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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wrayrb:
FWIW, I have the same feature showing on my online plan. When I called Premier Customer Support, they told (on 2 separate phone calls) that I have the "H+" plan. The second call confirmed that it is the same plan that Atrix 4G customers get.

This sounds like the right plan? However, I usually get 2-2.5 Mbps down. That is real dependent on where I check speedtest and how much signal strength I have. I never see an H+ on the signal strength, only a H at best. Anyone actually see an H+?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] halo0:
I can also never get more than about 2.5-3M down on it even though my Infuse has gotten into the 8-10M down area.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] enumBoss:
This. I can't seem to get more than 2.5 down, either.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TroyBoy30:
I called back as well and they say that is the correct plan. I always just see H and I'm averaging 6kbps using the at&t us hsdpa apn. was just hoping for higher
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
This is absolutely true as I used to see ping as low as 36ms on Skyrocket (before i returned it after reaching 5GB in a few days on LTE in NYC). I would consistently get higher throughput and amazingly low latency. After I returned the Skyrocket I changed to Infuse 4G HSPA+ HSDPPB plan because my LTE data plan was about to be throttled, but the latency went back over 100ms, and speeds hardly ever reach over 9mbps. On Skyrocket over HSPA+ in NYC I used to constantly max the 16QAM channel at 14.4mbps late nights. Now under the same conditions it's mostly under 7.2mbps on GN.

I will probably go back to AT&T store after this billing cycle is over and ask for my SIM to be reprovisioned for LTE using one of their in store IMEIs
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] doubleatheman:
Mine has never shown H+, and I know it has been using HSPA categories that go over 7.2mbps (HSPA:11), so technically its Using H+, but only shows an H. (I'm only assuming this)

When it shows just 3G, the network type for me usually us: UMTS:3, so 3G is just that plain ol 3G UMTS Data ~300kbps max.

So, As far as I know, the SGN has no way of indicating if your on H+ or just H, its all under the same "H" indicator by default.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
HSPA:11 reading you're seeing in GN has nothing to do with the HSPA categories.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Speed_Downlink_Packet_Access
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lpasq:
I have a Skyrocket IEMI provisioned LTE SIM in my GNxS and I see HSPA, HSPDA, and an occasional UMTS signal on my commute. I watch the towers using https://market.android.com/details?id=com.technolatry.antennas and my down speeds are never greater than 5Mbps. My APN is wap.cingular...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
You might wanna try pta APN. If nothing your latency should drastically improve.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] doubleatheman:
Well I did always wonder why wiki says cat11 goes to .96mbps, but I go way faster, obviously what my phone calls 11 is not 11.

So when the SGN says HSPA:11 & HSDPA:9, what cats are those really?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wrayrb:
Can you or someone post the pta APN settings? I am not sure what they are.

Thanks in advance.

---------- Post added at 09:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:07 AM ----------

I found that when I turned of wifi at home, with a signal strength of about 1 bar, I got about 7kps download speed. At work or the post office with 5 bars of SS, I get about 2.5Mbps download speed. Signal strength makes a BIG difference.

BTW, with wifi, I usually get about 11Mbps download speed. That is much better!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] halo0:
These were posted on the video...

Name: phone

APN: phone

Proxy: Blank

Port: Blank

Username: blank

Password: blank

Server: blank

MMSC: blank

MMS Proxy: blank

MMS Port: blank

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

Authentication type: Blank

APN Type: default,internet,supl

APN protocol: leave as is

Bearer: leave as is

Name: pta

APN: pta

Proxy: Blank

Port: Blank

Username: blank

Password: blank

Server: blank

MMSC: blank

MMS Proxy: blank

MMS Port: blank

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

Authentication type: Blank

APN Type: default,internet,mms,supl

APN protocol: leave as is

Bearer: leave as is

For some reason I cannot connect to the PTA one. I can connect to PHONE, but I get about the same results as the default "Cingular 410" apn.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
Your line has to be provisioned for LTE in order to use pta.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] halo0:
Ah, good to know. At least I was able to break the 3M barrier today. I got up to 5.5M down a couple of times. :) I guess the network has just slowed down quite a bit since I first got the Infuse.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coolbho3000:
Using a fake Skyrocket II IMEI almost worked for upgrading my unlimited plan to 4G LTE unlimited (Skyrocket IMEI begins with 35728804, with a six digit serial number that you can make up, and a checksum digit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhn_algorithm) but they told me to go to the store to get a LTE SIM. I'll try to go to the store later today. Hah, figures.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ibejack96:
ok a couple of questions:

1. I have a LTE SIM card, so is it worth trying to upgrade to an LTE plan now, even though I just upgraded to a HSPA+ plan with an atrix IMEI?

