Anyone use tethering to download too much data and had repercussions from T-Mobile? I'm just wondering if/how much I should limit my bandwidth use. Use tethering frequently on the train and such.
After 5gb of data you will likely get throttled to EDGE-only speed. You will receive a message from TMO if this happens. If you are just checking email, chat, facebook, etc it is highly unlikely you will kill your 5gb.
I just recieved the text message yesterday and I have to say the speed that they throttle you down to renederd my laptop practically useless. Even just trying to log into Yahoo my browser timed out. Just FYI.
How much bandwidth did you use? I was up to 2.3 gigabyte last month.
KerryG said:
After 5gb of data you will likely get throttled to EDGE-only speed. You will receive a message from TMO if this happens. If you are just checking email, chat, facebook, etc it is highly unlikely you will kill your 5gb.
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its not even EDGE speeds. more like a little bit better than GPRS speeds around 50-59kbps. my edge speeds is almost triple this and my 3g speeds peak at 5.3mbps at night and 3-4mbps during day
to OP- Tmobile used to allows 10GB of bandwidth but now its cut to half to 5GB which can be easily used up by tethering,but then again tethering using USB in settings, MobileAP, or an app like EasyTether and PDAnet is not covered in the contract and actually goes against the terms of use
Of course, most probably already know tethering is expressly forbidden by the terms and conditions for most (if not all) contracts with TMO. While they've cast a blind eye to in the past, this is changing.
Beginning Nov 3, TMO will offer a $15 Tethering option which is less expensive than other carriers. Each activated IMEI (phone serial) will get no more than one IP address. All tethered data will count toward your 5GB monthly limit. Like other carriers, your monthly data cap doesn't increase just because you pay more. Unlike other carriers though, you will NOT be charged overage fees unless perhaps you somehow manage to tether without a proper plan in place.
The DHCP pool which currently assigns / allows acquiring of the additional addresses for any tethered devices that you may be using will be limited to just "one" address. In order to tether after this change, you'll require a minimum of 2 IP addresses. This limitation will only be officially lifted upon adding a monthly paid tethering plan to your account. Being rooted or on an unoffical rom likely won't change this as it'll all be controlled by the TMO's network hardware which is out of our reach.
Update to reply to the post by 2000nits below...
That assumes that TMO won't modify the normal operation it's APN gateway to prevent Private DHCP then tethering as we know it might not be possible. Then, you'd be forced to get your addresses from their DHCP server alone.
Yeap . this is a sad sad day for tmob...
I am going to look for a better carrier ./ option
I can get Virgin mobile wifi unlimited , and someone else cheaper for the phone
You think they will send a notice to all users with a 'Change of Terms' letter enclosed???
Also, does anyone know how to monitor my usage?? How do I know how much data I've transfered thus far in my billing cycle??
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You think they will send a notice to all users with a 'Change of Terms' letter enclosed???
Also, does anyone know how to monitor my usage?? How do I know how much data I've transfered thus far in my billing cycle??
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You can monitor usage with netcounter in market. Free and I have been using it since g1.
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Of course, most probably already know tethering is expressly forbidden by the terms and conditions for most (if not all) contracts with TMO. While they've cast a blind eye to in the past, this is changing.
Beginning Nov 3, TMO will offer a $15 Tethering option which is less expensive than other carriers. Each activated IMEI (phone serial) will get no more than one IP address. All tethered data will count toward your 5GB monthly limit. Like other carriers, your monthly data cap doesn't increase just because you pay more. Unlike other carriers though, you will NOT be charged overage fees unless perhaps you somehow manage to tether without a proper plan in place.
The DHCP pool which currently assigns / allows acquiring of the additional addresses for any tethered devices that you may be using will be limited to just "one" address. In order to tether after this change, you'll require a minimum of 2 IP addresses. This limitation will only be officially lifted upon adding a monthly paid tethering plan to your account. Being rooted or on an unoffical rom likely won't change this as it'll all be controlled by the TMO's network hardware which is out of our reach.
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As long as tethering still works like it did with usb tethering on cyanogen roms we do not get 2 ips from the carrier. Your phone gets 1 ip address from carrier and then acts as a router giving you private ip addresses that your carrier does not see. Same as you home ISP does not give out multiple ip addresses if you have multiple PCs at home conneted to a router.
