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how to know when device connected to LTE advance?

Just wondering how did we know that our devices connected to LTE advance? or where should i enable it. In Samsung S7 Edge the sign in the status bar will show 4g+ when its connected to LTE advance, and only 4G when it is on Normal LTE.
In Xperia device it is like always show only LTE sign without anything like LTE+, or it should be somewhere to enable it anyone has a clues? please show your screen capture if you able to connected to it and how Thank you

I only have 4G icon all the time, never seen 4G+. I don't know why. Maybe because there's no LTE advamced around.
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tanipat said:
Just wondering how did we know that our devices connected to LTE advance? or where should i enable it. In Samsung S7 Edge the sign in the status bar will show 4g+ when its connected to LTE advance, and only 4G when it is on Normal LTE.
In Xperia device it is like always show only LTE sign without anything like LTE+, or it should be somewhere to enable it anyone has a clues? please show your screen capture if you able to connected to it and how Thank you
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I'm in Thailand and ww have 2 operators now support LTE-A which is TrueMoveH and AIS. attached is my TrueMoveH carrier with Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge you can see the plus sign just next to 4G means it is connected to 4G+ (4.5G LTEA whatever it called, but same tech of Carrier Aggregation AKA CA combine two band of 4g together to get the higher speed). Anyway speed wise for this post is slowww hahaha (notmally it is easily reach around 150-250mbps).
But my Xperia just show LTE and no any option to enable ot anywwhere so i would love for anyone to share in your country how it is looks when xperia x performance connected to 4G+ or any screen shot to enable it.

tanipat said:
I'm in Thailand and ww have 2 operators now support LTE-A which is TrueMoveH and AIS. attached is my TrueMoveH carrier with Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge you can see the plus sign just next to 4G means it is connected to 4G+ (4.5G LTEA whatever it called, but same tech of Carrier Aggregation AKA CA combine two band of 4g together to get the higher speed). Anyway speed wise for this post is slowww hahaha (notmally it is easily reach around 150-250mbps).
But my Xperia just show LTE and no any option to enable ot anywwhere so i would love for anyone to share in your country how it is looks when xperia x performance connected to 4G+ or any screen shot to enable it.
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Do you have the Truemove Sim card in your S7E and an AIS Sim in your Xperia or are both phones using Truemove?
Have you swapped the Sim cards to see if the Sim card in your S7E will provide the settings for Enhanced LTE?
I have read through several threads about the Xperia X Performance and found that some users don't have the options in their settings to enable Enhanced 4G LTE unless the Sim card they are using is provisioned for it from the carrier.
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fast69mopar said:
Do you have the Truemove Sim card in your S7E and an AIS Sim in your Xperia or are both phones using Truemove?
Have you swapped the Sim cards to see if the Sim card in your S7E will provide the settings for Enhanced LTE?
I have read through several threads about the Xperia X Performance and found that some users don't have the options in their settings to enable Enhanced 4G LTE unless the Sim card they are using is provisioned for it from the carrier.
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I can confirm this.
Its not the phone that enables 4G or LTE but the sim card.
If your sim doesnt support 4G etc, you wont be able to access it.
I have tested it myself with a new and old sim card on the xp.
1 sim only alowed 3G, while the new sim gave me 4G.

fast69mopar i try swap things and did not see anything.
XxKYNGxX Thank you for answer, what i mean is LTE adavance not 4G LTE. All my sim are running normal 4G LTE but my S7Edge running LTE advance (4G+)

tanipat said:
fast69mopar i try swap things and did not see anything.
XxKYNGxX Thank you for answer, what i mean is LTE adavance not 4G LTE. All my sim are running normal 4G LTE but my S7Edge running LTE advance (4G+)
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Okay. So, from everything I have read about TruemoveH and their networks, the Sony Xperia X Performance does support 3xCarrier Aggregation on their network. Even though the device supports CA and does work on their 3xCA there is not anything that will show up on the display to alert you when you are using it. The only thing that may give you a chance to see it is the LTE Discovery app from the Play Store. For example, here in the United States on Verizon networks, when I was connected to band 4 in my area, the LTE Discovery app listed band 4 as XLTE which is Verizon's was of telling customers they are using Advanced LTE. When you open the app, the LTE band is located in the top left box in the app. Below the band number could possibly show if you are actually using Advanced LTE. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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I see 4g+ sometimes but the speed is not noticeable as 4g is fast enough.
4g+ on European nordic ?
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any speed above 150mbps is LTE Advance.

