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mardi 31 mai 2016

Is there a way to disable and re-enable LTE bands from within Android (sans USB)?

Is it possible to write NV values directly to the Nexus 6P's NVRAM, from within Android, and not over USB? And is it possible to commit the new NV values by just rebooting the modem and not the phone?

Samsung phones have this ability. They have a native service mode tool built-in that lets you choose a band and it disables all other bands automatically.

Also, are people not aware of the immense benefit of being able to do this? When LTE speeds are slow, it's usually because the modem is connected to a low frequency tower that is very far away, and the attenuation is only allowing for ~1mbps, but the modem sticks to it because the signal is equal to the nearest high frequency antenna, even though that high frequency antenna would give 5mbps+.

With Samsung's tool you can simply disable the offending low frequency bands (B5/B12/B13/B17/B20/B26), and the modem will switch to one of the available high frequency bands (B2/B3/B4/B7/B25/B40/B41).

A reverse scenario to this would be where too many people are on the high frequency bands, and the tower's QoS is dividing the speed by the number of connected handsets, which frequently reduces the speed to almost nothing. One could then disable the high frequency bands and get a low frequency band with better speed.

Is there a tool or module that does this on the Nexus 6P?


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