Hi all, I know this part of forum about S6 Active is not much frequented but I just purchased the phone for personal use, It's unlocked and I'm using it with Vodafone operator.
I'm on 5.1 firmware but on 5.0.2 was the same.
First of all, it is normal that there is not a toggle for Data in the quick settings menu but I found a toggle is located on use management app?! Crazy...
Second I noticed that is not possible to select the speed of Data, i'm forced to use 4G only as I found nowhere the option to switch to 2G/3G to save more battery.
Third, there are no options to wake/sleep by double tap, I'm a bit scared because the buttons are fast going then.
Can someone confirm all those and if you have any suggestion/tweak I'll be pleased to hear, thanks!
SIRKRA said:
Hi all, I know this part of forum about S6 Active is not much frequented but I just purchased the phone for personal use, It's unlocked and I'm using it with Vodafone operator.
I'm on 5.1 firmware but on 5.0.2 was the same.
First of all, it is normal that there is not a toggle for Data in the quick settings menu but I found a toggle is located on use management app?! Crazy...
Second I noticed that is not possible to select the speed of Data, i'm forced to use 4G only as I found nowhere the option to switch to 2G/3G to save more battery.
Third, there are no options to wake/sleep by double tap, I'm a bit scared because the buttons are fast going then.
Can someone confirm all those and if you have any suggestion/tweak I'll be pleased to hear, thanks!
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Hi there.
I completely agree with you. The phone is a bit weird when it comes to toggling data and selecting the preferred network mode. However, if you want to change your preferred network mode, dial *#*#4636#*#* It will open up the service menu. From there, go to device info and select the preferred network mode from there.
As for the double tap feature, I haven't seen it in any Samsung phone. LG has it on their flagships, but if you want this feature, there is a PAID app in the Playstore for you.
Xa33M said:
Hi there.
I completely agree with you. The phone is a bit weird when it comes to toggling data and selecting the preferred network mode. However, if you want to change your preferred network mode, dial *#*#4636#*#* It will open up the service menu. From there, go to device info and select the preferred network mode from there.
As for the double tap feature, I haven't seen it in any Samsung phone. LG has it on their flagships, but if you want this feature, there is a PAID app in the Playstore for you.
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Thank you! Strange thing data show me 4g icon but in service menu is set on WCDMA preferred, must be a bug. Do you suggest that app called Tap sleep on/off ?
SIRKRA said:
Thank you! Strange thing data show me 4g icon but in service menu is set on WCDMA preferred, must be a bug. Do you suggest that app called Tap sleep on/off ?
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4g Icon is displayed on all AT&T devices, even if u are using 3G.
I don't remember the name of the app, but you can check it out on playstore. If only the S6 Active had a fingerprint reader.......
If you go into settings, personal,accessibility,dexterity and interaction then turn on gesture wake up and all you have to do is wave your hand over the phone and it will turn on the screen for a few seconds and then shuts off by it self.
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Hi all,
Would like to check if anyone knows how could i set "WCDMA Only" (3G Only) on Galaxy S?
I can only Force 2G only via the settings menu, but not 3G only.
Managed to access the "Phone Info" menu via *#*#4636#*#*, selected "WCDMA Only" from the dropdown box.
However, nothing seemed to be set nor i see any button to save the choice?
Anyone happen to know how can i have it set? Or i could manually set it by applying some settings somewhere?
Thanks alot!
you cant force 3g... you would get no signal if you didnt have a 3g connection
boinger66 said:
you cant force 3g... you would get no signal if you didnt have a 3g connection
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I know that. However, such settings are available in Nexus One.
i2umi said:
I know that. However, such settings are available in Nexus One.
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It is also available on the HTC Desire :
WCDMA only
GSM/WCDMA auto
GSM only
*#*#197328640#*#* > debug screen > phone control > network control > band selection
You need to do this after each reboot though as it does not stick.
Is there a way to shortcut this with anycut?
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Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App (Which seems less than stable...)
The app Network simplifies the procedure quite a bit. Haven't actually gone into a low signal spot yet to see if it fully works as intended though.
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thank you very much..i have been searching this high and low...you save my day..
