Select band on the next screen, select Band 6. I am constantly locked on Band 4, after making this change and my internet speeds has jumped significantly.
Please be advised, that you need reboot your phone and it might take about 15 minutes to sync your new settings to VZW servers after you make this change.
Let me know, if this helped anyone else.
I tried this and idk if it helped lol
I know Band 4 is XLTE, but what's Band 6?
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In the selection band, you dont have Band 4. You need to select Band 6 from the list.
How do you see what band you're currently on?
Use LTE Discovery app.
It says it changed to band 6 but LTE discovery shows band 4 even after a reboot
It is supposed to Show Band 4 on LTE Discovery. That is good. Now do a speed test and see improvements.
no improvement here. same ping and upload speed. dropped 6Mbps on download speed.
how to i change back since there's no option for band 4 in the settings?
If you selected Band 6 in that Menu, that should connect u to Band 4 or Band 13 on Verizon. Open LTE discovery app and see which band you are connected on now.
But if you want to revert back to your previous settings.. You can do a network reset from the backup & menu option under settings.
I don't have any issues with VoLTE or speeds on Verizon.
This worked, very good! I was experiencing slow speeds, especially upload speeds and this fixed it!
I'm not sure if I'm getting band 12 on my new Nexus 6p - T Mobile. Is there a way to check this? I am running PureNexus. Not sure if there is a better modem I can install.
all recent radios support band 12
if there is band 12 on your area, LTE Discovery app will show it to you.
if you are on band 2 or 4, u can use the app's data connection reset, it will likely connect to 12 and if its weak, it may move on to the next strongest band
So I'm in Canada on Koodo (Telus) in Toronto. I'm flashed to the Generic LAM firmware to get the fingerprint reader, and rooted with Magisk Hide. On my old Nexus 5, I usually connected to LTE on Band 2 (1900) or Band 4 (AWS). They share a network with Bell including Band 17 (700B) but since it's a pretty narrow band the signal usually went to the stronger 2 or 4 instead.
I can tell what band my X Compact is on by way of the testing menu (*#*#4636#*#*) which shows the EARFCN number on the bottom of Phone Information, and then you can convert that to frequency here: http://niviuk.free.fr/lte_band.php
So based on that, I can see inside my basement apartment (where the N5 usually got decent LTE) that it's bouncing around between bands 2/4/17 but none of them are particularly strong. Today I was inside a pub where it stubbornly clung onto B17 and got nearly no data flow, and I had to force it over to (very strong) HSPA+ in order to get any data actually flowing.
I'm just wondering, is there anything I can do to tell my device to prefer strong HSPA over very weak LTE, without totally disabling LTE? I don't want to have to keep toggling it manually to get data working well.
Hi guys,
I just got a Nokia X6 on Android One shipped from China and for some reason it defaults continuously to H+ instead of LTE on my Cricket network. On my Network Type option in the Setting In only have 3 options 2G, 3G and 4G and I have 4G selected, but still H+ is being used by default even in areas where I used to get full LTE signal.
I have tried however to get into the Android Testing Menu (by dialing *#*#4636#*#*) and change the Preferred Network Type to a few options like LTE/UMTS auto (PRL), but for some reason is the H+ that is picket all the time. even in areas where I know the LTE signal is strong. If I select "LTE only" from that menu, then I'm getting on LTE but as soon as I go into weak signal region, the signal drops completely, while not the same thing I can say about the other option, when the H+ connection is present in the same weak signal area.
Another thing that I see in the Android Testing Menu is that my VoLTE provisioned option is Off and I can turn it on.
Do you guys have any ideas on how can I get this device connected to LTE when the signal is strong?
I have a Nokia X6. I put two SIMs into it, both show 4G.
I have some problem to connect data or mobile internet. Grammen phone provider.
I was ready to purchase one, however, was curious if this would work on t-mobile. If so, would the Wi-Fi calling work?
Did you already checked if your 4g network band compatible with your phone?
Gin.Or.Juice said:
Hi guys,
I just got a Nokia X6 on Android One shipped from China and for some reason it defaults continuously to H+ instead of LTE on my Cricket network. On my Network Type option in the Setting In only have 3 options 2G, 3G and 4G and I have 4G selected, but still H+ is being used by default even in areas where I used to get full LTE signal.
I have tried however to get into the Android Testing Menu (by dialing *#*#4636#*#*) and change the Preferred Network Type to a few options like LTE/UMTS auto (PRL), but for some reason is the H+ that is picket all the time. even in areas where I know the LTE signal is strong. If I select "LTE only" from that menu, then I'm getting on LTE but as soon as I go into weak signal region, the signal drops completely, while not the same thing I can say about the other option, when the H+ connection is present in the same weak signal area.
Another thing that I see in the Android Testing Menu is that my VoLTE provisioned option is Off and I can turn it on.
Do you guys have any ideas on how can I get this device connected to LTE when the signal is strong?
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Android One TA-1099 or TA-1103?
For TA-1099
Network 900MHz, 1800MHz, 850MHz, 1900MHz, 800MHz, 2GHz, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40, Band 41 (2555-2575 MHZ, 2575-2635 MHZ, 2635-2655 MHZ), Band 1, Band 3, 1.9GHz, I , II, V, VIII
Data Service LTE Cat. 4, 150Mbps DL/50Mbps UL
Could someone upload the bands for this phone? I'm not sure about get it, I need to know if TA-1103 have the LTE B4, in some sites said yes and other no.
brunonemer said:
Could someone upload the bands for this phone? I'm not sure about get it, I need to know if TA-1103 have the LTE B4, in some sites said yes and other no.
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TA-1103 LTE Band 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41
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Gin.Or.Juice said:
Hi guys,
I just got a Nokia X6 on Android One shipped from China and for some reason it defaults continuously to H+ instead of LTE on my Cricket network. On my Network Type option in the Setting In only have 3 options 2G, 3G and 4G and I have 4G selected, but still H+ is being used by default even in areas where I used to get full LTE signal.
I have tried however to get into the Android Testing Menu (by dialing *#*#4636#*#*) and change the Preferred Network Type to a few options like LTE/UMTS auto (PRL), but for some reason is the H+ that is picket all the time. even in areas where I know the LTE signal is strong. If I select "LTE only" from that menu, then I'm getting on LTE but as soon as I go into weak signal region, the signal drops completely, while not the same thing I can say about the other option, when the H+ connection is present in the same weak signal area.
Another thing that I see in the Android Testing Menu is that my VoLTE provisioned option is Off and I can turn it on.
Do you guys have any ideas on how can I get this device connected to LTE when the signal is strong?
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So, have you solved your problem?
If the ROM of your phone is "CN" you could try to flash the phone to the global ROM 2_29(WW) or wait for a new update of the firmware. You haven't noticed the firmware's version. Have the phone got any updates?
I just returned the phone and got an LG G7 instead. The X6 that I was using also had a problem with Bluetooth as I was never able to turn it on.
Manually switch the preferred network type.
I am using the latest Stock Android version on Nokia 8 and struggled with this issue too. I tried everything I could possibly do.
The simplest answer is to go into network settings and select 2G, give it a minute to find it. Do it for 3G too. Give it a minute to find it. Then 4G, same thing. Finally select 4G as preferred network type and that should do it.
It looks like the default preferred network type is 3G from the factory.
guys i cant even access my mobile data connection can anyone tell how access it
thanks
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