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I've seen that there's a LOT of confusion over the different data connection speeds.
I've seen a lot of comments with people asking why they keep getting a 'H' symbol like it's a bad thing, so here's a basic run-down:
GPRS: 56Kbit/s
EDGE: 236.8 kbit/s
UMTS: 384 kbit/s
HSDPA: 14,400 kbit/s - 14.4 Mb/s (only in certain places in England, blanket 7.2 Mb/s for Three UK)
GSM isn't included because it can't be used for data transfer, this is usually when the signal bar is shown, with nothing else.
2G:
GPRS is pretty negligible, I'd know I get stuck with it all the time in my house. It can load web pages but pretty slowly. This is shown on the N1 with a G next to the signal bar.
EDGE is still 2G but is multiple 2G connections combined. Here's a definition from soul2soul from a quick Google search:
"EDGE is part of GPRS network. During idle state, you will be given 1 timeslot only which is GPRS speed. When you start to download, you will be given more timeslots, hence you notice the sudden increase of speed to EDGE. If you are have lots of data users, you might be given only 1 timeslot. THis way, you might not hit the 220kbps speed consistently. Besides, Edge ping is quite horrible around 450-550 ms at first hop.
3G on the other hand, to my experience, consistentlys hit the 384kbps. It is sort like a guarantee pipeline for you. Of course, the latency is much lower at 150ms to 200ms."
This is shown by an E next to the signal bar.
3G:
UMTS is faster than EDGE but is still nowhere near HSDPA. As explained above though, 3G is much more stable than EDGE so you will get a more reliable speed. This is shown by a 3G symbol next to the signal bar.
HSPDA Is the good one. This one supports up to 14.4MB/s. This is shown by a H symbol (on certain ROM's) next to the signal bar.
Personally, I love knowing when I get HSPDA over UMTS since there could be a whole 7Mb/s difference on Three UK, for example; 14Mb/s on Vodafone (some places).
Feel free to comment on any faults and I'll correct them. I did this very quickly
Someone care to comment on LTE?
This post triggered me to try running a speed test on my N1 out of pure curiosity. I am using the speedtest.net app from the marketplace.
N1 status shows: HSPA
Server: New York, NY
My location: Midtown west manhattan, 12th floor of an office building
Ping: 109ms
Down: 1656 kbps
Up: 1286 kbps
HSDPA can range from just faster than 3G speeds to 14.4 Mb/s. Keep in mind it depends on how many people are connected to the cell (since it's the max bandwidth distributed between how many people connect to each basestation), and also the max bandwidth of the Basestation. If no one else is connecting to your basestation then it looks like it's limited to 1.8Mb/s. But i'm not sure on the specs of other basestations aside from the UK, so I could be wrong.
I would also like to add that HSPA is JUST a data service where 3G carries both data and voice. Quite a few people on here seem to be confused when they see their phone switch back and fourth from 3G to HSPA and they ask why its going back and fourth. It is because you phone will only use the HSPA services for data and then switch back to 3G when idle and not doing data.
Oh, and lets not forget HSPA+, currently launched on T-Mobile USA in Philidalphia, which has theoretical speeds of 56Mbps down.
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I would also like to add that HSPA is JUST a data service where 3G carries both data and voice. Quite a few people on here seem to be confused when they see their phone switch back and fourth from 3G to HSPA and they ask why its going back and fourth. It is because you phone will only use the HSPA services for data and then switch back to 3G when idle and not doing data.
Oh, and lets not forget HSPA+, currently launched on T-Mobile USA in Philidalphia, which has theoretical speeds of 56Mbps down.
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Anyone know what happens when a call comes in if you're using HSPA, for example downloading a large file?
I've gotten speeds of around 600-700kbps on UMTS pretty consistently here in Toledo... are you sure it's max speed is only half that?
I rarley get good speeds anywhere here (California). The best i can muster up is 700k down and up. :-/
Please take note that the Nexus One, as most other mobile phones has a official maximum bandwidth of 7.2 MBps using HSDPA, not the full 14.4 MBps.
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google.com/phone
Cellular & Wireless
UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900)
HSDPA 7.2Mbps
HSUPA 2Mbps
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
25th Feb in Waitrose (** a supermarket **) car-park in Wokingham, Engerland @ 10:33am [waiting for the wife] download 3922Kbps, upload 1673Kbps, (Speedtest), 'phone status switching between UMTS & HSDPA.