Conclusion: Pay tmo $15/mo extra or root and do it for free (at your own risk). I have done it since the g1 days but very rarely, never had a prob.
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As long as tethering still works like it did with usb tethering on cyanogen roms we do not get 2 ips from the carrier. Your phone gets 1 ip address from carrier and then acts as a router giving you private ip addresses that your carrier does not see. Same as you home ISP does not give out multiple ip addresses if you have multiple PCs at home conneted to a router.
Conclusion: Pay tmo $15/mo extra or root and do it for free (at your own risk). I have done it since the g1 days but very rarely, never had a prob.
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^ This. I don't see how t mobile could track that you are tethering. Your phone requests the data, than transfers the data to the device you are tethering just like a router. The "outside world" only ever sees your router, or phone in this case. Unless I am misunderstanding the way tethering works.
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AFAIK, an APN is required for tethering to work. The carrier controls this. Without APN access and one that plays nice with tethering apps, tethering may become impossible with existing tethering / wifi router apps?
Tethering Via Kies or Tethering Via Dial-Up Connection
Currently you can easily tether via Samsung Kies or by creating a dial-up connection. How will these two options change?
How would T-Mo know you are tethering via keys or dial-up connection?
I do have Kies and I've set up dial-up tethering, it works, however I have internet everywhere I go, so I never have really tethered other than just testing to see if it works. I think it is a shame though, people who abused tethering kinda ruined it for everyone. Now if you need to tether in an emergency, which in my case would be maybe like once a year or something, now the option is closed to everyone? Maybe they can create an emergency tethering plan. You pay for the 1 time you need to tether. I dunno.
*dial-up isn't really dial-up in the sense you may be thinking like in the old modem dial up days.
I am using Verizon GS4.
Actually, I go to Columbia, but my GS4 keeps disconnecting and reconnecting immediately the wifi that Columbia provides.
Other devices have no such problem, and my GS4 does not have the same problem with other wifi networks.
I searched for relevant information on google so much, but nothing worked.
Could you guys help me identify what causes the problem and solve it?
Thank you.
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I am using Verizon GS4.
Actually, I go to Columbia, but my GS4 keeps disconnecting and reconnecting immediately the wifi that Columbia provides.
Other devices have no such problem, and my GS4 does not have the same problem with other wifi networks.
I searched for relevant information on google so much, but nothing worked.
Could you guys help me identify what causes the problem and solve it?
Thank you.
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Well, for starters you'll need to provide more information, such as
is this a dev edition or regular verizon phone?
are you running a custom ROM and/or kernel?
can you use other wifi networks?
I've never had any issues with mine.
Mine is just a regular verizon phone and I don't root it.
With other wifi networks, there are no such problem.
Columbia provides two wifi networks: one is unsecured, the other is secured.
But, both of them have the same disconnecting and reconnecting problem.
Actually, I even got replacement from Verizon, but the replacement one also has the same problem.
Of course I did the factory reset, which did not work.
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Mine is just a regular verizon phone and I don't root it.
With other wifi networks, there are no such problem.
Columbia provides two wifi networks: one is unsecured, the other is secured.
But, both of them have the same disconnecting and reconnecting problem.
Actually, I even got replacement from Verizon, but the replacement one also has the same problem.
Of course I did the factory reset, which did not work.
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Sounds like some compatibility issue with the access points AFAIK. I know there were some initial issues with some DLink consumer routers but this would be something new. You might want to see if you can find any information on the access points and report to Verizon/Samsung. For that matter you might report the issue to folks at Columbia and they might be of help.
That said, perhaps someone else has seen this and will chip in.
You are probably connected with DHCP. Sometimes I have found it useful to go into advanced options, and then click on "static". You should then see your IP address that DHCP has automatically assigned you. Try changing it and connecting. For example, if your IP is 192.168.0.7, try changing it to 192.168.0.45 or a number higher up.
Some of the routers have issues automatically assigning IP's. And with all of the connecting/reconnecting, the lower IP addresses can have issues. Assigning yourself an IP address that is out of the normal range that most connect in, can sometime help. My router at work does the same thing. So I set it up with an IP that was way out of range. 192.168.0.210. The DHCP service the router offers rarely assigns addresses in that range.
Also, sometime others will have done this already and assigned themselves a static IP in the low range. And sometimes the router will give seniority to someone connecting statically or that already has an IP or MAC that is filtered either on purpose or accidentally from an old configuration or user.
