4g help!

walkers333 · June 1st, 2012, 03:40 PM

I Have Galaxy Attain And 4G Will Not Work, Only 1x And Ev-Do. I Updated Roaming List But didnt work, And I Am In Range, My ZIP Code is 33556,
AnY Help??

Tokenpoke · June 1st, 2012, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by walkers333

I Have Galaxy Attain And 4G Will Not Work, Only 1x And Ev-Do. I Updated Roaming List But didnt work, And I Am In Range, My ZIP Code is 33556,
AnY Help??

Have you done anything that may have altered your 4g antenna?

walkers333 · June 1st, 2012, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Tokenpoke

Have you done anything that may have altered your 4g antenna?

No, From The Time I Bought The Phone It Did Not Work. Tried Metro But None Of Them Helped, And Could Not Return It Because Of the Issue.

Tokenpoke · June 1st, 2012, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by walkers333

No, From The Time I Bought The Phone It Did Not Work. Tried Metro But None Of Them Helped, And Could Not Return It Because Of the Issue.

That's not right sounds like your antenna is defective.

markm70271 · June 21st, 2012, 05:26 PM

Am having the same problem with my samsung attain. i'm on the $40 4G plan. But, i've never seen the 4G icon (always either 1x or EVD00 on my notification bar even during the start of my new billing cycle. And i dont think my radio antenna's defective... Can some1 help?

Tokenpoke · June 22nd, 2012, 04:54 AM

I've had no 4g since yesterday.... I think metro is messing with their network again.

markm70271 · June 22nd, 2012, 04:48 PM

my billing cycle started on May 24th ..almost a month ago

Acilegna · August 9th, 2012, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by walkers333

I Have Galaxy Attain And 4G Will Not Work, Only 1x And Ev-Do. I Updated Roaming List But didnt work, And I Am In Range, My ZIP Code is 33556,
AnY Help??

I've been having the same exact problem. This has been happening to my phone since I've had it. I definitely didn't do anything to alter my phone or it's ability to connect to 4g. Did you ever get this problem fixed? Or did you have to get a new one? :/

Juanxrocker · August 10th, 2012, 03:52 PM

Same problem here. I tried calling metro tech support they said they could try manually reactivating the phone to see if that fixes the problem but I haven't tried doing that yet.

Tokenpoke · August 16th, 2012, 05:28 PM

There is a bug in the firmware and the antenna. I have been trying to get this thing to a dev but the only two i really trust are either busy with life or swamped with other devices and it would be unfair to bug them with a device who's forum has basic knowledge questions going unanswered for two to five days at a time.

Juanxrocker · August 24th, 2012, 12:51 AM

I'm gonna try a hard reset later tonight to see if that fixes the issue I'll keep you guys posted just in case

Tokenpoke · August 24th, 2012, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Juanxrocker

I'm gonna try a hard reset later tonight to see if that fixes the issue I'll keep you guys posted just in case

hey... try this. it seems to have worked for me.

i used widgetsoid2.x to make a 4g switch.

when it opens the crazy menu scroll down to "preferred network" and select evdo.. let the antenna try to switch and then set back to wcdma preferred. click turn off antennas and and let them turn off. turn them back on.

its been four days and i haven't dropped signal yet so i think cycling it may have fixed me.

Juanxrocker · August 25th, 2012, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Tokenpoke

hey... try this. it seems to have worked for me.

i used widgetsoid2.x to make a 4g switch.

when it opens the crazy menu scroll down to "preferred network" and select evdo.. let the antenna try to switch and then set back to wcdma preferred. click turn off antennas and and let them turn off. turn them back on.

its been four days and i haven't dropped signal yet so i think cycling it may have fixed me.

Tried it and it didn't work

btw two factory resets and reflashing the pre-rooted tar didn't work either thanks for the help though I'm still gonna mess around with some settings to see if I find a solution

WeekiAj · August 25th, 2012, 12:37 PM

I've had alot of them do this - try taking it to a corporate store and having it swapped out , unroot it of course ...

the phones have a 1 year standard warranty

shawnb1003 · August 25th, 2012, 01:50 PM

OK Guys i had this same problem until today, What happens is, Some of metro's staff are stupid and rush through activation. If you call them back, Correct them with your phones ICC ID (Make sure your on a dif. phone) once they update that, Restart the phone, And if you are in a 4G area, your phone will say 4G, like mine

Tokenpoke · August 26th, 2012, 11:22 AM

that may be what helped me too as i had to manually program when i switched back to my attain last week.

Stingroo · August 27th, 2012, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Tokenpoke

hey... try this. it seems to have worked for me.

i used widgetsoid2.x to make a 4g switch.

when it opens the crazy menu scroll down to "preferred network" and select evdo.. let the antenna try to switch and then set back to wcdma preferred. click turn off antennas and and let them turn off. turn them back on.

its been four days and i haven't dropped signal yet so i think cycling it may have fixed me.

I must be slower than most, but I don't understand your directions here. When I switch to "EvDo only" it asks me for an SMSC. What is that and how do I find it?

I KNOW I should have 4G, because I did when I first bought the phone, and I'm in Jacksonville, FL - so I'm in the coverage area...

Any help appreciated.

Tokenpoke · August 27th, 2012, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Stingroo

I must be slower than most, but I don't understand your directions here. When I switch to "EvDo only" it asks me for an SMSC. What is that and how do I find it?

I KNOW I should have 4G, because I did when I first bought the phone, and I'm in Jacksonville, FL - so I'm in the coverage area...

Any help appreciated.

That is the spc for your sim card

Juanxrocker · August 29th, 2012, 02:30 PM

So I went to a metropcs corporate store and they switched out my phone for free! Now I got my 4g

jemini1988 · September 12th, 2012, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Tokenpoke

that may be what helped me too as i had to manually program when i switched back to my attain last week.

How did you manually program it? I tried the widgetsoid and it still didnt work and I dont live anywhere near a corporate store..

Tokenpoke · September 14th, 2012, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by jemini1988

How did you manually program it? I tried the widgetsoid and it still didnt work and I dont live anywhere near a corporate store..

Dial *228 and choose switch phones. Let it send you to an operator and have them help. They need to be talking to you on a different phone to help program.