At home some 5 miles away usually download about 1.4Mbps: When I'm back in God's ain country (bonnie Scotland, the Highlands,..) I'll try again...
& If the 'phone was normal way up (therefore aerial at the bottom... slightly behind car dash) I got a lower speed, turn N1 upside down and she goes faster ..
Anyone??
Cheers!
Lodger
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I've gotten speeds of around 600-700kbps on UMTS pretty consistently here in Toledo... are you sure it's max speed is only half that?
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Actually, a correction to the previous. You see, HSPA is just an enhancement of UMTS. To say 3G is VERY broad statement because pretty much all carriers have some sort of 3rd Generation technolocy in use on thier networks. Now, T-Mobile and ATT both use UTMS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication Service) and to be specific they use W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access).
The quoted data speeds of 384Kbps are the theorecital max of R'99 (Revision "99). Moving on to R5 (Revision 5) incorporate HSDPA (High Speed Download Packet Access) with theorecial max download speeds of 14.4Mbps. Then there is R6 (Revision 6) which incorporates HSUPA (High Speed Upload Packet Access. I'm sorry I dont know the max theoretical upload speeds. Lastly we have HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access Enhanced) which has theoretical download speeds of 54Mbps.
Now on to your quesiton, if you are reaching those speeds you are more than likely on a HSPA network. If you are using an Eclair ROM your data symbol next to your signal strength will NOT switch from 3G to H. Its not built into the rom. If you are using a Desire ROM you will see this happen.
Here is another way to check, start downloading a large file (to give yoruself time) then back out and let it download in the background. Open your dialer and type *#*#4636#*#* then select phone info. Scroll down and look at network type. It will either say UMTS or HSPA. Make sure when your viewing it that there is data going in the background.
A quicker way to get to the Phone Info is to download/install Anycut and create a shortcut on your desktop for Phone Info.
Hope this helps.
You guys are incredibly knowledgeable! I have been extremely curious as to what HSPA+ was exactly, thank you for explaining it!
I do have a few questions:
1. With HSPA+ on the horizon for T-Mobile (US), what frequencies will be used to broadcast?
2. Will the freq be the same as UMTS?
3. Will devices like the HD 2 be able to utilize the new network (if not will a simple radio ROM fix that?)
Thanks for the explaination,as I was wondering what this ment as well..
My UMTS/3G speed too high?
There's a device that I'm interested in that will only do Edge. I wanted to see if I could tolerate the reduced speed and found this thread stating connection speeds. When I select "use only 2g networks" I connect at about half the max you state for Edge...which sounds about right. But, when I connect 3G (with my 3G phone), my DL speed is about 2.5Mb/s or 2500Kb/s, almost 7x as fast as the 384Kb/s stated here for max 3G. Could somebody please explain to me how I'm looking at things the wrong way? Thanks.
Because by "3G" the setting you're switching means "3G and up". To reach those speeds your phone is switching to HSDPA mode, which on Nexus One is limited to 7.2 Mbps, and you're still far below that limit.
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Because by "3G" the setting you're switching means "3G and up". To reach those speeds your phone is switching to HSDPA mode, which on Nexus One is limited to 7.2 Mbps, and you're still far below that limit.
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Thanks for that. But bear w/me for just one more sec; I'm a relative newby. Let me see if I understand. With my 3G Huawei Comet in hotspot mode and a netbook connected to Speedtest.net thru the hotspot, I'm getting a download thruput of 7X 3G speed and 1/3 4G speed. If this is right, since I don't think I could expect to reach the maximum 4G speed with an actual 4G phone but maybe more like 1/2 4G speed, since I'm getting close to that (1/3 4G) miraculously I think, (especially since that was at 2 of 4 bars), I think I shouldn't waste my time and money ever upgrading to a 4G phone; I should stick w/my miraculous little 3G Comet. Please let me know; is all this right? Thanks for any more help.
Is my connection way faster than my device is supposed to be capable of?
Sorry for repeating myself but I didn't get a reply and I really need an answer.
