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I recently installed the eOS 4.888.FiRe ROM on my Tilt and it has been working nicely. I noticed some additional settings that weren't available to me when I was using the stock HTC ROM. What is "HSDPA" and "AGPS"? And will it cost me to leave these turned on? I notice when I turn on HSDPA, I see a an "H" icon at the top rather than the usual "3G" icon.
nathanofseattle said:
I recently installed the eOS 4.888.FiRe ROM on my Tilt and it has been working nicely. I noticed some additional settings that weren't available to me when I was using the stock HTC ROM. What is "HSDPA" and "AGPS"? And will it cost me to leave these turned on? I notice when I turn on HSDPA, I see a an "H" icon at the top rather than the usual "3G" icon.
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what is google???
anyways simple answer:
hsdpa is a form of data connection which is faster than 3g.
agps stands for assisted gps. it is same as normal gps except that agps uses a server to cut down on the time to requires to get ur location using gps.
both won't cost u anything extra but ur carrier does need to support them for u to be able to use.
Thank you. I just wanted to know if they both won't cost me anything extra. You never know these days with Cellphone companies. I turned on both HSDPA and AGPS. So far my calls have been going through just fine and my navigation software continues to function normally.
How do I know if my carrier (AT&T) supports HSDPA and AGPS? I hate having to call customer service to ask so I'd rather ask here.
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Thank you. I just wanted to know if they both won't cost me anything extra. You never know these days with Cellphone companies. I turned on both HSDPA and AGPS. So far my calls have been going through just fine and my navigation software continues to function normally.
How do I know if my carrier (AT&T) supports HSDPA and AGPS? I hate having to call customer service to ask so I'd rather ask here.
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I used KaiserTweak to set my phone to HSDPA. I am an AT&T user. It's worked fine. No additional charges. I don't use AGPS so I can't respond to that part of your question.
theo44001 said:
I used KaiserTweak to set my phone to HSDPA. I am an AT&T user. It's worked fine. No additional charges. I don't use AGPS so I can't respond to that part of your question.
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Thanks for your response. I just use it for voice calls anyway. Do you see any improvements? Or is it specifically if you subscribe to a data plan? And do you also see an "H" icon at the top rather than a "3G" icon?
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Thanks for your response. I just use it for voice calls anyway. Do you see any improvements? Or is it specifically if you subscribe to a data plan? And do you also see an "H" icon at the top rather than a "3G" icon?
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HSDPA has to do with you data connection, so unless you have a data plan you really won’t see the benefit.
thesire said:
what is google???
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Google
n. company that was founded in 1998 at Stanford University by Larry Page and Sergey Brin and serves as a search engine on the Internet
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v. (Computers) search for data on the Web using the search mechanism Google; search on the Internet for particulars relating to new or likely to be girlfriend or boyfriend
HSDPA doesn't cost anything to activate, but if you are on a restrictive tariff it is a lot easier to run up over usage charges.
In the UK you need to usually be paying at least £30 a month to have the unlimited mobile broadband and e-mail. I would personally check your contract before you let the HSDPA run loose.
Rob
As mentioned multiple times, neither HSDPA or AGPS will cost you anything. You will know if you are in an area that has HSDPA because of the H icon. If it goes back to 3G then ATT does not have HSDPA in that area. If it goes to E then you are back on Edge. As also was mentioned, neither of these have any impact on your phone calls. HDSPA = Data and AGPS = using the cell towers or the internet to help you lock on your GPS location quicker.
And yes, if you had used google to search for this you would have probably got a better explanation in a less amount of time.
Hello everyone! I just took the plunge and ordered my Note from Amazon. I am a former Dell Streak/DJSteve user who has been forced to use the Samsung Infuse with MIUI for the past 6 months and I could NOT be happier about the Note.
When it arrives tomorrow, what are the steps I should take to ensure maximum compatibility with AT&T's network/speeds? What configurations settings should I modify? Lets start an AT&T optimization thread .
I anticipate rooting the device as soon as I turn it on - any suggestions for a custom ROM/Radio while you are at it?
Thank you all in advance for the tips AT&T users!
I'm another refugee from the Dell Streak 5, for which DJ Steve could do only so much. You'll like the Note much better.
I can't comment on rooting. Let me start the ball rollling on getting you going on AT&T.
I popped into my Note the SIM I was using on my Streak. Others can correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't need a special "4G SIM" since the Note is not an LTE phone.
