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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] banccalif:
At least you guys can connect 3g smh, I've been with either 1x, roaming, or 1 bar of 3g since the NV upgrade in my area. I've opened 3 separate tickets during the duration of me having the device (since June). The first 2 tickets were resolved after a few days... This last time that were "working" on the towers totally screwed me over, as stated above, I'm not getting anything! If I didn't have wifi I'd be as*sed out. Mind you, all these tickets are closed and deemed as "fixed". After calling Sprint again they conceded to give an airave, which is cool when I'm at home, but what the Hell am I supposed to do when I leave?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] banccalif:
Proof of me being blanketed in 3g but having NO bars
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] BeerMit:
I too am having the same LTE woes as others are posting. I've tested my Evo side by side with a GS3 and a Gnex on separate occasions and both had LTE signal where mine did not. Really wanting to ditch this phone now, despite how much I love it otherwise. :(
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] leerage:
Just for a temp fix right now use the *#*#4636#*#* dial code and change your mode from "CDMA +LTE/EvDo Auto" to "LTE,CDMA". This will allow you to hold on to those LTE signals much longer. You will still get phone calls and texts and as long as you are in an LTE area, you will be fine. If you happen to go out of LTE you will be stuck on 1X but simply just revert the changes and you'll be able to use 3G.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shook187:
You seem to have a separate problem and it have nothing to do with what this thread is about.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] banccalif:
How is that? I have no LTE and NO 3g after the NV upgrade.. If you know what the problem is enlighten me plz good sir
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Pizzalover83:
Looks like your cell radio is off.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] leerage:
Sprint is still blocking LTE in LA. They have announced LA in the coming months but haven't officially launched it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] banccalif:
I understand that part, but why is it that I have no bars while on cdma only? I might as well have a nokia smh
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] leerage:
Did you have issues at home before getting an EVO LTE?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] banccalif:
3g was great 2-3 weeks at a time since June with no drop calls. But now, as I said in the my initial post, the most recent tower upgrade has royally F'ed me. This outage/upgrade has been going on since Sept 13th and was supposed to be resolved Sept 21st..but here we are
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] b85chevy:
I have been on many phone calls with Sprint. Fortunately when I have gone in to the store, the representatives/techs have been unable to get the 4G LTE to connect. They keep swapping it out with fingers crossed... I have been unable to convince anyone that the phone is flawed.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] loujennings4:
Well i let Sprint check my phone out and they said 4g should be working but still i had no 4g signal. My son was due for an upgrade so I gave him my EVO LTE and used his upgrade to get the GS3. At one spot here in Dallas the GS3 was pulling 19mbs and the EVO was still on 3g. Hate to say it but these EVOs are seriously flawed and im looking at it fisrt hand. I loved my Evo but the lack of 4g was a deal breaker.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] morfinx:
So I went in and got a GS3 today. Was able to hop on LTE when I got home, but the signal was terrible (-115 dBm RSRP) so it wasn't able to hold onto it consistently. Got 1.5 mbps down while I was on LTE lol.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shook187:
So you think the EVO would had done worst?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] morfinx:
I think that's probable. I live right around the corner from the Sprint store, and as I mentioned earlier, the EVOs in the store could not pick up LTE, but the GS3s in the store could.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Blazin Chaos:
I know most of the discussion in this thread as been focused on the 4G LTE signal strength, but I'm curious to know how strong of a connection or speed of downloads everyone is getting on the 3G signal? I would like to know, from those in the areas that are lucky enough to even have 4G, if you could share how solid and quick your 3G signals are. This would be interesting to see if our EVOs have a general problem with using any means of data connections.

I'm in the Detroit metro area and we aren't fortunate enough to have 4G here and my 3G speeds are a terrible 100-300k, if I'm lucky to even have a connection sometimes! My old rooted OG EVO would push around 1.5M on a 3G connection! DAMN, I miss that phone!!

