I read how to toggle it off, but if I'm in an area that has no LTE yet maybe it doesn't matter. Or is it always scanning for LT? I have great battery so far without messing with the setting, but would it be a little better by shutting LTE off?
I switched mine to cdma only, but I haven't seen any difference in battery life with it off vs on. YMMV
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I believe turning to cdma only turns off CDMA-eHRPD.
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I will say I consistently get speeds 500 kbps slower when I go to CDMA only, so I'm leaving LTE on.
yes i also get much lower speeds when going to cdma only
My speeds are similar either way, except for my ping speed which is vastly better with CDMA only.
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I believe turning to cdma only turns off CDMA-eHRPD.
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This is true....discussed a little over at s4gru about this....though still some unknown/unsolved things relating to eHRPD i think...
My speeds dropped with LTE off as well. Particularly upload speeds.
With CDMA only I was around 20-30 kbps up.
With LTE/CDMA it's twice that. Interesting to know! Thanks for the post.
just ran about 5 tests on lte and cdma only. no noticeable difference.
.22-.88, hovering around .32 on LTE
.25-.67, hovering around .38 on CDMA
ping of 260-280 on both
upload of .25-.5 on both
Central Austin (no NV improvements yet)
I tested this just now, and I don't see difference either.
my pic from another thread... all the 2000s are cdma only and the others are cdma/lte
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I contacted HTC about it, and got this:
Thank you for contacting HTC about your new EVO 4G LTE! Congratulations on your new phone! Do you love it?! I’ve had mine for about a week now and I have to say, I’m in love! I do understand how important maximizing your battery life is in your phone and I’m happy to tell you that changing the mobile network from LTE/CDMA to CDMA only will have no effect on the battery life!
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I'm pretty impressed and pleased with the results. What's your speeds like?
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I remember when I would see speeds like that.
They were all done at a 5am people were sleeping. Post some afternoon shots when people are up and actively using their phone. I get those speed at am hours too. Once day light comes i drop as low as 0.01kb
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Same here in Dallas great speeds at night/early morning crappy during day.
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Same here in Denton.
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These are my speeds, my 3D is flashed to reliance in India so I can also use Sprint Hotspot for free without root.
Here's myself in Arlington right now. Oh and how bout them tornadoes!
Swyped from mah 3vo!
Here is a more realistic look at normal speeds in the Dallas area, all are in Downtown Dallas. The two fastest ones were on 4G.
I win.
Not bad
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Im in Dallas as well and when they say its as different as day and night, they are right.
Its great at night and sucks in the day. Cant wait for Network Vision to be launched in Dallas.
not the greatest speeds ever, but hey at least we have Unlimited speeds with Sprint unlike any other wireless carrier lol
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Here is a more realistic look at normal speeds in the Dallas area, all are in Downtown Dallas. The two fastest ones were on 4G.
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Seems to be right on par what I get in Arlington area. It's rare that I have full signal except when driving and passing a tower. I usually don't even bother using mobile internet anymore unless I just have to.
So yeah, I was in the parking lot of a Walmart near where I live and noticed I had an LTE connection, so I ran a speed test and got this:
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Pretty respectable.
I pulled forward one parking spot and ran another speed test and got this:
... 10 feet. I drove about 50 feet and parked again. (Safely, by the way.) I ran another speed test and got this:
Needless to say I'm kinda lost as to how finicky and flaky Sprint's network is. I'm not complaining (much), but I think it's kinda humorous how sensitive the 1900mhz band and the virgin LTE network is.
What modem/firmware and prl are you on?
I had similar results on my evo, the whole while the s3 stayed connected
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What modem/firmware and prl are you on?
I had similar results on my evo, the whole while the s3 stayed connected
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This was on the 1.22 firmware.
I've noticed the same thing... its pretty flaky. But I will say this... Its 10X better than Wimax ever was. And the fact that you can keep LTE on without sapping your battery down to nothing in 2 seconds is awesome. 3G is fast enough when I'm out and about. And, if wifi is available at most places I end up...
The signal meter next to the 4g is not the LTE signal. Not every tower has 4g on it so you were probably on the fringe. And the EVO LTE sucks when it comes to picking up LTE.
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I LOL'd pretty hard at the OP's post.
Woohoo sprint
Curious to find out if your are on the latest radios.
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The signal meter next to the 4g is not the LTE signal. Not every tower has 4g on it so you were probably on the fringe. And the EVO LTE sucks when it comes to picking up LTE.
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What's interesting though is that meter changes significantly while connected to 4g...every time
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Quite an epic diffference indeed
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Curious to find out if your are on the latest radios.
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I was on the 1.22 firmware. The 2.13 firmware won't connect to LTE unless I flip airplane mode on and off.
I was on the KU campus and noticed the LTE flip on at about 12:15, right as I was gettin out of class.