Next relates to your plan. Your post doesn't say what it is. I'm on a metered 4G Smartphone plan. Others have grandfathered unlimited plans. In any event, you need a compatible plan. The one you had for the Streak (assuming it was on AT&T) should work.
Third is the APN. There are a ton of posts in this forum on this issue. The wap.cingular APN works fine (if you can't find configuration I can point you to a link) but it is only 3G. You want the phone APN for HSPA+. But ... you need to be properly provisioned for that APN. Just having the SIM and the plan aren't enough.
if you call customer service, when they look up your IMEI, you won't be provisioned for the phone APN, just wap.cingular. (You can tell by the SOC for your data plan but that is a whole another discussion). Call tech support, nicely explain the situation. You'll need to give them an IMEI from an AT&T 4G phone. I used the IMEI for the Infuse (easily findable through a Google search). The tech then could provision me for the phone APN (if you can't find configuration I can point you to a link). I wrote here about this experience on my blog, and the AT&T tech even responded with a comment!
Hope this helps.
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Third is the APN. There are a ton of posts in this forum on this issue. The wap.cingular APN works fine (if you can't find configuration I can point you to a link) but it is only 3G. You want the phone APN for HSPA+. But ... you need to be properly provisioned for that APN. Just having the SIM and the plan aren't enough.
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If you're grandfathered into an unlimited plan, stick with the wap.cingular apn. The newer apn's are regulated much more closely. You'll still get HSPA+, but your speeds probably won't go much higher than about 6mbit at best, which is more than enough for most things really.
The other thing to do is disable fast dormancy. From the dialer, enter in *#*#9900#*#* and disable fast dormancy.
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If you're grandfathered into an unlimited plan, stick with the wap.cingular apn. The newer apn's are regulated much more closely. You'll still get HSPA+, but your speeds probably won't go much higher than about 6mbit at best, which is more than enough for most things really.
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If you are metered rather than unlimited (can't tell from your post) I would think regulation would be a non-issue as you pay through the nose if you go over your limit. Also, I believe that theoretically the phone APN has a higher HSPA+ limit than the wap.cingular APN. Nevertheless, in practice my experience so far (in the Los Angeles area) is that the phone APN and the wap.cingular APN have similar speeds. So even if you are metered, you might want to skip going through the bother of provisioning to the phone APN as long as your speed is OK for your purposes on wap.cingular.
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The other thing to do is disable fast dormancy. From the dialer, enter in *#*#9900#*#* and disable fast dormancy.
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Definitely good advice. I forgot that one.
I'm on grandfathered data and have never noticed speed differences between the APN settings floating around on the net. It's not a 4G phone, so at max, any APN will give HSDPA+ (i.e. fake 4G) speeds any way you slice it.
I'm just using wap.cingular and it works well enough.
ericshmerick was the guy who got AT&T to recognize the GTN-7000 as a phone so we could have voice + data. When I called AT&T yesterday and gave them my Note's IMEI, they knew it was a phone, not a tablet. We all owe ericshmerick a lot of thanks, since now all we have to do is pick and choose among APNs, as opposed to dealing with AT&T trying to kick us off the voice network.
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ericshmerick was the guy who got AT&T to recognize the GTN-7000 as a phone so we could have voice + data. When I called AT&T yesterday and gave them my Note's IMEI, they knew it was a phone, not a tablet. We all owe ericshmerick a lot of thanks, since now all we have to do is pick and choose among APNs, as opposed to dealing with AT&T trying to kick us off the voice network.
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Indeed! Major kudos to Eric ^_^
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Indeed! Major kudos to Eric ^_^
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Thanks guys. It's hard to take credit for something that was broken to begin with. I just emailed and called a few people who probably wondered how I found their information (google is amazing).
But since AT&T has fixed their issues, we can all celebrate and use this awesome smartphone as it was designed.
Enjoy!
So I'm on a 2GB a month plan. Is wap.cingular ok or should I change it? If so, change it to what? And what does dormancy do?
Just got mine around lunch from UPS, threw the battery in just to
fire it up. WOW! Screen is clear as a bell & bright.
Mine came from Germany via Amazon. Sealed Note box, inside a box
with the adapter & instructions to set it to English.
It will get all setup tonight.
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So I'm on a 2GB a month plan. Is wap.cingular ok or should I change it? If so, change it to what? And what does dormancy do?
