Tmobile signal boost? - Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So im on tmobile for a week now and my signal runs from 1-2 bars (3 if im lucky for some reason) and im on LTE right now but somtimes im on G, E and H even if im outside. I checked Tmobiles coverage on their website and i saw that im in a place where the signal should be "Excellent".
Is there i need to configure on my z1 to get that "excellent" signal or its on them?
I live in Reno NV if u want to see the coverage
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arcsuser said:
So im on tmobile for a week now and my signal runs from 1-2 bars (3 if im lucky for some reason) and im on LTE right now but somtimes im on G, E and H even if im outside. I checked Tmobiles coverage on their website and i saw that im in a place where the signal should be "Excellent".
Is there i need to configure on my z1 to get that "excellent" signal or its on them?
I live in Reno NV if u want to see the coverage
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I've been reading threads on several devices about Tmobile's speed and signal strength all day because I want to switch to Tmobile but don't know which device to use.but from what I can tell there are 2 different APN settings you can use and several different settings you have to enable/disable to get the right combination to get the optimal speeds and signal strength. But, one of the more puzzling things is that the type of SIM card you use also makes a difference....such as, if it was cut down from a regular SIM (weak) or if its a "prepay unlimited" SIM or just "unlimited" (the latter is better). Thats all I can deduce so far so you may want to look on xda at other devices and how they perform on Tmobile..

arcsuser said:
So im on tmobile for a week now and my signal runs from 1-2 bars (3 if im lucky for some reason) and im on LTE right now but somtimes im on G, E and H even if im outside. I checked Tmobiles coverage on their website and i saw that im in a place where the signal should be "Excellent".
Is there i need to configure on my z1 to get that "excellent" signal or its on them?
I live in Reno NV if u want to see the coverage
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Sometimes T-Mobile has some network problems. I remember weeks ago that the whole network in my city crashed. You should try to call their support first and ask them if they currently have problems with their network.
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devo3d said:
I've been reading threads on several devices about Tmobile's speed and signal strength all day because I want to switch to Tmobile but don't know which device to use.but from what I can tell there are 2 different APN settings you can use and several different settings you have to enable/disable to get the right combination to get the optimal speeds and signal strength. But, one of the more puzzling things is that the type of SIM card you use also makes a difference....such as, if it was cut down from a regular SIM (weak) or if its a "prepay unlimited" SIM or just "unlimited" (the latter is better). Thats all I can deduce so far so you may want to look on xda at other devices and how they perform on Tmobile..
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I dont know if i got you right man but my z1 is unlocked and i just ordered a micro sim from them and got the unli text data call plan. Btw im confused now i was at work yesterday 45miles from reno and i got full bars dont have internet tho, my work is in a small town, fernley :-? I checkd my apn from others (googled) and we all have the same apn settings
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HannibalSmith12 said:
Sometimes T-Mobile has some network problems. I remember weeks ago that the whole network in my city crashed. You should try to call their support first and ask them if they currently have problems with their network.
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Im planning to call them but first i want to ask the xda community coz i think somebody might help me here
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Galaxy note India airtel 3g

Dear xda members,I love xda and I recently had purchased airtel 3g connection.
First I had issue connecting to 3g network.somehow I set the network to wcdma only and then dialed *#*#4636#*#* and set to wcdma only,there was still no network,then I turn of the radio and wow I had 3g signal and it was working fast.
But this morning when I woke up,my phone was in emergency signal mode.I tried the above steps but no success.
Anyone having same issue or know what's wrong with this.please share below.
Same issue in my nexus s with this airtel sim.
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[email protected] said:
Dear xda members,I love xda and I recently had purchased airtel 3g connection.
First I had issue connecting to 3g network.somehow I set the network to wcdma only and then dialed *#*#4636#*#* and set to wcdma only,there was still no network,then I turn of the radio and wow I had 3g signal and it was working fast.
But this morning when I woke up,my phone was in emergency signal mode.I tried the above steps but no success.
