I'm thinking of porting this phone to the states. Now i understand it will not get 4g LTE connection and will limit me to an hspa+ and 3g connection. My question is to anyone who has it in the states how's the connection holding up for you? Does it bug you that you dont have LTE?
Yes, the connection is quite slow. And the 3g signal is sometimes weak even though other phones have very good LTE signals. I unlocked other bands and sometimes I have LTE connections but the speed is usually slow. However, 3g is usually bearable for me.
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3g is fine if you are not in rural area.
U should choose ATT or its mvno.
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I have cognition rom and instead of having 3g I have this H internet. It sits on 3g for a milla second then switches to H. My buddy with iphone four is getting way higher speed tests than me, why can't I get 3g and get better speeds?
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Since this has only been answered 100 times in the past three weeks...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=H+instead+of+3g+XDA
AND as far as the better speeds for the Iphone go......you can Google that as well............ I'm guessing your on At&T?
I don't know why but my buddies 3g was consistently hitting 300-350 kbs. The max I was hitting was like 150. We were right next to each other when we were testing this, I guess that the iphone blows the captivate away in 3g reception and speed. Also in the spotty areas he was keeping his 3g and I was dropping down to edge. Kinda disappointed . Had anyone else noticed that the 3g reception isn't that good our is it just my area?
jamezz23 said:
I have cognition rom and instead of having 3g I have this H internet. It sits on 3g for a milla second then switches to H. My buddy with iphone four is getting way higher speed tests than me, why can't I get 3g and get better speeds?
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this is why i hate american cell providers, they want you to remain ignorant. it's not your fault but it is funny that people arent familiar with grps, edge, hspa, and hspa+ it is like they are telling you that you are too stupid to understand so you dont need to know.
the cdma providers are the worst. but att should be proud of having hspa, but i think they want to hide the fact that it is not available in all 3g areas. instead they advertise the hspa speeds as there 3g speeds as hspa works on there 3g network. they dont distinguish the two so you think there network is so much faster in so many places
meanwhile verizon advertises the hspa coverage for att as 3g coverage to make att's coverage look smaller. they say they have so much more coverage, if they showed a current 3g map for att instead of the hspa coverage you would not see a big difference at all. also cdma 3g is totally different from what att has and is not a fair comparison in the first place. how can you compare coverage if the speed is not comparable?
Comparing phones side by side with speed test is also not the best way to test which device is faster, especially if they are on the same network. I am annoyed by the input on this device or Id go in depth. Use some google-foo and read on cell phone signaling and theory and youll see what I mean.
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For those of you that are using the Droid 3 on AT&T, how can I enable HSPA+ on my phone? I am using the XT883 radio with Hashcode's CM9. When scanning for networks, I only see AT&T 2G, AT&T 3G and T-Mobile 2G. When I use mobile data, the notification bar reads 3G. I am sure that the Droid 3 has the 850/1900 MHz bands required for AT&T's HSPA+. Is my phone showing 3G when I am actually getting HSPA+? If not, do I need to call AT&T and ask for HSPA+? I am buying a data plan for a flip phone, and using that SIM on my Droid 3, so they may have disabled it.
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For those of you that are using the Droid 3 on AT&T, how can I enable HSPA+ on my phone? I am using the XT883 radio with Hashcode's CM9. When scanning for networks, I only see AT&T 2G, AT&T 3G and T-Mobile 2G. When I use mobile data, the notification bar reads 3G. I am sure that the Droid 3 has the 850/1900 MHz bands required for AT&T's HSPA+. Is my phone showing 3G when I am actually getting HSPA+? If not, do I need to call AT&T and ask for HSPA+? I am buying a data plan for a flip phone, and using that SIM on my Droid 3, so they may have disabled it.
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First off what are your download and uploads speeds on AT&T 3G? The D3 can support HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s and HSDPA 14.4 Mbit/s. Download the speedtest app and confirm your speeds before calling AT&T regarding a non support device on their network.
I am getting 2413 Kbits/s downlink and 1589 Kbits/s uplink.
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Here is a screenshot of my results.
Have you confirmed that HSPA+ speeds are indeed active in your area?
There is nothing that you should have to do other than enter the APN settings. The same wap.Cingular APN is used for EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, etc...
I have achieved speeds up to about 8000 or so on the Droid 3 with XT883 radio, only in major areas with good service. Chances are your area or at least the tower you are connecting to does not have HSDPA active.
You are indeed getting HSPA speeds. 3G (UMTS) maxes at 384kbps. 3G/H/H+ reading in task bar is really a cosmetic thing, don't pay much attention to it. It is the real speeds you actually get (as you measured) that matter. Try other servers too, NY often is busy.
I see the H+ symbol on my data speed intermittently in Las Vegas with my International Note. A few minutes, then it's gone, it comes and goes. There was a point at about 4am in the morning where I had it for a good 30 minutes. Can someone explain why that is? I thought the International version is only capable of EDGE on t-mobile. Is there a hack or root that can give me H+ in Southern California?