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On the 2GB plan, you should use the Phone apn. You'll get the best speeds that way. Just do a search for the correct settings on the Phone apn, and make sure that your account is provisioned for 4G. I believe you need to make sure that it using the "HSDPB" SOC code.
As for fast dormancy, you should disable that by entering *#*#9900#*#* in your dialer and disabling it from the menu that comes up. Basically, fast dormancy is a feature that some networks use in order to more quickly transition from an idle UMTS state all the way up to HSPA+ and back to idle again (when the connection isn't being used for a period of time). The idea behind this feature is to a) conserve battery life on your device and b) more efficiently scale and distribute available bandwidth between you and the cell tower. However, as AT&T does not use this feature on their network, having it enabled on your device can have a negative effect on your battery life in addition to making your data connection more erratic and generally slower (because there's wasted overhead being transmitted). The effect of disabling fast dormancy while on AT&T is that you'll notice the initialization time for your connection from idle to active will be slightly longer, but once active, it will stay at the highest available transmission rate (HSPA+) for longer before going back to idle instead of rapidly going between 3G, H, and H+ all the time.
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On the 2GB plan, you should use the Phone apn. You'll get the best speeds that way. Just do a search for the correct settings on the Phone apn, and make sure that your account is provisioned for 4G. I believe you need to make sure that it using the "HSDPB" SOC code.
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I'm not positive, but I believe that SOC code is for unlimited plans. Mine is a metered plan, and my new SOC code is HSSMT7. Once my SOC code changed to that, I was able to access the phone APN. Before I could not.
I'm curious if anyone else with a metered plan can confirm the different SOC code.
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I'm not positive, but I believe that SOC code is for unlimited plans. Mine is a metered plan, and my new SOC code is HSSMT7. Once my SOC code changed to that, I was able to access the phone APN. Before I could not.
I'm curious if anyone else with a metered plan can confirm the different SOC code.
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I'm on the 2GB Smartphone plan for 4G and my code, assuming I'm looking in the right place in my bill, is HSSM. I had to view my data plan details for my prior month billing to find it. But, I'm not sure that's the correct code because nowhere do I see the acronym SOC.
In any case, I'm using the "phone" APN settings and I get 6.6 down and 1.0 up.
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I'm on the 2GB Smartphone plan for 4G and my code, assuming I'm looking in the right place in my bill, is HSSM. I had to view my data plan details for my prior month billing to find it. But, I'm not sure that's the correct code because nowhere do I see the acronym SOC...
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I view my SOC code by the following method which I learned somewhere on this incredibly useful forum:
1. Log on to my AT&T Wireless account.
2. Choose Manage Features.
3. On the next displayed page, find and choose the hyperlink to your data plan. Mine is called DataPro 2 GB for Smartphones on 4G.
4. On the resulting popup window, take a look at the URL, particularly the end, which shows the SOC code. My URL ends: olamexecute?selectedFtrSoc=HSSMT7
Admittedly this roundabout way of viewing your SOC code is sort of like driving from LA to SF by way of NY. Reportedly there is an easier way viewing your data details, but if that alternative works, I can't figure out how to use it. Perhaps one of the countless more knowledgeable people on this forum can chime in.
FWIW, the very helpful AT&T tech who helped me provision my account so I could use the phone APN told me that the actual SOC code wasn't that critical, there were several that would get me to where I wanted to go (the HSPA+ fast lane).
Hope this helps.
GenghisKhent said:
I view my SOC code by the following method which I learned somewhere on this incredibly useful forum:
1. Log on to my AT&T Wireless account.
2. Choose Manage Features.
3. On the next displayed page, find and choose the hyperlink to your data plan. Mine is called DataPro 2 GB for Smartphones on 4G.
4. On the resulting popup window, take a look at the URL, particularly the end, which shows the SOC code. My URL ends: olamexecute?selectedFtrSoc=HSSMT7
Admittedly this roundabout way of viewing your SOC code is sort of like driving from LA to SF by way of NY. Reportedly there is an easier way viewing your data details, but if that alternative works, I can't figure out how to use it. Perhaps one of the countless more knowledgeable people on this forum can chime in.
FWIW, the very helpful AT&T tech who helped me provision my account so I could use the phone APN told me that the actual SOC code wasn't that critical, there were several that would get me to where I wanted to go (the HSPA+ fast lane).
Hope this helps.
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Thanks! I'm on HSSMT7. Also, it's good to know that the SOC code isn't that critical. Thanks again.
