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2G only mode

Guys/Girls,
For some strange reason I don't have an option for GSM (2G mode) only, I'm on three, anyone else have this same issue?
The problem I have is in my house my signal isn't great, I flick between 3G to browse the internet (as have no WiFi atm until Sky install it), but most of the time my phone will switch to 2G (roaming) which I have almost full signal when this happens. Though when I need to switch from 2G or 3G our visa versa the only way I can do it is search for network's then choose 3G or 2G on three, is there an alternative method?
I've downloaded tasker so I can set up my phone to switch to 2G and stay in that mode when I get home, when I get WiFi, though I'm trying to get my head around it atm. Can tasker solve my problem with a widget etc?
Thanks in advance!
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Three is a 3g only network
2g used to be available as a fallback when there was no 3 network but this ended a year or 2 ago
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searley said:
Three is a 3g only network
2g used to be available as a fallback when there was no 3 network but this ended a year or 2 ago
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That makes perfect sense now, not sure why I didn't think of that. Though my phone still falls back to a 2G network it just means I don't get a choice if it does it or not.
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You can try to change it by entering *#*#4636#*#* in dial pad under phone information.
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gm007 said:
You can try to change it by entering *#*#4636#*#* in dial pad under phone information.
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Awesome! That worked a treat! Now do you know if I can set tasker to run a task like that?
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Sorry no idea about tasker.
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For tasker you need to be rooted. You need to resign the rom then you can install toggle 2g by themasterbarron which gives a plug in to work with tasker
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You are lucky.. Where am the fall back was totally removed so there was no 2g service of any type as there is reasonable 3g coverage. But the signal never carried into my house
3 will remove the ability country wide at some point because the 2g service is provided by another carrier by roaming agreements which obviously costs 3
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searley said:
For tasker you need to be rooted. You need to resign the rom then you can install toggle 2g by themasterbarron which gives a plug in to work with tasker
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You are lucky.. Where am the fall back was totally removed so there was no 2g service of any type as there is reasonable 3g coverage. But the signal never carried into my house
3 will remove the ability country wide at some point because the 2g service is provided by another carrier by roaming agreements which obviously costs 3
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Ah I thought it was root only, will look into that thanks.
Yeah well if they remove 2G from my area I will have a mega problem as signal as poor very poor! I switched from Orange recently because of poor signal in my house, just got to hope that they increase the 3G coverage first!
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Is your phone from Three? If yes, if you flash one of the unbranded images with flashtool (no risk, no data loss) you'll gain many more settings.
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Ambroos said:
Is your phone from Three? If yes, if you flash one of the unbranded images with flashtool (no risk, no data loss) you'll gain many more settings.
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Yes it is... When you say no risk does that mean if something goes wrong it and I have to send it to three for repair they won't know? Sorry I've only had HTCs and Samsungs.
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maverick1103 said:
Yes it is... When you say no risk does that mean if something goes wrong it and I have to send it to three for repair they won't know? Sorry I've only had HTCs and Samsungs.
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Make an ftf backup of your firmware(there is how to in dev section),and you can flash it back when needed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2188129
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gm007 said:
Make an ftf backup of your firmware(there is how to in dev section),and you can flash it back when needed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2188129
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I've just come across that thread, thanks!
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AW: 2G only mode
"Free" devices interestingly have more options, see screenshot attached.
Make sure to report back your findings in case you unbrand your device.

Your screenshot displays what I was expecting to see on mine...but once I understood that three restrict certain settings in their firmware it made sense.
I will certainly upload a screenshot once I get around to following those instructions
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Get in touch with them and ask about home signal a box you can stick on your broadband
At least you will have good signal at home
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searley said:
Get in touch with them and ask about home signal a box you can stick on your broadband
At least you will have good signal at home
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Home signal with three? I thought only Vodafone offered that?
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http://www.three.co.uk/homesignal
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searley said:
http://www.three.co.uk/homesignal
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Going to give them a ring in a bit! Thanks!
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HTC One unlocked version AT&T LTE?

Does the unlocked version of the HTC One work on AT&T LTE? Has anyone bought the unlocked version (sim unlocked) and uses at&t LTE on it
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I have the unlocked developer edition on at&t in NYC. Works fine.
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HTC One - 64 GB Dev. Edition

The dev edition and the unlocked are the same with the bands I believe so anyway
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Working just fine with unlocked 32gb on AT&T LTE. During setup I put in my dim and selected AT&T and the phone did the rest.
Not done a speed test with it yet though.
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So I was just looking at my apn settings the phone auto selected for me and see the apn type is "phone." Anyone think there is an advantage to changing that the "ptn?"
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ScudMuffin said:
Working just fine with unlocked 32gb on AT&T LTE. During setup I put in my dim and selected AT&T and the phone did the rest.
Not done a speed test with it yet though.
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So I was just looking at my apn settings the phone auto selected for me and see the apn type is "phone." Anyone think there is an advantage to changing that the "ptn?"
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No, the AT&T One uses the same apn as the dev edition.

dirtbikerr450 said:
Does the unlocked version of the HTC One work on AT&T LTE? Has anyone bought the unlocked version (sim unlocked) and uses at&t LTE on it
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I have the 32gb unlocked from HTC with AT&T service and LTE works fine. See attached.
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Mja. Lets you modify apn!

