Hey guys, I am thinking about buying a Galaxy S 4 on Verizon and using it on t-mobile. What I was wondering is, will the phone have bad battery life? Will it be constantly searching for Verizon signal while I have a Tmobile SIM inserted? Also is the Verizon version any worse than say the Tmobile one? I will be getting a good deal on the Verizon one which is why I am asking.
I recently switched from an iphone 4s to the new galaxy s5 and the side by side comparrison for signal is terrible ( same network with rogers) my old iphone never had a problem and the s5 is ****e! i have taken the s5 off searching for the lte network because i dont have it where i live with no improvements. is there anything internal i can do or get done to the phone to improve signal? Rogers has absolutely no answers for me!
thanks in advance
I don't think it's because it is s5 necessarily ) I have full all the time with 3g and 2 lines all the time with 4g/lte
Maybe u have aluminium case? Or give it a try with software update... Flash newer bootloader and radio... Or factory reset
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Hi folks,
we have had T-Mobile for awhile and while they are doing a lot of neat things with their un-carrier events/plans, at the end of the day we just dont't have good cell reception here were we live. We thought about moving two of us both with Galaxy S5 over to Cricket. We used to have AT&T before we moved to T-Mobile so have an idea of the coverage...
Will our T-Mobile phones work ok with Cricket?
Has anyone experienced bad or inconsistent LTE speeds on the International S7 Edge Duos while on AT&T? I was out walking the dog yesterday and my speeds were ranging anywhere from 0.3 megabits/second to 12 megabits/second depending on which block I am on. This morning, on my commute to work, I had anywhere from 2 megabits/second speeds or 32 megabits/second speeds depending on where I am on the road.
Is the International not nearly as good with using AT&T band LTE? Is there perhaps an APN setting I should be making? Or should I just learn to live with this?
Thanks in advance
No one has encountered this at all? Perhaps it's emblematic of a potential defect?
Im on att using g935fd, no issue with lte. Im ranging from 15-30 mbps depending on the area. im in boston,ma
in dallas with a 935FD and i've been getting average 29mb down/19mb up... check your APN and also consider testing with another sim card if you have one available.
I'm having the same issue. There is definitely something going on with the Duos. I'm on T-mobile and experience weaker signal (10-15 dBm) on Duos than I get on my 935T sitting next to it. I've flashed several modems, csc's and firmwares. Nothing has helped. Even lost signal last week at a clinic and had to tether of my wife's T-Mobile s7 edge.
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I'm having the same issue. There is definitely something going on with the Duos. I'm on T-mobile and experience weaker signal (10-15 dBm) on Duos than I get on my 935T sitting next to it. I've flashed several modems, csc's and firmwares. Nothing has helped. Even lost signal last week at a clinic and had to tether of my wife's T-Mobile s7 edge.
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It got so bad that I am returning the phone. The speeds I was getting was just too low to make it a useful device.
Maybe its the rom. What firmware you guys are using? I flashed the stock g935f PHN firmware, CSC, AP and then OntheedgeLite UX rom.
There was another posst with OP having similar issue. I have issue as well. But flashing BTU csc ap bl and cp helped me gain better 4g around my home, so I thought problem was fixed. but when I go to poor reception areas and phone is switching to 2g/3g bands, I lose 4g unless restart or messing with sim options switching 4g between sim1 and sim 2.
currently on stock samsung touchwiz rom. BTU cp, csc, ap, and bl
Is it missing the appropriate at&t bands ? I'm looking at note duos as an alternative to the ATT version a day it's meant to be the same chipset and that misses one of the LTE bands.
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Hello everyone,
I have bought a brand new Unlocked LG V20 H910 off of eBay in May. I have bought it so that it would be compatible with T-Mobile in the US and Fido in Canada (it seems that it had all the required bands). While in the US it worked fairly well with T-Mobile. Now that I am back in Canada on the Fido network, the reception is absolutely horrible. At places with my other phone (Galaxy S5) that I have full bars, I get no reception. Also, it seems that it switches tower often as sometimes I will get fairly good reception and then it would start searching and have no bars. I have been trying to figure out what to do about it and this is what I have done for now:
I rooted my h910 using this guide here thinking that maybe it would help. Then, I used only the beginning part of the guide to flash the H915 rom onto the phone hoping that a canadian firmware would work better for me in Canada. I ended up having to pay to re-unlock my phone, but it did not help at all. I tried following this thread here too.
I really don't know what to do anymore. When using T-Mobile SIM card in Canada, it also seems to have a harder time although it is better (it typically connects to videotron or Bell).
Do I need a new phone?
Anybody have any suggestions or ideas?
Thank you for your time.
fouchagalaga said:
Hello everyone,
I have bought a brand new Unlocked LG V20 H910 off of eBay in May. I have bought it so that it would be compatible with T-Mobile in the US and Fido in Canada (it seems that it had all the required bands). While in the US it worked fairly well with T-Mobile. Now that I am back in Canada on the Fido network, the reception is absolutely horrible. At places with my other phone (Galaxy S5) that I have full bars, I get no reception. Also, it seems that it switches tower often as sometimes I will get fairly good reception and then it would start searching and have no bars. I have been trying to figure out what to do about it and this is what I have done for now:
I rooted my h910 using this guide here thinking that maybe it would help. Then, I used only the beginning part of the guide to flash the H915 rom onto the phone hoping that a canadian firmware would work better for me in Canada. I ended up having to pay to re-unlock my phone, but it did not help at all. I tried following this thread here too.
I really don't know what to do anymore. When using T-Mobile SIM card in Canada, it also seems to have a harder time although it is better (it typically connects to videotron or Bell).
Do I need a new phone?
Anybody have any suggestions or ideas?
Thank you for your time.
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Try an app like network signal guru and lock in the best towers
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