So could some of you guys that are SPOILED :p with having 4G capabilities post what your 3G speeds are in your area??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Steve5400:
Typically I use wifi at home so it makes little difference. But when I am not home, it would be nice to just have LTE if it's available instead of flipping airplane mode on and off.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
With the NV upgrade in Baltimore I'm getting a consistent 1.5 mbps up and down on 3g
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Blazin Chaos:
Thx!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] b85chevy:
Has anyone seen a relationship between the EVO 4G LTE color (black or white) and 4G LTE issues? Our four have been white, in my observation, the black devices hold a 4G LTE signal better. This may be a coincidence, but it is a possibility.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] vantige:
HTC Evo 4G LTE with no 4G and spotty LTE. New York doesnt have LTE yet but when it does and if this problem persists with these phones I'll be getting the GS3. First the problem with customs now this.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Steve5400:
Does anyone have an idea how to go about getting a GSiii in exchange for an evolte?

Aside from the shadow Internet underworld that is Craigs list I mean...

I talked to someone who works for sprint and he was less than helpful...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
For what?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Steve5400:
So I can have a phone that picks up LTE on its own.

I love this phone, but the LTE issue is a deal breaker.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] leerage:
Are you in an area that is in active LTE deployment? Either way I would hold off until the next update and see if that fixes it (thats just my opinion). If not, then one could certainly try to exchange.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] arozer:
Switched for Evo LTE to GS3 last week.

Always connected to 4G now.

Neither mine or my brother's EVO ever connected.

HTC needs to come up with better antennas in their phones man.

(FYI, that was my second Evo and my brothers 3rd.)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Steve5400:
Yes, I am in Dallas, I've gotten lte in some areas, but never without switching to airplane mode.

---------- Post added at 03:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:21 PM ----------

How did you get them to switch phones?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] vantige:
I'm guessing he showed them how the phone couldn't hold an LTE signal and complained about it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
Or he was just holdi ng it wrong. Wierd how i never have issues with LTE. *shrug*
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] arozer:
I put an add up on Craigslist and asked if anyone wanted to trade a great condition Evo LTE for a great condition GS3.

After about 2 weeks, some guy got back to me.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] JCorona:
I'm also having the same problem, my phone connects to 4G inside my house but as soon as i start moving it even a few inches it loses the signal. But if i leave it alone, it will stay connected the whole time. Which is OK for me now since most of the time at home i use it to tether. This is my 3rd Evo, the other two i had to return for the light gray flickering problem. And the one i currently have flickers also .___. .. But what i noticed is that all 3 I've had, have the same 4g connection issues. Even with all the updates on them, firmware and radios. I'm S-OFF and rooted if anyone wonders. Now, i can go get the GSIII but i really don't like that phone nor the IPhone. I bought my phone on Sept. 3 from Best Buy (Oct.1 got the 3rd phone) and the rep said i had one month to get the phone replaced so i believe i have one moth from Oct. 1st to get it replaced if i need to.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] leerage:
You can use the dialer codes to change a mode to force LTE.

*#*#4636#*#*

or

##3282# (Requires MSL)

In there you can change the preferred network type to LTE CDMA only and that will force LTE for you. It will hold the LTE connection for much longer. If you happen to fall out of LTE, you'll be on 1X. Just switch back to the orignal setting and you'll be on 3G.

This is a work around for now. HTC/Sprint will need to resolve the issue.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ipclark1:
This really is ridiculous. I'm sure there are many of you who, like me, talked up this phone and defended it daily telling everyone else with 4g already, "look out once this guy has a real network to operate on." Well I've finally got lte just about everywhere I operate locally, and my gfs s3 stays connected all day.. A post of mine was removed a few months back and I agreed I should shut up because I knew what I was getting into. I have stayed calm and patient, but this is ridiculous. I think that is a very appropriate word here. Even at peak hours, her s3 stays connected while my EVO just jumps 3g/4g,3g/4g,in perpetuity... This kinda sucks guys
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mikejeep:
From some testing I have been doing with a custom app, it definitely seems more like a software problem as opposed to an antenna problem. I think the hardware is doing its job, but the software isn't set up right.

