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Q: T-Mobile speedtest

Hello,
I am going to buy an international note.. what are its speeds for web browsing..
Speed test pics would be appreciated and videos
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anyone have speed test pics??
It would really help me out.. I don't know if I should spend 700 on the pink note. If I'm gonna have super crappy internet
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Well the speed for web browsing is really fast on HSDPA+ (The highest one that you can get here in europe)
Found a speedtest on a german android forum.
http://fs01.androidpit.info/userfiles/411957/image/galaxy note 749.png
Edit:
Remember, that's not the highest value. HSDPA+ can reach up to 21,1 Mbit/s here.

This was with an international note?
But idk if it be the same for T-Mobile since were on 1700mhz
If 9mbps was reached there.. hopefully here as well
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Bigv69er said:
This was with an international note?
But idk if it be the same for T-Mobile since were on 1700mhz
If 9mbps was reached there.. hopefully here as well
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Found this site:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-ga...at-t-galaxy-note-which-one-do-you-prefer/5698
It says:
Cons of the GT-N7000:
No support for LTE in the USA
No support for T-Mobile 3G data
No NFC radio
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So there is no 3G data (and upper I assume) available with the International Note. Any reasons for not taking the AT&T Note SGH-I717 instead?

So what were those speeds lol.. I gotta see some speedtests of someone using it on tmobile
Idc I'd get the att one.. but too overpriced .. if ima pay a lot for the phone I'm going to buy what I really want. And that is the Pink Note
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Bigv69er said:
So what were those speeds lol.. I gotta see some speedtests of someone using it on tmobile
Idc I'd get the att one.. but too overpriced .. if ima pay a lot for the phone I'm going to buy what I really want. And that is the Pink Note
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The only video I found is that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YXXpmMrxq4
But it actually shows the speed depending on his new radio.
All others were using AT&T on the Galaxy Note... Could even find a picture.
Also just read that you are able to use >3g, sorry for misleading informations.
lol so complicated as we don't have 4g here.

The video is an art note lol
I need international.. hahah. The pink note is international
Thanks though!
And what wait I'm confused 3g on what? International or att?
I know art can be flashed to work with tmobile
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Bigv69er said:
The video is an art note lol
I need international.. hahah. The pink note is international
Thanks though!
And what wait I'm confused 3g on what? International or att?
I know art can be flashed to work with tmobile
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Oh really? Damn, thought it was the right one Well next time i only have to take a closer look.
Yes, you're right it can be flashed to work with tmobile.
Well the site that I've posted before says that international note doesn't support lte or tmobile 3g data. Only the AT&T (as said you have to enable tmobile data manually)

Yeah.. but no pink note lol
My search will continue lol
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I Found this..
no speedtest but the web browsing speed seems pretty good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR8BrBM8nLo

So buy a pink case or those sticker covers and you can make it pink. I'd rather have a fully functional device than a colored device. That is only if you need the speed. if not pink it up! Where I live I only get 3G. Not hspa+, when I go downtown I get hspa+ so it's not worth it for me nor a deal breaker.
Salutations from Madrid!
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I use an n7000 on tmo stateside. Its only 2g so speeds are horrible... roughly 100 to 150kbps both up and down. This doesnt really matter to me however, as im in wifi 99% of the time. The 2g works fine for gps, email and mobile versions of websites. But forget about youtube, or full version website surfing. One thing i havent checked is pandora streaming... might work ok.
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I have the international note, and for the most part I get around 256k speeds at best. Depending on where you are located though they have repurposed their 1700 band into their latest hspa+, so if you happen to end up in one of those area data will be really fast. (sorry never ran a speed test with one of those connections) The problem is that is was mainly an experiment and they most likely won't continue not that they are moving to LTE, and the areas with this working are fairly rare.