Thank you so much! This helped me diagnose the SGS and see if I have 1900 3G in my area (1 bar). here's a tip that I used for quick access to the debug screen just as a trial and it actually worked
Enter ONLY *#*#197328640#*# then hit add to contacts (notice there is no * at the end).
Give it a name (Samsung Debug Screen) and tap to edit the number and enter the final * at the end.
Save and exit. Now whenever u want to enter debug mode to change the network or other stuff just type *#*# and it should appear. Tap on the contact and voila!
clubtech said:
*#*#197328640#*#* > debug screen > phone control > network control > band selection
You need to do this after each reboot though as it does not stick.
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Awesome, thanks for this! Lots of fun debug info in there.
boinger66 said:
you cant force 3g... you would get no signal if you didnt have a 3g connection
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My operator doesn't have a 2G network... all they have is 3G. There's no point in my phone looking for anything other than a 3G network.
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sorry to ask if this is already answered but how exactly to i get to CONFIRM my wcdma only selection? i check it and nothing happens, data connection stays on "G" symbol. I know for sure that at the place where i tested i get NO 3g signal. which means probably that i should be losing all signal after choosing wcdma only. that does not happen. also if i close the phone info app and reopen it, choice gets back to default (3g/gprs).
any help appreciated... I really need this.
forcing to only 3g is a bad move, i tested it on my n1 and i kept dropping calls once 3g lost signal.
raspdeep said:
forcing to only 3g is a bad move, i tested it on my n1 and i kept dropping calls once 3g lost signal.
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I know but i need it for the internet.. and i need it badly.. please help anyone as soon as possible. thank you guys
Its available in the new firmware I9000XWJM1
Hey, its there in I9000XWJM1 and tested working great as expected! However its a beta so you may see other issues. Not sure if its there in latest stable.
Just to confirm, i upgraded my firmware to XWJM5 today, and i noticed that in settings > wireless and network > mobile networks, there's a new menu 'network mode' in which there's 3 options - auto / gsm only / wcdma only. Nice touch!
In answer to the cynics, there are times when browsing, when the phone is borderline whether to give you 2g or 3g, it does come in handy, and it's safer too, as if i have to browse on 2g it makes me want to smash the phone up!!
spark001uk said:
Just to confirm, i upgraded my firmware to XWJM5 today, and i noticed that in settings > wireless and network > mobile networks, there's a new menu 'network mode' in which there's 3 options - auto / gsm only / wcdma only. Nice touch!
In answer to the cynics, there are times when browsing, when the phone is borderline whether to give you 2g or 3g, it does come in handy, and it's safer too, as if i have to browse on 2g it makes me want to smash the phone up!!
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LOL "safer"
@OP Although 'WCDMA only' mode may not be a good idea and hence not recommended but just to confirm
my current Build i9000XXJPH have following three modes
GSM/WCDMA (auto mode)
GSM only
WCDMA only
JM8 build also have this mode. I noticed that when I flash the i9000M (bell version) previously it didn't have these modes.
Recently bought a Samsung I897 Captivate. Its a unlocked phone and I'm using it in Argentina with Movistar. My previous phone was a Motorola Milestone, and it sometimes changed the connection from 3G / HSDPA to 2G (EDGE), in 3G areas. The solution was to go to APN settings, enable "2G only", then disabling it, and the phone instantly switched to 3G again.
However, the Captivate doesn't have such option. Setting the phone to Flight Mode its useless, it will keep connecting in 2G.
Only solution I found at the moment was to go to Network Mode (*#0011#) then navigate to Network Control => Band Selection, selecting WCDMA only, and then enabling Automatic again.
That seems to reset the connection.
I searched in the market for free and paid apps to help me fix this issue, but I found nothing, only the Toggle 2G app, but it only works with Cyanogen Mod.
I have some questions:
If I set the connection to WCDMA only, then I'll have no signal at all in 2G areas, right?.
Does anyone know a quicker way to do this?. I tried to make a shortcut to ServiceMode with dg Quickcut but when I try to open it it crashed the phone.
Thanks in advance.
Whipon.