This is what I got
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https://plus.google.com/u/0/108464763422761930764/posts/RLDknDJMzJ5
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when you got 4G those it say lte next to it. reason I'm saying is I have 4G since 2weeks ago I'm in Joliet ill.
That's an awful lot of links to just see a simple screenshot and you go to college?
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I was in between classes and in a bit of a rush
Thanks!
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I was in between classes and in a bit of a rush
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Thanks for the pic, very impressive. Can't wait for Indianapolis to be switched on.
WOW a whole 10 mbps Thats some bull**** i get that on wimax!!!
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WOW a whole 10 mbps Thats some bull**** i get that on wimax!!!
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Yeah if you're standing still.
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Confirmed about 6.25 Mbps (both up & down) at 23rd & Iowa Tuesday evening. Good LTE coverage along 23rd from at least Iowa (probably further West) and drops off around Harper. :good:
Was surprised to see this as I figured they'd build out KC Metro a bit first before flipping the switch in the other recently announced cities. I'm still stuck at 3G while at work in Olathe and haven't seen any sign of LTE signal anywhere in Olathe west of I-35.
East of 35 in olathe I pull 20 down. Out in independence, 10 down. Inbetween those two places, no LTE.
Just FYI, I was in Spahr Engineering Library on campus when I got that result. Highest from the round of tests I rattled off was 15Mbps. A buddy of mine with the S3 got 26 Mbps in his apartment a mile or two off campus a couple days later. Anyone in the Lawrence area been able to pull an LTE signal since? I haven't unfortunately.
I was in Lawrence recently and 4 of the 5 towers I visited were live with LTE. A couple other towers had NV panels and radios but were not broadcasting LTE.
Please post this in one of the threads keeping track of LTE availability.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1750141
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770718
So I was coming home from work, and I glanced at my phone , and here's what I saw. Did a speed Test and here's the results. Its the second time I've seen this. I guess tmo is finally deploying 1700mhz 3g at my area. I'm in st Louis BTW.
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Wifi is on in that last one.
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Wifi is on in that last one.
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Nah that's when I took the screenshot a while later.
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From a hardware standpoint both RANs are almost exact. Ive shown up to tmob sites and opened ATT cabinets on accident. The outdoor equipment is that similar. (same rbs, radios, filters, etc. )
I heard tmob/att had opened their networks to help with the states where they lost up to 30% of the sites from the hurricane. Maybe that has something to do with it.
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[Lady]: "How do you carry that huge phone in your pocket?"
[Note User]: "I'm used to having huge stuff in my pants"
I'm in the Midwest Lol. No hurricane here. Happened again while driving yesterday. Too bad I'm switching to att from T-Mobile.
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Hello, I would just like to report to all Kansas City users that T-Mobile has switched their 4G network to the 1700mhz band and i am running CM10 nightly with the UCLF6 radio and my signal is great and have 4G. The problem with CM10 is that is always has jumped from 3G to H+ no matter what radio you are on but at least the connection is stable and i am getting speeds in the high 5Mbps!
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Hello, I would just like to report to all Kansas City users that T-Mobile has switched their 4G network to the 1700mhz band and i am running CM10 nightly with the UCLF6 radio and my signal is great and have 4G. The problem with CM10 is that is always has jumped from 3G to H+ no matter what radio you are on but at least the connection is stable and i am getting speeds in the high 5Mbps!
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I think you meant 1900mhz.
I see this in San Francisco bay area too. It works here and there but overall still the same old edge
Has anyone noticed that since they on LTE here any over time the data speeds have slowed down. I have it here in tooele. At first i got 8-10 Mbps down now i get anywhere from .5 to 5 Mbps. It's that all past of the testing before full launch.
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Has anyone noticed that since they on LTE here any over time the data speeds have slowed down. I have it here in tooele. At first i got 8-10 Mbps down now i get anywhere from .5 to 5 Mbps. It's that all past of the testing before full launch.
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lol your getting better speeds than my lte here in dallas, 2mb max , sometimes early in the morning i can pull 6mbps
I live just outside of DC and have noticed the same thing the last few weeks. I don't even get LTE in my house anymore just 3g and I used to get upwards of 30mbps download speeds. Its almost as if something happened to the towers in a snow storm or something and Sprint hasn't fixed it yet. As of lately I am so fed up with the crappy Sprint data speeds I wish I could go with T-Mobile and let them buy out my contract but I signed a deal with the devil with the "one up" program and still owe about $620 on this phone. Also at my work there is LTE but only outside. I work on the 2nd floor right beside a window and the LTE always cuts off but if I threw my phone out the window I'd have about 10mbps download. Sprint is such a joke.
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Well speak of the devil. Seems as if my data in my house has been restored for now. I still wish I had service at work.
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