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Thanks! I'm on HSSMT7. Also, it's good to know that the SOC code isn't that critical. Thanks again.
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You're welcome. One caution. I'm relating what the AT&T tech told me (about the actual SOC code not being that critical). He seemed knowledgeable as well as helpful. But I can't 100% confirm. Though after his change I had no problem accessing the phone APN.
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I'm on the 2GB Smartphone plan for 4G and my code, assuming I'm looking in the right place in my bill, is HSSM. I had to view my data plan details for my prior month billing to find it. But, I'm not sure that's the correct code because nowhere do I see the acronym SOC.
In any case, I'm using the "phone" APN settings and I get 6.6 down and 1.0 up.
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Good point. I hadn't thought of that.
Hmm thats weird my code is olamexecute?selectedFtrSoc=LTESMT2....I used my wifes APN settings from her skyrocket and I get way faster download results in speedtest from 1.92mbs to 6.0mbs, but it times out in the upload phase of the test. MMS works, text works, phone calls work and internet works. I'm gonna try the "phone" apn settings next. Her skyrocket APN name is ATT pta. We don't have 4g LTE in our area yet. I'm on the 2GB 4g LTE data plan (I had a skyrocket too and returned it) and so is she. I also have AT&T's LTE provisioned SIM card in my Note kept over from my skyrocket. Should I call tech support and have my IMEI provisioned for HSPA+?
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Should I call tech support and have my IMEI provisioned for HSPA+?
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Namuh, I'll let better minds than mine answer that. My advise is to hold off until you get those answers. Once you go back you may never go back, if you know what I mean.
On the phone with tech support. My account is provisioned for 4G Hspa+. under a different imei number than the note though. They did give me the option to replace the imei number that is on my account with the Notes imei number. Not sure what to do. She told me that her supervisor told her that the only apn settings she could give out is wap.cingular because its an international phone. But wap.cingular only gives 3g speeds right? I'm in an Hspa+ area. I'm off the phone with tech support. I'm going to wait on a reply in this thread or other threads to see if I should have them apply my Notes imei to my account.
Is this true?
From: http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...ne-tmobile-prepaid-you-need-data-roaming.html
6tr6tr wrote
I was having issues with poor latency/delays and slow connection speeds with TMobile. I called them and they said even though prepaid 4G doesn't have data roaming, if you have data roaming turned off on your phone, it won't get full 4G speeds. I didn't believe them but decided to try it. My speed went from 3mbps to 13mbps! I then had a friend (on an HTC One S) do the same (he also had data roaming off) and he saw the same boost in speed!
** IMPORTANT: for this to work properly with the network, you need to reset the APN to default after turning on data roaming.
(They assured me that we won't get charged for data roaming because the account doesn't have that enabled for other providers)
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I tried it, but didn't notice any difference. Why don't you give it a try?
Just did it... not sure if placebo or not but I seem to be getting a *tad* bit better signal in my office (which is usually a blackhole)
yeah.... placebo.
If anything, resetting the APN would impact things as traffic for various APNs gets handled differently and may result in lower pings or higher speeds.
For the most part though, the only thing that affects pings on a handset that you have any control over is the radio firmware being used or the handset reception due to how you hold the phone. The rest is regulated by the load on the cell (tower) you're attached to, backhaul supporting the tower, and the APN you're using which directs traffic appropriately through the network.
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Just did it... not sure if placebo or not but I seem to be getting a *tad* bit better signal in my office (which is usually a blackhole)
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yeah.... placebo.
If anything, resetting the APN would impact things as traffic for various APNs gets handled differently.
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You got handed a sugar pill..
Data roaming, affects "data"... It wouldn't make the difference to your signal bars. Signal fluctuates way too much to even compare, even standing in the "same" spot, holding the phone with the same hand facing the same direction...
Thanks for posting this. Normally my speeds were 0-1.xMbps but after trying this I've gotten 6.87Mbps down on my 1st test.
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You got handed a sugar pill..
Data roaming, affects "data"... It wouldn't make the difference to your signal bars. Signal fluctuates way too much to even compare, even standing in the "same" spot, holding the phone with the same hand facing the same direction...
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getting H instead of 3g affects data, no?
starting today att brought back unlimited data for tv subscribers for a limited time great right? there will be a 22gb limit then you will get throttled, not so great. you'll also have to forfeit your tethering. do we think we could find a way to maintain tethering while going to the new unlimited data plan?