n25philly said:
I have the international note, and for the most part I get around 256k speeds at best. Depending on where you are located though they have repurposed their 1700 band into their latest hspa+, so if you happen to end up in one of those area data will be really fast. (sorry never ran a speed test with one of those connections) The problem is that is was mainly an experiment and they most likely won't continue not that they are moving to LTE, and the areas with this working are fairly rare.
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Well tmo is currently experimenting with the new base and 1900 for 4g.. said to start releasing it this summer slowly.
If they do, these phones will get waaay better speed.
Thank you everybody.. and yeah I'm on wifi about 50% of the time.. and mostly on fb or sometimes YouTube when I'm not.
And no I don't want a vinyl. Or a case. Not the same thing. Plus I heard att one doesn't even get that great of speeds
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Bigv69er said:
Well tmo is currently experimenting with the new base and 1900 for 4g.. said to start releasing it this summer slowly.
If they do, these phones will get waaay better speed.
Thank you everybody.. and yeah I'm on wifi about 50% of the time.. and mostly on fb or sometimes YouTube when I'm not.
And no I don't want a vinyl. Or a case. Not the same thing. Plus I heard att one doesn't even get that great of speeds
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You'll get Edge on tmobile. Which is supposedly 635 kbps download
85 kbps upload.
You'll probably see around 100kbps up/down.

mprziv said:
You'll get Edge on tmobile. Which is supposedly 635 kbps download
85 kbps upload.
You'll probably see around 100kbps up/down.
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damn that's weak
Good thing I'm always near wifi like 60% of the time
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[Q] Prepaid Plans

What's the best company that offers unlimited prepaid plans out there?

Well here in the UK the best value for money on payg is 3.
I top up by £15 a month and get 300mins, 3000 txts and truely unlimited internet
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Since your in the U.S. And, on AT&T....
I'd recommend either
Straight Talk: 45$ a month unlimited talk/text however, they have nebulous TOS regarding their data limits. It's been discussed that you use about 2GB a month or 100MB a day without issue (being throttled or thrown off the network, with no refunds)
H20: 60$ unlimited talk/text/2GB data
Redpocket: 55$ unlimited talk/text/1GB data
Those are the ones that use AT&T's network and would be compatible with any locked (or unlocked) AT&T device.
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Have you heard of Lightyear Wireless?
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In india
Tata docomo Gives 8gb data for inr 149
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Swedish telenor, Unlimited data ( yeah, really) calls from 0.25€ / minute. To get unlimited data, you need to buy a refill for about 30€
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alkesh95 said:
In india
Tata docomo Gives 8gb data for inr 149
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Freaking slow 2G speeds.. Not even enough to browse XDA..
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since you are from the US,
StraightTalk: $45 Unlimited everything, $60 unlimited international everything runs on TMO and AT&T HSPA+ for BYOP SIMs
Net10: $50 unlimited everything, runs on cingular AT&T networks,
AT&T PayGo: different rates a little expensive but its very flexible
here in my country:
Sun Cellular- $23.80 (1000 php) HSPA + no data caps
Smart- $23.80 (1000 php) HSPA + 50gb data cap
Smart- $74.23 (3500 php) LTE no data cap until october 25
Globe- $23.80 (1000 php) HSPA + 50gb data cap

heinrichkaiser said:
Freaking slow 2G speeds.. Not even enough to browse XDA..
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I don't know why but I get good speed even on 2g......
Sufficient for me....
Xda also works with that speed
Prove me wrong
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I heard about Lightyear Wireless and from what I know, they offer Unlimited calling, texting, and internet (without caps) for only $59.99. No contract, no deposits, and no credit checks. From what I've learned also, they're using Sprint towers for their service and that would mean, no GSM phones. :thumbdown:
They also have a referral program where you can get a FREE service if you use their service and refer 5 more customers to use the service as well.
Anyone tried this company before? Anybody knows the quality of their network?
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Post your Nexus 4 Speed Tests here!

This can be a great reference for people who are undecided on Straight Talk t-mobile network vs Native T-mobile network. We can also compare $30 unlimited plan to contract plan speeds.
Please Post:
Carrier: xxxxxxx (EX: T-mobile network via T-mobile, OR, T-mobile network via Straight Talk)
Plan: xxxxx (EX: $30 unlimited, OR, $45 unlimited)
Location: xxxxx (EX: Brooklyn, NY... OR Dallas, Texas)
Then please post a picture of your speeds (or you can type it out).
Thanks!!

