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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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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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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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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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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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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http://www.three.co.uk/homesignal
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Going to give them a ring in a bit! Thanks!
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Related
Has anybody messed with it?
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Several people
I may be wrong but I think its 2 screenshots of some settings.
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What are these settings, my nexus 4 when I dialed *#*#4636#*#*
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This has been known for awhile. They affect the behavior of the signal. GSM autoprl is best because it'll goto 2g networks when 3G isn't available and LTE lets you use AWS LTE if your carrier has any. And CDMA won't work for us and I feel LTE/GSM Auto will first look for LTE but then degrade to 3G then 2G.
Sure, I think so... maybe like 6 weeks ago or something
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2007943
the N4 has an active LTE chip that can be accessed though a menu ( that you obviously found. ) - It does only work on Canadian LTE bands ( rogers afaik ) and on some lucky markets of AT&T's LTE
It's the 1800 range i believe.
Stock setting is WCDMA
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No. Pretty sure you're the first.
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No. Pretty sure you're the first.
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Of how I love sarcasms
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nexus has LTE
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I'm considering buying an unlocked S3 mini. Can anyone using this on T-Mobile confirm that you can get 3G data please?
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I have an unbranded Phone working with T-Mobile here.
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I get H connection where im at all the time never goes to 3g xD
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Thanks mkruseonline and serophia for the replies. Guess I should ask too, are you in the US?
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Thanks mkruseonline and serophia for the replies. Guess I should ask too, are you in the US?
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Germany
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Im in the states and I have an unlocked mini, and I get H+ constantly but for aome reason sometimes the connection drops for 2-5 seconds.
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Im in the states and I have an unlocked mini, and I get H+ constantly but for aome reason sometimes the connection drops for 2-5 seconds.
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Drops from H+ to 3G or loses data completely?
This is off topic but how is the GPS on this phone for navigation? I currently have at&t Galaxy Note1 and it's GPS is spot on compared to my Captivate (Galaxy S1) which was horrible at best
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pklovecraft said:
Drops from H+ to 3G or loses data completely?
This is off topic but how is the GPS on this phone for navigation? I currently have at&t Galaxy Note1 and it's GPS is spot on compared to my Captivate (Galaxy S1) which was horrible at best
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it drops off completely sometimes. Maybe its the rom that im using? I'm not sure. But, it drops off completely and i have to turn on airplane mode and then turn it off.
Hi, i want to know if 2G connections are supported by Nexus7 or not. I w'd ask also about battery life?? Thanks
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Hi, i want to know if 2G connections are supported by Nexus7 or not.
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Unless you have a special Nexus with a built-in phone option, no. The Nexus isn't a phone.
It does wifi. And I use my phone as a wifi hotspot when I want to connect away form my home network.
Lol
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michaelkenward said:
Unless you have a special Nexus with a built-in phone option, no. The Nexus isn't a phone.
It does wifi. And I use my phone as a wifi hotspot when I want to connect away form my home network.
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I guess you didn't know that there is a GSM Nexus 7.... It uses the back hauled HSPA+ and will go to 2g/edge in poor signal areas.
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In fact, on the GSM variant, there is an options for "only use 2g" the save battery.
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In Algeria we have only 2g connection
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Yeah its works awesome, I am from India..no problem tried 4 Sims till now.
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Thanks, i can buy it now
Just wanted to confirm; there are actually 3G and an LTE version of the Nexus 7 out there. As to what dropofdreams2 said, there is an option on the 3G model to only use a 2G connection. The tablet will also switch over automatically when there is no 3G service available, or of the signal is too weak.
There is no LTE Nexus 7. It uses back hauled 3g known as HSPA+.
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and about battery life, any answers??
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and about battery life, any answers??
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Nope. Each device behaves differently and every person uses theirs differently. The answer is that you will have to find out by doing it yourself.
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Hey all. Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this after the US One update. I'm stock.
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Same here. Had full scale 4g before update. Now 1 bar.
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What carrier are you guys on? I haven't noticed anything on tmobile.
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Hey all. Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this after the US One update. I'm stock.
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jauls said:
Same here. Had full scale 4g before update. Now 1 bar.
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I'm on Sprint
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Sprint here too. I have Network Signal Info Pro and took a screenshot, which follows.
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I just changed network mode to cdma only then back to lte/cdma and now back to full bars.huh?
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jauls said:
I just changed network mode to cdma only then back to lte/cdma and now back to full bars.huh?
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I just did the same thing but it went right back to 1 bar. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact I use an Airave in my home? I wouldn't think it should though, because the signal strength reporting was ok prior to the update.
Mine went back to 1 bar too. This is the same problem I had when I first got the one and their first small update fixed that. Now back to the original crap reception on 4g.
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Well... I just hope they make a fix for it soon. It doesn't seem to be anything serious, just annoying.
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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?
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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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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#?
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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#?
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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?
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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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