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[Q] CM7/MIUI and 850mhz Band on i9000m

I've tried a lot of combinations possible and can't seem to get the 850mhz band enabled on my i9000M. Anybody else able to get good reception with miui/cm7 and an i9000m in canada?

risqu3 said:
I've tried a lot of combinations possible and can't seem to get the 850mhz band enabled on my i9000M. Anybody else able to get good reception with miui/cm7 and an i9000m in canada?
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Just flash the CM7 KC1 modem from the CM7 sourceforge repository.

Furry Atom said:
Just flash the CM7 KC1 modem from the CM7 sourceforge repository.
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There are no Bell modems in the SF repository. I've attached KC1.

yay that worked! thanks guys!

shadoslayer said:
There are no Bell modems in the SF repository. I've attached KC1.
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Just wondering, how is KC1 vs. JL2? Better GPS/Battery life?

shadoslayer said:
There are no Bell modems in the SF repository. I've attached KC1.
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All the Canadian ones are in the Captivate directory. They're still in the SF repository. Why would anyone look in the i9000 section to find 850mhz capable basebands?

I ran JL2 for months, Then KC1 for a while. Now onto 2.3.3 with KC1 modem. Not much difference between JL2 and KC1. Both have amazing battery life. The biggest difference is I find the KC1 modem way better. I dropped calls at my house often with the last few months of JL2 but now I get good reception.

I can't for the life of me figure out how to check if my 850 bands are on or not. Or if the modem is even installed.
Anyone who could guide me in the right direction would be most kind.
For some reason my web browser doesn't connect through 3G, but it does with wifi, any hints?
Also thanks for the modem shadoslayer.

Furry Atom said:
All the Canadian ones are in the Captivate directory. They're still in the SF repository. Why would anyone look in the i9000 section to find 850mhz capable basebands?
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Because the Captivate != i9000m? I wouldn't think to check under the captivate section for modems for the i9000m, since the captivate is the SGH-i896. Considering it is a different build of CM7 for the captivate and the two aren't compatible, I wouldn't have thought the modems were either.
<shrug>

Dusante said:
I can't for the life of me figure out how to check if my 850 bands are on or not. Or if the modem is even installed.
Anyone who could guide me in the right direction would be most kind.
For some reason my web browser doesn't connect through 3G, but it does with wifi, any hints?
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On the status bar, do you have "3G" or "H" beside the signal bars? If you have a H, you're using HSDPA, which is good.
As for checking the bands under CM7, I have no idea how either and would really like to know since CM doesn't support samsung unstructured supplementary service data (USSD)...
And np on the modem and thanks for Furry for pointing out the modems are in the captivate section of sourceforge.

hey guys, while on this topic. What do you guys get with speed test? I'm on CM7 and KC1 and just ran it. Got 113ms ping, 1.27Mbps, 3.28Mbps. This is at 4:30pm. Ran it a few times, switching between Toronto and Oakville servers. Slow download
Edit:
Sigh. Just reran and got 6.11Mbps down and 1.59Mbps. Much better.

shadoslayer said:
On the status bar, do you have "3G" or "H" beside the signal bars? If you have a H, you're using HSDPA, which is good.
As for checking the bands under CM7, I have no idea how either and would really like to know since CM doesn't support samsung unstructured supplementary service data (USSD)...
And np on the modem and thanks for Furry for pointing out the modems are in the captivate section of sourceforge.
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Yeah I have the H, so HSDPA is working, I suspect that's good for rural areas and low signal areas and I'm using most of my bands?
Also found this:
*#*#4636#*#* on phone dial pad, select phone information
It gets a bit of info on the radio methinks, but it hasn't gotten me closer to figuring out why my browsers only connect via wifi.