I posted this on thread already.
I have straightalk i had att sim ordered tmobile sim and cut it down using the att sim.
ATT sim straight talk average download speed by speakeasy app 5-7 down .5-1.5 up
Tmobile sim average speed 12-15 mb down 1.5-3 up tested this today fort wayne IN medium size city I do get 4 bars for both networks at my house. and wifi speed 20-25 down 5up comast 2.5 ghz i dont use 5gz band really.

I love this phone, and T-Mobile
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Me too, it's the best phone I've ever played with or owned, and I've been very promiscuous.
On 3 mobile, £15 per month pay as you go (off contract), all you can eat unlimited data bundle, I got this whilst walking about in the town. Why bother paying the 4g data premium?

Definitely the best speeds I've had in my area on tmobile
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Not only good speed but also good latency considering I rely on Google Voice + Groove IP for VOIP. Tmobile looking good.

And on WiFi.... 2.5 band...

Who needs LTE
Great Thread guys keep em coming. Really can't wait to get mine!

With T-Mobile
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Anyone having problems with speed test on att? It could just be my area but when my galaxy nexus updated to 4.2 speed test now only displays my upload speeds, im having the same problem with nexus 4.
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My speeds aren't the best with o2 but I can't wait to change to another network with much faster speeds and unlimited data plan
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Can anyone with a Nexus 4 in Nyc post their speeds on T-Mobile?

cundiffr said:
Anyone having problems with speed test on att? It could just be my area but when my galaxy nexus updated to 4.2 speed test now only displays my upload speeds, im having the same problem with nexus 4.
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Yep. Speed Test on my N4 isn't scaled properly, and for some god forsaken reason my speeds have gone from ~4Mb on my Galaxy Nexus to absolute crap on my N4.
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oawalker said:
My speeds aren't the best with o2 but I can't wait to change to another network with much faster speeds and unlimited data plan
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O2 is releasing DC-HSDPA by the end of the year.
Get on giffgaff, it uses o2 and much cheaper. (with unlimited data)
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I still have another 12 months with them but soon I will cancel the internet plan and cancel my contract when I get some cash
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Never had DL speeds this fast
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buddahlou said:
Never had DL speeds this fast
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So, are these speeds using DC-HSDPA?
I was under the impression that DC-HSDPA was 10-12mb
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I'm in Tampa and on T-Mobile's unlimited value plan for $69. I'm pulling down 12-18 Mbps on average. Upload is 1.5-2.5 Mbps.

Thanks for the results. Now I'm even more anxious to get my Nexus 4. Those scores absolutely obliterate my scores on Sprint.
If anybody in the San Fernando Valley can report in on T-Mobile results, that would be great.
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I'm on ATT and speed test shows crappy speeds yet pages load and downloads are just as fast as my S3 on hspa
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Where do you live and how's the coverage?

Att and tmo are the 2 popular carriers for n4. So it may help others to decide, if we can create a database for actual coverage.
1. Where do you live?
2. Who's your carrier?
3. How's the coverage?
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1. South Florida
2. Tmo
3. Excellent. Much better than sprint.
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I'm on T-Mobile. I've been using them for about 4 years here in Denver. I know it's not the case across the country but here in Colorado T-Mobile consistently gets ranked in the top 2 in terms of coverage (& customer service for that matter).
1. Denver, CO
2. T-Mobile
3. Excellent in Denver and as good or better than Verizon/AT&T/Sprint in the mountains.

sn0warmy said:
I'm on T-Mobile. I've been using them for about 4 years here in Denver. I know it's not the case across the country but here in Colorado T-Mobile consistently gets ranked in the top 2 in terms of coverage (& customer service for that matter).
1. Denver, CO
2. T-Mobile
3. Excellent in Denver and as good or better than Verizon/AT&T/Sprint in the mountains.
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And tmo is the only carrier u can use in the mountains, Vail, to be specific. Been having a lot of problems with att.
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Lancez said:
And tmo is the only carrier u can use in the mountains, Vail, to be specific. Been having a lot of problems with att.
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When I moved here from Michigan I switched from AT&T to T-Mobile because AT&T's coverage was so terrible. T-Mobile has never really let me down.

