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2G/3G/4G toggle?

ReschDMD

Nov 3, 2011, 8:58 PM
Does anyone know if Samsung and/or at&t will allow you to actively chose which bands you want to use on this?
I have read that it will default to HSPA+ if LTE is not available but does that mean it is always searching for LTE (and thus burning a little battery) or would I be able to turn it to only use GSM bands?
Likewise- I get a stronger signal in my house on edge for whatever reason and force my Nexus One to 2G. Does anyone with a GSII have any feedback on if you can toggle that? (I know at&t takes that function out of many phones)

Anyone know the range on market size? I live 7 miles out of DC and work 3 miles from the limit. Would LTE in DC reach me?
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Jellz

Nov 3, 2011, 9:06 PM
The current GSII can't toggle which it connects to by default, but I'm willing to bet you can toggle LTE on or off on the new one. It would seem kind of pointless to constantly have it on.
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island-guy

Nov 4, 2011, 12:11 AM
I hear it will always look for LTE, then fall on HSPA+, and then 3G if all else fails. Wonder what battery life is going to be like, should be like a bat of of hell for the lucky few to be the first to jump on the LTE network.
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NonBiasedRep

Nov 5, 2011, 8:16 AM
I read an article somewhere how AT&T uses circuit board switching (something of that sort) so you dont have 2 radios scanning at once. Basically if I got the jist of it, it won't be any diffrent then how a 3g phone deciphers between 3g and 2g. Because of this "technology" they are suposed to carry a smaller foot print and longer battery life.
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Jellz

Nov 6, 2011, 3:04 PM
Have the phone in hand now, there's no toggle to turn LTE off.
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ReschDMD

Nov 6, 2011, 3:31 PM
I broke down and got one too- are you having any connection issues with the data? I went through 2 phones and 3 SIMs trying to get it to stay connected. A guy upgrading from the GSII to Skyrocket had the same issue.
Would connect to a site, super fast, but then next site may not load at all, or do the partial load where to progress bar stops mid-way.
The only reason I kept it was they waived the restock fee and actually asked me to hold on to it for a few days to a week to see if it shakes out.

I am in Bethesda MD, so just outside DC, but close enough that it picks up the LTE bands (at times). I was able to get a 5Mbps when just "4G"
showing and 15 when "4G LTE" lit up, but then it quit connecting.
very upsetting!
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Jellz

Nov 6, 2011, 4:43 PM
I haven't had any real problems, it connects about the same as the GSII I had before. Max download I've seen is 4mbps.
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ReschDMD

Nov 7, 2011, 6:42 AM
I just tested at work (Silver Spring MD, about 3 miles from DC limit): 22 Down 13 up...BUT then at the same time, most websites won't load on the browser..MSN opened, but ESPN wouldn't. Neither facebook mobile or the app load at all. Went back to speed test app and got 15/15.
Seems like it connects for data for speedtest and not much else.
Tried Miren Browser and it works much better but Google maps and facebook app are clearly not accessing data.
Going to call tech support and see if they know more than the store's solution of "swap out phone, swap out sim card"..if not, it's going back today.
Sucks! I like the HTC Vigor, but not enough to switch.
That's what I get for being an early adopter. I did see a review on PC Mag where they re...
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ReschDMD

Nov 7, 2011, 5:23 PM
Sorry HTC Vivid, not Vigor.
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