Please advise, thanks!
A friend told me that tmobile is quietly rolling out 1900mhz in select areas. I'm guessing this is why you sometimes get H+ speeds on the note, which doesn't officially get it nationwide on tmobile network. It's good news but it doesn't mean you will have 3g or better speeds everywhere.
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several factors could be the cause
If network has fast dormancy and its switched on(default) then the phone will role back to lower speeds until you actively use network again. It is then a feature not a bug.
Could be reception of data network in city theoretically reception could be lost/weakened by buildings, moving or standing still traffic, etc. Anything from cell tower reach to phone to anything obstructing the radio waves.
Could be battery saving app
Could be settings on phone to conserve battery
Could be buggy modem
etc
Given these you can eliminate. If you battery and speed when using network is not adversely reacted then ignore
edit: roaming on other network could also be a cause. Best switch that off(is default off)
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Hi all, since a couple of weeks I am the happy owner of an HTC One. Where I live (Belgium), there is currently only one carrier which provides 4G and it is limited to a few cities. However, I live in one of those cities and according to a map on their site I should have 4G reception.
Unfortunately, I tried on several locations in the city and was never able to connect to LTE. My reception is otherwise without problems and I do have 3G connectivity. Now the question is if my phone is the problem or the carrier and a spotty coverage. So I have some questions:
1) Is it possible that the modem is not functioning correctly?
2) Is there any way of telling if the phone is capable of LTE without having an actual network to test it?
3) Do you need a seperate APN for LTE aside from the one used to connect via 3G?
Info for readers that are also living in Belgium. I have Proximus with Generation Connect and live in Ghent. I tested 4G connectivity on "het zuid" and "St. Pietersplein" without any luck.
Not sure if this helps but you could also check with your service provider if the mobile plan you're on allows for LTE access.
Here in Singapore, although there is nationwide LTE coverage, not every customer can automatically access it even though the phone supports LTE. I had to sign a new mobile plan to enable LTE access.
Thx for the reply The situation is very similar in Belgium, not every mobile plan gives you acces to 4G. My plan does, so that cannot be the problem. I suspect it is just spotty coverage by the provider but there is no way of knowing for sure I fear. This afternoon I was standing next to a cell phone tower with network quality -59dBm (which is good I think) and still no LTE. I was getting 24Mbps down on 3G though.
Hmm I would like to know if there are alternative tests too
My area doesn't have lte until beginning next year, but I would absolutely love to see a confirmation that my phone is capable of it
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4g and lte are two different things and 24mbs download is 4g or hspa+
I know that 4g and lte are not always the same. 24 down was on hspa+ as you suggested However in Belgium, hspa+ is known as 3g or 3g+ and lte is known as 4g. So in my case, 4g always means lte but I understand your confusion, sorry about that.
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You may also need to change your simcard. Here in Malaysia, lots of people buy the phone from retailers, and their older simcard does not support LTE.
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4g and lte are two different things and 24mbs download is 4g or hspa+
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That's not strictly true. When the ITU created the ITU-Advanced spec (4G), current implementations of "4G" would probably not pass as it was between 100-1000Mbps. WiMax might. Very few countries went the WiMax route and some have given up sine and switched, most went for LTE as itbwas cheaper to convert existing technology. After the fact, the ITU decided that the 4G term could encompass LTE. So, for over 2 years now, LTE is 4G.
So in the first floor of my office I usually connect to 3g and it's very slow, one day I decided to force the phone to stay on lte and I discovered my building has lte signal on the first floor as well. Why is my phone choosing to connect to 3g when there is 4g available?
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So in the first floor of my office I usually connect to 3g and it's very slow, one day I decided to force the phone to stay on lte and I discovered my building has lte signal on the first floor as well. Why is my phone choosing to connect to 3g when there is 4g available?
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What do you have your preferred network set to? LTE (recommended) or Global?
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So in the first floor of my office I usually connect to 3g and it's very slow, one day I decided to force the phone to stay on lte and I discovered my building has lte signal on the first floor as well. Why is my phone choosing to connect to 3g when there is 4g available?
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General speaking phones choose which one to use based on the signal strength(by dBm not by bars). So if you are in an area with a strong 3g signal but it also has a weak 4g signal, it will try to hold on to that 3g signal. Now I dont have sprint but I've had a few of the other carriers and that's how they worked.
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General speaking phones choose which one to use based on the signal strength(by dBm not by bars). So if you are in an area with a strong 3g signal but it also has a weak 4g signal, it will try to hold on to that 3g signal. Now I dont have sprint but I've had a few of the other carriers and that's how they worked.
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Every android device I've had will choose the "best" network connection type, regardless of signal strength.
For example, my phone will always choose LTE over HSPA+ even when LTE signal is really poor and HSPA+ is good.