Well I had seen someone asking about this and I gave it a try.
I updated from MF9 to MJA 4.3.
Inserted a non-sprint sim card (telcel from Mexico) and I was given the option to change or add apn.
I've been trying to attach the screen shot s but the app won't let me.?
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Ok there. That was my first post ever.
So does this mean it's already unlocked?
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Have you tried a T-Mobile or ATT sim in it?

No. I'll try to get a hold of one later on when I get out of work and try it.
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animal7296 said:
Have you tried a T-Mobile or ATT sim in it?
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I just tried a t-mobile sim and it still let's you add new apn. However the "NETWORK OPERATOR" option stays greyed out. I don't get the "invalid sim card" error like before.
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This screen shots I took them with the t-mobile sim card inserted.
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Try changing it from cdma/lte to gsm and see if it allows you to use T-Mobile service. I would do it but I don't know anyone that has T-Mobile.
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Can't try it until wednesday, my cousin is the only one I know who has t-mobile and he's gone for the week.
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animal7296 said:
Try changing it from cdma/lte to gsm and see if it allows you to use T-Mobile service. I would do it but I don't know anyone that has T-Mobile.
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I did this and it didn't find any network operators, just keeps on searching for about a minute then goes back to the same screen
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Good info
thanks

I can confirm mja let's you modify apn's, and now is even easier for us to install roma from other carriers, I'm running latest omega and I didn't even have to install stock kernel, just flash omega and modify apn's and i got 4g
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Juansegovia20 said:
I can confirm mja let's you modify apn's, and now is even easier for us to install roma from other carriers, I'm running latest omega and I didn't even have to install stock kernel, just flash omega and modify apn's and i got 4g
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So you are using another carrier and getting 4G on your L720?

gibrannz said:
So you are using another carrier and getting 4G on your L720?
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Yes and everything working so far
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Juansegovia20 said:
Yes and everything working so far
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Mind sharing your apn setting? Always wanted to install omega.
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Another noob question.. you change this on ##data#?

gabesir said:
Mind sharing your apn setting? Always wanted to install omega.
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Another noob question.. you change this on ##data#?
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No you must first install APN shortcut from the play store, use it to modify your apns ,
I almost never need to change my network mode! But just in case you do, go to your mobile networks or to your dialer and * #*#4636#*#* and then click on phone information,I hope it works for you man, please let me know if it works thanks
And just one more thing, after you modify your apns you might need to wait for a few minutes before you get 4g, it happened me
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Does anyone know if this works for the new MK2 build?

gdwilliams11 said:
Does anyone know if this works for the new MK2 build?
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It does buddie, it does
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I havnt updated to mja but my sprint gs4 is sim unlocked using the guides.. and i took my wifes iphone 5 nano sim and got 3g buttttt the area we are in (orlando resort) is pretty remote.. so i only see edge buttt there was one point that i saw h+ then 3g .. but when i get home now thag i know that the unlock works ill be downloading a new rom and enjoying gsm for the first time since the htc tilt,htc dream,htc touch pro 2..
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Juansegovia20 said:
It does buddie, it does
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When you say 4G what do you mean? Hspa+? I don't think that this phone even has the capability of band 4 lte. I wrote a guide on domestic sim unlock that is reliable and any input you have on it would be great. Check my profile for the link.
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AT&T Note 3 to T Mobile

Okay so I have an AT&T Note 3. And Im tired of dealing with AT&T haha. Too pricey. Is there any way I can use mine on T Mobiles network? Fixing to order a sim card from them. Will it work?
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You have to obtain a SIM unlock code. You can either call at&t if your the original owner and get one for free. I go overseas a lot so they gave it to me. Or you can obtain one for a price online.
If the phone is or gets blacklisted, it won't work on at&t or tmobile anymore.