Dusante said:
Yeah I have the H, so HSDPA is working, I suspect that's good for rural areas and low signal areas and I'm using most of my bands?
Also found this:
*#*#4636#*#* on phone dial pad, select phone information
It gets a bit of info on the radio methinks, but it hasn't gotten me closer to figuring out why my browsers only connect via wifi.
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I didn't know about that code, thanks. Still doesn't show if the phone is on 1900/850 though. And I'm curious, when/how does the phone decide to switch between the two?
Anyway, I'm guessing there is a problem with the APN. Thats what it sounds like anyway... Check your settings against this: http://support.bell.ca/en-on/Mobili..._Nexus_One_for_the_Bell_Mobility_HSPA_network

shadoslayer said:
I didn't know about that code, thanks. Still doesn't show if the phone is on 1900/850 though. And I'm curious, when/how does the phone decide to switch between the two?
Anyway, I'm guessing there is a problem with the APN. Thats what it sounds like anyway... Check your settings against this: http://support.bell.ca/en-on/Mobili..._Nexus_One_for_the_Bell_Mobility_HSPA_network
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I restarted my phone and re selected, de selected bell for network operators. Double checked the APN settings (which were correct) Then went into proxy settings under system, and noticed the proxy was off, I turned that on, now everything is working dandy!
Strange I thought I did that before, but perhaps I didn't. Thanks Again!

dial *#0011# to show what band you are using. Dial *#2263# to change band.

Encrypted1024 said:
dial *#0011# to show what band you are using. Dial *#2263# to change band.
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Those are Samsung USSD codes and will work fine under any Samsung based rom, but they will not work under CM7. Those USSD codes must be in code either not released or not released under GPL for use in CM7.
I've asked a bunch of times and no one ever answered, so I'm assuming there is no way under CM7 to see which band the phone is currently using, which is incredibly frustrating!

shadoslayer said:
I've asked a bunch of times and no one ever answered, so I'm assuming there is no way under CM7 to see which band the phone is currently using, which is incredibly frustrating!
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I know on my Carrier (Telstra Australia) when it is connected to 850 it is connected to 'Telstra' and when its on 2100 its connected to '3Telstra'. I checked that in settings, above phone, Phone stats I think its called? Do you have something similar?
And I fixed my 3g but going to 2g and back to 3g Before that it was connoecting to 2100mhz :\ Weird..

shadoslayer said:
Those are Samsung USSD codes and will work fine under any Samsung based rom, but they will not work under CM7. Those USSD codes must be in code either not released or not released under GPL for use in CM7.
I've asked a bunch of times and no one ever answered, so I'm assuming there is no way under CM7 to see which band the phone is currently using, which is incredibly frustrating!
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Should we just keep bumping this thread until we get an answer?
I'm on CM7 with Bell as well and it works great out of the box, without knowing about this 850 band I dont know if I should flash the kc1 modem. Maybe just for kicks?

Altimas said:
Should we just keep bumping this thread until we get an answer?
I'm on CM7 with Bell as well and it works great out of the box, without knowing about this 850 band I dont know if I should flash the kc1 modem. Maybe just for kicks?
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You have gotten the answer a few times...there is no way to check the band in CM7. If you feel you need one, raise it in the Dev forum once they open it back up to feature requests in a few weeks.
I would advise flashing KC1 and seeing how it goes. Keep an eye on your battery life, and how often the notification bar flips from 3G to H, and run Speedtests a few times a day. After a few days, decide if it is working better for you or not..if not, flash something else.
Modems are like fake IDs...if one doesn't work, flash another one.

rschenck said:
You have gotten the answer a few times...there is no way to check the band in CM7. If you feel you need one, raise it in the Dev forum once they open it back up to feature requests in a few weeks.
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Actually, I haven't got the answer a few times, and if I have, and missed it, please link to the actual threads, because a search reveals nothing.
You are the first person to come out and actually say "no, it's impossible".

Is there any reason I can't use 3g now that I have serendipty 6.4?

I recently flashed serendipty, and lately I haven't been able to use 3g to surf the web, but I can make calls and send text messages. Any help you could give would be great.
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Try different modems

Yea, I'd echo the idea of a new modem. For a while, I had to flash a separate modem for when I was at work, and when I was around my home. I couldn't find one that worked in both areas really well. Also, you may want to read up on the 1900 v 850 issues if you are on AT&T.

I'm not entirely sure how i would go about doing this, and suggestions?

The modem sticky at the top of the dev section http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876391

thank you very much

[Q] Best Canada Rogers Modem ICS 4.0.3

I hope that is enough info. A buddy flashed my captivate up to ICS but the mobile data didn't work, could not get an internet connection. Someone reccomended trying a different modem. I'm with Rogers in Ontario, but when I boot the phone is shows AT&T. What is the best modem and where do I get??
Thanks!

