I just bought an HTC One Developer Edition (DE). When I put my AT&T SIM card in I am able to use LTE, H, 3G, and Edge, but it does not say ATT LTE or ATT 4 G. I have used unlocked phones with my SIM card and I always get the AT&T splash page and ATT signal indicator, but with the DE I do not see the AT&T splash page. Is that ok?
My concern is that I do not see ATT 4G for my signal and I notice that my bars are one or two lower than my Z10. Unfortunately I can not check my signal strength with the Z. I know that the number of bars is not always the most accurate way to measure signal strength. Does H on the DE equal AT&T 4 G?
Is there any thing I should down load to make sure that the radios for the DE are optimized for ATT's network or am I all set? Is there anything else I should load on the phone to make it run better for AT&T?
giper54 said:
I just bought an HTC One Developer Edition (DE). When I put my AT&T SIM card in I am able to use LTE, H, 3G, and Edge, but it does not say ATT LTE or ATT 4 G. I have used unlocked phones with my SIM card and I always get the AT&T splash page and ATT signal indicator, but with the DE I do not see the AT&T splash page. Is that ok?
My concern is that I do not see ATT 4G for my signal and I notice that my bars are one or two lower than my Z10. Unfortunately I can not check my signal strength with the Z. I know that the number of bars is not always the most accurate way to measure signal strength. Does H on the DE equal AT&T 4 G?
Is there any thing I should down load to make sure that the radios for the DE are optimized for ATT's network or am I all set? Is there anything else I should load on the phone to make it run better for AT&T?
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H= HSPA
LTE=4G
The bars are actually more accurate than on an AT&T based firmware, AT&T jacks the bars up to misreport the signal. Look in settings to get the signal meter in dB.
Check your APN and make sure you're using the right one it's either PTA or PHONE.
The apn says phone. When I tried pta the phone didn't work. Ii think you are correct because my phone didn't go to edge today in my office.
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he is right. I had both and side by side DBm was fine but signal on the dev is accurate and lower. I can tell you that there is a report that the 2.17 update "fixes" this. As for the AT&T splash screen, its an unbranded so no splash, no bloat ware etc. You could always put the signal icons back and flash the splash screen after going S off. You actually can then change CID two to CWS_01 I think and then reboot and the fancy LTE icons will show. Don't just do that of course grab the right post and follow carefully. Changing CID can perma brick.
This is my first android I will definitely not be trying much yet
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giper54 said:
This is my first android I will definitely not be trying much yet
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The phone SHOULDNT be showing 4G or 4G lte icons. The icons at the top don't reflect what SIM card is in your phone... Like on your Z10 if you put a tmobile SIM in it's gonna still show the ATT icons it's just software.
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giper54 said:
This is my first android I will definitely not be trying much yet
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Once you get used to it and start tinkering, If you change the CID (Carrier ID) to CWS__001 (ATT) you will get the correct ATT icons. Some of us like the ATT icons, i know i do.You must be s-off to do that. If you decide to do it, just change CID in fastboot. Its safe and easy. No need to worry about the 2nd CID change that some of the threads talk about. It's been proven to not be needed. If you are going to stay stockish and get OTA updates, you'll just need to change CID back to the DEV cid to get the updates. Once S-Off, it's as easy as a command. fastboot oem writecid CWS__001.
Hi,
I've recently got a HTC One using the Three network which is great, however the only thing is that when it is using Hspa+ it still only says H, it would be really useful to have a H+ icon. Does anyone know of a solution? if they do that would be great.
Many thanks,
Sam
If I'm right, we don't have that icon. H+ is included in H on the international version.
I believe that t-mobile has it though.
Ah, it's a shame HTC didn't include that. Is there any mod that could correct this without root or would I have to root?
But my HTC ONE has no 4G at all, and I checked the whole area, not just one spot. I tried update my profile(No idea what's that for) and PRL, and nothing helps at all. Also, after update profile, I actually got stuck, lost cell connection for all. But that's a separated issue I'll say. I guess it should be that Sprint faked their coverage( I turned on my ATT phone with Tmobile sim, solid 4G LTE) just to get subscribers, and I'm pretty upset that with all the seemingly good news about Sprint, the real steps are so small, compare to other 4 carriers.
Do you think the phone itself is on the fault? I'm in the Irvine CA area, might be part of the Santa Ana market they are talking about just went online with 4G, which is just not true.
ctiger said:
But my HTC ONE has no 4G at all, and I checked the whole area, not just one spot. I tried update my profile(No idea what's that for) and PRL, and nothing helps at all. Also, after update profile, I actually got stuck, lost cell connection for all. But that's a separated issue I'll say. I guess it should be that Sprint faked their coverage( I turned on my ATT phone with Tmobile sim, solid 4G LTE) just to get subscribers, and I'm pretty upset that with all the seemingly good news about Sprint, the real steps are so small, compare to other 4 carriers.
