At&t's edge apn - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is there an apn to connect to at&t's edge I get better reception that way can someone help running stock 2.2 froyo no root
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If you mean that you want to operate only in edge mode (and not 3g), then dial *#2263# and select GSM bands.
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Or download one of the many 2g/3g toggle apps/widgets from the market.
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Help staying connected to evdo

Hey I was wondering if there was a way to only be connected to sprints evdo 3g network I live in a somewhat rural area and I do have 3g just not that great and it randomly drops down to 1x its anoying because when I toggle airplane on and of it'll go back to 3g witch is frustrating when watching videos is there an app or hack to let me, stay on 3g I've tried toggle 2g but its not working or is there a radio that would help me out there is a Verizon tower a mile up the road that I roam of off sometimes I am fully rooted and my current Rom is team fu sprint froyosense gratia port 8.5 and I use clockworkmod recovery
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Bierce22 said:
Hey I was wondering if there was a way to only be connected to sprints evdo 3g network I live in a somewhat rural area and I do have 3g just not that great and it randomly drops down to 1x its anoying because when I toggle airplane on and of it'll go back to 3g witch is frustrating when watching videos is there an app or hack to let me, stay on 3g I've tried toggle 2g but its not working or is there a radio that would help me out there is a Verizon tower a mile up the road that I roam of off sometimes I am fully rooted and my current Rom is team fu sprint froyosense gratia port 8.5 and I use clockworkmod recovery
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You could try the newest radio or try a Sprint airave?
I've got the latest radio but what's Sprint airwaves
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Bierce22 said:
I've got the latest radio but what's Sprint airwaves
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It's a unit that you get from Sprint for areas with low signal... here's more info
I don't have a computer I just use my phone for all my browsing needs lol
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Bierce22 said:
I don't have a computer I just use my phone for all my browsing needs lol
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Still, take a look at the link You can do it on your phone!
Bierce22 said:
Hey I was wondering if there was a way to only be connected to sprints evdo 3g network I live in a somewhat rural area and I do have 3g just not that great and it randomly drops down to 1x its anoying because when I toggle airplane on and of it'll go back to 3g witch is frustrating when watching videos is there an app or hack to let me, stay on 3g I've tried toggle 2g but its not working or is there a radio that would help me out there is a Verizon tower a mile up the road that I roam of off sometimes I am fully rooted and my current Rom is team fu sprint froyosense gratia port 8.5 and I use clockworkmod recovery
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you could try entering ##3282# , please wait while initiating...click edit mode, enter your msl. you can call sprint for your msl or run logcat and find the six digit number in there.
click on evdo, then click preferred mode. you should see automatic, hdr only, digital only, cdma only. try using digital only, it should run evdo only. also try hdr only as it should also only run in digital.
I tried entering that number and it says.the number or code u enterd is incorrect
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Bierce22 said:
I tried entering that number and it says.the number or code u enterd is incorrect
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if you have a cdma hero, open your phone dialer and enter ##3282#, its ##DATA# - then wait. you should not receive an error. ill google around but ##3282# should get you in there
It's still doing it
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tailsthecat3 said:
if you have a cdma hero, open your phone dialer and enter ##3282#, its ##DATA# - then wait. you should not receive an error. ill google around but ##3282# should get you in there
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That will only work if you're running a SenseUI (sucks, I know) ROM that has QPST on it. Flash a rom such as Nfinite's NFX or something like that. Then those ##xxxx# codes will work.
I believe you can still access basically the same menu on an aosp rom, don't remember the *#*#XXXX#*#* code though
You could check the market for an app called "network" or something similar. It may open it up
The Rom I'm using is froyosense but its from the gratia witch is a European phone
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Bierce22 said:
The Rom I'm using is froyosense but its from the gratia witch is a European phone
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I can confirm, you need to use NFX 2.1 rom, as the FroyoSense is a GSM rom that is ported over to CDMA hero, and GSM roms dont use EPST as CDMA phones do...
So if I did the data thing would it still work if I switched back to this Rom
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Well this seems to be working I switched back to nfx hero and there's a root app for cdma phones called msl reader I went to the settings selected evdo set it to hdr then I went to the top forgot what its called then hit enable then I pressed comit chAnges and it rebooted now its staying on evdo but will it still be saved in the settings if I switch back to a gsm Rom
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tailsthecat3 said:
you could try entering ##3282# , please wait while initiating...click edit mode, enter your msl. you can call sprint for your msl or run logcat and find the six digit number in there.
click on evdo, then click preferred mode. you should see automatic, hdr only, digital only, cdma only. try using digital only, it should run evdo only. also try hdr only as it should also only run in digital.
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Yea this is definitely working I had to go back to nfx hero but I love that Rom anyway thank you so much I don't look like an idiot anymore walking around my room trying to switch back to 3g I'm stoked lol
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Bierce22 said:
Yea this is definitely working I had to go back to nfx hero but I love that Rom anyway thank you so much I don't look like an idiot anymore walking around my room trying to switch back to 3g I'm stoked lol
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thats great. glad i could help you out. be aware that while running evdo/digital only you wont be able to receive or place calls. calls use 1x and if im not mistaken, sms also needs 1x. thats how it was back in the day, anyway. so if you use the device strictly as a modem then you dont have to worry about switching back when youre finished with your data'ing.
tailsthecat3 said:
thats great. glad i could help you out. be aware that while running evdo/digital only you wont be able to receive or place calls. calls use 1x and if im not mistaken, sms also needs 1x. thats how it was back in the day, anyway. so if you use the device strictly as a modem then you dont have to worry about switching back when youre finished with your data'ing.
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Actually no ive been texting and made a couple calls this morning it will still drop to 1x when u need it to so I just pretty much did away with 2g permitly lol
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interesting. which setting did you choose?
Hdr only and I enabled something at the top
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[Q] Milestone never receives EDGE?