Okay so i am not worrying about this anymore but in my openion they should show the most advance technology they got on screen for the user, like we have H and H+. We still got the best speed on towm on this device though
Thank you for all comments

tanipat said:
Okay so i am not worrying about this anymore but in my openion they should show the most advance technology they got on screen for the user, like we have H and H+. We still got the best speed on towm on this device though
Thank you for all comments
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If I remember, I think I did see H+ and H on my XP.

Guys, today i saw 4G+ icon on my XP for the first time. I suppose that was a LTE advanced itself.

Note 8 N9500 4G+ (advanced LTE) problem

Hi guys,
i'm using a Note 8 N9500 128gb in italy, with TIM carrier.
under 4G coverage, the phone rarely show the 4G+ icon in the status bar, but other phones like the older Note 4/Note Edge, shows 4G+ icon in same situation. In my house for example there is full 4G+ coverage with the Note Edge and LG V10 that connected in 4G+, meanwhile Note 8 only shows 4G icon.
with the Note 8 i have saw the 4G+ only a couple of times...
is the Note 8 antenna that bad?
or can it be another kind of problem?

Solved
Sad story....
Note 8 N9500 support all bands used here in Italy, B3, B7 and B20, but only support carrier aggregation with bands B3+B7 and not B3+B20

Hi!
I have also SM-N9500 csc is TGY(HONGKONG)
you can check here
http://www.phonemore.com/compare/pho...-n9500/6303040
it is only Rom problem,
normaly SM-N9500 much more capable from SM-N950FD,
but i think china don't give a permissions for video calling,
and our SM-N9500 has a software barrier for this.
Are there any people will solve this problem?

Goofy-Goober said:
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Sad story....
Note 8 N9500 support all bands used here in Italy, B3, B7 and B20, but only support carrier aggregation with bands B3+B7 and not B3+B20
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You are right about CA. 4G+ just means CA is active, 4G is still LTE. Same goes for LTE & LTE+ icons for other variants/CSC which is the equivalent to 4G & 4G+. When I get high speeds I'm usually connected to only one band & CA is inactive, well that's the case for my area anyway.
My N950F originaly had 4G & 4G+ icons. If you use Network Cell Info the app will show you. I'm using TMB CSC now & they don't use seperate icons. The icon is 4G/LTE whether CA is active or not but with Network Cell Info I can see when CA activates.
If you change your CSC to your country or carrier you may get the additional CA combos for your area.

muhmak said:
Hi!
I have also SM-N9500 csc is TGY(HONGKONG)
you can check here
http://www.phonemore.com/compare/pho...-n9500/6303040
it is only Rom problem,
normaly SM-N9500 much more capable from SM-N950FD,
but i think china don't give a permissions for video calling,
and our SM-N9500 has a software barrier for this.
Are there any people will solve this problem?
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Yes same thing here. Can anyone solve the video calling on SM-N9500 TGY. Thanks.

icteyemd said:
Yes same thing here. Can anyone solve the video calling on SM-N9500 TGY. Thanks.
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Use Phone INFO or Shortcut Master & try to launch 467 (IMS Settings). Under IMS Service Switch see if you have MMTEL switch, VoLTE, VoLTE-Video etc. Enable them if you do to see if that works.

N9500 snapdragon
Hi, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in helping me out. I've got the imported N9500 256GB dual sim which runs a snapdragon chiset. In South Africa, where I'm from, the local devices are Exynos. The CSC for all these devices are obviously for Exynos chipsets. Here's my question, would it be possible to get my country's CSC for the snapdragon variant? My country code is XFV (VODACOM / VODAFONE) or XFE (UNBRANDED)
The reason I'm asking is because my Note 8 won't ever connect to LTE-A unlike my locally sourced A8 2018. If the above is not possible is there any other way of getting the carrier aggregation to work? Thanks in advance.