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starting today att brought back unlimited data for tv subscribers for a limited time great right? there will be a 22gb limit then you will get throttled, not so great. you'll also have to forfeit your tethering. do we think we could find a way to maintain tethering while going to the new unlimited data plan?
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Haven't read the whole thread, but try http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/how-to-unlock-tethering-android-4-4-to-t3227206
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starting today att brought back unlimited data for tv subscribers for a limited time great right? there will be a 22gb limit then you will get throttled, not so great. you'll also have to forfeit your tethering. do we think we could find a way to maintain tethering while going to the new unlimited data plan?
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Sprint and T-mo do the same type of throtling but it's now what it sounds, they only throttle you on congested times and it's not like they drop technologies. you stay on LTE but other users that havent hit the cap or aren't unlimited get speed priority so it only really affects you if you're somewhere like san fran in rush hour where everyone is trying to use spotify at the same time...
like the other comment said that should allow you to tether but it's missing a step try this if you cant get that to work:
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this is how I got it to work on sprint while ruining 5.1.1
1. Enable developer mode (Go to Settings -> About phone, and click on the build number until the developer mode is enabled).
2. Enable USB debugging under Settings -> Developer options
3. Connect the device with a USB cable to a computer with the Android SDK platform tools installed
4. Start an adb shell: adb shell
5. In the adb shell, run this command: settings put global tether_dun_required 0
Edit the Build.Prop
6. Then open a root explorer and open build.prop add net.tethering.noprovisioning=true to bottom
sprint sold phones come unlocked, there is no difference between a sprint nexus and an unlocked version ( unless you buy the international version)
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So they ding your speeds after 22gb? Yeah no thanks. I was interested in this but found out its actually more expensive then what I am paying now, and I lose tethering. With the data rollover I have, there hasnt been a month where I havent had at least 19-20gb to play with
I SWITCHED TO T-MOBILE AFTER 10 YEARS ON AT&T AND I LOVE IT. 2 LINES UNLIMITED EVERYTHING AND NO SPEED REDUCTION OR THROTTLING BEYOND 23GB AND NO DEPRIORITIZING EITHER. $100 bucks!
@carlosjcar: Did we forget that our caps lock button was on?
Keep in mind that T-Mobile has BingeOn, and it's automatically enabled unless you enter your settings and shut it off. That is of course unless you like throttled video.
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@carlosjcar: Did we forget that our caps lock button was on?
Keep in mind that T-Mobile has BingeOn, and it's automatically enabled unless you enter your settings and shut it off. That is of course unless you like throttled video.
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Sorry did not have my glasses on and I can see Caps Better. Yes, I did disabled Binge For my line (left the Wife's on she won't notice). I went to At&t to see the offer and see if it would benefit me and I would just add two people from my family to have the 4 lines, and Switch to Direct TV also.
At&t and Direct TV will still be more than what I have .
At&t is the best Network in my Area but is too expensive.
I'm Staying with T-Mobile because of My better plan (No limits, no throttling, no deprioritizing in my local area, 2 lines 100 bucks) and I did not like Direct tv's equipment. I will keep Cable with my Tivo (6 Tunners 2TB capacity).
If Tmob gets more low freq Lte spectrum it will be better at penetrating buildings and icreased distances and then it can give The big ones a run for its money.
For now it meets my needs very good even when I go to Germany visit to my Daughter I can Txt and get Low speed Data.
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*chuckles* I wasn't questioning your choice, though I did feel it was a bit odd mentioning it in a thread regarding AT&T unlimited data. Be thankful however that you're not on a MVNO like MetroPCS or Boost, since it's de rigueur to throttle LTE on most MVNOs, a notable exception being the GSM half of Straight Talk.
Hello just got a U2, At&t, what Sims have people been able to successfully use on it besides the att&t? Would like to connect mine cheaply. Anyone tried Mint or Project Fi?
I just got today my U2 ATT unlocked, I put in an ATT SIM and a T-Mobile SIM and both worked, and both showing LTE, although ATT held onto LTE more often, T-Mobile went down to HSPA+ or HSPA as I moved around deeper indoors.
Red pocket works for voice and text, but not data. I'm waiting on a Truphone sim to arrive as I've heard this works across the board.
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Red pocket works for voice and text, but not data. I'm waiting on a Truphone sim to arrive as I've heard this works across the board.
