OnePlus One potential LTE and reception issues

[darkdragon88]

Hi all,

Just yesterday I made the switch from Telus to PM and I've noticed two things.

1) My reception dropped from full bars to around 0-2 with PM. I used the OpenSignal app to help verify that is indeed the case. Sometimes when I refresh OpenSignal it shows full bars but my actual phone lists half for reception. Weird.

2) No LTE. I only see 4G as a Preferred network type, too. OpenSignal says LTE but I'm a bit skeptical because my speedtest range is 11-21 down and 5-6 up. I don't have a point of reference except searching online on the forums here of which people in Vancouver are at about 25 down to 40 down (West Coast the user said). 

I changed my APN settings to what was listed here: http://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Phones-Hardware/No-LTE-on-Samsung-s7/m-p/83536/highlig...

and I've looked here: http://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Knowledge-Base/Setting-Up-Data-On-Your-Phone/ta-p/26

Since I have a OnePlus One I've also looked into it's potential LTE fix. I went and followed the steps here three times and haven't seen any difference. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-fix-lte-not-working-issue-oneplus-one-cyanogen-os-12-1-update-1517727

Just wondering if something is wrong here since I am new to this. I never had data with Telus so I can't compare any speeds. I know people have said some phones show 4G instead of LTE, but the speedtest seems a bit slow. Anyway, thanks for any help on this potential issue!

[McLaren]

Using the same phone and get LTE speeds as it shows 4G.  Which rom are you using ?  I'm on cyanogenmod marshmallow.  

[bryanbreguet]

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@darkdragon88 wrote:

Hi all,

Just yesterday I made the switch from Telus to PM and I've noticed two things.

1) My reception dropped from full bars to around 0-2 with PM. I used the OpenSignal app to help verify that is indeed the case. Sometimes when I refresh OpenSignal it shows full bars but my actual phone lists half for reception. Weird.

2) No LTE. I only see 4G as a Preferred network type, too. OpenSignal says LTE but I'm a bit skeptical because my speedtest range is 11-21 down and 5-6 up. I don't have a point of reference except searching online on the forums here of which people in Vancouver are at about 25 down to 40 down (West Coast the user said). 

I changed my APN settings to what was listed here: http://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Phones-Hardware/No-LTE-on-Samsung-s7/m-p/83536/highlig...

and I've looked here: http://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Knowledge-Base/Setting-Up-Data-On-Your-Phone/ta-p/26

Since I have a OnePlus One I've also looked into it's potential LTE fix. I went and followed the steps here three times and haven't seen any difference. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-fix-lte-not-working-issue-oneplus-one-cyanogen-os-12-1-update-1517727

Just wondering if something is wrong here since I am new to this. I never had data with Telus so I can't compare any speeds. I know people have said some phones show 4G instead of LTE, but the speedtest seems a bit slow. Anyway, thanks for any help on this potential issue!

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4G is LTE, how many times do we need to answer this question here? It depends on the phone, but if your phone says 4G and OpenSignal shows you are indeed connected to LTE, then you are connected to LTE. Nothing to worry about here.

As for only having two bars, are you saying you had more with Telus before? And where you connected to 4G LTE or HSPA? Most likely you were only connected to 3G and the signal was better.