2. I didn't know about this checksum thing when I used the fake atrix IMEI, how do you use it? (I looked at that link and couldn't figure it out)

3. I updated the APNs on my phone when I upgraded my plan, but I left the cingular APN... is it ok to delete this, or do I have to have it in order to get 3G when not in an HSDPA area? (subsequently, can I delete the HSDPA APN if I upgrade to an LTE data plan)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coolbho3000:
This is what you do.

Say you have some numbers (ie. IMEI or credit card number which also uses Luhn)

123456789

Take every other digit and multiply by 2.

1 + 2*2 + 3 + 4*2 + 5 + 6*2 + 7 + 8*2 + 9 = 65

Since you need to add 5 to 65 to get to the next multiple of 10 (65+5 = 70), the last digit is 5. So your final IMEI/credit card number/etc would be 1234567895.

So for the Skyrocket instead of using 123456789 use 35728804, add 6 random digits (whatever you want), and calculate the last digit.

I got my 4G SIM and used a fake IMEI. They activated the SIM for me and the PTN APN now works - unlimited 4G data. It's got a lot less latency than the other ones but the bandwidth is roughly the same.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sl8125:
Can you use AT&T media net plan with the GN? Just curious if I need to upgrade my plan before purchasing the phone. Thx.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ianwood:
LTE is much lower latency than HSPA+ so the ping times make sense. I'd be curious to see if there are any real latency differences between the APNs using HSPA(+) only.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
That's what I was talking about. Using PTA APN with your LTE provisioned SIM, on a HSPA+ capable handset (Galaxy Nexus) will score you very low latency as 4G is being routed to completely different servers. Also using iPad or USB modem SIM with "broadband" APN will get you the same latency.

The downside is they will throttle you for going over 2GB (in some cases 5GB) a month to measly 160kbps for the remaining of your billing cycle using PTA as your APN.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ianwood:
A lot of LTE's low latency comes from eUTRAN which only LTE devices can use. However, the "different servers" which is the SAE EPC could play a part too and can be used by HSPA devices with the PTA APN. I'd be curious to see some test results. Same SIM. One set with an LTE device using PTA and one set using an HSPA+ device using PTA.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jesseownzzz:
BULLS*IT ask to talk to someone else cause the rep doesnt know what hes talking about
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jesseownzzz:
As far as IMEI's are concerned you dont need any specific IMEI from any specific phone. You can use the IMEI that your nexus comes with and (if the rep knows what theyre doing) youll receive your proper data plan with your proper speeds.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I used my GN IMEI. My phone does not have the same APN's as an Atrix. I dont believe I have a 4G plan.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jesseownzzz:
Check your account and look for the name of your data feature. It should be SMT personal. Your galaxy nexus should pick up hspa automatically without having to even configure the APN. My Droid razr on other hand had to be configured manually.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TroyBoy30:
mine says

Smartphone Bundle without Messaging	SmartPhone Personal

$30.00	N/A	Unlimited	Current

ive verified 3 times with my corp store that is is hspa+ unlimted. im also using the AT&T US HSDPA apn. I had to add it cause the only apn that was on my phone was cingular 410. the speeds with the hsdpa apn are faster

in billing this is what I have which is correct according to all the research i did

Data GPRS WAP UNLTD DOM - HSDPPB

this is how the billing details look

using cingular 410

12/08	11:46 AM	wap.cingular	Internet/MEdia Net	Sent	53147KB

using hsdpa

12/13	03:22 PM	phone	Internet/MEdia Net	Sent	17496KB
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
So yes, i am going to sound sexist, and extremely so, because i have a very good reason for that. spent 1 hr on the phone yest, the first guy i talked to knew exactly what i was talking to, but he said he didnt have access to a 4g phone right then, then he transferred me to a woman, who failed to understand after 15 mins,, transferred me to another woman in tech support who knew exew exactly what i wanted, but told me specifically that putting someone else's imei as my phone is illegal, and fraud.Even using store model phones. So there is no way in hell it could be done, and anything i may try is illegal, and imei's cant be shared, so i cant use my friends' phones.

basically i am screwed.