Do you think the phone itself is on the fault? I'm in the Irvine CA area, might be part of the Santa Ana market they are talking about just went online with 4G, which is just not true.
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Call Sprint support...
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ctiger said:
But my HTC ONE has no 4G at all, and I checked the whole area, not just one spot. I tried update my profile(No idea what's that for) and PRL, and nothing helps at all. Also, after update profile, I actually got stuck, lost cell connection for all. But that's a separated issue I'll say. I guess it should be that Sprint faked their coverage( I turned on my ATT phone with Tmobile sim, solid 4G LTE) just to get subscribers, and I'm pretty upset that with all the seemingly good news about Sprint, the real steps are so small, compare to other 4 carriers.
Do you think the phone itself is on the fault? I'm in the Irvine CA area, might be part of the Santa Ana market they are talking about just went online with 4G, which is just not true.
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OC in general is pretty spotty whenever I go there, but that could be the One's weak radio. Either way check out this map.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4145-sprint-lte-coverage-maps-via-sensorly/
ctiger said:
But my HTC ONE has no 4G at all, and I checked the whole area, not just one spot. I tried update my profile(No idea what's that for) and PRL, and nothing helps at all. Also, after update profile, I actually got stuck, lost cell connection for all. But that's a separated issue I'll say. I guess it should be that Sprint faked their coverage( I turned on my ATT phone with Tmobile sim, solid 4G LTE) just to get subscribers, and I'm pretty upset that with all the seemingly good news about Sprint, the real steps are so small, compare to other 4 carriers.
Do you think the phone itself is on the fault? I'm in the Irvine CA area, might be part of the Santa Ana market they are talking about just went online with 4G, which is just not true.
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Get close to a known 4g tower (within a few blocks,) check s4gru.com if you don't know where any are. If you still don't get any, there is something wrong with your phone. Sprint 4G on 1900Mhz is pretty fragile and the One drops it pretty easily, unfortunately the S4 actually is better in this regard.
uh60james said:
Get close to a known 4g tower (within a few blocks,) check s4gru.com if you don't know where any are. If you still don't get any, there is something wrong with your phone. Sprint 4G on 1900Mhz is pretty fragile and the One drops it pretty easily, unfortunately the S4 actually is better in this regard.
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Is it the metal casing that makes the htc one signal not as good as say the s4's? And if so, can a mod be done to help the antenna get better reception?
dobbs3x said:
Is it the metal casing that makes the htc one signal not as good as say the s4's? And if so, can a mod be done to help the antenna get better reception?
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No idea really, my buddy at work picks up 4g on his S4 several blocks away from where I can in several locations. I'm actually going to flash another radio to see if it helps. May be worth a shot for you too.
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The Sprint Coverage Map is an approximation. However, I will agree that a lot of the information is not specifically accurate. For example, the map has shown 4G LTE for my town for over 3 months now. Realistically, I've only been picking up LTE for less then a month now. I don't know what criteria they base the coverage map on (or their underlying intentions) but I have always considered it "somewhat accurate."
The HTC One doesn't help itself either. My wife's Note2 picks up solid LTE in our house; whereas my One can barely hold a 3G reception sitting next to her.
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OC in general is pretty spotty whenever I go there, but that could be the One's weak radio. Either way check out this map.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4145-sprint-lte-coverage-maps-via-sensorly/
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uh60james said:
Get close to a known 4g tower (within a few blocks,) check s4gru.com if you don't know where any are. If you still don't get any, there is something wrong with your phone. Sprint 4G on 1900Mhz is pretty fragile and the One drops it pretty easily, unfortunately the S4 actually is better in this regard.
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followed the link, interestingly, saw the coverage all along the road, I think it should be one or two person with the app driving through and sent back the signal strength. The real coverage should be wider, cause I don't know any antenna will transmit such a pattern
They have technician that have receivers in their vehicles and as they drive around doing work they collect the signal data.
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ctiger said:
But my HTC ONE has no 4G at all, and I checked the whole area, not just one spot. I tried update my profile(No idea what's that for) and PRL, and nothing helps at all. Also, after update profile, I actually got stuck, lost cell connection for all. But that's a separated issue I'll say. I guess it should be that Sprint faked their coverage( I turned on my ATT phone with Tmobile sim, solid 4G LTE) just to get subscribers, and I'm pretty upset that with all the seemingly good news about Sprint, the real steps are so small, compare to other 4 carriers.
Do you think the phone itself is on the fault? I'm in the Irvine CA area, might be part of the Santa Ana market they are talking about just went online with 4G, which is just not true.