There are many scenarios. Including device fault. There could also be issues with the two routers or single router that is emitting both a secure and insecure connection.
Try the static IP address first, then report back.
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It's likely to do with the WiFi Multimedia or equivalent in your router. It is especially prevalent in the Dlink DIR-655 and DIR-855 routers. If you have an "N" rated router (everyone should have) if you uncheck WMM (WiFi Multimedia) in your advanced router settings and reboot your router, you should not have any more constant connects or disconnects.
Sammy blames the hardware manufactures and the manufactures blames Sammy with each others firmware as the problem. I was using a DIR-655 router until i just updated mine last week to a Linksys EA4500 (N900) and no problems at all.
Just so you know, unchecking WMM means you force the router to basically run at "G" speeds instead of "N" speeds. WMM was a workaround compatibility fix during the time when "N" speeds were still in draft status, not official. New routers still use WMM but its all stable and new routers shouldn't have the same issues with the GS4.
90% of the time this is the exact issue people have with the constant disconnects with the GS4 with their routers. The fact it is at a university means you likely won't be able to fix it. You can try seeing if they can test this theory at their IT department but I have no clue if they will do it.
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I just set "Static IP" in the advanced option without changing IP address.
But, this solved my problem, thank you for your help especially h311sdr0id.
Hi,
I'm hoping that someone can help me with this issue, as far as my wifi goes, I'm on at&t fiber 1000 connection speed. I would think that I should have enough bandwidth available to be able to listen to a online radio station without any buffering occurring. When I'm using my red pocket 4 G LTE mobile connection that connects to at&t there's not any buffering at all, I do have a private dns server setup to block ad's, the one that I use is this address (dns.adguard.com). It might be something rather small that I'm overlooking but so far I can't seem to determine what it might be. I only have a 8 gb data allowance per month, so that's why I can't use my mobile data connection all of the time. Of course my phone is a LG V30 phone that's running android version 9.0, any suggestions will be appreciated !
David
Davy49 said:
Hi,
I'm hoping that someone can help me with this issue, as far as my wifi goes, I'm on at&t fiber 1000 connection speed. I would think that I should have enough bandwidth available to be able to listen to a online radio station without any buffering occurring.
When I'm using my red pocket 4 G LTE mobile connection that connects to at&t there's not any buffering at all, I do have a private dns server setup to block ad's, the one that I use is this address (dns.adguard.com). It might be something rather small that I'm overlooking but so far I can't seem to determine what it might be. I only have a 8 gb data allowance per month, so that's why I can't use my mobile data connection all of the time.
Of course my phone is a LG V30 phone that's running android version 9.0, any suggestions will be appreciated !
David
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Even though your AT&T is 1 Gbps speed, that's your line in/ethernet cable speed. Have you run speed tests to see what your Wi-Fi speed is? It will vary, depending on distance from your Wi-Fi router.
Yes, it should probably be fast enough, but I'm still curious what your average Wi-Fi speed is, when testing from your phone.
Your DNS ad server blocking is a nice detail to help trouble shoot. But you're probably blocking the same ads on Red Pocket. Therefore it's something that's not playing nice with AT&T network. Just for experimentation, while on Wi-Fi TEMPORARILY turn off your AdGuard or whatever app you are using. You can temporarily disable it. See if the buffering still happens then?
Hi,
Thanks so much for your reply, I'll try that and see if it makes any difference. The reason I'm using the private dns address is so I don't have to use software for blocking ad's. Today I've been checking out unlimited data plans for my phone. I'm currently using red pocket and I pay for 8 gb of data per month. Happy Thanksgiving ! Stay Safe
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Hi,
Thanks so much for your reply, I'll try that and see if it makes any difference. The reason I'm using the private dns address is so I don't have to use software for blocking ad's. Today I've been checking out unlimited data plans for my phone. I'm currently using red pocket and I pay for 8 gb of data per month. Happy Thanksgiving ! Stay Safe
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Sure, I understand why you're using it. I use Ad Guard (paid, lifetime license) on two phones and Blokada (free) on 5 others, used by family/friends. Both allow choice of servers that will block ads.
We just need to see if something is conflicting on your home AT&T internet with Adguard servers. That may not be the case. But if so, there's workarounds we can try.