I've been using the JK4 modem ever since I flashed my first custom from and its never let me down! Although it all depends on your location I believe, try a few out!
Sent from my Rogers i896 running Miui V4 Port or CM9!

Thanks, but any idea where to find it?

KG3 has also worked pretty good to me, a little searching will help you find the modems my friend. As for the internet etc not working, check your APN settings under 'mobile networks', again search is your friend.

kp1 is stellar for me...youll only get att if your in the gta area and have roaming turned on...sometimes it bounces to att towers.
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OP, sorry to hear that... I have a Rogers i896 too, and I did a flash to ICS 4.0.3 today as well without having too much glitch <knock, knock>.
After flashing done, I went into the APNs setting and noticed that Chatr Internet was being selected and it was selected when I went into the APNs setting screen.
I then selected to Rogers one, and sooner after I tested the mobile data and confirmed phone was able to surf the web.

Hey I'm rogers in southern Ontario too and after switching to any ics rooms my signal went to crap! I tried a ton of different modems and in the end the UKG3 modem was the best by far and it appears that most Canadian users swear by it as well. I get great signal even in spots where I was poor before. Data is great. Speaker and sound is great so I use that and reflash it on any from upgrades or changes.
If u go to the captivate forum and android development and then to the stickies there...its one of the first pages that has a huge list. Can't miss it.
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is your guys data always say H in the status bar?
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g-ho said:
Thanks, but any idea where to find it?
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captivate development section sticky. also it would really help if you said WHICH ics you have. some of them are really buggy. that might explain your problem... they are all still in beta stage. also might want to check your APN settings. make sure they match these
Rogers APN settings

ptesmoke said:
is your guys data always say H in the status bar?
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3G <-> H depends on the connectivity and signal strength in the area.

JDM STi said:
3G <-> H depends on the connectivity and signal strength in the area.
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so if your in an area with strong H, is your H always in your status bar regardless of if your using data? because i am seeing different behaviour with different modems...
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ptesmoke said:
so if your in an area with strong H, is your H always in your status bar regardless of if your using data? because i am seeing different behaviour with different modems...
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Not always H though. It switches to 3G whenever there is a need to. I also started experienced another problem (posted in ICSSGS Q&A thread, waiting for clarification and help).
When I am on wifi at home, after a period of idle, both wifi and phone signal bars greyed out. Yes, both greyed out. From what I've read on this forum, greyed out bars on wifi and phone signal doesn't mean you're disconnected. While both icons were greyed out, I tried the following:-
make phone call: passed
receive phone call: passed
surfing on the web: failed
attempt to send a Whatsapp mesg: failed
In this case, I would have to turn off then turn on its wifi to get connected again.
That's enough frustration tho :S :S :S

JDM STi said:
3G <-> H depends on the connectivity and signal strength in the area.
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well.. you need to be on an i9000 based rom with i9000 modem to get H (hspa) speed...and signal strength, and depends if your phone is trying to do anything....

TRusselo said:
well.. you need to be on an i9000 based rom with i9000 modem to get H (hspa) speed...and signal strength, and depends if your phone is trying to do anything....
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Fair enough... my phone (Rogers i896) has been flashed to ICSSGS 4.0.3 with KG3 modem. Does it mean it's on i9000 based rom with i9000 modem? Baseband version is I9000UGKG3.
Any comment would be helpful as I am still learning you all big bros.

yup all our ICS roms are based on an i9000 CM9 kernel, and usually packaged with an i9000 modem.
even dark night, which is ported from galaxy nexus runs on our phone with the i9000 CM9 kernels..
CM9 is ICS based cyanogenmod rom... thats a whole other discussion..

Little OT (excuse me) about modem... to get the best fit modem to your phone matching the area could improve data or voice or both capability?

each user swears by a different modem in different places around the world...
but see this page..
sticky top of dev section... lots of information, some is only opinion..
【MODEMS】【100+ Captivate I897 ♦ I9000 ♦ CM7/MIUI ♦ ICS】+【Google Location Map】
click the map to go to another page with interactive info map of what users claim they get in area...