Whipon said:
Recently bought a Samsung I897 Captivate. Its a unlocked phone and I'm using it in Argentina with Movistar. My previous phone was a Motorola Milestone, and it sometimes changed the connection from 3G / HSDPA to 2G (EDGE), in 3G areas. The solution was to go to APN settings, enable "2G only", then disabling it, and the phone instantly switched to 3G again.
However, the Captivate doesn't have such option. Setting the phone to Flight Mode its useless, it will keep connecting in 2G.
Only solution I found at the moment was to go to Network Mode (*#0011#) then navigate to Network Control => Band Selection, selecting WCDMA only, and then enabling Automatic again.
That seems to reset the connection.
I searched in the market for free and paid apps to help me fix this issue, but I found nothing, only the Toggle 2G app, but it only works with Cyanogen Mod.
I have some questions:
If I set the connection to WCDMA only, then I'll have no signal at all in 2G areas, right?.
Does anyone know a quicker way to do this?. I tried to make a shortcut to ServiceMode with dg Quickcut but when I try to open it it crashed the phone.
Thanks in advance.
Whipon.
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as of right now, there is no "fix" for this. the best you COULD do is to flash Eugene's VibrantHybrid ROM where the "use 2g networks only" option does exist, but you'll lose GPS (for now)
Kaik541 said:
as of right now, there is no "fix" for this. the best you COULD do is to flash Eugene's VibrantHybrid ROM where the "use 2g networks only" option does exist, but you'll lose GPS (for now)
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Thanks for the quick reply Kaik541.
Does the signal strength improve with that rom?.
Currently I'm using I897UCJH7 from samfirmware.
Whipon said:
Thanks for the quick reply Kaik541.
Does the signal strength improve with that rom?.
Currently I'm using I897UCJH7 from samfirmware.
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you should revert back to JH3 if you're going to use Hybrid (I don't believe JH7 is compatible yet, there are some issues that cropped up with SRE, so it would be safer to do JH3, or even better JF6). I've seen slightly better reception and MUCH better battery life running Hybrid
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you should revert back to JH3 if you're going to use Hybrid (I don't believe JH7 is compatible yet, there are some issues that cropped up with SRE, so it would be safer to do JH3, or even better JF6). I've seen slightly better reception and MUCH better battery life running Hybrid
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It seems it will be updated soon.
Maybe I'll give it a try.
Do you know if it removes the 850 band?.
I need it, because my carrier uses it for WCDMA.
Try this:
1. In the Market, download Any Cut. (This is a free app) 2. open Any Cut and choose New Shortcut 3. select Activity 4. Scroll down the list until you get to Phone Info 5. Select OK. (this will place the short cut on your homescreen) 6. Open the shortcut and scroll down until you see "Set Preferred Network Type" 7. Choose GSM only and you are set. This forces the phone to EGDE
I used this to force edge. Use google to download AnyCut, it doesn't exist on the market for the unknown reason
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I just discovered Juice Defender. One of its features is to set phone to 2G automatically (seems very configurable). I haven't really had a chance to test it, but thought I'd mention it to you anyway
DarkVasyaK said:
Try this:
1. In the Market, download Any Cut. (This is a free app) 2. open Any Cut and choose New Shortcut 3. select Activity 4. Scroll down the list until you get to Phone Info 5. Select OK. (this will place the short cut on your homescreen) 6. Open the shortcut and scroll down until you see "Set Preferred Network Type" 7. Choose GSM only and you are set. This forces the phone to EGDE
I used this to force edge. Use google to download AnyCut, it doesn't exist on the market for the unknown reason
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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Thanks a lot. I use dg Quickcut for that.
But, I don't need to force EDGE, I need a way to force 3G .
The phone usually switchs to EDGE in 3G areas, and I need to change it back to 3G.
I've used your suggestion to make such shortcut, changed it to WCDMA only, clicked the Disable Radio button twice (because it didn't changed to 3G), and when it switched back to 3G, I changed back the network to GSM / CDMA auto.
What about WCDMA preferred?. Will it try to allways connect to 3G?.
can yall not just dial * # * # 4636 #*#* scroll to the bottom and chnage it there, just so happens i posted a how to earlier in the general section, works on stock ROMS afaik.
also GPS still works
Whipon said:
Thanks a lot. I use dg Quickcut for that.