Anyone having same issue or know what's wrong with this.please share below.
Same issue in my nexus s with this airtel sim.
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1. Set it on auto mode so in case you do not have signal on WCDMA it will switch to 2G
2. Also remember to add in apn settings for 3G data
kdagia said:
1. Set it on auto mode so in case you do not have signal on WCDMA it will switch to 2G
2. Also remember to add in apn settings for 3G data
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I tried both wcdma and auto mode and my 3g setting is airtelgprs which is default.
Still I am having this issue.got 3g plan and Sim but giving me edge signal and speed.
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[email protected] said:
I tried both wcdma and auto mode and my 3g setting is airtelgprs which is default.
Still I am having this issue.got 3g plan and Sim but giving me edge signal and speed.
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The above mentioned problem is ter in Airtel. Because 2G data pack customers are getting 3G speed too. Am in 2G Data plan and i get most of the times 3G Speed. They are working on it.
Just check out your SIM with other device, whether it having same behaviour or not? if yes call operator for same.
Once go to setting - wireless n network - mobile network - network operator - search n w8, when display all, select AIRTEL not airtel (capital letter)
dr.ketan said:
Just check out your SIM with other device, whether it having same behaviour or not? if yes call operator for same.
Once go to setting - wireless n network - mobile network - network operator - search n w8, when display all, select AIRTEL not airtel (capital letter)
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I tried.my Sim on galaxy note.as.well as nexus s.and same.issue.No 3g signal,but my friends Sim is working perfect on both of my phone.
It's issue with Airtel not phone.I will try your suggestion.Thanks
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1 more thing
try this *123*10#
*123*11#
if first(10) showing your a/c info, your service plan is 2G, if second(11) showing your a/c your service plan is 3G
dr.ketan said:
1 more thing
try this *123*10#
*123*11#
if first(10) showing your a/c info, your service plan is 2G, if second(11) showing your a/c your service plan is 3G
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I have 1092.67MB 3G BALANCE ,still issue.
any other idea Dr.Ketan?
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then you have to contact airtel, 1 posibility is there, may b your place have poor 3g coverage, so when it drops, it may get connected to 2G, which may be have good coverage at your place, Have you mark this happens to perticular place?
dr.ketan said:
then you have to contact airtel, 1 posibility is there, may b your place have poor 3g coverage, so when it drops, it may get connected to 2G, which may be have good coverage at your place, Have you mark this happens to perticular place?
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Same 3g issue with Airtel Sim on every places in my town.It used to work great speed on first days that's why I recharged 10GB package.now speed is like snail even after seeing correct apn setting and making wcdma only.
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[email protected] said:
Same 3g issue with Airtel Sim on every places in my town.It used to work great speed on first days that's why I recharged 10GB package.now speed is like snail even after seeing correct apn setting and making wcdma only.
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regarding the 10gb pack. you actually get only 5gb free. after that you're charged 3p/10kb for the remaining 5gb (upto a max shield of Rs.5000). after you reach this 5000 rupee mark which you will after usage of around 1.6gb, you will be pushed to an unlimited plan with a speed of just 20Kbps. there's no way to touch 10gb with such low speed. this is what is happening in bangalore. just correct me if i'm wrong.
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[email protected] said:
I have 1092.67MB 3G BALANCE ,still issue.
any other idea Dr.Ketan?
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your balance is just over 1gb. i guess your speed must be 20Kbps now..
anjath said:
regarding the 10gb pack. you actually get only 5gb free. after that you're charged 3p/10kb for the remaining 5gb (upto a max shield of Rs.5000). after you reach this 5000 rupee mark which you will after usage of around 1.6gb, you will be pushed to an unlimited plan with a speed of just 20Kbps. there's no way to touch 10gb with such low speed. this is what is happening in bangalore. just correct me if i'm wrong.
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your balance is just over 1gb. i guess your speed must be 20Kbps now..
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I have recharged 10 GB airtel package for 1250 rupees and as I said it worked fine for one day in 3g speed but now it is slow as snail.slow both on my nexus a and galaxy note.