With my 3G Huawei Comet in hotspot mode and a netbook connected to Speedtest.net thru the hotspot, my DL speed is about 2.5Mb/s which is almost 7 times as fast as the 384Kb/s I read is supposed to be the max for 3G. My signal indicator does show the H for HSDPA (2 bars) so since my connection is SO much faster than the max for 3G, and squarely in the realm of 4G speeds considering 2 bars (about 1/3 the max for 4G), is my Ideos/Comet somehow doing 4G? Thanks for clarifying for me.
I am running the latest KUMAR rom and i cannot seem to get 3G or Edge. I only get H which i never saw on the stock tmobile ROM. Is there a reason for this or am I doing something wrong. I performed a Hard Reset after flashing the Rom.
-Ricky
H is better than 3g. Dont need to worry lol
HSPA from Wiki...
HSPA+, also known as Evolved High-Speed Packet Access is a wireless broadband standard defined in 3GPP release 7.
HSPA+ provides HSPA data rates up to 56 Mbit/s on the downlink and 22 Mbit/s on the uplink with MIMO technologies and higher order modulation (64QAM). MIMO on CDMA based systems acts like virtual sectors to give extra capacity closer to the mast. The 56Mbit/s and 22Mbit/s represent theoretical peak sector speeds. The actual speed for a user will be lower. At cell edge and even at half the distance to the cell edge there may only be slight increase compared with 14.4 Mbit/s HSDPA unless a wider channel than 5 MHz is used. Future revisions of HSPA+ support up to 168Mbps using multiple carriers[1].
HSPA+ also introduces an optional all-IP architecture for the network where base stations are directly connected to IP based backhaul and then to the ISP's edge routers. The technology also delivers significant battery life improvements and dramatically quicker wake-from-idle time - delivering a true always-on connection. HSPA+ should not be confused with LTE, which uses a new air interface.
As of November 2009, there are 20 HSPA+ networks running in the world at 21Mbit/s and two are running at 28Mbit/s[2]. The first to launch was Telstra in Australia in late 2008, with Australia-wide access in February 2009 with speeds up to 21Mbit/sec.
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HSPA from Wiki...
HSPA+, also known as Evolved High-Speed Packet Access is a wireless broadband standard defined in 3GPP release 7.
HSPA+ provides HSPA data rates up to 56 Mbit/s on the downlink and 22 Mbit/s on the uplink with MIMO technologies and higher order modulation (64QAM). MIMO on CDMA based systems acts like virtual sectors to give extra capacity closer to the mast. The 56Mbit/s and 22Mbit/s represent theoretical peak sector speeds. The actual speed for a user will be lower. At cell edge and even at half the distance to the cell edge there may only be slight increase compared with 14.4 Mbit/s HSDPA unless a wider channel than 5 MHz is used. Future revisions of HSPA+ support up to 168Mbps using multiple carriers[1].
HSPA+ also introduces an optional all-IP architecture for the network where base stations are directly connected to IP based backhaul and then to the ISP's edge routers. The technology also delivers significant battery life improvements and dramatically quicker wake-from-idle time - delivering a true always-on connection. HSPA+ should not be confused with LTE, which uses a new air interface.
As of November 2009, there are 20 HSPA+ networks running in the world at 21Mbit/s and two are running at 28Mbit/s[2]. The first to launch was Telstra in Australia in late 2008, with Australia-wide access in February 2009 with speeds up to 21Mbit/sec.
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Right, but T-Mobile (US) only has HSPA rolled out right now. HSPA+ won't go until later this year from what I read. Overseas, it is probably HSPA+ given how Europe is always one-step-ahead in terms of the cell industry ('cept for the HD2, which T-Mobile US got the better version ).
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is an enhanced 3G (third generation) mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) family, also coined 3.5G, 3G+ or turbo 3G, which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) to have higher data transfer speeds and capacity. Current HSDPA deployments support down-link speeds of 1.8, 3.6, 7.2 and 14.0 Mbit/s. Further speed increases are available with HSPA+, which provides speeds of up to 42 Mbit/s downlink and 84 Mbit/s with Release 9 of the 3GPP standards.[1].
I understand but, I am in las vegas,nv and there is no H available here as far as i know. It was showing 3G before the ROM was flashed, and no matter what rom i try i get H. I just want to be sure i am not getting a slower speed.