Sprint will get it fixed, and I'm guessing it will be sooner rather than later. They are investing an enormous amount of money into their LTE deployment, and I highly doubt they are going to let themselves lose subscribers (and suffer through a PR nightmare) because their customers are giving up trying to connect to this expensive new network because of correctable handset problems.

-Mike
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] morfinx:
Even though I went with the GS3, I certainly hope Sprint/HTC will fix the EvoLTE soon :(
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] digiblur:
Unfortunately this is already happening. Many EVO LTE owners not in the know, are getting a very poor experience of LTE right now due to this. Of course, they are spreading the word that this new network sucks. It also doesn't help it combined with the maps not being correct. People are setting up a new line and quickly bringing back the phone in the 14 day window and heading to another carrier.

The longer they wait, the bigger the snowball gets.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PsiPhiDan:
Not to mention they are losing all of their commercial clients. Businesses can't wait for this tower upgrade. When I was at Verizon recently, it was FULL of people switching from Sprint. Plus the manager mentioned that he recently got 1000 phones from Sprint business customers the other day. Sprint is in trouble, seriously.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jeeplj8:
I am on my second EVO LTE. The both would drop all network coverage. period. just drop and not pick up without a restart. did it at the sprint store and they said it was not a hardware issues, take it up with HTC. Managed to get it replaced with enough complaining, have had this one since July, live in an LTE city, NEVER seen it get 4g. NEVER. Yes, LTE/CDMA is checked.

The EVO LTE simply does not get LTE. I just help it up to a co-workers gs3. She gets 4g and actual data. I get NO data at all sitting in our office.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Cherokee4Life:
He took the words right out of my mouth. I LOVE my EVO 4G LTE, but I would not recommend it to anyone because of all the hassles I am having with it. I got an EVO the week it came out, had these problems but worse, got it replaced and still the same ****.

The phone itself is a beast but if I could go back I would still be using my OG EVO and saving my upgrade for a phone that works with my cell service.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
Oh no....the sky is falling and sprint is in trouble cause someone got a bad phone but millions didn't. Yep they will go bankrupt because of this lol.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] loujennings4:
Personally I love the Evo brand but the lack if LTE was a deal breaker. I gave my Evo 4g LTE to my son and used his upgrade to get the GS3. Now im constantly getting a 4g signal while hes stuck on 3g. I hate to say it but those phones are faulty and HTC needs to do something about it quick.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] waterbound:
Love how some get butt hurt over the fact that the LTE and EVO just isn't working correctly. They won't go bankrupt, HTC will fall before they do so hopefully a fix comes out soon. Sprint has confirmed issues and an OTA will follow hopefully soon.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Anthonicia:
I will never go to Verizon as long as they have limited data plans. Even 4g LTE with Verizon is crap in my town right now. Not gonna freak out and be all kao about it bc its a software issue.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] roids87:
I love how that was turned into a verb haha
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] maniakx:
My LTE seems to always work except in the smaller towns away from the highway in Dallas. I only get about 13 mb as an average but sometimes het up to 30
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mikejeep:
Very true. And this mess is exactly what people worried would happen.. MOST early-adopters (i.e. a majority of the XDA community) wanted LTE turned on and accessible from day one, but for the MOST part, realize at the same time that its not going to be a stable network yet. John Q Public who walks into the Sprint store never having heard of LTE until the sales rep mentions it is not going to get the full story, and probably isn't going to be happy when his phone doesn't work the way he expected it to.