My reliance 3g sim is working fast now.
Went to airtel office for sim replacement and hope the issue will be resolved.
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Got a replacement sim for 25rs from airtel and now my airtel 3g is working at full speed.hope it remain like this.
Thanks all for sharing informations.
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TX signal issue

I have my sony tx for three weeks .I live in nyc and always have H signal
everything looks great until I travel to some place without 4g network but have edge network and my TX
totally can't connect to TMobile edge network my phone always show no signal but my friends all have edge signal in that area
that mean my tx only recognized 3g network if in no 3g signal area my phone will totally died can't even make a call even that area still have TMobile edge network
anyone have found same issue like me?!
sorry for my bad English
one more thing my phone unlocked bootloader and root
flashed rom aur v1.3.5
no one have that issue?
please help!
Have you tried to change the mobile carrier settings to gsm only?
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weebnuts said:
Have you tried to change the mobile carrier settings to gsm only?
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Yes I did try that too
Once set GSM only. phone will lost signal
I have had good reception with the TX, though have sometimes needed to force gsm only in bad areas but no problems like you are describing.
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make sure you are not under roaming. no problems with my TX and tmobile switching from H to E back to H or 3G
asterix005 said:
make sure you are not under roaming. no problems with my TX and tmobile switching from H to E back to H or 3G
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****...if you guys don't have that issue
This is really serious problem
Because I take bus from ny to Florida when bus in edge area will lost all signal once in 4g(h) area I got signal
What can I do now?!! I bought it from eBay not even a month
Have you tried a complete reload using pc companion?
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weebnuts said:
Have you tried a complete reload using pc companion?
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I haven't try that way
but my phone rooted and unlocked bootloader still can fix by pcc?
every times I try to connect to edge network
it come out this message like pic below

[Q] Avoiding HSPAP (H+)

Well, in the city I live the 3G+ signal is very poor, while my 3G (HSDPA) runs flawlessly (1mbps stable connection, what is pretty rare to find here in Brazil).
The problem comes when my cellphone keeps connecting to 3G+ towers and I just couldn't find how to keep HSDPA only.
Looking for some help, 'cause I know some samsung devices got a hidden dial number to set only hspa hsupa hsdpa hspa+ etc and razr i doesn't.
Thanks in advance
Hello Henrique. Only for curiousity. Which operator are you using in Brasil? I am in Brasil too and o'm using Tim bit i never reach 1mb.
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omiez said:
Hello Henrique. Only for curiousity. Which operator are you using in Brasil? I am in Brasil too and o'm using Tim bit i never reach 1mb.
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I'm using TIM at the moment. My plan is what they call as "TIM Beta Teste" and I'm able to reach 1.2Mbps sometimes w/o data limits neither speed limits.
here it goes some speedtest
btw, i think i've managed to get into this menu by dialing to #073887*. the only problem is that it asks me for a "SIM network unlock PIN", and i've been trying many things since then and i can't get it to work.

Signal strength issues

I'm having a lot of signal strength issues as of this morning. Losing data signal and going in out of service. This is in a high data strength area, downtown. I never had this issue on my S3.
I love the phone but I might have to sell it.
Any help would appreciated
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Could be an issue with the network?
Srepoleved-Adx said:
Could be an issue with the network?
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Are you using stock rom?
I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks.
But even places were my S3 would get good signal like 3 or 4 bars the motox is getting 1 and 2 bars.
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Jamolah said:
I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks.
But even places were my S3 would get good signal like 3 or 4 bars the motox is getting 1 and 2 bars.
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my signal hasn't been worse with my moto x. It could just be service being done for your network in that area. I know a lot of things started changing across networks recently. Just a few months ago I believe att and vzw sold different bands to each other in different areas in the US that changed things drastically. Also, vzw has been having trouble with 4g in certain major cities recently (or i saw reports recently). And other carriers are doing new upgrades to their system that are slowing things down. Get someone with an s3 on your service and bring look at direct comparison at work, should solve your problem, or let you know if there is one i mean.