Today morning, i popped my sim in an atrix, called 611, got 4g plan, verified working.

So yes, AT&T tech support, esp a woman named Cindy, dont know what the hell they are talking about.

PS-Speeds are still the same though. 3.3/1. FYI, even on his atrix its 3.3/1.And i copied all the APNs and everything.AT&T US HSPDA,AT&T US MMS. Does AT&T 4g suck so bad or do i need to change something?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] firehazard:
I don't know why people are thinking you need to grab an imei from a different phone. Just go to your local corporate store and they'll take care of you. I was in and out within 3 minutes and had my data plan upgraded to the HSPA+ version (while retaining unlimited data) and had a new SIM card. They used my phone's imei.

My u/l and d/l speeds about doubled or more and we don't even have HSPA+ here, yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
yea i was getting 3-3.3 default dl speeds on my 3g data plan on my gn, now after activating 4g plan, i am getting around 2.4 dl. i guess this area doesnt have 4g yet.will try when i am at home, then report back.

edit: i am using the hsdpa apn(2.4/0.7). on the default apn i get 3.3/1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haydonxda:
My mixed experience

Went to a local AT&T store and was helped. The person helping me knew what I wanted to do and brought a Skyrocket out of the back to use it's IMEI so the data code could be changed on my account.

I don't recall the code, but it's different than what was reported here. The description was something like "4G LTE Unlimited Data with Visual Voice Mail". I checked my account online and don't have any data plan checked off... Strange.

Anyway, he replaced my SIM which couldn't hurt right? And then I entered the APN information off of the Skyrocket that was in the store. The APN name is "pta" and has some newer, non-Cingular IP names in it.

Connected to the pta APN while in the store to make sure things were a go and went out to lunch. During lunch I played with the phone and was happy. Everything seemed to be working... Until 30 minutes later when I started to get proxy authentication errors. Gah!

Called up AT&T on the phone and so far haven't gotten any assistance. APN "phone" now works while it didn't before I made changes.

I think "pta" is where I want to be but I can't account for it suddenly not working.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
Edit:I now get 7/1.1 on att 4g hspa+.apparently my workplace doesn't get 4g,sence the below 3 speeds there.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
Double post.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TroyBoy30:
guess i got my straight then. was really hoping for better though. I saw 7 max on my iphone 4
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
how can you get 8on the iPhone?iPhone 4 is nit hspa nor does it cone with the 4g plan.I know because I have friends who actually own that pos.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TroyBoy30:
i said 7!

this was average
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SamsungVibrant:
I don't think it matters what you "name" the data plan.

I couldn't help but laugh reading this thread. Unless At&t works differently, the "name" of the data plan has nothing to do with what speeds you get. Just because you call and switch over the name of your plan it's not going to change your speeds.

This is very similar to when T-mobile changed the name of their data plans from 3G to 4G. Someone in the Vibrant forums made a thread telling everyone to call into T-mobile and have their data plan name switched from 3G to T-mobile 4G, advising everyone they would now have 4G. Umm no it doesn't work that way. The name is just a name. If your Nexus hardware is HSPA+ and you pop in a compatible At&t sim card, you should get HSPA+ speeds regardless of what your data plan name is on your bill.

Am I the only one who realizes this or am I just missing something?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haydonxda:
It may not change how your phone interacts with the towers but the data plan you're on certainly matters when it comes to choosing an APN.