TRusselo said:
each user swears by a different modem in different places around the world...
but see this page..
sticky top of dev section... lots of information, some is only opinion..
【MODEMS】【100+ Captivate I897 ♦ I9000 ♦ CM7/MIUI ♦ ICS】+【Google Location Map】
click the map to go to another page with interactive info map of what users claim they get in area...
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Yup... looked at the page of list of available modems and tried all possible ones for my area, and chose the best one I think it's the best after installed all 3 listed.
I think I have some good speed in the area where I am in now. However, the new modem DOES NOT help the wifi icon/data bars greyed out issue :/

Does anyone have ICS with Data working with Rogers Captivate
Hi,
I ported ICS (ROM WeUI) on my Captivate. Everything works great except that I can barely connect to Rogers Network in Toronto. No data, no calls, no mms.
Does anyone have a solution? I have tried most modems jk4, kc1, kp1, jl2, kg3.
If you have a good combination of ROM+kernel+modem please tell me.
I would hate going back to Android 2.3
Samsung Captivate. Rooted.
Kernel. Semaphore 3.0.8.
ROM. WeUI v0.9.8 by NightShack
Modem. I9088ZNKP1.

[THREAD CLOSED] SpeedTests, Benchmarks (AnTuTu, OpenGL..)

Not much going on in GT-i9305 section so let see what this phone can really do...
All kinds of Speed Tests, Benchmarks and Battery Stats are welcome
Network: 3G or 4G???
Just wondering how it goes on DC-HSPA+??? Here in UK, Three is fastest so far... I'm getting speeds 15-25Mbps DL / up to 4.5Mbps UL in many places!! Who need expensive LTE with crazy data capping (500MB - £36/pm) and speeds 10-20Mbps... Joke...
To check what kind of 3G connection you have while testing:
1: dial *#0011# (phone will go in to Service Mode)
2: press home button
3: open and run SpeedTest
4: press&hold home button and switch back to Service Mode...
5: on the bottom of screen look for "DC_HSPA+ : 1(enabled) 0(disabled)"
Battery:
Many people reported bad battery life but I'm very happy with it so I'll share some of my tricks how to get more juice....
My current set up: Pandoriam ROM v6.6, latest Perseus Kernel: no UV, no OC, no tweaks, Modem: BUALI6, Network: 3UK (DC-HSPA)
1. Custom ROM & kernel is recommended but NOT essential (most of them includes battery tweaks also they bloat free)
2. Install BBS and check what's drinking your juice... Some of apps are heavy drinkers (Facebook, Twitter etc....) so keep eye on battery after you install new app(s). Don't use Juice Defender, it makes things worse.
3. Disable Google Now & Locations (main juice drinker)
4. Install "Fast Dormancy Toggle" from Play Store and disable it. It safe to use. If you don't use 4g, change Network Mode to WCDMA only. BTW bad signal reception draining more juice as well.
5. Keep screen brightness on manual, as low as possible... obviously
6. Use inverted apps and dark wallpaper if possible, stay away from live wallpapers...
7. Only If you know what you doing, install app called" NoBloat Free" or any other similar app and disable/freeze unimportant processes draining your battery. (Exchange and Samsung Push Services are heavy drinkers)
8. AutoSync & NFC - OFF!!
9. Use Original Samsung 1A charger, don't use your laptop to charge phone....
10. Keep WiFi ON only if you need it. To make things easy, in Advanced WiFi settings, we have WiFi Timer. (can be used to keep it ON/OFF automatically, through the night for example)
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jemichae said:
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Nice one!! Where are you based mate?? Fast 4G but I've asked for 3G on DC-HSPA+...
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Realised my mistake as I posted. Sorry dude.
I think that that test was as I passed through Brisbane, Oz.

The Thunder Down Under - (more like lighning)
This was me at drinks on Friday on the outskirts of town, Brisbane Australia on Telstra 4G network. I took about 4 tests and this was the average one.
Samsung Galaxy SIII - I1905T
Another reason to come Down Under....

jemichae said:
Realised my mistake as I posted. Sorry dude.
I think that that test was as I passed through Brisbane, Oz.
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No worries mate. Awesome speed!!! Here in UK You won't get even half of it on 4G!! That's why we're using DC HSPA+, it goes up to 20Mbps and you can have Unlimited data for £15.90 /pm!!!!!
I'm going to change the Thread Title to "Post your Speed Tests, Benchmarks, Battery Stats...."
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Pandoriam v2.0, No OC&UV....
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Yea 4G in London is terrible, I know. I popped in to the EE store the other day to test out the speed. THEY DIDNT HAVE the speedtest.net app. I was like so how are we to test what 4G speeds we are getting? The assistant replied with a really condescending tone "I'm pretty sure such geeky app wont be needed for the average consumer". I replied, "So why do broadband suppliers advertise "Xmb broadband"? SO obviously people would want to know how fast their internet would be." fruking donut.