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Sprint really just needs to work on their coverage, they told my mates and I that they would have lte over here by the end of LAST April... nothing. We have 4g signal here, I know this because my old htc evo picked up 4g signals at home, but now that i'm using the one, it has no backwards compatibility with 4g and can only use 4glte, so the unlimited data im paying for is pointless because when i'm home I use wifi since its faster than the 3g i'm picking up (obviously). Really considering the switch to T-mobile when my contract is up.
ctiger said:
But my HTC ONE has no 4G at all, and I checked the whole area, not just one spot. I tried update my profile(No idea what's that for) and PRL, and nothing helps at all. Also, after update profile, I actually got stuck, lost cell connection for all. But that's a separated issue I'll say. I guess it should be that Sprint faked their coverage( I turned on my ATT phone with Tmobile sim, solid 4G LTE) just to get subscribers, and I'm pretty upset that with all the seemingly good news about Sprint, the real steps are so small, compare to other 4 carriers.
Do you think the phone itself is on the fault? I'm in the Irvine CA area, might be part of the Santa Ana market they are talking about just went online with 4G, which is just not true.
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The phone isn't at fault. I had the same problem, sprint still shows i'm in a good LTE area and there's nothing here lol. Tested on 4 different devices.
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Sprint really just needs to work on their coverage, they told my mates and I that they would have lte over here by the end of LAST April... nothing. We have 4g signal here, I know this because my old htc evo picked up 4g signals at home, but now that i'm using the one, it has no backwards compatibility with 4g and can only use 4glte, so the unlimited data im paying for is pointless because when i'm home I use wifi since its faster than the 3g i'm picking up (obviously). Really considering the switch to T-mobile when my contract is up.
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Man, 4G wimax is not 4G LTE, and Sprint will not do anything with the wimax anymore. But I agree with you on Sprint needs to work on their coverage quick.
ajent said:
The phone isn't at fault. I had the same problem, sprint still shows i'm in a good LTE area and there's nothing here lol. Tested on 4 different devices.
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Well, as demo27vol1 posted the s4gru link, there should be 4G coverage on many parts of the place I am at, that site should be from crowd source, not Sprint. What I found is, if I look at the s4gru's coverage very carefully, I can find one place with much stronger signal, where my phone can get 4G, (I'm not driving around with that map and my phone to try to map the coverage myself, I just went to that place and saw 4G and come back to verify with others' report and found it's relevant.) So I do think the phone is at fault now, means it has some problem with the 4G that it can't get the signal if it's weaker. I guess we should discuss this a lot because I would like everyone having similar experience to be aware of the problem.
It's generally understood at this point that metal phones get worse reception. HTC devices do not have a good track record of having good reception on Sprint as it is (Evo 4G LTE for example).
Most people who have compared the HTC One to an S3/S4 have found that the HTC One gets similar or slightly worse coverage (especially regarding 4G LTE). There are a few who say it's better on the One, but they are in the minority. The largest issue I have noticed on the One is that once it drops the 4G down to 3G, it requires an act of God to make it want to go back to 4G if your 4G signal is only marginal.
This is only a real problem because Sprint's 3G is so bad that a terrible 4G signal is actually faster and more reliable than full bars of 3G in many areas.
I agree, my GF has the GS4 and it holds on to the weak LTE signal for dear life while my One prefers not even to try to get it lol
sometimes i'll 4636 and force it out of spite
Just bought the Moto X and found out that it won't be compatible with SPARK once it is rolled out. Now I don't want to debate how reliable Sprint is when they say they are going to roll out new service... we all know how that goes. My question is whether other people have debated switching to the Nexus 5 or something similar that will support Tri-Band just because of that reason.
Nope, this phone is too amazing. Their 4G speed on 1900 is fine for me. I would love spark, but it is too limited and is broken in our area anyways.
JasonK75 said:
Nope, this phone is too amazing. Their 4G speed on 1900 is fine for me. I would love spark, but it is too limited and is broken in our area anyways.
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I agree with you. This is an awesome phone. I may stick with it and just deal with the SPARK envy!
This and when Sprint would have Spark in my area the 3rd generation MotoX will be out. Ya that wasn't a typo, 3rd. You may call me looney but this is Sprint we are talking about.
Sprint has a history of selling phones for a nonexistant network with each recent jump in technology (wimax, LTE, now spark). The Sprint Spark phones do not work properly in all areas yet and will often not pick up a 4g signal at all if you are not in an official network vision market. As Sprint would say "We are updating the towers" There is a lot more info at s4gru
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This is the first phone I've had that is compatible with sprint spark. I'm in a spark area, but I don't see the sprint spark Icon. I just see the regular lte symbol. Do you guys see the spark symbol?
thank god they got rid of that icon. if your in a spark area your using it.
graffix31 said:
thank god they got rid of that icon. if your in a spark area your using it.
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Was the Icon that terrible?
you know what the logo looks like when you boot the phone? the spinning like star. that is what was up top spinning the whole time.