From what I've read on AT&T:

pta > phone > wap.cingular

Prior to changing my account I couldn't use phone or pta. After I had my account changed I was using pta briefly. Then mysteriously I couldn't authenticate to pta and haven't spent the hours on the phone to figure out why yet. Still using phone though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ajftl:
we did the same with the gs2 unlocked one... just google a a trix or any other att 4g IMEI number then call att ant tell them u have a different phone and would like to update account give them that imei and double check that he put un on the 4g plan ...lol 4g.......
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CraigP17:
accounts/sims so need to be provisioned for correct type of data plan, so its youre not totally right. att has since simplified their plans
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
you are kinda wrong. att 4g plan has a enhanced backhaul feature which kinda integrates your 3g with their ofc networks. its not a significant improvement, but fact is fact that it made me go from 3/0.7 to 7/1.1.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ianwood:
This is not true. AT&T's data service used to be one size fits all but it isn't anymore. LTE eNodeB's can support HSPA(+) and backhaul it. And the LTE APN routes through a separate EPC core. You're not guaranteed better results but changing plans and APNs can make a difference.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AfroCreame:
I must be lazy because I have never called, switched or begged at&t to change my grandfathered unlimited 3G plan to an 4G HSPA+ one. That being said, my speeds are some of the fastest I've seen on a gsm gnex. I guess I'm skeptical, but I highly doubt that even if I went through all that trouble, my speeds would increase.

To each his own...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rubiconjp:
Original SIM from Captivate: around 1.5 mbps down.

Had at&t provisioned my phone with a LTE SIM this afternoon: 4-4.5 mbps down.

I added the settings from the above post, with a LTE SIM and pta: 7.2 mbps down.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ellesshoo:
Where are you located? I've been too lazy to deal with att but that's a big enough improvement that it would seem worthwhile
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rubiconjp:
I'm in Austin TX. I will run a few more tests today between the various APNs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] flacoff:
on a unlimited 3g plan. downtown san francisco, averaging 5-6mb down. upload speed can range from 600kbps to 1.1mb. I'm not in a rush to change plans as I have the luxury of having a Verizon LTE hotspot, which I carry around for work and a tablet.

in SF, I can reach 9-13mb down and anywhere from 2-9mb up on Verizon.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] carboncache:
Comment about Discounted Data Plans

I thought I would share some information I received when I called 611 to have the plan switched over, which I did not see posted to the thread yet.

While my current 2GB data plan (3G) is eligible for the business discount, the 3GB data plan (any speed) would not be eligible for that same discount. The 5GB plan is the only one that would qualify for whatever discount is on the account. I haven't decided to make the switch, since I'm still trying to calculate the total cost of losing my discount.

I'm not saying not to do it, and I just wanted to share this to anyone else still thinking of switching from the older 2GB data plan.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bluzes:
I still do need to check here, but your saying that if you switch to the 4g plan you also have yo switch over to the 5gb plan which is not eligible for corporate discount?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] carboncache:
Nope. There's the 300MB plan, the 3GB plan, and the 5GB plan. The rep told me that only the 5GB plan is eligible for the corporate discount. You can choose any of the 3 plans, but only the 5GB plan can be discounted.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jrodsep:
I have done the IMEI changing thing and they gave me a plan that says:

"SMT Personal" on the bill and when I go into manage my features it says: "Smartphone bundle: Data Plan for SmartPhones. Unlimited domestic data usage. Only available for upgrades. Requires customers to be on a "Gold List" SmartPhone Plan prior to upgrade to 4G device."

Is this the correct 4G (HSPA+) plan for those changing from an iPhone unlimited plan?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adunski:
I too have spent too many hours trying to be patient with AT&T, trying to teach them how to do their job. I don't want to lose my grandfathered account either. I went in to get a new SIM, and they told me it wouldn't do any good. Not to mention that they charge for SIM card replacements now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wingzero2085:
So, is there any consensus to the best way to go about this? Is it even necessary now?

I just switched from a Captivate to an unlocked galaxy nexus on AT&T a few days ago and my data speeds are pretty horrible (the only APN in my phone is wap.cingular -- I have not tried adding "phone", but I will). Can I simply take my nexus into a corporate AT&T store and have them switch me to a 4G data plan, or do I need to drag along my unused Atrix 4G just in case?

Any help would be much appreciated!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fonso4g:
just spoke to a female associate and she knew exactly what i was trying to do, she asked for my imei number and about 4 minutes i was set
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fountainhead931:
I took my GN into ATT, they were going to use another phone's IMEI. I said hey, just scan my GN, so he took the ATT scanner, and waved it across, and "BEEP" the IMEI of my GN went into the system. I used to have an iPhone SIM with grandfathered unlimited and now I have smartphone unlimited data plan. Same speeds as I got with the iPhone SIM in my Atrix "4G" phone. SO, I guess my GN IMEI went into the ATT system. Guy in ATT store couldn't have cared less either way.