(For instance I know some websites have issues with Cloudflare DNS servers.)
Hi ChazzMatt,
Happy Thanksgiving, I hope you & yours have a wonderful day ! I've turned of the private adguard dns setting in my wifi settings on my phone, of course by doing so now I'm seeing more ad's once again. As I remember I did that a couple of day's ago, the first day when I was streaming some internet radio station's I didn't seem to have many buffering issues as I recall. Then yesterday while listening to some of the same stations with are provided by different sites I did have some buffering issues but not quite as bad as before. Also, I've went into the at&t gateway ( Pace 5268AC ) webpage & double checked the settings in there. Quite some time ago I did in fact change some of the settings that I was informed to do in another great forum where people who actually work for the companies can give users good advice ( http://www.dslreports.com ). For your reference, here are some of the settings I changed: (2.4 GHz Wifi Radio Confg. Heading), Channel Bandwidth from 20 MHz to 40 MHz, Transmit Power To Maximum 100, (5 GHz Wifi Radio Config. Heading), Current Wifi Channel To A Lower # Via Rescan 56, Transmit Power To Maximum 100. The main that I upgraded to the Fiber 1000 speed was to obtain additional bandwidth for the # of devices on the network. As I'm SURELY not an expert in broadband gateways, that's why I followed the suggestions that were provided to me. Also, where I stream the internet radio stations is located approx. 50 ft from the gateway. Maybe it has something to do with the wifi modem that's installed in my phone when it was manufactured. Thanks again for your help, Please Stay Safe !!
David
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Sure, I understand why you're using it. I use Ad Guard (paid, lifetime license) on two phones and Blokada (free) on 5 others, used by family/friends. Both allow choice of servers that will block ads.
We just need to see if something is conflicting on your home AT&T internet with Adguard servers. That may not be the case. But if so, there's workarounds we can try.
(For instance I know some websites have issues with Cloudflare DNS servers.)
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Hello, this is my first posting thread, but i need some serious help for my Asian LG H930DS (with Europe H930 Android 8.0 OS), i wanted to try solve 2 issues, from which 1st one wasn't that much important to me: hotspot not having option for choosing 5GHz, and always having slower wifi than it should be(using tp link archer ax20). For 1st issue, i was following instruction i found on this site:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lgv30/comments/kpsubf
,so basically i dialed *#546368#*930# for hidden menu, gone to Field Test -> WiFi Test -> OTA Setting, clicked enable and core both(i don't remember if it was already enabled or not, but i remember for core both being already ticked, wifi turned off when i clicked enable ota thing, hotspot wasn't working till restarted phone), not only it didn't help at all to get that 5GHz option in hotspot settings(which was always max giving wifi 4 n standard, checked in properties on laptop), but it somehow messed up to my wifi works worse and better at same time(will explain), neither restarting my phone helped to get everything like was before. Basically what happened is that on wifi, which was earlier always showing 866Mbps in settings, is now double reduced, now showing 433Mbps. Before i messed this up, i was always having wifi speed of around 150-160Mbps on speedtest with those 866 showed in settings, which is 2nd issue i mentioned that wanted to try fix as saw in some tp link forums people complaining about that lower speed on v30(yes i'm aware that my phone doesn't support wifi 6 ax standard which my router have, but it's still too small score for ac standard when i have 1Gbps internet). After i messed up, speedtest was surprisingly showing 250-260Mbps, but was also having big downfalls during testings and in end result was even more times showing just around 80Mbps, while earlier when was 150 weren't big jumps and falls during testings like now. On tp link site for settings router, for my phone was always showed Tx/Rx rate 866/6 , while now after messed up showing 325/433. Also noticed that now when restarting phone, in settings not showing up 5ghz wifis for 2 min or so, not big deal, but little detail i noticed, slower loading them now only after booting up phone. Sorry for longer text, i really hope someone can help me bring back how it was, to showing again those full 866 speed, no matter if speedtest shows "just" 150, but to be stable.
Is there any possible fix for this before i try with wiping out whole phone and restoring everything from backup? Will that help, or whole process will be useless?
Sorry, I don't have any better advice for you... sounds like you made some changes and things are weird now.
One thing to remember about wifi is that it's not always consistent anyway. Speeds reported by devices can change for MANY reasons. For example, distance from the AP, angle to the AP, interference from other APs, and many more. Using these numbers to say there is a problem is just going to make you crazy unless you are in a controlled environment.
