[Q] will APN change to fast.tmobile help with H speeds?

[uploder]

Alright here it is. stock rom, rooted 4.2.2. I dont have LTE in my area so this is not the purpose of this. My issue is my speeds suck. I haven't experienced more than 7 mb down ( this happened only once to date) even in an excellent areas per t mobile's coverage map. I tried selecting t mobile's network and not leaving it on automatic. No difference.It goes from H to E and I never get H back. even turning off data, or toggling airplane mode in said areas don't give me back H. I havent flashed any custom roms because simply, with every custom rom ive tried theres always some kind of bugs to live with ( no disrespect to our excellent devs out there :angel and stock is most stable.

Now im not looking for 20mb down. I just want actual H or H+ speeds. I considered trying a new sim. I got a new micro sim when I got my n4 from tmobile but i dunno maybe I got a wonky one? Any other rooted stock users try this? Also if I do tweak APN settings is flashing the older baseband necessary or no for H speeds? Thanks

 

[scream4cheese]

Alright here it is. stock rom, rooted 4.2.2. I dont have LTE in my area so this is not the purpose of this. My issue is my speeds suck. I haven't experienced more than 7 mb down ( this happened only once to date) even in an excellent areas per t mobile's coverage map. I tried selecting t mobile's network and not leaving it on automatic. No difference.It goes from H to E and I never get H back. even turning off data, or toggling airplane mode in said areas don't give me back H. I havent flashed any custom roms because simply, with every custom rom ive tried theres always some kind of bugs to live with ( no disrespect to our excellent devs out there :angel and stock is most stable.

Now im not looking for 20mb down. I just want actual H or H+ speeds. I considered trying a new sim. I got a new micro sim when I got my n4 from tmobile but i dunno maybe I got a wonky one? Any other rooted stock users try this? Also if I do tweak APN settings is flashing the older baseband necessary or no for H speeds? Thanks

I doubt it but it doesn't hurt to try.

 

[simms22]

i had a worse connection and worse speeds using that apn without lte.
your data speed would only be 20mb+ if, and only if, tmobile has hspa42+ in your area. most of tmobiles coverage is hspa21+. youll never see 2omb download speeds on hspa21+, maybe around 10-14mbps. the data speeds would also depend on how much of the network is being used at the moment, how busy it is. so, generally, youll get your highest speeds late at night/early morning.

 

[uploder]

just to confirm is "excellent" on the coverage map considered hspa42+?

 

[simms22]

just to confirm is "excellent" on the coverage map considered hspa42+?

no. its probably 3G/hspa/hspa+. some places regular 3G, some are hspa21, and some hspa42. you could probably find out by calling tmobile, then ask for tech support. dont let the regular tmobile customer support try to help(lol).

 

[ross1998]

no. its probably 3G/hspa/hspa+. some places regular 3G, some are hspa21, and some hspa42. you could probably find out by calling tmobile, then ask for tech support. dont let the regular tmobile customer support try to help(lol).

Their tech support dont know much either. I called them to ask them when i will get 1900 mhz reframed and they said I'm suppose to have LTE when I will most likley not get lte till 2014

 

[simms22]

Their tech support dont know much either. I called them to ask them when i will get 1900 mhz reframed and they said I'm suppose to have LTE when I will most likley not get lte till 2014

i found this http://androidandme.com/2012/12/car...-new-metro-areas-to-4g-hspa-on-1900-mhz-band/