4G LTE Issue

**DJock93** · 01-04-2013, 11:51 PM

Hey guys,

Just picked up my Note 2 a couple of a days ago and I'm noticing something strange. In areas where I know for a fact there is a strong 4G signal, my Note won't connect to it. Strange, because even my GNex and its crap radios would have 4G in these areas. I toggled the network on and off and it connected to 4G. Then it drops back to 3G after a few minutes...What gives?? Anyone else experience anything similar?

**DroidXcon** · 01-04-2013, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by DJock93

Hey guys,

Just picked up my Note 2 a couple of a days ago and I'm noticing something strange. In areas where I know for a fact there is a strong 4G signal, my Note won't connect to it. Strange, because even my GNex and its crap radios would have 4G in these areas. I toggled the network on and off and it connected to 4G. Then it drops back to 3G after a few minutes...What gives?? Anyone else experience anything similar?

Settings>more settings>Mobile networks>Network mode>LTE/CDMA
Reboot

**DJock93** · 01-05-2013, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by DroidXcon

Settings>more settings>Mobile networks>Network mode>LTE/CDMA
Reboot

I don't quite understand...I know how to enable LTE I'm saying it won't hold a connection..

**DroidXcon** · 01-05-2013, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by DJock93

I don't quite understand...I know how to enable LTE I'm saying it won't hold a connection..

Oh i see, well i thought it may had been a possibility that it wasnt set to LTE/CDMA. I apologize if you felt insulted by my suggestion. Good luck

**creccaj1** · 01-05-2013, 06:42 AM

Have u tried talking your SIM card out and putting it back in to make sure that it was seated correctly? Could be a shot in the dark but would be worth a try before you go to Verizon.

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**phillthedrill** · 01-05-2013, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by DJock93

Hey guys,

Just picked up my Note 2 a couple of a days ago and I'm noticing something strange. In areas where I know for a fact there is a strong 4G signal, my Note won't connect to it. Strange, because even my GNex and its crap radios would have 4G in these areas. I toggled the network on and off and it connected to 4G. Then it drops back to 3G after a few minutes...What gives?? Anyone else experience anything similar?

Has it ever connected to 4G LTE at all? The sim card may be bad even though the phone is new, I've heard of people replacing their sim card at a Verizon store for free, and see if that happens to fix the problem. Btw, even if the sim is bad, it will still make, receive calls, and connect to 3G.

**DJock93** · 01-05-2013, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by DroidXcon

Oh i see, well i thought it may had been a possibility that it wasnt set to LTE/CDMA. I apologize if you felt insulted by my suggestion. Good luck

No, no problem! Seeing as I only have 8 posts on this forum I would've thought I was a noob too

**DroidXcon** · 01-05-2013, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by DJock93

No, no problem! Seeing as I only have 8 posts on this forum I would've thought I was a noob too

I never call anyone a noob. That's why I spend all my time here at Android Central. Everyone starts someplace.
I consider myself barely intermediate type user.

New or seasoned users sometimes over look obvious things. For example i can make packages of roms odin flashable, in fact I was very popular for it in the days of the Galaxy fascinate. But just the other day I was trying to flash a file with odin and I kept getting errors. Finally I realized I forgot to decompress the file. Super rookie mistake but it happens.

So I don't assume that someone covered the obvious stuff and when I make a tutorial I work from that basis.

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**kgk1985** · 01-05-2013, 02:46 PM

Try *228

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**Serial Fordicator** · 01-05-2013, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by kgk1985

Try *228

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Do not dial *228 from an lte phone. Every 6/10 threads about lte say not to

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**kgk1985** · 01-05-2013, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by Serial Fordicator

Do not dial *228 from an lte phone

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Why not?

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**Markster1** · 01-05-2013, 02:59 PM

*228 only works for older 3g phones not lte/4g phones.

**DroidXcon** · 01-05-2013, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by Markster1

*228 only works for older 3g phones not lte/4g phones.

^^This and there is conflicting info that says it will mess up the sim card. But either way it won't work so why attempt it.

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**Serial Fordicator** · 01-05-2013, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by kgk1985

Why not?

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*228 only worked with CDMA phones not gsm sim card phones. Its a different technology.

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**N2myN2** · 01-05-2013, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by DroidXcon

Settings>more settings>Mobile networks>Network mode>LTE/CDMA
Reboot

Thank you X. Mine was set to GLOBAL. Did I do the right thing setting it to LTE/CDMA?
Rob

**DroidXcon** · 01-05-2013, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by N2myN2

Thank you X. Mine was set to GLOBAL. Did I do the right thing setting it to LTE/CDMA?
Rob

It will work in global but it scans for global networks if you lose signal or it gets weak. So I think it takes extra time to scan frequencies instead of locking into what is available.

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**in8won** · 01-05-2013, 06:08 PM

Mine is set for global and i have been using it since the end of November with out issues. Should I change it?

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**DroidXcon** · 01-05-2013, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by in8won

Mine is set for global and i have been using it since the end of November with out issues. Should I change it?

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You don't have to but since he was having problems we want to eliminate any possible problems. But since you are not traveling I would set it to LTE/cdma

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