Winston Salem nc
Att
Excellent coverage in all areas of town
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Indy
1) Indianapolis, Indiana
2) T-Mobile
3) Great

T-Mobile and I live in Connecticut. Coverage is amazing here with T-Mobile. Average about 15mbps peaks of 20+
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NY (long island)
Tmob
Huge mixed bag.
I still have my vzw gnex so I can compare the two (they are both on me at all times).
When I'm in a hspa 21/42 area the data is great and not too much slower than lte.
The key to that is, when I'm in the area, because it's not that often, especially compared with Verizon's 4g footprint.
So for me it's very hit or miss. I even find myself tethering the gnex to the n4 in many spots.
The phone is stupid good though, so even if I didn't have the gnex I'd prob still keep it even with the hit or miss data.
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Bloomington-Normal, Illinois.
T-Mobile
Coverage around town is excellent.
Speeds aren't too impressive though. I never get higher than maybe 2.5 mb down and maybe 2 up. And we are supposedly hspa42. But at&t isn't any faster as they don't have hspa+ or LTE here in town.
It's pretty bad because we are a town(s) of 130,000 not even counting the 23,000 college kids. We are basically same size as Champaign-Urbana or Springfield and they both have better than 10mb downloads whenever I am there.
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Navarre, FL
T mobile
Coverage is spotty in house (Edge), but once outside 3G (HSPA+21) kicks in and super fast compared to Sprint coverage speeds.
Max data speeds so far is around 14mb.
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I have T-Mobile, live in Las Vegas, and my speeds and coverage are excellent. Consistently between 10-24 mbps. Except in buildings, which T-Mobile is bad for.
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signal
1. Argentina BA
2. Movistar
3. Excellent in the city

Baltimore, MD
T mobile
Steady around 10mb download.
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NYC Metro
T-Mobile
Although seems like the Radio on this device isn't as consistent as my GNex, speeds are way up.

unlvmike said:
I have T-Mobile, live in Las Vegas, and my speeds and coverage are excellent. Consistently between 10-24 mbps. Except in buildings, which T-Mobile is bad for.
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Lol don't you spend most of your time in a building?
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Rialto CA
AT&T
7-9 at my house. Pretty solid coverage.

1)Greece
2)Cosmote
3) Not bad, but there's no lte in this country... Speed is about 6-7 mbps just like my adsl.
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Orlando, FL at the intersection of the Florida Turnpike and I-4 on T-Mobile. Excellent coverage and I have had speeds of 30Mbps.

1. Where do you live? Somewhere in Orange County, California.
2. Who's your carrier? T-mobile.
3. How's the coverage? Awesome! I get great reception at home. ( and in city. )

Today I Watched My Nexus 4 Get Genuinely Confused

So I'm on a road trip, and I brought my N4 (on T-Mobile USA) along for the ride. I decided to stay the night in Savannah, GA. After checking into my hotel, I took my phone out of my pocket and saw something I've never seen before. It was showing a data connection as "3G" rather than the usual "H" for HSPA or "E" for EDGE. I had to do a double take. Curious, I went to Settings-About Phone-Status and checked the network type. It was "UMTS:3". Obviously that means T-Mobile's network refarming has happened here and 1900 MHz UMTS is live.
Here's the thing, though. The radio keeps switching between "3G" and "H" every few seconds, seemingly unable to figure out which one it wants to hold onto. The phone is still usable but I still find it annoying. Of course, the vast majority of T-Mobile phones would never experience this since they hardly ever have support for 1900 MHz, but I'm curious if other N4 owners living in areas where T-Mobile has lit up 1900 MHz UMTS are having this issue as well? In the end, the phone may be usable, but the constant switching is playing hell on my OCD!!
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At least the refarming is done where you're at, I'm still impatiently waiting.

I Am Marino said:
At least the refarming is done where you're at, I'm still impatiently waiting.
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Yeah but at this rate I'm hoping they either fix this in a Nexus 4 radio update (maybe make it prefer HSPA over UMTS, but I don't know if that would cause problems outside the US), or never light it up in my home market. haha
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I just came from Verizon of 12 years and a gs3. I'm on umts at my home in rural Atlanta ga. It does the same switching as you say. I just thought that was normal gsm behavior .... phone is idle then 3g is active. Phone queries the net (open browser etc...) and H kicks in.
On another note the H speeds here are almost equal to vzw lte, I'm impressed
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oldblue910 said:
Yeah but at this rate I'm hoping they either fix this in a Nexus 4 radio update (maybe make it prefer HSPA over UMTS, but I don't know if that would cause problems outside the US), or never light it up in my home market. haha
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I just noticed you're in Durham, I'm in Winston.
Has the refarm taken effect by you?