-Mike
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] b85chevy:
UPDATE - Sprint provided us with a Galaxy S III in exchange for our 4th EVO 4G LTE. We have had the SIII for a few hours and it has been able to hold 4G in every place our EVO 4G LTEs were only able get 3G.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Adebayo88:
I'm sorry to say that I may have to cash this offer in. HTC is tanking as a company so Idk how well they are going to support the Evo 4G lte. I just did a speed test w/ my friends OG EVO. He was getting almost 1 mb down while mine was struggling to hit .01 mb down. I was at wingstop the other day a friend had full bars of 4g on his T-Mobile galaxy s II while mine was struggling @ 1x! It could even get 3g! I'm trying really hard to be patient w/ Sprint/HTC...I reeeally don't want a GS III but my hand is being forced
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] digiblur:
Nice to hear. Think I'm going to start working on my store even before LTE kicks off here.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yazyazoo:
I'm in an area where LTE isn't built yet. Do you think there is any way to get Sprint to exchange for a GS3? Too bad I can't go to a store with LTE built in. Are there any stores with LTE sites built in to test the signal?

Thanks.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] theoner1:
I'm in this forum every hour of the day. Seem like people in here loved to freak out about everything way way to early.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] morfinx:
Have you actually read through the entire thread?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] theoner1:
Yes sir. I've been followin this since the get go. I'm just not the type to jump to conclusion. I always like to wait to test it on my own. Now that Vallejo-Fairfield, CA is on the map for LTE service, I have not had a single problem connecting to LTE network with my Evo next to my wife's Iphone 5.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] carlos64030:
You know what I find funny? People expecting Sprint to have a fantastic LTE network when they failed with basic 3G and 4G. LOL!!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jdrestless:
I agree with this being a software/network issue. HTC has two devices the are LTE capable TITAN II & HOX. Both devices have been working perfectly.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] b85chevy:
I would wait until you have LTE in your area. I have seen a few EVO 4G LTE phones (especially the black version) that connect and hold LTE without any issue (Sprint was unable to find us one...). In my opinion the EVO 4G LTE is a better phone than the GSIII so I would stick with it unless the LTE doesn't work. All that aside, we are loving LTE speeds on the GSIII, we haven't seen the phone go off LTE yet!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sgt. slaughter:
U compared T-Mobile signal to Sprint signal and blame the device on sprint side for poor signal compared to the T-Mobile one?........mmmmmmkayyyyy

Sent from my Wolfpack EVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mevensen:
I wonder if the WiFi issues seen on the EVO LTE and the LTE issues might be related.

I haven't had a chance to try LTE, still waiting for it to roll out where I live, but I do have some issues with WiFi at my house, which uses a dual band router. Other WiFi sources I regularly use are only 2.4. If I switch from Auto to 2.4 for WiFi, WiFi is reliable in my house. If I leave it on Auto, it drops WiFi every now and then, particularly in certain parts of the house. It seems that others have a similar experience with LTE, that if you switch to LTE only, you get better signal lock, but if you leave it on Auto, it can't hold the signal.

What I'm getting at is, has anyone looked into a common reason for these two (seemingly similar) behaviors? Perhaps there is some algorithm used by HTC for signal choice that is flaky and can't make up its mind if it is presented with two signal choices, which are roughly equivalent.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] browning:
Spoke to both Sprint and HTC support today and they have no idea this problem exists. Tomorrow will start an email campaign to executives at both organizations as this issue is just flat unacceptable.

---------- Post added at 06:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:27 PM ----------

Just spoke with a supervisor at HTC and they are aware of the issue and indicated they are working on an update. However, no ETA was available.

Also called Sprint back and requested a ticket be opened for me regarding this issue and other data speed issues. We'll see...

I encourage everyone to call Sprint support and request to speak with HTC support as well. Make them both know this is unacceptable and needs to be addressed quickly.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] digiblur:
I also talked with sprint a couple of times and they say they have never heard of the problem.

Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] browning:
Sprint was pretty dumb about it. I insisted they open a ticket on the matter. I had to request a supervisor at HTC in order to verify it is a known issue with them.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] LaloHigh:
Well I send my evolte for repairs and got a LG viper as a loaner. Not only is this phone always connected to lte at my place but the speed tests are about 4 to 5× faster than the evolte. So not only do we have the connection issue, we also have slower data dl/up showing when performing a speed test.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mexlos:
Sigh. I'm not buying another phone on the first week of its release ever again. What was I thinking?