My mate was driving Through Auburn Sydney, And he got 75Mbps Down... I am based in Sydneys southwest On the edge of 4G & 3G+ coverage I average around 15mbps So
All I can Say is Telstra 4G kills it ay! haha Cant wait till they upgrade the coverage soon we may have all areas with this crazy speed

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Can you guys please turn off lte and do a speed test in h+, like the OP asked?

Badelhas said:
Can you guys please turn off lte and do a speed test in h+, like the OP asked?
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Exactly!!! We all know how fast 4G can be... Huge Speeds except UK....
Here the DC-HSPA+ is faster in many places and that's why I've asked for 3G tests... Just being curious....
How's your battery life???? I'm very pleased!!!
Much better than my old SGS2...
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the problem with the H+ test is know one knows if they are on the high DC type H+ or the normal H+ it doesnt differentiate , so theres no point someone will post H+ when you think its DC it may be only plain old H+
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I was on H+ and i got 10mbps Down but there is no way this was the HIgher H+...

btemtd said:
the problem with the H+ test is know one knows if they are on the high DC type H+ or the normal H+ it doesnt differentiate , so theres no point someone will post H+ when you think its DC it may be only plain old H+
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I was on H+ and i got 10mbps Down but there is no way this was the HIgher H+...
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It's easy to check that, just press *#0011#

ok and what am i supposed to be seeing there to know its on the higher H+ ? I can see the first line changing regulary RCC: DCH for about 4 seconds and then it went back to RCC: FACH for another 5seconds and I can now only see the 3G symbol and its sitting on RRC: UPCH I definately am not in a good area to test anyway so I guess ill play around when im out and about. Ill compare it with. But yeh like I said you can be in a middle of a test and it could of changed how would you know unless you have 2 screens one showing you exaclty what your on whilst your doing a speedtest

btemtd said:
ok and what am i supposed to be seeing there to know its on the higher H+ ? I can see the first line changing regulary RCC: DCH for about 4 seconds and then it went back to RCC: FACH for another 5seconds and I can now only see the 3G symbol and its sitting on RRC: UPCH I definately am not in a good area to test anyway so I guess ill play around when im out and about. Ill compare it with. But yeh like I said you can be in a middle of a test and it could of changed how would you know unless you have 2 screens one showing you exaclty what your on whilst your doing a speedtest
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This settings are confusing to me as well... My tests are based on Coverage Checker from 3UK...
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btemtd said:
ok and what am i supposed to be seeing there to know its on the higher H+ ? I can see the first line changing regulary RCC: DCH for about 4 seconds and then it went back to RCC: FACH for another 5seconds and I can now only see the 3G symbol and its sitting on RRC: UPCH I definately am not in a good area to test anyway so I guess ill play around when im out and about. Ill compare it with. But yeh like I said you can be in a middle of a test and it could of changed how would you know unless you have 2 screens one showing you exaclty what your on whilst your doing a speedtest
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What is you Carrier? I´m on vodafone Portugal, they advirtise as being the only Carrier with 42Mbits DC HSPA but they seem to have that inconsistence with FACH and DCH as well. By the way, I looked it up, those are 2 types of HSPA+ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Resource_Control)

btemtd said:
ok and what am i supposed to be seeing there to know its on the higher H+ ? I can see the first line changing regulary RCC: DCH for about 4 seconds and then it went back to RCC: FACH for another 5seconds and I can now only see the 3G symbol and its sitting on RRC: UPCH I definately am not in a good area to test anyway so I guess ill play around when im out and about. Ill compare it with. But yeh like I said you can be in a middle of a test and it could of changed how would you know unless you have 2 screens one showing you exaclty what your on whilst your doing a speedtest
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I've checked and look at screenshots. One is while downloading (Speed Test running in background) the second just connected (steady CPCH). On the bottom we have active connections... you can see 0 or 1 next to type of connection.
Now it's easy to check.
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I am on Telstra Australia.. Well that makes sense As my phone was idle And i was staring at the screen. So I guess If i did a speedtest those mode will change.
But still It doesnt rectify the fact that while someone is doing a speedtest we do not know exactly what connection we are on as Carriers who offer DC also have Normal Hspa+ aswell and if in the wrong area it may switch modes while doing the test without even knowing
As that DC_HSPA will change to normal HSPA if you are not in the correct area, when I had that screen on i did not see DC_HSPA I only saw HSPA+
Edit : You see mine was changing from DC_HSPA to HSPA from one moment to another like I said you would have to be in a STRONG DC area to really test DC speeds

