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Best handset for "technical" mobile surveys etc?
I was wondering which handset the others on this forum use to find out data about their network connection?
e.g. the iPhone shows useful information in the field test mode, but you can't search to see which networks are available in the area by technology. The Moto G 4G is useful as you can set the mode to LTE only and then do a network search, but there is no way to get the freq band or the channel bandwidth data, unlike the iPhone. So there has to be one handset which has the best combination of technical info for those who are "mast spotters" - Ha Ha! ![]() Anyone know? |
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Have to say I'd be interested in this
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The LG G3 has a really cool hidden menu on 3845#855# be warned there are settings in there that you should never touch, but you can go 4G only in there by drilling into the LTE only section. You can also select the actual 4G band and only connect to that band.
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The LG G3 has a really cool hidden menu on 3845#855# be warned there are settings in there that you should never touch, but you can go 4G only in there by drilling into the LTE only section. You can also select the actual 4G band and only connect to that band.
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Does this code work on the UK models thine?
http://oi57.tinypic.com/2rnerl3.jpg http://oi59.tinypic.com/6dtobr.jpg |
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Ah awesome. Thanks for letting me know. For some reason I thought it only works with the Korean models.
Here is mine for reference. http://s481.photobucket.com/user/jab...upg08.png.html There are loads more features and menu's as well. |
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Yeah a warning to people who happen to find this thread, those menus are usually hidden for a reason! I should imagine there are things in there that it isn't wise to change! However the band selection and network modes reset on reboot.
I like that yours tells you the frequency block too, handy as I do forget which is which and have to look them up. It'll be good for testing when Three start rolling out 800Mhz, although I'll probably have the LG G9 by then
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The Nexus 5 is pretty useless in this regard, you get control of what technology you want to use, but the change band thing just has one option, "USA band", and I'm not about to find out what that does.
There are at least two variants of the N5 (one for the US, one for everyone else) so maybe it's the equivalent of that |
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Yeah a warning to people who happen to find this thread, those menus are usually hidden for a reason! I should imagine there are things in there that it isn't wise to change! However the band selection and network modes reset on reboot.
I like that yours tells you the frequency block too, handy as I do forget which is which and have to look them up. It'll be good for testing when Three start rolling out 800Mhz, although I'll probably have the LG G9 by then ![]() Took me about an hour to sort that one out! |
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On BlackBerry you can enter the engineering menu and see various bits of info related to the cell you're connected to. You can even select an individual cell to remain connected to!
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On BlackBerry you can enter the engineering menu and see various bits of info related to the cell you're connected to. You can even select an individual cell to remain connected to!
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The iPhone strangely can give you quite a lot of info, including the frequency band, bandwith, cell ID, etc.
I say strange as Apple doesn't normally include access to things which may confuse the average user, you would have thought this was the first thing Android would include but nope. |
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jabba and/or thine: does the band selection work on 2G/3G also?
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