Sent from my EVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
Not really "We", because some of us have zero issues with staying on LTE and I consistently hit 15 mbps so no speed issue either.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] LaloHigh:
Your right not we but some
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jeeplj8:
new ota

got a new ota pushed last week (on third EVO LTE handset). Not sure if it will help or not.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] digiblur:
Those "we" in denial have never put another LTE device next to their phone. Night and day difference.

Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regalpimpin:
Exactly.. This isn't an issue on only some phones. This is all of them.

You happen to be lucky that you must be in a really strong signal area. I don't have to bad of luck at my house either.. But go to work, pick up any iphone 5 or gs3, and it will be lte all day long but the evo will never pick it up.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] digiblur:
Signal strength really doesn't matter as much... I believe its a combination of two issues.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SysCrasher13:
I have placed my Evo right next to an S3 right next to an iCrap 5, at the Sprint store here in SATX @ DeZavala, and first of all those phones were already on LTE service and holding, I had to do the Airplane mode deal and STILL no LTE service... I showed it to the "Repair expert" or whatever and he said that "no its not the phone, those sometimes also dont have LTE service.." and I told him "Well but, I am looking at them right now, AND my EVO is right next to it... shouldnt it pick up LTE too?"

he said "I dont know"

Anyways... anyone in SATX that wants to test Sprint LTE and how amazing it works (on all devices except this) go to Huebner Oaks and in front of the Regal 14 theater (you have to do the Airplane mode toggle) you can see how amazing your EVO would work... speed tests 20+ down 20+ up constantly

this is the place with strongest signal I have picked up on LTE -80dBm, IF the S3, the iCrap 5, the LG work like this ALWAYS... then dang... we really got screwed...

I'll never buy a first release ever again... or pre-order jack..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] 2k4mach:
I hate the dezavala store. I was kicked out of there for calling the manager and tech morons when they tryed telling me the EVO isn't an LTE device when I went in there with my daughter's ip5 on lte and the EVO on 3g.

sent from my LTEVO
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonjem_86:
my samsung galaxy s2 i9100 has a memory problem, after i formatted the internal usb storage of my phone, only 4gb appears instead of 16gb..how can i fix this problem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devid801:
Flashing a stock firmware 4.0.4 rom with the pit file.

I downloaded the Odin in the Dev forum and it had the pit included.

If it does not work read here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1811238
[General Questions and Answers] il0v3kush:
I tried to update to XXLE2 from XXLD2 and was successful. I have a major problem though!!! Before i did it, when i entered *#1234# in the dialer i got PDA: I9070PXXLD2, PHONE: XXLD2, CSC: I9070PXXLD2 (or some **** like that). Now i got PDA: I9070XXLE2, PHONE: blank, CSC: I9070OXXLD4. i don't remember the exact PHONE and CSC codes prior to updating. Now i have no service!!!! i am trying to return my phone back on. in the system info i got Build number GINGERBREAD.XXLE2 (before, XXLD2). my model numer now displays, GT-I9070 (before, GT-I9070P). also my baseband version is unknown (before, I9070PXXLD2). someone help my entry level knowledge sorry ass. i am a trial and error type of person and this time it bit me in the ass!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] canertas:
Hello everyone,

I am pretty new on XDA and my english is not so well. But its ok. I just bought a new tablet name is Probook (whatever!) and i cannot root it.

About tablet;

model number: WT-M768

android version: 4.0.4

main version:V1.4_20120626

kernel version:3.0.8+

So if someone help me, i will be very happy.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nycokla:
I love Blackstar, very smooth rom.. The only thing that gets to me is the high ROM usage.. Are there any ics roms like Blackstar that are slimmed down kinda like slim bean or liquid smooth

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bigfau:
That is not really a question about BLACKSTAR. It's more like a statement about BS followed by a question about other roms. What high rom usage are you refering too?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nycokla:
I'm talking about Blackstar vii in titanium backup it shows that the system ROM is always high... Compared to other jb roms it is a lot different

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