Slow LTE - Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I live outside of a city with LTE so my phone sometimes fluctuates between that and HSPA+. So, I downloaded the new FCC Speedtest app and decided to try it out today. On HSPA+, my downloads were about 10-11 Mbps, but when it switched to LTE, I could only pull about half that. Is there any way to manually toggle between the two connection types or any suggestions to speed up my LTE speeds? In town, my speeds on LTE are great, not so much where I live.
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Get Throttled on HSPA+ then get LTE

This is just a thought, since I dont know exactly how it works but here it goes. Since LTE users on the pta APN get throttled and then switch to HSPA+ speeds APN. Wouldnt it work the other way. When your billing cycle starts over, stay on the HSPA+ to get the text from at&t about reaching the top 5%. Once you are throttled, then you change to the pta APN or am I just way off?
They can't throttle hspa. Only LTE. Thus I use hspa most of the time and swap to LTE for big burst speeds.
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Can you give a how-to for how to switch between LTE and hspa? is there a widget or toggle or do you have to go into the settings?
Have to manually swap the apn. LTE drops down to hspa easily, but going back to LTE always requires a reboot for me.
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gtkansan said:
Have to manually swap the apn. LTE drops down to hspa easily, but going back to LTE always requires a reboot for me.
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What APN do you use for HSPA?
There are 3-4 threads about it...
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Wait they can't throttle you on hspa ???
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ATT can throttle on the HSPA+ APN
I live in a non LTE area and I got the threatening message about being in the top 5% of data users. But have yet to be throttled. And that while using an EVO 3d.
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Yeah they can throttle HSPA+ now. My data just got throttled 3 days ago so I swapped the APN from LTE to HSPA+ and my speed is still 0.21 mbps
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Not sure if this helps anyone.. But here is what i do.
I live in a Non-LTE area, but i run the LTE apn until i get the annoying warning message. After i get that then i switch to the MEdiaNet apn and use it till my billing cycle is up. I have used over 13gb this billing cycle and have 4 more days left. but no throttle.
The fun is over for us att people I just got throttled after 2gb of use and now matter what apn I use I am only getting .15 down. I am miserable.
I switch from the H+ the LTE and the PTA apn and usually one of them will give me normal speeds.
List of APN's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20865445&highlight=apn#post20865445

Download speeds

so i live in ny and im getting around 10mb/s download speeds or less. Btw i have the tmobile version and i was wondering if theres a way to improve the speeds somehow.
The best I get is just under 15, Williamsburg. I don't think you can do much better without lte in NYC on T-Mobile from what I've seen.
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Are you talking about 3G or wifi?
In 3G (in Italy) i have 15-17mb in download with the international version.
With wifi i have 20 mb in donwload.

(Q).... Connection issue

Does the One have the connectivity issue as the Evo LTE? Connecting /holding a LTE connection..
Thanks
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scoot0073 said:
Does the One have the connectivity issue as the Evo LTE? Connecting /holding a LTE connection..
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I don't live in an LTE area normally, however I flew to both Dallas and Houston a couple days ago which are LTE areas. I did have trouble staying connected to LTE for long but I wasn't there long enough to tell if the weak connection was due to the airport/bad range/something else. I would flicker between that and 3G pretty often when I was using my phone, but I was also moving all over the place.
Yea it's a known issue with the Evo LTE just checking if it's still a problem. Thats the only thing that aggregate me. Just hoping it's not on the ONE im fixing to upgrade
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It connects a lot better to 4G but does not hold it very well in fringe LTE coverage areas from my experience all over florida

Significantly reduced signal strenght 4.3 or Sprint's bad timing?

I updated to 4.3 just now and my lte signal dropped to 1 to 2 bars, from a constant full bars. I noticed the performance is equal, meaning it may be just a difference in the sensitivity of the antenna's display of good signal however, it drops from lte a lot and stays in 3g. Has anyone verified the changes in the new modem? Any other bugs I should be aware on the 4.3 update? Also, Dashclock widget doesn't work on htc's widget lock screen.
Looks like before the bars were for voice and now they represent data. That's the way it is in AOSP.
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I imagined since there were no changes in performance per se. I just wish I could restrict my one to lte only. Either 4g or no data.
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I work relatively close to a 4G LTE tower before updated it showed full 4G with fast speeds, now it shows little to no 4G and would switch to 3G. I tried to Factory Data Reset with PRL and Profile Update and still shows the same, and I'm running all stock no root, and I'm pretty sure it's not the tower.
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I work relatively close to a 4G LTE tower before updated it showed full 4G with fast speeds, now it shows little to no 4G and would switch to 3G. I tried to Factory Data Reset with PRL and Profile Update and still shows the same, and I'm running all stock no root, and I'm pretty sure it's not the tower.
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So your on the updated prl (55016) then?
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Yup..
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Looks like before the bars were for voice and now they represent data. That's the way it is in AOSP.
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This is correct. You can verify this by connecting to wifi and then disabling mobile data. Your bars will instantly change.
I like this change. Now I can see that it is not possible to have more than 1 bar of 4G pretty much anywhere in my area. No wonder the speeds are so average and I almost never get 4G, the Sprint towers are all so far off the main roads that by the time the signal gets there it's weak. You can get full bars... if you drive up to the Sprint call center in Bristol, TN.
Before this change it was a lot harder to tell whether you were getting good 4G or 3G reception.
Edit: I just want to say that the reception itself is largely unchanged. When the phone goes from 4G to 3G, nothing will make it go back to 4G except toggling the data off and on.
Just to throw this in the mix. I live in an area that never had 4g but after this update I have it now. My signal strength also shows the one bar but coming from 3g only my connection now is 4g and has increased significantly. Maybe this new radio has a factor that extends the overall 4g coverage? I guess it could be just timing and 4g was opened up in my area but like I said I now have it after this update.

Why is T-Mobile 4G LTE Reception Spotty?

Why is T-Mobile 4G LTE Reception Spotty even in Metropolitan areas? Is there anyway to resolve this without getting involved with the whole CellSpot request?
Band 4 LTE has poor building penetration. If you're lucky to be in an area when they activate Band 12, you should see things improve.
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