Thanks
Ricky
ricky05 said:
I understand but, I am in las vegas,nv and there is no H available here as far as i know. It was showing 3G before the ROM was flashed, and no matter what rom i try i get H. I just want to be sure i am not getting a slower speed.
Thanks
Ricky
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Same here and I am in Minnesota. I would guess it is just a bug in the ROM or something not working 100% correct. You can always verify your speeds by doing a download test. I did a speed test here when I saw the H and the latency and speed was no difference.
Hey guys, I stooped into my local store to show the Reps that I am getting HSPA and they were stunned and pulled up there technician map that shows where they are currently testing for different things and it did show that they are testing HSPA in a large portion of the country including my area. This is really good news because from what I was told my area just launched 3G in late December. I am hoping that everything goes as planned and they just flip the switch for good soon. If that is the case then the HD2 will be just as good as the Evo 4g. Sprint 4G is about the same as T-Mobile HSPA, and I am not gonna worry about an extra 3MP camera and 720P video. My HD2 takes amazing photos as it is and rally nice videos that look at least DVD quality if not better and I am not all that worried about the HDMI out.
i am in dallas and i get H all the time there were like 5 cities that got it just last week
Another thing to keep in mind is when a rom cook makes his rom its very easy to change the '3g/E' icon in the shellres to show an H.. its like me adding an 'L' icon instead of 'E/3G' and saying its on "LIGHTNING SPEED" get me ?
By default most custom roms are not set to use the 3g icon. This is MS's doing not the chefs. In Advanced Configuration Tool you can tell it to use the 3g icon by going to \Data Connections\HSDPA icon: and setting it to disabled. Alternatively you can change it with this reg:
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\RIL]
"EnableHSDPAIcon"=dword:00000000
Please be aware that your are not using a different type of connectivity than from the stock rom.
ricky05 said:
I am running the latest KUMAR rom and i cannot seem to get 3G or Edge. I only get H which i never saw on the stock tmobile ROM. Is there a reason for this or am I doing something wrong. I performed a Hard Reset after flashing the Rom.
-Ricky
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welcome to the real fast world. nice to see the USA will involve into 'modern' society
I used this ROM too and was always on H. I'm speculating here but I don't think I was getting any faster speeds and since I saw the H constantly was thinking since he cooked this rom he edit it so it always shows on H.
Speculating nothing more.
i've noticed that when my phone is displaying H my speeds are insane.
For example I downloaded opera 10 with flash which is about 5-6mb's.
Under H the download meter is moving at a steady speedy rate.
When my phone drops to 3g i ca nsee the download speed decrease.
IF YOU SEE H MORE THEN 3G wow i envy you.
Only worry about seeing E. Capish?
I wondered about this when i first moved to android 2 years ago and i started noticing H I did a wikipedia search and that helped me clarify my doubt
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i am in dallas and i get H all the time there were like 5 cities that got it just last week
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where in dallas are you? i'm in dallas too(near north park mall),but only get 3g
I didn't think Seattle had HSPA yet (in fact, I read a newspaper article last week explicitely stating that we did not), but my phone switches between 3G and H periodically.
Well I still get 3G in some areas, H in others, and still get E when its there..so i guess this is a good thing
For a long time now
Guys, this has been happening for more than 2-3 years now. Both on ATT and TMOUS (after they switched to 3G).
I have seen H in TyTN/Kaiser/Touch Pro/Xperia before the HD2. But never noticed any diff in speed for better or worse.
ricky05 said:
I am running the latest KUMAR rom and i cannot seem to get 3G or Edge. I only get H which i never saw on the stock tmobile ROM. Is there a reason for this or am I doing something wrong. I performed a Hard Reset after flashing the Rom.
-Ricky
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You get HSPA. T-Mobile branding removes H icon. It also happens on my T-Mobile TP2, "H" is back after flashed to CHT version.
I have the stock TMo US Rom. What reg edit can I use to enable the "H" icon? I really dislike that they went to the generic "3G" icon rather than E/3G/H. Thanks everyone.
Does anybody try this with HD2? This can "unhide" H icon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=512971
Finally,
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Competitor Globe Phils. will announce its LTE service October 2012
Great news
I really wanna know what's the maxmimum speed the can offer with LTE. Well actually I'm not really expecting anything higher than 10mbps.