It will work. I did it.
However, the service is not as good as a full blown T-Mobile phone and there will be no wifi calling. I am debatig on selling this and buying the T-Mobile brand phone...
If you do not care about wifi calling you can install the T-Mobile Rom on the ATT Note 3. I did and the phone service was much better.
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MC FLMJ1G said:
It will work. I did it.
However, the service is not as good as a full blown T-Mobile phone and there will be no wifi calling. I am debatig on selling this and buying the T-Mobile brand phone...
If you do not care about wifi calling you can install the T-Mobile Rom on the ATT Note 3. I did and the phone service was much better.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625946
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Is ur phone working fine with T-mo ROM?
I'm using att on t-mo but didn't know u can flash that rom to it. Can u please tell me how u flashed?
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Hmm okay ill try both. But if I decide on getting the t mobile note 3, where can I sell my att note 3?
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willxander3 said:
Is ur phone working fine with T-mo ROM?
I'm using att on t-mo but didn't know u can flash that rom to it. Can u please tell me how u flashed?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2625946
It is fairly straightforward. Was easy to install.
Once I installed the TMO os on the phone it WORKED BETTER. Again, I cannot wifi call but adding the tmo carrier option via the Modificatinator helped a lot and it FIXED THE GPS issue. It's obvious the GPS issue is ATT related. Was not easy adding the additional TMO carrier options on the Modificatinator but once figured it was cake.

Yep and then some
It will most certainly work on T-Mobile if you ended your contract/relationship with ATT legally/appropriately. Visit - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2485441 for some really important information while switching. There are changes to build.prop that can improve 4G speed , reception , etc.

Okay so I unlocked my phone. Im using t mobile now. But 4G doesnt work. Any way I can get it to work?
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Do u have the right APN setting?
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It says its on epc.tmobile.com. how do I set the right APN?
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i got an att note 3 on tmobile, lte works fine

Hmm. Maybe I need to call them or something. I have the pre paid 50.00 a month plan.
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I have same plan. I get 4gLTE. Change it to fast.t-mobile.com
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When I changed the APN to fast.tmobile.com it just went to G. Not 4G
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Do u have 4glte in ur área?
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Put the - in t-mobile
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I dont have lte but I have 4G. When I was on ATT I had 4G. And okay ill try that
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Okay now its says its on E
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sometimes its the sim card, i unlocked my freinds note 2 and tried hours getting 4g LTE on it, and then i popped in MY sim card, and the 4g lte worked. so she went out and got a new sim card and now she has 4g LTE.

Dang that sucks haha.
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Just got a new sim. Still only runs Edge /:
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Note 3 data only sim

Hey guys. I'm currently rocking a nexus 5 32 GB. But I've been thinking about getting a note 3 for the expandable storage. 32 fills up pretty quick. But mainly I want to have the note 3 for an mp3 player/web browser. If I buy an att prepaid sim with say 2gb of data and I throw it in the note 3 or any phone really would it allow data to work? Could I text? I've never heard of anyone trying. If it comes down to it I'll put $20 on a card and try it myself, but I'd rather not before asking.
Thanks in advance. I appreciate it!
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U can use google voice for texts at the very least
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XpyroXcoreX said:
Hey guys. I'm currently rocking a nexus 5 32 GB. But I've been thinking about getting a note 3 for the expandable storage. 32 fills up pretty quick. But mainly I want to have the note 3 for an mp3 player/web browser. If I buy an att prepaid sim with say 2gb of data and I throw it in the note 3 or any phone really would it allow data to work? Could I text? I've never heard of anyone trying. If it comes down to it I'll put $20 on a card and try it myself, but I'd rather not before asking.
Thanks in advance. I appreciate it!
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Unfortunately, I've tried this, and it's a no-go. If you try to use the prepaid SIM with the pay-as-you-use plan you will find that for smartphones there is no data connection available. It can only be used for text's and calls on ATT's network. It's ATT's nasty way or preventing people from doing exactly what we want to do.

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Unfortunately, I've tried this, and it's a no-go. If you try to use the prepaid SIM with the pay-as-you-use plan you will find that for smartphones there is no data connection available. It can only be used for text's and calls on ATT's network. It's ATT's nasty way or preventing people from doing exactly what we want to do.
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No... That is incorrect. The APNs have to be changed to gain data. I have done it a billion times.
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graydiggy said:
No... That is incorrect. The APNs have to be changed to gain data. I have done it a billion times.
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If you could tell me what I need to do, I'd appreciate it. I've been stuck without data because I was unaware of this.

Settings/wireless and networks/more/mobile networks/access point names.
You will have to add/change the APN to match with the APN of the network you are trying to use. So if it is GoPhone, Google that specific APN.
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So with setting the correct APNs data only will work... that's awesome... Now to find a decent priced note 3... Thanks man!
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You will have to have a data only SIM. But yes.
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graydiggy said:
You will have to have a data only SIM. But yes.
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Maybe that's my problem. Mine is just a regular SIM. But as far as I know, they do not give out "Data Only" SIMs for prepaid.

They do for mobile Hotspot.
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They do for mobile Hotspot.
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Ah, I see. I will have to work on that...