Im on t-mobile and for some reason i never ever get edge, even if on 2G only. Only ever receive GPRS which is so slow... Help would be great thanks.
Anybody?
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Are you running stock? If you arent, make sure you have the correct baseband set through recovery. (AOR forsure has this option)
~PsyCl0ne
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The uk baseband doesn't appear in OR
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In my own country, some Telco GSM network are using GPRS instead of EDGE for their 2G mode and WCDMA/UMTS for their 3G mode.
The telco that I am specifically using in my country offers EDGE for their 2G mode and HSDPA as their 3G mode.

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Is it possible to make a rooted captivate show 4g instead of 3g
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The icons? Yeah as long as its deodexed
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And its possible to actually get At&t 4G speeds with an i9000 based rom/kernel/modem
no. hardware does not support 4g.
you can however get hspa on I9000 modems, which is up to twice as fast as regular 3g.
studacris said:
no. hardware does not support 4g.
you can however get hspa on I9000 modems, which is up to twice as fast as regular 3g.
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technically ATT doesnt have real 4G, so HSPA is pretty close to what ATT calls 4G
Okay how do you flash clockworkmod on 2.2 ive done it before just forgot
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How do I change the icons?
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Lost all 3G data!!

Ever since I have unlocked my captivate with the free app in the play stor Ive lost 3G data completely...Im using a TMobile sim card...can anyone help? If it helps any...the 3G doesnt work with anybRom or stock rom
The frequencies that Tmobile uses compared to what the Captivate runs on will only allow u to get the Edge network. ---- Unless u r in one of the areas that Tmobile has recently reworked their network in, so that 3g is available. See google search for more detailed info. :thumbup:
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[Q] connected to edge instead of hsdpa, how can i prevent that?

hello
i've been googling this for a couple of hours now and i cant seem to find how to solve my problem
i was with my gf today, she has a S3. we are both connected to the same network operator. my signal was E , hers was H .. i went to system settings->about phone->status on both phones and compared signal strength and it was about the same.
my brother's iphone 4s almost always have much faster internet when i'm connected to edge (that means he's not on edge) - he's also connected to the same network operator.
its driving me crazy , why won't my cappy stay connected to hsdpa when its possible? how can i change that ? (WCDMA is preferred, baseband selection is automatic)
i'm using I9000XXJVT modem. was using slim bean rom 4.2.2 build 2.5 (now i'm on build 3) . unofficial semaphore kernel.
about my network operator technology from wikipedia (its a virtual operator):
"Its network is an HSPA+[citation needed] network in the 2100Mhz band, with roaming also available on Cellcom's 1800Mhz GSM[6] and 850Mhz/2100Mhz HSPA+ network."
any help would be appreciated.
The Captivate's Network Frequencies and Data Type: GSM Quadband:850/900/1800/1900MHz
UMTS Tri-band:850/1900/2100MHz
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type *#*#4636#*#* in the dialer and then go to phone info, scroll down a little bit and you'll see it .. there is no UMTS there ..
i forgot to mention that I DO GET CONNECTED to hsdpa when there is good signal , but when there is low signal it switches automatically to edge , and i always thought thats normal and its ok , but today i got really surprised , 2 iphones + 1 sgs3 , that were on the same network operator were having much faster internet than i had. i had 2 E bars , the s3 had 2 H bars. and as i said before the s3 had just about the same signal strength (dBm and asu)
thanks for the reply though
Sounds like the iphone 4s and sgs 3 are probably connecting to the 4g network.
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as far as i know there is no 4g in my country yet + the s3 is the international version so it doesnt support 4g anyway (im pretty sure its the same with the iphone)
Change your preferred network to GSM auto (PRL)
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Open dialer *#*#2263#*#*
Then try desired band
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Let us know what the results are for you after you change the preferred type to what i suggested in my previous post.
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4-2ndtwin said:
Change your preferred network to GSM auto (PRL)
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it won't stick.. but anyway, i guess this is the opposite of what i want (i want H preferred over E) , or am i mistaken ?
pradeeppk said:
Open dialer *#*#2263#*#*
Then try desired band
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my network provider supports hsdpa on 850 and 2100mhz and edge on 1800mhz, i still want the 1800mhz where there is no 850/2100mhz signal , but i want it to be 3rd priority (where 850 and 2100 are the first 2 priorities)
theoretically WCDMA preferred should do what i want , but its not. thats whats driving nuts..
thanks for the replies
oh man.. i said it myself , my network provider supports 850mhz .. i'm using i9000 modem , which doesn't support 850mhz hsdpa .. this could be it .. is there any way to check on which band i'm connected right now ?
EDIT: the answer is *#*#0011#*#* .. i'll check this out later when the scenario happens again, and i'll post results (i'm home now and i have full hsdpa signal here, so i cant investigate any further atm)

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