Also the 10GB throttling is breaking the LTE support. You're being given high speed internet yet you'll only be able to achieve that in a very2 limited time. That's just 2 bluray movies.
we have 42MBPS here in cebu
deathnotice01 said:
we have 42MBPS here in cebu
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42MBPS wireless?
If it's a line then I'm not shocked but if it get's 42MBPS from a wireless internet then @[email protected]
Riyal said:
42MBPS wireless?
If it's a line then I'm not shocked but if it get's 42MBPS from a wireless internet then @[email protected]
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its in cebu city, IT park
so you won't be surprised why we got those speeds since the regional central office is like half a kilometer away
That's what T-Mobile USA uses, DC-HSPA.
not true 4G
guys, I just want to clear this up. 4G is a specific set of international cellular wireless standards. to call itself 4G, a network must meet a set of requirements laid out by these standards. quoted from this site. it says that 4g should be at least 100Mbps (megabits per second, note the small letter b). yet, the IMT-Advanced specification considers them as 4G for as long as there is "a substantial level of improvement in performance and capabilities with respect to the initial third generation systems now deployed" (ref).
afaik, smart and globe's maximum network bandwidth is only 42Mbps (see smart and globe). globe even claims that their WiMax and HSPA+ are already 4G, which is technically not true. most of the users of globe and smart still reports disconnection and delays when using data connection on their mobile networks. indeed, its a very low quality of service with a high marketing value. poor us.
well whatever that is im still happy to live the day i got 42mbps wireless,
most i got is 334mbps on wired connection on our company's server
hmmm
SMART LTE in Cebu
SMART has yet to officially to activate it's LTE Data Network in Cebu. There's a demo unit at the JUMP store in SM Cebu. Here's an article on it - http://www.wiredmash.com/smart-4g-lte-in-cebu-speed-test/
Not sure if this is the appropriate forum to post this in, but this is a project that a friend and I have been working on in our spare time. It's a crowd-sourced map to track LTE location - and in the case of the smaller carriers, development. It's for the US only at the moment, but we are looking to push it out to other carriers once our Android app is completed.
At any rate, if you want to track new LTE locations or add your own, select your carrier below and have at it. Also, any productive feedback will be appreciated.
http://LTEmap.org/
AT&T LTE Map:
http://LTEmap.org/att
Sprint LTE Map:
http://LTEmap.org/sprint
T-Mobile LTE Map:
http://LTEmap.org/tmobile
Verizon LTE Map: (currently the most densely populated carrier)
http://LTEmap.org/verizon
One thing I almost forgot: I'm very aware of OpenSignal & Sensorly. OpenSignal (to my knowledge) doesn't identify LTE. Sensorly does to an extent - but at the time of starting this, they didn't at all. This was originally going to be strictly for tracking the development of T-Mobile's LTE, but I figured why not do all the carriers? Sprint & Tmo are developing very quickly, so it's very cool to see dozens of new locations added on a daily basis.
Just updated this with 40 international carriers:
http://ltemap.org/map
http://ltemap.org/map/canada
http://ltemap.org/map/europe
Now the US has it's own map:
http://ltemap.org/map/usa
We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Nokia 7.1's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add.
On Tmobile in Seattle area, Nokia 7.1 is significantly slower than my 2017 Moto G5 Plus.
Moto: 31.7 down, 5.9 up, 29 latency
Nokia (evening): 8.7 down, 0.7 up, 33 latency
Nokia (morning): 23.6 down, 4.1 up, 36 latency
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For me , I just got this device as the area I live has B66 and I see similar issues. I never get LTE but 4G and at times 4G +. I tested the speed on fast.com vs. speed test . It's lower but I thought it's due to no LTE . I am not seeing LTE as an option to set in the settings just 2g/3g and 4g. Is 4g LTE in HMD parlance? I get full signal strength though.
I'm not sure about speeds vs my G5+ yet, but although the icon in the notification bar shows 4G, checking in the Testing menu (*#*#4636#*#*) shows connected to LTE data and also I have a symbol in the shade showing VOLTE is active. Just no LTE indicator in the notification icons it appears.
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Additionally, the Ookla Speedtest app registers the test as T-Mobile LTE.