I don't think I get LTE as often with the motox as I did with my S3
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[Q] Radio/4GLTE problems T-Mobile

So lately, for awhile now I've been having major issues with my 4G LTE. My speeds on LTE when I check on speedtest would go as far as 1.00 MBps (Not kidding) and im forced to disable 4LTE and leave it to 3G or HSPA+. When I enable H I get speeds up to 10.00 mbps. Now I've done many things to try to fix it, researched and tried flashing the only radios I can find which are on here labeled "[Ref] [Radio] Nexus 6 modem collection" I currently have LMY47M Firmware and radio flashed and still H seems to work better. I'm on stock 5.1 update. I even tried speaking to T-Mobile to have my signal reset and they even got as far to transferring me to a specialist and even had the specialist send a note to the engineers to see if its the towers in my area or something. And that if it was the case that on Saturday I should see my LTE back up and working. Saturday passed and unfortunately still going through this. It's crazy because my brother ,mother and sister in-law have T-Mobile and their 4GLTE are working beautifully. So I was hoping if I can have any helping hands to help me fix this or find a solution, a radio or something for me. Please, I'm dying lol..
Any links, tutorials, personal apn settings, tricks or editing build.prop info will be SUPER MUCH appreciated.
Thanks again.
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GunToYoMouth123 said:
So lately, for awhile now I've been having major issues with my 4G LTE. My speeds on LTE when I check on speedtest would go as far as 1.00 MBps (Not kidding) and im forced to disable 4LTE and leave it to 3G or HSPA+. When I enable H I get speeds up to 10.00 mbps. Now I've done many things to try to fix it, researched and tried flashing the only radios I can find which are on here labeled "[Ref] [Radio] Nexus 6 modem collection" I currently have LMY47M Firmware and radio flashed and still H seems to work better. I'm on stock 5.1 update. I even tried speaking to T-Mobile to have my signal reset and they even got as far to transferring me to a specialist and even had the specialist send a note to the engineers to see if its the towers in my area or something. And that if it was the case that on Saturday I should see my LTE back up and working. Saturday passed and unfortunately still going through this. It's crazy because my brother ,mother and sister in-law have T-Mobile and their 4GLTE are working beautifully. So I was hoping if I can have any helping hands to help me fix this or find a solution, a radio or something for me. Please, I'm dying lol..
Any links, tutorials, personal apn settings, tricks or editing build.prop info will be SUPER MUCH appreciated.
Thanks again.
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Just a thought, have you tried turning off the enhanced calling feature?
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Otherwise, maybe @simms22 might have some suggestions.
Evolution_Freak said:
Just a thought, have you tried turning off the enhanced calling feature?
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Otherwise, maybe @simms22 might have some suggestions.
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Thank you for the response. But yes, I currently have the enhanced calling feature off. And speeds are still terrible. I've attached my speed test.
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what apn are you using? is it set up right? im in tmobile as well, i use the fast.t-mobile.com one
GunToYoMouth123 said:
Thank you for the response. But yes, I currently have the enhanced calling feature off. And speeds are still terrible. I've attached my speed test.
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That is indeed a horrible speed test result. Wait a bit and see if the member I mentioned before has some help for you. I'm on Sprint, so my knowledge of T-Mobile is limited.
Evolution_Freak said:
Otherwise, maybe @simms22 might have some suggestions.
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btw, i just happened to stumble by, the @simms22 doesn't notify me
simms22 said:
what apn are you using? is it set up right? im in tmobile as well, i use the fast.t-mobile.com one
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Yup, here are my APN settings on the attachments.
Appreciate the response btw!
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Evolution_Freak said:
That is indeed a horrible speed test result. Wait a bit and see if the member I mentioned before has some help for you. I'm on Sprint, so my knowledge of T-Mobile is limited.
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Yes, it is. Lol and thanks ,no worries.