btemtd said:
I am on Telstra Australia.. Well that makes sense As my phone was idle And i was staring at the screen. So I guess If i did a speedtest those mode will change.
But still It doesnt rectify the fact that while someone is doing a speedtest we do not know exactly what connection we are on as Carriers who offer DC also have Normal Hspa+ aswell and if in the wrong area it may switch modes while doing the test without even knowing
As that DC_HSPA will change to normal HSPA if you are not in the correct area, when I had that screen on i did not see DC_HSPA I only saw HSPA+
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You're right and wrong bro. Look at my post above yours......
Run Speed Test and just switch to test mode. You can see live info. Easy to detect..
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[TWEAK] Increase Network Speeds By Using Sprint Spark [WIP]

I stumbled upon a thread in the N5 forums where they needed to go in and manually enable bands 26 and 41 on their devices in order to enable Sprint Spark (network speeds of 50-60mbps).
I followed their instructions on my S4 and low and behold, we have the LTE programming menu containing "enable band 26" and "enable band 41" in it. I have my MSL, so I tried to edit it, but every time I check the boxes to enable the bands, the settings don't stick.
I'm currently running TriForce 4.0 (4.3) and I have this option. I'm still working on a few things but thought some people could collaborate here so we can get this going. I don't see why our phones wouldn't support the new network. If it's a hardware limitation, someone please enlighten me.
EDIT: thread from N5 forums
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2515798&highlight=msl&page=3

mcherin said:
I stumbled upon a thread in the N5 forums where they needed to go in and manually enable bands 26 and 41 on their devices in order to enable Sprint Spark (network speeds of 50-60mbps).
I followed their instructions on my S4 and low and behold, we have the LTE programming menu containing "enable band 26" and "enable band 41" in it. I have my MSL, so I tried to edit it, but every time I check the boxes to enable the bands, the settings don't stick.
I'm currently running TriForce 4.0 (4.3) and I have this option. I'm still working on a few things but thought some people could collaborate here so we can get this going. I don't see why our phones wouldn't support the new network. If it's a hardware limitation, someone please enlighten me.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2515798&highlight=msl&page=3
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I don't think the hardware is there to support it; that's why they are coming out with the SPH-L720T model which adds the two LTE bands (but loses VoLTE unfortunately).
This sort of thing has been done before... T-Mobile did something similar with the S3 - releasing a late variant which added LTE support.

I took the ota to 4.3...when I view my settings it shows band 26 and 41 already enabled.
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Mindripper72 said:
I took the ota to 4.3...when I view my settings it shows band 26 and 41 already enabled.
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Samsung can't have the device use those bands without having it approved by the FCC first so I went back to the FCC docs to see if Samsung sought band 26 and 41 support to the SPH-L720 since it was initially approved and they haven't. My guess is that the 720 and 720T may share the same firmware and that's why you are seeing that. Either that or they have started selling the 720T and that's the one you have (though I didn't think they did that yet).

myphone12345 said:
I don't think the hardware is there to support it; that's why they are coming out with the SPH-L720T model which adds the two LTE bands (but loses VoLTE unfortunately).
This sort of thing has been done before... T-Mobile did something similar with the S3 - releasing a late variant which added LTE support.
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Doh! That should have been "no support for SVLTE" instead of VOLTE. Sprint's network doesn't support VoLTE yet.