In my area they have LTE but GN doesn't use it so I'm not too worried about it.

Once I rooted and installed AdBlock my surfing has gone into overdrive. At least 3 to 4 times faster not loading ads.

On a quiet Sunday I get 6-7 down and always 1 up with any phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bigjim1488:
It will scan but the system won't take it. He most likely just put you on for a regular smartphone data plan.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fatttire:
So let me get this straight. The GN doesn't have 4G service, only HSPA+, but changing to a 4G plan let's you route though AT&T's 4G networks so its faster on their end with less congestion.

Or is there a specific feature of this phone that is turned off until you go through these steps?

I thought HSPA+ works through 3G? Confused here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kirkff:
Can someone please post the hsdpa apn? I have the "cingular 410", the "phone", and "pta" apns. Using the 410 now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
Does anybody know if there is a physical difference between the HSPA+ sim card and the LTE sim cards? (assuming that they are the same size)?

In other words, could I use my old GS2 sim card in my Gnex and have it provisioned for LTE so that I can use the PTA apn? Or do I need to actually go get an LTE sim card that is physically different from the typical GS2/Gnex hspa sim cards?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
4g is just a marketing term referring to either HSPA+ or LTE.

The Galaxy Nexus is an HSPA+ device for ATT/TMO/etc users.

HSPA+ is a "4g" data enhancement using the base UMTS "3g" network.

The various APN's basically just dictate which path, within ATT's backend data network, your phone's traffic takes to get to the rest of the world.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fatttire:
Ah, so you are saying this is a 4G phone for all practical purposes, and without taking these steps you arent unlocking the full hardware potential of this phone .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nickel Dime Bay:
Would i get the PTA apn if i simply put my LTE microsim sim from my One X into the Nexus? I have unlimited LTE right now so just wondering if this would work.

The thing is i am returning the one x when i get the nexus today, can i just keep the IMEI number?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sango2:
I had mine provisioned today to HSM200MB (200 MB Plan). It was originally on SMT200 when I had a AT&T Sony Ericsson flip phone which was only 3G capable.

When I walked in, they were surprised why I was asking for a new SIM card since I said I thought my speeds seem a bit slow and the SIM card did only say 3G on it, which they physically saw and verified in the account.

I am using the phone APN, which I had to add in manually and it seems to work fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nouseforaname222:
Just switched from HTC One X to GN and I called AT&T today to get the proper data plan. The IMEI number still wasn't valid, but I told the chick I was talking to that I had an unlocked GN and she knew exactly what to do. I was set up in a few minutes.

I was having a problem with consistent signal. After the change, speed was a bit faster, but solid signal all around.
[Streak 5 General] andy1weir@hotmail.co.uk:
ok guys basically i cant access fastboot or recovery it just hangs at dell logo, ive tried using qdltool but this seems to have made it worse first it could acces fastboot, now it cant ,

any help would be appreciated
[Streak 5 General] andy1weir@hotmail.co.uk:
Solved :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wizky911:
I just got of the phone with Sprint...yeah trying to get some credit on my account for LOS lol. And the lady just let me know that the EK02 update this will fix the LOS issue with the Epic Touch 4G will be pushed out starting Dec 7th through Dec 14th.

This update is also supposed to fix any 4G problems people have been having.

Just a heads up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
wouldn't be the worst thing if it was true and recently the call from the VP thread that such threads have happened.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingsway8605:
The source for ek02 was posted, the ota is imminent
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sling:
Hopefully tar follows soon.

If not there will be a few unhappy around here screaming.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jmejiaa:
OTA is being pushed, Sprint says about 10 days for 100% of phones to be updated. I got mine yesterday so that gives me time to switch phones if in 14 days I'm not happy with this signal stuff.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xhadudkenx:
Hey since you got the update from sprint can you please pull it and post it to the community?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
Did you get your phone yesterday or the update yesterday?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Beejis:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...02-rolling-out-the-the-samsung-epic-4g-touch/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jmejiaa:
My phone. Sorry to get hopes up... I'm waiting it just as eagerly.