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I've had Truphone for a year with no issues. It should work. I tried Ting and H2O originally but had the same issue of no data. Probably an APN settings issue.
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Red pocket works for voice and text, but not data. I'm waiting on a Truphone sim to arrive as I've heard this works across the board.
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I've also now ordered Truphone SIM.
I only have had my UB2 about 2 days and still learning, but know enough I think the Truphone incoming-centric cost structure probably is a good part of the solution. Thanks for advising Truphone works inside the UB2
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I've had Truphone for a year with no issues. It should work. I tried Ting and H2O originally but had the same issue of no data. Probably an APN settings issue.
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Thanks for the Truphone tip, I got it and I been averaging about 2MB/day so 18c/day = $5 / month extrapolation, and so I'd struggle to find anything lower cost. What I learned is the LTE really drains battery life, about 25%/hour, vs 5%/hour on BT tether, so the idea I can spend all day out just with the UB2 is not viable so I'd be using for brief traveling light situations, popping down shops, walking the dog, that sort of thing. Around here AT&T is the best coverage. One thing i've learned however is the UB2 for some reason will lose the BT and Wifi connection and so connect to LTE so causing some demand, so I've had to disable cellular and manually enable when I intend to go away from the phone with just the UB2, that should lower my monthly cost to significantly less than $5 extrapolation.
My UB2 would be become more useful once AW2 and Android Pay comes out then it really becomes me single device to head to the local supermarket.
I use H2O Wireless for voice. Prepaid, minimum $10 for 90 days. Calls are something like 5¢ per minute, same for data & SMS. I turned data off, though, because the watch keeps hitting the data connection, running the balance down.
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I use H2O Wireless for voice. Prepaid, minimum $10 for 90 days. Calls are something like 5¢ per minute, same for data & SMS. I turned data off, though, because the watch keeps hitting the data connection, running the balance down.
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Right, what I also found the watch keeps hitting the cellular data connection, when there is no good reason, I'd be near Wifi all the time and at most it moves from BT to Wifi but it seems to not go to Wifi, it seems to go LTE if the BT is hiccup.
So the UB2's option for cellular is very dumb, it only allows on/off, I can't say, disable LTE for data but keep the SIM on for incoming calls. So that means I must take specific action when I leave the phone behind, which is to enable cellular.
I guess data is on, it's reporting on & I don't see a setting to turn it off.
I leave my phone on 24/7: cellular on, WiFi on, Bluetooth on, data on (apparently). But I sent a text message from a Google Voice account to my watch 5 minutes ago & the watch hasn't received it so I don't know. I don't want data on it, except WiFi, so it's not been a problem for me. Bill's about $3 a month & I have coverage everywhere so I love it.
Just checked & the SMS test message did go through. Didn't alert so I didn't know it until I looked for it. Guess the volume's down.
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I've had Truphone for a year with no issues. It should work. I tried Ting and H2O originally but had the same issue of no data. Probably an APN settings issue.
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Yes, the APN couldn't be modified from the watch. I am not sure if there is a small tool so that we can modify it from the paired phone.
Too bad my LG urbane 2 is being tortured atm. Will update when I get it back.
For the record, it's 200mb free each month plus calling and texting.
My total cost was $1
Drops77 said:
Too bad my LG urbane 2 is being tortured atm. Will update when I get it back.
For the record, it's 200mb free each month plus calling and texting.
My total cost was $1
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Couldn't set up APN for the Freedompop SIM card, did you?
My watch is being repaired, other places say the same. Hopefully 2.0 will bring some configuration.
Drops77 said:
My watch is being repaired, other places say the same. Hopefully 2.0 will bring some configuration.
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Unfortunately I don't think that option is available yet on 2.0 either.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidWear/comments/604p4w/any_payasyougo_sims_work_with_gsm_watches/
I didn't spot any cellular configuration options in AW2 DP
@moderator please apply lg-urbane-2 tag.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/lg-urbane-2
damiloveu said:
Couldn't set up APN for the Freedompop SIM card, did you?
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I couldnt either. US mobile did work for me with no issue. I might try truphone, US mobile is $9 a month hopefully can average lower for the watch with truphone pay per use.
So now that 2.0 is out, I got the truphone Sim but it's not working. Any tips?
Drops77 said:
So now that 2.0 is out, I got the truphone Sim but it's not working. Any tips?
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it worked before 2.0 but not after? Or first time trying the SIM? What's not working, cellular and data?