My phone does this then pulls the h on demand I am in Detroit metro area. I still pull high download speeds and don't have a problem with the change over. Honestly until I read this post I thought this was normal. Do do a speed test see if it is slower or faster then your use to.
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I just noticed you're in Durham, I'm in Winston.
Has the refarm taken effect by you?
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No it hasn't, and hopefully it won't before there's a radio update to fix it (if they'd even bother fixing it)!
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I have had my N4 for only a couple months, but it has been doing that ever since I got it. I am in the Farmington, MO area too though. I thought it was just normal, as this is the first time I have had a decent phone and be on a plan rather than prepay.

Mine has always behaved like that. My nexus one and gnex too.
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Weird. mine had never done this except here in Savannah. Is anyone else here running stock?
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I'm on all stock and I've never seen the 3G label. I'm out here in Portland, OR, and SLC, UT. I just figured our phones were only capable of G, E, and H labels.
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I find it wierd that you've never seen the 3G label. Normally you camp on 3G (UMTS) and it'll flip to "H" for HSPA+ when data's transferring either up, down, or both. This has been normal over the years, until there were modifications on T-Mobile's side to display 4G all the time for devices that were HSPA+ capable.

I'm stock unrooted
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Mi|enko said:
I find it wierd that you've never seen the 3G label. Normally you camp on 3G (UMTS) and it'll flip to "H" for HSPA+ when data's transferring either up, down, or both. This has been normal over the years, until there were modifications on T-Mobile's side to display 4G all the time for devices that were HSPA+ capable.
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This never happened on my G2 nor my Nexus S. The only way that happened on the Nexus S was when running a custom ROM.
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oldblue910 said:
This never happened on my G2 nor my Nexus S. The only way that happened on the Nexus S was when running a custom ROM.
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GS2, Samsung edited to reflect 4G. Most customers would be perplexed by the constant camping on 3G, then flipping to H (HSPA+ which is branded as T-Mobile 4G), so the just modified their network bits in their OS to reflect 4G all the time. As far as the Nexus S, that's just a 3G device not capable of the HSPA+ bandwidth (it topped out at 7mbps).
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I always have a H when idle and H+ when using the Internet. Never seen 3G label on my N4 till date

Mi|enko said:
GS2, Samsung edited to reflect 4G. Most customers would be perplexed by the constant camping on 3G, then flipping to H (HSPA+ which is branded as T-Mobile 4G), so the just modified their network bits in their OS to reflect 4G all the time. As far as the Nexus S, that's just a 3G device not capable of the HSPA+ bandwidth (it topped out at 7mbps).
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Yeah on the G2, the Froyo ROM showed H all the time, never 3G. For the Gingerbread ROM, though, it was changed to show 2G and 4G.
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I have a note 2 and you probably don't care, but my phone goes from H to 3G then to 4G for some reason in the DMV area. Tmobile too
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sandy-achar said:
I always have a H when idle and H+ when using the Internet. Never seen 3G label on my N4 till date
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Could redact differently based on the carrier and/or cell tower. Here's a conversation from the Galaxy Nexus forums.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2138601
All in all though, this is pretty well known and documented.
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Note_2 said:
I have a note 2 and you probably don't care, but my phone goes from H to 3G then to 4G for some reason in the DMV area. Tmobile too
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Sounds like you're running an AOSP rom on your N2. 3G for UMTS, H for HSPA+, and 4G for the LTE. If you were on a stock TMo ROM, it'd be 4G for UMTS and HSPA+, then 4G LTE for LTE.
Important to note is that the status bar icons ate just that. . .icons. You could actually modify these to display whatever you wanted. If I wanted it to say 8G when on LTE, I'd just have to make a custom icon and bake it in. Doesn't mean I actually have an 8G network.
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thats normal behavior, it changes to H when there is data flow. it just depends on the area and the signal/coverage in the area. on a custom rom, i see it change from a H to a H+ all the time(when data is flowing). rarely, i see a 3G.