It doesn't lose VoLTE... VoLTE isn't hardware related its just any type of VOIP program but on LTE.. Or at least I think so
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Is that the new LTE icon?? This anticipation is never ending... Now that I have LTE I'll just be waiting to see that little spark logo haha
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Truitt.Jack said:
It doesn't lose VoLTE... VoLTE isn't hardware related its just any type of VOIP program but on LTE.. Or at least I think so
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Correct. See the message right above yours (i.e. message #5).

luckily i am in a sprint spark market... i will definitely update everyone on this soon
but one thing i did notice is that when i click on it to enable, then go back to the same menu it unchecked itself. so the possibility isnt entirely there but we can hope right?
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My guess is that the 720 and 720T may share the same firmware and that's why you are seeing that
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thats what i think too

I followed everything from the nexus post and I don't see that menu. Am I missing something
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isaac2k10 said:
I followed everything from the nexus post and I don't see that menu. Am I missing something
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The topic of the post that was linked in the OP was for a Nexus 5. This is a Galaxy S4 forum section. Therefore you have to use the code ##3282# instead of *#*#3282#*#* on the S4. [Not Confirmed:] You also must be using the MJA modem in order to access these new bands.
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Go to this post to learn how to get your MSL.

lamanonx said:
The topic of the post that was linked in the OP was for a Nexus 5. This is a Galaxy S4 forum section. Therefore you have to use the code ##3282# instead of *#*#3282#*#* on the S4. [Not Confirmed:] You also must be using the MJA modem in order to access these new bands.
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Go to this post to learn how to get your MSL.
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Ah Yea I figured you had to be on the mja modem.
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So I'm on CM10.2, is there a way for me to do this tweak without having to revert back to stockrom?

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So I'm on CM10.2, is there a way for me to do this tweak without having to revert back to stockrom?
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What's the point of all this if the hardware in the current S4 variant can't support it? It's like putting a rocket engine button inside a Toyota Corolla. You can press it a hundred times but it still won't make flames come out the back of the car.

Im on Triforce 4.1 MJA and i do not see these band options. Yes i did ##3282# and i do have my msl.
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Alright time to get in on this topic, I have a question. I have a sprint s4, im rockin the mja modem,on sac's 4.2 rom and have input the dialer code and do see band 26 and 41, I checked the boxes and when I did it went from [off] to [on] but once I back out and re-enter where these options are the boxes remain checked but state its [off].
So does this mean I enabled the bands, but at the moment there off cause I'm not in a area that supports these bands ? ( can't clarify weather I am in a area that supports these bands or not just guessed this is why this is happening).
Thanks in advance
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Usually editing stuff in this sections requires ALSO hitting the settings button and choosing "Save"

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What's the point of all this if the hardware in the current S4 variant can't support it? It's like putting a rocket engine button inside a Toyota Corolla. You can press it a hundred times but it still won't make flames come out the back of the car.
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Exactly. This thread makes no sense on this phone. The hardware doesn't support tri-band LTE.

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Usually editing stuff in this sections requires ALSO hitting the settings button and choosing "Save"
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Idk if that answer is directed at me or not but if so...I've changed a few things in this section (##3282#) a few times in the past such as ehrpd,multimedia,data profile and so on and have never saved my choices after making changes they've always just stuck.
Although saving them does make sense but there is no such option. If I were to press the settings button while in this menu nothing pops up? The choices I made do stick to a extent like turning on LTE the box stays checked and it does stay [on] but as for the bands...the boxes stay checked but don't stay [on].
(Screenshot attached).
Which brought me to To the conclusion that i enabled them but there currently off at the moment due to me not recieveing a signal from these bands due to me not being in a supported area..just a guess though, I can't confirm weather I am in a supported area or not.
NOTE:This isn't how these options are I cropped 3pics and made em into one fyi
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Lol at activating bands on a phone that doesn't have them. :what:
Since I don't want to type something I've already written in the past I'll just leave a link to a similar discussion on another forum. Read my reply there at the end. It also applies here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441480
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RayTrue04 said:
Lol at activating bands on a phone that doesn't have them. :what:
Since I don't want to type something I've already written in the past I'll just leave a link to a similar discussion on another forum. Read my reply there at the end. It also applies here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441480
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Wow! Very disappointing to hear but good to know that the phones you listed in the other thread are tri-band supported. I'll keep that in mind when I decide to upgrade my sprint s4.
So LTE and EHRPD is the most I'm gunna see out of this device huh....bummerrrr but I'm still happy with it just looking to get even more out of my device and my hands on but no worries.
Thanks again for clearing that up,
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