My understanding is "4G" represents "LTE" could be wrong though
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I'm not sure about speeds vs my G5+ yet, but although the icon in the notification bar shows 4G, checking in the Testing menu (*#*#4636#*#*) shows connected to LTE data and also I have a symbol in the shade showing VOLTE is active. Just no LTE indicator in the notification icons it appears.
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Additionally, the Ookla Speedtest app registers the test as T-Mobile LTE.
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Good to know that this is indeed latching to LTE as I was debating if I should return it .. Its been just a few days since I got this. I think this is something HMD is doing and I have seen that many phone OEMs that mfg for EU/ASIA have different ways to show the signal. Eg. Nokia used to show 3.5G vs. HSPA or HSPA +. I assumed that this was the case.
The same sim on Essentials show LTE and is also near stock android and why I posted this. Interestingly the Nokia 8 (Scirocco)
https://community.phones.nokia.com/support/discussions/topics/7000027462
Lastly, the speedtest apps are biazed and that fast.com (hosted by Netflix) shows the true speeds - I can tell you that the fast.com is significantly slower
https://media.netflix.com/en/compan...t-com-a-new-tool-to-check-your-internet-speed
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My understanding is "4G" represents "LTE" could be wrong though
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I am sure this is what it is but is super confusing as different OEM's use different ways to represent it and carrier devices force the OEM's to put what they think it should be. The non-carrier devices are not consistent from what I have observed. My interest was to confirm if Nokia 7.1 gets LTE..
I contacted Nokia support and they confirmed the Nokia 7.1 supported LTE bands; unfortunately they barely support Tmobile. The phone supports Tmobile band 2 & 4 but does not support band 12, 66, or 71.
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I contacted Nokia support and they confirmed the Nokia 7.1 supported LTE bands; unfortunately they barely support Tmobile.
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Not that I don't doubt that support rep but Amazon's listing shows:
"All the latest connection options including NFC, Bluetooth 5.0, OTG, fast USB Type-C charging, and a fingerprint sensor. LTE Bands supported: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 28, 38, 40, 66"
And using the app LTE Discovery, I'm currently connected to Band 2 LTE on T-Mobile in the SE United States which is not in that rep's list. I believe there are different variants of the 7.1 but I may be incorrect, but the one I bought from Best Buy has not had any issues connecting to T-Mobile's LTE network.
Using Amazon's information (provided by manufacturer) they have T-Mobile completely covered (2,4,66,5,12) except the new 600mhz Band 71.
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Not that I don't doubt that support rep but Amazon's listing shows:
"All the latest connection options including NFC, Bluetooth 5.0, OTG, fast USB Type-C charging, and a fingerprint sensor. LTE Bands supported: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 28, 38, 40, 66"
And using the app LTE Discovery, I'm currently connected to Band 2 LTE on T-Mobile in the SE United States which is not in that rep's list. I believe there are different variants of the 7.1 but I may be incorrect, but the one I bought from Best Buy has not had any issues connecting to T-Mobile's LTE network.
Using Amazon's information (provided by manufacturer) they have T-Mobile completely covered (2,4,66,5,12) except the new 600mhz Band 71.
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This info was posted for me by a Nokia rep concerning the bands in the US model. This agrees with B&H's and Amazon's listings. I have both sim slots occupied at the moment. Sim 1 an AT&T sim and sim 2 is a Mint sim (running on T Mo network). Signal strength seems about right for both of them so far.
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I'm not sure about speeds vs my G5+ yet, but although the icon in the notification bar shows 4G, checking in the Testing menu (*#*#4636#*#*) shows connected to LTE data and also I have a symbol in the shade showing VOLTE is active. Just no LTE indicator in the notification icons it appears.
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Additionally, the Ookla Speedtest app registers the test as T-Mobile LTE.
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I see the same thing the Ookla Speedtest app and also the Signal Check Pro app shows both sims as connecting to LTE.
I'm on ATT. My phone was only indicating 4G (no LTE) until I updated the APN settings. I used ATTs recommended APN settings for LTE and now I am showing LTE in the status bar.
Android 9 v3.51 F Update
The new OTA update (3.51) breaks Mobile Data Settings
It does not switch on
Anyone expericiening this??
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The new OTA update (3.51) breaks Mobile Data Settings
It does not switch on
Anyone expericiening this??
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Works fine on my phone