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Sorry, I don't have any better advice for you... sounds like you made some changes and things are weird now.
One thing to remember about wifi is that it's not always consistent anyway. Speeds reported by devices can change for MANY reasons. For example, distance from the AP, angle to the AP, interference from other APs, and many more. Using these numbers to say there is a problem is just going to make you crazy unless you are in a controlled environment.
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Yes i'm aware for wifi not being consistent and all those factors affecting on wifi, in fact today was suprisingly stable 150-160 speed, but i can still see there's definitely some problem when is showed 433Mbps in settings instead of 866 like was earlier at same distance from router, and on tp site settings too for Tx/Rx rate being weird like said in text and showed on screenshots. In fact only my device from all other devices home have weird proportion to Rx(recieve) be bigger than Tx(transmit) and to showing Rx to be those "max" 433 which is wrong
I'm thinking that maybe having Europe OS in Asian device have to do something with that wifi modem problem, maybe i'm wrong, so not advicing anyone to toggling OTA settings. I'll still wait before i try that complete wiping out phone(not even factory reset), or will let it be, still undecidable for that, but thx for help, any help really appreciated!
Again, those readings are not very important and will vary often. Those are theoretical values based on the connection type. In the end, the actual speed you get is really all that matters. For example, my laptop is showing up in my router at speeds like 706, 702, and then suddenly 585. Sometimes it will show 866/6 as well... so a very asymmetric reading is possible. And I'm sitting about 10-feet with clear LOS to my router.
It's not meaningful to worry about those numbers. Unless you're having an actual speed problem, it's not worth worrying about those. There are way too many things that can affect those values (dynamic frequency changes in the router or the device, interference, power management things, etc... there's a TON going on behind the scenes. Just because your device or router says it's on that number for a moment doesn't mean that it won't ramp up when there is a need to do so (or ramp down when there isn't).
EDIT, there's a nice long explanation about the tech here, if you're interested: https://www.duckware.com/tech/wifi-in-the-us.html
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Again, those readings are not very important and will vary often. Those are theoretical values based on the connection type. In the end, the actual speed you get is really all that matters. For example, my laptop is showing up in my router at speeds like 706, 702, and then suddenly 585. Sometimes it will show 866/6 as well... so a very asymmetric reading is possible. And I'm sitting about 10-feet with clear LOS to my router.
It's not meaningful to worry about those numbers. Unless you're having an actual speed problem, it's not worth worrying about those. There are way too many things that can affect those values (dynamic frequency changes in the router or the device, interference, power management things, etc... there's a TON going on behind the scenes. Just because your device or router says it's on that number for a moment doesn't mean that it won't ramp up when there is a need to do so (or ramp down when there isn't).
EDIT, there's a nice long explanation about the tech here, if you're interested: https://www.duckware.com/tech/wifi-in-the-us.html
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Didn't read all from that site, but i saw for MIMO thing, and my phone(snap 835 specs says it) support that 2x2 MIMO with speed up to 866, but looks like you were right, not related to those showed numbers, i was getting good speeds of wifi. I still just now refurbished whole phone as i saw that battery is draining drastically faster after i messed up that wifi showing numbers, now when i put actual h930ds firmware in it(early oreo), and connected to wifi, i checked and saw those 866Mbps, so that thing is fixed, but not just that, i also saw in tethering hotspot that i now have option to choose 5GHz which wasn't there, from where i started all this mess at all. Now planned to put Europe H930 OS latest oreo back again to see if maybe that different OS have to do something with that not showing up 5GHz hotspot option, and on top of everything: to hope that battery was draining faster because of that wifi problem and not because of battery itself, as i have phone now for more than 3 years, which works like 1st day. Will tell results
Excellent, glad you got it figured out and back to working normally! Sorry I couldn't be of more help for actual steps, but you got it done, so great job!
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Excellent, glad you got it figured out and back to working normally! Sorry I couldn't be of more help for actual steps, but you got it done, so great job!
