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Si, con los ajustes predeterminados "conecta" pero transmite a menos que un modem de telefono de hace 20 años. Si o si le tenés que configurar el proxy.
APN: internet.movil
Proxy: 200.5.68.10
Puerto: 9090
Usuario: wap
Contraseña: wap
MCC: 722
MNC: 01
Tipo de autenticación: PAP
Tipo de APN: default
Probá con eso. Y también usá alguna app como Network Signal Info para ver en qué protocolo se está conectando y cuanta señal tiene realmente.
That's an interesting question, I can't find anything that will show the transmitter power level.
An app like "Network Signal info" will show the signal level, in dBm, that your phone is receiving from the base station/cell site. The lower the received signal level, the higher the transmitter power would need to be, and vice versa.
The Honor OS doesn't always pop up 4G LTE indicators so I'm using the android app Network Signal Info and their widget to diagnose LTE vs UMTS status. Every time a call comes in or I dial out (like my voicemail) it goes from LTE to UMTS with some data rate number. I've read of other people with Red Pocket having to call in to enable VoLTE, although IIRC that user was with their Verizon coverage.
Not all calls have a delayed dial, but some fraction do.
I've got 8 more minutes of waiting for their online chat person....
this app has widgets that will show you signal strength in dBm ~~(decibels per milliwatt)~~ (decibel-milliwatts) for mobile network and wifi: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet
edit: thanks to /u/Pdubs2_0 for informing me dBm actually stands for decibel-milliwatts and not decibels-per-milliwatt ! Here's more info on Wikipedia
Is the call actually dropping or your signal just dropping to HSPA / 3G? Can you get an app like network cell info and post some screenshots?
if you download https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet&hl=en you can see when your phone goes into DC HSPA+ as far as i know most citys have had it since last summer, at least calgary has from what ive seen.
Maybe O2 relies on the missing band at your location? Have you tried moving around a few kilometers to get in reach of another base station?
Or you could check which band the Nord 2 connects to. An app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet will tell you.
Some general troubleshooting.
Reseat your sim card if applicable.
Reboot the device.
Toggle airplane mode in and off.
Clear the cache and storage of that application.
Check if you have any vpns running. Some adblockers setup a vpn, might be conflicts.
Does wifi work?
Install this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet
Which will give you some details about your connection like this. network signal info screenshot
Post yours here.
You have a rooted device which means resetting the phone will reset your rooted config. Can you try another sim card in the device?
Make sure your apn exists in the sim card settings.
Might not be your phone. Could be the tmobile signal in your area right now. Your nearest cell phone towers might be having problems and you're not getting a strong signal. Sounds like your phone is locking onto some bands that might not be the best atm. Can use an app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet to see your nearest tower and what bands your phone is locking onto. Another way to test to see if it's your phone or the tower would be if someone you know near you also has metro and is having same problems.
Try something like Network Signal Info for your phone. There are tons of apps that give more detailed info on your Wifi.
Disclaimer: I've never used the app. This is a random example.
Honestly I don't think a GPS mapper would be very accurate inside of a house. You just use an app like this to manually check wifi signal strength at different locations. It draws a nice chart.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet&hl=en_US
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kāds telefons, marka, atrašanās vieta?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet&hl=en_US
Network Signal Info and LTE Discovery are my go-to Cell network troubleshooting/info tools.
> nnected to the 2.4ghz radio and 5ghz radio with the same speeds each time. But the router doesn't seem to be the issu
You still haven't told me your wifi link speed. Do you know it? If not, you can find this info out with an app, like this one for Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet
On the wifi page, it'll have the speed, channel, signal strength info. It's the link speed I'm interested in.
I used this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet
>...T-Mobile variant SM-G9090T ..my baseband version is G900TUVS1FOL1...
Please check but I guess your phone model is SM-G900T. If so please edit your OP with the correct info and you could include that troubleshooting info: baseband version G900TUVS1FOL1.
>...your baseband is quite old, so I'd suggest flashing back to the latest stock ROM, and then starting from scratch and flashing back to LineageOS.
While it's good practice to have the most recent matched pair of bootloader & modem for your model of S5 u/murtaza02's suggestion is quite time consuming as you have to do everything all over from scratch.
u/haggertk the developer of the S5 LineageOS 15.1 for the kltexxx family packed some S5 bootloader (aboot)/modem combos + other firmware files to avoid that and can be flashed via Odin & selecting the file using the AP button in Odin.