But, I don't need to force EDGE, I need a way to force 3G .
The phone usually switchs to EDGE in 3G areas, and I need to change it back to 3G.
I've used your suggestion to make such shortcut, changed it to WCDMA only, clicked the Disable Radio button twice (because it didn't changed to 3G), and when it switched back to 3G, I changed back the network to GSM / CDMA auto.
What about WCDMA preferred?. Will it try to allways connect to 3G?.
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read my previous post.
it has a WCDMA preferred WDMA only (only uses 3g) and a bunch of others. read my post in general for a more detailed explanation.
Thanks a lot
xatrekak said:
can yall not just dial * # * # 4636 #*#* scroll to the bottom and chnage it there, just so happens i posted a how to earlier in the general section, works on stock ROMS afaik.
also GPS still works
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Thanks, but Mesasone pointed me to a great app in the market.
Its called Samservmode. It opens service mode without entering any codes.
Anyways, thanks for your help .
I have just got this phone today from T-Mobile UK I have had lots of Samsung phones and have always been able to choose either GSM mode or 3g but on this phone there is not that choice anywhere and my phone because of the area I live in is forever searching for a good 3g signal and it's eating my battery, if I turn off my mobile data then I don't receive my notifications from facebook such as if one of my friends private messages me, is there any way that I can use just 2g (gsm) my battery won't last me half a day at this rate, thanks for any help....
Settings/wireless and network. Push ...More settings/mobile networks/network mode.
There you can choose gsm/gsm+wcdma/wcdma.
I don't have those options I only have gsm+wcdma or wcdma only there is nothing else to choose from I have never had only these two options before..
tys0n said:
Settings/wireless and network. Push ...More settings/mobile networks/network mode.
There you can choose gsm/gsm+wcdma/wcdma.
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There's a small app called "anycut" that have the ability to make direct shortcut to hidden setting to homescreen. But I'm not sure if it works in our devices/jb, last time I used it in my korean galaxy k with gingerbread to make auto selection for roaming call with no notification. Gud luck.
Sorry for my bad english.
thank you ztandroid I will see if I can find it......
hi guys id like to be able to turn 4g at work and just have 3g does anyone have a idea on how I can do this, on a none rooted phone
Onetearfalls said:
hi guys id like to be able to turn 4g at work and just have 3g does anyone have a idea on how I can do this, on a none rooted phone
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Open your dialer and type *#*#4636#*#* the testing menu should open.
Select Device info.
Now scroll down to where it says "LTE/GSM auto (PRL)".
Now scroll up to where it says "WCDMA preferred" and select it. Your network should now say HSPA:11.
Don't switch to "LTE only" as voice and text wont work since LTE is data only, at least until At&t deploys VoLTE.
The note 3 should retain your selection until you reboot. This also work on the Note 2.
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Open your dialer and type *#*#4636#*#* the testing menu should open.
Select Device info.
Now scroll down to where it says "LTE/GSM auto (PRL)".
Now scroll up to where it says "WCDMA preferred" and select it. Your network should now say HSPA:11.
Don't switch to "LTE only" as voice and text wont work since LTE is data only, at least until At&t deploys VoLTE.
The note 3 should retain your selection until you reboot. This also work on the Note 2.
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That no longer works on AT&T Samsung devices made after the S3 and onward. The disabled that dial code to make their network more uniform and controlled.
Solarenemy68 said:
That no longer works on AT&T Samsung devices made after the S3 and onward. The disabled that dial code to make their network more uniform and controlled.
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The screenshots I posted came from my at&t note 3.
I saw today that the WiFi symbol and the LTE symbol were both displayed while I see the up and down arrows on the WiFi symbol working. What does this mean? What is it doing?
Thank you.
faster download option ticked.
when im downloading data, the phone will use both wifi and cellular to speed up the process.
you should see a lightning bolt (grayed out when not running).
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faster download option ticked.
when im downloading data, the phone will use both wifi and cellular to speed up the process.
you should see a lightning bolt (grayed out when not running).