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Curious, what were your brother, sister in-law, etc.. speed test scores? Home for me is in a fringe LTE area and depending on where I am in my house, hspa is almost always faster than LTE. Example: at home hspa+ is 12 down 2-3 up. LTE is 2-3 down 0.5-1 up. Drive half mile down street and LTE is 70 down 15 up....
One thing of note my wife has a new S6 and her radios stay on LTE 24/7 at our house where mine switches constantly from hspa to LTE. Her speed tests at home are 15-20 down 5 up.
Are you in a "fringe" LTE coverage area?
GunToYoMouth123 said:
Yup, here are my APN settings on the attachments.
Appreciate the response btw!
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its right. which radio are you using, 95r or 98r?
jbdan said:
Curious, what were your brother, sister in-law, etc.. speed test scores? Home for me is in a fringe LTE area and depending on where I am in my house, hspa is almost always faster than LTE. Example: at home hspa+ is 12 down 2-3 up. LTE is 2-3 down 0.5-1 up. Drive half mile down street and LTE is 70 down 15 up....
One thing of note my wife has a new S6 and her radios stay on LTE 24/7 at our house where mine switches constantly from hspa to LTE. Her speed tests at home are 15-20 down 5 up.
Are you in a "fringe" LTE coverage area?
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They would get around 27 to mid 30's down both my brother and sister in-law , my mom gets around 10-15 down. my mom has the note 3, my brother new S6 and sister in-law the iPhone 6.
And to be honest I'm not sure what you mean by "fringe"
Any and every where I go I'm forced to use HSPA lol LTE isn't working right for my phone.
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simms22 said:
its right. which radio are you using, 95r or 98r?
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Not sure to be quite honest. But I know just now I tried flashing Baseband_D4.0-9625-02.95.zip that I found on a random thread and still no good service for LTE.
The radio I had flashed or had on all this time now is labeled "LMY47M-Firmware-Radio.zip"
Where do I check the radio info ?
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GunToYoMouth123 said:
Not sure to be quite honest. But I know just now I tried flashing Baseband_D4.0-9625-02.95.zip that I found on a random thread and still no good service for LTE.
The radio I had flashed or had on all this time now is labeled "LMY47M-Firmware-Radio.zip"
Where do I check the radio info ?
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it would be in the about phone. but you have the 95r radio, same aa me. can you try reflashing the radio then checking lte?
I just came from verizon ..it seems I never worried before. If I had even a smidge of lte the speeds were still pretty solid..T-Mobile..lte is a crap shoot.
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simms22 said:
it would be in the about phone. but you have the 95r radio, same aa me. can you try reflashing the radio then checking lte?
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Just reflashed it and still same results. I get around 6.00-7.00 Mbps down on hspa+ and 0.28 down on LTE with enhanced LTE clicked on and off.
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droidxxxxx said:
I just came from verizon ..it seems I never worried before. If I had even a smidge of lte the speeds were still pretty solid..T-Mobile..lte is a crap shoot.
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The thing is, I don't think its T-Mobile. Speeds were great for me before and its fantastic on my families phones. But its my phone right now that's not getting the speeds. But I've heard Verizon has quite great speeds as well.
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GunToYoMouth123 said:
Just reflashed it and still same results. I get around 6.00-7.00 Mbps down on hspa+ and 0.28 down on LTE with enhanced LTE clicked on and off.
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dial *#*#4636#*#* then hit phone info, then change your radio to lte/gsm. does it make a difference?
simms22 said:
dial *#*#4636#*#* then hit phone info, then change your radio to lte/gsm. does it make a difference?
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At first it showed same bad speeds With 4G LTE enabled and enhanced 4GLTE enabled..then it went up high as showed after I waited a bit. About same speeds as HSPA+ is giving me now. Big difference for a moment but not so different from my HSPA+ speeds. But on the next screenshots you'll see it go back down again..
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It did however , weirdly...boost up my HSPA+ down speeds to 9-10-11 Mbps in my current area where I was hitting 5-6-8 Mbps before. But up stays at 0 weirdly..
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