Show LTE / 4G LTE instead of just 4G

Anyone who has a tweak to show LTE or 4G LTE instead of the plain 4G? I'm using a SM-N950F/DS.
TIA

andre963 said:
Anyone who has a tweak to show LTE or 4G LTE instead of the plain 4G? I'm using a SM-N950F/DS.
TIA
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Im looking for this tweak too
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Open up cscfeature.xml or others.xml & look for this line:
Code:
<CscFeature_SystemUI_ConfigOpBrandingForIndicatorIcon>LTE</CscFeature_SystemUI_ConfigOpBrandingForIndicatorIcon>
For 4G/LTE icon, change to "VWZ, ATT, or TMB". Save & reboot. Try each one & see which you like as these carriers each use different styles.
If you want it to be LTE & LTE+ (LTE+ is when CA is active) only when connected to LTE & H when connected to HSPA+, change the line above to "LTE".
To add, just tried SPR..... only shows a small LTE hovering over the signal bars. Most international CSCs just show 4G. (This line does not actually change your active CSC)

Most international devices show 4G , in the USA since they like big words as it looks better , they depict 4G LTE on the icon.
A bit like some of the old Mercedes models,the USA numbers were bigger but engine size and specs was the same as the international ones.
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Limeybastard said:
Most international devices show 4G , in the USA since they like big words as it looks better , they depict 4G LTE on the icon.
A bit like some of the old Mercedes models,the USA numbers were bigger but engine size and specs was the same as the international ones.
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That's one way of looking at it but in the US I think it has more to do with marketing. There was a big race to push out "4G" in the US. Tmobile first started calling HSPA+ 4G in the race against Verizon's "4G" network.
Then when LTE came out which techincally could not be called 5G, US carriers started using 4G/LTE for LTE & 4G for HSPA/+ cause it looks better/faster.
I'm using Tmobile CSC on my N950F but I changed the Tmobile 4G/LTE icon to LTE. So now when I'm connected to LTE it shows "LTE, "LTE+" when CA is active, & "H" when connected to HSPA+. Tmobile does not show a different icon to indicate when CA is active.

shouren04 said:
That's one way of looking at it but in the US I think it has more to do with marketing. There was a big race to push out "4G" in the US. Tmobile first started calling HSPA+ 4G in the race against Verizon's "4G" network.
Then when LTE came out which techincally could not be called 5G, US carriers started using 4G/LTE for LTE & 4G for HSPA/+ cause it looks better/faster.
I'm using Tmobile CSC on my N950F but I changed the Tmobile 4G/LTE icon to LTE. So now when I'm connected to LTE it shows "LTE, "LTE+" when CA is active, & "H" when connected to HSPA+. Tmobile does not show a different icon to indicate when CA is active.
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Technically speaking isn't hspa+ 3G in other countries and LTE, 4G in other countries?
The marketing aspect makes sense due to the USA national networks , after all if Verizon was advertising super duper 4G LTE ( 4G) , T Mobile and others had to use the same LTE verbiage else customers would think 4G was less than 4G LTE. A bit like why some post on here with their international devices wanting the status bar to show LTE I guess LOL.
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3g is UMTS, hspa+ is somrthint between 3g and 4g, 3.5.g.
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Where can I find cscfeature.xml file?

BBJFdez said:
Where can I find cscfeature.xml file?
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I would like to know Also
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4g+ connection disabled on Mi A2

Hi all,
someone know why xiaomi don't enable 4G+ on Mi A2? the SD660 is capable of it
maybe xiaomi should pay for using 4G+ license cost on Mi A2?
I've submitted a request, please confirm it here

I have 4G+ so nothing to complain here.

I have 4G+ too.

I'm in Italy and I do not have 4g +, is there a way to unlock it?

I was in Italy a few weeks ago and had 4G+ in the Milan region. So it also works in Italy.

JassyNL said:
I was in Italy a few weeks ago and had 4G+ in the Milan region. So it also works in Italy.
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do not you have an italian operator? on which network do roaming?

I'm in italy with Ho-mobile as operator, my plan is the first from this operator and include 4G+, newer offer is limited to 4G
xiaomi replied to my email saying there is a problem in aggregating lte frequencies in italy with Mi A2

Gae_One said:
I'm in italy with Ho-mobile as operator, my plan is the first from this operator and include 4G+, newer offer is limited to 4G
xiaomi replied to my email saying there is a problem in aggregating lte frequencies in italy with Mi A2
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I have TIM Italia and with my Honor 10 goes in 4g + but with This MI A2 only 4G..bah ..

just now discovered and try this command *#*#86583#*#*
after this in netwrok settings appear "modalita 4G LTE avanzata"
done some speedtest seem to go fast, but could be a coincidence

Gae_One said:
just now discovered and try this command *#*#86583#*#*
after this in netwrok settings appear "modalita 4G LTE avanzata"
done some speedtest seem to go fast, but could be a coincidence
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yes, I've already done that method to activate the VOLTE .. but the 4G + nothing
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trxjam said:
yes, I've already done that method to activate the VOLTE .. but the 4G + nothing
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it could be that my operator does not get along with XIAOMI ..

collect confirmation -> here
thanks

trxjam said:
do not you have an italian operator? on which network do roaming?
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Both Tim and wind gave met 4G+ when I was roaming.