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You did help actually, as that site seems one of those rare ones which goes deep in explaining all about those connection stuffs for people like me who don't understand that much about it in details, and with today's standards with phones connections with reality of scores using WiFiAnalyzer and not some marketing bs, even if i didn't read all, i will as saw how well are explained and done tests, and also helped to realise that numbers showings don't seems to be reliable much(when it comes to those numbers from settings unlike on speedtest app). Also i just now refurbished phone again on that latest Europe Oreo OS, and seems like there's no 5GHz option available in hotspot, so to all people wondering about not having 5GHz tethering hotspot on their LG V30, it's because Europe restricted it (H930 Oreo OS, i don't know if that's case with Pie), it gives max wifi 4 n standard(again checked on laptop in properties for connected wifi hotspot from phone), it's same thing for recording fm radio, as on Europe OS there's not available that red button for recording it, while on Asian one there is on bottom right side. I'm thinking if i should use original H930DS Asian OS even if i'm in Europe, but i didn't see any benefits or downfalls when it comes to carriers here(didn't much travel to check for other countries in Europe, talking for my place), as it works for both OS everything, and can still have VoLTE i think? Will everything works fine in any Europe country carriers and stuffs? Or is there maybe bypassing this issue to get 5GHz hotspot on Europe OS by changing wifi settings launcher like appearing recording button on fm radio app is solved like that?
Glad that link helped. Yes, Wifi is rather complicated and the numbers we see on boxes and devices is rarely realistic or even attainable.
Beyond that, Wifi also has other issues... it's a nice system when it works, but it has a lot of issues in crowded areas. Here's an older article which talks about why Wifi kinda sucks, in general: https://arstechnica.com/information...hat-a-deep-dive-into-why-wi-fi-kind-of-sucks/
The key message there is that Wifi is shared, so if the router or device sees another device on the same channel, then it may be forced to wait, thereby reducing the bandwidth you'll see. A lot of people don't realize that. Heck, in the older days, wifi would only run as fast as the slowest device... which was even worse!
Again, glad to hear you're working well. Interesting that the 5GHz is not available on the European OS. I don't know enough about that situation, so I won't be able to help there. Generally speaking, I would recommend seeing if you an use the US998 firmware, which is the USA "Global phone" ROM... this works well in the US on any carrier, but may also work well on foreign carriers. I expect hotspot 5GHz would work as well.
I don't know about VOLTE in foreign markets. I know that in some cases that doesn't work in the USA (AT&T is one carrier who is awful about this). In other carriers, you sometimes just need to use their ROM - that's what I did for my Verizon-based carrier (I used VS996 instead of US998). For your case, you may need to ask others or read here to see Europe-specific info. I'd love to see what you find, just for my info... I'm always curious!
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Glad that link helped. Yes, Wifi is rather complicated and the numbers we see on boxes and devices is rarely realistic or even attainable.
Beyond that, Wifi also has other issues... it's a nice system when it works, but it has a lot of issues in crowded areas. Here's an older article which talks about why Wifi kinda sucks, in general: https://arstechnica.com/information...hat-a-deep-dive-into-why-wi-fi-kind-of-sucks/
The key message there is that Wifi is shared, so if the router or device sees another device on the same channel, then it may be forced to wait, thereby reducing the bandwidth you'll see. A lot of people don't realize that. Heck, in the older days, wifi would only run as fast as the slowest device... which was even worse!
Again, glad to hear you're working well. Interesting that the 5GHz is not available on the European OS. I don't know enough about that situation, so I won't be able to help there. Generally speaking, I would recommend seeing if you an use the US998 firmware, which is the USA "Global phone" ROM... this works well in the US on any carrier, but may also work well on foreign carriers. I expect hotspot 5GHz would work as well.
I don't know about VOLTE in foreign markets. I know that in some cases that doesn't work in the USA (AT&T is one carrier who is awful about this). In other carriers, you sometimes just need to use their ROM - that's what I did for my Verizon-based carrier (I used VS996 instead of US998). For your case, you may need to ask others or read here to see Europe-specific info. I'd love to see what you find, just for my info... I'm always curious!
