[Q]Possible to boost the signal - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

Hi everydbody. I got a question. When I go to see my girlfriend at Montreal, I got a very bad signal. There is a way to get a better signal?
Thanks
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xxjack3dxx said:
Hi everydbody. I got a question. When I go to see my girlfriend at Montreal, I got a very bad signal. There is a way to get a better signal?
Thanks
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Buy an active signal booster (ie a cell phone signal repeater).
Call your provider and compplain about coverage in the area.
Hold your phone 'right' lol.
Usually if you get bad signal in one area and good in another not much can be done at the device level to get better signal. You can try to use different bands and such but most times it wont help. Search for AWS on i337m to try, but I would guess it wont help.
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The only thing I've been able to do about little to no signal is buy a repeater. I bought a zboost yx540 (I think that's the one I have lol) and went from 0-1 bar of EDGE to 2-5 bars of 4G. I've also done signal tweaks with the app android tweaker pro and it seems to have helped.
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Is that real if I flash another modem I will got a better signal
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Highly unlikely.
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So whats is the benefits to flash another modem
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xxjack3dxx said:
So whats is the benefits to flash another modem
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Sometimes signal stability or battery life... usually nothing.
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Ok thank you everybody for your answer
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Best baseband to use with T-Mobile? And how do I update it.

I remember on my evo on sprint long ago you just used a updated zip.
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paniro187 said:
I remember on my evo on sprint long ago you just used a updated zip.
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"Best"?
If you don't care about LTE, download and flash the .48 baseband.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2087227
Otherwise follow this guide if you want to try LTE. (If it's available in your area)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2233319
Thanks man
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It goes a little farther than that. Whether you want LTe or not. 48 is known to dropout alot. I get a better signal and faster data speeds with the older radios
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Smallsmx3 said:
It goes a little farther than that. Whether you want LTe or not. 48 is known to dropout alot. I get a better signal and faster data speeds with the older radios
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I never get those so I'm good.
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Smallsmx3 said:
It goes a little farther than that. Whether you want LTe or not. 48 is known to dropout alot. I get a better signal and faster data speeds with the older radios
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I travel ALOT was just hoping for the best signal as all times as possible
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Never had an issue with 48...its the latest update.

Is it posible?

I have a ATT s4 with the screen completed cracked? My friend has a s4 sprint that he is selling. My question is if i buy the s4 sprint version and swap my att motherboard to the sprint will it work?
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No. You will run into issues with connecting to the network. You will spend half the money on an AT&T full screen assembly.
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graydiggy said:
No. You will run into issues with connecting to the network. You will spend half the money on an AT&T full screen assembly.
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Thanks for the reply. You think a tmobile one will work. Is just the phone around the vessel is crack too.
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Homeboy032 said:
Thanks for the reply. You think a tmobile one will work. Is just the phone around the vessel is crack too.
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Most likely no, you will have to get an AT&T model.
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I thought AT&T and T-Mobile S4's were identical just different bands.
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I thought AT&T and T-Mobile S4's were identical just different bands.
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My theory is it would still have connection issues. I could never wrong so someone please correct if I'm wrong
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Though they are identical, it is still best to always get OEM parts for your specific model number. The assembly is part of the antennas. The antenna lengths will vary per provider to connect to their respective networks. Any change or variations of antennas that are not exactly correct to the providers standards will greatly hinder cell signal performance. Also, the motherboards are identical but the back housing and front screen assembly of both will more than likely be different with how the antenna connects. Like I said, just get an AT&T one.
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Identical
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Identical
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Man that's pricey, I am glad there is a definitive answer however at that price, samsung definitely fixes it cheaper.
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The tmobile screen will work without issue. I exchanged my atts scratched up screen/housing with that of a tmobile s4. No issues with connection at all. Other than a damn shinny new screen
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Tmobile screen will work fine you just need to swao the displays.
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Tmobile G2 when on WiFi calling sounds alil choppy?