As you can see here for SM-G900T Samsung firmware 6.01 sorted by most recent G900TUVU1GQC2 is dated April 02, 17 while the most recent @ the present found in haggertk's SM-G900T bootloader (aboot)/modem combo folder G900TUVS1GPI1 is dated October 04, 16 but it's still more recent than your Android 5.1.1 G900TUVS1FOL1 December 14, 2015 & may solve your problem w/o having to do everything all over.
Check the bottom of this post in haggertk's official S5 15.1 kltexxx XDA thread which includes a haggertk quote, how I flashed haggertk's firmware package on my S5 SM-G900M, Odin3 screenshot & log & most recent @ the present Odin3 download link.
You could also download the full Samsung G900TUVU1GQC2 firmware, unpack it & create a .tar that includes all these files using 7-Zip for example & flash it on your current LineageOS installation:
NON-HLOS.bin aboot.mbn modem.bin rpm.mbn sbl1.mbn sdi.mbn tz.mbn
If you do that could you upload the .tar somewhere & share the link for other SM-G900T owners please? And maybe haggertk will include it in his SM-G900T folder. If you could calculate the MD5 of your .tar using an utility & upload that too or post it then it would be even better.
Before doing any of that it's good practice to do a full backup except Cache but including EFS & Modem to your external Micro sdcard using TWRP which BTW does not include the content of your internal sdcard.
P.S. You can use a free app like Network Signal Info > System to see your current Bootloader & Radio (A.K.A. modem or baseband) + get some useful info about the network you are currently using & signal strength.
I use Network Signal Info to get a much better picture of how my cellular and wifi network connectivity is doing.
Are you on Oreo? Try downloading this and see if it says the same as mine did for the picture I linked above.
install app like network signal info?
A recent trip that took me through rural Kentucky (Williamstown). Sitting at a drive through, I had no mobile data on my T-Mobile HTC One M8. Sitting right next to me, my wife's T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S5 had 4G LTE. Unbelievable!
So I used the Network Signal Info app to grab my info and hers:
FWIW, I'm converted to GPe 5.0.1 Lollipop, baseband 1.21.213311491.A04G_20.51A.4198.01L_F.
Is the S5 just that much better than the M8?
You can absolutely send higher frequencies without increasing the power. A torch for example, sends frequencies of 400-790THz using nothing more than a 1.5v battery. Unfortunately, the higher up the spectrum you go, the more power you need to penetrate objects, this is why they're cranking up the power for higher frequencies but it is really nothing to worry about, by the time the wave hits the ground, the power level will be much below a milliwatt.
Here, if you're willing to spend 5 minutes you can see it for yourself. On your phone, go to the appstore/playstore and download a signal checker app, I use one called "network signal info" (thats a playstore link, if you're on apple, search it on the appstore). Open the app and take note of the "dbm" number, that is your signal strength, its measured in "decible-milliwatts" and it will be a negative number (mine is -115 right now). Dbm can be direct converted to watts with an equation but who wants to do long ass maths right? So instead we can just use a conversion sheet to give us an estimate.
As you can see, my -115dbm is too low for that sheet so we'll just go with the lowest number we have which is -100dbm which translates to 0.0000000001mw. Thats how much power it takes for my phone to receive a signal and I get good signal here, currently sitting on 200-300mbps download.
Now obviously, thats how much power is hitting my antenna so its a little unfair to compare that to the signal my whole body is receiving so let's do another estimation. If we say the surface area of the antenna in total is 1 square cm then we could fit 10,000 antennae laying flat on a 1 meter square tile (100cmx100cm) so if we do 0.0000000001mw x 10,000 we get 0.000001mw hitting every square meter of land. 0.000001milliwatt is nothing, you receive way more radiation than that when you step out into the sun.
I like Network Signal Info:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet
Or LTE Discovery:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.simplyadvanced.ltediscovery
I use the pro version of this. Shows cell and WiFi strength.
Itll say 4g but you're actually getting lte, I thought I wasn't getting lte either. This app will verify network type for you.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet
This app works well the widgets it has are great too