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I'm literally blown away what i discovered from all testings i done, i hope people will read this, without any offense to anyone, everyone who think/said in other threads and forums everywhere that is basically same if you put European H930 OS in Asian H930DS device like having stock H930DS OS are WRONG. Yes, it's true for both OS supporting same modems for carrier networks and stuffs, but it's obviously for reason made separate OS for different devices, i never imagined that would getting proper wifi speed of 450Mbps and 460 every time i tested(in settings for wifi of course showing theoretical 866 speed), after i put OS that belongs to my device originally, never going back on EU OS. When it comes to 5GHz hotspot, button is there, but when you select it instead of 2.4GHz, button for turning on and off hotspot doesn't work, it turns off same sec you toggle on, only way to make it works is by enabling OTA on same way i mentioned in first message(dialing *#546368#*930# going to Field Test -> WiFi Test -> OTA Setting etc), but when you enable it, then again happenes same thing from before, to wifi in settings showing 433 instead of 866 , and on speed test not anymore 450, but 250Mbps, which is still more than previously using EU OS. After enabling OTA, hotspot for 5GHz worked(details coming next), but when you restart phone, even if OTA stays enabled, hotspot button again doesn't want to toggle on with selected 5GHz, till you again dial number to just click "enable ota" , even if it's already enabled, which is weird, so every time have to click enable OTA after restarting phone in order to make 5GHz hotspot works. When i clicked to disable OTA, in settings for wifi wasn't showing anymore speed of 433, but was showing 520, 650 unlike on EU OS where even after disabling OTA was still staying those 433 as "max", but(always some but) even if it was showing those "theoretical" 520 and 650, on speed test was sometimes 250, sometimes 320 speed, not anymore those 450, so will again refurbish phone to that same OS, and don't recommending anyone to using those OTA settings, it's not worth it for 5GHz hotspot, reason i staying on that OS is because of compatibility of modem for wifi obviously, my carrier have full signal too like with EU OS. When it comes to VoLTE, i'll be able to check that when change carrier package soon.
So about 5GHz hotspot, it's not worth it, here's what i found out: when hotspot is sharing mobile provider data, then, and only then, is true 5GHz hotspot, but it gives speed around 150Mbps(all tested on laptop), i don't know if that's good or bad, as i honestly don't know what is speed of my mobile data provider. If i connect phone to 5GHz wifi to share that wifi through hotspot to laptop, even with enabled 5GHz for hotspot, then of course it's not true 5GHz hotspot as guessing that antenna is being used for wifi, so because of that, it's showed on laptop in properties that is 2.4GHz band with wifi 4 n standard, interestingly enough, in that situation lg put to hotspot gives just 1 channel, but strong one, and because of that, sharing 5GHz wifi on false 5GHz hotspot gave result of 100Mbps speed. For 2.4GHz hotspot, it's around 60Mbps no matter if sharing mobile data or wifi(no matter if wifi from 5GHz or from 2.4GHz).
Yes i'm aware all these are just numbers, i tested more times and got mostly all these same results, they still showed me big differences to see that there were definetly some wrong stuffs going on from phone and OS, so can't say that was maybe at that moment wifi itself interrupted or anything by other people here inside
Final verdict for people who can't reading all this: don't mixing OS with devices that not belongs to, in order to have way better modem wifi and carrier performance(still have to check for carrier one, but for now looks excellent), H930 and H930DS OS are NOT same when it comes to that, don't ever touch OTA settings, don't try to enable 5GHz hotspot on H930DS with OTA, not worth it at all, not much speed getting from it, H930 doesn't have 5GHz at all and don't trying to get it. Hope all this helps.
Here i am again with update, after restoring everything 3 days ago, i'm very happy about my whole phone, battery is excellent, wifi always being much more speed than i ever had earlier, carrier's 4g mobile data sign was appearing right away instead of waiting 5 sec or so. I'm writing this update to let people know that looks like you need to choose between performance of modem from phone(wifi and carrier network), and having VoLTE, as yesterday i changed carrier package which have VoLTE, and i didn't get it, neither can enable it using this very helpful tutorial, as i'm missing lot of files that Europe OS have: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/module-v17-x-volte-vowifi-enabler-2018-09-20.3649613/ , i'll maybe try to include those missing system files in my Asian OS even if they belong to Europe OS so to try enable VoLTE that way, if that doesn't work, then i won't have it, as for me is more important wifi speed. Main problem here is to get IMS service be registered with Europe carrier on Asian OS, even if i see that there are indeed ims files available on Asian OS, so that maybe tells something, maybe someone find some workaround.
Edit: there's no way to enable or make work lg ims service on that specific AME OS for some reason, i just now (again) put Europe OS as want to see if i can have VoLTE at all, so don't mind me switching OS , but yes, i tested wifi, it's indeed reduced speed with that OS than original one.