[Q]HOW TO Connect To A 4G Band Galaxy SII?

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A few weeks ago, I posted a thread asking why does my friend get 4G, but I don't. If you are like me in a situation like this, the process is simple. In my area, there are 4G and Edge bands that phones connect to. My phone persistently connected to the edge band while my friend connects to the 4G. So lets get to the point shall we.

If you are having problems like me try this:

Go to your settings, wireless and network, mobile networks, and then select network mode. (After doing some research about GSM and WCDMA, I found out that GSM (3G aka edge) was slower than WCDMA (the newer technology 3G).

Select WCDMA. (For me it took a while so don't worry. If it does take too much time then select WCDMA + GSM.) You are going to have to select it anyway when you are done if you don't automatically connect to 4G.

When you select the combination, your phone should reconnect to your carrier provider and you should get 4G like me.

Oh. F.Y.I. T-Mobile doesn't actually have 4G. It's just a fast 3G network called HSPA, but they still display the 4G symbol when you have it. Hope it helps somebody.

Tmobile doesn't have 4g?

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Originally Posted by mikeyinid

Tmobile doesn't have 4g?

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not "technically" but id say hspa gets the job done... except wen u run out of ur 5gb of data... which i did... n now they slowed me down till the end of billing cycle... what sucks is... my hspa is faster than wifi connection wifi is slow as hellllllll....

Originally Posted by mikeyinid

Tmobile doesn't have 4g?

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No. It's not really 4G. Just a faster 3G Network. It is really fast though.

Originally Posted by Radsolutionz

not "technically" but id say hspa gets the job done... except wen u run out of ur 5gb of data... which i did... n now they slowed me down till the end of billing cycle... what sucks is... my hspa is faster than wifi connection wifi is slow as hellllllll....

LOL! That is true.. I find my phone faster than WiFi.

Originally Posted by SIISuperUserIIS

Oh. F.Y.I. T-Mobile doesn't actually have 4G. It's just a fast 3G network called HSPA, but they still display the 4G symbol when you have it. Hope it helps somebody.

So who has 4G? T-Mobile is faster than the other 3, so no one has 4G?

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Originally Posted by mikeyinid

Tmobile doesn't have 4g?

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Looks like 4g to me.

Originally Posted by nysoprano

So who has 4G? T-Mobile is faster than the other 3, so no one has 4G?

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I don't know about the other providers though. I will do some more research when I get out for Christmas break.

Originally Posted by billydroid

Looks like 4g to me.

I don't know if you still have the sticker, but look on top of your Galaxy S2 and there should be a sticker that reads "Qualcomm 3G HSDPA". Sorry folks, correction HSDPA*

No company has "4G", none of them meet the official requirements of 4G. Just because your phone says 4G doesn't mean it actually is. Just because David Copperfield made it LOOK like he made a Boeing-747 disappear doesn't mean he ACTUALLY did

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G#Requirements