JassyNL said:
Both Tim and wind gave met 4G+
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Bah

someone else of you having problems with 4G +?

same problem with orange slovakia operator. no 4g+ with carrier aggregation on 2600 + 800 MHz (CA bands 7 + 20)

The Mi A2 supports 4G+ ( LTE-A or Carrier Aggregation ) out of the box, it just doesn't show the 4G+ icon like some other Android phones.
Stock Android by default, like on Pixel devices, shows only LTE or 4G.
Attatched picture shows stock Mi A2 on the latest September update using both 2600Mhz + 1800Mhz Carrier Aggregation.

austria dada roaming phone show 4g+, on
my home home network only 4g.

Lunatiic said:
The Mi A2 supports 4G+ ( LTE-A or Carrier Aggregation ) out of the box, it just doesn't show the 4G+ icon like some other Android phones.
Stock Android by default, like on Pixel devices, shows only LTE or 4G.
Attatched picture shows stock Mi A2 on the latest September update using both 2600Mhz + 1800Mhz Carrier Aggregation.
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What app is that?

it's NetMonster

I tried this app, and it showed me that I sometimes have 2CC or 3CC (800+1800+2600).
So carrier aggregation works really well.

Galaxy note 9 SM960U1 (unlocked) ,having hard time with LTE Tmobile

Hello All,
I bought galaxy note 9 SM-960U1 (unlocked) from samsung.com . I am on Tmobile and have ahard time with LTE covrage. I was wondering what all LTE bands this model supports. I couldn't find clear information on it. It will be great if i can get information on LTE bands of this model and Tmobile as well.
Thanks

raj92xc said:
Hello All,
I bought galaxy note 9 SM-960U1 (unlocked) from samsung.com . I am on Tmobile and have ahard time with LTE covrage. I was wondering what all LTE bands this model supports. I couldn't find clear information on it. It will be great if i can get information on LTE bands of this model and Tmobile as well.
Thanks
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Go to Samsung dot com and under the U1 model click specifications. All radios and bands will be shown on manufactures website.
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raj92xc said:
Hello All,
I bought galaxy note 9 SM-960U1 (unlocked) from samsung.com . I am on Tmobile and have ahard time with LTE covrage. I was wondering what all LTE bands this model supports. I couldn't find clear information on it. It will be great if i can get information on LTE bands of this model and Tmobile as well.
Thanks
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It has all the bands required, including Band 71. However on the U1 Firmware I have had a hard getting to hold the signal. It will roam then drop a weak signal and you'll get a notification that you're no longer connected to the mobile network.
Flashing the U carrier firmware cures the problem, for me at least. The problem was worse for me on the unlocked Pie firmware than on Oreo.

Try this procedure
raj92xc said:
Hello All,
I bought galaxy note 9 SM-960U1 (unlocked) from samsung.com . I am on Tmobile and have ahard time with LTE covrage. I was wondering what all LTE bands this model supports. I couldn't find clear information on it. It will be great if i can get information on LTE bands of this model and Tmobile as well.
Thanks
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"Ok. Perhaps your Note 9 is preferring band 12 LTE which is slower and usually more congested if too many people are also connected to it. Your Note 5 may be preferring band 2 or 4 LTE hence an increase in speed. On your Note 9, go to the dialer and type *#0011# 6th line down from the top there should be a number next to "band" what is it? We can also try disabling band 12 by dialing *#2263#, to to LTE band preference > Next page > tap on LTE b12 to deselect it. tap the 3 dot menu button (upper right) tap "back" (repeat) until youi're at the main screen, "apply band configuration". Retest data speeds.
If this doesn't help, then you're likely experiencing congestion in your area. Re-enable band 12 by selecting "apply all bands" and apply."
I had similar issues and tried this and got faster internet speeds. I had to disable band 2. Got this procedure from the internet.