Anybody having same problem? When I'm on WiFi calling, the sound doesn't sound right, but when I'm on regular data, sounds perfect. Anybody having this problem?
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Getting this problem too
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I've been on T Mobile only a couple of months but my experiences with wifi calling on three different devices including the HTC One, has always been choppy and poor.
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Gonna return mine and get a white one
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erapmicks said:
Gonna return mine and get a white one
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White is for chicks...
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shook187 said:
White is for chicks...
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Uh oh. Does that mean I was supposed to have gotten the white one?!
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girlygirl00 said:
Uh oh. Does that mean I was supposed to have gotten the white one?!
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Someone as beautiful as you could get whatever you want... Okay that was cheesy.
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shook187 said:
Someone as beautiful as you could get whatever you want... Okay that was cheesy.
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Haha! Yes it was cheesy, but I'll accept your reply. Simply because I have the black one.
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I stay using WiFi calling and I don't have any issues. No disrespect to anyone here but it could be your wireless router causing the issue.
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Mine was a little choppy too. At home, at work, or at work office (all 3 with different locations and different routers). So I just turned it off..
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Not choppy but robotic /digitized. Works though
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Call and complain, I did just that today as the G2 is a replacement for an Amaze 4G that is actually worse. And the corporate store has a restocking fee of $50. And I rather like this phone.
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I get choppy digitized audio on Wi-Fi calling. I've just accepted it as normal. It isn't a deal breaker
I just consider it an "if all else fails" type of thing since the quality is so poor. I wonder how much less radiation the phone puts out though.
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WiFi Calling drops within 5 minutes
I have been searching all the forums for any info on this. I saw one post earlier, but it seems to have been removed. It showed a specific setting for un-checking router re-checks. I can't find the setting on LG G2. My problem:
Had an HTC One S. It never woke up with WiFi calling enabled, huge problem. Went to the LG G2, wakes up perfectly but after a few minutes (.30 to 7 min) it drops the call. All new WiFi hardware and I still get drops. 7 different calls with tech support, even changed the SIM to the one that came with the phone. There's a trouble ticket in. Hope it actually gets to LG.
More times than most, the upgrade/tweaking of the radio are the last of the updates the put out. For this...I would pay whatever the bounty is on this, now. Just get it Fixed!!!
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UK Three 4G - available now?

As the title suggests, has anyone on Three got 4G yet? It says it's activated now, however I'm on the latest Bobcatrom with network selection automatically selecting LTE (autoconnect), I'm still on H?
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They have only activated for so many people at the moment, I'm not sure how you check though mate
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Ah ok, many thanks for the reply (and I've just realised I posted this completely in the wrong place, my bad, mod please do move accordingly!). I've restarted my phone, since coming back to London from up north and yeah it's still not activated. May give a all over next few days if still not switched...
I heard they have started the rollout in London for selected customers (around 1000) for now with more customers expected to be given access in January.
When asked their tweeter account replied saying all test users have already been picked but to look out for further updates from them. Bit dissapointing if you ask me.
That's really helpful to know where I stand, but I couldn't agree more, a dam shame they couldn't roll out full availability in one go.
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... Be interesting to see what speeds those who have been lucky enough to get it are reaching....
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To be fair, I'm still doing alright with the speeds I've got right now and so I am really curious to see what 4G so bring!
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cd993 said:
... Be interesting to see what speeds those who have been lucky enough to get it are reaching....
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I think if you are in London with good strength. .. You should easily hit 50mb download and near 20mb upload
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Just called them and I was informed that it is going to be March!!
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cd993 said:
Just called them and I was informed that it is going to be March!!
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That sucks. They had a blog post that said "We'll be rolling out 4G for ALL our customers in 3 cities in December" which they've now pulled.
****s
Got mine now! Best speed so far is 3.6mb a second, not too bad! Anyone else got theirs yet?
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cd993 said:
Got mine now! Best speed so far is 3.6mb a second, not too bad! Anyone else got theirs yet?
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is that on 4g? I thought a lot of people were getting a hell of a lot more than that on the 3g.... Some were saying around 30mb. That's very disappointing if that's the 4g speed mate
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Been getting upto 32mbps in cardiff.
Bit slow tonight and i think is still in testing
Kieron
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This is the best I've got, central London
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cd993 said:
This is the best I've got, central London
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Pretty poor?
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I know, was kinda hoping for higher. Yet it is still double my home broadband lol perhaps with different modems ill achieve higher results
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Probably still testing a fair bit - - - - - . O2 are officially testing here and have been for a month or so, first few weeks I was pulling 20ish now I'm closer to 70
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cd993 said:
This is the best I've got, central London
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You would appear to be on WiFi here?
Regards,
Dave
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Probably still testing a fair bit - - - - - . O2 are officially testing here and have been for a month or so, first few weeks I was pulling 20ish now I'm closer to 70
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Wow that is very inspiring to hear!!
foxmeister said:
You would appear to be on WiFi here?
Regards,
Dave
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I appear to be, however it's a screen shot of a test taken when out and about, back home now, note the time differences
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cd993 said:
I know, was kinda hoping for higher. Yet it is still double my home broadband lol perhaps with different modems ill achieve higher results
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Double your home broadband? It's only 4mb mate. ... Surely you get better than that for your home bb lol. ... Not sky is it?
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No signal

Recently got a used note 3 which is supposedly be unlocked. I tryed using my telus sim but it still no reception?
Model number:sm-n900
Baseband version: n900zcubmi3
Build number jjss15j.n900zcubmj3
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Help?
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Csc:n9006chnbmj3
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Sounds like a stolen/reported missing phone
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crookx said:
Csc:n9006chnbmj3
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It has box and everything? Dont think its stolen. Dont even think this phone was purchased from canada?
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If the phone is locked to a network, it should ask for the code to unlock it. If it's not asking for that and just shows no signal.... Then the is definitely something fishy
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Found my problem. Ended up getting scammed for a fake clone note 3... Phone works on Rogers but not for telus. Having a real bad day!

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