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Please elaborate on where this setting is located. Thanks
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pdaddy said:
Please elaborate on where this setting is located. Thanks
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Settings -> Connections -> More connection settings -> Download Booster
Or more easily, just use Bixby and say "Download Booster"
Of.course, it's not on my at&t version
Or check in Developer Options -> Networking section -> Keep mobile data turned on
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Or check in Developer Options -> Networking section -> Keep mobile data turned on
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Does keeping mobile data on really do the same as combining and managing WiFi and LTE connections for large files...Download Booster is needed for that, I believe.
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Does keeping mobile data on really do the same as combining and managing WiFi and LTE connections for large files...Download Booster is needed for that, I believe.
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No idea, mine is set to default (off).
Thanks for the replies. I am on AT&T, and I don't have that Download Booster option. In my developer option section, I do not have keep mobile data on enabled. And yet, I still get this dual icon (wifi and LTE) from time to time.
It would be nice to find out what exactly it is doing...
Download booster is a samsung thing. Carriers can elect to keep it or not.
Its not in dev options, its in the standard phone wifi settings as mentioned above. It does make a difference.
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Download booster is a samsung thing. Carriers can elect to keep it or not.
Its not in dev options, its in the standard phone wifi settings as mentioned above. It does make a difference.
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Damn AT&T
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Download booster is a samsung thing. Carriers can elect to keep it or not.
Its not in dev options, its in the standard phone wifi settings as mentioned above. It does make a difference.
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I've been looking for this setting and cannot find it. I have the U.S. unlocked version.
AJW6381 said:
I've been looking for this setting and cannot find it. I have the U.S. unlocked version.
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That's the thing sim unlocked versions without carrier branding may not have all the bloatware from carriers but they will be missing features that carriers enable or are carrier specific. I didn't have it on my unbranded exynos until I installed my carrier's features.
Download booster
Hi
I'm from italy and have no brand device note 8 exynos
Download booster don't start but the symbol above 4g connection appears....
What can i try to fix this?
There is some chance to verify of the download booster option run in a diagnostic mode?
Many thanks
de2000 said:
I saw today that the WiFi symbol and the LTE symbol were both displayed while I see the up and down arrows on the WiFi symbol working. What does this mean? What is it doing?
Thank you.
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I had the same problem where the 4G/LTE symbol remained ON even when on WiFi (S8/Verizon). Turned out to be a weather app that I wasn't even using (think it was Today Weather), but not completely sure which one. Uninstalled and LTE symbol is now off when on WiFi.
mine does the same occasionally. its called switching. means if either are weak, the other takes over. LTE shows and wifi, because i have both on all the time, and somewhere in connections is a setting for such.
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I've been looking for this setting and cannot find it. I have the U.S. unlocked version.
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under advanced in wifi within connections. many settings to adjust what one may be trying to attain. I m NOT unlocked.
My T-Mobile Note8 just started this 2 days ago. Turning Wi-Fi Calling On while connected to my home network removes the 4G LTE icon, and turning off Wi-Fi Calling makes the icon come back. One thing I've noticed is when I clear the memory via Device Maintenance tool, the 4G LTE icon disappears, but then reappears after a short time. I tried to watch the list of apps loading to see which one makes the LTE icon reappear, but the apps get shuffled around in the list. Anyone with ideas on which apps tend to cause this issue? I've uninstalled apps I assume to use mobile data and/or GPS location in the background, but I'm at a loss.
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My T-Mobile Note8 just started this 2 days ago. Turning Wi-Fi Calling On while connected to my home network removes the 4G LTE icon, and turning off Wi-Fi Calling makes the icon come back. One thing I've noticed is when I clear the memory via Device Maintenance tool, the 4G LTE icon disappears, but then reappears after a short time. I tried to watch the list of apps loading to see which one makes the LTE icon reappear, but the apps get shuffled around in the list. Anyone with ideas on which apps tend to cause this issue? I've uninstalled apps I assume to use mobile data and/or GPS location in the background, but I'm at a loss.
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nvm... turns out that a June 26th update of the Amazon Alexa app caused the 4G icon to stay on at all times. GG, Amazon.
its Google Duo doing it, clear memory, 4g goes away as soon as i open Duo it comes on again.